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The Washington times., 1913-01-31

house last night Specific Instructions
on conducting a spread" were issued
by members Of the degree team. w. K.
Evans. g.. w. Budd. J. II. Riddle. and
J. B. Skelly.
The real spread of the evening. how
ever. was held after the business ses-
sion, In the rathskelleT. A buffet lunch-
con was served. numerous short ad-
dresses were made. and the merry jest
went roundc
The Washington times., 1913-01-31
Supply Association Meets.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 31--The an
nual convention OF the National Build
ers' Supply Association Is in session
here with members in attendance from
nearly all parts OF the country. At the
conclusions Of the sessions a large num-
ber Of the members and their wives
epart on a trip to Panama.
The Washington times., 1913-01-31
Swiss Team to Enter
Rifle Matches Here

4 recent cable dispatch from abroad
that Switzerland would not be repre-
sented in the International rife matches
in America next September was dis
proved today when official word reached
the National Rifle Association OF
America that a Swiss team will enter
France also has likewise notified the
association
Due to conflicting dates Canada has
sent word that Canadian team will
be unable to come to the United States
The Washington times., 1913-01-31
Demand a Harmless Antisepic

do as thousands of other women do
simply specify Tyree's Antiseptic Pow
der.
Physicians everywhere advise Ty-
ree's. because IL is not only harmless,
but is positive in its results. Its uses
cover wide range and Il can be used
either dry or diluted In water. In
rivaled as a preventive Of disease. A
25-cent package makes two gallons stan
dard solution. Sold by all druggists
Send for booklet and free sample.
J. 8. Tyree. Chemist. WashinEton, ID. C,
The Washington times., 1913-01-31

No estimate of $4,000 for the install
lation of draw in the bridge cross
ing the Anacostia river at Pennsyl-
The Washington times., 1913-01-31

The Altar Society Of st. Teresa's
Church. served suppers the past two
nights in st. Teresa's Parochtal School
which were well attended.
The Washington times., 1913-01-31
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The Washington times., 1913-01-31
Chicago Has Automobile Show

CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-An army of man
ufacturers. agents, and statesmen of
automobiles and accessories has invad-
ed Chicago in anticipation Of the open
ing of the National Automobile Show
in this city tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1913-01-31
CHURCHMEN'S CLUB
PAYS ELECTION BET
Anacosans Spread Feast for Men Who Predicted That VIII
son Would Be Beaten in Last Campagn-Ducks
Shipped BY Parcel Post.

yania avenue southeast. appears in
the District appropriation bill as II has
been reported to the House. The de-
sired drawbridgc would have enabled
vessels engaged In tine Improvement OF
the Anacositia fats t. pass under The
present structure.
Citizens of Randle Highlands de-
manded a new bridge instead. or. fall
ing In this. the erection of a draw to
correspond with the type of bridge to
he built in the future over the stream,
while the Minnesota Avenue Improve
,nent Association passed resolution
declaring the whole plan waste Of
money, insisting that the vessels re-
uuired in the Improvement of the fats
can be dismantled before going under
the bridge.
DR.. Eva C. Reid left the service Of
the Government Hospital for the In
sane today to become the physician In
the tSate Hospital at Talmadge, Cal.
She departed for her new field at once.
DR.. Reid has been a senior assistant
nhysician i'm the female service at the
Government Hospital for more than
three years.
Milton J. Reilly and family have re-
moved from Randle Highlands to Ana
costa They have taken house in
w street Mr.. Reilly was secretary OF
the Randle Highlands Citizens Associa-
ton for a long time.
The former Darling home. at the west
end of Sumner road. was damaged by
fire last evening to the extent of $500
Fire Engine Company, No. Is. OF Ana
costa, and Chemical Company, No. 5.
of Congress Heights. had runs of more
than a mile to reach the house. There
is no water there and the chemicals
and hand extinguishers were brought
into play. A defective fiue caused the
blaze. The building is owned by Mrs.
Jessie Darling Sutton, OF Congress
Heights.
The Altar Society Of st. Teresa's
Church. served suppers the past two
nights I'm st. Teresa's Parochtai School,
which were well attended.
The Washington times., 1913-01-31
aPIaoe Of Middle MAN.

