Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1893, Page 8

—= : —. » oF se . THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. VALENTINE DAY. Pagan Times. | INP FESTIVALS ix me © Pax, CrERcALia— rie MAIDENS SENT THE VALENTINES A < mmm cso euarut © ce VALENTINE. | oo yed in choosing | wives a festivals in Bonor « bout the middle of Febr Slips bearing the names of young women, © f io, were Placed ima box which they were drawn » ° men of the community. Those bis Lment were the forerunners plave windows, With the advent of Christin : me A to extir- pate cltogetber a few ‘© which the people verse : ned the festivals in names to the ipient preferred tnply ignored the his troth_w esent or givir en before mid ed seems to have met w fi His position wa today. he could reje t propose. Mex their rights as lk grand- kener- art. i light of ivide In into eight the alternate sug: be a cred: “ ot a « one corner, in the 1 postmaster, are Bat now the ma now rejoice over the crea-| abossed pictures and pal- tating love verses which used to bring the Lasb-= the pretty Insses. It is the litt for the postman, while ber oider siste comparatively indif= for the muse. If be Bnd wishes to obser origival signiticance ebotce roses “An a valen waten bi rabbie them u ehances are that tirely forgetful comic valentine asa ren eartcatures ket at the | same ims as At firet | y were rem le, wh aid spite they cherisis weath is ented by a patent with @ face for acork. On men st ge Indian | be repd@t says, + Indian 1s a rene- rs He bas Sressive, discon- | Eagle’ state whore names t the boys was o ® farmer who lives about | aged thirteen eight miles wut care Soy Boers, « er living agency, aged w jather of young Bacon ia the vicinity of this buuting for strayed horves and just t bappesed 0 stop with the cowboy: ght or n naierable number of Indians toward the Indians, nud this ing bas been largely encouraged by the prompt action taken by the efios 1a the matter.” Ip raz Harm ts Farting Ovr and turning gray ands of the aki weed atiaeclating and =e acd tue Lest remedy aud stumuiaat is Hal's Renewer. ROVE TUESDAY. * Origin May He Traced Back to | Originally Dedicated to Preparation for the Lenten Season. » BE LA DEAL IN SEVILLE. solution on this and feasting. Wednesday. “funeral of good censs prevailed. An old tract of 1623 entitled “Vox Graculi contains this quaint comment: “Here must t wadling, stradling, bursten-gutted ofall christendom, vulgurly entitled but more pertinently Sole h of the Mouth, High Steward to the nimede to the Guts, Prime First Founder of the ." and according to an old M “Men ate and dri to every kind | sportive foolery, aa if resolved to have | pleasure ‘before they were to die. underlying instinct of brutality in the ¢ ve found free vent at | rts of cock | carnife: Shrove ‘Tuesday, ch, Chiet the P & cen abandoned 1. Schoo! e eager spe Cock -ng was the sehools of S ning of this cent ‘ed the ines sromfield, kno cluding the mus! commer Capi ‘The everywhere, miies apart. at among the masses no,other diversion with the subtle allurementsof throw- Fortunately this barbarous pas- ever indulged in at any other time | was suppreseed alto- Some say that the Peter's inemor- able exnerience when he denied the Savior. ley, in Monthy Miscellany for ald vik ing at cocks. of the year, and gethor in the last enstom took its Sir Charles § January, 16: pe 2, has st thou b don Saro\ Others assert that it the time of Henry the Fifth’s victories over the b. the cocks being symbolical of the con- In Blenhemm Castle there is a ving in stone over one of the portals Frei querea Gi curious € als. lets, reems to ¢ and throwing « i with Saturd > effecting » he was allowed to take un- enge on the besieged party, but euch | almost too remote for con- n took place en the| of Shrove Tuesday, the terms being | i in an old Latin formula and duly | Cock fighting and games Frominent among the latter was . which was played with great zest is were often two or three | th sides. © of today can be | From the New York Evening Post. Shrove Tuesday originally was supposed to be specially dedicated to the penitential con- fossion of sins and due preparation for the holy Lenten season of fasting and prayer. Up to the period of the reformation self-respecting Catholics were still wont to seek priestly ab- But even long before! | that Shrovetide had come to be popularly con- | sidered as the occasion for extraordinary sport It ecrresponded, in fact, to the culminating point of the continental carnival, which lasted for a week or ten days before Ash In France, for instance, high carnival ensued for six days and « presiding ficer was annually elected under the title of Prince d’Amoureux; when Ash Wednesday ar- rived the peasantry would bear a curious efigy from house to house and collect money for the In England it was | the chosen holiday for the apprentices and | working classes generally, and unbounded li day. living.” tury themselves Ibo: of th etatora with: lati finally century. St. this couplet: ntenanced in tland as late as the begin- | and the teachers en- | uable privilege of claiming the Fcocks, called fugees, as their per-| weapons. 