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THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. 11 SMOZES. Storage Ware Houses: 22d st. near M. SPECIAL SALE in progress in the ARPET and UPHOLSTERY GOODS DE- AITMENTS. Kemarkably low prives Prewent—back to thelr regular size at September 20. The Annual Furniture Clearance Sale —ls having a remarkable experience with LADI See comes WRITING DESKS. as though every lady that in to see DESKS among other things. We've sold dozens of desks already—we want other dozens of buyers to take ‘ad- vantage of these prices: Quartered Oak DESK, 1 drawer, *. $4.70 French legs, lower shelf, brass railing froumt top. Value, $9. We aay rteted Onk DESK, Krench eet rail top. vas $6. 45 lower wh beveled plate $16. we $i.40 draw- b * $17.00 carved wants est Birch DESK, 1 drawer, shelf, Fr mirror. say - Quartered Ouk DESK, 3 ers, finely earved, Fre beveled plate mirror. $23. We say... Mahogany-finish DESK, front, eled plate mirror. Lots of truly astoundingly good values in the COUCH DEPART- MENT. HAT RACKS in the same room, too, by ‘the score—and all priced rightly. Value, Value 1 drawer, French bev- Value, civiL ASPIRANTS. s vic Some Droll Specimens That Pass Un- der the Doctor's Hands, Some droll specimens of mankind cume under the notice of doctors who make the specific civil serviee examinations and ements of men who went places in partment or on the police force. i the applicant is rejected by reason of some defect in eyesight or hearing, or such other things as come under examination before stripping, there is no possible ex- cuse for him to think that he could pass muster by presenting himself umler some other name, or under the old name with euch modifications as his ideas of the honor of warfare permit. Yet, strange to say, there is on record one case of a man who passed after being dropped for three years running. This man was half an inch short. The fourth year he measured full size. Any person is a trifle taller in the morn- ing. The spinal column can be straight- ened out by lying flat on the floor or on a hard mattress. This man explained that he had added the necessary Ralf inch to his stature by lying in bed four days, and only arising ten minutes before the time of examination, tor the first one. then slipping in to the doe- Another had two application papers made out. When interrogated by the doctor on this point, he explained: “Yer see, it was rureored about in me ward,dat me appll- cation paper war rowed out, so I got in anoder, ste? at” Murphy wanted to get on the po- lice force, but for physical reasons was “never able to get the requisite certificate, but he kept on trying. The doctor knew his man at once and remembered the bar. Mr. Murphy, haven't we bad uve thin, sor.” And you were rejected?" $ thin. mination ts made of the civil service doctor, hearing, tecth, weight, sureme! i lezs, heart, lungs, I condition, A most thor the applicant kin, flexibility of joint, identification marks, ete. The Kind of examination which a man must pass depends somewhat upon the service ‘The patrolman’s duties must be out in all sorts on his feet. ra place on geod, sound that to be s flat-footed stanuy force man mmonly would k tfink wn ial physical defect, here eof fla Iness which qualifies a man for police dut many hours’ standing on these feet, the of to be taken with ating spasms of pain. uidoor exe of the patrolman an appetite, He eats, nd a great deal of food in he is prone to a paunch. The civil service doctor on the watch fo nd will drop develo} will t ® man who has alr eminent ab- domen and a tenc bbiness. On the other hand, ur long-legged, long- necked, short-bodied man is equaliy in- eligible. The body holds the vital machin- ery of the man. If the body ts small, out of proportion to the neck and limbs, the driving power will be wanting; the staying powers of that man cannot be relied upon. A greater amount of muscular activity must be shown by the exercises in the gymnasium, if the man wants a place in the fire department, than would be requi- site for a police patreiman. The fireman may rest several days in the engine house in comparative idleness; then he will be called to a great fire, be drenched to the skin, be scorched with the heat, almost suffocated with smoke, have need of all his supple agillty in the perilous heights to which he must climb, and often in the jumps he must make with a child or a woman in his arms. Knowing these de- Mands that will be made upon him, the civil service examiners naturally use every éare in selecting a man who