Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 1, 1894, Page 6

" OFFICE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, NO. 12 PEARL STREET. Delivered by carrier to any part of the city. H. W. TILTON, Lesste. TELEPIONES—Business office, No. 43; _— MINOR MENTION. night Mayne Real Estate agency, 539 Broadway. Joseph L. Lidgett took out a permit yes- terday to erect a $1,500 residence in Babbitt's Place. Blufts division No. 27, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, meets tonight at Knights of Pythlas hall. A marriage license was issued yesterday to T. N. Thulin, aged 23, and Reka Okeson, | aged 24, both of Council Bluffs. The Ladies Ald soclety of St. John's Eng- lish Lutheran church meets this afternoon at the residence of Mrs. G. W. Snyder, 217 South Seventh street. Pilgrim Sisters academy No. 1 will meet In regular session at 7:30 this evening in their rooms in the Brown building. Initfa- tlon at 8 p. m. sharp. The Council Bluffs Juniors and School Junfors will play. foot ball this noon at 2:30 o'clock at the grounds, of Twenty-first street and Fourth avenue, Alice Wilson, who has Deen serving out the first part of a police court sentence, has been released by order of Judge McGe condition of her leaving the city by Monday noon. The ladies of §t. Francis Xavier's Catholic church gave a soclal last evening for the benefit of the poor. A program of recitations and musical selections was presented and enjoyed by a good-sized audience Amy Holt, a young lady who was attend- ing a dance at the Woodmen's in the Mer- riam_block Thursday night, was suddenly attacked with hysteria and had to be re- moved, She was taken to a hospital for treatment. Ike Pearlstein, who has been making bold bluffs lately that no policeman in Council Bluffs was smart enough to get him, turned up at the city jall yesterday with the charge of pedd:ing without a license entered against He is still behind the bars. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Moyers cntertained a number of their friends last evening at their Broadway residence. Among the guests wera Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson, Mr. anl Mrs. George S. Davis, Mrs. Alien, Mrs. Bray, Miss L'ttie Armour and Dr. F. T. Seybert. The praise and Thanksgiving tervice by the Epworth Sunday school was well re dered before a large and appreciative audi- ence. The pastor was greatly encouraged by the words of the superintendent, as well as the generous thank offering of the con- gregation. The DeLong Industrial is inoreasing In in- terest with each session and before long will have to abandon the present tem- porary quarters at 161 Broadway and secure a largersplace. Mr. DeL ng aiways invites visitors. Those who visit the school this afternoon at 2:30 will feel that the time is well spent. The students at the Council Bluffs Med- feal college enjoyed Thanksgiviog in the way students have, by absorbing a supper of colossal proportions and following it uf with speeches, songs and other amusements. The faculty were not cxpected, but some of them dropped in nevertheless, and enjoyed the entertalnment provided as much as any of the younger men. Dr. V. L. Treynor is suffering from the effects of a bad fall he had Thursday whilc walking on some grass that was wet and slippery. He fell, and in trying to save himself, struck his hand on the ground with such force as to break one of the bones in the plam. His hand will be entirely *dis- abled for some time to come, and as his right is the afilicted member, he suffers some incovenience, St. Andrew's soclety had its annual cele- bration of St. Andrew's day last evening at the Knights of Pythias hall in the Merriam block. Like all tha entertainments given by this soclety, formality was thrown to the winds and everybody tried to have a good time, with the result that everybody “suc- ceeded. An elegant supper was followed by dancing, there being a program of eighteen numbers, to orchestral music. Miss Lottle Armour, who has made her home for some time with M. F. Rohrer on Vine street, is to be married at the Paxton hotel in Omaha this afterncon to Mr. James Ward, a traveling-man from Sioux City. Miss Armour is the daughter of tho late Phil Ar- mour, who, perhaps, was as wide and fayor- ably known as any man who ever lived in Council Bluffs. She has a host of friends who will extend congratulations and best ‘wishes. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bierworth gave a dinner party Thursday at which were pres- ent: Mr. and Mrs. Swickard, Clara Swickard of Omaha, Mr. Urmey, Carl and Harry Urmey, P. J. Wolf, Mrs. ‘Boysen and Mrs. Grace d'Urre. The evening was spent in playing high .five, la nain jeune, la jue de l'ofe, and the like, Mrs, Swickard taking first prize and Mr. Wolf booby. Mrs. Grace d'Urr: presided at the Tom and Jerry bowl in a very graceful man- ner. John Coyle was treid before Justice Field yesterday on the charg: of assaulting and battering Charles Goldapp and found not gullty after a very few minutes’ deliberation on the part of the jury. The attorneys for the defense intimate that contempt pro- coedings may be Instituted against some of the parties interested in the case, growing out of the alleged drinking of whisky by some of the jurymen at the expense of the de- fendant. fter- ner and We have two nice six-room cottages on Avenue G, near Twenty-ninth street, which we will sell at a bargain if taken at once. Bay window, good cellar, water in yard, large lot. Small payment down and balance in Installments. Lougee & Towle, 235 Pearl street, Bouriclus' music house has few expenses; high grade piancs are sold reasonabiy, 116 Btuteman street. Tho laundries uee Domestic soap. