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=—— AUCTION SALES. DI RS. CHANCERY ESIDENCE AND BL G STORE AS NUM- OWN. iy virtue of a d the District of equity cf al, Supreute Court of Ma, passed March 9, 1805, in 29, in which Henry Schmertz 1 Rebecca Meiners et ave de undersigned trustees will offer for sale at juction, in frout of the fses, on TH! Y, OCTOBER SEVEN- Persil, 2) p. 1 at FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., following described real estate, situate in the i ‘n, in the District of Columbia, to of land situated and being in Distric Columbia, draw eventy-five feet eight . $14 in.) from a point in t, one hundred focmed by the Bridge street and and ranning nd one-half ly and parallel twenty feet (20 it.), thence Parallel with Bridge street nineteen thence rly and parallel with Montgomer: et Bye feet (5 ft), thence east and parallel with Bridge street fifty-one feet three and one-half inches (G1 ft. 34 In.), thence south and parallel with Montgomery street twenty-five feet (25 ft.), to the beginning point; a#so all that the a half tnehes west line of Mou Intersection of the north est line of Mor iy feet (9 ft.), IDANGER part of lot numbered ten (10), In Holmead’s addi- tion to Georgetown, beginning at the end of one hundred and fifty-elght feet (158 ft.) easterly on the north side of Bridge street tom the southwest cor- ner of the late Daniel Rentzel’s brick house, cor- ner of Bridge and Green streets, and running’ east- erly by and with Bridge street fourteen feet (14 ft.), thence north and parallel with Green street phe, hundred feet (100 ft-), thence westerly fourteen feet (14 ft.), thence southerly and parallel with the second line one hundred feet (100 ft.) to the inning One-third (1-3) purckase money in the balance tn one (1) and two (2) years from of sala, secured by deed of trust on the premises sold, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, payable semt-annually, or all cash, at the option of the pi A deposit of $200 to be made at the ti All conveyancing And recording at the purchaser's cost. HEODOKE W. 420 6th st. nw. LEON TOGRINER, Trustee, o5-d&ds Equity bidz.. 317 and 319 4% st. nw. ANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. BOF BRICK DWELLE EET REDWEEN TWELETH TH STREETS NORTHEAST. ist to us, duly recorded ad records of the District of Colun- bia, on the 16th day of June, 1892, we will, at the Tequest of the holder of the note thereby Secured, sell at public auction, in front of the premises, at FIVE O'CLOCK, ON’ THURSDAY, THE SEV TEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D. 1895, the fol- lowing described property, situate In the city of Washington, District of Columbia, viz.: Lot. num- bered two hundred and ninety-two (292), in Franels 1. Duhay's subdivision of lots in square ten bun- dred and four (00, a8 sai pdivision is re- of the surveyor of the District age 114, together with the appurtena improvements. ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, the balance in one and two years, at 6 per cent per annum, {n- terest semi-annually, notes secured by ade ON Gs THIRTE! By virtue of a deed of among t ist upon property sold, or all cush, at A deposit of $200 required at charer. All conveyancing and record! laser. Terms of sale to be coi time of sale. cost of pu with within ten days from date of sale, otherwise iz at Hed the trustees reserve the right to resell the prop- at the risk apd cost of the defaulting pur- after five days’ notice of such resale by advertisement in some newspaper published in Washingten, D. C. ALBERT A. WILSOD JOHN B. LARNER, Trustees, 1335 F st. oc5-d&ds MEDICAL DR CARLETON, 728 oth Street N.W. FOURTH YEAR IN WASHINGTON. CURES DISEASES OF BLADDER AND KIDNEYS. CHRONIC DISEASES, BLOOD POISON, SKIN DISEASES, NERVOUS DEBILITY AND “DISEASES OF STOMACH AND BOWELS. Nervous and Special Diseases. Chronic | ALL DISEASES OF A SPE- Diseases | crac Nature private. Stomach | LY, PROMPTLY AND PER. Diseases | NENTLY CURED. ¢ ._ Burning, Urination. Bmarting, ‘00 Frequent Prompt re Sores In the mouth, sere throat, ernpti the body, sores on the sealp, batr fall tumors, red . Wart, Dr. Carteto Misease tng and he guara latest scieutitic moe failure in Weak, nervor Hon or ene mind, weak indiscretion, orm ORC If you are afflict with weakness, nearly bankrupt in manly vigor, feel old before your time, give up despatring. Dr. Carleton’s su- perior tredtment will quickly and assuredly restor You to sound and vizorous comiition. Dr. Carleton’s great success is due to his superior methods, expert ski!l, twenty-five years’ experience, and the deep interest which he takes In his pa: Hents. Consultation free. Hours. to 5: 7 to 8. Sunday, 10 til it" ” DR. CARLETON, 728 9TH ST. Dr. Leatherman, Medical Expert and Specialist, 602 F St. W. TREATS ALL CHRONI Ds AND SPECIAL ES OF Men and Women. Hcurs, 9 to 12 a.m., 2 to 5 p.m. ‘Tuesday, Thurs- Gay and Saturday nigiits, 7 to 8. Sundays, 4 to 6. oc-Im* AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL C¢ BLOOD ULT THE OLD rellable specialist, Dr. Brothers, $06 B st. c.w.; 5) ycurs’ experience jn treatment af of men. all diseases consultation fiee and strictly confidentii ATTORNEYS. ‘CARRINGTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Webster Law buil D st. nw., W ton, D.C. Residence, No. 3 Mount Vernon New York ave. and Oth st. v.w. Written for The Evening Star. Cross Roads. Together we have walked so long, dear heart, Down Life's broad highway wandered band in hand, But now, at last, And evermore our ways m So long together! Where the road was sweet With song of birds aud perfume laden air, We paused to rest by waters cool and fair And gathered flowers that blossomed at cur feet. And we have walked in sorrow when the sky Was dim and chill with clouds of sullen hue, When earth was dark 9nd winds in anger View, Have braved the storm together, you and I. And ever, though the day were dark or light, I found my sunshine in thy loving eyes, And cared not for the clear or cloudy skles Whilst I could read the peace withia their light. Dear