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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-27

eral times. postponed twice on account
Of the serious illness Of the bride 10 be
and finally after a direct reputation Of
the alleged engagement, on the part Of
the august Baron Guido Won Nimptsch
Miss Madeline Bouton. the actress. de-
clares that she IS about 10 become a real
baroness.
According to a dispatch received from
san Francisco Miss Madeline Bouton.
the pretty little actress who played in
the White Heather and made marked
success IN the title role Of The larry
town Widow" will shortly leave her po-
sition as leading lady in the Hawley
Stock Company. and 20 to New York
where she will meet and wed a German
nobleman to whom she has been engaged
for some time.
During her theatrical engagement az
San Francisco last summer Miss Bou-
ton met with serious accident which
resulted in a long and critical Illness.
While dancing on the stage she slipped
and fell. injuring her spine so seriously
that she was removed 90 the MacNutt
Hospital where il was found necessary
TO perform an operation. While III the
report was circulated that the pretty
sufferer was already married 70 the par
on and had been his wife for moro than
q year. Miss Bouton denied Inc report.
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Bouton n little over two years. hs net
her first az the casino IN New fofk ana
according 10 Dame GOSSIP De immeolatc-
" became her most devoted adniref.
During the course OF the Few montn7
following the baron made love 70 fhe
American beauty and finally tho ar
nouncement was made that the couple
were engaged 10 be married.
Since that time Miss Bouton has tray
eled throughout the cities OF this conti-
nent while tho baron has been visiting
his home I'm Germany Tho escapade in
which Miss Bouton figured last spring
when James G.. Blaine. Jr.. started a
free-for-au Sfght in cafe where Tho
actress and 4 number OF her friends We're
INDUCING I'm q midnight supper IS sin.
fresh I'm the roc0iectiOns OF the regu-
lars who store up these choice mOrsels
Of gosslp for future reference
Miss Bouton has announced her in-
tention OF remaining before the puliic
after her marriage tho intention OF Tho
couple being % travel through Europe
where Il IS confidently anticipated that
the Baroness Nimptscn VIII attract con-
siderable attention should she appear
ia comedy or vaudeville. Al sny rate
when she returns 20 America she Will
tour the country accompanied by her
distinguished husband who Wi. act as
her manager. liz this way the hsppy
couple will be able TO rake IN q fair per-
centags OF the cold American ducata.
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Formerly scientists supposed that
these cells were confused. and they treat
ed them as one body. Now this great
man. whose discoveries cannot be Ques-
toned. comes forward TO say that they
are distinctly divided and that their
work is as distinct as their position. The
parenchymatOus cells are more delicate,
because according to NerenN. they are
the cells with which wa think These
cells, the scientist declares. can be trac-
ed and treated as we treat the lungs and
the stomach. The intcrstitial are nom
nervous cells.
The associates Of Vcrenzi come out
with the declaration, which he recently
made in a paper read before "a scientific
society I'm Berlin, that very soon the med
zeal world will call the intersttal cells
the food cells of the brain and the paron-
chymatous cells the seat of the brain
thought and reason. lie brings forward
the startling theory that the intersti-
tial cells feed the parenchymatous cells
as the stomach feeds the eyes and other
senses, in the sense that ii keeps them
alive.
Medical men have long known that
thinking is carried on by means of the
molecules of the brain. A change takes
place in the gray matter at every
thought. and materalists declare that
Hume and Huxley will tell you that
when you hear, see or feel anything that
q change takes place in your BRAIN The
molecules. like grains OF sand. re-arrange
themselves. and, having done so, they
change the whole arrangement of brain
matter
These proofs, they claim, are RESPONSE
BILE for the phenomena of memory. The
change Of the molecules il the act Of
memory which once having taken place
can never be effaced. on this account,
you viii find these great men. Hume and
Huxley. advocating the theory that YOU
can never forget. True they say. you
may be unable 10 recall a thing, and for
years may be trying TO do so. but ut
some time i'm your life you will recall
that which you think you have forgotten
and viii be able TO repeat IL. They cite
incidents i'm which old people have re-
membered the most trining things Of
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1t Is rot important to know how a man
thinks unless he arrives at that point
where he cannot think at all. you never
discover that you have a heart until it
begins TO act badly you do not know that
you have a stomach until it hurts you;
your lungs are hidden away where they
cannot be discovered by you until such
time as they refuse TO perform their
functions
Or Totten. one OF the greatest physi-
clans England ever had was asked by the
Prince COnsort, what was the definition
of healthy man.
Doctor Totten replied: do you want
a scientific definition
NO" said the Prince Consort, "a
plain, everyday one"
Then a healthy man." said the great
specialist. "is one who Is unaware of
any Of the functions of his body
Totten meant that I'm the normal state
