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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22
What Father Thought.

From Harper's Weekly.
A New York teacher OF instrumental mu-
sic was one day telling the father of a pu-
pill, lad of ten years. of the progress made
by the boy in his studies. Il think he Is
improving great DEAL said the professor.
He will certainly learn to play the piano.
rs that so?'' asked the father much
gratified. Il didn't know whether he was
really improving, or whether 1 was merely
getting used to it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22
NEW YORK METAL MARKETS.

NEW YORK, April 21.-There was no
change in the various metal markets, with
business showing the usual Sunday apathy
Spot tin was quoted at IS. 65a3s.00. Copper
continued firm. with lake quoted at is. goa
1875, electrolytic at 1s.25a1S.5o and casting
at ls.0oa1s.25. Lead was firm at 550a5. 60
and September remained quiet at eeJa6. TO-
Iron was quiet and unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22

been received from San Francisco houses
canceling all goods on order.
Total imports of merchandise and dry
goods at the port of New York for the
G2G.653
Total imports of specie at the port of
New York for the week ending today were
$24,01S silver and $3.50, 306 gold
Total exports of specie from the port of
New York for the week ending today were
S929, 45J silver and no gold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK, April 2i.-Buslness in staple
cottons continued of seasonable' dimensions
in the dry goods market today. Prices
were held firmly on print cloths and prints
White goods and linens were quiet. as the
season Is drawing to a close. Orders have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22

Wall street heard with mixed emotions
the announcement that the Department of
Justice at Washington had called upon
Charles E. Hughes of this city and Alex
ander Simpson, jr., Of Philadelphia to pros
ecute the coal trust under the Sherman
law. The government has mass of evil
dence already at hand the bulk of which
was furnished by William Randolph Hearst
three years ago and pigeonholed. If Mr..
Hughes carries into this work the pertinac-
ity and genius for getting at the facts
which he displayed in the insurance inves-
tigation there will be a rafting of dry
bones In circles of high outlawry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22
Justice.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Yes. Skinner was quite prosperous at
ono time. but he's having his trials now
Yes. and he's guilty on every count"
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

hundred and twenty-seven- -mliOnth part of the
total radiation. The rest is lost in space
We do not know how the sun maintains its for
mldable combustion; but it appears sufficiently
accounted for from the fact of its continued
gradual condensation according to the best
tabllshed principles of thermodynamics If it
cOndenses at present rapidly enough to com
pensate Tor SO potent radiation this sun is
not yet beginning to cool; but, whatever NAV
happen, it will begin to do so one dav Dark
ness Will gradually come A solid crust will
become fixed in the place of the mobile surface
OF this merry globe. Then the world must inevita-
bly, become all the other worlds of the solar
system, a frozen cemetery, continuing doubtless
to turn as a dark ball around another dark ball
and to follow its movements in the eternal night
carried along with the other planetary tombS in
the infinite abyss
Fate Millions of Years Away
THIS fate seems millions of years distant and long
before reaching this period physical life, human
force nutrition, ideas religions Sciences languages
all VIII have been changed, and the geography
OF our globe Will be vastly different from that of
to-day. Humanity, now in its childhood, as we
perceive only too clearly from its puerty and in
consistency, has before 1t an immense future, as
immense the mmensities of the universe We
may therefore hope that some daV it will attain a
certain social harmony peace or concord, and will
live according to the dictates of reason. That it
viii ever attain perfection is improbable since the
organic conditions OF our little planet them
selves too imperfect. On our own planet one
state of things is contrary to perfect development
Even though at future period it be possible to feed
by means OF chemical substances there would al
ways remain the great imperfection of our senses
which cannot deceive us as to the exact reality.
Various accidental deaths are also within our
comprehension. Our earth might dash against a
long train of uranolites that would crush it either
partially or completely. 1t might further be caught
by system of electric forces that would act like a
brake upon its twelve movements and that would
either melt it cause it to ignite. 1t might burst
like the upper crust of a volcano, be swallowed
up in a titanic earthquake 1t might lose the oxy-
gen that enables to live. 1t might be attracted
by the passage of celestial body that would thus
bear 1t from the sun and would precipitate it into
literally roasted by tenfold solar neat
Then, too, there are comets. Have thev not
more than once caused alarm to humanity? Their
number is considerable. Kepler has said that there
exist as many comets in the heavens fish
in the ocean.
he
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08


