Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1897, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1897—14 PAGES. You are welcome te it. | 89° ~ Solid Oak Table. Nicely finished—beaded edge —umlershelf—earved lex. Just an instance of the ains that we provide for our customers. i This is only one out of { thousands. } Though our goods are invariably of first quality ovr prices can defy com- [= petition. = ‘Trading Stamps wit sh purchase. Lansburgh - Furniture Co., 1226 F St. N. W. ay School Sessions. ork Post the schools in Louisville have sion daily, limited to the fore- noon. One necessity of this arrangement is that the children must do much school work at home. For those who had the op- pertunity to do all or some of this home work in tne afternoon the arrangement Worked ail right. But to children who de- veted the afternoon to labor for their own Support the home night work was very enerous. The parents of these latter chil- dren, however, were the first to protest when It was suggested to have two ses- sions daily and to abandon the night work. That would deprive them entirely, they sald, of the assistance of their children; and they preferred the one-session plan with a diminution of the home work. Their fests were seconded by well-to-do par- ho complained that two sessions Gaily would interfere with the studies of their children in musle, art and other polite accomplishments. On ‘this double remon- strance the board of education decided to retain the one-session plan, and the Louis- ville children will continue to study at home nighis to the possible injury of those in the lower grades, and to the disgust of many parents who have to act as teachers and to sclve many long-forgotten mathe- Matical problems. —_——_~+e-______ His Daring Led to Denth. From Kansas City Star. William Covert, thirty-one years old, died at midnight last night at 601 McGee Street of a cancer, the result of an injury yeceived in Texas about a year ago while riding a wild horse. Covert was a cowboy on a ranch in Texas and was co: pred the most dashing, reck- less rider on the place. One day a dozen Ss gathered and began bantering one th feats of riding. Finally one ought out a pony which he said the country could ride. The ani- half mad and <o vicious no one could mount it. Covert said he would ride in the attempt Halt- From the New For y had ene se and the ng upon its Instant nu. The mustang leaped and and kicked. and squealing snapping at its rider's legs. keep his seat on the it the biting was more His legs were lacer- and his trous He could not po: ad began Covert « plunging » would h called to animal. so, but as the ved a bad wrench. the injury and y and oper- Hospital. He treet, the home ere he died. —_+ e+ as _ A Governor's Double. From the Minneapolis Jonrnal. Governor Clough h semblance 1s double, whos te that ac so com: ances of beth men are constantly led into error. The double’s name is Foley, and on @ recent occasion, as the governor de- ended from a irain at Wayzata, he re- ceived un enthusiastic greeting from a sox who stood on the platform. “How " said the man, in a rich him sounding whack shoulders. th, Oi niver saw Ye lookin’ so foine. ¥ lookin’ better ‘n Oi iver ye, Tim. fter a rather one- governor departed riend that ng with the chief magistrate Bread Prices Here and Abroad. From Minneapolis Times. In London white bread made from Min- Teapolis tloir sells for 3 cents per pound, whereas bread in Minneapolis made from the same grade of flour costs the pur- chaser 5 cents per pound. No explanation 18 offered. but the Northwest Magazine thinks “the problem is worth a little study.” Of course the flour must cost a good deal more in London than where it is made in Minneapolis. It must be that the London bakers employ economies in their trade that unknown to bakers in this coun- try. The wage rate is no doubt much low- er in London, and the baker and his fam- ily no doubt live a great deal plainer than do their fellow-tradesmen in American cities. Why Go | to Alaska FOR GOLD DUST when you can get it right at home? Your grocer sells it. ee a Dae ae ela sieeeENeRRENNIOE ‘EXPLORER NANSEN Brilliant Function in His Honor at Arlington Hotel. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY HOST The Distinguished Guest Expresses His Acknowledgments. THE PRINCIPAL ADDRESSES Sees The National Geographic Society has given many receptions and other entertain- ments here, and each time it has seemed as though society had turned out en masse to do honor to the organization and to Its uests whom it wished to distinguish by attention. But the reception given at » Arlington Hotel last night by the so- in honor of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the mous Arctic explorer from far-away Norway, eclipsed any like event that has ever been given under its auspices. The hours of the reception were from 9 until Yclock, and during that time it is estimated that the explorer shook hands with at lezcst 1,800 persons, each one ex- pressing to him his or her congratulations on his splendid success. Until nearly 12 « o'clock the guests surged back and forth, from one room to the other, with the hardy Norseman always as the center of atten- tion and attraction. Finally when the speechmaking was over and the explorer had slipped away for a little informal chat, the crowd began to disperse, but it was at the latest Itmits of the hours arranged for the reception that the throng began to show any visible signs of diminishing in numbers. A Brilliant Scene. The scene presented was one that will not be forgotten for a great while by those who were fortunate enough to be nimber- ed in the list of guests. The two reception Ferlors, the great parlor directly in front of the entrance and the large banquet room were given over to the use of the iety. All the rooms were most profusely and tastefully decorated with great bunch- es of fern and cut flowers, while paims and other like plants fille nd formed a magnificent back- ground for the rich dresses worn py well- known society ladies. oration was carried out to its fullest extent in the banquet hall, where the speechmak- ing took place, while maps hung on the walls at intervals with the names of the best-known arctic explorers, and the farth- t points north which they had respective- ly reached printed on them, gave to the occasion a tinge of sclence which was most appropriate. A portion of the Marine Band, under tho leadership of Prof. Fanciulli, occupi2d the gallery in the banquet hall, being almost entirely hidden, however, by the mass of greens which decorated this part of the room. The mirrors on the walls reflected the courtless lights and the color in the dresses, while the steady gleam of green in almost every conceivable nook and cor- ner of the great room reduced the vivid- ness and picturesqueness to a rich tone. A great deal of attention was attracted to these charts, which were specimens of the new ones recently issued by the hydro- graphic office. They showed the routes and Giscoveries of all arctic explorers, and con- tained the autographs of the three eminent arctic explorers present, Dr. Nansen, at the position near the pole where he made ris farthest north; General Greely, at Cape Washington, where Lockwood and Brainard of his party made their celebrated record, and Commodore Melville, at the position where the ill-fated Jeannette sunk and the weary march to the Lena delta com- menced. ‘The many groups of people who studied these charts during the evening evidently appreciated the idea of Licutenant Everett Hayden, the secretary of the si ciety, who secured the charts and auto- graphs. Dr. Nansen, who makes ft a rule not to give his autograph, on account of the impossibility of filling orders, made an exception in this case, and laughingly lay down at full length on the floor at the legation of Sweden and Norway, where he was stopping, and inscribed his name along the line on the charts that showed the track of himself and Johannesen on their famous march over the ice. Committee of Reception. The honorary reception committee was made up of men well known in official, church and educational life. It consisted of Vice President Garrett A. Hobart, Sec- retary of State Sherman, Secretary of the Navy Long, Mr. N. J. Knagenhjelm, charge d'affaires of the legation of Sweden and Norway; Right Rev. Mgr. Thomas J. Co- naty, rector of the Catholic University; ex- Secretary of State John W. Foster, Pres- ident D. C. Gilman, Rev. John F. Hurst, Morris K. Jessup, Engineer-in-Chief Geo. W. Melville, U.S.N.; John Addison Porter, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Capt. W. S. Schley, U.S.N.; Ad- miral John G. Walker, U.S.N.; Rev. B. L. Whitman, president of Columbian Univer- sity, and Gen. J. M. Wilson, chief of en- gineers, U.S.A. The executive committee of the National Geographic Society in charge of the recep- tion consisted of Messrs. Gardiner G. Hub- bard, Henry F. Blount, Gen. A. W. Greely, Charles J. Bell, David T. Day and Profe: sor Marcus Baker. Dr. Nansen made his entrance accom- panied by Gardiner G. Hubbard and Charles J. Bell, before many guests had