Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1895, Page 19

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The man him- self was a puzzle with his unexpected re- turn, his unexplained errand into the ‘Adirondack mountains with apparently the wealth of an Astor in his possession. And then this man Golding, who hinted much and claimed more, and explained nothing. What could be the history of the diamonds that they should carry crime and tragedy in their course? it not fear that agitated the old soldier, not fear in the ordinary sense. ‘There had been no trepidation in his ascent to the hay loft to pursue an unseen bur- glar; there was po fear In him now as he sat an eavy target to any foe above who might chocse to destroy him. The roots of his trouble lay deeper than in the mere surface that responds to ordinary causes of fear. The diamonds and the episodes at- tendant upon them were secondary to the greater drama upon an act of which the curtain had risen when Dutton stepped upon the threshhold the evening before. All this is one form or another occurred to Mr. Warren as he sat with the pebble clenched in his hand, trying to understand how the attempt to break open his tool box had come about. He thought back over the chain of circumstances since he had found the pebble two or three hours earlier, beginning at the time where he had placed it in the box. Just previous to that he had finished his werk in the milk shed, and before that he had talked with his wife, and before that— There was the critical point! He had sat in the full light of day with the pebble in his hand working over it with a file in an absurd attempt to test its capacity for brilliancy. Somebody must have seen him then, and it must have been somebody whe was cognizant of the diamonds and who had reason to suspect the farmer of know- ing something about them. Else why should this somebody have been on the watch? for the inference was inevitable that he had been watched. = Was it Golding? Golding had passed ‘the house after the conflict at the ruined cabin, but he might have come back gecretly—he had come back and talked with Martha, and ho might have seen War- ren groping for the diamond in the grass. He might then have committed the at- tempt upon the tool chest. This supposition did not seem satisfac- tory, r able as it was, in the light = —= Shorten it with Cottolene in- stead of lard and see what a crisp crust it will have; how delicious and wholesome it will be. Pie made with Cot- tolene will do a dyspeptic good. Do everybody good because it is good. There is only one secret in cooking with Cottolene—use but two- thirds as much as you would naturally use of lard. Follow this rule and Cottolene will do the rest. viton plant wreath—on every tit. ‘Pian Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago, and 114 Commerce Street, Baltimore. thus forced to continue as spokesman, of other events. Who had borrowed Dr. Nason’s horse for a swift ride? Who had swept up the ashes of the cabin? Who had struck down Freeman Dutton? Mr. Warrea rose more troubled than when he had sat down, but he had come to a decision. Diamond, as this pebble un- doubtedly was, he would restore it to Dut- ton’s pocket, and thus, if possible, elude further anxiety on account of it. He left the barn intending to go directly to the Spare :oom and replace it, even at the risk of exposing his operation to his wife. Just turning in at the gate were Turner, King and Alvah Newcomb. They met him near the log where he had attempted to file the stone. “Mornin’, Nick,” said Turner, “how's the stranger?’ “Pretty comfortable,” replied Mr. War- eae “but he hasn’t been wholly conscious yet. Their faces were grave, and Warren noticed that they avoided looking directly at him. It was like his neighbors to call thus early when anytiing of unusual in- terest bad happened that concerned him; they had strolled in like this on the rare occasions of illness in the family, but it was not like them to glance sideways and shift from one foot to the other, as if they were debating whether to make some ‘lis- agreeable announcement. King sat down on the log, and putting his elbows on his knees, stared with as- sumed tndifference at the milk shed. Tur- ner followed suit, and Newcomb remained standing witi one foot on the log and his elbow on his knee. “Guess we're going to have a clear day,” remarked Warren. “Guess we be,” assented Newcomb, break- ing off a piece of bark from the log and crumpling it in his fingers, ‘thow’d the thing happen, Nic ‘What thing?” ‘You know well enough what I mean, “Morning Nick, suid Turner.” the attack on this man and the burning of Sam’s cabin.” “I'm not so sure that I should know what you méan. There's been a good deal hap- pening round here since last evenin “Well, you know what we mean now.” “I don't know.” Mr. Warren meant this remark hone erough as a reply to the original ques Lut