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The evening times., 1896-08-25
Faitiilt.sS Husband sued.

Henrietta Hebron has sued Peter Febron
for divorce. F L. Williams is her attorney.
They hare four children. On August 90.
1892. he deserted his family, and has rot
since contributed 10 its support. She sIed
hun for divorce last December. buthe came
with many promises and begged to lie
given one more chance. She relented and
allowed the bill to be dismissed on August 8
last. He has failed, however, TO keep lis
PROMISES
The evening times., 1896-08-25
STRUCK BY a BICYCLIST.
Child of Samuel Rosenberg Injured by

I
r. W. Barnaclo.
Samuel Rosenberg, the five-year-old son
Of K Ruscnberg Of No. sos Four-aDd-i-
half street southwest, was struck by bi-
cyclist about nool today and suffered Il
Jroken leg. --'-.''
The rider of the wheel was +. ". Be-
nacio, Of No. 4S2 Q street southwe
an .assistaut i'm the office of the superin-
tendent of charities, He was thrown from
his wheel and received serious wound
of the kEee-cap.
The tot was carried into its fathers
house. IN front OF which the accident oc-
Cured. ana DR.. Stafford was summoned.
The child was resting easily this afternoon.
Friends assisted Barnaclo TO his homo,
TWO blocks away, and medical assistance
was ca lied
The evening times., 1896-08-25
II RUNG'S RECEPTION.
Gen. Ruger VIII Act as President =
Personal Representative.

Ii is the understanding at the Navy De-
partment. as previously stated in The lines,
that Brig Gen. Thomas Il, Ruger, L. S. A.
commanding the Department OF the East,
as the personal representative OF the Presi-
dent, Will be IN charge of all the functions
Incidental to Ii Hung Chang's reception and
entertainment At New York, ,aHdth at a dnIral
Bunce, L. s. N, will require no sl, . C
orders from Acting Secretary McAdou -
garding the navy's participation, other than
to-confer With Gen. Ruger upon all details
of the program. The squadron will be held
entirely at the disposal of the President
as comrnander-in-chief OF the army and
navy.
The evening times., 1896-08-25
FAILING STONE HIT HIxs--

Thornton Ferguson Injured at the
Wallnch School Building. .sr---
Thornton furgeson, aged thirt .-three. col
ored, laborer, nvingin Government alley,
was injured on the back of the neck and
head this morning by the fall of a stone
at the waIlach school building
He was working on the first floor of the
building when stone was loosened from
the wall above by workman The stone
struck projecting timber and bounced
off on the back Of Furgeson's head.
He was removed to the Emergency Hos
pital in patrol wagon. He will recover,
1t is believed.
The evening times., 1896-08-25
Gen. snwtelle Takes Charge

The new cuartermaster general of the
army Charles G sawtelle. took charge OF
his office this morning, and received con-
gratulations from his associates He will
make 10 changes in the Guartcrmaster's
department until after Secretary Lamont's
return. when a Encouragement of the corps
IS expected
The evening times., 1896-08-25
Important to Those. Interested in
Real Estate.

Tie Times Real Estate Bureau. Tenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest
In order to accommodate business men and
others whose time is occupied during the
day, and who cannot come at regular Of
flee hours to transact Real Estate business.
finds It necessary to keep its offices open
every Monday evening from Z to 10 p. m
The evening times., 1896-08-25
Marriage Licenses.

Licenses TO marry were issued toiay to
the following: Robert Terry and Mar
aret Simms. John z. Griffith. OF Prince
George county. Nd, and Lille z. Yewcll.
of Phoenix. Nd: Victor Henry Esch and
Mary L. Biundon; Jefferson D. Pitts and
CorneIia A. stubbs. both OF Richmond. va.
The evening times., 1896-08-25
Drivers Feet Crushed,

william Turner. colored, driver, liy-
ng at No. $50 Virginia avenue south
west, was run over by Saratoga cart
this afternoon and both feet were crushed.
BE was taken TO the Emergency Hospital
The evening times., 1896-08-25
Treasury Receipts.

The receipts from internal revenue today
were $l95. .O2T; from customs, S696 $50.
and miscellaneous, ST 7,O37. The natiouAl
bank notes received today for rede;Ep-
ton amounted to $27s,ss1
The evening times., 1896-08-25
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by Seymour Bros, bank
s.rs and brokers, members of New
York Stock Exchange Washington
office. Rooms 3 and Ia Sun building.
j. A. Brt-en, manager.
The evening times., 1896-08-25

The following isesvy precipitation lin
inches' was reported During the past twen
ty-four tours-Ralegh, I.66: Montgomery.
1-26; HafifaS,f.0s; Cape Henry, 2.42,
The evening times., 1896-08-25

Sued His Wife for Divorce.
]. william Fowler has sued Lila n.
Fowler for divorce. The papers are with
aeld from publication.
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Fox Tail in the Rnh1.. rhrnnl.

