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MARY sToNE ANp IpA KAHN.

MARY STONE AND IDA hAitN-
name of Ida Kahn. The girls are pupils
of Miss Charlotte Howe, the well known
Methodist missionary to China, who has
made many sacrifices 10 educate them
in America SO that they may be fitted
for future work among their people.
The girls are senior medical students
and seem to take deep interest IN the
work. They have been quite thoroughly
educated in English and speak the Ian
guage so well that they would not be
characterized as foreigners by stranger
who heard them talk without seeing
their faces.
The home of these interesting new
women from China is at the Methodist
mission in Kew KiaDg in the province OF
Kiangsi, northwest of Canton. The
girls do not look at all alike. Miss Stone
is a large woman and Miss Kahn is
quite small and rather attractive IN APP
pearance. She is supposed to be lineal
descendant of Confucius, or Kong Foo,
her assumed name Kahn being her own
liberal translation Of her actual name,
Kong. The prefix Ida was given her by
her friend and benefactor, Miss Howe,
who prepared both girls for the medical
department Of the University Of Michi-
gan aud even taught them the Latin they
know
Miss Stone and Miss Kahn are both
active workers in the Students Chris
tian association of the university and
Miss Stone is secretary of the senior
medical class. She and Miss Kahn are
somewhat reserved and shy, but they are
quite popular with their fellow students,
who are much interested in their efforts
to obtain a useful knowledge of medi-
cine. With the girls are two Chinese
boys, Yung Ping Cheng and Taiyin
Chico, who are also pupils Of Miss Howe
Cheng is medical student and Chico is
a sophomore in the literary department.
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quits.

Among the advertisements in Ger
man paper there lately appeared the fol-
lowing 1.-The gentleman who found a
purse with money in the Blumenstrasse
is requested TO forward it TO the address
of the loser. as he was recognized. A
few days afterward the reply was insert
ed, 1.-The recognized gentleman who
picked up purse in the Blumenstrasse
requests the loser to call at his house.
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telligent physician in some arrangement
of the complicated and delicate feminine
organs of generation. The woman who
half understands herself. feels that she.
cannot always be complaining; she cam
not always have the doctor in the house.
The Young girl suffers. bodily and mem
tally, in silence. The trouble usually
comes SO gradually il is attributed 60
some outside cause. There is undue
WEAKNESS, unexpected pain, unreason-
able tears and fits OF temper. All these
symptoms are simply protests Of the
silent, long suffering nerves. The trouble
shows in dark circles below the eyes.
downward curve of the mouth, Sallow,
brownish-yellow neck.
Unregarded, the trouble grows. A
few years of tortured invalidism, probably
insanity, before merciful death comes.
DIR. Pierce's Favoritc Prescription is the
fruit of years of study. It's the product
of an investigating mind united with a
generous nature. When an intelligent
person gives years of study 10 a subject
there must be some good result The
" Favorite Prescription " is compound
OF extracts of herbs that makes a
strengthening, soothing medicine. Itacts
directly upon the distinctly feminine
organs. 1t stops drains irem lining
membranes by healing diseased parts,
thereby curing also the Inflammation
that is always present.
~ was in critical condition. oAen was Ia
despair ! experienced great improvement by
taking one bottle OF Dr. laeree.s faNoiiie re,
sure that Il win not only cure liberation bat all
diseases Of females" Yours truly,
- ~
tMrs. J II, n [z~z-z~c1Lg
syeapoiS virginia
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19

