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FTER THE YOUNG cadets in Uncle Sam's navy finish the four years’ academic course at the Naval Academy in Annapo- lis they go to sea on the sea-going men-of- war as junior officers, then return to An- napolis for the final graduation and pro- motion to the lower grades of the line of the navy, the marine corps and the engineer corps. During this two years’ cruise, which may embrace almost any portion of the known World, the naval cadets are expected to be- come familiar with the practical duties ofa naval officer, for while the four years’ the- retical course at Annapolis is an ideal one from a theoretical standpoint, there seems to be no other way to learn the practical working of a modern man-of-war than to serve upon one under all the varying condi- tions of active service. The difficult problem of obtaining suffi- cient space for everything and every one aboard a ship is a constant source of trou- ble to the naval architect. As to room for never be stinted, and the ward room offi- cer’s long service entitles him to enough Foom to live comfortably—but some one must be cramped, and generally it is the Junior officer; so often eight or ten of them are crowded in a room not larger than eigh- teen by ten feet. And in this limited space they sleep, eat and live; but youth is buoy- ant and thé young gentlemen are generally happy in spite of their restricted room. This apartment in the days of the old sailing frigates was gives the name “steerage,” and in spite of the fact that it is now offi- clally known as the “junior officers’ quar- ters” the old name ciings to it and is al- Most universally used. An Economy of Space. In such a small apartment every inch of Space must be used, so all around the sides are rows of little cupboards, or lockers as they are called aboard ship, and in these the young officers stow a wardrobe consist- ing of six or eight complete suits of uni- form, and a complete outfit of citizen's clothing, books for a course of study in seamanship and navigation, and innumer- able trophies from the foreign lands visited on the cruise. How they do it no one knows, and after two years cf life witl such a wardrobe I found it took two large trunks to hold the contents of a couple of lockers that looked too small for any practival use. Often the locker doors are covered with photographs of fair beauties from every corner of the globe, and I remember one where a beautiful picture of an American girl in evening dress, and the natural Pic- ture of a Patagonian squaw in almost no ference was only one of degree. Three or four little round portholes, that ‘ust be closed at sea to keep out the water, give light and air to the steerage during the day, while at night all is resplendent with elec- becomes a serious one, especially in the tropics, where the exhaust fans of ‘he arti- ficial ventilators fail to keep the tempera- ture down when eight or ten people occupy such a restricted space. It is a standing regulation that the ports must be closed at squall might come up and careen the ship over before the ports could be closed, which might admit enough water | to endanger the ship, and in fact this was the reason assigned for the capsizing of the English ship Eurydice off the Irish coast. But in spite of the danger, when oa thermometer ranges around one hun- red ai nd several days out have made the air below decks almost stifling, some one will surreptitiously open a port for a few minutes. One day last winter while a) United States man-of-war was steaming | through the tropical Caribbean Jott; crowd of a dozen junior officers were amus- ing themselves as best they could in the stifling heat. Two lay on the bunks that stretched along the outer side under the ports which were closed, another was care- fully drawing an elaborate chart that was to go into his journal of the cruise, and others read or played cards on the mess table in the center. An Unlooked-for Catastrophe. The scene was peaceful, but a disturber came in the person of one of the young | officers, who had been on deck and said the. sea was “like glass” and advised “some | one to open the ports, as not a drop of | water could come in on such a smooth | ten hard to collect, and harder to keep, and he comes in for all the criticism on count of poor food or cooking. If his in- tention is to suit all he will soon find it im- Possible, for while one may like onions, another may find them impossible, and then and there ensues a misunderstanding for the caterer to settle. Ten o'clock is the time generally fixed for “turning in,” and all lights are put out, and woe to the belated one who comes in after that hour, from the theater, or a dinner, or a call on the latest best girl, and turns on a light, for from every side come mutterings of disapproval, often ac- companied by the nearest convenient mis- sile—a shoe, or cane, or camp stool, and the late arrival is compelled to turn out the light in self-defense, and seek his bunk or hammock in darkness. But it is when a crowd of “beach combers’” (as those who go ashore are called) return