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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-25
'sShe Was q BeauteOus
Lady, Richly Dressed"
BIZ GERTRUDE DAVENPORT

~Were they like Mr.. Barnett's. NAM
MAJ"
The lady started, and a. soft pink flush
crept into her cheeks. She glanced quickly
at the child; it was only chiId's thought
less question.
"Yes." they were like-and yet so IN
like!'
Did the little boy love the little girl,
mamma 90
.'Oh. so much MignonHe! But the little
girl grew up, and everyone told her that
she was beautiful And-and-chiId, when
she looked at other girls. and then at her
own reflection in the mirror. she saw
how much more beautiful she was than
they. Well. one day IA prince came.
and ne told the girl that she was too
lovely to stay on the farm with the
brown-eyed boy. He asked her to &c with
him, and promised that she should have
every pleasure the great world held;
gowns and laces and SeweIs, and operas
and baIls-eyerything that her foolish
heart Ionged for. And so, Mignonne, she
married the prince. and went away with
him, far away from the boy, and
Did the prince give her the nice
things, mamma %
oh, child. they were not nice. The
pure gold was in the buttercups by the
old spring; the real diamonds were the
dewdrops on the wild roses that grew
along the lane; the sweetest music was
the singing of the little brook over the
pebbles; the only happiness WAS by his
side"
Whose? The Prince's?"
| No; there was nothing there but mis-
cry. baby. misery She saw always the
boys brown eyes; she listened always for
his voice. Oh, child! To think that ht
/ is famous now; and She
Wasn't the Princess happy. mamma? %
NO. Oh, no. Her heart was always
aching She would laugh and dance, and
dress in costly laces and jewels; but She
never could forget the ache. because
--Why9''
Because her heart was broken
'Oh, mammal Here they comet" ex.
! claimed the child. forgetting all about
/ the story as murTnUr Of voices broke
/ the silence. Again the portieres parted
I and a lady entered, followed by two mer
| IN evening dress; one a thick-set man
with coId-grey eyes and iron grey whis-
! kers-the master Of this PalatiaI home
the other a tall, distinguished looking
/ man, with dark curling hair and deeI
/ brown eyes
The lady arose as they entered, and ad
| vanced TO greet them. She was lovely
/ before: she looked radiant now. The biu'
! eyes shone. and the fair face giOwed viii
/ pleasuTe-or perhaps. excitement. for hel
/ hands tTembleG-
The tall gentleman took 4 seat, RnC
/ began talking TO the child
! ''What have you been doing to amust
| yourself fairy?'' he asked, smiling dowl
! at her.
| Mamma has been telling ne q story
Do you like stories 2"
! Sometimes. Was this a good story?''
Not very" said the child frankly
mamma almost cried about it. but
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-25

didn't think it was sad No one died in
it"
what was it about, Mignonne?"
Well, Il was about a poor little girl
with bars feet''-glancing at her own
dainty slippers-"oniy mamma said she
was rich
Indeed! Why?" sE
Well, Gauss she had love and flowers
by spring and had a farm. Did you
ever see farm, Mr. Barnett?''
Yes. But the little girI?"
We'll, she loved a little boy"
"Ahr"
yes, cause he knew all about flowers.
and had brown eyes Mamma said they
were about like yours. He loved the little
girl, too, and he had an awful great
heart
'eWhat became of the girI2"
"a Prince came aIong-she was growed
up then-and told her that she could have
everything she wanted-diamoads and
laces and things-
did she marry the Prince2"
Yes, and mamma said his gold %asn' t
real gold at ALL
What was it?"
Just misery"
! "Did-did she say the Princess loved
the little boy?"
''Oh, more'n anything"
H'And wasn't she happy with the
Prince?"
"Ohl" said the child, looking up with
eyes that were strangely like those which
had locked into his from beneath the hood
of a checked sunbennet in the spring
tire Of a I0ng-past youth no, her heart
was always aching for the boy; and /
gaess heartache must be awful bad,
| cause mamma just about cried when she
told me-"
What did she say2"
'She said began the child, toying idly
| with her bit of q lace handkerchief, and
| looking rather longingly at the group at
/ the other end OF the room, for she was
tired of The story-"she said the gsrI
| heart was broken
| Come, Mignonne: you viii tire Mr..
| Barnett with your chatter" called tie
| sweet voice of the lady. 4 think hear q
| carriage, The others will soon be here
"Mignonne has been telling NE q
story said VT. Barnett to the lady, then
| reaching out his hand to detain the child.
/ as her mother moved away, listen, dear
| 1 viii tell you the rest Of the story !
| know it,
do you? Mamma hadn't finished wheI
| you came" replied the child, with re-
turning interest. thinking that perhaps
/ the story would yet prove interesting
Tell your mamma that the rest OF the
stony is" He paused and glanced a
the beautiful lady.
What questioned the child, impa
| tiently.
| STOPPING down and whispering softly il
| the chiId's pink ear. he said:
That the boys great heart is dead
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-25

