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Washington sentinel., 1898-09-24
Fruitless Fight Against Cnam-
payne.

Fruitless Fight Against Cnam-
pagne.
Unsuccessful in their efforts to
induce Governor Tanner TO substi-
tute water for wine inthe christen-
ing Of the battleship Illinois, and
failing Of the positive assistance
sought from President Mckinley
and Secretary OF the Navy Long
the officers Of the w. c. +. u. have
focused their enceavors- on the
shipbuIlders. Mrs. Lillian M. n.
Stevens, the National President,
has sent a letter to the contractor,
urging the use Of water instead OF
wine in the ceremony. "In Sec
retary Longs answer to our let
ter" says Mrs. Stevens, I'VE are
told the shipbuilders are the ones
having authority in this matter;
therefore we have written to them.
This. l believe, will be our final
appeal"
We can not help sYmpathizing
with our good Christian sisters at
the lack Of success they have so
far encountered in their earnest
efforts to save the battleship Hi
nois from the contaminating touch
OF the champagne bottle. But,
then, ladies. you should remember
the Kentucky. Although she was
baptized with water. numerous
bottles Of whiskey were hurled
against her sidss and deck, fairly
giving the poor ship a regular
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-24
BALTIMoRE 3 ONO RAILROAD.
Popular Excursion TO Niagara Falls
Thursday, Sept. ~.


$40 Mound Trip $40,
A Ten tIo) Day Tour to America 5
Greatest Natural Wonder, via B. & o.
Royal Blue Line and the Lehigh Valley
Route, through the Lehlgh and Wyom-
ing ValIeys.-the Switzerland OF America
Special trains Of elegant day coaches
and parlor cars will be run on above
dates on following schedule:
Leave Washington, d C., S:Io am
Arrive Niagara Falls II;oo pm.
Stop overs allowed on return trip at
Buffalo, Rochester, Geneva. Burdette
(Watkins Glen) and Mauch Chunk.
Side trips from Rochester to Alexan-
dria Bay CThousand Islands), only Ss.so
round trip.
Special arrangements for dinner and
supper EN- route at very reasonable rates
Call on ticket agents, Baltimore & Ohio
r. r.. for iull particulars.
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-24
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL
ROAD

Schedule In effect NOV "A. Is97.
Leave Washington from Station corner
New Jersey avenue and Q street.
For Chicago and Northwest. Vestibuled Linn
ted trains n .06, 1l.6 a. M, s.O5 D. m.
For Cincinnati. st. Louis and Indianapolis,
EPress, u;sS am; m Vestbuled Limited $40
For Pittsburg and Cleveland, express daily
l1.O6 a. m. and $50 p, m.
For Winchester and Way Stations, $500,
am. , t3;lo t6.O pm.
For New Orleans, Memphis, BirminRh han
CHATTANOOGA, Knoxville, 81 istOl and Roanoke
s.00 m daily; sleeping Cars through.
For Lurey, $40 p: m; daily. ~
r73O, Vs.OO,s.aO xg.JO, xlU.O0, a. M, xl2.06 IN ,
Vl2.l0. xis.lo xi;6, x30o, s2o, xs.9o, 4.55, 1905
1910 rs "a x62 6A Ks.00, sl5 x9.2O, II. .i5 III so
pm and 1901 night. sundays x7,05, II. 10, 73O
S3O 1900 a M, xI21.0, LIS, fs90, x3. o, 32O 43B
Tbn6. Sb.lO. $50 xs.OO, xS-9O. Ills, xli.5O m,
For For Annapolis, ITO and $50 a, M, 4sO,
30 p. N. SUNDAYS $40 q. m. and AS p. m
For Frederick. week days, 500, l.25 am, g.
$50 p N. sundays, 200 am., 10 pm.
For Hagerstown, tlO;oo ann, t6.1 N
I'm, 40. 80, 705 p. m. Sundays 300 am,
'.th. 7 .O5 p, q.
For GsltaersbgrE 4. snd Way Points week
il.3o p m Sundays, S.OC a. m, l.l5 4.3a, 7.O5,
y" ForP w washington Junction and way po,nta.
500 a. M. 4.3o, $50 p. m. week days. 300 am,
LIS D. y. Sundays
ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK 4
PHILA.
All trains Illuminated with pIntacb lights,
For Philadelphia, New York, Boston and the
East, week days o5, 8 20, 1000 am, 1905 Il rs
ali Dining Cars. 400, 6,O6 Dining Car.
t'clock) Sundays, TO6, . 90 a IN. rs Dining
Carsl Q 90 1906 Dining Carl, lEaOI night.
Sleeping car open 10 m. Ad ltlonal trains
for Philadelphia week days, daily, 800 pm,
Buffet Par1or Cars on all day trains
For Atlantic City, loco m 1905 noon. 1915
and 300 pm week days Sundays,9O0 am.
For Cape May, 1900 noon.
tBreept Sunday. "Dally. Sunday only
xExpreas trains.
Baggage called for and checked from hot ~
4 I'D reaidonces by the Union Transfer Co.ontE
1ers left AZ ticket oni6es, ol9 Pa. ave, NV
York ave. and Fifteenth street and at Depot
WM. b. GREENE. D B. MARTIN,
Deu. Manager, hSr- FAas. TrAaao
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-24
Deer Park Hotel-Deer PARK, Md

