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The times., 1897-06-16

The hoard of directors OF the MergenthaIer
Linotype Company metin New York yester-
day ana fixed the dividend at 10 per cent
per annum fol the ensuing year, payable
quarterly. This is an increase Of per
cent The surplus was stated to be over
81 100000. but it was thought best TO
defer a special dividend until later date
1t viii probably be declared in the in
tcrifn, and viii be most likely made twice
year. The company received orders for
siXty-three new machines last month, d
decided increase, and is still good way
behind the demand
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Applicants for Treasury Places.

Applications for positions in the Treas
urY Department We're filed with Secretary
Gage yesterday as follows:
E. l.. Brice, Washington, d. c., to be
deputy auditor DIT Washington, D. c.; j.
II. Hunter. Washington, d c., to be deputy
auditor at Washington, D. c.; A B. Stoti
dard, Virginia City, New, to be melter and
refiner at Carson city, New; a. p. Hin
man, Brooklyn, N. Y, to be surveyor of
customs ut New York. n. Y; G. e.
Ranons and Frederic Gross, of New York.
N. Y, and George Andrews, of Brooklyn,
n Y, TO be assistant appraiser at New
York, N. Y; j N. Roussel New Orleans,
La, to be examiner Of drugs at New Or
leans, La.
The times., 1897-06-16

Chicago, Feb. 15.-Wheat today lost the
advance Of Monday. Liverpool and Paris
disappointed the bulls, Ignoring our yes
terday's rally. There was a good deal OF
talk from the Southwest OF new wheat,
Missouri reporting cutting under way n
the South and Oklahoma claiming wheat
ready for shipment. st. Louis was good
deal weakerthan tlisnlarket. The decrease
ia the world 5 visible was about as expected,
3. .s6s 600 bushels; there was one rae
ti0nal rally cn large clearances, 466 900
There we've rains III California and heavy
showers in Southern Kansas and Okla
hoina, not entirely propit!ous for harvest
ing, but they did not attract much attention
There was better weather for corn, showers
through the West, with more promised for
tomorrow There was a Clip, but prices
held fairly well Everything depends on
the weather
Chicago Grain aud Z PrOvision Market.
Corrected daily by w. B. Hibbs & Co.,
Bankers and Brokers. Members of the
v Y Stock Exchange, 1927 street
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n. Ave. Adj. Willard's Hotel.

The symptoms OF nervous exhaustion are
legion, aud nave never yet been Iuny
described. SensiGiyenesS to changes IN lHc
weather is a very common symptom Oh
nervous debility; depression OF the nerves
makes The BODY good barometer ror
twenty four hours auu more before storm
comes on the aching and worn nerves
roleUell III every part OF The physical Of
ganlsIn what is coming. The SKY may De
clear, but the spirits are cloudy lie
tenderness of bunlOns and corns, the ach-
Ing and stiffness OF rheumatic and nell
laig Ia sufferers, the general gioominess
and misery of Tie exhausted before and
during bad weather are not 1nag1natlons,
but realities, as truly as smallpox or the
measles, ana quite as much worthy or
Professional sGuuy ana consideration.
person nervousiy exhausted is far more
likely TO be plostrated during the extreme
heat of summer; and when once Frustrated,
all his symptoms are made worse Lo-
callZed pain, nunlbness in any poftion of
the body, with prickling in the face, the
arms, the ends of the fingers, the thighs,
the legs, and the toes amounts TO very
distressing disease.
Dr. walker, having made speciality or
this Class of diseases for the past twenty
rive years, is, above ali others, most enli-
nently qualified to tleat them successfully
The times., 1897-06-16
washiprton Stock txenange.

sales-Capital Traction, 10 at SO SO:
Metropolitan K. r., 20 at ia; Washington
Gas, 25 at 4 2 "a; American Graphophone,
100 at 8 7-s; Pneumatic Gun Carriage,
100 at 90 cts; Mergenthaler Linotype,
10 at % B. A. G at % 12 Lanston Mon
otype, 500 at 12; 100 at II rs; 100 at
IL 81; 10 at II.
After Call-Lanston Monotype, 20 at II.
cayrpSAESr RoSr,S
The times., 1897-06-16
Almost Totally Deaf---CaT
Now Hear a Pin Drop.

