Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1893, Page 14

14 A THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. APRIL 1, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. SAW MR. CLEVELAND. Scenes at the White House During the Rush of Callers. + WITH THEIR“MEMBER” GOr ATypical Day at the Executive Mansion— Congressmen Who Get In—A Western Delezation and Its Interview With the President. | OULD YOU LIKE TO come to the White House on a busy morn- ing, when the President ged by Congress- office feekers, enter with the crowd and see how Mr. Cleve- | 4d handles three or four hundred people, hearing their pleas, listening to their plati- tudes and sending each man away satisfied that his own case is to be given particular attention by the executive? This is a good place to study human nature and you can see some queer outcroppings. Selfishness, is found in large streaks, with numerous cross veins of “gall” of course, and cheek: servility and obsequiousness are not missing. while on the other hand there a indications of paying quantities of independ- ence and sterling integrity. GoIxG 1x WITH THEY Let's follow this g: ing the main stairway on the second # west to advocat claims te z “MEMBER.” men now ascend- ' >the President's office They have come from the own or their friends’ e being escorted into the r. presidentis ce by their “member.” ‘The “member” waiks at their head and pushes boldly into the cabinet roon:. which is used as an ante chamber to the President's office dur- ing the ing rece) . The gentlemen from the west show s! embarrassment as " rio the sacred precincts of # ‘ates room. They marvel much J apparent unconcern of the who does not seem to be oppressed by any partic feeling of awe. On the co: trary he apears quite ai his ease, leaning lessiy against the et table and puffing The gentlemen from the West had previously extinguisued theirs upon entering the White House grounds. | IN THE ANTE-ROoM. ‘The gentlemen from the west rrnge them- riousiy yet reverently around them while awaiting their turn to be ushered into the Pres- ident’s room. There are probably forts fifty people in the room standing in little groups. while they chat and keep a bright look- out upon Capt. Loctiler, who is ushering people in and out of the ce room. SPEAKER CRISP. Over there by the window is Speaker Crisp | with « party of Georgians, There is something | im the makeup of these men, the long black | coats, the soft wide-brimmed hats they carry under their arm. the cut of the beard and the twirl of the mus t bespeaks them to be southerners. aket Crisp comes up nearly every @ new party of Georgians. Sometimes they look anzious and eager, but be wBever seems dis pd he is the same courtiy. genial f ever willing to iend shelping hand to what ther think are their ebances—whether they have any chances or not. Now be is tell Catebings and directiy he will «ter his Georg- jans into the President's presence, say some- thing pleasant about each of them and then go away to come back tomorrow with more Georg- ians, mayhap. NEWSPAPER £ There RVIRWERS AT WORE. t the door len into the Pres- | ftent's room is Senator Voorhees of Indiana, veam re Wabash.” His nick~ es not be.ie bint, for he has recently ding a iong } nong the official pe ns and veral fat and las- cious ones. man bes is his collengue i yet, Mr. well enoug to get me th the other dav when Sex Bim to the Presi ng person standing 1m easy * with the «1 t, high: sly over ckbarn of visitor at the ‘ompanied by | all six-footers, with de-{ istermal revenue branch of the | tigns on the government. “Brea” KILGORE. Anybody can recognize that stalwart white- baired man there with the white mustache and Texas. He is or he is the best- about introducing j ure a word with ¥ presents them, ‘re- spectiully «: ted without comment” is the | recommendat: them and then leaves them %o hoe theic owa row with the Presideat. | side of his face is Senator Vest of Missouri. He does not have much to say to the people who recognize and bow to bim, but gravely returns their salutation and passes on to get close to fhe door. He is playing a ione hand in the Missouri patronage game and has a prettY g band to draw to, shapes holds the bales of power between the rabid free silver men and the anti-silverites on the Senate finance com- mittee, and he isn’t letting any tricks get away, Stone of Kent Senators, Daniel and Hunton, and a dozen other notabies, all pretty regular attendants at the White House in the interests of their con- stituents, who will not give them peace, neither rest nor comfort, while this patronage shuffle is on. IN THE PRESENCE. But Capt. Loeffier has beckoned to the west- ern party toenter. The door swings open and they are in the presence of the chief executive. Some of the party look as if they would like to bolt and ran, but they soon find that the Presi- dent is not a dragon. He is not a bit austere, but stands up beside his desk and greets his A PERSONAL APPEAL. visitors with a smile and in the most demo- cratic manner. The “member” introduces each of the party and the President cordially shakes bands with them. By this time the ice is broken and the men begin to feel alittle more at ease while the member tells the President what Col. Blank wants, how well he is recommended for it, and what a fine fellow he is, anvway. Then the President suggests that Col. Blank file his at the proper department and him that his application will due consideration. With this pass on while another party steps up and goes through the same program. The west- erners balt a few p: and take a last, long Jook at the Preside: ‘This bas been a great day for them. They will go back home and for the rest of the spring and summer and far into the fall will regale successive coteries of their neighbors with what they said to the President and whst the President said to them, and that conversation will grow with repetition until after awhile it would seem that they had put in a whole day talking to the President about Col. Blank’s office. They retire by the way they entered, struggle through the waiting crowd. likely as not