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The evening times., 1898-11-15
Death of Joseph Sechrfst.

Joseph Irwin Sechrist, well-known
resident of the District of Columbia. di I'd
at his home, No. 1927 Eleventh Street
northwest, last night, at o'clock. Mr.
Sechrist has been confined to his room
for three weeks but it was not thought
that his illness would result fatally until
the first of last week when alarming
symptoms developed and he gradually
grew weaker until yesterday when the
end came. ,f
The deceased had been a resident of
this city for about thirty years and was
very well known among the business men
of the District. For a number of years
he held a clerkship at the Ebbitt House
and afterward his ability attracted the
attention of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road officials and he was given a position
with that organization.
Mr.. Sechrist leaves widow and a son
and daughter to mourn his loss. The re-
mains will be shipped to Charlestown. w.
Va, for interment.
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Words cannot express what ! endured. !
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and head Was 50 nervous at times could
hardly go about. No one can imagine
what ! endured. felt every morning
when ! got up that ] could not live to see
the sun so down at night. had TWO of
the best doctors our country affords. They
attended me for six months but did me
no good. | only took four bottles of Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
one of 'Favorite Prescription and two
vials of the Pleasant Pellets Now my
health is better than il has been in four
years. Ny weight was 1l5 and now l
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the blood 1t SUPPLIES the weak lungs
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The general signs OF dangerous dis
turbance of the stomach and its AFFILIATED
organs are uneasiness and fuilness in the
region of the stomach, impatience, irrita-
bility, depression of spirits and anxiety
The appetite fails. food doesn't taste
good there's a bitter taste IN the mouth.
the breath is offensive, the head aches,
the sleep is disturbed, the complexion is
sallow. Not all these symptoms will be-
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them mark the proximity of the sufferer
to the danger line of disease Whenever
these symptoms appear, the sure, short
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The evening times., 1898-11-15
DISEASES WHICH ORIGINATE IN
THE STOMACH MUST BE CURED
THROUGH THE STOMACH" I"


This would seem to be a self-evident
proposition. Take an illustration in the
flower garden at your home. There's a
rose, for example. Its leaves begin to
curl, its petals to droop. it does not grow.
You know that the life of the plant comes
from the soil. It's in the soil you must
look for the cause of the failing rose tree.
You can give the rose a supporting staff.
a crutch to lean on, but while this sup
ports the rose il won't save it. 1t still
droops and weakens. Go down into the
soil, search out the cause at the roots.
It's from the soil that the flower gets its
nourishment, it's life. its strength, its col
or In the soil lies the secret of its dis
ease What the soil is to the plant the
blood is to the body-the source of vital
ity It is from the blood that come the
strength of body. brightness of brain.
cIearness of complexion, which are the
supreme signs of health. And the blood
out of which the whole physical fabric of
the body is built is manufactured in the
laboratory of the stomach and its aSso
ciated organs and depends both as TO
quantity and quality on the condition of
these organs to properly provide pure
blood.
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use of the nauseous preparations of cod
liver oil and their mitigated emulsions.
THE BLOOD Is THE LIFE
Moses said it. Science affirms it. We
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When life falters we must look to the
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The evening times., 1898-11-15
shot Dead In His House.

Woodbury., Tenn, Nov. 15.-As Eli Vans
was retiring last night an assassin fired
two loads of buckshot through the win
dow and instantly killed him. Blood
hounds We're secured here, and followed
the trail to the house of young man
named Warren, who was arrested and
brought here. The cause of the crime
is unknown.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
4 Hair Thief at Large.

Reading, Pa, Nov. l5.-Miss Adeline
Kaufman. aged fifteen years, was hunt
ing nuts on her uncle's farm when she
was accosted by a colored man. Sudden
ly, and without warning. he seized her
long plated hair. and with k: lie cut
it off close to the scalp.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
Sailor Falls Overheard.

Baltimore, Nov. 15.-Michael O'Brien,
twenty-one years of age, of Scranton,
Pa, member of the crew of the schooner
NJ E. Chelton, fell overheard and was
drowned at the mouth of Hedges Straits,
November Z
The evening times., 1898-11-15
Shot the Wrong Man.

Mitchell, Ind. Nov. 15.-Jesse Burton.
of Georgia, was fatally shot by John Flora
here yesterday. it being a case of mistak-
en- identity a feud existed between
Flora and A. B. Jones. of this place. and
Flora mistooll Burton for Jones.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
Attempted to Commit Suicide.

