Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1890, Page 8

LOBAL MENTION. The Weather. FORECAST TILL EIGHT A.M. THURSDAY. For the District of Columbia and Maryland, colder; northerly winds; fair weather. For Virginia, fair weather: variable winds; r. Ores THE 22p, rain or shine, and still giving @way those elegant frames with each dozen Photographs. Exrarroox, 711 Market Space. Wart ror THe AxNouNcEMENT oF R. Gotp- scumrp's it refrigerator sale of all the most Roted es in the country. Dox'r Fart to call at Srxaxeron’s, 415 7th street northwest, if you wish real bargains in furniture, carpeta. upholstery goods, portieres, lace curtains, &c. Every article offered at sectual cost. Terms cash, and no discounts can be allowed during this sale. Sax advt. Housefurnishing column. K1xo. Carver Puotos, 4 for 1. for few days only. Stan Gatreny, 459 Pa. ave. Warten vor Taz Axxouncemest oF R. Goup- poHuip's great sacritice sale of refrigerators, Grawax rx Five Weexs’ Counse.—Fasci- Rating lessons by Professor Haupt. Dr. Lippincott, Pittsburg, wrote: “-Haupt’s method is most admirably adapted to the pur- of acquiring a practical knowledge of | onal Any other method suffers greatly | by comparison.” Lincoln music hall, 9th and Dste., Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10:30 a, | ™m., 4:20and% p.m. Opening days of Haupt's| course. All are cordially invited. | Powsnrcr Orzna Giasves. Hemren’s, 453 ave. | Do Not Bry your refrigerators too hasty. | ‘Wait for K Gotpscumo's opening sale of re- | frigerators. ps Simtors Stax, I4c.; porterhouse, 16c.; roast | beef, se.; rib roast, 10c. and 12c.; corned, soup c.; lamb and mutton, Se. to 15e.; : 13 Ibs. corned or fresh | ve! 34 to 136 Center | , and 24 and 25 O-st. Market. | Visit the Empire Carpet Cleaning Works, | €31-635 Mass. ave. n.w. ‘Telephone 787-2 Ir You Ang looking for bargains read W. H. Hoeke’s ad. in 4th page. Five Hvxpnep Tauyks at special sale. R, Goxpscumiv’s, 1007-1009 F street northwest, tomorrow, Thursd Bex Your Coat. Coke aud Wood from Joux- vox Broturxs, the leading firm in the Dis- trict. ‘Tae Cnearest Fvex in the market is Wash- ington gus light company’s coke. a Jouxsox Buos., Exclusive Agenta, W.S. Fisuen. flori Notice! Notice! Notice! Highest cash price paid for old feather beds, | Address Box 114, Star offic Sewsatiowat Bancarx Save in baby car- riages at It. Gotpscumrp’s, 1007-1009 F street | Borthwest, tomorrow, Thursday. Read adver- | tisement, fourth page. Sruixo Strtzs Men's Pine Felt Derbies $1.50 | and #2 Extra vaiu A. T. Lewis, 435 7th st. | CITY AND_DISTRICT. AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. 1425 Pa, ave. now. | Acravon’s—McCaull’s Opera Company in “Clover.” Nartosat.—“The Wife.” Hannis’ Bisov,—“The White Slave.” Kruxax’s.—Peter Jackson and Bennett Bro.'s Specialty Company. Gone TuxaTeR,—Lorett’s Congress of Nov- elties. CoxoRrEcatIoNaL Cuvncn.—Stoddard Lec- ture on the Splendors of Switzerland. Masoxic Temrie.—Kuights of Pythias Fair and Bazar. Lixcotx Convention. Witiaxp Hart.—Carpenter's Mesmerism. CONDENSED LOCALS. Harry Weeks, living at 906 F street south- West, fell and broke his arm while putting up electric wires at the State, War and Navy de- partments building yesterday. Yesterday afternoon a fire took place in house No. 20 8th street southeast, occupied by R. J. Rodgers, and was extinguished by No. 8 company. The loss was about $600, on which there was no insurance, Ex-Postmaster Conger’s overcoat was stolen from his office yesterday afternoon. Home missions, Iudian missions and home | for deaconesses were among the sudjects dis-| cussed at a meeting of the Woman's home mis- sionary society at Foundry M.E. church yester- day afternoon. Mrs. Teller presided, he board of managers of the associated ebarities met last night and heard the secre- tary's report, which stated that there were 770 calls for aid, 157 of which were relieved. Em- ployment was found for 16 persona. ‘The Congressional temperance society will hold its first meeting im the Foundry M. E. eburch, G street, next Sunday evening. Sen- ator Colquitt of Georgia. Representative Stew- art of Georgia, Representative Morse of Mas- sachusetts and others to be announced later Will address the meeting. Music Hatt.—Woman Suffrage Allen W. Lowie, Clark’s Gap, Va., sends 21 to Tax for the suffering Indians of Devil's Lake ageucy. SS eS Cattle Market. At the Union stock yards 175 cattle were on the market yesterday and all sold to butchers as follows: Best sold from 414 to 43¢c. per pound; good sold from 3°4 to 4c. per pound; medium soid from 3 to 3c. per pound; common sold from 24 to 2%c. per pound; 225 sheep and lambs on the market and all sold. Old sheep sold from 5 to 6c. per pound; lambs from 534 to 7c. per pound; cows and calves sold from $25 to #45 each. Market for all kinds of stock was fair. ————__ An Ungrateful Tramp. The night lodging house on 12th street is a Paradise for tramps, for in addition to a good clean bed, bread, mest, soup and coffee are furnished them for breakfast, One night last week an unprofitable guest was provided for. Mr. Plumsill, who has charge of the institution, felt unwell and one of the men in the house gave him a dose of medicine. The patient soon | fell asleep, and when he awoke his doctor had | left the building. The supermtendent’s coat was still hanging where he had left