Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY Ss 4, 1895—TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. tS OP THE A. to an order LC AN REVC S04. Regent D. C.. De the election of « the ensuing year, will “fice of the ¢ ny, No. 1406 G ost. nw, MONDAY, January 21, 1895. Polls open from 10 a. pein. ft ing they to policy holders di THE ANNU . THE W. Humane s an execu whl be bh lock p.m. ING ¢ ¥ for the committee ou TUESDS in the ball room 5 Th ste. mw. All persons. are av MAKE TY MED erything — that meal. Our ment ings” in season ything ix nr e 842 FITCH, Secretary. ‘Oue cooking cann x the purpose of ‘ontinental Congress of tres 30 voters to be e and to show re- HENRY, A. MEMBERS OF nce Company t of the operations of "entrance y invited to ide enjoy Your meals? e ix that found Jac dinner, VE. AND 414 ST. We. 5 METROVOE ton, D. C., December tion for direetors of banking house on TUESDAY, the 8th day of Janu- THE CENTRAL — City.—Washtigton, D.C Isi4.— AB . be a special otfice YAY. mn passed ee stockhold-rs, of preferred stoc miler of the stor company yy on TUESDAY, js open between’ the ANDI for the purps for the ensuing year, will be held 470 'La. ave. a. Y st MEETING. BANK OF WaASH- December 8, Fie aunuti election for directors of this Kk Will take pltce at the banking house on TUPSDAY, January 8, 1506. Volle open from 12 Cashier. Washingtou Abattoir Company of f the company is of issue the iu the Wreasury as a 6 nunl meeting |, Seeretary. MBLA, + of electing uine trustees to serve alice pm, Folls open trou Me GEORGE BL FLEMING, ‘Secretary. F THE StoCKHOLD- onal Bank fur the elec- tion of for the ensuing year will he held xt the effice of the bank, TiS G . aW., TUESDAY, January 3, 1 Folls open to 1 o'clock. LIAS. P. WILLIAMS, Cashter. P. T. Hall, 908 F St. Giving Up Men’s Goods. vote all my attention to custom- made shirts. you see, the prices are to no when you consider the class of goods we egrricd. 2sc. & soc. Half Hose,toc.pr. 25c. Neckwear, 5c. soc. Neckwear, 25¢. These are in Tecks, Four-ine hands, Puffs, Bows, etc. Te. and $1 Urderwear, 50c. $2 Underwear for $1. soc. & 75c.Night Shirts,38c. $1 Suspenders for soc. §2 & $3 Full Dress Shirts, $1 §5 Wool Pajamas, $2.50. Everything in stock at about the same ratio of reduction. T. HALL, 908 F St. m,40 FP: for ordinary use—but physicians say ‘Nothing but To- Kalon’s pure, strong brandy for medicinal use."* $1 and $1.25 bottle. To=Kalon Wine Co.,614 14th "Phone, 998. [7 West Washington orders filled hrough Manogue & Joves, 32d and M sts. n.w. faT-15d Think of a inter I Never tkereartentotar: Disappoint. Set such a trade joing to live up te it, thou Let me pat ina bid for your briefs, bill heads, letter heads, cir- culurs, booklets, ete. Qu artistic and satiefactory im’ every ~ mia: price. Byron S. Adams, Shite praK We Want You To Know Us. It’s to your interest to do so, if you're in business. “There's nothing you could ask for in the Statfouery line that we haven't always at hand. We can fill every order promptly. We quot: prices that'll save you many dollars in a year. Easton & Rupp, 421 1th St. Popular-Priced Stationers. (Just above ave.)ja7-ld ing to talk tailoring to you }F right along, so you amiy! Tailorin Chat. tittadet w ‘This time it is $8 ing for fu nd $9 ‘Trouse persuasion. G. WARTIELD hand F sts, ja3-d3m ALWAYS ON TIME ? No matter how you injure your watch— drop it or otherwise untit if tor keeping time, we keep it in perfect order We will Joan you a wate fixed. 310 Orb st. dust above the ave. —is little enou or more of To pa Lute faction and comfort. been at this wiz Shirt bas- iness since boyhocd—know it from AtoZ Ouly had 4 turned out @f the thousau past three y ‘Ours being t Honse—representing one of the largest Shirt factories tn tell Shirts at wholesale prices—39, 50, snd $1. ELL Braneh 01 “A BUZZ SAW” —whirling under your temples—nothing but a heatache—the sure remedy costs but 10c.—at all draggists. Its name— Webb’s Headache Powders. jad-lid AY Ce a AND BALTIMOKE BU DING Bab Doss ASocLvTION OF. BALTII Keep Warm for m of DIRECTOR at 7.30 p. WEDNESDAY, By taving your FINE FLANNELS PROPERLY at the offices of the association, WASHED. Baltimore, M: if H. Pricer and Publish Fine Book and Job Tr : los 116 E & or Th COMPANY OF 7 OF ¢ THIRD MONT stant, at the of Penney lvanis pave “f ities oF the cump:auy instant. wer of the ho: aw A meet TOWN AND TE vr the el dissolved will continue the tn under the same na; CHAS, S. PARDOE, 7OLUMBEAL By INH. Fire Insur- District of Columbia will ¥ of Janu: a. election affairs of the st a ESTATE BROKER, WAS i elie from GID 14h street to 1404 jae the by-laws of the meet- 400 00 300 00 3 nt about Jaauary All flannels arg treated by the methods USED IN THEM MANUFACTURE. ‘We guarantee NO SHRINKAGE, SOFT, SWEET, RIGHT. GODFREY LAUNDRY, Ind-eott 1307 F ST. , TEL. 592. A Good Thing Under Is one of those easy CUSTOM-MADE- TD-YOUR-MEASURE SHIRTS w Your out. Fit un te Jeng as th and our THARP’S WINES —are bottled by Tharp—and guaranteed absolutely pure and unadulterated. His “Old Keliable Berkeley” Whisky 1s pre- scribed by the most prominent physicians in this elty as best for medicinal use. $1 at.: $4 gal. | Jas. Tharp, 812 F St. fuS-120 Columbia for 1895. We have a MODEL 40 now ou exhibition and will be pleased to have the riders “look it ove ft is a ical departure