Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1895, Page 12

12 “THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1895—TWEN' TY PAGES. —= => THE HINDU WOMEN! A Native Tells of the Misrepresen- tations Concerning Them. ABOUT THE JAINS OF INDIA’ Wandering Monks and Their Influ- | ence Over the People. ‘icmmsinceniiaian A, FIFTEEN DAYS’ DISCUSSION ae as w for The Evening Star. ten There has been so much sald and so many misrepresentations made by foreign- ers who have visited India concerning Hin- du women and their condition that I fee ed to let the people of this coun: constra: try hear about the women of India from a | Hindu who knows their condition and who Will not find it necessary to misrepresent the facts, either through ignorance or aiuy ulterior purpose. In my article in the Arer for Janu I have mentioned a fe things that even our educated women are entirely ignorant ef, and so will not re- peat that. In my pubiic and class lectures I am cften confronted with the assertion that our women are Ignorant. Yes, in the light of western measure of intelligence the wemen of India are ignorant, no doubt. But is the collection of a mass ef facts on various subjects, which is of no benefit to the average person without the knowledge of ws of life, a measure of intelli- Re ’ Why say the women of India are ignorant when only twenty per cent of the whole population of India can read or write? Surely eighty per cent of the whole of India are not women. It would seem to me that if truthfulness were the uaistin- guishing trait of writers and lecturers on this subject, a truer knowledge of the con- dition of Hindu women would have pre- vaijled in this country. When we consider that the average income of the poor man of India is but 50 cents per month, with a family to support, where is the sense of talking of the ignorance of women?_ When and clerks get from 7 to 3 to $3.00) per month, edu tion of his family is out of the question. When one-half of the 288,000,000 of the pepulation of India get but’ one meal a day from their birth to their death, 2 many even live habitually on wild flowers, why harp about the ignorance of our wi men” A wealthy nation like the Ame cans, who can spend theusands of dollars every year for toys alone for their chil- dren, which are broken and cast aside in a few not considering a thousand and ding money more ven,can have no idea of the pov- f poor, overtaxed India. ‘or the Education of Girls. But notwithstanding the poverty of our People and the tyranny of conquering in- vaders during the many centuries past, India has produced women philosophe poets and scholars, to say nothing of the host of suzh brilliant lights in the palmy '$ of our country. Even in the last cen- tury the names of Mirahai and other poet- esses of ‘(iujrat, in India, have becoi household words from the Himalayas in. A lady member of my c Koover Shetha soon lent waves m tyranny, took active meas- ures for educating the Hindu females, and established tm many places schools for girls. Mr. Premchand Roychand, the well- known Jain of India, who gas spent mil- liens of rupees in establishing the Bombay University Library and endowing the Coi- eutta University, and ,for other public | Purposes, has aiso established schools. for | girls. ‘The late Goculdas of Bombay | established free schools for boys and girts, | and so did the late Sir Mangaldas Na- thubhat of the same city. But how much can be done for the mas: of India only | by a few rich citizens? Here it is neces sary to mention that the Jains are the Tepresentatives of the oldest philosophical thought im India. Th. are to be found } numbers in all 5 re mostly en and trade, and in moratity they stand hig | est. ‘Their love and kindlineas towards all | forms of life are weil known. Th: have Fospit wts for animals in all parts of Ip t. The architecture of the temples and shrines ts simply wonlerfu About the Jains. Litt wr nothing known in this or oth- er foreign countries about the Jains, from the fact none of our sacred lite rature—and we have no other—has ever been trans into any foreign language. We have th ands of volumes that are held too sacred by us to permit them to be looked upon the of scholars, who invariably misin- terpret and misunderstand, and, therefore only revile. When men are ready to deai justly and to recognize truth in other doc- ated trines than their own, this rare ancient lit- erature, revealing knowledge of sciences unknown to western countries, will be gladly brought forth from their secret archives, where they have lain sealed since the many invaders began their work of de- stroying them. Today some of our women, if brought be- fore the public, would not occupy a second seat If compared with American or Buro- pean women in learning. As to our social customs and manners, there can be no com- Parison of the Hindu women with any other women in the world. I will give you an in- stance of the standing and esteem of our women among ourselves, certainly not as they are esteemed by foreigners, who do not take the trouble to know us as we are. The Influence of the Monks. A few months ago a discussion took place between the great Brahmin, Pandit Totach- arya, who resides In Solinger, a town in southern India, and the great Vedanta philosopher and monk, Shankaracharya, as to the advisability in this Kali (ron) age Of persons adopting the life of an ascetic, as all our monks do. I will explain that our monks are our religious te they are generally very learned and able phile ophers. They constantly travel from o place to another, never receiving pay for their teachings. They live a3 Jesus (Matthew 1.) once told his disciples to do as he gent them forth to preach: “Get you no geld, nor silver, nor brass, in your purses; no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff, for the laborer is worthy of ‘his food.” This has been the teaching and practice of our monks thousands of years before But the Jesus visited India in words that his youth. follow those passages your Hible claims to be those of not the practice of our monks or he or even of our laymen who have str of good wis are to i unworthy a vibration may rthy, and certainly it does good influence upon the sender. A Fifteen Days’ Dise: But to retr