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membcr that Herman never

bought cheap goods, never

held bargain sales. His stockwas always choice.

When We Say

On the DoSiar WeMean It.

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see for yourself.

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LAJOIE OUT OF GAME

FOR REST OF SEASON

CI.KVE1.AND, Ohio. September 1..Hurtyesterday by a foul tip that hit his In¬jured ankle, Manager Lajole of the Cleve¬land team will not play ball any more this¦eason. according to the announcementmade last night by Dr. Castle, his physi¬cian. When the manager reached homehis foot pained him so much that he calledDr. Castle, who promptly ordered him tobed. l^ijote rolled over on the grass whenthe foul hit his foot and remained there forlive minutes. Bradley, who lad charge ofthe team during !,aJoie's Illness, has beenIn bed for two days.

May Sutton and Helen Homans InFinals.

Miss May Sulton, world's champion wo¬

man tennis player, and Miss Helen HomansDf New York, by winning from their Cin¬cinnati opponents In the interstate tennismeet at Cincinnati yesterday, will play In'.lie finals of the woman's singles.Hay IJttle and Robert Leroy of New

k'ork. both won their matches, and, withs'at Emerson of Cincinnati, are in the seml-Snals.

Good Game Promised.St Martin's team, pennant winners In

Iho Marquette League, and Kpiphanyrimpel, leading team in the Episcopalleague, will contend for the championshipit American league park at 4::i0 o'clock onlaturday. These teams are tied In the ln-

-league series, each toam having >00 perlent average. Bernie Gallagher will proba¬bly be pitted against Gordon. There will>e a good crowd and a good game. Ladies.dmitted free.

Railroad to Be Sold.BALTIMORE. September 1..Negotiations

wre practically closed today for the saleof the Suffolk and Carolina railway, whichwas built and Is owned by Baltimore capi¬talists, to a New York syndicate. An agree¬ment lias been reached between the pur¬chasing syndicate and the owners of a ma¬jority of the capital.

Hermit Boosevelt's Courtesy.Bl'RLINGTON, Iowa, September 1..Her¬

mit Roo9evelt was the hero of the hour ona Burlington train which passed throughhere early today. An old couple boardedthe train at Omaha, and not having reserv¬ed a berth, were unable to secure any butan upper. Young Roosevelt, hearing of theannoyance to which they were put. tenderedto them Immediately his lower berth andtook the upper one himself.

Personally Disinterested.From the Chicago Tribune.Mayme."You told me Jack was odious

and tiresome, and you had given him hiswalking papers, yet you seem to be tryingto make up with him."Maybelle.-"Not at all. I'm merely going

to show that skinny old maid of a Mag Blll-lwink that sbs can't get him."

WELFARE WORK PAYS

THINGS DONE BY LARGE CON¬

CERNS FOR EMPLOYES.

Growth of tbe Idea of Senator Hanna

When the Civic FederationWas Formed.

From tli«» Xexv York Sun.When (lie late Senator Hanna and his as¬

sociates in the organization of the NationalCivic Federation first planned the work ofthe federation they instituted five depart¬ments. There was a department of tradeagreements, a department of conciliationand arbitration, one of industrial economics,another of trade sections and still anotherupon general organization. Senator Han-na's associates considered that this organ¬ization was of the widest possible scope,but to the senator something seemed lack-Ing..'We have provided for the purely theo¬

retical side of the work," he Is said to haveremarked to one of his colleagues, "andalso for the purely business side. But thefederation ought to do something more thanpreach economics and practice dickeringsover hours and wages. There is an impor¬tant m.ddle ground, the human side, thatwc have left out altogether."The senator's idea developed into the or¬

ganization of a department which shouldconcern itself with the physical comfort ofemployes, their opportunities for recreation,educational facilities, suitable sanitaryhomes and plans for saving and lendingmoney, insurance and pensions. It wascalled the department of welfare work.The department has been In existence lit¬

tle more than a year, hut Is already consid¬ered one of the most important and benefi¬cial of the federation. Unlike the other de¬partments, it uses arguments upon employ-

l ers only."It will pay you, Mr. Employer," the wel¬

fare agent says, "to establish good bathing,toilet and dress-tig rooms, libraries, recrea¬tion rooms, lunch rooms and hospitals inconnection with your factory. These thingswill cost you money, but the money will notbe a gift."it will be an investment. You will reap

rich returns in a resultant greater effi¬ciency of your employes due to greatersoundness of body, mental improvementand content of mind and a greater desireon the part of the employe to remain inyour employ."