it, but €43 ‘that was w the pocket was gone. ————— Amusements, { The sale of seats for Stuart Robson in “An | Arrant Knave” at Albaugh’s next week begins | tomorrow morning. ] The last wf the Stoddard lectures will be ven at Congregational church tonight aud it not depreciating the superiority of its pre- decessors to say the last is the best. The sub- Jeet is Switzerland and the grandeur of that mountain land will be fully set forth on Mr. d's canvas, The sale of seats for Booth and Modjeska in Baltimore next week begins today at Miller's book store, 589 15th street. Tickets $1.50 and €2. which includes fare to and from Baltimore. The sale of seats for the Stetson opera com- pany in “The Gondoliers” at Music hall next week begins tomorrow at Droop’s music store. Tickets 1.50. tl and 50 cents. This new Gil- bert aud Sullivan opera is gorgeously mounted, and in the cast are Miss Lillie Grabb, Miss Celie Ellis, Miss Mabelle Baker and Miss Betina Padelford of this city. Seats now on sale tor Chas. E. Davis in “One Of the Old Stock” at Harris’ Bijou next week. t Metzerott’s for the Newsboys and aid soviety entertainment at Mrs. Hugh McCulloch's residence, 912 15th street. Miss Kate Field, Miss Aldrich, Miss Bertha Lincoln and others will appear. Reilly and Woods’ new big show will be at 's next week, better than ever. ethan ms Tux Wares Coron Deawixos by Mr. Peter Toft, exhibited over Galt’s, are attracting much attention from connoisseurs and collectors, as the opportunity thus afforded is about the first the people of Washington have enjoyed of see- this artist's work properly displayed. ‘The tion covers such a wide geographical Fange and so great a variety of subjects as to make an inspection seem like a trip around the world, and as Mr. Toft uses only THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. SIGS” AT A FEAST. Members of a College Fraternity Around the Banquet Board. MEMBERS OF THE EPSILON ALUMNI CHAPTER OF ‘THE SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY AND THEIR GUESTS— “SIGs” IN ALL VOCATIONS HAVE A HEARING AT THE FESTAL BOARD. The Greek alphabet turned itself loose, knocked itself topsy-tarvy last night at the Shoreham. Its component members were all mixed up. but they managed to resolve them- selves before many hours of today had flown and are now presumably in as good 8 condition asever. The occasion of all these actions was the first annual reunion and dinner of the Ep- silon alumni chapter of the Sigma Chi fra- ternity. But it must not be thought for a mo- ment that this confusion of the letters of the Greek alphabet resulted from anything that was served along with the menu, Apollinaris and ice water, followed at the end by coffee, were the only beverages, and the topsy-turvy- dom referred to was merely the intermingling of the representatives of the chapter letters— theta. kappa, epsilon. delta, pi and so on. It was a jolly reunion and thoroughly en- outsider, the only man who did not have the password or the grip and who stared in open- eyed wonder and awe when the men around him spoke of initiations and rites and other matters that are popularly supposed to belong peculiarly to the exeentive session. Covers were laid for fifty, but there were a few absent ones whose places, however, were filled before the evening was over by the coming who happened to be in town there was to bea banqnes and knowing that all --Sigs” would be welcome, dropped in on the table full of men who were their brethren, AROUND THE TABLE. It was about 9:30 when the way was led to the board by Mr. Reginald Fendall, the presi- dent of the chapter, and as such the chairman of the dinner. Before each plate lay a hand- some menu card, on which was the seal of the fraternity, and containing a most tempting list | of good things, and a mame éard for each man tied with the blue and gold ribbons of the order. It was somewhat later when the same gentleman, after giving the orchestra a chance, | rapped for order and started the feast of | Treason. He bewailed the hard-heartedness of the executive committee in limiting each speaker to five minutes, since he had, at the expense of great labor and much time, prepared an elab- orate speech that was now quite useless, By electing him chairman they had shut him off, and he felt sorry for the tables. He intro- duced Judge Andrew B. Duvall as the first aker, who had the toast “Epsilon chapter.” e said that he was in a quandary as to what to compare Epsilon to--whether to Rosalind in her bower, sleeping the sleep of the innocent, fair and beautiful, awaiting to be awakened by the kiss of the prince, or to Tarn’s harp, on the walls, mute, ready to burst forth into melody at the magic touch of some master. He finaily gave up the attempt to compare her to any- thing, for she was unique and she stands alone. To Mr. Andrew A. Lipscomp remained the task of completing the toast, and he did it in an ad- mirable manner, keeping the table in 4 roar | throughout. He said that he had expected en “hysterical” account of Epsilon from Mr. Duvall to give him some needed pointers. In conclusion he toasted the chapter after the fashion of the Irishman—Epzsiion, last in the field and first to leave it; or, if that doesn’t suit, the chapter, equal to none. There were two Kepresentatives in Congress on the bill to respond to the toast—“Sigs in Congress,” but