aslo. n to the discussion on cism. I to a public wife of the ed the large so. Foom of her home as the pt Many learned peopie—ts men—were invited to eharya is a great sch: Janguage and religious lore, whi racha Ss well known as the leader of his order. They discusse! the question in the language for three and four hours at one sitting each day, until the dinner hour, none of the liste 3 or fidgetty and whis selves, “Will they 3 continue 1 t gravity lude ide t ration the on. and of th issu invol me that the High Priest Su southern India should have to act as umpire of deciding this momentous que reserved for a wor the wis: an, wi in party pointed to on. She had not taken any cussion, but was an intere igent listener, taking her seat every morning in a modest, quiet way, not spend ing any extra precious moments to enhanc her beauty or make herself more attractive | by decorating her body in more costly dress than was her daily custom. | How the Referee Decided. On the fifteenth day, when the contro- ju versy was ended and both parties turned to her for her decision, she arose in her quiet, simple dignity and said to her hus- band: “The dinner is ready, will you kind- ly come to the dining room?” and, turning to the monk Shankaracharya, she said: “Will your holiness kindly grace the din- ing room ard accept the food in fultill- ment of your vows of asceticism?” mean- ing thereby that asceticism caa and should be adhered to by all religious teachers, n in this kali (iron) age. A monk in India at the time he is initiated takes five vows, viz., not to kill or directly or indirectly encourage killing any lving be- ing; not to tell a falsehood; not to commit misappropriation; to be perfectly chaste, and not to c¢ any property or money whatsoever. This being the strict rule of the men they have no houses, but are “homeless -wanderers,” traveling from place to place and teaching without any payment. On account of this self-sacri- fice people pay the highest respect to ther higher than to princes and potentates. As for their food and clothing, the people supply them with it as a mark of grati- tude. So, when the wife of Totacharya asked the monk to accept food in her home she only returned the gratitude which she, as a member of a religious sect, owed to the monk, who was its spirit- ual leader. And when she did invite him 0 partake of her food she tacitly admit- i that he was the spiritual leader, and that therefore asceticism ought to be prac- ticed by religious teachers. Thus, in her quiet, unassuming way, declaring that Shankaracharya had succeeded in his ar- guments and her husband was defeated. There was no oratorical or stereotyped speech on her part, no show of ber ability te understand and follow a fifteen days’ contreversy in the Sanskrit language. The judgment was accepted as final and satis- factory by both her husband and the monk, and was received with acclama- tion and satisfaction by the public. What do you think of this heathen woman and her fine sense of justice? And I can as- sure you there was no discord or curtain lecture between her and the husband on account of the decision. VIRCHAND R. GANDHI, Of Bombay, India. LICENSES. They Were Approved Yesterday by the Excise Board. At a late hour last evening the excise beard adjourned, after having approved sixty-nine liqvor applicatiors. These ap- THE GOODLY COMPANY “It's an awfu’ day outside,” said the Caany Scot, “aud I'll e’en bestir mysel’ to mak’ it mair coomfortable for the lads when they come in for their wee drap.” With this he cnrew another stick of wood upon the fire, seading up a myriad of sparks that were reflected in the highly polished oak waineccting and against the legs of the oak chairs, while the wood crackled merrily in the blaze. Outside, a chilling rain, driving in on the east wind from the ocean, was pattering against door and window, and the thought of the dis- comforts of the street which the sound of the rain awakened made the cozy room and the cheery fire seem doubly comfort- able. “It’s hard upon a puir body, weather like this,” said the Canny Scot, “such a waste- fu’ use o’ fuel,” and he looked regretfully at the fireplace. It was 4:15 o’clock then, and proraptly as the hand marked the min- ute the front door opened and one of the Geodty Company entered. He was followed by others, and when, at the Canny Scot lighted the wick under the hot water ketule, the full mem- bership was present, and all eyes were turned upon the ket- tle. The glasses were set out, the water boiled and soon the odor of damp clothes drying before the fire was drowned in the fragrance of the Hot Scotch which filled the room and mellow- ed the atmosphere. . . When the first glass was half finished the Canny Scot'Icoked at the man nearest the fireplace. “Has na’ any one a word to say?” he asked. This was the signal, and the Man Addressed, with a preliminary sip to clear his throat, begaa; “I had a short but distinctly interesting experience one time with a counterfeiter, a desperado, and who made up for his lack of intelligence and cunning by an unlimited quantity of nerve and pure grit. I had plications were held over at the last meet- ing of the board in November, and were as follows. George Lautner, 1300 H street northeast; Joseph B. Ehrmantraut, 1115 E_ street rerthwest; John Herble, F street north- east; Thomas E. Barron, 2829 M_ street northwest; John C. Meyer, 4th street northeast; Abraham Morris, 1017 7th street northwest; Sophia Lurig, 1020 C street northwest; Kobert Hebsacker, 1230 7th Patrick Smyth, 101 D street northwest; Wiliam F. Ockenreiter, 1116 7th street northwest; Hugh Harten, 2528 G street northwest; Frederick M‘ler, 1219 E street northwest; Charles H. Stello, wiv h street northwest; John Schlotter- 1 © street northwest; Abraham , 1202 7th street northwest; Michael Hallinan, 1250 7th street northwest; Eugene L. Morgen, 3050 M street northwest; Will- iam J. Donovan, 1528 7th street northwest; street nocthwest. C. Seiler, 403 L street northeast; Martin Schneider, southeast corner of Sth and L streets southeast; Michael J. Mc- 2 E street southwest; James F. th street southwest: Terence Fegan, 4th street northwest; Robert R. White, 24 C street northeast; Will- iam Willers, 1226 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Jos. Lane, #0 