Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1898, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1898-16 PAGES, *. MOSES sot: Mattress Factory, Ist and D. - cor. Uth, re Factory, 12th and B. Storage, 22d & M. Twe carpet offers that will settle the car- pet question with Washington buyers for this season. Axminster Carpet, 79° yd. As fine a Parlor Carpet as you will usually buy for $1.25 a yard. 13 patterns, in light and dark effects—scroll, flower and wood designs, in fine blues, terra cotta, green, etc. Each pattern contains enough for 1 to 10 rooms. It’s not a small lot in spite of it being a special pur- chase. $1.50 Lowell Axminsters, $1.25. An offer that has never been matched. You know Lowell Axminsters well enough to know that. 20 patterns with bor- ders to match. Very latest col- orings and effects. ABA =, — Neither C Nor Cold. YOULL DO AWAY WITH BOTH BY USING GAS HEATERS. AE al H warm the room quicker, are less trenbie. an} with all, cost about’ one-third 5 as much to o a coal stove. No dirt, ne smoke, clean, warm, healthy 2 te. we om and delictor [eas Lad C. Rammiing, 312 Pa. Ave. ASTHMA, Hay Fever and Catarrh, Oppression ESPIC Paris, J. Sausage | Fine Hams. Racon aad fafocation. Neuralgia. etc.. cured ty CIGARETTES, OR” POWDER. IC; New York, E. FOUGERA & CO SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Ge1-£.52t.14 3 Manufactu Sale Of Lace Curtains. We're always in the market for a good thing. This time we've bought op 4 manufacturer's Hue of Lace Curtains at a price that enables us to sell them 2 re es rers’ “ae to you at 2v toe 30 per cent less than regular figures. $1.50 Curtains.........$1.00 $3.00 Curtains.........$2.10 $5.00 Curtains. ererce 3 OF $12.00 Curtains + ++ -$8.00 - and Brass Red. Speci $3 kind of bed @ c ceeeeees BIOS special Sprirgs prices. The Houghton Co., ond Mattresses at LONE ORY HOODOO PIER OUT EH EN GODOT OD 1214 F St. Co. complete line of Lutz & Horse Blankets and Lap Rebes Ever seen before In this city. Sole Agerts for the “CONCORD Harness.” 497 PA. AVE. ining Ni POEL SLOT ETO POMS TDS HO-0-4 9 004 0O25 1e4 fonal Hotel. IRVE VAG Sore Throat, Pimples, Copper- GAVE VOU Siscea Spotty, Aches, ‘Old teres, Ulcers in Mouth Hajr- yee rite COUK BeM- EDY CO. 1688 MASONIC “TEMPLE, CHICAGO. L., tor proefs of cures. CAPITAL $500,000. erst cases cured in 15 to 85 DAYS. 100-PAGE OK FREE Rig ocl1-Im* SSS SPSSSOSSOS SS > STOP IT! suffer with that aching corn ap: Get rid of {t for good and it will cost you. “S. & 8S. TRE takes out both hard and soft the least pain—nevee fails Q 3 or ROSEMARY Bara keeps the 0 t) skin soft aua white. Oniy 2c. 0 > STEVENS’ ¢ , Q Gites) oth and Pa. Ave. 0 AST Is not a disease, but an irregularity of the eye. It causes severe head ache, which can be relieved only by proper glasses. Let us prescribe the kind necessary for you. . wee OPTICIANS, 1311 F Street. 703 ad A FACT. Burchell’s Spring Leaf Tea sold at 50c. and a war tax of toc. a pound gives more satisfaction to the lovers of good tea than many kinds sold for one dollar. 1325 F. Beveridge’s, 1215 F St. The Universal Chops all kinds of food into clean cut, uniform pieces, as fine or coarse as desired. It does the work of chop- ping bowl and knife, in 1-roth the time, with infinitely less labor, and much more perfectly. No quantity too small for chopping, there being no waste whatever. It chops a pound of meat a minute. Only $1.50. See it practically demonstrated on first floor. Illustrated catalogue mailed upon application. The trade supplied. The “Crystal Fountain” Filter Has proved itself the most practical and most satisfactory filter on the market Homes, boarding houses and hotels all praise it. Absolutely pure water, as clear as crystal, is as- sured by its use. “= $13.00 FIL- * $18.50 Blue and White Enamel Filter: with stone filtering disk, 10} inches -—only $3. i Beveridg Pottery, Porcelain, Glass, & 1215 F St. and 1214 G St. Dulin & Martin, Manager: These $2.85 SHOES are Undeniably a *3.50 grade. EYOND any doubt these are best values offered this season. You will not ihink of asking the the sacrifice when yor ard save as much as yeu cun during this sale, COO eo eer ererererererererrerecy Every pair in the offering ts fresh. new, uptodate, perfect—amonz them shoes for dress, for street and house eereerreee re ee eee eee eee ee eee eee ee ees ee ‘The ‘eathers, box calf, winter rus- set, willow If, seft dongola, dull . kid, plain The styles inelude eLSff all the new 1 S wees : 