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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
THE NEGLECTED. ORDER.
Much Annoyed, but She Was Prevail
ed Upon to Overlook Ii.

From the Chicago Tribune
Prosperity appeared in dress and bearing.
A woman halted several days ago before a
display of china and crystal in one of our
large stores. and fixing her eyes upon the
slim saleswoman, who stood ready to serve
her as far as human power could go, said
with some asperity OF tone: I've come to
inquire why an order / left here Two weeks
ago last Wednesday was not attended to as
promised. The girl at this counter said she
would have the package sent out the next
morning"
"Madan-" began tha saleswoman, but
the wronged woman hurried on:
Il thought this store could be depended
upon-Im sure ii boasts Of being reliable
and 50 l took the girl a. her word. She had
Il listleSS air, ard ought 70 have had more
judgment than to leave an important mat
ter with her. 1t was pickle Jar-some-
what like this one, only handsomer. 1 or
dered it sent"
Madam" again began the saleswo-
man.
&C. o. D." continued the complainant,
deaf to the interruption. Il wished it par
ticularly for dinner use the following day,
and l waited for it till the last moment. 1t
did not come. 1t never came. Such neeli-
gence / regard as unpard3nable. / would
have reported the matter Sooner, but"
Madam" began the saleswoman for the
third time, while, oblivious for the mo-
ment TO the needs Of customers, sister
saleswomen on either hand listened with
deep interest.
Il have been out of the city for two
weeks"-the wronge1 voice would have
right of way-"and have just returned. L
don't see the girl VINO took my order. She
had dark eyes ana fine color, though, as
I've said, she seemed listess. Where ia
sheg'
.Ms1am-she's dead" completed the
saleswoman.
Dead cried the complainant, seeming
ly amazed that a Shop girl would dare to
die with an untitled order upon her hands
What did she die OFF,
Typhoid" was the brief answer
1t must have been a rapid case" OBJ
served the woman as if skeptical Of the
diagnosis.
1T was walking typhoid" explained the
saleswoman. That dag you saw her was
her last in the store. She couldn't get ND
the next morning, and when the doctor
came he said the fever had been burning
good while. 1t was too late to do any-
thing for her. She didn't give up in time.
lou see she couldn't She was buried yes
terday."
Well" returned the Modified woman,
that explains the matter. I'm sorry-of
course-the girl had to die What is the
price of these perfume bottles?"
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Br0iled HOLSTERS.
ALetter from Their Famous
DiscoVerer.
OF INTEREST TO ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED
IN THE QUESTION OF RESTORED
HEALTH

No one ever enjoyed a ''broled live lobster
without gratitude to the discoyerer Of that feast
Hon. William d. Park, for years proprietor of the
billy Park" An absolute favorite everywhere,
and with private and public record TO be enyisd,
his restoration TO health is a matter for congratu-
lation On all sides How sick he was. and how he
regained health. Mr.. Park tells in the following
letter dated Boston. March p, 1896:
Eureka Chemical Mfg Co.-Gentlemen: For
two years i was much afflicted with Dyspepsia.
rheumatism and General Collapse, which
sCperirduced by unusually active business life
Tor forty years. had supposed my health was
gone beyond recovery but being induced to try
DIR. Charcots Koa Nervine Tablets, to my
prise and qualification, the OF two boxes has
resulted in the disappearance OF Dyspepsia, Rheu-
me- tism and Lassitude. / feel a man; my
friends are sur'rised and congratulate me on my
recovery to health. 1 glad TO give you these
facts, and heartily commend the Tablets mar
Vicious in t!eir curative properties.
Yours truly, WILLIAM d. PARK,
Late OF Park House.
P.S.-My sister, Mrs. Caroline 4. Gillian, late
OF Washington, DC, has used the Tablets, with
excellent results. in Insomnia.
Why should you not receive the same benefits
did Mr.. Park and his sister, II afflicted they
were, and you took the same remedy Won't it
pay to try?
Fifty cents and 81 90 per box Zone months treat
mentt. See DIR. Charcot's name on box. Kols
Booklet free. All druggists, sent direct. Eureka
Chemical q Mfg. Co, La Crosse, Wis, and Boston,
Mass
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RAILROAD BLUE ENVELOPES.
They Generally Contain n Check anS
Discharge Card.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
When railroad employee receives a let
ter inclosed in a blue envelope he eener-
ally understands it contains a check for
salary due and note saying his services
are no longer required. So the blue en-
velope" has come to be dreaded among
railroad men, and even when the Italian
section hands see their boss receive a
'buste celeste" they know that something
is wrong. Regarding the origin of the
blue envelope" there are many stories.
howard j. BAH Of Buffalo, general western
passenger agent Of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad, in reply to a
question, said:
Il have been in railroad service for tbir
ty-one years, and the blue enyelope' dates
beyond that. The term has been accepted
during all my experience as meaning dis
mlSsal"
There are exceptions to the rule dis
mlSSal card is not always inclosed in a
blue envelope
Some railroad presidents use blue en-
Veope Tor all correspondence with the OIL
Gals of the road. President Sloan of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western is
among the number. OF course these en-
NelopeS are never sent to any one outside
OF oiIcials. When conductor gets a let
ter nclosed in blue envelope he NAV
change his uniform.
Many railroad men believe that the ''hlus
envelope originated on the New York
Central about eighteen years ago, when
there were many discharges Although the
ehveIope may have been used in this case,
1t had its origin long before.
Inc story is current that some forty
years ago a gang Of workmen engaged on
the Erie canal, near Schenectady, had for
their foreman an illiterate Irishman who
was color blind. This foreman one day re-
ceiVed his discharge inclosed in a blue en-
NeIepe. He presented it to fellow work
man to read. The friend had also been dis
missed, and took great pleasure in reading
lhe letter The 1rishman quickly remarked:
w ELL be dad, they think less of veg than
they does of me. They painted me letther
green before they stint it,
mus II came about that the blue en-
Felope' was known on the Erie canal This
Is one of the first stories told about m
ihere seems to be little danger of the term
being forgotten so long as there are rail-
road men to be discharged,
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matters with him-I reckon it's the latter

