Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1894, Page 14

NG STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1894—-TWENTY PAGES. WITH THE SPECIALS: Graphic Incidents in Connection With Special Trains, AKING FAS? TIME RECORDS) } ogineers and Firemen With an! BR Abundance of Nerve. ’NE SAD FAILURE) aren Rc) ee OME THREE} weeks since a group of about fifteen rail- road presidents, gen- eral managers and general superintend- | ents assembled in Washington to ar- range the summer! schedule which went! into effect May 13th. They represented the railroad systems of} the east, and are, un-| doubtedly, the bright- est men tn the business. It is doubtful whether a summer schedule has ever before gone into effect on the 13th of the month. Raflroad men are superstitious, as a’ rule, | but as the date fell on Monday, the day usually selected to change schedules, it was, no doubt, concluded to take the risk. A| party of about half a dozen were sitting| around an open window up at the hotel dis- cussing this point, on the evening before the conference, when one of the party dis-| missed the subject with the remark that, as the times were hard and the outlook for | the summer business not of the brightest, | they might as well change the schedule cn| the 13th and let the uniucky number bear the brunt of the responsibility if business turned out as indicated. From unlucky numbers the group fell to @iscussing fast runs on the different roads and then took up the subject of special trains. This subject is a favorite one with the heads of the different railroads, as they generally figure as the most important per-} sonages connected with the runs. The} special train Vanderbilt that ‘carried the . md to Buffalo, recently, time, came under dis- rable of the glory con- party fro: in record cussion, and Do You Understand Itt 1 therewith melted away as the cir- tonees were dissected in the nature of eal country and an almost. perfect| If the same locomotive and cars| on the reads that cross the| se or Alleghanies, it is a safe as-| to mak that the time per mile nereased by at least a dozen or| conds. I don’t mean to detract trom| the merits of that run,” said a gentleman from Philadelphia, nodding to an Evening| ur reporter, “but we frequently make| e equally as fast as that when we strike | good sections of the road and the engineer} can let his locomotive spread itself. I have been out « jal trains that have made time t le with astonishment, iy ppened that our s along t rd | nothing of the performance. One Dismal Failure. “About the most dismal failure that I can recall in the way of a special train,” continued the man from the quiet city, “was started from New York about 1877, I think. At that time there was consid- erable speculation as to how far a train ‘ould be rua without stopping for coal or ter. The tanks holding water in the cen- ter of the tracks had proven a great suc- cess and the matter of stopping for water had been done away with.- This permitted | a run of a hundred miles continuously, but then came the change of engine and crews. 5 the bright young men of our we had a few, put their heads together in that year and determined to try and make a continuous run from New York to Pittsburg. An extra large snder was provided and the car next to it as Joaded with coal Gum tubing was run from the floor of the cars to the axle mg oil and other little contri- Provided to le m the chances of a stop as much as possible. hing looked lovely for the run on that the train started out for aud as I saw the engineer oil- « but | | | } Otling Up. | ing up the finest owned h Th the en I kne nd o tering thoroughly to thing passed off ivision, i ‘Out near Philadeiphia, shat- tering space. got wrong with the oil tube running to the axle box on one of the cars, and Charley Douglas, one of | the brightest young men then in the emplo: , <Tasped the handle along. of our compan: | side the steps, and, leaning far over, en- break. deavored to repair the ment he was deefity work the train d and the next At the mo- ed over his | around a slight nt poor Douglas ith a milk stand h ‘erent en- as that stood for sey- r the rest of imeers made recc. | her. | ous-looking man of about forty y | eral years. That was the most dismal fail- ure of a special train that has ever come to my notice, and to this day the experiment has not been repeated.”” During the Railroad Riots. “How about the time made by the special train conveying troops to Pittsburg during the railroad riots of "77?" inquired one of the group. “Well, that train was started with the idea of making good time,” replied the first speaker, “but it was about the slowest special that has ever gone over our road. At every stop the train made a striker seemed to alight on it like a fly out of the air, and, as a result, if we resumed the jour- ney inside of an hour we considered our- selves lucky. Coupling pins would be pulled out and thrown away, alr-brake pipes tam- pered with, and up on the middle division they even had the nerve to kill our engine. “I have forgotten the general's name who had charge of the state militia on the train, but toward the end of the journey he vas simply