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The Washington times., 1906-04-22

exercises were conducted by Mrs Bal
lard Reports were received from TIE
various departments Of the work The
evangelistic superintendent. Mrs. M o.
Everett. has charge of a loyal Temper
ance Union, which meets every Wednes-
day at the RhoIe Island Avenue Nj. P.
Church. The flower mission Mrs. Wat
son. superintendent, reported five visits
TO the hospital remembering 100 with
flowers, text cards. and religious papers.
Mrs A z. Pyles, superintendent of the
purity department. gave 81 literary and
musical entertainment for the benefit
of the babes of the Florence Crittenton
Home, and realized S21.75. The sewing
circle of the Bloomingdale Union had
made thirty-three aprc1s and gowns.
and has visited the home twice The cir
Gle meets every Tuesday morning, from
10 to y o'clock. at the home of Mrs.
Pyles. 100 S street northwest Mrs
Browning sang a solo and Mrs. Ballard
conducted the mothers meeting. Several
visitors were present
The Bloomingdale baseball team again
met defeat at the hands Of the Fckinr-
ton Club on last Thursday by a score
of to 5.
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BrOOHaDd

DR.. Weeks and wife have returned
from the South to their home on New
ton street
Captain Racket" a three-act com
edy by the Criterion Dramatic Players.
was wei received Wednesday evening
last. The play was given for the bene-
Mt Of the Church Of Our Saviour. and
a large sum was realized.
Following was the cast: Capt. Rob
ert Racket. OF the National Guards
n r Kahn; Obadiah Dawson. Charles
F. Purdy; Timothy ToIman. Ed l.
Muth. Mr.. Dalroy. Samuel T. Klawans
Hobson. John G. Bridaham; CIarice
Grace l. Ross: Mrs. Tolman. Bessie L
Monaghan; Katy. Amelia Hebsacker.
Mrs. DR.. Frischorn, Of 1885 Newton
street. Is visiting friends in Delaware
The BrOokland Literary Club will be
entertained at the town hall Thursday
evening. April 26. by Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
gan Jones. On this occasion a recep-
tion viii be rendered TO the members
OF the Church Of Our Saviour The
literary club will furnish the entertain
ment-
Mrs McCunen. of Baltimore. is a
guest OF Mrs Jeager. OF Ninth street
Judge Pennybacker. who has been
very 81 for the past few weeks. Is
convaIescent
Miss Lucy EdmOnds has left for Cal
ifornia. where she will spend several
weeks with relatives and friends
Miss Lulu Julien has returned from
New York
Phillip Julien. Of New York. who
has been very i'll. is now able 10 bt
about,
Tuesday evening the Misses Sarat
and Edith Brown entertained their
friends The feature Of the evening
was a circulating library, each guest
representing some book Miss Bessie
Lynch captured the first prize. havinl
guessed the greatest number. while
Mr.. Geren was consOled with the booby
prize. Among those present were Mr.
and Mrs. George \. Knight Col G :
Brown, the Misses Anna, Lucy. and
Bessie Lynch. Hess. Patton, Schrivener
Middlekauff. and Messrs. Geren. AIer,
ritt. McCready. Washington. Wignall
WheelOck. Eiker. and Brown
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and just after the war Of the rebellion
9 G. Dickson sang a solo.
The Home Interest Club of Forest
Glen will meet on Wednesday next at
the home OF Mrs. Van Fleck, Linden,
at which time Mrs. John Cassidy will
tell OF her recent experiences in Mexico
Mrs. J. w. Townsend has been quite
i'll for a few days
Mrs. Loren II. Miniken is at one OF the
Washington hospitals, where she has
be en- very Ill
Miss Clara Hiuzen. OF West Washing
ton is the guest Of Mrs. George II. sny-
der
St Johns Church. Forest Glen. was
the scene Of a brilliant wedding on
Wednesday evening. Miss HiIda Ridge
ly CisseH. daughter Of G. o. p. Cisseu
OF Wheaton. and John Cisseu were
married by the Rev. Father RosensteeI
The bride was beconliugly gowned IN
white silk and carried a bunch Of white
carnations she was attended BY her sis
ter, Doris. Andrew Cummings was
best man, the ushers in attendance be-
ing Messrs- Floyd Cissen. Frank Hew-
lit. and Bernard Cannon. The bride was
given away by her father. and immedi-
ately after the ceremony, the young
couple received their friends at the fam
/ iIy home, Wheaton.
G. o. 3. Cissen has recently sold his
business in Wheaton and viii take up
his residence in a few weeks time on
his farm. about half mile from the vii
lage. leaving the old home for the newly
married couple.
