Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1892, Page 12

12 [ —— G STAR: Se let oe a re oe batt ae GTON. D. C. SATURDAY. SOAPSTONE QUARRIES Twenty-five of Them in 1) borhood of Was! PRIMITIVE Am Important Discovery + the relegical sted Thetr | Uses of Soap- Survey—Where the tn Matertal for mylene HERE HAS described ax Neverthe- | at least | haborg- quarries in the neighbor- biggest of them | ive one known—is| by Connecti Ties are found Th eat avenue ex ell through Virgin: ° cook- \ in times at this ate ny old ade of | today | weally tr: OP a soape: terial. bows ‘The Indians used their ¢ Gels out of the soap-stone rock with J @ouging and hollowing it each one ore m away from th This » the be eutting it~ b: matrix tensively in 1 it was formerly got out b. » Fairfax county. The censns and mining just issued abort tons of ox¢ dat £9231, 705, were 5 ates. Tt is very widely ¢ in eighteen call its it | feeling THE Uses FoR at the present day are of its manufacture of La Ts does not absorb grease by washing. It has tention as a material for tireproo! and scidproof paint. In thi sh @& 8 protective covering for tr for preserving limeston: and tures against atmoxph Bamber of similar wars. SOAPSTONE. as. On ents is in the ad bath tubs. | most impo waterproof | it is utilized d steel ships, changes and in In this application aetigs 8e7 St _ oes " | of soapstone to the arts China ix far ahead. In that country soupston? i. used for pre- stones which | ric in- | { powdered soap- ton some obelisks in rved those monu- Ments intact for hundreds of years. The ex- treme fineness of its grein ad pstone | re rotective os h paint adberes well to and steel. paretone is also employed as slubricant in the form of “steatize grease,” which is said to be invaluable aoa preventive of hot boxes. It finds another se as a base for commetics; it is utilized for hing glass and n of interior wal skins and leather making soap. paper familiar to all schoo! rial for Slate pencils. The vessels cut from the living rock by the Indians were carried away in Fough shape and finiched elsewhere at leisure with small chisels, scrapers and rubbing » Bach bowls and pots were heavy, rude and rather a poor substitute for earthenware pottery. USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER. There is a fibrous sort of soap stone quarried at Gouverneur, N. valuable as a fl Tt bar alight bluwh tange r= excellent whiten what is known ag tone ia a a gives to the i | extent in the | t weight and | Pdrous navure adi porn: | tion with the zed in| paper making. + kind of soap stone at Gouve 1889 was 23,746 fee. In preparing it for in maki: #8 & reduced by machinery to very fw which shape it ts packe fwade under the name of A RECENT pIsc we Within the last few days has been made the x. Peally important discovery of an anci quarry which has at Indian It has obtain | eertain tools of rhyolite or old volcanic lava, which were used by them in such numbers that ‘this kind of rock may be said to have consti- dof all the material of their im- { the United States tion they found such a Gettysburg, and Mr. Hoimes, discovered the long-sought Meentain. [1 was from (his on going thither, quarry at South Bumerously in the aboriginal village sites and im the sheii banks composed of the refuse of the of generations of vid. * This is one of the most important Indian quarries ever come across. Undoudtediy the uurposes, because tt dine sing into takes Ava rule the rocks are .@ 7 ine | Batre | agers of the syndicate do not care to speak The finest flints were obtained in Ohio. where the traces of very extensive quarries are to be seen tc thie day. The Ohio fint had also & Landsome color, resembling agate somewhat, THE OLD VOLCANIC LAVA which the I obtained from South Moun- tain, near Gettysburg, resembles in appearance a dark gray sh Seattered about the old ex- avaticns are masses of refuse and thousands ~that is to say, bite which were pt themselves readily to work- also brought away scores of stone bammers, with which the implements were shaped. ‘The latter were commonly roughed oat at the quarry and were carried off to the villages to be finished. Throughout the Chesapeake region numbers of such roughed- « are discovergd to this day in spots where they were cached. IMITIVE CUTLERY sors. ‘These caches were collections made for pur- pose of barter and exchange. They were the cutlery shops of a primitive age. It will be readily understood that all of the Indians of a tribe did not go to South mountain for the pur- pose of quarrying rhyolite. Some of them who did ed away a great quantity more than they needed for themselves, distributing among neighb: and friends what they did not re- quire for themselves. It was most convenient to deposit the articles together in some of . whence they could readily obtain aiding. There was at trade in ays for such cutlery ware among tribes separated geographically. The Indians lived near the coast and along the Poto- where their ancient villages are still marked thell heaps they left bebind, exchanged > shells, dried fish, dried oysters and and other such merchandise for the copper and pipestone which the savages of the region of the great Inkes bad for sale. And so it was with other things. One cache of the sort described. found in Ohio, con- ned more than 8,000 flint implements, It was a cutlery shop of the first class, as ON HIS FATHER. cia NAPOL} Death of an Old Man Who Said He Was the Son of the “Little Corporal.” There died at the county infirmary at Find- lay, Obio, yesterday morning an old man named who has always declared that be was an illegitimate son of N one hundred and six years of age. Jorgan’s story ax told by him on many dif- ferent occasions was to the effect that he went to F famous expedition to the pyramids and that he Jordan) was captured by the Turks, living with them for several years'a nomadic life. He was afterward released by some Jews and lived in Jerusalem untila short time after his re- uted father was banished to the Island of St. Helena Jordan has lived as an inmate of the Hance County Infirmary for the past ten years, hav- ing been found in a bewildered condition in the southern part of the county, unable to give an account of himsel He afterward proved to be able to speak French fluently and was con- versant with several of the dialects of the Tar- tars and nomadic Turks. His name was given him by the Jews. The story seems incredible, but Jordan, who as a tine-looking man, with an unusually large head and fine broad features, bore a remarkable resemblance tothe distinguished Bonaparte. Jordan had