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Margin of .Proft.Furniture of the Reliable Kind.

Our GreatSale of

Metal BedsWill continue until the stockis exhausted, which- will not bevery long, judging from theway they are going. There area lot of odd White Enamel andBrass Beds in the lot that wehave made a still further cut on.

If you want a bargain now is

your chance.

Next week we are going tomake a special run on DiningRoom Furniture. We havecut prices on many things-for instance, a large Oak Side-board, very similar to thisdrawing, with big French bevelplate mirror -and serpentine topdrawers. It is a large and well-made Sideboard, and we don'tthink- you can $ -85$20 ............

Jacksonr S orest cash

915-917-919-92r 7th St.,Through to 636 Mass. Ave.

FINEARNESSr~j For style, fit. Imish andworkmanship our stock ornew Light Buggy, Runaboutand Heavy Coach HarmasIunequaled. It represents

the fluest productions ofsome of the leading harnessmanufacturers. Also show-

ing9 a fine stock or BxpreesHarness -single or dc:-ble.Special prices now.

S. Bensinger, 02- 2--

The Best OpticalService isEasily Obtainable

-and the proper glasseseasily bought.

-The first we offer you for noth-ing. We examine eyes free.while the glasses can be paidfor a little each week.

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The reports msde by ansi o~emem es 0operations of the anti-canten law, trans-mitted to Congress'by _tberestarf etWar. in rempulse to a resolution at Ifquiry.contains a volse of tnformaotion. en thesubjeet. Immediately Upon me pasase1&ithe law every cantemen in the army wagpromptly and aannmily closed, fesulting,in many cases. in eensiduble leow by res-son of unconsmmmed slock on hand WmacTed not be disposed of, and every ajpeea-tion for exemption on accqinit of specialaoeitions was invarIably deeed.In order, bowevir, that the- department

ndgt be advised as to, the effedts of theIaw, post comianodrs wee.lmiufred * re-port at the elose of the -w- s to. t'w:many additional lkius=aloes bad beenopened within a mile o. the posk slne thecanteen was-clmst; whetwe or-not drsnu-enne@% demerttn, absence 1sthout laWve andcourts-martial for drunkenness and offensecaused by drunkenness sad increased or di-rminimhed, as also an to wdat was the effecton the morality. disciplhie and health of,the command. As a eensequence of thesereports, the adjutant genetal, Ia his amualreport for 1902, tas made the followingrecommendation

'"The restoration of the exchange as itexisted prior to the, paaaags of the act 6fFebruary 2, 1901. prohlbilting the male ofbeer, is desired And urged by the great ma-jority of officers and men and by none morethan those of pronounced temperance views.Numerous reports confirm the views longheld by this office that the old exchangecontributed to sobriety, health and con-treatment of the men. The increase of desertions and of trials for infractions of disci-pline is, by those best Informed, attributedto the abolition of the former privileges ofthe exchange."

Increase in Saloous.The reports upon which this recommenda-

tion was based show that the total numberof liquor saloons within one mile of mlli-tary posts, the majority of whiob dispensealcoholic spirits of the vilest character, isvery little less than 1,400, of which numberbetween 250 and 300 have been started atposs within the United States since theclosing of the canteen. The majority ofposts have reported that drunkenness andcourts-martial for drunkenness have in-cKeased; that desertions and absence with-out leave have Increased; that the effect ofthe closing of the canteen upon the morali-ty, discipline and health of the troops hasbeen bad. While many post commandersare, In consequence of frequent changes ofgarrison and from the absence of correctdata upon which to base comparisons,unable to report as to the degree of detri-ment created by the closing of the canteen,It is stated as an absolute fact that in nosingle case has a post commander expressedan opinion that the effect of the abolitionof the sale of beer in the army has resultedin improved conditiops.

