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The times., 1898-01-02
The Western Factotum


God made the burro as he is,
Wherefore men should not gibe
At those quaint oddities of his
Which. mark his patient tribe;
His gloomy mournfulness; his meek
And diia tory way;
His morals more or less oblique;
And exc his doleful bray.
There may be-and, indeed. there are,
Beasts fairer far to see;
The lion in particular,
Or horse of Araby,
Or proud gazelIe, or elephant,
Or doe of slender limb
But all of these united can't
Scale my regard for him.
A stranger, seeing him at first,
With bowed and humble head,
Would count him as about the worst
Bluff of a quadruped;
But let that stranger, studious,
Ponder the beast sedate,
And soon he'll count the little cuss
A thing supremely great.
Although devoid of style or speed,
Or any sort of fame,
Or pedigree, or blood indeed,
He gets there just the same:
With more than half ton of freight
Lashed on with ropes and stays,
He starts off at jogging gait
That fills you with amaze.
To diggings new he slowly steers.
And leads the mining horde
He's first among the engineers
When mountains must be bored,
Or bridges spun from hight to hight
For traftic,s whiriing wheel,
Bearing with simp1e-hearted might
His pyramid of steel.
He gave the world the boundless West,
Treasured with precious ore;
He climbed the mountains snowy crest
And stole their priceless store.
Promoting commerce where he goes,
The ragged brute is found
Detected, gloomy. with his nose
Swung just above the ground.
And even when he is retired,
A superannuate.
He's yet a creature much admired
And held in honor great.
For all the children roundabout:
A gladsome, merry pack
Lift up their CHEEKY tones and shout
Six deep upon his back.
God made the burro as he is.
Wherefore men should not gibe
At those shall oddities of his
Which mark his worthy tribe
No wonderous speeding has he scored.
Like Star or Robert j.
He's quite content to serve the Lord
With steel-trussed yertebrae.
Chicago Record.
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AUCTION SALES.
FRA ME DWELLINGS, ON MILK HOUSE
FORD ROAD, NEAR BRIGHTW WOOD,
TRUSTEES, SALE.

By virtue OF certain dee d OF trust, dated
September Is. 1895, and recorded In Iiber
2O46, folio 2S7 ct. seq, one OF the land
records OF the District or Columbia. and
at the request OF the holders OF the notes
secured thereby. we will sell at public
auction In front or the pr eTnises. L =
WEDNESpA I. JANUARY 5, AID. 1859.
| at O'Clock p m. the following describes
real estate. situate in the county of WASH
| fngton, District OF Columbia, tO-wit: All
| that part or lot numbered one % OF Nor
Inent's subdivision OF Betsy Buffers estate
| contained in the following metes and
! bounds: Beginning at stone planted On
/ the north side of the Milk House Ford read,
being the southwest corner Of the original
| lot numbered one III; thence north along
the west line of said lot one tll. one hun
[ dred and seventy-five feet (175l: thence
In an easterly course parallel with said
MIX House Ford road. forty eetl 40l. thence
In sOuthWesteriy course par aHel with tire
first line mentioned. to the north side OF
said road, one hundred and seventy-five
tl15t feet thence along said Milk House
Ford road forty (40l feet. to the beginning.
obtaining seven thousand q ,OO01 square
feet OF ground. more or less
Terms of sale: One-halr n-2J of the
purchase money to be paidia cash, balance
In two equal installrne ents, IN six 90 and
twelve t12I months, with interest at six
To- per cent per annum, secured on the
property sold; or all cash, at the option
of the purchaser A deposit OF fifty
dollars $500 will be required at the time
OF sale. All conveyancing and recording
at purchasers cost. Terms OF sale TO be
complied with within ten t1Ob days from
day of sale, or tne trust tees reserve the right
to resell at the risk and cost of def aulting
purchaser, or purchasers, after five l5)
days previous advertisement OF suCn resale.
R0BT- E l. WHITE,
GEO. W. WHITE,
Webster Law Bldg, No. sos sc. NV.
dc 231 2t0&dS
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PROGRESS IN
MEDICINE.
A GREAT DISCOVERY.
tcopied from The United States Health
keports.r March IL, 1921

