Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1896, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY OCTOBER - 24, 189 6—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 15 BY W. K. FISHER—CENTRAL. CAMERAS IN SCHOOLS! Amateur Photography Practiced by High School Boys and Girls. CLUB FORMED AT THE CENTRAL ees What is Being Done at the Western and Eastern. BUSINES HOTOGRAPHY ‘among the pupils is destined to become one of the features of the hi schoo} ALSO AT THE practically in its ctipfency at the pres- ent time, it © of certainty work with the mera will spread, and rapidly, too. Ex- tremely fe nterest in the art or fad. ing to the way it may be rez lated by the org: ution of camera bs at the Central and Western Schools; t ern, because in hy is now open to those students of the graduating class who desire it, and at ness for the reason that the prin- an enthusia: amateur photog- several of the pupils are ex- manipulating the lenses. It is as- that the first experiment with the Roentgen @r X-ray in Washington made in the physical laboratory of the tn High Szhool. It ts perhaps proper to add that the experiment was a success. The initial step of the present schaol year to further the systematic study of photography among the pupils of the high schools was faken recently, when Dr. R. Lane, the director, requested all ending the school who m'ght be In- ed in photography to meet after the d for the day. About tlemen responded to five young ge the call, and th ecting piaced in charge of Mr. Robert W. T Mr. Test is a uate of the Central, and at pres- ent oceupieS a responsible clerical position in the office of the director of the high schoois. For several years past he has been deeply interested in photographic By F. S. Pettigrew—Central. work, and by conscientious study and un- remitting practice has mastered the details and intr.cacies of the art. A Club Formed. At the meeting it was decided that the members should endeavor to cover all the ground ible before the close of the school year. The plan of campaign, so to speak, as mapped out by Mr. Test and ap- Proved by the members of the club, pro- vides that the greater portion of the work undertaken as individuals. The meet at the Central High School very two weeks, when a compari- obtained during the preced- ill be made. secure unusually good pic- be expected to relate for the benefit of their fellow-members the man- By Allan Davis—Businesx. ner in which they operated. Each member will be expected to submit specimens, and all the work will be reviewed. Those whose inating | accord- | truction in pho- | i was Proofs are poorest will receive suggestions and instructions from the better-informed members of che club. General discussions of subjects relating to photography, it is plenned, shall also be held. If it is found, for instance, that a member, after expos- ing and developing his plates, employs a professional photographer to print the pic- tures, he will be called upon to explain the reason for following such a course. If the reply is that the art of printing success- fully is not understood, the discussion will By C. A. Lindxay—Central. be directed to lines that will make clear the proper methods to be pursued. | Papers also will be prepared by members | and read before the ciu from time to time. Propoxed Club Outings. It is the intention of Mr. Test that the club as a body shall make at least two cutings. On these trips the sole object | shall be to instruct the members how to properly discriminate in regard to the views to be taken and to correctly locate the camera the first time and thereby avold the necessity of moving the instrument from spot te spot and focusing for an indefinite period, as is so often a conspicuous charac- | teristic of amateurs Mr. Test Is a firm be- i liever in the policy of spending all the mon- ey available on the lens, for, he says, any person possessing even a small amount of | ingenuity can readily manufacture a cam- era box that will answer the purposes ad- mirably. At his own home four such cameras have been constructed, and they By H. M. Johnson—Eastern. ere the equal, he claims, of any purchasable in the stores. Therefore Mr. Test proposes to make plain to the club the details, as well as the ease and the desirability of camera making at home. A striking fea- ture of the plans of the photographers of the Central High School is an exhibition of the work of the members of the club, to be held during the latter part of next Feb- ruary. The exhibit will probably be held in the drawing rooms, and permission to that ef- fect has already been secured from Princi- pal Lane. Suitable and desirable prizes are to be provided, and the awards will be made by a bonrd of judges, consisting of drawing teachers of the high schools. A point of interest in