Delaware avenue northeast; James J. Roche, i N_ street northwest, Christian Seitz, 1500 6th sircet southwest; Lorenz Stelzie, uo North Cap- itol street northwest; Frank Vesper, 2001 M street northwest; Frank C. Sanders, Sv2 Sth street southwest; Michael V. Moran, wil M street northwest; Richard W. Mor- gan, L street northwest; Matthew Ruppert, 100s 7th street northwest; Morris | Barnett, 1110 E street nortkwest; Henry Murray, h street nerthwest; William | MeGuire, 1500 7th street northwest; James Richardson, 21S 12th street northwest; Jas. Gallagher, 1 street northwest; Kate Fortune, 444 N street northwest; “David agle, 153 G street southeast; Ernst Ree: » Ist street southwest; Harry J. beiss, 1416 E street northwest; Louls Bush, 1305 E street northwest; George Miller, Benning road; Andreas Neuland, 1250 11th street southeast; Jerome B. Lawler, 2100 street northwest; Robert Weber, a h street southwest; John Curton, 3258 M street northwest; Randolph T. arwick, 415 13th street northwest; Mark O*Hal- Joran, 70 street northwest; Patrick F. Neligan, ith street northwest; Pat- rick J. Drury, 128 D street northwest; Louis Steerman, 7 With street north- west; Augustus H. Quigley and Hugh J. Hart, 300 6th street northwest; James Hayes, 1719 E street northwest; Jeremiah 2d street southwest; John treet southeast; John J. 3 w Jersey avenue north- west; Patrick Carr, 101 G street northeas John A. Gleeson, 335 I street northeas' Michael Dougherty, 3328 M street nort west; Charles H. Dismer, 7083 K_ treet northwest; William P. Cole, 1508 7th street rorthwest, John P. Weicker, 413 9th street northwest: Patrick Cannon, loth street northwest; Otto Stater, 12) Maryland ave- nue southw: and Thomas Joyce, 1103 18th street northwest. se age eae Frances Willard Auxiliary. The Frances Willard Auxiliary Woman's Christian Temperance Unicn met Thursday at the usual place—the residene of Mrs. Goff, 822 I street northeast. Notwithstand- ing the storm, the attendance was fully up to the average. After business pertaining to the coming District W. C. T. U. convention, the reports of ths corresponding secretary and treas- urer were read, each showing encouraging progress in membership and finances. Some of the members have taken a deep interest in the work of the “Anti-Saloon Laague,” as pertaining to this spectal vicinity, and a committee appointed a month since, re- ported that in response to the union’s re- quest that the league should hold a meet- ing in the vicinity, the Fifth Congrer ticnal Church had ‘welcomed the league, and a very successful meeting was had under its auspices. The Frances Willard Union has long been much interested in its work in the District jail, which Mrs. Cowsill is conducting very effectively, and a monthly appropriation was voted for the work. ‘The treasurer was instructed to pay $1 monthly to the treas ury of the Anti-Saloon League, and two a ditional delegates to that body were ap- pointed. Mrs. Cowsill, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Sweet were elected to represent the union in District convention, and Mrs. Goff as reporter of work to the city press. ‘The Fat Man's Deception From Fliegende Blatter. He every way to get thin, but tried caught him on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi near a little river town named Chicot, and had started with him up to Memphis, there to take the train for Little Rock to bring him before the Federal Court.A United States deputy marshal had made the arrest and was nominally in charge of the prison- er, but I went along to keep a close watch on both. We were steaming slowly up the river along the Arkansas channel af- ter supper, and the marshal and his pris- oner were sitting out on deck together. ‘The marshal left him for a moment to get a light for his cigar, and the counterfeiter improved that mo- ment to take a header over the boat's side into the dark and turbid waters of the river. He disappeared from view in a mo- ment, and although the boat was stopped and the yaw! lowered we found no trace of him. After a short search the boat contin- ued up the river, and the marshal slunk oft to his room, much chagrined at the loss of his prisoner. About half an hour later we stopped at a plantation landing to take on some cotton. I left the boat and went ashore. There were a couple of stores at the landing, and I bargained with the pro- prietor of one of them to let me share his bunk that night, intending to hire a mule the next morning and ride back down the river in search of my man, for I felt that he had escaped to land. “Just as I was about to mount my mule the next morning and ride away I was | very much astonished, not to say delighted, to See my friend the counterfeiter walking up the river bank towards the store. He saw me at the same time and made a break for the water. There were a couple of skiffs tied at the landing and he jumped into one of them and pushed out, pulling for the Mississippi shore. I got the other skiff and started after him. He had about 100 yards start of me and seemed more adept at handling that sort of craft than I, for he gained on me constantly. By the time he reached the other shore I was still 200 yards out in the stream. He clam- bered up the muddy bank and disappeared in the woods. I landed and took up the nk after him, but with not much hope of getting him. I had not gone fifty feet when I felt a bullet whistle past my head and heard the report of a pistol. Dropping behind a fallen log I also blazed away in the direction in which I saw the flash. “There was no response and I lay there for fifteen minutes without hearing a sound. Have I killed the fellow, I thought? Then it occurred to me that perhaps he was playing ‘possum and laying low to get a shot at me when I should show myself. I crept softly away on nw hands and knees and making a detour came in behind where he was snugly ensconsed behind a big gum log with a murderous looking Colt's re- volver in his hand. He was looking toward the river and did not know I was near until I commanded him to throw up his hards, which he quickly did. I then dis- armed him and told him to march, but he could not budge, having broken his ankle, as he explained, in falling over this log. It was an easy