Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1883, Page 2

CA SATURDAY, CITY AND DIs sREAT BKEFORMWER, ‘we Four Mundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Martin Luther. = ENTENARY CELENRA- 1KS OF WASHINGTON SKETCH OF is e EINE—TUR BATELE GENE OF THE tod wit | ttle town | nto take part ati d its commem— rations will 4s in = the disenurses and with reterence to ti birth te Protestanti wrative services to- ve been m arch. The choir a month, and j s Battle iyma” wit be The church will be smorial for more t Lute al feature tely decorate ‘ur th lay. 2 or, Rev. Dt. Bi : upow Lether and his i be a feature of the se i vin union sery.ce will be held at | musie w vered by arches int York av k of Luther will Power, of Bhe Chure of Lather in th Dr. Batter, in “Fon the sub ion ot tit sug to aSrs universal. the Roman the interest is int ST. PAUL | The at St. Pau hu er of Tith a @ revel and in’ a prepared by th b h will consist of 1 si readin: One of the feature hes I service, im whieh prine’ 1 be w Tevie award Christian “Great is the | v— "Hew Beautiful Sherwin. will be rendere’ "Mt "are | y's Mass in W. Stoic esses. Laptiat WoL Havzard, organist. a public service will be held: in idre ve made by a! n, the commis- | THE PATH AND. riand, 6th and P tis, pastor, | an in the | man), 4th ich Rey. WLC. HL. r, the day will be celebrated ¥ serviees. The eburch wil fi th potted plants, cut flow arcanged. othe ch there wil by s los) the mation proper ails in thy von there will be an f with six brass instru- | Hi. Donen. After a hy will be re Lathe evureh. and w of lis a cy. aad i & series | serivons, be delivered by Hows this will be the cele- is Sapper. Several other | i will re being somew ‘On Monday , of Baltimore, wilt | THE Wkof WASHINGTON CHURCH. al services to be held to-morrow | lock in the Lutheran chureh in corner of Q and 32d streets, | pastor.) will consist of | pt that the theme of the | ‘rand the Lutheran sages of scripture will on. At the after- the Sabbath school appropriate will be held. or THE & appropri reh of the aad evenin; RMATION. ate to the day will wrmation, Capl- The choir have having reference being the 46th = Rsabn. The famous or Luther's Battle The tome of the dis- 2. Parson, will be vent in history, and its jenwe of thought. FMANUET’S. anuel's Evaugelical church. (German,) 6th street. near L, in the services conducted by Kev. Charles Philipbar, at 10:30 and 7:30, appro- rate reference will be made to Luther. ST. JOHN'S. will be no celebration services at St. wan Evangelical church, on 4! er tor, Rey. Mr. Lehnert, ba ed to contribute bis services in scistiny hls Baltimore brethren in carrying out a anat Ford's opera bousein Sunday fol pwever, St. celebrate Luther's birthday, Rev. Mr. Lehnert will be ‘dby the Baltimore Lutheran clergy, and y byachoir from that city. The con- gregation of ~t. Jolu’s will uuite to-morrow With that of Concordia church. | and writ {¢ | quent. and his | to by large audi GRACE cuvaeH. Grace Evangelical chureh, 13th and Corcoran streets. w ce ORDEAL h, 20th and G streets, reg- TH will be held in the mora- ne discourse by the pastor, Rey. L. H. treat of the Retormation and its There will be a special prozram of with an orchestra of several pieces. At lock in the afternooa the § At Concordia chi ular services in ( ing. y schoy have its celebra The members of the Bible class will recite a lite of Luther, there will be id singing by the child y the pastor. In the ever will be held, and the discourse results of the Keforu be appropriately di and an ad- Martin Luther's 1 Luther was born at Eislebea, a little the Thuringian forest mountains in srt of Germany, on November lth, as thee id of am and his wife, Margaret. His name was also the time Luder, Luiher, Lider and The present form appears after he en ed a” professorship at Witt and hi en considered a personal nan anifying o harsh domestic dis hared the pline. While at school he monks, who instructed himself going from d nd Classmates, ot to door singing carols and be: food. In this way he was brouzht before tice of a lady of culture the incidents of the gid wh means of procuriag for him be the weil known * the in arth Univer- : he saw inthe . for the frst time in his He tiad been studyir his course 0 study and devote histifeto the church. Severa trazic incidents coutirmed this lation. He was prostrate i ate coll ut been assassinated, o the university aftera Seuvi * of God if he were delivered from the dan- ger of the storm. CTHER AS A MONK. He entered the Auzustinian monastery and n is religions life July 17, 1505. His father ly opposed his becoming a monk. Of his wieked cunning of the monks,” bat was convinced that the Gospel plan of salvation by thand net by works was the foundation of te religion and here first learned to turn to Fr the forgiveness ef his sins and the ul, finding in this ce he of note of his wor eh to this day remains one of the lew hurel. The ne- was one of in the Ro- ie church of th: v for Luther to 0) ke the word a traveled fiom v sce cheese,” \ ROME. | » to Teome, | climbed up the stairway of St. Peter's on b Knees, to get the indu of a thousand | years for penance ed, thous, whi dh it Hout to bi j by faith was not fiyorably with the condition of th ifech and the ecclesiastics in the i veht with toot: th neh sple bi yy in the that, if there was a nell, n it, y that 1 the chureh his ni: titist indulences. EXCOMMED rust, 1518, Luther Rome for trial, and soon after he was excoummu- nicated bya Papal bull, and his writings de- clared to wand dangerous. He had said that the Scriptures were the only grounds of authority in religion, and that, moreover, ev had a right to interpret them for | hiin-elf, eared before the Diet of | Worms, eof both spiritual and | e Gerinan em streets pr nailed to ety-live proposi- ‘as ordered to go to nous sentence: “Unless my errors ean be demonstrated by texts from Twill not aud cannot rec an to inst his cons n Pean do no otherw d at number of peopl He translated the Serip- | As and tracts, carried on an | e and’ preached cop- re translated at a rests, where he onment dis- | went to WIS MARRIAGE AND DOWESTIC 1 June 13, 1525, Luther married Co . who had been a nun. Luthertwas then 42 and Catharine was 26. It was a very bold thing to commit a twofold vi nd when the marriage, which