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Wns Refused a Warrant.

LaEten requested a warrant for Wilson.
but was Informed that such cases Of
speeding were no longer prosecuted in
the Police Court Being much surprised.
he reported the case 10 his chief. It was
referred 10 Maj Sylvester. and, in turn,
TO the District Commissioners. After an
examination, they forwarded the papers
in the case with all Endorsements to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
4 conference on July II followed. IN
which members of the District Commis-
sion Mr. Baker and Mr. Given. partici-
pated- at the request Of Chairman Knapp.
Of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
As a result OF the conference. the dis
trict attorneys Office consented TO prose
cute cases coming under the jurisdiction
OF the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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sI-z5 to Baltimore and Return

Every day via The Electric Line Tv,f-
light excursions, 81 round trip, D. m, re-
turning up TO midnight, Saturday and
Sunday excepted Ses time schedule
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Congress Hall Hotel
SPECIAL SUMNER RATES

Beaut1I1l roo1na an new a1d outzde; coolest z-.os
in the city. Cafe and -riFate dtufnr -5,1 - - -
partleS "a carte service. Z a n I'll ru3dnI~hf
IanoAeon. 20 70 20 n n. 50 csuta Tste d-5ots
0l1lleI. Q . p n. 8 ceuts White kelp
Phone Liuc- 1C0 sA NANTTfT A.
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LAUNDRESS IS NEXT
Stables Also to Be PrObed
by Health Officers.
SUPERVISE THE wASHwOMAN

Her Home Must Be Clean or She
VIII Hear from the FOIice-Dairy
Cleanliness Ice Cream Factory
Develops InsanItary Conditions.
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Four Hours sail

On cool Chesapeake Bay four days a
week 81 round trip. See ticket agent
/ The Electric Line" 18th and y Y ave
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Bath Spray Is a-CoEafOr4
Your household should not lack these da1,s
Price 3 uP. Lindsay's Rubber Store, SIS +.
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SI-25 TO Annapolis and Return
Via The Electric Line" Visit the L. S.
Naval Academy See time schedule for
trains
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Charge Is an Old One.

The offense charged dates back TO June
i. and action was not brought until sew
eral conferences had been held on the
subject by representatives OF the police.
the district attorneys Office. the Commis-
sioners.' the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, and the new street railway com
mission.
Assistant District Attorney Ralph Given
said when the issuance Of the warrant
became known that this prosecution Is a
result Of a complete understanding be-
tween members OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission and District Attorney
Baker.
The district attorneys Office" he said.
is acting under request Of the commits
sion, with the District commission acting
in an advisory capacity Before bringing
prosecutions here. we confer with the
District commission. 10 which all local
complaints are referred. The present step
is only the beginning OF several prosecu-
tons which VIII be brought before the
court"
On the morning OF June L last Bicycle
Policeman Lauten. on duty on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. followed a Fourteenth
street car under control Of Wilson from
FoEr-aud-a-haif street 10 the Peace Mon
Ument His speedoneter indicated that
the car was travelling twenty-five miles
an hour
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PROBE TO CONTINUE
Railways Commission Will
Ignore COmpany's Claim.
SPEED PROSECUTIONS BEGIN
MOtOrman Alleged TO Have Run His
Car Rt Twenty-hve-mile Rate Is
Arrested, and District Attorney
Takes Hold of Case-COurse Map
ped Out at Conference of Officials.