It II WELLS approved the bill
july 10, 1884. and en- Jan. 4 1896.
President Cleveland issnea his rroclmna
ton admitting Utah to the Union
Utah WAS part of theterrtory acquired
from Mexico in lS4S and was settled in
1917 hy Mormons. under ,he leadership
of Brigham Young. 10 March. 1879,
provisional government fer 'The state
of Deseretn was organized. has IL WAS
superseded hy Tie territory Of L ah. or
ganized by congress Sept. 9, 1850, when
the territory had 1850 inhaliiaais.
Utah then embraced portions If Colo
RADIO, Wyoming and NeNada ana had an
area of 220. 1876 square miles bat her
present area is only abo0t 81. 900 square
miles In 1856 the territorial legis .atupe
framed a constitution for The state of
Daseret" and application was made to
congress for admission 20 the Union as a
state, bur the plea was denied owing 70
the polygamous practices Of the Nor
mons The granting Of statehood was
also opposed by the gentiles, as the
non Mormon element, largely in the mi
nority, was called.
One by one Utah's neighbors-Ne-
vada, Nebraska. Colorado, North Da-
kota. South Dakota. Montana. Washing
ton. Idaho and Wyoming in the order
named were admitted to statehood, but
Utah, large and powerful, remained a
territory because she clung to polygamy
Finally the government prohibited plu-
raj marriages, the Mormon church re-
pudiated them and Utah became a state.
Heber NJ Wells. the first governor of
the state, was born in Salt Lake City SO
years ago and was educated at the Uni
versity of Utah. He is Republican and
was member of the last two constitu-
tional conventions. He was defeated for
mayor of Salt Lake City in 1892 by X.
N. Baskin. For five years Governor
Wells has been cashier of the State Bank
of Utah. He is n member of the Mormon
church.
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Browns
Iron BitterS

that good old family medicine.
It's the peculiar combination
of Iron with pure vegetable rem
edies that makes Browns Iron
Bitters so strengthening and
purifying 10 the system. It's
the health and happiness in Il
that makes it so valued IL
thousands of happy homes.
Browns Iron Bitters is pleasant TO take
and il will not stain the teeth nor cause
constipation. See the crossed red lines
on the wrapper. Book free for 70. stamp.
BROWN CHEMICAL CO.. O. BALTIMORE, Nd
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19
The Ready Answer.

A Pittsburg little girl, who was very
fond of the inside of cream puffs, bat
who did not care for the crust, was care
fully removing the latter the other even
ing at dessert, when her mamma said:
"What are you doing, dear?"
"Peeln my cweam puff, was the
.eply. -Pittsburg Chronicle.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19
weYLER THE TERRIBLE.
The Man of Blood and Iron Sent by SpaiI
to Scourge RebelliOus Cuba.

The Man OF BLOOD ana iron sent Dy spain
to Scourge RebeIlious Cuba.
Spain has sent new man to crush
the struggling and ragged army of Gu
ban patriots who are fighting for liberty.
General Campos, the pacificator, has
gone, and Don Valeriano Weyler, known
as "Weyler the Terrible, "the ferret, I"
"the man of blood and iron," is on his
way to succeed him as governor general.
He is reputed to be a man capable of al
most any cruelty that serves his purpose
The Cubans know him and his methods,
for he fought under Campos in the West
Indies II years ago. They say that he
spares neither women nor the aged and
is as ready with the torch and the
thumbscrews as with the sword.
General Weyler is now about 56 years
of age, and he has been soldier nearly
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19
N WAsHINGToN SOCIETY.
ArrS. Foraker Is Expected 70 shine In thu
senatorial Circle.

senatorial Circle.
Now that Mrs. Foraker is to go to
Washington the eossips OF the capital
are wondering whether the little cool
ness between her and Mrs Cleveland,
which grew ont Of an incident that hap
pened ten years ago. viii be forgotten
or revived. AS the wife Of the newly
elected Ohio senator she will necessarily
visit the White House more u less, and
the situation is viewed with interest.
But Mrs. Foraker will not lack for
friends in the capital, for she is a REIN
ed, intellectual woman, with charming
manners and a natural gift for social
leadership. During the two terms which
her husband served as governor OF Ohio
she made the executive mansion the
center of social attraction in Columbus.
Mrs. Foraker is at 40 still handsome,
and her portraits bear a striking resem-
blance to those of Mrs. Cleveland. She
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19
Blood Poisoned
A Running Sore on the AnkIs
Yields 60 the Purifying Pow
ers Of Hoods sarsaParilIa.
"Iwant to tell what Hoods sarsapa-

trader, some years
since retired ,3 years
OF age. A little sore
broke out on my an.
kle, and after soms
effort to cure IL, grew
considerably worse.
Home doctors failed
and different msdi-
cines and ointnsnts
did not give me any
help. ! endured un-
fold NuffarfuR fow
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19
40 Eneourage Matrimony.

Belgium proposes to facilitate mar
rage by reducing the legal age for both
sexes to q years, instead Of 20 for the
man and 81 for the woman, as the law Is
now, and by making the consent OF the
father alone necessary instead Of both
Iaaranfs
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19
Hole. Broken by Women.

