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COAT TAKEN BY MISTAKE.
John r. Coady's Case Dismissed 4,
Police Court.

John P. Coady. twenty-eight years cid,
VINO claims to be an operator in the en-
ploy Of the Postal Telegraph Company. was
arrested and locked up by Policemen
Oriana and Samson last night, charged
with the larceny OF tan-colored overcoat,
the property. Of Emanuel Klein, of the
Hotel Raleigh. The coat was taken from
a barbershop in Pennsylvania Avenue
northwest while Mr.. Klein was being
shaved. He reported the loss of the coat
Immediately afterwards.
Coady admitted taking the coat but
stated that it was done by mistake. He
said he wore his overcoat yesterday fore
noon and forgot that he had taken it off
and left 1t at home later. When he saw
the tan coat belonging to Mr.. Klein hang
ing in the barbershop it so much resembled
his own that he thought it was his prop
erty and walked off with it.
In the Police Court today the case
against Coady was dismissed.
The evening times., 1899-04-20
Confederate veteran.' Reunion.

The ninth annual meeting and reunion OF
the United Confederate Veterans will be
held in Charlestown, S. c., commencing
May 10, and continuing until the 18th
Special railroad rates have been secured
and large number Of District veterans
are expected to be present. Important
business viii be transacted by the asso-
citation in regard to aid for destitute vet
erans and their widows. and the care OF
the graves of the Confederate dead. Names
of District veterans who desire to attend
will be received by Charles C. Ivey at Con-
federate Veterans Hall. 431 Eleventh
Street northwest.
The evening times., 1899-04-20
A COSMOPOLITAN CREW.

Buffalo Bill's Representative Riders
visit the4Whfte House.
Representatives of fifteen nations paid
their respects to the President today. Buf-
falo Bill introduced to Mr.. Mckinley an In
dian, cowboy. a Mexican, Cossack, a
Concho, an ARAB, an Enlish, German,
to Rican, Filipino. Siamese, and Hawaiian,
representatives Of the several races that
participate in his performances. They were
driven to the White House in carriages,
and each of the party given a cordial hand
shake by the President.
The evening times., 1899-04-20
cable Expert Greely.

Gen. A. W. Greedy. Chief of the Signal
Service Of the War Department, went to
New York today to superintend the stor-
ing Of the cable on the Panama, which ca
BILE is to be used in establishing CON-
munication among the islands Of the Phil
{nptno 0roun
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FanciuIlI Get. a Verdict.

Prof. Francisco Fanciulli was awarded
5000 today by jury in Circuit Court No.
in his suit against Joseph X. LuclSett. for
$1,262 for an alleged breach Of contract.
The litigation was the outgrowth Of con-
tract entered into between the parties to
take the Marine Bank on a concert tour
through Virginia. in 1898. The defence
claimed that the tour was failure on ac-
count Of the neglect OF the plaintiff to
carry out his part Of the contract.
The evening times., 1899-04-20
Typewriters Rented,
$3.50 per month.
Delivered with table.
The Typewriter Exchange,
1905 F Street N. W..
TRUSTEES, SALES.
By DUNCANsoN BROS, Auetioneer.
RUSTEE'S SALE OF SUBURBAN PROPERTY.
PART lE pEIERS, MI Sc At

TRUSTEES SALE OF SUBURBAN PROPERTY
PART OF PETERS MILL SEAT. =
BY virtue Of deed o. trust recorded in Lber
No lsi6. folio 40. ct seq. one of the land records
of the District Of Columbia. and at the request
OF the holder Of the notes secured thereby. I
will sell at public auction. in front of the City
Hall, Washington. ID. C.. on FRIDAY. THE 5TH
DAY OF MAY, A. ID. 1883. at IL O'CLOCK A. NJ,
the following real estate in the District of CO.
luinbis. viz: That tract Of land being part OF
tract known as Peters Mill Seat" formerly the
property of :. d. Finkle. bounded follows:
Beginning 1T the northwest corner OF the FinkIe
lot; thence south % degrees, west $3.50 pcrches,
to road B; thence south 60 degrees, east 1i.16
perches; thence north 5z degrees. east $3.50
perches, to road 4: thence north 60 degrees, west
li.I6 percles. 10 beginning, containing five (O
acres.
Terms: Cash. Two hundred dollars deposit re-
euired n time OF sale. Sale TO be closed in ten
DAYS otherwise resale at risk and cost of deiault-
ing purchaser Conveyancng. revenue stamps,
etc, at purchasers cost -
CONRAD H. SYME Trustee.
Room 62-5, Atlantic Building.
apis %, e1-my4
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Mr.. Hobart's Improvement.

