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The times., 1898-10-02
LANSBURGH & Bro,
42O422-424-42o Seventh ST.
A PET CROW.
The Tricks He Played mt Last Led
to His Death,

(From the Country Gentleman)
OF all the pets ] ever had. which were
many, / never found one so knowing or so
full of mischief as a pet crow which was
given me when j was girl of T. When
ha came 10 me he had been slightly
abled him, but from which he soon fully
recovered.
AT first he occupied a cage made by nail
ing some Stats across the open end of a
small box, and this box always remained
his headquarters. A handful of corn and
a dish of water were his daily ration.
When he became sufficiently tame to be
trusted TO go and come as he pleased, he
undoubtedly foraged for such tidbits as
crows are said to be fond of. Jim Crow
$50 named) never seemed to care for the
society of other crows; otherwise ii may
have been that his black brethren did not
care TO associate with one cowardly
enough TO submit TO captivity; at all
events, they were never seen together.
Jims boon companion was large house
dog. When the dog was told to go after
the COWS. which were pastured at least a
quarter of mile away, Jim Crow always
went with him, flying slowly q couple of
feet above the dogs back, and frequently
riding homeward on the back of a cow.
Some young men were at work at car
pentry that summer on my fathers barn
WHO never urea OF IeAcnlng Jim trlcKS,
and they often declared If Jim's tongue
was only split he could be taught TO
speak like a parrot.
Jim's powers Of imitation were very
amusing; If one bowed to him he usually
returned the compliment in polite man
ner- At other times he would scratch
in the earth and call like hen who was
scratching for brood of chickens, imi-
tating every motion, as well as the hens
voice. l have seen him pick up pebbles
and drop them in the bungholes of an
empty barrel Just for the report the peb-
bles made and when he tired of this mis-
chief he would put both legs into the
bunghole and whirl round and round, as
if his legs were an auger boring hole.
in imitation OF the carpenters who fire.
quently had Jim as spectator while
working in this line of business But
Jirl's proclivities for mischief brought
him into disrepute with our own family
as well as our neighbors. A washing
spread out on the bleaching yard was
sure to be visited by Jim, who would fly
off TO a mud puddle or the cowyard, and
when his feet were fully saturated with
filth he would walk over the clothes until
his footprints resembled Egyptian hero
glophics. This trick cost him his life.
for he was undoubtedly shot by a neigh
Dor.
The times., 1898-10-02

" constant circulation ever since. mink
what a volume of trade that represents.
If ii purchased its face value only once
a day. which is certainly modest esti-
mate ii has done we'll on TO $4,000 worth
of business in the half a century 1t has
been going the rounds. That's quite
record, isn't il? And I dare say that
curious things have happened 10 it in
its journeyings. 1t has been borrowed
and stolen and lost and lent; ii has been
boarded by misers and Squandered by
prodigals, and who knows how often il
has been the last coin in the pocket of
a suicide? II must have lain on gaming
tables and ratified in church boxes and
held down the eyelids of the dead There
is no telling III what far countries IL has
travelled, and what fantastic foreign
things it may have bought. I never I'm
ger one of these old coins without GER
tain sense of awe and an inclination to
stop, no matter how busy | may be, and
do a little day dreaming over its history"
"All that reminds me- said a gentle
man who had listened to the druggists
homily, "of a queer experiment | made
years ago. I was speculating one day
on the possible wanderings of coins, and
just to test the matter L had small
steel punch made with my initials cut in
the end. BY bringing it down sharply on
a coin l could leave the letters indented
on the surface. Well, for long time
over a year. in fact-I stamped every
scrap of hard money l got hold of-nick-
els, pennies and ALL l suppose at the
very lowest estimate / turned adrift 400
or 500 separate pieces bearing my sign
manual, meanwhile keeping my eyes open
for the return of any of the wanderers
1t was in 1881 or 1882 that l began work
with the die, and in all these intervening
years | have never yet received a coin
bearing my stamp. Looking for the ini-
tials has become such habit with me
that l do it instinctively almost every
time | receive any change Several years
ago I was cashier in a good-sized retail
house here, and handled a great many
fractional coins. Hundreds of them had
been marked, but none had my particular
stamp. This certainly shows how widely
money becomes scattered A young
| friend of mine tried the same experiment.
and after a considerable lapse of time
| found one of his coins in some change
given him in a store in New York. He
| had ring put in the piece and wears it
on his watch chain.'
The times., 1898-10-02