frothing at the mouth through anger. At Altoona the strikers took four engines away from us as fast a we coupled them up, and the last one we to get hold of we had to march In the Glare of the Fire Box. to the round house with 100 militiamen and take it out. I think that trip took about twenty hours to accomplish, while under ordinary circumstances the distance is covered in nine hours.” “IT can recall a run made by a special train about four years ago,” said a mem- ber of the group, whose road winds in and out of the Lehigh coal region, “that comes into ry mind without the 'east trouble to my thinking apparatus. The special con- sisted of an engine and two cars, and the distance covered was only seven miles, but, although no record of the time.made was kept, I am positive it was a record- breaker for the distance. Ranning From Coal Cars. “We had been up in the mining region inspecting the road and were returning down the hill at an easy pace. As we neared a little telegraph office stuck in the side of the mountain our engineer observed the young operator running toward him lke a wild man. The engineer lost no time | in pulling up to meet him, and was more than frightened when he called out: “The strikers up the hill have sent down two loaded coal cars after you; pull out for Sidell for your life!’ “Sidell was seven miles away, and was the nearest siding, and away we flew. If the worst came we knew we could jump and save our lives, but the engineer was true- blue, and I told him to try and save the engine and cars. And he tried. He simply pulled the throttle wide open, and after we had made a tremendous start he closed her up, and we drifted down the mountain like the wind. When we started for Sidell we had about half a mile start on those two cars, and I don’t believe they gained a foot on us. I was on the point of crying out a couple of times for the engineer to reverse the lever and put on the air brakes so we could jump, as at every curve I thought we would leave the rails, but as he and his fireman stuck gamely to their post without a quiver I knew it would never do for me to weaken first. Well, we reached the siding in safety, and in about twenty-five seconds the two cars passed by with a rush, and were caught as they stalled on a heavy up grade near the base of the mountain. “There were half a dozen attaches of the road in the rear car during that run, and I must say, with the exception of a little | paleness, they went through the ordeal like game men. A strike had been settled up in the mountains about a week previous, and, as in all such cases, several of the strikers had been barred out. It was these men who had tried to even up matters, according to their ideas of revenge, and had it not been for the telegraph operator in the first place it might have been suc- cessful. But it was the engineer's game- ness that had saved the locomotive and cars.” ‘Trying a New Locomotive. “About three years ago,” chimed in a gray-haired veteran, continuing the story telling about special trains, “we received a new locomotive up on our road of very peculiar pattern, being exceedingly large and equipped with many new patents whereby great speed was to be attained. I was superintendent of the road then, and determined to take it out myself on a spe- cial! schedule and ascertain if the new ideas were practical. I picked out a first- class engineer and fireman to accompany me. The latter, particularly, I want to cail attention to, as he plays a very im- portant part in my tale. He was six feet tall and built in preportion, and as he stood in the glare of the open fire-bgx pre- sented a picture worthy of the finest ar- th it. “Well, the locomotive proved to be all the builders claimed for her, and ran the record up to sixty-one miles an hour, which is quite a speed for our road, being possessed of many sharp curves and grades. When the engine was going her best and had just rounded a sharp curve I noticed directly | ahead of me a little girl half-way across a single-track bridge that spanned quite a body of water. There was no room for us both on the structure, and in despair I pulled the whistle and tried, although I knew it was a hopeless task, to stop the en- gine. As the shrill shriek’ of the whistle reached the little girl’s ears, she turned, and, seeing the engine bearing down upon her, ran ahead a few steps, and then, real- izing the impossibility of reaching the other side before the engine would be upon her, she sprang to the side of the structure, and, with a scream, jumped into the deep water, twenty feet below. My reversing the engine startled the half dozen railroad men in the single coach I was hauling, and they tm- mediately rushed out on to the front plat- form to find out the cause. A Brave Fireman’s Jump. “As the little girl's form sank beneath the water another figure whirled through the air. It was that big fireman of mine. had seen the child simultaneously with me, and, acting instantly, had jumped down be-| tween the engine and tender, and as the xirl sprang into the water he leaned after ing to the velocity of the train his body whirled around like a ball before he struck the water. The stream had become