Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1894, Page 9

OO THE EVENING STAR Seanad PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenne, Cor. 1th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Prest. New York Office, 49 Potter Building. The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the elitr by carrie: on their own account, at 10 cents Br weeks oF 446. per mouth. “Copies at the counter cents each. By mail—answhere in the Luited | States or Cunada—postage preild--6O. cents per ath. wiaitarday culntupl> Sheet Stax, $1.00 ner sear: rel age aldol, $2. Entered at the Fost Ores at Wasblagton, D. C., | ' soe Che Fy ening Shar. BEE, @s second-class wall matter.) EAN mail .ubscriptisas most be paid in advarce, Rates of advertising made known on applicat.co. WASHINGTON, D. 0, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1894—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Sees epee Some Pointers in Regard to Current Property Values. * PRICES AS NAMED BY THE OWNERS Improved and Unimproved Property in Various Sections of the City. cc a ER NEW BUILDINGS a SOME People who own or deal in real estate, and even those who are neither owners nor dealers, are apt to be interested in the current values of property. They like to know what a piece of property would bring even if they have not the money to buy it or the inclination if the bank account ts equal to the demand. One of the first ques- tions likely to be asked in regard to prop- erty when attention is called to it is in regard to its value. Every one is not well posted in regard to values, but those who keep track of the market and arg familiar with current prices generaliy bave a pre! ty good idea of what property is wort! ‘The more active a market Is the more gen: erally the knowledge of current values be- comes diffused. In times when the trans- actions are few it is not always easy to have a definite knowledge about real estate prices. Quite recently the newly-organized stor- age company advertised in The Star for proposals for a site suitable as a location for the building which the company pro- poses to erect. A large number of replies were re 1 offering property in nearly every section of the city, and in each case, of course, stating the price which the ow: €r was willi ept. It is presumed that the figur d represented the market value of the property and were in reality the selling price rather than merely the asking price. If this is true‘a-schedule rs recetved would throw con- l estate throughout the city. For this reason it is though of interest to give the details of some of these offers, as it would be impossible, within reasonable lim- its, to give the schedule complete. The Central Section. In the central portion of the city some of the pieces of property offered were as follows: A lot on 12th street between G and H streets, 20x155 feet, a little more than $6 per square foot; a lot 24 fegy front by a depth of 157 7 feet on E street between 2th and 10th streets was offered at a price which averaged $6.60 per square foot. At the corner of 6th and G streets a lot 50x62 feet was offered at $9 a foot, while at Sth and I streets, Sx120 feet, the price named was $5. On'C street between 3d and 4 1-2 streets a property 541x180 feet was offered at $1.50 per square foot. Ten dollars per square foot was asked for the correr of 11th and C streets, containing 4.538 square feet. At 13 1-2 street and Ohio avenue some 40,048) square feet was offePed at $3. A property having a frontage of 30 feet on the south side of Pennsylvania ave- nue between 12th and 13th streets and run- ning back to D street was offered for $25,- 600. Lower down on the avenue between 3d and 4 1-2 streets something over $6 per square foot was asked for property con- taining over 11,000 square feet. On the next block, between 2d and 3d streets, the Frice for property 25x17¢ feet was named t $6.70. Eight dollars was asked for a lot 1x129 feet at the corner of 1ith and E eets, while on New York avenue between h and 13th streets $10 was named as the price per square foot for a plece of proper- ty 28x10 feet. Farther to the north, on 9th street be- tween H and I, $8 per square foot was asked for a piece %2x00 feet. On the block next above, $3.50 was asked for a lot 52x95 feet. On K street between 4th and 5th streets $2 was asked for a lot 92.146 feet. One dollar and ninety cents per square foot was named for a lot 50x130 feet on New York avenue between 4th and h strects, while on Massachusetts avenue between 6th and 7th streets $3.50 was the price fixed for a lot containing 7,000 square feet. A lot just 100 feet square on M street between North Capitol and Ist streets could be bought for $1.50 per square foot. In the Eastern Section. A lot 168x110 feet at the corner of F and J4th streets northeast was offered at 80 Rents, while a lot 100 feet square at the corner of 12th and H streets northeast sould be bought for $ The corner of Sth and F streets northeast was offered at $1.25. On B street between Ist and 2d southwest $1 was the price named*for a lot 67x120. Property 100x%0 feet at the corner of 11th and E streets southwest was offerea at $1.15, while the corner of Penn- sylvania avenue and 9th street southeast, containing over 0 square feet, could be bought for $1.23. Large blocks of land in the vicinity of 7th and 8th streets near Florida avenue northeast were offered at prices from 65 to 80 $ per square foot. In the section which is south of Penn- syivania avenue and west of 17th street a numbes of pieces of property were offered. One dollar per foot was the price asked for a lot 20x14 feet on Virginia avenue be- A lot 58x75 tween 18th and 19th street fect on D street between 17th and 1Sth Id be bought for $1 Some 13,- feet of ground at Virginia ave- offered at 95 quart 19th and D strests was nue. cenis. Or C between 2ist and + the price named for 7 cents. On u street a lot containing a little over 3,000 re feet was offered for $2 per foot. A ground at the corner of 28th and K quare feet could hile a lot at cor- x61 feet was tern section 16,000 feet and etween 4 1-2 squ pio! a@ plot of grou ed on M nd 6th stree The Northwest Region. In the upper portion of the northwestern section there were a large number of properties offered. A lot on L street be- tween Vermont avenue and 15th street, 23 feet, could be obtained at $3, while in the block between 16th and 17th streets asked for a