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The Inventions ofa People an Index of Their Life. a ANCIENT AND MODERN. “The first being on this earth worthy to be called man was an inventor,” said Prof. Mason, before the Anthropological Society last night. “The last being to whom that term will properly belong will be an in- ventor. The only moment in the life of any individual, man or woman, in which the distinction of humanity ought to be ecnferred is that in which he adds some- thing new to the stock of knowledge or experience. It is with nations and tribes as it is with individuals, their genius lies in their inventioas. While they origi- nate they live and grow. When they cease to do that they decay and die. And this has been the truth from the begining.” Prof. Mason having fixed the attention of his audience by this declaration, then proceeded to elaborate his subject of “‘Sav- ages and Their Inventions.” He said that the industries and activities which form the crowning glory ‘of our own age were all originated in savagery. Between those comprehensive minds that grasps one of our highly organized inventions or estab- lishments and that group of naked and |imexperienced human creatures standing |on the borders of history is a long way |indeed. But from the sages of today back |to the very first happy thinkers concern- ing the betterment of the arts of life there |is no breach of continunity whatever. To Meet Practical Needs. To unravel the apparatus and processes of a single art would take over the whole period during which our race has inhabited the earth and the history of that art would be definitely understood only when we have also gone the rounds of every land in which it has occurred. Nay, further, we would also be compelled to visit places where it had no existence. All inventions of every kind whatsoever are the means of gratifying some human need or want. We cannot get along unless this is perfectly understood. Men do not invent just for the pleasure of inventing until it becomes a fixed habit. It is so true that desire and necessity le at the bottom of all inventions, that if you only knew what the necessities of a tribe of savages might be you could at once tell what sort of inventions they would make. On the con- trary, it must be equally recognized that the inventions of people are a sure index of their necessities 2nd their desires. It would be the greatest injustice to any people, however lowly they might be, to say they have no feeling, no tastes, refinement of thought, so long as we saw them adorning their houses and all the implements of daily use with artistic patterns which underlie all our modern decorations. It would be equally unjust to say that a ously devised the ways out of every di culty which has arisen in their experiences and in the satisfaction of all their wants. Having said so much concerning underlying principles of our investigation, we may now take up the first division of the subject, purpose of discovering whether our first proposition that all modern contrivances sprung from those of more primitive peo- ples be true. It may increase our esteem for the remaining primitive types of mankind to know that they are standing on the round of the ladder of progress where the refined nations had to stand before they climbed higher. Man's Classified Wants. The wants of all mankind relate to food, clothing, shelter, rest, defense, gratification of desires. They may be arranged in series according to their artificiality, commencing with the form of gratification which men indulge in common with the brute and ris- ing to those which are altogether invention- al, bearing in mind that not only the wants may be thus serially arranged, but the ways of satisfying each one of them also go in ascending grade. The changes above enumerated, and which will be presently Cescribed, all obey a law of progress. Mr. Spencer defines life to be a series of changes from homogen- eity to heterogeneity of structure, through differentiation and integration. This de- fines the life of each individual living thing. But the whole life on the globe has also been a series of changes, from primeval, homogeneous and little differentiated indi- viduals up to man, the most heterogeneous and most highly differentiated. From no- mad to man is the history of that life what- ever road it travels and whoever guides its journey. Now, the unfolding of fine arts, industries, languages, sciences and religions has been under the guidance of this same law of progress. It has always seemed to me that some pilot has had his hand upon the helm in the industrial history of the globe and that he was steering towards a light witn which he was perfectly familiar. When man appeared, the earth was given to him to dress and keep it, to subdue and improve it, and this he has done by his in- ventions, activities in which he approached most nearly to the mind and life of the Creator. Rounds in the Ladder. These changes in the things themselves in the hands of the most primitive involve the following simple steps: 1, Natural objects unchanged in form or material used for their natural function. For example thorn needles, beaver tooth or shark’s tooth carving tools, horns and teeth for spear points and other weapons, feather decorations, even skins for cloth- ing and caves for dwelling, food eaten raw. 2. Natural objects slightly modified in form to improve their performance of the same function. Beaver teeth hafted and ground. Caves cleaned out, natural fires utilized, skins cut to shape, food toasted, 3. Natural objects unchanged in shape to perform a new and different functio: stones for hammers, shells for dishes, clu for weapons, wood for floats. 