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The morning times., 1897-02-15

FOR RENT-FARNIS
FOR RENT-A bargain; 3 5 acres. with q
room house; plenty water: finest market.
dairy or celery farm in d. c. ADDly
1214 Ii st. NV fe1IlYt'
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wANTED-STABLE.

WANTED To rent small stable: NV. sec
ton. Address BOYD, this office.
fpl4-3t
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

WANTED-Party with 81 900 to take half
iHtereSI IN q patent tnal Souuuu can De
rCJliIcu from IN one year. JHeSe are IaCtS
Tor an enterpriSing man, investigate and
see; best refs. given. Address INVENTOR,
this office 1t
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FOR SALE-A fine, eight room brick, in
fashionable part of the northwest: newly
papered, fine shrubbery, etc, lot 2l Nl20
to alley; price $500. By j. d. SUI
LIYAN, 18th and G SITS NV fef1-7t
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FOR SALE Millinery and fancy store, at
inventory; ii ST. ne: nine rooms, cellar,
and stable; rent $50. BUSINESS EX-
CHANGE, 91S st fel3-3t
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F0X terrier pups; well bred and marked.
o%So - st. fel 4-3t
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MONEY To LOAN.
HFLP yyANTED-MALE.

WANI IEIb-f.Xperienced butter; Also first
class caachmau; refs. required GA 9Th
st. NV. II
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FOR SALE-Side- bar buggy phaeton
English cart; cheap. CARRIAGE
WORKS, N. Y. ave, bet. 4th nd 9th
SITS. NV. feIa9t
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HELP vANrED-FEMALE.

WANTED Coiored cook and white
chambernaid; plain cooking. 1902 I-2
lUGh 81. NV. fei--lt
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FOR Observation-Disclosures.

FOR SALE-$400 Loomis filter for 500:
5000 to 1900 gallons capacity per
day; guaranteed perfect. Inquire at the
DEXTER STEAM LAUNDRY, 344 Pa
ave. fcl 5-3t
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PROF CLAY, Clairvoyant: greatest For
tune Teller; all events OF life. from cradle
to grave: business. love affairs, losses,
etc, for 90 cents; reuntes separated hus-
band or Wife; makes lover or sweetheart
true; causes speedy marriage: removes any
trouble; D to 10 daily. 4S9 II st. sw
l3-1m
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DIR, CZARRA'S,

OUR greatest medium and spiritual moth
er, DIR. MARY GORDON, tells you all
things and prescrlbes a proper remedy for
your troubles; consult this gifted lady be-
fore 1t Is too late. NOW Ut 529 9Th st NV
no7 tr
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HANTED-Nhltew woman cook: go to Vir-
s1na; two III family 1902 ID 10Th st.
NV. fe1 5-.}t
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FOR SALE--Higli-g grade SO bicycle; cheap
rel Alt "
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WANTED-Boy: experienced; feed print
ing press. HAYWORTH UBLISH ING
IIIn 81 81 4 I
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FOR RENT-ROOMS.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
REAL ESTATE BULLETIN

THOMAS z. WAGGAMAN, 917 F st. NV.
TWnSTORY BRICK AND FRAME
HOUSES FOR SALE
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WiNTED--Feb. %. 10y careful family.
four adHlts, by year, payable monthly. in
advance, % or - room house, m. radIus,
9th 10 18th, + 10 l.: description: lowest
terms JOE MAHN, 800 Cortland ST., Chi
CaED. fPS- Tl-f,m
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DR.. I.EATHER1AN.

Expert Specialist in The cure OF an
forms of private diseases Consultation
free. Hours, 8 to II, 2 TO 8. Tues,
Thurs. and Sat evenings, Z to g. No
6O2 NV. tClosed Sund8ys.D
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HE had seen better days, and wanted to
go TO the inaugural bail; called on US
ana was fitted in full uress suit, over
coat and lots of other fine cuSt9n-made
clothing. little worn, and then had money
enough Jeff To pay all penses. JUS1H'S
OLD STAND 6l9 ID NV fe9-1w
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WANTED-22 neat, reliable women and
gIris; white and colored domestic MRS.
MOORE. .}06 q st. NV feI4-3t
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FOR RENT--H GSES.

