Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1897, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1897-16 PAGES. ——— 15 You Still Have ' ‘Tomorrow in which to take advantage of : the special three-day sale. We have made the deepest kind of cuts in prices for this occasion. king your purchases to- | morrow you can save a hand- | * some sum. - Credit. We willingly accord you credit, if you wish it—extend the payments to suit your con- venience. BEDS —White Beds, 14-inch brass knobs, all sizes. ular S6 quality. day saie price....... 6-FOOT EXTENSION TABLE—Solid polished oak, center leg. Never sold for less than $6.00. Three- = day sale price....... $3 60 BOOKCASE—Selid polish- ed oak, open front. It is mark- = ed $5.00. Three-day $3-15 e sale price. 2.3.2 5.-- Trading -Stamps with each cash purchase. Enamel posts—solid A reg- hree- $3:85 3 | ; Furniture Co., j 1226F St.N.W. | $0 FAT. DR. EDISON'S OBESITY PILLS AND SALT REDUCED MADALAINE PRICE, THE POPU- If FAT, WRITE LORING CHICAGO MEDICAL TURE CURED DEVISED. 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Switches, $2.90, formerly Switches, $6.00, Gray Switches, $3.00, formerly $5.60. Gray Switches, $4.50, formerly $6.50, First-class attendants in ‘Hairdressing, Shampooing, ete. Imperial Hair Regenerator for restoriug gray hair. “SS. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. apl6-200 ke: will eee eee $5.00. formerly $10.50. ELERY ALES (UMPOUND, 20 MAKES: PEOPLE ‘WELL, BREATHED THE DEADLY GAS Charles Henry Fischer of West Washington Takes His Own Life. Believed to Have Been Mentally De- ranged—A Union the Late War. Veteran of Mr. Charles Henry Fischer, a well-known barber, who for nearly a quarter of a cen- tury has conducted an establishment at 1265 32d street, committed suicide last evening some time between 8 and 9 o'clock, while seated in a chair in the rear of his shop. Death was caused by inhaling illu- minatirg gas, and the victim took every precaution to make sure of the work. When discovered he was beyond earthly help. It is believed he was temporarily de- ranged. From the indications it would appear that the arrangements for the rash act were made with great deliberation. A small rubber tube attached to the burner of a gas lamp, a chair to hold the man and a small piece of cord were all that were re- quired. The only person in the house at the time the act_was committed was the wife of one of Fischer's sons, who was upstairs. After fastening one end of the rubber tube to the gas burner, Mr. Fischer attached the ‘other end to his mouth. To keep the tube in position a small cord was tied to one end, and this fastened around the neck. When this was completed, Fischer turned on the full flow of gas and sat down in the chair to await his end. Escaping Gas Attracted Attention. He had not been in this position for more than half an hour, probably, when the smell of escaping gas attracted the atten- tion of Mrs. Otto Fischer. She spoke to Mrs. Smith, who occupies the other side of the double house, and that lady sent her small son Harry to get.a policeman to investigate, it being feared that some- thing was wrong with the fixtures. In the meantime Mr. Hugh Smith, an older son, seeing his brother come up ‘the street with a policeman went into the house. He de- tected the odor of gas, and traced it to the room in the rear of the shop. He at- tempted to get in by the rear way, but could not. Policeman Edwards, who reach- ed the house by this time, managed to get access to the shop by breaking a small pane of giass in the front door and turning the key. The smell of gas almost over- powered him, but he proceeded and di covered Fischer sitting in the chair. Quick- ly turning off the gas, he pulled the rubber tube from Fischer's movth, and made an examination, soon discovering that the man was dead. Dr. Carl Kleinschmidt was im- mediately sent for, but the case was be- yond his skill. Widow Prostrated by Griet. As soon as the fact was known, word was sent for the sons of Fischer, who were at the National Guard Armory. They ar- rived home by 9:30 o'clock. Mrs. Fischer, the wife of the dead man, was also sent for. The sudden news prostrated her. She was carried into the residence of a neigh- bor and given medical attendance. The coroner was also notified of the suicide. ‘The deceased was sixty years of age, and had been in business in Georgetown since 1870. For twenty-four years he had occu- pied the premises in which his death oc- curred, and had enjoyed a good patronage. He was a native of Germany, being born in Zellerfeld, Hanover, near the Hartz moun- He came over to this country in and remained a short time in New His brother Otto accompanied him. two went to Baltimore and opened a business of their own. Mr. Fischer worked there until the outbreak of the war, when he went to the assistance of his adopted country, ard entered the ranks of Company B, 1st Regiment Maryland Cavalry Volun- teers. He was in the battles of the Wilder- ness, Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run and numerous other battles and skirmishes. He attained