Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1897, Page 15

=a RN Se 5 Your credit is good.” Furniture - for Gifts. We are ready to solve the old Christmas problem for you—‘what to give.” We have. laid in an enor- mous stock of articles es- pecially appropriate for gifts. Fancy pieces of par- lor furniture, corner chairs, co [a a aL | Roman chairs, . rockers, \g cabinets, desks, tabour- ettes. Easy chairs for the library. Toilet tables, shav- ing stands, cheval glasses. Merely mentioning a few articles can give you no idea of what an enormous assortment of “gift” goods we have. Come and see for yourself. Whether you wish to make purchases or not, we are always delight- ed to show our stock. Re- member, you are always welcome to buy on credit, if you wish. Lansburgh Furniture Co., 1226 F St. N.W. Me ee ce TST 4 aett a 4 100 Doz. Hair Switches, Consij te for th irpose of raising mousy for a New York Hite importer ‘We sell you a very fine Switch for............$1.50 Exactly the same article you will pay 50 for elsewher 25 dos. Gray and White, from. Just half of their a Eft aT THE Louvre Glove Store, eel3-tf NO. 919 F ST. A STAGE BEAUTY. REDUCED IN FLESH AND MADE WELL AND MORE COMELY BY DR. EDISON'S OBESITY PILLS AND SALT—-READ WHAT MISS SADIE STEPHENS SAYS OF THIS TREATMENT. DON’T BE FAT AND SICK IN HOT WEATHER. “Walpol, “Mass., Jan. 21, 1997. Messrs. Loring & Co. Gentlemen: During the past month I have been taking Dr. Edison's Obesity Pils for reduction in weight, also for st breath, aud Gnd that they have doze a! advertised. Singing does uot fatigue me as it used to before taking the Ptlis and Salt, and I Snd the great reduction im weight tas tmproved my health ia meny ways. My duties en the stege are such that an increase im weight would have nated me from filling positions which now, tha use of the S that is to the ills aud Salt, I can readily do without discomfort. ‘The following Js from Mr. George G. Shroeder, Oils and Gas,’ Gas Appliances, Tight. Fuel and ; Cc: 3 used your esity treatmes ccnsisting of Dr. Edison's Pills and Sait and Dr. Edison's Obesity Band, to reduce, If possible, my surplus weight. In six weeks I lost from their use 40 Ibs. in weight, coming dowa from 895 to SIS Ibs T consider {t'a legitimate treatment and effi. encious as you recommend it to be, and yuu nt to make public use of this stateme: Slt, $1.3 hottie: Obesity Pills. $1.50 a KEPT IN STOCK B AIL DRUGGISTS. pak rantee to refund the price if Dr. ty Pills or Obesity Salt are taken as out good results. Write to our NEW YORK MEDICAL DEPARTMENT or our CHICAGO MEDICAL DEPARTMENT for a4-tce about your obesity fF any other di: |. Best truss at Send letters and orders io Lor Generai Azents for the United States. ‘To insure Prompt seply mention department, and use only the nearest address. We seud free “How to Curt Obesity.”” LORING & CO., DEPT. 8, NO. 42 WEST 22D ST., NEW YORK CITY. ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Fat Folks, Attention. A complete line of Loring’s Obes- ity Preparations and Flesh-produc- ing Medicines at Mertz’s Pharmacy, 1ith and F. Painless Extracting, o0e. Silk cannot be nad at the price of calico: Diamonds cost’ more than giass. The man sho o¥ers too much awakens suspicion. Investization will turn suspl- clon to certginty. We warm the public against unscrupulous men who have in- Yaded the honorable profession of den- tistry and are bringing {t into disrepute by deceptive advertising. “Cheap” den- tstry is worse than nore. Don’t permit the tricksters to allure you into their clutches by the specious plea of some- thing for nothing. Our prices are rensozable—not too high or too low. Each department is attend- ed by aman of experience. U..S. Dental Ass’n, Cor. 7th and D Sts. N.W. Open Sundays, 10 to 12 o'clock. Great Reduction In Hair. Be sure to write if ver devised— ig & Co., 2019-504 Gray Switches, forme: First-class attendants in Hairdce: Shampooing, ete. Imperial Hair Regenerator for restoring gray hair, Never fails. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. apl6-204 pearance Handsome Furs Furs as gifts would be appreciated:| For Rare and Very De- icious eet reer dinary ..Imperial Russian, pus, up..in, faueZahborxes of “various THE EVENING STAR, MADE MOTHER WELL. Sickness Driven From Another Home by Paine’s. Celery Compound, Women, mothers of families, have no more right to live beyond thelr strength than beyond their income. The greatest injustice that women do them- selves and their children is in putting off getting w Headaches, nervousness, dyspepsia and riclancholia lay their leaden fingers over the whole household. Pa celery compound has driven sickness and gloom from innumerable homes, where some loved member was the source of continual «nx- fety and even despatr. The constantly repeated successes of this great Invigorator In making peo: ple well bave roused many persons who thought themselves destined unredeemably to lives