was private, « known it caused unfavorable cormment from some of Luther's best friends. ppears to have been a ha uther’s marriage py ne, thouzh wome at that period, were not. looked at from such a mental point ot view reat present. Luther was rather im- vident in pecuniary matters. He gave away to the poor, assisted needy rela- nd was fond of entertaining company at his house. He would run inte debt, and writes how he pawned three goblets to raise a little money for temporary use. His wile, on the atrary, was fruzal and economical, atid doubt- less the family would have been reduced to vation had it not Leen for her good it. cher Luther wa powerful and elo- courses were always listened He had a manly form, a trating voice, a clear sty ‘at practic: an eye for the beau- tiful.and the ability to draw poetical illustra- tions from life and nature. He preached his last sermon from Matt. xi:25- 30, and closed by saying: “This and much more may be said froin the passage, but I am too weak, and here w .lstop.” He died on the ‘Y, 1546, between two and three tock in the morning, at the of sixty-two 's, three months and eight days. Luther’s Battle Hymn. Luther took much detight in music. After his Inarriaze it was his custom once a week to have @ musical entertainment at his house, when In- strumental and vocal selections were given. and Christmas was always kept up with great gayety. Luther himself was an excellent singer, and he ery | In 1688 some Sw Luther always s selt and of ancestors as belonging to the peasantry. was influenced by the piety and uprightness softhe te " | York in t¢ Ursula | | gave five is Luther afterwards wrote, “He well knew | on He was dis- | appointed ia the life he found her | habits, | imposed, according vd uusic for several of his hymns. The brated of bis compositions is the Battle or inetrical version of Luther's Psalm, beginning with the line: “ Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott.” No translator has ever been able to reproduce in Enulish the spirit and gublimity of the orizi- nal. Thomas @arliale, fifty-two years azo, pub- lished a translation opening with the lines, “A safe stronghold our God {3 still, A trusty shield and weapon.” The following translation, by Rev. Joel Swartz, D. D., is cenerally regarded as the best that has been mad ¥ stronghold 4s our Gi A sire defense and weapon; He helps us fee@from every need Which hath us now o'ertaken, ‘The old angry foe Now means us deadly woo; Deep guile and great might Are hfS dread arias in tight, ‘On earth is uot his equal In our own strength can naught be done, ‘Our loss was soun elfucted; ‘There figt ts for us the Proper One, By God ulmseif selected. ‘Ask you who free us? It ts Christ Jesus——, ‘The Lord Sabaoth, There ts no other God; ‘He'll hold the field of battle. And were the world with devils filled, All waiting to devour us; We'll stil suceeed. so God hath willed, They cannot overpower us: ‘The prince of this world ‘To het! shall be hurled; He seeks to alarm, Bur shall do us no harm— ‘The smaliest word can fell him. ‘The Word they stilt roust let remain And for that have no merit; He ts with us upen the plain, BY ills good gitts and Spirit Destroy they our life, Goods, fame, chitd and wife? Let all pass amain, They still no eouquest gain, For ours in still the kingdom! Lutheranism in America. Lutheranism is the prevailing form of Protest- antism in Saxony, Hanover and the greater part of northern Germany, as weil as in Wurtemburg; it also prevails to a considerable extent in other parts of ny. Itis the national religion of Denmark, Sweden aud Norway, and there are Lutheran churches in Holland, France, Poland ete. In 1621 the first Lutheran came to the United States with the early Dutch settlers, landing i what is now New York. They b&d no minister. Lutherans settled at Wi ninctuh, Delaware, brinzing a minister with them. Their second pastor translated the cute- chisim into the Indian languaze, and labored among the savages. These Luttierans afterward united with the Protestant opal church, and “the old Swedes’ chureh” still stands in Wilmington. The first German Lutherans settled in New It was some years before they had a minister. In 1703 their place of worship was on the corner of Broadway and Rector street. In 1710 four thousand German Luther- ans arrived in Amerlea, and settled in New York, 7 @, and South Carolina. Another |: y settled in Georgia in 1734. Dr. Melchior Muhlenberg, who came here at the request of the Lutherans i@ 1742, ©: romi- nently identitied with the early history of the hurch. It was throne his influence that a nod was formed in 1748, which eventually met, annually, with beneficial results, In 1749 an orphan asylum was erected at Ebenezur, orgia; in 1765 a private theolosical seminary as commenced, and, two years later, Franklin colleze was founded by the legislature of Pennsylvania “for the special benefit of the Germans of the commonwealth as an acknowl- went of services rendered by them to the and in consideration of their industry and rtues.” In 1791 the sane lexislature thousand acres of land to the free ot the church. In 1785 the New York was formed: in 1803 that of South Car- in 1819 that of Ohio; in 1820 that of d and Virginia. In 1816 a public sem- ‘V.was established at Hartwick, New Yor The first Lutheran chureh where the Englis ncuaZe exclusively used was In 1820. the synod was formes 135 ministers .000 church mem? cd the war the Southern General ynod was formed. A division on doctrin: grounds occurred Ja the northern synod owing f opinion as to interpreting the public ssary tor church memberstip to be inered to. In 1864 the synod of Penn- ithdrew and formed were in the United States 58 22k congregations and 825.000 church member ‘fhe Ninety-five Theses. PROTEST AGAINST THE PRACTICES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHUR ion dates from the on which chureh at Wittenbei five theses. According to the h of the Reformation, Pope Leo X. in 1510 resorted to the plan of selling indul pees asa mexns of Milling the empty treasury at Kome. This traftic was entrusted toa monk pained John Tetzel_and others. Luther's first Knowledse of this trafie was broazht to him by + of his own parishioners, who, living in pbers, had gone to a neishbo The Protestant Reforma Bist of Oetuver, nailed to the door of th the famous nine! ry did not inte abandon their sins. puld not absolve change their showed him their letters of indulgence, believing in their efficacy. The poor dupes returned to Tetzel with complaints ainst their confessor, and he threatened to ‘ormmunicate and bring the most dreadful ctions to bear against Luther and others who dared question the etficacy of indulzences. Luther appealed to the bishop and to the Pope. Then he wrote out the ninety-five theses as subjects for discussion at the coming holyday of All Saints and nailed them to the door of the chureh. ‘The principal points of the theses are as fol- lows: 1. Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ when He commands us to repent intends that our whole lives shall be one of repentance. 2. This word cannot be understood of the sac— rament of penance (é. e., confession and satisfac- tion) as administered by the priest. Still the Lord does not mean to speak in this p solely of internal repentance, which is null if it produce not externally every kind of mortification ot the flesh. 4. Repentance and sorrow that is true peni- tence lasts as long as a man is displeased with himself that is, while he passes from this to ral life. 5. The Pope neither intends, nor can he remit any other punisiment than that which he has his good pleasure, or in confurmity with the tanoas—that is,to the Papal ordinane They the: 6. The Pope can forgive no debt, but can | Country are expected to only declare and contirm the forgiveness whieh 1 Himselt has given, exespt in cases that re- rto himself. Ifhe does otherwise the debts sinoved and unforgiven. ives the sins of no one whom he ame time humble, and who is to obey his confessor. 8. The laws of ecclesiasti to be imposed solely on ge regard to the dead. 21. Therefore the preachers of indulgences are in error when they say that fn consequence of the Pope's indulgences men are liberated from all sin and saved. 25. The same power that the Pope has over purgatory throughout the Church, each bishop possesses individually in his own diocese and priest in his own parish. 27. ‘They preach mere human folly who main- tain that as soon as the money rattles in the strong box the soul fliés out of purgatory 28. This is certain, that as soon as the money ig, and have no | tinkles avarice and love of gain arrive, increase and multiply. But the eupport and prayers of the Church depend solely on God’s will and good pleasure. 32. Those who fancy themselves sure of salya- tion by indulgence with those who teach them so. 35. They are teachers of anti-Christian doc- trines who pretend that to deliver a soul from purgatory or to buy an indulgence there is no need of either sorrow or repentance. 36. Every Christian who peed its of his sins enjoys an entire remission both of the pen- aity and of the yuilt, without any need of in- dulgences. 2 37. Every true Christian, whether dead or alive, participates in all the blessings of Christ, or of the church, by God’s gift, and without a letter of indulgence. 38. Still we should not contemn the papal dispensation and pardon; for this pardon is a declaration of the pardon of God. 40. True repentance and sorrow seek and love the punishment; but the mildness ot indu!zence absolves irom ‘the punishment and begets batred against ft. 42. We should teach Christians that the Pope has nothought or desire of compassing in any respect the act of buying indulgence with any mark of mercy, 48. We should teach Christians that he who es to the poor or lends to the-needy does Better than he who purchases an indulgence. 44. For the work of charity increaseth charity, and renders a man more pious, whereas the in. dulence does not make him better, but only renders him more self-confident and more secure from punisnment. 45. We should teach Christians that whoever sees hts neighbor in want and yet buys an indul- gence does not buy the Pope’s indulgence, but incurs God’s anger. 46. We should teach Christians that if they have a superfluity they are bound to keep tor their own honsehold ‘the means of procuring necessaries, and ought not to squander their money in indulgences. 47. We should teach Christians that the pur- chase of an tudalzenee is a matter of free choice and not of commandment. 48. We should teach Christians that the Pope, having more need of prayers offered up in faith than of money, desires prayer more than money when he offers iudulgences. iY sion. some claiming that it was | Luther | ited, and | ‘ing rebuked by Luther they replied’ that | They would not interfere. | 1 penance ought | | guilt of the offense. i ; Martin Luther, to be placed in front of the 49. We should tegch Christians that the Pope's Indulgence is ood if we put no confi- dence in it; but nothing is more hurtful if it diminishes our piety. .— 50. We should teach Christians that if the Pope knew of the extortions of the preachers of indulgences he would rather the mother Church of St. Peter were burnt and reduced to ashes than see it bnilt up with the skin, the flesh and the.bones of his flock. 51. We should teach Christiana that the Pope (as it Is his duty) should distribute his own money to the poor whom the indulgence sellers are now stripping of their last farthing, even were he compelled to sell the mother Church of St. Peter. 4 53. To hope to be saved by indulgence Is a lyingand an empty hope, although even the com- missary of indulgences—nay, farther, the Pope himselt—should pledze their souls to guarantee | it. 58. Those who forbid the preaching of God’ Word in other churches on account of the | preaching of indulgences are enemies of Christ | and of the Pope. 54. Injustice is done to the word of God when as much or even more time is taken up in the clare in preaching indulgences than the Word | ot God. 55. The Pope can haye no other thought than this: If the induizence, which is a lesser matter, be celebrated with ringing of a bell, with pomp | and ceremony, much more should we ponor and | celebrate the Gospel, whichis a greater thing, with a hundred bells and a hundred pomps and ceremonies. : 56. The treasures of the Church, out of which the Pope distributes indulgences, are neither Tecogmized nor pronounced satisfactory by the Church ot Christ. 