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The Washington times., 1903-01-20
EVER NAMED
BY ANY
FURNITURE
HOUSE IN
WASHINGTON.

Add to this the fact that we are
now in the midst Of the greatest
discount sale of the year and the
temptation TO buy becomes almost
irresistible. This is truly the har-
vest season for housekeepsrs-
There is q clean saving of dollars
on the present price Of all kinds
CT Furniture. Parlor Suites. Red
room Suites, SidebCards, China
Closets. Exterior Tables; also
Dinner and Tea Sets, Pictures, Art
Goods, etc. We are prepared TO
make credit terms that VIII sur
prise you. Weekly or moathly
payments Carpets made, laid. and
lined free.
The Washington times., 1903-01-20

wood Avenue. viii not be at home this
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1903-01-20

Mrs Michael J. Colbert. 1850 Bacon
Street win not receive this afternoon.
but will receive the following Tuesday
and the first Tuesday in February.
The Washington times., 1903-01-20
Dinners

The Italian ambassador and Signora
Mayor des PIanches entertained at din
ner last night SignOra Mayor received
in q rich gown OF black velvet, and wore
q necklace Of pearls. Their guests were
the Austrian ambassador and Madame
Hengelmuiler. the Assistant Secretary
of State. David J. Hill. General and Mrs
Draper. Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald De Koven.
Mrs benjamin II. WaTder, SenOr RianO,
and Edwin Morgan. After the dinnc=
the guests went to the musicale at Mrs
Herbert WadswOTth's and the dance at
Rauscher's. The Italian ambassador and
Bignora Mayor viii entertain at dinner
on Monday. the 26th. after which they
will give a large reception.
The Washington times., 1903-01-20

The Postmaster General and Mrs
Payne gave a dinner Of twenty eight Gov
'ers last night in honor Of the British
ambassador and Lady Herbert The
other guests were Sir Thomas and Lady
Shaughuessy. Of Montreal. who came to
Washington for the express purpose Of
being present at the dinner; Baron Ge-
vers, the minister from the Netherlands;
Justice McKenna. Senator ana Mrs De-
pew. Senator and Mrs Hanna. Senator
and Mrs Fairbanks. Senator and Mrs.
Wetmore. Senator Beverage. General
and Mrs Wood. General and Mrs.
Randolph. Colonel and Mrs. Bfng-
ham, Mrs. Hit Mrs Slater. Mrs.
Cameron, Miss Boardman, and Miss
Louise Van Dyke Jones.
The Washington times., 1903-01-20

Mrs Isaac Cans viii not receive this
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1903-01-20


cen covers last night
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ellis gave a din
ner last night in honor of Mr. Moody,
the Secretary Of the Navy. Their guests
We're Former Senator and Mrs. John
B Henderson, the Third Assistant Sec
rotary Of State and Mrs. PIERCE, Mt. and
Mrs. Charles c. Glover. Mr. and Mrs
Thomas F. Walsh, Nj and Mrs. Lothrop
Bradley DR.. and Mrs. Mason, Hrs.
Audenried-
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry May gave a dinner
last night in honor of Miss Roosevelt,
the daughter of the President The
guests were Miss Alice Warder, Miss
Glover. Miss Garcia de Peyster, Miss
Isabel May, Miss Jean Loring, Miss de
smirnof, Senior de Ojeda, the Spanish
minister, Mr.. Brun. the Danish minis
ter: Blr. Dering, John Van Ness Philip,
BIr. Shaw, and Mr. HELEN
The Misses Kean entertained infor-
maUy at dinner last night Among the
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas ROB
inson and Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop
Chandler.
Mrs Payne. wife of the Postmaster
General. entertained at luncheon today
IN honor of Lady ShaugbDessy. of Mon
treaL The guests were Mrs. Hale, Mrs.
Pinchot. Mrs. Draper. Mrs Hobson, Mrs
Pierce, Mrs. Cameron. Miss Phelps. and
Miss Louise Van Dyke Jones.
The Washington times., 1903-01-20

Justice Brown gave a dinner Of eight
cen covers last night
The Washington times., 1903-01-20
LAXATIVE BRoM0-QUININE

Cures a Cold in One Day,
Cures GRIP in Two Days.
The Washington times., 1903-01-20

Chase. where they will live until the
first Of May, when they purpose sailing
for Europe
The Washington times., 1903-01-20

Mrs. Charles y. Fowler will be a.
home today at the New willard
The Washington times., 1903-01-20

Mrs Claude 4. Swanson VIII receive at
the Cairo this afternoon and the first
and third Tuesdays in February
, 1903-08-05
THE HALL OF FAME.