TOPPED from The United states Health
Reports March 1S, 1897
In the Pacific Coast Journal of Home
Pulint lary tuberculosis written by
pr b Morgan. OF san Francesca, will
oe found the following opinion Of DR..
Morgsi. who is late professor of physical
diaSIosis and lung diseases in the Home
9patnir. HoSpital college, San Francisco,
M9afsn gSeS ffI 9n to make tins
y Z. Os;cr, OF Baltimore; LOomis. u New
York. and others: But l am OF rhe opin-
has done so much in tracing the entire
coneeries OF pathological pheuome-Ia in
yoIveG IL. tuberculosis 10 their origin as
has Dr. Neyfn X. Shade, OF Washington
ID. c And his conclusion is that mai,
aSsiniiIs tiOI. and maluutFitiOu are rfnHiS-
rcnsdble to the development II tubercu-
Al, in letter written by d.. Morgan.
Novel; be, /. 1895, is this remarkable =
sertinE- Remarkable beca use Prof Nor
gan ~ recognized as authority in medi-
cine il the West Among other things
of iuI Ortance DR. Morgan says 90 "a IN
this letter: II am satisfied from the re.
suits / taye secured from DIR. Shad IS
plan I treatment that he has made Jhs
greatest discovery of the nineteenth cen
tury. krd after reading Dr. Shades a.
ticle. uE tubercuiosiS-in former times
I tori. ed the conviction that he was in
IT, lt;.G of the physicians rs in our times
In the treatment OF tubercular consImp
ton.
Dr. shS de's "ChioIidum Discovery for
Consumption marks an epocbal event IN
the tis tory OF the curative science of the
last li.f of tt is, most fefna r<abIe cen
tury. We give DR.. Shade and his ire II.
men tie nIqua lified enforcement OF tn.
UNIT Eli STATES HEALTH REPORTS
Car or WTiie for booklet and symptom
blan'. f,r those desiring home treatment.
Cons Ulta ton free Monday, Wednesda Y, and
FRI :. 1899 18th st.
SO month to those beginning On or
be tore tn. Cd Of January, 1895.
deaI-a
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4 MIXED CREW .
Religious ScrupIes and National Gus.
toms UncomforfahIy Mixed.
L. A tnI.

tFr0m the AtchISon GloDe.)
The troubles of Captain Hostler. of
the steamer Wennington Hall, are
driving him to madness and making
him white haired. And it is all about
theology.
Months ago Captain Hostler,
worthy British sailorman. left Colombo,
Ceylon, with a crew made up of the
inhabitants of that place. Colombo is
noted for many things, one of them
being a varied assortment of religions.
The shades of theology were so fully
represented in Captain Hostler's crew
that every blessed heather of them
seemed to have a different religion from
the rest and a call to impress his own
particular species upon his messmates.
From Colombo to New York there was
a continuous circus of the monkey and
parrot type.
The Nohammedan felt it incumbent
on him to say his prayers at sunrise,
looking toward the east. While in these
profound devotions the Buddhist would
slip behind the MoSlem and welt him
over the head with an iron Delaying pin
to convince him of the error of his
ways The Arab would not pull on the
same rope with the Lascar, because
his religion declared that if he did so
he would be unclean. Time out Of mind
pork has been the sailors stand by,
but part of Captain Hostler's crew
would as soon have eaten baby as
piece of pig. Others brought with them
live sheep to be killed by themselves for
meat during the voyage. They would
be acciIrScd and consigned TO the 10 vest
depths if they ate meat killed by the
Christian unbeliever. They slaughtered
the animals down to the last one, which
was female sheep, smuggled in on
them by mistake. 1t being against
their religion to kill a eve, the unfor-
tunate captain could neither make
mutton of the old thing nor throw her
overheard so she had to be brought
along to New York, where she made
him trouble with the quarantine au-
thorities. Capt. Hostler is now wonder
ing how he is going to get his shipload
of religions home again.
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kind And we sincerely trust that his
example will duly impress hundreds OF
our young men who may be called upon
to face the irrepressible Chicago con-
flict between literature and commerce..
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and that the one-half which is away
must be protected? Colonel Bryan de-
serves the whole United States Navy
and If the question were left to the
people to decide he would get it.
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Do ycu know that you can have
The. Morning, Evening and Sunday
Times-the only COMPLETE news
paper published in Washington
served to you by carrier for fifty
cents q month?
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ron uIRr-HoRsE AND CARRIAGE