task to shoulder him and carry him back to the skiff, where I placed him in the stern and rowed over to the store, towing the other boat. An- other steamer came along that afternoon and I proceeded with my man to Little Rock, after stopping long enough in Memphis to have his fractured ankle treated.” a3 s 8 eo. There was a pause in the conversation, during which another brewing of Hot Scotch was made, and again when it was half finished and pipes. were lighted, the Canny Scot cast a glance at the Man Ad- dressed, who began his story: “I think the worst gang I ever struck was in the mountains in the northern part of Pennsylvania. I came within an ace of not coming out alive from that adventure. ‘There had been com- plaints of spurious dollars and half dol- lara being circulated in the neighborhood, and I was directed to look into the matter. From the crudeness of the counterfeits I judged that the mak- ers were not experi- enced hands at the business. Finally,after some __ preliminary skirmishing, I came to the conclusion that the moneymakers were in the neighborhood of a little village called B—. I entered the neighborhood as a peddler, with a choice stock of ribkons, thread, buttons and needles and some cheap jewelry for men. For a whole week I tramped over the neighborhood, keeping» my eyes and ears open to try to discover the mint where this spurious coinage was being conducted. I was sure it wculd turn out to be some lone- ly cabin on a mountain side, away from the road, but every such cabin that I came across was found to have nothing suspi- cious about it. Finally, I went into the village on Saturday night and put up at a tavern, to stay over Sunday. “Sunday morning I attended church—at the only church in the township, I was told. The people came from miles around in their wagons and on horseback, and while the elders attended worship the young men hung around outside at a safe distance from the building and pitched horseshoes cr played cards. I joined one of these groups while the preaching was go- ing on and the elders were comfortably dozing in their hard-seated pews. I noticed considerable new-looking money circulating ameng three of the young fellows who were pitching quoits and losing. The mon- ey was all in half dollars. ‘These are my people,’ I thought, and I sized them up. They were hard-iooking specimens, and I did not like the idea of a brush with them. I cautiously learned their names and their residence. They lived on the other side of the ridge, I was told, and worked in the sawmills there. “The next day I carried my peddler’s pack over th: ridge ard at the noon hour dropped in on cne of the saw mills. Two 9f my men worked there, and were cating their dinner sitting on a saw-log when I came up. They beth bought som? jewelry and paid for it in money that was plainly bogus. I immediately declared them under arrest, and drawing my pistol told them to march ahead of me for the town. I wanted to get out of that neighborhood at nce. The arrest created a commotion in the mill, last he hit on the scheme of size failed. At huving a black suit of moderate stitched on to his enormous white flannels, to deceive the eye of the public. but no one interfered. We had gone about a mile toward town when a man jumped out from behind a tree and cpene@ fire on me with a Winchester. Dodging behird they were handc of the prisoners— fed _together—I used him for a shield and blazed away at the fascal. Seeing that he could not shoot without endangering “ his friends he started for the bushes, but I brought him down with a shot. He did not drop his gun, however, and while lying on the ground took the risk of a shot at me, which bored through my hat. I fired the oth- er barrels of my re- volver at him and succeeded in disabling his arm so he could not shoot. Then he surrendered. My two bandcuffed prisoncrs hed not attempted to run, for I told them I would kill them if they moved. I unfettered them and com- pelled them to pick their comrade up and carry him to town. There they were lock- ed up in the calabccse and the next day the deputy marskal came for them. It seems that one of-the men was the work- man_ in their counterfeit co-partnership, and had his shop in the engine room of the saw mill, conducting his cperations at night. The others were guilty of passing the coin, however, and they were all con- victed and sent to the penitentiary, the one who fired at me getting a good long sen- tence.” ones 6. ene The fire had burned low in the fireplace, and the Canny Scot looked sugecstively at the clock. Jt was balf-past five, and time for the Goodly Company to go home. They Paid their score and filed cut into the rain, where they were scon lost in the sea of homeward, bound and bobbing umbrellas moving up and down the street in two steady streams. —_——.___ Pension Attcrneys Disbarred. The Secretary of the Interior has or- ered the disbarment of Frederick B. Ab- bott, a well-known attorney of Worcester, from practice before the Interior Department. Abbott is charged with tak- ing excessive fees from a pension claimant of Biddeford, Me. Attorney H. I. Lord of Biddeford, who represented Abbott there, is charged with being implicated in the case. Isaac A. Coon of Hllenville, N. Y., has also been disbarred for unprofessional con- duct and viclation of pension laws in a number of cases, His Fame Rests on a “Fake.” A special from Bristol, Tenn., says: Wallace Hyams, known all over the world as the Bakersville, N. C., riot “faker,” died at the scene of the supposed riot several days ago of pneumonia. He leaves a wife and child. The story Hyams started two years ago was that fifty men had been killed in a riot at the little town in North Carolina’s mountains. It was telegraphed everywhere. Its falsity was not discovered for several days. endl ees The Responsible Person. From the Indianapolis Journal. “When I get to heaven,” said the small boy, who has but lately begun the study of Genesis, “the first thing I’m going to do is to hunt up Adam and give him a lick- ing.” aa And a modern Diogenes searched for an “honest” man. it. “Walk tnto my parlor,” said the TIGER to the honest man. “Let us sleep the sleep of the Innocent,” said the TIGER—and they did. v. And the next morning the honest man awoke and found himself striped from head to foot. Vi. And when the TIGER hunter appeared he mistook him for the TIGER, and led him away into captivity. es Arabian bitters—Old and reliable tonic.