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4 44, BY W. K. FiSE CAMERAS IN SCHOOLS Amateur Photography Practiced by High School Boys and Girls. CLUB FORl AT TE CEXTRAL What is Being Done at the Western and Eastern. ALSO AT THE BUSINESS PHOTOGRAPHYI among the pupils is destired to become one of the features of the high schools of Washington.

Though practically in its inclpiency at the present time. it may be stated with every assuran of certainty that work with the camera will spread. and rapIdly, too. Extremely fascinating in itzeif. interest in the art or fad, accordiLg to the way it may be regarded, will be by the organization of camera clubs at the Central and Western Schools; at the Eastern.

because instruction in photography is now open to those students of the graduating class who desire it, and at BY R. W. TES the, Business for the reason that the princijpa. is an enthusiastic amateur photographer, and several of the pupils are exp'rts In ma.ipiulating the lenses. It is asserted that the first experiment with the Rwntgen 6r ray in Washington was made in th- physical laboratory of the Eastern High Sahool.

It is perhaps proper to add that the experiment was a success. The initial step of the present schaol year to further- the systematic study of photography among the pupils of the high schools was faken recently. when Dr. Francis R. Lane, the director, requested all these attending the school who m'ght be interested in -photography to meet after the classes were dismissed for the day.

About twenty-five young gentlemen responded to the call, and the meeting was placed in charge of Mr. Robert W. Test. Mr. Test is a graduate of the Central, and at present occunieA a responsible clerical position in the office of the director of the high schools.

For several years past he has been deeply interested in photographic By F. S. Pettigrew-Central. work, and by conscientious study and unremitting practice has mastered the details and intricacies of the art. A Club Formedi.

At the meeting it was decided that the members should endeavor to cover all the groundl possible before the close of the school year. The plan of campaign, so to speaik. as mapped out by Mr. Test and approved by the members of the club, provides that the greater portion of the work shall be undertaken as The club wil: meet at the Central High School once in every two weeks, when a comparison of results obtained during the precedine fortnight will be made. Those who secure unusually good pictures will be expec ted to relate for the benefit of their fellow-members the man- Dy Ailaa 21er in which they operated.

Each member Will be expected to submit specimens, and all the work win he reviewed. Those whnse IER-CENTRAL. proofs are poorest will receive suggestions and instructions from the better-informed members of the club. General discussions of subjects relating to photography, it is planned, shall also be held. If it is found, for instance, that a member, after exposing and developing his plates, employs a professional photographer to print the pictures, he will be called upon to explain the reason for following such a course.

If the reply is that the art of printing successfully I- not understood, the discussion will By C. A. Lindmny-Central. be directed to lines that will make clear the proper methods to be pursued. Papers also will be prepared by members and read before the ciu) from time to time.

Proposed Club Outings. It is the intention of Mr. Test that the club as a body shall make at least two outings. On these trips the sole object shall be to instruct the members how to properly discriminate in regard to the views to be taken and to correctly locate the camera the first time and thereby avoid the necessity of moving the instrument from 1W. -4I r-CENTRAL.

spot to spot and focusing for an indefinite period, as is so often a conspicuous characteristic of amateurs Mr. Test Is a firm believer in the policy of spending all the money available on the lens, for, he says, any person possessing even a small amount of ingenuity c3n readily marlufacture a camera box that will answer the purposes admirably. At his own home four such cameras have been constructed, and they By H. N. are the equal, he claims, of any purchasable in the Therefore Mr.

Test proposes to make plain to the club the details, as well as the ease and the desirability of camera making at home. A striking feature of the plans of the photographers of the Central High School is an exhibition of the work of the members of the club, to be held durmbg the latter part of next February. The exhibit will probably be held in the drawing rooms, and permIssion to that effect has already been sectured from Principal Lane. Suitable and desirable prizes are to be provided, and the awards will be made by a board of judges, consisting of drawing teachers of the high schools. A point of interest In connection with the exBy P.

Stepheno-Central. hibit will be the presence, beside each photograph displayed, of the camera with which it was taken. A second exhibition, to enable a comnparison of the-work of the. nmemb-ers of the club, will be held toward the close of the school year. Nothing in the way of organized camera work has heretofore been attempted at the Central High SchOOl.