Soft, velvety carpets; rich draperies;
rare old paintings IN deep gold frames;
quaint cabinets, richly carved, filed with
treasures from many lands. The air was
heavy with the fragrance of dollhouse
flowers; the distant murmur Of a fountain
made a low, dreamy melody.
woman recHned in wide easy chair.
She was in perfect harmony with the
beauty of her surroundings. Her exqui-
site face. outlined against the dark back
ground, looked like rare cameo. Jewels
golden hair, dressed high and looking in
the dim light, like a queens eoronet.
The portieres parted and a little girl
came dancing into the room; q little girl
with such blue eyes, such golden eurls,
and such tiny, satin-shed feet, that she
looked more like fairy than a human
child. As she rested her dimpIed elbows
on the woman's lap, and looked with
childish eyes into the face so like her
own, one knew at once that they were
mother and daughter.
Mamma, hasn't Annette made NE look
pretty?'
Yes, dear
Wont papa and the company come
sooD?'
Presently
And, mamma, may I have all the
creams want? Oh, dearl It's so stupid
I wish they would come. Mamma
fully, as the lady did not speak-''what
are you thinking about? Tm so lone
some. Annette said would have lovely
time; but The blue eyes were full
of tears.
Don't CRY, dearie; they viii come
soon. Shall tell you a story?'
Please do, mamma
We'll, sit here-so. Once upon time.
! began the lady. in low. musical voice
there lived a little girl wao had blue
eyes and yellow curIs, like yours, dear
but she didn't have such pretty gowns
No; she wore little gingham apr1hs ant
sunbonnets, and ran all day with her Httl,
feet bare"
"Oh, mammal interrupted the child
/ petulaatIy. 4 don't want to hear abou
/ poor little giris,'
"Ah, child! She was not poor, bu
/ rich-oh, so richtt'
But she had bare feet!''
True. But she vas rich, for she pos
! sessed earth's rarest jewels-youth AM
innocence and love. There was boy
dear. noble little boy-who always play
ed with this little girl He always knew
where the first spring flowers grew. Tn
violets came first, IN the hack pasture
/ where an old messy log sheltered then
/ from the wind. And the butteTcups
/ How they grew around the SPRING
Mamma, what did the little girl do?
/ interrupted the child
"Ah, Mignonne. mother forgets- Well
/ the little girl loved the little boy. He ha
such q great. good heart And the brown
est eyes-oh, such beautiful eyes!''
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-25
Evening
Cow
SttllffffS

for the Debutante, for Receptions,
for Weddings, for Dinner Parties,
for Theatre Parties, fc- Teas, for
Balls, for all Fashionable Occa-
sions and Social Functions.
Rich Laces, TuIles, Chifons,
Mousselines, Satins and Nets,
appliqued. embroidered, spangled,
and jeweled; also Silks, Satins,
Woods, and a vast variety ofother
fabrics that are now so generally
shown by the leading Paris mod
istes.
Also Real Rose Point. Duchesse
and Applique Laces, Hair Orna-
ments, Gown Garnitures, Neck
Pieces, Dainty Pearl and Steel Or
nanents, Paris Corsets and Linge-
RE.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-25
EDNA WALLACE BUYS
BROTHER BIRTHRIGGHT
he NEEDED CHRISTMAS MONEY.
Sold S5O,OO9 Legacy to the Actress
for $500 Cash and 500 q
Month During
Life.

