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The Washington times., 1903-06-02
FOREST FIRE RAGING.

BANGOR, Me-. June "A large forest
fire, which has been burning in Ken
duskeag since Saturday, has already
burned over 900 acres and Is beyond
control The loss TO whitcombe. Haynes
& Co. of Ellsworth; Sylvania C Jordan.
of Bar Harbor. and other owners of TIM
Der land. will be heavy.
The Washington times., 1903-06-02
SIGHTED sUEKEN WRECKS.

PHILADELPHIA. June 1.-THE British
steamer Murcia reports that on May %.
near Five Fathom Bank Light Vessel,
she sighted two masts standing upright.
eight feet apart, evidently attached to a
sunken wreck. Also three miles north.
IS degrees west. true from above posi-
ton. she sighted another large spar
standing upright
The Washington times., 1903-06-02
Methodist Church Reunion.

The Methodist churches of this citv
VIII mold reunion in this city from
June "a TO 2S. in commemoration of the
Hooth anniversary of the birth of John
Wesley The program for the exercises
has been completed.
The Washington times., 1903-06-02

The grave of Mary Washington, the
mother of Gen. George Washington, in
Fredericksburg, was decorated Saturday
with an exquisite wreath of roses, car
nations, lilies, smilax. etc., by the Mary
Washington Colonial Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, of New
York city. The floral offering was plac-
ed on the monument for these women by
Mrs. R. Inness Taylor, of this city.
The Washington times., 1903-06-02
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

The Petersburg city council at its
meeting last night authorized COM
mittee appointed to purchase such prop
erty as was needed for the diversion
OF the Appomattox River. This prop
erty is in Chesterfield county, just out
side of the corporate limits.
The Washington times., 1903-06-02
Mr.. French Is Released.

R. w. French was released from the
custody OF the city sergeant yesterday
evening. nolprosse being entered in
the proceedings recently instituted
against him for alleged responsibility
in the conduct of his business affairs.
The Washington times., 1903-06-02

A telegram from Cincinnati announces
the death there of George R. Mount
castle, formerly of Richmond, and the
second son of w A. Mountcastle to die
In two weeks.
The Washington times., 1903-06-02
Disbands for Summer Season.

The Racket Ping Pong Club held its
final meeting for the season last night
at the home of Claude L. Pickin. in
South Alfred Street.
The Washington times., 1903-06-02

DR.. George Crawford, of MarshaIltown,
Del, and Annie White. of Hanover, viii
be married June 10 at Dewberry, near
Hewletts.
The Washington times., 1903-06-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM NEARBY STATES

DRY Grove, Prince William county, Va.
and E1linor Gray Hutchinson, of near
Leesburg. niece of Mayor Taylor. of
Manassas
The Washington times., 1903-06-02

Clarence E Witt. twenty-four years
old. son of ex-Councilman Levi P Witt.
of Roanoke, died Yesterday morning at
Goldsboro, n. c.. where he was engaged
in business. Death was due to spinal
meningitis.
The Washington times., 1903-06-02

Cards have been issued announcing
the approaching marriage of T. Raymond
Galleher. well-known citizen OF Hick-
The Washington times., 1903-06-02

Indictments for robbery and arson
against exMayor David E. Edmondson.
George Wiley, and Mrs. Lucy Maltesta
were dismissed in the county court at
Winchester. thus ending a sensational
case.
The Washington times., 1903-06-02
Southern Acquires Land.

A recent requirement of land by the
Southern Railway Company is that of
The Washington times., 1903-06-02
EXCURSIONS.
CABIN JOHN BRIDGE

HALEY's GREAT BASD DAILY. $500 FIRE.
WORKS DISPLAY FRIDAY NIGHT. Greatest
Hotel service in the world ie2-t:
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY COUNCIL. Jr o. U.
a. n, No %, viii give It's Fifth Annual
Excursion TO Marshall Hail. Wednesday,
June 3, 1903. Come with Us and enjoy
the day IL
The Washington times., 1903-06-02
Shirt w aiSt Suit

Madras is the swell suit material:
We have 237 Madras Shirt Waist
Suits, made in the approved fashion
and trimmed with large pearl but
tons; all sizes; 50 suit,
just the thing for this & 4 PA
cool scottish weather. for this NI.19
The Washington times., 1903-06-02

SILK and linen; fine sheer fab
which viii plat, sheer. or tuck
the new style dresses; black, 4 4
all colors, or white; a 39c +
value; for this sale. 7
The Washington times., 1903-06-02
Summer Silk Waists