lot GsxiS2 feet. On et between L and M streets $3 was named as the price for a lot 27x19 feet, and the corner of 16th and R str: Wx Lit t, could be bought for $3.0. The cerner 15th and T streets, S0xi00 feet, was 0 d for $1.50, while the corner of ach streets, 00x106 feet, $% named. A lot 70x110 feet on pen 18th One do! d Ith street: et hty-fiv 1 for a lot 46x98 een K and L een M and 2 lot 10 st and was asked, se of 188 by h of 75 feet on 2st s t between L reets $1.70 was the price named. h st-eet between F Ivania avenue and M street $1.25 was asked for feet. Iding Record. property 180x u The butiding inspector's record for the past week ending yesterday shows that twenty-four permits were taken out for the erection new buildings, aggregating in This was div among the veral ions of the city as follows: Northwest, one permit, $1,800; northeast, @ight permits, $6,475; southeast, one per- cost $40, sec \* mit, $200; southeast, two permits, $400, and county, $31,350. Some Improvements. R. E. L. Thompson has planned the erec- tion of a frame dwelling on Concord street, Brookland.» It will be two stories high, 16 by 42 feet, with pitched shingle roof. M. R. Thompson is the builder. John Mangan is erecting three two-story brick dwellings at Nos. 903, 905 and 907 Florida avenue northeast. They will be 14 by 46 feet, and built by W. W. Ad: 5 ‘The inspector of buildings has ited permits to F. D. Foster for the erection cf ten brick dwellings at Nos. 2 to 10 Q street and 1608 to 1611 Lincoln avenue, West Eck- ington. They will be two stories high, 16 1-2 by 52 feet and 17 1-2 by 45 feet, re- spectively. N. 'T. Haller ts the architect. John J. Freeland has obtained a permit from the inspector of buildings for the erection of a storehouse and laundry in the rear of No. 13 7th street southeast. It will be two stories igh, 20 by 16 feet. Bartley Thornton has commenced the erection of a brick dwelling for himself at 1 2d street, Georgetown. It is to be two stories in height and 22.5 by 44 feet. The erection of a brick dwelling will jhortly be commenced by A. R. Taylor at 727 9th street southeast. It is to be two stories in height, 18 by 32 feet, and built by E. D. Farnham, — HOW BEAMBEASER GREW BIG. How Jimmy O'Neill Was Taught to Mind His Manners on Christmas Eve. The little girls were much excited over the unpacking of the magic lantern their two uncles had brought home with them Christ- mas eve. The uncles and the lantern had arrived that morning, and the little girls were hardly able to wait until night, when the two uncles gvere to give a private ex- hibition in the parlor. The lantern was ready at last, and the little girls were about to take seats before the screen when the sound of a grand caterwauling floated in the window from the garden. “Oh, there's Beambeaser,” cried all three little girls at once. “Who is Beambeaser?” asked the elder of the two ‘uncles, who were quite young uncles, In their freshman year in college, in ‘act. PS a our cat,” replied the largest little girl. “Why do you call him Beambeaser?” asked the younger uncl “Why, it’s his name,” said the smailest lite girl. “Did you think we would call him Beambeaser if it wasn’t his name?” “He'll get hurt,” moaned the second girl. ‘How's that?” asked the younger uncle. ‘You see, that horrid Jimmy O'Neill lives opposite, and he catches Beambeaser and whips him and pulls his tail. Beambeaser is so tame that he goes up to everybod Those bad cats are fighting, and Beam- beaser is out there watching them, for he never fights himself, he's so good. ' Jimmy O'Neill will come sneaking over and the other cats will run, and he will catch Beam- beaser and hurt him. I just wish Beam- beaser, would grow big when Jimmy gets ere.”” row big. What do you mean by that You see, Cousin Ed. says Beambeaser isn’t nice at all. He says he is just a little liger and that if he should grow big like a tiger he would be fierce and eat us all up. Ed. says he purrs and is affectionate just because he is little and can’t hurt us and wants his dinner, but if he should get big he wouldn't be affectionfite at all, but would eat us." “Cousin Jack doesn’t believe that at all,”” remarked the smallest girl. “He says we would eat Beambeaser if he were good to eat, like a chicken.” #i just wish he would get big and eat that horrid Jimmy O'Neill,” said the largest gi L ‘I wonder if we can’t see him,” said the younger uncle, and he pointed the lantern out of the window and sent its rays this way and that untfl presently the great cir- cle of light rested upon a large sheet hang- ing down from a clothes line in the next yard, the bottom part of it lying upon the top of the garden wall. Sitting upon the wall and the sheet was a small tiger cat. “There he is,” said the three little girls. “Do you think Jimmy O'Neill will come over after Beambeaser on Christmas eve?” asked the elder uncle. AS always does,” said the three little ris. “Then we will have Beambeaser grow big. Bob, I wish you would get*over behind the wall. When that boy comes into the yard I want you to whistle. I will flash the light and show Beambeaser and then turn it off. Jerk Beambeaser from the wall as soon as I turn off the light. Then we will have Beambeaser grow big and scare that boy, though I cag't promise that he will eat the boy.” ‘To the little girls at the window it seem- ed a very long time before the garden gate creaked and thetr uncle whistled. The light flashed out and there was Beam- beaser sitting on the wall against the sheet, and a small red-headed boy in front of him. The light chone out again, and there was a terrible tiger sitting wher Beambeaser had been, against the sheet, roliing his eyes, opening his mouth and lash{ng his tail. The small boy stood mo- tionless, deprived by fear of the power to move. | Suddenly terrible growls and screams broke forth and the small boy found the use of his legs and ran precipi- tately, mingling his own terrified shrieks with the growls and screams of the tiger. The light and the tiger vanished, and pret- ty soon the younger uncle came in laugh- ing, with Beambeaser in his arms. ‘He is small again,” said he, passing the cat to the smallest girl. “How did you like my growling and screaming? That was the only touch needed to make the tiger realistic. It was a genuine Christmas eve miracie. It was hard for the little girls to believe that the tiger on the wall had been nothing more than a picture thrown upon the sheet by the magic lantern. ‘The tiger, with roll- ing eyes and lashing tall, was not the only animated picture in the uncle's collection. There was an alligator that swallowed a pickaninny, a cat that ate a rat and a don- key that threw its rider. Five times dur- ing the evening did the little girls call for the tiger, and were satisfied with only once beholding the Capitol at Washington and Niagara Falls by noonlight, which the un- cles considered the finest pictures in their possession, —-—-.