The Place Of thc Middle Man" Is fhs
subject Of IL Grosvenor Dave In the
ffth lecture OF his series on THE Ma
tons Bufness- at the Y. NJ. C. A. TO-
night. Isaac Cans, representing the
Retail Merchants Association. win pre-
side
The Washington times., 1913-01-31
Fifteen New Eagles
Learn to Use "Wings"

Fifteen new eagles were taught to
spread their wings at the last meet |
mig of Washington Aerie, No. is. Fra |
ternal Order of Eagles, at the clubt
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
MAND RIVER IMPROVEMENT
Gov. Major Scores Congress for lnac
 tion-Otter Executives Agree.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
 Hannibal Bring the Gulf of Mexico to St Louis,' was the keynote of Governor Elliott w Majors address at the opening Of the twelfth annua convention of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association here In the speech he scored Congress TOT it's lethargy in the matter of deer waterways improvements.
 Congress has retained Jurisdiction over all navigable streams" he de clared. By reason of this and other causes, the states have failed to devel op them, Congress has ignored the duty resting upon it and has failed to do it's share in deepening the Missis sippi river channel
 Governor Dunne of Illinois said: II. linois stands ready to spend it's mon. ey to cooperate with other states"
 Governor Eberhardt of Minnesota and General Bixby, who came iron Washington, to attend the convention both declared themselves strongly iI favor Of d lakes-to-the gulf deep water way.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
E CHILD CROSS.
 FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is coated, give California
 Syrup of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative" and nothing else cleanses the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
 A child simply will not stop playing to empty the bowels. and the result is they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then your little one becomes cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat sleep or act naturally breath Is bad system full of cold. has sore throat stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen. Mother! See if tongue is coated. then give teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all the constipated waste. sour bile and undigested food passes out of the sys- tenn, and you have we'll child again.
 Millions of mothers give California Syrug of Figs" because 1t Is perfectly harmless: children love 1t, and 1t nev. CT fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels.
 Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF
 HAIR STOPS FALLING
Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick, Glossy, Fluffy. Beautiful-No
 More itching Scalp.

Within ten minutes after an appli- cation of Danderine you cannot find a single trace of dandruft or falling hair and your scalp will not itch, but what will please you most will be after & few weeks use, when you see new hair. fine and downy at yes-but really new hair-growing all over the scalp.
 A little Danderine immediately dou- bles the beauty of your hair. No diff ference how dull faded, brittle and scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at time. The effect is amaz- ing-your hair will be light. fluffy and wavy. and have an appearance of abundance; an incomparable luster softness and luxuriance.
 Get 9 cent bottle of Knowltons Danderine from any store. and prove that your hair Is as pretty and soft as any-that 1t has been neglected or injured by careless treatment-that's all--you surely can have beautiful hair and lots of it if you will just try lit ue Danderine Adv.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
MORE THAN 4OOARE ENTOMBED IN MINE
EXPLOSION CAUSES DISASTER IN SOUTH WALES COAL
 FIELDS.
RESCUE WORK IS ABANDONED
Forty Thousand Distracted Persons Surround Pit, Implorine Someone
 to Save Imprisoned Men

western Newspaper Union News Service Cardltf, Nales.-More than 400 min CTS were entombed and given up for Gead after an explosion which shat tered the works of the Universal Col fiery, near here, causing one Of the greatest disasters in the history of the South Wales coal fields. whose an. nals are full of terrible catastrophies. Twentyfour hours after the explo- sion occurred, hope of rescuing the i'm. prlsoned men was abandoned and the engineers decided to devote their ef- forts toward subduing the fire which Was raging in the mines, believing that it was useless to continue the rescue work
 A crowd of 10000 distracted persons surrounded the pit head, inploring someone to save the men entombed ill the mine but the efforts of the rescu- CTS were useless
 The shift which went into the mine shortly before the explosion occurred numbered 931 men. After the ex- plosion about 900 miners were brought to the surface alive. During the day 49 bodies were recovered and when all hope of rescuing any more of the min CTS was abandoned 3GS still were on- tombed
 No official reports were issued and this excited much comment
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
JUST THROWING OUT A HINT
If Charity Fund Was 10 Be Given to the Needy, He Could Use
 Part of H.

