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Evening star., 1901-06-05
A WONDERFUL CLOCK.
Bohemian Matchmaker Work.
Twenty Years ON Timepiece.

Bohemian Matchmaker Works
Twenty Years ON Timepiece.
From the Chicago Tribune.
An old man, weak and very near to the
grave. has just completed a piece Of work
the accomplishment of which has been his
dream. waking and sleeping. for the past
twenty years. He is Frank Bohacek. a
Bohemian matchmaker. who lives in a
broken-down building in the midst of
little settlement Of his countrymen.
Bohacek has produced wonderful clock.
and his neighbors. who for many years
have looked on him as visionary potter
ing away on old cog wheels and springs,
have seen his handiwork and now con-
slider him a wizard. The old man was one
of Chicago's first and best jewelers., and
he prospered SO well that early in the sos
he was able to retire on q small compe-
Evening star., 1901-06-05
Why a Girl Can't Throw.

A suburban physician, who has often
been amused at the efforts Of the Bryn
Mawr girls. was talking the other day. "It
is a physical impossibility for a girl to
throw strongly and accurately as boy
throws" he said. "A girl throws with a
rigid arm and it is out Of the question fer
her to acquire free movement. such as
is possible with boy. because her collar
bone is larger and sets lower than O boys.
In other sports, where this action is not
brought into play. she may excel but she
may as well give UP all hope of ever learn
ing to throw"
Evening star., 1901-06-05

From the Chicago Standard.
A ladys whose maid accompanied her to
a vegetarian restaurant In London was
soon the recipient of a protest. But,
Mary" she argued, the food is palatable-
you cleared your pate-and it Is certainly
wholesome. Why do you object?"
1T amt that bad to taste ma'am" re-
sponded Mary, firmly, but I don't call it
wholesone-no, marin. not when they fill
body's plate with tomato and cabbage
and parsn1ps and potato all at once and
gravy or fishbal things without any fish
In EN-. and goose things without any goose
in en- and croquette things made Of mixed
up green's Sure ma'am it gives me con-
fusion of the stomach"
Evening star., 1901-06-05

big enough to hold the children's
socks, selling at $500, marked down
from $3.50" q detest those hack
neyed phrases, but what can, one
say0 And speaking of babies. re-
minds me that the cribs and high
chairs are marked as low as the go
carts, which ought to justify their
name and go at once if there is any
virtue in prices.
THE INVESTIGATOR.
Evening star., 1901-06-05
Where He Halls From.

From the Chicago Post.
They say" he commented thoughtfully
that the hand that rocks the cradle rules
the world"
True they admitted.
THAT does not seem exactly to fit our
case" he went on. Now. IL 1t read The
hand that wheels the baby rules the world,
the continued supremacy of man would be
assured"
At this they looked at him in surprise
and tapped their foreheads significantly,
until one Of them solved the puzzle with
the remark: why, he's from Brooklyn.
Of course"
Evening star., 1901-06-05
Looks Worth 5000 Easily.

It's magnificent suite. 1t looks
worth 5000, and that's the important
part of the Lansburgh furniture.
carefully examined articles of furni-
ture i'll each department to see if the
original price was fair, and was sur
prised to see that the original price
in almost every case was not as high
as the same articles sell for in other
stores and other cities. For in
stance, a standard style of metallic
bedstead that | have noted on sale
in New York at the largest stores at
$40 and at one of the largest
stores in Washington at $I7, and
which was marked to sell regularly
at Lansburgh's at SIS, had been cut
to $40 for this sale.
Evening star., 1901-06-05
A Good Snbatitute.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Hello. old man. you're looking fine as
silk"
"Yes. I'm prosperous. I'm In the leather
business now. you know. 1 tell you there's
nothing like leather"
/, Think SO? Say, come up and take din
ner with US tonight My wife's baked
some pies for dessert"
Evening star., 1901-06-05
Bewildered Language.

