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The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Only a Trihe,

The report that q man va shot Wed
he~day evening In the Bald Eagle sa.o0H
vas ~ithout foundation. A stranger sn-
iefed The pi@e- about O'Clock !n 'h~ even
ing and asked for Bowery cocktail TIE
bartender bad never heard Of such tE.af
ana some hard words followed While
the stranger was polling his gun be- vas
seized by the neck and run OUt doors.
ana later he returned anA paid Tor ana
swallowed giasz of Kentucky uh-aHy
ana apoiosized for his r4deness. n. Was
a tenderfoot and not used to our wsyF,
out Re learned something to benefit hlIa
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Has & hieVel Success.

Tie Kicker Is proud TO announce I'm its
present issue that Col. GideFs. the inla-
fitigab!c and eminent President Of the
Great Western Faro Exchange. will be-
gan he erection Of a handsome block Of
stores about September /. This news IS
exclusive with the Kicker. as all import
ant local news is.
Col GildeEs came to this town 50 poor
that he had TO borrow Il sand-bank 10
sleep on His qualities Were first brought
10 public attention when he broke the
pCstmaster's jaw He next killed cow
boy over on ScOtts run, followed IL up
by planting Mir. Mccoy, the half-bTced. in
good shape, and in year had won high
place in The esteem OF his fellOW-tOwns-
'aen. Nothing succeeds like success, and
nothing brings success Ike hust!ng.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
Medical Book Free,

know Thyseif" book for men only
regular price. 20 cents. will be 4r1t f-ee
'sealeO TO any male reader u The Wash.
ington Post mentioning this aayerfis,.-
'neh'' Address the Peabody Medlcai In
z'itute Buifnch sJrsel, Ros.1a, Ma
the Oldest and best institution Of "a L,oa
IN New England. Write today for free
book and !ne!9se s cents for postage.
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DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS ARRIVE.
They viii Select Spscr for Exhibit at Pan
American Exposition.

Buffalo, n. Y, June 26-Chairman J. II.
Brigham, OF the Department of Asricul-
ture; Maj. William II. Michael, of the
Department of State; John NJ. BToWnlow,
of the Post-otiice Department; Wallace
Hills, OF the Treasury Department; Will
lam G. Fox, of the Bureau Of American
Republics; Maj. Frank Strong. Of the De-
partment of Justice: Prof F. ". Clark
o. the Geological Survey; Dr. F. W. True,
OF the Smithsonian Institution; Prof W
De G. Rabenell, OF the Fisheries Commis-
sion; O. W. Weaver, OF the Labor Bu-
Teau; y, +. Peters, Of the Navy Depart
ment and Maj. j. b. Guthrie. of the War
Department, composing the national
board Of managers of the Pan-American
Exposition. arrived here from Washing
ton this morning.
After luncheon they were driven over
the site Of the exposition. 1t Ia expected
that they VIII select the site for the gov
ernment building before returning 10
Washington
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
His Head LikeUisp

You couldn't DO il, SIR ne said 70 lhe
man on lis right as he laid down ai-
paper-"you couldn't convince ne iL4'
this world il round II you talked an day
- is fiat, sir-fia., and ! ka)w rs G4l
Have you any arguments 10 4Iylu...
No. sir" replied the other "a haze
s.npiy All 0hseryation 20 maze
We'll. "a.
our theory and the ..-s.s - -sEr
head seem 10 be twins"
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
II Was Discouraping.

why, Aisser Johnson" ne exclaIr-ed
as he turned corner and ran up against
short man Of his own color. Il dun
heard 20 was in de JFubbledcst sort O.
trouble"
"Sho! Who bin sayin dat?'
Heaps o folks. Dey dun said yo' WIS
sent 10 jail fur three months iur stealing
a calf"
"LaWd. LaWd, but what = dceelvla'
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
FlRE .rs OUT THE GUESTS.
Elder BOEss at INDIAN spri.g gs. Ga. R=-ps
Down Al Night.

Indian Springs, Ga, June 25.-Th. ..'..r,
House, one Of the leading hotels a. tbs
place. was destroyed by fire this ,Vr-i. -
About loo guests We're IN the build ne Oct
all of them escaped. Only two Htrt n
jured, and they but slightly All Of Tie
baggage was lost, however, the s1.e.t Is
having no time 10 get into their rooms
after the fire was discovered
The fire originated in the rear % the
building, but the cause has not peen as-
certained. The hotel was separated rom
other buildings, consequently the rre did
not spread. There Is no fire protection II
the village The guests were from all
parts Of Georgia, and some from other
States. There was no insurance on the
npfel
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
GIGANTIC LABOR UNION.
An Organization of 500, 900 Workers in
Greater New York.

