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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-17
THE MAN
ON THE BOX
By
HAROLD MAC GRATH
cH,. 800; s-r re eoees "4fRs,l, Co

very good judge of music, and I am con.
WINGED that what he heard was out OF the
ordinary.
( But I must guide my story into the chan
mel proper.
! During the music Karloff and Colonel
Annesley drifted into the latter's study
What passed between them l gathered
| from bits recently dropped by Warburton
Good God, Karloff. what a net you have
sprung about met" said the colonel. des-
pairingly.
my dear colonel, you have only to step
out of it. 1t is the eleventh hour: 1t is
| not too late" But Karlofr watched the
colonel eagerly.
How in Gods name can I step out of
it?"
Simply reimburse me for that twenty
thousand I advanced you in good faith,
and nothing more need be said.,' The
counts Slavonic eyes were half-lidded
TO give you back THAT amount will leave
me beggar. an absolute beggar without
roof to shelter me. I am too old for the
service, and besides, I am physically in
capacitated. If you should force me, I
could not meet my note save by selling the
house my child was born in. Have you dis
mo. Why should I present it at the
bank. 1t does not mature till next Monday,
and am in no need of money"
What wretch ami
Karloff raised his shoulders resignedly.
my daughter
"Or my ducats' whimsicalIy quoted the
count. Come. colonel: do not waste time
in useless retrospection. He stumbles who
looks back. have been thinking Of your
daughter. love her, deeply, eternally."
You love her?"
eyes. love her because she appeals to
all that Is young and good in me- be-
cause she represents the highest type of
wOmanhood. With her as my wife, why
should be willing to renounce my country,
and your Indebtedness would be crossed out
OF existence with one stroke Of the pen"
The colonel:s haggard face grew light
with sudden hopefulness.
Il have BEEN" the count went on. study
ing the ash of his cigar, It'll this night
what the world and my own conscience
wronged man or woman personally.
What l have done on the order of duty
does not agitate my conscience I am sim
ply machine. The moral responsibility
daughter, l deeply regretted that you were
her father
The colonel grew rigid in his chair.
DO not misunderstood me. Before saw
her, you were but the key to what de-
sired AS her father the matter took on a
personal side. I could not very conscien-
tiously make love to your daughter and at
the same time" Karloff left the sentence
incomplete.
and BettyT'-in half a whisper
Has refused me"-quietly. But I have
not given her up; no. have not given her
up"
what do you mean 10 dog"
Karlon got up and walked about the
stopped and studied the titles Of some OF
the books in the cases. He turned to find
that the colonel had risen and was facing
him with flaming eyes.
II demand to know how you intend to
accomplish this end" the colonel said. .My
daughter shall not be dragged into this
trap"
1vSus twhk 49, l. q L.
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SUPERIOR r1ERHT.
REMARKABLE CURATIVE PROPERTIES OF A
REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION AND
STOMACH WEAKNESS

Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. preparation for the
cure Of dyspepsia and the various forms Of indi.
gestion and stomach trouble owes Its great
cess as a cure for these troubles to the fact that
1t Is prepared for disease and weakness Of the
stomach and digestive organs only and is not rec
commended advised for any other disease.
1t is not a cure-all, but for any stomach trouble
1t Is undoubtedly the safest. most sensible
dy that be advised with the prospect of
Permanent cure. 1t Is prepared In tablet form,
pleasant to taste. composed Of vegetable and fruit
essences. pure pepsin and Golden Seal, every
Of which act effectively In digesting the food
eaten, thereby resting and tnvigoratins the weak
stomach; rest IL natures for any disease, but
you cannot rest the stomach unless yoa put into
1t something that will do Its work or assist In
the digestion OF food.
That 10 exactly what Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
do. grain Of the digestive principis contained
In them will digest 5000 grains Of melt, eggs
similar wholesome foods. they will digest the food
whether the stomach Is in working ORDER or NOT,
thereby nourishiDg the body and resting the stom.
ach At the same time. and rest and n,urishment
ID natures cure for any weakness.
In persons down Ia flesh and appetite these
tablets bnild up the strength and liner Ease flesh.
hecause they digest nesh- forming food which the
weak stomach cannot do. they increas. the now
Ut gastric juice and prevent fermentatLm. acidity
and sour watesy risinGs.
Stuasfs Dyspepsla Tsblets cin be found u ~
1zss seeess e ~ csnte per paekasss
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N. E. Charge Rejects an Aged Pastor.