you feel neither ache nor sensation from
the interior of the body.
SO TO 20 back TO the subject of think
ing You do not care how yOu think,
nor do you know that you are thinking
until some day IT may accidentally hap
pen that you cannot think at all. DR..
Verenzi, the great German specialist,
who boasts that he Is part Italian, came
man who could not think. His ideas
were jumbled up; ne could not remem-
Der names; he forgot numbers. When he
tried TO think what happened yesterday
it had slipped his mind and ne forgot
what he was going TO say
Now -a-days when wheels are so COM
mon these phenomena would not arouse
attention but in those days. when people
Travelled more slowly and took things a
little Quieter. 1t attracted Dr. Vcrenzi's
notice and he Immediately took up the
study of the brain. lie was going 10
nix that man so that he could think
again.
TO. day all the world IS electrified by
the great discovery recently made by
Ncrenzi that the brain is divided into
two distinct kind OF cells, the inters--
tial cells. and the parenchymatous cells,
both divisions so arranged that they are
separate and distinctive.
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10 know how men eat and digest men
food and vet understand so htile OF lIe
brain as IL should be known. true tley
know the cells and the work OF lhe
ganglionic construction; they are lanli-
liar with the brain as II appears IN the
most norton examination, but the best
living physician viii tell you that ne
does not know exactly how the sells move
I'm the brain of "a living man. Iamenta-
blc. but true Awful when you thinN
of the danger that surrounds that dell
cate organ-the braiu-and how difficult
10 is 20 cure it when amy thing goes wrong
with IT,
A man with brain fever or n man with
n queer feeling ina his head is not I'm dam
ger; but the thing Us 90 know whether
the queer feeling Will pass away or he be
always queer. This. Nerenzi thinks, is
criminal on tho part Of medical men of
leisure who are making so little attempt
90 probe the brain. But this great
scientist who is as generous rs he IS stu
diOus, adds that the brain study is the
work OF n life time and that 10 is not 20
be expected that a practitioner should
devote his life 10 IL unless he be a man OF
great wealth and leisure
Vorenzi made his fortune in his early
life on being lucky enough 10 cure an
Italian Prince OF a lingering disease. This
fortune was laLeI enriched by MS utlN-
or who was of wealthy German family.
As soon as his future was assured ne de-
voted his life to the study of great scicn-
tilc problems out Of which he has late
ly evolved the startling theory that sci
enbe will soon be able 10 doctor with
drugs and instruments the brain Of a
living man.
Tie has under construction instruments
for sounding the brain which are similar
20 those now used for the study of the I'M
terror of tha body and the lungs. and
which resemble in simplicity other medi-
cal apparatus by which the sick are bene-
fitted.
Not the least startling Of his theories
IS the one that most brain troubles will
Zoe dOctored through the none-nervous
cells which are not painful and that
operations upon the brain instead Of be-
ing performed i'm the usual way. blind
ly. can be localized and performed insa
perfectly direct manner.
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their youth. This. these ma;erialists
claim is on account of the change which
took place in the molecules Of the brain
at the moment Of hearing; having taken
place II can never be forgotten
Nerenzi Is more orthodox than this
He is one OF the few scientists who re-
fuse TO question the orthodoxy OF relig-
ion. lie believes I'm the divine motive
and praises 30 I'm all its work.
Owing 10 the latest classification and
treatment OF Nercnzi between the inter-
suual and the parenchymatOus cells,
there comes a possibility along whose
lines he is working. He makes the start
ling declaration that the day is not far
off when scientists will be able TO dis
cover exactly how man thinks. This
coming from man of less distinguished
position. would be merest prattle but
Weren't says IL can bc done. This great
man believes that with suitable instru-
ments phicnOlOgists viii be able 70 U.s.
ten 90 the brain as physicians listen 10
the lungs. lie thinks that the brain
win be seen by the application ~ SUIT
able Instruments to the eye. hVen IN
these DAYS it is possible for Oculi5tS 20
SEQ norton Of the brain. NerenZi de-
clares that every one Of the parenchyma-
tous cells will be watched by the brain
nhvsician lie says that an insane man
will be treated according to the cause of
his insanity. If physical he will be
treated through one set Of cells Under
this head would como paretics, men VINO
have ovor-stlmulated. or lived TOO fast;
also epileptics. and people who have been
left little peculiar boy some kidney
disease. The brain cells that are affect
ed by physical causes, in distinction from
mental ones, viii be d0ctored by their
own drugs
II win be the function Of the new
brain instruments TO discover by hearing
and seeing the diseased cells.
Under another classification Will come
the people driven insane by over-study.
by sudden shock by grief by loss Of
wealth, application 10 business, enthus-
iasm, invention and any of the fifty other
brain strains that may cause insanity
These will be doctOrod by q different
drug.
This great man says that TT IS perfect
ly ridiculous that science should be able
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-27

