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@HE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. _ CAPITOL SKETCHES Some Snap Shots at the Statesmen at Work. A FEW CURIOUS SENATE ASSOCIATIONS Mr. Reed’s Terse Way of Putting Important Truths. OSEFUL WEATHER MAP T HE REASSEM- bling of Congress af- tec a general election is apt to be more ir- teresting than at any other time. Political accidents have strewn the soil with corpses. There is an atmosphere of the morgue on the one hand, and on the other is the sunlight of triumphant life. For it 1s inevitable that no matter how terrific the cyclone may have been, there are always many men in both houses left to gloat with what might be called “ghoulish glee” over the event. i It is surprising, however, how cheerful the victims of such disasters become when they get back to Washington and face their political enemies. In very many cases these may be their warmest personal friends. There are several instances of such mismatched associations in the Sen- ate. For example, Senators Cameron and Butler, extremes in politics and almost in geography, are the closest friends. They dine with each other on the least provoca- tion, visit each other, compliment each other, and form a little mutual admiration society all by themselves. Senator Camer- on, therefore, is in deep woe because Mr. Butler has been mowed dewn by the Till- man scythe in South Carolina, and he ts not doing as much chuckling just now over the great republican victory as he might if his closest chum were not about to depart from public life. Senator Butler ts still in the south, and is making a fight in the courts against Till- man, in the belief that he may possibly block the wheels of the ex-governcr’s ma- chine by picking a legal flaw in his pros- pective election to the Senate. He said just after election, while in chis city, that as far as he was concerned he would al- Most as soon eat corn bread and bacon down in the south state without any offices to be quarreied for by his constituents as to discuss terrapin and champagne at Chamberlin’s, with fourteen applicants for two places standing in the corridors wait- ing to catch him after dinner. Another of these curious friendships is that of Mr. Lodge for Mr. Hill. The one ts republican of the deepest dye, a pro- ectionist, a believer in federal election laws, and an acute advocate of civil ser- vice reform. It is sufficient to remark that Mr. Hill ts none of*these things. Mr. Lodge has been, for some days, gleefully shaking hands here and there, and making his scholarly comments upon the results at the polls between his various resolutions aimed t the peace and comfort of the President and Sceretary Gresham. But he has been casting a longing eye at the vacant seat of Mr. Hill, eager to be the first to take him by the hand and tell him how real glad he is that Mr. Hill was beaten for the gov- ernorship of New York, so that he was spared to the Senate. But Mr. Hill has been taking his time in getting back to Washington from the balmy air of Florida. He is not a man to shirk any disagreeable duty. He showed . this by accepting the nomination of the Saratoga convention in the face of tulmost certain defeat. Yet there, is -a certain something that is not pleasant in the pros- pect of getting Into such close quarters as the Senate. chamber and trying to look pleasant and to reserve a stiff upper lip before the gaze of the galleries, which is always concentrated In a most inquisitive and impolite manner on the seat of the senior Senator from New York. So Mr. Hill and his faithful follower, Colonel Mc- Ewan, who is known to be Mr. Hill's great and good friend on occasions when the Senator's politeness and his temperance principles confitct, have tarried a bit among the orange groves. Meanwhile Mr. Lodge wanders about the Senate chamber with an uneasy air. It is his custom to divide the latest bit of delicious gossip—political gossip, of course, for these great men Never descend to any other kind, such as is retailed at afternoon teas and the Uke—with the idol of Tammany Hall, the prince of spoilsmen. Mr. Peffer, too, is singularly alone in the Senate chamber, although his nearest chum, Senator Gallinger, is there, and in so happy a mood that he is good com- pany for any one at any time. But Mr. Peffer’s trouble is that’ very few of the Senators will follow in his lead !n denounc- ing the President as a traitor and a breeder of anarchism. He really does not call the President those harsh names, but they are what he means. He made a speech the other day and tried to work up an anti- administration sentiment by referring to the bond issue as an iniquitous proceeding. ‘At the end of the discourse a vote was taken on the proposition to refer Mr. Peffer’s resolution to a committee, and orly three stood with him in protest, while forty-three were against him. His’ beard is