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FOREIGN NAILS are forwarded to the ports o
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arranged on the presumption Of their uninteirupt
cd overland transit. For the week ending Msl
u, 1900. the last connecting closes VIII be mad
from this Office follows;
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FOR s,LE-coUNrRY PROPERTY

FOR SAILS 500 cash. SIS per month. viii buy
40 acres, - miles from ArdWick station,
b. d p. 4. r., i-r0om house, large barn. two hem
houses. apUles, pears, etc.; price, - 400. ABRA-
HAM FISHER, SO 81. NV. my3-8f cod
FOR SALE-l6l ACRES, I6 miles from market
house. / 3 miles from BraHdyWine Station,
IL miles from PiscataWay village, : miles
from Fort Washington; ~ acres clear, balance
cedar. oak, and pine, enough 10 pay for prop
crty. miles from Pennington wharf; 500 yards
fIom school; 800 peach trees; Broom house and
0utbuildings; insured for $1,000. Price, 81 250
ABRAHAM FISHER, 5l2 ST. NV. myS3t cod
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STEAMBOATS,.
Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Go.
STEAMBOATS,.

- Every day In the year for Norfolk. New
- port News, and all points South. by the
- superb, powerful steel palace steamers
- Newport News" Norfolk" and wash
- ingtou," the following schedule:
~. Washington 6 80 pm Lv Portsmouth. SOP pm
L.. Alexandra. T. 10 pm Lv. Norfolk. 4j pa
49, IT, Monroe 90 am Lv IT. Monroe g. IS pm
Ar. Norfolk. 20 afn Ar. Aleuindra O. 80 am
AZ. PortsInouts.I5 am Ar. Washing on--5.0J "a
- Tickets on sale At ST. Penn. ave, B. and
- o. ticket office. CD Penn. ave, and corner
- 18th 81. and n Y. ave, c. & o. tickat o.
- fees, ct SIS Penn. ave-. and G00 lith 81.
- A. L. ticket Office. 1854 n. Y. ave, and
- board steamers
- E5For further iniornstion Hpply az gen
- sral Offices, 9TH st. wharf. Wash D. q.
- Phone. 49,
aoss-u JOHN CALLAHAN. General Manager.
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PosToFFIcE NOTICE.

WASHINGTON. D. C. POSrOFFTCE NOTICE.
Should be read daily, as changes may occur at
any time.
FOREIGN NAILS are forwarded to the ports Of
sailing daily. and the schedules Of Blessings are
arranged on the presumption Of their unintetrupt-
cd overland transit For the week ending May
u, 1900. the last connecting closes viii be made
from, "a. .eF.-a F,T1
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Sc 1852 llth, Or. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 10 30
Sc. 92l Ga ave. 6r-........................ 10 30
sc, 5lS (rear bldg, ir.................. 90
Ne, Ill9 18th, Or q b.............-........sl 50
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Ne, 624 IL, 4r......................... 80
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Ne, 1908 Norris, 4r...........-.............. %
Ne, 1918 Norris, sr........................ %
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Apply at Office TO- Wa.'dT Bulletin
FOR sALE-SUBURBAN.
North Chesapeake Beach
About squares up the beach, north, from the
G. b. r. r. station; 45 minutes to Washington;
lots 50xlJO feet, S0O to 500; front lots; 10 per
cent eff 70. cash and IS per Mt additional il built
upon in g months. On time: SIS cash for front lots
and SO on others; balance. SO per month on al
lots without interest. Fine grove Of trees and
broad. sandy beach. Own a cottage on the BAY
Offices OF the y C.. p. Co: PHIL. W. CHEW,
5l2 st.. ALLEN W. MALLERY q CO, G20 St
my5-3t
FOR sALE-several large and small tracts Of land
in the District at speculative prices. near
electric cars; public water supply and gas LOUIS
P. SHOEMAKER, 920 F st. NV. rny5-3tem
FOR SALE-20 acres on Riggs Road near District
line: elevated ground and healthy location;
price low; also several small tracts near Soldiers
Home d. c. and electric car line. LOUIS p.
SHOEMAKER, 920 F st. NV. my53tem
- N -. -. II,,.---,I-. 1----.-.-.I -,
large lot; terms easy; must sell. ROGERS &
ROGERS, HyattsriBe my5-lmo,em
FOR sALE-BIentwOod, first station in Maryland.
B. & o.. and suburban electric railways; Hol-
ldday Company offers lots all sizes, at TO cents
square loot; long tune; small cssh; Enquire W
A. BARTLETT, 6o5 ST., or at Brentwood sta
.---- -------------- 1900
FOR E-MISCELLANEOUS
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FOR sALE-Steamboat talk; see US before hitting
arc b@,5ou5rters foT ysttrees and ood second
hand furniture: do YOU need a gas oven? FRIES
a UOpWOoD sfh and X is ryg rny7-3t
FOR sALE-New Home machine, attachments,
MIA
FOR SALE-Nery fine kimbsll organ 'l6 ST.
NV myI-3t
FOR sALE-Another one OF those nAngler gas
ranges cost 90 VIII sen Tor 80 we H-'e
500 rlsht Liks tnis one see us, eoou as A-".
; IIEa iorWoOD, sun ana SIS, NV. my 81
FOR SALE-Iarge ice box; solid oak: glass door
aud windows see us. FRIES < HOPWOoD.
Gun ana ste, NV. my --ot
FOR sALE-A rev Domestic sewing machine;
Cd. 47tq Inoh.Hs' on 1gtot"S " ',4s'ns ~
5rq.. B6X "a his Office, my7.St
FOR SAI-E-Large ice chest ''h and SIS. NV.
FOR SALE-Good quality opaque shades fitted to
your windows, only 25c; the best quality oil
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FOR sALE-SUBURBAN.