In Norway the horses are broken in
vent the attack. It IS IS az all IDEAL h fem adfy
for whooping cough. There is no dan
ger in giving it to children, as it con-
tains nothing injurious. For sale by
Feldmeyer Bros, City Drug Store.
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the forty-hfth
now graces
:" Old Glory. -
For nearly 90
years polygamy
retarded her
progress toward
admission to the
Union, but finally
the incubus was
removed. The ma
.tional house of
T e pre- sentatiyes
passed the state.
haod bilIDec. IL.
1921 fha Sennie
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19

Who does not
know women and
young girls who are
continually in tearse
Who always see the
dark sidef Who
have frequent fits
of melancholy with
out any apparent
cause? But there
is a cause. 1t is to
be found BY the In
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19
Two CHINESE Nav women.

They Are Studying Medicine at the Uni
versity of Michigan.
OF the four Chinese students at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, two
are women. One of them, Maiyii SHE,
calls herself Mary Stone and the other,
Miss Kong, has assumed the English
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19

all his life. At
the age of 80 he
was promoted to
the rank of lieu
tenant general,
and appointed
captain general
of the Canary is
lands in recogni-
tion of what was,
to Spanish eyes,
brilliant work in
the San Domingo
campaign. He
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19

four years, when was persuaded By my
friends 20 70 70 the hospital for treat-
ment. I did 90, but the surgeon In charge
said they could do nothing for my case.
The breaking out spread over my limb.
ulcerating the fiesh almost to the bone.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-19
THE 80 sTATe cE JIG.
For Nearly Finy Years PoIyEamy Kept
Her Territory.

Utah's ag strpppiefo statehood has
at last be.a. successful and another star
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-02
Bought Her Own Gown.

They tell story Of an unfortunate So
ciety woman, who, being terribly pushed
for II gown to wear at great occasion,
sold seven gowns for the price of one to
Nine. X. Among these gowns was one
hardly rumpled, and which. though
very magnificent. had evidently been
worn at most only once. This dress
Nine y. sold as model to Nine. Y,
who was tho society woman's dress
maker. and who had been obdurato
about making another thing for the poor
little woman without cash down.
When this "model' came in, she
saw chance for big return of money,
SO she compromised with her customer
and agreed to let her have n model dress,
just imported, for very low figure.
Whereat tho poor woman paid all tho
money she had received for all her
dresses. and out lime. Y. brought tho
model. Tho poor woman talked herself
blue in the face, but sho could not say
anything to protect herself without be-
traying her dealing with Nine. X, SO,
poor thing, she danced in her old frock
after all. having snapped all her other
gowns for tho privilege. Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-02
St. COLUMBIA.

On ONO occasion tho saint blessed a knife
SO TINT it mover could hurt any creature
afterwarh. His blessing produced exactly
tho opposite effect on stake. A very poor
peasant brought it at tho saints bidding.
st. COLUMBIA sharpcncd it with his own
hand and then blessed it. "Keop it" he
said. at will hurt neither man nor beast.
only wild animals and fish. So long as
you keep it you will never lack flesh food. {"
Tho peasant fastened it in the ground, and
the worry next day found very flno stag
iripalod. Not a day passed without some
wild CIR ,'re being thus captured. The
wife was re teaed. "Some ono will get
hurt. she said. "Thcn we shall DO either
killed or sold rs slaves" The peasant re-
moved 1t and laid ii by in his house The
next day his dog was killed by it. Ho put
1t in tho river and found marvelously
big salmon OH it. Tho next place was on
tho roof, where it proved fatal to crow.
Persuaded by his wife--''pcr sociam, ut
Adam, says tho biographer-he cut It ND
and burned il and was rs poor rs ever ali
tho rest of his life. IL london Spectator.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-02
A FASHIONABLE RUSE.
That Things Arc Not Always What They
Seem Evidenced In This Case

