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SATWWAY FEBRUARY 17 1900

Instruction t SubscribersForrAOE The postage to all parts of the

Gaited Statec and Is paid by thefkubliaher-

gHfinmNozg of small sums mny be madewith comparative safety la letter

one or more mustregistered letter or moat y orderIhfrfflsc we cannot responsible lor same

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former as well os new address

Mis into NnwBEns It occasionally happensthat numbers of our paper sent to

lost or stolen in the In case youAl not receive number when due write

nJ a duplicate of the numberMuiS IMPORTANT or every letter

that write us never tall to give your fulladdress plainly written name poitoffioo-woiity as u

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Items of Interest to All Lf gitimatiDealers

Mr Plumer has lonscd DalBhreves place and will movedairy plant to tbe now premisesMarch let

A BUSINESS rOLYlBH

Sevoral Washington merchants areAfraid to invite the trade of suburbanVeoplo for fear it migU4 offend acme

idcr it the proper thing to be soon

Ji a store with countrywant the cash of country people whenthe same can be secured without anyoutward sign of a desire to reach outfor it One of the largest hardwarefirms in the recently refused toadvertise in the columns of the CmtEN and gave the following reasonWere not out after suburban busi-

ness for the reason that wo considerof the of Virginia and

Maryland not particularly desirableGustavo the hardware man of609 and Oil H Street N E is of a

different opinion He wants the tradeof country peoplo and he is getting itWhen you deal with him you are dealIng with a square business man and o

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The City Mission of WashingtonD 0 Is in need of cost offand other articles helpful to the poorand suffering Careful distribution-to worthy applicants regardless ofcreed or color

Please addressTHE 0m MISSIONARY

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Character In lied Ilulrwomen are ardent and

vivacious especially if with it theyhove hazel eyes in which case theyLave n bright and quick intelligenceThey have a great deal of natural felic-

ity for study and good memoriesBed hair with f blue eyes shows thosame warmth of character but not somuoh intelligence bright golden hairof a rich deep color and of a crispand waving texture growing thicklyon the head and somewhat low on thebrow shows an ardent poetio andsomewhat nrtistio temperament Itis tho signature of Apollo the sunPeople with hair which invery thick and redder over theand at the temples than on tho headaro courageous and energetic Thissort of hair gives sense of inpainters force of language and elo

in poets power in musicalcomposition Womans Home Corn

Cork as every one knows is one oftho best nonconductors of heat orflouriM That it has not been morewidely used in building is due chieflyto the diflluulty of obtaining it in anunadulterated form A product calledcork tiling has recently been placedupon the market which is made ofwhat is known to the trade as virgincork ground compressed nnd otherwiso treated by a patented processand which is free from the cement andglno employed to hold thoparticles together

We are that tiles madethis pure compressed cork form auadmirable flooring besidesbeing noiseless waterproof warmnnd germ proof is

hard usage By varyingtho of and modify-ing the slightlysheets of cork different in color anddensity are obtained which whensawed and finished in tho form ofpanels can bo used for wainscotingnlono or in connection with corkfloors Scientific American

SOUTH AMBIUOAN WAn CLOSED

llollYla MnUos a Dcmnnil Upon BrazilTlie Cutiio of tho Trouble

Bio Janeiro By Cablo The Bolivianminister hud a conference with tho ofllolulsof tho ForolKU Oftlce and again demandedthat the Brazilian government should reatoro authority of tlio Bolivian ofllnlmv-In Acre alleging that the state KOYerninoiuof Amnzonas Is ruaponslble for the trotiuifwhich has occurred Brazil will limitnation to sending a squadron of guubonta tuprotect Brazilian property

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THE CARP IS UNPOPULAR

Esteemed Neither by ruiiemien Vltl-

CulturlfU Nor Flat EatenCarp as every ono who does any

fishing knows is esteemed neither bjfishermen nor fish caters Tender mouths which tearwhen pressure is applied to tho hoolmake them unpopular with tho

