Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1894, Page 14

14 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1894—TWENTY PAGES, and the various contests next fall and win-| Chase, president; Mrs. A. V. Allen, Mrs. EPWORTH LEAGUE Members Preparing to Celebrate Its Fifth Anniversary. LEAGUERS “LOOK UP AND LIFT UP? Delegates Appointed to the Com- ing General Conference. LEADERS OF LOCAL LEAGUES T HE FOUNDER OF Methodism once said, “I desire a league offensive and defens- ive with every sol- dier of Jesus Christ.” The sentiment has been in part crystal- ized into fact. The name of the league, Epworth, was be stowed in honor of the birthplace of the te great preacher, John Wesley, and his brother, the sweet singer, Charles Wesley. Its ranks contain a host of young people. ‘The Epworth League is the official young People’s society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was born only five years ago. Its exact birthday is May 15, 1889. It must not be supposed, however, that previous to that time the church fostered no societies for the religious training and activity of her youth. The league is an amalgamation of five societies, namely, the Young People’s Methodist Alliance, the Oxford League, the Young People’s Christian League, the Meth- @dist Young People’s Union and the Young People’s Methodist Episcopal Alliance. Some of these had existed for a number of years, but it was thought by many, in order to avoid friction, an overlapping of interest and undue competition, that there should be District President Sites. unity of organization. A conference was Rccordingly called, and the union was ef- fected in a class room of the old Central Methodist Episcopal Church, Cleveland,Ohio. ‘The league h: the advantage of the ex- Perience of Its forerunners, and thus weak elements were eliminated. Minor improve- ments have been made in its constitution uring the five years of its existence, until now, in theory, it approaches the ideal for such societies. The general league has had a most re- markable growth. At the end of the first contained 1,820 chapters or distinct tions, with a membership of nearly 100,000, while now it numbers 12,514 chap- ters, with a membership of 750,000 strong. ‘The youth of this cne church have flocked to the standard of its denominational society. ‘There prevails at the same time the heart- fest feeling of fraternity and co-operation with young people's societies of sister churches. The league has also been adopted by the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and introduced largely into Canadian Meth- Odism and the Wesleyan churches of Eng- land. It has gone into the mission fields of these different branches, and can be said to have found its way all over the world. Some sanguine members have hoped that the league will be the means of uniting the various Methodist churches into one grand Methodism, when the time shall be ripe for such a consummation. The officers of the general league are the following: President, Bishop J. N. Fitz- rald; first vice president, W. W. Cooper: cond vice president, Rev. W. I. Haven; third vice president, R. R. Doherty; fourth vice president, . H.C. Jennings; general secretary, Rev. E. A. Schell; general treas- urer, Chas. E. Piper. The component parts of the general league are the general con- ference district leagues, of which there are fourteen. The District of Columbia is in the fourth. Conference and state leagues are very prevalent. That for Baltimore conference, in which Washington is located, 4s in a flourishing condition. y. Chas. E. Guthrie ts the president and Ben. T. Welch, It has on its and a membership of as against lif chapters and 8,5il jon is the district the various presiding district. These are sufficiently @mall to ena frequent mass meetings, which arouse interest and enthusiasm in the work. None has been more alert than the Washington District league, under the man- agement of the present efficient board of Officers. They are as follows: President, Prof. C. M. Lac first vice president, James FE. Pugh: second vice president, Miss Edie Perry: third vice president, H. O. Hine; fourth vice president, Geo. E. Terry; Israel, and treasurer, Miss of monthly mass last have been t for May, which &. Church, cor- n Monday even- nax of them all. be crowded by leagiers ner e church for it is the Rev. Vilmington, . rt reports will of. J. W. Dyre furnish the Mapgn its second year with brizht | Miss Anacostia Chapter has just had* an in- ospects,,in it, The efficient cabinet are: W. ter promise to be prolific in eloquence. The District league has not forgotten its members in a social way. There has been planned an excursion to Bay Ridge on Tuesday, June 26, when a fine program will be