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MEDICINE IN From TABLETS. ke New York Sun of Febriary 5, 18 Increasing Use of Drags in This Form I: stead of Compound A comparativel tended in its application within three or four years, has wrought a curious change in the practice of medicine. Country physicians 100 | years ago, when there were few druggists | outside of considerable towns, carried in their | saddle bags or medicine chests a of drugs, pills, powders, lotions and what not. physicians made up their | own prescriptions and furnished their patients | with medicines. The use of medicines in the | form of tablets tends more and more toward a seturn of modern physicians to the methods of their predecessors. Physicians everywhere now write fewer prescriptions than they wrote ten years ago, or even two years ago, and the use of medicine in the form of tablets is extending every day. It is only ten or fifteen years since com- | pressed tablets of chlorate of potash began to | be used. Other simple drugs were then put up in tablet form, and gradually the variety of drugs and prescriptions thus prepared was extended until now it includes | thousands of compounds. Any physician may now have almost any prescription of his own made up into tablets. The usual requirement is that at least 5,000 tablets shall be ordered. Many well-known prescriptions of famous physicians have already attained a wide celebrity in the medical world through their use in tablet form. Hundreds of liquid prescriptions are thus used by saturating inert material with the mixture, just as homeopathic remedies are | prepared in the form of sugar pellets. The tablet factories are constantly experimenting | with a view to reducing further drugs and pre- | scriptions to tablet form. They are ready to | vary known prescriptions in accordance with | the faucy of individual physicians, and to combine one more pre- scriptions in a single tablet. The | general use of tablets instead of Prescriptions has greatly simplified the | practice of medicine. The physician, instead | of ing a prescription and instructing his patient to have it compounded by a druggist, leaves the nec structions as to ar number of tablets, with i and man- ner of taking. every sician is provided w some} and many use them in ies. Tons of drugs are now put up It is the wholesale method of | in this form. modern life applied to the preparation of med. cines. Apothecaries have felt the effects of the ! change in practice throug’: the lessening in the number of prescriptions to be compounded. For | the patient it has cheap- | ened the cost of doc- | toring, for the phy-| sician obtains the! tablets at so low a rate that he usually makes | ao charge for those supplied to his patients. New as the use of tablets is, the form of the tablet has been greatly improved since their in- troduction into medical practice. Tablets aresmallerand more com- pressed than they were a few | years ago. The machinery for mak- | ing them originally was, and perhaps still is, con- } trolied bya single wholesale drug house of this | city, but there are many manufacturers of tab- lets here and elsewhere. When the patentees | urst began to call their products to theattention | of physicians, the tablets very slowly | made their way, because the pat- | entees were not widely known in | the medical profession. Then they , sssociated themselves with a famous drug house, -ad the tablets soon began to go. i Only the simpler drugs and remedies put up | in tablet form are accessible to the general | public. The compounds are not even known by name outside the medical pro- | fession. As they are not patent medicines they are not advertised in other than & medical newspa- pers. They come to physicians with a label that pure drugs and carefully compounded. The | quantities directly from manufact- A certain well-known preparation is so largely S. Compo.” If you are ill and call the doctor, TR eS.” provements found to be important in effects, proclaims the ingredients and their proportions. best tablet & manufacturers | urers. Prescribed by physicians that its use by them mo matter what else you get, you are | Prescription. Its use & has been The prescription, especially in rural districts, powders ; but of late it has been found possible | So enormous isthe demand, | tion that a single Dre and this, be it borne in mind, was to Every physician of eminence has his “R. & depending upon the bases indicated by the ‘The Ripans Tabules represent the latest and Physicians have the good repute of the manu- employ skilled and careful apothe- INTERESTING SECRET HISTORY OF AN