59. St. Lawrence called the poor members of the Chureh the Church’s treasures, but he used the word as it was understood in his day. 62. The proper and true treasure of the Churen is the Holy Gogpel of the glory and grace of God. 63. "This treasure is for the benefit of the most | hostile and the most hated, for it causes the first to be last. 64. But indulgences are for the benefit of the most worthy, for lt causes the last to be the rs 65. Therefore the treasures of the Gospel are nets in which in former times the rich and re- spectable were cauzht. . But the treasures of indulgences are the nets by which in the present day the riches of the people are caught. 67. But the indulzence which the preachers hold up to be ti eatest grace must, of course, be esteemed a zreat fayor, for it produces great gain and interest. 68. And yet this indulgence is certainly the very smallest grace when compared with the grace of God and the salvation of the cross. 69. It is the duty of bishops and pastors to receive with all respect the commissaries of the pope. 70. But it is still more their duty to ascertain with their eyes and eara that the said commi ies do not preach the dreams of their own aginations, instead of the orders of the Pope. 71. Cursed be he who speaks against the in- duigences of the Pope. 7. Bat blessed be he who speaks against the foolish and impudent language of the preachers of indulgences. 7. To esteem the Pope's indulgence so high as to suppose that if a person were (which is impossible) even to defile the Holy Mother of God, yet he could receive remission by these in- dulzences, is raving mafiness and folly. 7%. The indulgence of the Pope cannot take 7 away the smallest daily sin, as far as regards the . To say that St. Peter, If he were now Pope, could not give a more perfect indulgence, is biasphemy against St. Peter and the Pope. 79. It is Ulasphemy to say that the cross adorned with the arms of the Pope is as effect- ual as the cross of Christ. 80. The bishops, pastors and theologians who permit such things to be told the people will have to render an account of them. 81. This shameless preaching, these impudent commendations of indulgences, make it diff- cult to defend the nity and honor of the Pope nst caluinnies of tie preachers and the sub- stions of the common people. does not the Pope, who is Crovsus, build the mothey Peter with hi an that of poor Christian #®. Would that we were quit of all those preachers who say to the Church, Peace! F When there is no peace. Vi hould exhort Chri ence ath and § 95. For it dom of hea far better to enter§nto the king. ) much tribulation t! urity by the consolatiu: Luther Statue. MONIES TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH. The work on the pedestal of the statue of THE UNVEILING ¢ Luther Memorial church, on the north side of Thomas circle, at the junction of 14th street and Vermont avenue, will be begun in ‘about a month, A number of designs have been pre- sented for the consideration of the committee, but that by Messrs. Cluss & Schultz, which is of in granite, 14 feet hich, with a ten-toot base, jally dressed, but po neipally in the rugged state, will probably selected. The statue, his to be similar to the principal figure in the famous group in Worms, Germany, will be 11 feet and ahalt high. The casting was com- menced in Lauchheimmer, Prussia, last. April, but will not be completed in time to reach here before the Ist of March. Mr. A. J. F. Wede- meyer, secretary-of the Martin Luther Society of New York, has recently returned froin Lauchheimmer, where le has been inspecting the casting. It will be remembered that the statue represents Luther in a standing position in the clerical robesof that age. ‘The right hand rests upon the Bible, and the facial ex- pression ig such as to to impress the visitor with the Christian character of the man. Thesvords “Martin Luther” will appear in bold relief on the pedestal. ‘The unveiling will take place early in March, and the ceremony will be very impressive. People fromall parts ot the participate and the President will be invited to offi To the Fiitor of Tae Evestya Srar: A friend has sent to mea cony of your paper of the 13th inst. in which appears a synopsis of a lécture delivered by John R. French entitled “Ten years among the Senators.” French 1s therein reported to have said that ‘‘a Senator from Alabama, who afterward ran away from the star routetrial,was the only Senator he ever heard of who tried to eke out his salary in the Senate by partnership In a gamblinghouse.” It is not now my purpose to refer to my conduct in relation to the star route trials. But I pro- THE PUBLIC HEALTH. Annual Report of the Health Officer. INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES RELATIVE TO VITAL STATISTICS, THE ABATEMENT OF NUI- SANCES, INSPECTION OF PLUMBING, &C. The annual report of Health Officer Town- shend for the year ending June 30, 1883, was Presgnted to the Commissioners this morning. | It is. as usual, a voluminous and interesting document, covering 151 closely written pazes of legal cap, in addition to a large number of | tables, maps, &c. In the introduction he says: “The year was marked by no incident of special moment as regards the public heath. We were fortunate in conducting a successful campalgn against the introduction of smallpox into our midst during the fall and winter of 1882-3, while that scourge was prevailing in epidemic form in the city of Baltimore, and were cailed upon to use our ut- most vigilance during a temporary alarm which spread throuxhout the country respecting the introduction of cholera and yellow fever. Fre- quent rains and a moderate temperature com- | Dined to Improve the sanitary condition of the city during the spring and early summer of the pre: ent year, and altozether we have every to be thankful for unusnal healthfulnes dom trom disease. The fre which occurred in the buiiding occupied by the department, in February. 