Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1893, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. SATURDAY. AUGUST 26. 1893—SIXTFEN PAGES. MANY MEDICAL MEN Will Assemble in This City Early Next Month. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN DOCTORS Will Attend the First Pan-American Medical Congress. PAPERS TO BE READ. HE GREATEST gathering of ‘1.edical men this country has ever known wiil meet in Washington Sep- tember 6, at the first Pan American Medi- eal Congress, which convenes on that date for a session of four days. The word “Pan American” means, as is well known, “All America,” and repre- sentatives from all the republics of all the Americas—North, South, Central, and Oceanic, will be pres- ent. The Bermudas, Hayti, and Hawai Will also send representatives. ‘The congress was devised to bring togeth- er the nations of the Western Continent, with a view of forming a new world policy, and creating concert of action in the prac- tice of medicine. Congress at its last session appropriated $15,000 to successfully carry out the tdea, and Senator Gorman was one of the warm- est advocates of the pian. In accordance with the above law, which was passed July 18, 1892, the President by Proclamation issued invitations to all the Americas to send delegates ani participate in the congress. ‘The United States will be represented by six delegates,and every large city and every | important college throughout the United States will be represented by its own dele- gates, An Address by President Cleveland. According to the program, the session will be opened Tuesday morning, Septem- ber 5, by President Cleveland, who will de- liver an address of welcome.. He will be followed by Commissioner Jonn W. Ross, President of the Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia, who will welcome the wa 8, Washington. Cee poe by Dr. liam Pepper, president ot ‘congress: Dr. Charles A. L. Reed, the general secre- tary, and Dr. 8. 3. Adams, chairman of the locai committee of arrangements. There will be a general tion in the evening at the Arlington Hotel, and 1 buffet. sup: will follow. ‘The full Marine Ban’ will im attendance. A era) businass meet- ing will be held at Albaugh’s Upera House om the morning of the 6th. an after its adjournment the various sections of the congress will di: to hold meetings in the halls set for their nse, where ail branches of medicine and surgery will be discussed, and papers from the most emi- eeThe following is'a list of tee places wh e follow! @ list of the where the several sections will meet)” Dermatsiog and eypliograpts ‘Riggs House. ology raphy. use. Diseases of children... arlington Hotel bs Lat eae N onal Unive we ent, Natiot Untversity. Hygiene, climatology and demograp! Witarts Hote Laryngology and rhinology. Arlington Ho! Marine bygiene and quarantine, oa Willard’s Hotel. ics. ..Albaugh’ Military medicine and surgery. National Museum. One of the most interesting and tnstruc- tive features of the congress will be an exhibition of drugs and modern instruments and medical appliances. It will be heid tm the armory of the Washington Light Infantry. The superiority of American imventions and discoveries over Po Medicine and . ‘and it ts believed that the exhibit wilt be the means of CO market in the Latin pepe aoate of tne that congress @ ol objects t this will deal with are of national importance, and considerable interest will be mani- fested im the discussions. As an instance, the congress will discuss the questions of international quarantine as well as the suppression of epidemic diseases. The full- est discussion will be permitted and the most noted physiciaus will participate. At the present time the local commit- tee bd =r of the entertainment of oie juarte ok tockipes oo yi s —— Way after the convenience of those who will attend the congress. The session will be broken by several excursions and recep- tions. \ i iN President Pepper. ‘The presikient of the congress, Dr. Wm. Pepper, will deliver an address to the dele- gates on September the 6th at Metzerott Hall. It will take place in the evening and @ large attendance is expected. Dr. Pepper, the president of the congress, is one of the leading physicians of Pennsyl- vania and comes from a family of physi- cians. He is the son of the distinguished physician of Philadelphia by the same nam, and took both of his degrees, A.B. and M. D., from the University of Pennsylvania, over which he now presides. When he suc- ceeded the late distinguished Dr. Alfred Stille as provost of the university he had scarcely turned thirty and was the young- est man ever elected to that offie. He is one of the best lecturers in the medical de partment, a capital after-dinner spe: and a great favorite with the student: He has the reputation of being one of the most accomplished executors that has ever been identified with any enterprise, and under his administration the university has more than doubled its endowments and trebled its tronage. He is recognized in Phila- delphia as the founder of the university in its modern sense. He ts the editor of the great system of practice in five volumes | that bears his name and of the more recent work in two volumes. He is a member of all the great medical associations. ‘ Secretary Read. Another prominent figure of the congress is that of Dr. Chas. A. L. Read, the orig- imator and secretary general of the con- gress. He ts a native of Cincinnati, Ohto, and has the distinction of taking the initi- ative in getting up this first great union of the medical profession of all the Americas. In speaking of such a union to a friend he said: 1, believe in establishing the solidt- tary of American interests on the American hemisphere. In medical matters this can be accomplished only by federation and the es- tablishment of fraternal relations, instead of the estrangement which now exists. The Columblan year offered an auspicious op- tunity, and. with the assistance of Dr. epper and the United States Congress, we were able to realize our hopes.” Dr. Read js a descendant of old colonial and revolutionary families. Reads of Dela- ware, the Stocktons of New Jersey, the Me- Clellands of Philadeiphia and the old Knick- erbocker family of Van Schaik of Albany were his relatives. Although a young man, he is a fellow of the representative scien- tific organizations of his department of the