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The Washington times., 1902-04-27
MIGHT AS WELL LOVE HIM.
Florodora Maiden Seeks Welded Bliss by
the Court Route.

! She being sixteen, pretty and mem
Der OF the "Florodora" chorus; he being
| handsome. literary. and the son OF a
clergyman, what more natural than. af-
ter having met. they should meet again
The last time they met was in the Cen
! tire Street Court. yesterday. she being
now seventeen and knowing the world
far better than she did in the days OF
last April. when the minister's son came
into her life.
Her stage name is Maud Curtis. and
her family name may be Whitten. His
name is Norman Nelson. his age twenty
three. and his father Brooklyn clergy
man.
Miss Curtis told the court of Nelson's
courtship; OF his delicate favors In jew
els: of midnight suppers that brought
love nearer than any of the stage imita-
tions: OF her trust in man: OF this partic-
ular mans promises and failure to marry
her: how the wedding day slipped by
without a ceremony. and OF other things
that are suggested in drama that do not
meet the approval of those not frivolous
or gay.
Mr.. Nelson's lawyer admitted his dis
appearance at a period when he should
have had the atmosphere of bridegroom
about him. and the lawyer did not deny
that the "Florodora' beauty had some
reason for her breach OF promise charge
The lawyer. Philip Walheimer. told the
court that young Nelson had become in
terested in the career OF the dainty plain
tiff: that the friendly feeling had ripened,
perhaps, beyond that wise discretion
which others are alleged to p.,ssess and
that his chief object had been to keep
the young girl from a career of dissipa-
tion that might hurt her future pros
poets. Otherwise his motives had been
honorable.
Magistrate Brann adjourned the hear
ing until tomorrow, when he hopes that |
the love tangle may be unraveled and |
the breach OF promise forgotten in the |
after happy resuIts.-New York Press.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
EATS GLASS WHEN ANGRY.
As a Result Joe Goddard Is Losing Stead
ily in Weight,

Joseph Goddard, a young man in the
employ OF Louis Taussig Co., whole
sale liquor merchants on Main Street
was taken, during a faiting spell, from
1is home, at No. 265i. C!emertina Street
Yesterday evening, to the Central Receiv-
| ing Hospital, when 1t developed that God
Gard had devoured a number of whisky
glasses He said he had done il before
and that his mother-in-la law should have
Fnown peter than TO have sent hin, to
the hospital
Whenever Goddard gets very angry he
eats glass. II in due course of time he is
not sufficiently aroused the spell comes
on him anyway, and several whisky
glasses are chewed up TO quiet his unnat-
ural longing.
Yesterday Goddard stated that row
with his wife caused a return of his long
ing for more glass. When taken to the
hospital it was thought Goddard was SUI
fering from too much liquor. but a con-
rersation with him dispelled doubts on
that score. While he acknowledged the
glass eating episode which had been re-
ported TO the hospital attendants by Mrs.
Goddard, 1t was discredited as story
told by Goddard to frighten his wife.
Examination of the mouth. however,
would convince the most skeptical, and a
suggestive gritting together of the teeth
made his narrative realistic. He said
that he had worked for the Taussigs in
their distillery at Covington, KY, and
that couple of years ago they brought
him out to work in their warehouse here.
Il have lost 80 pounds In the last two
years. ] don't know whether eating glass
made me lcse 1t or not. have eaten II a
good many times. Once after eating sew
eral glasses l had hemorrhage on Bush
street. l don't care for whisky, and it
would take only few drinks to make me
drunk. But glass does not bother me-
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
THE LORD LIEUTENANT's WIFE.
Strange Changes in the Life of a Beau.
tiful Girl