enjoyed and a general good time had by a large and jolly crowd of Epworth- fans and their friends. More immediate interest now centers in the annual convention of the fourth gen- eral conference district, to be held in Pitts- burg, May 24-27. Among the delegates who expect to go are Messrs. Doney, McLean, Warren, Leech, Leighton, James, Mathews, Francis, Frazzare, Stahl, Thomas, Duvall, Gibson, Terry, Hough, Culbertson, Middle- ton, Israel, Welch, Walker, Waring and Wolf, Misses Suter, Shaw, Maney, .Welch, Woods and Roberts, Mesdames Ball, Brumbaugh, Mallory, Moulton, Rev. W. W. Van -Arsdale and others. These delegates and any others contemplat- ing taking this trip to the great convention will meet at Foundry Church Tuesday evening, May 15, at 7:30 o'clock, to get ac- quainted with each other and receive their final instructions as to time of departure, &e. The unit of league organization is the local chapter. It is divided into six depart- President Main of Wesley. ments of work. Every member is assigned to one of these departments, presumably to the one for which he ts best adapted. The league assumes that it is not endugh for a Christian simply to attend church and con- tribute to !ts support. Personal service is to be rendered. The most important depart- ment is that of spiritual work. It is in charge of the first vice president, who is as- sisted by a committee of three to five mem- bers. They arrange for all devotional meet- ings, such as the regular prayer meeting, revival, mission, out-door and cottage ser- vices. It is expected to zealousiy look after the spiritual welfare of the members, to belp build up the Sunday school and to take an interest in missions and the Junior e. The second vice president and commit- tee have charge of the department of mercy and help. Here is found a field for the sweetest errands of life. It is characterized by systematic visitation of the members, the sick, aged and newcomers of the com- munity, hospitals and prisons. It also has charge of temperance work, social purity work, tract distribution, employment bu- reaus and charities of whatever nature. The literary department is under the con- trol of the third vice president. Its aim is to encourage Bible study, reading circles, lyceums, &c., and prepare literary enver- tainments. When practicable, it may open Mbraries, reading rooms, art rooms and night schools, or do whatever it can to quicken the intellectual life of the members and community. The fourth vice president has charge of a popular department, that of social work. It looks out for new members and it .intro- duces them; has charge of socials, picnics and excursions; provides flowers for the pul- President Edgar of Waugh. pit, badges and banners; furnishes ushers when reeded and music for all meetings. The secretary, with an assistant from each department, keeps a record of all league work, and the treasurer has charge of the department of finance. The presi- dgnt, of course, has general supervision of the chapter. These offices, with the pastor and superintendent of ie junior league, form the cabinet. Much of the business of the chapter is dispatched by this body, al- though business meetings of the entire membership are regularly held. The local chapters of the city are, with hardly an exception, in a most flourishing ecndition. Tomorrow evening the majority of them will be on dress parade in special anniversary exercises, aside from the gen- eral mass meeting of Monday evening. They have been faithful during the past year in the regular departments of work, and do what their motto tells them to do, “Look up and lift up,” spiritually and tem- porally. Hamline Chapter, with full 200 members, has a mission at 214 R street, and visits regularly at Freedman’s and the Homeo- pathic Hospitals. The devotional meetings are well sustained. A young ladies’ prayer meeting is a special feature. George C. Hough ts president; vice presidents, M. A. Watson, Miss E. 8. Perry, R. W. Springer and M Ada Williams; secretary, Miss Elizabeth Mayse, and treasurer, E. W. Williams. Wesley Chapter is pushing the gospel cart work again this year in Pierce street alley, © street alley and Judiciary Square. The Old Ladies’ Home and Children’s Hospital President Hough of Hamline. are visited. The following named are the wideawake officers: President, W. H. Main; vice presidents, J. S. Barker, Miss Ada Fowler, Miss Maggie Fitzhue and A. J. Kine; secretary, Miss Mary P. Roberts; treasurer, A. A. Taylor. Twelfth Street Chapter never had brighter prospects than at present. New officers have just been elected. Ci is the arles A. Williams progressive president. Vice presi- Jas. Allen, Mrs. Ryon, Mr. Covell Bertie Bobb; secretary, Mr. Hof- and treasurer, Miss