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sents strong story OF love and devotion,
While tire comedy scenes are said to be very
clever and the production as whole en-
tirely up TO the standard of excellence of
Manager Lifts other attractions.
One big scene in the play is a representa-
ton of Broadway and Fifth avenue in
front of the Hoffman House, on the night
Of n holly contested election, requiring on
the stage over 100 people. The crowd is
seen, while the ACTION of the play goes on,
reading the ELECTION returns, which arc
thrown by means of a stereopticon upon the
side OF a building. The excitement is in
creased by the appearance Of torchlight
procession, and plenty of music, red fire
and noise combine TO make this one OF the
most realistic scenes yet presented on the
stage
The company is an unusually clever one,
and includes such well-known Washington
favorites as Agnes Herndon, James Lack
aye, Lena Merrillc, Herbert Cawthorn,
Mildred st. Pierre, ]. b. Cooper, Anna Cum
berland, Albeit A. Andruss, Susie Forces
ter and L. r. willard.
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SOME PERSONS YOU KNOW.

Count Tolstoi is fond of music, hut re-
fuses Ia attend any entertainment for
which an admission fee is demanded.
There are now only two ex judges in Eng
land. These surviving ex-occupants Of
the bench are Lord Field and Sir Edward
Fry,
Cecil Rhodes is a hearty supporter of
the Salvation Army, and he has made Gen.
Booth an offer Of land in Rhodesia for the
army's use.
Henry Barnard, the wcll-known educator
OF Hartford, Conn, who was the originator
OF the Connecticut reform school bill,
adopted 10y the legislature in 1888. Will
be eighty-six years old on January "a.
Miss Helen Gladstone, daughter OF the
Grand Old Man, has given up the princi-
'palshipof Newman College, oxford which
she has held for fifteen years. in order
TO remain with her father and mother.
Liliuokalani the dethroned queen OF
Hawaii, intends living in Austria, it
is reported, and has bought some ground
not far from Vienna. A palace is to bc
built on this ground. where her majesty
Will live in regal state.
You dinna DO this for a LIVELIHOOD
said fellow-countryman OF s. Crockett
to him in a melancholy tone after lee
ture. No, answered Mr. Crockett, Il
was thinking that" said the critic, with
still deeper solemnity.
The statement that the queen intends
to visit Ireland next wear is rcnpatpd It
is believed that the idea of such visit
has been entertained, but that no final de-
Cision Oh ihc subject has been taken. The
queen has paid three visits to Ircland-in
1919, 1853 and 1861.
Prof. Sir Douglas Maclagan. NJ D.,
Ii. ID. 3, who is tie eldest brother of the
Archbishop OF York. has decided 10 resign
the chair OF forensic medicine in Edin-
hurgh University at the end of this year.
Sir Douglas has held this office since 1862,
and it is worth about fSoO a year.
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IN PARV0.

Maine lumhcrmen are anxiously waiting
for snow.
Last year 17,50O,000 pounds of hops
were imported from the United States by
British brewers.
The October copper production of the
United states was the largest of any month
on record.
on June Is license No. $50 geo was is
sued in Chicago, representing the first half
million people married in that city since the
great fire OF 1871
The coming legislature of South Dakota
will be pettioned to pass a law for the pro-
lection of the public against incompetent
dentists in that State.
1t is now proposed that there be a con
gress of Jews who have intermarried with
Gentles, that the advantage Of such inter
marriage may be set forth in a fitting man
ner.
Chicago is about to establish municipal
pawnshop, modelled after the Mont de Piete
of Belgium and Paris. 1t is to be controlled
by d corporation with a capital of $500 900.
The cotton receipts at Athens, Ca, have
already passed beyond $4,000 bales, the
total Of last year S receipts, and when the
season is oyer will have reached at least
81, 900 bales. About 5000 bales are ON
hand at the different warehouses.
Tie city of Lowell, Me-, with a popula-
ton of about so, 900 Inhabitants, burns its
garbage for about 80 cents ton. The
cost of operating its plant one week, during
which 90 tons of garbage were burned,
was $s0.75. Burning at the rate OF 100
tons per week, the cost of operating such
furnace is about, $4 200 per year.
Tie wheelmen Of Macon, Ga, arc up in
arms against the license tax on bicycles.
They are going to test the legality of the
tax in the courts. and will be backed in the
fight by the National League of American
wheelmen, who will employ counsel TO
fight the case and carry it to the Supreme
Court if need bea
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ton of thepropounding counsel and TO the
utter confusion of the twelve good men
and true in the jury box. ltdoes not neces-
sarily reflect discreditably upon the honesty
or an expert, medical or other, that he
seeks for points advantageous TO the side
that employs him. At any rate, however,
such is invariably the case.
1t would be entirely different with
such nonpartisan commission as is con-
templated by Senator Morrills bill. No
other consideration would weigh upon the
minds OF its members except to ascertain
the truth aud testify to it, no matter who
might be benefited or hurt thereby. 1t
would also serve to shorten materially
the duration of a. trial, and work further
economy in that direction. Taking one
with another, it is a good
bin to pass.
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I3i.jOu