remarkably small and delicate bands ( ae ‘e's most characteristic feature) and it could be said they were of feminine pro- portions. Other circumstances also lead every- bods at Findlay to believe that Jordan's story was orrect and that he was the son of the famous soldier. —+re-— Rapid Transit in New Orleans. A deal has just been made by which the prop- erties of the New Orleans City and Lake rail- road and the Crescent City railroad pass under the control of a syndicate composed of northern and local capitalists. Although the purchase at nt inctudes only the systems named, it is @ that other interests will soon be absorbed by the new combination. The man- of their plans, but it is said asa fact that work will be begun within the next thirty days to equip the lines in the combination with electric power, the mule disappearing with the intro- duction of the new system. The deal means also that the profile of Canal street will be changed and that the car stands will be aban- The money necessary to complete the purchase will be furnished by’ the Seligmans of New York. Mr. Seligman will be president of the controlling company and Morris J. Hart of New Orleans will be vice president and general manager. The money necessary to complete the purchase and to equip the linesis said to be $10,000,000. ——+e-—____ Suicide of One of the Duponts. Louis Dupont, aged twenty-six years, a son of the late French Dupont, who was a member of the Dupont Powder Making Company at Wilming! shot himself with suicidal in- tent yesterday afternoon at tho club house of the Wilmington Club, a social organization composed of the leading citizens of that city. ‘The bullet pierced his brain and death resulted ‘Temporary insanity is the alleged cause of the suicide. “Deceased was a graduate of Yale College and was a student at the Har- vard Law School for a year. —— Makers of Willis Must Observe Law. ‘The New York supreme court in the ratifica- tion of the report of a referee again shows that makers of wills cannot do as they like with their own unless they dispose of their effects as the law ordains. Sarah Ferguson, a spinster, a million of dollars when ehe died in city on June 6.1857. Her will was her brother, Edward, in an original alvoa witness of the will. It first cath to my executors in trast the eum of 250,000 to be distributed as they may believe to’ be my wishes.” A list of char- stitutions to which the monef was to be given was found among her effects, but, as it Was not part of the will, the referee decides that the clanee is invalid for indefiniteness. She directed that three-fourths of the residue be disttibuted in equal shares among her nephews, Edward M., Henry and Weleal erganent and Henry M. Dav er _nieces, Sarah M. and abeth D. Ferguson. This clause is held to be valid. She then provides: “The remainder, one-quarter, I leave in trust ae follows: To Ed- ward M. Ferguson, Henry Ferguson, Walton Ferguson and Elizabeth D. Ferguson share and share alike.” he referee decides that this clause in at- ing to dispose of a residue of a residue is invalid as a trust oras a direct bequest and that this share should be distributed among the kin. She had made uo provision for her brother Ed- ward in the will, but asone of the nearest of her kin part of Ler property is now forced upon his estate. — Consulting Good Authority. From Harper's Bazar. ng De Merritt—Miss Winnie, there is a little question I have long been wanting to ask you, bat every time the words have risen to my lips there has been some interruption. Do | you. Miss Winnie ritt George ng De Merritt—“I was going to ask you do you think « pug dog has any brains?” — Her Wedding Presents. From Harper's Bazar. ‘Do not hesitate, Mr. De Mer- James —**] Miss is foine; but of m t'inkin’ thot pt in 1796 with Napoleon upon his | [CYCLISTS CELEBRATE | End of the Most Enjoyable Season for | Wheelmen, Bee 2 SRE we ROAST AND SMOKER. a OYSTER A “Big Time” Enjoyed at the Chain Bridge— Indoor Entertainments of the Capital Club-—Notes From the Other Local Organi- tations. ee IOYOLING IS A means selected by many hundred persons in this city by which they are enabled to spend many pleacant days and even- ings, but as the condi- tion of the roads cuts an important feature in the sport, the summer time is its most favor- ablesecson. Following the hot weather the cool mornings and evenings of the fall months afford the wheelmen much pleasure, and not until the weather becomes cold or rainy are the country runs abandoned by the numerous clubs. The past season was probably the most enjoyable in bicycle circles for numerous reasons, one, and perhaps the Principal one, being the much improved con- dition of the roads in and about the District. Last summer's meet of the League of American Wheelmen proved such a succoss and left the treasury of the local division im such a healthy condition that the new officers of the league concluded to give tlie membors a big time in the country. Last Wednesday might was the time selected for the affair, and nearly 200 wheelmen enjoyed the big oyster roast and smoker which was one of the many successful events of the local division. Chief Consul Stinemetz, Vice Consul Chureb- ili and Secretary Stearns did the work con- nected with the run, and to them belongs the credit of the successfulevent. The place selected was the grounds of the new hotel on the hill tops overlooking the Potomac from the Virginia side of the river at the Chain bridge. A large trench was dug in the ground, and the iron plates were arranged in a manner to give plenty of room for the heavy pine logs that made a red-hot fire. Three dozen barrels of fine luscious bivalves were provided, and the ap- proach of the wheel procession wasa signal for starting the roast. The oysters were spread over the fire, and soon the wheelmen with their oyster knives appeared and made the roasted product of the Chesapeake disappear. On tables about the hotel was a plentiful sup- ply of the finest smoking tobacco and clay pipes, and the volumes of smoke ascending in the air was enough to purify the atmosphere of the surrounding country. After enjoying the bivalves a large log fire provided warmth the wheelmen, and while enjoying the hospi- talities of the hotel proprietor they listened to | speeches by the officers and several members of the L. A. W., who said words of congratula- tion for the division members who had been instrumental in increasing from 250 to nearly 1,000 during the annual meet last summer. The large campfire being upon such a high hill illuminated the country for some distance around and was plainly seen