the rank of sergeant, and was one of the party sent to capture Stonewall Jackson, who managed to escape by re- treating down the valley. A skirmish fol- lowed, in which Mr. Fischer was wounded in the left leg. He was taken to the mili- tary hospital at Alexandria, where he re- mained for nine months, and his wound growing no better, he was removed to Fort Henry, Baltimore, where he was discharged from the service for disability in 1863. His Society Connections. He was a member of James A. Garfield Post, No. 7, Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member of William Tell Lodge, No. 4, I. O. O. F., of Baltimore, the locge that was instituted by the founder of thé order. He belonged also to Potomac Ledge, No. 5, F. A. A. M., and of Potomac Commandery, No. 3, Knights Templar, and also to the Good Brothers, a beneficial G man organization, having been one of the charter members of the latter organization. He formerly belonged to Hermoine Lodge, No. 12, Knights of Pythias, but withdrew in 1890. He leaves a widow and three sons, Otto H., William C. and Charles J., and one daughter, Augusta H., to mourn his death. In addition to these, he leaves a s.ster, Mrs. Freckman, residing in Baiti- more, and another In Germany, Mrs. Muel- ler. His brother Otto, with whom he came to this country, died recently in Baltimore, but another brother, Wilhelm, survives. His home is in Germany. The funeral will be held Thursday after- neon at 2 o'clock sharp, from the West ‘The healthy man is pretty sure to be a favorite with the ladie Bee or pimply, his breath These conditious are due to disorders of the digestion or torpidity of the ‘These cause impurity of the blood, and one cannot continually pump impure blood into every organ of the body without mak- ing those organs sick. Pump impure blood into the brain and there is soon a sick brain. It will show in headaches, dizziness, drows- iness, dull eyes, frightful dreams and lose of sleep. Pump bad blood into the lun and the result is consumption, Wsronchitis, asthma, weak lungs, spitting of blood or throat or nasal troubles. Feed the nerves and brain cells upon the poisons of an im- pure blood and the consequence is nervous exhaustion and nervous prostration. Dr, Pierce’s Golden Medical Disco cures these diseases and cures the conditions that cause them. It restores the appetite, makes digestion and assimilation perfect, the liver active, the blood pure and the nerves or It is the great blood-maker and fiesh-builder. It cures 08 per cent. of all cases of consumption. is the rem- edy for blood and skin diseases. i sell it. Wm. Smothers, Esq., of Millston, Jackson Co., Wis.. writes: ‘I wish to say that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is the best medicine for the Grip that I have ever tried. I was cured twice with it when I could not get any other “A stitch in time saves nine.” Doctor Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser tells the mother how to take one little home stitch that saves nine costly visits from the doctor. Hors paper corms fopy — ar — earns, a cover cost mailing only, to the World’s Medical [Anecctatiog! Buffalo, aaa binding, 10 cents additional. Washington English Lutheran Church, cor- ner of 32d and Q streets. Rev. Stanley Billheimer, the pastor, will déliver the dis- ccurse. The funeral will be under the aus- pices of the Masonic fraternity, but the Grand Army and Odd Fellows and also the Gcod Brothers will be represented. The in- terment will be at Arlington National cemetery. . er $ AMERICAN HUMORISTS. Mark Twain the Last of a Brilliant Band of Wits. From the Troy Press. The appearance of a new book from the mental storage tank and pen of Mark Twain is an event in the world of letters and humor. With the passing of Samuel L. Clements Americans perceive the break- ing of the link that binds the past with the present of American humor, if, aside from Twain, the present can boast the posses- sion of any distinctive cultured humorist. Humor is more rare than wit. France, regarded as the wittiest of nations, has but little genuine humor. England, though its people are more slow of wit, has pro- duced more humorists than any other na- tion. The name of these is legion; from Chaucer and Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Fielding, Charles Lamb, Dickens, Thacke- ray and George Eliot down to our own day, they-have been and remain the world’s de- light and solace. Pages have been written to show the subtle distinction between wit and humor. “Humor 1s the electric atmos- phere, wit is the flash,” says one. Still this difference can be better felt than described. Humor is a condition; wit a theory. "Twas the saying of an ancient sage, one Georgias Leontinus, that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear serious examination was certainly false wit. Americans are less witty than French- men and they cannot vie with the great nglish humorists in thelr own domain; but they have a style of humor peculiarly their own. The first of our national humor- ists was Washington Irving. His “Knicker- bocker’s History