matters with him-I reckon it's the latter
".W6oy you ms 60 N II an -. Won o,n o.,o
It'll I've been married, myself, a great
plenty. an have had the pleasure of ridin'
seven miles through a hailstorm to git the
rim of a skillet filed off from my neck.
Unh-uh! When a gent an the wife of his
buzzom Is engaged in determinin' which is
the best man, your old Uncle Fuller jest
passes by on the other side. 1 hain't no.
ways hawty, but I'm heap smartv
"'Huhr says 1. You hain't showed 1t
this time! The gent that lives thar haint
possessin' no wife
az hain't testifyin' whose wife it is that
Is poufin the CAD to him. says the strang-
er. cheerily, but If thar hain't a good, old
fashioned family row goin' on in that viller
l never had the pleasure of listenin' to one.
Wal, l reckon I'll be ridin along
1T hain't long till we have piled into
our trappin's an rushed off TO investigate.
The stranger hain't lied SO bad as he might
have done, after all.
Sounds like about seven of em was all
jumpin' onto the poor sick man at once
says PUNK, when we gifts within block of
the house.
when we broke the door down an charg-
ed in with our guns in our hands we could
see by the moonlight that streamed in
through the place whur the door had been
that the room looked as If Hop had been
entertainn' cyclone The furniture was
turned wrong side up but the bed. No
body was to be seen, but thar was scrab-
bin an groanin' under the bed.
Who's thar?' demands Grizzly.
The late hopkins A. Long says pain
racked an twisted voice. Will you please
git a club an pound me across the STUN
mick about forty times?'
With that, poor Hop slowly an sadly
energies from under the couch, walkin'
his hands an feet with his back down an
his abdoushmen bowed like a dummy
darys hump.
I am glad to see that you are well
enough to play jokes on your friends says
Grizzly, plenty grim, he lit a match an
gaZed at Hop. 1 reckon this yere is what
you'd call a pun, but cussed if 1 see the
pt int
:. This hain't no joke says Hop. I'm
dyin'. Ur-r-r-r-rn
Some kind soul tears out an directly
brings DR.. Slade on the dead run, an after
a spell poor Hop is eased an Quoted an
then he explains:
That thar lobster tastes so good an /
am SO weak an homesick.' says he. feebly.
that | surrounds it all at one session an
soon drops off to sleep. Later, I'm dreamin'
that L swallowed a whole gosh blamed
torcnlight procession, which winds up in
light am riot. Talk about nightmares! /
had night elephants an night crocckydiles
an night devils all at the same time, an
then some! don't know what all hap
pened, but | found myself tearin' an
thrashin' around the room like fifty cat
in a strange bag. The furniture was upset
the lamp broke an the matches lost, an 1
forgot whur l was at, which one of the
boys L was an what year il happened To
ber
But thar is one thing I'm certain of.
gentlemen; I'm cured, 1 don't want to go
east no more! i have had a taste of the
ocean, an one taste is plenty for mel
don't want to go east
AN that is how Hon Alonp's homesicl
ness was cured upon the homeopathic prin-
ciple.'
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4 LAWYERS INVENTION.
He Proposes n street Car Improvement
In the Interests of the Conductor.