2 entrance before CALLED THE | SCME OLD-TIME CUSTOMS—POPULAR GAMES AXD VERSIONS —PANCAKES AND THE PANCAKE PRIOUS CEREMONY 1N THE CATHE- well- ys were allowed to bring | ol with them, aud masters ats alike forgot the rod and books and | ort. cruel ep m: inson, in his history of Cumberland, 9 an ancient schoo! custom in the parish arring cut,” or ex- school for three days, | ‘The doors and wled whit fhe Land | tie commercial practicability of his ideas by THE COMMITTEES. wrmed with pop. | building a commercial street railway, but] ‘The success fo the affair dovolved upon the If the rans- | Without enecoss. following committees, together with Mr. Wm. ished for St. Peter's crime. wesdiay perish in thy prime. have originated at | representing a lion tearing # cock to pieces. However, an explanation given in the British (03 seems the most rational of all, artieularly as cock throwing is known to have een practiced both in England and France Agincourt. says that when the Danes ruled over citizens of one of the cities, chafing under slavery, formed s conspiracy ower; but when en- Manes by surprise at | the morning the loud crow- ks discovered the plans of the to their enemies, and they were immediately captured and sever This is considered a good and sufi- Apollo for long before the the overthrow the % of thee luckle, Funished. cient reason why the unfortunate posterity of these too voeiferou should so long have been condem yearly maltreatme icture of Cruelty by their o traine 2 about tent procured the ever knoc before ree feat being « metimes made a conspirators of cock throwin wo It battle of alien the ‘The yards reat deal of antes w be -tr: In Wales all hens that failed to lay eggs be- fore Shrove tide were soundly thrashed with fails. At this season of carnival or farewell to the | ng in general it was emi-| ‘ing that the inner man should be | treated in order to recon fant. h and good en! generous! & forty-davs tippling foltow. morrmg's rei with the proper celebration of Shrove Tuesday | has never signal bee cakes might wicked) One cereme in the cathedral ii place. of Ad AGALNST | s Assemblyman Smith of he swacwers, how b Asi the day newly brak 48 p.m, ses on “heralds of the morn” dito a Hogarth gives a graphic | in his “Four Stages animals were carefully ners for weeks beforehand, ., being thrown at them untiringly d skill in dodging the mis- in the game the cocks were tied to a| en space, the throwers standing distant; twopence lege of three shies and who- the cock down and caught him y won the bird as a prize. to accomplish the owners money. ». how he throwes, crowes, ut Shrove tide Martyr.” ions. tetermined. ‘The bells of Sev: dozen little bi altar, ac nd THE “Now when at length the pleasant time of Shrove- place, ¢ dajs at hand approach with snd young are both as mad as ghestes es by the tens of thousands wore con- | samed by high and low, though why it ia that | they bave always been so inseparabl The 8, exqui attired os miniature cavaliers, dance a graceful et before the hi at the same time jingling ing. The effect of this issimply 1, strange to say, the ceremony If the expectations of a Cleveland inventor sses the foreigner a 4 ‘01 i Se andl resent mee tee | eeee were Sithame of hence Dictate Com | are realized the mode of travel and traneporta- that pictaresque land tion from place to place may be changed in the t-hearted people, the Lt well seem sacrilegious to CRINOLINE, duces His Bill, Assemblyman Frank D. Smith of the sixth assembly district of Erie county, to Albany from Buffalo yesterday forenoon, bearing with him the outlines of an anti-crino- Tine bull, which was introduced into the legiela- ture last evening. “Sec. 1. Whereas it is reported in the pub- lic press that the fashion of wearing boov- skirts or erinolines is about to be established in 2 of Hum-| this country, which will result ina great deal © and inconveniencb to the public, to travel, and especially at church, theatrical other public gatherings, and to save the | of annoy and a | additional of additional and larger ay any citizen of this state what called unlawful for an} monly known erson as violating any section rary to be no sympathy on the part | the fedora! government and eriaoline. or ‘one to several states, “Therefore be it enacted that it shall be un- lawful for any person to sell, give or furnish to known ‘This ‘The | ile ham to | Inordinate feasting and | 1 close upon the heels of the n Barnaby Googe's asiation of Na¥georgius occur these lines: square, and | onnected | “Pancake | asm immemorial eustom among the | re usualiy rung | thus announcing that be cooked and devoured be- | ure. mary for the church to properly nonish the impenitent of their manitol Ash Wednesday by a orous reading of the curses froma the pulpit, | ho most beautiful and remarkable ‘ish Church is celebrated le, Spain, precisely as tituted more than 50) years ago in the sins | N. Y., came ELECTRIC RAILWAY PATENTS. [ne Tee of Green's Inventions Trans- THE SAENGEKRBUND’S MASQUERADE. An Enjoyable Evening at Concordia Hall— ‘Who Won the Prizes. “Masks and Faces” were the features of the annual masquerade ball of the Washington Saengerbund before and after 11 o'clock last night at Concordia Hall. Before that hour not person was allowed to join the merry crowd of fun makers on the floor unless a mask cov- ered a portion of the face. After 11 the masks were Inid aside, fantastic costumes gave way to dress suits and the remainder of the evening Was given over to the devotees of Terpsichore. It was another of those jovial occasions of the Washington Saengerbund. With their festiv- ities there is no formality. No check or curb placed on free and unincumbered enjoyment. No tickets are sold and admittance is exclusively by card, so that the attendance is kept strictly within the membership of the society and a few of their intimate friends, ‘To describe the seene | presented by the jueraders would be to paint a picture of life and animativnsct off with right colors, pretty girls and an abundance of merriment, TBE AWARD OF THE PRIZES. ‘Two hours were given over to the masked. They paraded and marched and danced; cut up Pranks and had what might be called a “high old time,” but with it all there was nothing which the most fastidious might complain of. The costumes were quite varied, and some were particularly pretty and striking in ap- pearance. ‘The groups especially caused a great deal of fun. ‘ihe “Girls of the Period” or Fin de Siecle” were full of merrymaking, and their representation of the girls at the theater ‘as the hit of the evening. | 7 - the masqueraders assem! While others were discussing the possibilities | orchestra had been furnishing the music, to of electric traction, and as early as 1656,shortly | hear the decision of the judges. Mesara. Claus after the striking experiments of Page Lad | Deuekas, W. Wansleben and Wm. H. Veerhoof. drawn attention to the