Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1894, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES ;N MASONIC HALL ASSOCIATIC ing of the stockl ition for the ders of the transaction of Kenera! basiness and for the election of ine tors for the evsu ir will Le heid at Hiull, Geocgetowa, D. C., oa TUESDAY, 1, 1805, x Secretary. MARKET WILL OPEN MONDAY, at 5 a.m. aad will be closed at jork: also at same Lours oa TUESDAY. NEW YEAR'S DAY WILL RE A BHALPY EVENT TO ALL ~made doubly so by a fine dinner. if you haven't ement eat with us. There won't ler dianer im the city than the one We'll serve. Ail the “good things’ of the sea- son—bota substantials and deticacies—will be cooked and served in our matchless style. CF Ladies’ Cafe second foo FITZ REUTERS B RESTAURANT, COR. PAL AVE. AN 28-164 SPIRITUALISM—MISS MAGGIE GAULE OF BAL timore, the wonderful medium, ev: FRIDAY during’ day, for private sittings, 905 Hi st. nw; ry FRIDAY NIGHT, Wonn's Hall, 721 6th st. AY THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Apacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company, beld the second Monday in July, 1804, it was votod that the annual meeting be beld on the secood Mouday in January in- stead of July in ordes that the calendar and fiscal year coincide, Accordingly, this will give notice that a meeting of the stockholders of said company will be hell at the office of the com- pany, in Anacostia, MONDAY, January 14, 1805, for the election of directors and such other bus- Mess as may be traneacted at a stockholders’ ‘Meeting. Polls open from 8 to 4 p.n If. A. GIUSWOLD, President, J.B. PITCHER, Secretary. (425,28, ja5812 f REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF ONE and three-fourtls " cent on the capital * ©) “Pifth"’ street northwest, Wash- . C., on und after MONDAY, January 7, 1805. ' Books’ for transfer of stock will close on January 2, 1896. J. D. COUGHLAN, azz Secretary. © OF THE HIGGS FIRE INSURA! Washington, C., Dee. 21, . semi-annnal dividend of three and one-half (3) per cent has been declared on the capital stock, payable at the office of the company, 1331 F st. n.w., on and after January 2, 155, to the stock- holders of record at the close of business on Dec. 29 instant. ‘The transfer books will be closed from Dec. 29, 1884, to Jan. 2, 1805, both days Inclusive. By order of ths Roard of Trastees. it HARRY ©. BIRGE, Secretary. IGNEE'S NOTICE.—ALL CREDITORS OF MIL- Price, trading as Millard Price & Co., 944 e. Tew. amd 935 B st. n.w., are hereby that he has made an assignment to me for the benefit of his creditors. All persons hav- ing claims against said Millard Price, trading as Millard Price & Co., will present the same to the undersigned assignee, named in the deed, or to my attorney, and all ‘persons indebted to said assighor are reyuested to call and settle forth- with. WILLIAM G. CARTE! CHARLES ©. LANCASTER, Attornes a27-5t* 3 THE STEAMER MATTANO WILL LAY UP DUR- jog the mouth of January for annua! repairs, re- Sumlog ber route on or about Feb: : G-3t 6. ‘S, Agent. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD- ers of the Eckingtow and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company for the election of nine directors, to serve for the ensuing year, will be held at’ the office of the company, MeGill building, No. 908-014 G st. aw., Washington D. €., on WEDNESDAY, January 9th, 1895, between tie hours of 12 noon and 2 o'clock p.m. ‘Transfer books will be closed January 7th and opened on January 10th, 1895. D. M. NEWBOLD, President. dztitojas + Secretar} putal, ington, D. 4, 1804, — the demands upon the hospital have so increased {ts current pxpenses that it is compelled to ask the pubite ‘for contributions on this account Money or supplies may be sent to the hospit 15th_and D sts. n.w., or to the treasurer, loom Ames building. 1410.G st. nw, HL. . H. WARNER, President. JOHN B. WIGHT, surer. 2 at ‘WASH IN! MARK! COMPA: nua! meeting of the Washington Market Company will be held at the office of the company im the Center Market im the elty of W m at 12 o'cloek noon on the first MONDA teing the SEVENTH DAY, OF JANUAKY, 188, *for the choice of thirteen directors for the ensuing year, and to act on any other subject within the power of the corporation that may be brought before the nieeting. SAMUEL W. CURRIDEN, Secretary. shington, DL. C., Decem! 1304. d2sto: ROCK CREEK PARK COMMIESio: went of Benefits “City of Weabington. D. December 13, 1804.—To All Who It May Ci cern: This is to give uotice that the commissim ct the laud for Kock Creek Park, acting by avtnority of an act of Congress, eutitied “An ct authorizing the «establishing ofa public park in the I t of Columbia,” ‘said act apy September 27, 1s, have ascettained the of the land tuken for and now constituting the said Rock Creek Park, including the expenses of acquiring the . said Further, this is to give notice that the sald comission, acting Under the said authority, will, on SATURDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF ‘JANUARY. A.D. 1895, AT TWO O'CLOCK P.M. in roonr numbered 31, in the city halb, sometimes ¢ house, in the said city, hold ing for the purpose of assessing of such cost and expenses upon and blocks, being real estat said District of Columbia, reason of the location and situated in the ‘inlly benefited by improvement of sald Rock Creek Park, as nearly as may be in pro- portion to the benefits resulting to suid real es- tate. And if the said commission shall find that the ‘real esiate in said District directly bene- fited by reason of the location of the said Rock Creek Park is not beneilted to the full extent of the sald cost and expenses, then they will tract or parcel of land spectally f District to the shall deem the penefited by reason of ament of said Rock sessment the ed as aforesaid will be ription thereof, which shal the auld District on the day { meeting, to wit, January 5, interested may appear and be beard at md plice aforesaid of the *aid first meeting of the sid commission for the id parpose, und the .said persons are hereby tified to so appear if they, or any of them, de- ge ises. It is the pur- ; n to first hear testimony to the of surrounding land affected extent neficially by the location and improvement LINCOLN CASEY ‘Creek Park. THOS. engineers, U. uxineer Ce SLA 3 STOCKHOLL Washington and ¢ etown Railroad Compauy, for the election of directors, will be held at the Ofice of the company, ‘ington, on WEDNES- DAY, the uth day of January, 1895. Tae polls will be opeued at 19 a.m. and closed atizm. Tr hooks Will be el OF TH 24 of January, , and opened on J ¥ 10, isos. . DUNLOP, Vice President ©. M. KOON Z 22-15% OPEN FIRES.