Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1894, Page 13

TEMPERANCE JUBILEE The Celebration of the Ninetieth Birthday of Neal Dow. GREAT GATHERING IN CONVENTION HALL Temperance Organizations Unite in Honor of the Occasion. WORKERS FOR THE CAUSE ir The ninetieth birthday of Neal Dow, the apostle of temperance reform, is to be fit- tingly celebrated in this city Tuesday even- ing next temperance organizations in the District have been invited to participate, and Convention Hall will no doubt present an impressive spectacle. The program, a8 far as completed, is as follows: Songe service, from 7:30 to S p. m., by the Moody chorus; opening hymn, Moody cho- invocation, Rev. Byron Sunderland; Dow Representative Nelson ainute speech, Mrs. Mc- n Brown of Ohio; music, Moody «ho- ten minute speech, Luther Benson of ten minute speech, Rev. Luther Moody chorus; five minute presentatives Boutelle, Mil- *, Pickler and others, rTsinizations invited to participate in the celebration are as follows: The Anti- Saloom League, the Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union, the Independent Order of rus; rus: Indiana; Good Templars, the Rechabites, the Jona- dabs, Royal Templars, Sons of Temperance, Golien sociation League, thew Cross, Young Men's Christian As- (white and colored), Epworth Christian Endeavor, Father Ma- Temperance Society, St. Patrick's ce Society, St. Aloysius Total Society, St. Cyprian’s Total y. St. Paul's Temperance Nez Dow. Most of the above organizations will turn out as bodies, with regalia and banners. All church and Sunday school temperance organizations are also Invited to attend. There are also a large number of Juvenile Templars, L: ions, Banas of Hope and other children's temperance societies, which, it Is hoped, will send large delega- tions. But a genuine juvenile temperance meeting, to which all are invited to attend in bodies, will be held in Wesley Chapel at 2p. m., March 24th, instant. How It Started. In the annual address of Miss Frances E. Willard, president of the World's and Na- tional Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Chicago, October 18, 1893, she} said: “Gen. Nezl Dow, the ‘Grand Old Man’ of the temperance reform, will be ninety years old on the 20th of March, 1804, and it seems to me that both the WorlJ’s and the National W. C. T. U. might well adopt an address of affectionate xppreciation of our revered friend on that wccasiun; and that it would be altogether reasonable for us to celebrate his ninetieth birthday in local unions by a meeting which should give Some account of the origin and history of the prohibition movement, of which he is the father." In December Miss Willard gent out circulars to per constituency around the world, calling for such a cefe- bration, in which she said: “This birthday celebrates a character which is the temperance century piant; and we invite our friends and neighbors to see its fully opened blossom. It has taken well nigh a hundred years to develop such personality as that of Gen. Neal Dow; for whom we need make whose record from « honor to ness to God. Born in a istian home he has :tved out the prin- ciple wrought into his nature by heredity, ut nd best of all, the work of rit in his heart. He is th of Prohibitory Law,’ and his name » brighter as humanity learns bet end itself from its most subtle Accordingly, the W. C. U. of the Dis- trict of Columbia tcok action to arrange for such a celebration. It was desired to unite all the temperance organizgtions in the anniversary meeting. An fhvitation to the Anti-Saloon League—as a (composed in part of delegates from ce societies and religious of the District), to unite in ¢ invitation was accepted and cc of Avrrngements. rae? that the chief officers Yemplars had fssued a call But the Good Tem- who would otherwise fon, kindly to unite with others in a gen- atio?, an! the grand worthy chief | et of Columbia was made a| ° joint committee of arrange- s composed of the following It was then le of the 1. 0. G for such 3 pla hav aa ngements—Chair- Griffith, president W. C. from W. C. witer; Anti-saloon | r. James L. » A. N. Can- | mmittess were ap- «. A. N. Canfield, J. on press work—| rs. M. E. Gritfith; on! Griffith, Mr. A.” N./ Prof. A. L. Keene, Mr. n Maine detegsation—Mr. on dee>rations—Mr. J. R. Mr. Campbell; on y Sites, J. R.’Ma- fold. purpose uble and expense of this ion, which t numerate as fol- t to recognize the great of the erat reformer; second, to ken the people of the District to the} nt move of th@ liquor interest to| lestroy our homes macting lnoser laws | favorable to t ei extension of th>| ariteus <>} a. third, to secure} nds for the -saioon League and the} ssecution of their) above all others, | 4 unite to defeat | jetr mental liquor bills which | ntrofuced in ess, and| enacted, will deprive us of the| safegvaris which we now have, and)| rothe yo ‘At this time 2 reople she ed only sbandon our youth to the baneful influences | of the liquor traffic. The W. C. T. Union. temperance organizations that have erated for the purpose of holding thi: celebration owe their existence to the en- th m and self-denial of men and wemen who have given freely of their time and labor to diffuse the knowledge of temper- ance. At the head of these organizations and in the ranks are some of tiie brightest and most enthusiastic temperince workers | | Templars, on, Mrs. Alice | five Grand Lodges, 10,125 subordinate lodge: | bia was organi | have beer Mrs. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAROH 17, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. in the country. Following are brief sketch- es of come of these organizations: The National Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union is the organized result of the women’s crusade against intemperance The first organization was formed at ( tauqua lake by well-known women. Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer, who was noted in the civil war as a leader in the work of the Christian commission, was made president, and the youthful dean of Woman's College of Northwestern University tvas made sec- a time the work of the counties of all of the tories of our Union. The Wor U. is now national unions t The “Woman's lowing officers: Pri ville; corresponding secreta. record: treasurer, presidents hc « Anna Lin- irs. Auna Kosa Davidson; La Fetra. ne> Mrs. S. jing offic D. La Fetra and Mr: present incumbent. stantly growa in meinber. Public sentiment has b in regard to persons s. Mquor lic $, espe churches. This is due, large number of m: om dressed by National W. C. and other earnest tem press work and individual part of the members. Over Eight Hundred Members. The membership now numbers eight hun- dred and fifty active aud one hundrea ana twelve honorary members. The work of educating the masses along proaivition lines has been advanced by te varivus depart- ments of works, In May, 158i, a protest was ; the President of the United States against @ salooa oviag opened on the national urill grounds, and the effort to prevent it was successful. During tne national encamp- ment the same work was done to prevent beer being sold on a goverament reserva- tion, aud the law against it was enforced. On an average there sand nine hundred doilars annuaily expend- ed in the work since ihe organwation of the union. There are now twenty-two departments of work and nineteen uuions in the ci suburbs. The headquarters of the union is located In the Central Union Mission Lulld- ing, 622 Louisiana avenue. A new depart- ment has just been organized for ‘work among the imessenser boys” of the city, a neglected class hitherto. The work may be summarized under the five geaeril heads of evangelisiic, preventive, educational, legal and social. The following are the District officers: President, Mrs. M. &. Griffith; correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. M. Hartsoc«; regord- ing secretary, Mrs. Emma 5. Shelton; treasurer, Mrs. S$. M. Wescott; auditor, Miss Lizzie Kessler; organizer, Mrs. M. ©. Grif- fith. Vice presidents—Chapin, Mrs. hen; West End, M. S. M. Wesesi west, Mrs. T. A. Williams; Capitol Jennie S. Bartlett; Anacostia, M Rider; North Capitol, Mrs. Ma: Platt; Southwest, Mrs. J. M. Frances E. Willard, Mrs. R. Southeast, Mrs. M. A. Mahone! teenth Street Baptist, Mrs. R. E. Lawsoa; Second Baptist, Mrs. G. H. Griffith; Lincoln Me- morial, Mrs. Sarah G. Johns okland, Mrs. R. R. West; Le Droit Park, Mrs. Mary E, Foxwell. Y. vice presidents—Vermont Avenue, Mrs. Nannie Croswell; Calvary Baort: Mrs. Louise A. Cowman; Crusader, Mrs. "E. M. Wharton; First Baptist, Miss Liilie Hazel- ton; Ryland, Mrs. J. H. Brough. Superintendents of departments—Juvenile and Sunday school, Mrs. Alfred Wood; tem- perance literature, Mrs. Margaret B. Platt; legislative and petition, Mrs. Alice Smith; prison and jail, Mrs. H. H. Hendrickson; unfermented wine, Mrs. Emma E. Falcon- er; young woman’s work, Miss Louisa 8. Weightman; flower mission, Mrs. C. T. Gray; work among foreigners, Mrs. Han- nah Crosby: scientific temperance instruc- tion, Mrs. M. Hartsook; Sabbath ob- servance, Mrs. M. E. Catlin; evangelistic, Mrs. Maria Merrick; press, Mrs. M. 5. Griffith: purity in literature and art, Mrs. A. E. Chambers; narcotics, Mrs. H. A. Gil- lenwater; alley missions, Mrs. R. F. Brown; chalk talker, Miss Sadie Buckingham; rail- road, Mrs. M. E. Griffith; social purity, Mrs. Clara Holbrook Smith; mothers’ meetings, Mrs. Sophia Smith: heredity and hygiene, © id intiuenc . lecturers > advocates, effort on the esentel to ct; Hit, Mrs. Annie Bovee; parliamentary, Mrs. Mary Ikirt. Trustees—Mrs. Alva V. Davis, Mrs. E. Moffatt, Mrs. Anna C. McDowell, Mrs. E. KK. Knowles, Mrs. J. H. Robinson. The Anti-Saloof Leag The Anti-Saloon League of the District of Columbia was organized in Fletcher Chapel, June 23, 1993, pursuant to a call issued by some of the temperance socie- ties of the District. It is a representative body and is composed of delegates from temperance and religious societies. The following named societies are now repre- sented in it: Independent Order of Good Independent Order of Recha- bites, Sons of Temperance, Woman's Chris- tian Temperance Union, Epworth League, Society of Christian Endeavor, Sons of Jonadab, Metropolitan Crusaders, Loyal mperance Legion, Woman's Home Mis- fonary Society, Colored Y. M. C. A., Fath- er Mathew T. ‘A. S. Nearly every church in the District is represented. Rev. L. B. Wilson. A. L. Keene. ‘The league proper meets every two weeks and its executive committee and other com- mittees every week. Much work is mapped out, and will doubtless be accomplished. Its officers are: President, Rev. L. 8. Wil- son; first vice president, Jas. L. Ewin; end vice. president, Margaret B. Platt; third vice president, . F. Vinal; recording secretary, Mrs. H. A. Gillenwater; corre- spondirg secretary, A. E. Shoemaker; trea: Ss. Bh rl R. Mahoney, together with the following named, titute the executive committee: Mrs. M. E._ Griffith, H. Mitchell, A. Can- fleld, Rev. Walter H. Brooks, R. Dins- more, A. L. Keene. Jesse C. Suter is the clerk of the executive committee. The Good Templars, The first lodge of Good Templars was or- ganized in New York state in 1851. The first Grand Lodge of Good Templars was organized in the state of New York in 1852 and represented twelve subordinate lodges. ‘The growth of the order in forty-two years is shown by the report submitted by the R. W. G. secretary to the last session of the International Supreme Lodge, held at Des Moines, Iowa, in June, 18%, which states that the order then comprised eighty- with a membership of 423,639, and 2, Juvenile Temples, with a membership of 169,804. Of the eighty-five Grand Lodges, fifty-eight are in America, fourteen in Eu- rope, seven in Australia, four in Africa and two in Asia. Of the adult membership | 196 live under the British flag and 246,346 under “old glory. The peculiar strength of the omer ts found in its recognition of the family