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The Washington times., 1895-02-01

deficiency in Postmaster's Accounts.
Mt. HOLLY, n. J., Jan. 3l-A shortage of
more than 81, 900 has been discovered in the
accounts of ex Postmaster Samuel Phillips,
of Burlington, and his bondsmen have been
called upon to make it good. Mr.. Phillips
denies ali knowledge OF the deficiency.
The Washington times., 1895-02-01
Burial of Russia's Premier.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan 91.-The body of NJ.
de Giers, Russian foreign minister, who died
on Saturday last was inferred to-day in the
monastery of ST. Sergius in the presence of
thememhers of his family, the ministers OF
state, and large number of officials.
The Washington times., 1895-02-01
Japanese Capture wei.Hai-wei.

LONDON, Feb. LA dispatch to the Times
from Tien-Tsin says that a telegram from
Wei-Hai- Wei. received in that city, states
that the Japanese have captured all the
southern forts. Since this dispatch was sent
the telegraph to Wei-HaiWei has been cut.
The Washington times., 1895-02-01

rapidly III lleSh aBd strength, ana ieel tnat
my troubles are over.
DIR. Walkers specialties are disorders of
the brain and nervous system, consumption,
catarrh, asthma, malaria. rheumatism, indi-
gestion, dyspepsia, affection OF the stomach,
liver kidneys, and bowels, diseases of the
skin and blood, diseases of women, heart
disease. &c.
To reach and restore unfortunates to health
is DIR. Walkers aim, and he has been the
means OF restoring hundreds to health and
happiness.
Dr. Walker may be consulted free of
charge, either personally or 10y letter. He is
permanently located at 1411 Pennsylvania
avenue, adjoining Wizards Hotel. OfIlce
hours 10 a. m. TO 5 p. M, and Wednesday
and Saturday evenings from 10 8. Sunday
hours, 10 to - a. m
Charges for treatment very low.
In response TO many inquiries, DR.. Walker
assures the public that all interviews are
confidential. Names of patients who have
been cured are never published without their
full consent
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post. t.office Buildiag Bids.

Bids were yesterday opened in the Office OF
the Supervising Architect of the Treasury for
the iron and steel construction above the
sixth floor of the Washington post-offlce
building The lowest bid was SCI, ,49s, made
by Thorp & Bond, of New York.
The Washington times., 1895-02-01

The TIMES will give to each of its readers
next Sunday the beautiful hellograph, ''Spin-
ming Loves Yarn
The Washington times., 1895-02-01

THE TIMES will give to each of its readers
next Sunday the beautiful heliograph, Spin
Mug Loves Yarn"
The Washington times., 1895-02-01
ne Sew woman in Austra,la.

CHICAGO, Jan. S1--Word has just come
from the president Of the Yoman's Christian
Temperance Union. Mrs. Nichols, OF Pros
peet, Adelaide, South Australia, taat adaR
suffrage has been carried, giving women the
right to vote on the same terms as men and
with no barrier TO a seat in Parliament. Ths
bill now only waits the Queens consent.
The Washington times., 1895-02-01
IN HONOR OF ALMA MATER
ST. Johns College Alumni Meet
al the Banquet Table.
APOSTOLIC DELEGATE PRESENT

The Monsignor Delivered an Address-0ther
Interesting Features, Including Toasts to
the Press, Our Country, the Capital City
and the Ladies s-List of the Officers. Mem
bers, and Guests Photographs Taken.
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Walkers treatment q days;
can almost say that / feel 81
years younger. l was
troubled with insomnia; my
nerves were unstrung and |
was badly run down; had fire.
quent attacks of nervous dys-
pepsia, and was never free
from a feeling of fatigue.
DR.. Walker has made a new
man of me. l ani gaining
The Washington times., 1895-02-01

Hough.on Il Delano, Photographs sup
plies, l416 New York avenue. ie.-i,s,w
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''I am an old resident of Washington. For
the past three years have been employed by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad i'll the pas
senger depot. / have for twelve months been
a chronic sufferer from aggravated catarrh.
/ have also had constant trouble with my
stomach and bowels Ny rest was broken
and / suffered from intense nervousness.
Through hearing OF the large number of per-
sons who were being cured by DR.. Walker, 1
was induced to place myself in his hands. L
have improved steadily every day since. 1
can freely and truthfully say now feel bet
ter than have for many years. | reside at
440 First street northeast.
(Signed.) ''R. l.. RHINE"
Charles r. Gardner, the well-known real
estate man. ,says. II have been under Dr.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
POPULAR SCIENCE.

