Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1893, Page 14

14 LOCAL EPWORTHIANS Mass Meeting of the League of This Important Organization. BRIGHT, ACTIVE CHRISTIAN WORKERS Uniting the Efforts of the Young People of the Methodist Church. fHREE YEARS OF UNION There is to be a gathering of Epworth- fans next Monday night at Hamline M. E. Church, corner 9th and P streets. As every ene is aware that is at all familiar with active Christian work here in the District, as well as throughout the country, the Ep- YWorthlans are members of the Epworth League, an organization which has its branches in all parts of the country and which represents to a large degree the ac- tive element among the young in that de- nomination. Every now and then the mem- bers of the Epworth chapters in the various churches of the city represented in the Distriet Epworth League, find expression for some of their abounding energy and enthusiasm by holding a mass meeting. ‘That is what is going to be done on Mon- Gay and as usual an extremely interesting program has been aranged. Perhaps there will be room to hold all the Epworthians and friends wao will want to attend the meeting, for Hamline Church has a spa- cious auditorium, but in any event those who get in will find that there is lots of 0 and life about a meeting of the Epworth League. The program does not assign a single minute to duliness. There is to be singing by the District Epworth League Choir, the first appearance of that organization, and thea if the congregation is not satisfied with the way that this picked band of the young Methodist singers of the District Manage the melodies and the harmonies of the Methodist hymnary they will be given & chance to do some singing on their own ~ceount, which is a fair and reasonable arrangement. There is to be an address of welcome on the part of the pastor of the church, Rev. E. S. Tedd, D. D., and the president of the league, Prof. C. M. Lacey Sites, will respond. Reports will be made by the presidents of chapters and an ad- dress wiil be delivered by Rev. George El- Hot, D. D. A song and testimony service will be conducted by Mr. James E. Pugh, and according to the prompt methods which the young people have of carrying ot their meetings the benediction is to be pro- mounced at 9:30. Not Three Years Old. The District League, under the auspices of which the mass meeting will be held, was started on the road to or- @anization some three years ago. In fact it was just three years ago today when a small number of young people of this city gathered in Wesley Chapel M. E. Church to organize a district Epworth je. The Epworth League had iecome the young people's society of the Methodist church and the young people here, aypreci- ating the truth of the old saying that “in union there is strength,” felt convinced that @ uniting of the Epworth Leagues of this conference cate would mean extra strength and better work for e: ively. ach league e organization was effected Janna 12, 1891, the prime object being to eeemante Christian fellowship and work among the young people of the District. ‘The constitu- tion adopted admitted any approved young People’s society of a Methodist ehureh in the District, whether it was Epworth League, Christian Endeavor, Young People’s Unton or a similar society. A meeting of the board of control is held once a month. At this meeting every league in the District is represented, plans for league work are discussed, general ideas are exchanged and any help that can be given one @nother is given. A consecration meeting is held monthly and entertainments of a social ter are held during the winter. The First Officers. The first president was Dr. Wm. C. Wood- ward. Other duties claimed Dr. Woodward's time to such an extent that he was obliged to resign shortiy after his election. Mr. G. W. F. Swartzell was elected to fill the va- eancy. The other officers were: Second vice president, Edward M. Hall; third vice pres- ident, J. Millard Fisher; fourth vice pres- ident, Chas, E. Roberts; secretary, Miss Fannie A. Meeks; treasurer, Mr. John T. Meany. These officers served with success, and when they were relieved from the du. ties of office the league was going ahead at @ great rate. A district convention ts held annually. ‘The first was held in Wesley Chapel and the second and third in McKendree. The reports rendered at the conventions have shown a steady in « in membership each year. From a myavership of less than 1,000 we have increased to over 2,000. Though not quite three years old, the league is fast accomplishing the object for which it was organized, and now all the young people's societies in the Method! churches of the city are represented im the District League. The Present Officers. ‘The present corps of officers are efficient and