Judge George E. Ross of L%ogansport,
Ind, sneezed so hare the other day that
his hip was %dislocated.
As the patron and inventor of the
British bank holiday Sir John has
earned the popular nickname of st
Lubbock"
DIR. Edward de la Granja. once a
prominent physician, Carlist and re-
former, has just died in Boston. He
was banished from Spain.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
is making plans for another spectacular
campaign in Ohio neXt fall. He pur-
poses to have three motor cars in serv-
ice instead of one.
S. L. pettee. the inventor of the first
paper bag machine as well as other
appliances, has just died in Cleveland.
He lived in Philadelphia at II time
and later in Bethlehem.
A Russian nobleman named Tcher-
diadieff is said to hold the record as a
duelist. He is only forty years old,
but he has fought eighteen duels and
killed eight men without having re-
ceived u wound.
Tom Burrows, the champion club
swinger of the world. has just on
cluded at Cape Town Il performance
which breaks all records. He swung
a pair of Indian clubs continuously for
forty hours and a quarter.
Baron and Baroness Won Sternburg
have gone to their summer home, The
Weirs. n. II. The ambassador will re-
open the embassy in October and Their
will leave on an extensive western tour,
going as far as San Francisco.
Detective Sergeant William G.. Wei
ser of New York has resigned his office.
He admits having 100000 laid aside
and promises that the hardest work he
will DO for the remainder of his life
will be to clip the coupons off his
bonds.
General George Il. Davis, judge ad-
vocate general of the army, has been
designated to represent the army at a
conference to meet in Geneva, Switzer-
land. on Sept. IA, for the purpose OF
considering proposed changes in the
Red Cross convention of Aug. %, 1864.
George w. Vanderbilt contemplates
building another model village near his
estate at Asheville, n. c. The village
will be built about thirty miles from
Asheville, and $1.000.000 at least will
be expended on the project. Mr.. Van
derbilt has already expended about
$10,000,000 in western North Carolina.
, 1903-08-05
EDITORIAL

With Edison and Marconi working in
eahoots electricity may as well prepare
to give up its remaining secrets.-De-
troit News.
Ohio, hale, hearty and a hundred, fur
nishes a refutation of the old conten-
ton that pie is an enemy of longevity.
Washington Post.
There is more talk of changing the
name of Sing Sing. Why not try the
Thompson Seton plan of putting the
first name last?-Denver Republican.
j. 2. Morgan has been taking the
''rest cure" at AK, France. 'Tis awful
to speculate on what he may do to us
once be is thoroughly rested.-Atlanta
Constitution.
A New York nan who disappeared
has turned up in California. He doesn't
know how he got there. A good many
other people would like to go to Cali
fornia. but don't know how to get
there.-Buffalo Courier.
A Chicago schoolmaster criticises
Shakespeare because that bard's lam
guage is behind the times. Some one
should put S~hakespeare's writings into
slang to meet Chicago's yearning for
up to date Observation-Disclosures
North American.
, 1903-08-05
MODES OF THE MOMENT.

