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Evening star., 1902-02-27
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
General News Items Gathered West o
Rock Creek


Rock Creek.
successful musicale was given last
evening at Mt. Tabor NJ. P. Church. the
proceeds OF which were applied to the
choir fund. rhe program included instru-
mental solos Ly Mr.. C. J. Desmond and
Miss Bachenhemer opening and closing
the entertainment: contraltO solos by Miss
Matte Knott ano Miss Adelaide Lynham;
tenor solos by Mr.. Charles H. Soran and
Mr. William c. Mills; bass solo by Mr.. r.
l.. Cox; soprano solo by Miss Laura SIM
clair; violin solo by Mr.. Staunton; the
Thomas Mandolin Club in characteristic.
"A Day in the Cotton Field" and selec-
tions by the Columbia Quintet, Messrs.
Todd, Galleher. Bryan. Stewart and
Cleeves. Refreshments were served after
the musicale.
Miss Mamie A. Burke daughter of Mrs.
and Mr.. B. A. Lawton of*Florence. Ala.
were quietly married Tuesday afternoon at
Tenleytown, Rev. Joseph G. Mallon. pas
tor of st. AIMS Church, officiating. The
people. and proved to be great surprise
to many friends Of the young lady. The
groom is a well-known business man Of
Florence, and Immediately after the cere-
mony the couple left FOR that city, where
they will in the future reside.
The infant department OF the Dumbarton
Avenue M. f. Church will hold Mother
Goose jubilee tomorrow evening, commenc-
Ing at 80 O'Clock, IN the lecture room OF
the church An interesting program has
been prepared. and after the entertain
ment refreshments will deserved.
John A. Heenan has sold for Sergt.
James Conlon house 1896 36th street to
Annie Ogie, and for Margaret Cody to y.
l. street northwest No consideration is
named.
Evening star., 1902-02-27
FINANCIAL.
FOR INVESTMENT.
6R Bonds of
Potomac Brick Company.
FINANCIAL.

WE OFFER FOR SALE $25, 900 nrs, mortgs 70
SIX per cent gold bonds Of the Potomac Brick Com
pany. The total Issue Of bonds amounts to $4,000
AL are payable July 1. 1915, and rcdeemabie any
time on certain intercstbearing dates after July I.
1908. at the pleasure OF the company upon tendeA
OF principal, accrued interest aud q premium of nve
per cent. Under the provisions Of a SINKING found
not less than 5000 will be redeemed aupuslly
The bonds are each for 81 .0o0-coupon and regis
tered.
THE POTOMAC BRICK COMPANY organized
under the laws OF New Jersey, 10 the owner Of q
acres Of valuable clay deposit near Waterloo Sta.
tion. Va, at the southern end Of the Long bridge
with an up-to-date brickmaking plant erected
thereon with every modern device for economical
making OF bricks in all weathers, and easily capa
bic OF producing yearly and at the very lowest cost
eighteen million $4,000 OO0 of the very best quail.
ity OF common brick. The plant has been In sue
cessful operation since August l5 1901 with aver
age monthly output OF nearly 200 GOO The direc-
tion Of the company IL in the hands OF the follow
ing board John ii. Moore. president; Edward R.
Diggs. vice president; II. Bradley Davidson Charles
F. Nesbit, q. II. n. Martin Charles r.
Diggs. sr., and g. W. Curriden. secretary and
treasurer. Further Information may be obtained
from the above named directors or at this bank.
We offer the above bonds at ioS and accrued IN
terest. We have also for sale 100 shares OF tho
company's preferred stock at price given ap-
plcation. CRANE, PARRIS 4 co,
fe26-3t Wyatt building. 14th and sis.
Evening star., 1902-02-27
COULDN'T DO ET.
MILK DIET FAILED.

