Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1895, Page 22

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. HALIFAX FROM THE CITADEL. GLIMPSE OF HALIFAX Some Points of Interest About the Nova Scotian Metropolis. AALIGONIAN MANNERS AND CUSTOMS The Most English of All tha British American Possessions. SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS Written for The Evening Star. ALIFAX, AT ONCE ae H the British troops in = North Ameriza_ and station and summer rendezvous for their squadron, is unques- tionably more En- Britis h-American possession. Built up- hills and upon a @ocky soil, admitting only of limited ex- ‘ples a peninsula four and a half miles Jong with a breadth varying from a half jwest by the Northwest Arm, a beautiful stretch of sheltered water, and bordered on at all seasons, is a mile wide abreast the city proper. teries of modern ordnance, whence the boom of a heavy gun tells the mission of the harbor’s advance guard and flanks the regular channel on the right of entrance, ithe Eastern passage. On all sides one sees the impress of mar- appreciates the difficulty vf attack against the cross-fire of the well-piaced forts, end ful repulse; while remarking the contrast- {ng mission of the forty churches, whose The citadel, from whose signal staff the welcome news of inbound mails Is spread, the headquarters of =z the principal naval North Atlantic glish than any other on 2 succession of feavation without blasting, the town occu- to two and more miles; ig bounded on the the east by the harbor, which, accessible McNab’s Islaad, with its numerous bat- the white tents of the practice camp, forms ‘while occasioning the division known as ‘tial preparation, past and present, and realizes the comparative ease of a success- Spires rise forth in peaceful, protest. commands the eity and the harbor at its MeO ais aie What we miss in pavements—for the side- walks are usually gravel—we find balanced by the general excellence of the macadam- ized toadways, with their borders of fine shade trees, and by the prevailing rectan- gular arrar.gement of the streets, which, but for the consecutive numbering of houses without regard to interblock dis- tinction, leaves nothing to be desired in ease of search. The Military. To Americans—for so we are styled to the exclusion of the Canadian—the first thing that strikes us, after we have pushed our timepieces arm hour ahead, is the mili- tary phase of Halifax in the soldiers we meet at every turn, in numbers, so we are told, to man every battery about the har- bor. If not the relief squad, then, perhaps, a single orderly bearing an officlal-looking blue-clad missive. Down the street he comes, a strapping fellow, aflame in the Point Pleasant Park. scarlet tunic of the “king’s” infantry, pipe clayed, gloved and belted, his small, round, visorless cap just saved by his right ear and the tightened chinstrap, while in his hand he twirls a small-boys’ cane tipped with something akin to tin. He is amus- ing in his stolid seriousness and contrast- ing juvenile trimmings, but significantly sciid in his vigorous personality and the steady crunch-crunch of those heavy, ugly boots that mar his feet. He is an excel- Jent and formidable quantity in the queen’s trappings, bet a chronic growler and an undesirable leaven when he reappears in the livery of Uncle Sam. His sailor broth- er Is not so attractive. nor has he the same trim alertness of the American man-of- war’s man. ‘ Sunday Dress Parade. The only regular approach to dress parade is garrison chapel. At 11 o’clock on Sun- days, headed by the regimental band, which also furnishes the devotional music, the Protestant details of infantry and ar- tillery are paraded to the garrison chapel; and for an hour—the prescribed period—the visitor hears the Church of England ser- vice, prayers for the queen, listens to a sermon toned for the rank and file—whose heavy scabbards and clumsy boots shift restlessly as the time limit wanes, while upwardly and outwardly rigid and intent, and then responds to the collection with a VIEW OF HALIFAX. feet, and is interesting on account of what it might be rather than what It 1s, because It shelters a portion of the sixteen hundred imperial troops forming the present gar- rison, and for the wide view from its ram- parts. There Is little haste and no hurry; time always with the busiest for a civil direc- tion if not further courtesy, and a bu: mess atmosphere in which there is scome- thing akin to the manana of the south. The fitting softness of the twilight aspect gives way for a daytime monotony of mouse-colored, weather-worn, soot-stained structures~of wood, unredeemed by the more pretentious bulidings of the business section or the sad-faced freestone and the occasional brick front of the residential parts. Gardens and Parks. Against this the Hal'gonian fills his glass-bound vestibule with the warm, rich coloring of the geranium, his windows with blooming plants, and every available ledge with further tokens of his flower- loving nature; while right in the heart of the city Me the gardens, a single reserva- tion of more than seventeen acres of well- kept grounds, where even the violent con- trast of the vivid marigold, the magenta phlox and the scarlet geranium in mixed rofusion are unable to offset the skillful jandscape gardening and the rich green of the moss-like gr But it is in the park, Point Pleasant Park, the