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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
SEASONS PROGRAM
OF CHARITY WORK
Comprehensive Series of Sem-Monthly Meetings,
With Alternate Visits to Homes

The seasons program for the confer
ence class of the Associated Charities
has just been issued. This class serves
as a school In philanthropic work, and is
designed for the enlistment and training
Of volunteer charity workers. The pro-
gram just issued is the most complete
yet attempted by this school. 1t covers
In detail a period from October 26 TO
May IS 1904
Two principal features are embraced
in the course-first. regular meetings are
to be held on the second and fourth
Monday evenings of the month at 7:3O
o'clock in the general office of the Asso-
ciated Charities at S11 G Street north
west; second. personally conducted Wis
its to appropriate charitable institutions
OF the city are arranged at convenient
hours during tic first and third weeks
of each month. thus alternating with
the conference class meetings and Illus
trating their topics.
While regular attendance at all the
meetings and regular participation in all
the visits Is recommended. persons are
invited TO come to any one or TO several
Of the meetings and visits. Clergymen,
church workers, teachers. business men,
private householders, Government en-
ployes, volunteer charity workers. and
all who desire to understand the chart
table agencies of the city and the needs
of the city's poorer people and more ne
elected neighborhoods are invited to be
present.
Among the subjects of the Monday
evening meetings VIII be:
well-Known Workers to Speak.
November 9-'How the weI-to-do May
Help Their Neighbors." including studies
of illness due to overcrz~ding: also of
drunkenness and the need for indeter-
inmate sentences to a hospital-work-
house for inebriates: address by Miss
Caroline Whitman. agent CT the Northern
division Of the Associated Charities.
November 23-''How Citizens Have Co
operated With the Associated Charities
TO Aid the Needy a symposium; speak
ers. S. W. Woodward. John Joy Edison.
the Rev S. NJ Newman, Superintendent
A T. Stuart, Mrs. Giles S. Rafter. Miss
H. L. Washington, and George F. Har-
bin.
December 14-'Children of the Needy
Problems and Methods of Giving Them
a Chance" including a description of
the Southeast social center, also studies
of truancy, cigarette fiends. child labor.
etc: address b. Miss Ida A Green,
agent of the Southeast division of the
Associated Charities.
Messenger Boys and Newsies.
Compulsory Education and Child La
Dor in the District of Columbia" IS the
subject announced for December Is. ar
which time DR.. Emily Young OBrien
will give "A Statistical Study OF Tru-
ancy:" the Rev. Claudius F. Smith will
discuss '1niquities OF the Messenger Boy
SYSTEM" John x. Douglass will speak
concerning Newspaper and Store
Boys" and superintendent A T. Stuart
will tell What the Board OF Education
Recommends"
January II. Mrs. Mary c. Rugg. agent
for the Northeast division of the As
ISOLATED Charities, will speak on Sick
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NATURES GREATEST CURE
FOR MEN And WOMEN
Swamp-Root Is the Most Perfect Healer and
Natural Aid to the Kidneys. Liver and
Bladder Ever Discovered.

