Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1888, Page 11

Ea THE CLASS OF ’85. A Pleasant Reunion of W: High School Pupils. delightful Christmas weather, though ooh but a memory, lasted just long ough to lure about fifty members of the es of 85, of the Washington high school to de fourth annual reunion of the class, which gas held last night at Grand Army hall. | Shortly after 9 0"clock the class was called to qrier for the business meeting, the ouly object of which was the election of officers for the coming year, resulting as follows: President, Ww. L Pollard; first vice-president, Wm. Stock- pridge; second vice-president, Miss A. Galeski; secretary. W. W. Willoughby; treasurer, Geo. darlebeus; assistant treasurer, Miss Alice Wil- ough: additional members of the executive committee, A. L. Ray, C. E. Brock, Miss Maud suainecker. and Miss Rosa Simons. As soon as this was concluded the floor was cleared andins few moments the graduates were whirling goand ina waltz. The program of fifteen suabers was broken by an intermission for sper. When the time for home-going had come farewells were said for another year and ae graduates happil went their a ways, resen| ; Simons, ome Zan * Lazier, Gal. a, ec Jones, , White, flton, Gunion sod Saye Mr. onal _ War- m, Mr. ani jesars, pulsed, Fred Johnson, Kennedy, Hull, Doyle, falph Jobson, Stockbridge, Hodges, Wirt, ford. Schmidt. Sohon, Lyon, Armstrong, But- tervorth, W. W. Willoughby, Edmonds, Ander- on, Fleming, Gross, i Bo: ton, Diebitch, Dro’ The Cost of Gas—How Managed Abroad. To the Editor of Tax EVENIxG STAR. Inotice your reference to the “drop-a-nickel- machine in which you figure out the cost of gas to consumers abroad, it being Jess than 56 cents per 1,000 feet. It is not neces- szy to resort to this means for ascertaining the cost of gas abroad, for we have it in the 1886. at the rate of 98 cents per candle in England but 42¢ cents, or less what pay, and theirs is pr gas wi ours is half water gas, a mongrel mixture tha’ is neither one thing nor the other. Ishowed by the report of the very man that the gas company asked to have called as an ex- pert that the actual cost of making pure coal gas in this country in 1880 was but Pa7 cents pet 1,000, and it is much less now. The cost as jven by G. W. Stevenson, C. E. F. G. 8., the fest authority in Europe, was 353-5 cents per 1,000 feet, almost the identical amount. it was for gas in the gasometer ready for use. In 1586 the American was making it at 28 cents r 1,000, as shown in the investigation. I also ed documenta showing that in twelve cities in Great Britain the average price was 64 cents to consumers. In London, 60 cents; Man- chester, 45 cents, and for street lamps 12: cents for 17% candle power, and in Leeds, cents. And the companies’ there all paid a good dividend, the London company paying 12 per cent net. In H. RB. mis. doc. No. 169, 2d ses., 49th Con- ss, is published the report of our consul at unstall, dated February 7, 1887, in which he gives the price of gas in England as follows: At the stoke works, 56 to 87 cents; average of fifteen metropolitan companies, 66 cents to $1.25; average of nineteen provincial companies, 45 to Sl cents. The lower price is charged in the cities and the higher ce in the outlying districts. The fifteen mackcopaiiian companies having an average of 3,756 miles of mains, and the nineteen provincial companies an average of 4.520 miles of mains. The cost of distribution is about 40 per cent of the cost of production. If, as shown by the best gas experts, the cost of production in 1880 was 35 cents, the distribution would cost 14 cents, or 49 cents in all; or if the cost of pro- duction is 28 cents, as stated by Hon. O. Cleve- land, in 1886, and we allow same for dis- tribution, the total cost, delivered to the con- sumer, is 42 cents 1,000 feet. At these rates gas cam be sold at 75 cents and pay a protit of from 69 to 80 Ber cent. If the government will purchase or condemn the gas company’s plant, there are plenty of = who will contract to run the works, hb gas at 75 cents, and pay s handsome amount into the District treasury for the privi- Jege, and a still larger amount at $1.00 per thousand. In 1886 the city of Paris derived a revenue of 83,500,000 from the gas company, while in Boston the revenue from the gas company was $1,333,000, or of the entire cost of the meaicipal and which, the report says, isone of beneficial results of “the more enlarged self-government extended to the community from time to time by the state and Tue Betis gs