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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
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ern lines will take any immediate &C
tion in the way Of abolishing the dill
ferential fares now in effect between
Chicago and New York. No one line
would care to take the responsibility
for starting the fight which such
action would bring about, and there Is
every probability that the dlherentiaI
trunk lines know better the precise
condition in which the decision OF the
supreme court has left their associa-
tiOn .-.--
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08

A effort is being made to induce the
E. p. &. N. E. to run an excursion to
Alamogordo Thanksgivingday. There
will be ball game up there on that
day between the Ell Paso ball teams,
and q very interesting contest is ex-
pected.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

We are pleased to advise
patrons the quarantine at
New Orleans has been raised
so far as Southern Pacific
Sunset all rail and Gulf
freight is concerned. All
shipments are now moving
through that gateway with
out delay.
T. e. HUNT, Com'l Agt. S. P. Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
Thew Wrecked the Push Car.

Sunday two Mexicsns In the employ
of the Santa Fe company under "Su.
pervisor" Johns, took the push car and
went east along the line after wood.
When at a point come distance from
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
S. C.. CASTILLO.


positions of trust in New
speaker both Spanish and English
theycou election.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08

A married person is one who has
lost tooth. See DR.. Avis the New
Dentist and have him save them. OF
fee No. and Morehouse block.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
L. <. HUNT, Com'l Agt. S. P. {

To Cure Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Qninine Ia
blets. All druggists refund money if
it fails to cure, 25c. The genuine has
L. B. Q. on each tablet.
The times., 1898-11-20

windows. The mailing windows will be
on the right corridor. much as they are
located in the present office, and the
other offices of the mailing and delivery
division will be correspondingly placed.
The money order division will be located
in the northwest corner of the main floor,
and in the northeast corner will be the
postmaster's room. The registry division
will occupy the southwest corner, and the
cashiers Office will be located on the
Eleventh Street side of the building, just
south of the Eleventh Street entrance.
All of these rooms, as well as the main
compartment for the mailing and delivery
division are handsomely finished in hard
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day. to familiarize themselves with the
workings of the new Office. The last de-
livery by carrier will be made from the
Union Building, at 1880 O'Clock, Saturday
afternoon. Mail will be dispatched from
there, however, according to the regular
schedule, until late at night. the mailing
division remaining in the building until
after midnight.
All of the mail collected in the District
In the afternoon and night. however, will
be turned in at the new building. and
the first mail dispatch will be sent out
from IL at o'clock Sunday morning, 9TH
er dispatches following in accordance
with the schedule during the day. All
mail received at the depots will be turn
ed In at the new office Saturday after
noon and night, after the last delivery
by carrier from the Union Building, and
the general delivery will be open Sun
day at the regular hours.
Transfer Is simple.
Thus the transfer has been simplified
so that there is hardly possibility of
hitch. The men in the employ of the
Office will go into the new Office instead
of the old, and will find the same work,
waiting for them, TO be done in the same
way. except that they will have more
room. handsomer- offices and infinitely
greater conveniences There will not be
a moments interruption OF the Office rou-
tine. and so far as the people of the
city are concerned, il will not be notice
able
on Saturday night, all who have business
to transact with the Office can do so at
the old building up to the regular closing
hour. on Sunday morning the new office
will be open and except for the increased
facilities of the new edifce and the i'm
proved location there will be no apparent
difference.
Work In the new Office is by no means
completed as yet, but the contractors
are busy, placing furniture and fixtures
in position, and all is expected to be in
readiness by Friday at the latest. On
that day Mr.. Willett expects to begin the
removal of those articles in the old office
which will not be handled by the Treas
ury Department and the removal of
which will not interfere with the work
of the office. These. as stated, consist
principally OF the office records and some
miscellaneous stores
They will be put where they belong in
the new office and got out of way
by the time the heavier work of removal
| begins, on Saturday morning. This latter
! work will not be so difficult as might be
| supposed, as only the best and newest of
| the furniture and fixtures of the old office
1 will be taken. Nearly all that will be re-
| quired In the way of fixtures and furni-
! ture in the new office will be as new as
| the structure and is already being put in
/ place.
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PASSING OF THE REGIMENT.
District Volunteers Will BE Mustered
Ont This Morning..