Food that will actually lift one OF, If 81 sick
bed Is worth knowing Of. Chicago lady writes
Il want to tell of positive cure ,;rape-Nuts
Food has made in that considered
almost hopeless.
know you dc not look upon Grape-Nu,s rs a
Tedicinc, but, nasmuch the food certainly does
build up wornout systems, 1t seems TO il is
closely allied to tonic Now about the cure
Last Spring a dear girl friend fell ill and was
taken to Of the hospitals. but weeks before
entering the hospital she had been able Ia take
nothing but milk to nourish her; all other foods
distressed the stomach much that She tried To
live the milk alone
The doctor in the hospital endea vored to keep
her alive with broth and other focd, but ber
stomach refused to retain anything but milk. and
very little Of that at time.
l worked away at the resident physician until
he consented to my taking her home see what
the change would do for her. The poor child
very weak and nervous and SO fran that felt
quite dubious about the outcome. Nevertheless
knew enough about Grape-Nuts Food, which / In
tended to give her. to feel that ii would bring
her out. After she had rested little while
warmed some milk and poured 1t over table
spoonful Of Grape-Nuts and persuaded her to take
1t. She did with fear and trembling. for she
did not expect to keep the food down. After Civ
ing her The food l started to read her a story
and although 1t was an interesting one. she fell
asleep. When she finally awoke her first words
were, Did I really keep the Grapefruit
She had KEEP. them, but could scarcely believe
1t. After two or three hours gave her little
nore with the good result. Gradually and
cautiously increased the amonnt until after
few days she able to eat a saucerfll with no
bad effects.
She lived Grspe-Nuts entirely and gained
strength SO rapidly that she recovered. and
recommends Grape-Nuts to all her friends.
She says she would be glad to have anyone who
Is suffering from stomach trouble write her. and
she will tell what Grape-Nuts Food has done for
her, aud how grateful she is to the man who had
the forethought to manufacture a food already
digested 20 that weak stomschs take 1T. Her
name is Lille NJ. Gestabt. 4416 Wabash Ave,
Chicago
clergyman OF our Acquaintance eats dish Of
Grape-Nuts before preparing bis asked
him once II be got Inspiration from the food. He
said, Not only that. but 1t to clear my
mind and make my 'thirdlys' and .fourthlys' come
much more quickly Just think about ones stom-
ach not having TO think about digestng Grape.
Nuts at an; they have done the digesting them
selves, and all we have TO DO II to tickle the
palate BY swallowing them. This same gentleman
assured me that he would rather dispense with
any article Of food on the table than Grape NUTS
We eat the food regularly with sometimes
little fresh or canned fruit added. We call 1t our
tonic. My husband Joins in thanking you heartily
for Its manufacture" Name given By Postum Co..
Battle Greek, Nich.
Evening star., 1902-02-27
Deaths In the District.

The following deaths were reported to the
health Office during the twcnty-four hours
ending at noon today: Mary Gilbert, sew
enty-fve years: Kate Fl. Dyer. sixty-seven
years; Samuel Bailey sixty-six years: Lus-
sana A. Kelsey, six,y-fve years: Reuben
Nelson. fiftyfour years: John Hansbor-
ough. fifty years: John Tayier, forty -eight
years: Mrs. Ellen Duff, forty-seven years;
Mary ]. Johnson, forty -four years: Marga-
ret Sidney Baumer. forty years; Gertrude
Handy. twenty-nne years: Lena HILL twen-
ty-eight years; Thomas N. Chick, twenty
three years: Lizzie Samuels. twenty years:
Mildred E. Rose one year: Willie Stra NTH
ers, ten months; Willie Hall. eight months;
Mary A. Paynter. six months; Rowland
Ferguson, two months.
Evening star., 1902-02-27
ArmY Orders.

Mai. l.. H. Walker. Artillery Corps. has
been ordered to return TO his proper sta
ton.
Capt Mason Carter upon his own appli-
cation. has been detailed as professor of
military science and tactics at the Univer-
sity Of the South. Sewanee. Tenn
Capt. Arthur w. Yates. quartermaster
has been ordered from Portland, Me-, to
Boston. Mass. on business pertaining to
the auartermasters department in connec-
tion with construction work in Portland
harbor.
Contract Surgeon Mills Dennis, now at
Temple. Texas, has been ordered to tho
Philippines for duty.
First Lieut.. H. c. Evans. jr., Artillery
Corps. has been detailed for general re-
cruiting service at Omaha, Neb.
Contract Surgeon c. A. Warwick. now
at Keokuk. Iowa, has been ordered to the
Philippines for duty.
Evening star., 1902-02-27
Naval Orders.

Commander T. H. Stevens has been as
signed to temporary duty at the Mare Is
land navy yard.
Lieut.. r. H. Brumby, from the Solace to
the Olympia.
Ensigns c. p. Nelson and w. b. Tardy.
from the Solace to their homes on waiting
orders.
Surgeon L. W. spratlng, to Buffalo, n
T., as relief OF Surgeon H. L. Law, re-
tired, who is ordered to his home
Evening star., 1902-02-27
Hotel Arrivals.