ar- rived, and took his place to receive them Lefore an immense American flag, In which were hung the colors of Sweden and Nor- way. The presenting party was made up of Gardiner G. Hubbard, Gen. A. W. Greely, Commodore Melville, Dr. David T. Day and Professor Marcus Baker. To enu- merate all the persons who shook hands with the explorer would be to name over almost every prominent official in the city, at this time, as well as men and wo- men high up in the world of science, educa- tion and the professions. Dr. Day pro- nounced each name clearly and distinctly, and the guests were then passed on to Dr. Nansen, who stood smiling and eager to greet them. Receives the Congratulations. The doctor, as he stood there, made a picture. He is a tall, well-developed man, his face showing in every line the utmost of robust health. Last nignt It was wreath- ed in smiles, while happiness shone in every change brought about by some new salutation, or the oft-repeated “I con- sratulate you, doctor!” No one was slighted and no one who passed the explorer failed to receive a word or a smile in return. Although the stream of visitors had not stopped coming in at 10 o'clock, it was im- possible to defer the speeches until later, and Dr. Nansen was ae oe eee Here chairs commodated there were at leqst ten who were forced to stand, while every approach to the room was blocked. As soon as the party appeared on the dais there was an outburst of applause which drowned every sound, and it lasted until the famous seek- er after new lands had risen from his chair and bowed.” Mr. Gardiner G. Hubbard, the president of the society, was the first speaker, but he tock up little time, and devoted the most of it to the introduction of Dr. Nansen, as the man “who has traveled farthest toward the Mr. Hubbard then introduced . A. W. Greely, who would, he said, formally introduce Dr. Nansen to the as- semblage. 4 General Greely gave the highest tribute that could well be paid to the energy, the indomitable spirit, the bravery and the knowledge of the explorer. General Greely went on to say that, in addition to courage and effort, Nansen Possessed to the fullest limit the qualities cf perception, adaptation and creation. He said that it was these qualities that en- abled Nansen to dominate the most adverse environments and make them subservient to his final purpose and his final success. In conclusion he said: “Patience, fore- sight, self-confidence and an indomitable energy that knew no bounds, conjoined to a phenomenal audacity of plan and an amazing skiil of execution—these explain a safe drift across the unknown sea, an extraordinary march to Franz Joseph Land and the success of the expedition. So, look- ing southward across the two hundred and odd miles of dreary expanse which sepa- rates the most northern of the American expeditions from the point reached by Nan- sen, we may well say that in these 300 years of effort to reach the pole the Nor- wegian has no second.” Introduced by Commodore Melville. Commodore Melville of the Jeanette ex- Pedition then arose to make the personal introduction. He would not, on account of the lateness of the hour, indulge in a speech himself, but immediately introduced Dr. Nansen as “the grandest hero that ever braved the terrors of the deep.” When Dr. Nansen arose, and, drawing his fine figure up to its fullest height, stepped to the front of the platform, the applause that had been accorded the other speakers seemed but the gentle zephyr in comparison with the tempest. The ladies joined with the gentlemen, and many pairs of gloves were made useless for further wear. Dur- ing this outburst of enthuslastic welcome to the man who has passed through so much in the cause of science the Marine Band, which had furnished music at in- tervals throughout the evening, played the national anthem of Norway and Sweden, to which honor Dr. Nansen responded with a bow. When he was finally allowed to pro- ceed, it was known that he intended to speak without notes and evident that he had not prepared his speech in advance. He, of course, speaks English, with a de- cided accent, but his use of the language is excellent, and his discourse was listened to with rapt attention, indicating at once an interest in the man, as well as in what he had to say. Dr. Nansen’s Addre Dr. Nansen spoke as follows: “Mr. President, and members of the Na- tional Geographic Society—Friends: First of all, I beg to thank you, to thank this society, for the very flattering and most cordial welcome you have given me in this greatest country of the new