Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1894, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1894-EIGHTEEN PAGES. ey have returned from-a ten days’ visit with relatives in Buffalo. AYER’ iS) AYER'S } pas Detect residents of Frage have - term! to make a persistent effort to ol SARSAPABILLA. | | tain the gas lamps to which they are enti- W: WORLD'S FAIR, tled, and fer which the pipes were laid a as CHICAsO, year ago. The Only 1893. BROOKLAND. Mrs. C. H. Hospital returned to East Brookland yesterday from an extended visit to her former home at Plattsburg, N. Y. Mr. Sherman Platt, who has been sum- mering in Brookland, contemplates return- ing to Washington next week. Mrs. Louis Jullien is home egain from southern Maryland, whither stie went to attend the wedding festivities of Miss Brawner, Miss Knapp West arrived in Brookland Sarsaparilla Admitted at The a AYER’S } ,’ from Lancaster, Ky., yesterday, and will = World’s Fair | remain during the winter. pap CE aaay Miss Van Roberts of Newbern, N. C., has WORLD'S FAIR. Get returned to her home, after spending a CBICAGO, Pleasant fortnight with Mrs. J. W. Webb of Eckington. a 3 1893. The Best. Dr. Henry Hyverfat has gone to NewYork city to meet his brother, a Dominican priest from France, who will be stationed ~ at the Dominican novitiate in New York. De not suffer from sick het.dache & moment A number of the Marist students have = Bie is not necessary. ao fy Little Liver | arrived in Brookland and tlic members of “Zinall dose, Swair’ pure Ute Pill. Small | the Paulist order are home agzin, ready to Poe os begin their studtes upon the cpening of the SS ee or eae See cataate University, which Wil occur next 1 indispa week. See ee eg eS el ieee athens” | Mrs. W. W. Trail, Miss Gertrude Furt- rey and Mrs. Thomas G of Harper's Ferry are the guests of Mas. C. C. Me- Causlin of Metropolis View. Mrs. G. F. Erdman of Unifersity Heights is still improving in health and as soon as possible will be taken. to. her, former bome in Pennsylvania. IP THE BABY 18 CUTIING TRETA BE SURE and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mre. "s Soothing Syrup for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gum, allays ali Fem Sarre Tied, celle, sud fs the best remedy ‘diarrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. ‘sel0-1y v3 cure indigestion ry dealer keeps SON, Sole Manu- Rev. C. G. Klopfer is making a visit to the family of his son, Benjamin Klopfer of Avaloa. ~ w vrerrvery The regular superintendent of Langdon Sunday school being absent on an extended visit to Lancaster and other: Pennsylvania cities, J. H. Platt has been appointed by the church authorities to fill the vacant office. The widow of the late William Kramer of Wiathrop Heights has sold the store for many years conducted by her husband to James W. Gibson of Washington. At last night’s meeting of Langdon Lodge of Good Templars Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Newman and Mrs. F. A. Snyder were ad- mitted to membership. At the conclusion of the initiatory ceremonies a pleasing “good of the order” program was present- ed by members of the lodge. Visiting dele- gations were present from D. P. Hollo- way and Minnehaha lodges of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Rapp, teachers at District reform school for boys, who have been spending a vacation with friends in Norristown, Pa., have returned. The colored school on the Queens Chapel road near Langdon, which has been closed for one year, was reopened Wednesday, with a very small attendance of pupils. It is doubtful if the school will be continued. An effort is being made to secure a pub- lic night school for this neighborhood dur- ing the winter months. If successful the school will be located in the rooms now leased for school purposes in the Hall As- sociation building on 24th street. ANACOSTIA. J. Virginia. Albert L. Richardson has returned from R. Grove has returned from West Savage, Md., where he was visiting his father, Rev. Ezekiel Richardson, formerly of this place. Officer Boland, who was injured by the slipping of his horse, is reported better. Mrs. Henry Langley of Harrison street ts reported still critically ill. Thomas Lusby, who was sick at his home - in Prince George's county, is greatly im- proved. ~~ There was a meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Anacostia Building Associa- tion last night. H. A. Linger presided. The association will in the near future erect some cottages on its property. A mad dog was killed on Harrison street Thursday evening. Mr. Racooscin of Washington has taken up his residence on Harrison street between Fillmore and Monroe. Charles R. Dodge is ill at his home on Monroe stre=:. The Young Bachelors’ Club and the knights to ride in Tuesday’s tournament at Buena Vista will parade in Washington ‘Tuesday, the line of march being from 4 1-2 and M streets to 7th street. to Pennsylvania avenue, to 15th street, to F street, down F street to 7th street, to Pennsylvania avenue, to the Peace monument, to ist street, to B street, to Pennsylvania avenue southeast, to E street, out E strect to Sth, down 8th to M, to llth, to the Anacostia bridge, to Eridge street, to Monroe street, to Nichols avenue, thence along the Asylum road to Buena Vista. A section of the Marine Band will furnish music along the line of march. —___ HAGERSTOWN. Delegates from 8ttief countfes have seen fit to write praminent..populists af this (Washington) county fixing Tuesday next as the day for Molding a ‘convention™ in Hagerstown to nominate a candidate for Congress. Mrs. Edward Garrott of Brownsville, this county, will spend tne winter in Washing- ton, where her children will attend school. Thomas H. Lynch of Washington is the guest of his parents at Boonsboro’. Miss Carrie Cartwright of Washington Is visiting Mrs. Capt. Wm. P. Lane, this city. Miss Mamie Lesh of Washington {is the guest of the Misses Sponseller at Clear- spring. Mrs. Frank Emmert and sister, Miss Nel- lie Lang, who had been visiting their moth- er, Mrs. Solomon Lang, in this place, have returned to Washington, accompanied by Mrs. Lang. Godford Weidlich, a well-known citizen of Mercersburg, aged sixty-five years; has just married Hannah Mary McFadden, aged eighteen, of Foltz, this county. -_ A pretty wedding was solemnized on Thursday at the residence of CRilef of Po- lice John E. Benner, the contracting par- ties being Miss Gertrude Bennef and Reu- ben E. Musey. rae Rev. Father. Matily of Mt. St. “Mary's Col- lege, and late pastor gf St. Peters Ghureh at Hancock, this county, has just returned from a trip to his native iahd, Yreland, and other sections of Europe. Rev. A. W. Philhower has resigned as pastor of the Church of God at Mt. Briar and will preach his farewell sefmon the first Sunday in October. 