Newcomb misinterpreted it. ‘Nick, you're dodging,” he said, almost ernly, “you know we meant to ask about the attempt to murder the stranger in your hcuse——” “Aud I told you I don’t know.” There was a dissatisfied expression on Newcomb’s face as he examined the bark dvst on his fingers’ ends, and Turner and Kirg remained immovable and glum. “I don’t know what what right you've got to say that I'm dodging,” said Warren, after a pause. “You've known me here for twenty-five years, and I don’t believe there’s a man in Granite, or the county either, that will say I ever deceived him or was afraid to face the fact: that’s right, Nick,” assented King, hout looking up; “that’s the kind of reputation you've got.” “Yes, that's right,’ admitted Newcomb, s ‘and I don’t say that it’s wholly, but it’s partly the reason we come up io ask you about this thing.” “I don’t deny your neighborly inter: in what happened up yonder,” said Warven, “and I ain't unwilling to tell you what I know, but that’s mighty little. I'm as much in the dark as anybody else about it We'll ‘low Nick,” cautiously re- marked Ne “but about this man, t there something you know that the of us don’t kno Warren compressed his lips, and for the first time since the conversation began ewcomb’s eyes. swered, ‘‘there ts.”” Newcomb’s eyes fell under the steady gaze of the old soldier. “Wal,” he said, awkwardly, “of course, every man’s got a right to keep his busi- ness to himself, but we thought that under the circumstances you'd feel like telling us 1 about it, and we kind of thought, Nick, as how we bad a right to know “I don’t see it,” responded Warren, firm- : “what circumstances do you ‘mean, that, Alvah Newco. looked appealingly at Turner and King, but one averted his eyes, and the other had not changed the direction of his stare into vacancy. Both were sileat. ‘The fact is, Nick,” resumed New: ib, ‘we ive in a little district all by ourselves where there ain’t usually no occasion to break the laws. We get along together as neighbors had always ought to, and we dcn’t have no need of constables or courts. Didn't you never reckon that we have no officer of the law roundabout this part of the township, and no official, ‘cept the postmaster?” “I've thought of it often ren, “and been proud of It.” “And when there comes along a breaking or the law we're rather hard put to it to know what to do. We can’t stand by and see the law broken and not do anything about it. ‘Twouldn’t do for the good name of Granite.” “Well, what are you coming to, “Here’s been an attempt at murde Newcomb, “and for what we know :t may come to be murder. The law demands and we as residents here have a right to de- mand that the guilty man shall be found and punished, and to that effect I may say we have a right to know all the fact “I have said that I can tell you nothing.” “And we think you can.” Newcomb was more positive in his speech now. His prefatory remarks had rolled off better than he had feared they would, and he was now ready to spring the mine he had prepared. “You was heard to say something pow- erful harsh about this stranger last night, Nick. These neighbors of yours neard you and we all think your words require ex- plaration.”” He stopped as if satisfied that Warren vas caught in a corner, from whence he cculd not escape. “So you heard me, did you,” said War- ren, with desperate calmness; “and you re- peated what you heard. Well, that’s nat- ural. It's ‘ike you. Kirg kept his eyes down, looked up and said: “We hain't been no tale bearers, Nick. We ain't the only ones who heard you wish the man had died. Which some people,” remarked New- “would say was a soft kind of way ying you was sorry you hadn't killed replied War- but Turner Warren's eyes flashed indignantly’ upon his neighbor and Newcomb drew back in- voluntarily, whereat the old soldier smiled his contempt. “See here, neighbors,” he said, “I’ve lis- tened patiently to all you've had to say, and J suppose what Alvah says is said for all of you. Now I'll take my turn, and I sha‘n’t keep you long. I regret what I said in the excitement last night, and I give you my solemn word it had ‘no reference to the attack made on Freeman Dutton. ‘That's the name of the man now sick in my house. ‘We understood his name was Dutton,” interposed Newcomb. “Yes, just wait a bit, Alvah. I'm coming to your understanding. You've got a lodger at your house, I believe, whose name is Golding.” “He’s stopping with us, yes.” “And he’s talked this over with you, and toid you how I went up the mountain alone and how I came back to say that I Here’s Been an Attempt at Murder, Said Neucomb, had found Dutton dead, and so on. He's told you all that, hasn't he?” “He naturally gave us the facts, Nick. “And he felt as keenly as you do, no doubt, that the reputation of Granite would suffer if the assallant of Dutton wasn’t caught. And you told him how there wasn’t even a constable short of five