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The evening times., 1897-12-10
MISS SKERRKYT
rs AN ACTRESS
Daughter Of the Late Rear
Admiral Joins the EN-
pire Stock Company.
Hts Daughter Decided TO Be
an Actress.

New York, Dec. 1O.-Qute little furry
of feNcitenient was Caused among some PEI
sons well known ia Washington social life
who stood Ill a little group in the lobby of
Wallack Theater last night, when one oi
their number announced that Miss Edythe
late Rear Admiral Joseph s. Sserrett. u.
S. N, had dec ided to go upon the stage, and
had been engaged by Mr.. Charles Frohmaa
for the Empire Stock Company.
Rear Admiral Skerrett was one of the
most popular officers in the Navy, and at
the time Of nis retirement In s94 he had
been ia active servic, for more than forty
three years, and his war recoid was Il
splendid one He Was last Ia Command Or
the Asiatic and Pacific sruadTons.
Unfortunately, however, AT his death. not
long ago, Admiral Skerrctt left his family
In straitenai circumstances. and siace
then his daughter has been seeking for some
means of selfsupport. Her n.o,her is rcry
well known iu Washington society, but
Miss Skerrett herself, who is only eighteen
years &c. tas never been formal. Intro
duced, although sht has become quite
favortc with the acquantances OF he:
mother and her fl ther. and she herself has a
larc. circle OF Young frieuis at the capita J..
principally Of the Army and Navy set. 10y
WHOM. She l. much admired.
From childhood Miss Skerrctt has had a
pre,iilec;iun for the stage, and has frequent
iy exhibited decided histrionic talent, u /
though She has never appeared even In pri-
vate t6cathcais. II Is consequently not nj
all surprising. now that she feels he must
earn hei own living, that she should have
decided Ia enter the Profession for which
she believes she has a vocation.
Mr. tIohman could not he found las.
night To Verify the report that he had
engaged Miss Skerr-tt for his company, but
an intimate friend Of the Young lady con
rirmcd tie announcement. Miss Skerrett
applied To Mr.. Frohman for a position
several weeks ago, and recently, when
he was making up his east for The
Conquern-s - the new play by Mr.. Paul
NJ. Potter. with which the stock Company
will begin its engagement At TIE Empire
Theate- on January 3, lie wrote to her
asking heT TO call upon him at his Office.
She can. t. New York early this week
and yest terl,ay Mr.. Frohman gave her 1
contract.
She returned to Washington last evening,
but it is her plan to take up her permanent
residence here witt her mother on Monday,
when the first rehearsal of the new pay =
to take place a the Empire. Miss Skerrct.,
it is understood, will make her debut III u
small rol, il. oue of the sensational scenes
of the play.
Miss Skerrett's friends regard her as a
very charming young woman and feel
confident She will make a success on the
stage. She is rather petite, with chestnut
brown hair and large gray eyes shaded t}
long las hes. Her features are regular and
her compieyion fair. She has 'rayeled X
tanSirely, having passed a great part OF
her life in foreign countries where her
father was stationed. She is a bright
conversationalist and dresses with much
taste.
The evening times., 1897-12-10
How to Prevent Pneumonia.

At this time Of the year cold is very
easily contracted, an difleft to run its course
without the aid of some reliable cough
medicine is liable TO result in that dread
disease, pneumonia We know OF no better
remedy to cure a cough OF cold than Cha n
berlain's Cough Remedy. We have used it
quite extensively and it has alwa Us given
entiresatisfaction.- gah. Ind Ter. Chief.
This is the only remedy that is known to
be certain preventive Of pneumon Ia
Among the many thousands who have used
It for colds and la grippe We have never , ct
learned OF a single case having resulted in
pneumonia. Persons who have weak lungs
or have reason to fear an attack OF pneu-
monia, should keep the remedy at hand.
The 20 and 90 cent sizes for sale, by Henry
Evans, wholesale and retail druggist, S38
Est. land Conn. ave ands st. NV and 1923
Nd. ave. ne.
The evening times., 1897-12-10
ARE CURIS TO GO?
French Women Let Their Tres>e>
Resume Natural Straightness

