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Evening star., 1897-04-15

WANT ads. in The Star pay because they
bring answers.
Evening star., 1897-04-15

Blooming Plants for Easter From
1Oc. Up.
/ have the largest, best and most varied
collection in Washington. Fine violets Sat-
urday. j. X. Freeman, 612 13th st. NV
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1897-04-15

Money to lend at 8 and per cent on real
estate Frank T. Rawlings. 1906 Pa. ave-
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1897-04-15

2Sc. On the Dollar Saved
On Painting. Rooms papered from $2 up.
F. g. Nolte, $40 9th st. NV. No branch.
d5-t,th,s-tf
Evening star., 1897-04-15

No HandsOmer Gift for Easter
than roses artistically arranged in a spe-
cially designed box. ]. Louis Loose 18th & E.
Evening star., 1897-04-15
The Old National Rifles.

Blossoming Azaleas at GUIDES, 1924 F It
Evening star., 1897-04-15

Very Nice White Pine, Dressed &c.
a foot Libbey & Co., 9Th and N Y ave-
Advertisement
Evening star., 1897-04-15

Coughs, HOarseness, Sore Throat
etc, quickly relieved by Browns Bronchial
Troches. They surpass all other prepara-
tions in removing hoarseness, and as g
cough remedy are pre-eminently the best.
Evening star., 1897-04-15

China. Glass, Bric-a-brac. etc. skillfully
repaired. Burfeind & Co., I'LL F street.
aD14-4ts
Evening star., 1897-04-15
ADJUSTMENTS.

cured by Beecham's Pill
Evening star., 1897-04-15

Calvin Lenoir was fined 81 by Judge Kim
ball for riding his bicycle without light
last night.
Evening star., 1897-04-15

Cut Flowers that last at GUIDES. 1924 F.
Advertisement
Evening star., 1897-04-15
CITY ITEMS.

Easter Baskets, Novelties. Gould, 421 9th
ap12-5
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
A SIREN IN MARBLE.
Captain Smith Will Demolish . ll0nu
ment to . Guilty Love.

Captain Smith Will Demolish . lrouu-
mont to . Guilty Love.
On the spacious grounds surrounding
the old Smith mansion at Smithville, N.
j., stands a unique statue. It is q beauti-
full specimen of the sculptor's art, ohiseled
In Italy and brought to Smithville at an
expense Of $40, 900 to perpetuate the mem
DRY Of Agnes Gilkerson. For quarter Of
a century Agnes Gilkerson passed as the
wife Of Hezekiah B. Smith, yet she was
bound to him by no legal tie. Back in
Woodstock, VT, where Smith was born
and laid the foundation of his great for
tune, lived his legal wife.
1t was there that Smith met Agnes Gil
kerson, a beautiful girl of 10, who worked
in his mill. He became infatuated with
her, deserted his homo and family and
went with his charmer to New Jersey,
where he settled near Mount Holly. There
he built up large manufacturing bust
meas, became q millionaire and was elected
to congress.
Thirteen years ago Agnes Gilkerson
died, and the light went out Of Hezekiah
Smiths life. His interest in all affairs OF
business and pleasure seemed to cease. The
srecter Of Agnes was before him constant.
ly. He had the statue made representing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17

BRAMACHARrN BoBHABHIsKsHu.
and honized with the admiring Difference
which impressionable women are prone to
pay to handsome young men who wear a
strange garb and an air Of romance and
mystery.
To say that the women were startled
when Bramacharin Bobhabhiskshu, the
Hindoo hero, opened his walls of wrath
upon them is putting it mildly. He said
the congress was humbug and the
women were insincere. "You build fine
churches" he said, "but merely through
vanity. You go to church to display your
clothes. The religious motive is lacking.
You put fine organs in the churches, and
the aim is to have the best and biggest
organ, in order to draw the biggest crowd.
These things are not so in India. What
ever is done by the Hindus is done in the
spirit Of religion and without the desire to
show off. -
1t IL safe to say that 1t will be q long
time before the women of the congress
again take up a wandering oriental, how
ever picturesque his garb may be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
ONTBE BLIND BAGGAGE
oliver Nell Travels In True
] Hobo Style.
she Is A GAMBLER AND sroRr.