connection with the ex- By P. Stephenson—Central. hibit will be the presence, beside each photograph displayed, of the camera with which it was taken. A second exhibition, to enable a comparison of the-work of the memters of the club, will be held toward the close of the school year. Nothing in the way of organized camera work has heretofore been attempted at the Central High School. In addition to Mr. Test, Dr. Lane, several others of the faculty and many of the pupils have done considerable individual work with the lenses. The movement started during the past week, however, is generally conceded to be in the right direction, and great things are expected of the Central High School Camera Club of 1896-97, to say nothing of its influence on amateur pho- tography among the pupils of the schoot in the future. What to Picture. Mr. John D. Reed, one of the second- year boys at the Central, and a member of the club, says: “I secured my kodak in the spring of 1895, and have had very much enjoyment frem’ it. At first I took pretty much everything that came along, and thus ob- tained a large number of pictures, but very few good ones. During the last year, how- ever, I have learned what to take and what not to take. I visited Lake Keuka, in western New York, last August. That part of the state is one of the most pic- turesque regions of the country, and is rightly called the lake region of New York. Opposite the place where I stopped a hill arose over 1,700 feet in height. I took many pictures from the hills and verandas and all proved satisfactory.” Perhaps the pioneer in the way of organ- ized camera effort among the high schools is the Western, which boasted of a camera club during the last school year and which reorganized the same soon after the open- ing of-the school in September. The for- mation of a camera club was the idea of Miss Mabel Robinson, teacher of history, who was aware that a large number of pupiis of the school were devotees to the camera. By H. C. Kleinschmidt—Western. At a meeting called by Miss Robinson end held in the physical laboratory, officers were elected, and it was decided that the club should indulge in trips periodically to spots where good views might be obtained. It was als> agreed upon that at each meet- ing of the club an essay should be read treating upon some late discovery or ad- vancement in photography. Owing to the late date of the formation of the club, not much progress was made last year, but it 1s believed that the Ca- mera Club will be the leading organization of the Western High School throughout the present. term. ‘The officers and members of the club last year were Alfred Wright, president; Paul Lamberton, treasurer, and Lawrence Jan- ney, secretary. Members—Clifford Sm!th, Cc, F. Sterne, Harry C. Kleinschm‘dt, Har- old Scudder, Miss Mabel Rob:nson and M Harriet J. Buchly. The officers, recently elected, to serve during 18t}-'' are Mi: Harriet J. Buchly, teacher of physics, pre: ident; Miss Mabel Robinson, teacher of h's- tory, treasurer, and Mr. Lawrence Janney, son of Supervising Principal B, T. Janney, secretary. It will be good news to the pupils of tue Western, who are photographically in- ckned, to learn that the plans for the new Western High School building provide for a model dark room, with proper equip- ment, and a room with skylight, both for Photographic work. For a dark room, last year, recourse was had several times to a subcellar of the Curtis School building, the present home of the Western High School. As a Regalar Study. The study of photograpay at the Eastern High School is conducted on scientific prin- ciples. Mr. Hosmer M. Johnson, who suc- ceeded Mr. C. M. Lacey Sites as principal of the school, was last year instructor of physics, and during the final quarter of the school term he took up photography in con- rection with the study of light. The course was open only to pupils of the graduating class. Several trips were made by the class and negatives secured of many of the pub- lie buildings of the city. The school its supplied with a dark room and a camera, and it is the expectation that further ad- vancement will be made this year. Con- siderable time will also be devoted to the making of lantern slides, and it not unhke- ly that an exhibition of the results thus secured will be held in the assembly hall of the school some time during the year. The class at the Eastern interested in photography last year, in addition to Mr. Johnson, consisted of . Parkinson, A. E. Baum, H. J. Brown, E. P. Copeland, J.T. Graff, F. H. Yount and H. W. Hurst. A report of an experiment with the X ray by the class at the Eastern was ce- ported in The Star et the time. At the Business High School there is no camera club in evidence, although not a few of the pupils are the owners of cam- eras. The principal, Mr. Allan Davis, be- came addicted to the camera habit about three years ago, ard during his summer va- catiors has secured several hundred exce!