southermost part of the peninsula, that the Haligonian glo- ries, and rightly should he. A natural res- ervation of evergreen of many acres, only so modified by skillful engineering and well-made roads that one forgets the arti- fice that brings him ever and anon into ed byways or upon some charm- ing vista of the distant sea, the arm or the sail-flecked harbor. One wanders amid {ts peaceful, balsam-scented paths only to stumble upon the hidden walls of Forts Ogilvie and Cambridge or to find one’s self at the foot of the heavy masonry of Mar- tello tower; the ground aglow with bunch Citadel Entrance. ®erries and golden rod, the scattered ma- les vying in their autumn glory with the right rélief of the scarlet-berried moun- tain ash, while here and there a robin redbreast hops in peaceful assurance and Pecks away at the debris of a recent ple- nic. The city post office, a fine stone building, even with its quaint, queer-smelling, heter- Zeneous museum, is far less attractive than the market women who squat about Its base on Saturdays, and, oblivious of the weather, spread out their country produce. To come in out of the wet and avail them- selves of the market building meant the payment of a modest toll, against which t jon promptly set its face. Here the dain of the sea lie out in all their glis- tening freshness and varlety; and here, aiso, the Indian women sell their sweet- ss kets and their bark canoes; while Jamaican maroons and American refugee slaves—offer you berries and herbs, the product of nature’s bounty rather than the hegro’s unwonted thrift. her on the darkies—the descendants of | bit of Uncle Sam’s graceless silver. The service over, the details form on the green without, and, after a few sharp orders and as many quick, snappy movements—a re- freshing sight, the men march off at a rapid pace for their quarters and the “roast beef of old England.” With a population of 42,000, Halifax beasts a militia of 1,300, and, too, their parade to chapel is an interesting sight. Row after row they filled the old round Church of St. George’s, in all the finery of their well-kept trappings, with here and there a grayhead—his breast aglow with hard-earned honors; making the rafters ring with their “Onward, Christian Sol- Giers,” and then subsiding to listen to a well-directed lesson and to hear the possi- bilities of annexation described in the peasant words of a “perennial honeymoon of prosperity.” No Rapid Transit. Without distinction, street cars and "buses are “trams”—confusion being avoided only by the scarcity of either. A line of single tracks doubles upon itself like a figure six, and runs with a fifteen- minute frequency and a waiting willing- ness for passengers a square away; a prac- tice which, with the installation of a trol- ley system and modern speed—established Possibilities after six years’ deliberation— may figure seriously in the future mortality of unhastening Halifax. As for the ‘bus trams, one may wait an hour for one, only to find that it has been wiled away from its regular route and dependent habitues by a party of tourists, an unconventional practice In which the tracks alone, per- haps, deny the cars indulgence. At once we pale-faced Americans are struck by the fine coloring of the natives, and especially by the glorious natural glow of the fair-skinned women with their heads of luxuriant hair, which even the common clumsy method of dressing can mar only in part. If we wonder how the numerous schools are filled, the eight smiling urchins, their pockets aburst with wild fruit, that pass us in tow of two towering policemen and ‘a colored janitor, answer us and tell the emsequences of compulsory education. The widespread use of the telephone peints a moral to the moderate charge of $25 and $40 for private and business uses, and.partly explains why the native, know- ing of our exorbitant rentals, believ2s in the universal wealth of Americans, a hard- ship in shopping and a contrast to the amusing belief that baked beans and fish cakes form our staple dietary. Points for the Curious. To the inquiring, let him know that the fisheries and lumber, principally spruce, ferm tne chief sources of wealth and the staple articles of trade with the West In- dies—the most important market for the Nova Scotian; and tell him, too, that na- tive soft coal is the cheapest fuel, but that the gold deposits, undoubtedly rich, are, as yet, but poorly worked, thanks to the man- agement of unprincipled speculators; and to him who notices, let him laugh at the Postman’s rig—so oddly suggestive of the martial toggery of many years ago; let him wonder why the Haligonian turns to the left—a practice, in driving, that keeps his neighbor’s near hubs in full view; let him rejoice in the unaccustomed presence of that civil, white-capped English maid, with her modest voice and natural decency, who ushers him past the dingy outer door and into the contrasting brightness of the cheerful, homelike drawing room with tts unfailing tea service and ever-welcome cup; let him know that the young woman who bids him wait till her brother has changed his “flannels” refers only to ten- nis dress; let him marvel why our paper money is received at par while our silver | ts taken only at a discount; and let him ponder over our anglo-maniacs who are more anglicized than the English them- selves; but for us, let us revel in the happy restfulness, the indifference to dress, the