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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-06
Greater Stores"
5j3-5f5 Seventh Street,
Open Saturday until 9.
en- a great week for HeChts',
Sale of Mems Furnishings.

this department at breackneck speed
space given formerly The special lots
today great bargains and should take adj
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-06
SOC for underwear

59C for underwear
for men-winter weight
fleece lined-made Of
Egyptian cotton - silk
bound necks-drawers to
match-sizes "a to A.
Jaeger and silver grey.
Instead OF Stand they
are cut only as a bargain
Offering for today.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
An Inimitab1e Fent.

The sailors of three men-of-war,
American, French and British, while
in the same harbor, were competing
with each other for the best display of
seamanship. A Yankee went to the
top of the mainmast and stood there
with an arm extended. A Frenchman
then went aloft and extended both
arms.
An Irishman on board the British
ship thought if he could stand there
with a leg and an arm extended he
would be declared the most daring
sailor. Nimbly he mounted to the high
est point and attempted to do so, but
at the last moment lost his balance and
fell through the rigging toward the
deck.
The various ropes against which he
came in contact broke his fall, and
when near the deck he succeeded in
grasping a. rope. To this he hung for
a couple of seconds and then dropped
lightly on the deck, landing safely on
his feet.
Folding his arms triumphantly, as if
it were all in the programme, he glanc-
ed toward the rival ships and joyously
exclaimed:
There, you frog eating and pig stick
ing foreigners, beat that if you canr'-
Golfers Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
Infant Baptisms In Russia

II was fortunate enough" writes
Trumbull White, "to visit the Church
of st. David, in Tihis, Russia, just in
time to attend a baptismal ceremony.
According to the rites of the Greek
church, as practiced in this ancient
Georgian temple, the youngster in
question, fine boy or weeks old,
had to be immersed three times in a
baptismal font filed with water, each
time to be completely covered, in ad-
.dition to various blessings and anoint-
ings with holy oil and several long
prayers.
"The benevolent looking old priest
proved himself a man of kindly
thoughtfulness. While the family group
around the baby was getting him prop
erly unclad, for the ceremony requires
that the child shall be naked, the priest
surreptitiously dipped his finger into
the font, and saw by his face that it
was too cold. Then he stepped behind
a screen, where his samovar was
steaming, emptied the hot water into
a pitcher, and while the family still
kept busy over the baby he poured
enough to temper the pool that had
been provided for the shorn lamb. The
result was that the little fellow took
his plunges without a murmur and
thereby distinguished himself" Chi
cago Record.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
Legend of the Violin.

An ancient legend tells us that one
day as Orpheus, son of Apollo and the
muse Calliope, was walking by the sea,
trilling in soft cadence a song taught
him by the celebrated teacher Limos,
he was attracted by the sound of sweet
music, which seemed but the echo of
his own glorious voice He walked
along. singing, and the sound ap-
preached, as If to meet him, till finally
it sang at his very feet.
= Glancing down, he saw the shell of a
turtle, which had been cast high and
dry upon the beach and left there by
the receding waves. The little thing
had died and dried up so that only the
sinews, shriveled to strings, and the
shell remained. The dried up sinews
were tightly stretched across the hol-
low shell, and the wind, as it listed.
touched the strings, causing them to
Eibrate over the shell sounding board
and give forth the sweet, sad tones.
Enchanted, he bore his treasure home
and from it fashioned the viol shell,
with which he ever after accompanied
his voice, and the nymph Eurydice, en-
chanted by its magic, became his bride.
National Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
paradise Billed Down.

A tourist tells how he travelled with
young couple evidently on their hon.
eymoon, and the passengers in that
particular carriage were on the grin
most of the time over their antics.
The bride had got the man she loved,
and she didn't care who saw her put
her head on his shoulder. The bride
groom had got a farm with his wife,
and if he wanted to feed her on sweets
or squeeze her hand whose business
was it?
A little old man sat directly opposite
the couple, and he looked at them so
often that the young husband finally
explained:
We've just got married"
II knowed it all the time,'' chuckled
the other.
"And we can't help it, you know"
'No, you can't. I'll be blowed if you
canr'
"I presume it all seems very silly to
an old man like you," continued the
husband.
"Does it? Does itY' cackled the old
fellow. "Well, I can tell you it does
not, then. I've been there three times
over, and now I'm on my way to marry
a fourth. Silly! Why, children, it's
paradise billed down!'-London Fun.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
Stole Watch to Get square.

