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————— ee KNIGHTS OF PYTHI AS|s33 steragresnssons in that state. He | viz: Bickwell Lodge, No. 04, F. A. A. x. | ‘was a member of the military organization | of Wisconsin; Mount Vernon Chapter, No. in Michigan known as the “Peninsulas” for | 3, Washington Commandery, No. 1, and | Those Who Are Prominent in the Order Here. TRE GROWTH OF THE UNIFORM RANK years as a member of the W. L. I. C., and| Grand Army of the Republic, St. John's has an honorable discharge therefrom. His| Commandery of the Golden Cross, the first connection with the order of the] United Reserve Fund Associates, of which Knights of Pythias was when he became a| he is the supreme treasurer, and of the member of Harmony Lodge, No. 21, April 30, 1800. He is at present a member of Equal Lodge, No. 17. On May 1, 1890, he Washington Choral Society and Capital Glee Club. Those in That Branch Who Exer- cise Command. PERSONAL SKETCHES HE UNIFORM Rank, Knights of Pythias, so far as the District of Columbia is concerned, consists of one regiment of nine companies, or, in Pythian nomencla- ture, nine divisions and one separate troop of cavalry. The} regimental officers | are: Colonel, Harry Coggins; lieutenant; colonel, O. L. Suess; eajutant, Martin F. Hoyberger; quarter- master, W. F. Guindon; commissary, J. Anton Dempf; surgeon, L. L. Friedrich; as- | worker and a valuable member. Quartermaster W. F. Guindon. joined the Uniform Rank, and is a member of Coldwell Division, No. 7. September 25, 1891, he was commissioned lieutenant and quertermaster, and on January 21, 189%, commission issued to him as captain and quartermaster of the first regiment, U. R. D. C., which rank he still holds. Quarter- master Guindon is an active and earnest He also belongs to the endowment rank, and takes a deep interest in everything pertaining to the order, and may be found at all times working for its advancement. Capt. Guin- don is a stockholder in the Knights of Py- thias Hall Association, and is connected with various other organizations in the Dis- sistant surgeon, F. W. Reh; major first Battalion, Lemuel Fugitt; major second battalion, B. Beebe; adjutant first battalion, a. K. Mangum; adjutant second battalion, Charles E. Swigardt; colonel and aid-de- @amp on Gen. Carnahan’s staff, G. J. L. Vorwell. ‘The divisicn comprising the regiment and their commanders are as follows: ‘Washington division, No. 1, E. Woltz; Nel- gon division, No. 2, Dunn; Columbia divi- sion, No. 8, W. C. Lown; Hermione division, No. 4 Henry Wagner; Concordia division, No, 6, John Enders; Franklin division, No. 6 Samuel Gilienham; Coldwell division, No. 7% A. G Columbus; Union division, No. 8, W. T. Galligher; Aritngton division (separ- ate), mounted, George Bessler. ‘The six first named divisions were organ- fwed as a battalion, with Harry Coggins as Meutenant colonel, Lemuel Fugitt as major and O. L. Suess as adjutant. On September 25, 1803, a regimental organization was ef- fected. Just now a good deal of interest justly at- taches to the regimental officers, for on them largely rests the duty of upholding the dignity of uniformed Pythianism of the District of Columbia in the coming Py- thian event. A fair idea of these officers may be formed from what follows: Col. Harry Coggins was born in 1841 and attended the public schools of Baltimore and engaged in divers pursuits till the break:ng out of the war, when he became active in organizing troops for the Union cause. Unsolicited, in 1862, he received a commission from the governor of Maryland as second HMeutenant in company F, sixth Maryland regiment, in which he served till January 12, 1865, when he was honorably Mustered out of the service because of wounds. He was twice promoted, and left the service as captain. He was present in nearly all the actions in which the Army of the Potomac participated, and, after the war, identified himself with the Maryland militia, receiving three commissions, as captain, major and lieutenant colonel of the tenth regiment. He was made a Knight of Pythias at Towsontown, Md., and after passing through the various chairs became @ representative to the grand lodge of Maryland. in 1872 he became a member of Excelsior Lodge of this jurisdiction, and is Still a member of that lodge. He joined the Washington Division, No. 1, U.R.K.P., and Was its captain from 1885 to 1891, when he Was elected Meutenant colonel, and in 1803 ‘Was chosen colonel of the regiment. Lieut. Col. Otto L. Suess was born in Baitimore, Md., August 3, 1863, and re- moved to this city at an early age. When scarcely nineteen years of age he enlisted fm the regular army, being assigned to troop E, fourth United States cavalry, and Participated with his troop in the