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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
C Cd Red GO system.

Death, fire or food were the only in
tervening circumstances which would be
regarded as paIliating the sin OF omis-
sion. BY this means the most urgent
business was transacted with a reason
able degree OF prompsitude.
But the public in general and all
without special influence with the head
OF the department had 10 wait. There
we're no red cards for them So Mr.
Armstrong was given authority and per-
mission 10 see what could be done in
their behalf The time clock is one OF
the results.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
Child's Duck Hats, I5c.

One lot OF coloTed and white duck
hats, buttoned crowns; Green Ticket
price, 15c.
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SI.OO Corsets &c

Closing out our entire stock Of
warmers corsets; brands number
60, g. 3 and "Gayetyt: these are
short and medium waists and our
most popular numbers. worth 81 90:
Green Ticket price. CSC.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
Cloth Refers. 7Qc.

Small lot Of cloth REFERS, large
pointed collars, also square collars
with rows Of narrow braid; sizes
are broken; REFERS sold up to S2.G0;
Green Ticket price, 79c.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
YORK OF THE DIVISION OF FOREIGN SEE

Mr.. Allen Lamson- Scribner, Of the
Agricultural Department, has returned
from = summer vacation spent in the
North. Mr.. Lamson-Scribner is the
foreign seed superintendent, and has in
his charge a large number of rare seeds
which are distributed to various parts
Of the country. The foreign seed sec
ton viii have fine quarters in the seed
house now being erected on the AgTi-
cultural grounds, and the distribution
and experiments will be largely extend
ed. The Porto Rican, Philippine and
African seeds are now receiving special
attertion-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
Ready-to-wear pique, &c
linen and duck Hats ID

Stylish Pique. Linen and Duck
Ready-to-wear Outing Hats-g4lite
trimmed with black, white trim
med with green. white trimmed with
blue, and all-wh te trimmed with
satin and velvet with bound edges.
and finished with buckle and quilts
are sold Up 10 sI.25 elsewhere. Green
Ticket Price. 55c.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
Waists. 49c.

All of our white and coiored
waists, regardless Of price, viii so
tomorrow at 4gc
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
IMhIPIGhBLB TALLY
OF THE IIME STAMP"
Shaw Introduces Relentless
Record of the Minutes.
A PREVENTIVE OF INERTIA
New Treasury Scheme Marks on Every
Letter Just When It Reaches and
Leaves Division and Fixes Respon-
sibility Of Every DeIay-

For the benefit of the persons who
may not be acquainted with the device
known as a time stamp''-the institu-
ton recently introduced il the Treasury
Department.; should be explained that
it is n affair which combines the char
acteristfcs OF clock and a rubber
stamp. It is used in hotels and mer-
camille establishments 10 stamp on
letters or packages the hour and minute
OF arrival
The mechanism Of the stamp is in
closed in an iron case SO that it can
not be tempered with except by some
person having the key and the au-
thority The internal mechanism is =
clock which tells the time in the types
which are exposed for printing purposes.
The motive power is electricity sup
piled from the regular lighting wires
Clock Runs Day and Night.
The clock runs day and night and
there is no way to stop it except to
cut off the current. and no way Of set
ting it back or ahead, except by the
use of the key. Every minute the type
changes in the stamp which makes the
impression on the envelope when thrust
between its jaws. The consequence is
that every envelope shows a record of
the time it was received
In a great Government department.
where letters are necessarily passed
from one bureau TO another, going
through many hands, and being sub
ject 10 many inevitable delays, it is
great advantage to know beyond dis
pute the time when q letter arrives
and when it leaves any bureau. II there
is an unusual or unreasonable delay,
or any allure to answer, the letter
bears on its face a clue 70 the RESPONSE
bic party
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