A. Vogelsberger, 201S seventh st.
nw, employed at William Hahn Co.'S.
shoe house, $50 Seventh st. NV: Il was so
deaf when L went to Doctors McCoy and
Cowdenthat couldnot hearpeople speaking
across the table.
al had been deaf in the left ear for ten
years. My hearing grew gradually worse,
until at last my left ear became absolutely
stone deaf, and TO add to my discomfort.
! was troubled constantly with buzzing
noises In my head
my right ear became affected later, and
1t was rapidly becoming as deaf as the left.
Now / can hear distinctly with either
ear. 1 can hear my watch ticking and
the clocks at home strike even when stand
ing In the yard, and can hear pin drop"
The times., 1897-06-16

are watching with interest the experiment
OF my friend White, who trades from his
own office, the place being On F street, be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth. There is
as much truth as poetry in the statement
that good many of the brokers whose
New York connection is hazy are afraid of
the success of Mr.. White and no longer care
for his trades
The times., 1897-06-16

There have been for the last three or
four months fine predictions as to the
probable advance of st. Paul When the
market started upward on this last move
ment every friend of st. Paul believed that
it would be In the advance. 1t has Jagged
behind in quite a remarkable manner. Bur
lington is now 3 or 4 points ahead of it.
The crop reports from territories which
affect st. Paul have been favorable re-
Gently, and the financial condition OF the
road is said to be excellent
The times., 1897-06-16
S4.OO to Philadelphia and Return
vto n e q r. II

Account Saengerbund festival tickets
viii be sold to Philadelphia and return,
good going on all Royal Blue Line trains
June 10 to % and for return until 26th.
at zate of one fare for the round "Trip
ie5,12,16,I8,l9,21.22 .22-em
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This generous and honest SYSTEM
of treatment has met with the
hearty approval OF ALL Let no one
afflicted with ANY DISEASE of a
SPECIAL NATURE fnil TO call at
once. No such frank and honest offer
has been made In this city before.
The times., 1897-06-16
Aged Ear

Aged Farmer Dragged to Death.
Lawrence, Kans., June 15.-Joel Har-
well, eighty-five years old, became en-
tangled in the lines while culuvating
potatoes yesterday and was dragged to
death by his team of mules.
The times., 1897-06-16
An italian Expedition Repulsed.

Rome, June 15-The Trihuna says that
an italian expedition, that was dispatched
TO punish the somalis for the massacre OF
a previous expedition into their country,
has been repulsed Several members OF
the expedition were killed and a number
seriously wounded.
The times., 1897-06-16

All diseases of a SPECIAL Ma
one dollar per visit UNTIL Gu RED.
The times., 1897-06-16

YOUNG MEN suffering from che
wees and errors of youth, and troubled
Win Nervous Debility, Loss Of Memory,
BashIuness, Confusion of Ideas, Headache,
pizziness, PaIpitation OF the Heart, Weak
Back, Dark Circles Around q the Eyes, Pifn-
pies on the Face, Loss OF Sleep, Tired
Feeling in the Morning, Evil FOrcbodings.
Duii, Stupid, Aversion 70 Society, No A m
Ditlon, Bad Taste In the Mouth, Dreams
and Night Losses, Deposits in the Urine,
frequent Urination, sometimes accompanied
WIFI slight burning, Kidney Troubles, or
any tnseaSe OF the Genito- Urinary Organs,
can here find an honest, safe and speedy
cure.
VARICOCELE CURED AT ONCE with
OUT operation. Have you the seeds OF
any past disease lurking 10 the system.
lMFOTENCY, or Loss of Sexual Power,
and do You contemplate MARRIAGE? Do
you feel safe in taking this step? You
can afford 20 take any risk Like father;
IKE son. We have a never-failing remedy
that VIII purify the Blood and positively
Dflng back Lost Power. Our honest
opinion always given
The times., 1897-06-16

This announcement of the So rate
for the summer applies NOT only TO
Catarrh, but to all diseases. Its
especial Appropriateness for dis
eases of a Catarrhal nature lies III
these facts: All those diseases that
attack the nose, blocking its pas
sages; that attack the throat, caus-
ing irritation; that attack the ear
tubes, producing head noises and
Deafness: that attack the Bronchial
Tubes and Lung Tubes, are aggra-
waited by the weai her of fall, winter
and spriug. They improve in the
warm weather months, because AT
such times there is li;tle change in
the Temperatures; the damp spells
that produce colds are absent, and
the high winds loaded with dust
that irritate the breathing tracts
are absent. In winter even the Doc
tors skill is often taxed to cure
Catarrh. Nature offers obs! acle
The times., 1897-06-16

Washington was considerable seller Of
Sugar yesterday morning, and prices Went
Off Further declines are looked for to-
day, though what the tip is seems not
to have been discovered by many people.
The times., 1897-06-16
$500 a MONTH

is the largest fee charged by DR.. Walker
and includes ali medicines.
Daily office hours, 10 a. IN. to o p. m
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday ana Sat
ufuay, thl p. M; Sunday, 10 10 2 IN.
,aD CONSULTATION FREE. -ua
The times., 1897-06-16
rbc Real Head of the Family.