T WILL. let my horse that lady OF Any
one car. dr:V Z aud harness. and new cut
under covered wagon, stable and street
blankets and lapruhe TO EoOd parry lIet'
/ vii. pay back when l take team. t. r
{, this office. Geol -3t-em
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de2qdSd:

J.E. FRECHIE & CO., general eUctioneers
316-t8 9th st. NV; furniture sales every
TUESDAY and Friday. 10 a. IA; crockery
trade sales Thursdays o g. M; consign-
ments received daily for above sales.
da4-2mO-efn
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FOR EXCHANGE.

FXcHANtiI-Rfc soil: Kansas I60-aCre
farm: clear want good furniture. up-
right pIunO. aul caSh, 1r what nave YOU
Address EyCPA Nt;E. this Of1iCe. I1l-1t
The times., 1898-01-02

RATCLIFFE, SUTTON x co, AUctioueers.-
TRUs TEES SALE OF KINDLING WOOD
MISS. COAL SCALES, OFFICE, &c.
BEING CONTENTS or WOOD AND
CuAL YARD, AT NV. CORNER OF
eth AND SITS Sw.
By virtue Cf q certain chattel deed Uf
trust dated April IA. 1897, and on the
same cate recorded among the land rec
ords OF the District OF Columbia In Lioer
No. 2205 at folio 344 ct seq, and at she
request or the party secured thereby
VIII sell at public auction Tor cash on
Thu rs =, 9Th day OF January 1898,
at 1 O'Clock IN, on the premiS eS. ". A.
Kinder Coal ard Wood Yard locatsi al
north west corner OF Eighth and I streets
Southwe est, Washington. ID. C.. the goods
and chattels mentioned In Schedule Il,
attached tc and made a part Of aforeS5 aid
deed oi trust, comprising in part ktntiiing
wood factory, including engine and boilers.
shaftiiiE and betting. wood oench, saw
wood splitter and three wood presses, four
horses three coal carts, two top wagons
two sets cart harness one set double
wagon SIu esS, one ct single wagon bar
ness, statts and sheds, coal scales. office,
&c. JOdN BECh.
dp29dSds Trustee
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

NAN. ED- Grocery, with dwelling, rol
cash: with stable preferred. "a ) II
thi- t.ffice- ja1 st 1TT
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wANTED-To give music lessons ON piano
or string Instruments by a COMPETENT
teacher ty the quarter in exchange Tor
groceries, small quantity every wee K.
TEA This office. Item
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WANTED-A very small. weIl-bred dog.
70 mate with nice little skye gyp.
choice Ct puI pies. Address IMMEDIATE.
this Office II
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WANTEn-A small bakery; with cheap
rent Address BAKER, this office.
ial-3t
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RATCLIFFE. srTToN { 90. Anctioneers.

Webster Law Bldg, No. sos d sc. NV.
de23-1 2tQI&dS
Smyrna times., 1898-08-31
THE NEW HONEYMOON.
Neither Bride Nor Groom Knows In Ad.
vance Where II Is to be Spent.