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. J. W. Dillon of Neola was In the city yes- terday. Mrs. D. G. Clerk has gone to Florida to spend the winter. . Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brooks, 1026 Avenue J, a daughter. Mre. W. A. Maxwell of Avoca has been visiting Miss Hazen, on Seventh street. Percy Hough has returned from Wyoming, where he has been on a ranch all sum- mer. Mrs. H. C. Reller has returned to her home In Lincoln after a visit with her son, Dr. Reller. H. G. Huntington, a traveling man of St. Anthony Park, Minn., s in the city visiting friends, G, A. Yancy returned from a trip on the road to spend Thanksglving with his family in this city, Misses Gertrude Bennett, Carrle Schoent- &en and Irene Test spent Thanksgiving in Shenandoah. E. H. Haworth has returned from ‘a business trip of two months in the eastern part of the state. W. J. Gratian, formerly of this city, but now of Des Moines, Is visiting here and will remain over Sunda; Miss Polly Green, daughter of Thomas Green of this city, is at Orlando, Cal,, very low with consumptio H. E. Murphy of O'Neill, Neb., is in the city, the guest of J. B. Fulton. Mr. Murpay is serving his second term as county attor- ney of Holt county. Mrs. Nellle Bangs Skelton, who has been visiting her Council Blufts friends for the past month, left yesterday for her home in Chicago, accompanied by Mrs. W. F. Sapp. Miss Ollle Clark, formerly one of the “hello” girls in the Council Bluffs telephone office, has returned from Denver, where she has been occupying & like position for the Ppast two years and a halt. She will remain at home until spring. Eagle laundry, 134 Brosdway, for good work. Tel. Il‘& James & O'Keefe, real and nsurance, | Oil cake, $1.40 per sack ar Davia', | Pemestio soap breaks bard water, High | on | Sadie and | Mrs. | | aged, | from 8100 Western Towa Conferenca of the Lutheran 8ynod Wil' Meet Here Next Wesk. THREE DAYS' SESSION IS PRCMISED Delegates Coming from as Fi Newton - Begins With Special So on Tuesday Night—Important Matters Are Coming Up. East as on A conyention of the Western Towa confer- ence of the Lutheran synod will be held in Council Bluffs next week, commencing De- cember 4, and lasting three days. This con- ference includes the western half of Iowa and reaches as far east as Newton. Quite a number of delegates will be present. All the meetings will be held in James' ha'l, 17 Pearl street. The convention will begin at 7:80 o'clock Tuesday evening with half an hour's song service, which will be followed by a sirmon by Rev. S. B. Barnitz, D.D., cf Des Moines, western secretary of the Board of Missions, Wednesday there will be a busi- ness session at 2 o'clock, to be followed at 2:30 by addresses by Rev. J. C. Jacoby of Newton and Rev. A. J. Tukle of Omaha, There will be a question box, superintended by Rev. Luther M. Kuhns of Omaha. In the evening Rev. C. Jacoby will give an ad- dress before the young peopl: and Rev. A, B. Schrader of Nevada will preach. Thursday afternoon there will also be services, ad- dresses and a question box. QUANTITIES LIMITED, Prices th and get went Call early first choice, made to close out quick. Ladies’ kid gloves, misfits, 19¢ a pair. Odds gnd ends In ladies’ kid gloves, worth to $1.75 a pair, to close, 3¢ a Prices slightly dam- pair. Ladies' heavy black mittens, quality, now 15c a pair. Children’s all wool scarlet undery sizes, worth up to 75 each, to close, for any size. Ladies' heavy each Ladies' fine cashmere hose de, reduced to 19c or 3 for ““Three pair to a customer.” 18c Angora wool, 1 10c Saxony, all colors, 6c skein. Standard prints, regular 4c grade, now 2%c vard. Regular 10c outing flannel for 6%4c yard. c_outing flannel now 6 a yard. 200 dozen gents' necktles, all novelties, from 25c to $1.50 each. Best line of 50 neckwear in the city. DRESS GOODS. 69c French flannels, to close, at 25¢ a yard b4-inch novelty dress goods, worth from 5 to $1.39 a yard, to close, 56lsc yard New assortment.” $1 and_$1.25 silk and wool duced to 77c a yard. bargains.” ASTRAKHAN CAPES. Astrakhan cape, full sweep, worth $12, re- duced to $8.98. A bargain. Moire astrakhan, 27 inches long, full sweep, elegant lining, at $16.50, $17.50 and $19. 30-nch molre astrakhan cape, extra qual- ity, for $22, worth $30. BOSTON STORE, FOWLER, DICK & WALKER, Council Bluffs, Towa. N. B.—Grand holiday opening Tuesday night, December 4, regular ribbed underwear, 12%c regular 40c the latest novelties, re- “Don't fail to see these Llstrict Court News, The trial of the case of Anna Swaney against Guanella & Mitchell was resumed vesterday morning in the district court. C. R. Mitchell, one of th> defendants, was put upon the stand, and swore that he had not been warned of the unsafe condition of the bank, whese caving in caused Swanay's death, as some of the witnesses for the plaintiff had testified. The case was given to the Jury about 3:30 o'clock. The $2,000 damage suit of Peter C. Miller against F. R. Beck & Co. for the wrongful sulng of a writ of attachment occupied the latter-part of the day, and will probably re- quire most of today to finish it. Dora Hesley has commenced a suit against Fred Hesley on account of the latter's failuro to pay the saloon tax required by the mulct law. She leased the property in question in the town of Minden last February, but in- stead of keeping the liquor tax paid up