of imperfect health to try Paine’s celery compound No one ean read the following letter without being Inspired with confidence in this great rem- edy: 659 Elm street, Buffalo, N. ¥., July About eight years ago, after the birth of n cl I suffered terribly. I could not get help from a dezen physicians to whom I applied, and at receiving treatment from the last doctor con. Unually for nine months, was pronounced cure! and continued xo until the birth of another child, when I was obliged to commence doctoring agila, although all finagin: treatments had ween resorted to without ene particle of relief. I was subject to nenralgle troubles and slightly rheumatic, and I became discouraged and melan- choly, feeling that I should never again be a well woman. I was in a pitiful’state, when my husband, who had been benefited by the use of Paine's celery compound, urged me to try it. In a re- markably short time after I began taking the remedy I began to notice a change for the better. Before I bad taken three bottles I was well. 1 consider my cure a miracle, for I had tried a great many doctors and different drugs and spent hun- dreds of dollars in vain. Respectfully, yours, MRS. KATE HENNESSEN. Close, careful observation of great numbers of ases like the above led Professor Edward E. Phelps, M.D., LL.D., of the Dartmouth Medical hool to the formulation of Paine’s celery com- peund. The success of this untversall -known remedy in quickly driving out disease from the Neod and system need not be retold to uewspap=r renders. Paine’s celery compound restores to a 1 state a wenketféd and diseased nervous system. One of the first evidences of its butlding-up vir- tue 1s the gain in flesh noticeable about the face. Night sweats and nervous twitchings are things of the past; there fs a great improvement in looks, a better appetite, sounder sleep, a clearer skin and more regular functions. Th few of the outward improvements. portant Js the thorough and radical purify the blood and the regulating and buildin the dee}-lsing nerves all over the bed: notking half way or partial in the effect of Paine’s celery compound. It cures permanently. EXCHANGING MAIL POUCHES, Devices Recently Approved by the Post Office Department. ‘The perplexing question of safely ex- changing mails at stations where fast mail trains do not stop has been solved satis- ffactorily by the approval recently by the Post Office Department of two devices, either of which will accomplish this much- needed improvement. For a long time there has been in use on all railway post office cars an iron~prong attached to the side of the car door, which, when raised in a horizontal position by the clerk within the car, would catch a mail pouch from a crane alongside the track, the pouch being hung on the crane so as to catch in the crotch of the catcher on the car and there hold fast, permitting the railway postal clerk to drag it inside, open the pouch, and make a proper distribution of the mail found within the pouch. But a system of catching a pouch of mail and at the same time delivering another pouch has been a much sought for device. A great many devices of this character have been submit- ted during the past few years to the Post Office Department and tested, but very few have proved at all satisfactory. The old practice, that of throwing a pouch of mail from a moving train as it ran past a sta- tion, was often attended with very serious results, and the objet of a combined mail catcher and deliverer is to prevent such difficulties. For instance, it frequently happened that the pouch would be drawn under the wheels of the cars, and both pouch and mail be ground to pieces. Mail thus mutilated, in a great many cases, could hardly be gathered together so as to be forwarded to its destination, and there is no estimate to be placed on a piece of mail. from a personal standpoint, as the message it bears may be of the greatest personal importance, aside from its possi- ble financial importance. Another feature under the old system was the very great amount of wear on pouches thrown from a train. Far more serious than these trou- bles was the ever present likelihood of some one being struck by a pouch thrown from a postal car, thereby sustaining in- jury or perhaps being killed. By the adoption of the improved devices, which catch and deliver at the same time, these troubles will disappear. Mr. Shallenberger, second assistant post- master general, is urging the railroads to adopt either one of the two devices that have been approved by the Post Office De- partment, and speedily equip their lines for the good not only of the postal ser- vice, but of the roads, themselyes. There are 10,520 railroad stations in the United States at which mails are taken onto the trains by means of mail catchers and cranes while the train is in motion, and the bag of mail to be delivered is thrown from the car to the ground or plat- form. By this