This morning the First Regiment, Dis
trict of Columbia Volunteers, will be
finally mustered out Of service, and the
men who formed the organization will
again become civilians in every sense of
the word.
The regiment will assemble in the Cen
ter Market Armory at o'clock and the
roll will be called at 10 o'clock The cere-
mouy will be simple. Each man will receive
his pay and a certificate of discharge, en-
bracing a record of his service His
name will then be struck from the rolls.
The men will welcome the money due
them, as many of them are in financial
straits. \ handsome muster-out souvenir
has been prepared for this occasion, and
will serve in future days as relic for
the sons of the men who served in the
District regiment
The officers of the regiment will tender
a BANQUET to Col. Harries at the Ebbitt
House on Tuesday night at o'clock
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GOING HOME WITH MOTHER.
Harold Eastman II Runaway Boy. Is
Now in Maternal Custody.

Harold Eastman, the young itinerant
who arrived in the city Friday, after a
three-days' journey on freight trains from
his home in Charlestown, Mass. was TAX
en- in charge by his mother yesterday aft
ernoon. Mrs Eastman was summoned here
by a Geographic communication inform
ing her of the whereabouts of her adven-
turous son.
The mother was overjoyed at finding
her boy safe and well and indulged him
in a carriage ride about the city, sight
seeing. She stated that this was not
Harolds first offense- Last night ooth
boarded a train for Boston.
The times., 1898-11-20
THE ANCIENT WATERWAY
Passing of One of Washington's
Oldest Institutions.
EXIT THE MULE AND BOAT
The Towpath to BE Given Up to the
Pathway of Steel-Tbe Iron Horse
The Proud Mariner of the Raging
"CapawI, without an Occupation.

Now that the State of Maryland has
decided to sell its interest in the old Ches-
apeake and Ohio Canal, and has adver-
tised for bids, the passing of this ancient
waterway is in order
Though little more than large dltch
winding its way through the rough DIM
culties of two States and a portion of the
District of Columbia this canal was at
one time the sole means of transportation
between Georgetown and the vast terri
tory of West Virginia, Western Maryland,
and the Shenandoah Valley.
This was in the good old days when
the steam locomotive crank occupied the
position which has since been filed by
the airship and perpetual motion cranks.
II was during the days when the daring
exneriments of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad made the country stare and
when great crowds gazed IN awe at the
strange putting Billies," with crude boil
ers and clumsy cylinders which were fed
water from a whisky cask.
II is almost a certainty that when the
canal has been purchased by one of the
railroads desiring it, it will at once fall
into disuse. 1t is assured that. so far as
the Georgetown terminus is concerned it
will disappear from the face of the earth,
and only stretch of fiIled-In ground will
mark its historic pathway. Thus will pass
the only means of long-distance transpor-
ta+ion ever afforded a terminal in George
town.
THE old resident of this portion of the
district will sigh to hear of the fast-ap-
proaching end of the landmark which was
old when he played around 1t as a boy
and memorial services will be held in the
memories of hundreds of gray-headed cit
izens.
This canal was for nearly half CEN
fury the pride of Georgetown. 1t was
her source of wealth. 1t was her source
Of commerce though her ships did not &c
down TO the sea Her citizens have ever
preferred the easy-going lock gate to the
rushing level crossing. and no heartles:
iconoclast has until now dared tramplt
down the sacred institution.
Today the canal terminal is in Won
derful state of rotten disuse. True, tbs
old banks still remain intact and present
a sturdy show of busy negligence, bu
even the water which fills the ditch ha:
grown sluggish and stagnant- Here ant
there a battered relic of a canal boat Il
noored with careless Indifference to tn,
laws of navigation and the right of way
Now and then a loaded barge may appear
and after hastily unloading its cargo o
coal, will crawl away in the early ligh
and again leave the perspective clear.
The cubby holes used by drivers ant
boatmen have long since disappeared bu
long lines OF gaping sheds remain to shov
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wood. and their furnishings will be made
The Mezzanine Floors.