heart, thy way, thongh weary, still is best; For clear and true it leads to Heaven's gate, Where, f coming God's loved angels wait, And thou hast chosen it from all the rest. ‘Tis hard, God knows, to say farewell, dear heart, For now my path will sud and Ionely be. 4 Trannot travel thine, for unto me Another hath been given, far apa iliar grown, so long awhile. Js guard thy way. wy ended, we sh eruliy. long Jo st, for ail Do you know what a “Story of Mystery” is? [t is a continued story of which all but the inted, and then guesses on, then the tina! t fs printed. eventh a most interesting War Was Over,” and five hundred no gues amount will be divided est to a cor solution. mfined to women read- ¥ particulars elsewhere. GERMS How They Are Prepared for Scien- tific Study. COLTIVATION OF VARIOUS BACTERIA A Chat With the Official Disease Breeder of the Government. MICROBE OF SMALLPOX Written for The Evening Star. HE MICROBE OF I smallpox ‘has been found at last. Dr. RD ge Guarieri of Pisa, if Italy, is credited with the discovery, which is confirmed by Prof. = Pfeiffer of Berlift. = The germ is not a bacterium, buc an amoeba—that is to say, a jelly-like or- ganism representing one of the lowest forms of animal life. “An amoeba is a bit of protoplasm with power of motion,” said Dr. William Gray, bacteriologist of the Army Medical Mu- seum, yesterday. “It absorbs food at any part of its surface, expels the waste from any other part, and has no particular-shape. You would find, if you were able to trace your descent far enough, that you yourself had an amoeba for an ancestor. As for the smallpox germ, many attempts have been made to find it, though in vain hitherto. Various micro-organisms have been sep- arated from the matter contained in the pustules of the disease, but none of them would reproduce the latter in animals by inoculation. Experiments will be made with this microbe by infecting beasts with it and drawing off the serum from their blood for use as diphther!a serum is employed.” Dr. Gray is the oficial disease breeder of the gover ment. His laboratory is a weird Place indeed, filied- with objects strange to most morial eyes. Of these not the least odd are the pictures on the walls, which are photographs representing on a gigantic scale portions of the human body affected by various horrible diseases. Many of the diseases in question—that is to say, the microbes which cause them—the doctor keeps constantly on hand in glass tubes for purposes of experimentation. They are tightly corked up with stoppers of sterilized cotton in order that they may not get away. Y// Bacteria of Lockjaw. ‘ogress ia the knowledge of diseases that attack mankind is being accomplished at a great rate nowaday: said Dr. Gray, picking up one of the glass tubes. “You see, there is a small quantity of transpar- ent yellow gelatine in this bottle. On the surface of the gelatine you will observe a discolored patch. That is a colony of the species of bacteria which causes lockjaw or tetanus. It was discovered by a Japanese, formerly a student under Prof. Koch at Berlin, and now employed by his own gov. €rnment at Tokio. Acquaintance with this germ has made It poss.ble for the medical Practitioner to cure lockjaw every time, though the complaint until recenily was Geemed hopeiess. Goats are inoculated with the bacteria—at first in small doses, and later in quantities large enough to have killed the animal at the beginning. When the beasts treated have hed the stage of immunity blood is drawn from their bedies, and the serum ‘ated from it is injected into the p. “Fortunately, I Yet the germs of it are ex ful. In fact, a litt duced beneath the skin is pretty sure to giva the complaint. Common garden. soii usually contains the microbes in large numbers. Those which you see growing on this gelatine came from beneath the turf in fropt of the museum. To procure dis- ei se-producing bacteria of various kinds is easy enough. Tne sputum of a consump- tive will furnish the baciili of tubercu! while cholera germs are found in the dis charges of the patient. Pneumonia germs occur also in the parts affected by cerebro- spinal meningitis and si of membranes of the brain, though whether they cause those complaints nobody can say. Diphtheria microbes are scraped from the throat of the sufferer. That is the way in which diphtheria is diagnosed nowadays. The physician takes a litle scraping from the throat of the patient and applies a particie of it t» gelatine in a glass tube. If the characteristic bacteria do not de- velop the trouble is certainly not diph- theria, no matter what the symptoms may be. Thus certainty ts substituted for gue work. Colonizing Disease Germs. “You ask how a particular specics of bacterium can be separaied from other kinds and propagatea by itself. It is very simple. Perhaps the scraping from the throat will contain a dozen species cf germs besides the one sought. All of them develop on the gelatine, which ts melted in the glass tube and then poured upon a plate of glass that is ccvered hermetically. After the various microbes have had time to form colonies, it is easy to distinguish one from another. A platinum needle steril- ized by heating !s touched to a colony of the species wanted and transferred to the gelatine in another glass tube. ‘here mul- tiplication proceeds rapidly, and, the tube being corked, pretty socn you have what 1s called a ‘pure cuiture.” “Carbuncle, one of the most dangerous of diseases, is only accidental in raan. It is derived from sheep usually, and people working in wool are liable to contract it. In France this complaint is very common among sheep, though rare in this coun- try. Sheep in Europe used to die of it by thousands, but this Is prevented nowadays by inoculating them with an attenuated culture of the microbe in bouillon. The germ was discovered by Pasteur. Another disease accidental with man, though cum- mon in horses, is glanders. In human be- irgs it is almost Inveriably fatal. Horses are rendered immune to it by inoculaiing them with a culture of the specific hac. terium that causes the disease. This cul- ture, called ‘malleine,’ is distributed by the bureau of animal industry tree of charge. A horse that is to be used to furnish ant!