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Convicted Of st.,I;,g wire

Frank Barnes colored, was yesterday convicted
in Criminal Court No. l of stealing quantity
of wire. valued at 81. from the National Mu-
scum building. He indicted jointly with
William Green, who was also charged with the
same offence.
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A Pleasant Duty.-..wber 7 ,,o,

thing worthy Of recommendation. l consider il my
duty to tell it, says Rev. James Murdock OF
Hamburg. Pa "Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder
has cured me OF Cntarrh of five years standing 1t
is certainly magical in it's effect The first nppli.
cation benefited me in Ave Minutes Sold by
+. 5. Williams. Ninth and Streets; Edmonds
& Williams, Third Street and Pennsylvania Ave
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION

NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT. SAVINGS AND
TRUST COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
At Washington, in the District of Columbia. At
the close OF business September 30 1901.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug
gists refund the money II II fails to cure F. W
Groves signature is on each box. 25e.
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Sufferers from Kidney and Liver

Disease And instant relief following the OF
Warmers Safe cure Directions on Label AL
DruggistA
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Impaired Digestion

May not be all that is meant by dyspepsia
now, but it will be If neglected.
The uneasiness after eating, fits OF nery-
ous headache, sourness OF the stomach, and
disagreeable belchlng may not be very bad
now, but they will be if the stomach is
suffered to grow weaker
Dyspepsia is such miserable disease
that the tendency TO 1t should be given
early attention. This is completely over
come by
Hoods Jdrsapdrilla
which strepotI,ans tbeu,b,,. ,,as,t,,o
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CHOLERA IN INDIA.

When weary and brain fatigued seek and find
relief in Royal Headache Tablets doses lOc.
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FOREIGN MAILS.

WASHINGTON, d. c., P0STOFFICE NOTICE
Should be read daily, changes may occur at
any time.
FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports of
sailing daily, and the schedule Of closings is ar
ranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the week ending October
u. 1901, the last connecting closes will be made
from the main office n fnIln,,.-.
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iNtdA t405.lzS
District OF Columbia. City Of Washington 81:
|, THOS. c. PEARSALL, cashier OF the above
named bank. DO solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best OF my knowledge and
belief THOS. c. PEARSALL. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me- this 4th day
of October. 1901.
(Seal) WILLIAM SELBY, Notary Public
Correct-Attest:
f. s. JOHNSON.
y. II. SHEA
CHARLES JACDRSEN.
Directors
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EXPERIENCED teacher ~ill advance backwari
pupils; instruct in civil service branches: teach
foreigners English. Address BOX Coz this office.
mtg
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WANTED-By an expert teacher. few scholar,
to learn telegraphy, which can be mastered in
lew months. For terms and particulars address
BOX 614, this office. ms-a
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Questions by the Court.

Mr.. Rayner said he had no more ques-
uons to ask the witness, but Admiral
Dewey said the Court wanted to ask some
The Courts questions were written and
handed to Captain Lemly with the an
swers by Mr.. Hodgson.
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Art Students League

INSTRUCTION given In mathematics. FngI,&b
shorthand. and Spanish; class or private lessons:
experienced teacher; terms reasonable. Address
BOX 575 this Office na-<
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REPORT or THE CONDITION

CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON
CITY at Washington. in the District of Co
lumbia, tthe Close of business September 30
1901
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Mr.. Hanna then put the question i.
that way. =
WAS your categorical denial made in
response to a request therefor by Ad-
miral Schley?"
1T was; as /. understood the request"
said Mr. Hodgson. admiral Schley had
written me to denv ca certain article /
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such risk at that sfaye of the hattie
When 1t was so unRecessary and when so
n.uch dcnended upon the speed of the
BROOKLYN; - Now, Flask you whether there
Is, ~ ahythlng in that Ietter l have read
SS SSI-the only part, OF the letter which /
nnu , that refers ID that Incident ask
you there is Anything in that letter
Which "Ii you say YOU mean starboard" in
near enough to them fthe Spaniardsl al
ready in which you say. I'VE will cut
uoWn the TeXas,'A and in which Schley
SAYS: say Damn the Texas; let her look out
letter of any SUCH Ipurnort as that?
A.-WelI | thinI.. thnrn 10
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Q.-Do you know anything about the
collier being disabled on the 26th or 27th?
Ayes; ! knew she was disabled. The
collier vas taken in tow by the Yale. and
she could not have been taken in tow un-
less she was disabled. 1 remember that
We sent the chief engineer of the Brook
lyn, or he was 10 go. and l think he did
80. on. board the Merrimac to see IL he
could make repairs. and get her IN trim
for going under her own steam.
Q.-NOw. / want to ask you about the
blockade at Cienfuegos and Santiago. 1
want 10 ask you In reference TO the kind
Of blockade that was maintained at 10th
these places. Can you tell me at " hat
distance the blockade, was maintained:
nTst at Clenfuegos, and wiIat character
of blockade IL was2
An the daytime we held rosition
drifting about. across with the current
and wind. i should say from four To siy
miles of. In the night my recolllction
is-that the Dupont was sent IN on The
inner line. close in to the mouth of he
harbor, and We formed a mobile IiocL-
ade, moving up and down in front Of he
mouth Of the harbor.
e.-Were there any picket boats there
at ClcnfuegosZ
A-The Dupont was used for a picJ,e,
boar. and | think the Castine
Q.-How FAR were they inside the Iine2
A--They were considerably inside of us
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Under THE SNOW.
CHASTITY Truths Revealed on the Disap.
peaTanco Of Winters White Mantle.

Deadly dangers Turk in the ground left
bare by the departing snow. All Winter
long there have been accumulating deadly
disease germs.
These have been protected and kept alive
by the covering of snow and now, with the
first warm days, these death-bringing mi
crobes are awakened by the rays of the sun,
and a. the ground dries they are carried to
all corners of the community in the dust that
is blown everywhere by the Spring winds.
The human body at this time is particu-
larly susceptible to these germs, especially
the germs of fevers The system has been
depleted by the foregoing Winter The blood
is sluggish and filled with impurities. The
nerves have not recovered from the tension
they have been under for the past months.
The stomach. the bowels, the kidneys, the
liver are all at their worst.
1t is therefore, not strange that these germs
OF disease find fertile ground in which to
thrive, flourish and develop into deadly ills.
Spring IS the time of year when one should
fear an attack of fever, especially when the
system is depleted, one should dread any
severe illness. The vitality is ct low ebb.
There is less power of resistance to throw of
disease, and it is on this account that fatal
tiles are 80 much greater during the Spring
months than at any other time Of the year.
There is but one way to ward of such
dangers, and that il to fortify. the human
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body 20 that it will become impregnable to
the germs of invading disease.
Todo this take DIR. Greene's Nervura blood
and nerve remedy. 1t will build you up
quickly, it will reestablish your waning ap-
petite, it win give you restful nights of sleep.
it will give vim and vigor to the nerves,
and it will dispel all existing poisons that
have accumulated in the body besides
counteracting the effects of others that may
accumulate.
Following is an instance that viii illus.
trate the wonderful power of DIR. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy.
Sheriff Jonas I. Stevens. who is sheriff Of
Hyde Park, Vt, says:7I have used DR..
Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy
especially As = blood purifier. I had very
severe humor on my arms, accompanied by
a very bad itching, 90 severe that could not
sleep nights, causing me great Inconvenience
by the loss Of sleep BY the itching. A friend
advised me to take Dr.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy, which did with
the most satisfactory results. for tbe
trouble has entirely disappeared. and ! can
now rest comfortably nights and have none
OF my former misery from the burning.
itching sensations"
Remember DR.. Greene's advice vii, \.
given to any one desiring the same absolute
" free if they viii write or call upon him -
ms ONCE, IS w. 18th ST.. New York Civ.
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There is nothing SO democratic as
fair-minded ignorance. 1t respects
person no more than does death. II
is being told just now how a mem.
Der of certain well-known club in
Philadelphia came across striking
example of this. There had been =
theological discussion in the smok.
ing-room, and TO sustain his argu.
ment, this member called one of the
library assistants, fellow, it must
be owned, but newly engaged for the
place. us Justin Martyr in the Ii.
brary?" asked the casuist. / don't
know, SIR" replied the attendant. II
don't think he is a member, but I'll
ask the porter" This story sounds
somehow as il it were not quite new,
but there is another one, truly an
old one, about the late Dean Burgon.
which is somewhat along the same
lines. He caught himself one day
when talking of The nature of man
as distinct from the lower orders Of
creation. "Man," he declared, sis q
progressive being; the others are
stationary. Think, for example, Of
the ass! Always and everywhere Il
is the same creature, and you never
saw and never will see more per-
feet ass than you see at the present
moment!"- Philadelphia Press.
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CHOIR SANG ABOUT NERO.
little Boy Often Heard the TyraneA
Name Mentioned In
Church.