miles, and him the only one in the township, and he suggested to you that in such a case the village should take the matter into its own hands. So you three appointed your- selves a vigilance committee to come up and see me and get evidence. Don’t inter- rupt! You've read about vigilance commit- tees in the papers, haven’t you? Perhaps Golding made up the committee for you. Huh! the next thing I suppose will be a re- turn of this committee with the whole vil- lage tagging along, ard there'll be a trial in my dooryard with Golding for judge, i and judge advocate, and my neig! bors will come with a rope and serve as jury and hanging committee. Now, see here, Alvah, and you, too, Seth, and you, Jim, I’ve told you as neighbors that I know nothing about the attempted murder on the mountain. If so be that an officer of the law comes to hold me responsible for my deeds, even if he’s only Jere Smith, the township constable, I'll go with him peace- ably, and answer in any and every court every question that is put to me. But, hear me, neighbors, if you and the rest of the village take it into your hands to so much as examine me, I'll barricade my house, I'll become a soldier again, and the boundary line of my land shall be a dead line, and the first man of you that cross it, Pll put a charge of lead through him!’ Warren's neighbors heard this passionate outburst with bewilderment and conster- nation. Their jaws dropped, their eyes were staring, and a pallor of something like terror came upon their sunburned faces. They had not calculated on this. In fact, for Warren had analyzed their visit with a fair approach to correctness, they had not calculated on anything. If they had been a legislative committee of investigation they would have called their trip a fishing excursion, for Golding had encouraged them to think that, if they im- pressed themselves upon Warren in the manner taken by their spokesman, the old soldier would make admissions or at least say something that would tend to a break- ing down of his reticence as to what had happened between him and Dutton. Having delivered his ultimatum, and hav- ing stood a moment before them with clenched fists and flashing eyes, Warren turned abruptly and strode toward the house, where Elsie, who had been attracted by his rising voice, and who had heard the last part of speech, stood waiting in a new fright for the strange scene to come to an end. Warren stopped as abruptly as he had started, for Golding was coming around the corner of the house, having entered the Premises at the front gate, instead of at the le, as the neighbors had done. ‘Good morning, Mr. Warren,” he said with serenity. “May I have a word or two with you in private?” Warren’s profound anger was not of the kind that destroys control. His eyes glowed fiercely, and his attitude betrayed frank hostility, but he answered with com- posure: What do you want? Is it some new ch nee you will bring against me? or some 1 ric othing of the kind,” in a low voice. ‘I hoped to find you alone.” Warren looked him over a moment, and then, remarking, ‘Come along,” led the way tu the barn. They stood in the open door, while the three neighbors, recovering their senses slowly, as if they had been stunned by a lightning stroke, discussed the extra- ordinary situation in low voices, and lin- gered to see what would be the outcome of the new scene. “I suppose these good people,” said Gold- ing, “have been tormenting you with their crude inquiries—” “Instigated by you,” interrupted Warren. Golding bit his lip. “You jump to conclusions,” he resumed, “but in any event don’t you see that you are in danger of a very disagreeable ex- perience, to say the least? Now, I’ve been thinking it all over. I admire your pluck and firmness. What fs the sense of our re- maining hostile to each other? There are enough in those diamonds for twenty men like you and me. You've got an advantage of me in the matter by having Dutton in your possession, and it is only through him, I suppose, that we can get at them all, es- pecially the president.” “Hold on!” exclaimed Warren sternly, “you're going too mighty fast for me to keep up with you. You take it for granted that I'll strike a trade with you to rob a helpless man of his property.” “There’s no robbery, the property is as much mine as his.” “I won't dispute you. I don’t waht any- thirg to do with you. You'll get no help from me in recovering the property if it is yours, and as for the threat of conse- returned Golding You don’t drink cocoa Because you can’t digest it. and is a delicious food drink. ‘quences that you ve brought to me torture of my-wife my neighbors, I tell urself with them.” through your cowar and the stirring up you to go and hang “The hanging will for another party stggested Golding, ppressing his disap- pointment at Warrenff attitude. “I’ve nothing to say,”’ responded Warren. “There's the doctor. You'll want to talk