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EARLY MANIFESTATION OF CONSUMPTION

II o person has an obstinate cough which CON-
menced without any obvious cause. cough which is
at first dry and hacking. and subsequently, attended
for time with frothy mucilaginous king expec-
torstion. accompanied by wandering pains about the
chest and loss Of flesh. slight extent he
all probability consumptive. II. besides. there be
h1moptysis splitting Of blood. to the amount
Of drachm, the probability 10 increased to almost q
certainty. II, i'll addition 10 these symptoms, the
breathing becomes harsh hurried and deep inspirs-
tions evoke few clicks of dry and cracking sound.
the voice becomes permanently weak and hoarse.
from consumption.
II person. free from dyseptery, and who has not
sided tropical climates suffers from obstinate diar-
rhBa. which goes month alter mon ia, with slight
remission or ipterinission even though there be no
cough, he is most likely consumpuve Should this
diarrhea followed by chest symptoms Of the slight
amount, the existence Of consumption is alb
solute certainty. If young adult. not addicted
to enervating habits and not leading . dissolute
life without clear steadily loses weight he
all probability consumptive. though no chest symp-
toms should have appeared When such. however.
manifest themselves additionally the establishment
OF consumption is almost fixed fact. In all cases
where any Of the manifestations described make their
appearance should advise immediate examina-
tion the cheat and prompt resort to appropriate
treatment
Atan early stage Of consumption radical cure can
be frequently effected. and health placed upon firm
and permanent footing. while with every step in ad
which the disease is allowed to take the chances
for perfect recovery diminish correspondingy. Our
readers bear in mind that the skilful aud
efficient treatment do more than to make sound
snd useful much Of the lungs il present at the
time when the progress of consumption becomes
pended No means earth can replace the lung It's
su which has been destroyed By the liberated pro-
The earlier therefore, consumption is attended
to- the better are the chances Tor sasfsctcfy resuI
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CAPITOL AND CITY HALL.
Report Of Architect Clark of Work Done
In and About Those Buildings.

Mr.. Edward Clark, the architect of the Capt.
tol, in his annual report to the Secretary OF the
Interior speaks of the improvement OF the
ventilation of the Supreme Court room which
was effected by the introduction of a fan and
air ducts under the floor. He states that in
compliance with the Senate resolution he has
begun the collection Of busts Of Vice Presi-
dents of the United States and has received
those Of Adams, Jefferson and Hamlin. Mr..
Clark states that the electric light plants In the
House and Senate wings have been used to
great advantage and swing in the cost of gas
has been effected In case the system Of the
Senate is changed from high tension to a low
tension the purchase of that plant is recon-
mended. Electric lighting has also been ex-
tended during the year in the building and in
troduced III the terraces.
THE CAPITOL TERRACES.
The marble and granite work of the terraces
have been completed and a number Of the
rooms fitted up ready for occupancy by COM
mittecs. Nine of the rooms have been occu-
pied during the present session of Congress
and all the Others will be made ready by the
next meeting of Congress.
AS there has been no legislation authorizing
the placing OF the Marshall statue on the pro-
posed site of the fountain on the west front, az
was expected. contract has been awarded for
the construction OF the fountain.
Mr.. Clark recommends that the pavement al
the east front of the Capitol be resrfaced, as il
is in cracked and patched condition.
THE COURT HOUSE.
The report states that various improvements
have been made to the court house building in
this city. the supervision Of which is intrusted
to the architect Of the Capitol. The improve
ments were principally to the plumbing and
water supply and putting up iron guards in the
passage OF the basement for additional security
of prisoners
Ihirty-eight thousand dollars has been ex.
pended on the Capitol, S64, COG on the terraces
and $50, 900 in improving the Capitol grounds.
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ELPHoNzo yoUNos coMpANY,
42S 9th st. bet d and Z
CASH On CREDIT.