A teacher in Ninety-Third street
school relates this series of misunder
standings as an illustration of the ne
cessity of distinctness of speech when
addressing little children:
Recently she had occasion to speak
to her class about Nero, says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean. She gave a synop.
sis of the emperor's interesting career
and asked the boys if they had ever
heard of him before. All disclaimed
previous knowledge of this sanguinary
character except one youngster in the
rear of the room, who raised his hand
and said, timidly: IF you please, Miss
II, I've heard of him."
The teacher was glad to know that
at least one of her brood had received
preliminary home training on his
torical subjects, and she smiled be-
nignly. Indeed" she said; .and who
told you about him?"
''We sing about him in our church, -
said the small boy.
The teacher was puzzled then.
"Why. what do you sing about Nero in
church," she asked.
I'VE sing Nero, My God to Thee /"
said the small boy, blithely.
Another day the class as a whole
was taught for the benefit of those not
receiving proper home training that
when they found it necessary to walk
before other persons or discommode
them in any way, it was polite to say:
Il beg your pardon" The teacher mo-
ticed at the time that the face of one
of her listeners wore puzzled express
sion, but being pressed for time, she
did not inquire into the cause of his
perplexity, but proceeded with her les
son in manners, leaving the pupil to de-
velop his own ideas.
A few days later a result of this de-
velopment was made ludicrously APP
parent. On Friday afternoon several
ladies called. There were specia! ex-
ercises for their entertainment. and
in going from one side of the room to
the other the boy with vague percep-
tons was obliged to pass directly be-
fore the visitors, to whom he bowed
jerkily one by one, and said: ..Bak-
ing powder Finally one of the ladies
sitting near the teacher asked in a
whisper: "What on earth is that child
saying?"
The teacher, who had been cruelty
mystified by the inexplicable remark,
called the boy over for an explanation.
willie, what was you saying a mo-
ment ago?" she said.
Willie blushed uncomfortably..
Nothing but baking powder" he
said. ioutold US we must always say
that when passing before anybody"
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

In English cotton factories 1881
women are employed and only .147,245
men.
The bustard is the heaviest bird
that flies. The record for cock
bustard is 40 pounds.
According to Prof. Oster, of Lon
don, IS per cent. of the deaths in
typhoid fever are due to perforation
of the bowel. By timely operation,
he says, 80 to 40 per cent. of these
cases can be rescued from death.
Canada still has a wild herd of buf-
falo. Traces of the existence of the
animals were found in the woods at
the west of Slave river. 1t was as
certained that the buffalo was being
mercilessly hunted and destroyed by
the Indians.
The official returns of the COM
merce of France for the year 1900
show decrease. They amount to
\, 408, $50, 900 francs, as compared with
4,51s. 30S.0OO francs for 1899. The ex-
ports for 1900 also decrease, being
only 4,07s,O32,00 francs, as against
Ass, 635, 900 francs in 1899.
The Ontario government has re-
served 100000 acres of wild land
near Lake Temagami, great lake
lying west of Lake Transforming. on
the Upper Ottawa. This will be used
as national park where the TIM
Der will be preserved and the game
will be allowed to increase. The
number of beavers and deer is in
creasing.
The United Kingdom continues tc
be the chief of the foreign patrons
of the Carrara quarries. According
tc the latest official returns, out of
161,259 tons exported 40,0s9 tons, or
one-fourth the entire quantity, came
to England. The United States may
soon take the lead, for the quantity
credited to them was 39,S57 tons.
Italy required $4,000 tons. The quar-
ries extend from Carrara to Massa
and Versilia. Altogether there are
bS64, but 1913 of them are not worked
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"Bill' Anthony was one of the best
examples that came out of the Span
ish war of the man who can keep his
head when others have lost theirs.
His coolly Indifferent announcement
to Sigsbee that the Maine was sink
ing either showed soul disciplined
to the condition of the automaton or
q spirit which nothing could dismay.
| once asked Capt. Sigsbee if the pop
ular version of Anthony's speech was
correct. He said it was, but that An
thony did not salute him, as was gen.
orally told, nor preface his speech
with II beg to report, sir" eve
bumped into each other. in the. dark. y,
Sigsbee said, land if he had saiuted
and spoken with that formality he
would have been thinking of himself
and Of making an effect, and not of his
duty. What he really said and did is
better without any Of the additions
which came later Richard Harding
Davis, in Everybody's Magazine.
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THE RIVER.