drop some caustic observations about “this disgrace- fal scramble for office” and then go their ways. WHEN THE CROWD GATHERS. The crowd begins to gather in the morning by 9:30 o'clock, and at 10 o'clock sharp the at- tack upon the President is begun. On Wed- nesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays the hours from 10 to 12 are devoted to the reception of Congressmen and the friends they may bring with them. From 12to 1 private citizens who have business with the President are admitted. On cabinet days, Tuesdays and Fridavs, the Congressmen have only one hour in which to present their claimsand the general public does not get ir ak Capt. Loeffler, who has been on duty at the White House ever since the close of the war, is the President's usher and announces all official callers, arranging their entry into the Presi- dent's room so that there will not be too great a crowd around him atone time. THE PEIVATE SECRETARY. Having seen the President through the medium of the Congressman let’s take a look at his right-hand man, Private Secretary Thurber. He occupies a room in the southeast corner of the mansion adjoining the President's office. Mr. Tharber is the President's breakwater to fend off the tidal waves of callers that would otherwise deluge him. There are usually from fifteen to thirty people seated in the lobby out- side his door in the morning awa:ting an inter- view. These are people who have or think they have business with the President, but can- t command the luxury of a congzessional in- troduction. Mr. Thurber is an active, wiry man, with a keen eye anda way of bringing people right to the point. Every one gets respectful audi- nee anda decisive answer to their requesis, They usually come to see the President, but Thurber generally succeeds in convinéing them that they did not really want to see him after all. A great many office seekers come to Washington to plead their own cauce. ard they etrike Mr. Thurber the first thing and leave their papers or are directed where to take them for fing. After the day is over and the President and the private secretary have already done two daye’ work in Landling thecallers the Presidea’ Sits down to attend to the routine business which comes before bit daily from the depa: ¥ ofter occupies him until 1 or 2 o'clock in tho morning, and another day has almost fairly begun before Mr. Thurb turns into bis room at the Arliagtoa and the light is extinguished in the Prositent’s ottice, —— ‘The Nezroes Are Going *o Stay. To the Editor of The Evenine Star I must be allowed to than you for the edi- torial which appeared in your paper Jast Thurs- day in relation to the colonization of negroes, I know the men who have in hand this wild scheme. Col. John M. Brown is the county clerk of Shawnee county, Kan., and, though the principal encourager of this “exodus,” could not himself be mduced to go io Brazil and re- It is reported that in my town, “a large number of negroes have decic » leave for Brazil.” The siate- ment is entirely errone: i know every in- telligent and anywisnt prosperous colored family in Kansas City, Kan., and ean truthfully say that there is not one’ that will dispose of (bi property to go to Brazil or any other country where a new climate, a new language and a new mode of living must be conironted. If all colonization movements have no more bebind them than the one reported from Kansas City, Kan.,and said to be headed by Jobn M. Brown, future developments will prove that not 1.000 negroes will leave th's country in the next 100 years. The negroes in this coun- try are ‘to the manor born;” they are going to ere and help to decide the white problem. Instead of asking, “What shall we do with the they are goin ¥ ‘ith the white folks?” By and by the tru sons of America will thank God that negroes are here to free them from the attacks of those who would destroy the government. Stop th anarchist and wild-eyed walking delegates from coming through Castle Garden and the country ix safe. Prominent negroes who are sensible do not expect the Congress of the United States to appropriate money to send negroes, Germans, | French or any other nationality out of this country. We know that no such» law could stand the test of a judicial inquiry. Iam glad that you punctured the bag of nonsense. Congress will hardly make an appropriation to send voters out of the country, especially when they are to be substituted or replaced by the kind of mortals lately coming here. Every negro who rushes into print must not be regarded as speaking for the entire race. Very often he speaks only for himself and is ashamed of wha he has said when he sees it in cold type. The negro deplores the fact that he is the object of special attention on the lines that injure and is seldom iced on the lines that benefit. would be glad if treated as are ordinary a “Go” aT MR. THURBER. “I don’t want any office now myself.” said Col. Kilgore the other day, “and up to date there bas been but one man in my district who gpplied for outside office, and I am agzinst _ ‘There comes Congressman Springer—the tall man with the carnation in his buttouhole—with his delegation of Llinois aspirants. It is, in- deed, anoff day when Mr. Springer doesn't drop in seme time before sundown. Two to one be will get into the President's room be- fore we will—not that he will do anything un- seemly, for he is the most courteous of men, but be bas that enterprsins way which enables bim to get there while othe: dating within themselves whether it is yet time to more. The newspaper men swear by Mr. Springer. for, while he is a wary man and pro: dent, yet he knows news when he sees it aud ‘Hot hesitate to “give up” when it is proper to do so. which is a great deal more than many other public men do. ‘The short, thick-set man strolling in with hs “ouch het ‘pulled down slantwise over the left mortals, Wiile enjoying the splendid distine- tion which the color of his +kin ard the condi- tion of bis hair gives him, still he desires no extra attention on account of it. The f that ali persons do not enjoy this distinction must not be laid at his door. le