In the Philippines,The foregoing statements relate particu-

larly to posts in the United States. In thePhilippine Islands, where the greater partof the army'has been stationed for the pastfour years, and where one-third of the in-fantry and cavalry 4s permanently sta-tioned, peculiar conditions prevail that re-quire special treatment. The situation inthe Islands is clearly epitomized in the re-port of Brigadier General J. P. Sanger, In-spector general of the division of the Phil-ippines, in his report dated June 30, 19M,and published in the annual report of MajorGeneral Chaffee. General Sanger, who, byhimself or an assistant, has visited duringthe year every one of the MS occupiedplaces in the islands, remarks that fromthe monotony of his existence the enlistedman in the Philippine Islands has becomethe absolute v'ctim :of his environment.Rendered more or less indifferent by theclimate, deprived of pleasant and excitingrecreations, amusements and sports, andlacling prompt and regular cornmunicationwith the outside world, his life 1s absolutelycolorless, and, as a result, h1e associatesmore or less with the native population, andsoon adopts some of fheir habits, with dis-agreeable consequenc .Among the worst ohese is the use ofthe native drinks, which not only oontainethylic alcohol, which -is the alcohol in goodliquors, but the methyllc and amylle alco-ho, or fusil oil, and furforal, the effect ofwhich Is a maniacal excitement, often withhomicidal and suicidal tendencies and withand after depression that becomes chronicmelancholia and often insanity. The ef-fects on the physical condition of the per-son are severe, usually indlcing Inflamma-tion of the stomach and cirrhotic changesin the liver and kidneym. To remedy theseconditions the post exchange, a~t which lightbeer was sold, was exercising a wholesomeinfluence, and. General Banger believes thatthe exchabge should be again made a possi-bility by removing .all restrictions on thesale of beer and! light wines.

Use of Liquors,.To the fear. so often expressed by the op-

ponents of the canteen system, that themale of beer would Initiate, or Induce habitsof Intemperance, Gen. Banger show. froma careful census of the 342 companies oftroops in the Philippine Islands that in 60companies every enlisted man used vinous,malt, or spiritotis liquors at date of enlist-ment; in 130 companies, between 90 and 100per eenf| In 58 companies, between 80 and90 per cent; In 26 companies, between 70and 80 per cent; in 20 companies, between00 and 70 per cent. Unfortunately quite anumber of men habitually drink to excessand as this number will probably IncreaseIf the men are obliged, as now, to resort tonative liquors in order to satisfy what tomany of them Is a perfectly natural craY-ing, the result will be deplorable.To the assertion th~at beer is not an un-

known quantity In the Philippine Islandsand that soldiers who prefer It will find itwhere the' natIve decoctions are sold, It isto be remarked that the average charge fora bottle of beer throughout the PhilippinesIs 50 cents, Mexican, and like most of thebeverages manufactured in the PhlippineIslands. is very much adulterated. It wasmold in the canteen prior to Its abolition atthe same prices as In the United States.Geon. Sanger concludes with the remark that"It is hardly probable, in view of this In-formation, that Congress. will continue theprohIbItion agaInst the canteen when it- isevident that the sale of beer would be a pre-caution against the pernicious habits abovestated and their fatal and disastrous re-suits."

George MI. H. Windsor, a colored boy,fourteen years old, of 810 10th street north-west, is reported by his parents to haveleft home December 20, since which tIme,they say, they bare not heard from him.

They are anxious to leern where he is.

'77".A COMMON COLD

is takea by the skis ineeming esMar thea is nut-el. The istaat a ebig sthne is Mt themeinsaa is daee. Te "seek sp" the Cm, a slpmevnt Grlp mng Wbam.la. es Dr, mUmineamg'Speie "SETENT-TEN,"' and take amine foeaet sdn eswebse untit seemmtion is iseuid.-.. tint theas h- dre.a--.. a. bee....mtore, the bleei starts coe hivas a

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FRATEEI'T NOTEGrandi $gh Moest 01EItC"tii"

gan ...i s.ai"s020 eRPal AVOh chaMpM bat atl The Mvisit was paid to EMaioa ChaIer atheMasonic Tempe. The vtiatia was a

very =-s-g= .1 on4 and there ws A largeateemime. A featura et the eveung wanthe presenee of the eompansm of MountHoreb Royal Arch Chapter, which ttndet-is a body.The Gran-d Lodge of Odd Fellows ase

bl&s a FOI Fellows' NHal January 21, andthe variosEcNittem ar MN theirreports fur the-.a.=- Th bodyt.. twice a year; aN the seI-annual

term has been notably succeo=ful.