—Why not give your fricnd a pair A irons for his, fireplec 50 pairs to se! from, In wrought tron, and silv finishes. You can get g discount this warm weather. a2z2-tf J. H. CORNING, Tile Shop, 520-522 13tb st. CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES IN WROUGHT 1ko0} new and artistic, candlesticks, in many ink stands, azz. i 7 ‘The used to ans chimney, and combines heating qualities with the pl Ridean store, am artistic grate, may be with or without mante of an open fire, burning bard or soft coal or wood. a6 J. |. CORNE Tile Shop, 520 13th st. WEST END NATIONAL BANK. an 15 G st. A dividend of © cent per annum, payable quarterly, has this day been declared by the beard of direccors, payable January 1 Stockholders of record of December "24, Transfer books will be closed from D. 24, 1804, to January 2, 1895, inclusive. CHAS. "Py WILLIAMS, @13-15t Cashier. OFFICE OF TH 0. OF D.C. ASHE IN. Dee. 11, 1894. Policy holders are. hereby notified to renew their fnsurance on or before the last MONDAY IN DE- CEMBER, 1894, for the year 1895. Please do so early and avoid the crowd. att-18t J. WESLEY LOTELER, Secretary. “1895 PATTERNS OF RAMBLE We would respectfully announce that samples vi =a of the “NUMBER ELV" RAMBLER can now be inspected at our sales room, 1 st. o.w. This machine weighs but 20. po on, and embedies mans ested by our experien Price 00.-—Take a look at It before you de Rew mount for 1895. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MF¢ 1325 Lith fia ow. MERCHANT TAILOR, 423 LITH ST. N.W. Give him your order and you ‘will be Fall and winter stock now read; CALENDARS FOR 189. Try calendars as an advertising medium. tiful line of samples to select from H. L. McQUERN, Fine Book and Jo Printing, 1108-1156 E Table Wines forNew Year's anywhere els ton, buy it in bulk, bottle it t from the cask. Of cours a ittle whisky, d_ there y “Just as good as Nd Berkeley'’—our own brand—$1 qt, $4 JAS. THARP, 812 FSt.N.W. 26-124 as _ A=? 2 Puach For New Year’s. Punch For New Year’s. Punch For New Year’s. Ready made, white or red, already tor tse. Only $2 gai.—you can't make it any cheaper or To-Kalon Wine Co.,614 14th CF West Washington or filled throvgh Manogue & Joncs, 32d and M ‘sts, a ai-lid | stead, JOHN BURNS COMING Preparing a Reception for the Eng- lish Labor Leader. A STRONG, VIVID PERSONALITY . What He Says Regarding America and Her Cities. STRUGGLES IN EARLY LIFE Mr. John Burns, M. P., the famous En- glish labor leader, is expected to reach Washington this evening, and arrange- ments are now being made by his sympa- thizers to make his stay in this city a pleasant and memorable one. Mr. James A. Power has the affatr in charge. A special feature of Mr. Burns’ visit will be @ great mass meeting, which will be held in his honor at Convention Hall tomor- row evening. Plans for the meeting are John Barns. now being formulated by representatives of the American Federation of Labor. During his stay in Washington Mr. Burns will make his headquarters at Wormley’s, and local labor leaders will see to it that tomorrow is an interesting one, for they intend to show him all the sights of the capital. Among those who will accompany him about the city is Representative Doo- little. At the mass meeting tomorrow even- ing the main feature, of course, will be Mr. Burns’ speech on’ the economic ques- tions of the hour. ‘The address of welcome on behalf of the citizens of Washington will be delivered by some prominent citizen, while that on behalf of the labor organizations of Wash- ington will fall to the lot of Mr. James A. Power. Other addresses will be delivered hy Mr. Walter Holmes, president of the Textile Workers of Great Britain; Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Federation of Labor; John McBride, president-elect of that great organization; Mr. E. W. Oys- ter and others. Messrs. Gompers, McBride and Holmes will accompany Mr. Burns on his visit to this city. ‘fhe several labor organizations in the District have been invited to turn out in full force tomorrow evening and give the great English and American labor leaders a rousing reception. Many Qualities. Of all the men who have posed as leaders of the cause of the people none have pre- served a more distinct and powerful indi- viduality than John Burns, M. P. Endowed with many of the qualities that go to con- stitute a leader, he has risen from the dust and grime of the workshop. Like all men who have attained dis- tinction solely through their own efforts, John Burns is a man of conspicuous and peculiar personality. A man who dares to violate the most reverenced institutions of the kingdom when they antagonize his pecuhar faith; a man who is alike ready to present the cause of labor or to preach his economic religion from the curbstene and who has testified to his courage through the harships of a prison cell. ‘The virile force and energy which 1s Mr. Burns’ most striking cnaracteristic is con- spicuous in all of his actions. ‘Che inde- fatgable application which enabled him to do two men's work in {he common council, even while he was still working as an en- gineer, has also assisted him to compensate himseif for his lack of early educacion by acquiring an immense fund vf information on all his conversation is in the highest degree interesting. He indulges in no supertiu- ous phrases, his language is concise and well chosen and at once gives you the im- pression that it is the utterance of a man who has both thought and felt. Vivid Personality. At this time the Iccal public may be In- terested in reacing thé story of his life; as told by himself to an English interviewer, in which he more particularly refers to matters that are peculiarly personal to himself. He said: “I was born in Battersea, London, No- vember, 1858. My dear old mother brought us all up like Spartan soldiers. I was edu- cated at Christ Church school in this very district which I now represent on the Lon- don county council and parliament. When I left school, I went as a ‘tiger’ in top hat and top boots to a gentleman in Hemp- and when 1 left him, having out- grown my uniform, I went as a potboy to the Winstanley Arms, but I never drank. “I became an apprentice to a firm of de- signers, and then my political troubles be- gan. I used to address meetings in the country, and this coming to the ears of my superiors I was discharged. However, the head of the firm, knowing I did my work well, insisted on my return. A year or two after that I got into trouble for address- ing a meeting on Clapham common and was taken before the magistrate. I was struggling witn the police when that young lady (pointing, with a smile, to his charm- ing wife, who sat beside him) caught ~ SPECIAL NOTICES. Get Blank Books Now. Only a few days before "05. Better have your books ready for business. We have all. kinds of Ledgers, Journals, Records, Books, Cash Books, &e., at ‘prices that'll save you money. E7'We furnish Books of special rulings at lowest prices. Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St. (Just above ave.)dz Popular Priced Statiouers. CURED WITHOUT THE Sanitarium. 1320 G et. day Headaches” Are quickly and permanently cured by ““Webb’s Headache Powders.” Contain no narcotics —no injurious dr “toc.; at ail druggists.” azt-id us Don’t Suffer With Rupture When all pain and discomfort is reiieved by wearing a ‘Truss. We make a scientific ex @amination, and adjust the “exact “Truss, with. out extra charge. We have gil latest and best” makes, 80 per cent clicaper” than else: where. CF Money refunded if not satisfactory, Gilman’s Drug Store, . P4, Columbia for 1895. We have a MODEL 40 now on exhibition and will be pleased to have the riders “look It ove It is a radical departure from all former mod and is unquestionably a NEW wheel,"not a> buil wer "4. The weight 1s right; the bearings are right; the tires are right; the price is right. Come in and see it. es “ District Cycle Co., azr-tt i .. AVE. N.W. New Year Cards. . PRINTED OR ENGRAVED. 50 Cards for 50 cts.100 for 75 ets. See Samples of Liluminated Cards. ACE ORDERS NOW. Byron S. Adams, Printer, "Vuone 990, (ala) 5i2 TH ST. N.W. ustriai and economic topics, and | glimpse of me, with my rough hair, flushed face and torn jacket. She was coming from church with her father, John Gale, a Deptford street shipwright. I levked at her. She looked at me. We met again and again, and at last she became Mrs. Burns, and I won't teil you ail she’s been to me. “Well, in 1880 times were bad, and I had no work here, so I accepted an engineer- ing engagement on the west coast of Africa. Here I worked for a year or two, and it was in that tropical death-bound region that I found in the sand of the river Adam Smith's ‘Wealth of Nations,’ which 1 devoured. It was a revelation to me. It was that book and Robert Burns’ saying, ‘It is the most sorrowful thing in the world to see an honest man willing to work un- able to get it,’ that really set me firm in the work of laboring for the masses. Adam Smith, Robert Burns and my own hard lot have built me up into what I am. I left Africa, which I did rather than be put over the head of my senior, who really had won the post that was offered to me. I came back to England. I had a little money on hand, and this I spent in traveling all over the continent, studying great galleries, wandering about the cathedrals, a splendid education for ‘a man brought up as | had been.’ After a while I came back to work in Englend. Times grew hard; distress came, then the Trafalgar square riots. I was the ‘man with the red flag’ then. Then came my imprisonment. 1 hold it as a cardinal principle that every man should go to prison as a part of his education. I have no desire for office. I have done my best and loyally tried to dignify the art of the demagogue, but I would sooner be plain John Burns than the Right Hon. John Gurns, premier of England. Money has not a particle of attraction for me. I have had temptation enough that way, God knows. Within the last year or two I have returned to good-hearted men something like £5,000 offered to help me in my fight for the people. “I don’t want money or office. I am prouder of my present office, judge advo- cate general of the poor, than I should be of the premiership itself. For many hours daily, as you have seen, there is a stream of people coming to me in distress for work, advice, claiming insurance and half a thousand other things. They tru me. They know I am working for their good and not for my own. “The trades union movement of today is broadly typical of what the new democracy will be, plus rational education, hitherto the monopoly of the cultured classes. This, coupled with the workingmen’s common sense, will be, on the whole, not a bad blend. Of this I am quite certain—a cor- rupt government will never characterize the English democracy. “I have helped to organize upward of 100 trade unions and been te esha connected with forty “VIRUS OF VESTED RIGHTS.” John Burns Gives His Impressions of America, A special dispatch to The Star from Cleveland, dated yesterday, says: John Burns, the English parliamentary leader, addressed a large audience here last even- ing, and in an interview today, before leav- ing the city for Pittsburg, he made many comments on American institutions. “The virus of vested rights will be the undoing of this country,” suid Burns, stop- ping on Superior street to trace with his index finger the red lines indicating the Vanderbilt lines on a map which hung in the Lake Shore ticket ofhce window. “Those lines remind me of the red fluid the doctors used to show in the veins of ® corpse for the benefit of students. “You see 1 worked in a hospital as an en- gineer and that’s how [ know about this methed of indicating the veins. Watch and see if the Vanderbilts do not use their in- terests to suck the life fluid out of the cout.try.” . “Well, what do you think of the city?” “It's just the same as all other Ameri- can cities. Like in shops, the best goods are placed in the windows for your inspec- tion. I was told to see Euclid avenue and I did. It 1s a fine street, though I believe that taxes there ought to be increased 35 per cent, so that you might have better pavements; that the garbage might be moved and that there might be a general cleaning up. Everywhere the premonitory s'ens of industrial unrest and chaos were |aanifest. Times are growing worse in- stead of better, seemed to be the unani- mous opinion of those with whom I talk- ed. “In scorching Debs’ head, Judge Woods simply snatched the judicial scalp from his own head,” was the English labor leader's comment upon Debs’ punishment. “I don't believe there is a judge in Eng- land who would drag in a cross issue as Judge Woods did and punish a man as he did. But it ia remarkable how lightly the majority of American workingmen regard the law. In England the decision of a judge is looked upon as fair and impartial. In this country the practice appears to be to inquire how did so and so get such a ‘pull’ with the judge to get such a favor- able decision, just as they said at the opera house last night: It does not count to get a kick or a shove at anything, it's a ‘pull’ you want. | “Americans also apvear to think an of- | fense against a municipal corporation is | no heinous crime. Ido. I think it is worse than an offense sgainst