Mauve is one of the leading colors
this season.
The newest sailor hat is made with
a slightly rolled brim and immensely
large but low
Shirt waist suits of natural pongee
are relieved by piping of same ma
terial in scarlet. blue and black.
Linen coats with triple shoulder
capes, double breasted front and wide,
loose sleeves are much in demand.
Adjustable buttons, with ring or bar
fastening, are fayorites for shirt waist
decoration, four being the regulation
for the front.
Turbans or large hats of hyaeinth
blue and the lighter shades of porce-
lain blue are worn with costumes of
blue wolfe and etamine.
White linen coats are adorned with
passementerle and drop ornaments to
match. Those in natural colored linen
are set off with trimming in self color
Or contrasting shades.-Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1903-08-05
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

Work on the French National pavilion,
a reproduction of the Grand Trianon
at Versailles. France, will be begun
soon at the worlds fair, st. Louis.
Live stock breeders of Canada will
make a big display at the worlds fair,
st. Louis. They have asked for gov
eminent assistance to the extent of
$250.000.
The British National pavilion at the
worlds fair. st. Louis. will be a re-
production of the orangery or banquet
hall of the Kensington palace. in Ken
sington gardens. London.
Greece will erect a pavilion at the
worlds fair. st. Louis. and will also
make exhibits in several of the differ.
emit departments. Among the interest
ing things exhibited will be reproduc-
lions of old Greek statuary.
, 1903-08-05

5rc4. fae spokes Of his wheel In one last
struggle for life.
There was one sailor man who dared
tben-William Ellis-for just as Moui-
trn shouted a big arm shot out of the
SEA and gripped him tight. Another
seized Joseph Ellis. Williams brother,
the man who had thrown the gaff into
the maddened monsters side. Just as
Ellis seized the only AK on board a
third tentacle caught Samuel Jeans.
He chung to the mast, but his strength
was like a pygmy's to the monsters.
His grip vas all but gone.
Up went Ellis ak.
Down it came again like q flash of
lightning on the bulwarks.
The giant arm was severed cleanly.
and Jeans was free. The second tenta-
Gle slipped nervelessly from Moulton's
body. Joseph Ellis writhed himself to
safety. The great beak which was
pounding madly at the Viyid's sides let
go ut last. and the mammoth body,
swirling round and round in the inky
seas itself had colored, dropped away.
Dul lOI lllduA anus dDOul lAt Sbd
was jet black with a foul smelling fluid
squirted out by the devilfish. Tbs
crippled Vivid could just make port.
There was u great hole in her side
where the pounding beak had pene-
trated, and her masts and sails were
Scared and torn by the giant arms
which all but pulled her down to the
depths.
The crew of the Vivid are not the
only ones who have fought for their
lives with devilishes. Dan Squires and
Jim Piccott, with his boy Tom, u lad of
twelve, know what it means to fight
one of these sea demons too.
They were codfishing in Il skiff off
Portugal cove, rear st. Johns. They
saw what they thought was wreckage,
and they pulled close by. Squires
gated the mass and started to pull ii
inboard when to his horror he saw 1t
was Il live devilfish. In the twinkling
of an eye the great thing had the en-
tire boat encircled in its squirming
arms. Another moment and it was
drawing the skiff down beneath the
surface till the water poured in over
the sides.
Piccott seized an arm of the monster
in his despair.
1t let go the boat and twined about
his body. The boat righted, but it
seemed all up with Piccott. But little
Tom, his boy, caught up an ak from
the bottom and with one clean blow
cut off the tentacle which held his ia
ther. Another squirming tentacle in
stantly whipped up out of the water
and infolded the skiff just as Piccott
sank exhausted to the thwarts. Again
the boy rushed to the rescue and
chopped off the second arm.
The devilfish, crazy with pain, half
leaped out of the water. Its horny beak
pounded at the gunwales.
1t shot its loathsome ink at the men.
1t Missed over the side in fury. But the
boys AK and Squires' knife finally gave
1t a quietus. Letting go, the devilfish
dropped back into the depths beaten
when it had almost Won the victory.
, 1903-08-05
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the report of the
commissioners of assessment of the borough
of Wildwood, in the county of Cape May and
state of New Jersey, in the matter of the assess
ments of benefits for the improvements OF
grading, grayeling and curbing of the follow
ing streets or parts of streets in the borough
of Wildwood, to-wit = Oak, Wildwood, Pine,
Maple, Glenwood, Magnolia, Poplar, and
Juniper avenues between Philadelphia and
Park formerly Railroad avenue) avenues;
Park avenue formerly Railroad avenue) be-
tween Cedar and Twenty Sixth avenues;
New York avenue between Maple and Twenty
Sixth avenues; Philadelphia avenue formerly
Holly Beach avenue) on both sides of the
West Jersey and Seashore railroad between q
point 100 feet north ofPine avenue andTwenty
Sixth avenue; also on the westerly side of the
w. j. * $. X. X. between a point 100 feet north
of Pine avenue and Cedar avenue; Pacific and
Atlantic avenues between "A point 100 feet
north of Pine avenue aud Twenty Sixth ave-
nue.; and Maple, GlenwOod, Magnolia, Poplar
and Juniper avenues between Philadelphia
and Atlantic avenues, upon the owners of the
lands fronting on the streets, avenues or sec
tions of the same so improved or benefited
to the extent of the benefit received, together
with the map accompanying the above men,
toned repOrt, Will be considered by the bOr-
ough council at its regular meeting to be held
in the borough hall, Wildwood, New Jersey,
at s p. m, on Monday the 10th day of August,
1908, or atsuch time to which said meeting
may be adjourned or at a subsequent regular
meeting to which the consideration of said
report may be postponed, preparatory to the
confirmation and adoption thereof, with or
without alterations, as provided by law and
that all parties interested in or affected by
said improvements may havean opportunity
to be heard upon the subject of said assess
ments at the time and place so appointed.
Dated WILDWOOD, N. j., July 18th, A. ID. 1903,
JED DUBOIS, Borough Clerk,
, 1903-08-05

