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The Republican journal., 1897-08-05
First nodern Defense.
Fort Washington to be Garrisoned to Protect the
Capital

WASHINGTON, D. G., July Is. The
first modern defense in the new fortified :
lions plan of the army to be garrisoned is
that at Fort Washington, T. miles own
the Potomac river, where great guns are
mounted to protect the national capital
from sea invasion. The little garrison
comprises battery of the 18th artil lery
Tor the present, but with the gradual adj
Nancement OF the post in importance
other troops will be sent there.
On the high bluffs of the shore, back
from the river, where passengers on
steamers would never suspect the power
full means OF defence already completed,
are modern barracks capable of quarter
ing POO OF 800 men, or treble the number
now required to fight the 10-inch gans in
place should occasion arise.
Grim old Fort Washington, with it's
moss covered walls, looking formidable.
but as easily pierced by modern artillery
as cheese box would be, stands close by
these barracks, and adds to the impress
slveness OF the capital Notifications. In
tact, the old fort is all that can be seen
from the river below, as the modern struc-
lures are so well protected by the high
banks that, save for a white rim extend
ing along the brow, no one would mag
inc the power concealed behind.
Across the Potomac one mile away. the
government has just completed ar i'm
mense pier, extending far out into the
shallow waters of the Virginia shore, for
the use of the army in handling the great
guns making ready for the emplacements
and to facilitate the landing Of supplies
when Fort Sheridan becomes a military
post Back near the shore work IS pro
crossing on the emplacements, and soon
one will be ready for the big 10-inch guns
that are to compose part of the battery.
This fort, with Fort Washington, will
be the first in the Notifications system
completed and ready for troops. In a
year or two both will probably become
posts of Importance, requiring half reg
lment of artillery to man them.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05
"rladame,' not "Lady."
Conductors Receive an Edict on Etiquette and
Women Patrons Approve the Change.

Women Patrons Approve the Change.
new edict of etiquette has been issued
by E. G. Foster, superintendent of the
Lynn and Boston Railroad Co. Here
after conductors and other employees of
the company who have occasion to address
the women patrons of the company will
use the word MADAME" instead of
Lady as has been the custom as far
back as patrons of the road can remember.
Every employe of the various trains will
carry wherever it will be most convenient
a copy of the following edict:
On and after this date, conductors and
motormen. in addressing women passengers
| shall substitute the word madame" for
Lady" E. G. FOSTER, Superintendent.
So far as can be learned no complaint
has ever been made by any woman who
Lady" The new order is made by the
company for the reason that uniformity
in addressing woman patrons is desired,
and it could not be brought about in any
other way than by edict. One of the
company said by way of explanation:
ut has become growing and very
noticeable evil, among the conductors,
particularly, of late that women patrons
of the road were addressed as Mrs
sometimes as Miss, not infrequently as
Lady and occasionally as Madame
and it was often the case that the person
addressed as Mrs should have been ad-
dressed as Miss if strict proprety were
observed, and vice versa, and individual
complaints of such cases have been re-
ported. BY the adoption of uniform
greeting, such as Madame it relieves
the conductor and motorman of the re-
sponsibility of distinguishing between
Mrs and Miss, and at the same time
prevents any possible otfense being Civ
en-.
1t matters not whether the woman is
elderly, middle aged, new, Or summer
girl, she is to be addressed as MADAME
and every violation of the edict will bring
down reprimand on the violator. Con
ductors and motormen who have tried it,
say that the women give the new form of
address the smile Of approval.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05
They Coined Words.
YOnng Lady's Interesting Dream of Invention
and Wealth.

and Wealth.
'Good morning." she said. "You look
quite griggish.'
'Griggish?' he Intercepted. "What
kind of a look is that? lis it's it any,
thing alarming?''
ooh, no, silly. Don't you know what
griggish means? | manufactured it ayes
ago out of grig, grasshopper-somet
blithe and sprightly, you know That re-
minds me, had the most inter stng dream
the other night. | dreamed we kept a word
store
ga word store?''
eyes, we coined words and sold them
to the inventors of foods and of typewrit-
ers, and'
GLOW were they sold, by the yard or by
the dozen?' he interrupted.
''Neither way. We sold each word ac-
! cording to the amount of brains expended
in inventing it, except the words pertain
ing to bicycles-they came high, because
they were so fashionable. Oh, it was
quite large store, all divided up into de-
partments. There was the bicycle depart
ment, the cigar department, the electrical
| department, the patent medicine depart
ment-in fact, all lines were represented
in which inventions might be made need
ing names. You see, we sold a name for
SO much, and then if the invention proved
successful we shared in the profts.''
'Well," said the man, 81 hope you
showed more taste in the matter than the
person who invented such words as 'cupo-
graph 'mimeograph, comptometer' and
'operap hone'-they give one literary in
Digestion
"Oh, yes" she replied, "our coinage
was of much higher order. Of course
we had words ending in graph, phone and
cycle, but they were exceedingly cheap,
and inventors were rather ashamed to be
seen buying them. Words like 'pegamod'
| came high. ] wish l could remember all
the lovel y names we coined,'' she Went
on. ''The only one l can think of is
'hamwitch,' substitute for ham sand
witch. Don't you think that's choice?
| dreamed that we sold it to restaurant
man and he made mint of money out of
it," [Chicago Tribune.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05
Miles and Knots.