from all former models and ae ‘stiopably a NEW wheel, not a bailt- over The weight Is right; the bearings are right; the oe right; the price is right. Come in and sce it. District Cycle Co., A. AVE. CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE. a27-tf Cancers jal-Im 452 We the is rdoe Dew. BUILDIN' th annual m Association will be held at t Mt, "a. ave. and 19th st., on TUESDA} ant, at 7 o'clock. * submitted, twelfth to ‘The ele Company for the el serve for the ensuil oftice of the company st ‘ington D.C. ‘ovelock pou. sfer hooks “ill be opeved on Jaavary 10th, 1 MON Offlee of thi Day, t will UXLOP, cretary. Vice KOONE 1806 PAT! OF KAMBLERS. We would respe nnounce that samples of th UMBEE RAMI spected at our s bis mstchine Ww i embodies ed by our expe $100, Fake a look at it befo: Bew wount for 185. at-i4d on, A Truss ‘s made well- that’s fitted and adjusted Painless w extra eb: cont cheaper than prices e all the latest, most approved styles Hi prices. EF Meney fully refunded if not factory. Gilman’s Drug Store, fad-Lid J. PRANK erly our sales- ve |. GALT & CO. enth an ofticers for the ted. Stockholders Stock of the new at this mee re per nionth vk Will be closed on the nd opened on January 10, ratis- r x | to the value of A laxative, refreshing yaar fruit lozenger, very agreeable to take for CONSTIPATION, INDIEN intestinal headache aris! from them. GRILLON pis-misarap Sold by all Drugsists. GOLD MINES IN CEMETERIES, Falf a Million in Gold Buried Annual- ly With America From the New York Sun. A Frenchman who recently made a tour of the United States has been writing some of his impressions in Le Temps. In one of his articles he says that what struck him particularly in this country was the American habit of filling the teeth with gold. He consulted statisticians, he says, @ by figuring on information given by tiem has discovered that the gold annually pounded into cavities in the teeth of Amer- icans amounts to the value of $500,000. All of this-precious metal, he says, is buried with the Yankees when they die, and he figures that at the end of three centuries tie cemeteries ef America will contain gold 1,000,000. “Tam afraid, tie writer goes on to say, “that this will prove too tempting to the practical mind of the future American, and we shall see tie day when companies will be organized to mine the cemeteries and recover the gold secreted in the jaws of dead ances- ee he writer then gees on and figures cn tie average amount of guld in the teeth of each dead person. He has evidently been consuiting the record of vital statis- tes, for he says that $75,000 people died in the United States in 1889. This would i e value of the gold in each person’s teeta to an average of about 6 cents, and he thinks that in well-crowded »teries the mining of this gold could he ed on profitably, despite the small average value. 00. Coins for Ecuador. Arrangements have been made for the coinage at the Philadelphia mint of $500,000 in twenty-cent silver pieces for the gov- ernment of Ecuador. —— SS Captain John Tayler, receiver of taxes ef Philadelphia, died Saturday. A RACE IS ASSURED Royal Yacht Squadron Agrees to America’s Cup Conditions. MESSAGE SENT 10 COMMODORE SMITH Considering All the Minor Details of the Contest. MEETING AT LONDON LONDON, January 7.—Punctually at noon today the Prince of Wales, commodore of the Hoyal Yacht Squadron, drove up in a brougham to oodles Club, St. James street, in order to attend a meeting of the squadron, which was called for that hour. The prince seemed to be in the best of health and spirits as he entered the club house. Lord Lonsdale and other members of the Royal Yacht Squadron had already pre- ceded the Prince of Wales. The meeting was held in the vast, richly decorated drawing room of the famous old club on the second floor, overlooking St. James street. Soon after the meeting was formally opened the cable messages and the letters of Commodore Smith were read, and after ‘a brief discussion a decision was reached to the effect that the Royal Yacht Squad- ron cénsiders, in view of the meaning at- tached to the “mutual agreement” clause by the New York Yacht Club, that the form ot receipt for the cup in the event of an English yacht winning it, specified In ne deed of gift of 1887, is not objection- able. Mr. Richard Grant, secretary of the Royal Yacht Squadron, was instructed to cable to this effect to Commodore James D. Smith, chairman of the America’s cup committee. A committee was appointed with full powers to decide any other ques- tion which may be raised during the ar- rangement of the minor details of the race. Lhe general meeting was concluded at 12: P.m., when the majority of the members seft the club. A few minutes later Lord Dunraven hur- Tied away with Lord Lonsdale, with whom he was busily discussing the affairs of the syndicate of yachtsmen which will build the cup challenger. ‘The cable message sent by Mr. Grant to Commodore Smith at the conclusion of the meeting was as fol- lows: “Smith, New York Yacht Club: I cable you today result special meeting Royal Yacht Squadron. Conclude now challenge definitely settled. ‘| (Signed.) v. J. GRANT, Cowes.” A second message sent to Commodore Smith read as follows: “Having regard to the construction Placed under the deed of gift of 1887 by the New York Yacht Club, the Royal Yacht