12g a HYATTSVILLE. The board of town commissioners met last night at the office of Justice Carr. There was a full attendance, with the ex- ception of Mr. White. Dr. Wells and Mr. Aman were appointed a committee with au- thority to grade and lay a brick pavement five feet in width on the east side of Wine avenue from its intersection with Johnson avenue, running scuth to the intersection with Littlefield avenue. The following reso- lution was then passed: “Wherevs the pres- ent provision of the public school for Hy- attsville is entirely iradequate to the neces- sities of the town, and whereas the demand of justice entitles Hyattsville to a larger Proportionate distribution of funds avail- able for school purposes, therefore, be it resolved, that this board deems it of the ut- most importance that additional school fa- <flities be provided for the citizens of this town, and that it be earnestly represented to the board of county commissioners and the county school board that immediate provision is imperative for the employment of an additional teacher and that an addi- tional room be provided therefor.” Bailiff Barr was requested to make a report at the next meeting of the amount collected from taxes. The Guild of the Episcopal Church met Jast Thursday evering at Hill-Top Lodge, the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Owens. A committee was appointed to report a reso- Jution expreesive of the sense of the Guild at the loss of its warden in consequence of the resignation of the Rev. Edward Wall. County Commissioner Rollins and Mr. I. 8. Wilson of the Marlboro’ Gazette are the guests of John Miller of Chillum. Mrs. Strobert, who has been ill with ty- fever at the home of her father, G. . Perkias, near Chillum, is recovering. Eureka Gr and Chillum Castle, Ma- sonic Lodge of Chillum, gave their annual watermelon feast last Thursday evening at Chillum Hall. C. Club, composed of the young wee ee GAITHERSBURG. ‘The marriage of Miss Mary Trail, daugh- ter of the latc Barton Trail, and Charles Mossburg is announced to occur early in October. James Moore has received intelligence of the serious illness of his son Harry, in Philadelphia, with typhoid fever. +». On Saturday Bethesda Lodge, I. O. G. T., held its fourteenth “Affhifetsafy “exercises, which were enjoyed by a large number of persons. Mrs. Rose Starell of Alexandria has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. James E. Gar- rett, during the week. J. W. Larcombe and family returned to Washington for the winter on Wednesday. P. M. Smith, who recently purchased the old Methodist Church property on Fred- erick avenue, is having the same remodeled and converted into a handsome dwelling. The prohibitionists of the county began an active campaign by holding @ rousing meeting at Clarksburg on Friday night. Rev. Wm. C. Brian, pastor of Epworth E. Church here, has for the past two weeks been conducting a-revival at Hunt- ing Hill. The closing hop of the season-occurred-at the Summit House Thursday evening, and was a gratifying success. Miss Nannie Jones of Loudoun county, Va., is visiting her brother, R. P. W. Jones. Miss Hanna of Avery, while on a visit to relatives in Dayton, Howard county, died after a short illness of typhoid fever. Fair View Seminary opened on Tuesday for the fall term at Dawsonville, with a large number of pupils, with Dr. Charles H. Waters, principal. Mrs. Rachel Dawson of Baltimore and Mrs. Milton Trundle of Missouri are the guests of Mrs. Benjamin Allnutt. The M. 8. men of the vicinity of Chillum, gave its first public entertainment at Chillum Hall @ few evenings since. Samuel Anderson of Chillum has suffi- ciently recovered from his recent illness to be out. Alma Risdon, the ten-year-old daughter of J. R. Risdon of Bladensburg, broke her arm toe days ago by falling from an apple Rev. Mr. Gambrill of Anne Arundel coun- ty has declined the call to the Pinckney Memorial Church of this place. Mrs. ———_ — —_ returned to this village er a month's it to relati yillags relatives in > KENSINGTON. E. A. Zeigler has betn appointed town clerk in place of C. P. Smith, resigned. Benton Ray, who has been spending a month with his parents, has returned to his ranch in Texas. The Dorcas Society of the Warner Memor- fal Church met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. A. H. Kinnear. Dr. R. B. Detrick has returned from a visit to Stroudsburg, Pa. Miss Celia Smith, who has been visiting Mrs. R. M. Moore, has returned to her home in Baltimore. Mrs. Jessie Figgins is visiting friends in Falls Church, Va. Mrs. Mary Ott of Halltown, W. Va., is visiting Mrs. E. J. Keliy. Miss Irene Knowles of Brightwood is visit- ing her sister, Mrs. Wm. H. Mannakee. Mrs. Mary Fawcett and children have re- turned from a visit to Washington. Miss Annie Wilson of Washington is the Guest of Mrs. J. W. Townsend. _——-— TAKOMA. —q~. FREDERICK. The next sheriffalty election does not take place until November, 1895. John A. Dent of Graceham, democrat,has announced him- self as a candidate. An agent of the American Protective As- sociation has been in Frederick for several days, endeavoring to organize a branch of the association here. He is said to have met with some encouragement. The republican orators who have been chosen from this county to take the stump in the sixth district for Geo. L. Wellington all reside in this city, and are Milton G. Urner, ex-nava! officer of the port of Balti- more; Chas. F. Markell, ex-secretary of le- gation at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Editor