Bradley Beach IN. j. Methodists of the
First Church will not have as pastor the
Rev j. u. Sawn. who was assigned to
them by Bishop Cranston at the conference
In Asbury Park, N. j., last week, because
they say he is too old. The Bradley
Beachers passed resolution positively re-
fusing to accept Mr.. Sawn and indorsing
the Rev. e. D. WAINWRIGHT Of Lamberton as
first choice. He is thirty-one years old.
The First Church Methodists established
at the meeting a thirty-five-year-age limit.
The women members OF the choir have in
timated that they will not participate in
the services If an old man is appointed.
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Flea Bites Spread Disease.

Prof. Addison E. Verrill. curator of the
Hale geological collection, in a public state
ment at New Haven, Conn. yesterday, ad-
Sanced the theory that spotted fever. OF
spinal meningitis of which there are many
cases in that city at present. is probably
conveyed by the bites of fieas or other In
Bects. Prof Verrill, after discussing the
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MOTHIR OF THE FAMILY.

| L he anxious mOtner OF the 1a1n1ly
| oftentimes carries the whole burden
of responsibility so far as the home
medication of common ailments OF
the girls or boys is concerned. The
cost of the doctors visits is very
often much too great. At such
times the mother is invited to write
to DR.. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo, N.
Y, for medical advice, which is
given free. Correspondence is held
strictly confidential.
Backed up by over third of a
century of remarkable and uniform
cures, a record such as no other
remedy for the diseases and weak
nesses peculiar to women ever at
tanned, the proprietors and makers
of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton now feel fully warranted in Of
fering to pay $500 in legal money of
the United States for any case of
Leucorrhea, Female Weakness,
Prolapsus, or Falling of Womb
which they cannot cure. All the
Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation, Proprietors, Of Buffalo, N.
Y, ask is fair and reasonable trial
of their means of cure.
AS your 'Favorite Prescription
has done so much for me, | am
pleased to tell you my experience, "
writes Mrs. Belle Griffith of Chero-
kee, Ky. 81 had been troubled with
indigestion, female troubles and uri-
nary trouble for three years, also
neuralgia and a dizzy headache !;
after taking eight bottles of DR..
Pierces medicines | was greatly
improved in health. Can sew on
machine now, something had rot
done in three years, and can eat al
most anything l wish. Am pleased
to recommend DR.. Pierce's m edi-
cine to any of my friends. I feel
that you have wonderful remedy"
For fifteen years l suffered each
month with severe pains, and this
suffering increased until my general
health became SO poor l could hard
ly get around" writes Mrs. M. D.
Jones of Buncom, Oregon. "My
husband wished me to write to DR..
Pierce, which l did, and he advised
his 'Favorite Prescription and
Pleasant Pellets When l COM
menced taking these medicines could
hardly stand on my feet, and to sit
down was even worse than stand
ing. Before l had taken one bottle
of the 'Favorite Prescription l be-
gan to feel better, and since taking
ten bottles of 'Favorite Prescrip-
ton and three walls of DR.. Pierce's
Pellets, feel stronger than | have
for years. | believe that all women
suffering as | did can be cured by
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription"
WHAT MARRIED WOMEN
Should know is contained in the
Common Sense Medical Adviser.
Send 2I one-cent stamps for the pa
per-covered book, or 81 stamps for
the cloth-bound volume. Address
DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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please"
Warburtons surprise was too great fof
sudden recovery
1T Is mine, colonel" he stammered
The colonel f1lliped away his cigar and
caught my butler roughly by the arm.
Warburton, what the devil does this
mean-a lieutenant of mine peddling soup
around a gentleman's table?"
Go be continued tomorrow
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propagation Of various other diseases.
says: 1T seems very probable that the
spotted fever now prevalent in New Haven
is caused by a minute blood parasite which
may be conveyed to healthy persons by the
bites of infected feas. This method of In
lection would best explain the scattered
and irregular distribution of the cases and
;he greater frequency OF the disease In in
sanitary localities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-17

jeremiah D. Mallory, senior member OF
the railroad supply firm of ]. D. Mallory
& Co.. died in Baltimore yesterday aged
fifty-five years. Mr.. Mallory was a men,
Der of the leading clubs of the city and
was a thirty-third degree Mason.
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by the continuous large sales in
every part of the country, assisted
by the constant praise given it by
women everywhere.
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THE GROWN OFF WO=
MANHOOD is MO- THEIR
hood.
TsHE crown of womanhood is
motherhood. But uneasy lies