In addition to Mr. Test, Dr. Lane, several others of the faculty and many of the pupils hfave done considerable individual work with the lenses. The movement started during the past week, however, is generally conceded to be in the right direction, a great things are expected of the High School Camera Club of 3890-'O7. to say nothing 'of its inftuence- on amateur photography among the pupils otfthe schoot in the future.

to Pietwee Mr. John D. Reed, one, of the secondyear boys at the Central, And a member of the club, says: "I secured my kodak in the spring of 18915, and have had very much enjoyment frcm' it. At first I took pretty much tained a large'number of pictures, but vert few good ones. During the last year, however, I have learned what to take and wbat not to take.

I visited Lake Keuka, In western New York, last August. That part of the state Is one of the most picturesque regions of the country, and is. rightly called the lake region of New York. Opposite the place where I stopped a hill arose over 1,700 feet in height. I took imany pictures from the hills and verandas and al proved satisfactory." Perhaps the pioneer in the way of organised camera effort among the high schools Is the Wester'n.

which boasted of a camera club during the last school year and which reorganized the same soon after the opening of -the school in September. The formation of a camera club was the idea of Miss Mabel Robinson. teacher of history. who was aware -that a large number of pupils of the school were devotees to the camera. By f.

C. Kleinschmidt-Western. At a meeting called by Miss Robinson I and held In the physical laboratory, officers were elected, and it was decided that the club should Indulge In trips periodically to spots where good views might be obtained. It was als3 agreed upon that at each meet- Ing of the club an essay should be read treating upon some late discovery or ad- I vancement in photography. Owing to the late date or the formation of the club, not much progress was made I last year, but It Is believed that the Ca- mera Club will be the leading organization -A of the Western High School throughout the 1 pi-esent.

term. I The officers and members of the club last year were Alfred Wright, president; Paul I Lamberton, treasurer, and Lawrence Janney, secretary. Members--Clifford Smith, C. F. Sterne, Harry C.

Kleinschmdt, Harold Scudder. Miss Mabel Robinson and Miss Harriet J. Buchly. The officers, recently elected, to serve during Ili6-'97, are Miss Harriet J. Buchly, teacher of physics, president; Miss Mabel Robinson, teacher of history, treasurer, and Mr.

Lawrence Janney, son of Supervising Principal B. T. Janney, secretary. It will be good news to the pupils of the Western. who are photographically to learn that the plans for the new Western High School building provide for a model dark room, with proper equipment, and a room with skylight, both for photographic work.

For a dark room. last year, recourse was had several times to a subcellar of the Curtis School building, the present home of the Western High School. As a Regular Study. The study of photography at the Eastern High School is conducted on scientific principles. Mr.

Hosmer M. Johnson, who succeeded Mr. C. M. Lacey Sites as principal of the school, was last year instructor of physics, and during the final quarter of the school term he took up photography in connection with the study of light.

The course was open only to pupils of the graduating class. Several trips were made by the class and negatives secured of many of the pub- A lic buildings of the city. The school is supplied with a dark room and a camera, and It is the expectation that further ad- vancement will be made this year. Can- siderable time will -also be devoted to the I making of lantern slides, and it not unlike- ly that an exhibition of the results thus secured will be held in the assembly hall il of the school some time the year. The class at the Eastern interested in photography last year, in addition to Mr.

fi Johnson, consisted of E. E. Parkinson, A. E. Baum.

H. J. Brown, E. P. Copeland, J.

T. Graff, F. H. Yount and H. W.

Hurst. I A report of an experiment with the fi ray by the class at the Eastern was re- ported in The Star at the time. 8 At the Business High School there is no A camera club in evidence, although not a few of the pupils are the owners of cameras. The principal, Mr. Allan Davis, became addicted to the camera habit about three years ago, ard during his summer va- a catlor3 has secured several hundred lent negatives.

Of late, however, Mr. Davis has been devoting all his spare moments to photographing a Mr. Davis, Jr. Mexico's New Womrn. From the St.

Louis Globe-Democrat. A Mexican woman station agent is one of the curiosities of travel on the road I. frcm Puebla to Oaxaca. Her name is Concha Blanca. Her post of duty is at Etla, the place to which the Indiana flock from the mountains for a hundred miles around for their annual feasts, and also the shipping point for the big haciendas in the fertile valleys among these same mountains.

When the train stops at Etla In the dark, a young woman In white, for 11 Senorita Concha dresses to match her sur- name, stands at the door of the express car, lantern In hand, checking the tj on the big receipt took. When the freight a trains stop, she flits in and out of the long t1 line of cars telling the brakemen what to ti take arnd what to leave. She is from one end of the train to the other, seeing thit ro mistakes are made. a This bareheaded girl in a white dress is full of business. She wastes no time on empty words.