at a late hour, reasonably convivial and insist on turning out the “ship keepers” (as those who stay aboard are styled) that the fun begins, and the question has to be decided, generally in @ good natured scuffle, who shall succeed. Harmony and Discord. Tastes will always differ, and one may choose to practice the latest agony on a fiddie or guitar while another desires to sleep, and in the ensuing struggle victory is not always to the strong in muscle, for @ sharp torgue may work wonders in si- lencing an obstreperous musician. Some one is always losing clothes and searching everywhere for them. Then the unfortunate servants come in for a “combing down.” And sometimes it seems strange that any one can be found who would consent to be a steerage servant, for every one wants him for everything. The best servants are generally Japanese, and on one ship a Japanese servant named Shiracki was the most popular person con- nected with the steerage, judging from the number of calls made for him. Everythin from sewing on a button to mixing a dri was demanded of him; and it was all do! in good humor, but with many a quick- witted retort, that created more mirth than anger among the officers. When in port, and a grand ball or reception is to take place on shore, then all is confusion, with six or elght dressing at once for the occasion. Some one is always short a neck- tie or a pair of patent leathers or a dress shirt, and he worries every one else trying to borrow the missing articles, without which he cannot go. Then often the scene “after the ball” is almost as lively. If a majority have been out the lights go o! and, in spite of remonstrances from the sleepy “‘shipkeepers,” they are awakened to hear an account of the good time they have missed. The bane of steerage life is the man who is always borrowing and never returning— and he is often such a good fellow other- wise that one can hardly refuse a cane, or necktie, or hat; but if the cane comes back in two pieces, or the hat with a hole in it, it is hard to make the borrower understand that a new one would be acceptable. Visitors are generally well received in the Steerage, and cigars from Havana, with good foreign wines, and a sprinkling of good stories, all picked up on foreign voy- ages, help to confirm the visitor’s opinion that a “life on the ocean wave” is an ideal existence. Or the visitors may be charming young ladies who think “it is just too cozy and cute for anything,” and overlook such an incident as the accidentai display of a half-filed decanter or a box of poker chips. But this is the golden lining to the cloud, and steerage life at best is hard. It is said that a junior officer's prayer always closes with a petition for a commission which will give him a room of his own. In some of the very latest cruisers rooms are provided for all, but I am afraid if an officer has never been crowded for two years into a sixteen-foot steerage with nearly as many people, he can never ap- preciate the luxury of a state room six feet square, and he can never have the happy memory of two years’ Bohemianism in the “‘steerage.”” for in the haze of memory the unpleasant features are lost, and only the good times remain. 7 The Time Without a Watch. From Tid Bits. Actual and repeated experiments have shown that the nearest hour of the day or might may be ascertained in the following very curious way: Make a small running loop in a piece of sewing thread about a foot in length, place a shilling in this loop, see that the coin Is accurately bisected by the thread, and then draw the loop tight up, so that the shilling is firmly slung at one end of the thread. Put on a solid table a glass tumbler with a fairly wide mouth. Rest your right elbow on the table in a firm and easy position so as to avoid any shakiness in your hand, hold the other end of the thread between your first finger and the “ball” of the thumb G. e, the fleshy top joint of the thumb), so that the thumb nail is undermost, and a few — above the middle of the mouth of the gla: if you keep your hand quite steady, the movement of the coin (which is hanging inside the tumbier) will become less and less until the shilling is motionless. Then, in half a minute or so, a very slight and regu- lar vibration will commence, the coin oscil- lating from side to side like a pendulum, and gradually increasing the length of movement until it gently strikes the side of the gh This strike goes on in the most regu- lar and automatic way, first on one side of the glass and then on the other, until, say, eight strokes have been struck; the vibra- tions of the coin then diminish in length, until the suspended shilling again becomes motionless and hangs in the middle of the tumbler. You look at your watch and find that 8 o'clock is the nearest hour. I have tried this over and over. again, de- liberately setting about the experiment with- out bias or any intention of influencing the swing of the coin, and also being ignorant of the time, and when my hand has been steady the right time has invariably been struck. There is something very curious about this