of New York” was the first humorous book of any merit published in America. “Salmagundi,” of which Irv- ing was editor-in-chief, was our first humor- ous periodical. Its success proved that our countrymen, whose native literary diet had hitherto been heavy and indigestible, could relish lighter and more spicy viands. For some years after Irving our national humor- ists came mostly from the south and south- west. Their fun was genuine, but it had a local and primitive flavor not suited to a ee taste. It is now almost forgot- en. Lowell's “Bigelow Papers,” which ap- peared at the time of the Mexican war, was an event of the first importance in the history of political and humorous literature. In wit, scholarship and penetrating knowl- edge of human nature it took the place, which it has ever since maintained, of a masterpiece. Age has only increased its reputation, and it is a recognized classic both in England and America. The test of its power and universality is the constant quotation from it on both sides of the At- lantic. “Its drollery, couched in the most primitive of Yankee dialects, had its serl- ous side, and exposed the evils of slavery and the wickedness of the war of aggres- sion waged by us against a friendly nation in its behalf. Next to Lowell as a humor- ist stood Oliver Wendell Holmes; and, fol- lowing Holmes, it is well not to forget the Vermonter, John G. Saxe, who deserted the green hills of his native state for the steep inclines of that town on the Hudson six miles below Troy. The later American humorists we all kKnow—John Phoenix, Artemus Ward, Pe- troleum V. Nasby, Edgar W. Nye, Eugene Field and Mark Twain. Each of these had his distinctive style of humor, and neither copied after another. All but Mark Twain, who has of late turned with great success to more serious subjects, have passed over to the great majority. To them all we owe a debt of gratitude. They apprecia- bly lightened the burdens of the world in showing that even the most serious sitva- ton has its comic side. “A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the best of men.” In Edgar W. Nye America lost the lest of its professional humorists. Fo; years humor was his business, the me! is by which he gained an honorable livelihood. He was not always at his best. He some- times proved that “Even wit’s a burden when it talks too long;”” but his humor was natural, exuberant and of @ sort peculiarly his own. He never trifled with serious or sacred things, and never sought to raise a laugh at the ex- pense of human infirmity or deformity. In this respect he resembled Eugene Field, one of the rarest of American humorists, though he did not, like Nye, make humor his profession. Field kept within the limit of becoming mirth, and sent forth no arrow Larbed with malice or envy. He had a vein of tenderness and insight into child-life which was absent from his more grotesque contemporary, Nye. Both were unique per- scnalities and “We ne’er shall | the like again.” Sut ook Supe DESCENDED FROM KINGS. Unostentatious New Yorkers Whose Ancestors Ruled Kingdoms. From the New York Mall and Express, There is an unwritten nobility in the United States, a nobility that ts proud of its blue blood, its origin, its forefathers who held exalted rank and wore titles that were in some instances royal. A society was quietly organized some years ago with the avowed purpose of regenerating those neglected and forgotten springs of nobility, and tracing the family trees to their very roots, uncovering the secrets of an ances- try that might extend back to the crusad- ers. This society made considerable head- Way and exposed the royal connection in very many instances, and the researches so thoroughly satisfied a certain number of their blood—so intensely blue was it—that they in turn formed themselves into a sec- ond society, consisting of those whose line extends back to'the throne—to some throne Whose importance among the then nations of the earth was not considered, so long as it was a bona fide throne, with a genuine ruler sitting thereon, wielding a scepter and wearing the imperial purple. The members of\this inner circle are for the most part New Yorkers by birth and residence. The most conspicuous, probably, is James Gordon Bennett of the Herald. Mr. Bennett is a direct descendant on his mother’s side of Edward I of England, and the probability of his sitting one day on the throne of Great Britain is, it must be confessed, not altogether clear, although it is not outside the limits of possibility. He is the forty-seventh in the line of heritage, and a revolution might bring him much closer. As to the present mode of address- ing Mr. Bennett, as he has practically be- come a Parisian, he would, no doubt, prefer Son Altess to his highness, should he con- clude to claim the title which it is cer- tain his descent gives him every right to use. As a relative of Mr. Bennett the dis- tinction of royalty naturally belongs also to Marmaduke Richardson, who is Duke of Schomberg, and has voluminous documents to prove not alone his regal lineage, but the actual