Wizards. 8. Haines, Burlington. N. J.;
N. w. Kendall, New Haven. Conn; Will
lam H. Russell, q. Edwin Sawyer, r. II.
Dunno, A. Collog, J. r. Drexel, Philip J.
Britt, New York; w. G. cronemeyer. VIII
lam b. Rogers, Pittsburs; James w. Law:
ther, Bellwood. Pa: II. F. Eldridge, Ports
mouth, N H.; n w. Abbott. Columbus.
Ohio: e. d. Myers. Richmond, Va; b. q.
Hodgkins, Boston; +. 4. Lfvermore, De-
troit; r. Cannon. Chicago; w ID. kas-
Evening star., 1902-02-27
Marriage Licenses

Marriage licenses have been issued as fol-
lows:
White-Herman A. Fleming and Edna
Earle Billings, both of Richmond, Va;
Harry Davis and Ida Cronn; Richard F.
Dix and Alice Dunton, both of Lancaster
county, Va.
Colored-Thomas Parker and Anna G.
Tyler: Dennis T. Jones and Ida Brown; !;
Joseph Woodward and Matte Cook. boil
of SpOttsylvania county, Va; Jessie N
Parr and Martha M. Bumbary.
Evening star., 1902-02-27
Movements Of Naval Vessels.

The Wisconsin, with Rear Admiral Casey
on board. has arrived at Acapulco the In
diana At Cienfuegos and the Solace at Mare
Island.
for Havana. and the Topeka from Havana
for Key West.
Evening star., 1902-02-27
To Cure q Cold in Ono Dav

Take Iaxstive Bromo Quiniue Tablots An dF1na
Eists refund the money IL Il fails 10 cure 4 r.
Groves signature u on each boz. &c.
se24-tc&th. cot
Evening star., 1902-02-27
Secretary Root at His Desk.

eC1St"1y 1sOOI 2C A1B O08R.
Secretary Root resumed his duties at the
War Department this morning after a few
days visit to New York.
Evening star., 1902-02-27

MONEY TO LOAN AT 31a. 4 and AZ PER CENT,
in sums OF 81, 600 to 500. 600. b. c. real es-
tate; pay of 3 per cent and per cent loans and
begin anew at lowest rates Of Interest; all trans
actions conducted with economical considera tion
for borrowers. WIN. II. SAUNDERS co. 14O7
ST. NV. je8tf-7
Evening star., 1902-02-27

MONEY TO LOAN AT sc
IN SUMS ROM 50, coo To $50. 900
ON IMPROVED WASHINGTON REALTY,
FOR 2, 3 AND 5-YEAR TERMS.
A. S. CAYWOOD, 933 9TH ST. NV.
fe2S- tn III 2Ws
Evening star., 1902-02-27
MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.

MONEY To LOAN IN LARGE OR SMALL SUMS
ON first second trusts on real estate. Room
15S, Washington Loan and Trust building. fe2' -3t'
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE, PERSON
al property and collateral. J. {. DAVIS, 503 T.
St NV. fer ST.
Evening star., 1902-02-27
RAIN TONIGHT; FRIDAY.
Rising Temperature Tonight; Increas-
ing Southerly Winds.

Forecast till pm. Friday:
For the District of Columbia and Virginia.
rain tonight and Friday; rising temperature
tonight increasing southerly winds
For Maryland, rain tonight and Friday;
increasing southerly winds.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-14
Cd CornSr

Bar back IN my musings my thoughts
have been cast,
Ic the home where the hours of my
childhood were passed.
loved an its rooms, to the pantry ana
han,
But that blessed old kitchen was dear
or than an.
its chairs and IT'S tables-none brighter
could be.
For al ita surroundings we're sacred
60 me,
TO the nail In the entry, the latch on
tho door;
And loved every crack of that old
kitchen door.
7 remember the fireplace. with mouth
high and wide,
the old-fashioned ven that stood 10.
Its side,
Out of which. each Thanksgiving.
came buildings and pies
That fairly bewildered and dazzled our
eyes;
And there too, St Nicholas. slglr and
stllL
Came down, every Christmas, our
stockings 10 iii;
But the dearest Of memories I've laid
up in store,
is the mother that trod that ola
kitchen floor.
DAY In ard day out from morning an
night,
Her footsteps were busy. her heart al
ways light;
For 1t seemed to me then that she
knew not a care.
The smile was So gentle her face used
TO wear.
4 remember, with pleasure, whEt joy
filled our eyes
When she told as the stories that chill
dren so prize;
They were new every night, though
we'd heard them before,
From her lips. at the wheel. on thu
old Kitchen floor.
j remember the window, where morn
ings I'd run
AS SOC as the ~daybreak, to watch ffoi
the sun.
And thought when my head scarcely
reached to the sill
That It slept through the night, In the
trees on the hill.
And the emal1ftract Of ground that MI
eyes then could view,
Was all of the world that my fancy
knew;
Indeed, L cared not to know Of It more
For a world in itself was the ole
Kitchen floor.
indianapolis News.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-14
Wage-E Earning Women
Their Number Is constanty Increasing in the United States