quite as long as ever, notwithstanding the dreadful rumor that circulated in New York shortly after the election that he had sacrificed {t to the dictates of fashion and that he was really looking “quite like the deah prince, you know.” It fs said that Mr. Peffer is truly grateful that he was not in the way of the cyclone this year, but that he was spared by a gracious Providence for two years more of usefulness to his dear people, those anomalous individuals whom he ts fond of referring to as “the common people, the groundlings.” It is understood, however, that one John J. Ingalls, keen of wit and bitter of tongue, has marked out the beard- ed calamity singer of Kansas as his own particular victim in, 1806, for it was Pef- ler who defeated the long, lean, gatling gun orator four years ago, and Ingalls has the bad habit of being revengeful. This knowledge that Ingalis is neglecting the present opportunity to come to the Senate in the place of John Martin—through whose influence Charles H. J. Taylor of Kansas was appointed recorder of deeds of the District—for the exquisite pleasure f making political mince meat of Mr. efter, is having a most depressing effect upon the bearded one. It is a veritable Modern instance of a sword of Damocles. One of the most interesting men about the Senate at any time 1s Mr. Morrill, the grandfather of the Senate, not even bar- Ting Capt. Bassett. He has returned to his post of duty this winter with renewed health. He can stand the climate of Wash- ington very well during the winter, but ¢ When it begins to grow hot he begs for a leave of absence, and hies him to his Ver- mont home to recuperate. He will be eighty-five years old next April, and ap- os to be good for several to come. leis considerably bent, however, and walks very slowly about the chamber. He is conspicuous nowadays in his pale lavender trousers, which are the pride and joy of his heart. He had his own glorifi- cation ‘over a local republican success earlier In the season than his colleagues, and so he was prepared somewhat for the great glee that suffused him later on. The other Senator from Vermont, Mr. Proctor, went abroad soon after the Vermont elec- tions, and did not return until the Senate was about to meet. He sald then that he had heard rumors on the other side that the tariff bill was not altogether satis- factory, and that a few small towns had gone republican. He has a quiet way of exulting, and does not do any out-and-out howling for Joy, but there is a vast amount of meaning in the quaint lines about his twinkling eyes. He has allowed his beard to grow again, and is quite like the f miliar pictures of President Harrison’s first Secretary of War. Let no one imagine that Mr. Reed con- fines his active participation in legislative affairs to national questions, ignoring the little things of the day in the House. Be- cause his name appears most conspicuous- ly in the reports of great incidents does not mean that he takes no share in smaller af- fairs. As a matter of fact no one in the House pays closer attention to the general run of business, great or small, than Mr. Reed. Frequently he takes part in ap- parently unimportant discussions, and it goes without saying that he never injects his personality into the business in hand except for good reason and always with telling effect. Sometimes it is to embarrass the opposition or to fire a volley of wit and sarcasm, or perhaps to call a halt upon an unworthy measure. One day this week a bill was before the House the discussion of which was excit- ing no particular attention, and being par- ticipated in by but a few members irfter- ested In timber and land laws. A reference by one speaker to the statutes of limita- tions caught Mr. Reed’s ear, and tn a -mo- ment he was on his feet. The statutes of limitations,” said Mr. Reed, “are intended for the benefit of the community; not for exact justice, but for that kind of rcugh justice necessary in the world.” “But they have never yet been invoked against a sovereign,” interposed Mr, Me- Rae of Arkansas, who represents a sec- tion where. the doctrine of sovereignty is held more sacred than the Ten Command- ments, it possible. This was Mr Reed's opportunity for a homily, a chance, as he Says, to further the propaganda of common sense in legis- lation. “I know that,” replied Mr. Reed, “but it is because of the prevalent idea of the sovereignty and of its having extraordi- nary rights. It is one of the commonest things in human nature to cling to a lot of things long after they have ceased to be of importance or advantage. There was a time when it was necessary to protect sovereign rights, but that time seems to have passed by. “We ought to look at the sovereign just the same as we look at the rest of the World. It is a question of pure convenience and advantage to the community; it is not a fetich.” This brief but pointed dissertation upon