ing irritation. pain or dull ache IN the
back-they tell US IN silence that our
kidneys need doctoring. II neglected
now. the disease advances until the face
looks pale or sallow. puffy or dark cir
clcs under the eyes. feet swell. and
sometimes the heart acts badly.
There Is comfort IN knowing that DR..
Kilmer's swamp Root. the great kidney.
liver and bladder remedy. fulflls every
wish in quickly relieving such troubles.
It corrects inability 20 hold urine and
scalding pain IN passing It. and over
comes that unpleasant necessity OF be-
ing compelled TO get up many times dur
Ing the nieht to urinate.
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ness the GQAGI AduSt OF Depen0enCc,
and win include studies of neglect.
quack remedies, free dispensaries, fear
of hospitals, and deaths from consump-
ton.
How to Get the Ambulance.
January Is will be devoted to the study
OF Municipal and Volunteer Care OF
the Sick Poor" George s. Wilson will
explain how TO call an ambulance, Sc
cure a visiting physician to the poor
or obtain a patients admission to the
hospital or the almshouse. DR.. William
c. woodward. of the Health Depart
the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society.
will also speak.
Inherited or Long Continued Pau
perism and the Evils Of Unwise Aims
IS the subject for February s. when
Mrs. Mary Kirwan. agent Of the George
town division Of the :. ssociated Chart
ties, will give studj1s of typical cases,
children following the pauper habits Of
parents, single fss-'ia4s aided by If
teen different ors lions and indI-
viduals. dependence leading 10 degen-
eracy and crime.
Care Of the Aged Poor.
February % the Problems Of the
ing studies of the "genteel poor" and
OF Industrial insurance." burial. vol
unteer pensions. permanent care, and
the forceful persuading Of neglected
indigents into the almshouse. The
speaker will be Mrs. X, =. HOwells,
agent OF the West End division Of the
Associated Charities.
March IA there will be a symposium.
including five minute descriptions Of all
existing institutions for the care Of the
aged poor Eleven different charitable
institutions Will be represented on this
occasion. and their representatives viii
each give a brief review of the meth
DDS of admission to these homes for the
aged.
''Tramps. homeless men. beggars, fur
nished-roOm' dependents. and the float
ing population" will be discussed by
sion OF the Associated Charities. en-
March Is. This will include practical
suggestions as to how citizens may be
wisely helpful when appealed to by
these dependents.
How the Police Help
Major Richard Sylvester is included
among the speakers for April IL, when
the subject announced is Lodging
Houses. Missions and the Problem OF
the Homeless Man" A. Harvey Tyson
viii speak for the Municipal Lodging
House. n. A. Robbins for the Central
Union Mission, William F. Downeye for
the Good Samaritan Home. Capt Frank
Roper for the Salvation Army, finally
Major Richard Sylvester Will explain
How the Police Cooperate" IN solving
the problems represented by tramps
and homeless men.
April Is. Housing Conditions and
Neighborhood improvements as Related
to Charity Problems will he discussed
by Miss II. Ida Curry, agent for the
southwest division Of the Associated
Charities. The speaker VIII include de-
gcriptiOns or local rear tenements.
'shacks," white and colOred alleys, the
urgent need Of day-nurserieS, and the
agents cooper lion with the social set
tlement. and the colored social center IN
Southwest washington
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EVANSVILLE NOTES.

HYATTSVILLE. Md, Nov 3-The
polls were promptly opened in Masonic
Hall at s O'Clock. with a large number
CT voters in attendance. DR.. Joseph A.
Mudd. Charles diversified, Howard A.
Munson. Walter ". Payne and Thomas
A. Ladson. In the order named, were
first occupants Of the booths
The last political meeting in Hyatts-
vile district was held at the Ram's
Horn, where ]. Enos Ray, jr., and other
candidates addressed a large crowd
The fire companies held a regular
meeting last night. Robert w. Wells
was elected to active membership and
w. P. Magruder and W. F. Casey pro-
posed for membership. The Rev. S.
Ward RICHTER. DR.. Buck and Clarence
Wilson were elected honorary members
z. Hasson. z. Anderson, George Hard
esty and William Dorr were appointed a
committee to place the large triangle TO
be used as fire alarm.
IT was reported that the new hook and
ladder apparatus had just arrived, and
II was ordered that members be on hand
at l o'clock today 10 unload and place
II in quarters provided by the town
council
The report Of the Treasurer showed bal
ance In ssneral fund S11.03 and social
A pleasant Halloween party was given
by Mr. ana Mrs F. II. Beall. Guy Ave
nue.. The features were vocal and In
strumental music, games, fortune telling
ans ar artistically spread banquet table.
The guests were Misses Leila Aman
Alice Anna and Lucy Beail. Mary Err
win Julia Johnson. Ida Scaggs. of Hy-
attsville; Annie Gallagher, Edna and
Helen Russell and Marie Toplay. of
Washington; Messrs. l. Aman. r. Beall
G. Erwin. Erwin A; Scaggs. Charles and
Joseph Weeks and Wallace w. Whee-
lock, OF Hyattsviile; Bernard Gallagher,
Raymond Jackson. Leo and Ralph Rus
sell and Frank Smith, of Washington
Walter Denning. of Philadelphia, and
Joseph Watson. Of Virginia.
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neys and had urinz.e from four 70 seven
times night, of.en with smarting and burning.
Brick dus. would settle in the urine. I lost
twenty pounds in two weeks. and thought
would soon die I took the first dose Of your
Swamp-Root in the evening at bedtime and
was very much surprised; had to urinate but
cnce that night, and the second night did not
get up until morning. I have used three bottles
Of swamp Root, and today am as well as ever.
l am a farmer. and working every day,
and weigh 100 pounds-tbe same that l weighed
before ! taken sick.
Gratefully yours,
T. s. APKER.
Sec. F. A & l. L. 504- Marsh Hill. Pa
April 9. 1903
There comes a time to both men and
women when sickness and poor health
bring anxiety and trouble hard TO bear;
disappointment seems to follow every
effort of physicians in our behalf, and
remedies we try have little or no effect
In many such cases serious mistakes are
made in dOctoring, and not knowing
what the disease Is or what makes us
sick. Kind nature warns US by certain
symptoms, which are unmistakable evil
dence Of danger. such as too frequent
desire 10 urinate. scanty supply, scald-
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THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
A Great Strain.