easy reach of the woods and the ever- changing sea, and the presence of that cool, salt-laden tonic air, just warm enough for exhilarating enjoyment and the appreci- ation of much that is delicious in the native cuisine. Whatever synomic application the term may once have had, today you can bid your best friend nothing better than to wish him in Halifax. ————cee_____ AN IMMENSE LUMBER RAFT. Nine Million Feet of Logs Towed From Oregon to San Francisco. From the San Francisco Call. After successfully weathering the peril- ous voyage from the mouth of the Colum- bia river to San Francisco bay, and getting inside the harbor without a mishap, the great raft of piles that recently came in from the north distinguished itself yester- day by running completely away with a tugboat and by cutting up capers quite at variance with its decorous behavior while being towed in the open ocean. The vast aggregation of logs was brought down for the use of the Southern Pacific Company in the repair of its various ‘bridges and trestles on the eastern shores of the bay, and several days ago it was determined to tow the monster into Oak- land creek, to be broken up. The tugs Rescue, Sea Witch and Etna of the Merchants’ Tugboat Company, the lat- ter two being two small vessels, were de- tailed for the work, and proceeded to Hunter's Point, where the great raft was anchored, early yesterday morning. ‘The first task was to raise two immense anchors, with which the raft was held in Position, and the Etna started in on that portion of the work, while the Rescue and Sea Witch fastened to the raft in readiness to tow the fabric up the bay when they should be clear of the bottom. The flood tide was running like a mill-race, and the great raft, which contains 9,000,000 feet of logs, and draws over twenty-one feet of water, was tugging at its moorings with Titanic force, Very little hauling at the anchors showed the captain of the Etna that he could not raise them, and he signaled for help. The Rescue let go her towline and responded, leaving only the little Sea Witch fast to the raft. The cables that held the anchors were soon out locse from the logs, and then thé troubles of the Sea Witch began. The raft tegan to move. and that at a lively pace, but not in the direction the bow of the little tug was pointed. Instead of going toward Oakland, it started on a little trip toward Redwood City, carrying the unwill- ing Sea Witch along. Puff and churn the water as she might, the tug was dragged ignominiously back- ward, cending out clouds of black and angry smoke, and shrieking signals for aid to her consorts at every plunge. ‘The latter were in as bad a predicament as the Sea Witch, for, having cut the an- chors loose from the raft, and having no buoys to which to fasten them while they Fursued the raft, they were compelled to leave the Sead Witch to her fate for the time being. In the meantime the tug and raft were drifting rapidly in the direction of Red- wood City, the powerful “hold” of the raft on the water, owing to its great depth, rendering the little tug entirely useless. The raft was in great danger of grounding in the shallows of the lower bay, when the other tugs got rid of their burdens and flew to the rescue. Luckily for the safety of the raft, the tide was still in the flood, and the three towboats were fast before the tide turned, when all was easy sailing on the rclurn trip. The man in charge of the raft had sound- ed the mouth of the creek and knew that, except at high tide, the depth of water was two feet short of the necessary amount to let the raft in, and great caution was taken to arrive at the creek at precisely the right time. This was the first successful attempt to bring a raft of logs over the long ocean route, and the owners were naturally _an- xious that no mishap should occur. Had the tide been on the eUb when the raft got away an immense amount of damage might have resulted, as the mass of timber would have drifted among the vessels an- chored in the stream and cut their cables like pack-thread. Had not the Rescue ani Etna heen able to catch the raft in time, the damage would also have been great, is such a inass of piles once aground would kave been very hard to move. Some idea of the value of the reft may be gained from the fact that the chains which bind it together are worth $50,0W. —-——— ee _____ CINNAMON GARDENING. Process of Raising and Preparing the Spice for the Market. From Demorest’s Magazine. ‘We were fortunate in tke time of our v:sit to Columbo, which was made in May, Just at the commencement of the peeling segson, in seeing how cinnamon is pre- pared for the market. The tree, which is known as the cinnamon laurel, in its natu- ral sfate grows to a height of forty feet, and is very plentiful in the forests or jun- gies in certain parts of Ceylon, where it ts apparently indigenous. The shoots from which the sticks of cinnamon are cbtained seldom grow to a greater height than fif- teen feet. They are cut down to the stump every year, and a new crop of saplings springs up in their place. The young leaves of the cinnamon laurel are at first of a vivid, scarlet color, but assume a dark green hue when the berries, which develop from small white flowers, have ripened. These berries are of a brown or purple color, and a fragrant oll is obtained from them by the natives, with which they anoint their vodies. Wax tapers are also made from the