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DISEASES OF THE TROPICS.
4 Board of Medical Officers to Make
Special Studies.

In order to determine the causes and ap-
ply proper correctives, Surgeon Gc-eral
medical officers which will make an ex-
haustive investigation of tropical diseases.
The president of the board will be Major
Walter Reed the officer who has been max
ing special study of yellow fever and ty
phed. On account of the necessity o.
drafting his report on yellow fever and t.
phoid. Major Reed has been unable to fe
port for duty on the board to be formed.
Major Reed will make the investigation in
the Philippines, and that it may be thor
ough General Sternberg will give orders TO
medical officers to provide him with all
necessary assistance.
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DIED.

CAIH6I N-tt his residence. ir d. BIy, Va.
January :. at SIS @. NJ. jon NTHtN CNLffOJN N.
aged seventy three wears.
Notice Of funeral latcr. Item
IARNER--On SATURDAY. January g. 100. BIN
NETT IIllI. Youngest and beloved son Of Mary
C. and the late +. g. LarBcr in bj, Hinth year.
Funeral Monday January ;. at r. M, from
his residence. Erookllnd, II. {. lt
MORELAND-tt his residence. 1920 Eighth
Street northwest, on Friday, January :. 1900
WALTER NJ NuREI.ANp.
In;ermeBt. Rock Greek. IunCraL =. NJ. Mpn.
day (privdtc). II
DoSoilOu- Departed TINS me On 49, Si.ntssE' ne. yasf-
uaTy z, 1900. al II 20 T. IN, CA1IlNkiNE Don
OHOO. at the residence ot her daughter. MIS-
Ella +. iIaiIiP. gi9 Twenty-Sixfh Street nerth-
west.
ty-hfth Street and Pennsylvania AyeRnc north-
west, on Tuesday morning, at SD a. IN frcudS
and relatives invited. It
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CHAINED TO WHEELBARRoWS.
The Horrible Treatment of Conyicts
Siberian Railways.

NEW YORK. Jan S.-From darkest Sbe-
ria come tales of cruelty and hardships
which 20000 criminals have to endure in
the building Of the Cars railroad. the
longest and greatest in the world. In order
to complete it before the new century be-
gins the eXiles Of Russia are made to toll
from morning until night. Chained, they
are driven about in herds like cattle. They
are beaten with sticks and lashed with
whips if they attempt 10 stop and seek "a
rest.
Regardless of the intense cold, which is
often many degrees below zero, men are
chained to wheelbarrows filled with stones
and other material, and made to push them
over fields of ice and snow. often. when
they are taken many miles away from town
or hamlet they are forced to sleep upon the
ground In such cases their clothing offers
little or no protection. Starvation often
stares them in the face. as they only carry
enough food to last them over night.
The government allows each convict
twelve kopecks tabOut ~ centsj a day and
with this money he gets food at the railroad
Stations. This amount buys a two days
pply of black bread. vi ch they chiefly
I've upon. The families Of many convicts
follow them about the country sometimes
consoling them when they are undergoing
severe torture
When the Car began the work of con-
struction by throwing the first spadeful of
earth at Vladivostok. March % 1894, he
marked the beginning of untold horrors
and sufferings to be inflicted upon the un-
fortunate ayilpC of Siberia ha
summers past. when the temperature was
10G TO 120 degrees In the shade, they were
made TO toll from sunrise TO sunset in for
est swamps, which vicious and venomous
knats infested in great numbers. These
insects alone made their lives miserable
and almost unbearable Cossacks in charge
of the men were provided with nets and
wells which covered their heads and faces
Ll..t IL. II hna
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c. NJ. KOONEs. Secretary.
deZ5tOiaf0-exSu

| OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE IN
surance Company of the District Of Co.
lumbia. Washington. January l. 19U0-Ths
annual meeting Of the MUTUAL FIRE IN
SURANCE COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA will be held on the THIRD
MONDAY N JANUARY. 1900. THE 18TH
INSTANT. at the Office OF the company.
SOC Pennsylvania Avenue northwest. COM
mencing at O'Clock a. N. By the charter
Of the company the election OF seven man
ayers to conduct the affairs Of the company
is required to be held at the above meet
ing.
By the sixth article OF the bylaws OF the
company il is provided, AT the annual
meeting OF the company the first business
in order shall be the appointment OF
chairman. who shall conduct the meet
ing and election in accordance with act OF
incorporation. between the hours Of
O'Clock a m. and p. m
Amount ~ premium notes 500 %
Amount Of cash hand. ............. 9.45lSl
ScCGfitlc7 ..-..-...... L1hs-4tHp
KeAi eStl.e---.-.. .-...--..---....-.. Si,g1V ~
Office furniture and fixtures 500 %
Losses by tre. adjusted and paid ..... 9.l4s 0i
The annual statement viii be ready for
distribution at the Office Of the company
about January 12. BY order Of the board
Of managers. L. PIERCE BOTELER. Sec
retary. ia1-15t
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A NEW COLOR DEVELOPED.
The Adoption by Railroads of NeIs-
yellow for Signals

BOSTON. Mass. Jan. S.-John c. Baird
Of Redding. Baird & Co, after months OF
experiments and study, has developed and
produced a new color in stained glass,
''nelsyellow," which is being rapidly in
trOduced on the steam railways as a eau
ton signal. The chief value of the nels-
yellow is that in fog or smoke it can be
seen 400 feet, or about double the dis
tance necessary for safety use.
The use of a third color fer signals has
been adopted by the New York. New Ha-
ven and Hartford Railroad. and has proved
success. The Consolidated on making
the change retained the red, for danger.
used the nelsyellow for caution, and sub
stituted green for the safety or all-clear
signal.
Railroad men say that green will be-
come the safety signal the world over
soon. because under the old code when a
green light became broken it exposed a
white light, which falsely indicated a clear
track
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ANOTHER DRESS CUT.
Mrs. LOefIIer Makes Complaint at
Police Headquarters.

Another victim of what the police now
term "krebsmania," made complaint at
Headquarters today. She is Mrs. George
w Lceffier. OF 2i09 Brightwood Avenue
northwest. She reports that her dress
was cut in three places. while she was
in the Centre Market, between l and .
O'Clock on the afternoon Of December &c.
a peculiar thing about the reported cut
ting is that Mrs. Loeffier suspects it was
done by a well-dressed woman, who is de-
scribed as being of dark complexion and
stout build. The police believe that Krebs
the confessed Jack the Cutter" was also
responsible for this case of dress mutiIa-
tion
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lErnn Az Rnstnn Trlnscrinll

(From the Boston TrlnScriPtb
heard two newsboys talking in the shelter of
Back Bay station
Look at that guy on tire Motor Bill" said
one indicating a very swell horSeleSs carriage
that passing.
Motor Rillt " exclaimed the other hoy. con
tcmptuously; faint Motor Bill; it's
Otter Now Bill"
Both BOYS placed the emphasis very strongly on
the word "BiH' No dOIbt the second hoy
more highly educated than the first. hut | like
that term "rnotor bill very much. and think
shall use it hereafter myself
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Heurich's beers always ieave- a profund con-
yictien upon those who drink Maerzen, Senate,
and Lager that they are pure and wholesome.
Why should not these beers have such qualities
for winning the taste when the best malt and
hops purchasabe used in brewing Heurichs $.
To try a Of fieurich's phone 6Si, Arlington
Bnttling Co.
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EDUCATIONAL.

LEARN t. read music in twenty lessons, the note
chain system. NINE J. ESTT TN DAILY.
studio Droops. g2j Pa ave. Tuesdays and Fri-
DAYS. II to : p. m; terms $50 for course.
iI5-7t
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Baby Humors.-Dr. Appew's

Baby Humors.-Dr. Agnew's Ointment
soothes quiets. and effects quick and effective
cures in all skin eruptions, common to baby dur
ing teethng time. Il is harmless to the hair
In cases OF Scald Head. and cures Eczema. Salt
Rheum and all Skin Diseases of older people. Sold
by r. s. Williams, Ninth and r Streets; Ed.aonds
& Williams, Third and Pennsylvania Avenue.-2s.
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FOR RECIPROCAL TRADE
The Commercial Treaties to Come
Before the Senate.