instead of the man as the unit of society in admit- ting men, women and children to member- ship as equals in ail rights and privileges and in its educational work with the chil- dren in the juvenile temples. A. N. Canfield. H.W. Andrews. The Grand Lodge of the trict of Colum- League Hall, 481 9th stre », 1866, by the late James F T. of Pennsyl- 3 | Vania, at t! G. or of North America. itution in the District, with a membership of about 600. The last quarterly report shows fifteen sub- ordinate lodges and 906 me juvenile temples, with abo fs The present officers of the Grand Lodge ari Grand chief templar, A. N. Canfield; grand counselor, A. T. Maupin; G. V. T., Mrs. L. E. Bushby; G. 8. J. T., John R. Mahoney, grand secretary, Jesse C. Suter; treasurer, Edwin H. Harner; grand chap- lain, J. S. Blackford; gran ward E. Wilson; P. Cc. T., J. Vieck; A. G. secretary, W. S. MeCollam; D. G. marshal, Mrs. Emma EB. Bergmann; grand guard, Mrs. L. W. Ketcham; grand sentinel, A. C. Tindall; grand messenger, Irvin F, Haskins; D. R. W. G. T., John S. Gourlay. Subordinate Lodges. The various lodges and the chief templar of each are as follows: Minnehaha Lod, | No. 1, was organized November 22, 1 | and has a membership of 118. Chief tem plar, Irvin F. Haskins. Perseverance | Lodge, No. 2, was organized May 10, 1881, and has a membership of %. Chief tem- plar, James H. Dony. Morning Star Lodge, No. 3, was organized January 13, 1866, and has a membership of 5S. Chief templar, Warren Hammacher. Washingion Lodge, No. 4, was organized July 1, 1ssy, and has a membership of 33. Chief templar, W. S. Rowley. Faith (formerly Clements)’ Lodge, No. 5, was organized November 15, 1875, and has a membership of 20. Chief templar, G. J. Nash. Langdon Lodge, No. 6, of Langdon, D. C., was organ!ced October 30, 1843, and has a membership of 2U. Chief templar, J. H. Piatt. ‘300d Wili_ Lodge, No. has a membership of 40. H. Campbell. Liberty Lodge, organized December 2, 18%3,and. was organized Novenver &, J591, and jef temp! No. & was ed November 2, i8v2, and has a member- ship of 31. Chief templ: Wm. bL. Kelley. Friendship Lodge, No. was organized April 9, 1878, and has 116 members. Chief templar, W. S. Stamper. Star of Hope Lodge, No. 12, was organized July 23, ISs6, and has a membership of 41. Chief tem- plar, Lewis H. Lanmon. }). P. Uolloway Lodge, No. 18, was organized October 27, 1883, and has 42 members. Chief templar, John I. Bunch. Stiver Star Lodge, No. 20, was organized January 11, 1354, and has a membership of 15. Chief templar, Thomas Perry. Columbia Lodge, No. 21, was cr- ganized January 29, 1885, and bas a mem- Jones. Sons of Jonadab. The total abstinence organization of the Strongly prohibitory in its principles, as its membership are required to assume sol- emn, binding iron-clad obligations to ab- stain forever from the use of everything that might intoxicate and to do everything in their power to discountenance the use and sale of all intoxicating liquors. A viola- tion of these pledges subjects the offender to expulsion for life, never again under any circumstances to be admitted. This order was organized in this city September 18, 1567, at a meeting held at the residence of Asbury Lloyd, >} Street northwest, the following persons be- ing present: Samuel C. Mills, E. C. Eckloff, James J. Campbell, Croggin and W. P. Pioneer Council, No. 1, was organized, but in a very short time the membership increased to such an extent as to render necessary the formation of other counc'ls, and grand councils were soon in existence in Washington, D. C., Virginia, Maryland, Asbury Lloyd, James Lasalle. Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York mt time the eign Council, {| composed of its past officers and represen- | tatives from the following councils: Pioneer Council, No. 1; Centennial Council, No. 4; Spartan Council, No. 5; Good Will Council, No. 9; Hone Council, No. 11; Refuge Council, No. 12; Faith Coun- cil, No. 13; Empire Council, No. 3 mac Council, No. 16; Washington No. 17, and Rescue Council, No. 1). clls are also located at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.; Alexandria, Va., and 8uitinore, M on total number of members being abott 700. ubdcrdinate The Officers. The present officers are as follows: HH. W. Andrews, sovereign chief; Wm. H. Young, sovereign secretary. Pioneer Council, No. 1—dawrd Mullen, worthy chief; E. T. McNerhany, recording secretary. Centennial Council, No. 4—A. M. Will- jams, worthy chief; D. F. Browa, recording t J.C. Sater. R. A. Dinsmore. Spartan Council, No. 5—Chas. R. Hodges, worthy chief; Wm. T. Place, recording sec- retary. Good Will Council, No. }—Samuel W. Deckman, worthy chief; George W. Been, recording secretary. Hope Council, io. 11-Wm. H. Wonder, worthy chief; James A. Dee, recording secretary. Faith Council, Ni jams, worthy chiet cording secretary. Empire Council, No. 14—James Campbell, worthy chief; Thomas W. Scozt, recording secretary. Washington Council, No. 17-W. T. Watts, worthy chief; G. i. Johnson, re- cording secretary. Rescue Council, No. 19—-Edward L. Hoff- man, worthy chief; Luther Fridley, record- ing secretary. Henry W. Andrews, the present sovereign 13—Benjamin F. Will- H. M. Thatcher, ze- chief of the Sons of Jonuwieb, be- came a member of Spartan Council, No. 5, Sons of Jonadab, in 1579, ia this city, and after serving faithfully in various cilices in the gift of the order was at the last session of the Sovereign Council, held in Washing- ton, D. C., September 14 and 15, 1398, unan- imously chosen to serve for two years a3 its sovereign chief, the highest office in the order. He has always been an active, in- telligent and zealous worker. Order of Rechabit The word Rechabite is synonymous with total abstinence from all intoxicating liq- uors. The name of the order ts takea from a body of people called Rechabites isee Jere- miah xxxv), Who drank no wine. The order was established in Salford, Manchester, England, August 24, 1835, and in New York