fs quick in thought and act, with excellent staying qualities. Some apparent models of physi- cal perfection, who have done deeds of at prowess, are barred on account of deeds—they have “strained These examinations are not alone search- ings after blemishes. Every man has a certain amount of pride in his own crea- tions. The hody of men selected by these ¢xeminations forms a creation of the civil fervice examiners. In this creation they take Just and pardonable pride. A surpris- ingly small per cent of the applicants are frally found eligible. The first examtna- lon, which, of course, is only a superficial one, is made by the applicant's own phy- sician, and is given to the doctors engaged by the civil service commissioners by the candidate for appointment. Then the clvil ervice doctors make their physical exam- nation; after that come the gymnastic tests, and last, the examination as to in- fellizence and character. In a recent ex- amination, out of 714 candidates for places As firomen, the doctors rejected 490; the thietic examination reduced the number by sixty-six, and the Intelligence and char- pour examination found forty-three want- ng. Fatal Words. ‘rom Puck, Mr. Bridie—“I never felt better inte.” Mrs. Bridie—"Oh, don't say that, Char- a Ushe Bridie—‘Why not?" “Mrs. Bridie—“It's ao unlucky. In every fase of sudden death you will read that the deceased had just remarked that he ever felt better In his life'—and then he rops dead!" In my (Copyright 1805 by A. H. Hawkins.) (Continued from Thursday's Star.) CHAPTER IL Now King Rudolph, in his great chagrin and dismay, had himself forgotten or at least neglected to warn the count of Fes- tenburg that his sister, Princess Osra, was residing at the castle of Zenda; for It was her favorite resort, and she often retired from the ccurt and spent many days there alone. There she was now with two of her ladies, a small retirue of servants and no more than half a dozen guards; and when Count Nikolas came to the gate, it being then after nine, she had gone to her cham- ber and sat before the mirror, dressed in a loose white gown and with her ruddy hair unbound and floating over her shoulders; and she was reading an old story book, con- taining tales of Helen of Troy, of Cleo- patra, of Berenice and other lovely ladies, very elegartly related and embellished with fine pictures. And the princess, being very much abscrbed in the stories, did not hear or nctice the arrival of the count’s com- pany, but continued to read, waile Nikolas Toused the watchrren, and the bridge was let down and the steward summoned. Then Nikolas took the steward aside and showed him the king’s order, bearing the king's seal; and the steward, although both great- ly astonished and greatly grieved, could not n And Sat Before Her Mirror. deny the letter or the seal, but declared himself ready to obey and to surrender the castle; and the sergeant in command of the guard said the seme; but, they added, since the princess was in the castle, they must inform her of the matter and take her commands. “Aye, do,” said Nikolas, sitting down in the great hall. “Tell her not to be dis- turbed, but to give me the honor of being her hcst for as long as she will; and say that I will wait upon her, if it be her pleas- ure.” And he smiled to think of the anger and scorn with which Osra would receive the tidings when the steward delivered them to her. In this respect the event did not fall short of his expectations; for she was so indignant and aghast that, thinking of nothing but the tidings, she flung away the book and cried, “Send the count here to me,” and stood waiting for him there in her chamber, in her white gown and with her hair unbound and flowing down over her shoulders. And when he came she cried, “What is this, my lord?” and listened to his story with parted hps and flashing and thus read the king's letter and the kirg’s seal. Ard her eyes filled saw with tears, but she dashed them away with ner hand. Then the count sald, bowing to her as mockingly as he had bowed to her brother: It is the fertune of the dice, madame.” es, my lord, as you play the game,” said she. His eyes were fixed upon her, and It seemed to him that she was more beautiful in her white gown and with her hair un- bound over her shoulders than he had ever felt her to be b and he eyed her closely. Suddenly she looked at him; and for a moment he averted his eyes; but he looked again and her eyes met his. For several moments she stood rigid and mo- tionless. Tnen she said has lost the castle of Zend home and cradle of our