FOR RENT-143 D st. Sc; neat Groom
and bath, b. w brick; in good order; with
good yard; SIS. so. 4l6 N Jersey ave Sc
fel4-3t
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-04
TOWnship 30, Range 4 la

ownship 50, Range 8 East.
John Kemper John Crowley
j ) Benson, VIM Lewis
J 5 Benson and Fl Hart
John Schwab, ir and G c Lashle
Gottlieb and Edwark Funk
@ A Maxim, Ivester, w III Sc:
Jas o Scott and r g Croker
j ) Benson and J b Buekner
Andrew and Joseph Campbell
b Z Brooks, J nj Shrum
III y Hutehins ard n Algire
a John Webb, Jas Thompson
Casl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-04

Common Fund
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-04

school districts the following
From the s2S2s railroad school tax S26OsO2
FromS County, So. Sc.
Frcm Washington County, $1239
The Press., 1897-08-05
Tunneling the Strait of Meseina.

Engineering achievements and possi- bihties, from the modern point of view, are receiving an additional illustration in the case of the projected tunnel be- tween the mainland of Italy and the is- land of Sicily, plans and details of which, in model, as executed by the italian civil engineer De Johannis, have attracted much attention at the University of Padua. After thorough and careful studies of the strait of Mes sina, it's varying depths, the nature of the ground and of all other conditions which might assist or interfere with such an undertaking, De Johannis de- cided that the beginning of the tunnel should be near San Giovanni di Sani- tello, at the foot of the Aspromonte mountain range, the mouth on the oth- CT side to be located on the degli Ingle- si plain. The entire tunnel will be near ly two miles long and will consist in the main of two shafts of about 10, 900 feet each, descending at grade not ex- ceeding 32 feet ill each 1000. Such tunnel is thought preferable to a bridge that would involve such great span and wind exposure. -Harper's Round Toh1a
The Press., 1897-08-05
HAD A SURE THING.
But the Baseball Manager Counted His
 Chicks Before They Were Matched.

But the Base ball Manager Counted His
 Chicks Before They Were Matched.
 "When it comes to square sport among professionals, ; admitted the vet eran who lives by bucking chance. ''I reckon you've got to give the first place to baseball. But way back in the days before the league system was perfected I used to see some curious things re- member one club in central Ohio that was as good q local organization as ever saw. All the men in the team were strapping six Hooters, used hickory bats and knocked a live ball so far that all the farmer boys ill the vicinity had supply. Finally sporty manager got hold of them, went wherever there was game to be had, took professional battery with him and bet all the money he could place. Having nothing special on hand that season, 1 concluded to do little business on my own hook
 "By little quiet skirmishing in To- ledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Colum- bus got together nine that were fast enough for any company. took them to little country town about 20 miles from the club I've been telling you about, named them after the place, did some saucy blowing through the county newspaper and got a challenge from the very fellows we were after. We went over there in old farm wagons, looking like the rustiest lot of grangers that ever ventured away from home. In practice my boys got tangled up in their own feet, fell over each other and made the opposing manager feel so good that he was betting at every turn. I was right with him as long as had dol lar, and there was big roll for one of us when the game was over. Now there was change. My boys came out of the dressing room in knickerbockers, sweat CTS and canvas shoes, as slick looking lot of ringers as your ever saw. It WAS a cinch, and l was only hot because l had no more money to put up"
 "You made a good thing of it?''
 Good thing? l got the double cross. My battery sold out to the other mana ger. They beat us so bad that the scorers demanded extra pay. My pitcher and catcher got away before I could borrow gun Iwalked ten miles to the nearest station and then took box car That wasn't b square game. ''-Detroit Free | PreSS
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His Sacrifice.

Darling" he said, locking down tenderly into the eyes of his bride, II have often heard you say that there is no true love without self sacrifice You have taught me this great truth, and now l am going to prove my love by giving up something that has been very dear to mo for years. You know how fond am of smoking. We'll, dearest, am going to abandon the practice, even though it be like tearing out my-my"-
 At this point his emotion apparently overcame him, and he looked down at the sweet face, expecting to see there appreciation of his noble resolve, but he saw only a look of blank disappoint- ment.
 "What is the matterY Are you not glad that I am following your teach ing?" he asked.
 ''It's not that" she answered, almost sobbing. "Never mind what it is " And she rushed from the room.
 The self sacrificing hero smiled. He had learned from his wife's dearest friond that she had set her heart on buying him half dozen boxes of cigars covered with lovely silver paper wrap pers, with pictures ill the middle.
 And that is what gave birth to his noble resolution. Weekly.
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Electric Protection of Safes.

