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The times., 1899-11-27
THE BOOK OF JOB.
Lesson Drawn From the Man of Pa
fence by the Rev. B. \. Dunn.


fence by the Rev. B. \. DUNN.
In the absence of the pastor the ser
mon at the First Congregational Church
last night was delivered in an able man
ner by the Rev B. Alfred DUNN. whO
took for his text the great moral lesson
to be learned from the Book of Job, which.
he said. had been most aptly called the
eIegy OF a broken heart
He referred pointedly to the dramatic
character of both the prologue and cpl
Iogue saying: This is Il dramatic poem
framed in an epic story. Take a view of
the aspects of the Book of Job as illustrat-
i've of the old Hebraic poetry; it is the pro-
logue which possesses the dramatic part,
but it is in the epilogue that we find tie
true and distinct poetry of the great work;
the outpouring passion of a good man
suffering the acme of physical and mental
woe. For did not God say to the adversa-
~ who bore the tale He is good mar? =
The man of the present day is adjured
to profit by the lesson of Job. and bear
his Affections with patience. keeping in
mind a realization of the fact that God
is lust and relief and vindication of er-
rors are sure to come" In due time God
Will be seen and his ways understood, for
in the end Job understood and saw him,
saving: but he knoweth the way that l
take. when he hath tried me l shall come
forth as gold.
The times., 1899-11-27
Lansbarqh & Bro.
Specials in
Hosiery.

I.dics' HcrmSdorf Black
Fleeced Lined Hose; extra don
blc soles; high spliced heel and
Toe. The regular soc kind, for
be or three for 81
Ladies LiSle Hose. with black
boots. colored Van Dyke tops.
The 81 kind for Csc pair.
Ladies' extra fine Lisle Lace
Work Hose. spEced heel and toe
the regular S100 kind. for 75c.
Children's Leather and Jersey
Knee Protectors. all sizes. 25c.
The times., 1899-11-27
MAsQUERADED AS a MAN.
ForGer Ellis Glenn Engaged Il
Marry Another Woman.

-AhohACh
HILLSBORO. H.. Nov. 26.-Ellis Glenn.
who has been sent to Chester prison for
forgery, proves TO be a woman.
Glenn" cut a figure in fashionable
society in Hiilsboro and was popular with
women "He" became engaged some time
ago to a prominent young woman OF Butler,
this State.
When this young woman learned the
truth she was pTCstrated.
Glenn refuses to tell her name or
anything of her life preceding her arrival
at HillsbOTO,
The disclosure has made great sensa-
tion in HiIlsboro society, where Glenn"
was regarded particularly desirable beau.
The times., 1899-11-27
GENERAL woopFoRD RETURNS:
Former Minister tn SPANS View of
the Roer War.

NEW YORK. Nov. 26.-Gen. Stewart l.
Woodford, former Minister to Spain. was
among yesterdays passengers on the
American liner St Paul. He went to Eu-
rope four months ago. just after his wife's
death, and when his daughter was crit
ically i'll. He spent much time driving
through Switzerland and Italy, and his
daughter recovered her health during the
trip.
General Woodford. when seen by re-
porter. said the first news he had heard
was that Of Vice President HObart's death
''It affected me keenly." he said He was
a noble man and a brave one"
The general said of the Boer war: I
think the English realize they have a
more serious contract on their hands than
at first appeared but the general disposi-
tion is to see it through, at whatever cost" "
The times., 1899-11-27
BosroN's TWO PosTMAsTERs.
The Regular Appointee Committed
- = S=nit=rium fer Insanity.

The Regular Appolntee tom mitted
- = S=nit=rium fer Insanity.
BOSTON, Nov. 26.-Colonel Thomas, the
regularly appointed postmaster here, was
committed to a sanitarium here as an in
sane person some months ago. His bonds
men designated Assistant Postmaster Hen
derson 10 perform the duties of postmaster,
and Mr.. Henderson has since June l been
drawing the postmaster's salary.
AS assistant postmaster Henderson's sal
airy was So, coo year. Since June l that
salary has reverted to the department, and
Mr.. Henderson has been and now is draw
ing full postmaster's salary of So 600. On
the face of the records Postmaster Thomas
is on an indefinite leave of absence. His
friends claim he is still postmaster, and
that he can resume the duties of his Office
if he becomes well enough. Mr.. Hender-
son ana his friends claim that he is the de
factO postmaster.
The times., 1899-11-27
Army Officers Discharged.

