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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21
WILL ASK CONGRESS-.
permission to Use Engine House TO,
MOrgue Discussed.


MOrgue Discussed.
Concerning the conyersioe of Engine
House No. into a morgue. of which the
city Is and has been in sore need for some
time. 1t is possible that no change will be
made for some months. Commissioner
Wight brought the matter tosthe attention
Of the Commissioners, when they were con-
siderirg the estimate for the Support of the
coroner's Office. 1t seems Noti 2 house was
given to the District bX the United States
to be used as an engineshouse, to take the
place OF the one which stood upon the site
now occupied by the Rawlings statue. It
mas since been used as an engine house.
ana while No. engine company does not
occupy the premises at this time, there is
truck stationed there for emergencies.
1t Is the purpose Of the Commissioners
TO ask Congress for authority to convert
this house into morgue. and secure an
appropriation to properly equip 1t. The
Urgent necessity for such an institution,
fitted with modern appliances, has long
been made the subject of reports to Con-
gress. and the Commissioners are In hopes
this new plan win meet with favorable ac-
lion and result In the city being equipped
with a hrst-class morgue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21
VETERINARY ASSOCIATION.
commissioners Will Invite Nationu
Society to Meet Here

1t is understood the Commissioners will
issue an invitation to the United States
Veterinary Association, which meets this
mcLth at Nashville. Tenn, to hold its next
meeting in this city.
The District veterinarii n, DIR. Robinson,
called this matter to the attention of the
Commissioners and stated the CITY would
be put TO no expense in the matter The
association consists of some 600 members.
and ii majority of them, he thinks would
attend the meeting here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21
CONDENSED LOCALS.

George Posey. who was taken i'll near "a
ana q streets southeast yesterday after
noon, was taken to Providence Hospital
for treatment. He lives at No. Dos street
southeast.
This morning about $50 o'clock there was
2 slight fire In the grocery store of Samuel
Blumm. No. 2229 q street northwest. The
fire was caused by something coming in
contact with case Of matches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21
Catching bass.

A great many black bass were caught in
the upper Potomac Sunday. About fifty
were caught near the Anglers club house.
about three miles this side of the Great
Falls. A New Yorker, who fshed above the
falls on the Virginia side of the river
caught fourteen fish. weighing from one to
four pounds each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21
Greetings to DR.. Finney.

A number of the prominent physicians
and surgeons of the city were the guests
meet DIR. J. M. T. Finney of Johns Hon.
kins Hospital, Baltimore. THE evening was
devoted largely to a discussion of scientific
matters and at II o'clock a bountiful sup
per was served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21

act as an employee of the company or on
his own account, neglecting to obtain the
consent of the Commissioners to do any
work on or to remove any portion of the
bridge, would violate the police regulations
and be subject to the penalties.
Therefore, the court finds the defendant
guilty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21
Painful Cut.

Charles Newman and Arthur Harris. COL
ored men, engaged In an alteration on
Pennsylvania avenue southeast near Sd
street yesterday afternoon. Newman re-
ceived a painful cut across his left temple
Harris escaped and was afterward located
in South Washington, but the police failed
to apprehend him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21

To baltimore and Return VIA q. ana n.
All trains Saturday, the 25th, and sun
day. the 18th. good to return until Nom
day, N.25.-Advt.
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Fit for a Prince.

Fit for a Prince.
We refer TO those superb Martin Coats and Vests
w are making to CIDER at $3.50 You have maid
3? for inf rl9r garments Fit. workmanship and
J. FIRED. GATCHEL CO., Tailors and
Drapers. 6O4 18th st. E F. MUDD Is wears ,nt
Ter ior Late nrm Of Geo. 7. Keen, is now with us
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21

want" ads I'm The Star pay because
they bring answers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21

$500 Philadelphia and Return via n.
and q.
1'0f and 900 am. trains going, returning
ON all trains. Sunday next.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21

The famous Underhill
Star Brand all steel lath=
ing hatchets can be bought
John b. Espey, i 1919 Ps' aTas
au21 .3m. 10
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absolutely #, Tn s,ss,,ol IIs;
almost I'll
other brands of
PrrFQ' whisky. How many
Of them claim
the same thing Not
one In thousaad with
any truthfulness. Tharps
Berkeley is absolutely pure
heDce Its delghtful flavor and
beneficial effects se1S-1Od
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21

