Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1898, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1898-16 PAGES. The Boys’ ti Pomme meee reer reer er eeereererererrrrere oe . wm fanes mixe pts Suits of BL ee reeooone We shew md Ser larg: Suits in anteed tel: th fast col: ours nay feel sure qualities Our Se turd. ages in all the leading patterns only Boys" Indestructible Bicgcle Hose. Boss’ ¢ parce shoes Ifskin Shoes, in the new coin Mnde on Head-to-Foot Outfitters to Man. Asoo Sas Clothing Bourse. Our second floor is a veritable 3oys’ Clothing Bourse. times a day do we turn out the lads a la swelldom. We touch every side of the Boys’ Clothing question, and touch it as only the widest experience and makes possible. Suits for the boys—neatest, nat- as for school days and knocking about. Suppose it’s quality—good, hon- est, unpretending quality that you want Here are Black and Blue Cheviot Suits, in the most stylish effects, at $3.48: all-wool and fast colors, of course; ages 8 to 16 years—$5.00 is their fair worth. Lapels of co e frem $1 to § Jer in Knee Pants—strictly all wool—werth 75e., at han Reefers, in black, blue, green and brown; made with to 16 yeurs. Bs Boys’ Strictly All-weol Bicsele Pants at $1, . years + + Childhen's All-wool As Ss large sailor ¢ ts; handsomely trimmed and braided; 3 Special for tarday + s Kersey, Covert. Scotei and Irish s best makes and latest shades; ages ¢ Specials From the Boys’ and Children’s Furnishing Department. Mothers’ Friend Shirt Wais Boys’ Frown and Islack Fedoras and Derbys. Another lot of those popular Golf Caps, for Special for Saturday znd me lasts es our PARKER, BRIDGET & CO., Pee eee eee cere crerercecrececcos chevints, knees; ages 8 to 16 years; actually worth $8. 6] O® ricze Top Coats of the is for boys of all Dozens of the completest organization for dress-up-time wear as well Poem e ore r ee eee reer eer eres eeeeeeoee in the youngsters’ clothes. gowl variety of patterns; pants nobby patterns, guaranteed for $2.98 Black and ¥ with either eilk or satin, All $7 and $8. At either less than others quote for same 48c. $1.50 and $1.75, for ages 10 to 16 ue Cheviot $4 to $12 Pri s from For Saturday wA3C. Regular $1.50 value, at... 98c. 23c. . 23c. extra heavy soles, kan- _. 51.50 and $2.25 turday, at bulldog men’s toes, Seo eee ee Hee eee eee eee E HE SSESESHOHEHEH OHHH S EH ESSE ESOS OSES OOOD Penna. Ave. and Ninth St. teesecceee Serer eerccrcesecoce sell counters. lowest: Ladies’ Underwear. Item 1 end Pants. ural, at Ladies’ Fl in whi ced-lined Vests *. eeru and nat D5 co, Never sold for less than 35 Item 2~Ladtes* r Extra-beary Fleeced-lined Vests and Vants, in white, gray and cer: Pants have Presch bari at) 48, Never sold for less than 75« Item 3—Ladies’ Norfolk and New Bruns- wick Half-wool Vests and Pants tn 50c. white and 5 ates Never sold for less than S9e. hem 4_Ladtes’ Wooten Underwear, extra fish, at-/. 24, an $1.15. : 3 heavy Fleeced-lined 3 va across ISG S Never suld for lesw than $1.35. Stern Large Size Ribbed Vests and Pa wel Never sold for less than $1.00. Children’s Underwear. 1 Roy es, in shirts, value Natural Wool Underwea: all Lansburgh & Ladies’, Gents’ and Children’s Underwear. It pays to buy good warm Underwear. You would judge so by the crowds that have flocked to our Acquaint yourselves with these prices, which are absolutely the { Secletone Bro. tepentreranenee® | sorte Soe That is the kind we rte sSondonsesterion Item 2— Children’s Fleeced-lined Combination Suite, 0 white and gray, all sizes. DE Special... oe ‘ Gents’ Underwear. odode Item 1 ‘atural Wool Fleeced-lined, Ribbed. Plain Fleeced-lined, White Merino: well made $ and shaped; extra heavy and medium ms welgh : eine 50c. oa Sanitary, gray, white and brown, & full-eut, " nicely finished, 75¢. $ Kem 8 Derby Ribbed, Natural Wool, & ed: Plain Natural Wool, White Wool, Red 4 inne! and Sar ee eae east Oi 00 % ed. Exceptional good value at. ° Og nie & pares Wool F ced, choice + quality, best finish, we S125 & $1.50 £ ‘ Item 5 prea a nnel. in single and double- & breasted, best dye. 3 mension" $1.75 & $2.00 & Item 6—Pure Australian Wool Underwear, & ribbed bottom, well shaped, guar- Intec with every garment solarat, D1.7D Item 7 Natural Wool, White Lambs’ Norfolk aud New Brunswick Co.'s Wool, Bat grade, estra heavy, at. D200 Item S—Heavy Camel's Hair and Natural Wood Underwear, perfect in finish, at ett ao Lansburgh & Bro., 420, 422, 424, 426 7th St. etegetetetetbdedeenenenen inne ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ S But One Charge. When you come here to buy Carpets the prices you'll find marked in plain figures are all you'll have to pay. tack on a lot of extras matching figures. charges. 