4. Copying natural forms into other ma- terial, as in woodwork, basketry, pottery, gourds. 5. Natural objects changed in form to perform a different function. This class lies at the basis of all true inventions. The | process supposes an acquaintance with the | forms of things and the qualities of things. For example, the form of natural objects is more and more changed to perform an ever- increasing and varying body of functions. are better understood and introduced into the arena of invention. 6. Imitation of human action by machines. 7. Use of natural forces for human power. 8. Co-operative machinery. The first hammer or saw or gimlet was | fed to do its work. From the day that the | primitive inventor made his apparatus he } and his successors continued to add to or take from the structural parts in order to | movements. The old stone knapper knocked off spall after spall, taking away stone to | increase the value of his implement. He j added all sorts of haftings for various structures, and by and by it occurred to | him to combine two structures into one, as |in the retrieving arrow, or two functions | into one, as in the cut-and-thrust dagger blade—ancestor of all swords. On the whole, the growth of an implement has consisted in the increase of its complexity. Some Primitive Means. | The starting point of the ocean steamer, the passenger train, the burden train, were | raft, or a dug out or a skin boat on the water; a man’s back or a woman's back on the land. The roller mill commenced with | a hollowed log or a hollowed stone, with a stick or stone for a beater or crusher. The | whole textile industry of our day with its | Backles and spindles and sewing machines driven by wind and water with steam or | electricity, how different they looked when wonder performed the whole operation with a dexterous hand. The history of fire in human hands ha: all the interest of a fairy story. All my- thology points to an epoch when the race | was without this element. The Polynes- ian legends tell of a time when the volcano gave to m this boon, and finally the god- dess of the volcano gave them the tire stick by means of which they could create the divine spark. The ingenious devices of the primitive man were the pristine forms out of which namely, the inventions of savages, for the; The qualities of substances and activities} either a natural object or one slightly mod- | | increase or render more easy the functional | all subsequent forms arise. The modern thrashing machine is only the Roman trib- ulum with teeth of steel on a cylinder re- volved by power. The very latest race boats have exactly the lines of the Esqui- maux skin boats. Th ewing machine makes no new loops. Warfare cannot pos- sibly get beyond primeval ideas of cutting, bruising and piercing. Art lines and forms were laid down in savagery. Society can never be other than it has been in organ- {zation and motive. Prof. Mason discussed at further length the effect of invention upon society and civilization. THE OPERATI CAPT. ADAMS. Heroic, but Successful, Treatment for the Commander-in-Chief of the G.A.R. Insurance Commissioner Maj. George S. Merrill has just arrived in Boston from Chi- cago, being the first direct courier from the bedside of Capt. “Jack” Adams, comman- der-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re- public. Mr. Merrill said today: “It was the luckiest thing in the world for Capt. Adams that he happened to be caught away from home this time, for he got heroic treatment, which he has not had before. I had just to grab a doctor, for the captain was wild, and we had to work quick. It proved the happiest thing in the world, too, that I captured the one I did. He was a young man, Dr. Taliman, but he diagnosed the case right off correctly, and knew exactly what to do. Then when it became neces- sary to operate he called in br. Fenger, who is one of the experts of the country. When the captain was taken down at Lynn they simply made an incision to let the matter out, but these doctors went clear to the bottom, and they took out bits of bone which they said had been slowly decom- posing for fifteen or twenty years, the wonder being that the captain had not died of blood poisoning years ago. It has always been supposed, from what the former sur- geons said, that the captain had a bullet still in him, but the doctors in Chicago could find no bullet at all, and they went clear to the bottom of the wound. The sore was not caused by any jagged