Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1897, Page 23

GOLD IN SIBERIA A Visit to the Mines in Company With an Owner. NOVEL METHODS IN PROSPECTING Veinous or Quartz Gold Extracted Only in a Smatl Way. MISE OF THE FUTURE URING MY RE- ent visit to Siberia I chanced rather rare opportu- y of obtairing at st hand some prac- cal knowledge of he mines and min- ‘s methods in th's le hs regi of the globe. On the steamer which was conveying us down the Obi river ' from the temporary + Trans-Siberian ra:lway to nce of a Si- upon a ste sek I made the acau berian gentlemar g in that city, but wh was engag ng the summer months operating s gold mines which he owned near the Chinese border line, on of the remote tributaries of the Yen- isei river. When he learned that one of the objects of my visit to Siberia was to study, among others, the gold mining industry, he was m urgent In bis invitation to join him on an early trip to his mines, where every opportenity, he assured me, would be af- forded for obtaining the information I w: seeki I may add, with considerable gratification, that my American aationali- ty was by no means my least recommcnda- tion to this and the many other favors I experienced in Siveria. Owing to previous engagements, howe’ I could not leave with my host on the day of his departure, but I agreed to join him a fortnight later at his village home at Karatuss, some 2") miles on tne way to the minees. From there the journey was continued by small Siberian skiffs over the swift rapids of the Yenisei tributary and on horseback through the taigas, or dense Siherian forests. Our party consisted of my host, interpre- ter and myself. Four sturdy Russian fish- ermen manned cur two beats at stem and and with their long birch poles push- slowly a: the swift current of the mountair s My host was a typi- cal Siberian gold miner. He had come up by sheer luck from the position of a com- mon peasant and gold washer ai one of the mines to that of a rich proprietor, and still retained all the superstition and ilit- eracy of the peasant, together with cullar nonchalant and oper one He had, furt’ imbibed the Siber- ian goid min for gambling; only last year, as he indifferently informed me, he had lost $100,000 at c the Tomsk gaming ward learned Included even the governor himself. I found, howev after many hours of consideration, which the leisure of the journey afforded, that he was well versed at least im the points of his own vocation, and by virtue of a life-long experience was full of practical informa- tion about Siberian gold mining in genera And now as we proceed on this wild jou ney throvgh the most primeyal of Siberian regions, { propose to give to the reader some of the data I gleaned from this source regarding the localities in which gold is found In Sibcria and how it ts dis- covered and appropriated. In toe mouniainous districts of est region countless brooks unite i lets, which, in accordance with the cha acter of the landscape, have a strong fall, becoming very repit in the spring and more so in the summer, after the melting of the snow. The waters uproot trees, undermine rocks and sweep along earth, gold and other metals with resistless fury, till the low iands are reached, where the stream, having no longer the same force, allows the heavy gold to sink to the bottem to be covered, perhaps, next season with more gold, or, perhaps, by earth and rubbish. How They Prospect in Siberia. ‘The professional tayoshuik, or gold hunt- er, has to discover these auriferous layers; but this he cannot do alone. There must be a prospecting party made up, which may consist, say, of an overseer, a leader, eight workmen, ten horses, eighteen saddle- bags, provisions and tools, the whole of which may be estimated to cost about $2.00. A ‘ne for- o rivu- one may go into the uninhabited talaga to seek for gold (as the hunter may penetrate the same dismal region in search of game) provided, that tz, he has a certifi- cate from mining ficers, which he may @et by merely giving proofs of good citi- zenship. The tayoshuik knows. that the Siberian gold always to be met with on the banks of streams or fn their beds. Again, gold is often hidde! of the earth that have evid hannels for running he knows that those wash up gold are always e which have their sou s in ravines, of which are very much weather- Gold is rarely found at precipitous 1 is most abundant where the ago, had a calmer current. in the first place, leposits are almost ape of the gold grains gives some bi 5 Its previous particles fla dragged round ory and travel nm? Then th san? and roc! grains? Then thi with here and h various min- quartz, their 2 shape the for Gold. s kind the gold arrives at the val- * the presence of pyrites, iron strata cloy, or quartz indicate the likelihood of gold deposits. In those parts of Siberia where the ground ts un- frezen the exploration of these deposits is always made in winter by means of pits sunk into the frozen ground. The method adopted is as foliows: In autumn the pits are carefully laid out and sunk to the water level, when the work is stopped and the pit lefc open for a certain number of @ays and carefully protected from the snow. When the pit has suffictently frozen through, a wood fire is lighted