— He Louged to Hear English. From the New York .Herald. . It is queer what dund¢fheads one some- times encounters among Englishmen re- cently arrived in this country. Not long since two friends were dining together in a well-known restaurant. Be- fore their meal was half finished they were joined by a young Englishman, with whom they had a slight ccquaintance. “I have just been down to the ship to meet some friends from the other side,” said he,with a mogt pronounced accent. is pleasant to meet friends from home, continued. The two gentlemen remarked that such true, and made some other ordinary rks. “I was delighted to see my friends,” con- tinued fhe young Briton. “I told them it did we good to hear English spoken again, Yeu don't speak English here, you know. “Oh, we don't?” remarked one of the two friends, testily. “Well, let me tell you, then,-that what we do speak suits us ex- actly, and I think I can say without fear of contradiction from my friend here that t he we don’t care to hear anything else at this table.” ———_+-e+ —_ She Takes Everything. From Judge. “My wife ts unfortunately a kleptoma- niac, but she Is undergoing treatment for it. “What does she take? “Oh, she takes everything she can lay her hands o at ——+e+——____ An All-Sufficient Reason. From Truth. Fond Parent—“Bobby, why will you al- ways persist in pushing in the eyes of your little sister's dolls?” Bobby (conclusively)}—“Because I can’t pick ‘em out.” TUESDAY'S GAME Preparing for the Christmas Foot Ball Contest. UNION COLLEGE AND HS TEAM Celebrating the Centennial of the Institution. THETWOELEVENS eet eae It,has been the custom for the Columbia Athletic Club to play a game every Christ- mas day against the All-Washington eleven, a team that is made up chiefly of the city’s star players, but who are gen- erslly defeated, showing the futility of brilliant individual effort against system- atic team werk. This year it will be different, and the Cc. A. C will have, as previously announced in The Star, a chance to trail the garnet of Union College in the dust. Sone few bets of small amounts have been made, those of C. A. C. people, of course, being in favor cf their own team, but outside of the club members the sport- ing. fraternity seem to be decidedly un- willing to stake their cash on risky chances. That the outcome of the contest is very uncertain no one will deny, though the Columbias expect to come out of the long end of the horn, while certain appar- ently knowing outsiders are claiming that Union will win in a walk. Outside of the not very numerous latter class the major- ity of sport-loving citizens have a ve small idea as to what or who the college and college boys are, and, indeed, the ones that do happen to know something about Union’s victories know nothing whatever about the make-up of its elevel A word of explanation right here ma: perhaps, throw some light on Tuesday's game and give some ccnception to people in general and the Columbias in particular of the individual abilities of the men they will be pitted against. One hundred years ago a college was in- corporated in New York state and located at Schenectady,receiving the name of Union from the circumstance that several relig- fous denominations co-operated in its or- ganization. From tne date of its birth up to the time of the civil war it was one of the largest institutions of learning in this country, and among its graduates such well-kno' men as Secretary Danicl S. Lamont end Secretary Julius Sterling Morton, President Chester A. Arthur, Gen- eral Ben. Butterworth .and — ex-Senator Warner Miller of New York and others in the nation’s history. * For some years after the rebellion the college suffered a decadence. During the last ten or fifteen years a series of be- quests have built it up wonderfully. It has a classical and preparatory depart- ment at Schenectady,while at Albany there are located the law and medical depart- ments, with one of the finest medical mu- seums in the country attached to the lat- ter. The presidents of the college have been without exception divines well known throughout the country, and the present one, Rev. Raymond Van Vranken Andrews, D.D., is responsible for a large share of its recent rapid growth. Appropriately enough in connection with the college's one hundredth year the foot ball team that represents Union is said to be the strongest she has ever had, and has only been scored against cnce this season in the New York state league, which is composed of Syracuse University, Rochester University, Hamilton College and Union College. Its strength, demon- strated by this being its third successive lei. gue championship, has made an associa- tion composed of Lafayette, Lehigh, W leyan and Union College highly probable for next year. Some of its victories this year are: West Point, 30-0; Amherst, 6—0; Ridgefield, 22—0; Syracuse University, 20-10; Rochester University, 62-0, and Hamilion College, #6—0. On Thanksgiviny day they defeated Wesleyan at Ridgefield by a score of 32 to 6, Wesleyan having been until this fall a member of the Yale- Princeton-University of Pennsylvania league, and numbering among its players such men as Leo, Pomeroy, Alexander and others, whose reputations were mad2 in thei three years’ tussling against Yale, Princeton and “Pennsy. The C. A. C. Line-Up. ‘The injuries consequent on the George- town game have put Secretary Townley A. McKee, the manager of the foot ball eleven, into a quandary as to how he shall compose the team. In the line Adam Johnson's bulk will be very much missed, and it is difficult to find a player capable of filling his place. Leete at left end posi- tively declares he will not play, and his presence will be a great hindrance to the club. If Phil King decides to play Sefton will keep his place at right end, but if he does not, and it is very uncertain, Sefton will play at quarter. Of course these changes will weaken the line