The trainmen respect he-r. She does everything about the station but a handle the baggage. There are plenty of stout Mexicans of the other sex hanging around for that work. Concha Blanca is so well esteemed by the management of the fi road that she has been twice promote'1, until now she has one of the most Import- ant stations under her care. She does all of the telegraphing, besides attending to the ticket selling, and to the receiving anJ shipping of freight.

It was her knowledge of telegraphing i that got the young woman her first recognition. Her father and two brothers were operators. She learned to use the key. A station was given to her where there was not much to do besides the telegraphing. Her aptitude for railroad work attracted the attention of General Manager Morcom, and the promotions followed.

Concha Blanca lives in the station. Her mother house for her and 'a younger slster sits at the telegraph table learning thevccation of the new woman in Mexico. The conductors have got in the way of painting out to travelers Senorita Concha along with the ruins of the ancient city on the mountain top, the site where the battle of Tehuacan was fought, the hieroglyphics on the cliff at the entrance to Rio Salado Canycn, and other objects of interest. And the Mexican woman agent with her honest brown eyes and mass of wavy hair carelessly knotted, moving up and down the side of the train with quick, determinecd step, loses nothing ip: Interest by compara scn with the other strange things. Little John Allen's Cast-Off Skin.

From the Florids Citizen. The case of John Allen, an eight-year-old boy of this place, is puzzling the physiclana. Six weeks ago an orange thorn penetrated the' boy's hip. Inflammation followed" and the boy was soon horribly swollen fromn head to foot. Finally the swelling subsided, but the boy immediately began to shed his skin.

That on the face came off separately, but from the neck down the cuticle remained intact, and moved off by way of the hands and feet without break- ing. The cuticle was five days in passing off, and during that time the boy remained on the bed, wriggling like a snake at moulting time. The child seemed to be in no pain, but complained of a tickling sensa-I tion and of a crawling of the flesh. When the cuticle had been shed the boy Immediately recovered, and is now as well as ever. The skin which Is shed is on exhibition at a physician's office.

It is a perfect cast of the human form from the neck down, and is about the consistency of hard a glue, which it much resembles. Jeff. Davis- an a Prom the Savannaah News. -te Prof. Tom F.

McBeath, principal of the grammar school, has presented to theeighth grade a portrait of Jefferson Davis, with an autograph letter of the confederate leader, written a short while a before he died. They are now hung upon pl the walls'of the eighth grade room. el ilGH SCHOOLTADETS fers in Oommad of the Regiment nterest in the Anntglyarades and in the Comp tion Ue TANDING AS. SCHOLARS The regiment of the Nigh School Is ofiered by the cadets, and every boy -aa an qual chance to get a commission. From he time of enlistment the and attendance-of every cadet is In big senior year the cadet is given examination as to of tacics with the.

view of, determining his miltary abilities. Those have made the mighest averages, when ability and scholarhip are taken Into account, are given the ommissions, according to their standing. This organization, in Tonliection with the chool, It is claimed, makes the boys more tudious, gives them something to work or, affords them excellent exercise; and sat of all, gives them a' good training in he school of the soldier, making them bedient, quick to regpond, and attentive. The plan of having a military in connection with the regular'course if the. Boys' High School.

as it was then alled, was first suggested by Professor dward A. Paul, the 'irst principal of the ligh School, in 1882. and was carried into lfect by Professor G. R. Israel.

who had ormerly served as captain of one of the ompanies at Dickenson College, Pennsylania. The names of 141) young men who rere willing and eager to aid in the project vere secnred by Professor Paul. A batalipn of two compiril U. containing seventy ioys each, was then formed, those able to H. C.

urchase uniforms were placed In Company the "picked" company, and those withut uniforms were baced in Comany known as "nondescript" ampany. From fyndas appropriated rom the proceeds pf eptertainments, rof. Paul was enabled to old Austrian rifles' to equip one Dmpany, the two comparizs alternating I the use of the At an entertaintent in June, 1883, the uiniformed company ave an exhibition drill, which 'was the rst of the lonrg exhibition drills hich-have -been giveu ardtially by the ligh -Schod''Ckdet -Corps! "'The offeers of at year were: Company A-Captain, Al-ed A. Smith; first lieutenant. Andrew J.

larsh; second lietatenant, Thomas J. VanLint. Company 'B-Captain, George H. first l.ieutepant. JamfZ Brown; acond lieut'anant, Charles V.

rWtia In the -Eurly91 y11, The next year Mal. J. If. a a retired rmy officeig relieved Mr. but the iajor not teing famllar with.AAog's'new Ietics, requnoed Capt.