TsHE crown of womanhood is
motherhood. But uneasy lies
the head that wears the crown
or anticipates this coronation when
there is lack of womanly strength
to bear the burdens of maternal dig
nifty and duty. And how few wo-
men come to this critical time with
adequate strength. The reason why
so many women sink under the
strain of motherhood is because they
are unprepared. Is preparation then
required for motherhood? asks the
young woman. And every expe-
rienced mother answers-"Yes, L
unhesitatingly advise expectant
mothers to use Doctor Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription" writes Mrs.
Stephens. The reason for this adj
vice is that DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is the best preparative
for the maternal function. No mat
ter how healthy and strong wo-
man may be, she cannot use Ca
vorite Prescription" as a prepare
tive for maternity without gam Of
health and comfort. But it is the
women who are not strong who
best appreciate the great benefits
received from the use of "Favorite
Prescription" For one thing its
use makes the baby's advent prac-
tically painless. 1t has in many
cases reduced days of suffering to a
few brief hours. 1t has changed the
period of anxiety and struggle into
a time of ease and comfort.
ALCOHOLIC TONES.
A great many women feeling the
need of a tonic take a cocktail, whis-
ky, or what is just as bad, some
widely advertised tonics or COM
pounds which contain a large per-
centage of alcohol. Doctor Pierce's
medicines are guaranteed to be en-
tirely free from alcohol or narcotics
made OF roots and herbs which
cannot harm the most delicate sys-
tenn, but have wholesome, life-giv-
ing, tonic-efect upon the system.
Tonnes made largely of alcohol in
terfere with the digestion of certain
foods. and as doses increase the al
cohol absorbed gets into the blood
and shrinks the red blood corpus
Cles. AS the blood feeds the nerves
the nerves get improper nourish-
ment and the mother becomes nerv-
Gus. As the nerves suffer, so does
the skin.
Better stick to a health-giving
tonic that has in the past third of
century sold more widely than any
other.
WHAT AGE DOES.
We are told that wine is better
when old we know that most peo-
pie have more confidence in ply
stefan of mature age who has had
large experience; why not trust this
"Favorite Prescription" of DR..
Pierce, that has proved its worth
~ n NNN "%NNY
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WHAT AGE DOES.

We are told that wine is better
when old; we know that most peo-
pie have more confidence in a ply
sician OF mature age who has had
large experience; why not trust this
"Favorite Prescription" of DR..
Pierce, that has proved its worth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-17

Should know is contained in the
Common Sense Medical Adviser.
Send 81 one-cent stamps for the pa
per-covered book, or 81 stamps for
the cloth-bound volume. Address
DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-09
PERSONAL.

Attorney Frank H. Short Of Fresno is
at the Palace.
r. w. Swanton, capitalist or santa
Cruz, is at the Palace.
J. w. Brooks of Los Angeles is stay
ing at the ST. Francis.
Frederick Warde, the actor, arrived
at the ST. Francis yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Cowles of Spo-
kane are guests at the ST Francis.
w. P. Jeffries, head of big printing
establishment of Los Angeles, is at the
Palace.
Rev. Father Jose McMontaner of
Barcelona, Spain, is registered at the
Occidental.
Postmaster M. H. Flint Of Los An
geles was among yesterdays arrivals
at the Palace.
r. B. Burns, chief engineer OF the
Western system of the Santa Fe road,
is at the Palace.
F.. G. White and A. T. Baily, well
known insurance men of Denver, are
at the st. Francis.
President David Starr Jordan of
Stamford University registered yester-
day at the st. Francis.
State Fish Commissioners w. e. Ger
ber and E. w. Hale, prominent mer-
chant of Sacramento, are staying at
the Palace.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-09
PSEUDO CATTLE KING
PASSES BAD CHECK

OAKLAND, Jan. S.-Claiming to be
possessed Of lordly domain in Okla
homa over which roamed magnificent
herds of grazing cattle. a man giving
his name as Fred Cox managed to get
into debt to J. B. Charpie to the
amount of sos for board and liquors
and to Robert Knowles the sum OF
$40, money borrowed.
Charpie keeps hotel on Stanford
avenue, in Golden Gate. and Knowles
resides in that suburb. In part pay
ment Of his account with Charpie
Cox gave him what purported to be q
check on bank situated in the coun-
try where he said his possessions lay.
1t came back indorsed mo funds
Charpie and Knowles met Cox in the
hotel barroom and demanded their
money Cox became indignant, drew
a revolver and threatened to shoot his
creditors. but was disarmed before he
could do any damage. Then he was
sent to the City Prison in the patrol
wagon and locked up and is being held
pending further investigation.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-09
Re,urns with Prisoner.

