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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-11

We doubt that they win last IN
III noon. Everybody Is wanting
Just such bOas. The small lot con-
tains boas in white, light blue
pink, gray, and natural Each is
the first thing.
Bargain Tables.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-11
Boys $500 Suits

Finely tailored double-bre1SSed suits
fer boys, IN fancy cassimeres and blue
and black thibets; sizes, S @ II years.
Special for Saturday, $1-e6.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-11
-isit Great Hagerstown Fair.

All trains Baltimore & Ohio from
Washington. October "a 70 u: Ss;lo ro9h 2, q
al 1880 a. m, $3.50 round trip for the
day only.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-11
How to Increase Your Income.

Deposit your surplus money in bank
ing Sept. of Union Trust Co. 1914 + ST
Interest paid on all accounts. Deposits
subject TO check at any desired time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-11

and Ohio r. r. Every Saturday and
Sunday. All trains both ways, both days,
except Royal Limited. City Offices, 1911 G
St and GIG Pa. ave
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-11
Watch for a City
Randle HlRklands.
Cheap Excursion to Harpers Ferry and

NHeaP LACuIslOn 90 hdIPtIs FeIIy anu
Martinsburg. Berkeley Springs, and
Cumberland and return Leave Wash
ington S15 a. m, Sunday. October 18th.
Baltimore q Ohio Station. Round trip
rate: $l00 Harpers Ferry and Martins
burg, S1.35 Berkeley Springs. and s. 90
Cumberland Splendid opportunity to
spend Sunday In country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-11
Famous Purity and Quality.
Baltimore and Return, sI.a5, Baltimore

c. & S. Ice Cream-rich Velvet Kind
Druggists.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-11

Flowers for Fashionable Weddings
usually come from shaner's. l4th and L
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
TAXATION OF BACHELORS.
Some Facts that Should Be Borne
in Mind.

Some Facts that Should Be Borne
in Mind.
To insist, as some do, that If spin
sters be taxed bachelors likewise should
be compelled to contribute to the gen
eral fund is to our mind absurd. The
two classes are quite distinct, says the
North American Review.
From time to time special taxes have
been imposed upon single men in Great
Britain and Ireland, but only, it was
always carefully stated, for the pur-
pose Of increasing revenues. In France,
oil the other hand, fear Of depopulatiOn
is said to be at the root of the present
movement, unsuccessful thus far, to
exact toll for celibacy. 1t will be seen,
then, that the actuating causes have
varied widely; but, generally speaking,
the discrimination has rested upon the
Spartan principle that it is the duty
to the state of every citizen to rear up
legitimate children, although there is
room for suspicion that, in some in
stances. the henpecked married men
W no ulduc IhC laws ACAI IhctI OttCACAOAS
should pay we'll for happiness that
seemed to them exceptional.
Of the 100000 of persons of both
sexes of manageable age in this coun-
try, more than 100000 remain single.
This number seems large enough to jus
tifv our chief magistrates recent in
sistence that, from the viewpoint of
far-seeing ruler, DESTROYS of providing
cadets and midshipmen for a large
navy, the indefinite continuance of such
q condition is intolerable. Lest he may
suddenly direct the various States to
enact laws that would bear unduly
upon unmarried men or suffer them to
be brought under the provisions of the
interstate commerce act, along with old
maids, we earnestly beseech reflection
upon certain facts established by our
Federal census.
According to the statistics of 1900,
for example, the country contained
only 1,1S2, 293 widowers, or only per
cent Of the entire population, as against
2,721,564 widows, or 7.3 per cent of
all the females. This surprising dis
parity surely merits serious considera-
ton. We may not assume, for chival-
ric reasons, that our delicately nur-
tured ladies are of tougher fiber and
more enduring physical nature than
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
CO % d.
: ''IIlII5pIAzf:5
Makes an Elastic Road.