- tcxine serum is tested first with an injec- tion of malleine. If the animal has gian- ders, it will exhibit feverishness. The Preparation of Anti-Toxine. “Anti-toxine, if administered in time, never fails to cure diphtheria. The use of it has reduced the mortality from this deadly disease at the Children’s Hospita! in Boston from 60 per cent to 5 per cent. The 5 in 100 who die are patients brought for treatment too late. The virulent diphtheria germs are propagated in bouilion until the latter is saturated with the poisonous pro- ducts given off by the microbes. Then the bou#len Is filtered and employed for inocu- lating a horse. When the horse has become immune blood is drawn from its body. The blood is permitted to stand for a while and settle, a little camphor being added to pre- vent the development of fungi. The cor- puscles settling to the bottom, the serum— which is the watery part of the blood—is readily separated. This serum is anti- toxine. “Disease-producing bacteria in the pro- cess of their growth and multiplication produce poisons which eventually are fatal elves. 17 ane reason why peo- ints plenti- The mic ly, making the ck; but if the patient can hold out long enough he will get weil for the reason mentioned. The idea of scrum-therat to introduce into the sysiem the sp. on produced by the microbe, which is, nevertheless, destructive Inves aren yorking on er and pneumonia along the and before long undoubtedly ve cures for those troubles as ent as anti-toxine is for diphtheria. A cure may be found in t way for any dis: ease of man that can be communicated to lower animals. Cancer Probubty Not a Germ Disease. “How about cancer, you ask? Well, that It is asserted in some qua ters er is a germ diSease, but ihe theory is entirely unproven. Apparently, that complaint is caused by the deveiop- effic ordinary earth intro- | ppurative diseases | | THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1895—TWENTY PAGES. : 13 ment of normal cells under abnormal con- ditions. A surface cancer is produced by the wandering of such cells from the skin into the tissues beneath, where they grow and make mischief. This may be a conse- quence of inflammation. It is the same way with an internal cancer, cells wandering into a gland from the membrane which en- velops it. They develop in the organ and eventually destroy its usefulness. So far as we can tell there is no cancer germ. The only cure ts the knife, and that must be used quickly. “We may hope much from the discovery of the microbe of smallpox. Though kept down by vaccination, that disease 1s al- ways present in every country, ready to assume the proportions of a pestilente at any time when conditions may be favor- able. During the Middle Ages it took 500,000 lives in Europe annually, and in one year 2,000,000 people in Russia died of it. In 1527 it caused 3,500,000 deaths in Mexico. Already the specific bacterium of vaccine or cowpox has been discovered, and before long pure cultures of it will be used instead of vaccine obtained from cows, which is only too likely to contain germs of tuberculosis. It will be easy to Propagate the cowpox microbes on gela- tine and to put them up in a solution for use by physicians. The artificial prepara- tion will be more sure in its effects than natural vaccine, which so commonly fails to ‘take.’ “Another disease believed to be of bac- terial origin is leprosy. Its specitic germ, named the ‘bacillus leprae,’ has been iso- lated probably. In some parts of the world this frightful plague seems to be spfead- ing. This is notably the case in the United States of Colombia, where the people are becoming a population of lepers, one might almost say. In the departments of San- tander and Boyaca one person in ten is affitcted, and In that section of the coun- try alone there are 100,000 victims. This estimate may be exaggerated. But the most destructive of all diseases is con- sumption of the lungs, which causes 100,- 000 deaths in the United States annually, and in Europe 1,000,000 deaths per annum. it is communicated to human beings large- ly through cattle, which everywhere are infected with it to a great extent. The tubercle bacillus was discovered by Koch. His lymph, the process for making which is not a secret, is produced and distributed in large quantities by the bureau of ani- ma! industry. It is employed to determine whether or not cows aré infected with tuberculosis. An uffected animal becomes feverish after an injection of the lymph. Malaria but for quinine would cause great mortality; but tho precious alkaloid de- rived from cinchona bark is deadly poison te the germ, which is now known to ke amoeba that feeds on the red cor of the blood. RENE GACHE. oe NG OF RAL ORSES: The Prospect for the Future as Pre- sented to the Farmers. From Farm News. The price of horses has of late been so reduced that farmers are discouraged in horse raising. -The low prices now prevail- ing are due to a want of demand,on account of the electric car system, which has been so. generally established throughout the cities and some parts of the country ror rapid transportation. This is, no doubt, in some part the cause of the weak demand for horses in the markets. There is, how- ever, another cause, which will be found in over production. A few years ago the horse craze, as it may be called, prevailed among farmers, and there was scarcely any one who was not breeding either first-class roadsters or blooded drivers. For these for a few years, first-class prices were obtained, and the demand which was at the time 2 fictitious one, pro- duced by a sort of boom in horseflesh, pro- duced an oversupply, and now there are too many horses for the market, which has for the time been somewhat diminished by the electric car lines. But good horses are and will in the near future bring better prices than now. Farmers will understand what they need, and