phenomenon. SUBURBAN NEWS. ALEXANDRIA. Alexandria is now quiet, politically, not- withstanding the election occurs next Tues- day. There is even iess political excite- ment than there was a month ago. There is still no opponent to contest the election of delegate with Mr. Chas. Bendheim, and the contest between the two state tickets makes no outward show whatever. On the surface the democrats have the field entirely to themselves and no sort of esti- mate can be made as to what vote the popu- lists will poll. Alexandria county will have two courts in session in this city next week. On Mon- day the county court, Judge Chichester, will open at the Columbus street court house for a short session, and on Wednesday Next that court will be succeeded by the circuit court of the county, Judge Keith, which will probably sit for the remainder of the week. The annual athletic day at the Episcopal High School on Seminary Will near this city has drawn quite a throng today, to witness the sports. Among those in atten- dance were many ladies. Dr. Ashby, who has been quite {ll for some time at his home on Washington street, has now recovered. Mr. Edgar Warfield, jr, Champ Walker and Patrick Downey, and other musicians, have organized a mandolin, guitar ‘and banjo club in this city. Sacred Heart services took place at St. Mary’s Church last night and Bible studies at Christ Church lecture room, FALLS CHUKCH- Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Taylor of Purcel- ville, Loudoun county, are visiting the fam- ily of Mr. L. B. Parker. They have just returned from the yearly meeting of the Friends’ Society in, Philadelphia. The Mission Band of the Presbyterian Church gave a very pleasant entertainment and supper last night in the lecture room of the church. The program consisted of singing appropriate hymns by thee band, lect reading by Miss Allen, recitation, How to Make Missionaries,” Miss Etta Allen; trio, “A Cry From Macedonia,” Miss Maud Rathbun, Miss Clara L. Gulager and Miss Cora Rathbun. The entertainment was also a success financially and quite a sum realized for missionary purposes. Dr. Frank G. Johnson, with his bride, and Dr. J. Bradfield and Miss Flora John- son of Washington, were at the Eagle House on Friday. Mr. Robert P. Porter qualified as post- master of Merrifield before Mr. M. E. Church, notary, yesterday, and will at once take charge of the office. Mr. Gibson has not yet entered on his duties as postmaster of East End. Miss Eva Pierpont of Ash Grove ts visit- ing her cousin, Miss Ida N. Ball. The Christian Endeavor sociable will be held at the residence of Mr. Clark Ford on next Friday night. The series of meetings which have been going on in the Congregational Church for the past three weeks closed last night. —— TAKOMA PARK. The competitive drill of the P. T. D. J. L. BF. W. S. M. Cadets and mu cal entertainment given in the Pres- byterian Church here last evening, was one of the finest entertainments ever given in Takoma. The program consisted of nine figures in fancy marching, formation of company by first sergeant, manual of arms, chorus, “‘Ked, White and Klue,” by com- pany. The roster of the company is as fol- lows: Captain, Frank E. Skinner; first sergeant, Nan McPherson; corporals, Edyth Page, Maud Watkins, Mabel Bailey, Jennte Jimmerson; privates, Daisie Danforth, Es- ther Danforth, Florence Dudley, Mabel Finch, Maud Jimmerson, Carrie Longfellow, Bertie Paze, Nellie Page, Laura Skinner, Gussie Thomas; pianist, Miss Fannie Page. ‘The ushers were Capt. W. Adino Page and Mr. Willis Reynolds, and the judges were Mr. 3. S. Shedd, Maj. C. F. Lewis and Maj. D. G. Purman. There were songs by Mes- dames A. V. Holmes and G. R. McManus, Messrs. Theo. Freibus, jr., H. T. Statham and Miss E. A. Balloch, pianist, with reci- tations by Miss Helen Calhoun and Miss Cody, a violin solo by Mr. Joseph Finkel, accompanied by Miss Ethel D. Mooers; a cornet solo by Mr. Elphonso Youngs, accompanied by Mr. C. N. Ritter, with piano and banjo duet by the Misses Dan- forth. Every number received an encore. At the close the Rev. Arthur Little, pastor of the church, on behalf of the judges pre- sented to Miss Mabel Finch the gold med- al for excellence in drill and maneuver, making special mention of Misses Maud Watkins and Nellie Page, referring in terms of high commendation to the entire com- pany of sixteen young ladies, who, in their costumes of red, white and blue bunting |cadet caps and flags, made a creditable | showing, and won frequent applause by their fine movements. After the presenta- tlon of the medal those participating were served with refreshments by the Ladies’ Aid Society. ———— BROOKLAND. The Right Rev. William Paret, bishop of Maryland, will hold the services and preach the sermon at St. Clement's P. E. Mission at 11 a. m. tomorrow. Miss Minnie Leber of York, Pa., has heen visiting Mrs. John T. Hare of University Heights. Mrs. Hare returned from Balti- | more last week. Mrs. P. H. Johnston has been spending a fortnight in Philadelphia. Rev. Green Clay Smith of the Metropoli- tan Baptist Church of Washington will | preach