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THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 23 CORRECT SOLUTION OF THIS STOKY, BYAWOMA\ ery story, “Before They Were fer a correct solution of which by a woman reader a prize of $259 in gold will be awarded. Several thousand guesses were ved by The Star before 6 o’clo Wednesday evening, when the polls were clesed. These will be carefully exam- ined. and in case a solution that is com- plete and absolutely correct in all fts de- tails not been received, the $250 in be allotted to the twenty-nine whose explanation shall come nearest to the trpe solution of the mys- tery according to their percentage of merit, as shall be decided by a committee appointed for the purpose, and the money will be Givided as follows: nM BEFORE THEY WERE MARRIED. HENRYC.PARKER; AUTHOR OF r “SCORNED TOTHE END; “ARBITRATION & C3 Ist Prize 2d Prize. | 25 Prizes of $ eacn 2 -$250.00 The firstyprize of $50 will be paid for the 29 Prizes; aggregating........ explanation which comes nearest to the true solution: the second prize of $37.50 to | the person sending the explanation next nearest, and so on, for the third and fourth prizes. "The remaining twenty-five prizes of $5 each will be awarded to the persons sending the twenty-five explanations next nearest to the fourth prize, as the judges may determine their merit. ‘The final chapter will give all those who have competed for the prize an opportu- nity of seeing how near they came to the correct solution. THE FINAL INSTALLMENT. XVL—THE PROFESSOR'S SECRET. To the doctor's infinite amazement, Mr. Philbrick appeared in the doorway of the little chamber. He glanced down, raised his hand, as if to warn the doctor not to cry out, turned about and, with his face towards the chamber, carefully closed the door. Then he nodded, as if satisfied of something, and slowly descended the stairs. His clothes were wringing wet, one ef his hands was bleeding, and there were scratches and bruises on his cheeks. “Is there a fire anywhere in the house, doctor?” he asked, with a shiver. “The Miniski is confoundedly cold tontght.” He spoke In a whisper, and the doctor an- swered in the same way: “Come to the kitchen.” Profoundly mystified and awed with a sense that the shadows were about to be cleared from Fairview, the doctor led the way to the kitchen, where Philbrick prompt- ly made for the stov You must have dry clothing,” said the doctor, impatient though he was to ask questions. “I brought an ole suit with me when last I came from my own house—" “Don't get them, doctor,” interrupted Philbrick, “but if you've a mind to, go out- side and find a bundle of my own clothes under the piazza, near the steps. I knew I should nevd them, and so came prepared He chuckled in his familiar, self-satisfied way as he observed the doctor's surprise. “My bath wasn’t involuntary this time— nor the other, cither,” he added. CHAPTER Dr. Willlams went out of doors, found Philbrick’s bundle of clothing, and took it in. Philbrick was half disrobed when he Mr. Philbrick Appeared at the Door- way. returned, and his lightness of manner seemed to disappear with his dripping gar- ments. The doctor found towels for him in the kitchen press, and stood aside until he was rehabilitated. As men sometimes con- fess th>mselves too full for utterance, so the doctor was too greatly curious to ask questions. He waited for Philbrick to offer an explanation. “Well, doctor,” said the latter at last, “I understand your gestures to mean that you wanted me to call. Here Iam. What can I do for you . “You have apparently done what I wanted,” responded the doctor. “I wanted that chamber opened. I could not force the docr without a noise that would alarm Miss Willis. I wanted to get word to the authori- tles, so that a search warrant might issue, and I sent the women, Mrs. Hubbard and Mrs. Appleton, to the village with a note to Justice Taylor about the matter. I've been expecting an answer for a long time. “Your note wasn't delivered,” said Phil- brick, quietly. ‘I have it in my wet clothes somewhere.” “You intercepted the women, then, claimed «he doctor in great displeasure. “I did, and, of course, I am prepared to offer every apology and explanation. I will say right at the start “that I don’t think you ever would have found what be- came cf the professor if you had forced that door. It was in my belief that I knew his secret that I ventured to upset your ju arrogate a geod deal of responsibil- turned the doctor, “but if you have t to shed upon’ this matter, and any your own connection with it, I shali not be lig) disposed to quarrel. You are as much past my understanding as the professor himself. How did you enter the house? Did you find Prof. Drummond « The doctor's curiosity was gaining “ex- pression, and Philbrick smiled slightly as he recognized that fact. Th your last questicn,” he replied, “I appointed man, The professor has follow arkweather. “Gre ied the doctor, “the last words I heard him say were to the ef- that he would follow Starkweather!" Indeed! Well, suppose we go up to the chamber and I'll show you how he did it. ‘The professor, as we are in the habit of calling him, was a wonderful mechanic, you knov plenty of evidence of that about se. and one