parts of the bone rubbing against each other, either. It was simply the leaving of these bits of bone in the cavity, which healed on the outside and left them to rot within. The captain was shot the first time in the groin, and when he turned he got the second bullet in the back, right above the hip. This ball was the one that was supposed to have re- mained in him, as the other went through, but the doctors in Chicago state that in all Probability the second shot passed out of the orifice that the first had made. At any Tate, they could find no trace of it. The only anxiety now is to completely drain off the pus, and the only difficulty is the ten- dency of the wound to heal before the doc- tors are ready to have it. Unless some- thine not now foreseen should set in, I should say that Jack would be ready to start for home in about ten days. ————__- e+. ——__ SHOCKING V TORS. The Electrical Men Have Rare Fun With the Curious Crowd. From the Chicago Tribune. Engineers and electricians in charge of the electrical exhibits have been entertaining , themselves and furnishing amusement to spectators in the electricity building of late by charging the railings around their dis- | plays with electricity and shocking those who come in contact with them. Almost | every day there is a “circus” going on in some part of the building, around which crowds gather to watch the guileless per- formers. In one exhibit the brass railing has been connected by wire with a small dynamo in the exhibit and the attendant in charge, under pretence of settling the dust in front of his display, sprinkles the floor so liberally that the boards are always wet. Passers-by are attracted to the display by the silent revolving motors and step up to the railing to examine more closely or perhaps touch the machines at the peril of losing a finger. When two or more have completed the cir- | cuit by grasping the brass rail and standing on the wet boards the attendant turns on the current. Then foliow screams and yells, [urihings and all manner of contortions. The victims are unable to let go of the rail, and either sink to the floor or try to climb | over the barrier. Some are seized with ter- |Tor and imagine they are suddenly par- alyzed. Others do not seem to be able to account for the sudden weakness in their knees, and as they kneel before the display, with a surprised look, which ts one of the chief features of the show. The current is of less than 100 volts and !s not sufficiently strong to do any injury, though those who feel it think at the time their last hour ts at hand. Yesterday there were three persons at the rail when the withering fluid passed along— an old lady and her daughter and a young countryman whose hands betokened famili- arity with the plow in a sunny field. When the old lady felt the influence her facial muscles became drawn and her form grew rigid, but she did not utter a sound. The girl bobbed up and down and cried, “O ma,” until the current was turned off. The coun- try swain was affected quite differently. He started like a young unbroken colt and an expression came into his face similar to that of a person under mesmeric influence. He gave a sudden wrench at the bar, but per- ceived he had no strength, though ordinari- ly he could have tied the brass railing into a knot. He hung on the bar and was about to climb over between his hands just as:the current was turned off. He fell on the floor and, seeing himself free, gathered himself up and darted out of the building, knocking people to right and left as he went. In another exhibit an engineer has ar- ranged a copper wire brush to take the frictional electricity from a rapidly revolv- ing belt and connected it with the railing. Those who wish to take a close look at the motors and touch the rail experience a sen- sation very. much like that of picking up a handful of cockle burs or a cactus. Sparks of electricity fly at every contact, but no harm is done. How She Waited for Him, M. 8. Bridges in ‘The Club.” He—‘‘Are you ready, dear?” She (briskly)—‘Yes, all ready. He—“Good enough! Then I may turn the ‘One moment. Is my comb in straight? I don’t belleve my hair looks fit to be seen.” He—“Oh, yes; very nice. everything?” She (decidedly)—“Everything. Wait; don’t put the light out. Let me see—what did I do with——? Oh, here it is. That's ail. He—“Well, then—" She—“Harry! These are the wrong gloves; they’re the old ones ma sent me. Just think, if 1 had not discovered the mistake! The right pair were in my pocket. Now, if you'll pin my veil, and take this wrap over your arm—don’t lose it!” He—“We can go, I suppose?” She—“‘Yes; now we can. By the way, I would better take my smelling salts; no telling what may happe. He—‘Shall I turn the— She—“Turn it off. Oh-h-h, do wait an in- stant! My sandais! I almost forgot, and it is sodamp! Wil you get them out of the closet—ieft corner, on the shelf—and you'll have to put them on for me. I hate to ask you to kneel in your nice—. Thanks, dear, you're so good!” He—“Well, we're off! She—“At last! But stop. I haven't locked my desk, and that strange nurse