The' Grand Lodge, rn ets of Pytas,meets February 19-the anniversary of thebirth of the order. It wBt elect a full theOf grand ofsets and aprem reprean-tive for the terim of fbr ears. The newgtand chancellor, whe. will bavethe apintment af ia g-astd tribune for thetormof Ave years,. n thin order the judl-ciaT de~artineut to wbelly *eprae from theexecutive and legtintlva. There are grandtibmnis- =memtnehed .1- every domain.That i the District of.CVluoabda is cam-posd at Past raa. Chenefnore Ames J.Guninir..Nasareth~Buneh, George W. Baw-mann, John M. 1ln. and Past Chancellor

IE Wa&ds. The- tatter is also thepresent grand taaster of as ,

-The Pythian Grand Lodge committees arenFW busy- wfth the completion of their re-ports for presentation to the Grand Lodgeat its meeting next month. They are or-ganised as follows:Judictary, A. J. Gunning. Richard Good-

hart, Halvor Nelson, John C. Yost; griev-ances, John A. Frank, George Ryall, D. L.Burnett;- printing, H. J. Gasson. N. Bunch;uniform rank. Thomas E Landon, John W.Hardell,. S. H.- Gladmon; fraternal, corre-spondence, FrankI H. Hanford, George C.Hough, George W. Baumann; reports. FredK Weber. George W. Blacksten, K Wolts;credentials, B. Crown, S. L. Gardiner,W. R. Carve~ endowment rank. H. G.Wagner. John X. Kline. G. Milton Thomas:rules, F. W. Helbig, Joseph Reilly. B. Ta-rantino; state of the order, D. C. Childress,J. W. Walker, Thomas Adams; warrantsand charters, Richard T. Whiting, E. D.Ftazier, Henry A. Nau; finance, Joseph RConner. J. IL S. Dickens, IL T. Adadwa;-necrology, E. C. Gill, M. G. Delarue, FrankJ. Herming; competitive drill. rsee G. Mc-Queen, Harry Coggins, Ia Ehner Wiber.

At -the public Installation of the ofncersof XL Vernon TentKnightas of the Mao-cabees, Thursday night. State CommanderD.~W. Gall was present ard conducted theceremonies. As Dr. J. H. Junghaus, theretiring commander, was about to be con-ducted to his chair as sitting past com-mander of the tent Past Commander S, .

English qepped to the front on the plat-form and on behalf of the tent presentedthe doctqr with a handsome emblematicgold watch charm as a token of apprecia-tion of the tent. Dr. Junghaus respondedIn happy style, and was then conducted tothe past commander's station by Past Com-mander English.The state commander of the Maccabees

installed the new officers in the followingtents this week: Monday night. NationalTent, No. 1; Tuesday night, BrightwoodTent, No. 5; Wednesday night. AnacostiaTent, No. 7, and Thursday night, Mt. Ver-non. No. 4. which last was a public instak.lation. The offieers -of King David Tent,No. 11. will be Installed Monday night next.The officers of Georgetown Tent, No. 8,will be installed-Monday night, the 19th In-stant. Brightwood Tent has presented Itsretiring commander, Mr. A. j. Ayers, witha handsome bouquet of flowers as an ex-pression of the esteem In which he is heldas a presiding officer. Tuesday night afterthe installation of the officers of Brial"wood Tent William MeK. Clayton offered aresolution thanking the state commanderfor his work and expressing the tent's con-fidence in him, Which was adopted by aunanimous rising vote.National Hive, Ladies of -the Maccabees,

will have a public installation of offieersj*Friday night, the 16th instant. -CapitalTent, No. 9. and Capital Hive, N. 9 ##rhave a joint -public Installatle of offcersWednesday night.Past Grand Chancellor John W. Hirdell

installed the new officers-of Franklin Lodge,No. 2, K. of P.. last night. -They are asfollows: Notley Anderson, chancellor com-mander; Alonzo Shaw, vice chancellor;Thomas Adams, keeper of records andseals; George Ryall, master of work; B, W.,Carpenter, master of finance; C. R. Thorpe.master-at-arms; Edward Dunn (past anu-preme chancellor), inner guard.Grand Outer Guard Richard 8. Sebala

was the grand chancellor's installing oStat Hermione Lodge, No. 12, Wednight. The installing officer Is a membDecaur Lodge. No. 9. of which 'Hermfois an offshoot, and this circumstance addInterest to the ceremonies. The- followingwere installed: S. U. Mace, .chancellor com-mander; G. R. Thompson, vice chancellor;E. S. Walmer, prelate; R. P. Shelton, =as-ter of work; S. C. Palmer, master of ex-chequer; H. G. Wagner, master of finanoe;F. . Neikirk. keeper of records and seal;H. W. Boteler, master-at-arms; C. D. Ca-ton, Inner guard; W. C. Williams, outerguard.At the last regular meeting of Century

