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MexicO's New Women.

From the St. Louis Obe-Democrat.
A Mexican woman station agent is one
Of the curiosities CT travel on the road
from Puebla to Caxaca. Her name IS
Concha Blanca. Her post of duty is at
Ella, the place to which the Indians flock
f1om the mountains for q 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 Ella
in the dark, young woman in white, for
Senorita Concha dresses to match her sur
name. stands at the door of the express
car, lantern in hand, checking the packages
on the big receipt book. When the freight
trains step, she fits in and out of the long
line of cars telling the brakemen what to
take ard what to leave. She is from one
end of the train to the other, seeing tn 1t
TO mistakes are made.
This bareheaded girl in a white dress is
full Of business. She wastes no time on
empty words. The trainmen respect her
She does everything about the station but
handle the baggage. There are plenty of
stout Mexicahs of the other sex hanging
around for that work. Concha Blanca is so
we'll esteemed by the management of the
road that she has been twice promoted
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 ani
shipping Of freight.
1t was her knowledge of telegraphing
that got the young woman her first recog-
milton. Her father and two brothers were
operators. She learned to use the key. A
station was given to her where there was
rot 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
keeps house for her and a younger sister
sits at the telegraph table learning the
vocation of the new woman in Mexico. The
conductors have got In the way of painting
out to travellers 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 Cam
ycn and other objects of interest. And
the Mexican woman agent with her honest
brown eyes and mass of wavy hair care
lessly knotted. moving up and down the
side of the train with quick, determine ed
step. loses nothing in interest by compari-
sen with the other strange things.
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officers individual competitive drill The
regiment that year was commanded by
Col Reichelderfer, who was succeeded by
Col Skinner for the year 1894. The COM
petftive drills were no longer held in the
theaters, as had been the custom, but the
cadets were required to show proficiency
in company evolution well as in the
manual of arms, so the base ball park was,
therefore. pressed into service. Company
d, under Capt A. I. Smith, won the COM
petitive drill.
The plaza in front of the Arlington,
where the cadets give their annual exnibi-
tion drill, was no longer large enough, so
the use of the White Lot was obtained as
a regtmental drill ground when the exhi-
bition 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 94-'95 Col. Shuster had
command. The Georgetown boys won the
drill that year. Capt Taussig commanding.
Last year ]. Summers was colonel. The
individual drill for officers was won by
Capt. Hoover, and the competitive drill by
Company F, Eastern High School, under
Capt. Gapen.
The success of some boys who received
their early military training in the High
school reflects much credit on the institu-
ton. There are number of young men
who. having passed in creditable manner
through West Point. are now army officers
Among them are William N. Cruikshank,
r. b. Winslow. c. c. Williams. Spencer
n. NJ. Reeves, Charles G. Sawtele jr and
A. Nj. Davis. Charles Hine resigned from
the army to go into business
since 1889 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 Training
The case of A. T. Smith, captain of prize
Company d. 1894, shows what good train
ing can be had in the cadet corps. He en-
listed In the regular army and passed
through all the non-commission grades un-
til he became first sergeant, when he took
the examination and was commissioned as
lieutenant.
Capt. Taussig. the commander of Com
pany II, 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 organiza-
tions. The Morton Cadets of the District
OF Columbia National Guard is notable
example. This organization was in the
awkward squad" and in military point
wholly inefficient. Capt. Edgar Shilling
who had successfully commanded Company
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At a meeting called by Miss Robinson
and held in the physical laboratory, officers
were elected, and 1t was decided that the
club should indulge In trips periodically to
spots where good views might be obtained
1t was also agreed upon that at each meet
Ing Of the club an essay should be read
treating upon some late discovery or ad-
vancement In photography.
Owing 10 the late date of the formation
of the club, not much progress was made
last year. but it is believed that the Ca
mera Club will be the leading organization
of the Western High School throughout the
present. term.
The officers and members of the club last
year were Alfred Wright. president; Paul
Lam5erton. treasurer, and Lawrence jan
ney, secretary. Members-Clifford Smith
{. F. Sterne, Harry G. Kleinsc schm.dt, Har-
old Scudder, Miss Mabel Robinson and Miss
Harriet ]. Buchly. The officers. recently
elected. to serve during 1S!hi-'97 are Miss
Harriet j. Buchly, teacher of physics, pres
ident; Miss Mabel Robinson, teacher of his
tory, treasurer, and Mr.. Lawrence Janney,
son of Supervising Principal b. T. Janney,
secretary.