w solar system is rushing along at the tre-
mendous rate of seventy thousand kilO-
meters forty-three thousand miles, an hour toward
a point in the heavens designated bv the con
stellation Hercules. But whether this rate is
greater or less in day than in some prehistoric
age or even whether II has been so always or will
remain 50, no man knoweth. And what shall we
do when we get there? All that is one of the
riddles OF the universe.
Another riddle more easily within range of human
comprehension the ultimate end of the earth
where in the universe it is going to find rest but
what IS 70 be the manner of its death Will it fall
INTO RUNS as an ancient monument of the firma-
ncnt decayed by millions of centuries of existence?
cS, without doubt; for 1t Is not immortal 1t has
not always existed, and will not ALWAYS exist. The
earth has had a birth, and will consequently die.
But there are as many possible modes of death
ior world apparently as for other living beings.
May Die of Old Age
DERHAPS the end most apparent to us all. that of
sheer old age, may come to it. We see the water
and air OF earth diminishing and we see the
plane OF the continents gradually sinking, but GER
fanny reducing the surface OF the globe to gen
eTal level his gives rise 70 the conjecture: VIII
the earth perish from drought and cold? will it
be overwhelmed by the conquering ocean?
Water sustans the heat and life of the earth
should II disappear, this would mean the total ex-
tlnctlon of all that lives, breathes, and renders
nature active Should the liquid element, on the
contrary, invade the dry land, such action
though dlametTIcally opposed to the preceding
produces, nevertheless, similar result. In either
case II would mean the destruction of the human
race Both ocean and atmosphere have been in
the past much more extended than now There
q time when all the great CAPITALS of the
world slept at the bottom of the sea, and we find
now in the midst of our continents undeniable
traces OF former soJourn of the waters thereon.
Nothing IS immutable here below Everything
Is continuously in a state of transformation. The
sun absoTbs the ocean under the form of vapor
which Is afJerWard condensed into clouds, and the
latter produce the and rain that feed the
springs the brooks, the rivers, the streams, and
these carry back to the the water the sun had
previously absorbed from them in the form of
vapor Such IS the order of circulation of the
waters on our planet This vast process, however,
IS not performed without causing loss or diminish
ing the volume of water, and conseQuentlv the ex-
tent Of the ocean.
In order that the rain should return to the great
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

The sky is
Streaked with
these wander
ing stars, fly
ing round the
sun like but
terhies round
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23

RANDY, THUS BROUGHT TO BOOK, BLUSHED
FOR ALMOST THE FIRST TIME.
them was her camaraderie She made
an excellent third In whatever they I'M
dertook But after three years of sedu-
lous courtship they agreed that they
owed 1t to the mind of the neighbor-
hood to pin Randy down to some sort
Of agreement. So the two lovers prink-
ed themselves duly and went to her
arm In arm, telling her she must make
a choice.
Randy, thus brought to book, blushed
for almost the first time, hung her
head, shut her eyes and put her hands
tightly behind her; then. opening her
eyes with the twinkle scared out Of
them by the look ON the two faces,
she put out hand, something waver-
ing and uncertain, to Peter. He took
it between both his own, while Johnny,
after a smothered God bless you
BOTH" walked away.
Wooing, wedding and repenting may
be, as says Master Shakespeare, a
measure. Scotch jig and einque
pace, but Randy found repenting to
dance on the heels OF her wooing. She
had hardly given her word to Peter ir-
revocably before she was crying inly
for johnny Johnny, whom she loved
better than her life But how say SO
when she had had open chance and
choice? He would be bound to despise
her, no less than Peter. Moreover, even
If he took her 1t would not be with
whole hearted faith. 1t would be tor
ture to live with him, knowing he did
not trust her. so Randy laughed
through the days and cried most Of the
nights that spun themselves out swift
" toward her wedding day.
The day dawned at last, as fresh and
bright morning as any bride could
desire. Randy had not slept She got
up bundle Of quivering nerves, but
somehow she took herself in hand e
well that by the time she was dressed
and ready to start to church the keen
est critic would have seen nothing
amiss.
| 1t was to be church wedding, partly
to please her mother. partly also to ac
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C><~<>~>>~>u~~u~
Maurandia might have been happy
but for her name She liked it in full,
as she liked all fine, high sounding
things. But when it was shortened
handily to Randy she loathed it, and,
do what she would, it was Randy,
nothing else, in everybody's mouth.
| Now, since names are entities no less
than people, she had to live down to
Randy, be plump and merry and use
full instead of languishing as Mauran-
dia, lily slender and sad She wished
sometimes that her mother never had
read catalogues, at least not until after
her daughter was christened. Then she
reflected that, except for the cata-
logues, she might have had to go
| through life as Jerusha or Jemima or
even Tabitha, her mother having been
of the adventurous temperament that
quite scouts familiar, homely appella-
tons, such as Mary, Martha, Jane and
Ellen.
Specifically it might have appeared
that Randy's troubles were her beaus.
1t was hard on any girl to find herself
compelled to choose between chances
so excellent as Johnny Gum and Peter
Logan. But Randy's heart chose read
| lily enough, if only its choice had salts
fed her ear. Johnny, to whom the
| treacherous heart inclined, meant go
| ing through life as Randy Gum. If she
could but bring herself to take Peter,
who was enterprising enough to think
and talk of Texas she might fit herself
| to new environment with the stately
cognomen of Mrs. Maurandia Logan.
| Therefore the first setting forth was
clearly accurate. Randy herself never
would have thought of disputing it.
Names, names alone, had given her the
name of coquette and made half the
| women roundabout call her selfish and
a monopolist. She smight take Johnny
and leave Peter, they thought, or vice
versa. 1t was enough to upset any
mother with daughters to see two such
excellent husbands going all to waste.
Johnny and Peter did not grumble
overmuch. They were the best friends
| in the world and likely to remain so, no
matter which of them won. Indeed,
one of Randy's most potent charms for
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23
Badly,
Shaft cred n erve s
and Weak Heart.
Too Nervous to Sleep
or Rest.
DIR. Mile s. Heart Cure and
Nervine Cured Me.