The newly-appointed kindergartners
for the public schools of the District of
Columbia are invited by Mrs. Louise Pol
lock and her daughter, Miss Susan p.
Pollock to talk in their school
parlors, 1926 @ Street, on Tuesday night,
at p. m. The object of the meeting is
to give some advice to those less expe-
rieneed and discuss plans for the enter
tainment and instruction of the new
little pupils, upon their first entrance
into school life
The times., 1898-10-02
A COINS TRAVELS.
A Mans Experience With n Wander.
ing Piece of Money

(From the New Orleans Times -Democrat0
IF an old coin could only talk, what
strange adventures it might ten'' re-
marked Canal Street druggist. twirling
silver piece he had just received from
customer. Now, this half-dollar was
coined in 1S4S, the year the great gold
craze began in California. and 1 should
say by its looks that it has been in pref
The times., 1898-10-02

First Member Musical Co,nmittee-Does the new
sopranos voice fiji the church?
Second Member-HaEdly. The u-hers tell me
there are ALWAYS vacant seats in the galley
Detroit Journal.
Mabel suppose you have heard of sister
Louis marriage. She's taken fat in Brooklyn.
Miss Jellus-Yos ! heIrd She had fiat; but I
didn't hear where size had taken him--Stray
Stories.
who came out ahead in that street row
between Blowly and Bluifiy?"
''BlufHy did. but h had nearly half block
the tart.''-Detrcit Free Press.
The times., 1898-10-02

The most conspicuous figure in the
social world just now is Miss Nancy Lei
ter, who, with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
L. Il. Letter, and Miss Daisy Letter, ar
rived at their Washington residence on
Dupont Circle yesterday afternoon. They
will leave tomorrow for Newport News,
where they will be joined by Gov Tan
ner, of Illinois. and the other members of
the official party, including Mr. Joseph
Letter, who will go there direct from Chi
cago to participate in the christening and
launching of the battleship Illinois. which
will take place Tuesday morning Spon-
sors of other ships have learned from
painful experience that their triumphs
have cost them cut fingers but Miss Lei
ter will not be subject to such risk. To
guard against such a mishap on this oc-
caslon the quart bottle of extra dry
which she will use has been incased in a
gold wire net, which will prevent the
glass from flying when broken across the
shlps bow. The stopper is Of richly en-
bossed gold, and from the neck will fly
streamers of red, white and blue satin
ribbon, bearing an appropriate inscrip-
ton and blazoned with the coat of arms
of the State.
After the ceremony is over Miss Letter
will retain the gold mesh, broken glass
and patriotic ribbons as a souvenir of the
event.
The times., 1898-10-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard c. Kerens will
shortly close their country home in the
mountains of West Virginia and go to St
Louis where they possess one of the
handsomest residences in that city. Mr.
Kerens obtained a promise from the
President to visit ST. Louis on his West
ern trip. The promise was coupled with
the conditions that the stop could be
made either going to or coming from
Omaha. and that it should not interfere
with the Presidents arrival at either
Omaha or Chicago on schedule time.
The times., 1898-10-02

The marriage of Miss S. z. Johnson.
daughter of the late E. KurtZ Johnson,
of this city, to DIR. Hugh Mcclure, of
Richmond, will take place in the early
days of next month.
The times., 1898-10-02

Mrs. Sanford c. Kellogg and daughter
have returned to the city and opened their
residence in / Street, after an absence
abroad for the past five years. Later
they may ja Col. Kellogg, who is now
with his regiment in Manila.
The times., 1898-10-02

Miss Fannie Mills has joined her
mother, Mrs. Roger Q. Mills, at their
Washington residence, No. 1741 S Street,
Senator Mills will not return from Texas
until late in November.
The times., 1898-10-02

American women are steadily acquiring
knowledge of the relative value of for
eign titles, but there are some who vet
have good bit to learn
Mrs. Curzon has been contributing an
enviable amount of discussion this side
OF the ocean in reference to the exact
manner by which she should be addressed
as the wife of the Viceroy of India and
scarcely was the momentous question
The times., 1898-10-02

Miss Jane A. Riggs, who has been
spending the Summer at The Hague with
the family of her brother-in-law, the Brit
ish minister to the Netherlands will
leave Europe early this month and join
her sister, Miss Alice Riggs, at their home
in / Street.
The times., 1898-10-02

Mrs. Clagett, of Sixteenth Street, and
daughter, have returned to the city.
The times., 1898-10-02

Former President and Mrs Harrison.
with their baby daughter, have been
spending the early Autumn at Berkley
Lodge, Old Forge, N Y.
The times., 1898-10-02

The Vice-President and Mrs. Hobart
have been spending the Autumn at their
home in Paterson, n. J.
The times., 1898-10-02
SOutache BraidS.

liz Black and Colored Mohair
iIO SOUTACHE BRAIDS, sold
everywhere at 15c We shall sell il
on Monday at lie doz.
The times., 1898-10-02
TOrchOn LaCeS.