The children of Boston Sunday school class had contributed their pennies for weeks to a fund which was to be devoted to charitable pur- poses, and on the day when they were to decide on the matter of its dis tribution each child was called upon to express an opinion as to how 1t should be spent
 The teacher explained 10 them that there were several charities which would be glad to receive the fund, either in Boston or among the for eign missions. She had impressed uIon them. however. that the money might be spent to good advantage among the sick and needy children of their own parsh. Several bright speeches on the subject had been made. when one seven-year-old boy arose and, evidently bearing in mind the teachers remarks about charity beginning at home, said
 "I want you to know that I have put a good many pennies in that box" and then, after some delay and I've got terrible cold myself" Boston Post.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
"CASCARETS" FOR
 SLUGGISH LIVER
No sick headache. sour stomach, hl|iousnesS or constipation
 by morning.
Get a 10.cent box now.


 Turn the rascals out--the headache, biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases-turn them out tonight and keep them out with Cascarets.
 Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never know the misery caused by a lazy liver. clogged bowels or an upset stom- ach.
 Don't put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach ; remove the sour, fermenting food i; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poison in the bowels. Then you will feel great.
 A Cascaret tonight straightens you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head, sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. Chil- dren love Cascarets because they never gripe or sicken. Adv.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
HAS ALMOST LOST MEANING
Suffrage Leader Decries the Too Ere quent Use of the Word
 Domestic.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt ridiculed in Chicago the old anti-suffrage cry Of domestcity-that womans place is the home.
 The trouble is," said Mrs. Catt that many women cannot be domes tic; they have no homes. The word domestic therefore, should not be used. as is too often the case, in q loose way"
 The suffrage leader smiled.
 "Yes,' she continued, some people give this word as elastic a meaning as the witness gave it in u Georgia court Asked why he was not present to tes tify in a certain case, the man said he had had a domestic trouble just about that time.
 What was the domestic trouble pray?' asked the examining attorney
 Well, to tell the truth, boss. said the witness, l was in the penitentiary for stealth cow.'
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
FIGURING OUT THE SCHEDULE
Farmer Needed No Time Table to Know Just When the Car Would
 Come Along.

Out at Stop-well, on second thought we will not give the number of the stop, because that would iden- ufy the person this story is about a little too closely. Out in the coun. try. at place where the interurban cars stop, we waited for home bound trolley, the other day. A man came out of a house by the side Of the road, and waited beside us
 Are you going 10 take this car?' we asked.
 Hope SO he replied, If my wife gets here in time, l will"
 How soon does the car Come?"
 Wait an I'll see," was the reply Then he shouted to the house:
 Mary. how soon are you goin' tc be ready"
 In just ten minutes. John" came the reply through an open up stairs window. The farmer nodded to us.
 If she's tellin' the truth" he said the car II be here in jest nine min. utes an half. An they ain't anoth- CT car fer an hour. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
THIS LADY
 0BEYED HUSBAND
In Matter Where Her Happiness Was at Stake, and is Mighty
 Glad She Did.

Sheldon, s. C.--In advices from this town, Mrs. J. B. Marvin writes as fol- lows: For more than three years, l suffered with Womanly troubles, and none of the different treatments l un- derwent seemed to do me any good.
 also had pains in my left side so bad, at times, l could hardly get up.
 My husband told me to buy some Cardui, the womans tonic, and l did l started taking it, and soon began to feel better. l took only a few bottles and now 1 am perfectly well, and able to do anything.
 Cardui has done me a world of good. It certainly cured me of the trouble l had and l am getting along nicely.
 have recommended the remedy to other sufferers. and they have all been benefited by it.
 will always keep Cardui in my home for use in time of need"
 Cardui is purely vegetable rem edy, containing no harmful mineral products. It's ingredients act in 6 help Ing, building way, on the womanly con- sututon. It has been relic ing wom- anly troubles for over half c- century, during which time 1t has proven of more than ordinary value as a tonic for weak womon.
 You can rely on Cardui It will do Tor you, what it has done for thousands Of others. It will help you. Begin to take Cardui today.
 N B-lP,Tfc to. Chattanooga Medicine O.. Ladies Advisory Dept. Chattanooga, Tenn, for Gsrr!Fl ITr~grtfcas on your case and 6-paFo book, home Treatment for Women" sent in plain wrapper Adv.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
TOWN IS SWEPT BY FIRE
Entire Business District of Caddo Gap.
 Ark, Is Destroyed.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
 Caddo Gap, Ark.-OriGinating in the mercantile store of w. F. Hopper and scattered by an explosion of dyna. mite in the Hopper building. fire de. stroyed the business section of Caddo Gap. Six business heuses were swept away by the flames and practically every window pane in the city was shattered by the explosion of dyna. mite, the shock Of which was felt al Womble, nine miles distant.
 The loss is estimated at about $22,. GOO, with about S11 .000 insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
Slayer Eager for Death Sentence.