Burton R. to ril the coufanies. The nekA 'Year Capt. Ross (now major, it Battalion. National of olumbia) was appointed military instru.3r, which position held up to the resent date.

The first public appearane i parade was In UMy of 1883, when a icked squad represented the High School 1 the Grand Army parade, but the first PPearance of the entire battalion was -n ashingtcn's birthday of 1884. That year oth the co'npanie uniformed and artlcipated in the exhibition drill. During le year 1884-85 fifty more guns were obtined from the War Department. That year showed what the boys were apable of doing as to endurance and drillig under disadvantages. On Saturday, lie 21st of Februa'ry, one of the coldest nd most disagreealie days of that winter, tie two companies, without a cadet absent, nd without overcoats, paraded as part of lie escort on the occasion of the dedicaon of the Washington monument.

Again, the 4th of-March, the battalion distinuished itself in President Cleveland's inugural parade. The fitis dress parade- was iven on the 29th of May in honor of the ity officials. Probably the principal event of that year, nd nothing has ever odburred like it since, ras the departure of a pelected drill squad twenty-two cadets, uinder'the command Major Sohon, for Baltimore, where a a.ncy drill was presented tlialamazed the eople of that next year the attalion had four iagt companies. Durig the year of 1887-U occurted, the first ompetitive 'drill for the coteted "red ribons." Company the victorious comany, was commanded by Captain H. B.

arney. The next year Compjany Captain Ferte, won the competitigg drill.In 18110 the cadets made a fine showing J7. Noble Hoovpr'. in the Pan-American parade, under the ammand of Major Fred C. Lawyer.

Coinany Capt. E. 3. Duvall, was the winer of the prize drill for that year. In connection with the battalion, the most popular organisation in th'e 'High chool wasn what wan Anown as the Hungry Dussen." -Tbh squd was organed by Capt.

Fe gave its first rhibition drill February, 1989. The original membeirs were Capt. Ferree, ader; Sergeants Mfller, Grafton, Lawyer, a Fetra, Corpe. J7. Ford, Vale, Klein3hmidt, Black.

Ross, S. C. Ford and hamberlain. "I'he squad of 1890 was far h1ead of the original one, and had taken arnt In about twenty'-two eittertainments uring the year. On the 16th of May, '90, an entertainment- given in the exhibition all of the school, a odmedal was comneted for by lr ofilet in individual drilL.

4fter a atubborn con1st the prize was finally awai-ded to Capt. uvall. With this clags the Dugmn" passed out of 'existenceg Enlarging During on accoun'g the Business id Eastern High schools' having commnies, the form of organiation was umnged from. te attalin. te.

re. mental, having sx companies under the command of a lieutenant colonel. N4w guns and equipments were secured to meet the demand. of the growing orgnlanetaia Gales P. Moore was the first lieutenant colonel.

Company Pattern High School, won the competitive drill that year. Capt. C. V. Edwards commanding, who also won the individuil competitive drill for ofeer.

The next year Capt. Ogden, in command of Company A. won the drill. In '92-'S the regiment was increased to eight companies under the command of a colonel. Company of the Eastern School won the drill under Capt.

Edgar Shilling. Delt. ikwards, captain of Company won the Col. F. C.

Daniel. officers' individual competitive drill. The regiment that year was commanded by Col. Reichelderfer, who was succeeded by Col. Skinner for the year '93-'94.

The competitive drills were no longer held in the theaters, as had been the custom, but the cadets were required to show a proficiency in company evolution as well as in the manual of arms, so the base ball park was, therefore, pressed into service. Company D. under Capt. A. T.

Smith, won the competitive drill. The plaza in front of the Arlington, where the cadets give their annual exhibition drill, was no longer large enough, so the use of the White Lot was obtained as a regjmental drill ground when the exhibition drill was given at the close of every school term for the purpose of showing to the friends of the cadets the progress they had made. In the year of '14-'95 Col. Shuster had command. The Georgetown boys won the drill that year.

Capt. Tausaig commanding. Last year J. Summers was colonel. The Individual drill for officers was won by Capt.