020-784 The making, lining and laying costs you nothing, and there’s no charge for what is wasted in There's the best stock here from which to choose that can be found in Washington, and in price we'll meet anything offered in the cash stores. Brussels, 50c.; Ingrain, 30c. And We Give You Credit. Don’t wait for us to say that you can have credit. is one of the accommodations we accord every customer, Take it for granted that your promise to pay is satisfactory. we ask is what you can spare—a little money once a week or month. You needn’t sign a note, and there are no interest Grogan’s Credit House, 817-819-821-823 7th St. N.W. Between H and I Streets. SoeSeteeeteonteentocadectateoatetenteciatectoatecegecatecoatecoetente Se a ea Seterte Seeheagontonts tote We don’t ete % sSencenteateeseetecsecsecseosententon $ Seateedodtentedtees That All Sen donteneedontontontenteees ostoctoedonsenterter oot Mammoth In the Island of Minorca, one of the Philippines, the humming birds are pug- nacious little creatures. Thousands of them frequently attack huntsmen without the slightest provocation, inflicting some- times serious wounds on the face and neck. Wants Quickly Filled. At this season, when so many are seek- ing situations, and, on the other hand, so many seeking employes, {t is of interest to know that advertisements under the forseerppectios same Help and Wanted ‘uations are inserted at cents for fifteen words, & ares 68 THE DISTRICT GAME LAW Full Text of the Statute That is Now ia Force. An Interesting Document That Will Prove Instructive to Those Fond of Sport. Anglers have had fine sport this season, and now that bass will not afforé sport much longer, the sportsmen are turning their attention to the use of the gun. Phe faine season this year promises to be as good as the fishing season has been, and possibly better. Quail and rabbits promise to be more plentiful this year than they have been for a number of years. In Vir- ginia the law has forbidden shooting of quail since 1895, but this year their killing will be permitted. In Maryland quail are also plentiful, and rabbits are more than plentiful. Because of the approach of the gunning season, Maj. Sylvester, chief of police, who is also game warden, is receiv- ing requests almost every day for copies ot the game law, which fs to be strictly ent forced. There are no printed copies of the law on hand just now, but a few typewrit- ten ccpies have been furnished to those who made application for them. Provision: of the Law me law ii operation in the District assed by Congress and approved June IS78. It is as folloy hat mo person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in either nis or her possession, elt! or or alive, wny partridge, other- wi: between the first day of Feb- ruary and the first day of November, under a penalty of $% for each bird so killed or in possession “se ‘That no person shall kill er ex- pos: ule, or have in his or her posses- sio ive, uny pheasant, between the first t day of Au- of $5 fer each bird so otherwise day of Febrisa gust, under 2 per in_pos ther codcock, Gead or alive, y 1 the first day of February and the of July, under a penalty of $5 for rd so killed or in possession. . 4. That no person shall kill or ex- for sale, or have in his or her posses- sion, either dead or alive, any prairie chicken, otherwise pinnated grouse, be- tween the first day of February and the first day of September, under a penalty of $5 for each bird so killed or in possession. “Sec. 5. That no person shall kill or ex- pose for ale, or have in his or her posses- sion, either dead or alive, any snipe, or plover, between the first day of May and the first day of September, under a penalty of $5 for each bird so killed or in posses- sion. “Sec. 6. That no person shall kill or ex- pose for sale, or have in his or her posses- sion, either dead or alive, any wild duck, wild goose, or wild brandt, between the first day of April and the first day of September, under a penalty of $5 for each bird so killed or in possession. “Sec. 7. That no person shall kill or ex- pose for sale, or have in his or her posses- sion, either dead or alive, any water-rail, or ortolan, or reedbird, or ricebird, between the first day of February and the first day of September, under a penalty of $2 for each bird so killed or in possession. Sec. 8. That no person skall expose for sale or have ir his or her possession any Ceer meat or venison between the It day of January and the 15th day of August, u Ger a penalty of 20 cents for each and ev pound of deer meat so exposed for sate or had in possession. Sec. 9. Trat no person shall kill or ex- pese for sale or have in his or her posses- sion, dead, at ary time any turkey-buzzard, wren, sparrow, bluebird, humming dird, bluejay, robin or migratory thrush, wood or song robin, martin, mocking bird, swal- lew, orlole, red or cardinal bird, catbird, pe- wit) wh{p-poor-will, goldfinch, sapsucker, hanging bird, wocdpecker, crow, blackbird or any other insectivorous bird, save as herein proviced, under a penalty of $2 for each bird Killed or in possession dead. Sec. 10. That no person shall