Monday Mrs. Jack Welsh left he.
seycn-months old baby in charge o.
the older children while she was busy.
The children we're out doors and while
they were showing lady something
they placed the baby on the grass. 4
moment or two later they saw the lit.
tie one had mouthful of leaves aud
took them away. Toward evening
Mrs. Welsh observed that the child
had something in its throat She
examined it carefully but could not
find anything.
Aboutmidnightthey became alarmea
and Mr.. and Mrs. Welsh came TO town
and took the little one to o dru1
store. Dr. Wilson was quickly Gale.
and he examined the throat OF the
baby and tried with his fingers 90 re
move the obstruction Finding thal
he could not 10 this be used an instru
meat and brought forth o foytail that
bad become stuck In the throat. A.
soon as the baby was relieved 10 o.
once dropped asleep. Or0vilie Cal
Mtrnurv
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A Remarkable story.

a story tina. rea IL like a chapter
from the arabian Nights, " bat which
Is so well authenticated rs TO admit oil
no doubt as its credibility comes Cleo
Springs, Oklahoma Cleo Springs is
one of the most beauti-dl spots in the
Oklahoma Country. aud the springs
from which 1t takes its name arc pos.
sessel of peculiar medicinal proper.
ties. Last Sunday Mss Frances Per
kius, form erly OF ST johns, III Stat
ford County, Kansas, with parry OF
friends, vas out walking in one OF the
picturesque groves near the little vii
lage, and the attention of the group
was attracted by some cEx-shapei
rocks which they found along the
path. They were abont the size aud
shape o! a loaf OF rye bread b1t hol
low in the center. One Of the parry
broke one ot these peculiar rocks and
tonnd that the cavity contained about
pint of clear water, whilc tho in
terror of the rock was lined with beau
tiful crystals. The water in the first
rock broken was SPILLED! The idea
that the water might be cnl0 we'd with
some virtue took possession az Mis-
Perkins aud she announced her intcn-
ton OF drinking the liquid. She held
another OF the egg-shlpel rocks over
bowl and broke il, thus savin. all
the water. This she poured into a
glass ana laughiDgly said Hero Is
to the water that came not fron'heavcn
or rom earth, aud quaTed It. Fifteen
minutes later she vas dead The
draught she tasted hal been death
potion. The sequel Is the strangest
part of the story. The boiv was taken
to her home by her sorrowing young
friends and IN due time the bnrial gar
ment5 were made ready. Her sister
went into th1 death chamber to dress
her and as she did 80 her finger ring
came In contact with the body, Gus
ing n sound as if it touched marble.
1t was even so. The body O.! Mics
Perkins had turned 10 stone When
this was discovered it was decided TO
bury the body near the house, where
1T would be safer from grave robbers.
Miss Perk rs was one OF the Brightest
young women in the settlements and
she was very popular. Her uE,imely
death has caused great sorrow. Judge
Edward Merchant OF Stafford County,
is authority for the strange story
Atlanta Constitution.
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Animals Illusions

Birds are perhaps more commonly
the victims of illusion than other ami
mails, their stupidity about their eggs
being quite remarkable. Last year,
FOR instance, hen got into q pavilion
OF a ladies' golf Climb an; began to SIT
on q golf ball in q corner, for which il
made nest with couple of pockef
handkerchiefs. But many quadrupeds
are not only deceived for the moment
by reflections, shadows and such IN
realities, but often seem victims to IL
lusions largely developed by the i'm
aginstion.
The horse, for instance, is one OF
the bravest of animals when face {.
face with dangers which it can under
stand, such as the charge of an ele.
plant or q wild boar az DAY. Yet the
courageous and devoted horse. so
steadfast against the dangers he knows,
is prey TO a hundred terrors OF the
Imagination due TO illusion, mainly
those Of sight, for shying, the minor
effect OF these illusions, and boiling
in which panic gains complete posses
sion of his soul, are caused, as q rule.
by mistakes as TO what the horse sees.
-@-AHA -CN AAAtoA--A- "a "a Gb.AAADA4 VI W -h+
he hears. 1t Is noticed, for instance.
that many horses which shy usually
start away from objects on one side
more frequently than from objects on
the other. This is probably due 80
defects In the vision OF one or other
eve.
10 nearly all cases Of shyiug the
horse takes fright at some unfamiliar
object, though this is commonly quite
harmless, such az a wheelbarrow M.
side down, a freshly fsllcd log or q
piece of paper rolling before the wind.
This instantly becomes on illusion,
Is interpreted as something else. and
~ ~ curious question in equine
nsuropathy TO know what 10 Us that the
horse figures these harmless objects 90
be- When Russian ponies first began
to he shipped 90 Harwich they usually
objected 90 pass near a donkey. This
reluctance was explained on the hy-
pothesis that the ponies seldom saw
doukeys in Russia and mlstook them
for bears. The Spectator
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The Bicycle in the Army.