Hoover, and -the competitive drill by Company Eastern High School, under Cat. Gapen. The success of some boys who received their early military training in the High School reflects much credit on the institution. There are a number of young men who, having passed in a creditable manner through West Point. are now army officers.

Among them are William M. Cruikshank. E. E. Winslow, C.

C. Williams. Spencer Ccsby, C. L. Ruggles.

William J. harden. H. M. Reeves, Charles G.

Sawtelle. and A. M. Davis. -Charles Hine resigned front the army to go into business.

Since 1mu two classes at West Point have been led by High School boys, while in two other classes Washington boys stood on the honor list, among the first five. A Military Trainina. The case of A. T. Smith, captain of prize Company '93-'94, shows what good training can be had in the cadet corps.

He enlisted in the regular army and passed through all the non-commission grades until he became first sergeant, he took the examination and was as a lieutenant. Capt. Taussig, the commander of Company when it successfully carried off the "red ribbons," is now at the Naval Academy, and reports show that he is making a good record. Outside of West Point and the Naval Academy, High School Cadets have made their presence felt In the militia organi2.ations. The Morton Cadets of the District of National Guard Is a notable example.

This organization was in the "awkward squad," and In a military point wholly inefficient. Capt. Edgar Shilling, who had successfully commanded Company J1. Strother Miller. of the Eastern High School, was called upon to take command, and h's training in the High School enabled him to put the company on an efficient basis.

Under his training the Mortons have become the crack company of the United States, having won their title to the same at Memphis and Savannah.At the close of school last year some of the cadets formed a ba ttalion and attended the retnlon of the Confederate Veterans at Richmond. The 'regiment this year will have two battalions of companies each with a full roster of officers. The colonel, F. C. Daniel, was captain of Company last year.

He is a thorough soldier, popular with the boys and an excellent scholar. As this is presidential year Col. Daniel will have the honor of commanding In the inaugural parade. The lieutenant colonel, Howard Hoge, who lest year captained Company which caused so much excitement by the drill which they put up during last year's competiticn. is one of the best Instructors on the staff.

He Is thought of by the Commanding the Battalion. The major of the 1st Battalion, J. Noble Hoover, was captain of Company last year. He won the officers' individual drill and came very near bring'ng his company out a winner In the struggle for the "prize and was looked upon as a sure winner by his scl.ooL. The major of the 2d Battalion is J.

Strother Miller. Eastern High School, who was first lieutenant of prize Company last year. Having the highest average in his class he has always enjoyed the respect and friendship of his classmates and is popular with the teachers and pupils at large. Great things are expected of this year's regiment, extra inducements are thrown out to the boys to participate in parades and with such capable officers the regiment of '96-'97, It is thought, should make a fine record. Prof.

Paul, the projector, and Prof. Israel, the organizer, lived to see only a beginning of the realization of their plans. Dr. Lane, the present principal of the High School, who succeeded Prof. Paul, has spared reo efforts to complete the work started by his predecessors, and he is being assisted by the principals of the Eastern, Western and Business schools.

Maj. B. R. Ross, the military instructor, has been untiring In his endeavors to Impress upon officers and privates the necessity of a careful study of what is required to constitute a soldier. Statesmanship.

From the Cincinnati Enurer. "I anm credibly informed," said the onec English statesman. "that the sultan is in really suffering from homicidal maniaSomething must be done." "Perhaps- it might be turned to good account," said the other statesman. "Why not enlist his aid in civilizing Africa?" 1 Not Altogether. Froma the Detroit Free Presa.

"I shall never marry," declared Miss Elderly, in a tone meant to be firm. "Don't say answered her best I friend, Florence. "Women older thani yn hae hna nrcpnals." IN MUSICAL CIRCLES PzNgmu tUing 1w ds Kssal umn. Other Matters et Gemermt Enteest to the of the District. The committee of the Choral Society having charge of the arrangements for a memorial service in honor of the late Dr.

Sherman is making good progress, although the exact date has not yet been determined upon. The friends of Dr. Sherman have became interested in the proposed memorial, and the event will undoubtedly be one of high character. The choruses that will be sung will be those that Dr. Sherman especially favored, and the eulogy will be delivered by one who was his personal friend and companion in boyhood.

When the rehearsais of the Choral Society commence for this memorial service, of which due notice will be given, it is hoped that the former members who sang under Dr. Sherran during the many years of his musical leadership will co-operate with the present enmbershaip. The vested choir of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Columbia Heights, has cominenced its winter work under the direction of Mr. C.

