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manufacturers are generally very liberal
in this respect, and the competition in the
markets has forced each firm to advertise
largely in this manner in order to keep up
with the procession. One dealer stated that
the demand for buttons Is so great that
the first two nights he gave out five thou
sand of these souvenirs to individuals, and
that he had asked his company to send
him on five times that number.
The women certainly want to get the
worth of their money. They go in the
show in Il matter-of-fact way. attentively lis
ten to the dealers versatile description Of his
wheels. endeayor to wear knowing look on
the face. and then want something substan-
tial to carry away with them. The women
apparently judge the success of the show
by this, and woe be unto the exhibitor who
fails to aCquiesce in their demands The
wheel he sells is then no good, and very
often this little matter is apt to work to
a disadvantage to him. The dealers rec
ognze this, and in their search for trade
ere willing to give away almost anything
except bicycles. to get trade and money.
Don't Really Want the Souvenirs,
Souvenir hunters evidently care but little
what they receive. so long as they get
something. The following discussion, heard
the other afternoon, is fair sample of
their ways:
"Oh. Mollie" said No. I woman. ct for
got to tell you that there Is a stand over
there where they give out free riding
school lesson tickets. 1 got two from the
man, and I'm going to give one to Miss
Jones and the other to Miss Blank"
did you only get two tickets?' asked
No. woman, with much surprise. "Why
there are three places here where you get
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TO OPEN TODAY,
The Base Ball Season of the Local
College Teams.

The Base Ball Season of the Local
College Teams.
The local college clubs season will be
opened this afternoon, when the Column
bans will play Gallaudet at Kendall Green.
The Columbian University base ball nine
will play the Yale Law School nine Friday,
March q, instead Of Marcel: %, as announc-
ed. The game will take place at Capitol
Park at 3 o'clock, and as the law school
this year has even better nine than the
one which represented that portion of the
university last year. an exciting and close
game is expected.
The varsity boys have been steadily at
work and are gradually getting in good
shape. The team that will play Gallaudet
is as follows: P, Beard and Cummings; c.,
Don Fugitt; h., Harry Greene; 3D. Mills;
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Repairs and Slow Payments Are Not
the Only Woes Of Agents.

Repairs and Slow Payments Are Not
the Only Woes Of Agents.
From the New York Tribune.
Real estate agents tell strange stories
about the houses which are placed in their
charge by the owners who shift on them
all care and responsibility, and, for a Ger
tain percentage of the receipts. expect the
houses to yield the regulation revenue. But
sometimes houses will yield nothing but
worry and expense.
With everything in the way of location
and architecture in their favor, houses
sometimes remain vacant for long periods,
and in many instances the owners blame
the agents. but find later that superstition
and not laxity on the part of the agent
bars the way to rents and revenue.
Houses in which several people have died
within a short period are less valuable for
time en- that account. OF course, an
agent said, when deaths have occurred be-
cause of bad sewerage and where the sani-
tary conditions are otherwise bad, no one
would blame people for remaining away.
But houses where couple of people had
died Of old age would be looked upon by q
certain class as ''unlucky," and there are
thousands who could not be bought to go
into such house.
THE worst people in that respect he
continued, "are the young mothers. We
have had contracts broken because some
body said that babies never thrive on that
block and because the last family that
occupied the fiat had twins But the
greatest trouble in that line comes because
of Friday and the number Il. When you
find a man who will sign lease on a FRI
day you may make up your mind that he
will be good tenant, and that he does not
possess any Of the qualities Of the dreaded
kicking tenant AS to the number Ii. why.
1t is as hard to rent house with that
number as one in which there is a cross
eyed hallboy, or from which a contagious
disease flag Is flying"
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great manufacturing center. and Liverpool
same evening. $780,.
Fifteenth day-Sail for home.
It PayAfs Ito Try It..

1t Paygto Try It..
II accommodations are refused you for q
shilling and six, ~ they will bs-in inns
where they think Americans are all million
aires-know that you are foolish to give
more. and that yen can get accommoda-
lions, by trying another inn, at your own
price, Remember that the trip is inexpen-
sive. and be satisfied with plain food, for
high living is out AZ the question in rural
England. even If you could afford 1t, which
is not the case If you are limited to hum
Many people EXPECT all their lives to be
able to go abroad fsome day." but the time
never comes, becaNSe they are waiting for
the ship that never. comes in. Instead Of
putting off the trip, Jet the cyclist prove as
we did Ito our own, satisfaction at LEAST,
that an English bicycle trip Is the way par
excellence to enjoy sightseeing in the tight
little islard."
To the timid ones. who fear they might
not be able to keep up the given runs, we
say, "Try the English roads and see what
good time is made without effort" II you
have an extra fve-dollar bill to add to your
hundred. you may rest on the consciousness
that you can take two weeks in getting to
London If you choose, and go directly back
to Liverpool from London by rail In a few
hours. ALICE LEE MOQUE.
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I 896.