OLD. | may be said to be universal. Conversationally | moderately certain. to | growing more general for a hundred years, and | is usually prepared in fluid form, sometimes in | to prepare it in tablets, the form now so popu- | from physicians solely, uring chemist in New York City made and sold physicians alone, or to fill orders from dealers S.” formula, varying more or less from the letters R. & S. facturer as guarantee that tablets are made of caries and buy their drugs in large TIME REMEDY. | it is spoken of among themselves as the ‘* R. & get some one | of the forms of the as been vastly increased of late by slight ime | lar with physicians for all standard medicines. various forms of this prepara- 000 pounds of these tablets in the year from whom physicians obtain their supplies. | original, but substantially the same—that is, RIPANS TABULES. j most improved form of this preparation. | The separate letters com-) N-S are the [prs the word R-I-P-A-: Initials of the six ingredients. Any doctur knows what they are. The A and N represent the principal change, and have been found of vast importance. No person who has occasion to make use of a dys- pepsia remedy, and has once experienced ¢ beneficial results of these tabules in a case of biliousness, headache or any disorder of the stomach, liver or bowels, will ever afterward consent to be without a supply near at hand, A single one gives prompt relief. Price 50 cents a box ; at druggists, or by mail. (THE RIPANS CHEMICAL COMPANY, ' to Spruce St., New York, | Edward P. Mertz, F and uth Sts. N. W., Washington, D. C. DR. DAMON AT WORK. Healing Without Medicine. eoeecece Another Free Lecture and Hea Clinic, to Ladies Only, at Build- ers’ Exchange Hall, Wednes- day, March 7, at 2:30. Over 90.000 peopie right here in Washington speak of the wonderful cures performed Dr. | Damou. Nearly 9 cases have been treated at} hall, beside the vast mumber who have | cared at bis private office, 608 12th street das this is unprecedented | world. No man can say| that he does not show by his works his ability to] cure wh bas failed. All forms of dis- ease have been cured by him and can be witnessed by any ove. The sick aze cured. the deaf made to hear, aud the crippled do throw away their canes and crutches and return to their hom 1m comfort. His offic e large and commodious aud so in perfect confidence of getting le at all. 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These were made from microscopic enlargements of animal parasites of kinds which one may get into his body through the food he eats. The occasion was a lec- ture by Dr. C. W. Stiles of the Department of Agriculture before the Sanitary League. Dr. Stiles told many interesting facts con- cerning the creatures that give so much trouble to mankind, and the moral of his lecture was that food should be prepared properly and with due regard to cleanliness, these parasites being communicated through illy-cooked food, or food that has been pre- pared by uncleanly persons. “After listening to the discourses which ray esteemed colleagues have delivered,’” he said, “you have perhaps wondered whether there really is any food, any crink, any aif or anything else which is free from Parasites; you have perhaps deceived your- selves with the thought that if your food passes through the hands of a cook it will be free from germs. Anticipating such a possible conclusion, your committee has re- quested me to dispel that wild dream from your minds and to assure you that you may obtain parasites from a tongue sand- wich, from a plate of soup, from pork chops or even from a dish of salad. The par sites which you have been told about thus far in this course of lectures have all been microscopic plants, but you must not imag- ine that because my predecessors have spoken only of plants that animals are never parasitic. On the contrary, the larg- est parasite which man has are animals. Some of the animal parasites which man obtains through the food are microscopic, others are an inch or so long, others @ foot long, some reach a yard in length, while three of them grow to be sixteen, twenty four and thirty-two feet long respectivel: and one of these under favorable conditions may stretch itself to the enormous length of 100 or 150 feet.” At Lunch With the Professor. The lecturer then invited his hearers to an imaginary lunch with him in order that he might show them some of the wonderful objects it was possible for them to swallow without their knowing it. ‘The repast,” he said, “to which I invite you is not such a one as you would yourself prepare, but it is one which might be prepared by