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The evening times., 1899-03-01

Clouds OF Hiedicated Napor are in
haIed through the mouth and emitted
from the nostriIs. cleansing and va
porlzing all the infiamed and dis
eased parts which cannot be reached
BY medicine taken into the stomach.
Cured of Catarrh and Deafness.
" " sinclair. PHO Eighth Street northwest,
Washington D. C.. SAYS: Il have been troubled
with oalarrh and deafness FOR q long time with
out being able 10 secure relief. Recently / pur-
chased a M'.nyon Inhaler and found that after
usug IL two DAYS the deafness had disappeared
and I WAS able TO hear a clock tick IN the next
room. would not take $40 soT my Inhaler II /
could uof secure another
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:AsY HOME CURE PAINLESS, PERM ANENT.

OPIUM MORPHINE. LAUDANuM or other drug habit
CHARGE, u the remarkable remedy discovered
CIPiE unknown REFRACTORY CAS- ES solicited
from all especially PHYSICIANS. ST. JAMES SOCIETY,
jall-we-lT
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introduced but Recently, the Sales Have
Been Enormous 100000
Now in Use.
The Demand Is Greater Than
the Supply.
Three Factories Are Kept busy Man
ufncturing Them-Cured Persons
Tell Their Friends, and So the
Sale Increases Day by Day.
Hundreds of People Testify TO It's
Marvellous Curative Properties.
TRY 1T AND BE CONVINCED

The mcdicated air goes
directly TO the inaarned
and diseased parts that
cannot be reached hy
medicine taken into the
stomach.
II pegneates every air
passage.
And at once destroys
the disease germs
i l. au inyigorafing
tonic TO the vital forces
4 remedy which
soothes. heals. and IN
ViSorates.
il positively cures Ca
tarrh aud diseases oi the
nasal organs
1; positively cures dis
eases uf the Throat and
Lungs.
II enables you 10 cure
yourself Al home.
II renders unnecessary
any cutting. burning, or
uauiCtlzing.
II destroys at once the
ba,illi of Bronchitis and
Consumption.
IL, usc J. followed i'm
mcdia-ely 10y 4 sense al
relief.
I; enables you 10 save
doctors big iees.
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HOTELS,

What you are looking for can be had by
phone 6,4. Arlington BoJtling Co.
The evening times., 1899-03-01

Price. 800. A: MI Druggists or
Mailed from Our Office.
The evening times., 1899-03-01
DEWEY HOTEL,

New and frst-clae in all its appointments;
rooms en- suite and single; American and European
plans; 18th st. and Pa. ave. yellow pass
corner; open
GEORGE d. DE SHIELDS. Manager.
jsls-3mo
The times., 1899-11-05
HELD FOR TARGET PRACTICE.
Philippine Recruits to BE Detained
nt San Frnncisco.

The sailing Of the transports Benmohr,
Senator, and Pathen, which were sched-
uled to leave San Francisco last week, has
been postponed for several days in order
that the volunteers who were to go on
them may perfect themselves at target
practice.
The Thirty eighth, Fortieth, Forty sec
opd, Forty-fourth, and Forty-sixth regi-
ments of volunteers have been at San
Franciso some days ready to 90 to Ma
Mia, but it has been decided by the War
Department to put the soldiers in the best
fighting trim possible before landing them
in the Philippines. The soldiers will be
thoroughly drilled, especially in target
practice, so that when they land in the
Philippines they will be ready to go to the
front at once and take their place on the
firing lines. 1t is not expected to have all
the volunteers in the Philippines before the
last of December. It is believed by the
War Department that the recruits which
make up the regiments can be better
trained at San Francisco than at Manila.
The times., 1899-11-05