in the Baptist Church of Brookland THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1893—TWENTY PAGES. ee SANDY SPRING. NEW PUBLICATIONS. The “Home Interest” Society held its} 7up MEDICINE MEN OF THE APACHE. By October meeting at Mount Olney, the home John G captain third cavalry, of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Farquhar. Mr,| [ited States army. 1 rect from the ninth and Mrs. Amos Holland, Miss Garland and| Washington: ment Sigg Miss Kate Bradley were invited guests,/ A considerable and most of the twenty-four members were | publications are ft present. The “Women’s Association” met at the Cottage, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stabler, on the pag ot ar of scientific statement and literary polish and the following guésts were present:|that ever came from the press. For more Mrs. Asa M. Stabler, Misses Mary E. Gil-| than twenty-four years Capt. Bourke has pin, Mary T. and Sarah E. Kirk, and Mrs. | peen an actively-inquisitive student of eth- Ch ilpin. 7 Harry W. Davi pana wife, who have spent | logy. His lengthy service against Indians the summer in New York, and the autumn | from the British-American boundary line to in Chicago, have returned, as is their cus-| the Rio Grande afforded him extraordinary tom, to their winter home at ood epportunities te study the red-skinned “man With their cousins, Mr. and Mrs, Wi an terother.” na Socks ok then ad < Cards are out for the celebration, at| ties were ever permitted to go by untm- Lucknough farm, of the silver wedding of | Proved. As a result is the possessor of a Dr. and Mrs. Francis Thomas, and relatives | tTeasure-house filled with note-books that from a distance are expected, as well as a | because of their contents are,to the scholar, large contingent from the community. beyond price, while their possessor is prop- Sandy Spring was thoroughly represented | erly conspicuous today as one of the most at the late yearly meeting of Friends in | learned ethnologists in the United States. Baltimore, as the appended list of persons | But erudition cannot make Capt. Bourke’ who attended will attest: Edith D. Bent-| literary productions either dry or stilted, ley, Sarah H. Stone, Samuel P. Thomas: and in this his latest achievement a vast and wife, William W., Moore and wife, majority of government far from interesting and many are insufferably dull, but “The Med- icine Men of the Apache” is one of the brightest and most valuable combinations Edward C. Gilpin and wife, Thomas J. Lea and wife, Benjamin H. Miller and wife,Edward P. Thomas and wife, Clarence Lea Gilpin and wife, Hannah B. Stabler, Caroline M. and Martha T. Farquhar, Dr. Francis Thomas, Catherine D., Mary E., Helen L., Ellen H. K. Bentley, and E. Clif- ton Thomas, Rebecca and Pattie T. Miller, Elizabeth T. Lillie and Florence Stabler, Samuel and Joseph Bond. Edward Levering Gilpin, son of Gideon Gilpin, and Miss Josie, daughter of Liewel- lyn Jones of Olney, were married in Washington, at the Tremont Hotel, on the 28th ult., by the Rev. Wm. Harris of Ash- ton M. E. Church. The young couple, after a brief wedding trip, will go to housekeep- img in Sandy Spring at the old Gilpin home- stead. Miss Anna M. Gilpin has joined her parents in Baltimore, where they will re- main several months.. ba Misses Isabel and Janet Miller gave anj ; afternoon tea Thursday to their friend Miss Burtitt of Massachusetts. Llewellyn Stabler, who has been managing the farms of Robert H. Miller for the past year, has secured a situation in Baltimore. Francis T. Lee is attending a course of medical lectures in New York city and Ed- ward Magruder is engaged similarly in Bal- timore. From the names of the last party to the world's fair from here that of Miss Burr of | Colesville was accidentally omitted in our} letter of the 2ith instant. Dr, and Mrs. Edgar Steer of Philadelphia — made a visit to his aunt, Mrs. Mary T. nd. Miss Garland, Miss Marcia Libby and Miss Kate Bradley of Washington have also been in the neighborhood recently. Mr. Charles Iddings lost a horse from hydrophobia on Thursday, the animal hav- ing been bitten about two weeks ago by a dog suposed to be mad. __A cow belonging to Jesse Brown of Ednor died within a month afflicted with a fully developed case of| rabies. A number of dogs have been sum- marily disposed of, but there is still quite a small panic in this vicinity, espesially among our colored citizens. —+——— ANACOSTIA. A pleasant musical and literary enter- tainment was given last night at the Con- gress Heights M. E. Church. The merit of the affair was attested by a surging throng of people and rapturous applause. A neat sum was netted. The program was as follows: Dialogue, Miss Nettie Bak- er and Miss Alice Green; music by Mr. Richard E. Jordan and William Jordan, with Miss Cora McLean as accompanist recitation, Miss Birdie Williamson; short talk, Master John Howard; recitation, Lit- tle Gardner; recitation, Miss Elsie Bell; recitations, Miss Lulu Little, Miss Lillie Bell, Miss Anna Gill; music, Miss Gussie Gardner; recitations, Miss Mamie Cox, Miss Marie Green and Miss Della