Proof by Statistics.If the employer desires it, the agent will

produce statistics showing the direct finan¬cial gains from the establishment of wel¬fare work. He will refer to a great rail¬road system, for instance, and show how ithas reduced the losses from accident byattention to the physical comfort and wel¬fare of its employes.The establishment of rest houses, whero

engineers, firemen and trainmen may havea good bed at no expense to themselves; ofc'ulj rooms, where they may find card ta¬bles, billiard and pool rooms and other di¬versions, and lunch rooms, where food isfurnished at cost, not only enable the em¬ploye to save a larger portion of his in¬come, the agent will say, but are advan¬tageous to the company in that they insurethe company ph3rsical fitness and mentalalertness In its employes.In hazardous employment, such as min¬

ing, the welfare managers point out astheir model a laige mining company of thewest. This company has established ateach of its mines a hospital In which theinjured can have good surgical treatmentfree of charge. In connection with everyhospital is maintained a house for con¬valescents.The same Institution conducts kindergar¬

ten schools for the children of employesami has also Instructors to teach advancedsubjects. In one of its schools it has a

class of twenty Japanese. Bohemiars,Italians and Poles are also numberedamong the pupils.Aft'-r the fashion of Bishop Potter the

same company is experimenting with modelS!lours. At ore mine it lias a snloon atwhIt'll only soft drinks are sold; at anotherit e* beer and wiws, but 110 liquors;at still another the employe's can find anydrink they like. Rules ag-ainst intemper-an ami a no-treating regulation are rigid¬ly enforced, but otherwise the employeshave entire freedom.The object of these model saloons Is to

keep employes away from the cheap grog-geries which infest every mining camp.The comparative business done by the threeplaces will demonstrate to the managementwhich form of saloon it Is most advisableto conduct permanently.The welfare agent will show that it pays

progressive employers to erect model tene¬ments or dwelling houses to rent to em¬ployes at a narrow margin of profit on theinvestment. These employers who havetried this plan are enthusiastic over theresults.

Massachusetts' Example.A company in a small village of Massa¬

chusetts which employs 3.000 men, most ofthem unskilled immigrant laborers, haselaborated the system of homes for em¬

ployes to a remarkable extent. The com¬

pany furnishes neat, attractive houses at a

rental of $7.50 a month, much better housesthan the average in the Massachusetts vil¬lage. and gives with every house an acre ofground. Prizes are not only offered for thetidiest housekeeping and most attractivegrounds, but also for the best flowers, poul¬try and garden fruits and vegetables.Every year while the factory is shut down

for summer overhauling there Is held anagricultural fair under the management ofthe company. All the exhibitors are em¬ployes, and the varieties and the excellenceof the vegetables and fruits, domestic ani¬mals and poultry, needlework and otherwomen's fancy work attest the alacritywith which even unskilled laborers andtheir families grasp opportunities for im¬proving their standard of living, once theway is shown them.The poultry exhibit last year was pro¬

nounced only second In point of excellenceamong the agricultural fairs of the state.The display of small vegetables was unex¬celled.Some departments of welfare work have

been further developed in department storesthan In any other business. It is relatedof one of the largest owners of stock Inone of the largest department stores of thiscity that he was led to take up welfarework by the fact that a girl in his employonce starved to death.Her condition was, of course, unknown to

the management or to any of her co-em¬ployes. Taken 111 In her room, she was un¬able to attract attention or to secure helpThe occurrence served to inaugurate a

system in that store which has been largelyfollowed in others. Every employe Is pro¬vided with postal cards directed to the firmand Is instructed to mail one immediatelyif unable to report for work.As soon as such a card is received em¬

ployes are sent to the sufferer with in¬structions to see that she lacks nothing infood, medical attendance or necessaries orcomforts.

In the Rush of 1050.From the Chicago Tribune.The owner of the great dairy was show¬

ing a visitor around the plant."All these thousands of cows." he said,

"are milked by machinery. The milk Isconveyed into an immense reservoir, fromwhich It Is carried In underground pipesat a speed of a mile a minute to all pointswithin fifty miles of here. The systemworks perfectly, and yet there is one greatdrawback.""What is that?" asked the visitor."Well, of course, there's no cream any

more. It is Impracticable for us to separateIt here, and In this age of the world nobodyhas time to wait for it to rise."

