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The times., 1901-04-14

death Mrs e. X Fleck, of the Bruen
Home, 1876 NJ Street northwest, the only
known friend of the girl, Will probably
arrange for the interment.
Miss Powers had lived in this city at
various times and occasionally had been
befriended by Mrs Fleck. Recently she
went to Richmond, her native city, but
Friday morning she returned TO this city
and drove up to Cobbs Hotel in q cab
about O'Clock. She engaged a room and
retired Late in the morning she went out
to breakfast, after which she returned
and asked Mr.. Smith the proprietor, how
long the room was at her disposal for the
price she had paid. When told the room
was hers for twentyfour hours, she paid
for second day. She then asked Mr..
Smith for employment as a chambermaid,
but was told that he had no vacancies.
The greater part of the day Miss Pow
ers remained in her room. In the after
noon she asked one of the maids to re-
main with her while, as she was lonely.
About $50 o'clock that night she rang
the bell In her room and asked for
pitcher of water, which was sent to her.
After that nothing more was seen of her
In life.
When nothing was seen or heard of
Miss Powers yesterday one of the maids
attempted to enter the room, after knock
ing and receiving no reply. The room
door was locked. Shortly after 1 o'clock
1t was determined to force an entrance
into the room and several Stats were cut
from the shutter to the window.
Lying upon the bed was the unfortunate
girl, with a white powder still adhering
to her lips, which were cold in death.
Rigor mortis had set in and it is thought
that she had been dead for nine or ten
hours The police of the first precinct
were Immediately notified and the dead
wagon sent for.
On q table near the bed was an un-
sealed envelope addressed to Mrs. Fleck,
which contained a note worded as fol-
lows: Dear Mrs Fleck: Please take
charge of my trunk. You Will find the
check in my pocketbook | am not at all
well. Please remember me In your pray
ers. Sincerely your friend, Loulie Pow
ers."
The note was conveyed to Mrs. Fleck,
and in the meantime the police, directed
by Sergeant Hodges, took charge or the
dead girls effects The trunk was Sc
cured from the railroad station and taken
to the stationhouse. Mrs. Fleck promptly
responded to the notice from the police
and called at the morgue, where she iden-
titled the remains, and asked that they be
retained several days to permit her TO
The times., 1901-04-14

lieve that if the shipments Of mules and
horses from this port are stopped the
war win cease; they claim that by vir-
tue Of a declaration of International
law contained in an international treaty
to which the foreign countries in which
their property is situated were not par
ties, they have the personal right to
eDjoin the shipments for the purpose Of
stopping the war and thus saving their
property from the destruction which
they apprehend will result to it from a
continuation of the war.
when the complainants' cause is
thus analyzed and the nature Of the
right under the treaty is considered, ii
is obvious that a court Of equity can
not take cognizance Of the cause l
am clearly Of opinion that this cause
is not within the cognizance Of this
court, and for that reason the rule nisi
must be denied"
Boarman, district Judge who sat with
Parlange. concurred in the opinion.
The times., 1901-04-14

come addicted TO the use of choral.
W hen quite sick at one time the drug
was administered to her to relieve pain
and quiet her nerves. and the use OF il.
it was said. had grown upon her. 1t Was
this drug that had produced death. and,
but for the fact that the note TO Mrs
Fleck indicated deliberate suicide. the
death might have been attributed to ac-
cideut
The times., 1901-04-14

arrange for their burial. She said she
knew the girl well. but that she did not
know that she had returned to the city:
Miss Powers who was about thirty-flVe
wears old. had told Mrs. Fleck that she
had no home or friends, and Mrs Fleck
had taken an unusual interest in her on
that account. She had always oeen a
good. hard-working girl. Mrs. Fleck said,
but 1t was understood that she had be-
The times., 1901-04-14
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II ch,.- ni arr
TosE, rg-tk ri itf.. ~ r" ~
r, f.v cat.5t,n cor
adult mo- 5 I.a1y-
CCn,Etl irea
Grapr--tUts .-. 90 --... .-.,-s-,li,-1' a
of potash rt a-t.--'fi y. .----4-i l-}.L
grains. a1t ID 9. r,E' cts "lalh'n" 10
the human focy to Iolm =, natter in
brain ana lCF.c -CFIE aH q Cr th2 body
Such noagls1sLsrt Gsf@it@ NfE0t Sn;' q.
strength ana force of 10th miGa and body
That is scientific Tccalug. and with
Grape Nuts YOU have the youngsters fed
tn a way that VIII bring the biggest kind
OF returns as they grow Up ard you see
what they accomplish because they have
well built bodies and good sturdy brains.
This is worth thinking about and the
results may be depended upon. Give your
children Grape-Nuts and use the food
yourself.
The times., 1901-04-14
eIEUTRALITY NOT VIOLATED
Tne Suit TO Prevent Mule snip
ments Dismissed.
unare ParIanGe Holds That the
Questions Raised Are Of foii'i-
cal Nmturc and the Court Il WIN
out Jurtsdiction or precedent


