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The Washington times., 1904-12-31
In Praise of ChauberIain's Cough
Remedy.

mere is no other medicine manufac-
fured that has received so much nra1se
and so many expressions of gratitude as
Shamberlafn's Cough Remedy Ii is ef
sectlFe. and prompt relief follows its use
Grateful parents everywhere do not hesi-
tate TO testify TO its merits for the beue-
nj OF others 1t is a certain cure for
Group and will prevent the attack If
given at the first appearance of the
disease. Il is especially adapted to chill
dren as II is pleasant to take and cen
tains nothing injurious. Mr.. E. A. Hum
phreys, a well known resident and clerk
Cape Colony, South Africa, saws: II
have used snamberlain's Cough Remedy
10 ward Of Group and colds in my fam
and 1t gives me pleasure TO recommend
1t For sale by all druggists
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
LIBRARY To BE OPEN.

Today the reading room and ex-
nibition hall or the Library of Congress
viii remain open until 10 p. M, and on
Sunday and Monday, January / and 2.
from to 10 p. m.
The other divisions, including the
copyright office, will close at 4:3T % m
today and remain closed until Tuesf,av
January g.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
FUNERAL SERVICES
OF JAMES M. HOUSE

Funeral services will be held at 4
o'clock this afternoon over the body of
James M House. a clerk in the Pension
Office. who died at his home, 81 5
Street northeast, yesterday morning.
aged siXty-five
The funeral viii be attended by Burn
side Post No. s. Department of the Po-
tcmac. 6. A r., of which he was a
member The Rev. John Van Schaick,
OF the Church Of Our Father, will Of
fciate- The burial will take place at
the former home of Mr.. House, Man
chester, n. H.
Mr. House is survived bY a WidcW
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
MASS FOR MRS. KEADY.

Requiem mass was chanted this morn
ing at o'clock, over the remains of
Mrs Ellen Ready, at Holy Trinity
Catholic Church. The interment was
made in Holy Rood Cemetery.
Deceased was the wife of Dennis
Keady, well known resident of George
town She was a native of County
Cork Ireland
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
LADIES' EUcHRE CLUB.

Mrs r. w Fuller and Mrs A c.
Murtaugh entertained the Ladies Euchre
Club at Mrs Murtaugh's home last
Wednesday After the guests had fin
ished playing euchre a supper was serv-
ed by the hostesSes. Prizes were won by
successful euchre players, as follows:
G. 8 French, John Leadbeater, Mrs. w
r. PErvis, and Mrs George S French
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
CONNECTING WATER MAINS.

The Alexandria Water Company is at
work connecting the mains which have
recently been built around the railroad
Improvements at West End
During the work of connecting the
larger main, the city is supplied with
water only through the smaller main.
which makes the flow small The work
is being pushed as rapidly as possible
The Washington times., 1904-12-31

The Sunday school of the Tenleytown
Baptist Church. on Wisconsin Avenue,
will be held Monday evening at the
church. under the direction OF the super
intendent and teachers of the school.
An excellent program has been ar
ranged for the occasion. The Rev
George w Mccullough is pastor of the
church
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
BRITISH ARMY OFFICER
HERE ON A VISIT

Our military establishment In India
alone amounts to 1900 English and
100000 Indian troops" said Maj Gen.
Thomas Frazier. of the British army,
hero Of four wars, who is at the
Raleigh Hotel. II have a great admira-
ton for your soldiers In this part OF
looking lott
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
FISCHES MADE PRESIDENT
OF BOARD OF APPRAISERS

The Secretary Of the Treasury today
designated General Appraiser 1. S.
Fisches as president of the board of
general appraisers at New York to
serve for one year from tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES.

The Christmas exercises oc the Sunday
School Of the Church of Our Redeemer.
the Rev. ID. E. Wiseman. pastor, took
place last night at O'Clock. A suitable
program was rendered by the children
consisting of declamatione dial1gues
solos. and duets.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
NEWS OF GEORGETOWN

E Paine, on January s. Frank J. Wiss-
ner will represent Burchell, while At
torney Baker, of Lambert & Baker, will
represent the defendant.
At the first trial held two weeks ago,
Rurchell was given judgment for 500
and costs, the amount of note indorsed
by Macaboy and made by Charles Glow
er.
Macaboy claims that he simply wit
messed the signature of Glover and did
not .ndorse the note
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
MRS. GADsBY coKvALEscENT.