HOneymoons change with the fash
Ion as well as other wedding customs.
Once upon time the turtle doves went
ON long trip, visiting cities that they
perhaps had never seen before or
never hoped to see again. For the last
tive or six years a cruise on yacht or
Journey in a private car alternated
with a sOiOurn at somebody's beauti-
ful country place lent for the occasion.
But the very newest plan for honey
moon sounds more interesting than
any of its predecessors. The newly
made benedict tells his best man how
long time he may absent himself from
town or business, gives him a check for
a generous amount and tells him to ar
range the rest. Neither he nor the
bride knows were their honeymoon is
to be passed, until they are on the ship
or train, as the best man accompanies
them to the station or wharf, checks
their trunks and hands the bridegroom
the tickets only at the last moment.
When this is done the happy man opens
an envelope, finds his route all laid out
for him, and is saved the annoyance of
telegraphing to hotels and arranging
minor details.
The plan is an awfully good one in
some ways" said wife of five weeks,
who, of course, speaks as if she had
spent her life trying the different sorts
OF wedding tours. Flying about
sightseeing is absurd when you have
eyes aud thoughts for one person only,
and staying in the country is apt to
be dull and damp if one is married in
April or very early in June TIL one
disadvantage of the secret honeymoon
Is that the poor bride does not know
what to wear. The best man ought to
give her hint as to whether the
Rangeley lakes or the Keys Of Florida
are to be her destination. Our honey
moon was spent up in Pike county, a
heaven ON earth in the mountains. We
lived at a delightful club house and
spent our days rambling in tho woods
and fishing. l had brought several
Pretty thin frocks, but only my trav-
cling dress for day wear, as we were
only to remain away ten days. You
can imagine my plight when 1 found
that fishing was the order for the day,
| sacrificed the travelling dress. It
was a beauty, and cost more than my
white ball dress, but one is bride only
once, and l had to enjoy my honey
moon. But if that tactless best man
had only warned me that l would need
short skirt and high boots, what
weight of worry he would have spared
me!"-N. y, Commercial AdUertjser.
Smyrna times., 1898-08-31
NIAGARA FALLS.
LOw-Rate Excursion, via Pennsylvania Rail.
road

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has arranged for a popular ten
day excursion to Niagara Falls from
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Wash
on September l. An experienced tour
ist agent and chaperon will accompany
the party.
Excursion tickets, good for return
passage on any regular train, exclusive
of limited express trains, within ten
days, will be sold at $40 from Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, and
all points on the Delaware Division;
SO. 60 from Lancaster; SS so from AL
toona and Harrisburg; $3.50 from Sun
bury and Wilkesbarre; So from Will
Transport; and at prOportiOnate rates
from other points. EXcursiOnists will
travel by special train of Pullman par
lOr cars and day coaches. A stop-Over
will be allowed at Buffalo, Rochester,
Canandaigua, and Watkins returning.
Tickets from Atlantic City and other
South Jersey points, and stations ON
the Delaware Division, will be good for
passage to Philadelphia on day preced-
ing date of excursion.
Tickets for a side trip to the Thous-
and Island alexandria Bay will be
sold from Rochester, good to return to
Rochester or to Canandaigua via Syra-
cuse within five days, at rate of $3.50.
The Canadian Industrial Fair will be
held at Toronto, August 80 to Septem-
ber the 10th, 1898. On September
tickets from Niagara Falls to TorOn-
to and return, good only on that day,
will be sold to holders of Niagara Falls
excursion tickets at rate of $1.00.
Tickets good to return until Septem-
Der II will be sold from August 80 to
September 10, inclusive, at rate of
$1.45.
For time of connecting trains and
further information apply to nearest
ticket agent, or address Geo. w. Boyd,
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1898-08-31
REGISTERED IN COURT.