The new Anglo-Japanese alliance. It is be¬lieved. will be a strong factor in preservingthe peace of the world.

ReadersLeaving the city for any pe¬riod should have the Even¬ing and Sunday Star sent tothem by mail. Fifteen centsper week; sixty cents permonth.

A SINKING SUBMARINE

THRILLING STORY OF DISASTER

TOLD BY AN EYE-WITNESS.

Master of Trawler Telia of Rescue of

Four of Crew . Launches Punt

Weighing Nearly a Ton.

From the London Standard.The Plymouth trawler Chanticleer, the

crew of which rescued the four survivors ofthe recent submarine disaster, has returnedfrom her fishing cruise, having been absentsince the -work of rescue was so admirablycarried out. The crew consists of the mas¬

ter, Richard Johns, and the two deck hands,Edward Knox and James Phillips."When I first saw the submarines," said

Mr. Johns, "the two of them were followingthe torpedo boat in a line on end, the threevessels being about 100 fathoms apart. Howfast they were going I shouldn't like to say,but it was certainly at a high rate of speed.The torpedo boat was kicking up a whitesmother under her counter and the sub¬marines were tearing through it in a per¬fect sluice of foam."When I first took notice of these craft

they were heading away from us, but verysoon after this they took a long, sweepingcurve and came bearing down dlrcetly to¬ward us. The torpedo boat went across ourbows and so did the first submarine, whichhad the figures "A 7' painted on her top side.But we were going through the water allthe time ourselves, and I reckoned that ifthe second submarine tried to cross us inthis fashion she would be cutting it rathertoo fine. I was following the rule of theroad by merely holding steadily to my owjcourse. There were people on top of thecone or tower of each submarine, and I al¬lowed they had their eyes open and knewwhat they were about.

Hears Lieutenant Give Order."There was a lieutenant on the cone of

this sternmost submarine. No. A 8. I couldspot him by the two gold rings round hiscuff. I take it that he saw he could notcross our bows ar.d decided to change direc¬tion so as to pass under our stern. Any¬how. he called something down below.These boats, you must know, are steered bya wheel placed down glose under the con¬ning tower. The helmsman cannot seewhere he is going, but can only obey In¬structions. The craft was so close to usat this moment that we could plainly hearthe quick clamping of her motor and thenoise of the water parted by the thrust ofher hidden bow."We three men. who saw the accident

happen under our very noses, are ail agreedas to exactly how it came about. The sub¬marine was going very fast, as I have toldyou. She looked well trimmed and was go¬ing along on a level keel, though perhapsjust a little deep, which, I am told, was dueto her carrying a double crew. When thelieutenant shouted below to change course-so as to clear our vessel, as I allow.theman at the wheel must have spun his helmharil over."The boat came curving round in a hiss

of white froth and began instantly to heelover. You must have noticed that if thehelm of a steam launch or any high-speedemail craft is suddenly jammed over it willthrow her broad on her side. I have severaltimes seen naval picket boats almost cap¬sized In Plymouth sound by this same cause.

Sees His Awful Peril."Well, as I say. the submarine came

swerving round in a way that brought myheart into my throat. The lieutenant sawwhat was going to happen; never a doubtof It. I heard him roar out In a startledvoice, 'Man, what are you doing? You'llhave us all over!' Then, a second later avoice that sounded as shrill as a woman'sshrieked out, 'Oh. she's gone!'"The submarine rolled right over, until

her cone was Hat on the water and her bowrose up till we could see the stem. Thefour men were simply flung off her deck asshe went roaring on; then there came astrange, sobbing sound, and all of a sud¬den she had vanished. Yeu may believethat every word I am telling you is heav¬en's truth wRen I say that the submarinewas no more than fifteen yards away fromour port quarter when she disappeared. Theysay there was an explosion as she wentdown. There may have been, but ail I cantell you Is that neither I nor my two matessaw or heard anything of the kind. It wasa shocking job for the suddenness of it; oneinstant a big gleaming boat buzzing througha race of foam, the next a blank sea withfour men struggling in it."Our punt, a great heavy boat sixteen feet

long and weighing three-quarters of a ton.If an ounce, lay on her bilge along the forepart of the deck, up against the bulwark.To have unshipped the gangway and slidher out in our usual fashion would havemeant time. I dropped the helm and ranforward, crying out to my mates, who weresilent and .pale as death: 'Out boat to savelife, for God's sake!'