active, and the prospects of the league are bright and encouraging. President Sites. Mr. C. M. Lacey Sites, president of the District League, is well known as principal of the Eastern High School. He was born in China, his perents being missionaries there, but he spent most of his boyhood in this city, under the care of his aunt, Mrs. A. P. Lacey, He graduated from the Washington High School in 1883 and from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1887. Mr. Sites 1s also president of the chapter at Metropolitaa Church, where he is an active James E. Pugh. James E. Pugh, the first vice president, iw also the secretary of the Y. M. C. Asso- Glation of this city, and, while he is en- aged heart and soul in the undenomina- tional work of the association, he has his church home at Foundry M. E. Church, where he Is a teacher in the Sunday school, and keeps in touch with the young people in the Epworth League work. He is in charge of the spiritual work of the league and for the mass meeting to be held om Mondzy night, as well as in visi- tation among the local chapters. Miss Effie S. Perry, the second vice Presi- Gent, is in charge of the department of mercy and help.: From childhood Miss Per- Fy has been a member of Hamline Sunday school, and for a numbe> of years one of its Most efficient teachers. Since the organi- Zation of the Epworth League at Hamline she has been its second vice president. | trustee of the church, and « | dent of a summer Sunday THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1893-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. Miss Perry. Miss Perry has also been president of the Young Woman's Home Missionary Society of her church for the past tive years. Charles E. Roberts. The third vice president, Charies E. Rob- erts, has been connected with the Douglas Memorial League since its organization. He is a teacher in the Sunday school and superinten- chool at Fair- fax, Va. He was a delegate to the sixth | general conference district league conven- | tion at Chattanooga, Tenn., in November, 1891, and acted as secretary of the conven- tion. F. T. Israel. ‘The secretary, Frank T. Israel, was a charter member and first vice president of the Benkelran, Neb., Epworth League, organized in January, 1890, and he also was a charte> member and president of the Epworth League in Culbertson, Neb., or- | ganized in April, 1890. Coming to this city jin June, 1890, he united with McKendree M. E. Church, taking an active interest in all departments of church work. He was one of the delegates to the organization of the District Epworth League, was elected treas- urer of the McKendree chapter in Septem- ber, 1898, and to the secr District league Novembe: Miss Roller. Miss Annie K. Roller, the treasurer, ts a member of the Fifteenth M. E. Church. She is a Sunday school teacher and organist, | vice president of the Junior Temperance League, secretary of the Woman's Home Missionary Society, Auxiliary of the Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union, and second vice president of the Epworth League chapter of thi: church since its organization in 1891. Geo. E. Terry. The feature of this mass meeting will be the initial bow which the choir will make. Mr. George E. Terry, thé chairman of the committee on that work, has promised ex- cellent music. Mr. Terry was the assistant librarian of the Sunday school of Hamline Church for two years, and for several years had charge of the music in the Sunday school and young people’s meetings, and was their bari- tone soloist in the church choir. Since last August he has transferred his membership to Grace M. E. Church, where he has been elected secretary and chorister of Grace Epworth League. His experience in music work has been very extensive in different church choirs of this city. ——— RUSE OF A DRUMMER BOY. His Body Foand Among the Fallen Hungarian Guards. From the London Daily News, Another name {s added to the list of boy heroes of the French wars by the death of | a drummer boy at the siege of Maubeuge, 100 years ago. The circumstances, over- looked at the time, were brought to light by modern historians of the French revolu- tion. Strauh, or Stroh, as it is also spelt, was a drummer of fourteen in the French royal Swedish regiment. It was on October 15, 1793. The Army of the Convention had un- dertaken to raise the siege of Maubeuge by the Austrians, and Strauh's regiment had been sent to occupy the village of Dourlers. Regardless of danger, the young drummer slipped through the lines of Austrian skir- mishers by hedges and ditches, and reached the center of the village, where he proceeded to perform on his drum a rattling call to arms. The enemy, believing that the French had occupied the village, retreated in disorder. This enabled the French to