originally furnished by ¢ Ber! gas was Mi an English company, but the city now has its own works and lights the streets and public buildings, the company being restricted to sup- plying private citizens, the use of gas by citi- zens being far less common than with us, the poor generally sing | petroleum and the rich using candles and ‘more costly oils, which isalso true of Paris. In Paris the city reserved the right to buy the works at the end of seven years, and it has done the same with the electric light company. In Great Britain one-half of all the gas wor! are owned and run by the municipalities, and they are rapidly buying out the rest. All are limited by law to # certain per cent of dividends on the capital actually invested, and the com- Panies are permitted to increase their per cent of dividends in Proportion as they the price of gas. They are required by law to make & full report snocelly. on any gas consumer, ou payment of one shilling, can obtain a copy of the company’s balance sheet, and which no company dare refuse, for fear of being sum- moned before a magistrate. That is the way matters are managed for the iblic benefit, by the “effete monarchies of rope,” but in the capital of “free and en- lightened America” gas companies, railroad companies and the like seem to control the government instead of being controlled by it. W. C. Dopax, Dee. 24, 1888, —__. Awoxo rue StvsorRs.—A dispatch received in New York yesterday from the California Athle b says that the fight for $3,500 put up for Joe McAuliffe, the champion of the Pa- ‘fic slope. in a contest with Peter Jackson, of New South Wales, will come off Friday.’ If John L. Sullivan refuses to fight Jake Kiirain for $20,000 Joe McAuliffe will take Sullivan's place and make the fight for €8,000 a side. --——* A Rumorep Vorcaxo rx CoLonapo.—Says a dispatch from Denver, Col, December 25: A local paper aynounces the discovery ef a volcano in the western portion of the state. To this voleano is attributed & recent explosion which resulted in the death of a half dozen people and the injur- ing of many others. Explosions have occured before the one, under sudden and strange circumstances, and it is the opinion of ail who live in that vicinity that the Rocky mountain voleano, as it is called, is the cause of these outbreaks. The entire ledge has crumbled away, owii to the action of the vapor, and all’ Stone the small silently emitting small columns the greenest and finest of mosses, ledge is nearly 13.000 feet above rapture, k a her, “isn’t ema lines grand; - husband, looking st the book and the leaf over, “you make me tired. You're two whole pages behind him.”—Chicago Tribune. Thos. Brown, brother of Sheriff 0. P. and John Mason. « boy of 16, were run over | i ‘Dr. William Pepper in the Chauteaquan for December. The effects of the alcohol habit vary enor- mously with the amount consumed the form in which it is always bad. Alcohol even in smallamounts. It is true that nearly Prager sf alcool te enon ike ems o1 # ol, , tly form, that the possible health without the use of alcohol. its, or in stronger alcohol is taken in acae hal en bag modera- thi fe is used habi tually © forms, or is use e tion, it does positive herees omy harm in- creases rapidly as the habit strengthens. In its lightest degree there is some irritation of the stomach and im) ent of with slight disorder of circulation and secretion and intellection. Often h these cause a false feeling of weakness which leads to larger ex- cess and of course to great harm. Perfect health can scarcely ever be enjoyed continuously by one who uses alcohol, even in strict moderation. I make an exception in favor of some — persons with slow and feeble digestions and with weak Cragg ora for in them small quantities of dilute alcoho! taken daily with their principal meal improve their health. When once we pass the ir degrees of the use of alcohol the effects of its habitual employment are striking and disas- trous. The mucous membrane of the stomach becomes the seat of chronic catarrh. The — of the liver is a —— most it processes of nutrition are turbed. Senne system suffers, and mind and character alike deteriorate. It is not mr | the injury which comes directiy from alcoh which we note in such cases; there are asso- ciated with it neglect of proper diet and of proper hours of rest, and avoidance of expo- sure, which = tothe sum of damage wrought u e system. The alco ‘ol habit if at all excessive causes organic di directly and ruins body and mind. Its habitual use, even in very moderate