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PROXY
Use of the Photograph for Political
Orators Is Popular.

OSO =" bAO hOAOSEAPn LOT 3OIkC1CaI
Orators Is Popular.
The employment of the ~phonograph
as a mechanical substitute for the tired
or bashful candidate is likely to be
an interesting feature of the approach
ing general election. For some years
the talking machine has played an i'm
portant part in the politics Of Amer
lea, where in many instances the can
didate has in the retirement of his
W home contented himself while
breathing his political views into the
tunnel of a photograph and allowing
the machine to do the rest on tour.
In the hands of a capable agent, and
under the control of a popular chair
man, the meeting of electors takes
place Just as if the candidates were
present in person, and with certain
added advantages which many unsuc-
cessful candidates will readily appre-
ciate. For the unpopular candidate the
photograph as a clockwork expounder
of political opinions is an unmixed
blessing. The hostile constituency may
roar itself hoarse with unfriendly crit
~" l. AAo AO1O4 W (AO Cdnu1udLG III
every unpublished term imaginable, ii
may even want to throw antiuuated
vegetables at him. but the machine,
deaf, blind and impervious, will go
right along, steadily grinding out its
proprietor's views on the war of the
youthful offenders act without even
pausing to say: Gentlemen, I am
much touched" when a retired egg
breaks impotently inside the funnel.
By a simple contrivance the phono-
graph may be made to register the
feeling of the audience. SO that when
the meeting is over the records can
be sent back to the candidate, who re-
produces the proceedings and perhaps
feels gratifed that he did not attend
in person. Only one English member
of parliament has so far addressed his
constituents by means Of the phono-
graph. This enterprising gentleman is
Frederick John Dorniman. M. P. for
Falmouth and Penrhyn.
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THE OLD OAK.

His feet laid hold of the mari and earth.
his head WAS In the sky,
he had seen a thousand bud and burst.
he had seen a thousand die,
And none knew when he began to be-of
trees that grew on that ground
Lord of the wood, king of the oaks, mon
arch of all around
And towering so high over others, the
wind in his branches roared,
never a limb did the tempest break or
shatter a bough that scared,
Only the ripe young acorns it flung to
the earth at his knees,
And they sprang up themselves in their
season., a belt of protecting trees.
But at length when the storms were over
n still was the forest dell,
Unbattered, unbeaten, unbroken, he
bowed himself and fell;
the breadth of that mighty clearing,
when the giant had gone from his
place,
Was like to the scene of a hundred oaks
in the waste of it's empty space.
Hail Game in the Home Journal.
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Many Contentious Have
Arisen in History
Over the Latter.