He Proposes street Car Improvement
In the Interests of the Cun.Iuctnr
From the Buffalo Express
Buffalo lawyer living on the West Side
has made an invention. on which he has ap-
piled for patent, and which surely pos
SesseS the statutory requirements of being
useful. original and new" 1t is called the
'insde-tr trolley car" 1t is attached to the
ceiling OF any car suspended a short dis
lance from the roof. and is large enough 70
carry the conductor of the car. Upon it he
rides through the car, collecting fares ana
giving the regular instructions as to seats,
&c, without having TO perform the ordi-
nary gymnastics of crowding between and
over passengers and scrap!ng off their but
tons. A part of the invention is a plenty
Recommendations arrangement, similar
to cotton-baling press, for hlling the car
TO It's carrying capacity, instead of letting
only half loads, as is necessary when cars
are packed but one tier deep. BY the use
of the machine, which is entirely auto
matte. the company can save time and all
noyance. Its utility is readily apparent to
any one who travels on street cars, as all
know that al the present rate of fares the
company must lose more money carrying
as few as 100 passengers in car that
could, by the improved process, hold double
the number. Negotiations have been nearly
closed to sell the right to use thiS machine
on all Buffalo street cars, and thereby pre-
vent the necessity for new and competing
company. The inventor has a fortune al
most within his grasp.
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Such is Fame.
From the Chicago News.

FROM TIE Chicago News.
An old cclcred man who wheels rubbish
cut OF alleys in southside residence dis
trlct considers himself pretty we'll known
among the people away from whose back
doors he pushes ashes. One morning re-
Gently one of the gentlemen who employ
the African walked out into his back yard
and spoke Familiarity to the ash wheeler.
What is your manner" he asked, in ad-
dressing the colored man. George Wash
ington,' was the reply. "Washington-
Washington repeated the gentleman; cit
seems to me that L have heard that name
before" Guess you have" rejoined the
African. II have been wheeling ashes out
Of these alleys for bout ten years"
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was until I met one of the last named
class, who remembered a year without
summer-snow in July and other phe-
nomena that reconcied me to what is being
provided for us this year"
X x X X
Whatever may be said of the influence
of the A. p A. in politics, they beat man
in my district in comical way" said r.
c. Gunter of Gadsden. Ala, at Wizards.
Jerry Long wanted a small office and
was a little afraid of the A. p. A, SO he
hunted up man whom he knew was
strong in that organization and made him
self solid by talking strongly in favor of
the principles of the order. A few days
later he was introduced to a man named
Flanagan. He supposed that naturally
man by that cognomen would hear nothing
with so much pleasure as a scoring of the
A. p. A., so he made an opportunity to
vent his wrath upon the secret order that
was attempting to influence politics. He
grew eloquent as he praised the work of
the Catholic Church and denounced the A.
p. A. The next day he heard that Flana-
gan. in spite of his name, was an a. T. n.
organizer, and the politicians name was
not even presented at the convention
x X x X X
THE time will come when the fruit-raiS-
ing sections will be also great cattle-raising
sections" said R. L. Wadley OF Bronson,
Fla, at the Ebbitt. "It seems strange to
talk of feeding fruit to cows. but that is a
very profitable disposition to make of a
good deal of it. 1t has been lately learned
that fruit Is very much better for cows
than an exclusive grain or grass feed. Of
course, fruit that can he shipped is too eX-
pensive fer cattle feed but on every fruit
farm of any considerable size there is
enough unstable product to take care of
a number of animals, and it is remarkable
how well they thrive on it. l am now feed
ing over a hundred, and find that 1t rays
handsomely to keep them in connection
with my fruit farm. Apples, oranges
peaches, prunes, bananas; any and all of
these are not only relished. but have
proved to possess remarkable qualities as
ia
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Another Problem.