One Of the Chicago dressnakers who las
Just returned from visit to Paris, sa;s
that In the French capital, in spite of the
efforts nf the haiFdressers, the locks of
FTenct women are steadily resuming thcir
natural straightness. This is not to be at
trihuted u any want OF skill on the part IF
the coiffeurs, hut merely to the fact that
French women have rebelled against their
dictates, and, having lost a large pr 'por-
ton OF their hair through the CONSTANT p
plication of not tongs, have now renonnced
their use. The wave has almost disappeared
and the head has been allowed to resume
its natural size.
A similar tendency is beginning to ne
seen here, and fer the same reas1n Most
women are beginning to realize that our
hair is getting int a horribly ragged con
dit: Oh, and unless we are numbered among
the lucky ones whose tresses will Wave
without heat we feel that for many mon hs
tc come 1t will reed rest. The hair .'ho I'D
The evening times., 1897-12-10
TIE HOME
SEHMSTRKSS
Poor, Patient Woman, Her
Fingers Find Tasks
Innumerable.
The Struggle of excepting Up Ap-
pearanoe>" Ties Mothers TO
Needle ana Thimhl0

Poor, dear soul, she would not look
natural, even in her casket, without a
thimbie on her fingcr!'
The subject of this remark is but
type Of the great mass Of overworked
creatures who can never claim tue priv
ilese of folding their hands in rest, save
when asleep, until death rescues them
from the struggle of keeping up appear
ances.
Stitches! An eternal round of stitches.
If the silent lips could count them for
us we would marvel beyond words at
the angelic Patience of the tired one
who has escaped from the treadmIll of
her environments.
She wa5 a conscientious mother, and in
her motherly pride she sacrificed her we'll
being To keep up appearances. THIS effort
made 4; suct: ii cost. is n present-day curse.
Having Won a reputation for having the
best-dressed children in the neighborhood
she f,it compelled TO uphold it, even
though her own fingers must put every
stitch int tier little garments. Many "A
time she Just Ionged to call in a seamstrsss,
for the famil' menciGg that came up IN
the weetly wash WAS quite enough to keep
one wouan's fingers on the Fly the entire
week througl to say nothing Of outside
cutting. fitting and putting together of
dresses and coats and underwear.
The very thought Of it all makes my
back ache. One day this family pack
horse lay Down and died The family
were surprised, as families always are.
especially When the dead ones life has
been III selfish.
when ! realize how many heautiful
lives are dotted out OF existence simply
because wouen are too tired to keep up
the fight any longer, | feel impelled TO
send cut clarion call. Fewer friils,
say I, for your children, and more miles
across country. Fewer tucks and ruff
flies ana plait>- and more Of Gods blessed
air aud sunshine
Curtail the hours spent at the machine.
And. then. alas! with all your contrivins,
in many cases only the smallest margin
is lett FOR outdoor exercise, that is d
wornan's very life.-Dorothy Maddox, in
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The evening times., 1897-12-10
RECTOR CHokED HIS WIFE
Feeding II Cat at the breakfast
Table Caused the Trouble.

Port Jervis, n. Y, Dec. 10.-The case of
Rev DAVID L. Howell. rector OF st. John S
Episcopal Church, in Monticello, charged
by his wife with having choked her nd
forced her from the dining-room Of the
rectory last Thursday. came UP before
Justice McMullen in that place today
N. ii. Couch, the rector's attorney, moved
jury trial next Monday, which was
granted.
Tho arrest OF Mr.. Howell is the cul mi
nation OF most unhappy marital reld tions,
whicl, have existed ever since he went
to Monticello, and originated when lie
was rector OF Christ Church, at Warwick,
n. Y. The alleged assault of his wife,
which led to the rectors arrest, was the
direct result of a silly alteration which
occurred Thursday morning over the
feeding Of a cat at the breakfast table.
The evening times., 1897-12-10
FrilIs of Chiffon or TuiIe

A pretty evening blouse intended for
tulle or chiffon s made over tight fitting
bodice of silk or satin, which is mounted
over ordinary bodice lining. The waist
IS of the chiffon front is gathered url
,t.-rininE To droop over a triiie. The lace
fnll is put ON under the chiffon frill.
The sleeves are cut in lining, a tight
fitting sleeve, the chiffon being draned
over this, forming It puff at tie shoulder.
with frill of lace AT tie elbow, and
one of chiffon at the waist. The full
collar is finished at the back. with Il
fall of lace and bow OF satin ribbon. This
blouse is intended to he worn inside the
skirt, the waist bein; banded with satin
ribbon, fastening Oh the left side with n
bow.
The evening times., 1897-12-10
ASSAULTED By TRAMps.
George Anderson Robbed and BeateI
Near BOyd's Station.