the decree of 1897, 1t is quite inadequate
to meet the demands that are made upon
1t. Much has been done in the interests
of the cultiyator; the freed slaves are in
duced, whenever it is possible TO settle
on the shambas of their old masters and
to work for them under voluntary agree
ments, either in return for fixed daily
wage or by giving up certain number of
days to their employers and devoting the
remainder Of the week TO the cultivation
Of plots OF ground which are allotted to
them for that purpose.
A money wage has as often as possible.
been substituted for payment in kind, both
as an additional incentive TO the laborer
and to prevent him from absenting him
self from his work for two or three days
in succession at more or less frequent in
teryals in order to dry and dispose of the
green cloves which he has either earned
as his share of the picking. or, as fire.
quently happens stolen from the trees
during the night; but no legislation can
make the native take a genuine interest in
his work or keep at 1t for a longer period
than will enable him to live in compare
tive comfort for a few weeks OF contented
idleness. The scarcity of labor has had
its effects both on the total yield OF the
year and on the quality of the samp e.
Different buds on the same tree ripen at
different times. and, to secure a good sam
pie, they should be picked at a certain
definite stage of development; but in his
possible, the cultivator has had to negle t
any special care in picking, as we'll as in
the equally important process of drying,
with the natural result that the cloves
sent home are found to vary in size, color,
and quality
The times., 1899-11-05
RETIREMENTs IN THE NAVY.
y Board May BE Convened TO seIecr
Names

Names.
Unless there should be a large number of
casualties or applications for voluntary re-
tirements, ii is apparent from an eXamina-
tion of the new retired list of the Navy,
just published by the Bureau of Naviga-
tion, that Secretary Long viii have to con-
vene next year board of rear admiras to
select officers for retirement
But three retiremeuts on account Of age
will occur next yeaT-Commander w. c.
Gibson, Capt. P. a. Rearick and Capt. J,
Lowe. The board will also probably be re-
quired to act in 1901, as only four age re-
tirements occur during that year, but after
that it is likely that there will be sufficient
vacancies caused by retirements and cas-
ualties to bring about the number Of pro-
motions required.
Orders were issued yesterday by Secre-
tary Long assigning Capt. J. H. Green to
duty as commandant Of the naval station
at Havana.
Capt John Schouler, who is in Ill health,
will apply, 1t is reported, for examination
by board of medical survey, preliminary
to retirement.
The times., 1899-11-05
THE CULTIVATION OF CLOVES.
Difficulties Encountered Through
Drought nnd shiftIess Lnhnrers.

CFrom the London Globe)
Cloves We're at one time the only eco
nomic product which Zanzibar supplied to
foreign countries, and, although much has
been and is being done to encourage the
native agriculturist to have more than one
iron in the fire, this tree is still and prob
ably always viii be far more extensively
cultivated than any other. The Glove sea-
son proper-that Is the period during
which the crop ripens and is harvested
extends from September to March, but the
cloves continue TO be brought into town
for some months later, either because
some of the trees are retarded in their
Towering or because the growers are hold
ing back for more favorable market The
1888 crop, although l, ,302, 700 pounds In eX-
cess of that of the previous year, was not
more than a good average one. and fell far
short Of the results obtained IN 1880, 1894,
and 1895, but, although this is true as re-
CARDS the twelve months ended December
81 last, it will probably be found when the
season report comes to be written that
| the season of 1S9S-99 has equaled, If It has
not surpassed, any previous existing rec
/ ord. In the summer and autumn of last
year considerable anxiety was felt as to
what the season would bring forth, for
| there had been no heavy rain for eighteen
months, and large number of trees had
died from want OF water. In Pemba alone
no fewer than 100000 are said to have per-
| ished from this cause.
The rains came In time to save the crop
and make it one of the most prolific that
| this country has known, but the long
! drought which preceded them not only
| caused the buds to be somewhat smaller
than usual but delayed the harvest for
| several weeks, and this is especially the
| case in the Island of Zanzibar, where the
rainfall is seldom more than half as
heavy and the trees not nearly so old or
| so hardy as in the sister island. The
| quantity of cloves brought into town from
| the Zanzibar plantations up TO the end OF
! the year was, it will be observed, only
| 6O,364 frasilas. the smallest amount tabu-
! lated, but OF these no less than 81, 399 ira
| silas, and from the two islands together
! l21, S5s frasilas, arrived in December alone,
! which is far in excess of the amounts re-
| corded for any period of one month since
| these returns We're first compiled.
The other great difficulty which both
the Government and the Arab cultivator
! have TO contend with is the labor question:
which it will probably take many years to
| solve. Ever since the Importation OF
slaves has been prohibited the the supply
! of labor has diminished with increasing
rapidity from year to year, and now that
] thousands of slaves have been freed under
The times., 1899-11-05
THE CLASSICAL CROCODILE.
Modern Confirmation of the Ancient
ToOthpick story.
Ion the London Globe.l