to date he has allowed a liquor tax of $200 to accumulate. She wants him removed from the premises. J. G. Huber sued out a writ of injunction to restain Louls Jordan from selling 600 bushels of corn which he raised on the farm he leased from Huber. Two notes, aggre- gating §$450 were given, covering the amount of the rental, and now the plaintift alleges that the defendant has sold a part of the farm product, and will sell the rest unless prevented by the court. Encourage Them, The TInnisfail Philharmonic and Dramatic club, one of the best amateur organizations in the west, will hold down the boards at Doha- ny's Thursday, December 6, in a neat New England drama, entitled, “‘Placer Gold."” This will be one of the best efforts of the club, and will undoubtedly bring forth the “standing room only" sign. It is given for the benefit of St. Bernard's hospital, and the young people should be encouraged for their trouble and pains In helping such a worthy object. Fill the house and you will never regret having spent 50 cents for so good an entertainment and so worthy a cause, A Square Too And a square deal go together when Byers, the shoe man, makes the deal. The new square toe shoes delight the ladies. Washerwomen use Domestio scap. Puplls Didn't Appreciafe Tt, There was supposed to be school in all the echools of the city yesterday, but there is considerable room for doubt as to whether the youngsters derived much benefit from thelr wrestling with cube root and participial adjectives. It was the first time in a good many years that they had not been allowed to spend the day after Thanksgiving in re- cuperating. The school board decided that there was no use In paying the teachers for not teaching on that day, nor in shutting up shop and depriving the children of the wonderful benefit of a day of toll. But the arrangement did not meet with the approba- tion of either teachers or pupils. Several of the teachers told their pupils that they would not be marked down if they did not attend, although they would ba perfectly welcome if they chose to come. It s needless to say the attendance was not very large in those rooms, but the teachers went through the motions and drew their pay notwithstanding. In other rooms a good many of the children assumed the responsibility themselves of staying away, 50 that the attendance was very small throughout. It is evident that public sentiment is not yet educated up to the point of having school on the day after Thanksgiving Lost, fine new seal plush cape, satin lined, fur trimmed, Tuesday afterncon in eastern part of town. Lost from buggy while deliv- ering. Return to our store and get reward. Bennison Bros. Grand Hotel, Councll Newly furniched. Every modern con venlence. First class In all respects. Rate $2.50 to $3.00. CLARK, Proprietor. Dry pine kicdliug for Cheaper than Gabs. H. A. Cox, 31 Main stieet. Telophons Belected hard wood for heating stoves. H. A. COX, 37 Maln street. Tel. 4% Dr. I. U. Parsons, Archer block. Tel. 213. Hughes Was Well Remembored. Oscar Hughes, a young teamster, has not been seen about Council Bluffs for the past twelve months, but he was seen yesterday, and now he is enjoying & palatial apartment in the city jall, while the book says he committed larceny. A year ago an old man named James Middieton left his trunk at the house of Hughes' stepfather on Avenue C, not having any other place to keep it. One nlght young Hughes went through It, luffs, Reopinal. | | THE OMAMA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1804. two chains, revolves that he thought sulted his pa style of beauty, and left town. A warrant was sworn out for his arrest, but It was not served until yesterday. Hughes admitted taking the stuff, but he is unable to throw any light upon the subject of its present whereabouts, OVERSTOUKED, ‘We Need Money. And if you need the goods the following prices should effect an exchange: Axminsters, $1.25 a yard. Moquettes, $1.00. Velvets, 85c. Body Brussels, 85¢ to $1.00, Tapestry Brussels, 45c to 86c. Ingrains (all wool), 60c to 60c. Ingrains (unions), 46c. Ingrains (double cottons), 22c to 36e. These prices are for cash oniy. COUNCIL BLUFFS CARPET CO., 407 Broadway. For Sale—Encyclopedia Britannica, **World- Herald" edition, silk cloth binding, 25 vol- umes, with American additions and revisions up to the World's fair. 1 pald $49 for it. Will take cash or payments. Address James Harding, Bee office, Council Bluffs, Copps Cheer « nd Herb Tonie Can be purchased only of the G. R. Wheeler Brewing company, Wheeler & Hereld, Coun- il Bluffs, Ia. oves for rent and for sale at ‘Ten per cent discount on ail trimmed hats this week at Miss Ragdale's Lawson and Mabee. Chester 8. Lawson of this city and Miss Rose Mabee of Malvern were married Thanks- giving day at the residence of Mrs. Gidley in Malvern. The ceremony was performed at high noon by Rev. W. J. Watson and was witnessed only by a very few Intimate friends. The bride is a prominent young lady in the social circles of Malvern, and has occuplel the position of assistant post- mistress. Mr. Lawson has been for eight years past a postal clerk on the Chicago, Milwaakee and St. Paul railway, and is well known in this city, which has béen his home from boyhood. Mr. and Mre. Lawson ar- rived here on the evening train and took up their residence at 1704 Fourth avenue, where they will receive their friends after December 15. No card Miss Rice will hold a sale of art needle- work and china paintings Tuesday and Wednesday, December 4 and 5, at 128 Fourth strect, Al