house. searceiy the king's alone to lose. which is the It was Have 1 no title in it?” dame, and now it Well, then, it is y said she; and, aking a step toward him, she said, “Have 1 a mind to venture !t again, my lord I would venture it only ag ke,” said he, smiling still, while his e were fixed on her face, and marked ev change in the color of her chork “I can play dice as well as the eried. “Ars we not all gamble bergs?” And she laughed bitterly. “But what would your stake ss Osra’s face was now very pale, voice did not tremble and she did not flinch; for the honor of her house and of the throue was as sacred to her as her salvation, and more than her happiness. “Yea, and Zenda also,” She Said. - “A stake, my lord,” said she, “that many gentlemen have thought above any castle in preciousness.” “Of what do you speak?” he asked, and his voice quivered a Uttle, as a man's does in excitement. “For, pardon me, madame, but what have you of such value?” “J have what the poorest girl nas, and it is of the value that it has pleased God to make {t and pleases men to think tt,” said Osra. “And all of it I will stake against the king's castle of Zenda and its de- mesne.”” Count Nikolas’ eye flashed and he drew nearer to her; he took his dice box from his pocket, and he held it up before her, and he whispered, in an eager, hoarse voice: Name this great stake, madame, what is it? “It Is myself, my lord,” sald Princess ourself?" he cried, wondering, though he had halt guessed. “Aye. To be lord of Zenda ts much. Is tt not more to be husband to the king's sister?” “Jt 1g more, sald he, “when the king's sister Is the Princess Osta.” And he looked at her now with open admiration. But she did not heed his glance, but with face pale as death, she selzed a small table and drew {t between them, and cried, “Throw, then, my lord! We know the stakes.” “If you win, Zenda 1s mine, If I win, you said she. » I and da also,” ‘Throw, my lord.” “Shall we throw thrice, madame, or once, or Fow often?” “Thrice, my lord,” she answered, tossing fy lord, the king | back her hair behind her neck, and holding cne hand to her side. ‘Throw first," she added. The count rattled his box, and his throw was seven. Osra took the box from him, lcoked keenly and defiantly in his eyes, and threw. “Fortune is with you, madame,” sald he, biting his lips. “For a five and a four make nine, or I err greatly.” He took the box from her; his hand shcok, but hers was firm and steady; and again he threw. “Ah, it is but five,” said he impatiently, and a frown settled on his brow. “It is enough, my lord,” said Osra, and Peinted to the dice that she had thrown, @ three and a one. The count’s eyes gleamed again, and he sprang to her and was about to seize the box. But he checked himself suddenly and bewed, saying: “Throw first this time, I pray you, ma- dame, if it be not disagreeable to you. “I do not care which way it is,’ said Orra, and she shook the box and made her third cast. And when she lifted the box, the face of the dice showed seven. And a smiled broadened on the count's face, for he thought surely he could beat seven, he that had beat eleven, and thereby won the castle of Zenda, which now he staked against the Princess Osra. But his eyes also were very keenly and ‘attentively on her, and he held the box poised, shoulder- high, in his right hand. But then a sudden faintness and sickness seized upon the princess, and the compos- ure that had hitherto upheld her failed; she could not meet his glance nor could she bear to see the fall of the dice; but she turned away her head before he threw and stood thus with averted face. And he kept attentive eyes on her and drew very near to the table so that he stood right over it. And the Princess Osra caught sight of her own face in the mirror and started to see herself, pallid and ghastly, and her face was drawn as though she were suffering some great pain. But she uttered no sound. The dice rattled in the box; they rattled on the table; there was a pause while a man might quickly count a dozen; and then Count Nikolas of Festenburg cried out in a pace that trembled and tripped over the wor ight, eight, eieht.”” But before the last of the words had left bis shaking lips the Princess Osra faced round on him like lightning. She ratsed her hands so that the loose white gown fell back from her rounded arm, and her eyes flashed and her lips curied as she out- stretched her arm at him and cried: “Foul play.’ For, as she watched her own pale face in the mirror—the mirror that Count Nikolas had not heeded—she had seen him throw, she had seen him stand for an instant over the dice he had thrown with gloomy and maddened face; and then she had seen a slight, swift movement of his left hand, as his fingers deftly darted down and touched one of the dice and turned it. And all this she had seen before he had cried eight! Therefore now she turned on him, and eried, “Foul play,” and before he could speak she darted by him toward the door. But he sprang forward and caught her by the arm above the wrist and grip- ped her, and his fingers cut into the tender flesh of her arm, as he gasped, “You lie! Where are you going? But her voice rang out clear and loud in answer: “I am going to tell all the world that Zenda {s ours again. and Tam going to pub- lish In every city in the kingdom that Count ikolas of Festenburg is a common cheat nd rogue and should be whipped cart’s tail through the s For I saw you in the mirror, my you in the mirror.” And she ended with a Hd laugh that echoed through the room. Stil he gripped her arm and she did not flinch; for an instant he looked full in her 3;/and covetousness and desire and e came altogether upon him and over- ed between set r he held her where she gaspal and licked his lips. dragged her with him couch; Seizing up a coverlet that couch he flung it round her; he folded it tight about her, and he drew it close over her face. She could not ery out or move. And he lifted her up and swung her over his shoulder, and, opening the door of the room, dashed down the stairs to- ward the great hall. In the great hall were the six of the ng's guard, and some of the servants of le, and n of the people who had come with Count Nikolas; they all sprang to their feet when the: him. But he took ro heel of them, but rushed at a run through the hail and out under the port- cullis and across the bridge, which had not heen raised © And there at the end « 5 ex held his hor: nd he le se, setting ene Hand on the and still holding nd then he n, follow me ‘9 be continuec Osr: “e A sv for rps Army. Denver Letter to the Chir Thane. For years the Salvation Army has been content to fight the devil on foot. Though tolerably successful, the army of Denver is nothing if not prog , and has decide to rush things a little. ne infantry wHl continue to march and fight the common enemy, but a cavalry corps of young women has been added to lead the charge. ‘The cavalry made its appearance in pnb- lic for the first time last night, accompa- nied by the whole brigade, and presented a most imposing appearance. Brigadier General French of St. Louls was present to assist in the dedication of the new branch of the service. The new corps is under the leadership of Staff Captain Blanche Cox. The other wo- men in it are Capt. Harman, Lieut. Den- ton, Lieut. Anderson, Capt. Blackledge and Cadet Staunton. The uniform comprises dark blue skirt, red waist, with wide, roll- ing collar, and the regu'ation bonnet. They rede two abreast, preceded by the band and full brigade, and paraded the principal streets before breaking ranks at the church, where the cavalry was relieved of horses and joined the infantry in the rousing ser- vice inside. The cavalry corps left this afternoon for the mountains, and expect to arrive in Cen- tial City today. The horsewomen did not ride out on their steeds, but were provided with a comfortable spring wagon, with Capt. Temple as driver. Capt. Blanche Cox followed in a light buggy, which proud- ly tloated the guidon of the corps, while the wagon in front was gayly decorated with the national colors and the colors of the Salvation Army. The women occupied seats arranged along the sides of the covered wagon, dressed in their new uniforms. They attracted considerable attention as they drcve out of the city. They will go to Central City first, and af- ter holding special meetings there, will take in Idaho Springs and Georgetown, and will visit Golden and possibly Boulder before returning to Denver. They will nog travel on horseback at first, not until ley be- come more used to the saddle, and horses will be provided for them in each town by the local detachment. As soon as possible they will be provided with mounts of their own, and will then skirmish all over the state In general mili- tary style. For the present the cavalry corps will consist of only six women, but this number may be added to later. It will enjoy the distinction of being the only mounted cerps of the whole Salvation Army in the world, so far as known. ‘The officers of the army are also consid- ering the question of adding a bleycle corps for service about the