That is why l say l doubt if anv
one keeping house or going to keep
house could go through Lansburgh' S
and not buy something, for on every
floor are a bewilderment OF stylish,
elegant, substantial things, built
right, as any man who knows furni-
ture could tell, with the real value
i'll them, and in great assortment
several thousand chairs, for in
stance, including hundred dozen
Bentwoods, at SI.45 that were S2.25
carpets by the hundred rolls at
half price, hundreds of parlor suites
at even less than half price, refriger-
ators all the way from $3.50 nursery
kind (marked half up to the porce-
lain, cork, glass and air lined kind,
also marked about half But | can't
in one article encompass the scope OF
this sale and at the same time detail
the bargains.
A Sensible Work Basket.
Down by the door as I went out
noticed those dainty little bamboo tea
tables that sell at about S. usually,
marked ST.. so; and the most sensible
rattan work basket I ever ran across
the frame and the floor Of the COM
modious box itself being OF wood
and the whole thing strong enough
for the children to play with, and
Evening star., 1901-06-05
100000 Worth of Furniture.

What is your stock WORTH
One hundred thousand dollars" +"
What is the average range OF re-
duction?"
Many goods are cut half and
more than half. What do you think
of a Turkish rocker marked down
from 500 to S3o-all hair and the
finest springs; couches marked
down from $50 to SIo; go-carts
from So to So; from So to 81
roil-top desks cut from $50 to
SIO 5o"-and we went up the ele-
vator to the top floor, where the fur
niture almost tops the ceiling. Every
floor is crowded far beyond its ca
pacity, not to say word of chances
for display. Think of $3.50 hand
carved mahogany bedstead and
dresser crowded into corner where
there isn't room to any more than
stand 1t up against the wall -"and
this shows why l am getting into the
lnter-Ocean Building. | need twice
as much room as | have here"-a
self-evident fact.
Evening star., 1901-06-05
The Mattresses From India.

I'm sole agent for them. They
are made in the East Indias. They
are the healthiest, cleanest mat
tresses made, much more so than
hair, and they do not mat down.
They are sold on guarantee. Here's
an endless assortment of bed room
suites in maple, oak and birch at
fifty cents on the dollar an
Empire suite marked down from
S4oo to S245, and solid mahogany
pieces, inlaid with metal, marked
down from SIS to SAB. l am offer
ing a sole leather dining room. set,
10 side chairs, arm chairs, china
closet, a sideboard and extension ia
Bile, that has been regularly on sale
at 5000 at $3.50"
Evening star., 1901-06-05

I do not believe any one who
keeps house or expects to keep house
could go through Lansburgh's furni-
ture store from top to bottom, as
did Yesterday. and not buy anything,
provided, OF course, he or she has the
cash. for this is a cash sale. says
Mr.. Lansburgh. 1--WE can't afford to
sell goods at these prices on credit.
We lose money as it is"
Then, why do you do it?'
Il have determined to go into Our
new building with an entirely new
stock"
How old is this stock?'
This stock is new, too. 1t is en-
tircly up-to-date goods, refreshed by
generous purchasing to take the
place of the large sales we have been
making right along in the past year
or two. as our business has been
growing. Selling out all this stock
enables me to start new in the Inter
Ocean Building, saves expense of
handling and enables me to use the
money to buy more new goods
with
Mr.. Lansburgh is Losing rloney.
Are YOU really losing money?
That is. are you selling goods at less
than they cost you?"
oh, yes. certainly" he replied,
earnestly. Come and Judge for
yourself You know something about
furniture?"
Yes"
Then YOU can see just what | am
doing by going through the store
This store is entirely too small for
the stock | carry. The ambition TO
have an unequaled assortment that
will hit every purse and every pur-
chaser has jammed this store fill of
furniture on seven floors and base
1nent and filled two warehouses be-
SifeS
Evening star., 1901-06-05
A Crowded Colonial.

The kind OF furniture Mr.. Lans-
burgh sells is displayed by the big
stores in New York in three times
the space. Picture a beautiful colo
nial sideboard, big enough and fine
enough for Vanderbilt dining room
an article worth close onto quarter
of a thousand dollars-hidden away
IN one OF the long. dark passageways
where the scores OF other sideboards,
many OF them almost the peer of this
one. are drawn up in battalion front
awaiting their transfer to the happy
homes OF the purchasing public, in
kind all the way from the dainty lit
tie sideboard that the bride of this
Junetime, starting small but scnsibly
in home of her own, will put into
her coy flat land buy a new dress
with the saving), up to the magnifi-
cent aforesaid colonial piece, buying
which at SIPS the purchaser saves
SIPS, for it's marked at half price.
But that is above the average saw
ing" says Mr. Lansburgh. I'VE cal
culate to save a man investing $500
about SI5o--giving him $500 worth
for S35o-and it's easy to figure what
he can do with that $50. 1t will pay
the first yearly premi-.in on S. ,oOo
life insurance. will be nest egg
in the savings bank-it will buy a
suburban lot"
For Young People Looking Ahead.
Zone hundred and fifty dollars
Evening star., 1901-06-05
Visits the LanSburQh
CO. "RemOVal Sale.' -
HE MAKES A PREDICTION
That Seems Likely to Prove
a Prophecy.