cam- Paign against Chatto; the capture of Mext- can mutineers near Esnada, Lower Call- fornia, and in the eighteen months’ cam- ign against Geronimo in 1885 and 1886, ing discharged for disabilities Incurred in the service as a sergeant, when he had but eighteen days to serve to com- plete his enlistment. He has been very @ctive in military affairs ever since his Feturn from the army and is at present in command of the fifth battalion, D. C. National Guard. He has been a member of Washington Division, No. 1, since April 11, 1890, and on the formation of the regiment was appoint- ed adjutant, which position he held until trict. He is well and widely known for his business qualities. Capt. Jos, A. Dempf. Capt. Jos. A. Dempf, commissary of first regiment, Knights of Pythias, District of Columbia, was born In Washington, edu- cated in St. Aloysius school and entered the service of the United States navy in 1874, servir.g until 1884 and receiving an honor- able discharge. He became a member of Decatur Lodge, No. 9, in 1886. After pass- ing through all the chairs, he was sent as a representative to the Grand Lodge, and also received a medal for his faithful ‘serv- ice. He Is also a charter member of Co. lumbia_ Division, No. 3, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythlas, and past officer of Washington Division, No. 1, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. Maj. Lemuel Fugitt. Mr. Fugitt is a native of the southeastern section of this city. As a field musician he served twelve years in the marine corps. He was a member of the marine the frigate Brandywine when that vessel was destroyed by fire in 1864. He was im- mediately after that event transferred to the command at Norfolk, Va., where he re- mained until sent to the Powhatan. While serving on this vessel, in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, in July, 1865, he saw the flag on the Stonewall Jackson lowered and furled for the last time, which, he believes, was the end of the confederacy on the ocean. From 1870 to 1874 he was attached to the Naval Academy, Annapoiis, Md., dur- ing which time he attended St. Joh: Col- lege, that city. From 1874 to 1877 he studied medicine at the medical school of the Georgetown University, this eclty. In 179 he entered the law school of the Na- tions) University of this city, from which institution he received the degree of LL. B., in 1881, and that of LL. M., in 1882) He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in 1881, and to the Court of Appeals during the present year. In Is7é tue late Brig.Gen. Jacob Zellin ap- pointed him schoolmaster at headquarters marine corps, which position he retained un- til 1891, when he voluntarily relinquished tt to engage more actively in the practice of law. He is a member of John A, Raw- lins Post, No. 1, G. A. R.; Columbia Lodge, No. 3, F. A. A. M.; America Castle, No, 8, K. G. E.; Franklin Lodge, No. 2, K. of P., and the endowment and the uniform rank of the same order. He organized and was the first captain of American Commandery, K. of G. E., which obtained in Golden Eagle circles an enviable reputation for proficiency in drill and discipline, which it still retains. He was four terms the captain of Nelson Diviston, K. of P., which position he held when eleated major of the first regiment, U. R. On the organization of the reziment,under the new army regulations, he was his friends for the E but frustrate their expressed it, to be the tation rather than the ornamental officer of a regiment. He was assigned to his present command by Maj. Gen. James R. Carnahan, commander-in-chief of the rank. He is a past chancellor of his lodge, and is now serving his thirteenth term as mas- ter of exchequer. He represented his lodge @ number of times in the Grand Lodge, K. of P., and has served on several important committees of that body. Mnj.’B. W. Beebe. Maj. B. W. Beebe ts a native badger, hav- ing been born at Racine, Wis., in 18i3. He lived with his parents on a farm until the age of sixteen, attending school winters; was a student in Plattville Academy dur- ing the winters of 1856-57, which ended his school life. At the age of sixteen he entered fa grocery house as clerk in the city of Janesville, Wis., where he remained until ‘April, 1861, when he responded to his coun- elected lieutenant colonel September 25, Hoybers r, fhe first regim was born in the city of Washington in After ving an| fducation in the public school: entered | m the grocery busin been very } He becam: mber of the ber of Decatur | ter member of | and has been | ous knighi ever since he | prominent in other as-| and is a . No. {. T. Coldwell I nN active and z Sir Knight W. indon was born in Wontreal, Canada, and came to the “states” with his