To say that the crocodile has seen his best
days is but feebly 10 express the rapidity
with which he is lapsing into the class OF
extinct animals. As a feature Of modern
Egypt he is perhaps rather curiosity than
q plague; and the traveller has to get far
beyond the regions of the Delta before he
can begin to hope for the chance of being
introduced TO one. Crocodile stories are no
longer told; in fact, it is safer TO trust to
the sea serpent. Nothing can make the
crocodile attractive. and even the man with
the camera is shy of treating him as a sub
jeCt, whether for personal or artistic rea-
sons IS not quite clear. Possibly the CTOcO-
die resents being focused as he formerly
shrank from conformation with a mirror
an ordeal which often led to his dying Of
chagrin, as was supposed, at the sight Of
his own uglipess. Moreover, the expert
enced photographer is wise in taking no
risks" remembering that the cToeodile's
tears are only natural solvent which the
saurian applies to the tougher forms Of
animal food
And this is where the legend OF the
toothpick properly comes in. HerodoUs
noticed the fact but seems 10 have been
misled as to the motive He discovered
that the crocodile made friends with a par
ticular bird, which he allowed 10 enter his
mouth in order, as the writer supposed, to
rid the reptile of the leeches which in
tested his jaws Pliny says nothing Of
these pests, but considers the compla sanes
of the crocodile to be due to the satisfac-
tion he felt in having his teeth pi-ked by
the bird "He taketh so great delight in
this her scraping and securing OF his teeth
and chaws" Both authors speak of the
bird as a wren; later naturalizts describe
il as being as large as thrush; while iC
has been reserved for the present genera
ton of travellers to identify this useful
friend of the crocodile as the spur winged
plover OF the fact of tine alliance there Is
not the least doubt. The operation has
been frequently Witnessed by numerous in
dependent observers. one OF the latest OF
whom considers that the bird does actually
perform the functions of a too-hpisk, a
process which the crocodile enjoys. With
such corroboration the narrative OF Hero
dotus, subject TO qualifications as it must
be, is at least to be taken seriously, and
no longer regarded as the visionary i3ea OF
a mere fabulist
In the Egyptian hieroglyphics the croco-
die is represented by single Wavy line,
so perfectly suggestive of the contour Of
the animal that it is quite impossible 20
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escape from its meaning. II might stand
as an excellent contemporary illustration
Of the text OF HerOdOtus neither author
nor artist Oversteppiug the mOdesry OF ma
tuTe. This was reserved for later times.
in which arose so many OF the myths and
eXtravagauces which we are ready 20 i'm
pute to the lack Of practical knowledge BY
the classic writer's When Fuller lucU-
brated so learnedly of the crocodile he
doubtless felt that ne was correcting tie
erroneous ideas Of an earlier period, and
the following example of mis- erudirion may
serve to show how he set about the task:
The sovereign power Of saffron is plainly
proved by the antipathy OF the crocodile
thereto, for the crOcOdile's tears are never
true save when he is forced where saffron
grOweth; whence he hath the name OF saf-
frOn-fearer, knowing himself 10 be all
poison. and It all anIidote-" AS to this
legend of the crocodiIe's tears. It can only
be regarded as a myth grated upon some
Of the reptiles observed habits. Probably
because they could offer less resistance 70
his attacks women and children were espe-
cially liable to them, the Office OF the for
mer as water carriers bringing them often
to the Nile and the children naturally
finding a playground on its shores.
HerOdOtus gives an amusing account OF
the manner in which the Egyptian broth
eTs OF the angle used 10 ush for crOco-
dile from which il would seem that they
had taken a Leaf cut Of the reptiles own
book OF strategy They baited the hook
with a large piece Of hogs flesh. with
which they made a real anglers east"
into the middle OF the river. And they en-
ployed very special and alluTing form OF
ground bait, consisting Of a vigorous young
porker. whom they anchored. Irish fash
ion, on the bank, and melted By divers
irritating arts into energetic squealing. En-
tTanced with the melodious sound, the
crocodile was drawn in the direction from
which It came, and being unable TO get
at the pig, put up with the baited hook
instead.
The times., 1899-11-05