>,Ew ORLEANS, April 1S.-Judge
Tar!q-a-. of the United States Circuit
court. lenGe1ed a decision today in the
.e- suit brought by Gen. Samuel Pear
,.n. Of Tic Beer army: Consul General
C-arics u. Pierce, of the Orange Free
safe. ara Edward Van Ness Of New
ok. askng for an injunction to pre-
1-.- tie sn.lmeat 81 mules and horses
frora New Orleans 20 the British army
sn South africa. denying the Injunction
asked fer. ca tfe ground ihat t:-e court
is without jurisdiction in the matter
The csurl also reviewed the c2s= anG
decided that tEe plaintiffs I'D not :"
foot to stand on; t..at mules and horses
cannot Zee recorded @s n'aSt."4s Of
war. that an5er TIE Treaty % Naahias-
aon of ia1 rt- H.e-J -}.i,a.a. pr.Fa,e
The times., 1901-04-14
A VICTIM OF DESPONDENCY
PenniIess and Homeless Louise
Powers Commits Suicide.

Addicted to Choral, She Uses the
Drug to End Her sorrows - Never
Knew the Loving Care of Parents
The Disposition of the Remains.
Penniless and tired of battling against
the world alone, Louise Powers, whose
parents, it is said, died before she was
old enough to recognize them, committed
suicide in a room at Cobb's Hotel cor
ner of Tenth and r Streets northwest,
some time Friday night Her lifeiess body
was found late yesterday afternoon II
was removed to the morgue and Coroner
hewitt issued a certificate of suicidal
The times., 1901-04-14

Big Ribbon Offering.
First Floor-WestJ
We've summoned you to a series of
great Ribbon events this season that
have emphasized plainly and potently
We are determined this shall be head
quarters for Ribbons The greatest
sale of them all is arranged for to-
morrow. We can give you the choice
of all those newest Fancy Ribbons,
all silk, and 4 inches wide, that nr
we. and everybody else, have W
been selling al 13c yard-fOr
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

Mild cases may last several weeks;
but in acute cases. death occurs in
from one to seven days, and then NOR
tality is very high. 1t is estimated
that about 80 percent of the cases end
fatally, and, among infants, there is
no recovery. The mortality from lock-
jaw is. however. decreasing, as %
knowledge of the nature of the disease
becomes more widespread and physi-
clans learn how to treat it.
Analysis has shown that tetanin poi
son is much like strychnine poison in
it's effects. though much stronger, and
various experiments avebeen made to
find an antitoxin that will neutraliZe
the poison. While the results have
not been thoroughly satisfactory,
prompt incubation with tetanin anti
toxin is undoubtedly valuable in many
cases and should always be tried. If
that is possible.
Thorough cauterization of the wound
is necessary. and. if done promptly.
will ordinarily prevent danger; but
the difficulty is that the wound is often
too slight to occasion any notice or
alarm until the toxin has developed
and the harm is done.
When the disease is once fully de-
veloped the physician has a difficult
proposition upon his hands. The pa
tient is relaxed by the use of chloro-
form, and hypodermic morphine and
bromide injections are given. Hot ap-
plications are sometimes beneficial.
The patient is kept in dark room
and absolutely quiet. the slightest ex-
citement being enough to bring on con-
vulsions. If there is no tooth missing
In the patients closed jaw it is not
unusual to extract one, so that stom-
ach tube may be passed through the
opening and nourishment given in that
way. Artificial respiration is often
necessary A case developing before
the sixth day has chances OF recov-
cry; but. if the trouble does not ap-
pear until after the 18th day. there is
comparatively little hope for the pa
tient.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21
MORALS AND HEALTH.
Important Facts Discovered by the Sci
entific Study of Children.

