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from which the rcpasts cooked on the
stove were eaten. Two broken chairs and
cupboard completed thefuriture. Every
where dirt was at a premium.
These are rather queer cid houses
said Mr.. Lewis. Who owns them?"
Indeed, don't know, 'he replied laZily.
Mary, turning his face toward the in
terror, who owns these houses?''
An upheaval on the bed indicated that
there was another occupant of the house
hitherto unnoticed, but evidently an i'm
portant one, and Mary got up. Her de-
termined manner and rich brogue, con-
irasted with the evident weakness OF the
man, Indicated that such questions had
better be left TO her.
Sure, Oi don't know she replied
"Ol knows we pay riRt, but OF hov me
doubts as 10 whether it's the owner or
not'
How much rent do you pay?'
We pay Sl.50 a month. The agent
promised when ] cum in here TO fix up
III Place a bit. but he hasn't done it,
There amt no steps SOS we can git into
the room upstairs an tn rain comes in
all over the roof
How do you make living, my friend?"
The man grew voluble at once. II sell
japanese polish. ] come here from Chi
cago few weeks ago. and have been sci.
ing II around. ] didn't go out today, be-
cause looking critically up at the
clear sky, lit looked 10 me Il little like
rain. got my receipt for that polish from
the japanese at the Worlds Fair
GOSSIP OF THE NEIGHBoRs.
The man knew very little of the neighhor-
hood, but Mary had evidently lived there
for longer period. and was possessed OF
information concerning the doings of an
The Residents of the row. She told how
many families lived in the place. their a ages.
color and occupation. and other things of
which women OF her class delight TO
gossip.
walk around the row gave a more inter
cStng view of the houses from the front tha n
from the back. Most of them had rongh
front FENCES, OF patchwork, wire stakes A nd
pieces of tin. and the fronts Of all OF them
were patched with tin.
Ihcrc We're no signs OF life around the
lirSt one. and, as "A knock on the door
failed to elicit any response. the latch
string was united. The door swung back
ana talf dozen little kittens. who. with
the maternal cat. We're the onl yliving things
III tie room. tumblcd ever each other ru
get out of reach of lis swing. The old cat
was curled up cOmpiaccntl yon the bed. more
broken down and dilapidated than the other
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comfortable houses OF the one giving way
To the patched-up frame shackS of the
other. In all sections of the city can be
found such places, aud wherever they are
the percentage OF crime is ever on the
increase.
Mr.. Herbert W. Lewis, the agent of the.
board OF children's s guardians, has. through
bls work of rescuing unfortunate children,
become more familiar with the city's sium
life than anyone else. He Is an amateur pho
tographer, and has made many photographs
ing trips among them, and secured some ex-
Cellent Illustrations, which he has used al
various times, to embcllish lectures. and
for other purposes. In response to a query
from Times reporter as TO where these
districts lay. he volunteered 10 show
way himself, and Ia king his camera, mapped
out SUM Route, and started.
VISIT TO '-BERRY'S ROW"
Dusty and yellow in the reflected glare of
the Summer sun. Twent y-secOnd street
leaves the cool and inviting shade OF the
naples that hold the brcezes in gentle
dalliance on its either side, and stretches
way toward the river. As one Dears the
flats, the little rows OF bricks become
poorer and less pretentious, finally changing
20 rough, wooden frame struct tures, white
washed and rickety. On past the dog pound
there are vacant lots, and some little dis
tance is traversed before other human hah
stations are seen. Then, almost down to
the pallng fence that separates the reclaimed
fats from the city proper, one comes to
"Berry's Row"
''Bery's ROW" for picture sque squalor
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THEY ARE COMMENTED WITH THEIR FORTUNE