quite swollen by recent rains, and the cur- rent was swift. My fireman had hardly dis- appeared under the water than the girl was seen several yards in front of him, but | he quickly ‘came to the surface and struck out after her. The little thing went down a second time, but as she arose my fireman was by her side, and, grasping her firmly, he turned, and, after a struggle, managed reach the shore almost exhausted. “While the struggles in the water were ne, and finally brought it to a standstill t distance from the end of the bridge. immetiately deserted that special and one and all rushed down to the bank of the T and yelled encouragement to ‘he brave low. As he came out puffing like a poise, we gave him three cheers and a and he only replied to it with the re- ter is cola? Mf course the crow: Uttle purse, but I him. I sized him with his nerve and certainly make a good engineer, next pay roll he signed was class.”, Got Mixed as to the Tracks. “You fellows all run toward the in telling your stories, 4 chipped in a neat wasn’t through with way: A man in would and the 8 one of that dramatic chimed in a nery- was hidden behind a gre smoke. y don't you tell something funny. Listen to this one, and you will ave the laugh on me. It occurred about a year ago and, of course, out in the wild western country. “From Butte to Helena the tracks of the He, ing on I was struggling with that pesky | mark: ‘Christopher Columbus, but that wa-| F Great Northern and the Northern Pacitie } roads run side by side for miles together, each taking the same curves around the base of the same mountains and jogging along in genial companionship. About half way to Helena from Butte the Great Northern plunges into an obstructing moun- tain and runs through a tunnel nearly a mile long. The Northern Pacific here leaves the Great Northern, and instead of passing through a tunnel winds about, twisting and turning, reversing itself a dozen times, until one imagines, as he stands upon the rear platform, that he sees a dozen differ- jent railroads instead of one. The grade | is extremely steep. From the top of the decline one can see the track five different times, each track being from twenty to seventy-five feet below the one above it. “At that time official business called me from Helena to Butte, and a special train was ordered out for my accommodation. I well remember the conductor shouting up to the engineer as he stood at the en- trance to his cab: ‘Do you understand it?’ He referred to the orders just given to run | as fast as possible. We started all right, but soon began to lose time, and, of course, | I became hot under the collar. Glancing | out of the window I suddenly espied almost directly below, about 100 feet, another track. I remembered that the Great North- ern ran parallel with the road I was now using and that the latter's train would soon be due and place me in Butte ahead of my slow special. Without a word I pulled the bell cord, clambered off the car and made an uncomfortable climb down the 100-foot cliff. I sat down on the end of a tie and waited for my train. Fully twen- ty minutes passed and no train. Five min- utes later I heard a whistle and a minute later a locomotive came into view, I whirl- ed my hat and the train stopped. Running forward to climb on the first car, who should confront me but the conductor I had left twenty-five minutes before, and it then dawned upon me that I had mounted my_own special again. “Well, I reached Butte finally, but it cost me something like $1.40 for drinks for that train crew so as to keep the story west of the Mississippi river.” { | IN LOCAL STUDIOS. Mr. Robert Hinckley returned from Eu- rope early in the week, and is more enthu- siastic than ever over the possibilities of creating, or rather developing, an artistic atmosphere in Washington. This cause will be forwarded in the near future by the establishment of an American Salon to be held annually in this city. The oldér mem- bers of the artistic coterie are taking up with the idea with an earnestness and en- thusiasm which must eventually crown their efforts with success, In speaking of their plans Mr. Hinckley says: “We don’t want to make it altogether a business arrangement. The social part of Washington must be interested. For in- stance, during the opening day, or “First View,” of the Paris Salon, no one ever goes to see the pictures. If they do see them it is by mere accident. The thing to | do ts to go and look at the artistic, literary and social lions, and to admire and criticise | each others dresses. That is all right and just as it should be. Such things help art indirectly and cultivate the taste for beau- tiful things.”” . 