Squadron is willing to give a receipt, in accordance with the terms contained in the Geed of gift of 1887. (Signed.) “P. J. GRANT, Cowes.” At the meeting of the club all the minor details which it was thought would be like- ly to ceme up for discussion here or in New rk were carefully gone over and weighed and a number of suggestions in this respect were made to the committee of the squad- ron, which has been appointed with power to decide upon all such matters. In a word, everything which it was pos- sible to do was done to insure a satisfactory race without any further hitches. The committee to decide any questions which may arise in connection with the de- tails of the race is as follows: The Prince of Wales, the Marquis of Ormonde, Sir Crarles Hall, esq.; Sir Allen Young and Justice Bruce. Secretary Grant’s Views. To @ reporter of the Associated Press, after the mecting, Secretary Grant said: “Yes, we are ajl pleased that a race now seems assured, and I think it only right to say that the New York Yacht Club has be- haved in a most sportsmanlike manner, and that it has granted everything asked for by the challengers, save changing the course to Marblehead. This request, I must ad- mit, we had no reason to expect would be granted, but it was made at the request of those who have objected to the crowding of the New York fleet of excursion steamers during international yacht races of recent years. * “The New York Yacht Club, by its will- ingness to waive the ten months’ clause of the deed of gift, has removed our chief ob- jection to the deed, and ttie construction they placed on the mutual agreement clause removed all other difficulties. Consequent- ly the desired receipt for the cup, if we win it, can now be given. “The Prince of Wales takes the keenest interest in the matter, and he is greatly pleased that matters have come to such a satisfactory conclusion.” It may be added, as showing beyond any doubt the interest which the Prince of Wales takes in the forthcoming contest and the thoroughness with which he has gone into the matter, that Mr. Grant, at the request of the prince, prepared a long history of the America’s cup end the vari- ous differences which have arisen concern- ing it. This compilation made sixty closely written pages and it was completed only last night, when it was sent to Marlbor- ough House, the Lordon residence of the Prince of Wales. When Mr. Grant called there this morning he found that the Prince of Wales had completely mastered all the intricate details of the various discussions which have arisen during past years re- garding challenges for the America’s cup. “But,” Mr. Grant concluded, as he shook hands with the representative of the Asso- ciated Press, “I am afraid, after all, that we shall not bring the cup home. The Americans have always managed to do just a little better than we when we go over there, and I am afraid that they will do the same this time. —_——>- ALWAYS A MARKET For Good Cooking and for the Ser- vices of Experts. Frem the Philadelphia Press. "A late and most remarkable newspaper article declared that a knowle-ige of cook- ing was worth absolutely nothing to the woman who was obliged to earn her own living or to eke it out without being able to leave her heme. Also that the ability to teach dancing, for instance, or to do fancy work was worth far more, in a money- making point of view. This is arrant non- sense. The exchanges for sale of women’s work are overflowing witR unsold fancy work; dancing is taught by professional teachers in most. places. And good cook- ing is absolutely the cne thing that will everywhere on the face of the earth secure a rapid and constant sale for its preduets. ‘A woman who cannot go away from home may, no matter where that home may be, build up in time—and not so long a time, either—a splendid business, either in some specialty in cookery, or by taking 1arger crders. This is not a vague, general asser- tion; it is a fact. The reason is the same that makes cf our domestic servants the one class of laborers who can make their own terms and can invariably carry their point; because the demand is greater than the supply. And the reason for that is the self-same, because our American women, as a class, do not care much for the work of cooking, and so are at the mercy of these they hire te do it for them. It is not necessary to go into these women’s kit- chens to supply their food. But one may do it at one’s own home by having a grocer or other saleman in the town take what one makes at a percentage. ‘The one thing to bear in mind is this—one must be rigidly honest. That is, one nas no right to set a ney price on one's wares, nor to make those that are not first- class of their kind. If this rule is adhered to and perseverance through disagreeables is added to it, success is certain. — Sauce for the Gander. From the Chicago Daily Tribune. His Wife—“George, you are becoming a confimed smoke! Suburbanite—‘My dcar, I am compelled to ride in the smoking car so much that I cften have to light a cigar in self-defense.” Same Suburbanite (a few hours later)— “Amanda, you smell frightfully of raw enions.”” His Wife—“My dear, Bridget eats raw cnions, and I’ve been eating one In self-de- fense.” mR THE CONDUCTOR AND CONNECTIONS. ELECTRIC UNDERGROUND Work on the Ninth Street Line Will Begin March 1, Something