Secretary Eddy. Of the subcommittee
appointed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission 10 supervise the street rail-
way systems Of Washington. said last
night that the committee is going right
ahead with its investigations. indepen-
dent Of the claim Of the traction compa-
MES that the commission is without au-
thoTity TO appoint this committee.
We shall show them that We are here
TO do business" said Mr. Eddy. "and
that We have the fun authority Of the
law Whatever complaints about the
street car service in the District are re-
ceived by Us shall have due considera-
ton and be reported
The arrest yesterday Of AIotorman
Wilson, charged with speeding his car
on Pennsylvania avenue was due to
the request OF this commission 70 the
district attorney that he begin immedi-
ate!y the enforcement Of the regulations
concerning street car traffic"
The arrest OF AIOtorman Wilson Is the
first action brought against any OF the
local companies under the new regula-
tons
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barque Venue, gave me a passage to
London" said Mr.. Wiggett, "and I've
tramped down from there without a
penny In my pocket"
"And Sol Ketchmafd's glad to see
you,: SIR" said Mr.. Smith, who, with
the rest of the company, had been
looking on in state of great admira-
tion. Hes never tired of telling us
'ow you saved him from the shark and
ad your leg bit of in so doing"
I'D ave my other bit of for i'm,
too," said Mr.. Wiggett, as the landlord
patted him affectionately on the shoul.
der and thrust glass of spirits into
his hands. "Cheerful, l would The
kindest- -'earted and the bravest man
that ever breathed, is old Sol Ketch.
maid"
"You never card anything more O.
pore Sam Jones, I s'pose?' said Mr..
Ketchmaid
Mr.. Wiggett put down his glass.
II ran up agin a man In Rio Janeiro
two years ago." he said, mournfully.
Pore old Sam died in is arms with
Your name up is honest black lips.
When l was laying in my bunk in
the foc's'le being nursed back to life, -
continued Mr.. Wiggett, enthusiastical-
ly, who was it that set by my side
'olding my and and telling me to live
for his sake?-why, Sol Ketchmaid.
Who was it that said that he'd stick
to me for life?-why Sol Ketchmaid.
Who was it said that so long as e
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SPIRIT: ACTS As !: :.
I: |: BURGLAR ALARM
WARNS FAMILY THAT INTRUDER
HAS ENTERED HOUSE AND
THEY SCARE HIM AWAY,
FORTUNE IN JEWELS SAVED
Strange Tale vouched for by Promin.
ent st. Louis People-Mysteri-
Gus Guardian Dictates Words
Of Warning.

New York.-Here is the story of how
child's life and a fortune in jewels
were saved from a burglar-murderer
by warning given by spirit, which,
after sounding the alarm, took the
emergency into its own hands and
drove the intruder away.
This strange tale is vouched for by
one Of the most prominent and
wealthy St. Louis families, who spend
part OF each year in this city, and who,
obeying the orders of their spirit burg
lar alarm, have come boldly forward,
with full particulars, to which are
attached their correct names.
Jordan w.. Lambert, millionaire
chemist, with Offices An New York
and st. Louis; Mrs. Helen Lambert,
his wife; his six-year-old son, Jordan
w. Jr.. and VIII and Lille Hannegan,
clerks in Mr.. Lambertts employ, are
the persons involved. j
According to the statement made by
Mrs. Lambert, her son was asleep in
the nursery adjacent to the pa:lor in
which experiments in psychic phenom-
ena were going on. /. ].
I'VE sat little. while with all the
lights turned up, and Will Hannegan
raised his hands above his head, and
We saw one of his arms grow right out
OF his sleeve until it, was nearly a
foot longer than it's normal length. 1t
was cold and clammy and pretty soon
1t shrunk back to it's regular length.
Then suddenly all of US were
Jerked from our seats and led by some
invisible force into my sons playroom,
where he was sleeping in his cot. Aft
er being led back to the table We put
out the lights and Miss Howard and
Lille Hannegan wrote rapidly the
words:
Must watch Mrs. Lambert and
Junior (her SOM.
Then Will and were pulled from
our seats and made to hurry into my
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BusINEss MANAGER FOR CHURCH
Cleveland Institution Plans % Tey 4
II ~ New sy5tem.; - :

The -Epworth Memorial Methodist
church in cleveland has decided to try
new system Of church management.
A business manager has been ap-
pointed who will give his entire time
and attention to the finances of the
church. As executive secretary he
will collect the benevolences, dues of
lembers, subscriptions, etc., and pay
all expenses. He will serve as Sec
!retary of the standing committees of
She church and keep a record of their
business for transmission to the off,
cial board. This, it is expected, will
leave the pastor free to give atten-
tion to the larger plans of the work
and to his pulpit and pastoral duties.
Erworth Memorial has the largest
membership of all the Protestant
churches in the city. It has an ex-
tensive charity work and handles over
e35, 900 in contributions every year.
DR.. 6. K. Morris. district superin-
tendent, strongly commends the in
novation. ITO my mind" he says, 1T
Is the ideal Of church government. I
expect to see the plan adopted In
many other Cities"
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NO CHANCE FOR A FILTRATION.
Railroad Restaurants in Cuba with Jap.
anese and Chinese Servants

When cross-country Cuban rail
road train pulls into Las Tunas or
Ciego de Avila for the stop for food
the traveller alights, prepared very like.
ly to be waited upon by a black-eyed,
red-lipped, dark-complexioned senorita
or perhaps by sturdy rascal of a
waiter, either of whom is held to be
typical of Spanish-speaking country
Something to his surprise, then, he
discovers that the railway restaurants
are not served by Cuhans OF Ameri-
cans either.
The servants are Japanese or Chi
nese, sometimes both. 1t comes as a
shock to the traveller when he sees
the men of the Orient handing out the
food upon request and answering the
Cuban questions in Spanish and the
American interrogatories in English.
Just how these folks happened to
come In no one seems to know
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w. w. JACOBS
Copyright, Dodd, Mead Company. }