justice, this is ig with the crowd, don't put him in front, don't put him bebind, but treat him as a fuli- fledged citizen. ©. H. J. Tatton. ages Larger Than an Ostrich. From the London Daily News. . At the last meeting of the Ornithological So- ciety in Berlin Dr. Reichenow communicated some particulars of the finding of remarkable remains of gigantic birds in Argentina double the height of the ostrich, which represent our living cassowaries and ostriches. In modern times many kinds of birds are becoming ex- tremely rare, especially the dinorius races of New Zealand, whieh are beginning to die out. ‘The lecturer presented a specimen of one of ‘ds, a very rare and costly apteryx has- selti, whieh inbabits the northern island of New Zealand, and, while resensbling an ostrich, | is very much larger. The government of New Zealand has determined to cut off some of the ens islands from all civilization, in order, after destroying all the wild cats, pigs and other animals introduced there, to preserve as tar as possible the native -#\~* | MONDAY'’S ELECTIONS IN OHIO. Great Interest the Contests in Cincinnati | and Cleveland. | Correspondence of The Evening Star. H Couvuncs, Onto. March 31, 1898. | ‘The hopes of democratic editors in Ohio who are candidates for appointment under Presi- dent Cleveland have been perceptibly revived mince two of the three Ohio appointments so far made—the postmasters at Coshocton and Logan—placed newspaper editors in office. The effect is to put a stop to a murmur all over the state that arose upon the announcement that the President had severely criticised President Harrison for what he characterized as a palpa- | ble attempt to subsidize the pross by the ap- pointment of editors to office, and stated that | it would be his policy not to appoint newspaper | men, Every one here isnow convinced that | the Teport was untrue; but however it be, peace reigns once more among the democratic editors of Ohio. The municipal elections in this state occur | Rext Monday, April 3. Being kept apart in time from ‘the state and county elections, which occur always in the fall, they are usually kept free from polities. and local issues and character of the candidates iargely determine the results. ‘The nominations are made, how- s the regular parties and an attempt is made with more or less success to maintain ty lines, so that politicians draw inferences as to the growth or loss of party power from these spring elections, especially m the large cities. Much interest centers in the elections in Cincinnati and Cleveland. In Cincinnati, reliably republican city, a faction of that party, known as the Foraker element, has long con- trolled the nominations and has made the ticket this time. Against this the rest of the party has protested each year with increasing vigor. The Commercial Gazette has always been the Foraker organ. This is the principal raison @etre of the Cincinuati Tribune, a new morn- ing daily, which is not vet six monthe old. Another fact will make the people of all Ohio look at the election returns from Cincinnati with unusual interest. Sam F. Hunt, who iss candidate there on the democratic ticket for | re-election to the superior court bench, is being talked of more and more as a candidate for governor. ~Of course if he should give evi- ‘dence in this race of great popularity—cer- tainly if be should be elected in that republican city—it would be a great feather in his cap as candidate for the gubernatorial nomination. | There is one quality in Judge Hunt asa can- didate for this nomination that has not been brought ont by the state press, It is this: He was a classmate of Senator Brice at Miami College, and they are now colleagues on | the board of trustees of tha: institution, and very close and intimate friends. Judge Hunt was a firm supporter of Mr. Brice when the latter was a candidate for | the United States Senate and was opposed in his candidacy by many prominent democrats of the staie. If Senator Brice really has a candi- | date for the gubernatorial nomiration this Year. as has been reported with apparent | Feliability, in the person of Walter B. Richie | of Lima, nothing could be better calculated to induce him to retire Richie for this time than the “booming” of Judge Hunt. Senator Brice could not afford to oppose Judge Hunt, | and really the nomination of Richie does not now seem to be a remote possivility, whether Judge Hunt is a candidate or not. POLITICAL STATUS OF CLEVELAND. Cuyahoga county—Cleveland—gave a demo- cratic majority at last fall's election, which was | a surprising thing to most politicians. Some | democratic leaders profess to believe that thi change is not a temporary matter, but a reli- able indication of what may be expected from | Cleveland in the future, it having been brought | avout by a large influx of democratic voters, Some of the republican leaders evidently fear there may be some truth in this, and will watch the municipal election for some mdication of | the real facts in the case. Cleveland is growing | moye rapidly than any other city in the state, | and it is ubsolutely ceriain that the close of the | century will see it ahead of Cincinnati in point of popula:ion and the metropolis of Ohio. The question whether the most populous city in the state shall be a reprblican or democratic city is @ matter of no emall concern to the party leaders. WAGESHOLS EXYINGUISHED. Gov. McKinley has issued from the Foster- Wagenhals trouble with flying colors, In | Tuesday's papers Dr. Wagenhols published « card explaining why he had not brought a man- ;damus suit, as he threatened, to compel the governor to remove ex-Secretary Foster from the Toledo Insane Asylum board. In his card he embodied « statement from his attorneys, Merrick and Tompkins, in which they gave. it | as their opinion that there was no law under {which the governor could be forced to act under the statute giving him power to remove | trustees. The use of this power was entirely | discretionary. He closed his card with a remark to the effect that the people of Ohio would probably be “gratified to know that they have a