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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09
Eccentric TestatoEs.
prom Chambers Journal.l

stron chambers Journal
JOSEPH DaIky takes the opportunity
afforded by his will of insulting his SON
in-Iaw in terms which doubtless had
q pursency once, but which are hardly
comprehensive to the modern reader:
'T give to Eiy daughter, Anna Spencer,
a guinea for a ring or any other bauble
she may like better give to the lout,
her husband, one penny to buy him a
lark whistle and this legacy
give him as a mark OF my appreciation
of his prowess and nice honor in draw
Ing his sword on me tat my own table,,
naked and unarmed as I was, and he
well fortified with custard."
A grewsome legacy is that Of Philip
Thickness: 81 leave my right hand, to
be cut OF after my death, to my son. and
I desire it may be sent to him in hopes
that such a sight may remind him Of his
duty to God, after having so long aban-
doned the duty he owed to a father who
once anectionately loved him"
Another father seems apparently TO
have begun his viii with the determine
tion of Furnishing an uruIy son, but, as
the fairy stories say, all ends happily
We refer to the will of Richard craws-
hay. the founder OF the famous Welsh
ironworks. Il runs thus; Ito nay only
son. who never would follow my advice,
and has treated me rudeIy in very man
instances; instead of making him my
executor and residuary iegatee (&s till
this day he was) give him e100, 0o0-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09

game devised by the entomoIogists This
ravenous insect yearly costs the AmeTf-
can farmer millions. The most deadly
i'll to which its flesh is heir is discovered
TO be the white fungus" II attacks him
in much the same manner as the furry
growth infests the grasshopper, save that
white rather than a mouSe-colored
crust covers his body and eats out his
life The disease is highly contagious
among his kind. Death ensues q few
days after exposure TO the disease After
death the white mold increases in uu-
merous spores The mold is then col
1ected, placed back in the Geld brc,h AID
batter, and left 20 multiply
Uncle Sans agricultural exper ment
station at Urbana, H., is being utilized as
a distributing centre for chineh bugs thus
artifcialIy infected. This institution has
been corresponding with farmers in va
Tious parts Of the country requesting
them to box up and ship by express as
many OF the live insects as they can col
lect- After exposure TO the diseased laden
broth and batter at the experiment sta
ton the contaminated bugs are shipped
back to the farmers. The latter are in
structed to keep the bugs confined until
dead from the disease. The farmers then
capture as many live insects as can be
caught and confine them with the car
easses of their relatives until they show
symptoms of the disease. Then they are
let loose in the fields in time to create
wholesale pestilence- Some farmers not
only distribute the live bugs thus. but
scatter the dead ones left in their con-
tagion boxes, attaching them TO vegeta-
bic growths threatened. Other farmers
have applied the broth and batter MKT
ure directly 10 plants preyed upon ~
large colonies Of the ravenous insects
caraT0iIfarS T1oFTcfz
and various other insect pests have been
experimental with, the object being to
determine some infectious disease capable
Of their eradication.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09