Lodge. K. of P., the new officers were in-stalled by Grand Vice Chancellor Williamat Hodges. Past Grand Chancellor N.-Bunch acted as grand prelate, and Grand'Master-at-Arms T. A. Bynum was presentin his official capacity. The officers in-stalled were as follows: C. C.. Arthur B.Walte; V. C.. E. N. Bunker; prelate, C. T.Sheriff; K. of R. and S., Clarence Lewis;I. of K, Mi. E. McQueen; M. of F., JesseF. Grant; M. of W., 3. A. Weidman; I. G.,F. C. Batee; 0. G., James N. Thompson.*Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Harry

3. Gasson, as deputy grand chancellor.Wednesday night installed the officers ofColumbia Lodge, No. 26. K. of P.

Ascalon Temple. No. 81, Knights of Kho--raspan, will hold its first ceremonial sessionof the year next Friday night, when a classof several candidates will be initiated. 'Thework of tgie royal vizier's station will beperformed ,by Joseph B. Conner, and -that-of venerable sheik by Richard P. Evans,both excellent ritualists.Senator Boles Penrose. who has landed

a winner for re-eleotion from Pennsylvania,is ohairman of the board of directors ofLu Lu Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Phila-delphia. Representatives Robert N. Foer-derer and IrvIng P. Wagner are on its boardof directors.

At the last meeting of Occasia Lodge, No.1. Imnproved Order K. of P., with W. Ruck-dasehel as supreme commander, FredStuehmann as supreme prelate and Pauluachschmid as supreme sergeant-.t-arms,the following officers were installed: Pastcommander. Alfred Worch; coummander,Oswald Edert; vice commander, GeorgeHaup; prelate, Henry Xander; scribe, 3.A. Schuerger; -treasurer, Louis Brandt:sergeant-at-arens, Hermann Zoellner; inneguard. .John Schorr; euter guard, J. H.Knocoh; trustees. Henry Xander, WilliamBrakhagen and Henry Jaeger.

From the Newr York Usn.The problem of piercing a glacen by means

of boring has at last beam solveb with- re-suits of real' scientific inters in expert-ments mae last August on a giacier nearVent, in the Tyrol. At a dstanae of aboutone and a quarter mles fromt the tip of thegl-ar, ~where it. bradth is 2,350~foet aedthe height of Its surfte above sea level

8, "et n'brn in the maes reachedrock at a &'LhL' of U00 feet. Taken aloeg,with measuittente of rate of movisinentsurface melting and tmstr the e.-pertlint enabled the faitseem iuansanto be drawn: Pisst--Tie teamperatues of thmeice is at tim melnate point eI.--agho.' thewhole m on the tosgue of the glarter.lemmua-The' bed ot the 'isw is-tseagiased, Third-The ice masves more steelyat time bottom thea at ths mmed, "Thebore boles were flc up wit mts twood, which, wil meve for smn yoaa taecome s an-ee. of the -estaod ingvlmga

and o srcmtia f ~ p~s

wte ibewa..a..S~ mdThe siamat

7-The 4004&ela an the

latrg t TI~resetar aseet-am Af VAAkrr**** ftwannatt w* m

wa -Seas 3sI80P, and Ia te qMtjgea weim.agsf-frage in l 'Te wesg, Mgg eA. Lockwoo, who Is psminmgy elbodUbwith its pmewsnt.ww was oe of an fena-da tgether ~bi A. maeum atdothehm..wm rgtems

Another co aber of th groupwa Josephine Grf Wf had been a*-thety sngeffilnse 81066its inception 1#l who, etter thecivil wan WaS the .6 -at ethe Freed-man's Bureau. Tbe-auocdatlon was incor-pprated in 1901.Mrs FAIrbanka has been re-etoetd preal-

dent of the Won's les.. e the Na-tional AsoanaftgW 4! Junior -ep'iOe,which held its jast =mas at her home.The additlonatee ian of -whom werere-elected, are: ma, Mary S, Lockwood.vice president; M Ja. Glbert, record-ings1retaryl Mra Charlote M- Atreaer, and Ma 3A. Spery e_.-Five asetatmp gre Dbteit or Ce-umbeia haV4 fbtre a jegue i OGba