A shattered nervous system nearly always
leads to some affection Of the heart, espec-
tally where the patients heart is weak from
hereditary or other causes DIR Mics Heart
Cure is not only great heart regulator, but
it is a blood tonic which speedily coTects
and regulates the hearts action, enriches the
blood and improves the circulation. i viii
build you up Just as it did Mr.. Crawford
whose letter follows, and greatly improve
your general health:
Il have been 50 greatly benefited by DR..
Miles Nrryinc and Heart Cure that freely
recommend them as the best remedies tor
the diseases they are recommended 70 cure
When | began taking these medicines ]
weighed scarcely I4o pounds, my nerves
were badly shattered and my haart troubled
me great deal. had pain ii my left arm
ard shoulder, had difficulty in sleeping On
my left side, had frequent smoshcring spells
and my heart would fufter and p2lpitafe.
could eat scarcely any kind Of food without
suffering great distress, and was 50 rsstless
and nervous that / slept little night or day.
Now | am never bothered with my heart,
my nerves are steady as die, sleep well,
eat well and weigh I63 pounds. am happy
now and am trying to make back the money
| spent for doctors who did me no good
while was HIT. R. CRAWFORD, Center,
Texas.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DR. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart diseases Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co. Elkhart, Ind.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23
THE OCTOPUS.
Its Terrible Army of Suckers and Its
Powerful laws


Powerful Jaws.
Both the octopus and the cuttlefish
have arms that are clothed with q
formidable array Of suckers which are
wonderful pieces Of mechanism. When
the sucker comes into contact with an
object the central piston, having pre-
yiously been raised 50 as 10 complete
Iy fill the cavity Of the sucker, Is at
once withdrawn and a perfect vac
uum produced, explaining the great te-
nacity with which the suckers cling.
They number upward of 100 pairs to
each arm OF the octopus. and once they
obtain grip on the victim, unless the
arm Is actually torn away from the
body OF the octopus. IL IL practically
impossible for its prey to disentangle
itself
In addition to these suckers the octo-
pus has a powerful pair Of jaws, shap-
ed like the beak Of parrot, behind
which IL a formidable armor plated
| tongue used as a rasping organ. The
octopus will attack and kill crabs and
Holsters Of considerable size, ripping
open the body by means Of its powerful
jaws and devouring the contents. In
spite Of being creature Of such awe
inspiring looks the octopus has several
enemies In various species Of whales,
sharks and conger eels. In fact, the
latter are particularly fond Of devour-
1 ing the smaller octopuses
Conger GELS hunt for the octopus and.
when found, proceed TO browse on It's
limbs. The octopus tries to hug the
slippery. Shiny conger tight, but in
vain, and, finding its limbs growing
less. discharges It's ink In the face OF
the foe and under cover OF the turbid
water beats hasty retreat. It Is to
escape the too pressing attention OF
its foes that tho octopus possesses the
power Of changing It's color to CORE
spond with that Of its surroundings.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23
Society Meetings.

