Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1895, Page 15

i | THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, i8995-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. - 18 AT ST. STEPHEN’S The Church Built by the Episco- palians of Mount Pleasant. TO BE DEDICATED TOMORROW Description of Its Attractive Archi- tectural Features. ITS PASTOR'S “GOOD WORK The new structure of St. Stephen’s Epis- copal Church at Mount Pleasant will be dedicated tomorrow and will be thereafter regularly occupied as the parish house of worship. The plans of the architect, Mr. William N. Dud! have not yet been en- tirely carried out, but when they are com- pleted, St. Stephen’s will present one of the most beautiful ard imposing piles in the country, comprising a church edifice hav- ing a length of 140 feet and a width of 56 feet, a handsome regtory to the north of the church, and in the rear of that a par- ish hall. For the present needs only the transepts and two bays of the nave have been erected, the exposed portion of the front being faced in with bricks laid in red mortar. The entire edifice, with the ex- ception of this front, is to be in time en- tirely of granite, trimmed with Indiana limestone, but for the present only the side walls of the aisles and transept have been so constructed. The chancel and the temporary west wall are of brick. When fully completed the church will have a noble tower, thirty feet square and ninety’ feet in height, as the larger portion of its western Jront. About on a level with the clerestory and directly over the massive entrance is to be a splendid win- dow filled with stained glass, and having a pointed arch. In the meantime entrance is to be had temporarily from a door in front and also from the small south door. Built in the Form of a Cross. In plan the church is that of a cross, although the floor plan is almost a perfect square, owing to the fact that the tran- sept extends only three feet beyond the aisle. The cruciform design may, however, be readily ceen in the roof, where the ridge of the transept runs parallel to the nave, and also in the interior of the structure. The-nave is separated from the aisle by arches of press brick resting on columns of the same material, and the aisle roof has the total height of sixteen feet above the level of the floor. The clerestory has not been built yet, but when completed will rise to a height of sixtcen fezt above the roof of the aisle. At present six feet and the windows suf- fice. As the church is built but six feet away, from the south boundary of the lot on which it stands, and as the parish has to face the possibility of a building being placed on the neighboring ground, the most of the light will be received from the win- dows of the clerestory. The aisle windows are three feet square, and are divided into three panels, with Gothic tracery. All the *windows are filled with plain cathedral glass, diamond-shaped panes, which will cast a soft light into the church. There is poesibility of many of them being replaced by handsome memorial windows in the future. The seating capacity will be about #600 for the present. Chancel, Sanctuary and Altar. Particular attention has been paid to the chancel. “In dimensions this equals, if it does not surpass, that in any of the local churches, being thirty-two feet deep and twenty-eight feet wide. The plan of the chancel is of four successive platforms ex- tending around three sides, and conse- quently the choir stalls will be in three tiers, ascending from the south. Ascent by the sanctuary is made by three steps up to a broad platform five feet wide and just outside of the communion rail. One more step at this point leads into the sanctuary; which is nearly fourteen feet deep and Is apsidal in form, having five noble lancet windows and surmounted overhead by open trusswork. The altar is placed upon a platform of two steps, making it in all above the floor of the nave four feet. South of the chancel and divided from it by an arch is what will eventually be a small chapel. At this time, however, only a small part has been built, and for the present it will be used for the baptistry and additional members of the choir, To the north of the chancel there is a temporary room in which the organ will eventually be placed, and which will be used just now as a robing room for the choir. Entrance into the chancel is by means of a door from the passageway to the east of this room. Opening out of this passageway is the sacristy" and rector’s study, 12 by 14 feet. The awalls of the church are plastered in cOlors harmonizing with the windows and back arches and the furniture is to a great extent temporary, as a good many of the old pews have been used. All modern appliances for light- ing, heating and ventilating have been put in. Under the structure is a large cellar, nine feet high, containing