societi. These. ugbe: The 1lIsabethCady tantent 3tmdf4

ub, theBellamy Society, the Capitol Hil Liter-ary Society and the Junter Nqnal SuffrageAssociation. On the first and third Tues-day of each month gach club will debate inturn with' tdi of the- 6ther clubs on ques-tions which have. already been selected.The meetings will' tak"- ace at the T. j.C. A. building, on G street, at 8 p.m.The Initial debate took place last Tues-

day, when the question was, "That injus-tice has been done to the colored peopleof the southern states by recent constitu-timal provisions In regard to voting." Theanton Club took (1e amrmative side,which was argued by Mrs. Monroe of Texasad Miss Dwyer of Florida. Mrs. Monroecontended that as man could not repre-Sent woman at the Polls, so white mencould not represent black men, and thatblack men could better represent blackwomen than whit. man could. The repre-sentatves of the Junior Association,Uf ss. Magie and Steward, won the debatefor the negative; .Snentor Deboe of Ken-tacky being .the.jpdge.There Win be ahotber meeting January

2 id also on February 8.: when the Stan-ton Club will again e part in delifngthe quedtion. "Tlpt Tegeneral nosition of'woman unider; me val Christianity wasinferior, tr het poitlion: In clasle Grseeand Rome."Another.orXanIzU has I been added

to tie lit or wom' clubha. t is entitledthe Federal Wossan's Equality Association.and has for Mt'special object the advance-ment of woman's sufrage on several bn-portant lines, especially through legislationby Congress. The association has chosenits name because its scope of work In withthe national government. That- thqre isneed for such an association is showi bythe famt that wie -sufrage amendtent ofCongress has ot had a report n 1t, foryears.There 4 nothtat Ia tbis iovement antag-

onistic to the Nakthtnel American Woman'sSuffrage Association: The Incorporatorsare menbess of the National and In heartysympathy with an it is doing in the stat,but they feel th$' ean aid .-its work byforming a stredg)li pressure to movesolely along rer- lines. The, NationalAsfioclation dr elts Individual member-ship nearly four yeSts ago, and since thenthe only way In wvaitt one can be. a mem-ber Is to belong to some local society. Manywomen are unwilling or uinable to do this,and yet would like to prove their interest Inthe cause. The organization is thrown wideoef-eit' meMerwto -have an active di--eCtiB influence over it. jand yet attend-ance 1a-in no way igatoy. Rev. OlympiaBrown has been eleoted Ident. WilliamO1 4UfId Lee, AZst-ab predent pro tem.;Ciare-BeWis It cor*Wnding secre-

tlet~e,cacariWr. recording secreta-Dr. Clara N*hton. treasurer;Josephine =an + The next meet-

ing will be hetat h street, Januaryat 8pm.

The orress Associationwill bold -January 16 in aparlor "of

is celebrate hereightrybthAneffort- wIie niede to v4 the anniversaryhonored- ap tely every suffrage

Y' evening last Miss F. HenriettaVDAMv" the first of a series of threeamlsion to.which was by card.

andpciult Interpretation-f=ruilt ofer talk. Miss Mul-ler has rebently returned' rom her journeyaround .ahe worl in the course of which

spent some tine in solitude on themalaya mountains. studying the- occult

secrete of the Hindoo religion.

-TERrATAEO WIPE S LIFE.Thonas EamBnfomadtted to Hospital

oy.the-n6ana.Thomas J. Lamb inns taken. to St. Eliza-beth's Hospital for the Insane yesterdayafternoon by Dete-etive Hartigan. He hadbeen arrested. eadier in the -day by DetectIre. Flathier -asl Hartigpn on a warrantsworn out by his wi~e, sjleging that he hadthreatened hei- life. Tfle- arrest ma madeat the defendant's hosme in the La Grandefiats on .4th -street, Mr. Lamb is thirty-mveyearn old and is from North Dakota. F~ora number of years he has been emplo'yedsbout the Capita!, 1wdrking for SenatorH=arough saoat of the time. It Is al-leged in the p.eti ionie yesterday that hewas former'ly under treatment In privateInstitutions in thy gest. His wife was atpolice headquariters 1then the detectivesreaceda there with hha and they engagedin conversation some time before the hus-bend was driven, to the asylum. Theyoung man came near* creating a scene ohthe street by leaving the officer and rnning to overtake his wife after she adstarted toward home."here's. nothing the matter with mymind." the young man protested when he

entered the vehicle to be -driven to the asy-lum. "'I've often read of such things asthis. but I never drizmed I Would be such avictim.-He said he did pot lnme his wife for

what lhe had doe because he knew showas acting upon the advice 'of others."The only -troublhuWIth m- " he stated,

