Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1895, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. 19° ae They Res Sa defy HEAT by the use of Sonsayerts MALT EXTRACT CLIMATE MAKES THE MAN The men of the North—the men of the South—the men of the heat. Hot Summer weakens you, saps your energy, and if there is a flawin you physically, soon it shows. Strength is given by use of a nutritive, palatable tonic. That's Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract. For sale everywhere. See that the signature “Johann Hoff” is on ne-& label of bottle. None otheris genuine. Head Agents, E1sner & MeEn- DELSoN., U. $., New York. ABOUT FALSE TEETH. A Sulit That May Determine How They Are to Be Classed as Property. From the Bangor Dally News. A queer case is now pending in the Calais municipal court. Some morths ago a man ramed Smith, wel! known in the county, who has boarded at different places on both sides of the river, selected a hotel In Calais as a residence, and for some weeks kept his name good by paying his bills Saturday rights. The landlord, believing in the good faita of the man, was not at all anxious when informed one night that he had no money to pay with. So he told Smith to take his time, which he did with great ease. Four, five, six, seven weeks went by, and no money came from the jolly guest, who was from all appearances enjoying life in the highest degree; but the hotel man now arreared at times nervous, even some- times murmuring at Smith’s remarkable ap- petite and mode of mastication. At about the end of the eighth week the hotel man met Smith on the hall steps, and with his own peculiar expression of deter- mination said: “How do you suppose I'm golag to feed you without pay for it?’ With a soothing smile, showing his teeth, Smith promised to settle things satisfac- torily that very night and left the house whistling. So things went along again all right. Night came and so did Smith happy as a lark, but no money did he give. Now this Smith, who was slightly delinquent im payisg his board, was not only queer about but was quite odd in other respects. vas a free smoker, treated the boys oc- iy, displayed a bill now and then, and had two sets of false teeth, a thing un- common to most men. One set was kept in a trunk while the other was in use, but at night he usually removed them. And here is where the law points begin. The landlord krew all this, and, consider- ing sel?-preservation nature's first law, de- cided on a plan. So, watching Smith repair to his room, he listened at the keyhole for the flutter of his lips In the usual midnight sonata to confirm the fact that the snorer s in the land of nod. Here at the dead ur of night the bedroom door was forced open, as Ml as the lid of the trunk, and the dreaming slumberer robbed of both sets of store teeth. The landlord was about to leave the dreamer to his fate when the trunk lid fell a loud ‘ash. Smith woke, yelled help!” and various things. “Si- said the intruder, “I've got you now. I own this house, and I've been a friend to you. I've boarded you eight weeks. You promised me money tonight, but you didn’t give it, aud now I've got your false teeth, both sets, and, by gosh, you've got to go and gum it now for a while. You can’t use two sets of teeth on my grub no more, nor nobody's else, till you pay your board. Get out of the house.” Poor Smit! turned loose in the cold streets of Calais, friendless, toothless and penniless, courage all gone, walked about till daylight, from Ferry Point bridge to Milltown, up one side of the river, down the other, till the sun rose from behind the New Brunswick hills. "Twas 8 in the morning when a friend was told of the night’s hor- ror. Teeth gone, Smith lost controk of his tongue. and attempted to repeat the wrathy words of the landlord. After giving the out- east a breakfast of gruel his friend advised him to see a magistrate and have a writ of replevin served to recover the teeth. This plan was duly acted upon. Smith is an unfortunate man, but says he has a rich uncle in Brattleboro, Vt., who intends to push the case for points. This question in- volves the principle of right of attachment of artificial portions of the human body, such as cork legs, glass eyes, rubber noses, etc. —_—_—__+e+ Not Inherited. the Chicago Record. remarked a youth to his tailor, “it's not a bad thing for you to have me amorg your patrons, you know.” “Perhaps not,” was the rather doubtful resporse. “My family name, being so well known in the community, is quite—ah—quite an adver ment foh you. My forefathers, as you are doubtless aware, were early set- tlers.”" “Yes; I've heard so. But I must say, sir, that in that respect you don’t seem to take after them in the least.” From ———— Obviously Talented. ‘hicago Kecord. 