Our fall stock o; Furniture. Carpets. he. 80 now
complete. and IL you contemplate purchasing any
thing in line 1t will be to your interest call
us before doing 30. confident save you
from 10 to 25 per cent your purchase. Below we
mention few Of our many bali gains and advantages
We will sell you handsome SOLID OAK ANTIQUE
FINISHED BED ROOM SUITE. pieces for si7
cash or SIS on credit
We will sell you . 7-piecs PARLoR SUITE. solid
s2s cash or $50 on credit
We will sell you 9 s-piece PARLoR SUITE, solid
wslnu. frames upholstered in plush. combination
coiors. for s2s cash or $50 on credit
We will sell you q good woyEN-wIRE BED SPRING
for s2.aa5 cash or a. 80 On credit.
We will sell you good quality BRUSSELS CARPET
for Coo. per yard cash Csc. per yard on credit.
We will sell you good INGRAM CARPET for 35c
per yard cash or 4oc. per yard on credit.
We Sew and Lay all CARPETS Free of Cost and dc
not charge for the waste in matching fgures
We will sell all CARPETS, MATTINas AND OH.
CLOTHS on Credit at an advance Of cents per ysrt
on the lowest cash price.
EASY WEEKLY or MONTHLY PAYMENTS tater
on all credit sales, and no notes required.
CASH DISCOUNT allowed on al accounts settled 4,
30 days.
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SAINT OFFICER PRANK. Ia1ifO0u uepOtS
Persons who are unable to pay for hospital
service and those who meet with painful acct
dents are removed under the direction Of the
sanitary officer and cared for at some hospital
DEALING WITH IMPosToRs.
There is a class of men the sanitary officer
sails 'pretenders" who give him some trouble.
and doubtless they sometimes get the better of
him. These are individuals who went TO go to
hospital and enjoy the ease and Injuries they
afford when in fact there is nothing the matter
with them. Many idlers after spending weeks
or months rowing about the country want no
better place to go to than a hospital. where
they expect good attention and good food.
Such persons are not, however. entitled TO adj
mission to the hospitals on the free list. but
they sometimes manage in the rush OF bust
ness to slip through. The sanitary officer in
suspected cases always gives the benefit of the
doubt to the applicant, as he believes it better
that a dozen i'm posters should be cared for
than that one sick man should suffer.
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AFTER A HARD FIGHT.
A Farmers Wife Killed Near the Scene
of the Leconey Tragedy.

The mutilated body of Mrs. John Miller, the
wife Of a New Jersey farmer, was found yester-
day afternoon in Mathieson's woods, in Della
ware township, not far from the scene of the
famous Leconey murder. Frank Lingo, the
negro suspected of killing Annie Leconey, was
arrested, charged with Mrs. Miller's death. On
Thursday afternoon Mrs. Miller went to
Noonestown, few miles away, to visit some
friends. As she did not return late in the
afternoon her husband started to look for her.
II was found that she had made several pur-
chases at INTERCHANGEABLE and had entered the
woods on her way home late in the afternoon.
On searching the woods Mrs. Miller's body was
found in n clump OF bushes. Evidence Of a ter
rifle struggle was seen all around. Mrs. Miller 9
umbrella, hat and the packages she had pur-
chased i'll Merchantsville were scattered around.
An examination of the body told the mute story
OF the terrible struggle the poor woman must
have made for her life. The ends of
three fingers were missing from the
left hand and their appearance indicates that
they had been bitten off. A wound on the same
hand was undoubtedly caused by the murder
er's teeth, the hand being bitten through.
There was also a wound near tho mouth. prob
ably caused by blow from a brutal fist The
murdered woman was twenty-nine years OF age
and very pretty. She leaves three children.
Two little children said that they saw Mrs.
Miller enter the woods and just before she APP
and dark clothing had come along the road.
He stopped and asked them if they had seen q
white man pass that way" Upon their answer
ing in the negative the negro started through
the woods, preceding Mrs. Miller, they say, by
only q short distance.
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GEN. GRANTS COURTSHIP.
Mrs Grant Tells How the Great Soldier
Proposed to Her.

