Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1895, Page 8

& THE EVENING STAR, THURS DAY, OCTOBER 31, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. - = — ———— = v. MOSES™ Boston Variety Store. ‘UG AR Quickens : Eee hE CASe B. SONS,| Friday and Saturday to be “Days of Economy” oe WES Pa a aes ‘ MUNYO N F Strest, St rog> Waretous>, : i a 4 es the in Regard to Commander Ludlow. iy ae betes in all departments of our great i D AY-- pee Hiss: Mis Ui Fer Deedly Digu = ss Se aa =e establishment. ee Some Officers Think It Removes Him i —— ee ee peter y ped who values real economy should read the items advertised SUG AR Y E Be S — (cee a meh — inertia! oe — = n ansthi-gese you can use, Bottle, 25 = Dosing Sabla: ae Rogers’ Piated Ware. seweley 4 Items. <a The Only Gold Medal a = Upholstery Dept. Attractions. —We have a line of Table Cov- ers—the choicest as well as the cheapest we've ever been able to show. Embroidered’ Silks, Velours, Cotton and Silk Tap- estries, Jutes, Chenilles, ete— in every size from that of the smallest stand to that of the largest piano. As the prices are exceedingly low we are compelled to limit the hours of sale. These prices will be in effect only between 8 and 10 a.m. and 5 and 6 p.m. Covers in Cotton Tape tries, from 9c. to $6.50. ‘Covers in Satin Tapest:ies, from $3.00 to $12.00. Covers in Velours, fr m $5.50 to $1 Covers in Chenille, from Sec. to Mantel Scarfs, tringed, Jupanese Tin- tel Ccepe, at. ‘Te. A few days’ China Silk Attraction. VALUE. NOW. 150 yards of 32-inch Figured China Silk, S colors. A yard............ 1.00 50c. 300 yards of 32-inc! Silk, 15 colors, A yard......-.... $1.20 Se! Epe tal 36-inch Washable Jap Silks in Ited, Black and Navy Blue. A yard ‘Te. Sash Curtain Materials by the yard. In this department you'll find every thing from @ Sc. Serim to the most expensive Honiton, Irish Point and Brussels Lace. A jew Atffactions in Bed Room Curtain Muslins. VA 60 yanls 30-In, Tambour Mustin. 400. & 110 yards 50-In. Colorid Ro:ted Mustin. .50c. 50 yards 50-in. Colored Madras Muslin. On wale at these prices, ONLY between 8 and 10 @.m. and 5 and 6 p.in. World's Fair! HIGEEST AWARD. INPERTAL GRANUH The STANDARD and BEST prepared FOOD A very palatable food! A most wholesome food. Delicate children, and delicate, infirm and aged persons, INVALIDS and convalescents . praise the 1 virtues of this food! ._ Mothers know its value preceding childbirth and while nourishing their off- spring. Infants from birth thrive on it! Sold by DRUGGISTS EVERY WHERE! Joba Carle & Sons, New York. suave : Nr a AIA MRNAS or 50c. lor You can't buy better shore than those we sel a $2.50 $8. Y¥ styles—the quality—the workmanship. Then see what we have, We'll guarantee the only differ- ence will be in (7 Butten or lace—for ladies and men— to suit all feet. $250 and $3. was Cohen & Son, 630 Pa. Ave., sieehabimt Late mies 0¢30-20 ‘i Here are Books By the Thousands!! as well as Reviews, in this Cir- For you to choose from, Magazines and Fashion ‘Jouraals, Particulars ean © z Imperial Circulating Librar by calling Miss Whittington, 511 rith st. “No extra charge for resitting if you should not be satisfied with your first one”—at Stalee’s, 1107 F St. “Mezzo Tints.” $4 doz. We very seldom have zo take a resitting, for aim to satisfy our customers with first w ene. Stalee, 1107 F St. 630-16 Established 1861: FRANKLIN & CO., Opticians, 1227 Penn. ave., Will Remove TO THEIR NEW STORE, No. 1203 F Street, ABOUT NOVEMBER 10. ocl8-3m Don’t scold your washwoman. —when clothes look yellow and un- cleanly. No waslivoman, bowever skilled, can make the clothes lcok white and clean unless she is supplied with the best laundry soaps. Weaver, Kengla & Co.’s z‘sorex’ QUAPS & ‘Borax’ —are acknowledged the best—and make the clothes look whiter, cleaner aud better than any other soaps. Try them al! grocers. Piant, «for them. IN & SON'S Latrobes, Furnaces and Ranges. They . Are the Best. Wor sale by ‘t PRIN city STOVE DEALERS IN ‘per3-3n [ASHINGTON, D. ©. By a chance bargain we have obtaincd what 1s genuine ent In the prices of Rogers’ uaranteed xtra plate on nickel The pattern is new and attractive $1.98 Medium or Dessert Knives. Rutter_Knives OMY VALUES in Silverware — of other makers: triple-plate, five bottles. Iie. JO8e." 14 don: lose: 1 daz. box. nomy prt $1.49 Coffee Spoons, Economy