method the mail is often damaged or destroyed, and the safety of persons standing near is endangered. The need of some better system of exchanging mails at such points is apparent. In 1805 the Pcst Office Department advertised for devices for this purpose. Of thirty-five models submitted, four were selected as the most meritorious, and in 1896 the various railroad companies were requested to adopt some one of the four. Subsequently questions arose as to the ya- lidity of certain patents involved, and de- lays occurred. Recently, after ditional tests. the department selected two of the four devices as being satisfactory, and pre- sented to the railroad , companies the choice of adopting either of them. CHICAGO’S IRISH FAIR. Map of the Emerald Isle Covered With Virgin Sod. From the Chicago News. On hands and knees, with a map of Ire- land before him, J. A. Lord today crawled across the dusty boards of the 2d Regiment Armory, leaving in his wake a chaiky out- line of the land of the “auld sod.” While Mr. Lord was performing this caper in Chicago the Germanic was pulling into New York harbor with many a bushel of “auld sod” in its hold. By Saturday morning the Germanic rgo of scd and peat will be in Chicago, and before evening will"be spread over the floor of the armory in a GO by &) map of Ireland that is war- rented to kill snakes in less time than it takes to kiss the Blarney stone. For on Saturday evening in the 2d Regiment Arm- ory and Battery D the shamrock will bloom, the shillalah wave and the Irish fair will begin a two weeks’ engagement. The first work of actual preparation for the Hibernian exposition was started to- day. E. L. Maguire, J. A. Lord, fresh from the New York Irish fair, and Mr. Donohue bustied through the butldings on the iake front at the head of a squad of workmen and laid out bootts, a map and a Blarney stone site. The map of Ireland is expected to be the greatest attraction of the fair. Soil from the thirty-two counties of the emerald isle will be used in making the miniature, and for fear enthusiastic police- men and other Hibernians may want to scoop up a handful of soll from their na- tives counties the management have had enough consigned them to fill up all gaps and keep the map in good form during the fair. To prove that their soll is genuine, the management request all persons pos- sessed of snakes, either tangible or in- tangible, to place them on the sod, and if they don't die a season ticket will be pre- sented to the snake proprietor. On the stave will be given an electrical representation of a day in Ireland. This is a novelty of a sort that has not been seen in Chicago since the days of the electricity building at the world’s fair. A band will dispense Irish music every day, there will be Irish jigs and Irish songs, Gaelic games on Irish sod and a 10-cent charge for walking across Ireland. Around the island will be a tanbark track, on which an Irish jaunting car, drawn by Irish don- keys, will carry those who wish to ride, and in Battery D will be an imitation of Blarney Castle and the Blarney stone. — in Horse Shoes, No Luck From Hardware. There f$ a truck driver on Greenwich street, in this city, who stands ready to demolish any man who attempts to per- suade him that horseshoes are lucky. He started up street the other day with a load of discarded horseshoes, which were to be delivered to a junk shop in the neighbor- hood. He was Hardly under way when the tail board of his wagon fell out and about a bushel of shoes were scattered on the pavement, and in picking these up one of them fell upon his foot and injured him so badly that he limped for a week. While he was reloading a rapidly-driven car came down the street: and struck the rim of his wheel. demolishing two spokes, and he had hardly unloaded and started for home, be- fore his horse took fright and ran away, de- molishing his wagon and nearly killing him in the bargain by throwing him against a illar of the elevated road. On reaching Fame he found three of his children sick with the measles. ys an imitation, be honest—send it bach, Elbow-grease —=s_—| little soap) used to be the thing to clean house with. Now-a-days i 3 ' Pearline is easier and . quicker and better than elbow-grease. s(One. reason why millions of women prefer '-Pearline, rather than anything else, in cleaning: house, is that it saves the paint S F. and. woodwork. But the principal reason, © 2} wf course,.is that it saves so much work. sé-: ‘ FALGS—Pearline is uever SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1897-26 PAGES. THE NATIONAL GUARD Entire Brigade ta Be Supplied With Full Deg! Uniform. 