Vice President Hobart continues to i'm
prove. and will probably be out of doors
in day or two. He now goes to the
breakfast table in the morning and remains
dressed until late in the afternoon, when
he takes his usual siesta.
The evening times., 1899-04-20
Rismark,s lion Nerve

w5s the result Of his splendid health Indomi.
where Stomach, Liver, KidneysI and Bowels are
out Of order. II you want these qualities and
the success they bring use Dr.. Kings New Life
PilIAs They develop every power Of hrain and
body. Only Is cent? at HenU Evans' Drug
Store. seo F Street.
The evening times., 1899-04-20
Indigestion
and
Dyspepsia

unchecked creep
It b r o u 6 h. the
body. upsetting
the liver and kid
neys and making
trouble every
where. Hostel
ter's Stomach
Bitters cures in
digestion and
dyspepsia by
doing SO, pre-.
vents constipa-
tion, biliousness
and all liver and
kidney troubles.
Il makes and
k.e z ps people
well.
The evening times., 1899-04-20
West Point Cadets,

The following have been appointed to
West Point cadetships: Winn Blair, Clay
ton, Ala; Alexander NJ. Milton, Paeonian
Springs. Va, and Charles T. Leeds, New
ton, Mass.
The evening times., 1899-04-20
HELD FOR THE GRAND JURY.
Butcher John SessfOrd Charged With
HOusebreakinE.

HOusebreaking.
John Sessford. a butcher. aged twenty
nine years. was locked up at No. station
house shortly after II o'clock last night by
Policeman Greer on a charge of house.
breaking by night. The complainant ap-
peared as E. W. Bateman, who conducts a
grocery at the southwest corner of Ninth
and Streets northwest.
When arraigned in the Police Court to-
day Sessford pleaded guilty and without
any examination was held in $500 bonds for
the grand jury.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICE-Painters, attention!
All members Of L. A. 1898 are requested
to attend meeting FRIDAY. 21ST; business
Of Importance. BY order Of the NJ. W. w.
A. LARKIN, Rec. Sec. ap19-3t
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ATTENTION, BRICKLAYERS-As special
meeting Of Bricklayers' Union. No. 1.
will be held in the hall at Typographical
Temple on THURSDAY EVENING, April
90 Business Of Importance. By order Of
Union. ]. B. DOWELL,
ap1s-3t-em Recording Secretary.
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MARRIED..

BONELL-EDELEN-Sep Il. 1s9s. at Up
per Marlboro Md, MISS RUBY BoNELL
and J. X. EDEIEN. 1t
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The Orange Free State Treaty.
An exchange of the ratification Of an ex-
tradition treaty with Orange Free State
was effected at the State Department to-
day
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THIS is TO CERTIFY THAT HAVE NO
connection whatever with any other un-
dertaking establishment in this city, other
than that originally established by me at
1897 Tenth Street northwest. Telephone
7G9. JOHN R. WRIGHT
apl4-Gt-em
The evening times., 1899-04-20
zone Grain Fits Not a Saek
Bat Helns It's Fello4vs. =

In Spring svork, sue SOU
grain and expect a harvest.
The cloddy ground Is plosved,
harrosvedand dcross-harro4ved
until svM proper fertilising
It Is in condition to respond
heartily. Hozv about your
blood? If should have aften-
tion; the clods of in1purfy
need dissolvfng and Purifying
4vith Hoods Sarsaparilla.
II this is done. the grains OF health
(corpuscles Of blood will bring you into
life's duties and pleasures. Hoods never
disappoints
blood DIsOrders-"There is no better
remedy than Hoods Sarsaparilla for the
blood. l cannot endorse 1t too highly"
Mrs. C. G. Keller, 1928 S 18th Street, st.
Louis. Missouri.
Hheumattsm-'I tried many remedies
for rheumatism in hip and knee. but found
no relief Three bottles Of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla cured me and have not had any
pains since" R. A. Waterhous, Kenne-
bunk. Me.
The evening times., 1899-04-20
TO CURE A COLD m ONE DAY

fake Laxative BsoDo Quiafne Tsbaets An drur.
eists refund tAa uoaey n 4 iails 10 cure. -
HE genuine has L. B. q. - sach tablet
The evening times., 1899-04-20