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JeG-th,s,tutf POLSFOCSOOOL OP SOOOSOOOOS OOS If You Are Suffering from any Irritating, disfiguring humor or eruption, such as Pimples, Blotches, Blackheads, Ring Worm, Tetter, Eezema, Sait Rheum, Prickly Heat or Ttebt les, you can be speedily and per- manently cured by using Foster’s German sArmy and Navy 3 Cure. 3 A positive remedy for all skin diseases, and insvring @ bright, clear, healthy com plexion 60 CENTS P BOX AT DRUG STORES. Foster Medicine Co., Baltimore, Md. 42d12r-2 MISSING FROM THE G:b4 EXPRESS, A RAILWAY INSPECTOR’S STORY. BY JOHN T. PARTINGTON. (Copyright, 1895, by Irving Bacheller.) It is to me always an interesting occu- pation to look through my old note books, for there I find memoranda of a number of very remarkable occurrences and mys- terious incidents, in the clearing up of which my’ duties as a district inspector in the traffic department of the London and Northwestern railway have caused me to take a not unimportant part. And my ex- perience has not been by any means pecu- ar or exceptional, for many of my col- leagues in various departments of the ser- vice could tell of equally” extraordinary events: with which, at one time or another, they have been called upon to deal while performing thc duties assigned to them by the company. I have often thought how much surprised some of our passengers would be if they only knew of the romances and strange life-stories of which they have, as it were, unconsciously touched the fringe now and again as they have perambulated our staticns or traveled by our trains. A case of much interest to me at the time of its occur-ence, and of which I still have in my house a highly prized memento, was that of the disappearance of Mrs. Fair- holme's little boy, a few years ago, as he was traveling from Rhyl to Connah's Quay by the 6:54 express one evening in midwin- ter. The case began, so far as I was con- cerned, with a summons on the telephone. I was sitting in my office at Chester station one morning, writing a report upon the pre- vious day’s working, when the telephone communicating with the. superintendent's clerk's office gave the call for attention. I responded, and then received the mes- sage: “Mr. Waters wants to see Inspector Barnes at once.” Mr. Waters was the superintendent of the North Wales district, and a summons from him always called for immediate attention. “Corning,” I replied. I hurried along the platform, ascended the “tairs leading to the district offices, and .fter the usual preliminary knock at It Was Necessary to Ask Some Ques- tions. the door of the superintendent's private room, opened it and entered. A lady, apparently young, and with a graceful figure and strikingly handsome face, was sitting by Mr. Waters’ desk; and a glance was sufficient to show me that she was in great distress of mind. “Barnes,” said Mr. Waters, “this lady’s name is Mrs. Fairholme. She sent her little boy from Rhyl to Connah's Quay last night by the 6:54 express, but he has not arrived at his destination, and she can get no tid- ings of him. You had better leave any other work you have in hand, and find the boy. Mrs. Fairholme will give you all par- ticulars. I have explained to her that I am due at a meeting now, and cannot stay to go into the case further myself. Let me know the resuit of your inquiries as soon as possible.” Mr. Waters shook hands with Mrs. Fair- holme, at the same time uttering a few re- assuring words, and left the office; and I then turned to the lady and said: “Will you be good enough to tell me, madam, al! the circumstances in cornection with the disappearance of your son?” “They are briefly these,” she began. ‘I live at Walsall, but have been staying for a few days with my sister at Rhyl, and have had with me my two children—a hoy of nearly six years of age and a girl of three. For a day or two my little girl has been somewhat unwell, and yesterday I thought I detected symptoms of scarlet fever. “The doctor was uncertain about it, but said he would be able to tell what the ail- ment was during today. I was terribly upset, and was anxious to get my boy away from tke risk of infection. I have no friends at Rhyl except my sister, and at first did not knew what to do. I then remembered that a faithful old nurse of my mother’s; who married a Welshman named Edwards some years ago, lived at Connah's Quay, and I telegraphed to her, asking if she would take charge of my boy for a few days. She replied at once, readily agreeing to do so, and I had then to decide how to get him there. I went pales “Pll relieve you of your charge.” down to the station about 3 o'clock, and on looking at the time bills found that there was a train to Connah's Quay at 4:25 p.m., stopping at all stations, and an- other at 6:54 p.m., which did not stop till it got to Connah’s Quay. I did not like to leave my little girl while she was so un- well, and for several reasons my sister could not go; and I therefore decided to send Frank (that is my boy’s name) by himself by the 6:54 express. I thought that by chcesing that train he would be quite safe, as I would see him away from Rhyl. There