California PA Blankets, pure white
were sll.0O-now $500.
Bed Comforts-selling out as low as
1sc. each.
Handsome Bed Comforts, that were
So %, now sl.9s.
Infants Pure Wool Vests, that were
soc. selling out at 25c.
Chndren's White Vests. that were 25c..
all sizes. now lie.
Ladies' Ribbed Vests. selling out at Sc.
each.
Ladies' soc. Pure White Ribbed Vests,
selling out at Sc. each.
Ladies' Black SILK Vests. that were
500. selling out at soc.
Large spools Basting Cotton. selling
out at &C. dozen spools.
Black and Colors soutache Braid, SELL
ing out at Zoe. bunch
Black Dress Goods that was 25c., selling
out at &C. yard.
Any of the 10c and PC. Flannellettes.
for wrappers and waists. selling at, &c.
yard.
ANY Of the solid-color PFC. Percalines
now Sc. yard.
Solid-Color Rustling Innings that were
l5c. yard. now 72lc. yard.
The best Rice Cambria, in colors and
white now 5c. yard.
Any Of tho best Book Muslin. now 4c.
yard.
Any Of the Grass Cloth that was &C..
now 2iac. yard
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Cocoa Door-Mats that were 75c. and
&c. now SOC. each.
Colored Satin and Saline Innings. that
were soc. and 75c., now zoe. yard.
Brocatel Furniture Covering, that was
$50 yard, now 75c
Satin Ramie Furniture Covering. that
was 59c., now 37lac.
Boys Overcoats. that were 500 TO $50.
now CSC.
Boys Suits. that were $50 to ,ass. now
$3.50.
Boys Suits that were 500. now Soc
Such Dress Goods selling was never
heard Of
500 Black Crepons. now SOC.
Plaids for children's dresses, now Sc
yard.
Double-width Plaids now Sc yard.
Sl.oo and SL25 Novelty Dress Goods now
zoe. yard.
5oc. Dress Goods, now 25c. yard.
&c. Dress Goods, now Zoe. yard
LansdOwne that was 81 %, now Soc yard
6Oc. French Flannels. now 25c. yard.
Cloakings that were $500 yard, now
si9S.
Cloahngs that were $3.50 yard. now
$3.50.
Cloahngs that we're 500 yard. now
s100.
SILK Velvets now 25c. yard.
Velveteen at 1Oc. yard
500 and SIS Black SILK velvets. now
zoe. yard
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Everybody and Anybody
who has anything to buy in the Dry Goods line SHOULD
Come Right Here.
The closes up by February ist No store possibly
sell goods as selling them Everything in the store
is reduced but we only mention few items:

Sc Black SILK velvets. now Soc. yard
Nile Green Albatross that was 2e,.
now loc. yard.
Light Blue Wool Challe that was Is t-so.,
now lOc. yard.
Tho best Drapery SILK. IN lovely pat
terms, We're 75c.. now &c.
All colors Velvet skirt Binding 4 and
yard lengths, now &c. piece
All the single and split zephyrs. full
weight now &c. ounce.
All tho saxony and Germantown Yarn
now &c. hank.
Carpet Warp that was 800 bale (only
the white, now soc. bale.
An-woOl solid-color Dress Cloths tina,
we're SOC. yard. now 25o yard
ladies' cloais that were uu~ now
$500.
ladies' Cloaks that were s. 50. $50. ana
$500, now sos.
ladies' Cloaks that were 500. now $50
ladies' Cioaks (old style) that wcrs
$3.50 to $3.50. now $50.
All the Fur Neck Pieces scsrfs. and
Muns-half price
All the Brussels Carpets 800.
Lconard's and COrticelf lN-Vrf bose
spool silks. that are never less than &c.
at DC. spool now.
7. y. Corsets selling out az si25 each
Kid Gloves in black and colors. in hook.
buttons and clasp. that were 800 and
SIS. now zoe. pair.
White and Grt Picture Frames. 1.
ones az 25c. each.
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A LEYIATHAN
LOCOMOTIVE.
Biggest One in the World Has Just
Been Built.
IT WEIGHS $4,000 POUNDS,
Exactly BIB IL Times the Size Of the
Rocket, Which Was the First Of its
Kind, and Powerful According
ly-Grcat Progress Made.