personal claim he possesses to the title of duke. It must be understood that in corresponding between the various mem- bers of this society their ancestral titles are always employed, and they are addressed as “My Dear Prince,” as in the case of Mr. Bennett, for example, or “My Dear Duke,” as with Mr. Richardson. And many members have letter paper emblazoned with their individual position. George McLean, an official in one of the large fire insurance companies on Broad- way, New York, is a leading member of the society, and enjoys the title of Earl of Iona, a distinction that has been recog- nized through many generations of his family, but has never been publicly claim- Mr. McLean is possessed of docu- ments showing a descent from Louts IX of France, whose crusades in the establish- ment of Christianity. and whose tireless ef- forts in the direction of civilization earned him the name of Saint Louis. This ruler made his nephew Lord of the Holy Isles, warranted to employ the title df Earl of Iona. Charles Heidsleck, well known New York, is, in reality, Prince Heidsleck von Ravensberg, inheriting his title from an old German family of great distinction, and whose estates were at one period the most’ extensive on te Riline. ‘The artist Thulstrup, now m: a_gour of Scotland to complete a séries Of iffustrations for a work to be brought ,oyt-py the Harper Brothers shortly, is Cémtejde Thuistrup, al- though he never makes use of the honor, and few of his: acquaintances are even aware that he po: if? In fact, to give him entire credit, he’ horized to sign himself ‘General. Cotite "de Thulstrup.” Connelly, the well-knpwn hatter, modestly conceals the fact thaf asia direct descen- dant of the last Irish king he is none other than Lord Connelly, @ithdugh it is doubt- ful that he has ever g&i@ Ao outside the so- clety of which he has'tong”been a member. "There are a hundred thes enjoying, if 1t be an enjoyment, the,posyession of a title while apparently only, unassuming Amer- ican citizens, but these dnstances are suffi- cient to indicate that we really have an He unwritten nobility. ee tt PLENTY OF GROUSBD/TO STAND ON. The Worldfs Population Could Be Huddled Into One of Enginnd’s Shires. From Tid-Bits. 5 England today- contains 30,000,000 people, but it has trebled. its, population in the course of a century, inasmuch as the popu- lation was 10,000,000 of the accession of the Hanoverian dynasty. -At the time of the great revolution, In 1688, England con- tained 5,500,000, while London, now 5,500,- 000, contained only 500,000 inhabitants. It further appears that the entire popu- lation of the country was under 1,000,000 when the Domesday Book was compiled shortly after the Norman conquest. Other nations are more or less amenable to the same principle of increase, and modern ideas of the vast populations of antiquity are far from being correct. In spite of the grossly exaggerated statistics of Josephus, the site of Jerusalem, and the course of its ancient walls, which can easily be traced, prove that the holy city could never have accommodated more than 100,000 people, while the outer walls of Rome, still stand- ing, indicate that the ancient population of the eternal city could not, even in its palmy days, have exceeded 1,000,000 peo- ple. “Westward the star of civilization takes its course” 1s a truth confirmed by the his- tory of the ancient world, and set forth in the rise and fall of the successive empires of China, India, Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. The westward irend of the Aryan families of Celts, Teutons and Slavs in prehistoric times points to an east- ern origin of the primitive nations that gathered strength a3 they marched toward the lands of the setting sun, and it now ap- pears highly probable that the bulk of the world’s population had congregated around the blue waters of the Mediterranean when Greece and Rome were. in the meridian of their power. The numerical strength ot these nations was not great, and modern ideas of the vast population of the ancient world are more fanciful than real. From the foregoing. considerations would appepar that the regular home troops of the British army, numbering about 100,000 men, could find sianding room on four acres of ground, a space equal to that of Trafalgar Square, London, while the entiro foree of volunteers inthis coun- try, numbering about 250,000, could be ac- commodated in Lord’s cricket ground. The 5,500,000 people in London could easi- ly stand in Regent's Park, while the 40,- 900,000 of the United Kingdom could be Packed together in a space within range of a cannon that can fife,the distance of a mile. " The present population ef the world could stand in Middlesex, while all who have ever lived since the Christfin era could stand in Yorkshire, and all the inhabitants of the world, reckoning from the.time of Adam to the present day, could, as far as area is concerned, have found ‘ample standing room in England. oe i —__—+ WOMEN AS ENTERTAINERS. it After Dinner and. Lyacheons They Recite and Whistle. From the Philadelphia Record.’ With the short dinner: has come the necessity of some form $f. entertainment to succeed the meal. Unless it is to be followed by the theater Jr a dance the hestess must providessomé special amuse- ment for her gugs Qid-fashioned din- ner giver remember -the\@ays when brill- fant conversation, quick; wit and ready repartee filled the. hourvefter the gentle- men rejoined the ladids,, but all that is passed. alr “a : In Japan, wheh the host ‘does not engage some geisha girls; to dance at his feast, he generally brings in a célebrated free- hand artist, who, kneeling before each guest, draws a gainty bud-.or flower and presents it as.a souvenir of the occasion. In New York vaudeville performers and flashlight :photographs were in vogue for a while, but their popularity was short lived. No one cared to see herself distorted in makeshift pictures, and the objections to artists of the vaudeville stage were many and apparent. Now it is the “reduced gertlewoman” who has advanced into posi- tion and who is in great and ever-increas- ing requisition. A young woman who in her palmy days went whistling through her father’s house, and heard oceasional warnings about “whistling girls and crowing hens,” now that she has an‘endowet mother to sup- port, practices her art professionally, and receives $25 for a tuné of two whistled in milady’s drawing room after dinner. Another girl, whose talent for mimicry was severely suppressed when she lived in a brown-stone fronton Madison avenue, now pays the rent and household expenses of a small but pretty apartment for her- self and three younger sisters by reciting humorous stories after a hincheon or din- ner. -§ These paid entertainers are almost al- ways women; very few men—always ex- cepting singers—having the courage to ap- pear in this manner, — 5 ———-+24—____—_ ON THE SCAFFOLD. A QUEEN Marie Antoinette’s Demeanor on the Way to the Guillotine. From the Century. The executioner then seized the beauti- ful, delicate hands and tied them with a rope behind her back. The queen sighed deeply and looked up to heaven; but al- though her tears were ready to flow, she restrained them. When her hands were thus firmly bound, the executioner took off her cap and cut off her hair. As she felt the touch of the scissors on her neck she started and turned hastily, evidently supposing that she was about to be mur- deved in the cell; she then saw the ex- ecutioner folding up her hair, which he put in his pocket. Before she left the cell she said anxiously to the officer now on guard: ‘Do you think they will let me reach the place of execution without tear- irg me to pieces?” He assured her that she had nothing to fear from the mob, but she seemed anxious as she followed the officials who ied her to her doom, scarcely hoping even for the dreadful security of @ guarded scaffold! When she saw the crt‘ {waiting her she. again started, and §¢ to receive a fresh shock; she hi supposed that, like the king, she would Mavesthe prote>:ion of a closed coach. The was of a kind seen only in remote :éb) parts at the present day, arid mj four separate sides rudely’ tied toget he the back part being let down for , With a step- ladder attached: A planié put across the cart served as a seater queen zscended the steps firmly, and jfepdred to sit facing the horse; but she was immediately told that she must sit backward, looking to- ward the spectators, aShesiturned and took her seat with perfect’“Balmness and a grave, resolute look, gaging straight before her, pale, with red, even bloodshot eyes, but carrying her het bigh, as was her wont, The executionet ahd his stant stood behind her, k fgainst the sides his place next ¢ jay and seemed determined not.to speak to. him, though he held up a crucifix before her from time to time. She seemed to suffer pain from the ropes around her hands, on which he press- ed to relieve the ter The ends were held -by the executioner, pulling the arms backward. The cart went on slowly, while } ily of myrtles. It is a tall, very handsome stands, and not where the king’s scaffold had stood, which was on the opposite side, facing the Champs Elysees. ‘he priest attempted to assist her in alighting, but notwithstanding the increased difficulty consequent on her tied hands, she turned from him and stepped down firmly, with apparent ease, as quickly as she could. seeming desirous to hasten the end as far as possible. The executioner offered to assist her in ascending the scaffoid, but she went up alone and quickly, immediately going to the plank on which she was to be bound. In doing so she trod on the foot of the executioner, who made a motion as of pain. With the kind courtesy which characterized her even in this last hour, she quickly exclaimed, “Pardon, mon- sieur!” in a tone of regret and apology. ‘The executioner and his assistant then fastened her to the plank and tore off ker muslin kerchief, lest it should impede the action of the knife. The last motion of Marie Antoinette was an involuntary at- tempt to bring forward ber tied hands as a screen for her uncovered shoulders! . . . When the