The latest idea for the protection of money and valuables is to have the safe which contains them secured in- side a cabinet. Where the safe is kept ill a vault the vault serves the purposes of g cabinet. In either case an electric lining is used, consisting of strips of metal mounted in connection with thin metal sheets so arranged that even a pin thrust through the cabinet and pen etrating the lining will sound the alarm.
 The door of the vault cannot be opened,
 nor can the curtain of the cabinet be raised, until a time lock has disconnect- ed it from the alarm system. In order that the alarm box may be proof against mOlestation it is made of steel and placed within hood lined in the same way as the cabinet. Any attempt at tampering will cause an alarm to be sounded, as ill the case of the cabinet.
 The door is held closed by heavy lag bolts, the partial removal of any of which will give 8 warning signal.
 There are several of these lag bolts, and before the door can be opened they have all to be removed, which requires con
 siderable length of time.
The Press., 1897-08-05
A SPIDER FIGHT.
T& Was East and Furious and to tn
 Death.

Ys Was East and Furious and to the
 Death.
 once had spider pet of kind the books enabled n,o to identify. Ho was fine, big fellow. l caught him ill the garden, carried him homo. and for nearly two months he and l took a close interest in each other, he for the flies introduced to him and l for the amuse- ment he introduced to me. kept him in a milliner's box, letting him out when I visited him. specially delight ing myself with allowing him to drop from one hand by his fine spun thread, and then either catching him in the other or gently compelling him to climb back again by apparently eating his own ladder.
 One day I captured another spider of the same species. kept him for a few days ill separate box, and then, with the kindly idea of companionship, in- troduced him to Tiger. have seen dogs fight; have seen chanticlcer fight and slay his man; l have seen rams fight till, with his skull crushed in, one lay dead at the foot of tho other; have seen men fight; I have seen women | fight-at least, they once were women | till they became a confusion of blood and hair and shredded garments; but the fullest sense ever realized of mad, murderous passion let ungovernably loose, centered in one destroying aim and summoning every physical energy to it's devilish service, realized when those two spiders rushed to mortal com bat. I stood in boyish terror as their tangled legs dropped off, torn by mu- tual rage, and as, with vicious dexteri- ty, they struck each other with their poisoned fangs, using for their own de- struction the weapons and appliances with which nature has provided them for the capture and slaughter of their prey, l visibly turned palc.
 Tiger was the victor but even while with brutal wrath, all mangled as he was, he bit and spurned his dead and limbless foe, ho was seized with symp' toms I took to be paralytio, and in q minute or two I helped him to his death. And this fearless gladiator was afraid of, l remember, and never would tackle, big blurbottle fly. What is courage 2-Mancheste City News.
The Press., 1897-08-05
DUELlNG IN EUROPE.
One Thousand a Year In France and 2, $50
 Duels In Ten Years In Italy.

One Thousand a Year In France and g, S50
 Duels In Ten Years In Italy.
 More duels are fought in Germany than in any other country. Most of them, however, are student duels, which culminate in nothing more seri- ous than slashed cheeks or torn scalps. Of all German university towns little Jena and Gottingen are most devoted to the code. In Gottingen the number of duels averages one a day, year in and year out. On one day several years ago 12 duels were fought in Gottingen in 24 hours. In Jena tho record for one day in recent times Is 21. Fully 4, GOO student duels are fought every year in the German empire. In addition to these there are the more serious duels between officers and civilians. Among Germans of mature years the annual number of duels is about 100.
 Next to Germany, France is most given to the dueling habit She has ev- cry year uncounted meetings, merely to satisfy honor''-that is, merely to give two men the opportunity to wipe out insults by crossing swords or firing pistols in such way as to preclude the slightest chance of injury. In the duel statistics these meetings are not reckon ed, as they are far less perilous than even the German student duels. Of the serious duels, France can boast fully 1000 from New Years to New Years. The majority of these are among army officers. More than half of these result in wounds, nearly 20 per cent in seri- ous wounds.
 Italy has had 3, ,759 duels in the last ten years and has lost 50 citizens by death OH the field of honor. Some 3, 400 of these meetings were consummated with sabers, 179 with pistols, 90 with rapiers and with revolvers In 974 cases the insult was given in newspaper articles or in public letters regarding literary quarrels. More than FOO princi- pals were insulted by word of mouth. Political discussions led to 559, rei- gious discussions to 29. Women were the cause of 189. Quarrels at the gam bling table were responsible for 189.
 A summary shows that, as regards numbers, the sequence of dueling coun- tries iss Germany, France, Italy, Aus tria, Russia. As regards dead liners of duels Italy comes first Then come Ger many, France, Russia and Austria in the order named. For the most serious duels the pistol is the favorite weapon in all five countries. es.-New York Sun.
The Press., 1897-08-05
sILKWORMS OF LEBANON.
How They Arc Cultivated In the Noun
 taIns of TripOli.