sovereignty is but an example of his way of getting off his ideas when opportunities occur. At these times his terse sentences often convey volumes of meaning, and are the more effective for being extempo- raneous, losing no strength for the appear- ance of being oracular. The lobby of the House might seem an odd place from which to direct agricultural operations, the harvesting of crops in the summer, the killing of hogs in the fall, or the progress of lumbering in the winter, yet such is the fact. In the long lobby back of the Speaker's desk is a branch of the weather bureau, which is a source of constant interest to members, and from being a mere matter of curiosity has be- come a-business institution to many. By means of the admirable arrangements hero Congressmen are enabled to keep posted daily upon the conditions of the weather at home and the forecasts. Congressman Ab- bott of Texas, who raises cattle and hogs, constantly advises his ranch managers up- on the proper time to slaughter, choosing periods when the weather bureau promises cold weather and frost in the vicinity of his ranch. In this respect he is enabled, al- though in Washington, to be a better Judge of hog-killing time in Texas than the man on the spot, because Judge Abbott is in- formed of the probable duration of the cold snap according to scientific principles, while the ranchmen can only trust to signs ard the lowly goose bone. Congressman Stevens of Michigan, who has large lumber interests, directs the op- erations of his timber cutters in winter from the lobby. He knows of the certain approach of a good fall of snow long be- fore it has begun to cloud up in Michigan, and he can give tips to the most weather- wise woodsman in camp. It is said that the boys out in the Michigan camps, who are not aware of the scientific means at his disposal, regard him with awe and wonder, as being gifted with some sort of marvelous second sight, so often has he forecasted the weather and based successful operations thereupon. Congressman Hatch of Missouri, who can raise more bushels of corn to the acre, fatten the biggest hogs, cut the most hay off a ten-acre field, and is the all-aiound champion farmer of the House, always consults the lobby weather bureau before killing a calf or shucking a bin of corn. The short session brings-an unusual strain upon Speaker Crisp in the anxtety of members to secure recognition for their individual bills. The first requisite for getting a bill up for consideration is to Induce the Speaker to recognize the mem- ber who desires to call it up. As the op- rtunity for individual recognition is lim- ited each day and the wants of the mem- bers are legion. it is a constant struggle to get on the list. The Speaker is called upon to assume considerable responsibility in this connection, for he must frequently decide upon the advisability of calling up proposed legislation. df he thinks that a bill is not meritorious or that a resolution is offensive he can squelch it by refusing to recognize a member to call it up. Sometimes when a man is denied admis- sion for a pet bill he becomes ugly and declares that no one else shall receive unanimous consent, and he places him- self in the place of a legislative doy in the manger to that extent. The Speaker does not undertake to pass personal judgment upon the precedence of bills of national importance, but takes counsel with the committee on rules and with committee chairmen as to what bills shall be brought up and their order. Nearly every member has from one to fifty private pension bills, which he thinks are especially meritorious, and those Con- gressmen whose terms expire March 4 are anxious to close up these matters be- fore they go. It is probable that before the session ends a day or two may be ame aie for ‘the consideration of such i Congressman Kilgore, the chronic ob- jector, returned to Washington early this week, and he had barely put his foot in- side the House, had not removed his over- coat, and had just taken off his hat when he had an opportunity to say “I object.” He said it, and the chagrin of the victim of the objection was lost in the laughter of the members who appreciated the ludic- rousness of the situation. Mr. Caruth of Kentucky was the victim. Mr. Caruth wanted to print in the Record a memorial about the Nicaragua canal from Mr. Kare- weise of his district. Now, what Mf. Kare- weise thinks of the Nicaragua canal is probably of no great consequence to Con- gress, but it would doubtless benefit Mr. Caruth that Mr. Kareweise should see his neme and memorial set forth at length in the records of the national Congress, and preserved in the archives of the govern- ment. Therefore Mr. Caruth asked unant- mous consent that it should ve done. This provoked some debate, the question of pro- priety being gravely raised by several mem- bers, and it was while the discussion was at its