Mr.. Sol Ketchmaid, landlord of the
Ship, sat in his snug bar, rising oc.
caslonally from his seat by the taps
to minister to the wants of the Gus.
toners who shared this pleasant re.
treat with him.
Forty years at sea before the mast
had made Mr.. Ketchmaid an authority
on affairs maritime; five years in
command of the Ship inn, with the
nearest other licensed house five miles
off, had made him an autocrat.
Twice recently had he found oc-
casiOn to warn Mr.. Ned Clark, the vii.
lage shoemaker, the strength of whose
head had been boast in the village
for many years. On the third occasion
the indignant shoemaker was inter.
rupted in the middle of an impas.
stoned harangue on free speech and
bundled into the road by the ostler
After this nobody was SAFE
Tonight Mr.. Ketchmaid, meeting
his eye as he entered the bar, nodded
curtly. The shoemaker had stayed
away three days as protest, and the
landlord was naturally indignant at
such contumacy.
Good evening, Mr.. Ketchmaid, "
said the shoemaker, screwing up his
little black EYES; Just give me a
small bottle O. lemonade, if you
please"
Go and get your lemonade some
1y.h1 @I~
Ketchmaid.
II prefer to ave it here,' rejoined
the shoemaker, land you've got to
serve me, Ketchmaid. A licensed pub.
lican is compelled to serve people
whether he likes to or not, else he
loses of is license"
mot when they're the worse for
Ticker he aint," said the landlord.
Here's the 'ealth Of Henry Wiggett
what lost is leg to save Mr.. Ketch-
maids life," he said, unctuously
Also the 'ealth of Sam Jones, who
let hisself be speared through the
chest for the same noble purpose
Likewise the health of Capt. Peters,
who nursed Mr.. Ketchmaid like is
own son when he got knocked up do
ing the work of five men as was
drowned; likewise the health o. Dick
Lee, who helped Mr. Ketchmaid cap
ture Chinese junk full of pirates and
killed the whole II of 'em BY 'Ow
did you say you killed 'em, Ketch-
maid?"
The landlord. who was busy with
the taps, affected not to hear.
KILLED the whole II of 'em by first
telling 'em yarns till they fell asleep
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bedroom so fast that we had no con.
troll over our feet. We were led direct.
ly to my open closet. and made to
search every corner of it, and then
the unseen force hurried US to the
front door. We were then drawn back
into the parlor.
will turned on the light and was
seized with the desire to write.
This is what his pencil dashed off:
The man, the man, he was in the
hall, and will come again. He was
thinking of hiding in Mrs. Lambert's
closet. He thinks she has jewelry
there. You must watch. Don't go tc
bed; he will be back
Just then We heard the main doc,
close down stairs. I said l would
phone the police, but Will was still
holding the pencil, and it wrote: NO
do not. They would not get here in
time. He will be back, and you must
watch for him. Will shall hear him
and must shoot
L gave Will my revolver. We heard
noise outside the hall door, bu,
when we got there the noise seemed
to be receding downstairs. We sat g
long time, when Will heard a voice
from the air say warningly: Look
out! Look out!' and we both heard g
noise in the back hall. We looked
down the stairs and saw that the
bathroom door had been closed. In q
minute the door opened wide, lettins
= stream of light out. and then was
closed again.
'Suddenly Will said something told
him to 60 into the kitchen, but woulG
not let him. Then we went to the
bathroom and found it empty. In the
kitchen we found the window open
In the morning we found muddy foot
marks trailed up the steps and on the
landing at the front door.
"The next day we had a seance and
the spirit Of 10 Wentworth told US
through Will as a medium that the
man had opened the window, but had
not entered the kitchen.
Had it not been for the warning
of the spiritual influence we would
have been robbed and perhaps mur
dered."
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Bundled Into the Road by the ostIer

