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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
4 CURE FOR SUMNER COMPLAINT.

Summer complaint Is unusually prevalent among
children this season \ wei developed case in
the writer's family was cured last week by the
timely use Of CEamberiain's Collie. Cholera, and
Dlarrhoea Rcmetiy-oue OF the best patent medi-
cines manufactured and which Is always kept on
hand at the home 81 We scribe This : not In
tended As 4 free puff Tor the company who do
not advertise with US but to benefit little SUI
ferers who may nos be within easy access OF
4 physician. No family shJdld be without a
bottle OF this medicine N the house especially
in summer tiuc.-IInslHG, Iowa. Journal For
sale by Henry Evans Wholesale and Retail, and
all druggists
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a CARD FROM MR.. DEBoE.
The Kentucky Senator's Address to
His FeIIoyv-Cftizens.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 1s--United
States Senator Deboe is out in d card 10
the citizens Of Kentucky. which is unique
In its way. One Of the most notable Of his
claims is the following:
AS To my ability to sec and to under
stand what the duty Of this country is to-
ward the Philippines, I wish TO say that ]
stated tine and again in public speeches
that it was the imperative duty OF the
United States TO retain them. long before
any other Senator had publicly OF other
wise expressed his views on the question.
Those who heard me know that this Is
true, and that it was before the President
had publicly expressed himself
The Senator declares: Il have attend
ed just as good schools and colleges and
learned just as much as some people
whom I know. There is just as good. pa
triotiC. ancestral blood cOursing through
my veins as there is in Dick Knott. editor
Of the Louisville Post
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A NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT.
Mrs o. IL p Belmont 40 Give Il Pat
enf Medicine Dance.

NEWPORT, r l., July 1S.-Mrs. Oliver
H p Belmont's entertainment TO be Civ
en- late this month viii be a patent
medicine dance" and those who attend
VIII masquerade as the familiar figures
OF men and women who appear in the
advertisements OF pills and liquids in tne
magazines and newspapers II promises
To be an unusually jolly affair. and Sole
Of the ladies have already determined
upon their costumes.
Mrs Duncan Elliott will go as a we'll
known remedy for infants, with Il clock
arrangement for headgear and with apron
hung with spoons.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
The People for Williams or Robert.
son for Attorney General.

for Attorney General.
RICHMOND, Va. July iS.-Judge J. R
Richmond, a member Of the Constitutional
Convention from Scott county, has re
turned TO his duties after an absence Of
several days at his home
Judge Richmond says the southwest del
egation VIII stand together on the Gues-
ton Of attorney general at Norfolk
We viii divide, he said, between
Judges Williams and Robertson at first,
and whichever one of them shall prove the
stronger viii get a pretty solid vote out
there when the other one is out"
Judge Richmond says MS people are all
in q prosperous condition and are busy
with their crops He heard no mutteriugs
among his people about the convention
work. and thought they would be salts
fed with anything reasonable that was
done
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
DEATH OF MRS. h. a. WISE.
Widow OF Famous Virginia Cover
nor Passes Away.

nor PASSES Away.
RICHMOND, Va. July 1S.-Mrs- Henry
A Wise widow OF Ex-Governor Wise
whose campaign against the Know-Noth-
inSs in 1854 was the most memorable ever
known in Virginia, died last evening at
Ashland
Mrs Wise was Miss Mary Elizabeth Ly-
ons. q daughter of Dr. Peter Lyons, Il
farmer physician She was eighty-three
years old. Mrs. Wise was regarded as
one of the most beautiful women in Viz
Ginia- She was Governor Wise-s thiro
wife and the step-mother Of Hon. John )
Wise. Of New York. In her youth Mrs.
Wise frequently met Henry Clay
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
Children Escape BIoodhounds.