Great Scott, but that's a fine watchp'
came from the chorus. "Where'd you
ever get it" "Stole it," answered it's
possessor calmly. "You don't believe
me, do you" he went on. "Well, I'll
tell you how it happened. 1 was on a
western district which enjoyed the rep
utation of being the toughest one cov-
cred by the house. had some time to
kill and so went into one of the gam
bling joints. 1t isn't necessary to go
into details as to what happened. As
luck would have it, there were a half
dozen others in the place besides my
self who might be considered as possi-
BILE victims.
when the time came, the lights were
put out suddenly, and then we had
rough house for about ten minutes.
In the middle of it 1 felt somebody
Epab my watch and reached after him.
| caught some one and felt that he was
just putting a watch in his trousers
pocket. 1 gave his wrist hard wrench
and got the timepiece. Then l broke
away. When l got to the light, found
the watch was this one. And as nev-
er heard from the owner 1 have kept
it to compensate for the loss of nine"
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
George Gou1d.s Ready wit.

I heard a story about George Gould
which goes to show that the possession
of great wealth doesn't necessarily
preclude the possession Of a passing
ready wit. 1t was several or even
more years ago, while the elder Gould
was still alive, that a woman 1 know
met George Gould at dinner. He was
presented to her quite casually, and
she did not catch his name Conver-
Isation turned on operations in Wall
street, and the woman am speaking
of launched out into a perfect torrent
of ladylike abuse of Jay Gould. Ev-
,erybody tried to stop her, but she per-
Iceived nothing except that people were
looking at the young man. Turning to
him, she asked:
N~>"Do you know Jay Gould?"
"Well, yes," he said; 'I've had some
business dealings with m."-Wash-
ington Post.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
RUSSIAN POLICEMEN.
New Governors Test For Thei
AIertness Was a Failure

New Governors Test For Their
AIertness Was a Failure.
A good story is being told in st. Pc
tersburg of the Russian police which
the papers pronounce to be exceeding
ly characteristic. A new governor was
sent to certain town in the interior,
and the inhabitants at once began to
complain that the police were badly
organized, since, however much they
were wanted, they would never come
when they were sent for. The govern
or determined to test this for himself,
so one night he set out for the bar
racks where the police and the fire
brigade were quartered. He accosted
the sentry:
DO you know me"
eyes, your excellency."
eff man was being murdered close
by, would you quit your post?'
"Never, your excellency."
"Good," said the governor. "You
know your duty. Well, what would
you do?"
Il would blow my whistle to rouse
tAC
"Good. Let us suppose some one is
being murdered here. Whistle"
The soldier blew, but not soul an
swered. He blew again and again,
but the same silence prevailed.
"That will do," said the governor at
last. "You have whistled your utmost,
and nobody has come; but, at any rate,
your conscience is tranquil Now you
can go to sleep. The man could have
been murdered two or three times over.
1t is unnecessary to overdo it by trying
to wake your comrades, who appear to
sleep like the dead. The czar should
be proud Of such steady soldiers"
With that the governor went off,
congratulating himself that no one
would be likely to accuse his police Of
having share in the midnight muir
ders Of the town.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
No w,1d and WOODY W..t.


