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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-05
AUCTION SALES.
JAMES W. RArcLIFFE. Anctioneer.


EXECUTORS SALE OF FRAME DWELLINGS
Nos. $685. 36l0. AND 3oI2 STREET
NORTHWEST; ALSO FRAME DWELLING
No los JEFFERSON STREET NORTH.
WEST.
by virtue Of powers vested in me, / viii offer
Tor sale by public auction, in front of the re-
spectlve premises, on TUESDAY, the 18th DAY
or MAY, \. d. 1903 at 4.30 O'CLOCK P N
the following described real estate situate IN the
city Of Washington. District Of Columbia. 10 wit:
fart OF lot numbered 81 in square l223 i'm
proved by three frame dwellings.
ALSO,
On HE SAME DAY, at O'CLOCK P n,
part Of lot "a in square numbered 1890 i'm
proved by frame dwelling
Terms OF sale; al cash. 4 deposit of $50
on each mouse At time OF sale Terms OF sale
10 be complied with in fifteen DAYS from day
OF SALE otherwise the undersigned reserves The
right to resell the property 1t the risk and cost
OF the defauiting purchaser Title good or no
sale Taxes, etc, appoTtioned to date. If de-
livery Of deed. All conyeysncing. recording
etc, at purchasers cost
THOMAS G. MILLER. Executor.
49,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-05

ALL GOODS stored with Fries & Hopweod in
the names Of VI. Perry. NJ. johnson win be
80 Nav :. 1908 t-v59t
10 whom IT MAY CONCERN-I will sqII
within this month, at public auction, all goods
belonging 10 Mrs. J. II. Beard 10 cover storage
charges, etc. II. BURbHART & SON rnyl-5t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-05

The largest stock. the best assert.
ment OF patterns and the biggest val
ues for the money are the arguments ,v.
make Tor your mating order. Our as
sortment include many exclusive pat
terms and designs.
Prices range from lex to s5c yarI.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
lightning Blasted Tree.

That much valuable knowledge as
to the effects of lightning may be
gained by a study of trees that have
been struck by it is maintained by
many English scientists. A tree which
stood for many years on the side of a
road a few miles from Wallingford, in
England, was struck by lightning dur
ing a violent storm a short time ago
and utterly destroyed. MI. Percy e.
Spielmann examined it a few hours
afterward and found that the, bark
had been completely stripped off and
flung to one side. and that a large
branch had also been torn away and
splintered. He looked for some token
of fire, but was unable to find any. He
noticed, however, that the inner sur
face of the bar was marked longitu-
dinally with thin wavy lines, very close
set, of which the crests we're about a
quarter of an inch apart. He took sew
eral photographs of the ruined tree
and he regards them Is most useful
since they show clearly the rending
effect of lightning on a fbrous tissue.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
The True Nerve.

There are various ways of getting
in ones winter fuel" remarked a good
old-fashioned farmer, but we have re-
Gently been made acquainted with a
new method. In a tenant-house On
my farm | have had a loafer-gentle-
mar that l had to get rid of; he
wouldn't pay his rent, and he wouldn't
work, Sc l requested him to move back
to town and let me get an a~ble-bodied
neighbor in his place. He kindly con
sented; but asked me to lend him some
assistance in getting his goods and
lent him a team and wagon, with Joe,
my right-hand farmman, to drive for
him.
WELL, at night Joe came back with
a strange story to tell. Among the
goods to be moved, he said, was an
immense dry-goods box. 1t was SO
heavily packed that two men could
not lift it into the wagon, and Joe in
sisted that our tenant, Mr.. Ike Blank,
should unpack the box and tighten it.
Very reluctantly he consented, and
when the lids were lifted the box was
discovered to be packed full of my good
fence-rails, sawed short, ready for
stove wood use. We had a fine, old
fashioned rail-fence along the back
of the farm; and old scamp had help
ed himself to a rail here and a rail
there, saving them up in the house,
probably, to be carried to town, and
burned.
81 told Joe he ought to have seized
the wood in my name, but he said Mr..
Ike declared that he found the rails
away out in the woods, SO, as Joe
couldn't identify thom, he had to let
them go. And my two good horses
hauled that stolen wood to town for
him. Doesn't that beat you? Pm glad
l got rid of him before he sawed up
my two wooden pumps and the barn
doors. Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
Old Men Workers.

