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Evening journal., 1897-10-30
The KATYpIp HEARD:
IL the Tradition Is Right We Shall
Have an Early Winter.


If there be any truth IN the tradition
concerning the katydid, winter win be
gin early this year. The familiar call
Of this noisy grasshopper was heard on
Long Island a week ago, and according
to the country folk this is an infallible
sign that within six weeks there will be
frost.
Penetrating as is the sound Of this in
sect, the katydid as he is nick-named, or
to give him his correct name, Cyrto-
phyllus concavus. measures barely one
inch and a half in length. The wing COW
ers are long and concave In form. meet
ing above and below and inclosing the
whole body after the manner of pea
pod. 1t IS by the friction of the upper
part of these cases that the sound is
produced, an able-bodied adult being
capable Of making himself heard at
a distance of full quarter Of a mile,
In this part of the country these insects
rarely appear in very large numbers,
but in some places IN the west there are
so many that sleep is almostimpossible
to one who is unaccustomed to their
sound. They are fond of the buds Of
flowers and will eat fruit. but nowhere
do they prevail in sufficient quantities
to do much damage.
Usually they begin TO make them
selves heard in this part Of the country
about the close Of August or early in
September, and for two or three months
may be heard any night in places which
they frequent. With the first approach
Of cold weather the male is observed TO
cease his love-song, grows melancholy,
droops and finally expires and tumbles
from the tree-tops. The female IN the
meantime IS busily employed in maxi
ing ruts in the trees with her sharp,
curved piecrer, and having deposited
her eggs therein she. too, declines,
gives up the ghost, and drops after her
mate. The average life of the katydid
is from two to three months.
In some parts of the country the
Indians used, and perhaps do still; to
catch large quantities of these insects,
roast them and grind them to powder,
out OF which they made articles Of food
Katydid cake is said TO be excellent
n. Y. Sun.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
The pervIsh Had bic Loss.

CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. S0.-Dispatches
from Berber, the southernmost point
reached by the Anglo Egyptian expedi-
tion on the Nile. say that. according 10
the report of spies, the Dervish COM
mander at Metemmeh, the Dervish po-
sition between Berber and Khartum, an
nounced in the mosque that he lost
GOO men during the bombardment Of
Metemmeh by the British gunboats on
Oct. 20, when the British shelled the
town and retired. after inspecting It
with view Of ascertaining its strength
and defensive works. The spies report
also that the Dervish commander has
asked the khalifa to send him re-en-
forcements.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
nLAueH ANp GROW EA1.~
Chicago Girls Try n New "Cure" hnd
FIND That IL Works Good Results.

Chicago Girls Try Il New "Curc" and
tind That IL Works Good Results.
Several months ago an engaging little
paragraph went the rounds of the maga-
Mnes and newspapers. 1t treated of the
laughing cure" said TO have been in
vented by q woman who by merely
laughing regularly and Systematically
had rid herself of all manner of
physical. mental and financial ills.
Feminine readers were earnestly eX-
horted 10 experiment. with the 'cure."
This paragraph is responsible for the
story which one merry Chicago girl
tells at the expense of some Of her ac-
quaintances.
Passing along the corridor OF the
hotel in which she lives not long ago she
listened with envy TO the ringing laugh
ter that proceeded from the apartments
OF a friend. Happening along again in
the course of few moments her
curiosity and desire to share in the fun
prompted her TO ring for ndmittance.
A laughter-chokcd invitation 10 enter
was the response ana she stepped in.
what In the. world are you girls
Scattered about the room were ten or
eleven girls, all reposng at full length,
some on the bed, some on the sofa, few
on the floor, and all laughing aft TO
kill" They continued 20 laugh unin-
terruptedly until the hostess. with q
glance toward the clock in the corner
aud a breathless "there, girls. ! guess
that will do for now" regained her feet
and. apparently at least, her senses at
one and the same time.
what are we doing?" she repeated
merrily in response 20 the visitors
question. "Why, we are trying the new
laughing cure. and it's the best thing in
the world. What win IL cure? Every
thing, my dear. You'd better join ouI
club and see for yourself.
"You must have read something
about the laughing cure," she went ON
more gravely, "for it's been printed
everywhere. We girls thought we'd
! try it. People who have tried it say that
you should laugh so many times day
anyway. but It isn't easy TO laugh to
order, and then sometimes people OBJ
iected. Mamie there lives in fiat anC
she said she couldn't bear to thinl
that the families above and below hei
suffered every time she tried IL, and
Gladys couldn't make herself laugh al
all. That's why we formed the club.
1--WE meet every day with one or othei
os the members and everybody tries {,
bring a funny story a joke or TO d'
something amusing Once starte,
laughing it's easy to keep on, and that
what we were doing when you came in
Lots of fun. my dear, and I've gainel
eight pounds in a month with it. It.
a sure cure for the blues. too"
Be the above statements true o
otherwise. certain It is that Chicag
girls have gone in for the laughter cur
with a vengeance. Clubs have bee
formed with the simple object of hell
ing the members TO laugh, and othe
women have banded together in les
formal way for the same object. Th
benefits TO be obtained by course q
systematic laughing are said TO be prn'
tically numberless and all manner {
ancient and modern authorities al
quoted.-Chicago Times-Ierald.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
rhs Gorernment sustaIped.