Ladies Fine Plain White or
Plain Black Jap Silk Waists, made
with large puff sleeves, trimmed
with plaits and pearl buttons, all
sizes are here; worth a rR
$2.9s each, for this sale, NJ
one to a purchaser, for. y sOV
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

Rutledge. MINI. Feb. 16th.--Mr. E.
c. Getchell of this place relates a
happy experience which will be read
with interest by all those who have a
similar trouble.
II appears that last winter Mr.. Get
chell was seized with lameness and
soreness in his back which grew worse
and worse till at last it became very
bod and made It very dificult for him
tP get about at all,
After time he heard of a new rem
ely for backache which some Of his
fkiends and neighbors said had cured
u lem. and he determined to try it. The
Hame of the remedy is Dodd's Kidney
Pills and Mr.. Getchell has proven that
II Is sure cure. He says!
II used two boxes of Dodd's Kidney
pills according to directions, and my
lame back was entirely cured and am
all o. X. again. Dodd's Kidney Pills
are as good as represented"
This remedy is very popular here,
and has worked some rem 9rkable
cures Of Backaohe and Kidney Trou-
bla
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
nInn Rnrrnra Rlan.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased TO
learn that there Is ut least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO cure In all its
stages and that IS Catarrh. E1lls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known 70 the
medical fraternity Catarrh being oonstitu-
uonai disease, requires q constitutional treat
menE Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken internally,
faces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the patient
assisting nature IN doing It's work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith In its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that IL fails to cure. Send for list Of
Address n J. CHENEY g CO., Toledo, O
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
LADY ON EDITORIAL
STAFF OF LEADING
RELIGIOUS WEEKLY
Sends the Following Grand Testimonial to
the Merits of Cutcura Remedies in the
Treatment Of Humours Of the
Blood, Skin and Scalp.

SCI wish to give my testimony to
the efficiency Of the Cuticura Rene
dies in what seems to me two some
what remarkable cases. / had a
number of skin tumours - small
ones - on my arms which had never
given me serious trouble but about
two years ago one came on my
throat. At FIRST it was only about as
large as pinhead, but, as it was in
a position where my collar, II not
just right, would irritate it, it soon
became very sensitive and began to
grow rapidly. Last spring It was
as large, if not larger, than a bean.
A little unusual Irritation of my
collar started it TO swelling, and in
a day or two it was as large as
half an orange. 1 was very much
alarmed, and was at a loss TO de-
termine whether it was a carbuncle
or q malignant tumor.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

Tobacco blindness is becoming quite
a common affiiction, and short time
ago several persons were being treated
for it. It first takes the form of color
blindness, the sufferers who have
smoked themselves into this condition
being quite unable to distinguish the
color Of a piece of red cloth held up
before them. That is the popular medi-
cal test, though there is more scien-
tihc one. Eventually the victim to to-
bacco blindness sometimes loses his
eyesight altogether.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
varIop. Plant. 81 rnrnno.

Out Of 1900 specimens Of plants
gathered in Europe for commercial
purposes one-tenth have pleasing
perfume and are used in the manufac-
tyre Of scents and soaps. The color
" IA species Is white, 1877 having a
perfume; 951 are yellow, n with a
feenti 1923 are red, 594 blue and 20s
violet, the number Of these having a
pleasant odor being 81. "a, and 1Ss re-
spectiyely.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

The golfers latest claim is that Jo-
seph Of old. Of whom Mrs. Potiphar
became enamored. was the original
golf player In tho first place, we are
told that he wore a coat Of many COLI
ors. which certainly must have been a
golf suit, and the statement that he
was put into a hole by his brethren Is
declared at St, Andrews to be merely
a hgurative expression and signifies
that his brethren beat him at his own
game
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

The London County Council street
railway experts have drawn up an
interesting table setting forth the
number OF passengers using per yea7
some Of the most important termini
In the world Here it is; Grand Cen
trail, New York, 100000; South
Union, Boston. 21,O0O.0eO; North
Union, Boston, 23.1OS,OO0; Broad
street, London, $4,000, 900; Park strees
subway, Boston, 27.4O0,OOo Waterloo,
London 2S,659,OOO; st. Lazaro, Paris,
42,O62, 900; Liverpool street, Liverpool,
44.377. 600.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