10 EXPERIMENT. Witd KEW MESS KIT Officers of Quattétmaster's Depart- ment Must Undérgo Examination. aia J COL. ALEXANDER MAY RESIGN The only action of importance of an offi- clal character by Brigadier General Har- ries during the past week was the accept- ance of the resignation cf Major W. C. Mc- Intire, quartermaster general, and the ten- der of the position to Capt. H. H. Parmen- ter, quartermaster of the 24 Regiment. No steps have been taken to. fill the vacancies of mafor of the 2d and 4th Battalions. The only vacancy among the captains and aids- de-camps on the general staff, General Har- ries has filled by the appointment of Mr. Cc. Fred Cook. That Major McIntire insisted on the ac- ceptance of his resignation is to be regret- ted, so say those who have been closely Capt. H. H. Parmenter. connected with him in the National Guard. He has held a position on the general staff for some years, first as commissary general and, since the reorganization of the guard some months ago, as quartermaster gen- eral. General Harries has announced that his staff is to consist of working members, and is to be far from ornamer quartermaster’s department z 2 ap- plied the same methods that have hereto- fore been in vogue in the department of rifle practice. Up to the present time it has been the custom to commission. offi- of the quartermaster’s department soleiy on the recommendation of the bat- talion or regimental commander, as the case happened to be. No examination of the candidate was held, and he was coi- missioned whether or not he possessed any knowledge of the duties calied for by the office. Hereafter, However, all nomine must undergo a rigid examination and pa: it before they can-hape to receive a com- sion. Those wW@ ‘are at present mem- of the department are to undergo a thorough course of Instruction, both ag ren, rds paper work and the handling of prop- general head of atcrally mvst the © quartermaster be the instrttctor and the examining board for his department. tune san h dutics will require considerable and labor. Maj. Mcintire in civil life e professional man, and he conclusion after thinking over matter that he cojld Ul afford, in justice to himself, to longer, remain with the Gua Therefore..he. urged Gen, Harv! to accept the resignation that had been tendered, and the “brigade commander felt that, the only course, open to him was-to gomply with the request. 1 Prob: New Quartermaster General. Capt. Parmenter to whom the position has been formally tendered, has not yet fully made up his mind whether to accept or decline. It is understogd that he will be allowed all the time he may desire in reaching a conclusion. In the meantime one of the aids on the general staff, in all probability, will look after the duties that usually devolve upon the quartermaster ‘al. Capt: Parmenter, on several oc- while Gen. Ordway was in com- of the brigade, was tendered the’ appointment of which he now has the re- 1, but in every instance he promptly ned the honor. ends and the officers of the general staff have to believe that he wiil this time accept. But little thought has yet been given to filling the vacancy of chief of engineers. If such a person ean be located on the eligible list the appointment, it is be- Capt. C. F. Cook. lieved, will go to a graduate of West Point; one who has severed his connection with the army. °'Thé' Individual to fill the office should possess a special education in the way of military engineering, such as is afforded only at West Point. Several names have been suggested to Gen. Harries in connection with the ma- icrity of the 2d Battalion, and atso'that of the 4th Battalion. Byt appointments to thcse vacancies will ‘not be made hastily. The field will .be carefully scanned... the company commanders will be consulted, and when the proper gime arrives-the very best men available, will be nominated. Col, AlexamiersMay Resign: An interesting pigee, St gossfp,. confined to the ist Regimentha.hes it that Colonel Winthrop Aléxanddf, ‘fhe’ regimental “com- mander, is serlouslynconsidering the advisa- bility of tendering nig’ resignation. Those who have been fing of the matter say that the fact>tnwe Colonel Alexander isa eaaieene of fore, cn tne omicess is naturally not in with the officers end men of his eo en is the basis of what is reported to be contemplated action on his part. Waid As has hereto! a . stated, the Na- onal Guard ot ict . a is to undergo an awakening -wide -scope. The effect has alreadybeen felt in the 2d Regiment by th tment - of - Colonel 1 O'Brien, both en- to a tion sec to none. The feeling among the officers and enlisted men of the ist Regiment. is that they should not ‘Regiment.