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The Washington times., 1895-03-31

Mrs. Walter Darlington. of Baltimore, is
spending the spring in Washington with
her mother, Mrs. Philip Phillips. Mrs.
Carrington's young son is with her.
The Washington times., 1895-03-31

Mr.. H. O. Webb, travelling passenger
agent of the Baltimore & OHIO Railroad
for the New England States, accompanied
a large excursion party from that sec
ton TO Washington yesterday. They
are stopping at the Randall
The Washington times., 1895-03-31
DropsY Cured

Prof Green's remedy viii positively cure
drepsy in thirty days we will forfeit one
hundred dollars. All consultations free. CaII
at Office, 1730 18th st. nv. mr31&apS
The Washington times., 1895-03-31

The marriage of Miss May O'Re1ly,
grand daughter OF ex-Commissioner West,
to Mr. Thomas Durant VIII take place on
the evening of the cath inst. at st. Paul's
Church.
The Washington times., 1895-03-31

FOR RENT-HoUsEs
So 5O-6l5 East Ca pitoI ST.; sr. frame
JAS. NJ. YORK & SON, SOS G ST. NV
sa55 On. C. ave; Or brown stone.
JAS NJ. YORK Il son, 90S G St NV.
SIS O0-A st Sc; Sr brick
JAS NJ. YORK & son, COS G ST. NV
$40 075-a04 Indiana ave. NV; Sr. brick.
JAS. ID. YORK 4 son, eos G st NV.
The Washington times., 1895-03-31

Senator and Mrs. Villas and the Misses
Villas left the Arno yesterday for their
home.
The Washington times., 1895-03-31

About one hundred excusionsts from
Boston, Hartford and New Haven are
at the ArnO.
The Washington times., 1895-03-31

Mrs. Charles Pearson, of New York, is
visiting her aunt. Mrs Irving, at the latter's
home on II street. Mrs. Pearson is q woman
Of unusual beauty and her marriage to Mr.
william Hamilton, of New York, VIII be
one Of the events OF the spring.
The Washington times., 1895-03-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Mercer have as their
guest at present, Miss Dyer, who viii spend
some weeks in Washington this spring.
The Washington times., 1895-03-31
POINTS ABOUT PILGRIMS.

Mr.. George W. Cole, of northeast Penn
syIvania, representing the Short Banking
Company, ofthat place, is at the Normandie
Mt. Cole spent couple of months in
this city during the winter, attending
TO local business for his company, and
considers the business prospects for the
spring and summer exceptionally bright,
especially tie building outlook. He is
here now TO look after the installation of
additional machinery in large brick
plant which lis company recently pur-
chased near Washington. II is intended,
he says, to increase the capacity OF the
plant TO a minimum output of so ,O90
bricks day, making il one OF the largest
brick yards in this vicinity. Mr.. Cole
is wei known in business circles in this
city as d representative business man Of
the western part of Pennsylvania.
Senator Lee Mantle, of Montana, who has
been i'll at the Cochran for several weeks,
left for Hot Springs, Ark, yesterday.
Two very prominent female practi-
TONERS OF Boston, Mrs. DR.. Drew aud Mrs
DR.. Claflin, ave at the Arno.
Mr.. James L. Hams brough, or Blue
Field, Mercer county, W. Va, is at the
Metropolitan. He is trying to make an eff
fort to interest Washington and Baltimore
capitalists In a proposed electric rail
way, which viii connect the principal
mining towns on the Elkhorn, such as Blue
Field, Huntington, Pocahontas and Gra-
ham. An electric light company is also
provided for III his calculations. He
says that the country thereabouts is rich
in minerals, coal especially, and now
depend on the Norfolk & Western Railroad
alone for transportation facilities. There
would be no difficulty in the way OF get
ting charter for the enterprise, and Mr.
Hainsbrough thinks the scheme would pay
enormously.
The Washington times., 1895-03-31

Senator Lee Mantle, of Montana, who has
been i'll at the Cochran for several weeks,
left for Hot Springs, Ark, yesterday.
The Washington times., 1895-03-31

Two very prominent female practi
TONERS OF Boston, Mrs. DR.. Drew aud Mrs.
DR.. Claflin, ave at the Arno.
The Washington times., 1895-03-31