profession in Europe and America. He was the president of the section on diseases of women of the American Medical Associa- tion at the meeting held in this city two years ago, and last year president of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, which embraces the medical profession of all the states between the Allegheny and the Rocky mountains. He is the dean of the faculty, and has for twelve years been the professor of diseases of women and ab- dominal surgery at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and is the sur- eon in charge of the Woman's Surgical Flospitat ‘of Cincinnati, the patronage of which is national. Dr. Adams, Chairman of Local Com. mittee. Samuel S. Adams, A. M., M. D., the.chair- man of the committee of arrangements of the Pan-American medical congress, was born in Washington, D. C., July 12, 1853, received bis classical education at the West Virginia’ University and his medical education at the medi- cal department of the University of George- town. After graduation, and a year’s serv- ice in the Children’s Hospital, he began to tice medicine in his native city, where e has since remained. Soon after’ gradu- ating he was appointed lecturer on the dis- eases of children in his alma mater, and held it for four years. Upon the organiza- tion of the medical ment of the Na- tional University in 188, he resigned this lectureship to accept the chair of the theory and practice of medicine in the new school. This position he retained until 1892, when he was honored with the professor- ship of clinical pediatrics In the Columbian University, which he accepted and now holds. He’ also lectures in training schools for nurses connected with the Washington ‘Training School, the Garfield Hospital and the Children's Hospital. Dr. Adams is one of the founders, and is now the secretar of the American Pediatric Society, whic devotes itself exclusively to the diseases of children. He was a delegate to the Amer- ican Medical Association in, 1881, and has retained his membership in that ‘body. Since 1876 he has passed through the vari- ous grades of the Children’s Hospital, and | 1s now one of the attending physicians. He is also one of the attending physicians in the Garfleld Memorial Hospital; the Wash- ington Home for Incurables; the Washing- ton Say nursery, and conauiting physician of the Woman's Hospital and Dispensary. He is treasurer of the Medical Association, secretary of the Medical Society of the Dis- trict of Columbia, and one of the organiz- ers and active members of the Washington Obstetrical and Gynecological Soctety, and for several years its secretary. At the re- est. of Doctors and Read, Dr. ma consented to accept the chairman- ship of the committee of arrangements of the first Pan-American medical congress, and has labored Industriously to make this the most satisfactory medical convention ever held here. Under his leadership the detafls intrusted to the care of the com- mittee will be completed to the satisfaction of all, as his aim is to make friends and please them rather than to antagonize the wishes of the medical profession. Six Hundred Papers to Be Rea. It is estimated that upwards of 60 papers will be read during the session. The sub- Jects discussed will embrace twenty-two sections as follows: Section of general medicine, forty-four papers, including dis- cussions on “Asiati: Cholera,” “A New Dis- ease of the West Indies,” the diagnosis, Prognosis and treatment of cholera. ‘The section of general surgery will bring out a number of papers. The program shows thirty-five, including one by Dr. Liewellyn Elliot of this city on ununited fracture. “Some points in the surgical treatment of appendicitis,” the disease which is attracting so much attention at Present, is the title of @ paper that will be Tead by Dr. A. P. Clark of Cambridge, Mass. In the section on military medicine end surgery fourteen papers of considable inter- est will be read and discussed. ‘There will be in connection with this section hospital corps drill by detachment under the com- mand of Maj. Van R. Hoff, surgeon, United States army. An exhibition of a ileld li pital complete with equipment aow in use in the United States army. ‘The section on obstetrics contains thirty- five papers and Dr. J. Foster Scott of this city is among the list of doctors who will red papers. gynecology and abdominal The section on rgery will, perhaps, find it hard to trans- act its business, for there ure fifty-two papers on the program, including one by r. Joseph Taber Johnson of this city and one by Dr. I. S. Stone of this city. ‘Thirty-one papers on therapeutics ere cn the program for this section, but the list does not contain a Washington physician. ‘Drs. Robert Reyburn, C. W. siles und W. West of this city will read Papers before the section on anatomy. ‘The section on ology will discuss twenty- one papers, including a history of American physiology’ by Dr. Isaac Ott, the president of the physiological section. ‘The Diseases of Children. One of the most important sections will be that relating to the diseases of chil- dren, and each one of the twenty-eight Papers to be read are full of interest to mothers. A paper which promises to be of more than ordinary interest is that on the physical training of public school chil- dren, to be read by Dr. J. Gardiner Smith of New York. One of the features of the discussions which will take place in the section on pathology Is the paper to be read by Drs. Toronada and Madau of Havana, concern- ing the investigations of malaria. Drs. Acosta and Grande of Havana are also on the program to read a paper entitled Pathological histology of yellow fever. This Section will discuss thirty-five pape-s, The section on ophthalmology will discuss forty papers, including one by Dr. F. B. Tiffany of Kansas City, Mo., on skin graft- ing for malignancy of the eyelids and orbit. “A Comparison of the Eye of White With Colored’ Pupils in the Public Schools of Washington, D. C.,” ts the title of a paper to be read by Dr. E. O. Belt of this city. Drs. C. W. Richardson and T. Maurice Murray of this city will read papers in the section on laryngology and rhinology. A number of foreigners will participate in the discussions which arise in the sec- tion on dermatology and syphilography. Dr. Albert L. Gthon, the medical director of the United States ‘navy, located at the Naval Hospital