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Evening star., 1901-09-04
Amateur Games.


The 81. Elizabeth base ball team defeat
ed the Pearson Athletic Club on the asy-
lum grounds Monday by 8 to q Both
teams played an excellent game. Reamer.
who did the twirling for the home team,
pitched beautiful game. allowing only
four hits while Greenfield, who pitched
for the visitors. was hit for eleven safeties
The all-round team work OF both sides
was Of the finest order.
The Metropolitan Athletic Club base ball
team defeated the Washington Athletic
Juniors at Chevy Chase by "a to 8. The
features OF the game were the pitching or
q. Kane. who had ten strike outs to his
credit. and the heavy hitting of the NJ
A. C.'s. The winners would like to hear
from teams sixteen years OF age. Address
challenges to g. Herbert. 46O G street
southwest.
The Second RAdfords. who claim the
championship for fifteen years. would hike
10 hear from teams Of that age Address
Evening star., 1901-09-04

Malaria Makes Impure BIeod.
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic cures Y isr..
Evening star., 1901-09-04

Remarkable Games at Cleveland.
Cleveland. playing at home yesterday.
broke the shut-out record by defeating Bos-
ton IN two games, the visitors not getting
q run In either contest. Moore and Lewis
had pitchers' battle In the first, only two
Evening star., 1901-09-04

Don't you forget. Royal Headache
Tablets are quick and safe curs. dosss. Zoe.
Evening star., 1901-09-04
Whit e Shirt Waists. 40c.

Down from $1.50: some very handsome
Waists In the remaining assortment, includ-
Ing sailor collar effects Of all-over embroidery
and Persian lawn, with embroidery trimmed
fronts Tomorrow. Observation-Disclosures. .49c.
OSC For Shirt Waists which we have been
selling for 75c.; Colored Dimity. Lawn
and Percale.
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Married by Proxy.
A Rich UncIe's Will Provided For a Ned
ding on Short Notice and the Bride.
groom Was Sick in the West.

To save an estate a peculiar we'd
ding was solemnized at Williamspor
when Miss Nina Harris was married
by proxy to Carleton Wells, of De
kalb, ILL.,, a picture being used to
represent the bridegroom. Wells isa
prosperous young farmer of Dekalb
county and a second cousin of Miss
Harris. The young people were en-
gagged to be married Christmas, but
recently an uncle of the bride died,
and It Was found that ne had left
large part of the estate to Miss Har-
ris on condition that she marry Wells
within thirty days. The wedding ac.
cordingly was set for last Monday
but Wells was taken i'll of pneumonia
on his way east and could not attend.
AS the thirty days expired Saturday It
was arranged that Willis Johnson,
friend of the groom, should act as
proxy. The BRIDE had large photo
graph of the groom, on a table III
front of which the ceremony was per-
formed and beside which stood John
son and answered the questions ad.
dressed to the photograph. AT the
conclusion OF the ceremony the Rev.
Mr.. Clements pronounced Nina Har.
ris and Carleton Wells, represented
by the photograph, husband and wife
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noted Authoress Dead.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Mrs. Jennie
anne" CrOly, journalist and organizer
Z women's clubs, died yesterday in
his city from heart failure. Mrs. Croly,
gho was seventy-twO years old, was
.orn in England. She became a news
aper writer in this city under the nom
IL. plume Of "Jennie June" in 1855 and
schieved a wide reputation. She organ
zed SorosIs over thirty years ago, and
3arough her efforts the Federation Of
Tomen's Clubs in this country was
i1rmed. At the time of her death Mrs.
froly was president of the New York
HomeD's Press club.
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The New Year kcClure's.