cal profession and that has been prescribed i,y
many eminent physicians.
In speaking Of this natter not long ago she
Rev. j. III. B.sle, financial agent Of the Five
Points Mission, said: "A remedy largely used
among the people connected with our mission Is
warmers Safe Cure and am able to state that
they have received great benefit from IL and are
rsdy 10 testify thereto
Mrs. y. Elliott. visitor OF the mission ex-
presses similar opinion. She says: After using
warmers Safe Cure am,ng mission people for
several months. 1 regard II rs a public .inty 10
indorse II as safe and for liver and kid
ney and female complaints. One very severe case
which Rad been given over by ,he doctors was SUD
piled with a bottle, and the improvement, was 10
marked NJ to inspire new courage and hope. caus-
ing her u feel like a lew wcman This IL only one
case II many"
Nothing ever known in the history Of the world
has eQualed Warmers Safe Cure for maxim, mon
women and even children healthier and HAMMER
Don't You think it would be good plan to Try It
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In their arrival. The seXtet did not arrive
until today, and 1t will not be in good work
ing order before Monday morning. 1t will
then be the sensation of the show. The
Dayton Wheel for three riders came to
hand yesterday noon, ard was placed in
the booth Of Jacobs Brothers in time for
the night show.
Fancy Riders.
The Mintons open Monday night. The
Powers brothers are making a hit with
their fancy riding and juggling. James
Powers combines with his work on the
wheels comedy that never fails to cause
laughter and applause. They do an en-
tirely new act next week.
Tonight the interest will center in the
riding of the old-time cracks, who are at
tending the cycle show, in charge Of ex-
hihits. They are AL Banker of Pittsburg,
Pa, one of the best racers Of his day, and
still with the front of the procession; Mr..
Herbert Citizens of Chicago widely known
Newark. who had the record for mile road
races for many days. These experts will
meet tonight in friendly contest to help
along the fun at the show. They will ride
as follows: Banker and Citizens will race a
mile from scratch and Kluge will go for
a mile record. This will call forth the at
tcntion of every racing man of the city and
also the general public. The boys are al
ways willing to help along the sport.
Wheelmen In Attendance.
Last night half a hundred wheelmen from
the Affair Cycle Club and Columbia Cycle
Club thoroughly enjoyed the occasion. They
attended in full evening Dress Tonight the
Baltimore division of the L. A. w. will be
present in full force.
The coming week will be given over to
extra attractions. and the clubs of the city
will have special days. Monday night it
will be Capital Bicycle Club and Arlington
wheelmen night. Tuesday come the Lib
erty Wheelmen and Washington Outing
Club. The Home Club will also have a
chance Monday night. Many Of the dealers
in wheels are buying tickets In quantities
to give out to customers.
Yesterday afternoon there was an ex-
citing Guarter-mile scratch race between
four little boys of the city. Harry F. Buck
ley won.
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I GAG.

ut lie the most dreadful spot the American
continent said distinguished Frenchman who
once visited the notorious New York slum known
as the Five Points, The same opinion ex-
pressed by Charles Dickens after going through
this dangerous quarter with armed police es-
eort. The five points, in those days, famous
as the abode Of thieves. thugs and muvderers.
In recent years this unsavory district has I'M
dergone marked improvement. Today it COM
pares favoraby with similar quarters OF other
cities and most OF this improy ement il due the
celebrated Five Points Mission and its army of
Christian workers This excelsn mt organiza ion has
performed and Is performing a great and noble
work.
One OF tn, greatest works of the mission Is to
minister TO the sick and It is a work that has
been highly successful And vet the officers of the
mission hav" been enabled to combat a vast
amount of sickness and afford relief in many crti-
cal cases with the aid Of but standard remedy
1t is. of course. remedy well known to the meii-
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them. and have got about fifteen tickets.
They are no good to me. and 1 am going to
give them away to the girls. If we can't
get anything else. we may as we'll take
them. Say said she, with sudden empha-
sis. II got three of the darlingest little
paper banks you ever saw, which look like
O Ettle piano. How many did you get?"
The other girl evidently did not get any,
for she hurried to the stand to get q bank
The two most sought-after souvenirs are
ne silver spoons and the silhouettes The
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<-ere filled with catalogues. while her pock-
cts were stuffed with souvenir buttons and
other dor atoms, and her dress was be-
decked with many pins. She had heard
that there were two firms giving out silver
spoons. and, although she had been over
the hall two or three times. she only found
one stand that gave out these much-covet-
ed relics.
\ Woman's Plant.
Just to think said she. there I spend
fifty cents for myself and a quarter for
this Child to get in here, and yet these hor-
rid men are awfully stingy with their
stuff that you almost have to get on your
knees and beg them for souvenirs
This last statement is much overdrawn.
There has never been a show of similar
yefirs We're freely distributed. The bicycle
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Safe From Congress.