From the Ladies' Home Journal for October.
lone summer day we were going to a morn
ing wedding, and Lieut.. Grant was also III
vited. He came for us on horseback. and
asked my brothers permission to drive me, in
exchange for his saddle, to which he gladly
consented. The day was beautiful. the roads
wero a little heavy from previous rain. but tho
sun shone in splendor. We had to cross a
little bridge that SPAWNED ravine, and. when
we reached it, was surprised and little con-
cerned to find the gulch swollen, most IN
usual thing, the water reaching to the bridge.
noticed, too. that Lieut.. Grant was quiet, and
that and the high water bothered mo- asked
several times if he thought the water danger
GUS to breast. and told him 1 would 60
back rather than take any risk. He as
sured me- III his brief way, that il was per-
fectly safe, and in my heart relied upon bin.
Just we reached the old bridge said. Now,
if anything happens, remember shall cling to
you, no matter what you say to the contrary.
He simply said, All right and We were over
the planks in less than minute. Then his
mood changed, he became moro social. and in
asking me to be his wife used my threat u
theme. After dinner that afternoon Lieut..
Grant asked me to set the day. wanted to be
engaged and told him it would be much nicer
than getting marrled-a sentiment that he did
not approve. We we're very quiet at the house
that evening and neither SAID word OF the
secret. After supper he went back to the
regiment. and few days later Gen. Taylor
sent him to Camp salubrity, in Louisiana. He
was too shy to ask father. so he waited till he
was stationed and wrote to him. Father never
answered the letter. / was his favorite daugh-
ter and he thought army life would not suit
me.
80 Besides.' said father you are too young
and the boy is too poor. He Lasn't anything to
give you
Il rose in my wrath and l said was poor,
too, anc hadn't anything to give him.
The next year he came back on a leave of
absence, and l can remember just how he
looked as he rode UP i'll his new uniform.
Father was going TO Washington on business,
and We were all on the front porch kissing him
goodbye and stufiing his pockets with notes OF
things he was to buy. Lieut. Grant asked for
my hand, and he, in Ia hurry to get of, con-
sented.
My soldier lover was in and about Mexico
for four years. including the war. Every mail
brought me a letter. Every one of them was iuli
of sweet nothings. love and war. and now and
then some pressed leaves and flowers. Some
were written on drum heads captured from the
siexicans and others on sheets of foolscap
folded and scaled with red waters. / read each
one every day until the next one came. ! have
them all.
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Who Gets the $500?

The Sons of Temperance National Mutual
Relief Society has. by Mr.. S. n. Yeatman, lied
bill Of interplender against John W. Holman,
administrator of the estate of Eliza F. Hosley
ct al. The bill states that Charles Harvey Hos
ley OF Fort Scott, Kan, was admitted men,
Der Of the complainant society. the benefits in
case OF his death to be paid his wife il living,
otherwise tc his daughter; that the principal
died at 2:l5 pm. April IL last. and the wife at
o'clock the next da, that there was then I.G2O
members and IL $50 constituted the benefits
that j. W. Holman forwarded his claim June 2
as administrator OF the wife's estate, and June
q Rose Hosley, the daughter, forwarded her
claim. The complainant asks the court to
decide which OF the claimants ia entitled to
receive the benefts
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Has Kept OF the Cholera.

FROM the PAU Mail Gazette.
Whatever our bad summer may have done
for Us SO far 1t has kept off the cholera. Rain
following intense heat usually leads to an out
break Of cholera, but we have had rain with
out heat, and though is has spoiled cur pota-
toes and kept back our cereals it has prevented
any real visitation OF the Asiatic plague.
Whether this immunity will continue, more
especially in Ireland. II diseased potatoes are
used for food. is another matter. The cholera
regulations issued by the local government
board assume that our main danger lies on the
seaboard. Doubtless this is the case, and
rigid isolation must be the true policy. But
some care will DO needed wherever the potato
crop is affected, as we'll as in districts imme-
diately behind our northern and southern
ports. We have cholera from the Baltic IN
many instances and more rarely from the Medi-
terranean. However, without being unduly
alarmed, the country 10 well content to leave
preventive measures in the hands Of the au.
thorities. and. in the meanwhile, tho rain has
flushed our sewers and carried away many OF
the germs that might have been active agents
in developing and spreading the cholera.
Ex-Msyor William Q. Darlington Of Richmond
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PLAYERS LEAGUE.
ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION.
More Than Two Months on tho Way