they failed to appear and so Mr. &. W. W. Curry was called upon for a re- sponse, which he gave to the satisfaction of all. Rey. S. P. Dillon of Lincoln, Neb., spoke fer- vently of the doings of “Sigs in the pulpit, and Mr, Sebastian Brown of Baltimore talked for a while on the matter of “Sigs at the bar,” which he characterized as a fine text, “s1G8” IN PROFESSIONAL LIFE. “Sigs in medicine” ran the title of the toast doled out to Dr. Geo. N. Acker. He said that he had been surprised to receive an invitation to “throw physic to the dogs”—which was the sentiment attached to the toast—at the dinner there. but he would do the best he could. After giving a long and honorable list of the names of men who have achieved distinction in medi- cine with the white cross badge of the frater- | nity on their bosoms he was followed by his colleague, Dr. Reginald Munson, who spoke on the same topic. Mr. Theo. W. Noyes was sup- posed to talk on “Sigs in the press,” but he managed to twist his speech into some very in- teresting reminiscences of the days when Epsi- lon was an active chapter, and he told of how the horrors of the initiation were doled out to the new comers, until the hair of Taz Stan re- porter, who was that outsider mentioned above, fairly stood on end. He left the press part of the toast to Maj. Daniel N. Ransdell, the marshal of the District, who paid a tribute of respect to the press, a feeling, he said, that every man who had ever run up against the press crosswise should have. He characterized the presé as the balance wheel in every com- munity, as the power that makes and unmakes statesmen, OTHER “‘sIGs.” “Sigs in business” was the next topic, which was ably handled by Maj. 8. H. Walker and Mr. Howard Keyworth. Mr. Thos. King, jr., made a very bright speech. invoking constant laughter and applause, on the toast of ‘Active chapters—infants carry the white cross to the front.” He divided honors on the theme with Mr. G. H. Gorman, whose address was both humorous and touching in ita pathos. Then came Mr. M. M. Miller of Princeton, and Mr. | Ruter Springer on the toast Alumni chapters.” Dr. Farnham told in au imprompta speech about the way in which the alumni chapter had joyed by every “Sig” present, also by one lone | | pressed by the fot A STRANGE LAND. Mr. W. W. Rockhill’s Account of His Journey Through Tibet. CURIOUS CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE—THEY BAVE NO RESPECT FOR AGE—THEIR SIMPLE COSTUMES AND PRIMITIVE MODES OF AGRICULTURE AND ‘MINING—RELIGION, MARRIAGE, ETC. At the meeting of the anthropological society at the Cosmos ciub last night Dr. D.S Lamb read a paper on “Olecranon tora men.” Mr. Mark B. Kerr told of the legend of the Shasta Indians of northern California and j Southern Oregon which tells of the origin of the island of Llav Nous. Mr. W. W. Rockhill, who has spent a number of years in China and made quite an extensive journey through a portion of the almost un- known land of Tibet, read a very valuable and in- teresting paper on that strange land. Mr. Rock- hill prefaced his remarks with a personal expla- nation, which, he said, he considered he owed to the anthropologicu! society and to himself. If he presumed to address the society on the an- thropology of the Tibetan race, a subject here- tofore hardly touched by any authors and whose observations had. they admitted. to be taken with many grains of salt, it was not only because he had made a pesey through a part of their country, but because he had given some twenty years to a study of the literature and the history of the people, and during four ears of this time, while secretary of the United States legation at Peking, he had con- versed daily with Tibetans who held, many of | them, high official position in their country and were ut the capital of the empire on official business. The remarks he offers result from information gained from them, corroborated by native works and confirmed by observations on his journey. As the field of research of the society was contined to anthropology. the lec- turer would not be obliged to speak of himself and his journeys in China. Mongolia aud Tibet. which was a great relief to him, as he stili laid some claims to modesty, of the non-Chinese tribes inhabiting the western part of it. of ‘Tibetan, Mongol and Turki descent. the first a pastoral people living in the higher walleys and surrounded by herds of ponies, yal sheep and goats, the others living in villages and greatly Chinesetied, To the west of this region was the Kokonor steppe. with an average altitude of over 10,000 feet, a lake of 16624 miles in circumference in its center, the ‘Blue Lake.” the Kokonor. The country adjoining the lake is inhabited by ‘Libetans and Mongols, the latter much op- who are a truculent race and much feared by all their neighbors, The Mongols of the Kokonor have adopted the dress of their fierce neighbors and try. but with small success, to resist them. The war- like spirit which once animated them and made them masters of two-thirds of the old world has gone out of them or is dormant. waiting, perhaps, the coming of another Gengis Khan, and their endeavors to look fierce and over-awe their Tibetan neighbors meet with no more success than did those of the ass when dressed in the lion’s skin, HABITS AND CUSTOMS OF A CURIOUS PEOPLE. He spoke at length of the