girl—” He (desperately)—“‘Oh, come on; the cur- tain will be up!" She _(revroachfully’ | these twenty minutes He—"You're not ready now!” She—“Why, I'm waiting for you!” | He (in amazement)—“For me?” | She (patiently)—“I'm waiting for you to put the gas out. We can’t go and ‘eave it blazing to the ceiling!" see Bengal Pensant Proverbs, From the London Daily News, The wisdom of the Bengal peasant culti- vators finds expression in proverbs, of which a collection has been made by a Babu in the agricultural department of that province. His appreciation of the out- wardly revered Brahmin betrays itself in- cidentally in the maxim: “Rain and inun- dation disappear when south winds blow, lke the Brahmin as soon as he has received his fee.” Other Bengal rural aphorisms are: “Have the land which receives the washings of the village, and the bullock which walks fas' and marry the girl whose mother 1s good. | “He who works in the field himself with the laborers gets the full profit; he who, being junable to work himself, ‘supervises the workings of the laborers, gets half the | profit; he who orders the laborers from his | house does not get enough to eat.” ———-_ eee During the National Love Feast. From the Chicago Record. The Young Frenchman—‘‘Ah, ha,wretched woman! You would break our engagement | for a mere caprice—” The Parisienne—‘No, George, I loved you Have you got ‘I've been ready still up to yesterday. But my hand has been asked by a Russian visi— The Young Frenchman—“Say no more, noble girl. You did exactly right.” their hands on the bar, they gaze about | SUBURBAN NEWS. ALEXANDRIA, The votes of the election which was held here yesterday were not counted up until some time after nightfall. There were considerable crcwds at each of the four polling places, but no excitement. The Virginia law requiring the closing of bars at all liquor selling establishments from the sunset before the election to the sunrise after it has always a beneficent effect and tends greatly to promote public peace. AS was anticipated in The Star there was a large democratic majority so large that figures lost their importance. They were, however, at the close of the polls: For governor, O’Ferrall, democrat, 1,116; Cocke, 403. For delegate, Mr. Chas. Bandheim re- ceived 1,101 votes, only two votes being cast for any other candidate. Ex-City Treasurer Lunt, who has now re- covered sufficiently to be about, aguin turned over yesterday to City Treasurer Harlow the office which was transferreé to him from Mr. Harlow a few months ago. Mr. Dennis Normoyle, formerly dep- uty in Mr. Harlow’s administration, is again the deputy treasurer. Mr. Harlow will complete the term for which he was originally elected, and which will expire on June 30 next. The election for city treas- urer will occur in May, and it is hoped here that Mr. Harlow will be a candidate for the position. No pastor has yet been selected for St. Paul's P. E. Church, but the family of the late Rev. Dr. Norton have left the rectory on Duke street and now occupy one of the handsome stone front houses just bullt-on the north side of Prince street between Alfred and Patrick streets. The free art school connected with the public schooi system here will open on Thursday next at the art room in Pea- body building. The kindly spirit of Miss Minnigerode, Miss Critcher and Miss Ram- sey, who conduct the school without salary cannot be too highly commended. Patent medicine balloon ascensions are now the order of the evening here. Two were made last night on King street. Con- siderable crowds gathered to witness the ascension and enjoy the spectacle. The Knights Templar of Old Domniton Commaniery had a spirited drill last night at the Masonic Temple. Jackson City has taken out $400 worth of United States liquor Licenses in order tc avoid the penalties with which the dealers were threatened by Collector Monroe. Mr. Francis M. Mcore, son of the late Cor- nelius Moore, und Mrs. Bettie Spencer, the wife of Mr. J. A. Spencer, dled here yester- day. Both were well known and had many friends here. The last meeting of Talisman Lodge, I. . G. T. was a very interesting one. Rev. Mr. McAlister deliverei an address, and music and recitations made the evening pleasant. Very large cattle trains have through here this week. One from the Ma. — road carrie] 70 fat cattle to the nort! pee Rte HYATTSVILLE. The election in this district (Bladensburg) passed off quietly yesterday, with the ex- ception of a small “scrap” that occurred in the morning. Cutting was done by both Parties, the democratic and republican, but the latter suffered the most. Chillum, the democratic stronghold of this district, turned out in full force. The vote stood as follows: For state controller, Marion De Kalb Smith, democrat, 270; James T. Perkins, republicar, 167; Oliver H. Bruce, Pprohibitionist, 8 For state senator, Wm. D. Bowie, democrat, 265; Wm. A. Meloy, republican, 158; Jackson H. Ralston, popu- list, 34. For house of delegates, George M. Smith, democrat, 270; Jos. 8. Wilson, demo- crat, 269; Dent Downing, democrat, 269; Wm. R. Smith, republican, 