The bright side Of the Salvation Army dis
pute Is that neither Congress nor the New
York legislature can take action on it.
What happy. hopeful people we would
be II all our international complications
could be assured Of analogous neglect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-21

J. B. Hutchinson has been appointed post
master at Cheat Bridge. Randolph county,
w. Va, vice w. 8. Woodford, resigned.
The ordnance department of William
Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building
Company has been consolidated with other
extensive organizations under the name of
the American Ordnance Company.
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The Earth Calming Islands,
h. Sofo

From the Popular Science Monthly.
Fifty-two islands have appeared (by the
aid Of volcanic actions) during the present
century and nineteen have disappeared
have been submerged. This makes a net
gain to the earth of thirty-three islands.
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former were extremely scarce, for very
good reasons; and II a spoon had been
given to every applicant two or three thou
cand would be distributed every night, and
yet more wanted. The silhouettes are the
pride of the girls, and they sit in the chair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-21

Governor Morton Of New York has signed
the French bill, which will prevent the
acceptance of the Heine monument by the
New York aldermen.
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Two People Who Saw England at
500 Each.
WHEELING THROUGH HIgqORlCCOUNTRY
Delightful Way Of Spending a
Vacation.
HOW 1T CAN BE DONE

In short time now we shall hear again
the same old query that blossoms out per-
ennially, Where are you going this sum-
mer?' To wheelmer DESTROYS of a change,
and who are undecided as to their seasons
campaign. I would suggest a cycling trip
abroad; if time and money are both limited,
a two-weeks run in old England
This may at first appear an expensive
outing, but If the trip is properly planned
and sensibly carried out, any one can ac-
complfsh 1t on the same sum spent an
nually at the seashore or in the mountains
An account Of a successful trip actually
maze VIII be worth a dozen plans of how
II might be done. and the plain statement
OF our cycling experiences in England and
on the continent may be Of interest to
wheeimen who are considering the Ques-
ton of summers campaign.
FIRST We will consider the expense OF a
two-weeks run through England. under
standing from the start that the cyclist is
willing to put up with modest country ac-
commodatlons, such as would be met with
on long runs at home.
The steamer tickets must he secured
early in the year, to take advantage of the
lower rates, and to get the pick of accom-
modatiOns. The start is made from wash
1ngton to Baltimore by wheel In time to
catch the o'clock boat for PhiladeIpnia
What 1t Cost.
The following is an itemized list Of ex-
penses:
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with an angelic smile on their faces and
puckered-up lips, trying to look their best,
out the outlines Of their faces. This artist
Is the busiest person at the show in the
evening, and from the opening to the clos
ing hour he Is surrounded by u crowd anx-
iOnSlY awaiting a sitting
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Steamer to Philadelphia and re-
turn ..........................s 200
oohi' rouhd trip. .................... LOO
steamer, Philadelphia to Liverpool
and return: ............................ $500
SSeean lreisnt on wheel, both ways. 500
S.ea'ei ChaiI ana up on steamer. 500
Tpua zen lougihGs' at shillings <2ss). 100
Ihrec meals day for fourteen DAYS.
az rs. "a. (63s) ......................... Is IS
E uiss,ons 10 runs galleries, &c.. 500
leu SONS ny rali and boat. 30
tny, IN LONDON. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 75
o" aiicS ior extras. ..................... 200
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MAPLEwOOD INSTITUTE. CONCORDvMLE, IA.
$198 per year. successful school; OF the
Rest to infuse with energy and wake up boys 10
the duties Of life. Boys under Is years, $177.
]. SHORTIIDGE (Yale), AN, Prin. h14-eo3m
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-03

requiring weeks of practice, and when II
is thoroughly understood the compass OF
the collapsed and folded balloon is just
about the area Of the basket, in which
IT is placed and carted TO the nearest
military station.
The balloon maneuVers in the Englis
and Russian armies have been conducted
much mole secretly than those of Ger
many and France and there are those
who assert that the advances made by
the English aeronauts border on the m ar
Velous.
In America the aeronaut has no blood
thirsty ideas in his work At present,
aside from inventng flying machines. he
is devoting most of his time to perfecting
balloon which will be able TO improve
the signal service. In fact the day is
not far distant when we will have air
stations for meteorological observations,
and these will enable us. SO Weather
Prophet Moore thinks. to forecast storms
much further ahead than is at present
the case. r. REGNAULT.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-03
rREEsNT USE OF OPIUM IN INDIA
Very Different Results From Those
In This Country.