Reno S. Harp of the Frederick Examiner and State's Attorney Edward 8. Eichel- berger. Mrs. Maurice Dinan, a native of County Clare, Ireland, but a resident of this county since iNi6, died at her home in Liberty of neer of the stomac! aged sixty-three years She leaves a husband and five chil- At the weekly meeting of Takoma Lodge, No. 24, I. O. O. F., on Thursday evening, after routine business was transacted, the | offer of CoLF.E.Skinner to drill a company, composed of twenty-five or thirty of the members, was made and accepted. It was decided to appoint at the next meeting a committee en entertainment for the winter season. c. O. B. Bryant of Sifgo and Miss ren. Mrs. Goo. Yinger, while walking in the Amy | carden at her home here with a bucket in Bryant have returned from a week's visit | her , tripped and fell, striking on her in New York: | lett ‘on the bucket and breaking three Mr. and Mrs. with their ribs. son Bruce, left Thursday for Canada, where ne Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone they will spend a fortnight. Company is extending the line in this eoun- The recent decision of Supe ty and building a new line between Freder- Powell in reference to non-reside | ick and Westminster, and Frederick and which went into effect on Wedne: Union £ e via Liberty. ed in returning a number of Takoma young | Mrs. M. V. Dahigren has left Dahlen, her people to their homes. summer home on South mountain, for Miss Summy 1s spending a wei Washirgton, where she will spend the win- relatives in Virginia. ter. ‘ Miss Susie Davis of Rockville, a recent | | Miss Louise Clingan has gone to Washing- guest of Miss Irene Steers, has returned to | ton to teach. her home. Miss Katie G. Kostmayer of New Orleans is visiting Mrs. E. H. Booth of Hickory ave- | been closed by the police. Charges were Bue made that the authorities had been paid to Mrs. Byron Ford and Miss Bessie Ford | protect the places. with —_—— All the gambling dens of Chicago have N THE CHURCHES (4 —e With the latter part of September the work in the churches throughout the city is beginning to move oa with marked ac- tivity, which promises well for the coming year. Nearly all the pastors are back and within another week they will all be here. Perhaps there are half a dozen ministers who have not yet set their faces toward home, but hardly more. Four of them at least are still across the water, and will not begin work again until the first Sun- day in October. In nearly all cases the regular Sunday and weekly services have been resumed except the Sunday night preaching service, which in a number of churches will not be begun until next month. October is the month when the assist- ant pastors will be taking their vacations. By that time the pastors will all be ready to take up the work of the churches, and their agsistants, who have very generally occupied the pulpits and carried on all the religious. work through the heat of sum- mer, will be able to get away for a time before the winter’s work. The presbytery of Washington will meet at Vienna, Va., on October 8, three weeks from rext Monday. The date of the meet- ing has been fixed late enough so that all the Presbyterian ministers will be back and able to attend the session. Rev. Albert N. Hilliker of the Epiphany Mission, corner of 12th and © streets south- west, is away or. his vacation and will not be back until the ist of October. The kin- dergarten and the diferent clubs for young folks wili not be started again for the win- ter until thet time. The work of the mis- sion was a great success last winter, and it is hoped that it may be extended and en- larged this year. The mission, although in charge of the Episcopalians, is nou-sec- tarian in its educational work, and aims only to influence for the good ali who come there to join its clubs or classes. Rev. Isaac W. Canter, D.D., the pastor of the Mount Vernon Methedist Episcopal Church South, corner of 9th and K streets northwest, has returned from a pleasant vacation spent in the north. Dr. Canter was in Canada and the lake region for a time, after which he made a short stay THINGS HEARD AND SEEN Carl, the curly-hea@ed Nttleson of Mr. B. B. Bradford, is wise in his generation. He is just at the age when his teeth are show- ing signs of a desire to part company with him, and early last. week one of them got loose enough to become the subject of do- mestic dentistry. His mother tied a string around it and described what a hero Carl would be if he pulled it out himself, and the little fellow manfully took hold of the loose ends. He couldn't summon courage, how- ever, to pull up from his mouth, but satis- fied himself with tugging gently at the string without apparent effect on the tooth. At last, undér the subterfuge that she was going to tie the string tighter, Mrs. Brad- ford managed to get hold of it, and in less than a jiffy the tooth was dangling in the “Wasn’ I dood to et oo pull my toof wiv- vout kyin’?” instantly inquired the shrewd youngster, desiring to claim entire credit for bravery. He was assured that he was, and started off waving the tooth in much glee. He met @ lady, ‘who complimented him gravely on his courage, and informed him that when her boys were little they always put a tooth when it was pulled out under the pillow and found in the morning that it had changed to a 5-cent piece. Carl was overjoyed to hear this and said he would “plant” this tooth the same way. That night his mother weat in the room to find Master Carl sitting up in bed and’ pulling away at his mouth. She asked him what he was doing. / . “I los’ de toof oo pulled out,” he returned, still tugging at his gums,” go I'm tyin’ to pull out zis ole toof an’ p’ant it unner ze pil- ler for ze fi’ cens.”’ He got the nickel without waiting for it to grow. * 8 28 e Ned Creecy has an interesting quartet of little ones, and the namesake of his uncle Eaton is continually giving instances of be- ing downright smart. Early in the spring the proposition of moving out into the coun- try for the summer was being considered by the family at table, and the suggestion was made that a cottage: could “be erected on a piece of suburban real estate Mr. Creecy owns. with his family on the Chesapeake. He re- turned about the last of August end has since then been busy mapping out his win- ter carnpaign. The church is in excellent condition in all respects, and is making Preparations for active, aggressive work during the year. THE NEW ST. MARK'S P. E. CHURCH. “Have they got any trees out there?” in- quired Eaton. Upon being told there were trees in abundance, he gravely imparted the information that he could tell how money could be saved. . Dick, the eldest, sniffed contemptuously at this in the way elder Since the return of Rev. W. Ph. D., the pastor of St. Mark's Church, corner of 12th and C streets south- west, the religious work of the church has again been taken up in earnest, and is being pushed forward. All the Sunday and mid- week services have been resumed, and the atendance is extremely good. The pastor, having compared its statistics with those of other churches, believes there is hardly another church in the city which uniformly has a larger percentage of its members pres- ent, nor whose members give to its support more generously than the people of St. Mark's. Rev. M. Ross Fishburn, the assistart pas- tor of the First Congregational Church, cor- ner of 10th and G streets northwest, will leave on his vacation the Ist of next month, accompanied by his wife. The new St. Andrew's Protestant Episco- pal Church, corner of 14th and Corcoran streets northwest, of which Rev. Josiah B. Perry, D. D., is the rector, is going up at a rapid rate. The church, it will be remem- bered, was only begun this summer, but al- ready the foundations have been entirely completed, and the walls raised as high as the top of the windows in the first story. In addition to this the massive iron scaffold- ing, which forms the framework of the edi- fice, has been all put in, and it will not be long before the exterior work is completed. ‘The church promises to be.a.xery. fing build-, ing when it is finished. Dr. J. J. Muir, pastor of the E Street ptist Church, corner of 6th and E streets northwest, has in prepafation a series of sermons for young people, which he will begin to deliver some time next month. Rev. Arthur M. Little, the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Takoma, D. » re- turned from his vacation last week. He will exchange pulpits with his father, Rev. George O. Little of the Assembly Presby- terian Church, corner of Sth and I streets northv.est, tomorrow. Mr. James E. Pugh, the secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association, is ar- ranging for the regular week of prayer to be held in November, from the 11th to the 18th, inclusive. This is always an import- ant series of religious. meetings. Mr. Pugh wishes to make the week a profitable one for young men from all the churches, and hopes that it will be left open, as far as possible, by the pastors for that. reason. The week of prayer is held by the Chris- tian associations everywhere jn that. same week, and uniformly results In much good. Rev. Dr. Rush R. Shippen, pastor of All Souls’ Unitarian Church, corner of 14th and L streets northwest, is still away on his vacation, and is not expected back until the Ast of October. THE NEW ST. MARK’S The Handsome Church Structure on Capitol Hill Oompleted. How the Parish Has Celebrated Its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary—Some Details of the Work. The parish of St. Mark’s (Protestant Epis- copal) has been celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary in a manner highly satisfactory to its members, namely, by making. addi- tions to the parish schureh and erecting a Sunday school building,{tat the corner of 3d and A streets southeast. Though the cost ‘of the improvements, $20,000, was raised by a loan on the property, thé congregation feel the utmost confidencé in fheir ability to pay it off in a reasonable time: The boundaries of" the”parish as decided py the meeting held-Jurlé 16, 1869, for the purpose of organization, “ire as follows: “A’ liné' starting from thé nofthern boundary of the city and running’ through the middle of Gth street east, southw: to the middle of North Carolina avenpe, squthwesterly to the middle of South Capitol street, and thence through the middle of South Capitol street and North Capitol street northward to the northern boundary of the city, and thence following the said boundary line of the city eastward to the point of beginning.” The Rev. A. Floridus Steele was rector from the date of organization, June 16, 1869, to August 25, 1543,when he died, deeply regretted by the entire congregation. Since the death of Mr. Steele the parish has been served with zeal and energy by the Rev. David Richards, priest in charge. In 1888, as part only of the nave of the present church was built, the structure ts now be- ing~ completed to conform to the original Jans. The architecture is Romanesque. ‘he extension which has been made to the church proper consists of three arched bays about sixteen feet wide, with a basement containing choir room and robing room, ‘by, the, completion of the church will fully brothers affect, but Mr. Creecy directed that Eaton should proceed and elucidate his Proposition. “Well,” said the youngster, confidently, furnished with improved robe closets. These rooms will communicate by stairways with the clergy rooms above, and with the Sun- day school building, and will have also an entrance on 3d street. The church will have a seating capacity of about eight hundred, just about large enough for the needs of the present con- gregation. The dimensions are 120 by 56 feet. The choir and sanctuary are 28 by 33 feet. The church, for entire length of 120 feet, has a fine clere story and an open timber roof of ofled Georgia heart pine. It is built inside and out of handmade bricks with bends of ornamental brick and of Seneca stone, The use of brickwork for the interior shows that a wonderful solidity and beauty are possible by the judictous use of 4 material not yet well appreciated in this country, though more generally used than formerly, The Church of the Advent, in Boston, is a notable specimen of this style of work, Against the south