found himself hotly chased by an in
furiated bull, which was literally whirl-
ing its trunk over the huntsman's head
and screaming with rage. How | got
away" he says, Il scarcely know.
Urged on by the short. piercing
screams, bounded over and through
thorn bushes which in cold blood l
should have deemed impossible. l
emerged from the bush without a
shred of clothing on me"
Still undaunted. he turned round on
his pursuer. and, raising his gun, fired
at him ut short range. The gun, howev'
er, had been loaded twice, and the re-
coil dashed him to the ground, intiict-
ing a serious wound on his face, OF
which he bears the mark today.
, 1903-08-05
THE DEvILV1sH SEIZED THE VESSEL.

THE DEvILFIsH SEIZED THE VESSEL.
of five. was sailing down the coast to
st. Johns to lay in supplies for a
months fishing.
They were off Cape st. Mary's. The
lookout thought he spied a giant lump
of ambergris, n of the treasures so
seldom given up by the sea. Talk of
many lucky mas curing the past fort
night and the sight of money freely
spent by the lucky finders had excited
the hardy crew of the Vivid.
stand by" yelled Captain Moulton.
Every man was in his place. Not a
hundred yards ahead now lay the float
ing fortune. Moulton shifted his helm
and bore down smartly upon the fiot-
sam, a competence for everybody
aboard, it seemed.
Get out your hook!' cried Moulton.
AYE, aye, siri' responded Joseph
Ellis, the sturdy sailor mar whose bust
ness it was to handle the BOAT hook.
Every eye was on the thing ahead.
Ellis stood ready to nail the floating
treasure that might make every man
rich. 1t was dead ahead now, fifty
yards away, twenty yards, ten, five.
Striker shouted Moulton, ablaze
with excitement.
Up in the air went the keen hook.
Down it came straight to its mark. The
gaff struck home.
In the twinkling of an eye the still
thing drifting idly on the waters be-
came a demon furious with life,
thrashing, graphing, squirming, feel
ing for everything within its reach.
Great clouds of inky stuff dyed the
water. A monstrous beak pecked at
the Vivid's oaken sides. Two giant
eyes focused on the deck, seeking
something to seize. Something like
the kissing of a multitude of men boil
ed up out of the sea.
Instead of ambergris Ellis had struck
a devilfsh.
Out of the depths arose a beWilder-
ing array of tentacles, twisting and
crawling all over the smack. They
fastened on the bulwarks and squirm-
ed inboard. They felt their way around
the masts and up the 6attened sails.
All the while the ponderous beak of
this demon thing of the deep was
pounding at the ship, eager to sink 1t.
Hard aport." yelled Moulton, trying
to free his boat and get away on the
f~reshening breeze.
But he was too late. The giant devil
fish had the Vivid safely infolded in
its half u hundred tentacles. 1t would
not be budged. The Vivid lay ON the
tumbling seas like a dead thing, with
the octopus madly trying to drag it
down into the depths.
KNIVES and axes there!' fairly
screamed Moulton to the men, who
stood stupefied CD deck.
AS if to meet the coming battle to
the death. the devilfsh seized the
masts in a firm grip with two of its
stoutest tentacles. Then it tried to
sink to the bottom of the sea. bent on
dragging the schooner with it. Round
and round it wrapped its feelers about
the spars, sending up fresh ones TO aid
those that had already taken hold.
Slowly the sturdy Vivid gave to the
mighty arms that reached up out of the
wav{s. Over and over she bent. The
big body HAT thrashed in the water
fought more and more madly to tilt
over the boat till she capsized.
"If you don't do something we're
lone for!" MCllton shouted, throwing
, 1903-08-05
PURSUED By
Nm ELEPHANT.
WarrosO Escape Of |efous. the
Hunter. From an In
furidfed Bull.