from Georgetown Heights. The affair laste! until a late hour, when the wheelmen mounted their silent steeds and stole through Georgetown without even arousing a sleeping policeman. The clybs have not done much in the way of bicycling since Sunday before Thanksgiving, the only run last Sunday being made by the Georgetown Cycle Club. Capt. Cook had issued acallforarunand at 11 a.m. he had a good representation of club members at the starting place, 32d and M streets. In just cighty-five minutes from the time the start was, made the wheelmen were ferrying across the wild waters of the Potomac below the Great Falls, in their efforts to reach the other side, where is situated the old homestead of the Dickey family. It is the place where for many years there lived an pred 3 citizen known as “Uncle Dick,” who suc- ceeded the father of his country as the occu- pant of the building used as the headquarters of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company. A non of the Inge “Uncle Dick” has charge of the place, and to the wheelmen be is known as “Capt.” Dickey. He is calied captain for the reason that he can row a boat through the rapide with no apparent danger. the trip up the road the wheelmen did not make a single dismount. Their message to the keeper of the county tavern had gone astra: butit took but a short time after their arri fora member of the family to decapitate a number of fowls, while another filled the oven with biscuits, and then the disappearing act was begun. ‘At 2o'clock in the afternoon the wheelmen left Dickey’s and returned home. On account of the cool evenings Capt. Cook has continue the Sunday run whenever the weather and roads permit. ‘The committee has about completed arrange- ments for the big smoker to be held at Odd Fellows’ Hall Monday night. A musical and hterary entertainment has been provided, and the club expects toentertain many of its friends on the occasion of the club’s first indoor event. THE CAPITAL DI. CLUB. Now that the winter season has about ar- rived the Capital Bicycle Club's indoor enter- tainments have begun. The first club affair, with the exception of the opening night, oc- curred last night, the affair being a club ger- man. Many friends of the club accepted the club's hospitality and spent a pleasant evening in the spacius dancing room in the elub’s home. Congratulations are in order for the club's whist team for the last of their numerous vic- tories when playing out of town. Last week the whist team went to Delaware and played a series of thirty-six hands duplicate whist with the Wilmington Whist Club and, as\usual, they carried off the honors, winning by eight points. An invitation to play the Hamilton Club of Philadelphia has been accepted and tie contest will be played between now and Christmas, There will bes four and an eight-hand contest with this club. THE COLUMPIA CYCLE CLUB. _ It has been a long time since there was a regular club run of the Columbie, Cycle Club, probably because the club has been without a captain and the first lieutenant has not taken an active interest in road runs. The election of officers will take place Monday evening and after then it is thought that the successful can- didate for the captaincy will give the members more sport on the road. ‘The pool tournament of the club closed the week, Messrs. Humphrey, Dorsett and Jose plaving the finals, Snyder was entitled to par- ticipate in the finals, but business prevented his taking part. William Jose won the first prize, gold-headed umbrella, while the second prize, silver-mounted cane, was captured by Albert Humphrey. Tomorrow, if the weather permits, a number of the club members will ride to Baltimore, stopping at Ashton for dinner. OTHER cLUBS. The Arlington Club has not been on the road since Thanksgiving day, when they started for Occoquan Falls, Owing to the late start they ‘only rode as far as Lorton, where they had din- ner and returned home. ‘Last Sunday several members of the Crescent Century Club went up the Conduit road, but there was no regular club run. The club bas adopted anew emblem, and next season the members will probably wear gold badges. ‘To Secure Good Roads. “The question of a free postal delivery in the rural districts is one of more than ordinary im- portance, affording, as it is within the bounds of the possibilities and the probabilities that it would do, practical and rapid solution of the roads problem, which is now admittedly one of the most important of the day,” says the Bul- letin. ‘As President Bates said in the Wheel: “Let it bea law that as fast as good roads are con- enough to make it comfortable out of doors for | the membership | abandoned the Wednesday night ran, but will | — 1892—SIXTEEN PAGES. “The League of American Wheelmen has great opportu; a “Will it utif it?” Another Form of Fool. From Cycling. An expert bicyclist has off and on for some time been bothering the engineers on a rail- roud passing through Glashutte, Germany, by | Shooting across the track directly in front of the locomotives, thereby making the engineers nervous over the chances of killing him. At i Inst another reckless but less expert wheelman tried it with him one might, fell, was captured and thereby the original offender became known. He got seven months in prison for his deviltry. Firemen vs. Wheelmen. The chief of the Springfield, Mass., fire de- partment has made complaint that whenever there is an elarm struck large numbers of wheelmen race to the fire, getting in the way of the engines and proving « great hindrance to the drivers, who are sometimes compelled to slacken speed in order to avoid an accident. The voting contest for the $750 piano offered by the New York Recorder to the most popular wheelman in that city has been decided, and James 8. Holmes, jr., is the lucky man. James Robertson, ‘Lauriston, Scotland, soventy-two, is said to have ridden 2,725 miles on an old-style machine, weighing 72, pounds, during the past year. ‘The streets of Baltimore are being rapidly im- proved. Broadway is now paved with asphalt rom end to end. Fayette avenue west of Eutaw place has been likewise improved. Bean EARTH CURRENTS. Their Periodicity and Their Effect on Tel- egraph Lines. Willfam Finn tn the Electrical World. Tt has been noticed during the past half cen- tury that at intervals of eleven years or there- about the working of telegraph lines is seri- ously impaired by a series of electric or mag- netic storms, which extend over periods vary- ing from threo to eight months. They occur, however, at intervals more or less irregular,and seldom last for more