About the Motive Power and the Cars That Will Be Used. Weather permitting, the Metropolitan Railway Company will begin the construc- tion of its 9th street electric line on March 1. It is thought that if the conditions shall be as favorable as it is thought they will be the line will be completed within sixty days, but the outside time limit is ninety days. The new system of motive power is to be a direct adaptation of the Buda-Pesth principle of conduit and sub- The Conduit. terranean trolley. It differs from a number of conduit electric roads in that the rail and earth are not used for the return cur- rent. The method of contact is by sliding conductor instead of by a rolling one. It is claimed that this method of hanging the conductor is a novelty. The construction of the conduit will be about the seme as the construction on ca- ble roads in the matter of iron work, slot rail and yoke, a material difference being that the conduit is not so deep. A speciai- ly molded brick will be used in paving the tracks, and will be flush with the concrete, so the pavement of the street shall be in contact with this brick, rather than with the rails. 5 The road which is to begin operations on Lenox avenue, New York, in February is corstructed on much the same lines as those on which the Metropolitun road Will He built. ‘The contract for the laying cf the road has been let to E. Saxton, who has built all the conduit roads in the District. Work will be begun at the foot of 4 1-2 street, and will be pushed northwardly with all possible cxpedition. The power house at the south end of the route will contain all the modern improvements suggested by other power houses in the United States. It will contain three engines and _ three dynamos of 4 horse-power each. The en- gines are being built by the Providence Steam Engine Company, and the dynamos by the General Electric Company. The dy- namos are of the pattern known as ‘‘di- rect connected. The cars, of which there will be twenty- two, have not been as yet contracted for, but their plans have been drawn and the contract is soon to be Ict. They will have a headwiy of 2 minutes, that is, they will be 2 1-2 minutes apart, and will run at the limit of rine miles per hour. The ‘motor car will be of the pattern of the cable grip car. The motorman will have station in front, and will have the protec- tion of glass, which is to be in position in winter and to be removed in fair weather. The sides of the car will be open, with a fectboard on the sides, an aisle through the middle and a platform at each end. Behind each moter car will be a trailer, and each train will consist of not less than two cars. Under the new order of things, the same number of train hands will be employed as at present, but in place of stable hands WITH KING CIRCLE’S PEOPLE An Interesting Community of Oreek Indians. bop Protected by a Stockade and a Stand- ing Army of Ten Men—Descend- ed From Aztecs. Special Correspondence pf ‘The, Evening Star. MUSCOGEE, I. T., December 20, 1893. Sixty miles southwest of Muscogee, as the crow flies, is a community of Creek Indians, known as Muscogee Circle. It occupies several thousand acres of the best farming and grazing lands lying between the junc- tion of the North Fork Canadian river and the We-woka river and extending west to’ the Seminole reservation. The king of the town and member of the house of kings of the Creek nation is Muscogee Circle, after whom the community is named. His fol- lowers number about 200, all of whom are faithful subjects. His’word in all things is law, and no one has the temerity to ques- tion his authority. King Circle is rich and his broad acres give one the impression that their owners are a prosperous and thrifty people. Circle's peopie are very ex- clusive, and do not encourage the visits of travelers. In fact, while the hungry and thirsty are not denied the necessities of life, no stranger is ever invited within the inclosure that is reserved for the king and members of his court. ‘This inclosure which is known as Fort Circle stands upon the summit of a high bill, The buildings, of which perhaps there are a score, are built on the pattern of the frontier stocka:le, and the whole is sur rounded by a thick oak fence twelve feet high, built with an idea single to purposes of defense. No stranger is ever permitted to pass the massive gates that form the entrance to the fort. Inside the inclosure is a large spring that provides sufficient water for the many horses, cattle and hogs that feed upon the big Circle ranch. Inside the fence is a walk on which King Circle's standing army, consisting of ten men, walk to and fro, armed with the latest pattern of rifle, doing sentry duty. Below this walk the fence is provided with loop holes at regular intervals. King Circle's army, though small, is well disciplined, for only two recruits have been enlisted during the past eight years. Outlaw bands and marshals’ posses are accorded the same treatment, and both usually give the Circle's ranch a wide birth. ‘The determination of the king to protect his property and that of his subjects is so well known that for years his stock has grazed peacefully upon the ranch, undis- turbed by marauding bands that frequent the country. Friday Kept as Lord’s Day. Fort Circle is inhabited by a religious people, but their