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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
BETRAYED BY THE TELEPHONE.
Kenwood Mans W lie Has aGoodLaugh al
His Expense.

From the Chicago Inter oceaar-
They are telling good story on a Kenwosd man in
correction With hunting trip he made September
]. the opening day Of the season. Thursday morn
ing his friend Jones BUSTED into he oice and re-
marked cheeriy:
Tomorrow the LIST, old man. Guess well have
to get after the ducks as usual won't we''
Beth members Of a shooting club that has
grounds on the Illinois River, near Lake Sepach-
wine.
I've no earthly excuse for going answered the
Kenwood man. glooniIy. Tn busy / don't need a
rest, md I've sort Of promised M sL.e that the
hext lne | took an eUtiEg I'd take her AMI the
children along"
I've just heard from the clubhouse ard there's
teal and wood dgck to buTa
We'll, then, III have to 60 sure I know Sow
! can manage the wife. I'll EJECT you the II sc
Rock Island tonight
Wheu he KenwLod man walked up the steps that
clean shave, WITT lots OF powder TGlhed 10 .ske
him looked pale; lis shoulders stopped. an p.
locked tIed and worried Al dinner h. "a 10
appetite His wife spoke syHpathecslly % bis sale
sEG lack Of appetite he said q vas nDfhins
he only feeling tired and a littl, oyerxnrasd
Pretty SON she suggested that he take dag two
OF and 70 on little Trip. No. he wanted 70 lake
her and the children when he stHt Fat his vie
argued, that sert Of trip would not give lin the
rest he needed lie protested but finally s-raittrd
that Jones had been in 10 hin about a ito 10
the clubhouse Before dinner over be mad axresd
10 sO-undeT protest ana for the sake of his health
Well. said he. they from the table
I guess { better call up Jones and let am know
j n going
i don't thisk its necessary said his wife With
Mrs. Jones telephoned ne this sftsrneol that yos
r1inkH
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
CLEANING A LARGE LIBRARY.
How zoo, 900 Volumes Are busted i'm Two
Weeks by Five Men.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
The NewberTy library. shining and spot
less from attic to basement is again open
TO the public Not only the building itself,
but every book, pamphlet, and paper in it
has been thoroughly renovated. To clean
the books alone it required five men two
weeks. and with each of these five men it
is now a firm conviction that If some in
ventiye genius would turn his attention
10 a patent book cleaner instead of churns
and tack-lifters he would make a fortune
II is a herculean task, this cleaning of
100000 volumes, and TO assign to one man
the cleaning of 10000 seems. as Jerome X
jerome says Of the German facilities for
performing ones additions, like tidying
up the Augean stables with a squirt 1t
was accomplished, however, and the jani-
tor who bossed the job and did most of
the work is as proud OF it az possible.
Each man was assigned d case. from
which he took the books, one shelf at A
time, and after carefully busting them
with feather buster placed them in order
on truck. The shelf was then washed.
the books taken up two at a time.
slammed together. whatever dust thus
lOoSened blown on. and replaced
This upheSyal takes place in the New
berry library every year. but some OF the
others are not as fsstidious. The Crerar
has never In the more than two years
course OF its existence been thoroughly
cleaned. Ii has its daily and weekly go
iDgs over, however. and here trial has
been made OF patent buster. II consists
of a fan inclosed in box, from which ex
tends long tube with a feather buster AT
the end. When set in motion the buster
is supposed to take of the dust. which is
drawn through the tube into the box By
the suction caused by the rapid motion OF
the fan. But this has not been a success.
and when the books are busted the meth
cd of the Newberry is used This seems
To be the only way, as not only libraries.
but book stores az well. use IT.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
Hog Killed tic Snake.

From the New York Press
Matte DOdsOH Is a Red Rock girl. age
twelve. and the other day she was sent o.
the spring house for a pan Of milk. 81.
got the pan, and on her way home set /.
in the grass 10 pick some berries. Wh'r
she turned again she saw a rsttle-suak.
six feet away drinking the milk Ta.
snake saw her. too. and co!l-d "a II no
strike The little girl was psralyzed H.fH
fear. and had not the power even tD rtU
for help. She simply clasped her hands
and gazeI at the reptile in helpless terror
fat hog, sauntering around Ia search NJ
food, came tn sight. and iH mOmer.
made for the snake The battle was o..
citing. but short, and Matte. az a -a'a
distance. watched It with wonder TH
snake more than Oncef bit the hog 0I.
each time the hog received the bite ir b Isl
faW. whore thT great layers Of faT ma..
The poison harmless. When the SNAKE U.#
exhausted ~ venom n decided 10 Tetr...
but the hog then took his innings jump
ing on his carcass ne pinned IL o. 'l.
earth. and with mis- teeth tore "a TO pie
and ate 10. Matte carried home the ~.
and told her story 10 sympathetic ears
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
Wo-."fIoudoa Women.