Roderick. Roy Mitchell has just been elected president of McKendree Chapter. The vice presidents are Culbertson, Miss F. B. Osborne, Charles Chase and E. S. Howland; secretary, L. M. Souder, and treasurer, F. T. Isr undry has 225 members. The chapter ribu in charity during the winter, i has raised money on a church debt. It dman’s Hospitals. a Denham, G. . Woolard; secretary, usurer, R. i. Bains. F hill, 1 acy of fifteen in its membership. It is in all lines, especially literary work. .M n is the energetic president. assisted by H. A. Linger, Ida ably a well and Cora C. Me- ; Stella M. Fort, sec- urer, ter than Gor- ue has made good progress during the year. Great pride ts taken in its magnificent juntor league of 154) members and {ts company of AD that has a flourishing junior league rom. T. A. Ruff just fits the place of president. J. H. Goodrich, Mrs. M. J. Mailory, Tracy and Mrs. K. Simpson are the vice presidents. Miss Estelle Crump is secretary and Miss Clara Dalby is treas- ris a small chapter with twenty- ers, but there is no dead wood M chapter is on the highway to | Jennie V Reed, Miss Edah Rosenberg and President Gibson of Grace. H. P. Coleman, vice presidents; M. E. Fow- Jer, secretary and treasurer. Ryland Society of Christian Endeavor is affiliated with the league. It is doing good = Saat work. G. W. Hall is presi- jen Union ts also an affiliated chapter. It now has 102 members, an increase of 26 in six months. It is very active on all lines, and Miss M. E. Emmart, the only lady pres- ident in the District, has more than demon- strated her fitness for the responsible piace. Her assistants are Miss E. B. Hodge, Percy McGlue, Geo. Morrison, Joseph Thompson, Edward Sinclair, J. Crawford, Miss Nellie Ross and Miss Annie Eiker. Metropolitan is one of the largest, oldest and best leagues in the District, under the leadership of Prof. Sites, who is a presi- dent in a double capacity. Epworth Chapter is rendering most ex- cellent service. The following corps of officers are alive to their duty: President, Will Hummer; vice presidents, F. E. Wood- ward, Mrs. Cook and H. A. Davis; secre- tary, Miss Nettie Scharf, and treasurer, Miss Mattie Spencer. Good reports come from Gaithersburg league, under the management of W. H. Wessells, president; C. W. Crawford, Mrs. Wessells and Mr. Kingsley, vice presidents, and C. Scott Duvall, secretary. Douglas Memorial has 125 members, is raising $1,000 for the new church fund and has a junior league of 150 members, super- President Mathews of Foundry. intended by H. B. Leech. President, Wm. Warren; vice presidents, S. M. Croft, Hat- tie Stryker, Amy L. May and Laura Chap- pel; secretary, Anna Meacham; treasurer, R. J. Carr. Fourth Street is a large and prosperous chapter. A. A. Hancock has recently re- signed the presidency. R. E. Cook, Miss Blanche Gordon, Donald McCathran and A. A. Chapin are the vice presidents. H. F. Belt is secretary and J. W. Farrow is treas- urer. Dumbarton Chapter is abreast of the times. President, J. N. James; vice presi- dents, Mrs. S. Buzzel and Misses F. Jack- son, Delia Jackson and Anna Brooke; sec- retary, Miss Addie Pusey; treasurer, Miss Cc, 8. Bremerman. ‘The new president of North Capitol Chap- ter, John E. Slick, takes hold with a vim. Mrs. R. F. Fooks, Miss Edith Shaw, Mrs. Hodees and Miss Jennie Maney are the vice presidents. Miss Lizzie R. King is secre- tary and Miss Martha Elgin is treasurer. Fifteenth Street is a small but effective chapter. J. A. Winner is president; Harry Farmer, Miss A. K. Rolles, Miss E. Funk and Miss Virgie Clabaugh, vice presidents; E. R. 3. Croggon, secretary, and Miss Helen Bickford, treasurer. Grace Chapter is helping to pay its church debt, a number of members pledging one per cent of their respective incomes. Offi- cers: Geo. 8S. Gibson, president; L. Green, J. H. Simms, Miss Jennie Watts and S. A. Terry, vice presidents; Geo. E. Terry, sec- retary, and A. H. Groff, treasurer. Waugh Chapter has a mission on Schott’s alley and is active on all lines of work. It numbers 215 members. J. A. Edgar is the president. J. F. Engle, Miss Mary McKim, H. O. Hine and Mrs. M. M. Mitchell are the vice presidents in the order named. l. R. Speelman is secretary and Miss A. May Whiteside treasurer. The District Ras a total of twenty-one chapters and 2,080 members, with prospects of many more by its next anniversary. _— LOOKING FOR RARE HALF-CENTS. Mr. Haff of the Subtreasury a His | Assistants Kept Busy by Numismat R. C. Haff, who has charge of the small coin division at the New York subtreasury, and several of his associates were kept busy recently by a crowd of coin collectors, who formed in line before their desks and asked to be allowed to inspect a mass of old-fashioned