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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-01-14
THE STONE HEAVERS' UNION.
by DUST r.. ROBES.

by DUST r. ROBES.
Hark from yon mansions gloomy halls
A wall breaks on the ears ...
And trickling down from the cellar walls . . q. .
Fast course tho briny tears.
A man stretched on rumpled bed
Pours out his woosy woes o..
And aye, he shakes his throbbing head
In bousy, bousy throes.
Some member Of our mystic crew
Has been out on spree
And needs us now to put him through
The O. P. Q. degree
Come, drop those stones my brothers dear,
Let not one sinner chunk,
But gather in persuadiog prayer
Around that watery bunk.
Let Murray read chapter true =
When W. assemble there; .a.
Let Charley dry that pillow through,
And Garrett lead In prayer
Lets pray together good and strong.
Let's pray some fetching prayers,
And try and WOO his willing lips ,.~
Away from liquid ''mares"
Let's pray when next he weeps In bed
And wants to weep killer"
Thst hi, may have beneath his head IT.
An injun rubber pillow.
Let's lift our hefty voices up ~
Unto the throne Of grace;
And lot rs also hide the cup"
On else sew up his face
We know our hrother 10 not weak
As other boossFs ass
But on red liquor turns his baok-= .,
Whene'er he leaves the bar.
We know he's truly penitent
And trust in his contritiou--
But still, We think It pertinent.
To put in this petition.
We deaq sspact te zee the day
When he again gets tight
But still, We think we'd better pvay
For half the time it, night
What tho the county 10 not wet"
Well pray aad mayer tire
For he might and that "Tsmpsev' yet
BY telegrsphic wire.
And while We fortify his soul
Lets not forget, my brothers,
There's no use stopping up one hole
pnIes you plug the others.
tsmemhs1 that ~ loved ~ cup Il
TOO WI whea 10 I'M y0Rag
b when W hsaA W. havvsl ~
Let's not forget the buns,
Thsn let each man put down bis bssck
And get BIZ praying through.
Ard II orr prayers fatl 10 stick
Nsn hsavs stcss q two
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-01-14
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the usual ' eonr d treatment accorded the other nations he
world s',,"r
Gated uov,eoos confidence great neghbor
There ,, S 2t es s sc "a 'oHn'" aaS'n
vs aSa'" s the o Ss s" esrs '"'''''" and &c
Hawaii IS in every element and quality which enters the composition
of a modern civilized community ehtl Of america
Hawaii lheon American Colony without the borders Of the no
Honolulu the one port Of the world whore e stars and stripes h''t
On, Of ali ms has grown sentimental feeling toward Hawaii VII
E"twoed oa"eo 5ffass the cause
dental to the possession and control Of Hawaii which have appesed sl
strongly business practical judgment uf
-, The os.o@" e. value Of ,"a ss"p9'ea position
,. n+ r nf oy c Gaan r rni nna If Tho most consne
pSs Yf SS q % ana s'" es" policy i" the "en'-
powers and c m @ oa @na. "Scn M o p' Hawaii 's'
h@a $c6 j @,a Ny uoc o~csaton has seemed a. band
msn Naval scros the soyca8o ?" INF soaa to this
a. @ 1 "s 3s ", t 5n, %hc ""'' %o s
Iaea whether the Atty Of craftsmanship a'le
For near five ar,l,s has At the door Of theunion sktu. 70
come Delay has erned her confidence m the American peop sud
whether door she all that has
hopes to be- She asks no guarantees 10 ca but volunteers 70 share u
an" tie ] her @ % s ons na 6 Ss S w ', !, 'T W.
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thousands Of concerning Hawaii Scores magazine articles
thousands columns newspaper matter been devoted
the subject But the material Is scattered aud easily available
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- degrees north latitude and 5 and 100 degrees
longitude e-
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lis the hub OF the WESTERN Hemisphere - art.
the the Pacific the the south to
and America and Asia
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Captain MahaD OF the T. Naiy authorities
naval strategy that Hawaii the important sategical
points in the wod that II stands ae having rival and admitting
rival" "t
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to Miles
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and Rhode Island combined M group extends east and west
distance Of Loo niles Inc eight pGpPlads cover rce hunded
miles a the eastern cnd d inc group Ie a Ha-wal Man' oaku
kaa No-oka aa >ahppWe ana Nrffiau Ihce ere vauap'o
gnaho ana phosphate FoN aes on SONG u thc Western sands
situated on INC and OF oa ~ the Wnca Guy ana capo o. inc
Republic
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The business poo1 II wei oul OF stone ana bck; the residences arc
of wood
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The times., 1898-09-20
ASTHMA CAN BE CURED.
e. ~
A Noted Physician VIII Prove This
to Sufferers In Washing
ton Thursday.