1583, was controlled and exterm ted, furtunately for the District, before any of the valuable records pertaining to vital statistics were destroyed or injured. THE DECREASE IN THE DEATH RATE. The record of mortality tor the year exhibits a deorease in the death rate which is eminently satisfactory. It is specially gratifying to this | department to‘note the fact that, while this de- crease in the death rate has prevalled in all | classes of diseases, yet the largest reduction is shown in the zymotic or preventable class. Tne annual death rate from zymotic di: for the past year was 5.22 per 1,000 pef annum, as again-t 6.34 per 1,000 for the year ending June 30, 1882. showing a reduction of 1.12 per 1,000 of population. This 1.12 per 1,000 looks small in figures, but when you come to calculate it upon a basis of 191.98Q you find that it means the lives of 216 of our*people. To exhibit clearly the decrease in the death rate in the various classes of diseases, as cou pared with previous years, he has incorporated in this introduction a tabular statement showing the death rate for eight years beginning with 1 when the death rate was 26.35. and in- cluding the year just closed, when the death rate was 22.33, the mean annual death rate for the eight years being 24.42. The reduction has been almost uniform from year to year, except in 1881, when the death rate increased to 24.23 from 22.59 for the preceding year. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS for the year reached 4,236, a decrease, as com- pared with the previous year, of 285 or at the rate of 1.48!7 per 1,000 per annum. Of these decedents 2.270 were white and 2.016 colored, showing an annual death rate of 17.97 per 1,000 per annum for the white, 30.68 for the colored and 22.33 for the total population. NUISANCES ABATED. Tabular statements exhibit the work done in securing the abatement of nuisances during the year. There were 283 alleys reported as nuisances during the year, as azainst 210 for the year previous. In this connection he invites the attention of the Commissioners to the necessity for properly numbering the houses in improved alleys. There is no proper aystem of numbers and the officers,especiaily the physicians to the poor, who are compelled to visit them often at night,are puzzled to locate dwellings of which they are in search. Referring to the many nuisances which result from the accumulations of ashes on premises, that if we could s accumulations removed he thinks that the regu- lar removal of the ashes from awellin be accomplished at about the same annually paid for the collection of garb: thinks Congress could be impress m of inaugurating a seryice such as pro- sed. In referring to the matter of house nuisances, such as “houses filthy” and houses untit for habitation, he avain inyites the attention of the Commissioners to the necessity tor securing legislation to cover the ground formerly covered by section 9 of the ordinances providing for the condemnation of such houses and the punish- ment by fine of such persons who, after notice, shall fail to abate the nuisance complained of. is under this head re- and it is readily to be seen how ur efforts. If there is code will not be upon at the next session of Congress, it would be well to ask for the passaze of a special act covering this point. Sections 7 and 9 were left out in the pro’ ons of the resolution le- galizing the health ordinances. Defects in the surface drainage of yards caused nuisances in 378 cases during the year, and in 74 cases connection with the public sewer was entorced. This work is pushed for- ward a3 fast as the sewers are put down; drain- aye troubles being mainly confined to the un- improved portions of the city. THE REMOVAL OF GARBAGE. The work of coliecting and removing garbage from dwellings has been well performed during the year, and complaints from citizens on this subject were unfrequent visitors. He trusts that the idea proposed of advertising this ser- vice, and making new contracts for its perform- ance yearly, will not be adopted. It would be impossible for contractior to properly equip himself and perform the work for a term of one year without loss at the present rate of yment. The failure of several contractors has monstrated the fact that it is necessary to make this contract for a term of years. SLAUGHTER HOUS Ten cases occurred during the year In which slanzhter houses fizured as nuisances. We have succeeded in haying whter house pretty generally removed from within the city and its more densely populated suburbs, and he thinks the time Is not far distant when th pear entirely from the District and give place to & proper abattoir. He has warmly advocated the establishment of an abattoir heretofore, and trusts that the parties interested in ing us such an establishment will not weary in agita- ting the subject. OFFAL DEPOT. For several years he has been urzing the ne- cessity for providing some recognized place of deposit for the city refuse. If such a place were provided, and provision made for regular re- moval of the material there delivered. the com- munity would be ridded of the hundreds of ac- pose to denounce and do denounce as a willful, deliberate lie, without the faintest shadow of a foundation act. the statement that I was a partner in a gambling house. Soon after I became a Senator I discovered that French was a sneak, and did not try to conceal my contempt for him. For eight years of my Senatorial life I did not permit him to speak to me. By your account of the lecture, will go to perdition along | it appears that the character's of Senators Mor. curnulations which are constantly causing nuis- ances throughout the city. The nuisance table for the past year shows 697 accumulations of manure, 2,809 yards and 50 lots, whicn have been reported as nuisances, all of which, he thinks, would bave been obviated by the estab- lishment of an offal depot under the care and supervision of the authorities. In 134 cases during the year sewer-traps have been reported as in a state of nuisance. By from 161 to 204. The number of dogs killed | during the year reached 2,754, being S25 less than for the previous year. The matter of the location of the pound is ‘one which will probably have to be taken into | consideration at any early day. It is at present | situated in the street at intersection of New York avenue and 23d street northwest, and the rapid improvement of the fats promises an | early demand for the opening of 25d street anu | consequent removal of the buildings. probably be well to make provision for another site and erecting suitable bu : | The present wooden pens used to confine should be substituted by others made of 1 wire, which would afford much more light air to the imprisoned canines x He thinks it would be well also for the Com ‘missioners to issue an order prohibiting the herding of cows on the open lots treets the city in close proximity to houses. The eific has many complaints from citizens re cows coming ciose te their dwellings, di filth and frightening children. THE SICK Poor. The number of poor persons that receive medicines and medical attendance at the public | expense seems to be on the increase yearly, not- | It would he health officer says | ucceed in_getting the present | will disap- | ton and Conkling failed to please French. 