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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05
4 WAY TO GET EVEN.
The Plan Did Not Meet the Approval
of the COmplainant.

The Plan Did Not Meet the Approval
of the COmplainant.
From the Chicago Post.
I'D do anything to set even with that
hotel" said the man who had been loaf
ing around the reading room.
whats the matter?' asked the guest
who had just registered.
THAT smart, diamond-studded clerk has
ordered me to keep away from the house.
He says 1 have been hanging around here
for the last three weeks using the station
cry and occupying the most comfortable
chairs"
WELL have your
"Sure. What's his old house for if it Is
not for the use of people who haven't any
where else to go? But you can bet I'll get
even with him."
"How?"
Il don't know just yet, but I'll find a
way
would you like SUGGESTION"
That's what l would. Do you know a
way"
why, yes, if you've the nerve to try it,
"0h, 1 have nerve to throw to the birds.
Let's have your scheme"
''Well, you know how a good hotel hates
to get mixed up in police case in the news
papers,
Yes"
This house is particularly proud of its
record in avoiding everything of that sort.
too"
II know It,"
Then, all you have to do Is to get some
sensational case located here and you are
revenged."
"Of course. But how"
Engage room, go up to 1t and COM
nit suicide. It's very simple matter, you
see. I'll loan you the money for the room
II you are broke"
But the man with the grievance depart
ed without even expressing his thanks for
the kind offer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05
LONDON'S WATER SUPPLY.
1t IL Enormous. but Every Gallon FIJI
tered Before Delivery.
From Chambers Journal.

