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Daily camera., 1897-10-18
Much in Little

Is especially true of Hoods Pills, for no medi
cine ever contained so great curative power in
50 small space. They are whole medicine
The times., 1897-03-26
HOPES RUDELY SHATTERED
Two Republican Leaders Who Have
Lost Confidence.
In the Distribution of Offices Mer.
riam and Payne Are Evidently
Not Being Considered.

1t looks very much as though both Mer-
riam and Payne We're finally done for
Perhaps the Wiscon sin leader can he in :
duced TO accept the mission to Belgium,
for which he is now discussed, but un-
less he can, he will get nothing Gov.
Merriam has had high hopes that he
might be sent to Germany, but his con-
fidence has been Iudely shattered by tie
report, apparently fully authenticated, that
the President proposes to send Mr.. Cleve-
lands Venezuela boundary commissioner,
Mr.. Andrew d. White, 10 Berlin.
The original Mckinley men are making
to abandon his support of White. They
do not object to the man personally, an d
freely admit his distinguished record in tie
diplomatic service, and tie proba bility that
he would make an excellent minister to
the court of William the Erratic.
But they do not like the idea of giving
PIatt this recognition. 1t is known that
the easy boss is very desirous of having
Prof. White recognized. and that The prin-
cipal argument for his appointments is the
fact that it will be sort of compensatory
duty for Secretary Bliss. who has always
been the antagonist Of the Senator An.
other objection is freely and frequently
made. That Is that when there are so
few offices to go around the President
ought to frown severely on the ambitions
Of 'eX's' to get their old places back
again, or to get better ones instead
The times., 1897-03-26
THE GIRL BREADwINNER.
Should She Proclaim Herself az
Such to Acquaintance?

! Should She Proclaim Herself az
| Such to Acquaintance?
There are crowds and crowds Of girls In
| Washington who earn their own bread.
| Many OF these brave tOilers belong TO dis
| tingnished families in reduced ciTcum-
| stances, and while they are grateful TO
| have work. and do it conscientiousiy. they
are not SO proud Of their wage-earRins that
they want to parade the fact 20 the world.
Other girls, Just as good. glory in their
independence, and scout anything like reti-
cence in the matter. group OF girls in
brokers office on f street were discuss
ing the question one day
OF course there were many opinions Sew
eral secuted the thought OF being ashamed
OF honest work. Others declared that while
they are by no means ashamed Of their
occupation, on occasion they DO not find
it expedient TO mention it. One said that
when a fashionable friend invited her 10
accompany her 20 reception she added:
IF l were you 1 should not say anything
about being employed downtown
A beautiful girl who had just returned
from visit t. some wealthy society people
gave her views: '-Of course the Blanks
know all about our circumstances, and the
ldCt titdl We nave iOHJ our llOuty anu
that my sister and have to work for our
living has in no way affected their friend
ship.
But l am not at all sure that their
friends would view US in the same light.
/ know that Mrs. Blank never mentioned
my occupation to the people to whom
she introduced me Why should | do
so. and possibly embarrass her? met
many charming people and had delight
ful time. 1 played and sang for them,
and in other ways helped Mrs Blank TO
entertain them. All they desired OF me
was that I should help them to pass their
time agreeably; they. in their turn, were
very agreeable to me. Some OF them
probably had some preiudices regarding
women who support themselves, there
fore I refrained from introducing a dis
turbing element
My sister thinks I am wrong. that
it is sailing under false colors. Had she
been in my place she would have an
nounced. Behold me: I am a hOOkkeeper.
Now we know just where we stand
But she would not have had the pleasant
time I had, nor would the Blanks have
invited her again.
The times., 1897-03-26
DO YOU LIKE THIS ROOM3
If One Girl Worked Wonders, 81
Can You.