ST JOHNS. n. F.. oct SO.-Results
Of the general election of members Of
the assembly are coming in slowly.
They Indicate that the Whiteway gov
ernment viii have much smaller ma
jority in the new assembly. The Hon.
II. j. B. Woods. surveyor general and a
member of the cabinet, has been de-
feated The Hon. E. p. Morris, mem-
Der Of the cabinet without a portfolio
and solicitor general, barely carried bis
seat All the government pluralititr
have been largely reduced.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
wll Prevent tha FIrht.

MONTREAL. Oct. sO.-Mayor Parent
OF Quebec. in letter to The Star. says
he has no official knowledge that the
Mccoy -Creedon fight is to take place in
Quebec and that he will prevent Il
should any attempt be made to pull Il
Off Jacques Cartier hall. where the
fight is said to be scheduled is city
property. Premier Marchand says the
fight will not take place.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
Ouecr Names.

A traveller who spent some time in
the wilds of Texas says that be found
families who named the children to
indorse a sentiment after this peculiar
fashion: zone Too Many Harry" or
'sNot Wanted James" tits TO be hoped
that the names did not embarrass their
owners with more than one sense Of
superauity. The negroes of the south.
when left to their own methods OF
naming their progeny. strive for the
most romantic and poetic or historic
names they can find, and a good, long
string Of them, too. A colored girl in
'raurens county, S. c.. is named Fair
Rose Beauty Spot Temptation Touch
Ne Not" The youths struggling un-
der the patronymics of George Wash
Ington Henry Clay Benjamin Franklin
Andrew Jackson" are so numerous as
TO excite no comment.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
IMPRovEMENTs ~ elLnIMe.
Modern Methods Insure Better nnd
Less Dangerous Work.

Modern Methods Insure Better md
Less Dangerous Work.
In nothing has the superiority of
modern over former methods been made
more manifest than in the various pro-
cesses employed for gliding, says the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat. Now the
greater portion of gilded articles are
gold-covered by means of the electrical
bath. Formerly gliding was done by
laborious and troublesome processes.
in certain stages very detrimental 10
the health of the worlmen. The old
time gliderused an amalgam of gold and
mercury. causing it 10 adhere TO the
bronze article by means Of nitrate of
mercury. the nitrous and mercurial
fumes being poisonous. always en-
dangering the health of the workman,
and sometimes inducing incnrable dis
ease. Now the article to be gilded is
placed in an electric bath. the current
is turned on, and in short time the
piece is ready for the burnisher. Gid
ing by means of gold leaf and gold pow
der is still practiced. the work being
mostly done by hand. but its delicacy
Is such as to require long practice and
great experience. An amateur glider
has no earthly chance of success-his
work will always showShe inexperience
of the workman.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
Concc Tor Amcricn.

A brazilian doctor who has been ex-
perimenting with coffee as a remedy
for anemia says that he has brought
about some remarkable cures. He re-
quires his patients TO drink weak coffee
exclusively, also ordering them to take
baths in a decoction of coffee.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
He Bequenths a Park.