parents when quite young and set- Jed in Michigan. In the year 1884 he came jo Washington, and was engaged in the frocery and provision business until 1888, fince which time he has been proprietor of the “Guindon House,” where he resides sith his family. During his residence in GQchigan he was identified with military years, try’s call and enlisted in company D, sec- ond regiment, Wisconsin volunteers; he was in both battles of Bull Run, the battle of Gainsville and in all the engagements and skirmishes in which his regiment (which formed a part of the famous Iron Brigade) took a part, until the battle of South Mountain, where he was severely wounded by the fragment of a shell tearing the mus- cles, scaling the bone and severing the main artery of the right thigh, also by same shell lost two fingers and a part of his left hand. He was confined to the hos- pitals at Middletown and Frederick City, Md., for seven months, where he received his discharge from the service and returned to Wisconsin. Soon after his return he re- ceived an appointment as clerk in the pro- vost marshal's office at Janesville, after- ward resigning to accept a position in the paymaster general's office, War Depart- ment, where he remained nearly three after which he again returned to Wisconsin, locating in Oregon and engag- n the dry goods and grocery business, where, by his gental manners, strict integ- rity and close attention to business, he not adjutant of | only gained a host of friends, but a profita- ble business. He was appointed by Presi- dent Hayes a postmaster at Brodhead and entered upon the duties of the office Janus ary 10, 1879; reappointed by President Ar- thur and removed during President Cleve- land’s first administration. in April, 1800, he came back to Washington to take @ post- tion in the census office. Maj. Beebe is among the oldest members of the order of Knights of Pythias, having Joined Franklin Lodge, No. 2, in 1867; was one of the charter members of Franklin Division, No. 6, U. R., K. of P. In Sep- tember, 1891, he was’ appointed by Col. Coggins sergeant major of the first regi- ment of the District of Columbia, which sition he held until September, 1803, when e was elected and received his commission as major of the second battalion, first regi- ment, U. R., K. of P. He ts also a member of the following orders and organizations, Adjutent Mangum. ‘um is the grand lecturer of ion, is a successful imerchant | and enterprising citizen. He was born in! Maryland in 1 became a resideat of Washington in 1880. He is one of the mest active and zealous workers in the Pythian cause, and is past chancellor of Harmony Lodge, No. 21, and has never failed to occupy a chair in his lodge but two meeting nights in five years. He 1s | treas-rer of Columbia Division, 3 U, R., K. P., which of dl to for three succe al further appreciation of his s order, in November last he was elected to | the post of adjutant of the first battalion, u. EK. K.P. And whenever his presence is required at any lodge in the Districi, you will find Grand Lecturer Mangum at his post of duty, and as an officer cn the colonei's staff Adjutant Mangum has proved himself worthy the position he has been‘ promoted to, G, J. L. Foxwell. G. J. L. Foxwell ts a native of the county , eastern shore of Maryland. » Which has since been his He entered the service of the gov- home. ernment a mere boy, and has been contin- uously in the service of the War Depart- ment up to the present time, working his way up to the position of principal clerk of the division of contracts, in the office of the commissary general of subsistence of the U. 3. army. He was one of the very early men to respond to the country's cal) dur- ing the late civil war, and was captain of a company of District of Columbia volun- teers. He joined the Knights of Pythias in 1868, and became a member of Calanthe Lodge, No. 11, of this jurisdiction, holding continuous membership from the date of initiation up to the present time. He is now, and has been for nearly twenty-four years, the master of exchequer of his lodge. He passed through all the chairs of the sub- ordinate lodge and the Grand Lodge, and was grand chancellor in 1873. He was made @ supreme representative of this jurisdic- tion in 1875, and re-elected, term after term, up to 1893, a period of eighteen years. He has been from the first an ardent wotker in the Uniform Rank, and was largely iastru- mental in the organization of Washington Division, No. 1, U. R., K. of P., D. C., and was captaia of this division in 1884. To his efforts and arguments is due the organiza- tion of the Endowment Rank of the Knights of Pythias, the tnsurance branch of the order, in which he has held continu- cus membership from its