SOW that would stand at birds which
the dogs had missed. Who ever heard
Of an educated OK or sheep? Yet we
have had IN our stage educated hogs
that could spell and play cards, count
and tell the time.
The hog caused the biggest mutiny
ever known in the history Of the
world, and was responsible for men be-
ing blown from the muzzles Of can
non. When Great Britain shipped
cartridges to India for the native
troops she reckoned without her host,
for the ammunition was CREASED with
lard, which so offended the religious
scruples Of the sepoys that they
as one man in rebellion. The Ameri-
can hog nearly caused wal between
Germany and the United States, and
only the diplomacy of Whitelaw Reid
obtained for the animal admission into
France.
Moses and Mohammed were opposed
to the hog because, while it divides the
hoof and is cloven-footed, yet it chews
not the cud. The camel is not eaten
for. opposite reasons-it chews the cud
but is not cloven-footed. The hare is
also unclean, because while it chews
the cud it divides not the hoof. All
civilized nations have passed and re-
passed laws governing what a man
shall eat and how much it shall cost
him, but the only sumptuary measure
that ever stood the test of time is the
law Of Moses concerning the hog. 1t
has been on the statute book for g.
800 years.
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prospector to lire IN the Jenifer house.
which was tight and warm. All were
attentive to him there. He was better
contented than he had been for years.
When the frost gets out o. the
ground" he would say, well see
what Well see." The drill he kept be-
side him-fondled it sometimes when
he thought he was unobserved. He
drew elaborate plans Of the strata as
he had found them at the former drill
ing. At the bottom, lying at such and
such an angle to the surface, shown in
jet black on the plat-but scrupulously
without the word coal. Plenty for
everybody said he. 81 can see the
smoke from the mines now-by jim
my! Amt it grand? The Platte Val
ley ii pay us what she owes III yet"
Thus on his bright days. Other
times he would rub the frost from the
pane, peer out past the bare-limbed
cotton woods, tap ~nervously on the sill
and heave a great sigh, which trans
lated meant: when the frost just gets
out O. the ground-if it ever does!"
Perhaps in such moods he had a
~foreboding of the truth-that it never
would, in time for him.
Winter was prolonged into March.
After a thaw in February, there was a
fierce aftermath. There was much ILL
ness in the county. Pneumonia claim
ed more than one life in Platteville on
fearfully short notice. Barden was
cut down between a Thursday and
Sunday. His hands clenched the new
drill to the last, they told me.
THAT is the tragedy of existence" I
suggested; mot death, but the ruth
lessness of death. The great wish
comes in reach after all. but the hand
put out to grasp it is withered' in the
act"
Laura suddenly turned away, fright
ened. l had philosophical ineptly.
Eyes, / am an optimist,' I made
haste to add. ga great many times
the frost does come out of the ground
in time and the wish comes true,' as
the children say"
The young wife gave me a grateful
look, and slipped her hand in Waits.
Shall we go and show you the
grave?" she said.
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and active. Mrs. Talcott, who is some
ten years younger, has an almost girl
ish freshness of complexion and does
all the work about their home. AS the
judge has an abundance of means, the
$l-a-week dietary regime is adhered to
purely from choice.
Their regimen consist of oatmeal,
mush, milk and sugar, for breakfast,
bread and milk and sugar for dinner
and cornmeal mush and sugar for sup
per. Once a month this is varied by
a meal including a small amount of
meat. households that have difficulty
in making both ends meet on ten times
the sum that affords this aged couple
so great contentment would do we'll to
study their diet.
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UP SALT RIVER.
Origin of the Political Phrase Explained
by a Missouri Girl.

Origin of the Political Phrase Explained
by a Missouri Girl.
If one will visit Walkerville, Shelby
county, Missouri, gather together a
circle of the old settlers of that most
picturesque and interesting neighbor-
hood, and let them get wound up to
storytelling, one may hear many
amusing anecdotes and bits of inter
esting local history. The following
account of the origin of the familiar
expression, Gone up Salt river" was
cleaned from this fertile field during
a recent visit, writes Eunice Morgan
of MELVILLE, Mo-, to the st. Louis
Star.
Many years ago, before the war, in
fact, a politician and ofice-seeker liv-
ing in Pike county, through which Salt
river finds it's way to the Mississippi,
was a candidate for the legislature.
Being defeated at the election, he
moved into Rails, the next county up
the river, where he again tried his for
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and figure. He was bent, ITS hair
and beard were grizzled. He began
showing me in detail exactly how he
had gone about to sink his drill. Pres
emily / heard footsteps and turning
deserted two figures coming through
the gateway. Barden, for all that he
was rather deaf, heard them about as
500 as / did. He left off his narrative
abruptly.
"Ahoyi" he called.
"So-ho!" came the answer In a boy
ish base, and "Hello!" in a clear treble
that gave me a pleasant start.
Its Walt and Laura" said Barden.
Come along, and have a visit with us
ALL"
. . .
After the lovers left I turned to the
prospector:
"The wedding will be soon?"
christmas Eve" said he-"the little
gals idea. She says, L like good time
heaped UP thick-not spread out thin,'
says she, so Christmas Eve it's to be-
l left Nebraska the next week. /
had a delightful summons to the we'd
ding, but when the holidays came it
was impossible for me to leave New
York. The remainder of the narrative
l give Is it was given me on my visit
the following summer.
1t seems the prospector, for years,
had been secretly saving, a very few
dollars each. year, toward the price of
a diamond drill. The fund grew with
pitiful slowness; in the year of the
wedding it was still several dollars
short of the requisite amount. But
out of the past two crops he had also
boarded a little corn for the day of a
better price. In the fall of this year
the better price prevailed. BY draw
ing yer so little on the current crop
the drill fund could be completed.
But there was a new light in Bar
den's face.
Meanwhile Walt and Laura had a
secret of their own. In the early days
of their betrothal Laura suggested
that instead of giving each other gifts
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-12-20
Deadly Fumi-G Gaseous Bomb.