Softly the breath of morning steals IA I'M
across the sky.
Silently back to cloudland the chilling
vapors HE.
And out Of the chaos Of darkDess another
day Is won.
While careless of the wonder, the river
howeth on.
The day mounts high and higher. the heav-
ems melt to brass:
Along the siaring highway the weary peo-
pie pass,
Faint with their ceaseless toiling and
dropping meath the sun.
Unconscious that the river still tirelessly
flows on.
The sky fades back to golden then blanches
into gray.
With purple shadows creeping across the
western way.
The day deeps Into darkness. its race IL
fairly run.
But the great insistent river still pause
lessly flows on.
Youth hath Its dawn OF promise: manhood
Its stress and strain
When the sun beats hot from the zenith
and the goal Is hard to gain.
] But age and death and twilight come when
the day Is done.
And We lie. at rest unmindful that the
river floweth on.
Miss Alice d. Baukhage. in N. Y. OBJ
server.
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gers, and his amiability made him
popular with persons who knew him.
Still he was not dog to encourage
close friendships. He was uniformly
ahable, but for Cannon alone he
seemed to cherish an abiding affec-
ton. If they were separated Jim
would not eat, and at q word from
Cannon he would have launched his
big carcass at q wild elephant.
Their friendship had endured two
years when Jim performed the feat
that brought him the broad silver
collar that he wears. Two highway
men attacked Cannon, and Jim broke
the right arm of one of them. and
Cannon shot the other with the re-
volver that Jim's prisoner dropped.
The robbers were criminals of note.
and Jim and Cannon got much fame
out of the exploit, but neither seemed
jealous of the other.
1t was soon after this that Gan.
non saw The Woman. Jim was not
with him, and II he had been the result
would have been the same. For Gan
non lost his heart as soon as his eyes
rested on her. Her. skin was a.
smooth and soft as the sunkissed
side of . peach, and the CLEAN of the
topaz was in her eyes. Her person
atty was burned into Gannon's brain
and heart. He went to his office
with her image just behind his eve
balls. Half forgotten bits of verse
and fragments Of lore songs strug-
gled for utterance ON his lips. He
hadn't spoken to her. He might
never see her again, but she was The
Woman. He might marry another
but hers would be the image in bis
inner heart.
When Cannon saw her next jim
was with him. She was coming from
. department store. Cannon gaxed
on her as long Is he could without
attracting the attention Of the no.
hceman stationed on the corner 70
discourage the MASKING industry. he
revolved in his mind divers possible
and impossible schemes for FORMING
her acquaintance. He wanted to
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ssDEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:,

ssDEAR MRS. PINKHAM;-I
was suffering such fortunes
from nervous prostration that
life was a burden. l could
not sleep at all, and was too
weak to walk across the floor.
My heart was affected SO that
often | could not lie down at
all without almost suffocating.
/ took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and it
worked like magic. feel that
your medicine has been of in
estimable benefit to me"
MISS ADELE WILLIAMSON,
1876 N. boulevard Atlanta n.
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BY the decision in the Illinois an
Peiiate court that Judge may take
q nap on the bench without invali-
dating the proceedings . witty re-
Joinder of the late Senator Eyarts Il
recalled. 1t was in the state CON-
stitutional convention Of 1867, and
the proposition was to retire all
judges at the age of 20. Martin i.
Townsend, of Troy. the combatiye
Round- Head Of the bar and stump.
told OF having seen the venerable
Chancellor Walworth asleep ON the
bench. "The honorable gentleman
does not tell us" said Mr.. Evarts ~
reply, whether he was present "a
counsel or as q spectator ON the oc-
casion of which he speaks so feel
ingly, but it is well known to the
members of the bar that the veper-
able chancellor never slept when any.
thing was transpiring worthy Of his
attention. IN. Y. World.
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SKUNK FARMS DO NOT PAY.
shown BY an Omcial Report on the
Subject TO the Secretary
of Agriculture.