amounts, renders health unstable and increases the liability to disease, and the er of disease when it occurs. The true use of alcohol isin the it of disease. There, when preseri 4 judiciously, it does great good and at times ‘indispensable. But even there it should never be prescribed unnecessarily, nor without a clear recognition of the fact that the tendency to the alcohol habit is great and that this habit when formed is destructive. oo Congressman Cannon in the Saddle. ‘Washington Correspondence New York Sun. These are delightful days for galloping over the hills, and all the society maids, with their yellow-legged escorts, are making the most of them, but none take to the saddle mors eagerly and constantly than does Uncle Joe Cannon. Every morning he is out and away, and often in the afternoon during the present holiday re- cess he is seeking health and popularity in the country roads. Mr. Cannon has obtained that first requisite to enjoyable riding, a good horse. It is not his own property, but belongs to the proprietor of the hotel ‘where the Illinois statesman has lived for several years. It is a bright sorrel nag, with a white face, white feet, and all of the beautiful flo mane and tail that nature has given him. ed hair for Unele Joe. When his sorrel jogs along the animal holds up his head and switches his tail im the good old-fashioned style. The horse is @ single-footer, and so easy is his gait that his rider sits m him as immovable as a statue. Despite the fact that he hails from Danville, IL, Mr. Cannon is a good rider. He sits as erect and motionless as a sphynx, his body moving only with the mo- | th tions of the horse. The reins are held in the left hand and the whip in the right, which drops straight down by the animal's side. In his customary slouch bat and leather leggins Cannon looks as dignified and contented as he will if he is lucky enough to be selected to wield the gavel in the next House of Representatives. The little patches of leather called saddles, that are now so fashionable with the, stylish lovers of equestrianiam, ud no favor in Mr. Cannon's eyes, and he uses in« stead the old reliable Mexican seat, with high stirrups, Although one of the very best horsemen in the city, and said by experts to be excelled by no W ton rider, With the possible exception of Mr. Timothy Shaler Williams, of the West End, Mr. Cannon has not joined the new riding school, where all the riders daily meet, but prefers to take his daily constitutionals alone. One of his favorite roads is that which skirts the Poto- Wi Here the driveway is broad, smooth and hard, and it is a violation of law to drive over it at a faster rate than 7 miles an hour. Mr. Cannon, being a rapid rider, as he is a bustling politician, has some difficulty in keeping within the law. He manages to do so, how- ever, more successfully than many other Wash- ington riders do. In the Steam Car. FEMALE CRITICISM OF 4 POPULAR WORK OF FICTION. From the Boston Transcript. Young Woman in Plush Sack—‘What’s that? ‘Robert Elsmere?’ How far ve you got?” Young Woman in Turban Hat—‘Finished it last night.” Plush Sack—“Did you? Now tell me, how did you like it?” Tarban Hat—“Lovely.” Plush Sack—“What is it all about? I'm dying to know.” it’s a love story—about a Turban Hat—“O! lash Sacks ie? Awfally nice, I s'pose. oul Is’ ” ‘Turban “Yes. Then there’s another couple that are in love—'t any rate she is, but he’s an odd stick, and she don't love him after all, but marries another fellow. I was awfully glad that she took him and not the other one. Plush Sack—“But what is there in the book that all the folks are about?” course, but not so very different eithe Plush Sack—But the ministers are all preach- ing sermons about it.” why.” ban Hat—I know it, but I can’t see Plush Sack—“Something about religion, I guess.” Turban Hat—‘“P'raps so. There’s lots of religious stuff in it; but of course I could n't waste my time reading that, All I cared to know was how it came out.” Sack—“Mr. Milding told my father that it wasa very Cre erg book. He said it was full of matter tended to corrupt the young and inexperienced.” Turban Hat—‘Funny; but I didn’t see any- thing out o’ the way.” Plush Sack—*Do you know, I'm just dying to read it! But then [haven't any time. It makes me so sleepy to ‘onder who this Sz; Gladstone ie that's boca picking it to Turban Hat—I don’t know, I'm sure. Isn't that a pretty bonnet over there on the other side. Plush Sack—“Do you think so?” Turban Hat—“Yes; don't you?" Plush Sack—“Kinder. Did you see that