- lent negatives. Of late, however, Mr. Davis has been devoting all his spare mcments to photographing a Mr. Davis, jr. pcan as le Mexico's New Women. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Mexican woman station agent {s one of the curiosities cf travel on the road from Puebla to Oaxaca. Her name !s Concha Blanca. Her post of duty is at Etla, the place to which the Indians flock from the mountains for a hundred miles around for their annual feasts, and also the shipping point for the big hactendas in the fertile valleys among these same mountains. When the train stops at Eda in the dark, a young woman in white, for Senorita Concha dresses to match her sur- name, stands at the door of the express car, lantern in hand, checking the packages on the big receipt took. When the freight trains stop, she flits in and out of the long line of cars telling the brakemen what to take ard what to leave. She is from one end of the train to the other, seeing that ro mistakes are made. This bareheaded girl in a white dress is full of business. She wastes no time on empty words. The trainmen respect her. She coes everything about the station but handle the baggage. There are plenty of stout Mexicans of the other sex hanging around for that work. Concha Blanca is so well esteemed by the management of the road that she has bcen twice promote, until now she has one of the most import- ant stations under her care. She does all of the telegraphing, besides attending to the ticket selling, and to the receiving ani shipping of freight. It was her knowledge of telegraphing that got the young woman her first recog- nition. Her father and two brothers were cperators. She learned to use the key. A statior. was given to her where there was pot much to do besides the telegraphing. Her aptitude for railroad work attracted the attention of General Manager Morcom, and the promotions followed. Concha Blanca lives in the station. Her mother keeps house for her and a younger sist2r sits at the telegraph table learning the vccaticn of the new woman in Mexico. The conductors have got in the way of painting eut to travelers Senorita Concha along with the ruins of the ancient city on the mountain top, the site where the battle of ‘Tehuacan was fought, the hieroglyphics on the cliff at the entrance to Rio Salado Can- yen, and other objects of interest. And the Mexican woman agent with her honest brown eyes and mass of wavy hair care- lessly knotted, moving up and down the side of the train with quick, determined step, loses nothing in interest by compari: scn with the other strange things. Little John Allen's Cast-Off Skin. From the Florida Citizen. The case of John Allen, an eight-year-old boy of this place, is puzzling the physi- cians. Six weeks ago an orange thorn pen- etrated the’ boy’s hip. Inflammation fol- lowed; and the boy was soon horribly swol- len from head to foot. Finally the swelling subsided, but the boy immediately began to shed his skin. That on the face came off separately, but from the neck down the cuticle remained intact, and moved off by way of the hands and feet without break- ing. The cuticle was five days in passing off, and during that time the boy remained on the bed, wriggling like a snake at moult- ing time. The child seemed to be in no pain, but complained of a tickling sensa- tion and of a crawling of the flesh. When the cuticle had been shed the boy immediately recovered, and is now as weil as ever. The skin which is shed is on ex- hibition at a physician’s office. It is a per- fect cast of the human form from the neck down, and is about the consistency of hard glue, which it much resembles. ———-+e+__. Jeff. Davis an Exemplar. From the Savannah News. : Prof. Tom F. McBeath, principal of the grammar school, has presented to the eighth grsde a fine portrait of Jefferson Davis, with an autograph letter of the confederate leader, written a short while before he died. They are now hung upon the walls of the eighth grade room. HIGH SCHOOL? CADETS Officers in Command of the Regiment pray MILITARY INSTRUCTION, IN SCHOOLS in Interest in the Annual'Parades and in the Competitions. STANDING AS SCHOLARS ‘The regiment of the High School Is offi- cered by the cadets, and every boy has an equal chance to get @ commission. From the time of enlistment the scholarship, de- portment and attendance of every cadet is kept. In hig senior year the cadet is given an examination as to his knowledge of tac- tics with the view of determining his mill- tary abilities. Those who have made the highest averages, when ability and scholar- ship are taken into account, are given the commissions, according to their