are invited. At Grand Hotel Postal Telegraph office shorthand reporter and typewriter will write letters, depositions, etc., very cheap. Ground oil cake $1.30 hhd. Co.'s drug store, 134 Broadwa: at Morgan & Davis sel's drugs, paints and glass cheap. L mestic eoap catlasts cheap soap. INE While it is considered very vulgar to bleach one’s hair, or dye it conspicuously yellow, there is a certain shade of reddish-brown much affected by society dames of late, the pros and cons of which they discuss with the utmost frankness. Some of the experiences that were told were very funny. One lady, through a dreadful mistake of the chemist, found that she had dyed her hair a bright purple, and the only consolation she received from her husband was “serves you right for being such an Idiot.”” Another fashionable fair one had a still more provoking experi- erce. As she was arranging her locks one day she caught a tress of her dyed hair, woman-fashion, in her mouth while putting up her back hair. She was horrified to find that her entire upper lip was covered with a decp brown stain that gave the effect of a youth's mustacte, a stain which she tried in vain to eradicate, and which finally had to be left until time wore off the obstinate disfig- urement. “It Is customary to say that nature cannot err, and that she understands her coloring arrangements so well that no one can im- prove upon her combinations,” remarked a lively dame belonging to the smartest set at a fashionable luncheon the other day. The question of how much fs - legitimate in the way of altering existing personal conditions was under discussion. “This is all nonsense, in my opinion,” she continued; “it is one of those old, cut-and-dried effete truisms that are relegated to the past. Why, if she is infallible, shou'd she not have given me Mrs, C.'s lovely Grecian nose, for instance, instead of my ugly little pug—and if I could change it would I not be right in doing so? Now, ift the matter of hair, for example, she is some- times all wrong; a dark woman almost in- variably looks better in a red or yellow wig, and a red-haired beauty is quite ravissante with a black cne. I don't in the least mind saying that T have changed the color of my hair to suit my looks better than the"color nature bestowed upon me. It took me no end of time and trouble to get this particular tint, and I think 1 have finally succeeded,” she concluded with complacency. 1t is becoming something of a question as to what the room where we entertain our friends shall be called. The really smart woman hasn't a ‘“parlor” in her house; she would almost faint at the suggestion—that is, a parlor pure and simple. There are, of course, the blue parlor or the pink parior on occasion, though she prefers to call them rocms, and she has her Japanese, Egyptian, Moorish, or Empire room, as the case may be, but “parlor” she has not indeed. The word is borrowed or rather corrupted from the French parler, and was originally applied to the small room in convents on which a grating gave. To this grating might come the nuns for a chat with their friends. Why the word should have become so ostracised fashionably is one of those mysteries which must go down to posterity unsolved, along with the decline of the castor and the pass- ing of the photograph album. Drawing room in America has always meant a state apart- ment, and is always an extra and more mag- nificent chamber than the parlor or reception suite. Yet its pure Engiish meaning is *‘a withdrawing room; where the women at a family party withdraw from the dining room,"” A woman traveling in Japan a year ago spent a night at an isolated little inn in the mountains, When her party reached the place the landlord, or master of the house, for the place hardly seemed an accredited hotel, showed some reluctance to accommo- date the travelers. Finally he signified his willingness on one condition. When the con- dition was stated it created consternation, being a request that the lady would allow him the privilege of assisting at that portion of her morning toilet which had to do with the putting on of her corsets. The man had, it seems, heard of theso strange garments, but had never before encountered a foreign woman, and felt that the opportunity of his life had come to appease an inordinate curi- osity In the matter. After some natural hes- itation the American woman consented to pay this very odd price for the housing of herself and friends, and the next morning the inspection was duly permitted. The Jap- anese host was the most deferential, but also most minute in the examination, walking around her several times with many depre- catory smiles, finally approaching gingerly and touching the bodice of bone and drilling, He was evidently greatly amazed and decld- edly shocked that any woman could so incase herself, and, after his guest had finished her toilet and appeared iu the breakfast room, his eyes follewed her constantly with an e: pression of fascinated interest, which w: varied from time to time by a shake of the head and a solemn look of deprecation, as if one should say: “It Is true, indeed, but oh, how dreadful!" —— Shot Himself Twice and Slashed FHis Wrist. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30.—J. K. Koch, a young German recently arrived from St. Paul, made a desperate attempt at suicide on Ros street in view of a number of passers-by. Placing a revolver to his head he fired three times, two bullets lodging in his skull and one In his left side. As he continued to livi Koch then produced a razor, with which slashed his wrist. He was taken to the r celving hospital, where, to the general sur- prise, his recovery Is predicted. ————— Not In the Steel Rail Pool. DENVER, Nov. 30.