city, United States, August 2, 1542. Its ch- jects are to promote temperance, enconrage brotherly affection, relieve tne distressed, minister to the sick and afflicted and care for the widows and orphans of deceased members, The order has grown rapidly in the past ten years, consequent upon in- creased zeal of its management and the wonderful advance of temperaace senti- ment throughout the world. Its ritual pas been printed in several languages, and bun- dreds of thousands of men and womea and children are enrolled under its bauner. The membership is divided into three classes. The annual returns to Decetaver 31, 1892, make the following showi Honorary members (mostly mizisters), 600; adult members (male and female), | 14,000; juvenile members (male and fe- male), 7,500; total, 22,000. A ccumulated funds in the District and Primary Tent treasuries, over three million dollars. The District of Columbia has always been the stronghold of the order, and has been hun- ored by the election of many of :ts mem- bers to office in the High Tent. The business office of North America, the high secretary-treasurer, has been located in Washington for the past four years. The officers of the High Tent are as follows: Past high chief ruler, Thos. B. Marche, Vir- ginia; high chief ruler, Samuel C. Coleman, Ohio; high deputy ruler, E. °. York; high lecturer, Joseph C. Lee, Teka- ma, D. C.; high chaplain, Ely Otto, Georgia; high secretary-treasurer, John R. Mahoney, Washington, D, C. Its Oricin Here. The order was introduced in the District of Columbia February 3, 1847, by the or- ganization of Mount Vernon Tent, No. 208, in a hall over the livery stable of Walker & Kimmell on C street, where Charlton's bakery is now located. The charter mem- | bers were Christopher Spence, John Mills, John Morrell, Chas. C. Beveridge, Wash. | Naylor, sr., Christopher Cammack, Wm. H. | Fanning, Edward Speakes, Michael French } and Johnson Simonds. They are all dead. The institution of this tent led to the or- | ganization of others. George Washington, No, 265, was organized on Christmas night, 1s January 16, 1549; He- ber of Georgetown following soon after. | There is now a grand tent, seven pri 3 jone female and three junior tents in the | District of Columbia; also a commandery of the Knights of Rechab, all working for the extension of the temperance cause in the District. The Grand Tent of the District of Co- lumbia was organized in the year 1849. The | present officers are: Past grand ruler, J. C. Ellis; grand chief ruler, A. K. Belt; grand | deputy ruler, Chas, Hintnach; grand sec- Smith, New | | retary, Chas. W. Steers; grand treasurer, 1a marshal, Ed- | guard, 8S. C. T. W. Van | northwest. bership of 86. Chief templar, Edward H. | grand | R. W. Johnson; grand lecturer, R. W. Mun- dell; grand chaplain, J. R. Mahoney; grand . Elsom. ‘abordinate Tents, Columbia Tent, No. 1, 19th street and Pennsylvania avenue. Organized August, 1801. Chief ruler, George M. Jory; secre- tary, R. B. Humphries. George C. Thomp- son Tent, No. 3, Wonn’s Hall, sth street Organized October, 1891. Chief ruler, A. K. Belt; T. L. Salkeld, secretary. Washington Tent, No. 7, Odd Fellows’ Hall, Navy Yard. Organized February 21, 1892. J. A. Reese. chief ruler; P. J. Cooksey, sec- retary. Hebner Tent, No. 19, Georgetown. Organized 154. Chief ruler, Ottis Tavlor; secretary, D. Upperman. Cammack Tent, No. 56, Rechabite Hall, 4 1-2 strect and Pennsylvania avenue. Organized 1887. Chief ruier, W. J. Boyle; secretary, Walter ALK, Belt. Jett. Sth street northwest. Organized Chief ruler, C. W. Steers; secretary, J. Adams. Anacostia Tent, No. 138, Anaco! tia, D. C. Organized 1882. Chief ruler, Jas. H. Dony; secretary, Thos. W. Scott. Cov- enant Tent, No. 6 (female branch). Organ- ized 1891, Rechabite Hall, 4 1-2 street and Pennsylvania avenue. Mrs. E. V. Hebard, chief ruler; Miss Annie DeLavergne, sec- retary. Union Tent, junior, No, 15. Shep- herd, W. Roach; chief ruler, W. Sweeney; secretary, John Hl. No. 17. S.C. Elsom, shepherd, Towne, chief ruler; 8. Schiller, secretary, Cammack Tent, junior, No, 42. J. R. Ma- honey, shepherd; W. White, chief ruler; Henry Dobson, secretary. The Knights of Rechab is a new feature E. J. Redmond, 1876. 8. Sons of Jonadab is somewnat peculiar and in Rechabism, and {s known as the uniform rank. Jeremiah Commandery, No. 1, being the first commandery, was organized 1891. | The present officers are: Commander, J. R. Mahoney; Ist Heutenant, S. C. lsom; 21 lieutenant, W. Hi. Marrott; adjutant, R, B. Humphries; —_quarterm: . BF. Dickey chaplain, W. C. Medford; past commanders, Jas. C. Lee, Thos. B. Marche, R. W. John- son and M. F. Martin. he Father Mathew Society. On July 4, 1840, the teachers and scholars of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church were the guests of the late George Savage at the old Savage mansion, just east of Convention Hall, the site of Convention Hall being then a part of the grounds surrounding the resi- dence. During the day the host suggested that a total abstinence society be erganiz- ed by the teachers. The suggestion was acted upon,and the organization now known as the Father Mathew ‘Total Abstinence Society was formed. At the time !t was called St. Patrick's Total Absttne: So- ciety, being the first distinctively total ab- | stinence society organized in this country. Mr. P. A. Byrne, the present vice presi- dent, is the only charter member now liv- ing. Mr. Savage died some years since, leaving as a heritage the reformation of many men in this community from the vice of intemperance. The first spiritual direc- tor of the society was the late lather Mathew of St. Patrick's Church. Bishop Keane, rector of the Catholic Untversity of America, while assistant pastor at St. Patrick's Church, took great interest in its welfare, and was always present ut the meetings. At times the membership has been as great as 500, and at present it num- bers over 100. As the name indicates, the society is composed of members