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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-02
Southern Railway.
Schedule in effect May 7. 1899.

Schedule in effect May 7, 1899.
1923 A. M.-Daily-Local for Danville,
Charlotte and way stations. Connects at
Manassa. Tor Strssbnfg and Harrisonbnrg
daily, and at Lynchburg with the Norfolk and
Western daily, and with C. & o. K. 3. for
Natural Bridge daily, and Lexington, daily
except Sunday Also connects ut CalVerton
FOR Warrenton and Fauquicr White Sulphur
Springs
STATES FAST MAIL. Pullman Slcepers,
New York and Washington to Jackson
vile; uniting at Salisbury with Sleeper
for 5shevlle and Hot Springs, N. c.;
Knoxville. Chattanooga, snd Memphis.
Tenn, and at Charlotte with sleeper
for Augusta. Sleeper New York to New
Orleans, uniting at Charlotte with Sleeper
for Atlanta and birmingham. Solid train
Washington to New Orlcar without change,
Dining Car service. Sunset Personally Con-
Quoted Tourists Excursion Sleeper on this
train every Tuesday and Friday 10 San Fran
cisco, withOnt change.
4:23 p. M.-Local for Front Royal Stras-
burg. ard Hanisonburg, daily. except Sun.
day.
4:52 P. M-Local for Charlottesville daily,
connecting at Calverton fer Warrcnton and
$40 P. M-Daily-NEW YORk AND
FLORIDA EXPRESS. carries Pullman buf
fet sleeping cars New York and Washington
TO Tampa via Savannah and Jacksonville, and
to Augusta via Columbia with connection for
Aiken. s. C.. Through coach to Jacksonville
$40 P. M.--Daily- WASHINdTON AND
CHATTANOOGA LIMITED VIA LYNCH
BUkG with sleepers New York and Wash
ington to Memphis and New Orleans through
Bristol Through coach to Memphis
11:05 P. M ily-WASHINGTON AND
SOUTRWESTERN VESTIBULE LIMITED,
composed of Pullman Nestibuled Slcepers,
Dining Cars. and Day Coaches S!eepers New
York to Nashville, Tenn, via Asheville.
Knoxville ana Chattanooga; New York
to New Orleans, via Atlanta and Mont.
gomery. Vestibuled Day Coach Washington
to Atlanta, Southern Railway Dining Car
Greensboro to Montgomery.
TRAINS ON WASHINGTON AND OHIO
DIVISION leave Alexandria 9:07 e. N. daily,
1:07 and 4:40 p. IL. daily, except Sunday.
and 6:33 p. N. Sundays Only for Round Hill:
4:40 D. III. daily, except Sunday for Leesburg
and 6::33 m. daily, for HeIndon. Return-
ing arrive at Alexandria S:27 a m. daily,
and S:32 ?. m. Sunday only, and 2:3l p. r..
daily. except Sunday, from Bound Hill;
SGT n. N. daily, except Sunday from Lees
burg.
Through trains from the South arrive at
Alexandria G:17 m. 7:2O m, 1:55 p. III &,
and S:45 p. m. daily, Harrisonburg, 11:35 am.
daily. except Sunday. aud S:45 p. m daily.
and S:D5 a. m. daily from Charlottesville
For detailed schedule figures. tickets, Pull
man reservation. etc. Spply to A. G. MOSS,
ticket agent, Alexandria, Va.
FRANK s. CANNON
3rd Vice President g. Gen. Manager.
J. NJ. CULP, Traffic Manager.
W. a. TURK, General Passenger Agent.
L. S. BROWN, General Agent, Washing
ton, D. c.
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Opening and Closing OF the Mails.