height that Mr. Kilgore came in and taking in the situation promptly solv- ed it by an objection, thereby announcing that he is again in the field. The me- morial would have consumed but ten lines cf space, and the debates of those who op- posed its insertion on economical grounds occupied twenty-seven lines. ‘Then a wick- ed republican remarked that it was a fair sample of congressional economy. Mr. English of New Jersey, the author of that famous old song, “Ben Bolt,” 1s contesting with Mr. Kilgore the position of chief objector. Mr. English stands in front of the Speaker's desk every morning and objects to every request for unanimous consent. He is obdurate to appeals and brusquely repels all attempts to induce him to withdraw his objection. Mr. En- glish makes no distinctions between per- scns or measures, but all are objectionable to him. penwere ween ayy ST. MARK’S PARISH, ———— The New Rector and Mis Work on the H . St. Mark's parish has not only a new church and a new organ, but also a new rector. For a quarter of a century the parish was in charge of the Rev. A. Flori- dus Steele, who was practically its foun- der. Since the death of Mr. Steele, which occurred about a year ago, there has been no regular rector, but recently Rev. An- drew J. Graham was called to the parish from Minneapolis. Mr. Graham accepted the call, and began his work as rector of St. Mark's this week. The new rector was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He was educated at the High School at Paynesville, Ohio, having maintained himself while a youth by teaching school. It was his intention to study medicine, but he became sincerely interested in church work, and this inter- est led him to seek orders.’ He was made a deacon by Bishop Clarkson in 1877, and worked under him for two years. Subse- quently he took a two years’ course in theology in Seabury Seminary, graduating in 1881, From 188i to 1884 he was in ill health, but in the latter year accepted a call to Holy Trinity parish, in Minneapolis, and served there as rector until, much against the will of his parishioners there, he determined to come to Washington. Mr. Graham was one of the busiest church men in Minnesota, having been for si years dean of the ‘central convocation of that state, and for several years was sec- retary of the board of missions of the state of Minnesota. In addition to his regular parish work, he had three chapels under his care. He is earnest and enthusiastic, and already has inspired the members of St. Mark's with much hope for the future of the parish. In the pulpit he speaks without notes, and {s direct and convine- ing. He has a wife and little child, who will soon join him here. ee All Ranks Leveled by Politics. From the Chicago Record. Politics, like love, levels all ranks, which fact was demonstrated at the recent elec- tion. One of the best-known women in Chi- cago, residing in the north division, went to the polling place on the first day of reg- istration to be enrolled as a voter. As she went to the carriage she observed that the second coachman was on the box. Then she remembered that Patrick had taken a leave of absence for a day. Arrived at the polling place, she found Patrick in charge of the registration book. He did not rise when she entered; neither did he put his two fingers up to his fore- head and address her as “Mum.” Patrick evidently grasped the full humor of the situation, sbut he maintained his dignity and administered the oath, “Plaze give me your name, madam,” he said. She did so. “Where do you reside?” She gave him the number in Lake Shore Drive and calmly answered the other ques- tions as to birthplace and time of res dence in the state, county and precinct. Then she bowed and went away. Again on election day the coachman put her through the course of questioning and showed her how to fold her ballot. Both did their parts beautifully. The other peo- ple in the polling place wouldn’t have known that the two had ever seen each other before. NEW PUBLICATIONS. WEALTH AGAINST COMMONWEALTH. By Henry Demarest Lloyd. New York: Harper & - Brothers. Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. ‘This, say the publishers, ts the story of a monopoly, the ‘most complete history in existence of the reat combination of brains and capitél Which still remains the type and model of aff trusts and monopo- lies. Mr. Licyd has ‘traced the growth of this institution ie its origin, in the sagacity of one 6r a‘few business men of Cleveland, to itd viist proportions now, when it controls‘the oil markets and trade of a continent, amd is:perhaps the most in- fluential and ‘dreadefi financial power in America. The methads and practices by which all corpofate tprivileges have been grasped, all corporate responsibilities evad- ed, and’ the common’d4aw against monopo- lies has been suéceasfully defied, form an absorbing romance of the business world. Mr. Lloyd, howéver,!is by no means de- spondent becausé these combinations exist; he does not eve imagine them ultimately victorious. He Kas every confidence in the American’ peoplé, wo will, he is satis- fied, “Save the liberties they have ‘in- herited by winning new ones to bequeath. The social economist, the thoughtful cit!