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the passer-by on the Avenue would prob
ably be puzzled to identify. This struc-
ture. however. plays a prominent part
in one Of the drills. and to see the clean
agility Of panthers from the ground
through a narrow opening in the she'd
like erection to the roof of the latter, and
leaping to the ground again. is to see
muscular activity and concert in action
at their very best
But this exercise OF physical activity i
not a spectacular stunt, nor is it gone
through merely in the course Of gym
nasium routine. The distance from the
ground to the opening through which the
men spring is exactly the distance from
the lower deck of q warship to the upper,
and although a ladder hanging to the
side of the shed Is employed in the drill.
the contingency is likely to arise. i'll the
case Of a ship under fire. of the compan
ion ladder being shot away or otherwise
put out Of commission. In such case
the hospital men must jump from on
deck to the other through the hatchway.
in order to assist the wounded and lower
them to the place where their injuries
will be cared for. The mere physical
activity required In this feat must be see
to be appreciated.
The present class is the last that viii
be trained at the school. though the
course conducted under the able direction
Of Surgeon NJ. s. Elliott. In command, vii
be pursued in the new schools to b.
established in connection with the nava
hospitals at New York, Norfolk. Mare
Island and Canacao. Cavite,- Philippine
Islands, by the direction Of Surgeon Gen
eral Stokes. At present the school in
this city is the only one of Its kind in the
United States. 1t Is explained that Sur
geon General Stokes intention. in eX
tending the hospital training school sys-
tenn Of the navy. is to render the training
available to all the men in the corps.
Under the present plan." said Surgeo.
Elliott. about only 80 per cent Of the mel
are able to take the course. Under the
system about to be inaugurated. the men.
as soon as they are enlisted. will be sent
to the training stations at Newport or
San Francisco. where they will remain
for four months. undergoing training In
naval life. They will then be sent to the
different training schools at the hos
pitfalls mentioned for a definite period.
and, after becoming proficient. will be
available for duty on board ship
That the hitherto unique school in this.
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commented upon by both officers and
men.
Athletics, even outside of the very
strenuous and unique drill wfiSh form
part CT the daily routine, are encou- Sed
at the school, and several members OF
the Ail-Navy foot ball team have been
Hospital Corps men. And there nre some
members Of the present class who could
hold their own with any OF the profess
SIGNAL boxers. For the fact is. as on Of
the sailor boys remarked. WHEN any dif-
ficulty Ct serious nature arises between
a couple of them. they are invited TO
have 1t CUT in the barn.
The barn is very unpretentious struc-
ture facing on Pennsylvania avenue, and
no doubt passersby on that thoroug fare
never stop to cast two glances at it.
But they do say that at the very time
when people were hurrying across the
continent to Reno to see what proved to
be a fizzle. and not a fight. there was a
match pulled off In that old barn RICH,
here in Washington that would have
made the Jeffries-Johnson affair Il ok like
second-watered pink tea. And it
wasn't only mere physical sire; 9Th.
either, for some Of the boys at the school
have science at their beck and cell as
well. and that and similar b uts would
have warmed the heart or the most plase
follower Of the sport Of the squared
ring" And. as one of the sailor men
furthermore said, when we sett' e it that
way we're good friends afterward."
A days routine at the scho may be
described as follows: All hands are turn
ed out at $50 am. Then there is the
setting up drill at 7:15: breakfast at 7:3O;
general cleaning up of quarters at s:15.
after which there is that ubiquitous naval
and military ordeal. inspection. The first
lecture, demonstration or study IL held
in the pharmacy at o. Then fellows a
course Of anatomy and physiology. Then
there Is nursing at II, and although the
boys would not in general, perhaps. con-
vey the idea Of the hospital nurse. espe-
cially when engaged in the mere athletic
and arduous exercises in their curriculum.
it is plainly seen, by the deft manner i'm
which they perform their duties In this
class, that the wounded could benefit by
few gentler aids. The dinner hour is
L. and the next exercise, at !, is ban
daging.
At . o'clock there are lessons in hygi-
enc. sanitation or In first aid. and at ,
there are drills Of various sorts. The
men go ION liberty at 4, return for
supper at $50 and have a study period
from to S. They can then go on liberty
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The Impossible.