materially, and even if new men are secured who are stronger than the regular occupants of the various positions, they will labor under the disadvantage of only partially understand- ing the signals. Hawley Taussig, now a member of the Cornell eleven, and very well known in this city, has been asked to play one of the ends, and it is probable that he will play on Tuesday. Though not the equal of Al Leete, still he is a very fine player, and can always be depended upon to break up any plays that may be massed on him. Back of the line, Brooke of Pennsylvania has been asked to take the position of Stuart Johnson, and if he accepts will cer- tainly be a great acquisition, Brooke's punting is so well known that it needs no comment here, but will, in case he plays, be very valuable, as Shields has to do ail the work in that line as {t stands now. Butterworth has also received a reauest from Secretary McKee to play, but will probably not don a uniform, though he may act as referee. Will Church of Prince- ton is another recipient of one of the club’s missives, and may probably fill Adam Johnson's place at left guard. ‘The Columbias have been very unfortu- nate at this spot, as Belknap, substitute guard, weighs 197 pounds, and barring the injury to one of his ribs, would fill John- son's place very acceptably. From the above it can be seen that at the best Co- lumbla will present a very patched-up team, but will, with the one or two stars, present a good front to the Union rushers. It can be positively stated, however, that some of the positions will be-filled as fol- lows: At right tackle Pat Wells, with his 170 pounds, is sure to be on hand. Frank Johnson ts now in Philadelphia, but will come to time at his own position of left tackle. Dickinson, with 195 pounds in his favor, will show up, as heretofore, at right guard, and a geod show up it will be. As stated, the corresponding position on the left of the line is doubtful, and the name of the persons’ filling it will not probably be known until Monday. Gapen will, of course, fill center and can certainly do it very creditably. Back of the line all is in doubt, with the exception of Shields and Lewis, and, of course, this putting in of players at the last moment weakens decidedly Colum- bia’s chances of victory. Some doubt had been raised by the ques- tion as to whether Union will agree to allow King, Church, Brooke and Taussig to play, but as they are under a heavy ex- pense in coming to this city the game is a certainty, notwithstanding. Details of the Game. The police will have strict orders on the first attempt at slugging, though, as one policeman truthfully remarked in @ recent game, “it is hard to tell where genuine fair play leaves off and slugging begins.” How- ever, the first man that {is intentionally in- jured, or, at least, thought to be so, will be the signal for immediately stopping the contest. Another very important factor in preventing a rough game will be the fact that there is no rivalry between the two clubs, except that which is inherent in every man’s bosom and which strives to make him the master, It was largely this bad feeling that caused so many casualties from the Georgetown game. Totally differ- ent will be the game on Christmas day, as the Columbia team are acting fully up to their part of generous hosts, and have ex- tended to the students the privileges of the club, which include the use of a locker room, the baths and training apparatus. The team will arrive Monday afternoon and will be driven directly to the hotel, accompanied by a faithful band of fifty friends. About two hundred and fifty excursionists from Albany, Troy and Schenectady will also come down on the eleven’s special, but will be provided with quarters at a down town hotel. The Union men broke training for a week after their great game with Wesleyan, but since that time ‘Thompson, Princeton, has had’ them in hand, and they are now said to be in prime condition. With the excursionists from Baltimore and neighboring points, a large crowd is expected to be present, though probably not quite up to the Thanksgiving day . Dr. F. R Hud- son, surgeon of the Pittsburg Railroad Company, and well known as having pulled off several other big games, has had charge of arrangements on the part of Union for the affair, while Capt. John T. Bivins of the Columbia has ked after matters for his club. RAINY DAY AMUSEMENTS. How to Keep the Children Happy and Good Hamore: From the New" York Telegraph. In every household there are daily ac- cumulating empty spools. Save these, and the amount of quiet fun the children can get out of them will more than repay you for the little thought and labor their col- lection has entailed. Every child enjoys playing “keep school,” and the spools are the most docile scholars, that can at a mo- ment’s notice ke metamorphosed into gay soldiers, whose doings will perhaps be more pleasing to the little brothers. Even patchwork can be mede a fascinat- ing employment if the mother says ouly two or, at the most, three blocks may be sewed together in one day, and if tho ulti- mate object of all the careful stitching is to be a charming spread for Miss Dolly's bed, then, indeed, the prosaic labor proves more than fascinating. But the all-absorbing and most engross- ing indoor entertainment is scrap book making. It means a dreadful litter unless managed right, but if provitied for as you would the week's sweeping or baking it proves a boon to the mother and gives many an hour of wholesome enjoyment to the little folks. It is absolutely neces- sary that a certain and definite place be provided for this messy amusement. It would, indeed, be more frouble than profit if chairs and tables had to be dragged out of their places and then put away in a hurry again, to say nothing of the neces- sary brushing up incumbent upon the litter made by countless snippings that were al- lowed to fall unheeded the floor. If you possess a broad, low table use that; if not, the leaf of the ily extension table will answer. Set in a corner, with a sheet spread ovér the carpet, a waste basket conveniently, near and a large box Be for the use of pictures, books and pa nected: for the purpose. The sheet will save the Carpet from drip- pings and dabs of paste and the waste basket will swallow pp most of the litter. What little remains outside of it can be shaken from the sheet into the waste bas- ket, and all evidences