5 es : : ee x E & : iclaleanroe “CENT NECK WBan The price way uot be unusual. but the tles s Patterns, qnality and style that place them fur above their p: Is, 1329 F, a sampl Tee tus Rabuteau ' ‘Skin Food —Maxical in its beantifying ef- fects. Feeds the skin, rounds eut sunken places, removes wrinkles. ' Tlertz’s Pharmacy, 3 11th and F Sts. as wesc Se ts Shoes for the Children. no. Shirt to order. a asesronnentertly apateetentestoeetestonte 9 3ring the children with you tomorrow. Re Jesides the attraction $ for women that those & FOOT FORM os BOOTS we're closing it sete out at $3 make there are savings to be made in children’s shoes. Boys’ Casco Calf Shoes, for =< + heavy wear. Back stay—thick & but flexible = soles — $1.50 $ shoes, Ir to 1.24 2s—C, D&E Misses’ Button Shoes, Phila- delphia kid—full sete pet toe—patent tip, 12 to 13—B, C, D O8c. CUA OE RBCS cane Same shoes— sizes g, gt and 88c. OPES At the Big Electric Sign, F St., Cor. 13th. ,, areeadonreezeesenseesneseacenseeteeeaseeseageaaeasoepeseere ered cetrety ANGOSTURA BETPERS ARE INDORSED BY all the leading physicians and chemists for their purity avd wholesomeness. Beware of counter- feits and ask for the genuine article, prepared by Dr. J. G. B. Stegert & Sous. CRY OF DESPAIR FROM CUBA Colonel Carbonne fays the Army is Dying of Hunger. Secretary Alger’s Attention Called to the Situation—Promises to Take Action. The foilowing letter from Lieut. Col. Car- bonne of the Cuban army, now at Havana, has been received by Secretary Quesada of the Cuban delegation here, who has !aid it before Secretary Alger, with an urgent re- quest that steps be taken to relieve the ex- treme distress it sets forth. Lieut. Coi. Carbonne is the inventor of the explosive known as carbonite, and is regarded as the represeniative at Havana of the Cuban leaders and forces in the field. He writes s follows. the letter bearing date Havana, October + “I ain just back from the canip of Gen. Menocal. chief of our army in this prov ince. and let me tell you in some fuint way the true state ef our poor and suffering army an¢ ihe consequences that may come to the country if we do not find in 1 shorc time a remedy which will save us. The Cuban army is dying of hunger. - Such ter- rible words in no way exaggerate the act- ual conditions. Gen. Menocal took me to see his weak, tottering and squalid soldicrs —made so on account of the want of food and the actual necessaries of life—and to think that these men were in such a state by reason of obeying their chiefs, who de- sire, first of all, to respect the orders of the American government. “The Cuban leaders in camp told me to tell you that they will maintain resigna- tion and patience, and above all, faith in the American government and the worth President, Mr. McKinley, but at the sam) time let it be understood that we are hungry; that we have in the towns and fields of Cuba all that is needed in the way of food, but that we are forbidden to touch it by reason of the peace order They do not get from Havana one-fourth of what they need, and our soldiers are dying at the gates of the city for lack of food. What shall we do? ‘The time will come when we cannot bear it any long! and then what will be the result? “T returned diseonsolate t¢ Havana, and tried to get succor, but the people are already so poor that I obtained nothing. We went to the American commission, Which received us very weli ani offerel us much, but up to the present time they have giver us nothing. if by misfortune we are driven by the necessities of our army to get by force whar we need so as not to die of hunger, will the pecple of the United States condemn or will the na- tions of the world, which do rt know what is happening, judge us unworthy of the sympathy of the American people? We are very happy to your assur- ances as to our republic. er We ne doubted the good faith and generosity of the United States. To it we owe ih a plete liberty which we have been una abl oursely in many years to c s y Alger said th would he tele : . and Havans appropriate to the re+ THE COURTS. such ras were Court of Appeal tice, Ashley; argument Worthington for ap- John Ridout for appel- continued by pellee and t lant, and concluded by Mr, W. F. Mattingiy for appellant. M—Albaugh et al. agt. Litho Marble Decorating Company; motion to dismiss ap- peal of Harriet S. Blaine, Arthur L. Shree end Mr. W. Robinson Molinard submitted H. O'Connor in support of motion nited States Electric Lighting