If One Girl Worked Wonders, 81
Can You.
1t was not a very large room, but there
was enough of it such as 1t was, in itG
germ state. Aye, so thoroughly unat-
tractive was it in its Commonplace dingi-
ness Of dusty, stained floor and old-fash-
ioned-nOt antique-cottage furniture, thaa
any but a determined home beautifief
would have pronounced it ECPelessly be
yOnd the possibility CT satisfying the es-
thetiC needs Of dainty girl except at the
cost OF a gCOdly number of dollars for
complete refurnishinS. But the young en-
thuSiast who stCCd in the midst of it and
Inused was woman OF ideas and resources,
she saw, in her minds eye, the end 10 bs
attained before beginning as do all success
ful TefOrIners.
Daintiness being the keynote OF this girls
makeup, the idea came TO her that shs
might evolve a violet room out Of these
unpron.ising resources, aided by her little
hoard of $50, which must cover the whole
cost OF embellishing.
The scheme was her own, and she
worked it out brilliantly.
She had the piaster-finished walls kali
somined a pale tint OF violet, cheap bUt
artistic mural decora ton. and around the
top she put a paper frieze Of the scattered
blooms
Then she enameled the bureau. wash
stand, chairs and tables white, with GID
ing on the knobs and ratings. The bed
stead she sold and got an enameled iron
one, over which she hung canopy made
Of dotted Swiss, caught back with violet
ribbons and punches Of the palest Of those
artificial violets which are now sold by
the peck Il the millner's. The peck she
disposed about that room yielded bushels
in the way Of fine effects
The dotted Swiss draping the sides
Of the tall mirror. caught all about with
small lunches OF single violets, and a
ruCfled cover of the same for the top and
for the pincushion. made the impossible
old bureau a pretty as a picture.
She put white mating on the floor
and on that pale-tiuted jute rug and
white goatSkin. The windows had
dotted wiss curtains with a ruffIe down
the front edges. put on the poles with a
frili standing up. homemade screen
frame was euameled and on its white
mating panels she sewed clusters AMI
Struggling single viOIets connecting them
by green stems traced with a brush.
This screened the washstand-
on the little white table was set jar-
dinIcre filled with the blossoms and green
leaves, and on the wall-in the place OF
honor over the mantel-hung a friends
gift, which had uncOnSciously suggested
the motif Of this charming room, a Yard
OF VioIets,' framed in white and gold.
To add the finishing touch Of daintiness
and realism. a sachet OF Floreutine orris
was laid under the bureau cover and ths
powder sprinEIed in the blooms all about
the roonr giving a whifr OF the real fra
grancc to this little girlish bower. that was
as sweet and fresh as dew wet violet.
The times., 1897-03-26

bounty on the exports OF agricultural
staples II is claimed by the movers ur JHiS
plan that Just SO long as manufactures are
protected by tariff on imports. every
consideration of Justice. equity and eX-
pcdiency demands an offset an equal
PROTECTION 10 agriculture by a bounty on
exports The movers claim that tariff
on the Imports OF the staples Of agriculture
is unable 10 protect the great staples so
long as there Is a surplus Tor export.
Ii is understood that the President has
selected Miss Mamie Newlands to be post
mistress of West Point The selection of
Miss Newlands ends an interesting contest
for the place hctween the successful can
didate ana Mrs Viola Harrington The
pustoffice is regarded as army plum,
and rs 10th ladies had claims on the Mill
tary branch OF the Government, each
thought she was better qualified for the
position.
Miss NewlandS is charming young in
StruCtrcSS at West Point Miss Newlands'
father was an attache OF the academy,
and she asked for her appointment On
this ground Mrs. Harringtons 5 claim I3y
in the fact that she is the widow Of
Lieutenant II II. Harrington, Seventh
Cavalry, who was Killed during the Custer
massacre.
Miss Ncwlands was strongly supported
for the office by practically all the Off
GERS, professors ana cadets at the academy.
When her father died, some years ago, his
last request was that the Officers take n
kindly interest i'll his daughter. She was
allowed to reside on the reservation, and
when the vacancy occurred i'll the post
office the Army representatives stationed
there determined to secure the place for
her, if possible The office pays $1,000
year.
Gen W. W Dudley ard Congressman
Faris and Steele presented TO the President
the application Of John c. CLANCY for the
position OF Assistant Attorney General in
charge of the defense of suits in the Court
OF Claims. MT. CLANCY is said to possess
especial fitness for this place, and is in
dOrScd by lawyers and judges and many
men of prominence in the Republican party.
The governor and State officers of Indiana
and the Republican members of both houses
Of the legislature testify to his valuable
services in the late campaign, and the Re
publican organizations in the Distri ct in
dorse his qualifications and RepublicaniSu.
The times., 1897-03-26
COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS.
1t Is Said Butterworth Can Have
the Place.