habits and customs of the Tibetans and of their relations to other Mongol peoples. The chief article of diet of the Tibetans is tea, They mash up tea twigs and this they boil and to it add milk and but- ter. This is all churned and eaten with a peculiar sort of meal. The Tibetans probably are not polyandrous, but have a number of other very curious customs, They purchase their wives. The dead they expose on hill sides instead of giving them burial. Whena man ipposed to be dying he is asked by his friends and relatives if he intends to return. If he says he does not he is allowed to die in peace, but it he says he will return they strangle or smother him to hasten his demise. The Tibetans bave not the slightest regard for age and the elders and parents have no rights which the children are bound to respect. In fact, it is not at all uncommon for them to kill their friends and relatives when they get too old to be of use, The early religion of the Tibetans was made up largely o®a species ef sorcery and was closely allied to Tavism in its modern form. HOW THEY DIFFER FROM THE CHINESE. The people of eastern Tibet have a remark- able physique, not at all like the Chinese, The cheek bones are not so high, the nose is slender and the hair is slightly wavy if not curly. The women are particularly beautiful. which can hardly be said of the Chinese and Mongols. ‘They have, however, one revolting habit that detracts from their charm. They daub their faces with a mixture of grease and mineral substances which gives them a particularly dirty look. There are two theories to account for this custom. They say it is to protect their fuces from the harsh wines but another story has it that they blacken their faces in order to attract the attention of the lamas or priests, There are a surprising number of monasteries in this country, all handsomely decorated with figures of divinities and heavily plated with gold. The Tibetans place little value upon the precious metals and mine gold almost solely for religious purposes. All their mines are placer, but the amount they succeed in obtain- ing would lead one to suppose that it would be plentiful if only properly mined. As an agricultural people they are very prim- itive. Their tools are of the rudest descrip- tion and their crops are quite limited, barley being the main staple. In the south, however, there isa somewhat greater variety and peas and potatoes are extensively grown. The lat- ter were probably introduced by travelers or missionaries, SIMPLE COSTUMES, The clothing of the Tibetans consists mainly ofa single long garment which is put over the head, It is large and in its folds and pockets the wearer can carry most of his personal be- longings. ‘his, with a pair of long boots tied in at the knee. completesgheir costume. ‘They been formed, and Judge David K. Watson, the attorney general of Ohio, and Mr. L. B. Allen of Norfolk spoke touchingly of fraternity fel- lowships aud friendships. At 2 o'clock the banquent board was cleared and the first din- ner of “Epsilon” was at an end. SIGS WHO WERE THERE, Those present were: Dr. G. N. Acker, W. J. Acker, L. N. Charles, Geo. T. Coftin, W. W. Curry, A. B. Duvall, J. Walter Duvall, Thos. Ewing, jr., W. C: Ewing, C. T. C. Earle, R. Fendall, R. Farnham, G, H. Gorman, Daniel Hay, Linden Kent, H. Q. Keyworth, A. A. Lips- comb, K, Munson, C. H. Miller. O. J. Markle, T. W. Noyes, D, M. Ransdell, W. H. Singleton, RK. W. Springer, E. L. Tompkins, 8. H. Walker, Benj. White, Sebastian Brown, W. R. Sattler, RK. D. Clifton and Dr. E. 8. Conlyn of Balti- more; Maj. M. G. McLain of Indiana, L. B. Al- ; len of Norfoik, M. M. Millev, Princeton; Rev. S. P. Dillon, Febraska; A. K. Luecker of Norris- town, Pa.. Fred. W. McKeynolds, Wabash college, Indiana, and J. E. Watkins, Frank Strong and Snowden Ashford of Washington. At a business meeting earlier in the day the following officers were elected: Reginald Fen- dall, president; Dr. Robert Farnham. vice president; Ruter W. Springer, secretary and treasurer; W. H. Singleton, historian, and An- drew B. Duvall, Samuel H. Walker, Thomas Ewing and Dr. G. N. Acker, new members of the executive committee. peceanior Ea Ill Treatment of Recruits. To the Editor of Tux EvENtxe Star: The interview published in Monday's Stan about the condition of recruits at Jeffer- son barracks is true in every particular. The stories of brutal treatment, poor food badly cooked, and the inducements for men to gam- ble their pay away are not exaggerated in the least, butcan be confirmed by hundreds of soldiers who have passed through that misera- ble recruiting experience, and testimony ean be given by some of them of outrages worse and of cruelty unsurpassed in the annals of slavery before the war, Our applause-secking Senators picture so vividly the heartless cruelty practiced on the unoffending negro and let pass the barbarous treatment of luckless recruits who enlisted for the honor of their country. The bitter expe- riences [had at Jefferson barracks for five months will linger in my memory as long as I live. The treatment of raw country lads, the stolid indifference of officers who con- pure trans; nt water colors, his dra Possess a quality as pleasing as it is rare in these days when opaque substitutes are so commonly used to secure strong effects. As of oil paintings in drawing rooms, etc., ae