the ig- norant and slovenly servant of ladies who consider it a disgrace to know anything about househoid matters. For your comfort, however, I will tell you that a number of the parasites which I shall mention are not found in Washington, except as specimens in the various scientific collections.” He first showed a smali beetle, which one might swallow with his soup, and which in itself is not dangerous, A little organism, how- ever, lives in this insect, which, upon be- coming free from the body of the bug, de- velops into the parasite known as a thorn- headed worm, that attaches itself by its head to the wall of the digestive tract. Another creature that might be swallowed in a spounful of soup is a small butterfly, which might develop into a small tapewort The lecturer showed some very disagreeab! parasites that might be taken into the sys- tem from bread which had been cut by a cook or other person not of cleanly habits. ‘These parasites, he said, might be obtained through some food handled by persons af- Watkins Nearly Died hes. She com- in three id a doctor "$90.00 le she was complaining aud snffering she took medicine con- 18 60 stantly. The medicine cost '° Her headaches were no better then than before, and to get no relief she 108. 60 paps Tabules at the drug store. The frst one cured her headache in fifteen is cost her. “s eee and she has four little bottles of the Tabules still on hand. 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If the servant has allowed the lid of the bread box to stand open and mice have gotten in there they may have scattered on the bread microscopic parasites, known to the zoologist as megastoma intestinales, and as one eats the bread he becomes infected with these germs also, The lecturer then re- ferred to dangerous creatures that might be swallowed with fish that has not been cooked enough, one of which is the germ or larval stage of the broad Russian tape- worm, which !s the largest parasite found in man and grows to be thirty-two feet in length. This parasite, he said, is rare in America. In taking a sip of unfiltered or unboiled water one runs the risk of swal- lowing the germ of a number of different parasites, several specimens of which the lecturer showed on a chart. He might have swallowed the egg of the ordinary lumbri- coid worm. Investigation,he said, had shown that about one person of every eight were infested with this worm. It was especially frequent among people who are not cleanly about their persoral habits and who drank unfiltered or unboiled water. In cities like Paris, where the entire water supply is filtered, the worm is exceedingly rare. The Fiery Serpent of Egypt. Dr. Stiles here showed a specimen in a bottle of a curious creature which, he said, was the only specimen, probably, in Ameri- ca. This was what is known as the guinea worm, which some scientists look upon as the fiery serpent of the children of Israel. If one happens to be in Egypt or in certain parts of Asia he might become infested with this worm by taking it with a drink of water. This parasite, Dr. Stiles said, is about a yard long and lives under the skin. It produces large swellings, accom- anied by an intense burning sensation, Fence the name flery serpent, or fiery dra. gon, which it retains until the present day. The parasite is caught by swallowing small crustaceans in unfiltered water, for the larval stage of this worm lives in these minute crabs, cyclops by name. Although we are not likely to catch the fiery serpents Mke the children of Israel, the lecturer showed how one known as the thread worm, which lives in various parts of the body, and which is so small that a large number may be found in single drop of blood, may be taken in a drink of water. He described these small creatures develop- ing into tapeworms and other monsters that might be swaliowed with one’s beef, or veal, or pork chops. In eating half-cooked pork, one might eat a piece infested with the much-dreaded trichinae. The Dreaded Trichinac. “These trichinae,” he said, “are curious little creatures, although they are the ob- jects of considerable fear to the physician, who knows only too well that if these para- sites once gain access to a patient's mus- cles he is utterly powerless to reach them and kill them with any medicine known, yet to the zoologist these worms are of considerable interest. They are very small, and as many as 350,000 may live in a sin- gle pound éf méat. ‘These minute worms live inside of the muscle fiber of pork, coiled up like a spiral with a small cyst around them. When we eat this pork, the meat,upon coming into our stomach, is