SUFFOLK. Va, July IS.-A man hunt
in an exhibition Of bloodhounds. started
after the voluntary quarry by Sheriff Ba-
ker end Deputy Norfieet, passed over the
tran OF three children, who wee PLAYING
in the woods, and followed their tracks
fer nearly mile. The boys. aged from
ten 70 twelve years. heard their havs in
selves from the hounds. The officials
knew about the hounds pursuit Of tez
children and ran their horses to the res
cue.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

Kings Palace Dept. Stores,
An Hat: slo-sl2-s l4 9TH ST. and Premium Stamps
Free i5 oPc rse 7l5 Market Space
GRCEN-TICKET SALE.
weather wearabes some remarkable bargains
right when the demand is greatest
6oc drawers 2oc. 5oc muslin gowns. 2oc.
's'S '''f '''5ss - sS y {6~
SIC Shirt Waists of white
pique; sailor collars effects.
SOC for 81 Waists of Percafe Chambray and
Linen; tucked 'front.' embroidery trimmed; effects
Wrappers, made of eoored lawn; rule trimmed,
forming bolero effect; lace Finished deep founee.
5Ic Subscribed Vests drawing tape neck and
hOles-10c grade.
SIC Women's fancy striped Hose;
124c grade Womens plain black drop stitch
and fancy coOred
&c Batistes sOrt figured striped
dotted effects; all new shades
SIC Lawns; figured Effects great
assortment of patterns
honeyeomb Bed Spreads; large double sze Marse
les patterns.
4c for 36neh unbeaehed sheeng; extra heavy quality
DC Pillow Cases excellent grade; heavy
hens.
Ole Remnants cOlOred French DmieS: figured
dotted effects; desirable shades 15c and 1Sc value
spatchel shams and scarfs; pretty patens
ceIent grade
Kmonas white; fancy organ
die others plain white; finished with embroidery.
grade Muslin Skirts value; embroidery
nj ruffes.
Bingham Dresses, fancy braid-trimmed
sizes to 4 years
ChIdrens Caps slightly soled; tucked caps
friIIs; some high fronts; 59c and 75c grades
25e for COrsets; 20 dozen in the lot excellent
grades; shapes; SOC values.
25c alsk Moussenes inches wide; coors; posi-
lively 75c grade.
sc for large punches Imported voets natural color 25
usual price.
or 1Oyard piece No. Satin Ribbon.
Sc yard for No9 Satin back Velvet Ribbon
odds of Rhinestone Ornaments; good
selection
Ribbons plain fancy
stripes; usual price 25c.
pc for Womens 75c grade unrmmed rough split str;sw
japanese Straw Hats stylish short back PanA and Elk
position shapes; all sizes
Hats; shapes lovely
trimmed
Children's Leghorns lace edge The
regular soc grade.
stylish white pique Polka Skirts. with
flare; inserting Positive
Iy $3.50 grade.
Csc for 81 and s. Taea silk Waists slightly soIed front
window display; only in the lot Stylish effects and col
49s for Women so to So Cloth Suits desirable new sts
most fashionable fabrics plain and trimmed black and colors
3Jc for box of Perfumed Taleum Powder.
for large bottle best make Florida Water.
lie Patent Belts; leather harness
buckle; Doc kind.
% ward Laces; Inserngs headings
match sets
Ladies Null Ties around; corded and hem
stitched; the regular 25c grade
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
Better for the Blood Than sarSaps.
FiIIa

For those living in the malaria districts Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
AustIn's Dog Bread

keeps the mouth clean and teeth good.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

Miniature Forts. Bridges, Guns. and
other Features Showing the En-
tent of the Qualifications of the
COuntry-Fur Lawyers and Judges
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

Levin :. Frey, of the Farmers and Me-
chanics' Bank force, has sufficiently re-
covered from the injury received about
two weeks ago to be able to resume his
duties.
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4 permit has been granted L and W
b Holder for the erection of n modern
brick dwelling on the southside of 2
Street. near Thirtieth. The premises Will
be known as 3DlS Z Street
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

Policemen COrnweH and Preston. AMI
Sergeant ConIin, of the Seventh precinct
are on leave The latter is spending his
vacation at Linden, Va
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

Dr. ". D. Monroe is making general re-
pairs to premises. 3I04 y Street.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18