THE largest apes have only sixteen
ounces of b'a;n: the lowest men have
thirty-nine.
GOLD can be beaten twelve hundred
times thinner than printing paper.
One ounce will cover ole hundred and
forty-six square feet.
An ostrich's egg is about seventeen
inches by fifteen inches. The measure.
ments of the egg of the crocodile are
normally nine inches by six and one
half inches.
GREAT as have been their advances
in recent years in other respects, the
Japenese people have remained singu.
larly deficient in stature and physique.
A government commission, after pro-
longed investigation, attributes this to
IN almost exclusively vegetable diet
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
THE CHINESE EXHIBIT.
II VIII he Made by n Wealthy Merchant
OF Canton.

II viii he Made by Wealthy Merchant
OF Canton.
MIR. Chun is a merchant Of Canton.
He is said to be one Of the richest men
in China. The Chinese government was
very wroth when the act excluding its
citizens from landing on American
shores was passed by congress and in
reply to President IIarrison's invitation
to take part in the fair sent back curt
refusal. Mr.. Chun heard about this
and was grieved to think that his coun-
try would not be represented in any
way at the fair. He called OF Charles
Seymour, the American consul at Can
ton, and talked the situation over, and
finally decided to shoulder the burden
Of making China's exhibit himself. Mr..
Chun convinced Consul Seymour that
he would represent his country credit
ably, and the consul cabled to Chief
Fearn to save space for Mr.. Chuu. He
assured the officials that the Chinese
millionaire would spare no money to
have the industries of his country prop
erly shown.
It is expected that the Chinese exhibit
will be confined almost exclusively to
manufactures hall. Mr.. Chun intends
to concentrate his efforts to show what
the manufacturing industries Of that
country are doing. Ivory carving, silk
fabrics and numerous decorative arti-
cles will form the principal exhibit, on
which Mr.. Chun expects to spend thou
sands of dollars. The rich Chinaman is
not prompted by patriotic motives alone
in making this lavish outlay at the fair
He is the senior partner and financier
OF one of the largest mercantile houses
in Canton and by means of the exhibit
expects to draw the attention of the
American buyers to his house.
Mr.. Chun is something of tourist
and when he goes abroad travels in
royal style. His face is familiar in some
Of the largest mercantile establishments
in Paris
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
What Can He Produced.

The following is a sufficient indica.
ton as to the fertility of the soil Of
this region. The rich soil of Western
Washington has produced these re-
suits:
Glover S feet high.
Corn stalks IA feet high.
A beet weighing 80 pounds.
Timothy Z feet s inches high.
A radish weighing 9! pounds.
A squash weighing 120 pounds.
A cabbage weighing SO pounds.
A pumpkin weighing SO pounds.
A watermelon weighing Ga pounds.
A bunch Of grapes weighing {
pounds.
A potato weighing s pounds 4
ounces.
Alfalfa from a yield OF u tons pei
acre.
A lump of coal weighing 1866
pounds.
A hill Of potatoes that yielded A.
pounds.
An onion weighing 4 pounds and ]
ounce.
Hops from a yield of 1892 pounds
per acre.
Strawberries fresh from the garden
in October.
A sample of oats from a yield OF 12t
bushels per acre.
Sixty-seven pounds of potatoes from
2 pounds planted.
A sample Of wheat from q yield OF 6S
bushels per acre.
A blackberry bush showing a growth
Of 81 feet in one year.
A branch from prune tree 80 inches
long with 46 pounds OF fruit on it.
A plank so inches thick and 80 feet
long, and not knot in it.
An apple weighing 2 pounds and
ounces. One strawberry 10 inches in
circumference.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
Fence Wire Telephsne.