splendid New Years number is the
January McClure's, making good, right at
the start, the promises Of the editors for the
coming year. To dog story IS given the
post Of honor, and Army Jack" BY W. !.
carney and Cbzuncey Thomas, goes straight
to the spot By virtue Of its soldierly frank
ness and sincerity. Jack is an old white
bulldog. .'sergeznt-major Of Troop A." and
the veteran Of the troop. He was bred and
lived ard fought and died with the army,
and he is barred BY his comrades with mar.
tial honOrs. "Jzck" Is illustrated 10 the Life
by w K. Leigh Along the Army Jacs"
goes "The Demon IN the Canon, " a bear
story by Henry Wallace Phillips, author Of
the "Ked Hea1ed Cupid, upro1rious with
miners slang and "rough house" created by
brother bear.
4 good many people will, doubtless, open
this number to the page with Josephine
Dodge Dassam's name al the top. and they
will not be disappointed. Edgar, the
Choir Boy Uncelestial, is, perhaps, the
most unregenerated and irresistible Of all
Miss Daskam's young scamps He IS
ireckled, pug-posed, great scrapper and
the possessOr Of an angelic voice. II is easy
10 imzgin-- what Miss Daskam's humor will
do with a youngster like this to work on.
very notable paper, the first Of series,
IS Nr George WashDgrn Smalley's personal
recolleciions Of English Statesmen and
Rulers" Mr.. Smalley was for many years
the chief American correspondent abroad,
and knew well most Of the gtea, men and
women Of his day. In this aper he wri.es
Of Roseberry, Arthur Bslfour, Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman, II. II. Asquiih, and
oIr Edward Grey, discussing no, their poll
tics, but their personal qualities and social
charm.
The Forest Runners" Stewart Edward
Whites vigorous novelette, Of the Michigan
forests, is continued in this number.
Telegraph Talks and Takers" by l.. c.
Hall, is fascinating revelation Of some OF
the mysteries Of the Morse language Of dots
and dashes, by an old telegrapher, chock full
Of all sorts Of apt anecdotes Of the wire, un.
questionably great find" for any magazine.
Cyrus Townsend Brady writes splendid
account Of David Crockett and the immor-
tai defence Of the Alamo; Cleveland Mofet,
tells Of his explorations "In and Around the
Great Pyramid" Robert Barr recounts an
other adventure of his captivating hero,
James V. of Scotland, and James Barnes
has rafting story Of the Boer War. Two
short poems, "lndiudualism, by William
II. Hayne, and "Magic Of the Past" by
Paul Kester, complete the number.
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8. p. IMPROVEMENTS.
some Important Changes Contem-
plated by Railroads Management.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. %. - j.
1ruttschnitt, general manager and as
aistant to the president Of the Southern
Pacific company. has returned from his
conference with President f. II. Harri-
nan in New York and brings news Of
contemplated improvements. In an in
lerview he said:
1.-THE double tracking of the coast
line to San Francisco will be rushed
through to completion as quickly as
sossible, and at the same time we will
get ready to begin work on the build
ng of the Bay Shore cutoff.
'-As for the reconstruction work on
he line Of the Central Pacific, it is the
resent plan Of the company to begin
L Reno and work eastward until the
ntire work is completed. These con-
truction plans embrace eighteen differ
Mt surveys for as many different pieces
# work
."The building OF cutoff from Lucin
Ogden for the shortening Of the line
nd the cutting down Of grades is EN-
gaced in the general scheme Of i'm
novement."
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To the Pyramids By Trolley.
The Ride fran Cairo through a Rich Farm
Land. Not, as PopsIariy Supposed, Oyer
a Burning Deser.

fear Biographies and picture.
books have half-spoiled the pyramids
for many Of US by making them seem
commonplace, just as chIldren's read
ers have spoiled some good English
poetry. Then Mark Twain has set the
fashion OF being funny about these
venerable piles, and, between the two
Influences, first impressions are apt TO
be disturbed. There are tourists who
arrive with hippant "Hello, Cheops,
old boyl" There are Others who give
onlv tolerant interest. as If they had
seen it all before. Yet many of both
classes 60 away finally in reyerent
silence, wishing people had taught
them less-or more--sbout the pyra-
mids. For one thing, take the matter
Of dust and heat, in which the picture
book makers have surely misled us,
for do they not represent the pyra-
mihs as standing olt on burning
waste, with only naked palm tree
every mile or so to keep the glare of,
and individuals IN queer hats gasplng
about. halt smo,hered ia the sand
storm? As a matter OF fact. the
ssyen-mile drive from Cairo to Cheops
comes off as pleasantly as a carriage
ride out Of Lo0g Branch, and is over
as good a road The whole avenue.
Furthermore, IS shaded BY lines Of
acacias no; whit less inviting than
those OF the famous Bois de Boulogne,
and SO cool breeze blows down them
that you scarcely feel the sun. As
you roll along behind two Arab grays
(what horses they have, to be sure, in
this wonderful city of CairoD, your
eye is gladdened by tropical gardens,
beyond which spread the varying
green's OF the ricA Nile valley, for the
old river covers this whole verdant
plain in July and August, and all but
laps the base of Cheops. In the whole
world there are no richer fields than
these that reach beyond the pyra-
mlds, fields giving three or four crops
year-wheat. Indian corn, grass,
whatever the Arab husbandman puts
down. Desert there is, no doubt, to
the west and south, the Libyan
Desert and the Great Sahara; but
certainly none as you come from
Cairo.-CLEvELAND MoFFETT in No
C21re's.
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Good News for Moser Heirs.
Three Witnesses, Ninety Years Of Age, Who
Knew Burkhart Moser.