larger cities, and to provide a flying column for work In the the Salvation plains towns. ES Head Cut Open. A number of boys got in a fighs on I street near 25th yesterday morning,4nd one of them, Clarence Jett, had his head cut open with a stone. Dr. Shortledzge sewed him up at the Emergency Hospital, and Clarence went away a sadder and wiser young man. THE BROWN REGENERATIVE GARBAGE FURNACE. = THE BROWN FURNACE One of the Garbage Incinerating Systems to Be Used Here, Dexcription of the Crematory Approv- ed and Selected by the Contractor —Hew Combustion is Insured. As announced in The Star, the contractor for the garbage service has decided upon what Is known as the Brown system as one of the systems of incineration to be used in this city, and the owners of the Brown patents have furnished the required bond or guarantee. The other system fa- vored by the District Commissioners is the Smith system, which has been described in The Star. The Brown System. The Brown garbage crematory is the in- vention of 8. H. Brown, who has had ex- perimental plants in Boston and Belleville, N. J. The Brown crematcry of standard Receiving and ‘Feeding Apparatus, size is 48 feet in length with an inside width across the grate of 91-2 feet. It stands about # feet high and fs str with thick walls of fire bri Sur the fu on the outside et, in ing. furnace at tards the tendency to disinte At one end of tha furnac is situated the combustion which enters the burner. only conveys the fuel to mber, but really forms not only a burner, but This burner or generator cor inder composed of three conc Brown Cart. The inne of these pipes contains steam, the nd p'pe crude petr while the third contains burnt ¢ have been drawn trom th pustion chamber ave now been returned to It. T pipes emptyi content ame point have t fect: TH nd this gas in turn mingles wi pipe, form new combusti the combust ef high combus ver the bi that s fon chamber from eat force and v over t 2 this voluminow ted and charged with ¢ b und ng the he: attadl ce, and thenee g into the smokestac on which the gar! ard furnace (whic Cross Section of Furnace. hour) is about forty feet In length, this consuming volume of heat comes in con- tact with the garbage through a distance of eighty feet before passing through the flue into the smokestack. It Is claimed that this insures absolute and complete combustion. 2 The system of feeding the Brown crema- tory is different from that usually In vogue, and which is formed hy an inclined plane, on which the garbage 1s dumped and down which it slides into’ the furnace. Mr. Brown has constructed a cart which car- ries two large garbage receptacles, the ag- gregate weight of the two when filled being about a ton and a half When this cart reaches the furnace the receptacles are lifted ‘by_a hydraulic lift and their contents dumped directly into the furnace, the cart being provided with emp- ty receptacles. —— Tied in His Mind. From the Philadelphia Regord. ‘There is a dog owner In Philadelphia who tells a story concerning his canine com- panton that tries the belief of his friends, but he vouches for its truth. The dog is an intelligent-looking animal of the shep- herd variety, and ts frisky and full of fun. The particular traft of which its master boasts is that when he wants the animal to stay in oue place it is not necessary to tle him up. All that is needed is to fasten one end of a repe to a convenient post and give the other end to the dog to hold in his mouth. The patient animal will sit for hours in this way, and would no more run away than he would fly. +o. There May Be Others. Fiom the New York Herald. Aunt Alice (to her ragged nephew)— “Why, Robert, I never saw you look so dilapidated before. Is your mother sick?” Robert—“No; ma joined a Ladies’ Aid So- ciety last month, and she has been sewing for the heathen ever since.” upon wh that ran in | cember 14, of sleeping bailt for A TRANSPORTATION EXHIBIT Collections Sent to Atlanta by the Smith- sonian Institution, Primitive Boats and Menns of Com- munication—Improvements in Electrical Applinnces. Among the many features of the exhibit sent to Atlanta by the Smithsonian Insti tion in this city none is more interesting than that devoted to objects designed to show the more important stages of im- provement through which the appliances now in use for the “easy conveyance of men and goods from place to place’? have passed. In this collection objects have been se- lected with the special purpose of illustrat~ ing the important influence exercised by the South Atlantic states upon the