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The Washington times., 1895-01-13
SOLDIERS, HOME EVENT.
Rev. DR.. Stafford Made Magnificent
Address ar the Installation.

Rev. DR.. Stafford Made a Magnificent
Address ar the Installation.
Henry Wilson Post, No. II, Department Of
the Potomac, e. A. R.. of the United States
Soldiers Home, had a public installation o.
its officers on Wednesday evening last, which
was an event in its history. After short
business session Of the post the doors were
thrown open and Notwithstanding the sewers
storm that was raging at the time the hail
was rapidly filed by the veterans Of the
home.
Promptly at 7:30 the installing officer, Com
rade J. Madison Cuts, arrived and was re-
ceiysd with the honors due the representative
OF the department commander. His entry
was soon followed by that of Gen. Stanley,
the governor of the home, accompanied by
the Rev. Dr. Stafford, the orator Of the oc-
easion.
After music by the excellent home band
and several songs by the Grand Army MusI-
Ral Union. Mrs. Tracey at the piano COmrade
CGtts proceeded TO install the officers of the
post. which he did in an excellent manner
The new commander then, IN few words.
thanked the installing officers, the officers of
the home. and the ladies and gentlemen who
brayed the inciemency of the weather 10 par
ticipate in the services
Col Cuts then introduced Rev. DR.. Stat
ford, who for nearly an hour held the audi
ence spellbound by his matchless eloquenee.
His theme was self-eonquest and the lessons
iIeuleated, charity, fraternity, loyalty. were
conveyed in a manner which will not soon be
forgotten by those who heard them.
After the exercises in the nall the comrades
and their friends adjourned to the dining
room and partook Of simple. but sufficient
lunch; and then, the ladies having retired.
the old soldiers went back TO the hail and
smoked and talked until II O'Clock, when all
dispersed quietly to their beds.
Among those present were: Mrs. and Miss
Chambers, of the Woman's Relief Corps;
Commander BuDpus, of Lafayette Post, and
that true and steadfast friend of Wilson Post,
DIR. Arnold.
The officers Installed were: Jacob Moore,
commander; Abraham Il. Carpenter, s. V. c.;
James Williams. j. V. c.; Edward Burns, ad-
jutant; Reuben Sugden. quartermaster; John
@. Lucas, surgeon; William Taylor, chaplain;
Bernard Moran. officer of the day; Aug.
Smith, o. o. g.. and Charles H Mansfield,
quartermaster sergeant.
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PRAISE FOR DR.. WOODWARD.
A Colorcd Clergyman Cofnmends the
Health Officers Recent Letter

A Colorcd Clergyman Comrnends the
Health Officers Recent Letter
Instead of the scalpng committee of col
orel ministers calling upon Health Officer
Woodward yesterday and going for his scalp
lock, as was announced, because Of his recent
letter to tfe 6o.ored preachers urging ih+ir
co-oTe alton in stamping out the smallpox,
the genial doctor received several most dat
tering tiers irom colored divines. One of
these. from leading minister who presides
over a wealthy aud influential congregation.
contains in addition to the praise for DR..
Noodward's efforts what The preacher terms
his ''siN commandments OF health. The let
ter, which was received yesterday afternoon,
reads:
Indeed l Tad Anticipated you by doing
the exact thing you advised repeatedly since
that stranger appeared in our city with the
smallpox. some seven or eight months ago,
and sat on the curhstore at Sixth and D
streets northwest until he could be removed
to the hospital.
my advicc TO my people is plainly stated
after this manner:
Il. Keep clean in your persons, in your
clothing. in your homes.
''2. Take proper rest at night.
"3. Live on good iood. eat sufficient, and
never allow yourself TO be very hungry. 1t is
in the person of weak mau eontagion finds
an easy prey.
''4. Avoid contagious diseases of all kinds,
except when duty demands of you that YOU
stake your own life 20 save the life OF an
other. Our religion teaches us to separate
the clean from the uncean, both in matters
physical and moral.
rs. Do everything 10 prevent the spread of
contagious diseases. Be vaccinated and see
that it takes. II any contagious disease ap-
pears in your tome isolate the afflicted from
those who are well.
20 Glorify God in your body as well as in
your spirit by bringing 1t into subjection to
all Gods laws-noral ard physicaI-which
pertain to its well-being Let it not be weak
ened by strong drink nor in anywise out
ragged by sin. Keep pure heart in a pure
BODY
There were no new cases Of smallpox re-
ported yesterday, and only one suspect. The
Ward family. who reside at No. 6 @ street
northwest, after persistently refusing to 20 to
the pes!house, and there is no law TO compel
them to go, consented TO become patients Of
the smallpox hospital yesterday and were re-
moved to that institution by Col. Sam Elm
STEMS assistants last night
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ss,royE UP FRONT ~