W. D. Allen, who has but recently finished his studies in choir and boy voice culture in London. The vested choir furnith the music at the morning service and at choral evensong in the afternoon. For the night service Mr.

Allen has organized a mixed quartet, consisting of Miss Mitchell, soprano; Mrs. Fairfield, alto; Mr. Irving Irow tenor, and Mr. Fulton Lewis, bass. They begin their work tomorrow evening.

A "Model Singing Class," just organized at the First Congregational Church, is greeting with success. The singing at the First Church has always been of good quality. but a desire to have the whole congregation educated to sing has led to the formation of a "model" class, which Mr. A. E.

Hosmer. who has for some time been the bass soloist in Dr. Bischoff's choir, is undertaking to teach reading music at sight. The class has not set a limit to its memIership. old and young enjoying the same privileges, and tne musically uneducated sitting side by side with several members of the 46hoir.

Messrs. Cullen and Collins, the banjoists, have added a number of selections to their already extensive repertoie, and promise to give the banjo-loving public quite a surprise during the coming season. It is the irtention of clever performers to give several complimentary monthly recitals, the first of which will probably be given in December. Miss Wilscn will give an informal muricale at her studio. 13:2 1uth street northwett, next Wedr.esday evening, assisted by Miss Grace Hanilton Jones.

who will play two Chopin numiers-a polonaise and the baliade in rinor. The Cecilian QuarLet will give two selections, and vocal soloists will be Misses Alice Plishury, Josie Burton, Bertie Thompson, Sallie Shreve. Ettle Noah. Dorothy Dalrymple, Katie Ellis, Ella Wilson and Helen Nye. At the regular meeting of the Sunidlal Night Music Club at Miss Rebecca i3chrend's the program was made up of part of one of the Hummell piaio concertos, Mr.

Frank Gebest at the piano; a Humruell quintet, a Chopin nocturne, arranged as a violin solo. played by Mr. Lovy; tht "March et CortEge." from Gounod's "Queen of Sheba," and his "Funeral March" of "A Marionette." together with one of the Chopin nocturnts; a Gavotte. by W. D.

Smith, and a Romance by Win. Mason; these three numbers also being played by Mr. Gebest. as the guest of the evening. Miss Bertie Reichenbach sang "The Birdlir.g." by Chopin: Hummell's Alma Virgo, with piano and strings, and Gounoi's Waltz SBng from "Rumeo and Juliet," with violin obligata by Mr.

Lovy. Prof. I. E. Saltsman and Mr.

William De Ford will begin rehearsals in their ncw studio, 911 street northwest, at an Carey uate for a proouction of Gilbert and Bpilivan's comic ooera "Patience." which will be rendered early in the season. Mr. De Ford, it will be remembered, conducted the stage rehearsals of "Pnlafore." which was givi with such success last year. There will be a rpecial musical program at the Flfteenth Street M. E.

Church, northwest, tomotrow, at the morninr Nervice. "Incline Thy Ear to Me" (bass ared chorus), by Himmel; evening, ''The Sacrifice of God" (soprano solo end chorus), by H. W. Oliver, arranged fror M.rr.rt; solo by Mrs. C.

B. Rheem: opening 'ffertory. selection, A miior, Bach; and 2losing offertory, redal obligato, in Thoughtful Facts. Fom the Popular Science News. The propeu distance between the eyes is the width of cne eye.

Some children in the mountains of Silesia devoutly believe that beetles are both deaf and blind. The one hundred and twenty-four largest cities in the country show a steady and almost uniform decrease in the average size of a family. Bread made from whole wheat flour will support life, and a man might live on meat alone, but it would be a very imperfect diet. The smaullest known species of hog is the pigmy swine of Australia. They are exactly like their jprger American brethren in every particular except sise, being not Larger than good-sized house rat.

Prof. Fheltahue says that if we reckon the depth of all oceans at an average of three mile', there would be a layer of salt 10 fcet thick in their basins, should the wraters of all suddenly evaporate. In France there are twenty-two botanical gardens; in Germany, thirty-five; In reat Britain and Ireland, eleven; in the Indian empire, nine; in Italy. twenty-two; in Russia, fourteen, while there are but five public botanical gardens in the whole of the Urdted She Showed Elm. liom thne Mhameapolts JonrnaL.