of his masterpieces, though not to my mind his crowning work, was this contrivance for disappearing. I don't think y will care to explain it to Miss Drummond, so let's go quietly and not at- tract 2ttention.” = They were passing through the dining room as he spoke. On tip-toe they went up the stairs and entered the little cham- ber. “There isn’t ght enough here," whisper- ed Philbrick, “bring a lamp, or better, a lantern and some rope. The doctor speedily found the desired articles and returned to the chamber with them. Philbrick was @itting in a chair near the door. “I think It’s safe enough,” he said, “but I wouldn't go to the bed just yet, doctor.” Raising the lantern the doctor saw that the bed had much the same appearance that it had when he visited the room on the morning of Starkweather's disappearance. ‘The pillow was indented as by a man's head, and the coverlet was slightly disar- ranged. There was one detail in the room, however, that had not been there before. It consisted of a cord running from the head of the bed up the wall and across the celling over little pulley wheels, to the key in the door, A glass with the dregs of some liquid in it was on the stand. “Now, doctor,” whispered Philbrick, “I'm going to lock you in here for a moment. You keep the lantern and stand by this chair. Keep’ your eyes on the bed.” He withdrew the key from the lock and opened the door. Dr. Willlams felt as if he were about to be Initlated into some gecret order by means of a trying ceremony. He would not have admitted that he felt trepidation, but he was conscious of a sense of profound apprehension. “You don’t mind, I hope, brick, pausing. “No, hurry!" Philbrick stepped into the hall and closed the door. A moment later the doctor heard the key grating in the lock. His eyes were upon the bed, and his blood ran cold as he saw the edge nearest the wall sink, sink, until the entire body of the bed’ hung straight down from the frame, and in the im light of the lantern he saw a hole ex- tending down through the floor. Up from suggested Phil- its depths came the gurgling and hissing of the Miniski. . The doctor stood perfectly still. Again he beard the grating of the key, and with the same steadiness of motion the bed re- sumed its former position. Then Philbrick opened the door and came in, a somber smile cn his face. “Do you see now Sdoctor?”’ he whispered. “Partly,” responded the doctor. “Let's look more closely.” Piilbrick turned the key from the inside this time and again the bedside descended. Both men drew near the edge of the hole and looked down. Philbrick atached the rope the doctor had brought him to the lan- tern and lowered it. Part way down it hit an’ obstruction. “That's one of the spikes,” remarked Phil- brick. “Look close and you can see that the walls of that narrow well are lined | with spikes. They are of the same kind that | are used on tke professor's wonderful loom for making wire nets. They account for the daughter might be cognizart of her fa- ther’s character and the nature of his busi- ness. 1 am now convinced that she is en- tirely innocert.”” “Do you mean that you suspected Miss Drummond of complicity in the murder?” asked the doctor, indignantly. “Oh, no! no! no! I meant the other secret. Let’s move this alleged loom. I tnink we shall find the secrst back of it.”” ‘The doctor complied as if he were acting in a dream. They tugged together at the machine, but it failed to budge. “Fann: mutiered Philbrick, “there was a mark on the floor that day we were here that showed the loom had been moved. Suppose you close the door, doctor.” Dr. Williams shut the door, and before he had returned to the loom Philbrick had drawn {t easily from the wall. As it came out a doer opened behind it. The passage it revealed was dark. Phiibrick took the lantern eagerly and entered. “Come on, Doc!” he called “here we are!” The doctor followed. They stood in a small chamber cut out of the ledge against which the house stood. A small work bench and a printing press. were the chief furnish- ings. On the bénch was a quantity of paper cut to the size of bank notes. Beside them were two copper plates and some engraver’s tools. Philbrick took up one of the plates. | “One hundred dollars, Bank of America,’ he muttered. “That's right. Professor Drummond, you see, was a counterfeiter”| Starkweather was his engraver. When Starkweather’s work was done the professor had no further use for him.” ‘And you are a detective,” said the doctor. am in the United States secret service,” | responded Philbrick. ‘We suspected Drum- | excitedly, eral who have been engaged in watching him. My wife is a detective also. She had been investigating the operations of the professor during his absence after the mur- der. His journey was undertaken for the purpose of floating a great quantity of his counterfeit bills. Unfortunately, I, didn’t keep Mrs. Philbrick posted as to the exact game I was playing here, and she was badly upset at first when she caught me flirting with Miss Louise. She's forgiven me now, but she couldn’t stand the thought of my retaining friendly relations with Fairview. So I had to. work from outside. I am great- ly disappointed. I wanted to take the man alive, but I had no evidence whatever on which to