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The evening times., 1896-08-31
Southern Railway.
(PIEDM0NT AIR LINE.)
tscbeduIc In effect June IA. 1886,
All trains arrive and leave PeDDs yIynnia

,scbeduIc In effect June II. 1896,
All trains arrive and leave feDDsyivanis
passenger station.
ga. in.-DaiIy. local for Danville connect,
at Manassas for strasburg. daily. except
Sunday, and ut Lynchburg with the Nor
folk and Western. daily, and with the Ches.
Bridge and Clifton Forge. 'u' !"
III a. m.-Oaiiy. tne UNITED STATES
FAST NAIL, carries Pullman Buffet sleep
Vile uniting ut Salisbury with Pullman
Sleeper for Asiie7ilis anil H3t BpflBg,, NJ
c.. Knoxville and Chattanooga: Tenn. and
Augusta, also Pullman Sleeper New Yopk
to New Orleans. via Montgomery, conDect-
ing at Atlanta with Pullman Sleeper FOR
Birmingham, Memphis and st. Louis.
4:OI p. m.-Locai for Front ROYAL. Riva,..
4:61 m.-Dnily. locai Tor Ginrlottesviile
so5GSTa&SEsTEim 5Sits r @ms vEsfiBGIEDs vEsafHihBaGMIn9s APP AHP
TIED. composed of Pullman vestibuIed
sieepers. dining cars and day coaobeSI
aud Hot Springs. n. C.: New York to ia mna
Via Charlotte. Columbia, Savannah anS
yecksonElIe and ssM Nsy yolt Ho!S g Tep6i
via Atlanta and Montgomery. Vestihuind
day acb Washington To Atlanta. Somtbaes91
Railway dining Cur. Greensboro TO ToSt-
TRAINS or WASHINGTON AND oHro
DIVISION leave Washington S:OI q. M
daily 90 y and m aRa s.ak 4;46 p m daily. eI-
fof Round Hill, 4:s2 p. m.; daily eSceGG UUG
Sunday, for LeesbuTg, and 6:26 o. r..
Washington S:26 q. IN. ana 700 D. N
daiiy. aud sou y. nj. daily. except Sunday.
from Round Hill. and 7:06 a. m. daily, ex.
daily. except Sunday, from Leesburr
Through trains from the South arrive A
washington 6:42 u m.. go p. II. and go
D. m daily, MANASSAS division; 10 90
<, m, daily except sunday v, and 40 a. M
daily, from Charlottesville.
Tickets. sleeping car reserva ton and n,
formation furnished 1T offices 81 and 1900
Pennsylvania avenue. and a Penngylvania
Ratiroad Passenger Station
W. b. GREEN, Gen Supg
J. NJ CULP, Traffic Manages.
W A. TURK, Gen Paaa. A0e0H
Z. 8 BROWN Gen. Agent Pnsa ~
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FOR RENT.
STORES WITH DWELLING.
Ouners actual price quoted


&E.OS5-PA. AVE. BETWEEN 9Th
AND TIL SITS. Sc; store and rooms;
good condition. terms easy.
1S.5O-l425 Il ST. NE.-Storc and
5 rooms. t316D
SA6-1Ioa sTH ST. sE.-Drlck store
and dwelling; . rooms: a. IN. l. f114l
S45.OO-103o 21ST ST. Nw.-BRICK;
roons. bath and basement; cellar
under store: viii lent separate. t303J
S25-TAhOMA PARK Store and dwell
ing; near both car lines. t37l)
$1OO-I2l5 q ST NV; S ROOMS AND
batn; yard to alley; in first-class condi
tion; will rent store separate from house IL
desired. key at this office. (333)
&L6-1l06 STH ST. SE.--Brick store
with II rooms and bath. tl14)
GaS-1725 PA AVE. NW.-Brick store
with rooms. t1S5l
S26-I1lO II ST. NE.-Brick store with
rooms. t2b3)
S0.SO-GOOD HOPE ROAD-Fraps:
rooms. store and stable. t3l41
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FOR RENT.
ouners actual prize quoted.

S1S-TAKOMA PARK Frame cottage:
rooms: near both car lines: in thor
pug condition (3T3)
S16-LAMOND'S STATION Frame cot
tage. rooms; newly papered (372l
S12.6O-LANIER HEIGHTS, ID. c.
Frame cottage rooms. 1854
S8.OO-"ST. ELAO"-Frame cottage;
rooms. t337i
$4,000 -CHERRYnALE, VA, miles
from city-Frame cottage, 6 rooms:
plenty shade and good water 1856
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FOR RENT-FLATS.
Orrners' actual price quoted

0irnerS' actual price quoted.
$22.SO TO $3.50 = CORNER
18Th AND OREGON AVE. NW.-Four
fats of and rooms each, with bath.
t309I
G25-7O6 SEVENTH ST. Nw.-Secoud
story flat u34
$40 IIv1 Ii ST. Nw.-Two-room flats;
heated hy steam. t120)
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FOR RENT HOUSES.
fFURNISHEp.)