get up to the first houses of the village. By this time the Austrians had discovered how they hav been played with, and were in no humor to forgive the author of their defeat. Strauh ran for his life, but too late. Surrounded in front of the church by Hungarian grena- diers, he fell, having himself shot down sev- eral of his assailant A peasant hic the whole scene. a loft had witnessed ore years later in the army he met Strauh's brothers, who were aware that the drummer boy’ had been | killed, but were ignorant of the circum- stances of hiS death until the peasant told them. In 1837, in opening the ground in front of the urch of surlers, a boy's skeleton was found among the bodies of seven Hungarian diers. Thus the Peasant’s story, whic it appeared impos- sible to authenticate, ton. received a contirma- superintendent of the| juvenile temperance work in the Northwest | PERILS OF NEWS GATHERING Mr. George H. Harries Relates Many In- teresting Personal Experiences. Dangers of Editing in the Woolly West —Traveling Through a Blissard and Digging Through Snow. Mr. George H. Harries of The Star lec- tured Thursday night before the Carroll In- stitute on ‘Some of the Difficulties of New! Getting.” The lecture was filled with bright remarks, clear descriptions and good ad- vice. Speaking of the trials of gathering news, Mr. Harries said: ‘The average newspaper reader rarely stops to ask how | the matezial is gathered which 1s served up to him day after day, He is not aware that the procuring of this paragraph, or that column story involved great hardship, or threatened life itself. He sees condensed into a thousand words the labor of, it may be, weeks, scans with impatience page after page, and then finding only little or pernaps nothing that seems to interest him, throw® the paper down and abuses its management, because the history of that particular day— if 1t 1s an afternoon paper—or of the day before, if morning journal, is made up of details that are either few or dull, or both. He has no idea as to the number of people who were approached for information, but who either had nothing to say, or else, hav- ing something, declined to impart. One of the least hopeful sources of news is the man of prominence, who In days gone by was the victim of the errors born of poor penmanship on the part of a careless re- porter or a puzzled printer. ‘There 1s: an | innate deviltry in the best of chirography When a Kindly deed is to be recorded. ‘Ihe | most careful editing, the highest skill of the | compositor and the searching scrutiny of | the proofreader avail not in such instances. | The rule has but few exceptions. 1 saw a scrap of fiction in a.western paper some | time ago which Is essentially true and which illustrates my point, Jacob Pretlman con- | tributed a selection of toys to a children’s | hospital. The Morning Sun said that Jacob Pillman had been liberal enough to donate $25 worth of toys to the chiidren’s hospital. The Evening Moon made a similar publi- | cation as to,one James Pullimer; the Semi- | Weekly Planet gave credit to the generous Job Pollin. Now, it happened that the man saw the three paragraphs, and he was so disgusted that he imbibed more liquor than he was licensed to carry. He also exercised his lungs in an unseemly and boisterous manner. He was arrested and brought be- fore the police justice, and the Morning Sun. the Evening Moon and the Semi-Weekly Planet were unanimous to the effect that Jacob Preliman had been fined $10 for be~ ing drunk and disorderly, 1s it at all strange that after such an experience Mr. Prellman avoided reporters?” The Dangerous Side, Speaking further on the same subject, Mr. Harries said: “Did you ever give a moment's thought to the dangerous side of the reporter's calling? | Did you ever try to summarize the chances | he takes? When you read of a great trage- dy and of the murderer's desperate resist- | ance to arrest does your mind ever revert to the man who wrote the story, and who was probably at the officer's side when the capture was made? A ten-line paragraph | | about a case of smallpox, but who knows | anything of the reporter who hunted the | rumor into an alley hovel and gave the au- thorities information which resulted in the |defeat of the promissory pestilence? A | mysterious disappearance, of which every { ing man and woman devours all attain- | | able particulars; do they have any idea as} | to the identity of the men who day after day and night after night search the dens of iniquity, watch the trains and steam- boats, work side by side with, and often in advance of, the police in dragging the river | or the Jake? A great fire. Columns of de-| scriptive matter in which may be found | every little detail. Could the men who fol- | lowed out these lines of detail secure the