The progress of modern medical science
has led TO the discovery of successful
methods of treatment for most of those
maladies once regarded as incurable.
Asthma has always been regarded as be-
longing To this obstinate class, battling
the skill of the greatest physicians. Thou
sands of sufferers know by their own ex
perience that little If any relief has been
afforded them by the methods heretofore
employed. DIR. Rudolph Schiffmann, the
noted physician, has after a lifelong
study of Asthma and kindred diseases,
discovered a remedy which not only gives
instant relief in the severest cases of
Asthma, Hay Fever and Bronchitis, but
has actually cured thousands whose cases
had been pronounced incurable. So COM
plete is his confidence in his remedy that
to overcome the skepticism of the public
growing out of the failure of other reme-
dies, DR.. Scniffmann requests this paper
to announce that all day Thursday, Sep
tember % he offers a liberal sample box
of ''Schinmann's Asthma Cure" free of
charge to all persons applying at f. A.
Tschitfely's Drug Store, AS Pennsylvania
Avenue northwest. He believes that an
actual test viii be the most convincing,
and, in fact, the only way TO overcome
the natural prejudice of thousands of
Asthmatics who have heretofore sought
relief in vain. Persons living out OF town
will receive a package free, postpaid, by
writing direct TO Dr. r. Schiffmann, 80
Rosabel Street, st. Paul. Mimi, before
September 80, as no free samples can be
obtained after that date. Send simply
your name and address plainly written
on post card. FT3t5F~b
The times., 1898-09-20
Deaf From Childhood.
MRS. GROSHpS CASE.

We present for the first time the case Of Mrs
NJ. A. Grosh, OF 10 Street northwest. She
says:
About year ago the members of my family
noticed that | getting slightly hard of
hearing ] had been totally deaf in my right
since childhood: had not heard a sound with
il all my life. Therefore, when | discovered
that ! getting hard of hearing in my left
ear, ] became very much concerned and quite
anxious 1t got rapidly worse, and it was only
a short time until ! unable TO hear the
family talking about the table any ordinary
conversation. This distressing condition contin-
ued to get rapidly worse and worse until finally
| could hardly hear anything at all. The deaf
ness not only worried me. but in my left ear
there was roaring, swapping, cracking sound
that extremely annoying.
About this time my son induced me 10 come
to Washington for treatment. After reaching the
city the question arose TO whom should
apply for relief After some investigation,
started a line of treatment at an institution in
the city. but soon gave it up, as the expense
and inconvenience of attending to IL were rather
burdensome. In the meantime. my own and my
daughters attention had been attracted By the
advertisements we had seen in the papers of the
cures that were being accomplished by Doctor
Cowden. and, after due inquiry, | made appli-
cation to him for the treatment of my case. A.
stated in the beginning | have been deaf IN
my right ear all my life--absoiutely stone deaf.
] had idea of trying to do anything for this
ear but for the left car | had hoped to derive
lively recent origin. and | felt that something
might be done, although at this time ! was
very. very deaf. / continued my treatment un-
der the doctors direction. and after several
months began to notice a change for the better.
The improvement became very rapid and
very marked, until, at the present time. ] am
able TO state with the utmost positiveness that
my recovery has been complete. The noises have
all stopped and the hearing in my left ear,
which ! had hoped to have restored, IS perfect.
''And now comes the most astonishing and al
most miraculous part of this statement 10 me,
and that IS the restoration OF the hearing IN my
right ear which had been deaf 80 long. am
able TO state that hear with this ear as wei
as il it had never been diseased. In fact, 50
far as | can see and tell, the hearing Is about
as good it ever was.
There are many incidents connected with the
treatment as regards the things / could not hear
and the things | hear now. These things,
of course. are interesting TO anyone who Is deaf,
but do not differ particularly from many Others
who have recovered from the same under the
doctors care. 1t is a great pleasure to be able
to hear sounds and noises and voices which have
been lost to me for long, and / can assure
you that the pleasure | take in recommending
Doctor Cowden's treatment is very great"
The times., 1898-09-20
THE TRAINING SCHOOL SITE.
1t Has Been Selected by the District
Commissioners.