A number Of officers OF the new volunteer regi
ments have been reported TO the War Depart
ment as professionally inefficient physically
disqualified. and some of them have been dis
charged. The list includes five in the Forty fifth
Regiment. all OF whom have been dropped for
physical disability: six Ia the Forty-sixth Regi
ment, and six of the Thirty eighth Regiment
Four OF these seventeen officers are captains. On
the report Of "A board, three of the officers Of
the Thrty-eighth Regiment viii be retained in
the service
The times., 1899-11-27
Trout in a cnn of MIX.

ANGELICA. n. Y, Nov. 26.-Since the
finding of a brook trout in a milk can
brought to an Allegheny county cheese
factory at Wellsyille, the State Milk In
spectors have been investigating the milk
supply. and the factory patrons are losing
sleep from anxiety and trouble over the
affair. At Invale five patrons were obliged
to pay the inspectors S1O0 each, it having
been found that they adulterated their
milk.
The times., 1899-11-27
THE PRINTERS At Home
All Arrangements Completed for
the Typographical Fair.

The Doors VIII BE Thrown Open To-
niEht-IncRndeseent Lights to Add
briiliancy to the Scene-Ihe Pesi-
dent Expected te Attend-FinanciaI
Success OF the Venture Assured.
The times., 1899-11-27
COrSetS.

Today We put on sale in
our Corset Department. second
hoor, a good 59c Corset, made of
jean, extra long waist, high bust,
and heavy gored waist band. in
all sizes, in white and drab, for
Today the price viii be 39c pair.
The times., 1899-11-27

The Misses Lynch, of 1 Street, who VIII
spend the winter in Europe, will make an
extended stay in Rome
The times., 1899-11-27
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

N. Garcia Merou, having given up his
house, is now at the Grafton to remain uu-
til his departure for his native land.
The times., 1899-11-27

Judge Lowry, of the United States Court
Of Claims, has returned to his home in
Street.
The times., 1899-11-27

Colonel and Mrs. Warren, of Boston. who
have been the guests of Mrs. F. E. Walker,
of Columbia Heights, left the city yester-
day for a months travel through the
South.
The times., 1899-11-27
LIFE Beyond THE GRAVE
The Promise of PatriarchS EHdOrS-
ed by the Great Teacher.

The Rev. DIR. EaSton PreacI,es on the
Things Tint Exist Even Though
Unsccn-Looking Mt the Invisible
The Temporal Life and the CeIes-
tinI WorId-Creed of the SecUIarist.
The times., 1899-11-27
RIGHTS OF. INDIVIDUALS
The Abuse of Political Power the
Subject of Sermon.

The Rev. Alexander Kent, of the Peo-
pIe's Church, Points out the Dang
ers of MonopoITes-Cftizen should
he Made TO Feel the Sacredness of
the Ballot - Value of Education.
The times., 1899-11-27

Representative Joseph E. Thropp of
Pennsylvania and family are occupying the
handsome residence of Commander Me
Gala, in Massachusetts, Avenue, near
Twentieth Street.
The times., 1899-11-27

Miss Pierpont Morgan, of New York, is
visiting Mrs. Hamilton Wallace.
The times., 1899-11-27

Mrs. Clinton Cushing has cards out for
Thursday, December :.
The times., 1899-11-27

Mrs. De Peyster. OF 1920 Connecticut
avenue. has returned to Washington.
The times., 1899-11-27

Mr. and Mrs Harry c. Moses have ar
rived in Washington and are housekeeping
at 1922 Nineteenth Street.
The times., 1899-11-27

Lieutenant and Mrs Chaplin have taken
the house 1341 New Hampshire Avenue for
the winter.
The times., 1899-11-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Duff. who returned
recently from Europe, are at the Lowell.
1907 Fourteenth Street.
The times., 1899-11-27
Rights of the Citizen.