> latest, most compact and most complete combined canteen and mess kit ever sug- gested, so far as is known, for military is United States army, and he has expect that his invention will be adopted by the War Department for the use of the army. General Hi ts so well pleased with the sample that has been { for his inspection that it is not unlikely that without delay he will experiment with the mess kit, supplying It, perhaps, to the members of a single battalion at Major Arthur Brooks. the outset. The mess kit will be obtained by purchase through the War Department from the District allotment of the $400,000 appropriation for equipping the militia of the United States. With the exception of the canteen, which is of hard tin, the remainder of the kit is made of aluminum. It consists of a dish pan, a frying pan and a deep cup, for cof- fee or other liquids, together with a knife, fork and spoon. The cork of the canteen cannot be lost, being attached to the in- terior of the canteen by means of a light chain. The kit is most ingeniously con- structed and can be folded about the can- teen so that the whole, when not in use, occupies the smallest possible space. It is placed in a canvas cover and suspended by a strap from the shoulder of the sol- dier. Another advantage, so it is sald, ts that it weighs fully two pounds less than the contrivance now in vogue, which means that the soldier may carry extra cartridges to the limit of that weight, which is an important item in time of trou- ble. , New Armory and Fall Dress. The announcement in The Star last Sat- urday that the prospects of a new armory for the local prigade in the near future appear very bright met with general ap- proval on all sides. It is stated that the lease on the present armory building ex- pires early next year. The indications are such that guardsmen may have cvery rea- son to hope for a chance for what is con- dered the better before the arrival of spring. Another item of interest is that the tire District National Guard will, in probability, soon be equipped with the dress regulaticn uniform. On occasi of ceremony it is desirable that the brigade should appear in full dress throughout and net present a nondescript appearance. as was the case on the occasion of the funeral of the late Gen. Ordway Something About Major Brooks. M Arthur Brooks, appointed to the command of the Ist Separate Battalion, was born in Virginia. He was one of the original members of the Washington Cadet s, Which was organized June 13, 1880. He has passed through all grades in the ne from private, and is thoroughly famil- iar with every detail of the drill regula- tion: He was first sergeant of Company ington Cadet Corps, in the exciting or the Boteler cup, in Octover, is i nd precision contrib 7 ss of his compa which won the cup. A year later, he havin; been in the meantime promoted to licute , Company A had grown so large that was reorganized as ion of tnree ppanies, and Lieut. broo was made ptain of Company A. In May, 1Iss7, when the interstate drill was held on the White Lot, Capt. Brooks’ company wa did its week's tour of duty in camp and ceived high commendation for its profi- though it was not awarded he company visited Rich- and carried off first prize in 4 nies of that state. s organized in this Washington Cadet en- all full mond, competition Wh the Capt. the firs Maj. Brooks became interested, in 1891, in the youths ot the Colored High School, and commenced drillin squad of them unof- fi From this beginning grew the pre three-comp: battalion of Col- ered High School Cadets, of whicn he is now the official instructor. The st spring fully evidenced h Brooks is six fect in_ net, 2 soldier, and of striking bearing. military At the time of his recent promo- tion, with the exception of Capt. John 8S. Miller of the ist Battalion, he the ranking captain of the guard. He has been in actual command of the Ist Separate Bat- talion since May last, and was in charge of it during the encampment of June, 1897. Record of Capt. Parmenter. Captain H. H. Parmenter, who has been tendered the position of Quartermaster General of the District Militia, with the rank of major, is by no means a play sol- dier. Captain Parmenter joined forces with the Union army April 19, 1861, being a member of Company H, 16th Massa- chusetts Volunteers. He took an active part in the battle of Malvern Hill, re- cviving a bullet wound in the head. He vas in the hospital fcr a long time, but when convalescent was assigned to duty in the office of the provost marshal gen- eral’s office. When his term of enlistment expired he re-exlisted and served until August, 1866, when he was appointed a clerk in the quartermaster general's office, War Department. He nas served continu- ously in the quartermaster general’s of- fice for thirty-two years. Captain Parmenter was appointed a sergeant on the general staff of the Dis- trict militia shortly after the organization of the brigade in 1 The following year he was appointed to the position he now holds, that of captain and quartermaster of the 2d Regiment. At every camp of the brigade at Fort Washington, Captain Par- menter has been assigned to duty as post quartermaster. He has also served as team quartermaster of every detachment of District riflemen, who have visited Sea Girt for years past. Captain and Aid-de-Camp. Capiain C. F. Cook, aid-de-camp, ap- peinted to fill the vacancy on the general staff, caused by the resignation several weeks ago of Captain