Com- agt. Metropolitan Club; continued. Iquity Court No. by 1—Justice Cox. In amendment granted. defendant required to counsel fees. Ament z Company 000 ordered n within five days after sale. Tallman agt. La Sha, auditor's report confirmed and dis- ribution ordered. Herbert agt. Herbert: ile on defendant, returnable November 8, re Catharine W. Clapp; leave to file Boody pal agt. alimon Ra Boody; nd Be! Ww eranted. d ugt. Spofford; divorce vin n nted. In re Nellie G. Cooksey. Matthews. Wm. H. Harvey, Mary Anderson, writs de lunatico inqairendo ordered to issue. Masonic Relief Associa- tion agt. Warren; leave to withdraw de- murrer and file wer granted. Kuppert agt. Washington Loan and Trust| Com- pany: pro confesso against ceriain defond- ants granted. Ctreuit Court No. 1—Justice Cole. Burke agt. McClellan et al.; motion for new trial filed. Saul agt. Smith; motion for new trial overruled and judgment. Smith agt. B. and P. R. R. Co.; demurrer to plea of limitation sustained. Healy agt. Capital Traction Company; demurrer to declaration sustatned with leave to plaintiff mend, plaintifY to give security by Jan- is, or $100 bond. Gordon agt. McGrath agt. same; do. Criminal Court No, 1—Chief Justice Bing- ham. United sagt. Wm. Webster, mur- der; detendant arraigned, plea not guilty. i States agt. Morgan Brown, man- slaughcer; do. United States agt! Edw. Tolson, assault to Kill; do. United State: agt. Charles Young, assault to kili; defend a ixned, plea guilty. United States ag nomas E. Berge, faise pr de- fendant arraigned, plea not guilt. United States agt. Clarenc James, adultery do. United States agt. John Dozier, fai pretenses; do. United States agt. Loumitta Pinnick, larceny from the person; do. Criminal Court No. United States agt violating section 546 -Justice B Frederick §. » R. 8. U. 8. Court—Justice Edward Brooks: petition for inistration filed. Estate of petition for probate of will ion ordered to issue. F tate of M. Reilly; will admitted to probate a . e of John H. Shannon; letters of adm‘nistration c. t. a. granted to Hdward H. Thomas: bond, $1,000. Estate of James McCandl adley, Coburn, on trial. Hagner. petition’ for letters of administration filed. Estate of Joseph E. Simms; commission ordered to issue. atc of James H. Granger; will admitted to probate and letters testament- ary granted to Wm. E. Jordan; bond, $3,000. istate of Helen E. Salkeld; proof of pub- lication. Estate of Alice Moran; exceptions to account filed. Estate of Mary A. Doni- Pl report of auditor filed. Estate of Hannah E. Green; will dated June 14, 1897, filed. Estate of John Hughes; will dated January 7, 1871, filed and proved. Estate of Anastasia Patten; order for Augusta P. Glover to appear November 18. Estate of Richard Smith; account filed. Estate of Margaret E. Becker; do. Estate of Alex. Y. P. Garnett; do. e of Henry Xan- der; do. Estate of Samuel Norment; do. Estate of Wm. E. Clark; do. Estate of Henry L. Cranfo: do. In re Margaret J. Cranford, guardian; do. = TRUE BILLS RETURNED. Grand Jary Indicts Wm. Webster for Murder—Other Cases. ‘The grand jury this afternoon reported an indictment against William Webster, charging him with the murder of James Shoemaker by inflicting such wounds, the 80th of last May, that Shoemak+r died therefrom the 29th of June. Webster, who is a one-armed man, was arraigned today before Chief Justice Bjng- ham in Criminal Court No. 1, and entered a plea of not guilty. His attorney is Mr. S. Db. Truitt. An indictment for manslaught2r was re- ported by the grand jury against Morgan Brown. He is held responsible for the death of Eugene W. Queen, who, it ts charged, Was stabb-d and instantly killed by Brown, October 10 last. When arraigned, Brown entered a plea of not guilty. At the trial the defendant's case will be conducted by Attorney Campbell Carrington. Assault with intent to kill is the charge set forth in an indictmant reported this afternoon against Charles Young. He, it is alleged, attempted to end the life of Charles W. Leannarda, October 19 Jast. Young pleaded guilty when arraigned. He was remand2d to await sentence. Other indictments reported this afternoon and the pleas entered were: Edward Tolson, assault to kill; plea not guilty. Jobn Dozier, false pretenses; ploa not guilty. Thomas C. Berge, false pre- tenses; plea, not guilty. William M. Storch, false pretenses; not arraigned. Clarence B. James, adultery; plea, not gulity. Lou- nitta Pinnick, larceny from the person; plea, not