at the bot- tom, and when the bottom of the pit has thawed to a depth of about one foot, the thawed layer !s removed with a pick and shovel. The iz are then taken into warm winter quarters erected upon. the and the ashed and assayed. sting a locality may little time. Meanwhile the work- er live in their wretched is not well roofed and % portable stove. The wind . I rough the cracks of the moss- ealked walls. an intolerable heat reigns in ty of the stuve, while on the op- gleam like brilllants and i from above. The air is ing hung near the fire to dry. as the workmen say, the atmos- is thick enough “to hang up an ax lowever, in the wilderness, even such ged for refuge when a fierce is raging and the thermom- eter has supk to 30 or 40 degrees below zeto, But supposing the overseer to have dis- covered a promising spot and to have test- the earth from several holes, he can then strike an average as to the amount of gold that may be got from every hundred Doods—that Is, every thirty-two hundred- Weight, or say every ton and a half of sand. If the amount be five zolotniks, say three-quarters of an ounce, this is thought Fich; if less than one-eighth of an ouuce. it is very poor. Sometimes, however, half ‘THE EVENING STAR, SATURVA1, JANUARY 9, 1897-24 PAGES. 23 a pound of gold even is found to 100 poods of sard. Staking Off a Claim. if, when all things are calculated, the land promises to pay, the overseer sticks up two posts, one on each end of the area cuosen. This area is limited by the Rus- siaa mining law to three and one-halt mies In length, the ‘breadth being deter- mi.ed by tne distance between the two mountains in wuicn the gold seam lies. ‘Lis 13 genwerauy trom A) to 1,uw feet. When this nas been done and a courier dis- patched to nis employer, tue place is reg- istered at Once by tne commissary of police Or oiner competent autnority from the lo- cal airector of mies, and a thorougn sur- vey made by the government surveyor. When a mie nas beeu registered it must be wormed te some exieut, or it is forfeited to tne crown. 1ne owner, however, may seil it if he pleases, but it must not remain idle. ane sailer part of tne third day’s jour- ney to the mines was made on -rorseback through tms dense forest over one of the most rugged aud broken vridie paths I have ever sad occasion ts tollow. This path is used o.ly in summer when the rap- ids in the river render tne waterway im- passable. During the wiuier ail tramsport is mace over ute frozen surface of the river. We reached our uesuuaiion just at dus without any seciuu> uusnap. 1 was treated eany tue uext morning to an inspection of tue wer 4 of the mines. I was surprised i © uncergrouna Work golug on, nu ai-ging of hules anu sedaing up lo eartu c. uve washed; but the face Nad veeu iald bare and cut jes Of lestaces. Ynere were a number of primiuve caris urawn by Siber- jan horses aud me. witu plekaxes aud shovels thing Gem. Tne extraction of the auriferous sand iu ueariy all the mines of Siberia 13 conducted 1.. ais simple manner by means of these impiincn.s. Hapiosives are used only in the Vienuuisk mining re- gion of easiern Swerta. carts were drawn up an incliue to a plat- fcrm and emptied into one end of a iarge iron cylinder resembling a cvifee roaster, with holes all around it. This was made to rotate by water pow- er, and the large stones and pebbles were, by the formation and turuing of the cylin- der, tumbled out at the end. Here they were duly watchéd so that no nuggets should be overlooked. In order that I might see how the gold Was washed, my host caused some of the sand which had passed through the differ- entiating process to be emptied onto an in- clined piane of clean wood, raised at either end, and over which ran equally and slow- ly a stream of clear water. The mud was | Soon washed away, the man who perform- ed the washing havi. a wooden scrape like that of a seaveuger, with which he pushed back the grains of gold. This was repeated till about 200 pounds of washed earth had been placed on the board. After the mud and sand had been allowed to roll away, a brush was used instead of the scraper, and there remained behind per- haps a small teaspoonful of gold dust, or as much as was roughly valued at from $10 to $15. The gold was then placed in a min- jature frying pan and held over a small fire to dry. A Novelty in Transporting Gold. ‘The gold thus gained is eventually pour- ed into bags of coarse linen, which, after having been stamped with the brand of the mine, are sewn in leather sacks. Each bag contains about fifty pounds of gold, and two of them constitute a load for one horse. To the two bags are fastened a large cord ard a piece of dry wood, so that in the event! of the horses’ burdens being washed away while crossing a swollen river, the floating wood will indicate the whereabouts of the sunken treasure. In the middle of June, or at the end of the season, the departure of loads of gold from the mine ts accompanied with pistol firing and the booming of cannon, and eers and blessings bid the caravan bon e. , Al gold obtained by private individuals in Siberia has to be sent by them to the Sovernment smelting houses, of which there are two, one for western Siberia at Tomsk, and one for eastern Siberia at Irkutsk. The