Clements. The success of the entertainment was due large- ly to the efforts of Sunday School Superin- tendent Robert H. Jordan. Mr. Forrest Cox, son of Robert Cox of Belleview, fell downstairs yesterday and | sustained severe injuries to the mouth. He was attended by Dr. James A. Watson. Mrs. Cook of Baltimore is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. R. Williams of Monroe street. Mr. Walter Barber has resigned as sec- retary of Congress Heights Sunday school because of lack of time. Mr. William Howard of Brooklyn, N. Y., is visiting his father at Congress Heights. Mr. Alfred Grimes of Belleview left today for Mechanicsville, Md., on a gunning trip. Mr. Ridgely Griffith is the guest of his brother, Thomas Griffith, at Forrestville, Ma. Mrs. Rachel Payne of Oxon Hill has re- meved to Anacostia. Miss Bessie Hyde of Congress Heights is ill with typhoid fever. Brod TORR KENSINGTON. Mr. J. King Marks of Washington has rented and will soon occupy the vacant house on Highland avenue. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Harr of Capitol View have returned from a visit to the world’s fair. Miss Hattie Terrell, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Terrell, has returned to her home in Elkton, Md. Mr. Wm. Mannakee and Miss Edna Man- oe are visiting friends in Dawsonville, | a. Miss Davidson of Washington is the guest of Mrs. E. H. Hardesty. Communion service will be conducted in the Methodist Church on Sunday morning | \by_the pastor, Rev. Wm. J. Thompson. At quantity of really interesting matter is pre- sented in a readable, and even to the lay- man, interesting form. Subjects of which but little was previously known are treated at length and in a fascinating manner. Several illustrations, some of them artistic- ally executed in colors, add much to the at- tractiveness of the text and give finish to a volume that critical experts commend with- out stint. OUR GREAT WEST. A Study of the Present Con- ditions and Future Possibilities of the New Commonwealths and * ° &e. Ne ork: “Washington, "Woodware « hp. Consists mainly of material published at different times in Harper's Maga- zine and Harper's Weekly, but it is none the less valuable a volume be- cause of that fact. It differs ma- terlally from all the many other books on the west because, as Mr. Ralph says in his preface, it has little to say of the In- dians, makes no account of the hunting of wild game, and barely touches upon that picturesque but somewhat overdone feature —the cowboy. Eastern Americans and the dwellers in foreign lands will be surprised by many of the indisputable facts so clear- | ly and so cleverly presented, for every page in the handsome volume reveals truths as to the west and its people the existence of which has heretofore been either unknown or uncomprehended by the non-traveling majority of mankind. In his preface Mr. Ralph says: “Standing between us of the east and these hew states are certain mid- land capitals which are growing as never cities grew before—in population, size, manufactures, a and coger Since they are the great trading posts of ie peo- ple beyond, descriptions of them and expla- nations of the sources of their greatness belong in such a book as this.” The de- scriptions—full and untainted by prejudice —are there and, with a number of high grade illustrations, should satisty extremely critical. INDUSTRIES OF RUSSIA. Manufactures and trade, with @ geperal industrial map. By the Department of Trade and Maaufactures, of finance, for the world’s Columbian - tion at Chicago. English translation, edit by Jobn Martin Crawford, U. 8. consul general to Russia. Five volumes in four. One of the least showy yet most valuable of the exhibits made by any of the foreign nations interested in the Columbian expo- sition, In the preface, DirectorV. I. Kova- levsRy of the department of trade and man- ufacifire says that “The minister or finance, to whom his imperial majesty, the emperor, deigned to intrust the care of the orguniza- tion of the Russian exhibit, could but recog- nize the fact that however successful the choice of exhibits may be they cannot con- vey an adequate idea of the productive forces of the empire an@ its indust-ial de- velopment.” With this fact in view the imperial minister of finance, Mr. S. J. Vitte, instructed the department of trade and manufactures to make “a general review of the principal branches of the most develop- ed industries of Russia, and of the internal and foreign trade as well as of the customs policy.” The task was one of great dif_i- culty because the time in which it had to be done was so very brief. The results must surely compensate for the great labor, for in these volumes is a vast quantity of extremely valuable information. tyPo- graphical work, the presswork, the paper used and the binding are all superior. JOURNAL OF COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDING A DETACHMENT OF VIR- GINIA TROOPS, SENT BY ROBERT DIN. WIDDIE, LIEUTENANT: GOVERNOR OF VIR- GINIA, “ACROSS THE ALLEGHANY —MOUN- TAINS, IN 1754, TO BUILD FORTS AT HEAD OF THE Ot by J. M. > ML. ‘Munsell’s