copper pennies which had been received there. About 1,500 pounds of the coins were received at the subtreasury Friday, and by an error a statement was published that they were one-half-cent pieces. The coinage of half-cents ceased in the fifties, and, as some of the dates are “rare,” there was a rush for them. There was evidence that many people in this city are interested in numismatics. As they came to Mr. Haff's desk they were told that the entire collection had been carefully examined, and that none was worth more than its face value. The coins were hoarded by Aaron White of Quinebaug, Conn. He died in 1886, and since that time about three tons of coin have been redeemed at the subtreasury. This lot numbered 53,400 pieces, worth at the subtreasury $534. A few one-half-cent pieces were among them. The coins will be melted at the Philadelphia mint. ——_+-e«. cIry THE SPARROWS. New York Punishes People Who Feed or Protect the Birds, From the New York Tribune. “You are liable to imprisonment for one year and a fine of $1,000 for feeding those birds,” remarked a bystander to a man who was throwing crumbs to a flock of spar- rows in an uptown street one day when the ground was covered with snow. As harsh as it may seem, perhaps, that is the law of this state as it stands today. It is not only a misdemeanor intentionally to feed these visitors who wore out their welcome so soon, but it is just as great an offense against the law to put up bird houses in trees or other places for them. The law is evidently a dead letter, however, because no one ever heard of a person being prosecuted for violating the statute, and it is being constantly broken, not only in this city, but all over the state. “The English or European sparrow (Pas- part of chapter 427 of the laws of that year. It reads: “The English or European sparrow (Pas- ser domesticus) is not included among the birds protected by this act and it shall be a misdemeanor to intentionally give food or shelter to the same.” A Legal Mystery. From the Green Bag. I've been lst’nin’ to them lawyers in the court house where they meet, An’ I've come to the conclusion that I'm most completely beat. Fust one feller riz to arzy, an’ he boldly waded in, ‘As he dressed the tremblin’ pris'ner in a coat o° deep-dyed sin. Why, he painted him all over in a hue o’ blackest erime, * An’ he smeared his reptitation with the thickest kind o° grime, Tell I found myself a wond'rin’ in a misty way and im, How fie Lord had come to fashion sich an’ awful man as him. ‘Then the other lawyer started, an’, with brimmin’, @ martyr that was brought to to that same pris'ner e ry blessed grace, the light 0” virtue fairly shinin’ from oe. ‘Then I own ‘at I was puzzled how sich things could rightly b An’ this a " question seems to keep a puz- alin’ me; So, will someone pleas inform me, an’ this myst’ry unroll, How (an angel an’ & davil nan mamagy the aeltsame soul t TEETH TREATMENT The Ingenious Methods Which Sup- ply Natural Defects. TOOTH POLLING NOT THE FASHION Base Ball and Foot Ball Are Hard on the Ivories. pa eEE Sie Sra keer THE ARTIFICIAL ARTICLE Written for The Evening Star. HE TALK OF THE surgeons, Washington week, gave a notion of the revolution in dentistry that has taken place within the past few years. It is a subject that must be of interest to everybody who owns teeth or bor- rows them. Merely with respect to what electricity has accomplished in that branch of medical science, there is a good deal to be said. By the use of an electric light in connection with the little mirror intro- duced into the mouth, the teeth and alve- olar processes are brilliantly illuminated and rendered translucent. Thus anything wrong about the dental apparatus may be quickly discovered. For example, dead: tooth pulp shows black and opaque. Per- haps the dead tooth may be hidden in the jaw, never having been erupted, and may have been the obscure cause of trouble for years. The light reveals it at once. Facial neuralgia, by the way, is nearly always due to a dead tooth. The proper physician to seek for that complaint is a skilled dentist. Electricity is most valuable as a motive power for tooth-boring tools, which, strange to say, cause less pain the faster they go. Most people now grown up can recall the excruciating pain caused by the excavat- ing instrument which the dentist of a gen- eration ago slowly revolved between his fingers. The “burrs” now made for such work are much finer than they were half @ dozen years ago, being capable of cut- ting through steel bars. Furthermore the laborious method of turning them out by hand has been superseded recently by a machine which produces them at a cost of 19 cents apiece. The machine-made burrs are much more perfect, those