—General Manager Keb- ler of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, which has large steel works at Pueblo, d. nled today that his company had joined the steel rail pool, was intimated In a di pateh from Pittsbu He said he aid not know whether the price of ralls was likely 10 be further redunad or pot. DOCTORS FOR. UNCLE SAM 2 "C Places Open for Young Phyeicians in the Army and the Navy. 1 WORK KOT. AT ALL KILL'NG i High Pay and beval ‘Allowance for Lodg- ing, Fuel, Lights and Travel-Appli- cations for Situnt.on: on the Warshipu THE hoerors ] Eighteen of the most desirable places in the army and navy are.at present vacant and open to young meh'in civil life who desire employment. Political influence has nothing whatever to do with the appointments; the most meritorious applicants will be selected without regard for any other consideration. Diplomas from recognized medical colleges must be exhibited by candidates for these positions, which are those of physicians in Unele Sam’s service. There are ten vacan- cles in the army and eight in the navy. These situations are obtainable by passing a good examination merely. The successful applicant at once receives his commission. In the navy his sea pay from the start is $1,700 a year. At the end of three years he be- comes a passed assistant surgeon and draws $2,000 per annum. After two years more have elapsed his emolument Is raised to $2,200. Having gone through the grade men- tioned he becomes a surgeon, and his re- muneration s steadily lifted until at the end of twenty years of service it reaches $4,200. A position of this kind, says the Philadel- phia Times, is really much more desirable in many ways than that of a line officer in the navy. The pay is decidedly better and there s comparatively little work to do. The doctor on board of a ship of war has no watch to keep. His sole responsibility is for the health of officers and crew. The sanitary regulations of the vessel are under his charge. When she goes into port it Is his duty to recelve the health officer and answer questions. Under his direction is the ship's dispensary, but the medicines are put up by an apothecary on board. HOW TO GET THERE. The proper course to pursue in trying to et one of these places Is to write to the sec- retary of the navy for permission to appear before the naval examining board. The applicant must state in his own handwriting his age, birthplacs and residence, also enclos- ing letters vouching for his good habits and moral character. He must be of sound health and between 21 and 26 years old. Having passed the examination, he is com- missioned as assistant surgeon and is ordered to the naval laboratory at New York. There he stays four months, during which he is in- structed in his duties. Having become familiar with the special requirements of a physician in the navy he is ordered to a receiving ship for six months. Then he is sent on-his cruise and spends a couple of years at sea. Three years after the date of his admission to the service he is ex- amined for promotion to the grade of passed assistant surgeon. There are ninety assist- ants and passed assistants on the list. On reaching the top of this list he must wait until there is a vacancy before he can be- come a full-fledged, surgeon. There are fifty surgeons. After passing throughithe grade of surgeon, he becomes a medical inspector. He then oc- cuples the dignified pesition of physician of a fleet, usually with %’tumummrs on board of the flagship. Having two assistants, he is not obliged to do any;work worth mention- ing, save in an extraordinary emergency. There are filteen such inspectors. Finally the navy doctor beeomes a medical director. There are fifteen medical d'rectors in the service. Ordinarily’they are superintendents of hospitals, and _their duties are merely nominal. They are-not expected to go to sea. At 62 years of age they retire on three- fourths of their highestsea pay for life. DUTIES OF THE DOCTORS. Though navy doctors have such easy times as a rule, there gre occasions when duties most «serious and. dmportant devolve upop them. Take for example a recent instance at Rio, when the yollow fever was wiping cut an average of seventy or eighty lives a day. This fearful disease ravages certain southern ports every year, mainly because they are exigemely filthy and lack proper sanitary regulations. There are five United States ships of war in the harbor of Rio—the San Francisco, the Detroit, the Charleston, the New York and the Newark. Only two cases of yellow jack occurred on the vessels, both of them on the Newark. A man sick with a contagious complaint is sent ashore at once, it possible, A ‘young man who wants to be an army doctor must write to the secretary of war for permission to appear for medical exam- ination before the army medical board, en- closing documents similar to those required for the navy. He must be in sound health, of good character, a graduate in medicine and between 22 and 28 years of age. The board meets in April and October, at dates of which notice is given in the medical journals. The examination includes morals, habits, physical and mental qualifications and so many branches of knowledge that to pass is by no means casy. For example, it Is expected that the applicant shall be ac- quainted with the rudiments of geology and