1 sewer-traps are meant the catch-basins at the recollect that the opinions which these two | street corners and mouths of alleys. He has Senators entertained of French were. the same | heretofore called attention to the very offensive my own, and that they did not permit him to | method employea in the cleansing of these re- address them. He now seeks the characteristic | ceptacles, and says that if some pneumatic pro- Tevenge of a cowardly sneak. cess cannot be brought into use to abate this Gro. E. SPENCER. nuisance, then, during the summer months, dis- infectants should be used. and closed recepta- The Mountain Belle. cles employed in transporting the material. INSPECTION OF FOOD AND MARINE PRODUCTS. One table presents an exhibit of the various food products condemned during the year, while another gives a summary of like informa- tion for the past eleven years. In this connection he invites attention to what has been said in former reports relative to the necessity for inspection of live stock. He says there is accomplished In the inspec- tion of marine products just what he would like to see in the inspection of all food products; that is, the inspection of the material in bulk fore it is placed upon the market. The fish, ers, &C., are all inspected In the boats that bring them to our wharves, and the work most satisfactorily done. We know that marine products are not thrown in bulk upon our market when in bad condition, and stuff which is at all suspicious can be readily traced. This is just what would be accomplished by an inspector of live stock. The receipts of shad and herring for the past year show a marked decrease as compared with the year 1882. There were 1.479,209 less herring and 91.598 less shad received. The receipts of oysters were about the same. The condemna- tions of herring reached 25,653, and there were 16,387!¢ bushels of oysters condemned. THE IMPOUNDING OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. There is a slight decrease shown in the num- Der of all classes (except cows) impounded, the total for the year reaching 3,374, asagainst 4,440 A REMINISCENCE OF THE WAR Writtenfor Tae EvEsING San. “What troubles my darling?” I penstvely sata, As I pressed the hand of my mountain belle; ‘And marked the flush on her fair cheek spread, ‘And her bosom throb like the o’cean’s swell. Her radiant eyes were turned to mine, And her sweet lips moved as if in prayer; She stood in the twilight a being divine, With moon-beams caught in her glorious hatr, “What troubles my darling? Nay, answerand tell— Oh! light of my soul, confide in mep’ er red lips moved, but no answer fell; And her heavenly eyes gazed wistfully. ‘Oh! she was fair as the Peris are, - And I was thrilled in that twilight hour; And T laid my hand on her brow so fair, And shook from her hair a golden shower. “What troubleS my darling? Iconjure you speak, For the sun has fused all the golden west.” T saw love's banner unfurled on her cheek, And drew her gently unto my breast. Her red-lips parted ° * * Theardatone= A tone that filled my bosom with awe; She murmured soft as the Wind-Larp’s moan: “Din out of snuff and I vants a char! —Fuancis C. Lona. a ee An English flour-selier was f terating flour with alum to ¢ grains to the pound. 4 d $100 for adul- e extent of thirty oficer testified that daily use of bread from this flour would | fF the year previous. The number of dogs soon resultin serious aud permanent injury to | taken up was health. 007, being 877 lesa than for 1882. The number of cows impounded was increased withstanding the tact that the strictest care is | joined upon'the physicians to the poor in dis: a inating between those justly entitled to this charity and those not so. From iz. and 14,312 in 1882, the number o: ime the past year | 7 white and 10. ysiclans made 22.542 visits du | and held 4,122 office consultation: | cines furnished cost TRADE ISANCES. An exhaustive report is made upon the sub- Ject of trades nuisances, as they are called. Tl- lustrations are given of the modus operandi in the manufacture of suiphate of ammon: distillation of asphalt and the pariic gas. He says that the law on the subject of trades | nuisances is probably as full and comp'ete as could be des and since the legalization of | the ordinances by acts ot April 24, 1580, we have | | secured a decison of the Court in General Term in our favor. | When the fact of existence is estab- |lished, he vs the authorities should j have but little troable in securing abatement of the nuisance. However, no authority is ex- | redy | newest in: [miss which people, who from any other cause are sickly. are particularly liable to suiler, and ev to suiler to a serious degree. The investizations further show that by the application of such Knowledge as is flow at come mand all, or nearly all, offensive processes may such be carrie] on either without offense.orwit ion of offense, as to make them te oreven trivial, and it is as much to the 1 of manutacturers as it isto the put rmanations from offensive proce arrested. THE INSPECTION OF PLOMRTING, After referring tothe work iu this department the Health nestly the inspector’ ns of the pin of plans as provid the regulatic in, full and o nent is someN hat nt, and the atten favited to a caretu inspector The depar examinations of piuind witch is avout double that of t SMALLPOX, The report on the subject « the history of each of the ten « jeurred. In conciusion the b count of emer 'y nthe alarm concerning th sease in Baltimore perience with the | mind the firm cenvic on, With means at its cen onfine the of small mmunity with upon itself th invites the earn mnmMisss pur city w LOCAL CAUSE OF ZYMOTIC DISEASE. ensable for abuse