Mrs. J. Ealsin Gadsby, of L Street
northwest, who has been seriously i'll
for several weeks, has been removed
from the hospital to her home. Her
condition is reported greatly improved
days age.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
BUILDING ASSOCIATION MEETING.

The regular meeting of the board of
directors OF the First Cooperative
Building Association will be held Tues
day evening at 7:30 o'clock. at the Office
CT the association, 1925 Thirty-second
Street northwest.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
AT HOME FOR HOLIDAYS.

Nina E Havenner. daughter of the
Rev. Frenk II. Havenner, pastor of
Dumbarton Avenue Methods; Episcopal
Church, is spending the holidays with
her parents. 3l20 o Street northwest.
She will return 70 school next week.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
HOSPITAL FULL.

1t is said the Georgetown University
Hospital is filed TO its utmost with pa
TENTS Five emergency cases were
taken to the institution on Thursday.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
WILL GO TO NIAGARA.

E. Z. Downham, of this city. has been
elected by Acca Temple. of Richmond
as a representative TO the imperial coun-
Gil. which will meet at Niagara mex.
year.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
SECOND TRIAL SET.

The second trial of the case of Charles
Burchen against Frank Maeaboy, will
be heard before Justice of the Peace H
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, Dec. 3L-The
coroners jury investigating the death
of David Frazier has returned a YER
dict TO the effect that the negro died
of cocaine poisoning
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
HER BOGUS PRINCE
TREATS Her MEAN
He Deserts and Rob Her
and Weds Another.
THEY MEET AT MONTE CARLO
Chance Acquaintance of French Aristc-
cratic Lady With Russian Ripened
Into Love-Requites Her vilely

PARIS, Dec aL-The Paris detectives
are trying to track down a bogus Rus
sian prince who has been acting after
the most approved manner of the Rus
sian adventurer in fiction
The affair began at the gaming tables
of Monte Carlo, where a beautiful
woman of the French aristocracy made
the acquaintance of a handsome fasci-
mating man. whose reckless play was
attracting the attention of everyone III
the room.
The gentleman said he was aide-de-
camp to the Grand Duke of Aldenburg.
Quietly Welded
The two became fast friends and
finally were married at Geneva. The
wedding was performed quietly in a
church, and was not followed by official
conservation at the Russian consulate.
There followed many happy days when
the So-called prince and his wife came
TO live in Versailles. The woman was
lavish with her money, giving it to her
husband frequently.
Found Him Remarked
Then came the shattering of happi-
ness. The prince disappeared. taking
with him, according TO the woman's
statement. many valuable Jewels belong
ing to her.
She started searching for him, and
the result of her inquiries proved that
the prince" had already married a rich
Partisan ''demi-mondaine.' and, further,
that the Russian embassy Gid not know
of The existence of the prince in ques-
ton.
The prince took refuge with a priest
near Houdan. and tllither the gen
darmes, on the complaint of the be-
trayed woman, went to seek for him.
He was found and asked to accompany
them before the public prosecutor.
The prince agreed to do so. and went
20 Nantes. but in the abesnce of the
magistrate he was set ut liberty and
asked to appear on the morrow.
He did not return, however, but fed
TO Paris, where an active search is be-
ing made for him
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
MAM Au>u4A

He was in the habit Of getting on
sprecs and they were lively events,
! can assure y0n, But when hcquit
he quit in dead earnest. There was
no middle ground III bis case. He
did not drink to get drunk. lie
drank for the fun there was in it,
and he could get more fun ont Of
the game than any other man |
have ever known. But these
sprees did not come often enough
to interfere with his business
plans.
However. started out TO tell
you about his sober life, and not
about the drinking part Of his
career, except az an incident to
the story. Drinking il exciting.
1t ia q most difficult matter, AS Il
rule, for a man who drinks to find
anything that will take the place
OF drinking because Of the excite.
mcnt Of the habit. II this were
an easy task ] am sure there
would be less drinking in the
world because it would BE- easier |
for men TO control the passion for
strong drink, once the passion
finds Judgment in the system. Ny
friend had solved this problem
and he solved it in an original
way. He would take to dime nov.
els. lie would buy a carload of
the most exciting stories he could
the very ycllowcst Of the vel.
low, and whenever you found him
with a lot Of these books YOU
bet he was in for a long,
sober spell.
lie would carry one III his
pocket all the time and whenever
the hours began to drag and the
day got dull you would find him
over the book. rs just
"a exciting he would say, and
whole lot cheaper than drink.
.ng.' And 50 it was. But he is the
'nly man ever knew who hit upon
really successful plan Of finding
.omething that would supply the :
excitement needed to overcome
he longing for drink in the case
II the man who once becomes
Ised to that sort of thing" ,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
Mississippi State News
Weather and Crop Report.