Professor Camphausen of Amster-
dam is out with a bomb generating
fumes that will make breathing diff
ficult or impossible for one hundred
yards around the center of explosion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-12-20
Buying Moccasins in Canada.

The war office is buying in Canada
G14, 600 worth of moccasins for the
troops in China. It is thought that
they will prove more suitable for cam,
P%aigning than boots.
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tune at the polls; was again defeated
and again moved up the river.
In Monroe county he was a third
time defeated, but, still undaunted, he
canvassed Shelby county in his next
attempt, with as little success as he
had achieved lower down the stream.
From Shelby county he moved to Ma
con, with the same result. When any
one made inquiries as to his where
abouts, he was said to have "gone up
Salt river.
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the patients. but hey will be msde. 20
spend most Of their time In the open air.
in order that the mild dry climate may
repair the Tavages made by the disease on
their lungs Little or no work viii be re-
quired OF the patients; those able 10 do
so viii have TO look after their own quar-
tiers and see that they are kept in an or
DERBY condition. The rest OF their time
will be spent in the open air
The last weekly report from the hospital
shows that there are 81 patients there;
. officers. Is enlisted men, and % dis
charged soldiers who were inmates Of sol
diers homes. Nearly all Of the patients
have ehown marked improvement since
their arrival at the hospital and a large
ma jOrity OF them. il is thought. Will be
Entirely cured after spending some months
there Consumption is said to be a rare
disease IN the army when % Is taken ia
consideration the thousands OF soldiers
enlisted This is accounted for by the
strict physical examination recruits must
pass 10 enter the army In future all sol
diers developing symptoms OF COnsump-
ton will be sent at once 10 Fort Bayard
and Il is believed that IN time the disease
can be reduced to a minimum in the army.
The hospital will be particularly beneficial
In preventing the spread OF consumption
In the soldiers homes where most Of the
patients so far have been found. General
Sternberg is greatly pleased with the work
Of those in charge of the hospital
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Ordered by the Commissioners.

The following orders have been issued by the
Commissioners: That Capt. d. D. C3illard, as
sistant 10 the Engineer Commissioner is directed
10 prooeed from Washington, d. c.. 20 New
York, and return, on duty connected with the
sewer and water departments, aud that Mr. D. r
McComb, superintendent Of sewers. IS directed q
proceed from Washington. ID. c. 10 Baltimore
and New York and return On business connected
with preparation Of plans for pumping station 1T
foot Of New Jersey Avenue, ard that AR W A.
Mcfarland. Superintendent Of the Water Depart
nent, is directed 70 proceed from Washington D.
C., TO Baltimore and New York. and return on
business connected with plans for installing new
pumping engine. That the following changes he
made in the personnel O. the sewer division Of the
Engineer Department: That the resignation OF
J. B. Tally. chairman on the permanent roll. is
accepted. to take effect January Is. 1900. That
Mr. " l. Thornton, chairman on the temper
airy roll at 3 % per diem be transferred TO chain
man the permanent roll at $3.50 per suuum
That Mr.. c. +. Clemens Is appointed chairman on
the temporary roll q S2.25 per diem. That
the time for completion o. contract No 1868
with the Toledo Bridge Company for constructing
the Piney Branch Bridge, i extended until Feb
n1Ty ], 1900 without penalty or cost Of m
| Spcction. That 100 feet Of 6iBch water main be
! laid in alley q square 81, Al an estimated cost
: Of So That 100 feet Of 6nch water main be
/ laid In First Street northwest. north from p
Street at an estimated cost Of $50.
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With the order just issued by the War
Department disseminating Fort Bayard,
y. NJ, as a garrisoned post Surgeon Cen
eral Sternberg has succeeded in his ef-
forts 70 establish general hospital for
the treatment Of soldiers suffering from
pulmonary troubles The order just is
sued by Adja.ant General Corbin, in addi-
tion to discontinung Fort Bayard as a
garrisoned post. directs the detachment Of
the Ninth Cavalry now at the post to join
that regiment in Arizona. These are the
last Of the troops that for several years
have been stationed at Fort Bayard.
Soon after he was appointed Surgeon
General Of the Army General Sternerg
recognized the great necessity Of a hos
pital for treating consumptives in the ar
my He found that az the soldiers homes
there were q number Of consumptives. and
his long experience as a surgeon told him
that soldiers susceptible to consumption
were in danger OF contracting the disease
from those suffering from IT, On Deem
Der 30. 1897. General Sternberg recon-
mended 20 the Secretary OF War the es-
ldbilShll6 OF Nospltdl lot Nue treatment
Of discharged soldiers suffering from con-
sumption. His plans were endorsed by
the Secretary Of War. and he was told to
select a site for the hospital It was not
until last July, when General Sternberg
made a tour Of inspection Of all the army
posts. that he decided that Fort Bayard
was an ideal spot for carrying out his
plans. II is situated in the southern part
OF New Mexico in a high altitude. The
air is dry and healthy and there is very
little rainfall.
Upon his return to Washington General
-Sternberg reported to the Secretary Of
War that Fort Bayard was the place for
the hospital for consumptives. The report
was endorsed and the majority Of the
troops were removed as soon as practical
bic. Major d. NJ. Appel, a surgeon with
an excellent record, has been placed in
charge OF the hospital, with an assistant
surgeon and a contract physician as his
assistants. He has also four female nurses
and sixteen hospital corps men to care
for the sick. The post has six sets Of com
pany barracks and seventeen sets OF Off
GERS quarters. which have been arranged
to accommodate the patients. 1t also has
a large hospital where the more serious
cases can be looked after; a large ice plant
and an abundance OF shade and water
Little medicine Will be administered TO
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THINGS THEATRICAL.
acknowledgements