From Chambers Journal.
The whole of Greater London, covering
an area CT about $50 miles. is supplied by
three organizations, whose powers and dis
trlcts are defined by law. The six Thames
supply of 120,CO0.Go0 gallons day: the East
Lcndor is allowed to take :i3,OO,Oo0 gallons,
and the New River %, 800. 900 gallons day
from the Lea: the rest comes from the
chalk wells: there is also, however. a sup
Elementary supply drawn by several COM
pa MES from the gravel beds by the side of
the Thames, and IN times of food or
drought this atural supply is very useful
In March last year 1Sn.o00O00 gallons OF
filtered water were required every day for
the supply of LondCn, which gave an aver
age of N out thirty-three gallons to each
person in the area of supply for drinking,
domestic and trade purposes.
The pumping operations represent an
enormous expenditure of force. The South
wark Company, for instance, pumps 12,OO,-
COO gallons every day a distance of eighteen
for distribution thence to the other parts
of the district. The pipes. too. are often
enormous in size, some of the tunnels be-
ing nine feet in diameter. AS for the
length there are in all London 5.rn00O0
miles Of water pipes, on which there are
some 27.6.5 hydrants. 1t is hard to gain
from mere figures an adequate conception
of the extent of London's water supply,
but the enormous stream of water flows
steadily into the houses-over $4,000 of
them-day after Gay, carefully filtered and
purified, and the system contrasts curiousy
with the old New River water carts and
Chelsea'S wooden pipes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05
A CAMPFIRE YARN.
After Thirty Years n Southern Soldier
Finds u Missing Member.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
At the tattle of Chickamauga. in Septem-
Ter. 1863, John Sammons, soldier in the
confederate army, was loading his rifle be-
hind big oak tree, when a bullet hit his
gunstock ard carried away two joints n
the forefinger Of his right hand. The dis
menbered part dropped to the ground, and
Samnons made his way to the rear,
stanchirg the wound as best he could
Then, when the war closed, he returned
home ana went to work, charging up his
MANNED hand to the losses of the confed-
eracy.
Thi-ty-two years passed, and he paid a
visit to the famous field, which the gov
eminent has turned into. great national
park. The tree behind which he had fought
was large ar conspicuous. and he had lit
tie difficulty in finding it. Almost instinct
lively he put himself into the position he
had occupied during the battle, and sud-
Derby it occurred TO him to look for his
finger.
He stopped, turned over the leaves. and
sure enough there We're the bones. They
had lain there undisturbed ever since the
fight. With strange feeling, he picked
them w, Satisfied himself of their identity.
wrapped them in his handkerchief and car
ried them home, where he shows them as
war relic
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TRAIN HELD UP By A WOMAN.
Stood on the Track and the Car,
Came to n Stop.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Whippany River railroad recently
went into the HANDS Of a receiver, and the
other day one of it's trains was held up
in New Jersey by a woman Mrs. Margaret
Ccnley did the job.
The railroad runs through her farm.
There has been a dispute about the right
of way. 1t illuminated by Mrs. Conley
planting herself on the track in front of
an incoming train. The engineer saw her,
Flew his whistle and put on brakes. She
stood immovable, with arms akimbo and
head defantly thrown back. The train
stopped within few feet of her.
why don't you get off the track?" shout
ed the engineer, when he recognized who it
was.
why doesn't your road pay me what 1t
ewes for right of way through my prop
erty?" she retortcd.
Then the proceedings became spicy. Fin
ally the engineer pleaded He was delayed
and must go by. Mrs. Conley was as in
flexible as the rock of Gibraltar. There was
nothing else to do. and Charles II. Marshall.
the fireman, climbed down and gently led
Mrs. Conley from the track She did not
resist. She did not do a thing but swear out
warrant charging Marshall with assault
and battery. and he is now under bond TO
answer to the next grand jury. Then the
train rolled on
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ing heart, that 1t Is more restful to have
me near?'
She nodded her head, as If words could
not express her perfect content. The doc
tor smiled in return and after moment
she went on:
II can see now that I had really led a
very lonely life. When Mr.. Starkweather
told me that he loved me it was like a
vision of an impossible heaven! 1t was a
profound surprise, for he had manifested
no especial liking for either of US, and If
had thought of him as in love, I SHOULD
have taken ii for granted that 1t was Louise
he favored. Really. no thought of myself
would have entered my head not because
| am not selfish-I have shown You that
am exceedingly So.
You misjudge me and yourself, too,
Amelia, said the doctor. did I not tell
you that j should have acted as you did, il
tot even more determiLedly?
Yes; and I'll not try to think now whe.h-
er l was justified or not but want you to
know the facts. l knew not what to say to
Mr.. Starkweather. for Willie l was certain
that did not love him then, it seemed as
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If my gratitude would speedily grow to love.
1t was such boon to find that some one
really cared for me- and he must have been
sincere, for he knew perfectly well that
had no fortune; that was a mere depend
emit"
The doctors conscience smote him a bit
for permitting Amelia to talk so long, and
yet her pulse was steady and normal, and it
seemed to relieve her.
Il don't wonder" ne said, love under
such circumstances would invariably beget
love"
I'm not sure that it did," she responded
gravely. II hadn't had time to find out when
the end came"
What had you told Mr.. S.arkwe;.ther?"
asked the doctor, after a pause, during
which his own thoughts threatened to come
to high state of tension that could not
but be injurious to his patient. He began to
see a vague suggestion of a possible pur-
pose back of Professor DrummonIs crime.
Il told him the facts we'll as could"
answered Amelia. Il lid not rejact him;
how could 1? He went on to tell me that
his material prospects were of the bright
est. l inferred that he was associated with
my uncle i'll perfecting an invention that
would make all our fortunes, but l asked
him no questions, for to me the one great
fact of Importance was his love for me. I
couldn't understand it,"
Love is the hardest thing N the void
to understand remarked the doctor, wise
II think 1t is. We left it this way, Mr.
Starkweather and l. We were to say moth
ing about it for a week, not 4 void On
either side. l wanted time to think and to
study. myself. He was perfectly willing, he
seemed TO be so confident of the result So
we separated, we had been talking on the
ledge back of the house, and next day"
She turned her eyes nitifully upon the
doctor.
Il know he said. 1--WE mustn't tall. about
1t longer"
Just one word more pleaded Amelia.
you can, perhaps understand my mean
ing now when l assured you that Mr..
Starkweat her, to my own hnowle l:se, could
not have had reason for suicide. He heiiev-
ed in his business prospects, and he had
every reason for believing that he hal won,
or would soon win,my love. In the first shock
after the disappearance Knew no: what l
felt. 1 knew that / resented the fate that
had robbed me of the one being who had
ever manifested any especial liking for
AS L suffered l grew TO feel that my love
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ceived considered after o'clock pm
December IL. except as stated in rule 3.
given below. Persons who miss the first
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office of The Star.
Rules Of the Compel tion.
But one solution can be entered by
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05
HOUSe-MOyinS Feat.
From the San Francisco Call.