governor | without the moral courage to enforce the law.” Atew minutes after this card appeared on | | the streets in the evening papers the governor sent ex-Secretary Foster's name to the scnate | | for reappointment to the asylum board, his | | first term having expired. ‘The appointment | | Was not referred to a committee, but at once | | nd by a unanimous vote confirmed: and repabli tingswhed honor to thie distinz:.shed son of Obio. It wes generally remcrked upon as a crushing ‘or Dr. Wagenhols in his fizht upon Mr. Foster, and over his shoulders upou Gov- eznor McKinley. \ —_— THE SANITAKY LEAGUE, Its Purposes and Plans—How One Can Be- come # Member. The objects of the Sanitary League of the District of Columbia have already been set ‘forth in Tue Stam. The need for such an | organization was demonsirated in the lecture re- | cently delivered here by Dr. J. 8. Billings. The | general issues of the lea; re stated in a cir- cular recently prepared by the league, as follows: | “The belief that many deaths and much sick- ness are annually caused in Washington, as in other cities, by conditions that might be rem- edied by intelligent effort, and that these con- ditions would become the source of great danger | to human life in the event of the appearance of cholera or other epidemic, has led to the org: ization of the Sanitary League of the District | of Columbia, of which you are urged to become a member.’ The aims of the league are to | secure, by the voluntary co-operation of resi- | denis,’ such a sanitary surveillance of the | city as is beyond the power of the municipal | anthorities with the means at present at their | disposal; to make a thorough house-to-house inspection; to procure the removal of conditions that are dangerous or threaten to become 80; to prevent, if possible, contaminations of the water supply: to effect such improvements as may be found desirable in the@ystem of sewage | disposal; to disseminate useful knowledge of | sanitary matters and domestic hygiene among the residents of the city, and to accomplish | whatever other good it can in the way of saving the people from the dangers ever threatening | them by reason of the existence of unsanitary | conditions.” ‘The officers of the league are R. Ross Perry, | president; Dr. J. 8. Billings and Theodore W. Noyes, vice presidents; John Joy Edson, sec- | retary, and E. Francia’ Riggs, treasurer. ‘It is demred for obvious reasons to secure as many members as possible. At present no dues are | required of members. All that is asked of them | is an active interest in carrying out the plans | of the organization and co-operation in the Work of the various local committees, |. Hfyoudesire to become a member of the league please fill out the accompanying coupor nd send it to the secretary of the league, Mr. John Joy Edson. 1003 F street northwest: Washington, D. C.,___1898. | —_— Insubordinate Policemen Dismissed. A special session was held by the Camden ‘Weary of Being = Helpless Invalid. James F. Morsell, aged sixty-seven, who had been « helpless invalid for years, killed himself >; some time during Thursday lived for years. NIM Saneee Sti bene ioe” THE HAMILTON MIRACLE. The Case Investigated by a Globe Reporter. ‘The Facts Fally Verified—One of the Most Remarkable Cases on Record—A Mam Pro- nounced by Eminent Physicians Perma- nently Disabled Fully Recovers— Fac- simile of the Check for $1,000 Paid by Royal Templars of Temperance for Total Disability —Hundreds of Visitors, Toronto Dariy Groner, July %.—This is an age of doubt; especially in regard to cures by patent medicines, and not without reason, for too often have the sick and their near and dear loved ones been deceived by highly recom- mended nostrums that were swallowed to be of Jess avail than as much water. The old, old fable of the boy and the wolf applies also too frequently to many of the specific concoctions for curing the ills that flesh is heir to; and when areal cure is effected by a genuine remedy those who might be benefited fight shy of it, saying, “it was ‘cure, cure,’ s6 often before that I won't try it." When such a state of affairs exists it is advisable that assurance should be made doubly sure. A few weeks ago s marvelous and almost miraculous cure was made known to Canadians through the medium of the Hamilton news- Papers. It was stated that Mr. John Marshall, @ well-known resident of Hamilton, by the ald of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pilis for Paie People, had been snatched from the very jaws of death, Placed upon his feet and enabled to mingle with his fellow citizens with more than re- newed health and strength and even brighter fpirits than he had experienced for years be- fore. This remarkable statement naturally ex- cited the wonder of almost a continent. Some believed, most people doubted, aithough the facts were placed so clearly as to ward off the slightest suspicion of fraud. To investigate the very extraordinary cure and place before the People of Canada and the United States verifi- cation or otherwise of it was the spe-tal mis- sion of a Glode reporter a few days ago. A close inquiry into the circumstances first showed that Mr. Jokn Marshall, whose resi- dence is 25 Little Willian street, in the north- east portion of the city, while employed as foreman for the Canadian Oil Company, five years ago, fell upon the edge of an oil vat and hurt his back. Tl.inking little of the affair, ‘Mr. Marshall continued to work on, but after a few months he became ill, gradually got worse, and in August, four years ago, became stricken with the dread disease, locomotor ataxy—a dis- ease attacking the nerves and rendering that Portion of the system attacked perfectly help- less, prociaimed by the physicians to be incur- able—which left him from the waist downwards without feeling and utterly unable to move his lower limbs. All he was able to do was to raise himself by the aid of sticks and crutches and drag hintself around the house and occa- sionally to the corner of the street on fine days. His legs were without feeling, pins and even knives were stuck into them without the