early history of internal improvement in America and the inauguration of transatlantic com~ merce by steam. Primitive boats, such as the catamaran and dugout canoe, are placed at the begin- ning of the series which contains among the craft propelled by poles or oars the Ohio river flatboat and keelboat, by the in- strumentality of which the settlement of was pro- during colonial and revolutionary Among the sailships are to be found the southern and western stat moted tant,” from which the first ‘sin the United States landed Jamestown, Virgin in 1609, and the flower, which brought the Puritans to Plymouth Rock ¢leven years later. The Amevican Steamboat. The fine rivers of America stimulated the tions of several ingenicus men living on Atlantic seaboard to adapt the steam engine to navigation. Prominent among these pioneers, whose labors make good Americ claim to the birthplace of the mboat, was James Rumsey, some of whose experiments upon the Potomac river were Witnessed by Gen, Washington as A model of Rums nd one of that madi about the same time are shown, with the model he first steamboat to navig of country, built by ens in Fulton's “Cl-rmon 7 and Stevens “Phoenix” of 181 in th which contains a model of the which has the amship to nah, € ing from her initial prpool on 1810, the a rday, Ms nya nal log book col f this historic in the National M As the South At most in the introduction steam navigation, so were th: field of railroad construct railway line, ene hun built and operated in the railroad, one } and , built by the South Carelina Railroad ompany from At . Ga., to Charleston, C.; and the first steam locomotive built t for actual ser- upon the w: as the “Best built for that din tse, wi h went into rvice dur- following year. South Carolina railway was built | which would now ited: the method of tr: ed, upon wh : fly Ac ng car appli ting at Ri + th erths nd terminating the e: In no other dey ent of American invest from the very ginning, been so successful, not only im the | dseovery of fundamental truths, but also in the rs om of the principles | deduced trerefrom s purposes in the domain of electri | ‘The suce | the year 1784 in the | he the “elect trated, for the first time, tiens in the m s of the tw vo:ving th t important ized in the Franklin in his letter to Peter Coilinston, Lendon, dated tha sar 1 published on | pege of his phy. Strangely | enough, heen giv these ancien 2 hines in si quent sei ritings relating to Fistory of ¢ photograpks of the ap- Joseph Henry, 1829, designed sretary of the Smithsonian In- s are found the instruments _ by which the electro-magnet was for the first time utilized to convey a signal to a dis- tence; in it is embcdied the principle upon which the modern electrical telegraph ts based. The first Instrument to make a per- manent record of words transmitted over a wire by the agency of electro-magnet was designed and constructed by Samuel F. B. Morse in 1837 The original telegraphic instrument by which the historic message, “What hath Goa wrought,” was received at Baltimore May 23, 1844, and constructed under the direction of Vail, is shown. It Is one of the valuable treasures deposited in the United States National Museum, the removal of which being prohibited on the ground of safety, It is illustrated through a model of full size. SS What All Said. Fiem the Brooklyn Life. Penelope—“Charlie called last night.” Justine—“That’s twice in a week, Isn't it?” Penelope—“Yes.” Justine—“I suppose he'll come three times in the next week?” Penelope—“That’s what brother says.”” Justine—“And five times the next?’ Penelope—“That’s what sister s: Justine—‘And six times the next? Penelope—“That’s what aunty say Justine—“And seven times the next? Penelope—“That’s what papa say: Justine—*And then what?” Penelope—“Then we'll get married; that’s what everybody says.” Justine—“‘And then what?” Penelope—“Then I won't see him any more of an evening; that’s what mamma says.” oo Acute Kleptomania. From the Indjunapolis Journal. “When I was in India,” said the man who had traveled, “the native thieves stole the sheets from under me while I slept, and I never knew it!” “Yes, and when I was in the northwest during the boom,” said the man who will rever admit that America can be outdone, “J had to sleep in a room where there were four real estate agents and one of them stole a porous plaster from my back with- out awakening me.”” OLD !IRONSIDES Joshua Humptr s Designed the Famous Frigate Constitution. Interesting Facts of Value to the Early History of the Ameri- can Navy. Some time ago The