NOTICE.-THE CONFECTIONERY AND CATER
ing business heretofore conducted 10y +. Freund
SIS 10th NV, will be continued 10y at
the same place Welding receptions and ban
quets speciality. / would call special attention
to NY spacious banquet Darlors, where 1 have
every facility to furnish large small parties.
Thanking my friends and the public for their
liberal patronage in the past, hoir fy giving
my personal supervision TO The business 10 merit
u prinuance of the sane.
Mrs. ELIZABETH FREUND.
se20-3t SO 10th ST NV
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Invitations for Fall
Weddings engraved i'm
faultless style==at
very moderate prices.
Easton & Rupp, 42111th St.
POPULAR PRICED STATIONERS. se2O-14d
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Life Insurance Policies
bought or taken collateral on loans. T. D.
HADDAWAY isos Y st. W.. or Bog sos. City P.o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-21

IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF CLOTHES
GOODNESS Is ALWAYS CHEAPER
THAN GREATNESS
Our President Mckinley has stated: "a cheap
coat makes cheap man. In the everlasting
trade hurrah'' and endsavor to get cent
two below ones nei-hbor-exoLse
SO puts good Tailoring at Jour service in a
business suit.
j. II. " Y AVE
se1-:m. 10
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But 1 will say that even If such approval
had been shown, the charter requires the
construction of the road to be under the
supervision and control of the Commits.
sioners of the District of Columbia, and
that they must approve such construction.
Therefore, any one, whether he claims to
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
FIFTY-SIx A DANGER POINT.
Beware How You Live to This Age,
YOu Have Genius.

Beware How You Live to This Age, IL
YOu Have Genius.
Fifty-six years seems to be fatal
age for people of genius, says the New
York Times. Among those who have
died at that age may be mentioned
Dante, the Italian poet; Hugh Capet,
king of France; Henry WILL, king Of
England; Henry ~, emperor Of Ger
many; Paganini, Italian violinist; Alex
ander Pope. English poet; George Sala,
English orientalist; Marcus Aurelius,
emperor of Rome; Frederick l., king of
Prussia; John Hancock, American
Statesman; Maria Louisa, empress of
France; Philip Messenger, English
dramatist; Saladin, the great sultan OF
Egypt; Robert Stephenson, English
engineer; Scipio Africanus. Roman gen
eral; Helvetius, French philosopher and
author; Henry H., the first of the Plan
tagenet line; the elder Pliny, Roman
naturalist and author; Julius Caesar,
Charles Kingsley, English author; Juan
Prim, Spanish general and statesman;
Henry Knox, American revolutionary
general; Thomas Mifflin, American pa
triot; Won Tromp, Dutch admiral;
Abraham Lincoln. Marryatt, the novel
list; George Whitefield, English founder
of Calvinistic methodism; Robert Dud-
Elizabeth; Johann Gaspar Spurzheim,
German physician and phrenologist,
and Frederick H.. emperor of Germany.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
A BLACK CATS VISIT.
Fate of a Woman Who Believed L
Brought Good Luck.

Fate of a Woman Who Believed 1t
Brought Good Luck.
The black cat superstition certainly
has a strong hold. A strange black cat
came to the residence of Troy fam
lily during the present year, and it was
occasionally fed by the kind-hearted
woman of the house. The cat kept
coming, says the Troy Press, and in
sisted upon demonstrating itself, and
the woman laughingly remarked to her
friends that it was a sign of good luck.
But she had no children, and did not
want to be troubled with a cat. She
told her husband that he must get
rid of it, They disliked to kill the cat,
and finally decided to take it into the
country and drop it.
Late one afternoon they put the
cat in a bag and drove about five miles,
when they united the bag and freed
the cat, after which they returned rap
idly. The woman died inside of half
an hour after reaching home, an ac-
cident Detailing her.
If it be good luck for black cat
to come to ones house, it surely must
signify poor luck to take or drive it
away. The woman was familiar with
the omen, as she had repeatedly re-
ferred to it, but probably never stopped
10 consider that such a sign would
imply evil consequences If the harbin-
ger of good was turned away. At all
events, she took the black cat away,
and was killed almost Immediately
thereafter While we take no stock
whatever in this popular superstition,
we know the facts to be as stated.
A few days after the funeral the cat
came back
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
Will IN A GRAVE.
1t Was Found After Thirty Years In
Buried Family bible.