sick man experiencing any inconvenience. He could take @waiking stick and beat his legs until the blows resounded through the houso and yet he felt nothing. During all these years of torture Mr. Marshall consulted every doctor of ability in the city; tried every form of treat- ment and took almost every kind of patent medicine, but without receiving one tittle of relief. The agony was frequently so intense that he was obliged to take morphine pills in order to receive a reasonable amount of sleep. As the months and years passed by, although the doctors continued to treat him in various ways, they plainly told the suffering man that he could not get better, the diseaso was eet down in the works of spectalists 2s incurable. ‘The doomed man was a member of the United Empire Council, No. 190, Royal Templars of Temperance, and under the discouraging cir- cumstances he thought it advisable to apply for the payment of the total disebility claim of $1,000. allowed by the order on its Insurance policy. Application was accordingly made, but before the claim was granted the patient had to offer conclusive proof of his total disa- bility to the chtef examiner, and Mr. Marshall was sent to Toronto fora special electrical :reat- ment. It proved no moze successful than the others that had preceded it, and @ Sumber of city doctors and the chief medical examiner of the order signed the medica! certitic¥e of total disability and Mr. Marshall received from the Dominion Counellior of the Royal Tempiars a check for $1,000 last November. One day last February came Mr. Marshall's salvation al- though he did not accept {t at first. A small pamphiet telling of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pilis and the discases they cured, was thrown into the house, but it was placed aside and nonotice was taken of it for weeks. One day the sick man reread the circular and concluded to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, although Mrs. Mar- shall tried hard to dissuade him, saying they would be as inetfectual as all the other: April 14—memorabie day to him—Mr. Marshall began to take the pills, one after each meal for start. In a few days a change was noticed and as he continued to take the pills he grad- ually {mproved and in a little over a month be ‘Was able to take the train for Toronto and visit an astonished brother-in-law. Now he can walk four or five miles with any of his friends. The Globe representative puid a visit to the house of the man thus rescued from a living death. When the reporter's mission was ex- plained, Mr. Marshal's face lighted up with @ smile, which caused a responsive one to rise upon the features of his wife, and he expressed his perfect willingness to tell all that was asked ofhim. * Why, I feel a better man now than I did ten years ago,” said he, cheerfully. next August since I did a day's work but I guess 1 can soon make a start again. About my illness? It was all caused through falling and hurting my back. I kept getting worse until I couldn't get off a chair without @ stick orerutehes. The lower part of my body and legs were useless. I tried every doctor and every patent medicine, spending hundreds of dollars. Everything that was likely to help me I got, but I might as well have thrown it in the bay. I suppose my wife has shown you the ‘spparatus I used st one time or another. A dozen city doctors gave me up. I got enough electric shocks for halfa dozen men, but they did me no good. I lost control of my bowels and water and couldn't sleep without mor- phine. During the day my legs were cold and Thad to sit by the stove wrapped in a blanket, suffering intense agony from nervous pains in the legs, neck and head. Yes, I received from the Royal Templars a $1,000 check, being de- clared totally unable to follow my employ- ment. One day in April I took a notion to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, carefully following the directions accompanying each box. 1 re- covered my appetite and regained control of my bowels and water, and I went on getting better and stronger and now you see me stronger and more healthy than I was for years before I was taken ill. I tell you Iam feeling first-class,” and Mr. Marshall slapped his legs vigorously and gave the lower part of his back ® good thumping, afterwards going up and down the room at a lively gait. “I weigh 160 pounds to-day,” he continued, “and I've gained 90 pounds since I first took Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, 1 haven't such a thing as 4 pain or ache about me, and snother thing, I can walk as easily in the dark asin the light.” Mr. Marsball offered to make an affidavit to the truth of the above story, but the reporter considered that wholiy unnecessary. Hecarried conviction to the inquirer’s mind by every Word and action, and there was no gainsaying the fact that the cure was one of the most mar- velous in the nineteenth century. All the neighbors bore testimony to the genuineness ofthe cure. None of them ever expected to see Mr. Marshall on bis feet again and regarded his restoration to health as nothing short of marvelous. ‘The headquarters of the Royal Templarsof Temperance for Canada are in Hamilton. At the publishing house of the order Mr. W. W. Buchanan, general managez, and one of the ‘most prominent temperance advocates of the Dominion, was found. In response to the re- Porter's question, he said: “Ob yes, I am well acquainted with Mr. John “Marshall. He ‘bas been & member of one of the councils of ‘this city for about seven years. He is a weil- known citizen and a reliable temperance man. About four years ago he was first taken serious- Jy 1) and his case was brought before the order. ‘The provisions ander which the total diss Dility claim is paid in our organization are very strict. The weekly sick benefit is pay- able toany person under the doctor's care, who is unable to follow their usual evocation, but the total disability 1s a comparatively large sum, only paida member who is disabled for lite, and declared by medical men tobe entirely pastallhope of recovery. In Mr. Marshall's case there was some difficulty, itis