The proposal of Beck & Weller to sell
the District a site for the new manual
training school building, on the south
east corner of Seventh Street and Rhode
Island Avenue northwest, was accepted
by the Commissioners yesterday.
The site includes lots Nos. IS, 10, 90 q,
%, %, "a, 25, and 26 in square 444, giving
a frontage of 1856 feet and eight inches on
Seventh Street, and frontage of S feet
on Rhode Island Avenue. The lots, with
the exception of No. 26, which is the cor
ner lot, are of a uniform depth of 1o5 feet
and run to a 15-foot alley in the rear.
The property contains q, 900 square feet
and the price paid for the same is S4S, 600.
The transfer of the property to the Dis
trict is one of the most important real
estate transactions that has been conSum-
mated here for some time. The ground
was formerly owned by Wheatley Broth
ers, who, for years, conducted a large
lumber business there, and the PROPOSE
ton made through Beck & Weller their
agents, was referred by the Commissions
ers to the board of assistant assessors
for report. The assessors reported that
they considered the price a fair one and
the order for the acceptance of the pro-
posal was issued yesterday.
The appropriation made by Congress
for the site was $4,000, and the appro-
priation for the site and the building
S125, ,000 which leaves $1,000 to be devoted
to building purposes The training school
will be for the use of the first eight school
divisions
The times., 1898-09-20
FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE.
Annual Report of the Young
woman's Christian Home.

Annual Report of the Young
woman's Christian Home.
The annual reports of the secretary and
treasurer of the Young Woman's Chris
ton Home, at No. 81 C Street north
west, were submitted to Herbert w. Lew
is, superintendent of charities, yesterday.
The report of the secretary, Miss Min
ME D. Wheatley, is in part as follows:
1.-THE work is constant and difficult. So
many phases of life are presented. Work
is to be found for the applicants, their
credentials investigated, and comfort and
sympathy given. We have several classes
of guests in the Home. Working girls
in stores-dressmakers, etc; working
girls. who come for a few days or week.
to rest before taking another position, or
who stay in the home a few days upon
arriving in the city, until work is assured
them; destitute women, who come to Us
without compensation to rest night or
a few days or weeks until something
opens up to give them a brighter future
Besides these there are transients.
"A case out of the ordinary was that of
a girl who had tramped all the way from
Maine to Quantico, Va, She was made
comfortable, and was given railroad
ticket to her home. Another poor woman
in great straits was brought from the
railroad station. having lost her ticket
TO California, and being without money
She was strengthened and given a ticket
by the local authorities to Pittsburg, with
recommendations to the authorities there
to pass her on.
This is only glimpse of the work
accomplished during the past year. There
have been many repairs put on the house
during the last twelve months, and In
The times., 1898-09-20
RipanS Tabules:

topher Arnet, Sc years; Louis Hootel, So
years; Elizabeth Curran, IS years; George
Neifer. - years: George Robert Johnson,
50 years: James L. Lipscomb. 6S years;
George W. Berriam, Go years: Thomas
Dougherty, 65 years; Henry ". Rowell,
SO years: Clinton Colvin, 81 years; John
Vernon, 50 years: John Walsh, 80 years;
Elizabeth Lewis. 3S years; John Given,
80 years; William Coleman. % years; John
Piggram, IS years; William Harris, Q
years; Cora Coulter, y years; Elizabeth
Dade, II years; Irene Green, 16 years;
Clarence Green, I3 years; Patrick Henry
Canty, years; Alice Brooks. s years;
Christopher Brooks. years; Maggie Mi
nor. years: Vernice Butler. 8 years; Net
tie Watts, years; Clara J. CoZZens,
year: Mary G. Roper, l year; Walter
Miller, l year: William Cant, 10 months;
Robert Irwin Griffith. 10 months: Maria
Minor, months; Minnie Louisa Watson
months: Lima Althoff. months; Harry
Quander, 8 months; Mckinley Charles.
month; William Moffat, IL days.
The times., 1898-09-20
TO REMOVE DANGER.
The Commissioners Are Preparing
Bill for Congress.