"Is. that; I have ther ualaria a I have beenImproving lately. I wPeit Vest a shorie timeago and have since gained twenty pounds."Upon reaphing the. hospital the young

man ma Introduced to the doctor who re-ceives patients, and when the prelimiarnywork was finished the physieian inquired Ifthe patient had suffered from nervous trou-bles as was set forth in the petition.."Never in m life," was his response.

"I'ye been ~igon my way over here andmy eyes are a. little red."Attorns2013irgeZ ma einwloyed In the

case and the =aad insane man gave in-structionstr-~ to procure his release If

3zeaktaa a MIstake?

The eld contemtina that beakfast is amistake has eviv.Yted by a prolessor ofwhat Itas'1l sl entre, Thewesid ha. p7esteenatmasthatait. h=..y and'sowe thefeste- of 3IU thapst~assal is afine, hearty hugP b-ogs!=t in

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about- two meatb wIR be hit jaAiethronaebt the Wi0te&'m the sente bitweenthis city a6 JV4ae.yoea--'s bm at HIghFe"t, Fabfga eoet, 'Va. An bs SAw i$In proce of buiMag at Das best yer4.at Al==anik, and wit mano be ready toPWtli Petian on the.bet. A MW typo0f propeler bas aso been received by Cap-tain Jes for thi D0110-These was a fair demand fer fre *sh

ao an kinda it the n abiseet etee wharftis morniz& but 'ie reeipt hrm allsoures were but light. Pries dhw butfew eba=sm A e those ofya'tray' ahare 'g 1DleeWs For Potime bwac* bas,10r_ to 12e. -uWtm&n; Neeth Catena: blaekbas% SeC.to We. per poa- panis mackerel,12c. -per' pound;- pan reek, 1r, to 11c. perpound; momkm "eek, 18c.: to 14. pos pound;boiling rock, 18c. to 20c. per pound; salmontrout, Sc. to Sc. per pound; sheepshead, Sf.to 10c. per'pound; bluefsh and tailors. -T.to Sc. per pound; ounders, c. to fc. perpound; green pike. Sc. to 10c. per pound;white perch, 10e. to 12c. per pound; whiteperch. small. 20c. to 30c. per bunch;.cat-Mkh, large, 20c.- to 35c. per bunch; eatiehsmall, 19e. to 13c. per bunch; hickory jacks,10c. to 30c. each; carp, 15e. to 4c. each;eels, 5c. each; Florida roe shad, 80c. each;buck 6had. We.~each, and herrtng Sc.-each.The cold weather has made the demand

fer oysters quite good, and the supply atthe wharf i daily growing smaller. Therewere no arrivalsot oyster-laden boats yes-terday, but siveral vessel& are 616eed fortoday. Prices tange from GOc. to 10c. forsmall atock, up to .409 per bushel for se-lected .stock.Ducks qf an kinas. are in demand, but

are quite scarce. Prices are 'about' thesame as those quoted yesterday. and rangefrom 50c. to .35 per pair according to kindof duck wanted.

Of General Internet.The cold weather of the eAst two days

has caused the heaviest ice of the seasonto form on the river. This morning it Wasfrosen from shore to shor, the Ice in the-channel being about an inch thick, and onthe. flats two Inches or more. The movingsteamers soon btoke up-the fee'in the eban-neL, but. on the -flats it Is hard and firm.A pile driver is at work at the United

States- aMY enginebr" Wharf, at FortWashington, M., rebuilding that structure.New fender piles are to be driven, and con-siderable planking will- be put down. Thewharf is to be put in thorough order.The ferry line steamer Belle Haven, was

off her route yesterday -to prepare for -her,annual inspection by the -oacers -of. 4h.United States steamboat inspection servie.The boiler work on the emourston steamer