would be no stoppages on the way, and therefore no chance of his mis- taking the station he was to get out at, or of his beirg molested by passengers enter- ing the compartment at other stations; and Mrs. Edwards would meet him on arrival of the train at Connah’s Quay station. “To make quite sure that all was right I saw the station master, and he confirmed my reading of the bills, and said that my boy was sure to be all right if I sent him by that train. I telegraphed Mrs. Edwards again, telling her the train Frank would come by, and asking her to meet him; and she was kind enough to wire back saying she would do so. “I toox Frank down in good time for the train, which arrived punctually; and hav- ing taken a second-class ticket for him, looked for a compartment of that class, but I could only find two. One was full of passengers, and the other was labeled ‘Smcking,” and some noisy men were in it. I noticed a third-class compartment with two women in it, seated opposite each other clos to the door; and as I was afraid the train would be going if I took up any more time by looking elsewhere, I thought I would place Frank in that compartment, and at onc> opened the door and lifted him in. I then noticed for the first time that there was a disreputable-looking man at the farther end of the compartment, and I was sorry that I had put Frank there; but it was too late to make any change, for the train was just starting. ‘The porter closed the door, and I walked along by the side of the compartment as far as I could, throwing kisses to my boy. which he smilingly returned; and that is the last I have seen or heard of him. 1 should have said that as I lifted Frank in- to the compartment I asked one of the wo- men to see that he got out at the next stopping station, and she promised to do so. “After the train had gone I went home and waited for the telegram which T had asked Mrs. Edwards to send me, announe- ing Frank’s safe arrival; and soon after 8 o'clock a telegram was brought to me, but oh! I cannot tell you what my feelings were when I read it: for, as you will see, it stated that Frank had not arrived, and I felt sure at once that some misfortune had happened to him.” As Mrs. Fairholme spoke, she handed me the telegram, which read as follows: “MRS. FAIRHOLME, “2, Colwyn Villas, “Rhyl. “Met train, but Frank not arrived by it; will meet next. < “MARY EDWARDS.” “I don’t remember anything very clearly for some time after reading the telegram,” Mrs. Fairholme continued. “My sister tells me that I fainted and remained uncon- scious for a while, and when I came to my- self the last train for Connah's Quay had gone. I could not rest, however, without making personal inquiries about my boy, and I therefore arranged with my sister that she should nurse my Httle girl; and I came to Chester by the 10 o'clock mail, and took a conveyance back from Chester to Connah’s Quay, arriving at Mrs. Kd- wards’ house about midnight, and finding our old nurse almost as much distressed as I was myself. “Before leaving Rhyl I had communicated with the local police, and I did the same at Connah’s Quay in the early hours of this morning, and no doubt they are doing all they can; but it was suggested to me that as my boy disappeared while traveling by train, I had better come to Chester and see Mr. Waters as soon as his office opened this morning, and ask his assistance in ihe matter, and that is what I have just done.” It was necessary for me to ask Mrs. Fairholme several questions before I could feel I was in possession of all the necessary particulars. From her replies to my que- ries I gleaned the following further infor- mation: Mrs. Edwards had seen the boy once or twice before, and would have no difficulty in recognizing him, although the boy might not so readily know her. The station mas- ter at Connah’s Quay had confirmed Mrs Edwards’ statement that the boy did not alight there. He had delayed the train a minute or so to look for the boy in some of the compartments, but could not say whether inquiry had been made in the par- ticular compartment in which the boy had been placed. The carriage in which the boy traveled was in the front part of the train, about the second or third from the engine She was sure she could identify the man who was at the farther end of the com- partment. His face bore a coarse, brutal lock, and was disfigured by an ugly scar which extended right across his left cheek. He was very dark, and had a bushy beard, but no mustache. One of the women in the compartment was stout, and had a ruddy face and red hands, and the other was quite young, and wore a shade over one eye. Frank was considered a pretty child He had golden hair, and was dressed in a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit, covered by an overcoat of rough black cloth with brass buttons, and he wore a sailor cap. She had sent his luggage by the previous train, and it had been received by Mrs. Edwards in due course. She