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(From the Chicago Tribune.)
Eve" said Adam, as they sat down to talk
it over, after their expulsion from the garden,
81 can't support you now in the style to which
you have been accustomed. But it's your fault"
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NATIONAL DENTAL PARL0RS.

996 Il St. p. W.
Gold hlngs and bridge werk a specially, Al
the lowest price; arnalsam hlings soc; full setI
Of teeth on plates. S.; extracting. either BY gai
or local spray absolutely painless SOC: with
nut 25c al work done by experts and guar
snteed the beet; open Sundays from 10 to
o'clock. mh92-tf-en
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IN M s. THEO,

Medium and card reader. Washington's most
famous ClairvQyant and Pslmist. Consult her on
business. love ard family affairs; reunitcs the
separated; removes spells; causes speedy mar.
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spoken 25c and soc. 929 II st. NV seI2-7t
WIDOW unincu,nbered. young and h.ndsome
real estate ard $4,000 will forever be happy
with lovable husband. HEIRESs, l55 East 65th
ST Y. IL
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IIfau Il-II-NIIiI , IaChtts OF
Sweaters. Nothing goes bet
ter these frosty mornings.
Wheelmen, Market Men. Milk
Men, Office Men, Policemen.
Railroad Men, Grocery Men,
CoaciImen, aad all men who
have been wearing our Jack
cts and Sweaters the past q
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years, know how TO appreciate these excellent
articles Prices from ssc 10 s5.9s. We furnish
Extra Sleeves. G. AUERBACH, : * H. Danes
tic Sewing Machine Agency. sel5-ti
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
Washington, Alexandria
Ga6
Mount Vernon Railway.
From station, Ii 1-2 ST. and Pa Ave.
1n Eject May 1, 1898.

In Eject May 1, 1898.
For Alexandria (week days.. $3.50. 7:05. 7:36.
ex.: 500, S:35. $3.50, 1000. II 90, II AS A. NJ
2:05; ex.; 1920, Ills, LAS, 2:05, ex.; $500 ex;
3:25 1850, ea.; AIS ex-; 4:50, sos, $50 ex. !;
$40, Cos, ex.; 6:s0. 7O6; s7:3o, $500, 9:0o loOc
u:20, 1859 p NJ
For Alexandria (sundays) 7:k, Gas, 9:46,
1880, lis A. NJ; 12:00 noon, 12:45, 1:30, 2:l5'
$780, 3:45, 4:3o. Sis, 600. 6:45 $780, s:l5. 300,
10:00, IL 20 P. NJ
For Mount Vernon (week days) $780, 500,
1000, 1100 A. NJ, 12:G5, LIS. 2:05. 300. 1850.
7:0e 900 p. NJ
For Mount Vernon (Sundays) 7:45, 9:45 A. II.
E:00 noon, 2:l5 3:45, Gas and p. NJ
For Arlington and Aqueduct Bridge (week
days., SEQ, $3.50, 1000 and HOO A. NJ, 1906.
1920. LIS, 2:05, 300, 1925, AIS. $40. Gus,
7.05 and 500 P. NJ.
For Arlington and Aqueduct Bridge tsundays),
7:45 S;45, 9:45, 1890, II 10 A. NJ, 1900 noon.
R:45, 1880, 2:l5, 300, 3:45. 4:30. sos. Gee.
GAS, 7:30. s:15 p. NJ.
-Runs to Payne Station only.
Parcels carried on all trains. Baggage checked.
ap13-tf
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srEAMBOATs.
STEAMBOATS,.
Norfolk and Washington
SteambOatCO

= Every day in the year for Fortress Mon
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HAVE 90 and 81 frames cut down and enamel-
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wheel; call and get prices. SLOWER CO..
10IT New York ave sels-St
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FOR sALE-BICYCLEs-