Manager WhiteSell has arranged for a
week ofthe Moss Jollity Company
las and musicians at his popular iiOu
Theater, beginning next Monday. The
Noses are considered, by those who know
them. to be az good comedians as any that
appear at any popular priced houses
Their performances are especially at
traetivc because they depart from the gen
eral run of theatrical attractions The
company is made up of talented musicians,
who play on every conceivable instrument,
and extract masic' from everything about
them, even TO tAe laughs from the audience.
The musical numbers intcrspcrsc the en-
tire comedy and afford an evening OF en-
joyment, heartily entered into By everyone
in the audience,
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Not the Right Sort.

Residents of Mount Pleasant do not take
reform which Chief Paris, of the fire de
partment, has recently introduced. II viii
he remembered that Mr.. Paris announced
that hereafter in making promotions he
viii not be governed 10y the rank OF the per
sons to be promoted, but select them accord
ing TO his judgment Of their fitness. If
vacancy should occur in a foremanship lac
VIII not necessarily promote the assistant
foreman, but may take some other meln3er
of the company. The Mount Pheasant peo-
pie take exception to this method Of civil
service administration, and quite prop
erly SO. If a maj : not fit TO be promoted
from assistant to foreman, then ne is not
f. TO hold the former position: on the other
hand, if he is qualified. then the promotion
is ms by rights-at least, until promotions
a. wen as appointments are governed 10y
competitive examination.
The little controversy that has arisen ia
tliiS llSlaiNt IHltlS NOHtlUstNtlA 10 tiE nc
ccSSIty Of the application OF the principle
and practice Of civil service reform TO the
District government There can be no
doubt but that the public business would
De promoted by such a Change The Com
misSioners, it istrue, have Of their own wolf
lion, instituted a procedure in the appoint
ment and promotion Of employees, Which IS
diSianuy related TO the genuine merit s,s-
TEN, hut the strictly competitive feature,
which, under certain limitations, is the
only safe and fair guide in tins matter, is
stilI lacking. Ii is believed that the pres
ent Commissioners are favorably inclined 10
placing employees ofthe District government
on the classified list, but this can only he
done by act Of Congress. 1t is difficult 10
see what objection can be raised against
the change, except, OF course, that some
congressman may he sim further cut off
from dispensing official patronage as a re-
ward Tor political services rendered them
mdiy idually Civil service reform I'm the
District government would cure more ills
than one.
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Usher of those subtle microscopic forms Of
| life that have lately become so well known
| as germs of disease. 1t is probably the
source of a large part of the increase of
mortality that seems inevitably TO follow
the crowding together of the inhabitants
| of towns
This is corroborated by DR.. Foster, Du
Bots Raymond, DR.. arpenter and Sir
Douglas Cation.
A series of experiments by DR.. Brown
Sequard are noted, and the deduction is
made that the amount of the poison in the
| air n cities is about one -tlousandth of
one per cent, and, whatever its nature, a
cumulative effect upon vitality is pro
duced by it. This is followed by some in
teresting directions as to methods of ven
tilation.
In approaching the smoke problem DR.
Cohen first points out the cause OF smoke.
1t is the failure To supply sufficient air for
combustion at tie moment when the car
bon is hot enough to burn. The result is
the escape Of beat giving material and the
loss OF fuel The total actual loss in this way
in England n a year is said to be very large.
The solution is very simple in statement
II is only necessary to feed the flame more
air and catch the loose carbon with oxy
gen at a time when it is at temperature
to produce fire. Practically, however,
this is very difficult of accomplishment.
A careful and laborious inquiry was con-
ducted Ia datermine the constitution AMI
effect of smoke DR. Cohen estimates upon
a calculation that the amount of SCOT
that daily goes INTO the air at Leeds is
twenty tons, and OF this half a ton falls
upon the city. Of the half a ton twenty 10
twenty-five pounds, sticks. that is, is not
removed by rain.
Analysis of samplesof SCOT showed that it
contained among other things ammonium
sulphate, sulphate of lime and sulphuric
acid These corrosive acids have marked
effect in the course Of years upon rcgeta-
ton, upon buildings and upon human life
Another analysis of two samples of SCOT
one obtained by melting snow, the other
from chimney sweep, shows "14 To Is
per cent of nasty sticky oil''
II is the sulphur of SCOT in the air that
makes the town fog so choking and irritat.
ing in its effects. This sulphur coming
from all varieties of coal is converted in
the open air into sulphuric or sulphurous
acid and Injuries the tissues OF the body
at the same time it dwarfs plant life and
corrodes brick and stone structures.
The effect of breathing such "A filthy
says the paper, can only
be Indirectly gagged. That it plays no
Insignificant part in clogging the air pas
sages and in bringing about the high
mortality from respiratory diseases, so
conspicuous in all industrial towns, can.
not for moment be doubted
In concluding considerable space is
devoted to methods OF consuming smoke,
but no choice is made between them. The
Importance Of a law with an inspector TO
enforce it is vigorously urged.
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COMING TO THE THEATERS.
Coiu Inbia,