The Western farmers are now using
their barbed wire fences - telephone
lines with great success. One man
has q five mile circuit that is run
through q twelve year old fence
These lines are said to work we'll and
to give far less trouble than some
others of the regular sort. This is
progressive economy with . ven
geance, and quite puts in the shade the
popular phrase which associates a
mans vocal apparatus with his head
gear as a medium Of transmission
The Western fashion now is talk
through the fence instead OF through
the hat, . process that is easy for
Eastern domestics, but is more valua-
bic in q region where neighbors are
miles apart.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
RELIGIOUS NOTES,

THE American Inter-Seminary Ms
sionary alliance held at New Haven.
Conn, was attended by one hundred
and seventy delegates. representing
thirty-one seminaries and . dozen de-
nominations.
AT one Of the monthly union meet
ings of the five Cumberland Presby-
teriar Endeavor societies of Nashville.
Tenn. fur young people volunteered
to go as llreign missionaries.
The lvation Army has secured Q
strong 'oOthold in Buenos Ayrea.
During he financial troubles it was
able to Up thousands of men thrown
out of w,sk to foo> and shelter.
The En- leavorers OF the Christian de-
nomination in New England are sup
porting missionary in japan. Those
ont OF New England propose to raise
one thousand dollars for second mis-
siOnary
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
LAWS OF THE LANDS.

No Roy is allowed to run an elevator
In Omaha unless he is over eighteen
years old.
SIMON GRAYDON, of Columbus, Ind.
has been found guilty of training a
parrot to cry ugly Gala, Gala lives
across the street.
PAsTEBoARD milk tickets are thought
to spread contagion; therefore Mayor
Oellerich. of Oshkosh, Wis.,, prohibits
their use in that city.
AN English girl, who fell while
dancing at ball and broke her leg,
has sued her partner for damages on
account of his clumsiness.
AUSTRIA is the most lenient to muir
derers. In the ten years ending 1879
there were eight hundred and sixteen
criminals found guilty of willful muir.
der in Austria, of whom only twenty.
three were put to death.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

TIE Minot Ledge lighthouse is of
granite; height, 50 feet, the lower "
test being solid. -
The honeycomb presents q solution
Of the greatest possible strength and
space with the least possible material.
A FLEA is provided with a genuine
lancet, the knife inclosed in a case in
the head Of the insect, the case opening
sideways, like that of razor.
THE family of Jukes, including in all
400 monsters of degradation" has
been traced with the utmost exactness
through five generations to one woman,
the notorious Margaret, the mother
of criminals"
THE grip seems to have no home,
though it makes itself at home every
where; the Russians call it Chinese ca
tarrh, the Germans call it the Russian
pest, the Italians name it the German
disease, the French call it the Italian
fever.
HENRY LABoUCHERE thinks that it
ought to be the custom for women to
make proposals of marriage. He con-
tends that when bachelor became &C.
quainted with a very charming woman,
he would exert himself, by good con-
duct, to win q proposal from her.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
GLEANINGS FROM TRUTH"

Cor THERE FIRsT.-Co called
at Miss Redbud's the other night and
she asked to be excused" Stone
"Yes, 1 saw you from her parlor
window"
CRITIcIsM.-"A pretty face" whis-
pered the fire-eater, apropos Of the new
Circassian girl. Not strong enough"
muttered the contortionist, who was
VIGOROUSLY enamored of the iron
jawed woman.
A NATIONAL CHARACTERIsTIC.-L
Forgivuz-''I can always tell an Ameri-
can by what he drinks" William Ann
"But he drinks anything he can get"
Lord Forgivuz-''That's the way l
tell"
HAED-The shark and his family
were gathered about their lowly board,
partaking of the summer-girl who had
ventured too far from the beach.
'IIerew suddenly exclaimed the moth
err to the youngest, don't take the
heart. You must think dentists serv-
ices are cheap" Above their heads
the ocean rolled. and ten thousand
fleets swept over it in vain.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
FOR PUBLIC COMFORT.
Plans Being Made for Worlds Fair
Visitors
Good Accommodation Will BE Provided
During the Exposition at Reason
able Rates Excellent
iIan.