How They Arc Cultivated In the Noun
 taIns of TripOli.
 Harry Fenn, the artist, has written 6 paper. entitled "Silk and Cedars," for St. Nicholas, describing his visit to the famous mountains of Lebanon. Concerning tho silk industry, which plays such all imI I0rtant part ill the lives of the natives, MT. Fonn says: AS tLo time approaches for tho silkworm to hatch cut the egg tho family move out of the house and camp under the trees, giving up the entire establishment to the worms, after having placed the eggs on shelves made of q rcCdlike bamboo. At first the young worms are fed on finely chopped leaves, but as they grow larger the leaves need only be broken ill two. The people have to feed and watch the worms night and day, or they wander i'll search of food and get lost, and ill the silence of the night the sound of the worms feeding is like gently falling rain.
 The worms fast three or four times during this period, and about 24 hours is the length of each fast. A curious feature about their fast is their posture. They assume the attitude of a cobra snake about to strike and remain rigid ly fixed ill that position for the entire period. When they are ready to spin, small branches are placed on the shelves, and as the cocoons are formed upon them the dead twigs seem to bear golden fruit. When the worms get through that part of the business, the neighbors are called in-something as to an old fashioned New England ap- pie pairing bee. They call it "qtaf" in Arabic-that is picking" and soon you see piles of pale green, pure white and golden yellow cocoons heaped upon the floor. Later they may be spun into hanks, but usually the cocoons are sent down the mountains to Tripoh or Da- masous, and after their 30 or 40 days of toll they, too, often have to sell the produce for next to nothing, as the Chi nese are always ready to undersell them.
 Another curious use MT. Silkworm is put to is to soak him in vinegar for some hours, after which he is drawn out into so called "catgut" to make smells or leaders for f1shhooka
The Press., 1897-08-05
There are 712 papers in New York.

ReasOns.Why Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
 and DtarrhOea Remedy is the Best.
 1. Because 1t affords almost instant relief in case of pain in the stomach, collie and cholera morbus.
 3. Because 1t is the only remedy that never fails in the most severe cases of dysentery and diarrhBa.
 3. Because 1t is the only remedy that will cure chronic diarrh1a.
 4. Because 1t is the only remedy that will prevent bilious collie.
 5. Because 1t Is the only remedy that will cure epidemical dysentery.
 6. Because 1t is the only remedy that can always be depended upon i'll cases of cholera infantum.
 2. Because 1t Is the most prompt and most reliable medicine in use for bowel complaints.
 8. Because 1t produces no bad results.
 9. Because 1t Is pleasant and safe to take.
 10. Because 1t has saved the lives of more people than any other medicine in the world.
 The % and 5Oc sizes for sale by w. w. Lathrop, Stafford Springs; GIL. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1897-08-05
A Mothers Triumph.

"Williei''
 ''What do you wantP'
 ''I want you to get right up."
 ''AIl right says Willie and turns over for another nap Half an hour passes. and then
 "Williel'' "Wellf'' You going to get up todayP''
 "Yes. .
 "Well, be about 1t then. You march yourself right down here. '"
 Twenty minutes elapse.
 ''Williel"
 "What you wantP" . ''If you ain't up in five minutes. I'll come up there and routyou out in short order. You mind that.
 ''I'm coming.
 You'd better, sir. if you know what's good for you.
 Fifteen minutes later.
 "Willi If you re not out of there in ten minutes, I'll douse you with cold water, sec if don't. Get right up." Willie comes down half an hour later, and the triumphant mother says:
 "Aha, young man, thought I'd rout you out. You may just as we'll under stand first as last that when speak you have to mind. Remember that. "- Detroit Free Press
The Press., 1897-08-05
A SEA ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
Extraordinary Superstition Once PreVa-
 lent In England.