Oo to the Rescue."However we did It I shall never under-

stand to my dying day. We must have hadthe strength of giants given us for the oc¬casion. But in less time than It takes meto tell you a"bout it we had shouldered upthat heavy punt until her keel rested onthe bulwark rail, and then ran her sheeroverboard. \V e were well nigh being in toomuch hurry, for nobody thought of makingher fast. Luckily, I saw that the end ofher chain painter.trawlers always tow theirboats with a chain painter.was hangingover her bows, and just managed to grab...of 'f as s^e soused afloat.

Knox and Phillips jumped sprawling Intothe boat and flung the oars over like a braceof madmen. I ran aft to the helm and putit hard down, so as to bring the vessel uphead to the wind. We wiere only just Intime. My mates had to row about 100 yardato reach the spot where the four men lay.One of them, a petty officer, had heavy seaboots and oilskins on. dragging him down,arid the lieutenant was doing all that mortalcou.d to support him. They picked hlrn uplast. It took four men to pull the poor fel¬low in and he went ail in a heap in the bot¬tom ot the boat, sobbing out. "God blessyou. fishermen, for saving my life!""By this time the torpedo boat had seen

^ hat had happened and. stopping her en¬gines. lowered her little cockleshell of aboat But for some reason which I can'texplain this craft filled with water at onceand was useless. Perhaps the speed atwhich the torpedo boat was going towed herunder when she was lowered. Our ownboat now came alongside and the first ques¬tion I asked was, 'Are there any more ofyou in that sunken craft?' 'Fifteen more.God help them!' came hack the answer andthe lieutenant put his hand to his eyes andgroaned.

"I asked Whether they would come aboardour trawler, but the officer, in a broken\oice. said no: they wou!d get on the tor¬pedo boat. This vessel now came steamingclose up alongside of the smack, with theother submarine following In her wake Weput the four survivors on board the torpedoDoat and her commander thanked us forwhat we had done, and I could have sat^7" ?,tl?r,rrled llke a chil«J over the horrorof it all. Then we got our boat aboard againand bore away to sea."

Heat in Colors.From thf Dulnth Tribune.An interesting experiment recently madeby a Duluth physician proved conclusivelythat for the sake of coolness only white

should be worn in hot weather.The physician spread out in an Intensesunshine a large piece of white cloth, an¬other of dark yellow, another of ll^htgrt-en, another of dark green, another ofblue and another of black.Then, with the help of six thermometers,he made the following table of the variousheats which each color received from thesunlight:

White 100 degrees.l>ark yellow 140 degrees.l ight green JXi degrees.l>ark green 188 degrees.Blue Ifl8 degrees.Black "208 degrees.Thus the physician proved that in Augustthe man In white Is a little less than twiceas cool as the man In blue, and a littlemore than twice as cool as the man iablack.

It Pays to Advertise.From the Sparks (OkU.) Review.An Oklahoma girl advertised for a hus¬

band, and got him. The total expense foradvertising, wedding outfit, etc.. was til.He died within a year, leaving her an in¬surance policy of $10,000. And yet somepeople claim that It doesn't pay to adver¬tise.

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O'DONNELL, THE DRUGGIST, 904 FTOMORROW I will

Cigars also cut In price.

THE MAN THEY APE TO IMITATE.sell reliable drugs and proprietary articles at prices below. Best brands ofSmakers take notice. I sell any quantity of any article advertised.

Drug Prices.Regular Specialprice, price.

BEEF. WINE AND IRON,pint bottles 50c. 23c.

ti-GKAIN IjITHIATABLETS 25c. 13c.Munyon's Hair Tonic. 50c. 27e.Munyon's Talcum 25c. 11c.Munyon's Cold Cream 25c. 11c.Munyon's Witch Hazel Soap 8c.Dr. Charles' Flesh Food $1.00 40c.Phos. Soda In lb. cans, the

best 25c. 15c.Sugar Milk 30c. 21c.Insect Powder, per lb 50c. 25c.

[E. Z. Tablets, for indiges=tion and constipation;

doses - = 25c.Fountain Syringes.

Regular Specialprice. price.