for a while, perhaps, the supniy will be short of the demand, but the price will agitin settle to a fair com: pensation for the trouble and risk in rais- ing good horses. Good family ho always be in demand in the the prosperous villages. Cars may .carry men to business, and women do their shop- ping, but there is a demand, in hours not spent in business, fur a carriage horse to supply a need, felt by almost every well- to-do family, that may have a restful air- ing in the country or in the parks and suburbs of the city. Farmers would do well to turn their attention to raising horses to supply this want. Horses should be raised of the best blood, not for the turf, but for the carriage care should be taken in t this purp as is ne ry to good conditioned, quiet, trusty hoi to driving through all the bustle and neises of the city. This will require time and trainer, but such horses will : a good sale, and can be profit Give us good family hors always desirable, and as much sir training for produce and th mand will be sufficient to pay the producer de- a good profit. OUR WH American Bicycles Lighter and More Graceful Than From the San neisco Exa A gentleman recently returned from Eu- rope, where he has been touring on a wheel, says the American bicycles taken over by his party surprised those who saw them. The bicycles belonging to his party each weighed weil under twenty-two pounds, the lightest scaling eighteen. In England the lightest racing wheels were found lo weigh twenty-two pounds, and some ran up to twenty-five, while the average road wheels weighed not less than thirty pounds. And in many of the English catalogues notice is given purchasers that racing machines are used on the road at the owner's risk. In France manufacture is even behind that of England, the wheels being still heavier and graceful. When the Frenchmen of the ne saw the American ma- at once noted the shapely chines they American lines, and without delay applied the test wheelmen of every corner of the earth are so used to trying—they lifted the wheel to learn its weight. At once the dif- ference in weight between the French and the American bicycle was admitted, but the opinicn prevailed that the American wh2el was not intended for use. When its owner mounted and rode away they were given an object lesson which they will not soon for- get. ‘There is one complaint of the cyclers in Europe which is unknown in this country, and that is “side-stips,"” caused by the moisture in the atmosphere, giving the sur- face of the roads and pavements a thin coating of mud at all seasons. In Lon-lon the wooden block pavements exude a mois- ture which makes riding difficult and in crowded thoroughfares dangerous. Many devices have been invented in the effort to overcome this, some consisting of deep cor- Tugations im the tires, others of diamond- shaped patches, which are supposed to give a hoki on the pavement; but none of them has entirely cured ithe difficulty. —-+e+—____ Electric Power for Cable Roads. the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Chicago City Railway Company is now using an electric motor to drive the two lengths of its cable on State street south of 39th street. The company has been engaged for the last two months in enlarging its plant at , street, so that it might have sufficient clectric power to drive its cables, being apparently the first instance of a surfdce cable street rail- way operated Ly electricity. A 700 horse- power Westinghouse motor is employed in the power kouse to operate about three miles of double-track road, and is said to have given good satisfaction thus far. It has been found that to ran the cable motor requires no increase of the pay roll, and that the only loss is due to an increase in the cost of fuel per horse-power delivered to the cable. Against this, however, is a saving due to the closing down of the boil- ers and engines in the cable plant. Contrary to the general belief the ammeter shows a ired to greater variation in the power requ pull the cable than is noticed in the ope tion of a trolley road using the same amount of power, although not such vio- tuations as on very small ele It is said that the ammeter will er fall of 300 amperes —- see A Mental Stimatus. ailment of the great m. y 8 “When the War Was Ove by Frederick R. Burton, will be publisae: next Monday. Five hundred dollars in gold for the first correct solution. Particuls in another column, reading rooms of the IN THE CHURCHES re Nearly $8,000 has been pledged to pay for the alterations and repairs now being made to the First Congzegaticnal Church. A Portion of the work fs completed. The dec- orators started on their part of the con- tract this week, beginning first to fresco the main auditorium. * The next two or three Sundays the -congregation will be obliged to worship in the lecture room on the upper floor. In the basement a steam heating apparatus is now being put jn. This apparatus will heat all the church with the exception ofthe main auditorium, the present furnace being deemed adequate for the latter. The kitchen in the basement has been completely refurnished and the ventilation and sewerage of the edifice have been placed in order. The large pipe organ is to be examined, and will be redecorated. It 1s not thought that the formal opening of the church will take place until about the 1st of November. Rev. Father J. M. O’Brien of St. Peter’s Church has had as his guest at the paro- chial residence during the past ten days the Right Rev. D. J. O'Sullivan, bishop of Mo- bile. Fathers Brick, Ritter and Henley of the Redemptionist crder are expected to open a mission at St. Peter's. Sunday week is to be celebrated as rally day by the Sabbath school of the Ninth Street Christian Church. A special pro- gram has been prepared for the occasion. ‘The school is now four years old and during that time has raised over $600 for the mis- sion cause alone. ‘The: Christian Endeavor Society of the First Presbyterian Church has decided to furnish & room in one of the local hospitals in memory of Eugene