1t is generally believed that Benjamin
Butterworth can have the nomination for
Commissioner of Patents, and that he will
accept is Notwithstanding his frequent as
sertions that he did not desire his old posi-
tiou. There are many rival candidates for
the place, and one OF them, Mr.. R. A.
Parker, was presented To the President
yesterday. The entire field Of candidates
for Commissioners Of Patents numbers about
thirty, most OF them well-knOwn patent
attorneys. There are said to be six from
the city Of Chicago alone, and every great
city has at least one candidate. There also
is group OF about ten candidates for AS
sistant Commissioner, and a large number
of those now competing for the first place
will be quite willing to drop to the second
place after they fail in their ambition to
be made commissioner.
Mr.. Butterwortn has only to give his
consent, according to the advices of close
friends of the President, to get the ap-
pointment, and some of the gentlemen say
that he will announce his Willingness to
accept the place the coming week.
The times., 1897-03-26
4 WEST POINT IDYL.
Old Letter Carrier Dying Because
the Postmistress Resigned.

When Miss Blanche Berard, who is sew
/ enty-three years of age. decided TO resign
the West Point poStoffice some two weeks
| ago, she called James Garvey. the official
mail carrier at the military academy, into
her private office, and said to him:
| '.Garvey, l am going to resign. 1 have
been here long enough and think am en-
| titled to "A rest. There is too much work
here for one of my years"
| why, Miss Blanche" replied the old
| fellow, IF you leave here it will break
| my heart l could not work If you were
| out of the postoffice.
| Between the venerable pOstnlistrcss and
| the letter carrier there exists strong
| friendship. With Garyey Miss Berard'S
/ word has more weight than the commands
| OF the general OF the Army. When he read
| in the paper that Miss Berard had for W arded
| her resignation to Washington, Garvey wept
| like a child.
| His comrades tried to cheer him up,
made every effort to divert his mind from
/, Miss Berard's resignation, but 1t was all In
vain. The veteran was absolutely broken
hearted at the prospect
Last Sunday Garvey was removed to the
Soldiers Hospital almost nervous wreck
| To coTuplicate matters pneumonia deyei
oped All day yesterday he hung between
life and death. In his wild dcIirium he
kept constantly begging the old postnis
tress not to resign, saying how much he
would regret her departure. Young DR..
Mason, one OF the most skillful physicians
| in the Army, has been constantly at faith
fui Garvey's bedside during the past forty
eight hours. He is doing all that science
can suggest to nurse the broken-hearted
man back to health, but his vitality was
so weakened before he came to the hos
pital that it is doubtful whether DR..
Mason's efforts viii be successful Accord
ing to the latest reports Garvey's condl-
tion was almost hopeless During one OF
his sane moments yesterday the Rev.
Father Doyle administered to him the
last rites OF the Catholic Church
Private Garvey is an old Army veteran
All the officers respect him because OF
his faithfulness- Years ago he was de-
tailed to deliver the mall matter to the
officers of the academy. He was the first
enlisted man detailed for such duty, and
he took a childish pride in the fact that
he was West Points first official nall
carrier. Garvey has one sou. Out II the
meager salary Uncle Sam pays his enlisted
The times., 1897-03-26
LECTURED on NAVAL WARFARE.
Capt. Mahan Finds Greater Evils
Than Battles,

Boston, March %. "A large and distin-
Guished audience gathered in Huntington
Hall last night to listen to the first of a
series OF lectures on naval warfare to be
delivered by Capt. Alfred I. Mahan, L. s.
N. retired, under the auspices of the Low
ell Institute.
Friends Of arbitration would undoubtedly V
have been chagrined had they been present
and heard the burst of applause that
greeted the captains stat eruent that he
believed that q worse evil than warts the
aCquiescenCe of people in wrong carried
beyond the point of human endurance.
War" he said, Though different on
land and on sea, is the same great bril-
liant and heroic subject. 1t is not an
Isolated fact, but bears q close relation
ship to the history of its age.
1T is generally one of several factors
that make the success or undoing of the
nation and looks for its cause, as a rule.
to civil conditions. There is no longer
such thing as fighting for the mere tri-
unnph of victory. The tournament of old
and the football game of today are exam
pies of the contest that is waged merely for
the sake of victory"
The times., 1897-03-26


The attraction at the Bjou next week
will be out of the regular line of bills pre-
sented at this popular little playhouse, and
Manager WhiteseIl promises a bin Tepiete
with huinor and Ethiopian wit. The week
will be devoted to farce-comedy, put In
entirely by colored talent, drawn from the
best material available among the Ethio
plan variety ranks. During recent years
colored talent has acquired a strong hold
upon lovers of the vaudeville, many of the
strongest variety combinations of the pres
ent season being either partially or en-
tirely composed of negro artists. Manager
Whitesell has a trump card in the farce
comedy line There will be mammoth
cake walk, open to all comers from the Dis
trict, buck and wing dancing by a quartet
OF prerniers in their line, and songs by
carefully selected company of soloists and
concert singers, the like Of which has sell
dom been heard here
The times., 1897-03-26
A GOOD PRACTICE.
If You Want Good Appetite and
Perfect Digestion.