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IrANTEn-Cirl 70 attend TO children 'l2 lsth
81. NV.
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FOR SALE-HOUsEs.

FOR SALE OR EyCHANGF-FzSmi5e It. 1855 81
ST. NV, three story and two story in rea
bricks. L per cent investment; grand location
ItlHa easy; price, $1,000 my6-3t
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R9sAaA Chesapeake
aSGfs & Ohio Ry.

Through the Grandest Scenery of
America. All Trains EeStibuIed.
Electric Lighted. 5teEm Heated.
All Me1is served in Dining Cars.
station sixth and ID treets.
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ROOMS AND BOARD.

FoR REAT-furnisaed room and beard. "a East
Capitol Il. myGar
EcR RENT-Cool room Cor summer. exc lIsBt
tsnlei near Capitol. Library. and Census OF
bee; terms reasonable 30 Isl 81. ua. uyg5t
WANTED aoard0rs. nicely furnished room:
gaod hoard; ba,h. gas $50 per week eaeh.
800 II g. DIV. t1Itgg "a
FOR RENr-Frout room, VITA board a pcr
week. CD Sd e. nv m.5-st
FOR RENT-Rooms with board. sl7 I 81. NV.
isfge. cool rooms; hFst-class board: central
locauoni summer rates mgI-Tt
BOARD, summer rates. So per month. rooms fl-
and unfur TIE GERARD. 49, Pa. ave nv
sp3o7i,en
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
Giving the Lie in Persia.

The giving of the lie is no insult in
Persia; among the natives a common
expression is. You are lying" says
DR.. Wills in The Land of the Lion
and Sun After a time one learns
mentally to discount the statements
made by the natives, and habit gen.
orally enables one to do it correctly.
All ranks of society eXaggerate and
draw the long bow. A curious in
stance of this occurred in Shiraz. DR..
Wills relates that he was conversing
with the kings son, and a large cirde
of courtiers and priests filled the room.
The prince narrated his exploits in
hunting the antelope the previous day,
and gravely stated that while pursu-
ing pair of ahu when riding very
restive horse his headstall broke
What should you have done, doctor?"
asked the prince. Il should have tried
to stick on as long as the ground was
good, and expecting an accident, have
awaited for it, "Ah, that was be-
cause you were not prince" he said.
81 leant forward and unclasping my
belt, placed it in the horses mouth as
a bride, and thus directing him, pur-
sued my game and killed both ante
lope." All the circle applauded, as OF
course they were bound to do. DR..
Wills was silent. You don't mean
to say you don't believe that?" said
the prince. Speak out if you don't;
shan't be offended in the least" We'll,
your highness. l don't believe it,"
Quite righ, darogh hood" Git was a
lle), unblushingly replied his royal
highness, and burst into fit of laugh
ter quite unabashed; the circle OF
courtiers, of course, were convulsed.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
Diving for Water.