Rhodes, one of the Washington victims of the Elbe disaster and a former president of the society. ‘One of the problems which troubled the officers of the District Endeavor Union, but which has been satisfactorily solved, was how to keep the increasing duties of their positions in regard to the coming con- vention from interfering with their daily avocations. Each official has arranged to be at the headquarters of the union each day at the Lenman building as follows: Miles M. Shand, president, 4 to 5 p.m.; W. H. H. Smith, chairman of the '96 commit- tee, 4 to 5 p.m.; Herman C. Metcalf, secre- tary of the union, 8:30 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 5 p.m.; John B. Sleman, jr., chairman of the press committee, 8:30 to § a.m. and 4 to ) p.m.; John D. Morgan, secretary of the ‘96 committee, 4:30 to 5 p.m., and Percy S. Foster, treasurer of the same committee, 4 to 5 p.m. Workmen are now engaged in adding an- other story to the pastoral residence at St. Mary's Church, adjoining the church on the north. The present residence is two stories righ, Rev. Father George Glaab, the rector, has been confined to his room recently with an attack of rheumatism. A nucleus of a library has been secured by the board of control of the Epworth League by the purchase of a complete set -of manuals relating to various branches of the league work, and also the full Epworth League reading course as in use by the chapters in the United States. In addition to these books it is expected that the library will be still further increased by purchases and donations, the object being to have a number of books always on hand which treat of the various branches of league affairs, such books be'ng constantly in demand. A place for the collection has not been found yet, but it is probable that they will be placed in the private [brary of some local Methodist minister. The chapter of the: Brotherhood of An- drew and Phillip connected with the West- ern Presbyterian Church, held its initial meeting of the year Tuesday evening week. The work for the year was mappad out. Committees werg electéd, with the follow- ing as chairmen: Exegutive committee, the pastor of the church, Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis; committee on membership, Julius Holzberg: social committee, A. B. Gawler, and committee on missions, W. I. Simp- So ¢ ‘he position of secretary in charge of the rst Congregational hurch, which are open all day, and which was held until a month or so ago by Mrs. tharine Lamborn Ross, is now occupied y Miss Marion Smith,..who assumed the duties of the office this wee The Maryland = syned, ing the presbyteries of Wa ston, Baltimore and Newcastle, is to hold its annual meeting in the First Presbyterian Church of Balti- more on the 15th, 16th and 17th of thi month. On the evening of the 15th the moderator, Rev. George O. Little, D. D., of this city will deliver the opening address, and Rey. Thomas Chalmers Easton, D. D., of this city is to deliver the annual sermon to the synod. During the morning and afternoon of Wednesday and Thursday the business session will pe held. ne junior Christian Ende the Metropolitan Baptist Church me day evening for the purposes of reory tion and election of officers. Cockerille in charge ard 1) be assisted by Misses Resa Marcia Church and E Mills. The officers elected are as follow President, Gaylord Church; secretary, Car- roll Donnally, and treasurer, Miss Edythe Murray. The senior Erdeavor Society has severed its connection with the local C. E. Union, and is now affiliated with the Bap- tist Young People’s Union. The Lutheran Synod of the province of Maryland js to meet in annual session in Baltimere next Thursday and wili be pre- sided over by the Rev. Edwin Weyl Delk of Hagerstown, assisted by Rev. Victor Miller of Leitersburg in the capacity of secretary. The gathering will take place in Grace Church, and delegates will be present from all over Maryland and from the District of Columbia. Those from this city will represent the following Lutheran churche: Luther Flace Memorial, St. Mark’s, St. Paul's, the Church of the Ref- ormation, the Church of the Redeemer (cal- ored), Keller Memorial, Zion and West Washington. A special meeting of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew has been called for some time next week to hear the reports of the dele- gates to the Louisville convention. The meeting is to take place in St. Luke's Church upon the invitation of the chapter from that church. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Cer:tral Presbyterian Church has elected J. K. Hill president, and Miss Anna P. Shields, vice president, to serve during the ensuing year. The society sent $30 last week to Miss Maud Hancock, who is labor- or Society of Julian T. was selected as superintendent the ing in China as a missionary under the | direction of ciety. ‘Two young men of this city, well known to all members of the Young Men's Chris- ffan Association, have secured positions as physical instructors in the associations of other cities. Harry Ward, -who has been identified with Y. M. C. A. athletics for a number of years, goes to Norfolk. Ernest P. Hoff has accepted the call of the Scran- ton Young Men's Christian Association, and will not only teach athletics, but will also assist in the educational classes. ‘The presbytery of the Chesapeake, em- bracing a portion of Virginia and the Dis- trict of Columbia, recently held its fall meeting at Delaplaine, Fauquier county, Va., and adjourned after a short session té meet in this city in the spring at the Cen- tral Presbyterian, Church. Rev. Dr. A. W. Pitzer was re-elected stated clerk, in which pesition he has served twenty-three years, end Mr. Kemper, ruling elder of Alexandria Church, moderator, with James V. A. Shields, sr., of this icity, treasurer. The synod, to which Chesapeake presbytery is attached, will meet thé 16th of this month at Charleston, W. Va. Chautauqua circles were organized in Foundry and Waugh M<E. Churches Mon- day evening. Hereafter the circle of Foundry Church will.meet