facts and describe the conflagration unless they were where walls were crumbling and | crushing out the lives of would-be saviors of life and property?” Difficult Editing. Speaking of personal experiences in the wild wooly west the lecturer related some interesting expeiences. “My newspaper experiences on this conti-| nent,” he said, “had their beginning in the | 7's in the British northwest—the home of | the mosquito, the thunderstorm and the blizzard. In those days there was but one newspaper printed between Winntpeg—then | better known as Fort Garry—and the Rocky | mountains. It was a rough country in those days—tenanted by some good people | and by very many others who were not only | far from good, but who delighted in adding | + to their unsavory reputations. For such as | these latter we had no respect, and they oon found it out. Occasionally, frequently I might say, editorial opinions would bring | to our office a wrathy and intoxicated dis-| enter whose language or pugnacity gener-| ally resulted in somebody's being mutilated | and disabled. A complete roster of the men | who hastily moved down the flight of| twenty-eight steps that connected the sanc- | tum with the street would be a list of all/ the tough characters that in those days in- fested western Manitoba. Once in a while a would-be censoz of the press had no time to find the stairs—they were on one side of the house; our entrance was at the rear— and would reach the ground by a short cut that involved rolling ove> the roof of a one- | story workshop, onto a consumptive cord-| wood pile and thence to the ground. Men who forsook us by that route made it a} point never to come again. “i have vivid recollection of the morning | when an incensed ‘rustier’ (from whose per- | son the editorial force had taken two over- | grown revolvers and a knife) moved toward | me rather hastily with a newly-purchased | ax in his hands, of the shouted, but mys- terious warning of an associate to let ‘Van’ chase me upstairs; of my obedience, and of the territic blow ‘Dan’ caught under one ear as he rushed after me through the cpen doorway; and all because my associate | wanted to secure the ax—some consctence- | less rascal having stolen ours a day or so before. Many a heated encounter took place | in that room before it became definitely understood that unbiased criticism was one | of the most sacred of editorial privileges-- & prerogative that could not be abridged | even by force of arms. Moral suasion amounted to nothing In that region unless there was a gun and at least one man be- hind it.”” Fighting a Blizzard. Mr. Harries evidently experienced some cold weather out in Manitoba. im one part of his lecture he said: “Perhaps some of you have seen a bitz- zard—not one of those amateur disturh- ances, but a real shrieking, freezing hurri- cane. If you have then you will the more readily appreciate one of the several en- counters J have had with the disturbances that occasionally ruftie the snowy mantle that for at least five months together covers the prolitic soil of ‘the land of the Great Spirit.’ Imagine, if you can, the dangers and discomforts of a lonely horseback ride over an open piece of country, with not a tree be- tween the traveler and the Arctic ocean, while the direct north wind roared cease- lessly and moved southward at the rate of nearly fifty miles an hour, picking up the | fine snow and carrying it along in a never- ending blast. Then bear In mind the fact that the temperature was “%7 below zero. Not once-in ten minutes was it possible for the rider to see even a yard beyond his pony’s nose; there was no semblance of a trail, and no visible landmark. For etght hours the struggle continued, and when it | ended there was one of the worst cases cf all-over frost bite that had ever been knoWn | even in Portage La Prairie. But we got the news.” Mr. Harries related a number of thrilling | escapes from cold and dangers, among them being a particularly distressing journey in Idaho. Through the Snow. “It was essential,” said Mr.Harries, “that | I should make the trip from Leesburg, in | the richly-auriferous Prairie Basin, to a | point in the Lemhi Valley, about fifty miles distant. It was a dark morning in the lat- ter part of a springtime that vanished more than eleven years ago when I scalded my mouth with some of Bob Martin's coffee and | moved out into the snow which to the depth of three or four feet surounded the | little log hut. “Strapped tightly tomy moccasin-covered fect was a pair of ‘skiis," the long Nor- | wegian snowshoes, commonly used in win- | ter throughout that region. On my shoul- ders was a pack that weighed nearly seveh- ty pounds, For the first couple of miles I Sot along very nicely, but as the day began to appear rain fell and the snow crust was