guilty. |e = | Dldorberg ! FT sak Yom Two-fold attractions in millinery. We trim all hats free of charge and put forth a host of special offerings of some special values that haven't known an equal in a long “The Depen outer= Store’’= { The purchase of samples is tl pecially when we could offer then the usual prices. The purchase is one of the m Ladies’ & misses’ j ‘The entire line of “'s of the best knewn make the let—and made a ished as all samples are, lish kerseys—some of them are finished with stylish strap season's med with si with fancy Seal plush capes, A lot of fine quality silk seal plush capes, the new-style -bapks, which are Worth $20, for $5.50. nd are trimmed with ina: dable Store.” 924-926-928 7th st., running through to 704-706 K st. Im portant purchaseof ladies’ fine suits, wraps & waists. Immense quantities of ladies’ finest made garments have come to “The Dependabie a maker’s entire line of samples--and they go on sale tomorrow morning at prices that establish a new record in retail selling-- that know no precedent. he result of earnest angling—for we recognized the value of securing garments as fine as these—es- n at a third and a fourth less than nost important this store has ever made—the superior workmanship and fine finish—as well as the faultless style of every garment bought—make the event of the most extraordinary interest to every particular woman. Don't miss the sale—make sure of securing the choicest sam- ples in the lots by coming tomorrow morning. worthup 9 to $18, in New York city. consist of for $8-98 y—not two alike in kets of the finest Enx- ‘eo made up in the i line hout n, ackets ‘The lic braid worth sh for $5.50. richly Jetted and braided or plain—whic have rten cr thibet fur—all the correct lengths— Silk velour & silk seal plush capes, time. Two reasons for your presence Special prices mean somethin every instance—the giving of mor can possibly get elsewhere. There millinery buying at this store—sty’ should be. Short-back yacht bats, with cable edge, in black all of fashion’s latest co that rre worth 49¢.—will go down 25c for a day to.. Very fine quality wool felt hats. in all | the new shapes—the lot includes children's | fats—every wanted color that's fashionable | among thera—-will god 0 aay to. ae. 49C. We'll put on sale a special Slish fedora hats, so muc et wear—in all’ the leading coj- for a day at t of Ladies” mand for 48c. st ors and in blac here tomorrow. g here—an actual reduction in ¢ value for your money than you “s worth and satisfaction in your | are correct—qualities all they les Bbite meremy wings, of very sn ii quality er than the waual sort Swill go fora day. per pairs at LOE. | We put on sale a lot of ladies’ and chil dien’s hats which are ed in the most we have to ask $3.50 for usually Tor ‘only : $2.50 || Ladies’ $2.50 & $3 custom-made shoes, Ladies” finest grades of custom-made lace a shapes —Ki1, cloth tops—cork er pl box calf, ke1garve and dongola ail per ferproof soles—flexible and comfertibh and ¥ pair warranted. Regular seliiag p Stores $3.00. Special only for tomorrow Misses’ $1.50 shoes for $1.17 Misses’ excellent-wearing Lae heels, extra back straps, both on designs in tips—all shape toes—light or doubl. ranted to wear—all sizes—Regular selling price, Note these specials in shoe department. Children’s full-cnt_ Jersey leggins—for one di Ladies’ fall-cut Jersey leggins—for one. di ide and tn Top coats and reefers for manly boys.) We have the largest assortme: fit boys from 3 to 19 years a moth ities are perfect in their excellence. cloth and color. It’s an acknowl most half what other clothiers ask—any mother who buys here will bear willing testimony to that. Lot of boys’ very fine quality a and tan covert top coats, In sizes with either wool, plaid, serge or Italian ever made for bors—the same oves that 1 and button she $1.87. ml button ehoes. ait soles—extension or made in the best man M sizes and widths 50, and most shoe in any ef the rew and pe $1.87 | extra slugged spring | le ry pair war st pecial price... 