Did you ever pay a visit to the slums
OF this beautiful city? They are easy TO
find, aud well worth the time and trouble
q visit TO them will cost. Right at the
thresholds uf some of the citys magnifi-
oent residences they can be found, and the
under half OF life that inhabits them pre-
sent the most interesting phases of hu-
manity. Luxury and poverty, squalor and
grandeur, are close neiglborS. Within a
stones throw of beautifully paved and
shady streets, lined by rows OF handsome
houses. can be found the wretched, thatch-
ed shanties OF the miserable many, dirty,
ragge and nkempt children pIa ying around
the doors, and the lazy, unworthy parents
loiling around In the sun or shade, accord
Ing TO the temperature.
Washington's slum districts are scat
terei, and aresurrounded by the best neigh
borhoods. You emerge from broad, we'll
paved streets into dusty, dirty roads, the
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US this morning, Il sadder and wiser man. A
shrlek went up from the entire party at -
blzarre costume. His own clothing was
burned, lt seems, and not having another
sultln his portmanteau, he was compelled TO
levy contributions from the other men
The trousers belonging to the little Count
are very high water, and the Prince Albert
coat Worn by the dimnutiye parson, abso-
lutely refuses to button across very gay,
red hunting vest, the property ofthe Russian
Prince. He looks as GGlliyer might have
looked in the garment of the Lilliputs. Poor
fellOwl He has been silent and int respective
the entire day. The odorous experience
of last night or his EdicrOus COS
tune have affected his spirits TO such an
extent that his debOunaire person has been
almost Sullen. Its an i'll wind how
ever, and we have been gratefulrO the priv
ilege of enjoying the scenery and following
our inClfnatinns, without the continental
coaching we have been accustomed TO since
we started from the Mammoth
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ill-smeling homes. They have as much
dread of Il camera, too. as au untutored
savage.
One dirty little negro boy, about seven
years old, attired III Il shirt and trousers
several sizes too large for him. was play
ing marbles in the street, and attracted
by his dirty picturesqueness. Mr.. Lewis
gave him coin and asked him to stand in
the light and have his picture taken.
The pickaninny took his position, but his
mother rushed out, Indignantly ordering
her offspring in the house.
"What yo' mean by takin' dat chiles
picture in dem close. You white folks has
us colored people lookin' bad enough now.
Get i'll de house. dere."
..Dey wants TO make a show OBJ him."
chimcd in another coored mother, who
had FASTENED To tie protection of the alley
children in general and her own in par
ticular.
an the alley residents were 10 sympathy
with the mother, but the snapshot camera
had hccn too quick for them, and although
ICY were hliSsTuly unconscious of it,
the bCy's picture had been taken.
Lightning rods. j. H. Kuehling. 1905
Pennsylvania avenue. my16-3t
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and suggestiveness OF nothing but the
most abJect poverty stands alone. 1t is
the tumbledOwu remnants OF what were
once six frame houses Of two rooms ca ch
For twenty five years these miserable
shackS have stood the re and they have been
SO patched aud mcnded that hardly any of
the original timhers are left. Ragged strips
OF eathcrboarding and sheets of tin
have been tackled on here and there, and
solid boards filled most of the places that
were once windows. The steps are ruined
and rickety, and the whole thing has a
CraZy-quilt, patchwork appearance.
The row stands in the middle of field
No street leads TO il in front or behind, and
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and joked while the women did the work
1t was typical dump picking group.
On all parts OF the dump were little groups
OF men and women, some looking for metal,
some sorting over rags, and some picking up
coal and wood. Nearly everything that
comes from dump, with the possible ex-
ception of tin cans, has a ma arket able value
that makes ii worth picking up.
From the dump at Che fopG OF Twentieth
street to the tough precincts of South
Washington is quite Il step. Van street
between NJ AMI y, First and Second streets,
southwest, is perhaps the most disreputa-
BILE street in the city. Its inhabitants toll
not, neither do they spin, and their mode OF
living is mystery. All day long the men
and women can be found sitting in the
doorways Of the tumhle-dOwn shacks that
serve them Is houses or lnaring around
in the sun out in the alley, occasionally
varying the monotOny of their existence
with a fight. The women are tougher.
stronger and more disreputable than the
men, and drink and fight with as much
facility.
There are long rows of the dirty squalid
shacks in Van street that serve as homes
for the people there. Absolutely devoid
OF comfort, dirty and foul, with the rain
and sun alike sitting through huge rents
in ceilings and walls in all kinds Of weather,
many OF them are very little better than
dog kennels.
a few squares from Van street is an-
other giitterlng specimen of slum life Of
Washington, 'Nolan'S court" Although
not so extensive it is dirtier and mere
squalid than Van street. These places are
in the ncighborhoUd known as Blood
field which has, ever since the capital
became city, been the terror of the law
abiding and source of much work to the
police.
SAVING THE CHILDREN.
Across the re ecking, foulsmelhng James
Greek Canal. between Half and First
streets, NJ and y streets, is 'Pearson's
alley" 1t is much smaller than either of
the other South Washington slum alleys.
but is more crowded. and the presence of
almost innumeratle children OF all ages
and conditions empha sizes its sQualor II
is IN such places as "Pearson's alley
that the Board OF Chldren rs Guardians
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the visitor can approach it from either
way with equal facility. The rear pre-
sentS very much the same appearance as
the front, If anything being Il little more
dlapidated. These houses were so poor
fhat Tor long time no rent was eNacted
from them. but now their occupants are
required 10 pay small rental
Passing along back Of the rows the
figure of white man was seen sitting on
the back steps of the middle house His
rusty straw hat showed the discolorations
oI many n summer shower and his cloth
ing was dirty and torn. On his dirty shirt.
that had once been white, he wore collar,
ragged and black with the accumulation of
CRIME, and dirty strip of muslin did
service as 4 tie
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does a great portion of the good work t
accomplishes. Children, whose surround
ings are so vicious that they must of
necessity become criminal, are taken away
by legal process and placed in an atmoS-
phere conducive to morality.
In these alleys they regard white visit
ors with suspicion and are not communica-
tive. They can conceive of no reason why
a white man. unless he be an officer of
some kind, could want to visit their dirty,
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LIVING IN sQCALoR.