of untidiness thus dispelled tn one movement. They come from everywhere. Old maga- zines, advertisements and old books, whose bindingg are irretrievably damaged. The book itBelf need not be any more expensive than common home —— paper would make it. Folded in book form, with a stiff cover and sewed together bookhinder fashion, this plain cabinet will be as much appreciated as a far costlier effort. HUMBUG ABOUT TERRAPIN. Preparing the Dish Not a Difficult Art According to a Caterer. From the New York Sun, “There is a good deal of polite humbug about terrapin stew,” said a caterer. “The Maryland style is generally accepted as the best way in which the dish should be eaten, but, as a matter of fact, there is so little difference between that style and the Philadelphia style that no one can tell the difference by the taste of It, and, further, the Virginia style of preparing terrapin, as followed by the incomparable negro ‘mam- my’ cooks of the old dominion, is the only true way to cook it, and by far the sim- plest. The cooking of terrapin seems to be a@ natural gift with the Virginia negress. It is an art that the professional cook has to acquire. “The preparing for the table of a ter- rapin in the approved Maryland style is quite a tedious proceeding, and the person who does it never fails to impress you with the fact that he believes, or thinks he be- lieves, that he is, and of necessity must be, a being of exceptional accomplishments ag a culinary artist; but if you are not sus- ceptible to the glamor which tradition has cast around the terrapin cook, you can do the business just exactly as well yourself. You will never be able to get a recipe for cooking a terrapin from any of these glorified concoctors of a stew. They will alway give you a wise shake of the head and declare that such a thing would be impossible, save as to the mode in a gen- eral way, because they have certain artis- tie secrets about making terrapin stew which they cannot impart to any one, the same, of course, being a very excellent quality of rot. The preparing of a terra- pin depends more upon the knowledge of how to treat it anatomically than on any artistic touch, “A terrapin that has been caught after it has gone into its winter quarters does not need to be cleaned before it is cooked. There is no food in its stomach, and its interior is as clean as it can be made. In the Maryland or Philadelphia way of pre- paring terrapin it is thrown alive into a ot of hot water. This is cruel enough, but it is humanity compared with the way the terrapin is treated in the old Virginia style. In beginning its preparation in this style the unfortunate reptile is thrust alive among hot coals or shut in a very hot oven, and left there until it is cooked. When this result is reached the under shell of the terrapin is easily removed with a knife, exposing the meat resting in the natural dish formed by the upper shell. Nothing but the gall sack is removed, and, with the addition of butter, seasoning and a glass of sherry or Madeira wine, the terrapin is eaten from the shell. But it is not terrapin stew. “After the terrapin 1s cast into the ket- tle of hot water, as in the Maryland and Philadelphia styles, It is left there uniil it is dead. It is then taken out, and the up- per shell removed. The terrapin is return- ed to the hot water, left a short time, re- moved, and its under shell taken off. Now comes @ very delicate operation, and the one on which failure or success depends. This is the removal of the liver and the gall sack. If so much of the gall as would cover the point of a pin should remain it would taint the entire stew, and make the eating of it an Impossibility. This neces- sary dissection done, the meat 1s put back into the kettle and stewed until it is ready for the final touch. This is the addition of the very finest butter, the yolks of raw egxs, the whites of hard-boiled eggs, thick cream and spices. The addition of sherry or Madeira must ne made only a very short time before the stew is served, or the ef- fect of that flavor will be lost, the wine evaporating quickly. see South Carolina Young Men in Office. From the Baltimore Herald. The admonition to give the young man a chance does not apply to South Carolina. The governor of that state is thirty-one, his attorney general twenty-five, and the adjutant general twenty-four years of age. THE NATIONAL GUARD Steps Being Taken to Establish Down-Town Olubs. \CONDITION OF THE RIFLE GALLERY Entry of the National Rifles is Postponed. ENTITLED TO COMMISSIONS The much-talked-of entry of the National Rifles into the National Guard appears rather dubious at present. At a meeting held on Morday evening last the company was drawn up in line, about sixty member being present. Capt. Oyster requested those who intended entering the guard to step to the front, and twenty-nine signified their intention of becoming soldiets in the eyes of the law. Drills have been suspended un- til the first Thursday in January, when it is expected that a decision will be reached. “Two months ago,” said Capt. Oyster to The Star man, “the Rifles voted to put a company in the guard, and something in regard to the matter has got to be done in the very near future At the January meeting I shall put the question direct. Some unpleasantness, I know not why, has arisen since the subject of entering the guard was broached.” ‘The opinion of a number of local military men, who have been asked how they re- gard the situation, is that the National Rifles will not soon become a military body. Condition of the Rifle Gallery. The department of rifle practice has com- pleted its removal to the new armory build- ing and is aimost ready to begin work. Fintshing touches are now being put on the loading room and the office of the su- perintendent. The only articles lacking are the extra targets and the steel plazes which will serve as a background for the targets; they are expected to arrive at any moment. A Board of Survey. First Lieut. and Adjutant James L. Mock, First Lieut. Charles A. Knockey and First Lieut. George Phoebus of the fifth bat- talion comprised a board of survey, which met at the Center Market Armory on Thursday evening last to take an inventory of the quartermaster and ordnance proper- ty charged to William B. Greenwood, late captain of company C, third—now fifth— battalion, and to fix the responsibility for any shortage that may have been