colored brother. and in the ringing tones so
familiar in the halls OF Congress and which
have SO often provoked a storm Of applause
from the galleries, said:
''Get up out of that; get up and give that
young lady the seatl''
The man grumblingly got up. With
swift glance of thanks and pleased smile to-
ward the Southerner the lady sat down.
Telling the story later to group oi fellow
Congressman he said in the most convincing
and yet unconsciously humorous way:
NOW if he hadn't got up I should have
had to cut him.
Another Congressman tells story almost
similar, except that he caught the offending
eolored man by the coat collar and tried to
pull him out Of the sent. but the obstinate and
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Pickpcckets on the Street cars-Two cases
OF pocket picking on street cars were re-
ported to the police yesterday Miss Annie
Martin. clerk in the Comptroller's Office,
Treasury Department, was relieved OF Eer
purse. containing $40, on a Fourteenth street
cable car. Frank d. cleary, OF No. 1929
Thirteenth street northwest. was also relieved
en- Fourteenth street ear of his purse, con-
taing Sc and Columbian coin.
joseph Auerbaeh Seriously Injured-Mr.
Joseph Auerbaeh, the merchant, OF No. 623
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, was Knocked
down by a reckless bieyclist and run over by
passing herdic at the corner Of Thirteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest
yesterday. Mr. Auerbach's injuries consist of
q long cut over his left ear and a badly man
gled foot. He is being treated at his home.
No. 61l l. street northwest.
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Pcaee .maker Cremer Here.

Mr.. William Randall Cremer, member OF
the British House of Commons, who is here
charged with the presentation TO President
Cley eland of memorial signed by 352 mem
bers OF Parliament urging the negotiation
of treaty looking TO the submission OF all
matters in dispute between the United States
and Great Britain to arbitration. expects to
pay formal visit to the President next Tues
day. He is strongly OF the belief that il Con-
gress will give an evidence of its willingness
to sanction such an arrangement the British
government will return a prompt and hearty
response and Immediately initiate the negoti-
atjonS
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1T COST TIE coSDUcron s CENTS.

the true value OF q borSe-car ride as q panacea
for the blues or a soolhcr for pain were fully
realized by the average individual, the cor
porations would have to double their carry
ing capacity aud the theaters would have a
hard time getting an audience for the fin de
steele comedies.
One afternoon not long ago a horse-car
was being drawn along crowded thorough
fare by pair OF iaded-looking steeds. There
was but one man insidea and all the rest of
the passengers were women, who had been
shopping or calling, and were laden with
bundles or children. q Rs
The bell rang. the car stopped. and a
middle-aged lady got on the platform.
Almost simultaneously n curious change came
over the young man. In fash his eye
travelled around the car. and he realized that
he was the only male occupant. The selfish
ness innate in man asserted itself, and far
away expression stole into his eyes as he
turned his head in IN opposite direction from
the door through which the lady was coming
up the aisle
He was observed by a bright young lady
jumped from her seat quickly, and said to the
elderly lady:
''Sit down, madam. There is
NO GENTLEMAN IN THE CAR
or else he would be pleased to accommodate
YOU
There will be found on crowded cars a
great many men who wear far-away express
sions, but who, unfortunately, are not re-
buked.
Any day you are riding on car that con-
tains one or two pretty girls you will find
amusement in observing how they are like
magnets in attracting the opposite sex. Let
man get on Il car and, as he steps upon the
platform sees pretty girl in the car, you
will observe him walking up the &sle as II
perfectly unconscious of her, presence, but
always seating himself opposite. II he is a
gentleman he will stealthily watch her from
the corners OF his eyes, but if he is otherwise
he will fasten gaze upon her that is often
impertinent, but more frequently annoying.
When the car is crowded the conductors g
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People Peculiar and Things DiIap-
idated Seen by a Physician.
yAcCINATING IN THE SLUAS
Monumental Congeries Of Shanties and Pens
for Human Beings-Everything Leaks
MouldY and Moth-eatsn and Saturated
with Infamous Ligu;as-Humanity Taints
the Atmosphere-sto Endurance Shown.