price. $1.49 Froit Knives. Economy price Picks, one-half dezen‘in box: c an Oak} Dos, satinslised. "/ieoonomny peice: Umbrellas. Umbrellas, 24-inch, for school children. ae, 500 Gloria Economy 100 each Marguerite Brovcies,, omy price. Butterfly and large-size” . Economy. price. Cat Silver Sterling Bracelet Children’s size. Economy Ladies’ size. Economy Sterling-mounted Bang Comb omy price..... Real Tortoixe Shell Side Combs. Same, Sterling mounted. Miniature Breastpivs... Cutlery. We keep only the best imported and domes mak All goods guaranteed. Heel __finives: and . each; White Handi Kutvex apd Fy dozen, Economy price. . ‘Economy Tuswell Steel horn handle. my price. Genuine Wade & Butcher Razors, beautifully finished Wade & Butcher, Woste1 full hollow ground Star Safety Razors Special Double-swit Genuine Christy Bread Knives English cate Kuife and’ Fork, buckhorn anal the ‘ks, cocoa handles. Economy : We. ist Russell Steel Butcher Knives, warranted blades25c, Dinner, Tea and Toilet Sets. One hundred Ameri- can China Dinner Sets, decorated with natural flowers, filled in colors and gold finish. Special for Friday and Saturday So” Fifty highest grade Carisbad China Din- ner Sets, in latest shapes and newest de- signs, nothing more tasty or elegant for double the price. Spe- cial for Friday and Saturday ... S One hundred Imperial China Tea Sets, filled in flowers and gold Three hundred Fine China Toilet Sets, filled in colors of pink, blue, yellow and old_ rose, full gold finish. Special for Friday and Satur- One _ hundred grade Toilet Sets, cluding all our decorations, in latest shapes and _ designs. Special for Friday and Saturday, 21% <cicev sea One fifty high in- rich hundred © and Fine — Carlsbad China Tea Sets, very thin and extra fine edges. Special for Friday and Saturday... $2" Blue and White Stee Bes! All Goods Selected. ‘Tea or Coffee Pots, i ‘Tea or Coffee Pot: Tea or Coffee Pot 14g ut. size Rice or Milk Belles, 2 qt. sine Rice or Milk Boilers, 214 qt. size. Bice or Milk Botlers, 3 qt. size Brekets, covered, 1 Beira scence 2 ov aire: Ten Kettles, capacity 4 qts. Tea Kettles, capacity 5 qt Granite, Iron and G Saucepans or Preserving Kettles, 2 Saucepans or Preserving Kettles, 2% q1 Saucepans or ing Kettles, 3 qt. Hencepans or Prererving Kettles, 4 qt Soucepans or Preserving Kettles, 5 ‘Tea or Coffee Pots, capacity 3 qtx. Tea or Coffee Pots, capacity 4 ats, Fry Fry Puma, Acme, 11 in. Buxkets, covered, capacity 2 ts: Door Mats. 100 Best Rubber Door Mats. ..- decorations. Special for Friday and Saturday... 1 Enamel Ware Sale. t Quality. No Seconds. s pans or Preserving Kettles. 1 qt. Scucepans or Preserving Kettles, 144 at x it Seucepans or Pre ticepans or Pre 2 at. "Bat. size raystone Ware Sale At Astonishingly Low Prices. Tea Kettles, capacity 4 ats. Tea Kettles, capacity 5 ats. Fie Plates, 9 in Dish Pans. capacity 17 at Water Pais, capacity 12 s. ats.. ucepans, Saucepans, with co Straight , Strotght Saucepans, with cover, Yash Hasina, 3 in. diameter. ‘ash Basins, 10 in. diameter. Oilcloths. 200 Fine Cocoa Door Mats... 150 Fine Cocoa Door Mats. .. 100 Fine Cocoa Door Mats. . . .59¢. Second Floor $2.00 Antique Oak Folding ad Tabl Economy. Bamboo “Tables, graceful. Economy price. Fokling, Book Shelves, "nats shelves, medium size. B shelves, large size 4 shelves, extra size Cabinets, solid oak, with mirror Econ- Japanese Medicine « coe dear, for the side or corner. ce 705-707-709-71 Shelf Oilcloths, all patterns... ...5 Stair Oilcloths, all patterns... “Economy” Values from our Sales Rooms. Child's School Desks, double blackboard Economy. price. Blackbourds on Oak Shoe and Blacking Cases, moq et tops, thorutty] Econoniy "price iy made ‘ud tnisbed. Pictures. 500 Engravings, 8x10 size, ¢led frames.” Eeonomy. prk WO, size 11x14. Economy pri WO Engravings, size 16x20, in a white and goid frame. Economy. price In tinted enam- ce. Boston Variety Store, : Emmons S. Smith, I Penna. ae S 47 1192. Table Oilcloths, all patterns. ...14c. ic. 7 “Almost Kill Me”’ Is what most of the “girls” say about their pet corns or ingrowing toe rails. Better have Us cure all your foot troubles, C7 Corns removed, painlessly, She. |. Georges & Son, 1115 Pa.av. |ALISTS.~ (Next to *” The Raledgh.”) ee ig Ladies’ | Plush Coats ved style. Bring back thelr freshness an m1 hout the — slightest injury to color or Wagon calls. “Drop postal, Anton Fischer, g06 G St., MATCHLESS PROCESS DYEING AND CLEANING. 