Bizets wonderfully dramatic ard melo-
dious Carmen was sung last night at
the Lafayette Square by the Strakosch
opera Company. a goodly audience being
in attendance. The production practically
was the same given here a few months
ago by the Aborn people. In the titular
role, Miss Lane did not show quite the
ability that characterizes her Santuzza,
though she was histrionically adequate
and vocalIy admirable. J. X. Murray was
a fine Escamillo and William Stephens a
pleasing Don Jose. The remainder of the
cast and the chorus were satisfactory. H.
NJ. s. Pinafore' and "Cavalleria Rusticana"
will be tonight's bill Carmen" is to be
repeated at tOmorrow's matinee, while The
MikadOT is underlined for tomorrow even
ing.
The StraRosch Opera Company Is ar
ranging 10 give a popular concert on Sun
day at the Lafayette Square. The pro-
gramme, which will be announced later. is
to contain principally light music, while
its Interpretation Will be entrusted TO Clara
Lane, Avery Strakosch, Amelia Fields
William Stephens, Grafton Baker. J. X.
Murray. Fred Frear. Edward Webb. the
chorus and orchestra. AS a special feature
OF the Saturday performance of The Mika-
do" it Is planned to have girls, dressed as
geishas, act as ushers. A reception also
will be held on the stage after the pres
entation is over
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-19
ovordSLeirb,s ,Iir.,r.1,

The Burnt Cork Club is to give per-
formance. followed by a dance, under the
auspices of Canton Washington, No. /.
Patriarchs Militant, l. o. o. F., at Odd
Fellows Hall, Seventh Street northwest,
tonight. In this company it is announced
that thirty artists will figure in the per-
Torrance. Black-face business is to be
given on entirely new lines, and with
many new ideas brought out. In the vau-
deviIle that follows the clever speciality
work Of the various members will be
shown to advantage.
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Distressing stomach Disease

Permanently cured oy the mastery power Of
South American Nervine Tonic. Invalids need
suffer no longer because this great remedy can
cure them ali. II is cure for the whole world
Of stomach weakness and indigestion. The cure
begins with the first dose. The relief it brings l.
marvellous and surprising. Ii makesN no failure:
never disappoiDts. No matter how long you have
suffered your is certain under the use Of this
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safe Sold by b. +. Whiteside, 1871 Penn Ave
and Edward Stevens, Penn. Ave. and Ninth ST.,
druggists
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Columbia Thesire-Charles Dalton in "The
Sign Of the Cross" evening.
lafayette Square Opera Honse-StraSusch Com
pany in 'Cavalleria Rusticana" and '.Pinaiore;''
evening.
Grand Opera House-Ching Ling Foo ard vaude-
ville afternoon and evening
Kernans Lyceum-' Australian" Burlesqctrs;
afternoon and evening.
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Obs Gueuius CinltS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 70. 1000.
The Weather indications.