W. E. Horton, had tis first military experience at an early age, being “side captain” of the Young America Rifles, a flourishing organization, with headquarters, about the year 1880, in the neighborhood of 8th and E streets, The Young America Rifles saw interesting ser- vice, engaging almost daily in bloody con- flicts with newsboys and street gamins. In the way of field service, one bright Memor- jal day the company set forth on a march for Arlington cemetery, but on reaching the vicinity of the Executive Mansion the ycung soldiers, findirg themselves footsore and weary, went into camp in Lafayette Square fer the remainder of the day. In the regiment of High School Cadets, then a battalion, Captain Cook served through most of the grades, first Heutenant of Company F in his third year at the school, that company the get the most for your money? Cash only and the narrowest margin of profit. weet ees edie aatoreny JACKSON BROS. Offer Cash Bargains That make all-so-called “credit bargains” shrink into insignificance. Isn’t it better to make your Christmas purchases where you can 3 Great Cash Furniture Houses, 917-919-921 Seventh St. N.W. OPEN EVENINGS UNTU. CHRISTMAS. Pebdeteeetedeteteedetetetetetteentatneedetneettateet Our assortment of goods spe- cially suitable for holiday gifts is magnificent. We will mention one: Combination Desk and Book Case, solid polished oak, shaped French plate bevel mirror, brass trim- mings, well fin- ished inside and SQ 85 Others more elaborate up to out $40.00. There are hundreds of things we might mention that make pleasing gifts—Desks, Rockers, Fancy Chaira, Onyx and Pancy-top Tables, Easy Chairs, Lamps, Tabourettes, Book Cases, Sideboards, Toilet Tables. A stroll through onr three big stores will sng- Best lots of things to you and seve you the over what to give to this Marshall, Company B, Ist Battalion, has tendered his resignation. Tried and Found Guilty. As the result of court-martial, Sergt. George A. Brown, Company C, Ist Separate Battalion, and Private George S. Kearney, Company B, 4th Battalion, have been 4 honorably discharged. Sergt. Brown was convicted by battalion court-martial of in- subordinate conduct. The c! against | Private Kearney was altering a certificate of service. The court-martial convened by battalion orders found him guilty. The findings in both cases were approved by the commanding general. Company D, Battalion. Company D, 5th Battalion, is in a pros- perous condition. Capt. England is de- termined to make the company second to none in the guard as regards all the duties and requirements of a military nature. The company has been very active during the past two weeks improv- ing its quarters. Replasteri painti and refurnishing.ia an ex} have been in ore progxess fora military drama and ball De- cember 30. Engincer Sharpshooters. Company A, Engineer Battalion, has de- cided to include the lady friends of the members atthe regular monthly meetings of the company. There were a large number of ladies present last Tuesday evening and the Enginecrs introduced a game peculiar to the organization—a target contest—in which all took a very active part. Many of the iadics demonstrated their ability to hit the bull's-eve, thus giving some of the crack sharpshéoters of the command a lively tilt. Corporal Scott and Private Farrow led the opposing forces, the result being a few points in favor of the squad captained by thé former, thus leaving Private Farrow’s team the privilege of furnishing the refreshments for the even- impromptu program was also ar- d, which afforded much pleasure to all present. This part of the entertainment sisted of piano solos by Miss McIntosh, selos by Miss Farrow, vocal Mrs. Buell, and recitations by ‘Miss Stimpson, Miss Farrow, Mrs. Wilmeth and by Mr. Holioran At a pusin meeting held the same evening Me: Jesse P. Crawford, John T. Selecman and Rufus L. Christian were elected active members of the company. First Battalion Notes. Company A has received an order from headquarters directing an election of cap- tain and second Heutenant. point to the selection of First Lieut. L. Beatty as captain, and First Sergt. Geo. W. Sneden as- second, lieutenant. Lieut. Beatty was placed on duty with Company A, by battalion order, a few days ago. Privates Geo. H. Copes, Clinton Mackey and Chas. A. Little have been appointed as corporals of Company B. At an election last Monday evening Pri- vate Lew Wallace Bowles was unanimous- ly elected second lieutenant of Compa‘ A company meeting was held immediately afterward, and Private Isaac R. Padgett and Sergt. A. M. Allison were unanimously elected secretary and treasurer, re: 1 seven members, and a relief committee of five, were also appointed. Sergt. Allison was selected as manager of the basket ball team, and it was duly entered in the Dis- trict League. The members of thi: are young in the basket ball are: not expect to reach championship honors, but will