— Advertisement. IN THE CHURCHES There is a probability that the corner stones of at least two or more houses of worship will be laid shortly. The money which was obtained ty the sale of the Tabernacle Congregational Church to the Baptists has been sent to New York to the General Building Association of the Con- gregational Churches of America, who originally furnished the money. Some doubt had been expressed that the money will be allowed to come back to this city.| There are, however, two applicants in this city. On February 2 the Christian Endeavor movement will be fourteen years old, and the anniversary will be commemorated by the Endeavor societies of this city by hold- ing special services on the evening of Sun- day, February 3. The officers of the union are arranging for a union anniversary serv- ice in the afternoon, to which all of the societies will be invited, and one of the features of the occasion will be a collec- tion for missicns. Ou the evening cf the 25th instant, at the monthly social cf the Congregational Church, the entertainment that was given at the church in the latter part of Decem- ber will be repeated. It is to be a repre- sentation by young ladies of charact2rs and titles of books from the pens of famcus authors. The ladies are costumed to rep sent the characters, and the person guess- ing the largest number correctly from the sixty or aeventy represented will receive a prize. At a meeting of the Young Ladies’ Sod1l- ity of St. Macy’s Catholic Church last Sun- day officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year. Miss Mary Caspari was se- lected as prefect, Miss Ida Miller, as as- sistant pref2ct; Miss Mary Bocan, secre- tary, and Miss Gertrude Auth, treasurer. The sodality now numbers 150 young mem- bérs. Tomorrow the married ladies’ so- dality will elect their officers. ‘Tuesday of this week plans were received from Frederick Law Olmsted in regard to the ground of the American University,and are in possession of Dr. Samuel L. Bieler, the vice chancellor, at his office in the Len- man building. The Commissioners of the Vistrict having accepted Mr. Olmsted's plan for the extension of the city streets, and particularly Massachusetts and Ne- braska avenues, the work of laying out the quadrangle composed of the adminis- tration and historical buildings and the chapel has enabled the landscape artists to complete their plans very quickly. A gentleman in this city, ‘whose name has not been made public, has offered the uni- versity the sum of $500 if they will 50 to work in May and lay cff the ground. As plans have been received so soon, the donator’s offer will be accepted,and by June the ground will be in readiness for the erection of some of the buildings. From present prospects the laying of the corner stone of the first edifice, administration building, will have to be postponed again, and there is no telling when the much-de- sired ceremony will take place. Mr. W. H. H. Smith, the chairman of the Christian Endeavor committee, is at the office daily in the Y. M. C. A. build- ing from 4 to 5 o'clock. ‘The parishioners of ‘Crinity P. E. Church have not been as able yet to enjoy them- selves in the evening in their new parish hall on account of a delay in completing certain parts of the work, especially the heating apparatus. When this has been completed satisfactorily and some other minor details attended to the reading rooms will be opened every evening, and in addi- tion there will be a meeting two or three times a week of church organizations, af- fording plenty of means with which the ycung people can spend time to advan- tage. At the Sunday evening service on Jan- uary 27 of the First Congregational Church the choir will present Sullivan’s oratorio of the “Prodigal Son.” Dr. Bischoff has had his sixty voices drilling on the ora- torio for three months, and a large au- dience is expected to be present at the service, to which, of course, no admis- sion will be charged. The solo parts wili be taken by the quartet, which is composed of Mr. Douglas G. Miller, tenor; Elphonzo Youngs, jr., bass; Miss Cora ‘Boyd, so- prano, and Miss Florence McNelly, con- tralto. At a recent meeting of the Sunday school of the Ninth Street Christian Church offi- cers were elected as follows: Superintend- ent, J. A. Scott; assistant superintendent, J. W. Speake; ‘secretary, G. W. Pratt assistant secretary, Clarence Pratt; treas- urer, Thomas Means; librarian, | Frank Mcrrison; organist, Miss Nellie Saunders; chorister, D. C. Arnold, and cornetist, J. A Kretschmar. The fourth annual report puts the membership at 346, the average at- tendance 263%, with 30 scholars present every Sunday in the year 1894. One little miss brought in 49 new scholars and re- ceived a prize in consequence. The church has reduced its debt from its original amount of $3,700 down to 8200, and expect to pay it off completely in a few weeks, at which time they are to have a jubilee celebration. The new St. Andrew's Church, corner of 14th and Corcoran streets northwest, is now in pessession of roof, and is making as much progress as the bad weather will permit. Dr. Perry expects to have the dedication exercises in February,but things don’t look much ‘ike it at present. Last Monday evening the Christian En- deavor (juniors) held a meeting to discuss the country home project and to adopt prcgram for their share in the January ccnvention. The first topic discussed con- sists in a plan to send to the country in a home provided deserving poor children, the institution to begin from the Ist cf June and last until the last of September. Each child will be allowed to stay two weeks, and accompanying each party will be a society superintendent as matron, a num- ber having already volunteered for that purpcse. About $400 will be required for the purpose, and of that amount $100 has been raised and another hundred promised. As soon as spring puts in appearance the metter will he actively pushed by the com- mitttee, which is composed of Messrs. John B. Sleman, sr., J. R. Cockrille and Miss May V. Fenwick. Some time in June an excursion will be given to the home, and a series of athletic contests will take place, under the direction of Prof. J. W. Sims of the Y. M. C. A. The other subject talked about was the program for the convention, which has been arranged as follows: Opening march, 2:45 p.m.: prayer, hymn and Psaim; talk by the president, Rev. A. B. Bagby; hymn by a quartet of four boys; missionary ex- hibition in costume by the juniors of South Washington; recitation, little Miss Annie Adkins, and an address by Rev. James F. Hill, who will also lead the consecration meetings. The music will be rendered by a choir of sixteen voices, under the direc- tion of Miss Stowell. “Untversalism Explained Rev. Dr. Regers of the Church of Our Father be- gins next Sunday evening a course of lec- tures explanatory of the truths of Unive: salism, which will continue on Sunday evenings during the months of January and February. Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, cor- ner of Sth and F streets northwest, will have a jubilee tomorrow in commemora- tion of having raised the money to pay the debt on their $9,000 parsgnage. Sub- scriptions for this were made last may and nothing will be asked of the congre- gation for this purpose tomorrow. Rishop Cyrus D. Foss, D.D., LL.D. of Philadel- phia will preach at i1 a.m., and President rge Edward Reed, D.D., LL. D., at p.m. A special musical program’ has been arranged, including a solo by Madame Kaspar, with violin obligito by Mr. Anton Kaspar, and a quartet by Messrs. H. C. Pearson, P. M. Richardson, J. F. Blackmar and C. W. Moore. The pastor, Rev. Chas. W. Baldwin, has arranged for a series of six special Sunday night services, at which “Sermons for the times” will be delivered by eminent preachers. On next Monday there will be a social reunion, to which the former and present members and pas- tors have been invited. A Cinderella Rehearsal. Professor Sheldon gave a dress rehcarsal last night to introduce the magnificent costumes to be used in his production of the fairy spectacular play of ‘Cinderclla, or the Good Fairy and the Little Glass Slipper,” which will be given at Albaugh’s Grand Opera House on Wednesday even- ing, February 20, with all the details of dfminutive ponies, golden chariot, shell car, drawn by swans; fairies sleeping in their rose bed, etc. The one hundred children selected are small and remarka- bly talented. The rehearsal last night was attended by the parents and friends of the children, and all were delighted with the march, the minuet and quite a program ef fancy dances. —_—_—.__ A Boy's @ilemmn, From the Indianapolis Journal. “A feller don’t know what to do.” com- plained ‘Yommy. ‘“Ihe kids that maw wants me to play with their mothers don’t want "em to play with me.” IN HOTEL CORRIDORS Gen. J. B. Frisbie, for the lest sixteen years a resident of the,City of Mexico, is at the Arlingten. “I see,” said he, “that there has been an earthquake shock in Mexico. People generally have an idea that earthquakes occur only in hot coun- tries, and that, consequently, they are numerous and severe in Mexico. This is not so. They aré more numerous and se- verer in California than in Mexico. “Revolutions are things of the past in Mexico, too. Diaz gives us a strong and able administration. Telegraph lines now communicate with every state, and rail- road communication enables the conce! tration of troops so rapidly that a revo- lution would be crushed before it got start- ed. Mexican revolutions for twenty years have not been political, but for purposes of depredation and plunder. “The Tehuantepec railway, recently com- pleted, now gives Mexico an interoceanic railway, which will, when its terminal harbors are completed, prove a serious ri- val to the Panama railway, whirh hag for so many years monopolized iuteroceanic traffic. In a few years there will be still another railway across Mexico, from Vera Cruz to Acapulco by way of the City of Mexico, which will have an even more im- portant bearing on the development of Mexican commerce. “The currency question ts still a serious cne with Mexico. change on London is at a premium of 102, and there is no pre: ent prospect of permanent improvement.” “The sugar producers of the world,” said Mr. John Farr, a prominent New York su- gar importer, at the Arlington, “are puss- ing through the same period of depression that the Americar wheat and cotton grow- ers are experiencing. Overproduction seems to be the trouble. It is a struggle between the beet sugar interests of Europe, aided by government bounties, and the cane su- gar producers. The latter are row raising and selling sugar at a price half a cent a pound less than the cost of production. This coming spring raw sugar will be laid down in New York, duty paid, at a price lower than it was when raw sugar was free umder the McKinley act. This condi- tion of affairs will continue until bank- ruptey has compelled enough of the cane sugar producers to close up their mills and turn their plantations into other crops to bring up the price. At present the beet sugar growers have the best of the fight. I see no hope for the Louisiana pianters. They might as well abandon th2 contest now as later. The sooner they get out of the business the less meney they will jose. “The sad death of the little Clements boy, an account of which I have just read in The Star, reminds me of an affair equally as pitiable and still more mysterious in its surroundings, which occurred in Cincinnati many years ago,” said Alfred R. Rollins of Pittsburg at the Mbbitt last night. “The cases are so similar that the one I speak of may be worth telling about. George Raub had a yery interesting son, a lad of twelve or thirteen years, whose only fauit seemed to a penchant for dime novels. He revelled in the yellow backed pamphlets and his boon companions did the same thing. Naturally they acted the plots on the vacant lots around their neighborhood, and as wooden tomahawks and knives grew monotonous they managed to procure some old firearms and to pursue more secretly their favorite pastime of mimic frontier warfgre. Young Raub and several of his playmates were in his father’s back shed one day, when a pistol report was heard, followed by a piercing scream. It was young