8 © we A great deal of interest has been shown in the recent competition for the Corcoran gold medal, and much satisfaction express- ed as to its award. The recipient, Miss Margie Baker, 1s an earnest, conscientious student, and possessing toan unusually | high degree the elements of a successftil artist. Her work displays a thorough | knowledge of anatomy and is free from the little “tricks” and “cutting of corners” which are so often employed by students’ and made to answer the purpose of serious work. e es we we The work exhibited by Miss Annie Thent, who received first honorable mention, was also interesting and worthy of more than passing notice. Her studies from the nude attracted general attention from the art- ists composing the committee of award for its completeness in every subtle detail of drawing and shading. Her work from the ntique was also strong and comprehen- sive. Mr. John Sargeant, who by many of our | artists and connoisseurs is considered the | first of American artists, has again dis- | tinguished himself in his exhibitions at | the Paris salons. A splendid portrait from his brush was hung in the Salon Champs |de Mars, and was considered the finest | canvas in the great exhibition, which tn- | cluded work from the atellers of all Eu- | rope’s most celebrated artists. Mr. Sar- | geant fs at present engaged on designs for the mural decorations of the Public Li- | brary in Boston, which will necessitate his | presence in this country during the sum- | mer and early fall. Soe et Sette Mr. E. F. Andrews is rapidly completing |a very charming portrait of Mr. Morgan's | little son, a plece of work which brings out | the artist's best abilities. The care and delicacy with which each detail is handled clearly show his sympathy pertaining to child portraiture. In addition to this Mr. Andrews Is work- ing on the portrait of Senator Vorhees, which is to be hung in the Congressional Library. He will soon take in hand the life-sized portraits of the late Mr. Frank Hatton and Mr. Beriah Wilkins, which have been commissioned by the Post, in which building they will be placed as soon as completed.” oe e Mr. Macdonald has almost finished his portrait of Judge Kelly of Oregon, and {t may very justly be considered the best | work of this talented young artist. The portrait is what the brotherhood terms |“a three-quarter.” The figure is seated with head slightly inclired, and supported by the hand. The face is strongly tllum- ined, and possesses an almost startling effect of brilliant light and transparent color. A very noticeable feature is the fine treatment of the hands, a portion of the canvas which by some of our best modern painters is sc frequently shirked. It is to be hoped that Mr. Macdonald will place the picture where It can be generally seen, as it is an unusually fine specimen of por- trait work. Sue ate Mr. Max Weyl is busy on a number of | forest scenes, a branch of artistic work | which has recently engaged much of his at- |tention. One of his latest achievements in the way of rapid work is a painting, or, rather, an elaborate sketch, of the old canal. The scene represents an autumn sunset, ‘and Is strikingly realistic in color and effect. The canvas is quite a large one, and the ar- | ust reluctantly confessed that he “turned iit out” in exactly one hour. The time, evi- dently, was too short, in Mr. Weyl’s opin- \ion, for the production of anything worthy | of notice. atiee Ae See Mr. FE. Lamasure {s energetically forming a club of artists, who propose to leave Washington on the 4th of June, and, after | the fashion of the famous Tile Club, take up their quarters on a canal boat, and slowly make their way up the canal to Cumber- land. The trip will occupy about two weeks, | and the special points of interest will be |Ithaca, Harper's Ferry and Paw Paw, al- though numerous other stops will be made along the way. In the route chosen some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the country will be presented to the voy- ageurs, and doubtless many will be the | sketches and varied the subjects upon their return home. Wiel) eter me Miss Jullet Thompson has lately com- pleted two very delightful portraits in pas- tel. One is of the German princess, Can- tacuzene, and the other of Miss Cox. The former is an unusually difficult scheme of | color and reflects the greatest credit upon | the ability of the young artist. They are both fine likenesses, and are executed with the peculiar delicacy and flower-like color which always characterizes Miss Thomp- | son’s work. “ee . Miss Jillian Cook has on exhibition in Veerhoff’s gallery a fine study in black and white entitled “ The Book of Light.” The picture represents an aged philosopher bending over an open book. The subject is not a novel one, but the treatment ts decidedly unique. The medium is crayon, presenting exactly the appearance of a fine | engraving. The attention of the spectator is drawn directly to the exquisite face, | which is brilliantly illumined by the re- flected light from the open volume, and which contains not only the beauty of old age, but the refinement and nobility which | frequently, but not always, follows in the train of much learning. oe | vs | | Miss Grace Patten of the Corcoran Art School will leave the city the Ist of June on a sketching tour through the north. Her ve point is the coast of Maine, and iends anticipate some pretty bits of art as the result o | Miss Patten, though young in | 0 evidence of youth in her work, which is very vigorous. A small canvas which was hung at the recent exhibit of the Society of Washington Artists received commenda. | tion, as did also her work in oll, which is | now on exhibition in the Corcoran schooL | of the Surgeon General's Office” | States army, was another president. THE COSMOS CLUB Notable for the Distinguished Char- acter of Its Membership. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PRESIDENTS The Lay Members Equally Notable in Science and Letters. A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION er T HE COSMOS CLUB of Washington prob- ably contains, among its members more ac- complished men of science than any oth- er club in the United States. Fortunately, the various adminis- trations, in making appointments in the purely scientific bu- reaus, have, usually, been wise enough to select men for their distinguished and peculiar fitness for the places to be filled, and not because of their political services. The result is that many of the most eminent specialists in the var- ious branches of science have been induced to come to Washington, and the capital of the nation has thus become a scientific cen- ter. The Smithsonian Institution being lo- cated here has, likewise, contributed to this result. “What has he done?” is the question ask- ed when a new member is proposed to the Cosmos Club. He must have written a book or a monograph, made a discovery, in- vented something, led an exploring expedi- tion, gone around the world, observed a transit, compiled a dictionary, named a fauna, classified a bug, scaled a mountain, irrigated a desert, investigated the geology of a region, conceived a new style in art, made a new chemical analysis, exploded a popular error, founded a university, es- tablished a bureau, organized an association for the advancement of science, or in some way contributed to man’s knowledge of the great cosmos—the beautiful system of the external universe. Not only does the club contain among its members many of the most distinguished men of sclence, but it has received as guests nearly every man of science in the United States and some cf the distinguished philosophers and scientists of other lands. Herbert Spencer, the last time he visited the United States, was put up at the Cos- mos, and the members found him a genial interrogator concerning American ideas and ways. The great physicians of Europe and | South America who visited Washington at the last session of the international con- gress of physicians were the club's guests, and so were many of the delegates to the pan-American congress. One of its latest distinguished foreign visitors was the Jap- anese scholar, Kinza Ringe M. Hirai, Origin of the Club. ‘The Cosmos was founded in the year 1878, for “the advancement of its members in science, literature and art, their mutual im- provement by social intercourse, the ac- quisition and maintenance of a library, and the collection and care of materials and ap- pliances relating to the above objects.” The distinguished naturalist, Spencer F. Baird, was one of the founders and the club’s second president. Prof. Baird was secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- tion, but his great achievement was the de- velopment of the United States commission of fish and fisheries, the practical benefits of which to the people of the United States cannot be estimated. Prof. Baird's pub- lished works include “The Mammals of North America” and “The History of North American Birds.” The first president of the club and one of its most active fcurders was Maj. John Wesley Powell, whose gallant exploration of the Colorado canon, in the year 1868, ex- cited so much pubiic interest, and later led to the establishment by Congress of a geo- graphical and geological survey of the Col- orado river and its tributaries. Since 1881 Maj. Powell has been the active and en- terprising director of the United States geo- logical survey, and has had charge of the bureau of ethnology in the Smithsonian In- stitution, Among his special works are “Report on the Land of the Arid Regions of the United States” and “Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages, With Words, Phrases and Sentences to Be Col- lected.” Dr. James Clarke Welling, president of the Columbian University, Washington, was another of the original members of the club, and its third president. Few men in this country have performed more important service to letters, in so many and varied ca- pacities, in law, journalism, belles-lettres, art, philosophy and history. He was for many years editor of the National Intelli- gencer; then became a professor at Prince- ton; held a position in the Court of Claims; is president of the board of trustees of the Corcoran Art Gallery; a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, and, as president of the Columbian University, he has built up one of the most important 'seats of learn. ing In the United States. Though now ad- vanced in years, he has all the energy and enterprise of middle life. An Astronomical Founder. Another splendid star in this galaxy of great men is Prof. William Harkness, U. 8. N., the astronomer, who was one of the founders of the club, and its seventh pres- ident. He graduated in medicine, and serv- ed as a surgeon in the army. During a cruise on the Monadnock he made impor- tant observations in terrestrial magnetism