collection should be inspected by those interested, whether as admirers or in- tending purchasers. ii age from St. Lou’ guard house to suit the caprice of a non-com- missioned officer, the lack of attention paid to sick men and the small show that a pri- Yate had of obtaining justice—all as Tux Stax said in its to either ‘death = id report, have no national head d. The women are very fond of jewelry and they wear great quan - tities of it about their persons. Passing to a consideration of the geography of the northwestera part of China proper, he spoke of the province of Kansu and of the salt marsh basin, over 500 miles from east to west and 60 odd from north to south, called the Tsuidam (two Tibetan words, meaning “salt marsh”), aud inhabited by sume 10,000 Mongols, MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS OF CHINA AND TIBET, To the south of this country rises like a wall, or one of our western mesa, achain of mountains, with an average altitude of about 16,000 feet, On our maps it figures as the Kuon-lun, a Chinese name, which ought not to be retained in our more precise and scientific geographical nomenclature, esvecially as it is never made use of by the Chinese of the present day did it ever have a well-defined meaning. I the south of this range are the high tablelands of northern Tibet, uninhabited by man, but over which roam innutuerable herds of wild yak, asses and antelope, and where bears and wolves are seen in great numbers. On the southern side of this platean, which is over 800 mules long, with an average width from north to south of 200 miles, the two great rivers of China, the Huang ho and the Yang-tzu-Kiang, take their source. ‘To the south of these rivers the country begins to be peopled, and their | course may be considered for practival pur- poses ag the northern boundary of ‘Tibet roper. - The lecturer then oe of the people in- habiting Tibet aud of the savage tribes on its southern border, the Abors, the Mishnvis, the Lisus and the Mosos, 4 ‘The primitive religion Of Tibet, Peunch’u, was a form of shamanism, and sorcery wus its rinerpal feature, The modified furm of uddhism now dominant in the country. and also in Mongolia islamaism, It dates from the ninth century of our cra and was reformed in the fourteenth. Christian priests may have af- fected it in its ceremonial observanves and ec- clesiastical dress, for the points of resemblance are numerous and striking. aking of the customs of the Tibetans Mr. | Rockhill referred to marriage by purchase and to the existence of polyandry, resulting prob- ably from poverty; to disposing of the dead by feeding their flesh to the birds of prey and dogs kept for this work, or else by exposing the corpses on the hill sides, He also spoke of the prayer wheel and how it probably owed -its origin to a misinterpretation of a sanskrit expression. He finally spoke of the finds of Re ished stone implements near the Tibetan rder land and in other parts of China, few in number and of very uncertain date. ; Those implements, called “thunder stones” on ae: count of @ supposed supernatural origin properties, being much po after as charms there is a brisk demand for them and numbers are probably manufactured. Says He was Assaulted in a Saloon. A warrant was issued from the Police Court yesterday charging Bryan McDonald with an assault on Frank Nicholson in McDonald's sa- had kicked him. The injured man was attended f at the emergency hospital, Real Estate Matters. AN INEBRIATES’ HOME. A Citizens’ Mass Meeting Asks Congress to Establish One. ADDRESSES BY JUDGE COX, DR. GODDING, REV. DR. BARTLETT AND MR B. H. WARNER—A PROPER PLACE FOR TREATING INEBRIATES BE- QUIRED IN THE DISTRICT, Doctors, lawyers, merchants, in fact all. were at the Metropolitan church last night and all were enthusiastic in their support of the ob- Ject of the meeting, and that object was to further the legislation to establish a home and hospital for the inebriates in the District, On the platform were Rev. Geo. H. Corey, Justice Walter S. Cox, Dr. W. W. Godding, Commissioner Douglass, Grand Chief Templar Kalstrom of the Good Templars, Rev. W. A. Bartlett, B. H. Warner and ex-Commissioner Webb, The body of the church was nearly full when Dr. Corey opened the meeting with an appro- { aipare prayer. after which Grand Chief Templar ialtrom said a few words and proposed Justice Cox as chairman of the meeting. JUDGE COX’s SPBECH. Justice Cox remarked that this was not a temperance movement. but an @ttempt to affcrd some relief to the sordid, groveling objecte of intemperance. ‘We are inclined,” continued the justice. ‘‘to look on intemper- ance asa matter to be disciplined, but on the other hand there is a large class who use stimu- lants in a small way through years of a useful aud honorable career. put to these there often comes a time when excess is necessary, the gar- land of roses becomes manacles. the friend who bad been welcomed becomes’ an enemy, and no exertion can save him from downfall. For such a man anger gives way to pity.” Judge Cox held that in- temperance was a disease. If insanity 1s a dis- ease of the brain then a contirmed drunkard is insane. with temporary poriods of sanity, Lhe man should be treated as insane—removed from temptation for a gtime necessary to effect a permanent cure. “The bill is betore Con- gress,’ continued the