Perfect Digestion.
After each meal dissolve one or two OF
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in the mouth
and, mingIing with the food, they consI-
tute a perfect digestive, absolutely safe
for the most sensitive stomach.
They digest the food before it has time
to ferment. thus preventing the formation
OF gas and keeping the blood pure and
free from the poisonous products OF fer
mented, half-digested food.
StUart's Dyspepsia Tablets make the COM
plexion clear by keeping the blood pure
They increase flesh by digeSting flesh
forming foods.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the only
remedy designed especially for the cure
of stomach troubles and nothing else
One disease, one remedy, the successful
physician of today is the Specialist. the
successful medicine is the medicine pre-
pared especially for one disease
A whole package taken at one time
would not hurt you, but would simply be
q waste OF good material
Over six thousand men and women In
the State OF Michigan alone have been
cured of indigestion and dyspepsia by the
use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Sold by all druggists at so cents per
package.
Send for Free Book on stomach diseases
to Stuart Co. Marshall. Mich
The times., 1897-03-26
GRAND SPRING OPENING.
Mayer s. Pettit's Furniture Store
"En Fcte,"

This well known and popular store is
looking its prettiest today, the occasion
being the annual spring opening. Visi-
tors have thronged the big floors from the
first thing this morning, feastlRg their
eyes On the multitude OF lovely articles
of furniture, brio a-brac, fancy pieces
and knck-knacks with which the store
is crowded.
The immense increase of floor space
found necessary to accommodate the stock
speaks volumes for the rapid growth of
business. The firm has been in existence
but two years, and yet 1t ranks now as
one Of the great mercantile ventures OF
the District. Fair dealing and honest,
straigh forward methods never fail to
bring success.
Furniture of high grade, artistic in de
sign, thoroughly well made and seasoned,
has never been sold in Washington at the
prices that now obtain. This firm is the
pioneer of moderate prices, combined with
strictly high-grade quality, and the public
have evidently appreciated that fact.
The eight great floors to be described
in detail would occupy too much space;
visit will give II far better idea OF the
variety, taste, and beauty there dis
played Suffice it to say that every article
that house requires, from lamp to a
full parlor suite, can be seen here in
dozens of different designs and materials;
all best quality; all moderately priced.
The visitors time will be time well spent.
very artistic souvenir really beauti
full medallion on wire easel is being pre-
scnted TO each and every visitor, as a
memento OF the opening. Lady visitors
will be specially interested i n the clothing
and cloak department, where the newest
and best Of fashionable garments are dis
played to the fullest advantage
The times., 1897-03-26
MRS. WINSLOW'S READING
Many Society People Enjoyed Much
Ado About Nothing"
Mrs. Lieber on Her Visit to Ashe.
ville-Gen. Hazen and Family
at Atlantic City.

Mrs. Irving WinsIow gave the second
OF her series of Shakespearean readings
yesterday afternoon, at the residence of
Mrs Halliday, on \ street.
large number of fashionable people
were present, and that they recognized in
Mrs. WinSlow an artist of superior talents
and finished style, was apparent from the
rounds of applause which her work elected
Throughout the entire reading of Much
Ado About Nothing the Characterization
was excellent, and especially in the part
Of the coy ana dashing Beatrice was her
work admired.
Deep interest was manifested from the
beginning TO the end of the reading, and
all expressed the pleasure it mad given
them
Mrs. Winslow leaves Washington to-
morrow for Cambridge, where she goes
by special request to repeat series Of
four readings which she gave in Boston
before coming here. Mrs. Winslows
many friends hope TO see and hear her
again next season, although she has not
positively promised to return.
The times., 1897-03-26
DISED, But NOT wINED.
Mrs. Mckinley Has Kept Faith With
Her Conscience.