Democratic technicalties to deprive
Republicans of their right of franchise,
were driven to the four winds by
Judge William G. Spruance Thursday
morning, when the forthwith ordered
the names of Thomas f. Sweeney and
Alfred H. Johnson, Republicans of the
east district of White Clay Greek hun
dred, added to the registration books
of that hundred. 1t was bit ;er pill
for the Democrats, and best of all, one
that they themselves had concocted.
Judge Spruance acted by reason of
the disqualified Republicans appealing
to him from the registrars dicision.
The cases were the first under the new
Constitution and consequently at
tracted much attention among the
Democratic politicians.
The first case heard was that of Mr..
Sweeney. George W. Currinder reg
istrar of the district refused to reg
lister him because he had been in the
State only since September IS of last
year. That election does not fall until
November 8, and as he intends to be
here then he believed the court would
uphold him in his contention. And
the court did, an order being issued
on Mr.. Currinder to register to Mr..
Sweeney Immediately whereupon Mr..
Sweeney presented his dollar and had
his name added to the books.
Then the case of Mr.. johnson was
taken up. Henry c. Conrad appeared
for him and William T. Lyman, who
appeared for the registrars in the pre-
viOus case, appeared in this behalf
again. The books of the registrars
showed that Mr.. johnson had applied
for registration on August 13 and his
money accepted. The officers believed
Mr.. johnson was resident of the
western district Mr.. johnson in
sisted that he was not and went away
believing he had qualified. The books
showed differently, however, his money
being marked, returned The appeal
was therefore on this action. John
son, under oath, told of having been
born in the State and of having resided
in the eastern district of White Clay
Greek hundred for four years. Mr..
Lyman wanted to prove that Mr..
Johnson had his washing done at his
parents home, Newark, which is in
western district, but failed.
This finished the testimony, where
upon the court ordered the name added
to the books, Mr.. Johnson like Mr..
Sweeney, presenting the necessary
fee.
Smyrna times., 1898-08-31
A Great Screamer.

More than so years ago Lachlan No
Donald left his home in Strathspey,
Scotlan d, and went to the shores of Lake
Winnipeg. He did not neglect to carry
with hi IN his beloved bagpipe, and many
an even ing it spoke to him of the old
home beyond the seas.
Even in the daytime, when he was
busy ia the woods telling trees, he
would have it by his side, and on one
occasion he had reason to be glad that
it was 30 near.
de was merrily swinging his AK,
when be was suddenly surrounded by a
party of Indians, who looked very for
mldablb as they drew nearer, gesticu-
lating i'll particularly threatening
manner. Things began to seem ominous,
when happy thought came to the
Scotchlnan.
Seizihg his bagpipe, he blew blast
SO loud and long and shrill that the
startled red men looked upon him for q
moment i'll CONSERVATION and then took
to their heels, never stopping till the
thick shadows of the forest hid them
from the man who could give vent to
such an unearthly scream.
They did not forget that prolonged
cry; from that time the Scotchman was
known among them as 1.-THE great
scream9r of the palefaces. "-Exchange.
Smyrna times., 1898-08-31
A Famous English Inn.

One Of the oldest and most pictur-
esque inns in all England is the Crab
Tree inn in Fordham. Here cyclists
from all over Britain have congregated
and here men famous in literary annals
like Kipling, Haggard and Andrew
Lang have 'put up'' for an hour or two
to rest and quaff the ale dispensed by
this ancient hostelry.
The story runs that Robert Burns and
Sir Walter Scott once partook of the
hospitality of the place. and the queen
herself, it is reported, once stopped by
the wayside to partake of frugal bowl
of milk and crackers. The initials of
men illustrious in Great Britain's his
tory are craven upon the surface of its
deal tables, and its very window panes
are Uttered with the names Of Macaulay,
Dickens and Thackeray. 1t has been
put in at least one book, and J. Quiller
Couch has used it as the scene for one
OF his terrible tragedies
Smyrna times., 1898-08-31
Bears Great Strength.