berries, which are used in the temples of the Buddhists. “We saw numbers cf natives at work on the plantations, cutting, stripping and scraping the cinnamon, preparatory to its being dried and packed for market. It is the inner bark of the ‘shoot’ which fur- nishes the cinnamon of commerce, and the precess of preparation consists’ of first stripping off the leaves, and after cutting the shoot into pieces of convenient length a peculiar-looking knife Is used, with which the bark is slit and then peeled off with the fingers, in pieces as nearly as possible of uniform size. The men who cut and pcel the shoots belong entirely to the Chalia te. While thus toiling they do not wear clothes above their waists, and, for a head- dress, either a white turban or a coil of hair, and fasten it with a comb of tortoise shell, after the peculiar fashion peculiar to the male Cingalese. The Chalias earn alcut 12 cents of our money in a day. “It is necessary before taking the next step to lay the bark aside for a time until it is in proper condition for scraping, as the outer skin has to be removed. This is done by curling the still soft and pliable bark around a stick, which is held by the left hand, and also secured in position by the feet of the stripper. The outer skin cf the lark is then carefully scraped away. The pleces are deftly held in place by lodging them in a frame of crossed sticks, and holding them there by means of the toes, while the delicate operation is performed. The bark 1s then placed in the sun to dry, and naturally curls up into the quills which form tne article of commerce. Three or four of these quills or sticks are placed in- s‘de one another to prevent breakage, and the cinnamon is then ready for shipment. ‘The bundles are composed of assorted cin- ramon sticks, and usually weigh about thirty pounds. Cruel Punishment. From the Chicago Tribune. The Boston two-year-old was crying. Not in the boisterous, crude, yncultivated style of the barbarian youngster of other localities, but after the restrained and com- paratively decorous manner in which the thoughtful infant of New England’s intel- lectual metropolis abandons itself to grief. “Waldonia,” said the nurse, “think of the impropriety of this!) Remember you are not in the solitude of your own apartments, but out in the open air. Reflect that to some extent the eyes of the world are upon you, ard endeavor to restrain your feelings.” Regardless of this eminently proper and reasonable reproof, the infantile Bostonian still wept. The faithful attendant, losing all patience, stopped wheeling the perambulator, stepped around to the front of the vehicle, and shcok her long finger at its occupant. “You bad child!” she exclaimed. “I'l punish you for this! I'll never take you to another lecture as long as I live! : os A Moment of Suspense. From the Chicago Revord. Physician—“‘It’s easy to see, sir, that you are on the verge of nervous prostration.” Patient—“‘Nonsense! I'm not.” Physician (firmly)—“Then I have been misled by the fact that you are a suburban commuter, and it's only seven minutes to train time.” : AVOIDS BRUSHES ‘ow’ THE ROAD. A Consumptive flocking Cyclist and the “Sporty” Wheelman. From the New York Tribune!) . “While I shouldn't Wish to be called a ‘scorcher,? I have just ‘enough sporting blood in my veins to enjoy an occasional brush on the road,” said*the man who rode an English wheel. Of couse, every one in the party recognized this ‘statement as the prologue to a story, so afi settled back in anticipation. The speaker went on: “I had a fellow teach the a good lesson the other afternoon, ana an unexpected one, too. I crossed to Hoboken on the 14th street ferry for a ride“out in Jersey. The only other wheelman %r’the boat was a tall, cadaverous man, who might have been taken for a consumptive. I was disap- pointed when I saw that he hada child-of four or five with him. He didn’t look as if he could have gone nine miles an hour alone, and with the child, I supposed, could not have passed a street car horse. ‘It was just my luck to have the fellow come up to me and say: “Going for a ride? “I said I was, although I hated to admit it, for I knew what was coming. “*Would you object to my riding with you?’ he went on, most politely. ‘I am out for a little spin myself.’ “Of course, I had to say I should be glad of his company, although I was disgusted at the prospect of creeping along at a snail's pace, when I felt just like speeding for thirty or forty miles. However, there ‘was no help for it, so we went off together, he with the child in front of him. We started over the plank-roag, bound for Pas- saic Falls, and I soon found that my com- panion was not a corpse. In fact, he as- tonished me. I didn’t have to wait for him, and, on the contrary, had all I could do to keep step. He rode with wonderful spe2d and equally wonderful skill and daring. Part of the way was a path about a foot wide, with tall trolley tracks on one side and a steep embankment on the other. A swerve to one side or the other meant a fall, and probably serious injury to his child and perhaps himself. But he went like a fiend, not hesitating to start just in front of a trolley car, ‘although had he slipped the car might have run over him. “I was glad for my own sake as well as for his and the child’s that we passed that ticklish ordeal. But I soon had to give up all my thoughts and: energies to keeping within a respectable distance of the con- sumptive-looking father. Up the long wind- ing hill to Carlstadt he sped like a Zim- merman, and the upgrade from Passaic to Clifton nearly exhausted ‘me. I expected to regain my breath going over the cobble- stones in Paterson, but my friend didn’t mind them in the least. I thought he would Jolt the life out of his child, but the little one didn’t seem to mind. When I was near enough I could hear the father talking to it just as unconcernedly as if he were push- ing it along in a baby carriage. “I should rather have had a smashup than give in, but when we’ struck the steep hill to Passaic Falls I was ready to drop over. By what seemed to me almost super- human strength I got to the top, but there I stopped. 