ERO-IOl 18TH ST. SCI Brick; fur
nished: Sr. and bath: a. N. 1. l13j
Ss3 A MONTH BY THE YEAR-A mod
ern house, completely furnished. contain
ing S rooms and bath, on 9th St., near
Franklin Park. (3G5J
2S.OO-I ST. NV, NEAR 18TH ST.
Brick; 3 stories, rooms, and bath;
completely furnished. t367)
25-P ST, NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE
Brick; four stories; IL rooms and
bath; heated by furnace. (3I2l
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Washington, Mount Vernon
$ Alexandria RAILWAY Co.

From station. Thirteen -and-a-half street AMI
Pennsylvania avenue.
For AIexantlria-6:30 = 80 s. Q. 10 la.oaex
II. I2 a. IN J. ?. s. 4:lj, IL. 5:il G:f5~7, O. 10.
II. l. p. IN. sunday. first train. ga m. last
train 10 p. N -----7 H-a
FOR Mt. Vernon--I0 IL Il a m, 1. 2 3 4.I5
p. III. Daily-cxcept Sunday. ~-----------
u. +. ABBOT, GEO. H. PHILLIPS.
General Manager Gen. Pass. Agent.
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WANTED.
SUBURBAN HOMES.

rent for the season or lei,se by The year. AdL
dress Immediately. Times Real Estars
anRean. 10th and Pa -aEe- pN.
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He Made Her Take II on.

A man found himself seated behind u
hat Of such large proportions that he
could scarcely see the stage at all. Aft
er vainly endcavoring to catch "a glimpse
of the performers he determined that
the only thing to do was TO get the
woman to remove her hat. Madam, +"
he said in the politest tones, would
you be so kind as to take of your hat? 1t
prevents me from seeing The perform.
ance." mo, will not, was the re-
tort from the woman with the high hat
The man accepted the rebuff very calm
ly, and he made vain effort to see the
stage for awhile longer. Finally he de-
termined to try it again. Madam, "
he said, II have paid for this seat, but
by reason of your high hat am unable
to see the stage. Will you oblige me by
taking it Off"
II have paid for my seat, and I in
tend to wear what ] please" was the
answer received. A happy thought
struck the man. He reached for his silk
hat and put it on his head. Immediate
ly there was cry of several voices from
behind him: Take off that hat Take
off that hail" The man took his hat of,
but the woman. not knowing what he
had done, of course thought that the re-
marks were intended for her. She was
mad, thoroughly mad, and, gathering
herself together. she left her scat and
the theatcr, and a smile of satisfaction
swept over the mans face. Revenge was
sweet. Florida Citizen.
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ment hang the Sunday clothes OF the
family, suit 10 each peg. the trousers
legs dangling down, and, late on in the
dusk, looking as If some unfortunate
people had hung themselves in row.
There is no carpet, no wall paper, no
lath or plaster. All is good honest
wood above, below and all around; no
varnish, no polish no stain, no paint
not even ON the furniture. No twopenny-
halfpenny inch weather boarding or
half inch match boards as we use in
England, but great solid planks and
boards which will stand the wear and
tear of centuries. On the windows and
doors alone is little paint-a kind Of
white enamel. In a corner Of the room
stands very old kettledrum, and how
and why such an instrument of warfare
has a place in this peaceful dwelling is
for the time beyond my comprehension.
There are two big windows, in one of
which pane of glass is wanting, and
Sivert tells me that the family are great
ly concerned thereat; on my account be
it understood, for much ventilation is
deemed an evil thing out here. An oval
rusty teatray is leaning against the
wall. 1t fits the window, so far as tops
and sides are concerned, leaving ample
room for fresh air at the corners, so the
matter is soon settled. -Chamber
Journal.
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.rrnhola reyer and bananas.