Fasteners have an erroneous impress
sion about the vast plains country that
stretches eastward from the fanks of
the Rockies to the wheatfields Of the
Dakotas. 1t is region where crimes are
far less numerous in proportion to pop
ulation than they are In the denselF
settled regions of the eastern and mid
die states.
If the sombreroed ruffians with pis-
tolls and knives in their boots and car
fridge belts around their waists are not
in the cattle country, where, then, &re
they to be found? Where are those
Alkali Ikes, Lariat Bills, ct al,
who fire at the decanters in barrooms
and at the silk hats of tenderfoot strau-
gers-the vtllainous desperadoes whose
lynching bees and other narrowing an
ecdotes make up considerable of the
stock In trade of our eastern comic
illustrators? l do not know.
For many years / have wandered
through the great northwest on horse
back, stagecoach and in canoes, as well
as in the palatial Pullman sleeper OF
the great transcontinental lines, and I
have never discovered any of the fierce,
bewhiskered dime novel heroes. Dur
ing all my travels in the Dakotas, Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and
British Columbia | have never seen a
man hurt or witnessed any sort of row,
and 1 would feel much safer to strike
across the mountains or plains alone
on a broncho and unarmed than 1
would to walk up Clark street at night
in Chicago-St. Paul Globe.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
Not a "Pompou. preIate. y

Bishop Gailor, at banquet at which
the bishop of Kentucky was present,
told this story on the latter gentleman:
I'm one of the backwoods towns of
Kentucky" said Bishop Gailor, "the
pastor of the Baptist church gave out
this notice before the sermon one Sun
day morning:
1 am told and have been partially
convinced he said, that it is my Chris
tian duty to give the following notice
TO wit: That man who styles himself
"bishop of Kentucky" is about to visit
this town and will hold forth in the
courthouse on Wednesday evening. l
desire to add, however, my brethren,
that in the humble opinion of your
pastor, the place for members of this
congregation on Wednesday night will
be in this place listening to your own
pastor rather than listening to the
words of that pompous prelate at the
courthouse
"On the following Thursday morning
the Baptist went out upon the street
seeking for some of his congregation
who had not been at the Wednesday
evening meeting. The first one he
found was a deacon.
"'Well, Deacon he asked, were you
to the courthouse last nightY
"FYes,' said the deacon.
g 4 trust said the parson, with some
irony in his tone, you were edited by
the words of the pompous prelate'
deacon, that man amt no pompous
prelate; no such thing. He's just as
common as there is. What do you reck-
on he did? He preached in his shirt
sleevesP indianapolis Sentinel
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
MODERN MINE SALTING.
The Way This swindle Is ArtfuIHy
Worked In Mexico.

worked In Mexico.
Mine sailing nowadays has devel-
oped into a very nice art,'' said an en-
gineer and assayer who has lately re-
turned from the inspection of some
properties in old Mexico. "In former
times it was done crudely. A rascal
who wanted to give fictitious value to
a worthless prospect hole generally
bought or stole sack Of high grade
nre and simply scattered 1t about the
excavation, where the victim would be
likely to pick up few pieces for sam
ping. If an exposed ledge was to be
dealt with, he sometimes filed up a $40
goldpiece, loaded the dust into a shot
gun and fired it against the surface
from which specimens would be taken.
But at present greater inesse Is
needed. The up to date purchaser In
sists upon having fresh ore blasted out
from beneath the surface, where it
could not possibly be tampered with,
and seals it up in little canvas sack
for the assayer with his own hands.
1t is then that the latest development,
the hypodermic syringe, comes into
play. The scientific mine salter has
one of these handy little implements
in his coat pocket, charged with a solu-
ton Of chloride Of gold
He watches for an opportunity, and
when one presents itself quietly thrusts
the tip of the needle through the can
vas sack and gives the piston a gentle
push. The consequence is that a few
drops of the liquid are discharged over
the surface Of the ore. The quantity Of
gold in the solution is almost infinitesi-
NAL, but it is enough to run up an as
say $1,000 ton.
Meanwhile the victim is tranquil in
the knowledge that he has selected the
samples himself and has them safely
sacked under his own private seal.
Hypodermic mine sailing is all the 60
in Mexico at present. 1t beats the old
method to death."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
He Knew the Sex.

81 understand you have consented to
your daughters marriage to that young
Swiftpace," said the old friend.
"I have" replied the father.
81 guess you don't know the young
man." suggested the old friend point
edly.
"On the contrary, know all about
him." answered the father, "and also
know all about my daughter and few
things about the sex in general. If
had refused my consent, ten to one she
would have married him anyway, but,
having given 1t, the odds are easily ten
to five that she will tire of him and
throw him over before they've even set
the day for the wedding. Chicago
Post
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
Old London Sundays.