From the Chicago Post
Here's a problem for the new woman -"
he said. as he moved in the direction of the
door, so that he could make his escape
easily If it became necessary.
Go ahead said the fashion editor re-
signedly
well, she is adopting mans nabliments
rapidly she can"
$50 it's claimed
she is initiating him in all possible
ways"
so it's claimed"
Her hair will go next"
Some women wear it very short now"
''Wcll, If she insists on wearing her hair
short, what 1 want to know is how she will
conceal the fact that she is becoming
bald"
Then he lodged and got out just in time
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Merely an Advertisement.
From the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post.
"The paper says that a married woman
has been abducted at Hammond, md" she
said.
Il don't believe it, he replied promptly.
"In bet it's nothing but an advertisement.
They're trying to induce married men to
come there to settle, and they can't tempt
me unless they can produce afIidavits."
The.l she said he was a mean thing"
and he chuckied softly to himself and
started for the club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
Another Penalty of Greatness.

From the Chicago Tribune
The gifted but impecupious literary ge-
MUS wrote an imprisoned letter TO a per-
sonal friend asking him in the name of
sweet charity to lend him SO to keep him
from starving.
Il may not get the slO," he solilouuized.
bitterly, as he sealed il, but some day a
mercenary grandchild OF his will get 500
for this letter"
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An injustice has been done to Miss julie.
thompson by the omission of her name in
these notes from the list of ladies who have
Dten elected to membership in the Society
OF ash!hgton Artists. Miss Thompson
was one OF the first four of her sex 10 be
thus ioEo"ed.-d distraction that the quality
OF the work she has done ell deserves Miss
Thompson IS EOY AT work on a third pastel
portrait of Senator Voorhees,
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1T amuses me to hear the comments
about this SPRING said c. L. Perkins al
the Arlington. Il don't remember a season
since l was boy that was not colder
hotter. more forward or more backward
than was ever known before. 1t is Singh
lar fact that there are very few people. no
matter how good their memories may he a.,
to other matters, who can recollect from one
year TO another what the weather was a
year before, and yet at the time they talk
about II so continuously that it would ne
supposed it would be indelibly impressed
upon their minds
Upon the other hand. there are some
people who remember very little else but
who can tell the degrees of heat or cold
the storms and frosts. with dates. during
the past thirty or forty years. This is not
q particularly unusual season. l thought it
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In response to the invitation extended.
large numbers of people have visited the
Washington Light Infantry armory to see
the poster show, which closes this evening.
OF its sort, it is we'll worth seeing. being
the largest and perhaps the most inter-
esting collection yet shown in this city.
The designs shown are the best of the six
hundred which were submitted by artists
from all over the country to compete for
the prizes offered by the Columbia Bicycle
Company for the best advertising posters.
The prize-winning designs have been, of
course, the objects of the deepest interest
That by Maxfield Parrish received the first
prize, and all unite in considering it a fine
example of the poster art The second
prize design, by Rohn, is very fairly good
but that by Romes, awarded the third
prize, comes in for criticism on account Of
the many colors used The design by II
s: Haines. which received the fourth prize
though not as artistic as many that re-.
ceived honorable mention, has admirable
advertising qualities. Four WasAfnaiaS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-11-12
NEWS NOTES.

Ex-senator John H. Reagan is dying
at his home in Palestine. Tex.
Touton Rial and +. Butler were ar
rested at Fort Scott, Kan, charged
with burglarizing the post office at Gil
rard, Kan.
CLYDE Daw IN and Jerry jacobson,
young boys. were arrested at Kansas
CITY on the charge Of bur1larizing the
post office at Moscow, Mo.
The dead body Of Fred Buck,
broom maker. was found in the rear OF
''joint" in Kansas City, Kan 1t was
thought he was murdered.
A branch wholesale house of the
Brown Shoe Co., OF St Louis, one Of
the largest shoe manufacturing con-
Germs in the country, will be located at
Kansas City, Mo.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-11-12
ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS NOVEMBER IL -TwEL PAGES
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
Interesting Statistics from the Report Of
the irst Assistant Postmaster General.

Interesting Statistics from the Report Of
the irst Assistant Postmaster General.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 9-The annual
report of Frank H. Jones, III first as
sistant postmaster ,enera, shows that
during the last three fiscal We r, TIE
aggregate saving in the divisions OF
salaries and allowances Of postmasters
were s545. 1894; in free del very, ~ Sl4.-
AS, and post office supplies, S9ls.-
$40: total, S3,27s,9s5 For that
period there was an aggregate
reduction of 5000, 1874 in the number
Of pieces of mail sent from post
offices to the dead letter office. The
total number Of presidential offices
July l, last, was 1851. Of which 1859
were first class 746 of the second class
and 2,736 of the third class. The ag-
gregate gross receipts at the first, Sec
ond and third class eff es were $685.
2S2, 365, and the total salaries Sc, 203,90O.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-11-12
SAILORS DROWNED.
Storm on Lake Michigan Wrecks
the Schooner Waukesha.
KILLED WHILE STEALING A RIDE.
Two Men and 10y Lose Their Lives on
Car LOaded with Iron PipIng-A
Fatal Boiler Explosion at
. COlIiery.