of the Catholic Church, but its meetings on Sun- day evenings are open to everyone tnier- ested in sobriety. Prominent temperance advocates of every creed have addressed the meetings. The fraternal spirit domi- nant in temperance work is appreciated by the fact that the courtesy of the speakers of other creeds is reciprocated by the prom- inent members of the society, who have addressed the meetings of the W. C. T. U. and other kindred organizations. The officers elected at_the lust meeting are: Spiritual director, Rev. J. I. McGee; president, Edward J. Redmond; vice presi- dent, P. A. Byrne; treasurer, Thomas Malo- ney; secretary, Thomas Harlow, and ser- geant-at-arms, James Carmody. Sons of Temperance. The order of the Sons of Temperance was organized in the city of New York, Septem- ber 29, 1842, by sixteen persons, and has enrolled nearly two millions of persons in the United States and Hritish provinces, and is stéadily and surely advaacing with increasing force and swelling ranks. It is composed of a national, forty grand, and about 2,000 subordinate divisions. its fun- damental principle is total aostinence from all that can intoxicate, and it presents a social and fraternal combination to meet and overcome the social alluremeats of in- temperance, and the combined infiuence of the liquor traffic.lts plain and simple con- stitution, practical code of , sound financial basis, freedom from machinery, and increasing co-operation, sympathy union with the Christian and moral ele- ments of the country are making it one of tue most powerful agencies agai perance and the liquor traffic in the world. ALL. Phillips. R. L. Yates. The order wisely avails itself of the co- operation of women. In the Sons of Tem- perance they give more than sympathy and prayers; they are active participants in all the business of the division of which they are members. The order aims not only to save the drunkard, but the temperate likewise, leving that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." The order is thoroughly fdentified with Christianity and philanthrophy. Its prin- ciples, laws and practices are in accord- ance with its motto: “Love, Purity and Fidelity.” The Grand Division of the Dis- trict of Columbia was organized July 11, 1844. At the present time there are six | subordinate divisions In the District, with | nearly 400 members enrolled. Within the past year new life and energy has been imparted to the order in this District by the efforts of Mr. J. S. Whalen and others. The order has enrolled among its member- ship in the. Disirict of Columbia some of the most influential business men of the city, who take an active interest in the cause of temperance. Royal Templars. The Royal Templars of Temperance was incorporated by special act of the legis- | lature of the state of New York. The su- preme council is composed of representatives from grand councils, and the original in- corporators,and meets biennially. The grand councils are composed of representatives from select councils and such officers and committees as are prescribed by the consti- tution. Select councils form the basis of the order, and are composed of ladies and gentlemen selected with due regard to stability as a temperance socicty and se- curity as a benefit order. Capital City Council, No. 1, Washington, D. C., was instituted in 1879, and its mem- bership now numbers 145. Among {ts mein- bers are many of Washington's representa- tive citizens. The officers are as follows: A. L. Phillips, select councilor; Elizabeth Hartman, vice councilor; E. M. Brock, sec- retary; N. J. Hillman, treasurer; James F. Bolton, financial secretary; John S. Gour- lay, chaplain. Golden Cross. The United Order of Golden Cress fs a beneficial as well as a temperance organiza- tion, It has a large membership in this Dis- trict and a grand commandery and some eleven subordinate bodies. R. H. Yates is the grand commander and W. E. Graham is the grand keeper of records. ———__ To Fit the Time. From Trath. Mr. Malaprop—“Have you seen the new Mqueur invented in honor of the alliance be- tween France and Russia?” Mr. Prig—“No; what do they call it?” Mr. Malaprop—‘‘Some French name; the ‘Entiente Cordiale,’ I believe.” —_—_—_-+-o+___ Hard on the Health.—Uncle Josh—“Why are these cars called grip cars?” Nephew—“‘Because every now and then the cable breaks, and the passengers get the grip waiting for the car to start up again.— New York W: Union Tent, No. 87, Bunch’'s Hall, 314] Hudson Tent, junior, | Percy | THE PUBLIC’S BONDS! { Rich People, However, and Not the Poor, Have Got Them. THE NEW POPULAR LOAN; Millionaires Profit by the Nation's Necessities. COUNTERFEITING U. 8S. BONDS Gee See ECRETARY CAR- Usle, in announcing the new issue of bonds, declared that they were intended not for capitalists, but for the people. They were to be a “popular loan.” But, as might have been expected, the mon- eyed institutions and millionaires have gob- bled them up, leaving only a very small slice of the cake for folks of moderate means. The latter have secured somewhere between 10 and 15 per cent of the $50,000,000, National banks, savings banks and trust companies have purchased 75 per cent. ‘The balance has gone into the hands of great in- dividual money holders, like Russell Sage, who has taken $500,000, or one per cent of the whole, for himself. The “plain people,” as President Lincoln called them, are usually left behind in the scramble for government bonds. Before they can get their savings out of the family stocking and make up their minds to pay- ing $117 and odd cents for $100 worth of paper, the banks and plutocrats have sucked up the whole of the loan. For example, the late William H. Vanderbilt, at the time of his death, held $48,050,000 worth of 4 per cents. One of his quarterly interest checks is exhibited as a curiosity at the treasury. The check is for $480,500. He got one like it every three months from Washington. Just think of it! That sum in gold would equal the