The weather and crop report is
sued last week by the agriculture!
bureau for the Mississippi section is
% follows
The e temperature for the week
WAS from II to Is degrees above nor.
NAL. Maximum temperatures ranged
in the nineties every day, and the week
AZ o whole was the hottest OF the sea-
son. There was an unusually large
amount of sunshine and practically no
rainfall.
Cotton opened very fast, and as a
result OF the extremely hot weather
there has been considerable premature
opening: On uplands the crop Is nearly
sll open. Picking generally made fair.
ly good progress although it was some
what retarded by the abnormally high
temperatures. Over the southern half
Of the State about three-afths of the
cotton crop has been gathered, while
over the northern half about one-third
OF the crop is out. There is a general
scarcity of labor. On the whole there
has been a slight improvement in the
yield outlook.
Where rains fell last week minor
crops are doing we'll. but over the cen.
trail and western counties fall crops are
poor. Potatoes are generally making a
good yield. Pastures are short in
many sections and there is consider
able complaint Of scarcity of water.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
GREAT FEATS or MEMORY.
London Youth of Long Ago Who Re-
membeTed AL He Had
Ever Read.
private interest

The London Times recently pub
! lished IN extract from it's cot
umns Of a century ago iii which
were related the remarkable feats
of memory performed by y. p,
! Oldfcld, who died at GrOttO house,
Margatc, in the sixteenth year Of
his age. The extract reads:
"At The age Of five and one halt
years he had scarlet fever, which
brought on him paralysis of tn"
lower extremitics and dcbiIitatcd
his body for the rest of his life,
but his mind presented the finest
display of human perfection.
"Whatever he read he instantly
had by heart; his fay0rite pur,
suits were the mathematics, phi
l0sophy, astronomy, geography,
history and painting. in all Of
which he made a great proficiency.
His favOrite authors were Locke
and Newton, and his retcntiyc
faculties were so strong that be
never forgot a single incident with
which he had been once ac
quaiuted.
Gle could relate every circum
stance Of Grecian, Roman and
English history; was master Of
astronomy, and had pursued it up
TO all its recent discoveries; had
the finest taste for drawing and
painting and would frequently
take admirable likenesses of per.
sons who struck him from mem.
DRY. He wrote a hand like copper |
plate and at a very early period
in life had made himself master
OF arithmetic.
"He was never known to be out
of temper, and though he suffered
an illness Of ten years, which ter
minated in a drops.y and bursting
Of a blood vessel upon the lungs,
be was never once known to repine
Or be impatient. His wit was
brilliant and refined and his loss
will ever be regretted by those
who had the happiness to know
aim"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15

The idea that gravitation Is
electrical in its nature has several
times been advanced, and now DR..
Bergen Davis, of Columbia uni.
yersity, reaches q similar conclu.
sion by a mathematical eXamina.
ton Of the relation between thu
grayitationat constant and the
c~onstants0f the ether. His results
not only suggest that matter is
in constitution, as other
lines Of inquiry have indicated,
but also that gravitational force
is the same in kind If not in degree
with electrical forces, and that
hey act in a III medium.-
Science.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
Bishop Galloway In China.

A telegram received from Bishop
Galloway states that he has left
Japan, where he held two mission
conferences Of the Methodist church,
and that be is now in Shanghai,
China, where he will be for several
weeks holding the conference, which
began on Thursday, October g.. After
the Shanghai conference is ended,
Bishop Galloway will proceed to
Seoul, Korea, where he holds his Last
conference in that far country.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15

An up-to-date factory for the
manufacture Of hardwood lumber 10
to be established about twelve miles
from Hattiesburg. Hardwood fac
tories are being established all over
the State, and the splendid advan-
tages enjoyed by Mississippi as a
source of supply of hardwood lum-
Der are becoming known and appre-
eiated. There are three Factories in
Jackson which manufacture hard
wood, and all are doing we'll.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
THE DECLINE or LATIN.
Study Not So Closely Pursued and
Coming TO Be Considered
Dispen8able.

