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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13
DEATH OF 4 NOTED WOMAN.
Lady Livingstone" Dies in Paris In
der ENtraordimarN Conditions

a Paris dispatch Of yesterdays date says:
An eccentric old American woman, known
at the United States legation and consulate
for the last twenty years under the name Of
Lady Livingstone, has died here under cx-
taortiinary circumstances leaving large
fortune for unknown heirs. Her eccentrici-
ties and temper made constant trouble for
her, and 1t was chiefly To make complain. OF
the actions of her neIghbOrS that she called
continually on the American officials.
She always dressed Enthusiastically, but
lived the life of IA recluse.
She had two rooms at Neuilly. her only
companion being n parrot, and she always
pleaded she was in reduced circumstances
Not being seen from Friday last her rooms
were broken into Monday, when Lady
Livingstone was found lying in the mid
die or the Ho0r, unconscious, and was taken
TO hospital. where she died without re
gaining the power of conversation.
There were indica lions that she had lain
on the floor from FriGay until discovered
The room was in the greatest disorder. Her
papers and books coal, wood and scraps OF
food were scattered about the place. Her
remains were taken in charge by the Off
Gals or the consulate and were searched
without avail
No Will or anything designating her heirs
was discovered The sum of 100 francs
was found In the room. and the consulate
officers also have in their possession a de-
post book on a prominent bank for q very
large sum, the exact amount of which
the officials prefer not to mention.
The letters found indicate that the cor
Iect Ei'ine OF the deceased was Maria L.
Livingstone, and that she was eighty wears
OF age Ihere was 10 evidence of foul play
The body has been embaImed and placed
In a mortuary chapel, and the consul gen
eral Is making efforts TO locate her heirs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13
Mail Resistered by Carrjer.

The plan of having mail registered bv
carriers when collected, which was de-
vised by Third Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Madden, will be put in practical op
Grafton January Is, when the system will
be lnaugurated in sixty cities. At these
places the carriers will receive the regis
.ratlon lee and give receipt for the mat
ter registered at the house of the sendar
Among the cities chosen are New York
boston. Baltimore, Chicago Cleveland.
New Orleans, st. Louis, st. Paul, Denver
ana PORTLAND, Ore. This service will be in
augurated in other cities where If 10 CON
sidered beneficial upon proper appIica ton
being made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13

The monthly statement of the exports of
domestic breadstufs, provisions, cotton
and mineral oils from the United States
issued by the bureau of statistics, shows
the following: Breadstuffs, s19,14S $50, de
crease as compared with December, 1898,
about Sl2,JO,Oo; cattle and hogs, SOIL
716, decrease about S233, 000; provisions,
slo.3l6.351. decrease about $214OO0; cotton
S12Sl,11O. decrease about S14 ,aO0,O 600; min
eral oils. s5,476.O27, increase, $500, coo
Total, s6I,ISs,JO0. as against 500, 494 ,SGS for
December, 1898. For the twelve months
the exports amounted to $712,031 1926, as
against s7S9. 995. 1903 for the twelve months
OF 1888
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Germ.ny.. New Militarx M.neux.r.

A dispatch from Berlin says: The Ger
man military maneuvers this year will in
volve the shipping and transportation of
large force, composed of infantry, cavalry
and artillery, which will land at some
point and initiate genuine invasion The
transports will be conveyed by warships.
This will be the first experiment of the
kind in the history of German tactics,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13

II you want work read the want columns
OF The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13

Upon the suggestion of the assessor of
the District. the Commissioners have re-
ferred to their attorney for an opinion the
question as to whether in the case of an
entertainment given without the object of
gain license shall be necessary where a
nominal charge Is made for caring for hats
and wraps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13

III You want TO buy, sell.
lease property or rent
rooms. want n situation or
want help. IL will pay You
10 announce the fact in
the advertising columns
of The Star. They are
closely studied by more
than three times rs many
people rs read any other
paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13
The The Greatest Five Specials
Ever Offered in America.

them from all That
Catebeg We
unel everybody by We do
Blu
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Spacious Rooms.

The main floor Will Re divided into three
spacious rooms besides the central hall.
The library will be twenty-three by thirty
six feet. ard VIII be finished in quartered
oak, the same material being used in the
finish of the han. The dining room will
be tWenty-1hree by twerty-eSht feet, and
birch will be used in The trimming. White
and gold Will he the finish Of the parlor,
II IS expected by the contractor, Mr.. ChaS.
A. Langley, to have the house finished
early in the cuMing season.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-10
hawaii BRIEFS.
small Notes of News on the Big
Island From tho Herald.