almost entirely destroyed. That meant trouble to anyone whose equipment did not include a balloon. Many a time was I up- set in the melting mass, and there were several narrow escapes from dangerous falis. Just about noon I reached the sum- mit of the continent's backbone, and no one knows how glad I—perched on one of the most obtrusive vertebrae—was to see be- low me the Salmon and Lemhi rivers—two sinuous and black-hued threads. With per- haps a trifle too much of confidence in my skill, I traveled very rapidly down the en- ticing declivities. Then came the last and most precipitous of the down grades with the ge: f line not more than a mile away. Half way down, when the speed was ter- rific, the strap of my right skil snapped and for a few yards 1 traveled on one foot. On my right hand was a ridge of rock, twenty feet above my head; on my left the snow sloped gradually for a thousand feet to the foothills. Before 1 realized what had happened,I was deep in the drift head down- ward, the momentum and my heavy pack assisting materially in my movement to- ward the center of the earth. It took me some time to work around until I could re- move the incumbering skii, and when that had been done and I was right side up once more,and had collected my scattered senses, I figured it out that I was all of twelve feet below the surface. It was not a pleasant Situation, but its seriousness did not strike me. I was annoyed at the delay which the ecident would cause, and so overpowering was that feeling that the idea that I might never get out of the hole did not once occur to me. Five shots from my revolver broke the skii in two pieces, and with those ama- teur snow-snovels I proceeded to dig my way out. Step by step a stairway was con- structed, and when I at last reached the trail, the sun had vanished for that day. The prospect was still far from pleasant. The evening's frost had not yet hardened the snow on tie trail, so I had to distribute my weight as much as possible, which meant that 1 should travel in a prostrate fashion, imitating as nearly as possible the motion of a snake. Nobody knows how fre- quently I broke through; none of you with- out similar experience have any realizing sense of the pains suffered and the bruises acquired. But I got there at last, and when the snow was behind me, dropped on the soddened soil and slept for an hour utterly careless as to the heavily-falling rain. Weary beyond expression and with at least one ache for every bone and muscle in my anatomy, I arose and found the narrow trail, eight miles of which ended in the Sal- mon river. A sage brush and grease wood fire partially drfed my clothing, and then I slept until daylight and awakened to the realization that my objective point was more than thirty miles away—and had to be reached before night. The almost van- ished sun was making indescribably beauti- ful the western slopes of the Pah-Simari hills when I reached my destination, there to rest for awhile before again starting out to secure such information as the public seemed to demand.” The lecturer also touched in an interesting Manner on experiences during Indian cam- paigns, and during the labor troubles at Homestead. TACT IN GIVING. the Exer- clase of Judgment. From Jenness Miller's Monthly. “Among the pleasures of wealth I count few others equal to that I enjoy at the hol- iday season in bestowing simple gifts that wiil give comfort to the worthy poor,” sala a charitable woman of lovely character a few days since. “I feel that the fortunate- ly situated who miss the experience of per- sonal visits to those in want and suffering at this season miss what would make their own lives richer and their hearts more gra- cious and kindly for the rest of the year.” I was deeply interested and inquired into this worthy woman's idea of true charity, and asked the privilege of accompanying her upon her mission of mercy to homes of poverty. She acquiesced, and 1 was sur- prised when she told me that most of her work was accomplished six weeks in ad- vance of Christmas day. “My idea of holiday help for the needy is to make the assistance bestowed as little like charity as possible,” she said. “One can make the recipients of gifts to be again bestewed upon others so much happier by giving these things several weeks ahead. 