Pills are for the kidneys only and cure
the dangers Of urinary and bladder
disorders, from common Inflammation,
to Dropsy, Diabetes, Bright's disease.
Case No. 40,321-Mr. w. H. Ham
mer, well-known builder, residing at
1875 N. Hinde street, Washington G. H.,
Ohio, says: II am glad to endorse a
remedy which possesses such inesti-
mable value as Doan's Kidney Pills
They cured me Of Inflammation of the
bladder which had caued me much an
noyance and anxiety because of the
frequency and severity of the attacks.
l have advised others to cake Doan's
Kidney Pills and know they will not
be disappointed in the results"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Hammer
viii be mailed on application to any
part Of the United States. Address
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists. Price so cents
per box
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
Now York Papers EnvlOus Fling.

The Western millionaire's family
came to New York and settled at one
of the Fifth avenue hotels for the win
ter. 1t was one Of the younger mem
bers of the family that wrote home an
enthusiastic description of the luxuries
OF the hotel. "And we have such a
lovely porcelain bathtub," she wrote,
that l can scarcely wait until Satur-
day night to get into it."-New York
Sun.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

tended down into my chest was an
gone, and my neck now seems to ba
perfectly well.
" About five or six years ago my
sister had similar experience. She
had two large Jumps come under
her right arm, the result of sprain.
They grew rapidly, and our physi-
clan wanted to cut them out. I
would not listen to it, and che tried
the Cuticura Remedies (as ] did y
few months ago) with magical effect.
In six weeks time the Jumps had
entirely disappeared, and have never
returned.
IL have great faith in the Cuticura
Remedies, and 1 believe they might
be as efficacious in similar cases
with other people, and thus save
much suffering, and perhaps life. /
have derived so much benefit from
the use of them myself that am
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

SO great was the demand upon mem
bers of congress for tickets of admis-
sion to the Mckinley memorial serv-
ices that the members themselves we're
paying S25 each for the coveted paste
boards. Congressman Slbley promised
ave OF his constituents that he would
get them tickets and it cost him just
S125 to keep his word.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
BATHING the Baby.

Young mothers naturally feel anxious
about the baby's bath. It is best TO be-
gin at six weeks to put the little one in
water, first folding soft towel in the
bottom of the basin. Use only Ivory
Soap. as many of the highly colored and
perfumed soaps are very injurious to the
tender skin of an infant. E. r. Parker.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

France is way ahead of any ether
country in automobilism. This is ow-
ing, in great measure. 70 the excel
lent rcads-the most perfect in the
world-and to the interest which
wealthy men here have taken in the
automobile industry from the vary
start. America is behind in the man
ufacture Of first-elass touring ma
chimes; the cause is undoubtedly the
bad condition OF turnpikes in the
States, which are not fit for rapid tray
cling
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

The pages in the house now wear
big black buttons on which the word
Page" is printed. Representative
Lessler, who defeated Perry Belmont,
brought about this reform. Before
the members came to know Represen-
tative Lessler he was several times
taken for page and rather brusquely
told to go on errands. Representative
Lessler, who Is small and young, then
insisted on having the pages tagged.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
Nsr scheme Of orran arInder.

A new development in the organ
grinders art has appeared in London.
A boy dressed as a pretty girl, with
big poke bonnet and ch-beflounced
skirts, accompanies the street must
clan and dances to all the new music
hall melodies. The performance gives
no end of delight to the youngsters and
multiples the pennies that fall into
the Golfer OF the musician.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
Prerldent Reoasrelt aettlnr Fat.

President Roosevelt takes as much
exercise al he can. but he is getting
stout rapidly, having gained about If
teen OF twenty pounds in the past six
months. Formerly he lived a great
deal in the open air, but since his ele-
walton to the presidency he has been
unable to do so, and to this depTiva-
ton he attributes the condition which
straina the buttons Of his frock coat.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
Duchess naa many Dssoondantu.

The dowager duchess Of AbercorD is
the most marvellous Of all the peer
esses Of the United Kingdom. She
now has 140 descendants living, name
~, ten children (fve sons and I'VE
daughtersl ffty-nine grandchildren
and seventy-one great-grandchildren.
The ffty-ninth grandchild-the child
Of Lady Evelyn Cavendish--was born
fecantlv
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
caIlfnrnla-In,u Ratsn.