HILO, Hawaii, Dec. 6.-The Herald
says:
Capt. E. H. Soule returned from Ho-
nolulu yesterday.
Rev. S. L. Desha returned yesterday
from Honolulu.
George B. Curtis, of l.. b. Kerr &
Co. Honolulu, is in town.
Banker Peck was a returning pas
senger by the Kinau last night.
A B. Loebenst5in returned yeSter-
day from a hurried trip to the capital.
]. r. Ray brought down a number
of fine horses on the Annie Johnson.
]. r. Wilson and wife are home
again after a two months visit to the
Coast.
A comfortable cottage is being erect
ed at Olaa mill for Engineer Scott of
the sugar company.
The Olaa extension of the Hilo rail-
way will probably be at nine miles by
Christmas.
| Last Saturday was the Portuguese
holiday. For the first time in several
years there were no sporting events.
Manager Campbell of the Puma Su-
gar Company returned yesterday from
a two weeks business trip to Homo
lulu.
Mrs. A. g. Curtis succeeds Brock
McStay as assistant teacher at the
twelve miles school, Mr.. McStay has
gone to the Coast.
A Chinese cook employed by Capt
Ben Brown was arrested by that Off
Ger and Lieutenant Horn on Tuesday
land charged with dealing in opium.
E. NJ. Carr, a prominent railroad
contractor of San Francisco, came
down on the Annie Johnson with 6
; view to investigating the Hilo-Kohalf
railway line.
: A cocoanut tree which for more thar
: 200 years has stood at the postoffic'
corner, will soon be pulled down IL
: order to make room for street i'm
provements.
The Board of Education has decides
. to establish a school at Mountain
{. View, Olaa The dwelling formerly oc
: cupied by J. Martin Riggs has bee1
!. purchased for the purpose.
!. The work of completing the ca
!. shops of the Hilo Railroad Company
), being rushed. The business of tn
d company demands additional freigh
:. cars and the shops are necessary TO
5 the work.
e Chief Engineer John Cargyll, of tn
lKohala- Railway, was taken sue
e denly i'll in Honolulu last week. Mr.
n Cargyll went down on the Kinau, an
IS if her husband has sufficiently reco'
g cred, will return next week.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-10

will spend several months in visiting
their children.
The ladies of the Episcopal Church
of Wailuku will hold bazaar, some
time during next April.
A private school will soon be estab-
lished at Kihei.
All Maui is covered with most
beautiful green. Not a dry bit OF
vegetation is visible anywhere.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-10

A GREAT PHYSICIAN SAYS: "7s
per cent of all diseases and sickness Is
caused by the pores becoming clogged,
thus shutting UP in the blood the pois-
ons and impurities which Nature in
tended they should eliminate" Pache-
co.'s Dandruff Killer opens the pores
and expels all the poisons in the scalp,
leaving 1t clean and healthy.
PACHECO'S DANDRUFF KILLER
Sold by all Druggists ana at the
Union Barber Shop. Telephone e9s.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
FOOD FOR POT PLANTS.
Substances Quite as Good as Thoas
SOLD In Stores Can Be Prepared
Easily mt Home.

The great demand for plant food
which is in convenient form for use and
is also cleanly has caused many such
articles to be placed on the market.
Most of these are very good, but one
can prepare them at home, making the
cost less while they produce the same
results. The following are both used
in the water given the plants, though
they can be used dry by digging small
quantity into the soil around the roots,
The former method is safer, however.
as one can more easily tell what guam
tity is being used.
Take a gallon jar and fill it with
bones, packing them in closely; then
add one cup of potash which will fill
in among the spaces. Cover whitewater
and set away for time. Before long
the bones will all be dissolved and the
substance in the jar will resemble soft
soap. A tablespoon of this dissolved
in the water given each large plant
will be a suitable dose; other plants
being given quantity suitable to their
size. The following formula will also
be found good: To one gallon hot water
add four ounces white sugar, 16 ounces
sulphate of ammonia and eight ounces
nitrate of potash. When dissolved,
place in bottles, cork tightly and use a
tablespoon and half in each gallon OF
water used on the plants. Water only
the soil, as many of these fertilizers are
too strong for the foliage, leaving un.
slightly spots on it.-Marion Meade, in
Farm and Home.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
MODEL CREAMERY WASH SINK.