030-10 Many sorts of toilet soaps—many sorts you shouldn't use because of their questionable purity. “Derma- rex” is just one soap that you can tely on as being pure—free from alkalis and fats. 25c. cake. J. H. HEPBURN, M. D., Deru.ntologist, Mertz building, + Core 11th and F sts. Galt & Bro. Repairingsrsd.acre 1107 Penn. Ave. 0029-144 GOLD—SILVER ENAMELED JEWELLED. Established 1802. 0c26-tf “Just from the shop’ —your Lace Curtainsiookthat way When we return them. ‘helr cleaning has been our specialty for years. And no matter how costly or precious the fabric, we'll return them uninjured. No acids or machines here—all work poset by hand. Drop postal. rson & Co., 5i8i0thSt.x= F- Proprietors Mme. Weber's Lace Clean. Estab. 030-10 “MODEL PAINTS” ARE BEST * © © —because they are more carefully prepared, *** and hence are more durable and lasting. **¢* We make them ourselves—$1. |. can, Model" Stains—$1.75 gal. can. Any color * you want CHAS. BE. HODGEIN, Paints, Olls and Glasa, 913 7th st. 026-3m,10 BI 10 lbs. for 35°. N.Y. BURB. ROLLED 03 Fine Groceries, Wines and Liquors. OcB1-204 wT Wh N.Y. Buckwheat 4 Jas. H.Clarke,2014 14th St. NNN iThe ‘Blue ‘Pennant 4 R. M. BROWS, cor. € 0c31-200 That over our is th B h infe on {ts use. Writ 1 interesting tion or tek BA ihe T Most Sac PAINLESS Methods of Dentistry —are ours. ‘They're gentle and effective in and re h: charge for us less than most dentists. tion, 50 cents. in fact we cha Painless ox 1217 Penna. Ave. N. W. 031-3 shee Solid Comfort, Sick or Well, YOU MUST HAVE A Mark’s Adjustable Reclining Chair. oi is the Best in the wide, wide worl. and seo It, or send for’ MMlustrated eata- on Evans Dental Parlors, Ltt oAtAR ARR A AAA flonts all day? oP | FREE. We will give four pounds of best granulated sugar free tomorrow to purchasers of one dollar's worth or over of groceries from our price list. Premiums. Bear in mind, we also extend to purchasers on our special days the “usual premium card privileges. Bring your cards with you to be punched, New Books. Bring your library cards when complete and select a book, which would cost you ordinarily four dol- lars at any book store. : Johnston’s, 729 7th St. RIPANS TABULES. Because he had palpitation of the heart, Mr. A. J. Allen determined to quit smoking. He thought the tobacco habit was the cause of his trouble, bug when he ceased smoking the pukations of the keart were more violent than ever. Msy Allen is a registered chemist of Lynn, Mass., an¢ at'Second thought he concluded that, if tobacco vee ithe cause,, it must be‘acute dyspepsia. His knowledge of chemistry naturatly prompted him to take Ripans Tabul a well knowing their effi in disorders of the stomach, liver ard bowels. Quick relief followed, and now there is no more distress in the region of his heart. But the remarkable part of Mr. Allen’s experience follows: He decided to forego smoking anyhow, and discovered that Ripans Tabules not only satisfied the longing for tobacco, which all smokers are familiar with, but at first he actually looked forward with pleasure to the three periods each day when he took the Tabules. Mr. Allen no longer smokes, and has no desire to, nor does he take the Tabules. He is a well man, and does not need medicine of any kind. Mr. Allen believes Ripans Tabules will prove a powerful aid to any man who desires to abandon the tobacco habit. Ripans Tabules are sold by druggists, or by mail If the price (0 centa a box}, tx sent to the Hiipa, + al Company, No. 10 Spruce st., New York. Suiuple Wai, 10 ceits, te 0o Ho SNo Brice :On Stoves Pe ee in other stores, as here. in South V So large a stock. Any” stave here you wish foi part of your home. ken In exchange. hates on to” Sz 5o s * “OM stoves: tA. $ gmake or ne pADSWH Charming Hats And Bonnets —digect from London and Paris, also my own designs, AT REDUCED PRICES LS es eth prices for Untrimmed Hats = and Trimmit irs. C. Stiebel, 1113 G oe -Importer of Fine Millinery. Do you wow that electricity isa cheaper, better, safer and more re- liable power than steam? It makes a better light, too—better for ‘stores— better for offices. It is .8 fur ahead of gas as the modern electric locomotive is abezd of the old stage coach. We furnish power only. Telephone us to turn it on. U. 8. ELECT € LIGHTING CO., "Phone 213 Lith street. 