digested and these minute cysts are liberated. The juices of our stomach then dissolve the cyst and Mr. and Mrs. Trichinae pass down below our stomach and proceed to make life un- pleasant for us. Mrs. Trichina becomes the mother of about ten thousand to fifteen thousand wriggling youngsters within a month's time, and these latter bore through our digestive wall and journey to the mus- eles. Upon arriving at some muscle which they find to let, they bore Into it, proceed to take possession of the contractile sub- stance. The more of the centractile sub- stance the trichinae eat, the less there is for us to use in swallowing, breathing, walking, &c. After some weeks, however, the parasites have satisfied their appetite, and they become encysted, and our muscles present the same appearance which the pork had before we ate it. If our physi- cian has succeeded in stimulating us up to the stage when the parasites become en- eysted, we will recover from the disease and the trichinae will do no further harm until we go to Africa as missionaries, when the savages may suddenly discover that they have a bad case of trichinosis, should they not allow us to carry on our work un- molested.” The lecturer said that the hogs became infected with these parasites by eating rats. Rats keep up the infection emong themselves by eating each other, for rats are cannibals. Danger in Dogs. Dr. Stiles spoke of the parasites which one might obtain from czeressing a dog. In licking one’s hand, beloved old dog Tray might transfer to the hand the eggs of a par- asite known as a tongue worm. One of these | eggs might be transferred to one’s mouth and swallowed, where it would develop into a parasite about one-fourth to one-half an irch long in the liver. Other dangerous parasites can be obtained from dogs in this way, including the so-called hydatid, some of which may not be discovered until a physician makes 2 post-mortem examiaa- tion, and it is learned tuo late that the dog is your enemy rather than your friend. “I am now not referring alone,” he said, “to the miserable coilections of animated bones | and dogskins which wander into our city from Virginia and Maryland, but I refer to mamma's darling littie poodle as well. In fact, from statistics appears that this hydatid parasite to which I refer is most frequent among the dirty Icelanders, who live in the same huts with their dogs, fre- quently sharing the same plate, and next | in frequency in women who keep pet lap dogs.” Dr. Stiles showed how, with the | salad which had not been washed as it should be one might swallow little crea- tures that get upon the plant and develop | into very annoying parasites indeed. “I | have,” said Dr. Stiles in conclusion, “intro- duced enough parasites to you to show you the necessity of preparing food care- fully before it is placed upon the table. I hope I have not taken your appetites away for your meals tomorrow by making not say that I should feel very sorry if I had made you disgusted with pet dogs. Re- member that if your food is properly pre- pared, if your drinking water is boiled or filtered, and if you keep dogs from becom- ing too intimate friends with you, there is absolutely no danger of your catching any of these parasites that I have mentioned, but {f you will insist upon your pet poodle having privileges of the dining room, if you ere careless about boiling or filtering your drinking water, and if you allow your care- less servants to prepare food they wish, you in the meantime feeling {t beneath you to enter the kitchen to see how mat- ters are going on, you lay yourselves open to infection not only by these parasites which I have shown you, but by many oth- ers. ee TO THE FAR NORTH. Ansther Expedit to. Be Made to the Arctic. Mr. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn, fur- geon and ethnologist of the first Peary arc- tic expedition, and projector of a coming American antarctic expedition, has charter+ ed, for next summer, the steam sealer New- foundland, for a cruise to Labrador, Green- land and the far north. The Newfoundland, which is from Halifax, N. 8., Is over 500 tons, and commanded by Capt. James A. Farquhar, well Known throughout the pro- vinces as an experienced seaman and navi- gator. She will be double-sheathed with “greenhart” to enable her to resist the ice, thoroughly refitted, and will be able to penetrate the ice pack under almost every possible condition. In open water the New- foundland is good for nine knots an hour, | considerably exceeding the speed of either | the Kite or the Falcon, which have become | historic in arctic service. She will be fitted for