FROM the Pal Mali Gs1e-re.
Mr Pl0wdeE, who presided a. IN, y
London police court this morning. -.
waited. upon by whole host ~ ~ra..
VINO besOUght his rdvice. rae.- srl...
suces were all of = trivial cl4ractar. OIL.
complained that her husband fyllJwr# H.I
about The magistrate promptly told tt-
mat she ought 20 be glad that she D.. a
husband 10 follow her. After hsfsui-e FIJI.
the WOes Of many Of the sDDii ante
noticing a long string Of women 5J.i Is .-
ing 20 be heard. Mr.. Pl0Wd~u drs.4 q
there were any men who Santcf r- as-
vice. because II 30 their time hal ..H
Two men responded 90 this iny.ra ..og. .-
their cases were al once dealt Sifa. E..a
the procession Of women MS rzs.H.
., hen they had ali gone Ar T.. ."
hexved q sign 81 relief and JsclIrrt
never before had BE heard 20 many ~
GUS applications al one 5llting
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12

ril.isbaU the roads were not in the best
condition at that time of the year, and II
was five weeks before | was home again
| paid the coolies extra to hurry up, Tor
| was anxious to see kichi.
when | arrived | found the house de-
serted Kichi was gone. / asked the
people i'm the neighb0rhOod, amt they were
SURPRISED 10 see me. They gave me to
understand that my wife had left the
house a week before. Finally, l FOUND
her. She was married to young and
handsome japanese policeman. Perhaps
that is the reason why | have hated po-
licemen to this day. / was furious, and
Sakichi. who never expected to see me
again, was in tears. | asked her what
she meant by deserving me in that style
After | had waded through the s0bs and
broken English. learned that she had al
ways understood that our marriage was
one of those temporary matrimonial bar
gains for the benefit of foreigners.
Il told her that such was not the case;
that | had intended to marry her Tor
keeps / insisted that she return with me
To this her new husband strenuously OBJ
jected. He had married her according
to the orthodox methods of the country
and she was his for life appealed to
the DfOhcT. anu Illti hithth iiiiA 'ut VI
his hut. He. too, told me there was no
hope. / tried to enlist the aid of the au-
thorities, but they told me that ! would
have to get another wife. The broker
whom / had kicked came up and offered
to provide me with a spouse who would
discount Sakichi. 1 got furious and
Threatened to kick hinf again.
Meantime, poor little SakiChi was
heartbroken. She said she would never
love any one as she did her American
husband. After several weeks Of hopeless
beating around. | came to the conclusion
that | had better make the best Of IL. |
did the graceful thing by presenting my
former wife and her policeman husband
with the house wherein We had spent the
three months of our married life. Then
| left Yokohama, never to return. To
some it will appear like a huge Joke. but
/ will state that those were the happ.est
days of my life. / often wonder whether
Sakchi Is still living, and whether she
thinks of her former husband as often as
he does of her"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
Golf Shoulder"

From the Chicsgo Tribune.
The list OF special ailments and deforani-
ties caused by overindulgence in va
rious sports is growing al an encouraging
rate. Already the number is almost sui
fCient for a separate medical treatise
Golf shoulder" is the latest. Ii consists
Of painful swelling in the dorsal muscle
used in swinging the heavier golf clubs
for long drives, and is said TO have been
successfully acquired by golfers al New
port who have INDUCED in the game 10 an
Incorporate extent. II neglected II is
said TO affect the spine, and may ulti-
mately produce Paralysis. Quite an inter
esting chamber OF horrors might be made
In the shape OF an anatomical museum
containing properly colored plaster models
OF the golf shoulder, the bicycle hump
the bicycle heart. the trolley foot the hall
pitchers glass arm. the football nose
the oaIsmans stoOp, and similar manifes-
taiions OF American intemperance In
sports. Such a collection would show BY
It's mere diversity how much more inter-
estlng the race has become since the old
days when the only polite badge OF excess
vas red nose or a equity foot. England
does not appear 10 have developed any OF
these new distempers and deformities but
the Englishm.n. even on board his best
yacht, II always behind the American
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
wh.,,o TO Jua Now la tn. Garden.