George Anderson Robbed and Beaten
Near Boyd's Station.
Boyd, Md, Dec. 1O.-George Anderson,
of High View, Hampshire county, WA,
while walking along tue tracks Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near CATH
ersburg, was assaulted and robbed by
tramps last night The tramps were on
an extra freight, west bound. They Were
standing in the door of "a freight car when
it passed Anderson. The train cunning
very slowly. one of them jumped from the
car and jerked satchel containing Some
clothes frDm Anderson and tlrev it in
the car, jumping In after it. Anderson fol-
lowed in the car and was set upon by both
of them.
They took his pocketbook ana tried to
rob him OF theclOthes he had on, but he made
a desperate fight, and the tramps, finding
they could not overpower him, threw him
from the train. Anderson came to Boyd,
and therensade statement tothe telegraph
operators, who ma de an effort to catch the
tramps. but without success. Anderson
has q brother, soldier, J. C. Anderson,
in the United States Arsenal, at WASH
tngton, d. G
The evening times., 1897-12-10
Essence of Good housekeeping

IL il related that a party of American
travellers We're admiring the beautifully y
carved woods OF the ciancel fitments OF
an English Cathedral hen one, a woman,
exclaimed at the effort which must be
made 10 free the delicate work from dust.
The head caTetaker happened to he near,
and hear the exclamation. Madam"
he anne unced. bowing, Il never allow
the carvings TO become dusty" In this
statement is embodied the very essence 1f
good housekeeping.
The evening times., 1897-12-10
Cause for Unhappiness.

'Tioih tue CnCdSO fOSU-D
VIII she lave him. was the question
they asked.
IL would he a waste Of time to answer
the question:" suggested the cynic, be
cause it is not properly worded.''
Naturanythey waited for his suggestions.
The question should read: Can she
get HIM. lie said.
As is usually the case they found upon
investigation that he was one of the men
who haze received the mitten In severa
different forms.
The evening times., 1897-12-10
Green and Gold a, Weddings

At recent wedding the bride adopted
the somrv hat hazardous color scheme of
green and yellow. Palms and superb
chrysanthcmums carried out in flowers
the colors selected, and the bridesmaids
gowns We're Of yellow pOplin with white
null fichus. With these gowns Were worn
green velvet picture hats and noddiDg
plumes Green and gold is an cffrc-
tive combination, but is something rather
novel in wedding colors when 1t. is carried
through the gowns oil the bridal party.
The evening times., 1897-12-10
DYSPEPSIA.

Remember that GROVER GRA-
HAMS remedy is GU UARANTEED
To remove all distress FROM THE
FIRST DOSE. 1t is folly to suffer
when soc. hottie, procured from
your druggist, viii correct in.
staDtly all unpleasant symptoms.
An infalIible Specific for Dyspepsia.
Hea rtburn, Gastritis, and all dis
enses arising from an impaired
Digestive system. Write to Grover
Graham Co, Newhurgh, y. V, for
pamphlet.
The evening times., 1897-12-10
How to Iaunder Silk Handkerchi.fs

The dor'ts for laundering white silk
handEerchiefs are: Don't iron while wet
witt a very hot iron. uf the silk will shrirel
and spoil: don't fail 80 rinse the soap p
thoroughly out of them, or they will be
coarse and hard don't rub the soap directly
upoa them, or wash them in hot water. or
they will become yellow to certainty.
These are the directions, by negatives. to
wash them we'll
The evening times., 1897-12-10
The Value of Character.