in this city, will deliver @ formal address to the section on hygiene, climatology and demography, of which he is president. Dr. Join C. ‘Wise of this city is on the program to read a paper en- titled “A Brief Consideration of Elephant- fasis Arabum, as Observed in the Samoan Islands.” Contagious Diseases. Surgeon General Walter Wyman of the marine hospital service of this city will }open the section on marine hygiene and | quarantine, of which he is executive pres- |Mdent. It ts to this section more than to any | other that the important work of the con- gress will be given. The discussions which will take place are of universal interest, and include a discussion of supervision of vessels by government medical inspectors at ports of arrival and departure. Code of rules for handling an epidemic disease that breaks out on shipboard. Disinfection of passengers and crew during a vova, the location and arrangement of shij pitais. ‘Then again there will he esting discussion on the arrangement of de- tail and equipment of quarantine stations, length of time vessels should be held in quarantine and conditions that should de- termine proctamation of quarantiae axainst country. Another paper of equal hiapor- tance with those above cited is that relat- ing to the requirements governing passen- er traffic between a port infectel with yel- jow fever and a southern port of the United States during the summer. The merchants of the country will he in- terested in the discussion on the disin‘ tion of merchandise. What merchandise should be considered as requirins treatment if shipped from a place infected with chol- era, yellow fever or smallpox. ‘The discussion of the method of the dis- infection for different diseases and the methods of disposal of the bodies of those who die while in quarantine. ‘The section on diseases of the mind and nervous system will-also come in for a con- derable share of attention, and Dr. Wr. A. Hammond of this city will welcome the guests In Spanish and jater read a paper, | the title of which he has not yet decided upon. Dr. T. D. Crothers of Hartford, Conn., will read a paper entitled “The Dis: ease of Inebriety and Its Treatment,” ani Dr. Hughes of St. Louis, Mo., will tell of and hos- the successful management of inebriety without secrecy in therapeutics. ‘The section on medical pedagoguics will consider eighteen papers, including _primar- iy an Informal discussion to be participated in by the official delegates of the various governments and of the various medical Schools “On the feasibility of, a: a practically uniform course of medical in: struction and requirements in the various American countries and colonies.” Papers on Hypnotis: ‘To those interested in hypnotism it would be well to call attention to the paper which {s to be read by Dr. Fred C. Valen- tine of New York city entitled “Hypno- tism; Does it Menace Public Weal?” ‘The section on railway surgery will dis- cuss through nine papers railway acci- dents and the surgery incident thereto, while Dr. Johnson Elliot of this city will read an interesting paper on “The Phono- graph in the Treatment of Deafness.” An- other Washington physician, Dr. J. A. Maloney, is down for a paper ‘on “Otacous- | tic Treatment, Its History and Results upon the Deaf and Deaf Mutes.” This in- cludes all of the most prominent papers to be discussed, although all of them are of more or less interest. After the medical congress adjourns the delegates will visit the world’s fair. They will leave this city on the morning of the Sth, stopping at Baltimore, Philadelphia, the quarantine station at Reidy's Island, ew York, Boston, Niagara, Toronto, De- troit, St. “Louts and Chicago. The dele- gates wili disperse when Chicago is reached and return at their pleasure. ETS INSTINCT. A PO! Two Bar Room Scenes in the West With Different Re: Opie Read in Fetter’s Southern Magazine. Capt. Jack Crawford, the poet ‘scout; Col. Will Visscher, a poet without being a scout, and Wild Bill, a scout without be- ing a poet, were playing cards in a Black Hills saloon when a swashbuckling bully trom the plains entered the place. He bad just broke a faro bank and was therefore wealthy; he had just shot out a man’s eye, and was therefore gleeful. When he en- tered the place he struck the bar with his hat and swore that every man must take a drink. Wild Bill said that he didn’t mind taking something, and Visscher made no objection whatever, but Crawford remark- ed that he did not drink. “But,” said he. “to be sociable, I will take a cigar with you.” ‘The swashbuckler looked at him scorn- fully and said: “No, you'll not take @ cl- war. ‘Well, then, I'll take a lem _ x You'll not ‘do that; you'll take whisky. “But,” Crawford protested, “I never took @ drink of whisky in my life.” Well, then, it's time to take one. Come on here,” and he laid rude hands on Craw- ford’s garments. Then Wild Bill mildly protested. At this the terror of the plains Hew into a fit of fury. “Do you want to take it up?” he howled. It was evident that he was not personally acquamted with Bill. “Well, yes, as 1 haven't anything else on hand at present, I believe that I feel a lit- tle like taking ‘it up;” and with that he knocked the fellow down. And now the swashbuckler, though on the floor, was in his glory—he had an excuse to indulge his sentimental yearning for slaughter; and he reached for ‘his pistol. But with @ inove- ment flash-like in its quickness, Bill had him covered with an tron that had killed twenty men. At this moment a man who had just entered the sajoon quietly remark- “Helloa, Wild Bill's got another suck- “Hold o1 the terror howled. “Are you wild Bul? “That's what they call me.” “Well, now, I want to say that your friend may take wa—what he pleases. And to show you that I'm sorter soclubie in- clined, I'll take @ lemonade myself.” ‘This incident appealed té the quick in- stincts of Visscher. Ie was a tenderfoot, and was therefore impressionable. A tew days later he was in a mining town, broke. He had nothing save honor and appetit Honor could take care of itself, but appe- tite must be humored. The truth is, he wanted a great deal of “licker” and he wanted it at once. He went to several saloons, but no one asked him to drink, and he was too proud to hint that he ought to be invited. t was where honor was the enemy of appetite. A thought struck him; an idea nimbly tri ‘acrows his