A Belief That Favorable Action VIII
tse TaLn or Each-The Opposition
Mas Seek to Delay the Ratification
Until the Time Limit Expires-Some
of the objections That Are Urged.
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one of its advocates in the French cham.
ber of deputies.
prominent New England Senator VIII,
| had carefully studied the provisions of the
convention remarked that ii proposed 'tC
give France nearly everything and reserve
nothing for the United States" and anoth-
er Senator commenting on the statements
referred to. said:
Il think We would better go slow and see
first what France will do with the treaty.
| am in favor of fair and equitable CON-
mercial reciprocity, and in the case OF
South American countries ] would be will
ing TO vote for very liberal arrangements.
because / hold ii TO be wise statesmanship
to make all concessions not wholly unreas-
enable to obtain and control the South
American trade. which naturally belongs to
the United States"
Duties 20 Porto Rico.
The Senator added, in substance CAS- 20
the pending conventions with several of the
British West Indian colonies. | have not
formed an opinion which may not be
changed. We have duties to perform in
regard TO Porto Rico and its people which
We cannot and must not neglect. The in
terests involved are as much our interests
as are those of Connecticut and Alaska. or
any other State or Territory, and we must
do naught TO iniure or eRdanger, but ev-
erything possible 10 promote and ensure,
the prosperity of that island and its people.
II the reciprocity treaties with the British
West indies would interfere with that pol
icy and purpose should oppose their rati-
fication."
The negotiations. which resulted in the
preparation of the convention with France.
were especially tedious and presented many
serious difficulties, which. it is asserted.
could only be overcome by mutual conces-
cesslons which were not wholly satisfactory
TO either party. II is further asserted that
after the convention was signed the French
representatives felt so many and such Sc
rious misgiyings respecting the reception il
would meet with in France that they in
sisted on and eXacted pledge that its
scope and terms should not be made public
in the United States until they could pave
the way for favorable action in France.
Whether, if that be correct, the French
uegotiators by their Paris disclosures have
done anything TO promote the ratification
in this country is not matter concerning
which there can be two opinions if the tone
of comment in Washington is regarded as
OF much consequence.
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CE.NSUS.C S.CIYu sERVICE.sHORTHaN
Pitrau uew RAPID method. ENGLISH SPa-
cial aid to delicate o. backward pupils. Private.
No CLASSES.
Washington Preparatory School. 1924 P ST.
igl I'm. .CH
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICE-The annual meeting OF
the stockholders Of the Anac0stia and Po-
tomac River Railroad Company Will be- held
at the Office Of the company. Fourteerth-and
East capitol Streets. MONDAY. JANUARY
.. 1900. at L O'CLOCK NJ for the elec-
tlon OF nine directors 20 serve for the En-
suing year and the transaction Of such other
business as may properly come before the
said meeting. Polls will open at l. o'clock
m. ard close at / O'Clock D. m
JAS. B. LACKET. Secretary.
Washington. d. C., Dec. 10 1899.
de19. .Z6-ia2.S
a MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
OF the Capital Traction Company for
the election CT directors will be held at
the Office of the company. Union Passenger
Station. on WEDNESDAY. THE 10TH OF
JANUARY. 1890.
The polls Will be opened at 1890 a. n
and closed at l p m. G. T. DUNLOP.
President
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MHTT II SHARON
Isl sllAlA, DAIRY.

S24 u ST. 9. w. Telephone fS5.
Milk and cream from choice Jersey and G,.ernsey
herds. Coffes cream and extra heavy GREEN for
whipping. Liberal reduction when tickets ars
purchased for cash ONLY. Can furnish milk from
registered herd C. THOMPSON.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09
EUROPE IN THE PACIFIC.
England First, Holland Second and Ger
many Third.


Inc Pacific ocean westward of Ha-
wall and the Marquesas is like a fed
Grafton OF European nations on Asia
tic soil. united by the free commerce
OF the seas. The nations vary in size.
strength and Importance, as the states
of Europe or of the American Union.
Great Britain commands the field with
a landed area of nearly 3,125, 900 square
miles. Poor SPANS once magnificent
empire is shrunk to less than fifty
square miles, a smaller total than be-
longs to black King George of the
Tongas. Holland, the country from
which emanated the doughty Beers.
owns over 1876, 900 square miles, settled
with nearly eight times as many peo-
pie as 1nhabit the larger area owned
oy Great Britain. Germany, the new,
clvilizer among nations, has dominance
over more than 100 900 square miles
and about as many people as there are
miles. France. with less than one
tenth Of Germany's land, is at some of
the most important points of strategy
and at the point of greatest travel.
Several independent states lie in the
midst of this federation. as Switzer-
land does in Europe; several others in
the unhappy, s~uzerainted position Of
the Transvaal, in South Africa, says
Ainslee's Magazine. Profoundly for
ested in the Dutch East Indies, the is
lands become in western Australia,
more barren than the lava beds of
Eastern Oregon and more irredeemable
h the uppermost wilds Of British
Columbia. Fertile, balmy and luxur-
1ous in the beautiful lands of New
Zealand, Fiji, Samoa and Tahiti, they
are transformed into uninhabitable
coral reefs or into hot and malariaI
beds OF struggle in the guano covered
or copra producing dots on the map
north and east of a line drawn from
the Philippines to New Guinea, and
through Samoa to the Society islands.
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SAND GLASS STILL NEEDED.
USED In Sick Room, Music Room, Kit
chen and on the Table.