s.THE late Admiral Read" said a
Washington naval Official. owed
his great success to his ingenuity. lie
would. in fact, undertake and carry
through the impossible.
Admiral Read at naval banquet. Was
once talking to some young officers about
the strength and beauty OF the arch. lie
took an egg from basket. and. holding
1t aloft. said:
Notice this eggs arch. Nothing could
be prettier. Nothing, II you set 1t right,
could be stronger. Why. gentlemen. I
can set this egg on the floor In such \
manner that you couldn't break it with 4
lf-bushel measure.
1.-The young officers demurred. A stout.
iron bound half-bushel measure was
brought in. The admiral at once showed
his almost inhuman ingenuity by placing
the egg I'm a corner where the measure
couldn't reach II. s.t-
"'You can't fill square corner with Q
round measure. said the young oficera
gracefully acknowledging their defeat"
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foot ball players in the country. the spec
tacies afforded on the spacious grounds of
a building at 9th street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast for the benefit of any
passer-by OF spectator are not in the ma
ture of the strenuous winter game, or,
indeed, any other popularity recognized
form of sport. The building, in the
grounds of which the unique athletic ex-
hibitions are to be seen, Is the Hospital
Corps Training School Of the United
States Navy. and the exhibitions them
selves are the various drills and exer-
cises in which the men of the Hospital
Corps are required to be proficient in or
der to At them for their work on a bat
tleship in action or with marine land
ing party.
In the grounds of the Hospital Corps
School is simple frame structure which
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cred cloaks and helmets. which they re-
garded as their finest treasures.
In Bartolozzi's well known engraving,
THE Death Of Capt. Cook published in
wearing cloaks and very little else-and
two wear helmets. all drawn. doubtless,
from the samples brought home by Cook s
expedition. and similar to the National
cloaks valued in, Hawaii that 1t was very
seldom that one was allowed to leave the
islands as the result of purchase. Though
once fairly abundant in Hawaii, speci-
scarce. and are among the rarest objects
Of quest to the collector Of ample means,
both the bird supplying the feathers and
the art OF making the garments being
extinct.
1t il the opinion Of ethnologists that
the making Of the cloaks and other feath-
er-covered articles of dress and orname mt
dated from very early period in the his
tory OF the islands. 1t Is said to have
formed, in by gone days, the principal oc-
cupation OF the wives and daughters of
the Hawaiian mobiles.
-.
The ancient kings had a regular staff
Of skilled feather hunters. who were very
expert In their vocation. In capturing
the birds net or snare was sometimes
used. but more often q kind Of bird lime,
made from the sticky juice of the bread
fruit tree or from the gum Of the fragrant
olapa. was employed. This was smeared
on the higher branches Of the trees fire.
Quented by the birds. or on long poles set
up for the purpose. Often d living speci-
men OF a brilliant scarlet bird. known as
the 'iiwi." was fastened In the vicinity
to act as q lure. 1t IL said that the
hunters sometimes even transplanted
strange trees in the heart Of the forest in
order to excite the birds curiosity. These
old bird catchers must have been i'm
portant men among the Hawaiians. for
the feathers were considered to exceed In
value any other kind Of personal prop
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was being used at the time for purposes
of recreation. was seen an anatomi al
chart and divers other pictorial indica-
tons of the interior OF the genus homo.
reports are made TO the omcer in
charge, in his Office on the main floor
OF the building, just as on a war vessel,
and the Office in question has much the
aspect of d captains cabin. Below decks.
or, IN other words, in the basement. are
found the kitchen and mess hail. and the
various cooking and eating utensils are
kept so clean that they actually wink at
you.
The present course of instruction COW
ers period of five months and there
are, on an average, forty men under in
Structlon at time. The subjects taught
are OF an elementary nature. from a
medical standpoint and consist OF the
principles of anatomy and physiology,
nursing first aid TO the injured. phar-
macy and materia medica. bandaging and
hygiene and sanitation. Strictly naval
are the instructions in camp and ship
life. the drills. the exercises in the ma
nipulation of stretchers in ca seS of wound
ed on board ship, the conduct in battle
at sea and on land. and the sending and
Interpretation of signals.
