Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1895, Page 23

THE. EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. | 23 A Motorman’s Life. ¢ {FULL OF HARDSHIPS, EXPOSURE AND CONSTANT DANGER, )whe Great Strain on a Ma Sufficient in Itself to Wreck Him in a Short Time—The Experience of a Well-Known Motorman. From the Cineinnat!, Oblo, Enquirer. | ‘The life of a motorman is not a bed of roses. He Js subjected to many hardships especially In the Winter when he is exposed to the cold aud snow. + summer he must bear the intense beat own upon bln, Considerale nerve possession {4 necessary © the lifes and limbs of his passengers are One ot ti t knewn ¢ ects Leeann men in this city is W! Frazer, t vreaeat, running & car on. the Cumminsville electri ine. He is not only well-known to his fellow ¢m- loyes but to the people who travel on bis car. Mr. Prazer is a young man about twenty-six years of age and resides with bis wife and cbild at a Betts strect, Creag oO. wPocnapree year Fone Epos ; Frazer was’ takea with seriou ies. He bought several kinds of medicine which were recommended to him, but none of them seemed te give him even temporary benefit. An enthusiast{c Admirer of that famous remedy known es Dr. Hams" Pink Pilis for Pale People told bim to try ‘them. Frazer was almost discouraged, but t the advice. To a reporter of the Enculrer he said: “I can inost heactily recommend Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. They are all that Is claimed for them, jn fact they advertise themselves better than any medicine I ever saw. I was seized some tline ago with a bad attack of indigestion. My stomach Eurt me nearly all the time and I could not digest my food. The pain was almost unbearable ai found nothing that would give me relief, confess that when I bought the first box of Pink Pills I hadn't much confidence in their cffieacy because: I had tried so many things without success that I was almost discouraged. Before I had taken one box I was decidedly vetter. Two boxes cured tod entirely. While I have been under the weather from other causes my {ndigestion has never re- turned. If it ever should I know just what to do. I have so much confidence in the efficacy of Pink Pills that if I ever get real sick again with any @iforder I shall use some of them. It Is a pleas- ure for me, I assure you, to testify to the excellent qualities of these Pink ‘Pills. They not only tone the stomach but. regulate the bowels and act as a inild_cathartie. Mr. Frazer's featimontal means something. ane 1 ‘om personal experience a one Bears that erat a the benefits stated can Nerves By doubts that yo 1 easily verify th by calling on Mr. Frazer or seeing him » while he 1s on his car. Hs contain all the elements e new life aud richness to the tered nerves. They are sold ose forte, oy the dozen or hun- or six boxes for $2.50, and mail Dr, Williams’ necessary to. | Blood and restore sh’ in boxes ¢ dred) at 5 may be ba ts or directly b from Dr. Willtams* wine Company, Scbenec- tudy, N.Y. YANG YU'S FRANKNESS. MME. The Chinese Minister's Wife and Some of Her Remarks. From the Chieego Record. ‘The Chinese minister has returned to Washington from Madrid, where he went to present his credentials as minister to Spain. Mme. Yang Yu has had ¢ gay time while her husband has been away. She Is the first Chinese woman who hi ever teken an active part in society, and her people at home would be amazed if they knew that she went to dinner partles and tions ard teas, just lke any bar- bar! and receives and returns visits regularly. She is out every pleasant day with on of the secretartes of the legation, who acts as her Interpreter, and probably enjoys herself more than any other woman in Washirgton. It appears, however, that she ts not Mr. Yang Yu's “real wife. She is what the foreiguers in China politely refer to as a secondary wife, and Chinese mandarins usually have three or four. Thetr children are legitimate, but they do not have the recognized position of the first wife, who is married with solemn ceremonies. The minister has never attempted to conceal the fact that he had other wives at home, but naively explained to the wife of a re- cent Secretary of State that he brought the prettiest one with him ag a compliment to the American people. Mme. Yang Yu is very pretty from the Chin standpoint, and wears some ex- quisite gowns. or whatever they call their cutside garment. And she is very candid, too. She does not hi te to comment with startling frankness upon the appear- ance and customs of the American bar- barians she meeis. She was calling upon the wife of a member of the cabinet lately, hen that !ady said to the interpreter: Please tell Mme. Yang Yu that I think she has a very pretty cown. The interpreter communicated the mes- tage, and the Chinese beauty retorted in- stantly: “I think your gown would be pretty If you did not squeeze yourself so at the waist.” = -s0e0 Art Students Abroad. W. 0. Partridge tn the Forum. It is a very serious quescion whether cur art has been greatly benefited py the send- ing abroad of so many dents to be de- “veloped under foreign influences. It would have been well for us, I believe, if we had imported drawing masters and men who could have taught us the dexterous manipu- lation of clay, and ourse!ves remained in our own country, developing an art which !s an integral part of the life of the pe2ople I realize that in saying this I am making @ bold statement, yet I believe it to be