fel- low that just went through the car?” Turban Hat—“I didn’t notice him particular- —E_ hotel, Se wore this Hoboken ,” an a “Mra,,” repeated several times. A Cah ge ot pony rakog wspaper, stained with b! was tempted volver, but the weapon would not go off. This and the newspaper are the clews the police have to work on. Frigid Treatment. From the Burlington Free Presa. Miss Travis—‘“Hasn’t Mr. Poseyboy been treating you rather coldly of late?” Miss De Smith—-“I should say he had. = the day before yesterday he took me out sleig! riding with the thermometer below zero.” —————o- —___ A Fire Put Out with Wine. From the Paris American Register. It is not often that a fire is put out with wine. This was done last week at Kreuznach on the occasion of a fire which broke out at night in the house of a large wine merchant, soon en- veloping the whole building. Some sixty hogs- heads of wine in the store could not only not be saved, but burst, and their contents ran into & ditch in the len behind the house, Here the firemen placed their engines, with which they poured of wine upon the burning builain , and succeeded in getting the fire un- der control. The fumes of the wine were so strong that the firemen had to be repeatedly relieved, ‘West Virginia Congressmen. CERTIFICATES FOR PENDLETON AND WILSON. A Charleston, W. Va., special to the Balti- more Sun, December 26, says: Governor Wil- son to-day issued commissions of election to John O. Pendleton, congressman-elect from the first district, and W. L. Wilson, congressman- elect from the second district. There was no protest presented in these cases. Commissions were not issued to essmen from the third and fourth districts, two issued are to democrats. Governor Wilson says he will not issue commissions to the other congressmen until he can do so according to law. oe Boulanger’s Son-in-Law. Paris Dispatch to the London Daily News. Gen. Boulanger’s son-in-law, Capt. Driant, in order to provide for the expenses of his wed- ding and to create » home for himself, last summer wrote rather a sensational military work, which was published early this winter. It is in the style of Jules Verne, and has for its title “The Future War.” In some respects itis as palpably a work of imagination as was “The Battie of Dorking.” In reading it, though one asks oneself whether one is in the realm of fact or fancy, one feels that the book is clearl; the work of a military scientist well ve: in his subject. His object has been to show what a “hot SS ion” the Loy — trying to invade France might expect, and what science is doing in order to blow it to pieces, and, finally, to make war impossible. It is thought at the war-office ilitary man in active service with Capt. Driant’s exceptional opportunities of knowing the work of the defense committees should not have brought out a work in which he cannot help betraying much that he ought to have kept secret. Besides, there is a rule against officers writing to or for the press, and M. de Freycinet holds that, inasmuch as the book in question was sent to the newspapers to be re- viewed, it might be regarded as coming within this rule, and that therefore the captain had been guilty of disobedience. He has ordered him to remain fora month a isoner in his room. He will be able to see his wife, his serv- ant, and the sentinel who guards his door, but nobody else. This isa sos trial, coming so soon after the brilliant wedding and before the completion of the honeymoon. How a Letter was Proved Genuine. From the Macon (Ga) Telegraph. In the United States court what has proved to be a most interesting case was brought to an end yesterday morning. It was the case of a man named McCloskey, who was arrested about two years ago on warrants from the state and United States courts on the charge of violating the internal revenue laws. Mr. Jake Menko stood his bond of $500 for trial, and McCloskey shortly disappeared. Search was made for him, and finally, at the last term of court. Menko roduced a letter said to have been written by ieCloskey to his wife in this city, and later on certificates to show that the man had died at a county hospital at San Fernando, Cal. The case was continued, however, and was again brought up Monday morning. ' The letter was shown to the court. It was signed “‘W. B. Hill,” and the certificate described Hill, saying he died, &c., and fitted McCloskey exactly. In order to make mare ot the, evidence the letter P ing to have been y McCloskey ee turned over to Dr. B. Clift the chemist, for examination. The date’ and address had been blotted out with another kind of ink, and it could not be discovered by the natural eye where it came from nor where it was written. Bye series of chemical tests Mr. Clifton caused one ink to turn a deep porple and the other a carmine, and the name n Fernando, Cal , stood out in plain letters. When court opened {esterday morning the chemist produced the letter and showed to his honor Judge Speer that the original address was San Fernando, whereupon Menko was released upon his bond. cine~ nan eae eS Tom Hardin’s Dying Words. From the Indianapolis News. Tom Hardin died last Sunday in Kansas City and the Kansas City papers alluded to him as one of the most brilliant lawyers in Indianapo- lis, a schoolmate of the late Thomas A. Hen- dricks, and a friend of Gen, Harrison, and with having squandered an estate of $250,000, Dis- sipation had reduced him to utter destitution | and to the necessity of dying in the haunts of rowdy companions, and he is quoted as sayin; with his dying breath: “A little whisky,” an: as the rattle in his throat deepened he added: “A little sirup in the glass, boys, if you please,” He did not live until the ‘was brought to Mns. Parnect To Seu Her Hovseworp Errects.—A New York special to the Philadel- phia Press says: A down-town firm of auction- eers advertised — that Mrs. Delia T. 8. Parnell, the mother of Charles Stewart Parnell, the home rule leader in parliament, had authorized the sale of the household effects of her home, “Ironsides,” at Bordentown, which was the home of Commodore eers contain a number of old historic paintings, and also some water color drawings. Mrs, Parnell went to Saturday, | | | ay — ton ore the ible tion of a few 01 e cs nesses in New Yorks? have occupied their white marble city residence at 22d and Walnut streets they have enter tained in it some of the most notable men of the country and most of the distin- guished strangers who have found their way here, An em; and em| lords and walls and partaken of its generous and un- affected hospitality. Nearly every one has left some memorial, and there are its of the emperor and — of Brazil, Longfellow, 0, with his wife and daughter spent three Holmes; Lord ‘Houghton, ‘Gens, Grant Sher: jolmes, loug) ns. Grant, Sher- man and Sheridan, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Kingsley, Matthew Arnold, Canon Far- rar, and of} notables, many of them with some accompanying sentiment of friendship and regard, ° —_—__—-+e+______ Kansas an Eastern State. From the New York Sun. It is to be presumed that all the school boys and school girls of the present day are familiar with a fact which many of the grown people who studied American geography twenty or more years ago may not be aware of. The fact was mentioned by ex-Gov. Hoadly, of Ohio, at the New England difiner on Forefather’s day in this city, He said he had thought he knew thing about the west until two years ago, tiny of a California stage ccaek, the Giver pat ib question to him: “ “May I ask where ye be from, stranger?” “I’m from New York.’ “ ‘That's amusin’, stranger. I'm an eastern man myself, born an’ raised in Kansas!’ Gaughter.] ‘started oe ins, Atma lanes. me to thi: 5 an was not long fore I knew that Topeka is 400 miles cast of the geographicalcenter of the United States.’ Ex-Gov. Hoadly then described his visit to Alaska in the far west, After giving a moment of thought this dialogue, those of our readers who have not studied geography at school for the past twenty ears had better look at any recent map of the Inited States on which our posses- sions appear. They will see that the California stage driver of Kansas birth was not in the poe when he spoke of himself as an eastern man! ————_+o-—_____ The Word “Damn” Defended. From the London Trath. Mrs. Sarah Auslin tells us in her recently- published “Memoirs” that she was greatly ex- ercised as to whether she was justified in re- taining the word “damn” in the recital of a story of Lord Jeffry and Mr. Sydney Smith. Lord Lyttelton and others protested, it would seem, against it, and Lady Holland suggested the substitution of the word “hang.” Now, why? To “damn” is to condemn; to be “damned” is to be condemned, while to hang to execute s condemnation, and to be “hanged'is to die in consequence of acon- demnation, What, then, can be the difference whether Lord Jeffry ‘damned” the north pole, whether he ex; da wish that this meteorological point should be hanged? It is held that to desire that the north pole, or a chair or a horse ora wife or anything or