Beginning February 18th, the NJ, X,
& T. Ry. will sell Colonist Tickets to
California at very low rates, viz: St.
Louis. $4,000; Kansas City, $500.
Tourist Car through to San Francisco
leaves st. Louis each I Iesday at S:32
p. m. Ask any Katy Agent OF address
James Barker, Gen1 Pass Agent, M. X.
& T. Ry., 2O2 Wainwright Building, St
I OuIa
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
swl.s Teneher. Vol rrsnted.

The public schools Of Switzerland
are operated by the government. and
civil service rules are strictly applied.
The teachers, who are mostly women,
are very we'll paid and never discharg-
ed except for cause. When they get
so old they can't teach any more they
are pensioned literally. The result is
that the country has an excellent corps
Of educators in the schools.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

At the captains Of industry" lunch
con to Prince Henry one Of. the hosts
asked the conventional question:
How do you like American" The
prince, in a burst Of sailor-like conf
dence, replied: ooh, I'm having the
time of my life. 1 don't count for
much over there, you know. They only
use me to send to funerals. New
York Sun.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
Paris Underground Lines.

The experimental underground cleo
trio railway of Paris. which, though
but eight and three-quarter miles in
length, handles 100000 fares a day,
has been so satisfactory that two
important branches will be added to
it during the current year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
Chance for Inventors.

The agricultural department Of
Queensland has offered a reward of
$4,000 for the discovery of a means
Of Graduating the ''priclSly pear" pest,
which is a cactus imported from
America. The remedy must not cost
more than a certain sum per acre.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

I It is noteworthy that sometimes the
Jokes Of one generation become the
sober facts Of the next. Years ago Bret
kIarte satirized an attempt to buy st.
Thomas. and Thomas Mast made pic
lures of Uncle Sam on board war
ship shooting tho spaniards of the
leland OF Cuba.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
RaIIrlon In ClarnlnnA.

DR.. Charles A. Eaton, pastor OF tho
Cleveland church which Rockefeller
attends when there, has decided on d
campaign of street preaching to arouse
the Cleveland people, who, he says,
are sadly lethargic regarding religious
matters
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

Tests made at the Automobile Club
in London showed that machines trav-
cling at the rate of twenty miles an
hour could be stopped in two and a
half times their length. 1t is expected
that this test will induce the authori-
ties to increase the speed limit for
automobiles from the present rate Of
twelve miles.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

constantly advising
others to use them. Re
Gently l recommended
them to an Office boy for
his father, who was dis
abled with salt rheun.
The mans feet were
swollen to an enormous
size, and he had not
worked for six weeks.
Two bottles of CuticuFa
Resolvent and two boxes
of Cuticura Ointment
worked a perfect cure.
You never saw a more
grateful man In yourhfe-
81 am very much in
terested in another case
where l have recon-
mended Cuticura Just
now. My housemaid'B
mother has a goitre
which had reached .
very dangerous point
The doctors told her
that nothing could DO
done that she could live
only two or three weeks,
and that she would die
of strangulation. She
uras CON Rnad 70 her bed
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

In Zululand, when the moon is at
the full. objects are visible at a dis
lance of seven miles BY starlight
one can read with ease
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

Commander John Powlcs Cheyne, R.
NJ, who died recently in England, was
the pioneer in suggesting a balloon
dash for the pole, and 1t was he who
suggested the trip to Andree
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
wand Motor Car for Fnrmsrn.

( Emperor William Of Germany has
Offered prize for q motor car suited
jtor the purposes of farmers. The
award will be made some time next
year by the emperor himself.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
Value of a Ton of whnlebono.

A parcel of ono and half tons Of
whalebOne was sold at Dundee at $10,-
900 a ton. 1t was the catch of the
whaler Balaena. 1t is usually held out
that these ships are losing concerns,
but this is bit Of bluff to keep others
out Of the field For years back they
have paid from 10 to Is per cent divi-
dend.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

my friends tried to persuade me
to consult my physician; but dread
ing that he would insist on using
the knife, would not consent 20
go. Instead got small bottle of
Cuticura Resolvent and box of Gu
ticura Ointment. took the former
according to directions, and spread
a thick layer of the Ointment on a
linen cloth and placed it on the
swelling. On renewing it / would
battle my neck in very warm water
and Cuticura Soap. In few days
the Cuticura Ointment had drawn
the swelling to a head, when it
broke. Every morning it was opened
with a large sterilized needle,
squeezed and bathed, and fresh
Ointment put on. Pus and blood,
and a yellow, cheesy, humorous
matter came out. In about three or
four weeks time this treatment
completely eliminated boil and
tumor, The soreness that had ex-
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
Furious Driving of Motor Vehicles.