The tour OF one Of the physicians who are
vaccinating the population OF the slums OF
the city was yesterday made in company
with a TIMES reporter and artist. The ply
sician was DIR. w. G. Childs, colored and his
district lies in Southwest Washington. Ii the
course Of about three hours he visited and
Taccinated about two dozen coIored people
OF all sizes. sexes and ages. The operation
was confined to Burke's alley and its muddy,
poverty-stricken tributaries. and 20 the some
what celebrated Porksteak alley.
This last-named thoroGghfare even COM
pared with "Heli's Half-acre' in the North
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OF the street appears to be labyrinth Of con-
Meeting doors and holes and spaces as if you
could walk inside from one end of the alley to
the other
In Burke alley the dilapidation is not so
complete. but The general air is one of pictur-
esqUe poverty.
In Porksteak alley the houses lean up
against each other to Offset the damp rot and
gravitaiion. In Burke's alley the houses
stand on their own legs. The artist has pre-
sented two houses, one Of brick and one Of
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impolite fellow would not bulge or offer suf-
fcient proyocaiion for the exercise OF more
violent measures. The Congressman with
drew his hand and desisted although re-
warded by the admiring glances OF the fair
occupants of the car.
A Seventh street car was crowded last
night. 1t seemed as il not zone more" could
squeeze In. Inside, the passengers, male and
female, pretty and otherwise, were so close
that the movement of one disturbed the en-
tire mass. The least ioSgle or Jerk of the car
caused all to fall one way or another.
The conductor had cried ''Please move up,
move up 'front.' until the savage glance in
the ewes of the passengers nearest him gave
I warning that virtue was not 10 be won by
patience.
Outside on the rear platform, there was a
mass of men. pushed here and there by the
| conductor as ne leaned this way and that TO
| peer into the car for
| POSSIBLE SHOPPERS"
The time when a man could safely joke
about there being room for another was past.
Elbows found their way into ribs and smoth-
cred eyclam ations frequently told OF pet
corn" that had been trodden upon.
There was man on the platform. a reso-
! lutte. clear-eyed .well-dressed, black-whiskered
| fellow, evidently business man of promi-
nenee, who stood close to the door and re-
ceiyed the brunt OF the pushing and showing
from the rear. He looked through the glass
and thought he saw a niche into which he
could fit. Opening the door he sang out:
Make way for the lady, please"
NO other command would have been
obeyed by the hangers upon the straps. With
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that spirit of courtesy for which Americans
are famous there was responsive movement
forward, leaving space for several persons.
The business man quickly stepped inside.
shut the door. and then smiled with smile
that was child-like and bland
The crowd looked bIankly at him mo
ment, then ripple of indignation swept over
it. followed by broad smile with soto voee
remarks about the lady with whiskers.
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troubles begin. The poor fellow who uses
the punch or pulls the Indicator cord and
works twelve hours a day in sunshine or
storm has his hands full when there is an
ordinary load on. But their hearts fall when
they approach II crossing and SEQ enough
passengers 10 fiji the ear tc oyerfiowing.
Then comes the struggle to get people to
"moye5up front" This is a task which re-
quires Il great deal of diplomacy and some
times mild coercion.
If wolaen get on first as, OF course, 1t is
supposed they do, it is ten chances to one
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AS SILENT AS THE GRAVE.

BY and by, however, the upper windows.
oIened and people, men and women, poked
their heals out. to look lazily at the visitors,
and then went back to sleep. These houses
are very Old aa are labelled inside and OUT
side with must and dnst and rust But these
are things that people must see to appreciIte'
their utter wrstehedness.
Dr. Childs has been working in these
slum places since Monday and has still a
great many alleys % V SIT, for they run like
llood po:soned veins all through the body OF
Southwest Washington.
He il getting through his work at the rate
OF about twenty-five day but the end is not
near at hand. He has tough and rongh Job.
but lie is apparently fayorite among these
people FOR lis kipGGess and knowledge Of
how TO treat with this particular element of
society
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smallpox Situation at Midnight.

One new case and no suspects was the
health Office report of the smallpox situation
at a late hour last night. The new case was
that of Patrick Sullivan, of No. 80 New
York avenue northwest, who was promptly
removed to the pesthouse. The four sus-
pected cases reported late yesterday afternoon
were thoroughly investigated last night and
found TO be cases of ordinary, everyday all
ments. There are now twenty patients in the
smallpox hospital. and last night they were
reported TO be doing we'll
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that they will plant themselves midway in the
ear and enter into an animated conversation.
while they completely choke up the passage,
with the result that the otner passengers
swarm out upon the platform. where they
OF their heads, while the conductor franticaly
cries:
Move up 'front.' please; move up 'front.'
night or SO ago young la1y got into a
car on the avenue. and as it suddenly started
was shot, as if from catapult into the lap of
a young man who sat near tine center of the
car.
He clutehed her tightly for moment. and
their faces were study as tho humorous ma
tureof the situation dawned upon them and
they glanced at the smiling faces of the other
passengers.
A wel-known Southern Congressman was
riding on a eur which became
CROWDED WITH LADIES.
All the men but one in the car had. in re-
sponse to examples set them, risen from their
seats and politely given way to the weaker
sex. The exception was a rough-looking col
ored man, who sat in one of the corners in
such way a3 to take up almost twice as
much room as common decency allowed.
The Southerner is a man whose heart burns
with the dres OF cbivalry and who has not
forgotten the days ''bero' the wah," when he
sold black men as chattels
Seeing tired looking but attractive Young
lady. as che CHING desperately to strap
while the car se-sawed its way 10 the avenue
the Southerner. with eyes flashing and lips
tightly compressed, stopped opposite the
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and tables are few and broken-leggei l. Every
thing is pocr. terribly poor. And the people
are just as poor. There were eight people
in two little shaaties, not one OF which is big
enough TO accommodate com 'oria6!y two
persons. The artist has taken sketch OF
the unutterable confusion OF the ramshack ie
buildings ami the "courtyarl, The view
being from over the fence.
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wood, in the latter OF which the people live
over stable. When the doctor entered tho
brick house the wooden house looked as
tenantless aud was
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Tried to Shoot His Fasher-while full of
fighting whisky yesterday. John NARROW,
colored. created much excitement in Ivy City
by shooting three times at his father. but do
ing no damage. The police are looking for
John
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INEFFABLE PoREsTEAE ALLEY