George Stephensons Rocket. which
hrst proved cOnclusively in 1929 that
the locomotive had come 20 stay, and is
regarded as the founder Of its race
weighed four and ono-half tons.
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SIZE will Add Herself TO the Titled
American women on the Stage.

Now comes the announcement that the
Nimptsch- Bouton nuptials. are 10 become
q reality, after having been delayed ssy-
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constitutional question involved in til

cDEsiilutlOndl question iuNOiNeu III Tie
annexation of the Philippines. and about
which there is likely to be such a differ
ence of opinion among the lawyers of the
country Senator Thurston said that Il
was really Il continuation of the ques ,on
as to whether or not our Constitution pre-
vides foi anything more than union of
States as they existed al ehe time it was
adopted
The Constitution. however proved
the courts. to permit the acquisition of the
Louisiana tract, the annexation Of Texas
and expansion by discovery and occu "a
tion beyond the RocHy Mountains.
In reference TO the effect of free trade
with the islands on certain products
raised in the United States, Senator
Thurston said:
Il agree with those who hold that the
beet sugar industry will be materially
handicapped in the United States by i'm
portations from the new territory under
free trade. Ii we are to admit sugar free
of duty from Hawaii, Porto Rico and ulti-
mately Cuba it will destroy that industry
in the United States. But our new pos
sessions are not being taken by treaty
but by conquest, and we are not entering
into any treaty stipulating for the free
entry of their products into our ports.
Senator Thurston said that the acquisi-
tiou of the new territory would necessi-
tate a large increase in the regular army,
ard he thinks Congress should authorize
it. The entire army now, he says, is not
large enough to patrol one of our sea
coasts.
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GOV. ATKINsoN's STATEMENT.
He Says West Virginia Republican,
VIII Elect "a Senator.

Charleston. w. Va, Dec. 3-Gov. At
kinson made a statement tonight about
the legislative complication in this State
over the United States senatorship. He
characterized the Democratic howl in
this State as stop thief cry. He says
the Republicans have the legislature on
joint ballot by seven or eight, and that
the Democrats have a possible majority
in the lower house. He accuses the DEM
ocrats of stealing governor in 1855, and
says this is not Mississippi or South Caro-
lima, and Southern methods win not pre-
vail. He says he will do his duty and
carry out the Will of the people as ex-
pressed at the polls in the late election
He regrets that he has to make public
statement, but thinks it is his duty as
governor to let the people of West Vir-
ginia and the nation know what he in
tends to do. He says the Republicans
have a clear majority on the face of the
returns. and have a legal right to elect,
and will elect, a Republican United
States Senator.
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Fire the origin of which is unknown,
totally destroyed the car shed of the
lexington and Soldiers Home Railroad
ing of about thirty cars, shortly before
Il o'clock last night. The fire was dis
covered by Night Foreman Frank Schoepf,
of the railroad company, who was at
work in the office, in the southeast corner
of the building. He gives the exact time
as II AS clock. The damage to the build
ing and rolling stock VIII aggregate
$50 900, only partially insured.
Foreman Schoepf had been in the car
shed shortly before the discovery of the
fire. He was in the north end of the
building and came south toward the
office, which is in the extreme southeast
corner. AS he entered the door, he noticed
flames climbing up the wooden parti-
ton, which divides the Office from the
other portion of the building. In an in
slant the entire office was enveloped in
flames In another instant. the entire roof
of the building seemed ablaze. The
structure was built of wood throughout,
rested on a foundation of masonry and
stood directly over an excavation which
ran underneath the entire building.
The flames gained such rapid headway
that the watchman foresaw the total de-
struction of the building and immediately
sought safety on the outside.
The car shed was located at the corner
of Fifth and T Streets northeast, in Eek
ington. 1t had front of about 100 feet
on r Street, running back about 80 feet
on Fifth Street. when Foreman Sch eof
left the building he ran with all speed to
fire alarm box No. 6lS. located at the
cornersof Third and Seaton Streets. Hare
he met Policeman John Pearson. of the
Eighth police precinct, who had noticed
the fire and hurried to the box to turn in
an alarm. They pulled the box, but, ac-
cording to the statements of both men, 1t
refused to work There is not another
box in the neighborhood, and, as time
was precious, Policeman Pearson rushed
with all speed to No. L. engine house, on
North Capitol Street, near R Street, and
informed the men of the fire. A tele-
phone message was quickly dispatched TO
police headquarters and the alarm was
sent out from there, calling the engines
to box No. 618. Engine companies ~, Z
and and truck A responded promptly.
The distance to be covered by them was
great. and though they moved rapidly.
there was necessarily considerable Iapsa
of time before they reached the burning
structure. Once on the scene they speed
lily got to work.
In the meantime the flames had gotten
beyond control, and the carshed was
burning fiercely. 1t was apparent that all
efforts to save 1t would be futile While
considerable water was thrown upon the
burning structure, the efforts of the fire.
men were mainly concentrated on the
home of John Huddleson. at the corner
of Fourth and T Streets
The scene afforded by the fire was q
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THE JANUARY COUPONS.
Spain May Repudinte the Cuba
and Philippine ObIiyatiOns.