Started Her Career In Hslena Tea Year,
Z, Ago and Has Been . Rsvfng Poker
Player Ever sincc-Orisia Of Her Nick.
name.
When the Northwestern limited train
from the east pulled into the station at
Superior, Wis, the other morning, there
alighted from the platform Of the "blind
baggage" woman plainly but not shah
billy dressed, carrying q small travelling
bag In one harSi and q newspaper in the
other. There was a large crowd ut the sta
ton, and scores Of eyes followed her Won
derlDgly rs she walked gracefully up the
platform and entered the waiting room.
The brakeman paused in his work to scru-
tinize the female who had dared to steal .
ride in genuine hobo style, and the con-
ductor fumbled with his watch chain and
stood watching tho woman with amaze
ment as she brushed past him without q
sign Of confusion.
Tho conductor followed her into the
depot, and after registering and obtaining
q clearance stopped to ask:
"Whero did you come from? What Is
your name and why did you not ride in
the coach instead Of on the forward car
PLATFORM
The reply came in clear feminine voice:
II boarded your train ut Eau Claire,
sir. My name Is Silver Nell, and rode
on tho forward platform instead Of In the
coach because had no money to spore for
railroad fare"
Silver Nell told the ticket agent that
she had come from New York city and
was on her way to Butte, Mon, where she
intended to go into the gambling bust
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
A GARRISON SCANDAL.
The Story Of a Sensational Court
Martial.
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF THE BICYCLE.

Lieutenant Bamford and NExs. O'Brien Took
Long Ridss Awhsel, sad the 0ossips
Wagxed Their Tongues-The Row Th.t
Ensued Aroused National Interest.
The bicycle has figured in q vast num-
Der Of the myriad combinations which go
to make up life, but it is now and in the
United States that it appears for the first
time In an army court martial
In the chain Of events which led up to
the trial by q military court of Captain
Romeyn Of the Fifth United States infan-
try at Fort Mcpherson, near Atlanta, the
bicycle is the central figure. This trial
was watched with intense interest in army
circles, and this interest gradually extend
ed TO the country in general
The direct charge against Captain Ro-
meyn was assaulting Lieutenant O'Brien
and spreading reports detrimental to the
good name of Lieutenant O'Brien's wife.
1t is a garrison scandal, in other words,
and the scandal had its point Of departure
in the bicycle. It involves, directly or
indirectly, the entire much mooted ques-
ton of whether bicycle riding on the part
of women has or has not a tendency TO-
ward n laxity of reserve which is not cal
culated to advance morality.
Briefly summarized, the facts leading
up to the court martial are that Captain
Romeyn has daughter, a very beautiful
and admirable young lady, who was en-
gagged to a young lieutenant of the garri-
son, Lieutenant Bamford. There is also
in the garrison Lieutenant O'Brien, who
has . handsome wife-the type of woman
sometimes called spirited and dashing.
Among the many other ways il which
her effervescent sprightliness finds vent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
WOMEN WHO SMOKE,


Their Number Growing Rapidly, Says .
New York Tobacconist.
There is no use in making any bones
about 1t. Cigarette smoking is on the in
crease among the women of this city, saws
the New York Sun. American women
have been somewhat slow in taking ND the
habit, which is rather to their credit than
otherwise Those who use cigarettes now.
most of them, got a start in some foreign
country. The smokers are divided into
two classes-the bohemians, who smoke
openly, and the women of wealth, leisure
and position, who indulge in a seductive
puff in private. In speaking of the actual
use Of cigarettes by women, a dealer, who
has occupied the same stand on Broadway
for 90 years, said:
women smokers are undoubtedly in
creasing at very rapid rate I've been
here over score of years now, and when I
first set up I used to be surprised when a
woman came in and bought package of
cigarettes, it was such rare thing. Now
every few minutes o woman or girl drops
in and buys supply. In fact, tobacco
dealers are catering for women's trado as
much as for men's-more SO, because we
have mems secured.
Some people have an idea that one
oiiooiu ASho ely Va q woman VINO smokes.
Such people are grossly ignorant. Some
! Of the best women in New York use Gig
arettes. In fact, dealers divide women
cigarette smokers into two classes-tho
very, very good and the very, very bad, the
smokers OF good social position and the
smokers of no position at all, the outcasts
Of society. Working women in America
do not smoke. A great many well to do
women have their cigarettes made to or.
der, stamped with their monoRrams and
crests and tipped with gold or silver.
These never give their orders personally,
but do 50 through their husbands. brothers
or servants. And these women do not
smoke to excess. A hundred cigarettes
usually last them for ten days. I should
say that they averaged about six n day.
and, as mild Turkish tobacco is used
and the cigarettes are very small. that il
really doing very little smoking. For INV
part, think if women smoked more we
would hear OF less indigestion and dyspep-
sia among the sex, and If woman smokes
at home among her friends can't see
any objection whatever. Tobacco. I'm
sure, aids digestion if taken in modera.
ton after a heavy meal. American women
will never smoke in public, think, and
neither will they smoke to excess. Where
we used to have one woman customer who
smoked fine cigarettes made especially for
her, we now have 30, and the number n
increasing."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
He GOT HIS ANSWER.