1 called’to ihe’ racer and he came back and dismounted. I explained that I had to be back in New York by 5 o'clock, so I should have to leave him. “I'm very sorry,’ he said, ‘I was just getting warmed up. I feel like going about another forty miles. There's a fine ride to Englewood and along the Palisades. I know you would enjoy that. You'd better came along, and never mind about New ork.” “I insisted ‘that althougitI should be hap- py to accompany hing’further, business compelled me to return to-the city. I asked him if his child enjoyedssuch trips. ““Oh, yes,” he replied) tHe and his httle sister are crazy to go.,.In fact, if I don’t teke one of them along my wife wouldn’t let me go riding. There would be no end of trouble if I left both behind. Why, this boy goes to sleep on the wheel. I have to talk to him to keep him awake.’ “My cadavercus friénd thereupon re- mounted and started off‘at a fifteen-mile an hour pace. I didn’t’ go back to New York at orce, but brushes on the road have lost their interest for me, HIS FIRST PAJAMAS. Awfully Comfortable, bat He Couldn't Understand Their Aéchitecture. From the Chicago Record: *! L His troubles began ‘when he saw the placard: : a PAJAMAS REDUCED FROM % TO $2.50. In a vague sort of way he knew that pa- jamas ard hot weather became conspicuous together and that pajamas were something between a nightgown and a pair of over- alls. He listened to the tempter and said to the clerk: “Give me a pair of paj-a-mas.” “You mean a suit of pa-jah-mas,” cor- rected the clerk, with a smile which nearly cest him a thrashing. The pajamas came without directions for use, and the purchaser spread them out on the bed when he reached home, and tried to figure them out. He was all in a heat be- cause of the crush in the street car, and his hall bed room, with no transom over the dcor, faced the west. He was at home for the night, for he had eaten his dinner down town, and he was eager to test the vaunted cooling virtues of the pajamas. Locking and bolting his door he slipped off his shoes, trousers and neglige shirt. Then he stoppe Ought he to wear the pajamas with or wit! out his undergarments? He turned the loose, shapeless tunic inside out, carefully examining every part of it, hoping to find a lithograph or engraving of a man thor- oughly comfortable in the pajamas. He found nothing and wiped his dripping face on a towel. The pajamas, sprawling over the turned-down folding bed, mocked every effort to probe the mystery. He picked up the leg end of the suit and drew on the widespread, voluminous trousers. He felt as though ‘he were trying on a pair of win- dow casings. He tightened the silk cord around the waist and then put on the frogged shirt. Removing the looking glass from over the washstand he leaned it against the lower part of the door and tried to see how the thing looked on him. The shirt, hanging outside, neither looked nor felt right. “It goes inside,” he said to himself, and hastily tucked it under the gather of the waist. The affair looked more shapeless than ever. The back ballooned from the shoulder blades to the waist, and the shoul- der fell almost to his elbows. “By gimini,” he exclaimed, “I’ve got the Le on wrong, with the front part He took them off and turned them round, but there was no difference. “‘Mebbe they ought to go up higher,” he muttered. He drew the trousers almost up to the fifth rib and then pulled the cord so tight to hold them there that it cut into his flesh. “I guess that’s right. It feels as if it was on me, anyway.” And he stretched out in pew and waited for the pajamas to cool him ° But the cord pressed his lungs and the folds of the shirt bothered him. He shifted his position and lighted a cigarette, but the sense that something was radically wrong worried him, and he gréw°hotter and hot- ter. “Perhaps the shirt ddes go outside,” he said, and, bouncing from bed, he made the change. “Ah, that’s thé stuff. That's it,” he said, as he lengthened out again. By keeping perfectly atlet he gradually cooled down and was really beginning to enjoy himself when a loud rap on the door disturbed him. iS “Who is it?” : “Me,” said a familiar'voice. He started to open the door, but drew back. Ought he to receive even an intimate friend in such a costume? It was not exactly a nightgown, but close to it. “Wait until I get dresséd,” he said. “Oh, never mind me. *Keep yourself cool; don’t dress on my account: He opened the door and his friend walked in. “I was just lounging in my pa-jah-mas,” he said, awkwardly, kicking under the bed the box in which the pajamas came. “They're bully, aren’t they?” said the friend. “I've worn them myself for years.” Then the man who owned