-
After lying in mans coffin for more
than 80 years will has been exhumed
at Leavenworth, Ind, and it's terms are
likely to increase a troublesome litiga-
ton among the heirs of the man who
had the document buried with him, says
O local exchange.
Jacob Kissinger was the man. The
will was found by accident, because,
when Kissinger died, although the will
was believed to have been made, nobody
could find it. So the heirs went to law,
and have been at it for three decades.
A few days ago dispute arose which
could be cleared up by the family Bible.
So the old grave was opened and the
Book taken out. It was in good state
of preservation, and when opened, to
the surprise of everyone, disclosed the
old mans will.
BY the terms of the document found
in the grave, the property of Kissingen
was divided equally among five children
one of them resident of Germany and
born of Kissingen's first wife. And
this is where the new trouble begins
None of the four American heirs ever
heard of the fathers first marriage, and
not one of them guessed that he had a
brother in Europe.
The German heir. of course, has been
in ignorance, too, of the existence of his
American brothers, and the property
and money bequeathed to him. If he
presses his claim now it is said that the
four brothers who live here will have
quite a hole made in their purses wheI
they pay him what is his by his father,
tvill
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
SURE OF A FINE FUNERAL.
McA Of Lubec, Me-, Provide for MOrtu
ary Emergencfes

McA Of Lubec, Me-, Provide for MOrtu.
ary Emergencies.
The town of Lubec, Me-, is one of the
go-ahead villages of the Pine Tree state,
and the one thing wanting to enable it
to keep up with the procession is a
hearse. The citizens investigated the
condition of surrounding towns, and
learned that every one of them had a
hearse, and they considered it a burning
and municipal shame that Lubec should
be SO far behind the times. Therefore,
1t was resolved to have one, although,
according to the rates of longevity in
would be much use for it, says the
Lewiston Journal.
A mass meeting of the citizens was
called to discuss the grave subject The
enthusiasm was unbounded, and it
was at once decided to purchase the We
hicle by voluntary subscriptions, max
ing a sort of joint stock concern or
hearse corporation. Each subscriber
Clipped in one dollar, but the wary and
thrifty Lubccler insisted upon a pro-
visO whereby he is enabled to get a
show for his white ally. 1t was unan-
imously agreed that if any stakeholder
had use for the hcarse within certain
number of years from the date of his
subscription, he, the said subscriber,
should be entitled to a rebate of the
sum paid in.
Now the Lubecker awaits the ap-
proach of the grim destroyer without
emotion. In the event of his death,
he is assured of a first-class funeral,
with plumes and all the outward trap
pings of woe, and he gets his money
back besides, -
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
FORGET THEIR CHANGE.
Men In u Hurry to Get Away After
Making Their Purchases.

Making Their Purchases.
a man entering State street book
store, made several small purchases,
threw down dollar bill to pay for them
and as soon as his package was handed
to him turned to go out. The clerk
called after him, says the Chicago
Times-Herald.
Hi there! Don't you want your
change?" and he handed the customer
the best part of his dollar.
THAT happens every day." said the
clerk, land we give quite an amount
at the end of the year to charitable or.
change that has not been called for
1t seems as if customers have only
one idea, and that is to get their goods
and go away"
"Do they ever come back for the
changer"
VERY rarely, and then it is always
for change that was left somewhere
else. often wonder how such people
get through the world. And another
funny thing is, the customer never
seems to expect the change when we
offer it to them, that is after he has
forgotten it. You saw how that man
looked when we called him back
just as if was making him responsible
for some other mans mistake 1t takes
all kind Of people to make-a world"
Town Atmosphere.
The amount of sulphurous acid n
town air in heavy weather is ten te
twenty times that n bright, cleal
weather; and in fog the proportion il
still greater. Freshly fallen rain col
lected in Manchester showed as mucf
as 20 parts per million of sulphuroui
acid.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
NATURAL COKE.
1t Is Claimed There Is n Deposit Of Is
in the State of Utah.