166; Geo. N. Holmes, republican, 163; John B. Contee, republican, 165; Jesse Smallwood, pulist, 23; Roderick Brown, populist, 23. yr sher- iff, Geo. S. Dove, democrat, 276; Maurice E. Stallings, republican, 156; B. N. Hard- esty, populist, 20. For county commis- sioners, Geo. T. Donaldson, democrat, 269; Richard J. Swann, democrat, 269; H. A. Hungerford, republican, E. B. Carr, republican, 166; J. B. Ager, populist, 21; Jos. A. Miles, populist, 20. For county surveyor, Roderick M. McGregor, demo- crat, 263; Hugh Latimer, republican, 170. For constitutional amendment, 28; against constitutional amendment, 3. Taking the highest democratic vote over the highest republican it gives the former a pluraiity of 103. At the last county election, two years ago, the democratic majority in this district was 125. At that time, however, there was more dissatisfaction existing among the republicans than there was dur- ing this campaign, owing to a removal of their headquarters. The following persons served as election officers of this district yesterday: Judges, Anthony L. Ray, Jas. Miller, D. M. Nesbit. Ballot clerks, E. M. Hurley, E. P. Godman. Tally clerks, E. M. ton J. Payne, Harry Shepherd. The highest democratic vote over the highest republican is 74 in the Vanaville district. The Hyattsville Choral Society, Prof. Theo. J. King, director, and Mr. Archie Olmstead, pianist, assisted by the Ladies’ Cecillan Quartet and Messrs. W. E. Green and J. H. Alexander, gave an interesting concert to a large audience last night at the Presbyterian Church. The little son of B. F. Chinn fell off a porch yesterday and badly cut his head over the eye, ——__. ROCKVILLE. Mrs. Richard E. Ricketts met with a painful accident here yesterday while driving along the street in a buggy. The vehicle came in contact with another, causing the horse she was driving to run away and up- set the buggy. She was thrown violently to the ground and sustained a severe wound on the head. The horse then dashed down the street, demolishing the buggy before he was captured. Mr. Cooke D. Luckett, real estate broker at this place, has sold for Samuel E. and Elizabeth A. Rabbitt to Nicholas E. and Ann W. Ray a house and lot in “Janetta,” the southeast subdivision of this place, for the sum of $1,350. Also for James B. Hender- son and Lee Offutt to Edward Haywood of Washington the Raff farm, containing sixty acres of land, with improvements, and situ- ated near Derwood, for $6,650. This farm was purchased about seven years ago by Mr. Henry Raff of Washington, who made many valuable improvements on the same. Mr. and Mrs. Hal. A. Dawson of South Dakota arrived here on Saturday night last and expect to remain during the coming winter. Mr. Dawson is a native of this place and has been living in Dakota for a number of years, where he engaged in the mercantile business. He at one time held a position in the Washington city post of- fice. The election in this county passed off quietly. ———>_—_ WHEATON. A very quiet and orderly election was held in the thirteenth voting precinct of Mont- gomerf county at the cross roads near Wheaton yesterday. It was so quiet that some of the younger voters, to afford amusement to the waiting people desiring to cast their ballots under the Australian system, decided to have a race along the pike in front of the voting booth. The assembled crowd enjoyed the diversion, but the swerving of one of the horses at the finish near the polls struck Justice of the Peace Condict, who was one of the specta- tors, throwing him to the ground and cut- ting his head, which struck a stone, and rendering him in sensible for some min- utes. He was removed to the dwelling of Mr. Cissel, near by. Dr. Harding rendered medical assistance. Mr. Condict was shortly afterward removed to his home near Sligo; where at last accounts he was doing well. —= The grip is raging with virulence in Alaska, according to a report received at the Treasury Department from Capt. Hea- ley of the revenue cutter Bear. world’s Fa;, ot re maney Mag. eT se, os Fs “BENSON'S =% Fer rai eye Mase Highest awards to SEABURY & JOHNSON, CHEMISTS, FALLS CHURCH. Very little interest was manifested in the election yesterday at this precinct, only 103 votes being cast as against 266 at the presi- dential election. The democratic vote was seventy-two for governor, the prohibition votes twenty-six for governor and the popu- lists five. Only four colored voters cast their ballots. The Christian Endeavor Society held a business meeting on Monday night, with the president, Mr. Frank Eastman, in the chair. Mr. Carl Rathbun reported the proceedings of the semi-annual session of the local union,which met at Ballston last Thursday. Mr. L. S. Abbott, Miss M. M. Wilson and Miss Fanny Bugg were appointed a com- mittee to draft a constitution for the society to report next meeting. Rev. S. A. Ball was on Tuesday night elected a delegate from Pioneer Lodge, No. 1, Good Templars, to the annual session of the Grand Lodge, which meets here on the 6th of next month. The lodge will elect two other delegates next Tuesday night and seventeen