of power, and there are many uxs Which must be taken into consideration 1 with the parties responsible for nuis- ing or resulting from the prosecution te or busines: The sufferers from any isance chate under delay, and if the offender ome great corporation or wealthy and influ- ential citizen, they are apt to attribute it to the | moneyed or political intluence, no matter how | Just and well intended may be the efforts or ac- tion of the officer responsible. Of course, the health officer says, there are cases, and a great many of them, were prompt and effective action is demanded, and in event ot failure of the party creating or maiutaining the nuisance to comply with the requirements of the artment, Te- course to extreme measures would be justified. Stillin many instances the office effectsan aba ment ofa nuisance by advice and persuasioy long aiter the real responsibility has beea shifted to the shoulders of the court. Nuisances ot this class, tie says, are generally ones that it takes time and patience to eflect- ually abate. Older cities than Washington, and. older states than any in our Union, have been dealing with the question for years. Those of this class of nuisances from which our people have suffered at one time or anothe1 and upon which this department has take action, are such as have resulted trom the boil- ing of bones, the reudering of fat, the burning of oyster shells, the manufacture of sulphate of ammonia, the manufacture of illuminating gas, and the manufacture of asphaltum. The otfensive processes give rise to public | nuisances. either by the use and storaze of | offensive substances, the production of offen- irritating or destructive vapors or ga: | or by the discharge of great quantities of dust {and dirt. «The methods ot abatement are: Con- eying and storing in c | the gases throuzh purifiers, cond .. 80 | as to fix the condensabdle ones, and then destroy- | ing the combustible ones by subjecting them to ineand it heat. If the result cannot be ac- complished by these means, then the works must not be permitted in thickly populated heizhborhoods, or dwellings must be removed from their vicinity. In the case of lime kilns | and factories, where the smoke conveys offen- | sive matter, then the use of tallchimneys should be resorted to. it scussing the method by which sul- phate of ammonia Is made, and the intolerabie nuisance caused by the offensive sulphuretted hydrogen gas thrown off into the atinosphere, the report says a very small proportion of this gas, if present In tle air, is offensive to the smell, and the nu'sance from such works m at times be perceived at the distance of half mile or more. In reference to thestatement that such effluvia are injurious to the public heaith, th it is certain that exposure to the efiuvia from sulphate of ammonia works does in many persons induce feelings of depression, headache, loss of appetite, nausea or vor: and sometimes some oppression of the breath- ing.” | sive REFINING ASPHALT. Factories for the refining of asphaltum have been removed in two instances from locations in this city where serious nuisance had been the result of the operations as conducted. The works referred to were those of Messrs. Cran- ford & Co., on corner B and 1ith streets north- west.and Messrs. Baldwin & Co.. on North Capitol street, between K and L streets north- west. The only works of the kind now In the District of Columbia are those of Messrs. A. L. Barber & Co., situated on what is known as. sby’s Point, foot of 26th street northwest. e works there has been introduced re- an appliance patented by the District f. DeSmedt, which promises to tually abate the nuisance by destroying the gases thrown off. THE MANUFACTURE OF ILLUMINATING GAs. Speaking of the manufacture of illuminating gas, the report refers to an investigation made | by the medical officers of health in London in 1so7. The report of that committee says noth- ing about damage inflicted by efluvia, for the reason that nothing definite was ascertained. It was found impracticable to eliminate the uence exerted by other more certainly inju- rious conditions, to which the poor popuiations most exposed to the effluvia from the works were subjected. And the same difficulty still exists. Vast improvements, however, have taken place in the processes of gas manufacture since that time. The refuse is all cared tor and utilized, and handling of all the material ts much more carefully done. ‘The purification at the Washington gas works is by the dry lime process. The sources of nuisance from gas works are | porting of ca: | pen unfortunate x for the re under onthe The healt officer says: We are in not having legislation providi of infectious ting account 18 give din London. U ctions of premises, whe red, are made he patieut, this beme th only have in ordinary cases of ascertaining It is hardiy ne ry to ¢ inspections made in ad vent and, if possible, provide which will ward off the destroying ange trusts th lation Ne t action will be taken to provide legis- ‘ing this swbj VITAL STATISTICS, There are at present on filein thi about births, ma still-births and deaths this number we have recently had 302 Dirths and 33.499 of deaths b. volumes department time. ina condl- ny period in the = the necessit acle for these at the prese vriorto that of He wi T providing a fire-proot rec important records, During the year endi deaths occurred in ¢ June 30, 1883, 4.286 the District of Columntia. Of this number 1,196 were white males, 1,07 white females, 1,004 colored s, and 1,013 colored females. From a consideration of such | dataasis at hand, and taki in- crease as shown by the lation, on January 1, 1885, ha at 191,080 (126.300 white and 45,680 colored). | Taking these fizures as a basis, it ix shown that the death rate during the past y per 1,000 per annum for the te i The death rates for the white and pu- ation shows, as in the past, a very marked dif- ference, being 17.98 tor the whites and 30.68 tor | the wed. In discussing zymotic diseases the report saya that it seems to be the popular impression that croup. diplithe ver are plored 9 nm than ertain immunity from the malarial fevers; that such is not the case our death record for the past five years quite plainiy indicates. During that period the death rate from measles was for the