in South America, Since 1868 he has been attached to the naval observatory. He was executive officer of the transit of Venus ex- pedition tn 1871, and in a voyage around the world made many important astronomical discoveries and observations. He is a Scotchman, and one of the most genial of old bachelors. He lives in the club house, and takes the deepest interest in everything pertaining to the club. Another habitue of the Cosmos, and a prince of club men, is Dr. Robert Fletcher, the eighth president of the club. Dr. Fletcher Is probably the most accomplished bibliographer in the literature of surgery and medicine in this country. He is the principal assistant in the library of the sur- geon general's office, the finest medical li- brary in the world. Dr. Fletcher is an En- glishman, courtly, debonair and with a mind free from bigotry and stored with learning and anecdote, Col. Garrick Mallery, the distinguished ethnologist, is a genial and witty cosmopo- lite, and was the club's fourth president. Some of his important works are “Intro- duction to the Study of Sign Language Among the North American Indians, as ll- lustrating the Gesture and Speech of Man- kind” and “Pictographs of the North Amer- ican Indians. Edward Miner Gallaudet was the club's fifth president. Dr. Gallaudet organized the Columbian Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, and aided in establishing the National Deaf Mute College, of which he is | president. Dr. John Shaw Billings, United States army, who has twice been chosen presi- dent, is the foremost authority In this coun- try in municipa) hygiene and medical iit- erature. His greatest works are “The Hy- giene of the United States Army,” “Mor- tality and Vital Statistics of the Unitea States," “Index Catalogue of the Library and his “Medical Dictionary,” recently completed. Some Others Who Have Been Presi- dents, Dr. Henry Crecy Yarrow, eleventh prest- dent of the club, is a surgeon and natural- ist, and is an authority on snakes, whether in their native fastnesses or in the boots, for he is an accomplished physician, as weil as a naturalist. Maj. Clarence Edward Dutton, Unitea Dutton is one of the first geologists in th United States and an authority on the technology of iron and on volcanoes. His principal works are “Geology of the High | Plateaus of Utah,” “Physical Geology of | the Grand Canon District” and “Hawaiian Volcanoes.” The thirteenth and fourteenth presidents were Gen. Jos. K. McCammon, ex-assistant attorney general of the United States and a distinguished lawyer, and Dr. J. M. Browne, surgeon general, United States navy. The fifteenth president was Prof. T. R. Eastman, the astronomer. The jast retiring president waa Dr. G. Brown Goode, the ichthyologist, who suc- ceeded Prof. Baird in charge of the fish | commission. Dr. Goode is a prolific author | and one of the most genial of men. His| works cover a wide range, but relate more especially to fish. The scientists who visit conc always find in him a genial ost. ‘The present president of the Cosmos Club 4s Prof. Grove Kar! Gilbert, one of the fore- most geologists of the world, who for years has been the principal geologist of the | United States geological survey. He was! president of the American Association of | Naturalists, vice president of the American | Association for the Advancement of Science | and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Prof. Gilbert is one of the, most unpretentious, but one of the most capable and industrious workers in the field of science. A very distinguished member of the club is Prof. Simon Newcomb, the astronomer. Although never chosen president, he has probably had more and higher honors be- stowed upon him than any other man of science in the United States. He has re- ceived the degree of doctor of philosophy from Heidelberg, gold medals from the Royal Astronomical Society and from the University of Leyden; he is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of England and of the Institute of France; has been vice president of the National Academy of Sciences and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ‘or of mathematics in the navy, assigned to duty at the observatory; professor of mathe- | | | | naval matics and astronomy at the Johns Hop- kins University; his portrait was ordered by the Russian government for the collec- tion of famous astronomers at Pulkowa, and many of his writings, hundreds in number, have been translated into foreign tongues. Some Distinguished Members. Another great astronomer belonging to the club is Prof. Samuel Pierpont Langley, the present secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Prof. Langley has made im- portant solar observations from Pike's Peak, Mount Whitney, Mount Etna, Sicily and at Xeres, Spain. He Is the foremost authority on the sun, and has invented a number of instruments for use in solar observations. Recently he has given spe- cial attention to the subject of aerial navi- gation, One of the most learned and_indus- trious members is Dr. Theo. Nicholas Gill. Formerly connected with the Smith- sonian Institution and the Congressional Library, he has of late years, being a man of means, severed his connec- tion with all institutions, and become a free lance in the field of science and letters. There are few publishers of dictionaries and cyclopedias who have not availed themselves of his learning. Dr. Gill is learned in Ichthyology, zoology, bibliog- raphy and philology. The handsomest and one of the most _en- tertaining members of the Cosmos is Gen. 