The Commits siOners Are preparing
Bill for Congress.
In order to obtain authority under
which insecure and unsafe buildings and
dangerous structures may be promptly
removed, the District Commissioners
have under consideration the draft of a
bill to be submitted to Congress. The
bill was prepared at the request of the
Board of Commissioners by the attorney
for the District. It's provisions, in part,
are as follows: -m
THAT If in the District of Columbia any
building or part of a building, staging,
or other structure, or anything attached
to or connected with any building or
other structure shall from any cause be
reported unsafe. the inspector of build
ings shall examine such structure, and if.
in his opinion, the same be unsafe, he
shall Immediately notify the owner
agent or other person having an interest
in said structure, to cause the same to
be removed, made safe and secure, or
that the same be removed, as may be
necessary.
THAT when the public safety does not,
in the judgment Of the inspector of build
ings, demand immediate action. if the
interested party or parties shall refuse or
neglect TO comply with the requirements
of the notice given within the time spec
ified, then a careful survey shall be made
by three disinterested persons, one TO be.
appointed by the Commissioners, one by
the owner or other interested person, and
the third to be chosen by the two, and
the report of said survey shall be reduced
to writing, and copy served on the
owner or other interested person.
THAT whenever the reOOrt of any G,jch
survey shall declare the structure unsafe,
and the responsible party shall for three
days neglect or refuse TO cause ii to be
taken down or otherwise made safe, the
inspector of buildings shall make it safe
or remove it, and the inspector shall re-
port the cost and expense of the work to
the Commissioners, who shall assess the
amount thereof upon the lot of ground
whereon the structure stands or stood''
The times., 1898-09-20
The Wires Prohibited.

S. T. Thomas, the attorney for the Dis
trict rendered an opinion yesterday as to
the advisability of granting the request
recently made by Mr.. Marean, manager
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. for permission to string two wires
on the existing pole line of the company
from the corner of Fourteenth and G
Streets northwest to the corner of New
York Avenue and North Capitol Street
The request stated that the wires were
for the individual use of Mr.. Marean.
Attorney Thomas states that under the
act of 1888 the two wires are prohibited
for the reason that they are intended for
Mr. Marean's own use.
The times., 1898-09-20
FAIR WARNING.

Let this notice be thoroughly un-
dersfoOd as definite, authoritative,
and final. Under no circumstances
will IL be continued. This is the last
opportunity of obtaining, Mt this
merely nominal rate, the most mod
ern. scientific and curative treat
ment that is known In the world to-
day. so per cent of accepted cases
are cured. There is nothing harsh or
objectionable in any way. Children
take 1T fearIessIy. Read what Hrs.
GrOsh has TO say of it's results in
her case today
The times., 1898-09-20
THE DISTRICTS BILL.
1t Is Presented to the metropolitan
Railway Company.

An itemized statement OF the amount
due the District for having employed
special policemen ar the various street
railway crossings of the Metropolitan
Railroad Company was transmitted yes
terday to G. B. Coleman, the general
manager of the road. as follows:
For two men at the corner of Ninth and
f Streets. s13950; for two men at the cor
ner of Ninth and Pennsylvania Avenue.
SOL; for TWO men at the corner Of Sew
enth and f Streets. s1O0.50; for two men
at the corner of Seventh Street and Flor
ida Avenue, Sl20; for two men at the cor
ner of Fourteenth and II Streets, s91. so;
for two men at the corner of Fourteenth
Street and New York Avenue s94 so; for
two men at the corner of Ninth Street
and New York Avenue, $S7, and for one
man at the corner of Eleventh and +
Streets, $50
The times., 1898-09-20
PREPARING A CARNIVAL.
The Good TempIars VIII Have an
Elaborate Entertainment.

Elaborate preparations are being made
by the Good Templars of the District of
Columbia for grand entertainment,
which will be inaugurated at Masonic
Temple on the evening of October 81. and
continue till November 6. 1t will be called
the centennial carnival, so named from
the fact that there will be thirteen
booths. each representing one of the orig
inal thirteen colonies. Each of the
booths will be in charge of one of the
local lodges of Good Templars.
The decorations of the booths will be
of continental character, illustrative of
life and incidents of colonial days.
The carnival will be given under the
joint auspices of the grand lodge and the
different subordinate lodges of the city
The times., 1898-09-20
Mcnhenny. for permission to pay hi

McIhenny. for permission to pay his
proportionate share of an assessment for
a sidewalk, levied against lot Z, of block
Sc, on Columbia Heights.
Attorney Thomas states that it is a
general rule in the matter of assessment
of taxes for local improvements that the
whole lot of land against which they are
levied in gross must be sold for the non
payment of such taxes. He points out
that it must follow, in the absence of
statute, that the owner of specified por-
tion of a lot cannot discharge the tax lien
as respects that portion by paying a pro-
portionate share of the gross tax.
The times., 1898-09-20
Merely n Private Dtspute.

complaint was recently made to the
District Commissioners by Philip Brown
that Mr.. Matteo had fenced in the
abandoned sehoolhouse near the corner
of Brentwood and Queens Chapel Roads,
Granby's subdivision. Attorney Thomas
has advised the Commissioners that un-
less they desire to remove the barricades
for the purpose of ingress or egress to
the schoolhouse the controversy between
the complainant and Matteo would seem
TO be one of private concern, in which
the District officials have no interest.
The times., 1898-09-20
Object to the Weeds.