less in size than a pinhead being too small for ob- servation with the naked eye, but exhibit- ing under a powerful magnifying glass the forms of most exquisite cutting tools. Elec- tricity is employed also for pulling teeth. The mechanism consists of a two-cell bat- tery with vibrator attachment—the latter a thin strip of metal fastened at both ends and made to vibrate 1,000 or more times second by a current. At each vibration the current is cut and renewed again, the effect being to give a steady flow of the fluid. To make sure that the flow is satis- factory, the operator tunes the machine with a little reed tunirg pipe until the strip of metal sings “A.” To the battery are attached three wires. Two of them have handles at the end, while the third is attached to the forceps. The patient grasps the handles, the electricity is turned on suddenly, and the dentist simultaneously applies his forceps to the tooth. The in- stant the tooth is touched, it, as well as the surrounding parts, become insensible to pain. A jerk, and it is out. Teeth Are Saved. One dentist at the convention remarked that there is not one tooth lost now where there used to be 100. The day of reckless tooth-pulling has passed. It is a mighty poor tooth that the skilled operator of to- day cannot render far better and more serviceable than the best possible false one. If only the root is left, a new upper part of porcelain or gold, called a “crown,” is fastened upon it so as to be quite service- able. Supposing that not even the root is left, a gap in the mouth fs filled in with one or more “dummies,” securely fastened by a gold “bridge” or otherwise to the sound teeth. Complete sets of false teeth are rare nowadays. On the other hand, people in a palpably toothless condition are almost never seen, the cost of a complete artificial dental equipment being only $16. The demand for “tooth crowns” comes largely from base ball players, foot ball atbletes and bicycle riders, who are very | apt to have their teeth broken off short. But the last and most ingenious resort of the dental surgeon is “implantation’—that. is, the setting of new teeth into the jaw. For this purpose real teeth are employed, and not artificial ones. Cocaine having been first applied for producing local an- aesthesia, a hole is drilled in the jawbone, and into this socket a good tooth, newly drawn from somebody's jaw, is set. If the patient is young and vigorous the osseous structure soon closes around it, and by the time the gum is healed the tooth is ready for use. It should last for from three to ten years. In the case of an elderly or fee- ble person it may be fastened in place by silver wires passing around the jawbone. In Place of Gold Filling. The root of a freshly extracted tooth is covered with a delicate membrane called the “pericementum,” the vitality of which materially assists the wished-for combining of the tissues. Unless the grinder is di- rectly transferred the vitality of this mem- brane must be artificially preserved. One way of doing it 1s to graft the tooth tem- porarily into the comb of a cock, that part of the fowl being ‘ll fed with blood, as may be seen from its redness. When want- ed for use it is cut out. Ordinarily the pa- tient is obliged to wait for awhile until the dentist has a suitable tooth freshly ex- tracted, unless he choosés to hire somebody to sacrifice one. One of the most tmportant tmprovements in modern dental practice is on the point of being accomplished. It will consist in the substitution of porcelain for gold in the filling of teeth, especially in places where repairs are likely to show. For this purpose a piece of thin platinum foil Is introduced into the “cavity” and so manipulated as to take the exact form of the hole, as if it were intended as a lining. Then it is care- fully withdrawn, so as not. to disturb its shape. Thus is obtained a mold from which a porcelain cast may be made to fill the cavity exactly. This is secured in place by cement. The trouble is that no cement as yet in- vented is proof against the dissolving power of the fluids in the mouth. Accordingly, this process of “inlaying,” as it is called, must remain to a@ great extent unavailable until a non-soluble cement shall be discover- ed. There is no longer any excuse for crooked jaws, inasmuch as dental surgeons know how to make them straight. This may be accomplished, up to the age of twenty years, by simple contrivances. One of them is a plate in two pleces united by a spring, which continually exerts a press- ure in the desired direction. Another device consists of a series of wooden disks, each one to be worn until it no longer fits tightly, and then to be replaced by the one next larger. The deformity of a projecting