Greehle-Is that your baby?
Crawdon-No, sir, the possession is on
the other side. He's not ,fiy b..by; m his
father.-Boston Transcript
The times., 1897-06-16

The Union Pacific statement for April
shows gross increase in earnings OF
1852. 900. The net increase was only
$4,000.
The times., 1897-06-16
DIR. Mccoy
GIVES FOR
The SUMMER
The Uniform $3Rate Orig
inal in His Practice,
Though Initiated
By Others,
And Extends 1t So That 1t
Applies to All Patients
and All Diseases.

The period during which Doctor
Mccoy treated Ca,arrh free ia en-
phasis of the series of lessons IT.
structing the people regar riding TINS
disease is herewith closed. AT no
season could the pub alton OF .hese
articles be more appropriate ihan
at the beginning of the summer,
which is the hest time for the treat
ment of this disease, and following
his custom Doctor Mccoy announces
that during The entire summer sea-
son-thaf lis, until the LIST of Sep
tember-ail patients Will be treateu
at the uniform rate of So mouth,
medicines included. This 50 rate,
which was given last summer by
Doctor Mccoy, has been given by
him many times for the special
purpose OF enabling patients 10 be
treated during The favorable time
OF the year.
The times., 1897-06-16

geon's certificate of dissabi lity,
with permission TO leave the department.
OF the East, is granted Second Lieutenant
Abraham G. Lott, Eighth Cavalry.
The times., 1897-06-16

The market was apparently not affected
in the least yesterday by the report Of The
suicide OF Barney Banato. The London
market was strong, and Barnato issues only
fraction lower, which was contrary to
the general expectation.
The times., 1897-06-16
New York stock Market.

Corrected dairy by w. B. Hibbs & Co,
Bankers aud brokers Members OF the
" z Stock Exchange. 1927 Z street
The times., 1897-06-16
.sHRIVER PLACED ON TRIAL
Contumacious Newspaper Corre.
spondent Appears in Court.
DEFENSE MOVES TO ACQUIT

The District Attorney Likens His
Case 10 Senator's on
the d-Government Closes Its
Case and Counsel for the Defense
Asks for a Verdict of Acquittai.
The times., 1897-06-16
ONE DOLLAR

Per visit is our only charge. all
MEDICINES AND SERVICES i'm
cluded.
The times., 1897-06-16

after obstacle, aud in one day un-
does all the good he has been able
to perform in week. In summer
nature helps the Doctor. One month
of summer treatment for Catarrh
is worth two months OF the most
careful winter treatment. If all
who suffer from Catarrh were wise
enough to devote "A little of the SUM-
mer TO treatment there would soon
be few cases of Catarrh TO treat,
cases of Deafness would become
rare, head noises a curiosity and
chronic coughs aud consum mption
would be reduced TO a minimum.
Doctor Mccoy departs from his
usual custom in this instance only
by making the So rate cover all dis
eases. 1t applies not only TO SUM
mer Treatment for Catarrh, but it
applies to every disease. No mat
ter what your trouble may be, if
you need the services of physi-
clan you are welcome to the Famous
Physicians skill, his medicines and
his services at this uniform rate
during the summer season-that is,
until September L.
The times., 1897-06-16

Mr. X K. Kennedy, who is, at times, a
heavy plunger i'll stocks, and who is said
now to have 300 shares of sugar, pur-
chased around 10, was seen about the
brokers' offices yesterday. He has been
on an extended Western trip, I under
stand that Mr.. Kennedy believes sugar has
reached the top, and that he will sell out
when il sells ex-tlividend, If not before.
The times., 1897-06-16
Washington
Loan & Trust CO.