wall of St. “Mark's a carved altar and reredos of Por- tage stone are now being and this, together-with the fact that the Hook and Hastings Company of Boston have. not yet completed the organ, delays the dedication ceremonies a month later than at first in- tended. The tower and spire the north- west corner are completed, and have a gross height of about 120 feet. The Sunday school building, which was —— of Ww a tood an, the site of the new Tiree SS, a now occupies the “L” at the south.er.clancel-end of the church, with entrance from A street through massive iron. gates by a wide paved alley. It is divided into two stories, class rooms being on the first floor und the main audttorium above, with a pretty open timber roof of oiled heart pine. The walls are plastered and colored a rich terra cotta, producing a very pleasant effect. The architect is T. Bucker Ghequier of Baltimore, James L. Parsons of this city being the contractor, with James F. Man- ning doing the altar and reredos. Much of the success of the work is due to the bulld- ing committee and its untiring chairman, Mr. John H. Chew, who has given every- thing his personal attention. The commit- tee is confposed of Messrs. J. H. Chew, chairman; W. H. Marlow, treasurer; Jo- siah Shaw, Lexius A. Wood and Richard J, Earnshaw. It.is expected that the im- petus given to church work in the parish greg an’ buil’ the house oat o’ them.” grew more arrogant still. “What do you know about sawin’?” he de- manded with fine scorn. “Oh, I iknow all about it,” Eaton, amiably. “Well, how do you do it?” persisted Dick. ‘Do you know how to do it?” returned — giving his big brother a sidelong él ice. origi T should say-so,” replied Richand, “Then that’s how to-do it,” said Eaton, and victory perched on his banner, with a se ee “I was examined for promotion not very lorg ago,” said a clerk in one of the gov- ernment departments to a group of friends the other night, “and I had an amusing ex- perience. “As Some of you are aware, I am what tay be called, with all due modesty, an expert frequently assigned to duty requiring such erperience since I Luve been in the depart- examination I went before a dapper and struck me as mighty funny, because I was familiar with his record as a s! writer, but Intold himI was at He picked up a book and one of ‘ nearly four hundred words a minute. Sud- is service. led to read appear to be writing. I told him I wasn’t. He flushed up. “ “Why net, may Terk? he inquired, with @ fine inflection of superiority. “ ‘Because,’ got still redder and then spluttered out an nished as a part of my examination. I told him to read at the rate he would talk if he was making the speech himself, aud when he did so caught him correctly. He asked to look at my notes when the reading was enable ‘thé Chrigtegition to bear its heavy | seur would atea Clohworae wens | OnnOs” financial load. -Though nearly everything is | °°", > : completed, the formal “dedication. of the tem? ae ee Ee Geaham’s aye church w! pro! ly not take place until “Then M _ a November 1, of which due notice will be | nim ie Li Dayco nr ichigo) icone ye~4 given later, contained several hundred of the several Rev. Dr. J. H. Elliott, the rector of the Ascension Protestant Episcopal Church, corner of 12th street and Massachusetts avenue northwest, has not returned from his European trip yet. Rev. William Tay- loe Snyder, the assistant rector, is conduct- ing all the regular services of the church during his absence. Shortly before the missionary mass meet- ing of the District Epworth League, which will be held in October, there will be a meeting of all the officers of the different chapters in the District and the officers of the District League to consider the work of winter. The pastors of the different Meth- odist churches will also be invited, and ebout 110 persons are expected to be pres- ent in aH. The meeting will be one of im- portance, and so far as possible, the work in the different departments, the spiritual, literary, mercy and help, missionary and social, will be talked over and mapped out for the winter. A very active year is look- ed forward to by all the leaguers and much interest is being shown. The date for this meeting of the executive officers has not been set, but a call will shortly be issued by the president and first vice president of the league, Messrs. C. M. Lacey Sites and James E. Pugh. The annual election of officers of the Y. M. C. A. will take place on Monday, Oc- tober 1. Rev. Hugh Johnston, the pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist Church, corner of 4 1-2 and C streets northwest, returned to the city last week and occupied the pul- pit Sunday for the first time since his long absence on account of illness in Canada. He was warmly welcomed by his congre- gation and all of his friends are glad to learn that he is once more able to take up his work. His family did not come with him, but they were expected to return and _— up the parsonage again yesterday or a: y. Dr. Stakely, the pastor of the First Bap- tist Church, corner of 16th and O streets northwest, returred from his vacation and _—— for the first time on last Sun- sy. Rev. Dr. S. M. Newman, the pastor of the First Congregational Church, corner of 10th and G streets northwest, will return from ais vacation,which he has been spend- ing across the Atlantic, in time to take up his work again the first of next month. The Unitarian churches of America will hold their fifteenth national conference at Saratoga, N. Y., beginning with next Mon- day, September 24, and lasting through September 27. The president of the confer- ence, Senator George F. Hoar of Massachu- setts, will preside over the meetings and will open the first session of the conference with an address of eulogy upon the late president of the conference, George William Curtis. Delegates will be sent from church- es all over the country, including All Souls’ Chureh of this city. The program of ad- dresses, essays and the like contains the names of many prominent Unitarian men and women, among them Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, the Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, Kev. Minot