A voracious appetite Whiclonly tho spawn and oother fish will satisfy makes fish cul-

turists disliko them Meat that it

tough making it necessary to parboithe fish makes them unpopular willcooks A lack of flavor accounts fortheir unpopularity with the gourmet80 they have become as unpopular atdenizens of the water as have theEnglish sparrows as residents of thefields At a store the other daysays the Now York Times a group olfishermen rejoicing over the fact

tint the recent lowering of streamsand ponds hereabouts owing to thedrought resulted in the destruction of many thousands ot tho fishIn the waters near Rochester whentho water was drawn from the canalearly in December more than threetons of German carp were taken in a

couple of days in the cleaning up pro-cess and wero given as payment forthe work done to the partiescleared the stretch of water GameProtector who had super-vision of the job saved from the massof other fish taken about 3000 Oswegobass bullheads suckers and a towgame flan besides tho bass whichwore transferred to the Geneseo Riverat points where there aro no carp andwhere the fish will have a better chanceto thrive Prom tho South NorfolkConn reservoir the Water Commis-

sioners of tho city removed more thantwo tops ef carp and there are storiesthat large quantities of these fishhave been taken from ponds on LongIsland and in Western Connecticutwhere their presouco has preventedother fish from thriving Down Mary-land and Virginia way thero line alsobeen a raid on tho carp under Statedirection and fly fishermen believethat the result will ho beneficial inthat it will givo game fishes such nchance to thrive as they havo not hadfor years In Southern Pennsylvaniaand West Virginia tho quantity of carpstripped from some of tho streams wasso great that tho fish woro spread onthe ground for fertilizing purposes af-

ter every ono who wanted carpbeen all they could UMO

for eating purposes Corp look well inan aquarium but do not seem tobe popular

Jocor Scene at n French FireI happened to see the start of

in Paris said F D Higbee-It was a rather blaze in a throe

story building I thought tho department would never get there andstood jumping up and down and cussing the French firo fighters for theirslowness however myanxious gaze was rewarded by thesight of a small platoon of gendarmescleaning tho street as if they warepreparing for a big procession Thenalong came the firo company

up in lino in front of the building The engine and a hose cartcomo lumbering along behind andthen there was a pause tho entirecompany standing at attention In afew minutes tho Real Thing in thoshape of the captain of tho companyappeared Ho had on white glovesand a fierce uniform The wholocompany saluted solemnly and thenadvanced upon tho

had been raised to make a hosecoupling or do anything else untilthat august captain with those lovely white gloves had arrived andbeen properly saluted

But what said I was happen-ing to the building during tho timo ofthis pleasing ceremony

Oh it burned down But thofire department made a noble show-ing Mr Higboo Itwas a most successful operation astho doctors say but the patientdied Buffalo News

Popularity of Italy MonarchsThe secret of tho popularity of the

and Queen of is not hardto understand Almost bourgeois intho simplicity of their everyday lifethey keep fresh in their hearts tho

and sympathy for thopoor and it is an open secret that the

King has frequentlydenied himself pleasure that he maygivo moro widely to the needy andafflicted The Queen once a mostbeautiful woman is Htill handsomethough too stout Hor regular featuresnro aet off by the masses of chestnuthair which she always wears most becomingly arranged She is fondof English and Americans showingthem quito a special courtesy at theRoman court theircharities and when the opportunityoccurs talking in a friendly uncon-ventional manner with tho members-of both colonies whom she happens-to know Tho Queen has a gracefuleasy and pretty of greeting hersubjects which especially charms thoEnglish She is often seen to comeout on her in Rome flutter

handkerchief and nod pleasantly-to the people just as if wero apersonal friend of every man andwoman tho crowd

The Now Xionilnn llliipoilroniflThe now hippodrome in London

seems likely to rank with Westmin-ster Abbey Mme Tussanda amongtho citys sights It is said to bo fullof wonders One wanders through itas a dream Tho circus ringcan bo changed into a lake of waterornamented with electric fountains ata moments notice Also it can beinside into a perfectly safe performingcage for tho Tho grandRaton is fitted np like tho of aship brass port holes and allwhile the attonddfits wear naval uni-forms The exhibition hall is largoand beautiful

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have two stores one at 320 1211Street N E between 0 and D Streetsthe other at 1246 G Street N ECorner 13th and G Streets

If you come to either store you willget treated right and when your

have been made you will besatisfied that you never got such bargains before

We are not in business for tho funof tho thing but we are satisfied tohandle standard goods on a smallmargin of profit

Parties traveling the roador the Uladensburg road either shouldstop at our 13th and G Street storesince it is only ono square from HStreet and only onehalf square fromMaryland Avenue

Among other STANDARD goods wohandle Lofllers smoked hams Lofllerscorned hams LoNers smoked sausage goods that are acknowledged byeverybody to be the very best