subject, Mr. Green, then | Ail the | prizes were sume of money, ranging r : 0 | from $12 to $5. ‘Ihe first group prize was earning a livelihood as a working mechani pee BrOup I was devoting his leisure hours to the construc. | awarded to the “Girls of the Period,” who had | ferred toa New ‘Company. ‘The interest awakened about a year ago by the issuance of the two patents to Geo. F. Green of Kalamazoo, Mich., covering his pio- neer electrical railway inventions, has been re- vived with promise of interesting litigation by the announcement of a transfer of the patent privileges by the assignee, O. S. Kelly, of Springfield, Ohio, to the General Electrical Company of New York. ‘The negotiations for the transfer of the patents were conducted on behalf of Mr. Kelly through his attorneys, But- terworth and Dowell of this cffy, and an ar- rangement has been effected whereby the company is to acquire the full and exclusive rights under the patents. It is understood that the consideration for this acquisition to the already large and extensive patent privileges of that company runs up into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, It is claimed that these patents are at the very foundation of electrical railroading and cover broadly the principle in- volved in the electrical railway systems now in common use throughout the country, so as to render the various trolley systems tributary to the owners of these basic p: The history of these patents is both inter. esting and instructive, particularly to a lar; class of persons who are financially and other- wise interested in the electric propulsion of v hicles for carrying passengers, especially as applied to street railway service. The patents sued on Decembe= 15, 1891, and num-| bered 465,407 and 465,492, but date back’ to August 19, 1879, shown by the patent office records, on which date the original applicasion was filed. tion of an electric railway and built his first | Previously caused so much amusement, When small-sized experimentl railway in 1856, which he operated in the presence of friends and ac- quaintances, causing the little ear to ran back | and forth over the track to the great amuse- | ment and instruction of himself and friends. | ‘Through the intervening years up to the time | of filing his application a chain of circum- stances, combined with his poverty and the al ineredulity of the public as to the pos- sibility of electric propulsion becoming a com- mercial success, prevented kim from patenting and introducing his inventions, but in spite of overwhelming discouragments and with poverty staring himself and family in the face he co | tinued his efforts to raise meana and to interest capitalists for the purpose of demonstrating | the group was unmasked it was found to con- sist of Mr. M. A. Wurdeman as chaperone, Miss 'T. Schoenborn, Miss B, Lutz, Mr. L. Heinrichs, Miss J. Richter, Miss M. Heinrichs, Miss B. Hurley, Miss H. Heinrichs, Mrs. J.'Ecketein, Miss B. Berens, Miss A. Schoenborn, Miss P. Heinrichs and Mrs. Armbruster. ‘The second group prize went to the group of laborers who represented the ‘Builders of the Saengerbund,” and the third to a group of | | young ladies, “Thoughts of Today.” “Ihe first | single prize went to Mr. Kubel and Miss Kim- | mel the “Japanese.” Mrs. Jno. Enders ob- | tained the second as the **Deposed Queen Lal,” and the third went to Miss Roberts as the pretiy “Shepherdeas.”” be nd of In 1875 he succeeded in buildi railroad, tion g a small trial which attracted considerable atte A received complimentary notices in | ewspapers of the day, but his means were | * which he encoun- commercial road were insurmountable with his meager earnings. | But in 1878 he succeeded in building and oper- ated an experimental railway, which, as shown | by the records of the applications in the patent office, was the first railroad of the charaeter now in common use and capable of carrying passengers that was ever built in any country. A number of experiments were male prior to that date by other inventors, but they did not, it is claimed. amount to practical contrivances for the accomplishment of the much-desired result, Waldecker, to whom the credit is almost irely due. Amusement committee—H. Schininke, A. Joers, Chas. Dismer, Karl Xander, A. Lepper, ©. Herbert, O. Borcharding, H. | Wolf. Reception committee—Paul Schulze, Chr. Heurich, John L, Vogt, T. B. Kirby, John Hockmeyer, Simon Wolf, Chas, Walter, A, Eberly, Geo. Besser. Floor committee—F. Altrup, W. Berens, 8. Sawtell, Aug. Duetz, Geo. Kozel. 'A. Plitt, Otto Schilling, Wm, Muehleisen, Otto Wehner. SOME OF THOSE PRESENT. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. A. Joers, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dismer, Mr. and Mrs. Karl ander, Mr. and Mrs. A. Lepper, Mr. and Mrs, C. Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. 0. Borcharding, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Vogt, Mr. end Mrs. Simon Wolf, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Walter, Mr. and Mrs, Thomas, Misses ‘Thomas, Mr. Pitt, Miss Plitt, Mr. Dunkhorst, Miss Dunkhorst, Mr. and Mre, E. M. Hood, Mr. T. B. Kirby, Miss Daly, Mr. Ke Mrs.’ Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Kozel. Miss Bergman, Mr. and Mrs. Dietz, Mr. Mehn, Mr. Ebetts, Mr. Lee, Messrs, Manning, Lee, Crown and Stellhanse Miss Lerch, Mins Berens, Miss Behrens, Misses Black, Mrs. Hull, Miss Harner, Mr. and Mrs. Kress, Misses Karr, Misses Koth, Miss Tripp, Mr. and Mrs, Harbeck. Mr. Louis Freund, Mrs. Hosa Wells, Miss Goebel, Mrs. O'Dwyer, Miss Spnenger, Mr. and Mrs.’ Gassman, ‘Mi Kubel, Miss Jennie Moxley, Miss Kimmel, Miss Elizabeth Wiener, Mise Giesler, Miss’ Kate Schwarz, Mise Josephine Schwarz, Mr. and Mrs. Dennison, Miss Arth, Miss Barthel, Miss Bankerter, Mrs. Brock, Misses Brock, Mr. and sire. Brill, Mr. and 'Mre. Tharp, Mr. Louis Faber, Mr. Sauter, Mr. Knox, Mr. and Mrs.- Waldman, Mr. and Mra. Armbruster, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F, Meyers, Mr. and’ Mra, Hartenstein, Mr. and Mra.’ Etzdorf, Misses Etzdorf, Mr. and Mra, Brandes, Mr. Brauner, Mr. and Mira, Hartig, Mr. and Mrs, Roberts, Miss Roberts, Dr. and’ Mrs. Hunter, Mr. aud ‘Mrs, Klinge and Misses Klinge. Soares a Practical Economy. To the Editor of The Evening Star Wasuixetox, Feb. 13, 1893, The attention of the present House which has £0 skillfully stopped a great leak in the national finances by increasing the hours and diminish- ing the leave of the department clerks—an act evincing patriotism and statesmanship of no ordinary kind—is invited to the present idle and useless manner in which the firemen of the city spend the time between fire alarms, There are about eighty of these gnen, and it is respectfully suggested that as each has some five hours of leisure each day he could, if supphed with proper material by the nation, knit at least one pair of socks a week during his idie hours. The material need not cost over 18 cents per pair if properly contracted for, and the socks if well it would sell for 20 cents per pair, resulting in a net profit to the nation of 2 cents per man Per woek or $1.04 per year and $83.20 per year for the force. ‘This’ great saving could be easily effected by the prevent enlightened House ata very small cost, viz, say two days’ debat of the bill in committee of the whole an PRIOR EXPERIMENTS, Probably the first recorded experiment was that of Thomas Davenport of Springfield, Mass., who, in December, 1835, constructed « miniature electric railway. Following Daven- port a Scotchman by the name of Davidson constructed an electrical locomotive in 1842 and tried iton the Edinburgh nad Glasgow railway. It carried batteries, &c., weighing | about five tons and attained a speed of about | five miles an hour, but, like Davenport's ex- periment, was abandoned as impracticable. ‘The next notable experiment was that of | Prof. Moses G. Farmer, who in 1874 exhibited | an electro-magnetic locomotive which, it is taid, with forty-eight pint cup cells of Grove | nitric acid batteries drew a little car carrying two persons on a track a foot and a balf wide. In the same vear a Mr. Lilly and Dr. Colton of | Pittsburg, Pa. constructed and exhibited a | fs » electric railway, and in 1850 or 1851 | Prof. ‘Thomas Hail exhibited a similar experi- mental device at the Charitable Mechanics’ fair in Boston. Prof. Page made his far-famed experiment in 1851, propeling a car from Washington to Bladensburg by means of a magneto-clectric engine of his own invention in circuit with a battery carried by the ear. This experiment Was regarded as a scientific achieyement of con- siderable importance, but on account of the enormous consumption of zinc by the acid and the interference with the cells of the battery caused by the rattling and shaking of the car it was abandoned as being impracticable. In fact asimilar fate has befallen the various ex- eriments conducted up to the time when Green gave to the world a practical demonstra- tion of his system. Following Green’s 1878 American railway, Dr. Werner Siemens built and cperated ar way of the same type on the grounds of the industrial exhibition at Berlin in 1879, which | led to the construction of the Lichterfielde road in 1561, which was successfully operated for business purposes. ‘The famous American inventor, T. A. Edi- fon, successfully operated his electric locomo- tive at Menlo Park. N. J., in May, 1880. Next came Stephen D, Field with his railroad, which was successfully operated at the industrial ex- hibition in Chicago in June, 1883. GREEN'S STRUGGLE FOR A PATENT. In August, 1879, Green filed his application | foc = patent, bak oni scaaanb ot Me poverty waa | "OTe ct gino rec oak le to employ an attorney to assist him in| three days in the Senate say $30,000; adver- its preparation and prosecution, and being un- | tising, &c., $8,000; one yarn inspector, $1,600; familiar with the law and practice in such mat- | assistant, €1,200; one sock inupector, $1,509; ters failed to set forth his invention with the | assistant, €1,200; total, 88,400. A small ‘cost same particalarity and speciticness of detail | indeed for such an achievement in economical which was subsequently required of him, and | statesmanship. his inartificial specification resulted in a series —_-.— of objections and subsequent rulings by the Hard on the Eyes of Clerks. patent office in an interference proceeding, | To the Faitor of The Evening Star: which kept him out of his patent for a period | Tn addition to the numerous protests agninst of twelve years, and until his rights were adju- | the extension of the hours of labor and the re. —- Can Lig te pes Snell subsequently | duction of the annual leave of government filed applications claiming the tame invention | Clerks I wish to submit the following: Like as that for which Green had applied some time | many others, 1 entered service two years ago betore, sod thereafter an interferonce was de with perfect eyesight, and it is now an utter clared with these partics upon an_ issue whic sibili the patent oflice regarded Os specific and not | impossibility Mo eh ate ar Eien that will cause so much real suffering among embraced in Green's original application, be- cause he did not specify » dynamo-electric gen- | clerks are surely unaware of the poor light that we have. ‘They fail, too, to realize that govern- erator asa means of electric supply, although housed « geperic expression clearly compre- | ment work is » ccassless repetition of the same labor day after day. In no other kinds of hending a dvhamo, which at that time was one work is there this lack of variety. Most of us of the common “sources of electric supply" as Green wed the term, and hie application was | Eavo fumilies to support and: dare rot veck other avenues ‘of employment, and about the Sinally reected at the ve But on appeal to the court the decision of the emp! , e commissioner of patents was overruled and | UY fam Momforigen ene piped Green thereby became entitled to the patent | iirty dave when our vacation arrives. Tadd for which he ad been 4o long contending, with | Seuree all day, and by pormeotenes haves ha strength enough to last until 4 o'clock, when I theaid of his assignee, without whose financial assistance it would have Leen utterly impossible | 80 tomy rons and lie dows till 6 celeck the work that requires man of sound body and for him to have overcome the obsiacies which im thirty years to sicep ten hours is certainly ar- uous.’ Itis not so greata “snap” when the pay is $900! J.B. M. Sos Oe 20 NEW YORK BY ELECTRICITY. A Cleveland Inventor, Backed by Capital- ists, to Work It. ded his progresa at every turn. lived just long enough to see the fruits of his labors rewarded by the grant of a patent, which places his uame in the foremost rank of inventors of electrical railway appliances, hav- ing died during the year which has just closed. Bet aman DOMESTICS ON A STRIKE. ‘The servant girls of Huntington, L.L, have formed a combination which is keeping some of the first families of the village figuring out the problem who is to prepare their next meal, ‘The girls who are in the combine have packed their trunks and gone. They say they will not return until their employers agree to sign cer tain stipulations. Where there are over two in afamily two girls must be employed, and if near future. In the second floor of the build- ing at the foot of Water street, Cleveland, is the model of an electric motor car, which if successful will revolutionize the electrical world and aid another step in the forward march of improvement in the nineteenth cen- tury. Itis the work of a Cleveland inventor and is designed for an elevated railroad to run | ments ever hel from Philadelphia to New York, to be built and controlled by eastern capitalists, ‘The model represents a car suspended from an overhead track propelled by electricity. It bangs twenty feet above the earth and is hold to wheels by wrought and malleable iron fit- tings, Time and distance, it is claimed, the family should happen to consist of five or more three girls at least must be engaged and the washing sent to a laundry. ‘The parlors are to be at their disposal when ‘not in use by the family. If any dogs are kept on the place they must be chained up between sunset and sunrise, No firearms of any descrip- tion are to be kept in the house, ‘The mietress must give her orders through a speaking tube, and in no instance will she be wed in the kitchen. If any erockery should be broken the giris will notify the bead of the family, but in no case is the loss to be deducted from their Only 150 fire is to Victer Baughman Boomed the Next Governor of Maryland—Notes. Correspondence ci The Evening Star. Farornicx, Mp., February 12, 1893. Nothing in Frederick in the way of a political recreation for many years has equaled the banquet which was given in Junior Hall the other night by the democratic county central committee, of which ex-State Controller L. Victor Baughman is chairman. It is charged that the banquet was a boom for Col. Baugh- man’s gubernatorial aspirations, and that what ‘was originally intended as a mingling together of the true and loyal democrats of Frederick county to talk over their past battles was turned into @ mutual admiration society, in which the colonel’s gubernatorial bail was set Tolling with considerable vim. ‘These charges were based the fact that the colonel was presented with a handsomely engraved testi- monial of his able management of the party organization in Frederick county, and with a | handsome tilver punch bow! bearing further testimony to the value of his services in achiev- ing a triumph for the party lust fall. Senator Blackburn, who was present and ove of the speakers, openly addressed the colonel as “the next governor of Maryland,” and as it is well known that the ex-controller would by no means object to sit at Annapolis and preside over the destinies of the commonwealth. it was natural to suppose that advantage would be taken of such an auspicious occasion as this banquet to spring upon the unsuspecting party boom that might be expected to resound throughout the confines of the entire state. All these charges and suppositions are deprecated, however, by Col. Baughman and_his friends, who declare that when the colonel is ready to come forth for governor he will take his | chances with the rest of the candidates and not seek the aid of a banquet boom from his own home. He frankly deciares that ho was not prised of the purpose to present him with the | testimonials’and the punch bowi until they were | reduced in the hall, and Senator Faulkner said | hington that he would feel sorry if any one had construed his tobe ‘part of a preconcerted plan to | advance any one’s personal interesie, What he said about Col. Baughman was purely spon- taneous and he is quite sure he was not coached by any one. Recent sales of real estate in this county re- veal that there is a decided decline in real estate values at this time, affecting almost all kinds of property. There are more sales of personal property and real estate advertised than ever, before and many farmers will make changes this spring. A fine farm belonging to Wm. G. Suook at Utica, this county, contain- ing 140 acres and improvements, brought at | public saie only $40 per acre, and a farm of | the late Christian Duckeys, near this city, con- taining 132 acres, sold for $66 per acre.” Real estate men say that they cannot account for the decline of values and believe it to be only a tem- porary condition of affairs. One of the tmost elaborate social entertain- in Frederick was a reception given by Mra, Dr, Wm. S. Baltzell on Friday night from 8 to 11 at her home on East 2d treet. Among those who received was Mre, Robert Le Doy of Washington, D. C., a daugh- ter of the hostess, She was attired in pink brocaded silk and wore diamond ornaments, ‘The board of school commissi: erick county have appointed Wm. H. Lakin and Epbraim I. Boblitz a com mittee to prepare an exhibit of the work of the Frederick county public rchools for the Mary- land building at the world’s fair. Owing to the fact that the state appropriation of school funds has fallen off the echools of thiscounty will not be continued open after the present term. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has purchased vaiuable property at Knoxville, this county, and will erect thereon a handsome new depot. Z, T. Brantner has been elected mayor of the new B. and O. city of Brunswick, this county. F. McK. _— ANACOSTIA, ‘There was a meeting last night at the office of Jordon and Richardson of the building commit tee of the Anacostia Investment Association. Revival services are in progress at Hilledale Colored M. E. Church, A number of converts are being realized, * ‘The Anacostia river is clear of ice. Mr. James of Saks & Co. has returned from Baltimore, Work is being pushed on the Anacostia M. E. Chureb. 4 CONerens Heights Mission is nearing comple- ion. Miss Alice Walters gave a party last evening to Miss Morgan of Philadelphia, John Sempkins of the county fell from his wagon this morning and dislocated » shoulder. peli Mary Allen of Pittsburg is with friends ere. Miss Mattie Mitchell of Nevada is the guest of her cousins, the Misses Etzler of Maple avenue. Miss Angel Hawkins of Hillsdale is visiting relatives at Culpeper, Vi Miss Mildred Peck is making an extended stay with Connecticut kinsfolk. Rey. Samuel Johnson. rector of Allen African M. E. Chapel of Garfield, bas resumed his du- ties after an illness. Mrs. Stewart of the county is iil. The report of Superintendent Carroll shows that progressive strides are being made by Allen A.M. E. Sabbath echool, Ronds between Suitland and the District line are reported ns in bad condition. Bald Exgle road is aid to be almost im- passable, It Was Presented for Probate Yesterday at Augusta, Me. The will of the late James Gillespie Blaine was presented for probate yesterday. It was executed in Washington Saturday, January 7, 1893, twenty days before his death, and gives practically his entire estate to his wife in feo simple, Mr. Blaine’s children are bequeathed £50 apiece and each of his grandchildren @25. Mrs. Blaine is named as executrix avd it is requested by the testator that she be not com- pelled to enter security. No provision is made for James G. Blaine, son of James G. Blaine, jr. Following is a true copy of the will in full: I, James G. Blaine of Augusta, in the state of Maine, at present residing in the city of Washington, D. ©., being of sound and dis. posing mind and memory, do make public and declare this to be my Inet will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time made. 1. I direct my executrix, hereinafter named, to pay my just debts aud funeral expenses, }. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mar- ret, to my son James, aud to my daughter rriet, to each the kum of $50. 8. I give and bequeath to my grandchildren, Emmons Blaine, Blaine Coppinger, and Corwin Coppinger, to each the sum of $25. 4. All the rest and residuo of my property, real, personal or mixed, whercsoever eituated, which I now own or may hereafter acquire and of which I rhall die seized or pi , I give, devite and bequeath absolutely and in fee simple to my wife, Harriet 8. Blaine, her Beirs and as- signs forever. : I constitute and appoint my said wife, Har- riet 8. Blaine, executrix of my last will and testament, and I request that my executrix be not requifed to give bond for the performance of her duty as such. Witness my hand this 7th day of January, A. D. 1893. 2 James G. Braixx. Signed, published and declared by the above named testator, James G. Blaine, as aud for his last will and testament in the presence of the undersigned, who, in his presence and at hy requert, in te presence of each other, have med our names as subscribing witnesses W. W. Jouysrox, Exazaneta Paice, Exizassta McKewss. pe eee ramen ales How Blaine Made and Kept Friends. From the Cincinnati Time.-Star. iit iid i i H B EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. ph ee Lf eer ees eee ‘three mnths’ course ii ine arithnietic and heard PHONGGRAPHY AND BUSINESS SCHOOL, Bund ecw’ Exchanse, 13th st. 2. Grsty Ef PRIVATE SCHOOL, 1117 @ ST. NW, struction day or oven ng tm school and SAM. PH. De aioe sired. Address ist ow. fell-Im* Aa, SCHOOL—608 F ST., ROOMS & AND orth lieht, steam host ani coranmod in drawing and 'patutine for boetaners ‘utd eventing clases mst: CONSERVATORY OF MU *, Twenty-fourth year. finde." eoeneh ee, ee organ, Foies, viol! tages io pupils, 0. fae. swefeg culture, Lablanche's method: jeselopment of voinn enarantecd: 3 Sieh fhroat troubles are overcotte, no change for ef. amining voice. ie®-im* r iC, 900K J st. n vate or alage is sont.” EDWIN HART. Principal tate of the "New Eneland Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mase. 0 119,2, SON VOCAL COLTER —WETIIDS ‘of Marchest, Paris, and Behnke, London, equal development of ‘voice, and relie’ o” consested Grosts bypreperer. O25 it sk. n.w-y Monday and Tirursday- M5 R. ENGLISH “AND! FRENCH scmooL ‘or Youne Ladies and Little Gir wpile irmited. [eol-ra"] 1900 Q ST. N. FRENCH I FRANCES MARTINS ae aes ae ood pronanristion tavteht in a few Private lessons by Mile. V. PRUD HOMME. ‘Class terius moderate fol-tapla?