RIDERS, ATTENTION! We are closing out our
entire stock below cost; new and slightly
used wheels; Columbia. Eclipse. Sterling Ram
bier, Heating, Crescent. Eagle Keystone, and
the World. We are also offering bargains IN
high-grade lamps; singie-tube tires mechanically
put on. S1-5O apiece; bicycles bought outright
NEW YORK CYCLE CO., fS4 9th ST. NV
se1s-7t
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
FOR few days 1 will clean out furnaces for
sl-50; ranges 81; latrobes =; providing work
can be done after p. m. Address COMPETENT,
this Office. sels-3t
wANTED-Loan of $50 to $780, 3 to mo-; pay
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this Office. seiS-3t
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A PROFESSIONAL REToUCHER will teach a
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ALL SORTS OF TIN WORK. roofing. spouting
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reasonable. JOHN BERTRAA, Brookland. D. c.
Item
SH0RTHAND-Improved methed; experienced
teachers; day and evening; g per month;
private instruction also given. sos 18th St NV.
se17-6t-em
FURS REMoDELED to present styles at your
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sHELDoN's DANCING ACADEMY, nov op n for
the season; call or send for cireulrs: all the
latest dances. 1901 ST. sel1-if-em
PROF. j. B. CALDWELL has returned to the
city and will reopen his academy for dane
ing corner 9Th and H SIS NV, Tuesday, Sep
tember 20. se17-3t
DANCING-WaItz and two step; strictly private;
no classes; Miss Marie Leonardo, Premier
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MISS n. HOLLAND has opened dressmaking par
lors at 522 7th st. Sc. seIl-7t
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no charge; watching, shadowing, evidence es-
pecially; consultation free; confidential. II0 ID
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WANTED-AH kinds OF upholsiering done at resi-
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goods. Address UPHoLSTERER, 6l2 st. rw.;
necash required au27-2It
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Printing 500 cards, 75c; 500 envelopes, 75c; 500
noteheads 75c, 500 statements 75c binding mag
azines, soc; miscellaneous books rebound c. E.
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per gallon. LACEY's. COZ N. Y. ave. NV.
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The ''3 Days" Cure

Qor mem leads all remedies in this city;
prompt and permanent cure charge. Con-
suitation free. DR.. AcKEEHAN, TIC 18th at.
NV Office hours 10 a. M to / p m, to 8
p. M, Sunday, to p. m. ses-lm
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Mrs. DR.. RENNER.

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FOR SAIE-New gents SIS tieyele. 22-ineh
frame; , IL inch drop; wen at prize; only
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corner 10th and o SITS. NV. seIT-St
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MME DAVIS, born clairvoyant and card reader,
tells about business; removes spells and evil
influences; reunites the separated, and gives luck
TO all: cures piles and drunkenness 1928 25th ST.
NV seS-1m
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FOR sALE-Ore '9s bicycle; C. & J. tires; adj
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ERRORS CT YOUTH.

Book mailed free to any address. DR. LOEB,
800 n. 18th ST., Philadelphia. Pa. iy1I-sui
HERE'S TO THOSE THAT WISHES WELL;
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FOR few days l will clean out furnaces for
s1-50; ranges 81; latrobes -; providing work
can be done after p. m Address COMPETENT.
this Office. sels-3t
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CIGAR AND NOTION sTORE-Busy corner:
northwest section; price $3.50; low rent.
DUNLAP, sO6 ST. seISL3t
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wANTED-Loan of $50 to 500. 3 TO no.; pay
fair premium; pay principal monJhly; 10
sharks need apply. Address RELIEF, this ofiee.
II
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and Clarvoyant. Your destiny revealed with
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The times., 1898-09-04
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
A Suggestion That They Were Not
of Use I'm the War.

Now that the war with Spain has proved
so short an affair and /; can be seen that
the filling up of the regular regiments
would have given us troops enough for
Santiago, 1t IS easy for the Army and
Navy Journal 10 say the volunteers were
not needed. But If our navy had been
less effective and an assault on Havana
had been necessary. the Importance of
the National Guard would have been ap-
preciated That journal says:
Contrary to it's wish, the department
tions intact and form not a volunteer
but what pretended to be a National
Guard army We say pretended to be. for
the first development under this system
was that there was not regiment of the
guard ready to take rile field. Every one
had to be recruited up to the standard
strength and the new recruits formed
at least so per cent of the various State
regiments. In some cases they formed 81
to 100 per cent, and States that were un-
able to persuade their own citizens to go
TO the war were actually allowed TO open
recruiting offices in large cities OF other
States and take for themselves the credit
of enlistments to which they contributed
nothing. One consequence of this per-
nicious system was that regiments which
posed as having that amount of military
instruction which the National Guard can
give actually contained 600 or 100 men
who had never fired gun or drilled a
step. Some of those who went to Cuba
got their first firing drill on board ship.
On the other hand, these raw recruits are
the very men the army will value most
Tilev are Strapping Young fellows mostly
recruited out of the streets. TO whom the
pay and livelihood is an object. and who
have no business cares awaiting their re-
turn. They have passed a close medical
survey and are just as good as any raw
material that ever entered any army II
would have been well for us if we had
them alone and allowed the organized
members of the National Guard 10 con-
tiDue in their employments at home
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LACK OF HEAD.
The Failures at Santiago Were Not
Unavoidable.