In answer 10 the many inquiries from
boards - trade and similar bodies con-
c"rning the alleged plan t. demand ey-
tortiunatr prices for recommendations in
Chicago next summer. Maj. ". Marsh
kas.on has prepared the following re-
port from the bureau of public comfort:
This bureau has been established 10y
the Worlds Columbian exposition I" 60
operate through its hotel and roaming
department. t. the best of its ability,
with the citizens Of Chicago for the
comfort and protection of visitors Ia St.
cure for them suitable and desirable
lodgings AT fair and reasonable rates.
The management is keenly alive to
the fact that thousands of visitors will
he deferred from visiting the city unless
they can toe fully assured on this point.
hence every effort is being made To rea-
lie satisfactory results i'll this direction.
"InQuiricS were sent out some time
ago to houscholders having Furnished
rooms to let, Ia learn as far as possible
prices that would be expected therefor.
and the following statement gives the
general average quotations received in
reply, To cover the accommodations for
over 10000 people in the best part of the
city lying between North avenue and
Sevcnty-ninth street.
Price of rooms per day without board:
"Singlc room, single bed, one person,
sl.35.
Double room. double bed, one per-
son. s.. L.; two persons, e.. 20.
"Duuble-bcddcd room, two double
beds, two persons. $3.50.
"Double-bedded room. two double
beds, three persons, S4.l5.
"Double-bcddcd room, two double
beds, four persons $3.50.
There certainly does not seem &C.
cording to these figures to be any indi-
cation that citizens of Chicago will de-
mand excessive rates for the accommO-
dation of visitors to the exposition, and
they can be relied upon to sustain the
good reputation of Chicago for fair and
liberal treatment of its guests. One
publishing house has n pamphlet now
in press containing list of over ten
Thousand places in the city of Chicago
where furnished rooms can be had at
moderate rates. The prices given above
do not include large first-class hotels
nor prominent new buildings in course
Of erection in the vicinity of jackson
park. Many mischievous rumors al
leging the likelihood of high prices and
extortion generally have been origi-
mated by persons interested in outside
clearinghouse schemes. some of them
| apparently irresponsible and even
fraudulent. The great mass of visitors
will doubtless prefer the quiet and
economy Of furnished rooms such as al
luded to. and apartment hotels, ar
ranging to take their meals from day
to day wherever it may suit their con-
| venience. 1t is estimated that from
fifty thousand to one hundred thousand
people can be served daily with meals
within the exposition grounds alone,
while the number of hotels and restau-
rants is constantly increasing"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
CURRENT HUMOr

TALK about women being highty!
Look at bank cashiers"-Texaa Sift-
ings.
LECTURER-"We eat too much!" Old
Lady Tin loud whisper)-"She's one
O. the mitty."-Cleveland Plain
dealer.
STRONG-"Would you call Supplies
wife handsome?' Weak - "Yes - if I
was talking to Supple. "-Raymond's
Monthly.
IT is the little things that tell. II
you don't believe it ask the big sister 8
who have small brothers.-Philsdel
phia Record.
HICKS "Y our heart goes out in
sympathy to the poor?" Wicks-"Yes,
though it sounds like rank egotism to
say it."-Boston Transcript.
JILLsoN, who sat near one the other
night, says the only thing reserved
about a theater party is the seat each
member occupies.-Buffalo Courier
EMPLOYER Are you a college
graduate?" Applicant-"No, but I'm
lust as good. can kick eight kinds of
wind out of football" Detroit Free
pro &C
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
Caring for Bicycle Chains.

The chain is the hardest part of the
bicycle to get along with comfortably
When q chain gets dry and creaky, il
is a good idea to boil it for an hour in
hot soda bath, then plunge it into 4
pail of light oil and allow it to remain
immersed for an hour. at the end of
which time the oil will have thorough.
ly penetrated every bearing part. The
chain should then be hung up and al
lowed to drip thoroughly. A chain so
treated will usually run we'll for days
and weeks afterward. In an emery
ency case on the road a thorough dose
OF soapsuds will always timber up an
obstinate chain, which will often re-
main in good working condition for a
long time afterward.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
WOMAN STREET INSPECTOR.
Commissioner Of
New York Makes a New Depar-