William c. Ussery, M. D., of st.
Louis says that Tho best food for those
suffering from typhoid fever is the ba-
mana. In this disease, he explains, the
lining membrane of the small intestines
becomes intensely inhamed and engorg-
ed. Eventually it begins sloughing away
in spots, leaving well defined ulcers.
At these places the intestinal walls be-
come dangerously thin. A solid food, If
taken into the stomach, is likely to pro-
duce perforation Of the intestines and
dire results will follow. Therefore solid
foods or foods containing a large amount
of innutritious substances, rs compared
with nutritious substances, are danger
Gus and are TO be avoided. The banana,
although it may be classcd as solid
food, containing as it does 90 per cent
nutrition, does not possess sufficient
waste to irritate these sore spots. Nearly
the whole amount taken into the stom-
ach is absorbed and gives the patient
more strength than can be obtained from
other food. New York Tribune.
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The Largest Nexspaper.

The largest newspaper ever published
in this or any other country was The
Illuminated Quadruple Constellation,
which was issued in New York city on
July 4. 1859. 1t was 2S, 900 edition,
and was sold at so cents per copy. The
size of the page of this sheet was 20 by
100 inches, or almost 40 square feet.
1t was an eight page paper, IL columns
to the page, or total of l04 columns,
each As inches in length. 1t was illus
trated with good portraits of President
Buchanan, Edward Everett, Henry
Ward Beecher, N. p. Banks, Il. ii.
Chaplin, Horace Greeley, Elizabeth Bar
rett Browning, Alexander Won Hum
boldt, James q. Bennett, and several
others. The paper contained SO different
poems entire, one of them having as
many as GA eight line verses. Among
other articles of special note was the
celebrated "Moon Hoax" taken from a
copy of the New York Sun, published
i'll 1885. 1t required the work of 40 per-
sons ten hours per day for eight weeks
to 'get out" this mammoth paper -
Newspaperdom.
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Everybody is going. Where? Why, TO
the Mining school park, tomorrow alter
noon, when Kenda's kids will wipe the
diamond with Manager Brelsfcrd's hen
pecked nine. Ii is expected that the ca
pacity of the park viii be severely tested
for the proceeds are to go to the Boys
Brigade of Houghton, and L. r. Stiles
Post, G. A. r. The parade will be a
sight to see. Don't miss it, for it will be
Six more years before the better halls OF
Brelsford's nine will let them play again
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-27
A HISTORIC CANNON.
Was In the Mexican War and Is Row Used
as Curbstone Fender.

Was In the Mexican War and Is Row Used
as Curbstone Fender.
Almost the only relic in existence of
the battery that was established in this
city during the Mexican war is an old
cannon that is at present doing duty as
a curbstone fender. At the time the bat
terry was constructed it was on the edge
Of the bay and near where the corner of
Broadway and Sansome street now is.
When peace was declared, the battery
was dismantled and the material of any
use was carried away. For some reason
one cannon was left behind, carriage
and all. There appeared TO be nothing
the matter with it, and it was even used
several times to fire Fourth of July sa-
lutes.
As the years went by the carriage was
moved away and remained~lying ON the
ground for time. When Battery street
was cut through, it received its name
from the old fort, and the cannon was
rolled down to the edge of the curb as Il
reminder Of the old days.
How long it lay there is question
that nobody can answer, for those who
might have done so are all dead. AT
any rate it is known that a patriotic
drayman concluded that the cannon
should be taken care of. He got num-
Der of volunteers, and when the curb
stone was put in the crowd carried it to
the corner and poked its muzzlc down
into a hole. Ii has remained there ever
since. San Francisco Call.
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THE cocHlNeAL DYE.
How the Little Insects Are Gathered and
Prepared For Use.

How the Little Insects Are Gathered and
Prepared For Use.
The history Of the cochineal insect
was for long time very obscure, and
at one time the species employed in
commerce was considered kind of
grain. Itwas not until near the close of
the seventeenth century that il was dis
covered to be Of insect origin. The in
sect is native of Mexico, where il was
raised by the Mexican Indians long be.
fore the country was discovered by the
Spaniards. II is now cultivated in some
of the West India islands and in few
OF our western states, but it is in Mex
leo only that il is raised in sufficient
quantities to form an article of com
merce. The insect is raised on the coch-
meal tree, or Indian fig or nopal, which
is a species of cactus.
The cochineal is first collected about
the middle of December. The insects
are removed from the tree with knife,
tho edge of which has been blunted, or
are carefully brushed off with SPUR
rel tail. This labor is performed by the
women. The insects are usually killed
by the application of heat by baking in
ovens or by the heat Of the sun.
When the cochineal arrives in the
market. it is in the form of small
grain, having a convex and concave
side, but with very little resemblance
to the body of an insect. 1t is used for
dyeing crimson and scarlet and for
making carmine Cochineal alone yields
purple color, which, when mixed with
a solution of tin in nitromuriatic acid,
may be changed TO most beautiful
scarlet. The discovery is said to have
been made in this wise:
A man who was making "a thermome-
ter placed in his window an extract of
cochineal made with boiling water, and
in some way vial containing nitro
muriatic acid was broken over it. This
acid changed the purple dye into most
beautiful dark red, and by experiments
this man soon found that the tin dis
solved in the acid caused the change Of
color. An ingenious dyer at Leyden,
Holland, brought the discovery to per-
fiction The secret afterward became
known, and large dyeing establish
ment was erected in Paris. This ACCT
dent occurred 800 years ago. --Provi-
dence Journal
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City Dogs and Country Dogs.