Diseased bugs are being used by the
United States to produce wholesale pes
thence among their kind and ultimately
effect exterminariGn-
The entomologists Of the Agricultural
Department lately learned how to concoct
several deadly and malignant bug dis
eases. how TO bottle them for shipment,
how to spread them among the vast in
sect fraternity, and how to make the in
fected bugs carry the scourge to their
unsuspecting kind. The peculiar dis
eases in question are not communicable
to man.
The discovery of malariaI germs in the
mosquito has directed scientific attention
to bugs as q means of transmitting con-
tagion. It is being discovered that these
minute disturf.ers of the farmers and
horseholder's peace and happiness have
their characteristic distempers, some of
them highly contagious. To artif1cially
propagate their baneful germs in incu-
bators. where the latter are fed and null
tipIied, is found to be an easy matter
The grasshopper is one Of the chief VIC
tins prescribed by the cons piring bugolo-
gist He has been annually hlching thou
sands of dollars from the Industrious
tiIIer of the soil. The American grass
hopper has always been q healthy bug
II Australia and South Africa, however.
have been discovered cousin speciSs
which suffer a hideous disease compared
to which human leprosy is a means tow
ard pleasure and adornment. The IN
sparing entomologists are importing from
the meteorological institute of Cape
Town phials filed with this pestilence
and eighteen such vessels have lately
been shipped to aourishing grasshopper
colonies in Mississippi, Nebraska, and
Minnesota.
Grasshoppers killed by the disease are
collected in large quantities, dried, and
ground into q meal. This meal is mixed
with a gelatinous substance and put up in
the glass walls for shipment. In these
vessels the disease elements multiply IN
til capable Of killing manifoldly more
grasshoppers than originally used in the
preparation of the deadly concotion. In
receiving the phials the farmer is instruct
ed to thoroughly mix the contents of each
with two teaspoonfuls OF sugar. He adds
this dose to three-fourths of tumhier OF
water, previously boiled and allowed TO
cool. Into the tumbler he places several
pieces of cork.
After allowing the mixture to stand 2
day. during which time the disease has
attacked the cork and thoroughly contain
ipated the fluid. he dips various and sun
Try grasshoppers. alive and kicking, into
the liquid, the more thus doused being the
merrier for the promised result After
being vigorously ducked and thereby ter
rifed the protesting victims are impris-
oned in a box and fed on green plants
we'll moistened with the same fatal fluid.
Having been fed on this poisonous diet for
twenty-four hours, the prisoners are lib
Grated, generally n the evening hours
Then they hop gleefully away to mingle
once more with their anxious friends. Re
turning to their haunts they innocently
disseminate their contagion FAR and wide,
among all Of their kind which approach!
to rejoice at their safe escape and mar
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09
RA1NED BLOWS ON a DEACON.
Elder of 4 New York Church Attack
ed by woman.

ed by woman
VALLEY STREAM, l. /, Nov s-WiII-
lam B. Lamberson. Chairman of the
Church here. has suffered violence at the
hands of prominent woman member of
the church. his trouble being ascribed to
sehism over the pastorate-
Deacon Lamberson. while extingui shing
the lamps in the church on Sunday even
Ing last. while thinking over the sermon,
as is his weekly habit, was staggered by
singing blow behind mis- right ear. He
exclaimed aloud, dropped lamp, and was
again staggered by establishment when he
turned, in seIf-defence, to find himself
confronted by Mrs R. NJ Dibble.
It is said that the fash of fire in the
woman's eyes was enough to compensate
for the loss OF lampIight, while she rained
blows on the deacon, some OF them reach
ing his face. Mrs. Dibble grabbed at the
deacon's hair. but he congratulated him
self that it had been cut so recently and
so closely as TO afford no hand hold.
While the deacon was trying TO formulate
a suitable system of defence against the
woman he suffered further punishment
Startled By the crash of the lamp, sew
eraI women in the vestibuIe suddenly
ceased their conversation and hurried into
the church They were so shocked at
the sight of Mrs. Dfbble pummeiing the
deacon that their shrieks attracted some
of the departing men, who arrived in time
to find Deacon LambersoR holding his as
sailant by her wrists while she struggled
TO renew her foStilities.
Deacon LaIaberson was in a high state
of excitement when rescued, and gave ex-
preston to his indignation in foTcible
terms Neither belligerent viii explain
the casus belll. Deacon Lamberson has
told friends that he proposed to arrange
to defend himself hereafter. though in just
what manner he did not explain. Ex-
plantations of the combat have it that
Mrs Dibble had heard that the deacon
had circulated stories derogatoTy TO her
character
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09
MORE COLD PREDICTED.
Temperature to Become Normal
Within Twenty-four Hours.

Temperature to Become Normal
Within Tyventy-four Hours.
The sudden cold wave which struck
Washington last night will be more in evil
dence tonight, but viii dissipate Itself to-
morrow afternoon. when the weather will
again become normal. Such is the pre-
diction OF the weather man
THE cause of the sudden cold snap
said Prof. Edward B. Garriott, IF the
Weather Bureau. this morning. is the
shifting of the high barometer from the
British northwest to the Mississippi Val
ley This has produced the change of
temperature in the East The storm cen
ire is now over the New England coast,
and viii gradually pass of toward New
foundIand when the temperature will be-
gin TO rise. There will be a slight frost
in northern Florida by tonight, bat it vii
not be heavy enough to damage the fruit
Or truck gardens. There is a general frost
through Louisiana and eastward toward
the Atlantic.
'One reason why the people feel this
first dash of winter" said Prof Garriott,
is because we have had a remarka bly,
warm and pleasant fall. In previous
years the first breath of winter is felt
the latter part of October, but this ssa-
son the warm weather has continued up
to last night, when the temperature
dropped almost TO the freezing point
Were il not for the high winds which
prevail On the Atlantic coast, the chang
in the temperature would hardly be no
ticed. For the ten days of November the
normal temperature has been IS degrees,
and that is not cold for this season of the
year. This morning az s O'Clock il was
only 10 degrees below normal, but it will
be colder tonight.
The professor said there would be no
snow nor rain for some time.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09
a LAW UNTO HImsELF.
Every Man Must Be That to Retain
His Health and Digestion.