New York, June 2S-The 0reauization
OF "A great union Of y09.D .Dsg workers I'm
Greater New York was to-day begun by
a committee appointed by the Central
Federation Union. William = Pe.ruc
Secretary of the iron MoldrTs' Conference
Board. and one OF the leading members oi
the committee. said tonight.
This new union viii oe Tie biggest
local central labor body n he face OF tha
earth. All the unions IN the ave ooioughs
OF New York Cily viii Join Il viii be
more powerful than many great national
and international unions, and NIL laVe
more Influence ia one city than any labor
organization which has ever existed 81"
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

in future Mr. James Stebbln-. owner q,
the Bald Eagle allows no impu.-lyo Shoot.
ing on the part OF his empioyss a.. I..
for this fact the stranger would have be.
rtddled as soon as he put mis- hand ..-
sind him We ma. be C0ck-tli!sI p..r-
fifty years from now, but uv to s--
straight bishy has been the proper fu.r-
to ask for and stow away behind The vest.
buttons.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
RECEPTION TO ROOSEVELT.
Spanish Miuister Objected TO Attendance
uf ChihHHhua Band.

Las Vegas y. NJ June 26-One Of the
most interesting and unique features OF
the reunion WAS reception rendered TO
GOV Roosevelt al the Hotel Caslaneda by
Tie Mexican people OF The Territory Just
before his departure. The most influential
ana leading people called upon the Eolel
New Yorker.
Felix Martinez, Of this city, made the
address Of welcome. ia ,ac course Of
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Tor GaTdoa olI.v. at khartaam.

London, June A-Gen. Lord Kitchener.
Of kharJoum, Governor General o. the
ySoudsn, has received a,6i5 IS scot from the
Earl Of Minto, Governor General OF can
ada, on behalf OF the Canadians FOR tie
endowment fund OF the Gordon Memorial
College al hhaTtoum.
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HAD $1,000 AND A IAG.
Frank Foster Left Collateral After lie
Had -obeFsd b.

Had >obersd I p-
Frank Foster one gt the Sl1-Hns "
Of Jackson city. and rrs-..a i' DE-
proprietor og policy Same -.. ...
gambling e-ratli-nm-rt- .a ..a. H.'.'
suburb. va. arrested about M.er.s.. .
Policeman Carlson. charged a..n 5..E
drunk and dlsordsrl.. The -rru~ .f '.
alleged OTeusr vas Ta.Ffeeatl and BE-
streets
Collateral Vas refused for Foster 'H a.
count ~ ss- condition and a'f D'.'E
ge,rr5.G nr Was locke. ap -a." '.
Prom MI 1orErrr the police ''.A .'D,
s. 80 In ri..g and gold. some a'iT- ai
80 I.... -..r,-.5g Foster sa- permit.
=. leave -.,.. ..s.afa.. having recovered -i,..
+ra. ..s..r. ~ Tho ....f
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
He Wasn't IOkiug.

He Wasn't Joking.
~ had four day- growth Of beard on
my face when ! struck li,tle t'wn IN
Northern Michigan" said the civil enSi-
neer. L found a little coop Of d barber
shop near the depot. and / entered II to
discover the barber sitting on j Oench
with his head iu his hanGs. As he reused
up / told him 10 get 10 work on me. but
after looking me over h. replied:
III l shave you youH have 10 take
the chances"
What chancesT ! asked.
"'Well, I've been on drunk for the
last week. and I'm just on the point OF
seeing rats. l may get through with II
all right, ard | may cut your head OF
The man had a Wild look and was al
a-treUble." continued the engineer, "ani
though he smiled as he talked, I saw
that he wasn't joking. | went away
without getting shaved. and for the next
two hours was busy making purchases.
As l returned TO the depot / looked in
on the barber to see how he got along.
and found him hanging dead Just what
would have happened had he started -
shave ne I don't know, but I've always
felt much Obliged to the man for putting
the case as Plainly as he did"
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
ROUGH RIDERS TROPHY
New Mexico Presents RoOse-
yelt with a Medal.
RE NAMES SPEECH IN RESPONSE

Governor Of the Empire State Expresses
HIS Pride at Being Thas Honered, and
Il Loudly Applaudsd - Ten Thousand
People Witnes, ReEim.ntai Parade IN
the Afternoon Ram Cots the Exercise.
short, but Enthusissm l. Not Dsmpened.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
HUMOROUS VIEW OF THINGS
BY NJ. Quad

w0rldr' sighed the shOTtfnan. Il gifts
tTu months fur borrowin' hlwg, an
folks dun say Il was three months :us
stealth u calf Pears ike IT wasn't 10
Use 10 gry 10 be honest and respectable.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

MANY folks am disappointed with Ifa
bekdse deg fail 10 realize dat der am aa
eternal fitness of things When so. al-f
Do prize Gf Wnire-W8shlu' from u cents .r
- cents de whitewasher draps Iu Jess .ar
an pGurs in mo- water 10 maintain a.
equilibrium. What yO save in yo'I Dur..
re saves IN MS pail. an 80 20 haln i9
better on
The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27
The Promoter.