_ PROF ARNOLD W. MEFFR, GRADUATE, LEIP. ig—Pianoforte, theory, volcs culture: drizinal method: enereices written ‘during lessons i, walt de- a aw. velopmentof individual voices. Studio, 806 LADIES’ GOODs. ts oe aoe oon, DYEING eae ae work. Quick WORK, ere gstHOMPSON, TOS 15th wt, and O. ANI 484 Pa. ave. (0-2 CHR x GT BOse'S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, S03 G wt 46-6 jee and conte’ work of PLUSH AND VELVETS Sbeepetin ust aut White Pare cleaned. NTON AND CAROLINE LERCH, formerly with AS Fieher and Maison Vriess, Paris. ADIES WHO WISH FIRST-CLARS ‘making, made at reasonaiie prices, sho Mine. CAMILLE'S, French Dressmaker, aw. WINTER RESORTS. GEA, SIDE HOUSE, ATiantic ciry, § 3, SY open all the year; Not and cold salt water baths, elevator, &c.; covered walk to ocean. _fe10-1m CHARLES KVANS. (CURRY Horse NEAR AYGEIA HOTEL, OLD POINT COMFORT, } OPENS FEBRUARY 15. | alAnyy erounds, p.azras, water front: select gccom- | ious. WALTER KFFSING. Proprietor, fe9-1m Box %, Fortress Monroe, Va. [XX INSTITUTE BUSINESS COLLEGE, §w. cor. Sthand K stan w. 25 year; central | Hon; experionced “teachers; thorough buathess subjects; typewriting: shorthand, LOCUTION — PHYSICAL CULTURE (Di “1 system) —Enelish ranches, Btenoura Typewriting. Capitol st. NoRWoop FOR YOUNG LADTES. New jelneses in, SPANISH and ITALTA special class in ELOCUTION and READ: be Formed early in February for the Spring term. Address Mr. and Mrs. WM. D. CABRLL, in Principals, Mrs. ELIZABETH K OF THE Holy cnoss, 1512 Massachusetts avel, For YOUNG LADIFS AND CHILDREN, Affords every facility to those wishing to enjoy the advantares of an neademic, musical oF an art ars» under competent teachers. ation given to classes in phonography and typewri ond session begins FEBRUARY 2. Ja2%4-1m es Aoaventy Tae entity, SCHOTT OF LANGUAGES, 14th st nw 13 American and 6 Enrcoeun Branches French, German, Spanish. Tellers Enaiehe Latin, Greek and. {ransiations. Also FRENCH & GERMAN Lic & COMEDIES Ever Pre pile. "Sond for clrcuiars and prograume’ 3223, RLOCUTION. ORATOR: “and voice culture I: ana cana ae aes W'ALIAD STUDIO OF EXPRESSION. jocntion—Primary and advanced. Pantomimeand studies from standard plays. cultnre—Relaxation and tension ais MATIC ACTION EDWARD C. TOWNSEND Miss ADA L. TOWNSEND, Teachers, 1317 ‘jal 7-2m* erciges, Mrs. WALTON, 1803 H st, Movsr Verxox Searsany, OORNER M AND 11TH STREETS ¥. W., WASHINGTON, D. c. Fighteenth year opened OCTOBER & Avelect hich-crade boarding and dav schoo! for young ladies and ltt!e «irls—thoroughiy moderna in its spirtt and method: ‘New buildinws, perfectly eantnned for health and team heat, passencer elevator, perfect Circulars sent on application. Toxraduates, and to the public generally, ts of- fered a special stu ty In Greek literature by trant tions. Aclass bexinning Homer's Tiad will meet on Monday, February 13, 189%, and hold its sessions from 3 to 4 o'clock on Monday and Thursday after- noons for tweive weeks following. ‘Mrs, ELIZABETH J. SOMERS, 43-8m Principal. ST SOHN LEGE, Vermont ave. and Thomas Circle. eat ° Call or send for Ant GAREAnD scHooL oF TAGES ¥ Modern Iancnazes by an entirely. ne} artistic and scientific method, implying wrace of ex: Pression, dic ton, estare and styfe, the only one orate 304 indorsed by the leading oducatogy of Prof. Furope aud Arnerica. Seo clrevlags. \Frenc? Galera. offcier academe, 2a = rd Ch man, ma, &C. hain Syster ! | JC ENILWoRTH INN, ATLANTIO CITY, N.J. | Opens February 11, Hl Electric elevator. New steam heat. | Mra ANNIE | UBB. 5, ‘ ioe MRS. F. WILE. FH%ee!4 HOTEL, Old POINT ComrorT, VA Deservediy world-famed} this unique resort i un sed in healthfuiness and general attraction, ople from al Turkish, wed hot ae baths, the latter celebrated for their efficiency in rheumatic troubles, Glass inclosed verandas. Music by the United States Artillery Schoo! Ban’, rvousness and intomnia speedily and in most cases permanent!y relieved Sen for descriptive pamphlet 21-s,t.th:m F. VisGiNia BEACH VA THE PRINCESS ANNF, | 18 MILES FROM NORFOLK, OPENS JAN. 1. A combination of ocean and rine foresta makes!t gh especially healthful resort, with a poritively cara: Hveclimate, Fam. us ducking ervunds at Upper ed of Curnituck Sound. Address | 8. E. CRITTENDEN, Proprietor. PURE, Manager. Hote Pitney, Open f _fe3-2m sii ATEASTIC city, NS. s. ‘The “IRVINGTO! NTC CITY. a New York ave. a. F.C. READ. FEB. 4 ‘On the beach : steam heat, elevator. music, smoking and billiard rooms; filtered SA MARCOS HOTEL. NOW OPEN. PACIFIC SS" and Massachusetts ave. Lenten 4 Kastor Attracts View: Steam Hest: ‘W. E COCHRAN, ¥s ([ 3 CHALPoNTE, aTLanric cir ON THE BEACH. Salt water baths in the house; elevator; modera and complete; sun parlors. Eend for Illustrated Booklet. Je27-3m Address THE CHALFONTR. A TEANTIC CITY, S HADDON HATA, 225.3m, LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT. OTEL CLARENDON, beach, Atlantic City, S. clase in all appoiatinent, IRGINIA AVI J. ; steam heat and Col. JOHN M. CLARK. NEAR ‘rst (THE Pesyucnsr, MICHIGAN AVE, NEAR THE OCEAN, ATLANTIC CITY. Completely remodeledand refarnished. Steam heat. Open ail the year. JAMES HOOD. ‘@3i-3m PIANOS AND ORGANS. PUR EER THE RECOGNIZED S"ANDARD OF MODERN PIANO MANUFACTURE, MUSICAL AND MECH. ic*l, DEVELOPMENT AND AK ISTIC ARCHITECTURE. = SECOND-HAND PIANOS. jading some uf our cw tsi but lightly used. PIANOS FOR REST. yi fell ov MM M ree | o> LE FR fp 33 Hee RANE fe fue Sys HOH MMM Fee k K 3 e M « College, 12207 10th st. nw. Pupils brenared successfully for clvil service, departmental and census exauinatio: why DUCATION FOR REAL LIFE, “THE SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGR, tional Bank of the Republic Building, cor. 7th and Bn Twenty-izh:h scholastic’ year begins Tharetay. per ts Jnieht sessions. Five Beptemb 1892 Dav ani departments, viz: Practical Business, including for the civil sere odd writing and train’ atory Englivi, with Elementary Book. Keeping: Spencerian Tapil Witting, Shorthand eed ‘Typewriting, Architectural and Mechanical Drawing: corpsot ten thorousiuy tr teachers; central 1o- brilliantly lighted, newlsimproved,hand- ‘8 TOO." Rervicas Of graduates always in demand: terms moderate, bat no competl- Hon with cheap schools. Oftice open every business day. ‘Telephone call, 1084-3. Call or send for new ‘anual announcement containing full inf ‘Address. Dire. SARA A. SPENC! ani? IANO TEACHER. —SEVE! ence: YEARS EXPERI Feanet:, ecluners or aulvaneed: now aud nethod for youne rupli aces 1400 Hopkins place Gagat. new.) CoLUmpra 4 623 La ¢. Seventh year as a business ‘ed Fifteen years a membor of the facaity of Coliege. ‘Six courses: Business, English. Civil Kervice, Shorthand and ‘Typewriting. and enthusiastic teaching. Thorourl snd practical courses. ‘of rare excellence and distin- ‘owas free. ‘eez7 DENTISTRY. Guaxpmoruers METHOD. ‘The day of the ‘‘string and flatiron” is past. Other methods in dentistry are prevalent now. Itis by em- ploying modern time-taving appliances and skilled ‘operators that we areable to produce perfect results ‘atamall cost. Our patrons reap the benefit, Extracting, 25c. ; with Gas, 50a, Cleaning, 750. Silver Fillings, 75e. : Piatine, $1.02. Gold Fillings, according to sige. VERY BEST TEETH, 83.00. Solo owners of Zonine, the wide-awake anmathetic free from pain, danger or unconsciousness, U.S. Dexrat Assoctarioy, . COR. 7TH AND D STS. X.w. fol paws EXTEACTION ‘OF TEETH. 