Good morning, SIR said Mr. Lewis
The man smiled weak welcome, and
As he laziiy shifted his position on the
steps glimpse could be obtained of
.he suualid interior. A broken-dow'a cook
ing stove stood in the center Of the room.
and on one side of it was an old four
poster bed, broken and tumbling with age.
and on the other 4 rough deal table,
The morning times., 1896-05-17

1Jc Dozen.
Why not buy dozen? 75c for a
dozen Of these excellent Dress
Shields of one of the best :aanufac-
turers.
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Anniversary Prices
Small Wares.
&c Mourning Pins s..................1c .1c
1oc Neuss Cube Pins. DC box
1oc Hotel Tape, SO yards &c piece
&c English Pins. &C paper
&c Book Pins. ns.-..............4c &C book
&c Tooth Brushes. ........5c each
25c Solid Steel Scissors. ....1oc
&c Curling Irons.
4c Black Belt Pins, 2 boxes for sc
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HELP US TO CELEBRATE
OUR 36th BIRTHDAY.

have
grandmohers SO almost lifetime
rdinary yPrces
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Lightning rods. j. H. Kuehling. 1906
Pennsylvania avenue. my16-3t
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Anniversary Prices
Stationery.
12c Boxes Stationery, &c
This box contains one Quire paper
and 25 envelopes of good quality.
25c Box Paper, 15c
This box contains one quire of ex-
cellent quality paper, plain or ruled
smooth or rough finish-with en-
velopes to match.
Good Ink,
During This Sale,
&c per Bottle.
Mucilage, DC per Bottle
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/ Anniversary Prices
on
Laces.
@5e Net Top, Point d Ireland Lace. 1211c
S9e All-silk Black Lace, 2sc
soc Point de Lerre Lace, &c
Grass Linen
Embroidery
Worth from 20 to SOC,
For 1Oc yard
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-11-11
ss..sar, and ,S. Dru..s-