WORCESTER, Mass. Oct. SO.-The
viii Of Isaac p. Hyde Of southbridge,
which was offered for probate, after
leaving a life interest in his estate to
his widow. bequeaths his property on
her death 10 the town Of Stafford.
Conn. for the purpose OF a public park.
The estate is valued at about S60,OOO
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
En Route For Home.

PARIS. oct. 3O.-Major Moses P.
Handy. the special commissioner Of the
United States to the Paris international
exposition OF 1900. whose work for the
present has been concluded and whose
departure for home was delayed by
nickness. left this city on his way to
the United States.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
round lland IN rheir Room.

SYRACUSE. Oct. 3O.-A woman. on
whose body was found a card bearing
the name Bessie Lagrange, 5SS Nuns
ford street" and boy, evidently her
uon. aged u years. were found dead In
n room in the Windsor House. It Is
thought that the woman first admin
lstered poison to the boy and then took
some herself
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
wor.hlned moi wheeIs.

When the bicycle was first intro
duced in India it was not at all an un-
common thing for natives to fall down
and worship it. Calcutta can probably
claim more women cyclists than any
other city IN India.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
Where NIosanitocs Are q DIcsaInR.

In Havana two physicians have hit
upon the happy idea of using mos
quitOes TO inoculate fresh arrivals IN
the city against yellow fever. Themos-
quitoes are made first to contaminate
themselves by stinging a diseased per-
son. The incubation brings on a mild
attack Of the fever, but when that has
passed away the patient enjoys inn
munity not only from the disease, but,
what is even more curious. from the
bites Of the insects that have saved
him.-Boston Globe.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30

district" he said The reports have
been lying on Collector Wells desk for
some time, and cannot be signed until
the appointment of a successor to ex-
Field Deputy Stayton.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30
WORK prLINd UP.

ANY news?" asked an Evening Jour
nal man Of Deputy Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue Wells. Here are the un-
signed reports Of the distillers of the
Evening journal., 1897-10-30

A good article is rarely dear at the
price asked A bad one is costly on
any terms. See that you receive what
~aa call for.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30

A word Of caution. When you go to
buy goods advertised in this paper, be
sure that you get just what you ask
for, and nothing else.
Evening journal., 1897-10-30

The earth probably receives about
one two-thousandth-millionth part OF
the total relation Of the suns rays.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-22
REGARDED AS RETALIATION.
Probable Reason for the Increase OF
French Duties on Hogs and
Iiur: :raductS.

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passing government lIIl increasing the
duties on hogs. hog products, lard. etc. IS
regarded as rrfaliatory in effect against
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t"i'H 'iaN" h'''H i'V'''N'"E "''N''h + rance
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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-22
DAUGHTER or TN->EC EI.ViIN Oh
NiNA HI.HTI.HI \ Suicide.
THIRD ATTEMPT SUCCESSFUL.
qrtRIN iII:H~EIF IrWsH THIRD
>roKN WINDOW YESTERDAY.
Was SUFFERING: Iruu NrIIu"h"iin Due
4" :iu Accident Last >rp,"mb"r-
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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-22

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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-22

Many persons keep Carter.s Little T.!v-
er Pills ON hand t0 prevent bilious attacks.
sick headache. diz1iLcss. and tud them just
what t-ey need.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-11
MARYLAND MATTERS.