the boiler room and toflet room, leaving the greater part for other purposes. All the woodwork is of oak, with the exception of the open- work roof. Eighty thousard dollars. will cover the cost of the completed edifice, of which fifteen thousand has been raised by bonds for the temporary church. ‘The organ with which the new edifice 1s to be equipped combires a magnificent tone with great power. Ifs mechanical details are regarded as perfect. It is what is known as tubular pneumatic throughout and contains twenty-two speaking stops and adjustable combinations. The instru- ment will be operated by a water motor placed in the cellar below the organ cham- ber. An Energetic Young Pastor. The present rector of St. Stephen's is Rev. George Fiske Dudley. He was born Sep- tember 25, 1867, at Centerville, Ind., and comes of clerical stock on both the ma- ternal and paternal sides. In 1881 his fath- er, William W. Dudley, having been ap- peinted commissioner of pensions, removed to this city, and here a large portion of Rev. Mr. Dudley's life has been spent. His academical education was completed at Kenyon College, Ohio, and his theological studies at Oxford University, England. Upon bis return to Washington he passed the canonical examination, and was ordain- ed priest on Trinity Sunday of 1893. The next Sunday after his ordination he preach- ed his first sermon in St. Stephen's. Since taking charge of St. Stephen's Mr. Dudley has by his efforts increased the congrega- tion until the utmost capacity of the chapel is taxed, and chairs are placed in the aisles. In addition to this the debt of $3,000 that rested on the chapel has been completely wiped cut. Under his ministry a society of the Daughters of the King has also been organ- ized, and St. Stephen’s Chapter, No. 1112, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, is one of the latest branches chartered by that order. IN THE CHURCHES. A new organ was recently erected in Ryland M. E. Church, and now It has been decided to remove the old and rather rick- ety parsonage, just south of the church, and build two new houses, one to be used as a parsonage and the other to rent. Work will commence in the summer, when the pastor, Rev. S.-M. Hartsock, leaves for his vacation. The young people of Kendall Church are studying Christian culture, and next Wed- nesday evening they are to have a sym- posium, on which occasion Rev. Dr. ‘J. J. Muir is to deliver an address on “Incidents in the Life of Luther.” : $7,361, is now the amount subscribed for the great C. E. convention in ’96. The hall committee, of which Mr. W. A. H. Church has recently been appointed chair- man, is already at work examining plans for the four buildings needed. In the au- ditorium efforts will be madé to secure perfect acoustic properties, and, if possi- ble, the seats will be arranged something like an amphitheater, in order that the 10,000 hearers may be as near as possible to the speakers. With the opening of the new Episcopal church year, which begins Easter Mondays by the election of church officers, St. Mi- chael’s and All Angels’, at the corner of 22d street and Virginia avenue northwest, will start out as an independent parish, having recently received the fee simple of the land and buildings from St. John’s Church, of which parish it was a part. St. Michael’s was founded with fifteen communicants as a mission three aid a half years ago, and now it has a compara- tively large congregation, with a boy choir, a St. Andrew's Brotherhood chapter, Wo- man’s Auxiliary and altar and chvir chap- ters. Th2 rector is Rev. C. W. Bispham. An interesting feature of the Sunday school of the Central Presbyterian Church is a class of Greeks, under the direction of a@ member of:the C. E. Society of that church. At the quarterly conference meeting of Metropolitan M. E. Church recently the pastor, Rev. Hugh Johnston, was empow- ered to appoint an assistant to aid him in carrying on the mission work at Dupont Circle, and it is understood that Dr. John- ston will select Rev. J. H. McCarty to fill the position. Prof. C.-M. L. Sites is or- ganizing a Sunday school and an Epworth League will also be shortly started. - A subscription to the Hall of History of the Anierican University of $10,000 has just been received from a lady of this city, whose name has nct been made public. The total fund is over $100,000. The Young Men's Leagut of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church "has organized, with E. G. Siggers as president; Robert Balderson, vice president; G. W. Stose, sec- retary; Russell Barnes, treasurer, and Frank Summy, Parker Trent and Andrew Wilson as members of the executive com- mittee, which also includes the officers, ex- officio. Committees have been appointed as follows: Finance committee—W. B. Cragg, Howard Barnes, Wilford Thompson. Visiting committee—J. G. Thompson, J. 