2!)C.53c.23c.

1

Fountain Syringes. 2 qts... 50c.3 and 4-quart $1.00BAY RUM, per pint 50c.Marvel Whirling SpraySyringe $3.49

Effervescent Phosphate ofSoda, best made, in lb.botues .$1.00

Hygienic Witch Hazel Soap. 10c.BORACIC ACID, lb 40c.DEVOLD R PURE NORWE¬GIAN COD LIVEROIL.pt. 75c.

* Prevent Typhoid."BEKAY" CHILL CURE.By taking it you willavoid TYPHOID 50c.

+

$2.25

39c.5c.20c.

25c.

29c..+

Clinical Thermometers, one min¬ute, with certificate. Soldeverywhere else at $1.00. .39c.

Clinical Thermometers, antisep¬tic. Imported from Germany.Sold everywhere at $1.50. Ourprice 75c.

Hicks' Clinical Thermometerswith his own certificate. Youpay $2.30, doctor. We sell them

for $1.50J-

Ice Cream Soda, Sc.est fountain in city.

Egg Phosphate, Milk Shake = Sc.Crushed Fruit, with ice cream 10c.

Cigars.Cut Prnces Friiday <& SaturdayRobert Burns and Hoffman House Bouquet,

Sold Everywhere for 10c., Only Sc.La Serenita Clear Havana Cigars, 6c.; better than any clear Havana

cigaFs sold in Washington at 10c.Hoffman House, Jr., a fine short smoke; sold at 5c. straight; tomor¬row 8 for. 25c.

Hoffmanettes, Cremo Exports and Cremos. Sold everywhere else5c. straight. Our price, 3 for 10c., 8 for 25c., $3.00 per hundred.Dealers supplied. Lillian Russell and James G. Blaine, 3c.; 9 for25c.; $1.39 for 50. George YV. Childs, 8 for 25c.

Ponciola, the greatest 5c. cigar in the world, guaranteed better thanany cigar sold anywhere else in Washington at 5c. straight 4 ifnot, will give $100 to any charitable institution in Washington.Dealers, how about this? On Saturday only, 7 for 25c.

Just the cigar to take away, Windsor House Bouquet, 25 for $1.29.Cigar stores charge you $2.25. I am not the largest retailer in theworld, but the lowest priced.

Any of these, two packages, Sc..Chiclets, Nips,Adams* or Beeman's Gum, Smith Bros.' CoughDrops, BreathSets and Breath off Violets.

Dickinson Extract Witch Hazel, 25c. quart; regular price, 50c.Elixir Iron, Quinine and Strychnine, the greatest tonic in the

world, 50c. pint; regular price, $r.oo.Mail and telephone orders filled. Goods delivered.

Quinine Pills or Capsules.]price.

P. & W Quinine 1-grain, dozen. 3c.:2graln. dozen. ."*¦ . 3-gmln. dozen. 7c.;5-graln, dozen. loc.2-grain Quinine Pills. 100 l*e.P. & W. Quinine, in ounces 33c.

Pitcher's Castoria.KejiiUr Specialprice price.

The old kind, the genuine 35c 17c.<3 for 50c.)

Lime Water and Court Plaster givenaway.

5T0PIT,The great hendache and neuralgiacure, 23c. Take a bottle away with you.

Special |prtcf

Epsom Salts, per lb 5c.^Bicarb. Soda, per lb 5c.Peroxide of Hydrogen (bestmade), pint 25c.

MENKEN'S TALCUM lie.Old-fashioned Whipped CreamChocolates, lb 21c.

(Regular prl<-e. 4ftc.)Blackberry Cordial. jj»c.Colgate's Violet Tal. um, while Itlasts 15c.

Moth Malls, per pound 2Vfcc.Gum Camphor, per pound Me.Fly Paper. 0 sheets 5c.Save the baby; buy a dozen BlackNipples for 25c.. or 2 for. 5c.

Harlem Oil. 3 bottles for ll>e.Seldiltz Powder, fresh daily, bo*. 15cWood Alcohol, pint 10<jPowdered Borax. 20-Mule Team.

lb liefBelladonna Piasters. Ihe l.V kind,4 for "

Preacrlplions compounded by DeutsctM;Apothekl.

Chocolate Sponge, 29c..In handsome pound pack¬ages. Will keep in hot v/eather. Reg. price, 50c.