any one else should be damned, is to swear, whereas to express the desire that @ thing or a person should be hanged is not. As a matter of fact. the use of neither of these expressions involves swear- ing. They are mere foolish utterances by which the persons using them wishes to convey the notion that he is displeased with the thin; or the person against which either is levele “Damn” may be coarse and vulgar, for verbal coarseness or vulgarity is conventional, I am not quite sure, however, that the expression of a wish that the north pole may be condemned is not a good deal more reasonable than that it should be hanged. Be this, however, as it may, entirely deny that damning is swearing. cee A Novel Point in Law. From the Troy Times, In the county court Wednesday, during the trial of » cause in which a lawyer from Greenbush was counsel, one of the jurors in- sisted that the attorney should “take his hand down from his head, so that the jurors can see his face as well as the face of the wit- ness. We've got aright to look into the law- rer’s face as well as the witness’,” he asserted. juror appealed to Judge Fursman, presid- ing. and appeared to be very much exercised when the court said: “The lawyer is not on trial, and he can do as he pleases about it.” ——— 00 The Easiest Way’s the Best. From the Philadelphia Telegraph. ‘vy,” called an old negro, addressing his wife, ‘get yo’ black crape an’ tie it on de latch. Quick, now, "fo it’s too late.” A white man who happened to be near asked ifany one were dead. “No, sah.” “Then why do you tie crape to your door-latch?” “Because,” the old negro replied, “yander comes er man dat I owe." When he comes up an’ sees dis crape he'll think somebody's deed and won't bother me. After he goes Tl take it off. Oh, I tell you dat ’t but one ray ter git er long in dis y “And what way is that?” ale don, it way is ter it erlong de bes’ way you kin, an’ de bes’ way fur me at de present is ter put on my do’ A War Ship Sent For a Trunk. From the London Truth. When the duke and duchess of Edin- burgh went recently to Greece it was discov- ered, on arriving at Athens, that a trunk con- taining certain indispensable articles of attire belonging to the duchess had been left behind at Malta, A telegram ordering the said trunk tobe sent by the next day's steamer, would have been the cheapest and readiest ‘way of obtaining it; but the duke of Edinburgh act- ually dispa’ ther a scandalous one. What is the use, I should like to know, of the puddling 2S Sana eS [pepe cpl fered wantonly to waste a large sum of mo: this idiotic fashion? — 7 H f i i THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., THURSDAY. D In discussing the ability of the election of H. A. W. Tabor to the refers to of he Hn seeps A inamora\ costliest the of all, If JERSEYMEN DIGGING UP A WRECK IX SEARCH OF THE PIRATE'S GOLD. Aspecial to the Baltimore American says: Another effort is being made by some of the dwellers along the coast to find the buried treasures which the famous Capt. Kidd is said to have sunk somewhere off the island. Be- tween this point and Cape May a group of workers were busy all this week to raise Rt gle BUILDING LOTS I= WN, D. C., AT AUCTION. Pa tof the AC es amy kcord $rty, situate tn the Cod ity of Washington, District of of proand end pee known, and ~*y Soong | te and lots numbered Sayer aac ferighin the varyeyor's offee of the fo um! Terme: One-half cath: balance ia, six and twalve mont ‘int and secured by s deed of trust Sa lve proper Srallcash.at purchaser's ‘at cost of Baga Fe i dealers to bay in lots. \HOMAS DOWLING, Avotionesr. E TRO} co} ATION LOCKS: a a We an old, unsightly wreck, which the weves have Foam! will just uncovered. As ig Someone rosecute their work only when the tide was low they have made but little progress up to time, but they hope for fewer storms = lower tides as the moon decides to wane. theory of the buried treasure that they refuse to believe it will notsome day be found. Sim Olay, an old saps Blas has lived near the cape for ‘itty years, claims to know the exact spot where the treasure lies. ‘I seen it once,” he says to all questioners, ‘when I was a-divin' for 8 living, not more’n 800 from shore, er. Could I locate it, you say? Well, rather, but I ain’t a-locatin’ for no one else. oe of sa 1d. th sh Spoarates and then u e" fH lows is a-sayin’, ine sneakin’ ain't there, ome, while you'se , that she over there where them there menis e-diggin’? Not much. She's down | od there, off the island, on a line with one of them | three ere cedars, but I ain’t a-tellin’ which.” ——_—— eee Biting the Finger Nails. 