Men OF thought have always been
distinguished for their g Colon,
Sophocles, Pinder, Anacreon and.
Xenophon were octogenarians. Kant,
Button, Goethe, Fontenelle and New
ton were over 80. Michelangelo and Tt
tian were 80 and SO respectively. Har-
vey, the discoverer of the circulation
of blood, lived to be 80. Many men
have done excellent work after
they have passed 80 years. Lam
dor wrote his Imaginary Con-
versations" when IS; Izaak M. Wal
ton welded a ready pen at 80. Hahne-
mann married at so and was still work
ing at 81. MicheIangelo was still paint
ing his giant canvases at SO, and Titan
at 80 worked with the vigor of his
early years. Fontenelle was as light
hearted at SO as at 40, and Newton at
83 worked as hard as he did in middle
life. Cornaro was in far better
health at IS than at 80 and as happy
as a sandboy. At Hanover DR.. Du Boil
sy was still practising az a physician
IN 1871, gong his daily rounds at the
age Of 1903 William Reynold Salmon,
M. r. C. S., of Cambridge, Glamorgan-
shire, died on March II, 1897, at the
age of log. At the time of his death he
was the oldest known individual Of iE-
di~sputably authenticated age, the old
est physician, the Oldest member OF
the Royal College of Surgeons. Eng
land. and eldest Free Masoa In the
Worla,-caanbera'a Journal,
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

There is not a moment without
some duty.
Taste is an acquired thing. Courte.
sy is inherited.
AS many vices come from things
neglected as from things too highly
esteemed.
There is 40 great achievement that
is not the result of patient working
and waiting.
Temperance is like a tree that has
Tor Its branches contentment, and for
its fruit peace.
The perfect a piece of work
the more im%perfections the imperfect
mind can see in it.
Call no man Or woman your friend
whom you cannot say, Let us both
try to make this our beautiful friend
ship for life or death.
There are two sorts of content;
one is connected with exertion, the
other with habits of Incidence; the
first is a virtue, the other a vice.
Work in spite of yourself, and make
a habit of work; and when the habit
Of work is formed it will be transfig-
ured into the love of work; and at
last you will not only abhor idleness,
but you will have no happiness out Of
the work which then you are con-
strained from love to do.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
Reform of Criminals,

At a meeting of the National Prison
congress, held recently in Philadel.
phia, The chairman of the committee
on discharged prisoners said that the
treatment of the criminal is by proba.
ton, confinement, reformation and re-
adaptation. The first of these is rec
ognized IS of the highest value in the
case of the first offender, especially If
he is a juvenile. Confinement is gen.
orally practiced throughout all lands,
and its visible sign is our prisons.
Reformation is recognized as a the.
DRY by most of us, and its practice is
attempted in a number of prisons. Re-
adaptation, or readjustment to the CON
dirions of the outside world is one of
the most important parts of this work.
Yet few states have recognized it, and
in many Individual effort for helping
the discharged prisoner is not even or
gained. 1t appears that these efforts
at reformation which have so far been
made consist of separation of young
men from older criminals, separate
prisons for male and female offenders,
and the indeterminate sentence. A
strong plea was made, and we think
correctly, for a more universal appli-
cation of the indeterminate sentence.
Particularly should this be applied to
the one who has committed his first Of
tense. How different is the probabili-
ty of complete and permanent refor.
nation in one who goes from prison
repentant, and whose reformation is,
as it were, vouchsafed by the authori-
ties, and the one who has sullenly com.
pleted his sentence, measured in
months or years, and who goes forth
to do battle with the world with every
mans hand against nim.-American
Medicine,
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
THE "NoTARIE's NOSE" RECALLED.

French Scientist Reconstructs O Boys
Smelling Organ.
Scientific Paris is just now directing
solemn attention to a recent paper
'ead by Prof. Berger, the eminent sur
geon, to the Academic de Medicine, re-
ating an experiment he had made on
l young boy who had lost his nose IN
an accident. The professor recon
structed the organ from flesh from the
patients arm and skin from his brow.
The experiment has been described
Is a daring surgical feat, and there is
IN evident impression that it is some
hing new in the annals of surgery, but
leaders of Edmond About's amusing
volume, lie Nez dun Notaire" will re-
member the disquisition it contains on
'rh~inoplastie," or the art of restoring
lost noses, and will recollect that, the
notary who is the hero of the story
lad to remain for some days with his
nose attached to the forearm of a
0rawny Auvergnat water carrier, from
whose flesh his nasal organ was recon-
stituted.
Making a new moss is a very ancient
operation in India, sagely afirms a
Paris paper, and European science
has adopted it almost without change
rom the immemorial practice there.
There are now the Indian, French and
italian methods, varying only in de-
:ails, but the processes were familiar
% the Oriental operator an indefinite
number Of centuries ago.. But it was
aot an open secret. A few families
living in the mountainous district of
Hangra, famous for tea nowadays,
Kept the mystery" to themselves, and
;hither patients must journey, unless
hey were rich enough to send for a
practitioner. These hereditary 0
makers r called Khangars; they still
exist, and do perhaps a larger business
han ever, for British justice has not
yet succeeded in convincing the out.
iaged Hindoo that he ought not to take
vengeance by biting off his wife's
nose.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
RlcEs FOR PEDlCREES.
1Tonten Not the Only Victims nf the Gem
ealogical Fad.