Prom ne Ladies Hose gsErE-sf.
September AID October are good months
In which To make any needed changes In
horde. plants Nearly ali kinds Of hardy
herbaceous plants may De- moved or d.
yiasd safely Ia those msnihs. II IL well
10 look over such plants ss LArkspur.
Phiox, Aquilegia. and others OF similar
habit. and see II the old ciumps would not
BE- benefited by division Of their roots.
II there i any weak groSih. or any o.
the roots appear diseased. IS all means
give the plants attention a. once Lift
the plants entire and then cat the ciumps
apart with q sharp spade. Then 60 over
them carefully and cut out an weak por-
tons Use only strong. healthy roofs lor
replantin.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
GansI. bur Not Dad.

Prom the Sez York Tribsas.
The opinion expressed by some scientific
observers that the natives Of the Hs-
waiian Islands, like the North American
Indians will soon be extinct. may b.
correct 20 far as the Kanskss are con
cerned. but the comparison With the In
dams il, in that case. unfortunate. The
latter are not becoming extinct. In TIE
last half century they have actually been
increasing In numbers There are even
those who. on grounds which cOnman nd
respectful consideration, reckon that the
red men are more numerous to-day than
they we're In pre-ColUmbisn times-that Is
70 say, than they ever were before How
ever that may be. the day Of the last ~
the red men IL still 20 far In the future
ar to be entirely outside % practical con
sfdsrztfon
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
SIGNS OF THE TINES.
some Effects of the A merican Occupation
of Cuba.

From Harper's Weekly.
Tine most striking signs of American
military occupation according TO MIR.
Matthews, outside Of the actual Dres-
ence of our soldiers, were the pl1cards
posted up in every cafe and drinking
place in the city TO the effect thAt by Or
der of Gen. Ludlow positively no alcoholic
liquors were TO be sold to our soldiers.
Everywhere in Havana there were bril-
liant Autographs advertising various
brands of American beer II was Il won
der that some enterprislng agent had not
plastersd the sides of MORO, Castle with
these signs. One would think, from the
number of them in town, that we were
simply a nation of eer-guzZlers. One no
ticed with satisfaction, to offset this, that
in many of the shops there were signs,
English Spoken Here and American bi-
cycle stores, typewriting establishments.
habeTdashery stores were a pleasant re-
lief TO Greater New York Cafes st
Louis Cabinets and Chicago Retreats
that had sprung up on all sides. The
American occupation Of Havana came
home 10 me with a jar one day when
was passing through busy ObispO street,
as read this sign:
stop, Americans,
CHLNING GUN SOLD HERE
Ten Cents Package.
1T was not wise to take too seriously
the sign English Spoken Here The in
terpreter frequently lived. or did business.
half a block away, and sometimes he
could not be found. when he did arrive
his English was likely to correspond 10
an advertisement that / sa. al the en-
trance to d barber shop. II read: Very
good works made here Here u The ad-
Veftisement Of an American restaurant,
taken from its business card:
This hrstcIsss o. establishment offer the public
Fooues with every eSaiort ana e0nyiaiense for &c
eommOd&tion Of permanent AM trzneisHt guest
Tt will be observed that there is more
trouble with spelling than with syntak IN
that sentence. Here is an extract from
a circus handful printed in English
Special eolleetioa q rain dogs Introducing Dom-
nestiesl Dogs and ETC presented BY NJ. Aa,5al
PubiIlOhss-
And so the American military occUpS-
ton Of Havana unfOlded itself 20 the yis-
ItOr"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
Slept During kaiser's Sermon.

Prom TIE New York Press
In a recent story about the Kaiser, VIII
lam is made 10 size up his own ability as
a preacher. IL is well known that the
Kaiser on his annual trip on board the
Hohenzollern to the Norwegian fiords Is in
the habit OF conducting divine service
every Sunday morning. He usually reads
short liturgy and follows the prayers
with a sermon. In his recent trip the Of
flcers OF the Hohenzollern noticed that a
sSLor during divine service had fallen fast
asseep. After the service the captain CAL
ed the sailor before him, and gave him a
sound rating and sentenced him to two
days arrest. The captain afterward re-
ported the incident Of the sleeping sailor.
and the punishment inflicted upon him
Was he on the watch the night be-
foTe7" asked the Kaiser
He was. your majesty
Then let the poor devil OF. Besides n
wasn't much or a sermon. anyhow"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12