than a few hours at atime. ‘The disturbances at such times do not appear to be confihed to any particular locality country, but are found to exist simultaneously in nearly all parts of the world. It appears, moreover, that these periodical interruptions take place whenever the sun's photosphero be- comeg unduly excited, which happens most fre- quently during the periods of maximum sun spots, or at intervals averaging about eleven years. We are passing through oe of the periods now, and thus far the year 1892 has been quite remarkable for the number and severity of its magnetic storm disturbances. During recent storms, for instance, the circuits between New York and Buffalo, which vary from 450 to 482 miles in length, exhibited the highest electro- motive forces, the value of which on several occasions exceeded 600 volts, and on August 12 last reached the unprecedented magnitude of 768 Volts. An {dea of the intensity of this force may be judged from the fact that it is about equiva- lent to the electromotive force developed by 720 gravity cells, and represents more than four times the actual value of the voltage regularly employed on the particular ciremt affected. In certain volcanic regions earth currents have been utilized to give warning of impend- | ing danger from subterranean outbreaks which | manifest themselves by affecting telephonic jand other electrical apparatus. Through the | agency of earth currents it is always possible to foretell the advent of the aurora borealis, and in this way they may become serviceable to science, and it does not require an extraordi- nary stretch of imagination to conceive the postibility of an extended application of these currents to useful purposes at some future time. — PAWNBROKERS’ SHOPS. ‘These Loan Offices for the Needy Had Their Origin With Franciscan Monks. From the London Telecraph. ‘The continental monts de piete had their origin in the Italian monti di pieta, large num- bers of which were founded in Italy through- out the sixteenth century, and the objects of which were, in the first instance, essentially charitable, the avowed purpose of the institu- tion being to counteract the injurious effect of usury by lending money on deposits at an al- most infinitesimal rate of interest. The Fran- ciscan monks were the first to lend money on goods, and in 1515 they wereallowed by the pope to receive a moderate amount of interest; but in process of time the Italian monti di pieta be- came extensive banking corporations, which were occasionally plundered or half ruined by forced loans exacted by tyrannical princes, and sometimes brought to entire collapse by injudi- cious financial speculations, The Paris Mont de Picte, which was not es- tablished in France until 1777, was suppressed | at the revolution, but re-established in 1804 by Napoleon I. It has been ever since a business carried on under the direct control of the state. To the central office only the poorest classes of the population resort, and they are as little inconvenienced by shamefacedness or “mauvaise honte” as their congeners in London, while for those who may be described as “ge tel” the thoughtful provision has been mado of installing the “‘commissionaires du monts de piete,” or branch pawnbrokers, in offices which are generally up three pairs of ‘stairs, in houses |inhabited by numerous other lodgers. A t colored flag projecting from an upper story in- forms ladies and gentlemen in circumstances of temporary financial stress of the where- abouts of the commissionnaire’s bureau; but the staircase is common to all, and the lady or gentleman who wishes to pawn diamonds worth a good many thousand francs slips in unnoticed, and may, for aught the passers-by are aware, be bound on a visit to the tailor on the first or the milliner on the second floor. : ——— Charcoal Mitigates City Fogs. * From the London Daily News. “Charcoal is the ideal smokeless fuel,” says Mr. Thwaite, the civil engineer, in his paper on “London Fog” in the National Review. Its general use in Paris, in his opinion, explains the beauty of that city. Our treasures of fuel, however, are not the oak and the yew, and Mr. Thwaite, like other reformers, ldoks for relief in coal gas properly purified. Though the manu- facture of aniline dyes from gas tar has become such a source of revenue to the companies it is seriously stated that every year there is more coloring matter sent into the atmosphere of London than would dye all the fabrics woven by English looms within the same time. If we are tg follow the example of Pittsburg gas must be the fuel used in London fire grates. Establishing the system would involve the con- version of a great part of the 9,000,000 tons of coal into a gaseous condition. The cost, in- cluding that of the generating plant and’ the distributing mains, would, it is calculated, robably not exceed £11,000,000. The mone- Inry value of the clear saving’ to the citizens of London is estimated at over £4,000,000. The London county council, Mr. Thwaite .thinks, could not undertake a more beneficial task than that of producing a gaseous and smokeless sub- stitute for the bituminous and dirty coal. =— cor Stood on Formality. From the Detroit Tribune. She was the hired girl, but there burned in her heart a love no less intense than the flame which warms the soul of the petted deughter of the millionaire. Verily she was stuck on the grocery clerk who sat beside her in the kitchen. ‘The little clock on the mantel struck the hour of 9. The grocery clerk got gay. “Mary— Fearing lest she lose a portion of course he leaned forward until his lips were very close to her ear. She averted her eyes, “You ought not to ask me. With a celerity born of desperation he seized shot into the darkness of the back yard and t's Plutonian shore. The hired girl rose, petulantly kicked the cat down the and wor why men were not able to see through = ladder, C3 i ; Hill ; | ul 1H 4 Hy i ie GENERAL ATHLETICS. What is Going On in Club and Gym- é nasium, SPARRING CONTESTS TONIGHT Proposed Headquarters for Club Men at the ‘World’s Fair—“Basket Ball” to Be Intro- duced by the ¥. M. ©, A—Casual Notes of Interest. FEW WEEKS AGO mention wae incident- ally made here of the Proposed club house at the world’s fair. The scheme is growing in popularity and it is also receiving some opposition. This plan of erecting @ model American club house right on the fair grounds cannot belp but succeed: It will be for the convenience and entertainment of members of well-known clubs of standing both athomeand abroad. It wae only aftor, very careful and therough consideration