rob the nest o* any wild bird of eggs or young, or de- stroy such nest, unless in the necessary precaution of farming ‘business, undor a penalty of $2 for each egg or bird so taken, and under a penalty of $5 for each nest destroyed. Sec. 11. That no person shall trap, net or snare any wiid bird or water fowl or have in possession any trap, net or snare, with the intent to capture or kill any wild bird or water fowl, under a penalty of $5 for every bird or water fowl so trapped, nezted or ensnared, and under a further penalty of $20 for having in possession any such net, trap or srare; and such net, trap or spare shall ke forfeited and destroyed. Sec. 12. That no person shall at any time pos kill or shoot at any wild duck, wild goose or wild brand: with any other gun than such as are habitually raised at arm’s length and fired from the shoulder, under a penalty of $5 for each and every wild fowl so killed, and under the further per- alty of $25 for firing such gun at any w fowl aforesaid or having said gun in pos- session. Sec. 13. That no person shall kill or shoot at any bird or wild fowl in the night time, under a penalty of $25 for every bird or wild fowl so killed, and under the further penalty of $10 for shooting at any bird or wild fowl in the night time, as aforesaid. Sec. 14. That persons killing birds for scientific purposes, or in possession of them for breeding, shall be exempt from the op- erations of this act by proving affirmative- ly such purposes, and the possession shall in all cases be presumptive evidence of un- lawful purpose. Sec. 15. That any person who shall know- ingly trespass on the lands of another for the purpose of shooting or hunting there- on, after due notice, or notice as provided for in the following section, by the owner or occupant of lands, shall be liable to such owner or occupant in exemplary damages to an amount not exceeding $100, and shal} also be liable to a fine of $10 for each and every-trespass so committed. The posses- sion of implements of shooting on such lands shall be presumptive evidence of the trespass. Sec. 16. ‘hat the notice referred to in the preceding section shall be given by erecting and maintaining signboards at least eight by twelve inches in dimension, on the bor- ders of the premises, and at least two such signs for every fifty acres, and any person who shall maliciously tear down or in any manner deface or injure any of such sign- boards shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than for each and every signboard so torn down, defaced or injured. Sec. 17. That there shall be no shooting, or having in possession in the open air the implements for shooting, on the first day of the week, called Sunday, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be Hable to a penalty of not more wian $25 nor less than $10 for each offense. es Land Always Moving. From Pearson's Week]; In British Columbia, at the junction of the Thompson river with the Fraser, there 1s to be seen an extraordinary phenomenon. It was first discovered by the engineers who built the Canadian Pacific raiiway across the Rocky mountains. The whole side of the mountain opposite to the point where the rivers join is in a p2rpetual state of motion. Probably caused by the subterranean action of deep-seated springs of water or from the influence of the tremendous force exerted by the com- bined volumes of the two great rivers, all the soil of the mountain slope is sliding gradually but surely into the Fraser, de- scending at an even rate of about eight feet per annum. This singular landslide resembles on? of the Alpine glaciers, which are annually fcund to have moved a certain short dis- tance—establishing perhaps only a record of a few inches movement each y2ar, but always, always traveling unhaltingly on, slowly, but without cessation. Tm this particular case earth takes the place of ice. Big blocks of clay and sand, locse stones and boulders and strange tow- ers of gravel packed into solid shap2s are constantly to be seen toppling over and falling on each other—those behind pushing what is tn front of them into the river, hose swift current sweeps away every- thing b2fore it. = if ———_+e+—____. The carrier pigeon was in use by the state department of the Ottoman empire as early aa the fourteenth century. FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION Americai Society ‘of Municipal Improve- ments to Meet Here. The Program for, Each Day of the Session—Lidtd of Officers and Committees. ‘The program of the fifth annual conven- tion of the American Society of Municipal Improvements, which will be held in this city in the banquet room of the Arlington Hotel, tne 26th, 27th’ and 28th instants, has been completed, and is as follows: First Day. Nine a.m.—meeting of the executive com- mittee, the Arlington; meeting of the finance committee, the Arlington. 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.