to him after he comes out of Dutton’s room. e Vu Put a Charge of Lead Through Him. and when you've had your say with him, you'd better clear out. I won't have you in my house again.” He went toward the house, Golding slowly following, and both men were surprised and startled to see a buggy follow the doctor to the gate, and a priest get down from it. Dr. Nason waited until the reverend man had hitched his horse, and then conducted him to the front door. (Te be continued next Monday.) es MISSED WEALTH AND FAME. Something of the Man to Whom Many Credit a Great Invention. In a recent issue of the Buffalo Commer- cial John R. Chapin, now of Buffalo, gives some interesting reminiscences of Walter Hunt, who, in the opinion of many, includ- ing Mr. Chapin, was the real inventor of the sewing machine. “Let me close,” he said, “with an anec- dote of his talent in the line of invention. He came into my office on Nassau street one day looking quite downhearted, and to my inquiry, ‘What's the matter, Mr. Hunt?” he replied, ‘I owe you fifteen dollars, don’t I, Chapin? Well, I've not a cent in the world, and I don’t know where to get one.’ Upon my assurance that it did not matter he said, ‘Yes, but I don’t know where to get a meal of victuals.” After walking the floor for a few minutes in a brown study he suddenly exclaimed, ‘I have it. I'l be in this afternoon and pay you.’ “He went to his shop, took a piece of brass wire about eight inches long, sharp- ened one end, turned a coil in the center and a loop on the other end, bent it over and made the admirable shielded pin now in common use; took it down into Greene street, sold the right for $400 cash, came in before 4 o'clock, -paid me $15 and said, ‘There, Chapin, make ut the papers for that at once and your money is ready for you.’ 23.0 PRISONERS CHANGE NAMES, By This Method gn;iowa Forger Es- capes ‘a Sheriff. From the Globe-Democ A remarkable casecof deception was made known in the Illinols state penitentiary at Joliet, IIL, recently. Henry Failing, a con- vict was discharged, after having imper- sonated another man successfully during nis year’s sentence. About @ year and)a half ago Fating was confined in the connty jail of Keokuk, Iowa, having been arrested for passing worthless checks. ~Hg made his escape from thg prison, apd for several}! months was l¢st sight of. “Thén the Iowa officers learned that Failing had been arrested at Rockford and sent to Joliet for another crime. A year passed, and the sentence was finished. The sheriff from Keokuk ar- rived in Jollet prepared to take his man, but when the prisoner was brought before him he sald, “This is not Failing.” ‘The facts in the plot were then made ap- parent. Failing had been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment from Rockford, to- gether with a friend named Newton Lee. The deputy having them in charge had taken both to the penitentiary and deliver- ed them to the warden, but on the way they had planned to exchange names. Hen- ry Failing was stripped, measured, photo- graphed and numbered as Newton Lee, and was known as Newton Lee for a year, while Lee Is known as Henry Failing. Both were good prisoners, one being assigned to work in the chair department and the bogus Lee serving in the capacity of night cook. Neither betrayed his secret. One was @ regular correspondent, but the other wrote only occasionally, hence the chance of discovery was not great. Tuesday night Lee, by name, called for the chaplain and requested to See the warden and get per- mission for his discharge at 6 o'clock Fri- day morning, when his time was out. This was done, and Failing walked out, unac- costed by the Iowa sheriff, and joined his wife and child, who had arrived in the city the day before. ——+o+_____ A BLIND SURGEON. He Performs Delicate and Dangerous Operations With Skill. Boston Cor. Hartford Times. When Dr. James. R. Cocke was two months old both of his eyes were ruined by a blundering doctor, who administered a wrong medicine. Since then he has been totally blind. He is now thirty-two years of age. He locates a disease by his sensi- tive touch, and he tells the color of goods in the same way, singular as it may appear. A lady, who had eight or ten samples of dress goods,each about three inches square, handed them to Dr. Cocke the other day, and he at once told accurately the color and even the shade of color ofeach, and selected the samples of the best quality. When handed several national bank and government curren¢y bills, he at once told the denomination of each and-the color, whether green or black. He tells the com- plexion ef a person by touching the skin. it is difficult to believe that a blind man could do this, but he is seen to do it, and accurately, too. The Liveryman’s Loss. From the New York Weekly. Liveryman—“Terrible accident today. Mrs. Heaviweight hired a horse of me to take a ride, and had hardly gq started before the horse stumbled.”” Friend—“My! my! her?” Liveryman—“No; she the horse fall on 11 on the horse.” THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. 