CHICAGO. Dec. z5.-Ton Wallace
brother of Edna Wallace Hopper, the &C
tress, last night sold 10 his sister his title
to a $50 coo legacy to get money enough
TO celebrate Christmas
To please tie brother, Edna Wallace
Hopper, accompanied by a maid and her
attorney, came here from New York.
They arrived at the Auditorium Annex
yesterday afternoon, and after q meeting
with the brother IN the evening. al which
the papers were drawn up, Edna Wallace
Hopper left for New York.
Did Net Want to Wait
Tom Wallace has been known on the
Ievse for many years. His reputation Is
that Of a good fellow" For several years
he has been tending bar in saloon at
Clark and Polk Streets.
Brother and sister net last night and
Tom Wallace agreed to take $500 as
Christmas money and 500 month for
the balance OF his natural life. rather
than wait until the money which was due
him by his brothers will would be paid
him.
ION and Ed0a " aiLace are the chiIdTeu
Of Josephine Dunsmier- Mrs. Dunsmfe1
died a year ago She knew her sons fail
ing. He was improvident, so she left
him a legacy Of SD. geo, which was not Il
be paid to him urtH he arrived at his
forty-ffth birthday.
Happy over the Trade.
Tom Wallace is IS years years old. Sew
enteen years seemed a long ways Of OF
Christmas night The young man wanted
Christmas money With $500 cash he va.
willing to take a chance IN the balance
One hundred dollars month as long a
he lives suited him The lawyer WhC
accompanied Miss Hopper from New YoTl
put Toms proposition OF paper
After he had resigned his legacy and Sc
cured his money, he kissed his sister
good-by, wished her merry Christina!
and went away happy
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-25
Happv O. fhe Trade.
TEACHERS AS sPELLERs.
Chieago's Corps Proves 10 Be De
6cfeBt in 0rthOgraphy.

CHieago's Corps Proves 10 BE De-
dcient in 0rthOgraphy.
CHICAGO. Dec. 25.-omciaIs of the
school board have concluded that the BIZ
ography Of public school teachers ought
10 be included in the Investigation tia.
IS being made 10 ind cut why children
are poor spoilers. It is found that a num-
Der Of the teachers cannot spell correctly
the names Of the towns in which they
were born
Some time ago Superintendent Cody
sent out information blanks, asking every
teacher to give her name, birthplace. age.
indicate the extent OF her education, etc.
Il has now proved that these informa-
ton blanks became a spelling test. One
teacher sent IN the information that she
was born IN the month of FEBRUARY" An
other was born in ''OIdwine." Iowa. The
clerks have put her down for 0efwein.
One teacher said she had completed her
education by university "extention' meth
DDS.
Still another teacher was born IN Ten
eSee
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-25
ATHLETES REACH CALIFORNIA.
University sf Michigan Plays stan
ford on NeET Year.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. Z5.-The Univer-
sity Of Michigan eleven arrived here last
night. ana viii continue its journey to
Pasadena this afternoon, where 1t VIII
play Stanford on New Year Day
It is thought this team Is the strongest
aggregation OF football talent that has
ever visited California. Hester, one OF
the backs. and Gregory. centre, are Cali
fornians-
Manager Crafts. Coach Yost and Trainer
Fitzpatrick accompanied the team Coach
Tcst is well acquainted On the coast, hav-
ing handled the Stanford team two sea
sons, and it MAS largely through him that
The game was arranged
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-25

Attention is also invited to a
choice and complete assortment of
Nomen's and Mems
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-25
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
Major Champion Returning After a
Two Xears' Stay There


Two Years. Stay There
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. 25--Relatives
in this city OF Major Louis ". Champion,
CT the Medical Department Of the army,
have received word that the major IS new
on his way home from the Philippines. He
sailed from Manila on December Is, COM
ing by way of the Suez Canal, and is ez-
pected to reach home IN February Major
Champion VIII spend a month in Baltimore
and will then go to San Francisco. He
Will be stationed at the Preside Cor the
next three years
Major Crampta1 IS well known and
popular in baltimore. He Is a native of
Frederick county, lie was surgeon at
Fort AfeHenry until two years ago, in
November, when he went TO the Philip
pines
He was in IIoilo for a year md was
then placed ii charge Of the hospital at
Manila
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-25
Co. 10 Prerent PneumonIa.

II Is well established fact bat pneumonia
can be presented This disease always results
from, a cold or from an attack Of inauenzs-
ar.sng the tens Of thousands who have used
C3gaulberIaiE's Cough Remedy fGr these diseases
YOU ziu not find single case that has ever re
suited in pneumonia which shows cpIcllSlVely
tFst Il Is a certain preventive Of that dead DIS
casa The fact Is L counteracts any tendency O.
cold OF attack Of the grip towsrG Pneumonia
Il Is famous for It's quick cures Of colds 2Ti ftp
T-v Il. Henry Evans, Wholesale and Retail, and
all druggists sell Il
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-25
Hoods Pills a sss... ssss By .,

the best families and are worthy your con
idence. Try them once and yoG VII prefer them
to ali others. Sold by ali druggists. . cents.
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Judge r. J. Boykin Dead.