gold is there smelted and its Gegree of purity determined by assay. The then forwarded to the St. Peters- t to be converted into money, and the gold merchant is given bills of credit or assignats, payabie in six months in gold or silver coin or gold ingots. These bills may be cashed at the government bank at @ discount of 7 per cent per annum. Thus all the gold found in the country is claim- ed by the government, and it ts unlawful for any person to have gold dust in his possession unknown to the authorities. The exploitation of gold over the whole of Russia is carried on upon the basis of the statute of the private gold industry, published in 1870. According to this stat- ute the gold miners working upon proprie- tary lands pay a tax upon the yield of pure gold to the government. The gold miners in the Oleminsk region, as the rich- est, pay 10 per cent; in the province of the Amoor, 5 per cent; in all the remaining parts of Siberia and European Russia, 3 per cent. Present State and Prospect of Gold Mining. As yet there has been no attempt to ex- tract veinous or qvartz gold in Siberia ex- cept in the Yeniset region, and that in very small quantities. The method of extrac- tion used was extremely imperfect and a large amount of gold was lost. Some ex- periments have been made to apply chem- ical processes for the treatment of the gold ores at one of the deposits in the Trans- baikal province, but they have not been at all successful. In general the chief hindrance to the development of the exploitation of veinous gold in Siberia is the absence of mechanical works where the necessary machines could be constructed and repaired, as at present such machines have to be ‘ought from the Urals at a great cost. In this particu- lar the completion of the Trans-Siberian railway will no doubt have an immediate and effective influence upon the Siberian goid mining industry. An extended applica- tion of the chlorine methods of treatment in Siberia has also been hindered by the cost of ne materials requisite for the pro- duction of chlorine from bleaching nomeg. Of all the methods of exiraction of gold that by means of electrolysis would, it seems to me, be the most practical, as the use of the turbines, which is already be- ginning at many of the Siberian gold mines, would give the possibility of hav- ing a mechanical motor during the whole year and of thus treating a _ sufficient amount of ore to bring in a profit. concluding this cursory sketch of the Siberian gold mining industry I would refer only briefly to the vast influence it is al- ready exerting upon Siberia in general and upon its large towns in particular. Beyond the 40,000 miners employed at the mines themselves, the Siberian gold in- dustry gives occupation to a considerable population in the transport of goods to the mines and other auxiliary works. Indeed, it indireculy aids the development of agri- culture in the neighboring districts, and presents a profitable market for thelr pro- duce. In the East Siberian gold fields alone the wages derived directly from the mines amounted to $5,000,000, and the cost of the chief articles consumed was over $8,000,000. These figures give an excellent idea of how vast an amount of money the gold industry distributes over the entire region and how it supports its population, trade dustry. THOMAS G. ALLE —————s Carol Singers. Phi) May im London Punch, “Oh, rest you, merry gen! May nothirg you dismay!* tleman, THE TRAINED NURSE Effect of Patience, Refinement and In- telligence in the Sick Room. THE PHYSICIAN'S INVALUABLE AID —= On Duty During the Silent Watches of the Night. Ss A NOBLE CALLING FOR WOMEN Written for The Ev2ning Star. HE OLD-TIME l nurse, with her ig- morance, _volubility and bibulous pro- clivities, is happily a thing of the past. . the only adopted the rofession because of failure in some- hing else, and for he money she might 1ccumulate thereby. Generations past -aged women adopted the calling, and the sued to the tender mercies of sick these women unhesitatingly, and if no hired attendant was employed some mem-. ber of the family, possibly a maiden aunt, who knew less about nursing than she did of cannibals, was installed in the sick room. Throughout a period of some two decades and more this world of ours has ferged ahead so rapidly that nursing has become a reccgnized profession, and im- portant indeed is the trained nurse to both patient and physician. In Washington, as in all important cities, the nurse plays a prominent part in many life tragedies, and many are the blessings showered upon the heads of the patient and intelligent women who minister to the sick of the capital city. The First Trained Nurse. Florence Nightengale was the first train- ed nurse. Though she had but poor op- portunities, she managed to take a course in a philanthropic German school, which really was but an order of deaconesses, who went about caring for the poor, the maimed, the halt and the blind. In 1854, at the beginning of the Crimean war, she went to the scenes of carnage and blood- shed and assisted in alleviating the suffer- ings of stricken warriors. During the late war numbers of women, notably Sisters of Charity, were conspicuous for their mis- sions of mercy among both federal and confederate