—Delegates will report at the banquet hall, Arlington, for badges, cre- dentials, etc. 10:15 a.m.—Opening of con- vention, banquet hall, the Arlington; ad- dress of welcome on behalf of city of Washington, John B. Wight, president board of Commissioners; response by the president; roll call, reading of minutes of last meeting, consideration of applications for membership, president's annual ad- dress, report of secretary, report of treas- urer, report of finance committee, report of executive committee; report of committee on electric street lighting, F. W. Cappelen, city engineer, Minneapolis, chairman. Afternoon session, 2 o'clock—Committee on sewerage and sanitation, ‘““Report Upon Utilization of Sewage of Vienna, Austria” (translation), by the chairman of the com- mittee, Capt. Lansing H. Beach, Engineer Commissioner, Washington, D. C.; “The Sewerage of Baltimore,” Kenneth Allen, principal assistant engineer, sewerage com- mission, Baltimore, Md.; “Proposed Sewage Disposal System for Washington, D. C.,” D. E. McComb, superintendent of sewers, Washington, D. C.; discussion and miscel- laneous papers on above subjects. Evening session, 8 o’clock—Report of com- mittee on taxation and assessment, Augast Herrmann, president board of administra- tion, Cincinnati, Ohio, chairman; water works and water supply, M. L. Holman, St. Louis, Mo., chairman; selection of coni mittee on nomination of officers for the en- suing year; selection of committee on next place of meeting; volunteer papers. Second Day. Morning given to visiting public build- ings, including the Capitol, new library and Smithsonian Institution. Afternoon session, 2 o'clock—Report of the committee on street paving, by the chair- man, N. P. Lewis, engineer of highways, Brooklyn; subject, “The Construction of Surface Railroad Tracks in Paved Streets. “The Cost of Repairs to Asphalt Pave- ments in Buffalo,” Edward B. Guthrie, lately chief engineer bcerd of public works, Buffalo; “Street Curbing,” Horace An- drews, ‘city engineer, Albany, N. Y.; Street Extension Plan for the Entire Di: trict of Columbia,” William P. Riche assistant engiieer, Washington, ative Values of Paving Material, Tillson, C. E., Brooklyn; “Tree Planting in the Streets of Washington,” Willlam P. Richards, assistant engineer, Washington, D. C.; “Disposition of Garbarge and Street Cleaning,” Dr. J. L. Hess, Cleveland, Ohio, chairman. Evening session, ‘8 p.m.—City government and legislation, . Farnham, city en- gineer, Camden, N.“J., chairman; election of officers: sclectidn of next place of meet- ing; municipal data, Charles Carroll Brown, city engineer, Bloomington, 1ll., chairman: Third Day. Heet at 9 a.m.—Mnunicipal franchises, An- drew Rosewater, city engineer, Omaha, Neb., chairman; coating of cast iron and steel-riveted pipes, L. W. Rundlett, city en- gineer, St. Paul, Minn., chairman; electroly- sis, paper on “Electrolysis Tests” at Dayton, Ohio, Harold P. Brown, electrical engineer, New York, N. ¥., chairman; some data on the subject of electrolysis in the city of Davenport, Iowa, E. W. Boynton, commissioner public works, Davenport, Icwa; review, George H. Benzenberg, city engineer and president board of works, Wilwaukee, Wis. Afternoon session—The society in charge of the local committee at Washington will enjoy an excursion on the Potomac river tendered by the Commissioners and_citi- zens of the District of Columbia to Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall, and will finally adjourn at the pleasure of this committee. Arrangements will also be made for the members in a body to call upon President McKinley and be presented to him at such time as will suit his convenience. The List of Officers. The officers of the society are: Harrison an Duyne, president, Newark, N. J.; L. W. Rundlett, first vice president, St. Paul, Minn.; E. H. Keating, second vice presi- dent, Toronto, Canada; A. D. Thompson, third vic2 president, Peoria, Ill; D. L. Ful- ton, secretary, Allegheny, Pa.; John L. Kennedy, treasurer, Nashville, Tenn. Finance committee—F. J. O'Brien, Os- wego, N. Y.; H. J. Stanley, Cincinnati, Ohio; E. W. Boynton, Davenport, Iowa. Executive committe:—The officers of the society, together with the past presidents, constitute the executive committee. The past presidents are as follows: M. J. Murphy, St. Louis, Mo.; Go. H. Benzen- berg, Milwaukee, Wis.; August Herrmann, Cincinnati, Ohio. Standing Committee. Street paving—Nelson P. Lewis, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Edward B. Guthrie, Buffalo, N. Y. Geo. N. Ames, Grand Rapids, Mich. Electric street Nghting—F. W. Cappelen, Minneapolis, Minn.; David Hunter, jr., Al- legheny, Robert Ballard, Syracuse, REIS Sewerage and sanitation—Capt. Lansing H. Beach, Washington, D. C.; Dr. J. M. Withrow, Cincinnati, Ohio; J. H. Pearson, Louisville, Ky. Waterworks and water supply—M. L. Hol- man, St. Louis, Mo.; M. R. Sherrerd, New- N. J.; Willis