Mrs. Mckinley has kept her word. She
has given her first Cabinet dinner and
there was no wine.
The table appointments were all that
taste could suggest aud money buy, but
the guests quaffed nothing more seductive
than natures own vintage-Adam's ale.
The vine question has heen a matter
Of vital interest To a large mass OF re-
formers ever since the election, and when
Mrs Mckinley assured them that no wine
should he used in the White House as long
as she was its mistress. she probably i'm
agined That she had settled the point.
5 he reCkoBed. however, without a large
contingent OF moral deSpots who have
| been doubling her assertion ever since
she voiced IL until she made it good last
night.
one prominent society woman up Con
nccticut avenue way said to another yes
terlay: 1t is matter of individual CON
science When Mrs Mckinley set out the
water caraffes she simply expressed the
courage OF her convictions.
But has a woman in her position
| right TO her individual conscience? 1t is
all right enough FOR home folks, but think
of when the diplomats go to the White
House to dine. My husband says that, Il 5
our chief revenue comes from whisky, it
is hardly consistent for the United States,
when acting as host to foreign guests, to
deprive them of the wines they are used
to and have right to expect"
A lady Of the Diplomatic Corps seemed
rather amused at the idea" 1t is all
| right she said, in referring to the posi-
bility of being given water at some future
dinner Il like water, especially Washing
ton water-it has such a fine body TO it
and l like wine Nv happiness does not
depend on what drink, and, indeed, since
l have been in America l find that do
not want wiEe for my dinner--not always,
you know-and like Mrs. Mckinley, wine
or no wine
The White Ribboncrs, of course. are de
lighted. Mrs. NJ B. Platt. president OF the
District w c. 7. L., said: Il am sure that
every Temperance woman the world over
will re joiCe in the stand taken for total
abstinence by the First Lady of the Land,
but it is only what we expected from Mrs.
Mckinley, knowing that both she and her
husband are consistent members ofthe NJ E
Church. which has declared in unmi Stakable
terms that the oaIy attitude for Christian
toward the liquOrtratfici is that of relentless
hostility"
The times., 1897-03-26
A CHURCH FOR LAMKINS.
Followers of the Dcposed Pastor
Organize the "Iovely Zton."

Followers of the Deposed Pastor
Organize the Lovely Zton."
The Lovely Zion" is the name of the
new congregation, organized yesterday by
the seceders from Salem Baptist Church
The new congregation is composed of the
followers OF the Rev. Geriah S. Lamkns,
formerly pastor OF Salem Church. They
are also said to he the fashionable part
OF the old Salem congregation and were
generally known as the 400 of that charge
special meeting of the council of
Baptist Churches was held at the Second
Church yesterday to consider the causes for
the withdrawal of certain members from
the congregation of Salem Baptist Church
The council was largely attended, and
was presided over by Rev. Bishop Johnson
The charges against the Salem congre
cation for jll-treatrnent of Pastor Lam
kns and the members of the church who
upheld his course, were presented by Will
liam Washington, moderator, and William
Coleman, clerk of the church.
The charges allege that the Rev Lam
kius and his followers were driven from
their humble place of worship by physical
force and by unparliamentary, un-Baptistic
and un-Christ-like proceedings of members
who do not regard law or ORDER
The complaint then relates in detail all
the circumstances which led to the dis
turbances among the members of the con-
gregation OF Salem Church.
The Rev. Lamkin, when seen yesterday
afternoon, seemed satisfied with the turn
things had taken. His congregation he
said, were already negotiating for the
purchase of a lot on which to erect new
church building, and he said, he had as
surances from very prominent business
firm i'll the city that as soon as the lot
was paid for they would erect a suitable
building for religious worship
The times., 1897-03-26
LECTURED ON X-RAYS.
DR.. Shea Traces the History of the
Discovery.

Rev. Dr.. D. W Shea, director of tech
nology at the Catholic University, gave an
interesting lecture in Nc MahOH Hall yes
tcrday afternoon at AS upon the "Roent-
gen Ray DIR. Shea formerly occupied the
chair of technology in the University Of
Illinois, and has made special research
into the subject of his lecture. He said the
N-ray is no new thing, but has been the
study of scientists ever since the time OF
Faraday, until it's recent apparent per
fection by Prof. Roentgen. The lecture
was further explained by number of ap
paratus and vacuum tubes used in making
the ray, and at the conclusion the light, or
cathode ray, was thrown upon a curtain.
The large number of persons from the city,
in addition to the students, crowded the
hall to its utmost.
The last of this series of scientific lee
lures, to which the public is welcome, will
be given next Thursday by DR.. Day, of the
Geological Survey; subject, Everglades of
Florida