standing. This organization, in ’connection with the school, it is claimed, makes the boys more studious, gives them something to work for, affords them excellent ‘exercise, and last of all, gives them a’ good training in the school of the soldier, making them obedient, quick to regpond, and attentive. The plan of having o military organiza- tion in connection with the regular course of the Boys’ High School, as it was then called, was first suggested by Professor Edward A. Paul, the first principal of the High School, in 1882, and was carried into effect by Professor G. R. Israel, who had formerly served as captain of one of the companies at Dickenson College, Pennsyl- .vania. The names of 14 young men who were willing and eager to ald in the project were secured by Professor Paul. A bat- talign of two compari 8. containing seventy boys each, was then formed, those able to H. C. Hoge, purchase uniforms were placed in Company A, the “picked” company, apd those with- bi out uniforms were din Com- pany B, known as ‘the “nondescript” company. From fygnds. appropriated from the proceeds pf entertainments, Prof. Paul was enabled to pufenase enough old Austrian rifles’ to equip one company, the two companies alternating in the use of the rifles. At an entertain- ment in June, 1883, the uniformed company gave an exhibition drill, which was the first of the long serfes of exhibition drills which” have “been giveh arffually by the High ‘Schost Cadet Corps! “fhe officers of that year were: Company &—Captain, Al- fred A. Smith; first lieutenant, Andrew J. Marsh; second Heutenant, Thomas J..Van- sant. Company B-Captain, George H. Ayres; first lieutenant, Jamés’ H. Brown; second lieuténant, Charles, W. Curtis. In the Early Dayn, ‘The next year Maj. J. Hf {atdl, a retired army officer; relieved Mr. yrael but the major not Being familiar with.Upton's new tactics, requegted Capt. Burton'R. Ross to Grill the companies. ; x The next year Capt. Ross (now major, Ist Battalion, National Guard,-District of Columbia) was appointed military instruc- tor, which position he-hes held up to the present date. The first public appearan.e in parade was in May of 1883, when a picked squad represented the High Schuol in the Grand Army parade, but the first appearance of the enttre battalion was on Washirgtcn’s birthday of 1884. That year both the compantes were uniformed and participated in the exhtbition drill. During the year 1884-85 fifty more guns were ob- tained from the War Department. That year showed what the boys were capable of doing as to endurance and drill- ing under disadvantages. On Saturday, the 2ist of February, one of the coldest and most disagreeable days of that winter, the two companies, without a cadet absent, and without overcoats, paraded as part of the escort on the occasion of the dedica- tion of the Washington monument. on the 4th of March, the battalion disti guished itself in President Cleveland's in- augural parade. The first dress parade was given on the 2th of May im honor of the city officials. Probably the principal event of that year, and nothing has ever odeurred like it since, was the departure of a gelected drill squad of twenty-two cadets, under’the command of Mafor Sohon, for Baltimore, where a fancy drill was presented that’ amazed the people of that city. The next year the battalion had four large companies. Dur- ing the year of 1887-88 occurfed the first competitive drill for the coveted “red rib- bons." Company A, the victorious com- pany, was commanded by Captain H. B. Barney. The next year Company D, Captain Fer- ree, won the competiti¥e drill. In 1890 the cadets made a fine showing J. Noble Hoover. in the Pan-American parade, under the command of Major Fred C. Lawyer. Com- pany C, Capt. BE. 8. Duvall, was the win- ner of the prize drill for that year. In connection with the battalion, the most popular organization, in the High School was what was iown as the “Hungry Duzzen.” The squad was organ- ized by Capt. Ferree,j and, gave its first exhibition drill February, 1989. The original members were Capt. Ferree, leader; Sergeants Miller, Grafton, Lawyer, La Fetra, Corps. J. H. Ford, Vale, Kiein- schmidt, Black, Ross, S. C. Ford and Chamberlain. The squad of 1890 was far ahead of the original one, and had taken part in about twenty-two entertainments during the year. On the 16th of May, '90, at an entertainment given in the exhibition hall of the school, a gold medal was com- peted for by a large squad™of offiéers in an individual drill. After a stubborn con- test the prize was finally awarded to Capt. Duvall. With this class the “Hungry Duz- zen” passed out of existence., Enlarging thé Battalion. During 1891, on account gf the Business and Eastern High schools’ having com- panies, the form of organization was changed from the