1t Is Claimed There Is n Deposit of Is
in the State of Utah.
In works of mineralogy it is learned
that there is such product as natural
coke, but so far as known there has
but one deposit of this commodity beer
found in the United States, and this wa.
in the vicinity of Richmond, Va.
Although the deposits of coal in Utah
are immense iii their proportions, it was
never dreamed that among its commC ii
ties of trade and commerce the stat
but such is the case, however, and the
Salt. Lake Herald is informed that a
short time ago a vein of this coke had
been discovered in a section of the coun.
try about 140 miles south of this city
nnd within Is miles of railroad.
This deposit crops out on the surface
FOR some distance, and 25 to 30-fOot
tunnel has disclosed body of coke that
is all of five feet in width, and there is
every reason to believe that with depth
the size of this deposit will increase
In quality the coke is all that could bt
desired, and at the assay Offices at which
it has been tested the statement is made
that it is pure article, and that it is
even superior to the manufactured coke
Us it is entirely free from sulphur, btu
men, and that it gives out no smoke
when burned, and makes less ash thar
the manufactured article.
The new find, which is considered al
being among the most valuable that has
been made in the state, is owned ant
controlled by ex-Mayor r. n. Baskir
and several other Salt Lake gentlemen
who have located GAO acres in the iInme
diate vicinity of the discovery
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
HE WAS REAL NICE.
This Telegraph Clerk, and She VIII
PatrOnize Him Exclusively.

She sailed into the telegraph office
and raped on the receiving clerks win
dow. The receiving clerk remem-
bered that she had been there about
ten minutes before as he came forward
to meet her. He wondered what she
wanted this time, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
''Oh," she said, "let me have that tel
egram wrote just now. l forgot some
thing very important. wanted to un-
derscore the words perfectly lovely in
acknowledging the receipt of that
bracelet. Will it cost anything extra ?''
mo, ma'am," said the clerk, as he
handed her the message.
The young lady drew two heavy lines
beneath the words and said:
Its awfully good of you to let me
do that. 1t will please Charlie so much. -
Don't mention it," said the clerk.
IF you would like, l will put a few
drops of nice violet extract on the tele-
gram at the same rates.
"Oh, thank you, sir. You don't know
how much 1 would appreciate it. I'm
going to send ali my kilograms through
this office, you are so obliging"
And the smile she gave him would
have done anyone good to have seen.
with the possible exception of Charlie.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
The KAISER AND Mr.. FIRTH.
Small Princes FirNt Attempt q
Painting Mas DisastrOuK

Small Princes FirNt Attempt ~
Painting Was DisastrOus.
Although Prof. Knackfuss is usually
credited with assisting the kaiser in
the production of his surprising pie
lures, the German monarch owes his
earliest introduction to the mysteries
of art to an English painter, says the
London Chronicle. The first time the
kaiser handled a brush was at Wind
sor, when Mr.. Firth was painting the
picture of the prince of Wales mar
riage for the queen. All the royal per-
sonages gave sittings to the artist and
the kaiser, then a little four-year-old
prince, spent several mornings in the
room where the picture was being
painted. To keep the child quiet MFR.
Eth gave him some paints and brushes
and allowed him to dabble on one of the
unfinished corners of the canvas.
AS natural result of this very in
judicious proceeding the princes face
was in a very few minutes covered with
streaks of green, blue and vermilion.
The sight of his smeared face terrified
his governess, who begged the artist
to remove the colors; and Mr.. Firth,
armed with rags and turpentine, had
nearly completed his task when the
pungent spirit found its way into a
scratch upon the child's cheek. The
future kaiser screamed with pain, as
saulted the eminent painter with his
fists and hid himself under a large
table. where he yelled until he was
tired. Mr.. Firth declares in his Rem
fniscences" that the little prince
showed most unforgiving spirit and
revenged himself afterward by sitting
so badly that the painter failed alto
gether to produce a satisfactory like
ness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
CAJOlEO THE JURY.
An Interesting Incident of = MenOP1
ble LawsuYt