world. It is a welcome all the more pleasing to me be- cause I knew it will touch the heart of every one of my countrymen; a welcome which I shall cherish as one of the most agreeable recollections of my life. “I take occasion to thank most appre- clatively those two prominent arctic ex- plorers who have just spoken for the kind words in which they have expressed themselves about my labors and explora- tions in the arctic regions, and especially do I thank all of those who have spoken of the manner in whick my work has been done. “You have spoken too kindly, in my opin- ion, as to my achievements. In fact, what I have done is but little. It was very easy. It was easy, because the way was marked out fur me by these who had gone before. it is with arctic exploration as it is with all other fields of human endeavor, like the experiences of war, for it is not those who have fought first and the hardest who are proclaimed at last the victors in the strite. The secret of success in arctic explora- tion is to take udvantage of the experience and records of the adventurous spirits who have gone before, a maxim which is true of all things in life. One must light his torch at the lamp of experience. So in preparing myself I read all the accounts I could get of the sufferings, privations and other experiences of my predecessors in this alluring field of research, taking care to avoid their failings and to profit by their successes. I read with interest and profit what had been accomplished by American explorers, ard, thinking of them, I said any country should be proud to have pro- duced such men as these. His Inspiration. “Realizing fully the part played by each American explorer, I wish to mention es- pecially Commodore Melville. It was his expedition that gave me the idea and in- spiration for my plan. “When I read’ the account of that ex~- pedition, how its brave people encountered aimost overwhelming difficulties, of their desperate struggle for existence and the advancemert of science; when I re:d those touching last pages of its history, I felt that there was in it something most sym- pathetic for all future explorers. That history produced in me a feeling which cannot be expressed in words. It recalls to me a Norwegian proverb which is too hard to reproduce in your language, to translate into your words, but it means that it is not always he who is in the front rank of batgle who is proclaimed the victor. America has sent forth many who have suffered bravely for the beneft of humanity to increase our knowlerge, to enlarge ovr view of the globe we inhabit. It is often asked, what is the use of arctic exploration? Befcre such an audience I feel it un- necessary to answer that question, for we all know that everything that adds to the beauty of life, everything that cpens our eyes, everything that makes us iook at existence, to a widening and broadening universe, is worthy of human intelligence and ambition, and especially when it looks to the benefit of humanity. “So the history of man has been one con- tinued struggle to advance himself on all the lines of progress, among which is the field of exploration. In these days it will be admitted that it would be below the dignity of humanity to live without inves- tigating. “I could not better coneinde,” he said, after referring to the chapter in the his- tory of his own country that recounts the adventures of the hardy Vikings who vent forth to find Greenland, Iceland and final- ly America, “than by recalling to you a line of our poetry that has been to me a sort of motto and guide: “ “Strive to seek, to find and not to yield.’ "” Impromptu Reception. At the conclusion of Dr. Nansen’s re- marks, there was another demonstration, after which an impromptu reception was held at the platform. Dr. Nansen slipped away a few moments later, however, and indulged in a quiet talk with some of the officials of the Geographic Society, until the hour arrived for him to leave. This clesed the formal part of the reception. Master Horace Simms, a boy only twelve years old, but who possesses a mezzo- soprano voice of unusual sweetness, sang Berhand’s contralto sclo, “Daddy,” und Gounod’s “Sing, Smile, Slumber. He was accompanied on the piano by Mr. Henry Xander. The Marine Band played a num- ber of musical selections during this por- tion of the evening, and a few took ad- vantage of the absence of the crowd to dance in the banquet hall. Dr. Nansen spent the right as the guest of Mr. N. J. Knagenhjelm, at the Swedish legation, and left this morning at 10 o’clock for New York, accompanied