Portsmouth, Va, Nov. 15.-Robert F.
Coffman attempted suicide yesterday aft
ernoon by drinking three ounces OF lau-
danum. He was found unconscious on a
wharf by a boy who reported the case,
with the result that he may recover.
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DREAMS WHICH CONE TRUE.
People Who Are "Warned in
a Dream"
dreams are true while they last,
And do we no. live in dreams2'

There are people who believe that every
dream has some peculiar and personal sig
nificance Wenever they dream they con-
suit a dream book to find whether the
things dreamed of were favorable or un-
favorable to their fortunes. There are
other matter-of-fact people who refer
dreams to physical conditions, who as
cribe them as did solomon TO the multi
tude of affairs " or in more modern spir-
ii To deranged condition of the stomach.
These people have a dream book, too. Its
title is the Peoples Common Sense Med
ical Adviser And when they dream they
turn the pages of DR.. Pierce's famous
work To find out what the cause OF the
disturbed condition is. and what theE
must do To correct it, They realize that
healthful sleep is a dreamless sleep. and
in so far as the sleep is broken by dreams,
so far there are physical conditions unla-
vorable to health. a pathological consid-
Grafton OF dreams would reveal that in
certain cases dreams of related charac-
ter are associated with certain specihc
forms of disease. Severe stom-
ach arrangement with its COM 1%Ag~
plications involving the diges- .&SAg9E&
tive tract and the liver, Will IN
frequently breed dreams of vio- ESx3S A
lent struggle, such as the Illus w
tration portrays. You dream fSNS
that you are on the slippery, ~ W
crumbling verge of a precipice. , N
graphing with all your &pc
strength against some madman ~
who seeks to hurl you down 10
/ death. You wake III profuse "a
The evening times., 1898-11-15
EXCURSIONS.
Seized with Religious. M.nin.

New York. Nov. 15--Mrs- Teresa Ken
nedy tried to jump from the window of
her room on the third floor of Cos Colum-
bus Avenue this morning, because she
believed she was leaping to heaven. 1t
was only after desperate struggle that
her son succeeded in saving her. She is
suffering from religious mania.
The evening times., 1898-11-15

9fn nm Drink and Drug Inebriates re-
lQu UUu stored by the Kelley Cure. Au-
thorized Institutes, 2ll North Capt.
tol St, Washington, ID. c., and Greensboro. N. c.
Write confdential.y. je7-d
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Minister. Onno.ed to Dancing.

Des Moines, la. Nov l5-The Minister
ial Association Of this city denounced the
charity bail Yesterday and passed a reso-
hutton asking the Associated Charities.
which has ii in charge, to abandon it
for the reason that the preachers regard
dancing in public as sinful and in viola
tion Of the conscience of religious people
The evening times., 1898-11-15

perspiration. your heart beat
ing violently as from the eff
fects of an actual struggle. If
you consult
THE SCIENTIFIC DREAM
BOOK,
it will tell You that your dream
was sign that your stomach
needed instant attention. or it
might be fulfilled in a fearful
wrestling match with the mon
ster Disease on the edge of the
precipice Of death.
The trouble is that people in
this condition are often content
to seek some palliative Snrna
The evening times., 1898-11-15
Academy-"Toyvn Topics"