true. Many critics will say that had we waited for art ty come to us we should have been a century behind our present status, but phil- osophy and history d> not justify such a theory. When a nation rises to a_point where it has a serious life and sufficient patriotism to find enduring expression in form, sculptors have invariably arisen to carve its ideals in marble and to cast them in enduring bronze. How did we produce-in this country such men as Emerson, Hawthorne and Whittler, to say nothing of tnen like Lincoln, Grant and Sumner? Cectainty not by an oréer of foreign study or by subjectinz these men, when young, co the influence of foreign na- tions. What is true of literature and states- manship must be true of art. There is in , certain simplicity of endeavor and nobilit pund expression in sunk peneach the seas. so Cause and Effect. From the Somerville Journal. Customer—“Your milk Isn't so rich now as it used to be.” Milkman—‘Is that so? I'm sorry to hear so. By the way, Mr. Sloper, Here tement of your count with me have would had Europ PAIN-TLLER Fis en PAIN- KILLER THE € rv Family Medicine of the Age. Taken Internally, It Cures Diarrheea, Cramp, and Pain in the Stomach, Sere Throat, Sudden Colds, Coughs, &e., &e. Used Externally, It Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Sprains, Toothache, Pain in the Face, Neu- ralgia, Rhe 1, Frosted Feet. No article ever attained to such unbounded popularity Sle observer, n x article of great merit and virtue—Cinn, » bear testimony wo the efficacy of tl ler. We have seen its magic effects etest pain, and know it to be & incinnati Dispate cure. fc t it. —Montreal Transcript. iug has yet surpassed tho Pain-Killer, bis the most valuable family medicine now means of removing pain, ‘@ reputation equal to aired ‘Kuler. —Nenport (xy.) Dally really a valuable medicine—it is used by magny Phijeitiana.— Boston Traveller. s imitations, bay only the gennine By “Penur Davis.” ‘Bold every wh itr, bottles, 2 and buc. — na good motor: | (Copyright, 1895, by Bacheller, Johnson & Bache PARTI. OR A YEAR I HAD passed it on an aver- age of twice every day. I had given it the casual notice one naturally accords a house of somewhat unusual appearance in a great city where the inevitable brown stone holds dominant sway in the endless rows of streets, and where even an ir- regularity of the bell pull is conspicuous. ‘The air of complete desertion and solitude which hung about the place in a street where everything else was teeming with en- ergy and life had often called forth a wandering speculation to my mind. I won- dered how long it had stood so, idle—what state of former magnificence, now falling to decay, was hidden behind those green shut- ters; whether it would ever again throw them open to the air and sunny cheerfulness which its neighbors enjoyed. I was at the time a junior member of a private firm of detectives with headquarters in 5th street, and, with, on my own part, a vast amount of conceit concerning the im- portance of my chosen profession. I had, as it then seemed to me, a natural bent toward the foxy game of getting in my nose and then making the body follow; while a fond- ness for adventure and a leaning toward anything in the way of the mysterious gave me the notion that I was particularly adapted to the work. I was, besides, young man of strong athletic habit, ener- getic and determined to make my mark in the world, my fortune, which usually is put forward first, being already sufficiently as- sured. I lived in a bachelor apartment in East 36th street. It had been my home for three years, and it was, therefore, with a good deal of annoyance and chxgrin that I re- ceived from my landlord, at the end of this a | time, the intelligence that no leases were to be renewed, as the old building was about to give place to a. new business block. I had, therefore, to look about for a new place in which to set up my Penates, and in this quest my late landlord der me good service. He re me a house which stood directly facing my friend of the Green Blinds. Upon investiga- tion I found the place to be admirably suited to my needs, and a week later found me as comfortably installed in my new quarters as a young bachelor could hope to be. In order, however, to escape from the actual moving of my effects from the old place to the new, I had left everything to the mercies of the van men, and elected to spend the eventful day in playing tennis at the C Club, up the river. From this place I re- turned at night, accompanied by a severe and obstinate attack of la grippe. In the ten days’ confinement to my new home which followed, I frequently amused myself in speculating about my vis-a- It was, to tell the truth, an ordinary house enough, brown stone, like its neighbors, with the usual four stories, the heavy outside shut- ters, always so tightly closed, being its most distinctive feature. The ‘entrance was boarded over on a line with the vestibule, while even the area region presented no sign of occupancy. The entire blankness which the front thus presented to my view had the effect of annoying my weakened sensibilities to such a degree that the thing became a positive fascination to me. I could scarce- ly keep my ey or even my mind off it. For hours at a time, prevented as I was by.an illness from any more serious diver- sion, I sat in my window, gazing across the hot street. Sometimes I smoked, oftener I did nothing, until the lazy action of the light or the soothing