Consul General Richard Guenther
quotes the correspondence In q Frank
fort paper from Zurich, Switzerland,
stating that trials were recently made
there with an elastic road covering in
vented by Street Superintendent Ae-
berli.
A section Of Hohlstreet was covered
with the Aeberli material. Many per-
sons witnessed the trial, among them
representatives Of the municipal and
cantonal authorities, who showed great
interest, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Two steam rollers were employed to
smooth the road covered with the new
macadam. Trials with a siX-horse wag-
on loaded with ten long tons gave a
satisfactory result after the macadam
had been sufficiently rolled. The mac
adam is prepared Of gravel OF fine
ness Of from thirty to fifty millimeters
(mlllimeter equals 0.0394 inch) in di-
ameter, and is freed Of all earthly mat
ter. This gravel is first heated In a
specially constructed machine, and from
a revolving drum is subjected to the ac-
ton Of liquid tar, so that each particle
Of gravel becomes covered with coat
ing of tar.
This tarred gravel is then put up in
heaps, covered, and allowed to remain
so from eight to ten weeks. 1t Is as
serted that during that period fermen-
tation occurs which causes the tar to
penetrate in the pores Of the gravel and
In this way lessons the formation OF
dust. In covering the road with this
material the most painstaking cieann-
ness must be observed and dry weather
must be awaited. No foreign matter
must become mixed with the macadam.
In rolling 1t no water must be used.
The cost Of preparing this macadam is
small, forty-four pounds Of tar being
sufficient for one cubic meter (2S.3S
bushels dry of gravel; where lime
stone Is used, fifty-five pounds. The
machine is operated by four laborers
and furnishes from ten to fifteen cubic
meters per day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
ODD BLACKFooT CUSTOMS.

StiII Dress Hides with PebbIes-Se-
cret Fasting Places.
During the last season a representa-
tive of the Natural History Museum
made & visit to the BlackfOot Indian
reservation to secure material for the
big institution up by the park. In an
out-of-the-way camp some women were
dressing cowskins with broken stones
instead of the native-made metal tools
now in use. For removing the hair a
pebble with a broken edge was used,
the stone being held in the hand and a
glancing blow delivered upon the skin
as it lay upon the ground. This meth
cd has the advantage that the danger
of cutting into the texture is avoided.
In another camp an old man gave
demonstration Of type Of cooking Of
ten employed by the Buffalo-hunting
Indians when on the warpath, meth
cd that may at one time have been the
usual manner Of cooking. A soup
known to the Blackfeet as blood soup
was boiled in the suspended paunch of
a beef by dropping heated stones into
the mixture. The stones were heated
in a fire of twigs and COW chips. They
we've carried to the paunch by two
sticks, one forked and the other
straight; the latter being used to stir
the soup as it boiled. In former times
the boiling was done in the hide Of a
+ Buffalo, supported in the manner just
described or tucked into a hole in the
ground.
On top of a large hill the secret
fasting place of a medicine man was
discovered. An oval structure of stones
had been erected with an opening to
the east. The Enclosure was lined with
an evergreen resembling wild juniper
and was barely large enough to accom-
modate an average-sized person in a
sitting posture. At one side were the
remains of an offering to the sun. 1t
consisted of clothing and eagle feath-
ers.
On such lonely hilltops men fast and
pray for several days and nights. AS
they have a strong conviction that
ghosts frequent hilltops and set theiI
marks upon all living persons found
there, the lone faster must be possess
ed Of the greatest cOurage.-American
Museum Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.

Terrible Itching Prevented Sleep
Hands, Arms and Legs Affected
Cuticura Cured in Six Days.
81 had eczema nearly fifteen years.
The affected parts were my hands,
arms and legs They were the worst
In the winter time, and were always
itchy, and l could not keep from
scratching them. l had to keep both
hands bandaged all the time, ana st
night l would have to scratch through
the bandages as the itching was so Sc
we're, and at times l would hav5 to
tear everything off my hands to scratch
the skin. 1 could not rest or sleep.
had several physicians treat me, but
they could not give me a permanent
cure nor even could they stop the itch
ing After using the Cuticura Soap,
one box of Cuticura Ointment and two
bottles of Cuticura Resolvent for about
six days the itching had ceased, and
now the sores have disappeared, and
never felt better in my life than ! do
now. Edward WOrell, Band Both U. s.
Infantry. Fort Crook, Nebraska"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03