poetic fancy. He recalled the Wild Bilt cident and he would turn it to account. He went into a saloon and sat down near @ table; he threw himself back and began to talk. “Fine’ lot of le out here,” hi declared. “Gallant and determined ‘gang of men. I saw a rough just now force a Poor fellow to take # drink of whisky. ie to see @ man try that game on m catch me po: tuff down my throat merely to the whim of a fool. There's nol in this town that can make me take a drink. I've come here to foster the Murphy movement.” cowboy turned from the bar ve Visscher a searchin, Sy lend,” said he “Do you want to know what you'll do? You'll just take six right now. Come here He drew his revolver. Visscher began to stammer. friend,” he said, in the hope that the fellow would make it twelve, “I never took a drink in my life, “That so? Well you'll take six right now. Barkeeper, put six drinks on the bar, just a foot apart.” And when the barkeeper had done this, the cowboy added “Now, Mr. Pinkfoot, you begin at_ that end and drink your way down here.” Visscher mumbled that he had left his pistol at the hotel. “T don't care anything for your pistol; drink your way down here.” Visscher the journey, with but a} breath between cach glass, and the cow. boys roared with laughter; but a chill fell upon their mirth when Visscher remarked: “Gentlemen, if you'll have these glasses filled again, i'll drink my way back.” ss THE ARIZONA KICKER. Its World’s Fair Correspondent tn ‘Trouble om Account of His Views on Art. From the New York Sun. A Brutal Outrage.—Yesterday we received @ private letter from our valued world’s fair correspondent, dated from a Chicago bastile. For the past two weeks he had | been much annoyed and put out by the odd and eccentric ways of eastern people, none of whom, it seems, wear buckskin suits or carry lassos on their shoulders. Monday last, while our correspondent was rounding | up the stock in the art department, he} came across a marble statue called “Sikey. “Sikey” hadn't any clothes on. Our cor- respondent estimated her at so much dead | weight of marble and allowed for the carv- ing and his figures on her cash value footed up only $230. It seems that a galoot from New York, who never heard the howl of coyote nor witnessed a stampede of steers, | undertook to give our correspondent some | pointers on art, and the natural result of | such a display of | was that the said | galoot ran up against a cactus ready for business. He went away and squealed to the police and our correspondent was vio- lentiy removed from the groun and chucked into a bastile as a dangerous char- acter. We beg to gently inquire whether this is the fourteenth or the nineteeth cen- | tury and whether the corset-encircled east | owns any more of this great show than the untrameled and unconventional west. | The owner of the “Sikey” put her value at $2u,000. Was it any wonder that our cor-/ respondent, who has had four different | wives in his time, none of whom cost him $900, bucked at the figures? We hi to know that he owns an onyx mine and three | marble quarries, and who should be a bet- ter judge of a hunk of statuary? Half an hour before the fracas over “Sikey” com- menced that same ostentatious, egotistical jackanapes tried to make our correspondent believe that a certain ofl painting was val- ued at $25,000. The whole thing, frame and all, wasn't large enough for a poker table, and the man who brought ft to this town and asked above $0 for It would be looked upon seeking to block the wheels of civilization. We have telegraphed our cor- respondent to find out who 1s running the | show. If there 1s to be any discrimination against the west we shall order him home | at once and then proceed to make the hearts | of 4,000,000 eastern people ache for six | months to come. — ‘Two Hundred Pounds for an Egg. From the St. James Gazette. Two hundred pounds for an egg, how- ever, is a large sum even for a collector to pay. Yet this appears to be the market price of a perfect specimen of the egy of the gigantic fossil bird epyornis. The egg Is | several times as large as that of the os- | trich, but is not otherwise beautiful. But | then’ it 1s rare, which is not surpriving, | since the epyornis left off laying some thousands, or perhaps hundreds of thous- ands, of years ago. M. Hamelin can get | them if any man can, and he promises to ut one or two upon the European market. je is going back to M "ar, notwith- standing the fact that having unfortunate- ly got a chief, who was his “blood broth- er,” Killed in’ hig service, he has had to tke over all the deceased family, including his wives, seeker sees and tleman's orchid- From Puck. Kanvas—"Dukets has become quite an art crit Brushe—“Bring him to my atudto; T have just finished a. pleture. Kanvas.—-“Oh, he can only criticise, those THE TOPS OF BUILDINGS. Some Beautiful Views to Be Seen at the Pair. ‘What Can Be Seen From the Roof of the Liberal Arts Building—Work ef the Red Cross. Correspondence of The Evening Star. CHICAGO, August 23, 1898. The result of the burning of the cold storage building was the issuing of the order to allow no one to ascend to the tops of the large buildings for the views to be obtained. Up to the time of the fire the roof of the liberal arts was black with peo- ple at all times but especially at evening, when first the sunset and then the illumt- nations and fireworks made an enchanted scene upon which to look from this height was a delight. The administration building likewise was crowded as to its upper bal- conies on the special evenings, and the electric fountains and Mghted basin could be seen’ from there in a way that the ground view could never equal. ‘It is a wise lecree, however, which has cloged them to the public, for no risks should be run of a Panic on ‘any of these lofty places. The elevators in the Mberal arts made a trip to the top very easy, though one had to nerve oneself for the sensation of the giddy rise, and then to step from the solid roof into the little car, hung in the air, with its windows showing the ground floor, made alm by distance, and begin the downward Journey, made one distinctly uncomfortable, and to get safely out at the end was a real relief, The upper walk around the great structure gives a good bit of exercise, and in every direction there is so much that is fair to see. On the east Lake Michi- an spreads out like