monotony of the street sounds lured me finally to sleep. It was when in this semi-somnolent con- dition one afternoon at the end of my con- valescence that I was startled by a very unusual manifestation. My half-closed eyes had been lazily scanning the green blinds for some moments when, suddenl one of the blinds on the third-story middle window opened to its full width, disclosing to my view the head and shoulders of a man. For an instant I saw him plainly. A strange figure, small—judging his height from that of the window—a dried, attenu- ated face, with sharp eyes glancing this way and that, a white shirt or bedgown seemingly his main attire, while a cotton nightcap ludicrously framed his face. After a hurried scrutiny of the street his eyes fastened tnemselves upon myself; a thin, nervous hand went with a half-hesitating movement two or three times across his forehead, and then the blinds closed with a snap, leaving the space blank and im- penetrable as before. Being half inclined to doubt the evidence of my own senses and to think that I had been dreaming, for some minutes I allowed myself to watch consptcuously for a repetition of this strange occurrence. Nothing more, how- ever, appeared. : On the third day, with my breakfast, a letter was brought to me. It Was unad- dres: and the maid told me_ that a messenger boy had just left it, with the in- truction that it was to be given to the gentleman in the third-floor front. Upon opening it I found a sheet of thick white note paper upon which was pasted, in words carefully cut from a newspaper, the following communication: “Ring the area bell as the clock strikes nine and wait in the shadow of the Steps. Be prompt, be sure, be silent. Three and — make — I read It over several times, but at first could make nothing of it. The chief, in some instances where a case needed to be carried on with extreme secrecy and cau- tion, had been known to address missives of @ similar nature to his juniors, but to my knowledge we had no ‘such cases on hand. Besides, I had talked with him for an hour only the evenirg before, and noth- | ing which implied the necessity for such a letter had been touched upon, I decided, therefore, enforcing my conclusions with a number of evidences which need not here be recorded, that the affair was entirely outside the ‘office. The last phrase of the letter puzzied me most of all, until my eyes once more wandered In the direction of,the house opposite, and a light suddenly broke upon me. “Three and — make —” The numbers which filled the blank spaces I cannot, for obvious reasons, make public. But I saw that the lirst two, placed consecutively, would represent the number of the street, and that added, the sum would equal’ the number itself of the House with Green Blinds. Taking it in connection with the demonstration I had witnessed a few days before, and which I now even more stronzly inclined to think had been meant as a signal to my- self, this seemed a very probable solution : letter. In this idea I was not long ft in doubt. With tha paper in nt to the opea window and 1 My eyes naving been much y My recent illness, I had ac- Quivet the habit of passmz my hand hbe- fore them to protect them from too crude a lig in the stood and waited. moment later the blind op w It was not for long. ed as before. {gure appeared again—a 4 down the street ant tinai across, performing th= yous hands, and was gone. to my breakfast and disposed Here, I refiected, was the ps of that affair to which the pro! ion looks for- ace as the pivot upon which his own suce or failure may hang. A mystery or an adventure of some sort, I was sure, awaited me in that strange house across the street. It had in it that element of risk or uncertainty, and of possible danger, which rendered it only the more attra e. It had, also, the charm of be- ing my own individual “find.” I did not hesitate as to whether the mandate I had received should be obeyed. To be prompt, sure and silent was my immediate deter- mination. The first thing to do, however, was to discover, without seeming to do so, with the I returne of it absently necleus perha every junior in ward with impath et of doing this IT now ; c as much about the affair as noss‘ble. To accomplish anything of the sort, however, I found extremely difficult. The directory told me nothing of importance about the house and I could find no real estate agent who knew anything concerning the place or could tell me more than that the owner was now: living abroad and the place had been recently leased by a lady who was intending to occupy it during the coming winter. I next, after some difficulty, suc- eeded In tracing the messenger boy _who ad delivered the note at my door. From him I learned it had been given him by a man in the Hotel B—, with only the in- structions to take it to.the number and leave it for the occupant of the third floor front. The man he described as tall, hand- some and well dressed, wearing a closely cut black imperial and using a single eye- glass. At the Hotel B— they remember- ed such a personage being seen In the cor- ridor, but said he had not be2n a guest of the hotel and had not registered, so they could give me no Information concerning him, With this scanty success in finding a clew to what might be awaiting me, I returned to my own house to rest for the remainder of the day, being still easily ured, and thinking to husband my strength for what might be before me. I tried even not to trouble myself