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Ave. s niap's Fifth ready. $1.50 aod Townl t rices Lowest In ae Gillet tots Every Lady In bezutiful Complexions Be 5 & velvety skin. Baim," mas imporsidie My own pt le - 52. o $s sea be mis! T. Stott Bas al HOTEL DKLG feie Pharmacy, 703 15th st. si! a ee PHYSIC AND POETRY i |How the Doctors Celebrated the | Medical Society’s Birthday. EXERCISES AT NATIONAL RIFLES HALL Followed by a Banquet at the 1 | | Arlington. pa WISHES EXPRESSED i | The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Med- | leal Society of the District was celebrated | last evening, with approp-iate exercises, at the National Rifles’ Hall, and a banquet later in the evening at the Arlington. Both events were of 4 character in keeping with the dignity of the society, and the import- ance of the event commemorated. The solid information given regarding the Medical Society, and the practice of medicine in the | District, was clearly compounded with wit, | poetry and music, in such proportions as to make a most agreeable mixture. A large ‘audience avsembled at the Rifles’ Hall to attend the formal exercises held there } The pzincipal feature of the evening was a number of interesting historical addresses, report of which is given elsewhere. | ‘The stage was handsomely decorated with palms and flowers and held the officers of | the society and distinguished guests. Dr. Joseph Taber Johnson, the vice presi- j dent of the society, after an overture by | the Marine Band,” introduced Dr. 5. C. Busey, the president of the society, as the i first speaker. | Dr. Parvin's Congratulations. Dr. Busey was followed by Dr. Theophilus | Parvin, who spoke for the invited guests. | He said: “How greatly Washington has | changed since your professional progenitors instituted this society. A town of 12,000 hes now a population of a quarter of a million. I have read that not long anterior to ISI9 many Congressmen had difficulty jin tinding lodgings, and that the wife of fone of the Presidents used the audicnce room of the White House for drying | clothes. One can imagine that now it is | difficult for many lodgings to find Congress- | men, and as to a place for drying White | House washing, that if Mrs. Cleveland were | to do as Mrs. Adams did, there would be a | social, if not a political ‘convulsion, and a | very uncivil war. The Changing Years. There have been great changes here and | elsewhere since 1819, changes affecting | material comfort, the language and man- | mers, and the external observance of so- |eciety. Medicine comes more and more to the front with its advancing knowledge, | and with the srowing Intelligence of the | people, especially is its importance in the | previntion of disease more distinctly rec- | ognized. When will our national legislators | wisely decide that the health and lives of _our many millions are as important subjects Yor their consideration and care as post | oftces, pensions, and products of mines and manufactories, and wool? When shall | there be established a department of pub- | Me health, under the control of a competent | medical man? This duty ts imperative; this action ought be immediate. “I might, sn final words, work of the physician, and exalt the honor | o? medicine. And to this end 1 could quote | from Pagan and Christian writers, from the wisest and best of ail ages, words of | just recognition and deserved praise. But | Gime does not permit, and 1 only beg you | to listen to the eloquent utterance of Car- j | dinal Newman, and see how appropriately and necessarily medicine is embraced in his large inclusion: “All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God. Addresses were also made by Drs. W. W. Johnston, J. Ford Thompson and T. C. Smith. Seated on the Platform. Those occupying seats on the stage were Drs. S. C. Busey, J. Tabor Johnson, W. W. Johnston, A. F. A. King, G. Wythe Cook, J. Ford Thompson, D. W. Prentiss, S. M. Burnett, C. H. A. Kleinschmidt, C. W. Franzoni, Geo. C, Ober, S, S, Adams, McArdle, T. C. Smith, Jas. T. Young, C. H. Stowell, H. H. Barker, Wm. Elmer, F. C. Shattuck, Theophilus rvin, F. D. Edger- ton, M. W. Russell, T. A. Ashby, L. C. Gray, Howard Van Rensslaer, Wm. H. Pal- mer, H. D. Hilton, E. L. Morgan, Bedford ; Brown, Wm. Oster, Surgeon General Stern- berg. Vice President Stevenson and Com- missioners Ross and Powell. | Doctors Gather at a Feast. It was a diamond wedding feast the Medical Society of the District of Columbia sat down to jast night at the Arlington | Hotel. After the exercises at the National Rifles’ Hall, the members of the society \and the tnvited guests odjourned to the Arlingten Hotel, where the celebration of | Was closed with a banquet. The banquet | halt tooned with evergreens, and buneh: American beauty roses adorned the table. Samuel C. Busey, the presi- dent cf the society, presided. On his right the Vice President of the United Commissioner Ross sat at his left. ter an _ excellent menu had been diag- nosed and treated, and Dr. Busey rapped | for order and announced that the speakers ; of the evening were entitled to a