his first paja- mas spoke out manfully and asked ques- tions. When his friend had gone he tgok a sponge bath, put on the pajamas and®oth- ing else, stuck his bare feet in a pair of slippers, lighted his pipe and was thor- oughly comfortable in the cool, limitless, curveless, easy, ugly pajamas. —e Why He Stumbled. From an Exchange. Little Willowrean, walking with her mother, stumbled several times over the rough pavement. Her mother said: “What's the matter, daughter?” “Nothing’s the matter with me,” she in- dignantly replied. “It’s the ground is too thick in places.” ARE YOU TLL AND DISCOURAGED? So Was William eee the Texas Florist, HE GOT WELL. He Wishes You, and All Sick Hu- manity, to Profit by His Great Discovery. He Labored for the Lives of His Sick Plants. He Found a Cure for His Own Serious Ailments. Many wise people smile when reading of a medi- cine that will cure many different ailments. Usu- ally these are people who know very little of the little that anybody knows of materia medica. They are people who accept sickness as a necessary evil, who look for it periodically, and who are veritable slaves to the fear of some fatal illness, and a syc- ophant to the docter. Why should not one medicine cure many dis- enses? The germ theory of disease is now. uni- versally accepted. So is electricity. Is there any- thing in nature that cannot be effected by elec- tricity? Will not a certain number of volts take the life of a man? Will*not another certain num- ber of volts kill an elephant, or a hundred ele- phants? Then why should not the right medicine kill all disease germs? For that matter, the practicing allopathic phy- sician has no great variety of medicines. His strong card 1s quinine. Next comes morphine. ‘These are varied with an occasional dose of strych- nine and arsenfe. Physicians who still have a rem- nant of conscience prepare bread pills and chalk powders" to be used where no medicine of their Kind is necessary. Medicine is a progressive science, but it pro- gresses slowly. Each generation of practitioners virtually say: “We are the people. Wisdom will go out with us.” They war against every discov- ery that will meke Ife easter, simpler, happter for the average man or woman. When Wm Radam, by countless experiments, discovered the combination that produced the gases that destroyed the mferpbes which were bred in his gardens, he also found that it gave relief to his diseased lungs. He reasoned a8 only a close student of nature can, He was sure that all the imperfections that showed themselves in his carefally cultured con- servatories were disense. ‘The blight of a pear tree, the black, smoky mold on a rose leaf, anything that came under his watchful eyes, he studied and experimented with. He tried all cures known to gardeners. Then, thor- ough and thoughtful as he is, he studied out the diseases of his trees and flowers, that were to him almost as speaking friends. He found that the mold, the yellow leaves, the decaying wood, the dwindling away of his most cherished shrubs was all the work of microbes—germs—tnfinitesimal liv- ing creatures. To destroy these, and to help his garden, was with him a labor of love—and great has been his reward. The cure that he discovered for inanimate things has proved an invaluable blessing to thousands of human creatures. His Microbe Killer {8 a household word in many homes. It bas cured and is still curing multitudes who had grown helpless. Whocver is ill and suf- fering need rot despair, need not persist in swal- Jowing nauseous doses. The Microbe Killer is really but distilled water strongly impregrated with antiseptic gases. It 1s agreeable to taste, inexpensive and a safe remedy for any one in any state of health. It has only to be tried to be appreciated. A fifty-page book, giv- ing full particulars regarding this wonderful medl- eine, also testimonials of cures, mailed free. Ad- dress The Wm. Radam Microbe Killer Co., 7 Laight st., New York city, or Washington agency, 1018 7th st. n.w. it AN ELECTIONEERING TRICK. The Campaign Orator Was Promptly Tak-n Up by His Opponent. From the Century. A few years ago a plain country doctor and a Mr. May, who was fond of jewelry and wore a valuable diamond stud in his shirt bosom, were running for the legis- lature In one of our counties. The race was close and hot. At one speaking the doctor made the following fierce and dangerous thrust at his opponent: “Fellow citizens, don't you want an honest man in the legis- lature? Of course you do. Now, what sort of a man is my opponent? Why, gentie- men, look at that magnificent diamond he wears! It is almost as big and bright as the headlight on a locomotive. Your eyes can hardly stand its glare. It is worth hundreds—maybe thousands of dollars. At what valuation do you suppose he has put it for taxation in his return to the state as- sessor? Why, at the pitiful sum of $20!” The crowd yelled fer the doctor. Three days later the two met again in joint de- bate. Again the doctor took up his telling theme and held forth eloquently and pas- sionately in denunciation of dishonesty and diamonds and false assessments, and then he again told of May’s false return to the assessor, “Look at that gorgeous pin, gen- tlemen!” My eyes can hardly endure its dazzling rays. Solomon in all his glory—” “Hold on there, doctor,” said May. “Do you mean to say this pin is worth more than $207” es I do—twenty times or fifty times ‘ould