As a contributor to Washingtonia Dr. Toner is without a peer, and to him, more than to any other man of this age, will the future historian be indebted for facts of interest on which to bese the broader his- tory of him who was the first President of the United States. This journal, says Dr. Toner in the title, “compzises the history of the marches, campings and events, a Lir- mish with the French, and the death of their leader, De Jumonville. The journal fell into the hands of the enemy, who, in 1756, print- ed a version of it in French; a new trans- lation of this into English is what is here given in the absence of the original. To | complete the history of the expedition an | 745" p.m. Mr. Charles W. Thompson of | o>enalx is added in the forms otc mane | Garrett Park will deliver a temperance ad- ON THE USE OF SILVER AS MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES. Woodford, Ph. D., professor of Economics and Politics in the School of Social Bconom- ics, New York city. A paper submited to the American Academy of Political and Social Science. TAXATION OF LARGE ESTATES. By Richard T. Colburn, Elizabeth, N. J. A paper submitted to the American Acad- emy of Political and Social Science. THE ARM- NG WITH A BRITISH [ADRON aT FAYAL, 1814. By Sam C. Rela ‘This pamphlet, whose author is the son of @ statue to the man who so bra’ ea the American flag. ely DICK AND JOB, OR TWO OF A KIND. 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All went well for a| few minutes and the breeze of fresh sea | air was welcome, indeed, but suddenly the course was changed on deck and the ship | gave a roll that put the open port under water. A perfect torrent poured in, delug- ing the sleeping pay clerk, who awoke with | sudden thoughts of collisions and capsiz- ing, ruining the patient work of the chart draughtsman and wetting clothing in the drawers and lockers. The {ill-timed ad- viser escaped on deck, but the poor fellow who bit at the joker’s bait and opened the port got the brunt of the pay clerk’s artis- tically profane remarks and the equally appropriate expostulations of the chart maker. All the junior officers sleep in the steer- age, two or three in narrow bunks, and the rest in hammocks hung close together from the beams overhead. During the day the hammocks are made up and stowed away, and when meal time comes the ex- tension tables are stretched out and the meals served from the little pantry where the steward presides. The young officers are well supplied with servants—a mess of ten officers generally having a steward, cook, and three servants—all of whom are paid by the government, and regularly en- listed In the service, but all the provisions are purchased by the members of the mess, and the table linen, dishes, and cutlery are also the property of the members. One of the young officers 1s elected “Caterer of the Mess,” a rather doubtful honor, since his duties consist in a general supervision of the servants and meals, and he is also treasurer of the mess funds, which are of- “LADIES' GOODS. K. C. GOODRICH, EXPERT LADIES’ TAILOR, 110 "34 st. n.w." (opp. Botanical Gardens): 26 years’ professional experience. I _ positively guarantee all work and a perfect fit. Reasonable ices. 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S.E., WASHIN ton, D.C., 1 square ‘from F st. care; curtains and laces done up equal to new: enrtains a specialty; ndled with care; called for and delivered. PLAITING—ONLY_ FRENCH PRO- ide of N.Y. ya.; work | sent throughout the buttons and | buttonholes. G. W. L ‘SIS 9th n.w.oe12-1 ACCORDEON SKIRTS. WAISTS AND CAPES done at short notice: also side plaiting and pluk- ing. SIMON'S PLAITING —ESTABLISITMEN’ 626 W. Lexington s! wanted in all large cities. ANTON AND CAROLINE LERCH, $26 12TH and 1206-1208 I st. n.w.. ARTISTIC DYEL CLEAN ND RESTORING of light, hei faney or ornamental mate goods, fabrics Baltimore, Md. Agencies | ocdim* | a W XORK AVE. N.W. etter s, and ‘articles of wear. OUTING SUITS given Ce into ticular attention. Our patronage extends the most fasbionable circle. yu the pulse in the “ball” thumb or whether there is some uncons¢! transference of “intention” from the b: to the thread, I do not know; but in us in case the matter is sufficiently interesting to | be worthy of a critical test by persons who will carefully and without bias carry out this singular experiment of telling the time. cee. Tackled the Wrong Ma From the Chicago Daily Tribune. “Isn't this my old friend, Gabriel Com- stock of Franklin Furnace?” ing young man, approaching the stranger and extending his hand. “No, sir,” replied the stranger. “My name | is Thomas Easley, and I am fromWheelers- burg.” “I beg your pardon,” rejoined the other, | | politely, “but the resemblance fs so extra- | ordinary that I thought I could not be mis- taken.” “That's all right. There's no harm done,” said the stranger, passing on. A few minutes later he was accosted by another smiling. young man who met him at a street corner and stopped in great apparent astonishmen “Why, how are you, Tom? Bless me, who would have thought of seeing you