by mem- bers of the different representative olnbs of the | windy city that the matter wae presented to the fair officials, at whose hands it met with hearty co-operation and indorsement, the result of which was that they immediately assigned for the purpose one of the most desirable locations on the grounds, It is the intontion of the com- mittee to erect @ building which shall be in| keeping in point of size at least with ite general surroundings, and will be equipped with all the luxuries and conveniences that a clubman can possibly wish for. It will probably be called | "The Columbia Club.” It will have a eplendid restaurant, and it is hoped to make this a prin cipal feature of the club house. No effort will be spared to make the service and cuisine per- fect. Another feature will be the parlor and reception rooms for the use of the wives and daughters of members, so that they may dine comfortably and luxuriously and besides find rest. ‘The membership will be confined exclusively toclub men, that is members of reputable clubs in every city. The initiation feo will probably be 850. Certainly this newest of Chicago wrinkles will succeed. THE COLUMBIA ATHLETIO CLUB. Everything is moving along swimmingly at this club and it ism great pleasure to its mem- bers and friends to know that the club is in such excellent ehape. A very recent report of the treasurer was not only very gratifying, but to many asurprise. One of the members ro- cently expressed very tersely the situation of | affairs when be suid, “The C. A. C. is getting its second wind and is bound to win.” The clames in the gymnasium, afternoon, and even- ings are large, probably the largest since open- ink of the house. ‘Thus te ettributed to the | ambition of the new material now coming on | and to the impetus which the gymnastic exhibi- | tions give, for we all believe that we can do as | well as some of the performers and naturally we come into the gymnasium to try. Some | succeed and others do not, but all the while the ‘gym is full and Prof. Crossley is happy. Basil Duke, one of the club’s best all-around gymnasts, will shortly return from the west ana will again takegup his work in the gym- nasium, A.E. Bain is doing well on the horizontal ber and tumbling. ell is putting in an appearance again at the gymnasium and at the next ladice’ day, to be held sometime in January, he and Sewell will give their very finished exhibition on the bars and rings, Mooney is likewise preparing for the above and other events, and with Sewell and Crossley wili do tumbling. Now that the foot ball season is atan end the players are coming in to do indoor work. Some of the members of the junior team have taken up boxing and wrestling, and in the former Lewis, Berrian, McGowan are doing well. In the latter exerciso Mann, Lewis, Taussig and Lee are surprieing some of their elders in that line, and at the future club exhibitions there will no lack of thisexcellent sport, indeed there will be enough to have two or more bouts at onetime. This would be a novelty. At a meoting of the board of governors held this week it was decided, in view of the interest shown in the sport, to engage an instructor of boxing, and as soon as a good one can be found he will be brought here, and the members. will then have an opportunity of learning more about the manly art of self-defense. Mr. Harry Carpenter has volunteered to as- sist beginners and others in mastering the art of fencing. He is well known as one of our best fencers. He will devote Monday and Thursday evenings, beginning at 8 p.m., to this work and he will no doubt have a large class. THE BOWLING TEAM. ‘The gymnasium was very artistically and elaborately decorated, and, indeed, so was the entire club house on Thursday evening, recep- tion night. The work was done by sailors de- tailed from the navy yard. On account of the reception the bowling team did not take its regular practice, but made up for the lost time by putting in some extra work last evening. Because of the largo number of new members who bowl the interest in the coming bowling tournament is on the increase, and from the practice seen some of these dark horses may provetwinners over the present “favorites.” At a meeting of the bowling committee held last evening the matter of dates, prizes and so on for the coming tournament was taken up. ‘Those matters will be finally settled at next week’s meeting. ‘The announcement gives pleasure to his many friends that Frank McDermott is rapidly recovering from the typhoid fever, from which he has been suffering for several weeks. ‘Mr. Bush Jamison has returned from Pem- berton, N. J., where he gave a very creditable presentation of the character of the Athietic Doctor in “A Bed of Roses, eémedy. PROGRAM OF ATTRACTIONS FOR THIS NONTH. There will be at least ono entertainment of some kind each week during this month at the club house, and the members certainly have much to be thankful for. On December 10, in the club house parlor at 8 p. m., Dr. T. N. ‘McLaughlin will deliver an interesting lecture on “Surgical Emergencies.” and no doubt some very useful points will be brought out. On the 17th instant there will be a gym- pastic and sparring exhibition, Then on the 2ist instant Mr. H.M. Wilson, captain of the ceremonies and announcer. The program is ‘one of the most attractive ever offered here and there will no doubt be a large attendance. Admission will be by card, which may be ob- tained at the office of the club by members, and tickets for friends of the club may be obtained Sn Tie Sogn A tion each the jarren A. O., Wynewoods and P. AS. 0. of Ph hia and the West Philadelphia Athletic lub expect to attend to cheer on their respect- ive clubmates as they appear in the ring. YM. A ATHLETION. Itisextremely unfortunate that the cham- pionship of the District in foot ball is in such seemingly undecided shape. The fact that this team and the town College team both de- feated O. A.C. and yet have not played tozether leaves it an open question as to these two, and it seems to me a game would be the proper caper. But Georgetown still clings to the claim that the game echeduled last month was canceled by the ¥. M.C. A.and now the col- e boye'are out of training. alittle talk to the boys one day Poe, the coach of the foot ball team, suggested that they take up foot ball, and following this up the boys are forming a team. McChesney at 148 and Purman at 145 pounds are very ovenly matched and doing some g wrestling. It seems unfortunate they cam be entered in some of the open events bere elsewhere; they are two good men. Espey 1s fast