There has just been introduced an en-
tirely novel form Of stretcher In the
navy, the invention of Surgeon General
Stokes. and one of these is at present fig
uring in the stretcher drills of the men at
the school. The new Stokes stretcher is
quite a contrast to the old army stretchers
which litter hall in the below-decks or
basement of the school building. and
which. up to the present time, have been
employed in the navy for conveying the
wounded, despite the fact that they are
singularly untitled for the purpose on
board ship. The Stokes Stratcher takes
UP practically no more room than the body
Of the occupant. 1t can be lowered from
the rigging or through any opening. COM
municating between decks without the
slightest jar to the patient, and the latter
can be securely fastened to his temporary
conveyance in a few seconds.
The stretcher is unlike the one now ia
miliar in appearance and may be described
as a compact hammock. of metal wires
and springs. in which an absence Of jar
is accompanied by absolutely secure
adjustment. The fact that the navy's
new surgeon general can devote his at
tention to inventing this humane device
and to inaugurating system by which
the present course of instruction at the
school can be applied to all the men in
the Hospital Corps is enthusiastically
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erty. and the king 8 taxes were often paid
in them.
The groundwork of all the feather work
is coarse netting made of string manu-
native grass. The outer side is alone
covered with feathers. the shafts of which
are dextrously and closely interviewer
into. or sown on. the fabric of the net,
another. present a surface as smooth and
glossy as the back of a living bird
OF the birds which provided the feath-
ers from which this work was made, the
''mamo' was first in Importance. About
the size of a canary, its plumage was in
the main black, and only the few brilliant
orange feathers surrounding the tail were
used. It's determination has doubtless
been brought about by the numbers taken
for the sake of these few feathers. Not
more than five or six skins Of this bird
are now known to exist.
The other royal bird producing yellow
feathers is the ''ov." which is still fairly
abundant in thickly wooded districts.
though it builds among treetops at such
a height from the ground that its nest
and eggs are even now unknown to
science. 1t is mostly black. the yellow
being restricted to certain small tufts be-
meath the wings. King Kamehameha / is
said to have ordered that. after these yell
low tufts had been plucked, the birds
were to be set free.
The light yellow feathers of these lat
ter birds are infinitely more abundant in
the feather work than the more beautiful
golden feathers OF the "mamo," predonr
mating in the National Museum speci-
men. In the latter are two bands of red, the
feathers of which were taken from the
iiwi, perhaps the commonest and most
conspicuous bird of Hawaii It's name
occurs frequently in national songs re-
lating ancient deeds of heroism. The
adult male wears a gorgeous livery Of
brilliant vermilliOn. The young bird.
however, sports a dress of very sober,
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Quaint Advertisements Found in Old Newspape

longing to it," The fortune of bride
is commonly included In an announce.
ment of marriage, as Mr.. - and
Miss -. a young lady of great merit
and G1,5OO fortune
There are several advertisements for
wives One reads: "A gentleman. nearer
the age Of sixty than fifty, is on the
lookout for second matrimonial part
ner. ''answerable to his years" He
states she should be 'of behavior
to do dignity at the table. and In the
house Of a man of fortune: of cheer
full disposition, without any deformty
in her person. Her age implies that no
external beauties are required. but she
must be plump, not Ragged and lean.
Veritable echoes of the quaint
eighteenth century, these old news
paper ads.
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ly from 1.-The vapors" One announce
ment reads: The most noble smelling
bottle in the world. which smelled. too,
mOmentarily fetches the most dismal
fainting or swooning fits. and makes
cheerful, although never so sad" This
panacea: it is added. may "be taken in
wardly.'