true; he was "examined upon a number of occasions, cov- ering @ period of upward of two years. The medical men who examined him all agreed that there was little hope of recovery, but they would not give the definite deciaration that our law demands —that the claimant was permanently and totaily disabled—until last November. When this declaration by two regular physicians was made and our Dominion Medical referee, we paid Mr. Mar- shall the total disability benefit ofone thousand dollars. He was paid by a check on the Bank of Montreal. There is no doubt whatever about the remarkable character of Mr. Marshall's cure. A large number of our members in this city were intimately acquainted with Mr. Marshall and called upon him frequently. All were unanimous in the belief that he was past sll hope of recovery. His cure is looked upon asnexttoa miracle. I have conversed with bim a number of times about it, and he gives the whole credit to Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills and the application of cold water which 1s recommended as ® subsidiary treatment by ‘the proprietors of the medicine. He drops into my office every day or two and ts apparently enjoying good hesith now.” The general offices of the 72si are in the old Bank of Upper Canada building, Just opposite the publishing house. Mr. J. H. Land, the Dominion Secretary, was easily found, and in response to the questions asked simply corrob- orated all that the general manager had said. Mr. Land is @ neighbor of Mr. Marshall, living within a block of him in the northeastern part of the city. He was well acquainted with him for years before he was taken sick, and pro- nounced his recovery as one of the most re- markable things in all his experience. have not much faith in patent nostrums,” said Mr. Land, “but Mr. Marshall's case proves beyond a doubt that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are wonderful medicine. He seems to have exhausted all other means and methods of treatment during his long illness and all with- out any benefit, but his recovery was rapid and wonderful immediately after he commenced using Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills.” Inquiries among the city druggists disclosed the fact that an extraordinary demand had arisen for Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and that the claims made for them by the proprietors are borne out by numerous cures. John A. Barr, a well-known and popular dis- penser of drugs here, told the reporter that he knew of no patent medicine that had such a demand upon it, or one that had done all that was promised for it. He told of several cases of great relief and cure that had come under bfs notice. Mr. Wm. Webster, after suffering from ataxy for years, from the first had found certain relief from taking the pills, and he is now a new man. Mr. George Lees, after years of tilness of @ similar nature, had taken the pills, and was able to walk out greatly im- Proved in health. Another case Mr. Barr vouched for was # city patient, who had been cured by the pills of the effects of la grippe, after having been given up by the doctors. Many others bad spoken highly of the Pink Pills as a fine remedy for nervous and blood disorders. Other druggists told the same story. A further investigation revealed the fact that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are not a patent medicine in the sense in which that term is usually understood, butare @ scientific prepa- ration successfully used in general practice for many years before being offered to the public generally. They contain in a condensed form all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves, They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor atamia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheuma- tism, nervous headache, the after effects of ls grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sal- low complexions, that tired feeling resulting from nervous prosiration; all diseases de- pending upon vitiated humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erystpelas, ete. They are also @ specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregularities, and all forms of weakness. They build up the blood and restore the glow of health to pale or suliow cheeks. In the case of men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of what- ever nature. On further inquiry the writer found that these pills are manufactured by the Dr. Wil- liams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N.Y. and Brockville, Ontario, and are sold in boxes (never in loose form by the dozen or hundred) at cents @ box, or six boxes for $2.0, and may be had of all druggists or direct by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, from either address. The price at which these pills are sold makes a course of treatment com- paratively inexpensive as compared with ‘Other remedies or medical treatment, Tue Coxsvurns Or Faxcy Frour Can buy our **Cream Blex<” Flour of the following grocers, It is the only recognized Blended Flour on the market and « trial will con- Vince the most skeptical that it is the very best in use: Wholesale by B. B. EARNSHAW & BU, Washington. D. C. J. E. CONNELLY, 928 1st n.w. RB. L. MAIN, 1522 14th n.w. iH. B. DULEY, 1800 %5th nw. G. W. GOLDEN, 1034 29thn. w. BR. P. WHITE, 1138 12th no. w. J. L. HAMMACK, 8006th n.w. F. M. DAVIS, cor. 7th and F ne. ROBERT WHITE, jr., 9000thn. w. A. C. KAMMERER, 130 Ist n. w. W. F, AUTH & BRO., cor. 3dand Ind. ava. nw. E. HOGAN,601 N. J. ave. n.w. JOHN H. ONTRICH, 80) 6th nw. WILLIAM EERR, cor. 26th and F a. w. JOHN M, BUCKLEY, cor. 2ist and Maw, Mrs. A. J. MARSHALL, 1730 La.W. CHAS. BUTT, 18207th n.w. STEER BROS., 1000 On.w. R. A. CLAYTON, 100 Ds.w. FA, NEWMAN & BRO., 622 43st. aw, J.C. DE ATLEY, 708 7th s. w. 4H. M. DE ATLEY, cor. 8th ana Hew. Mrs. ANNIE BURKE, 829 7th». w. EMIL S8PAEN, cor. 6th and Ls. w. A. J, SANFORD & BRO., 1212 Unions. w. 8. L. DENTY, 12003ds.w. THOS. HAWKINS, cor. 4¢and Maw. J. B. PROUT, 411 43 8.w. C, V. WOODBRIDGE, 600 étha. w. W. A. L. HUNTT, 801 4363. JAMES FERRY, 441 N. J. B. B. BADEN, 822 Cs.e. L, F. LUSBY, 722 East Capitol st. JNO. F. SCHNEIDER, 213 Lthne M. J. SCHNEIDER, 732 Md. ave. ne. BERNARD WALLS, cor. 3dandCoe R. E. MILES, 273dn.60. ve ow. ° GBATEFUL—COMFORTING. Eprs:s Cocoa. BREAKFAST, “By s thorough knowledge of thenatural laws which govern the operations of and nutrition snd by ‘pplication of the fine tes of well Cocou Mr. Eppe has provided our breakfast ‘with a deifcately favored beverace, which Ttis by the DYENELY Coned BY ADMAMISTERING HAINES' GOLDEN SPECIFIC. of coffee: rBentsiuabare er th exist. “space book of parcicslars hee’ Hobe net ot = WILLIAMS © CO. cor. F snd 9b sts. n.w., a7ra,th.e-1e Sa fe ‘ee, |= EDUCATIONAL. { WINTER RESORTS. | RAILROADS. IN WASHINGTO ATLANTIC OLY oT onrar ee ‘ OH. CLASSICAL. AND, MODERN EAX- rate achiy teusee HD. LARROGUES 4c3.."ot Sorbonues’ Paris i308 aw ANIO, MANDOLIN. Gi Bawa tions. RS. §. 