The offices on the mezzanine floors are
similarly finished They will be occupied
by the various smaller departments of the
office. The work of fitting these up and
cleaning them is going forward rapidly
In the mailing and delivery division
nearly all of the boxes. cases and sheives
are to have been put in place and the
remainder has reached the building.
All the mail brought from the railroad
stations will be received in the rear OF
the building. A platform, Just below the
level of the main floor runs along the
south end of the building, projecting out
10 a heavy cobblestone pavement, over
which the mail wagons will be backed up
to the platform From the platform II
will be run into the sorting room on
| trucks.
| Two large elevators connect the base
| ment with the main floor. The mezzanine
| floors and the main floor are separated
| from the rest of the building. After the
whole is completed and ready for occu-
nancy elevators will run from the second
| to the ninth floors, for the accommoda-
ton ow the occupants of the upper floors.
Altogether the Office is comp etc in every
| respect and Postmaster Wiliett and ms
assistants feel that they have every rea-
son TO be graitfied at the care and fore
| thought which has been expended on II
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will leave Georgetown for Cumberland
and the last mariner will see on either
bank miles and miles of newly-laid track
This is the passing of the old canal and
the end of over half a century of ditch
made history.
Though transportation by canal has
been slow. it has served the citizens Of
Washington well. The great volume OF
coal that has been brought here from the
coal fields of West Virginia has b en- de-
livered to the consumer at less cost than
otherwise would have been had there
been no canal. The competition of water
The times., 1898-11-20
& IfHHMEE W M III M W.
NEW PoSToFFICF

as much Importance as the arrival of the
st. Paul is today. The speed and capacity
of the Belinda Jane were matters of as
much Importance to Georgetown as are
the details of the eighty-mile-an-h
compound locomotive to the world today.
Georgetown will soon know the pleas
ures of railroad terminal, and the whis
tie of the locomotive will soon chase away
the memories of mariners with fog-horn
voices. 1t may be that Georgetown will
rejoice in the acquisition of real rail-
road, but to many of her citizens the old
'.C.'n o." Canal will ever be the crowning
glory of century of engineering.
Within a few months the last canal boat
The times., 1898-11-20
Pensions for Policemen.

The police pension board, consisting OF
Cant. VI. A Austin and Lieuts. J. a.
swindells and ]. E. Heffner, which has
been meeting in the office of the chief
of police at headquarters since last Mon
day. has recommended that a pension of
$50 per month be granted to John Gea-
CHAN. who is incapacitated by reason of
disease contracted In the line of duty. A
pension of $50 a month has also been
granted to Policeman Thomas Goucher
for the same reason.
The times., 1898-11-20
new CITY POSlOFFICE
Work of Moving in to Be Com
menced Saturday.
MR.. WILLETT'S SUGGESTION
First ana Mezznninc Floors ana Part
of the Basement to Be Used-NO
Break in the Reception ana peitT-
cry of the Mails-Wil He Open for
business ON Next Sunday Morning.