1Tomen Not the Only Victims IF the Gem
~ealogical Fad.
Pedigrees are no longer priceless.
They nave come to be reckoned among
the things for which there are strict
market quotations. This was inevita-
BILE when the passion for them rose
to it's present height. Ancestors indeed
may be said to be the fad of the our.
A man who knows said the other
day, Il agree with Ruskin. About the
strongest of human passions is the
passion for Distinction We Americans
are more and more finding that out. We
have had the feeling this long time
it no doubt in large measure explains
our lavish bestoWal of titles. You see
it is this way-When a man has got
fairly up in the world he finds there
are other things than those money will
openly buy.
For example, l have a friend, who
financially is able to buy and sell me
outright. His income is way up in the
thousands, but his business, though a
useful one, is inelegant-it does not
make him even a considerable figure
OF finance. He can only eat SO much
food, wear so many clothes, take out
ings in snatches as business permits,
and now and then put a swell bet on a
favorite on the big races. That is all
he gets out Of his thousands, SO it
makes him hot in the collar to see me
socially several cuts above him, be-
cause l happen to be the great-grand-
son of a man who did something in
the REVOLUTIONARY able to be a mem
Der Of all the patriotic societies, and
by taking part in their deliberations
and being fairly active at their func-
tons often get my name in the pa
per.
ITO my friend that is fame-fame
which he covets inordinately. If any
genealogical sharp should get hold of
him in his present temper he would
stand a stiff price to be provided with
an approved pedigree, double-riveted,
and copper fastened on to some of our
first families.
Don't say that can't be done. 1t is
done right along. Don't you know all
about it? Why! tell you there are
several men who live, and live well,
by providing people with the right sort
of ancestors. Generally they belong
to several clubs-that gives them OPP
portunity you see. There they chum
with men who are beginning to be So
cially ambitious. They are suave fell
lows and full of tact. Of course, they
do their spiriting gently. 1t is never
a coarse outright bargain. Oh, no.
They are interested in genealogy, you
understand, and spend their days in
the libraries studying dry-as-dust
books. Quite incidentally they discover
something which may be of interest to
their aspiring club friends, and men
ton the fact casually, then if the fly
rises to the bait, there is apt to be a
set negotiation indianapolis News.
News.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
FOR THE NEXT GENTLEMAN
Street GaHin's Fellow Feeling for !
Those In Distress.

Street GaHin's Fellow Feeling for
Those In Distress.
An amusing incident was witnessed
in a cigar store on Chestnut street the
other afternoon.
A newsboy, having picked up a cigar
stump, walked in and, addressing the
man behind the counter, said: Say,
boss, give US a match" The man be-
hind the counter, looking down, said:
my young friend, we are not here for
the purpose of giving away matches;
we sell them" How much are dey?"
was the question. "One cent q box"
the clerk announced. The urchin
stuck his hand into his pocket and
produced, after a great deal of hunt
ing, a penny and handed it to the man.
He received his box of matches, and,
taking one out, lit the butt" Return
ing the box to the man back Of the
case, he said: "Say, put dis back on
de shelf, and when a gentleman comes
along and asks you for a match, why.
give him nj out of my box.'-Phila-
delDhia Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
MR.. MoRGAN's HUGE FEEa
How They Compare With Those OF
Some Forty Years Ago.

How They Compare With Those OF
Some Forty Years Ago.
Jay Cooke, one of the greatest OF.
American financiers, negotiated near
ly all of the immense loans issued by
the United States government during
the civil war. The banking firm OF
which he was the head handled over
81, 900, Oo0, 900 for the government, n
It's profits, 1t. is said, did not exceed
$500, 900. What would have been J. I.
Morgan's profits If that astute imam
cier had been engaged by the govern
ment to float a series of loans u
Ing to 1000, O00, ZOO? 1t has been
stated that Mr.. Morgan received about
800, 000, 900 for financing the United
States Steel Corporation with a capital
Of about 81, 400, 900 1000. In another tran
saction his profit on a $500, U
transaction was estimated at $4,000
900. Either Mr.. Morgan has aus to
be astounded at Mr.. Cookies modera-
ton or MI. Cooke would be justified in
expressing establishment at the very
high value which MI. Morgan places
upon his services. If Mr.. Morgan a
financed the steel company at the
same rates at which Mr.. Cooke han
died the governments loans during the
civil war he would have received only
$140,0 600 for his share in the transac-
ton. On the other hand, II the gov
eminent had paid Mr.. Cooke as hand
somely for his services as Mr.. Morgan
is reported to have been paid by the
6teei company, MT. COOKE WUuIu nave
netted nearly $3.50 00, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
The Pe.ru-na ALMANAC.