jects one-fourth inch steam jet reg
ulated. by the long-stemmed valve
from the front. The lefv division is
provided with cold water faucet and
steam connection. The right division.
which is designed for the purposes
Of rinsing and scalding, is fitted with
combination of steam and water
pipes, and with a flexible delivery
tube, one form of which is represent
ed in the movable joints in the cut.
Another plan suggested by an en-
gineering friend is represented in Fig.
2. Here the pipe a is attached in place
OF the movable joints with the tee, e,
extending away from the wall; is
a smooth brass cylinder sliding loose
ly in an outer iron pipe and being
packed all around at the union, c.
The wire stem with loop is firmly SOL
dered onto the top of the cylinder
and passes up through the packing
and plug at d. This makes an adj
Unstable outlet which if of proper
length can be lowered to near the bot
tom of the sink or raised for insertion
in any tin or wooden vessel without
danger of burning ones fngers.-Or-
angc Judd Farmer
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
GOOD GRATING WAX.
Materials That Enter Into It's Compo.
s1tion and How to Mix and
Prepare Them

Rosin, four parts (by weight); bees
wax, two parts; tallow one part. This
is not difficult to remember, making
just seven parts-ounces, for instance
and each succeeding ingredient is
half as much as the one before it.
These materials are to be melted and
we'll mixed, over a slow fire. In 20 min.
utes or so convenient portion can be
poured into vessel containing cold
water. In short time - minute,
perhaps-it will have cooled sufficient
ly to be lifted out in the hands and
pulled like taffy, the hands having
been creased over with tallow in ad-
vance, slightly, to prevent sticking.
When the mixture becomes pale yellow
in color it has been pulled enough, and
may be made into rolls or balls of con-
venient size, and placed in different
vessel of cold water, to harden.
More of the melted wax may then be
poured out into the first vessel of cold
water, and this process repeated until
all has been worked up.
This recipe was found in Coles Amer
ican Fruit Book, small work pub
lished number of years ago.
Strips of muslin or calico half an
inch wide, soaked for few minutes in
the wax while melted, will be useful
when both waxing and tying are nec-
essary in holding the stock and scion
firmly together, in certaiL forms of
grafting.-National Stockman.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
MONEY IN OUNCES.
Should Not BE Grown Wherever
Apples Thrive.

One of the fruits that should be more
generally grown than it is is the
ounce, which is nearly always in good
demand for canning and sells ut good
prices. Ounces are not so dear as they
were years ago, when they were held as
monopoly by farmers in certain Sec
t1ons, owing to the belief that this
tree was easily killed by severe cold
weather. This was the fact until it
was learned that this winter killing
was due to the freezing of the roots.
ounce roots run near the surface, and
even when the soil only freezes few
lnches deep, that freezing so cuts off
the supply of sap that even the slight
circulation which exists in all live
trees during cold weather cann.t be
supphed, and the tree cannot be saved.
1t was once thought that ounce trees
needed low, wet ground, mainly be-
cause snow lies here when it will not
On high land unless protected. Where
ounce trees are planted on high and
dry soil it should be somewhere near
renee, so that snow may bank up
against 1t and protect the trees. This
snow protection exposes the ounce
tree to be injured by mice, and if deer
| oank forms around the tree it will
break down the limbs by crushing
them to the earth. Probably the hest
protection around a ounce orchard i
a row OF evergreens, whose branches
are so near the ground that snow will
not drift under them. On dry land the
ounce roots go deeper and the soil will
stand pretty deep freezing without be
ing injured.-American Cultivator.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09

except some scores of young soldiers in
the ranks who could see no harm in
it having been done that way, especially
two "Delta Sigs" in the-teenth. Then
there were the long conferences in the
dark. What did they mean! All things
considered, the older and wiser heads
saw that, as the lieutenant could or
would make no satisfactory explana-
ton of these to his colonel, he should
to court-or take the consequences.
you've made mess of the thing and
an ass of yourself, Billy" was Gordon's
comprehensive if not consolatory sum-
mary of the matter, 'and as Canker has
been raped for one thing or another
BY camp, division and brigade COM
manders,one after another, he feels that
he's got to prove that he isn't the only
fool in the business. You'd better en-
ploy good counsel and prepare for
fight" .s
"Can't afford it, said Billy, briefly,
'and I'm blowed if I'll ask my dear old
dad to come to the rescue. He's had
to cough up (shame on your slang,
Billy far too much already. tell Jou,
Gordon, I'm so fixed that I can't ex-
plain these things unless I'm actually
brought to trial. It's-it's-well, you
have no secret societies at the Point as
we do ut college, so you can't fathom
1 Ii. I'm no more afraid of standing
trial than / am Of Squeers and be
d TO him" 35s. "A. e .
Good Lawd, youngster-you. you
aren't quite such an ass as to suppose
COURTS going to regard any choolboy
obligation as paramount to that Which
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
tapped. for the effusive brother-in.lay