battalion to the regi- ments!, having six companies under the command of a lieutenant colonel. New guns and equipments were secured to meet the demands of the growing organization. Gales P. Moore was the first leutenant colonel. Company F, Eastern High School, won the competitive drill that year, Capt. C. V. Edwards commanding, who also won the individual competitive drill for officers. ‘The next year Capt. Ogden, in command of Company A, won the drill. In '92-’03 the regiment was increased to eight companies under the command of a colonel. Company G of the Eastern School won the drill under Capt. Edgar Shilling. Delt. Dd- wards, captain of Company F, won the Col. F. C. Daniel. officers’ individual competitive drill. The regiment that year was commanded by Col. Reichelderfer, who 3 succeeded by Col. Skinner for the year "93-94. ‘The com- petitive drills were no longer held in the theaters, as had been the custom, but the cadets were required to show a proficiency in company evolution as well as in the manual of arms, so the base ball park was, therefore, pressed into service. Company D, under Capt. A. T. Smith, won the com- petitive drill. The plaza in front of the Arlingto: where the cadets give their annual exnib! tion drill, was no longer large enough, 50 the use of the White Lot was obtained as a regimental drill ground when the exhi- bition dri!l was given at the close of every school term for the purpose of showing to the friends of the cadets the progress they had made. In the year of ‘94-95 Col. Shuster had command. The Georgetown boys won the drill that year, Capt. Taussig commanding. Last year J. Summers was colonel. The individual drill for officers was won by Ca;t. Hoover, and -the co;mpetitive drill by Company F, Eastern High School, under ‘apt. Gapen. The success of some boys who received their early military training in the High School reflects much credit on the institu- tion. There are a number of young men who, having passed in a creditable manner through West Point, are now army officers. Among them are William M. Cruikshank, E. E. Winslow, C. C. Willams, Spencer Cesby, C. L. Ruggles, William Barden, H. M. Reeves, Charles G. Sawtelle, jr., and A. M. Davis. Charles Hine resigned from the army to go into business. Since 18x) two classes at West Point ha been led by High School boys, while in two other classes Washington boys stood on the honor list, among the first five. A Military Training. The case of A. T. Smith, captain of prize Company D, '93-"34, shows what good train- ing can be had in the cadet corps. He en- listed in the regular army and passed through all the non-commission grades un- tl he became first sergeant, when he took the examination and was com: a lieutenant. Capt. Taussig, the commander of Com- pany H, when it successfully carried off the “red ribbons,” is now at the Naval Academy, and reports show that he is making a good record. Outside of West Point and the Naval Academy, High School Cadets have made their presence felt in the militia organiz tions. The Morton Cadets of the District of Columbia National Guard is a notuble example. This organization was in the “awkward squad,” and in a military point wholly inefficient. Capt. Edgar Shilling, | who had successfully commanded Company sioned as J. Strother Miller. G of the Eastern High School, was called upon to take command, and h's training in the High School enabled him to put the company on an efficient basis. Under his training the Mortons have become the crack company of the United States, kav- ing won their title to the same at Memphis and Savannah. At the close of school last year some of the cadets formed a battalion and at- tended the revnion of the Confederate Veterans at Richmond. The ‘regiment this year will have two battalions of four companies each with a full roster of officers. The colonel, F. C. Daniel, was captain of Company B last year. He is a thorough soldier, popular with the boys and an excellent schoiar. As this is presidential year Col. Daniel will have the honor oy commanding in the augural parade. The lieutenant colonel, Howard Hoge, who lest year captained Company D, whic caused so much excitement by the dri! which they put up dur:ng last year’s com- petiticn, is one of the best instructors on the staff. He is aell thought of by the boys. Commanding the Battalions. The major of the Ist Battalion, J. Noble Hoover, was captain of Company C last year. He won the officers’ individual drill and came very rear bringing his company out a winner in the struggle for the “prize flag,” and was looked upon as a sure win- ner by his sctool. The major of the 2d Battalion is J. Strother Miller, Eastern High School, who was first lieutenant of prize Company F last year. Having the highest average in his class he has always enjoyed the respect