found. Some Recommendations for Commis- aio Gen. Ordway has recommended to the President the following for commission: Second Lieut. Joseph H. Griffiths, battery A, light artillery, as first lieutenant battery A, light artillery; Sergt. Thomas Marvin, battery A, light artillery, as second leu- tenant battery A, light artillery; Private George E. Tralles, company B, second bat- talion, as second Meutenant company B, second battalion; Sergt. Maj. Sidney R. Jacobs, fourth battalion, as first Heutenant company C, fourth battalion; First Lieut. George W. England, company D, fifth bat- talion, as captain company D, fifth bat- talion; Sergt. James E. Leeman, company D, fifth battalion, as second lMeutenant company D, fifth battalion. Proposed Civic Organization. Certain members of company C, second battalion, have taken steps to form an or- gurization to be styled “The Fencible Club,” the object, as stated, being to fur- ther the interests of the National Fenci- bles. It is proposed to rent suitable rooms, centrally located, for club purposes. Per- sens not members of company C, second battalion, are not eligible to entry in the club. A meeting will soon be called to per- fect an organization. The new venture, it is understood, will not in any manner in- terfere with the National Guard company, as the club rooms are to be closed on drill nights and those assigned for rifle practice. Similar action will, in all probability, be taken by the members of company A, sec= ond battalion, the proposed civic organiza- tion to be known as the “Corcoran Cadets’ Club.” ‘The individual competitive drill, open to members of this company, which was booked to occur on Thursday evening last, has been postponed until after the holidays. Capt. Edwards’ followers will have a Christmas tree in the armory on Tuesday, from which suitable presents are to be distributed to all members. Washington in Contrast With New York. The comer stone of the new armory of the ninth regiment, National Guard of the state of New York, to be erected in 14th street, west of 6th avenue, was laid ro- cently by Mayor Gilroy. In a brief address the mayor said that this will be the sixth armory to be built in New York city with- in ten years, at an expense of $4,000,000. All the expense has been met by the city, which has also contributed not less than 48 per cent of the cost of erecting armories in other parts of the state. The estimated cost of the new armory is $207,000, and the contract specifies that it to be com- pleted in eighteen months. In the seven years of the existence of the District of Columbia National Guard the people of Washington have done practi- cally nothing for {t. The guard has been quartered in rented armories, and has met with more difficulties, probably, than the National Guard of any state in the Untor A few individuals have encouraged the District soldiers by donating medals and other prizes, but their number are not leg- ion. The people, apparently, did not realize the value of the guard until the coming of Coxey. When he departed local military interest accompanied him. A New Deadly Explosiv A new era in the development of the explosives of warfare, says the Philadel- phia Record, seems destined to be sooa Inaugurated in the trial ef a novel high- explosive shell at the Indian Head naval proving grounds. Its success will mean the first solution of a problem that has long Daifled the ordnance bureau—a safe means of firing the most dangerous shells from big guns, The pneumatic guns at Sandy Hook have proved their ability to hurl dynamite bombs for a distance of 3,000 yards, but this is their extreme range. Tho fleet of an enemy might anchor beyond danger and pour in a broadside that would destroy these guns. One shot of six pounds would undoubtedly destroy at a blow the usefulness of each piece of costly app: atus. The ordinary navy gun will today throw a powder shell thirteen miles. The flight of the dynamite missile is so slow, furthermore, that it is even asserted that a torpedo boat might dodge the unwelcome messenger. ‘The proclaimed value of this latest mis- stle, which can be used in the regular can- rons of the navy, lies in the unique concep- tion of both shell and contents. The new explosive is the invention of Professor Munroe Dean of the Corcoran Scientific School of the Columbian University. It is said to be eight per cent higher intensity than No. 1 dynamite, and yet able to with- stand the firing force of the most power- ful gun without premature explosion, This wonderful substance is composed of a dark liquid and a white powder, and while the two are kept separated the quid is as harmless as water and the solid as harm- less as so much sand And even after being mixed the composition cannot be exploded, it is claimed, by any ordinary physical blow or impact, but yields up its idden energy only to a fulminate of mer- cury percussion cap. In the fiftieth part of a second which it takes for one of the big cannon charges to pass the muzzle the mixing process wevld not, according to this statement, have time to operate. The metallic she! which Mr. G. M. Hathaway has invented for this terrible explosive will preclude, it 1s declared, all injury to the jacket of the gun. Notwithstanding the fact that Chief Sampson of the ordnance bureau does not put much faith in high explosives, on the assumption that the effect of even a 50-pound powder shell would be more widespread and destructive than the burst- ing of any higher explosive missile, the success of this new shell may deinon- strate a superior violence. Notes. The following-named enlisted men have been discharged on their own applications: -Private William Eiohholz, company B,third battalion; Private George B. Striker, com- pany C, third battalion; Private Alfred's. Dalton, company D, sixth battalion, and Private James T. Hareston, company D, sixth battalion, The officers’ school of the fifth battalion will hold its next mecting on the evening of January 7, when First Lieut, Swigart is to read a paper on “Guides.” Privates John L. Dwyer, Charles A. Mat- timore and Everett H. Roberts have been transferred from company A, sixth bat- talion, to company B, first battalion. The monthly meeting of the Officers’ As- sociation of the second regiment occurs on Thursday evening next, December 27. sO EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE. The Old Adage Being Discredited in These Latter Unbelicving