base a search of the house. Of course, I could have forced a search on in- the mutilations on Starkweather’s bo@y, and they will account for the mutilations on tne prefessor when he is found. They also account for the scratches on my hand and face, for although I couldn't have climbed up the well without them, I couldn't dodge them, all in the darkness.” “Then you swam across the river and un- der the house?” “Pretty nearly. I realiy entered the river from this side, but 1 got under the house and then ascended to this room. It was the only way of verifying my theory, for if the door had been unlocked, the hole would have closed, and no one would have thought of locking the door from the inside to see the machine work.” “But what if the door had heen forced?” “It might not have worked then, but in all probability’ your clever constable would have taken pincers and turned the key from without. That would have released the mechanism, the bed would have swung into place by the time the door was opened, and notody would have been the wiser. Be- it i wanted to settle the thing in my own “I.can quite understand that," said the doctor, “but this isn’t the end of your work, I'm sure." “Far trom it. There remains for your satisfaction an explanation of the reason why the professor killed Starkweather. I take it you know how it was done?” “I'm not sure of the details. I supposed it was by electric shock, but where and how Starkweather ignorantly made the connection, I don’t know." “It's immaterial, but we can infer it easily. It was enough for me when I saw the ‘symptoms of electricity on Stark- weather's body that the professor had kill- ed him. I knew why it was done, and I didn’t care how. Let's go downstairs.” In the corridor where Starkweather fell dead, Philbrick said: “Betsey says Starkweather went in here: the professor said so, too, though that doesn’t count. Betsey told me this evening that she had seen the professor working over this floor at night. the floor ripped up if you like; I don’t care for the detail, but I can guess that you will find nothing directly beneath this spot. You will, however, be able to trace where electric wires used ty run from the dining table to this point, one connecting with the handle of the shop door, the other with the board on which a man stands when he opens the door. You will not find the pole of a battery in the floor now, or in the shop, for it ‘sa thousand to one that the professor destroyed it after it had served his purpose, for there is no doubt whatever that the murder of Starkweather was planned mpnths before it took place. ‘That was why the house was so recon- structed as to permit of the making of that extraordinary well. The main trouble with the professor's scheme was Betse: un- expected view of the dead man. That brought abont a chain of circumstances with which you are familiar, and in which the professor bound himself more inex- tricably every time he tried to turn. It drove the man mad.” “But why did he kill Starkweather?” asked the doctor. “Let us g0 into the shop and find out.” “Tne door {s closed and neither of us knows the combination.” “I anticipated that.” Philbrick’s pockets bulged with various articles. bit, He now produced from them a stock and augur and a slender saw. getically he set to work, the doctor interposing no objection, and in less than half an hour he had cut the lock out of the docr. It opened readily, and both en- tered the shop, which was’ apparently as it was upon the day of their visit. “The disposition of Starkwea: said Philbrick, ‘“‘was as much a mystery to me as to you until the professor took us in here. I had already fixed the plan of the house He Saw ai Hole Extending Down Through the Floor. preity thoroughly in my mind, and when here I became convinced that the shop was too narrow. The top of this room, accord- ing to appearances and according to the professor's statement, more than covers tke floor space of the chamber and one cther room, but it struck me that the wall of the chamber on the side where the bed stands would lie outside the wall of the shop. It does so. This partition,” pointing to the one against which the work bench stood, “in fact, is in line with the front, not the back of the bed. It was put up to make the well. With these points in mind I experimented with surveyor’s instruments, trying to ver- ify the plan of the house as I believed it to exist. I couldn't be certain, so I had to give up pure science and try the experiment of entering from the river. I succeeded be- cause the professor had left the bed down when he departed. If you analyze the liquid in the glass above there you'll doubtless find it to be poison, or et least a powerful soporific. Having drank a dose, the profes- sor lay down, locked the door by pulling the cord attached to the key, the trap bed drop- ped and he followed Starkweather. You can hardly imagine how I've worked over this problem. I fished from the piazza in order to study the currents of the Miniski; I threw bits of bark Into the stream from the ledge for the same purpose; I accidentally tumbled into the river also for that purpose and for the sake of getting a friendly footing in the house. Once here I could see no better way of retaining a familiar