E
tapped. for the effusive brother-in-law
OF the winter gone. by had found dis
illusion. in more ways than one. Car
rison, busy day and night with his staff
duties. had plainly to tell his capri
cious wife that she had come without
his knowledge or consent, and that he
could not think of meeting the expense
of even two weeks stay in town. He
could not account for her coming at
all. He had left her with his own pco-
pie where at least she would be in COM
fort while he took the field. He desired
that she should return thither at once
She determined to remain and gayly
tapped his cheek and bade him have
no concern. She could readily find
quarters, and so she did. The regu-
lar garrison of the Preside was long
since afeld, but the families of most
of its officers still remained there, while
the houses of two or three, completely
furnished so far as army furnishings go,
were there in charge of the post quar-
termaster. From being the temporary
guests of some old friends, Mrs Frank
and her pretty companion suddenly
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
CHAPTER XII.

Opinion was divided at Camp Merritt
as to whether Billy Gray should or
should not stand trial. Confident as
were his friends of his innocence of all
completely in Morton's escape, there re-
mained the fact that he had telephoned
for a carriage, that carriage had come
and that carriage with four men, ap-
parently soldiers, had driven rapidly
downward along Point Lobos avenue.
1t was seen by half dozen policemen
as it shot under the electric light or gas
lamp. Then there was the bundle inside
his rolled overcoat that Gray had per-
sonally handed Morton when prison
er. Everybody agreed he should have
sent it by orderly-everybo body, that is,
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
LIKE THE REST OF US.
Before Marriage Everything Is Sweet
and Lovely, After We Get Down
to Earth Again.

George, DEAR" she said, a right or two
before the wedding, according to Tit-Bits,
"do you think it possible that our love and
our married life can become the common.
place, coldly practical love and life of the
married people we see around us? Oh,
George, my heart would break if thought
so."
"But it will not be so," said George, pas
sionately: 1--WE love each other too tender:
the ordinary kind, my darling, and our lives
will not be so. All, no, my angel; that
can never be-"
And the other day she said: '1 say,
George, how would you like pork for dinner
with apple sauce? You would? All right,
then; and don't you forget that feeding
bottle for the baby, or I'll send you back
uer waiting"
And he, with falling-off of the passion
of ten years ago, replied: "All right, Lou;
and wish you'd sew a button on the back
part of those striped trousers of mine;
you'll find them hanging over chair in
our room. Don't have the pork as dry as
last time, and you watch the baby's cold
That watering Of the eyes looks like measles
to me. There's my bus. Good-by!"
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
GOOD CREAMERY SINK.
Neat and Is a Great Labor
Saver, Besides.

This sink is made Of wood, is about
zen inches deep, divided into two COM
,artments, of any size desired, and
ined with galvanized iron. The bot
;om is tilted slightly toward the
Train pipe. Into each of these out
cts is snugly fitted the overflow pipe
70 that when in position the top is
W. inches lower than the top of the
sink. A ring or shoulder is soldered
around the bottom about an inch from
The end, to prevent the tubes being
crowded too far down the outlet.
The draining board at the right is
;lanted somewhat toward and into the
sink. In the center of the board pro-
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
Barred Him Out.