Days. From the London Telegraph. The notion that certain fixed periods of sleep and waking lfe are recommended to the humnan race by considerations of phys- ical and moral well-being is evidently one of the most difficult to eradicate from the mind of man. There seems to be no doubt that the ven- erable jingle which promises health, wealth and wisdom to those who observe the max- im, “Karly to bed and early to rise” is proof against the ridicule which @as been heaped upon it. An offensive self-right- cousness is still, as ever, the mark of the man who has risen early, and there are clearly many people yet to be found among us who connect late hours with dissipated, or, at any rate, irregular habits. ‘The fact that a considerable quantity of the work of the modern world is done between 10 o'clock and the small hours is doubtiess not unkrown even to the most bigoted be- lievers in the old adage, but they probably regard such unseasonable activities as jus- tifiable, like Sunday labor, on the ground of necessity. That any one who fs free to go to bed at 10 o'clock should prefer to sit up as a mat- ter of choice until past midnight is still, in their opinion, a sign of an ill-ordered life, or, at best, neglect of the conditions under which the bodily and mental powers can alone be maintained in full vigor. It is, however, hardly too much _to say that, in a majority of instances, this 1s the very reverse of the truth. Except in the case of a certain number of workers whose en- forced early rising compels early retire- ment to rest—and, therefore, entirely de- prives it of the character of a virtue—the desire to go to bed betimes is an indication that neither the body nor the mind is in its best working order. It is usually due either to the physical fatigue which is the result of intym health, or to the ennul, which is the mark of the vacuous or the indolent mind. Most people, not either aged or invalid, who retire to rest at 10 o'clock, are flying to their bed rooms as to mere cities of refuge from the boredom of their lives. They begin their night ear! because they are desperately tired of tl day; and as often as not they show by their later rising the next morning an al- most invincible reluctance to begin an- other, No doubt they sufficiently secure their health against the maladies which spring from overwork or any excessive cerebral excitement, but they are attended by all that gloomy company of hypochron- driac and dyspeptic ills which are nature's chastisements of torpid brain, and which so often carry off those who have ex- changed a life of wholesome energy for that form of melancholy inaction known “retirement from business.” ——~+-e+. AN INTERRUPTED INVOCATION. Story ofan Indulgent Grandpa and a Young Tyrant. From Outlook. An indulgent grandparent has long been celebrated, but the record of his fond fool- ishness with his grandchildren has undoubt- edly been broken by a venerable divine of this city. He was one of the old-fashioned parents, now almost obsolete, who brought up his own sons with an unrelaxing vigil- ance, never indulging them or himself with a single dereliction from strict rule. They do credit to his training, perhaps, pecause it was judiciously counteracted by an ex- tremely jolly and easy-going mother, and the whole five of them are now dominies themselves. The youngest recently came home with his own youngest for a visit, and upon this little scamp grandpa lavished all the ten- derness he had conscientiously repressed with his own boys. Feeling that the re- sponsibility of training the child rested with his parents, he indulged himself and the boy equally, and the two were boon companions and playfellows, the child see- ing instinctively that his word was law with grandpa. The climax of his tyranny was reached one morning at prayers. He knelt, as usual, beside his grandfather, who ‘was praying with his accustomed ‘fervor und continuance. As he reached “that branch of Thy Zion’ with which we are connect- ed,” the rest of the family heard a shrill childish whisper break in upon his sonor- ous petition: “Grandpa,” it said, in laboriously distinct syllables, “lend—me—your—knife!” His strictly trained father,never permitted to move or speak during prayers, could rot forbear to interrupt his own devotions suf- ficiently to look over and see his revered parent put his hand in his pocket, and, still praying uninterruptedly, obediently produce the knife. All was quiet at the little chair for a few minutes, and grandpa had gotten as far as “the heathen in the far-distant lands ‘Hasten the time,” he prayed carne “when the earth shall be filled”. “Grandpa!” broke in the distinct bisper. “With the knowledge of the Lord,” went on grandpa, a little louder. “Grandpa, said the insistent whisper, “open it.” “As the waters cover the sea!” continued grandpa, obediently opening ‘the knife. The rest of the prayer may wave been a profitable spiritual exercise for the old gentleman, but it was of very little benetit to his family. OE ae a The Eton Jacket. Heavy dresses, with sleeves containing mcre material than all the rest of the gown put together, make it impossible to wear the additional weight of a big cloak or coat, with eleeves to correspond, 0 the Eton jacket is still with us, in the shape of @ bodice of fur, minus sleeves, though sleeves can be added if you choose. A gown of light tan broadcloth, made with plain skirt, stitched at the foot, and but- toned at each side of the front breadth, would look remarkably elegant on a tali slim girl who chose to wear with it an Eton jacket of black atrakhan. Of course, it will be the fate of this very pretty gown to get on a fat, dumpy little woman, who, with less taste than money, lavishes on her person all the costly things that come in, 4 then wonders why she never looks tylish.” Very naturally, a big hat goes with such a picturesque costume, one made of black velvet, caught up coquettishly with velvet choux and feathers. POST OFFICE SCENES The Busy Throngs That Surround the Stamp Windows. SANTA CLAUS USING THE MAILS A Large Number of Toys Are Sent Away. RATHER FRAIL PACKAGES a en Busy at all seasons of the year, always on the alert and moving in all its animate parts with the rapidity and precision of a marvelous machine, the city post office takes on extra energy at Christmas times and for three or four days before the holi- day and on the great day itself there are scenes at