religion ts peculiar to themselves, and no man outside of the king and his subjects has become acquaint- ed with the doctrine that is expounded by the sovereign’s preacher. Like Mohammet, King Circle and his house keep every Fri- day as the Lord’s day, and the religious services are conducted with profound sol- emnity within the fort and under Winches- ter protection. The chaplain goes through the formality of baptizing the entire gar- rigon—king, warriors,squaws and papooses— every Friday in the goose pond just out- side of the fort. The ceremony of baptism is most thorough, for it performs the dou- ble purpose of cleansing the soul and the bedy. « 4 ‘This part of the religious ceremonies is all that any person not, initiated into the mysteries of the faith has ever been per- mitted to see, for it is ds difficult to enter the inner court of Fort Circle as to dance under the leaden coffin. of the renowned prophet of Mecca... King Circle’s subjects are all good citizens of the Creek nation, and they are all full-blooded Indians, inter- marriage with whites cr the mixed races being strictly prohibited This is the only one of the forty-eight, kingdoms in the Creek nation that js made up entirely of full-blooded Indians. King Circle is an honored and influential member of the house of Kings of the Creek nation, and he journeys every year to: Okmulgee to at- tend the annual session of the Creek law- making body, which is composed of the house of kings, corresporiding to the United States Senate, and the house of warriors, which takes the place of the House of Rep- resentatives. King Circle an Educated Indian. In 1890, when the government was tak- ing the census of the five civilized tribes in the Indian territory, there was great op-j position among the Creeks. At ® meeting held at Eufaula Court House in August of that year speakers advised the people to refuse to answer interrogations or to fur- nish information to enumerators, assuring their hearers it was a scheme fraught with evil to the Indian and meant opening the country to white settlement, loss of domain and taxatiou. The spirit was in turn re- echoed by town and clan chiefs and other Jocal officials to such an extert as not only sertously to impede the work, but to cause several enumerators to resign their posi- tions. So general was this sentiment among the people that in October the prin cipal chief, L. C. Perryman, sent a message to the Creek council, calling their atten- tion to existing conditions and recommend- ing such legislative action as would enable the enumerators to discharge their dutie King Circle was in the house of kings whe: the chief's messaxe was received, and al- though he had always vigorcusly opposed any measures which he considered broad- ened the privileges of the whites, he was one of the first to act upon the suggestion of Chief Perryman, ard was largely instru- mental in securing the adoption of the reso- lution which made it possible for the cen- sus enumeration to be made successfully. King Circle is said to be among the best educated of the full-blood Crecks, although his subjects are not up to the average of the intelligence of the nation including the mixed bloods. When in Okmulgee, attend- ing mectings of the council. he’ mingles freely with all classes and talks entertain- ingly on all subjects save those pertaining to the inner life of Fort Circle. He shows no aversion to association with white men at the nation’s capital, but whenever the propriety af admitting whites to his little kingdom is suggested he positively refuses to discuss the question In any way. He treasures the cld traditions of his fathers and is doing everything he can to preserve the Individuality of his race. He no longer professes to believe literally the legends of his people, but advances the idea that through them many truths are told in met- aphor; hence, he would preserve them. Descendants of the Aztecs. He has great faith in the legend which tells of the origin of the Creeks. According to this, they are the descendants of a once powerful nation, whi inhabited a coun- try many days’ journey to the west, and, being defeated in battle by a foreign in- vader, a fragment of them found their way eastward. They traveled in bands a day's journey apart, each band camping at night at the same place as the one that preceded it, and from this circumstance certain towns belonging to the same fire were es- tablished, between which a bond of frater- nity has since been religiously maintained. It is considered unlawful for members of these towns to play ball or engage in an: contest for superiority of prowess or s' | as against each other. Chief Circle assoc! ates this legend with the overthrow of the | Aztecs by the Spaniards in 1520, and claims | that as the Creeks never used wigwams or tepees, but lived in towns and built log houses, they are descendants of a race su- perior to other tribes. Se THE BRAZILIAN ANACONDA, It Could Devastate the Country if It Had More Fierceness. ‘rom the London Spectator. Whatever the possible dimensions of the Indian and African beas, there can be no doubt that the anaconda of Brazil grows to a siz? which would make this species as much the scourge of the Brazilian for- est and of the waterways of the Amazons as the shark is of tropical harbors, were its ferocity equal to its strength