- zen, will find much material for study in the great mass of information aggre- gated by Mr. Lloyd. NAPOLEON. By Alexandre Dumas, Translited from the French by John B. Larner, York: G. Putnam's Sons. — Wash! William Ballantyne & Sous. The reading world is deeply indebted to Washington for the first translation into English of a work that in the original French has been highly valued by students of history. There will be unanimous agreement with Mr. Larner that “it seems very strange that a work from the pen of an author of the character and reputation of Alexandre Dumas should have remained untranslated for so long a time,” but those who read and enjoy the excellent transla- tion will forgive the neglect and find satis- faction in the probability that the task would hardly have been as well done by any one else as it has been by Mr. Larner. With great fidelity and remarkable smooth- ness, the strong original is reproduced for the benefit of thoss to whom it would have besn upknown but for Mr. Larner’s ac- ceptable application of hi: holarly at- tainments. I AM WELL! The Modern Practice of Natural Suggestioa ag Distinct from Hypnotic or Un- patural Influence. By ©. W. Post Boston: Lee & Shepard, publishers. Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. This is a very thorough and exhaustive treatise, both upon the theory and prac- tice of the system of cure by natural sug- gestion. It explains the principles of men- tal healing as founded upon the funda- mental premise’ that man, by the devel- opment of his intelligence, secures a “‘snar- velous control over material by the power of his mentality, and proves it-by curing his physical ailments and preserving bod- ily health solely by the skillful exercise of mind.” Vitality and strength are shown to be the instantaneous results of the pro- cess of mental healing, when man “dis- covers his true connection with eternal energy, and that knowledge brings with It a portion of the power of the Supreme.” CHAPTERS FROM SOME UNWRITTEN ME- MOIRS. By Annfe Thackeray Ritchie, author of “Records af ‘Tennyson, Ruskin, Browning, New York: Harper é& Brothers. Woodward & Lothrop. Delightful glimpses of Thackeray in the midst of his family or among the other people who loved him and enjoyed the warm sunshine of his friendship, A sxetch of Thackeray's life may be interesting, but no other biographer could present such portraits of him as a daughter permits the reader to have occasional glimpses of. Other notables—Pickgns, Carlyle, Chopin, Charlctte Brontg the Count | D’Orsay, Leigh Hunt, Jo! ch, Charles Kingsley and Dr, Norman MacLeod—are depicted with a clevernesg thyt charms most won- dertully. ; G PIASRIM Washing: N Riding to Hounds, , Rowing, Poot Ball, Club and University Athletics, Stud@js-ig?English Sport, Past and Present. By, Caxpar O¥. Whitney. Ilustrated. New York: Hargen & Brothers.” Washington: Woodward & Lophrop.<, Mr, Whitney is am enthusiast. He be- lieves that sport! of the right sort makes manly boys and Kentf’ men; that it quick- ens the judgment, puts pluck in the heart and strength in’ the bedy. He has there- fore sét about to? in¢rease American inter- est in general <&thNttes—a highly com- mendable aim, amdaipe-which his excellent and liberally. (Mugitased book. will help him In, ‘This attractive volume is the result of a pilgrimage t6° Ergland ‘for the purpose of studying «im sathletics in their original home. 13%. wt BIBLE STORIES FOR YOUNG, PEOPLE. Thus- trated. New York? Harper & Brothers. Wash- ington? Woodward & Lothrop. * The contents of this instructive little volume will be appreciated by many. The subjects have stirred the souls of millions and will-never be worn threadbare. Twelve stories in all, contributed by Rev. William Elliot Griffis, D.D., Katharine Crooks, Rev. John R. Paxton, D.D., Rev. Bishop John F. Hurst, D.D., Rev. John Hall, D.D., Rev. William M. Taylor, D.D., Right Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., Rev. Robert S. MacArthur, D.D., Rey. Charles H. Parkhurst, D.D. Margaret E. Sangster, Rev. James M. Lud: low, D.D., and Rev. Bishop John H. Vin- cent, D.D. HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. 