give a good exhibition of an uphill game when it is time to play. Corporal J. A. Wilkinson has been promoted to ser- geant and Privatés Corcoran ‘1.0m, Ollie L. Bell and M. N. Kautenberg have been appointed corporals. Orders have been issued for the clection of a second lieutenant in Company D, to suceéed Lieut, Marshall, who is now in San Francisco. Sergt. W. A. McCathran is spoken of in connection with the office. Orders have been issued for a battalion drill Tuesday evening next in field dress and overcoats if necessary. This will prob- holidays. The usual Christmas entertain- ment for the amusement of the families and best girls of the members will be given during Christmas week, and ev effort is being made by the committee have the same in charge to make the coming event far more enjoyable than those heretofore given. The rifie range will be opened immediate- y after battalion drill Tuesday night for practice of the are eral company teams that preliminary to participate im the ches at the brigade armory. school of offic officers has been ordered to me 'y tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Major Ross will preside. Sergt. Wm. E. Browne of Company C has ppointed first sergeant of that com- Notes. Capt. Edgar A. Shilling, Company B, 24 talion, it is understood, has decided to tender his resignation. The dishonorable discharge in the case of alter _L. Simpson, Company A, ttalion, has been revoked and an honorable discharge granted in its stead. “from his company, ph M. Hendricks, Company A, ation, has been dishonorably dis- Because of expulsio! Private R: 2d Be charged. On their own applications, Quartermaster Sergt. Robert E. Fugitt, 2d Regiment, and Sergt. William H. Artz, Company B, 5th Battalion, have been honorably discharged. Sergt. A. L, Evans and Corp. H. A. Dob- son, both of Company D. 4th Battalion, have been ordered to appear at the next meeting of the brigade board of examina- tion for examination as to their fitness to be classed as candidate second Neutenants Selva Sia ce A Frog Almost 100 Years Old. From the Bardstown (Ky.) Record. A strange story of a frog is told by one who is acquainted with the f. On the old Ritchie place, which abounds with rel- ies of early days, is an old log spring house, built at the beginning of the century by John Ritchie, the inventor of the sour mash process of making whisky. A never-failing stream of ice-cold water flows into this old house, forming a pool several feet deep. Here, since John Ritchie left Lynns fort and built himself an independent dwelling, it is alleged a giant bullfrog has had its home. As the frog family is endowed with great longevity, it is said by those who ovght to know that it Is reasonable to believe that the frog is the same one which tcok up its residence in the Ritchie spring house in pioneer tm What lends color to this theory is t fact that there has never been but one frog seen in the neigh- borhood of the old spring, and Stephen Ritchie, row a man well advanced in years, states that this same frog, or one very similar to it, had its home in the spring when he was a child and that he has often heard his grandmother term the frog her rain sign. The frog is said to be of vast proportions, with a thunderous voice that n be heard a great distance. It is very active, and shows no evidence of its cen+ tury or more of years. —++~2-—__— The Church B. From the Ameriexp Medical Monthly. The church bell is another one of the relics of barbarism with which civilization could readily dispense. Since the general introduction of clocks and watches, the be has really lost its significance. Certainly can be classed among the “needless noise In the days of Paulus of Nola, in the year of A. D. 400, when the custom first had its origin, the ringing of bells may have been necesssary to gall people to places of wore ship—an this was the sole purpose of the irst church bell—but in this present y so near the beginting-of the twentieth c tury, there is surely no need of such an alarm as is sometimes sounded from the iron throat of the average church bell ta summon people ‘well supplied with time- ably -be the last battalion drill before the | pieces to their chosen place of worship. I HAVE ‘had business. _@ weeping On... G sweeping on. That one exception was MuNsEY’s , when it swept over this country like a cyclone and made all the world marvel. It was MunsEy'’s Maca- ‘Zing that gave the ten cent magazine to the made the ten cent magazine possible. In less than two years, it had reached out to 700,000 a pretty wide experience in the publishing I have established a number of publications. I know a good deal about the growth of new publications, whether in my own hands or in the hands of other pub- lishers. But in all my experience I have never known but one ‘publication to sweep on towatds a great big national circulation at so tremendous a pace as The Puritan people—that homes, where it at once