by his private secretary, Mr. Lionel Clap- ham. The Guests. Among those who were present were: Secretary of the Navy Long, Gen. Miles, Miss Miles, Secretary of War Alger, Miss Alger, Bishop and Mrs. Hurst, Dr. Gallau- det, Prof. Chickering, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Newman, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Foster, Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, Capt. W. D. Gaillard, U.S.A.; 8. H. Kauffmann and Miss Kauffmann, Robert Stein, J. Addison Por- Private sec: to_ the Mrs. Simon Newcom 4 Mrs. Simon Wolt, Prot. 5 W. POSAE Domiack TE Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Weston Flint, Jus- tice and Mrs. Harlan, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. B. Hay, Prof. and Mrs. Robt. T. Hill, Lieut. W. McFarland, U.S.N.; ‘Dr. and Mra. Wallace Radcliffe, Mr. Mrs. F. B. Dewey, Dr. and Mpp. [Henry Gan- nett, Mr. and Mrs. Victor L. Mason, H. "T. Newcomb and Miss Newcomb, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. H. Clay Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. A. 8. Worthington, Dr. J. Esagoiph McKim, Col. and Mre. Myron M Parl Prof. and Mrs. Ernest Lent, Miss monds, Prof. and Mrs Lester F. Ward, Comstock, Mr. and Mrs. Burdette, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Fishback, E. G. Jeffreys, Dr. and Mrs. Sternberg, U.S.A.; Dr. and Mrs. James L., Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Conger and Miss Conger, Dr. Pollock and the Misses Pollock, Dr. George L. Magruder, Commis- sioner and Mrs. John B. Wight, Professor F. W. Clark, John Joy Bpsop, J. P. Hend- ley, Mrs, E. Black, Mrs. Drake, Miss Drake, Arthur Cowsill, Professor Baily Willis, Rev. Dr. B. L. Whitman, president of Columbian University; James Lane Allen,Commissioner Proctor of the civil service commission, Mrs. E. K. Wright, Mr. Beall, Miss Johns, Mr. L. Benedict, Miss H. Bryan, Dr. Z. T. Sowers, Miss Sowers, Professor J. Stanley Brown, Mrs. Bigelow, Professor Holden of the Lick Observatory, Mrs. Chettenden, C. D. Wolcott of the geological survey, Mrs. Wolcott, Mr. and Mrs. Colgate, Mr. De Caindree, Mr. and Mrs. Johns, Miss Ward, J. A. Pierce, Captain B. H. Green, Miss Lyman, Mr. Doyle of the civil service.com- mission, Miss Maud Powell, Professor Pow- ell of the coast and geodetic survey, Walter F. Rogers and Miss Edith Rogers, Mr. Beriah Wilkins, Miss Seymour, © Miss, Maury, Mrs. H. Hoffman, Miss Metzerott, Miss Baldwin, Postmaster General Gary, Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Wilson, Miss Mat- tingly, Dr. and Mrs. Hall, Mr, and Mrs. Easterly, Mr. and. Mrs. Kane, Dr. Fernow of the Department of Agriculture, Mrs. Fernow, Miss Wayne, Prof. Gilbert of the geological survey, Mr. 2nd Mrs, McNew 9 berger, Mrs. Stellenberger, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, General Smith, Miss Smith, Dr. Greer, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wright, Mrs. 'W. E. Frost, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Van- derlip, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kauff- mann, Dr. T. D. de Schweinitz, Mr. W. F. Mattingly and Mrs. Mattingly, Jystice Bingham end Mrs. Bingham, Dr. Marian and Mrs. Marian, James F. Eckols and Mrs. Eckols, Dr. E. O. Belt, General W. Duffield ard Mrs. Duffield, Miss Jessie McDonald, Miss Virginia Goodwin, Mrs. _Con- dit Smith and Miss Condit Smith, Rev. Edward M. Mott, Miss Slowe, Miss Madeira, Mr. S. Aplin, jr., and Mrs. Aplin, Mrs. H. W. Fitz, Mrs. Francis P. Madetra, Cclumbus W. Thorn, Thos. N. Johnson, Mrs. Tulloch, Mr. and Mrs. Myer Conen, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Cherry, Chas. Lyman, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Thompson, Miss Barnes, C. B. Kirkpatrick, G. W. Bai. U. 8.N.; Mrs. M. Trimble, Miss Clari Bennett, Miss Fanny E. Bennett, Miss Florence Fairbairn, William A. Doolittle, Chas. 8S. Hamlin, Dr. Irving C. Reese, Mr. ard Mrs. Chas. A. Smith, George A. Clark, David Starr Jordan, Mrs. Waller, Wallace Brown, W. C. Eldridge, Miss Mamle Rob- erts, Lieut. Commander and Mrs. Wain- wright, U.S.N.; Chas. L. Henning, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Bryan, E. S. Whitney, Miss Harvey, Miss S. W. Carson, Miss G. P. Marson, Mrs. S. M. Goode, Selden Connor, J. A. Ockerson, D. V. Hill, H. Clay Johnson, Mrs. E. J. Somers, Mr. Fischer, Dr. H. D. Fry, Maurice G. Rains, Rev. and Mrs. Bradford Leavitt, Miss Mamie Lancaster, L. A. Coolidge, ‘Consul General Edmond Brueraert, Lionel Clapham, private secre- tary to Dr. Nansen; A. Maurice Low, W. BE. Hale, Justice Field, Thomas Havenden, Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn, Mr. E. W. Nel- son, Mr. and Mr:. Robt. L. O’Brien, Mr. Arthur W. Dunn, Mre.: Thos. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Eggleston, Mr. John C. Cole, John H. Magru@er, Mr. F. A. Ober, Mr. E. S. and Mrs. Holme A. G. Rice, Capt. C. L. Hooper, R, Cl 1; Chas. F. Tech, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. M..Gale, Mrs. M. D. Lincoln, G. B. Brackett. Miss Harriet R. Talcott, William F. Hubbard, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sicard, Miss Alma S. Knoblock, Miss Elizabeth H. Turier, ‘Arthur Burt: Dr. and Mrs. Jas. Kerr, Mieut. Gilmore: U. S. N.; Lieut. Jones, Represen- tative Dalzell, Mr. Augu ulido, Mrs. James S. Delano, Rev. Samuel H. Greene, D.D.; Miss B. 1B. Brown, Miss A. M. Brown, .Darcy W. Thompson, S. Frijita, Professor K. Mitsukan, James S. Henry, Rohert J, Wynne, Miss Alice O. Miller, Henry B. Macfarland, B. T. Janney, Mra Alta C. Baldwin, Miss Mary E. Baldwint Mr>“and-~Mrs. Chas. -H.;-Sabbitt, A: ok Dodge, 5. K. Sowers and Mr. and Mrs. James Halford. his ~ 4 THE FIRST SLEEPING CAR. How Puliman Made a Fortane From Woodruf’s Invention. Robert P./ Porter in New York Mail and Express. The death of George M. Pullman recalis an interesting story in relation to the in- ventor of the sleeping car, which Mr. An- drew Carnegie teils. Some year ago, when collaborating some statistical facts on the progress of the United States with the famous Pennsylvania iron master, he told me a most interesting story in rela- tion to his first financial speculution, and the story was afterward incorporated in “Triumphant Democracy.” It is of special interest just now, in view of the fact that some of the biographies of Mr. Pullman carry the idea that Pullman was the in- ventor, not the promoter, of sleeping cars. “Well do I remember,” said Carnegie, “that, when a clerk in the service of the Penfsylvania Railroad Company, a tall, zpare, farmer-looking kind of man came to me once when I was sitting on the end seat of the rear car looking over the line. He said he had been told by the conductor that I was connected with the railway company, and he wished me to look at an invention he had made. With that he drew from a green bag a small model of a sleeping berth for railway cars. He had not spoken a minute when, like a flash, the whole range of the discovery burst upon me. ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘that is something which this continent must have.’ I prom- ised to address him upon the subject as soon as I had taiked over the matter with my superiors.” “Did you do anything about it?” “Of course I did. I could not get that blessed sleeping car out of my head. Upon my return I laid it before Mr. Scott, de- claring that it was one of the inveations of the age. He remarked: ‘You are en- thusiastic, young man; but you may ask the inventor to come and let me see It.’ I did so, and arrangements were made to build two trial cars and run them on the Pennsylvania railroad. I was offered an interest in the venture, which, of course, I gladly accepted. Payments ‘were to be made 10 per cent per month after the cars were delivered, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company guaranteeing to the builders that the cars would be kept upon its line and under their control.” “How did the enterprise come out?” ‘All very satisfactory until the notice came that my share of the first payment was $217.50. How well I remember the exact sum; but $217.50 was as far beyond my means as if it had been millions. I was earning $50 per mignth,. however, and had prospects, or at least I always felt that I had. What was to be done? I de- gided to call on the! local’ banker, Mr. Lloyd, state the case wind toldly ask him to advance the sum upén ‘my interest in the affair. He put his hand upon my shoul- der and said: ‘Why, of coutte, Andie; you are all right. Go altéad. Here is the money.’ It is a proud day for a man when he pays his last note, bat ‘not to be named in comparison with ‘the day in which he makes his first one, and a banker to take it. I have tried-Both# and I know. The cars paid the sibsequent payments from their earnings. 