4 VERY PREVALENT HABIT, WHICH 18 SOMETIMES THE CAUSE OF SORE THROATS, From the New York Mail and Express, “A novel incident resulting from a habit of very common prevalance among nervous people | *#l°: was brought to my notice recently,” said a leading physician of Philadelphia to a reporter the other day. “A young lady presented her- self at my office and complained of a constant irritation in her throat, Two weeks previousl; she had been taken with a very severe attac! of sore throat, which was treated by the family physician, Under his care, she said, the inflammation quickly subsided, but there still remained a sensation of irritation. amination revealed a small fleshy lookit object about the size of a kernel of wheat herent to the tissues posterior to the left to! sil by the one end. The other parts of tl throat were normal. The little mass could not be detached by a cotton-covered probe, but b; the use of forceps it was easily removed an on examination proved to be a piece of finger nail which had me embed in a cheesy deposit. A broken piece of the nail was also removed from under the mucous membrane at the same spot by a si pointed Perso “The lady then confessed to the habit of biting her finger nails, and moreover could remember thata pe or two previous to her throat trouble apiece of nail she had bitten off had become lost in her mouth, but after it had caused a fit of coughing, she had forgotten all about it until reminded by the discovery.” sot lon Mawar seth dnallele “Don’t, if You Love Me, Charley.” From the Elmira Gazette, “What are you going to give me for Christ- mas, Charley?” asked a young wife of her hus- band the other day. “T hardly know,” he replied; “it’s difficult for me to select preesnts; I never did like to. SoI guess I'l give yous $20 gold piece.” “Oh, don’t,” she exclaimed, bursting into tears, “please don’t, Charley, I thought you loved me; give me a’ 50-cent ‘paper-holder, or anything, ut don’t give me that gold piece ain.” It is the same game as that $10,000 wedding- gift check, which is played for show so many times, Tired of Cabinet Making. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press. A sad-eyed, dejected-looking man sat on a nail keg in a country store down in the center of the state. A drummer from St. Paul, having finished his business with the proprietor, ac- costed the Ingubrious individual and inquired the cause of his woe. “Oh, I don’t somehow seem to be of any use in this world,” replied the man, “How so?” #2 don’t seem to catch on like the rest of fol - it are you trying to catch on to?” “Politics.” “Politics ? Been trying to construct a eh cabinet, mebbe?” “Yes, I've made a cabinet. It’s this,” and the disconsolate man drew a greasy sheet of legal cap from his pocket and read the follow- ing: For Secretary of State—Me. For Secretary of the Treasury—John. = 8 Secretary of the Interior—Em'ly’s hus- and, For Attorney-General—Dan Sanders, brother- in-law of mine. For pons! of War Pete, By brother. ‘or Secret of the Navy—Me, atodd when I ain't Secretaryin’ of ine isa For Postmaster-General—’Rastus Hawkins, nephew of mine. ‘Fair. I sen 2, i won't have it.” 7 “How do you know?” “Oh, I know he won't. He don’t feel under obligation enough. I sent it soon’s he was ‘lected, an’ I ain’t heard a blamed word frum it since, It’s no use, I tell you; I'man unfor- tunate, and don’t care adurn wi another “lection comes ‘off agin or not.” ————e0—___ A Queen’s Moustache. From the London Figaro. A most curious statement is being made about the queen of Portugal. Not only has Maria = itis at . clearly defined moustache on upper lip, but she is positively proud of it, It is furthermore stated, evidently by a con- firmed courtier, that this hirsute the ‘8 E Wt E HT uy Hair fd began “let me and deeply I have loved you;how from the first Tharant You sweet presence Beamed upon me, turbed them anda’ ees “ts these here days I'm going to get histin’ | # ef this EORGE W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 936 F st. eer AL ESTATE rae CORNER OF TTR AND ‘STRE D 8 80! iT, IN THE CITY O} WASHIN 3 aeeiNG STORES AND PREMISES 30) 303, 365 AND 307, 7TH STREET Under and a deed of trust SEVENTH DAY OF 8 Moth, aD., recorded in Liber No. 1332, at folic 147, et the Land Records for the District of Goll the request of the pect thereby, ‘auction, in it the THE Sivte DA ° AT HALF-PAST FOUR eacribed z i 5 BES aH = i ie ‘KP. ‘in the Fiertiel if ry F060, ‘with interest at 6 the 6t: Gta day of certain other debt, sec the particulars w! ‘Terms of sale: the day of | OLESEN ste tae Minune STHENTOS_LINTHT HALL isin “haa, © MMENT Pi ARIS LA BONNE 8Ol SHORTHAND —INsTRI CTION speed classes for ladies and gentlemen | 1409 $oBinpa’ tor (eaher information appr at mAs apply. W Sieur Balding paaed Pe Rivantagess bs D Diner abame sel-m a M ERNON SEMINARY, 1200-1104-1116 Mf STREET AND 1128 11TH STREET. DOMDTSGGARP RAT APERDocRER TOO Thorough instruction tn all branches in, socordance with the best . , Gommodious school building, steam wing Aieets OF HOLY (anon Sous on BA- cht ave.