acquaintance than by making love to Miss Louise. I was aw- fully sorry for you: ‘Don't speak of it,” interrupted the dec- tor, coldly. “I'd rather not feel called upon to express an opinion of your conduct." “Disgraceful without a doubt; but I had a big purpose, and you'll excuse me for fin- ishing, I’m sure. I thought at the start that You may have} Philbrick Took Up One of the Plates, formation and belief, but I dared not risk that. The old fox would have eluded me. For the same reason I didn’t want him in- dicted for murder. It would have spoiled my game. So I took Charles Starkweather into my confidence. He saw that if I were allowed to go ahead in my own way the inquest might come tgnothing, but the pro- fessor would be expesed in the end. TI don’t see his machinery for making paper like the government paper, but I am convinced that he has a paver mill somewhere. He was a great mechgnic! and yet, there is nothing among the murderous and criminal contri- of this house that really novel. systems of traps and weights and deli- ate machinery may be duplicated on the stage of any city theater. Philbrick never found the professor's paper mill, but the professor's body was found next day in the flume where workmen 1 found Starkweather. Mrs. Appleton med it as that of her husband. She a secret marriage with the professor, a fact of which her sister, Betsey Hubbard, was cogniza Appleton was not wholly in the 's secret, but she was in his power, a sey Knew just little enough of the man’s criminal operations to be in terror of him. Amelia was removed to the doctor's home, where she recovered fully, and they are making speedy preparations for their wed- ding. Louise has gone to live with relatives of her mother's, and if some day true love is again offered to her, it Is not probable. that she will again play fast and loose with it to the end of missing the one consolation that can come to one afflicted as she was. (The end.) — TRAVELING GROCERL How Tradesmen Seek to Enforce a Florida License Law. From the Florida Citizen. An attack on an important institution maintained by the Plant system has pveen made at Orlando, Fla. Two employes in charge of the railroad “supply car” have heen arrested on the charge of selling goods withovt licenses. The same complaint has been made in other communities at various umes. Frem the railroad point of view the supply car combines benevolence with bus- iness, but the storekeepers of Orlando think it is an unwarranted interference with their legitimate traffic. The supply car has been in use on the Louisville and Nashville system for years. It wos introduced on the Plant lines by Gen- eral Superintendent Dunham. The purpose of the car js to furnish the track hands with supplies, saving them the necessity of losing time in going to market. It is stocked with everything that a laborer requires for his family, and goes over the road twice a month. The men are furnished whatever supplies they want at cost, with 10 per cent added to cover handling. They are not com- pelled to buy from the car, but it is almost universally patronized. Experienc> has demonstrated that a large army of laborers can be kept very much better under proper discipline if they are furnished with whatever they may need in the way of supplies at their place of work. If the laborer goes to the neighboring towns to buy his supplies, he buys on credit, and properly the merchant charges him a ger price than he would charge a cus- tomer who paid cash. The railway company does not run the with the expectation of making any profit on the goods. The per- son in charge is authorized to furnish sup- plies to employes only. The Plant system has in its employ about 1,500 track hands, and this large force keeps in-safe condition the 2,000 miles of track. It is necessory that these laborers should be thoroughly disciplined and always at their posts. They are furnished homes, rent free, by the company on the line of road, and the company ts now furnishing them supplies practically at cost. NOT A BARBER. A College Eduention and the Use of the Razor. From the New York Journal. When the professor came into the club yesterday afternoon his erudite countenance was ornamented at several points with sticking plaster, and there was a gencral inquiry among ‘his friends as to what was the matt “Razor,” said the professor, briefly. “Great Caesar! where did you get shay- ed?’ asked young Rounder, sympathet- ically. t's a strange thing,” said the professor. “I was shaved this mornirg by a man who really is, I suppose, a little above being a barber. I know of my own knowledge that he is an alumnus cf one of the leading American collsges; that he studied in Hel- delberg afterward, and spent several in other foreign educational cente know also of my own knowledge tha has contributed scientific articles to our best magazires, and has numbered among mond long ago, and I am only one of sev- | ¢ A GAME ‘OF BLUFF Admiral Meade’s Opinion of the Policy of England. TAPANS FOSITION HE DISCUSSES And Scout's thé Idea of Hostility to This: Country. CHINESE TACTICS S THIS COUNTRY afraid of Japan? Li Hung Chang is quoted as saying that President Cleveland's policy regarding the Hawaiiar Islands and his failure to in- vervene in China's