Whenever an advertiser in these olden
times offers a reward for lost or stolen
articles he generally added. land no
questions ask'd." There is a reference
to the loss Of pointer dog, one Of
his short ribs at the right side broke,
which sticks out: his tail about a hand
full, and answers to the name Of Puro'
Another apparently coveted canine is
unflatteringly described as partly Of
the cur kind, and inclinable to be
NANCY"
In view of the fact that the penalty
for horse stealing, as for other thefts,
was death. it Is remarkable that the
practice should be so frequent. as one
Moreover. it is somewhat astonishing
that a man should risk his neck for an
animal, as a Gray roam mare. seven
years old next grass. bob tail that's
been nick'd and bends in the middle,
most to the skin" OF another lost.
strayed or stolen equine it Is stated, in
respect to his legs. that they were
pretty hairy and thick. and there is
mention made Of brown mare with
in her near ear.
X x
Ads for delinquents who had rendered
themselves likely for legal attention
are comparatively numerous. The per-
sonal descriptions involved in some of
these latter can hardly be said to be
as of horse stealer, who is
alluded to as possessing "a pale COM
plexiOn, and a more than common ris-
ing upon a largish nose 1t is an
eloquent circumstance that this ad ap-
pears but once.
a house is advertised occasionally
with "a good pew In the church be-
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Museum. This valuable bit Of
wearing apparel Is not a feminine gown,
nor is its fashion Of any civilized country.
IL IL the product Of savage art. being an
Hawaiian ceremonial cloak made Of
feathers of birds peculiar to the islands.
one species of which-and this has fur
nished the greater proportion or the ma
terial Of the cloak-is extinct.
The label Of this remarkable exhibit
states that it was a present from King
Eamehameha III to Commodore J. II.
Aulick, L. s. ~ and that 1t was the
mantle of the monarch's father. Tame
hameha. II Is further stated that the
yellow feathers of which the cloak IL
principally composed were valued at $50
for 1--WE.
Not only are these feathers very small,
but the bird to which they belonged was
very difficult to catch. 1t Is estimated
that. including the price of the feathers,
not less than a million dollars worth Of
labor was expended on this royal gar
ment.
The feather work Of the Hawaiians is
a lost art This fact Is to be lamented,
for the unique products were both curious
and beautiful. Such a cloak as that in
the National Museum. called In the ma
tive language "mamos," was worn only by
me kings and highest chiefs. All the
earlier travellers to the Hawaiian group
mention them. Capt Cook. who In IT'S
was the first to visit the islands. was re-
ceivsd BY the natives with all the cere-
mony and alteration which they thought
vas due to him as god. and their chiefs
presented him with several feather-coy-
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ESIDENTS of the
southeastern Sec
ton OF Washington
will, after Febru-
airy next, be de-
prived Of truly re-
markable athletic
exhibitions. AL
though a number
Of the participants
in the exhibitions
in question are
among the b e S {
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The Next Best.

From the Pittsburg Post.
Il want boy to carry a message In
hurry. One who won't read a dime
novel on the way"
cant NIL that bill. sir. but here's a
boy who will finish his book In a couple
OF Chapters
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in thorough marine fashion. on the top
floor of the building. The nautical as
pect of the dormitory-one is almost dis
posed to call it decks accentuated
by the spick and span cleanliness ap
parent. One could, even in the most
hasty and cursory inspection, realize that
there is not speck of dus- to he found
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city has demonstrated its efficiency is
shown by the fact that number of the
men In the present class will be sent as
instructors in pharmacy and other
branches to the new schools.
1t is not only the open-air drills al
luded to that make the school unique
among the institutions of Washington
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capacities. upon the garments peculiar
to himself and his confreres 1T wears
out CLOTH. observed one of the sailors,
but it's got to be done.
All the men at the school. by the way.
are dressed in traditional sailor garb, and
are thorough jacktars. even to the in
experienced observation of the merest
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OUTHEASTERN Section

gu IHEASI ENN SectiOn
, of City Will Be Deprived
of Unique Institution-Forty
Young Men of This Years
Class Receive Diplomas in
Spring-Other Naval Hos
pitals Will Be Provided with
Similar Classes-School Was
Moved Here from Norfolk in
Ioo6-Men Are Trained for
Service on War Vessels.