BILE Lawsuit.
The jury in the Martha Washington
case, famous trial of 40 years ago,
wherein the captain of the steamb.. Z
Martha Washington and others were
charged with burning the boat to Sc
cure insurance, was chosen with diff
Guilty, says McClure's Ma~azine. Dur
ing their five weeks service the mem
bers of it were assailed on every side
by the Jealous feminine sympathizers of
the accused. BY every art possible to
youth, beauty and wit and the reckless
abandon of lives largely spent in the
companionship of adventurers were
they approached "yf you do not go into
that jury room and vote mot guilty in
an hour you will be a dead man." said
the wife of the captain, confronting an
aged juror on the staircase. Sprung
from an old and respectable Massa-
chusetts family. she was a singularly
beautiful, brilliant, dashing woman.
She had gone in early girlhood to the
west and became enamored of the pic
turesque river captain, who did not see
fit to marry her and went off to Mexico
and opened his gambling house on the
Rio Grande. One day as he sat dealing
faro there his affianced' presented her.
self. Disguised in a mans attire and
armed with a brace of pistols, she had
made her way without detection to the
Rio Grande. She was a skilled shot and
could hit a dollar across a ROOM Level
ing a pistol at the recreant lovers head,
she said in short, sharp voice: Marry
me, or take this in your head!" The
astounoed captain replied: "Why,
Ollie, my dear, is that you?" The mar
riage ceremony was performed that
day,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
THE ROYAL WAY.
High-n0rE Danes Carry Their own
Bedding on Their Travels.

Hfgh-norE Danes Carry Their own
Bedding on Their Travels.
Few royal folks when travelling re-
quire their bedsteads and bedroom fur
niture to form portion of their lug
gage, as the queen does, for instance.
But many great ladies there are who
carry their own beds and bed linen,
blankets and quilts, and always a
macintosh sheet to spread over the
MATTRESS to guard against dampness for
lack of sufficient airing i'll transit
from place to place Grand Duke Paul
of Russia, it is true, Is always,
when travelling, accompanied by bed
stead, which he has had built in Sec
tions, and which is put up by special
mechanic, under the superintendent OF
the royal valet, wherever the grand
duke goes. but then it is simply because
be can seldom, owing to his great
height, meet with one long enough for
his comfort, says the Philadelphia Press.
1t does not appear to be generally
known that among the servants of the
queen are two bearing the title of her
majesty's tapissieTs. One of them fol-
lows the court wherever it may be,
and the other remains permanently at
Windsor. The duty of these function
aries is to superintend the packing of
the queens baggage when the court
lhigrates, and their work is so perfectly
organized that every member of the
establishment concerned knows almost
to minute when he or she must be-
ready to receive a visit from the packer.
1t is also the duty of the tapissiers to
maintain communication from palace to
palace with reference to all matters
which cannot be brought within the
limits of the royal mail boxes; to know
by heart all railway and steamship,
routes, and to be able to convey any
desired article from one place to an.
other by the SWifteSt and safest method
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05

Nowadays when women are trying
to do everything it is not strange that
many things are over done. 1t is not
strange that there all kinds of physi-
cal and mental disturbances. If the
woman who is doctor, or lawyer,
or journalist, or in business would
not try TO be a society women too it
might he different; but the woman
who knows when she has done days
work has yet to be born. Usually a
woman's way is to keep doing until
she drops. Working In this way has
manifold evils. The most common
trouble resulting from over exertion
either mentally or physically, is con-
stipation of the bowels, with all its
attendant horrors.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
the most efectual remedy in the mar
ket. They work upon the system cas-
lily. naturally. There is no unpleasant
nausea after taking them. No grip
ing-no pain-no discomfort. They
are composed of materials that pass
through the system gradually, col
lecting all Impurities and, like the
good little servants that they are, dis
posing of them effectually.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-05
Origin of the Word "Snob..

while turning over the leaves of the
eighth volume of the Sporting Maga
zine, published in 1906" says a writer
i'll Notes and Queries, Il have come
upon what l think is a very early in.
stance of the word 'snob.' The con.
text does not indicate it's meaning, but
1 apprehend there is no doubt that we
must interpret it by the shoemaker
The writer is discoursing of races al
Whitechurch. He says that there was
very respectable field; and although
neither the duke of Queensbury, LORD
Egremont nor his royal highness the
prince of Wales were present, it be-
ing holiday time, number of royal
snobs were'"