weight of an average man, or would make ten lumps as big as the largest nugget of that metal ever found—the famous “Welcome” nugget of Ballarat. Mr.Vander- bilt’s interest on his personal loan to Uncle Sam amounted to $5,265.75 every day. For every hour of the day and night the treas- ury paid him $219.40. He drew $3.65 for every minute, or a little more than * cents a second, throughout the year. The registered _— ry today by Cornelius and W. K. anderbilt run to thir Potc-saag up irty odd millions of The Quarterly Checks, The quarterly checks with which the in- terest on all bonds is paid are returned can- celed to the treasury, where they are pre- served. If there is dispute as to a payment the check for it can be referred to at a moment's notice, showing the Signature of the payee on the back. The forging of a name on one of these documents has rarely occurred, Nevertheless, hardly a day passes that the checks on file are not looked at for the purpose of comparing the indorsements on checks newly returned with earlier sig- natures by the same individuals, In like manner all of the bonds called in since 1830 are kept, those previous to that date hav- ing been destroyed. Heirs in litigation ; sometimes wish to refer to them. The paid coupons are packed away by millions in pasteboard boxes. Redeemed and Canceled Notes. In this same note and coupon division of the treasury are kept all of the redeemed and canceled interest-bearing notes which were issued by the government many years ago. Comparatively recently an engraving of the American eagle was sent in for re- demption by a person who claimed that it was part of an old seven-thirty note, the rest of it having been eaten by rats, save for another fragment with the number of the security, which was inclosed. The files were referred to and the eagle and num- bered piece fitted exactly into a note for $00 from which they had been cut by the applicant sgme time before, when he was a clerk in Uncle Sam's employ. The note in question was found in a minute among mil- lions stored away, and the evidence sent the swindler to the penitentiary. Receipt of a Mammoth Sum. One of the most remarkable of the curios- [ities exhibited at the treasury is the orig- | inal certificate of deposit issued as an ac- |knowledgment of the receipt of $15,500,000 pail over by Great Britain in settlement of claims for damage done by the confederate | privateer Alabama. It is dated September 9, 1873, end is signed by Treasurer Spinner | and Register Allison. There was no printed form big enough to hold such a great sum, | and so one was made with a pen by a clerk jnamed McGrotty. It is a very elaborate ‘piece of workmanship. The money was sent to this country through Drexel, Morgan & Compzny and other bankers, who deposited jit in the treasury, indorsing the certificate | as payable to the joint account of the Brit- ish minister at Washington and the acting consul general at New York. Those gentle- men indorsed it over to the Secretary of State, who again made it payable to the Secretary of the Treasury, and thus the cash found its way imto Uncle Sam's pocket. Bogus Securities. The turning up at the treasury the other day of a counterfeit $1,000 seven-thirty cou- pon bond of 1865 occasioned much surprise. It was not supposed that any specimens of this fraudulent issue were any longer ex- tant. It made an immense amount of trou- ble for the government twenty-five years ago. A considerable number of the imita- tions, which were admirably executed, had been placed on the market; but of this alarming fact nothing was known until one day, in the ordinary course of business, the treasury received from Jay Cooke & Com- pany, the New York bankers, $85,000 worth of the bogus securities for redemption. They had been cashed by the firm men- tioned. Of course, payment was refused, and thereupon a prolonged contention in the courts followed. The bankers claimed that the bonds, though fraudulent, were printed from the original plates, and were therefore genuine in law. How plausible this assertion was may be judged from the fact that the chief of the bureau of engraving, which had pro- duced the original securities, feared that it was based on fact. Naturally, his alarm was great, inasmuch as he was responsible for the safety of the plates thus alleged to have been utilized for dishonest pur- poses. When his head engraver, Mr. Casi- lear, after carefully examining one of the false bonds, declared it an imitation mere- ly, he dropped into a chair with a gasp of relief, ‘saying: “Thank God!” It was ascertained a dozen years later that the author of this admirable work of crimi- nal art was Charles H. Smith, who was destined to occasion the treasury much more anxiety and annoyance before fete de- creed his capture. One Successfal Bond Forger. The highest flight of the counterfeiter’s ambition is the forging of government bonds. Only one man has ever attempted it with success in this country. His au- thorship of the false security above de- scribed would probably have remained un- known to this day but for other imitative crimes in which he was subsequently en- gaged. These culminated in a counterfeit of the $1,000 6 per cent bond of the issue of 1881. The plates for the treasury were made by a bank note company in New York, which employed Smith as an en- graver. He was at that time highly re- spected in his profession and the husband of a banker's daughter. While working on the real plates for the government at the shop of the engraving concern, he repro- duced each night at hcme what be had done during the day. Thus, when his legiti- mate task was finished, he had ready the plates from which to print a forgery that was almost beyond detection. Betrayed by an Accident. Only an accident could have prevented the greatest feat of counterfeiting in his- tory from obtaining a success which would have earned millions of dollars for the criminals who used Smith as a tool. As soon as the bonds were Issued by