soldicrs. The extent of the good done can hardly be realized, but had they been regularly trained it would have been increased fourfold. Soon after the clese of the Crimean war Miss Nighten- gale interested some London ladies in the work, and an institution for the training of nurses was successfully organized, and, under her management, flourished wonder- fully. The Bellevue Training School. In 1872, the State Charities Aid Assocta- tion of New York organized a school of nursing in connection with Bellevue Hos- pital. The physicians were inclined to scoff at the outset, for the nurses they had known were so often immoral, intem- perate and wholly unreliable. Time proved that the fears entertained by the doctors were groundless, and Sister Helen, a graduate from the school founded by Miss Nightengale, won the good opinion and approbation of all by the capable man- ner in which she fulfilled her duties as superintendent of the school. Only five pupils were registered during the first year, but the improvement in the hospital wards was so great that a demand for more nurses was made. Women of education and refinement began to take up the profession, and now the number of graduates from the Bellevue school alone exceeds five hun- dred, who are to be found in hospitals all over America. Refined and Intelligent. At first the physicians believed that no woman of refinement and education would submit to the discipline and perform the disagreeable duties incumbent upon a hos- pital attendant, but experience has tanght them differently, and now one of the prin- cipal requisites of an applicant must be the very qualities which once were deemed incompatible with success in the profession. To be successful, a woman must be sym- pathetic, kind and patient, but must ever avoid sentimentality. Duty must take pre- cedence over all else, and the physician's orders be followed absolutely, regardless of the private opinion of the nurse. The wishes of her patient or her own desires must only be considered as far as is compatible with the orders of the doctor. Nurses in Washington. The pay of the nurse is not in excess of the services rendered, for, in private cases, the amount of work entailed is often really beyond the strength of the nurse, who patiently starts out to do the best she can. In Washington the remuneration of a professional nurse is $18 per week for or- dinary and $21 per week for contagious diseases. Added to this, of course, are board and lodging while attending a case. The average of intelligence and refinement of the professional nurse is far above that of clerks and stenographers, and many are the women of gentle birth who, impelled by circumstances, adopt this method of earning a livelihood and ministering to the wants of fellow creatures at one and the same time In the school or hospital where she is studying she fares well in temporal matters. What with gratuitous tuition, board, lodging, laundry and uni- form, and with an allowance of from $5 to $10 per month for necessary books, she is not troubled about expense during her three years’ course of instruction. of course, many of the duties are uncon- genial, and the course is telling upon health and strength, but all this must be berne with an even temper and an ever- enduring cheerfulness. There is naught of remance in the profession; all is stern re- ality, and sentiment is a thing unknown. Aithough the nurses seldom marry, there is no doubt that when they do they be- ccme the best of wives and mothers. The Typical Nurse. With her neat gown, spotless apron and dainty cap; with her feet Incased in noise- less slippers and a smile upon her face, the trained nurse is a balm to the nerves of the patient and her very presence often does more good than the doctor’s medicine. Then, too, the physician knows he can depend upon her. Her responsibility is great, and often, indeed, the gratitude given a physician {s really due the nurse. Many a life hangs upon her care and watchfulnegs, and sometimes, to their dis- credit be it said, the people who benefit by her work and knowledge do not pay her. “Charity cuses” are frequent, and yet few nurses hesitate where their serv- ices are really needed, and it would be a cold-blccded nurse who looked up a pa- tlent’s rating before she consented to “take the case.” x In this city is a young Irish woman, of gentle birth and breeding, and ancient lineage, who studied for two years in the Columbia Women’s Hospital, graduated and took a case which required her con- stant care and attention for over a year. Her patient died, leaving no relatives and plenty of debts. ‘his woman never received a cent of the money due her. She was soon afterward called to attend another case, and success- fully nursed a child through a long siege of typhoid fever, only to find that the child's wn could not pay her. Despite this fact, she knitted for the little patient a pair of house slippers for a Christmas present, and also a fascinator or some such fancy article. On Sunday last she was called to a case in a neighborhood which betokens poverty. and want. The question of pay again seemed doubtful. he did not hesitate, however, but took charge of the case at once. Such is the life of the trained nurse. She is human and has her