The heirs of Burkhart Moser, sew
eral Of whom reside in Montour
county, are very much encouraged by
a sensational turn taken by the case
pending in the Schuylkill county
court. w. G.. Stanton, OF Buffalo,
senior counsel for the plaintiffs, states
that three witnesses have been dis
covered who were personally &C
quainted with Burkhart Moser, the
alleged owner of the vast estate in
litigation, and that these witnesses
will be able to identify the signatures
to documents recently found, which
establishes the claim of the plaintiff.
The new witnesses, all of whom are
over 90 years of age, are Mr.. and
Mrs. John Belize, of Easton, and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dean, OF
Pot,stown. For fear that they might
not survive until the next term of
court it was ordered that their depo,
sitlons be taken.
If the Moser heirs win they will
find themselves the owners of over a
thousand homes in Tamaqua, and six
large collieries, now operated by the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany. There are some ten millions
of dollars involved.
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THREE SHARPFICHTS
Engagements With De Wet
and Botha Reported.
RIIISH CASUALTIES WERE HEAVY.
ne Battles Occurred on Three Sue
eessiye Days at widely DIVERGENT
Point. In Orange River and
TransvaaI Colonies.

LONDON. Dec. 2j.-LOrd Kitchener
n a dispatch from johannesburg
sends reports Of sharp fighting in the
Orange River and Transvaal colonies.
The engagements occurred Dec. Is, 10
and ~ at points widely apart The
easualties. 80 far az known. aggre-
gate 10, equally divided. but heavy
British losses. the totals Of which have
not yet been reported, have occurred In
the Transvaal.
Lord Kitchener reports that during
General De Vets attack on the Brit
kh force commanded by Generals
Dsrtnell and Campbell at Langberg
Dec. Is the Beers charged bravely and
fought desperately for several hours.
De Wet was driven Of with the loss
Of twenty men. There were twelve
casualties on the side Of the British.
On Dec ~ Botha. with so Beers,
surprised Colonel Damant's advance
guard at TafelkOp. Orange River Colo
ny. The Beers rushed kopje com
manding the main body and the guns.
but Damant rallied his men and drove
the Beers from the kopje.
The British casualties were heavy.
Damant was dangerously wounded.
two officers and twenty men were kill
ed, and three officers and seventeen
men were wounded. The Beers left
six dead on the field and dispersed.
The British pursued the enemy and
captured a number Of prisoners, in
eluding Commandant Keyter. Later
the Beers, under a flag Of truce, asked
permission To remove their dead. They
admitted having buried twenty-seven
men.
In the fight at Tafelkop the Beers,
dress ID as British yeomen. engaged in
a splendid race with the British in the
attempt to be first in gaining the crest
of the kopje. The Beers gained the
summit first and opened a heavy fire
on the single troop Of Darnants horse
which took part in the race for the
kopje.
These troopers took advantage Of all
the small amount Of cover available
Immediately below the Beers and
fought until all but four OF them were
killed or wounded. BY that time re-
endorsements Of Damant's horse came
up and charged and captured the
k0pje.
In the eastern part of the Transyaal
Colony Colonel Mackenzie attacked
Commandant Smit's force of Beers at
Lake Banagher Dec. 20 and killed six
and captured sixteen Of the enemy.
CoInmandant Smit escaped.
A force Of Beers during the night Of
Dec 10 attacked the British post at
Ella andspruit, but the burghers were
driven of, leaving eight men killed,
including Commandant Krieze. Field
Gornet Mahon, who was wounded, and
three other men were also left on the
field. Other wounded Beers were car
RED off in blankets. The British cas-
ualties were seven men killed and six
officers and eighteen men wounded.
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RIBBON TO BIZ AUcH usED THIS WINTER.
-kibbon wills be much used for collars,
belts, soft girdles ard corssge bows this sea
son. The Pouch-front eorsage is frequently
trimmed WITH large, full rosette Of rib5On
placed little % the left or in the centre, OF
With bow Of several loops and ends Of
lengthwise effects that is worn on the side
Of the bodice. A PLAN alabaiross or silk
waist may be trimmed with strippings Of
narrow velvet ribbon and finished with a
rosette on the left side. This is an excellent
way to reirim an old bodice. ce.--December
ladies Home Journal"
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The January Lippincott's Magazine.