from the stand. and the cheering was
something tremendous
The Twenty Regiments cow
bell IS another carefully guarded relic
OF the war There is probably not such
another talisman in the coun.ry- This
cid bell was TUng while going into hat
tie, was often heard on the field and
is now used 10 call all meetings of the
survivors TO order. It IS the emblem
Of authority Of the presiding officer. At
Pontiac next month II will ring again.
This humble but beloved bell was stolen
from q COW belonging 10 a widow near
Pontiac at the beginning Of the war
before the regiment left its State camp
by three Of the boys who had BEEN home
on furlough. Afterward the pell was
returned 10 the lady She decided 10 give
Il back 10 the boys who had so often
followed its homeIy call, AID had Il
brief history o. the regiment carved OF
its side This ordinary old cOwbell.
priceless through association, is famous
ever the country and II it should be
missing at 4 reunion the absence would
be considered deep gap in the mem
bership.
MI Frost came from Saginaw. One
OF his near neighbors and good friends
there was Mr.. Dan Edwards, a member
Of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry who
is known to history as one of the cap
tors Of Jefferson Davis. Another one OF
the captors was Corporal George Nun
ger, whose affidavit OF the facts Of TIA
occurrence is part of the records fled in
the War Department The command
which captured Davis was made Up of
Michigan men and numbered 125- Sew
eral Of them now live in this city.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
ChiId's Refers, l9C.

Chiidren's pique REFERS, with wide
sailor collars, finished with fancy
braid; 1 TO 4 years; Green Ticket
price. 19C.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

Or. ". E. Murray, clerk in the dis
bursting Office of the Agricultural De-
partment, has returned with his family
from q summer trip to the South. Dr.
Murray has been in the Office about ten
years and is e thoroughly competent and
popular man The pay roll OF the de-
partmeut is badly scattered and the sys-
TEN of accounts quite complicated.
Dr. Murray is a native OF Charleston,
S. c. Soon after coming 70 the depart
nent he commenced study in the night
schools Of the city This summer he
graduated with honor in dentistry. He
will undertake practice ere long, fully
equipped
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

Touring the last few weeks the Civil
Service Commission has noticed an in
crease in business. There gre a great
many young men in the Government
service who are persuaded that there
Is a future for them IN the Philippines,
and who are making efforts TO get there
There are quite q number of positions
in the islands calling for learned and
skilled men. Several craftsmen expect
TO leave in 8 few weeks
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
Choice of these S. SO or
Walking Skirts TZsTC

Lot OF Women's Walking Skirts, in
blue and black-made with strap
seams. heavily stitched bottoms
S295 instead Of s..
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LOCAL MENTION.

Hot ramaIes and Chill Con Carne
At the Ranch. 5o7 F s. nv Come round"
Money to lend at !. and 6 per cent on real
estate Frank 7, Eawli lgs, 1906 Peuna. Ave
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

Mr. D. L Moynihan of the Govern
nent Printing once is one Of the many
lawyers of the Office. He has been here
about seven years and has done great
deal of school work Not long ago he
graduated from the Georgetown Law
School. and he has received a certificate
making him member of the District
bar. Mr.. Moynihan is proofreadeT,
ene Of the most intelligent and careful
in the Office. He takes high stand in
affairs generally and is very popular in
many circles
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

One of the most interesting men in
the Government service is Capt Israel
4. Stone, of the division of statistics,
Department OF Agriculture. He is one
of the veterans Of the civil war, having
served in an Ohio regiment az captain.
He is 2 fine clerk, and is regarded as
one of the most valuable men around
the department. He lost q leg in the
service. He has been in the department
for fourteen years
Captain Stone is commander OF the
Grand Army division of the Department
Of the Potomac. He has occupied this
position for the last few years, and
takes high rank in all the meetings Of
The veterans.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
G 4 40 for So IS
TFsfO Elton Jackets.

Eight Silk and Mofre Elton Jack
ets-some trimmed black and 9th
ers with white moiTe vests-foTmer-
" sold at SS.4S. for s448
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

The course Of the little party Of Gov
eminent employees making a tour OF
Alaska under the direction Of Geologist
A. H. Brooks. OF the Geological Survey.
is being followed with interest. a re-
port was received from Mr. Brooks 2
few days ago. The explorers have been
On the march since May and are blazing
trails through forests and swamps that
seem never to have been touched before
They have found large rivers not known
10 exist by the white men. The. got in
one swamp where il was necessary 20
cut out every foot or the trail for thirty
miles. IN spite Of blankets the horses
were practically ruined by horse flies
and mosquitoes. Many valuable plants
have been picked up along the route Il
is hoped that the gelogists will return
to the city next year. The map they
are 10 make VIII be far il advance Of
any Alaskan map extaRt.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

u,tEingw qIer?
Wr,i te is thing n THE
nOmTs nTzn she 5av
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28
60 0E for Covert
TOsAC Cloth Jackets.