faults, but they are trolled and eliminated to ‘Women who desi to ursing ‘omen wi ire ni asa ‘weigh “well the rao and for hard work and little or no it of their necessary -sacrifices unselfishness, IN THE CHURCHES 3s tt ‘The WashingtoifHaffist “Ministerial As- sociation held a weet Monday in Cav- alry Sunday schog house, at which offi- cers were electedgp serve during the en- suing six months,as follows: President, Rev. A. F. Andensong pastor of Grace Church; vice prestdént; Rev. Charles A. Stakely, D: D., of:the Rirst.Church; secre- tary, Rev. GeorgesE. T. Stevenson of East Washingtcn Heights Church, and treasur- er, Rev. Theron Owtwater, pastor of Ken- dall Church. They ofi¢ers ex-officio and tkree other memiférs, Revs. Granville 'S. Wiliams, W. 8S. O: Thomas and Hugh T. Stevenson, compose the executive commit- tee. Next Menday morming there is to be a jemt conference betwéen the white and colored Baptist ministers of Washington, which is to be addressed by Rev. Dr.Whit- man, president of Columbian Univers.ty. A boys’ club has been organized from among the younger members of Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, South Wash- irgton. . The boys meet about tw.ce a month and devote most of their time to debates and similar exercises. Beginning tomorrow evening, the minister in charge of the church, Rev. H. Fields Saummenig, is to instttute a full choral evensong in place of the usual Sunday evening service. The rector of the church, Rev. T. O. Tongue, is now in North Carolina for the bencht of his health, and expects. to re main there for scme time. Sunday school officers of Grace Baptist Church have been elected for the year as folicws: Superintendent, James W. Bevans; assistant superintendent, John E. Frank; secretary, R. Christman; librarian, J. E. Sercggins; assistant librarian, Ciaude Turner; pianist, Miss Edith Weedon, and director of music, Mrs. Van Horn. The school has a toial enrollment of 29 schol- ars, who are taught by fifteen teachers. All the local Baptist churches observed the week of prayer this week by special services every evening. ‘Those in charge of the matter of organiz- ing a Bible training school at the Central Union Mission have adopted a set of rules and have applied for a charter for the institution. At a _mecting next Friday evening, January 15, the question of when to open will be discussed and a faculty se- lected. It is expected that the school will Start out with a good-sized class. The Knights of St. Dominic's Church re- cently held their annual meeting and elect- ed the following officers: President, Leon- ard B. Cook; vice president, Robert Mc- Donald: recording ‘secretary, J. Der- medy; treasurer, N. H. Shea, and sergeant- at-arms, J. A. Bligh. The organization has been in existence fifteen years. The Woman's Missionary Society of the Fifth Congregational Church held a meet- ing yesterday. The general topic of dis- cussfon was “Africa,” and on this subject a number of papers were read. Pastor Jos. B. Stitt of Dumbarton Meth- odist Church commenced a series of special revival meetings last Sunday evening. They are to be held all during this month for four nights of each week, and will be con- ducted by the pastor, assisted by a num- ber of local clergymen. A Christian Endeavor Society has been organized from among the members of the Third Christian Church, with the follow- ing officers: President, Miss Lena Summy: vice president, C. M. Sorrelis; recording secretary, William Hudson; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Torbert; treasurer, Miss Eva Browning; chairman of the lookout committee, Mrs. Niedomanski; prayer meeting, John Mullady; Sunday school, Arthur Kitchen; social, Mrs. Sorrells; call- ing, Mrs. DeAtley, and whatsoever, Harry Brown. A series of special services are now in progress at the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Geo. N. Luccock, D. D: Next week Dr. Luc- cock is to have assistafce of Rev. Dr. Mc- Curdy of Wilmington, Del. The meetings are @o continue thfough this month. At the invitation of Rev. F. D. Power of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church a number of the directors of the Central Union Mission are to present the interests of that institution to the church on Sun- day evening week, Arrangements for the meeting are in the hands of a committee, composed of Messrs. Q. B. Brown, E. D. Bafley and George .W. Havell. A Brotherhood of St. Andrew Chapter has been organized in eonnection with the Pro- testant Episcopal Mission of the Good Shepherd on H sfreet northeast. The first regular meeting was held Wednesday even- ing, an@ meetings will Be held hereafter on the first and thffd’ Wednesdays of each month. The chapter starts out with a membership; of fifteen, and it has as its officers the following: Director, 8. 8. Park- man: vice director, G. E. Babcock, and secretary-treasurer, G. R, Taggart. A Sab- bath school has also been organized in con- nection with the mission, with a member- ship of one hundred. The superintendent is Mr. Taggart. A course of Bible readings has been start- ed among the members of Grace Reform Church, Rev. Gustav Faclus, pastor of the First. Reformed Trinity Church, corner 6th and N streets northwest, who was very ill sev- eral weeks ago, is now able to take charge of the church services. At the fourth quarterly conference of McKendree M. E. Church, presided over by Dr. Wilson, the following offi.2rs were elected for the next conference year: Stew- ards, Zephaniah Jones, W. T. White, Henry 8. Hurter, Dr. ‘T. C, Smith, Isaac Bowbeer, R. L. Middleton, F. J. McKenzie, 8. 