Extraordinary Superstition once RreVa-
 lent In England.
 The curious superstition that there is an ocean above the clouds is illustrated by the following strange story by an old English writer: "One Sunday the people of certain village were coming out of church OH a thick, cloudy day, when they saw the anchor of ship hooked to one of the tom mbstones-the cable, which was tightly stretched, hanging down from tho air. The people were astonished, and while they were consulting about it suddenly they saw the rope move as though some one la bored to pull up the anchor. The an chor, however, still held fast by the stone, and a great noise was heard in the air, like the shouting of sailors. Presently sailor was seen sliding down the cable for the purpose of unfxing the anchor. When he had just loosened it, the villagers seized hold of him, and while in their hands he quickly died, just as though he had been drowned.
 "About an hour after the sailors above. hearing no more of their com rade, cut the cable and sailed away In memory of this extraordinary event the people of the village made the hinges of the church doors out of the iron of the anchor. " It is further stated that these hinges ''are still to be seen there, |" bit of evidence much like Munchau- sen s rope wherewith he once climbed to the moon. If you doubted the story, you were confronted with the rope.
 There is another queer tale about this aerial ocean. "A merchant of Bris- tol, ' it. is said, "set sail with his cargo for Ireland. Some time after, while his family were at supper, a knife sudden ly fell ill through window on the ta- ble. When the merchant returned and saw the knife, he declared it to be his own and said that on such day, at 1 such an hour, while sailing in an un- known part of the sea, he dropped the knife overheard, and the day and the hour were found to be rAoctly the time when it fell though the window. All of which was once implicitly believed by many and regarded us incontroverti- ble proof of the existence of sea above the sky. One is at loss to conjecture how that unknown part of the sea" connected with the rest of it. A phys ical geography showing this would be no small curiosity. y.-Boston Post
The Press., 1897-08-05
FEET AND CHARACTER.
What the Pedal Extremities Reveal bO
 One Who Knows

What the Pedal Extremities Reveal eo
 One Who Knows
 The person who had his character read by the palmist must now go to the first cousin of the chiropodist in order to learn whether the markings on the foot agree with the prognosticat1ons of the hand.
 According to the adopts, small in while if it is high it suggests self con- soiousness If arched, it indicates love of luxury, while if it is thin in addi- tion it not only demonstrates the desire for appreciation and applause, but the possession of honor and lofty ideals A thick, heavy instep, which the boot maker would describe as rather high, is the mark of the individual who is ca pablo of'great exertion continued over a long time, the instep, in fact of the worker.
 The heel is another of the great diag- hostile points. If it is smooth and round and without any prominent outlines, it declares the individual to belong to that common place order which never achieves distinction and who, though pleasant enough in his or her way to live with, is yet devoid of any special talent. If 1t is small, 1t shows that the owner is ca- pablo of going heart and soul into any work that he undertakes.
 Long toes suggest artistic capacity, just as do long fingers of a certain shape, while short toes indicate selfish ness If they are crooked as well as long, they demonstrate the possession of good common sense and no little busi- ness capacity, while toes separated by a distinct interval, ill spite of the com pression ill which fashionable boots com pei them, are indicative of emotion. If they curve downward, they indicate an amiable turn of mind, and different DOT tions of them denote different character istics us do the so called mountain" !" and 'vullcys" on the palm.
 Ill addition to all these characteristics tho markings on the sole must be care fully considered, for they may modify certain ether pecullaritlcs. It Is lmpta- s;blG. however, to lay down any laws of self guidance i'll these minutlD, but the broad facts Nill no doubt furnish a sui 1icicnt stimulus for further lnvestlga- tlon nt che hands of the wise women of iho world, for they must be indeed wise who cln read. as ill an open book. char t;cter which may be formed by the con- strictions of fashionable boot.
 Whatever else may Ike done, howeV- CT, it is safe to say that great toes whioh are pressed out of the straight line, and which are therefore ill hide ous contrast with the beautiful feet of Trilby, bespeak an egreeious vanity in their possessor and proclaim belief in the provcrb which states that Ito be beautiful ono must suffer" This, how ever, was tilo old fashioned idea, which it is hoped the vogue Of MT. dQ Mau- rier's hcl oine will have done Il great deal to courtcract. - Philadelphia Times.