In the early thirties there lived in Dub
lin a handsome, sad-faced lady with her
two daughters The girls were as lovely
as their mother. and could not under
stand why they were studiously kept out
OF society. nor why great people who
were their blood relations turned the cold
shoulder Pretty girls. especially Irish
girls, have sort of prescriptive right
| 10 enjoy themselves; but any pleasures
that came to these ladies' share had 10 be
OF their own making. A naval officer fell
in love with the eldest wooed and married
her. and then they knew the reason of the
sights that had been put upon them.
Their beautiful mother had been deceived
by mock marriage, and they had no
right to the name they bore
The sailor, Captain Cockerell. carried
MS bride abroad. and tried by dint Of a
rare devotion TO make up for what she
had hitherto missed in life. They were
very poor and very happy. But he died,
leaving her young widow with three
little children. Very sorrowfully she pre-
pared to return TO Dublin. knowing no.
where else TO go, but dreading to encoun-
ter again the coldness that had sur
rounded her girlhood. Travelling took lcng
IN those days, and We believe it was in
india that Captain Cockerell died.
At any rate. IL was on a sea voyage that
the young widow met the man who was.
perhaps. the most talked of man in Brit
ain. the Earl of Eglinton; for IL was the
year CT the Great Tournament, when the
Earl had revived at Eglinton Castle the
splendid pageants of the Middle Ages. and
all the world was ringing with the story.
In few months Mrs. Cockerell was Coun-
tess OF Eglinton. In few months more
Lord John Russell's government fell. and
the Earl was appointed to succeed Lord
Clarendon as lord lieutenant of Ireland.
SO II was as the wife Of the lord lieu
tenant that she returned to Dublin. Very
swcetly and gently she bore herself and
II people chose TO forget how they had
hehaved In the past Lady Eglinton never
reminded them Of it. She bore the Earl
three sens and a daughter Her eldest
child, by Captain Cockerell. called after
herself Theresa. is the Dowager Lady
shrewsbury. Her daughter by the Earl
OF Eglinton was Egidia, Lady Rendlesham.
Modern Society
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

OF In a boat for the shore one evening,
| where. having sought out his fancee,
whom he had not seen for some years, Id
kissed her. A few days later the effects
of the kiss became painfully evident,
though the culprit returned to his ship
by stealth the same night. The girl sue.
cumbed to the plague, which spread
through the town so rapidly that more
than 200 persons died out of a total popu.
iation of 1.50O.
Kisses once cost the lives OF many
brave soldiers in the British army. Tho
beautiful Duchess of Gordon. in 1894,
raised the famous Gordon Highlanders by
giving 1000 recruits a kiss and golden
guinea apiece. The regiment was raised
TO It's full strength in few days.
The men were then sent ert against the
French. and In the very first battle In
which they took part more than $50 fell,
either killed or wounded.
Previous to this. in Ills. n war was
brought about by thoughtless kiss on
the part OF young Bavarian prince Of
somewhat reckless character. named Fer
dinand. During visit to a neighboring
State. he inadvertently kissed a beautiful
member OF the royal household. Princess
Thyra, ignorant of the fact that she was
already affianced. Her betrothed hap
pened to be standing near and witnessed
the incident.
High words ensued. followed by blows.
and duel was arranged which led to tho
of diplomatic relations be-
tween the two nations. A war broke out
ultimately. and resulted in thousands of
deaths before there was a declaration of
York Press.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

more attention in the Office than anything
in that line that had occurred there for
many years. and our green reporters
stock jumped away above par No one
OF the subeditors dreamed that he pos
sessed so intimate knowledge Of cera-
rlcs as the article indicated; while the
city editor made grumptious inquiries
concerning the whyness and whereforness
of the youth. who hitherto had scarcely
been noticed among the staff. 1t was
fortunate for the reporter that the sale
mad ended, as that fact alone enabled
him to rest on his laurels
But he became curious at last to know
who had helped him write so brilliant an
article. and dropped into the Art Galleries
to inquire. Mr.. Kirby listened to his de-
scription of the man and guessed he did
not know him. There was no one con-
nected with the association that answered
1t. Why. there's my man now, over
there looking at that picture" said the
reporter, having discovered his friend,
who. of course. had a way OF haunting art
galleries. oh said Kirby. that's Mr..
Laffan of the SUM- yes. he hasea way of
helping people. Finest judge ot art in
America, New York Press
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
wEDEL AND his WINDMILL
The Costly Dream ofa Russian Inventor
in the West.