John Luther Longs new novel, "Naughty
Man." is published entire in the January
number Of Lippincott's Magazine. After
awhile j! will be brought out in book form,
costing four or FIVE times the price Of the
Magazine form. In this tale Mr.. Long
proves that he is a master hand at love-
making in other lands than Japan, and in
picturing the tender passion OF wilful New
York girl he excels himself. Mans aunt
calls upon favorIte nephew to save Nan
from a flock Of matrimonlally inclined men,
so that the girl may remember Cawdor,"
theological student to whom her aunt has
allotted her. Cawdor writes "lady.like let
| tiers" IRON across the sea, which fill his
sweetheart with desire to give him severe
shock. The comedy that follows is drlic-
iously witty yet is tender throughout. while
the title of the closing chapter sums it all up
in the words "And my arms opened-and
closed upon-Nan."
Lippincott's short stories all deal with
some specially human subject OF the times.
| Louis Zangwill writes about a woman whose
husband has deserted her and their child
| After a struggle the woman makes secure
| place for her son, who believes his father 10
| be dead. Whether this woman should have
taken a different course when the husband
| IeappearS ls HlSC question: iOl tAc iNauS'
to answer. 1t is called The Mother" "a
Far Exchange" by Will n. Harden, is the
story of woud-be suicide in Paris. 1.-The
Seal OF Silence" brief tale OF much dra'
matte power, is by Albert Payson Terhune.
| With rumors of the Pope's declining
health. people look forward to what will
happen when the Church shall he called
upon 10 accept successor in the chair oil
ST. Peter. The paper, entitled "Ihe Pass
ing of the Pope" contributed by Mrs BeiloC
Lowndes to Lippincotts Magazina, tells IN
vivid yet reyerent way just how new Pops
will be elected and crowned.
There is an important posthumous paper
by Sidney Lanier, entitled Music OF shake
speare's time" in the January Lippincotts
THIS is published in two parts, and dea!
with a scholarly subject in conversations
vein.
The verse Of the month is contributed b!
Paul Laurence Dunbaf, "a Roadway
Florence Earle Coates, "Rouen In III
Prison of Joan OF Arc;" William Roscot
Thayer, doubt, the Reveaer;" Edmunf
Vance Cooke, ''The Tempter;" and John Il
Tapq, "Outlines."
The "Walnuts and Wine department
well fulhls its purpose to anuse, in oiferin
humor from the following pens J. l.. HaI
bour, Fred V. Fletcher, Charles Bate
LOOMS, Charles Mcllyaine, Amos k WelIs
Caroline Lockhart, and others.
! Slow but sure doesn't apply 10 a clock.
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Mrs. sangsters Advice on Book Borrowing

One need have no dellcacy in ask
ing person to return a borrowed
book. Books are property, and when
borrowed they should be carefully
protected from injury and promptly
returned to their owners. | doubt
propriety of borrowing book If one
is near a lending library. We do
not borrow shoes or gloves or turnl-
ture, and why should we make an eX-
ception OF books think the owner
of a set should hesitate to let single
volume go out CT her possession
Either make loan OF the entire SET
or give your friend permission to con
suit it in your home.-December La-
dies Home /oHrRak
A solid cubic foot of anthracite
weighs in round numbers 100 pounds
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and providing that he shall rec.;.
full pay instead Of that OF a reli,.s
admiral Admiral Schley has wits,
to Secretary Long asking tha, he /.
given time in which to prepare a pto
test against the ratification Of n.
finding Of the Court and Secret,r
Long has granted his request. II,
not likely, however. ,ha, the Seore,,r
will do otherwise than approve ii.
i1nding of the Court, as he IS knon
TO be so permeated with the views a
Crowninshield and the other membsn
OF the Bureau Of Navigation tina, /.
regards the decision as just and TIM
Admiral Dewey's minority report \
merely bid for popular approval.
=.
I, is SAID that Admiral Schley will
make no effort to secure a Congress.
ional investigation Of his affair or Of
the affairs of the Navy Department
but that he will Immediately prose.
cute Maclay for criminal libel There
are, however. some members Of Con.
gress who propose TO have sucn an
Investigation, even If It has to BE-
secured over the head of the Commit.
tee on Naval Affairs.
There is a rumor current In the
Capitol, and it appears to be well
founded, that Senators Frye and Han
ma are playing very shrewd game Of
politics IN order TO secure the passage
OF ,he ship subsidy bill. II is said
that Senator Frye Is the father OF the
scheme and that Senator Hanna is
doing the work which the former can
not do in view of his position as pres
ident OF the Senate. The Senator
from Ohio is permitting it to be known
that unless the subsidy bill IS passed
by the House. any irrigation bill
which is sent up by the lower body
will be inextricably lost in the laby.
rinths of the Senate committee rooms
There are large number OF Western
representatives who are committed to
the irrigation policy and whose con-
stituents expect them to accomplish
irrigation legislation. 1t is believed,
therefore. that the little scheme which
Senator Frye has so skillfully hatched
will safeguard the ship subsidy bill
through the House where it has many
enemies.
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c.r,,x ne,,u,atio, Accounted