lower jaw is remedied by a spring arrangement, with a cap on the chin and another on the back of the head. By this means the jaw is gradually forced back until it assumes its proper position, The process is painful, of course. Vegetarians Nature. Physiologists say that a projecting lower jaw is a reversion to a primitive type. Early man had a lower jaw which projected beyond the upper, instead of closing with the under teeth inside. His canine teeth were much larger—in fact, small tusks. However, the canines did not bidicate the carnivorous brute, but were merely weap- ons, at all events in their origin. His teeth indicate that man is by nature a vegetarian; he has become a flesh eater by habit. Monkeys, which have well-developed ca- nines, are wholly frugivorous. There were human beings living 100,000 years ago who had three canine teeth on each side, instead of one. These appear in skulls obtained from the ancient river drift. But the human jaw, while receding and losing its brute-like character, has been steadily growing narrower. This latter | change is going on even now, so that most people have not room enough in their mouths for the equipment of teeth with which nature has provided them. Many persons are obliged to have two or four teeth drawn, to make room for the rest. The “wisdoms” being superfimous for lack of space, nature is making them of poorer terial in every generation. So these ‘third molars,” as dentists term them, be- gin to decay usually, and have to be filled or pulled as soon as they appear. Anothe! thing worth mentioning is the remed! adopted for a cleft palate, which renders articulate speech impossible, being an open- ing in the roof of the mouth. In the adult it is incurable by surgery. The dentist sub- stitutes for the missing soft palate a plate with a piece of soft thin rubber attached, which enables the patient to talk. It may be said with approximate correct- ness that one person in every three or four loses his or her teeth sooner or later by a disease which attacks the gums. Tartar is deposited along the edges of the gums, which are gradually forced back until the trouble attacks the sockets. The first ob- servable symptom is a tendency of the gums to bleed when the teeth are brushed —though it must not be supposed that such bleeding necessarily indicates the com- plaint referred to. At length inflammation supervenes, and the teeth, though perhaps perfectly sound, drop out. They become so loose that the victim sneezes them out. Until within the last few years no remedy for this trouble was known. Human skulls thousands of years old exhibit traces of the disease. But skillful dental surgeons now treat it successfully, when taken in the early stages, by keeping the irritating tar- tar scraped away, and by inducing healthy action in the gums with preparations of carbolic acid, iodine, etc. The Making of Teeth. Inasmuch. as real teeth are so easily lost, it 1s a comfort to know that artificial ones cost only fifteen to eighteen cents each at the manufacturer’s. One maker in New York sells 8,000,000 teeth every year. They are porcelain, composed chiefty of kaolin. The enamel is put on with metallic oxides, the process being so delicate that no two teeth are exactly alike in coloring. After being finished, thousands of them are taken together and matched in shades. There are fifty different shades, corresponding to variations in the coloring of natural teeth. Defects are often made in false teeth, so as to render them more deceptive to the eye. The best plates are of rubber. Cellu- loid is the prettiest material for the pur- bose, but it does not resist the acids of the mouth. Aluminum has the advantage of lightness, but it is affected by vinegar and salt, producing salts of aluminum, which are injurious. A tooth is a living structure. Inside of each tooth is a cavity filled with pulp THE MONUMENTAL Millinery. THE LATEST NOVELTIES DE- SIGNED FOR SEASIDE AND STREET WEAR, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A which gives it life. Nerves and blood ves- ae iy sels connect this pulp with the general cLetesorapce hs Pp system and circulation of the body. From Hats and Bonnets. the pulp pass into the ivory of the tooth - CO LEG. an immense number of little tubes con- beg LS taining threads of soft bone. The ivory ey ee ay s surrounding pulp is covered over by a sur- face of enamel. Both ivory and enamel are harder than any other bones, because they contain a greater quantity of bone earth. An ordinary bone of a man contains less than 70 per cent of bone earth, while enam- el is more than 96 per cent of bone earth. Hence it is the hardest of all materials of organic origin. Enamel on the tops of the teeth is one- sixteenth of an inch thick. It consists of litle six-sided prisms, placed side by side and held together by an exquisitely fine cement. This structure forms an ad- mirable defense against decay, which, once having reached the interior ivory, makes havoc in that relatively soft bone. The pulp of the tooth becomes diseased, and ,000. Trimmed Sailor: Hats FOR LADIES, MISSES AND CHIL- DREN IN EVERY STYLE AND QUAL- ITY, FROM 25e. UP. ALSO THE LARGEST ASSORT- MENT OF Ribbons, Flowers, Milli- nery, Novelties, Veiling, &c., &C. THE MONUMENTAL, Leaders of Fashion.’ 