1t will be good news to the pupils of the
Western who are photographcally in
cEned, to learn that the plans for the new
Western High School building provide for
model dark room. with proper equip
ment. and a room with skylight both for
Photographic work. For d dark room, last
year. recourse was had several times to
subcellar of the Curtis School building, the
present nome OIL the w eStern High School.
As a Regular Study.
The study of photography at the Eastern
High School Is conducted on scientific prin-
ciples. Mr.. Hosmer NJ. Johnson, who sue
ceeded Mr.. c. NJ. 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 con-
nection 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
lie buildings of the city. The school Is
supplied with a dark room and camera
and It ts the expectation that further ad-
vancement will be made this year. Con-
siderable time will also be devoted to the
making of lantern slides, and 1t not unlike
ly that an exhibition of the results thus
secured will be held in the assembly hall
of the school some time during the year
The class at the Eastern interested in
photography last year, in addition to Mr..
johnson, consisted of E. E. Parkinson, A.
Z. Baum. H. J. Brown, E. p. Copeland
]. T. Graft F. H. Yount and H. w. Hurst.
A report of an experiment with the X
ray By the class at the Eastern was re-
ported in The Star ct the time.
At the Business High School there is no
camera club in evidence. although not a
few Of the pupils are the owners OF cam
ras. The principal, Mr.. Allan Davis. be-
came addicted to the camera habit about
three years ago. ard during his summer va
GATORS has secured several hundred excel
lent negatives OF late, however, Mr.. Davis
has been devoting all his spare moments to
photographing Mr.. Davis, jr.
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purchase uniforms were placed in Company
A. the picked" company. apd those with
pany B, known as the "nondescript"
from the proceeds OF entertainments
Prof. Paul was enabled to purchase
enough old Austrian rifles, to equip one
company. the two companies alternating
ment In June 1888. the uniformed company
gave an exhibition drill. which was the
first of the long series of exhibition drills
Which thS snho9t haze beer gIyeh anually by the
that year were: Company A-Captain AL
fred A. Smith: first lieutenant. Andrew j.
Marsh second lieutenant Thomas J. Van
SAINT Company B-Captain, George H.
Ayres: first lieutenant. James III: Brown :
second lieutenant, Charles. W. Curtis.
In the Early Bays
The next year Maj. J. n tBat3, a retired
army officer, relieved Mr.. Israel, but the
major not being familiar with 4Upton's new
tactics. requested Capt. Burton r. Ross to
drill the companies.
The next year Capt. Ross tnow ma jor.
1st Battalion. National Guard. District of
Columbia) was appointed military instru.-
tor, which position he has held up to the
present date. The first public appearance
picked squad represented the High School
In the Grand Army parade, but the first
appearance of the entire battalion was IN
Washirstcn's birthday of 1884. That year
both the companies were uniformed and
participated In the exhibition drill. During
the year lsS4-S5 fifty more guns were OBJ
tanned from the War Department.
That year showed what the boys were
capable of doing as to endurance and drill
ing under disadvantages. On Saturday.
the 2lst of February, one Of the coldest
and most disagreeable days of that winter
the two companies, without a cadet absent
and without overcoats. paraded as part of
the escort on the occasion Of the dedica-
ton OF the Washington monument Again,
on the 4th Of March, the battalion dstin-
guished itself In President Cleveland's in
augural parade. The first dress parade was
given on the 10Th of May in honor Of the
city officials.
Probably the principal event Of that year
ana nothing has ever occurred like 1t since,
was the departure of selected drill squad
OF twenty-five cadets under the command
OF Major Sohon. for Baltimore, where a
rancy drill was presented that amazed the
people OF that city. The next year the
battalion had four large companies. Dur
ing the year of 1887 7-'s8 occurred the first
competitive drill for the coveted red rib
bons.' Company A, the victorious COM
pany. was commanded by Captain H. B.
Barney.
The next year Company D. Captain Fer
rec, won the competitive drill.
In 1870 the cadets made fine showing
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the Business for the reason that the prin-
cipai Is an enthusiastic amateur photog-
r2pheT, and several of the pupils are ex-
pcrts in manipulating the lenses 1t is as
serted that the first experiment with the
Roentgen or x ray in Washington was
made in the physical laboratory of the
Eastern High School 1t is perhaps proper
to add that the experiment was success
The initial step of the present sch ,ol
year to further the systematic study of
Photography among the pupils of the high
schools was taken recently. when Dr.