We have got it into our heads that
Sunday was better observed in the
puritanical acceptance Of the word
three or four generations back than II
is now. 1t was quite otherwise. All
the great ladies when Queen Victoria
came to the throne-the Duchess of
Wellington, the Duchess Of Rutland,
the Marchioness Of Salisbury, the La
dy Hyde Parker, the Misses Walpole-
had regular card parties on Sunday,
and there were concerts and receptions
all over the town announced with be-
coming regularity in The Morning
Post.-Saturday Review.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
Both Told the Truth.

Truth compels me to state" said
the presiding officer of a medical con-
gress, that upon the list Of physicians
present just read there is one that is no
gentleman"
A stir of surprise passed over the as
semblage at this, and one man upon
whose foot, as the presiding officer said
afterward, the shoe seemed to be per-
feet fit half rose from his seat But in
another moment a woman's voice from
the back part of the hall made itself
heard.
81 quite agree with DR.. Blank" said
the voice, ''for am that physician. In
my turn I must say, however, that DR..
Blank is no lady"
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
A Coffee Hint,

A French housekeeper says that in
her country it is an invariable rule to
add little butter and powdered sugar
to coffee beans while they are roast
ing. A very small piece Of butter is
needed to the pound, bit perhaps as
large as a hazelnut, and not more than
a teaspoonful Of powdered sugar. This
treatment is the secret Of the pleasant
burned sugar flavor in French coffee.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
Moro PoIyramv.

Polygamy is the Moro's by religion
and divine right. A Moro must give a
separate house to each wife, in which
she is supposed to set up housekeeping,
with a sufficient number of women
slaves to wait upon her. She may own
them in her own right, but more often
her Moro husband must purchase them
for her. AS women slaves bring a
higher price in the market than men,
the drain On the husbands exchequer
Is immense.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
CHIMNEY FIRES.
Why Salt Is Commonly Used to Put
Them Out.


Them Out.
In accounts Of chimney fires il is
common to read that the fire was ex-
tinguished by throwing salt down the
chimney. Salt is used because there
Is liberated from II when 1t comes into
contact with the fire gas that within
an inclosed space like a chimney is
very effective in extinguishing fire.
The primary purpose in throwing salt
Or anything else down burning chin
ney Is to dislodge the burning soNt,
chimney fires being caused by the igni-
ton Of the SCOT clinging to the inside
Of the chimney. Salt is used for this
purpose not alone because Of Its pecul-
lar effectiveness, but also because 1t is
something available for the purpose
that can commonly be found at hand
in house. 1t is thrown down the
chimney in such a manner that 1t will
rattle down the sides and by its weight
knock down the SCOT and sparks cling
ing to the chimney's insides.
A bucket Of sand has been put to the
same use with good effect, and some
times scuttle of coal has been poured
down the chimney, the coal bounding
about from side to side as 1t dropped
and SO doing its work effectively.
Sometimes a brick is taken from the
chimney itself and, tied to a clothes
line, is hauled up and down the chin
ney, with the same result. At the
hearth below or at the bottom Of the
chimney wherever the sparks may fall
there is stationed a man with q pail Of
water to put out whatever fire may
drop. Water is not played on a chin
ney fire from q hose because it is not
necessary, and the water would do
more damage than the fire.
The damage caused by fire in a
chimney when 1t is confined there Is
nothing or next to nothing. Left alone,
however, chimney fire might work its
way into a building and 80 prove de-
structive, and therefore slight as they
may be in themselves or as they might
be in their consequences chimney fires
are always put out and commonly in
the manner described.-Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
Adams and ScuIntnre

President John Quincy Adams once
asserted that he would not give 80
cents for all the works of Phidias and
Praxiteles, adding, II hope America
will not think of sculpture for two cen
turies to come"
+ When some one quoted this to Will
liam Morris Hunt, he asked dryly,
Does that sum of money really repre-
sent Mr.. Adams estimate of the scuIp-
;ture Of those artists or the value which
ne places upon so cents?'
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15