the tr ury the swindlers struck off 208 of the imi- tations, representing $208,000. These were | | Nervous, | All diseases! of a special kin and | nature suc-: cessfully; | the Latest) - | Scientific | Principles. Perfected in old cases which have been Varicocele Fourteenth Street Cable Cars pass the door. Ty Cases and correspondence SACREDLY Placed in the hands of an expert “sbover” named Doyle, who carried them. to Chi- cago in a handbag for the purpose of sell- ing them. The government had no scent of the fraud, but it chanced that the se- cret service apy jt ng an pec = ao g him of ing something to do =e forgery of a $100 note. He was arrested as he stepped off the train, and in his valise the bogus bonds were cis- covered. Only this chance slip between the cup and the ip could have forestalled a catas- trophe which would have well-nigh threat- ened the national credit. In circulating the false bonds no difficulty whatever wouid have been found. They were, to all intents and purposes, fac similes of the originals, being executed by the same hand. Atter Doyle was caught certain Chicago finun- ciers wanted to purchase the securities found in his possession, being convinced that they were genuine. In this instance also a belief gained ground that the coun- terfeits must have been prinved from the real plates. Not long afterward Smith and | his confederate, Brockway, the latter aj skilled te printer, were run down and capt . They gave up the bogus plates, which were destroyed. Decreased Interest. The recent bund subscriptions have tn- | dicated that people of small or moderate means In this country are not very anxious to lend money at 3 per cent. Besides, they could not easily procure the yellow coin or gold certificates demanded in payment. In- creased confidence in the stability of the | government has reduced the interest on) Uncle Sam’s borrowings to a fraction of what it used to be. During the war, in order to get cash, the treasury was oblized to pay the equivalent of 15 per cent. Pros- perity has lowered interest rates generally Harvard University, the richest educa-| tional institution in the United Sts can only get 5 per cent for its millic real estate and stocks now. In 18 investments earned nearly 8 per cent. The government is always desirous that its loans shall be held by the “plain ple,” but they are invariably swallowed by the great moneyed corporations and capitalists. In 1879 Congress authorized the issue of $40,000,000 in certificates of $10 each, bearing interest at 4 per cent—said interest not to be payable until the cer- tificates should be presented for redemp- tion. To shut out bankers and persons of that ilk it was provided that not more than a certain amount should be sold to any single individual. Offices to dispose of the securities were opened in many cities, where thousands of people stood in Hne and took their turns in buying. But the speculators obtained a great part of the loan by hiring men to purchase for them. Each hireling, after buying the limit, would go to the tail of the line and begin over again. Of these certificates only $78,860 worth is still outstanding. The law provided that they might be converted into 4 per cent con- sols on being submitted for redemption. The term “consol” was invented in ng- land, by the way, being short for “consoli- dated debt.” Interest on the $10 certifi is still running on, those which are » being now worth $160 for every $i00 of face value. Anybody who holds ten of them, on application to the treasurer of the United States, can obtain $160, or $150 worth of 4 per cent bonds and a check for $10. The bonds are selling in the market at the rate of $113 for $100. Thus it will be seen that the certificates were an exceeding- ly desirabie investment. The compound interest notes issued @ur- ing the war Were all absorbed by bankers, who reaped the profits on them. To one great financier, Jay Cooke, this country owes an immense debt of obligation. Dur- ing the war he acted as financial agent of the government, getting money for its se- curities by methods of extraordinary enter- prise, and turning vast sums into the treas- ury. By advertisements in country news- papers he reached practically every sgall investor in the loyal states. Paying Bond Interest. One of the nost extraordinary events in connection with United States bonds oc- curred under the last administration, when the Secretary of the Treasury, during the panic of 1890, authorized the payment in ad- vance of nine months’ interest on the 4 per | cents. This order threw about $15,000,000 into circulation. | The amount of clerical labor required in| connection with the 4 per cent loan is as-! tonisbing. It involves the keeping of 27,000 distinct accounts, such being the number of registered subscribers. The names of the latter, with sums owing to each, &c., are printed in a series of book The type for these books weighs severa. tons, and is kept locked up in forms tn the | printing office of the treasury. The bonds! are frequently changing hands, and the peo- ple who hold them are constantly chancing | thelr addresses. Thus every three months, when the interest checks are to be sent out, corresponding typographical corrections are made and the books are reprinted. snl mained susan A Little Princess. From the Argosy. The exiled King of France, Charies x, was then resident in Holyrood Palace with his two grandchildren—the Duc de Ber- deaux, afterward known as the Comte de Chambord, and his sister, Loulse, who was never designated otherwise than as Malo- motselle. Their governess, the Duchess’ de Gontaut, was a friend of my mother’s, and, it was thought desirable that the royal children should have some young | United States Acade MEDICINE AND SURGERY, 807-809-811 14th St. N.W. (Bet. 