Madrid, Dec. 3.-Prime Minister Sagasta
has expressed the opinion that the att;-
tude of Senior Silve1a, the leader of the
conservatives, in prematurely attempting
to obtain power, is extremely unwise.
The cabinet held council today, which
was chiefly devoted to the consideration
of the question whether Spain should pay
the January coupons of the Cuban and
Philippine debts, in view of the approach
ing cessation of Spanish sovereignty over
the islands.
Prime Minister Sagasta has sent a dis
patch to Gen. Rizzo at Manila to arrange
with Gen. Otis for the immediate release
of the Spanish prisoners captured by the
insurgents since the war was ended. con-
sidering their captivity in the circum-
stances inhuman.
The government is willing at the same
time to release the rebel prisoners held by
the Spanish.
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MUST NOT USE FORCE.
Representative Fleming Urges
Kindness to the FiIipines.

Representative Fleming. of Georgia,
who catalogues himself as "a war Demo-
crat,'' is appalled, at the thought of a
clash of arms between the forces of
Aguinaldo, the ambitious Philippine
leader, and the troops of the United
States. He predicts that if such thing
Should occur it would forever destroy the
claims of the United States to credit for
waging a just and righteous war for the
increase of liberty.
Il want to utter a warning and a plea
to the Administration" said Mr.. Flem-
ing, Ito use its diplomacy with the Ut
most earnestness and good faith 10 the
end that those people who We're strug-
Cling, even before we began war against
Spain, for their liberty, the same as we
struggled hundred years ago, may not
have to fight us, who claim to be the
purveyors of liberty to the world"
Mr.. Fleming said he was not one who
would throw away any advantage gained
through the war, and that if this Gov
ernment decided to pay Spain $50 0C0. coo
for the Philippines, a treaty. he thought,
should be made with those islands where
by this country would be reimbursed, not
only for this sum, but for future assist
ance in helping them establish a suita-
bic form of government
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out any commensurate profit in sight now

out any commensurate profit in sight now
or in the future.
The annexation of the islands. he
thought, would dishonor the declaration
of this country that it went to war for
humanity. Then. too, the islands would
never be source of strength, and, on
the contrary. would be a domestic weak
ness and liable to attack from other
powers.
There are other questions of infinitely
more importance. he said. than plunging
into foreign affairs He is In favor of
entering into compact with Nicaragua
and Costa Rica for the construction of
the canal by this Government He
thought, however. that the passage OF a
bill permanently fixing the gold standard
was of infinitely more Importance at pres
ent than all the other questions put to-
sether.
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expanding gas forced the head out. thus
giving an escape to thu dangerous explO-
sive. Had the tank been more sOlidly
constructed and able to Withstand the ex-
pansion of the gas for a few minutes
longer, an explosion which might have
done great damage would certainly have
resulted. AS it was the gas in finding an
escape became ignited and poured forth
in blue flame. making a kissing. CUR
CLING sound, which created a little uneasi-
ness for a time
The safe, which contains yesterdays
earnings of the company. rests in pie
of debris in the cellar. under that por-
tion of the building which was used as
the office. II was closely guarded last
night, in view of the Isolated location OF
the earshets.