and astonish- ing power of speed, whether on land or in water. It could kill, and probably devour, every cerature, including man, which Is found in the Amazon delta. ‘The late Mr. Bates in his eleven years spent in the Brazilian forests saw and heard more of the habits of the anaconda than most travelers, though, like other great serpents, the individuals of this spe- cies are so little common that their ap- pearance in any one district is too infre- quent to makg a special study of their habits part of the day’s work of a busy naturalist. Bates’ first personal exper- ience of the creature shows how impossi- Lle it is to avoid the python by the ordi- nary. means of isolation sufficient to keep other dangerous creatures at a distance. He was at anchor in a large boat, in deep water, in the port of Antonio Malagueita. An anaconda swam out to the boat, lifted its head from the water, broke in tne side of a fowl house on deck, and carried off a couple of fowls. It was found that. this snake had been stealing ducks and fowls from this part of the river for months, so a hunt was organized, miles of river bank were searched, and the serpent at last found sunning itself in a muddy creek, and killed. It was “not a large specimen, only 18 feet 9 inches long.” But Mr. Bates measured skins of anacondas which were 21 feet in length and 2 fect in girth, and he adds: “There can be no doubt that this fcrmidable serpent grows to an enormous bulk and lives to a great age, for I have heard of specimens ‘having been killed which measured 42 feet in length, or double the size of the largest which I ‘had the opportunity of examining. We must add a correction here. were double the length, but the s these great reptiles, like that of fish, in- creases enormously with every addition in longitudinal growth. A snake 20 feet in length would be probably four times the weight of one 10 feet long, and the bulk of a 40-foot anaconda would approach that of the largest crocodile. Sirce the publi- cation of “The Naturalist’s Voyage on the Amazons” an anaconda of 20 feet has been brought to the Natural History Mu- seum at South Kensington. A neighbor of Bates, in Brazil, nearly lost his ten- year-old son by the attack of an anaconda. He had left the boy in his boat while he went to gather fruit, and on his return feund him encircled by the snake, whose jaws the father seized, and actually tore them asunder. See _ Why She Chose Him. From the Towa Falls Citizen. Fred.. es, I like him well enough, Min- nie, but how did you ever happen to marry a man a head shorter than you are?” Minnie—“I had to choose, Fred., between a little man with a Dig salary and a big man with a little salary.” INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. -Page -Page peasant eee ee eeeaee onan tew soa FOR FoR FoR FOR FOR FOR OR: FOR FOR FOR RENT (Fiats). RENT (Ilouses) RENT (Aiscellaneous). RENT (Offices) RENT (Rooms) RENT (Stables). RENT (Stores) SALE Gicycles). SALE (Houses) FOR SALE (Lots) FOR SALE (Miscellareous). FOR SALE (Pianos)... HOR: AND VEMICLES. HOTELS LECTURES LEGAL NOTICES. LOCAL MENT10: LOST AND FOUND. MANICURE .. MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSING. . MARRIAG: MEDICAL . MONEY WANTED AND TO LOA’ PERSONAL . PIANOS AND ORGAD POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS RAILROADS STEAM CARPET CLEAN: SPECIAL N CES. SUBURBAN PROVERT UNDENTAKERS . WANTED ‘lieip)... WANTED (fouses). WANIED (Lots). WANTED (Miscellaneous)... WANTED (Koons) WAN ¢Situations). WINTER RESORTS Cee eneene ena aenaan THE COURTS. Court of Appeals—Chief Justice Alvey and Associate Justices Morris and Shepard. Admissions—Ernest Schmidt, Herbert M. Locke, J. Louis Willige and John H. Crow ley. No. 374, Washington Market Com- pany egt. District of Columbia; continued. No. 364, Washington and Georgetown Rail- road Company agt. Hickey; passed. No. 411, McLane agt. Cropper; diminution of record suggested by Blair Lee for appellee and writ of certiorari ordered. Patent ap- peal No. 27, Scott agt. Brooks; motion to vacate and set aside order docketing and dismissing appeal argued, with leave to appeliee to file printed briefs. No. 270, Cornish agt. Marshall; continued. Nos. 405 and 406, Chapman agt. United States and Macartney agt. United States; judgments affirmed; opinion by Chief Justice Alvey. Patent appeal No. 4, in re Paul L. T. Herault; decision of commissioner of pat- ents aflirmed; opinion by Justice Morris. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Green agt. Buckingham; receivers di- rected to pay stenographer’s bill. Link- how agt. Linkhow; testimony before C. Ingle, examiner, ordered taken. Wheeler agt. Fitelity Building, Loan and Invest- ment As: i is Bur made party. idelity Building and Loan Association; Blair and Heary Colbert et al. made parties. In re minors of Chas. ewman; decree confirming de- cree of Orphans’ Court. Davis agt. Pole; sale decreed, with T. Percy Myers and J: A. Maedel, trustees, to sell. Ashburn agt. nn; receivers directed to pay $100 to guardian. Beach agt. Beach; testimony before R. J. Murray, examiner, ordered taken. French agt. Ogilvie; conveya and reference to auditor ordered. Culli- nane agt. Cullinane; injunction till further order granted. Rollings agt. Woodward; appearance of absent defendants ordered. Equity Court No. 2.