the big building on G street worth going many miles to see. When Christ- mas falls early in the week, as it does this year, the bustle among the mail men begins the week before, and today a visitor to the office would be at his wits end te understand how system could be main- tained tn the midst of such apparently inextricable confusion. There are 400 men at work in the gain city post office build- ing on G street today receiving and hur~ rying to its destinations the Christmas mail of the capital. There are over a hun- dred more doing the same thing in the various branch offices. Expediting the Work. The main building reminds one for all the world of a bee hive. “A steady swarm of people glides through the doors without cessation, bearing for the most part pack- ages in their arms. Usually such persons go to the stamp windows and hand in, their bundles to the clerks in charge, who weigh the packages and tell the prospective send- ers how much postage will be required. ‘Today there is no time to follow the regu- lar custom, The rush would clog up the arteries of business and the people would jam the corridors and get angry at delay. So there are a number of attendants on the outside of the windows who quickly take the packages and bundles from visitors, weigh them on convenient scales quickly mark upon them the amount of postage necessary to carry them to the far-off friends. in this way the stamp clerks merely have to sell the stamps, and the quick and accurate way in which they supply their customers’ wants is something remarkable. But if the crowd coming with the mail is busy, one should see the lively scenes on the inside, where the precious pack- ages are being prepared for their long jour- neys in Uncle Sam's cars. When a stamp on a letter is to be canceled the operation is simple. There are four wonderful ma- chines in the city post office which fairly eat up the value of postege stamps in commercial sense. Two of them have a capacity of blotting out the faces of 50,000 stamps an hour and the two others will do the same,destructive business for 8,000 in the samé time. ith machines are of American invention and never make a mis- take. The more rapid machines feed them- selves, that is, the letters are laid in a line three or four hundred at a time on a slight incline apd are pulled through like lightning, coming out at the other side with the stamps can and the hour of the receipt of the letters stamped upon them. : The Care of Packages. With packages, however, hand labor is employed to do all this sort of work, and at Christmas times great care must be taken in their handling, because the gcvernment Allows its citizens to Send any- thing through the mails except live rep- tiles, loaded revolvers, dirk knives and other sharp-pointed instruments and Lim- burger cheese, unless the latter is wrapped in carbolic paper. So at this season of the year many frail articles are entrusted to the post office people for care and delivery and in 999 cases out of a thousand the; reach their recipient right side up wit care and complete in every particular, Some people are careless in preparing their packages for the mail and frequently in such Instances the defects are remedied with an extra string or a deft slap of the paste brush. Then hundreds of articles are mailed without sufficient postage, while scores are hended in without complete addresses. If everybody would put their own name and address on every package they send out and do this before writing the other address or putting on the stamps they would save themselves much mortifica- tion and their far-off friends much pointment, for the packages conta such addresses of senders, but deficient the other respects, would be immediate! returned to such senders to have the er- rors corrected. There has been a slight decrease in the number of packages and bundles handled for the 19th, 20th and 2ist of December this year over those received on the sai days last year, but they are larger heavier, so that the postage receipts about the same. Toys in the Mails, It is easy to see from the configuration of the packages what many of them contat and it is wonderful to see the’ number of toys that are sent. One man brought m four jumping jacks this morning, which’ he sent to as many different destinations, Another struggled to keep the head of @ blonde-haired wax doll within the scant wrapping he had placed around it, and in his hurry gave the helpless little creature @ permanent dimple right on the end of her nose. Numerous people seemed to have no sense of propriety and placed britt things in the mail merely covered with paper, when a pastetoard box would have insured their safety and made then? casier to handle by the many busy people thro whose hands they must pass before re ing a final abiding place. But with well and ill prepared packages, big and little, nea; and light, the post office force work steadily and faithfully, and it will be no fault of theirs if the Christmas gifts sent through the mail do not gladden expectant hearts in this joyful time of the year. i The Bath-Bun Style. Have you got to “doing” your hair “Bath- bun" style? It is the very latest thing in coiffures, and If your neck is long and you have not a pretty hair line anyhow, you may as well try it. It is hideous, Sho mat- ter how you try to disguise it. Some make only one of the ugly wads, and others i. vide the horror into two. The model ba two of the artificial bags—for, mind you, the B&th-bun has to have artificial aid, if it is properly built up. The hair is waved away from the face and over the back of the head, and the two rolls are adjusted low on the back of the neck. A woman who has a good neck will not disfigure it that way, for if there is anything charming about the back of a woman's head it ts the delicately waving hair line that shows #0 gracefully when the hair ts slightly lifted. ‘The gown that the model wears is superb. It would make a regular telegraph pole of a woman look well, if she had sense enough to carry her head and shoulders properly. Pale pink satin Is the material, with bre- telles of white lace and butterfly bows on the shoulders of lavender satin ribbon. paraeerncle e A Considerate Mother. From Life. Famous Violinist (after his great solo): “Do you play any instrument, fraulein?” Miss Ethel: “No; my mother always sald that her children should not be a nuisance to any one if she could help it.”