chance. seventy-five years ago,” he said, ty held its first meeting in the , coun mber of the city, and thereby | Plighted their faith to live together es mu- tual helpmates of each other. I rejoice that ‘t has fallen to my lot to proclaim here, in the presence of both contracting parties, oa this diamond wedding night, | that the promise has been kept. I know not which was the bride nor which was the groom on that auspicious occasion, but \| for the present, I yield the role of better | haif to my friend on my left, the Hon. | John W. Ross.” ' Commissioner Ross’ Speech. Commissioner Ross said: } “We celebrate an occasion of the highest dignity and importance. Not many incor- porated societies are there in the new world which have had the privilege of celebrating @ seventy-flith birthday, and, unlike such anniversaries In human lives, this happy vecasion finds your organization stronger, abier and more poient for good than at any previous date in its long and useful his- tory. When your charter was granted, President Monroe was our houored ehiet | Magistrate; Benjamin G. Orr, mayor of Wasiington, presided over a city of 13,000 | people, of which Tom Moore had written a jlistle while before: “This embryo capital, | where Y sees squares in morasses, | obelisks trees; which second-sighted in | Seers even now adorn with shrines unbuilt and heroes yet unborn.’ “If the genial poet who so aptly described he embryo capital could view the Washing- It ton of today his love of the beautiful and the majestic would be gratitied by th | sight of as fair a vision as the sun shines on, where an estimated population of two | hundred and seventy-five thousand souls en- Joy the exceptional advantages afforded to those who live in the District of Columbia But we would not invite him to visit ou. | present muntelpal quarters. | “From the beginning the Medical Society and the municipality worked in harmony. For a long time they occupied the same quarters. When pestilence at yarioxs periods visited the capital, the members cf your society were the strongest adjuncts of To- the municipality in throttling disease. gether they grew in strengih and in in ence. | “We should still co-operate In preventing charlatans from imposing upon the people. 1 learned last night at the reception given | by your honored president that many un- licensed pretenders are imposing upon the ‘dalous publi I take the liberty of suggesting that you bring the facts before the Commissioners and that we co-overate in framing a statute which may visit upon such frauds a merited punishment. (Ap- plause.) “The high degree of professional ethi- which prevails among Ww: m by your society. I doubt if an Mistinguished physicians than the capital. y many are known and honored not only in Americ but so in Great Britain and upon the continent. “All these facts concerning your organiza- tion reflect credit upon the capital. and are ground for sincere congratulation tonight Not all who are here tonight will eniov the celebration of the centennial of your y in 1919 but they who may be so ; « ate a city of more , than half a million of people, a city which eulogize the! she seventy-fifth anniversary of the society | like size contains a greater number | | will reflect the added luster of the then | republic, and your society will be propor- | tionately as much larger and stronger than it is today. THE NATIONAL GUARD charged with the responsibilities of today Ce ed with the responsibilities of today . . i 4 | the wisdom, the strength, and the courage Major Bartlett Satisfied With His | to transmit the trusts imposed upon them to their successors unimpaired by any Battalion’s Record. lowering of the standard erected by the great founders of the municipality and of your honored society.” Commissioner Ross was followed by Dr. Thomas A. Ashby of Baltimore, represent- ing the medical and chierurgical faculty jof Maryland. His toast was “Our senior socteties.” OTHER TEAMS 10 HAVE A CHANCE see tess: | Dr. Frederick C. Shattuck of Boston, rep- | resenting the Massachusetts State Medical Scclety, and Surgeon General G. M. Stern- berg, U. S. A., also spoke. The latter gave brief biographical sketches of the medical men in the army and navy who had been members of the local society. Dr. King Inspired. The speech of the evening was that de- Ivered by Dr. A. F. King. His toast was: “Medicine, 1819-1804." From the five min- utes allotted him he thought the commit- tee evidently intended that he should pre- sent an accurate account of the history of medicine during the last seventy-five years. That was at the rate of fifteen years a minute. Medicine, like all sciences, has had its ages, its stages and its sages. Beginning with 1819, he thought, this age of medical practice might well be called the age of depletion, Dr. King then dropped into poetry, and did it so well that he won con- gratulations on all sides: ‘In those days, you remember, we bled, and we bled, And sometimes bled on till the patient was Several Commissions Expected Within a Day or Two. NEWS FROM THE ARMORIES Major George A. Bartlett, commanding the sixth