Et was during a general thaw in
early winter that the Lucy B., lum-
Der schooner, slid 'Iongside the dock Of
. little town on the shore Of Grand
Traverse Bay to take on a load of
shingles. No ice had formed in the
bay and the sun had shOne bright and
warm for many days. The short win
ter twilight had fallen by the time
the vessels sails were furled and the
hawser secured to the piles. The town
boys had gone pell-mell down the hill
from the village and raced across the
fats, for even so small an incident as
the landing of q lumber vessel was Of
interest to them.
The crew of the Lucy B. went ashore
to lounge uptown to ''the store" while
the cook prepared supper. One of the
men strobe ahead rapidly, closely fol
bowed by a tOw-headed boy, the young
est of the crew. The man was the first
mate and several months before at a
port town oG Lake Superior he had
discovered the boy huddled behind q
pile Of lumber on the dock crying bitter
~, but silently. His face was swollen
and one eye was black and blue.
swell, well, what's the matter here ?
Been scrappin'? Cryin' cause you got
Kicked, eh?" The comely young sailor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Uncle and Aunt One.

Mrs. HoIlingswOrth Andrews of Phil
adelphia is one of the best whist play
ers in America. She will not however
play for money. She holds that no
mother should gamble, says the New
York Tribune.
Mrs. Andrews, at the end of a dis,
cussion on gambling, said the othe
day: :,
Never play for stake If you hav,
children, and never say to your partner
in any case at the end of a game, If
you had done this or that the outcome
would have been different Whenever
l have a partner of the If you had
kind, l think Of the great Cavendish.
"Cavendish, the famous whist expert,
when a partner said to him, If you had
done so-and-so we'd have made so-and-
So, always replied:
"'Did you ever hear the story of your
uncle and your aunt?
IF the player had heard it he would
at once become silent, not wishing to
hear it again. If he had not heard 1t
he would pause In his post-mortecn of
the game and say:
"'No. Tell it to me-
"Then Cavendish would frown and
say in a solemn voice:
eff your aunt had been a man she
would have been your uncle.'"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
SIoRgES
ON0O ~N ~ y ~
~N~~N~~~~~

An ostrich yields about three pounds
OF feathers year.
Judge Charles T. Woodland, lately
appointed to the Maine Supreme Court,
never had picture taken.
Some statistician has discovered thas
the average woman carries forty to
sixty miles Of hair on her head.
The Bank of England employs about
1000 people, pays $1,250000 yearly in
wages and $4,000 yearly in pensions.
The island of Java is losing It's su
premacy as a coffee producer. The crop
produced in Sumatra now almost
equals it.
GrenOble, France, probably manufac
lures more ladies' kid gloves than any
other place in the world. Paris, Chau.
mont and Millau are also largely en-
gagged in this industry.
All the paper for the millions of post
age stamps used in the United States
is manufactured at Mechanic Falls, Me.
Once a month the firm receives a requi-
sition for 100000 sheets Of the paper,
and each sheet will make 361 stamps.
A consignment of extraordinarily fine
diamonds has reached London from a
new mine in the Orange River colony.
The mine in question is called the Rob
ert Victor, and is situated at BOshoff,
few miles across the border from
Kimberley.
In the year 1914 the Thames froze
and the English channel was for time
impossible because of icebergs The
coolest European winter on record waR
that of 17OS-1?O9. It began early in
October. In 1740 also the cold was 50
intense that birds fell dead to the
ground.
A. G. Wise, secretary Of the st
Helena committee in London, states
that since the withdrawal Of the troops
which has reduced the island to a state
of bankruptcy, the only occupation OF
the inhabitants of st. Helena is catch.
ing rats. The government pays 2 cents
each for them.
At the final meeting, on Feb. Z, OF
the Waterloo and City Railway Com.
pany (tube), London, which has beer
| taken over by the London and South.
western, the chairman mentioned that
since the railway was completed, in
1898, it had carried 100000 passen.
gers without an accident.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03