1. mh30-2e* 5 RAWING AND of Fine cheapest PAINT NG AT NATIONAL E st. est quickest place to i yourself the won:iertul prosress of «: DORANS PRIVATE svHOOL. 111 Private instruction dav or event college branches or SON PR Di Acur Puoxocraray Axp rt weeusTsnss DcHoOL. Special srring discount to all ouptls entering before Monday next. “Proficiency in shorthand, typewrtine and teezraphy, in three months. Specin three mionths’ course in bookkeeping. business arithmetic and penmansinp. ACME PHONOGRAPEY. AND BUsrkESS SCHOOL, Builders’ Puchanee. nw. My 4™F © CeAvitt OF BosTos, 2121 VERMONT AVE. N. W. PIANO AND HARMONY. 90 OLUMBIA COLLEGE oF CoMMERC CONES Gre thet: otteand sa sie ie C.K. URNER, A.M. CLE, Prin, Learn to use the phonosrapn and typewriter: the quickest proparatioe Yor an office situation. Complet: fours’, Bi, Shorthand. dic-atiens vy cnmpersnt and the pionoeraph, Individual sastruction Dy experienced reporters Thorouea instraction, 12 the English business and civil service courses. Re- duced rates for summer months. Send for catalorue. Tae sentirz scHoot oF LANGUAGES, ‘725 14th st. nw. ‘14 American and 6 European Branches. Open al Jeet, day and event Summer Branch at "Asbury Park. X. J. mh21 sl = =a TANO TEACHER. —SEVEN YEARS’ EXPERI- ence: “berinners’ or aivanced: new wud rapid metivod for youns pupils: best references, Mire 1406 Hopkins place Chisgat. mew.) ocd SCHOOL OF ELOCUTION. ORATORY, ACTIN physical grace and voice culture. 1317 Lith st. daring rie day or evening. ED- 2. ‘Les WARD © TOWNSEND, Miss ADA L- TOWNSEND. “VERNON e = es M: E HST. B.w. : voice culture. “*Lablache'a method;” rapid development of voice euarantead: deep breathenc, overcoming throat troubles; no charge for rxa voice. Vv organ, tages fo papi Worscomm of Shorthand Capitol st. ‘Trial w teachers.” Send for e1" M’** Excite S88" Fiexcm scHoor ‘For Young Ladies an? Little Girls, joarding pupils iimited. (wel-Tn*) 1 = ROR DAY OK EVENTS Bookkeeping, arithmet MUSIC STUDIO. mb FRANCTS aa mi Schr ak ra ESUCATION FOR BEAT (IPE. ‘THE SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, ‘Natl, Bank of the Key. Bide.. 7th and Dn.w. 186810 Spring and Summer essions—March 1 to July 1. Services of graduates always in demand ; terms mod- ‘erate, but no competition with cheap schools. ‘open every Dusiness day. cs. c fe27 Principal and Propric ‘FRENCH. semen 8 ELS ‘Good promnristion saueut by Mite. V. PRUD HOMME. ass termus ‘anderate. LOCUTIO’ syste no Enalish Typewriting. pitol at ALC branches.” Stenowra ‘Mrs. ELIZABETH KING, Movsr Verxox Szarxaay, CORNER M AND 1TH STREETS ¥. W. WASHINGTON, D. c. Fighteenth year ovened OCTOBER ¢ Asetect high-crade boarding and day school fo- young ladies and iittle girle—thoroughly modern in ite spirit and methods. New buildings, perfectiy aqntnned for health and comfort—steam heat. passenger elevator, perfect sanitation. Circulars sent on application. To graduates, and to the public generally, ts of- fored a special stuty in Greek literature by transla- tions, A class becinning Homer's iad will meet on Monday, February 13. 1803, and hold its sessions from 3 to4o'clock on Monday ani Thursday after ‘noons for twelve weeks following. Mr. ELIZABETH J. SOMERS, Principal. 3.6m S* JOHN'S COLLEGE. Yermontave, and Thomas Circle. Call or send for Annual Catalocne. 23 MISS, BALCH'S CIVIL SERVICE INSTITOTE and Busines: College, 1207 10th st. n.w. Pupils Pr and census examinations, Stenography tausht. se2-tr ‘successful!y for civil service, departmental OUT OF WASH'NGTON. ST AGNES SCHOOL FOR GRE, ALBANY, N.Y, Under te direction of Bishop Dorn. Choice of ‘Special studies four courses of study for wraduation. may be taken or the Hareard course for women. - For ¢ talowie address Mins F. W. Boyd, Prinripal-apl-om NAVAL EXPEDITION FOR BOYS TO THE a ‘ORED'S Fal Br St. John's Militar School, Menli Y.. via Great Lakes, Orzanized as cadets of @ - Bi war, Lunited namber may join. June 27 to July 27. Apply for terns. mb13m' BOSTON CABINET VAPOR BATHS—SCIENTIFIC masence and ARAB Swedish movement. DR. 8: Sunday. WAYCOTT, 508i 13th st. n.w. 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BROOKE TELLS ALL EVEN’ Mie te Ten ae Eatween istand Net Capncliee we nse bee POTOMAC R'VER BOATS. WW AtHINGToN ste [BOAT CO.. “LIMITED.” mm 7th st. “ferry wharf. ‘Steamer Wakefield on MONDAYS, WEDNES} and SATURDAYS at co eae a.m. for Nomii creek, Va, Returning TUESDAYS, m9: NOTARIES PUBLIC. | } 1 OTEL MT. VERNON PAC 3. tie City, N.S Extreme ocean end of Kentucky ave. Plevator, lee tric lights and everything new JAS. &.GEO. BEW. Hott TRarMone, ATLANTIC CITY, ¥. 3. mho2-2m WW. GREEN & co. (TBE ROSSMORE, ATLANTIC crry Opens March IX” Eve-y conve rh 143m, Forweriy SEA SIDE. Howse. FCKeRT, ~ Florida Howse. ATLANTIC CITY, §. J, salt water bathe, ARLPS EVAN ATLANT Snew and fastrar St ho kot on ar E & BAMPOR! cation oe H. a , | MARYLAND OTRL All cont. : ones IMPERIAL, & solarium, appoint- mente anu tahie Bret 82 to $3 per day. #1010 $18 por WE ma hw. Kendrick. SNEAK THe Aen BEACH, ATEANTIC steam’ heat: piazzas A 8ipwr day. wohaer N—ATLANTIC CITY, N.3.