1 have found that a hurried visit to a deso- late home, with a few gifts, at the last mo- ment does not begin to make the fathers and mothers of a little family as happy as Taw material given several weeks in ad- vance, to be worked into individual gifts for each child. It seems more as if they had not been given by others, when the mother can, with happy anticipation of the little one’s delight, prepare the gifts for the Christmas stockings. The knowledge that her own little ones are not to be left deso- late amid the general rejoicing of the sea son will fill a humble, but toving, mother's heart with new joy and courage, in spite of adverse circumstances, for weeks before Christmas. “I am going to several homes today,” she continued, “and you may accompany me and judge the wisdom of my methods of gitt-bestowing.” We started with her landau well filled with useful articles and a few well-selected toys for a humbler section of the city. At our first stopping place we found a mother and her four little ones. The father had been Filled in an accident the year before. The poor woman was evidently in the first stages of consumption, although not herself aware of the fact. There was a sorrowful Paucity of necessary comforts about the neat room that made one wonder what this mild-mannered creature had done to de- serve such a poor fate. “Good day, Mary,” said madam, cheer- fully. “I have brought you a few articles to be made up for the children for Christ- mas, for I knew that you would know just how to do these things to please them.” The gifts bestowed were good warm stockings, a full bolt of flannel for dresses, some simple toys and an inexpensive doll to_be dressed for the baby. The poor woman's eyes brightened as she saw these things, then filled with tears. “You are very good,” she said. “The children sadly need dresses and stockings, I must admit. These will last all winter.” She handled the scraps provided for the doil’s clothing almost lovingly, as she thought of her youngest darling’s delight on Christmas morning, and one could see} that the idea of herself dressing the doll was the purest of pleasure. “By the way, Mary, { trust that you will take this tonic regularly; it is something that I always take myself when a little run down. Five dollars will buy the goodies and a few little trifles for the holiday dinners,” she added, slipping that amount into the ir woman's hand. “I shall want to see the children in their dresses; you can send Ellen over with the baby after the New Year to let me know how you are getting on.” When we left that home we left the mother with a glad smile upon her face. ."She will have the extra work of making to do,” said madam, “Wut the happiness of doing the work herself will make her for- get the bitterness of the fact that the gifts were those of charity.” . One illustration will suffice. We made several calls, differing one from the other in the nature and circumstances of the re- cipients of madam’s bounty only, for her invariable rule was, I found, to bestow her gifts with the well-studied and tactful in- tention to rob them of all sting and bitter- ness, and especially to place the recipients of these gifts in the most independent pos- sible position for realizing happiness trom them. I felt myself more en rapport with true charity than I had ever been before, after that afternoon's rich experience. I wish that this simple and altogether gracious manner of gift giving could be adopted by | the many, for I am entirely satisfied that it would help to do away with much of the bitterness with which those of delicate feel- ing accept charity when in extremity. Few of us can understand all of the in- tricate problems of political and social economics, but most of us can grasp the human fact that those in comfort are un- der certain obligations to those in want, and not one of us but can feel the instinc- tive graciousness and beauty of the nature that gives with the generous wish to soften the mental as well as the physical distress of poverty. coo Animal Talk, From the Chicago Herald. It will be rememtered that when some time ago Prof. Garrer went to Africa to study the monkey latguage there were many newspaper jokes perpetrated at his expense. But Paul du Chaillu, who has spent much of his life in Africa, believes that Garner is right tn his theory of the GIFTS OF STERLING SILVER —appeal to a refined and cultivated taste, and "enibedy beauty and usefulness in the ‘Why not ipspect our ex- highest segree. $1. % $1.35 Lettuce Forks. Plat ‘There 1s not a finer assortment of Silver- plated Pieces, nor lower prices in Tea Strainers. . joe, Crumb Sera] Brass Tea Kettles For & O'clock Teas, large and attrae tive assortment, $1.75 up. Chafing Dishes Pasteur Water Filters, Best in the world, $6.60 up. Wilmarth & Edmonston, Crockery, &c., 1205 Pa. Av. a 5 $2. $2. d Ware. the city. 52.80 Xmas Things. What you're goimg to give ts the problem to be solved. We haven't the space to mention but a few. You can see the others by di in. No lower prices anrwhere, Handsome Hand-painted Pitchers of Perfume, only Tic. each—the value of Pitcher" alone. PTER-DINNER COFFEE CUPS, only elsewhere. Gold decorations, very, large size, grays and whites, $2.50 each. ‘ on CURTAINS, bandsome designs, pair. 50 COATS for ladies and misses at half price because We're closing out this de- part Hi ¥ for women, men and chil- Gren—the best 25c. hosiery im this city. HANDKERCHIEFS—ludies’ _ scall hand-embroidered 124sc. and 25¢.