here?” “Guess you're mistaken, young fellow.” “Mistaken? Not much! mile off. You're Thomas Easley of Wheel ersburg. Used to call you Tom when we were boy: “No you didn’t. My name isn’t Easley and I don’t know where Wheelersburg is.” “You're not Tom Easley No, sir. I never heard of Tom Easley. My name is Absalon Reinhardt, and I live in Greenup.” The smiling young man withdrew in evi- dent perplexity. “Must have got switched off on some other fellow,” he muttered, as he turned another corner. “But it’s all right. Mr. Reinhardt will do just as well.” Meantime the stranger pursued his way leisurely down the street, and five minutes later he was confronted by a third young man with an engaging smile. “Hello! Why, this is my old friend, Ab- salom Reinhardt. How are you, Ab? How are things in Greenup?” “TI don’t know you, sir. My name is not Absalom Reinhardt, and I don’t know any- thing about Greenup. Never heard of it in my life." “Say! Who are you anyhow?” The stranger handed him his card. It bore the following inscriptio! Rev BE. THAYER, Evangelist, And nfidence Man. Reformed ———__ -se- Equal to the Occasion. From the New York Press. “Why do you wish me to be your wife?” “Because I love you—love you to distrac- tion.” “Did you say that to Mamie Jones when you proposed to her?” “How could I “Why couldn't you?” “Because she has neither beauty, dignity, grace, amiability nor refinement. These are the qualities that inspire ardent attachment, and you are the only girl I know who pos- sesses them in a supereminent degree. Need I say more?” He had said enough, of the | said the smil- | I'd know you a | West in holding a series of extra meetin: during the early part of next month. The most enjoyable Halloween sociable in this vicinity was that given by the Misses Susie and Lottie Fillmore at their home in West Brookland. Trying “pro- | jects," diving for apples and dancing fillcd in a merry evening. The guests partaking of the pleasures of the occasion were: Miss Manie Erdman, Messrs. Frank Howe, ir., and Albert ai Norvell Burr of University Heights; Miss Bessie Baldwin and Mr. Granville Lewis of Eckington, Messrs. Camp and Hopkins and Mr. Philip Jullien of Brookland. Dr. Henry Hyvernat celebrated solemn mass at St. Anthony’s Chapel at 8:30 a. m. on All Souls’ day. Miss S. P. Donovan and Miss Mattie Hance were the recent guests of M Mrs. W. H. Stalee. Miss Hester Martin is visiting Dr. and Mrs. Thee. Y. Hull. Mr. Alden and Mr. Wise of Hamline con- ducted an interesting revival meeting last | ane: at the residence of Mr. I. S. Hol- lage. rs. L. A. Burgee of Baltimore ts the guest of Mrs. Wililam Dasch. The entertainment by the “Linthicum | Students” in the Brookland Hall was most enjoyable, and excellent in every particu- lar. Mr. Clinton Ballinger and Miss Daisy Hammack, in their specialties, made a par- ticularly pleasing impression, and the scene trom Julius Caesar was rendered with the skill of professionals. In the closing farce | Mr. Lowe, as the Irish servant, and Mr. Collins, as the dude, were excellent. —.—__ LAUREL. An enjoyable entertainment was the sup- | Per and exercises following In the Academy jlast night for the benetit of the Woman's Relief Corps. Many visitors from Hyatts- | ville, Washington and other places were present and helped to increase the treasury of that well-deserving association for whose benefit it was given. The following program was rendered, after which dancing was in- dulged in by some of the young people [present. Piano solo, Miss Mae suck: |dramatic recitation, Mr. . R. Boyer of Alexandria, Va.; German song, Miss Annie | Neale, tambourine dance, Miss Marie Crutchett; recitation, “Charge of the Light |Brigade,”’ Miss Janie Keys; yocal duet, “Whispering Hope,” Hugh and Emily Dori. an; recitation, Miss Susie Burton; rop> dance, Miss Edythe Zeigler; song, “The Pretty Litte Quaker,” Emily Dorian; vocal solo, Mrs. George Baldwin; tableaux, | concluding with a competitive drill by the squads and drilled before three judges s. lected from among the visitors, who award- ed individual prizes for the best drilled girl prize to Lottie Wheeler. Baptist Church last night, and the single a men held a public meeting at Clark’s Several social entertainments and balls have taken place within the last few days. The political campaign is practically over, and the candidates for the several offices are anxiously awaiting next Tuesday. From all the information I can gather,andl have been over considerable of the county and have talked to democrats and republi- cans, the democratic majority in this coun- ty will be from three to five hundred. This is a conservative estimate, and it will not be far out of the way. and | Laurel Guards, composed of twenty young | misses. The guards were divided into two | to Miss Maggie Whitmore, with second | There was a lecture on astronomy at the | dress in Boston, Lynn, Washington, D. C., and other places. Mrs. E. W. Moore entertained a number of friends to luncheon on Thursday. A party of about thirty from this place attended the revival meeting last evening at | Sligo, Md. i —_ TRYING IT ON. Sensations