We arc having a large run on aspecial brand of elegant flour that issuperior to other more expensivebrauds Largo sack 50 cents halfsize 25 cents By using this flour yourbread will cost you less than 2 centsper loaf When you learn our priceby the barrel you will want about twobarrels at a time

Our choice roast beef from 8 centsto 12 cents per pound will do yougood Our steaks run from 10 centsto 18 cents per pound but they arcfirst class v

Soap starch and soap powder areway down in price

In the matter of canned gooda wocan usually save you from 1 cent to 3cents per can

Wo guarantee to please By thatwo mean we guarantee to please YOU

in the matter of as well as inthe matter of price

Wo deliver all orders within a reas-onable distance and deliver thempromptly

What wo save in tho matter of lowrent yon get the benefit of in thpshape of low prices A trial order willconvince you of this

Cash Grocers325 f2th St N E

1245G St N E

POPULAR

Tile popular notion that tho blindpossess a more acute sensibility fortactile impressions is not supportedby the numerous carefully madeobservations of Professor Greisbachof Basle

Selffertile plants or varieties arethose which do not require pollenfrom other plants or varieties in orderto produce seeds or fruit Solfstcriloplants or are thoso which dorequire pollen from other plants

It has been assumed that the depthof unvarying temperature in the soilincreases from one foot at tho equatorto seventy odd feot at the poles nshaft in northern Siberia has reachedn depth of 1000 feet without gettingthrough the frost A Western miningengineer explains that this may notdisprove the theory as tho deepfreezing may be a result of annual

of sediment on unthawed ground

Barometric readings reduced to trueatmospherics pressure are now re

by the Weather Bureau thoapproximate corrections for gravity

to all barometric read-ings This correction applies to allmercurial barometorA and is nearlyconstant at any one station The cor-

rected reading is a standard measureof atmospheric and can becompared to similar corrected roadings made at any place in the world

Hormnguilla a beautifully resonattwood of Peru Ecuador and Boliviais made by the Quichua and AmayraIndians into n remarkable musical in-

strument an invention that seams obe an heirloom from prehistoric civil-ization The instrument resemblesin principle the xylophone with theaddition under eachpieco of a sounding box of a size corresponding to thenote Some of tho instrumentsmounted on stands have ns many asfortyfive tones and arc played byfour or five operators Tile tones nronot short and sharp like thoso of thoxylophone but are sustained by thosounding boxes in an organlikemelody

The reputation of being tho driestspot on earth is fur Payta inPeru a place about fivo degreesof the equator on n coast that hasrisen foot in historic timesProfessor David G Fairchild n re-

cent visitor reports having reachedthoro in February just after n rain ofmore than twentyfour hours tho firstFor eight years Tho average interval

showers is seven yearsaro common Of about nine

species of plants noticed seven weroannuals and thoir seeds must have

dormant in the ground forRight years Tn spite of the lack ofrain the longrooted Peruvian cotton-is grown in tho driedup riverbedtarnishing crops that yield substanceto tho natives

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A Few Thoughts in Relation ti

Northeast Washington

SOME TERSELY TOLD TRUTH

By Ono of tho Foremost Londonof Thought in That SoctloiThat Will Amply Justify a Carofull Perusal

To SununnAK PEOPLE

Tho object of tho following lines ii

to attract the attention of the suburban people to tho many superior ad-

vantages offered by the northeast sectiou of Washington na a place oresidence

If you live in tho suburbs and contemplate making n change como tnortheast section of Washingtonlook around

It is a section that will learclosest scrutiny-

It is a section that otTers thecst possible inducements tomoderato moans

It is n section dotted with homospeopled by ordqrly nhthirfty people

It offers to tho tenant low rent am-

a comfortable homeIt offers to the purchaser numerous

houses at very low costAmong tho thousand and moro ad-

vantages offered by every well orderedcity you will find in Northeast

The very finest schoolsAmple police protectionExcellent firo protectionRapid transit to all parts of tho Dis

triot of Columbia for onepaved streets

Well lighted streetsGood sidewalks-A complete and perfect sewerage

systemChurches of all denominations-A good marketA temple where many differon

lodges meetSocieties of all kindsTheatres within easy accessIn short everything that makes fo

the comfort poaco and well boinjof mankind

In thomatter of healthfulnessWashington is tho banner secUoi

of tho DistrictIf you havo been unfortunate ehougl

homo situated remote fromthe comforts of life anti are over for-tunate enough to sell come to Northcast Washington and wo will put youin close touch with the good things olthis life