The noise which came from alOft last
night at the Academy indicated that
Town Topics was a success. The pro-
duction is simply a melange of songs
dances, business and jokes that have
been seen and heard here at least once
before in different shows of teh vaudeville
variety Two airs. which have been TAX
en- bodily from a musical comedy which
occupied the same stage some five weeks
since, have been very slightly changed in
the borrowing, and the changes are not
improvements. So far as the people on
the stage are concerned there is little of
which to complain. They made a fairly
entertaining production of piece with
no backbone and but few other supports.
Robert Garnella is a comedian of consid-
erable ability, and May Cunard does a
very unattractive part in a manner
which creates much merriment. Marie
Leslie's coon songs We're well received,
while John w. World and William Mack
made hit in the last act with clever
piece of dialogue. Charles Roach's negro
farce business is well done, and Lucille
Stewart proves to be a fetching little
SOubrette.
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tablet or other which will relieve the i'm
mediate trouble. This merely hides the
symptoms, 1t temporarily stops the mani
feStation of disease, but il does nothing
to cure the ailment. A man might as
well suppose that he could stop the flight
of time by stopping his watch as TO i'm
agine that he has stopped disease by
stopping its symptoms.
The need in such condition is radical
remedy a remedy which will begin with
the cause of the trouble and reach out to
the various effects. The need is of rem
edy which can be counted on to cure ana
in curing TO re-establish the entire sys-
tenn on a sound basis of health. To pro-
vide such a medicine as this many ply
sicians have tried and one physician has
succeeded. 1t has been the pleasure OF
Dr. r. V Pierce. chief consulting physi-
clan to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute of Buffalo. n. Y. TO have de-
vised and placed at the service of human
ity that healing preparation. DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. The success
of this medicine In curing diseases of the
stomach and alimentary and nutritiVe
system, places 1t above every known rem
edy available to the sick and suffering.
The action of this remedy is entirely phil
osophic. Its ingredients. carefully sought
in years of patient experiment and COM
pounded with the most exact skill, are
chosen with regard to their Alternative
properties. properties which give the Dis
covery'' the power to alter or change the
morbid or unhealthy condition of he sew
eral organs upon which the health of the
entire body depends. ExFer ment and ex-
perience have established the fact that a
large percentage of diseases have their
origin in a deranged condition of the
stomach, the organs of digestion and nu-
triton and the bloOd-making glands. 1t
was found that affections of the liver.
the lungs. the heart, the kidneys, and the
nervous system. were not cured when the
organs specially affected were directly
treated But when the treatment was di-
rected to the alteration of the conditions
Of the stomach, the digestive and nutri-
tive tracts, and the blood-making glands,
these remote diseases of heart liver. kid
neys. lungs and nerves. were cured as
the stomach was cured. On this experience
was based the axiom first formulated by
DR.. Pierce.
The evening times., 1898-11-15

CataIonians Make an Appeal.
Madrid, Nov. l5.-The leading associa-
tions Of Catalonia have memoralized the
Queen Regent asking for increased priyi-
leges in local government.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
CoIumbia-"OtheIlo."

COurteOuSiy critical was the audience as
sembied last night at the Columbia to
witness tine local appearance of Charles
Hanford, "A Washington boy, in ''Othel-
10. From being cOurtoOusiy critical the
house soon became enthusiastically cor
dial and the reception given Mr.. Han
ford was, in consequence, phenomenally
hearty For the past fifteen years Mr..
Hanford has been recognized al one of the
best Shakespearean actors on the Ameri-
can stage. Meanwhile his genius ripened
with age and experience and yesterday
evening reached its limit in so far as local
audiences are concerned. In 'OthellO"
the star is magnificent. Even the most
pessimistic cannot but admire his scholar
ly reading of his lines, his magnificent in
touation and heroic bearing. Local re-
viewers would crown him with the laurel
of commendation had not such honors al
ready been won from less friendly, though
not less admiring. critics.
In the supporting company many are
good and few are inferior. Frank Hennig
is an extremely capable Iago. and in his
several strong scenes proved most subtle,
winning favor from the first. The sur
prise of the night, however, was the sue
cess of Marie Drofnah. as Desdemona.
Winsome, graceful and thoroughly natur-
al, the Miss Drofnah of today bears little
sembIance to the Miss Drofnah of year
ago. She certainly divided honors with
Mr.. Hanford and Mr. Hennig last night.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
Lafayette-"The seIIe of Ne,r York :,

h
Dan Daily. his long legs and the de-
hGEtIuily harmonious Belle of New
York attracted a large audience to the
Lafayette Square Opera House last night
The fame of the Belle" has been f-r-
warded Us all the way from Europe-not
10 mention the fact that the opera has
already been given in this city for seven
performances and a bargain matinee
Its melancholy star has lost none of his
quaint mannerisms during an eight
months sojourn on the British Isles ami
his songs are still given with that ,iball
pathos which makes resistance to laugh
ter at the most meaningless phrase abso-
lutely impossible.
Helen Lord appears as the Salvation
Army lassie this year and is an able sue
cessor to Edna May. who has pleased the
residents of London and its vicinity so
well that they will not permit her return
TO the land of her first success even
when she might help her o'd partner out
on his initial starring tour. Queenie Vas
sar and Catherine LinyaTd are good in
the parts of the two wicked actresses
who do their best TO ensnare a d,Ssolute
son Of the reforming Daly-the latter role
being given very acceptably by Edward
Tyler Others in the company Who de.
serve especial mention are William Cam
eron, d. /. Don, Owen Westford Robby
Burns. Jessie Thompson and frankie
harrington
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BiiOu-NaudeViIie.