Eutlous DRIVING OF modoE NehacAeH'
With a view to checking the furious
driving of motor carriages the Dover
(England) corporation has resolved to
station police officers at various points,
with stop watches, to time the speed Of
Tho drivprs
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
pocnlInrltr of hIosnnltonr.

Mosquitoes are fond of anything
blue. That is a scientific discovery
that is furnishing an argument for
changing the color of the United States
army shirt.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

Il Is said that the Britiah govern
ment IL considering the desiFability Of
establishing a royal bodyguard 81 ma
tiye indian cavalry, to b CHARTERED IA
London.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces
In q package. 10 cents. One third
more starch for same money.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

FITS permanently Cured. NO nervousness aron
hTst days Of DR.. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
o. r. u. KIM Ltd. 99l Arch So. rhlndelphla. "a
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
nERTANOE sTARcH

ehsuld be- In eve=v household, none 90
any ether brand OF cold water starch.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
Vegetables In NInlInerv.

The vegetarian novelties in hats and
bonnets in London include the substi-
tuition of the rosy red tomato and the
flower of the French bean for the wing
and other animal decorations now
commonly used on ladies' headgear.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

do not believe Plso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs aud colds. JOHN +.
BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind Feb. IS, 1909.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

II you don't get the biggest and best
it's your own fault. Defiance Starch
Is for sale everywhere and there y
positively nothing TO equal II In quail
ity or quantity.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

Among the clever things recently
said Of Booker r. Washington is tAis:
"The negroes now have fewer men in
congress end the state legislature than
they had twenty years ago. but they
have a much larger number OF schools
and decent farm houses than ever be-
fore"
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
aAp sAcKa

Bad backs are
found IA every
household.
A bad back is
a back that's lame,
weak or aching.
Most backache
pains come from
kidney derenge-
ments and should
be promptly attend
ed to.
Reach the cause
OF backache by re-
lieving the kidneys
and curing their Ills.
Doan's kidney
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

a1ra. WInslOw's Soothing syrup.
For children teething softens the Kum6 reduces I'm
ANIMATION. aaYs pain cures wind collie. CSC bottle
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
THE BEST RESULTS IN sTARCHINo

can be obtained only by using Defiance
Starch. besides getting OF; more tor
aame moneY-no cooking required.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26
Pineapple at Singapore.

The price OF pineapples at Singapore
varies from a farthing to a penny
apiece. There was a time when If
teen could no N~wsl,+ To- y rennv
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

and was unable TO speak, when her
daughter, at my suggestion, tried
the effect of the CuticuEa Ointmens
and Cuticura Resolvent. Strange 70
say, she was very shortly relieved Of
the most distressing symptoms The
swelling seemed 70 be exteriOrized,
and she is now able to be around
her house, and can talk as well as
ever.
1T seems TO me that 1 have pretty
good grounds for believing that
Cuticura Remedies viii prove sue
cessful in the most distressing fOTms
of blood and skin humours, and II
you wish TO use my testimonial a.,
herein indicated, am willing that
you should do so, with the further
privilege of re vealing my name and
address TO such persons as may wish,
to substantiate the above state
ments by personal letter to me-"
Chicago, Nov. 10, 1909.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26


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SKIN and and
Sole Bodon.C 81
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-02-26

stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price Csc.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-07-28
Puget Sound and California.

The Grand Army of the Republic
and the Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress very low round trip rates to
the Pacific Coast make it cheaper to
go to the coast than to stay at home.
Between August LIST and l4th round
trip tickets will be sold as follows:
Chicago or st. Paul TO San Francis
CO or Los Angeles, going or returning
Gn one direction) via the
NORTHERN PACIFIC
ans Seattle, Tacoma and Portland,
$61.00
Chicago to Northern Pacific Coast
points, via direct lines and Northern
Pacific. $4,000
st. Paul to North Pacific Coast
points and return, $45. 90
Go and see Puget Sound and the
Columbia River, revel in the cool Pa
ciflc ocean breezes and scenery, and
visit Yellowstone Park. Northern
Pacific trains run direct to the Park
enroute to and from Seattle, Tacoma
and Portland.
Write for information and send six
cents for WONDERLAND 1902
and other literature, to
CHAs. S. FEE, Gen'l. Pass. Agt.
st. Paul, Mimi.