Some time ago the manufacturer OF
a we'll known bicycle wrote TO Lieu.
tenant James 4. Moss, T. S. A, in re-
lAtion to putting a company of sol
diers on bicycles. As result ten men
were equipped at Fort Missoula and
some severe experiments are to be
made. In speaking of the subject to
Hartford reporter, Lieutenant Moss
said:
During the last four or five years
the bicycle as practical machine for
military purposes has been attracting
the attention of military men both IN
this country and abroad. In foreign
armies, however, the matter has been
been brought to n moro practical
stage than IN this country. As early
As 1870 the bicycle was used in tine
Italian army. In France, Austria,
Switzerland and other European coun-
tries there are now in the armies reg
ularly organized bicycle corps. Re
Gently there have been numerous ex-
pertinent made in this country, both
by officers OF the regular army and by
the National Guard. The interest in
the subject has so increased that there
Is 10 doubt that In the course of the
next few years every regiment in the
regular army will have its bicycle
corps. General Miles is an enthusiast
on the subject, and in his last report
recommended the organization OF
regiment of bicycle infantry 1 have
just completed the organization Of a
bicycle corps Of ten men at the post,
which will make extensive experiments
during the summer. The WORK that
has been laid ont includes the rapid
conveying Of messages from Fort Mis-
sonia 70 other posts several hundred
miles distant, the rapid establishment
Of signal stations, route sketching,
scouting, road patroliing and recon
noissance, and practice rides over long
distances with blankets, rifles, rations
and shelter tent.
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Sfranr. 90 Mnnsfert

The sting ray, member of the
skate family, is n dangerous lnhab-
liant % Florida water5 The largest
specimens OF the kind, weighing from
four hundred TO i've hundred pounds,
live at great depths, and are seldom
found in shore, but rays from thirty
to forty pounds are often encountered
near the land, and natives consider
them 10 be fully rs dangerous as the
octopus or the much dreaded blue
shark
The fish is a large, broad Aat-bel-
lied creature, with eyes of q golden
tint, o sharp, spear.like appendage at
the end Of the back and long, slen-
der tail that reminds one much Of a
bllcksnake whip. This whip tail
serves as q lariat with which IA enemy
may fret be lnssoe1 and then tho
barbsd spine finishes the work by lac
Grating the victim IN a frightful man
ner Tne sting ray is q villianous
creature from any point Of view, and
has no friends 10 this or any other
latitude
Tn the Atlantic Ocean between the
shores OF the Bahama Islands and the
florida coast, there lives a strange
creature known as the glaucus, or sea
lizard II is seldom If ever found
near the land, but seems TO prefer
deep water gn hot sen, especially
where a strong current exists. IL is
well known thnt this portion Of the
Gulf Stream, crowded iu between the
Bahamas and Florida, 81 very rapid.
and there lore the con iitious 90 favor
able TO the sea lizard are here to be
fouad TO a greater degree than else
whore IN The known world.
Asa substitute FOR 'oreiegs it hns
two broom shaped fins, and from
about On no ddle of the body, includ.
ing The tail, there are several more
fins that .prsai out like a fan New
York Journal
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Hairbrcadth escape often fall to
the lot OF man. but few OF as great
% nature arc included iu womau's cz.
porIeuce as those o5 which Nine. Th1l.
0zan, wife of che physician TO the late
Shah Of Persia, eau boast. A woman
remarkable 10 many ways, Nine.
IhOiOzan was n great traveller. NO
matter where she went the "fre heud a"
seemed % pursue her. Fifteen year
ago she was saved from q burning YES.
sci of Btt0um She was among the
rescued from the terrible tires which
destroyed the Opera ComiIue in Paris
and the Muuiciple Theatre at Nice,
AID she arrived 10 C0ustantinOple on
tue morning of the fatal FIRE which
burned down Messire's famous hotel.
and only escaped with her life, all her
property being burned.
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PITH AND POINT.