In the day Of its pedagogical
! glory Latin was the universal
tongue Of the learned. But how
changed all this is now! Stats
teal studies show that five
hours a week for a year gives com.
mand Of but a few hundred words.
that two years does not double
this number. and that command of
the language and its resources in
the original is almost never at.
tanned, but that il IL abandoned
not only by the increasing per
Ccntage that do not go to college,
but also by the increasing per.
centagc who drop it forever at the
college door, says an extract from
"Adolcsccncc,' by G.. Stanley
Hall.
Its enormous numerical in.
crease due to high school require
mcnts .., thas) been attended.
perhaps inevitably, by steady
pcdagogic decline despite the
Wanted new methods, until now
The baby Latin in the average
~high-schooI class Is a kind of sane.
tilted relic, Il ghost Of n ghost, SUI.
costing Swift's Struldbrugs.
doomed to physical mortality, but
s~hriyeling and with increasing
horror Of oil things new,
In 1892 the German emperor de.
clarcd tia shame for a boy to ex,
in Latin composition, and in
the high schools Of Sweden and
it has been practically
abandoned,
In the present stage Of its edu
cational decadcncc the power OF
It's dead hand is strongly illus
by the new installation of
The old Roman pronunciation with
which u tongue has only remote
analogies, which makes havoc
proper names, which il un.
Known and unrecognized in the
schools OF the European continent
md which makes a pcdantic affec.
out Of mere v0calism,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15

There is a noticeable trend in
Mississippi just now among the bust
nessmen and everything is running
into corporations. Formerly in this
State there were few corporations
outside Of the banks and the manu-
featuring enterprises, and a NUM-
Der OF the latter were partnerships.
From the present trend it you'd
seem that the partnership business in
all large enterprises will soon be a
thing of the past.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
A Noble undertaklrn.

The Kings Daughter Of Biloxi,
have Il plan on foot 10 build in that
city a hospital, and expect 10 carry
1t to success, The King Daughter,
Of ClarkSdale have recently opened
their hospital, and it is said to be
one Of the incest little hospitals N
the State. The Legislature, al its
last session. authorized the super
yj>ors and the boards Of mayor and
aldermen 10 appropriate money te
help maintain these hospitals.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
Or. Watkins Work.

Rev. A. F. Watkins. of Jackson.
who has charge of collecting the
$o,o0o,0oo fund that the Methodist
Church Of tho South is now engaged
IN raising Tor the support Of old and
s,lperannuated preachers of the
Methodist Church, their wives and
widows, has just returned from a
Two months tour of the Methodist
conferences Of the Middle States. DR.,
Watkins visited the Methodist CON
terence OF Kentucky, and Tho confer
ences Of West Virginia, of Missouri,
and of st. Louis. He reports that
his visit to these five conferences was
very successful and that he succeeded
IN raising a large sum, that now
sweliS the superannuated fund to
1000, which sum, though a long
ways from $1,000 900. is large ter
the length of time he church has
been engaged in raising it.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
Increase ..,.,.,.......,.$ 626, 500
Respectfully,
w TE7"1'NFI
Auditor Public Accounts.
A Valuable Patent.

William Mittereiter, a skilled me-
chanic employed in the Illinois Cen
trail shops at Water Valley, has Sc
cured a patent on an improved cross
head for locomotives that promises
to be Of vital Importance in railroad
operation. The patent is designed
to reduce friction and thus increase
speed of high-class locomotives, and
add to the ease Of operation and
drawing power Of engines. Promi-
nent railroaders approve the patent.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
NOVELS AS DRINK CURE.
Man Who Wanted Excitement Got II
from Stories Instead of
Liquor.

Talking about not having any
thing to take the place Of whisky
when one wants to quit for q
while" said a thoughtful man, re.
ports the New Orleans Times.
Democrat, "reminds me of the in,
teresting plan of a friend of mine,
and one, by the way, who had an
original method Of doing almost
everything he undertook to do.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15

The a%tOmizing process, which
has found so many applications in
recent years, has now been EN-,
ployed by a German inventor for
the dyeing of cloth and other fab.
RIGS. The new machinery, exhibit
ed at Iittau, differs from appara
tus hitherto used in dispensing
with the upper reservoirs, from
which the dye was distributed, and
attaching atomizcrs directly to
the mixing vat, from which it IN
forcibly driven into the cloth.
Thus the goods need not be dipped
into the Misunderstanding Amer.
lean.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
The offctai Ballot,

Secretary Of State Power viii send
out the sample ballot for the No.
yember election to the county boards
of election commissioners within thu
week. The form of ballot will be
in the hands of the commissioners
somewhat earlier than usual. in order
to allow them plenty Of time to have
the tickets printed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
All Want Modern Utilities.