with theorjes a8 to what use myself or my services might presently be put, but endeavored for the time being to make my mind, as much as possible, a blank, that it might be the more ready when activity should be re- quired. Toward 8 o'clock I prepared myself as well as I could for any emergency which might befall by placing a small revolver in elther trousers pocket, where they could be quickly available without exciting sus- pieion, aad by taking an innocent-looking I Succeeded in Tracing the Messenger Boy. but really formidable black-thorn stick in my hand. Thus equipped I let myself out into the street and walked stow the direction of the avenue. It was just in the edge of the dark and the are lights were beginning their nightly flicker. A’ great number of, idle strolle were thronging the streets, so that my aim- less wanderings back and forth were not lUkely to attract attention. For reasons of quite ordinary precaution I wished to ap- proach my projected destination from one of the avenues instead of directly and with visible purpose from my own quarters, for I had no means of being sure that the place was not already marked by other men of my own trade. This was quite pos’ sible from what I had seen of it during the past few days. I kept close account of the time, and my repeater told two minutes before 9 when I slipped as unostentatiously as possible into the shadow of the area and waited. As a neighboring clock began its deep-toned message I put out my hand and pulled the handle of the bell. Crowd- ing back immediately against the steps I was surprised to feel that the iron gate readily yielded to the slightest pressure of my body against it, and finding it no im- pediment to my progress I pushed it open and stepped inside. Waiting here again for a moment for a response to my ring, but hearing no stir in the house, I groped abouf until my hand touched the knob of the inner door. This also ylelded to my touch. I pushed it wide open with my stick and it swung back without obstruc- tion until it struck the wall. For a mo- ment, before the inky blackness of the oid which now confronted me, I hesftated. ‘hen, tixing my hat firmly upon my head and getting a good grip, with both hands held out in front of me, upon my stick, I began to move cautiously forward. (Continued in Monday's Sta’ - -s0e- OUGH TO BE TRUE. goon A War Story of How Some Soldiers Got Even. From the Warrenton Virginian, Just before Gen. Joe~ Johnston surrend- ered at Greensboro’, N. C., his commis- sariat was so slim that it did not satisfy the hunger of some of his men. The con- sequence was the plantations on the route of their retreat were stripped of everything eatable. Stringent orders were issued by Gen. Smith against this kind of independ- ent foraging, and a strong provost guard wus sent out to strip the men of their becty, end all of the tid-bits went to re- plenish General Smith's larder. His men determined to get n with him, so a pa went to a t farm house and killed a large oundland dog, skinned it and cut it into such small pieces that it was impossible to tell what the animal was when it was alive, They then approached the camp in the direction they ki the provost guard would inte cept them, and allow themselves to be cap: tured, The meat (supposedly mutton) wa: sent up to Gen. Smith's headquarte where it in due time appeared on the gen- eral’s table. The story got abroad, and the next time there was a review ‘or dress parade of Smith’s brigade, a soldier at one end of the line called out, “Who ate the dice?’ ‘The reply from the other end was “Gen. Smith,” and the whole line broke in- to a loud “Bow wow,” “bow wow," “bow wow.” see A WOMAN VETERAN RECOGNIZED. Given na Position in the New York Park Department. w York Letter to the Boston Transcript. At their mecting yesterday afternoon the park commissioners gave honorable recog- nition to a true heroine, who, fer about six years, has been living quietly in Harlem. Mrs. Robert S. Brownell of No. 352 St. Nich- olas avenue was appointed matron of the Park Department House in Mount Morris Park at a salary of $0 a month. Mrs. Brownell Is one of the very few women who have been in battles and have not been afraid to follow their husbands even to the nnor’s mouth. Mrs. Brownell was an h girl, whose father, a colonel in the British army, came to America when she was quite young, and settled in Providence, RL - Kate was a young girl when the war began in 1861, She married Robert S. Brownell, who enlisted as leutenant in the first Rhode Island volunteers, that went out under Col. Burnsid he insisted on uecompanying her husband to the front. At the first battle of Bull Run Mrs. Brown- ell stood unflinchingly beside her husband long as the regiment stood. During the astrous retreat she was slightly wound- e] by a piece of shell. At the end of three months, Lieut. Brown- eil's time of enlistment having expired, he returned to Rhode Island, where he raised the fifth Rhode Island volunteer regiment, and, again accompanied by the heroine of Bull Run, he went back to the front as Col. Brownell. At the battle of Newbern, N. C., the “Daughter of the Regiment” carried the colors. Her husband was severely wounded in the fight and died soon afterward. Mrs. Brownell, since his death, has received a pension of $$ a month. AMERICAN: SAILORS Boys Who Are, Bling Trained on Merchattt; Vessels. DUE 10 AN ENACTMENT OF CONGRESS to =a a What They Ar Paid and About Their Ditties. “0 CARRYING THE MAILS (Copyright, 1895, S. 8. McClure, Limited.) T Is RATHER l more than two months now since the arrangement for the training of a specified number of American bays in modern seamanship on the vegsels which carry ocean mails by contract with the United States gov- ernment went Into effect, and all good - ° Americans will be glad to know that it is working excellently. It was provided for in section 8 of the bill entitled “‘An act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports and to promote commerce,” passed In 1801, which says: “That the vessels with which the Post- master General enters into contract for the transportation of the United States mails shall take as cadets or apprentices one American-born boy under twenty-one years of age for each one thousand tons gross register and one for each majority fraction thereof, these boys to be educated in the duties“of seamanship to rank as petty off- cers, and to recelve such pay for their services as may be reasonable.” This provision“is being carried out on three American steamship lines—the Red D, running to Central America; the Ward line, running to the West Indies, and most important of all, the American line, run- ning between New York and_ Liverpool. ‘The American line alone on {ts four steam- ers—the New York, the Paris, the St. Paul and the St. Louis—carries forty-six cadets, eleven on each of the two first named ve: sels and twelve on each of the two last med. Including the cadets carried on the other twe lines, there are thus provid- ed something less’ than 100 places for American-born boys who may desire to me oilicers on our great steamers, and, aps one day, have their share in up- holding on the ocean the glory of the American flag. sition of the Companies. As might have been, expected, this enact- ment of Congress. was not at first received by the steamship ‘companies concerned with any great enthpsiasm. They regard- ed it as an onerous provision, ‘and prepared to comply in rathey a spirit of protest. The consequence wqs that some trouble occurred at the staft, chiefly due to the fact that insuflicten? care was shown in selecting the boys for this service. Some boys of rough charagier who behaved bad- ly were chosen. Thgse boys soon left and others were taken jn their places, better judgment being shown this time and bet- ter results following. Now the companies have become quite recone the new order of things and regard the ad- vent of the cadets with considerable faction. They see In it an themselvc 1 a step in the right direc tion as re our me: nt marine, One of the first points decided upon by Captain Shackford, marine superintendent of the International Navigation Company, ito whom, at pier 14, North river, all cants apply for cadetships on the Ame line, was select boy the three school ships, New York, the Enterpr and the cuse ef Pennsylyania, for a dozen years have been graduating about thirty boys annually. Each one of thtse boy graduates Is thoroughly fitted for ship duties, having already acquired practical Knowledge of seamanship and navigation, and being, therefore, well fitte 1 to fill the positions provided on the great steamers. As far as possible, Captain Shackford makes his selections on the recommendation of the school ship instruc- tors, the hoys having thus held before them as an Incentive to good work that, on their graduation, their dilfgence and success in their duties will find practical reward in these cadetships, which practically mean an assured future for the rest of their lives. It is thought that this new stimulus will have a most excellent Influence in the school ships and will soon bring about more fixed- ness of purpose among the. graduates than has been hb noted, for of recent years hardly 25 per cent of the boys gradu- ted from American school ships have con- inued in marine life, the large majority of them having been cured of their wayward- ness and roving tendencies by the severe discipline, preferring to abandon the sea altogether and settle down on land in some form of business. One chief reason of this general disinclination to follow the sea lies In the fact that the graduates from the school ships did not have what they have now, thanks to the cadet ships, a sure chance of advancement to the positions of officers. Duties of Cadets. ‘The cadets At the start receive $15 or $20 a month, in addition to good food in the offi- cers’ mess, and snug, though not over-lux- urious, quarters down aft on the “glory hold,” where two tiers of iron-framed bunks running athwart ship furnish their sleeping accommodations. Redding Is supplied by the company, and lockers are furnished for their > clothes. On the New York and Paris the cadets occupy the rooms that were originally intended for the chief and senior second offic oO that the: re espec y favored, having separate drawers for the clothes, nds, and 28 good ac modations of the passenger: earn the whole bet of seamanship, everything from bing a deck up to taking an obser Of course, they are not worked as hard as ordinary Sailors, being only boys, and their ages ranging from sixteen to twenty- one, the average being about nineteen. Of course, it is in the companies’ interest to take the boys as young as possible, since they are expressly prohibited from having cadets over twenty-one. There is some vagueness, however, in- the law as to whether an American boy, taken as a cadet before he was twe ne, might remain on the steamer as a cadet after passing that Mf