hunters, who for thirty-two years has
made his home in the wilds of South
Africa. has had many narrow escapes
from the fierce beasts he has pursued.
1t Is eloquent of the daring of the
man that of his seventy-eight elephants
all but one were shot on foot.
On one occasion when he was pur-
suing a wounded elephant on foot he
, 1903-08-05
OF
The Sea
Certifying Experience Of
Fishermen HOifb q
DeUiDfSb.
Horrible Monster TbrebO TfS
CenfocIes Around Their Boar
and Tried 10 Drag
II Dot0n.

When the crew of the fishing smack
Vivid got into st. Johns. n. f., a few
days ago they told of an encounter with
a huge deviltish in which they needed
all their courage and strength to save
their lives.
The forty ton Vivid of Fortune Bay,
Abram Moulton master. with Il crew
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
SOCIETY UPSET.

+ Society In Sugar Bottom Is little under
the weather. The football game on
Thanksgiving Day is responsible tor II.
Caleb dc smtyers' son fell of the fence
on the north side Of the park and broke
his arm, and Mrs. De smivers has been
Frustrated ever since.
The hop given on Thanksgiving night IN
honor of the vlctors was responsible for
another accident. Mr., and Mrs, Crater
had a party Of friends In their wagon.
taking them to the hop, when the >>7rze
ran away and upset the wagon.
DR., Sycle and DR., Rex gathered them
up, and four quarts OF arnca were used
besides yard and half Of court plas-
ter,
NEW POLITICAL PARTY. III
Anew political party has been organized
In Sugar Bottom on the sound Democratic
nrinciples of free trade. The COMMITTEES
on Resolutions has formulated tho fol-
lowing:
.',yhereas. It has come to our ears
that the Democratic party, according TO
Hoyle has committed suicide by taxing
an overdose OF Barksdale pills, which. &C.
cording to the understanding Of this SONY
lnittee is unconstitutional, and
Whereas, the Constitution OF the
United States gives to every man the
right TO do as he pleases. therefore pe
1t
"Resolved That We do all IN our power
10 wipe out Of existence the Barksdale
law, SO that we may. S-whsn occasion re-
auires, SGT EN- up to our fr!:pds, and }sr'
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Waste Not, Want Not.

Do not throw away bits Of toilet soap.
Keep jar to put them In. Make bags
OF fine cheesecloth, four by six inches.
Fill with bran, a few bits Of the soap,
and, IL you have 1t pinch or two Of
orrls Tie the bags at the top; do not flll
them full. as the bran swells In the water,
Oatmeal may be used as well as bran.
These bags make the incest kind OF wash
rags, Another use for the bits or soap is
to put some Of them In jar ana pour N
alcohol or cologne, not quite enough 70
cover the soap. This Will make n jelly
which will be found useful In sham
pooing or In the bath, as it dissolves
quickly In the water, Add few drops
of lavender or rose to the alcohol and
soap just before usins.-Mrs W, =,
Moran,
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& siGlk $50 BIZ ABE -