3 Spcials. 3 lere is further evidence of onr ability to undersell the “‘cutters.”” Our *rade is comi trot ing m town, Nav Yard," South Washington abd trom near the town ‘druggists. Moth Balls, 6c. Ib. Camphor, 45¢c. Ib. Vaccine Virus, toc. Pt. C76 Soda Water Tickets, 25e. ackall Bros. & Flemer, r. 14th & P Sts. N.W. And 9th & H Sts. N.E. my10 toothache follows. Tartar is a secretion made by three glands in the mouth. As put forth by these glands, it is full of small living organisms, which assimilate metter in the saliva and deposit it on the teeth in the shape of phosphate of lime. Une of Teeth. A mammal usually has several kinds of teeth. The incisors are to catch and nip Uttle things, as monkeys kill fleas. The molars are for grinding, the premolars for cutting up food and the canines for fighting. The tusks of the elephant are the upper incisors of that animal. The lance of the narwhal is its left upper canine. The other canine ts ordinarily aborted, but occasion- ally both are developed, and the freak nar- whal is equipped with two lances. The narwhal’s lance is a solid spear of ivory, ten or twelve feet long. Only the male has it. He can drive it through the side of a ship. The most elaborate dental apparatus known is that of the sea urchin, whose jaws are composed of forty pieces. The biggest teeth known are those of the mas- lon. Nitrous-oxide, or “laughing gas,” most commonly used as an anaesthetic in den- tistry, is made from nitrate of ammonia. This nitrate is a salt obtained by boiling ammonia in nitric acid. The manufacturer buys it in granulated shape and boils it. The gas given off is passed through w: ter, and, being thus purified, becomes the laugh- ing gas of commerce. Makers of dental supplies put up nitrous oxide in cylinders for dentists under a pressure of 250 pounds to the square inch, so that a small recepta- cle will hold a large supply. But the stuff soon deteriorates and becomes unwhole- some. It ought always to be used very fresh. The effects produced by it vary very much with the physical idiosyncrasies of people who use it. Nervous persons under its influence are apt to feel all the pain pone to have frightful dreams at the same time. After all other materials that go to make up an animal have turned to dust or have been transformed into other shapes the teeth are likely to remain sound and whole as ever. Thus it happens that the teeth of numerous species of creatures long ago extinct have been preserved to this day in The Warren Shoe House Inankind. “Most ‘remarkable ‘ame mec | Geo. W. Rich, gi9 F St. perhaps, are the teeth of gigantic sharks—| my10 939 F St. N. W. my7-6t* PESO A Large Stock FINE SHOES BANKRUPT PRICES! Several lots of Ladies’ $3 Russet and Black Oxfords at.... Several lots of Men's Cordovan Congress at. Two lots of Ladies’ $3 and $4 Shoes at 1 lot of Ladies’ $8.50 Shoes at... One lot of Ladies’ $3 Russia Calf Bluchers at Several lots of Meu’s $6 Patent Calf Shoes ai Several lots of Ladies’ $5 and $6 Shoes at One lot of Men's $3.50 Calf Congress at Several lots of Men's $5 Russia Calf Shoes at.; One lot of Boys’ $3 Calf Shoes (button) at One lot of Children’s $1.25 Dongola Oxfords at 5a. Thousands of other big bargains. Come quick. while your size is bere. We bought these goods a’ about 50 cents on the dollar, and therefore give you the benefit of our purchase. POOOOOSSS SOO OSOSSES : | E : America for the price—for years ft has been used im the “best families” Satisfaction, per Ib... C7 We have the only facilities in the city for PULVERIZING Coffee—turthermore, we roast EVERY POUND ON THE PREM- ISES, which precludes the slightest chance of “mixing” er exchang- ing our SELECTED Mandheling and Arabian Mocha at the that Ja roasters quality. pound, for ot Cornwell & Son, Choice Groceries and Table Luxuries, 1412-1414 Penn. Ave. myit ; eed 75C. Corsets, 37¢ At Whelan’s’ some of them doubtless nearly 100 feet long E —which are turned up in great numbers by 4 the plow along the shores of the Potomac = and elsewhere. Such sharks’ teeth, to-| }7q7-—~ >A Wh VT OPTS 7/2 gether with the extremely hard ear bones 9 (jg of whales, have been fetched up in quanti- f= ties with dredges from the bottom of the 4 