executioner held up the head to the populace, to the deep awe of the spectators, the face of Marie Antoinette expressed perfect consciousness, and the eyes looked on the crowd! The expression was that of intense astonishment, as of some wonderful vision revealed. ee ee ONE OF WORDEN’S MEN. Capt. Louis N. Stodder, a Survivor of the Monitor's Officers. From the Troy Times. “The important part which opportunity plays in the lives of men fs weil illustrated by the career of the late Admiral Worden,” remarked Capt. Louis N. Stodder of the United States revenue cutter service and United States supervisor of anchorages, pert of New York, as he sat one day let week in his room In the barge office. Capt. Stodder has the distinction of being the last survivor of the officers who were as- signed to duty on the Monitor whea it be- gan its career, and who remained in con- stant service on the vessel until the bitter erd off Cape Hatteras. By a singular coincidence, Capt. Stodder’s rcom almost overlooks the statue erected in Battery Park to the memory of Erics- son, once his intimate friend. “You see,” continued the captain, “naval officers were not over plentiful at the b ginning of the war, and the officials at Washington had to make the best use of the material they had in hand. In fact, a great many officers were enrolled frum the merchant marine service. I went into the service from the merchant marine myscif. I think the fact that then ranking only as lieutenant, ed in command of the Monitor would show that that v sel was looked upon as rather a doubt experiment by the government, and the selection of a was not made by reason of any special fit- ness for the position. “It was Worden’s good luck that he was assigned to the Monitor, for the zesult of the fight made the vessel and all on board famous. “The brave part that he played in the fight was recognized by Congress, and he was rapidly promoted to high rank, which other officers obtained oniy after twenty years of service. “I remember him well when he first came on board the Monitor about a month before the fight. He had just been released from prison, and looked thin and sallow. He had the appearance of one dying from fever complaint. I never thought it pes- sible for him to live long. “During the fight he was cool and col- lected. I recall an incideat which I do not remember ever seeing published. The pilot house was situated in the bow of the Mont- tor, quite away from the turret. During the fight I was in the turret with other ficers, when suddenly we saw Lieut den climbing up where we were. Without saying anything he opened one of the tur- ret doors and stepped out on the deck in full view of the enemy. “Why, captain, what’s the trouble?” ex- claimed several of the officers in astonisa- ment at his fearless act. ““T can’t see well enough from the pilot house,’ came the quiet reply. ‘I wanted to get out here for a moment to take ir the whole situatien.’ Then, looking around for a few moments, he came inside. “Lieut. Worden was very popular with officers and men alike. They all worshiped him. Although only forty-five years old at the time of the Monitor-Merrimac fight, he looked almost sixty. He wore a long beard at the time, and looked just as the recent newspaper cuts made him appear. “I last saw Admiral Worden at the cere- monies attending the removal of Ericsson’s bedy to its final resting place. Only a handful of persons were admitted to the ceremony. They were those who survived from the officers and men of *he Monitor. Admiral Worden was in a carriage with Secretary Tracy. He was very feeble, and his end even then seemed but a shor: way off, and yet that was several years ago.” Soe z Queer Happennings. From the Chicago Chronicle. Sam Dodge, a ranchman, living south- west of Caney, Kan., went to Vinita, I. T., on business, and ghortly after he had gone Bessie, his five-year-old child, wandered away from home in an attempt to follow him. Mrs. Dodge discovered her absence about two hours after Sam’s departure. She made a thorough search of the prem- ises, and, failing to find the child, notified the neighbors of her disappearance. They turned out in force and scoured the prai- ries all that day and all that night and all the next day, searching for the little wan- derer. Late Saturday evening an Indian came upon her fast asleep, just south of Post Oak creek, in an old road known as the “whisky trail.” Across her body stood a Newfoundland dog, which had always been her companion about the ranch. The dog was torn and bleeding, and near his feet lay the bodies of two wolves. Al- though her cheeks were stained with tears and covered with dust, Bessie was un- harmed. She and her protector were taken back to her home, a distance of twelve miles from where they were found, where the dog died of his wounds that night. He was given a decent burial, and Sam Dodge ordered a marble monument, which will be placed at the head of the faithful animal's grave. ——_——_—---—____ Longfellow’s Parody of Emerson. From the Hartford Courant. In the first number of the Atlantic Monthly, forty