The wreaking OF an old mill at Hurley
the other day in order that the material
might be used for other purposes was Of
unusual interest to the people of that To-
cality. for the reason thatfthe structure
had no counterpart onithe barths surface
and was erected under the personal super-
vision of an amateur inventor who he
lieved he solved the problem of utilizing
the high winds of this part OF the coup-
try for the operation of machinery in lien
of steam or other power.
| Wind power" was the hobby OF Cor
menus Wedel. member OF the colony of
Russian Mennonites living in the western
| part OF Turner county, and the mill was
erected to test his theory. Wedel was a
man OF some ingenuity who claimed to
| nave discovered a new style Of wheel and
attachment which would completely revo-
| iutionize the modern systems of motive
| power. The Hour mill was built In the fall
OF 1893 by himself and another Russian
named William Semur.
Wedel was very anxious to put his
| theory to a test. He invested all the
money he had in the mill and induced
semur TO sell his valuable farm and in
vest the proceeds therefrom in the mill.
Then Wedel. still not having enough
money TO carry che project through, bor-
rowed all he could, and finally got the
mill finished and in running order But
IT did not work just as expected and the
first high winds took the fans off his
wheel. He was not wholly discouraged,
however. and proceeded to repair 1t and
put 1t in running order once more. But
the wind took the fans off again. He
could get no more funds to repair the
mill. and the disappointed inventor was
forced 20 abandon the structure to his
numerous creditors.
The mill was four stories high. 1t was
octagonal in shape. having diameter of
about twenty eight feet at the bottom.
II was very odd-looking picturesque
landmark, end for years had been popu-
lar target for amateur photographers, a
wonderful playhouse for boys and a rem
devious for thousands of birds.-Chicago
Record Herald
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
LESS CANDY.
Better to Give Children Delicious Food
Than Candy

Sohuy-
Some foods Will cure dyspepsia and
other foods Will cause it. The safest way
10 get well Is TO use the food that agrees
with lie stomach and permits Nature to
go along in a thoroughly natural way.
a lady says, Il have at last found n
true way TO get well and keep well. AMI
that is by the use Of Grape Nuts Break
fast Food
For six years ! suffered with indi-
gestion and palpitation of the heart so
that ] could not sleep nights / tried a
great many different kinds of medicines
and lot of different kinds of cereals
but none Of them helped me- and NV
stomach seemed TO get worse and worse.
Il became very despondent and was ai
loss to know what TO do. One day
read In the paper that Grape Nuts Break
fast Food would cure Indigestion and build
up the body. / wondered IL IL contained
any medicine but learned that II did not
but that 1T was only food prepared so
that the stomach could easily digest IT,
The next time ! went down town I
bought Two packages This was on Tues
day and IL was all gone on Saturday for
we all liked IL much so ! sent down
and got three more packages and from
that time ! have been using Grape Nuts
steadily, and my indigestion has entirely
disappeared.
Sometimes when my little girl has been
playing extra hard after supper she will
climb on my knee, pat my cheek and whis-
per in my ear, Mamma. please give me
good l say Rnowing all the
time} What is good. dearY She says.
'GrapeNuts with cream on top and there
is nothing candy or anything else, that
she enjoys better than this good whole
some food. She eats II for breakfast
every morning and prefers Grape Nuts
pudding for dinner. At night she has
Grape-Nuts for her supper with a soft
boiled egg, and she thrives wonderfully
On this kind OF food" Name given by !
Postum Company. Battle Creek, Mich.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
MUSOLINO REGARDED
AS A POPULAR HERO
Musolmo a Popular
Heao 10 Italians.

MusolinO. the bandit. whose
trial was begun last week. is IA
popular hero in Italy. He is
the recipient of general sympa-
thy, and il is believed that he
will eventually escape from
prison through some conni-
vance.
Lombroso, the psychologist,
and D'Annunzio. have been
among those present at the ses-
sions of the court. The former
declares the bandit Il remark
able man, while the latter is
writing 4 novel and Il play with
the outlaw as the central lig-
ure.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
LARGEST FAMILY IN THE LAND.
One Hundred and Eighty Members il
Four Generations.