speaker, “and now you, by your preseuce here and your voices outside, are askea to give emphasis to the appeal.” DR. GODDING'S ADDRESS, Dr, W. W. Godding followed in an address, The doctor thought people should have more gympathy for tallen souls, After the habit got ite Zoid. he said, intemperance was a disease, and should be #2 treated. If an asylum is merely a eobering-off place, where men may re- cupeérate for another drink, it is of not the slight- est value. We have tricd jails and workhouses, Now let us try a home, giving it sufficient peer to be ot benefit, The home should have broad fields surrounding it. Not less than 500 acres wero needed. Out-door work was needed to effect cures, Compulsory labor must be provided for by the law. The patient must kave regular mental and physical occupa- tion. Ihe beard in charge should consist of teading citizens, with enough Congressmen to get a friend at court. The superintendent must be a medical man of high standing, with a deep faith in the innate good in man and a be- lief that inebriety is a disease, No politics must be brought into the affair. COMMISSIONER DOUGLASS’ SPEECH, Commissioner Douglass, who was the next speaker, said that last August at the rooms of the Y.M.C.A. he had expressed himself as in favor of this measure, and later the board of Commissioners had done likewise, The board had changed a little since then. Col, Robert had come in, but Col. Robert was a Baptist and in favor of Adam’s ale every time, and the board was just as firm in its adherence to cold water asever. The bill, he said, afforded full protection to every one. man or woman could be put in the asylum without a fair trial before a jury. If he can prove that he is not a drunkard, but only drinks a couple of gallons a day which he can stand, why all right. Some men never get drunk above their shoulders and such men can take a trip to the home of their free will, In any case the length of detention is placed at two years. If the patientis not then cured the whole business before the court and jury has to be gone through with again. People are beginning to undesrtand that “Children’s teeth are set on edge because the parents ate grapes.” Intemperance is a disease either hereditary or otherwi: ‘There were. he suid, 381 people at the work house, over 306 of whom have been brought there by drink, In 1874 and 1876 a good Dill passed Cougress providing for an asylum for this purpose in the District. It was a first-rate bill, but somebody addcd two lines to the end and the District has never got its asylum. The two lines read, ‘Provided, that Congress shall never appropriate any money for the asylum.” DR. BARTLETT'S PLEA, Rev. Dr. W. A. Burtlett made astrong plea for the proposed hospital No matter, he said, how aman became intemperate, whether rich or poor, the results are so frightful that he must be cured. Moral conrage is needed. Because certain citizens use the razor very vigorously in their quarrels we should not do away with steel, but elevate their minds so they will use the razor only for its proper purpose. God gives things for useful purposes. The water is not to drown in nor ores to make weapons. Solve the problem by elevating the moral nature of humanity and let God's universe alone. In- temperance is a disease, but the man is morally responsible. A home is certainly needed where both moral and physical nature could be elevated, Give the victim will force and he is all right. The people of Washington, he said, should work hard for this thing. It was needed, THE POTOMAC WATER. The doctor referred eloquently to the beauty of the city, its growth and its public buildings, and then remarked: ‘+1 don’t know but what it would be profane to speak of the water we are getting just now. It is very demoralizing water aud reminds me of the man who stood on the banks of the Mississippi and informed the cred- ulods stranger that the Mississippi river water was the most nourishing er inthe world, ‘That's the kind of water we have now, and in the morning it is always a question whether it would be better to wash or not. I don’t believe this water is sent to us asa satire on the big tunnel, not atall. It is simply an accident, which might be remedied by filters and such things, but we have not got the filters and will probably have to scrape ulong for some time with all the joys that ‘nourishing’ water brings.” MR. B. H, WARNER'S ADDRESS, Mr, B. H. Warner was the last speaker. He said that every religion and, every clan was united in support of this movement. Those who make drunkards and those who pity them are alike in favor of this home. No stm has been set as yet for this Sppeeneietion. but we should like to have at least 2300,000. The chief originator of the movement is a well- known lady who, he said, was in the audience. They were greatly encouraged in having here a representative of the judiciary” who favors the measare The home, he said, should be on a broad basis, under men of character and intelligence. He had, he said, been amazed and delighted that all denominations have come forward in sup- port of the plan. one should see to it that the bill becomes a law. THE OLD SOLDIERS, Mr. Warner submitted a letter from Gen. 0. B, Wilcox, the governor of the Soldiers’ Home, in which he says: “Such a humane institution is eminently needed. Many of the cases, authorities