battalion, is of the opinion that his sharpshooters are entitled to a rest in ‘the matter of competitive rifle practice, and has so notified Major Gilbert Thomp- son, who commands the engineer corps and who was desirous of bringing about anoth- er match in the gallery, The declination is as follows HEADQUARTERS SIXTH BATTALION, D.C. N. G., WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14, 1804, Major Gilbert Thompson, Commanding Engineer Corps, (Through Inspector General of Rifle Practice.) - lead. When most of us having this passion for oe Sir: Thought it utterly useless to bleed any} your letter, dated February 10, 1894, ex- It plood-letting failed to arrest inflamma- | tending another challenge to shoot a match ‘tion with a team from your battaiion, has been The doctor's next hope was profuse sall-| received and noted. vation. In reply I have the honor to state that This practice was based on the idea of humors Prodycing all lesions from bad blood and tumors. 4 While humors like these in a man’s body dwelling Led to redness, together with pain, heat and swelling. The physic was given, without any doubt, your challenge dated December 22, 1893, was accepted without any modification on our part and the eontest took place in ac- cordance with the rules and conditions named by you in that challenge, and the match seems to have been fairly and hon- erably conducted, your team good-naturedly For the purpose of getting the enemy out. | acknowledging their defeat. As this con- Hence the dosing began with a direful| test was won by such a large margin—23 emetic, y » points—and as battalion and company bad bts he in time by @ smooth dit-| ins from my battalion have defeated like teams from your battalion four times during the past six months—twice on the range and twice in the gallery—it occurs to me that my battalion should defer en- tering another contest for the present and Combined with some smooth diaphoretic, And somewhere with these at all times now and then ps A potential powder of old “‘ten and ten. So, to render this, practice in one word | complete, The entire system was to deplete and de-|/thus give other organizations a chance plete.” for matches. I concede your proposition that these competitions at rifle practice are beneficial to the National Guard, but as many of my men have not the time or funds for con- tinuous practice I feel that it would be an imposition at this time to call upon them to prepare for another contest so soon. In view of the above facts 1 respectfully decline this challenge. Respectfully yours, GEORGE A. BARTLETT, Major Sixth Battalion. Moving Upward. Promotions and appointments have re- suited in another batch of commissions, which may be looked for daily. First among them is the one which belongs to Capt. Edwin H. Neumeyer, who, when he gets the elgned and sealed document, will be come major and chief of ordnance—a popu- lar and well-earned reward for service And yet, Dr. King said, a change came over the spirit of medical practice. Instead of depletion, stimulants were resorted to, and instead of bleeding, the doctors insisted upon feeding. Others would put the patient to bed and hope. This was the expectant method. With these remarks he said he had reached the year 1598, 1 period remarkable for the evoiution of living elixirs and vital- ized extracts. Here he fell into rhyme again: “An extract of muscle for rheumetic pains, A gray matter extract to nourish our brains ‘An extract of teeth for a man that can’t chaw, A maxillary extract to cure lockjaw. An extract of ocean to cure mal de mere, A hirsutic extract for those without hair. A duodenal extract to serve a good turn {In healing the ulcers that follow a burn, Now, if hearts broken hearts cure, and lv- ers cure Kvers, If plasmodial spleens cure a man of the shivers, If fingers and toes cure-up lame feet and hands, honestly rendered. And lymphatic extracts can cure diseased] Then Mr. Henry May has been appointed glands, ptain and aid-de-camp on the general Let us grind up a body in one mammoth | statt, which fills up the hole caused by Capt. Neumeyer’s advancement. Sergt. Major W. H. Moyer took a big step and will soon wear laurels to which he is really entitled; he is to be captain and ad- jutant of the second regiment; his excel- lence as a rifleman—he holds the District championship—and his fidelity while hand- ling the regimental papers commended him to Col. Clay, who invariably knows a good thing when he sees it, end only wants an opportunity to show his appreciation there- f. Blood, bladder and liver and every texture, And — from this compound cadaveric pi ‘Twoul sure panacea be for all of our ills, Of 1898 I need say nothing more, But pass on at once to 18d, We need not consult the books on our shelves To learn that thié epoch relates to ourselves. So, whatever we are, and however we're rated, Whatever we say must be modestly stated. Now, we all know that we are the real Simon Pures, We've got the true science and use the true of. Col. Moore has taken unto himself and the first regiment a new quartermaster, but an old soldier—Capt. Matthew