an ocean, blue and utiful, its shore as far as Jackson Park extends made interesting ‘by the buildings of the fair. Beginning at the northeast, far away, are the foreign gov- ernment ‘houses, all picturesque in their setting, a fine grove stretching to the lake front, ‘maxing a charming environment; then comes the north inlet and government laza, with the great brick ship lying out m shore. In the narrow space between the liberal arts itself and the water is the Jong, promenade, dotted with the small band stands, tea and chocolate houses. toward the southeast, next comes the style, classical in form, centering in the triumphal arch, surmounted by the Columbus Quadriga, which is quite sug- gestive of the Brandenburg gate at Berlin. The View to the ‘The Basin and beautiful agricultural de- Dartment are a delight as one gazes toward the south, with La Rabida nestling in the distance on its little peninsula; turning the southwest corner the towering administra- tion dome stands out prominently, and the MacMonnies fountain keeps the attention for some minutes. Going on up the west aide, the white length of the electricity building stretches along the opposite side of the north canal, and soon comes the grea! nm and the green depths of the Wooded island. Over and beyond this, the three great structures of the west side of the grounds lle, making a lovely picture at this distance; first, transportation, with its tawny coloring and “golden door,” next the smal! choral hall, and its severely Dorie architecture comes in as a minor detail, then horticultural and woman's buildings, fair in form and coloring facing the blue lagoon. Nearest on the north is our own government exhibit, with the pic- turesque fisheries just beyond; this and the adjoining plaza mentioned before, bring one to the elevator again, and the rapid descent through the airy arches and great girders of the huge building soon lands one on terra firma, which seems unusually safe and solid. The memory of the roof view is one of the most tmpressive of the fair, and earlier visitors were sure to commend it to all friends about to arrive. Of course it Is wise as I said before to prohibit the trip, but that is one of the deprivations late comers suffer. Theodore Thomas is another, and only those who have feasted on the music of his orchestra this summer will know what the fair without him will be; one dey some weeks ago, one lady said to another, “I heard Max ‘Bendix ithe first violin) give a solo at the noon concert one day last week,” adding, “You know he has a Btradivarius?” “Oh, what f pity,” said her companion, “I suppose he got it in Europe. Cholera and everything horrible of that kind seems to come from there! Work of the Red Cross. But I read this in a newspaper, and it may not be true. Wherever one goes cn the grounds comes every once in a while the startling sounds of the gong on the Red Cross ambulance. The sight of this wagon always arouses interest, and gives everyone @ feeling of security, that in case of aiy accident or sudden iliness succor would be | at hand and promptly administered. ‘The Emergency Hospital ts near Horticultural Hall, and over it waves the Red Cross flag For two years the Medical Bureau has been in existence, first for the treatment of ac- cidents among in the early days of the projected fair, and since May it has been open to all visitors. ‘The cases have averaged 10 a day, and only seven deaths have occurred out of 12 00 patients. At the time of the burniu the cold storage building crowded with the injured firemen. Besid this more important “working exhibit, there is the Naval Hospital, which has a small pavilion of its own, near our gov- ernment building. and many hospitals all over the country have sent contributions of photographs and models, which are dis- layed in the depaftment of ethnoiosy. ledieal and nursing congresses have been held on the grounds during the summer, and have been full of instruction, Mrs. Dacre Crayen of England gave one of the papers at the latter, on subject which is most interesting,that of “District Nursing. She has been superintendent general of the Metropolitan and National Nursing Asso- ciation, and is qualified to tell of the work done by it. District nursing fs the taking care of the sick in their own homes, and has been very successful, though when it was first attempted even the veteran Floyence Nightingale was’ much inclined to doubt its feasibility. It has been demon- strated that ladies or “gentle women,” as Mrs. Craven calls them, have done better work in the district nursing than women of a lower grade. “In the first place the nurse in the ‘patient's own home has more responsibility than in a hospital, aud so the more education and intelligence, the more effective the services, while her high- er social position gives her greater influerce with the poor, and raises the whole profes- sion in the eyes of the public.” In addition to the hospital training, each nurse has to spend six months in a special course of district training, but the points are too nu- merous to detail here,though Mrs. Craven s entire paper {s thoroughly interesting to read. In conclusion she says, “When pco- ple speak of the hardships of a district nurse's life, they forget that it is a life in which love’and human sympathy have so large a share, that patients cease to be of the hospital was | mere ‘cases,’ and may be rather termed the friends and children of these ‘servants of the poor.’ The queen of England is so fully alive to the good accomplished by this association that she devoted the Women’s Jubilee fund to providing trained nurses for the poor, so that district nurses in England are known all over the country as “Queen's Nurses.” Some American cities are carrying on this work also, and It is to be hoped it will spread all over the land; Chicago has such charity, and the good it’ does is almost in- calculable. In many cases homes are not broken up, which would be if the mother or father had to be removed to a hospital; then the care of the sick is taught in thi family, sanitation and proper cooking «also, so the indirect benefit is of the greatest value. In this country “gentle women” have, of late years, been much drawn to the pro- fession of nursing, and the most successful among them are those who brought to their special training the best culture and education of a general nature. A MODIFIED WHALEBACK. interested in a England. Ship Builders Are Novel Craft 1 From Science. Shipbuilders have been interested in the construction recently at Sunderland, En- gland, of a novel craft, a modification of the whaleback type, now so familiar on our western lakes. In the description of this new English steamer, the only one of its kind yet built, it appears that the hull is shaped like other vessels from keel to water line, but from the latter the shell is round- ed off upward and inward until {t termi- nates at the upper deck level in an upright structure termed a turret, running fore and The vessel has no shear, the deck reach- ing in a perfectly straight line fore and aft; the plating, curving inward from the water Ime to the turret deck, ts thick and strong Mke that of the hull ‘proper, so that the whole skin of the vessel is of the same de- gree of thickness throughout. The engines are placed aft, as in the construction of whaleback steamers, by which arrangement there 1s a long, continuous hold from the engine room to the forecastle, this being in- terfered with only by the necessary bulk- heads. Another feature pertaining to this steamer {s the location of the boats, and the accommodation for engineers and crew, all abaft the engine room, though the captain and officers are placed, as usual, under the bridge forward. ——— Overheard at Bar Harbor. From Life. He—"Give me a kiss She (decidedly)—“T won't.” He—"You shouldn't say ‘I won't’ to me; that are catalogued with their prices.” uu should have said ‘I prefer not. YBhe—"But that wouldn't be true the workmen employed there | EDUCATIONAL. EDUCATIONAL. PIANOS AND ORGANS. IN WASHING 10) Corr ‘Twenty-third year as a° successful educator; eighth year in this city and Mfteen years wity Eastman College. ‘thorough and Practical courses: Business, English, accountancy, civil service, shorthand abd typewriting. Leara the phonograph and typewriter; the quickest preparation for the omce; complete course, $15; orthand dictations by competent readers and the phonograph; individual instruction by ex- petleuced reporters. Graduates of rare excellence And distinguished success; moderate prices; send for catalogue. 3026 TAUGHT EVENINGS, BOTH ME- chanical and architectural, including mathema- tics, essential for a competent draughtsman, by an ‘experienced ‘civil and mechanical engitieer, _Instructions begin Sept. 5. 681 7th n.e.a26-1m* ON THE HEIGHTS ABOVE WASHINGTON— ham Institute, select boarding and Whitt young ladies, Takoma Park, D. ; purest. water; moderate price; wend for catalogue. EXPERIENCED TEACHER DESIRES PRIVATE puplls; “can prey ‘address J. OLNEY INSTITUTE (SUCCHEDING MRS. MYER'S) Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies and DORSEY, Principal; Silss LAURA LEE DORSEY, Amoctate Principal. Address until Sept- 1 Xo. 3 Cooke place, Georgetown, D.C. aus0-m,wiee-m BANJO AND GUITAR. ‘Thorough and rapid igstruction by best methods, eninge. auzs-lw EL. HOWES, 922 I st. aw. MME. J. ESPUTA-DAL Teacher of voice culture and the note chain sys- tem for reading, muste at sight,” Mme. Daly. has charge of vocal department at Mt. De Sales, Md., and st. John's Coleg: ‘on, D.C. School singitig classes a spectaliy. ess STU- DIO, Metaerott building. Call 10 a.m. to 12 10, Mondays and Wednesdays on and afier Sept. 4. pos apie agama ci WIMODAUGHSIS CLASSES, 328 1 st, mW. ‘Typewriting, Stenography and Delsarte begin Sept 4; other classes, 15, ‘$a maonth—8 lessons, fetus: “One, clas Spelt nd wunciation Circle, Friday, Lips ie Sern 4 ceni vening. For further information apply at ullding. _20%3-Im ADA SMITH, Supt. 1438 N ST. NW. THE MISSES Ki ‘SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES _8022-3m__ AND LITTLE CHILDREN. ST, JOHN'S COLLBGI ie FOR DAY STUDENTS ON 7, ma ‘send for BROTHER FABRICLAN, President. September 11, Hight ‘arrenton, Va. Tember 21, 1663, ay4tu, th,sa9t BROOKVILLE 7 tors West A. __auld-tu, thei wa it FAIRFAX HALL_SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LA Winchester, Va. to es ee FAUQUIER INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG oe ‘situa the XN versity or the counting Brookville, Montgomery county, crs Prenty-arth year ive. Sluale, arty Instructors third ted. R. and room. 1. D. TWO SPLENDID BARGAINS_113 OCTAVE UP- best to 1 ‘with iS 22 AND 124 3a. ‘oung ai Ft Mrs. H. MAPLEWOOD INSTITUTE, CONCORDVILLE, PA. $192 ‘per year; a successful school; one of the to the duties of life: boys under 13 $162. SHORTLIDGE (Yale), A.M., pa . FRANKLIN ST. BALTIMORE, Rageworth Boarding and ‘School for ‘GIrls will open 2. September 21, seat P. LEFEBVRE, Principal. energy and to wake up boys are now seeking Jo"so beautifur tos fable, Sent tree, Gt a 15. Lucy SEMINARY. Our catalogue is full ‘of the very information eae oe E : FOR BOTH SEXES. ‘S. SIMPSON, our sop or daughter, and our parlor HANLON, T8t for it oO oF Sree et a Y. PRUD'H! “. Fall classes reopen Septemoer 18. aul9-1m* MEDICAL DEPARTMENT GEORGETOWN UNI- versity.—45th session begins October 2. For par- cular apply to the Dean. G. L. MAGRUDER, M. D., 815 Vt. ave, auletecT IVY INSTITUTE BUSINESS COLLEGE, S.w. cor. Sth and K sts. ow. 8. W. FLYNN, A. M. Priiclpal has been a well-kbown and successful Washington educator for It years. paeult Darina ‘course, day night sesaloa, $25 0 ear. Bookkeeping, arithmetic, spelling, grammar, let- ter writing, Gusineas forte comeerSial Ine pea. Dansbip, stypewriting, shorthand. Diplomas ‘aad Dositlous for graduates. Ceuteal location. Expe- Flcuced teachers. Send for amnoubcement-aul?-3im> WooD's COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, 407 East Capitol st. Niamh year opens September 4. A Digh-grade” Dusines’ ‘college, pstrouacl iy the best “people ‘of Washington and affocding™ bots sexes a complete prepuration for « successful Stare in tite.” Now “open for entullmert of at Gents. "(No colored “students ‘adnitted) pare our prices and facilities with «uy tusines ST. AGNER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Under the direction of Bishop four courses of study for studies may be taken or the women. For catalogue Miss FW. BOYD. Principal. ‘apl-6m SUMMER RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. 