MANS right to share in the shaping Of
human government must depend. ethically
speaking, upon his fitness to shape it wise
ly and well for the ones it is meant 10
serve. The people who most need govern
ing in this country today are not the peo-
pie in the mines and factories, nor the peo-
pie in the slums and tenement houses, nor
the people who build the railroads and
work the farms, but the people who are
organizing and controlling all the great
industries of the country for personal and
private ends; who are using the Govern
ment OF the country in every possible way
to further their selfish designs. These are
the men who refuse to govern themselves,
or to be governed by others. and who are
perYerting the whole power of government
into a mighty engine for driving their eX-
plotting machinery 1t is in the power of
the people of this country, whenever suf-
ficiently enlightened and moral, to put an
end to this whole exploiting process. The
trouble is that they are as deep in the mud
as the plutocrats are in the mire.
THE moment the people combine ear
nestly and honestly and drop their in
triguing for personal advantage; the mo-
| ment they really seek to make government
subserve the ends for which they them
selves confess it is instituted among men,
that moment the power of the plutoerat
will be broken and the blessings OF good
government secured to the people"
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SCIENCE OF PRUNING.
branches should he So Clipped That
the Tree VIII Become More
Perfect Each Year.

The man who undertakes to train NJ
tree accepts something of a moral re-
sponsibility, ard should remember this
when he begins to prune Il. ] stood
few days ago and saw a gardener prun-
ing some plum trees, and soon saw he
was cutting them back simply because
it is common practice to do so. When
be was done with a tree it was sym
metrical and we'll shaped, but most OF
those he pruned were left so they will
need pruning next year in order to
bring them into shape again.
In pruning a tree the orchardist
should have in mind the shape the tree
should have at maturity and so clip its
branches that each year it will become
more perfect. This is not task for a
thoughtless and careless man. The ter
minal bud on each branch shortened
should point toward the place that
needs filling worst. If the tree is one
sided it should be so prmed that it will
grow into a well-balanced head. This
does not always leave the tree as nice
looking as it would be if pruning were
a matter for to-day or for a week or
month. The buds on branch grow out
so as to form a spiral, and with care
the branch may sc shortened so as to
have bud pointing the way the tip OF
the branch should grow to make the
tree most slightly. tits possible by pay
ing attention to this to grow trees in
any shape desired. and the Chinese and
japanese are fond of so pruning trees
that they will present various odd
shapes In this country we have an
ideal for each kind of tree, and if we
are careful in training them by proper
~ pruning the head we can make the
worst-formed tree shapely and slightly.
The man who so prunes tree this
year that it must be done over again
next year does not understand his bust
ness. The skillful orchardist prunes his
trees in such a manner that no two
year-old wood ever need be cut out of
it. This is the secret Of proper prun-
ing. but there are very few who under
stand and fewer who follow strictly the
best models.-Bert Carroll, in Farmers
Voice.
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HIS BATH NOT A SUCCESS.
Being i'm a Hurry He Forgot TO
Take on His Under
clothes.

1t seems her husband had been out very
late celebrating, and as he came home in the
rose flush Of the morning he thought it
would be a capital idea to take a bath be-
fore getting into bed First OF all and most
important it would contradict any wrong
impression as to his condition, as his wife
sometimes had wrong impressions when he
had been out late at night Women are so
suspicious.
So he went boldly to the bathroom and
was soon splashing around as gayly as a
canary. In fact, he created such an I'M
usual connection that his wife woke up
and went TO see what was the matter.
Suddenly he saw her gazing through the
door with look so cold and contempt
uous that it struck chill to his very
heart But he made dive for the soap
and went on industriously with his abu-
tions.
"What are you doing there, Peter?' she
asked him.
He made the effort of his life to appear
debonair and perfectly sober.
Cant you see what am doing, my dear?'
Unanswered, with another prodigious splash.
I'm taking bath"
Don't you think ii would be a good idea
| for you to take off your undercothesY" she
asked him, with a frozen reflection, as she
passed out of sight.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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HIS LITTLE BUNDLE.
1t Wasn't Much in Size But the Value
of 1t Astonished the Hotel
Clerk.