entific Study of Children.
The school systems of the whole
world are likely to be revolutionized
by certain Investigations which have
been made recently in Chicago, writes
Edward Marshall in Frank Les
Hes Popular Magazine. Seven
thousand school children have been
examined and experimental with as
carefully and as scientifically as any
student is taught to experiment with
chemicals in 2 school laboratory.
Three facts of tremendous interest to
every father and to every mother who
have intelligence enough to appreciate
the high privilege of parentage have
been discovered.
First. it has been found that quite
as much depends upon physical devel-
opment as upon the mental calibre of
school children. IN fact. the investi-
cation shows that the two are almost
coordinate. Admitting, as in every
other generalization, that there are
many exceptions to the rule. 1t has
been proved that the strong child and
the big child is the bright child in
school.
Secondly. it has been found that
serious difference exists between girls
and boys in mental capacity. This is
so great that it may lead eventually
to the abandonment of the education
of the two sexes in common.
Thirdly, Professor Lombroso's the
ory that the perfect man physi-
cally is more likely to be the
perfect man morally than is the
man who is not perfect. has been
substantiated. The prize-fighter and
the professional athlete will imme-
diately come to mind in refutation Of
two of these statements-that con-
corning dependence of mental develop
ment upon physical development and
the dependence of moral development
upon physical development and SYM
metry Nevertheless. careful study
of men of this class will show that
they are not perfect physically; that
it. that they are not normal. 1t will
show that in nine cases out OF 10. and
indeed. in 80 cases out of q hundred,
the physical development of such per-
sons is abnormal Perfection. to the
mind of the scientist. means absolute
normality. Certain qualities of the
body of the prize-fighter have been
developed at the expense of certain
other qualities. There are certain
things about their physical makeup
which are as distinctly below the
average as the muscles with which
they fight and for which they espe-
cially train are above the average. II
James Corbett or Robert Fitzsimmons,
the pugilists, were put through the
@1~Ge tegts which the 1000 Chicago
school children have undergone. their
average would. in all human proba-
bilty be found to be very low. The
fact that the COLLEGE athlete is gener-
ally not particularly good student
by no means disproves the results OBJ
tanned by the Chicago investigators.
That he is a notable athletic of itself
suggests physical abnormality.
1t is the normal man who is apt to
be the most moral man. 1t is the nor
NAL man who is commonly the hap
piest man. 1t is the normal man who
usually makes the member OF society.
The genius in any line may very likely
not be the best citizen. because he is
abnormal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

will descriptive
W n tn lwhchw will unsteoh
comfort d he edh they hby yGnpy go onEe7dh
coHas
ODO
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21
Won His Way.

At Cornell university there Is q
young fellow with remarkable grit.
To begin with. he had $110. OF this
sum he paid 500 for tuition. and the
remainder for books. He found a
place where he could get his board
for waiting upon the table. He sue
ceeded in getting a room by tending
a furnace in the house. He has gone
right along with his studies. without
incurring debt. The future must hold
bright place for such young man
and he Is not alone in one college,
Success.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

1t requires no experience to dve with prr-
FAI FApELEss DIKs. Simply boiling vonr
goods In the dye ID all that Is necessary. Sold
by all druggists. 'o-''
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

In twenty years, at small lighthouse
IN the orkneys, IA 900 hours of storm have
been recorded.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

Check That Ugly Cough
With Hoxsie's Group Cure. Mailed on receipt
OF 90 cents. A. P. Hoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

Hollanders find it cheaper to import
hay from La Plata than to raise it on their
own meadows
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

Iamsure Plsos Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS Rob-
BINS, Maple St., Norwich, NY, Feb. II, 1900
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease,
A powder to shake into your shoes. rests the
feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen Sore
Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating Feet and In.
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makes new
or tight shoes easy. At all druggists and
shoe stores, 25 cts. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted. LeRoY. N. Y
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

An the machinery for grinding and pol
lshing. glass of q new Toledo plate glass
plant is run by electric motors.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

HHo WITH UEIeIB
Nothing so good as Garfield Headache Pow
ders for headaches and nervousness; they
cure quickly and do not harm. Send to Gar
field Tea Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y, for samples.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21
a Months Test Free.