Seem Evidenced In This Case.
Tho season Of weddings taxes the in
genulty no less than the purscsof fash
1onatle deyotees The receptions to
which many of tho SO called upper crust
resort to discharge social obligations are
alnest Incredible to old fogies not in
the swim. 1t has long been tho. accepted
custom of brides wholrecoive many du-
pllcato presents to exchange the same ut
the stores where they were purchased.
When tho articles have not been marked
or defaced i'll any manner merchants, as
a rule, are very willing to mako salts
factory exchanges
a volume might be written on the
revelations that this,custom his often
brought about. It hasibeen the upguessed
cause of moro than one social sensation.
Less than year ago Il fashionable bride
or Gotham received gorgeously snowy
gift lnTepousse silver from an old school
girl frlond, daughter,of multinlillion-
aire. The present was displayed in a
beautiful box bearing the stamp of q
famous house, and attracted unusual at
tention9rom the guests Several months
after tho wedding the bride, in IN I'M
AuOhy MOlueut, GOOK tu1S apparently
gorgeous gift, together with others, to
exchange for articles for which she had
more Immediate need.
When the selections she made were
delivered at her residence she was sur
prised to find the repeusse silver A
note from the firm stated that the silver
had not been purchased at their store
1t was plated goods. They added, how
ever, that they had detected the trade
mark of firm in the Bowery. If mad
nm desired, they would furnish the nd
dress. A visit to the Bowery jeweler
confirmed this assertion, and the indig-
nant bride bided her time. In short
time the gisser Of the spurious silver
WAS welded The most striking gift she
received was Il familiar box, in which
reposed the u,aucky piece of repousse
SILVER 1t bore no name; it was not ex-
hibited. No comment was ever made by
either party. To all outward appear
ance tho social intimacy is unruffiod.-
New York Herald.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-02
a Story About John wnnamaker.

ran across my old friend Jim Bid
die of the Biddles Of Philadelphia yes
terday, and we fell attacking about John
Wanamaier. Said jim: "a good many
years ago I was clerk in Il store in Chest
nut street mt a salary of SO month.
One day dray was driven up to the
door, and tho driver, coming into the
store, handed mo an order for two bolts
Of cloth. 1t was signed John Wanna
maker John was struggling beginner
then, and tho house decided that it did
not know him we'll enough to sell him
tho cloth on time, so was instructed TO
send word that We could not deliver the
goods without tho money. New York
Press
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-02
Costume md Mortality.

A remarkable effect of costume on
mortality is shown in a very instructive
manner by ono Of the English registrar
generals reports. 1t appears that among
children aged from to years there is
an equality i'll tho number of deaths by
scalds and burns among boys and girls,
but from 6 to 10 double the number of
girls to that of boys die from these
causes, whilo from 10 to 20 there die
lO2 women and only "a men, and from
20 upward II women and 22 men, show
ing the influence of muslin and flounce
in producing death, Notwithstanding
the greater caution of tho female sex.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-02
MRS. PEARY WAS FRIGHTENED.
It Was When Sl,O Went Hunting wnIrus
With Her Husband.

It was when Sho Went Hunting "alrus
with Her Husband.
Mrs. Peary, wife of the famous arctic
explorer, declares she has had moro
than enough of the polar regions, and is
determined that her husband shall never
repeat his travels in those frigid lands.
When asked what experience stands out
most prominently in connection with
tho unusual life while exploring, Mrs.
Peary, without n moments hesitation,
said: "Our hunting the walrus. 1t is
the only occasion in my life when was
so frightened that would have well
coined death rs q relief. We were out i'll
n boat with DR.. Cook, Mat, and some
natives. Mr.. Peary had broken his leg,
but was steering tho boat, his leg, in
splints, stretched out before him. We
saw the walrus coming toward us, and
when the natives said, Shoot at them,
we took our ri1los and did so.
'Then followed n scene too terrible
for words The bullets had only entered
tho hides of these animals, enough to
infuriato them. and they came forward
enraged and with but ono determination
to turn over tho boat. They placed
tuGAi loiiS lItC lIu ut
tempted to tip us out. / crouched Mt the
bottom of the skiff. loading the rifles,
SO that tho men would not have to wait
n second. Tho sen was crimson with
their blood, and for Il few moments /
did not know whether l should DO shot
by tho excited men or drowned by tho
walruses. We killed about II, and have
some of the tusks But don't let me talk
about it any moro. All that is past. -
Philadelphia Times.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-02
CARVED IN THE BARK. :
a Ciump of Trees Upon Which Appeared
the Names OF Many Soldiers.