Co Very newest patterns in TOR
JG CHON LACES, in EDGINGS
and INSERTINGS. Elsewhere
you'll pay either Sc, 1Oc, or Il lie.
Wen charge you but sc.
The times., 1898-10-02
Dress Nets.

Q0o Don't miss these handsome
oIG DRESS NETS, in Point d. Es-
prit, Russian LaTosca, and Crookle
for covering dresses. Worth 81,
s1.25. and s1-50. IS inches wide. To-
morrow sec.
The times., 1898-10-02

Invitations have been issued by Mr. and
Mrs. H. Moreland for the marriage OF
their daughter, Miss Mamie L., to Mr.
Emil R. Mueller at st. Stephens Church
Mount Pleasant, Wednesday evening, oc-
tober 10
The times., 1898-10-02
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Fashionable Thoroughfares
Taking on all Inhabited Air.
HYMEN's BUSY MONTH
Several Pretty Weddings Set for
This Week, and Announcements
OF Number of Others to Occur
Later 0n-The Presidents West
ern Trip-Other Items of Note.

People who have gone statistically to
work to weigh the good and bad points
of the round of seasons have decided that
October is the most popular month in the
year. Long before the month was chris
tened, its season of garnered harvests and
sun sweetened grapes made 1t popular
with the NEUROLOGICAL lady who typified
Prosperity with a horn, and with that
vine wreathed young reprobate, Bac-
chus-and, to come down to our own day,
what is cheerier than the lusty lay that
the light opera yeoman sings in praise OF
October ale? 1t possesses highly desira-
BILE qualities for the meditative mind that
likes to draw lessons from falling leaves
and frost nipped grasses and to dear,
comfortable ordinary folks il marks the
time for new clothes. Even Hymen, who
was needless of the merits of the month
until some latter day Vulcan cast a we'd
ding bell, has adopted it as his official
season, and, year in and out, his torch
is never SO flamboyant as in October
1.-The best month of all
The times., 1898-10-02

AT St. PauPs Episcopal Church, on the
same date, at oclock, Miss Carrie Cor
nell and Mr.. William Benjamin Ballard,
of Boston. will be married, Rev. Alfred
Harding officiating.
The times., 1898-10-02

On Thursday evening at o'clock Miss
Marie Louise Hoffman, the daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. William F. Hoffman and
Mr.. Willoughby Sprigg Chesley will occur
at the home of the bride, and will be
followed by a reception. The bride will be
attended by her two sisters, the Misses
Florence and Genevieve Hoffman. Mr.
John Chesley will be best man for his
brother, and Messrs. Harry Chesley and
Dixon Bynum will be ushers. Rev. T. d.
Clark, of Bryn Mawr, uncle OF the bride,
Will perform the ceremony. The date of
the wedding is also the twenty-fifth ami
versary of the marriage of the brides
parents
The times., 1898-10-02

The marriage of Miss Victoria c. De-
mongeot and DR.. Felix A. Van Reuth
will take place at st. Aloysius Church
Wednesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The times., 1898-10-02

Clerks. see For sale-suburban
The times., 1898-10-02

The Countess Esterhazy has returned
to her residence in Sixteenth Street, after
an absence since early Summer at Deer
Park.
The times., 1898-10-02

The President and Mrs. Mckinley will
travel quietly on their journey West In a
private car, to which will be attached
the car reserved for his Official family.
third car will be for the exclusive use
of the British ambassador and his staff;
a fourth for the French embassy, While
similar accommodations win be provided
for the other members of the diplomatic
corps.
Mr.. Mckinley has but a limited time
for junketing at his disposal, just now,
and for that reason every arrangement
has been made for swift run, so as TO
prolong the stay of the distinguished
visitors as long as possible at the EXPOSE
ton at Omaha, which is the objective
point of the trip.
The times., 1898-10-02

Miss NJ l.. Campbell has returned TO
her brothers country home, keiwood'
after a Summer of travel in the North.
The times., 1898-10-02

Mr.. ]. c. Stoddard and family have
moved from Garrett Park, Nd, to No.
ll2f Twelfth Street.
The times., 1898-10-02