years ago, Ralph Waldo Emerson had a poem called “Brahma,” which puzzled both critics and common readers. Some said it was the greatest poem of the century; some said it was non- serse. The first verse ran as follows: “If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again.” That winter it. happened that a relative of the poet Longfellow ving in another State bought a sleigh, and in a famfly letter to the cousins in Cambridge there was a wail lest the January thaw, which had fol- lowed the purchase, sifould keep them from enjoying the gay cutter that season. When the letter was answered, Longfellow con- tributed this verse, which has, we believe, never been printed: ‘To on the Purchase of a Sleigh, If the red sleigher thinks he sleighs, Or if the slelghin’ thinks it is sleighin’, They know not well the subtle ways Of snow, that comes—and goes again.” It 1s delightful to find Longfellow paro- dying his friend Emerson. ip The ve Tree, ‘From the Philadelphia Times, The clove tree is a native of the,Molucca islands, and belongs to the far-spread fam- evergreen, with cvate-oblong leaves and purplish flowers, arranged in corymbs on short-jointed stalks. The flowers are pro- duced in great profusion, and when they 7k : i EXTENDED TO THE OF THE YEAR. Asked For One Month’s Extension, Doctor McCoy Gives Two. All Who Apply Before Jan. 1, 1898, for the Treat- ment That Has Become a Blessing to Our Time, May Be Treated at $3 Per Month Until Cured. The attendance at the offices of Doctors McCoy ‘and Cowden in October doubled even that of Sep- tember, and at the close of the month came again the inevitable culmination and crisis; a flood tide and flood pressure of belated Importunates that brought a second emergency, when “Something must be done.” Pleas for another month's extension came frem everywhere, ‘m letters from patients living in the elty who could not reach the offices, in letters from People throughout the country desiring to be treat- ed by correspondence, in personal visitation of friends who wanted to bring other friends or rela- tives, Such was the pressure of work incident to the close of the $3 period that during Saturday and Sunday, the 30th and 3ist, not so much as time for preparing or publicly announcing the extension could be spared. It was an unprecedented ocenr- rence in this practice. It was the first time In its history that it was absolutely Jmpossible to pre- pare or make the usual announcements in the pub- Ue prints. In response t. personal requests to extend the rate Doctor McCoy said: “I wili do better than your request. You ask for one month, and I will give two. I will extend the $3 rate until the end of the year, It caanot be said then that there is not abundant time."” Astonished himself py the situation, he felt that @ second extension of oue month wonld seem ke a purely business matter. He could not make the concession grudgingly, sparingly or penurlously. He could not deal out benevolence as we deal ont to- bacco or calico, by penny weight or Inch measure, | 8 he has given the benefit of the rate for two full | montis, whieh 44 time cnongh to aumwer every ap tl and request that has been made Such, then, ts the ligic of the whole movement for extending the benefits of the Mec | to thowe waable to pay regular foes. logic, also, of the final and lene! text and substance of which is given above. repeat at length: AN deaf persons app! January Ist, 1898, w be treated at the nominal rate of &3 a month wu cured. The offer applies alike to o' to mall patients and to old patients renewing treatment ad to mew pa- tients beginning treatment during November and December. All persons affiicted with Catarri Rheumatism, Asthma, Incipient Con sumption or any other se-calied curable ailment or infirmity and wh moke applicat Int, 1898, will be ¢ nal rate of 53 a me This offer applies alike to office a to mall patients and to ol renewing an to new patients begin- ning treatment during November or i December. MOTHER AND SON BOTH CURED. THE SON . CURED OF GASTRIC CATARRH. That the scope of Doctor McCoy's system of melicine is as broad as the field of Medical Sct- ence {tself, and not cramped within the narrow limits of any single specialty, bas been demon- strated repeatedis, but never so clearly es in the ease of Mr. Davis and his mother, whose state- ments are presented together here. Charles Davis, Little Falls Road, D. ‘The stomach trouble of which Doctors McCoy and Cowden have cured me began about two years ago, and in a short time I became a physical wreck. My stomach distressed me all the time, and nothing that I ate did me any good. I got very weak and run down, had no strength and no appe- tite. I Lost Flesh, Too, and Became Unfit for Work. “I tried a number of remedies that were sug- gested by friends, and cousulted one doctor; but nothing did me any good. “On several occasions I bad terrible cramps that began in my stomach and from there extended all over my body. The last one I had was accom- One of Doctor McCoy's lec- tures upon the condition of impaired hearing relates sole- ly to head noises (condition will be mailed free to any ad- dress. panied by vomiting, and was unusually severe, lasting over ten hours. It came on during the night, and it was late the next day before I got any relief. “If I attempted to eat ordinary foods I would bloat up afterward, and there would be a feeling of nausea. I got so I could not eat anything but soft, quid foods, and part of the time lived en- ov milk and stimulants. “I was so badly run down when I went to Doc- tors McCoy and Cowden that I bad about given up all hope of ever being well and strong again, I Realiy Think Their Treatment Saved My Life. “I have told people so, and those who know the condition I was in agree with me. “I was discharged cured in November a year ago, and have had no return of any of my symptoms. My stomach does not trouble me in the least; my appetite is good, and I feel as strong and well as I ever did in my life.” THE MOTHER CURED OF ASTHMA. Mrs. Eliza A. Davis, Little Fai Road, D. C.: “I bad my first attack of asthma years ago. After that it did not trouble me again sly until about two years age. That fall it came on again, and as the weather grew colder I grew steadily worse, “The shortness of breath increased, and there Was a constant fevling of pressure about my chest, Just as if there was a heavy weight upon It, ‘The attack never eame on during the day, but at night, an hour or two after I had retired, I Would Wake to Find Myself Gasp- ing for Breath, “There would be no more rest that when the attacks were on sleep was Imposal could not even He down, would have to sit up elther iu a chair or propped up in bed. Night after night I have spent in this fashion, until I was about exhausted. “The cough troubled me greatly, for it was such an effort to ralse the tough mucus that dilled my What sent me to Doctors McCoy and Cowden was the cure they had made in thy son’s case, and secing the published statement of Mrs. Jenny Smith of G06 Gth Street 2 Southwest. been cured of Astlima; why should not I d also? ‘Before I began treatment, if I did very much about the house, I was sure to have an attack that night. Now I can do a good day's work and not suffer from it. My cough has stopped and I breathe perfeetly.”” 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. McCoySystemof Medicine PERMANENT OFFICES DR. McCOY’S NATIONAL PRACTICE, 715 13th Street Northwest. Office Hours—9 to 12 a.m., 1 to 5 p.m, 6 to 8 D-m. daily; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. hort J. When they are soaked for a 5! time. in hot water the flowers soften — readily unroll, so that all the parts may <The entire clove tree is highly aromatic, foot stalks of the leaves have near- ipansteane pungent quality as the calyx of the flower. —_—___+-22+—__—_ Mystery of a Young Woman. Lancaster, Pa., Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. ‘A brakeman on. the Pennsylvania rail- road made a startling discovery early this eearees on a west-bound train, which stopped at St. David's tower, when he found what he supposed was the mangled body of a man on the track. The brake- man turned the body over and thrust his lantern in the victim’s face, when, to his surprise, he found that a pretty young girl about twenty years old, had ATE killed by mang! © {raln. wing woman wore @ fashionable suit of man’s ciothes and bore the appear- ance of belng a person of refinement. as removed to Chester. From ae Rez et found in the woman's cloth- ing she is supposed to be Annie Spence of Miss Spence has been missing ze Huns Tt H Hd g other occasion nine feet of shark in pur- suit of a fish jumped into a boat and lay there thrashing the boat's furniture into matchwood. The captain promptly slipped over the stern, the cook followed suit at the bow, and there they hung until res- cued by the other dories. These to them, powerer, were merely details of the day's work. Small Courtesies, From Lippincott’s. We are all born but once. Most of us marry but once. We certainly can die but once. And if we look at Ife “as a smell bundle of great things,” we shall certainly not think it worth while to prac- tice smal! courtesies. But if we regard it, far more truly, as “a big bundle of small things,” we shall as certainly feel that few things in life are better worth doing. It may never be in our power to save any- body’s life, make for anybody a fortune, shed luster upon the family name, die for our country, or set the smallest river on fire in any way whatever. But if we con- scientiously ard sweetly give ourselves to the practicing of small courtesies, only the recording argel can ever set down the good we shall do in our day and generation to hundreds and thousands of our fellow- creatures in the course of a lifetime. Most people despise them as not worth a degree of consistency or loving kindness. Fewer still are content to do them inthe best way, unnoticed, unremembered, feeling it to be emphatically a virtue that is its own reward. Yet it is a wonder that aye tg Sundays, say, when they are not pitching into the pope, if they be Protestants, or into the ‘Protestants, if they. be Roman