There are to-day over three million
wage-earning women in the United
States, and the only place where wo-
men have not as yet entered to usurp
mans position is as an officer in the
United States army and navy, or as a
sailor or marine. From the inventor
down to the telegraph messenger men
are standing aside %bewildered, and IN
some cases indignant, seeing their po-
sition taken by a vast and increasing
number Of women. The position Of
the Wage-earning woman to-day de-
mands attention. 1t is true that
fathers throw their daughters into
the industrial world on much the same
principle that they throw their boys
into the water to teach them to swim I"
And through heroic struggles the girl
IS coming to the surface and learning
the strokes.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-14

The sharks in the great central pool
at the aquarium are necessarily on the
move, always going round and round
and round the pool at a steady, uni
form gait, says the New York Sun. OF
two men who were the other day
standing leaning against the side Of
the pool talking, one, inspired perhaps
by the sight of 50 many fishes of all
kinds in view ali about, was telling a
remarkable tale about how many thou
sand sqnintillion million blackhsh he
caught once, i'm a single day, on old
Barnegat light. and how they had to
stop catching them finally, and that.
too, just when they were getting thick
er than ever, for fear they'd swamp the
boat by overlooking it, they had 80
many fish IN it already; all this being
told with many and elaborate descrip-
tive details. On his second round after
this story-teller had begun his recital,
one Of the circling sharks, when he
came around near to that part Of the
pool Wherelthe two men were standing,
slowed down vlsibly and fairly loitered
NuoA NANANf 6AAnb a. oAeMAa as AN rcAAA
90 without coming to a dead halt. To
all appearances he was listening now
to that FISH story. Of which he had got
an inkling when sailing past at the
usual gait ION the previous round. Be
yond hearing distance the shark
speeded up again, and made the rest,
the major part Of the big circle, at his
usual gait. but approaching once more
the quarter where. the two meen stood.
the black6sh story still going on, the
shark slowed down again TO dead slow.
Just keeping going as he sauntered
past, anxious, apparently, to hear
about that remarkable catch all he
could, without laying himself open to
the charge Of being an outright lis
tener. OF course, It may have been by
the merest chance that the shark.
slowed down like that at this point on
these two successive circlings. but
that's what the shark did, and so the
man leaning up against the coping Of
the big pool telling about his terrible
catch OF blackdsh of old Barnegat had
besides the chance hearers from among
the visitors. this curious special audi
enoe Of two; one his friend. standing
near him and listening patiently out
side the pool and the other that m-
terested. wondering, perhaps ineredu-
lous. but certainly polite-mannered
shark swimming slowly inside.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-14

A peculiar custom is followed In re-
mote Korea, where a man is not per-
mitted to attain to the dignity Of trous-
ure until he has become a benedict,
which, in accordance with Korean ira
dition, amounts &c the same thing as
gaining a definite position in life, as
the Korean youth is not permitted to
take a wife unto himself until he ia
able 10 support her according to his
and her rank and to enable her to take
her proper position in society. It must
be added, however, that the steady en-
~croachment Of Western ideas from
Russia and Japan is bringing European
garments with it, and, therefore, this
curious custom is gradually becoming
a thing Of the past.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-14

A member Of the Sullivan County
club caught half a dozen trout one day
last summer and carried them alive to
his cottage, intending to take them to
the city. relates the New York Times.
He turned the water into his bath tub
and the trout seemed to thrive az
well there as they had done in the
streams. That afternoon n Of the
fish disappeared. The man, thinking
it had Jumped out. looked all around
the room, but no trout was to be seen.
Next morning two mor were gone, and
the servant was closely questioned.
Then two more disappeared, and the
fisherman was so much concerned that
he took a place outside the bathroom
windows and proceeded TO watch. Pret-
ty soon the family cat entered. perched
on the edge Of the tub, and waiting It's
chance, struck ylciously into the water
with n paw and brought up the re-
naming trout.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-14