1 ipai@-my first note from my savings, so much Per month, and thus did I get my foot upon fortune’s lad- der. It is easy to ib after that. A triumphant success was'scdred. And thus ae ead Sate into Xhesworld. “Bless- @ man who invei sleep,’ says Sancho Panza. " Thousands upon’ thon: sands will echo the sentiment: Blessed be the man who invented sleeping cars. Let me give you his‘name and’ testify my grati- tude to him, my dear, quiet; modest, truth- ful, farmer-looking friend, Mr. T. T. ruff, the inventor of the si ca om the Rroponies development and ex- ploiting ot ie sleeping car by M. Pullman, Mr. Carnegie at ‘this ‘ime tela” “George M. Pullman. was great a genius in organization tion ‘oodruff was an inventor. It did not take this typical of-Chi very long to sce what part were bound play upon the American conti- 9 UNTIL NOVEMBER Ist $3 A MONTH. Doctor McCoy Insists, However, That the $3 Rate Given During October Shall Be in No Sense Regarded as an Acknowledgment That the Regular Fees, Which Will Be Resumed Nov. 1, Are High or Exorbitant. If the fees that Doctors McCoy and Cowden have been compelied to charge for the cure of Deafness have been considered high; if the fees for the new treatment have been considered high, this has only intensified the gratitude among all people over this opportunity under the $3 rate. The regulir fees, hewever, were not high. They were not more than commensurate with the cost of the treatment that bas ewukened the attention of the wkole world, or with the cost of the discovery which has unlocked the imprisoned hearing. They may have seemed high to those who have been accustomed to pay lower fees, yet Doctor McCoy wishes to give definite actice that after November 1 the regular fees will again be charged. During October, however, he will live up to the very let- ter of his promise. During October this special offer, this nominal fee of $3 a month will be given to all, Under this rate all sick people, no matter what form of sickness they suffer from, will reccive from Doctors McCoy apd Cowden the sam honest, skillful, intelligent and masterful care that they would receive if they were paying the regular fees. Under this rate all suffering from Throat, Iron- lifted the blight of the word these cases of Catarrh of the Thr ‘Tnbes and Lungs, and instead of irritating inflaning and feding the flies of dise: quiets, heals and cures. Under. this rate all suffering from partial o complete loss of hearing, from head noises or from any form of interference with the orzaas of bear- ing, will receive Just the same application of the discovery that has attracted the attention of the whole world that they would receive if they were paying the regular rates. All new pnaticrts applying for treat- ment and all old patients renewing treatment before November 1 will be treated UNTIL CURED at the iform rate of $3 a month, medicines in. cluded. This is, however, positively the last opportunity under the offer. SHE FOUND, AS OTHERS HAVE, THAT ASTHMA IS CURABLE. Mrs. Eliza A. Davis, Little Falls Road, D.C.: “I had my Orst attack of asthma years ago. After that It did not trouble me again seriously until about two years ago. That fall it came on again, and, as the weather grew colder, I grew steadily woree. “The shortuess of breath increased, and there ‘was a constant feeling of pressure about my chest, Just as if there was a heavy welzht upon it. The attack never came on during the day, but at night, an hour or two after I had retired, I would wake to find myself gasping for breath. “There would be no more rest that night, for when the attacks were on sleep was impossible. I could not even Iie down, but would have to sit up, Mr. John H. Ditzler, 523 F st. | me. Cured of deafness. either in a chair or propped up in bed. Night after night I have spent in this fashion, until I was-about exbousted: “The cough troubled me greatly, for it wes such an effort to tase the tough mucus that filled my lungs. It was seeing the statement of Mrs. Jenny Smith of 606 Gth st. s.w., that, sent me to Doctors M and Cowden. I knew her and knew that anything she said would be the truth. She had been cured; why should I not be cured also? “Before I began treatment, if I did very much abont the house I was sure to bave an attack that night. Now I can do a good day’s work and not suffer for it. My cough has stopped, and I breathe perfectly.” The Reader May Obtain a Copy of Doctor [icCoy’s Autographic Paper Explaining the Precise Relation of Catarrh to Consumption by calling at thie Office or by Writing for it. DEAFNESS CAUSED BY SCARLET FEVER TWENTY YEARS AGO. Mr. John H. Ditzler, 523 F st. n.e.: “Like many otbers who are deaf, t had read again and again of the marvelous results of Doctor Me- Coy’s skill In restoring Jost bearing, and like them, having become discouraged through numerous fail- ures, I was loth to make another effort to regain my hearing, thinking there was no hope for me. My deafness Resulted