you give $20 for it, doctor?” f course I would.” "said the doctor, and he hur- riedly counted out the money and took the pin. Then May rose to speak, and the crowd cheered him. He was undoubtedly “game” and honest. He was willing to take what he said the pin was worth. He was elected. A week after the election he called on the doctor and said: “Doctor, I don’t want to rob you of your money. Here’s your $20. ‘That pin you bought was paste. I got it in Louisville after your first speech. Here is my real diamond. If I can serve you, let me know.” ——__+22+_ The Evening Star for the full time: the mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” is running, including back numbers, wiil be sent, postpaid, to out-of-town subscribers for 60 cents. Subscribe for an out-of-town friend. —EE Where He Was at Fault. From the Chicago Post. ; “I don’t sea why I am so neglected,” said the habitual criminal, as he looked out be- tween the bars of his cell. “What's the matter?” asked the default- er, who was walking up and down the jail corridor. “No one ever sends me any flowers and no women come around to weep and make much of me,” explained the habitual crim- inal. £ that’s easily explained,” said the defaulter. “How?” “The crime for which you were arrested was not horrible and fiendish enough to at- tract them.” —_—_-+e+_-. Proven. From Truth Deacon Siu ou didn’t tole de troof | in you’ sarmon today, sah, when you said dat Mister Noah came fust outer de ark.” Rev. Mr. Jchnsing—‘‘Can you proob dat, sah?” | Deacon Snow—“Sartan! It says in de good book dit ‘Noah came fourth out ob de ark.’ You should be keerful how you lead your flock astray, sab.” THE EVENING STAR has a Larger Circulation in the Homes of Washington than all the Other Papers of the City Added Together, because it ’ Stands Up Always for the Interests of ALL THE PEOPLE of WASHINGTON; does not Strive to : Divide the Community into Classes, and Array one class Against the others; Contains the Latest and Fullest Local and General News; and Surpasses all the Other Papers in the City in the Variety and Excellence of its Literary Features. It Literally Goes Everywhere, and is Read by Everybod It is, therefore, as an Advertising Medium, without - a Peer, i Whether Cost or Measure of Publicity be Considered. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. (Piedmont Air Live.) Schedule in effect October 6, 1895. All traing:aérive-and leave at Pennsyivanta Passenger Station. 8:00 A.M.—Datly—Locil for Danville. Conzects at Manassas for Strasburg, daily, except Suday. aml at Lynchburg with the Norfolk and Western daily, and with C. & 0. daily for Natural Bridge and Clifton Forg 11:15 A.M.—Daily—The UNITED STATES FAST MAIL carries Puliman Buffet Sleepers New York and Washington to Jacksonville, unitiug at Char- lotze with Pullman Sleeper for Augusta; also Tull- man Sh New York to New Orleavs via Mont- gomery, connecting at Atlanta with Pullman Sleeper for Binaingham, Memphis and St. Louis. ako! P-M-—Local for Sirasburg, daily, except Sun- “Exposition Flyer,”” Pallman ‘per New York and Washington to At- ‘estibuled Day Coaches Washington to {.—Daily—Local_ for Charlottesville. Dai SHINGTON AND SC ix—Wa AND SOUTH- WEST VESTIBULE LMITED, composed of Pullman Vestibuled Sleepers and Dining Ca iman Sleepers Washington to Chattanooga, via bury, Asheville and Knoxville. New York to Mem- phis via Birmingham, New York to via Atlanta and Mot tgomery, and New ¥ via Charlotte, Columbia’ and Jacksonville. Vest- buled Day Coach Washington to Atlanta. Parlor Car Columbia to ta. Dining Car from Greensboro’ to Montgomery. TRAINS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND ROUND HILL lave Washington 9:01 A.M. daily 232 P.M. daily, except’ Sunday, and Sun- days only, for Round Hill; 6: for Herndon. " Returning, arrive at Washington 8:26 -M. und 3:00 P.M." daily, from Rourd Hill, and 7:06 A.M. daily, except ‘Sunday, from Herndon rough trains from the south arrive at Washing- 2 AM. 11:45 A.M., 2:20 P.M. and 9:40 ily. Janassas Division, 9:45 A.M. daily, a Sunday, and 8:40 A.M. daily frow Char- env ‘Tickets, Sleeping Car reservation and information furnished ut oitices, 511 and 1300 Veunsslvania ave- hue, and at Pennsylvania Railroad J’assenger Stax tion. Superintendent. oaxer. Tassenger Agent. jen. Agt. Pass. Dept, PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Station corner of ttn and B strects, effect September B, 1! 10:30 A.M. VENNSYLVANIA LIMITED.—Pullman Sleeping, | Din jyStnaking ‘ond Observation Cars jarri to Chicuzo, Cincinnat napolis, Bp. Lotisy Cleveland aad ‘Toledo. ” Butlet, arlot ir to Harrisburz. 10:30 A.M. FAST LINE.—Pullman Buffet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. Parlor and Dining Cara, Harrisburg to Pittsburg. 8:40 P.M. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUI8 EXPRESS.— Pallman Buffet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. Sicep- ing and Dining Cars, Harrisburg to St. Louis, cece ni pulsille and Chicago. 7:10 P es EXPRESS.—Pullman Sk ing Car to Chicazo and Harrisburg to Clevela Dining Car to Chicago. 7:10. P.M. SOUTH WESPERN ‘Pallman EXPRESS. Sleeping and Dining to St. Louis, and Sleep- ing i Harrisburg to Cincinnati. 10:40 P.M. PACIFIC EXPRESS.—Pullman Sleep- ing Car to Pittsburg. 7:80 A.M. for Kane, Canandaigua, Rochester and Niagara Falls dails, except Sunday. 