Facilities for the transportation of mail mat
ter between tho United States and South Amer
lea are somewhat debiltated and frequently
turn up missing. A gentleman in this city adj
dressed letter to the United States consul at
Buenos Ayrcs June . last. 1t arrived at its des-
tination August IA. In answering that letter,
which he did on the day of receipt, Consul Ba-
ker wrote: II am only just now III receipt of
your letter OF the 9Th Of Juse last. The
length of time IT has been en- route is owing to
the fact that You omitted to write on the enye-
lope via England but this delay in our mail
service il the rule rather than the exception
owing to the want Of proper mail facilities be-
tween this country and the United States. On
account of these unavoidable DELAYS My letters
even those from the Department of State, are
by my request sent by way OF England when
got them within thirty days"
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CARING FOR CRANKS.
All Sorts and Conditions of Men at
the Sanitary Office.
HELPING POOR INVALIDS,
The Many Duties OF the Sanitary o..
ficer-sccnes In Hrs Office-strange
Character who Are Sent There Or
Who Go There For Assistance.

nm A SMALL ROOM in the rear on the
.1 main floor Of the building occupied as
police headquarters Is the Office Of sani-
tary Officer John A. Frank. The duties
OF the sanitary officer are Of q varied nature.
He has to deal with sll sorts and conditions OF
men and he does so without regard to nation
Atty. creed or color. The work OF looking
after the sick and disabled Is probably the least
Troublesome Of all his duties although even in
that line he has to be on the lookout always for
impostors. The Office hours are from am.
antil D. m, but sick people cannot always
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A PLEASANT X. Of p. Entertainments

4
The literary and musical entertainment and
hop given by Capital Lodge, No. "a, X. Of P,
Thursday evening at new Grand Army Hall
was largely attended, aud the excellent pro-
gram rendered made the affair an enjoyable
one. Prof. Garland opened with an overture
on the piano, followed by Mr.. b F. Taylor in
an original song entitled ''Tho Old Cradle;'
Miss Carrie Troth gave Q recitation, followed
by Messrs. Pruitt and Ashford in 1.-The Upper
Ten and Lower Five" assisted by Miss Hattie
Desmond. the latter afterward singing q solo;
Mr.. John E. Finch impersonated ''Old Uncle
Joe" in costume, and Messrs. Depro and
Sturgis created considerable amusement. Mr.,
James 4. Taylor Was SO we'll received that he
was compelled to respond twice to encores
recitation by Miss Emma Mastbrook and 9
banjo solo by Mr.. L. A. Callan were we'll rem.
dered. The cornet Improvisation BY Mr.. w.
r. Hall excited admiration. After refresh
ments were served dancing was kept up till
midnight
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The EnOsinian Society.

The Enosinian Society Of the Columbian Uni
versity had its first meeting Of tho collegiate
year yesterday and the following officers we're
elected for the ensuing term: President, E.
Hilton Jackson; vice president, Horace w.
Jones; treasurer. Evans Fugitt; secretary. H.
r. Pyne; critic, Miss Emma Moses; editor Bee,
E. Hilton jackson; second editor Of Bee, Miss
Estelle Thockmorton; first editor Of News Vim.
II. Wilson; second editor of News, Horace w.
Jones; third editor of News, Miss Nina Bradley
sargeant-at-arms,C G. G. Coploy; librarian, Miss
Susie Copiey
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attend to their wants at
specified times. Con-
sequently the sanitary
officer is liable to be
called upon at almost
any hour. When he
reaches the Office in
the morning there are
usually q dozen or more
persons hanging about
the Office door waiting
for an interview with
him. The lame, the halt
and the blind all look
TO him for assistance
aud the ambulance is
kept constantly on the
go conveying them to
the hospitals or the
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AT THE DOOR OF THE OFFICE.