Most DsHRALtYl Summer Resort oTHe
4ALIsPbsNieS.
Swept by mountain breezes, Z, 300 feet
above sea level. and removed from all
annoyances. Absolutely free from
malaria. hay fever and mosquitoes. On
main line Of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
Hotel and cottages, Every modern
convenience. Electric Lights, Turkish
Baths, two large Swimming Pools. Colt
Links, Tennis Courts, Bowling Alleys,
Magnificent Drives, Complete Livery
Service. Annapolis Naval Academy
Band. Delightful cottages Furnished
for housekeeping il desired) ready tor
occupancy June Ist. Hotel open from
June 7Sth to September goth.
For rates and information address d.
=. Jones, Manager. B. & O.. Building,
Baltimore, Md. After that time, Deer
Park. Garrett County, Md.
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-24

bath. Don't you think, then, it
would be far better to allow one
bottle to be broken and be done
with? Or would you rather see
another deluge OF this kind1
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-24

The Christian" will be presented
in a prologue and four acts. in
which four sets OF scenery. superb in
artistic magnihcence. will be utilized.
The scene of the prologue is laid on the
fitting ground in the ruins of Poel castle.
Isle of Man. Here Glory Quayle rejects
John Storm, who declares his intention
oftaking orders in the church, and Glory
determines to go to London, where she
enters on stage career. The scene Of
the second act is the saloon of the Col.
osseum Music Hall in London, where
Glory's great success as a debutante is
being celebrated. The third scene shows
. the club room Of St. Mary Magdalen's
Church, in Soho. which has been estab.
lished by John Storm In his efforts to
reform the fallen women of the East end
OF London, and the fourth Glory's
apartments in the Garden House"
Clements Inn, London. The fourth act
Set reverts to the church scene in the
second act I he mob scene in the last
act will be very realistic and thrilling,
every person appearing in the mob beng
an artist OF experience.
The costumes will be elaborate. In
the first act Miss Allen will wear the
costume so carefully described by the
author in the novel-stocking cap, hand
knit jersey, sea coat. short skirt, and
sea boots. In the subsequent acts her
costumes will be magnificent. The
music will be made a special feature,
accompanying the action of the entire
piece.
Miss Allen appears at but one matinee
during the week-Saturday afternoon.
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-24

Be it enacted by the General
Assembly OF Virginia, That 1t shall be
unlawful to kill, capture, buy or sell
partridges or quail, pheasants guffied
grouse, Mongolian pheasants, or wild
turkeys in the counties Of Fauquier,
Loudon and Prince William between
the first day of January and the first day
OF November Of each year. and the pos.
session OF the game enumerated in this
section shall be deemed violation of
this act.
z Any person violating the provisions
OF this act shall be deemed guilty OF a
misdemeanor, and on the conviction
thereof shall be fin for each ofense
not less than five dollars nor more than
twenty dollars, and upon failure to pay
the fine inflicted may be confined in jail
until the fine is paid; provided. the term
OF Imprisonment shall not in any case
exceed thirty days
All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this aci are hereby repealed.
This act shall be in force from its
passage.
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-24
A Just Provision,

In order to protect the game in
the State the following act was
passed by the last Legislature Of
Virginia. This ought to hit the
numerous pot-hunters that visit
the Old Dominion every season
pretty hard:
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-24