Albert Chevalier, the famous coSternon-
ger, with Company OF London entertain
ers, comes to the Columbia Theater next
week for eight performances. This is an
engagement which may be looked forward
10 with every assurance that 1t will be one
Of popular IS well as polite interest.
Chevalier has made a name for himself
as singing comedian Of exceptional talent.
some critics having even gone SO far as
20 denoninate his accomplishment as genius
He has lifted the life Of the commonplace
coster OF the London slums into the cal
cium of publicity and the romance Of stage
land, and his fun and pathos have ideallzed
the genus.
He will sing all his favorite and famous
songs, and the company accompanying
him is said 10 be one of positive merit.
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Expert Testimony,

Everyone that has paid attention to the
manner in which expert testimony is in
trodUced in the trial Of criminal cases, and
how tits almost always disregarded by the
court in charging the jury, must cordially
commend the bill introduced yesterday i'm
tire Senate by Mr.. Morrill, This bin prom.
erly places the determination of the ,.x-
pertqualityof a witness withinthe province
of the presiding judge, subject, OF course. to
review by the appellate court, and i'm cases
involving the sanity of a person the coart
10 empowered TO appoint commission OF
three alienists one TO Toe chosen by the
prosecution, the second by the defense
and the third by the court, whose decision
hto be accepted as determining the mental
condition OF the person whose sanity is
called in question. Such procedure would
be not only in the interest OF justice. tut
would save both the prosecution ana the
defense a great deal Of money
There have been fragrant examples OF
expert testimony in the District In in
stances Involving the sanity OF a prisoner
notably inthe uiteauand Schneidercases-
eminent specialists have appeared on both
sides and sworn with the greatest relia-
bility and poSitiveness that the prisoner
was saneand thathe wasinsane. Hypothet-
Zeal questions, skillfully construed by coun-
sci for the governmentand for the defense
have been submitted to their respective ex-
Berts and answered TO the utmost satisfac-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-06
QUEER FACTS.

The queen has sixty pianos at Osborne,
Windsor and Buckingham Palace.
Owing to the dry, cold atmosphere, not a
single infectious disease is known in Green
land.
The lord mayor of London wears badge
of office which contains diamonds valued
at fI2O 900.
There are still 100000 900 square miles
Of the earth's surface that have not been
explored.
Imperfect teeth are a sure sign of civ
ilization Perfect teeth are found, as a
rule, only among savages.
The cracking sound of freshly-ignited
wood or coal is caused by the air or liquid
contained in the pores expanding by heat
and bursting the covering in which it is
confined.
The air is SO clear in the Arctic regions
that conversation can be carried ON easily
by persons two miles apart. 1t has also
been asserted, on good authority, that at
Gibraltar the human voice has been dis
tinctly heard at a distance of ten miles.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-06