Bundled Into the Road by the Ostler.
and then choking EN- with Henry Wig
gett's wooden leg" resumed the shoe
maker
Understand. Ned Clark" said the
indignant Mr.. ketchmaid, II don't
want your money in this public house.
Take it somewhere else"
'"Thank'ee, but I prefer to come
here. said the shoemaker ostenta.
tiously slipping his lemonade.
DO you disbelieve my word?" de-
manded Mr.. Ketchmaid, hotly,
why, O. course | do replied the
shoemaker: I'VE all do. You'd see
how silly they are yourself if you only
stopped to think You and your
sharks!-no shark would want to eat
you unless it was blind"
1t was about week later. Mr.,
ketchmaid had just resumed his seat
after serving a customer, when the
attention of all present was attracted
by an odd and regular tapping on the
brlck-paved passage outside. It
stopped at the taproom, and a muir.
mur OF voices escaped at the open
door. Then the door was closed. and
loud, penetrating voice called on the
name of Sol Ketchmaid.
"Hennery Wig-gett!' gasped the
1andloard, as small man with ragged
whiskers appeared at the wicket. lit
can't be-"
The newcomer regarded him ten
derly for moment without a word
and then, kicking open the door with
an unmistakable wooden leg, stumped
into the bar, and grasping his out.
stretched hand shook it fervently.
The sight O. you, Hennery Wig
gett, is better to me than diamonds, -
said Mr.. Ketchmaid, ecstatically. How
did you get here?"
"A friend of his. Cap'n Jones of the
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13
LIVED ON TEN CENTS A WEEK
Sill Coolittle's System a Good On,
But Not Attractive

"Dy'u find smoking hurts y'u?''
asks Hi Biddle, a Yankee lawyer, in
Willie Brooks story, The Solar Ma
chine" in Harper's.
1T probably doesn't do me any
good" l said; but I'd have trouble
quitting it,
mo, y'u wouldn't Smoke this
He took from his vest pocket the fel
low to the stogey in his mouth and
tossed it across the table to me. Ever
hear how Bill Doolittle lived on ten
cents a week."
confessed that Bills economies
had never been brought to my atten
ton.
WAL" said Biddle. "he took dinner
with friend on Sunday. an ate
enough to last i'm till Wednesday
Then he bought ten cents wuth o
tripe. an he hated tripe so like thun
der that it lasted i'm the rest O. the
week. These seegars work a good
'deol like that tripe. You take to
smokin' 'em, an y'u won't want more'n
one or two a day."
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'ad crust | should have first bite at
it, and so long as e ad bed should
ave first half of it?-why, Sol Ketch-
maid!
I'm my old age and on my beam
ends continued Mr. Wiggett, Il re-
membered them words of old Sol and
! knew if | could only find i'm my
troubles were over. | knew that l
could creep into is little harbor and
lay snug. | knew that what Sol said
he meant. I lost my leg saving is
life, and he is grateful
so he ought TO be-" said Mr.. Clark,
"and I'm proud to shake 'ands with
hero"
He gripped Mr.. Wiggett's hand. and
the other followed suit. The wooden
legged man wound up with Mr.. Ketch-
maid, and, disdaining to notice that
that veracious mariners grasp was
somewhat limp. sank into his chair
again and asked for a cigar.
Lend me the box. Sol" he said jov-
tally, as he took it from him. I'm going
to and 'em round This is my treat,
mates. Pore old Henry W'iggett's
treat
He passed the box round Mr..
ketchmaid watching in helpless indig-
nation as the customers, discarding
their pipes, thanked Mr.. Wiggett.
Closing time came all too soon, Mr.
Niggett, whose popularity was never
for moment in doubt, developing
gifts to which his friend had never
even alluded.
Il 'ope you're satisfied,' said Mr..
Wiggett. as the landlord, having shot
the bolts Of the front door returned to
the bar.
You went bit too far" said Mr..
Ketchmaid. shortly: you should ha'
been content with doing what | told
YOU to do. And who asked you to
and my cigars 'round?"
Il got Il bit excited" pleaded the
other.
And you forgot to tell 'em you're
going to start tomorrow to live with
that niece of yours in New Zealand,'
added the landlord.
so did," said Mr Wiggett shifting
his forehead: so did. I'm very sor-
ry; I'll tell 'em tomorrow night
Mention it casual like, tomorrow
morning. commanded Mr.. Ketchmaid,
''and get off in the AFTERNOON, then I'll
give you some dinner besides the five
shillings as arranged"
TO the landlords great annoyance
his guest went for walk next morn
ing and did not return until the even
ing. when he explained that he had
walked too far for his crippled condi.
ton and was unable to get back.
The helpless Mr.. Ketchmaid suf-
fered in silence, with his eye on the
clock, and almost danced with i'm
patience at the tardiness of his de-
| parting guests. He accompanied the
last man to the door, and then. GRIM
son with rage, returned to the bar to
talk to Mr. Wiggett.
"Wot d'y'r mean by it," he thun-
dered.
Mean by what, Sol?" inquired Mr..
''AS6S'1' AoOA1IS up III SUI
Don't call me Sol, cos l won't have
it, vociferated the landlord, standing
over him with his fist clenched. First
thing tomorrow morning off you co."
orr" repeated the other in amaze
ment. of? Where to?'
Anywhere" said the overwrought
landlord; so long as you get out of
here, don't care where you co.
Mr.. Wiggett, who was smoking a
cigar, the third that evening, laid it
carefully on the table by his side, and
regarded him with tender reproach
Arrangement" said the mystified
Mr.. Wiggett; what arrangements?
Why, amt seen you for ten years
and more. If it 'adn't been for meet
ing Cap'n Peters,"
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"Pig Pointers"