developing into a general a i -around gymnast. Morris and Boteler have taken up fencing, under the direction of Prof. Simms, and are doing well in this fine sport. Ase worthy successor to Doyle the leader of the class in club swinging, doing very nent, graceful work with ¢ and Ferguson, too, is showing marked improve ment. Tue foot ball team and some of the wheol- men will next week begin to be in regular at- tendance at the gym. and take good, hard exer- cise. resent ‘The foot ballists aro still practicing and may | Journ. Thorough instruction in the new drill possibly make arrangements for a game next week with one of the college teams, perhaps University of Pennsylvania, Big Johnson and Davis of the team arethrow- ing the weights and hammers and give promise when spring games open of surprising some of the people in that line of athletics. Johnson, aside from being a very powerful mai reputation of being quite expert with the gloves. Townsend speaks of taking to riding the wheel and getting in shape for early spring races in this vicinity. He ought to ma one. A series of house and home games of “basket ball” may possibly be arranged with the Y. M ©. A. of Baltimore, Wilmington and Philadel- phia. It being something new here it weuld provea very interesting drawing card. Me. Creery is doing some good jumping, and is a) coming man in that line for indoor sports. The boys’ gymnastic exhibition was unavoidably postponed from last Wednesday to Wednesday, the 7th instant, at 3:80 p.m. Cards will be is- sued to friends of the members, but any one without a card is invited to com Little Willie Diehl is doing some remarkably fine work and is giving a wonderful _perform- ance. He looks very much as if he were going to be a prize winner. Clondy is showing marked improvement and Roger Fenwick ranks as | one of the lendors of his class, and Towner and Chesney and Lanston Kaufinan are all doing excellent work and will be heard from at the exhibition next week. ‘The adult class in gym- nastics will give its exhibition on the 9b in- stant. grent credit upon their instructor, Simms, at the coming exhibitions. The average attendance in boys’ classes is sixty; the total number of all classes taking exercise during the past month was 2.168; this, of course, docs not mean so many diff-rent persone, but that is the number who were in attendance during the month. GEORGETOWS COLLEGE ATELETICS, Through some unavoidable delay the makers have not been able to place in position ali the apparatus ordered for the gymnasium. This is unfortunate, ns the members hoped to have had things in’ shape before Thanksgiving, that they could have had sufficient practice before the Christmas holidays, with a view to giving a musical and athletic performance. It js possible that such an entertainment will be given anyway, but outeide talent will have to be depended upon to a large extent to com- rogram. with the victory of two games with 0. A. C. first and second teams the foot ball contingent has trouble in keeping its cup of joy from overflowing. Capt. Carmody of the big cleven has not yet returned from Towanda, Pa., where he was summoned immediately after the Thanksgiving day game, the sad message announcing the death of his mother. His affliction more, than ever draws him closer to his classmates, every one of whom has great affection for him. Joseph 8. McCoy of the foot ball team of “91, a member of the law school, and one of the governors of the Potomac Bont Club, joined the ranks of the Benedicts on Wednesday last, and the members of the college and of his club attended in large numbers to see that the knot was properly tied. ‘The very manly letter received by the ath- letic management of the college from Capt. H. M. Wilson of the C. A. C., congratulating the boys on their victory of Thanksgiving day was much appreciated and ali the more tends to strengthen the pleasant relations between the two organizations, The suggestion in that letter that it has been customary for the cham- pions of the year to play the All-Washington team a game on Christmas receives much favor, but the unsettled matter of the championship makes a game doubtfal. Georgetown ineists that it was ready toplay the game scheduled with ¥. M. C. A. and through no fault of theirs the game was canceled, but even now it is will- ing to waive that plea. “But aside from the ab- sence at present of the two men, Carmody and Dowd, the team went out of training on the night of the last game, Aside from that it is claimed there was no understanding as toa game for the championship with Y. M. ©. A., nor was there even a league among the District teams. Oscar P. Scuatpr. Pee sibel Mississippi's Official Vote. ‘The entire vote of Mississippi was 52,809, di- vided as follows: Cleveland, 40,237; Weaver, 10,256; Harrison, 1,406; Bidwell, 910. Cleve- land’s plurality over Weaver was 29,981, and his majority over all was 27,665. Co&oma gives Catchings a majority of 220'and makes his ma- fority in the district 2,750. too ‘Taking Mayor Gourley at His Word. Chief Brown of the department of public safety of Pittsburg has revoked the order clos- ing the disreputable houses, and has directed the superintendent of police to permit the in- mates to pursue their vocation withont moles- tation until such time as Mayor Gourley shall indicate that he desires his closing order to go into execution. club, will deliver his interesting lecture on “India,” illustrated by stereupticon views. ee invited to take part in the water lo pract Vednesday an Saturday evenings, beginning at 8:30 p.m, The announcement of the special sparring contests to be heid in the gymnasium tonight gave the members and their friends much pleas- ure, for it was seen by the entries made in the’ several classes that they are the very “pick” of their class and weight in their re- spective citios and splendid well-fought con- tests will be the order of things tonight, begin- ning at 8 o'clock. wrestling contest open to158-pound class of this District only will open the program with preliminary wrestling, so that the contestants may be fresh for the finals, which will close the evening... The wrestling will be under a. A. U. rules. The first fall wins the contest. There may be two bouts of fifteen min- utes each,with three minutes’ intermission, and Af no fall is had in that time then they wrestle toa A. A. U. rules will also govern the sparring contests, which will be in three three-minute This action was taken after Mayor Gourley had publicly said that the short notice given by the police was “cruel, inhuman and unjust.” It is thought that this is the Inet of the eru- sade against the evil for the present. Saar aes Wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio." ‘The Chesapeake and Ohio west-bound accom- modation train, from Huntington, W. Va., to Cincinnati, struck 2 wrecking train yesterday, demolishinga caboore, tool and box carand badly injuring five persons. The injured are: Engine- man John Spotts, Fireman y % E. Harris, George Gillespie, Charles Coon and Conductor J. M. Macusker. ‘What a Potato Will Do. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. rounds with one minute intermission, and a fourth round of four minutes incase the referee decides the contest a draw. uy 24x24 and 8 stage potatoes: move stains which refuse to yield to soap, and the chemical action is much less inj ————_-e2—_—_—__ People Who Fall Safely. the | ‘The two classes will no doubt reflect | Prof. | THE NATIONAL GU Faw Nowe Seen diers? IS THERE TO BE AC ——_.—_—_ C here once m next year?” Ey years ago propriation es, that the have a camp er, is | Once in two years; a camp for which a sufficient clubs, | sum of money should be provided and in which 1d be lncking necessary to success. | As every guardsman knows, the promise has ty th | nothing eb | been broken, but there is a possibil { wrong will be repaired before 1 which opens on Monday is compel! regulations is impossible in the arm | thisact Gen. Ordway will try to maki | the congressional mind when he apyea he subcommittees to argue | €36,000 appropriation whica is so muc | at this stage of the brigade's histo: slimmest sort of government Ordway, assisted by a loyal fe model command, but it is too much of | to preserve steh high-grade m without a # cy of cach u ‘good | Buffalo, Coal Creek and Rathdram did n vain for troops, and should th | railroad strike next spring—as there will be—both the ge | ments would have a rei ness which has stood between the t nd unexampled efficiency in cident to times of peac | | mecting of inspectors of rife | held last Monday evening at eecond | headquarters, resulted in an interchan Th ‘at any time. | timent that can hardly fail te be of value to the | command. Discussion, generails | subject of “How shall we bring out to practice?” and several pr tions were made. Among the be one from Capt. Bell, who adve | pointment of three men in ¢ | to consist largely of such endeavor as gallery and on the ra Some s will probably be put inte, effect dw present month. : the display on ench company's bullet | it worked well. The tion as to the poesibili: of securing thing more spacious and convenient was no definite action because of the city. affuir—will be on the evening of Mo 19th instant, RIFLE COMPETITIONS IN THE OAL! matter of rifle work, but this time it to be about as lively as are on the point of being arranged an: them will. bo of geooral’ interest spector general of rifle practice w: listed man from his company as a before Christmas, The prizes threo turkeys, the competitor making to have first choice of birds, the sec next choice and the third man to tal maining bird. Each competitor will shots at 200 yards. It seems reasonabl that every company will present will be an enjoyable affair. isgoing to have a match within it omises to give about overy man spirit, and that it is going to be a big certain, It will take place firing five rounds at 200 and 500 ya: assortment of prizes is enticing and i though every competi SOMETHING FOR SURGEONS TO THT Lieut. Gen. army has been giving some attention new magazine rifles and has writ « and Navy Gazelle. Brow: “admits the difficulty whic been put to the test of active service therefore dealt, as he tells us, with ties only.’ The chief features of the are of course reduced caliber, and low trajecto these are: cartridge, further feature is the proposed gene tion of smokeless powder. G these changes in view, | a series of points, vi | effect of the projectile’ killed? W: creased? What wi wounds? And, finalls ment in hospital be necessary be accelerated? These are ih himeeif to is like Wili_ more be will lengthe or will the nature nce.” very great importance, not to be overlool upon a proper rea'izatic of modern battle conditions. the basis of probability, Gen. Brow that ‘the long thin ’ bullet, traveling velocity, will inflict a much larger mi wounds, not very severe in their charact the system which rifle wounds have tion the general staff, vi cal, commissariat and transport, which ought to take full cognizance of creased 0! future actions will increase, the necess sequences must be an increase ot hospi bi tal accommodation, transport for means of removal of wounded recognize this.” What Will Congress Do for the Sol- fs Inspectors of Rifte Practice Mect and Discuss Things—Matches and Competitive Drills ‘This Month—Anoual Rifle Keports Coming ip Slowly—Other Matters of Interest. ONGRESS IS J again arises that mo- mentousquestion, “Will there be a brigade camp hopes there will be, and with much reason. Two promised, through its tional Guard should in behalf of the al and local govern- izing sense of fool WHAT THE INSPECTORS TALKED ABOUT. ch company to act as acommittes on rifle practice, their duty calculated to result ina large turnout in the Lieut. Ebert recomm | of the scores made: he had tested the idea a e was also some con! rifle range than theone at the barracks of locating a range withm easy reach The next meeting—for it is to be a m/ December is ordinarily a dull month in the Several con One of the most attractive of these has practically been decided upon. Within a few days the m- each company commander to designate one en- ‘Then that indefatigable and more than excel- lent aggregation—company B, sixth battalion — nr Eieut. Tomtinson is, of course, the moving the gallery on the | been made in Germany to determine the speed evening of the 7th instant, each competitor 7 and that means every man in the comoany— | In covering a distance of thirty-two miles two tor would get one. H. Browne of the English sults likely to follow the introduction of the | the riders arriving » few min his opinions. These are discussed ty the Arify | i the subject pre- sents owing to the new arm never having soldier to carry a. greater number of rounds of ammunition. Browne, with yt the proportion of wounded be in- , seeing how much depends n of the changed aspect easoning from studying the many problems mort atten for some time past, arrives at the conclusion clean wounds, not aggravated by fragments of Jead and clothing, and not causing the shock to done. From the low trajectory it is reasonable to infer that the number of wounded will