From the San Francisco Call.
A remarkable feat has just been accom-
plished in moving a house from Arcata,
Cal, across the bay to Eureka The house
was moved to the marsh lan.i near Arcata
by the usual process OF house-noving
Then a temporary staging and wharf were
built. Over this the house was slowly
transported to the waters edge. where two
rock barges. lashel together were in wait
ing to receive the structure. 1t was, after
considerable labor, placed upon the barges
and then a tugboat took them in tow, and
in q few hours had covered a distance of
seven miles and landed at the foot Of ]
street, in Eureka. So well was the contract
carried out that the only damage noted was
a slight breaking Of the plaster. The house
is a fine two-story enc. and is deliberately
finished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05
TWENTY-THIRD INSTALLMENT.
CHAPTER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BETsEY

CHAPTER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BETSEY
Having reported 10 his mother concern
ing Ameia's condition. the doctor withdrew
TO another part of the room. For few
minutes he busted his mind with considera-
tion in regard to the treatment of the case.
With any other patient in view he would
have proceeded almost mechanically. for as
the case stood now it presented no especial
difficulties. Or. Williams. however, was so
anxious that every step should be exactly
right. that he seriously contemplated send
ing to Marshall for DIR. Morse.
1T would be possible he thought. "to
get him here by tomorrow noon. There is
no mail to Marshall until evening. l will
send then if it seems advisable"
Meantime there was little to do. Nature
could be counted on to do most of the
work, and such medicines as were helpful
could as well he administered by his mother
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$500 for n Copper Cent,


From the Philadelphia Record.
Fred. T. Mcdonald. druggist of Kennett
Square. has just sold an old copper coin for
5000. The coin is very rare. 1t is of the
date of 1873. and on one side has the bust
of Washington and the words washing
ton and Liberty" and on the other, zone
cent" He took the coin in trade at his store
for It's face value. one cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05
ThankfulneSS.

From the Lewiston Cue.) Journal.
You will have to travel far and search
diligently to find better Thanksgiving SEN
timent than that of an old Franklin county
patriarch. now long since passed to his re-
ward. His annuai-aye, and his daily
prayer was: 80 Lord, we thank Thee that
1t is as well with US as it isl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05

From the Westminster Gazette.
Some statistics have just been published
concerning the wealth of South African
millionaires. Messrs. Rhodes, Alfred Bent.
]. B. Robinson. F. A. English, Piet Marais,
and b. J. Barnato are said to be worth ESQ.,
OON0OG among them. The several amounts
ere: Mr.. Bent, f12,O0.G00; Mr.. Barnato, f10,-
OOOGo0: Mr.. Robinson, f7,0O0,00: Mr..
Rhodes. fJ.G0.0N; Mr.. English, f3.00O, 600;
Mr. Ma rails, f2,U0,0O0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05

William Stone. formerly a member of the
Dalton gang, under sentence of ten years at
Fort Wayne. Ind, for shooting Deputy
Sheriff Harold. has confessed TO committing
murders in Chicago. Cleveland. Kansas city
and several other places. His story is one
Of lifelong murder, burglary, train and
stage robbing and is a startling confession
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05
STIMULATES DIGESTION.
HursfOrd'x Ac;I pJ,osuJ,,fa