—" Sees Feet ey cine na Boye attention thorough ‘to classes ; also to vocal. = En Stadio, 827 Lith nw. ASHING’ (0OL, Lo iN AND ae ee Call or wet fostrated carcelare: a ee me of Wm. anon Ri Kinderwartea Syste panty. esha for se20-4a0" HE OOLUMBIAN = ich meet in the evening are open to both sense, For Thtormation about the courses Ee igetee, 4 SoH T: HODURING Profesene of Mathemetin’ Exoorrrox, Onar Acrixa ty P. ih CLASS oF PRIVATE ‘any one or more TN Oonetok OF Hibséaics ARb ORATORY, 313 61 ox ad (halfa east of "Ste t T= BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES. d22-d&ds ‘Terms begin now. 723 14th st. nw. ANCERY SALE OF A CORNER LOT. THIRTY virtue ofs decree of the Supreme Court of the rt es of Columbia, made in Cause No. 11496, in Botseat thers are URD. ie NINTH, A D. 1888, sell’ at auction, in front of the premises, the real estate in the aaty of Washington, in Ute District of Golumbia, described us the part of Tots four (4) and, five (9), with the smprovemente, in square one thousand and one ( 1), bexinning a thence east ninety (90) feet ; 90) beginning, alley on t] ‘Terms of sale: The A deposit of $100 is is bid off. Conve ~ | tablished 1885. ‘Cap. eat. Gees oF BUSINESS EDUCATION — BOOK-KEEPING Aten ‘Life 4 cig COLLEGE. Sh ASE WoOD's CoM 407 Cap. ARTINS _ COMMERCL School of is | Ebuanes Sa tent pare The and most commodious city di ‘to business trai: 7 Copnlogees ee ha Sheention. “Colored stageute .. MAR’ President. ‘URN! AMCE, id ee ce A= ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR SWITHEN C. SHORTLEDGE’S MEDIA (Pa )ACADE- MY FOR BOYS sent free. eold-Qal S6rNHE CEDARS” — A BOARD! AND Dak ahopn seats a sel-6m MISS EARLE, 1916 35th st_ HARVARD GRADUATE DESIRES A atneiy cr in amsall classes, pincrp SHELDON'S DANCING Fst. . M.. the west twenty- ree (2 the depth of lot Tumbered three hundred aud eixty-eight (O08), ih the nun! ree x . city of W D. Cy with the improvements \ereon. Terms of sale: One-third (3s) cash and balance in (a) and two (2) yours with intorept, secured by deed of trust, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. Con- veyancing at cost of purchaser. If terms of sale are pot complied with in ten (10) daye from ‘of sale the trustee will resell at risk cost of defaulting M A. GORDON, WILLIA Sa hs ‘Trustees. _DUNCANSON BROS., Aucts. a19-déds USHNELL & CARUS! Heal Esiate Brokers, 1008 F street northwest. SALE OF NEARLY NEW DWELLING-HOUSE, ON MARION STREET, BETWEEN AN STREETS NORTHWEST, KNOWN AS No. 1 AT PUBLIC AUCTION. irtue of a deed of recorded in Liber No, 13er tons 28, of the Land Resale for the of Columbia, we will offer for aule at front of the Ripmises. on FI DAY OF JANUARY, A tieclty-of Meshuneeay Bs Beeasee ‘of Was % ‘as in. ‘Eugene and William J. division in Square No. 444, as in the Uilice of the Surseyor of the District of Columbia Book 14, 161. ‘The lot is improved by a nearly new brick dwelling house, containing seven. including bath room, stove; con- hot and cold water, ruse. cash ; balance in one and two years. Purchaser to give his notes for the ‘deferred payments, bearing interest at rate of six per cent a year, payable a ge = and oe g bya —_ of trust ps . Conyeyances: cost purchaser. amet Toews GARUSE, __ ? rrustece WILLIAM J. M ER} 480 Loulsisns avenue, ABLE, OVED LOT 0: SOUTH CA. L STR: S - MEDIATELY SOUTH OF Garren FINANCIAL. J. 8. Buwmux, No. 1405 F st. n.w. Orders executed on all the Exchanges. CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F ST. eS. Bankers and Dealers in Government Deposits. Exchange. Loans. Soon ies Railroad Stocks and edi Rrcnaeqee Nee fer, Palasipiin A made of investment securities, Distrit and “Kiserioan Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold ty18 Optical Offices, “Charge and if requied have wack to poor | een lees png wee treet EBXITRAOCT OF MEAT. USB IT FOR SOUPS, ‘BEEF TEA, SAUCES, AND MADE DISHES Genuine only with facsimile of Baron Lishig*s 3. ¥. LEWENBERG, M. D.. Manager. ee eee.