OFFICE, COR 9TH AND F SITS.
-PAlD-UP CAPITAL. ONE MILLION.
- Loans In any amount made on
- approved real estate or collateral at.
- reasonable rates.
- Interest paid upon deposits on
- daily balances subject to check
- This company acts as executor, adj
nliBlstratOr, trustee, q gent. treasurer,
registrar and N 6u other fiduciary
- capacities
- Boxes for rent in burglar and fire
- proof vaults for safe deposit and
storage OF valuable packages
JOHN JOY EDISON. Presfdens
JOHN A SWOPE. Vice Presidents
IL. 5. CUMMINGS ..-..- "a Vice President
JOHN r. CARMODY.. Treasurer
ANDREW PARKER. Secretary
The times., 1897-06-16

There is continuation of the gold ship
ments-
The times., 1897-06-16

A large number of the Washington papers
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-30

Cecilia and the Arabian Falconer,
bought at the instigation of the arch
itecG.
FIorrie, with a child's quickness,
noticed the fine gut frame that
rounded the ugly, good face. "What
have you done to the ladyQ" she asked
AREN'T you going TO pack her away
like mamma said4"
mo; the picture is to stay here. Do
you remember whoE-said it wasG"
Yes; it was your hrst wife"
Mr.. Janeway took her on his knee.
"Florrie," he began soberly. 'when /
was a little boy 1 vas very poor, as
poor as the Calls" "a family celebrated
in the town for Ill luck and poverty
II went TO school when / could, but
that was mighty little, for I had to
work most of the time. Sometimes I'd
get most discouraged, but l had to
work just the same. One year !
worked for a man named Deering. He
had a daughter, and when she found
how much I wanted to go to school
she lent me some meney-money she
mad saved by punching and scrsping.
After awhile her father died and she
married me. / had nothing and she
owned q good farm, but she married
me. In six years she died and left me
every thing. She gave me my start.
She was a good woman and believed
IN me when nobody else did. The 9th
night papa dreamed that he saw her
and TALKED to her, and it made him
feel ashamed that he had seemed to
forget her"
Mr.. Janeway felt that he was waking
a handsome reparation, but he was a
man who aimed TO do right. It was
necessary to his self esteem.
The child Wriggled from his arms
and walked away, with an aWed glance
at n picture.
Mr.. Janeway started at it musingly.
Are you sausfed now, SaranG" ne
caught himself saying, "Pshaw
That dream holds to me STILL" he ex
claimed, but anyhow I've done her
justice"
And though the architect declared
that the photograph quite spoiled the
fscG of the library and begged that 1t
might be bRnIshed to some back room,
Mr.. Janeway was firm, and the dull,
good face of his first wife kept ite
place between the st. Cecilia and the
Arabian Falconer, Elk.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-30
REVISED PSALM OF LIFE.

At twenty, when a man is young,
he thinks he knows it all, he likes to
wag his active tongue and exercise his
gall; he struts around 10 noble rage;
the world is all his own, he laughs to
scorn the world of age, and lists to self
alone. lie wears a window in his y
to see his whiskers grow; he thinks the
ladies pine and die because they love
him so. At forty, as you may suppose,
he's knuckled down to b z; 'tis nos till
sixty that he knows how big a chumD
he is.-(Ameron Sun.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-30
AIR.

beware of the night wind be sure
and close your windows after dark. I'm
other words, beware of Gods free air
be sure and infect your lungs with the
stagnant, azotiz9d and offensive stmos-
phere of your bedroom. In other
words, beware of the rock spring stick
to sewerage. Is night air injuriousH Is
there a single pretext for sucn an ideas
Since the day Of creation that air has
been breathed with impunity By mil
lions of different animals, tender, deli
cate creatures, some of them fawns,
lambs and young birds. Thousands of
soldiers, hunters and lumbermen sleep
every night in tents and open sheds
without the least injurious consequen
ces Men in the last stages Of consump-
ton have recovered by adopting a semi
savage mode of life, and camping out
doors in all but the stormiest nights
DR.. +. L Oswald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-30
A SMART o