The druggists have already been supplied
with Peruna almanacs. There is sure to
be a great demand for these almanacs on
account Of the articles on astrology which
they contain. The subject Of astrology is
a very attractive one to most people. The
articles on astrology in the PeEuna al
manac have been furnished by a very COM
petent astrologist, and the mental charac-
~teristics of each sign is given, constituting
almost a complete horoscope. A list of
questions and answers on ~astrology sent
free upon request. There will be a great
rush for these books. Ask your druggist
for one early before they are all gone.
When a mar is forced to choose between
two evils he is apt to choose the one he
hasn't tried before.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
A shaekled Game.

A most remarkable game of baseball
was recently played in the League Is
land Navy Yard at Philadelphia. The
participants were prisoners from the
brig" to whom the officers wanted to
give some exercise. Instead If nine
men on a side, there were Is, because
the men were handcuffed in pairs. The
right arm Of one man was shackIed to
the left hand of the other. The game
was productive Of many amusing in
cidents, and some remarkable plays,
one couple of colored lads being espe-
cially successful in their team" work.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn III there Is at least one drended dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and thst is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being q con-
%stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls CatarrhCure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ng the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitutton and assisting nature in doing it's
work. The proprietors have so much faithin
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY l. Co., Toledo, O.
Sold Inv D~ru ppistS TIC
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
Literature In the South.

Three hot literary suppers are
scheduled to come off soon. The lit
crary committee Is now in the swamp,
hunting the 'possums for 'em~Atlan.
"a Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

FITS permanently Gu red No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. $2trial bottleand treatise free
DR.. B.H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

Mrs. Winslow's SoothingSyrupfor children
teething soften tho gums, reduces infamma
ton, allays pain cures wind collie. &c. abottle
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

lido not believe Piso's Cure for Consump.
tionhas an equal for coughs and ~colds-JoHN
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

The fellow whose courtship drives
him to bankruptcy has nc business to
wepdsv why marriage Ii a failure,
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES color NOR
goods, brighter %colors, with less worl
than others.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

Bread as a daily article of food is used
by only about one-thlrd of the population
of the earth.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

The number of lepers in the Philippine
Islands is estimated at about $4,000.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

A fine ostrich is calculated to yield $25O0
worth of feathers
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

The chance Of two finger prints bein
alike is not one in 81. 900. OG0, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

It Is said that Texas alone market
$50, 000, 900 worth of cattle annually.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

Enviousness That Is PardonabIe.
Most women think they would be
truly happy If they could only have
their neighbor's hired girl.-Chicage
Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

It is becoming quite usual for girls to
take part in bull fights in Spanish cities.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

Tonies for Tired Women.

With each year woman Is buster,
hence the growth of the "pick-me-up"
habit, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
With the increase Of their duties, so.
cial and otherwise, comes the neces.
sity for something to brace UP tired
nerves and enable the weaker yes.
sells" always to face the world with o
smiling, happy face.
A nip of cognac, a glass Of Benedic.
tine, or the "tiniest drop" of green
Chartreuse produces remarkable ef.
fscts the first time used. The result
Is the "pick-me-up" soon becomes an
indispensable part of the days pro.
gram.
To such an extent has the custom
grown that fashionable modistes keep
a bottle and a dainty glass In G
.sequestered spot, and obligingly come
forward with a drop Of something
to win the gratitude of the patron and
insure her return.
Louis Evan Shipman, the novelist
and playwright, when in Philadelphia
a fortnight ago, looking after his inter-
ests in Actor Hackett's performances
of THE Crisis told Of an aged
negress who, visiting in a strange
town, strolled into a Episcopal church
that had a Strangers Welcome" pla.
card displayed at the door. She was
a good Zionist, and very regular and
devout with regard to the services In
her own church at home. The respon.
rive reading and the frequent "Amens"
interested her and, in time, made her
very fervid; and she began to punctu.
ate the service with lusty "Hallelu.
jahs." She attracted attention, and
finally was approached by the sexton,
who said:
MADAM, you cannot carry on that
way here"
But Use got religion!" she explain.
ed, ecstatically.
"That may be So" answered the
sexton. "but madam, this is no place
to show it"
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

W. 1. Douglas makes and sells more
NpS9ss $3.50 and S3.O0 shoes than any other
two Ina~nufacturers In the world, which
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

Thousands Of people have catarrh who
would be surprised to know it., because 1t
has been called some other name than ca
tatrh; The fact is catarrh is catarrh wher-
ever located; and another fact which is Of
equally great Importance, is that peruna
cures eatarrh wherever located.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

Note the result of MI
though she advised Mrs.
her medicine which she
her letter contained a III
tions as to treatment, all
about the happy result.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-12-01

1t is not easy to understand always,
and therefore easy to take needless
offense if one is looking for Sights and
hurt feelings, but it is easy to be
kind and that puts one in the mood to
be patient or even forgetful of what
hasty judgment would set down as
Sights or insults.