The dense growth of weeds on many of
the large vacant lots in the city and sub
urbs has become an eyesore, and the
subject of complaint from many citizens
The Commissioners have been investigat-
ing the matter:
1t Is objected that these weeds decay
and cause obnoxious odors, thus becom-
ing a menace to health, and this phase
The times., 1898-09-20

Orf1cer Woodward, who reported that
Is w1tnout authority to cause the remov-
al of the weeds The matter was then
referred to the attorney for the District,
VINO has drafted a bill to be submitted
TO Congress for the abatement Of the nui-
Sance.
The times., 1898-09-20
10 DAYS MORE
So RATE ENDS OCT. /.

All patients, both new
and old, applying to Doc
tor COWden for treatment
before Oct. | will be treat
ed until cured at the
merely nominal rate of
So a month, both medi-
cineS and visits included.
The times., 1898-09-20
The contention of President MaIonev. OF

The contention Of President MalOney, OF
the Washington Asphalt Block and Tile
Company, that certificate of indebted
ness against the Anacostia and Potomac
River Railroad Company for s2,S93, as
signed to his company for paving, should
bear interest from the day the bill for
the work was due, has been sustained IN
an opinion rendered to the Commissioners
by the attorney for the District.
The times., 1898-09-20
Deaths of a Day

The following deaths were recorded at
the health Office during the twenty-four
hours ending at noon yesterday: Chris
The times., 1898-09-20
Consultation Free.
DIR. ]. M. CoWden,
Specialist i'm All Diseases of Mu-
cous Membranes.
us 18TH Street N. w.

Office hours-9 a m. TO 10 m; ? to ) p. m; :
to p. m daily; Sundays and holidays, 10 a. m.
TO l p m.
The times., 1898-09-20

this, the Young Ladies' Auxiliary Asso-
citation has been most helpful, contribut-
ing 500 dollars for that purpose, and $50
additional to the Home Infirmary COM
mittee. The National Flower Guild has
not forgotten US, sending flowers each
month"
The report of the treasurer, Caroline
Heron is in part as follows:
1.-The year just closed has been one
of steady growth and prosperity. We have
been able to do much good in many ways,
and our finances have been equal to the
demand al all times. The home Is in good
repair Our bills are paid TO date, with
a balance in the treasury to carry us
through the trying Summer months, when
income is light and expenses are not di-
minished.
"A legacy of s., 900 left US by the Perry
estate, with other moneys due US from
like sources, will, when received, be ap-
piled to the payment of the trust on the
| property When this Is an accomplished
| fact, we hope to be able 10 do our work
without the assistance of the United
States Government"
The following financial statement ac-
companies the report of Miss Heron:
Balance in treasury, June 30, ls97.... Sl9515
Received of Young Woman's Christian
Home ........................ SOl6.4o
Appropriation L. S. Government. $500. o0.0O
| An other sources Observation-Disclosures. 527 l3
Total receipts. $4,728.7l
! Disbursed for year ending June 30, 1898:
Salaries Of superintendent and servants. 81 O9s-5O
All other items of maintenance includ-
ing repairs. S5ls ii
| Interest on 507.5
| Total disbursements. ts.................. s4155.11
Balance in treasury .......-.....-... S1o5. rs
The times., 1898-09-20

Approval was given by the Commission
ers yesterday to the recent recommen-
dations of the chief of police that Private
Wisewell Wheeler, who was found guilty
of neglect of duty. be cautioned Ito so
mark his conduct of duty in the future
as to leave no question about its be-
ing strictly and honestly performed"
The times., 1898-09-20
THE REQUEST REFUSED.
Tax Liens Cannot Be Paid in Pro
portfOnate Shares.

S. T. Thomas, the attorney for the Dis
trict, yesterday handed the Commission
ers an opinion on the request of Oliver
The times., 1898-09-20
MunicipaI Brevities.

The Commissioners have refused l.. NJ
Saunders permission to erect a frame
building at the corner of Irving Street
and Sherman Avenue, such structures
within the fire limits being prohibited by
the building regulations.
The times., 1898-09-20

cDiaronds, Is the favorite light
StottsOtuO beer, just as MUNICH
bottles. $l.25. Nat. Cap. Brewing Co., 14th and
ID sc. se20-tf