Out in the midway district there is a tall Iwedish washerwoman who has a keen se nse of right and wrong, and she put her riews into practical effect the other day in very positive sort Of way. She was walkng along on. University avenue when she iras overtaken by a bicycle rider who had nore t'pced than' courtesy. In place of urning out, he rode up to her and pushed iis wheel along so that it struck her, but Iik not throw himn off. "1 tankr I show you how to get off a she -said, fire in her voice, 'yes, I tank I vill." and as she spoke she irojected one of her feet at the end of a ong and very sturdy leg and kicked the rheel from 'under the rider.

Be fell into he dirt at the edge of the sidewalk and the walked on, apd the wheel located itself mn his stomach. And all he could hear as he picked himnelf up and caressed his bruises was a voice xnning to him from a tall, swift-striding wede. "Ye. ya; I tank I show him; I tank so." Saved by Her Pareoqmet. the Portland tiily'nPes.

The alarm- from-, hex 55 early yesterday morning was caused by a fire in a closet withi the rooms occupied by Miss biary Groder, Miss Groder told a reporter that before she went to bed she thrnew her Boths into the closet, and wrhether it ulset the tin in which her matches were kept she does not know. Ihe doe3 know, however, that she was awakened at the time of the fire by one sir two paroquets fielonging to her. This sird was kept in a basket lined with some oft material, and was covered with a lght eloth. The. ther bid occupied a 'age.

The bird in the basket was aroused smoke, and flew screeching to its misreas and clawed at her breast to awaken ier. Miss teok the bird, pushed into the cage with the other threw ap the' front window, placed the cage on he dill, and cried for help. Then she lost sonsciousness. The Alreinen quickly responded, and )river Wakefield seised Miss Groder and hier to at place of safety just in She was very weak last night, much Lifected by the smoke and Excitement. A Mistake Ia the Pulpit.

'rem Truth. Eastern did they tar and eather the Alkali dern fool prayed for a 'nld haresta" Oil OF SWEEI SlIGERS BUIS HESTORE TO HEALTH, Dr. SMes Qarid Digs. covery far Consumption aPro-l ducing Moe Cures. Over Penty Coed in Woaohimgto Alone.

Very many penio. go the asnin to the medical frateraity with their throat or laug trouble before they am persuaded that the best thing for them to do t1 to commit Dr. ShMde. 122 14tta etteet, who has bernd qmestion run more complicated IuNK ad throat truaule than all the physielans i the omtry ounbiad. It you are skeptical go ask Dr.

McKina. 25 5th at. what he thinka of Dr. Shade's trentuaent, e4r Dr. Pattereon, 52 at.

n.e. Both -f these gettlemen are experienced in the general practice for many ir. McKim lies been practlc.g nwdl in to the Dt5eriet of (btumnbla over forty yearn. He belongs to the medical associatko. and ta for mamy sere.

Ile is reliable and trustworthy. an the nedical seiety will not tolerate anworthy or unrelIable mnemberShip. MIss Lilan Kunt, 1104 lath at. n.w.. is the we refer to.

Miss Hunt is well known ay tho maie-loving spublic on acco'ant of vw-al talent, catering to the Cultivated ear of Washington ausicians. Miss HUat had-la a -eCaum gone the roenls among the doctors with lint little if any benest. Mia Hunt has been taking IDr. tq'ade'ti treatment for als months for timnent and lroanchial taooble, and 'a now able at tis tien to resume iner mush.al ttudies again. Prof.

slaEig unys that Min Hnt's Voice has improved v-ry mouch. more nwilow and richer since under hIde's treatmen. MIS Hunt saercelj, If ever. is troubled with the very Severe tough that a.amy-d her for se-veral years. ias Hunt is willing to lie interview.edt for the benest of tbo.e wilh, are sug-ring as ae dAi.

Call or write for tinktet ar.d aymptomi tlaaak ir th-e dendrlng bune treatnent. Conrultation frie Monday, Wldnd.Ay anil Fri. y. It -etter ask the Yale to call for your laundry Miondav. 514 1oth st.

'Phone l0j2. 'Wagon calls. it now a Chentery Was Stralghstened. From the Ete-trinii lte-view. The stralight-ning of a chimney at a brick and and tilf works In Earmct, was recently accomplished in a novel manner.

The stack is 122 feet high. 11 felt square at the base. taperlrg semnt ihat at the top, and wdighs sIU tons. The walls are 36 inches thick. The top was found to be learning 4., inches from the vertical line.