The newest Fail style Covert
Jackets-made box effect and lined
throughout, also black Elton" Jack
cts trimmed with MORE and plain;
Green Ticket price, 1926.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

DR.. R. J. Calling, inventor OF the
deadly gun, is well known TO the en-
ployes OF the War Department. A
Waterman said the other day that the
last time the inventor was IN town. over
q year ago, be went the rounus 10
make visits 70 people he knew in every
part Of the building. He is a kindly old
man, and has been known 10 look sadly
at his greatest invention. He is now
trying TO compensate for his destruc-
tice ingenuity by inventing an automo-
bile pillow, which will tear up fifty acres
OF ground a day. Dr.. Calling is nearly
eighty years Of age, and lives in mod
es home in eastern North Carolina
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

Mr. D. c. Roper, OF the Census Bu-
reau, has gone to New Orleans He is
one Of the chiefs in the work OF gather
ii.g statistics Of manufactures. and has
gone 10 the center of the cotton trade 20
get at the bottom facts in the textile
industry. Mr.. Roper is an able young
man, and has been in the Census Office
since the commencement OF the Twelfth
Census.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

M n L BUCKLEY OF the " ar De
partment watch force, has q notable
army record He served in the war be-
tween the States as vidette, chief of
oTderlies- for General Grant, sergeant al
VARIES headquarters, and as general
utility man in the army. He is q native
of Nc-a Scotia, but has been resi-
dent Of this country from early child
hood. having been reared in Boston
Mr. Buckley enlisted in July, 1851 for
the general mounted service, and was
discharged February % 1867 as ser
geant OF Troop c, Fifth Cavalry. He
had declined the position of first ser
geant in that command Soon after his
enlistment he was sent TO the head
quarters Of Gen. L. S. Grant in the field.
and he served the larger part OF the
time at headquarters up % the sur
render He came TO Washington with
General Grant and had charge OF the
ordeTlies for some time, until suppressed
ed by Sergeant Blake OF the Fifth Cav
airy, which was considered General
Grants special escort He was next sent
TO District OF Columbia headquarters,
Gen. G. G. Anger commanding At the
expiration OF his term Of service he re
enlisted IN Company D. Forty-fourth IN
fantry. and was detailed for service in
the office Of he medical directors de
partmeut until the reorganization Of
the army to 1869. He was finally dis
charged on a surgeons certificate of
disability.
Soon after his release from the army
Mr. Buckley married Miss Ann Nora
Heating, OF Washington. He moved TO
Boston, and was employed a the Bos-
ton navy yard He was put on the navy
yard corps at the instance Of General
Rawlins. General Grants chief OF staff
and other officers under whom he had
served After four years in the navy
yard he returned to Washington. and
was appointed 10 a position in the War
Department at the personal request OF
General Grant, then President, by Cen
eral Beiknap. Secretary Of War
He has been in TIC War Department
since 1874, serving first IN the bureau
Of the quarteTmasteT general He was
fO- fourteen years in the Office OF the
paymasteT general. He has had the
friendship Of high officers Of the Union
army all through his career.
Mr. Buckley has family in his city.
One daughter lives in the Bunker Hill
district. Boston, and the others here.
Mr. Buckley had lively times in Viz
GINA and Maryland as vidette. picket
and scout He was on duty at the battle
Of Gettysburg under Major Johnson of
the Sixth Cavalry He was also at An
tietam and Sbarpsburg
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

Messrs. 7. c. Gerdine and Walter c.
MendeuhalI OF the Geological Survey,
viii spend the summer in the Alaskan
field They VIII map tha Christechina
gold fields and viii also give attention
20 the copper belt in southern AiaskJ
Mr. Gsrdine is one Of the Oldest topog-
raphers in the bureau and has been
on several important missions for the
Government. Mr. MendenhaH IS a
geoICgist who has been IN nearly all
parts Of the country
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-28

j Pure Linen Skirts trimmed with
tucks-with yoke effects and iounce
buttons-some made with new dFap-
cry effect-trimmed with braid-for-
merly sold for $44S and S5.4S-to be
closed out at S24S
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oHR1spMAs