10:30 A.M. for Elmira and Renovo, daily except Sanday. * For Williamsport daily,’ 3:40 P.M. 7:10 P.M. for Williazasport, Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls daily, except Saturday, with Si ing Cac Washington to Suspension’ Bridge 0. 10:40 P.M. for Erle. Canandaigua, Rochester, Buf- falo and ‘Niagara Falis daily, Sleeping Car Wash- ington to Elmira. ‘or Philadelphia. New York and the East. :00 P.M. “CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED,”” all Pare : 220, , 10: day, 7:05 ‘(Dining Cai) 9:00, 1 Gar) Lads, , 4:20, 6:40, 11:35 P.M. For Philadelphia be AM. week cays. ‘ex 00 (Dink , 10-60 and only, Fast Expr press, 2:01 und 5: 6:25, 7:05, , 7:50, ), 11:00'and 11:50 A.M..12:15, (4:00 Limited), 4:29, 4: 10:00, 10:40, 7:05, ' 7:20, 2 For Fone’ r daily. For Annapolis, 7:20, 0:00 AM. 12:15 and 4:28 dally, Gxcept Sunday. " Sindays, 9:00 A'S a : 2 Atlantic Coast Line. Rapress for Rickmond, Jack+ 30 A.M.. 3:30 P.M. daily, 8:40 PLM. daily. Ri Alexandria for Warhinzton, 6:05, 6:43, 7:05, . 9:10, 10:15, 19:28 +1300, 2:15, 8:1 5:00, 5-30, 6:13. 7. 20, 10: ind 11:06 P.M. ° On Sunday at 6:43, 9:10, 10: A-M., 2:15, 5:80, 7:00, , 9:10 and 10:52 P. ‘Ticket offices, northeast corner of 13th street at Pennsylvania avenue, and at the station, Gth a B streets, where orders can be left for the ing of baggage to destination from hotels aud resk dences. 8. M. PREVOST, J._R. Woop, General Manager. ral Passenger Gener BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedule in effect July 12, 1895. Leave Washington from station, corner of New jersey avenue and C ‘st For 0 and Northwest, Vestibuled Limited trains, 11:30 a.m., 8:20 p.m. Incinnati, St. Louls and Loutsville. Vestt« buled Limited, 3.45 p.m. night, For Pittsburg ‘Cle daily 11:38 ‘express, 12:01 Jand, express, a.m. and 9.10 p.m. For Lexington and Staunton, 11:3 m. r Winchester and way stations, °5:30 p.m. For Luray, Natural Bridge, Roanoke, Rnoxvitle, Chattanooga, Memphis and New Orleans, 11:20 p.m. daily; sleeping cars through. For Laray, 8:45 p.m. auils. For Baltimore, week dass, 54:55, 5:00, 6:35, 27:00, X7:10, x8:00, x8:25. x8:20. 29:20, 310:00, x11:30 a.m, x12:10, 1 x12:30. 13:00, 8:25, 31, "x5:05, 54:28, 4:31, 38:00, 8:15, x: Sundays, x4-:55. a.m. \, 5.35, x6:20, 6: and xi-01 olettj 5 80, 9:00. x10x ¥12:10, x12: int 250, *3:00, °4:33, *°5:35, 11:30 p.m. For Washington Junction and way points, *°°9:00, 80 a.m., **91:15 p.m. Express trains’ stopping at principal stations only. * 20 pe. YAL BLUE LINE OR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. All trains fMuminated with Pintsch light, pitt Philadelphia, Kew York, Boston and, the week days (i in ar), 2 Gar 8:00, (10200 Samy Dining Cary 10 eae Dining Car), 3:00 (6:05 Dining Car). 8:00 p.m. (12:01 night. Sleeping Car, open at 10:00 o'clock). Sundays (4:55 Dining Car), (7:00 Dining Car), (9:00 a.m. Dining Car), (12:30 "Dining Car), 8:00 6:03 Dining Car), 8:00 (12-01 night). Sleeping Car opens for passencers 10:00 p.m. Ruffet Parlor Cars on all day trains. For Atlantic City. week days, 4:55, 7:00. 10:08 $74 1120 a.m, 12:90 pm. “Sindays, 4:55 a.m. -30 p.m. For "ape May, 4:55 nm. /R:00 a.m.* Saturday only), 12:30_p.m." Sund :55 am. *Except Sunday. ***Sunday only. press train. * Barrage called for and checked from hotels residences by Union Transfer Co. on ordors left ticket offices, 619 Pennsylvania avenue north; New York avenye and Fifteenth street, and depot. CHAS. 0. SCULL. Gen. Pass. R. B. CAMPBELL. Ger. ger. Ex Agt, iy12 CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. Brhedule in effect July 1, 1896. Trains- leave daily from Union Station (B. and P.), 6th end B sts. rough the grandest scenery im America, wit the handsomest and most complete solid train serv {ce west from Washington. :25 P.M. DAILY.—“Cincinnat! and St. Special’*—Solid Vestibuled, Newly tric-lighted, Steam-heated’ Train. Pullman's finest sleeping cars Wastington to Louisville, Cincinnath ni Indianapolis t. Louls without change. Car from Washington, Arrive Cincinnati am.; Indianapolis, 11:30 am. and Chicago pm. St, Wau ‘ xington, 8: uisville, 11:50 &. 1 P.M. DA’ famous “F-F.V. Mid testihaled’ train: with ining cay ited.” A solid vestiinled. train, ining - eal and Pullman Sleepers for Clacinnatl, Lexingtos. and nge, Pullman Sleeper Waste ot Springs, - wither jon car from Hi 6:00 .m.: Indanapolis, 11:05 p.m.: Chicage, am, ‘ane St fants, 180 ames ‘connects “i jnion Depot for ali points. ORT AM EXCEPT. SUNDAY.—For O14 Potat Comfort and Norfolk, Only rail line. 23 PM. DA for Go E M. Express for Charlottesville, Waynesboro’, Staunton a pal Virginia points, dally; for Richmond, Qt ‘Sunday. “"Puilman focations and tickets at company’s of fices, 518 and 1421 Pennsylvania avenne, = — an COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS AND NOTARY PUB: lie for all_states ond territories a SPECIALTY by Bt. XS. Office (hasement), 1821 F st. my: we Cincinnati, 5:50 ville, rdonsvitle, “anil, ox General 38 in office, CHARLES 8. BUNDY, COMMISSIONER OF _D) Of ail the States and Territories, tt office hours. 1tf . Bw. (new Equity building). Commissioners of Deeds for exery state and terre 2 Public. United States Commissioner, oe Notary Toe: Teat R et. Maret Moorke STEAM CARPET CLEANING. AMMONIATED STEAM CARPET CLEANING Works—Carpets cleaned In the best manner, Mattresses made.to order. Oftire, 1720 Va. ave 1708 and 1710 E n.w. Telephone 804, M. WYER, Manager. UNDERTAKERS W. R. 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