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AND 7T 9 PM SUNDAY, 10 Riis ee ol Going—Going—Going California If One Man ‘Made all the parts in a sewing ma- chine it would cost the purchaser $206 without being a bit better than one mad» by a hundred men for $30. In our association each member has his spe-talty and does his work with the skill of a specialist. Re- walt: Extracting.... . . ‘With Zono (no sleep) or gas. Cleaning. .. . Very best teeth...............$8.00 Crown and Bridge Work by a Spe- cialist. US Dental oAss’n, Cor. 7th and D n.w. Adolphus Washington Greely, U. S. A., the famous arctic explorer, now at the head of the signal service office, Prof. Lester Frank Ward is not only a botanist and geologist of high rank, but he is also a_well-known writer upon social science. He has had the high honor of having the title of one of his philosophical works included in the Index Expurgatorlus of Russia. Prof. Charles Valentine Riley, the well- known ertomologist, is a member. Prof. Riley has performed valuable service through his researches on the insects most injurious to agriculture in the United States. Prof. L. O. Howard, who has just succeeded Prof. Riley as entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, is secretary of the club. Henry Adams, the author of “Jefferson's Administration,” “Life of Albert Gallatin” and other works, was one of the founder members. Washington is under obligations to Mr. Adams for its finest work of art. It is a bronze figure of a woman, by St. Gaudens, placed at the tomb of Mrs. Adams, whose melancholy death occurred some years ago. Mr. Adams and Mr. John Hay, the poet, reside in a splendid doubie mansion a square from the Cosmos club house. One of the later valuable acquisitions to the club membership is Prof. Thomas Cor- win Mendenhall, physicist, and the genial and very capable head of the U. 8. coast survey. Prof. Mendenhall was at one time professor of physics in the Imperial Uni- versity in Tokio, Japan, and later presi- dent of the Rose io gecbaw enews Institute of Indiana. He is an authority on - quakes, and has published “A Century of Electricity.” Have Extended Reputations. There are few members of this club who have not a national reputation, and most of them are known in scientific circles in Europe. Prof. Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, chemist, is an author of many popular es- says on scientific subjects; Dr. Chas. A. White is known to the paleontologists of all the world; Dr. Joseph Meredith Toner is the author of numerous pamphlets, including biographical sketehes of George Washing- feos whose private life he is the first au- thority; Prof. B. E. Fernow, the accom- plished chief of the forestry division of the Department of Agriculture, has a as well as an American, reputation; Prof. H. W. Riley is an authority upon sugar and an accomplished chemist; Dr. E. Hart Mer- riam {s one of our foremost ornithologists; Arnold Burges Johnson of the United States ight house establishment {s author of im- portant papers upon the aberration of sound, which have been translated into Spanish and Italian; Mr. Sumner I. Kimball is superintendent of the life saving service; Prof. Henry Gannett is the geographer of the geological survey and one of the found- ers of the American Geographical Society; Gardiner G. Hubbard is president of that society; Prof. William H. Dall is one of the most promising of the younger naturalists; Prof. A. Graham Rell is the inventor of the telephone, and has a world-wide fame; Dr. Frank Baker is the superintendent of the National Zoological Park and an authority in physiology; Prof. O. T. Mason is the fore- most archaeologists in the United States; Prof. C. D. Walcott is the recent successor of Maj. Powell as director of the geological survey. Justice Gray is a member of the Cosmos, and so are Rear Admiral Shu- feldt of the United States navy, Gen. John Moore, United States army; Gen. J. J. Dana, United States army; Mr. Wm. E. Curtis, late chief of the bureau of American repub- lics; Mr. John M. Bonham, the author; Prof. W. O. Atwater, Prot. H. C. Adams, Capt. R. . Evans, United States navy; Chas. Nord- hoff, Prof. Raphael Pumpelly, Hon. M. T. Stevens, member of Congress; Prof.Goldwin Smith and Prof. Proctor, president of the civil service commission, and a geologist of wide repute. Representatives of Art. Art is represented in the club by Mr. 8. H. Kauffmann, Mr. W. H. Holmes, Mr. Parker Mann, Mr. A. G. Heaton and Mr. E. F. Andrews. Of late years the club has given annual art exhibits, which have proved very attractive and popular. The Cosmos Club house is located near Lafayette Square and the Arlington Hotel. It was originally the home of Mrs. Madison, where she resided after the death of her husband, President Madison. Mrs. Madison was a charming