0cl8-20d “Uncle John and the Ru A capital story, by Anthony Hope, will be published complete in Saturday’s Star. It is en vy different in style from the popular Zenda stories, but is none the less entertaining. Sarsaparilla Has Cured Others And Will Cure You. AYER'S CHERRY TECTORAL FOR COUGHS. lv THE BABY 185 (G TEETH BE SURE and use that oll and well-tried remedy, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teet Tt soothes the child, softens the gum, all pain, cures wind colic and is the best ‘rem: jarrhoea. 25 cents a hottie. Ol LY SKIN. ING SCALP, Falling Nair, Bia Skis, aed uceeaty Discased Twenty years’ experience. JOHN TH. WOODKURY, W. 42d st Y._ Branches: Boston, Phila., St. Loats, Chicago: 150 ps book on Beauty. and Dermatology, for a stamp. oc31-co3t “Backache is almost, immediately relieved _by wearing Oae of Carter's Smart Weed and Bella- dcnna Backache Plasters. Try one and be free from pain, Price, 25 cents. . Slegert’s Angostura Bitters, the most effi- cacicus stimulant to excite the ' appetite, keeps ler. IN GEORGETOWN A Venerable Warrior, Prone to Drink, is Bold in Oustody. fOr wel0-ly _ AFFAIRS He Fought in Three Wars and Car- ries Numerous Scars to Vouch for His Story. A man ninety-two years of age, who lived at Bladensburg when the British fought there, and who served in the navy through- out three wars—the Florida, Mexican and the rebellion—and who carries strong evi- dences of the conflicts on his pegson, is locked up at the station awaiting the com- ing of relatives who requested the police to ‘hold him from the whisky shops about which he has of late been hanging. His name is Henry Hughes, and he was born in Pennsylvania, of German and Irish par- entage. This morning he was as sober as a judge when he talked to the reporter from his cell and showed his wounds. In the Flor- ida war, he says, he served under Commo- dore Perry of Lake Erie fame. As an ap- prentice in the Mexican war he made sails on the warship St. Mary, which was ac- tively employed in the struggle. It was on board the Kearsarge, though, at the sink- ing of the Alabama that he received enough injuries to kill three men. Hughes states that the Alabama had hoisted her flag of truce and fighting was supposed to be over, when the confederate warship sud- denly opened a broadside on the Kearsarge. It was thought the unexpected attack would thoroughly finish the northern ship, but only two men were killed, while he (Hughes) had his nose partly taken off, a great splinter forced through his abdomen and the top of his head was so injured that it was found necessary to put a silver plate in it. The wounds are all visible. Hughes was a sailmaker on the Kearsarge. He now has a pension of $1 a month. He is a remarkable man for his age, and active in spite of his years. Hughes says he does not know who or- dered his detention, as he says ‘he has not ‘spoken to his wife, who ts much his junior, for years, and he does not believe she has enough interest in him to look out for his welfare. Hughes has a very ugly gash on his head now, received through a fall yes- terday. He says the plate in his head at times presses upon the brain and causes him to have fits. A Pleasant Occasion. Hermione Lodge, No. 12, Kfights of Pythias, was last night visited by Grand Chancellor J. W. Hardell and the following officers of the Grand Lodge: James K. Mangum, vice grand chancellor; Henry Yenney, grand prelate; Geo. W. Bowman, keeper of records and seals; John Hum- phreys, grand treasurer; M. C. Thompson, grand master-at-arms; J. W. Carter, inner guard, and W. H. Osborn, outer guard; supreme representative, Richard Goodhart; supreme outer guard, J. W. Thompson. There were short but brignt and ap- propriate addresses by Past Chancellor C. ‘W. Birdsall, Past Chancellor W. C. Wil- liams and Past Grand Chancellor Henry G. Wagner. The examination of the lodge’s records, finances, &c., exhibited a flattering condi- tion of affairs. The grand chancellor com- plimented the lodge upon {ts success frcm both a numerical and financial standpoint, and stated that so far in his visitations the lecal lodge was the banner one. ‘The refurnished banquet hall was open- ed for the first time last right. Its cheery, cozy appearance gave effect to the ccca- sion. The tables were laden with the