A statute mile is $3.50 feet long. 1t is
our standard of itinerary measure adopt
ed from the English, who in turn adopted
it from the Romans. A Roman military
pace, by which distances were measured
was the length of the step taken by the
Roman soldiers, and was approxima tely
five feet long: a thousand of these PAGES
were called in Latin a mile The English
mile is therefore purely arbitrary meas
ure, enacted into a legal measure bv a
statute passed during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth; it has no connection with any
scale in nature.
nautical mile, on the other hand. is
equal in length to one -sixtieth part of the
length OF degree of great circle of the
earth. But the circumference of the earth
is nowhere true circle; its radius of cur
vature is variable; hence the nautical mile,
as matter of fact, depends for its length
upon the shape as well as the size of the
globe sailed over; and hence, strictly
speaking, the length of the nautical mile
should vary with the latitude, from 6046
feet at the equator to 6109 feet at the
pole. Such extreme accuracy is not neces-
sary in navigating, and cannot be we'll at
tanned without undue labor. The English
Admiralty therefore have adopted $3.50
feet as the length OF nautical mile, which
corresponds with the length of one sixtieth
of degree-or one minute of arc-of
great circle in latitude rs The United
States Coast Survey has adopted the value
OF the nautical miles las equal to one
slXtieth part of the length of a degree on
the great circle of a sphere whose surface
is equal to the surface of the earth" This
gives the length of one nautical mile as
equal to 60S0.27 feet, which is very nearly
the value of the Admiralty mile adopted
in the English navy. Practically the nau-
tical mile is 500 feet longer than the statute
mile. In other words, one nautical mile
is equal to l.15l5 statute miles; or one
statute mile is equal to 0.S69 nautical
miles. Multiply nautical miles by 1.1515,
and the product will be statute miles; or,
multiply statute miles by DISCO, and the
product will be nautical miles, [Harpers
Round Table.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05
Something to Know.

1t may be worth something to know that
the very best medicine for restoring the
tired out nervous system to a healthy vigor
IS Electric Bitters This medicine is purely
vegetable. acts by giving tone to the nerve
centres in the stomach, gently stimulates
the Liver and Kidneys, and aids these organs
IN throwing off impurities in the blood
Electric Bltters improves the appetite, aids
digestion, and is pronounced by those who
have tried it as the very best blood purifier
and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for SOC or
Sl.0O per bottle at kilgore q Wilson'S City
Drug Store.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05
. Beware
OF the Knife.

Mr.. Lincoln Nelson, of Mansfield, Mo-,
writes: "For six years l have been e
sufferer from scrofulous affection Of
the glands of my neck, and all efforts
of physicians in Washington, D. G.,
Springfield, Ill, and St. Louis failed to
reduce the enlargement. After six
months constant treatment here, my
physician urged me to submit to a re-
moval OF the gland. Atthis critical mo-
ment a friend recommended S.S.S.,
and laying aside deep-rooted preju-
dice against all patent medicines, be.
gan its use. Before I had used one bot
tie the enlargement began to disappear,
and now it is entirely gone, though am
not through with my second bottle yet.
Had l only used your SIS, long ago,
l would have escaped years Of misery
and saved over SI5o."
This experience is like that of all who
suffer with deep-seated blood troubles.
The doctors can do no good, and even
their resorts to the knife prove either
fruitless or fatal. SIS. is the only
real blood remedy; it gets at the root Of
the disease and forces it out per1na-
nently.
S.S.S. Guaranteed tHtfIv 1egetabLe)
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05
In Midsummer.
[Harper's Bazaar.