19 eee MISTOOK HIS MAN. How the President of Switzerland Camped Out. An amusing. story is told of the late ex- President Schenk of Switzerland. Unlike other potentates of Europe, he has been known for years past to spend his annual vacations in tramping among the Alps with one or more of his sons. Thus during the year of his last presidency (1893) he started off with two sons upon a tramp through one of the adjacent mountain provinces of France, and, as he was wont to do, took along tke requisite camping material, such as is used by the army of Switzerland when engaged in annual maneuvers. Arriving one evening late in the suburbs of a vil- lage, the party proceeded to put up their tent and prepare for supper, when the gendarme of the place came up and ordered them away, or first proceed to the mayor under arrest and secure a permit. President Schenk, although somewhat fatigued, at once strapped on his knapsack and accampanied tne officer to the mayor, rather amused than vexed by the turn things had taken. Upon being confronted by the mayor, President Schenk presented his passport, signed by himself, and duly authenticated by the French ambassador at Berne, Count Laufrey, which referred to the bearer as “His excellency, the Presi- dent of the Swiss Confederation.” At first the mayor sezined quite dumfounded, but, reccvering himself, at once, in the most obsequious manner, begged the president to excuse the action of the police officer, and fairly pleaded to have him accept the hos- pitality of the town, lest it might be said his corporation had failed to becomingly honor so distinguished a guest. But Presi- dent Schenk, in his habitual good humor, soon quieted the agitated mayor, and as- sured him the highest honor that could be offered to him would be to let him do as he pleased, and it would please him most to be allowed to camp out with his party, as had all along been his practice, whep upon his annual vacation tramps. President Schenk, as usual, slept in his tent that night upon an open field. —— AERIAL TRAVEL. Limitations Which Surround Animals in Their Flight. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. It is evident that not one of these would- be flying machine men has ever seriously undertaken to solve the problem mentally. There is but one way of getting through the air by mechanical action, and that is by cleavage. There are really only two forms of cleavage, the one as represented by wing action as applied by: insects and birds, the other a rotary action as repre- sented by the screw of a steamer. To the application of the wing principle there is a limit set by natural law, just as in animal forms there is a limit set to either bipedal or quadrupedal construction. There is, perhaps, no form of cleavage that represents the expenditure of foree more economically than wing action as manifested in the flight of a wild goose. Here is an exceptionally large avoirdupois for the wing area, but the bird cannot carry any additional weight. In the birds of prey, the body is lighter in proportion to wing surface—a light, compact frame, but immense muscular action, capable of carrying for a short distance a load of from eight to twelve pounds. But the limit is soon found, and there is not a winged creature on the earth weigh- ing fifty pounds that can mount into the air and cleave as a true flyer. Why do not the ostrich, the great auk, the emu and other congeners of these bird tribes properly fly, since they are equipped with cleavers as are other birds of flight? Walkers and swimmers, as well as flyers, are all, by natural law, limited within certain restrictions, and it is remarkable that these inventors have not learned this, as it is a fact of the utmost importance, and one which, in a careful analysis, must early disclose itself. Feminine Obtuseness. From the Indianapolis Journal. Mr. Wickwire—“Explain the silver ques- tion? Certainly, my dear. It really re- sclves itself into two propositions. One crowd wants the man who owes $1 to pay $2, and the other thinks he ought only to Wickwire—“But why shouldn't they make it co that he who owes $1 pays $1?” Mr. Wickwire—“Because in that case no ore would make any extra money. And still the women think they know something of the science of government. You. make me tired.” PACKAGES IN THE MAIL. Warning the Public Against Insu: cient Postage on Fhem. First Assistant Postmaster General Jones says that the Post Office Department has already begun to experience some indica- tions of the approach of the holidays in the matter of packages containing presents, these being packages sent abroad thus early in order to reach their destination in ample time. As the time gets nearer he says that the dead letter office will have a large number of these packages which