4 i, lay only . Bee. ) lay only + Bde iH H nt of boys’ top coats and reefers to er could wish for—styles and qual- Every style that comes—evi edged fact that our pTices are al- blue and black raw-elge kersey and 6 years—with or without velvet collars the finest. the most stylish garments ask $8 ind $10 for here at 2 Boys’ asual $5 navy blue chinchilla reefers, in large and small krote ! | Zt worth up for § 1 2 08 or storin collars—in sizes 3 to 14 sears—a wpleadid quality warm and confor i to $25, é A WII be here tomorrow at ; Lot of handgome silk velour and slik seal plush capes, which are most elaborately trim: 1a GOOF giuallty navy blue chinchilla reefers, with sailor collar lined with heavy, warm med, and have the pew floance ruffles-—others are plaln—handsomely lined and edged with either prasad ce Good E50 valuc—sines BS to 8 $1.69 a een or Persian fur—in all lengths—sueh values that sell regularly up to $25. will mies see teeere . eebeckaskapes’ . \ e e ’ e © ° Tailor-made suits, “" for $11.50 Offerings in boys’ suits & shirt waists | =I ts, 18, °| ° Bors’ very fine quality all-wool Scotch plaid cheviot sults, In very nobby light and da i auloceNllennone tale de mitee on ene rae Sr i plaid effects—which are thoroughly well-made and gs perfect ti lng rd pitted mer y) “3 | Cars Ferien ee serne, i navy, roy sailed, have garments ever were—the same grade for which others get $4 and $O—at ‘ $ 98 \i mew at colors In co rt cloth sults, with the new’ flare skirts, white y worth $18, Boys’ laundered percale shirt waists—in sizes 6 10 14 with strt collars—in a new ansort | | ment of pretty pattern ed “Purltan” watsts—and sold regu. 39¢. ! arly a or. Si worth ae i Silk waists, Fs 3.08, New Hine of Jays’ laundered {Rith white bodies, oF colored all ARE NE kK t. A waist that i i | Bee eae Eiderdown dressing sacques, 59c. H a for yc 12 hot of ladies’ ty eiderdown dress sacques—in pink, bi il on gy ers rable tare worth very much more—for hits } 1 S Jac € S, $s. or ° 5 Idu't save a cent by doing it When it’s possible to get ube ine snaen HH i Lot of elifldrer’s Jackets. made of Kerseys, plain and two-toned bouctes and fancy =X ie | i a conan a ys. pl ned bonetes and fancy cloths, { # th 1 or ye aul ne and in all the fashio F 7 2 { : us hat will please any for $2.08, A lot of ladies’ all-wool waists 3 collarette specials worth $2 to $2.75, will go for $1.48 i] ° A special sale of ladies’ fine valsts that we ended to re 5 (tl i for $148. came this week at @ epecial conmenion teats, t i ||| Heavy enrle@ black astra. Electric seal collarettes, Real skunk far collar. off bis hands. ‘The lot is a nsisting. as it does. of all-w aids atl-wool il i } t with astrakhan oor plai poder aes Sa J it eo as sty 7 ? jj] Kuan fur conarettes, which | yokes and Ione tale qe ettes—extra full and fumy— z most popular colors fashion's tntest aie rica {i e | med with” tans and | wy aba Sea of them are finished most thoro eae: |] are worth tined = with lored | sant nts. You can see for yourself thec're $20 to § values. . Any of them for — {il Haren eee aS 98 satin — worth $¢ $3.98 | marten tur taits $8.98 8, though—thank the maker for bs willingness to accept less thati the uswal whalestie H } fe " pores ° | worth $15—tor ° | i} . \V | 2 toil : No need to praise Values in underwear. | | t t i q Three lots that speak eloquently of the ad ili ra Save on toilet articles the hosiery. pantages of tniying here that uature Of aa Prices 4ré:very mutch less than any one else asks—vyou cannot Hostery was the store's first love—hss al- ng. that bring a ae ae i i ye Rees Gee nn oes eee 2 ways been one of the old standbys. Folks ular 250, dined “= fail to have Noticed it if you have ever visited this part of the store. have been busing hosiery here for years and path perfect anting ed ‘or spond i Get i the ie or Cnane here ee your toilet articles—take that ities canst be Tight ia Oona ee Gone quality which we shall offer at Wwe, Touble—and you'll find yourself much money in pocket. You c. uae Se ae ay } ? 7 . © . can But the second i $ he ? town might be proud of—sell as much as B js one of the best values judge from these: any store without. ‘Two hints: Price a Tot tren h, Came {0 Us at 8 apectal ° aquallty ata ents @ box for the regular 10c. sort of 7 cents for the regulur Se. size of Conti's figure you'd hardly expect to get a quelity ‘ 5 Se. size of Co half so good for. cor o 4 for the regul thread double knee and sole fast bl —and we can offer you such splendid values |} extracts—cholee of 18 1 and 39¢. fi —in all sizes up to 10—a specially good as these: as | e sopply the bott slish bristle hair brashes. nest QR eS BS Ta) ae ood as Ladies’ silk-combed Egyptian ribbed fall. \ a pay c tor i fashioned vests and pants -splendidl i HI 136. me sort of and finisbed—and us perfect fitting I quality’ witch bazel you usually pay 2 fosth Surushies that i aa SA Sere ever sold—a genuine bargain at 75 HY {| i ere else. 250 dozen men's seamless fas: blac! — — | for. Beso ats ee halt hose aplendid’qeality that bes al: The next is a lot of children’s balbri | 4 cents tomorcow for silver turtle ping, ways given the greatest amount of satisfac- rivbed union saits—splendidi: made snd ||} 38 £ gr \]) with fancy stone settings—ysou know what We. for Urase-tramed: hand tion—car Best seller at 12%c.