and friendship of his classmates and is popular with the teachers and pupils at large. Great things are expected of this year’s regiment, extra inducements are thrown out to the boys to participate in parades and with such capable ofticers the regiment of '96-97, it is thought, should make a fine record. Prof. Paul, the projector, and Prof. Is- rael, the organizer, lived to see only a be- ginning of the realization of their plans. Dr. Lane, the present principal of the High School, who succeeded Prof. Paul, has spared ro efforts to complete the work started by his predecessors, and he is be- ing assisted by the principals of the East- ern, Western and Business schools. Maj. B. R. Ross, the military instructor, has been untiring in his endeavors to impress upon officers and privates the necessity of a careful study of what is required to constitute a soldier. —.—_—_. Statenm: ‘hip. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. “I am credibly informed,” said the one English statesman, “that the sultan is in reai@y suffering from homicidal mania. Something must be done.” “Perhaps: it might be turned to good account,” said the other statesman. “Why not enlist aid in civilizing Africa?” —_—$_-o-____ Not Altogether Hopeless. From the Detroit Free Press. “I shall never marry,” declared Miss El- derly, in a tone meant to be firm. “Don’t say that,” answered her best friend, Florence. ‘Women older than you have had prcposals.”” IN MUSICAL CIRCLES Preparations Being Made for the Memorial to Other Matters of General Interest to the Musicians of the District. ‘The committee of the Choral Society hav- ing charge of the arrangements for a me- morial service in honor of the late Dr. Sherman is making good progress, although the exact date has not yet been determined upon. The friends of Dr. Sherman have become intersted in the proposed memorial, and the event will undoubtedly be one of high character. The choruses that will be sung will be those that Dr. Sherman es- pecially favored, and the eulogy wiil be de- livered by one who was his personal friend and companion in boyhood. When the re- hearsals cf the Choral Society commence for this memorial service, of which due notice will be given, it is hoped that the former members who sang under Dr. Sher- Tan dur:ng the many years of his musical leadership will co-operate with the present membership. The vested choir of St. Stephen's Episco- pal Church, Columbia Heights, has com- inenced its winter work under the direc- tion of Mr. C. W. D. Allen, who has but recently finished his studies in choir train- ‘ng and boy voice culivre in London. The vested choir furnish the music at the morn- ing service and at chorai evensong in the afternoon. For the night service Mr. Allen has organized a mixed quartet, consisting of Miss Mitchell, soprano; Mrs. Fairfield, alto; Mr. Irving Brow tenor, and Mr. Fulton Lewis, bass. They begin their work tomorrow evening. A “Model Singing Class,” just organized at the First Congregational Church, is meeting with success. The singing at’ the rst Church has always been of food quality, but a desire to have the whole congregation educated to sing has led to the formation of a “model” class, which Mr. A. E. Hosmer, who has for some time been’ the bass soluist in Dr. Bischoff's choir, ts undertak to teach reading music at sight. The class has not set a iimit to its membership, old and young enjoying the same privileges, and tne musically uneducated sitting side by side with several members of the choir. Messrs. Cullen and Collins, the banjoists, have added a number of selections to their already extensive repertoire, and promise to give the banjo-loving public quite a sur- prise during the coming season. It is the intention of there clever performers to give several complimentary monthly recitals, the first of which will probably be given in December. Miss Wilscn will g! sicale at her studio, 1 wert, next Wednesday © ve an informal mu- wth street north- ing, assisted by Miss Grace Hamulton Jones, who will play two Chopin numiers—a polonaise and the aliade in G ainor. Tlu cillan Quar- tet will give two selections, and vocal so- Misses Alice Pilsbury, Josie Bertie Thompson, Sallie Shreve, Ue Noah, Dorothy Dalrymple, Katie lis, Ella Wilson and Helen Nye. At the regular meeting of the Sunday sbht Music Club at Miss Rebecea Ueh- rend’s the program was made up of part of one of the Hummel! piano concert: Mr. Frank Gebest at the piano; a Hum- 1 quintet, a Chopin nocturne, arrange 2s a violin selo, played by Mr. Lovy; t “March et Cortege,” from Gounod’s * of Sheba,” and his “Funeral March Marionette,” together with one of Chopin nocturnes; a Gavotte, by W. D. Smith, and a Romance by Wm. Maso’ these three numbers also being played b Mr. Gebest, as the guest of the evenin, ss Bertie Reichenbach