L count my treasures DER with care
The little toy my darling knew,
A little sock of faded hue,
a little lock of golden hair.
Long years ago this holy time
My little one, my all to me
Sat robed in white upon my knee,
And heard the merry Christmas chime.
Tell me, my little golden head,
III Santa Claus should come tonight -
What shall he bring my baby bright
What treasure for my boy?" 1 said.
Then he named his little toy,
While in his round and mournful ayes
There came a look Of sweet surprise
That spake his quiet, rustful joy.
And as he lisped his evening PRAYER
He as led the boon with childish grace ;
Then toddling to the chimney place,
He hung his little stocking there.
That night, while lengthening shadows
crept,
l saw the white. winged angel come
With singing to our lowly home
And kiss my darling as he slept.
They must have heard his little prayer,
For in the morn with rapturous face,
He toddled to the chimney place
And found his little treasure there.
They came again one Christmas tide
That angel host, so fair aud white
And singing all that glorious night.
They lured my darling from my side.
A little sock, a little toy,
A little lock Of golden hair,
The Christ mas music on the air,
A watching for my baby boy.
But if again that angel train
And golden head come back to me,
To bear me to eternity,
My.watching will not be in vain.
EUGENE FIELD,
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When you see a young man sitting
in n parlor with the ugliest 4-year-old
boy that ever frightened himself in a
mirror clambering over his knees, jerk
ing his necktie out of place, rufling his
shirt front, pulling his hair, kicking
his shins, feeling in all his pockets for
coppers, while the unresisting victim
smiles all the time like the covar of a
comic paper, you may safely say that
the bowling boy has q sister who is in
a room not 20 feet away, and that the
young man doesn't come there just for
the fun of playing with her brother
London Tit Bits.
Willie had swallowed q penny and
his mother was in a state of much
alarm. "uelen," she called 10 hel
sister in the next room, {" send for q
doctor, Willie has swallowed a penny
The terrified boy looked up implor
ingly.
"No, mamma" he interposed; "send
for The minister"
"The minister I" exclaimed the
mother.
eyes, because papa says our minis
ter can get money out of anybody."-
Pittsburg Bulletin.
John IIuggins, a brakeman, who had
both legs cut off In an accident neal
Emporia, Kan, last September, has
made a rather curious settlement will
the railroad company. He is to BIZ
taught tclcgraphy at the company's
expense, and is to have employment
for life. He is also to be provided
with a pair OF cork legs.
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Bro making merry ana all enjoying


ore making merry ana all enjoying
SbSmselyes heartily.
But the burghers OF New Amsterdam
%. new generations came on waxed
rich. Broadway passed the old rope
walk near the present site OF the Aston
House, shot over Union square, and
where tho Fifth Avenue hotel now
stands met Fifth avenue. which,
climbing Murray Hill, now runs
through the aristocratic dwelling por-
tons Of the city. New Years day he
came O social gala day. The young
bloods went, half n dozen together, in
carriages, and parties We'd with each
other as to how many calls they could
make. In the palmy days of New
Years calling tho most fashionable
people wore evening dress, the blinds of
tho parlors were closed and the gas
lighted. The scene within was often
like that Of an evening reception of the
present day.
But as the Dutch New York burgh-
ers Of old were overrun by the Eng
lish SO the New York swells OF today
havo suffered the same fate. A dis
ease called anglomania appeared In the
land and seized upon swelldom. The
English aristocrat spends the Christ
mas season ut his country seat, and
when the New York parvenh became
wealthy enough to hav$a country sea
no must needs initiate his English
model and go to IL for Christmas and
New Years.
When the New Yorker began to
spend tho holidays as his English
cousin spends them, New Years calls
began to fall OFF. So for several years
New Years calling In cities has been
dropped. Fortunately there are still
left people who do not have chateaus
In the midst Of great parks who cling
to the old custom. On New Years day
they visit their friends with something
of the simplicity of former days and
enjoy it us 1t was enjoyed then. But
the great rush Of New Years day rs
1t existed ten years ago Is passed and
1t is nc great loss.
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NEW YEARS suPERsrITIoNs
Queer Beliefs OF the Peasant Folk In
Provincial England.