''Why did Mrs. Frizzington, the rich
widow who furnished all the money
for the business she and you have
started, want the name of the firm to
be 'Rootle & Frizzingtop' instead Of
'FrizzingtOn & Rootle,' as it ought to
be, seeing that she is much more heav-
lily interested than you"
"She didn't want to be referred to as
the senior partner Chicago Times
Herald
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15

consequence OF self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: Ssllow counte.
nance, dark spots under the eyes, pain in the
mead, ringing in the ears, loss of confidence,
oifnaence In approaching strangers, palpitation
loss OF memory, pimples on the face, coughs,
DR. GIBBON has practiced in San Francisco
over ~ years, and those troubled should not
fail to consult him and receive the benefit of
his great skill and experience. The doctor
cures when others fail Try him. Cures guar
anteed Persons cured at home. Charges reas-
enable. Call or write
:, DIR. J. F. GIBBoN, 625 Kearney street, San
Francisco, Cal
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
How to Get n Genial Dog.

A vagrant dog, particularly a cur
with seven or eight different strains Of
common dog in him, is the best kind
Of a dog to own. He is always smiling
and wagging his tail at you, and his
appreciation of little favors is only
equaled by his appetite. A fancy dog
with blue ribbon around his neck is
always looking for an opportunity to
snap at children. If we kept a dog,
we would keep yellow one, purchased
as pup from negro boy.-Atchison
Globe,
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
By the gold of Evadne's hair.
Curiosity Satisfied

Burly Tramp-Wot's tn good of a
little dog like that?
Mrs. Rural-To keep off tramps.
''He, he! Wot kin that little critter
dor
"He can bark. That will wake up
the big dogs under the porch"
Eyes, mum. Good day, num-
New York Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
Not Enough Pin Money

Not Enough Pin Money to Go Round
Ostend-Pa, I want dollar to buy
set Of tenpins.
Pa-Well, you just don't get it.! It's
all can do to keep your mother in pin
money.-Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
Ton LOnE tn WHIT

'If you will get my new suit done by
Saturday" said customer to tailor,
''ID be forever indebted to you"
"If that's your game" replied the
tailor, "the clothes will not be done at
all."-Indianapolis Journal.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
A Diplomatic Poet.

An eastern poet has penned some
rhymes that show he is a born diplo-
mat. Here is a sample verse:
And the goldenrod droops down its head
In sullenness Of despair,
For its splendor that famed is outshone and
shamed
By the gold of Evadne's hair
Il that isn't a neat and unobjection-
Ahle way of calling a girl redheaded,
Ne don't know what is. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
Like Unfn Like.

"And love restored his reason" said
the sweet young thing in concluding
her story.
''It is the first time," returned the old
bachelor, "that I ever heard of insan-
ity curing insanity. ."-Chicago Post.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15

For a finger. nail to reach its full
length, an average of seven-twelfths
Of an inch, from 121 to 1873 days of
growth are necessary.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15

In the Crfmea the British left 10000
corpses, which are inferred in 100
cemeteries on ground occupied by the
troops during that long and disastrous
war
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15

Sailors trousers, or trombone pants, -
as they have sometimes been called,
expand in bell shape at the bottom SC
as to be the more easily kicked of ir
case of the wearer's falling into thu
water
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15

Every man is his own ancestor, and
every man is his own heir. He de-
Nises his own future, and he inherits
his own past.-H. f. Hedge.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15

The eyes Of snakes are never closed
Alive or dead, sleeping or waking, they
are always wide open, .-......,.>...-
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
A Lack.

She-What! Are you going to dine
at the club? 1 should think you would
bate to take dinner there.
He-Why?
She-Because, my dear, you will miss
all the pleasure of complaining about
what you get to eat.-Detroit Free
Press
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15

Women forgive injuries, but never
forget Sights.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-15
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBON

This old reliable and
themoSt successful spe-
cialist in San Francis
CO stillcontinues to cure
all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases, such as Ghon-
orrhea, elect, Structure,
Syphilis in all its forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De b bility, Impotency,
Seminal Weakness, and
T @-- - AE-Al A.