P. “Tharp, Cincinnat, ation and assessment—August Herr- mann, Cincinnati, Ohio; R. E. Horner, Par- kersburg, W. Va.; George E. Mosher, Chil- licothe, Ohio. City ‘government and Farnham, Camden, N. J.; Chas. 0. Bright- man, New Bedford, Mass.; Thos. McMillan, Rochester, N. Y. Disposition of garbage and street clean- ing—Dr. J. L. Hess, Cleveland, Ohio; Dr. Arthur R. Reynolds, Chicago, ‘Ii.; 6. Davidson, Dayton, Ohio, Municipal franchises—Andrew Rosewater, Omaha, Neb.; Bernard Saunders, Toronto, Canada; Phillip C. Justus, St. Paul, Minn. Review—Geo. H. Benzenberg, Milwaukee, Wis.; Thos. H. Kennedy, Covington, Ky M. A. Downing, Indianapolis, Ind. Special Committees. Municipal data—Charles Carroll Brown, Bloomington, I1.; Capt. Lansing H. Beach, Washington, D. 3 ‘A. D. Thompson, Pe- oria, Tl. Coating of cast’ irdn and steel riveted pipes—L. W. Rundleft, St. Paul, Minn.; E. E. Barrow, Hamiltos, Ont.; F. M. Lillie, Youngstown, Ohiov * Se ota Brown, New York, N. Y¥.; J. A. Cabof, Cjacinnati, Ohio; E. W. Boynton, Davenpgft,,Jowa. PIMPLES “my wifo had pitaples on her face, but she Bas boon taking CASCAREIG ena ties Rave all disap) T hud bean troubled with constipation for Some time, tut after tak- ing the first Cascaret I have had no trouble with this ailment. We cannot speak too highs ly of Cascarets.” FRED WARTMAN, 5708 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. legislation--L. E. CANDY CATHARTIC Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Tate Good. Good, Never Sioken, Weaken. or Grivel to, ow» CURE CONSTIPATION. .. ‘Merling Remedy Company, Chicage, Mentren), New York. S14 WO-TO-BAG fins Uta ioc. Ee NURSES WELL TREATED| Continuation of Miss Copeland's Testimony Before War Commiesion. Dr. Kent Tells of the Assistance Fur- nished by the Red Cross Society. In concluding her testimony before the war investigating commission at Jackson- ville, Fla., yesterday Miss Copeland, chicf hurse at the 3d Division hospital, spoke in commendation of the conéuct ef the hospitals. She said that the nurses were well treated and apparently much respect- ed. She said the nurses had their own tent quarters, where there was the privacy demanded by their sex. They had in the beginning of their stay there bearded at a hotel, but now they had their own mess and preferred it. Miss Copeland said that when the nurses first came to the camp there was only one nurse to each forty or sixty patients, but this condition had been steadily improved. There was also in the beginning some scarcity of appliances for the sick, such as hot water bottles, which, while not a necessity, were often a com- fort. She spoke of some nurses who had made complaints, but they were of the kind of persons who are never satisfie with any situation. One Philadelphia nurse had made severe criticisms, but she was of the kind who would leave a patient to whom she had just given a bath to at- sey to some other errand before drying ‘im. Dr. Pilcher on the Stand. Dr. James E. Pilcher of the regular army, depot surgeon for the 7th Army Corps, said that since the early days of the camp there had been no difficulty in se- curing an abundance of medical supplies, and that they were much more plentiful and of greater variety than was usual in the regular army. In the first history of the camp supplies were ordered from Tampa, and it was difficult, sometimes im- possible, to secure supplies. He thought the medical staff here were efficient as phy- siclans, but they were without administra- tive ability. Many of them knew nothing of formulating requisitions and were not disposed to learn. To this Dr. Pilcher at- tributed the fact that so much of relief society supplies were asked in preference to those furnished by the government. ife thought that if the physicians had under- stood this line of their business they neod not have called upon the reilef associations to such an extert. Stili, the relief assucia- tions were supplied with reedy money and could supply all articles required imme- diately. Furthermore, there was no ze- sponsibility on the part of the surgeons for the articles secured from outside sources, as there was for government supplies. Dr. Conner pressed Dr. Pilcher closely on this point, saying to him that the coun- try was full of the report that the medical department of the government was not ca- pable of meeting the demands made upon it, and that but for the aid of such relief societies as the Red Cross there would have been actual suffering. To this Dr. Pilcher replied that such was not the case, and he maintained the sufficiency of the government to take good care of its own sick. He said that it would have been un- gracious not to accept the aid offered by the relief societies. Fresh Meat Sometimes Poor. Captain John W. Swaték of Company L, 2d Minois, complained that on two or three occasions the fresh meat furnished his men had been poor, but said that on all other occasions the food