Of his home life. Forlorn, weary, I'M
utterably hungry, not daring to ask for
food for fear of detection, making wide
detours through the fields and woods to
avoid the travelled roads, he had at last
reached the water 'front.'
The mate obtained permission to add
his charge to the crew in the capacity
Of cabin boy. The runaway's duties
now were many and varied, from wash
ing dishes to brushing the captains
shore clothes. The lake winds, a whole
some amount of work and, above all,
the love in his hitherto starved little
heart for his friend the mate, soon
developed him wonderfully.
So he gayly sprang off the Lucy B.
that evening in the early winter, his
one sorrow being that it was the last
trip of the year, and followed the mate
up the hill He knew it was the mates
customary journey to the postOffice,
where perhaps a letter from his girl
would be waiting. This girl was sec
ond in the boys affection. He had
often studied her tintype that was
tucked into the side of the mates small
mirror. She had dimples and a row of
wonderful little teeth, for she was smil-
ing in the picture. But there was no
letter and the boys heart ached. The
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Crocker Estate to Be Sold.

The large reality interests Of the
Charles Croker estate are to be sold
according 20 the San Francisco Bulle.
tin. Instructions have been given tC
close out at auction every foot of
ground in San Francisco belonging to
the late multi-millionaire, and before
many years pass the land will be con-
verified into money.
The conditions of the real estate
market are believed to be opportune
and high prices are expected for the
property. In San Francisco alone
there are over 1000 lots belonging to
the estate, part of which are I'm.
proved. In San Bruno there are 100
acres available for building sites, and
at Parkside there are many lots which
have already been listed for sale
Besides the city property there are
ranches in Colusa and MERGED counties
which will bring big prices. In selling
these properties it is the purpose Of
Umbsen & Co., to whom the sale is in
trusted, to hold biweekly auction sales.
It is impossible to determine how long
it will take to get rid Of the big hold
ings, but it is thought that at least
three years, and perhaps longer, will
be required.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Good Roads a Necessity.

The Postoffice Department has just
made an announcement that undOubt-
edly will result in a marked change in
the condition Of the rural roads in
many parts Of the country. This an
nouncement is to the effect that rural
delivery Of the mails will not be con-
tinued in those districts in which the
people fail to keep the roads in good
condition.
When the good roads agitation start
ed a few years ago nearly all communi-
ties took the matter up and the carriers
were bothered but little over the road
problem, but with time the matter of
looking after the roads has become more
lax until again there are some places
where it has become a serious problem
with the carriers.
The patrons fail to keep the grade in
the proper condition and also neglect
to get out and clear the roads of snow
banks during the stormy months Of the
winter. The department is out with
another order which is in substance
that all roads must be kept up in proper
manner or that service will be discon-
tinued in such localities as neglect the
matter.-Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Tack This lin.

At the first sign Of Backache or pain
in the region of the Kidneys or weak
ness and Urinary trouble, the follow
ing simple prescription should be used.
Fluid Extract DandeliOn one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce /;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Take a steaspoonful after each
meal and at bedtime.
Any good prescription pharmacy will
supply these three ingredients at small
cost, which can easily be mixed by
shaking we'll in a bottle. This is said
to force the Kidneys to filter the sour
acids and poisons from the blood, over
coming the worst cases of rheumatism.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03

their husbands; hence. we are driven
to the conclusion that the hazard of
matrimony is vastly greater for men
than for women, as is evidenced by the
great disparity in the actual fatalities.
Moreover, the total of divorced men
is only S4,9O3, or ? per cent, as against
ia, 1865, or per cent, Of divorced
women, showing clearly that even after
being freed from irksome bonds COM
paratively small proportion of men
have sufficient strength left to with
stand the effect of their previous exist
ence.
That these significant facts do, or
should, escape the thoughtful attention
Of prudent bachelor is not to be ex-
pected; realizing, as he must from
study Of the statistics, the compare
tive paucity Of his chances Of longevity
during the matrimonial period and the
virtual certainty of his discouraged
spirit wasting away soon after divorce,
is he not reasonably warranted in
evading, In all seemly ways, the wiles
of the spinster, and should he in equity
be taxed for so doing? Clearly, it seems
to us, and we trust it will seem to the
President, such course finds ample
justification in the mere instinct Of
self-preservation, which induces even a
soldier to avoid engagements against
undue odds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Do You Open Your Mouth