courage them to do all they can for us
in an honorable way.
'Resolved, That in the course OF human
events, man Is not expected to give his
time and labor toward the election Ut any
one without due compensation. and tho
man that does volunteer such work. is
the first to get beneath the plum tree.
.Resolyed, That the Barksdale bill Ia
no good, and the new Constitution IL
worse" "a, e.. VI
This set OF resolutions we're duly signed.
and the party Is now growing rapidly,
and looking around for candidates f"r
Council,
Seven Of the present members have
been slated,
POLICE cENsURED. 8f
Residents of Sugar Bottom are mad with
the police, and they arc talking about
getting UP an indignation mass-meetlng
Young men and boys from other places
Invade the quiet precincts OF sugar BOT
tom at the midnight hour and purloln
the ash barrels and boxes. leaving tho
contents In unart!stio piles in the back
yards. and It Is upon this point tho police
are censured, 81
sf What we want In Sugar Bottom is somA'
body to watch our back gates at night,
for we cannot spend all the money We
have for taxes, and then spend the re-
malnder for barrels and boxes to be
stolen In the dead hours OF night,
We call upon Fatty BEDFORD, Buck Fos-
ter, Jake Lang. B!lley Bradley and Wyatt,
Catch the barrel thieves and the house-
wife will call you blessed, II you don't
she'll throw the rolling-p!n at you.
POUND PARTY.
Miss Beatrice CodwIllnger Is going to
have pound party at her house on
Christmas Eve. n s8;
She hav made arrangements to have a
tetty pulling in the kitchen, and she has
s4srroWed Miss. Moriaty lnelodeon, and
asked Mr., Eugene Davis ta be present.
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Of Redhead Mike Mcguire.


Mike is professional snow shoYe!ler,
and ia said to be a good one
Flo has devoted much of his time since
last snow to reading the funny pages and
fishing. This has kept him from broodng
over his hard luck. He also laughed at
Journey Porters hunting stories and l,1e
was sunbeam to him, Now he VIII so
out and hustle
iEERAL RULE OF ETIQUETTE
When a lady enters n crowned street
car, shut your eyes, SO you won't SEQ her
standing,
Don't eat all the meat they give you
in the restaurant leave some on your
plate for the soup,
II lady makes mistake and smiles
at you, don't correct the error.
If you run four blocks for car and flnd
1t the wrong one. don't cuss; Join IN the
laughter.
When the street department refuses to
keep the dust off your furniture, hire
girl to do It.
Don't cry over split milk; It might have
been beer.
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The affair promises to be very swell.
She has sent out one hundred invitations
like this:
"Your presents are desired at my house
on Christmas Eve night to a pound party.
Please give your pound to the boy at tho
door. Do not bring and bricks or pickles
or horseradist.' :,
We acknowledge an invitation, and will
JUST COME OUT,
The picture In another place In this Is
sue Is that OF Miss Sarah Jane Gunp,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Gump. the Well
known business man whose shop Is always
full Of tho most fashionable soles ana
heels, put on while you walt,
Miss Gump has Just broke into society.
and will be at home 70 her friends next
Sunday after dinner
Sugar Bottom has awakened 10 the fact
that this Is an era Of progress. and the
place like Manchester Is growing more
like New York every day.
Mr.. Bill Sites has whtewashed the In
side of his woodshed, and It now mas an
Inviting appearances.
Mr.. Johnnie Couson has put new
piece of paper over the hole IN his trent
window.
The local wood yard has added another
cord of wood to its stock. as the pros
Porous condition Of the country has made
people buy twenty-five cents worth o.
wood instead OF fifteen. as heretofore.
Mr.. Grayyes has added another book TO
the library in his flat, He Is studying
the life OF Edgar Han Poe,
Julius Parboyle has billy goat. two
dogs and alive 'possum, and no Is th'nk
Ing of planting perslmmon tree In the
backyard.
555 JOY uNRoUNDEp,
The appearance OF snow the other day
sent 10Y unbounded into tho household