Francis f. Lane, the director, requested all
those attending the school who might be in
terested in photography to meet after :he
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 graduate of the Central, and at pres
ent occupies 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
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man. These humiliating measures arc
generally absolutely unnecessary, and
there Is seldom any reason whv a woman
should submit 10 them This statement
IS made on the authority OF DR.. r. v.
Pierce, an eminent specialist in the treat
ment of diseases of women. For thirty
years he has been the chief consulting
physician at the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute. at Buffalo. n. Y.
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prostitution
was designed for the cure of ali dis
eases and disorders of the distinctly fem
mime organs. 1t has been successful,
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nagglng pains, as well as unnatural.
debllItating drains on the system. Ii
corrects distressing and painful irregu-
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Every WON n who would like to know the trr,tt,
ebout her own physiology in health and disease.
should have copy OF DR.. Pierce's Common Ser e
Medical Adviser, This remarkable book has over
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Nearly 10000 copies were sold at s. so each This
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Evening star., 1896-10-24
-Better ask the Yale to call for
your laundry Monday. 5I4 10th st.
Phone 1892 Wagon calls. 1t
How "A Chimney Was straightcned.

From the Electrical Review.
The Strengthening of a chimney stack at
a brick and and tile works in Earnest, Pa,
was recently accomplished In a novel man
ner. The stack is I'D feet high, II feet
square at the base, taperirg somewhat at
the top. and weighs 800 tons. The walls
are SO inches thick. The top was found 10
be leaning 10 inches from the vertical line.
To right the chimney 10 1-2 inches OF brick
work was removed from the foundations on
three sides. AS the bricks were removed,
square blocks of wood were inserted. one
after another, until three sides of the
structure rested on the blocks. Between
the blocks substantial brick piers inches
high were bult, leaving a space IL inches
between the top OF the piers and the bot
tom of the undermined brick work The
blocks were then set On fire and kept burn
ing evenly. III one burned faster than the
Others, the fire on that particular block
was checked, so that all were made To burn
uniformly, and as the blocks were reduced
tC ashes, the stack slowly righted. AS the
top gradually swung back through Tie i:I-
inch arc small fssures appeared near the
base. In every groove n steel wedge WIS
driven TO maintain the weight of the walls.
The entire work consumed one day, and
the reduction Of the wooden blocks 10 ashes
required one hour.
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Saved by Her Pnroquet.

From the Portland Daily Press.
: The alarm from box 53 early yesterday
morning was caused by fire in a closet
connected with the rooms occupied by Miss
Mary S. Groder. Miss Groder told a re-
porter that before she went to bed she
threw her boots into the closet. and
whether it upset the tin in which her
matches were kept she does not know
She does know, however. that she was
awakened at the time Of the fire by one
or two paroquets belonging to her. This
bird was kept in a basket lined with some
soft mate rial and vas covered with q
light cloth. The other bird occupied a
cage. The bird In the basket was aroused
by smoke, and few screeching to its mis-
tress and ciawed at her breast to awaken
her. Miss G.oder took the bird, pushed
1t into the cage with the other one, threw
up the front window. placed the cage on
the Sill. and cried for help Then she lost
consciousness.
The firemen quickly responded, and
Driver Wakefield seized Miss Groder and
carried her to a place of safety Just in
time. She was very weak last night. much
affected hy the smoke and excitement.
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She Showed Him.

From the Minneapolis Journal
Out in the midway district there is a tall
Swedish washerwoman who has a keen
stnse OF right and wrong. and she put her
views into practical effect the other day in
very positive sort Of way She was walk
Ing along on University avenue when she
was overtaken by a bicycle rider who had
more cpeed than courtesy. In place OF
turning out. he rode up to her and pushed
his wheel along 80 that it struck her, but
did not throw him of
Il tank show you how to get of a
wheel she said, with fire in her voice
yes, tank vill," and as she spoke she
projected one of her feet at the end of a
long and very sturdy leg and kicked the
wheel from under the rider. He fell into
the dirt at the edge of the sidewalk and
she walked on, and the wheel located itsel.
on his stomach.
And all he could hear as he picked him.
self up and caressed his bruises was a voice
coming to him from tall. swift-striding
Swede:
"Ya. va; tank 1 show him; I tank so. -
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tanned large number of pictures, but very
few good ones. During the last year, how
what not to take. I visited Lake Keuka,
in western New York. last August That
part Of the state is one of the most pic
turesQue regions Of the country and is
rightly called the lake region of New
York. Opposite the place where stopped
a hill arose over LOO feet in height.
took many pictures from the hills and
verandas and all proved satisfactory"
Perhaps the pioneer in the way of organ
lied camera effort among the high schools
is the Western. which boasted of a camera
club during the last school year and which
reorganized the same soon after the open
ing of the school in September. The for
nation 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.