MECHANIC THERAPY. The scientific
treatment of the muscular system will
stimulate the functions Of the body and
relieve vital organs Of congestion. Call at
the Gymnastic Institute. No. 20 Third
Street northeast. JOHN E. RUEBSAM,
DR.. NJ. Th. ap11-tf
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in comparison with the space that
would be occupied by a building in
creased thirty times its length and
height.
1t is equally difficult to conceive the
number of laborers that would be re-
quired to construct such a work in ten
years. Judging from the history of our
Public Building Commission during
the last quarter Of a century the work
would still be incomplete If it had
been intrusted to a similar commission
by Shi-Hwang-Ti, 211 B. c., regardless
of the number of men available for its
construction.
The Chinese wall is one of the eight
wonders of the world, with which the
world will willingly part. Useless as
it has always BEEN it is gratifying to
know that the material it contains is
to be turned to some practical use at
last. If the Chinese rivers that so
often prove destructive to everything
near them, can be confined within their
banks by the contemplated building of
Shi-HWang-Ti after all builded better
than he knew.
The undertaking of A. d. 1899 is GER
tainly greater in importance and not
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

The other day. toward the close Of a
long sitting in the Assize Courts, when
another case was called on, the leading
counsel rose and huskily requested that
the case might be postponed till the
next morning.
''On what ground?" asked the Judge,
snappishly.
Me Lud, | have been arguing a case
all day in Court y, and am completely
exhausted"
Very WELL" said the judge; Wen
take the next"
Another counsel arose and also
pleaded for adjournment.
What, are you exhausted too?" in
CURED the Judge, with a snap of the
eyelids. What have you been do
ing?"
Me Lud," said the barrister, in a
wearied voice, Il have been listening to
my learned brother" It'd Bits.
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Each stone had to be brought by hand
hundreds of miles and a Chinaman
could carry no more than one block
at time These figures, like the Chi
nese name of the wall itself, are prob
ably exaggerations-Wan Ii Chang
Ching, which in English means ten
thousand mile rampant"
The reat Wall of China, like other
wonders of the world, never served the
purpose for which it was intended. 1t
was built by the first universal emperor
of China, Shi-Hwang-Ti, to prevent
the barbarians on his northern and
northwestern frontier from making in
Cursions into his dominions. Like
Weylers less stupendous and equally
useless trochas in the island of Cuba,
it always failed to keep the barbarians
out when they chose to scale the great
rampant and invade the Celestial En-
pire.
For many centuries it has served no
purpose whatever, not even nominally,
unless it was to embellish the school
biographies Of the western barbarians.
Few travellers were ever permitted to
visit it and there are no authentic de-
scriptions of it in it's present condition.
Indeed it's very existence has been de-
MED. A dozen years ago a paragraph
was printed in nearly all the newspa-
pers of Europe and America declaring
that it was a myth. While this was
not true, it is not so interesting to
know that the great wall is as that
1t is to cease to be.
According to the usually accepted ac-
counts the Great Chinese Wall is l.
255 miles long, but as it follows the
undulations of hin and scaling
the precipices and topping the craggy
hills of the country" as Lord Jocelyn
described it sixty years ago-its ac-
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proximately. If the wall was regular
ly built through it's entire length and
the dimensions of the two retaining
walls and the brick covering were
known this would be comparatively
easy. But as a matter of fact it is
much more strongly built in some
parts than in others. Parts of it in
deed may be solid masonry. Its east
ern parts are more grandly built than
those west of the Ho river. In some
parts of the country, where stone was
more easily procured than bricks, the
sustaining walls were built of hewn
stone. Whether brick or stone these
walls were more thoroughly and ex-
pensively built than any great en-
bankment or tunnel produced by mod
ern engineering, and have endured
longer than walls built during the
present time will last.
An appropriate estimate of the ma
sonry in the Great Wall of China from
such data as is obtainable-a wall that
would extend from Philadelphia to
Omaha if it could be lifted from its
place and transferred to the western
would make it measure
the extraordinary total of 100000, 900
cubic feet.
These figures indicate an immensely
so great that the mind is unable to
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were at once the type and expression
of his country's nationality, and they
have become part of the household Ian
guage of his native land. He is I'M
.leniably the national poet Of Russia
Pushkin's birth and parentage are
more than usually interesting and sig
nificant The founder Of the family
was a German warrior, who migrated
into Russia and obtained great renown
| in the art of war. One of the more cell
ebrated of the poets ancestors was Ga
| briel Pushkin, who espoused the cause
| of Demetrius the Pretender, that I'M
fortunate impostor who so nearly be-
came emperor of all the Russias. This
ancestor plays an important part in the
poets historical tragedy, Boris God
unoff." But on his mothers side Push
! kin's descent is still more peculiar
| His mother was the granddaughter Of
an African who was brought to Russia
! by Peter the Great, who gave him the
name of Hannibal, and placed him in
the navy, where he rose to the rank OF
admiral. Thus the poet blended in him
| self the cold temperament Of the Teu-
ton with the fiery, untamed spirit OF
the children Of the desert. To this an
cestor he dedicated more than one of
his smaller works, and he makes fire.
quent and proud allusiOn to his Afri-
can descent.
His education was erratic, many
teachers having him in charge. A
young Scotchwoman taught him Eng
lish literature, and a Russian woman
trained him in the literature of his
own country. Pushkin was poor
scholar, though he read widely. He
was irascible, gloomy and imperious.
His poetry was the first ever read by
the peasantry, and he was worshiped
throughout Europe by the lower
classes as well as being a favorite
with the nobility. He died at 80, being
killed in a duel.
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THE GREAT Wall OF CHINA TO Be DESTROYED.