organization. He was the chairman of the first board of audit of the Endowment Rank. His present rank is that of colonel and aid-de-camp on the staff of Major General J. R. Carnahan, con- reat.cing the U. R., K. of P., which position he hag held since 1885. During his service as supreme representative he served two terms ae chairman of the mileage and per diem committee, two terms as chairman of the Endowment Rank committee, two terms as chairman of the finance committee, and one term as the chairman of the law comnuttce of the Endowment Rank, —— THE GROOM WOUND HIS WATCH. A Strange Interruption to a Solemn Wedding Ceremony. From the New York ‘Tribune, “It is remarkable,” said a prominent city clergyman yesterday, h what nonchal- ance some bridegrooms go through the cere- mony. I don’t understand it, for when 1 was married my knees wobbled so that I Mas provoked because T had not strapped them together before the terrifying ordeal began. But the coolness and. complacency with which some of the men who come to the parsonage to be married go through the thing are a revelation to me and make me believe 1 had no ‘nerve’ at all. “Of course,” he continued, “the people who come unannounced to the parsonage to be married are generally of the plain sort. They drgss plainly, and frequently have delightfully fresh and original manners and ways of doing things. Lut you must ac- knowledge that, even to a clergyman who has read the service over hundreds of trem- bling couples, it is rather startling to have the bridegroom at the most solemn part take out his Waterbury watch and begin to wind it up in the most methodical way im- aginable, But that is just what happened here last week, J was reading the formal charge to the man and woman, and reading it in a way that I considered most impres- sive and awe-inspiring. The bridegroom, who was a big, lumbering fellow, followed me for a time with considerable interest, Then he suddenly took out his watch and began to wind it. J let him go on for a few seconds, and then I realized that it was a Waterbury, and might iast all the rest of the ceremony, So J stopped short and look- ed severely ‘at the man. He smiled at me in a friendly sort of way, but he didn’t comprehend at all what was the matter— and this time the steady click-click of the winder was to be heard. “It was very mortifying to me that my dignity was not overwhelming enough to make that man stop short, but he didn’t, and J had to speak to him.” The clergyman sighed as he thought of his trials, "Then a pair from the country came here last night—a couple of bumpkins, green, clumsy and good-natured, When L said ‘the man and woman may join hands,’ meaning, of course, they were to join right hands, they simply clasped hands as they stood side by side, and swung them back and forth like a couple of little school girls. ““‘Right hands!’ I said, “tn a low voice, but with considerable emphasis. ‘Oh, yes, ef course,’ said the youth, with a blush, and he seized his bride's hand and shook jt it cordially, "As I aaid before, I consider myself one of the most dignilied clergymen in the elty, but I am slowly breaking down under the strain of keeping my face duly solemn at such moments as these.”’ Lost His Faith in Newspapers. From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. “T see by the newspapers,” he observed, “that the city of Paris tried to borrow money, and was offered eighty-five times 43 much as was asked for.” “Yes; that’s true.” “J noticed, too, that the German loan was oversubscribed a good many times,” “Yes. “{t indicates that money is plentiful and “Now, if I were to ask you to lend me $1, would you offer to make it $50 or $75?" ‘Certainly not,” “It I were to ask for a dime, would you volunteer to furnish me with a $2 bill?" “If I should endeavor to negotiate the loan of a cent, I supose you would not even Suggest that I take a nickel?” “You are quite right.” “It is as I thought," muttered the would- be borrower, as he walked away. “It is such a practical test as this that makes me skeptical 7 ~~~ 1 in the aewspa- LOCAL LITERATI Interesting Interview With the Li- brarian of Congress. BUSY BRAINS AT WORK ON BOOKS The Capital’s Proud Array of In- tellectual Men and Women. PROMISES OF THE FUTURE Nothing better accentuates the fact that! Washington is rapidly becoming the cul- tured as well as the political capital of the nation than the steady increase in the number of residents who are engaged in literary pursuits of a high character, and who find here a congenial atmésphere = which to prosecute their work. The colony of the euitured has grown to very large prcportions in recent years and the contri- butions of its members to the various branches of literature have been numerous and