For the District Of Columbia-Rsin this after
noon and tonight, with fresh, increasing to brisk
nOrthessterly winds and continued moderate ten
perature. saturday rain in the early morning. fol-
lowed by fair with wind shifting TO cooler, west
er!y.
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THE ARMY SANITARIUM
Formal Establishment of the Hos
pital for COnSumpiiveS.

Fort Bayard Believed 20 BE an Ideal
Place for Treatment Of the Dis
fetal to the PatIcBts-Very Little
Medicine VIII he Given Them.
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The workingn ems Club will give smoker st
its rooms, 2lO6 Pennsylvania Avenue northwest,
this evening at o'clock. The programme con
tains musical and literary selections and exhibi-
tions OF the grapho?hone. Friends and M mbers
are invited
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The NeMsboys, society Entertains.

subscription Entertainment FOR the benefit Of
the Newsboys' and Childrens' Aid Society was
given at National Rifles Amorr last night which
was attenued by a large audience. There were
only a fe,~ numbers on the musical programme.
but the most Of the evening was devoted TO an
exhibition Of yitagr8ph pictures
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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
A noy,- Leg Fractnred.

Floyd Scott, nine years Of age, a scaoolboy,
while attempting to hide at the rear q a lumber
wagon yesterday afternoon, fell and sustained a
fracture Of the right leg shove the knee. He was
removed to the Emergency Hospital for treat
ment.
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UNEEDA BISCUIT.


The condition Of Jacob Smith. the painter who
fell from scafold. while At work on church
at Linden, Nd, Tuesday, was today reported TO
be unchanged.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-19

They make one feel as though life was worth
living. Take one Of Carter's little Liver Pills
after eating; it will relieve dyspepsia aid diges-
ton, give tone and vigOr 10 the system.
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TEMPERATURE.
THE sun AND NOON

Temperature at l p. m.-..-..-.......-......... %
Lowest temperature, A. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Highest temperature. 10 p m--..------.--..-...45
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STREET LIGHTING.

Low ide..-.-..-.........-4:46 AN and 5:O4 PM
High tide ...............l0:35 An and 1899 PM
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PHASES IA THE MooN FoR JANuARY.

Sun ises.-.-..1:l6 An. Sun sets........5.O5 VI
Moon rises. 1907 I. N. Moon sets.-...........
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Lamps lit today -.....-..-....--.--.---5:4j p.
Lamps cut tomorrow. ,,..,,.....,.,.,.,...6;23 An
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Mrs. Mather,s VIII FILED.

The will Of Mary Annie Estclle Matnrrs. dated
April 4. lsas, was Gled today for probate Aeeord-
ing to the provisions Of the document the de-
ceased leaves all Der real property to her husband.
Ezra Aley Mathers whom she names executor.
with bond, and al her diamonds @ud lcwelry -
her niece, Kate Estcllc Pomaroy
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-19

New .....-lst and Soth Full --...-....-.-...15tf
First quarter Last quarter %,
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E1S and some So Black Beaver
~ OVERCOATS. A big lot OF about
20. A wonder value Of CO n
handsome garments. Clear 1h ~
out at.................." UsEU
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-09-05
A Cheap Horse Food When the
Corn Crop Fails.

shartanburg, Aug 22-S A
Nesbitt, an energetic young farm
er of this county says that the
cheapest horse food one can make
to supplemental light corn crop is
wheat. Sow it on good land and
Just as it is in the dough state.
cut it with q mower
and cure it rs you do hay. 1t
takes the place of corn and fodder
and keeps work ANIMALS in fine
condition. Let those farmers who
are making about two bushels of
corn to the acre try Mr. Nesbitt's
plan.