—for...... ec. nicely finished—a grade the | others ask for them, of cours 1 painted medaiiion pletures, 3 pairs for 2c. under 39¢.—for poe ii i 1 ie —— = == = =: = = LETTERS ABOUT PENSIONS Large Amount of Mail Received by Commis- sioner Evans. Some Sample Communications— Prompt Replies Ordered to AN the Correspondence. y Evans, commissioner of pensions, receives upward of one hundred personal letters daily. This takes no account of the mass of impersonal aud official communi- cations. It is not strange that complaint should be, heard row and then from an expectant writer that he has failed to re- ceive a reply. The bureau of pensions as a governmental concern is nearest to the largest class of citizens. Estimating that each payment to a pensioner directly af- fects five persons, comprising his family or household associates, there are five million pairs of anxious eyes turned toward the pension bureau every three months. There are eighteen pension Agencies to make these payments on the following schedule: Augusta, Maine; Boston, Columbus, Ohio; Detroit, San Francisco and Washington pay March 4, June 4, September 4 and De- cember 4. Buffalo, Chicago, Concord, Des Moines, Milwaukee and Pittsburg pay Jan- uary 4. April 4, July 4 and October 4.. In- dianapolis, Knozville, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia afid Topeka pay february 4, May 4, August’4 atid November 4. Some Sample Letters. The total numbersof pieces of mail mat- ter, both incomingand outgoing, hand'ed daily by the mail division average oat 20,000. Above, fifty persons are steadily so employed. Of letters alone, aside from evidence, declarations, applications and “congressionalsi"” there are re ed 3,000, Still there are many ostensib'y inteHigent persons who write the commissioner about | as follows: “Ploase,advise me how ycu can act on my recent #etfer.”” Or, “1 wrote you a month ago calli our attention to cer- tain matters, bat féceived uo reply. Now I address you fersdhally, expecting proper attention.” Bglow are two letters ver- batim: ages “Henry Gray’ and Lucian Brown goes fishing four miles ‘to the river every day all summer. Grape’ wine and vicious hab- its.” “Please send to my address ali the names | of the Joneses and Wilifamses, and their addresses on your pension roll. This is merely to be informed of our relationship to the above. Thanking yon for’a brief reply, yours, etc." Think of it—‘a brief reply!” Every letter or paper pertinent to a pen- sion claim is placed in the claim for file. ‘Therefore, unless the name and service of soldier or claimant, number of claim or certificate be given In every instance, the proper case cannot well be identified. If the same person writes to the pension bu- reau every week concerning the ciaim of, say, Albert Hawkins, Company D, 65th Ohio Infantry, the matter wil always te- ceive attention. But when ne refers to the claim merely as ‘of “Albert Hawkins,” or “Albert Hawkins of Painvijle,” there is a chance -that the letter will be ‘aid aside to attend to others giying prover data. How- ever, even in such event it ts the estab- d practice to return the paper to its sender for insertion of the required title. Prompt Replies. The commissioner has adopted every practicable method to secure to all persons in correspondence with himself or the bu- reau prompt and intelligent consideration. He holds his chiefs of division to strict personal account for lapses of suct. kinds, as the commissioner mu: gieat bulk of official matter on!y throuzh their eyes. Also, he mu: of nece: depend upon their discretion as to which letters do and which do not require or merit re- ply. The commissioner's personal letters | are answered the day of their receipt. He considers a courteous reply due every per- son who addresses him. = rr THE SIERRA BEAR. | He Eats Everything, and Yet His Di- gestion is Marvelous. From the Atlantle Monthly. In this happy land no famine comes nigh the Sierra bear. All the year round his ' bread is sure, for some of the thousand Kinds that he likes are always ir season | and accessible, ranged on the shelves of the | mountains like stores In a pantry. From cne to the other, from climate to climate, up and down he climbs, feasting on each in turn, enjoying as great variety us if he traveled to far-off countries north and south. To him almost everything is food except granite. Every tree helps to feed him, and every bush and herb, with fruits end flowers, leaves and bark, and almost everything living or dead within reach, animals and insects,—badgers, gopkers. ground squirrels, lizards, snakes, etc., and ants, bees, wasps, old and young, together with their eggs and larvae, and their moss, eTass, and paper nests. Craunched and hashed, down all go to his marvelous stomach, and vanish as if cast into a fire. What digestion! A sheep or wounded deer or a pig he eats warm about as quick'y as a boy eats a buttered muffin; or, should the meat be a month old, ft still is we!- comed with tremendous relish. After <o gross a meal as this, perhaps the next will be strawberries and clover, or raspberries with mushrocms and nuts, or puckery acorns and choke-cherries. And, as if fearing that anything eatable in all hi Gominions should escape being eaten. he breaks into cabins to look after sugar, dried apples, bacon, ete.; and if still bungry. he eats the mountaineer's bed, but when he has had a full meal of more tempting daintles he usually leaves it undisturbed, though he has becn known to drag it up through a hole in the roof, carry it to the fcot of a tree, and He down on it to enjoy a siesta. Eating everything, never is he 1 rimse?f eaten except by man, and man alone is an enemy to be feared. “Bear meat.” said a hunter from whom T was seeking information—“bar meat is the best meat in the meuntairs; their skins make the best beds and their grease the best butter. Biscult shortened with bar grease goes as far as beans; a man will walk ail day cn a couple of them bieuit.’ SSRAES The Sign Was True. From Life. Mr. Bicker—“It’s my own fault. I knew that red hair was a sign of bad temper wheo I married you.”” Mrs. pers at least you canvot say I am deceitful.” Mr. Bicker—“No, you are not deceitful. You've got the bad temper all right.” It to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are filled through them. ‘STUDY OF MALARIAL DISEASE Efforts to Reach a Clear Understanding Under Koch’s Lead. Medical Officers to Be Sent to the Colonial Possessions of Germany— Consul General Mason's Report. Consul General Mason at Frankfort has made an interesting report to the State De- partment in regard to the efforts that Ger- many ig making under the lead of Pro- fessor Koch, her foremost bacteriologist, to reach a clear understanding of and more potent mastery over malarial disease, which now makes desert some of the fairest and most fertile regions of the earth. To this end medical officers are to be sent to the colonial possessions of Germany. They will nave special scientific training in the diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of malarial disease, and their work is in- tended to aid in the systematic develop- ment of Germany's colonial possessions and foreign trade. Besides these preparations for prolonged {and systematic observation, Professor Koch has appealed to the Prussian ministry of medical affairs for two further scientific expeditions for the purpose of completing thoroughly the preliminary studies which he has made in Italy, Africa and India. Ac- cording to the announced plan, one of these commissions will be limited to three months and be assigned to the study of malaria in Greece and Italy, in which coun- tries the climatic conditions are to some extent influenced by bad drainage and in- sanitary habits of the people in old and badly constructed cities. The second expedition is to occupy two years and make an exhaustive study of malaria at the deadliest fever districts of New Guinea, East Africa and India. Dr. Koch recently left Rome, after six weeks of study in the hospitals where are treated cases of Roman and Campagna fevers, and in which he has been aided by the foremost specialists of Italy. As a re- Suit of these studies, it is now declared that the malarial fevers of Italy are identical in cause and general character with those of East Africa, and it ts believed that science Is on the eve of a decisive victory over this whole groun of maladies by means of liquid injections of quinine into the pulse vein The importance of this discovery to Italy will be