—Judge Hagner. Trunnell agt. Howes; sale ratified nisi. Gordon agt.”Gordon; order overrulny mo- ticn to limit time to take testimony, h costs. Chase uxt. Barton, restraining order till further orders, and rule to show cause returnable January 15. Hitchcock agt. Shuster; Sarah A. Cash made party com- plainant. Hdson agt. Parke; Chas. E. Gibbs made party complainant. Circuit Court No. 1.—Judge Bradley. Grable agt. Moulton et al.; judgment by default. Coates agt. Anacostia and Poto- mac River Kailread Company; plaintiff called, and judgment for defendant. Bron- augh agt. Washimgton and Ge Railroad Company; ordered on stet calen- dar. Schram agt. Ransdell; do. Naylor agt. Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company; non pros. by plaintiff, and judg- ment for defendart. Heinz Co. agt. Bitter; death of defendant, F. Bitter, suggested, and case continued. Kitch agt. Danen- hower; ordered on stet calendar, Atlantic Dynamite Company agt. Harris; defendant called, and judgment tor plainti‘t. Circuit Court No. 2—Chief Justice Bingham. Bieck agt. Mai: motion to advance cause overruled. Shafer agt. Sell; judgment by defauit. Stevi . Cropley; motion for judgment Harris *& Shafer agt. Kennedy; motion to set aside judg- tment overruted. Holland agt. Bailey; on hearing. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. United States agt. Geo. A. ball; embez- zlement; defendant arraigned, plea not guilty. United States agt. R Mourer; larceny; pleads guilty ;sertence,tcur months in jeil,’ United States Wm. Sanders; arsor; verdict guilty, with recommenda tien to merey. United States agt. Orlan C. Cullen; false pretenses; defendant arraign- ed; plea not guilty; recognizance, $ taken, with John Miller surety. United States agt. Merton W. Heflin; embezzle- ment; defeadant arrai United States agt. Charlés Newton; lar- ceny from tie person; on trial. ———— TO HANG PICTURES, ned; plea not guilty. HOW The Different Effects Produced by a Judicious Arrangement. From the Art Amateur. By hanging pictures low you increase the apparent height of the room. Colored pictures should not be hung in hallweys or on staircases unless there is plenty of light for them. In such places strong photographs, engravings and draw- irgs in black and white go best. A picture should not be hung from one nail; the diagonal lines formed by the cord have a very discordant effect. Two nails and two vertical cords, or, what is fa more safe, pieces of wire cordage, shoul be used instead of the single cor Picture cords should be as near the color of the wall upon which they are put as pessible, so that they may be but little scen. When one picture is hung beneath another the bottom one should be hung from the one above and not from the top; thus we avoid multiplying the cords, which is always objectionable. A good hue for walls where prints or photographs are to be hung is a rich yellow brown or a- leather color. Luster to the black of the print or the tone ef the photo- grapn is thus imparted. Tne wall paper should have no strongly defined pattern and should be of one uni- form color, such as red inclining to crim- scn or tea green. The center cf the picture, as a rule, should not be much above the level of the eye. Her Idea of Wealth, om the Chicago Record. i My {dea of great wealth,” Said the observing girl, “is having money enough to buy candy by the box instead of by tHe bagful. “It just makes me angry,” she went on, “to go into a confectioner’s store and say, ‘Please give me 15 cents’ worth of those chocolates,’ motioning toward three or four different kinds, you xnow, and then hear the girl ask, in that superior wa: that some girls have, if I meant cents’ worth of each. Of course, I have to answer: ‘Oh, no! T wan cents’ worth of them all—mixed.’ It makes me feel so small that I want to rise up on my tees and flaunt a $20 bili and say guess you may do me up a three-pound box of your S¥-cent cand: — sos And They All Were Sile From the Indianapolis Journal. “Why,” asked the philosopher, “why fs it that a man—the noblest created object— why is it that a man shouid have such doubts of his ability to win a woman’s af- fection, when he considers the success in that line of a pop-eyed, pudding-shaped, pretzel-tailed pugdcg?” But the assembled listeners answere1l Lim not. rgetown | FINANCIAL Washington Loan & Trust Co., OFFICE, COR. 9TH AND F STS. PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION Interest raw on verosits. ude,on Real Estate Loans and Collaterals. Acts as Enecutor, Administrator, ‘Trestee, Guardian and Committee on Estates. Acts as Registrar, Transfer and Fis- cal Agent of Corporations. Takes full charge of Real and Per sonal Estates. Safe Deposit Roxes for rent. Storige Vanlts for trunks, voxes, &c., containing valuables, silver, bric- rac, &ec. Incorporated under act of Congress and subject to supervision of the comptroller of the currency. Join Joy Eason. President John A. Swope. -Vice President HH. S. Cummings. .Second Vice President Jobn R. Carmody... Treasurer Andrew Parker. “Secretary * Jobn B. Larner. General Counsel A. S. Worthiagton.. vi Counsel J. J. Darlington — a DIRECTORS. alley, Charles B., nilton, John A. Barber, A, L., Larner, John Be, Karker, Witiam BE, 3 Batchelder, It. N. Baum, Charles, Carmody, Join R., Clapp, John M., Craue, Avgustns, 5 Cumniings, Horice S., Darlington, J. J., Du Beis, Jas. T., Edson, Jolin