One week from today the new city post
office. In Pennsylvania Avenue, between
Eleventh and Twelfth Streets northwest,
will be thrown open to the pubic. The
entire working force OF the Office will be
installed in its commodious new quart RS.
and the reception and distribution of mail
will be In progress.
The order for the removal of the Office
from the Union Building, in G Street. BE-
tween Sixth and Seventh Streets north
west. was issued last Tuesday by Assist
ant Secretary Spaulding, of the Treasury
Department. Previously the Postmaster
General had been notified that the bui d.
ing would be ready for occupaI after
November 25. and it had already
cided that on the day following that date,
Saturday. the work of removal would be-
gin.
The work will be in charge of the
Treasury Department. and viii BE- done
by local contractors, with the exception
of records, additional letter boxes and
other articles not in daily use, which Will
be transferred sometime during tie
week under the direction. OF tity fost-
master Wiilett The remainder of tie
material to be moved consists of safes
and the best of the furniture and fixtures
In use in the mailing and delivery di-
visions and the various Offices.
Plans for Removal.
In anticipation of the order for removal
Postmaster Willett and his assistants h ID
prepared plans some time in advance. and
every detail has been considered, so that
there is hardly a possibility sof a hitch
Postmaster WilIett is thoroughly famili r
with every detail OF the arrangements in
the new building. Most of that Iart de-
signed for the city postotfice has in fact,
been arranged under his supervision and
iE accordance with his suggestions.
Some time ago Mr.. Willett was appoint
ed acting custodian of that part of the
building to be occupied by the city post
office and before that he had iabored
over the plans of the architects and Of
fered many valuable suggestions to those
in charge of the construction. The many
details necessary TO the per'ect establish
ment of so large an office ilave been I'M
der his supervision and personal inspec-
ton.
AS a result, the employees of the Office
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transportation, even though it be a canal,
and an old one at that has been of great
benefit to Washington and its citizens,
and the passing of the ancient waterway
will be missed in more ways than one,
though 1t may be superseded by an up-to-
date steel rail, stone-ballasted, all-the-
way-in- the-shade on both sides.
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the wrecks of the once populated stables
or power houses"

or power houses"
Thirty years ago this terminus present
ed lively scene. Scores of huge barges
were always moored up to the long
wharves, and Rock Creek was glaring
mass of animation. Here and there nom
descript mariners made the air tremble
with picturesque apparel and language.
The little whisky dens held quarreling
mobs of rough mule punchers and
brawny boatswains sang fought and
drank together A line of several hun
dred mules and horses were ever stall ed
in the big power house" and the fam
lilies of the mariners held social sway on
the broad decks of their homes
In those days the coming of the Mary
Ann from Cumberland was an event of
The times., 1898-11-20

will be almost as much at home in their
new quarters next Sunday as they were
in the old building. A place has been pro-
vided for everything, there is no lack Of
room and facilities for handling all kinds
of mail matter, and the arrangements
are such as to afford the greatest possi-
BILE seclusion to the workers and the
greatest convenience to thespublic.
No Interruption of Work.
Saturday was selected, after confer
ence which Mr.. WiIlett held with the Off
cials Of the office Immediately after the
order was received. as it will give the
employees practically an entire day, Sun
The times., 1898-11-20
Sir Thoma. J. Upton. Business.

London, Nov 19.-It is announced that
Sir Thomas ]. Upton will convert his ex-
tensive tea, coffee and provision business
in the United States into stock company
in February.
The times., 1898-11-20
Location of Offices.

The main compartment is separated
from the rest of the building by hand
some glass and wood partitions. and
corridor runs around the front and sides
of it to the rear. In the front. directly
under the tower and almost in the center
of the building, facing Pennsylvania Ave
nue., will be the general delivery win
dows.
On the right of these windows. as one
enters the building from Pennsylvania
Avenue is the bureau of information, and
on the left the wholesale and retail. stamp
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An ideal cmce.

The new office is an ideal one in every
respect The main floor, a part of the
basement and the mezzanine floors, were
set apart for the use OF the postoffice in
the act providing for the erection of the
building. while the rest OF the building
will be occupied by the Postofiice De-
partment and the sixth auditors office of
the Treasury Department. 1t will be
some time. however. before that part of
the building will be occupied. as it is not
nearly completed. Workmen are engaged
on 1t now. and the work will cont nue.
after the city postoffice has been NOV d
in.
That part of the basement reserved for
the office will be used for stores of va
rious kinds. All of the work of The
fee Will be done on the main and mezza-
nine floors. The greater part of the main
floor will be occupied by the mai ing and
delivery division. 1t takes up the enti e
center of the building. and is rooted over
with glass and iron, court running from
the second story to the roof.
| The shaft affords plenty of light. ard
the floor space is ample; muca greater
than that now available in the C Sire t
| building. The boxes and racks are now
nearly all in position. and the work of
| finishing them up is being rapidly pushed
| to completion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-21