—worth ble. MEN'S SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, ex- & large size, heavy Land-embroidered, legant line of Brie-a-brac, Bronzes, etc., and the prettiest Dolls in the city. Carhart & Leidy, 928 7th St. & 706 K St. Rich & Rare _ Diamonds Jacobs Bros.’ ‘We import them loose direct—show mofe of them—show more perfect ones—handsomer settings. sell LOWER THAN OTHERS. which accounts for the fact that Downey’s Hotel For Horses 200 erly BOARDING HORSES are unsur- 000 passed in the world—clean, dry bed- 000 ding, perfect frainage and ventila- 000 tlon—no dust, ‘no draught, n0 ammonia, no rats, no mice. for the winter find {t much more and satisfactory to hire lal monthly rates. FINE HORSES A ALE. Parties contemplating the purchase of team will tind Mr. Downey's pet questioned in all his 25 years’ experience. G7It you want sound seasoned and well broken to city to your interest to see Mr. L st. bet. 16h and 17th, Telephone 555. 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Valentine's ° * * © Felt Strips are the best. oe 7Drop in and see how that * © re arb yer earner seg iy. ee Barber & Ross, ais, ° OWNEY'S FACILITIES FOR PROP- VINE CARRIAGES FOR HIRE, by the | trip, week and month—Parties coming here Mc tlat QPPPPPFESPPDESPPPEEFPERE PPREO cmon a Let the Boy rsonal ment and experience of infinite value. His Teputation for fair dealing has never been Cor. uth & G Sts. N. W.| Te,sell more Diamonds than any two Yashington—being an “‘ex- clusive’’ Diamond® firma, ‘The latest—“English Gipsy” Gold Rings, with a large, perfect solitaire diamond, $25. to $35, Only firm selling a Solid Gold a 9 al Stem Winding Watch or Jacobs Bros.’, | DIAMOND 3229 Prxxa Ave re) : #Romp&Play F he is wearing « pair of our shoes you may rest assured that they will withstand the Toughest of treatment. When ‘we concluded to make Boys’ Shoes & specialty we scoured the entire | shoe market for the most durable dddddddddidte = | shoes. Needless to say, we found \ea- them. a Boys’ Satin Calf Shoes, reg- Z ular $1.50 Shoes, only. ix Men’s “Solid Comfort’ St 48 Calf Shoes, only...... . Ladies’ $2.50 French Dongola Button Boots, 51.48 s CRAWFORD’S, e731 7th St., East Side. Ousedes “Glad News” To The RUPTURED. ce aga sy bas been established ddddddidddddidddd dd ddddd All who are “Hernia” in any that sn institute PERMANENT cure Dr. Carleton. Over twenty-five years’ experience. Practice limited to the treatment of gentlemen exclusively. THIRD YEAR AT PRESENT Dr. Carleton treats with the skill born of expe eeeese SFSPRRRSEPPRPPPPED: Cath Xmas Gifts AT THE MONUMENTAL | Open evenines until Xmas. Holiday Umbrellas. English Gloria, from... Filk, from |. a Handkerchiefs. For Ladies, Gents and Chil of a and quality, secmabnsbodaid Ribbons. ~ No. 16at..... Trimmed Hats. The largest assortment... als-see seenddddidceccccdddedddddededdds pVEPULUERERPAHUUCeECECceceeccddgucecceceecetteterterteeterca STOPTTVTTTTTECRUCtitettecetieeteetrerrertcitite stiteseeectoasenceeustiiintesiseanetete eee COLO CO TTL UALR terteeccerititieeees One full regular Cabinet Photo- graph of yourself presented free with every pair of Shoes bought of us costing $3.50 or more. How would ‘*You” like to have your **picture took” as » Christ- mas present? F. H. WILSON, =5 (Successor to Wilson & Carr), PeTHTe Tosco secessece aT TUCO ti 95c, vr 1.25 wo 2.00 ce 30. vr | é $1.50 ve. Untrimmed Hats &Bonnets STITTED TO THE HAND, ROH BA Raney wl, 1o close out aoe ad ETS, &c. TU CUT GT eirtectedicecerecstiegl Tt Have & d'sease of a Special Nature? Tetamoation, Nervous Eruptions, Bladder, Bweiltnes Urinary Sediment, = | wd Ideas, Did you sow the wind? Hose you reaped the whirlwind? Are you beginning to lose your ip? tact. ee your time Is life losing tts charms for you? Do you feel unfit for business or society? Consult Dr. Carleton. Special experience is ab solutely necessary. He bas it, and he is positively the ouly physician in Washington who limits his ctice to the treatment of gentlemen exclusively, jentifc, SKILLFUL, SUCCESSFUL Treatmeat uaranteed. Be on your guard against humbuga, Entiquated, methods ° apd “Iliterate Practitioners, and don't forget that you cannot buy silk for the | price of cotton. Hours, 9 = of Sat a Gents’ Gloves ¢ Of Every Description. Largest Stock. Lowest Prices. Louvre Glove Co., 037 F Street 937. THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE GLOVE STORE IX WASHINGTON. P. 8.