3. Coach to meet night trains. auto-18t AND ANNEX. ON THE BEACE. HOTEL “Marrland ave. All mod. con. and | IMPERIAL comforts of home; appointments and | $2 to 3 $10 to $18 per wk. G. W. Reateitt, "Special rateo for ‘and parties AFFLERBACH COTTAGES, 1620 and 1622 AT- lantic ave. Terms §1.50 to $2 per day. $8 to $10 per week. _Sul9-10t* H.W. LOVE, Prop., of Washington. BRADY | HOUSE, ARKANSAS. 100 yards distant im full view from jee OTE ‘IMPERIAL ‘CONVEN- AVE. board; DR. GRAHAM, 307 7TH ST. N.W., ed and in Platina, silver or amal __ Very ‘best full set ‘We have exclusive control of a ‘ee in this city which, when -suanagensarcs THE BUCKINGHAM, 918 and 920 15TH led: newly furnished and un i 10m ant _3312_ Open all the year: WILLARD’S HOTEL, Pa. ave. and 14th st. ‘Washingtoa, D.C. sez? Sstalges conaising eames “et shee IS HOTEL STICKNEY. KENTOCKY AVE, 100. FT. cata names “of” over 380 ‘oa NEY TA E dents, : from beech: excellest table. listen, $2 10° $2.30 ebWaxb 2. SeLe s "Special Mal” rates eV eTCR NEY _ ants weit ack ia | mbi-ém = “Atantic City, N. 3. ST. CECILIA’S ACADEMY, G01 East Capitol st.. for ladies apd children, will Feopen oa OND AY, Sept; 4, This well-known ution affords ev 2" borough “English and ‘nusieal’ education the academy will be admitted fo the classes in munic, art, work, elocu- tion, phonography aud iypewriting. — auiS-«m GUNSTON INSTITUTE, 2928 P ST._N.W. Bogrding and Day School for Gi _809-2m 3 “Nr and hire 5 R. MASON. INSTRUCTION IN DRAWING AND PAINTING. ‘Also ant SCHOG oe for CONCOKAN dint Root foo, Corcoran. building. MAY MINNIGEHODE. (audim*) LILLIAN COOK. 1864. " EDUCATION FOR REAL LIFE ‘ FO SONS AND. DACGHTRIS ‘Spencerian susiness College, National Bank ‘of the Republic buildiug. cor, Teh ‘and D nw. Day and night sessions, 'SPENCERIAN, $53 a unnesbchl word, “eeonciteed itn thaseaghs rwerd. as rough Misinewt trniping and a career, The ninth te Tweuty-niuth scholastic year of thle pooalar institution begins Monday, September 4. 1 departments, viz: Practical Business, including complete bookkeeping ‘course, English, calcu lations, rapid writing, moral and cult Delsarte system of ex civics, 4 Be o> law; Heal Lis, wi tory. book + Shorthand and weit Amel sligh Sapencerias rit. Wding Englisss Mechanical Yaad Surenitettural: Drawite. ot ien thereughly’ tralsed Sanchers”” Location cost tral. ‘Twelve graduates of class of °33 have re colved from the World's Columbian Expo- sition. brilliantly lighted, handsome halle and’ class roms, “Sactices ae aradeates aiwaye te demand.” Terais moderate, but ‘no competi cheap schools, "The ‘Duslness tien of ington “were tralued iu this ellege, und sepe thelr ere for teaising. nt “Suaidats® for emplar re ‘Ofice open every business day and night. on and after: August 7. ‘call 1084, ye aleng OF Orn SARA A. SPENCER, i, aut Principal and Proprietoe. _ WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 1225 20th, wt. mw. Twenty-fourth year. ‘or ice,” violin fa Faniages “io “pupils. "0. or. ‘EATON, BURNETT & DURLING'S: LISH, BUSINESS AND SHORTHAND SCH 4A TRAINING SCHOOL for young men ang women, cor. 12th and F sts. o.w., Washington, D.C. The marked success of our Baltimore College during the past fifteen years has led the proprictors to open a aimilai in the nation’s capital. No Pains will be spared to render the moral as well as the intellectual tone of the school of the bigh- est order. Advantages will here be. offered to Young men and women in Advanced Accountant ship,” Corporation Bookkeeplug, Finance,» Busl- Less Correspondence, Commercial Law, Penman- ship, General Business and in civil service examination, not other business college in ‘this city. Day achat wilt open September d Night a will open ember 4. N School October 2. Rooms oven for the enrollment of students oa fut 14 WL. DUREING, A.M. Resident ‘Privet HOTEL TRAYMORE, a HOTEL RICHMOND, PR Direase. THE CHALFONTE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. ON THE BEACH. ‘Salt water baths in the house. Elevator, mod- ern and complete. Sun perlors. Send for filus- trated booklets. aul@-im Address ATLANTIC CITY, X. 3. W.W. GREEN & CO. OCEAN AND KENTUCKY Sear; steam heat: electric Write for special ‘rates. auzz-ra, THE CHALFONTE. THE GuurTos Cor. Atlantic and Connecticut aves; Map stone _ SE pee week. FM. COPE stan THE MARYLAND, ae ‘ATALANTA HOTEL, Bhonth of September: Bios ein _W™. ASBURY PARK Near the beach; and fall Mra open. Alb Boese. "Sood for cisvalare. ROBT. B. BT. B. ENGLE, __ASBURY PARK, N. J. ASBURY PAKK, NW. CARLTON ACCOMMODATES 350 GUESTS; ‘UH October 1. 3 ghevternc as ENGLESIDE. BEACH HAVEN, N. J. Now modern bot “sea water bathe is Prop. ‘Haven, N. z A. MADDOCK. ‘UNITED STATES HOTEL, CAPE MAY. the Leach; accommodates 200 guests; comforts: table uneacelled; $7 to $10 NEAR homelike © week. Jod-law3m* “THE ALASKA,” OCKAN Gi ve, ON. 3, Pr from the beach.” Table SEA-SIDE—MISCELLANEOUS. TEACHER — SEVEN YEARS’ EXPERT beginners or ndvanced: mew and rapid Method ‘for young pupils; best references. ‘Mra. 3.,, 1406, Bopkine place, bear 20th and P nw, _ 0¢28-th, ts, 1hm® if MISS AMY C. LEAVITT OF BOSTON 1121 VERMONT AVE. 3 PIANO AND HARMO’ _ N OOD INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG LADIES— Select and itinited school; latest: Improvements. Mr. and Mrs. WM. D.” CABELL, Beautiful location, cor. 1th and Mens. ave. a outs Snes SEND FOR COLLEGE ANNOUNCEMENT. Ivy Inatitute Business College, S.w. cor. Sth and K sts. nw. _ Business shorthand, typewriting. fy15_ THE MEDICAL, DENTAL AND PHARMACEUTI- gal departments of Howard University will October 2. For circulars address. B, PURVIS, Secretary, 115 13th st. now. ‘JeiStooet2 NURSES’ TRAINING SCHOOL, FOR MEN AND women, in conection with the medical depart- ment of Howard University and the cy Howptral, 3 Freedmen's {ll October 2. For circular address |. PURVIS, M.D., Secretary. J delightfully ‘situated mas: 10 to $15. rember aa _bundred guests. ISLE OF WIGHT COTTAGES, OCEAN CITY, MD: om the beach; terms, $2.50 week; reduced rates for SPRINGS AND BATHS. Summit of the Bh 1,500 perfect ‘health, MONTEREY SPRING HOTEL, feet above. sen level, Pure Proprietors, Summit, Ba, auizsi $5, $6 Round trip from W: and $7 per week; $1 and $1.50 per day; half rates. Capacity of hotel, 250. ‘ashington, good to October 31, ‘Sead. ____ OUT_OF WASHINGTON. — GLENWOOD INSTITUTE, HOWARD COUNTY, fd. for ‘young Ia ; lang Send’ for catalogue e ANDREW SMALL ACADEMY (FOR BOYS AND rls), Darnestown, Montg’¥ c0., * boarding and ‘day ‘pupils; ber mathematics, music, t 2 office for catalogue.” WA; ee SHORTLIDGE MEDI (Pa. September 21, Eighteenth year, One of the best schools for boys. Send for ir and testimonials to SWITHIN C. SHORTLIDGE. Pa- jeo.Wm. Pinkney Whyte, Hollins McKim, Maryland; Congressmen Blanchard and» Woower, Judge McCollom, District scene Ker, Joches ACADEMY. iti Gauieron Pucker, Penna.; ‘Gen. Horace’ Parker, aE4 3 ‘auld-im . GEOR! FOR BOYS, ST. GEORGE'S, Md., Prof. . RINEAR, A.M,” Prin; 18th 3 i. Feniy,llege of unless Ufo: unedceled. advan Souforts; moderate terme: _ references. simmer =~ 32 Sr. JOHN'S COLLEGE, ANNAPOLIS, uD. Tooth session commences 20th ber. Bacellent preparatory school attached fee boys ‘° SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE PRECALATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE. NAVAL ACADEMY. Adhrom the President, THOMAS FELL, LL.D, LUTHERVILLE SEMINARY (NEAR BALTIMORE for Young Ladies. 