God- dard; his commission is on its way, through cures. We care not, but smil the War Department and White House skeptics, eat the laughter of | ith along with the others, and so are the commissions of Andre Louls Bagger, to be first Heutenant and inspector of riffle prac- tice, third battalion; Clarence A. Weaver. to be first Meutenant and surgeon, third battalion; First Lieut. Guy EB. Jenkins, to be captain, company C, fifth battalion (gen- erally declared to be a splendid selection), We know that we cure, for we use antisep- aca fe. oavtedt but snoce Sills taking a With a gilded machine we spray out his Should another complain of his tonsils or larynx, and Irby W. Reid, to be second lieutenant With : high-pressure engine we fizzle his | company C, fifth battalion. pharynx. A Ganboat for Pittsburg’s Sallors. While a bill is pending in Congress which authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to furnish to the naval militia of any state a spare vessel for drill purposes, the Pitts- burg battalion is, says the New York Sun, Should a notse tn the head rouse another one’s fears, We shoot some new germicide into his ears. And so with all natural alleys and lanes Where the — of germs produce stric- tures and pains, We no longer dally with powders and po-| taking means to supply its own needs in tions, that particular. This bit of enterprise is But charge on the germs with our carbolic | the more noteworthy, not only as the first jotions. N pee " of its kind, but because the Pittsburg or- o Morrid, DOW “ire the disease, or how | nisstion, known as division A, second battalton, of the Pennsylvania naval mili- tia, was only organized a few months ago. The zeal with which it undertakes to pro- vide itseif with a modern gunboat, at an estimated cost of $40,000, is, accordingly, It must- yield to this or to H. g.—Bichlorid. Some patient, of course, will insist upon dying, A matter of fact it is no use denying. But observe of our treatment there's more to be said, promising sal its future, us ake eee These same antiseptics pres vhen | fresh evidence of the hold which the na~ dead.” eptics preserve him when | Vai reserve organizations have upon popu- lar interest. It ts expected that the state will furnish a part of the money for bulld- ing and equipping the vessel, since, after Dr. G. C, Ober, the poet laureate, follow- ed with an original poem full of bright wit and Joaded with sharp prongs. all, it is y 5 practically a floating armory for a Dr. Chas, A. Stowell closed the speech- |} ©; and the federal government is making © With the toast, “The medical | likely snough to lean at least ° likely enough to loan at least a part of the armament. But this does not detract from the merits of the project as one of private initiation; and, in fact, it is said that about one-third of the amount required for con- structing the gunboat is already in the hands of the Pittsburg organization. The iron, steel and coal men of the place have also indicated a purpose to see the project carried through, and it is expected that the vessel will be ready for actual use during the coming season. Meanwhile, weekly in- fantry drills are held ashore. The proposed boat will be adapted, of course, for service in the shallow waters about Pittsburg, and will, accordingly, be novel in character. 1t will necessarily be of very light draught, with bottom almost flat, and it will be a stern-wheeler, but with the wheel recessed and protected. The length on load water | line will be 160 feet, the extreme breadth 30 feet, the draught forward about 2 feet ¥ inches, and aft about 3 feet 6 inches. Perfect Papers. press.”" The Guests. Among those present were Drs. G. Wythe Cookey S. 5S. Adams, L. C. Gray, Geo. C. Ober, M. W. Russell, Chas. H. Stowell, N. S. Lincoln, A, F. A. King, Theophilus Parum, S, C. Busey, J. Ford Thompson, Thos. C, Smith, F. C. Shattuck, W. W. Johnston, Wm. Oster, J. M. Toner, T. A. Ashby, T. BE. McArdle. G. 6. Harrison, M. F. Thompson, J. C. Bird, T. V. Hammond, R. F. Holden, J. T. Young, T. McLaugh- lin, J. H. McCormick, D. P. Wolhaupter, Robt. Reyburn, Z. T. Somers, W. G. Wood- ward, S. M. Burnett, J. S. Stone, D. W. Prentiss, John Van Renslaer, J. W. Bayne, J. Wesley Bovee, C. G. Si Bradford Brown, T. Taylor, T. E. x D, K. Shute, W. M. Sprizs, O. Richey, J. 8. F. Rand, W. ®. Luckett, C. W. W. H. Palmer, G. W. Grinder, | A. Peters, J. L. Suddarth, G. W. | West, F.'T. Chamberiain, J. F. Winter, C.| Several of the quartermaster annual re- ae ae iat ee turns, which should have been at brigade kington, Eimer Sotheron, H. B. Deall, G. | headqvarters long ago, are still missing. N. Acker, A. E. Bullock, C. Marshall, S. B, | The quality of those in, however, ts much Muncaster, . F. King, J. H. Bryan, J. 8. | better than records for previous years. Of Billings, W. V. Marmion, G. S. Magruder | those received, the very best is that of and J. T. Sothron. The guests were Vice President Stevenson, Commissioners Ross and Powell, Surgeon General Sternberg, Surgeon General Wyman, ‘tf. G. Alvord, | Rudoiph Kauffmann and J. E. Jones. | _ ij Dr. West Was Convicted. Dr. Eugene West was found guilty at ‘an Francisco yesterday of having mur- Capt. Ourand, company C, first battalion, while in the order of their merit are the papers from light battery A, Capt. Fors- berg; second battalion, made out by the battalion surgeon, Dr. R. A. Foster; com- ny A, first battalion, Capt. C. C. M.’ Loeff- ler, and company A, fourth battalion, Capt. Harry Walsh. A New Military Implement. dered by malpractice Addie Gilmour, the The infantry and chasseur regiments of young milliner, who disappeared last Sep-| he Austro-Hungarian army have just been | tember. The jury was out all night. Sen- supplied with a new implement which can be used as a spade, shovel, hatchct and saw. It ts about a foot and a half in length, weighs about two pounds, and is so arrang- ed that it can be hung on the belt at the left side near the bayonet. It will enable | the infantry to do all that is necessary in |laying out a camp, fixing cooking places, providing a water supply and throwing up | tence will be pronounced Friday night. The | story acquitting Dr. West was an error. } o- Frank Sherman in the Lead. A surprise cropped out in the state pool tournament at the American Athletic Club, Philadelphia, last night, when Eddie Dough- ‘erty defeated Jerome Keoch, the Scranton champion, by a score of 150 to 187. This light earthworks. Exercises in the use of victory puts Frank Sherman of Athens, | this new weapon, which is intended to formerly of this city, in the lead, but should | render infantry regiments independent of Keogh beat Sherman in tonight’s game! their own pioneer companies, have also there will be three ties for first place. If| peen introduced and will be carried on by Sherman wins tonight Dougherty will take | = second money Mr. J C. Jones, of Fulton, Arkansas, coe — mn Hanged in Effigy, | Secretary Mor | Secretary of Agriculture Morton was vahons ts remS'S.S 4 hanged ia effigy at his home town, Ne- ee ae, | . ood pol- braska city, Neb. Thursday night. The| tracted a severe case of = son. Leading physicians prescribed medicine after medicine, which I took without any relief. I also tried mercurial and potash remedies, with unsuccessful results, but which brought on en attack of mercurial rheumatism that mado my life woeet acer RHEUMATISM After suffering four years J gave up all remedies and began perpetrators are not known. soe More Papers Join the Associated Press The Duluth News Tribune, the Duluth Herald and the Superior (Minn.) Telegram have served notice of discontinuance on | the United Press and have juined the As-| sociated Press. roo Novels bought, 506 Lith st. n.w.—Advt. oe was entirely cured and able to resume work. Is the greatest medicine for blood ed the Arion ball, which was held last poisoning to-day ou tho market.” night at the Madison Square Gariea, New | Treatise on Blood an! Skin Diseases maiied | York. {free sWiry SpeciFic Co., Adanta, Ga. using 8.8.8. After taking several bottles 1 | | the Vienna garrison in one of the large 4rill grounds in the environs. Explosives in Warfare. Dr. Charles E. Monroe, dean of the Co- lumbian faculty, and recently goverument ‘expert in explosives at the torpedo sta \ tion at Newport, will give a lecture on ex- ‘plosives and their application In warfare, { Mlustrated by lantern slides, at the Colim- bian University, 15th and H streets, at 9 o'clock next Friday evening. The lecture is given under the auspices of company C, engineer corps, D. C. N. G., and Is free. At least every officer of the guard should hear this interesting and instructive lec- ; ture, and if officers will attend in uniform good seats are assured them. Notes. Brigade team members of the vintages of 1890 and 1891 are especially interested in the twenty-third New York (Brooklyn) reg- iment, and will, perhaps, wonder why Col. John N. Partridge bas resigned his com- mand and why Maj. Heyward C. Brown, the regimgntal inspector of rifle practice, | should have asked for his discharge. There is a possibility that Maj. Ezra DeForest, also well known to the veteran sharpshoot- \ers of the District, may succeed to the coloneley. Adjt. Gen. Mosher is away on leave; has gone to Florida on a stewmer and expects to be absent about two weeks. He was in need of rest, for his office work is very | heavy and he has never shirked one bit ef it. The Army and Navy Gazette learns from India that “the Lee Metford rifle has stood the test in India of 10,000 rounds of black powder ball ammunition most satis- factorily, but the rifling was worn eway after less than 3,000 rounds of cordite.” At a meeting of troop A, held last night, Acting First Lieut. W. H. Meilach, inspec- tor of rifle practice for the first and second separate companies, was elected second Meutenant of the troop to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lieut. A. W. Fergusson. The Virginia National Guard will here- after wear the regulation United States uniform, with the one exception of the but- tons; the state button will be retained. Next Thursday evening the Richard Brins- ley Sheridan Dramatic Company, under the auspices of the fifth battalion and