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mentsl, having six companies under the
command Of lieutenant colonel New
guns and equipments were secured to meet
the demands of the growing organization.
Gales p. Moore was the first lieutenant
colonel. Company F, Eastern High School,
won the competitive drill that year, Capt
G. v. Edwards commanding, who also won
the individual competitive drill for officers.
The next year Capt. Ogden, in command Of
Company A, won the drill. In '92-'03 the
regiment was increased to eight companies
under the command Of a colonel. Company
G of the Eastern School won the drill
under Capt. Edgar Shilling. Delt. Ed
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hibit will be the presence. beside each
photograph displayed, of the camera with
which 1t was taken. A second exhibition,
to enable comparison of the work Of the
members 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 have done
considerable individual work with the
lenses. The movement started during the
past week. however. is generally conceded
to be in the right direction, and great
things are expected Of the Central High
School Camera Club of 1S96-'07, to say
nothing of its influence on amateur pho
Biography among the pupils of the school in
the future.
WHAT to Picture.
Mr.. John D. Reed, one Of the second
year boys at the Central. and a member
of the club. says:
Il secured my kodak in the spring of
1925. and have had very much enjoyment
from It, At first I took pretty much
everything that came along, and thus OBJ
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in the Pan-American parade. under the
command of Major Fred c. Lawyer. Com
pany G., Capt. E. 8. Duvall, was the win
ner OF the prize drill for that year.
In connection with the battalion, the
most popular organization, in the High
School was what was Known as the
Hungry Duzzen." The squad was organ
lied by Capt. Ferree, and gave its first
exhibition drill February, 1889.
The original members were Capt. Ferree,
leader; sergeants Miller, Grafton. Lawyer,
La Fetra, Corps. ]. H. Ford, Vale. Klein
schmidt. Black. Ross. 8. G. Ford and
Chamberlain. The squad of 1890 was far
ahead of the original one, and had taken
part In about twenty-five entertainments
during the year. On the 10th of May, 30,
at an entertainment given in the exhibition
hall Of the school. a gold medal was COM
peted for by large squad of officers in
an individual drill. After stubborn con-
test the prize was finally awarded to Capt.
Duvall. With this class the Hungry Duz-
zen' passed out of existence.
Enlnrgins the Battalion.
During 1891, on account Of the Business
and Eastern High schools having COM
panfes. the form of organization was
changed from the battalion to the regi-
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A Rich Mexican.

One of the richest men in Mexico is Maxi
milan Damn, a German hy birth. lie
lives in an cid monastery in Durango, and
enjoys an income of nearly s1U.Up a year
from his silver mine, FL ProucoEtario- He
be gan life in Mexico clerk Finally he
went into business for himself, and while
he was visiting in Germouy his manager
took what was supposed to De a worthless
mine for a bad debt. 1t is .his mine frcm
which he is now deriving hIs grcat in
come.
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G Of the Eastern High School, was called
upon to take command. and his 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. hav-
ing won their title to the same at Memphis
and Savannah.
AT the close of school last year some of
the cadets formed a battalion and at
tended the reunion of the Confederate
Veterans at Richmond.
The regiment this year will have two
battalions of four companies each with
a full roster of officers. The colonel. F. {.
Daniel, was captain of Company b last
year. He is a thorough soldier popular
with the boys and an excellent scholar. As
this is presidential year Col. Daniel will
nave the honor OF commanding in the In
augural parade.
The lieutenant colonel Howard Hoge
who ls st year captained Company D. which
caused SO much excitement by the drill
which they put up during last years COM
petition. Is one of the best instructors
on the staff. He is well thought of by the
boys.
Commanding the Bnttalions.
The major Of the 1st Battalion, ]. Noble
Hoover, was captain of Company c last
year. He won the officers Individual drill
and came very near bringing his company
out winner in the struggle for the prize
flag" and was looked upon as a sure win
ner by his school.
The major of the I'd 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
years 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 fine record.
Prof. Paul, the protector, and Prof Is
rael, the organizer, lived to see only a be-
ginning of the realization of their plans.
DR.. Lane, the present principal of the High
School, who succeeded Prof. Paul, has
spared TO efforts to complete the work
started by his predecessors, and he is be-
ing assisted by the principals of the East
ern, 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 careful study of what is
required to constitute a soldier.