@hO OiOoiht, VI WIG 4hA<~Ai
Northern mails, week days, close st 81
md IL 45 8. N. and 10, 2 so, 6 so and
10 p. N. Open at s 90 q. M, ID 90 N
and 90 p. m. On Sundays Northern mail.
close at l IA 3. m. and 20 p. m.
Southern mails via Charlottesville, clos.
at go and 10 80 a. N. and 10 AMI
10 p. N Open at 8 90 q. N. and 2 81
and 4:30 .. m.
Southern mails, via Richmond, close ~
10 20 g. m. and 13 and s 10 p. m.
Manassas Division mailD close ut 7 80 q. l.
and 3 40 p. N. Open ct p. m.
Alexandris and Bound Hill mails close 81
8 40 a. N. and 90 p. u. Opon at g 90 q. ~
and 3 80 m.
Chesapeake and Ohio nails close at Ii
.. m. and 8 10 p. m. Open at 8 &C a. m. and
30 2. m.
Washington mails close at 7 50 and IL AZ
:. No., and 1 Is, 2 so, so and 8 10 p. u
open at s 90 q. NJ, IL 90 N. and 3 90 am,
30 p. 10.
Office HonnNopen at 90 g. H. Close at
Sunday Eours-open ut 800 q. N. Close
at 9 80 a. m.
Carriera' Schedule Collections made on
Inside routes-6 80 and 10 90 g. m. and
8 90 and 80 p. m. Full route-6 80 a. NJ
and 30 p. m. Sunday collection 90 p.
m. Carriers window open Sunday 8 90 a. III
and close 8 80 a. IA.
Deliveries made 8 90 a. M, 1 90 p. ~, an
45 p. N.
All mail should be in Office ten minutes
before hour indcHtNd for closing
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Why7

One Of the great Chicago department
stores keeps q female hairdresser con-
stantly at work on a dummy head that
is adorned with flowing and most beau
tiful golden tresses. She is watched in
cessantly by large and interested
crowds
Eyes" said one woman absently the
other day to her companion, "blond
hair is very beautiful-that is, the real
blond hair. -
And at least half dozen women
flashed looks of indignation at the speak
er. WhYP
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-02

Could aL,cK the Name"

81 don't know how it is here, said
a visitor at one of the hotels. but over
in Georgia the phrase. lick the name,
is still quite current on the country
side. Lick the name is an innocent
rural variation of the vendetta and
when man proclain1s his ability 10 do
it he generally has quite job on his
hands. was Mt small interior village
on court day recently and saw two
farmers get into debate over horse
trade Yer liar! said one. 'Shuck
yer coat, Bill Taylor, retorted the 9TH
err. 1 kin lick the namel'
MIR. Taylor shocked his coat and got
licked. 1t appeared, however, that his
victor had just started in. Less than
;en minutes afterward he was hailed
by husky young chap, who immedi-
ately inquired: Did Y say y could
lick we uns' name?' Who are y any
how?' asked the warrior 'Ceph Tay
lor. Who's yer pap?' -Lige Taylor
lives on the branch down yonder.
'Shuck yer coat'
They went at it, and Ceph was add
ed to the vanQuished, but he put up
hot fight for the honor of the tribe. In
the course of the afternoon two other
Taylors challenged the rash assertion,
and the last disproved it In SO doing
ne lost section Of one ear and parted
company with two teeth.
~ will not harrow your feelings by
describing the other gentleman. l judg-
ed from the episode that it was very
unwise to undertake 10 lick such
widely borne name as Taylor. When !
start out to lick a name. it will be
something like Oholmoldey or Zentivia-
tiskof. New Orleans Times Demo
GRAFT
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RAILROADS
WAsHINGT0N, ALEXANDRIA IE0
w MOUNT VERNON RAILWAY anu
FOR WASHINGTON