No one disputes the fact that we are
living In a rapid" age; IL is rush. rush,
rush from morning until night. and com
petition is so Herce that the struggle
does not cease until the machine is
worn out.
Women, too. even whe.. surrounded
by every comfort. become infected by
the common spirit, and what with their
clubs and man, social duties, have no
time TO give thought to their physical
well-belng. until they are suddenly
brought 20 sharp realization Of the
fact that nothing in their lives is so
important as attention 10 correct or ra-
tional living.
that women are more prone to piles
than men. and In most cases because IL
Is difficult to impress upon them the
Importance OF regular movements OF the
bowels, irregularlty means straining at
stool, and straininS means piles, with
The certainty (under the usual meth
obs OF treatmenD that the sufferer viii
have them always with her. by
usual methods IS meant the applica-
ton Of salves and lotions. or Gas a last
RESORT a surgical operation.
II there Is 3 complaint which entails
more distress and suffering upon those
afflicted than piles or hemorrhoids, Il
IS not known 10 the writer; fortunately.
however, these are learning that there
Is remedy that effectually cures all
forms Of piles; IL is known as the Pyra-
mid Pile Cure, Is In suppositOry form,
IS applied directly 10 the parts. and
does its work quickly and painlessly; IL
Is sold by druggists at fifty cents a
package. or win be mailed by the
makers to any address upon receipt Of
price.
Mrs. /. NJ. JOHN Pharisburg. Ohio.
says: Il feel IL my duty TO acknowledge
the great benefit I have received from
the use Of Pyramid Pile Cure. For sew
eral months ! suffered untold agony
from the bleeding piles. and was finally
advised by a Columbus doctor to get
Pyramid Pile Cure at once, which I did
Vas.ar ssrafe fsnfr
advise all sufferers to use it," Write
the Pyramid Drug Co.. Marshall, Mich
for their little book on the causes and
cure Of piles
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DEPORTATION THE FATE
OF WELSH IMMIGRANTS

Commissioner General Sargent, of the
Bureau of immigration. said this morn
ing that ali Of the Welsh miners re-
Gently held in Philadelphia on the
ground that their entry into the United
States was In violation Of the allen
contract labor laws. have been deported
Mr.. Sargent also said the Department
ton shall be taken against the Ellis
worth Coal Mining Company. of Penn
sylvania. charged with having offered
Inducements to the Welshusen to come
here
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sWAMP-RooT A BLESSING
TO WOMEN

Ny kidneys and bladder gave me great trou-
bic for over two months and I suffered rntold
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SEARCHING ZOE WENT.

BRISTOL, Tenn. Nov. 3.-Headed by
John Fox, jr., the author. the most
thoeOugh search yet made for the miss
ms mine operator. r L. Wentz. is
being instituted In the mountains be-
tween Big Stone Gap and the Kentucky
line. with the latest improved electrical
devices - "A means Of exploring all
caves ana caverns.
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RIsHoP BRoNpELL DYING.

HELENA. Mon. Nov. 3-The RI Rev
J. B. Bronden Bishop Of the Diocese Of
Helena. and for a third OF a century one
OF me Fading Catholic dignitaries Of the
Northwest. is so seriously III in this city
that the sacrament for the dying has
been administered
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| ness the Chief Cause Of Dependence"
and viii include studies of neglect.
quack remedies, free dispensaries. fear
of hospitals and deaths from consump-
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To Prove What SWAMP-ROOT The Kidney Liver and
Bladder Remedy VIII Do for YOU Every Reader of the
Times May Have Sample FREE BY Mail

EDITORIAL onceto DR.
VIII
received
Y in
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RETURNS FROM ELECTIONS
AND MOVING PICTURES