the accommodation of 100 passengers, state rooms being expressly provided for ladies, Dr. Cook will divide his company into four classes: Tourists, sportsmen, scientists and artists, and will arrange his service to give special advantage to each. Already a party from Philadelphia has been organized,which will leave the ship at Hamilton Inlet, and ; explore the Grand Falls of Labrador; and others are organizing for special research. The Newfoundland is scheduled to leave New York July 25, calling on the outward voyage at Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and Labrador ports; at Rigoulette to leave two Eskimo children who have been in the United States this winter, and will then cross Davis strait to Greenland, calling at Omenak Fjord, then northward through Melville bay to the present headquarters of | Lieut. Peary, at Falcon harbor. Should the | weather and ice conditions permit, the jour- ney will be extended to the ruins cf the Kane and Hayes expeditions, at Renssacler harbor and Polaris bay; to Cape Sabine, Greely’s fatai camp of 1883; and returning, will pick up the various parties as they have been landed on the northward jour- ney, arriving at New York about Septem- ber 10. —____ ee-—____ ELECTIONS IN MAINE. Reports From the Towns Throughéut the State. ‘The local elections in Maine yesterday showed that the republicans hold their own, but have not made any great gains so far as heard from. The towns report as fol- lows: Waterville—Christian Knauf (republivan) was elected mayer over C. H. Redington (democrat) by 296 majority. Five wards out of seven are republican. Ellsworth—The latest returns indicate Nehemiah H. Higgins (democrat) elected mayor by two majority over Fred B. Aiken (republican). Four of the five aldermen are republicans. Aiken will demand a recount. Saco— The republicans carried seven wards and elected Frank Foss mayor by 43% majority. Kennebunkport and Old Orchard—The re- publicans elected the whole ticket. Rockland—Frank C. Knight (r was re-elected mayor, recetving 1, Harry O. Guerdy (democrat) received 5° Every officer elected is a republican. Hailowell—L. D. Merchant _(republi-an) was elected mayor over J. J. Jones «demo- crat and prohibitionist). The republicans carried three wards, and fusions two. Gardiner—O. B. Clason was elected mayor today, there being no opposition candidate. ‘The democrats carried one ward and repub- licans the remainder for aidermen. Bath—James W. Wakefield (repubilcan) with six aldermen and seventeen council- men was elected mayor today, as against one citizen alderman and four councilmen of the opposition. Deering—Mayor John F. Sawyer (demo- erat) was re-elected mayor. The republi- cans elected every other city official. Westbrook—The republicans carried every ward in the city. ———+e+_____ Election of Soros! The annual election of the Sorosis Society was held at Sherry’s yesterday, and offi- cers were elected as follows: President, Mrs. Fanny Helmuth; first vice president, Mrs. Jennie de L. M, Losier; second vice presi- dent, Mary A. Newton; third vice president, Henrietta Marion; recording secretar Maude K. Clarke; corresponding secretary, Mary Dave Hall; treasurer, Sarah E. You- mans. Mrs. Helmuth, the new president, is the wife of Dr. Todd Helmuth, and represents the fashionable section of the society, and won from her rival candidate, Alma Calder Johnson, by ten votes. The latter is the head of the class called the intellectual element, ~— Celebration at Syracuse, ‘The one hundredth aniversary of the or- ganization of Onondaga county was ceie- brated at Syracuse yesterday under the auspices of the Onondaga Historical Socie- ty. The city was gay with flags and bunt- ing. A mass meeting in the opera house crowded the building to the doors, while the local companies of the Natioral Guard united in a general parade. At the mass meeting the following well-known men ad- dressed the assembly: Ex-Lieutenant Gov- ernor Thomas G. Alvord, Col. Strong, ex- United States Senator Frank Hiscock, and ex-Justice George N. Kennedy. ‘s Robbers Disguised as Negroes. Two men went to the house of John Vallershamp, in Middlesmithfield town- ship, Pa., about ten miles from Strouds- burg, Pa., yesterday and demanded his money, Both men appeared to be negroes. Vallershamp was the only person in the house at the time. He refused to give up his money, when the thieves attacked him. He repelled them for some time, and w rapidly gaining the advantage over them when one of them discovered a gun in the house, seized it and fired. The entire charge entered Vallershamp’s right lung, and he is seriously, if not fatally