l-NL 7-IsI-1 IVlsANI17a A1-I1I-I'
Just across the street is ths inefTable Pork
steak alley. The roadbed through the two
Lines OF nondeseript buildings is mud-finely
churned, maiodorous mud. On the right and
left are two brick Buildings. The rest are
best compared 20 stables. heuhouseS. and
pens. The houses have not teen white
washed IN twenty-five years Their con-
struction is crude. The roofs arc ocea-
sionally partly rust-colcred tin aud perforated
pieces OF carpet. Hardly n roof is water
tight Rotten boards. rotten shingles creak-
ing doors. and Tapping viii dows are The rule.
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HIcEEL'S WORTH or FUN
Street Car Ride as a Panassa
for the Blues.
Z0LAESOJE BITS OF LIFE
The Han with the Far-away Look When a
Der and IS Mutely Made Upon dis cour-
tesy-Getting The Crowd to Mcve Up
Front-Ee fhouid Eaye Had to Cut
Eim-A Few of the Irci1ents.

The man who lives outside OF himself and
is looking FOR Zoaesque lit, of life gets his
moneys worth riding on Il street car II
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SHE scAMpEREp OFF.

There was only one exception. colored
girl asked the reporter il he was charity
man. When told no, but that she was TO be
vaccinated. she -seampered of as fast as her
legs co uld carry her through the mud, and
disappe ared through a hole in wall. The
young Ieopie lore the rasping of the
vaccine point with more fortitude than the
men. Several of the latter appeared to suffer
us if they were having their ARMS amputated.
In this Porksteak alley people appear sud-
denly and in crowds. like birds out OF the
sky or things out OF the ground. Each side
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You go into one house, and then sidewi-e
through the narrowest spaces into other
houses, finding the occupants. Humanity
taints the atmosphere rather than decorates
the environment.
There are children, swarms of them. every
where The arrival OF the physician and the
other visitors was nine-days' wonder They
in the monotonous routine of life in Pork
steak alley, where porkstcak is an unknown
quantity AMI a misnomer The grown people,
too. made no resistance Washerwomcn
stopped washing. idle men stopped whiting
sticks. children stopped crying, and the con-
gregated nciGhbors gazed al the scarification
of arms a a good thing.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-29
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CThe following poem is by General VII
liam Haines Lyle. author Of Il Am Dy-
ing. Egypt, Dying and other well-known
poems The author was a Union officer
who fell in battle in 1853. These lines
have never appeared in print before, the
original manuscript being in possession Of
a lady who resides on This coast-San
Francisco Argonaut)
Nav. frown not fairest, Ch'de no more,
Nor blame the blushinG wine,
Its fiery lips are innocent
When thrills the pulse with thine.
Go. leave the goblet IN my hand,
But veil thy glances bright,
Lest wine and beauty mingling here,
Should wreck my soul tonight.
Then. dearest. 70 the ancient rim.
In sculptured duty rare,
Bow down thy red, arched lip and quaff
The wine that conquers care:
And breathe upon the perfumed cup.
Till thus its perfume be
Sweet as the scent of orange groves
Upon some tropic sea.
Then while thy fingers idly stray
in dallance DER the Tyre,
Sing 10 me. love. some old rare song
That gushed from heart OF fire
Song such as Grecian phalanX hymned
When freedoms field was won
And Persia's story. with the light,
Faded at Marathon.
Sing till the shouts OF armed men
Ring bravely out once moro,
Sing till again the ehost-white tents
Shine on the moonlit Shore
Bid from their melancholy graves
The buried bones 10 start
I knew ere many storm had swept
The dewdrops from my heart.
Sing the deep memories or the past.
NV soul shall follow thee
Its boundless depths are eeho.ng
Thy glorious minstresy;
And as the sweet vibrations hang
Enfetterei IN the air,
I'll drink. thy white arms round me- love
The wine that conquers care.