A few months ago l had occasion Co enter into business contract with one of my DruSe farmerS When we were about Co draw up the agreement the Druse suggested that as he could neither read nor write, we should ratlfy the bargain in the manner customary among his people, This consists of a solemn grasping of hands together m the presence of two or three other Druses as witnesses while the Agree- ment Is recited by both parties Being always on the qui vive to gain practi- cal insight into the manners and GUS toms of the Druses. readily consented to this form of contract. hoping thereby Co learn something more of their meth eds of procedure
 Accordingly the farmer brought three oI his ueighbors Co me and the terms If our contract having been made known Co them one of them took the right hand of each of us and joined them to- gcther, while he dictated to us what Co say after him. To my great Astonish- ment. the Druse who wAs grAsping my hand gave me the grip of Master Macon I immediately returned il. to his equal surprise. Re asked me how and where had learned their secret sign. and this set me on the track of further inquiries. the result uf which has been Co render what was before e very strong belief on my part an absolute conviction
 now feel morally certain that my theory IS correct, and. speaking as FreemAson and as oue who has also searched somewhat fully into the mystic tenets If the Druse, I can assert that, in many particulars. the esoteric teach ing uf both systems is more CT less iden- ticaL Owing to the extreme secrecy and e1clusiveness of the Druse character it is most difficult to gain an insight into their inner rites and tenets. and tt re- Quires many years ef intercourse with them and the firm establishment of re- lations of mutual confidence and trust before one can bs In a position to learn anything concerning them. - Black woods Magazine.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-11-11
KNOCKED IN
 THE HEAD l!
Judge Baker Renders Ills Decision in the Prison Contract
 Labor Case.
li Virtually Decides the Removal Of the Territorial
 Prison.

A dispatch from Yuma oi Mon. day, November 9, says that Chief Justice Baker had rendered. deci- sion ln the suit pending before him. wherein the Arizona Improvement company Ss petitioner brought S clam against M. J. Nugeut, super in,endent of the territorial peniten- tiAry, respondent. for a writ o( man dsmus against the respondent. re quirIng him to furnish the peti- touer ten cOnyicts out of the Ter utOTlal prison, for labor on pro posed canal oT water way in Yuma county. The application Is based upon certain contract entered into between the Territory, through its board of control, and the petitioner. The contract in terms provides that the petitioner shall have exclusive control of all the able-bodied male cOnvicts in sad prison from the hours Of S a. n. till . D. m., for a term of ten years, and that the su- Perintendent of such priSln sha,l furnish such conVicts to the peti- tioner upon demand. The e1ecu- ton of the contract IS admitted. The superintendent refused to com ply with the request of the peti- tiOuer Ia be furnished with ten such conyictS. An alternative writ of mandamus was issued, to which he answered, setting out number of reaSsous why the final wi, shouli not issue, two of which are deemed of controlling effect.
 First. IL is claimed that the con tract Is iavalid, because IL Is uu- considerable, negotiable and with cut consideration.
 Second. That the petitioner Is endeavoring Co enforce private contract by thus proceeding aud that msndamuS Is not the appTopri- ate remedy in such a case.
 The opinion rendered hy the chief justice Is yoluminous. and iu closing be says of the act of the legislature which authorizes the leasing of convict labor.
 The act is criticised as being iw- polite, but the judiciary eau ou.y arres: the execution of a sia'ute when 1t plainly conflicts with some constitutional provision. IL will not run a race of opinion, upon points of right, reason and exp,.ii- ency with the legislature. The net is, therefore, valid.
 The case then stands, that the petitioner has a clear legal right Co the enjoyment of which an official duty IS owing and denied to IL; and there IS no other plain, speedy and adequate remedy iu the ordinary course of the law.
 In such case, tO prevent the isil- ure of simple justice, the writ will issue, aud It IS sO ordered.
 The case will probably be ap- pealed to the supreme court of the territory,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-11-11
st. P.t.r,.. PhilaA.Inhia.