4 Y DEAR WOmdn-my dear
Mrs. kCberrS-yOu are vel
come. thrice welcome eN-
claimed Mai CrofOot as his
l. Il l.. 4I..rIlt. l.nnr EaH af
The record-union., 1899-04-17
Labor's Right to Organize.

IN order that laborers shall have the
maximum benefits of progress. it is nee
essary that the State secure the oppor-
tunity for the greatest freedom of
action in this direction While canital
shouid be given the greatest possible
opportunity for it's own activity if
should not be permitted in the least TO
interfere with the same freedom among
iaporers. combination among CAPITAL
ISIS TO prevent the organization of labor
saiouio be deemed conspiracy. and be
punishable The organization of labor
IS as necessary to modern industry as
IS the organization of capital. and
should receive the same protection at
the hands of the State. This is becom-
ing very generally recognized by Cant
tansts, yet there are a few instances
where capitalists act upon the assun,n-
uon that they have the right not only
TO organize for protective purposes bur
To- associate for the purpose of prevent
ing labor from organizing. Protection
10 economic freedom on the labor side
properly requires that membership in a
trade union should not directly or in
uirectly be made ground for dis
charge, or any other action inimical to
the opportunity of the laborer to fol-
low MS daily occupation; and any com
oinatien of manufacturers or EMPLOYERS
LOT such purpose should be deemed con-
spiraey.-Gunton's Magazine.
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Try McMorry's Blend Coffee 25c
The record-union., 1899-04-17
Baron RothschiId's Wealth.

FOR a man who was reputed to be
iapulously rich, the late Baron Ferdi-
nand de Rothschild has not left a very
great estate. There are many men in
England, whose names are scarcely
known outside their own circles. who
are richer than this distinguished MEM
Der OF the house of Rothschild turns ont
TO nave been. The explanation probab-
~ Is that, secure in the certainty of a
large income, he spent most of his eve
nues without adding to the inevita BILE
burdens of wealth the further charge
OF watching great Investments. More
over, no inconsidera BILE proportion of
MS means had been invested in objects
OF art and in a great country place.
neither OF which can, as a rule and
especially the latter. be computed fur
the death duties at anything like what
they cost 1t would probably lie diff
cult to sell Waddesdon for half fine
money 1t cost Baron Ferdinand de
i1othschild For one thing, it is rot
IN the English taste, and for another
the number of men who could keep up
mouse conceived on such a scale is
exceedingly limited. The family affec-
tion suggested by the will is a charm
ing trait in a remarkable character.
"hlie the requests to the nation make
II clear that, like all other members
Oh the family, he appreciated fully the
responsibilities of wealth.
The record-union., 1899-04-17
ROYAL s*S.s
v ABScrU1EN PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
aovA. BAKING POWDER CO., NEW voak

summer from the bark of large birches,
sewed together in sections measuring
about three by twelve feet. The pole
framework of the tepeee is erected and
the bark bent around before it has
dried, so that it will take the proper
shape. The free ends of the bark see
lions are protected and kept from split
ting by light strips of wood, one on
either side, which are attached by sew
ing. Seven of these three by twelve
bark sections are used in the construc-
ton of the asohahgan. When the In
dian moves his camp the sections are
made into tight rolls for convenience in
carrying. In erecting the tepee the
bottom section is put in place first. and
two of the rolls are commonly REQUIRED
to reach around. Afterward the other
sections are wound around the cone
shaped framework up to within short
distance of the peak. The top is left
open for the escape of smoke The up
per sections lap over the lower shingle
fashion, and all the seams run diagon-
ally with reference to a vertical line,
in such a way as to shed water per-
fectly
The sewing is done with wattup.
Wattup is made from the roots of
spruce trees, pulled out by the women
and boiled till softened The brown
bark covering is rubbed off, and the
roots split into suitable sizes for sew
ing. Wattup will keep for years, and
is tougher than moosewood. When
wanted for use all that is necessary is
10 throw 1t into water, and it becomes
pliable and easily worked.-Forest and
Stream.
The record-union., 1899-04-17
Malevo1ent Microbes.