A newspaper story of the profits
made by raising skunks for their skins
is giving officials of the, agricultural
department no end of trouble. 1t first
bobbed up about year ago. 1t set
forth that the agricultural depart
ment had been studying skunk culture,
and had found that the beasts were
more profitable than gold mine. AS
result of the story the department
has received many letters of inquiry,
says Washington report.
L. S. Palmer, assistant chief of the
biological survey. wants to correct
this Misrepresentation. In report to
Secretary Wilson he says:
''Misled by the statements about
the rapid increase of skunks and the
high prices paid for their skins, many
persons seriously considered the ex-
pertinent of starting skunk farms.
For several years list has been kept
of such farms located in various parts
of the country, but so far as can be
learned most of them have been aban-
doned.
Raising fur-bearing animals for
profit is not a new idea. The industry,
however, has apparently never adj
yanced beyond the experimental
stage, except in the case of the farms
for raising the arctic or blue fox, es-
tablished on certain islands of the
coast of Alaska.
Minks and skunks breed rapidly in
captivity, but the low price of skins
make the profits rather small. Last
season the highest market price for
prime black skunk skins from the
northern states averaged about sl.45
each, but white skins sold as low as Is
to 20 cents apiece. Skins that have
much white or which are obtained
from the southern states usually
bring less than dollar each, price
that leaves little margin for profit
after paying the expenses of raising
the animal in captivity"
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pUNGENr PARAGRAPHS.

"What are your heaviest expenses
In winter?" Goal and cough drops"
Chicago Record.
~"You know Will was just crazy to
marry me-" said the young bride.
Eyes; that's what everybody thinks .
replied her jealous rival.-Yonkcrs
Statesman.
Boston Person-"And she is not a
walking cyclopedia, after alp" Other
Boston Person-"Hardly! I've known
her to take street car to go two
blocks. Detroit Journal.
Mr.. Parvenu-"Waiter! Bring me
bottle of champagne" Waiter.
"sYes, sir. Dry, sir: Mr.. Parvenu--
Its none of your bushes whether
I'm dry or not."-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Little Waldo-"Stop kicking! Tha.
is against the principles of legitimate
pugilism." Micky-"I know dat, kid,
but yer mudder made me promise
not to lay me hands on yer."-Chi-
cago Daily News.
THE boy" concluded the oculist
"is color blind" "Then what do
you think we should put him at?n
well, what's the matter with max
ing an impressionistic painter OF
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Times.
"Your wife is great woman to
worry, isn't she?" "Yes, she isslone-
some without it, and i am thinking
of putting fret-work all over the
house, just to make the surroundings
consistent -Indianapolis News.
"Hear the new opera the other
night? What did you think of it?"
II don't think a man should express
an opinion of work like that till
he's heard it several times, and it's.
my impression won't hear it again.
= Philadelphia Record.
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~ ANNON bought the dog from the
u keeper ola malodorous little shop
where birds, monkeys, cats and other
pets were kept for sale. He went
there to buy goldfish for his maiden
aunt, who lived in the country, and
he had no notion of investing in q
dog, but such friendship sprang up
between him and the brute that he
couldn't resist.
Cannon claims that the dog asked
him to buy him as plainly as a person
could without the use of articulate
speech. but dog owners are as keen
to discern and exploit the wisdom of
their pets as mothers are to inter-
pref the gurglings of their babies,
and allowance must be made for this
popularity in Cannon. But Jim, as
the dog was christened, developed
into q remarkably knowing animal.
There was no apparent end to his
ability to learn, and Gannon's in
genuity in teaching him tricks. Ev-
erything possible to . dog of his
giant physique. he did, and Cannon
set as much store by him as though
he were human. He acted as body
guard for his master, whose Office
was in Real Estate row, and could
be trusted to carry . note to anyone
of dozen or more places. His size,
and saturnine countenance insured
him respectful treatment from stran-