The program offered at the Bijou this
week is unusually attractive and pre-
sents much that is novel and enjoyable
Manager Grieves yesterday put on de-
cidedly clever presentation in which the
house stock company makes merry to
advantage. A decided feature in a strong
oIio is the remarkable acrobatic turn of
the three Markell Sisters. They must be
seen to be appreciated. Others who ap-
pear are Walton and Doyle, Nellie and
Joe Doners, the Troubadour Trio. John
and Nellie Mccarthy and Doris Wilson.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
kernan's-.sVanity Fair"

Enough novelties and attractions to
comfortably fit out two ordinary shows
are provided by the Vanity Fair Bur-
lesque Company this week at Kernan's.
In addition to the fun, music and dance
furnished by the organization, Manager
Herman puts on as an additional feature
Joe Cans, the champion lightweight of
the South, who knocked out Kid McPart-
land, a fortnight ago. He is accompan-
led by Jerry Marshall. The company ap-
pears in two very brisk burlesques, "A
Winters Carnival and Creme de
Menthe." Pauline Mayhem, the Sisters
Mahr, Marguerite Tebeau, Farrell and
Taylor. the Darling Sisters Morrisey and
Rich and Sparrow are also seen to ad-
vantage in an excellent olio.
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AT THE TKEATERS.
SaIEonaI-..The Tree OF KnowIedgt

good play, offered by fair actor and
a decidedly mediocre supporting company,
was. in brief. the presentation last night
at the National Theater where James X
Hackett made his local bow as a star in
The Tree of knowledge" The audience
which assembled to witness the event was
rot of sufficient size 10 show any partic-
ular faith in any of the three attractions.
bat il applauded everything. and seemed
to enjoy the performance greatly. Had
there been few more people in the house
Mr. Hscketr would undoubtedly have had
10 make speech at the close of the dra-
mas fourth act
The Tree of knowledge" is by r.. c.
Carton. though ii partakes of none of the
grace and delicacy of treatment that en-
inent author accorded to his two other
successes THE Home Secretary and
Liberty Hail" For some reason or 9TH
er-probab.y a gifted press agent-the
piece WAS exploited in New York as a
rival attraction to The ConquerOrs' and
50 provinciais III general obtained the idea
that il was morally uHwholesome and
generally putrid. Neither of these de-
scriptions is fitting-"The Tree of Knowl-
edge" might be done at Sunday school
entertainments without fear of remon-
strancc from the superintendent. The
play has an adventures. it is true, but
II possesses also several people with un-
usually tender conScienceS, and winds up
with a dramatized honesty is the best
policy maxim that is really beautiful to
see Its story is cohesive and well told
often in brilliant dialogue and strong
situations. while the heart interest Of
which one hears so much has been laid
on i'm heavy strokes. Probably the worst
fault Of the entire vehicle Is its extreme
conVentionality.
James X. Hac5ett was until last year
the leading man of the Lyceum. Gener
ally leading men at the Lyceum need
nothing more for success than sweet
voices English accents and new dress
suits. While ii cannot be denied that in
addition 10 these Mr.. Hackett has al
/ ways possessed some ability, there seems
/ 10 have been no reason for the idea that
! TINS merit Was of an order sufficiently dis
I unctive 10 make of the actor a profita-
bic star And SO. despite his evident
honesty of purpose and sincerity of
] method. The drama carries Mr. Hackett
instead of Mr.. Hackett CARRYING the dra-
! ma.
OF the company Arthur Hoops, Mabel
( Amber and Mrs. Owen Marlowe are ex-
I cellent; George Alison, Longley Taylor.
/ William Eyille and Henry Motto are very
/ bad; while +. ". Thomas. Miriam Nes-
/ bit and Gertrude Rivers come ..betwix'
and between The result of this mix
! ture Is not astoaishingly good and many
! faults in the work that might have been
: eNened out by the players become only
more glarlng in consequence Every one
! works hard. Way Down East, will be
next weeks bill at the National
The evening times., 1898-11-15

Al! our Carpets are made
lined. and laid free OF charge.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
Every department has striven
hard to outdo all previous efforts
Soc waists, DC.

A lot of 1,200 Ladies' Pretty Flan-
nelette Short Waists, in neat. dark
colors-which are well made and
nicely finished-as perfect fitting as
any dressmakers' garments-which
were made to sell at 50c-will go
for a day at 19 cents.
The evening times., 1898-11-15

6sc linen, Soc.
A lot of % pieces of 7O-inch twill
bleached satin damask. of the most
reliable duality-full of wear and
atisfaction-which is the best
quality ever sold at CSC a yard
will be the offering from the linen
department tomorrow at SOC.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
Sc mOhair braid, l4c.

Fancy weave mOhair trimming
braid. 1-2 inches wide, which are
actually worth 25c a yard. will be
offered as a special value tomorrow
instead al 14c