The third oldest church in Philadel- phia, exceeded in point of years only by Christ church and old Swedes, Is St Peters At Third and Pine streets. The old chimes have called many to worship who now calmly repOse within the sturdy brick walls of its burial space Here lie the remains of George NJ Dal- las, vice president of the United States Commodore stephen Decatur, whose monument bespeAks his illustrio1s and heroic naval achievements while in his country s service during the Revolution John R. Scott, boon companion and ad- wiser of Edwin Forrest Benjamin Hall, signer of the Declaration of Independ- ence; Benjamin Carr. philanthropist and distinguished professor ot music. who died in 1881 and whose monument was erected by the Musical Fund SO ciety; Charles Wilson Feale, whose tablet tell us was born l74l and died lS2I, and that he participated in the Revolutionary struggle of our independ- ence, and as an artist contributed tO the history of this country" Near him A-S NN-L-A aNke7 Nnucc NaANA Ill tnc OAye ol l116 established an inheritance for their country and progeny. In peaceful slum- Der also rest such distinguished towns folk as the Willings. Craiss, Riddles, CSdwalladers. DOnAldsons, Crazers. h. gersOlls, KeithS WilcoXes, WikOffs, Woods and other eminent civilians whose names are most familiar to old Philadelphia residents Philadelphia Recori
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-11-11
Water CureA

IL is possible to prevent many diseases and cure others by drinking large quAn- titles of water. An eminent French physician says that typhoid fever can be washed out of the system by wateS He gives his patients what would amount to eight or ten onces of steriliEed water
 Experiments have been made with dis eases caused by bacteria which demon strate the curative value of water. In cases of cholera. where the system Sc cretes large amount of fluid, enormous quantities of hot water are of great ben efit and will cure many eases without other medicines One doctor says that perfectly sweet. fresh cider. taken in large quantities, has been known to cure cases of bowel complaint The acid kills the bacteria which are speed fly thrown out of the system Hot wa ter, in feyers, is of great Iss, and an ordinary tumblerful of water As hot as can be taken once an hour is one os the very best remedieA The important thing is 10 get into the system and out of it sufficient amount of water to prevent the accumulation of ptomaines and toxins within the body. Enquirer
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-11-11
succeaa In nRnfiatrH-

New bridge work inYented by Dr. HeSvenSton, without sacrificing other teeth, called by the inventor lndestructible bridge work, a patent for the same will soon be applied for; the first bridge of this kind was made for Mrs. Prince, the wife of our chief of police.
 pr. Heavenston is the only dentist Tn the United States to discover the new combination of gases, in which oxygen is used in the greater quan- tity, IL does not produce uncon- sciOusneSs, and children use it as s matter of fur, and to verify this statement 1 refer you to Judge Ling and Andrews. Mrs. Scott hSu twenty teeth removed while under the influence of this gas.
 SiSce discovering the good quail ties of oxygen in combination with other gases, 1 have entirely dis csrded the use of that poisonous nitrous oxide or laughing gas So to the afflicted, | will say, cheer up' no misery, no pain, no sickness.
 Respectfully,
 DR. 4. HEAvENsroN, Operative and Prostheric Dentist.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-11-11
nlhn't RrlieNr It.

Some years ago, while visiting the Spokanes, Gen. Phillip Sheridan related to the Indians through an interpreter, the wonders of the rail road, and then waited to see what etfect the revelation would have upon them. What do they say. " he asked the interpreter They say they don't believe it." was the answer. Sheridan then described the steamboat and the interpreter then repeated this. What do.thev say to that'" the general asked. see ing the Indian faces all impaSsiye They say they don't believe that either" Then the general gave an account of the telephone. aud told how a man at the end of a long wire hand talked to 6 man at the other end of 1t. The interpreter remained silent. Well" said the general, why don't you interpret that to themf' "Becsuse 1 don't believe that story myself,' answered the conscientious man.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-11-11
CAnd-b It a Boy or . earl.

"Is it boy or Acheel''' is question asked in domestic circles in the west country hundreds of times every day. A "cheel' IS. of course. A girl MrS Hewett, in her Peasant Speech of Devon" (lSesl. thus illustrates the use of the word: Well. miss whot'th tha missis gOt these time. than? A bwoy or a cheel (daughter)"
 This expression is sometimes heard in the south of England For instance, ''ls II boy or childY' When asked for sn explanation, the answer is "A boy is a boy girl is a child"
 It may be worthy of note that the phrase, "a young person, as properly employed, is almost invariably uscd o5 a female Notes and Queries