FORT WORTH. Tex. Dec. 25.-Judge
Robert J. Boykin died yesterday. aged six
ty-two. His death was due 70 injuries re-
ceived last spring by falling from train.
He was a graduate of the University Of
Alabama and University of Virginia He
located in Texas at the close of the civil
wa and had filed several important Of
Aces
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-06
SaintinG.

Syncope. W fainting, results from al Inadequate supply of Blood to tl.e bra,n he patients head should
 therefore, be lowered. and all tight bands !oosened in order to promote free circulation. Let there be a gen. eIous supply of fresh air. being care- ful at the same time to avoid draughts Fr!csioa may be applied to the ex- fre.2ities, always remem bering to rub towards not from. the heart. Cold water dashed over the face will often assist in reviyjng the patient and smelling salts are often used as re- storative. Tn the case of strong smei:
 Ing salts. one should never hold the bottle for any length Of time close to the nostrils of an unconscious person. hut pass 1t to and ire at some little 5.stance from the face. Perhaps tha safest way Is to hold tho cork or stop- per of the bottle near the patients nostrlls, as that will answer all pur. noses and prevent injurious efecto
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The Upturned Mn.tache

.pcupos of the statement that several portraits of Charles I. by Van Dyek. showed the same fierce Iaustache which he kaiser is so fond of, a German monthly new comes forward and ob. serves that the "upturned mustaehe" vas really invented at the court of Philip ". of Spain. Charles l., being Ph.iip's brother-in-law. subsequently set the fashion in England. and thence | spread to Belgjum, Ger many, Swed- 2n and France, Louis XIII. was prae- tically the last monarch to wear this type of mustaehe. until it's revival by William Ii.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-06
Mil!ionair>s Tn Prussia,

According to European print of the eleven richest persons in Prussia, with fortune of over 30,000, GOO marks, four live in Silesia, two each in Hesse-Nas- sau and Rhine-Prussia, one in Vest phalia and two in Berlin Within the district of Potsdam, which comprises the suburbs of Berlin, there are now residing 136 miilionaires, against 1G9 In 1898, showing an increase of twenty. three per cert Among the millionaires twenty-three fas against thtrty-two in 1897) have an actual annual income Of >ot exceeding 5000 marks; they are principally owners of building lots in the outskirts of the city, three of whom live in Berlin and five in the districts of Potsdam. AS regards the income there are in Prussia 148 persons having an annual revenue of 500,00O marks against 12S in 1897, end only 103 in 1896. Of this number forty-nine tagainst forty-three in 1897 and twen. ty-seven Tn 1S96), have an income of upward of 100000 marks, and of these millionaires fourteen live ln Berlin. thirteen in Hesse-N Nassau, ten is Rh'ne-Prussla and two in Saxony.
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w,. P1aym.e. ?, tho ouee~

There has just died at Clapham, Eng land somewhat interesting charao- ter in the person of Mrs. Middleton, who was well known throughout the district as having in her younger daya 5een a playmate and close companion Of her majesty the queen. The old lady, who at the time of her death had passed her hundredth birthday, was during the early part of the century, maid to one of the queens ladies-;a. waiting, and used to converse freely of her recolleetions of her majesty's childhood. witk which she was closely associated, and of which she retained some very pleasant memories. She was recently the recipient of a substantial gift from her majesty on the oroasiou of her brthda,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-06
Ainska arewing NarnNer.

Pros peetiye visitors and gold-seekers in the klondike region may extract some comfort from the discovery, made by the Hartman Alaska expedition that most of the glaciers which abound in that territory are reeeding. The fact !s an indication that the average weather there is growing warmer. If it were growing colder the glacera would be advancing, while if it were about the same one year with anothe, they would maintain the same general position, neither creeping nearer to tho sea nor melting away from their ter. minal moraines. The rate of glacial recession is so slow, however, that fur overcoats and warm sleeping bags are likely to remain as 9 part of the neces. sary equipment Of Alaskan travel for some years to come. Nothing. it may be added, is slower thar the move ment of glacier, except the sattle- ment or the Alaskan boundary dig pNte-
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NEW USE FOR COAL DUST.
Somebody Apparently Selling 1t Widob
 fin Place of Antimon9.