The later policy of denying that there
was incompetency and neglect in the
management of the supplies in the San
tiago campaign and of holding that every
body is blameless is assailed by a man
who ought to know all about the busi-
ness. Mr.. II. II. Harrison is the train
master of the Plant system. and 1t is his
regular work to handle merchandise in
transit He was ar the front all the cam
paign, and he says:
There was no head to the whole thing
in the army circles from Shafter down, or
from Shafter up, as the case may be, for
II was mighty hard to locate the region
of ability in any one of the officers around
Tampa, or in charge, as they called il,
of moving the troops. l do not know any
Of them who could not move or handle a
company, possibly a regiment, in time Of
peace. when it was a question of transfer
from one army post to another-from
Fort Thomas to Columbus. for instance.
But when ii came to handling an army,
there wasn't one of them who had the
first idea of how il should be done. The
job was too big for them, and the orders
and the countermanding of orders were
kept up till you couldn't rest When the
history of this war is written, or when
it's conduct is investigated. the blame
will be put where ii belongs, and there it
will stay for all time.
THE war has been marked by incom-
petence. and plenty of it. and of the most
pronounced sort. l was on the ground
all the time. l saw everything that was
done, and in my capacity of master of
trains l know where the biame ought to
rest and 1t Is on the men who pranced
around in epaulettes and did the grand
stand act, while the men and the army in
general and the success of the expedition
itself were hazarded."
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partly as mascot. and partly as q
thing to bet on. They would lay a
wager that some bold horssman from
another troop could not ride the bron-
cho. and the cavalier would try it. and
the broncho would toss him up in the
air, and the hospital would have an
other patient and the broncho's own
ers would have full pockets. As a
means of earning money. that broncho
was far superior to plain soldering;
so the Third Cavalry thought.
The reputation OF the broncho went
abroad in the camp, and reached the
ears of the Rough Riders. A squad of
them casually sauntered over to the
camp of the Third on pay day. and
began with great innocence to discuss
horse. The owners of the broncho des-
canted upon his reputation. The
Rough Riders said that they had a
man in their troop who had something
of reputation as a horse-tamer, and
could ride anything on four legs,
whether any of the legs remained on
the ground or not. The Third looked
skeptical; the Rough Riders looked
confident. though modest. Finally
Sergt DarnelI said that he would like
to try the broncho and see what kind
of horse he was. Money was produced
and assorted into stakes. and the horse
came forth. Sergt. Darnell mounted.
He did not stay mounted long, but he
always got off the horse by himself; he
was not thrown off; and he always got
on again. The broncho was a good
deal astonished, but he rose to the
occasion. So did the sergeant He
acted as if he had always been used to
ride a horse upside down, and back
wards, and crab fashion. When the
broncho tried to climb a tent pole the
sergeant quite agreed with him that
that was the thing to do, and when
the animal, disappointed at such lack
of opposition on the part of his rider,
started off on a wild race around the
camp, the sergeant looked reposeful
and happy. When the twain came
back TO their regiments, -the broncho
softly patting its neck. Nice little
horse for a lady" said he, kind and
gentle; no bad tricks; easy gait. Like
to take him home to my Wife
The broncho is in disgrace, and the
Rough Riders are in clover. The other
regiments al Camp Wikoff would like
to know what sort of a rabbits foot
that regiment has to bring it luck.
So far as the broncho affair is con-
cerned, however, there is no luck
about ii at all. No mascot in the world
ever helped a man TO stay on buck
ing broncho when the latter was ready
for business.
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IT WAS A RACE.
Col. Thurston and Mr.. Clayton Rush
to Washington.