American shooting men are much
exercised over story that a sporting
farmer named Knitted, who lives near
Brounsburg, St. Louis, has succeeded
in teaching a pig to point game, and
shoots over it. Our American friends
have evidently forgotten the famous
pig pointer which was trained to
stand winged game and rabbits by the
brothers Toomer, royal keepers in the
New forest. This pig pointer" was a
black SOW whose intelligence and no2e
responded to a fortnight's training-
Bailly's Magazine.
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Take Halls Family Pills for constination
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A Cure for Poison lvv.

Before the skin blisters scrub the
affected parts with brush and soap
and water. Then apply a saturated
solution of sugar of lead in so pei
cent. of alcohol The alcohol must
contain some water. Pure alcoho
would not dissolve the sugar of lead
This relieves the burning of the poi
son ivy, and it is supposed that the al
cohol dissolves the poison and the
sugar of lead neutralizes it.-Sub
urban Life. ,'.. .
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heavtIv Encumbered

Miss Riverview-What! You don't
mean to say you intend to marry that
Chicago widow?
Bachelor Brother-Why shouldn't I?
She has no encumbrances!
Miss Riverview-No encumbrances?
Look at her feet.-N. Y. Weekly.
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Greatly EXAGGERATED.

Although the correspondent who
says zinc collins have become remark
ably popular in Vienna has an estab.
lished reputation for veracity, it is. i'm
possible not to feel that he has exag.
Eerated.-louisville Courier-Journal.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13

No man can seek honestly or hope
fully to be delivered from temptation
unless he has himself honestly and
firmly determined to do the best he
can to keep out of it.-Ruskin.
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Sitting in a Game?

my boy tells me that he had to sit
up with a sick friend last night"
And you accept that excuse for his
late hOurs?"
why not? My daddy used to honor
it."
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is YEARS OF SUFFERING.
Burning, Painful Sores on Leqs-
Tortured Day and Night-Tried
Many Remedies to No Avail
Cured by Cuticura.

"After an attack of rheumatism,
running sores broke out on my hus-
bands legs, from below the knees to
the ankles. There are no words to
tell all the discomforts and great suf.
fering he had to endure night and day.
He used every kind of remedy and
three physicians treated him, one after
the other, without any good results
whatever. One day I ordered some
Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment,
and Cuticura Resolvent. He began
to use them and in three weeks all the
sores were died up. The burning fire
stopped, and the pains became bear
able. After three months he was quite
we'll. I can prove this testimonial at
any time. Mrs. V. v. Albert, Upper
Frenchville, Me-, July 81. 1907"
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Well PREPARED.

Il learn" she said reproachfully,
that you were devoted to no fewer
than five girls before you finally pro.
posed to me. How do know that you
didn't make desperate love to all of
them?"
Il did," he replied, promptly.
You did," she exclaimed.
"Certainly," he returned. you
don't suppose for a moment that l
would be foolhardy enough to try for
such a prize as you are without prac.
ticing little first, do you?"
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&#.-s TO- a C0n0. .5ss=', +: !: =
The sinner walked along the rocky
road. his bare feet torn and bleeding
eom bruises and VoYds; He ustre
: Triend:" he : exclaimed: aAi shs havs.
sinned and done wrong, I must par
dently suffer the most extreme agony
to save myself from eternal damna-
ton. Can you tell me some supreme
test Of repentance?"
Certainly" answered the other,
with an air Of experience. Go to
boarding house and live there for Z
year"
When a girl turns a fellow down he
feels like fool, but he may live to
realize that she would have made .
bigger fool of him by accepting him.
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