THERE ARE TODAY UNDER TREAT
MENT BY DOCTOR MCCOY IN THIS
CITY MORE PATIENTS THAN WE'RE
EVER BEFORE AT ANY ONE TIME UN-
DER THE CARE OF ANY ONE DOCTOR
OH ANY THREE DOCTORS, AND STILL
EACH PATIENT RECEIVES THE SAME
CAREFUL ATTENTION AND THE SANE
THOROUGH COURSE OF TREATMENT
THAT HE WOULD WERE HE THE ONLY
ONE. TO CURE, TO CURE SPEEDILY
AND TO CURE PERMANENT Is THE
SOLE PURPOSE OF DOCTORS MCCOY
AND COWDEN.
THAT THE RESULTS OF THIS PUR-
POSE ARE Ora TIT YING TO THEM AMI
TO THEIR THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS
is AMPLY PROVEN BY THE AVA
LANCHE OF TESTIMONY THAT FROM
DAY TO DAY is PUBLISHED IN THE
NEWSPAPERS OF THIS CITY. YOLUN
TARY WORDS OF PRAISE AND THANH
FuLNESS ARE THESE FROM THOSE
WHO WERE DEAF AND NOW HEAR,
AND FROM THOSE WHO SUFFERED
FROM MANY GRIEV Gus AFFECTIONS.
AND WHO HAVE GONE FORTH STRONG
AND WELL.
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CURING CHRONIC BRONCHITIS.

Mrs. catherine Cunningham. 12O2
r st. NV. aged 6S years: -Four years ago
had the grip and lifetime with atcrribIe
cough from which suffered ever sinceuntiI
my treatment by DR.. Mccoy. Many nights I
could not rest because Of the continued fits
OF coughing My appetite failed and lost
flesh and strength. ! raised large quaint
ties of phlegm and N ucus Nv right lung
felt sore all the time
1T was with fearthat NY case was incura-
Die, and almost without hope, having tried
many different physicians and medicines.
THAT went to Drs. Mccoy and COwden.
Under their treatment began to improve
at once neutrality-suspicious. has continued
ever since, until now sleep well all night
my appetite has returned, my cough has al
most entirely stopped and am gaining
In every way every day
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WASHINGTON. D. C. JANUARY g. 1897
When Doctors Disagree.

No less distinguished a person than
Ron. George F. Ednunds, former Senator
from Vermont and one of the ablest juriSts
in the Tinted states, has come near be-
ing victim OF the medical profession.
No doubt he contemplateS his narrow eS-
cape with grim satisfaction. Being i'll
last summer and his regular physician
having left on his vacation he was treat
ed by country doctor for kidney trouble,
though all the while he was suffering from
typhoid fever. Fortunately his regular
doctor returned before the other quite fin
ished him, but meanwhile the patient had
lost twenty-five pounds of his ayoirdupois
and is just beginning to recover from
she effects, not OF his Illness, but OF the
country doctors treatment.
Tie case brings up the al-imporjant
query What shall we do to bc saved
when the peStilencc that walked ike a
thief in the night fails upon us and lays Us
PROSTATE? Which way does safety lie
when the same symptoms mean kidney dis
ease to one disciple Of Aesculapius, and
typhoid fever TO another? What guarIn-
tee have we that smallpox may not ne mis-
taken FOR whoopingcuugh, or dIphtberia
treated as rhcumatiSm2 IL Is simply awful.
1t destroys our childlike faith IN doctors,
and makes US feel That We would like to
regulate our physical well-hcing on the
same lines as those said TO have been in
vogue on a certain New England railroad,
whose engineer testified that they had no
God!-'
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Iyceuin.

Manager KeTnan's attraction for next
week will be the original London Gaiety
Girls Burlesque Company, with its host
OF pretty girls and clever comedians, all
gorgeously arrayed in the most elaborate
and costly raiments. The curtain rises
on very funny burlesque satire entitled
The Century Club, which introduces the
entire company in songs and dances. There
is an excellent scope for the comedians.
raInpan6. The olio is an exceptional one,
and contains many high-class specialties.
The closing feature of the program will
he an original burlesque. introducing two
new and up-to-date sensations.
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DEATHS OF A DAY.

Green Harbor, Mass, Ian. 6. MAYER Eras-
tus w Everson, OF this place. died suddenly
yesterday from heart trouble, at the age of
sixty years Ma lor Everson was at one time
librarian Of Columbia College, South Caro-
lima, and was made colonel and aide-de-
camp OF the State National Guard on the
staff OF tie governor of South Carolina
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-06

Supplies

Where purity is excellence and
cheapness is necessary, PICK
FORD'S is headquarters. The
constant aim is to furnish
complete satisfaction for the
family table. How great the
success has been is shown by a
rapidly growing list of pa
irons, who appreciate our eff
forts. Try a week of our SER
vice. See if you have a single
complaint.
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Study inhOspltalsof London and Dublin. IS
Formulation Of regular treatment for