of a commendable high standard. Probably no one is so well acquainted with the intellectual commuaity and what It as and expects to accomplish as Mr. Ainsworth R. Spofford, the tibrarian of Congress, whose marvelous erudition and scholarly attainments are familiar to every student of belles lettres in the mental world. Mr. Spofford is an interesting con- versaUionalist, no matter what his subject may be. He possesses a centative grasp of all public questions, and his vigorous brain teems with originality, which his wide end diversified reading has reiued to wonder- ful purity. But it is about ovoks and treir makers that his knowledge knows no limits to its range, and when he is able to snatch a few minutes from his multifarious duues at the Capitol, the individual to whom he devotes them may deem himwe!f jortunate indeed, A repyeseatative of The isvening Sur was thus lucky yestercay ms and enjoyed a delightful ebac Spuifora in one vf the recesses of sional Library. pression in (he Mook World. were is 4 magnus opus on the literary stOchS at Unis ume,” said alr. Spofford, inquiry was made about waat the writers of Washington were doing in their favored ueid; “but tere is a state of de- pression in the book world, as there is else- where, and new works do not find ready ac- sepiance trom publishers, Some ot our writers have important manuscripts on hand, but cannoc dispose of them; but this aves not prevent @ conumuance of work on tneir part. You wish tv Know what is going on here. Well, lec me see. Lt is rather ait- cult to remember at a moment so many things. An interesting book by two Wasn- ingica writers appeured about a month ago, being te final volume which com- pietes Jonn G. Nicolay’s and Joha Hay's Life of Abraham Lincoln, it is a hignly important work, and extremely valuable in its nistorical accuracy of evenis that were vitally serious in a great crisis. Lt is under- stood that Maj. John W. Powell is engaged on an original philosophical work, neither the subject nor the scope of which, how- ever, has yet been made known.” Maj. Powell is eminently well fitted to underwke such a work. He has a potent intellectual ity and cogent reasoning powers, while he has made exhaustive investigations into conditions which will greatiy assist him in his present labors. It is not generaily Known, but it is a fact, that Maj. Powell is @ poet, as well as a scientist. He possesses very fertile resources, and writes verse, and writes it pretty. Artist Messer is a Poet. “Another man with a poetic mind,” con- tinued Mr. Spofford, “is Clarence Messer, the artist. He has a volume of poems ready for publication, but itis very difficult Pow to get any book published, and most of all, poems. The long-promisred memoir of Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln's Secretary of War, is in the hands of a man eminently qualified for the work—Mr. George C. Gor- ham. He is well calculated to treat such an interesting subject in a manner to bring ferth all the possibilities, but when the volumes will be finished and brought out no one can tell. Another resident of Wash- ington is Henry Adams, who has been a fruitful writer in the domain of American history, and we may expect something from him, believe, at an early period. Fred- erick Bancroft, formerly librarian of the State Department, is now engaged in writ- ing upon our pulitical history, and Rev. Dr. J. G. Craighead has a book on our indian missions in Oregon ready for publi- cation, which will soon be issued. 1t will review the controversy between Catholics and Protestants, regarding the education and religious instruction of the Indians on the Pacific slope. Miss Johnston's Washington Book. “Another Washington author who has a book on the eve of publication in Boston is’ Miss Elizabeth B. Johnston. It is reaily a George Washington book, every day in the year being illustrated by sententious extracts from the writings or words of Washington or from those who have given noble judgments upon him. “It is almost impessible to recite the numerous local authors and their inten- tions,” Mr. Spofford went on, “but there is Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, who has just departed on the annual trip to England for the warm season. She has a dramatic work in hand illustrative of the very in- teresting history of the times of the re- gency in Great Britain during the closing years of George Ill. It ts not yet fully written. “Mrs, Southworth? She is understood to be giving her formerly almost sleepless pen a rest. Her contributions to the domain of fiction have been neither few nor small. “Mrs. Sara J. Lippincott, who is better known as Grace Greenwood, lives over here on Capitol Hill near the Capitol, and is contributing to the