on Wednesday evenings, and that of ‘Waugh on Mondays. Laura Pitzer Missionary Society of Cen- tral Presbyterian Church held a meeting Wednesday evening to ‘take measures for the establishmer:t of the mission in China, to be supported jointly by the Central Church and the Loudoun Street Church of Winchester, Va. The two societies have new paid everything in-advance, including the salary of the missionary, Rev. Hugh White, and are only waiting for more tranquility in China before establishing the station. The hire of a native helper has been defrayed by a member of the Y. P. S.C. E. of the local chureh. In connection with the Sunday school of Assembly Church, a home. department has been organized, compesed of adults and of children who are invalids. Each member promises to spend a half hour each week in preparation of the lesson fer the coming Sunday, and visits are made to the homes of the members by a committee appointed for the purpose. A special assistant super- intendent will also be selected, to have gen- eral supervision over the wark. The young people of the Ke Church are preparing to p ata of “Esther.” Tomorrow the third ersary of the church and the fourth of nday school will be celebrated. he Metropolitan Baptist Charch has adopted congregational singing. Mr. Gil- ‘t E. Clark is now filling the position of the China Inland Mission So- T Memorial nt the can- Paralysis Follows Bloodlessness and Nervous Prostration, From the Press, New York City. For more than fifteen years Mrs. A. Mather, who lives at No, 43 East 112th street, New York, was a sufferer from anaemia, which, in spite of the treatment of physicians, igratinally developed into nervous prottration until finally marked symptoms of paralysis set in. Mrs, Mather gladly gave the reporter her experience. “For many years,” Mrs. Mather said, “I was a constant sufferer from nervousness. It was about fifteen years ago that my condition began to grow worse. "Soon I hecame. so affected that I was proetrated and, until about two years ago, was a part of the time unable to leave my bed.’ I em- Plpyed several phystelans from time to tine, my Lilis at the drug store for prescriptions some- times Amounting to as much as $50 a*month, but all the doctors did for me did not seem to’ hel me at all. My blood became greatly impoverish and after years of suffering I was threatened with paralysis. “When I walked I could scarcely drag my fect slong, and at times my knees would give way, £0 that I would almost fall down. Feeling that doc- tors could not help me I had ilttie hope of recov- ery, until one day I read in a newspaper how a Téon, affiicted almost the same as I was, had n cured by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. I purchased a box and began taking the pills. ‘The effect of this first box pleased me so much that I Bought another. Before I had taken all the pills in the first box I began to experience relief, and, after the third box had been used, I was practically cured. It was really surprising what a speedy and pronounced effect the medicine had upon me. “I always keep Dr. Willams’ Pink Pills in the house now, and when I feel any symptoms of nerv- ousuess find that they give me certain relief. When Mrs. Mather talked with the reporter she was dressed for the street, intending to go out for a walk. She locked the picture of health, far different than she did before taking the Pink Pills. Mrs. Mather’s daughter corroborated her mother’s account, and told how she herself had been cured of chronic indigestion by these pills, and, too, how ber cousin bad been cured of anaemia in same way. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on recelpt of price (50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50) by addressing Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. ¥. A SKEPTICAL GENTLEMAN IS CONVINCED THAT DR. SHADE CAN CURE CONSUMPTION. READ HIS LETTER BELOW. . C., March 16, 1895. “Dear Dr. a I placed my wife under your treatment six months ago I little dreamed that a cure would be the result, my wife's father, brother and sister having died of the dread Gisease, You can readily imagine ly after she was given up by two Washington specialists. Encouraged, bow- ever, by interviews with people whom you had cured, resulted in a trial of your Chloridum Tr ment. Yon have advised me to have her lungs Consumption. we had no hope, espe examined to te which has been done by our old fami who first diagnosed tube culosis in rs ago. He now pro- nounces the cure If any’are inclined to be skeptical, s, send them to my wife. She will dispel any doubt that may Unger in their minds. If you feel so disposed use this letter. “it, BOWIE HOLLAND, It 30 L street northeast.” precentor, both at the services of the church and the Sunday school. Beston echo rallies have been held by rearly sixty of the sixty-nine Christian En- Geavor Societies in the local union, and so far as known each cne has had something to say on the subject of “Boston's Wel- ecme.”” Calvary Baptist Church of this city has two representatives a missionaries the “Telugu” people of India—Re Wheeler Boggess. They left land something ver three Among th his bicycle, not a new one, which he found very useful in going about the villages in his vicinity, being much more rapid and comfortable’ than the native “buliock cart.” The old bicycle has now beco ae so much worn that it is unfit for further use. A new wheel has been purchased, and the shipping expenses, as well as the cost, paid by the personal gifts of about one hundred Calvary people. rhe new bicycle was shipped from New York September Zist last on the steamer “Furnessia,” and, it is expected, will reach India, in’ about five weeks. At the semi-annval election of officers of the C. E. Society of Gunton Temple Presby terian Church the following officers wer year ago. belorigings Mr. Boggess_ took elected: President, Miss Anna Hamlin; vice secretary, Lewis Dallas. a AMATEUR BOOKBINDING. Artistic Handiwork in Which Some Women Find Recreation From the Book Buyer. Few vocations heretofore followed