Mrs. Sidney Everett has sold her house
on Rhode Island avenue TO Mrs Carroll
Mercer and the latter Will take possession
some time during the present spring. Mrs.
Everett. especially since the marriage Of her
oldes tdaughter TO an EngliShman, has spent
much of her time abroad, and this fact was
undoubtedly an important factor in her
decision to finally sell the house on Rhode
Island avenue in which she made her home
when in Washington. Mrs. Everett is q fine
artist and has collection Of sketches made
in nearly every section of Europe. These
have been made direct from nature and will
be a valuable inheritance to leave to her
daughters.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

The London Graphic. In It's recent
summing up OF the half dozen success
full novels OF the year. includes with
Du Mauriers "Trilby," Hall Gaines
''Manxman," Conan Doyle's Sherlock
Holmes" 1.-The Heavenly Twins" and
ships that Pass in the Night" Mrs.
L. Burke Collins "a Modern Heather"
Speaking of this last work of our dis
tinguished southern author, the Graph
ic says:
what George W. Cables writings
are TO the Creoles OF New Orleans. Miss
Murfree to the rough STRATA of human
ity among the Tennessee mountains.
and Gertrude Atherton to California,
Mrs. y. Burke Collins are to the Ar
cadians Of the Louisiana pine lands.
in her latest work EEIs. Collins has
struck a new vein in literature, OPEN
ing to the novel reading world q vision
of the real life Of the Arcadians of the
backwoods. among the wild, scarcely
known region of the bayouS and
swamps of Louisiana"
Besides her novels she contributes
each week short stories, sketches, etc,
to the prominent magazines and 70
a great variety of other publications.
Although her writing has always
been a labor of love, yet such incessant
mental eXertion, constantly harvesting
the ideas of her brain without a single
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

one convert In 1872 WAS orCsni7bd
the irst evangelical church OF eleven
members. Now there are 3G5 churches
with a mem 0ership Of %, 534.
The Presbyterian churches Of Aus
tralia and Tasmania have formed a fed
eration--the federal assembly. At the
last meeting the chief business was the
consideration Of project for the or
ganic union q the churches of the six
colonies Of New South Wales, Victoria,
Queensland, South Australia, Western
Australia and Tasmania
Mary Pairing, colored woman OF
Alabama, urgently requested TO be
sent 10 the Dark Continent. saving
taat all her life it had been her asnbi-
ton 90 carry the Gospel % her people
When informed that the Presbyterian
board lacked the money required 70
pay the passage $500. she sold her little
home in Talla6ega, AID went az her
own cost
Rev. Phnbe Hannaford, q prominent
member OF Sorosis. has the honor %
be the first woman minister ever or
dained IN America ~ the time Dr..
Eaunatord was ordained only three
women IN the world beside herself had
received orders. - present she is
writing a book which VIII tell many
Interesting incidents OF her early *.
perience&
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

idle season or fallow time for rest and
refreshment. could not fail 10 have it's
effect on the recuperative power Of her
nervous system. At one time she found
herself tired out and weak from such
uninterrupted work; she became ner-
vOus and incapable of work, she even
saw nervous prostratiOn staring her i'm
the face. The general toInE up that her
system needed so badly she found IN
Paine's celery compound. Today she is
perfectly well and strong again. busy
as ever with her brain and pen. and
grateful to Paine's celery compound
for the timely help when failure and
trouble and despair seemed about 10
close round her and shut her off
from everything that was dear 10 her.
She says:
New Orleans. La, Nov, q, 1894.
I wish 10 add my mite 10 the thous-
ands Of testimonials which you have
received in regard 20 the efficacy OF this
wonderful compound. In my profes-
sion of author. such a strengthening
medicine is invaluable. l have just
conn leted my ninety-fith novel. Land con-
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my constitution, injured my nerves
and I suffered from general debility.
When a person in that condition writes
continually. living in the realm % fic-
ton and romance. the effect upon the
nervous system is lamentable- J was
weak and debilitated. suffered from In
somnia, and was irritable and nervous.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
HEROINE. OF THE TELEGRAPH.
bow q French Girl OHtwitted tho Ger.
mans During the War of 1870.