Joy, .. Fox, Albert F., Woodward, 8. W., Fraser, James, Gurley, William B., OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON TITLE INSUR- NC 464 Louisiana avenue n.w., Washington, D. C., January 4, 1895. In compliance with law requiring report as to capital stock and debts, we, the president and a mujority of the trustees of the Washington Title Insurance Company of the District of Columbia, to hereby SCrtity tat, the capital stock of said upany is one hund thousand collars ($100,000) and is fully paid up, and that there are no existiag debts of said company. ed: WIL it. WOODWARD, WM. REDDY GEORGE W. LINKIAS, THOMAS MUEL H. WALKEL, MG. _ JOHN 'E. HER- we. John A., Truesdell, George, Warmer, (Be U., ¥ M. GOULD, Secretary of the Wash- ington Title Insurance Company of the District of Columbia, do solemmly swear that the facts stated in the foregoing certificate and report are true to the best of my knowledze and belief. (Signed) ASHLEY M. GOULD. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of January, A.D. 1895. Signed)’ “THOMAS P. WOODWARD, (Seal) ay Notary Public. ORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE RIGGS FIRE INSUKAN Y of W: D.C., at shies 31 ioe, ie close of business, Decetuber 31, 1894. RESOURC Cash on hand. on real Z MARRY C. BIRGE, Sworn to and subscribed before of January, 1895, MW, Beveridge, 3 m. hompson, y M. Earle, X. Burchell, E. 3. Stellwazen, aders, - Handy, Wm. Corcoran Hill, OFFIcE_ass 2% b Woes, FICE—1231 F st. n.w., Washingt . 5 TEs ington, D. C. Home Building Association 12TH ISSUE OF STUCK. ‘open for subscriptions to stock of the h, series at the office of the treasurer, The Grst mouthiy meeting f e Grst monthly Ing for payments on stock of the new series Will be hicld at {he bail, southwest comner of Pa. ave. and 19th st., on Tuesday even- ing, the Sth instant, at 7 o'clock. Shares, $1.00 each per mouth, and’may be taken at Unis meeting SF at any fie at the ‘office of the treasurer, us ¢. Subscriptions will al received Of the undersigmed officers. sor tend As much as $200 per share may be obtained 2 loans, the mouihly payments therefor being $1.00 ou stock and $1 . Laans on G35 shares, a, is $124,347.00, Were made during the past Sear, veltig em average of over $1112.00 pet share; and stock to the value, inclu interest of nearly $30,000.00 was redeemed. a = Savings may be securely invested or loaas ob- tained on the easiest of terms, and with the least possible expense. Loans can be settled in whole or Ih part, at the borruwer's convenience. luterest is allowed at 6 per cent op payments on stock to both borrower and depositer, ail the sure plus caruings, when added to the ‘monthly pay- neuts on stock and the interest thereon, will mature shares er cancel loans, are so applied. oa first series stock will cease with a partial pay- ment at the April meeting. We have a careful management, consequently no losses occur. AS careful management for the fa- ture as has been had in the past cleven years is ised. Come in with us. “The association will sure scurce of profit to you, cither as an in- borrower. S$ DOWLING, President, 612 E st. nw. S TAYLOK, Vice Peest.. 1213 F st. nw. S! NOE THORNE, 933 230 . RICKEY & SPENCER, _ Bankers and Brokers, Dealers in Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions, Cotton, EC. Direct private wires to New York and Chicago. 1417 G Street N.W. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia. CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Chartered by special act of Congress Jan., 1867, and acts ef Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1893, ai8 CAPITAL, ONE MILLIGN DOLLARS. During the Hard Times Meny hundreds of people have found the savings which had been accumulated in better days the one thing which stood between them and abeolate want. This should present a striking lesson of the de- sirabiiity of having something laid aside for the “rainy day.” Open an account with The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F st. nw. (Four per cent interest on savings accounts. Open until 5 p.m. on gov't pay days, and Saturday even- ings from 6 to 3.) 220 Cc. T. Havenner, Member Washington Stock Exchange, Real Estate and Stock Broker. Rooms 9 and 11, Atlantic building, 920 F'st. nw. Investment Securities. Stocks, Bonds and Grain bought and sold for c#sh or on margin. oGetton Bought and sold in New York on New rleaus. Private wires to New York, Chicago and N Orleans. Telephone 453. aplo-tr CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, 1419 F st., Glover building. Correspondents of Messrs. Moore & Schley, 89 Broadway, Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds. Deposits. Exchange. Loans. Railroad stocks bonds and all securities listed on the excn: of Xew York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltitzore bought and sold. ‘A specialty made of investment securities. Dis- trict Bonds and all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance and Te dealt in. American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. 31 nl ENDOWMENT AND T-AID-UP POLICIES PURCHASED AT A SOUNT: Money loaned on same. EDWARD N. BUENS, 1307 F st. nw. A Luminous Distinction. From Vogue. Mrs. MecBride---“John, dear, why are some grocers called green grocers?” IcPrile--""To distinguish them from M- eash grocers, darling.”