What is believed to be the hottest
region in the world is that part of the
eastern shore of the Persian Gulf
which is named after the Bahrein Is
lands that lie near it. On the Bahrein
Island proper. which is the largest of
the group, the thermometer never falls
below 100 degrees day or night, and
often rises as high as 140 degrees in
the shade. only the natives can bear
this enormous heat at all, and even
they suffer terribly at times because
of the fierceness of the temperature
varies so little and gives them hardly
respite. To add to the decided dis
comforts of the region, the coast is so
dry that borings have been made as
deep as 1000 feet without striking
water. There is not drop to be had
except far in the interior, and the con-
!dition of water carried for any dis
tance in such heat as this may be i'm
agined. Yet the natives never lack
for water that is not merely fresh but
actually cool. And they get it in a
way that is wonderful. They get it
by diving into the sea for it. Many
years ago pearl fishers who dived into
the waters off the shores of these is
lands for pearls, which are plentiful
there, discovered that immense
springs sprouted from the bottom of
the sea. Accidentally they found that
these springs were of sweet water.
Ever since then a regular industry,
perhaps one of the strangest indus
tries in the world. has been that of
diving for fresh water. The divers go
out every morning. They take with
them goat skins, and. weighted with
stones to insure a swift descent, they
plunge into the depths. At the bottom
they hold the mouths of the skins
over spring. and as soon as it is
filled tie it up swiftly and ascend. The
skins are hauled up with lines. AS
there are $4,000 persons in that bar
rem group of islands the industry of
diving for fresh water is large one.
and the divers get rich The water
is about 20 degrees cooler than is the
atmosphere on land, so it is boon to
the suffering population; and the
lucky divers who get to land first are
certain of high prices. In fact. the
fresher the water is the more the
diver earns. and as the submarine
springs are only a mile away from
shore the water hardly gets time to
lose any of its grateful temperature
before it is landed-if one can say that
water is landed"
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
Virginia's Natural Fridge.

The famous natural bridge of Vir-
ginia is situated in Rockbridge coun-
ty, and spans the mountain chasm in
which flows the little stream called
Cedar Creek, the bed of which is more
than two hundred feet below the sur
face of the plain. The middle of the
arch is forty-fve feet in perpendicular
thickness, which increases to sixty feet
at its juncture with the vast abut-
ments. 1t is sixty feet wide, and its
span is almost ninety feet. Across the
top is a public road. For many years
the name of Washington, cut in the
rock forming one of the abutments
when the Father of his Country was a
lad. stood high above all others; but in
1918 a student of Washington College.
Virginia, Piper by name. climbed from
the foot to the top of the rock and
placed his name above that of Wash
ington.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01

chamber He saw him get out of bed
secure paper, and compose and write
sermons. On finishing page, he read
it aloud. When a word displeased him
he wrote correction with great exact
ness. To test whether he used his eyes
the clergyman put card under his
chin so as to prevent his seeing the
paper but he continued to write. The
clergyman next took away the paper,
at the same time substituting another
piece, and he used it and wrote his
corrections on the places correspond
ing to those of his own paper. Anoth'
er astonishing feat of this somnam-
bulist was a piece of music written
with great exactitude. He used cane
for ruler The clefs, the flats and
the sharps were all in their right
places. The notes were all made as
circles, and those requiring it were af
terwards blackened with ink. More
than one case of a somnambulist swim
ming while asleep has been placed or
record. A young girl somnambulist
was in the habit of initiating the vio-
lin with her lips, giving the prelimin-
ary tuning and scraping with the ut
most fidelity. When a young child she
lived in a room adjoining one occupied
by fiddler, who often performed upon
his instrument within her hearing.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
Odd GiisinnI.