MANY beef cattle are being shipped
into this State from the Virginias and Ten
nessee
Robert Christie, the oldest citizen of
Centreville has lately entered the Church
Home, Baltimore, for treatment.
The famous heled buzzard was seen
last week over Mr.. Marcellus Beall's farm,
near Lihertytown, Frederick county
Mr., Brevard of Baltimore, has pur-
chased northumberland farm near
Laurel, in Anne Arundel county, and has
commenced the erection of handsome
residence thereon.
H. T. Grimes, manager for Governor
Carroll, has already butchered this fall
fifty-six hogs, weighing from $50 to 40
pounds apiece. He accomplished the job
in two days.
"A meeting of the Merchants and Manu-
lecturers Association was held in Hagers-
town, last week, at which resolutions were
passed, condemning the trading stamp
scheme.
Chester Ashby, aged seventeen, son of
Arthur Ashby, near Crellin, Garrett
county, while hunting rabbits, accidentally
shot himself in the mouth, the bullets
penetrating the brain, causing death.
A Baltimore hunter, while cunning in
Glenn's woods, near Orange Baltimore
county, shot deer weighing $50 pounds
1t is thought that the animal may have
escaped from Druid Hill Park.
-Crisiield is to have waterworks. The
stand-pipe is to be sixteen feet in diameter,
and 100 feet high, located on lot pur-
chased of Mr.. S. w Dana. The estimated
cost is from Sl2 900 to SIS, 900. Work will
commence at once.
The Maryland, Pennsylvania & West
Virginia Telephone and Telegraph Com.
pany has begun work on a system OF tele-
phones that will connect many towns in
those three States, and will be managed in
opposition to the Bell company.
The Carroll Mills, Of Westminster, are
engaged in manufacturing 500 barrels of
-four for Baltimore Hebrews, under the
supervision of Rabbi Levinsson and Louis
Bernstein, a Jewish baker, of Baltimore,
with his assistant, Harry Abenson.
-Messrs. James B. Elder J. D. Kane
and John Elne, of Emmittshurg, went to
the mountains in Pennsylvania on deer
hunt and when they returned home last
week they brought deer which they had
captured in the mountains
The Baltimore county school teachers
propose to establish an association to col
lect fund to pension those of their pro-
fession who have become worn out in the
work, and who may not possess enough
means to support themselves in enforced
idleness.
-Cephas Miller, the negro workman on
the Queen Anne Railroad, who shot and
killed John Z. Lockwood, a respectable
colored citizen of Lewes, Del, at church
festival on Thanksgiving night, died from
wounds received in the riot that followed.
He has been lying at the town hall under
medical attendance since the affair and his
death has been expected. Coroner John
son impanelled a jury Friday morning,
who viewed the body and adjourned to
await the result OF a post-mortem examina-
4. 1 TT II II
Martin. There is evidence discriminating
some Of the Lewes negroes, the friends of
Lockwood, with the crime Of having caused
Miller's death.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-11

PRACTICE ECONOMY in buying medi-
cines as in other matters. 1t is economy to
get Hoods Sarsaparilla because it contains
more medicinal value than any other-1OO
doses one dollar.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-11

HOODS PILLS are the only pills TO
take with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Cure all
liver ills.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-11

sickness affects the organs that make her a
woman, in just so much she loses attractive
ness. This is the vital part of her health.
If anything is wrong there, it may result in
all manner o. ills all over the body, Care
less, or too b"sy, physicians frequently treat
TIE symptoms of this kind of disorder as
separate and distinct ailments. The synp-
toms are many and varied, so much so that
when a WON n is sick in any way, the first
thought should be given to the organs d,;-
tinctly feminine About times in 10 the
cause of the trouble will be found there
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures all
disorders of this kind There is no guess
work about it. There is no chance about it.
1t is fact that has been demonstrated i'll 90
solid years of extensive practice.
Thousands of women have written CRATE
full letters, who have wished the whole
world of women to know the wonderful
things the Prescription has done for
then.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-11
Opposite Patent Office wasbir ston. d. @.

Cotton Plants Send two stamps to mail
So'oA = Aoh 10 seed and directions how
70 rrow cotton plants North. Address Seed
department. Seaboard Air Line, Pinebmff,
Winter health resort) NC, apr3 tt
The record-union., 1897-12-01
LOVERIMG'S CASE.
Secretary Alger Will Approve the
Sentence of the Court.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Secretary
Alger has received from Lieutenant
Colonel Hunter, Judge Advocate of the
court-martial in the case of Captain
Leonard A Lowering, Fourth Infantry,
the record of the proceedings and find
ings of the court The Secretary ad-
mits that the officer has been found
guilty of ill-treating Private Ham
Inond at Fort Sheridan and has been
sentenced to be reprimanded by the
Secretary of War.
Secretary Alger took the papers over
TO the Cabinet meeting to-day and they
were discussed IT is understood that
fhe proceedings will be approved by the
Department, and that the reprimand
will be administered through publica-
1ion in official orders. 1t is understood
the reprimand VIII be severe.
A new trial cannot be ordered. and il
the Department disapproved of the SEN
fence on the ground that ii is too lenient
the effect would be TO release the Of
fcer from any punishment, so the only
recourse is to approve the sentence.
Late this afternoon Secretary Alger
stated that he had finally decided to ap-
prove the sentence of the court, al
though it may be some days before the
papers reach him. having first TO go to
the Judge Acknowledgement of the War
Department. and then to General Miles
for their Endorsement before they Will
be in order for his action.
The record-union., 1897-12-01
A DEADLY MIXTURE.
Fatalities From Drinking Wood
Alcohol and Cheap Whisky.