course, ff many Instances before ng twenty-ohe c&dcts will have been promoted by the egmpany to permanent po- sitions in their esfiploy; already one such, case has occurredifvhere a boy, taken as a cadet, has been ntade a full quartermaster on the American line, with the salary o} a month. the months pass and the sys- tem comes into smapther working, there will doubtless be manyisuch-cases of promotion. On the four stesmetfs of the Am 1 line the cade led Into watches with the officers and stand watch, four hours on and four Bours off. On the Parls and the New York the cadets are kept busy on the. -bridge or in the wheel house, where Jt is their duty to polish the brass work, to mend the flags and to keep everythings) cle Besides this they are, given tunity to learn ¢ to and to signal with the flags a: In the main theiy duties are r to those of the quarterma al- though they are unable for many months to cast the log or heave the lead. On Louis and St. Paul the cadets are not given such free access to the bridge and the wheel house, but are kept under the direct authority ‘of the Loatswain or the boatswain's mate, and are required PERFECTION IN AROMA, FLAVOR RICHNESS AND DIGESTBILIY, to work on deck in the “wash downs” and to lend a hand at “holystoning” and at cleaning scuppers in the waterways or on deck. i They Are Kept Busy. It must be admitted that the cadets are kept busy, and no boy should seek one of thdse positions unless he is prepared to work every day until he will be glad to fall into his bunk when sleeping time comes. Some of the boys who have come from comfortable homes do not take kindly to handling the broom, and think it be- neath their dignity to stand out in bad Weather and “squilgee’ the cecks, but after all there is no royal road to sea- manship. any more than there is to other things worth having, and boys with the right stuff in them do what they are told to do with a brave face, kn@wing that it is for their own best interests. A prac- tical sailor was neyer made by looking on while some one else did the work. Sometimes cadets are stationed on the deck to shift steamer chairs or sweep uway falling cinders; one of them is always on the lookout on the lower bridge, and on each of the four ships of the American line a certain number of cadets are as- signed to the engine room, where they are divided into three watches, and stand four hours on and eight hours off. The reason for this difference in the watches is that the work in the engine room is more la- borious on account of the heat, the smell of oil and the confinement. The engine room cadets generally work under the fourth engineer, their duties being in the nature of repairing pumps, repacking cyl- inders and doing the endless ond jobs that are always coming up in this strange region where the monster engines throb and turn unceasingly. There is one kind of work that cadets are never called upon to do. That is the washing of the decks, which is done by the common sailors, between whom and the cadets there is a marked difference of station. The cadets are treated as petty officers, young men who will one day develop into full officers, quartermasters, lieutenants, perhaps captains. They are entitled to the pride of their possibilities, and besides that they get better pay than common sailors, eat better food (in fact they eat the same food as first cabin pas- sengers), and enjoy various privileges not extended to ordinary sailors. When in port leave to visit their families is often given to them, although the period in port is by no means one of idleness, since the cadets are required to be down in the holds while the cargoes are loading and unload- ing, to see that everything is done prop- erly. * It must be remembered that the cadets who enter upon service in American liners are in no sense hound over as apprentices to the company, nor do they go through anything like enlistment for a fixed period of time. They are perfectly frec to leave whenever they please after the completion of a voyage, and, if they find the life un- congenial or the work over severe they need never continue it for more than three weeks. It is satisfactory to know that while at the start the boys of less desira- ble class were continually leaving, and, in- deed, were frequently discharged, since Cap- tain Shackford has adopted his plan of more careful selection the cadets seem contented with their positions and show every disposition to pursue the career of seamanship seriously, as it was hoped they would do. Of the forty-six cadets on the four American liners about forty have thus far shown themselves entirely worthy of the positions given them, and even bet- ter results than these are expected in the future. — HE WAS “SCARE.” Some French Canadians Are Timid When Away From Home. From the Boston Globe. Some of the uninitiated Canadians bring with them into Maine a lively apprehen- sion of personal peril. Being strangers in a new land makes them nervous, perhaps. A Somerset county farmer, who lives well up on-the hillside, tells a story of his hir- ing, through an interpreter, a Canadian, who could speak no English, to work with him, The farmer is rather a large, stern- looking man, and just after the Frenchman arrived at his house he stepped Into the pantry and came out with a large butcher’s+ knife in his hand, whetting it sharpener as a preparation for some meat for supper. He at the same time began to make some talk in to the Gaul, whose eyes cpened