whites, for the vil, 087; diphtheria, Wy whit 1s colored; malarial fevers, 085 white; colored. Of the 3,116 births reported S51 were white males, 833 white females; 715 colored males, 715 colored females; one female color unknown, and one colored. sex unknown. Of the 333 bastards reported, 300 were colored. Of 1.084 white births, 1,004 were certified by physicians, while of the 1,431 colored births only 295 were returoed. by physicians, There were reported (07 marriages contracted between white parties, 235 in which the con- tracting parties were colored and one mixed marriage. BEAR What a Wavhington Harber Has te Say About Women and Hazors, : “This ts a lady hairdre: strop Ia razor,” said a fashionable eT, as he sut in his shop, the other day, ing a small ivery-handled razor. “The ies bring “em here for me to put in order.” “A lady's razor?” asked a STaR reporter, whe had been drawn into th urouzh curiosity. “Do ladies ever use raz: wh, ye cut their corns with,” he ad “No, not to cut their shave wit corrected. th that’s what re an put them to.’ You don't mean to say that women share? reiterated the reporter. a look of astonisiment taking possession of his face. “That's just what 1 mean to say,” replied he of the razor, running the gleaming blade across his thumb-nail, Then, finding the edge satisfactory, he became more confidential and continued: ' “There area great many ladies in Washington who shave. adepts in the use of the razor, but the most of them are shaved by their maids. To know how touse a razor is one of the principal re- quisites of a good lady's maid. Many ladies send their maids to New York to have them taught the use of a razor at a cost of from €50 set down about as follows: The issue of smoke and vapor from the retort house, the process of emptying the purifiers and depositing the spent lime, the revivification of oxide, the tree expo- sure of tar or ammoniacal liquor to the atnios~ phere, or the removal of the various refuse mat- ters. At the Washington works the tar and ammo- niacal liquors are conveyed by underground pipes directly to the distilleries. the oxide of tron is not used, and consequently there is no occa- sion for revivification. The smoke, &c., from the retort house is delivered at such an elevation as only exceptionally to cause any unpleasant result. Consequently, the main opportunity for nuisance to result is in the cleaning of the purifiers and the disposal of the spent lime taken therefrom. The company here has a special ‘purifying house,” a large brick building. ventilated from the sides, and the health officer has had no complaint of nuisance arising therefrom. THE BURNING OF OYSTER SHELLS. Thereare two establishments in the city for the burning of oyster shells into lime, and they have been the subject of numerous complaints as to the offensive odors emanating therefrom. One of these 1s the property of the Washington gas-light company, who use the product of the kilns at their works, and the other belongs to one William Smith. Action has been taken against both of these works by this department, and the cases are nuw awaiting action in the Criminal Court. The nuisance arising from the burning of oys- ter shells is the result of thecombustion of ani- mal matter contained in the shells when burned green and the portions of the oyster still adher- ing thereto. ‘THE EFFECT OF TRADES NUISANCES. Investigations studying the effect exerted by trades nuisances upon the public health find that the influence consists in a group of symptoms of singular constancy representing a disturbance of digestion and circulating functions, along with and probably due toa number of sensory disturbances—loss of appetite. nausea, some- times actual vomiting, sometimes headache, diarrhea, giddiness, faintness aed a ceaeral sense of depression or malyria. It is an influence from ich some person’ suffer more than others, and to which some indiy dusla become moresensitive, wiule others becomes lest sensi- tive with custom an time; ap influence from to 3100, and sume of them become very expert ndbees. “thes can commant oe Ty high prices ; for their services, and are never in want of a ition. But they can't learn to take f arazor,” be added With a smnile of sat- ion, as he closed the little instrument aud put it away in a neat Morocco case. “They to me for that.” “No, not exactly, though it's new to most people. The habit grew from the fact that many women have a thick growth of soft downy hairon their cheeks and chin and acrosa the upper lip. This is very objectionabie to them as it spoils their complexion entirely and gives them a masculine appearance. They try to get rid of tas defect by pullin, nent hairs, but that only heavier and finally they have to to shaving. It Is a sad day for # lady when she finds that she has to re- sort to shaving, but she will do most anything rather than to allow the hair to grow on her face. Why, Ihave seen ladies with their taces all scarred up trom the use of caustics for this purpose.” Here he stopped to take out another razor and try its edge upon a hairhe held between his 8. a having @ lady jsa very delicate job,” he continued, “and the razor must have a fine edge on it. To cut a lady's face would be to do her an injury that would never be forgiven. But a mau who understands his business would never do that. They do what they call shaving under the skin, which consists in stretching the skin tightly over the face between the thumb and forefinger and shaving it in that way, one spot at a time. so that when the skin is let loose the pores close over the stubbie.” All ladies don't shave, do they?” asked the reporter, in dismay. “Oh, no; not evena majority of them; bat many ladies in fashionable life do. “About how often peed usually have to go thro the operation cGoneral lly two or three timesa week, and it’s very tedious. For that reason many other means are tried for getting rid of superfuous hair on the face. There 1s a dermatolozist here who has rome sort of an electrical machine for extracting these hairs, and he has a tremendous practice. Women with a lotof hair on their’ faces will resort to altnost any means of getting ‘out the most promi- Here a prwate earriawe drove up to andt » rier taking a hint, parted his log friend, as a lady, the fair p a razor, entered ‘the shop