choicest of banquet delicacies, and the utmost good feeling reigned throughout the feast. Interest in the Revival. An unusual interest is developing in the protracted services being held at the West Street Presbyterian Church, judging from the large congregation that assembled last night to hear the Rev. Adolos Allen, co- pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The subject of the discourse was “The Risen Savior's Walk to Emmaus.” The rermon was original and highly spiritual and was listened to with marked attention. Dr. Alexander, following the line of the sermon, made a religious appeal to the un- converted to array themselves under the “banner of the cross.” The singing, con- ducted by Mr. Hunter, assisted by Mrs. Bennett and Miss Tschefaly at the in; ments, was unusually fine. The serv this evening will be under the leadership of the pastor, Rev. Dr. Alexander. Miscellancous, Messrs. Jesse H. Wilson and Peter J. Mcintyre, trustees, yesterday sold, through ‘Thos. Dowling, a two-story frame house on Prespect street “Reno,” near Tenleytown, to Wheatley Bros. for $1,125. Mr. Benjamin Harper and Mr. Jol.ns are on the town’s sick list. —_—_—- THE PENSION ROLL. Sanger The Annunl Report of Commissioner Lochren. Pension Commissioner Lochren’s annual report, which has been made public, shows there are now on the rolls, or were, June 30, 1895, 970,523 pensioners, an in- crease of 980 during the last fiscal year. During the year 27,816 deaths of pensioners occurred, ’ pensions we! , and 4,206 restored. Estimates are the same as for 1896, except $1,000 asked to improve ihe quarters of the pension agent at Buffalo, N. Y. The appropriation of $140,0i),000 is regarded ufficient, unless some new pension jegislation occu r. The commissioner commend: of the board of revision, in « claims without merit, of the law division, in de- tecting and punishing crimes in pensic claims, and of the examin in the field preventing frauds. There were 1,000 issals of clerks in the bureau dur 2 year, and the comm be equitatle and humane for Con- gress to make moderate provision to aid j clerks disabled by long and faithful s vho are discharged because they that the act of March 2, tain pensioners to $6 per month, made increase of $1,500,000 annually ment of pensions, an: the act the act of March payment of pensions to no! @ July 1, 1893, increased the payments the last_four months of the year about $275,000. ing tha rate of cer- an repealing: ng the Ss after during 1895, thinks it | A case of absorbing interest to the per- scrnel of the navy at the present time is that of Commander Nicoll Ludlow. This officer stands at the head of the list of ccmmanders, and there is a-vacancy in im- mediate prospect in the next higher grade— that of captain. In accordance with the custom m such cases, Commander Ludlow was examined as to his fitness for promo- ticn, by a naval board regularly organized for the purpose. This board found that he was mentally, morally and physically up to the requirements and recommended his promotion. The Secretary of the Navy ap- proved the recommendation of the board and submitted the case to the President for final action. The President's approval. was necessary to insure the officer's promotion. Contrary to expectations, however, the President returned the papers to the Navy Department indorsed “disapproved.” It is generally understood that the President holds that Commander Ludlow is morally unfit for promotion, and that he bases this judgment on the fact that the officer had once reported a junior officer fully qualified for promotion, and had subsequently, when the same officer c@me up again for examin- ation for promotion to a higher grade, ex- pressed the opinion that he was morally un- fit.for promotion. The officer in question is Lieutenant Commander Sperry, who is now credited with having induced the President to reject the report of the examining board in favor of Commander Ludlow. Two Opinions as to His Stntus. The status of Commander Ludlow is the question that is puzzling naval officers. There are two decidedly opposite opinions on the subject. One side contends that the effect of the President's action is to drop Ccmmander Ludlow frem the navy immediately on the promotion to the grade vf captain of the officer next below him on the list of commanders. The officer next in