Leave Alexandria, corner KIM aoa
streets, also stops at King aud VII ai
and King AMI Payne streets ,cc' 'l-'''S'oAi
at 3 55. 6 %, 6 55, 7 90 lexpre 70 g-;.
(express), 7 So, S 20 (expfcssl ~ 10
press, 9 90, 8 30, 10 90. 10 b IN
II AZ a. N. (express), II %. 90 ! nr
(express), / ~ (express), 2 0O. y 40 ~,
(expressl. 3 40, 4 IS, 4 80 lcxpre,. 7an
81 (express), 45, 6 % (exprese wy
7 90. 7 10 (express) s ID, 915. 10 -
IL Is p. m. '''0
Leave Alexandria for -Four Mile RIM ,.,,..
at II 55 p. IN and - 30 q. N.
Sundays co. s rs, 9 90. 945 loo
II IS a. w., 2 90 noon, II -. 30 oi5
3 90, 3 As, 4 30, is, 600. a. : 90
8 Is, 9 10, 10 Is and II i 5 p. III. ''
Leave Alexandria for Four Mile RIM o..,..
at II So p m. ''''''
FOR ALEXANDRIA.
Leave Washington, from the corDe. -,
Pennsylvania avenue and 1872 stree, woet
DAYS; 30, I Cd, 81 texpressl = M
8 80, 8 80, 8 25. 1000, il 90. II A.
m. - O5 (express) - 20, 90, I 20 'c~
prcss), 1 45, 2 90 texpress), 2 40. 3 90 .@r.
rress) %, 3 SO (expressj, Is ,expra..,
a so, 5 O5, 5 20 (express), 5 40. 5 O4 .ev
press), = 30, O6, 7 80, 90, Q 90. 1000
II 20 and IL 80 D. nj.
Leave Four Mile Run for Alexandra RI
6 OF, 6 81 and 05 an
Sundays 45, 8 co, AS, 30. 1115
a. NJ, - 90 noon, - as, 100 Ok
3 90, 3 AS, 30, 515, 600 a.
7 30, 915, 90. 10 90, II 20 .ac Il 81
p. IN.
Leave Four Mile Run for Alex ut..4 go
FOR MOUNT vERNof
Leave Alexandria for Mount Vernon Tsey
days, ct 7 OF, 8 50, 10 81. il "
~ 80, As, , IS, 3 80, AZ. -,
8 80 p. m.
Sundays OF, 9 35 a. N, J.35 -,
4 30, 7 16 and 30 p. IN
Leave Mount Vernon. week d st, -
GA, II IA a. NJ, u 40. / i.5 ? 20
4 10, 5 05 (express), 8 30 . - IN Nh
p. III.
Sundays 40. 10 90 a. m, 10 e5
5 20, 8 20 and 10 20 p u.
Leave Alexandra for boss n. : AZ ~.
7 50, 8 90, 10 co. II Oh a. III 80 za1
, 40, SO, 5 As, 6 05. : 0Osnd 3 I5,.m
suIdays-All trains from 8 10 a u. ID
s Is p M, inclusive, make direct cyuuec,
ton st Arlington junction.
Leave Rosslyn for Alexandra, week DAYS.
s So 9 "a, 10 SO and / ~ g. H. ~
2 81, 4 p, 5 30, 27, : OF, : 80 and 5 81
p. m.
Sundays Connection made Ell Arlington
Junction with all trains arriving in Alexsn-
dria from 8 30 a. m. TO 8 80 p. m, inclusive
Baggage checked and carried on the FOL.
lowing trains for Washington from Alczsn.
A rio week dave = 3u and 10 25s c, 90
and % p IN.
Sundays 10 a. m and 90 p N.
From Washington for Alexandra week
days, 6 30 aud 9 % g. ~, 90 $50 and
7 06 p. IN.
sundays-9 90 a. m. and As p. m.
Parcels carried on all trains.
Freight carried daily, morning aud even.
ing, in each direction. No freight accepted
unless delivered at the station at least 30
minutes before the depsr ture OF the ftcea,
rains.
q. E. ABBOT, ]. CoLvIN,
President. Superintendent.
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Summer Excursion Book.

The Passenger Department Of the Pennsyl.
vania Rsilroad Company has published the
1899 edition of its Summer Excursion Route
Book. containing short descriptive notes Of
the principal summer resorts of eastern Amer.
lea, with the loutes for reaching them and
the rates of fare 1t contains all the princi-
pal seashore and mountain resorts of the east.
and over fifteen hundred different routes for
reaching them. The book is the most com
plete and comprehensive handbook of sum-
mer travel ever offered to the public. 1t con.
tains several maps presenting the exact
routes over which tickets are sold. 1t is also
profusely illustrated with fine cuts of scenery
at the various resorts and along the lines of
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
1t may be procured at any Pennsylvania
Railroad ticket Office at the nominal price of
ten cents, or by mail for twenty cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-02

The Southern Railway announces that on
May 20 aud each succeeding Saturday snd
Monday thereafter until further notice their
train No %, southbound, on Saturday only,
will be operated as far as Leesburg, arriving
there at sos P. N. and returning, on Mon
days only, train No. 80 will start from Lees.
burg vt $50 q. N. for Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-02
Rates to Communication Points.

Beginning Saturday, May 13. and contin-
uing each Saturday and Sunday thereafter, to
and including Sunday eept. "a, the South.
ern Railway will sell round trip tickets from
Washington snd AlexandIis to Orange, Har-
risonburg, Round Hill, Va, and intermediate
stations aud return at one fare for the round
trip. Tickets limited returning until Mon
day following date Of sale. The same rat :,
limit etc, apply to points named into Wash
ington and Alexandria
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-02

Thomas Thurman, deputy sheriff of Troy,
No, says if every one in the United States
sh uld discover the virtue of DeWitt's Witch
81 Azel Salve for piles. rectal troubles and skin
di esses. the demand could not DO supplied
I'd sr Wsrfeld, ir.. corner King and Pitt
str .otS
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Leave Washington Leave Alexandria.

n. B. Same schedule Sundays, commencing
at 30 a. m.
POTOMAC RIVER NGS-STEAM-
ER WAKEFIELD leaves Washington Mon.
days at 90 a. ~, and Alexandria at 90
a. m for landings rs far as Nomini and on
Wednesdays and Saturdays at same hours for
St. Clements Bay and Leonardtown
C. w. RIDLEY, General Manager.
JOHN B. PADGETT, Agent
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Local Prejudice.