A quietlooking, smooth-shaven man, with
a straw hat pushed back from his forehead,
registered from an adjoining parish at the
Grnnewald one evening and LAID a package
on the counter. The package was about
the size of an unabridged dictionary and
was wrapped up in an old newspaper that
bore the stains Of travel. 1t was tied with
piece of white cotton string. Il wish you
would take care of this little bundle for me
overnight, said the stranger. "All right,
sir, replied the clerk, and, reaching for the
receipt book, proceeded to fill out blank.
Whats the value:" he asked, mechanical
ly. 'SiXty-iive thousand dollars" an
swered the smooth-shaven man in an off
handed tone. What" gasped the clerk,
his pen averted in midair and his eyes as
round as cart wheels. 'Sixty-five thousand ="
repeated the guest; "and, by the way, L
guess I'll just seal up that wrapping. 1t
seems about 10 fall of"
lie opened the paper and disclosed a rect
angular block of $40 bills, packed as tight as
sardines. Theye were nearly all well worn,
but nevertheless the grimy mass looked
strongly tempting. Its tremendous poten-
TALLY drove a spur into the Imagination Of
the dullest chap in the corridor, and every
body began to tell what he would do If he
were rich. Meanwhile the smooth-shaven
man readiusted the cover, secured it with
wax, pocketed his receipt and walked off.
He was a country banker bringing a deposit
10 his local orrespondent.-N. o. Times
Democrat
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ter, but simply listened for orders and
obeyed them with wonderful intelli-
gence.
The clever clown who trained him
knew that if Excelsior" should die his
show must Immediately collapse Con
sequently during the winter seasons he
trained a young cream-colored stallion
with the same name. The younger stall
lion was of the same breed and readily
absorbed from the old horse his knowl-
edge of the language. They were har-
messed together every day, and at a
word of command old Excelsior"
would give the performance, and the
younger horse was obliged to follow
his lead.
Thus it happened that when old Eek
celsior'' died the show went on with but
slight interruption. Dan Rice sent to
Pennsylvania for the young stallion,
and the general public did not know for
many years that the old original of the
one-horse show was sleeping in the
Cumberland valley, with a tombstone
over his grave.
DUSTY Dan" Rice, now well-nigh 90
wears old, took to himself a new wife
less than ten years ago. He is well to
do. and is going down the decline of
life with gracefulness and in comfort.
lie received the largest salary ever paid
to any man employed in any circus.
Rice was out of the show business, and
comparatively poor. His name was so
well known, however, and his personal
ity so agreeable to the public that in
1865 Adam Forepaugh paid him $4,000
to travel with his show for the season.
In 1866 and in 1867 Forepaugh paid the
famous clown $27. 500.
In 1856 Dan Rice was so popular that
he became self-conceited enough to be-
lieve that he should be presidential
candidate, and his agents humored his
whim by spreading banners everywhere
with the inscription: For President:
Col. Dan Rice. of Pennsylvania" The
old man took it seriously, and for a
long time insisted that he should at
least be sent to congress. But he never
was. SMITH d. FRY.
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AMERICAN WOMEN AT COURT.
Many OF Them Wear Pure-White
Presentation Frocks Made I'm
This Country.

When an American woman goes to
court her appearance is her vindication
of her British sisters charges of ex-
travagance in dress. She looks so well
that onlooters forget how much her
plumage cost and simply enjoy its
beauty and its becomingness. OF course
this perfect harmony between apparel
and personality is the result of many
conferences, careful study on the part
of a clever French artist and the ex-
change of many bank notes, but he de-
sired effect is obtained.
The British Beauty with her magnifi-
cent shoulders, her graceful bearing
and her aristocratic features seldom
looks commonplace or bourgeoise, but
she often spends a goodly sum on her
presentation frock and appears at a
great disadvantage beside her Ameri-
can sister. The American woman likes
to appear in white instead of in the
glaring tumble of colors affected by the
English women presented to her ies-
ty. Mrs. Goelet and Miss Goelet wore
white when they were presented last
year and this years debutantes have
usually appeared in colorless robes.
The duchess of Marlborough af-
fects white, relieved by faintest
touches of pink; Misses Whitehouse al
ways wear pure white and lovely Lady
Naylor-Leland, whose husband died a
few days ago, as Jennie Chamberlain
was robed in white when she attended
her first drawing-room and never wore
a colored gown at subsequent presenta-
tons.
Several drawing-room dresses were
made in New York this season, so as to
be quite ready when the wearer should
arrive in England and go to court I'M
der the wing of Mrs. Choate.-N. Y.
Commercial Advertiser.
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president, aud every member OF the cab
met attended the performance. while
special box was prepared for Van
Buren,. 1t consisted of two old-fash-
toned cane seat chairs dashed together
with whipcords, The members of the
cabinet sat on ordinary board seats,
near by the president.
Because of the fact that Rice had
only one horse, his circus was called
1.-THE one-horse show" This was q term
of derision, and originated with rival
circus managers. But Dan Rice took it
up and made it an attractive advertis-
ing card. People floeked from far and
near to see the stallion which was such
marvel that Dan Rice considered it a
sufficient feature to constitute a whole
show. They were not disappointed.
''Exselsior" was trained not merely TO
do tricks, but TO understand language.
He knew the meaning of upwards of 200
words. He would waltz, walk forward
or backward, turn 10 the left or right
stand on one, two. three, or four legs
at the word of command. He did not
look for trick motions from his mas
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THE RIVALS,

