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that they should have permission to use, it.
for the public will be benefited"
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AFTER studying the matter for some
years, 1 am convinced" answered a physi-
clan to the question Of a Star, reporter.
that people do not drink enough of water
1 think that a great majority of the cures
effected by drinking the waters of the
fashionable and questionable medicinal
springs in various parts of the country
would have resulted If the same amount of
plain, wholesome, everyday water was
drank by them. People, rush u to uthsse
springs. and while there drink from eight
to twenty large glasses of their waters in
Day. whether there are any medicinal vir-
tues in the waters this washing out does
them good, on account Of the. extra wash
ing out they give themselves. and it is the
water instead of the constituency of the
sa me that does the work. The same peop. e. if
at their homes. would pass many and
many day without drinking one glass of
water - Is, in my opinion, the water that
cures, aro 1t is water that is needed / am
not hydropath or believer in the theory
that water taken internally and externally
will cure everything. At the same time, /
am satisfied that If people generally drank
from four to six glasses of water each day
they would have less reason to complain.
now anect them, than they now do AS far
as nave been able to discover no cfty is
furnished with purer water than the Po-
tomac water which we drink 1t NAV not
suit the eye sometimes. and especially after
neaVy ra1ns4 but even this muddy condition
does no real injury to any who drink II
put IL people have any prejudice to the
fotomac water, there are In successfnI
operation now throughout the city num-
per OF artesian wells which supply an
thlS 10 the extent they drink the medic;naJ
waters at the springs? If they do. I feel
sure IL VIII prove equally beneficial
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While do not think ANYTHING will re-
suit from the attacks upon civil service re-
form, which have been quite freouent in
Congress and elsewhere of late in the NAV
OF breaking down the admirable laws which
uphoid the civil service observed q gen.
'ieman VINO conducts a rather extensive
mall business furnishing information and
pointers to candidates for civil service ex-
aminations, 1t is none the less true thai
tnere is general impression outside of
this CITY that the civil service laws will he
extensively amended, if not abrogated
rms impression is SO general that it has
reduced our business in the past two or
three months more than one-half what II
was. Cur specially was to prepare candi-
oates Dy exercises through the mail which
enabled them to grasp the situation as it
were, ana gave them some insight of what
was necessary to pass an examination
ana we are vain enough to claim that II
mas helped many in passing examinations
~ ~ Is conducted on the same plan as prepar-
ing candidates for admission to the col
leses- But as l have told you some Of our
most enthusiastic students formerly now
write US that we need not send them any
more instructions. as they think the civil
service examinations will be soon done
away with l find that this feeling is
stronger in the large cities than. in the
towns or in the country"
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PRESIDENT Cleveland had an annoying
amount of frankness in his make I'D. as
well as bulldog tenaeity in sticking to the
INES he had laid out to follow, and he gave
Exhibitions of one or the other very fire.
quehtiy, observed a prominent western
man to Star reporter. Il remember once
ne nominated a man for the position of
United States district attorney in southern
Cal1ornia. lot of fellows did not like the
nominee, and they fought his confirmation
very hard. but the nomination was con-
fi med, and the district attorney entered
upon the discharge of his duties. He felt
very much the many hard things that were
said about him, but intended to show by
his conduct that injustice had been done
him. and that he was fitted in every wav
10 perform the duties OF his position. He
wrote TO Ned Curtis, since dead who was
d managing democratic politician from Cali
1ornla, ana who was supposed to he snecf.I
Iy influential with President Cleveland that
ne wanted him (Curtis) to thank the Presi-
Gent FOR the honor OF the nonni nation and
10 add thdt there would be no doubt but
that he would do the right thing reeardles.
of the ugly things that his defamers had
SAID and written of him. By way Of cllnch-
ing MS earnestness he wrote out his resig-
nation, which he sent to Curtis adding that
he desired him hand it to the Presiden, to
noid, with permission to file ii the moment
ne ever heard that bis performance of the
dutles OF ms office were not as clear as
crystal Curtis called upon the President
the next day and spoke TO him about :he
matter. saying that the official was as
straight as a string and would show a good
record. Being sure that there would be no
violation of the confidence of the President
Incidentally he mentioned the resignation,
saying tnat it could be filed whenever the
slightest hint ever reached Washington
that the office was not carried on in tie
best possible manner. The President looked
at 1t carelessly and remarked, why, that
is addressed to me- taking it. Curtis an
swered that it was. There are no condi-
lions about me- the President replied and
marking across the paper Department of
Justice threw it in his basket In less than
an hour the resignation was referred in the
regular way to the Department of Justice
and half hour afterward telegram was
sent the district attorney, informing him to
his great surprise and disgust that his
resignation was accepted. The folIowing
day his successor was nominated and as
promptly confirmed. President, Cleveland
is very frank afterward Curtis said to me,
Indeed SO frank that he is cruel -
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Bob Ball, as all called him." says one of
his lifelong friends, would have taken
more conspicuous position in life had he
pushed himself as some others do, or al
ways acceded to the wishes Of his friends.
These knew that he possessed considerable
executive ability from the manner in which
he often handled crowds but few were
aware that his first experience in this line
was in Jail, of which mis- father was in
charge in the forties. He was a stout
able bodied boy then ard an able assistant
to his father. and the larger portion taf bis
life havirg been spent outdoors, he main
tained vigorous health all his Iife
1T would surprise you." he continued.
If 1 should say that. had he been of light
er weight, he would have made a race
rider L have seen him ride several races
and the course was from the foot Of lffh
street southwest up that street into Mary
land avenue and eth street 10 ffe CITY
pest Office. above E street. Jim Punaphrey
was his competitor and each carried the
dispatches from the southern cities from
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