Benjamin franklin sleeps in Phila-
delphia. remarked the reverent tour
ist-
We'll" answered the. New York
salesman with the plaid clothes. "what
else is there for man to do in Phila-
delphia Washington Star
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-02
Well Framed.

you're the very picture of health.
Eyes, and I'm in contented frame
of mind. Chicago Tribune.
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The Impossible In societ,

"Tbey are impossible personsr'
"Yes?"
eyes, they have no ancestry what
ev er detroit Journal
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COAL AND WOOD.

BY ELEVATING THE QUALITY
l.. our coal we lower the pricein economy OF
consumption. Consumers will find that it is
cheaper to use our high grade Lee Coal, that
has been screened and freed from slate and
stone, than that of an inferior grade. 1t gives
more heat, less ashes and burns longer than
any other COAL and our prices are as low as
any. Coal and Wood under cover.
J. B. ZIMMERMAN,
Foot of Queen street Alexandra, Va
Telephone II.
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Through to the Columbia Pike.

Through to the Columbia Pike.
Except Sunday.
Cars leave Columbia Pike or the hour.
Eo'c-Cars les wing Aqueduct Bridge at
5 80. 9 30, 10 30 and II 30 a. m. await ar-
rival of Mount Vernon car ten minutes for
Courthouse passengers. +
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-02

J BrOders, q h Robinson q Son
Thomas Perry.
Dentists.
J. h Bitter
Druggists.
W F Creighton & Co, f L Allen,
c G Lennon, E S Leadbeatel & Sons
John Janney. Northwest Pharmacy
I'M Lennon, Richard Gibson.
Dry Goods.
[saac Eichberg. D Bendheim & Son.
Driring Parks.
Alexandria Driving Park.
Express Companies.
Adams Express Co.
Feed and Grain Dealers.
T F Burroughs, J Broders
J B Watkins, Ballenger & Bro.
Florists.
] L Loose
FO,ndries
Curtin & Butts.
Glass and CainGtcare.
EJ Miller & Co.
Grocers.
G VIM Ramsay, Fisher Brothers,
O'Sullivan & Co Harlow Bros.
Ahern & Co, FS Harper,
n Lindsey & Co. II F Robertson,
W A Johnson & Co J Broders,
Norton Entwisle.
Groce-s aud Liquor Dealers.
T F Burroughs, Wa Jol nson & %
Harlow Brothers. j. Broders.
Ahern & Co.
Hotels.
Fleischmann Hotel
Hardware.
Jas Carlin & Soma
Infrmariss.
Alexandria Inf rmay.
Ice DeGlei
VIM NJ Reardon.
Junk Dea'N''
Dreifus & o..
Lumber Merchants.
J z smoot g. Co, Il D Smoo.
Aitcheson & 20.
La,cyers.
James B Cation, CCt 4,
JK NJ Norton, Els. n,
s @ Brent, KKen
Marbury & Armstro-s
Livery Stables.
Patterson & Brother, r Myers g. 20.
Lime Plaster ane cn.
GeoH Robinson & Son, WA t & Co.
HID Smoot, Jas L cot & Co.
Merchandise Broke
VIM Fowls Bro ,kes g. Co,
A D Brockei. {: Co.
Int. Vernon Oh '9n,ac.
b Il Dodge, 54..-
Municipal Offices.
City Treasurer, Police Headquarters.
The Market.
Manufacturers Of Soda and Mineral Waters;
James McCuen
Machinists
w s Moore ] & II A:tchesop
TT Burroughs.
Ne,ospcp-~s.
Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria Tin
Evening Star Bureau. R. E. Knigh
Notions, Furnishing Goods, &c.
Mrs. Bernheimer King street.
Oil Companies.
Standard Oil Coppan
Physicians.
DR. Julian Miller, DrMW O'G1ien,
DR. T NJ Jones. DR. Hugh McGpi
DR. Fl P howard.
Private Residences.
Charles King, &C Carlin,
Mrs N a Wood, W White,
B Wheatley, w Domaine,
J 3 Zimmerman, Mrs q Brent,
Herbert Bryant, Laurence StaDler
Mrs Francis L Smith, E L Da;nge1fela
W B Daingerfeld, RW EIonca,
A D Brockett, RF Knox,
JMHill, Ashby Miller.
w N Smith.
Railroads.
Southern Railway-Freight,
+" Local Freight,
Washington Southern Railway,
Baltimore and PotoIuac-Freight,
W, A s. Mt Vernon Railway Co, LIP a
W, A 3. Mt Vernon Railway, 112 B
Real Estate
Harlow & Co, Knox & Robinson,
Robert Elliott
Schools
Episcopal High School,
Sen,ysaY;<s.
Theological Seminary.
Steamboat Companies.
Potomac Steamboat Company,
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co,
Washington Steamboat Company.
Ship Chambers.
q Kirk, N Lindsey s. Co.
Stationers and Printers.
& Bells Sons.
IN Hill & Company.
Telegraph Companies.
Western Union Telegraph Company,
Postal Telegraph Cable Company,
Tanners and Hide Dealers.
OOSmoot & Sons.
Us. Offices.
Postofice.
Uisdertakers.
B Wheatloy, WI Domaine,
Wood and Coal Dealers.
Dew. Aitcheson, B Zimmerman,
W 4 Smoot & Co, JP Agnew & Co.
Knox & Robinson.
Wholesale Cake ard Cracker Manufacturer
Coi,fecticnerS.
The George E. Hill Ue.
Wholesale Grocers.
Chas King &.son, n Lindsey & ca
Pa EeyaeY.
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UNEEDA BISC UT