This city and neighborhood boast of 6
family which is believed to be the largest
in the United States. says dispatch from
! Prairie du Chen. Wis, to the New York
World" 1t consists of 1SS members. and
until last Wednesday. when Mrs. Peter
Fernett died, there had been no sick
ness in the family for nearly hlf cen
tury.
Peter Fernett, ST., the head of the fam
lily, is nearly ninety years of age, and is
in splendid health With him to mourn
the loss of faithful wife and mother are
eight children. one hundred and twenty
six grandchildren, sixty-one great-grand-
children and one great great grandchild.
The family now consists of the following
members:
Peter Fernett. husband; Mrs. Anthony
La Bonne, Mrs. Louis La Bonne, Mrs.
Frank Porrier, Mrs. Frank Gotta. Mrs.
Theodore Gotta, Mrs. Hubert 0bin, Paul
Fernett and Peter Fernett, jr.
There we're four other children bon, but
three of these died when they were quite
young and the other when he was under
twenty years of age.
These eight children are the parents
of one hundred and twenty-six children.
Eighteen of these grandchildren of old
Mr.. and Mrs. Fernett have among them
sixty-one children and one OF the latter
Is the mother of a ten-day-old child. max
ing it a great great -grandchild of Peter
Fernett, sr. The remarkable record of the
Fernett children is as follows.
Mrs. A. La Bonne, eighteen children.
Mrs L. La Bonne, thirteen children.
Mrs. F. Porrier, seventeen children.
Mrs. F. Gotta, sixteen children.
Mrs. T. Gotta, seventeen children.
Mrs. II. Obin, eighteen children. ~ -
Paul Fernett, thirteen; children
Peter Fernett, jr., fourteen children.
All the members Of this remarkable
family, from the old great great grand
father down to the youngest babe are hale
and hearty. There has been no sickness
in the family to speak of in more than
eighty years. Last week, when the aged
woman died. she had been i'll for less
Than day
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
KISSES THAT PROVED FATAL.
Wars Kindled and Other Disaster
Caused by Oscillation.

Often fatal kisses" are not mere fig
ures of speech. In many a case they have
literally been the cause OF not only one
death. but succession of deaths.
Perhaps the most fatal kiss ever known
was that given by a young Spanish sailor
to his fiancee nine years ago, for II
brought about the defamation Of town.
A Spanish vessel put into the little sea-
port of Candalo, on the coast of Florida
flying the yellow flag. and was accordingly
ordered to remain in quarantine, for more
than one member of the crew exhibited
symptoms OF bubonic plague.
But the sailor disobeyed orders and put
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

boasts that number of women have writ
Ten TO him. throwing themselves at his
feet. One letter has been published in
the newspapers signed by Hundred wo-
men of Decent Position in Florence
saying that they pray for his acquittal,
and look forward with pleasure to his
personal acquaintance. They conclude by
declaring him to be the chevalier of hu-
manity.
Musolino has declared to newspaper men
,hat ne is confident Of achieving his liber-
ty, and when he has done so. he will re-
alize the ambition of his life by making
a visit to America
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
day.

General Organizer Flynn, OF the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. denies that he
came to Wheeling to gain admittance to
the convention to reply to President
Shaffer's stri.turts on his organization for
failure to give financial aid in the last
strike. Neither Is the convention thinking
of withdrawing from the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
The rally day program came to con-
clusiou this evening in monster ban
quet at Wheeling Park. Governor White
spoke in happy vein. as did also Repre-
sentative B. B. Dovener. On Monday all
committees will report. An effort may be
made to have the association establish an
insurance feature. but the plan is op-
posed by individual lodges having their
own benefit funds
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
GALA DAY At WHEELING.
Amalgamated Association Conventions
Labors Drawing to a Close.

WHEELING. w. Va, April 26.-The
Amalgamated convention has virtually fin
ished it's work, with the exception OF
hearing the reports of committees. elect
Ing officers and choosing the next place OF
meeting The wage committee finished its
Iabors this morning and will report Mon
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
SympathizerS of the BAN
dit Found in All Ranks
of Society.
DISTINGUISHED MEN AT THE TRIAL
Outlaw, in Picturesque Lam
guage, Gives to His Adven-
lures a Poetical Flavor.
BELIEVED HE WILL ESCAPE

Lombroso, the Psychologist, Declares Him
Remarkable Man-D'Annunzio Writ
ing Play and Novel About the Ruff
fan, While Parcoli Scribbles Endless
Verse.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
Brute Shows Through.