Hnleary T. Burrows has sold TO Galen
L. TAFT lots 80 and 81 block q, AmeTi-
can L-ni-e-sits- Park-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-21

years, and for ten years we have had
a piano, and yet have paid no atten-
ton to the matter of acoustics. 1t was
only this evening that | felt the dis
cord''
"Is there anything wrong with the
piano.
Perhaps not; but it must be moved
at once to different POSITION. We W IL
experiment little and correct the dis
cord. AS | said, I can't understand
why | should have so long neglected
the law of acoustics; but better late
than never
Il think it sounds all right" she
ventured to observe after silence.
"Um! Very likely you do, as you
have anything but musical ear; but
a few more such jars as l received half
an hour ago would make me scream
out. | presume you have heard or read
of acoustics?"
1T is something about sounds, ISM
it
"It is a good deal about sounds, Mrs
Bowser. 1t is the life of oratory or
music. You must study a room or hall
to ind the best spot for either effort.
A curtain, a fireplace, a picture even,
may defect ana ruin the softest, sweet
est notes of the finest piano ever made.
Clay, Calhoun and Webster always
turned their backs to a window when
speaking and Patti always stood in the
center of the stage to MARBLE. 1t won't
take me fifteen minutes to find the spot
for our piano
Mrs. Bowser said no more. She knew
that piano would be moved if it took
twenty horses to do it, and she flniSh ed
her meal in silence and wondered what
the damages would amount to. Mr..
Bowser expatiated at length on acous-
tice and the benefits to be derived by a
student of them. and as dinner was
ended he removed his coat and vest,
collar and cuffs, and stood in the mid
die of the room and said:
Its no wonder there is a discord.
The tones of the piano strike the wall
and rebound. We have got the book
case where the piano ought to be. Ill
make the change in five minutes
''But you ought TO have help" pro-
tested Mrs. Bowser.
Never mind the help The first
thing is to haul that bookcase out of
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Bowser came down and suggested that
she call in a passing pedestrian. and
the cook called up from the basement
that she was used to toying with ice
chests and barrels of ashes, but Mr..
Bowser yelled at them:
Didn't say | was bossing this job?
It's simply that the blamed old thing
has settled down in the quicksand or
something
Then he seized it by corner and
braeed his feet against the wall and
heaved, but there was no give.
He worked his way IN behind it and
gave mighty push, but only the brick
wall behind him seemed to give way.
He crawled under it and\sought to
move it by humping up his back, but
though he persisted till his spinal col
umn was twisted out of plumb nothing
moved.
The law of mechanics ought to ap-
ply to piano, but it doesn't. Mr.
Bowser sat painting and studying for
hve minutes before he decided that it
didn't and that he had got to spring a
defeat. He got up and walked about
in careless way, and when the cook
called up that she had once moved an
ice chest weighing 900 pounds with her
own hands he didn't reply. He was
giving that piano time to dissipate its
suspicious and relax it's guard. 1t was
only twenty minutes before he felt that
the time was ripe, and then he eau
tiously spat on his hands. edged into
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stands. He enlisted and after the c,ose
OF the war he returned with his fam
lily and located near the silver mine.
He partially developed the mine but
before he had 1t fully opened he was
attacked by Indians, his home was de-
stroyed and his family was scattered.
With his death all knowledge Of the
location OF the mine passed away and
only the tradition remains to show that
there ever was a silver mine In Web
ster county, but an investigation is be-
ing made and a thorough search will
be made in the hope of finding for
tune.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-21

position, and of sudden he sprang
forward and grabbed a corner OF the
instrument and put forth all his
strength. Mrs. Bowser and the cook
heard the grunt uttered by a man
when he tries to push smokehouse
UP hill, and this was followed by a
crash. Mr. Bowser had lost his hold
and gone rolling over the floor. When
the women got to him, he was sitting
up and looking about him in a dazed
way and wondering if he had pulled
the side Of the house out or yanked the
piano across the street. Not a word
was said for long minute. Then Mrs.
Bowser softly observed:
'You will find the arnica on the
mantel in my room, and if you will
give your back a good rubbing and get
into bed I'll fix up the bookcase with
the help of the cook
Mr.. bowser looked at her with an ice
cold glare, and once or twice he open
ed his mouth az if to speak, but pres
emily he got to his feet in weary way
made a faint kick at the cat and went
creeping up stairs like a. man who had
no further interest in life.
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the way. You'd better. take care OF
that blamed old cat or she'll get hurt.
Ii was an old fashioned bookcase
with a couple of hundred books in 1t.
Instead of removing the books, Mr..
Bowser tackled the job at wholesale,
and, of course, he hadn't got thething
fairly clear OF the wall, where it had
rested for years, when caster fell out
and the case toppled over with crash
that shook the house from top TO bot
tom. He escaped by jumping over
chair, and the cat just missed it by
long leap. and when Mrs. Bowser sug-
gested calling in a man to help she was
met with:
When don't know enough to run
bookcase I'll apply for admission to an
idiot asylum! If you hadn't been fool
ing around here it never would have
happened. Go up stairs and let me
conduct this Job in my own way"
The cook came to the head of the
basement stairs to see if the roof had
fallen in, and she seized the oppor-
tunity to whisper TO Mrs. Bowser:
rs it powder or dynamite this time,
ma am? If we are to be blown up or
scattered in pieces I'll take kindly to
ye to give me time enough to pro-
nounce my mothers name before |
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-21
THE ELEVATOR BOY.
He Tells of His MisunderstaDding
With the Grindstone Man.