From Scarlet Fever, and began twenty years ago. For the last ten years my left ear lat becn stone deaf. Now, I can bear a watch ticking twelve inches from that car. “My hearing was always worse in the morning; I would wake up with my head so stopped up that I could scarcely breathe, and so deaf that I could hardly bear arsthing. “I received no benefit from any one until I went and Cowden for treatment, was treated by an ear specialist in Reading, + but his treatment did tc no good. Next I went to Philadelphia and consulted a well-known specialist on Arch street, with a like result—no bevefit. My hearing grew worse steadily, until my left ear became Absolutely Senseless to Sound. “I had read of Doctors MeCoy cures, and my wife urged me to g: ly I consented. “My hearing came back to me about a week ago. One night while winding the clock I list- eued to see if I could hear it tick and found that I could hear it distinctly with my left the ear that had not received a sound of any kind for ten years.”” and Cowden's to them, Yinal- Doctor McCoy’s Second Monograph on Deafness Has Been Received From the Printers and May Be Obtained FREE on Application at the Office or by Writing for It. McCoySystemofMedicine PERMANENT OFFICES DR. McCOY’S NATIONAL PRACTICE, 715 13th Street Northwest. OMco Hours—9 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 p.m, 6 tos p.m. daily; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. capture Mr. Pullman. There was a cap- ture, but it did not take that form. They found themselves swallowed by this ogre and Pullman monopolized everything. a The Birds and the Bell. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Peter Muth, the sexton of Sts. Peter and Paul's Church, was one of the most sur- prised men in St. Louis Sunday morning when he pulled the bell rope which hangs from the belfry and there was only the sound of whirring wings as a shower of straw and twigs fell about him. For a moment Peter stood there motionless and astounded. Then he gave another and a more earnest tug at the rope. The re- sult was the same, and Peter, mindful of his own boyish days, sighed and started up the narrow stairway. He was panting when he stuck his head through the little trapdoor beneath the bell, but what he saw nearly took away what breath remained. The bell is one of those which are rung by the use of a wheel, and when it ceased ringing on the Sunday previovs, instead of hanging in its proper position, it had stopped at an angle which made it an admirable place for the building of a cozy family residence for Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow—and some friends. The bell had been half filled with twigs and leaves and bits of string and woolen, the whole tightly interwoven about the clapper until it was a compact mass, which held fast to the iron tongue and refused to let it do its duty. The sexton carefully’ removed this nest, and an examination of the bell showed it stopped where it did because of a loose pin. Old Peter replaced that, and the old bell again rang out its Sunday morning wel- come. And thus it is explained to those who went to mass Sunday why the sexton was late for the first time in his life. ———+e-+—_____ Gypsies and Turks Fight. Elwood, Ind., Special to the Indianapolis News. A queer and unexpected battle occurred late last evening some distance west of the city, where a band of Gypsies have been camped for several wecks. Yesterday a roving band of Turks appeared and spread their tents within a short distance of the Gypsies’ camping ground. This arrange- ment did not suit the Gypsies, who did not want opposition for the public's attention, and they soon told the Turks to seek other quarters. The Turks refused. When some city visitors appeared and went to the Turks’ tent instead of to the Gypsies’ camping grounds ,this angered the Gypsies, who attacked the Turks, and a pitched bat- tle occurred. It was an exciting affair, in which both sides yelled and swore in theic native tongues. The Gypsies were too numerous for the Turks, and, after a ten minutes’ fight, curing which several were badly bruised, the Turks folded their tents and moved. geseceoee sees ces cosecconss The Parlor Suite Chance 6 of the Season! ie) = ? | uarter ff Marked =) fo} U mh 8 fs) =} yy very Parlor uite In tock-;and redit at ~ ”D Q = ing S G6008 609000000090 00000000000 Until closing time Saturday night —we-offer you a choice of more than one hundred Fine Parlor Suites at a saving of 25 cents on every dollar of their real worth. 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