8. Cul- bertson and Frank ‘I Israel; trustees, Zephaniah Jones, W. P. White, A. O. Latham, Geo. E. Gartrell, H. P. Pilsbury, Thomas D. Lewis, Dr. C. W. Keyes and R. V. Belt. The pastor ef the church is Rev. Dr. H. R. Naylor. The American Baptist Home Mission So- cfety at its last meeting appointed a com- mittee to investigate its educational work, and report at the next annual convention, which will be held this coming May. The committee will hold its first meeting Jan- uary 28 at Columbian University, this clty. It is composed of President B. L. Whit- man, Rev. S. H. Greene, D.D.; Rev. Walter H. Brooks, all of this city; Rev. H. L. Way- land, D. of Philadelphia, Rev. Wallace Buttrick, D.D., of Albany, N.Y.; Rev. F. T. Gates, D.D., of New York city, and Gen. J. J. Estey of Brattleboro’, Vt. The com- mittee will report on about forty education- al institutions, which the Home Mission So- ciety has under its charge in the United States. The Hpworth League of Douglas Me- morial Church has elected the following officers: President, Robert I. Carr; first vice president, Mrs. E. J. Harper; second vice president, Miss Ida Gilbert; third vice president, Mrs. A. M. Riley; fourth vice president, Miss Ada Cowsill; secretary, Miss Anna Nevins; treasurer, Miss Belle Austin, and superintendent of the Junior League, Mrs. John L. Walsh. At a recent meeting of the standing com- mittee of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Washington, Rev. Alexander Mackay- Smith, D. D., rector of St. John’s Church, was appointed a member of the committee. Dr. Smith takes the place made vacant by the death of the Rev. William H. Laird of Brookevilie, Montgomery county. At Kendall Baptist Church the music is now rendered by a chorus of young people. The ladies of St. Paul's Methodist Church tendered a social to the congregation in the church rooms near Dupont Circle yes- terday evening. . : The choice of officers of Wesley Chapter of the Epworth League for the ensuing year is as follows: ident, John 8. Bark- er; first’ vice pre: E. 8. Farlee; sec- ond vice presiden: iss Ada A. Fowler; third vice presidefit, Miss Grace A. Dow- lng; fourth vice president, Miss Helen Z. Fowler; secretary, “Migs Lillian Wetherall; treasurer, Fred McKee; superintendent of a ain League; Miss Maggie M. Fitz- ugh. ad Pee Satterlee has net = yet frees ple naming t! of examining chaplains for ‘ine Matolees of Washington. ‘Those who have an; pppointed and who have already con examinations are the Revs. Frank M.:Gibson, Ph.D., of St. Andrew's Church,-and the Rev. William L. Der fer Sf St. e1 vries, Ph.D., Mark's Pro- Cathedral. It is é that during the latter part of thig mqpth several ordina- tions to the ministry take place. The work of putting the new mission building of the ‘Good Shepherd on 8th street northeast ia ‘offer is about com- pleted. All the ir work, painting and cleaning was done voluntarily by mem- bers of the congregation. The lower floor of the building ts complica. fitted up as a chapel. The minister Rev. Her- bert Scott Smith, has organized a Sunday school, with a Mr, Taggart as superin- tendent. The mission is doing very well, and has agreed to assume half the pastor's salary. The new director of music, Professor Gil- bert A. Clark of the Church of the Refor- mation, has organized # quartet to conduct 4 x ne of the following: Dr, Thomas HB. Jones, Miss Ella’ Wilson, Clark, ‘and organise’ Sire Nettle Bary. he AD le . ‘The Sunter Christian Endeavor Society of the church was also reorganized last Dodge, assisted by Miss Poggen- "Phe following are the officers. of Trinity Epworth League Chapter for the next con- ference year: President, H. F. Belt; secre- tary, E. R. Berkeley; second vice presi- dent, Mrs. E. R. Berkeley; third vice presi- dent, Miss . Hobbs; fourth vice presi- dent, Wm. J. Palmer; secretary, W. LeRoy Pyles; treasurer, Maurice Otterback. The Churchman’s .League of the diocese of Washington has decided to give a series of lectures during the rest of this winter and in the spring. Some of the topics will be “The Bible in Literature,” “The Bible in Civilization,” ‘The Bible in Science” and “The Bible in Archaeology.” The time and place of the lectures have not yet been decided upon. A children’s service, with a catachetical lecture, on Sunday afternoons has been in- stituted at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with excellent effect. The annual election of church officers of Calvary Baptist Church occurred Wed- nesday evening of this week. The church has twelve deacons, four of whom are elected every year for a term of three years. The new officers are Messrs. E. V. Curtis, J. H. Robinson, M. M. Shand and J. B. Kinnear. The new clerk is Dr. D. S. Foster. Next Wednesday evening, the an- nual business meeting of the congregation will take place, and reports will then be made of what the congregation has ac- complished during the past year. The recent Sunday school