Watching the reaper in the harvest-feld-
The mingled pathos of the falling grain,
And Summers glory, now so soon to
wane-
new life picture seems to me revealed =
How gently Natures leading is concealed!
How deftly she deceives the eye and brain,
While airs and scents, Intoxicating, feign
A youth-time in the year so soon to Yield!
As we implore no season to delay,
But follow eagerly the brave advance
OF bird and bud, of kernel, fruit and
frost;
So, kindly, Fate beguies our haunted way
With dear delusions, that before us dance
And pipe the music of "The world well
lost.
fCharles H. Crandall, in Harper's Magazine
for August.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05
In Narrow Ways.

Blow, thou strong western winds,
Blow far and fleet,
Thy forest GOODNESS here
Through the dark city street.
Blow DER the crowded roofs
From wall to wall,
Through fevered alleys swift
In boundless blessing fall.
Where weary mothers wait
Blow thy fresh breath,
Where men have lain them down,
Wotul, in love with death.
Bring country pleasantness
Across their dreams,
Shade of great tossing boughs,
And thought of flowing streams.
Bring watts of fragrance, too,
From far-blown flowers;
Pour balm, pour rest, pour life
Through these despairing hours
And let some little child
Wake as you sing,
And feel your silken touch
A shopping angels wing.
Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05

The negotiations between the American
bi-metallic commission and the represen-
tatives of France and Great Britain, have
now reached the stage which renders it
extremely probable that Great Britain
will agree to participate in a conference
to be held in Washington next fall
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05

Economy and strength are combined in
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Every bottle contains
100 doses and will average to last month.
Jinks. The idea of asking me what I'd
do If l was rich. The question is simply
idiotic.
Filkins. Why so?
Jinks. Because any one in his right mind
would know that l would do nothing.
Brooklyn Life.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05

II was run over by lumber wagon. Did
not expect to live. Was terribly bloated
My friends bathed me with DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil, and l was cured. We have
great faith in Thomas Eclectric Oil.'' Mrs
VIM. F, Babcock, Norvell, Jackson Co.,
Mich.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05

From His Point of View. ''Dld you see
the account of the new submarine boat?''
Yes; but | didn' read it. 1t doesn't in
terest me, you know ct certainly in
dictates extraordinary progress ,'Of
course; but in the wrong direction. Enough
boats go down now. What | want to see
is one that is guaranteed to stay up
[Chicago Evening Post
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05

"Do you always say your prayers at bed
time, Mary" asked the Sunday school
teacher atfectionately "No, miss, not reg
ular, DON'T was the reply. "Why, Mary,
are you not afraid to go to sleep at night
without asking a blessing?" Not when 1
sleep in the middle | amt, Miss" House
hold Words.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05

Are you sufferer from that terrible
plague, Itching Piles? Doan' Ointment will
bring you instant relief and permanent
cure. Get it from your dealer
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05

=
now; l have something preying on my
Mrs. j. Preying on your mind indeed :?
Well, whatever it is, the poor thing won't
get fat on it.
For Over Fifty Years.
An OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY.-Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for
over fifty years by millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect
success. 1t soothes the child, softens the
gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for Diarrhea Is pleas
ant to the taste. Sold by druggists in every
part OF the world. Twenty-Five cents bot
tie. Its value is incalculabe. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind.
And so you've promised to be his for
life?"
Good gracious, no. What stupid, old
fashioned way OF speaking. I'm only going
to marry the mani
Relief In Six Hours
Distressing Kidney and Bladder disease
relieved in six hours by "NEw GREAT SOUTH
AMERICAN CURE" 1t is great surprise on
lieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back,
in male or female. Relieves retention of
water almost Immediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this is the remedy
Sold by A. A. Howes and Co., Druggists,
Belfast, Me. 1y2S
"Horseless carriages are getting to be
quite common in the East now" eyes but
they are not as numerous as the voiceless
opera singers Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
500.
DR.. Z. DetchOn's Anti DIuretic
May be worth to you more than 500 if
you have child who soils bedding from in
conference of water during sleep. Cures
old and young alike. 1t arrests the trouble
at once, 81. Sold by A. A. Howes & Co.,
Druggists, Belfast, Me. 1y2S
81 have just taken life to save my own"
"What do you mean?"
eff L hadn't taken that Life of Grant the
woman book agent would have talked me
to death" cleveland Plain Dealer.
Itch on human, mango on horses, dogs and
all stock, cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold by
A. A. Howes and Co., Druggists, Belfast, Me.
1yoS
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The FAC n
s; y: i 'ZM4&zzz1 ! if; Il:

Mr.. J.. My dear, you must not worry me
now; L have something preying on my
mind.
Mrs. j. Preying on your mind, indeed?
Well, whatever it is, the poor thing won't
get fat on it.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05
r1odern Buccaneers.