An advocate of total abstinence was
once lecturing to a large and appre-
ciative audience of his admirers, who
knew not the taste of spirituous liz
uors.
ooh, my friends" he concluded 'let
me persuade you to shun the demon of
alcohol as you would the plague. Avoid
ginger beer, which contains an map
preciable amount of the poison. This
is the only pure and safe drink"
With these words he pointed to a
tumbler of water which stood on a Ia
BILE at his side.
Two manevolent microbes of the ty
phoid group, who were disporting
themselves in the water, burst into fits
of diabolical laughter on hearing this
peroration, and loudly derided the folly
of the speaker.
The lecturer, having finished his dis
course, retired to his private room.
taking the water with him, as he was
uncommonly dry after his exertions.
Poor fool!' soliquized one of the
bacilli. Learn not to be deceived by
specious appearances. In a few days
your blind trust will have brought you
to bed of sickness
At this moment the lecturer poured
away half of the water, and filled up
the tumbler with whisky from a flask
which he produced from his pocket, a
proceeding which instantly proved fatal
to the bold, bad bacilli.
Moral-Don't count your microbes
before they are incubated.-Pick-Me
Up.
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The STAR a Source Of rrouble :

The greatest trouble we found in the
late war was in the staff. Congress
had been for years gradually cutting
down the staff, until we did not have
enough trained officers to care for any
increase in the army All at once our
army was expanded from 26,61O to 26O-
0OO men. This required an immense
increase of every staff department. The
new officers had to be taken largely
from civil life. The regular army was
short OF officers-many companies hav-
ing been reduced by detail or staff as
Segment to one commissioned officer
to the company. This great mass of
raw material could not be made eff
fective all at once A man without
training could not make a good Quar-
termaster or Commissary in a week.
The regular force worked day and
night to supply the army and educate
the new men. But when men and OIL
GERS are both inexperienced, trouble
may be looked for. This was the case
in nearly every brigade in the army
Hon. John A. T. Hull, Chairman of the
Committee on Military Affairs, iii
North American Review.
The record-union., 1899-04-17
Chemistry of a Living Body.

The chemistry of living bodies differs
from that of the laboratory in a feature
that is peculiar to it-that instead of
performing its reactions directly it uses
special agents. 1t employs intermedi-
aries which, while they are not entirely
unknown to mineral chemistry, yet
rarely intervene in it, If it is desired
for example, to add a molecule of water
to starch to form sugar the chemist
would do it by heating the starch with
calculated water. The organism, which
is performing this process all the time,
or after every meal, does it in a diff
ferent way, without special heating
and without the acid A soluble fer
ment diastase or engine, serves as
the oxidizing agent to produce the same
result. Looking at the beginning and
the end, the two operations are the
same. The special agent gives up none
of its substance. It withdraws after
having accomplished it's work, and not
a trace of it is left. Here. in the me-
chanism of the action of these soluble
ferments, resides the mystery. still com
plefe, of vital chemistry. 1t may be
conceived that these agents. which
leave none of their substance behind
their operations, which suffer no loss,
do not have to be represented in con-
siderable quantities, however great the
need of them may be. They only re-
quire time to do their work The most
remarkable characteristic of the soluble
ferment lies, in fact, here, in the masni-
tude of the action as contrasted with
lr1nitesimal proportion of the agent.
and the necessity of having time for the
of the operation.-M.
Dastre, in Appletons' Popular Science
Monthly
The record-union., 1899-04-17
"MIsERIcoRDIA" IN TUSCANY.
A Fraternity of All Sorts of Men
for Outdoor Relief.