A new form OF Soda Biscuit; crisp, tender
and delicious. Serve with every meal. Take
box with you on your travels; splendid for
sandwiches; perfect for biscuits; uneqsllod
for general use Good food for every body.
Made to eat, not TO keep Five cents pack
age Moisture spoils biscuits. To preserve
and deliver 10 the consumer our new and
splendid UNEEDA BISCUIT as crisp. tender
and delicious as when fresh from the over,
we have originated this moisture proof l,s.ck.
age. Carefully remove the wrapper; serve
IN this package Alter the biscuits are eaten
you have lunch box for tho school children.
HILL kerry
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-02

TTANDsOME ASSORTMENT OF NEG
Ia LICE SHIRTS in Percsls, Madras,
&c, all prices, at
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CoFFEE ROASTED at my store-12 to
" 35c. Try our new BLENDED COZ
FEE at zoe a pound.
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DOLK MILLER's INSECT. POWDER
L Just received fresh supply of POLK
MILLER'S ITALIAN INSECT POWDER at
WAKEFIELD & HALLS.
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TXECUTOR'S NOTWITHSTANDING quail.
Ia fed as executor of the last will of ROB.
EXT DOCKET deceased, notice is hereby
given to al! parties having claims against
said estate to present them, properly authen
tic4ted, for pay mcnt. and persons indebted TO
the said estate are requested to make prompt
pay mept
GARDNER l.. B0OTHE. Executor,
my11 15t 1913 south Fairfax street.
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A DEMONSTRATORS NcTlCE.-Haying
"A qualified rs sd administration of JAMS S.
sTRlDER. ceceaeed, notice is hereby given
FL parties having claims against said es.
10 present thom, openly authenticated,
Il persons ndebt'd to the said estate are
rvl Iested to make prompt payment.
W. E. LATHAM. Administrator,
my2T I'm JIG s Fairfax street
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TnLEPHoNE ExoBANGF..