During the last few days considerable
doubt has been expressed as to whether
the execution Of George ". Horton, who
is under sentence to be hanged on Friday
next. viii take place at the appointed
time Whether it viii or not does not ap-
pear 10 be the thought uppermost in the
mind OF the unfortunate man at this time
Notwithstanding the fact that his friends
are giving him every assurance that a stay
OF execution VIII be granted, the doomed
man is making preparations 10 die. On
last Thursday he was baptized according
10 the form Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. The ceremony was performed in
the District Jail, and was Witnessed by a
number CT local church workers.
Warden Harris allowed the doomed man
every facility permissible within the rules
Of the institution to prepare for the accept
ance Of the Christian faith, and that his en-
deavors and kindness were appreciated by
Horton Is shown by the following note
written after the ceremony took place.
take this means OF extending TO you my sin
ceTe thanks for the kindness you have shOWn
T. me, in providing a room for my benefit.
Everything was comfortable, and the little rooms
appeared 2 little church. and all were happy.
upon me- and ] am 10 you especially SO for
your kindness today.
The note is written in a clear, steady
hand, from which It may be gathered that
the writer was not lsbOring under any ne--
Tousness, fear or excitement Horton is
in better health now than al any time since
his incarceration. He seems 10 be resigned
70 his fate, and talks freely 10 those who
approach him.
Il viii be remembered that some days
ago the Court Of Appeals for the District
denied his appeal for q new trial and ar
rest OF judgment pronounced by the Su-
Ireme Court OF the District Il is the Gus
tom under such circumstances for the up
per court 10 transmit TO the lower court is
mandate affirming the decision Of the court
below in fifteen days after such acton has
been taken. This limit OF time, however
would delay the handing down OF the man
date until Saturday, November II, the day
after that on which Horton is sentenced tc
be hanged. Last Tuesday q motion was
made before the Court OF Appeals asking
that on account Of this condition OF al
fairs that the mandate be sent down
earlier. No action was taken in the mat
Ter, further consideration Of II being post
uoned until the reassembling Of the court
on Tuesday next
On Monday, however. Mezsrs. Jeffords
and Wells, the attorneys for Horton, VII
lle in the Court Of Appeals q petition fol
a writ of certiorari for the purpose OF TAX
ing the case 10 the Supreme Court Of tt,
United States. IN the event Of this Peti'
ton being granted there must necessarily
be q stay in the execution OF the prisone
until such time as the matter is finally dis
posed OF by the higher court. In the meal
time Iaborers have started preparing th'
scafold for the execution.
The times., 1899-11-05
AmerIenn Postomce in Paris.

An interesting feature of the Paris Expo
aition win be model American postofice
Arrangements have been made with the
French postal authorities by which mails
for Americans il Paris VIII be sent to this
postoiiice instead OF going through the reg
ulaT channels In this way much time will
be saved IN the distribution of The United
States mails. a room about the size ordi-
narIly used for a branch postofice VIII be
fitted up with all modern postal ap-
pliances. Americans visiting Paris during
the exposition viii be enabled to transact
the ordinary business of the postoffice in
be way they are accustomed to DO at home.
The times., 1899-11-05
A DAY OF ACCIDENTS.
Five Gases Cared for at the EmerE-
cncN Hospital Yesterday.

Five Gases Cared for at the EmerE-
cncy Hospital Yesterday.
The Emergency Hospital ambulance was
kept busy yesterday answering calls from
various parts of the city .on account of
personal injuries received in an accidental
manner. Thomas H. Garrison, an employe
of the General Electric Company sus-
tanned painful injuries while at work at
the plant. He was handling several wires,
and accidentally came in contact with a
live current. He wore gloves at the time,
which probably saved him from serious in
jury. Garrison was badly shocked.
Shortly before o'clock in the after
noon Joseph O'Malley, twelve years old,
fell down the steps at the Academy of
Music, and was badly hurt The hoy was
attending the afternoon performance, and
had left the theatre after the first act
Upon returning TO his seat, he stumbled al
the head of the gallery and fell forward TO
the lowest tier of seats When assisted
from the theatre both arms were found to
be fractured.
Later in the afternoon physicians were
called upon to dress the injuries OF Z. Ii.
Rider siXty-tive years old, residing at I6VI
Seventh Street northwest. The patient was
hurt by being struck by car No. q Of the
Columbia Railway Company. The accident
occurred at the corner of Eleventh Street
and New York Avenue northwest. He was
found to be suffering from a severe sprain
of the right knee, in addition. to painful
bruises.
John Luckins was hurt by driving over
an embankment near Eleventh and h
Streets. northeast He received bruises
about the body and limbs
Benjamin Franklin was suffering from
+N,1, irva
years old. and resides at Cobb's Hotel. He
attempted to board moving car OF the
City and Suburban Railway Company on
G Street, near Ninth Street northwest, and
was thrown to the ground. Franklin was
seriously hurt about the head and face.
The times., 1899-11-05
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu-
cous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and when
it IS entirely closed deafness is the result
and unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh which is nothing but an iufamed
condition Of the mucous surfaces
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The times., 1899-11-05
AN EVANGELIST RETURNS.
He Travelled Twelve Hundred Miles
in u Gospel wagon.