Used In Sick Room, Music Room, Kit
chen and on the Table.
Sand glasses are made in large vari-
ETY. as to the divisions of time they
measure. There are hour glasses,
three-minute glasses, and so on; and
these several glasses are used for
many different purposes. The hour
glass is mostly used in the sickroom,
and in the music room. In the sick
room it is used as a guide in adminis-
terlng medicine. With it there is no
need of watching the clock, no doubt
about when the last dose was given, or
anything of that sort; but when the
sand in the glass has run out the medi-
cine is given and the glass is turned,
and SO on. In the music room it is
used for the convenience of the teach
er and also for the guidance of the
pupil. There are also made ten-min-
ute glasses, of which a few are used
for medical purposes, and this glass is
also used in the kitchen, There is a
fve-minute glass which is largely a
kitchen glass, used to boil eggs by and
for other purposes, and the three-min-
ute sand glass is called an egg boiler.
While the sand glass in it's various
forms is thus commonly made to serve
some useful purpose, it is also some
times used for decorative or
tai purposes, and sometimes the hour
glass is made use of for the purpose
of a souvenir. A traveller brings homo
for example some sand from about the
Sphinx, or from Palestine, and as sim
pie and secure a way as any in which
it can be preserved is in an hour glass.
The sand requires suitable treatment,
including very lively grinding, but all
this is readily done, and hour glasses
of this kind are not infrequently made.
IN. Y. Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09
Blind People.

So far as the most recent statistics
go, the known proportion of blind peo-
pie is about one in fifteen hundred,
which would give a total of one mil.
lion blind in the world. The largesti
proportion is found in Russia. which
has in Europe 200, 900 blind in a popu-
lation Of 10000, 900, or one in 4SO.
Most of these are found in the north
ern provinces of Finland, and the
principal cause is ophthalmia, due to-
bad ventilation of the huts of the peas.
antry and the inadequate facilities for
treatment. There is a great deal Of
blindness in Egypt, due to glowing
sand.
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very fond of a fishing excursion, and
starts off with great enthusiasm, but
the next morning, when the boat par
ties are made up, will find Uncle joe
making for a hammock at the breezy
end OF the veranda with a handful of
cigars and a book.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-09
Improved Wagon Seat.

A supplemental seat has been de-
signed to allow three persons to ride
in a wagon intended for two, a skele-
ton steel frame being attached to the
under side of, a narrow seat to lift it
above the level of the main seat, al
lowing plenty Of room on either side
of the frame for the other two per-
sons.
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yun tu1y and aMy and wthout grippe or PAL. Start tonight one tabst-kep it % for
q W@k ~ hP the rye. clean up the bowes and yu I'll feel right yor blood will be rich
lace Jocks clean eyes right Get Zoe box of CASCARETS take as dneaed If VOC are not
c"d or satisfied roo get orm money! back Bile bkh is quickly and permanently
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-07
INDIGESTION In Sheep.

Sheep are exceedingly troubled dur
ing feeding by indigestion, the results
of which are most observable on the
liver, says The Sheep Breeder. This
is seen in the yellow color of the eyes,
skin and especially of the liver itself,
which, as a result of the Inflammation,
often grows fast to other parts of the
intestines. When a sheepis seen to be
dumpish, standing with the head down
and frothing at the mouth, it is affected
by this disease. Then Immediately it
should get six ounces Of EPSON salts,
with one teaspoonful Of an even mix
ture Of ground ginger, gentian and sui
plate of iron in some oatmeal or lin
seed meal as soon as the salts has OPP
Grated. 1t is a good precaution to keep
this tonic mixture on hand and give a
dose OF 1t once a week, having a regu-
lar day for it and going through the
whole flock. A sharp lookout is to be
giYento detect any yellowness Of the
eyes in the flock or the first indication
OF disorder in any way, for immediate
treatment will save the sheep by re-
storing them to a healthfu1 condition.
Indeed, any observable difference in
the behavior of the sheep should call
for instant examination and due treat
ment.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-07
ON EVERY BOTTLE.