But u Was Very DiAsrene Hruu WhsH
Ne Hsa xxpscesa.
A. the train pulled ont Of Chicago a
quiet, gentlemanly looking man entered
the buffet car. and, ensconcing himself
in comfortable chair, drew out . long
Cigar and entered deeply into his paper.
he remained 30 quiet and retained his
seat SO long that another passenger,
whose bearing distinctly stamped him
% commercial travelling man, one of
the kind full Of chatter and curiosity.
could no longer restrain himself. AID
dressing the quiet gentleman, he in
quired, Travelling east?''
Slowly removing his cigar, the gen.
tleman turned and looked ut his ques-
TONER with slightly elevated eyebrows,
replying, YEA"
"New York;
Eyes"
"Pleamre?'
"Yes and nor
"Great place, New York Ever been
there befores''
mo"
"I'm going home this trip-New
4OIAs yOU kuOW.' ne tf7 -
The gentleman made no reply, but
resumed his paper. After q little silence
the commercial man began again. ~
I'm with G. &. CO., ON Broadway.
If you drop in. I'll show You over the
CITY," ss7~. r7 ,3s r. ---e
"Thank you. it will not be neces-
saryr' I -
ssExcuae me- hut ypiUbt T aelr xx-bos
you're going to New York for?''
By this time most of the other passen.
gers were interested. The gentleman,
who was extremely annoyed ut the
drummer's curiosity, laid down his pa
per and exclaimed:
= I'm going to New York, first, DO.
cause the train is taking mo there; sec.
ond. because I've got lots of money and
can afford it, and, last, because if like
the place I intend to buy it,
The commercial man snbsided amid Q
roar Of laughter. -Philadelphia Times
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
wbich won g. sympatby Of an Who hsird

which won IL sympathy Of an who heard
her.
An incident which aroused good deal
Of feeling against Lieutenant BamfoFd
and sympathy for Miss Romeyn was his
denial Of the engagement that existed b.
tween them. z-s.-.-.-..-s 49,
An instance Of the intense feeling which
was aroused in the garrison hv tho trial
occurred when on the parade ground Lieu
tenant Martin refused to give Lieutenant
O'Brien tho salute due him ~ Maritime
superior officer. Nothing but pressure
and confederation Of the demoralizing ef-
feet on discipline made Martin yield tho
point. & sa.
The trial has left the garrison in q badly
demoralized condition, from which moth
ing but q transfer to other scenes OF the
persons involved in the scandal can re-
deem It.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
A convict's Thrilling Esespe.

With his hands manacled and with the
officer at his heels Frank Belrose escaped
from the custody Of Sheriff Yerkey Of La
sale county, Ills, by leaping headlong
from passenger train running 40 miles
an hour. The officer reached the platform
in time to see his prisoner strike the
ground and roll end over end. The train
was Immediately stopped and backed up
and the passengers and crew Joined for an
hour in q search for the prisoner, but he
had disappeared. handcuffs and all. A
year ago Belrose was arrested on a charge
of forgery. While waiting with the sheriff
at the depot for a passenger train he
jumped across the track directly in front
of a moving freight and had disappeared
by the time the train had passed and the
sheriff could cross the track.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17

AGNES erLKERsoS's DOOMED STATUE.
her a. in her youth, wearing q gown that
finely sets of her figure. 1t was placed on
o pedestal OF brick 8 feet high, an iron
canopy protecting the whole. Smith used
to spend hours In contemplation of the
image.
In 1887 Hezekiah B. Smith died, and
then began long contest over his estate,
which has just ended IN victory for his
Smith has taken possession Of the property
and has ordered his workmen to tear down
and cast into Rancocas creek the telltale
monument to his fathers guilty love.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
Electric Lights Versus Crime.