S‘ar reprinted from the Leviston, Me., Journal, an article de- scriptive of the venerable old frigate Con- stitution of glorious memory, which now lies stark and gaunt at the dock in the al- mest deserted navy yard at Kittery, Me. The article contained a paragraph reading as follows: “Of the original ship only a small section of the deck and a few iron stanchious re- main, but she was rebuilt much upon her original lines in 1848 and 1876, first by the son and again by the grandson of Hart, her original builder, so that she is prac- tically the same ship which outsailed Ad- miral Brook's squadron and outfought everything at which she backed her top- sails. The Facts of the Construction. The words “original builder” in the para- gtaph quoted seems to imply that Mr. Hart was the designer of the frigate, and that therefore ‘ts successful career was due lo him. This is not a fact, for the success of » constitution, as well as all of the old frigates, was due to the talents of Mr. Joshua Humphreys of Philadelphia, the desizner and architect of the American navy. The molds and instructions for the building of the frigate Constitution were sent by Mr. Humphreys to Mr. Henry son, the navy agent at Boston, Mass., he was there constructed. from Mrs. R. H. Humphreys, widow of Maj. Gen, and Chief of Engineers A. A. Humpherys,recently aldressed to The he states that Joshiia Humphreys was nted chief naval constructor by Gen. Wasaington, and copies of letters In refer- ence to these frigates from Gen, Knox, then Secretary of War, and acting as Sec- retary of the Navy, there being at that time no Secretary ef the Navy, are in the possession of the late Gen. A. A. Hum- phrey's family, A model of some size of the tri Constitution in wood cut by Joshua 4. Humphreys’ own hands was sent to Charles Humphreys of Philadelphia, a son of Joshua Humphreys, from the navy yerd at Philadelphia, at the time of its dis- x, and is now at the old homestead Mumpherys in Haverford town- ware county, P. Artiti From the Atlanta Constitution. “Nine-tenths of the marble-topped tables, and what I might cail furniture rhle—seen in this country are made of al marble,” said a man in the trade. of tons of this mock marble annually, and even men in the arcely tell the difference be- al and the false article, for the » 0 wholly through are not me: superficial. of Josh ship, Dy so 6 tween the r ck, and of the whole is a combination of ne and chalk, which, n be made of any shade desired. in the rough ts p in a water bi and upon this i ort of varnish, consisting of s f iron, gum of mart tury water. sau nd turpentine, and all man- lesigns are produced when n up by the addition pattern of marbling can be produced 2 "ry, Once such patt appears, the exp from the block and the are fixed by the immersion of the > in 2 and warm w ter baths, bath of sulphaie and zine up the PS and dens the at it acquires the density of the rticle, and me manner. n be cut and polished in the s; A Novel Marringe Contract. Lyons (Mleh.) Dispateh to the Ch The Rey. William Judd has united in marriage John Mason and Mrs, Julla A. Armour, ht and sixty-six years cd, or Before thelr marria howey e two signed a contract with novel conditions. By it they are to occupy the same house | but different apartments. He agrees to de- fray all living expenses, and she to do all cooking and sewing. In case of sickne: each is to pay his or her own bills at a hospital, and in case of jeath nelther is to Jay claim to the other's property, which is to go to the heirs of th deceased. Both have considerable property and several children. see Murderea With From the London Teleg Death is at all times terrible when it falls remorselessly and violently upon a child, and its terrors are not softened thougn smothered in the odor of a rose, It is diff cult-to account for the strange fancy of the poetical assassin of an infant, who was found near Lower Suydenham road by a laborer named Parr. Instead of using blows or simple neglect leading to starva- tion, the person placed a rose in the child’s mouth, and the helpless one lost its breath in the fragrance of the sweetest flower of summer. a Rose. GAIL BORDEN § EAGLE Brand? «CONDENSED MILK.. Has No Equal ke ‘@ new again—as if just from the tailor. SOILED CURTAINS of any kind sent to us will be returned bright and fresh, and intact. BLANKETS ought tobe renovated now. Our process whitens and softens, but does not shrink them. ALL OTHER FABRICS CLEANED A. F. BORNOT 1103 @ Street, N. w. | AC OMMON CAUSEORSICK NESS In Warm Wenther Nothing So Dan- &erous asx Decayed