Phil Kearney Camp, Sons of Veterans, will give the third of its series of entertainments at National Rifles’ Hall. Company C, third battalion, was mustered in on Thursday evening. Quartermaster Johnson, second battalion, has resigned. —_—— IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS. Aw Entertainment for the Poor—The Soetal Clubs. The proposed entertainments fur the ben- efit of the poor and destitute families of Washington, which was to nave been given by the uppils and graduates of the high schools, has apparently fallen through, as it failed to meet the approval of the facul- ties of the separate high schools. But this action on the part of the school authori- ties will not prevent a number of the pu- pils and graduates from giving a draiatic entertainment for the benefit of the relief fund. This entertainment will be under the auspices of the Capital City Dramatic Company and will be given at Martyn Col- lege Hall next Friday evening at 8S o'clock sharp. The Classical Club of ‘88% of the Eastern High School was entertained last night by Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Croissant at their residence, 821 North Carolia avenue. The evening was pleasantly occupied with pro- gressive and other games and prizes were awarded to the successful winaers. Among those present were the Misses Bessie Erly, Hettie Diver, Nettie Etz, Ruth Marian. Jennie Young, Pearl Halley, Katie Arm. stead, Gertrude Fairchild, Winnie Foun- tain, Susie Underwood, Florence Bowman, Minnie Spencer, Lilian Tolson, Maude Ai- ton, Clara Borrows,, Ruth Gardner, Teressa Sexton, Bessie Yoder, Katie Adams and Bessie Bullen and Messrs. Harry Leonard, Allen Albert, Robert Floyd, Kdwin Etz, Harry Brown, James Gilbert, Josnua Gatch- ell, Clare Hillyer, William Hillyer, Jack Heady, Bertram Foster, Clarence Bowman, Miles Bouton, Mark Burnham, HEdward Murphy, James Fitzpatrick, Rider Paiseley, William Hart, DeWitt Crotssaat, John Ew- ing and Robert McKeldin. She next meet- ing of the club will not be held until Friday after next. The new independent company recently organized at the Business High School heid a ‘meeting last night in one of the rooms at the second regiment armory. Mr. John L, Pugitt resigned his position as tain of the company and Mr. Charles Rob- inson, the former first Heutenant, was elect- ed us captain. of the organization. The company is now composed vf « sufficient number of cadets to form a solid front of five full fours, and it is expected that drills may be taken up in a short time. The boys are taking a lively interest in the welfare of the company, and there is no doubt as to the success of the company. Since the resignation of Miss Margaret Cruickshauk as editor-in-chief of the Bal- ance Sheet, Business High School, Mr. Wm. Clebaugh has been conducting the editorial department. ‘The second year boys at the Central, who have just completed their work in geome- try, had a’ “geometry rush” on last Wed. nesday afternoon, and succeeded in totally destroying the book by fire before the re- maining male students of the school could interfere. The class of '98, Capitol Hil! High School, held a meeting in class room 10, Easter yesterday afternoon and elected the follow. ing officers: President, Mr. Bramwell Da- vis; first vice president. Miss Eunice Welch; second vice president, Miss Mary Kelly, sec- retary, Miss Katie McNaught; treasurer, Mr. Arthur Warner; poetess, Miss Hosa Parkman; prophet, Mr. Everett Warner; historian, Miss Anna Williams, and orator, Mr. Deitus M. Edwards. Among those present at the meeting were the Misses Katie McNaught, Virgie Galbroath, Mabel Swingle, Eunice Welch, Mabel Baxter, Lou Ennis, Mary Lamson, Mary Kelly, Marie Mahr, Katie Hobgood, May Hughes, Mamie Stuart, Mary Holmes and tle Messrs, Ar- thur Warner, Bramwell Dav ie Street, Hume Talbert, William W 5 Champion Hackman, Herbert Church, Wil- lie Suter, Robert McKeldin, George Juene- man and D. M. Edwards. Mr. Eugene B. Wilkins of the class of "97 has accepted the place on the si | Review made vacant by the reslsz Miss Ruth Bursley, and Mr. Will bard will hereafter have charge of the ex- change department. The next meeting of the Entre Nous Club will be held on the evening of Friday, — 2, at the residence of Miss Alice Ir- win. Miss North has organized 4 sketching class among the pupils of che Business High School, and it is her intention to make frequent trips to the “zoo” and ether sub- urban places as svon aS warmer weather sets in. A girls’ glee club has been organized at the Iusiness, with Mr, Gery as director and Miss Clark as pianist. Mr. Robertson is now teaching second- year bookkeeping at the Business in the —_—_—_——— A New Feature. | The Carlshad Mineral Waters are too well known and have been tried too loug to need puffing. | Hosts of snffering invalids have made anxious pil- | grimages to the ring of watering places for nearly a century, with marked effects. ‘The Springs of Carlsbad cover a vast field of disease incurable by [any other natural means—ulcerated stomach, | chronic corstipation, diarrhoea, fatty liver, jaun- | dice, gravel, Bright's