Do you suffer fromPoor roadsPoor sidewalksPoor police protectionPoor lire protectionPoor social surroundingsPoor church advantagesPoor municipal governmentIf so symptoms indicate that

a change would bo Relieffrom all tho above troubles may behad in Northeast Washington

RespectfullyLouisa CiurrEfc

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5NotoWo have known MrOhappel fora number of years and it is nomont to other mon of ability in Northeast Washington neither in it any re-

flection on them to say that ho standsout conspicuously aa tho ono manwhoso opinion is most frequentlysought and most highly valued

lie camo to tho Northeast section ofWashington in 1872 with 17000whioh he invested thoro and he hasresided in the same locality contin-uously over sine

His faith in tho section and its fu-

ture was strong in 1872 and it hascontinued uninterruptedly over sincebeing today stronger than over

has built more than one hundredand twentyfive and possibly n manyas QUO hundred and fifty houeoa inthe Northeast section and they haveall been well built substantial structures that have found ready sale

Ho is ono of tho largest if not thelargest holder of real property in hissection and n man whose word no onodisputes

Ho is a member of tho Board ofTrade aud au active member of thoNortheast Washington Citizens

besides being connected withorganizations that mako for

progressIlls success has not warped his

judgment so that partloa seeking hisadvice can rely absolutely on what holays Suburban people who for anyhose desire to make u change willInd in the reflections over Mr3htfppols signature much food forthought and wo commend them to ourreaders Editor Suburban Citizen

Urlok ns nTarm or KiiUoanncntA correspondent talks to us

of our error in dethe term of endearment brick

from tho well rod undergraduateFho real origin of tho word it seems

tho proud reply of a king to an inrailing enemy mocked at his unwalled towns My troops are my

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GUSTAVE HARTIGDEALER IN

Builders and Coach Hardwarei Bar Iron Steel

Blacksmiths Supplies EtcWEATHER STRIPS FOR WINDOWS AND DOORS

PAINTS OIL GLASS Colors Dry and in 011 j

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ESTABLISHED 1883

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I Standard Flower Pots5 Jugs Mllk Pots Butter Jars Pitchers Staw Pans Milk Pans

Spittoons Bean Pots Churns Pipkins Stove Pipe Pots

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WILLIAM T BETTSDEALER IN

WOOD AND COAL FEED HAY GRAIN AND STRAW

I Office 913 H Street NortheastSj Ono of the oldest established Wood and Coal Dealers in the Northeast

Section

A discount of 25 cents per ton on coal allowed subscribers to tho Suburft bun Citizen

Special Prices on Kitchen Utensils

Granite Ware Tin Ware

Coftco and Ton Pots 29o AU Jolly Cnko Pans 6c

Lot Sauce Pans Ito 10inch Boiler with loW y1qt boon Pudding Pans Bo lug handles 80c

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Repairing done Workready promised

Their Names MtaleadlneIt is quite generally known through

out Orange County Now York thatthe Goshon Independent Republican-is a Democratic paper tho

Democrat is of tho Republicanfaith That this fact is not known byeveryone in evident tho followingfrom the Independent Republican

There came into olflco theIndependent Republican not longsince a gentleman who desired to havehis name enrolled upon its list of sub-scribers But as tho new subscribertook his departure he was moved toremark One of tho things I haveno use for is a Democratic paperEvidently ho had been deceived bythe name of the paper Tho jokoseemed good enough to tell to BrotherWill Mend of tho Democrat whochuckled and said Thats nothingweve had orders lately for worthof work from a moo who said hodnever give n Republican newspaper acents worth of work if ho could help

Hex Wanted n Tie SadlyChildren get queer associations of

Ideas in their heads attunes A littlelad on Capitol Hill has a playmate ofhis own ago in the son of n poorneighbor The sou of toil visited hisricher friend tho other day wearing ngorgeous red tie son of wealtheyed the tie enviously for a whilo andthen asked Bonny where he got it

My mamma dyed it for mo for abirthday present lisped Benny

After Bonny went home Rex playedlistlessly nbout for a time and thenleaned on his mothers knee thoughtfully studying the pictures in tho fire

Mamma ho said finallytie was awful pretty wasnt it

Yes dearMamma wont you kill mo a tie

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Fine Groceries TeasCoffees Etc

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Cabinet Maker-No 64 H Street Northeast

All work entrusted to me Is done Intho very best style I make a specialtyof repair work Every Job guaranteed

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