Prom he Esn Ffsrciseo EIanlnsr.
re greatest eislEE Tea sf,f sea-sFst
I'D. vas Ia sgsinE -he rsrED u tas saa. d.
Hsfh. wrecked q ths do3zf q a1aIl Ar
Sk-n diver land Hsss-f zs4- ss.vn cf=.z.
testh q over - feet Fsmsltia1 81 s-r .r
fg~ff-ts9 uinstsE uafgF sEf-r. A. ag+ts-iT H..
tAzt Sc create e~sfh o. shlse ==a Eco -
SEJsn % dszE-ns does E1f -frs-d 30 frF-
= sgl.saisat 70 pressure O - - yoafis . .
sgusTs iEeE
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
Jn.tn, She Iheurht.

Prom tie Riskniss pisp.ses.
Doctor. what do you think Is the mat.
ter with my husband p
Well from the indications. / should
say that IL was an unmistakable cas-. OF
gastritis."
Il knowed IL; told him he'd ger sIck
foolin' with the gas meter.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
A MARRIAGE ALA MODE
An Americans Short Welded
Bliss in Japan.
THE CONTRACT WAS TEMPORARY

Shortly After Japan Opened Her Gates to
vided Them with Wives While Thy Re-
sided in the EmpiTe-sad Experience of
Young Man Who Thought He Was Mar
ried and Discovered He wasNot.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
ADVENTURES OF A HOBO
Lobster Pete Tells the Story
of the Twin Tramps.
THE TWO DRONI0S OF THE ROAD

Veteran Traveller by the side-door Pull
man Relates How He Got Mixed Up with
Tramp Whom He Loved az BROTHER
Mel Him Again and Foand Out IL Wa.
the Wrong MsH-Chancs Meeting and a
Rseonciliation-In Jail Together.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
"x.ver Barn a CandI. a Both End. -

II you do your Light will soon be gon.
and ytu will be In the dark. Don't thInk
you can go on drawing vitality from IN
blood for nerves. stomach. brain. and
muscles. without doing something to r..
place H. Hoods Sarsaparilla gives nerve
mental ana digestive strength By enrich.
ing and WALKING the blood. Thus I. helm,
people who are oyerwOrked and tired
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
Inventor of Champagne.

II was in the year 1858 that Perignon hit
upon the idea of marrying" the produce of
one vineyard with that of another He
noted that one kind of soil impaired frag-
rance and another generosity, and dis
covered that a white wine could be made
from the blacklist grapes, which would
keep good instead of turning yellow AMI
degenerating like the wine obtained from
white ones. The idea occurred to him.
also, that cork was a much more suitable
stopper for bottle than the fax dipped
in oil, which had been used He found
later the way OF making an efferveseent
Wine-a wine that burst out of the bottle
and overlooked the glass. Such a wine
twice as exhilarating in its effects.
To-day in the little district of Cham
payne its manufacture is one of the great
est industries of France. The especial
characteristic of champagne is that its
manufacture only just begins where that
Of other wines ordinarily ends. The must
flows direct from the press into capacious
reservoirs. whence il is drawn off into
large watts. and after being allowed to
clear. is transferred to casks holding some
fOrty-four gallons each, in which a sui
phur match has been burned. About a
year later the wine is taken TO towns and
villages in the district OF the Marine, where
in cellars, its manufacture begins From
the time the new wine is taken below
ground. ii does not see the light OF day
again until it is taken out for shipment
TO the market
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
Prof. Swingle Says America
Can Equal France.
PROCESS OF MAKING THE WINE
Strange ~ IL May Seem, the Black Grape
Is Largest Constituent. of Champagne
Perignon Devised Idea of "NsrryinE
Different Products of the Vine Slow
Action Of Fermentation. Removal ~
Sediment aud Kinds Of Bottles.