"There has been remarkable decrease
in crime" remarked Justice Potts to a
Jersey City journal reporter. 81 used to
have an average of 90 to 80 cases daily,
but now the average is down to single
figures. attribute it to the improvement
made in the lighting of streets. Tho de-
crease began when the electric lighting
system was extended. Criminals shun the
light; they operate in the dark. It proves
that the lights are great protection to
the community"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
REvILED HIS. ADMIRERS.

weadering Hindoo lGads . sensssasa q
the Waman's Cengress.
The women Of the west are savages.
VIII you tell me what is the difference be-
tween an Indian who puts war feathers
In his hair and . woman who puts feath-
ers and flowers in her hAtf''
These words fell like bombshell on
the recent women's congress at San Fran
cisco, where their author had been coddled
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17

The bsst Salve in the world for
Cuts. Bruises. Sores. Ulcers, Salt
Rheum. Fever Sores. letter, Chapped
Hands. Chilblains, Corn.. and all
Skin Eruptions. and positively cur 90
Piles, or no pay required. It is guar
antsed to give perfect satiefaction or
money refunded. Price Is cents Der
box. For sale BY Hartz q Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
Suicide Cemeter.

A London paper is responsible for the
statement that in the suicide cemetery at
Monte Carlo 65 new graves were filed in
last winter. The cemetery il in barren.
land, and within IL are buried
any who have taken their lives through
losses at the Casino.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
Fire Department Fights onass.

Tho fire department at Anderson, Ind,
was called out to suppress Rnats. A swarm
Of gnats came pouring out from under the
courthouse roof. The passersby gave the
alarm of fire and the clerks hurrieily re-
moved their records, thinking tho build
ing was in fiames. The department didn't
discover that there was no fire until It
turned . stream Of water on the gnats and
they began to fall dead by tho thousands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17

It would seem absurd to state that .
man who burns down his own house 10
not guilty Of arson, yet such II the case In
South Carolina common law, and o re-
cent supreme court decision has disclosed
that according to law man can willfully
destroy his own property by fire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
Her Chilars. Urv.sAsa.

! A woman was sentenced TO three
0ouths' imprisonment in the Kings coun.
~ IN. IL penitoutiary beoauss she did
not keep hR ohildEsn cleAu. ehe ~ The
nEue woman 70 b eonvisesd q suoA .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17

Another Brand of 6vengall
Owing Is tho anti-Semitic agitation In
Vienna "Trilby" has had to be somewhat
modified. Syengali In the revised versiou
y made up ~ . Hnngarian gypsy hand
lendex.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17
They worshiped serpe,es.

In pagan art the serpent was m emblem
Of deity. Plutarch says: at feeds upon
lite own body. Even 90 all things spring
rom God and win b resolved into deity
aGain."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17

Tho sale Of "Janaica ginger with jag
IN n" has been prohibited at Newton,
1ass.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-17

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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-01
a RoYal Wardrnhe.

"Marie Antoinette as Dauphino" is the
title OF an article in the October Century
by Miss Anna l.. Bickncll who says:
The dauphine was allowed sum Of
100, 900 livres for her dress alone, but she
never interfered in any way, and every
thing was decided, without consulting her,
by the dame d'atour, who ordered what
was necessary according TO her own appre-
citation and settled the bills of the trades
men. At the end of the year she presented
incomprehensible accounts, which the
dauphine was required to approve, with
the result that her expenses greatly exceed
ed the allotted sum, through no fault of
hers Mercy was called TO the rescue and
discovered the most absurd extravagance
For instance, three ellis of ribbon to tie
the pOwdering gown of the dauphine
were put down daily; also several ellis Of
silk (dailyD TO cover the basket in which
her gloves and fan were deposited, with
many other items of the same kind, noted
by Mercy in solemn rcprobation. With
all this waste the arrangements about her
were strangely deficient in comfort
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-01
WOMEN'S CLUBS.
Their Real Position as Inculcators of Gull
ture and Refinement.