—GLOVES BOUGHT OF US FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS CAN BE EX- CHANGED AT ANY TIME AFTER THE HOLI- AYS, SHOULD SIZES NOT SUIT. 412,14,16 | } | SELLING OUT Below Cost 11 Fur Capes existence of a monkey language, although he does not commit himself to the notion that it is possible for man to acquire that langtuge. When there are so many in- stances of horses, dcgs and other animals learning so much of human language as to promptly obey commards given, it would be unreasonable to suppose that they had not some kind of a language of their own. The warning notes of danger that a hen gives to her chicks when a hawk is near, the warning that some snakes give to their young, upon which the latter take refuge down their mother’s throat, and many other Instances prove the existence of an animal language, but that does not prove that man can acquire it REDUCED. 1 Gray Krimmer Cape, was $30, now $20, Astrakhan Cape, Was $22.50, ‘now $15. Gray Krimmer Cape, Was $25, now $15. Astrakhan Military Cape, $35,’ now $24. Wool Seal Cape, was $20, now $9. Black Opossum Cape, was $16, now $10, Persian Lamb Capes, were $35, now 5 Bear Muffs, were $12, now $7. Si Willett& Ruoff, 905 Pa.Ave. NEAR DUPONT, ‘CIRCLE, Ladies’ Evening Gowns. GGG GGG GGG GGG GGG GGG GGG GGG GGG@ for and delivered. ° Anton Fischer FINEST PROCESS DYEING AND CRIN | 906 G'STN'W. AND S13 Pa AYE SS = FAIR, yay or N. jl nin os ber Cent off al 3 toys. largest housefurnisbing ‘goods store is Bw. sec HE SEASON IS NOW AT HAND when Ladies’ Evening Gowns will re- | quire attention—with our matchless facilities the most delicate fabrics are clesn- ed equal to “new’’ without injury. C7 We also renovate Turkish Rugs and ub All Branches of Dentistry There are four principal branches of a ey a ch branch teh : Feta, eee ot an ew 1. 2. Operative — Deutistrs — Pilling, i Crown snd Bridge Placing Ss hes PSadag se (Om ime wap by 3. Painless operation Mechanical Dertistry—The manu- Page crowns, we of teeth, bridges, 4. oe FE ee 2 E- No. 1 North Charlee st The “Galt Watch.” Especially construct ed with a view to meet at the minimum price the needs of those re- quiring correct time. All sizes in the latest style casing, ranging in price according to ornamentation. Pronounced by the Naval Observatory su- perior to all others sub- mitted in competition for timing the trial trip of the U. S. Steamer Columbia. The same watch un- usually fiat and pocket- able, but of that caliber from which, experience has shown, the best re- sults in horology are obtained. GALT & BRO., aia | Jewellers and Silversmiths, 1107 Pennsylvania Ave. Agents for Mess. Patek Philippe & Co., Ea = Geneva. a SUITABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. About this time you sre probably puzzled ‘to Know what to buy. We beg to call your Sttention to the following articles, many ef which we are sole agents for, and avy of which are very appropriate for Christ- mas gift. STEWART'S CELEBRATED BANJOS WASHBURN GUITARS, MANDOLINS AND BANJOS. GLIER VIOLINS. AUTOHARPS OF ALL KINDS. REUMUTH MUSIC FOLIOS, MUSIC BOLIB OF EVERY DESORIPTION. FINE LEATHER CASES FOR BANJOS, GUITARS, MANDOLINS, VIOLINS, AUTOBARPS, &c. PIANO COVERS. MUSIC CABINETS. MUSIC BOOKS, WITH AND WITHOUT WORDS, MUSIC BOXES FROM 50 CENTS UPWARD. FLUTES, FIFES, FLAGROLETS, ACCORDEONE, CORNETS, BATONS, BUGLES, POST HORNS, DRUMS, MOUTH ORGANS, AND aLh KINDS OF MUSICAL MERCHANDISE AT THE LOWEST ROCK BOTTOM PREVAILING PANIC PRICES. Please call and examine our stock whether you purchase or not. Store open this ‘week until $ p.m., next week until 10 p.m John F. Ellis &Co., 937, Pa. Ave., Near ioth St. Have You Heard of The “Reversible” Mattress? <If not, it’s bigh time thet you should tm form yourself of ite superior over others. ‘bas cotton filling om BOTH SIDES and at the ends, whereas the mattress has cotton op one st side REVERSIBLE” bas just twiee the service in it aud costs no more. CF Kemewber, the “REVERSIBLE” ts the fame on both sides and IT COSTS NO MORE— Insist on having the “Reversible.” If Your Dealer Hasn’t It He Will Get it. a Gas Heating Stoves, $4. carpets “imto the suc- ———— iter by get 2 Gas Stove, ——— Mich to cleanly and con ent. ———— bew ‘well we can do for .Gas | 1428 Appliance Ex.,'N. Y. Ave. ais muke light-colored fur ones “‘white’’—called | MustGo ‘The whole stock of Shoes contained in our store must go at once regardless of profit, as we intend “retiring” from business immediately. Everything te down in price. All Ladies” and Children’s Slippers te be closed out at greatly reduced prices. Boys’ Patent Leather Oxfords, for dancing, to close, $1.25 and $1.75 pair, Ladies’ Fine Hand-sewed Bluchers te be sacrificed at $3 per pair. Lots and lots of other bargains tes umerous to mention—we'll surprise you with "em when you coma Drop in before the sizes are broken. "_W.N. Dalton & Co., isig uth St., Ner R M. DOBBINS AND M. STRICKLAND. 415 NATURAL PRESERVES..BATORY'S NATURAL preserves, Jelies, mincemeat and