inferior in immensely to that of 211
b. c.
II would prove the revivification of
people can remove within twice ten
years the great landmark of isolation
that has stood for the long period of
twenty-one centuries, and use 1t to
curb the rivers that so often work
death and devastation in the northern
part of China. And it is especially
gratifying that this mighty stride to-
ward a stronger civilization is wholly
of Chinese initiative.
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Greatest and Oldest Wonder of the World Vanish in the
Light of Higher Civilization.

tual length reaches $500 miles. 1t is
not all solid masonry, as has often
been supposed. 1t is formed of two
strong retaining brick walls, the in
tervening space filled with earth and
stones. The breadth at the base is
about rs feet deep and at the top Is
feet. Six horsemen can ride abreast
upon its summit. In height it varies
from Is to 80 feet. At distance of
about one hundred yards apart there
are towers, many of them 40 feet high
The surface of the wall for the great
er part of its length was covering of
brick. AS the six horsemen never rode
abreast along this rampant to any ex-
tent the top of the wall became over
grown with grass and it is probably in
this condition at the present time.
1t is not easy to estimate the num-
Der of bricks in such wall even ap-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27
GREAT RUSSIAN POET.

A hundred years ago Russia gave
birth to one who was destined to be-
come the brightest star in her sparse
ly studded galaxy OF poetic genius.
Pushkin and Mickiewicz share the
honor of being the two representative
poets of the Slavonic race. and the
only poets OF their country who have
attained worldwide celebrity. In the
productions OF this strange genius,
Pushkin, Russian poetry first became
an independent power. His writings
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grasp the full meaning of the idea it
conveys. Assuming that the bricks
are of the ordinary size of modern
bricks this would make a grand total
of "a, 456, 100000 bricks in this one
stupendous work. The immensely in
dictated by thees figures is equally be-
yond the grasp of the human mind.
The only way to obtain any adequate
idea of the immensely of the wall Is
to compare it to some familiar build
ing of great size. The Public
Building, in Penn Square, as a fit ex-
ample for comparison. That great
structure as it stands contains 1,l25,744
cubic feet of masonry. The masonry
of the Chinese wall would make a
structure thirty times as long and thir-
ty times as high.
The accompanying illustration shows
what a speck the present structure is
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

Storekeeper-Don't you find farming
very lonesome and cherries life, Mr..
HaysGed?
Mr.. ayseed-LonesOme and cheer
less? Why, ! git up in the morning
and milk few cows; then comes
breakfast and from that time till dark
there's lots of work to do.
Storekeeper-How do you amuse
yourself after supper?
Mr.. Hayseed-Oh, / sit out on the
porch when the weather Is fine and
smoke my pipe and listen to the corn
growing, and then go to bed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