She cooed he wooed aud the old
man said they could If they would.-
Spare Moments
If everybody knew when the market
would stop booming Il would stop Il
great deal sooner.-Puck.
ElIa-"I heard something mean
about you TO day" SteIis-"I thought
sou looked pleased. -Tid.Bits.
"Who was best man at the we'd
diEg?' THE brides father, if cheer
fulness counts for anything. '-Puck.
''They say piano sounds best when
IT stands near wall. ~ think 1t
sounds best ont IN ten.acre lot. -
Chicago Record.
Mrs. O,dtimer your hus-
band still think that you are too good
Tor him." Mrs. Newiywed- Yes; he
complains a good deal on Sundays
Pack.
she Every body says you married
me only for nv money" He-''But
I didn't dear. know you look it.
dear, but I didn't Indianapolis
journal.
Mrs E'mOre-'J wonder how many
stops that new organ of De Smyth's
has got?" Elmore-"Only three,
should judge. one for each meal. -"
Buffalo Times.
"Ab. me, my heart is fullr' sighed
the girl who had been taking advnn-
taSe OF her leap year privilege until
she found herself engaged TO five men.
Spare Moments.
G.A
claimed Mrs. Cumso, do look at that
bug crawling across the mirror" at
must be ladybug," replied Cumso,
without raising his eyes from his news
paper. Free Press.
That minister is the most absent
minded man. / took him through
hospital ward yesterday where all the
patients happened TO be asleep.
"What did he do?" Forgot himself
and began to deliver n sermon. New
York Herald.
Suburban-"What do you suppose
have raised in my garden thus far
this summer" Visitor" Well, if
you've had the same weather that we
have I imagine you must have raised
your umbrella oftener than anything
else. - Boston Courier.
\ lady far more particular about her
husbands appearance than he is, was
survey ing him. "What is the matter -
he inquired. Chat suit Of clothes.
1t looks as If you had slept in it." az
have" he replied, candidly; 81 wore
it 70 church. ~ Washington Star.
Piano-Teacher Ito father of one of
mis- pupils) 81 have come TO ask you
Tor your daughter hand" "Oho,
that's your game, IS it? You have
been making love to my daughter in
stead OF teaching her? Very well.
you can have her, but shall deduct
the money I paid for her lessons from
her dowry. '-Fiiegende Blaeiter.
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time, when the process was over, the
patieni bore on his skin AN elaborate
picture OF MS interior IN blue pencil
strokes. Professor Bianchi asserted
and a number of members Of the
Clinical Society OF Practitioners OF
France, and OF the Syndicate OF Physi-
clans Of Paris and tue Department OF
tho Seine, who assisted at the expert.
ments, cOrroborated his assertion
that II would be easy by this process
not only 90 discover general disease,
but TO locate any foreign body lodged
In any OF the organs or tissues, as well
as 10 determine the existence and
extent of cancerous or similar
internal growth. Even the muscles
give their characteristic sound when
their vibrations are conveyed to the
ear through the phonendoscope.
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EVANSVILLE, W. VA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3. WHO
seemed a little wandering, and coz

seemed a little wandering, aud coz
FUSED things strangely.
The next day. late n the afternoon,
II stopped showing, but no one went
by. aud the darkness came on again.
Another long night. Miss Nancy left
lamp burning in the kitchen. and
then went TO bed.
Very early IN the morning she was
suddenly awakened by shout end
the sound of some one kicking on the
side of the house. She hastily dressed,
and then enteIed the sitting room
"Hi :" some called.
Who is It?" she asked.
cts me-Atwoo1-down TO the
foot of the hill, yer know. Wife was
sick and had ter go fer the doctor
Be We showed in?"
eyes. Will you git some one 10 dig
us out some time today"
"All right. I'll git Sam, If he'll
como. Be back in an hour or two"
Mss Nancy sat down aud waited.
The wool was almost gone, and she
was glad Mr.. Atwood had discovered
their predicament.
ttIhe clock had Just struck six which
she heard a shovel STRIKE the house.
We're here, Nancy-be out IL n
shake" said Mr.. Atwood.
"All right" she answered, and went
into the bedroom TO tell Abby.
But her sistere was sleeping quietly,
so she tiptoed back again
After an hours hard shoveling the
door opened, and in the gray light of
the morning she saw Jim WIlmot
standing before her. Mr.. Atwood, al
ter assuring himself that everything
was safe, went around to the drifts
lie orc the windows, and commenced
work again; but jim did not go.
Nancy he said, 81 was a fool
the other day. I'm going ter sell my
farm and come back here / can't
live without yon. Nancy, will You
marry me:"
and Abby" she questioned
ABBY shall live with rs. Yo,
shau'n't be separated"
"But it's so 'humdrum' here, jim,
and you'll lac homesick after the West
again, protested Miss Nancy.
"P'raps so, little" he admitted
But | must heve you, Nancy. viii
you forgit what said the other day,
an marry me?"
"You know l will, Jim, she said,
in a whisper, and he kissed her fondIy.
And in the bedroom Miss Abby lay
asleep, a sweet peace upon her wrIn-
killed. face She had gone beyond oil
shadows into the reality. -Waverly
Magazine.
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THY COUNTRY.