had given him a shilling to spend, and he also carried a small gold watch and silver chain, which had been given to him a short time previously. ‘The watch was old and not of great value, but Frank liked to wear it whenever he could, and she had, perhaps rather foolishly, con- sented to his taking it to Connah’s Quay. Frank was rather proud of the watch, and might, in his childish way, have taken it out of his pocket to look at while in the train. It was the elder woman whom she spoke to about seeing that the boy got out at the next stopping station. She did not think she gave the name of the station. She had told the boy that he was to get out at the first station at which the train stopped, and look out for Mrs. Edwards, who he was to call “nurse.” She could not say whether the man and the woman were friends traveling together, or strangers to ne another. oN had little doubt that I should find that the train had stopped out of course at some station between Rhyl and Connah's Quay, and that the boy had alighted there ine the belief that he had arrived at his destinatio I got a time book and made notes of the timi@z of the train by which the boy had traveled. The train started from Bangor at ) p.m., called at nearly all stations to Rhyl, and was timed from Rhyl to Chester as under: P.M. Rhyl .. «+» depart 6. Prestatyn pass —— Mostyn . pass —— Holywell . pass —— Bagillt - pass —— Flint . pass —— Connah's Quay « depart 7:25 Queensferry . - depart 7:30 Sandycroft + depart 7:38 Chesier .... + arrive 7:50 Going to the trains’ office I asked to see the guard's journal of the train’for the previous day, and on examining it my con- jectures as to a special stop were at once confirmed, for, clearly enough, there was a note on the journal stating that the train had “stopped at Mostyn, by special instruc- tions, to set down Sir Philip Sandford and ‘party.” The rest of the working had been exactly in accordance with the time table. ‘There was no passenger train to Mostyn till 1145 a.m., but a fast goods train left at 10:20 a.m., and I decided to travel by that, and arranged for it to slacken at Mostyn to set me down. “Now, Hughes,” I said to the station master, as soon as I arrived at Mostyn, ‘I shall be glad to relieve you of your little charge. I hope you haven't found him Cvertroublesome.” The station master looked at me with some surprise. “I’m afraid you are trying to have a joke at my expense, Mr. Barnes,” he said. “Not at all,” I replied. “I refer to the boy who got out of the 5:30 p.m. from Bangor here last night by mistake. He ought to have gone on to Connah's Quay.” Tho station master shook his head. here’s a blunder somewhere,” he said; here was no boy got out here by mis- take.” (To be continued.) —_- - +00 A Requiem. Thon hast lived in pain and woe, ‘Thon hast lved in grief and fear; Now thine heart can dread no blow, Now thine eyes can shed no tear. Storms round us shall beat and rav ‘Thou art sheltered in the grave. Vainly rest for ours we crave; ‘Thine is quiet in the grave. We must toil with pain and care, We must front tremendous Fate, We must fight with dark Despair: ‘Thou dost dwell in solemn state, Couched Frumiphant: calm and brave, In the ever-holy grave. —JAMES THOMSON. ——__-+e+- Beyond Her. From Truth. ‘The new woman stamped her foot and her eyes gleamed with rage. Words of wrath were evidently on her tongue, though she could not utter them. Slackening her fin-de-siecle costume in various places, she twisted and wriggled until the collar button, that had slipped down her back, fell on the floor. ‘As she picked it up and adjusted it in Its proper place, a look of defeat settled upon her countenance, She lacked the courage of her convictions. Though the cccasion undoubtedly demand- ed profanity, she could not swear. os Remarkuble. From Puck. Brown (to waiter, who has at last brought his order)—“‘Did you ever see me before I gave you my order?” Waiter—“No, sir!” Brown—‘Have you seen me since?" Waiter—“No, sir!” Brown—"Well, ycu have the most won- derful memory for faces I ever saw in my life.” Waiter—“Do you think so, sir?” Brown—“Yes; the idea of a man who only saw me once remembering my face so long afterward is little short of miraculous.” —_.ee—__—_ Beyond Its Power. From the Boston Transeript. Physician—“And you have felt this way for several days? H’m! Let me see your tongue.” Patient—“It’s no use, doctor; no tongue can tell how I suffer.’ A MAN QF COURAGE. ato A Desperate Enqgunter With Brigands imsMexico. “Speaking of aét¥ of courageous self- saerifice for the pulic good,” remarked a gentleman, who haq-lived several years in Mexico, to a Stamiwriter, “I knew a man in Mexico who co¥fil give pointers to some of those old Romptis we read about. At the time of my agayaintdhce with him he was seventy-five years cld, and was living with bis second wifes by whom he had three or four children. Win he was thirty years of age he lived onj@ ranch with his wife and one child, 2 bpysof ten, and their home was in a neighborhood infested with brig- ands, or what passed for brigands, who made frequent incursions into the valleys from their mountain resorts, robbing and cattle killing and murdering, pretty much as it pleased them, to which was added the further diversion of picking up travel- ers and others, who were worth the money, and holding them for ransom. “So notorious had their depredations be- come and so helpless were the authorities in the matter that the entire section bade fair to become a howling waste, for travel- ers stepped coming and the inhabitants were getting out as fast as they could. Up to this time Garcia, for that was my old friend’s name, had been in better luck than most of his neighbors, due largely to the fact that he was a brave man, and had in his employ on his ranch men who were as quick to fight as any brigand in the mountains. One day, however, the blow struck Garcia, and when he came home in the evening he found his wife crazy with grief and the boy carried off. “He knew it was for ransom, and waited until the robbers should come to the sur- face for their booty, belleving that the boy would be well cared for as long as there was hope of getting money for him. In a day or two Garcla received a note to the effect that the boy was safe in the hands of Capt. Manuel, the leader of the gang, and the very soul and spirit of it, and that for the sum of $5,000 paid to him, Manuel, the boy would be restored. The reply to the note was to be left in a cer- tain place a dozen miles to the north of Garcia’s ranch, and from there Manuel would get it. Garcia made up his mind at once what to do, and he sent word to Manuel that the money would be paid, and asked further instructions. “He was duly notifiel that he was to come alone to a distant point in the moun- tains, and there deliver the money and get the boy. That, was all, and taking the chances of treathery, he started out,having with him a dozen of his best men. These he left as near to the place of meeting as he dared and went forward, alone, some miles. In a remote spot he was met by Manuel, whom he knew, accompanied by five men. Garcia was heavily armed and wore under his clothes a coat of chain mail, for his was a desperate purpose. Manuel at once demanded that Garcia lay down his arms as a sign of good faith and hand over the money and they would take him to the boy. If he did not they would kill him and the boy also. “In an iastant Garcia replied with a shot that went through Manuel's brain, and then before the others could recover their senses he had Killed two of them, next in command. Then as others came in re- sponse to the firing, he started on a wild run down the gorge of the mountain with the bullets raining round him like hail and some of them hitting him. By the miracle that follows men in just such predica- ments, he got away with his life, thahks to his chain mail, but he was badly wound- ed, and when he reached his own men he fell in a dead faint, and didn’t know any- thing for two weeks. | “When ho recovered: his senses it was to find that his- wife had died in a hysterical fit and that the boy had been killed by the brigands. or that portion of them left after Garcia's force had finished with them and drove them back into the mountains. That ended the brigand business in that vi- cinity for good and alt, but Garcia himself went about for a long time so sad and broken hearted that all that his grateful fellow citizens and the country at large couid do for him ‘seemed to have but little effect. After ten years the shadow had Teen dispelled somewhat. and he married again, and though he had a fine wife and good ‘children, he could not forget the others, and fer forty-five years no man had ever seen him smile, although he was al- ways gentie-and kind and good.” SS ee SENATOR GORDON'S MEMORY. Me Finds It Easy to Reeall Verbatim What He Has Written. From the Angusta (Ga.) Chronicle. Serator John B. Gordon has the power of memorizing wonderfully developed. On more than one occasion the writer has fol- lowed him with a proof slip in hand and Leen surprised at the accuracy with which he followed copy. On one occasion, while he was yovernor of Georgia, the writer came down on the train with him from At- lanta to this city, where he was to deliver a speech. It had already been set up in the Atlanta Constitution office and proofs sent out to the leading papers in the state. On the train Gov. Gordon thought of some- thing he desired to add to his speech, and he wrote it out as we traveled, filling sev- eral pages. When he finished he read it over, handed the copy to the writer and designated the point where he desired to bring it in the printed speech. He did not see it again. On his arrival in Augusta he was met by a committee, and from then until the hour of speaking he had scarcely an opportunity to think of his speech. He did rot see the interlineation from the time he read it over once after