The Social Science Club of Forest
Glen Will meet with Mrs Wright next
Tuesday evening. Discussion will be
on 1.-The School City"
The Rev. a +. SpeiIman. the recently
appointed pastor of ST. Paul's NJ. z.
Church, moved 10 Kensington with his
family on Wednesday. Mr.. SpeiIman
will preach In the Methodist Church next
Sunday.
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Grading Proposal Accepted.

The Commissioners have ordered that
the proposal of +. c. Gummal, under
date of April II, 1906. to grade the side
walk space on the west side of Third
street northwest, between Florida and
Rhode Island avenues. at 40 cents ner
cubic yard, be accepted.
Mrs A. b. Hammond, of Roanoke.
Va. is visiting Mrs G.. G. Anderson.
40 L street northwest.
The following Easter music was rem
dered last Sunday morning at the
Church OF the Advent, corner Of Second
and L streets northwest: ''Te Deum," in
E fat. by T. S. Lloyd; "Juhjlate," in
c. by w. c. Williams; "Christ. Our
Passover" by Chapple. why Seek Ye
the Living Among the Dead" by Chase.
The Bloomingdale w. c. T. L. met
recently at the home of Mrs. c. g.
Abbot, IS Q street northwest. The presi-
dent was in the chair. The devotional
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Mrs. Eckhardt's Death.

Mrs. Annie Kaiser Eckhardt, wife Of
Cornelius Eckhardt. mayor OF Kensing-
ton. died on Saturday after a long i'll
ness. The tuneral took place from the
family home on Tuesday morning. and
was conducted by Rev. Luther Franz,
pastor Of st. Marks Lutheran Church.
Washington, assisted by Rev. John
Bowers, Of Baltimore. and Rev. Dr.
Henry Runner. OF Kensington- The
paIlbearers were George W. Chamber
laine. J,SPhilip Hermann. Walter john
ston. William NJ. Terrell. Byron A.
Chaplin. Robert W. Stephens. II. o.
Trowbridge. and J. Harry Cunningham.
Miss Bertha Shean. OF Kalamazoo,
Mich. spent a few days in Kensington
as the guest Of Miss Frances Sumner.
Miss Shean was on her way home from
a stay Of several months in New York.
where she has been studying vocal
music. She left Kensington for Kala-
mazoo. Thursday evening.
r. 3. Chambers and his sister, Mrs.
Anna Merrill are closing their affairs in
Kensington, expecting 70 start for Cali
fornia next Wednesday morning. They
viii stay over a few days in Chicago on
the way
The Kensington Pleasure Club gave
dance in the Town Hall Monday even
ing
The Fortnightly Club OF Forest Glen
met at the nome OF DIT. and Mrs. Fox, al
Linden, Thursday evening. The entire
program was devoted 10 short stories.
told by member OF the club.
The Rev Dr. Henry Runner viii preach
aF 3 D.
Christianity Submitting Itself to
Tests His subject for the evening ser
vice viii be Divine Providence, or
Yesuvius and San Francisco" At the
morning service J. 3. Bronson, Caspar
c. Dickson, and Robert II. Stevens. who
were recently elected deacons. will be
installed into that office. A part OF the
Easter music VIII be repeated by the
choir
Tom Tullocli. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sey-
mour TulIoch. OF Forest Glen. with two
Of his college friends. spent his spring
vacation at home. Mr.. TuIloch IS study
ing mining engineering az Columbia Col
lege, New York city
a concert for the benefit of Grace
Episcopal Church WAS given az the home
Of Dr.. and Mrs. George Wright, Forest
Glen. on Tuesday evening. The pro-
gram was unusually fine and comprised
the following numbers: Instrumental
duet. Mrs. Benedict and Mrs. Wright.
plano solo. Miss Fisher; bass solo, Berry
Clark; plano solo, with violin obligato.
Mss Henderson and NJ. Stewart: vocal
duet, Messrs- Black and Birkfeidt; bari
tone solo. Henry Oldys; soprano solo,
Mrs. II. w. Birkfeldt; quartet, Messrs.
Logan. J. NJ Gardiner. Burkfeldt ard
DR.. Whitney; baritone solo. Edison
Oldys; quartet. Miss Henderson,. Mrs.
Logan, Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. Birkfeldt
soprano solo, Mrs. Walter J. Wilmarth.
baritone solo, Harry Campbell; violin
solo, NJ 3. Stewart; octet, Miss Hender-
son, Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs.
Birkfeldt. Messrs. Logan, Gardiner,
BirlfeIdt. and Whitney. The program
was arranged by Mrs. J. z. Benedict.