the Names OF Many Soldiers.
81 don't quito understand, and ney-
er could" said an observer, "what
prompts people to write their names in
public places. Trees have always been
fayorite objects upon which to carve
names, and the smooth bark of the
beech offers field most inviting to the
knife of the carver. saw once q bunch
of beech trees upon which thousands of
names had been cut. This was in Vir-
ginia, close by the left bank of the
James river. A ravine made back from
the river, md at the head of this ravine
there was q spring. Around the spring
was this clump of beech ,rees.
1.-The names carved on these trees
were those Of soldiers who had been en-
camped thereabout in the time of the
civil war and who had come to this
spring for water. 1t was in 1879 that I
saw them. SO that they must have been
there then at least IA years. They had
probably been there longer. About n
third Of. the names were still legible.
Many of them were the names of men
of Pennsylvania regiments. Those that
had become illegible were mainly those
that had been carved on smaller trees.
"There was one big tree that had up
ON it, should think, 500 names. They
encircled it for 30 feet up from the
ground. 1t seemed as if some Of those
among the highest must have been cut
by men who swung down from the first
branch, and one could imagine that
men stood on one another's shoulders to
reach above the names already carved
by men standing on the ground, or that
perhaps there was led up beside the
tree horse upon whose back the carver
stood.
"These names may have been carved,
every ono of them, simply as pastime,
and yet it seemed somehow us though
this was case in which the carving
might have been dono in something
moro than n merely idle spirit. New
York Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-02
EXTRA GOOD BARGAINS
REAL ESTATE.

The Tide in the Affairs of Roanoke Hss
Turned-Prosperity Is at Hand-Real
Estate Can Now be bought at Prices
That Will Bring the Judicious In
weston Splendid Returns Within tho
Next Two Years-The Opportunity
May Not Last Long-Emb brace 1t
While You Can
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-02
HAIR UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
Ono of tho Many Important Factors In
Murder Cases.

Ono OF tho Many Important Factors In
Murder Cases.
In centuries past the human hair
played an important part i'll all judicial
proceedings. Those that were permitted
to wear beard and hair had rights that
could not be claimed by tho shorn and
shaved. When men made oath, they
touched their beard and hair, and wom-
ell placed the finger tips of the right
hand OH their tresscs.
Servants were obliged to have their
hair cut, and if freedman went into
slavery he had to divest himself Of his
hirsuto .adornments. Am adult adopted
by foster parents was obliged TO have
his beard shaved and the shaving of
beard and hair was a punishment in
flicted on criminals. The jurisprudence
of ON ancestors dealt with punishment
"by Skin dnd hair" tor small ,offenses
and "tby neck and hand" for greater
crimes
There has always been mora or less
superstition about hnir. Great strength
was implied by it. and wizards and
witches knew of concoctions Of hair by
which they poisoned, enemies. Cats hair
was especially named III the category of
poisonous hairs, and even at;ihe begin
ming Of the seventeenth century Paulus
Zacchias, famous physician, writes Of
the virulent poison, of the hair of cats.
Among civilized, people sutl, suporsti-
tlons beliefs have gone out of existence,
and only Malays give their enemies
tiger hairs in broth to kill them.
Hair today, however, is one of the
important factors in deciding murder
cases, and the microscopic examination
Of hair, where it is found i'll criminal
cases under suspicious circumstances, is
invariable.
The first thing the coroner is called
upon to determine is whether tho hair
is from man or beast. Tho microscope
determines this beyond peradventure
Animal hair differs in construction from
that grown Oh a human head In human
hair the upper skin is smooth and thin.
The circular section is comparatively
broad, forming the main part of the
hair shaft. 1t is striped i'll appearance
and'carrles tho color matter. The tubu-
lar part is thin, extending to about one
fifth and certainly not moro than to
one9luarter Of the entire width of the
hair.
Animal hair also consists Of three
parts, but these arc differently con-
structed, the tube Dften filling tho en-
tire hair. The ends of tho hair must be
CLOSELY watched, and especially woman's
hair will BIO found ragged and torn at
the ends.
The hair from boards is usually the
thickesI, its diameter being as much as
0. 8 millimeters, while hair from female
heads can be as fine as q diameter,of 0. OG
millimeters would mako it.-St. Louis
Republic