HIS Health ana digestion.
There are thousands of people in this
world who eat no meat from one years
end to another, and certain savage tribes
in Africa ana Polynesia are almost ex-
ciusively meat eaters; but while there are
thousands Of these, there are millions who
live upon mixed diet Of meat, vegetables.
and grains and if numbers is a criterion
it would seem that 8 mixed diet is the
best for the human family
The fact that you will find many vege-
taTians who appear healthy and vigorous
and meat eaters equally so, and any mum
Der of robust specimens zTho eat both
meat and vegetables and anything else
that comes their way all goes to show
that the old saw is the true one. that ev-
cry man must be a law to himself as to
what he shall eat and drink.
To repair the waste of tissue in brain
workers as well as to replace the muscle
and sinew Of the laboFer, can only be done
through the process Of digestion.
Every nerve, muscle, sfnew. every drop
of blood is extracted from the food We eat
and digest. ~
In these days of hustle and worry, and
artificial habits Of life, scarcely one per-
son il a thousand can lay claim TO q per-
feet digestion; dyspepsia is a national
af1iction and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets a
Most cases Of poor digestion are caused
by failure OF the stomach to secrete sufi-
cient gastric juice. or too little Hydro
chloric acid and lack Of peptones and all
of these important essentials TO perfect
digestion are found in Stusrt's Dyspepsia
Tablets in convenient palatable form.
One or two of these tablets taken after
meals ensure perfect digestion and assinn-
ilation of the food.
~
have no effect whatever in digesting food
and to call such remedies q cure for dys-
pepsia is far fetched and absurd.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets contain pep
sin free from animal matter, diastase and
other digestives, and not only digest all
wholesome food but tend TO increase the
flow OF gastric juices and by giving the
weak stomach & much needed rest bring
about a healthy condition Of the digestive
organs and normal appetite.
Nervous. thin-kioeded. rundown people
should bear IN mind that drugs and stimu-
lants cannot furnish good blood, strong
muscles, and steady nerves; these come
only from wholesome food, thoroughly d.
gested; 50-cent box Of Stuaft's Tablets
taken after meals fer a few weeks will do
you more real good than drugs. stimu-
lants, and dieting combined
StuarF's Dyspepsia Tablets is probably
the safest. most popular, and successful
digestive on the market and sold By drug
gists everywhere In the Gnited states,
Canada. and Great Britain.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09
Wait for the Next Train.
prom the New York vorid)

{FTom the New York World
missed train should never be pursued. Re-
feet tAst you are just in time for the next and
let it go at that. 1t is quite true that every
man who seran;bles after moving train jumps
from one that has not stopped Is not killed on
the spot. He often saves that minute and his
life also. But he never escapes the nervous pen
slties that always oveFtske a man who caves
minutes in that way And what shall it profit
and lose the control Of his own nerves and the
serenity % his own soulf
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09

Mrs. NJ. BueIer. of S27 F Street north
east. recently asked permission of the
Commissioners to lay drain pipe under
the sidewalk in front of premises on lot
81. block 6. Ivy City Il appears that
there has been some friction between the
complainant and the Health Office rela-
tive to pond of water after rains on the
lot adjoining the premises in question
and that she was advised by the sanitary
inspector to connect the down spouts of
the house with the drain in the street,
whence the application for permission to
do sc.
The Inspector of Plumbing in reporting
upon the case states that it is entirely
feasible to run the drain as requested, and
recommends that the method proposed of
disposing of the roof water from the house
be approved, which the Commissioners
did today.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09