by men arc left uninyaded nowadays by women. In the more artistic handicrafts their pres- ence and inflvence are felt more particular- ly than in the commercial occupations, sinee, wherever individuality counts special- ly, the woman’s taste and deftness of handiwork avaii most and leave the most distinct impress upon the work. Comment- ing upon the incident that a number of wonsen of leisure have taken up vookbind- ing as a recreation, the writer quotes a paragraph recently published in the Tribune about the ease with which a home bindery can be set up, and what interest- ing results can be obtained. ‘There is a sentiment in a dainty hand-bound book that is delightful, and so many excellent works are now published with paper—and therefore perishable—covers, that it is a veritable pleasure to save some favorite from destruction and to give it an honored place on one’s table or the library shelves. A press, some book boards—which are to be found at all places where they sell book binders’ _ supplies—“‘bookbinders’ twine, “bookbinders’ giue’ and merbled or other figured paper, watered silk, prepared for the purpose, or plain white paper, for the fin- ish and fiy leaves, are all that is needed, except for the outside-binding, which is rely a matter of taste and skill in de- signing. “Any kind of muterial will make good covers; tooled and decorated leather, a handsome bit of brocaded silk, or even chintz covers are very effective. Smocthly laundered white linen duck, with a printed design and lettering, make a very pretty cover. Th'n morcecos of every shade are easily stretched and pasted over the boards. For small books, gray linen with red lettering is good; and embroidered covers may be made very’ beautiful with Spanish bullion work in gold and silver. Metal corners and clasps add much to the appearance of an edition de luxe. In short, when the details of the bindery are mastered, there is no end to the scope for pretty effects. ‘To learn how to bind a book, it is best to take some old Look to pieces and study the construction. A strong screw press is a necessity. When the leaves are all in their places in the press, a small cut is made with a saw in several places on the back and the twine inserted with strong glue. ‘The back is then covered with muslin, glued on, with ends left on either side to paste onto the boards, which have alresdy been covered with the outside ccver. After this has been done, paper of watered silk is pasted on the inside of the boards, over the muslin ends, to form a fly leaf on the other side, and the beok is put in the press and left until ary. After a few experiments all this work can be done very neatly and in a workman- like manner; and there is no greater satls- facticn in the way of handiwork than giv- ing a good work a good cover. eS Big Money for an Imagination. A little exercise of your imagination may be worth five hundred dollars in gold to you. Read the particulars in another column of The Star’s great mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” by Frederick R. Burton. _—_— Deduction Slightly at Fault. From the Philadelphia Record. “There is a great deal in the science of deduction,” said an ardent admirer of Sher- lock Holmes to a chance acquaintance on the rear platform of a trolley car. “For instance, I see from your bronzed cheeks that you have just returned from a long vacation; you have just dined, for yon ap- pear to enjoy that cigar hugely, and cigar always has firer flavor after dl “Deduction, is it?” sald he whose fly history ‘the original Sherlock have krown at a single glance. “Weil, I ain’t had no vacation, and I ain’t had no dinner. I'ma bricklayer—been working for three weeks on the top of a five-story ouild- ing, and I’m friends with this Is cavse I'm uster sm " a pipe, and it’s the first rope I've bought for eight years. See?” MAJESTI INATION COOKING RANG This Range possesses every essential to pleasant, economical housekeeping. HARD COAL, SOFT COAL OR WOOD, and to cost no more Tt is made of cold-rolied stecl-plated and malleabie iron, to use, at discretion, GAS, for one fuel than for the other. 80 combined as to give strength where needed, weight where exposed. gether—not bolted, other ranges are. Its constructive features are such as to make it a marvel because of its ease of man- It bakes and roasts in either oven to perfection. abundance of hot water quickly from elther fire. it 1s beautiful in its appearance. agement. It 1s as charming in its operation lutely the demand for a higher type of cooking apparatus. ‘Pajestic Mfg Co.,7422°73Morganst., Sere oee Combination Coal & Gas COOKING RANCE. —— "The convenience of gas for cooking and the necessity also of a Range for general purposes using other fuel, bas compelled many to have two stoyes in their kitchens. ‘There ts @ demand for some- thing better, and we are meeting it with our new It is made It is riveted to- It supplies the greatest It fills abso- Write for circular. MUMMY-OF A GIANT Body of a Man Nine Feat High Dug Up in Oalifornia, Biggest Human Being on Record, Though S He ewhat Shrunk Since Was Alive. Written for The Evening Star. The corpse of the biggest man that ever lived has been dug up near San Diego, Cal. At all events, there is no satisfactory record in ancient or modern history of any human being nearly so tall. The mummy— for in such a condition the remains were found—is that of a person who must have been about nine feet high in life. This makes allowance for a shrinkage, which may be pretty closely calculated. The cadaver has been carefully inspected and measured-by Prof. Thomas Wilson, curator of the department of prehistoric anthro- pology in the Smithsonian Institution, and other scientists. The tape line even now registers the length from heel to top of head at eight feet four inches. ‘The mummy ts that of an Indian, and is almest certainly prehistoric, though itsage cannot be determined with any sort of ac- curacy. Historical records of the part of California where it was found go back for at least 250 years, and they make no men- tion