l. you have Dyspepsia, write DR.. shoop,
Racine, Wis, Box 14S, for six bottles Of Dr..
Shoop's Restorative. EXP. paid. Send no
money. Pay $3.50 il cured.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

Walnuts came originally from Persia.
almonds from Central Asia.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

Recent estimates place the number of
electric mining locomotives in operation
in Pennsylvania at $50.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

The branches of the Mississippi River
have an aggregate length of $1,000 miles.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-21

Before the discovery of sugar, drinks
were sweetened with honey.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-07-05

Diplomacy IL fine art. and I'm It's
successful practice much depends upon
the observation OF socinl conventions
Some of the most successful diplomats
seem 20 spend most OF their timo at
dinners and parties, apparently doing
nothing but enjoying themselves, but
In reality serving well their countries.
In truth, the reputation OF "A country nc
IA foreign court and ofttimes fits well
faro In Important issues depend very
largely upon tho social abilities OF It's
minister, for the man who a. popular
socially IL very likely 60 drive a better
international bargain than his unso-
ciable brother. This Is well understood
at Washington. and the selection of
chief for one OF our foreign embassies
depends In no small part upon his So
cial culture.-Edward Page CASTOR in
WOman's Home Companion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-07-05
CARDLAND.
The Games That Were Played Ia the
Eighteenth Century.

The Games That Were Played In the
Eighteenth Century.
After the advent of the house OF Han
over the favorite games at court N'ero
"quadrille." an improvement Of "o1n-
bre." and "commerce." The gains and
losses or the kings and queens were. as
q rule. restricted to 100 guineas, but ON
Twelfth Night II was customary for
thousands TO change hands. On one
occasion Lady Cowper, q lady in wast-
Ing. refused for the sake Of her chill
dren to take part In the game. az none
sat down 10 the table with less than
600.
About the year 1T40 o rage for
"whIsk." or whist. set I'm, but at frst
IL was considered too wise a game for
ladies to Join In. Hume, the historian,
never went to bed without his whist,
and even the great Johnson regretted
THAI he had not learned to play cards.
In 1912 Horny" Walpole finds II abso-
lutely necessary to learn "whsst."
having waited In vain for its being
left on" We find him I'm another tet-
ter threatening to- build an altar to
pam" to commemorate the escape OF
his charming Duchess Of Grafton. who.
IL appears, had been playing cards In
Rome when she ought TO have been at
cardinals reception, where the floor
fell in and all the monsignores were
precipitated into the cellar!
Cards were so very much in evidence
in his time that even invitations were
frequently issued and notes written up
on the backs OF playing cards, which
on that account were usually plain,
without any design. The chevalier's
famous order to retreat at Culloden
was written on the back OF the nine OF
hearts.
A fresh attempt was made Ia 1899 to
remedy the state OF gambling In Eng
land by passing an act which provided
that ''any person keeping q house or
other place to game In forfeits Zoo,
half TO the prosecutor and half to the
poor OF the parish" whereupon two
ladies OF title, Mordington and CGsSelis.
who keep open houses for gambling.
claimed their privilege OF peerage In
order 10 intimidate the peace officers
from doing their duty and suppressing
the public gaming houses by them
Longman's Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-07-05
WOMEN AND DREAMS.
superstition That In Rife Even
Amonx the Educated Fair Sex.

superstition That Ii Rife Even
Among the Educated Fair Sex.
IL doesn't seem possible that in this
enlightened age superstition could be
rife among the educated. but there are
nevertheless n number OF young won-
en- who converse fiuently, II not elo-
Quently, In. three languages. and who
read Spencer and Browning and Emer-
son. but who place n drcambook with
their Bible on the table beside the bed
and consult IL In the morning the first
thing.
With a credullty worthy OF a negro
nanny, II their sleep has been visited
with unusual visitors they seize this
volume as soon as their eyes are fairly
open and look for an explanation. II
misfortune Is f0retold by II, the seeker
after knowledge assumes bravndo
she Is far from feeling. II don't care"
she says TO herself. by way OF bolster
ing up her courage. II am not super
sttious. anyway, and don't believe In
such arrant nonsense" But she's nerv.
Gus just the same FOR days until her
troubles have driven this mythical one
out OF her mind.
There's one young woman known 10
ahe writer who never dreams OF n
young child without shivering and
shaking for days after I'm fear OF some
dreadful thing happening TO her. Sho
has not consulted dreambook on the
subject. and 40 she doesn't know how
infants and bad luck became connected
I'm her mind. but nevertheless. after she
has had visit OF this sort while sleep
Ing. she says prayers of unusual length
aud then makes up her mind TO be pa
tent under Affections sore.
She Is an Intelligent woman. mind
you. but she doesn't attempt 10 explain
the terror that besets her at this par
ucular dream. She doesn't call herself
superstitious-of course no woman
doe. not even the one who wouldn't
wsik under n ladder-but her friends
do and make light of her until she ex-
poses some fetch OF theirs. when the
subject Is carefully avoided afterward
baltimore American.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-07-05