Independent and other journals, but is not known to have any volume in immediate contemplation. Scientists Who Are Authors. “The men of science who produce books and, more numeroualy, articles, are almost too many to name,” said Mr. Spofford, after a moment's pause. “Among them are Dr. Mendenhall, Dr. J. 8. Billings, Prof. E. M. Gallaudet, G. Brown Goode, Col. Garrick Mallery, George K. Gilbert, Lester F. Ward, Henry Gannett, Maj. C..E. Dutton, W. J. McGee, Mark W. Harrington, Cleveland Abbe, Henry A. Hazen, C. V. Riley, who has done an immense amount of work; W. J. Hoffmann, who has a very analytic, close and investigating mind; Carroll D. Wright, and a host of others, who have done and are still doing work of high character. Prof. Simon Newcomb, whose many books in what are known as the exact sciences have attained wide recognition, is not known to have any new work in press at present, but Alexander Graham Bell, besides his absorb- ing experimental labors in the region of electrical science, has lately devoted much attention to improved methods of hearing and of utterance among the deaf and dumb and will doubtless publish something orig- inal and valuable on the subject, “Washingtonians may indéed be proud of the literary achievements of their neigh- bors, both men and women,” continued Mr. Spofford, heartily, “Mrs. Julla Schayer is the author of many notable short stories and still busies herself with the pen; Miss Ella L. Dorsey has been a busy writer of local historical and biographical studies, and Miss Mollie Ehot Seaweil, well known by her stories and dramas, is now engaged upon a comprehensive life of the reyolu- tionary naval hero, John Paul Jones, largo- ly from original manuscript materiale in the Congressional Library,” Mr, Spofford added # varlety of other in- formation to the reporter's store of knowl- edge, a great deal of which will be found in the general notes about literary people. Locs! Literary People. Secretary of the Navy Herbert lately con- tributed a valuable historical introduction to a work upon the public men of Alabama, to be published in two volumes, and is a frequent contributor of political and other articles to leading perlodioals, Gen. A. W. Greely, chief signal oftcer, has recently furnished a book upon varly American explorers, nnd lg not likely to remain long idle in the flelds of arctic literature, Dr, W. T. Harris, commissioner of edu- cation, ts the author of many books in philosophy and criticism, and others are eagerly expected from his pen. Worthington C. Ford, chief of the bureau of statistics, has just completed his edition of the writings of Wi and the ning, with sar. tue Cong: De when collection of Thomas Jefferson's works 1s being published under pis editorship. Samuel Rhoads, the new chief of the sta- tlonery division, in the Treasury Depart- ment, and the author of “A History cf Marblehead, Mass.,” his native town, 18 understood to contempiute a new editioa of that book, and other co: bucions to Mas- sachusetts’ local history. Mr. James W. Davidson, author of “The Living Writers of th South,” living in Washington for wo yei but has produced no very reveni work, although it is said he is prosecuting his labors in an important direction. Theodore Roosevelt, whos2 boox on “The Winning of the West,” two volumes, ex- cited wide attention, has since pablisved a valuable and entertaining book on “Spcrt- ing In the Wild Western Regions,” a fieid of action which divides with civii service reform the energies of ni3 arden: mind. Dr. J. M. Toner, whose industrious pen | has contributed largely to American his- | vorical and biographical literature, has lately contributed to the American Histori- cal Association a valuable original research upon the manuscripts of George Washing- ton in their various scattered repositories throughout the country. Miss E. R. Scidmore, who has published | _ WASHINGTON WORKERS And the Great Dangers Tha Surround Them, SENATORS INTERVIEWED. Considerable Excitement Has Been Caused by the Sudden Breaking Down of So Many Promi- ment Men. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15.