By a curious natural law Of compgn-
sauon various diseases tend To- prolong
nfe and improve The general health.
Gouty and rheumatic persons. &c Is
said. have especial cause to be thank
ful. Perhaps this knowledge will help
them 20 be more cheerful than they
usually are A. seasons Of f~esttvlty.
Govt and rheumatism are exceeding
" painful diseases, and, Of course. in
some cases prove fatal. but they confer
many a Messing upon mankind; and
rheumatism particularly is well known
70 doctors as q preventive Of many
other diseases. It Is a notorious fact
that equity subjects generally live TO a
ripe age, and albeit bhey suffer vory
severely at times, they generally enjoy
excellent general health. the very causes
OF lie govt keeping their blood in good
condition and making It uncomfortable
to many kinds Of microbes
Take han a dozgn persOms over the
age Of seventy who suffer from fheu-
matism or govt, and half a dozen 9TH
ers who suffer from neither, ami you
viii find that, except for their rheuma-
tism or govt. they enjoy very much
better health than the no~n-suHerers,
and stGnd a splendid chance Of outliy-
ing the latter. Moreover, govt and
rheumctism greatly enhance q suffer
er's chances of retaining his mental
faculties until the end. A large per-
centage Of centenarians who die with
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-14

The ~oft-repeated tale Of how the
Sandwich Islanders ats Captain Cook,
the famous English explorer, has
caused some OF the old chiefs and
chiefesses to make an emphatic denial
Of the charge Of c~annibalism, and to
correct history from traditions handed
down from generation to generation.
According to this new version Captain
Cook was killed and part Of his body
eaten, but il was by children and un-
der a mistaken impression that the
calabash which contained the famous
explorers body held nothing o than
pig. The story is that the body was
cut up with a view to making an Of
fering to the gods, and that the pieces
were placed in a separate calabash as
an Offering to the god of the sea There
they were discovered by some children
who ate the flesh under the impression
that it was pig. The natives still point
out this spot on Kona, Hawaii. where
this is said to have taken place.-Hon-
olulu Cor. New York Sun.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-14

a VANDERBILT WHO LIKES
WORK.
Though Rich, he d Always nusy.-una
Patented Several Inventions 20 Rail-
roads.-Is Now a Ciyn Service Commits
rioner of New York.


Cornelius Vanderbilt appointed mu-
nicipal civil service commissioners by
Mayor low. works harder than the
average pennilcss young man, though
he has an income Of 100000 q year,
or $4,000 a month, OF 1888 a day. All
the work that 10 does IS from choice
as be doesn't have to bother about the
wherewithal Tor house rert, butcher
and grocery bills ana such matters
He Is an ordinary looking Young
man, bOyish in appearance n demo
cratic In manner. but he has many re-
markable qualities which make him as
different from the average gilded youth
Of fashion as steam engine Is from a
butterfly.
He has a~mbitinn-tons Of It. That Is
what makes him work so hard. He
wants 70 earnia reputation and be indie
pendent OF the halo which hangs over
him simply because he is a vanderbilt.
The family halo never appealed very
strongly to hiE, anyway. After his
Disagreement with his father he be
came doubly anxious TO build mp a
name that would be purely She result
Of his own labors
Mechanics is his hobby, md If he
gave way TO it completely The would
spend an or his time I'm machine shops.
Young Vanderbilt showed that he
had ideas and determination much out
OF the ordinary when he he'd his dis
agreement with his father over his en-
gagement to Miss Grace Wilson. The
elder Vanderbilt commanded him to
break the engagement, making 1t plain
that mlessfhe did he would be pracu-
cauy disinherited and deprived OF all
the power and wealth which conferred
IN the head Of the Vanderbilt family.
This meant a loss in money alone OF
over S4O,OO0,OO0, n sum which would
have caused most men Go ponder deep
ly before, deciding to casbit aside. But
young Nanderbilt's decision was in.
s%tantaneous and positive. 1t was In fa.
w0r of the woman he lowed.
His father kept his word. As the
eldest living son, Cornelius, according
! to all precedent in the Vanderbilt fam
Nv, should have received the bulk OF
his fathers wealth. Instead he was
left ONLY s 1.OOO,OOO. while $40, OOO,OOC
went to his younger brother. Alfred
Ewynne. Alfred gave S6,OOO,OOO t
Cornelius to avert litigation over the
estate.
ANNAAAA wi MAN ANNAA NAAN
ened by the great loss he suffered II
wealth and prestige. In the five and 8
half years since the quarrel with bis
father me has worked necessarily anC
with good results. He began by in
venting n locomotive fiTe-box. The
great value of this invention is that Il
keeps down the yearly expense bill OF
a railroad company, as 1t rarely get
out of repair. 1t is now being used OF
the New York Central, the Baltimore 6
Ohio, the Union Pacific and thirteen
other large railway systems, and IL
time Will probably be in universal use
He has just begun active work as al
officer Of the new city government. He
says ne expects to devote much Of hi:
time 10 the office and perform his full
share Of his duties. As civil service
commissioners he does not receive any
salary.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-14

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never to return the burning sensation
I had left altogether my general
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-MRs. LOUISE GIBson, 4813 Langley
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