had been good and ample. General Dodge told the cap- tain that there had been complaint from almost every man in the company in_re- gard to their breakfasts and suppers. Cap- tain Swatek replied that he had eaten the same food given the men, and that it was satisfactory to him. He said, however, that he did not ordinarily inspect the meats of the men. Sergeant A. F. Lorenzon of the same company admitted thaj there was some complaint among the men, but he thought the complaints were due to the fact that the men were homesick. Colonel Taylor of the 4th Virginia Regi- ment said he had no complaint whatever to make concerning any department of the government, and that he knew of no case of willful neglect. Lieutenant Morrow, acting commissary of the 3d Nebraska, Colonel Bryan's regiment, testified to the generally good character of the commissary supplies. Col. Bryan Excused. Colonel W. J. Bryan was next called. He asked to be excused from testifying, re- questing that his lieutenant colonel be ex- amined in his stead. “You will, I have no doubt, understand my reasons for the request,” he said. “I think the request very proper and rea- sonable,” responded Governor Beaver, and as the entire commission assented to this concession, Colonel Bryan was excused, with the request to send up his lieutenant colonel. W. T. Durbin of the 161st Indiana said there were few complaints from his men and that they were generally trivial. Dr. Alexander Kent, pastor of the Peo- ple’s Church at Washington and field agent at Jacksonville for the Red Cross, was questioned concerning the operations of the Rea Cross at this point. He said he had been received very cordially by the army surgeons and he had co-operated with them. He had noticed the absence of sheets and pillow cases at the 2d Division hos- pital in its early history. This was in mid- summer, and many men lay uncovered on account of the short supply of blankets. He supplied the deficiency, and the sup- ply had been thoroughly appreciated by the doctors. There was also at that time a shortage of tents and food suitable to typhoid fever patients. He had undertaken to supply the deficiency and had distrib- uted two car loads of the necessary deli- cacies. Demands on the Red Cros: “It seemed,” he said, ‘as if the hospital was arranged upon a smaller scale than was demanded, and as a consequence there was a constant demand upon the Red Cross to supply the deficiency.” Dr. Kent said he had heard many complaints concerning misconduct at the hospitals, and many of them were apparently well vouched for, but they had not generally proved well founded when investigated. Replying to a question, he said he thought it had been very difficult to get medical men of sufficient administrative ability to manage such institutions as the division hospital. Before the female nurses were secured the nurses, who were men of the hospital corps, were not capable. They were not intelligent as a class, and while some of them were doggedly faithful, they failed to meet the requirements. They did not, for instance, seem to regard it of con- sequence if flies were crawling in and out of a sick man’s mouth with impunity, and he had seen as many as six cases of this kind at one time. Since the trained nurses bad been secured the sick were better cared for than at home. He thought the govern- ment should send cows to Cuba in ad- vance of the army to supply fever patients with milk. The witness said the principal reason of the failure of the physicians to make requisitions on the government for sup- plies was found in the fear of their mak- ing demands that would not be sanctioned. He said the contributions of his society were generally solicited and not volunteered by him. The society had paid for all the milk and all the ice used at the hospitals up to September 1. The society had also sup- plied a great many rubber sheets, ther- mometers, ice bags, hot-water bags, sy- Tinges, etc. Since the allowance of the 60 cents a day commutation, however, there had been a great improvement, and he thought the hospitals were now in the way to be better cared for. Other Witnesses Examined. Other witnesses examined at the after- noon session were Lieutenant Jones, com- missary of the 4th Virginia; Private Allen O. White of the same regiment; Private 8. C. Thompson of the 8d Nebraska; Lieu- tenant Freeman, commissary of the 16lst Indiana; Commissary Sergeant Morse of the 161st Indiana; James R. Pourie, a com- pany commissary sergeant of the 6th Mis- souri, and Private James T. James of the 6th Missouri. All these witnesses expressed themselves as satisfied with their treatment. The commissary officers said that rations were abundant, but that occasionally the fresh meats were tainted, owing to the heat. The privates fouad no fault, all saying : Sell on or we keep ’em—which means that “dainty touch,” that exc newest weaves. 