'1 suppose that Rev. Mr.. Sheldon must
have endeavored to set up a moral standard
for his subscribers during Sheldon week." !"
remarked fat ex-Kansan, as he rode with
a, friend on South side car, according to
the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Glow SO? 1t looks reasonable to suppose
that the worse man is the more he needed
"Humph! Looks that W way. w. But: But I used used
to live out in Topeka, and I've subscribed
for that paper the last ten years. Well, the
week that Sheldon ran it never received a
single copy. Reckon they thought wasn't
tit to receive it,"
"Sized you up as Jesus would,'" chuckled
the friend as he slid off the car
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
CHAPTER X.-CoNTIN1JrD

CHAPTER X.-CoNr1NUED.
Armstrong took the missive held out
to him and slowly read it, the general
studying his face the while. The let
ter bore no clew as to the whereabouts
of the writer. 1t read:
March 1, 'sS.
1T is six weeks since I repaid all your
loving kindness, brought shame and sor-
row to you anGaruin to myself by desert
Ing from WestSo when my commission
was put few short months away In an
hour OF intense misery, caused by a g;r!
VINO had Won my very soul, and whose
words and letters made me believe she
would become my wife the month of my
graduation, and who, as now believe, was
tnen engaged to the man she married in
January. I threw myself away. My one
thought was to find her, and God knows
what beyond.
1T can never be undone. My career is
ended and can never look you in the face
again. At first thought should show the
letters, one by one, to the man she mar
r1ed, and ask him what he thought of his
wife. but that is too low. hold them be-
cause have mad longing to see her
again and heap reproach upon her, but, If
I fail and should feel at any time that
my end is near, I'm going to send them to
you to read-to see how I was lured, and
then' IT you can' to Pity and forgive:
der his mustache. The general, with
moist eyes, had risen from his chair and
mechanically held forth his hand.
Poor lad!" sighed Armstrong. "Of
course-you know who the girl was?"
"Oh, of course" and Draytcn
shrugged his shoulders.
well, We'll have to co." and led on to
the misty light without.
Over across the way were the head
quarters tents of a big parade, hope
fully awaiting orders for Manila. 10
their left, separated by narrow space,
so crowded were the camps, were the
quarters of the officers of the -teenth
infantry, and even through the veil of
mist both soldiers could plainly see
along the line. Coming toward the gate
was Mr.. Prime, escorted by the major.
Just behind them followed Mildred and
the attentive Schuyler. But where was
Miss Lawrence? Armstrong had al
ready seen. Lingering, she stood at
Billy's tent front, her ear inclined to his
protruding pate. He was saying some
thing that took time, and she showed no
inclination to hurry him. Miss Prime
looked back, then she and Schuyler ex-
changed significant smiles and glaHces.
There was rather a lingering hand
clasp before Amy started. Even then
she looked back at the boy and smiled.
"H'm!" said the general, as he gazed,
"that youngster wouldn't swap places
with any subaltern in camp, even if he
is under charges
There was no answer from the strong
soldier standing observant at his elbow.
But when the chief would have moved
Armstrong detained him. Zone more
question, general. In case you were
away and wanted something you had
left in this tent, you would send an aide
or orderly, or-would an order signed
by one of your staff be sufficient?''
"H'm, well-yes, suppose it would"
said the general.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
Too Much for the Elephant.

A Chicago Snowman recently advertised
a "piano-playing elephant" and drew a
crowd for the first performance After a
preliminary "spiel," describing the talents
of the beast and his education, the elephant
was led into the ring. He stepped up to the
piano, ran scale, stopped, lifted his trunk
and ran believing, from the tent. The
Snowman stepped forward. Ladies and
gentlemen" he said, "an unfortunate oc.
currence prevents the intelligent animal
from continuing the performance. 1 am
sure, that you will all respect his reason.
He has just recognized his dead mothers
teeth in the piano keys" San Francisco
Wave,
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
Unslackcd Lime for Rats.

A correspondent Of the Country
Gentleman says that to keep rodents
out of oats "take unslacked lime, just
sprinkle it over the floor or platform
on which one will put his grain, then a
layer of sheaves and another liberal
spread of lime. Continue in like man
ner, lining each layer of grain to the
last, not smothering the last layer, and
that is all there is to it. keep rats and
mice out of my corn cribs in the same
way and it is invariably success. I
also keep large quantities of un-
threshed oats in barn free from rats
and mice the same way. One barrel of
unslacked lime is enough for 2,COo or
5000 bushels of corn or eight tons of
sheaf oats = +. Il
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-09
British AristOcracy Blnmed.

Many people attribute the recent reverses
tocracy. The life of luxury certainly does not
produce vigor. Indigestible suppers, late
hours, constant nerve strain and lack of ex-
ercise upset the stomach and weaken both
physical and meptal vitality. The blood that
makes men heroes must come from active,
healthy stomachs. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters purifies the blood and strengthens the
stomach. 1t cures constipation, indigestion,
dyspepsia and biliousness