why can't We in America make a.
good champagne and other wines as do
tee French peopie?' Is a question that Of
ten occurs 70 those who indulge In the
sparkling cup. For answer 10 this, Prof,
Swingie, agricultural explorer of the De
partment OF Agriculture. makes the as
serlion that We can. Prof. Swingle has
just returned from a trip abroad, and
while in Europe he yisli5a the vineyards
Of France and the great wine establish
ments OF that country. He carefully in
vestigated the wine grape industry and
the manufacture Of champagne. and says
that a. II is a matter Of soil and climate,
there is no reason why We cannot pro-
duce AZ good wine as any ether country.
The Pacific Slope. according 20 Prof
SWingle, from Oregon down to Southern
California. embodies practically all the
various coils and climates that are to be
found iE France. and he believes that if
search is made the right soil and climate
can be found for the manufacture OF
cha mpagne and other wines as good as
any now made in France.
In France all the finer wines are made
in a small section in the northern part of
the country. This section comprises vari-
Gus localities, each of which makes a sp~-
Cialty of some particular wine, as cham
payne. cognac, and the finer Rhine wines.
The champagne district is not more than
ten square miles In area, while the Rhine
wine and cognac districts are even small
er. in fact, the manufacture of fine cog
rae has about ceased altogether on ac-
count of the destruction of the grape
vines by the phylloXera and the inability
of grape growers to successfully graft the
foreign vines onto American roots in the
limestone soil, by which means the
French have been able in cases of other
vines to overcome the ravages of that in
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12

HOODS PILLS are non-irTitaiing. mill
effective.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
Process of Fermentation,

The first fermentation Of champagne
entails loss OF about : 1-2 per cent. and
last from fortnight TO a month, accord
ing 10 whether IL is rich in sugar or not
In the former case fermentation natur-
ally last much loEger. The active fer
mentation is converted into latent fer
mentation by transferring the wine 10 a
cooler cellar. as IL is necessary for il
10 retain proportion of its natural sac
ch6rine 10 insure its future effervescence.
The bung-holes are tightly closed 10 guard
against the absorption Of oxygen, which
would turn the wine yellow. After rack
ing, or straining, and being fined. the
produce OF the different vineyards is
ready for mixing, in accordance with the
theories Of the various manufacturers.
The mixing Is done in large watts, and
fan-shaped appliances inside insure com
pete Gmalsamation. This process OF
marrying" wine is known as making
the CuYee.
Usually four-fifths of wine from black
grapes. making a wine Of a pale pink
hue, ars tempered by one-fifth of the
juice of white ones. The proportions are
never absolute. varying according TO the
manufacturers style and the taste OF the
country 10 which IL is shipped. The eff
feryescence depends upon the quantity of
carbonic gas the wine contains, and this,
in turn. upon the amount Of its natural
saeeharine After settling II there be
TOO much gas the bottles burst. while
on the other hand If there be not enough
the corks refuse 10 pop. The amount
OF saccharine is therefore ascertained
by means o; a glucomeier. and if il does
not reach the required standard, the
deficiency is made up by adding the
purest sugar candy. The wine Is next
fEed with isinglass and fannie acid 1de-
rived from nut gals or grape husks) 10
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12
Variations In Vintage.


In tie Rhine wine country conditions
are such that the wine varies greatly in
quality from year to year. For instance,
wine Of the vintage of 1893 is much finer,
and therefore OF greater value, than the
wine of 1894. This is due to various rea-
sons, but principally because the wine of
1893 contains a more desirable proportion
Of natural saccharine matter than does
that of 1894 1t is the knowledge of such
difference that enables the French people
to keep their best wines at home and
prevent us from getting them OF course.
the French are greater wine-drinkers
than are the Americans, and therefore
better cOnnOisseurs. We in America -
said Prof. Swingle, rarely give atten-
ton in ordering wine TO the difference in
the years of vintage. We would probably
order wine of 1894 vintage as quickly as
we would that OF 1893, when, as matter
of fact, the wine of 1893 Is nearly ten
times more valuable.
Prof Swingle made tour of the cham
payne district. procuring quite a large
number of vines for experimentation in
this country. Champagne takes its name
from the country, and not the country
from the wine. Long before the days of
Dom Perignon, the discoverer of cham
payne, wine was made in this province of
Champagne. but it was a red wine, and
was far from resembling the champagne
of modern times. These wines were not
all ''as red as burgundy and as fiat as
port" as has been asserted, for at the
close of the sixteenth century some of
them were Of a yellowish hue. As a rule,
however, they were of the intermediate
tint between red and white which the
French call "clairet," and which old writ
ers describe as of the complexion of d
cherry or the color of a partridge's
eve"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12

In bottling wine the scriptural advice
not 10 pun new wine into old hotties IS
vigorously folloSed. for the Tremendous
pressure Of the gas engendered dnriag the
subsequent fermentation is such that the
bottle becomes weakened and can never
be- safely trusted again. II r. necessary
that the sides of the champagne bottles
be OF equal thickness. and the bottom
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-12

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