OAKLAND, Jan. S.-Police CAPTAIN
w. j. Petersen has returned from st.
Louis. bringing with him as a pris-
oner Fred Simmons. Sim mons has
been booked for grand Larceny. Sim
mons confessed to the nolice of af.
Louis that he had robbed Whyte
Grondcna of 1925 in this city last
summer; that he was sick and rired
of trying to escape arrest, and that he
wanted TO get back to California, re-
garlless of consequences.
The amount named by Simmons as
that which he took is not large
enough, according to Grondona's ac-
count. The latter was custodian Of a
fund of nearly $1,000, raised by the
scavengers to contest the enforcement
OF the ga-bdge ordinance. Tic money
was placed in a trunk in Gr ondona's s
house. and i was all stolen.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-09
BAR SOCIETY
TO REAW WAKEN
Attorneys Arrange at a Pre-
liminary Banquet to Put
New Life Into Organization
Oakland Office San Francisco Call
1n1R Broadway Ian. S.

1016 Broadway, Jan. 5.
Steps are to be taken to reorganize
the Alameda County Bar Association.
The plans provide for increasing the
membership of the society and then
making it an influential factor in the
community, as well as helpful aid to
its individual members.
Under the new regime meetings will
be held more frequently than they have
been, and those who make up its
strength will be brought closer together
socially and in a business way. A meet
ing will be held in April to choose Of
ficers for the year. This will probably
be followed by banquet, to be held at
the Claremont Country Club.
Only one meeting of the organization
has been. held since the death of its
president, Judge ]. H. Smith. year
ago. This was a gathering Friday
night around the banquet board, where
M. G. Chapman was toastmaster. Much
Of the local legal talent was heard In
addresses outlining the plans that are
shortly to be carried out.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-09
PAY THEIR TRIBUTE
TO DEPARTED BROTHER
Members of Many Fraternal Organiza-
tions Gather at the Bier of
Pioneer Merchant

OAKLAND, Jan. s.--Odd Fellows
Hall was packed to overflowing to-day
with friends to pay tribute to the
memory of David Vogt. pioneer mer-
chant of this city. There were present
Masons, Turner's, Hermann Sons, Red
Men, Odd Fellows and large number
who belonged to none of the fraternal
organizations with which Mr.. Vogt
had been affiliated.
Ritualistic services were conducted
by the Odd Fellows at their hall at
Eleventh and Franklin streets and at
the cemetery other services were con-
Quoted by the Hermann's Sons and
the Improved Order of Red Men.
Music was furnished by the quartet of
Oakland Lodge of Odd Fellows. The
pallbearers were C. Fl. Cole and S. P.
knight for the Odd Fellows, H. B.
Rand and c. N. Walter for the Ma
sons, c. Wemmer and w. Leuddcke for
Hermann's Sons, ]. M. Rule and A.
Sheppard for the Red Men. Interment
was in Mountain View Cemetery in the
family plat
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-09
q NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA .
PROFESSORS HUNTING
FACTS ABOUT WHEA I
University Scientists Are BuSu
Solving Gluten Problem.
WILL ISSUE BULLETINS ON THEIR WORK