Come 70 The Times Building tonight
and get sho first news from the cleo
lions. Moving pictures viii keep you in
a good humor. even II your candidates
lose
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misery. became weak. enaciated and very
much run dawn. ! had great difficulty in
retaining my urine. and was obliged 70 pass
water vesy often night and day. After I had
uscd a sample bottle Of Dr. Kilmer's swamp
Root. sent ne On my request, experienced r.
lief, and ! immediately bought Of my druggist
two large bottles and continued taxing Il regu-
larry. ] pleased 70 say that sWamp-ROot
cured me entirely. ] can now sand on nv
feet all day without any bad symptoms whatever
Swamp-Root has proved blessing to me.
Gratefully yours
MRS. f. AUSTIN.
ls Nassau St., Brooklyn. y. 7.
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SWAMP-Ro0T SAVED MY
LIFE

received promptly the sample bottle Of your
kidney remedy. Swamp-ROot.
had an awful pain in my back. over the kid
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-03
NUa-ads nv Rustx Sar..

Every little while we read in the pa
pers that some one has stuck a rusty
nail in his foot or hand OF, other portion
Of the body and lockJaw resulted there.
from and that the patient died. If ev-
cry person were aware of perfect
remedy for all such wounds and would
apply It then such reports would cease.
The remedy is simple, always on hand
and can be applied by any one, and,
what is better, 1t is infalllble. 1t is
simply to smoke the wound or any
bruise or wound that is inflamed with
burning wooden cloth. Twenty minutes
in the smoke will take the pain out of
the worst case of Inflammation arising
from such wound. People may sneer
at this remedy as much as they please.
but when they are afflicted by such
wounds just let them try 1t.
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a YIgorona 'netort.

Lord Erskine, the famous English
lawyer, once met a rufflan driver who
was belaboring his horse, a miserable,
bare boned creature and Lord Erskine.
who was intensely fond of animals, re-
monstrnted. why" said the fellow,
ITS my own; mayn't 1 use 1t as !
please?" at the same time applying the
cudgel. Erskine, irritated, sharply
whacked the offender with his stick,
and upon the rufiian protesting vigor.
ously his lordship replied, why, II
1.-THE stick is my own; mayn't l use II
as pleasep
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uettinR EYen.

Some retallations are too clever to be
resented. They seem to be almost a
logical part of the circumstances that
evoked them.
DR.. Wines, says the Christian Regis
ter. was formerly the principal of a
boys school. One day he had occasion
to trounce a lad, who naturally resent
ed the punishment.
On the Doctors front door was q
plate bearing the one word Wines
That night a bold and clever hand add
ed three words TO the inscription, 50
that In the morning the doorplate read
this way: wines and Other Lickers."
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sne IKenf ner WORD.

A funny story is told concerning
Catherine of Berain, Welsh woman,
who was known us the mother Of
Wales, because she founded so many
families. "she was first married to
John Salisbury OF Lleweni and be-
came the mother Of Sir John salus-
bury, who was born with two thumbs
to each hand and was noted for his
prodigtous strength At the funeral Of
her husband, Sir Richard Clough
gave her his arm. Outside the church.
yard stood Maurice Wynn of Gwydir
awaiting a decent opportunity of pro
posing to her. AS she issued from the
gate he did this. Very sorry, repli-d
Catherine, but have Just accepted
Sir Richard Clough. Should survive
him, will marry you.' She was as
good as her word and married yet a
fourth before she died in 1897
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DOES Goop-1r PAYS.

A Chicago man has observed that
Good deeds are better than real estate
deeds-some of the latter are worthless
Act kindly and gently, show sympathy
and lend helping hand. You cannot
possibly lose by it.n Most men appre.
ciate a kind word and encouragement
more than substantial help. There are
persons in this community who might
truthfully say: my good friend, cheer
up. A few doses of ChamBerlain's Cough
Remedy viii rid you of your cold, and
there is no danger whatever from pncu-
monia when you use that medicine. Il
always cures. / know It for it has help.
ed me ont many time" Sold BY
Stone 3 Mercer.
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nor . UnanRe,

There was good talk at a tea party
given once at the observatory Of Cam
bridge. England. Sydney Smith was
there, and although he took the won
derful work Of the place seriously be
had a light manner Of expressing him
self The party had been led up TO
look at Jupiter. and this was his com.
ment;
Jupiter If you hadn't told me /
should have taken It for a bad shiI.
ling"
Where Is Sir John HerselieiT asked
one Of the guests.
HE is at Cape Of Good Hope" said
the astronomer, Airy. 'He was or
dered there to observe the stars Of the
southern hemisphere"
abr said Sydney Smith. Il sup
pose you astronomers, when you are
III. are advised to change your stars
Just as we ordinary. mortals are told to
change our air"
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THE SAVE THAT HEALS