To right the chimney Iln 1-2 inche of brick work was removed from the foundati. ns on three sides. As the bricks were riimoved. square blocks of wood were Instrt d. one after another, until three sideis of the structure rested on the blockst.li ween the blocks subsnt anal brik )iers inch-s high were Luilt.

Ing a space 4 1-2 Inches lixwe-en the toi of the piers and the bottom of the un'ertnined brick work. The blocks were then set on fire and burnig evenly. If one burrel fa-tter than the othrs, the fire- on that particular block was checked. so thapt all w-re made to burn uniformly, and. as th.e blocks were reducel tc ashes.

the stack slorly righted. As the top gradually swung hac-k throtgh t1w 4.Inch are small fissures appeared rear the bwue. In (v-ry girove a tol wa-ze is drixa-n to maintain the weliht of the walls. The crtlre work consane-d one day. and the reductIon of the wooden blocks to asits rcquired one hour.

Steequence in Dreans. From thw Rtord. Dreams art curius. thinrs. About a ago a West girl draamed that she lost her watch.

ar.d in the morning lookid in the place whe-re she always put her timepiece. lo diseclver that it was gone. This, of cous, led he to beleve that some one had ac'ttally steoen it. anad that she was not drearinmr. but was ma in a half Pleen.

dish artcrnirg PualIncion the crestfalilna young wenan tpid her brcther cf the The brother had to visl vari us pawnshops and station houses. give a careful de-scrip'ion of the costly article. and was kept hustling arourad about three or four days. vainly naaerIng to get a clue. Put he finatly abandoned nl hopes of the los-t tr Iasura.

In th. evening of the very day ft.at her discontir.uei the is.arch the fair los o. the time-piece had another 4ream. This time she dreamed that before retirng she had hiddcn her watch in a nhte in the bottom of a closet. After- rising next moraing.

merely cut of curiosity, tIe w( nt to the place designated in her drearn, artd to her amazement there bebeld the innocent tunepiece. A Rich Meacan. One of the richest men in Mcric is Mazim'lian Damm. a German by birth. le lives In an old monastery In Durangt, and enjoys an income of nearly 7 Ii.455 a trear from hIs silver mine.

El Promjontain. Hie began life in Mecxico as a eierk. PmnaAy he went Into busness for himself. and while he was viriting it Giermany his manaszer took what was suhtposed to be a worthieis ine for a bad debt. It is thils mie from which he is now dcriving ins grnac income.

Re-te Prain the snrmaau Zrnai. "Aw. ysu aint so hot." said the youth with the edgarette." "Huh!" answered the youth with the had cigar. "I ain't ceen your picture on no buttona, neither." When the deetor mco to puewcibe for any weakness," the Efst thing insit upon is an and the gtsminat he pm-. thne ieesi appiic- 4L tions, SI natural- gg ly digteful tu estry tuodest w-.

nman. Theme humniliating mnessures se generally absolutely unneussary, anad there is seldnan any reason why a'woman abould sutbmit to them. steent is made on the authort' of Dr. R. V.

Pieree an eminenut speciakes in the treatnment of diseases of women. For thirty years he has been the chief consultin physican at the Invalids' Hotel am SugclInstitute, at Budfalo, N. Y. Doctne Pierce's Favofite Prescriptiog was the cure of all di.ees disordews of the distinctlv femnunne oxmans. It has ben sucessul, even beyond the expectations of its dirCoverer.

It acts directly on ths delioste' anad sensitive ofgna andi b'a then back to perfect. vtgrous health. Is efect is almoost immiedsate. It allays inAamukion.and stops unbeamlde, Pinms, as well as unnat.r=l, 4ebhttmdruins. on the stm.

It larities, and cuies where ocos al Bwanm-n whso woud like to knewthetsath shout arnpho in heath and dineua, soan pages and isca comuplete nudil am one "olum. It cotme seveal chaptei thme twpaouive physiology of wnmaan weitten i plain langunge, and illutemited S7andv the" will do ar woaman. and efers auy sge temsfo the preservman of hnmkb. Nlesaty 700aoocopies were coid a each.h lsathe greatest snie evenrteached byany smedsa werk ever printed in tine Ifuglish Igne. Thme new editoni ot paperesn.

eredt, is mow sasamih to a. who will send 2: one-et ste to cor thme Cost of masilig 0521. to the 'a Dispcnnr Medical Aaasociation. Buffalo. N.

1'. Ind binding a' cent. estra nas ce-nts in all). 'Twill be a revelation to you wahen you try the Yale mi 'Phone 109e. itm.