behalf during the re- cent war in the east were due to fear of the new power of the orient. He as- serts that Japan has a larger and better fleet of warships than the United States, with ten times as many terpedo boats. She could lay the whole of the defenseless Pacific coast nuder con- tributicn, burning San Franvisco with ex- plosive shells and holding at her mercy the cities on Puget sound. Incidentally, the Japanese would “take possession of the railroads, mines and manufactories and would hold them until any indemnity they chcse to ask was paid.” These remarks from Earl Li have ex- cited ro little mirth among army and navy men here. They were referred by the writer to Admiral Richard W. Meade, who said: “Why, Japan might be able for a while to give us some trouble on the Pacific coast, owing to the lack of adequate defenses, but the sitaution would change as quickly as we got our ships around there. It is not true that our ships are inferior in number and strength to those of the mikado’s empire. “Amcngsother things you must remem- ber that in order to attack the United States Jgpan would have to transport stores coal a distance of 3,000 miles. Furthermore, a fight of attack is much more difficult than a fight of defense. Li Hung Chang's remarks, if he has been cor- rectly quoted, are absurd. ‘fo begin with, you must consider the equation between the American and the Japanese. I do not un- derrate the fighting capacity of the Jap- arese people; I have the highest respect for them. But the American navy would walk right through their fleet. When we were comparatively feeble we held our own against Great Britain. Out of thirty odd fights during the war of 1812 we won twenty-seven. Protection of San Francisco. “We must take into account the fighting capacity of the American people. We are rot armed with bows and arrows, and San Francisco is by no méans defenseless. The forts that guard that city have powerful smooth-bore guns, which are able to keep at a respectful distance any war ves less strorg than a battle ship. I do not In lieve that Japan possesses three ships strong enough to pass the forts at San Francisco. A cruiser could not get by with- out being hopelessly disabled. Perhaps you will remember that during the late civil war Charleston, with infericr defens held a fleet of iron-clads at bay until th close of the conflict. “We have now built and finished nearly fifty modern fighting ships, large and small. If private establishments were set to work, it is probable that we could put afloat 300 terpedo boats within six months, getting ready meanwhile to launch more formidable vessels. It is true that it takes three years to float a battle ship, but the government of the United States could buy a few battle ships ready-made in case they were sorely needed. And even if these purchased battle ships were not s0 good as American battle ships, such as the Indiana, the Massach:- setts and the Oregon, the men who manned them could hold their own with the natives of any other country under heaven. “But after all, what folly is such talk! Japan will never go to war with the United States. She is and always has been the friend of the United States. The Americans Ike the Japanese. Japan owes to the Amer- ican squadron, under Commodore Perry, a good deal of the spirit that has put her in the fore-front of modern progress. The in- terests of the Japanese, who are rightly called the Britons of the east, are all on the Asiatic side of the Pacific. It is inconceiv- able that they could have any grievance ogairst the United States, or that the United States could act in such a manner as to provcke a serious controversy with Japan. War With Great Britain. “The only war in which we are at all like- ly to engage is with Great Britain, and I be- Heve that the first shot fired in anger be- tween England and this country will prove the death knell of the British empire. The reason why we haven't -had fair play from England hitherto ts that we do not play tne national game of poker as well as she does. She has bluffed us right along. The late Gen. Schenck, when minister to the court of St. James, taught the British aristocracy and the governing class how to play poker, and they have been playing it better than ourselves ever since. We have lacked the rerve to call England’s blufts. “The American people have not degener- ated. That was demonstrated by the civil war. We Rave the south with us now, and the plick and courage of the fighting men of the south has never been doubted by arybody. They would fight side by side with us in the event of a war. Gen. Long- street, speaking the other day on the Ven- ezuclan question, remarked that if we had trouble with Great Britain ‘the fighting would pe in the British channel. What did he mean by that? He meant that today the south is with the north heart and soul. I imagine that Gen. Longstreet Is as good an exponent of the feeling of the south as can be found. “Li Hung Chang is quoted as saying that the Japanese are a warlike and aggressive people, who would be ready to pick a quar- rel with the United States on a_small pre- text. This is entirely absurd. While ‘t is true that the Japanese are good fighters, high-spirited and courageous, they are es- sentially