Charles Gerber and others. residents of
Southwest Washington. have signed Pc
tition to the Commissioners that action be
taken to prevent The reopening of the
planning mill owned by Joseph Smith in the
rear of y Street, between Union and Sixth
Streets southwest. The cause assigned for
The request is that the smoke created by
the burning of sawdust and shavings is a
great annoyance and nuisance 10 the neigh
borhood
The petitioners say that living in the
houses near the mill is a burden. and they
assert that the smoke is not only menace
10 the health of the neighborhood, but that
clothing. bedding, ETC., are injured by the
smoke, and that the interiors of their
houses are practically ruined by it.
H C. Mclean, tie Acting Health ofleer.
in reporting upon the petition assures the
Commissioners that should the planning mill
in question resume operations, his depart
ment will keep the smoke stack under oh
servatIon and take such steps as conditions
may warrant for the abatement OF the Eui-
sance referred to, il found 10 exist Mr.. Nc
Lean states that the request OF the petit
TONERS that steps be taken TO prevent the
opening Of the planning mill is a matter over
which his department has no power or 1u-
risdiction as it cannot anticipate nul-
sance.
The report Of the Health ONCE was today
approved BY the Commissioners and the
petitioners viii be informed in accordance
Herewith.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09

Duvau. L. E. Wright, ". ". Martin, Owen
Cooney. George McGlue, c. B. Willis. ]. c.
Heide, CharIes Cooper, L J. Brennan, c.
H Bray, s. s. Ellis. z. Hughes, J. T. Bass
ferd, Archie Baker, Samuel Payne, l. B.
Ray, L. 4. Cariin. c. P F. Mabcosis. J. W
Mcconnell, J. E. MuIhall, and J. c. Cos
teIIo.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09

: Truth needs not the eloquence OF an oath.
Heurieh's' beers possess the truth Of being the
beer With pure and wholesome qualities. Phone
655, Arlington Bottling Co., tor case Of truth.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09
Looked That WAY.
From Judge.

(FTofn Judge.J
Jsgsles-Do you really think he committed
suicfde7
Waggles-Wen, he ate mushrooms he gathered
himself
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
Protest Against the ReOpening of
Planning Hill.

Residents in the Vicinity Complain
That Their Property Is Injured by
smcke-Request to Remedy Leak
age From. a se,ver-The Police Sur
geons5 Monthly Report Submitted.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09
BUG DISEASES BOTTLED
Ingenuity of EntomOlegists in the
Agricultural Department.

Insidious War Upon Grasshoppers
and Chiuch Bugs-The little Pests
with Poison and Then Set Free to
Spread Death Among Their Kind.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09

Clifton Mayfeld, acting for the Board OF
Police Surgeons, has submitted their re-
port to the Commissioners for the month
Of October They report several cases OF
sickness on the force and recommend an
allowance for time over thirty days on ac-
count Of Illness for J. H Houser. E ].
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09

ThoI:as Walker, OF SOC Fifth Street north
sest, has complained to the Commissioners
Of danpness ii the wall of the house at
1884 Tenth Street northwest, caused by leak
from the sewer at No. 1882. The Inspector
of Plumbing in reporting upon the COM
plant informs the Commissioners that the
dampness complained Of is due TO two
causes-one an improper slope OF the sur
face of the yard in premises 1882, and the
other the waste from an Alaska hydrant
near the wall He recommends that the
agent Of the premises, the B. H. Warner
Company, be Informed Of the defects and
requested to remedy them by adjusting the
surface of the yard to throw the water
away from the wall of the house, and by
replacing the hydTant by one that does not
waste into the ground
This recommendation the Commissioners
have approved. and the complainant will be
informed in accord zee with the report.
Horatio N Taplin, OF 1907 T Street north
west has requested permission of the Com
missioners 20 extend sewer and water pipes
from Ninth Street to serve premises 923
and 925 Florida Avenue northwest. The
Inspector Of Plumbing, after an investiga-
tion Of the matter, reports that the ap-
plication should be denied, as q suitable
sewer exists between the premises 9z3 and
S25 Florida Avenue and the curb to which
connection should be made
This recommendation the Commissioners
have approved. and the applicant will be
informed in accordance Herewith.
Edmund Fitzgerald recently requested of
the Comm issioDers that a brick walk be
laid on the south side Of I Street. between
First and Half Streets southwest, under
the assessment system, and also that the
present walk IN front OF IS to as Street
be taken up and reIaid on proper line.
c. B. Hunt, the Computing Engineer. re-
porting upon the application, gives an es-
innate Of the cost Of the work proposed at
1858, and recommends that it be Included
in the next list to be advertised for OBJ
jections under the assessment system He
further informs the Commissioners that the
sidewalk is for the most part uncovered
and that the application represents 40 SO
per cent Of the abutting property
J. A Frank, the Sanitary Officer. has in
formed the Commissioners that Mrs. Au-
gustus NJ Campbell was refused admission
to the Freedman's and Providence hCspi-
tails, and that she was afterward taken to
the Washington Asylum Hospital where
she was received. Mr.. Frank further
states that Mrs Campbell was removed
from 1853 Vermont Court at the request
Of DR.. A. B. Cole, and that the physicians
at the hospitals mentioned did not deem
her At subject to be received by them.
Clifton Mayfeld. acting for the Board OF
Police Surgeons, has submitted their re-
port to the Commissioners for the month
of October They report several cases Of
sickness On the force and recommend an
allowance for time over thirty days on &C
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-09