say one-third, can be cured and restored to lives of usefulness and happiness, and the community owes it to itself, the government owes it to the numbers of old soldiers and sailors who have ae their lives in its defense, and it would e greatly to the interest of the city to secure the remainder from a life of degradation and degth in the gutters by providing such a shield and asylum asthe one contemplated. This is ro A humble opinion as a resident of the Dis- trict, and as an official of the Soldiers’ Home I may truthfully add that drinking is the only source of all our woes and disorders, the pun- ishment leading to no reform. You might as well punish any other class of deeds committed by insane men without malice aforethought. But the Home will not only contribute its share of inmates, but I feel confident the commis- sioners of this institution would be glad to pay for the treatment of their veterans, and thereby contribute toward the support of an asylum, RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. these resolutions were Before D. C.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1890. PAYING FOR INFLUENCE. The Charge Against Maj. David E. Por- ter Dismissed. The case of Maj. David E. Porter, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, as published in yesterday's Sram, was tried in the Police Court yesterday afternoon. “Influence” was the question discussed during the trial. A colored man named F, W. Johuson was the dissppointed office seeker in the case. His story, as told to the court, was that a man named Pickens, representing himself as an agent of Maj. Porter, told him that the major conld get hima government position, He went all the way out to Oak Grove, the major's coun- try place, last summer with Pickens and paid the major 20. He understood that the #20 would get him the situation. The defendant ie pretend that he was a government of- Judge Miller said he had known a great many men who had “influence,” but they never seemed to have anything else. Col. Jackson, counsel for the defendant, said that if all the men of influence he knew were pat in a group Judiciary square would not hold em, The charge against the major was dismissed. TALKING FOR WOMEN, Speeches Made Last Night at Lincoln Music Hall, There was a large audience at the Lincoln music hall last night when Miss Susan B. An- thony called to order the evening session of the Woman suffrage association, Mrs, Isabella Beecher Hooker of Connecticut delivered an address on ~‘The centennial of 1892.” Her ref- erence to the centennial celebration itself was rather brief. however. She said that she thought womer should be put on the board of control as weli as men. The larger part of her address waa vaken up with a discussion of the rights and wrongs of her sex. Mra. Mary Sey- mour Howel. of Albany followed with an ad- dress im which she told how women have al- ways been held in subjection and how they Lave coma up from their degradation to the Roses they now occupy. For bai it has wen said that women were not the equal of men intellectuaily, but today they are found, not only in the colleges, but ever carrying off prizes from the men She closed her talk with an urgent appeal for pensions for army nurses, Miss Laura C. Chant of England said that the fog now enveloping the course of woman's rights would be lifted and scattered in the near future. She spoke of the ideal woman of the future and said that the revolution in dress aud ornament had already been entered upon. Gymnusiums, she said, were needed for gir! well as boys, On motion of Representative Pickler of South Dakota a vote of thanks to the speakers of the evening was passed. “THE FIELD WE OCCUPY.” Hard to be » Good Christian Here, but Rev. Dr. Rankin Says Faith Abounds. At the session of the Washington conference ol Congregational churches held in the Fifth church yesterday afternoon, President Rankin of Howard university read a paper on “The field we occupy.” He discussed the difficulties that lie in the way of a Christian life in this city and spoke specially of the uncertainties of politics as associated with the career of those in goverament service. “As a matter of fact,” he said: “In the long run perhaps there havo been as few uncertainties in the tives of those in government employ the last thirty years as in any other department of business, and prob- ably those changes will hereafter be less than they have been in the past. But until the tenure of those in inferior offices shall be wholly disassociated from the complexion of the party in power there will be more or less anxiety attached to such positions,” There was, ho said, in this ay ®& spirit of worldliness which was fostered by the exac- tions of society, and while these circumstances were antagonistic to Christian living still he saw many advantages. As a whole he though: this community had the characteristics of the southern people, in that they had a greater reverence for the Bible as an inspired book than the northern people. There was less rationalism here, but on the contrary a disposi- tion to religious faith and to leave the uncer- tainties and mysteries to Him to whom they belong. At the close of the evening session the con- ference adjourned. —_—_ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. VITAL STATISTICS, The report of Health Officer Townshend