courteous, just and right-minded in dealing with foreigners. They are a race of gentlemen. In such respects they are the exact opposite of the Chinese, who are tricky, unscrupulous ‘nd doubl2-faced. The Chinese are by nature subservient and timid. I do not mean to say that they lack personal courage; they stand killing very well. But there are other semi-civil- NOTHING GAN'BE WORSE For the stomach than strong pur- gatives and apérients. The genuine Carlsbad Sprudel Salt is a natural, pleasant aperient, laxative and diru- retic. Best taken when outdoor ex- ercise can be had. Be sure and se- cure the genuine, which has the sig- nature of “EISNER & MENDEL- SON CO., Agts., New York,” on every bottle. his intimate friends men of the hij, cial and scientific America. And yt oliloquized the fessor, can't shave a man decentl; “By Jove!” exclaimed young Roun. anding in Europe and pro- astonishment. “What is he a barber for with all those accomplishments?” “Oh, he isn't a barber,” said the pro- fessor, yawning. self this morning.” You see, I shaved my- You don’t drink cocoa Because you can't digest it. and is a delicious food drink. | Grateful—Comforting Epps’s Cocoa. BREAK. SUPLER. “By a thorough edge of the natural laws which gcvera the operations of digestion and nutri- tion, and by a careful application of the fine prop- erlles Of well-sciected Cocoa Mz. Epps tas provided for our breakfast and supper a delicately flavored beverage which may save us many heavy docters’ Usnls. Je is by the jedicicus use of stich articles of diet that a constitition may be gradually built ap upill strong encugh to resist every tendency of dis- euse. Hundreds of suotle maladies are’ floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak int. We may eseape many a fats ceping Curselves well fortified with @ preperly nourished frame.”"—Civil zette. Made simply with boiling water or mili. Sold only in balf-pound tins, by grocers, labeled us: JAMES EPPS & CO.. Ltd., Homoeopathic Chemists, oc5-s,m,tu,9m i ized rages that stand killing as well as they do. While their spirit of submission dces not indicate a lack of physical cour- age, it is not consistent with the quality that makes a conquering people. Chinese Tactics. “Some years ago I saw a copy of a Chi- nese work on military taczics. I was not able to read the text, but, as well as I eculd ascertain from the illustrations, the tactics prescribed for the celestial army consisted largely In making ugly faces at the enemy. The rule seemed to be that the side which made the ugliest faces was the one to which the palm of victory right- fully belonged. This book, which was the property of General Sherman, was some- what ancient, but, inasmuch as the Chi- bese are exceedingly conservative and wedded to precedent, I imagine that the tactics I describe were the ones which the Chinese employed in the late war with Japan. A story is told of a midshipmaa in the American navy who had a remarkably good opinion of himself, and on that ac- count was unpopular with she ship's com- pany. On one occasion it became his duty to place in irons an intoxicated Irish sailor, who said to him, with a drunken leer: ou’re a foine feller, Mr. C. I think ye’s raise the divil if ye had a basket of eggs and a big stick.’” ee AN EXTRA HARD JOLT. The Blind Man Was Not Aware That a Row Was in Progress. From the Buffulo Express. A blind man got on a trolley car the other day and took a seat near the door. Soon afterward a drunken man got aboard. When th2 conducter tried to collect the drunk’s fare, he refused to pay, and the conductor undertook to put him off. The drunk was a big man and full of fight, and matters began to be pretty lively. The con- Guctor and the obstreperous passenger wrestled for a few minutes, and finally both went down together cn top of the blind man. Then several other passengers went to the conductor's assistance, kicked the drunk off, picked up the blind man and put him on the seat again. ate you hurt?” asked one sympathetic- ally. “Oh, no,"" replied the blind man. “I’m used to riding on trolley cars, you know. But, say, ion’t you think chat jolt was un- necessarily hard? I always expect to be thrown oft my feet “every time the car stops, if I am standing, but I never was thrown out of my seat before.” Being blind he had not realized what had caused his mishap, and supposed it was due merely tu the ordinary tumbling about of passengers that the patrons of the Buffalo cars have become accustomed to whenever the brake is applied. —$_$§<es—__— A PECULIAR WILL. Intended to Found an Institution Where Communism is to Be Taught. From the Buffalo Express. The will of Charles B. Phillips, who died In the Presbyterian Hospital in Nev York on October 25, is most curious in its pro- visions. He leaves lite to his wife and farnily and the bull of his property is to go to the founding of a university which shall teach communism—that is, if relatives and lawyers allow It to be devoted to that ob- ject. In the proposed institution “lawful pursuits in life shall be taught scientifically and practically, and no teacher shall be em- ployed in this institution unless he shall ad- vocate the New Testament of Christ and the acts of His disciples when they had all things in common, makiag man