writing it on the train, but when he came to deliver the speech he repeated it as ac- curately as though it had been laboriously committed to memory and rehearsed. Jt is seldom that Senator Gordon ever de- parts from the written copy, but it is a notable fact that when, in the heat of his speech. and under the enthusiasm of the oc- casion, he changes his phraseology, it is always an improvement on the written text. Gen. Gordon is easily the best speak- er in the state of Georgia on the stump, and speaks extemporaneously with such wonderful facility that one marvels that he ever writes a speech. But, on the other hand, when it is known with what remark- able facility he memorizes what he writes, the question arises whether that which is considered offhand has not previously been written. When a recipe calls for a cupful: of lard or but- ter, use two-thirds of a cupful of Cottolene—the new vegetable shorten- ing—instead. It im- proves your héalth, saves your money—a lesson in economy, too. Genuine Cottolene is sold everywhere in tins, with trade marks— “Cottolene? and steers head in cotton-plant wreath—on every tin. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, CHICAGO and and 114 Commerce Street, Baltimore. HIS WITS SAVED HIM. An Incident in a Lawyer's Career _ That Won a Case. “A mon who has his wits about him,” re- marked a learned judge to a Star writer, greater than he who conquers a city, cr words to that effect, for he is always sure of getting there.” “In respect of what?” was the inquiry, made with the ulterior purpose of drawing the judge out, for he knows a good many things worth the tellirg. “In many,” he went on, “but in this par- ticular case I refer to an experience I had when I Fad been practicing for two or three years and had an idea that Coke, Blackstone et al. were scarcely in it with me in the ordinary business of the courts. There were a lot of young fellows at our bar, and I am free to confess that we did not always maintain that dignity of the law which is one of its strongest points. Sometimes we even exceeded the limits, and now and then somebody had a fine to pay for contempt. We had fun at times with visiting lawyers, and the best practical joker in the lot was always held in great respect by the rest of us. “One day an old lawyer from the neigh- boring ccunty seat was defending a pris- oner for stealing a cow, I believe, and I had the other side and was quite sure of taaking my case. The old fellow had been in our court many times and he was the slowest and longest talker I think I ever listened to. He didn’t seem to know when to let up. Well, on this occasion he had been talking until the young fellows were worn out, and they thought they would teach him a lesson and at the same time kelp me in downing him. So they quietly wert out to the telegraph office, got a blank and an envelope and fixed up a tele- gram whlen read: ‘Great Caesar, governor, won't you ever stop talking?’ “Then they got a boy to bring the mes- sage into the court room and they sat around the bar to see the old man fall dead when he read the dispatch. The kcy came in all right and the sheriff ‘promptly delivered the message. Of course, everything became quiet when this point was reached and the lawyer asked permis- sion of the court to read his message. He tore Jt open amid Lreathless silence, every- body watching him, and those who were in the joke expecting an explosion as soon as the end had been reached. But there was nothing of the kind. He read it over slowly once, then more slowly again, and then he looked up at the judge ard cver to the jury.” ““May it please the court,’ he said in tremulous toes, ‘I have just received a message announcing the death of a very near and dear relative, one who,’ and his lip quivered, ‘was more to me than I can tell, and I must ask to be excused from speaking further.’ “This was an entirely unexpected turn to the affair, and, of course, the jokers were powerless to change the current. They simply sat dumfounded, while the old fellow was asked to finish his speech. He finished very briefly, but it was to the point, ard when my turn came to end the business I was not in it with the grief- stricken man by my side and the jury gave the case to my opponent without leaving the room. “After it was all over the old lawyer called one of the crowd aside and said something to him with a mild sort of a smile that resulted in his taking up a col- lection among us sufficient to pay for a fine dinner for the entire bar.” ——— This, Too, Shall Pass Away. Art thou in misery, brother? Then, I pray Be coriforted! ‘Thy grief shall pass away. Art thou elated? Ah! be not too gay; ‘Temper thy Joy; this, too, shall pass ‘away! Art thou in danger? ‘Stull let reason sway, And cling to hope; this, too, shall pass away! ‘Tempted, art thou? In all thine anguish lay One truth to heart; this, too, shall pass away! Do rays of loftier glory round thee play? King-like art thou? This, tuo, shall pass away! Whate'er thou art, where'er thy footsteps stray, Heed the wise words: this, too, shall puss away! —PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE. Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Donotacceptany substitute. : CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, #.¥. Battered Up Faces ‘won't work’? mainsprings or any other timeplece disability, reveives our most skillful attention. The most sutisfactory results are always assured when we repair a watch or clock. Cleaning or maipspring, ie. HUTTERLY’S Hospital for Watches, 632 G st.n.w., Opp. city P. 0. Sign of the Electric Clock au9-124 GOLD KNOCKED OUT. We make a specialty of Goll- filled Rimless Eyeglasses and Spectacles, warranted to wear 10 D years. Equal to $5 or $8 gold glasses. Our price, $1.25. and-Im* A. KAHN, Optician, 985 F LITTLE BABIES SUFFER itching skin—chafing and prickly '§ TALCUM POWDER cures those . Plain or perfumed; 10c. box. Whole- sale and retail here. EVAN'S DRUG STORE, 988 F STREET. au8-8d GRATEFUL- DOMFORTING— Epps’s Cocoa. BREAKFAST—SUEPER. {By a thorough knowledge of the! natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutri- tion, and by a careful application of the fine prop- erties of a well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has pro- Yided for our breakfast and ‘supver a delicately flavored beverage, which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It’ is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that @ constitution may be grad- ually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there {s a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by Keeping ourselves well fortified with mire bicod and a properly @ourished frame.""— vil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. only in half-pound tins, by grocers, labeled th ES EPPS & CO., Ltd., Homeopathic Chem- ists, “ohdon, England. nw. 43-m,tu,sdm —that’s our part of it. You'll find electricity the most satisfactory pow- er end the cleanest. You'll find dectric lights cooler and better light than gas—and safer. A word from you aad the current will be on. U.S. Electric Lighting Co. 13 14TH STREET N.W. "PHONE 77. jy27-20d Pr een FREE ENTERTAINMENT. Passengers on an Electric Car Laugh at a Conductor. Frem an Exchange. An Incident occurred on a suburban elec- tric car yesterday evening that caused a laugh among its passengers. A large man, who evidently was a native of the emerald isle, was seated about haif way up the car. Between his teeth was a half- smoked cigar, which had long since gone out. Before the man had ridden many biccks the iynx-eyed gentleman who as- sists Mr. Lowry by acting as captain, purser, first mate and pilot of the car caught sight of the cigar. He hastened up the aisle and tapped the brawny and witty passenger on the shoulder, saying: “If you want to smoke you will have to meve back a few seats “Ol don’t want to smoke. “You are smoking.” “Oi am not.” “Well,” said the conductor, beginning to lose his temper, “it looks like it. You've got your cigar in your mouth.” “Young man, I’ve got me fate in me shoes, but Oi’m not walkin’.” “I am very sorry, Karl, you didn't admire my new frock. ' Everybody says it is charming.” “Your friends, my de: ments. I pay your bills pay you ccmpli- Lustige Blaetter. Dr. PIERCE’S Golden Medical DISCOVERY Cures Ninety-eight per cent. of all cases of Consumption, in all its Earlier Stages. Although by many believed to be incura- ble, there is the evidence of hundreds of living witnesses to the fact that, in all its earlier stages, consumption is a curable disease. Not every case, but a large per- centage of cases, and we believe, fully 98 (ik cent. are cured by Dr. Pierce’s Golden fedical Discovery, even after the disease has progressed so far as to induce repeated bleedings from the lungs, severe lingering cough with copious expectoration (includ- ing tubercular matter), great loss of flesh and extreme emaciation and weakness. Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases reported to us as cured by “‘Golden Med- ical Discovery ” were genuine cases of that dread and fatal disease? You need not take ourword for it. They have, in nearly every instance, been so pronounced by the and most experienced home physicians, who have no interest whatever in mis- representing them, and who were often strongly prejudiced and advised against a trial of Golden Medical Discovery,” but who have been forced to confess that it surpasses, in curative power over this fatal malady, all other medicines with which they are acquainted. Nasty cod- liver oil and its filthy “emulsions” and mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these cases and had either utterly failed to bene- fit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey, and various preparations of the hypophos- phites had also been faithfully tried in vain. The photographs of a large number of those cured of consumption, bronchitis, lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal catarrh and kindred maladies; have been skillfully reproduced in a book of 160 es which will be mailed to you, on re- ceipt of address and six cents in stamps. ‘Address for Book, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. CREAM ET) will 2) Cure a Rad Skin and Preserye a Good ly at Ni i ADE Tthe Moruinge” Sample Post Paid Gn Receipt of 25 Cts. New York. fo-ly Fain esc noNN MNNa aa Beautify Your Soda Fountain For 25c. Month —with the soft, white light of the Siemens-Lungren Gas Lamp. Brighter than electricity, better and less trying on the eyes. Only 25c.a month. See it at the Gas Appliance Exchange, 1428 N.Y. Ave. al-28d Bargains In Long Hair Switches. 