for last week shows: Number of deaths, 104— white, 48; colored, 56. Death rate per 1,000 perannum: White, 14.7; colored, 36.4. Total population, 21.6, Twenty-five were under five years ofage, 18 were under one year old and 21 over sixty years, Twenty of the deaths oc- curred in hospitals and public institutions, The deaths by classes were as follows: Zymotic, 12; coustitutional, 29; local, 54; developmentai, 8; violence, 1. The principal causes of death were: Consumption, 22; diarrheal, 2; erysipelas, 2; typhoid fever, 2; malarial fever, 1; pneumonia, 19; bronchitis, 3. Births re- ported: 9 white mules, 15 white females, 22 colored males, ii colored females, Marriages reported: 21 white, 6 colored, rami The First Day of Lent. The penitential season of Lent begins today with the solemn services which characterizes the commemoration of Ash Wednesday. In the Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopal and Lutheran churches Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the most solemn season of the ecclesiastical year of those denominations, Those who observe the season are expected to devote the time between this and Easter to prayer, penance end other religious occupa- tions The faithful are requested to refrain from balls, parties, theaters and other social events during the holy season. In the Roman Catholic churches this morning after mass the foreheads of the faithful were signed with ashes got from burning palm branches blessed on Palm Sunday of last year. While the priest is signing the person he repeats the words ad- dressed to fallen man when driven out of para- dise: “‘Remember, mun, thou art dust and unto dust thou shalt return.” This day com- memorates the beginning of the Savior's fast | of forty days in the descrt. The season closes with the impressive ceremonies of Passion Week, followed by the joyful Easter festival in commemoration of the resurrection of the Savior. is tee BRUISE ON LEG LEADS TO GREAT SUFFERING. HOT SPRINGS, DOCTORS AND ALL METHODS AND REMEDIES FAIL. TRIES CUiICURA AND SUCCEEDS. NOT A SORE ABOUT HIM NOW. CUTICURA SUCCEEDS, ‘Having been a sufferer for two years and a half from ‘& disease caused by a bruise on the leg,and having been cured by the CUTICURA REMEDIES when all other methods ard remedies failed, 1 deem it my duty to recommend them, I visited Hot Springs to no avail and tried several doctors without success, and at last our principal druggist, Mr. John P. Finlay (to whom I shall ever feel grateful), spoke to me about CUTI- CURA, and I consented to give them a trial, with the result that I am perfectly cured. There is now no wore about me. 1 think I can show the largest surfee | where my sufferings sprang from of any one in the stute, The CULICURA REMEDIES are the best blood and skin cures manufactured. I refer to Druggist John P, Finlay and Dr. D. C. Montgomery, both of this place, and to Dr. Smith of Lake Ice, Miss, ALEXANDER BEACH, Greenville, Miss, Mr. Beach used the CUTICURA REMEDIES at our request with resu.ts as above stated, A. B. FINLAY & OO., Druggists, SCROFULA SEVEN YEARS CURED, CURA REMEDIES, cured me, my ekin perfectly clear aud smooth. 8, J. DAVIS, Artesia, Los Angeles Co., Cal, _ GUTICURA RESOLVENT, ‘The new Blood and skin Purifier and Purest and Best of Humor Remedies, internally, and great Skin Cure, and CUTICURA SOAP, an szauisite humor of the skin, scalp and blood, with loee of hain, from pimples to scrofula, Sold everywhere. Price, CUTICURA, 50c.; SOAP, 25c.; RESOLVENT, 61. 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Presented by an AMERICAN COMPANY Under the management of MR, JOHN STETSON Of the Globe Theater, Boston. ‘The costumes, scenery and sppointments from orig- inal desigua, as presented at the Savoy Theater, ‘Loudon, under the personal supervision of the author and composer. THE SALE OF RESERVED SEATS wm 2 REE tom ‘ARRIS’ BISOU THEATER, ‘Week commencing Monday, February 17. ‘Matinecs Tuseday, Thureday and Saturday. Byte Ome ee eens THE WHITE SLAVE, ‘Under the management of Mr. H. C, Kennedy. ” peetemebatereteetnes of the Old Stock. a Sitch GRAND PATS Soir te aupisen of faa ee at S AMUSEMENTS. AQ tBavens GRAND OPRKA HOUBR EVERY EVENING, ONLY MATINEE saTURDAY. A COMPANY, JNO. A. MOCAULL, cLoV ‘ SATURDAY NIGHT, FIRST TIME DELLINGEL'’s OPERA COMIQUE, CAPTAIN FRACASSA. Next Week—STUART ROBSON tm “AN ARRANT KNAVE” Abbavais GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Bale of Seats Tomorrow Morning. EVENT OF THE SEASON! Commencing MONDAY EVENING, February 96 Wednesday and Saturday Matinees, Eugaxe- ment of the Comedian, MR STUART ROBSON, And Company of Players, Under the Direction of Mr. W. K. Hayden, ‘Presenting for the First Time in Washington « Media» ‘yal Comedy by Steele Mackaye, called AN ARKANT KNAVE. MR. BOBSON as CHIQUL THE KNAVE. ‘The above play will be produced with the aid of ene ee wy HS and U INTH ANNUAL BALL OF WASHINGTON DIVISION, No. 1, U.R..K. OF P. Will be held at NATIONAL LIFLES ARMORY, G between 9th and 10th streets n.w., FRIDAY EVEN- ING, February 21, 1890, Tickets, admitting ¢en- tema aud ladies, 5c. 119-3 cary ne A DAIRY MAID RECEPTION 5 MISSIONARY 7 OW by the EN KING'S DAUGHTERS ale Chapel, at 13 & 1590, p.m, a realinenta, 25 centa, 'S HOLIDAY ST, THEATE BALTIMORE, — ENGAGEMENT OF EDWIN BOOTH. NOTICE! 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