acts directly the food thus assisting the
stomach, and alo stimulates the secretion of the
digestive fluids. putting the stomach in active
healthy condition.
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!. The Star will pay $50 in gold to the
reader from whom II rece YES by mail, a. the
publication office. Pennsylvania avenue and
llth street, the complete and absolutely
correct solution Of Before They Were Mar
RED as it shall be disclosed in the final
chapter OF the story, TO be published Satur-
day. December II. in The Star. If two or
more complete and absolutely correct solu-
TONS are received the $50 in gold will be
divided equally
z Should The Star fail to recelve a solu-
ton that is complete and absolutely correct
IN all Its details. the $50 N gold will be al
lotted to the twenty-n.ne readers whose eN-
PIahation shall come nearest TO the true So
luton of the mystery according to their
percentage of merit. and the money will be
divided as follows
list Priz . $50 90
\ pr,z ''.''''.... -...-................'. oI..U
~ ..-...--......-...-...... Zo.W
o. p, .He ..-......-.............. iSoD
20 fr'zes OF So each. 125OU
2? Prizes: asgreratIng .......... $3.50 90
The first prize of $50 will he paid for the
explanation which comes nearest to the
true solution. the second prize OF $3.50 to
the person sending the explanation next
nearest. and so on. for the third and fourth
S each viii bs awar,,sd ~ tbs nerson rs
sending the twentr-ftc explanations next
nearest to The fourth prize. the Judges
may determine Their merit.
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70 especially commend 1t to the home circle
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The Star is a newspaper peculiarly suitable
for women's read'-P the further condition
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only for explanations sent in by women ard
girls. All may read: but only women and
girls may guess-and win the gold
Before They Were Married. will continue
In daily installments unit Saturday. Deem
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viii have been published. The interval be-
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The Star Saturday. December a. Under TO
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I'm the meantime.,;tw o friends, N H.
Carsweu and S. f. Bright. had come in. I
handed the verses to Mr.. Webster, little
tremulous with emotion. AS he read it his
eyes kinded. Stepping to the desk, lie be
gan to jot down the, notes. He picked up
his violin and tried them. In ten minutes
we four gentlemen ware singing that song.
Mr.. X. X. Crosby cane in. and with tears
IN his eyes. said: Gentlemen. that hymn
IS immortal We We're all excited. elated
Within two weeks the children of the town
were singing it on the streets.
I'm 1865 The Signet Ring was pub
lished. the publisher, distributing circulars
to advertise it, and on the sheets was The
Sweet BY and By On the strength of that
one song nearly qa9rter of a million cop
les of the book We're fold. The song was
afterward brought out in sheet music, and
1t has been translated into number of
foreign languages.
webster. Crosby ard Carswell all
dead. s. e. Bright of Fort Atkinson, Wis.
and myself are the only living witnesses to
the origin of the SCEg.
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whatever will guesses from any source be re-
ceived considered after o'clock pm
December IL. except as stated in rule 4.
given below. Persons who miss the first
tnstailments can obtain back numbers al the
Office of The Star
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To OR hountiful Father above
We will offer tho tribute Of praise,
For the glorious gill of His love
Aud the blessings That hallow our days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24
YOU'RE Too Fat.
There Are
Others.

Edison's Obesity Treatment-Hot Weather is
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Florence Evelyn Merry, author of Two Girls at
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she began using Dr. Edisoos Treatment for Obesity.
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pounds, and entirely cured of dyspepsia, My COM
Mercy sturtevant Wade writing .'" from the
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Capt Henry Cation. long connected with ;he
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Mrs. Col. Stanton, Georgetown. writes: II took
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francesca Townshende, secretary of the womans
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DON'T KILL THE DOG.
II You Have Been Bitten. Wait and
See If the Animal Has HydrophObia.

II You Have Been Bitten. Wait aud
See If the Animal Has Hydrophobia.
From the Chicago Tribune.
II You are bitten by dog don't kill the
beast, but take every precaution to let him
live for few days, at least" Professor
Logorio. chief of the -Pasteur Institute in
Chicago. made this oracular statement to a
reporter of the Tribune. and he is supposed
to be an authority on dogs that bite and
what to do with them''
1t Is a great mistake people make" he
said. Ito start in at once to kill dog that
has bitten them, or have it killed for them
1t has been proven scientifically and is ad-
mftted now by all physicians who are post
ed that hydrophobia is not a spontaneous
disease. and cannot be given to a person
by dog bite unless the dog be mad when
it causes the wound. The dogs condition,
If 1t be mad. will be manifested within two
days. or two weeks at the latest. By per-
hitting 1T to live, therefore, the physician
can tell definitely whether the person 1T
ten Is liable to have hydrophobia. If the
dog goes mad within that time they know
that the person bitten may be inocutated
with the same dread disease and may have
the same fate. If the dog does not go mad
then there is no fear of hydrophobia and
the wound can be treated the same as any
other wound would be. By killing the dog
you destroy the chance of certainty as TO
the fate of the person bitten and leave the
imagination full rein to fear the worst re-
suits where it might have been possible to
know in advance that hydrorhobia was inn
possible.
"Of course" continued the doctor, there
are exceptions to this rule that will sug-
gest themselves to persons. When dog Is
so vicious that to leave it alive is to en-
danger other people, then the first duty
would be to destroy 1t unless 1t could be
kept carefully secluded where the POSSIBLE
ity of harm would be removed; But even
in such cases where the dog is killed It
should be done by a physician, who should
keep a portion of the brain, by which can
be determined whether the dog mad RABIES
or not"
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