Raub’s death cry. “When the servants ran to the shed they found the boy dead and his companions palsied with fright. Raub had been shot in the middle of his forehead. When the other boys were calm enough to be ques- tioned they all said the dead boy had fired an old horse pistol at a mark on the side of the shed and had immediately falien back with a scream and died. It was evi- dently impossible for him to have inflicted the wound, and a cruel suspicion fell on the other boys. This was heightened by the fect that an autopsy showed that the ball in the boy’s head was a smaller caliber than that carried by the pistol he had fired, while the ball from the latter was found imbedded in the wood near the mark. The elder Raub determined to probe the traged to the bottom, and caused the arrest of hi dead son’s companions. They still stuck to their story, improbable as it seemed, and the case promised to be more than ordi- narily interesting. “One day shortly afterward a young man wes heard to remark that he had made an excellent shot with his pistol a few days before at a cat walking on a fence four doors from his own house. When doubt was expressed he said the cat was on George Raub’s fence and that he had fired from his window, his house being in the same block with Raub's and four dcors west. You evidently anticipate the rest. The ball that struck the cat killed the boy. The investigation that followed the young man’s boast discovered that from his window to the cat and through the open door of the back shed to where young Raub's head was when he was struck was the direct lne of fire. The bullet that killed him fitted the uncon- scicus murderer's pistol, also. Of course, there was great relief to all concerned, ex- cept the man who fired the fatal shot, but, of course, no one was punished. There should be such a license put upon the sale or possession of pistols as to make their use prohibitive,” said Mr. Rollins in conclusion, “for the time has gone by when it is necessary for any one save law officers and others in dangerous oc- cupations to have them.” “Do hotels los? much property* taken away by guests?” repeated the head clerk of a big uptown hotel, stroking his mus- tache so as to dazzle the eyes of the cor- ridor man with the Kohinoor on his third finger. “Well, I should say so. I wouldn't like to be quoted personally, because every guest who ever took a towel away from this house would think I was speaking of him, but absent-minded people, to speak charitably, cart off a considerable amount of hotel belongings in the course of a year. Soap and towels are the chief things we lose, for the reason, I suppose, that they are about the only portable articles a hotel prcvides its rooms with. But we have had some queer experiences here with trav- elers afllicted with klepiomania. One sea- son we supplied each room with a pretty rug in front of the fireplace. Over a dozen of them disappeared in the t month. ‘The kleptomaniacs had just fallen in love with them, rolled them up and put them in their trunks before departing, and no one was the wiser until the loss was re- ported. Probably half a dozen other peo- ple had occupied the room since the thief had, and consequently there was no telling who got it. One of our bell boys once discovered a guest putting a pair of hand- some brass-mounted andirons in his trunk! Now, what do you think of that? Pretty near as bad as burgling a stove, wasn’t it? We have lost a good many pillows, too, but it is from the loss of towels that we suffer most. I reckon we lose forty dozen towels a year. The towel thieves usually leave dirty towels taken from other hotels in place of those they take from us. Actresses are great ones to use them to wrap up their shoes in so the footwear won't soil their other clothes. Do guests jeave many articles behind? Mighty few of the inexperienced travelers but don’t. Peo- ple who wait until the last moment to pack up almost invariablyleave something behind. Articles like shoes, nightshirts, soiled linen, ecmbs and brush>s, and especialiy tooth brushes, are left in the wake of departing guests. And we find collar buttons enough in the course of a year to stcck a street fakir for the holiday season. Oh, the hotel business is a great one and its inner my: teries are away beyond the ken of people on the outside.” “A new fad has struck the newspapers out west,” said Donald Swain of Denver at Wormley’s yesterday. “In pretty nearly every big town the leading journals are placed for one issue in the hands of the ladies of the community and they are al- lowed to get it cut as they see fit. Editors, reporters, advertising solicitors, business manager and even the carriers are mem- bers of the fair sex entirely, and 1 rust re- say that they show very creditable snits. A couple of weeks ago the Ko Mcuntain News, in Denver, was given over to the leading women there and they got out an edition of twenty pages. Every line of reading matter in it was written by a woman and the editorials were stroag, while the local news was excellently served up. The proceeds from the edition were devoted to charity and quite a large sum of money was realized.” “No one can conceive the immense com- mercial strides being taken by the new ALL CAN BE INTERVIEWED le ‘The phenomenal skill of Dr. Walker, the special- ist, in curing chronic wated cascs long standing that have bat other coming ‘more apparent daily. testimonials from persons he has cured that have been published for months past in the daily papers ‘are evidence that cannot be doubted, es; ly as they are from well-known citizens, many of them sworn to before a notary public. New state- ments are constantly appearirg. ‘The following are a few of the many who have given Dr. Waiker testimonials: J. M. Ryan, proprietor of the Tourists’ billiard and pool room, at 483 Missouri avenue northwest, opposite the B. and P. depot, and who resides at 1:28 22d sireet northwest; Mr. Thomas Holiday Who resides at 414 New York avanue northwes' Mr. K.