In the Eranco-German war Of 1870 the
Chlans in particular played havoc with
the French wires. On arriving at vii
lage they would ride up to the telegraph
Office, cut the connections and carry off
the apparatus or else employ it 10 deceive
the eE smy. They were outBitted, how
ever, on one occasion, and by a woman.
Mile. Juiiette Dodu, girl CT Is, was d.
rector Of the telegraph station at Pithi-
viers, where she lived with her mother,
when the Prussians entered the town
They took possession of the station, and,
turning ont the two women, confined
them to their dwelling on higher floor.
1t happened that the wire from the office
in running to the pole on the roof passed
by the door of the girls room, and she
conceived the idea of tapping the Prussian
messages. She had contrived TO keep
telegraph instrument, and by means of a
derivation from the wire was able to carry
out her purpose. Important kilograms
were thus obtained and secretly commu-
nicated TO the subprefect of the town, who
conveyed them across the Prussian lines
to the French commander.
Mile. Dodu and her mother were both
arrested, and the proofs OF their guilt Were
soon discovered. They were brought be-
fore court martial and speedily con-
demned to death, but the sentence had to
be confirmed by the commander of the
corps 'arInee, Prince Frederick Charles,
who, having spoken with Mile Dodu on
several occasions, desired her to DO pro-
duced. He inquired her motive In COM
uniting SO grave a breach of what are
called the laws of war" The girl re-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
DATE AND DISASTER.
An Old Rhyming Prophecy Which Missed
Its Mark Only Once.
The I'd rhyming pronhecv tells us that


In every future year OF our Lord
When the sum of the figures Is twenty-five
Some warlike nation viii draw the sword,
But peaceful nations in peace viii thrive
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
eight was the fifth year OF modern time.
in which the aggregate Of the figures was
25, and it was the first in the series which
extends over'a period of nearly 200 years,
in which the predictions OF the prophet
were not literally fulfilled
In 1929 Russia, Poland and Denmark
formed the alliance against Sweden, which
inaugurated the great war which ended in
the disastrous defeat OF Charles MI at
PoltaYa.
The year 1889 is one of the dark dates in
the annals OF time because of its being the
year in which the French revolution broke
out and ragged until after the reign CT
terror.
The year 17sS witnessed the famous
campaign OF Napoleon into Egypt and the
formation of the second European coali-
ton against France.
The next da:e upon which the sum total
OF the figures in the date aggregated %
was 1879, and in that year Great Britain's
troops invaded Afghanistan, leaving be
hind them iBonstEo0s trail Of blood
One thousand eight hundred and eighty
eight, the fifth IL this series of combina-
tion date oddities, did not witness any
formal declaration of war, but il WAS one
of the most disastrous OF modern times as
far as shiPwrecks. mine accident, railway
disasters and general niishaps are con
ceTned.
One thousand eight hundred and ninety
seven will te another date in which the
combined iigurus aggregate -. and there
cannot possibly IL has thrce Others 81 the
same kins. between Taat tirsle and the
opening CT the 2So9
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
Tho photographers Ear.

The sense of hearing is developed in the
mo dern telegraph operator TO an abnormal
degree ewing to his use of the typewriter
in his work. In former years, when he
copied his messages with pen or pencil, his
ears were accustomed to only one kind Of
sound-that of the telegraph instruments
while in these days of the typewriter he
must distinguish between the sharp click
of the ticker and the almost similar rattle
of the copying machine. According TO an
Old operator. the sense Of hearing soon
becomes so developed that the distinction
is easily made With little experience in
the use of the typewriter along with the
telegraph instrument the operator ceases
to notice any similarity of the sounds
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

DR.. II. Weber has given $500 20
the Royal College of Physicians 70 81
tabiish a prize for the best essay on
the prevention OF consumption.
-For the first time in centuries, an
eient Hungary, by the act OF her legis-
larure and the signature OF her king,
Francis Joseph, emperor OF Austria,
enters upon full religious freedom
The new car OF all the REssias
(one-sixth OF the land surface Of the
globe has promised religious toiera-
ton Il am Christian but can not
prosecute those who differ from me IN
religions beliefs"
The Established Church Of Scot
land has .l46. coo members. the Free
Church has 81 600. the United Presby-
terrain Church has $500. the smaller
protestant bodies have 25s.cO5. and the
Roman Catholic Church has 90. 90
members.
Rev. z. 3. SAWYER. dean emeritus
% the Tufts Divinity school az Aec-
ford. Mass. ms Just passed his eIst
birthday. The only Universalist
preacher n this country older than Re
j Dr. Lucius z Page. the historian q
cambridge.
Miss :. Sterling has q model farm
- Ayles6eid. Nova scotia, 70 which
sae brings destitute chi Idren from scot
land AID circ3tss them % trades she
has a s-rist-mIIl. saw-milL and various
workshops on fhe place. and generally
has about . hundred little va-ts 10
training FOR useful lives
The American board Of cJrnzis-
sioaers for foreign missions has r.
ceivetl s.. 20 ihrouga the STATE depart
rnsEt frosn spain - indemnify FOR lie
le'ss ~ property and other i-5u-g IL
aleiesi nr'on the sso-k ~ Ponspe. oue
q iss caroline Islands. bv the >Esallaa
aueGe-Itiea few yezrs aro
- lne progress Of Christianity IL Ia
PAP j. ono of TIE 1zrvsis y modern /
Church history. The s-st h~e yes-s q I
.althsEi GaEis-saa -s-ue-ie .-.-zc--
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