Strect.Cleaning Comm missioner Of
New York Makes a New Depar.
ture.
Street-cleaning Commissioner War
ing has decided, says the New York
Advertiser, to make new departure in
the conduct of his department which
cannot fail to strike n sympathetic
chord in the heart of every woman who
wishes to see her sisters placed on an
equal footing with men in every walk
of life. He has been impelled To take
this action by the recommendation of
the Society for Political Study that
Miss Cynthia NJ. Westover and Mrs.
Fay Pierce be appointed inspectors in
the STRENGTHENING department.
Miss Westover is in many respects a
most remarkable woman. Although
not yet quite "a years of age, she has a
thorough knowledge Of political econ
omy and of politics generally. Her
acquaintance with men prominent in
political life is as wide as that of most
newspaper workers, among whom she
stands in the foremost rank. She is a
musician of more than ordinary ability
and as a singer in choir and concert,
she has met with marked success. For
time she was understudy to Christine
Nilsson, the celebrated prima donna.
She was born in Alton, la. Her grand
father, Alexander Camwbell, was the
founder of the Complexities. When
she was years of age her mother died
and from that time until she was IL
she accompanied her father, who added
prospecting for gold to his geological
studies, and carried his daughter with
him on the back Of . burro through
the mountains of Colorado, New
Mexico and California.
She received her education after
that in the state normal school and
state anniversary OF Colorado, and, after
graduating, took a special course OF four
years in mathematics in the Colorado
Commercial college, adding to her
other accomplishments those Of an ex-
pert accountant. She then taught
school in Colorado, until 1882, when
she went to New York, where she
earned her livelihood as a teacher OF
languages and music. In addition to
her other gifts she is linquist of great
ability, speaking and reading nearly
all the modern languages and is con-
versant with Latin and Greek. Her
knowledge Of languages as interpreter
to the custom-house, where she served
under Collector Hans Beattle and Joel
B. Erhardt.
When Mr.. Beattle was made street
cleaning commissioner he appointed
Miss Westover his private secretary,
and the experience she then obtained
will undoubtedly be of value to her
sho, Id she accept the appointment as
inspector in the department.
Mrs. Fay Pierce is another woman
who can have the position of inspector
if she will accept it. She is sister
in-la:r of the late Theodore Thomas,
the musician, and is a woman of much
learning and fond of the study oil
politics. She declii cd the honor OF
election to the presidency of the
Society of Political Study, but has
always been one of the most active
workers of that organization.
Following out this scheme OF ap-
pointing women hereafter whenever
possible, Commissioner Waring late
ly appointed Miss Alice Wheat as
file clerk in the department at salary
of $72O year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
FACTS ABOUT THE POPEA.
Do0S Of Princes and Poor Men Have Rul,
the Catholic Church.

Sons Of Princes aud Poor Men Have Ruled
the Catholic Church.
Eighty Of the popes are honored as
saints, thirty-one rs martyrs and forty
three as confessors. st. Agatha was
the only pope that lived to be centen-
arian; he is also the only one after st.
Peter who may be honored with the
title miracle-worker. st. Agatha died
st the age Of 107, in the year 6sa, after
having reigned three years, six months
and fifteen days. Gregory TX. died at
the age Of 9s years; Celestine III. aud
Gregory XII. at the age of %; John
XXI. at the age of 30; Clement MI. at
the age of sS, and Clement X. and Plus
TX. at the age Of SO. The popes have
been drawn from all classes of society,
says the st. Louis Republic. Nineteen
were SONS Of near relatives Of princes,
and an equal number came from illus
triOus families. Many came from abso-
Lutte poverty and obscurity. Sixtus VII.
was the son OF very poor fisherman;
Alexander v. was the son of very poor
and unknown parents, the future pope
spending all his young life in begging
on the streets. Adrian, the only English
pope. was abandoned early in life by
worthless father and had to subsist on
charity, until. going as tramp to find
an asylum in France, he entered
monastery or convent as a servant. His
resl worth was soon manifested in his
diligence. and his virtues and intelli-
gence soon won for him the papal tiara
Eixtus V. had for father a poor laborer,
Q common servant for a mother and q
laundress Of vicious habits for sister
Celestine V. was the son Of farmer Of
no means and little intelligence. Bene-
dict XII. spent his childhood in bake
shop. Urban ". learned the carpen-
ter's trade from bis father, as did also
Gregory VII. Five of the popes studied
medicine before taking holy orders.
Julius III. was the son Of famous ju-
risconsult. Benedict XII was the son of
a poor notary. The father of Pelagius
l. was project and the vicar of his
province. The father OF Paul v. was .
patrician OF Sienna. The fathers Of
Eugene w., Gregory NIL and Alexan.
der MI. all belonged to the patrician
families of Venice. Catholics enumerate
but two hundred and sixty popes, while
some Protestant authorities give the
number as two hundred and ninety.
eight, which includes twenty-four anti.
Ropes. OF the whole number twenty !