8. Van Arsdale, Will Jones. Program com- mittee—Russell Barnes, Ottmer Saum, R. A. Baldergon, C. L. Reynolds. Reception committee—Asa Piper, Wallace Allen, De Forest Gray, Perry Hahn, Will Schell. Press committee—W. B. Stokes, M. A. Carleton, C. W. Shelton. A new post office recently established In Schuylkill county, Pa., has been called “Domer,” after the pastor of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church of this city, Rev. Samuel Domer. - « Yesterday evening Rev. A. G. Rogers, D. D., of the Church of Our Father. closed a series of passion week lectures. Sunday, Match 31, was a great day all around at Calvary Baptist Church. In the morning, after a stirring sermon by the pastor, Dr. Greene, the sum of $4,064 was subscribed by the congregation for the work of benevolence and missions. In the afternoon the Sunday school had a roll call, and the following, who were members of the school in 1868, responded to their names: Mrs. Mary E. Evans, Mrs. H. G. Jacobs, Mrs. J. K. Stickney, Mrs. F. H. Pelouze, Rebecca Burr, Columbia Noyes and Messrs. D. A. Chambers, B. T. Evans, S. B. Evans, W. E. Evans, David Haynes, S. M. Plumley, W. H. Slater and F. H. Stickney. The total attendance was 1,371. Four years ago the 5th of this month the Ninth Street Christian Church was found~ ed, and since then the congregation has grown from a nucleus of eighty-five, until it now numbers 477. A debt of $1,500, which has been provided for, was contracted a year or so ago by the congregation, and a gallery was added the full length of the structure. May 23, 24 and 25 the State Congrega- tional Association of New Jersey, embrac- ing also Maryland and the District of Co- lumbia, will hold its annual meeting in Baltimore. Delegates will be present from this city. ‘The loeation of the Children’s Endeavor Country Home has been changed from Vi- enna, Va., to Falis Church, and the Rev. P. S. Steele and wife of the former place will be in charge. A rally of the juniors will take place on the 17th of next month in the New York Avenue Church, at which time the roll of societies will be called and amounts contributed by each will be re- ported. Rev. F. D. Power of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church is preaching a series of twelve sermons on “God's Unwritten Word.” The recent improvement and enlarge- ment of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, Rev. F. J. Grimke, pastor, has re- sulted in a large increase in the church at- tendance. It is possible that steps will be taken to greatly increase the scope of the church work in seyeral different directions. Half a century ago McKendree M. E. Chureh was organized in this city. Its founder, Rev. W..G. Eggleston; preached at the morning service in the church Sun- day a week ago. Owing to the overcrowded space in the lecture room of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church the organization of the Sunday school will be changed as follows: The entire senior department is to be transferred to the audi- torium, the primary class will remain where it is and the juniors will occupy the lecture room. Rev. W. J. Cocke, state evangelist of the Disciples Church, has for the past two weeks been conducting a series of revival services at the Ninth Street Christian Church. A Junior Epworth League has been or- ganized at the Metropolitan M. E. Church, under the superintendency of Miss Frances E. Tayler. Though the youngest in the District league, it is not the smallest in membership. The good citizenship committee of the District Endeavor Union, A. Taylor, chairman, has decided .to actively co-oper- ate with the Anti-saloon League in its war against the liquor traffic. The Junior C. E. Society of Mount Pleas- ant Congregational Church has elected offi- cers as follows: President, Edward S. Peck, jr.; vice president, Bernice Baker; secre- tary, Verna Ricketts, and treasurer, Wil- Mam Quinter. Mrs. M. Ross Fishburn is the superintendent and Miss Bessie Emery, assistant During the past year cver $12,000 was raised for various purposes by the Metro- politan M. E. Church, and nearly $5,000 of it expended for benevolence. A Brotherhood of St. Andrew chapter has been organized in Trinity Church. One of the vestrymen, Mr. Lockwood, is director, and they meet twice a month. Three of the organizations of women of Foundry Church—viz, the .Home Mission- ary, Ladies’ Aid and Foreign Missionary sccieties—held an all-day session-in the church Wednesday. Much’ business was transacted, and a lunch. was served at ncon. Wednésday, the 34, Rev. E. 8S. Todd, D. D., delivered an illustrated lecture at Ham- line Church on “Japan, the Sunrise King- dom.” The doctor collected -his material in the two or three visits he has made to that country. Last Wednesday he gave another address, this time on ‘‘The Israe] of the Alps,”’ con- sisting principally of the history