Personal appearance at first attracts the
greater attention. hut personal character
Produces the most lasting impression.
While dress and manners are to I've .luiy
cult, ed, our chief concern should he
SO to feel and act that we may make the
deepest. most vital and most beneficeht
impi ession upon all with whom we come in
contact.
The evening times., 1897-12-10

now be gathered up loosely on the crown
or the head, ard it can easily be kept IN
place thcIe bv a strong tortoise shell hair
pin without TIC necessity of tving it, which
nearly always results in wearing and
breaking the hair.
The evening times., 1897-12-10
Avoid SinEularity.

As general thing, it is wiser plan
to conform To custom, if there is no
really good reason for rejecting it, thus
avoiding sing ularity whc re il is rot
needfui. ,
The evening times., 1897-12-10

Do yOu know that yOu can have
The Morning, Evening and Sunday
Times-the only COMPLETE news
paper published in Washington
served 10 you by carrier for fifty
cents q month?
The evening times., 1897-12-10
A change OF View.

(FrOln the AtchiSOn GlObe.J
Among the men who hug fire awfuily
tight these days. and who Will not get cut
of bed until the fires are started. are I'm
ber who thought last summer that trip
into the Kiond Ike country would be no hard
ship.
The evening times., 1897-12-10

Worth ~ and =.
Lot 2 consists OF
Black kersey and All
wool Astrakhan Jack
cts, shield front, new
est style sleeves, satin
lined, must he seen to
be appreciated. Kegu-
lar 81 ana S. quail
ties. Your choice,
S3.gS.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-17
CHAPTER "

HE IDENTITY OF CAPTAIN SHANNON DIS
CLOSED AT LAST.
The news that the captured conspira-
II had turned informer and divulged
10 name and identity of Captain Shan
on created, as may be supposed, the
ildest excitement. Contrary to general
Kpectation the authorities seemed will
" 70 accord information instead Of
Unfolding it, though whether this
as not as much due to qualification at
1ding themselves in the novel position
having any information to accord as
their desire to allay public anxiety
ay be questioned.
The editor of the Dublin News had,
seemed, been speaking at public
nner and was returning between 10
I'd O'Clock from the gathering. As it
as a close night and the room had been
It, he mentioned TO friend that he
ought no should walk home instead
driving. This he had apparently
ne, for a police constable who was
snding in the shadow of doorway
ar the editors residence saw him
I'm the corner Of the street, closely fol-
we'd by another man, who was presum-
ly begging. The editor stopped and
{ his hand in his pocket as if to
irch for a coin and as he did so the
opposed beggar struck at him, appar-
tly with a knife. The unfortunate
ntleman fell without cry, and the
ASSN then stopped over him to repeat
} blow, after which he started to run
full speed in the direction of the
istable, who drew back within the
)rway until the runner was almost
IN him, when he promptly tripped
man up and held him down until
istance arrived. When taken to the
ton, the prisoner at first denied,
tn much bluster, all knowledge of
crime, but when he learned, with
dent dismay, that the murder had
witnessed and saw the damning
dence of guilt in the shape Of blood
ttering upon his right sleeve, his
ster gave place to the most grovel-
terror, and though he refused to
any account Of himself he was re-
we'd to q cell In state Of complete
lapse.
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nothing less than a certainty.