Rev. W A. Cuddy the 'ftinerant evan
gelfst who left the city last April for the
purpose of making a long journey and
preaching the gospel in large cities, re-
turned yesterday, and is lodging with
friends at 122 Tenth Street southeast. He
claims that he has Travelled 1,200 miles in
his wagon, visiting Maryland, Delaware,
New jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hamp-
shire. He and his wife, ne states, were as
saulted on three different occasions in
Massachusetts.
Mr. Cuddys wife. accompanied by Elder
Woodwork and wife, of Massachusetts,
Will soon travel through the Southern
States Mr. Cuddy expects TO sail for
Europe the last week of December, and
will be gone about three years. He Will
be conveyed over the different countries
in an automobile.
The times., 1899-11-05
BIds for Navy yard Buii..tnes.

BIDS were opened al the Navy Department
yesterday for the construction OF buildings
at the Brooklyn navy yard under the steam
engineering department 10 take the place
Of those destroyed by FIRE on February Is,
1885 Some Of the bidders submitted sew
eraI proposals. The bids follow: Josephus
Plenty. Jersey City, lowest bid. $s65 600;
Pennsylvania Bridge Company Beaver Falls,
Pa. lowest bid. s364 Geo, O'Brien HooIihan,
Syracuse. $360. 600. Augustus Smith, New
York. 1864 600; r. p. d J. II. Staato. Ho-
boken. s400 coo; Post & McCord. New York,
$3s7. 900.
The times., 1899-11-05
Ne,v YorIs Custom House Matters.

Appraiser Wilbur f. Wakeman, of the
New York custom house, visited the Treas
ury Department yesterday afternoon, and
had conference with Secretary Gage and
Assistant Secretary Spaulding In regard TO
several matters connected with his office
The most important were the charges
against Assistant Appraisers Sherwood and
Jacobs. The papers in these cases are now
before the Secretary, and he Will probably
dispose of them within a few days.
The times., 1899-11-05
NOT TO FIGHT THE BRITISH.
Gustav ThieII<uhI Hiring Men to
Work TransvaaI Minea

Gustav Thielkuhl, an employe of the Pat
ent Office. who has been advertising for
men to go to South Africa, was seen yes
terday by Times reporter and asked if he
intended to leave his employment with the
Government TO recruit Americans for ser
vice in the Boer army. He denied that the
men were for Boer forces, saying that they
might be wanted in the mines in case of a
Boer victory.
1t is understood that Commissioner Gree
ley sent for Thielkuhl yesterday and
warned him that if he undertook to supply
men for the South African war he would
be dismissed from the department.
The times., 1899-11-05
MAJOR BRAINARD BETTER.
War Department Receives Encourag
ing News From HOneISonE.

A cabIegram from Hongkong TO the War
Department announces that Major David L.
Brainard is convalescent, and that there is
an excellent chance of his ultimate re-
coyeTy.
Major Brainard was chief commissary OF
subsistence at Manila. but was taken i'll
and started home He was compelled to
stop at Hongkong, where an operation was
performed. He is one of the most popular
and efficient men in the Army He served
as a sergeant on General Greely's famous
Arctic expedition, and won his commission
by his excellent work.
The times., 1899-11-05
THE "sLAsHER" AT WORK.
This Time He Is Accused of MutiIat-
ing Upholstered Furniture.

1117 TIT I'V II H0CHHtW Of HutlIHt-
ing Upholstered Furniture.
That mysterious individual, the SASH
or, D" is still at work. Hitherto his opera
tons have been confined to dress cutting
in the downtown theatres. but yesterday
a report from a furniture dealer on Seventh
Street gave warning OF additional depreda-
tions.
In the case Of the Seventh Street mer-
chant, the "slasher" ruined pieces of furni-
ture, including a handsome sofa, which was
displayed iB front Of his store. This work
is believed 10 have been committed by the
same party, probably a crank. who Is re-
sponsible for the cutting OF many dresses.