Blaine's Grape Juice, finest in the world, 33c.qt.; 118c. pant. If once tried, you will use always.

Also 32d and M N. W. and Ave. 5. E.

PROVE TO BE SUCCESS.

New Fire Engines the Center of Ad¬miring Throng.

If appearances count for aught then Itwould seem that engines Nos. 16 and 18,

' SCENE O" Tnt

TEST OF FIBJ( (By n Staff Ft

the latest additions to the local Are depart¬ment, have already made an enviable rec¬ord. These two big steamers, which reach¬ed Washington only last week, were thecenter of an admiring throng on the eastplaza, of tho Capitol all of this morning,

AGED WOMAN'S TBAMP.

Mary Clary's Long Journey on Foot toFind a Home.

Although sixty-six years old and withoutmoney. Mary Clary left Philadelphia onJuly 18 last to make a Journey of about 230miles to Pope Creek. Md. She spent yester¬day In the capital city, looking at thesights, and last night was given a bed atthe Homeward Bound Mission. It was theIntention of Commander James Haslam totake her to the Associated Charities, but theold lady was up before the commander andhis daughter, who have charge of this mis¬sion, this morning and had started on herJourned toward Pope Creek, refusing thoaid of charity further. She has still abouteighty miles to go before she finds herfuture home, with some old friends.Miss Clary told the authorties of the m s-

sion that she had been making her living inPhiladelphia for several years by sellingbooks and by.sewing. She tired of that lifeand decided to seek a quiet place in whichto end her days. Having friends In PopeCreek, she decided to go there, and shecollected all her worldly possessions in alittle bundle and started. She walked allthe way to Washington, and she expects tocomplete the Journey by that means oftransportation.

_She said that she slept in farm houses, atwhich she sought shelter, when n,ght cameon. She also ate at farmhouses, where shefound true southern hospitality In all ex¬cept three cases.

Boyal Arcanum Council.PUT-IN-BAT, Ohio. September 1..The

Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanumheld a brief secret session today on whichnothing was given out. The hearing of theprotesting members was then continued.E. B. Leonard of Warren. Ohio, addressedthe meeting, deprecating the reflectionsthat had been cast on the Supreme Council.Since their action concerning raioa M At-

while they were subjected to test aftertest and worked as furiously as those striv¬ing to do their part In quelling a conflagra¬tion.Each engine was fully manned, and

Chief Belt. Assistant Chief Wagner andother officials of the fire department super¬vised the tests, watching critically the en¬

tire performance so that both they andtheir men might be fully prepared to han¬dle the big machines in any emergency.Each engine was tried as to the height andvolume of a stream it could force from one

hose with varying sized nozzle to a mon¬itor nozzle, such as will be used on thenew Are boat, and each was called uponto show what distance and force It could

S ENGINES.iotographer.)

send streams of water from all of Its con¬nections at once.No. 16 engine will be located In the

house on I) street near 12th street north¬west. where Its size and power will bemost effective in subduing fires through¬out the business section. As soon as the

lantic City, he said the entire membershipof the order was in a ferment as to thepresent condition of affairs, but despite thishe hoped a settlement would be reachedwithout resorting to the legal phase. Mr.Leonard indorsed the recommendationmade yesterday by Edwin Hebden of Balti¬more, Md., that option "A" of the newtable of rates, with the attained age clausestricken out. be made operative.

News Briefs.Vice Admiral Rojestvensky," in a letter to

his family at St. Petersburg, says he ex¬pects to have fully recovered from thewounds received in the battle of the Sea ofJapan by the middle of September, when,with the permission of the Japanese gov¬ernment, he will start for Russia.Judge Johnson, the oldest editor In Ala¬

bama, died at Cullman Thursday agedeighty years. He served through the civilwar, and had been engaged In the news¬paper business constantly Blnce the- closeof the war.