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The visitor feels. when he has gone over
the place, that glance out of a window
should afford, not the prosaic surround
ings of the city, but the vast sparkling
Or menacing sea, and almost prepares to
balance himself against the motion of
the vessel In fact. everything is con-
Quoted as Oh board "a ship. The men
sleep in hammocks, which are arranged
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land lubber." Below the sleeping deck
or f1oor-are the wards, the dispensary
and the operating room. A very neat
young sailor was found presiding over the
bottles of drugs in the pharmacy. which
has the aspect of we'll equipped COM
mercial emporium of the sort, minus the
soda water fountain and the cigar coun-
er. In one of the instruction rooms, which
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~VHIS is the age of advertising.
and. assuredly, the holiday
season is, par excellence, the
time for such display. Per-
haps the prospective purchas-
err reflects little upon the growth ana
evolution of this phase Of his daily news
paper. But let him glance through the
very complete files of old English news
papers in the Library Of Congress and
he will find piquant contrast In the
ads of over century and half ago and
those of the present day.
Looking through a continuous fle OF
these old newspapers, from 174O. one finds
of childrens books but one mention in
sixteen years In that time. too, there
Is seen but single advertisement of
toys. The latter reads, in part, as fol-
lows:
THE very finest Dutch toys, as not to
be imagind Unless a Lady with little
Masters and Misses We're to see them
Wretchedly few and far between. &C
cOrding to present-day ideas, are the ad-
vertsements relating to feminine finery.
The eye is caught by one such announce
ment, prominent by reason of it's rarity.
ITO Accommodate the Ladies. Alex
ander Middleton makes all sorts of Stays.
Jumps and Slips with easy and agreeable
Shapes. All Tabby or Satin at 1 pound.
II shillings. Half TabDy 1 pound, six
shillings."
Sidelights are thrown upon this and
divers other subjects by advertisements
of thefts. such as the following:
whereas a fresh color'd man. in a
Snuff colord Coat. went up three pair
of stairs at the house of Mr. Thorn with
out asking any question, and took from
there a pair of stays, Tabby before,
behind. and a number Of
other equally domestic garments for
which a reward is offered
In the period Of sixteen years men-
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The greater number of these old news
paper advertisements herald the virtues
of divers nostrums for all sorts of bodily
and mental ''distempers." Such an
nouncements constantly meet the eye in
turning over the musty pages of these
chronicles of bygone age One refers
to that "Reigning disease Scurvy." and
others to palsy. leprosy, scrofula, all de-
scrptions of ailments and skin diseases
Says one advertiser: These noble drops,
darting almost as quick as ligh ming
through the whole human system, effect
complete cure in one or more doses "
Another preparation is recommended to
ladies as exceeding pleasant either in
snuff or a handkerchief
1t is claimed OF certain tobacco
that 1t relieves asthma and such ter
rible wheezings," and lis prepared only
up one pair of stairs At the Sign OF
the Anodyne Necklace" 1t is to be
noted that the now obsolete trade signs
are often referred to as guides to the
premises of the advertisers.
This feminine portion Of the popula-
ton would seem to have suffered vast
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toned, only two advertisements of al
manacs are to be found. That for 1741,
For Families. Quite different from any
Almanack ever yet published since al
manacks first began and another, for
1748, Containing those things throughout
the year which all the common alma
nacks ought to mention. yet none of them
speak a word Of" Yet Riders Diary,
twelve years earlier, is replete with much
curious information and advice to the
reader. The latter is advised not to use
Physick in January, but to drink White
Wine fasting. "for the best Physick is
warm diet. warm clothes and a merry
honest wife, In February ''Slimy fish.
milk. and the like. that do oppilate and
stop the liver and veins are to be es-
chewed as enemies to health" etc. Such
quaint advice for each month in the year
is accompanied by directions as to SOW
ing and pruning and the treatment of
live stock
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on the iron uprights or the clean ham
mocks. On the subject of cleanliness the
naval authorities are, like one of Dickens
characters in the matter of. gravy, ada
mant. This fact was brought to atten-
ton by the spectacle of man in the
precincts of the school athletically en-
gagged with a brush. soap and water.
which he was exercising, in their several
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RRY PLAT is probably the costliest
Nv garment in this country occu-
AAx pies a comparatively incon-
w spicuous place in the National
Nnea,r, This xof,,a hla hit Of