delegates to the district lodge, which mets at Manassas on the 20th instant. Four new members were added to the roll of the lodge last night. The officers were installed for the ensuing three months by Mr. Thomas Hillier, special deputy, assisted by Miss Margie Garner as grand deputy marshal, and Mr. W. T. Sprangie as grand marshal. Mr. Geo. M. Thompson of Wash- ington Lodge, D. C., was present as a visi- tor. LAUREL. ‘The vote in Laurel yesterday was very greatly reduced, there being only 465 yous) polled out of 606 on the registration list, or 141 persons entitled to vote who did not avail themselves of the privilege of casting a ballot. The figures from the official re- turns show some curious voting, there being many split or scratched tickets. Under the modified Australian system, which is in use in this state, unless the whole party ticket is voted, it is considerable trouble for a voter to vote for an individual. In voting the straight ticket the voter makes a cross- mark opposite the head of the ticket, or party emblem, but must mark each indi- vidual name when he only wants to vote part of the ticket. At the election yester- day there were four tickets on the ballot, the democratic, republican, prohibition and independent. The following is the vote in detatl: Dem- ocratic ticket—For state controller, Marion DeKalb Smith, 280; state senate, W. D. Bowie, 273; house of delegates, Geo. M. Smith, 275; Jos. S. Wilson, 274; Dent Down- ing, 272; county commissioners, R. J. Swann, 269; Geo. T. Donaldson, 263; for sheriff, Geo. 8. Dove, 269; county surveyor, Roderick McGregor, 271. Republican ticket—Control- ler, J. T. Perkins, 161; state senate, Wm. A. Meloy, 159; house of delegates, Wm. R. Smith, 161; George Holmes, 162; J. B. Contee, 162; county commissioners, H. A. Hunger- ford, 161; E. B. Carr, 174; sheriff, M. S. Stal- lings, 168; surveyor, Hugh Latimer, 161; Independent ticket—State senate, Jackson H. Ralston, 9; house of delegates, Jesse Smallwood, 7; R. D. Brown, 7; commission- ers, Joseph B. Ager, 8; Joseph A. Miles, 7; sheriff, Benj. Hardesty, 7. Prohibition tick- et—For controller, Oliver H. Bruce, 9. For constitutional amendment, 27; against the amendment, 3. The majority for the head of the democratic ticket was 119. Senator A. P. Gorman and Representative Compton came out yesterday morning to vote, the Senator in Howard county and Mr. Compton here. —_——— Fox and Cromwell. From Macmillan’s Magazine. One day Fox, riding into town from Kingston, caught sight of Cromwell's coach near Hyde Park and pushed toward it. The guards would have driven him back, but the protector recognized him and shouted to them to let him pass. The two men talked together earnestly till they reached St. James’, when they parted, with the promise from Fox to attend next day at Whitehall. “I can give you good news,” laughed the protector, to one of his wife's maids as he entered the palace. “Mr. Fox is come to town.” When they met next day, the stern old warrior was in one of his playful moods, into which, as troubles thickened about him, he less id less fre- quently lapsed. Seated carelessly upon the edge of a table, he bantered the Quaker un- ceasingly, and dismissed him with the laughing, but extremely true, reflection that his self-satisfaction was by no means the least part of him. A year or so later Fox saw him for the last time. He me: him rid- ing into Hampton. “Before I came to him,” he writes, “as he rode at the head of his li guards, I saw and felt a waft of death go forth against him.” A few nights later, while a terrific storm was raging over London, the strong spirit passed away. Fox had lost a sincere and powerful friend. pds iremas Soe Gentus id Train: From the London Spectator. The training of men for work which re- quires the highest possible nicety of hand is not really training. It is far more the selection, by experiment, of men born with the true touch. For example, we doubt whether the very greatest surgeons—the men whose success depends upon their ability to make sharp steel as sensitive as @ finger tip—perform their hundredth oper- ation better than their first. They have more confidence, no doubt, but the slei¢ht- of-hand is inborn. Nobody can train a medical student into a great oculist. It is only the ordinary man of whom it can be said that practice makes perfect.T.e man with the special gift is born perfect. but ge- nius is only the mental side of this gift, apart, and if the peopie whose business is with the mind were as honest and as un- sophisticated as those who deal with horse- racing or bricklaying, we should not hear anything more about genius being merely the capacity for hard work. To say that the bricklayer with the “knack” is only a bricklayer who takes pains, would be a patent absurdity. It is not less an absurd- ity, though a less obvious one, to say that a man with a genius for style and literary form is only a man who knows how to take pains. The poet, no doubt, must take pains, but no amount of taking pains will give him the genius of verse. —_—___+e+______ ‘Will Ask for a Change of Venue. It