Brown envied Jones. his neighbor. who
lived just across the way.
And often rose from praying to disconso-
lteIy say:
If could stand in Jones place how happy
1 should be-
II / could have his blessings they would
be enough for met
And so he struggled on and on, and step
by step he rose,
But Jones was always just ahead to rob
him of repose.
Jones looked upon his neighbor Brown with
envy in his breast;
He had the finest house IN town, but still
was sorely pressed
IF / from all my debts were free, ne OFT
IN secret said,
How truly happy / should be, how nigh
I'd hold my head"
And day by day he strove away beneath
his heavy load,
With hopes of oyertaking Brown upon the
toilsome road.
They Travelled far. each thinking that the
other kept ahead.
And honors came to each to live long after
he was dead
Jones envied Brown and Brown set out to
pass Jones on the. way.
And, either blind unto the truth, pressed
onward day by day
If Brown had never heard of Jones and
Jones had known no Brown,
Would they have reached the places where
they put their burdens down?
IS. Z. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald.
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HOW CUBANS LIE.
cat- Through Ignorance
or Malice.

1t is often hard to tell whether Gu
ban lies to you from ignorance or mall
ice. On ordinary occasions, and about
matters that do not promise to affect
himself, he is fairly truthful, but he
seems to know no reason why he
shouldn't tell lie if he wants to. To
the average Cuban who has always lived
on his own island, lie is a thing to
tell whenever it win serve any useful
purpose-such as getting him out of
scrape, or securing an advantage, or
getting money out of somebody, or con-
ciliating some one, or creating a good
impression. Here the absence of a NOR
al sense becomes apparent. With the
Cuban lying is not matter of right
but of policy, his short-sightednes pre-
venting him from perceiving that to-
days advantage may be tomorrow
loss. The statement, common among
Americans who have lived in Cuba, that
the Cubans are all liars is much nearer
the truth than most congratulations.
Though they usually tell the truth,
nearly all of them assimilate or equivo-
cate whenever they see the occasion.
Cuban thinks or how he feels about
the future of the island. He sometimes
tells you what he thinks you want to
hear. Every man of property wants
Cuba to be under American control. but
he will not admit it before crowd, or
even to another Cuban, unless con-
WINGED that he, too, is heartily in favor
of it. The trait appears likewise in ac-
counts of the Cuban army. However, 1t
is only fair to say that the glowing de-
scriptions given by the Cubans of the
performances and the glorious victories
of that somewhat mythical force are
not intentional, deliberate cold-blooded
lies. Carried away by imaginations as
fertile as the soil of their island. they
actually believe their own monstrous
inventions. For, after all, the Cuban
loves better than all other things on
earth to strike an attitude, to pose, to
strut, and brag, and make himself out
great man and his gentle fellow is
lauders great nation.
Thousands of Cubans really believe
that there was once band of men
worthy to be called a Cuban army, and
that they fought battles. Others ad-
init that there were merely little COM
panies of starving stragglers, who some
times fired their two cartridges apiece
from ambush at Spanish scouting par
ties and then scattered. But they all
think they did great execution. Get
some American or Englishman who was
with them to tell you his view of it. 1t
will be discouragingly different. Cuba
is infested with ''after the war" sol
diers, braggadocio mock heroes who
never got within earshot of lighting
Atlantic.
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Dairymen should not forget that the
discrimination between choice and or
binary grades of butter is becoming
more clearly and sharply defined each
year 1t is only the best that is always
in demand and will sell at good prices
when there is surplus of the inferior
grades. that either are not wanted at
all or else must be sold at sacrifice.
We can hardly expect that under these
circumstances this order of things will
be changed or improved upon; it il
merit that is going to win, and If the
lairymaB expects to come out satisfac-
torily at the end of the year, il is Of
the greatest Importance that he start
right. To try and do a little better
than ever before should be the watch
word of the day Progressive Farmer
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price, 75c.