2.50. Formerly $5.00. 4.50. Formerly $6.50. cornet Mere Sn Hair Dressing, Shampooing, et te. ‘Try our “Curlette,”” for keeping the hair in curl. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. We wan't handle a Dress Suit Case that ses for less than $4, be- cause we wouldn’t advise you to buy it. Ours at $4 are the same as others’ at $4.50 and $5, and ours have spring lock—are linen lined and thoroughly reinforced. A good strong Trunk for $5.75. KNEESSI, 425 Seventh street. au9-284 aanan ALLAAAALLAARRR RRR ‘Clearing Out All } S Sh ummer Shoes. Gees We want to close out all these lines. *¢* We've cut prices so low there's no profit, and but a small part of the cost left to ua, Unusually tempting ing like the ut. e uptown. We can't afford to deceive you--think too much of ourselves to atin’ do so. «Robt. Cohen & Son, 630 Pa. Ave. Sbow \ AMERICAN SHOE MEN. ano-204 = Urewveewerre WITS UE Men’s Tan Shoes AT SLAUGHTER PRICES, VIZ: $3.00 Bais. 5, now now now Bals. now three months more in which to an shoes, und you bad better decent. Here fs the place to find The Warren Shoe House, GEO. W. RICH, 919 F ST. No Branch Store in This City. au2-35d MUNYON'S: HOMOEOPATHIC “REMEDIES. MUNYON’S Rheumatism Cure never fails to relieve in three hours and cure in three care. MUNYON'S Dyspepsia Cure is guar- anteed to correct constipation and cure all — of indigestion and stomach MUNYON’S Catarrh Cure soothes and heals the afflicted parts and restores them tohealth. No failure; a cure guaranteed. MUNYON’S Kidney Cure speedily cures peins in the back, loins or groins and all rms of kidney disease. MUNYON'S Nerve Cure cures nervous- ness and builds up the system. MUNYON’S Viializer imparts new life, Testores lost powers to weak and di [tae ted men, Price $1.00. No matter what the disease is or how many doctors have failed to cure you, ask our druggist for a 25-cent vial of one of lunyon’s Cures, and if you are not bene- fited your money will be refunded. BRIAR PIPE GIVEN AWAY MIXTURE for > los cents .Every pipe stamped DUKES MIXTURE or <<tB> 2oz. Packaces 5¢ SOOCOO4: :Attention! FURS ALTERED AT REDUCED RATES DURING AUGUST. SHOESSI FO TSOT40O00604610090800008 1.50 LAWN WAISTS. THE HUDSON BAY FUR AND CLOAK CO. 519 11TH ST. N.W. M. WOLF, MGR. SWANSDOWN TRIMMING, Attention 4 Sc, YD. OPOSOOSSSESSTOSHSSESSSOSOSSSOSSSOD Sd @ au9-50d PRR SOE E0094 554908 090608 Selling Wilson $3.50 Oxfords -—is as easy as selling gold dollars for 50c.—no need to talk about ’em —how they’re made—of what they're made—every customer knows them to be the cheapest shoe in existence at the price. Such an August business we never had before-- ne summer dullness here. WILSON, SHOEMAKER FOR TENDER FEET 929 F St. av6-30d Gray Hair ‘A thing of the past when Nattans’ Crrstal Dis- used. Guarant to. restore covery is 0 or faded hair to its natural color in 3 to 10 dars— positively rot a Stops the hair from falling dandrwf and makes the nicest d No poison. No sedi- $1. “Trial size, See. AGENTS, 438. 7Tli to any part Ja26-tf ment. No stains. Pri KOLB PHARMACY, SOLE ST. N.W. Sent, express prepaid, the country on receipt of price. TOP dedi —@rinking tea and coffee this hot see weather. Substitute our delicious eee ‘To-Kslon Claret—much healthier and pas * and not at all expensive. 6 bottles wins for $1 during August. ‘Delivered eee © quick. To-Kalon Wine Co.,614 14th "Fhone 998. West Washington orders filled through Manogue & Jones, 324 and M sts, aud-22d Buy the Very Best ~™ Concord Harness It is made to stand the severest 3 tests of usage. The name “Concord” is plainly stamped in ali genuine Concord Har- ness. We're sole D. C, agents. LUTZ & BRO., tte" 497 PENNA. AVE. au9-16d HAVE YO TRIED HOLMES & BRO.’S HOME-MADE PIES,CRULLERS AND CAKES? FINEST IN THE CITY, Pies. Landover Market, aud-6r* 1ST AND E STS. N.W. After this week the price of those Fine Mantello Cabinet Photos., which we are making for $1.85 a dozen, will revert to $2.50. We do it for $1.85 to introduce the character of our work—couldn't afford to do it always. Your last chance. Boyce, 1325 F st. (over Burchell’s). jy22-3m,20 Iced Tea. Have you tried it? [1 ts diffe cult to find a tea, even at a dolla & pound, that gives such satisface tion as Burchell's Spring Leaf a& 50 cents. au6-14d 1325 F st.