lis with thy country thou must rise or fail
Heed thou thy country's call
Ihc blood OF patriots sprink.cs all he,
clods-
Her cause is thine and Gods,
sun be- thy breast brave in her right 10
bleed
Thy dream should be Thy deed,
Upon her affairs stilI thine eyes shouc SEQ
The fires Of Liberty.
Anithy true han make even a wiad-Llou
rose
barrier TO her foes.
Content TO find. wherc'er her banGer wave
Thy glory or thy gravel
r. l. stanton
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The biggest rope ever usel TO-
hau.age purposes has Just been mndr
for district subway in Glasgow
Scotland. 1t is seven miles long, fou.
and ive.eighths inches in circumfer
cnce and weighs nearly sixty tons.
has been made in one uujointed an.
uuspicel length OF patent crAciblr
steel When in place 10 will form
complete circle around Glasgow
crossing tho Clyde in its course. an,
will run at a speed Of fifteen miles al
hour.
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Cycles have long found ;hoir way TO
the cu1rch door IN EoEIaud, but ia
France cycling has invaded the pulpit.
Preaching ut Trou7ills on n recent
Sunday, says the Veio, the Rev.
Father Etournou, % Dominican Friar.
urged his people "not 90 initiate
those people who punctured their
pneumatic tire on the first pebble
they came 20 ia the road OF difficulty. 4"
~ European Edition Of the New York
Herald.
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Tis Cat Hnd Rensnn

4 writer ia the London Spectator
tells OF en-. which foun ] pct white
mouse That had escaped from the cage.
The cat carried the mouse In the
house. placed 10 on ho floor aud
marched ont. Common mice had
never been treated that way by the
CIT. auj it Gems that thc feline knew
that the Ajhiuo mouse was entitled to
consideration.
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Il, II ~ lI8 lue PEtN ClcU IL
rs ~. 4: I: s: @: ::. =. II. j
that it was gone
Who'd "a thought it would hcy
some OF so cold after such warm
spell, Nancy said u voice from the
little bedroom that led ont o. tho
kitchen.
ITS moderating. | reckon It's 20
ms to snow, responded Miss Nancy.
''ItG Jest like that November when
Jim Wilmot went out West, con
tinued her sister, reminiscently.
Eyes, was the low response.
Twas a real warm fhanksg giving,
and then day or two after 1t bcgun
ter snow, and the twenty you
remember, Nancy TWINS the time they
had tibet CELEBRATION IN the school
house, and you and Jim wcut-my,
how it did blow and sleet Aud on
Sunday it was so driitcl tibet Cousin
Anne Camp-she thet was Il Stevens,
yOu know couldn't git ter meeting
1T was the first timo in 'Ievcn years
tibet she'd missed hearing Elder Dick
Ems. She felt reel bad about it. al
-1ded Miss Abby.
Miss Nancy drew her chair nearer
to the window AMI brushed her hand
across her eyes. There WAS no sound
rom the little bedroom for awhile.
The big, old-tashioued clock on the
high shelf tickel away the minutes,
and Miss Nancy rocked by the win
dow, with her hands folded in Ter
lap.
There's some one a coming across
the old bridge said Miss Nancy,
eagerly. ''Seo WHO 1t Is, Nancy.
Likely as not its tibet school teacher
tact boards down ter Fosters, though
1t don't sound like their team She
must be powerful sight OF trouJ,c 20
\ 'cm.
Miss Nancy pressed her face against
the pane oucdiently, although there
was 90 mist be ore her eyes that blinded
her little. The wagon came nearer
and nearer, until she could see that it
had but one occupgnt-a man OF about
forty, apparently, with beard that
perhaps added little to his age.
"Who is il, Nancy?" questioned
Miss Abby, f-etfuliv. at amt her,
is it? My IT sounds as If it WAS com
ing in -.a-here.
II don't know" answered Miss
Nancy. Like enough ne wants some
directions"
"Hea Laudsl It's a man, then
Be sure to tell him US -
But there came heavy huocE on
the door AMI Miss Abby subsidel.
j Slowly Miss Nancy crossed the room
i and turned the knob. There was
nothing said for % moment. The man
looked stea jiastlv az the figure before
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