Farmer Hobbs was a ~voracious old
American dodger. He great delight
was to secure the attention of some one
while he spun a yarn about the cute
ness of his boy Zeke.
"Ah," said Old Hobbs one day as he
had fairly fixed his auditor, 'Z9ke is
che most remarkable boy / eve set
ey es ont He is like his old dad; you
amt no more sarcumvent him than
you ken a woodchuck, You recollect
that choice apple tree that grew at the
bottom of the hill near the stump
tence7 WAL, / tell you, l Was mighty
1avin' of them there apples. I forbid
z Ike techin' 'em, as they brought q
nigh price in the market and every
one counted, but he would get EN- in
spite OF me. 1 was his way, you know,
and all possessed wouidn't stop him.
One day l caught the young scapegrace
up in a tree stuf1o his sack with fruit,
80 I determined to punish him for it.
" Ezekiel, my son. says /, your
father Is calling you-come DOWN.
II thought I'd be sor of persuasive,
30 1t would fetch him, but he smelt a
rat and didn't bulge an inch.
81 can't, dad; these pesky apples
are in my way
2 ,ke,' I continued sternly, for my
dander began TO rise, come down
come down this minnit, or I'll cut
down the tree and let you fall
You see, my poor oldIimbs wouldn't
permit my shinnin up the tree after
the boy, 80 I had to take other means
"'On, no, you won't dadT said Zeke.
Only think how you'd mourn if you
couldn't cell the epples to stuff the old
leather wallet that's locked in the
bureauP
That was too much-to have my
own boy to accus me of parsimony.
So what does I do but get the ak and
cut away at the bottom of the tree.
"Zske,'I cried when the tree was
about half cut, will you come down
now and save yourself4
"'Never mind, dad said he. 4 amt
spilin.'
'It was no use; I couldn't fetch him
that way, 80 I chopped away at the
tree till it began to sway and fell to the
ground with q cr"-
"What-and crushed your own
boyT" calculated his Mortified listener.
Not by a long chalk" replied
Hobbs, winking knowingly. You
couldn't come it over Zeke 80. He
era wIed out on a limb and while I was
chopin away at the foot of the rec he
was a hackin the limb off with his
jack knife, and when the tree fell there
he was, still up there on the limb
Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-30
CLEVER

The following definitions appear in
an article in Current Literature:
Ambie uity-A quality deemed es-
sentially necessary TO the clear under
standing of diplomatic writings, acts of
Congress and law proceedings.
Blushing-A sufusion-least seen in
those who have the most occasion
for it.
Brief-The excuse of counsel for an
impertinence that is often measurable.
Clgar-A roll of tobacco. with fire at
one end of it, and a fool at the other.
Eye glass-A toy which enables a
coxcomb to see others, and others to
see he is q coxcomb.
Msser-One who, though he loves
himself better than all the world, uses
himself worse; for he lives like a pau
per, in order that he may enrich his
heirs, whom he naturally hates.
Mouth-A useless instrument to some
people, in its capacity, by the organs
of speech, of rendering ideas audible;
but of special service to them in its
other capacity of rendering victuals
invisible
Observation-Disclosures, who hlch
the fruit that others have gathered,
and then throWRWay the basket.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-30
HARDLY WaILR."

The ST. Louis Globe-Democrat tells
what purports to be a true story of an
Eastern woman" who used to be
notorious among her friends for the
long time it took her to dress.
One evening, at a private entertain
ment of some kind, she encountered a
certain bishop, an old friend of the
family.
"Ah, my dear Mrs. Smith," remark
ed the ecclesiastic. "How are you9 /
passed your house yesterday, and
thought of dropping in to see you"
"And you didn't do it, That was
very unkind of you"
"Well, no. You see, I said to myself,
Il have just one hour to call upon Mrs.
Smith. she will take fifty seven min
utes to dress. That will leave just
three for our talk. 1t is hardly worth
while.'"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-30
JUST FOR FUN.

mamma, why do you whip met
1T is because I love you, Bobbie "
''Well, mamma, I wish you WOuldn't
love me 90 mnCh."
"John, if you don't quit referring to
me as the old woman I'll make you
sorry for it what will you do,
dearG" ''LlI be a new woman"
Chicago News; He: do you think
there really ia any danger In kissingH'
She: "Wait till I go TO the stairs
and listen to find put whether papa is
asleep or not."-
Teaspout: Why are you so angry
at the doctor9
Mrs. Teaspout: When I told him I
had a terrible tired feeling, he told me
to show him my tongue.
A gentlememan calling at a hotel left
his umbrella in the stand in the hall
with the following inscription attached
to it: This umbrella belongs to q
man who can deal a blow of $50 pounds
weight I shall be back in 10 minutes "
On returning to seek his property he
found in it's place a card thus inscribed /:
This card has been left by a man who
can run IL miles an hour. l shall not
come back."-EX.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-30
A R WITH A POINT TO IT

A clergyman in the West Country
had two curates, one a comparatively
old man, the other very young. With
the sormer he had not been able to
work e~greeably; and on being invited
to another living, he accepted it, and
took the young curat with him.
Naturally there was a farewell sermon;
and we can imagine the feelings of the
curste Who was to be left behind when
he heard the text given out, "Abide ye
here with the ass, and / and the lad
will go yonder and worship"
Sterne once declared in regard to the
widely respected maxim, De mortuls
nil. nisi bonum, that there was nothing
right about it but it's Latin. This view
was evidently shared by a certain
Edinburgh minister, who, being asked
to preach the funeral sermon Of a
misery brother cleric, chose as his text
the words, "And the beggar died.
Chambers's Journal.