ture and Refinement.
Well, to blurt out the awful truth at
once, l have never thought so highly of
intellectual stimulation as l have of some
other things in life. 1t is by no means
clear as yet that the power of intellect
upon life is of the greatest value, Just as
the history of human nature does not 90
to show that seeing clearly and doing well
have been invariably associated. One man
or one woman with that extended and
clarifying vision which is occasionally
the flower of II well informed mind but is
oftener the fruit of beautiful spirit, is a
greater power for all right mindedncss
than the most active intellect under the
most conscientious stimulation. And as
to the opportunity for culture offered in
the woman 5 clubs, it seems to me that in
last analysis true culture eludes any con
scious effort TO acquire it. | have liked to
think that culture, like all other graces of
the mind and soul, is not attained by be-
ing too consciously sought. 1t droppeth
like the gentle rain from heaven and in
solitude and self dependence it is q
quiet fireside thing, which neither
needs nor desires the contribution of the
exchange place. One gets it, as one gets
grace rom above, In the scclusion of one s.
closet and as the guest of ones own soul.
30 FAR from ministering to real culture
ana scholarship / make so bold as to say
that no club social or technical. male or
female, bond or free, can do more than To
receive the results of individual scholar
ship and culture or offer more than Nero
stimulation. This of itself is good, if one
does not make too much of it, and in
small towns, where the wheels of life po
slowly, where books are scarce and the re
sources Of the individuals are not obun.
dainty developed, a woman's club is no
doubt "a necessary means to growth and
diversion, even though the work under
taken bc solemn enough to make a Ger.
man university professor laugh. But
tiaC was profound truth OF Margaret
RULER s." The soul that lives too much
IN relations becomes at last "a stranger to
It's own Resources Helen Watterson
Moody in October Scribners.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-01
FEAT OF A SPIDER.
How 1t Raised Kernal OF Corn to tho
Ceiling.


Ceiling.
Not long ago a spid<y set out to lift a
kernel Of popped corn from dish in a
chair to an electric light wire on the
ceiling. 1t descended on the kernel by
spinning cable of the necessary length
1t was evident, however, that when the
spider hoisted the load clear from the
dish its uneven weight would cause it
tolop to one side so suddenly as to prob
ably snap the cable. To prevent such an
accident the spider attached two small
er sized cables to projecting parts of the
kernel and made them fast to the main
cable about five inches above the bur-
den.
All being ready, the spider returned
to his headquarters and started its wind
lass, and the kernel began to rise. That
was the situation when first discovered
what was going on. After getting the
corn up about foot work was suspend
ed for time. The spider had begun to
mistrus5 some of the machinery. 1t
made an investigation, repaired slight
break or two above in the guys and
then slid down TO the corn. Everything
there was all solid, but the engineer
thought prudence mark of wisdom
and doubled up the cable where the
main weight was seen to hang. This
was ii o'clock on Tuesday night, and,
with more cheerful air of confidence
than it had before displayed, the spider
ran lightly aloft to the hosting appa-
ratus The machine started, and SO did
the corn. Inside OF minute the corn
was raised at least four inches. Then
there was another delay, which was on
ly short.
At midnight OH Tuesday the corn had
risen two feet. At daylight on Wednes-
day it was up SO inches There it seem
ed to stick. All day Wednesday only
slight progress was made, though the
spider never relaxed its efforts Some
times the burden even receded Then
there was a series of jerks but the ma
chinery overhead seemed to slip cog.
and no Roadway was made Late on
Wednesday night operations were tenn
porarily suspended, and the spider re-
tired TO its inner chamber for contem.
plation. Thursday was spent in the
completion of further plans or in rest.
and the work rested where it had stop
ped on Wednesday night. Friday morn.
ing the spider went up and down the
main cable time and time again, APP
parently mending and finally sue
decided in drawing it to the ceiling.