4st year: modern convea- fences; full faculty; t training; home comforts; Digh sta non-sectarian. “Send for catalogue, Lutherville, ‘Md. Rev. J. H. TUR- Principal. [AN'S COLLEGE OF FREDERICK, MD. xen OPEN SEPTEMBER 12, isos. cellent complete ‘appointments, home ‘comforts and a faculty selected with re erence to the special training and successful e: Retience of each in ber lar department. ferms reasonable, Write for circular to J. Hi. APPLE, A. M., Presiden! ‘Md. Jat wee FTE ee ee ae, x x . Cc. J. WRIGHT, A.M., 4y25-ta,th, Cornwall, N.Y. EBBITT HOUSE WASHINGTON, D. G re POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA STEAMBUAT EXCURSION RaTES. For 30 days from August 13 the fare to all latdings ‘will Ge redured to te eavuraion rate’ of $2.80 for the rood pee Steamer Sue ev. Sister tad the ay eG ate ‘Steamer Sue leaves every at 4 p.m. and Steamer of the Lake ‘Sunday’ at's and We ‘at S pum. for Baltimore and Me, ACCOMMODATIONS _ FIRST. ALL Rive FREIGHT MURT BE AID. ‘RIVER ‘For freight or % BRO. agts.. ros | i WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT ©O.. “LIMITED.” From 7th st. wharf.” NORTH BOUND. Leave Norfolk daily at €-10 p.m. Leave Mource at 7:10 p.m. Arrive at 6:30 a.m. next day. Fortress a MEDICAL, &c. gp Oy a eae ake eee a Dr. Car eton ‘Will be absent from the city till SEPTEMBER 1. Patients and otbers may call op that date. oo "eid waeelnsccaiiaet STRANGERS, TAKE NOTICE—DRS_ BROTHERS and Gray treat all diseases. No cure, mo pay Only “eatabioned “navertining in ‘this city. Breahuibea Byeare be Bets aw ausam PENNSYLVANIA RAILRO: RAILROADS. STATION CORNER OF SIXTH AND B STREETS. 10.154. M. GOLUMBIAN - ERPRESS —Putiman 10. ia aT Lise , Parlor Oar 1.10 P.M. PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED —Pelimoan a a ed 315'F M St LOUIs, CINCINRATI.AND OBE. x Butter Car wo WASHINGTON AXDOUTO wr 8.208.m., ‘daily. rings ony. duriae th: tom of Re P, 3 Taras. . eltieora week ye: 00, 5.40, 8. xO. ‘daily— The famor FV. Lhini ‘bale train, with dining cer ani Polimew mat, Lexi ie Conclusive Reasons POR ADVERTISING IN The Evening Star: $2.25, Conv meet all’ traims, DK. BROTHERS’ INVIGORATING CORDIAL 1S Sireuiar. qaul-im) G. W. GREEN. stor. | Pat pywcrtal Nerve Gumulest aod Youle, Of ail HILL TOP SUMMER RESORT, HILL TOP HOUSE, | Nervous Puhaustion Paralysis and that class ot Harper's . W.Va. TS LOVETT, Prop. | people who are, weak. Bil lethargic, Elevation, 1,200 feet. Siost ‘breexy punts’ Sek: . lack Of ambition and sest ‘there is mo ery. ywaled. First-class table, "Four daily | remedy equal to this Cordial It ims been i use te $e Now open. myo for pearly forty-five years in this city. MORRELL HOUSE HARPER'S FERRY. w. va. | __Lerrier. nh TY cet rnished house ou Gaznp Hill, - _ Betas niente Stal Pe Pe PROFESSIONAL TRE NEW HOTEL POWHATAN. AVOID MA.| PLAIN MEDICATED AND SEA SALT BATHS; laria and the bot Nreathes Ake coaine —y sieo ectentitic ; open Sundays. Dr. SARA gre sted Fomtatan, “Chutesutrer, Woke: | S2or' clay as THE OLDEST ESTADLINNED a Va. water, classed ne | . CLAY 18 THE -ABLISHED tnatybeaten: ties <- oa ele, ahneand | Sivectising clairvoyant, atrooger and mediom service une: ; bass. fishing i - ity. ssoy aerate, tame Sebing, ig he Stream, | "yl igh wonderful prophetic git of ancoad Braga 0: Tour daily tains via De'aad O. two | Sint. tells all’ the evenrs, of your — via Norfolk and Western. For particulars and | ‘fadle to grave. reveals bidden _ circulara write to WM. G. STAFFORD, pL ye pF 3 o a a es yceds, marriages, with hapwy MOUNTAIN HOME COTTAGE (NEAR DEER PARK | results, ‘tells whether the ope you love ts true station), om the B. and 0. railroad. Only a| or false, in + dreams, gives success in bus short distance from the Deer Park Hotel. Ad-| inens, removes family t evil. ‘iafluences. Spigtan™ 1S EAUGMLIS, Deer Park, Ma) Sur'Sare time and" moves” ty coming’eo vent | <> —_- a —| place at once, ‘ax be -succeds where others WHITE COTTAGE. HARPER'S FERRY, W. VA. we failed. Convinces most eal. Adver- Best, view on the Shenandoah river.” Open to] tises only what he can do. All ‘cont hoardere June 28,1808. Sead for a elrcalar and | dential. wie BS BS. wn. « ede oe S| Seer eee EDs . RAPHAEL, CLAIRVOYANT ASTROLOG- LAD TES S00S. "Ete noi Scere pears SEALSKIN GARMENTS ALTERED, REDYED AND | jS1* PON 18, "\"Meaiths fora aboct thine, ® ralle- o relined. Fur work ery description. Tbe 3 4 Hiinscs, CUNNINGHAM. 1310 Ben cts news auSun | 80 to all consulting Ber. gio F st. a, jon ANTON AND CAROLINE LERCH. 820 12TH ST. | prop 30 ‘and 1206-1208 st. ARTISTIC DYEING, CLEANING AND RESTORING of heavy, D fancy of ornamental mate: fabrics and articles of wear. OUTING vet par ticular attention. Our patronage extends the most e bu . x BROOKE T ALL THE EVENTS OF OUTING SUITS Our, Summer Specialty, ba hy yy FA bo heed Hemen, 0c. each. Hours, 9 a.m. to 9 pm. 6S OvEne surm, hick werk Fine wont New York ave. n.w., Dear @tb st. my20-dm OUTING SUITS. te. prices. THE HORSPORD ELECTRIC TED VAPOR M1 orders. recet ANTOBYE WORKS, Te eGisense Also facta steeming ant prompt attention," Gat. ange, 018 H st. om. ‘eine BECAUSE IT 1S THE FAMILY PAPER OF THE CITY, BEING TAKEN AND READ IN EVERY HOME, BY PRETTY #UCH EVERYBODY, AND ESPECIALLY BY THOSE HAVIN BECAUSEIT 18 PUBLISBED AT AN HOUK OF THE DAY WHEN ITS READERS HAVE THE TIME AND TION TO CONSULT ITs RTISING COLUMNS, as ADV WELL AS TO KEAD THE YEWS. BECAUSE ITS ADVERTISING KATES AKE MUCH LOWER, IN PROPORTION TO EXTENT AND QUALITY OF CIRCULATION THAN THOSE OF ANY OTHER PAPER IN WASHINGTON, AND AMONG THE VERY LOWSST Ot THE UNITED STATES.