have been missent. Mr. Jones, who appre- ciates the sentiment contained in a Christ- mas gift, hopes by a circular he has issued to lessen the number of packages that go astray each year. The circular urges per- sons who mail such packages to be careful and see that the proper amount of postage has been paid and that the article has been preperly addressed. He has just had oc- casion to address a letter to a person in South Africa telling him that a certain package is held for postage. The package has been sealed, or there would be enoush pestage to pay its way. As it is, the an in South Africa can, by remitting a dollar and a half, e by mail a fifty-ceat necktie. s in the post office not long ago a package of photographs. ‘They were unsealed, and without writing the pestage would have been eleven cents, but the age of a child was written on one, and it was over two dollars. 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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 drag- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL AQUISVILLE, KY. WEW YORK, W.¥. YOU ARE A . WOMAN And for that reason you must suffer. Why should women suffer front weakness, pains, bearing down sen- sations, loss of appetite, energy, despondency and the thousand ills so common? It is all wrong. The Almighty never intended it to be so. Woman was created for happiness and joy, not for sickness and misery. If You Stop to Think You will realize that there is one great cause for all these troubles, which is summed up in the word weakness. You will also admit, if you stop to think, that there is one great way by which it can all be avoided or cured. That way is by the use of the only one great known remedy for all such troubles, which is Warner's Safe Cure. Ask any physician, male or female, or pro- fessional nurse, any scientific man or woman of standing and research, any druggist who is worthy, and you will find that this is true. Why then will women suffer when the best of modern and scientific relief is at hand? oI9 BRIAR PIPE GIVEN AWAY MIXTURE for Ko tos cents Every pipe stamped DUKES MIXTURE or 2o7 Paruanrn 5¢ {ootemenmeamm armen m men oe me RECAMIER CREAM Care a Mad’ Skin and Freee rye a Good ABE 'in the Stofuings” mple Pest Paid On'Heceipt of 26 Ute. . MST We See sree New York. fo-ly noma aan veo = = = “ RUN-DOWN,” “tired out”? woman who complains of backache, headache, loss of appetite, ex- treme lassitude and poe don’t care’? feeling is pretty sure to be Battecing from “Female Weakness,” some irregularity or derangement of the special functions of womanhood. Very often womb troubles set the nerves wild with affright and as a Tesult the woman suf- fers from sleeplessness, nervousness, nerv- ous prostration, faintness and dizziness, irritability and Indigestion. In all cases of irregularity or suspended monthly function and in all those nervous diseases depend- ing upon local causes, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription will restore you to perfect health. Instead of the exhaustion and feeling of weight and dragging down in the abdomen, you feel fresh and strong. For ung girls who suffer from irregularities, for the hard-working woman who suffers from _catarrhal inflammation of the lining membranes causing a constant drain upon the system, there is no prescription used by any physician which cau equal in re- sults Dr. Pierce’s. For over thirty years Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physi- cian to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, N. Y., has used his “Favorite Prescription” in the diseases of women which had long been his spe- cialty and in fully ninety-eight per cent. of all cases, it has permanently cused. , of Patterson, Putnam A enjoy and the last bottle of Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- tion. I took five bottles of it. Never expected to be any better when I com- menced taking it, but thank God, I can say that Tam glad it reached my home. I had falling of the womb, and flowing caused by’ miscarriage, gud was very weak when I commenced taking your medicines. I was cured i2 by tal ing five ott es in all—two of the * Favorite 1 Prescription’ and three MRS. CONKLIN. of the ‘Golden Medical Discovory.’ Dangerous Use of Sthong Purgatives. Pills and yes which act quickly upon th&bowels, irritate and destroy the mugous linings of the stomach and bdyvels. A continued use of such regeges inflames the stomach and bo The use of the genuine imported Carlsbad Sprudel Salt is highly reeommended because its action is due'sol€ly to its solvent and stimulating properties, without irritating the stomach. Best results are obtained when outdoor exercise can be had. Obtain the genuine im- ported article only. o19 This is Headquarters For Lamps And Onyx Tables. Positively the largest assortment in the city. Every style known, and ut prices within the reach of all. Examine our stock before making your purchase. Geo. F. Muth & Co., 418 7th st. ow. ocl@24d. edding | 99 “GIFTS. You just throw away twenty-five * erling Dressing Combs. rerling Pocket Combs Sterling Cold Meat For Sterling Tea Strainers. terling 1% 3 sterling Fenholders. ¢ and | l. Goldsmith % on, lewelers, gir Pa. Ave. Dee eereeeeecees Pee eeeneveee Pee ecccnneeee an MEAN Your Washerwoman Gan't clean your LACE CURTAINS the way they should ‘done up.” Takes years of experience in handling finest fabrics to “do” them properly. | We've learned the art. them up to look their dalntiest without 1 injury. Wagon calls. Anton Fischer, 906 G St., MATCHLESS PROCESS DYEING AND CLEANING. 