is said when the trial of Prendergast, for the murder of Mayor Harrison, is call- ed on November 27 at Chicago, Messrs. Wade & Essex, his counsel, will ask for a change of venue on the ground that pub- | Nec sentiment is so rabidly against the pris- | oner that he could not be given a fair and impartial trial in Chicago or Cook county. Diet and occupation: if they were both right there would be little indigestion; almost nove. It is bard to change the first; that’s a self- sacrifice. Many times impossible to change the second. Here's where the genuine JOMANN HOFF'S Malt Extract ts of value. It aids diges- tion, is pleasant and harmless. The saliva, the gastric juice and other fluids are the natural aids of digestion. JOHANN HOFF’S helps them in| their work. It renders the largest food element— starch—soluble. That makes the work of the natural juices easier—that is, making digestion easier. Insist upon the genuine. See that signature of “JOHANN HOFF" ts on neck label of bottle. None other is “as gool.”? Elsner and Mendelson Co., Sole Agents, 152 and 154 Franklin st., New York. (0000000000000000¢000000000000000000000000000000 © 83.50 $3.50 9 © 83.50 82.50 9 20000000000000000 32000000002000¢02000000000 0000 Axenuinely comfortable Shoe suitable alike for Sunday or every day, thoroughly made, artisti- cally finished, glove tt- ting, a $5 Shoe in every- thing but the price—this is the Shoe we offer to la- dies or entlemen at 83.50 per pair, WILSON & CARR, 929 F ST., (4 and 6 W. Balto. st, Balto.) 83.50 ° goocecoce ° ae ° #350 ° g $s g Bcccce se eoooocooes LUCY STONE'S NUPTIAL PROTEST. Marriage Shonld Be an Equal and Permanent Partnership. From the Boston Advertiser. Among the innumerable events of note in the wonderful career of Lucy Stone not the least memorable was her marriage to Mr. Blackwell and the protest against existing marriage laws which was drawn up and signed by them both. The ceremony was performed by Col. Higginson of Cambridge, then less widely known and spoken of as the Rev. Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The clergman sent the protest to the Wor- cester Spy that the world of 1855 might know the bold stand that had been taken. Following is Mr. Higginson’s letter to the Spy: “It was my privilege to celebrate May day by officiating at a wedding in a farm house ‘among the hills of West Brookfield. The bridegroom was a man of tried worth, a leader in the western anti-slavery move- ment, and the bride is one whose fair name is known throughout the nation—one whose rare intellectual qualities are excelled by the private beauty of her heart and life. I never perform the marriage ceremony without a renewed sense of the iniquity of our present system of laws in respect to marriage, a system by which ‘man and wife are one, and that one is the husband.” It was with my hearty concurrence, therefore, that the following protest was read and signed as a part of the nuptial ceremony, and I send it to you that others may be induced to do likewise.” Here is the protest as drawn jointly by Lucy Stone and H. B. Blackwell and eub- “start to once more by the bereaved hus- nd: While acknowledging our mutual affection by publicly assuming the relationship of husband and wife, yet in justice to curselves and a great principle we deem it our duty to declare that this act on our part implies no sanction of nor promise of voluntary obedience to such of the present laws of marriage as refuse to recognize the wife as an independent, rational being, while they confer upon the husband an injurious and unnatural superiority, investing him with legal powers which no honorable man would exercise, and which no man should possess. We protest especially against the laws which give to the husband: 1, The custody of the wife's person. 2. The exclusive control and guardianship of their children. 3. The sole ownership of her personal and use of her real estate, unless previously set- tled upon her or placed in the hands of trus- tees, as in the case of minors, idiots and lunatics. 4. The absolute right to the product of her industry. 5. Also against laws which give to the widower so much larger and more perma- nent an interest in the property of his de- ceased wife than they give to the widow in that of her deceased husband. 6. Finally, against the whole system by which “the legal existence of the wife is suspended during the marriage,” so that in most states she neither has a legal part in the choice of her residence, nor can she make a will, nor sue or be sued in her own name, nor inherit property. We believe that personal independence and equal human rights can never be forfeited, except for crime; that marriage should be an equal and permanent partnership, and so recognized by law; that until it is so rec- ognized married partners should provide against the radical injustice of present laws by every means in their power. We believe that where domestic difficulties arise no appeal should be made to legal tribunals under existing laws, but that all difficulties should be submitted to the equi- table adjustment of arbitrators mutually