During prolonged fast the loss of
weight is unusually rapid ut first and
decreases as the time goes on. Death
ensues when n certain percentage of
the loss has been reached, and this per
centnge varies according TO the origi-
nal weight. Fat animals may lose half
their weight, thinner ones perhaps two
tifths. A man or woman OF rather
spare build weighing i43 pounds
might therefore. lose about b5 pounds
before succumbing. Children die after
fast or from three to five days. dur
Ing which they have lost "A quarter OF
their weight. Healthy adults. however.
have tasted 30 days when water has
been taken. A German physician re-
ports the case OF "A woman aged II
years who tasted for 40 days. taking
water freely. She lost ~ pounds out
OF 143 pounds and died from exhaus-
ton.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-07-05
Much Reading for LAtie Money.

The New York World has got
the cost of printing down TO a min>
imum. Its latest offer ofits month
~ newspaper magazine is in.eres-
ting If from no other cause than
that Vt shows the acme of show
much for bow little.n
The monthly World is 80 mage
magazine with colored cover, Its
pages are about the size of the
pages of the LADIES' Home Jour
nal, and 1t is copi0uslv illustrated
IN halt-tone. The illustrations are
the result OF the best artistic skill
aided by all the latest printing.
press appliances, making a maCa~
zine uurivalled in the quality of its
contents and Its appearance.
Each issue contains storie of
romance, love, adventures, travel
stories of fiction and fact; stories
of things quaint aud curious,
gathered together from az over
the world; the results of scientific
res arch, and editorial reviews. 1t
numbers among its contributors
the leading liteIrry men and
Women of the day.
The feature each month is q full
page portrait of the most famed
man or woman of the moment in
the public eye.
In collecting aud preparing for
publication the literary matter aud
art subjecting for the Monthly
World no expense is spared.
The New York World will send
six numbers of this newspaper
magazine on reception of fifteen
cents in stamps. Address The
World, Pulitzer Building, New
York.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-07-05
THE CONQUEST OF KOREA
Japanese Legend of Emperor Chuat
and Hts Valiant wife

Japanese Legend of Emperor Chuat
and his Valiant wife.
Seventeen centuries ago the japanese
Emperor Chuai was playing his lutte
In the presence of his wife and prime
minister. Whcthcr on account of the
music or from some other cause. the
empress became inspired with divine
afhatus and began To utter the thoughts
put into her mind by the deity. There
Is land 20 the westward" she ex-
claimed, "and In that land is album
dance OF treasure. gold and silver. daz.
zling To look upon. This land Will
now bestow upon you"
The emperor pushed away his lutte.
III you go up 60 IA high place and look
toward the west" said he there il no
land TO be seen, but only the great wa
tiers. They are lying spirits who hive
spoken to you"
Then the good god was filed with
anger, and again he moved the empress
to prophesy. You are not At" she
said, Ito rule this empire. Go the one
roadr'
But the prime minister trembled
when he heard these words and said to
his master; II am troubled. my heaven
ly sovereign. 10y this terrible message
Continue. | pray. 10 play the august
lutte"
The Emperor Chuai commenced TO
play softly. Gradually the sound died
away; all was still. They held light
20 his face and saw that he was dead.
But the empress put herself at the
head OF her feet, invaded the land OF
gold and silver with her warriors and
soon made the three kingdoms OF Ko-
rea tributary To- Japan.
These things happened. we ARE told,
In the year POI A. D.. and the story OF
the valiant empress IS as familiar to a
japanese as IL that OF Boadicea 10 our
selves.-NineteenthC Century.