HELLO HE'LL
We wish to call your attention to the
ALEXANDRIA TELEPh NJ EXCHANGE
AND IT'S ADVA Els.
Instant communication b subscriber
with any other is furnished any oment, day
or night.
Each is heard in his cw,, recognized voice,
and business is transact with the utmost
saving of time
Communication is also with Was.
ton, Baltimore, Fhiladelph: 7ew York go
many other points thus AM ng distanr-
and time
L0,o Rates.
The expense Is but few cents day and i.
many cases very much . < than the service
performed is worth to .'5scribers.
More than forty Grass, siness arc to be
found among our subscribe
If your name is not enrolled consult your
own interest by subscrl ting st once. Call on
the manager or send hiE vord by postal or
telephone, and he viii c-ll on you.
WYTHE WHITE. Manager
HUNT CHIPLEY,
District Supt.. Richmond, w
Agricultural Supplies.
Herbert Bryant, RH Wattles,
Brick Manufactures.
Alexandria Brick Company
Books and Stationery.
& w French.
Beer and Groceries.
O'Sullivan & Co.
Breoeries.
Portner's.
Banks.
Burke & Srbert, First National anah,
Citizens National Bank.
Butchers.
HellmI Ii Brothers, III. Schuier.
Courts.
County Court, Corporation Court.
Commission Merchants.
Fisher Brothers, w tx 80 N & 20,
J T & J G BeckhaM, rs harr,:,
E E Lawler & Co. Harlow Bfothers,
Lindsey & Co Chas King & Son,
] Broders, G H Robinson & Sons
Thomas Perry.
Dentists.
IT Di{yar
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-31
patrolmen, all ofwhose duties are clear
and we'll defined.

patrolmen, all of whose duties are clear
and we'll defined.
Frederic Remington gives in COL
Iier's Weekly an entertaining account
Of police conditions in Havana before
and after the Americans reorganized
the force. He says:
The last time I was in Havana Wey-
Ter sat in the palace and dirty Spanish
soldiers prowled the streets by day
and by night. These much starved
and abused men held up the honest
wayfarer on the principal streets and
got from him wherewith to buy bread.
The stretches down by the wharves
we're little battlefelds for decently
dressed men after dark. The old
Havana gendarme walked about or
leaned against buildings, firing their
cigarettes, but no one ever took them
seriously-they interfered with no
body, no matter what his purpose
might be.
The Prado at evening was a gay
scene, with its swarms of Spanish
officers and pretty women strolllng
slowly about to the music of the mill
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-31

hends o row, and at the least flicker
of disorder he precipitates himself in
to the middle of the throng, using
language fierce and loud and pictur-
esque. No one understands the Ian
guage. but every one comprehends
that the vicinity OF the big man with
the gun should be vacant and hushed.
At night the streets are quiet al
most deserted-and the criminal
knows that the inarticulate Yankee
will shoot him dead at the least sus-
piciop, because how can Yankee
soldier know what else to do? At first
there was some warm work, though
the butt, the bayonet, and the small
calibre soon brought things right.
employed an evening with an Of
fcer going his rounds. The thin g
was distressingly without inciden t.
The lights from the buildings grid
ironed the narrow street, the small
life of the people could be seen
through the open door, and slowly
down the middle paced the majesty of
the Great Republic in the person Of
Jimmie Green from Poke County, or
Paddy O'Brien from "de Ate Dis
tric'." Bnt make no mistake about
Jimmie and Pat with the "setting
up" the silence of discipline, the
fetch of orders and the loaded gun.
There on the streets OF the strange
tropic city they are as impersonal as
gods.
It all made me sigh for the riot and
roar of Whitechapel or the lower East
Side, or some of the ginger of Chicago
after candle-light, and I appealed to
my officer friend. I asked him to
kindly hit some passing straggler over
the head with bis six-shooter, since l
could make nothing out of all this but
q pastoral.
"Well," he said, laughing, sit was
more interesting at first. There was
q function here, and Twas told otfwlth
my company to keep the crowd back.
The people pressed the marching col
umn, and as 7 passed along I said to
the sentry at that point, The crowd
must be kept back Yes, sor'-and
I noticed that it was Private Shaun
messy, good old vet, and passed on.
Casually turning around, I beheld the
greatest commotion and rushed back.
"'stop, stopr yelled, I don't want
you to kill them!
1.-THE crowd was flying from the
quickly placed ss'butts to the fronts,
and Private Shaunnessy' soon had
room.
"'My dear man, you must not kill
them,' I said.
"'I was not killing them, captain.
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The Apple as Medicine.

The apple is such a common fruit
that few persons are familiar with its
remarkably eficacious medicinal prop
critics. Everybody ought to know that
the very best thing he can do is to eat
apples just before going to bed. The
apple is excellent brain food, because
it has more phosphoric acid, in an cas-
lily digestible shape, than any other
fruit known. It excites the action of
the liver, promotes sound and healthy
sleep, aad thoro 1ghly disinfects the
mouth. It also agglutinates the sur
plus acids of the stomach, helps the
kidney secretion and prevents calculus
growth, while it obviates indigestion
and is one of the best preventives of
diseases of the throat. Next to lemon
and orange, it is also the best antidote
for the thirst and craving of persons
addicted to alcohol and the opium
habit.