evident from the fact that of the sixty-nine departments into which that kingdom is divided. only six are absolutely free from malaria, and 1,200 square miles, including some of the most ferti’e districts of Italy. are, like the whole southeastern coast of Corsica and much of Sardinia, practically uninhabitable on account of ma- larial disease. Consn? General. Mason says: “Among the other interesting deductions of Professor Koch is his freety expressed opinion that the indiscriminate use of auinine as a pro- phylactic in malarial countries Is attended ‘with great danger, and is in many cases the Indirect cause of the nernicious ‘black- water’ fever, one of the most virulent forms of malarial disease. The very cen- eral practice amone persons coming from temperate to tronical latitnies of satur- ating their svstems with auinine taken in irrerular and often excessive doses is_vie- orously condemned far two reasons: First. because it seriously weakens the actfon of the heart, and, second, because the system. having become innured to the drug, fails to respond to quinine treatment in case of actual sickness, The efficiency of the drug having by hausted as a preventive, it has no long | any important value as a remedy; and + perience shows that a person debilitated by the excessive use of quinine may take malarial fever and die of it like any one else. Prof. Koch even goes so far as to assert that the increased 4 rate in certain portions of West Africa, where the conditions of living have been greatly im- proved during the past ten is due ldrgely to the increased and indiscriminate lise of quinine caused by its greater cheap- hess and the ease with which it can now be obtained. He also states that on the western coast of Africa, where all forms | of malarial fever are especially virulent cases of the intermittent type which have resisted even heroic doses of quinine have been mastered by the use of arsenic. It | 4s well, however, to remember in this con- | nection that a certain antipathy to qui- nine and a preference for arsenic as a rem- edy for certain fevers is a marked and well-known pecularity of the German school of medicine, in respect to which {ts opinions are in sharp disagreement with those of physidans in some other coun- tries, notably the United States. “Another fact noticed and mentioned by Prof. Koch during his studies in Africa and India is that women withstand exposure to ‘malarial climates far better than men, During the appallirg mortality on the Gold Coast within the past four years, says the report, there was hardly a death among the women living out there, while every Kind of man was dying—men new to the tropics, men born in them, men who had been accustomed to them for years, even men who had battled with the ravages of West Africa for upward of ten years. “The attempt to explain this anomaly by the fact that men are, as a rule, more ex- posed to the hot sun of day and the mias- ma of right failed in presence of the fact that the death rate was highest among officials, merchants and employes who work in offices, barks and warehouses, where no exposure to weather is involved and where medical attendance, food and all conditions of living are the best ob- tainable in that country. Tke fact that black-water fever, so deadly to male Bu- ropeans, almost never attacked women, and that no physician has yet offered any reasonably conclusive explanation of such discrimination, flustrates how far medical science is yet from a full understanding of malarial disease and how long and diffi- cult a toad is yet to be traversed before the risks incurred by northern civilization in the effort to reclaim and civilize the tropics will be reduced, through exact knowledge and scientific practice, to a min- ———__o+___—__ Animal Affection. From the New York Herald. Port Jervis hunters drove into town this morning with the carcass of a 250-pound deer, which Sam Vaninwegan shot in the woods near Cahoonsie, five miles west of here, yesterday. The deer lost its life owing to its over- fondness for an Alderney heifer belonging to Abel Bugsbee, Each day she persisted in jumping a fence and seeking her wild companion. The farmer called the atten- tion of the sportsmen to the peculiar at- tachment and they soon found the. animal. All attempts to frighten the buck away failed when the law against killing was in force, as the animal seemed idath to leave the neighborhood If you want work read the want columns of The Star. ~