MAPLESVILLE (Ala.), Nov. so
Seven men are dead and seventeen
more are not expected to live from the
result of drinking mixture of wood al
cohol and cheap whisky. The liquor
was bought at Selma, Ala, by Bill An
derson and another farmer and brought
here and retailed to farmers and labor
ers on the Mobile and Ohio extension,
which is in the process of construction
through this place. A great NUMBER
of farmers and railroad hands pur-
chased some of the mixture, and I'M
mediately after drinking the concoc-
ton were taken violently i'll. No ply
sician was at hand and many of them
died before attention could be given
them. The alcohol was labeled, For
mixing paint only"
Anderson and his partner are among
the dead.
The record-union., 1897-12-01
REAL GOOD AT GUESSING
Mrs. Bixby Didn't Know Much
About Enigmas.

There was nothing special to take
BlXby down town the other nigGt, So he
decided to stay at home and give Mrs
Bixby the rare treat of his company
for the evening, relates the Detroit
Free Press
While glancing over the paper, as she
sat sewing, Bixby thought how happy
she must be at being allowed TO bask in
his presence, and, later on, in a burst
of amiable generosity, he decided even
to bestow upon her an intellectual
treat
After long study he concluded to in
vent an enigma. He decided upon the
word Poe" an easy one, suited to
Mrs. Bixby's feminine, and therefore
feeble, perceptions. The enigma was
to recite three words in which the let
ters of the name are found, and 10
wind up with My enigma is we'll
known poet"
Clara" said Mr.. Bixby, suddenly
and explosively.
Mrs Bixby started out of her dreamy
state of mind and almost dropped jler
sewing
What is it, dear?" she asked
Il have three letters said Bixby,
distinctly and impressively. My first
is in pocket but not in box ny--''
Josiah Bixby," said Mrs. Bixby,
sternly fixing him with her eye "of Al
the thoughtless, careless, neglectful, in
considerate men | ever knew you are
the worst"
"One of ems that letter to mamma
l gave you to mail last Friday asking
her to see Aunt Susan and get that
skirt pattern | loaned her last week
and a copy of that recipe for cough
syrup that did Johnny so much good
and to come up and stay a week or two
with US, as l need her assistance in Sc
lectng shades f6rithe sitting room os
they are faded and not fit to be seen,
even if you sneer at her behind her
back and make remarks about her that
you never would do if you had any love
for your wife.
I'll be bound one of them is that let
ter / wrote to that New York ageLcy
that offers SO day for work in your
own home, samples free, though I'm
sure you'd never give me any credit
for trying to earn money and he
you along; and the other one is the
letter ] wrote to my cid scho0lmate,
Jennie Armstrong. who hinted she was
going to come and see US, and l tod
her we were undecided about nlOVinS,
yet the sly, deceitful mink, she thinks
don't know youLwere engaged to hrf
once, pushing herself right in on US,
the DraZen creature,
THE dances are she'll be hcre any
day and you carrying those letters
around in your pocket for weeks after
| gave them to you to mail, ana You.
sitting up here and telling me aoGut
it. as if it were of no Importance IN
the world. though, goodness knows, I'm
of none myself in this house, slaVing
and scraping and saving to try and
help"
Bixby jumped out Of his chair. threw
his paper at the lamp, Jammeu MS
hat on his head and shouted:
Mrs. Bixby, I'm going out to look
a the airship When you recover your
senses. madam. l will return