Mrs and Miss Sumner invited a num-
Der Of ladies for Thursday afternoon 70
meet Miss Shean, of Michigan. Miss
Shean IS a fine vocalist and sang a num-
Der Of selections
John and Miss Eleanor Borden, who
have been visiting at the home OF ] w.
Townsend, returned 10 their home in
Philadelphia on Tuesday.
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the food stopped up in them at that partic-
ulsr time.
These emergency drugs relieve the
immediate trouble. but do not relieve its
Cause.
The same trouble viii therefore recur
again till that Cause is removed per-
manently.
The chief cause Of Constipation and
Indigestion is weakness Of the Muscles
that contract the lntestines and Bowels.
Carcarets are practically TO the Bowel
Muscles what Massage and Cold Bath
are to the Athletic Muscles.
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AEE the thin, round-cornered little
: Enamel Box below When
j carried in your vest pocket it
means Health-Insurance.
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all other Diseases.

al otncr DISEASES.
Vest Pocket" box 10 cents.
Be sure you get the genuine, mads
only By the Sterling Remedy Company.
and never sold in bulk. Every tablet
stamped "CCC."
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1t contains Six Candy Tablets of
pleasant taste, almost as pleasant as
chocolate.
Each tablet is a working dose Of Cas-
carets, which acts like Exercise on the
The Washington times., 1906-04-22
The Little Doctor in
your Vest Pocket

They stimulate the Bowel Muscles t.
contract, expand, and squeeze the Diges-
tive Juices out Of food eaten.
Czscarets 90 this naturally, without
Purging or discomfort.
They don't help the Bowels and Liver
in such 4 way as 70 make them lean upon
similar assistance for the future
This is why, with Cascarets, the dose
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Neither is it Ike
Castor Oil. Glycerine,
or other Oily Laxa-
tives that sim p ly
lubricate the lntes-
tines for transit Of
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Because 1t IS not
driver, F." like Salts. S
dium, Calomel, Jala
Senna, nor Aperient
Waters.
These waste Diges-
tive Jul 5 Of the
syste m needed to-
morrow, in merely
flushing out the Bow
els today.
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Because, nearly all
these Ills begin in
the B wells, and
partial Constipation
paves the way for
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xerciSe.
If carried in your
Vest Pocket. (or car
ried in My Lady's
Purse), and eaten
just when you sus-
Pect you need one,
youwillnever know a
sick day from the
ordinary ills of life.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-10

The recent explosion on the battleship
Kearsarge recalls the earliest, as well as
one of the most disastrous. of accidents
on an American warship-in 1874. when a
great iron gun exploded the United
States ship Princeton, killing the Secre-
taries of State and Navy, Upshur and
Gilmer, and several other government Off
ci2ls.
The steamer Princeton had just been
constructed at Philadelphia, according to
improved plans enthusiastically advocated
by Captain Stockton, who had also super
intended the casting of two new guns of
unheard-of size for those days. II was
to exhibtt these formidable weapons of
war, in the preparation of which Stock
ton had been so long engaged, that he
invited a large and brilliant company
Of both sexes to visit the magnificent snip
and go on an excursion down the Poto-
mac
President Tyler was the guest of honor.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Robert
Tyler, Miss Cooper and John Tyler Jr.,
all from the executive mansion; large
number of army and naval officers, all
the members Of the Cabinet except Mr.
Spencer. other high functionaries of state
Senators and Representatives quite a
number of attaches and secretaries of
legations, the Minister from Mexico-in
all about four hundred of the diplomatic,
social and state circles of Washington.
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Secretary of State Upshur expired in
a few minutes. Governor Gilrner was
found dead. mangied beyond recognition
Mr.. Sykes. member of Congress from
New Jersey; Mr.. Gardner of New York
and Commodore Kennon were picked up
unconscious and expired without groan.
Several escaped in a miraculous man
ner. Postmaster General Tyson escaped.
although a piece of the gun passed
through his hat tearing out two inches
Of his scalp. Judge Phelps also had his
hat Knocked off, but was uninjured Sem.
ator Benton was Knocked fiat on his
back by heavy part of the gun. but
escaped serious injury. dozen sailors
were nangled and burned, but survived.
The. next day q large crowd assembled
at the wharf as. the bodies were brought
to land. long line ofe hearses. in sad
contisuity, stood side by side and re-
ceiyed in succession their mournful
freight as .thescaskets borne by seamen.
and followed each bw an escort of naval
officers, were brought through the group
of sorrowing spectators Scores of car-
riages followed the cavaIcade to the
White House. where, by the particular
desire of the President, the dead were
carried and placed in the East room.