disease, boemorruolds, gout, | diabetes, “ete. The catalogue might be enlarged. | And so sensible of the benefits to mankind is ti city of Carlsbad that under {ts seal the evaporated salt of these waters—the Carlsbad Spradel Salt—is | exported for use by parties who cannot convenient- use the water. Be sure to obtain the genuine. mphlets with all particnlars mailed free. |& Mendelson Co., Sole Agents, New York. Price per bottle, $1.00; large size, $1.50. For the - TABLE. | Dr. David Favorite Remedy have @ common origin, viz., EXCESS Remedy dissolves this excess of iw the ff URIC ACID in the BLOOD. ood, thus curing the disease. Kennedy’s Nature’s Antidote For Uric Acid. Jt is well known that Stone in the Gravel, Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Gout, Rieu: matism, Dyspepsia and Nervous Prostrsflo: Dr. Keunedy's Favorite In Bright's Disease, Chronic Kidney or Liver Complaints, Scrofula, Salt Rheum end Sick Headache, it is a well known cure. For all the ills and sicknesses peculiar to women, it real blessing. That Favorite Remedy possesses cxtraoidimary potency alike ip ail these maladies ts evident from the grateful letters received daily by Dr. Kennedy. Favorite Remedy ts for sale by all Druggisis at $1 per bottle. If you are sick or alli tions (which are for eit T Sex) to the best + aul desire to consult me as t© your case, answer these ques- of your ability, and give any other taformation that will assist in forming a correct diagnosis of your case, and 1 will reply (FREE OF CHARGE). Cut this out and inclose in an envelope, to Dr. DAVID KENNEDY . What is your age, weig! . What is your occupation: Married or single: Do you use liquors or tobacco? Do you eat much salt mest? Do you have any headache? Do you have cold fect or hands? Are you troubled with constipadion? RONDOUT, N.Y height? eae mentioning this paper, and direct seme Do you have pain im the back? Where? ‘Troubled with retention of urine? Do you bave pain after voiding urine? Swelling of feet, ankles, eyes, fuce? Are you restless at wight? Distress in stomach after eating? How is your appetite? . Have you any skin eruption? All Diseases of a Special Nature Suc- cessfully Treated {| Scientific Principles. Perfected in old Partion treated by preferred: CURABLE ¢ ce wh mail and ex; “ASES GU ARANT) Fourteenth Street Cable Cars pass the dow ‘Cases and ce BAC CONSULTATION place of Mr. Maskell, who nas leit ou] and Mr. Suter hae taken Mr. Koberison’s place in the first year. A new social club has been organized among the first-year pupils at the Business. The reception to be given by the class of "94 of the Eastern has been postponed until after Lent. A banjo club has been organized at the Central and is composed of the following young gentlemen: Messrs. Sayer, 1.. Dar- ringter, J. Barringter, R. Hills and J. Hor- man. The next regimental drill of the regiment will take place on Monday, when it is ex- pected the final touches will be put oa the work of the cadets. It is report=d now that the regiment will not have a bind en Feb- ruary 22, but will be headed by the Mount Pleasant drum corps. —_-—>-— — A Guest of Lafayette Post. A brilliant reception, in honor of Com- mander-in-chief Adams of the G. A. R., was given in Masonic Temple last evening at New York by Lafayette Post, No. 140. Prominent G. A. R. men from Massachu- setis, New Jersey, Peunsylvania, Maryland, | and New York were present. Letters of regret were received from many persons of national reputation throughout the coun- try, including ex-President Secretaries Elkins and No! Gen. Miles, ex-Gov. Beaver of Pennsylvania, Gen. Scno- field and ex-Commander-in-chief Weissert of Milwaukee. Addresses were delivered by Commander Adams, Generals Howard, Swayne and Porter ani others. No Regatta at Austin, Tex. The international regatta, recently an- nounced to be given in June next, at Aus- tin, Tex., has been deciared off. SYS b ONE ENJOYS. Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is plersant eal ene es taste, a acts gerily yet promptly on the Kidneys. ~iver and Booed cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt iz its action and truly beueficial in ita efiects, prepared only from the mos healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most pan ont known. 'yrup of Figs is for sale in 50c¢ and $1 bottles by all leading drug- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on band will pro- si it promptly fa any one who wishes to try it. Dot accept an} cohsttata..” 