the brother and not the pirate ani robber of his fellaw- beings, and its teachings shall be the or- ganizing of the human race into a vast part- nership, and through whose agency no mem- ber would ever want.” Part of the instruction is to be upon the marriage bond, “which cannot be consti- tuted by a ceremony or civil contract at all, but, like Christianity, is a divine institu- tion and dependent on the heart; ‘other- wise, the domestic relation falsely calle: marriage is nothing but legal prostitution His book upon ‘True Marriage” is to be the chief text-book in use. The Oneida com- munity and Thomas b. Bryan and the senior judge of the supreme court of Illi nois are to be the trustees, and the uni- versity is to be located on lands bought by him some years ago in Illinois. Phillips was an eccentric man. He spoke half a dozen languages, but dressed like a tramp, and for seventeen years occupied one of the cheapest rooms in a small hotel. He was known as Old Socrates. A good, healthy wholesomeness will make even a homely face attractive. There are many reasons why vomen should take care to be healthy. One very strong reason is that beauty and illness are very seldom found together. Tilness—and cially the kind peculiar to vy. men—makes the complexion bad, the eyes dull and sunken, the manner listless and the intellect dull. No woman in this condition can be at- tractive to her friends. Personal ap- pearance counts for much, but comfort amounts toeven more. Wat's the good of living if one cannot enjoy anything? If headaches and backaches and drag- ging weariness and pain accompany even slight fatigue? if the system is constantly subjected to a debilitating drain, where is the energy to come from to make enjoyment possible? Personal comfort and a consideration for the feelings of others are two of the incentives to an effort to secure health. * If the illness is in any way connected with the purely feminine organism (and the chances are ten to one that it is) Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription will cure it. Dr. Pierce has used the “ Prescription” in his practice for thirty years with un- broken success. A large book (1000 es and illustrations) written by im entitled ‘‘The People’s Medical Adviser”? will be sent ABSOLUTELY FREE on receipt of 21 cents in one-cent stany to pay tage and wrapping only. Address WorLD's DISPENSARY MEDICAL Assocation, Buffalo. N.Y. cxeeee eee eee eed FF ‘| Baldness is Curable! «|. Hunfteds of unsolicited o| that LORRIMER'S »| FORCER is the gi y for Baldners 3] ker discovered. It will positively force a be profusion of hair on the baldest head at an: age, no matter from what cause the bal *| ness arises, and after all other remedies: *| have failed. It cures bald patches, scanty ¢] partings, hair falling out, dandry 1° Weak and thin elashes and eyebre |o] will restore gray and faded. to Its o. lo] color. It will je) growth of Wh |.| smoothest face w (| delleate skin e rt |e Contains no dye, se or any le I ingredients. Prepared by Lorrimer \ Reltimore, Md. ib 5Oe. a i Washington 4 x j*| PHARMACY, 1429 Pe = i Call and get a deseriptive js) a2tme ieeveeeees ~~ NaN ‘Dentistry. ‘The association plan tan expert for each branch) gives the highest rkill at the lowest cost, and Jn convection with oar epeclal aprilances insures pain- less oper%uns fnvariably. We shall be glad to make an esti- uate on your dental needs— gratis, of course. CF Painless Extracting, 54e.; Painless Filling, 73c. up. Best Teeth, $8. Cor. 7thand D N.W ) S. Dental Assn., Ca A NEW DISEASE. Street Railroad Conductors Are Liable to Contract It. From the Syracuse Post. There is a new disease not down“in the catalogue of the latest medical, experts. Street railway conductors are the persons affected. As far as can be learned about a half dozen employes of the Syracuse Street Rallrocd Company have lately been afflicted more or less with a swelling of the eyes, accompanied by partial blindness. The con- ductors in question, without exception, stuck to their work, but one of them was fcreed to undergo medical treatment. He had observed from time to time~that his hands grew black from contact with the brass railings of the car when he jumped on and off. In windy weather he had to wipe his eyes more or less to brush away the moisture. These two things he only observed after he was well along in the stage cf the eye trouble. He consulted a physician and was treated for metallic poisoning, finally recovering without diffi- culty. Then he came to the conclusion that the contact with the railing was respons- ible for the trouble. Since that time he has worn gloves and has not experienced the disease. But those conductors who do not know his experience may yet suffer. This man was afflicted for four weeks. Motormen ere not troubled with tae dis- ease, as they wear gloves. ping ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only rem@iy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Donot acceptany substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP 60, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. QUISVILLE, KY. MEW YORK, WY. DR.CHASE’S Blood*Nerve Food Yourse , Rese rere TAKING in For Weak and Run-Down People from Childhood to Old Age. WHAT IT IS! The richest of