English officials qualified by education
heightened residence in India and China
and exceptional opportunities for obser
walton; civil servants. medical men OF
the highest reputation Connected with hog
Iital and sanitary work and with the
army in every part of India--gave uk-
qualihedly contradictory evidence which
may be summed up as follows, says
Popular Science Monthly: That opium
has been used for centuries in India and
China without any extensive deleterious
influence on the population; that the
"skhs" of India, who, in point OF phys
cal structure and health, are claimed to
he the finest people in the world, and
whose religion forbids the use of tObac-
co. are habitual users Of it; that, while
the excessive use of opium is unques-
tionably in a high degree deleterious, il
is far less so than the excessive use OF
alcohol; that the use of opium in India
and China is comparatively much less
than the use of ardent spirits in Great
Britain; that the excessive use of it. as
by the so-called opium sot, is the result
very largely of the circumstance that the
miserably poor, afflicted with disease in
India, China and other Asiatic countries.
where there is no intelligent medical
treatment, and little or no hospital ser
vice, resort to it as the only means OF
lessening their sufferings; that so far
from the allegation being true that the
supply OF opium by India to China is
disastrous in the highest degree to the
/ PEOPLE of the latter country, the fact is
/ chat the use of the Indian product, owing
| 10 its highest quality and price, is almost
/ wholly restricted to the wealthier classes
/ of China that the cultivation of the
poppy for the production Of opium is very
general in China, and to such an extent
! that one single province of the empire
annually produces more opium than the
| entire export of India; and, finally that
| any attempt ON the part of either the
Indian or Chinese government to inter
fere with the production and sale of
| opium with a view of restricting or pre-
venting its consumption, would be utter
ly futile, and in the case of the former
country would undoubtedly lead to revo-
luton.
One witness, Surgeon General Sir Will
lam Moore stated as the result OF s.
years service and observation in India
that opium smoking is practically harm
less and opium water not only harmless
but beneficial in moderation and a pro-
phylactic against malarial fever.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-03

A northern man travelling through Mis-
scuri on horseback arrived at the bank Of
a river. There was no way to cross it eX-
cept by swimming; so, dismounting, he
tied his clothes to the horse, and drove
him into the river, swimming after him.
Reaching the other side he dressed Ind
continued on mis- way. Before going 70
feet, however, he came to the forks Of
tho road, and looked around for a sign.
There was none, but just across the river,
near the spot he had entered to swim
across, he saw a board nailed on tree.
There was nothing to do but to get in
and swim across again, and read that
sign. He swan across, and, after climb
ing up the bank, he read the following
notice: Five dollars fine for crossing
this bridge fatster than a walk. '-Argo-
naut.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-03
YOUNGEST DRUMMER OF THE WAR
johnny Brooks, Aged 8, Served and
Wants Dicharge.

There is a good story behind the bill
which Representative Dick Blue has in
troduced directing the secretary of war
to muster and discharge John w. Brooks
as a drummer, Gays the ST. Louis Clone
Democrat Mr. Brooks is a lawyer now
at Ellsworth, kan. Inlrty-two years ago
he was Johnny Brooks. aged 9, the
youngest drummer in the United States
army. He was too young to be mustered
but he wore the uniform went upon duty
at all times, the same as the other
musicians. obeying the orders of his regl-
ment, the 9Th veteran reserve corps. He
served from July, 1863 to August, 1865,
and when his regiment was mustered out
Johnny's father was a ifer and the boy
beat the drum.
Twenty afiidaVits accompany the bill.
They are made by members of company
e. and tell how faithfully the boy was or
duty, turning out day ana night, winter
and summer. to beat calls. When the
remains of President Lincoln reached In
dianapois on the way from Washington
to Springfield and were taken from the
car to the Capitol to lie in state Johnny
Brooks was there with his drum beating
the dead march
The mastering and discharge will make
Mr.. Brooks a veteran de jure as he IS
already de facto They will put him on
the muster rolls Of his regiment and al
low him the pay to which he is entitled
for the two years service he rendered.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-03

The party of high-browed women was
singing gladsomely when a man, who had
the appearance of having nothing to do,
approached the street corner on which
they stood.
he asked of the first woman whose at
tention he could attract.
I'VE have just erected a fountain with
free ice water she said. 1--WE are trying
to overthrow the rum seller"
Miss" said the seedy man, in a voice
that was fairly husky in its earnestness,
1.-The way to git away wit the rum seller
is not by free ice water, but by openin a
free beer fountain. That will kill EN-
deader'n a mackrel, an don't you forge;
it."-Indianapolis Journal