1894. New York: Harper & Brothers, Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. Of all the Christmas books for the youth- ful of years or spirit that have ever been constructed none can outrank a volume of Harper's Young People. It matters not whether the reader be boy or girl or man or woman, there is always a story that pleases and instructs or jokes to amuse even the most sedate of human beings. The Uterary qualities displayed are of the best, while the illustrations could not easily be improved upon. Among the prominent fea- tures are Capt. Charles King's “Cadet Days; A Story of West Point;” and Kirk Munroe's “The Fur-Seal's Tooth. BIBLE, SCTENC AND FAITH. By the Reverend J. A. Zain, Professor of Phystes in thor of and John tures on “The Antiquity of Man,” “Religion and Science,” “The Biblical Deluge,” &c., and his papers on “The Mosaic Hexaem- eron” and “The Mosate Account of the Cre- ation” in the light of modern science, and the result is a volume out of which the searcher after truth can hardly fail to de- rive real truth as it appears to a religious scientist whose erudition is known to all who have any acquaintance with hit or his works. THE ROYAL ROAD; Or, Taking Him At His Word. By Marion Harland, author of ‘*Alone,”” “Eve's Daughters,” “His Great Self," “A Gallant Fight,” &e, New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co, Washington: William Ballan- tyne & Sons. “The Royal Road” may be considered as @ companion to “Stepping Heavenward” in singleness of purpose and in directness of treatment. It assumes throughout and proves from Scripture and experience that there is but oneroyal road to happiness, and that Is to take Gbd simply at His word in living by the day, and trusting Him en- tirely for the days te come. According to the author, the repeated injunctions to cast all of earthly care upon Him who careth for His creatures with wise and sleepless love, mweang, everything, or noth- ing. The story is a tale of real life, spark- ling with incident and rich in skillful sketches of chanacter. PORTRAITS IN PLASTER. From the collection ‘of Laurence Hytton,. New York: Harper & Brothers. Wasliington: Woodward & Lothrop. Possessed of a collection of casts and faces of notable men and women which is superior in every°respect to any other sim- ilar aggregation, 'Mr.Hutton has done well to spread abroad some of the knowledge he has acquired and,to piace before those who delight in studying human lineaments pho- tographic reproductions of the best and most valuable of his life-masks and death- masks. Much of the matter of which the book is made up appeared In Harper's Magazine a couple of years since, but there is a great deal that is novel and consider- able that is the better for careful revision. ‘There is nothing gruesome about the book; it is an altogether pleasant production and one that will surely be appreciated. THE WORLD'S CONGRESS OF REPRESENTATIVE WOME A Historical Resume for Popular Circulation of the World's Congress of Repre- sentative Women, Convened in Chicazo on May 15 and Adjourned on May 22, 1893, Under the Auspices of the Women's Braneh of ‘The World's Congress Auxiliary—Mrs. Potter Palmer, pres- dent; Mrs. Charles Hentotin, vice président. Edited by May Wright Sewall, chairman com- STARTLING FACTS FOR ALL MEN TO CONSIDER Youth is prone to weakness, and weakness allied with ignorance of consequence makes indiscretion and folly inevitable. It is this fact which explains today the thousands of partially wrecked constitu- tions among young men, the weakened vitality, the shattered nerves, the exhausted energies, the loss of that noble strength snd vigor which go to make the perfect man It ts power, vigor and strength which alone make man admirable; I¢ is the energy of strong vitality which makes bim successful in whatever work or business le undertakes, and if be fs nerve-weakened and nerve-exhausted, sapped of vigor and spent of vitality, enervated and debil tated, he will make a pitiable and abject failure of Bis Ifte, his hopes amd aiubitions, unless be takes Some means to overcome his weakness and reguin MMs strength. Dr. R. A. Walker, the well-known alist in the treatment of all brain, nervous and chronic diseases, has made these specialties the study of a lifetine. His phenomenal success in curing them has given him the highest reputation amoug our people, and espectally among the large has saved feom lives of torture and suffering from disease, or perhaps rescued fruin a Lremature death. Read the following. It is a fuir sample of a large number of similar testi- mwnials on file in Dr. Walker's office: Judge James Henry Lave of Arlington, Alexan- dria county, Va., a well-known justice, makes this statement “For months past 1 have been a great sufferer from aggravated constipation, partial paralysis of the bowels and nervous debility; my nervous sys- tem was an entire wreck ax a result of past follies and excesses. 1 could not sleep, I had no appetite, my memory was falling, and life to me seemed an altnost complete failure. So many doc- tors had treated me and failed to even help me that 1 had almost lost hope. Ax a last resort I tried Dr. Walker. He has cured me, and T can never say enough tn bir praise, 1 have been a Justice of the peace for Alexandria county, Va, for the past three years, und reside in the town of Arlington, Alexandria ‘county. “J. Hi. LANK, J.P.” Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of November, 1894, M. A. BALL Notary Public. (Seal) Dr. Walker is a graduate of one of the highest ad best colleges in the country, and is a specialist in that large class of affections known as nervous and ebronic diseases, His success has been most remarkable, and bis vast experience for many years in treating and curing all forms of dixease has made him “he most successful specialist io the country. ‘The absolute certainty with which Lingering and lon;-standing diseases yield to his nt and ar speedily cured is simply mar- Ordinary affections ke catarrh, asthma, piles, bronchitis, stomach, Hyver, or kidney com- plaints, blood diseases, rheumatism, neuralgia, &e., are cured like magic by his wonderful treatment. nose most serious diseases like consumption, ner- haustion, nervous prostra- er terrible us of nerve dis- t and wonderfal skill is best it is in curing paralysi i vous de tion, and maby ot orders that his gr shown. Hundreds of helpless, hopeless, despairing Sufferers have been completely restored to bealth hb by his treatment, and w did space permit, with — the those who h cured,” while the he has on file from grateful patients who have been restored to health by bis means (many of them sworn to) would fill a large volume. Let your complaint be what it will—whether some or- ‘inary form of disease which has become chronic i bated your family physician, or those most diseases which are undermining your . prostrating your vitality, and fast hurry ing you'to a prenctture death, do’ not fail to con- sult him. Dr. Walker can be consulted free. ‘There Is no cvarge for consultation or advice, whether you visit bim personally at his office or write him in regard to your disease, It is a sad fact which many realize that the high fees charg- ed by most physicions are a very serious burden upon the patient, especially when the cost of having the preseriptions tilled 1s added. 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By Willian i jorne, author of “Modern Adols,” &e., editor of the Globe Review, Chicago. Mr. Thorne, who is one of the forces of American literature, says modestly of his modest poems: ‘Phey were written out of impulses that seemed irresistible, and al- ways witha view of conveying some sgn- timent or truth that at-the time was more capable of being expressed in verse than in prose.” It may be added that they were well written and that many of them were much admired when, from time to time, they appeared in Mr. Thorne’s depart- ment of the Philadelphia ‘Times. THE SHERMAN LETTERS. General und Senator Falited by Rachel traits. New Yok : Brentano’ Of the value of “The Sherman Letters” presented in this form there can be but one_ opinion. When originally published in Seribner’s they were gratefully received, and this reprint {s still more welcome. Sherman the warrior and Sherman the statesman are two of the very conspicuous characters in American history; their cor- respondence with eact other adds strength to the popular estimate. Historically, the book is a treasure. CAMPAIGNS OF CURIOSITY. Journalistic Adven- tures of an American Girl in Lonfon. By Eliz- abeth L. Banks. London: Cassell & Company. Miss Banks has gone considerably be- neath the surface of several phases of life in London, and for the truths she made plain many people arc her debtors. She applied the methods of an American searcher after stories to the gathering of interesting material, and succeeded admir- ably. Her experiences are recorded in a decidedly interesting and instructive fash- ion. Correspondence Be- erman from 1887 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF S0- CIETY. By Albion W. Small, Ph.D., Head Professor of Sociology in the’ University of Chicago, and George BE. 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It tells the story of government and exults properly and profit- ably over American greatness, just as boys and girls like to hear it told. Lavishly il- lustrated by the best artists. TURVY. By P. 8 Newell, No. 2. ork: The Century Co, Washington: Beall. A humorous and clever artist has drawn sixty-nine pictures—appropriately colored— that are just as good upside down as they are in any other position; in fact, it Is dif- ficult to locate the top or bottom of any one of the taughter-provoking pages. A good Christmas gift for the Httle ones. A HANDBOOK OF POLITICS FOR 1894. Being a New Robert Record of Important Political Action, Legis- lative and Executive, National and State, from July 31, 1802, to August 15, 1804. By Hon. Edward’McPherson, LL.D., of Gettysburg, Pa., All Hail! the past decade. which the sum One gives relief. Representative in 36th and 37th Congreswes and Clerk of the House of Representatives, U. 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