The funeral services took place on the
following day Business houses all closed
their doors. and the hush of death hung
over all Washington After simple rites
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in the White House, Generals Scott and
Jones led the procession to the Congress
sional burying ground. All departments
of the Government, legislative executive.
judicial. military and naval, were repre-
sented in the solemn procession.
Minute guns were fired from the west
terrace of the Capitol grounds. from the
navy yard and from number of other
places as the silent cavalcade proceeded
TO the cemetery. There religious services
were again performed. the caskets de-
posted in their vaults. a lone bugIer
stepped forward, sounded taps, and the
solemn pageant of outward ceremonial
was closed.
The gun which exploded was at that
time the largest in the United States.
1t was made in New York and was far
superior. in point of workmanship, TO its
companion, the Oregon" 1t was placed
in the bow Of the ship on revolving car
riage, SO that it might be fired from
either side. An ordinary charge of
powder for it was thirty pounds, and ii
carried ball weighing. 225 pounds
The last charge. which was put in the
gun by Captain Stockton himself, prob
ably contained fifty pounds of powder. as
several requested him to put little
more powder in this time" II is said that
the ball went four miles down the river
before it struck. and bounded fifteen times
on the ice
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The party went down the river on a
steamer plying between Washington and
Alexandria to the Princeton, which was
lying opposite Fort WASHINGTON The
warship was then regarded as a model for
the navies of the world AS it hove in
sight. with the flags of every nation
streaming in the bright February sun
shine. the band struck up Hail Colum-
bia. and hundred sailors on the Prince
tons rigging returned the cheers of the
Presidential party.
AS the company boarded the vessel the
marines presented arms, the band played
THE Star Spangled Banner and a Pre-
sidential salute of twenty-one guns was
fired. After a sumptuous banquet the
party assembled on the deck. while the
big gun, ironically called the Peace
maker" was shotted and fired The ball
struck the water half mile down the
river and rebounded half dozen times
until the eye could no longer follow its
progress.
Secretary of the Navy Gilmer requested
Captain Stockton, who was personally
loading and firing the gun, to give it one
more trial Captain Stockton playfully
called for the sense of the party
''All in favor of one more shot say
aye, the captain shouted.
A storm of ayes greeted him. Not a
negative voice was heard, and as the
captain again loaded the gun. he re-
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marked jokingly, "As I have the assent
OF Congress I'll go ahead
AS Captain Stockton advanced with the
lighted match directly behind him stood
representative Strickland of Philadelphia; !;
10 MS left. j. w. Tyson, assistant post
master general, to- his right, Senator Ben
ton OF Missouri, and Senator Phelps of
vermont To the side of the gun stood
Judge Upshur, Secretary of State. and
Governor Gilmer, Secretary of the Navy: !:
Just behind them Judge Maxey of Mary
land, Minister to Belgium; Representa-
tive Gardner of New York and Com
modore Kennon, chief of one of the navy
bureaus.
IL was fortunate that President Tyler,
VINO was standing by Captain Stockton,
was playfully called away at that mo-
inent oy young lady, who wished him
70 assist her, in a search for her. hat
HAD II not been for this trivial occur-
renee, the President would undoubtedly
have been killed.
me match was applied A murderous
pias. loiiowed, the whole ship shook and
reeled dense cloud of smoke enveloped
the WHoie group on the forecastle. When
lhis piew away ansawful scene presented
itself TO the view of the hushed spec
tators. The gun had burst three or four
iee' rom the breeeh, and scattered a
score OF mangled bodies over the blood
stained deck
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ear, and the seeing eye" are rich in
the divine attributes which exalt man
kind.
The difference between the special
senses used in the amplest degree and
with the finest appreciation of life's op-
portunities and those which are dulled
by the mental narrowness or inertness
behind them, is far. greater than the
average man or woman supposes. 1t is
like travelling in a new country 20 stay
at home and be led out of the beaten
path of seeipg and hearing into the
new wonderland of the artist and the
trained student OF nature.
For the picturesque, the novel and
the instructive life all about us, half
unknown and more than half unnoticed.
How many see the glories of the sun
set which no city buildings can wholly
hide from view? How often are the
great cloud mountains piled In the snn,.