saved is a great deal when young
couples are starting in, and | wish
you would say to young people who
contemplate matrimony six months
from now that they can come
in and select the furniture now at
my removal prices and | will store
the furniture for them till next win
ter-any time-till March, say-free
OF charge. This also applies to
those who are going away for the
summer and going to housekeeping
in the fall
Emphasize that l am going to
!. sell all this furniture now-and that
the prices must do it." And he
showed a certain amount of reck-
lessness as we went through the
store, marking things down when
ever the mood struck him.
Ordering the Prices Down.
For instance, he stood in front of
a full company OF couches on end
against the wall and said: There
are 50 couches, "a of them half price,
the rest from half price to two-thirdS
price, and here are a score. of Nor
ris chairs with rattan and mating
cushions for summer at fifty cents
on the dollar-this eighteen-dollar
chair at nine dollars, for instance,
and here's a 500 couch for S2s,
leather couches marked down from
SIS to S3S, 55 sofa beds, full width,
eight patterns, marked down to SIS
and these kapot mattresses marked
down from $50 to SI2.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-14
AT CHICKAMAuGA.
Continued from Fourth Page.l

Continued from Fourth Page)
still, like little fire mountain. the
cracking sparks shot up from the fuse.
The lieutenant stopped and seemed
about to turn to the right, when there
came a flash and crash. and arrows,
black or blazing, shot out in every d.
rection. An instant and the wind had
swept the smoke to the left, but the
man in blue and the man in gray on his
back had vanished.
"where are they?" cried the captain.
"Out there to the left, sir" And a
man pointed to heap near the shell
crater.
without an order the two card play
ers leaped the breastwork. They were
followed by two others, and these car
ried in the lieutenant and the man ne
had sought to rescue, The young Con-
federate's brain had been plowed
through by piece Of shell, and, forever
out of pain, he lay in the light OF the
burning flames with peaceful look on
his fine face.
Ibid save him, cap?" asked Burton,
when consciousness returned and cir
Gle of tear stained faces was about MIN.
Providence Telegram.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-14

Republican National Convention at Mime
apolis, in June 1892, James G. Blaine re-
signed the post Of Secretary OF state IN or
der to compete with his chief for the Presl-
dental nomination The contest IN inc
convention was mainly between the sup
porters of these two aspirants, ana on the
first ballot Harrison was renominated, re.
ceiying 535 votes, or a clear majority Oh
166 over all competitors. His plurality over
Blaine, who received 1872 votes, was }o3.
Mckinley also received 1872 votes ana .
Were scattering. Whitelaw REID OF New
York was made the candidate for vice pres
ident.
Grover Cleveland who became the DEM
ocratic candidate for the third time, re-
ceived PIT votes in the electoral college, TO
145 for Harrison and ~ for James u;
failure of President Harrison to secure a
second term was cause of general sur
prise.
After he left the White House General
counsel for Venezuela before the Boundary
Arbitration board. His fee was said to pc
$4,000 As generally understood ne only
received $4,000, and the remainder was
zuean government. General Harrison &C
cepted the position of member or the
United States international Peace Commits
sion at The Hague, the. other ex- President,
leagues on that commission were Chief JUS
tice Fuller of the United States Supreme
Court, Attorney General Griggs and United
States Circuit Judge Gray.
Yielding to appeals made at the time
when there was panic over the possible
ity of Bryan's election In 1896, General Har-
riSon made one notable speech and lot
OF little ones for Mckinley. 1t was admit
ted his attitude did the Republican candi-
date much good
Like ex-President Cleveland, he was a
great sportsman and much given to, shoot
ing, making many visits to the ducking
shores Of Maryland and North Carolina and
to the West. He prided himself on his
finest ever seen at the White House. The
general was also an inveterate smoker and
dearly loved fine cigar.
General Harrison had married, in Octo-
Der, 1858, Caroline Lavinia Scott, the daugh-
ter Of professor in Miami University,
Mrs. Harrison died few days before the
Presidential election of 1892, this event
casting shadow over the closing days OF
President Harrison's official life. Two
children were the result of the marriage
Lieut.. Colonel Russell B. Harrison, mining
engineer, who has been in the volunteer
army since the outbreak OF the war with
Spain, and a daughter, Mary, who Is mar
ried to James r. Mckee, formerly a pros
porous merchant Of Indianapolis. but now
ex-president married Mrs Mary Scott Lord
Dimmock, niece OF his first wife.
The second marriage of the ex-president
and Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmock in
1896 estranged him from his children. but
1t is understood to have been happy one.
His friends in indianapolis all say that his
home life has been a perfect one and he
has shown his full appreciation Of it. 1t
is said in Washington that In the last few
weeks he and his son Russell became thor
his daughter, Mrs. Mckee, took place some
time ago.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-14
re,,py.ph and Gable Notes.