OF Shiloh's Consumption Cure is this
guarantee: AL we ask Of you is to
use tWo-thirds OF the contents OF this
bottle faithfully, then IL you can say
you are not benefited return the bot
tie to your druggist and he may re-
fund the price paid" Price % cents
30 cents and 200. 3. S. Reardsley,
druggist, Fourth street.
John d. Rockefeller said in an ad-
dress before a New York bible class the
other evening": THE pursuit of.
riches is not a wrong thing. On the
contrary, gold is one of the mightiest
agents for the doing of good, and
though there are bad rich men just as
there are bad poor ones, I believe that
most wealthy persons look upon their
money as a sacred trust which they
hold for the good of their fellows. Z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-07

E4@$E 9JHHg ~ DE1OhNlNd odOOIs t.Ft& 5.&gs&@6
With either implement cut as close to
the head as possible, taking a little rim
of hair along with the horn. With the
saw the operator can cut a little closer
than with the clippers. On no account
attempt to cut above the head. Take a
little OF the skull bone rather than
leave the matrix or base Of the horn.
IF this is left, stub horns will grow.
Do not be afraid to cut close. The
least sensitive part is just at the
matrix Of the horn where the arteries
separate into capillaries. Much mis-
understanding has existed on this
point, and many have made the well
meaning but serious error Of cutting
about half inch above the head. This
produces an ugly wound.
Cattle may be dehorned successfully
at any time of the year provided they
are not exposed to the flies or severe
cold. 1t is needless to use tar or any
other preparation on the wound except
to protect it from the flies. Big horns
may be as safely removed as little
horns, and the older the animal the
less the loss of blood. The worst age
at which an animal may be dehorned is
from 1 to 2 years old. The horn is
then much more vascular full of blood
vessels than when the animal is older
and more liable to bleed. The loss of
blood will be small If the horn is cut
close to the head.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-07

o8NR3 o
:DEH0RNINGC ATTLEs
- - - -
SMACHINESsAND CHEMICALS AND g
8 HOW THrsI SHOULD 3
. BE USID. q

- EEtSTbt TEETgT ,E|NS-.N~ NT|$SS-&N yISrgEV
It is best to- dehorn animals when
calves, says The Breeders Gazette,
and the earlier the operation is per-.
formed after. 2 OF 3 years old the bet
ter. The horn button may be lifted
out with d knife or removed with pe-
cial implements made for that pur-
pose known as the. %outcutter and gouge.
D%ehorning calves by chemicals is gem
orally preferred to the use of these in
struments. Liquid chemical dehorn-
ers'Sare manufactured and sold to the
trade and generally prove effective
when properly applied, killing the horn.
germ and sven altering the develop,
ment OF the head at the point on which
the horn would otherwise set. Stick
caustic potash will accomplish the
same results, but the men who make.
the liquid dehorners warn against it's
use, contending that it makes the head.
sore and thereby stunts the calf. On.
the other hand, much weight Of vet
Urinary Endorsement has been given to
the use of caustic potash. To apply it
clip the hair around the embryo horn,
moisten the button and hub thoroughly
with the stick of potash, which should
be wrapped in paper to protect the fin
gers. In using all chemicals take care;
that they do not run down into the eye
of the calf.
The saw was first used to dehorn
and is still in some favor, but the SUI
perior convenience Of the clipper has
about driven saws out of use. In saw
ing off horns the animals heaGTmu
be tightly tied to a post or held in a
shoot, but this is not necessary in the
use Of the clippers, although it is bet
ter for an Inexperienced operator with
the clippers to have the head secured.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-07
sore rect n sheer.

Constant contact with manure in the
yards and pens will have softened the
sleeps feet, andit will be necessary to
keep a watch on them, lest a few days
treading on rough places in the pasture
will grind down the softened horn and
make the sheep go lame. The feet
should be carefully examined before
the Hocks are turned out and all soften
ed horn trimmed away, especially on
feet over the sole Of which the over
grown shell has turned under This is
the weak spot III the Sleeps foot and Is
II be carefully attended to.-SheeD
Breeder.