an individual. You | have no civie pride, or, at least, not enough to keep in check those who use your cities in their own interest. Your streets are controlled by the polies in transpo i h a trust-ridden, syndtcate-ruled con Sas ex: ists in the United States has no equal any- where, and it will continue so until your working pecple arcuse themselves “and learn to use and not be used by these agents of comfort. “Tne condition of your roads is a scandal. Travel on them, instead of being a plea: ure, is a laborious pilgrimage; your rail- road stations are not much better. “What's the cause of it all? Simply this: They hustle for the dollar. It is .he same condition which prevailed in Eng- land fitty years ago, when the factory system was at its worst. The struggle for money obstructs all your energies and you nave no time for literature, science or art cr any of the amenities of life. You seem to have taken up all the vices of the old world and eschewed the good hings. land was once that way, but there have been some changes and there will be more. “The Americans are to be admired for their grit, energy and hustle, but really I much more admire the women of Amert ca than the men, and from them I expect to come the influences t will cause reform, ‘woman suffragists.’ I. certainly have always been on the angels’ side. I am the son of one woman and the hus- band of another. What more would it re- quire to put me on their side?” Burns at Pittsburg. About 700 people assembled last night at Pittsburg to listen to the speech of the English labor leader, Burns. His talk was identical with that given at Cleveland Wednesday night, with the exception of a few allusions to local affairs. He praised the Homestead strikers for their noble fight against Carnegie, whom he called a “professional philanthropist.” His advice to the workingmen was that they build their own libsaries, museums, ete. Army Orders, Lieut. Col. Amos Stickney and Major D. W. Lockwood of the engineer corps of the army have been ordered to appear as wit- nesses before the naval examining board now in session at the Navy Department. The leave of absence granted Second Lieutenant Francis H. Schoeffel, ninth in- fantry, is extended one month. Major ‘Cully McCrea, fifth artillery, will report to the commanding general, depart- ment of California, for assignment to a station. - Lieutenant Colonel. James W. Scully, deputy quartermaster general, will relieve Captain Oskaloosa M. Smith, commissary of subsistence, of the duties of purchasing commissary at New Orleans, La., and per- form them during his absence on leave. ‘The following transfers m the twenty- first infantry are ordered: Second Lteuten- ‘ant Munroe McFarland, from company G to company I; Second Lieutenant David G. Spurgin, from company I to company G. Leave of adsence for four months, on surgeon's certificate of disability, with per- mission to leave the United 'States, is granted Colonel, Nathan W. Osborne, fifth infantr Leave of absence for four months, on surgeon's certificate of disability, is granted Captain Samuel McConihe, fourteenth in- fantry, reeruiting officer. ——————_-2+— Reorganizing the Architect's Office. Under the new plan for the reorgani- zation of the office of the supervising chitect of the treasury, Secretary Carlisle has designated W. B. Flemming, the pres- ent chief of the law division, ts be the chief of the new law and reccrd division, and Gen. J. B. Clark, the present chief of the construgtton division, to be chief of the new material and inspection division, FOLK LORE SOCIETY Interesting Papers Read at the Ses- sion Held Today. : CAPTAIN J. 6. BOURKE ENTERTAINING In His Comments on ‘sMexican Food and Mexican Cooking.” LAST NIGHT’S RECEPTION + The Folk Lore Society resumed its ses- sion at the Columbian University this morning, the audience being first treated to an interesting paper on “Kwapa Folk Lere” by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey, and to a paper by Mr. Cushing on the “Ritualistic and Calendaric Nature of the Central American Codices.” Mr. Cushing demon- strated that these remarkable hieroglyphic tablets are record pictures of dramaturgic ceremonies, calendarically arranged. Mr. Cushing’s paper showed deep research and extended study of this interesting subject. Captain John G. Bourke of the third United States cavalry presented a paper at the afternoon session of a highly inter- esting character, combining many enter- taining features, with careful and valuable scientific research, It was a well-written paper and was presented by the captain in his own charming manner, with which so many Washingtonians are acquainted. The subject of the paper did not convey an adequate idea of its contents. He termed it “A Few Remarks Upon Mexican Cook- ing and Mexican Foods,” and in addition to these few remarks Captain Bourke pre- sented some delightful sketches of Mexican life and customs. Capt. Bourke's Original Object. “It was with no intention of invading the literary province which Brillat Savarin has made so eminently his own,” said Cap- tain Bourke, “that I began the cormpila- tion of this series of notes upon the habits of life of the race which almost exclusively populates our southern boundary; my pur- poses were more strictly military than those which animated the brilliant xuthor of ‘La Phisiologie du Gout,’ 1 figured to myself that should history repeat itself and an army from Europe attempt to over- throw the government of Mexico it should be again the policy and duty of the Ameri- cans of the north to push to the rescue of the sister to the south and aid her in her struggle upward and onward in the path of civilization. It might, perhaps “happen that an ofticer would find himself be- leaguered and supply trains cut off, in which case there would be no alternative of surrender or retreat unless he could provide tood for his troops from the re- sources of the country. Sould all this thorny jungle and chap- paral have been created in vain? ‘No,’ I arswered to myself, ‘the more we examine into the great scheme of nature the more do we see that nothing has been made without some purpose. What all these woods can supply 1 will ary te discover.’ And thus 1 began and continued in a more or less desultory way to learn little by litte, and not always with. intelligent cer- tainty what that vast cauntry) was good for, and then the thought game. to me that after all man’s noblest pastime is not in censtant and irritating preparation for war, but in adding all in his power to knowledge, which might, to some extent, make men’ wiser and happier. Introduced by Francis Monks. Phe cultivated fruits of Mexico were in- troduced principally by .the Franciscan monks, who established missions every- where in the days immediately succeeding the conquest. They brought over peaches, apples, pears, plums, nectarines, apricots, paper-shelled walnuts, almonds, sugar cane, coffee, Spanish grapes, oranges and, per- haps, lemons and bananas, as weil as horses, donkeys, cows, sheep and goats. About 1531 the Jesuits entered upon mis- sionary work in that country aud followed the rule established by the Franciscans. Both these bodies gave earnest attention to the study of nauve foods and improved up- on the cooking of the natives. Chocolate, which plays so important a part in our domestic economy today, was obtained from the Aziecs, aud so were the tomato and the pueappia The potato grows wild im the higher aititudes of Mexico, but has never atiuined in the dietary of the peopie the importance it merits. There is in ex- istence a quaint volume, entitled ‘A New Survey of the West Indies,’ by Thomas Gage, an English Dominican monk, who Spent some fourteen years of his life in Guatemaia and Mexico. He upbraids his brother monks for being addict to the mordinate use of candied pineapple. The Carmeiite nuns, who had convent schools for giris in nearly all lowns of any size, seem to have been great cake and candy maxers, and vestiges of their skill remain to our own day in the name of a Mexican candy much in favor, known as ‘Carmercil- lo de leche.’ Perhaps, our own toothsome sineis may perpetuate the experiments nh chocolate of some gentle, discalced Caramet-ite who now occupies @ long for- gotien grave. Bad Native ‘Cooking. pt. Bourke thinks that in the great corsumption of ofgrats on festival occa- sions the Mexicans reveal their Arabic an- stry, but of their Teutonic or Gotiic forefathers, their ccoking retains no “sur- vival,” excepting the sausage. In the rural and mountain hamlets forks, knives and spoons are not much used in eating. The food, prepared, generally, as stews, ts scooped up in a piece of tortilla (an Aztec breaa), and tortilla and all swallowed to- gether. “this may also have been an oriental table custom,” said Capt. Bourke. “Our Savior may have known it—at least, there is to be found in Mark an allusion to ‘those that dip in the dish with me.’ ‘The century plant turnished both food and liquor, the jattgr, called mescal, being almost pure alcohol. Strange to say, it is still adul- terated along the Rito Grande by the addi- ticn of lime water, a practice which was sternly prohibited, under severe penalties by the Iimperor Charles V as far back as 1528, Another plant, used in many ways, is the N cactus, both food and drink d from it. The ‘beans’ of the mesquite, a variety of the acacia, are still made into bread as they were in the time of the Spanish explorer, .Alarcow, 1540. With its present fine railroad system in successful operation, its fertile soil, its government wisely and firmly administered by its president, Porfirio Diaz, and the completion of its transcentinental line across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico offers a favorable field for the investment of capital.” Frequently in the course of the disserta- tion upon foods Capt. Rourke digressed to preserit sketches of Mexican life. Displays cn Street Tables. “In the cenier of the plaza in a Mexican town can always be seem rows of tables set out with some care, lighted with rath- er dingy oil lamps, anu provided with hot coffee, hot chocolate, excellent bread and many dishes; hot or celd,’ which are re- tafled in liberal portions ata moderate price, so moderate, Indeed, that during the hotter months these tables serve all the purposes of the ‘trattoria’ of Venice, and supply to families excellent fcoc already cooked. at prices which make it cheaper to patronize them than to depend on servants. Few tourists can “have forgotten the ‘Chile stends’ of San Antonio, Texas, once a most interesting feature of the Hfe of that charming city, but abolished within the past two or three years in deference to the pregressive spirit. of certain council- men, At these one was always tolerably sure of getting a cup of excellent hot cof- the making of which the Mexicans are de- servecly famous; tea, strange to relate, was never to be had, and ini!k only infre- -quently. But ‘Chile con carne,’ ‘tamales,’ ‘tortillas,’ many other kinds of “pucherca’ ard ‘oilas,’ with leathery cheese, burning peppers, and many cther items, were al- ways to be had. The farther to the south cne went the more elaborate was_ the ead to be noted on these .street tables, until at San Luis Potosi it might be called a banquet fer the poor. A Festival tn Mexico. . “I may save time and space by condens- ing my. remarks and referring to what my note bcoks relate of the display upon the gran@ plaza of the City of Mexico during fee or one of equally good chocolate, for |. the great national siesta of September 15- 16. It may be well to say that on this par- ticular night of the year the fullest liberty is given to the boys and young men to make all the noise they wish, and a more conscientious discharge of the semt-con- stitutional privilege it has never been my fortune to witness. The walls of the pub- Uc buildings seemed about to crack with the din of horns, the hcwls of sandal-shod Indians saturated with pulque and the cries of the men and women at the stands imploring the crowd to buy their wares. The stands were laden with chocolate, cof- fe rel Ato mescal, cakes, tomales, fresh bi sandwiches, stewed kidneys and about everything else that could be eaten. “There was rice, stewed to a pulp in rich milk and sold in little cups as custard. Chile con carne is meat prepared in a savory stew with tomato, grease, and sometimes with garlic. Enchiladas are practically corn fritters, allowed to simmer for a mo- ment in Chile sauce and then served hot, with a sprinkling of grated cheese and onions. Tamales, a dish derived from the Aztecs, are croquettes of beef or chicken boiled in corn husks. Tortulas are corn cakes prepared by soaking maize in Ime water until the outer skin comes off and then rubbing the soft internals to a paste. The Mexicans have very excellent taste in the matter of preserves. Bread of Mexico is equal to any in the world, and the bakeries are well patronized, very few fam- ilies baking their own supply. “Coffee, in many sections, is made in the original Moorish or Arabic manner, as an extract, and in the coffee districts the serv- ants do not ask you to take coffee, but to take extracte. This is kept in glass bottles, and a teaspoonful is enough, when mixed with hot milk, to make a cup of palatable coffee. The coffee of Mexico possesses both itrength and fine flavor. Chocolate is usu- ally served with an egg foam on the top of the vessel. In some places can be found a peculiar dish made by stewing pigs’ -feet in red wine. It is the same as our calves’ foot jelly, and is both cooling and refreshing. The Cries of the Venders. “In the early hours of morning, and es- pecially of Sunday morning, a run through the markets of a Mexican town will always be found replete with interest and informa- tion, The more prosperous tradesmen oc- cupy large stalls or booths, but the poorer brethren are content with a mat or two on which to spread their fruits and vegetables. Each tries to drown the voice of his neigh- bor, but the marketers coming out to make purchases pass through the din apparently unmindful of-the vociferous costermongers: who surround them on every side. ‘Will you look at me? Here I am throwing away the finest cardones in San Luis, six for 5 cents.’ ‘Don’t keep me here all day; I want to go home. I am throwing onions in the street. I am not selling them, but just giv: ing them away.’ ‘Big pears here, six for a medio. Come up and carry them away.’ “But suddenly all this tumult was hushed; not a voice was raised, and every shouting street vender was kneeling on the stones of the street, and most of them with bent heads; devoutly crossing themselves. ‘What is the matter?’ I asked of a man near me. “ ‘Senor, do you not see that carriage coming down the street? It contains a padre, who is bearing the last sacrament to a dying man.’ ‘Is he a friend of yours?’ “ ‘Ah, no, senor; 1 do not know where he lives, but it is some pobrecito who is about to die.” “I confess to having been deeply touched by this proof ot the existence, in all this fierce struggie for bread, of a bond of common humanity, but I was not left much time for indulging in such reflections. The carriage, with closed curtains, rolled slowly by, and the noise of the traffic became worse than ever. ‘Will you never listen to me? Sixteen great pears for a shilling, = on finest tomatoes grown in the street.’ Some Curio Customs, “In my contact with the street peddlers and the keepers of the small stores I be- came impressed with the fact that the smaller and more insignificant the latter appeared to be the more consequential was the name borne upon his sign. Every store and magazine bears a title. It used to amvse me to see that the store of the ‘Two Hemispheres’ was not over two yards square, and that the magazine ‘The Globe’ was carrying a stock not worth more than $25. In the larger cities of Mexico, how- ever, there are numbers of finer stocked Stores of different classes of goods. The Position of clerk in one of these great mer- cantile establishments is much in demand, for what reason it would be hard to say, excepting that the comparative seclusion of the young women makes it somewhat | difficult to meet them often unless one be especially attentive in a dry goods store, in which case conversation is allowed to flow unreservedly. If the clerk be young, handsome, well-mannered, bright, and of good family, it generally takes about four hours for a young lady to buy a paper of pins. An intelligent clerk may have a Great amount of information to impart up- on the subject of pins if the customer has dove-like eyes, a gentle voice, tiny, soft hands, and a rich, old daddie. There are long ‘pins, short pins, black pins, white Pins, American pins, and many other va- neties, but 1 have never found it in my heart to grumble at the lengthy descrip- tions, and always have murmured, ‘Bless you, my children, bless you,’ leaving the more earnest expressions of disapproval to the cross old duennas, for whom my an- tagonism dates back to the days when I was a lieutenant in Arizona, ever so many years ago. Rebate on “Pelton.” “In all these mercantile establishments there is a singular custom of ‘pelon,’ which apparently counterbalances any attempt at overcharging on the part of the proprictor. When you become a regular customer a tiny tin cylinder is provided and hung up in the store in full view of everybody marked with your name and number. Every time that you make a purchase a bean is dropped into the cylinder, and at stated times these are all counted, and for every sixteen or eighteen you are allowed a@ rebate of 6 cents. This custom must be one of great antiquity. The word ‘pelo’ means a stone or other crude weight with which, in Spain, it was in ancient days customary to balance the scales used in the markets. Under another name the very same exists among the Creole-French in Loulstana. Perhaps the Romans had in their bonus a custom of similar import. Once a week the beggared, the lame, blind, deaf and dumb take possession of Mexican stores. As there is very little organized charity in the republic, such a system Is undoubtedly as good as any that could be devised. The merchant good-naturedly submits to the tax, and an employe doles out to each mendicant the amount deter- mined upon in his case. I was astonished and amused one day after listening to a beggar’s whine, ‘Alms, just a trifle of alms, gentlemen, for the love of God and of our blessed Mother Mary, most holy, ever virgin, conceived without sin, mother of God and of the holy apostles, Peter, Paul and St. Thomas, St. Anthony of Padua—’ “ ‘Get out of here, you scoundrel,’ shout- ed the irate proprietor, get out of here and go where you belong; you get your alms over at Samaniego’ Fishing in the Rio Grande. Returning again to the question of food, Capt. Bourke said: “The banks of the Rio Grande are lined with the soft-shell tor- toise and its waters yield liberally of cat- fish, of great demand among the pious and impious Mexicans of the border states during Lent, when squads of young men start for the river banks at night, march- ing to the music of guitars. Speaking of fishing, Mexicans are also fishers of men. Once, when a little boy was drowned, no trace of his body could be found, ‘But why can’t these Gringo Americanos get. the body of the defunzto? queried the indig- nant old Mexican women. ‘Doesn't every- body of any sense know that all you have to do is to get a blessed candle, light it and put it on a shingle, dnd the shingle will surely float to the spot where the boy's body {s, and there remain; caramba, what stupidity!’ Well, they did take the candle, and the shingle did circle around over the concealed whirlpool which had sucked the little boy into its death-dealing embrace, and his body was recovered, to the lasting and triumphant. gratification of the old women, who wanted to know what the Americanos had to say to that.” Last Night's Receptton, . Last evening the members of the Folk Lere Society and their friends were ten- dered a very pleasant reception at the Washington Club, 1710 I'street, from 8 to 10. The affair was a most deiightful one, and the handsome house was weli filled with quite a briliiant gathering. The re- ception was tendered by the local branch of the National Folx Lore Society, the An- thropological ‘Society, and the ' Woman's Anthropgqlogical Secicty, which organizg- tions were represénted by Dr. J. H. McCor- mack, Dt. J. Owen Dorsey, Frank Mamilion Cushing, Dr. Washington Matthews, Dr. Thomas Wilson, Mr. George R. Stetson; ‘Miss Emily Mason, Mrs, Hannah L, Bart- INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ACCOUNTANTS: -Page 4 AMUSEMENTS al 2 ATTORNEYS + AUCTION SALES. BOARDING BUSINESS CHANCES. CITY IEMS..... COAL AND WooD. COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. DEATHS . DENTISCRY . EDUCATIONAL ., EXCURSIONS FINANCAAL . Saasaake g qn FOR RENT (Hotels). FOR RENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Miscellaneous). FOR RENT (Offices) FOR RENT (Rooms) Hf FOR RENT (Stores) FOR SALE (Bicycles). FOR SALE (Houses) FOR SALE (Miscellareous)s.. FOR SALE (Pianos)........ HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS tir tt ttt et amass eaataeaeeeeeennnne MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN, PERSONAL PIANOS AND ORGANS... POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS . RAILROADS STEAM CARPET STORAGE os SPECIAL NOTICES. SUBURBAN PROPERTY. UNDERTAKERS . WANTED (Help). (Situations). WINTER RESORTS. oaeenaswoagnaaan | TOMORROW'S STAR. It Will Contain a Large Number of Interesting Articles. Saturday’s Star will follow the lead of its predecessors, and will prove an excep- tionally inviting number. The special chap- ters which it will contain have been pre- pared with great care, and they are on timely and interesting subjects. Many of them will be suitably illustrated. The fol- lowing, list of some of the features will give an idea of the attractive character of the contents: THE MYSTERY OF POLLY LOPP. A capital story, with illustrations, Opie Read. NEW YEAR IN CHINA (illustrated). F. G. Carpenter tells how the celestials celebrate their great national holiday. NEW YEAR CALLS (Illustrated). The complicated etiquette which governs the day in Paris. By Sterling Hellig. A PARLOR MAGICIAN (illustrated). Some tricks, easy to operate when you know how, that will form an evening's entertainment. FIRST OF THE YEAR. The official social observances of next Tuesday in this city. TWO SOUTHERNERS. Interesting reminiscences of old-time leaders who have recently passed away. UNCLE SAM’S PROFIT. Carelessness in handling the securities of the government. THEY ARE MAN EATERS. A United States agent's experience with twenty million cannibals in the Congo Free State. A DARING BURGLARY. A true account of a robber’s visit to a country house, written exclusively for The Evening Star. MUSHROOM POISON. How its nature has been determined and an antidote discovered. THE INSECT MIMICS. An interesting account of some curious and marvelous transformations. FOR THE NEW YEAR. Senora Sara’s views about what men and girls decide upon for the coming year. by lett, Mrs. Helen Douglass, Mrs. Justinia R. Hill and Mrs. Ellen Powell Thompson. The receiving party consisted of Prof. O. T. Mason, president of the Anthropologi- cal Society; Miss Alice Fletcher, president of the Woman’s Authropological Society, and Dr. Owen Dorsey, piesident of the Washington branch of the national society, and Mrs. Gen. Lander. After an hour had been spent in conver- sation, Dr. Washington Matthews, United States army, with the assistance of a pho- nograph, reprodused several songs of the Navahoe Indians. There were the “Sorg of the Pong Pot,” “Song of the War Gods,” “To the Skies,” fo 2 of the Whirling Sticks” and a “Song of Prayer.” The songs were most successfully ren-iered, and were explained by Dr. Matthews in a very in- teresting manner. Being asked if he had experienced any difficulty in inducing the Indians to sing into the phonograph, Dr. Matthews ex- plained that with the first man, a very in- teiligent Indian, he had no trouble, but with others he had experienced not a little difficulty in overcoming their fear of the machine. One old man said he had come expecting to visit the home of a white man, but he had come to the ‘house of one of the gods. Refreshments were served after Dr. Mat- thews had concluded, and then Dr. Frank Cushing entertained the company with oth- ngs—the “Song of the ," the “Song of the Ten Clowrs"—giving a@ very interesting descrip- tion of the motive of tho songs. Miss Alice Fletcher and Mr. Frank Laflesche, the lat- ter a member of the Omaha trihe, followed with several of the Dmaha songs, descrip- tive of the gods of peace. - Among those prasent were Prof. W. W. Newell of Cambridge, Mass., Prof. J. W. Fewks of Cambridge, Mass., Mr. Henry Saville of New York, Mr. and Mrs, H. Car- rington Bolton of New York, Prof. J. W. Powell and daughter, Col. and Miss lHos- mer, Mrs. Seymour Tullock, Capt. John G. Bourke, United States army; Mrs. Wm. D. Cabell, Miss Johnson, Dr. Waiter J. Hoff- man, Prof. and Mrs. Harry Thompson, Prof. Henry Gannett and daughter, Prof. F. W. Clarke, wife and daughter; Miss An- nie Tolman Smith, Miss Sara Scull, Mr. Wm. H. Babcock, Mrs. Frank Cushing, Mrs. A. G. Wilkinson and danghter, Mi: Emily Mason, Dr. and Mrs. Seaman, Mi: Clara De Graffenried and many others. esioenanbaris Naval Orders. Commander F. M. Barber has been de- tached from the raval intelligence office and ordered to duty as U. 8. naval at- tache at the U. 8, embassy, London, re- Heving Lieutenant Commander W. 5S. Cowles, who is ordered home and to be in readiness for duty as executive officer of the cruiser Olympia. The orders of Lieut. B. W. Hodges to the New York have been revoked, and he is ordered to temporary duty in the naval observatory. 2 The Grounding of the Cine! at. Although Secretary Herbert has not yet, announced his decision in the matter of the recent grounding of the cruiser Cincin- nati in Long Island sound it is practically settled that Captain Glass, her commander, will escape a court-martial for that acci- dent. He will probably be reprimanded, however, for his share in the mishap and that the case will then be dropped. seen ahead: aia Act Appreved. The President has approved, the act in re- gard to the construction of a bridge across the Contentnea creek at’ Grifton, Lenoir county. N.C... oe The Mount Morris Bank, in’ New York city, is said to have lost its surplus fund of $300,000 by -bad tavestments. 8 2 FINANCIAL oo as anes ie RICKEY & SPENCER, Bankers and Brokers, Deaters i Stocks, Bouts, Griie,” Provisions, Cotton, Direct private wires ‘to New York and 1417 G Street N.W. 