Marseiles, March 13.--The shipping COM
panies, In view of the dockers' strike, have
deyided to import Arab labor, and the first
batch of 400 Arabs French subjects. viii
soon arrive here. There were SEVERAL fights
to-day between strikers and workers, one OF
the latter being seriously Injured. A rev
arrests were made by the police.
Trenton,N j., March 13-Henry N. Smith,
at one time a partner of Jay Gould, and a
prominent operator In stocks In wall street,
New York, died yesterday In sanitarinm
at Stamford, Conn. He was stricken with
paralysis some months ago.
Pittsburg, March 13.-A movement is on
foot to consolidate all the leading manufac-
turtles of stationary engines that are not
now associated in the International Steam
Pump company. The new. company is TO
be launched with capital OF vi 100000,
which If necessary can be increased to $50
100000
London March 13.King Edward has APP
pointed the Duke of Abercorn, Lord Wolsc-
lev, the Earl Of Mount Edgcumbe. and Earl
Darlington, special ambassadors to inform
the foreign courts that Queen Victoria Is
dead and that King Edward has acceded to
the throne.
Providence, r. l., March 13.-The dircc-
TORS of the Providence Telephone company
have voted to increase the capital stock Of
the company to $1,000, 900 by the issue Of
new stock in the amount Of 100000, the
stock to be offered at par (S5o share to
stockholders of record March 20, 1901. in
proportion OF one share OF new STOCK Tor
every three held On the date mentioned.
philadelphia, March 13.-The six days go-
as-yo,l-p lease race continues TO attract good
sized crowds and the fifteen contestants are
bearing IN well under the strain. At II
o'clock tonight the following score had been
made by the first ten men: Goick 2I5 miles;
Hegelman 274, Howarth 26S Hart 2o2. Cav
anaugh 242, Tracey POI, Dean $50, Golden
214, Clifford 1871.
North Brookfeld Mass, March 13.-The
strike of the LOO operatives at the shoe
factory of Il. & A. H. Batcheller at this
Mace. was declared off this afternoon, after
n conference between members of the firm
and the strikers The help will go to work
Tomorrow morning under the old scale Of
wages. The strike was instituted against
a 10 per cent reduction.
loves Del, March 13-Local wreclsers Mt
Asnteague will strip the schooner Mary
Standish OF Boston, before reported strand
ed near that place.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-14

Hazleton Pa, March 13.--President
Mitchell called the United Mine Work
ers' convention to order at 8 o'clock
this morning. The report of the COM
mittee on credentials showed 600 dele
gates present, representing S1S local or
ganizations
In an interview Mr.. Mitchell said:
"As the convention has not yet taken
up the matter, / cannot talk of the
possibility of strike. We are entitled
to a Joint conference. because that is
the only humane, scientific and up-to-
date method of settling labor difficult
ties
President Mitchell was elected per-
manent chairman of the convention and
John Gallagher of district No. z, per-
manent secretary. Mr.. Mitchell read a
copy of a telegram to the presidents OF
nine of the coal carrying railroads, In
viting them to participate In confer
ence. Only one reply, that of President
Alyphant, of the Delaware and Hudson,
declining the invitation, was received,
Mr.. Olyphant said the company had
no intention Of deviating from last
falls agreement, and that he did not
believe an arrangement entered into at
conference would be binding con-
tract. Miners grievances, he said.
could be adjusted at any time with the
officials of the company. The conven-
ton then went into executive session.
In executive session this afternoon the
convention considered the wage scale
and the refusal of the operators to en-
fer into a conference Immediately af-
ter the adjournment of the session the
scale committee went into secret ses-
sion. Their report may be presented
tomorrow. President Mitchell gave
out statement this evening, but 1T was
merely synopsis of the days, proceed
iuga
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-14