Foods, Every one knows or ought to know that dscayed foods 2re poisonous. Boards of health seek to pre- vent their sale. We now tha de have in mind the results which follow y and decomposition of fools after they have been eaten, for unless digestion occurs within If dyspepties wilt stop and consider for a moment Some of the symptoms of thelr trouble, such as disagreeable breath, eructations of gas er bad teste In the mouth, they will understand that they all must from decaying foods that ought properly to have beer absorbed into the system, Spots before the eyes, dizziness, slecpivssness, tic headaches are but a few of the effects ‘ing the absorption into the blood of poisons Joped from decomposing and undigested food come recognition of this Important fact ‘hat Mount Lebanon Shakers to devote so much of thelr time to the preparation of a remedy for dyspepsin, and nothing is more effictent than the Digestive Cordial which they have recently ed on the market. Its action is so prompt that relief frequently fol- Jews the first dose. It restores the appetite and Irereases the wright. Plumpness and strensth h points out the dyspeptics tn every unit © local druggists are now giving away Interesting descriptive pamphlets, Try a twenty-five-cent bottle of Digestive Coctial and sce what it will do for you. QS5 S988 509889 < = re Uv ° ’Cause when we move into our new build- ing we don't Furniture, Caines want to take Mattings, any of our Draperies, present stock Refrigerator, | with us. We've Baby Carriages, | paralyzed the Stoves, |prices on Fancy Lamps, je verything. Pictures, You won’t Crockery Ware, | have to pay the worth of it for anything—and that’s Why! Bric-a-Brae, and SOOOHDOOOOS SHO OSVOVHO® A Credit 1¢ you want It. » House & Herrmann, ‘The Leading Housefurnishers, 917, 919, 921 AND 923 7TH ST. 636 MASS. AVE. seT-Sid DOOCGCD HOGVOHVBOSDHOSOSHOGISONSSOOSO You’re Too Fat. There Are Others. ey’re Being Cured by Dr Hot is, Salt and Bands Medicines—They Mago Read W Edison Use the Fat—Not Patent ks Thin and Toms Evelyn Merry, author of ing f1 the ‘Two Girls at n using Dr. Edisoa’ Sept. 2 10 Dee and Prait ant V wnent, says: Pills and Pills aad pounds tna mo Mrs, ‘i, writes: “Took Pills six weeks, re- y complexion the Woman's Under Ds 62 pounds in ele Jon Wandall Sturgess, from her residence street, writes: Dr. Etison's Obestt cal my welght od in forty-tlires days.” $1.50 a bottle: three bottles, $4, treatment: € < Frit Salt, St sity Band. any size up to 36 Inches, Is $2.50; ts extra fo Send all m Retail dru BP. ch additional Inch in length. ess or C.0.D, orders to ua, supplled by TZ, Vth and FP n.w. ©. ©. G. SIMMS, 1346 N. Y. ave. nw. Send for “How to Cure Obesity. Mention address exactly as given below. LORING & CO., General Agents, Calted States, Chicago, Dept. No. 19, No. 113 State street. New York city, Dept. 4, No. 42 W. 22d street. aul+-3m Feminoria Woman’s Friend. It Is an accepted medical fact that more womes in this country suffer from those distressing dis- ctarges peculiar to the sex, accompanied by head- aches, pains in the back, loss of appetite, nervous {eritability, sleeplessness, neuralgic pains in the limbs, Tanguer, low spirits, anaemia, patior, pim- ples, blackheads and a host of other disorders and discases—than in all other civilized countries com- Lined. Dr. Nicholl’s Feminoria is a boon to suck sufferers. A few doses will stop that discharge, thus affording relief in the most obstinate casea. A few bottles will effect a positive cure. Recom- mended and preseribed by the best physicians ia the country. Price $1. KOLB PHARMACY, Sole Agents, 438 7th st., cor. E n.w. set-tt Gray Hair A thing of the past when Nattaps’ Crystal Dis- covery ‘Is . Guaranteed to ristore gray oF feded hair to Its natural color in 8 to 10 days— positively not a dye. ‘Stops the hair from falling ont, arrests dandruff and makes the nicest dressing: use. for the hair one can ment. No styins Pr $1. Trial size, S0c. KOLB PHARMACY, SOLE AGENTS, 438) 7TH ST. N.w. xpress prepaid, to any part of the country on receipt of price. a26-tt S PS PP- OD Oo GOO Oo Ge ?*\WWHEN YOU DO BUY INSECT POWDER it'll pay you to get the best--THOMP- ‘0 poison. No wede SON'S INSECT POWDER. It's always | fresh—therefore, most —_effective—and | isn't poisonous to children or pe Clears the house of Roaches, Bed Bugs, Water Bugs, Anta, Mosquitoes, Flies, ete, Kills Fleas on dogs and cats. Put up by us. 10, 15, 25 and 4c. can. W. 'gW- Thompson, 793 '? S- PHARMACIST, St | ODDS 29 06 00 eo oe eee

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