be enormously increased. This, of course, would throw a far greater amount of work and re- sponsibility on three departments, ea = medi- n- tions. As Gen. Browne puts it: ‘Assuming that the percentage of wounded in to pitt, FoR 4 GOLD MEDAL. CORRECTING AX ERROR. In Justice to Lieut. Graham and his team of engineers it is proper to correct an erroneous Teport regarding the match between the en- eer team and the team from the Co mbia Att Club Inst Thankegiving day, It was stated that “it was decided to count the six highest scores made by members of the | engineer corps team,” and gave the scores as 165 and 156, and that three members of the . A.C. team were engineers. ‘The facts are that the teams consisted of eerer men each and were relected before the ARD AMP? shooting. ut. Grabam furnished « list of the men whose scores would be ted in the match to the captain of the C. A.C, team be fore the scores were made, and those were the scores counted. The scores were: Engineers, 175; C. A.C. 166. Had the seven scores of the engineers been counted, as it ted was done, the score of team would have have won by ni Also, four members of the €. match are engineers. Lieut. Graham has such confidence in his team that he feels that be has the «tr tcam of twelve men that can be found organizal the size of the first piatoon of + the engineer corps in this or any other nd such fabe ALMOST and ore, werrbody Congress be only fair to ms,” maid Lieng commit- pstate that the first platoon wna District from competition in the com match shot at the arsenal range last t the sole reason that they wer compete at least team tobe allowed to Nat panies in the Impression obt the first plat sharpsh ttalions in the brigade. This is There ix a surprisingly «mall nin the first platoon ha d to ories, and to plait rs during the two years bh of the first platoon 4s juntly proud of his» HURRY THOME REPORTS CP. All the annual rifte reports are not gh those who onght to kr ey mi aly have been clea Up toi the engineer corps. He h needed With th: yet in, al to think by this tian from jon stad Dattal cell mest be cer th battal papan: third battal talion, and com, All the others are ¢ before Wednesday, and if they | their mance by tifat day I obably be sent the ion bas yet been im in, but at least twa work and mpany B, sixth bat cts, while twenty> . ‘That ix a magnificent showe cated qived deut. Tomlinson so far as the actual oncerned and to Capt. Bassett for sh- fond Yiatract pall the practice, regiment ge of sen- | No of oa the port be has given rifle practice. or remarkable report comes from Capt, would be | of rifle 7 the eccond, di shows tha h acheme : _ ring the ‘in bi PHILADELPHIA GUNNERS HAVE AN ARMORY, battery A, Pennsylvan ted at dist street Keystone a be but there difficulty the it by 100 feet doe basement. T prner of the front. lly laid out and co 30 feet, with a comph up waeh 4 toilet room 'y 24 feet, with hot and cold douche and shower bathe, The magarine for amraunition of all kinds te ‘located on this floor, as well a the lockers con- taining closets for nnitorme aud accouterments and a kitchen supplied and furnished with the most modern cooking apparatus. The first | floor contains a large room for the housing of he guns, 60 by 60 fect: a parlor, 24 feet square, | and quartermasters’ and officers’ room and | office, with wide halls and stairways tothe | battery drill room, 60 by 100 fect, located on | the wecond «i Furnaces in the basement day, the xe. | is going Jd some of request mpetitor in a match, which is to take place a day or two | beat the building, and each floor is lighted with ill probably be | 8%: top score | The first story is built of brown stone and ‘ond man | the second, with the tower overcapping, of red ke the re- | Philadelphia brick. The cost of the headquar- fire ten | ters was $20,000. The heicht from the base of Je to sup | the building to the top of the flagstaff is about ape seventy feet. Between the towers is erected te, and if such is the case the competition | the flagstaff, surmounted from which floats a regula These new quariers are said to be the most complete of the kind in the United States, WHEEL VERSUS HORSE. Cyclists and cavalrymen will be interested to learn that a series of military texte hax itself that a prize. success is of bicycles ax compared with that of horses, rds. ‘The it looks as cavalry officers rode against two infantry of- ficers mounted on bicycles. The latter aceom- plished the journey in 215 and 210 minutes re- spectively, while the two leuteaants on pack arriv their destination seven minutes | before the tirst bicvele or a courae of to the re- | twen obtained, in advance of the bieyelists, In both cases the cavalry of- rode at a gallop for the first dfteem minutes of the journes, while the b | went at full speed all the way. | military authorities, He nas | thorou, aneed of robabili- | and their, jon may be take new arm } conclusic NK OF. some of it says, © sores, is Mr. Hanks’ busy day; the day when ing and ordnance exchanges are made, a every Apollo in the brigude calls around, ° official proxy, and refitted. Time and patience are expended at brigade headquarters on the in each month. Ordnance and riaaster store rooms are now. in the best of shape. Ordnance Sergt. Koginski has about nd the reforms planned for his apart- ment, andasa consequence the orduance was never in better condition than now. Added to lighter Th A ral adop- | consider | be the men be e of the nd treat- recovery y D, second battalion, was mustered th a roll of forty- fi % ly expected that the company willeoon be one of the brigade. ought | Invitations aro out f dancing reception of company B, sixth battalion (the Treasury Guard), which is schednied to take place next Thureday evening at the National Kites’ Are mory. me, after at high umber of ter’—i.c., It is Capt. W. B. Greenwood now of company €, third battalion. ‘The election took place om Wednesday night, hitherto Sergt. Horrigan of company C, fourth bat talion, has been elected to the second Iieuten- ancy of bis company. First Lieut. George E. fourth battalion, hus resy Lasker Returns to New York. Mr. Emmanuel Lasker, the chess player, who bas been playing a serie of gumes ai Baltimore, Jeaves today for New York. After a short rest there he leaves for Indinnapolis, fora chess tourney. Pickett, company G, od his commirsiom, all their in- of con- ital staf, wounded from the ————_sae * Sure. From Life. The morning after election day the children Heapgns. Fourta Barratiox, D.C.N.G. Wasurxotox, D. C., November 29, 1892. a i is h i et i it SF ? f i i £ ri 5 i i