NORTH GERMAN LLOYD
Regular
neutrality-suspicious.
Between
Baltimore and Bremen
The following steamers OF the North
German Lloyd. first class m all their
appointments Of 5000 to 5000 tons, run
regularly as follows:
FROM BALTIMORE.
sMuenchen
"Wednesday, Sept2s. 2pm
Roland
Saturday, Oct. I, pm
"Willehad
Wednesday, Oct, I9.la pm
SDre sden
Wednesday, Oct.26. pm
Maria RIokmers
Wednesday, Nov. a, zp.m
"Muenchen
Wednesday, Nov 9. 2 pm
And thereafter weekly.
The steamers with a carry Cabin
Rates of Cabin Passage.
II Cabin to Bremen As
Round Trip from sss. so to so3. 60
Rates of Sfre'qge Passage.
From Baltimore to Bremen S,o
From Bremen to Baltimore S1A
Round trip tickets from Baltimore 40
Bremen and return, S64
For freight and passage, apply to the
General Agents, ~ '''e
a. ScHUMAcHER&co
NO S South Gay ST.,
Baltimore, Nd.
EDWARD F.. DRoOP q SONS
cas- Penna. Ave.
Washington. ID. Q,
Washington sentinel., 1898-09-24

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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
Eight Days on the Witness Stand.

"The longest time I ever saw one
witness on the stand" said man from
Hardinsburg, KY, was during the life
of Judge Kincheloe, who was regarded
as one of the ablest members of the
Breckenridge bar. He was honored
by his people to the high Office to
which he aspired, and he was always
respected in the highest as a man Of
learning and a ripe scholar. During
his active practice land titles were
much unsettled in our country, and
some Of the most important suits came
up over titles. In the case of Askins
vs. Askins, in which Judge Kincheloe
and the late George w. Williams, Of
Owensboro, were the counsel, the TAX
ing of testimony consumed two
months. 1t was then that Mr.. Askins
was on the stand continuously for over
eight days, and when the Judge had
questioned him from every conceivable
point of view, he said: We'll, Mr.. AS
kins, you are excused, put I'm afraid
we've pumped you so dry you won't
have anything to tell your wife and
family when you get home The wit
ness retired badly confused, but evil
IDENTIFY glad to get OF the rack
Louisville Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10

and nails should never be cut or filed
unless the fingers have first been soak
ed In warm water. The brittleness
may sometimes be lessened by rubbing
almond oil thoroughly into the nails
and finger ends on retiring at night.
A pair of old kid gloves must then be
drawn on.
The housekeeper whose nails break
easily should never stir anything on
the hot range without first slipping on
a loose glove, as the dry heat from the
fire will make the finger nails more
brittle than ever.
A teaspoonful of lemon-juice in a
cupful of tepid water whitens and
makes the nails supple, rendering them
more easy to polish. This should be
used every morning; and, by dabbling
the fingers for a few moments, 1t is
possible to make the nails perfectly
clean and transparent, without the use
of any metal cleaner, by gently rub
bling under them with a towel. 1t is
also beneficial in removing the skin
around the nail edges. which should
never be cut with scissors. Rub the
towel all about the nail, pushing back
the skin.-The Ledger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
Care OF the Eyes.

For eyes that have much to do, and
on which strain is put, darkness is
the best possible remedy, and merely
to close them for few minutes at a
time produces a rested feeling, which
shows itself in their renewed bright
ness. Bathing tired eyes in warm
water and then closing them for some
time. is an excellent daily practice.
Nothing, however but hot water
should ever be allowed to touch the
eyes, except by direction Of an oculist.
The eyeball should be a clear BLUSH
white color II it has red streaks in
it there is trouble somewhere. If it
is dull and yellow in color. that also is
an indication of disease, and in most
cases the seat of the trouble is not in
the eye itself-the stomach, which is
accountable for most things, is gener-
ally accountable for the bright or lack
lustre condition of the eyes. To make
dull eyes shine, therefore, the best
thing is an anti-dyspeptic medicine
The Ledger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
Making Rats Work.

There are 80 men in north St. Louis
who defy anyone to dispute the fact
that Tom Mcguire is a genius. Mr..
Mcguire is yard foreman at the La
clede Gas Company's plant at end and
Mulanphy streets. His enthusiastic
proclaimers of his genius are his fell
low-workers in the big yard.
A sewer pipe leading from one Of
the buildings to the river bank, 100
feet away, became cloggel. The pipe
is sixteen feet below the surface. It
was not known just where the obstruc-
ton was, so arrangements were made
to open the trench. Then Mcguire
brought into play what proved to be
the trump card-viz., rats.
He had been thinking about the plan
for several days. One night, by the
aid of generous hunks of fresh cheese,
he managed to entrap two big gray ro-
dents, and these he determined to put
into the sewer. They were taken to
the mouth at the river bank and re-
leased. The opening was then closed
securely behind them, leaving the ami
mails with only one chance of life.
That was to go straight ahead. And
they did.
Several more rats were caught each
succeeding day and turned into the
sewer, until dozen fine specimens
were gnawing away in the pipe. The
morning after the last detachment
Joined the main rodent army, water
commenced to trickle from the pipe.
Iron rods and steam were applied. In
ten minutes the sewer was clear.-St.
Louis Dispatch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
Science Among Savages.