Top from the bottom of the mine, it is
dumped into a chute which conveys the
coal to the ''larries," as the small dump
cars which run on the tracks over the
o7ens are called Small locomotives draw
the larry wagons to the ovens in the larger
plants, but IN others steel cables, horses
or mules are the motive power used to
carry the coal to be cooked. Time and Ia
Dor arc saved by machinery in the mine,
on the shaft top and around the ovens
The mine cars brought up on the cages
from the bottom or the shaft are pushed
on the cage and an empty car run on au-
tomaticaliy, and other forms of self
dumping cages are used. The coal slides
down the chute and over the screens into
the bins from which the larry wagons are
loaded
When the larries reach the ovens. thew
are dumped, and the coal slides down.
When an oven is charged, the'coal is lev
eled down, and the door Is bricked I'D,
and all the chinks and openings are closed
with lo3m- except q space of about TWO
inches at the top of the door. which ex-
tends across the tull width Of il. The
heat or the oven-for full charge OF coal
Is put In as soon as the charge of newly
mads coke has been taken out-Sets fire TO
the coal ON top The draft and course OF
the air are SO regulated that the coal burns
from out 70 III, and the amount of air
necessary TO keep up . slow. smoldering
combustion Is regulated by closing or
opening airways in the door In IS hours
the coal Is cooked, and the door is broken
open, ana the glowing coke in the oven
Is droncned with water To cool II. so tina.
1t will-rot set fire 10 the carr. FOR the coke
Is loaded directly into the freight cars
standing on the tracks before the bank OF
ovens.
Enormous quantities of water are used
In cooling coke As Il requires about coo
gallons OF water Ia cool enc charge of
COKE, the tcnncllsviilc district. when ali
ot the ovens are ut work, USES up over
9,uoO,OOe gallons Of water a day. enough
TO supply town Of 90 600 inhabitants.
sometimes this water has 20 be pumped
from distance Tor the mine water is
strongly lmp1 sEared with sulphur, and
sulphur Is Just " bat the cokemaker does
hoI want IN bis product. one large coke
wcTAsin this district, in order 70 be as
sareu oi an adequate supply CT pure water,
pumped II rem river il miles from the
ovens, using an inch pipe which had
fotnefiy heen Used for supplying a town
with natural gas. The coat mined in the
Cohnellsville district is remarkably pure
ana IS al cooked. The vein from which il
Is taken Is nine feet thick, and the coal is /
Iained On the room and pillar" system 1
h great lass Of life caused by miners 1
using naked lamps, anG 20 ignifing the ex- I
piosiNe gases which collect II the work !
inss, has lea many miners 10 adopt the /
electric incanoesoent light for the shaft /
Bottom, pglnBFoon ana stables, and the |
miners are re,SIir':.i 10 carry safe. la1,ps. |
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