Underwriters are BeIDg Swindied. Vessel
Hv' ling as a Fine Art. Features Of the Ger.
IAN PISS Book.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-05

D.. we seldom hear of German wreck,
ta-t the Germans are subjected to ex-
lie same physical conditions as are
.-. mariners. No special providence
#'laes over the sailors of the Kaiser to
n hem from accident. Only this is
w.t., When German captain or mate
t> u9me he must show his pass book :
IT. ne starts out he must show his pass
whatever move he makes, if he
MS 10 retain the protection or avoid the
use attention of his fatherland, the
able pass-book is officially examined
rked. Now that pass book is
detective that every man carries
- own pocket. 1t tells when and
.'e he was born, who his parents were,
ll he is, what he looks like, and in
eyerything descriptive or explana-
eating to him. He cannot pass him
u "It as some other man, or as having
'-l M other service than that in which
A4S actually been engaged.
" Ae German captain loses his vessel a
t4t Of inquiry makes him prove that he
4"t do it without sufficient cause and
" The cause was beyond his control.
ven hen he may be prohibited from tax
9 mother vessel for a year or two.
'o'ld he try to disregard the ruling of
IT. court his pocket detective betrays
r. should it be shown that through
'mnal carelessness the vessel intrusted
lim went to pieces, our German is for
ef degraded.
al! this was explained to me by little
imam captain named P, with whom
used to play checkers on the island of
aqua, where he had been wrecked. l
'ueStiy believe that the currents really
3ed him false, but his pleasant, round
Y engthened whenever he spoke of the
iL of enquiry and showed me his we'll
'ln little red pass book. Edgar May
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-06
"BibIioteca de La Democracia"

Inis XVIII di6 un paso hacia adelante y cruzo los
hrazos como 10 hubieIa hecho Napoleon. .
-Conoue es decir, exclam6 palldeclendo de coleIa
an vez que sete ej6rcitos colgados han derrlbado
600 bombre un milagro del cieo ha colocado So
hre al trono de anspasados despues de velntlcnco
5os de destierro yo he estudado durante esos vent
nnco amos los hombres de esta Fraucia que va me
estaba prometds para que despues de haDer copsssu
3o o looro de todos mis- deseos, una fuerza que yo
60 entire mis- brazos estae me aniqule.
- Oh senior, una fatahdad, murmuro Ell mlnis-
tro sntiendo semeante notlcla bastaba para ano
nadar hombre.
i Caer ! continue Luis XVIII, quien desde la pri-
mora cieada habfa conocdo ell precipclo borde
sa ballaba la monarqufa: icaer saber cafda por
medio del telegrafo Oh! mejor quisiera subir al
dalso de mi bermano LUIS XVI que bajar la escalera
caballero vos no sabeis 10 que Francia ell ri
d{culo v sin embargo deberfals saberlo.
i All l-tenen raz6n nuestros enemigos nada
aprendido, nada olvidado ]!
81 mi me hicesen trsic6n como el, me
eonsoarfa; pero medic de personas eevadas
Dor mi las dgnidades que debian velar por mi mas
que por elos mismos porque mi fortuna es la suya:
antes de mi NADIA eran NADIA seran tampoco despues
de mi.
caer miserablemente por incapacidad por des-
cudo Dor abandono Que horrible falta de provision
El miEistro estaba abrumado bsjo ell peso de tan
espantoso anatems; Mr.. de Blacas enjugaba ell su-
dor de la frente Vilefort tenia gozo interior por
que veIa crecer su importancia
II Senior, svnor! murmur6 ell ministro; por pie
dad
-Acercaos sehor de Villefort continue ell rey
drigendose al joven que presencaba e giro de aque-
LA conversation donde vagaba perdldo ell desno de
un reino acercaos, decid este caballero qGe po
da haber sabdo muy bien anes 10 que e nos ma dcho
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-06
FL Conde de Monte Crlsto

de la puerta ell minstrc de pocfa, paido tembloro-
nido por Mr. de Bacas que le apreto fuertemente la
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-06
vapores Correos espa1o|es
de la Compan{a Trastlantica
Antes de A. Lopez & 60.