—ON eat, elevator, music and bill se in every respect. Send for CHAMPERS & HOOPES. NTUCKY AVE. 100 FT cellent tals msi a STICKNEY - ity, Sa. Rates. & Homelike wht-tmn HoT ont Now open. fel6-tim, ALEX. M. OPPENTIFIMER KENTUCKY AVF NeAR THE Tity, NJ. eversthine Rirst-clase, lors; pas- COOK & SON. KEM Wortn rey, aTLantic crry, Xa. Electric elevator. steam haat. fe-2m Mra ANNIE GRUBB. "(HE ELKTON. ATLANTIC CITY, KENTUCKY ave. nea- beach ; completely refurnished since last ing Brst-class. _MRS__E. WILE. HoT: Fits EY. ATLANTIC CITY. aay BA Nee Lek ave, Open for “a3: twelfth weacon _fe-2m ¥ C. READ. Tee cman TLANIIC CITY, ON THE BEACH. Salt water baths in the house; elevator; modern and compete; sun parlors. fend for Illustrated Booklet. $a27-3m Address THE CHALFONTR. ATEASTIC CIty, S.. BADDON HALL __ LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT. ay beach, A - Atiantie City Clase in al appotstzneat ESS a Col. JOHN M. CLARK. ENNACEST. MICHIGAN AVE. NEAR THE OCEAN, ATLANTIC OT ely resnodeled and ret ar ‘year. JAMES Hi ‘Oreati end New York ave. Open all the yer, Terms are very reasonable. Mra B. i. MATTLACE, late of the Cas ta,th, un -FULLY FURNISHED choicest achished by be w PNATR, Secs. mlO-0t E-OLD POINT COMFORT, VA. OPP. esx Monroe: the most beautiful place in ie Sor private resite y tol. 8. FRANTZ, RT. PHE ROB! A throughout ; « mh11-eo%m Mrs. VisGINIa BEACH, Va. THE PRINCESS ANNE, 18 MILES FROM NORFOLK, NOW OPEN. Acombination of ocean and pine forests makestt anespectuiy ueal hfai resort, with @ positively ears tive climate. “Fam us ducking «rounds at upper end of Curr.tuck Sound. Add-ess PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE ro rae Now pee DOURLY TRACK SPUN DID Soe STREL RATLA. MAGNIFICENT BQ) : Jy effect 19.01 p.m. Januare 1, TM TRAINS UV ATE WASHING TON FROY CORNER CTH AND B STS. AS. ‘ar Harrshure test) 20 eee Pattee weniee Rear Sees aer, coutheansen eye ag ee Gertie ond at Tatas “~ isn its, New yoRe sna Exner. Sn LPH hier) segine Parl pak rma eet nine sat My a me Rania’ 23S £7 ean item andar. = Ay RH, Rene eee PEI tnd Digine Care ‘no. Ooechony oy WSpw + te SOONGRESS"ONAT TIMITED = Tyin Dinine Oe eirmore tee n York PN On telphia weeks FOR PINTADELP RTA ONLY Tress. 7.508. th. week aye, ond 24S om! fraine connect yt in Anner. a@orte ‘atton <traet awaiting Aomble: LaS64 OO TAmiteAy, 1 m0, s A). 4.20, 5.40, 90.00 10.40 amt th teen ae eta For x Vine, 7.208 m. ant 4. 38e.m. atte For \n Sead Buy TMy Geert Sanday. ‘Sonasye @'3) eae For ary For Alexamas TRE sovrs, TANDRTA AND 2A, 3 ma ant sha somth, 4.29 and 10.57 am, 1 fomnation at tha offen, northasst wr. ant Penne "ination fro: 2th wreet mm hotels and sos\Aen san 7 ® NAT) Genera? BAlTMorr & onto RATEROAD, ene tn effoct W Leave Washinzton tron ea) jemee and € For Otenen ant Somthapen Smet Tama Bee Towle ‘and. tn lananotte, Fost: reece tt 2h mn mate veland, exoress daily 11 33. TS. 95, 77S, ‘S29 ‘ean. Fr Haoretown, #19. 495.0. anf ¥5. 9, For Rartant war onine Sane 1 For Pullatanh's, Sow Fort, foston ant *hoavet, S200 1" Dining Fach ame, 108 mae EGR NIT TH pram, Siaepine Oar telohia, Wilmington amd Chester, $03 Oars on alt Ane seaine ston, "2 49% on with Paliman Rahat awn * sae zhane toning S. E. CRITTENDEN, Proprietor. mh2-tu, “THE LAKEWooD,= LAKEWOOD, ¥.3. Finest winter hotel in the world. ‘Music by the Romany Band. FRED STERRY, Manager. Through trains foot of Chestnut street, Philade’ phia. Parlor cars attached. 3:45 p.m. Lakewood special, whim PIANOS AND ORGANS. 45,000 BAB2MAS PIANOS GLADDEN THE homes of America. Has your home got one? ‘Better come and iook us over. Ovr stock is large and varied. The Hardman Piano is the ideal artist's piano. METZEROTT'S MUSIC STORE. mb28-tf 1110 Fst. 2 PIANOS. CLEARING OUT SALE OF GOOD AND RELIABLE PIANOS AT PRICES WAY DOWN. Weare overcrowded with Square Pisnos which we taken in parc payment for New Upricute. Every fect order and Tully fuaranteed, antes inevers way. They mustalsowo. We peed the Foo. Prices fom 8150 ‘can. ‘This is an opportunity which way Hever offer tteelf again and whict you cannut afford to miss, ‘ Once. "This week will close them all out. Joux F, Euus & Co, mess: 937 Prsxexuvaxa Ave we nt for ant chewed hovale 7 ket trom hotslena® ion far On. <n DINTTE Parrnoap On” ERODED AND RECREN POSTER, i a aseus for Front = WARHINATOY AND ROUTE. STRELED LIMITER, ommemeed oa my Snape. Mnin=, Parton yee Seng to Atlanta Cioms' 18 howes) with Pall. a ha thogn Meena Throneh teams fron the sonth arrive Washinetn 452 om “10.40. om. an’ 9.28'nom.” Manesens DIPiee 0.45 5m. wid’, Mp. on.. exoent Smdye tursiched mevivania are. ant nin. Rallroad, Washing S. BROWN. Genera’ Acont Passanewr Dept are WA, TURK. General Prsesneor Agent WH. CRPEN, Genes) APEAKE AND OFTO RAILWAY IN PEFECT OCTORPR , 1990. daily from Union Station (Band P.), the evandest scenery in America. with the west end thost complete Solid Train Service Wee trom Washineton, 2-00 > um. daily "Cincinnati and St Louis Tim. ited”—Soltd ‘ve ned ° insane mit chenee, arcivi ine in Union dent for aie vprese for, Goraonevine, Char. iL. Waynesboro’, Steunten end ! Sineinis points; dail:, except Sunday, for " ron: Soms ent tickets at Company's offices, H.W PULLER, Gent Passenger Agent. BABearns rw Praxos. A Fine Square Piano. $75. 3 Uprights, $150, 8175, $180. 5 Organs, $20, 835 to $50. ‘This includes stool and cover. METZEBROTT'S MUSIC STORE, mh2s-2u 1110 Fst. nw. ‘TORING AND REFATEING—GEokG® — ELY, iano maker, tuner and repairer, >?) ‘workshop . S21 1th at ‘im the rear; organs iuned and re- R SALE— 20a One Splendid Upright Piano, very little ‘used, for $165 cash ora slight advance on SECOND-HAN. BY D PIANOS, . MRS POE REST WM. KNABE & Co.. ‘Se ‘ave. fold 7 Penna. See ed 425 Pa. ave a eet STEAM CARPET CLEANING. oa area I knows specialist, bake ra} i i Office hours. KR BROTHERS’ INVIGORATING CORDIAL 16 ‘a roweriu! Nerve Stimaiant and Tonic. remedies for Exhaustion, Paralysis and that cass are Weak, miserabie, lethargic, seer. lack tion an. Zest, there is no remedy equal to Tt has been 18 use for near forty-five Laboratory, 906 Bost. s.0. (ON ULT TRE ONLY © _ cians in Wasbineton, Drs Bi i D* Ooi 12m at. aw. Graduated—London, England, 1868 New York, 1878. (Over twenty-five years' experiench (On Diseases of thr BLADDER AND KIDNEYS, BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES, oe