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Bulletin, Every now and then interesting matters im connection with John G. Whi life and young manhood come face. The recent rescue from the letter in which he referred Bray of Marblehead, with whom ed school in the old Haverhill Academy, and in which he gave expression of his love for her, develops an intensely interesting chapter in the history of the great poet. It is, of course, now impossible to trace the events which transpired in those far-off pect that led to the final separation of two loving hearts, for ti Dosing that the love ‘was, Tutus, Burm = oie, and their paths diverged for- Soon after leav! to her héme in Marficheens baa ay oor ried the Rev. Mr. Downey, a Baptist min- ister, and went to Phil wo reside He had some property, and for atime ty and progress marked their vd Soon adversity came, most of the PZ; erty Was swept away, and at length natend di bas % * Gathering together her diminished sions, the widow went to live with her friends, and so the years hurried end Pow. St the age ct eighty, she wishes to come en inmat, i oe e of the Old Ladies’ Home But that cannot be, because the of the home must be nat: verbil Mr. Whittier livea single ll hat but it is more than probable that ceased to cherish for her very ings. This is evident from the expressed in the “Sea D = ectest poems, a so! y is the dreamer.” “The poem while staying at the seaside, where morning he hears in mer sing this song: oe ‘The waves are ‘The rocks ate man Dreeze and son, I walk once more the haunted shore, A stranger, yet at bome— A land of @reams I roami Is thts the wind, I see the gray fort's adbe heats that rock below: out at Sea, the passing sails We saw £0 long ago, Rose-red in morning's glow. The freshness of the early thme On every. Drowe is Bowes As glad the sea, as blue the sky— ‘The change is ours alone; The saddest is my own! inger, world-worn man. Is be who bears my name; But one, methinks, whose mortal life Immortal youth became, Art evermore the same, Thou art not here, thon 1 Dy, Biace T -— = only know that where thow art The blessed angels be, And heaven is glad for thea. Forcive me, if the evil years Have left on me their sign; Wash out, © soul so beautiful, The many stains of mine In tears of love divine! ‘Oh. turn te mo that Genrest face all thy Sea-horn town, ‘The wedded roses of thy lips, Thy loose hair rippling dowa In waves of golden brown, hh onee more through space y sweet shade fall grace of soul and form y's frescoed wall, A shadow, and yet all! * near, more near, forever dear er I rest or roam, + crowded city streets Or in the brown sea foam, ‘Whe thoucht of thee ts bome! How Ruskin Passes His Evenings From MecClure’s Magarine. Until quite lately Mr. Ruskin loved to read Scott and Byron to the family, as | when evening drew in they sat around and listened. And he would break off now ané again to enlarge upon a text or interpolate 2 piece of luminous criticism, never so happy as when an enlightening discussion would ensue. But now the readings are After Ginner family ana visitors meet in the drawing room, for the profes now @ines alone, as conversation is apt to have & distressing effect on his digestion, as the vigor of his mind has out- run the capacity of the liver. Then a cup of coffee and a class of port are brought to him, while the enlivening conversation pro- h er the laughter and tne er the talk, the better and more wel- 3 or, more often, the chess board is brought out at once, and the professor plays a couple of games with Mr, Severn or with the visitor; a brilliant game, played with great rapidity and decision of thought. And so the evening wears on, until upon the stroke of half-past ten Mrs. Severn sum- to withdraw, escorts him spinnin A Sharp-Tongued Judge. companions, we were selected to associate | From the Pall Mall Gazette. with them, and frequently went to them at | Some of Mr. Justice Matthew's obiter Holyrood, while they were often also in- | dicta will be long remembered, such as the vited to our house. Mademotselle especially | remark, “The truth will occasionally leak enjoyed coming to us, away from all the | out, even in an affidavit.” Here is one of stiffness of court etiquette, and also be-| the latest: In a dispute as to what took cause she had emule an romantic attach- | place before a judge at Chambers, counsel, ment to one of my sisters, Sir Walter's | Jno ike his opponent, was not present On one occasion, when she ceme to us| there, remarked, “Experience shows it is without her brother, we got leave to make! Very unprofitable to refer to what took our escape from the solemnity of the draw- | ing room, where Mme. de Gontaut was lace there when neither counsel were > “Often still more #0,” said his ‘when both were.” - — Her Limitations. present. seated with my mother, and we all ran off | lordship, together to amuse ourselves in some other room. We chose my father’s study as the scene of our exploits, knowing that he had gone out. Arriving ‘there, my sister eug- gested that as Mademoiselle was sure to be | @ queen some day, we had better erect a | throne for her on the top of the writing | table and duly install her in it. The young | princess was a very clever, thoughtful | child, and her words were characteristic: | “Ah, cherie! who can say whether in the | future 1 shall be a poor little queen cr a magnificent beggar!” As a matter of fact, she became Duchess of Parma. But we carried out our design of treating her as a future monarch; by means of a pile of cushions on the study table, we raised a very satisfactory throne and placed her u on it. Then I believe one of us acted her principal lady-in-waiting, and form presented the others, who made profound! courtesies, and were received by the pri cess with becoming dignity. In the m of this little court drama the door opened and my father walked in, not being ev aware that there were any visitors in the house, and he stopped in some surprise contemplate the scene. soe The western turf congress te? she dances a jockey club of the eas’ trac \ ¥: gird an agreement regarding pr ntry “T n ee = exclusion of objectionable characters. dances like @ bird—but she can’t sing!