hot and her receptions | were thronged with visitors, The house has been occupied in turn by Attorney General Crittenden, Mr. William C. Preston, Mr. Roosevelt of New York, by Gen. McClellan, as his headquarters; by the French claims ccmmission and by Admiral Wilkes. Extensive additions have recently been made, and a commodious hall has been pro- vided for the use of the club at its recep- tions and for the meetings of the scientific sccieties of Washington. Men of science, as a rule, are unsocial, and a club is the one thing they need to cultivate their social side. The-Cosmos has served this purpose in an admirable degree. When | the club first started the members drank rothing stronger than apolinaris. They thought, with Mr. Stiggins, that “all taps is vanities,” but under the club's mellowing, social influence almost every member has come to have his “partikler wanit; the club’s wine cellar is now well supplied. The fascinating game of poker has not yet been introduced, but whist and chess are pleyed with zeal and skill. Gen. Greely is |Sne of the masters in whist, and Prof. Simon Newcomb 1s usually victorious in chess, The club has a fine billiard room, and the president of the club is an ex; player. There is a fair beginning of a Iibrary, and many of the books have the words “With the compliments of the au- | thor” upon the fly leaf—the author being a |member of the club. There are likewise | books of reference, but in a club where the | members make encyclopedias and dfction- | aries such works are not indispensable. | Sydney Smith described the German pro- | fessor as having his mouth full of Sanscrit and sauerkraut, or of cabbage and contra- diction; but the American professor does not answer this description. The experience of the Cosmos Club has shown that a scholar may be a clubable man—a gentle- |ran—not disputatious, unpretentious and even a jolly good fellow. JOSEPH B. MARVIN. Sealing wax in all possible shades is dis. played, but white for blue paper, dark blue jor red for white and black for mourning Baltimore Ofice—No. 1 N. Charles 1.3 Buys a $2. Oxfor DURING OUR SALE AT Bankrupt Prices. OFS GO 09 04O05006000000006660055900 6S 09O68 ‘These are made of Fine Dongola, with Patent Leather Tips and Trimmings. Sises run from 2% to 8 Widths are A to EE. ‘Thousands of other special bargains during this sale for both Ladies and Gentlemen. Applied by G. WAGNER, 1626 lith st. aw aplds8t BLEMISHES. ‘The only institution im the south @»- Voted exclusively to the treatment of the The Warren Shoe House, GEO. W. RICH, 919 F ST. THE MOMUMENTAL, Fine Millinery. Trimmed Hats, 33 1- Per Cent Discount. third less than Sailor, \ipine and Walking Hats for Ladies and Misses, trimmed, ribbon bands, lined and leather sweated, fine and rough braids in all tne latest novelties for “Righaae’ a Ghee men for Com ‘mmed and Unt Straw; be French Flowers, Special Sale of Ribbons, Fomeees ‘Caleoaie toon, Won: 030 F St. N. W. my21-6t* PPPS OO SOOO SO SOO OO SODOOOD ‘White and Colors. Every Married Woman Likes to have her house well bat a ccarcity of cash many times sepe ts Soh defeats such an ambition. We want to say | 5 3 i i z a5% ne to the of Washington that cash isn’t Decessary jn the furnishing of a house— nor is it obtaining low prices, Peerless Credit System Makes a plaything of furpiture bills~e lttle Money once & Week or once a month wipes them out so easily that it is a The American Catarrh Cure The duce Gos eet. skeptical “Te tn alwase . alw: neither douche ‘ou owest e) the appetite, produces ind sleep, invigorates warp “inserted” unt other uallahle aman the wade “ayetern ‘and “increases, vitality. Pre- pared only W. B. JON! M.D., & 8D Refrigerators sade Come next and we are “right at home” there, r. P. MERT?, too—we sell the Gurnes—because {t' 2 x best ‘Refrigerator ever, wold for the price. | MPSl-s&tuSm 11th and F sts, Washington, D-C. thirty sizes to choose from. - - ~ Baby Carriages 3° Are bere in endless variety—almost a hun- | @! ° dred patterns. they are the famous Heywood | | T@ EEC! m f and Waketeld os. Prices begin ae gc S ie onomy OFA 2 And stop at S80—plenty of stopping places | 4 ween. Compare these credit prices with the cash | 2 as an e3 Prices of other stores: 3 3 Si eae uae Tapers: bs nena ie Se ones age S — Gtugh armument to any ope to Use Piste hee one ee, yard. © She, pot -crunting thelr comfort and ale et, "She. per rn i Gace pode ae aid eset con, |S sell ‘ouy the, beet sort_and Xo ye waste in, inate Sella “Oak ‘Extension ‘Table. "$5.06. “Soia | ot them up Without additions! < 7 ‘2-burner G: » $13. wna oe He eZ $48 Woven Wire Springs, $1.75. Sold else- 2 ‘burner Gas Range, $22. where for $3.00. —— patents. WEEKLY OB MoxTuLt/ Wash, Gaslight Co. 3 418 oth st. nw GROGAN’S SUGGESTIONS FOR PICNICS. MARRIOT ee —Potted Chicken—Potted Ham—Qives— Wa- CREDIT MOUSE, | are the colors most used. Some pretty ef. 4 Cocoanat Maccare L. fects are obtained by using a sort of eas 819, S21, $23 TTH ST. N.W. THING that’s = ane suit for amber wax, mottled with silver. Wax, by BET. B *SD 1 STS. "Ey Gend in your order for the ROth. the way, Is a necessity In these days of very| ™? OW. usra insufficiently gummed envelopes,