Now that the removal of the Great
Wall of China is contemplated, upon
the recommendation of Ii Hung
Chang, it is a curious reflection that
the suggestion of the economic uses to
which it may be put presented itself to
the mind of the distinguished Chinese
statesman through his knowledge Of
the levee system of the Mississippi,
says Philadelphia Times. 1t is to dyke
the rebellious Yang-tse-Kiang that this
great wall, which has endured for a
century more than 1000 years, is to
be pulled down.
The Great Wall of China known as
the eighth wonder of the world, was
completed 211 B. c. Several millions
of men, it is said, were employed for
ten years in it's construction, and half
million of these are said to have per-
ished while the work was in progress.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

Mrs. Cobwigger-i'm afraid some
thing has happened Freddie. haven't
seen anything of him since morning.
Cobwigger-Nonsense! He's only
having good time with his frecrack-
ers.
Mrs. Cobwiggcr-No, he isn't.
would not let him have such things.
bought him one Of those harmless toy
pistols.
Cobwigger-Run, woman, and get
me my hat. | guess he's down at the
morgue before this.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

the fires, burning furiously to the west
and south, drew closer arond the city.
1t was hopeless to attempt to put them
out. But as the natives, relying on the
set of the wind, had started operations
from their own quarter, it was decided
to let them have the full benefit OF
their bonfire. A long barrier was made
and soaked through and through with
water, and buildings that looked likely
to carry the flames were RACED to the
ground or burnt as they stood. Thus
a non-infiammable zone was created,
and across this belt the flames could
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

the native quarter was not burning
they started a fire. Occasionally an
organized band Of Filipino rifemen
barred the way, and there were several
fights-hot fights from all points Of
view.
"At last the whole body of them
broke and fed as fast as their legs
could carry them in the direction of
Maepajo village, where they had in
trenched the bridge and the further
side of the river. Others made for
the fortified village of Guadalupe. The
great fire which was to have burned
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

1t is evidently an English officer who
sends from Manila to the British Navy
and Army Illustrated a graphic ac-
count of the attempt of the Filipinos
to burn that city. He says in one part
of his story: "At 2 a. m, bugles on
the insurgent side sounded Fall
back and the Filipinos retreated as
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27
in MANILA WHEN f|L|PINOS FIRED It!

be kept at bay. Any bits of stone wall
or other non-combustible structures
were used as a foundation for the bar
rier, and the trees or woodwork were
removed or burned.
Then the Americans advanced on
Tondo and completed the Filipinos'
handiwork. Wherever a section Of
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plus the fugitives from Tondo. Gen.
King marched up a week later with the
Utah volunteer artillery, and the Cali
fornia, North Dakota, and Oregon vol
unteer infantry, and, planting his men
on three sides of the village, blew the
place to pieces. The field guns used
on this occasion were for the most part
not American, but Spanish, of the Nor
denfeldt make. They were taken
from the city walls of Manila, and are
not of the very latest pattern. The
Yankee artillerymen, however, make
the best of them they can"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

A young doctor and girl of nine
teen committed suicide in Vienna
hotel, having first bcqueathcd their
ieweIry, which they declared was
Limitation" to the chnmbcrmaid who
attended them. The latter cared SO
little for the trinllcts that she bcstow-
ed them upon II friend The friend
has discovered that the jcwelrv il
genuine, and worth almost 81, 900.
The chnmbermaid has begun suit for
the recovery of the gifts, declaring
that they were given away under ~
misrepresentation of their value.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

us out OF Manila began and ended in
Tondo. The population OF Tondo in
normal times was from 10000 to So
600. The population now is nil. Tondo
was RACED to the ground, and the only
Filipinos who remained in it were
dead. AS for Guadalupe, it was occu-
pied by 1000 of Aguinaldo's troops,
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How Mrs. Brown Was Helped.

~ must tell you that Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
more for me than any doctor.
~ was troubled with irregular
menstruation. Last summer l began
the use of your Vegetable Compound,
and after taking two bottles, / have
been regular every month since.
recommend your medicine to all. 49,
Mrs. MAGGIE A. BROWN, WEST Pr.
PLEASANT, N. j.