Mrs. Alfred Clifford Barney and daugh-
ters have sailed for Europe, where they
will be joined by Mr.. Barney later for
Winter of travel abroad.
The times., 1898-10-02

Mrs. Josiah Kingsley Oil and her little
daughter sailed for Paris Thursday from
New York.
The times., 1898-10-02

The first marriage of the week viii be
that of Miss Marie Dent and Mr.. p. j.
Carbon, of Indianapolis, which will be
celebrated Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock at St PauTs Church,
with nuptial mass Rt. Rev.
John ]. Kain. archbishop of st. Louis,
will be the celebrant, and number OF
prominet clergymen will be present in
the sanctuary during the rites. Miss Dent
is the daughter of Mrs. NJ. T. Dent and
the late Col. T. c. Dent. The groom is
az New Yorker by birth, and graduated a
few years ago at the Georgetown Uni
versity, with the highest honors, after
ward settling in Indianapolis.
The times., 1898-10-02

Archbishop Keane will officiate at the
marriage at noon Wednesday, october 49,
ST. Paurs Church, Fifteenth and V
Streets, of Miss Edyth Mohun and Lieut.
Walter Oliphant Hume, executive officer
at the Pensacola Navy Yard The bride
is the daughter of Mrs. Clare Hanson
Mohun and granddaughter of the late
Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey, the widely
known Catholic authoress.
The times., 1898-10-02

The Carpenter mansion has been leased
for this month by Mr.. j. Pierpont Nor
gan, of New York, who will entertain
several bishops and deputies of the Pro
testant Episcopal convention, which Will
hold its opening session here on Wednes-
InN
The times., 1898-10-02

San Francisco was much disappointed
that Prince Victor Emanuel, the Count
of Turin, simply passed through the city;
He arrived at the Palace Hotel, ana
sailed the next morning for the Orient
out there the engagement which is max
ing the most stir is that of Miss Ethel
Murphy and Mr.. John MCGOWAN Bidd4e'
of Philadelphia. Mr.. BiddIe has for some
wears been living in Washington. Miss
Murphy is the daughter of Samuel {.
Murphy, of the First National Bank, OF
California, and is very pretty girl
The times., 1898-10-02
Black Lace InSertingS.

ito l TO 8 inches wide Black
ItG Lace Insertings, straight
and scalloped; ChantiIly. Bourbon,
and Applique, for stripping waists
and skirts. Worth 15e, 1Sc and 25c.
Tomorrow lie.
The times., 1898-10-02

The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Gage have gone to Boulder, Col, to visit
relatives for several weeks
The times., 1898-10-02

settled to everybedy-s satisfaction-with
the possible exception of Burke-when
the elevation of Mr.. Curzon to the British
peerage made the lady once more the
heroine of debate One high social au-
thority-American, of course-has assert
ed. with an airy disregard of the opinions
of other high social authorities, that the
wife of Baron CurzoA should be person.
ally addressed as yaroness. Naturally
she is wrong. feppR who never season
their own knowleageI with that of other
people generally arel Technically, while
the wife of a baron IS baroness, she is
referred to socially rs Lady -, There
fore, the friendz<of the former Miss Let
ter will now have the privilege-until
further notice-of calling her Lady Cur
zon. Since the birth of her little girl, a
fortnight ago, Lady Curzon has been
progressing satisfactorily, but her physi-
clans do not think it would be wise for
her to undertake the long voyage to India
with the viceroy this Winter, and for that
reason she has almost decided to post
pone her departure from England until
next Spring.
The times., 1898-10-02

en- to Miss Matte Beall, at her residence.
No. sol Florida Avenue, Friday evening
last. The occasion was entertainingly di-
versified by dancing, music, and games.
Among the guests were Misses Ida Pasco,
Mamie and Mamie Boyle, Math Davis,
Bertie Cox, Pansy Mann, Lottie Pasco.
Ora Moore, Nellie and Carrie McMichael,
Annie kerns, Marie Bell Maggie Shevier.
Margfe Clark. and Messrs. Carl Fox,
James Hendley,. Daniel Murry Harry
McMichael, William and Howard Mann,
Lawrence Gillchrist, John Boyle, Jimmie
Doyle, Frank Parker, Dave Barron. II.
!. Rietor, Charles Sherier, and Willie
Poole
The times., 1898-10-02

The engagement has been announced of
Miss Madeline Fisher. of Baltimore. and
Mr. Gulick of this city. now residing
in Chicago.
The times., 1898-10-02

A very pleasant surprise party was CIV
The times., 1898-10-02

Mrs. Flora c. Dyer entertained at a
dancing reception last night IN compli-
ment to her friends and pupils.
The times., 1898-10-02
Dress Trimmings.