There is marked difference between
city and country dogs. A city dog turned
loose in pasture lot mopes along, pay
ing no attention to the birds and other
animals around it, but country dog
turned free in city street. after the
temporary embarrassment which coun-
trified folks always feel, observes the
sparrows to be unusually tame and nu.
merous. Then comes round of sport
that makes the country dog feel itself
very much at home. The country dog
delights in chasing small birds and the
city dog doesn't. but after few hours
racing the dogs feet would be as sore
as any clodhopper's that walked the
stones for any length of time. especially
on a hot day. New York Sun
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marry his daughter II you give him
little fruit or a small present Of fish.
while in Samoa matrimony runs you
into pigs and canoes among the Fijians,
into whales teeth and muskets. In
Tartary il is best To marry beneath you
(you can do il on few pounds Of but
teri. because man who has loidly no
tions of "A marriage with one Of the up
per ten must be AN owner of horses. The
aborigines Of Australia manage their
marriages upon the most equitable prin-
ciple. If A. wishes to marry b. s sister.
he allows him 10 marry his own. or. if
b. happens to be a widower, then his
daughter will do just as we'll One Of
the most Objectionable forms Of gaining
wife is to work for her, a habit prac-
ticed among many uncivilized nations,
its only advantage being that man can
get wife on credit. though his father
in-law takes good care that he serves
his time Among some races you have
to do your work before you get your
wife, as Jacob had to serve for Leah
and for Rachel Marriage by exchange
and purchase is not customary among
Ancivilized nations only. In Central
America and Peru a man has to work
for his bride.
In China a present is given by the
father of the bridegroom, the amount of
which is agreed upon by both the fami-
lies. The Japanese make use Of a SINH
lar custom. though, in their case, the
giving of presents is the most important
part Of the whole marriage ceremony,
for after these have been delivered and
formally accepted neither of the con-
tracing parties is able to go back.
Wife purchase appears to have been the
basis of Indo- European marriage before
separation of the peoples took place.
Manu- mentions the Asura form of
marriage as one of purchase, and ac-
cording to Aristotle the ancient Greeks
We're in the habit of buying their brides,
for in the Homeric age q maiden was
called by a name which signifled lone
who brings her parents many oxen"
The old Scandinavians believed that
even the gods had paid a price for their
wives, and i'll Germany the expression
Ito purchase wife" was in vogue I'M
til the end of the middle ages. The old
inhabitants of Ireland and Wales were
accustomed to buy their wives with gold
and silver or land. In Servia, at the be-
ginning Of our century, girls had reached
such price that Black George reduced
their value to ducat.
Among many savage nations the
equivalents of wife are varied and
grotesque. Poor Bashkirs purchase
theirs with carloads of wood or hay,
the Indian Kisans with two baskets of
rice and a rupee, tribe in California
with half string of dentalium shell,
and among the Padams, rude people
Of India, the suitor shows his inten-
tions by gifts of field mice and squir-
rels Pail Mall Gazette.
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Tobacco Smugglers In Spain.