entertainment of the Ninth Street Christian Church was such a success that it was repeated last Monday evening. It was in the form of a cantata entitled “Santa Clays Reception,” and was rendered by a chorus of girls, a band of fairies, and a number of boys. Henry Brewood took the part of Santa Claus. The Ladies’ Social Circle of Calvary Bap- tist Church held its annual meeting on Tuesday, the following officers being elected: President, Mrs. Dr. S. H. Greene; vice president, Mrs. D. S. Foster; secre- tary, Mrs. F. H. Stickney; assistant secre- tary, Mrs. S. M. Yeatman, and treasurer, Mrs. W. M. King. The circle looks after the social affairs of Calvary Church. The congregation of Union M. E. Church kas refurnished the parlor of the church in_a handsome manner. Rev. Stanley Bilheimer, pastor of West Washington Lutheran Church, has re- turned from Gettysburg, where he was visiting his parents, The congregation of the Central Metho- dist Protestant Church has presented its pastor, Rev. Samuel J. Smith, with a bi- cycle. The North Carolina Avenue Methodist Protestant Church edifice has been torn down and ground broken for a new build- ing. It is not expected that the corner stone will be laid for a number of weeks. The new officers of Gorsuch Epworth League Chapter are as follows: President, W Hunt; first vice president, John ‘Towers; second vice president, Mrs. Lyn- ham; third vice president, H. Tracey; fourth vice president, Mrs. E. Rowe: sec- retary, Miss McCauley; treasurer, Miss May Bondi, and superintendent of the Junior League, Miss A. E. Crump. Rev. Dr. Barnitz, western secretary of missions in the Lutheran Church, is in the city, the guest of Rev. Dr. Parson. Dr. Barnitz will speak Sunday morning in St. Mark's Lutheran Church, and at night in the Church of the Reformation. He will also speak at the ministers’ meeting Monday morning in St. Paul's Church. The Home for the Aged, Winthrop Heights, founded by the Lutherans of the general synod, has been receiving liberal donations recently. A well-filled box came from friends in Frederick, Md., and a barrel from near Gettysburg, Pa., besides remembraices from friends in this city. Some difficulty has been experienced in securing a water supply, but recently am- ple water has been found, the present well having a water depth of twenty feet. Two wells were dug previously and abandoned. The inmates were kindly remembered by special gifts at the holidays. Rev. Dr. Parson is president of the home; Mr. A. F. Fox, treasurer, and Mr. I. C. Slater, sec- retary. The Church o. the Covenant will try the experiment of an afternoon service from 4 to 5 o'clock Sunday, instead of an evening service. There will be a brief ser- mon and much music. At the initial service | tomorrow afternoon Mrs. Gardner will sing. It is hoped this hour may meet the needs of many people who for variuus reasons can- not go to church in the evening. ———__ SHE GOT A HAT. And Her Husband Will Not in Fatare Be So Rough Upon Milliners. From the Det-olt Free Press. “Why don’t women buy their hats as men do? Now, there’s a derby that only cost me a couple of dollars, and I wear it for two seasons,” and Chauncey Smith took off a neat hat and handed it to his wife. “That is your privilege,” she responded; “do you wish me to wear a hat like yours? They are all the style.” “No; I mean a feminine affair with lace and ribbon. Something that compares in price with mine. You let your milliners swamp you with their ideas and expendi- tures. Be original and make your own hats and buy other things with the money saved.” “I am willing to try, antly. “That's right, Lottie. You know a man doesn’t know anything about a woman’s hat. It is the face under the hat that ap- peals to us,” and, lighting a cigar, he swaggered off. A day or two afterward business called Chauncey out on the avenue. He saw some pretty girls in Gainsborough hats, who were friends of his wife. They were pretty, but he knew they had always been out- ranked by Lottie, and it gave him a pleas- ant thrill of satisfaction. Then he saw a dowdy-looking girl approaching, and he looked at her with a mental shock. “Why will women get themselves up in such a frightful shape? I dare say that poor thing would be passably gocd-looking if she were stylishly dressed. Good heavens! Lottie?” “I made it myself,” said Lottie, as she shot past him, leaving him the picture of mortification and dismay. “You see,” she explained at supper that evening, “millinery is a profession I never learned, and I haven't millinery fingers naturally, as a very few women have. But what is wrong with my hat?” “It is simply frightful, that’s all.” “I made it for a song.” * “I should think it came nearer being a nightmare.” “So do I,” said his wife, decidedly. “A milliner studies the features of her cus- tomers and makes hats to suit them, and the effect is harmonious. My effort made a fright of me, and I can never improve. Making hats isn’t my forte.” “Have one made tomorrow and send the bill to me. I hope you didn’t see any of our friends on the avenue.” “Oh,” said Lottie, demurely, them recognized me in that hat.” -—eee Why He Dared. aid his wife, pleas- “none of From Life. She: “I think I might love you more if you were not so extravagant.” He: “It's my extravagant