00o We have just secured an
OJG other lot OF 996 yards OF
handsome JET AND SEoUIN
TRIMMINGS, in black, in colors,
white and fancy effects. Some are
worth 75c, others are cheap al $1.25
choice, S9c yard.
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BROKEN TOE WINS A HUSBAND.
Tftenia, the Dancer, Once More be-
comes "a Happy Wife.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.

ST. Louis Post Dispatch.
This is the simple story of q toe. In the
drama of human life what an tncon-
spicuouS part it plays. Yet this toe was
the cause of the separation of two loving
hearts, lacerated the affections of no one
knows how many people, brought fame
upon its owner, and, though ashamed of
it's single good deed caused her almost I'M
bearable physical and mental suffering.
The owner Of this toe is Mile. Titenia,
the wonderful dancer In the past two
years she has delighted audiences both here
and abroad with her marvellous endurance
on her toes for fully fifteen minutes, dane
ing all the time she is on them. This is a.
feat which very few other dancers can per-
form.
1nere came to her home in Salt Lake
City Jack Turner, at the time of the big
boom out there, and in a short time ac-
Quired considerable money. He met the
young dancer and fell in love with her. His
affections were reciprocated and they be-
came engaged. In due course the wedding
took place, and they lived happily for over
a year.
But then the toe began to assert itself
again. Chatting under it's inactivity, it
longed once more to dance before the foot
lights. The glitter and dazzle of the stage,
the memory OF its former trlumphS, went to
her head and made her dizzy whenever she
thought of them, and her foot inVoluntar-
lily would keep time to the music of the
Her husband was almost heartbroken. He
tried to stop her forcibly from entering the
atrical life, but failed. When he saw that
nothing could curb her determination he
OeclueQ ne WOul0 nave nOllinS more TO 10
with her, and the pair became estranged.
They remained so for two years. In this
time Mile. Titenia had acquired an inter-
national reputation, and she seemed to have
forgotten her husband entirely.
But there came a sudden end TO all her
triumphs. She was playing at the Columbia
Theater in st. Louis on Sept / As she
came upon the stage, gayly pirouetting up
and down a fight of stairs erected for the
purpose. she suddenly slipped and fell and
had to he carried off the stage. A doctor
examined her foot. and found she had in
jlIred her toe so she would not be able TO
dance again for a year at least.
She was removed to her hotel, and there,
writing in pain, she thought of her old
home. She sent for her husband and he
came. Three operations were performed on
her toe, from which she has not yet re-
covered and can only move around with
the aid of a crutch
Nine Titenia may never be able to dance
again. The public may never have an
other chance to applaud her but the pain
of a broken toe has reunited two hearts,
and a husband and wife estranged may live
as happily again as the hero and heroine
of comic opera.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04

cision-such a marked contrast to the wild
wooded mountain sides that rise dpIupt
I'D to shut out Paradise from rude Worlu !!
If YOU know this land, you must KNOW
how ideal the setting was TOT rip NdI
Wrinkle Mr. Irving had adapted TINS legehu
of the Hartz mountains to the American
CatsIIilIs because of the likeness OF scenery,
and Mr. Jefferson found his task OF adapta-
ton quite as simple mn, -,
Here were the same Dutch tlllers OF the
soil as in the Catskills; here the same, SIM
ple domestic life; here was the httle village
of saltwater or Paradise nesting down
in the meadowland. - -.
Mr. Jefferson had all his scenery at MS
barns window; he needed no book 70 guuue
him. He had his characters at MS own
farmhouse table. ,,. -
nroduce the play he had the scenery all in
his mind: everything was copied from the
P0cono mountains The thousands OF Penn
sylvanians who have wept over the great
comedian in his famous play nave never
known or realized that scenery ana chaIacss
ter work were cut from OUT OF the hedrl VI
their own State. -
Mr. Jefferson remained right IN that ldI .
house until the season opened; WolAlnS
mornings in the barn and IN the aIlsIi ..03l
letting the place and the people soak INTO
his very nerve and BRAIN he became one one
of the people because he felt that then ne
could give to the world flesh ana DiO1u
picture and there is small DOUBT mat lsl5
very manner in which he studied MS gIee.
character is largely responsible Tor the NJ ~ -
II moves masses of people as most osaASA
comedies have failed to do. ,,e,-7
Tuat thing which we have 1eit anu Ase'A =