7 CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, LOUISYILLE. ¥. EW YORK, WAY. Y 7 Look for the trade-mark “f. & B."" stamped in euch corner of every label accompanying The “Reversible” ’ MATTRESS. Insist on having the “Ieversible” Mattress, It has jast twice the service fn it as has the “one-sided” Mattress and IT COSTS NO MORE! For sale by @eulers throughout the District. fe16 TheCorset Bargain s+ of last “k duplicated again we've ed b vein” 80 dazen more of 2 == ladies’ Extra-loug-waisted “Fast saee Corsets, which sold regularly for bedrid d $1.25, lave been captured by our b In nothing, peria; ing so well sbown as ‘iu auul nothing adds so aimel; gance of a service as Rich Cut G + 45 Zool _housekeup: Ml set toble; to the ele Pair. 78. ere Binge Ol oa Warranted. Money back if Tl. ©. Whelan, 1003 F St.N. W. Wail ~ Papering _ Expertly Done By adepts in the art of Paper Baug- ing. Send as postal to call with sam. We do i» stock of Cnt fu this cousitr; fa c sa | B i ' Deveriage | 9 CHINA, CUT GLASS WARE. &e., te16 15 F AND izls G ST and estimate. Lowest prices. ples b Coburn, 1249 32d st. Allan fee United States Acade MEDICINE AND | 807-809-811 14th St. N. WASHINGTON, D. C. A PERMANENT INSTITUTION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT AND CURE OF Nervous, Mental and Special Diseases. upon the Latest |: } ACure Warranted. Remarkable have been Nu EXPEMIMENT PEED, "OTe Possible, oue personal Interview FICE HOURS: 9 to 8 and 6 to 8. Sai . “KEDLY CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXAMINATION Harrison, ex- | SURGERY, W. (Bet. H and I Sts. dy ELVOUS DEBILETY, DBC, Nests AND MIND,” Weak EVER. Lack “OF ERGY, “IMPOVER: WakErt Lvs, “Heim ee MEMOLY. DEFECTIVE. VITALITY, Poe: TRATION, NEURALGIA, RPILEPSY, PA. j KALYSIS.” STOMACH (and LIVER Din ; CAUNED PROM EASBC GE THE SERVOUR SYSTEM. AME ¥ APE y= EA AP ELY AND PRN, Persons rutned in health by unlearned pretenders, Who keep trifling with them ‘and juonth after month, gh ii compounds, apply imame- injurious diated ures weglected or unakilifull; 3 Ok PALES. ete’ ‘shou! ndays, 10 to 2. Saturday evening ustil 9. MOODY AND sankey Are Saving Souls, Dat the Crippled Bodies and Limbs of Sick and Deformed People Are Saved by Dr. Damon, the Greatest of Magnetic Special iste. The almost datly that as been performed hy the shore wee rae Fite specialist as created more excitement Washington thas anything else in years. 7 ~ from all parts of the country are brought pian and rarely ever has he failed to give ingtamt relief and a permanent cure with a few treatments, To show that the efforts of this gentleman end ase. clates are appreciated ts am iuvallé public, we will say that upward of 800 poople have been cumd at the free clintes so ernerously given to er of the city by Dr. Damon. ‘These tectuns and clintes ha * been attended by over 70,000 people, It ie mot often that a physician wilt ree hong the | Stage of a large tall and demonstrate hie abflity | to cure the ills of mankind. This Dr. Demon dows | cvery fall and winter, the next lecture and cline | being Sunday, Febreary 18, wt 7:30 pm. Bbes | Matiow, paralysis, heart, stomach, iver and kid- | ex troubles yield at once to this treatment, eves jafter they have been deemed incurable by other Physicians. The greatest gue is being dose to ladies who are suffering from distressing “weab- nesses.” With Dr. Damon the ladies @md the ; Teatment for these troubles a pleasure, There. ” | Bo cutting or burming, no exposure or pain, buf @ radical and poritive cure ts wrought every time, Hundreds of 3 | ting treated by this new system, aad they are jon@ jin the praise of the troatmemt that gives thom such great relief in so #hort a thue, Through the best Kind of advertising, one telling the other, Dts Damon bes many indiex now under treatment. Another thing that endeass bim to the beerts the masses ts the very low fee charged for serv. ices, Dr. Damou’s new and elaborate offices at G08 12th street, second door from F street, ane well filled daily with anxious seekers after bealth, Every case ts placed under a md then told just what ma: way of a 1 cannot be cured the patient ts told so, During the past month cighty-three been examined that could not be this system. When a patient is told cured, however, they ave as sure of it were already performed. Sunday evening another lecture and igiven at Bullders’ Exchange Hall, on 18th | Above G, at 7:80 o'clock. The lame, deaf, | matic and paralytic will be treated on the | im full view of every one, The admissiop ts | #0 those desiring seats should go early, PGPGPGRPGRPGPY ‘You're Always Looking ® )) ? “ For a Bargain ; 1% ant ore ene ee = S -— ee oe oe 1s te & ‘They're sorted cut ——— 1 (( --—— ese table at ——_ ¢— ‘The other table is made —— > of regular $5 and —_— is hoes, ll make w » | (( —— stir with them at — 2 $3.00. % pS saree gkpeneet come, best enti: ——— ¥ (f A 16-Qt. Ham iier, 2QC. This is a bam boiler that the history of the trade wold Suc. to Sc, We are enabled te this price throngh the purchase “Job.” ‘The price we ask doesn't grat the cat. it's that “Washingtort Variety,” | CHINA, CROCKERY, “824 7th St. S!. H. HENSEY. Prop., 14 An a Ae 20 46 |{Musictans, Take Notice. \{For a Few Days Only “ We will set! 4 7 Violin ft Pe Ie. | - CI The same reductions 4 in Banjo Strings. ‘4 $2.00, $2.50, 2.005 4 4 | aval \‘Franz Waldecker & Co., liaig 7th St.N.W. as > ~~ ore we OY ew ewe You'll Save 56 Cts. Ry wakis « Corset purchase here withla the pert fw aye, On We have « lot of regular $1.25 Corsets of a standard make, fall Corsets lise of sizes, “in white and ‘ecru, absolutely ltlexe in every Way, that We're selling at © CENTS. Physical Culture Corset Co. 1207 G ST (1 C. Whelan, late of B st., mgr)