r. A. M.,-Jefferson Chapter No. 5, 4th
Monday night of each month,
l. o. r. Shenandoah Tribe, No. 50,
every Monday night
Knights Templar Potomac Commandery
No. 5, lst Tuesday Of each month.
Royal Neighbors of Ameriea.-Camp No.
1862, every Tuesday night.
knights CT Maccabees. Jefferson Tent No.
IS, every Tuesday night.
K. of P.,--Blue Ridge Lodge No. 1Sl, every
Wednesday night.
l. 0. 0. F.-W ildey Lodge No. 81. every
Thursday night,
AT. & a. M..-Malta Lodge No. so, I'd and
4th Friday nights of each MONTH
Modern Woodmen, Charles Town Camp
No. 1864, every Friday night
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23
An Exnlnnatlnn.

"Why is it, said the young man with
long hair. that the average woman
would rather marry money than
brains2''
''She takes less chance" answered
Miss Cayenne THE average woman Is
a better judge Of money than she is OF
brains. " Washington Star
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23

COCAINE WHICH DULLs THE NEtyEs never
yet cured Nasal Catarrh. The heavy feeling
10 the forehead. the stuffed up sensation and
the watery discharge from eyes and noses
along with all the other misercs attending
the disease, are put 10 rout by Ely's Cream
Balm Smell. taste, and hearing are restored
breathing lie norma Until you try hi. rem
eds. you can form no idea Of the good 1t vii
do you. Is applied directly to the sore spot
All Druggists, Soc. Mailed by Ely Bros, 5.
Warren Street New York.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23
q a - IN - IL Z "A.
Bears thu 1TH ind You Have Always Bought
''', 4 ' az z1Zzzx
pinehurst parlor Car Service,

Effective December II. 1905, Southern Rail-
way will inauguYate parlor car service be-
tween Washington. d. Z. aud Pnehnrst n
c.. leaving " ashington daily except Sunday
10 81 a. m, arriving Pinehurst 10s0 p. m,
same day. This service will be superb in
every Diet ali and will enable passens era to
reach Pinehurst from Wa. hington and inter-
mediate points without change. For excur-'
sion rates. advertising matter. etc, waite l..
T. Brown, Gen. Agt., Southern Rwy., Wash
ington, D, @. u.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23
r. c. Green,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Charlestown, jefferson County, West Virginla
WILL practice in the Courts of jefferson,
w Berkeley and Morgan counties; also,
the United States District Court at Martins
burg. and the Supreme Court of Appeals OF
West Virginia Special attention to the col
lection of claims and prompt remittance OF the
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23

WANTED CHICAGO MANUFAC-
turing House. person Of trusfworthiEess and
some what familiar with local territory as as
sistant in branch Office Salary SIS paid
weekly. Permanent position. No invest
ment required. Previous experience not es-
seutiai 80 engaging. Address. Manager
Brsrchee. Como Block Chicago ciI2t.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23
The Reliable Kind

DeerinS Binders and .Mouers,
Hay Rakes Gasoline Engines, &c.
Champion High Wheel Double Corn Planters
B1onn yMa1aley Ne10 Balance Wal1sius CultiDato1,
Double and single shovel Plo1cs
Genuine chilled Duplicate No. 100 PloWs,
.4cnae self-oiling Farm Wagons
Steel Tubular P1tIU e7'isey and Land Boiler,
2Otk Century, J.S.Kemp Nfg.co., Manure spreader,
Superior Drills and Disk Ha1vo1Os
Syracuse leuer spring tooth Ha1vow,
The Vuzcan Billed Pzo1O the iaterIoced deuice
HalIock SHALLOW c1tItiuntors,
Cumberland Hydraulic and Portland cement
Fire clay and se1cer pipe,
Guaranteed and painted steelroot1pe
The .Ne1v deez.-edSe drop-hnndle corn planter,
STAR CREAM
NoNPAREL STocK, Hoe POULTRY FooD.
G.. N. COLEMAN.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23
THE GULF COAST RESORTS
Mobile. New Orleans, Mexico, Arizona, New
Mexico, and California. Via Southern
Railway

Winter tourist tickets now on sale to the
noted resorts OF the Gulf Coast and Mexico.
Arisona, New Mexico and California tickets
to be sold up to and including April 20, 1906,
final limit May 81, 1906, for return passage.
Stopeyers. Elegant train services; the route
OF the Washington and Southwestern Linz
tied" solid Pullman train, also handling
'sSunset Annex Pullman Sleeper 10 New
Orleans. connecting at that point with the
Sunset Limited via the sontl ern Pacific for
California and intermediate States. with d.
rect connection for Mexico. sk nearest
Southern Rwy Ticket Agent foi full infor-
nation. or write l.. =. BROWN,
General Agent.
tA3O. Washington, ID. C.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-05
CAUSED COMMENT.
In some instances There Was Surprise
Nl a. Appeintsee.