Without leaving scar is DeWitts. The
name Witch Hazel is applied to many
salves, but DeWitt's Witch Hazel salvo
is the only Witch Hazel salYe made
that contains the pure, unadulterated
witch hazel. If any other Witch Hazel
salve is offered you it is counterfeit.
L. {. lc,Siti .ented Witch Hazel Salve
and 3eWitt's Witch Hazel salve is the
best salye in the world fore uts, burns,
bruises, tetter, or blind, bleeding, itch
ing and protruding piles. Sold by Wells
\ Haymaker.
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In Burma the inhabitants have a
novel form of the sport that elsewhere
is commonly called tug Of war. In the
Burmese game there is rain party
and a drought party, which pull one
against the other, the victory OF either
party being considered to have imme-
diate results MS regGr1s the weather,
The drought party, however. obtains
few victories, for the kind OF weather
1t represents is commonly not so much
desired as rain. In the face, therefore,
OF strong, public opinion the rain
party is nearly always allowed to win,
the palpable ''roping" in the popular
notion being generally followed by q
fertilizing downpour.
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DIETING INVITES DISEASE.

To cure dyspepsia or Indigestion it is
no longer necessary to live on milk and
toast. Starvation produces such weak
ness that the whole system becomes an
easy prey to diseases. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure enables the stomach and digestive
organs to digest and assimiiate all Of
the wholesale food that ono cares to cat,
and is never failing cure for indigcs.
tion, dyspepsia and all stomach trou.
bles, Kodol digests what you cat
makes the stomach sweet. Sold by
Wells & Haymaker.
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HE LEARNED A GREAT TRUTH.

It is said of John Wesley that he
once said to MISTRESS Wesley: .Why
do you tell that. child the same thing
over and over again2' "John Wesley
because once telling is not enough" II
is for this same reason that you are
told again and again that Chamberlain.
Cough Remedy cures colds and grip; tina;
it counteracts any tendency Of these dis.
eases to result in. pneumonia, and that
it is pleasant and safe to take. For sale
by Stone & Mercer.
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A PERFECT PAINLESS PILL.

Is the one that viii cleanse the sys'
tenn, set the liver to action, rmeove the
bile, clear the complexion. cure head.
ache and leaves a good taste in the
mouth. The famous little pills for do.
ing such work pleasantly and eircctually
are DeWitt's Little Early Riser Dol
Moore of Lafayette, Ind, says: "All
other pills / have used grippe and sicken
while DeWitts Little Early Risers are
simply perfect" Slid by Wells & Hay.
maker.
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mo sIncerItr OF ADVICE.

Gabber-Are you going to house.
keeping?
Benedlct-(Answer drowned by pass
ing carp
Gabber- That's right. Nothing like
1t. HIVE your own
Benedict-I said wasn't.
Gabber-o Oh, well; that's where you're
wise. You'll miss, etc, - Baltimore
American.
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RAN A TEN PENNY NAIL
THROUGH HIS HAND,

While opening box, j. c. Mount, OF
Three Mile Bay, N. Y, ran ten.penny
nail through the fleshy part Of his hand.
Il thought at once of all the pain and
soreness this would cause me- he says,
@and Immediately applied Chamberlain
Pain Balm and occasionally afterwards
To my surprise it removed ali pain and
soreness and the injured parts were soon
healed" For sale by Stone Mercer.
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breaking.

Once on a time three men broke n
horse.
MY day will come" thought the
horse after submitting 10 a great va
riety of indlgnlties.
In due time, then, the horse crafty
showed burst of speed and was en-.
tered In some races.
at is my day!" cliuckled he and
broke twenty men the first heat.
1t is long lane that his no turning.
Puck.
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noctorn. Medicine.

Cobwigger-several mtllionaires have
written their opinions as to how to
make fortune.
Merritt read the article. The fun
ny thing is that not one of them nd
vised following the plan by which he
got rich himself.-Judge.
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q s,ntierea -liomnnce.

Il think our teacher of composition
Is charming, don't you, EmIly?"
aFie, Bertha! That heartless mon
stef7 Captiyated by his blue eyes the
other day. ! slipped a little affectionate
note In my copy book"
And what did he do2"
.He gave 1t me back with all the
spelling mistakes corrected in red Ink