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an awful scream-as his dead brother
started at him with dead, accusing
eyes.
q cannot look at him, Take me
away. He has come to haunt mev'
cried the wretched brother. Instantly
the electric lights shot up and he was
surrounded by police experts. On the
spot they put him through the third
degree to which the partner had proved
so refractory Frederic Bedor broke
down. gabbled incoherently and fell in
to fit. He will. confess tomorrow, -
said those who were partisans of his
guilt, and they complimented the de-
tective who, in Bedor's clothes and
with face painted to an awful re-
semblance, had lain there on the spot
of the crime to personate the victim.
The widow is. a delicate and lovely
blonde. The police commissary and
M. Hamard asked to see her husbands
swOrdcane. While watching her in
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THE. HEARING EAR AND THE SEEING EYF

The hearing ear. and the seeing eye.
the Lord hath made even both of them
Proverbs xx:12.
The ear that half hears and the eye
which is closed TO much that is beauti-
ful and interesting are from the same
great source whence come the ear
which is hearing and the eye that is
seeing in the brOadest and highest
meaning of the words. Often the senses
which do not get most out of life are
naturally keenest and most perfect
Their failure TO contribute as they
should to the full enjoyment of the
opportunities which surround all but
the most afflicted of men and women is
n matter of the mind rather than the
ear or the eye. 1t is. therefore. sus-
ceptible to the transforming influences
of education and self-training. 1t in
wolves the enlightenment of the soul:
hence, in the truest sense, the hearing
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eyes, who turned from the desk to
her.
While specialists were putting the
half-crazed girl through the third de-
gree, the reconstruction went on. The
janitor and wife heard a heavy fall
They ran and told the coachman and
his wife. The two men patrolled ;
heard steps in the court and hurried
toward them--to see the street door
slam and dark form running down
the street.
They noted the time required for
each act-and the position of each
actor at each minute. Every detail OF
every version fitted as to the time
and place. The men called Germaine
detective, after answering for her
from her window. pushed her down
stairs to continue her part She was
made to call Frederic. They descended
and found detective representing the
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tense1y they reconstructed the killing.
He drove the blade in, like thisi Gees
ture) He pullcd-and thrust up, like
this.' And the commissary fell to the
ground. writhing. They must have
had the force of hate behind them,
those thrustsi'' suggested NJ Hamard
do you know any one who hated your
husband?"
The fair young creature rolled her
blue eyes. They were dry. Il cried
all day yesterday" she said Now 1
can cry no more. l see no one to
suspect" she added.
They speak Sf the. sudden disap-
pearance of a friend coinciding
ITS falsev' exclaimed Madame Be
dor. ASK me no more"
Meanwhile they had reconstructed the
whole. At 9 O'clock of the third night
some fifteen detectives, variously sta
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toned with watches and notebooks IN
hand, made the witnesses go through
all their evolutions of the fatal even
ing Germaine took the dogs walking,
brought the papers. returned over the
same route, unlocked the courtyard
door, locked it behind her, penetrated
to the factory, unlocked the door at
the head of the stairs, and entered the
office to hand the papers to a detec-
tive who would represent M. Bedor
In the office the same lamp burned
on the desk With his back to her,
the party representing Bedor bent over
the desk. The rest OF the room was
lost. in darkness. Shadows fiickered
Approaching with the papers, Ger
maine repeated the phrases of the fatal
night, Monsieur, the papers," - -
Then she screamed an awful scream
and ran; it was her dead master,
white-faced, terrible, with staring
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body-this time not horribly disguised.
The two-Germaine and Frederic
were very shaky.
: From this magnificent reconstruc-
tion it resulted that the assassin must
have entered the premises at 9:35 and
quit them before 10 p. m.
My master was certainly all right
after l had reached my bedroom" VOL
unteered the servant girl in a weakly
effort to show her innocence. He
was still working in his office five
minutes before l went to sleep"
How do you know that?" they
asked her.
Before going to bed 1 glanced out
my window on the courtyard and saw
his light still there" she said Il did
it by impulse she added.
They made her do it again in her
bedroom; and they thought the i'm
pulse the more strange when they
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iner SKY given a glance by men and
women who would think it rare privi-
iege 10 see masses of snow-capped rock
halI as lofty and beautiful? Who
Matcnes the changing tints of the
,'l iauo"s thrown along walls and fences
by the sun. in the leisure hours aftcr
the days work is donea YET If is nos-
sipie then to see blue and violet light
on SO prosaic a surface as the founda-
ton stones of house, when the right
conditlons exist and learn how much
more truthful painters are in their rep
Tesentaions of. nature than most of
their critics would he
- a dull imagination which does
forests in this land of brilliant fail fol-
lage. but how many notice the fact
tnat the trees which are most gorgeous
IN the last days of their splendor are
most ruddy in the first beauty OF their