In some Instances There Was Surprise
N ~ Appeintsee-
Austin, Dec. the announcement
from >Psiestsne By oovesnoreiect
Campbell Of large number Of his ap.
pointnsnts caused considersble com
msnt ana IN many Instances great sur.
prize here. onlcials In the staiehouse
realize that he has made q clean
sweep. - so far not one Of the present
incunbsnts has bean retsiped. Among
the surprises are tsose % the appoint.
nepAs for state health ofacer and ac.
tufAat general Il was not generally
Known Tat Colonel Roy Hearue was
IN applScant-indee6. II Was said that
no vas not IN appiioast IN the gen
esai scoeptanes Of the tern.
Tie spcointnsnts are scattering, not
bong cOAoed 20 east Texas, a. was
generally snpposcd In political circles.
Asre are yet several appointments 70
b MADE. ineiuding supsrinteudents Of
the three insane ksyIums, tar commits
stoner. nsh and oyster commissioner
and superintendent Of the state re
tormatory
ID. A. o'Bnen OF Houston. well
known railroad man. was sppoinfsd
rate clerk by the railroad commission
In that department He will devote his
time preparing data for the trial Of
injunction suits pending In the Federal
court.
Arguments before the railroad com
mission on the proposition OF the com
mission 10 assume Jurisdiction over
sleeping cars and 20 reduce sleeping
car fares on Pullman care in Texas
were resumed Tuesday morning.
Colonel Jake WolterS argued In oppo-
sition 20 the commissions proposition.
as did Judge II. NJ. Garwood. Both
contended that the commission had no
Jurisdiction and that the Pullman cars
are not in the Jurisdiction Of the com
mission.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-05


Cash CASH No exceptions At the Bryan
Steam Laundry after Dec. IS. Buy I
coupon book. 32l
Judge mo. n. Henderson lef, yesterday
for Tyler, where the court Of criminal aP-
peals Is IN session.
We vii! pres youI ball suit for SO cents
and make Il look a. good as new. Bryan
Pts<sir~ Club. 3ll
Miss lmogens Bradbury, a pupil Of the
Texas woman's College. left to visit hei
parents at Fr,ntlin.
All work at the Bryan Steam Laundry
strictly cash after Dec. IS. Buy coupon
book and save ten per cent. 57l
Buy q coupon book al ten per cen, do
count. All work strictly cash at Bryan
Steam Laundry after Dec. IS. 32i
The Eagle Is requested by the pastor 60
announce that there viii be no prayer
meeting at the Christian church tonight.
Los,-A gold fob with lockst charm on
which appear initials c, G. J. Reward
tor return to Bryan Pressing Club. 3io
c. o. Mossf Of College and J. J. Ray
OF this city were given the frat degree in
Masonry blythe local lodge Monday night.
{. X. Sweet and three other men ar
rived from DslIas Yesterday to complete
the work OF putting in ihe cables for the
Brynh telephone exchange.
w. G.. Reynolds Of the Cottonwood
community has sold his farm to c. v.
Gannaway; consideration =. 46S.OO. II is
stated Mr. Reynolds and family will move
90 Bryan.
Prof. r. r. Marriott and family were
advised By telephone Yesterday OF the
serious illness Of Mn. Marx Baugh,
daughter Of Prot. Marriott. at her home in
san Antonio.
Attention Is directed 10 the ad elsewhere
IN the Essls ;Ais morning setting forth the
terms upon which King piano, supplied
By Collier & Caldwell, viii be given away
IN yotiag conies, BY the looal hrms whose
aameI are mentioned in the al.
Mr.. Edward Kennedy writes from Hous-
ton thar his attorney is preparing bond
rhieh he will give for the fsithiulperform
anoe Of bis eontraci in building the trolley
bns. and that the bond viii bs submitted
10 the local committee for approval, and
will Afterwards he certified by surety
company. The trolley line project appears
to be progressing quite satisfactorily. e.
pscialIy when the magnitude Of the under
taking is considered.