J. Savage, Prof. J. Estlin Car- penter of Oxford, England, and Rev. Stop- ford A. Brooke of London. The Unitarians will vote at this meeting upon the revision of the constitution of tne conference. The Central Union Mission ran $300 be- hind on its current expenses during the summer, and as it is anxious to wipe out this deficit as soon as possible, it is urging all its friends to contribute. Rev. H. F. Lilly, who has been at St. Dominic's Roman Catholic Church, corner of 6th and E streets southwest, for some years, has been appointed vicar of St. Mary's Church at New Haven, Conn. Rev. J. C. Kent, lately elected prior of St. Dom- inic’s, is expected here in a few days. Dr. Joseph T. Kelly, the pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, corner of 9th and G sireets northwest, returned to the city last week and occupied his pulpit again on_ Sunday. T®: choir of Immaculate Conception Church. corner 8th and N streets north- west, after a rest of two months, begins its labors tomcrrow, under the direction of its efficient leader, Mrs. Clara Baker Smith, with Mr, Arthur D. Mayo at the organ. Haydn's sixteenth mass will be sung in the morning and Le Jeal’s “Vespers” at 7 o'clock p.m. Mrs. Smith considers her choir better equipped than ever, and anticipates excelling the meritorious work of last sea- son. The membership shows an_ unusual array of talent, and 1s as follows: Sopranos, Mrs. Hite, Miss Annie Grant, Mrs. Henry Jordan, Miss Catherine Allen, Miss Annie Fleming, Miss Kathleen Cooney, Mrs. Perry Turpin, Mrs. W. H. Combs, Mrs. Rose Ben- nett, Miss Carrie McGill, Miss Ella Daly, Mrs. E. 8. Pumphrey; altos, Miss Tacie Daniel, Mrs. Mary King, Miss Mollie Sau- ter, Miss Grace -Maher, Miss Margaret Sherman, Miss Mamie Grant, Miss Lizzie Barry, Miss Ella Noah; tenors, Mr. L. E. Kaiser, Mr. W. E. Souder, Mr. James For- syth, Mr. J. C. Weidman, Mr. Hite, Mr. R. Cc. Ballinger; barsos, Mr. Martin Grant, Mr. M. A. Donnelly, Mr. R. W. Devereaux, Dr. John Daly, Mr. Will De Lacy, Mr. Hen- ry Jordan. For a period of several weeks the Gurley Memorial Church, situated on Florida ave- nue near 7th street, has been closed for re- pairs, and will be reopened tomorrow at the morning service, when the pastor, Rev. J. Russell Verbrycke, will officiate and preach. The auditorium of the church has been greatly improved and adorned, and presents @ most attractive appearance. The most striking feature upon entering the church ts the fine new organ, which has just been completed, and which will be heard for tae first time on Wednesday evening next, when Prof. David D. Wood, the celebrated blind organist of Philadelphia, will give the open- ing recital upon the instrument. The organ is a two-manual and pedal organ of twenty stops, operated by a watér motor, and was built by John Brown of Wilmington, Del. The decoration of the front pipes and the carved oak casing are particularly effective and harmonize well with the interior fur- nishings of the church. A handsome brass railing, with curtains and other suitable furnishings, has been placed in front of the choir platform, and adds greatly to the ap- pearance of the building. A series of organ recitals, to be given by different distinguish- ed organists, is being arranged for, and will be announced shortly. Father Gaynor, who, with Father M. A. Ryan, was yesterday ordained to the priest- heed, has been appoliited ‘by the cardinal as assistant to Father Devine at St. John’ Church, to succeed Father Marr, who is now at Calverton. Fath Rykn ts to take the place of Rev. WiMlam‘’ Fletcher at the Chureh of the Immaculate Conception, of which Rev. Stanislaus “Ryan is pastor. Father Fletcher has ‘been’made professor of the Sacred Scripture’ at St. Mary’s. The feast of St. Matthew falis upon the 2ist day of September, which being Friday this year, the celebration at St. Matthew's Church is transferred to tomorrow. The services will be as, follows, viz: Solemn high mass at 11 a.m., Rev. Father Bart, celebrant; Rev. Father Kervick, deacon, and Rev. Father Lee, stibdeacon. Sermon by Father Kervick. Vespers at 4 p.m. The following specified music will be sung dur- ing the services: The 11 o'clock service, be- fore the mass, Aspérges' Me Hysopo, and during the mass, Kyrie Eleison, Gloria in Excelsis, Credo in Unum Deum, Sanctus, O Salutaris et Benedictus and Agnus Del, the whole comprising La Prevost’s Messe Solennelle. At the offertory, Adjutor, by Cherubini; before the sermon, Veni Creator, by Chadwick, and before the credo, Grad- ual, by Silas, and after mass, Laudate Do- minum, by Cassarini. The music at 4 o'clock p.m. service will Le: Domine ad Ad- juvandum, Dixit Dominus, Conpteber, Lau- date Omnes Gentes and Magnificat, from Marzo's Vespers; offertorium, Pater Ni by E. Karst; Salve Regina, by Salutaris, by Stradella, and Tantum rf by Faure. After the benediction, Laudate Dominum, Gregorian. All of the music is of the highest order and will undoubtedly be well rendered by the well-trained choir of the church. The principal solos will be sustained by Miss Cecelia V. Murphy, soprano; Mrs. M. Nolan Martin, contralto; Mr. Wm. H. Burnett, tenor, and Mr. John H. Nolan, basso. After each service Prof. John P. Lawrence will render a selected voluntary on the organ. The choir hag been materially improved thousand phrases used only by myself, and I took.my, notes and trauscribed them. I didn’t miss a dash or a semicolon, and found afterward that although I eot ‘4 on my en- tire examination, my shorthand, which was absolutely perfect in repeating what he read, was marked 70. Oh, I tell vou we clerks run up against some mighty queer when we are being examined by civil service representatives, but the system is the best in the world, cnly it does not ex- tend, as it should, to every branch of the veblic service.” since the commencement of the present usical year by the addition of new and luable voices in each part, and the re- tention of the excellent quartet of last year. Prof. John P. Lawrence, organist; L. E. Gannon, director. The University Park Mission, corner of Gth and Trumbull streets northwest, has re- opened for the winter. The mission is do- ing @ gcod work among the colored people of that neighborhood, its workers and its financial support coming from the First Congregational Church of the city. Dr. 8S. H. Greene, the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, corner of 8th and H streets northwest, returned to the city last week and preached at the church on Sunday. During th? s«mmer the church has been tensively repaired and remodeled. A gal- lery has been put in and the seating capaci- ty_greetly increased. Some time ago the Sixth Presbyterian Church, corner of 6th and B streets south- west, which has been without a pastor since the resignation and withdrawal of Dr. Hershey, extended a call to the Rev. David R. Skellinger of Scranton, Pa. Last Thurs- day night his official reply to the call was read to the congregation. Mr. Skellinger has accepted the pastorate tendered him, and promises to begin work with the first Stnday in November. He is unable to come before then, as the presbytery to which he belongs does not meet until late in October, and he must get a dismissal from his pres- bytery before leaving. Mr. Skellinger preached at the Sixth Church a number of times, greatly pleasing the cci tion. He is said to be a man of ability and one well adapted to fill the place offered him. The vestry of Grace P. E. Church have given out a contract for building a new organ, which, according to the specifica- — Promises to be an excellent instru- men: | ee ORIGIN OF MUNICIPALITIES. They Came From Towa Mectings, ‘Then the Only Local Government. From the Chicago News. There is no more striking anomaly in American politics than the changes which have taken place and are now happening in our town and municipal governments. The little democracies which our pilgrim and Puritan ancestors established on these shores, unseen or unheeded by the king and his parliament, were the best school for de- veloping the faculties, for stimulating pub- Me spirit and for training in self-restraint, intelligence and love of freedom the world has ever known. To these town govern- ments of New England more than to any- thing else are due the supremacy of the English in America and the failure of the French to hold their own during the long struggle for the possession of Canada. In the next and harder struggle, that for independence of Great Britain itself, the towns again had a decisive part. When Francis Bernard, the royal governor, obe- dient to his instructions from home, pro- rogued the assembly and left the province of Massachusetts without a legislature, the king and his ministers thought that by this course they had deprived the patriots of their opportunity for concerted action, and that they could nip in the bud the incipient rebellion. And so it would have proved, says a writer in “Harper's,” had it not been for the town meetings, which were the real — ot eg gs ‘that in place of one general assembly royal governor f he had to deal with 20 or more local as semblies—small, indeed, for the most part, but self-reliant, aggressive, trained to the consideration of public affairs, and ready for — After the revolution town meetings con- tinued for nearly fifty years to be the only form of local government in New Kngiand, and it was not until about the close of the first quarter of the present century that a break occurred, when Boston rejuctantly became a city. Since then cities, which originally were towns, have muitiplied rap- idly, until today considerably more than cne-half of the people have been gatherea into municipalities, Full Instructions. —__—_— ‘WOMAN'S LIFE IN INDIA. An Existence Without Wickedness, it Intolerable. From Temple Bar. The position of the native women of Raj- Futana is singularly deplorable. Penned from their babyhood within the narrow lim- its of the zenana, they sre cut off from all contact with the outer world, with which they communicate only through their slave girls; seeing not only no men, but hardly any women, very few ladies of sufficiently high rank living within visiting distance of each other. They are quite uneducated, unable to either read or write or work; nothing, therefore, remains to them but their natur- al affections, and these are outraged; their husbands professing no love for them, and visiting them but occasionally; their chil- dren being taken from them at a very early age and placed under the guardianship of men, their mothers being considered vnfit, and, alas! truly, to bring them up. Is it to be wondered that such an eluca- tion, such a violation of every instinct, every need of a human being, should pro- duce creatures singularly depraved? From Pack. Book Agent—I'd like to show you this “Encyclopedia of universal Knowledge.” It contains all the information a man needs in this life. Business Man (wearily)—I'll take it if it will tell me how to get rid of you. Book Agent (enthusiastically)—You'll take it then! It gives that information on the very first page; see: “Every man, woman and child should buy this book.” - oe Edmonia Anderson and Irene Washington, two octoroons, fought a duel to the death Thursday night, at Swift, Ala., with knives. The cause of the duel was a white man, Mr. Ben Olsen, whose affections both claimed. The Guard’s Mistake. From the New York Evening Post. An amusing scene occurred in Stuttgart the other day. The king's daughter Pauline always goes about in very plain attire. Og this occasion she passed a sentinel who did not recognize her and neglected to perform the proper salutations. A sergeant across the street made violent gestures to make him grasp the situation, whereupon the guard sald to the princess: “Say, miss, the sergeant over there wants to see you.” eee The Drawback. From Puck. Gov. Northen, at Atlanta, Ala, has offered “Is Van Loan in comfortable ctreum- | $?'tns iynchers of bare Gollsey, ee stances?” The attorney for Mrs. Drayton, at New “No.” answer to the York, says. she will file an “Why, I thought he was rich!” charges preferred in the suit for divorce, by her husband. “He is; but he has a lot of poor relations.” “we could cut down the trees an’ saw "em up shorthand writer, and have been ment. When I was notified to appear for debonair young man, who