1t has been less than 100 years since
civilized humanity used many odd de-
vices for the purpose of obtaining fire.
In this country, then claiming to be
enlightened" the finder box, with
steel flint, was the apparatus most
generally used, according to the San
Francisco Chronicle. However, If there
was no finder box in the house, the
old fiint-lock musket, with few grainS
of powder in the pan, together with a
few shreds of paper or creased rags,
were considered household necessi-
ty. Rubbing sticks together until they
were fired by friction was the method
used by the savages of that time in
nearly all the lands of the globe. There
was one single exception, however, to
all of the above, as well as any OF the
more common methods of striking
light" and that method was practicer
by rude tribe of semi-savages inhab-
iting eastern Thibet. Curious as it
may seem, these rude savages obtain
ed fire by strictly scientific principles,
which involved wonderful knowledge
of compressed air.
The apparatus used consisted Of a
wooden cylinder two and one-half
inches long by three-quarters of an
inch in diameter, which closed at one
end. Into this cylinder (Which taper
ed off at one end until it was not larg-
er than a common lead penciD was fit
ted an air-tight piston, which had a
large fiat knob at the top; the other
end of the piston was slightly hollow
ed out, the indentattion being intend
ed for the reception Of small piece
of finder or punk" When this APP
paratus was in use, 1t was held in one
hand, the piston being inserted with
the other and pushed about half way
down. A very sharp blow was then
given with the palm on the piston. At
the same instant the fingers were clos
ed around the knob and lie piston in
stantly withdrawn. If everything had
worked to perfection, the scientific saw
age was usually rewarded by finding
that the finder had been lighted and
fire assured. Sir William Gill, an
English scientist, who investigated
this queer mode of striking light,
says that "it requires skill to use the
iire-producing apparatus, as well as
science to invent it"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10

After this the two gentlemen shook
hands. They mad no quarrel with each
other now. Neither of them wanted to
marry Perlina Milkin. She received two
little notes that evening telling her SO.
That was last summer. This year
Perlina will not go to Saratoga at all,
and Mrs. Gafferly. having dismissed
her chambermaid, II ID matter II
wonder to the neighbors who the per-
son with green barege veil on her
head, who rubs the windows, can te.
1t Is barely possible that this Is Per-
lima. Mrs. Gafferly is woman of her
word, and she considers her niece's
chances of niatrimony quite over
New York News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
COLOR IN ANIMALS.
Food Great Factor in Causing Changes
or Modification In fIues.


Observation and experiment go to
show how large an influence food has
in determining the color of animals.
Everybody knows how easily the color
OF yellow canary may be altered to
an orange red by mixing cayenne pep
per with its food, though it is true that
the color change may be produced only
in very young birds whose feathers are
not completely matured. 1t Is also a
matter of experiment that all varieties
of canaries are not equally suscepti
Bile to the influence of the pepper, and
1t is very curious fact that IL the
pigment that causes the red color of
the pepper be mixed with the food of
the birds, without the other constitu-
ents, yellow colored canaries are not
in the slightest degree affected by 1t,
while brown feathers of yellow birds
become distinctly lighter in hue.
Here is another interesting expert
ment: The large tortoise-shell butter
fly normally feeds upon the leaves of
the elm, while the small tortoise-shell
is addicted to nettles, but when some
images of the large tortoise-shell
were bred from caterpillars that had
been found upon nettles they showed
wonderful similarity to the smaller
species, though the color was nearer
to that of the larger. Quite in the
same line is the observation that the
thorn moth exhibits variations in color
according as the larva is fed upon oak,
hawthorn, lime or lilac. Many other
experiments have shown a similar eff
feet of food in modifying or complete
ly changing the color of animals.
Among changes Of color that are
most perplexing, if one would refer
their cause to utility only, is that of
the gull, which is blue and white, and
is therefore generally allowed to be of
protective value. But for the first
three years of their lives several COM
mon species of gull have a brownish,
speckled plumage, which is totally I'M
like that of the older birds, on which
fact Mr.. Beddard remarks: IF one
color be advantageous, the other must
be the reverse, and three years is eth
er a considerable period or 1t Is not
long enough"
Another perplexing part of the sub
ject is the color of deep-sea animals.
1t is an established fact that marine
animals can and do live at the enor-
nous depth of more than five miles
below the surface of the water. 1t is
also certain that the sunlight does not
penetrate to that depth, so that the
animals that exist there exist in more
than midnight darkness. Yet the fact
is that brilliant colorations are gener-
ally found in them. OF what use can
it be? 1t is true, indeed, that there
may be phosphorescent light emitted
by the animals themselves; and of this
there are many evidences; but though
the deep-sea fish may be guided to its
prey by a series of natural bulls eye"
lanterns, the color of it's prey could
have no protective erect, but exactly
the reverse.-Our Animal Friends.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
Two Showers of Plums.