—The of Congress and the interest caused gers Schemes and various measures shadowed of late by a revelation of the alarming "ath rate among public men and the additional fact that in nearly every case the cause can be traced to one source. The sad and sudden death of cx-Postwaster General Frank Hatton, who was 8 have been over- | OFT, TYLISH HOES FOR SORE FEET Bankrupt Prices. Ladies’ $2.50 Common Sense Patent Tip Dongels ‘Oxfords only 98c. Boys’ $3 Russia Calf Bals only $1.95. Men's $5 Russia Calf Bais only $2.65. Men's $3.50 Calf Welted Bale only $2.15. Tadies’ $3 Russia Calf Blucher High Ghoes esly 85. Ladies’ $3 Russia Calf Biucher Oxfords only $1.40. Ladies’ $2.50 Patent Tip Dongola Oxfords only $1.39, useful and entertaining monographs upon | “ikem at bis desk and died shortly afterward, Alaska and Japan, is ly to make in- teresting contributions shortly to current! literature. Dr. James C, Welling, who has just re- signed the active presidency of the Colum- bian University, will devote himself to his torical studies, and will probably publish important contributions to that field of re- search. Professor Theodore N. Gill has been edit- ing the natural history articles in various cyclopaedias and revising scientific terms for the dictionary makers. j George Alfred Townshend, who has now | become a resident of Capitol Hill, is per- peiually busy sending forth his observa- tions of men and things, but usually nas a volume of fiction or poetry ready for the | press, Mr. Frederick A. Ober, whose work on exico” was so favorably received, is} understood to have an important volume | about American antiquities ready for his publishers. Miss Kate Field is said to have finished a novel dealing with Washington life that will be published next autumn. Ou Capitol Hill is a house of considerable literary productiveness. Dr. W. A. Croffut has two books in press, which will come out this fall—“The Prophecy and Other Poems” and “Folks Next Door.” Mrs. Croffut, who has forty pages in Appleton’s Annual Cy- clopedia Just out, contributes an illustrated article on “Our Inland Seas” to the Popular Monthly for June, and her sister, Miss Josie R. Nicholls, whose novel, “Edith Norton,” has just been published by the Century | for ‘all these untimely deaths, and it has been recalls the deaths of Secretaries Folger, Windom, Chandler and Chase and Senators Sumper, Beck, Cameron and others. Now it has dawned upon the minds of the public men that there must be some one great reason traced directly to that great modern trouble, which seems to be @ natural scourge, Bright's disease of the kidneys, Ap interview with a number of prominent men on the subject shows the interest they feel. Mr. J. Henderson Wilkinson, the well-known pension attorney, said: Ten years ago I was seized with an attack of Bright's disease while at work in the ‘Treasury bere. How bad I was you can understand when I say that my hands became bloated and ac- tually cracked open, My limbs and body were alter- nately swollen and collapsed. I could only creep across the floor. Finally my physician said to ine, “You are at death's door with Bright's disease. You may live a few weeks, but there is absolutely Bo bope of your recovery.” Upon the advice of the Kev. Dr. Rankin, President of Howard University, I began the use of Warner's Safe Cure, which rescued me from the grave after the doctors had abandoned all hope, I aim certain that if men and Women g@nerally realized the wonderful power of this great remedy there would be less sickness, fewer deaths, longer life and more happiness than at present. Kev. Dr. J. E. Rankin, D.D., formerly chaplain of the Senate, confirmed all that Mr. Wilkinson had said and cited many other cases that had come yinder his notice where Warner's Safe Cure had restored the health of men and women suffer- ing from Bright's disease. Cougressman Belden of Bankrupt Prices. The Warren Shoe House, GEO. W.RICH, 919 F ST. Remember number, as we have oe branch stem. We are Americans, jena Don’t Worry About It! Press Company, has a story in the current number of the magazine, “Home and Coun- try.” Brae eS, IT WAS ALL FUN And the Kind Old Man W Just the One for Fun, You Know. From the Detroit Free Press. He was a man about forty-tive years of age. He had on a blue woolen shirt, his pants were tucked into his bootlegs, and his gait was like that of a man walking over plowed ground. As he sauntered up Brush street he met a policeman, and as he blocked the officer's way he whispered: “Hush! Keep quiet! Don’t give me away “What's the matter with you?” demanded the officer. “Nothin the matter with me—nothin’ ’tall! Never felt better in my life, and am as hap- py as a yearlin’ turkey. I'm just havin’ fun with the boys.” ‘What boys?’ “Down by the depot. I just come in on the train. Hadn't hardly got off before one of the boys yelled out, ‘Git on to the governor!’ Took me for the governor of Michigan, you see! Keep quiet! I hain’t the governor, but it_ won't do no hurt to let ‘em think so. Would you have taken me fur the gover- nor?” “Hardly ever,” replied the officer, with a broad smile. “No, perhaps not. I was luggin' my satchel over to the hotel when somebody hollered, ‘Git on to that foldin’ bed!’ Purty good, wasn't it? Did they mean me or the satchel?” It's hard to tell.” “I stood on the corner lookin’ around to see whether I was lost or not, when a boy yell “Git a lath to measure his hoofs!’ Meant my feet, you know, but he was way off. You kin measure either of ‘em with a two-foot rule. Boys around here are chuck- ful o* fun, eh?” “Yes, I find ‘em so. “And say,” continced the man, “I put my hands under my coattails an’ sort o’ sauntered around, and a boy hollers, ‘Git on to his bustle, will yer!" I never wore a bustle. You wouldn't take me for a bustler, would you?” “No.” “Went into a place and paid five cents fur this cigar, and when I came out with it a kid he shrieks, ‘Hooray fur the Vanderbilt!" Took me fur a millyonaire, you know. Do you think I resemble Vanderbilt?” “Very slightly.” “But don’t say anything to the boys. It's all fun, you know, and I’m the durndest man fur fun,of any in our county. Hear that? A boy is yellin’, ‘Git on to his chin!’ Means my chin, I guess, but he’s just in fun. Don’t say a word to hurt their feelin’s, — let "em have a good time. Hip—whoop— whis Ard he poked the officer in the short ribs, winked his left eye and tiptoed his way to- ward Jefferson avenue. Filling an Elep! From the St. Louts Globe-Democrat. “I gave a dentist the toughest job he ever had once,” said James Tompkins, otherwise known as Cherokee Jim, of Stamford, Con: at the Laclede. “I was tending the ani- mals in a circus while in winter quarters. We had a big elephant we called Sam. He was a good-tempered, lively chap, but all at once he got into the dumps. His trunk and tall, hitherto kept in a state of per- petual cheerful motion, hung limp and life- less, and he would le for hours rubbing his right jaw on the ground. He got off his feed, and became go cross-grained that no one could fool with him safely. We never thought what was the matter with him until his keeper finally said he believed the beast had the toothache. I got a dentist to come and examine it. It was a mercy the man was not killed on the spot when hy touched the unsound tooth. The elephant trumpeted in a rage, swung his trunk, and but for the dentist jumping behind a beam he would have been a goner. Then we chained the elephant’s legs and hooked his trunk up to a rigging from above his head. The dentist had a good show then. He found a rotten tooth, and proceeded to fill the cavity. The elephant could only trum- Tooth. Kept on quietly at work. We had not been jong at it before the beast discovered thay the treatment was being given him for hi peted and struggled no more, and his angry eye gave way to a docile look, and I bonds with perfect safety to the dentist, done the animal regained his wonted ap- grateful to the dentist, and every time he comed him with outstretched trunk and a few extra flourishes of his tail,”" pet; he could not move, and the dentist relief. His manner changed. He tru am satisfied we could have loosened his but we took no chances. After the job was petite and spirits In no time. He was approached the elephant house Sam wel- Once in a While. From the Montreal Star-Herald. Once in a while the sun Ines ont ‘And th hing skles are a perfect blue; annie "mld clouds of doute rest stars come peeping through; Tead down by the meadows tare e the sweetest blossoms nod and smile, And We lay aside our cross of care, in a while, Once in a while within oar own We feel the hand of a steadfast friend; Once In a while we hear a tone Of love with the heart's own voice to blend; And the dearest of all our dreams come true, Aud on life's way is & golden smile: Each thirsting flower ‘issed with dew, ‘Once in a while. Once tn a while in the desert sand We find a spot of the fairest green; Once in while from where we stand ‘The hills of Paradise are seen, And a perfect Joy in our hearts we hold, A Jor, that the warld nano deiile; e earth's dross for the purest gol Guee in a while. — | His Remedy. From Life. Jackford—“Do you ever suffer from in- scmnia?" 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No fever which govern the operations of digestion and nutri- | * ish, diseased, overland transported tion, and by a careful application of the tine prop. animals, but grain fed, sound, erties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps ‘pro. | healthy cattle, in prime condition. ‘ded FOR OUR BREA\ ST AND SUPPER a ‘We're not content to have mere! delicately favoured beve: which may save us * good meat, it's our “hobby” to Lave ny heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious the finest. Our prices are Just the same as ed_elsewhere for inferior meat. THOS. T. ; Finest Quality Meats, se of such articles of diet that a coustitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified, with pure blow anda pepe |(50 Center Market. shed frame."—Civil Service Gazette. |S gea5. 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