The beasts had each two panniers of
straw slung across a pack saddle. We
crammed these with the scented bales,
and then built up others above them, and
topped up with vast and evil smelling
sheepskin. Then we made all fast with
ropes done into diamond hitch, T"
which British Columbia thinks is an in
vention of its own.
Afterward, arre-eeel
The climbing talents of smuggler's
mule have passed into proverb Other
wise they might be described as impish.
The 80 stalwart brutes that made up
our train clambered up defiles and over
crags which make one fairly shiver to
think back at. They were not led. They
carried no mouth bit. The bride of each
ended in stirrup shaped iron, which
chain was made fast. and to it raw
hide thong The arriero used this some-
times as a whip, sometimes as a tow
rope for himself, but more frequently
let it drag. The mule wore an iron
muzzle to discourage browsing and
seemed to know that the sooner his
work was ended the sooner he would
get feed, wherefore he fastened, not be-
ing without rude selfish wit of his own.
With one exception, we bipeds trudg-
ed along on our rope soled sandals beside
the beasts or on occasion warped our
selves over the rocks with hands as
well. The managing director of the
company alone did not walk. He was
little, old, shriveled, snow haired man.
with white face and coal black mus
tache and coal black, beady eyes He
sat cross legged above his bales, on the
hurricane deck, as it were, of his mule,
and one thought highly of his pluck.
One knew something about the sure
footedncss of the mule, but should not
have cared for that ride myself. A sim
gle slip off rolling stone, and-well,
we seemed from choice to meander half
way mp the flank of precipices, and it
hurt ones stomach to think about tum-
bling. Temple Bar
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In writing of the pardoning pow
or invested in the president, Hon.
BENJAMIN Harrison says in The Ladies
Home Journal 1.-The papers III these
murder cases are usually voluminous---
n full record or am abstract Of the evil
dence making part. If the trial seems to
have been fairly conducted and no new
exculpatory evidence is produced, and
the sentence does not seem to have been
unduly severe, the president refuses TO
interfere. He cannot weigh the evidence
as we'll as the judge and jury They saw
and heard the witnesses, and he has
only writing before him. II happens
sometimes that the wife or mother OF
the condemned man Genes in person to
Mead for mercy. aud know Of no moro
trying ordeal than TO hear their fearful
and sobbing utteranccs and 10 feel that
a public duty requires that they be de-
MED their prayer "
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She went into Fourth avenue candy
store with a savings bank closely held
to her little breast. Her hat was hang
ing from her shoulders and that didn't
bother her in the least. She passed by
one clerk after another until she came
to one particular counter. Ii was evil
dent from the precise manner in which
she stopped there that she was an old
customer
II want thum chocolate thegars, :"
said the little maiden with toss of her
golden curls. land | want a great big
lot. -
The young lady behind the counter
smiled.
"How much money have you got?"
she asked.
In reply the little miss held out the
toy bank she brought with her. Across
the front of the pasteboard treasury was
a printed slip, American Foreign Mis-
sionary Society"
"You mustn't spend this money. said
the pretty girl. This is for the heather.
1t is ever so much nicer to go without
candy and send your money to the poor
little boys and girls in Africa.
The owner of the bank didn't see it
that way.
II want thegars. Mamma thaid could
buy 'em," and she began to shake the
bank in an endeavor to throw out the
coin within. The young lady watched
her for moment and then seeing that
she was intent upon getting it out, she
offered her aid in capturing the elusive
coin, and with the aid of hairpin out
it came 1t fell on the floor with a
merry ring, but as the young lady picked
it up she nearly tainted.
1t was beer check. louisville Com
mercial
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1t is told Of the late Baron Hirsch
that he once expressed his contempt for
the aristocracy in forcible terms TWAS
in his Paris residence, formerly the
property Of the Empress Eugene. AT
one of his magnificent entertainments
Hirsch stood at the top of the staircase,
and, looking down on the procession of
princes. dukes and marquises who were
struggling up the stairs to greet him,
no turned to his son and said, Twenty
years hence all these people will be
either our sons-in-law or our con-
a
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-27

Eli Hill, Lumber City, Pa, writes: L"
have been suffering from piles for twenty
fiveyears and thought my case incurable.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve was recon-
mended to me as pile cure, so bought
a box and it performed n permanent
cure" This is only one OF thousands of
similar cases. Eczema, sores and skin
diseases yield quickly when it is used.
EAGLE DRuG STORE.
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The Etnlanslcrs,

Mutual Fire Insurance company OF
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or
ganized in 1890 according to the laws OF
the State Of Michigan. will insure proper
ty OF its mem ers. Have paid fire losses
over $1,000 during it's existence. The
company paid back during the last year
to sixty-two OF it's members oil hve years
standing 6S per cent OF Their premiums,
amounting to $3.502. VIII pay back
during this year on the same rate to
thirty-six members OF FIVE years stand
ing 81, 447. On the first day of July
the company had Ala members, $751;
$40 worth Of property incurred, and
e7,611.27 In treasury. FL. .:,rther par
ticuIars apply to the undersigned.
JoHN BLoMovIsr, President.
ALEX LENoSEN, Secretary.
Once, 448 Pine street, upstairs. Red
Jacket.
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BuckIen's Aruica saIye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains.
corns, ana all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price, 20 cents per
box. For sale bv ID. t. Macdonald.