wounded. During the fight Vallershamp tore the shirt from one of the thieves and was surprised to find that his body was white, and ne had blackened his face to disguise himself. ‘The men escaped after the shooting. They were subsequently tracked to a swamp +everal miles from the scene of the shooting. BAD BLOOD Is a source of mach suffering. ‘The system shou oroug cleansed of all impur- ities, and the Blood kept in a healthy con- dition. +. S. To Sn SB: ce moy whatsoever origin, and builds up the gen- eral health, Twas so troubled with malatiat poison that ite lost al its charm pi Hed merceriat and Potash ies, but could get no relief; A few. bottles made a com: plete and per manent cure, J. A. RICE, Ottawa,Ki Our Book on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC, CO., Atlanta, Ga. you disgusted with food, although I can-/ AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN Playing Cards as an Aid in Cases of Poverty. Dumbarton Church and Its New Pastor —Having a Good Time — Several ltems of General Interest. There were five strong, healthy-looking colored men of Tenleytown dissatisfied with their financial position in life last night, but instead of making a ladder of their dissatisfaction, they sat down in the squalor of it and tried to do each other in a semt- legitimate way through the assistance of a pack of cards and a clever manipuiation. The place selected for the game a va- cant house on Fort Reno. There Officers Murphy and Hindell discovered them, placed them all under arrest and charged them with gambling. At the time of the official descent the pot held 28 cents. The pot was taken with those who were playing for it. The little crowd was brought down on an electric ci A woman having a smile not sweet, but melancholy, and the general appearance of one who had suffered subjection for years and years, paid a visit to Tenleytown day before yesterday, and in a voice that seemed to care for everything but itself asked a: sistance for the orphans at St. Anne's Asy- lum. Ahrost everybody gave something, from the man who was flooded in the daz- zling sunshine of prosperity to the fellow who keeps the oil lamps of the town in or- der. In a word, the pocketbook of the seeker after assistance grew in an hour f>om a thinly clad corpse to a vigorously stimulated Sandowe. Then the alleged worker for St. Annes went her way. Her way, though, didn’t lead to the asylum. She has been pronounced a fraud, but the sisters at the asylum and Father Barry of St. Anne's Church, Tenleytown, have noti- fied the police to keep a lookout for her. It is estimated that the woman secured from $40 to $60 in Tenleytown. She only accepted money, saying when miscellancous articles were offered her that the asylum wagon would be sent for them. The woman's outragement of the feelings of charity in the breasts of Tenleytowners is not regarded as an amiable weakness, and conviction will surely follow her 2rrest. Real Estate. Elliott M. Braxton and Geo. A. Jordan, trustees, sold yesterday to Robert E. Lee and H. P. Dulany a one-eighth interest in part of lot 11 of the tract known as Grass- lands, ex-Secretary Whitney’s old summer home. W. K. Ryan also purchased part of the same tract from the above trustees. Dumbarton Church, The Rev. Geo. Elliott of Dumbarton Ave- nue Church was to have severed his con- nection with Georgetown tomorrow in order to accept the pastorate of the Spring Gar- den Church, Philadelphia, but his illness will probably detain him here at least a week, possibly for a month, and even more. He was anxious to be present at the M. E. conference, which convenes tomorrow at Frederick. Dr. Elliott has been an exceed- ingly hard worker since he came to George- town, and his present condition is thought to have been produced by excessive labor, Last night the officials of the church held their regular quarterly meeting and trans- acted business in connection with the change of pastors. t was agreed to improve the parsonage both internally and externally. ef Those in authority at the church, it will be remembered, have recommended the ap- pointment of the Rev. J. B. Stitt as Mr. Elhott's successor, and it is thought that the recomm *ndation will be honored. Mr. Stitt is at present pastor of the Fay- ette Street Church of Baltimore. Most of his religious work has been done in the monumental city. Until the conference adjourns the Dum- barton pulpit will be filled by visitors, A Good Time. Stohiman’s Hall was crowded last night with Rechabites in honor of the twenty- fifth anniversary of Mr. Robt. immet Smith's entry into Heber Tent. Mr. Smith made an appropriate address, after