line is Commander Cook, assistant to the chief of the bureau of navigation. The officers holding the view stated say that the situation in which Ludlow has been placad leaves him no avenue of es- cape from dismissal unless the President should reconsider and reverse his action. On the other hand it is contended that the President's action merely bars Lud- low's promotion, and, while permitting his jvniors to “jump” him, does not remove him from his place at the head of his grade. The officers holding this view as- sert that under the law it requires the concurrent action of the examining board and the President to drop an officer ex- amined for promotion on the ground of moral unfitness. The only other way to secure the dismissal of such an officer is by court-martial pfoceedings. Both sides agree that if the examining board had reported that Commander Lud- low was either professionally or morally unfit for advancement in the service and the President had approved the report, the officer would be dropped from the serv- ice. 1t is also conceded that in the event the officer was found physically disquali- fied he would be eligible for retirement. The only disagreement is as to the effect of the President's refusal to promote an officer because of alleged moral unfitness when the naval board which examined him found that he was in every way qual- ified for the higher rank. Sympathy for the Officer. A good deal of sympathy is expressed by- raval officers generally for Commander Ludlow. He has an-exceptionally fine rec- ord, and this is the first time he has ever kad trouble with the department. The read and front of his offending is said to be that he changed his mind as to the fit- ness for promotion of an officer who had served urder him. At one time he thought well of this officer's qualifications and sub- sequently he reversed this opinion. “The officers who dispute the contention that the promotion of Commander Cook to the srade of captain over the head of Com- mander Ludlow will effect the latter's dis- mirsal say there is only one legal way that Commander Ludlow can be forced out of the service, outside of court-martial pro- ceedings, and that is by the Senate confirm- irg the nomination by the President of some lieutenant commander to the grade of commander “vice Nicoll Ludlow, removed.” It is not believed that the President will resort to such an extreme measure in the case of Commander Ludlow. The friends of that cificer say that the President has been misied as to the real merits of the case. They will make a strong effort to secure a reconsideration. Another exam- ination of Commander Ludlow will be re- quested in ordtr that the charges preferred against him by Lieut. Commander Sperry may be more fully investigated than was done under the previous examination. Com- mender Ludlow is now in the city. An Appeal to Reopen the Case. He has appealed to the President to re- open the case in order that he may defend his course in the case of Lieut. Commander Sperry. He has’ already presented an ar- gument to justify his apparently contra- dictory reports in regard to the character and general efficiency of his brother officer. It is said his brief puts an entirely differ- ent aspect on the case as reviewed by the President, and that the latter will probably order the re-examination of Commander Ludlow by a special naval board. It is gen- erally conceded by military lawyers that a naval officer cannot be dropped for pro- fessional or moral unfitness except by con- current action of the examining board and the President. o-— Marriage Licenses, Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: George Gibson and Alice Mills; Thos. H. Sprinkle of Charlotte, N. C., and Mary D. Reeve of this city; Jesse E. Bay- ten and Leah Green; Jos. H. Jeffries and Mary M. Dahler; John E. Alvey and Rosa McDonald; Albert J. Jennings of Fluvanna county, Va., and Ada W. Lacy of Gooch- land county, Va.; John Craig of Mont- gomery county, Md. and Charity Hum- phreys of this city; John F. Belt and Maria Randolph; Chas. E. Brock and Mary L. Brook; Saml. R. Campbell of this city and Corie V. Etzler of Anacostia; John R. R. Hurst and Columbia Fidler,’ both of Richmond, Va.; Ninnis Mahones and Edna Craig, both of Albemarie county, Va.; Frank Barnes and Leoni Hebb; Andrew J. Schwartz of Mineral county, W. V: Mary A. Jordan of Ohio county, W. Peter J. Synogh and Nellie J. Daley; Chas. E. Bailey and Mary E. L. Harris; Frank Williams and Mary Lewis; W Pfefferling and L. Ort, both of Charlottesville, Va.; Wm. J. Walters of this city and Jessie Lazenby of Montgom- ward Briscoe and Janie . Eddins and Bettie Wat- son, both of Stanardsville, Va.; Richard Offutt and Mary G. Green; Ch >». Duvall of Md., and Laura S. Bogg of Springfield, Mass.; Allen Thurman Larner and Mamie E. Richards; David Y. Green and Mary E. Minor; John W. Prather and y AL of York, and Kate Spriggins of t Silas Chapman and Maria_Contee; James W. Martin and Julia C. E. Muehlhausen; Jas. F. Norton of Brookland, D. C., and Zelphia E. Lord of this city; Frank J. Bayne and Jones and Lizzie Arthur H. Goldsmith of Floral Slizabeth P. Tanner; Mary Voke, both of 2 Johnson and ce and Annie Estelle Keene; William J hambaugh . Kidwell ‘and Florence M reey ndria county, Va.; Jame Howard’ Marshall and Mollie Wortham and Martha Patterson of College Wm. H. j Crampton; Charies’ Henry Coleman Mary F. Gaynor; Otho Tyler of Wa ton Grove, Md., and Josephine M. Doug of this city; Norris E.Wilson of this city and fsabelle W. Collord of Boston, Mass.: Will- iam Sherlock Bronson and Hie Dunean Butcher; Richard P. Enni. jola Earn- est, both of Baltimore, Md.; James Munri and Alice Walker; George S. M Louisville, Ky., and Rosalie 5 of Itichmond, Va. Mr. aes: Buckley, 242 Esst 45th street, y 8: A bave suffered agenies with mutism of the wrists, hands feet t of ness und swelling Were so. grea Was” almest r d every trace of pain, swelling and sore- Facts About Rheumatism. ‘The usual Wweatment for rhecmathsin consists of PE:sonous doses of potash, salicylic acid, ~ Rnd thorphine, which destroy the stoulteh, ireitawe the kidneys, prostrate the neredus ‘and ruin the healta. Professor Munyen’s Rheamatism care a is gmutantecd to be absolutely harmless strong tont= in butlding up the weak snd debilit ed. Tt cures acute or museular rheumatism in f one to five days. Sharp, stooting pains in any of the body stepped by a few doses. A prompt, complete and permanent cure for Limeness, st? tuck end all pains io hips and loins. Chronic rh: hutian, sciatica, Iumbego or pain in the ayaa ‘k ure 1 adelyhla, Pa., answered with tree ted: feal advice for uny Uisease. ALL HALLOWEEN. RITES A Time of Much Enjoyment and Good Natured Fun. Glimpses Obtained of the Matrimonial Future When the Help of the Spirits is Properly Invoked. Today is All Hallowcen, the one day in all the year when spirits from the unseen world show kindly interest in the affairs of mortal man and maid. The visitors from spirit land ure great sticklers for etiquette, and must be invoked with old-time ceremony. If you want their aid you must fulfill with care the condi- tions they have decreed. You need not, for instance, expect to sit at your ease in your boudoir and have some industrious sprite cast upon your mirror, as if from magic lantern slide, the portrait of your future husband. In order to sce his image looking over your shoulder into the looking glass you carry in your hand you must go into the cellar quite alone and without a light, at midnight. As you stand there shivering with nervousness, and while each faint sound fills you with a hundred nameless fears, one of the guardian spirits of Hallow- een may take the opportunity to show you your futuge life partner. If you are to live a life of single blessedness, of course no face will appear. For nervous, timorous girls this is quite a trying ordeal, but it is as nothing in comparison with the surer method of test- ing fortune by walking alone three times around a graveyard at midnight. If you do this earnestly, say the old chronicles, the image of your future husband will surely appear to you ere you have completed the third round. The only trouble «bout this familiar practice of the middle ages is that meeting the apparition sent by the a ccmmodating spirits, one might easily mis- take it for an ary ghost and be too inuch frightened to take a good look at it All in Proper Style. For the sake of observing the proper form and observances, a2 lady who has sent out Invitations for Halloween has been studying up the appropriate rites very industriously, and perhaps her re- searches and methods of decoration will afford hints for others who are hospitably