Mrs. Sarah Singer, widow of Isaac A.Singer, who was the eldest of the twenty-four children of the late Isaac M. Singer,the Inventor of the sewing machine, diedat New York Thursday in a private sani¬tarium as the result of an operation.When Miss Anna Colgate, who is proml-

nent In New York social life, returns fromEurope she will have a stone erected overthe grave of a thoroughbred horse of whichshe was very fond. The horse was a blue-ribbon winner In his day and a great pet ofthe Colgate family.Representative John Lamb of Virginia has

received a letter from Secretary Wilsonpromising to address the farmers' congressIn Richmond September 14. There will alsobe a lecture on that day by Mrs. John ALogan of this city.The Culpeper county (Va.) school board

decided that the charges of general unfit¬ness as a teacher brought against Prof. T.W. Hendrlck. principal of the CulpeporGraded School, by Rev. J. W. Ware andothers, were not sustained.

f Twenty-nine cases of typhoid fever havebeen reported in Richmond, Va., during

company ts organized to handle It No. 18engine will be installed in the now firehouse at the corner of 9th and K streetssoutheast, where it will best afford pro¬tection to the Navy Yard and the South¬east Washington business section along8th street.Chief Engineer T. M. Robinson of the fir®

department, under whose direction the testswere conducted, stated to a Star reporterthat the exhibition proved the most success¬ful In his career with Are apparatus. ChiefBelt of the fire department, who was pres¬ent most of the day, was greatly gratified.Besides Engineer Robinson others assistingin the test3 were C. E. Wessell, travelingengineer of the American La France FireEngine Company; Assistant Chief Wagner,Engineers Hunt of No. 14, Brill of No.

and James Craemer of No. 14.The first test was made with the second-

size engine, which was capable of throwingwater 800 feet with the use of the three-waydeluge set, combining three lines into oneand employing a lty-lnch nozzle. This wentfar beyond the expectation of the fire de¬partment, and In the experience of Engl-nees Robinson was the longest stream everthrown by a fire hose line. Three lines senta stream 202 feet and 2 Inches with threeindependent lines of hose and one-inch tips.Two lines with 1%-inch tips threw a dis¬tance of 210 feet and 10 Inches. The ex¬periment with the three-way deluge Beteclipsed the record In the opinion of theofficials present.The four-way test with use of two-inchnozzles threw 248 feet.The third-size engine came but little un¬der the second size In Its capacity. Two

lines using the lft-inch nozzle threw a dis¬tance of 232 feet.The three-way-deluge, set with lty-lnchnozzles, threw a stream 276 feet and 7

inches, or twenty-five feet behind the rec¬ord of the second class of 300 feet. Thefour-way deluge, using the two-inch nozzle,threw a distance of 206 feet and 3 inches.The second size went over 700 gallons,while the third size had a capacity of 000

gallons.

August. The diphtheria situation is threat¬ening.W. A. Bone, employed un the wharves of

the Southern railway at Pinners Point, Va.,was run over by an engine and killed.Harry Innes Todd, eldest son of Rear Ad¬

miral Chapman C. Todd of Frankfort, Ky.,died at C'rozet, Albemarle county, Va.American railroad managers have been

unusually cautious In their attitude to¬ward electricity as a motive power.The pension of Mrs. Henry B. Hyde,

widow of the founder of the Equitable So¬ciety, will be abolished.The next meeting of the Southern Educa¬tional Association is to be held in Nash¬ville, November 22 to 25.Father Fldells was elected provincial of

the Passlonlst monasteries of the UnitedStates.Several hotel proprietors were arrested at

Asbury Park for the illegal sale of liquor.

She Didn't Know Beans.From tbe Chicago News.The class In botany at the Towson High

School this year was given some practicalwork to do. Each member was required to

plant some beans and report progress.Some time after the beans had been put

into the ground the instructor called on theclass to tell what they had noted. All wentwell until she came to one of the youngwomen."What have you to say. Miss V ask¬

ed the teacher."My beans did not come up right," said

the scholar; "they backed out of the groundand I pulled them out and burled themagain, leaving the sprouts above the soil.They came up as at first, and I put themIn right again, but the old things backedout again today, and I don't know what todo with them."

It was some time before the young wo¬man could be made to understand that na¬ture requires that the bean cornea out be¬fore tbe vine appears.

RULES OF HEALTH.

Violated in Countless Ways DailyAlmost Every One.