sang “The Birc Chopin; Humme Alma Virgo, with piano and strings, and Gounoa’s Wal!z Scng from “Romeo and Juliet,” with violin obligato by Mr. Lovy. Prof. 1 e. Saltsman and Mr. William De Ford will begin rehear: studio, 911 G street northw. date for a proauction cf G t and Spi- iivan’s comic overa “Patience,” which Will be rendered early in the scason. Mr. De Jord, it will be remembered, conducted the Stage rehearsals of “Pinafore,” which was given with such success last year. There will be a_rpecial musical program at the Fifteenth Strect M. E. Church, cor- rer R northwest, tomorrow, at the morninz Service, “Incline ‘Thy Ear to Me™ (bass so! and chorus), by Himmel: evenin : Sacrifice of God” (soprano solo 2nd ch tvs), by H. W. Oliver, arranged from M als in their new , at an eany y Mrs. C. B. Rheem: o | offertory, selection, A minor, Ba closing offertory, pedal obligato, Thoughitul Facts. From the Popular Science News. The propa: distance between the eyes Is the width of cne eye. Some children in the mountains of Silesia devoutly believe that beetles are both deaf and blind. The one hundred ard twenty-four largest cities in the country show a steady and al- most uniform decrease in the averaze size of a family. Bread made from whole wheat flour will support life, anda man might live on meat alone, but it would be a very imperfect diet. : ‘The smallest known species of hog is the pigmy swine of Australia. They are ex- actly like their larger American brethren in every particular except size, being not larger than a good-sized house rat. Prof. Fheltshue says that if we reckon the depth of all oceans at an average of three miles, there would be a layer of salt 200 fcet thick in their basins, should the waters of all suddenly evaporate. In France there are twenty-two botani- cal gardens; in Germany, thirty-five; in Great Britain and Ireland, eleven; in’ the Indian empire, nine; in Italy, twenty-two; in Russie, fourteen, while there are but five public botanical gardens in the whole of the United States. —___+e+_____ She Showed Him. From the Minreapolis Journal. Out in the midway district there is a tall Swedish washerwoman who has a keen scnse of right and wrong, and she put her views into practical effect the other day in a very positive sort of way. She was walk- ing along on. University avenue when she was overtaken by a bicycle rider who had more speed than’ courtesy. In place of turning out, he rode up to her and pushed his wheel along so that it struck her, but did net throw him off. “1 tank I show you how to get off a wheel,” she said, with fire in her voice, “yes, I tank I vill,” and as she spoke she projected one of her feet at the end of a long and very sturdy leg and kicked the wheel from under the rider. He fell into the dirt at the edge of the sidewalk and she walked on, and the wheel located itself on his stomach. And all he could hear as he picked him- self up and caressed his bruises was a voice coming to him from a tall, swift-striding Swede: “Ya, ya; I tank I show him; I tank so.” = ————_-+«+ javed by Her Paroquet. From the Portland Dally’ Press. The alarm- from box 53 early yesterday morning was caused by a fire in a closet connected with the rooms occupied by Miss Mary 8. Groder. Miss Groder told a re- porter that before she went to bed she threw her boots into the closet, and whether it upset the tin in which her matches were kept she does not know. She does know, however, that she was awakened at the time of the fire by one or two paroquets belonging to her. This bird was kept in a basket lined with some soft material, and was covered with a light cloth. The. other bird occupied a cage. The bird tn the basket was arouscd by smoke, and flew screeching to its mis- tress and clawed at her breast to awaken her. Miss Groder took the bird, pushed it into the cage with the other one, threw up the front window, placed the cage on the sill, and cried for help. Then she lost consciousness. The firemen quickly responded, and Driver Wakefield seized Miss Groder and carried her to a place of safety just in time. She was very weak last night, much affected by the smoke and excitement. Se ie A Mistake in the Pulpit. From Trath. Eastern Tourist—“Why did they tar and feather the parson?” Alkali Ike—‘The durn fool prayed for a gold harvest.” ONE OF WASHxGTON'S SWEET SINGERS BEING RESTORED TO HEALTH, Dr. Shade’s Chloridum Dis- covery for Consumption Pro- ducing More Cures. Over Forty Cured in Washington Alone. Very many persons go the rounds in the medical fraternity with their throat or lung trouble before they are persuaded that the best thing for them to do ts to consult Dr. Shade, 1232 14th street, who has beyond question curd more complicated lung and throat trouile than all the phpsicians in the country combined. Af you are wkeptical