Under the class of sick persons there are also
many inebriates who apply for permits to some
hospital to recover from the effects of q spree,
but, as there is no inebriate ASYLUM here. such
requests cannot be granted. While there is no
such institution here. in extreme cases the VIC
Tins of alcohol are sometimes placed in the
almshouse hospital for a while.
The sanitary officer is also sometimes called
chief of the transportation bureau, from the
fact that he has charge OF the funds appropri-
ated for sending persons out OF the city. This
fund. however. is limited. and all who call arc
not provided with a free ticket to ride over the
rail to some distant place There is no class of
persons who understand about this fund better
than the old soldiers who live in the various
homes provided for them. Among them Mr..
Frank Is very popular. and they all speak of
him in highest terms. He has befriended many
Of them, and the chances that he will have
to continue to do 30.
These old men come here from the different
homes, some to look after their pensions and
others on pleasure.
SENDING OLD SOLDIERS HOME.
When they get ready to return to Hampton
or elsewhere and are without funds they go
directly to police headquarters and do not
even have to be told in what part of the build
ing Mr.. Franks Office is located.
They came SO thick and fast that some time
ago some action had to be taken and the result
was that notice was posted in the Hampton
for Washington without a return-trip ticket
but even that notice has been disregarded by
many of those who fought for their country.
Most Of them tell the same story of looking
FOR pension money, getting rerated or looking
for an increase. Some Of them are honest
enough to come out and say: IL came away for
good time and 1 had it. / want to return
home, but I'm busted"
OF course the District does not want to be
put to the expense of feeding him and he il
often sent on his way rejoicing.
OTHER cHARACrERs.
Then there are other cases in which trans
portation has to be furnished Boys and girls
who run away from their homes and land here
have to be sent to their homes, and many poor
persons who are likely to become a charge
upon the District are sent to other places
where they think that they will DO able to earn
their own living.
Every jurisdiction likes to get rid OF its pau
per element and it is often accomplished bv
sending them to another jurisdiction. During
recent months many paupers have arrived here
from Virginia, and in each instance when prac-
tlcable the poor unfortunate was sent back to
his former Virginia home.
Then persons on the road looking for work
are often assisted as far as Baltimore. and from
there they are probably sent far as Philadel-
.Phia, and IN that way some of them manage to
take long trips at the public expense. The dis
turblng element and those who cause more
trouble than all others are the cranks and crazy
people who come within the province Of the
Danitary officer.
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A Washington Singer,

Mr.. Louis Lndhoimer, Washington boy
who is known on the stage as Homer Lind and
is at present with 1.-The Sea King" Company,
will go to Milan to continue his musical educa-
ton and prepare himself for grand opera. He
sails next Saturday, going first to Frankfort,
where he has q very wealthy uncle who pro-
poses to see his nephew through. He win be
absent about six years. Mr.. Lindheimer has a
really fine baritone voice and his friends paint
O rosy future for him.
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In this class are included men. women and
ehildren Of all colors. Nearly all the cranks
are termed harmless" That they are not
harmless is never known or suspected until
some evidence of violence isshown. The cranks
are possessed of all sorts OF foolish ideas and
notions, and most OF them converse nationally
On every subject other than the one that gives
them an air of Independence or fear.
Some Of them are the happest people on
sarth-the man who insgines he has been
elected President of the United States. for in
Dtance. He Is always. so he imagines elected
BY o unanimous vote about which there can be
no contest. and when he entcrs the grounds
surrounding the Executive Mansion he fancies
That the eye of the public is upon him.
There are others who imagine that they have
been selected as the chief OF some department,
and not few Of them have an idea that they
have been selected 10 perform the duties Of
chief Of police.
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Evarts' Old Hat Is q Mascot.

From the Boston Globe.
Inquiry has often been made as to why the
Hon. William NJ Eyarts persists in wearing the
shocking old white hat which he has made his
toric. Senator Evarts does not wear the tile
because OF penuriousness, but because he re-
CARDS it as his mascot. Since wearing it his
health has been unusually good and he has
acquired q Senatorship.