From ih* Pittsburg Tress.It Is rather curious that many of the (III

which make life a wretched affair arcaused by our own dally actions. Slttton chairs, for Instance, la "the cause oflnearly all our evils In regard to tilspine," according to Dr. Noble Smith,surgeon of repute. It would surprise t)layman to know how many men. wonand children who pass muster In the etror the dancing room suffer from deformttlof the spine. They are the surgeon's IrtSstcustomers. And If I)r. Smith Is right, ereought to abolish chairs and Introduce thaiancient fashion of reclining on mats.Dr. (rowers, one of the greatest authori¬

ties on diseases of the nervous system,brings another charge against chairs. ..Jfona habitually s'.ts on a hard chair, Jb«says, the pressure of the edge Is likelyAogive rise to sciatica. This Is worth t»-memberlng, for there must bo thouaaitftaof people who spend large sums trylng^ocure their sciatica while they are all thetime adding fuel to It by sitting On hard-edged chairs.This same disease, as well as the still I

more painful one of lumbago, are caujeilby other everyday habits In this UOt'fweather people sit, without thought 'bf ctiQconsequences, on the grass, the sands',worst of all, on rocks Perhaps they e-cafe)for the time; but as soon as the first toqttof winter com< s the lumbago and sclatlMmake their appearance.Then In the morning tub we have thsl

seeds of rheumatism. Sooner or later tAMldally chilling of the feet produces that-^-1flammatury condition of the jointtilages which results In crippling rheun,tlsm. A simple precaution is to use a ciimat or as piece or wood ror standing onbath. A block that would raise the feout of the Water is better still.l'erhaps the inventor of oilcloth has !>«pn

the greatest enemy of those predIs;>osed"1orheumatism. Even when wearing t l4vkboots, If you stand much on oilcloth, goucan scarcely escape rheumatism In the f5t,If you cannot afford carpets, stainfloor, and you will be saved much suffering.Most people make themselves 111 on StyH

flay. At least a majority are not in sucirgood form on Monday morning as on otfcdays of the week. This fact has beenplained by suggesting that people eatmuch and take too little exercise on <bi8abbath. Put probably the chief causeclosed doors and windows. On Sunday thddoors are closed, and, loo often, the win!dows also. Hence the Sunday night duUiness and Monday morning below par con^dltlon.Doctors find those dyspeptic patients wh»"J

are engaged In bookkeeping and other deskwork almost Incurable. The reason Is thaithe writing attitude Is must unphys o» |logical. With the left arm resting on th#desk and the body bent, the spine Is much Itwisted. The left ribs are lowered untilHthey touch the edge of the hip bone. Con»sequently the stomach and Intestines ar#compressed and moved out of place, th# ^heart, spleen, liver and other organs ar®pressed upon, and to add to the evil theneck Is also twisted, squeezing the bloodvessels and causing congestion of the brain-Obviously no function can be properly per¬formed in these circumstances, and Incur¬able dyspepsia Is a certain result.By violent brushing of the teeth we ruin

our gums and produce decay of the teethjby leaving a little moisture In the ear*after washing we cause neuralgia;drinking too freely In hot weather woparalyze the stomach.But the greatest number of evils we work 3

on ourselves are produced by faulty article#of dress. This has been written about SOmuch that doctors have nothing new tosay on the matter, except, perliaps, with re- -1gard to the waterproof coat. And althoughthat Is out of season Just now, It may bepointed out that the man who wears awaterproof coat while walking or cyclingconverts the clothing into a poultice. Whenhe takes It off he Is in the same position a#If he had put on very damp clothes, andthis Is a thing no one would be senseless Jenough to do. ^

Don'ts for Parents.From the Chicago Journal.Don't expect good manners In children if

they are treated by their elders In an un- imannerly manner.Do not be surprised If children are snap¬

pish and quarrelsome If you set them thtexample by being so to them.Don't frighten children into being obedi¬

ent by threats which you have no intentiorf^|of carrying out. Your future difficulties Inmanaging your children are enormously in¬creased by this unwise but not uncommonpractice.Don't take fidgety children with you when

you go to pay calls. It Is too great a taxon -the forbearance of your friends, and ithas led to the severing of acquaintance¬ships. 1Don't.because it is easier to do things

yourself than teach the children how to dothem.let your boys and girls grow up withslovenly habits.Don't forget that If you do not make

companions of your children In their youthyou can't expect them to be your friends jwhen they grow up.

Next Best Thing.From 'he Chicago Tribune.

"I am worry, your excellency." said theSouth African potentate, who was enter¬taining the distinguished visitor from th#United States, "that we have no iced whaleto offer you, but we have something alaA'Mt-^as good."Here he clapped his hands."Slaves," he said in a loud,

voice, "bring In the pickled