inclined. To begin with, the invitations were wri ten on pumpkins. These represented som: ingenuity, for they could not be bought in any of the shops. She managed to obtain, however, a good picture of a pumpkin, and with the aid of some tracing paper this was easily transferred to pieces of card- board, and given the proper shade with a little water color. These were then cut out with a sharp pair of scissors, and on them were written in old English the sum- mons to the festivity. The decorations of the parlor for the oc- casion will be decidedly bizarre in effect. The mantelpieces will be trimmed with golden rod and other autumn flowers. The only light in the room will shine through pumpkins in which queer and grotesque faces have been cut, making them into veritable jack-o'-lanterne From all the lamps the decorative shades will be re- moved and the pumpkins substituted. There will be pumpkins amid the flowers on the mantels, too, in which long wax erndles witl be burned; they will hang by ribbons from between the porticres and gleam from every table. The softened light is decidedly becom‘ng. Souvenirs for the Guests. To each@guest a little silken souvenir will be presented, either in the form of a miniature pumpkin or a giant chesinut. Every one knows that chestnuts are im- portant factors at a Halloween function. What can be more exciting than to watch to see which one will pop first in a row of chestnuts named and put close to the glow- ing embers? They must do more than pop, however, they must jump out. Sometimes, instead of landing at the feet of the ex- pectant damsel, one will capriciously choose another fair maid, in which case the inference ts plain. The men’s fortunes can, of course, be foretold in the same way. Peering Inte the Future. What is more exciting than dropping melted lead into a bowl of water that the guardian spirits may twist it into a simile of the instrument by which your intenJed will fight the battle of life, or, if you be a man, that one which will figure most large- ly in the cutting out of your career? All sorts of tools are repres the pen, if Miterature is marked as fate; the sword, if you are to serve your country in war; the scythe, if farming is to be your destim Scmetimes a rope appears. with a noose at the end of it, but happily not often do ure dire predictions dampen the spirits of ers into the future. ‘Then you may drop candle grease into water to see if it will reveal to yeu the initial of the name of your future hus- band or wife. Or you may invoke spirit aid to give the proper twist to an apple paring, et by yourself and thrown over your left shoulder. Bobbing for apples in a tub: of water used to be considered one of the regulation Halloweea sports, and it is very funny for the spectators to watch the apples eluding the wide-open mouth of the a: pirant for bonors in this line, but unfor tunately the gentlemen are apt to objer to having their faultless linen spoiled by the incidental soaking. Therefore this stime is usuaily omitted. The crowns e cleverly designed. They are simply bands of decorative gold paper on a foun- . dation of pasteboard, filled in with pump- kin-colored crepe tissue paper, cut into pumpkin shape, and surmounted by a green stem. From the queen's crown hangs a veil of golden yellow tarletan. The king’: scepter is made of a drumstick wound with gold paper, and from the end hang green and golden ripbons, each one of which bears at its end a chestnut. After being crowned the royal couple wi be treated with the respect due to royalt iM be addressed during the even your Majestie: A Unique Center Piece. The table arrangements will be quite unique; while preserving the traditions of the anniversary. Ia the center will stand an enormous pumpkin ent in two, cross- se, one piece being larger than the other. malier piece is to he used as a pedc- nd onto it will be fastened by the dof screws the scooped out larger piece. his will refully scalloped around the and filled with autumnal fruits—red- ples, yellow pears and grapes of hucs, to say nothing of the nuts. is to stand on a cloth embrotdered en rod. Four candles in high can- round jt, each one tied bow of pumplkin-colored fr will throw s on which faces are is easily managed, for the usual upports will hold the gourds, the being to fit them well at the through roun cut. Thi