chosen. ‘Thus, reverencing law, we enter our pro- test against rules and customs which are unworthy of the name, since they violate Justice, the essence of law. HENRY B. BLACKWELL, UCY STONE. “Of course,” said Mr. Blackwell, “that protest was worded to apply to laws that have been repealed, replaced, or greatly modified. We drew it up together. Col. Higginson—the Rev. Mr. Higginson he was called then—sent it to the Spy, and it later appeared in the Boston papers and was widely copied and derided. Newspapers deal with the equality cause much different- ly now from the way they did then.” iii BO ae eos Form a Syndicate. From the Detroit News-Tribune. Sarah—“Yes, papa has looked up his rec- ord and finds that the wretch is engaged to three of us at this very minute. Agnes (another victim)—“Oh, isn’t :t spien- did! We can all employ the same lawyer and save quite a little.” Little May's Composition. From the Woman's Journal. Little May wrote a composition on “The Cow.” It was brief. “The cow is a very useful animal.” Her mother requested her to read it to the minister, which she did, amending it thus to suit the occasion: “The cow is the most useful animal except reli- gion.” in glass “2B 31.98 Crawford’s, eedsdiddel Dr. Carleton, SOT 12th st. mw. Over twenty-five years’ experience. SURGEON SPECIALIST 4W) GENTLEMEN ONL, Graduated England, 1305; New York, 187%. All ¢ Genito-uriuary System, Bladder, 3, Blood or Skin Diseases, Nervous - ity. SCIENTIFIC, SKILLYU! SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT GUARA’ i Beware of unskillful and unlearned pretenders, fosalls and huinbugs. Special experience is abso: lutely necessary. [have it. ‘Dr. Carleton is cian in’ the city of Wi practice to the treatment of men exclusiveir. gola, all styles of lasts, dddddidd zAS her. % ta = A Scorcher. # Saturday, was = “score! < Don't ‘ ee 3S ever so many Sin one day. Our Men's and Boys’ trade “has become so large, = requiring so much of our time and attention, that we have cluded to close out our entire Une. of | ladies’ footwear. = Boys’ Satin-calf Lace = SP. Shows, | warranted | apd equal’ to others’ $1. = and $2 shoes. ~ 98c ee Infants’ Kid Shoes, 4 ir all sizes. - 250 3S “ss be Men's _ “Solid Com- = = fort”? Satin-calf Shoes, | lace or “Congress, 3 ty $F all“ stytes of toe L483 - ee wr Ladies’ . $3 and Sx 4 Shows, French Don or iF a r a Y o Hoars, to 1 p.m and 4 p.m to p.m. Sundays, 9 am to 2 pm 2 tice free. RADIC 4 No rel tention ess. No cutting. No barbarous or fos- silized methods. TI will forfeit $1,000 for every case | undertake and fail tocure. Or. C+RKLETON, 507 12th st. n.w, nof-lm DR. HEPBURN 1S THE ONLY PHYSICIAN IN THE CITY Practicing Dermatology exclusively. Eczema, Tet- ter, Ache, Pimples, Blackbeads, Freckles, Ted- ness ot the Nove aud Cheeks, Birthmarks, Moles, Superfluous Hair and all diseases of the Skin, Hair and Scalp skillfully and permanently re- moved. Offices in Mertz’s Building, cor. F and 11th sts. Consultation free. os 3a Dysbepsia in your Family % No onething caus more dyspepsia than lard. OTTOLENE the new Shortening is sweet, clean, and healthful. SPEPTics and other invelids can eat food cooked with Corrotene Without unpleasant + ph or All cookin Purposes it is PurtR Sweet, MceR, tha any other Shortening, Jere fore, use OTTOLENe f N. K. FAIRBAN! 25C. WILL BUY Star Shoe House, 726 7th St. SE Big Stik OVE D&Sr x: “See aa, heed ADED TO HIT. YES, WE ARE LOADED WITH GOOD SHOES THAT HIT THE WANTS OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPLE, AND OUR PRICES JUST FIT THB PURSES OF BOONOMICAL BUYERS. Dot These Dowm jim Your Memory, Viz,s Men's $3 and $4 Shoes for $2.65. Men's $6 French Patent Calf Shoes for $8. Ladies’ $3 and $4 Shoes for $2.65. Ladies’ $5 Hand-turned Sboes for $3.50, THE WARREN SHOE HOUSE, «GEO. W. RICH) 919 F STREET N.W. When You @et Married? . And are ready to begin housekeeping, per haps you'll need a little belp in furnishing your house. It's more than likely that you ‘Would go straight to Grogan’s Mammoth Gredit House almost erery one does—for they knew. that bis terms are the easiest. Every ple” of furniture known to housekeeping is bere~ five big double floors to select from. No notes to sign. No interest to pay. Only one price. Cash or credit. Eosy weekly or monthly payments. ‘We sell a Seven-piece Parlor Suite, ie plush or hair cloth, for $22.50. A Solid Oak Bed Room Suite, with bevel glass in buress, for $13-—none like it elsewhere at our price— even for spot cash. Six-foot Oak Extension Table, $3.50. Woven Wire Springs, $1.75. Forty-pound Hair Mattress, $7. Splenda Quality Brussels Carpet, 50 cents per yard— new winter colorings, Just in. Reliable Im grain Carpet, 35 cents per yard. Don't for get that we make and lay all carpet abso lutely free of cost—no charge for waste im figures. Last, but mot least, come eating and Cooking Stoves, all pone but reliable makes. A promise to pay buys unything in our bouse—resdy to talk to you about it mow. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT NOUSE $19, $21, 823 TTH ST. N. BET. H AND I STB. WE CLOSE EVERY EVEXING aT . mol