Samuel J. Pents has been completed, andshe is lying at her wharf awaiting the com-pletion of a new smoke stack. As soon as.the big stack is completed -it will be placedin position.The work of scaldfig the boiler tubes of

the steamer Wakefield. i being .pshed and,the steamer will be replaced on -her route-as soon as possible in order to relieve thesteamer Harry -Randall, which Is to bepractically rebuilt.A large barge is lying at the wharf of.Wm. A. Smoot & Co,, at Alexandria, un-loading a cargo of sand for -the Old Do-minion glass bottle works.The schooner Mary Lee Patton has about

completed the unloading .of her cargo ofpine -lumber at the wharf of Johnson &Wimsatt, and will go..to Baltimore or Nor-folk for, a cargo.The schooner Sidonia Curley has gone to

Occoquan t9, lo- a large cargo of cordwood- for this city.The schooner J. B, Anderson Is in port

with a cargo. of Virginia pine Itumber forthe dealers.Thie oyster boats Nlla Hill, . HL am-

bert and. 44a.. Ballenger are lying at theKing street dock at Alexandria, with car-goes of Potomac river oysters aboard.

The Soldier and the Canteen.To the Editor of The Evening Star:Permit me, "through the columns of your

valuable paper," to try to enlighten theunfortunate young man who signs himself"Percy. H. Skinner, Corp.," &c. He says:"I have read many articles on the subject,but have not been able to discover as yetthe purpose of the pious and, doubtless,honorable, Mr. Crafts and the ladles in re-moving the canteen." It seems to me thathis reading has all been on one side-theside he favors-or else -he 'must be ex-tremely dull. Has he ever read or heardthat the railway omcialas large merchantsand .owners of manufacturing establish-Unents 'absolutely refuse to employ drink-ing men? The ladies of the W. C. T. U.,and many mnen beside Mr. Crafts, believethat the so-calted protectors of' our belovedcountry should be men of sobriety, and sothey have simply'"put the box of candy outof the' children's reach? and. aithougisther'e are plenty of 'candy stores outside. thechildren will not be so likely to over'ikadtheir stomachs as they would if the tempta-tion were constantly before them. .Again,he eays: "If there were no saloons witlpinfifty miles of a poet then the abolition ofthe canteen might restrict drunkeinese toa certain extent." Does he .mean that- amajority of the sendiers would walk fiftyiner to get their liquor? And Isn't that adeplorable condition of affairs?The canteen has been thoroughly tested,

and if it has given the soldiers such appe-tiles for drink Is it not time to do awaywith It? It is just mach conditions thatMr. Crafts and the ladies"' are fighting;

and God bless the men who have come tothe rescue.Men in all conditions of life have found

that they are much better off without liquerthan with It. An omcer who accompaneda relief expedition to the polar regonst afew years ago -testified that "a cup of teagiven to thne fresing and entering men didthem more good than all the whisky theycould have poured down them."One more quotation from the young man'.'

letter: "Perish the thought that the -bar-keeperaf amians are going halves withthe busybodies who have so' effectuallyadded one more burden to the load of thelongfering soldier." Doesn't he knowthat "whisky kills more tiran the sword?"It is to decrease the suffering of the soldierand his family for which the busybodiesare working. Does he know that thesesame busybodies helped to get a law passedwhich forbids the safe of liquor within onenelle of -the foldiers Homes? Let -him -andhis comrade. atay away from ??the lowgroggeries which a kind municipal govern-ment allows to cluster's around them, andour dordiers will beome msen to be proudof and worthy to uarry- and support -the

derold la-emblems of law and-Ilherty:-A WHITE 1fBBONER.

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pertormance of Gounod's opera "Philemonet Baucis" at the Lafayette Opera HouseTuesday, January. 20, at 8 p.m., under thedirection of Mr. Maurice Grau. The opera,like all of Gounod's works, takes a deserv-edly high rank in musical composition. TheHbretto Is founded on an old mythologicalstory of the same name, and the wholework is dainty, melodious and beautiful.In the fir4 act Jupiter's aria, "Allons, Vul-cain;" Baucns' aria. "Ah, i je redevenalsbelle," Yuleain's song, are all worthy ofnote.In th econd act Bauc' "Philemon

inAieraitEncore,''eduto Piemoon et Bauel., ,Tupiter's "Venus Meme"and many others are written. in Gounod'shappiest .manrner.e The cast 4s*-as follows:-Jupiter, Mr. Journet; Philemon, M&r. Saignac; Vulcain, Mr. Heathe Gregory,anBasc,, Mae ,Sysd conductor, Mr. .

Mr. Journet,- the French basso, who 1hastaken Plancon's placecIn the Maurice Grau -

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