botany, and he must know something about history. That is the ch'ef reason why so many candidates for these positions in the army and navy fail. They are apt not to realize that more is expected of them than a knowl- edge of medicine. A physician in the navy— and the same remark applies to the other branch of the service—ought to be a first- rate all-round man, generally well informed. In time of war there is no telling how great a responsibility might fall upon him. POST GRADUATE COURSE. Having passed the examination succese- fully the young man receives his commission as assistant surgeon, with relative rank of first lieutenant. Then he goes to school for four months at the Army Medical museum at Washington, where officers of high rank act as instructors, assisted by civillan pro- fessors of bacteriology and other branches. At the end of that time, during which he acquires a_knowledge of the special duties required of him In the service, he is as- signed for awhile to some military post as a junior. From that period his assignments of ‘duty alternate between frontier posts and more desirable stations in the east, and meanwhile he rises steadily through the grades. The pay of assistant surgeon is $1,600. At the end of three years he is promoted to the rank of captain and gets §2,200. After ten years he receives $2,400 and after fifteen years $2,600. On obtaining his majority his remuneration is lifted to $3,250 and after twenty years of service it is raised to $3,600. There are 125 assistant surgeons, who have the pay of first lieitenants mounted during the first five years-and the pay of captains thereafter until they,ave promoted to be ma- jors. The surgeons are majors and there are fitty of them. After) passing through the grade of surgeon the ‘army doctor becomes a deputy surgeon genepai, ranking as a lieu- tenant colonel. NgXt hie becomes an assist- ant surgeon genersl, with rank of colonel. There are ten deputles gnd six assistants. PERQUISITES, The army physiclan’ s provided with a house of some Sort ‘of' suitable quarters for himself and his family. If it is not at & post a liberal allowanre in money is given to him for rent. He.gels forage and stabling for nothing, as well &5 free transportation for two horses when he ‘s ordered from one place to another. ‘Groceries and fuel he can buy from the commrssary and quarterma: ters' departments.at wholesale cost prices. For every milo thaf+he travels while on duty he receives 4 cents in addition to his raflway and other fares. Navy doctors, by the way, get 8 cents a mile and no fares. The army physician has one month's vacation each year at full pay, 1f he Is sick his.pay goes on. At 64 yearw of age he is retired on three- quarters pay for life. Mention has already been made of the naval apothecary. He compounds the drugs and makes up the prescriptions written by the doctor on board hip. It is required that an applicant for a position of this kind shall be a graduate of a recognized college of pharmacy and between 21 and 28 years of age. Mo must know the symptoms, danger- ous dos: and antidotes of poisons. The regulations demand that he shall be enlisted s a petty officer. The drugs and medicines aré mostly furnished through the naval labo- ratory at New York and are tested and an- alyzed before being sent out. The W partment Issues fce-making machines to #outhern posts where ice cannot be bought for. the use of the sick. The army doctor at the military post has under his direct command a detachment of the hospital corps of the army. During the recent rlots at Cliicago a detachment of this corps accompan 1 the soldiers from each post represented by troops in that eity. The hospital corps it a very fmportant feature of the army organization. It includes 120 hos- pital stewards, seventy-five acting hospital stewards and 600 privates. The privates serve as nurses, while the stewards act as apothecaries, compound medicines and super. vise the preparation and serving of food for the siek. The corps has two schools, one at the. Washington Barracks here and the other at Fort Riley, Kan., in which nursing, cook- ing and dispensary work are taught. THE HOSPITAL STEWARD. A candidate for the place of hospital stew- | ard must undergo a severe examination as to bis ability to control men and to manage a hospital. ~ He must be unexceptionable physically and morally and as to his per- sonal habits. ~ He must be acquainted with the best methods of rendering first ald to sick and wounded people. He must under- stand the elements of cookery and the gen- eral principles of medicine; he must know something of surgery and how to administer anaesthetics. The compounding of drugs, the making up of prescriptions and even the pulling of teeth must be comprehended by hin. A man may enlist in the hospital corpe at any age from 18 to 30 if unmarried. He enters the service as a private, but provi n is made for the speedy promotion of the in- dividual who is able and industrious. The servico is practically a military training school in ‘which men are taught to be nurses, cooks, clerks, apothecaries, etc. It offers the most desirable positions attairable by an enlisted man in the United States army. In addition to his pay he gets lodging, ratlons, clothing and bedding. The money he re- ceives may be considered to represent what remains of the wages of a main in civil life after the payment of ordinary expenses of living, such as board, lodging, clothing, etc. He is taken care of when sick and pensioned if disabled. After thirty years he Is