Produced by a FEeavy Electric Current. From Cassier’s Magazine. Ejdison’s Orange laboratory, despite its | pastoral surroundings and the paciile na- ture of its habitues, has been the scene of | Some grewsome experiments. When the | new law was passe2 enlisting electricity as | }an agent of death Mr. Edison was consult- | |ed as to the best method of ying that | mysterious and deadly fluid, and in the} experiments mzde by him to test the com- |parative action of different currents at j various intensities, many painful animal | executions were necessary. Mr. Edison's | most valuable friend and assistant, Charles | Bachelor, barely evaded the distinction of | officiating as a sacrifice on the altar of experimental science. He was mending |some defective apparatus in connection with a lamp, and, as it seemed to him at the time, had taken all imas'nary pre- cautions against an accident. He supposes, however, from the presence of a burn after- ward found on one of his fingers, that he must unconsciously have established a circuit by holding a wire in each hand. No sooner had he made the contact than he staggered back to 2 stool, with the awful | memory of soul and body wrenched violent- ly asunder, with such pangs as the Mo-| hammedan’ death angels wreak on jawakening spirits of the damned. He de- | scribes it as resembling the senrations of | {an immense rough file thrust through the | | quivering fibers of the body, a shuddering, | |rasping pang. grinding {ts way through | |iungs and heart. For over fifteen minutes | |he sat motionless, bathed in an fey and | deathlike sweat, and nervously unstrung | from head to foot. Yet, strange to Say, the | shock passed away ina day or two, jeav- _ ing no visible injury except In the memory of the victim. ——_+e+-_____ The Position Filled. From Puck. | Weary Walker—“I want work.” Proprietor—"What can you do?” Weary Walker—“Nothin’.” Proprietor—“Oh, our office-boy does that!” | Teflection on the stage and the Great Meadows and the capitulation of Fort Necessity; the retreat of the army, with copies of the original muster and pay- rolls of the Virginia regiment, and other documents connected with this expedition.” The volume is instant evidence of great labor. Dr. Toner’s name gives assurance of the work’s accuracy. MY DARK COMPANIONS AND THEIR STRANGE . Stanler, D. C. STORIES. By Henry NM. In Dari author of Darks ew York: Charles Scribner's vingston,”* &e. Sons. Washingtoa: Brentano's. A collection of camp fire stories such as could only be accumulated by such a man as Stanley. They are the best specimens, culled from a great quantity of material, and have the merit of unquestioned nov- elty, The translations have been as nearly accurate as possible, and of this the dis- tinguished explorer and author says that “faithfully as I have endeavored to follow the unsophisticated narrators, it Is Impos- sible for me to reproduce the simplicity of style with which they were given or to de- scribe the action which accompanied them.” Some of the legends are of surpass- ing interest. THE ETHICS OF HEGEL. Translated Selections from his “Kecktsplilosopbic.”” With an intro- duction by J. Macbride Sterrett, D. D., professor of philosophy im the Columbian University, Washington, D. C., author of “Studies in He- ec. Boston: fel's Philosophy of Religion,” Company. Ginn & Professor Sterrett has every reason for being, as he probably is, proud of an ex- tremely difficult work. Mere translation of commonplace chronicle is possible to the linguistic tyro, but the master mind alone can convey thought from one tongue to another. Students of philosophy will thank the professor for the successful rendition into English of the conclusions reached by the greatest of Germany's idealistic philosophers. TWO BITES AT A CHERRY. With other tales, By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Boston: Houghton, jon: Robert Beall. MiMin & Co. Washingt re: “For Bravery on The “other tales” the Field of Battle,” “The Chevalier de “My Cousin, the Ressequie! “Goliath,’ Colonel,” “A Christmas Fantasy, with a Moral,” and “Her Dying Words.” Com- mendation of anything from the pen of Thomas Bailey Aldrich would be super- fiuous. His short stories are of the best, and that statement includes the storics in this little volume. MY FOOTLIGHT HUSBAND. By Alan Dale. New York: Cleveland Publishing Company. The author has drawn from current event, from his own acquaintance with the things he deals with, and from his imagination, to make a story which constitutes a fearful rank and file of the army of players. It ts well-writ- ten, and has a good deal of entertaining cynicism. But its startling and perhaps unnecessary candor will cause it to be con- sidered by many an undesirable the literature of the day. anaes By Harold Frederick, anthor wath Lawton Girl” and Wife."” New York: Charles : Brentano's. One of those intensely natural produc- tions possible only to a keen observer of everyday human nature. The scene of the story is in New England, and as the title indicates, during the war. Leaves a pleas- @nt taste in the reader’s mouth. of