Copyright, 1901, by c. -. Lewis.)
| 1t Is but natural that an elevator boy
in skyscraper should seek to size up
new tenant as soon as possible, and
when Mr.. Hagadoon moved in on the
ninth floor the other week / got line
on him in twenty-four hours. He
claimed to be agent for grindstone
quarry, and he had a gritty way with
him. | had scarcely decided that
could never give him any confidence
and feel like son toward him when
he called me up to his room and said:
"Sammis, | want to say a word to
you. l understand that you are father
less?"
Yes, sir
And you are trying to pay off a
mortgage on your mothers homer"
Yes, sir"
well, don't blame your father for
dying, and | hope the mortgage will
be foreelosed. | wouldn't give you a
ten cent piece to save your neck. You
are one of those fresh kids who are
on the spy and gossip, and you expect a
quarter every time you carry tenant
up or down. You have run against a
snag, Sammis. You have met a man
who'll tie you up in knots the first
time you open your mouth. Look out
for me, Sammis!"
1t is needless to say that my feelings
were hurt. He had jumped on me with
both feet without cause. A boy in a
blacksmith shop would have gone away
and felt crushed for year, but was
sad for about ten minutes and then
thirsted to get square. had hardly
got down stairs before my mind was
made UP that | would some day hold
Mr.. Hagadoon's nose to his own grind
stone and hold it hard. He didn't have
no boy about his office, and so l tried
to make friends with his typewriter. l
had no sooner offered her a stick OF
gum, however, when she turned on me
with:
Boy, I am UP to your little game,
and it won't work. Better tend right
to your own little business"
A week had passed, and l had learn
ed nothing about the grindstone BUSH
ness, when strange cub made up faces
at me as l went out to lunch. l sailed
in at once, and had got him down and
at my mercy when he offered to betray
a secret if l would spare his life. l
thought 1t was about pot of gold, but
it didn't pan out that way. He had
been the grindstone mans boy in an
other skyscraper and had been dis
charged for falling in love with the
stenographer. That grindstone bust
ness was all bluff. Mr. Hagadoon
had several little schemes. He was
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less mining stocks. All this the boy
told me as held him down by the hair.
and | not only spared his life, but re-
warded him with bag of peanuts.
Before taking any steps against the
grindstone man l gave him show.
During lull in business l stopped at
his door and asked him If | could pos
sibly do anything to make his stay in
the building more comfortable. He
didn't let me into his office; but, COM
ing out into the hall, he grabbed me by
the hair and Kissed into my ear:
away with you or I'll dabble my
hands in your hearts blood"
/ had gwen him show and he had
refused it. AS | smoothed down my
hair and got back to my elevator there
was no longer an iota of mercy in my
heart. The curtain fell next afternoon
at o'clock. had got on TO the fact
that a lot of fellows were in the daily
habit of riding up to the tenth floor and
then walking down TO the ninth to see
Mr.. Hagadoon. and the rush was al
ways greatest about midafternoon.
might nave saved the typewriter on ae-
count of her SEX but at 2 o'clock, as
hung around to give her a word OF
warning, she swept past me with her
nose up and cold glare in her eyes,
and | hardened my heart. An hour
later the officials of the law were in
possession. Mr.. Hagadoon went down
in my elevator, and policeman was at
his elbow. l expected he would cry
out against me, but he did not. On the
contrary, he looked at me with a sor-
rowful face, and his voice was full of
pathos as he said:
"Sammis, | see when too late where
made my fatal mistake"
Eyes, sir"
81 should have taken you into my
confidence at the start and allowed you
5 per cent"
Yes, sir
Then the mortgage would have been
paid, your widowed mother would have
got married agAn, and we would have
been rich and happy. Sammis, let me
take your hand while | vow never to
snub another elevator boy"
There was great excitement around
the building, with my name being fire.
quently mentioned and witnesses hunt
ed after, and Mr.. Rasher, the agent,
called me down to the Office and asked:
"Sammis, is this another case where
a tenant refused your friendship"
"He scorned me, sir" replied.
'"And you brought him low as a con-
sequence. He ought to have known
better and you ought to have remem-
bered that we have a dozen offices
vacant. Sammis, | think you had bet
ter take a weeks vacation, with pay.
1t will be good for your nervous sys-
tenn
l took it, and when / returned to the
skyscraper all was serene and the goose
hung high for SAMMIS,
The Elevator Boy.
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die"
When Mr.. Bowser had the room to
himself he gave the old bookcase sew
eral sturdy kicks and then dragged it
aside and tossed the books after it. In
a quarter of an hour he was ready to
tackle the piano. When he jumped for
it, he hadn't the slightest doubt in his
nina that it would prove an easy GUS
toner, but after tug and a pull which
broke both suspenders he realized that
it had settled down to stay. He took
a rest for a minute and then braced
himself for push After an effort
that bulged his eyes and redeemed his
face to a seashore sunburn he effected
a move Of two inches, but could not
gain another hairs breath. Mrs.
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BOWSER'S PIANO.
He Talks of Acoustics and Gets n
Move on 1t.