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Stocks, Bonds and Grain bough cesh or on margin. srw ne ogttton bought and sold in New York on New Private wires to New Yi x Orteane.” Telephone 268, "°M* Chlctgo and New CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBEUS OF THE NEW YORK’ STOCK 1419 F sty Glover butt Corretpondente of Messrs. “Moore Schley, roadway, Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds, 8. . ouns. | Baltroed’ stocks and beets snd, all (securities on exchanges Ne York, lade! Boston and Baltimore bought and sold. eae A ity made of investment securities. Dis- trict ‘and all local Ratlroad, Gas, insurance and T Stock dealt in. American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. LIFE_TONTINE ENDOWMENT AND _TAID-DP INSURAN! POLICIES PURCHASED AT A FAIR DISCOUNT. Money loaned on same. oclé-tt EDWARD N. BURNS, 1807 F st. n. REED AS A CANDIDATE. Tke Platform He Promulgeted in 1887 as a Joke. From the New York Sun. Ex-Speaker Reed seems to be more se- riously a candidate for the presidency than ever before. In 1888 he regarded such a possibility as a joke. That year a New England paper declared that the most available men for the republican nomina- tion were Congressman Reed of Maine, Hiscock of New York and Long of Massa- chusetts, “As soon as we s-.w this,” sald Mr. Reed at that time, “Long and I assembled our- selves together, held a caucus and agreed that the announcement, so far a3 wo were concerned, was both timely and judicious, but we decided by a unanimous vote that Hiscock was not available, for reasons that must suggest themselves to every - thoughtful and patriotic man. This ace tion having narrowed the contest down to Long and myself, 1 suggested, with the kindest and most disinterested motives, that for the sake of harmony he ought to withdraw. He demurred to the proposi- tion, and did not appear to take much in- terest in it until I offered to make it an object to him. I volunteered to pay him $5 in lawful money 11 he would agree to re- tire and make a speech nominating me in the presidential convention. He replied that he was not a five-dollar man, where- upon I raised him to eight. If there is anything I despise it is avarice. He re- plied that he would not withdraw from the canvass and make the speech for less than $15, and was willing to let me write it, or would submit it for my approval. This was pretty steep, as Long hadn’t the lightest chance of getting the nomination and isn’t much of a speaker. But I agreed to pay him $5 down and the balance if I got the nomiration. But Long said he never did take a contingent fee and never would; so there the matter hangs. If he won't agree to share the risk he sha’n't have any of che peaches. "m running for the presidency,” con- tinued Mr. Reea-at that time (this was 11 the winter of 1887-8), “upon a broad an comprehensive platform, and if I don’t get the nomination it won't be because I'm not willing to give satisfaction to peo- ple of all colors, races, religions and politi- cal views. I believe in giving every man equal rights and a fair show. I believe that it is the duty of Congress to pass a judicious silver bill, and am in favor of such a revision of the tariff as shall give the capital and 'abor employed in the m: ufacturing industries of the country every protection they ask, and at the same time place the luxurie~ as well as the necessa- ries of life within the reach of all. I be- lieve that every man, woman and child should receive a pension who is entitled to it; that every just claim upon the govern- ment should be promptly and duly paid, with interest to date; that sectional strife should be smothered in fraternal love, and that the dead issues of the war should be decently buried st government expense, I am in favor of applying the principles of civil service reform to all the offices of the government, so as to give entire satisfac- tion to those who are in as well as those who are out, and thi HM legislation tn- tended to promote thi rosperity of the country should be promptly enacted by Congress. On the labor question I am sound as an oak saw log, and urge upon Congress the passage of bill that will settle forever and set at rest all controver- sies between the employer and the em- ployed. I believe that the surplus in the treasury should remain unimpaired so far as is consistent with the financial welfare of the country, and that Congress should take such action in reference to the finances as will bring the greatest good to the greatest number. I hold it to be the duty of the President to ange the pre- rogatives cf his office, and to hand them down unstained to his successor, done uy in tissue paper or in a silk handkerchie! and I will further say that if I have omit- ted to declare my position regarding any interest representing a considerable num- ber of votes, it shall be my earnest en- deavor to’amend and enlarge my platform accordingly. The motto on my escutcheon is ‘I strive to please,’ and my aim is to merit the approbat and secure the sup: port of all republicans, democrats and mugwumps. I desire to be considered a non-partisan caididate, and would pref that my nomination should be unanimous. : ——_ +02 SENSIBILITY TO PAIN. Dr. MacDonulds Tells the Psych ogists of His Experimen The American Psychological Association met at Princeton, N. J., yesterday, Prof. Cattell, Prof. T. W. Milla, Prof. Sanford, Brother Chrysostom, and Dr. MacDon- ald of the United States bureau of educa- tion read papers. Dr. MacDonald pre- sented the’ results of a number of experlz, ments, showing sensibilfty to pain by pres- sure on the hands of individuals of qif- ferent classes, sexes and nattonalities. Should these results prove to be gener- ally true by experiments on larger num- bers of people, the following statements would be probable: The majority of people are more sensi- tive to pain in their left hand. Women are more sensitive to pain than men. It does rot necessarily follow that worhen cannot endure more pain than men, American professional men are more sen< sitive to pain than American business men} and also than English or German profes- sional men. The laboring classes are much less sen- sitive to pain than the non-laboring class- és. The women of the lower claeses are much less sensitive to pain than those of the better classes. In general, the more developed the ner- vons system, the more sensitive it is to pain, While the thickness of tissue on the hand | has some influence, it has by no means so much as one might suppose, a priori; for many with thin hands require much prese sure.