~L. Rhine, who resides at 440 Ist street Lortheast, who has been employed in the passenger depot of the B. and 0. reilroad for the past three years; Mr. W. Kearney, who resides at 1519 loth street northwest, and who is employed as a plate prluter in the bureau of engraving and printing, Mr. LC. Smallwood, who has been employed for the in the gun shop at uavy yard; Mr. Joseph A. Shoemaker, an employe in the war and navy division of the pension effice, who resides at 308 K ttreet northeast Mr. ry B. Koch, a well-known merchant doing’ vusi- na avenue south- strect southens ‘ast, and who re Mr. "Hem : dis au employe of the nav 3ard; J. B. Galton, who hes been an cimploye of the St. Elizabeth Insan for the past year, aud who: nts, Mr. Fred. i 3 Mr. street north’ 414 Ist stres few of the hu De. Walker ar praises, of them can be found viewed by those interested. It must be who are singing his inter- , and all affect heart, liver, stomach, kidneys, Sand other enmans. ‘Men snffering from nervous debility or loss of capacity as a result of overwork, mental worry © past excesses are quickly restered to sonnd, vig manhood by Dr. Walker's treatment. Walker may be consulted free of charge, per- sonally or by letter, at his well-known saz ri 1411 “Pennsylvania” avenue, Hotel. Office hourse, 10 a.m. rad and Saturday evenings, 7 to Charges for treatment very low. All Interviews end correspondence sacredis confl- dential. No cases made pablie without couscrt of patient: Jal - adjoining: south unless he goes through it by day- light,” said R. C. Milburn, row of Mem- phis, but recently of Boston, at the Arling- ton last night. When I was south the first time I had a knapsack with me, and I remember that I wordered what in the world we had been sent to South Carolina for. Fer some time our command was in the region where great revolutionary bat- tles were fought, around Cowpens and iking’s mountain. I thought that the coun- try must have been created without re- scuree. It was desolate and dreadful. The other day T came from Atlanta to Charlotte by day, a ten-hour journey. From the time the train entered South Carolina until the line of the old rerth state was reached it rolled through a cotton-growing country, with one, two or three cotton mills at al- most every stopping place. I never saw anything like the change in the conditions there. All the mills were actively at work, and many new ones were in course of erec- tion. I was told that many of these mills were owned by the people living in their neighborhood, and at Gaffney one was pointed out to me which had earned a divi- cend of 29 per cent of its capital stock last year, every dollar of which was distributed within a radius of ten miles of the factory. New Engiand may well feel serious over the growing manufacture of cotton fabrics on the stpo where the plant is raised, for the southern mills have to pay littie or no freight on their raw material.” “New York society is aghast with aston- islment for the first time in its existence over the attitude of the New York Astors in relation to Mrs. Wm. Waldorf Astor's death and burial,” said Walter Richardson at the Shoreham yesterday. “When Wm. Waldcrf Astor stepped on the dock Tuesday night from the steamer containing his wife's coffin, Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob As- tor were entertaining a gay party at a swell dinner,and Mrs. William Astor, whose fight for social supremacy with the dead woman drove the latter and her husband from New York to England, was the most brilliant of the throng. It takes a good deal to shock those callous people who com- prise Gotham's swelldom, but the bad taste of the Asters on this occasion has succeed- ed in giving them a regular spasm. The dead Mrs. Astor was the wife of the eldest son of the house of Astor, but Mrs. Will- tor denied her the right of using Ts. Astor’ on her cards; and thus difference arose that ended in disruption. How W. W. Astor will stand the slight put upon him, and the deliberate insult to his dead, is the question most asked in New York now. He is a cold, courageous man, and is sald to be re- lJentless when in pursuit of an object. So we are holding our breath at present and awaiting further developments in the fami- ly fight of the richest people on earth, where actual values are concerned. — MR. ELKINS NOMINATED. No Opposition to Him in the West Virginia Republican Caucus. Ex-Secretary Elkins was unanimously nominated for United States Senator by the republican caucus of the West Virginia legislature last night. His name was put up by State Senator Whittaker, who had himself been spoken of as a candidate. Mr. Elkins thanked the caucus, expressing his adherence to republican party princi- pies. Thomas H. Carter Nominated. Thomas H. Carter, ex-commisstoner of the land office and formerly national repub- lican chairman, was nominated last night for United States Senator by the republican caucus of both houses of the Montana leg- islature, The North Carolina Senatorsh: The main feature of the North Carolina senatorial situation is the meeting of the republican caucus set for tonight. The meaning of it ts said to be a play by Pritch- ard against Settle, Holton, Ewart, Boyd and the rest. Pritchard’s friends got the caucus called for tonight for the purpose of choosing the candidate for the short- term senatorship.The crystallization against Pritchard seems to be taking more solid shape, and high times are looked for a’ the caucus. ; The Situation at St. Pan! It is generally agreed among all the sen- atorial candidates at St. Paul that there shall be no caucus until Monday evening, January 21, the night preceding the elec- tion. It is understood that if the caucus fails to name a candidate in three ballots, the whole matter shall be referred to the legislature. The strength of the candi- dates stands about as follows: Washburn, 62; Nelson, 48; Comstock, McCleary, 6; Donald Grant, 4; scattering, 16. ~ MeGraw in the Ficld. A sensation was sprung yesterday at Seattle, Wash., by the announcement that Gov. John H. McGraw had entered the race for United States Senator. McGraw's friends maintain that neither Ankney, Wil- son ncr Allen can be elected, and that Mc- Graw is the only acceptable candidate for the plac agg a Children in the Minuet. One of the most enjoyable of the enter- tainments given by the pupils of the Misses Minnie and May Hawke took place last evering at the National Rifles’ Hall. ‘The feature was a court minuet. 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