Yes, the strength of grizzly bears is
almost beyond belief. Ihave read about
she powerful muscles in the arms of
African gorillas, but none can compare
with those i'll the arms and shoulders of
big grizzly bears. l have seen a grizzly
bear with one fore paw shot into useless
ness pull its own 1, 100 pounds of meat
and bone up precipices and perform
feats of muscle that trained athletes
could not do. have seen grizzly bears
carrying the carcasses of pigs that must
have weighed 20 pounds several miles
across q mountain side to their lair,
and have heard hunters tell of having
seen cows knocked down as if by a
thunderbolt with one blow of the fore
paw of bear.
Three summers ago I spent the season
in the coast mountains up in Monterey
county, and one moonlight night 1 saw
a big grizzly bear in the act of carrying
a dead COW home to her cub. had a
position ON the mountain side where l
could sec every movement of the bear in
the sparsely timbered valley below me.
The critter carried the dead COW in her
fore paws for at least three miles, across
jagged, sharp rocks ten feet high, over
fallen logs, around the rocky mountain
sides, where even q jackass could not
get foothold, to a narrow trail up the
steep mountain. She never stopped to
rest for moment, but went right along.
l followed. and just about half mile
from the beasts lair l laid her low.
The heifer weighed at least 200 pounds,
and. the bear would have tipped the
beam at about 400 pounds. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Smyrna times., 1898-08-31
The Breaking Up of An Empire.

One effect of the war with Spain has
been to cast glaring search-light upon
the decadence of that proud nation,
and to aquaint general readers with
the history of her gradual decline dur
ing the past two hundred wears.
Philip It's empire was the
most extensive in the world at the
commencement of his reign but dur
ing his lifetime the seeds of disintegra-
ton began to develop, and Spain lost
most of her North African posses
sions, and in the next reign Sicily,
Naples, Burgundy and Milan. The
The following list of losses, taken from
a condensed history, will exhibit the
rapid and extensive decadenee of Spain:
The Netherlands in 1909. Malacca,
Ceylon, Java and other islands in 1923.
Portugal in 164S Flanders finally in
1879. Gibraltar in 1704. The Nootka
sentiments in 1891. St. Domingo in
1894. Louisiana in 1900. Trinidad in
1902. Florida in 1919. Mexico, Ven
ezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bo-
livia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Par
aguay, Patagonia, Gautemtla, Hon
duras, Nicaragua, San Salvador, Hayti,
and many smaller islands from 1910 to
1891. Cuba, Puerto Rico, one of the
Ladrones and the Philippines CD in
1898.
Smyrna times., 1898-08-31
WHOLE NO. 1886.
The Navy.

1t is we'll settled belief on the part
OF the people of the United States that
the country may chiefly rely for de-
tense against the foreign aggression
upon the efficiency of its citizen SOL
diery. The belief has been justified bv
experience. There is a wonderful
adaptiveness and general intelligence
that swiftly turns the raw recruit into
the trained soldier. For this reason.
among others, it has never been
deemed necessary to maintain a costly
military establishment of professional
soldiers.
The naval establishment rests upon
a different footing. A navy cannot be
extemporized; and it takes years to
train a sailor. The people know very
well that while our navy is extract
tcient it is undersized. They also
know that however powerful it NAV
become there will be no resulting dan
ger to our liberties. The whole his
tory of the navy, beginning with Paul
Jones and ending with Dewey, is
record Of glorious accomplishments.
Our navy has plucked US with honor
out of the late war with Spain. Had
we spent, a few millions of dollars
more in the construction Of swift
cruisers and battleships, thus bringing
our offensive ability on the sea into
some proper proportion to our vast
maritime interests, there would have
been no war. A demonstration of our
sea power would have been sufficient.
and would have saved us hundred
millions dollars and thousands of
precious lives.
This lesson ought not to go un-
needed. Our safety at home, the pro-
lection of our steadily growing inter
national trade, the security of our ex-
tended lnsular possessions and our
position among the great Powers of
the world intermediate as that posi-
ton is between Europe and Asia-de-
mand navy adequate to all possible
requirements. We must have our
share of the worlds trade, even if we
have to fight for it.-RccOrd.