all restorative Foods, because st replaces the same substances to the blood and nerves that, are exhausted in these two life-giving fluids by disease, indigestion, Worry, excesses, abuse, ete. By taking the blood’ pure and the digestion perfect, it creates solid flesh, muscle and strength. Tbe nerves be- ing made’ stronz, the brain becomes active and For restoring lost vitality and stopping all Trains and weakness in elther sex It has worth its eer st ho equal, and as a female regulator it 1s weight in gold. One box lasts f0c., or 5 boxes $2.00. Drugs’ < FREE. aig THE DR. CHASE COMPANY, nol2-tu&sat6St 1512 Chestnut st., Philadelphia. a! —~_—~o~eorrrnrrrrrerr ams — KNEESSI, 425 7th St. 5 OC, for 75¢- Sterling Silver Trimmed ‘Combination Pocket Books Mon- regular Sterling Silver-trimmed Real Asa day, we Te. Leather Combination Pocket Books go at Boe. each. “spectal shall offering for let our With every purshuse of $2 worth or more we give free a Real Leather Col- lar or Cuff Box or an elegant Whisk Broom and Holder. We mark rames on all leather goods, and we will lay aside anything until later cpon a small deposit. de13-64d (KNEESSI, 425 7th ; Get the Best— “THE CONCORD HARNESS,” Horse Blankets and Lap Robes in great variety and at iowest prices. LUTZ & BRO., 497 Pa. Ave. N.W. Avery ‘cheap fuel —1s COKE, Cheap because it costs less than coal—economnical because it lasts longer. Ignites quickly and gives off no smoke, and contains neitber dirt nor climkers. Splendid fuel for range, latrobe, furnace, grate or open fire- place. * 40 bu. (anerushed), $2.90, 40 bu. (crushed), $3.70. Delivered to any part of the city. WASHINGTON GASLIGHT CO., 413 10TH sT., or Win, J. Zeb, 926 N St, "Phone 476, 4-28 OD OO Electric power ——is clean, stable and inexpensive com- pared with steam or gas power. It is sure and safe, too. Electric light is better than gus light, because it fs stronger and less hurtful to the eyesight. If you are thinking about putting in electric light or power see us about it. . 8. ELECTRIC LIGHTING ©0., 218 14th st. "Phone 77. 42-204 MUNYON. Mrs, Holt Says His Improved Home opathic Home Remedies Cured Her of Rheumatism. Mrs. D. Holt, 206 Champlain street, Detroit, Mich., says: “There is no doubting the power of Munyou’s Rheumatism cure over disease, For ten years I was a rousiant sufferer from rheumatism, My feet were swollen and I could pet eave my bed. We tried all kinds of medicines, but I never found relief. Finally 1 began using Munyou's Rheumatism The first dose worked a marvelous change, Care. and after I had fished one bottle the swelling in my foot avas cured aud canvot say enough in praise of Munyon's Iheuma- tism Cun Munyon's Rheumatism Cure never fails to relieve 3 houss, and cures In a few days, Price, rspepsia Cure is guaranteed to cure indigestion and stomach troubles. ®: * Kidney Care speedily cures pains in the s and ¢roins all forms of kidney dis- 1, 25 cents, Munyon’s Vitalizer. restores lost power to weak men. Price, $1. A separate cure fyr each disease. At all drug- gists, mostly 25 cents a bottle. Personal letters to Professor Munyon, 1505 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa., answered with free medi- 1 advice for any disense. BRIAR PIPE GIVEN AWAY MIXTURE for S55 cents Every pipe stamped DUKES MIXTURE or <<t> 2oz. Packaces 5¢ for Purity of tc Deliciousness of Flavor. Their Pink Wrapper Vanilia Chocolate is a , favorite for. Eating and Drinking. Grocers ‘everywhere. - ee 2021-2m Beef Malt. BEEF, MALT, CELERY. ‘Three natural foods, almply combined in Proportions best adapted to present the full strength of each, ‘ncreased by the com- Dined strength of all, For Body, Blood & _ Brain. It makes new BLOOD and TISSUE, sturdy stuff for the sick and corvalescent, vigorous thinking easy to the well nourisbed. The thin and pale win color and strength; AN EASY CURE FOR NERVOUS PROSTRA- TION, GENERAL DEBILITY, MENTAL DE- PRESSION, DYSPEPSIA, WEAKNESS AND LOSS OF APPETITE. It 1s especially adapted for ai rursing mothers and in cases of ccnvalescence where a nutritive is re- quired. Tt is just what the tired and sick system craves. For sale by all leading DRUG- GISTS and grocers. 35¢c. per bottle, BEEF MALT CO,, 938 F N.W. GB3-eolin,70 Take Your Time In Paying For the Present! Pockethbooks are getting lighter now every day. There's no need of spoons eve 4ollar you've got for Christmas xifts—do your ae li are underselling the lows Sly prices elsewhere—and you're e to emsy weekly or monthly ents—no potes—no interest. Beautiful Reception Chair In Cream and Gold—Bine and Gol —Pink and Sflver—or the genuine Handsome Banquet Lamps —all brass—twisted column—tatest improved burner—complete with @ dainty all-silk shade $2.00 Peeseeevevees —sold everywhere for $3—reduced te... Oak or Cherry Rockers —cobbler sent — well m a de — comfortable and sightly—only a and $2.00 Ours 1s a stock of sensible, pleas- ure-bringing presents, and our prices and terms are bringing greater crowds than we've ever Known be- fore. 819-821-8293 7TH STREET N.W., BETWEEN H AND I STREETS. a10-8id PXRRRERRREEEEERE REED J. JAY GOULD, 421 9th st, has everything for ‘pa per fancy ‘work. Such ay things you can make for the Christmas tree! Tinsel, “snow,"’ embossed serap tures, paper dolls, etc.