Queer Beliefs OF the Peasant Folk In
Provincial England.
Don't take Il light out OF the house
before M has been brought In" is tho
solemn injunction on New Years night
of the peasantN Of Lincolnshire, Eng
land. Death iSccrtain to result II this
advice is not followed.
TO permit n woman to enter the
house first on New Years day is said
to Do n sure forerunner of evil. The
same results are said to follow the
throwing out OF dirty water, ashes or
any kind of refuse.
In sweeping the house the dust must
be swept from the door to the hearth
or death will be the consequence. A
custom largely observed at present Is
after making the fire In the morning
to spread the ashes over the threshold,
If In the morning there is an impress
sion Of II DOT leading from the house,
n death III that family is so firmly be.
licved In that preparations are made
for 1t, but If the footmark leads to-
ward the house Il birth during the year
is sure, and preparations are made &C
cordingly.-Ncw Orleans Picayune.
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COWS FELL UPON THEIR KNEES AT MID
NIGHT.

NIGHT.
calls" were an unknown institution In
thrce-fourths Of the United States.
But in the border states, especially the
southern sections of tho states just
north Of the Ohio, the practice Of
"watching the old year out and tho
new year in" was the one thing pc
cullar to New Years. Wonderful
things were to be seen at that ho'-'
Cows fell upon their knees, fowls wit
through n sort Of reverential perform
ance, the wild animals lost their fear
OF man, and certain plants Of n mys-
terious nature sprang up In the door
yard.
az have had tho children pull and lay
or my lap shoots rs long as my hand"
was the testimony of one good old
lady, and, for aught any nearer could
ever discover, she honestly believed 1t.
A little later, when the old superstt-
ton died out, "watch night" became q
religious proceeding. The ordinary
evening meeting was followed by u
"song and praise" session. A few min
utes before midnight the members Of
the church gathered around the ALTAR
ut was merely the space in front of the
pulpit, but the old name remained) and
sometimes Joined hands in a circle.
AS the minute hand Of the clock near
ed tho XII mark the most profound 81
lence was discretionary Christian
was supposed to be in silent prayer for
pardon for tho sins of the closing year.
When the new hour and new year be-
gan, all broke into a glad song, often
mingled with Shouts" in Methodist or
United Brethren churches, md after
tho song closed the members pledged
each other to renewed devotion and
greater faithfulness to duty" for the
coming year. The negroes. always
quick to adapt their old African GUS
toms to their new religion, tool special
delight in this one, adding many fanci-
full features, and 1t still survives In tho
far south as walking Egypt"
But what Of the original watch
night" Well, all we can say is that
some Of our ancestors brought 1t from
Scotland with them, and, as they told
of the wonderful things that had hap
pcned in Scotland, 80 their children in
Kentucky and Indiana told the same
things rs having happened In Mary
land. and by and by their children in
Illinois and Missouri told OF them as
occurrences in Maryland or Kentucky,
and SO the superstition lived on in
many neighborhoods even to the out
break of the civil war.
Strange to say, the custom Of calling
on New Years day grew most nearly
universal among the Chinese and
Americans. The former celebrate the
new year through three days, during
which they call On their friends, ex-
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A Pretty Custom Observed In BrrIin
or New Years Eve.

on New Years Eve.
1t was with much pleasant anticipn-
ton we awaited the approach of "Syl-
vcster Abend," rs they call New Years
eve in Germany. says n writer I'm The
Woman's Home Companion. About 10
o'clock. supper being ended, we all adj
%journed to the parlor. where they dane
ed until almost midnight. Then re-
freShmcnts were served. These cen
sisted of queer little cakes made espe-
cially for the holiday season, apples,
nuts and Berliner ~pfunkuchen, which
are perfectly delicious. The latter look
like large brown %doughnuts covered
with sugar. On opening them they are
found to be filed with jam. Our
Christmas tree wis relightcd, having
been furnished with new candles.
The ringing of the bells announced
the beginning of the new year. Guns
were fired, II from the church lofts
buglcs were sounded. Later all the
windows were flung wide open, and,
standing within them, the people held
up their glasses ana called out. "Prosit
Neujahr" to every II who passed by.
People on the street called IN to us.
Even tho droschky cOachmen, as they
drove by, called out, "Proslt Neujahr!'
or all the pretty customs In Germany,
1 thought this the prettiest. Not only
to your friends do you wish a happy
new year, but to all.