10 PAIN. NO CHLO! : 3 Bie eae NO SWELLED GUMs. No pee ‘TESS, NO EX: i OHARG! oe We sSTREERTSARI ARES of + ovetin r ae APPLIED TO THE GUMS, RENDEKS EXTRACTION PAINLESS. eee ‘can’ painless. he patient weuinsall bisceuses while having hie io danger. adapted to persons who cannot take ras, Gaitsk Ro ay it not es represented, by lecat eppiication and'we guarantee Yeu ‘use PIANOS show the possibility of artistic perfection in tone. constructional details and design. i WORCH & CO., 925 7th at. Piauos for rent RAKAUER PIANOS. FIND THEM lent in every vartiowlar. $B. MILLS. FXci and other mates at TA0Gst., TEMPLE OF MUSIC, ed reanouabl 6. ‘torus easy! ‘a H. KUHN. est. 1872. Pri: tm *PUNING AND REPAIRING GEORGE BLY, piano maker, tuper and repairer, late elehtoct ith W. G. Metzerott & Co. Hesid uce, 221 %.: workshop in the rear. Ter os Teason- ‘Planos varulehed aud’ polisbel: 3y20-7n° i$ PIANOS. NWAY, CHASE, GABLER, BRIGG: ns and Wilcox & Whit hony for sal DRGs Musit Stores 20-tr 82) Pa ave PROFESSIONAL. MME, FRANCIS. CARD REAPER AND TRANCE juedium ; life etven from cradie to grave. H 9to7, Has removed to “2b pase the door. "S GREATEST MEDIUM, MRS. E. McNeil, 1914 Pa ave. of e rou br the hand and read the most secret of vour heart asthouch it were a printed page; ehe will ive sou competent and truthful advice on all matters of business, personai or domestic interest, a operations. pat- d report o ity and faction gaaranteod. All Communications stticay Conbdentiat® NOTE. —Public test meetings at Wonn's Hall, 721 Othe, u,v. every MONDAY ‘iad WEDNESDAY oveat wu in kUrprises: she will PNOF, FANTLEROY TELLS ALL THE EVENTS Of life, gives success and compels love, ¥. Hours, to 9. Open Sunda Delawareave.. bet Mand Naw. Fried SULT GIPSIES."_QUEEN Emma and others, x jer fats reartera, canoe cone sulted daily at P. &.m.toBp.m. Fee, 50c. imitate. eae ts, suis aeioet 5 heritance: never falls to ive Columbia House, cor 10th and X a rot aud & sts," “"Geas-twe™ ‘ME. PERRIN, THE TRUEST DESTINY Teater of the age; Information given with phe, senal accuracy. Fee, 50". and 1. 1'to pt 53} Marilou ve B.w., bot Gin and “th, Pend Qeat fell-Iw* c. J. ROWLAND, BUSINESS AND TES: Toediame Pri ae OSTON CABINET VAPOR BATHS SULPHUR BSS Tuedioated. Also scieutisg walt Tasesawre. Dr. SARA WAYCOTT, 1327 Ot. aw. Bam. to102.m. Open Sundays. sae RAPHAFL, CLAIRVOY, STROM =, AFL. CLAIRVOYANT AND Ai L- ti a cau samen ae Gatee: tells how to retain husband or lover, hone, tera Sosluene oF hea Stew dupe yo. ee aw. hoou 10. _Sieeptow Gar Washn Harrisbure to Civinnat’ ant Fy cel Deine Saket ame 0.2 Soe daly Geum n eer ai Jonlesnd Gn Sor Car Wan Care Harrscbure Dining Car Marra: Wart 3.40 Bom meter te Bi hone re roneh Stem Geveland. Pullman Donon Southwestern Extwess Pitter For Rane 4 Nea ‘ngatenday. sand 1. DELPHI A, FAST, 7 03 (i. and 1 Dinine Cy ANGRESS"ONAT EMT ern = AN Parlor Cars. with Din New Tork. 4.00pm. days only FOR PHILADELPNTA ONLY 7. tays, aod LO Am. week Mateand thponeh trains comment at n Ane 111.35 pw. every For Byitimora, ‘20 ty 10. Lt 1? 40 4, nt station Daveave to lotin ath CHAN Y Pan loner el Mamasee, . eral Paswoncer Aran BA ore & of narenoan. nin effect S Leave Washington frown # vm. xinrton and Stanton. $10, ‘inchester and wav <ations BS ors an leering cars throach to Mi lean night trate, yam, $1.05, 1232, 50pm. *: For Hararstown, $10.40 9.2. an4 5.99pm. Zor Ror 'and way noints. “8 4 r. ‘or Giaithersbnre an | way 912.46.91.15, t25, 14 T, 4% onxew ADEE PITA ‘ew York, Boston ant thease, a) &.m., 12.0% . m.. "Sleeping Car, Phi'adelphia, Wilmington and Chester, &09 Pim. Asily Ruaffet Parlor Cars on all day trains Pal'man Maat Saw ito Bost ¥o “Daily. pPxorees trains. nnd Sunday only. Raceare called for Checked trom ‘ota res ences by x + on arama tafe CHAS 8 Sern (214) Gen. Tava Ae. RIGNOND ASD PeNvIDE wammoan oo. FW. HUIDEROPER NO RECDIN POSTER RPC 20, 1899. vania Paseo i Siechatenee ‘and Strasbare tate ie WASHINGTON AND SOUTH. PBULED LIM 10.4% mm. WESTERN HS and W. New Orleans vin Monteomery and Washineson to Atle and Washinetan * car New York aa ts, Birmingham. Dining hineien INS ON WASH =. “Train ipaving Was ix. 8.53 am lruns toaat yom.and arrivinse Isha tae omnt Sam tae at ofSre, 130) Penney Vania ave. Pasencer Station, Pennsylvania Ralirosd, Wavving- a 5, BROWN. General Avent Paseenewr Dept ‘Genare! Pawan veer Avent. General Manaeor. (CHRPSAPEAKY AND ONTO RAILWAY 4 z 2 ‘Traine leave dail ion ( 5 ofan ¥ from Union Station (B’aut Sroush the evandest « orion, wi handvorest end wow coinpioe Sik Peale aarvise West from Washington. £78, tay i “Yaw fowerve Dreakfort. “Arrives (4 ie 1150 aim. Se Lon iar it Toule 7 Sip connectine in lon Aepwt for ait porses 276: roqene for Gardener as 4, wore. hore’, Stawnton a! vointa: daily, except Bunday. (0 = ports. iy. ” day, for Puilinen locations and tickets at Company's of Sidaud 1° Penne, ae a" Mn we Fe JET. Gen"l Passenear Avent OCEAN TRAVEL, Ane, Yoo, Gore, To Exnorm - So, cave your letiers ant caine ot Leare LOWS STREAMS EXCHANG FOR AMPRICAN TRAV! 4 TRAFALGAR | 5Q) nuubere lw nb eyete vel merican system Coin bee of LOWS POCKET CABLE ° Seindispmesbie. “end for TEE PASSES i." containing tre EDWIN Ja2-Gm Head office, 649 ANGE, ADWAY.NEW YORE, URS TO THE TROPICS ATLAS LIS Weekly service from New York two the Island mace, renowned for its -avuue ws climate am paturel beauty; winter station of the Britis: may quarters of the athe ranah pain. Mae “maile | rim, Woon & Cor" Agente, 24 Biate st, New Kors. a uss ‘HOTEL, Pa ave. and léthst., C3 pa EBBITT HOUSE, ‘WASHINGTOX, D.C.