nothing less than "a certainty.
For myself was not at all sure that
this supposed lameness was not part
and parcel Of Captain Shnnnon's dis
guise. A sound man could easily simu-
late lameness, but lame man could
not so simulate soundness of limb, and
could not help thinking that if Cap
tain Shannon were as had been assert
cd, lame, he would have taken care to
conceal the fact from his oonfederates
If the police could be induced to be-
lieve that the man they wanted was
lame, they would not, in all probabili-
ty, be inconveniently suspicious about
the movements of a stranger, evidently
of sound and equal limb, who might
otherwise be called ON to give an ac-
count of himself.
Being curious to know what course
they were pursuing l made it my bust
ness within the next few days to scrape
an acquaintance with one of the ticket
collectors at Euston. After propitiating
him in the usual way by judicious APP
plication of palm oil" ventured to
put the question whether he had at any
time noticed short, dark, lame man
OH the platform where the Irish mail
started.
A broad grin came over the fellows
face in reply.
'What! Are they on that lay still?"
he said derisively. Il knew you was
after something, but l shouldn't have
took You for detective -
l assured him that was not detect
i've, and asked him to explain, where
upon he told me that Immediately after
the publication of the portrait of Cap
tain Shannon instructions had been sent
to all railway stations that a keen look
out was to be kept for short, dark,
lame man, whether clean shaven or
bearded, and that if person in any WY
James Mullen, whose por-
trait was placed in the hands of every
ticket collector, was noticed the police |
should instantly be communicated with.
why, if you was to know. sir, said |
the collector, 'ow many short, dark,
gents what 'appens TO be |
lame have been took up lately on suspi- |
cion you'd larf, you would. It's bad |
enough TO be lame at hany time, bat
when you re going to be harvested for
hanarchist as well it makes your life a
perfect misery, it do"
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when l turned to attend II. 10. ii was
gone at bound and was making
mouths at me round a cornerl Ii seemed
as if-as sportsmen tell us of the fox
the creature rather enjoyed being hunt.
ed than otherwise, and entered into the
sport with as much zest as the sports
man. Sometimes IL cast in my way
color, a sound or an odor Il noticed that
when l smelled tobacco seemed as the
children say, to be getting warmer
which set me off again in wild pursuit
and with some promise Of success. And
then when l had for the fiftieth time
abandoned the pro6tless chase, and, so
to speak, returned home and shut my
self up within my own walls, it doubled
back to give a runaway knock at my
door, only to mock me when | rushed
out by the fiutter of garment in the
act of vanishing.
But was resolved that not all its
freaks should avail it ultimately TO es-
cape me, for though / had TO hunt it
through every byway and convolution
of my brain / was determined TO give
my soll Nv lteb VIZ Hut laih ~ ny tho
heels, and lay it by the heels / even
tually did, as you shall shortly hear.
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes is Of
opinion that memory, imagination,
old sentiments and associations are
more readily reached through the sense
of smell than by almost any other chan
mel. F" The probable reason for this
strange connection between the sense of
smell and the mind is, ne tells us, "be.
cause the olfactory nerve is the only
one directly connected with the hemi-
spheres of the brain-the part in which
we have every reason TO believe the in
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10 ttyhJ ny ctydT.
tellectual processes are carried ON. To
speak more truly" he continues, "the
olfactory nerve is not nerve at all, but
part Of the brain in intimate connec-
ton with its anterior lobes. Contrast
the sense of taste as source Of sugges-
tive impressions with that of smell.
Now the nerve of taste has no immedi-
ate connection with the brain proper,
but only with the prolongation of the
spinal cord. f"
Curiously enough it was in connection
with a scent that ultimately succeed
ed in recalling where and under what
circumstances l had seen the face Of
which l was in search, and but for the
fact of my having smelled particular
odor in a particular place this narrative
would never have been written.
have said that when I smeled to-
bacco l felt that l was as the children
say, getting warmer. +" But unfortu-
nately tobacco in the shape of pipe, ci-
gar or cigarette is i'll my mouth when
ever l have an excuse for the indulgence
and often when / have none; hence,
though the face l sought seemed more
than once to loom out at me through to-
bacco smoke, had watched too many
faces through that pleasing mist to be
able to recall the particular circum-
stances under which / had seen the one
In question. Nevertheless it was tobac-
co which ultimately gave me my clew.
The mOrniOU xuao xorv xuindv opl r
had three times unsuccessfully essayed
to light my cigar with an ordinary
match. In despair-for in a general
way hate fusees like poison-I bought
box of vesuvians which an observant
and enterprising match vender prompt
ly thrust under my nose. As struck
the vile thing and the pestilent smell
assailed my nostrils the scene was
seeking to recall came back to me. I
was sitting in third class smoking
carriage on the London, Tilbury and
Southend railway, and opposite to me
was little talkative man who had pre-
viously lit his pipe with fusee. saw
him take out the box evidently with the
intention of striking another, and then
l heard voice say: "For heavens sake,
sir. don't stink the carriage out again
with that filthy thingl Pray, allow me
to give you match. I"
The speaker was sitting directly in
front Of me, and as recalled his face
while I stood there In the street with
the still unlighted cigar between my
lips, the open box in one hand and the
now burned out fusee arrested half way
toward the cigar tip in the other,
knew that his face was the face Of Gap
tain Shannon.