] Is 20 good for consunip-
ungs or loss Of aesa-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-03
SP00NER WILL SPEAK.
SECURE HIM FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT.
The Gifted Senator to Open Campaign
Here for His Party-A Strong Attrac-
tiOn-One of the Foremost Statesmen
of the Country.

The first Republican rally of the
campaign will be held at Turner Opera
house next Saturday evening, October
6, when United States Senator John
G.. Spooner will address the voters of
Watertown and vicinity on the politi-
cal issues of the day, The meeting
is being arranged by the Mckinley
and Roosevelt club and very large
Attendance may oe locked for, as the
senator is known everywhere as one
of the ablest men in public life today
and an orator Of the highest ability.
Something good is always expected Of
Mr. Spooner anu he never disappoinss
The Republicans Of this city are ex-
tremely fortunate in securing such an
attraction for their opening meeting.
The issues of the campaign will be
concisely and fearlessly presented ard
no interested voter should fail to at
tend. The club extends a cordial
invitation to everybody, of whatever
party affiliation, to come and hear d
good speech.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-03
Resort Hotel Burned.

.Atan early hour Friday morning the
L axe View hotel at Lake Mills was
totally destroyed by fire, together
with allthe furniture. The hotel was
owned by w. P. Chapman, of Chicago,
and was just completed last spring.
During the past season it had done
q large resort business, but had been
closed a few days before the fire. Mr..
Chapman and his family, however, still
occupied quarters in the building and
fortunately escaped in their night
robes, losing all their clothing
The origin of the fire is unknown, but
incendiarism is suspected. The loss
is aestimated at $4,000, with in
surance of $6,OOO
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-03
Shooting Accident

Ernst Nj. Kreutziger and James
O'Brien went out hunting Sunday
morning north of the city, and through
the accidental discharge of the latter's
gun Kreutziger received the charge
from No. u shell in his back 1t
seems that O'Brien was behind
Kreutizer in ascending a hill. and
upon seeing a rabbit O'Brien raised
his gun to fire and it was prematurely
discharged, with the result above
stated. Luckily the victim was not
seriously injured, his heavy clothing
no doubt saving his life. Young
Kreutziger is II years of age and is
employed by the E. Kunert Manufac-
turing company.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-03
Football.

The Sacred Heart college team
went to Beloit Saturday to give the
strong college team of that place a
practice game, and, as was to be ex-
pected. met defeat by large score
48 to 0. The Sacred Hearts are not
yet in condition. They may be ex-
pected to give a better account of
themselves later on.
The orthwestern university team
was shut out at Appleton Saturday
by Lawrence university, the score
being 81 to 0. The visitors were en-
tirely outclassed, and only once, in
the second half, did they have any
chance of scoring.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-03
BIsmark's Iron Nerve

Was the result of his splendid
health. InGomitable will and tre-
mendous energy are not found where
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels
are out of order. If you want these
qualities and the success they bring
use DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Only
rs cents at Brennecke's drug store.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-03
New Autumn Dress Goods

lhls year we are showing the most complete assort-
nent of fashionable dress fabrics that we have ever
carried, and our prices you will find to be remarkably
reasonable.