informed me that he would examine me in shorthand. This 'S speeches at the rate of denly he paused and remarked that I didn’t I replied, ‘a shorthand man who knows his business never takes any- thing but the first word and the last of anything that is read, and then gets the “I wish you could have seen him then. He explanation that it would be necessary for me to take the speech, as it had been fur- DESHA DREW A KNIFE Young Breckinridge Attacked One of His Father's Opponents. J. D. Livingston Slashed im the Hand During an Altercation at Lexington, Ky. Desha Breckinridge had a sensational al- tercation with James Duane Livingston, formerly of New York city, in the Phoenix Hotel at Lexington, Ky., last evening. Mr. Livingston was standing at the news and cigar stand reading an afternoon paper when. Desha Breckinridge came in and bought a package of cigarettes. Livingston, who had been an Owens man during the recent campaign, spoke to Desha, and extended his hand, saying: “It’s all over now; we ought to be friends. Shake hands.” Mr. Breckinridge, with an angry look on his face, replied: “No; you one-horse scoundrel, I will not take your hand. You profess to be a man’s friend, then stab him in the back.” Mr. Livingston lied to this by sa: that he hed ase somone of the king. = Mr. Breckinridge called him a liar. Mr. Livingston then struck at Desha and knocked his glasses off, following this up with a blow on the neck. Mr. Breckinridge reached for his hip pocket, and drew a dirk knife. Both men were pale as death. Mr. Livingston, in a moment of despera- tion, grabbed at the glittering blade, which Breckinridge had aimed at his heart. The knife went between the second and third fingers of Livingston's right hand, cutting the third finger to the bone. Mr. Livingston grasped his right hand With his left, in order to stop the flow of Mr. Breckinridge gave Livingston two strong kicks. The hotel clerks and several bystanders rushed in and seized Desha. At the same instant Matthew Lane, a strong Breckinridge man, ran up and said he would take a hand in Desha. Two witnesses say that Lane also flourished a big knife, but Lane denies this. . A friend then took Livingston home in a buggy, and Desha Breckinridge went to his rooms across the street. Words With Judge Kinkead. Just before the trouble occurred with Livingston Desha and Lane, who were walking up Main street in front of Breck- inridge headquarters, met Judge George B, Kinkead, who made several speeches during the campaign denouncing Col. Breckinridge in the most scathing terms. Desha Breck- inridge said to Judge Kimkead that the election was over and he wanted to tell him that he was a Mar. He also applied several other vile epithets to the judge, who replied that he was unarmed and did rot want to have any difficulty in the open streets. Desha told him to go and arm himself and he would meet him anywhere or at any time. He repeated this several times. Then Lane, who is a comparative stran- ger in Lexington, having recently come here from Mt. Steérling, said, addressing the judge: “So this is Judge Kinkead, is it? When you said that decent people would not entertain Col. Breckinridge you lied. My sister entertained him in Wood- ford county.” Lane then applied a vile epithet to the judge. Judge Kinkead again said that he wanted ro trouble on the street and that he w armed, when Lane tbrew his coat ai he was not armed either, and then repeated the language that he had previously used to the judge. Kinkead then walked on out the street toward his home. Livingston and Kinkead. J. Duane Livingston is a man of about thirty years and is the financial agent of J. Kennedy Todd, owner of the Kentucky Union railroad. He was a strong Owens man and worked night and day for the vic- torious candidate. He is from New York city, and it is said that he there belonged to Tammany. When seen while his wound was being dressed he said: “I took Desha's abuse and made no attempt to resent it until he called me a liar. Then I had to hit him. I think I saved myself from a fatal Isvac Shelby, tucky, and is the first cousin of John T. Shelby, Col. Breckinridge’s law partner, who slapped Attorney Johnson in the face during the famous Pollard trial in this city, Judge Kinkead is about forty-two years of age. He has always been considered a man of the highest physical courage, and every- body expects that more blood will be shed before this trouble is over. ———coo—___ ‘The New Remedy for Diphtheria. From Harper's Weekly. A representative of the New York board of health has just returned from a trip abroad, made for the purpose of investigat- ing a new German remedy that is said to dy here. The outcome will be awaited with anxious interest by every one who ful- ly understands how much fs at stake. Diphtheria is the most malignant member of a small group of contagious diseases (the nap fod a | We and that such virus may even previously established. It remained to make the application to the credited diphtheria will soon take its place beside small pox and hydrophobia behind the victorious chariot of preventive medi- cine. Meantime a word of caution may not be amiss. In their laudable anxiety to bene- fit the race, workers in this, as in other fields, sometimes let their imagination out- step their actual achievements. It was so a few years ago when the public was led to believe that a sure cure for tuberculosis had been discovered, whereas in reality only an important, not a final step toward such a discovery had been mede. The originator of the new diphtheria remedy t@ the same Dr. Koch who developed tubercu- lin. Dr. Koch is a scientist of scientists. Tuberculin was a disappointment not be- cause its discoverer claimed too much for it, but because his followers claimed more than the master thought of claiming. It is to be hoped that the same mistake will not be repeated with the present remedy. Let enthusiastic followers make sure that they are keeping step with the originator of the remedy, and that they are not making ws expect too much ef it at first. Tommy—“Pa, what's ma crying for? Father—“She can’t find her teeth.” “Is that the reason the baby crics so much?"