Six years ago there fell on the De-
jernett farm in an old field four miles
from town about barrel of small
green plums supposed to be the South
ern hog plum. They are to be found
growing nowhere hereabouts, but were
dropped there during wet and stormy
period, such as we have had for ten
days past. People came miles to see
the wonder, but it had about dropped
out of memory, when on last Friday
night during like spell about one
half bushel more fell in exactly the
same spot. The remarkable part is
that nowhere else were plums found on
either occasion.-Hawesville Qly.)
Clarion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10

of a squirrel. and when II was frst
discovered It lay sleeping in the
branches of an oak. The horse was
taken home and broken to drive, and
now In every other respect 1t is well
behaved animal except when 1t takes o
notion to climb tree, and, no matter
whether hitched up or not, up the tree
1t goes, buggy and all.
A few days after coming here the
horse was hired by John Peterson and
John Heller for a drive into the coun-
try. The drivers were passing through
a large wood when the horse sudden
ly took a notion to climb a tree, and
up 1t went with the buggy and men.
The latter fell out, but the horse went
on up into the tree. carrying the bug
gy with 1t.
For three hours the boys tried to
coax 1t down, but II staid up until its
desire was satisfied. The buggy was
badly broken. and the boys came back
with the horse, but left the fragments
Of the vehicle behind them. Mr.. Berry
will sell the horse to a circus.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
He Lives on Herbs and Eggs.

The great romancer, Jules Verne, is
nearly 40 years of age, but enjoys ro-
bust health and spirits, living on a
diet of eggs and herbs in Amiens,
France. He has written six books
more than he is years old. His habit
is to rise early and write till IL o'clock.
After luncheon he goes to a library,
where he reads all the newspapers. He
declares that the hardest work he ever
does is the reading up of travels in
order to write his wonderful stories, for
strange to say, he has himself trav-
eled but little. The writing of "Twen-
ty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
was begun at the instigation Of George
Sand. His books have been translated
into many languages, including Jap
anese and Arabic.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-10
QUEER FLORIDA CRABS.
Have Peculiar Shells and Feed on Birds
and Insects.

and Insects.
Haunting the rookeries of the birds
In the southern part of the peninsula
Is large blue crab. He makes a hole
In the ground, usually under a log, and
when he hears noise elevates his head
and protrudes his eyes with startling
effect. He is able to take care of him
self, for his pincers are powerful and
his shell is hard. He is often as large
as saucer.
There Is perpetual war between
him and the birds. He wanders among
the nests at night and appropriates the
bits of fish left by the nestlings and
the young themselves If he can find a
mother off her guard. But he has to
be SLY or he is killed by the stroke of
bayonet bill and eaten in his turn.
When plume hunter has driven of
or destroyed the parents of rookery
these crabs swarm forth and devour
the orphan young in short order. But
while the mothers are allowed to do
their duty the crabs are ideal scaven-
gers and devour the refuse as well as
VIC ihoCSlo Indl lilcSI the UlTu CLUES.
Their bright colors, like those of the
tiger, make them less dangerous than
their appetites would otherwise be.
There is a little purple crab along
the coast of Southern Florida which
seems to feed almost entirely upon the
fruit Of the cactus. This 1t SO much re-
sembles that you are suddenly surpris-
ed to see one of the succulent little
balls move away from your fingers be-
fore you are aware that it is alive.
Step back and the crab will resume its
place, and seem to be as curious about
you as you are about him.
One of the most beautiful shells found
along our coast is that Of large snail
which climbs certain trees and grows
delicately fat on the young birds. The
shell is as thin as tissue paper, oddly
curved and almost as transparent as
the finest glass. 1t belongs to the fam
lily Of edible snails so priced as a del
icacy on the coast of France, and IL
properly prepared makes a delicious
dish. 1t is most abundant about New
River Inlet, where the slight shake of
tree about sunset will bring a shower
of them to the ground The breakage
of shell seems to be of little trouble
to the snail-he repairs the damage
and moves on.-Jacksonville Citizen.