Mississippi is in the midst Of a
municipal improvement era. Small
towns all over the State are estab-
fishing waterworks, installing cleo
trio light plants, sewerage systems,
etc. Within the past year no less
than $4,000 900 in municipal bond
issues have been authorized or floated
in the State, and every town seems to
have been thoroughly awakened to
the necessity Of having modern utili-
ties.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15

The ~bookkeepers in the Offices Of
the State treasurer and auditor are
husily engaged in preparing their
trial balances for the fiscal year end
ing on the 3oth Of September, and
will have some interesting figures
within the next few days showing
the receipts and expenditures Of the
State government for the annual
just ended. The work has
been almost completed, as the book
keepers keep their books well up.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
Two Boys Drowned.

The l4-year-old son Of William
Shinoult and the l~0~year-oId boy Of
John Mullinix were drowned last
week in a pond about one mile east
of Gccyille, Prcntiss county. The
boys were found locked in each
others arms. One of them could
not swim. 1t is thought that he ven
rnrod beyond his depth, and the
other went to his assistance.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
Remarkaple Bank ShnMInas.

Auditor T. N. Henry has given
out some figures which he compiled
for a financial publication, which
show the increase in values in this
State during the past few years. The
most remarkable part OF these figures
Is the increase in the capital, surplus
and undivided profits of the State
banks. Mr.. Henry points out that
on May 81, 1904, one hundred and
cighty-three banks in their quarterly
statement showed a capital Of ST.
666,O7S, a surplus Of Sl,3lt.03l,
and undivided profits Of $1,5i5,974,
while the quarterly statement Of six.
ty-f0ur banks made June s. 1895,
showed the capital to be $3,3sT,425;
surplus, SS0o,85S; undivided profits,
S4lS,432, which makes an increase
IN the capital stock of the banks dur
ing the nine years Of 81, 9s0,652, and
increase in the surplus fer that pc
Rod Of / III, and in the undi-
yided profits Of $1,157,542. The
statement as submitted by Auditor
Henry is as follows:
Complying with your request, it
affords me pleasure to hand you be.
low a few figures showing the wonder.
full increase made by Mississippi in the
last eight years in property valuations.
The Increase has been made under sub.
stantially the same kind Of assessment
laws as those in force in 1895, which
shows it to be bona ide. and to repre-.
seat a marvellous but healthful growth
Of the State.
1t will be noted that 1908 is the as.
sessment given Of realty, personally
and railroads, that being the last one
made. The realty assessment is taken
in Mississippi only once every four
years. while personally is assessed
every year, The personally rolls show
an increase over last year of approx
imately $t5, O0O, 900.
Had the realty assessment been
taken there would have been a rela-
tive increase.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
aecorninp Embarrassing.

Legal conditions prevailing in
lama lamar county are becoming embar-
~ Lamar was created by the
~ legislature, but by an oversight
i Tune was fixed for holding court
the county. The consensus of
s SIMON is that if the judges arbi-
Iaat ally Tx upon a time the proceed
Oh the courts would not be bind
Lumberton is located in La
~ ava conditions there as to Grim
1'al otses are serious.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-15
king COTTON"
Mississippi's Special Feature at the Worlds Fair.

Mlssissppfs King Cotton is a colossal statue, thtryseyon feet high
constructed entirely of the heecy staple. 1t is located in the center Of the
GIcuftura building, and attracts more attention than any other exhibit
SHOWN therein. The king is Of the sixteenth century type, and wears a
'oWn upon his head and holds a sseper in his hand. He is seated upon an
men, throne, constructed ut Of thirty bales of the best Mississippi cotton.
Before him stand Ave negro cotton pickers, wrought in wax, and they are
perfect types OF the old negro field hands. Around the base of the throne
10 10Y cotton, cotton seed, and all its varied products, aggregatng, as
aScroh held by one of the negroes says, sS500O0O0 last year All visitors to
ne fair admire the statue Of King Cotton, which has taken the grand prize.