906 F Value-givers in Sg aaa a a a as a ae a eee their merits. Those all-wool, well-made, cert-vo-personal-measure suits at *15 : They are produced by the Mertz method of merchant tailoring, which assures the quality, style and durability are sold on the Mertz guarantee, that is, we make ‘em fit o. k. found outside the merchant tailored suit. Call and examine our complete assortment of the loom’s Mertz and Mertz, i Wonder what Merts will say today. Friday, October 21, 1898. They atisfaction. The make-up has Hent finish which is not to be teste ste teste elite stele te tle Ae lQ lp GO! SLL LAL AAALLALAL ALN LMLL LAMM ALM MANA Street. merchant tailoring. ote! estostenteste soefestenfonloenfoafectoctenteeeatiete eSonoedononteetoondendeetontoateatoatontoatoeteadeateciestetotentoadpetecfeatectect Sesfeefenloctentectosts SESE RENE PERE EE EERE RE SESESSE NCEE SE ERENCE RES IS _SEESRESRE EERO VEVE SECC Hee Ree NEN Sete Se Naas x > Barber & Ross = = = = = = IlthandG Sts. » % : | | x is Calovit Gas Heaters at of coal stoves and at about half i= The 2 Best Heaters! alovit ee Puritan heaters. We can sell you a nice Gas Heater for small rooms at oil MX LRA LE LE LE LLL ALR HAR: $2 and the Puritan Oil Stoves at $4, $5 and $6 are undoubtedly the finest heaters on the mar- % ket. Either will heat a large room as thoroughly as the best ‘ Valentine’s Felt f Weather Strips, 14c. foot. ‘Barber & Ross, 1 ith & G Sts. the cost in fuel. ~ .... $1.25 2 ® Call or drop postal and we'll send a man up — # to measure your windows and doors and submit 4 estimate for Weather-stripping the whole house. z This will cosi you nothing! 3 My wee *. % IRERRLRARE ASEH + they had enough to eat and generally that the food was good. Private Thompson of Nebraska said he had gained ten pounds since his arrival in Florida. The commission left Jacksonville at 10 o'clock last night for Atlanta. a ee A PERILOUS SWIM. Daring Feat of an English Officer in Africa. From the London Standard. A correspondent writing from Sierra Le- one, referring to the massacres that have been perpetrated by the natives, says the most brutal of the outrages occurred at Rotofunk, a mission stetion some fifty-five miles from the coast. No reliable informa- tion of the massacre was received at Free- town until two or three days after the occurrence, and it then transpired that four of the white missionaries had been literally hacked to pieces by the natives, while Mrs. Kane, the wife of the superintendent of the mission, had escaped into the bush. Every effort was made to rescue this lady, and a force was dispatched with orders to push through to Rotofunk without delay. On ar- riving at the Ribbi river, however, the force found that the natives had collected at Ma- bang, a town on the opposite bank, and had withdrawn all canoes and boats. As the river is over 150 yards broad and six fath- oms deep, a serious obstacle presented it- self. The only officer who knew this part of the country was Lieut. W. R. Howell of the Ist Glamorgan Volunteer Artillery, and a member of an old Cornish family, who had raised a force of volunteers ai the commencement of the rising. Lie appealed for volunteers to swim across the river and bring back as many canoes as possible, but there was no response, as not only would the swimmer have been exposed to the full fire of the enemy, but the river was known to swarm with alligators. At length Lieut. Howell, in spite of the protestations of his fellow officers, resolved to make the attempt himself. The enemy, evidently seeing what he was rbout to do, assembled in force on the opposite bank, but were driven back some distanc> and kept at bay by the firing of the British volunteers over Lieut. Howell's head. When the lMeutenant had just reacned midstream and was in the full current, he was seen to swing round rapidly on his back, and it was not until his return that it wes found bis leg had been seized by an alligator. Jt was only by swinging sharoly round that he succeeded in freeing himseif, bu: not be- fore his thigh had been torn and lacerated in a shocking manner. Notwithscuy this and the fire of the enemy, the gallant officer continued his perilous journey, and at length reached the opposite bank, but only to find that his errand was fruitle: as all the boats and canoes had been de- stroyed. For more than half zn hour he continued his search, but, f.nding the en- emy again pressing him, and feelink weak from loss of blood,~ne was compelled to take to the river again, and got back in safety. It 1s stated that the officer com- manding the troops at Sierra Leone has recommended Lieut. Howeli for some spe- celal mark of recognition from the imperial government. —____-+ 0+ __ CURE FOR INSOMNIA. Partial Self-Asphyxiation W: the Restless to Sleep. From the New York Herald, i According to a well-known New York physician, Lirself a sufferer from insom- nia for many years, sleep can easily he summoned by @ means within the reach of all, The