A rural chemist has accidentally dis covered curious case of adulteration. or, more accurately. ot substitution iD the matt 1T of @ drug commonly sold in pharmacies. rural and urban. The drug is the tri-sulphide of antimony, commonly known as black antimony, The chemist in analyzing patent remedy discovered that the Ingredients nearly corresponded with those in formula furnished by the Agricultural department but that coal dust had been substituted for black antimony. Struck with this discovery, the chemist obtained twelve samples of black anti m0ny, most of them from druggists in his own neigh borhood, but one from New York, of these, onlS one was .eally black antimony; the others were ooal dust, coal dust and chalk or coal aust and sand. There is no reason 10 suppose that the druggists knew of the substitution, for there would be little profit in the deception unless 1t were practiced on a large scale; but tt seems plain that some manufacturing chemist is selling a worthless substi- ute for Black antimony. Indeed the cabstitute may be selt out from more tl,an one factory, fsr while the dozen samples tested came from the eastern coast, the remedy in which the sub. stitution was originally detected came from the west. The New York drug gist who sold sample of the substi ute does business in fashionable quarter where there is a eonsiderabl demand for black antiynony on the part of groomS and coachmen, who use il in the preparation Of condition pow ders for horses. Two other druggists in the same neghborhood do not keep black antimony. One of them keeps what is known as red antimony, which is chemically identically with black antinony though different in appear acce. Red antimony is a product of chemical precipitation, while black antimony Is natural product found In many parts of Europe in Nova Scotia Rad Nevada.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-06
sn!oke shells sueeest-n.

The great loss of life incurred by the Engiish troops is mainly attributable to the charges they have had to make across open spaces in order to d'slslg. the enemy from the sheltering kopje Tn order to minimize the death coll i, aas been suggested that just before a charge takes place smoke shells should be fired, which would temporarily hide he English soldiers.
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evonshlre.s "sIne,nx Man.

Devonshire, Eng, has lost its chief singing man." The singing men of oevonshire" are those who preserve and chant the old West Country songs and ballads. James Parsons was a hedger ey profession and musician by na- sure. It is due to Parsons that the aofuty still possesses SO many of it's old-time airs and verses He was known throughout the county as The Singing Machine, a title due to the fact that somo years ago, after an eYeria9' 5 bout. he took and won bet that he would go on singing until sun 7ise and never sing the same song @ica
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SABLE ISLAND PONIES,
Their Names Are in Some Instance
 Three Yards Iouo


 Three Yards Long.
 The story of animal life on Sable Island is strange. Roaming the sandy wastes are herds of wild ponies guard ed by 14c.larchal stallions, says Ains- lees Magazine. These ponies resent ble che horses on the sculptures of Nine- seh, and approach the beholder seem- ingly out of the framework of antiqui- sy. They are stocky and remarkable for their long Danes, which in in- stances have been known 10 grow to the length of three yards. These po- aies are the remnant of a stock thought yu have been left by some Portuguese isheymen~-"Portingalls the old rec ords quaintly call them--who touched at the islands on their fishing expedi- ton at even an earlier date than ths Marquis de la Roche Al 0ae tine there were from 400 to 300 wild ponies on the Island, but their number has been de- creased y exportation, the severity of the winters and, some people think, by the Importation nt improved, do- a,esttcated stallions. which have made the stock less hardy and consequently more susceptible to death from expos ure. There are now between eighty and 100 wild ponies and about thirty for domestic use Mounted on ponies, The life savers galiop over the dunes md among the hillocks on their long patrols, and the lifeboats are drawn to .he scenes of shipwreck by teams of i've ponies, three at the shaft and two leaders. Some of the ponies are sent to Halifax every year or two, and are sold at auction at an average price of from sl5 to SIS
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Strauss Played the e.

The teacher who influent s most was one Joseph Ore .De choirmaster of St. Stevens Church in Vienna, who tried to get the w2lt7as out of the boys head and put in tne!i place anthems and chorals. In this undertaking he met with indifferent success, for the worshippers in one o1 the Vienna churches were startled on Sunday morning ~.sn there poured forth from the organ, filling the gloomy building by it's enchanting notes, waltz instead of the solemn Gregorian chant to which they were accustomed
 It was Johann Strauss, Jr.. who had taken the organist's place and substi- tuted his own favorite selection for the usual sacred vIsie, much to the dis may Of ne pious folk and the amuse. ment Of t1e vorr, people of the con- gre F Steiner in the ar E COmDa1inn