MusKEGos, Mich, Nov 9--The
schooner Wauhe ,ha broke up while
irving TO ride out the gale at anchor
near here Saturday ght, and only
ore survivor OF her crew OF seven has
leen rescued. He is still TOO weak TO
talk. An attempt was made to enter
Muske on harbor. but the schooner
drifted mile south Of the piers, and
then anchor was dropped. She was
riding three-quarters OF mile from
shore at dark. The engineer and fire.
man Of the pumping station watched
the lights until nine O'clock al night,
when they disappeared. Shortly after
ward wreckage began com ne in and
yesterday nothing could be seen OF the
lost boat above the water where she
anchored, All night long the wreck
a e continued to come upon the beach,
and five bodies have been recovered.
The names OF the dead cannot be
learned, as nothing about the clothing
will Identity them. The surviving
sailor was washed ashore nm, onscious,
and ohing can be learned from him.
KILLED WHILE STEALING A RIDE.
WELLsvILLE, N. Y, Nov. 1.-TWO
men and boy who were stealing a
ride on car loaded with iron piping
were instantly killed Saturday night
by the iarring Of the car by a
switch engine and the shifting OF the
pines. One of the men was identified
as Dick Allen,a negro Of Boston, Mass,
and the boy as Harry Baker,of Athens,
Pa. The third body, that of a large
negro, remains unidentified. A cor
oner's inquest was held and the Erie
company held blameless
EXPLOSION OF A BOILER.
ASHLAND, Pa. Nov. 1.-TWO persons
were killed and three fatally injured
by the explosion Of one Of the "a boil
ers at the Centralia colliery, Centralia,
Saturday. The injured men were taken
to the Miners hospital. There are no
hopes of their recovery, they being
badly mangled and bruised. The cause
OF the explosion is unknown.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-11-12
NINE STATES CLOSE.
Twenty-six Thousand Votes Really Settled
the National Election.

Twenty-six Thousand Votes Really Settled
tho National Election.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9-The immense
popular majority received by Maj. Nc.
Kinley and his poodly majority in the
electoral college tends alike to conceal
the real narrowness Of his victory be.
cause Of the closeuess Of the votes in
several states II there had been y
change OF less than $4,000 votes In the
aggregate in nine states, Bryan would
have been elected president OF
the United States. Mckinley's
majority in California, Delaware,
Indiana, Kentucky, North Dako-
tn, Oregon, South Dakota, West Vir-
inia, and Wyoming combined was less
than $4,000 and the nine states cast 60
electoral votes. A change Of only
about $4,000 votes would have given
the 60 electoral votes OF these nine
states to Bryan, and these so electoral
votes would have elected him presi-
dent OF the United States.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-11-12
NOT FOR CARLISLE.

Kentucky Republicans, 1t s said, VIII
Choose One Of Their Own Faith for Sem
RtUr.
FRANKFORT, KY, Nov. a-There Is
no longer any talk Of the republicans
uniting with the gold democrats on
Carlisle, Breckenridge or any other
democrat to succeed Senator Black.
burn. All negotiations and talk to
this effect were based on the probabil.
tiles OF another deadlock. Now that
the republicans are conf lent OF a
majority on joint allot, they state
that republican will be elected sena-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-11-12
FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Republicans Claim the Electoral Vote Of
Kentucky VIII lie Cast for Republican
President.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 9.-The fol-
lowing telegram was sent from here
yesterday to William Mckinley, Can
ton, O.:
Kentucky, for the first time in its history,
has been carried by the republicans in presi-
Dental year. After four days OF anxious
itching and waiting the official returns show
YOU have carried the state by about 800 plural
ty. Four years ago Kentucky gave Cleveland
,OO0 plurality and east 2a,AOO populist votes.
The fusion Of populists and democrats this
year was complete, and your victory means
rev, rsal OF 84,uO' votes, based on the figures OF
lbv.. SAM ], ROBERTS, Chairman.