sERvICIO PARA PUERTO RICO Z La r. aAbANA ia
SAI,TDAS-de Bare O das 5 y 20 de caoa mes
De MALAGA eI 7y 27-De CAdiz el 10 ' 30. -,
egnden de vueIta 25 pS de reoa9a - L.
1 las famias que paguen equvaenc de pasa enon SO
baia Esa rebaa es apncaoie aos
Ida vuelts. . - sos an cada fa,oiia GRATIS.
IN, danas memories de paa de IL amos no cuPno
rasae de 12anos cumpldos pasaie enteEo o.-k.;a De
MOS asaie de de II ahos en- adean pasae
EMIGRANTES: Hasta dos ahos, gratuitamente; oe o ~
rdIo adeante paae entero
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-10-06

III yapo Hsayeyd vaje del dia este puerto olna
sarga pasai bozdo al cDlIe
soa sale de aaue aguno oe
de del % toara spana a M
Puerto Rico al correo decto que sale 90 igo@i
eada N do
- e carga ut paa1ero soa
n+andor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-23
Shipments DISPLAY
In the Santa Fe Silver Jubilee to Cost
$4,000

1.-THE Santa Fe shop men will take
part in the Santa Fe celebration this
year along the same line that they par
ticipated in the Fail Festival last year.
only their display this year will be big
ger and better and original"
This is the way in which Mr.. George
Hancock, assistant superintendent of
machinery of the Santa Fe, expressed
himself to Journal reporter today.
MI. Hancock is at the head of the Santa
Fe celebration at the shops, and will
have general supervision of all arrange
ments.
AN we want the management to do
is to assign us a place in the parade;
the shop men will do the rest said Mr..
Hancock. It's too early yet to start
active work, but the men are talking
about the celebration and there is plen-
ty of enthusiasm manifested.
Mr.. George w. Smith, master me-
chanic, and [ will have general super
vision of the arrangements, and the
work will be done under the direction
of the forenen OF the respective depart
ments- Each department will be in
structed to go ahead and prepare one
or more floats and then if any of the
men want to prepare floats on their own
account, as was done last year, why of
course they can do it. While the dis
play will be similar to the display made
last year, it will be original and bigger
and better.
IF the shop men a other points want
70 prepare displays lhey can DO So
Every division point will send a dele
cation, and it is my idea that each del
egatiOn should be designated by ban
ners.''
Mr.. Hancock said the question of ex-
penditure for the celebration in prepar-
ing the displays at the shops had not
been determined upon, but that it would
probably reach 81, 900.
The members of the railroad orders
in this city, including engine train and
yard service, have decided to particf-
pate in the celebration and will elect
delegat ties in a few days, one from each
order, to determine the exact part to be
taken. It is expected that the members
of the orders in the towns adjacent to
this city will cooperate with the To-
peka men in the celebration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-23
PLAN TO TAX STREET CARS
Chicago Companies Said to Have
Cheated the City Out of Millions

Chicago, June 23.-Mayor Harrison is
preparing an entirely new plan for the
collection of street car licenses. If
Corporation Counsel Thornton assures
the mayor that the plan now undercon-
sideratiOn is within the law, and the
mayor can obtain SufHcientSuppOrtf from
the council to carry out his idea it
may result in the largest increase of
revenue from a single source that has
ever been undertaken by any city ad-
ministratiOn.
The general license ordinance now in
force requires the street car companies
to pay an annual license fee of $50 a
car, and to keep posted in each car SO
licensed a certificate from the city au-
thorities that the license fee for the
current year has been paid. Ever
since the street car companies began
the policy of computing their license
payments by the thirteen round trips
a day. method as provided in special
ordinances, they have Systematically
ignored the general license ordinance.
1t is computed that from 81. 900 600 to
So, 900, 000 due under the general license
ordinance, has been withheld from the
city treasury by this hocus-pocus
method of computation, and the COM
panies are today paying scarcely one
fourth the amounts that would be re-
quired if the general license ordinance
was strictly enforced.
Every time this discrepancy has been
brought to the attention of the city
eAubAAOA1IAGS 1CAlllGi may OTIS anu COIDOf-
alton counsels have sided with the
companies in spite of the expert opin-
ions furnished by Independent lawyers
that the general license ordinance was
still in force This was notoriouslv
true during Mayor Swift's administra-
ton, and Corporation Counsel BeaIe
went so far as to furnish a legal ax-
pert at the city's expense to contest
an attempt made by a taxpayer in the
courts to enforce the collection of full
license fees from the street car COM
panies.