H.
chronic troubles as a result of hospital
fShSC-- 100 .
rorhiuIdtiou or regular treatment for
the cure Of catarrhal bronchial and
Ns NicCoScS 1900
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DR. McCOy'scures first
introduced voluntarily by well known
JOURNALISTS. With pictures and utter
views OF patients cured, April .. 1S64
III mccoy treating over enc thousand pa
uchts month .................1S
Exclusion or office facilities by employ
nent OF students from Bellevue $50 SIS
Inc second visit TO Europe for further
hospital study and inspection:
Serving IN the laboratories OF rof Koch,
at Berlin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
study IN Charitie Hospital OF Berlin and
Royal Clinic under V on Bergman 1891
FORMULATION Of system OF medicine
passed on the discovery of poison III the
blood us the origin OF disease ..1691
Inc system perfected by application
anu pertinent in cases selected from
IT MCCOys practice 1S92
Ihe world startled by DR. McCOy's Dis
covery or a cure for Deafness, Sep
chIDci ISbO
location or permanent national prac-
tIce In Washington. ....... March Is 1886
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\ WELL-kNOwN ATTORNEY
SO DEAF THAI HE HAD
10 GIVE Up PRACTICE

Robert Patterson, Attorney -at-Law,
st Mary's, ". Va. while taking treatment
ne stayed with his daughter, Mrs s. v
King, AL Maryland avenue, city. He
says: Il had been deaf for thirty years
Physicians had told me that my case was
absolutely hopeless | was SO deaf that IN
order To understand anything it was neces-
sITy Tor me 20 stand right against the per
son addressing me
I'm court, in order TO hear what the Judge
or opposing counsel said, or to understand
the answers Of the witness on the stand, it
was necessary for me to put my ear almost
against The mouth OF the speaker
Il became SO deaf, finally, that
1 was Obliged TO give Up My Pro-
fessiOn as Lawyer.
My improvement under the treatment Of
DR.. Mccoy has been simply wonderful.
The first improvement that 1 noticed
" as when heard TWO men VINO We're talk
ins behind me on the street. l thought
some one was calling me, but on turning
found mat they were taking To each other.
am able once more TO know what as go
ing ON around me 10y the sense OF hearing
can again hear the noise Of traffic, AM
all conversation, DoUn of which for a long
time had been totally ObllyiOus to. / can
hear the closing OF a door and rumble OF a
carriage, the electric cars, the ringing OF
the door bell and the ticking OF a clock,
all OF which sounds had been totally shut
out from me for many years.
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Rev. l.. l.. smith, 6U6 6tn sw.,
clergyman Of the Church or the United
Brethren: ''FOr IL months 1 had been so
hard of hearing that | could not under
stand ordinary conversation, and | found
great difficulty in attending to NY every
day duties. DIR. McCoy has completely re-
stored my hearing most heartily recon-
mend his treatment.
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Acadeuny.

1.-The Woman in Black the much-talked
of melodrarna by II. Grattan Donnelly, IN
der the management of Jacob Lift, the
well-known manager, comes to the Acad-
envy next week. 1t deals with some inter-
esting phases of metropolitan life, and pre-
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DOCTOR rIcCOY'S BOOK
FREE TO ALL.

The most popular or Doctor Nc
COy's writings on those diseases for
the cure OF which ne has become
ia nous have been for the benefit
of his patients condensed into one
little book. This little buok con-
taIns his famous MONOGRAP PHI on
DEAFNESS, his MONOGRAPH on
CATARRH and his MONGOLIA PHI on
the SKIN. from a careful reading
of the MONOGRA PHI on the SKIN,
the patient may learn all that he
needs to know regarding diseases
of the outer covering OF the body
the skin. From the MONOGRAPH on
CATARRH the patient may learn ali
ne needs to know regarding Diseases
OF the inner lining OF the bOdy-the
mucus membrane. Doctor McCOy's
book may be obtained free by appit-
cation at the office or by writing
for IT.
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Prince Georges Co., Md: II had been SO
deaf for fifteen years that 1 could not
hear a bell ring or the preachingin church.
My hearing has been completely restored
by Doctors Mccoy and Cowden."
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Up. steiner of the Firm OF HamiI-
ton & Co., Manufacturing Tobacconists,
Alexandria, Va: when l went to DR.
Mccoy | was totally deaf in my left ear.
He has completely restored my hearing"