Wheaton. Ill-Harry Spencer was arraigned here for the murder Of Mrs. Mildred Allison ReXroat Following the reading of the charge he pleaded guilty, but Judge Slusser refused to accept the plea and ordered the clerk to enter plea of not guilty. Spencer informed the court that he had no counsel. that he wanted none; that he was guilty of the crime and desired to pay the penalty as soon as possible Judge Slusser, however, appointed cousel, and Spencer was returned to his cell, where he broke out in ti rade against the court. No date was set for the trial.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
Bishop Talks in Wall Street

New York,-An interesting feature of the triennial general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church were the addresses made ill the financial dis trict by three Western bishops Those who spoke at the services. which have been conducted for nine years by Dr. Wilkinson. familiarly known as the Bishop of Wall Street." were Bishop James R. Winchester Of Little Rock, Bishop James B. Funston of Idaho and Bishop George A. Beecher of western Nebraska.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
He ObeYed.

Willie was struggling through the story in his reading lesson. No, said the captain" he read, 'it was not a sloop, It was larger vessel By the rig l judged her to be a-a-a-a-" The word was new to him.
 "Barque," supplied the teacher
 Still Willie hesitated.
 'Barque!" repeated the teacher, this time sharply.
 Willie looked as though he had not heard aright Then with an appre- hensive glance around the class he shouted:
 "Bow-wow!"
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
Too Much Reform.

Mayor Cheney of Hartford said of a reformer who desired to revive some of the most intolerable of the Sunday blue laws:
 The man would stop us from read ing our Sunday auto ride"
 He frowned
 "A reformer of this type" he said. may be defined as one who believes fin the divine right of interference"
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
Easy Winner

Senator Key Pittman was talking in Tonopah about two lobbyists who had quarreled.
 "But there's no fear" he said, "of their maiming or mutilating each oth. CT. They are like Bluff and Stuff
 Who came out ahead, man asked, in that street row between Bluff and Stuff
 Stuff did was the answer, but he had half streets start"
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
Bride Gets s2. COG. GOO Check.

Baltimore-lt was learned that Henry Clay Prick, just after the mar riage of his sen, Chlds Prick, to Miss Frances s. Dickinson of this city hand ed the bride an envelope containing a check in her name for $2,000,000 It is understood that young Prick re ceived securities valued al s12000,00O
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
Landscape Would Be Hazy.

T wonder why it is that joy rides are always taken at night?"
 Chiefly, I suspect, because the per son who is in the mood for joy ride Is seldom In condition to view the scenery"
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
No. SK-SlXTY-SIX

This is prescription prepared es
 pecially for Malaria or Chlls and Fever. Five or six doses will break any case, and If taken then as a tonic the fever will not return. 25c.-Adv.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
New Yarn.

Kind Lady-But that isn't the same story you told me the last time you were here.
 Tramp-No, mum; you seemed ter doubt de other one.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
Impossible.

Do you tell your husband every thing?"
 Why l can't. He won't listen to me over two or three hours on a stretch"
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
To Please the ladlee

Are you strict with lady snug glers?"
 "Oh, no" answered the customs in- spector. We always let them snug gle in a few cigarettes or a cake or two of foreign soap"
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17

Mother-Ethel. are you saving any thing for a rainy day?
 Ethel-Yes. mother. I never wear my silk stockings around the house. Life.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17

Good positions far exceed the sup ply of good material available to fill them.-Columbus Ohio State Journal
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
The Cause

She-I don't know what makes her so positive about everything.
 Heller sex.-Puck
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17

When a man begins to abuse his own town it is time for him to move.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17

Liquid blue is . weak solution. Avoid it. Buy Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's all blue. Ask your grocer Adv.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17
Alcoholic Fiction.

That's corking good story Serb. ble is contributing to Flimmers mag. azine."
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-17

Who ever knew truth put to the worse in free and open encounter? Milton.