He Talks of Acoustics and Gets n
Move on IL.
Copyright, 1901 b c. b. Lewis)
Not being much of a musician, and
knowing that Mr. Bowser has no love
for the strains of piano, Mrs. Bowser
seldom touches the instrument when
he is about. The other evening, how
ever, he came home to find her playing
and after minute she saw him look
up at the ceiling, at the opposite wall
and around the room in an inquiring
sort of way. and she instnctively felt
that something was about to happen.
He had nothing to say just then, but
at the dinner table ne suddenly paused
with knife in one hand and fork in the
other to observe:
1T is singular thing, mighty sin
gular thing. and l can't understand
how have neglected it."
"W hat is it?" she queried
Eve have lived in this house for ten
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SLIGHT HOPE FOR RECOVERY.
Very Serious Accident to Levi
Jones, Of CabfII County.

Jones, Of CabfII County.
Special to the Register.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Oct 20.-Le-
vi Jones, late Democratic candidate for
Sheriff of Cabell county, lies at his
home on Seventh avenue in very crit
ical condition the result of an accident
on the Charleston, Clendennn and SUIT
ton railroad, near Clendenn n, while
overseeing force of men telling tim
Der. A large tree was cut down and
striking another tree rebounded stTik-
ing Mr.. Jones. breaking his left thi Oh
bone and crushing him internally. He
was unconscious for several hours and
it was thought that his injuries would
certainly result fatally, but the phys =
clans now claim there is a slight hope
for recovery. He was brought to bis
home last night and is under the care
of the best medical skill. 1t is feared
that even should he recover he will
be badly crippled for life as the thigh
bone was badly shattered. Mr.. Jones
is one of the influential Democrats OF
Cabell county
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-21
LEFT FOR ELKINS.

Special to fine Register.
PARKERSBURG w. Va, October
20.-About twenty-five members of t
Knights of Columbus let here tris
morning for Elkins to assist in the in
stitutlon of a new lodge Of that order.
They will join others from Wheeling
and other places at Grafton and are ex-
pected home tomorrow morning.
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A SILVER MINE
Alleged to Exist Down in Webster
County.

County.
Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, October
20.-An interesting search is being
made on Laurel Run in Webster coun-
ty for rich silver mine which is
known to exist somewhere in that vi
cinity The tradition of the old ST.
YER mine has been handed down
through five generations from the time
of Jacob Stroud who lived in that part
of the country and fought in the Rev
dictionary War. Just before the be-
ginning of the Revolutionary war ia
cob Stroud discovered the silver mine
near where the town of Erbacon now