Like young bird and gulp down what"
ever food or medicine may be offered your
Or, do you want to know something of the
composition and character Of that which
you take into your stomach whether as
food or medicine?
Most intelligent and sensible people
nowadays insist on knowing what they
employ whether as food or as medicine.
DR.. Pierce believes they have a perfect
right to insist upon such knowledge. So he
publishes szoadcast and on each bottle.
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more VIII tl.Iw SUPERIOR curative virJ:
be aplCee2iQ Il
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toms of weakness, DR.. Pierce'S Favorita
Prescription is a most efficient remedy,
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anu p1CPeAA ms b1lO NONA4A "a
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organs distinctly feminine in particular.
It is also a soothing and invigorating
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nervous proStratiOn, neuralgia, hySterla;
spasms, chorea or st. Vitus's dance, and
other. distressing nervous symptoms at
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A host of medical authorities of all the
several schools of practice, recommend
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vFavorite Prescription is made for the
cure Of the diseases for which it is claimed
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03

Late In the afternoon the Lucy B.
managed to load her cargo. Then un-
der reefed canvas she pitched away
northward; but on board there was a
temporary first mate and no cabin boy.
A few moments later the little suf-
ferer looked with understanding eyes
into those Of his friend. Seeing the
tears in them he forgot his pain and
smiled, twisted, wistful smile. Don't
be sorry, Dave" he said. 81 amt.
Give the fellers on the Lucy my best,
an the cap. An say, Dave" he whis-
pered later, "tell your girl I'm awful
tickled you're goin' to marry her. I'm
kinder sorry 1 can't be at the weddin',
though" After a long silence the
white lips opened once more. "Dave,
1 hate to ask yer, but-say, Dave, do
you think-do you suppose-Dave,
would you mind-kissin' me jist Once?"
AS the lips Of the man touched his
cheek the little cabin boy slipped into
port.-Chicago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03

That night the wind veered to the
southeast and the barometer fell. Very
early the next morning the call came
for all hands on deck Part of the
shingles had been loaded the night be-
fore under a full moon, but now the
treacherous wind had changed sudden
" and with violence. The schooner
lay on the north side of the dock strain
ing at her mornings. The captain, be-
longing to the hardy Morse stock that
breeds good seamen, ordered the vessel
to be cast off, intending to reach open
water and then lie to until the gale
should blow itself out.
The first mate stood on the dock be-
tween the piles of shingles and the YES
sci. The little cabin boy had Ieaped
ashore and waited at his left. The
forward hawser was being sIackened
away and the first mate was endeavor-
ing TO cast off the stern line. Intent
upon the coils dashed about the piles.
the furious wind instantly taking up
the slack as fast as 1t was paid out,
he had eyes only for the task in hand.
But the boy, keen with excitement,
watched the hawser.
Suddenly a single strand of the great
rope parted midway between the
schooner and the pier. Its loose ends
waved for an instant, then there fol-
lowed sound like the report of a rifle.
The taught hawser had snapped and
with a mighty recoil was hurled back.
1t was a matter Of seconds, but the
boy had leaped at the mate, and, exert
ing all his strength, had literally flung
him from his position. The heavy rope
shot to the dock and struck the boy
across the breast, crushing him for an
agonizing fatal instant against the
shingles. He dropped limp and white
at the feet Of the astounded mate,
while the schooner stood out for deep
water.
The unconscious boy was laid upon
stretcher quickly improvised of loose
boards and, wrapped in the mates jack
ct, was carried to a house near at hand,
where 4 young doctor examined him.