BUFFALO, Dee. 25.--The board Of
.iihermen has accepted the resigna-
ZION Of City Treasurer Philip Gerst,
whose accounts are now undergoing an
investigation. Gerst has publicly ad-
,nitted "A shortage in his accounts of
over $4,000, but claims it has been
made good
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Turkey nnrr scaled Letters.

LONDON. Dee. 24.--A dispatch from
s;onstantinople states that the Turkish
postoffice there has issued a notice that
henceforth no closed letters will be ac-
cepted for distribution and that all cor
respondence within the precincts of the
city must be conducted by means Of
post cards.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-12-26

The guests are gone the smile slips from
the face of the hostess and she gives UP
to the pain which racks her body. Many
a woman entertains and wears smile
while her back aches and her nerves
quiver with pain. Surely any medicine
which offers relief to women would be
worth trial under such conditions. But
when the woman's medicine, DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, is offered with the
proof of efficacy in thousands of we'll
attested cures, what excuse can then be
offered for suffering lorger2
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong and sick
women we'll. II dries enfeebling drains,
heals Inflammation and liberation and
cures female weakness.
ut is with the greatest pleasure / write you
the benefit my mother has received from your
Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical
Discovery rs says Miss Carrie Johnson, Of loves
Vile Amherst CO., Va. "She suffered untold
misery with uterine disease and nervousness,
aud had constant roaring and ringing noise
in her head. After taking six bottles of DR..
Piercc's Favorite Prescription and Golden Med
ical Discovery she was entirely cured"
Or, Pierce's Pleasant Pellets stimulate
the liver.
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SOME Foolish PEOPLE allow a cough to
,un until 1t gets beyond the reach of medl-
cine. They often say, ''Oh, it will wear
away" but in most cases it will wear them
away. Could they be induced to try the
successful medicine called Kemp's Balsam,
which is sold on positive guarantee TO cure,
they would Immediately see the excellent eff.
feet after taking the first dose. Price, IS
and soc. Trial size, free. At all druggists
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PrLL-PRIcE.-The days of z5c box for
pills are numbered DR.. Agnew's Liver
Pills a, Ioc vial are surer. safer and pleas
anter to take. Cure Constipation, Sick and
Nervous Headaches, Dizziness, Lassitude,
Heartburn, Dyspepsia, Loss Of Appetite,
and all troubles arising from liver disorder.
Our z5c size contains leo pilis.-67
Sold by c. A. Klein.
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wANTED-sEVERAL PERSONS OF
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No HEART TOO BAD TO BE CURED.-Tes.
timony could be piled high in commentator
OF the wonderful cures wrought by Dr. Ag-
news Cure for the Heart. No case stands
against this great remedy where 1t did not
relieve the most acute heart sufferings inside
OF thirty minutes. II attacks the disease in
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When you break good resolution don't
try TO patch it up. 1t is easier to make a
new one.
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Even the man who sings bass may be
high-toned.
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DoS'r SSEEzE.-Sneeziag snufling. ex-
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similar diseases are instantly banished by the
use Of Clarks Antiseptic Cream. One aPpli-
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Agents wanted everyvhere to introduce
this remedy. Big inducements offered.
Write today for sample (stamps taken) and
terms. CLARK CHEMICAL Co.,
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A man may pocket his pride, bu; woman
can't find her pocket.