which & pleasing program was presented by the following gentlemen: R. W. Johnson, Dalton, E. H. Harner, Sam’! Elson, 1. Hintenach of Heber Tent, A. K. Belt, J. Lee, John Jackson, Geo. Shoomaker Anacostia Tent, Charles Steers, J. C. Adams, James Price of Union Tent, H. Sal- keld of George C. Thompson Tent, Mr. Allen of Washington Tent, High Secretary John R. Mahoney and others. Refreshments were served and a good time enjoyed. —— Died of low Fever at Rio. The New York World’s special cable from Rio de Janeiro, says: George M. Rollins, who volunteered to act as an intermediary between Admirai Da Gama and the American merchantmen in the incident which culminated in the U. 8S. cruiser Detroit firing on the insurgent warships Trojano and Guanabara, died to- day of yellow fever. Capt. W. A. Sturgis of the American steamship Santuit, which towed the Pirat- ing (Destroyer) from New York to Pernam- buco to join President Peixoto’s new fleet, also died today of the same disease. cee Another Centerboard Victory. Two of the largest in the coastwise fleet yesterday ended an exciting race at New London,Conn. They were the Mary A. Ran- dall of New London and the Stella B. Cap- tain of Orient, L. I. The race was to test | the merits of the keel and centerboard | built vessels, and the Randall, which is a! centerboard vessel, reached port first, about ten minutes in the lead. Both vessels were from Philadelphia. =. Robert Garrett's Condition. It had been reported that Mr. Robert Garrett, ex-president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, had suffered a stroke of paralysis, but this was emphatically denied at Uplands, Mr. Garrett's country home near Baltimore, yesterday. Mr. Garrett's condition remains about the same. He is not considered critically ill, yet he requires a constant attendant. On fine days he is placed in his comfortable arm chair and wheeled about the grounds surrounding the mansion, SS “All in a Row.” It fs a untque sight to view at Carlsbad the motley row of drinkers of all nations, languages, Manners and costumes hurrying down in single file to the boiling Sprudel Spring with ap earthenware mug in their hands or slung by a strap round the neck er over the shoulder, and patiently their turn to sip of the precious fluid. centuries or more all sorts aud conditions of men, from the king to the tramp, have pligrimized hither in search of new life or relief from pain. But we cannot in these competitive days afford the time or money to travel so far afield, so it is brought to your doors bottled in its natural and original form at the spring, or in powder evaporat- ed on the spot, and so well known as the Carlsbad | Sprudel Water and Carlsbad Spradel Salt. 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Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, eures Diarrhea and Wind Colic. teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Case toria is the Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Friend, / Castoria. “Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil- @ren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its Da. G. C. Osaoon, Lowell, Mass. “ Castoria is the best remedy for children of which Iam acquainted. I hope the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the real interestof their children, and use Castoria in- stead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents dows their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves.” Dr. J. F. Kmcnetor, ‘Conway, Ark. Castoria. “ Castoria is so well adapted tochildren that T recommend it as superior toany prescription known to me.” iH. A. Ancuen, M. D., 111 So. 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The trouble was over the discharge of Street Sprinkler Van Court by Foulkes The mayor claims that Van Court 's a competent officer, and has been discharged upon demands from the American Pro‘ec- tive Association, The mayor, at one time a member of this association, was expelled because he appointed a Catholic to the position of inspector of police, and this trouble seems to be a continuation of the fight. ~~~ +e<«----_ Dick McC Dying. Richard Carroll, better known as Dick McCann, assistant starter at the Gloucester race track, is dying at a hospital in Phil- adelphia. After Gloucester closed, McCann came to Washington to start the Ivy City races. He caught a bad cold, which rapidly developed into quick consumption, and the doctors said last night that he had but a few days to live. He is a New York boy and is well known about all the tracks. eta ka ol To Support the Cleopatra. 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