Most Of TIE Time STE Was Confined 10 Bed.
good old Irish and Scotch stock, we did
not think it was that. Our doctor called
the disease by an odd name, which, as [
afterWard learned. meant lack of blood.
1t is impossible to describe the feeling
John and / had as we noticed our daugh-
ter slowly passing away from u.s. We
finally found, however, medicine that
seemed to help her. and from the first we
noticed decided change for the better,
and after three months treatment her
health was so greatly improved you would
not have recognized her. She gained in
flesh rapidly and soon was in perfect
health. The medicine used was DR.. Will
Jams Pink Pills for Pale People | have
always kept these pills in the house since
and have recommended them to many
people. | have told many mothers about
them and they have effected some Won
derfu cures.
every mother in this land should keep
these pills in the house, as they are good
for many ailments, particularly those
arising from impoverished or diseased
blood, and weakened nerve force"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-21
SIOO Reward. $500.

The readers of this paper will BE- pleased to
earn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to in all its stages
and that is Catarlh. Halls Catarrh Cure IS
the only positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treatment, Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys-
tenn thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength by build
ing up the constitution and assisting nature IN
doing its work. The proprietors have SO much
faith in its curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that 1T fails to
cure Send for list of testimonials
Address, f. j. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, y,
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-21
BABY'S CAT.
Want to see me, old chap?
Want to curl up in my lap

Want to see me, old chap?
Want to curl up in my lap
Do yer, jim?
See him sit and purr and blink.
Don't yer bet he knows I think
Lots of him?
Little kitten, nolhin' more,
When we found him at the door,
In the cold.
And the baby, half undressed,
Picked him up, and he was jest
All she'd hold.
Put him up for me to see,
And she says, so cute, says she,
"Baby's cat
And we never had the heart
For to keep them two apart
After that.
Seems if I must hear the beat
OF her toddlin' little feet,
Round about;
Seem to see her tucked in bed,
With the kittens furry head
Peekin' out.
Seems if I could hear her say,
In the cunnin' baby way
That she had;
Say goodnight to Jimmie, do,
Cos if 90 forfeited to
He'd feel bad"
Miss her dreadful, don't we boy?
Day don't seem to bring no JOY
With the dawn;
Looks s night was everywhere,
Blu there's glory over there
Where she's gone.
Seems as if my heart would break,
But I love yer for her sake,
Don't I jim?
See him sit and purr and blink;
Don't yer bet he knows I think
Lots of him?
Joe Lincoln, in Good Roads
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-21

Britannia may not rule the wave to
the extent which she did once, but she
can probably send as many war yes
sells to Chinese waters as France, Ger
MANY and Russia together. Moreover,
on the water the English have proven
themselves to be far better fighters
than any other people in the world
except the Americans, as shown in the
wars of 1775-S1 and 1812-15.-St. Louis
IIohe Democrat
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-21
"A BENEFACTREsS' KIND ACT
From the Evening Nets. Detroit, Mich.

FTOnt UIe EUe7t17tg N6IS, Det7Ott' lHtC71'
Mrs. John Tansey, Of $50 Baker street,
Detroit. Mich, is one of those women
who always know what to do In trouble
and sickness. One that is a mother to
those in distress. To a reporter she said ;
Il am the mother of ten children and
have raised eight of them. Several, years
ago we had a serious time with my daugh-
ter, which began when she was about
sixteen years old. She did not have any
serious illness, but seemed to gradually
waste away. Having never had any con-
SUMPTION in orr family as we come OF
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-21
OH. WHAT SPLENDID COFFEE.

Mr.. Goodman. Williams County, H..
writes: From one package Salzer S
German Coffee Berry costing Is cents |
grew 800 pounds of better coffee than |
can buy in stores at 30 cents pound. =
A package Of this and big seed cata
logue is sent you by John A. Salzer
Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis, upon receipt
of Is cents stamps and this notice. en-