deep seas. RENE BACHE. ( ( = ——_ Je THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. ‘DRI Nk = } Some Color Effects Which Will Be Appreciated. It should be almost unnecessary to re- mind the persons in charge of a straw- berry festival that the eye of the public, quite as much as {ts palate, mus* oe ap- pealed to, writes Frances E. Lanigan in an article on “Some Festival Dainties” in the May Ladies’ Home Journal. The colors of <the muddy, dirty and possibly polluted Potomac and risk sickness when Fou can so easily make it pure and clear as crystal by using )Pasteur Filter. Sold From $6.60 Up. Plenty of the best Gas Stoves, Ranges, Gas Cooking Appliance frigeracors, aaa ‘I = 1003 F St. We will place on sale tomor: row 22 degen Fine Couttl Corsets, 12 white — ai rab, with white and coi ored lace edge, side “extra, ad Jong’ Choice, 37c¢. pr.: Remember, the $1 Sum- mer Corsets at Ac. ri. C. Whelan, my Chests, Water Coolers, Stands, Ice Cream Freezers, &e. Wilmarth & ED, \Crockery. &c., 1205 Pa. av. my the strawberry, its vivid red and pink, should be the prevailing tints of the dec- yrations of the room in which the refresh- ments are served and the entertainment is given. Dashes of straw color and glimpses of green, if judiciousiy used, add greatly to the effect of the decorations. The scheme of color should be continued in the food served. The attempt to serve only ar- ticles which suggest in their coloring the proverbial aud actual “strawberries and cream” may at least be made. Strawbe-ry and vanilla ice cream, angels" food, sponge cake, small blocks of cake iced in pink and white, are all suitable dainties for strawberry festivals. The strawberries themselves may be served either hulled or unhulled. If served un- hulled, only the most carefully selected berries should be used. They look most in-| viting arranged upon shallow glass plates, in the center of which is placed an after-| dinner coffee-cup of powdered sugar. At a| strawberry festival it would be an excellent plan to have plates of berries arranged in this way ready to hand to any purchaser. eee Hand in Hand. From the Independent. When spring was young and life w: : : Lovers of ‘Flowers Can buy that main eeeeee HERE eversthing making a garden, planting shrobverv or “laying out” beds, call and examine our specimers—we are sure to have | JUST WHAT YOU WANT. CF Our prices are so low you can’t afford to buy else- Where, N. Studer, 936 F St. eee > $e 20-00 OO ° ‘Then summer came, a golden flood, And still we followed hand in hand; myll Love was the music in our blood, And love the glory of the land. o<e new, Love was our only friend and guide: Sweet were the bowers he led us through, And sweet our going side by side. 4O 00 OO 0% PO 2S 00 0% OO OO 60-4 Gas Ranges Reduced! Too mu the reason $20 GAS I Rich autumn fell, and winter drove ‘the fruity ripeness from the air; But wrapped in warm, soft robes of love, What recked we if the world was bare? ° So round again we come to spring, Strong for ancther year’s emprise; The birds are whist to hear us sing, ‘The sun is dazzled by our eyes. b stock, too little room. ‘That's att For, hand in hand, where'er we go, Earth under foot and heaven above; Love is the only life we know, And every breath we breathe is love. MAURICE THOMPSO: a Good Cause for Action. From Life. You cannot get cheaper or better ranges. S. S. Shedd & Bro., 9TH ST. N Physical Culture Corset Co.’s 30 Are such ones as anyone would come a ideal ones. 2 cases of | : zs ta them—summer weight—amade to sell for 60 | and cents. Cool and perfect fitting. ‘They'll go quickly at 39 cents. 1107 G ST. NO BRANCH. | lirs. Whelan, Tigr. myll I |W. S. Pharmacist, 703 15th St. There Are Two Qualities Of Vaccine Virus per point. Discount THOMPSON, physicians. myll 3 . —~ ——— So we won't tell you why the spring ——— of the year is the time when — they're ‘especially in demand —— Enough to say you can do more —— with your money here, In a BABY ——— CARRIAGE purchase, than any ——— where else in town. And the vari- ety ts large. W. B. MOSES & SONS, i uth and F Sts. N. W. A Gold-filled Watch For $0.45. $9.45 uch a price was neve> be fore quoted for watches of equal value—other stores charge 56 per cent more. ‘Ther're gold filled, either Elgin or Wal. tham movement, and a written with every watch. e neighbors about it— thank you for it watch repairing « $9.45 $9.45 $9.45 $9.45 specialty. 003 F St. N.W. | * °° * —one that sells for 10 cents per point 22° * and one that sells for 20 cents. We °° ** cannot afford to sell any but the best see —which is Martin’s—and we cannot * °° * afford to sell it for less than 20 cents Peon You Know The Need Of Baby Carriages, ) M. Schuster, ; Watches, Jewelry and Silverware, 717 Market space.