of any man of gigantic stature. How much older the body may be must be. left open to conjecture. Its preservation is no matter for surprise. In that arid region the atmospheric conditions are such that a corpse buried in the dry season might very well become perfectly desiccated before the arrival of the ruins, and thus be rendered permanently proof against decay. ‘The body was found in a cave by a party of prospectors. It is in an excellent state of preservation. The spine has shrunk con- siderably, being thus reduced in length, by reason of the drying of the cartilage be- tween the vertebrae. The knees are some- what bent. Over the head are the rem- rants of a leather hood, which seems to have Leen part of a garment used for the purpose of a shroud. The man was well advanced in years, as 1s shown by the worn condition of the teeth. It has been stated that the individual must have surpassed in height any giant of whom there is historical record. This is true, unguestionably, so far as the last two centuries are concerned, and accounts 6f older dates are not at all well authenti- cated. ‘An Austrian giant, measured by Topi- nard, was four and a half inches above eight feet in height. The tallest man of whom there is any record was Winckel- meyer, who was measured by Doubes and found to be exactly eight and a half fect high. The largest woman that ever lived was Marianne Wekde, a German, who was a wonder of the last century. Not more than four properly vouched for eight-foot- ers have,dwelt on the earth in mode: times. Unfortunately, the exhibited giant is always more or less of a fake, a number of inches being added to his stature by the show bills. 3 P. T. Barnum in his memoii he never could find a auman bein: would come up to the eight-foot mar though he searched the world for curiosi- ties during his half century of experience as a showman. Chang, known as the Chi nese Giant, was advertised as eight fe high. Therefcre he could not have been so much, and the fact is that he was enly about six inches over seven feet. His a) parent b2ight was increased by a flowing robe ond thick-soled shoes. Yet Chang was probably the tallest man ever on exhibition in this country. Seven feet is a good height for an ordinary show giant. The great Chinaman had the ad- vantage of eing free from the deformities says tha’ which mark nearly ali giants, who are apt to display an overdevelopment of the hands an@ feet, and particularly of the face. Dr. Charles L. Dana attributes such over- growth on the part of occasional human beings to a disease. He asserts that antism,” as he calls it, is due to a disorder of a small gland that goes by the name of the “pituttary body,” situated at the base of the brain. This gland, about the size of a rea, seems to have something to do with nutrition. Injury to it causes emaciation. In giants it is always found much enlarged. In short, giantism is a nervous complaint. Happily, it fs not transmitted to offspring, and the children of giants are people of or- ainary size. , The giant of nursery tales is strong, bold, cruel and voracious. But, according to Dr. Dana, the giant of reality is weak physi- cally, amiable and stupki. He may be pow- erful muscularly in youth, but he loses his strength by the time he reaches maturity. As a rule, he dies young. One never sees an old giant, and a middle-aged specimen is rare. Beyond question great stature under ordinary circumstances may be and com- monly is inherited. Hence the physical de- velopment of the wrestlers of Japan, who tower head and shoulders above the every- day people of their own race. Forming a caste by themselves, they have been bred for stature for centuries. The soldiers of King Frederick William's famous regiment of giants at Potsdam married the women of that neighborhood, and, as a conse- quence, there are a great many very tall People to be found in the vicinity.of Pots- dam today. But these instances are nor mal. Giantism, which is abnormal, is supposed to begin until after a height seven feet is passed. Far from having been of greature stature than his descendants of today, prehistoric man was slightly smaller than the modern. His bones have been dug up and prove this fact. Human beings today have more com- fort and are better nourished, and these conditions tend to increase the size of the body, making growth yore rapid. Anthro- Pologists have noted the fact that intense cold dwarfs a population. People who live nearest the north pole are very small—as, for example, the Eskimo and Laps. Mum- mies 8,500 years old, dug up in Egypt, are no bigger than the men of today. Armor from ancient graves might easily be worn by seldiers of the nineteenth century. Early explorers declared that the Patagonians averaged nine or ten feet in height. They are tall people, but the average man among them is jess than six feet in height. SS A Story of Mystery. Do you know what a “Story of Mystery” is? It 1s a continued story of which all but the last chapter Is printed, and then guesses are made as to the solution, then the final installment is printed. On October seventh a most interesting mystery story, ‘When the War Was Over,” will be started in The Star, and five hundred dollars will be given for the first absolutely correct solution. In case no guess Is abso- lutely correct the amount will be divided among those nearest to a correct solution. ‘The guesses will be confined to women read- ers. Fuller particulars elsewhere. ————_ Free Advice. From the Chicago Tribune. “Here is the amount of your bill, doctor,” said Mr. Kneer, extracting a bank note from his pocket book and handing it over. “Now, in case I have any more trouble with my back what had I better do for ‘iin case of any further trouble,” replted the physician, pocketing the money ‘you will do well to cali in @ doctor agai veo Losing Its Effectiveness. New York Leds: pa, are you going to New York From th tomorrow? “I guess so, Nannie. Wh: “Well, I wish you would get me a new tooth brush; my old one is molting.”

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