Antiquity, solemnity and hilarity,
says the London Telegraph, were har-
moniously blended in the quaint cere-
mony of weighing in the mayor OF
High Wycombe. a ceremony which has
taken place in that borough annually
on Nov 8 for about half a dozen CEN
turtles. The reason of the custom has
been lost in the mist of past ages.
Members of the town council met at
the house of the retiring mayor tCoun-
cillor Deacon) and. accompanied by
the mace bearer and the borough bea-
die in their old world costumes OF
cooked hats. blue coats, knee breeches
and silk stockings, marched to the
guildhall, where Councillor Vernon was
duly elected chief magistrate for the
ensuing year. Then the procession
was reformed, with the new mayor al
its head. and walked to an ante-room,
where the borough's head constable
was in attendance with n Weighing
machine, by virtue of his appointment
as inspector of weights and measures.
The mayors weight was accurately as
certained and with no less solemnlty
recorded in big book. After that the
aldermen and councillors were treated
in the same manner.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
Falling Bullets.

Falling bullets kill many men, even
when they are lying sheltered behind
trenches. If bullet is fired in the
air it falls with as much force as 1t
goes up. But, curiously, there is a
certain limit of height beyond which
bullet gains no more falling force;
the reason being that when the mo-
ton is very rapid the resistance of the
air balances the attraction of gravity
In the siege of .Sebastapol-and, in.
fact, during every campaign-a great
many men were killed by falling bull
lets. And the terrific force with which
they come down is shown by case
in which the bullet entered the shoul-
der of a cavalryman, passed down
through his body and penetrated sew
eral inches into his. horses back. A
curious instance occurred not long ago
in India. While a native was clean
ing boots IN the open air he was seen
to drop dead without cry. On ex-
amining him, they found that bullet
had entered the top of his head. No
shot had been heard, and the person
who fired it must have been very
long way off.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
Diving for Water-Strangest Industry
In tho World in the Hottest Region
: Remarkable Somnambulistio Feat
Giving the Lie In Persia.
Tho Meeting of the waters.
(Old Favorite Series.)

tOld taNOr1te SerieS)
1.-THE Meeting of the Waters" (the un-
a part of that beautiful scenery which
lies between Rathdrum and Arklow, in
the County of Wicklow, and these lines
were suggested to the author. Thomas
Moore. by a visit to this romantic spot in
the summer of the year 1901
There Is not in the wide world a valley
so sweet.
As that vale in whose bosom the bright
waters meet;
Oh! the last rays OF feeling and life must
depart
Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade
from my heart.
Yet it was not that Nature had shed DER
the scene
Her purest of crystal and brightest of
green;
Twas not her soft magic of streamlet or
hill
OH mott was something more exquisite
still.
Twas that friends. the beloved of my
bosom, We're near,
Who made every dear scene of enchant-
ment more dear,
And VINO felt how the best charms of Ma
ture improve.
When We see them reflected from looks
that We love.
Sweet vale of Avoca how calm could
rest
In thy bosom of shade. with the friends l
love best,
Where the storms that we feel in this
cold world should cease,
And our hearts, like the waters, be min
gled in peace.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
Labor Also Scarce.