wider and wider in alarm as he watched the whetting of the knife. He evidently thought murder was intended, for as the farmer came nearer him he bolted out of doors like a deer and ran across the fields and down the hillsides. His only answer as the farmer ran after him, endeavoring to call him back, was, “Me scare! Me scare!” The employer had to go to town and have matters explained before he could induce the Frenchman to return. on a cutting — Mustn'( Play in His Back Yard. From the Syracuse Post. > In a family living not far from James street an amusing incident happened the other day. The family includes a little boy about ten years of age. During the con- versation at the dinner table he used some bad language. His mother naturally re- proved him severely for it, “Why, Shake- speare uses those words,” exclaimed the lad. “Well, then, you musn’t play with peare any more," was the prompt -——_—__—_ LEY ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when - Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand.will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, AQUISVILLE, KY. WEW YORK, H.W. Grateful—Comforting. Epps’s Cocoa. BREARFAST- SUPPER. “By a thorough kiowledze of the which gcvera tle operations of aligestion aod nutri. tion, apd by a careful application of the fine prop- erties of well-vetected Cocoa Mr. Epps has provided for dur breakfast aud supper a delicately flavored beverage Whick may save us many heavy doctors’ Lils. Jt is by the jodicicus use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until streng encugh to resist every tendency of dis- ease. Hundreds “of stotle maladies are’ floatinj around us ready to attack wherever there is a weal We may cscape many a fatal sbatt vy Eecping «urselves well fortified, with puge Blood asd a preperly nourished frame."*—Civil Service Ga- rette, ly with boiling water or mille. Sold ‘only ip half-pound tins, by grocers, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO.. Ltd., Homoeopathic’Chemists, London, ‘Englard. oc5-8,m,ta,9m AMERICA’S COMMON ROADS. Statistics Which Show That Cheap Highways Are the Most Costly Kind. From the Manufacturer. The total length of the common roads in this country, good, bad and indifferent, is estimated by Gen. Stone of the road bu- reau of the Department of Agriculture at something over 1,300,000 miles. The ma- jority of these roads have been opened by common laborers, hired by local super- visors, and no engineerifg principles have been observed in their construction. As a result, it costs more to keep them in re- pair than if they were as many finely ma- cadamized roads. Keeping these poor roads in repair and opening new thoroughfares cost Massachu- setts in 1893, outside of cities, $1,136,944, or $66.30 per mile; New York, $2,5004000, or $30 per mile, and New Jersey, $778,407.82, or $43.25 per mile. The total expenditure for roads in thai year amounted to about $20,000,000. As a greater part of the enorm- ous sum was spent in repairing poorly con- structed roads that would need exactly the same attention next year, it is not an ex- aggeration to say that most of the money was wasted. Fine roads can be constructed all the way from $400 to $500 per mile, according to the nature of the country through which they pass, the cost of crushed stone and other engineering problemas. The cost of keeping these roads in repair is infinitely smaller than that required to repair the ordinary dirt roads each winter and spring when eat gulleys and ruts are washed into hém by the rains and floods. The secret of the success of the fine roads in France is attributéd to the prompt and systematic repairs made at all seasons of the year. a Rendy Wit. From the Scottish Nights. A professor was walting for a train at a railway station, and, having nothing better with which to take up his mind, began chaffing the half-witted fellow who did odd jobs about the place. “I say, Jamy,” said the professor in a tone intended to reach the ears of the bystanders, “were you ever at college “No, sir,’ at school.” “Indeed!” said the witty professor. “And who had the honor to be your schoolmas- ter?” Maister Black.”” + “Why,” said the wit, “he was my school- master, too “Do tell me,” exclaimed Jamy. “Man, who'd ‘a’ thought old Black could have turned out two like us?” answered Jamy, “but I've bgen Like an ‘book, our fates talk the tale of health or ff iisease. Pain and suffering and wrong living write their history on our fea- tures in unmistak- able lines. Hollow cheeks and sunken eyes, listless steps and languorous looks tell of wasting debilitating disease some place in the body. It may be one place or an- other, the cause is generally traceable to a common source —impure blood, and impure blood starts in the digestive organs. That most dreadful disease—consu: tion is what is known as constitutional. It isin the blood. In reality, it is scrof- ula of the lungs, and it can be cured 98 times in 100 if proper treatinent be taken in its early Sending good, clean, pure, rich, wholesome blood continu- ously through the diseased will radaatly eradicate the disease. If the medicine taken be strongly purifying, healing and soothing, the cure will be even mote rapid. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery purifies the blood, stimulates digestive action, searches out disease-germs wher- ever they exist and puts the whole body into a vigorous, strong and healthy con- dition. It builds up solid, useful flesh, rubs out wrinkles, brightens the eyes and makes life really worth living. A big book of 1000 pages entitled “The People’s Common Sense Medical Ad- profusely illustrated, telling all viser,”” about it and full of good, sensible health hints, with numerous testimonial letters and reproduced photographs and address to those cured, will be sent free to any one who sends twenty-one cents, in one- cent stamps, to cover postage and wrap- ping only. Address, WoRLD's DISPENSARY MED- Icat, ASSOCIATION, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. MUNYON Strong Testimony in Favor of His Improved Homeopathic Remedies, INVESTIGATE FOR YOURSELF Any Druggist Will Give You the Names of His Customers Who Have Been Cured of Rheumatism, Catarrh, Dyspepst Kidney Troubles, Blood Diseases and Nervous Complaints, by Mutiyon’s Improved Homeopathic Remedies. Mz. Chas. -Becker, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars at Na. 911 Robinson street, Scranton, Pa,, says: “I have spent hundreds of dollars in ‘useless medicines for my catarrh, yet when I to use amine aeons — that the use of the Tatarrh Cure and the tal made in less than two weeks." ea ofstconties lahoma, Mr. John L. As Jackson street, Tenn., sa; at suffered tortures from rheumatism and freat. and t G and 78: for years and tried all kinds *. pines, and spent six months at Hot be ly joints were swollen was all crippled up, so I could not work at my trade of tailoring. ' Munyon’s Rheumatism made a complete cure. am back at we i rheumatic troubles? t perfectly free from on's Rheumatism Cure seldom falls to re- Mui Heve in one to three hours and cures in a few Munyon'’s ‘Catarrh Remedies never fail. The Catarrh Cure—price, 25¢.—eradicates the disease from the system, and the Oatarrh Tablets—price, 25c.—cleanse and heal the parts, Ask your druggist for a free copy of Munyon's Guide to Health, and treat yourself at home with harmless remedies that contain positive cures for Sees . Sold by all druggists, mostly 25 cents a bottle. Personal letters to Prof. Munyon, 1505 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa., answered with free medi- cal advice for any ‘disease. BRIAR PIPE MIXTURE } for > 5 cent{s Every pipe stamped DUKES MIXTURE or 2oz. Packaces 5¢ Beef [lalt. BEEF, MALT, CELERY. Three natural foods, simply combined in Proportions best adapted to present the fall strength of each, ‘ncieascd by the com- bined strength of all. For Body, Blood & Brain. It makes new BLOOD. ard TISSUE, sturdy stuff for the sick and corvalescent, vigorous thinking easy to the well nourished. The thin and pale win color and strength; AN EASY CURE FOR NERVOUS PROSTRA- TION, GENERAL DEBILITY, MENTAL DE- PRESSION, DYSPEPSIA, WEAKNESS AND LOSS OF APPETITE It 4s especially a¢apted for ail sursing mothers and in cases of convalescence where a nutritive is re- quired. It is just what the tired and eick system craves. For sale by all leading DRUG- GISTS and grocers. 35c. per bottle. BEEF MALT CO., 938 F- N.W. 3-co113,70 | g100—BICYCLEs—100 | GOBMULLY & JEFFERY MPG, C0., 2935 23th N- W- gars y ents DR.CHASES Blood«Nerve Food Yourse: eee Eros raxING ian For Weak and Run-Down People from Childhood to Old Age. WHAT IT IS! The richest of all restorative Fouls, because it replaces the same sutstances io the blood and nerves that are exhausted in two li fluids by discase, indigestion, overwork, worry, excesses, ubuse, ete, TY DIES!” By ‘making the blood’ pure and the digestion perfect, It creates muscle and strength. The nerves be- ing made’ sti the brain’ becomes ac! and For restoring lost vitality and stopping all dra in’ cither sex it has as a female regulator it is worth its id. One box lusts a week. Price, Druggists or by mail, THE DR. CHASE COMPANY, 12 Chestnut st., Philadelphia, nol2-tu&sat6st Vocoa and Chocolaces unexcelled fee for Purigy of Materiaiand// Deliciousness of Flavor. Their Pink Wrapper Vanilla Chocolate is , favorite for Eating and Drinking. Grocers everywhere. ie ee p021-2m. Bargains in Long Hair Switches. Formerly $5.00. $4.50. Formerly 86 D. wmerly $10.50. CFFirst-class attendance in Hair Dressing, Shampooiug, ¢ Try our “Curlette,” for keeping the hair in curl S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. Jes-200d PY NEW YEAR spent by those having thelr feet Bunions, Corus, Ingrowing and Clubs “s moderate, Hours, 8 to _s y te 12 IF ALL OTHERS FAIL, CONSULT DR. CZARRA, 16 Fourth st. n.e., Washington, D. C. 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We have beaps on Leaps of letters cer tifsing its merits. ‘The THEORY is sus- tained by ACTUAL FACTS. A lot of “Complete Flour Knowledge matled oa request. ‘Complete Flour is sold ta Dags avd barrels. Ask your grocer for e trial bag, $1. Dr. Hunter McGuire, Ricumond, Va, “its value would be HARD TO ( ; rays: GVERESTING TE.” ress— ‘HE WHITTLE & SYDNOR ©O., RICHMOND, VA, oS Gray Hair of tke past when Nattan'’s Crystal Dis. used. Guaranteed to. restore gray faded patural color in 3 to 10 dave positively not a dye. Stops the hair from failing out, arrests dandruff and makes the nicest d for the hair one can use. No poison. No sedim No stains. Price, $1. Trial size, Sec. Kk PHARMACY, SOLB AGE: 438 7TH ST. 3 Sent, express prepaid, to any part of the < ‘on receipt of price. dezd-tt Go to Siccardi, Bargains in Hair. Genuine, bona fide bargain prices are prevalt- it now. And can select from the finest Eis “ot Hal and Tollet Goods ever shown im ‘ashington. 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