nature that makes me love you so.” Foresight. From the Chicago Record. “Do you think Julia will accept the offer of her foreign lover?” “No; her father says when they go abroad they may get something cheaper and just as gcod.” He Lost His From the Cleveland Leader. “Have you steam heat?” pective tenant. And the janitor, who had been through a “revival,” could only answer, “We have steam pipes.” ——___+e+ A Remonstrance. From Harper's Bazar. rb. hody—the DISEASE DESCRIBED BY SYiIPTOMS And Its Cure Under the Great Phvsician’s Care and Treatment Shown Again and Again by the Evidence of Results. DESCRIBED BY SYMPTONIS. HOSTS OF PEOPLE SUFFER FROM THE VARIOUS MALIGNANT POISO\S IN THEI? BLOOD, WHICH PRODUCE OR RESULT FROM CATARRH. MANY OTHER PERSONS SUFFER FEOM NERVOUS DISEASES, LIVER DISRASES, KIDNEY DISEASES AND SKIN DISEASES, AS THE RESULT OF IRRITATING CRYSTAL POISONS IX THE BLOOD. A MAJORITY OF SUCH SUFFERERS DO NOT HAVE A DEFINITE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF THEIR AFFLICTION THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED BY DR. McCOY TO ENABLE SUFFERERS TO UNDERSTAND JUST WHAT IT IS THAT AILS THEM. ALTHOUGH WRITTEN AND COPYRIGHTED BY HIM, THEY HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY COPIED BY OTHER CONCELNS WITHOUT HIS AUTHORITY. THE PROPER COURSE OF THOSE AFFECTED IS THIS: READ THESE SYMPTOMS CAREFULLY OVER; MARK THOSE THAT APPLY TO YOUR CASE, AND BRING THIS WITH YOU TO Doc- TORS McCOY AND COWDEN, DISEASE OF HEAD AND THROAT. The head and throat become dis- ed from neglected colds, ca s Catarrh when the condition of the blood predisposes to this condition. Is the voice husky?” Do up slime ?* De you ach~ all over? “Do you snore the ose itch and burn?” I there pain across the eyes?” Is there tickling tn the throat?” Is your sense of smell lea 2 Is there pala in front of head? ‘Do you hawic to clear the throat ?"? “Is the throu dry in the morning?" Robert Patterson, St. Marys, West Va., deaf 30 years. Cured. DISEASE OF THE EARS. Deafness and car troubles result from catarrh passing along throat to the ear. Is your a? failing ?"* Do your ears discharge?” Do your ears :tch and burn?” © Are the ears DISEASE OF BRONCHIAL TUBES. This condition often results from catarrh extending from the head md throat, and, if left unchecked, extends down the windpipe into the bronchial tubes, tacks the lungs. Have yon a cough?” Are you losing flesh?” Do you cough at nighi Have you pain in side?" Do you take cold easily 7 Is your appetite variable? Have you stitches in side?” Do yo gag? morning ? Are you low spirited at times?” «Do you spit up yellow matter?” cured of Throat. Head and asked the pros- | DOCTOR McCOY’S BOOK iain FREE TO ALL. ‘The most popular of Doctor McCoy's writings on those diseases for the | t#¢refore announces that from th’ conrefal reading of the MONOGRAPH p SKIN, the patient lea: Sotaxe he needs to Hed pander ae PERMANENT OFFICES 0 of the outer covering of the skin. From the MONO- the Eustachian tube that leads from the DISEASE OF THE SKIN. up and humors and stnin the shin. is sour skin dry and sealy olly nose: hest © Fou pricking pins in (ye skin? Does sour skin fecl hot and swollen? 2o nose, Hips and care itel 20 crusts and scabs form “In face * Aw your dott d with dirty lttie = YOU pl ples on | gek or should * Are the lumps on + Is skin alonzelde we itehy eruption on ¢ Have you ystiowiss pimples on your t “Have you pmples on face with black topx?? ee D. Shaner, 901 Steuben st. n.w., cured of Catarrh of Head and S.omach. DISEASE OF THE NERVES. When the nerves are affected by dis- eane the following symptoms indicute it: 0 you get giddy ? Have you neuralgi ony “ Have you vertixo som ** Have You numbness in “Do you s art up in your sle< * Have “Does @ lump come up in throat * Have you throb ing in t shooting pa “Is there twitching of “Is there rush DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS. Diseane of the kidneys may re from colds or overwork of jax the skin @ waxy look the hair dry »nd brittle Do the legs fei too heavy id and clammy?” las the perspiration a “Is there a desire to get ‘Are there dark rings “Is this more noticead! M1. C. McDonough, 1206 21st | | st. n.w. Deaf 8 years. Cured. DISEASE OF THE STOMACH. This condition may result from sev- eral cnuses, but the uxaal cause is catarrh, into the throa 5 Do you be:ch up gas?” Have you waterbrash?”* Are you light headed?" Is your tongue coated?" you distress after cating?” Is your throat filled with slime?’ Do you at times have diarrhoea?” “* Ig there rush of blood to the head?" maintained, namely, from ® te the morsing, from 1 to 5 in the afternoon from 6 to 8 in the evening. absolutely mecessacy im order to give each patient the time and attention upon which Doctor McCoy insists to extend the hours to a continuous session. Doctor McCoy date the office hours will include til S iu the evening. patients condensed into one little | There will be no intermission, either book. This little book contains his |#t noon or in the evening. The ses- ston will be « continuous one until further notice. McCoy System of Medicine Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physiciaas. 715 13th Street Northwest. Office Hours, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.