"A great scarcity of labor in the pin
cries has also made the movement of
pulp wood to the mills slow. Com
panies cutting pulp wood have spent
thousands of dollars importing men
into the pineries to cut pulp wood
only to lose them when they got there.
Boys of eighteen and nineteen are be-
ing largely employed in the work.
Canada has been the source of sup
ply for many of the Eastern mills.
but that source of supply has been cut
off as the cutting of timber on crown
lands has been prohibited and the
province of Quebec makes the importer
pay sl.90 per cord duty, which makes
the material too expensive. The only
solution we can see is to adopt a new
fiber as a substitute for wood fiber.
That is the subject of discussion. We
have one in view, but do not care to
talk of that now.
Another difficulty which confronts
Eastern manufacturers is lack of
water upon which they depend for
power. That, too, is the result OF the
cutting away of the forests. The mills
of the middle West are not embarrass-
ed in this respect to the same extent
as the Eastern mills.
I'VE have not come together to form
any combination or to raise prices.
The demand naturally governs prices.
The sole object is to avert a famine il
possible, for a famine would hurt the
producer as much as the consumer"
]. c. Brockelbank, vice president and
Western manager of the Manufactur-
ers Paper company of New York, With
offices in the Rookery building, con-
firmed the statements made by William
Schaeffer concerning the trade.
Condition Is Serious.
III present conditions in the pineries
continue. there will be a serious short
age of pulp wood in the West until
next fall" he said. ''It has been sim
ply impossible to get the spruce. from
which wood pulp is made, to market.
It grows in the swamps of the pineries.
and the winter has been so open that
II has been impossible to haul 1t to the
rivers, down which 1t is noated to the
mills, as wagons would sink to the
hubs in mud and water Only contin-
ued cold weather can relieve the condi-
ton"
The stock OF paper now on hand is
extremely short. The export trade
which was large, has been abandoned
entirely. and the jobbers have very
| little free paper on hand. The mills
have no free paper and will see that
they are In condition to meet contracts
already made before they sell to any
one else. There is serious danger thai
the mills may have to shut down en-
tirely for lack Of pulp wood The great
est danger to the trade is likely to b'
during March and April. and May. bu
the famine will continue until mex
fall.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
An Extraordinary Island.

In the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand,
is one of the most extraordinary is
lands in the world. 1t is called White
Island, and consists mainly of sulphur
mixed with gypsum and a few other
minerals over this island, which is
about three miles in circumference
and which rises about 800 feet and 800
feet above the sea, floats continually
an immense cloud of vapor attaining
an elevation 10000 feet. In the center
ia boiling lake of acid charged water
covering fifty acres, and surrounded
with blow-holes from which steam and
sulphurous fumes are emitted with
great force and noise. With care n
boat can be navigated on the lake. The
sulphur from White Island is very
pure. but little effort has yet been
made to procure 1t systematically.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humor

tlClrd % s ;s az ::ss 'ss'%sa! ss ss@
The Set g4 as 1s o % 3 .a.s @ Sa
Gcieno o etho diHgur
of when all
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
Relief Came Promptly

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I had been
under treatment with the doctors for
four years, and seemed to get no better,
thought 1 would try your medicine.
My trouble was change of life, and
must say that 1 never had anything
help me SO much as Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Relief
came almost Immediately. l have
better health now than ever had. 1
feel like new woman, perfectly
strong. 1 give Lydia e. Pinkham's
Compound all the credit, and would
not do without her medicine for any,
thing. L have recommended it to
several of my friends. There is no
need of women suffering so much for
Mrs. Pinkham's remedies are a sure
cure" MAHALA BUTLER, Bridge
water III
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
nemarhabi. somnampull.t,o r..t.

One of the most remarkable SOM
nambulstic feats ever performed by a
somnambulist is that of writing SER
mons and pieces of music. The som
numbulist who did so is young man
at theological college, the facts being
vouched for by clergyman who. wish
ing to personally witness the feats.
went nightly 10 tho young mans
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
FOR MIDDLE-AcED WOMEN.

Two Letters from Women Helped Through
the "Change of Life" by Lydia L, Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM When I first
wrote to you was in very bad con-
dition. was passing through the
change of life, and the doctors said 1
had bladder and liver trouble. 1 had
suffered for nine years. Doctors failed
to do me any good. Since have taken
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, my health has improved very
much. will gladly recommend your
medicine to others and am sure that it
will prove as great blessing to them
as it has to me."-MRs. GEO. Fl. JUNE,
0O1 DeKalb Ave, BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01

Apples supply the highest nerve and
muscle food. but do not give stay.
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
Millions of Women Use Cuticura :


soothing rcd hands the baths
TO
dfromCu
Of
purifying identifying scalp hair and
soa n 70
Gilpin observer., 1900-03-01
Denver Directory.
HARNESS.

The best $50 dou-
BILE Concord Har-
ness in Colorado
for $18. With
breeching. $40; $25
double team har-
ness, with breech-
ing. SIS: $25 steel
horn stock saddle
for SIS; SIS single
buggy harness for
$8. 80. Do not pe
deceived by worth.
less limitations. but
order direct from
us and get the
lowest wholesale
prices. Catalogues
d. FRED MUEL-
Denver. Colorado.
EXAMINATION.