| When the Romance of Outdoor Re-
lief comes to be written it will owe
some of its most touching, most pic
turesque chapters to the Misericordla-
a brotherhood peculiar to Tuscany, seen
at its best in Florence, though also adj
mirably in evidence at Siena, Pisa, Leg
horn and Lucca, and not unWorthlly
represented in the minor provincial
towns, inland or maritime. Ecclesias-
teal in origin, 1t was founded in 1244
by Pietro di Luca Borsi, and its per
sonnet is drawn from every social rank,
all and individually bound to serve
whenever summoned, without fee or re-
! ward The Grand Duke himself, when
presiding at a State banquet in the Pitt
Palace, has had to rise and leave his
guests when his turn came, and to bear
a hand with tradesmen, mobiles, me-
chanics, professional men-with the
company, in fact, promiscuously i'm
provised to transport to hospital some
victim of an accident or to carry a
patient from the sick bed to the subur-
ban lodging indicated by the physician
The service is not one of "unskilled
labor The members of the brother
hood have all been previously trained
to lift the sufferer from the street, to
turn the patient in bed and put him on
the 'bara'' or stretcher with the mini
mum of pain or of risk to compromised
limbs or organs, and thereafter to bear
him through the thoroughfares to his
destination with the least possible vi
bration, friction or disturbance. AS
often happens, the particular company
told off on sudden duty is composed of
men as various in altitude as they are
in social position, so that in carrying
the "bara" shoulder high they employ
for the first part of the journey those
of them who are as nearly as possible
of the same hight, and when these are
tired they lower their burden to the less
tall without interruption of movement
or alteration of pace and so continue
the shifting process until the sufferer is
at his journeys end and laid down in
bed with scarcely the consciousness of
having been transported at all.
Few sights or sounds are more i'm
pressive in the Florence. of to-day than
the measured march of the Misericor-
dia through it's crowded street, as.
robed in black gowns and hooded in
black cowls, with openings for the eyes,
the brotherhood wends its way with its
burden, the bystander lifting his hat
sympathetically, the traffic reverently
falling aside, and the street noises sub
dued to momentary hush in the pres
ence of the still, sad music of human
ity.' Queen Victoria, it Is well known,
took profound interest in the Misericor-
.dia during her successive sojourns in
Florence, and one of it's highest office
bearers the late Cavaliere Cesare Barsi,
was deputed by the Arci -Confraternita
to visit the Villa Palmieri, there to set |
forth to her majesty its origin and con-
The record-union., 1899-04-17
CURTIS & CO.'S MARKET, SO8 K Street.

stitution, the nature of its service, the
resources at it's command, and the more
striking incidents in it's experience
As | have said, the brotherhood is
peculiar to Tuscany, though other.
places have their equivalents. each in
its own way rendering similar service;
few, if any. of them, however, being
able to point to the same antiquity of
origin, to the same large resources. or
to the same admira BILE discipline and
organization. / have been. led to give
this brief notice of the Misericordia
from the funeral obsequies Just cele-
brated in Florence of the provvediture
Tor general provider and administrator
of the brotherhood, Signor Giuseppe
Bronzuoli-a singuarly imposing and
picturesque pageant composed of three
hundred members of the Arci-Confra-
ternita, fifty "capi di guardia" (chief
OF the guard, and thirty-five priests.
The procession included many citizens.
among whom were not few surgeons
and physicians, those of whom who i'm
mediately followed the hearse bearing
lghted torches.-Rome correspondent of
the London Lancet
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An Ingenious Dodge.

A certain young soldier officer-ever
jealous Tor his corps-being on camp
DUTY one evening, determined that The
guilt should no longer be saddled ON
the soldier alone, to the exculpation of
the greater offender. With this praise
worthy intention he secreted himself
near the tents of the sailors. Presently
he saw approaching a fine cock followed
by party of hens, picking up the grain
scattered by a blue jacket, who, dis
tr1buting more. than usually liberal
supply close around the base of one of
the tents, disappeared within Not long
after the chanticleer discovering his
extra allowance, loudly called his wives
and family about him, and they were
soon lost to all but the enjoyment of
so unwonted treat
AT that moment flap of the tent
was cautiously raised and three
bronzed arms We're instantly shot out
and as quickly withdrawn, each hand
grasping by the legs one of the fowls.
Amid the cackling and screaming of
the hens could be heard a hasty scuf-
fling within the tent as the young sub
altern quickly advanced, now assured
of the success of his enterprise.
What was his establishment when on
putting his head inside, he found one
blue jacket seated upon some meaiie-
bags in the center, calmly smoking his
pipe and busy sewing, while three other
forms lay stretched and loudly snoring
on the ground Rousing them up, the
young officer taxed the lot with looting.
This, of course, the men strenuously
denied, one and all, and upon the Off
Ger declaring he should report the mat
ter to headquarters, would take no re-
fusal but that the tent should then
and there be searched. Despite remon-
strances they set to work, and in a very
short time every single thing was out
on the grass, as they themselves stood
to attention, stripped to the waist.
Howbeit, there was roast fowl for
dinner in that tent that evening; and
this is how it was done. A fairly large
round of turf had been neatly removed
from the center of the tent-covered
ground, and a sufficiently large hole
dug, and the earth disposed of. The
birds on being captured were given an
instantaneous wiring of the neck,
thrown pell-mell into this hole the turf
lid carefully replaced and straightway
covered with the mealie- bags, on which
our stolid friend the blue jacket then
sat himself down, sewing and smok-
ing-The Cornhill.