retired on three-quarters pay, with extra allowance in money for clothing and rations. In time of peace the hospital corps is con- stantly drilled in the performance of war duties. They act out the whole business of succoring the woundsd on the field, carrying them to the rear, ete. Some of the privates take the part of the injured, lying on the ground, while other attend to their needs. Tho wounded who require immediate atten- tion are marked by pinning a colored badge to the clothing before they are conveyed to | the reur. In the ficld each surgeon s at- tended by a private his orderly, who car ries a eanteen of water, a knife and a pouch containing forceps, scissors, necdles, thread a candle, antiseptic bandages, some ammon! a tourniquet, vascline, lint and adhesive plaster. A railway hospital train of twenty cars, carrying 600 sick and wounded soldiers, requires two stewards, six acting stewards and 100, privates. A big merchant steamer can be transformed into a floating hospital complete in a week according to plans which are Kept at the War Department for use in case of war. Application for enlistment in the hospital corps must be addressed to the sergeant general, United States Army, Sash- ington, D. C., with accompanying testimoni- als as to character and knowledge of phar- macy, cookery, etc. In this branch of the service, and likewise in the medical corps proper of the army and navy, vacancies are constantly occurring. PHYSICIANS OF THE TREASURY. The army and navy doctors and the sani- tary soldiers of the War Department having been described, mention should not be neglected of the physicians of the Treasur: who constitute the medical staff of t Marine Hospital Service. That bureau main- tafas communication with consuls all over the globe, keeps watch on diseases every- where, and publishes a weekly report on the health and mortality of every big city of the world. To its vigilance is due the fact that cholera has been kept out of the United States during the last two years. This Federal health board shuts out the yellow fever, which is a dread every summer along the south Atlantic and Gulf coasts. For this purpose it maintains quarantine establishments on remote islands, whither ships are taken for cleaning and disinfection. The vessels are filled with sulphur fumes, the woodwork Is washed with bichloried of mercury, and the bedding is steamed in disinfecting chambers. There are hospitals on the islands referred to. One of them, on the Dry Tortugas, thirty miles from land, has a complete bac- teriological laboratory. ~ Yellow fever Is caused by a kind of bacteria. This bureau owns and conducts twenty hospitals on the seacoast and lakes. It pro- vides free medical attention for every Ameri- can seaman, caring for 50,000 sick sailors annually. In this branch of the service thers ‘are fifteen surgeons, twenty-nine passed assistant surgeons, eighteen assistant surgeons and seventy-nine acting assistant surgeons. The new appointee becomes an assistant surgeon at $1,600 a year, with quar- ters, fuel and lights, and is assigned to one of the marine hospitals. Promotions to the upper grades come with length of service and are accompanied by increased pay. These medical men, like those of the army and navy cannot be removed except for good cause. There are always vacancies to fill. Thus it will be seen that in this day of overcrowding and paucity of patients in the profession of medicine there are many opportunities for young men to obtain as physiclans in the service of Uncle Sam pleasant berths for life with excellent pay and even military or naval rank attached to them. —_— CRUSADE AGAINST GAMBLING. Unton Service at Tacoma Develops a De- . ecluration of War. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 30.—A sensation was developed at a union Thanksgiving serv- ice by a sermon of Rev. A. F. Kirkpatrick, who denounced and declared war against gambling, Sunday saloons and prostitution. His statement that church members are known to own and rent buildings used for gambling and prostitution was vigorously ap- plauded by the congregation. Then Mr, Kirk- patrick said that if anybody would name such church members he would personally prosecute them under the state law, In these remarks A. N. Thompson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, concurred amid loud cheers, At the conclusion of the services a committee asked Mayor Orr to stop a prize fight which had been scheduled, but the mill came off without police interference. A purity committee will undertake the work of prosecution. B SPY FROM BILL COOK. Capture of a Man in Oklahoma Who May Tell Something lnteresting. NORMAN, Okl, Nov. 30.—A spy from the camp of Bill Cook has been arrested here while attempting to secure fresh ammunition for his leader, and by his arrest it Is believed the real rendezyous of the gang has been located. The man gives,the name of Bill Jones. He was found to a walking arsenal. Among his papers was a note which read: _“Frank, come and meet the boys down on Walnut, and bring some ammu- nition. ~ Yours, Bill Cook.” The gang h often been seen on Walnut creek, about ten miles from here, and this is believed to be their headquarters, BOSTON, Nov. 80.—The heavy gale which has prevalled along the Atlantic coast for several days has caused a succession of casualties. Late advices from different points state several vessels have been lost, With but few fatalities, however. In Boston har- bor the list of accidents is unusually large. NEW LONDON, Conn., Nov. 30.