Washington, March 10. = President
Mckinley will attend the funeral of
General Harrison. He will leave here
probably tomorrow night, although the
exact time of departure has not been
determined
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-14

TO cure a cold quickly-use Crown Ia
Grippe Tablets. City Drug store e44
Chanel street.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-14

BENJAMIN Harrison was born at North
Bend, Ohio, in his grandfathers house,
on August 20, 1888. Physically and men,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-14
More Plague at cape Town.

Cape Town, March 13.-Fifteen new
cases of bubonic plague, all colored per-
sons, were officially reported to-day.
Mohave County miner., 1901-02-02

been consummated, and Boston com-
pany now has control of the property.
w. I. Little and Spruance, Stanley d
Co. of San Francisco were the owners
of the property aud have spent large
amount of money in the past few years
developing it. 1t is thoroughly equip
ped with hosting works and ten.
stamp mill and has several thousand
feet of development work under
ground. The mine is situated about
three miles from Huron station on the
p. & E. road and has always had the
reputation of being first class prop
erty, with plenty of good ore in sight.
The purchase price is said to be 1885,
COOS, of which 20,OOOs was paid down,
aud the Boston company will begin
operations Immediately. Mr.. Little
left for San Francisco the first of the
week on a short business trip, but
will probably return here in the near
future to engage in other mining opera
tions.-Prescott Prospect.
The Morgan Lode of Western Aus
tralia (Which should not be confounded
with the Mt. Morgan of Queensland) is
an immense fissure lode 100 TO 300 feet
in thickness which can be traced by its
groupings for more than forty miles.
1t lies in region so level as almost to
deserve the description of a plain.
Across this its outcrop is often found
in cliffs of solid quartz 200 to 300 feet
high. All of this quartz carries gold,
but only in places in sufficient guam
tity to make it workable At the prin
cipal working mine along its length,
called the Westralian Mt. Morgans,
there is an open stope of payable ore
at the 100 foot level which was sixty.
four feet wide and sampled 3Os per ton
for the entire width. From this re-
C snt mill run of l,6ll tons yielded 49,
4lUS. Up to date from this bonanza
the company had milled 22,0.0 tons,
which had yielded 7l0,OO0s.-Mining
Reporter.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-04-18
IN THE WINTER.
Hsnson's Plaster 10 Pains Master.)

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Plasters are an incomparably better rem
edy than any other-external or internal.
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They relieve and cure q "seated" cold
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Placed on the chest or back or on both
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Lung or bronchial affections or kidney
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Benson's Plasters are immeasurably su-
perior to Belladonna, Strengthening, Cap
sioum or any other combination in plaster
form. They are also preferable to oint-
ments, liniments and salves.
Benson's Plasters have received ffty. fDe
highest Gtodrds over all competitors; and
more than 5000 physicians and druggists
have declared them to be one of the few
trustworthy household remedies. For sale
by all druggists, or we will prepay postage
on any number ordered in the United
States on receipt of 25c. each.
Be sure you get the genuine. Accept no
imitation or substitute.
Seabury & johnson. Mfg. Chemists, NY.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-04-18

In its natural state nitrogen is gas.
1t does not combine we'll with most
other substances Thus 1T makes the
powerful or kicking" part of most ex-
plosives, as 1t gets away from q COM
bination as quickly as possible. In fer
tilizers 1t must be combined with other
substances In order to be useful, and
ammonia Is a combination of nitro
gen with another gas called hydrogen.
The hydrogen hangs on to the nitrogen
and holds 1t in place and form. 1t
takes three parts of hydrogen to hold
one part of nitrogen, and this proper
tion is always found In ammonia. Nj
trogen weighs IA times as much as hy-
drogen. Therefore, says Rural New
Yorker, in one pound of ammonia there
will be fourteen-seventeenths S2.35 per
cent. or 1917 ounces. of nitrogen. You
should never buy fertilizer on the basis
of its ammonia, but figure out the ac-
tual nitrogen. ~