Such touches as this last arouse sym
pathy among the people in the court room
and sometimes enthusiasm. But now and
again the brute in him oyercomes the
hero. There have been undignihed scuf-
fles with gendarmes in which Musolno
has often had temporarily the upper hand,
for he is immensely strong.
On Tuesday last. eight stalwart gem
6armes with difficulty held him down, when
In q moment OF fury, he had attempted to
strangle a female witness who had ad
dressed him with disrespectful words. II
IS a curious fact that although there are
a dozen families who have had some Of
their members killed or wounded by Muse
limo his father, a carabineer. is the only
one who has come forward on the prose-
cution's side.
The others, who are Calabrians regard
the case as q family vendetta, and pri-
yate affair and refuse 10 soil their honor
by going TO law. But II he escapes they
Will Try 10 shoot OF stab him unless he
shoots or stabs first.
Letters From Women.
II Is only in keeping with the records of
such cases that Musolino has received
thousands Of letters and kilograms and
addresses expressing sympathy. of which
he Is monstrously proud. and he also
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

Genuine Tuscan Hats. male shapes,
including the Colonial" and "Napo-
leon" the "Gainsborough," and walk
ing shapes, also Tuscan Cuban body
hats in all the most fashionable
shapes-plain and two-tone. with black
and white facing-the most worn hats
of the season. which are being sold at
sl.50 and 81 elsewhere-for 95c.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-25
WHAT WILL U. s. DOT
German Paper Puts Pertinent Cues
ton to England and America.

Cologne. September A.-The Koelinsche
zeitung, which is frequently inspired
from Berlin, refers to Secretary Hays
Roumanan note as follows:
However pitiable the position OF the
Jews in Roumania may be, individual
states must ask themselves whether an
affair which concerns foreign subjects
justifies them in imposing that jurisdic-
ton upon these subjects. Great Britain
ard the United States must make It clea-
how they conceive the whole business is
to be managed. Germany. by itself, is
in no way concerned In the question. The
TACT that the treaty of Berlin was signed
in Berlin does not impose the obligation
of defending it upon Germany any more
than the other signatorles. 1t follows
that we by no means feel called upon
to play the leading role, the more so as
we are under no Illusion as to the diff
Guilty OF the enterprise.
''Rounsnia would have done better to
frame her Jewish legislation otherwise
than she has The measures taken by
Ronmania are hopeless. When she recog-
nizes this fact she will perhaps modify
her legislation, as 1t is very much
to her interest that the Jewish question
disapp EAR frorn the cider of the day."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-25
GOES TO GERMANY.
Particular Travellers Demand the I'M
portatIon of American Articles.

IT had drank coffee since babyhood,
and although l was very nervous and
dyspepuc. l could not and would not be-
lieve that coffee had anything to do with
It," writes an American lady now living
In Munich, Germany.
MY physician finally convinced me
that coffee was at the bottom Of all my
troubles. and l tried many things to
take its place. but nothing satisfied the
craving for real coffee. At last, one day
In a half hearted despairing mood,
bought from tho grocer some Postum
Food Coffee. My grown-up daughter.
who by the way had inherited my taste
for coffee and also my nervousness.
laughed and said-'Dont you know that
nothing can take the place OF well made
coffee, half Java and half Mocha, with
plenty of rich cream?'
I firmly believe it.. I replied. but
drowning man will grasp at straw, and
/ am getting more nervous every day.
and can hardly eat anything at all. and
DR.. s.. like the rest of the physicians.
tells me 1t all comes from coffee
So next morning I personally made a
pot of Postum, following closely the d.
rections-and such a surprised The
color was a rich. dark. whey brown. and
a pleasant aroma greeted tAe nostrils.
But the taste-the crucial test l con-
fess l feared to put II to that test for
fear of another disappointment.
But not so with my daughter, who
eagerly made the trial and fairly shout
ed; 'Hurrah, Mamma, you have found it
at last I tried 1t. and hat ended our
coffee drinking for good The flavor was
full and rich and left nothing to be
desired.
In short time my dyspepsia disap-
peared and as for nerves-my daughter
and myself almost forgot that such
things existed. until we came to Germany
and I had TO go back to coffee. and we
are again as nervous and dyspeptic as we
used to be- But we don't intend to let
II go on: I have written to America for
a good supply of Postum and propose
to always have ii In the future at any
cost Life is miserable to us without
Postum.
When we used 1t, Postum proved the
most gentle Of conquerors and loaded us
with benefits in the way of strengthened
health and quiet nerves" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.