rection with the samples of wheat brought in.
Always the idea OF seeing what conditions
produce most gluten in the wheat Will be KEPT
In mind In the laboratories Professor SnaW
and Professor Jaffa are now giving some or the
wheat received chemical examination to ascer-
tain the proportion of gluten in the gram.
Their experiments will be continued Tor an IN
definite period.
My cwn examination of the grain win be OF
a different sort, and the principal part OF my
labors and those Of my assistant, Professor
Stubenraeh viii be devoted TO the examining 9
OF soils and the comparing Of climatic condi-
tons with the getting of information from
farmers about their methods OF wheat raising.
This work is not altogether new thing for
us What we are beginning TO 40 now IN the
wheat problem Is merely a broadening or tine
work we began several years ago. Part OF the
funds have been provided for its extension.
and the results. We hope, will be correspondents
" more valuable.
Two experiment stations are to be
established by Professor Wickson's de-
partment. at each of which Professor
Stubenrach viii be in charge, and
there scientific tests will be made OF
wheat grown at the station under con-
ditions which will be known perfectly
to the scientists.
BUSY STATIONS.
One of these stations will be at Yuba
CITY and the other at Modesto. 1t is
Professor Wickson's opinion that these
two locations are as good for repre-
sentative purposes as any that coulo
have been chosen. Land has been ser
apart for the growing of wheat there
under Professor Stubenrach's direction
and he has been provided with varie-
ties, so that no grain is left unrepre-
sented in the tests that will be made.
Professor Stubenrach Will send his
grains to the chemical department OF
the agricultural college here for analy-
sis by Professors Jaffa and Shaw. In
stead of waiting until all the expert
ments, are concluded to give out re-
port of the work, however, bulletins
will be issued at irregular intervals
acuuainting the farmers and others
who are interested in the gluten In
wheat" question, knowledge of what
has been learned by the investigators
The money contributed by the COM
mercial bodies of San Francisco and
the State and the Sacramento Devel-
opment Association is intended to be
merely the beginning of a fund for the
expenses of the gluten investigators
1t was given, according to Professor
Wickson, because it seemed good tc
have the investigation begun at once
and also to encourage the Legislature
to appropriate larger sum at the cur
rent session. 1t was necessary, too, tc
have money now, even IL an appropria-
ton is made at this session. for If II
was made it would not be available
until June.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-09
DOES NOT CARE
FOR THE COIN
Berkeley Ofliceseeker In
sists That Salary of De-
sired Job Be Not Raised
SPRINGS NOVEL POINT
Town Trustee Opposes Plan
to Increase EmOluments
Even of Place He Wants
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call.

oSThGley OIllC6 San FTdnClSGO Oe1ll,
214S Center Street. Jan. s.
Redmond c. Stats, member Of the
Board of Town Trustees, has thrown
a bombshell into the ranks Of the poll
tieians in Berkeley by announcing his
candidacy for the. Office of City At
torney and in the same breath de-
claring that he will strenuously op-
pose any proposal to raise the salary
of the office, as is contemplated by a
part of the Board of Trustees.
StaatS is believed to be unique in
thus taking the stand Of man who
desires a public office. but who insists
that he will sturdily fight any plan
which has for its object the elevation
of the salary Of the Office in ques-
ton.
For some time the Trustees have
had in contemplation the readjust-
ment of the salaries of all officials of
Berkeley. 1t is proposed to increase
the amounts paid to the Trustees, the
Marshal and his deputies, the Treas
urer, Clerk. Auditor, Recorder. Attor-
ney, Tax Collector and the assistants
employed by each.
The ground for the proposed plan
was found in the progress the city has
made, such progress having carried
Berkeley, 1t is declared, from the
status of city OF the fiHh class To
that of a city of the third class. Those
who wish to see official salaries ele-
waited declare that the duties of Of
ficials have increased with the growth
of Berkeley and that salaries should
be raised in proportion
Trustee Staats alone opposes the
proposed horizontal elevation. His
declaration last night of intention To
seek the office of Town Attorney, now
held by Brewton Hayne, and to insist
as a condition of his candidacy that
the salary be kept at its present fig
ure Is expected to disarrange the plans
of Stats confreres. Stats move is
locked upon as a proceeding likely to
find great favor with the public and
incidentally to advance his interests.
The regular meeting of the Trustees
Is to be held tonight and 1t Is ex-
pected that action will be taken upon
the proposal to revise the official sal
ary roll of the university town.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-09
DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine

with the happy result that thousands
have been completely cured, and others
are being cured every day.
I'm the year '92 I was stricken with
epilepsy Doctors treated me for several
wears. but / grew worse I would have
such awful fits. / cannot tell my awful
sufferings. A druggist recommended DR..
Miles Nervine and bought bottle and
found it helped me, and I took three
more and am cured / had only one light
spell after I commenced taking it. EDO
hope the time will come when everybody
will know that your medicine cures these
DR. Miles Nervine is sold under a
guarantee that your druggist will refund
your money If first bottle does not benz
efit
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-09
retty swindlers at work.

OAKLAND, Jan. S.--Two men,
whose rames the police would ike to
know, attempted to bunko the mer-
chants in the matter of removing their
signs under the recent order OF lTayor
Oiney cs,'lna for clear s,feets. Those
wcuId. be capitalists prncsied street
Inspector Pair and offered to re1nove
sigi.s for 5! each, intimati lg that they
were part Of the force working unler
BF.-. THY did not succeed in get
tiny any coin. but their workings were
ren rid TO the police. Broadway and
Washington streets have beea ciearci 1
AMI the CT oss streets in he hrg.ncss
district are receiving attention. Thence
tho work will be exten led into tie
outlying portions of the city un:il Gil
signs clsstrIcting the sire aus a-a re-
moved