0018-104 WEDDING INVITATIONS may be divided into. three closes: Those to which you respond WILL- INGLY—those to which you respond UNWILLINGLY and those to which you don’t respond AT ALL. In the last we, as jewelers, naturally, no interest. In the other two we have A VERY STRONG INTEREST, and suggest that you favor us with an early visit and get the matter off your mind. C7The great variety of articles made specially for Wedding Presents, the alacrity of our salesmen and THE LOWNESS of cur prices make buying here a very easy matter for Tloore & Leding, JEWELERS AND SILVERSMITHS, 1109 Pa. Ave. 0c18-50d iking Eff Striking ects. ‘We keep fully abreast of the ever- changing fashions in wall rs. The new creations fn the Relief,’ ‘Fresco”” and French Applique designs are works of at and we are prepared to furntsh original designs in every conceivable color-blending in order to create, or to harmonize with any “effect” you may desire to produce. We would like to show you the new “‘Colonial’’ and new Japanese ‘Relief’ Papers—whether you wish to buy or not. Work and price Henderson, 13 F St. -Phone 970. oc8-3m24d Bargains In Long Hair Switches. 2.50. Former]; 3.00. rmerly & ry 10.50, 1.50. Formerly 50. Formerly (7 First-class uttendance im Hair Dressing, pool etc. oo our for keeping tbe oS. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. $e4-200 ee eeeceeneees hair THE NEW ILLUMINANT— Best and Cheapest— Acetylene Gas. Light. Heat. Power. May be seen every evening at 819 17th st. nw. 0c5-6t Do you know that electricity is a cheaper, better, safer and more re- liable power than steam? It makes a better light, too—better for stores— better for offices. ‘It is ss far ahead of gas as the modern electric locomotive is ahead of the old stage coach. We furnish power only. Telephone us to turn it on. U. 8. ELECTRIC LIGHTING ©0., 213 14th street. "Phone 77. ocl8-208 Go to Palmer’s FOR FINE [ilLLINERY. 1108 F St. N. W. ocd-1m,8 MME. BUSH. Grateful—Com forting. Epps’s Cocoa. BREAKFAST—SUPPER. LBy & thorcug knowledge of the natural laws which govera the eperations of digestion and nutri- tion, and by a careful application of the fine prop. ected Cocoa “Mr. Epps has provided akfast and supper a delicately favored ch may save us many heavy doctors’ Mills. Jt is by the jedicicus use of such articles of diet ‘that a constitdtion may be gradually built np util streng encagh to resist every tendency of dis- ense. Hund: ‘of subtle maladies are’ float around us ready to attack wherever there is a weal point. We may escape many a fatal shaft oy ceping Curselves Well fortified with pure blood and & properly nourished frame."—Civil Service Ga- rette. Made simply with boiling water or milk, ld only in haif-pound tins, by grocers, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO.. Ltd., Homoeopathic Chemists, London, “England. beverage wh oc5-s,m,tu,9m Carpets! No charge for waste in matching figures! Every housekeeper knows that from two to three yards of Carpet are usually wasted in covering an ordinary floor—and that in other stores she is required to PAY for this waste of material. She knows that it costs from ten to fifteen cents a yard—EXTRA- for the making and laying—no other house in Washington—nor in the WORLD—so far as we know—makes and lays CARPETS atsolutely FREE—and on i t! 1s We are prepared to cut, make and lay your Carpet WITHOUT DELAY—but we are getting BUSIER every day. Our new fall and winter stock is ALL HERE-the newest colorings and patterns—and a greater variety than you'll find in any other house in this city. Pio ee Cestees Parlor Suites, Chamber Suites, Sideboards, Stov Six big double floors full for you to choose from—every article has a price mark in PLAIN figures—lower, in many instances, than you can buy elsewhere for CASH. Your credit is always GOOD—no notes— no interest—pay for what you get @ little at a time—weekly or monthly. | GROGAN’S Mammoth Credit House,. 819-821-823 7TH STREET N.W.. BETWEEN H AND I STREETS. oclt. asresraseateasoateateafreseeteateasenseateesresenseaseeseatensne see geaseey cook bygas Hcre is the largest stock of Gas Heat- ers and Cooking Ranges im this city. Gas heaters and ranges bave improved wonderfully since last year—better t» heat and cook with. GAS APPLIANCE EX, . ¥. Ave.