go ask Dr. McKim, 25 Sth st. s.e., what he thinks of Dr. Shade’s treetment, or Di 2 et. ne, Both of these gentlemen are experienced in the general practice for many years. Dr. McKim has been practiclg medicine in the Distrtet of Colum- bia over forty year. He belongs to the medical association, and tas for many years. He is surely reliable and trustworthy, ax the medical society Will not tolerate unworthy or unreliatle member- shi Miss Lillian Hunt, 1104 13th st. nw.. is the list we refer to. Miss Hunt is well known by the muske-loving on account of bor vocal ‘tering to the cultivated ear of Washington jane, Miss Huot had—in a messu- gone the rounds among the doctors with but ttle if any benefit. Miss Hunt has been taking Dr. je’s treatinent for six months for throat and bronchial trouble, and is now able at this time to resume her musical studies agatn, Prof. Bischeff says that Mies Hunt's vulce has improved very much, Mg more metlow amd ricber since under Dr. Shade’s treats Miss Hunt scarcely, if ever, is troubled with the very Severe cough that annoyed her for several years Miss Hunt is willing to be interviewed for the benefit of those who are sufferin a. Call p trent wd edaenday setter ask the Yale to call for 514 roth st. Wagon calls. It your laundry Monday. *Phone 10y2. straightening of a chimney stack 4 a brick and and tile works in Earnest, P was recently accomplished in @ novel man- ner. The stack is 122 feet high, 1 fest square at the base, tapering sc vat at the top, and wei 200 tons. are 36 inches The top was fe be leaning 4 i s from the verti ine. To right the chimney 10 1 s of brick work was removed from the foundations on three sides. As the bricks were removed, square blocks of wood were C mtil three the biock the sul high were built, le r between the top of the piers an tom of the undermined brick work. The blocks were then set on fire and kept burn- ing evenly. If one burr: the others, the fire on that particular block was checked, so that all were made to a uniformly, and the blocks were reduced tc ashes, the k slowly righted. As the top gradually swung back through the 45- inch are small fissures appeared near the bare. In every groove a © we riven to mainta weight of th The entire work umed one day, the reductios Jen block ‘i required one ence in Dre Mia Record, Dreams are curious things. About a week ago a West F elphia girl dreamed that e lost her w and in the morning she looked in th where she always put her timepi scgver that it w This, of course, led her to believe that some one had ac*val she was not dre a half sleen. W picien the her bre cre hustling around vainly cn But he finatly aba’ covering the lost of the very day 1 the search that r ther cream. nis time she dr 2 fore retiring she had hidden her watch in a shoe in the bottom of a closet. After rising next moraing, merely cut of curiosi he went to the place designated in her and to her xmazement there beheld the in tumepiece. rent A Rich Mexican. One of the richest men in Mexico is Maxi- milian Damm, a German by birth. He lives in an cld menastery in Durango, and enjoys an income of nezriy $710,000 a year from his sitver mine, El Promon began life in Mexico as a cierk. went into business for himseif, and he was visiting i while Germany his manacer tock what Was supposed to be a worihiess mine for a bad debi. It is this mine he is now deriving his gre Repartee. From the Indiasspolis Joormal. “Aw, you ain't so hot,” said the youth with the cigarette.” “Huh!” answered the youth with the bad cigar. ain't seen your picture en mo buttons, neither.” When the doc- tor comes to 4 scribe for Eny “female weak- ness,” the first upon is an exam- ination, =nd the Streatment he pre ‘Scribes is y sure to for the local appiica- tions, so natural- ly distasteful to every modest wo- man. These humiliating measures are generally absolutely unnecessary, and there is seldom any reason why a woman shonid submit to them. This statement is made on the authority of Dr. R. V. 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It contains several chapters on the Teproductive physiolory of woman. written im plain language. and iliustrated fully and very carefully. It telisexcct!y what the “ Favorite Pic scription” will ¢ man. and offers many I suggestions for the preservation of health. Nearly 700,000 copies were sold at $1.soeach. This is the greatest snle ever reached by any micdical work ever printed in the English language. The new editon ot hal!-a-million copies, paper-cov- ered, is now offered absolutely frec to any ome who will send 21 one-cent stamps. to cover the cost of mail nly, to the World's Dispensa: Medical Association. Buffalo. N.Y, In cloth binding 1 cruts extra ( nts in all), “Twill be a revelation to you when you try the Yale Laundry, 514 1oth st. Phone 1092. It