—The cap- tain and crew of the ill-fated schooner Annie J. Pardee, which went ashore on Cornfleld shoal, were taken off in safety. The gale had subsided, and the shipwrecked sailors were easily rescued. Children Cry foi Castoria. Children Cryfo: Pitcher’ a0 | BETTER THAN BUYING WINE. A& Reformed Hon Vivant Now Spends His Cash on Clamonds. The Normandie Register yesterday con- tained the name of J. D. Brady of New | York, says the Washington Post. Mr. Brady |18 & large iron manufacturer and a gentle- | man of unassuming manners and pleasing | address. Among those who know him he is familiarly —referred to as ‘“‘Diamond Joe," and In his case the name is better applied than in the case of almost any other of the | many characters who enjoy this appellation. Mr. Brady is literally a man of dlamonds. | Ho wears solitaires as settings in his sus | pender buckles and as buttons on his under- | wear. But the most curious feature of his pen- ‘rhmu for the white carbons is manifested in | the ornamentation of his invariable companion. This cane _curiosity of the rarest kind. The handle ornamented with a cluster of stones, each of which welghs not less than three carats. | The ferule is gold, and the bottom of the | terule contains a diamond as large as the |point of a man’s thumb. 1t protects the ferule from wearing in contact with the | pavement, and 1s apparently in its place less | with a view to display than to practical util- | ity. The cane is valued at several thousand | dollars. With all these gems about him, Mr | Brady's appearance is anything but ostenta- tious or calculated to excite attention. He makes no outward display of his possessions, and to a casual observer is no more remark- able than any ordinary man. Mr. Brady said: u see, T used to be a great bon vivant, with a particular taste for 800d wines and whiskies, In the course of time my indulgences created such havoc with my health that 1 determined to stop drink- ing. 1 had always spent a great deal of money In drink, and I thought it would be a good thing to save this and always carry it with me. So I began investing in diamonds, until now I wear on my person fifty-four gems valued at something over $40,000. —— ISH IN A the cane which is is THREE RE. Mother and Her Two Children Turned to Death In Their House, ST. LOUIS, Nov. 30.—Ezrly this morning the house of Jacob Schoppenhelm, on Prescott avenue, was set on fire by a defective flue and burned to the ground. Mrs. Schoppen- helm ‘and two children, aged 2 and 4 years, perised in the flames. The husband and father had a narrow escape from death, being seriously scorched. Minnesota Town Destroyed. MURDOCK, Minn., Nov. 30.—The business portion of this place has been destroyed by fire. otterios Burned, Nov. 80.—Galloway s have been burned down. insured S from Col LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30.—The Southern Pacific, as well as the Santa Fe, has an- nounced for the benefit of shippers of vege- tables in California and to encourage a larger trade with the east in that lino that the new rate of 25 cents per 100 pounds goes into effect December 1 in car loads, the minimum load to be 24,000 pounds. This rate is a reduction of 25 per cent, and Is on potatoes, onions, cabbage, cauliffower, etc., from Los Angeles to the Missouri nd Mis: sissippl rivers, Chicago and common points. Terea Cotte PHILADELPHIA, Terra Cotta pott Loss, $100,000 rado, =B ANKRUPTCY —of the physical being is the result of draw- ing incessantly upon the reserve capital of nerye force. The wear, tear and strain of modern life are concentrated upon the nerv- ous system. _The young men of our day be- comie sufferers from nervous debility or ex- haustion, nervous prostration or weakness, This may be the result of too much mental worry and excitement, or the result of bad practices and cxcesses, or pernicious habits, contracted in gaulh, through ignorance. They feel irritable, weak and nervous with such distressing symptoms as backache, dizziness, shomfng pains in head or chest, sometimes indigestion. The middle-aged men, as well, suffer from exhaystion, loss of ‘manly power, low spirits, impaired memory, and many derangements of mind and body. The ill-used brain is morbidly wide awake when the overworked business man attempts to find rest in bed. The physicians and specialists of the In- valids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute devote their best energies to reclaiming and restor- ing such unfortunates to health and happi- ness. They have written a book of 163 ages, treating of these maladies and setting forth a rational means of home-treatment for their cure, It is sent securely scaled, in plain envelope, on receipt of 10 cents for Ppostage. Address WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No, 063 Main Street, Buf- falo, N, ¥, Medical Skill can no more replace a lost lung than a lost leg. But consumption in its early stages yields to the right treatment. | Plain Cod Liver Oil is nasty to take and liable to upset the stomach, SLOCUM'S A | 0f Norwegian Cod Liver 0il, with GUAIACOL |is palatable, It contains Ozone |the life=giving principle of sea {air, which supplies the oxygen necessary for the proper di- | gestion of the oil. It also con- tains Guaiacol, made from the resin of beech trees, which kilis the poisonous bactera |present in the blood of con- sumptives. This is why itcures diseases of the lungs. It pro= duces a great appetite, too, and is pleasant to take, It is the kind physicians prescribe. 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