ried By aI-attchdant asioZen butterflies or
great beauty. After the guests had ex-
amined them and assured themselves that
the insects were alive, the fakir tossed
them one by one into the air. Each alight
ed on the tree and became invisible When
all had disappeared, the fakir asked the
sahib to look for them. The Englishman
examined the tree carefully, but failed to
find the dozen butterflies, each OF which
was four inches across They had all heard
Of the Indian hypnOtism, and thought
that this possibly was an instance In hand,
but the laughing fakir caught up the tree,
and, giving it a shake, the insects toated
in the air for moment, and then gath
cred about the tree, again to mysteriously
disappear.
The fakir then pointed ont the illusion.
The butterflies were not a foot from their
eyes and so mimicked the leaves when
their wings were folded that the deception
was perfect, both in color and shape
There were even the delicate mold spots,
the central OF nidrib Of the leaf and the
delicate lateral branches from fl, while the
stem of the leaf was closely initiated By
the lower portion of the wings. which
were pressed against the stem. This MIN
ic, known to science as kailina, II followed
by bird simply alights on a bush or tree
and becomes invisible, and the fakir had
simply taken advantage Of the natural
protection Of the butterfly.
The same protection is sean in many Of
our common butterflies that mimic flowers
or leaves Remarkable resenhlances are
noticed among the moths, some inimick-
ing bits Of wood or stone, So that when
they alight they become az once Invisible
and thus escape from every possible pUr-
suer.
Some interesting instances of miuicTy
are found IN India 4 naturalist noted
butterfly here that was not onlv remark
able mimic, bat when followed il initial
ed the peculiar z Eht Of poisonous but
terfly that was obnoxious 70 the birds. In
almost every group q Insects we fnd this
protective resesl1 blance, and those among
the walking sticks and walking leaves are
the most wonderful IN the lstter we hare
an example ~ on insect - exactly ces.ssn-
bling greea isaf tbss Is would bear close
examination without discovery. The IN
sect looks a. though ii might have been
made Up fEon several pieces 81 leaves Il
i OF a vivid eresD, with delicate leaves,
exactly 2S one finds u leaf
While thu phylium resembles leaf,
the phasDid.e j. n Hsirnic oi iTFis o.
branch. The long straight hosiy = Per I
feet stick. the srzs rcsesnlling rs igs /
branching from g. suG sSssa1 waissDe 4
they move u s. deiibssalea manner tAat 4
even then tie iiili-lon = Eos SesfE1yefi- 4 I
nlsI.i y ,iss .ic-ls Eslsi1e s,lcs $ :. FsTita-
. & giant. aial,ss > is,at - ien1th 5aese
are grsen. resembling E1E-lE shan'-, s1a 4
arc tcs.sd -mnsc zEesc vese are l5st oase i
otssrsel Z, Fs1ss fkc English naturalist /
.xas s,..s=.. .-,s...sc =. @ca5 rzEtg and !
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09
HOW COKE is MADE
STORY OF TIE LEADING INDUSTRY
o. CONNElLSvIlLE.
The Largest Coke Producing District In
the Worid-Grown From Two to Twenty
Thousand O.ens In Fifty Years-Enor-

Some one has called coke mineral char
coal. He meant thar coke was soft coal
from which the gases had been expelled
fv heat out Of contact with air, Just as
wood is made into charcoal by being
burned without air.
The crushed coke, which is becoming
fayorite fuel with housewives and cooks,
is the coke left as a resiGu in the making
of Illuminating gas 1t is soft, dull black
and has a puuicelike texture, but the
coke which is made tor foundries and
blast furnaces is hard and is of a silyery
gray color, almost metallic in its luster.
This is the Connellsville coke, produced
in the coke region Of Pennsylvania, made
famous by its bloody labor strikes and IA
tai conflicts between the Huns" and
militia Thousands upon thousands OF
tons of coal are mined in the CoDnellsyille
country and burned in the thousands of
ovens into coke, and when any labor tron-
BILE checks the output of this region
foundries, machine sho es and blast fur
naces ali over the country shut down. The
two experimental ovens which were built
in this district So years ago have grown
into 30. coo ovens. and the few bushels of
coke which the pioneers tried valnly to
sell have expanded 10 over 5, 600. 600 tons
yearly.
The very nature of the industry connects
the coal mine and the coke oven with the
closest intimacy. The ovens stretch out
from the shaft top OF either side OF the
railroad tracks, built SO close together
that the bank" looks Ike a solid wall,
pierced with low arched windows set in at
short intervals Over the bank Of ovens
runs a narrow gauge track. and steam and
smoke cloud the perspective. The Con
nelisvile coke region is the largest coke
producing district in the world, and their
cokomaking has reached its highest point
toward perfection. The ConEellsviile
ovens are what are known as the "bee
hive type, varying from l035 feet to 1272
feet in diameter and from . to feet in
height Each oven produces at charge
from 3 to y tons of coke each As hours,
which is the length of time required to
produce coke from COAL Al coal will not
coke, for noncoking coal will cruInble
with the heat, whereas a cooking" coal
will hold its substance and become min
eral sponge when the gases are driven out
When tho nasI - hrnuGs=. to the shaft