In a Jacksonville dispatch TO the Mont
gomery Advertiser is this account of
race to Washington between Congressman
Clayton and Lieut.-Col Thurston, in
which the former won by twenty-four
hours. The dispatch says: 1T is rumored
here in the First Alabama Regiment that
its neighbor. the Second. has a first-class
scandal on its hands a scandal. ii is
whispered, which if true it will take con-
siderable influence to suppress. Last
Tuesday or Wednesday the officers of that
regiment held an informal meeting. Its
presiding genius was, it is alleged, Lieut.
Col. Thurston. 1t is alleged that most of
the officers donated $40 into a contingency
fund to pay the expenses of the lieuten-
ant colonel 10 Washington Wednesday
morning it was general talk among the
soldiers that the lieutenant colonel was
going TO Washington TO exert some mys-
terious influence on something or some
body. The self-same privates suspected
| that possibly that influence might work
destruction to their plans TO get out of
this 'unpleasantness, and to prevent this
they sent over $50 kilograms to Congress
man Clayton at Eufaua. Each of these
kilograms, il Is said contained the an
departure, and asked that Clayton do
something in the premises, no matter
what that something might consist of. SO
| long as 1t was done in hurry. In the
afternoon of Wednesday several priyates
| they say, received wires from Clayton
| that he would leave on the 4:30 D. m
| (Eufaula) train for Washington. Lieut.
Col. Thurston it is known fact, did not
| leave for the nations capital until 7:20
o'clock that night exactly three hours
and ten minutes behind Clayton. This is
| all there is in the Jacksonville side of the
story. Whether 1t is true or false the
men believe 1t. The two main facts the
! almost simultaneous departure of the
| congressman and the officer. are suffi-
| cently interesting to them, and they are
| waiting with bated breath to hear the re-
| suit of the race to Washington, which
| must have been prolific of much excite
ment. Clayton has given his word to the
| men that he will be with them 90 the
| finish
| The Advertiser then gives this addition
I al information:
| Congressman Clayton telegraphed a
| private from Washington today: L beat
| Thurston here by twenty-fOur hours
| Senator Pettus's offices, 1t is understood.
/ have also been enlisted on the side of the
| men.
There is scheme in the Second Ala
| bama which contemplates sending some
| part of that body to Cuba. 1t is said to
| be engineered by some company officers,
who, it is alleged, have been offering non
| commissioned officers and lieutenantcies
| to those who help TO raise companies in
the event that the regiment is, mustered
I out. 1t is the ambition of some officers
| to raise companies for transfer to regi-
ments which are going. In an extremity.
a combination of men from the First and
| Second Alabama may be made, enough
| at least for battalion fit for garrison
| duty in a small town.
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A Brilliant Surgeon.

If things are as satisfactory in the
Montauk hospital as Gen. Wheeler i'm
plies that they are he has himself To
thank for il. According to all ac-
counts, it is not Col Forwood's fault
if everybody in the camp is not dead
from starvation.
The story goes that this Col Forwood
reported 10 Gen. Wheeler that he had
not honored a doctors requisition for
medicine because there was no way of
getting the medicine TO the proper
place There was but one horse avail
able, and IL would have taken three
TO transport the supplies. Neither Col.
Forwood nor his brilliant subordinate
seemed to have thought of any way out
of the difficulty. This exhibition of
| brains caused a look of WEAKNESS to
come over Gen. Wheelers face, and in
the peculiarly soft tones for which he
is noted, he inquired of the subordi-
nate: DR. Woods. didn't it occur to
you that you might have sent your
one horse over three times?'
Then it was brought to the generals
notice that people had suffered great
inconvenience from receiving no an
swer when they called up the hospital
on the telephone. The excuse which
Col. Forwood gave for that was that
the doctors could not leave their pa
tents TO answer such calls Gen.
Wheeler patiently suggested that
man be detailed-not necessarily a man
with a medical diploma. for the sole
purpose of attending to the telephone.
I'M
when Gen. Wheeler asked If there
could not be alphabetical lists of
the patients in the hospitals, and
Forwood said he didn't know how
to do it. The general explained
to his chief surgeon that he
might have an indexed book. which
would cost possibly twenty-five cents.
and put down each patients name un-
der his initial when he came in, and
check it off when he went out. And
that let in more light on the chief sur
geon's bewildered brain.
If there is very much of this sort of
thing at Montauk il is a wonder that
the men are as we'll off as they are.
The mental caliber of this chief sur
geon and his assistant who figured In
the horse incident. seems to be about
on the level of that of an ancient oeo-
pie of Jutland known as the Molbos.
Ii is related that the Molbos wished To
scare a stork out of their cornfield,
because he was trampling down the
grain Accordingly, they sent a man
in to drive him out. Then ii occurred
to them that the mans feet We're large
| and would trample down more grain
than the stork- So they took gate
off the hinges and four of them carried
the man in TO scare away the stork.
After this exploit they felt very tired.
and all sat down on the ground to rest,
and in some way or other their feet
| became mixed up, so that no man
could tell which were his. They sat
there in great misery for some time,
until a stranger came along-a stranger
always does come along in such cases
and they told him about 1t. He lifted
up his club and began to smite the
| Molbos Justify on the shinS, and it did
not take many seconds to sort out the
| feet quite successfully. 1t will be well
| for the officials in charge of the hos
pitfalls at Montauk TO refrain from sit
ting down together where their feet
will be liable to get mixed. They might
| have to stay there till after dark