doctor has tried his method cn his patients, and, simple as it is, has never heard of it failing. Those who find them- selves eluded by sleep will do well to try it, and for their benefit it is here given. The method ts essentially one of self-as- phyxiation; nevertheless there is no reason for fear, for there is no risk. Indeed, it is impossible to asphyxiate one’s self by this means. The first thing you have to do is to take a Icng and deep inspiration, as much air being drawn into the lungs as can be borne with comfort. This afr is retain- ed until positive discomfort is felt, when it must be slowly exhaled. Repeat this pro- cess two or three times, and the chances 1 Put are you will fcrget all else until you wake up from your sieep the ‘next morning The explaration of this is simple enough Sleep is due tc hyperaemia of the brain During sleep there is a flow of nutrition t the cerebrum; consequently an incr ot bicod to supply its deficiencies. The semi- asphyxiation brought about by holding the n the breath keeps a quantity of blood head, with « censequent incre: circulation. Another point also to which the doctor Heals attention is the habit of sleeping with the head to high. If the head is kept low more refreshing sleep is obtained. He raisis the foot of the bed so that it forms an in- clined plane, but recommends that this be dcne gradually, as a sudden change is lke ly to have an effect the reverse of that 4 sived. The sleep thus obtained Is m: eficial, and one awakens with a « and a wider mental horizon. The neck in- creases in size, the cerebral circulation is improved ana the influence upon the lungs 1s so great that it will lessen the tendency to_consumption. Physicians are more and more arriving the conclusion that in the case of this d ease drugs are of little value and m. times are worse than useless. One should feign not td want to sleep, as it Is often # fear of-not being able to sleep that neeps @ person awake. Then the mind should not be allowed to concentrate upon a subject an¢ the stomach should be treated to a light ré past before retiring for the night. see INDIAN STYLE OF FIGHTING. er h Individual Shooting at Leech Lake According to Old-Time Methods. From the Baltimore Sun. The Indian method of fighting, as showr at Leech lake, is a unique type of warfare and as such is a subject of great interes to foreign military men. The United States regular soldier ls an expert at It, and hat learned to fight the Indian as the Indian fights him. Military attaches sent by for- eign governments to observe the Spanish American war asked many questions from American officers on this topic, and consid ered the veteran Ind‘an fighter, represented by such men as Generals Chaffee and Kent, as one of the best types of soldiers Individual fighting {s the Indian style. It was so in the days before the revolution, and a century has not changed it. The In- dian has adopted many innovations taught him by the white man. He usually wears “store clothes” in these days and lives in a house, even it is only a log hut. But he fights as his forefathers did, seeking to gain an advantage over his foe by ambush or some other form of strategy. The In- dian who can hide behind a rock or tree and shoot down an unsuspecting foe who ts passing is considered much more of a hero than one who will fight in the open and die bravely facing the enemy. Indians on the warpath are commanded by chiefs, who generally elected at a council fire. These chiefs are usually heads of large families and command squ of from 20 to 100 men, composed of their brothers, sons, cousins and other relatives. One of the chiefs is known as the “Great Chief,” and is usually given this rank for prowess in war or hunting. He o something like the same relation forces under him that a general or has in the United States army thority is much more restrict: ercised only in rare cases. The usual method in a fight, such as tha at Leech lake, is for the chief to advan and his men to follow him, keeping near enough to see his movements and acting in conformity with them. When the foe ap- proaches within range general firing be- gins, one of the chiefs usually setting the example. When his men see him fire they fire, too, and so the rattle of the guns be- comes general. It is seldom that an order is given to an Indian in battle. He follows his chief, pick- ing out individual foes and fighting them individually. His scant commissary and quartermaster’s arrangements are attended to by squaws. The United States regular, when fighting Indians, adopts their tactics only when the Indians are near. The skirmish formation is then used and the men dodge behind trees or rocks, but they listen for and quick- ly obey the orders of their officers. If hard pressed they usually assemble and throw up hasty intrenchments, where they can pour a collective fire into any foe that may attack them. the but his au- and is ex-