of the Waldensees, of which he made a study when spending his vacation in Europe last summer. : On Wednesday the Ladies’ Home Mission- ary Society of the Congregational Church gave an oyster lunch for the benefit of their treasury. Mrs. S. M. Newman was chair- man of the committee of ladies in charge. The roof is being placed upon the new Second Baptist Church edifice, and before summer comes the congregation expects to occupy the new building. The little red brick church at the corner of 11th and H streets rortheast was filled to its utmost capacity with an assemblage of the members of the congregation of Douglass Memoria] M. E. Church at the recent reception given to the new pastor, Rev. John L. Walsh, and his wife. The church was beautifully decorated with palms, potted plants and flowers, while “old glory” was spread out on every wall and was fittingly honored. The exercises were opened with prayer by Dr. John Mc- Carty. The address of welcome was de- livered by Mr B. F. Fuller, who. presented compliments and greetings, speaking for the entire audience and on behalf of the various organizations of the church. The pastor responded in a brief but appropriate manner, and left upon all the impression that he would prove to be the right man for the place he has come to fill. An or- chestra of ten pieces and an excellent choir rendered musical selections, and added much to the animation and enjoyment of the evening, In addition there was an enjoy- able program, solos being rendered by Mrs. Dr. Leech and Miss Ella Lawrenceson, a quartet by Misses Lawrenson, Wheat, Houchen and Branson and a cornet solo by Prof. Gotwold. Revs. W. W. Van Arsdale and Alexander Bielaski, among others of the city minis- ters, were present, and during the intro- ductions stood in line with the pastor and were introduced to the people. Much of the @edit for the success of the reception is due to the committee of ar- rangements, Mr. arles S. Pike, chairman. Good Friday was observed with solemn ‘and impressive ceremony in nearly all the local churches, while among the Catholics and Episcopalians the celebration was com- Iensurate with the importance of the most mournful religious occasion of the year. There were large crowds in attend- ance wherever services were held, and the throngs at St. Aloysius in the afternoon and at St. Matthew’s last night during the singing of “The Seven Last Words” were unable to secure even standing room with- in either of the edifices. ———— RUNAWAY FREIGHT TRAIN. Thrilling Experience on a Boston and Albany Road. From the Springfield Republican. The men on Conductor Norton’s freight train on the Boston and Albany railroad had a thrilling ride recently and the recol- lection of that experience on a runaway train over the grades of the western hills will remain fresh in their minds for years. It was in, the small hours of the morning that the engineer of Norton’s train, com- posed of twenty-seven heavy loaded coal ¢ and five “refrigerators,” noticed as the cars struck the grade near Becket that the air-brakes did not seem to hold. His hand went promptly to the whistle-pull for‘the hand brakes, but the brakemen were slow about getting their grip on the wheels and the few minutes’ delay was fatal. The brake shoes gripped at the wheels and scattered showers of sparks as they rolled on in that mad rush of the train down the steep grades and around the sharp curves of the western passes where ofttimes seventy feet below them the river ran and irito which each moment they expected to be dashed. Right through Middlefield and Chester plunged the train at sixty miles or more an hour, waking the villages from their slumber by its thun- derous passage down the mountain range. They could have geen—if there had been seeing—the brakemen clinging with scared faces.to the swaying cars, the engineer and fireman hanging to the sides of the cab and heard perhaps the siarp snap as rod after rod gave way on the locomotive un- der strain of the rapid rotation of the drive wheels. The conductor, to save his caboose from being snapped off on some sharp. eurve into the river bed below, cut loose from the train and left the cars to their fate. Right by Middlefield a man watching the ledge of ice stepped leisurely across the track and’ had to jump for his life as he saw the freight was going at express speed. “‘I thought it was my last ride,” said the en- gineer. But the heavily laden cars kept the track, and it was with a sigh of relief as the swift-running train struck the two miles of level track beyond Chester that the men saw that then the force of the brakes began to be felt and gradually the monster runaway began to get under con- trol. When the~ momentum ceased the train came to a standstill, and it was found that the running gear of the locomotive was smashed beyond all possibility of mov- ing the cars. It was only by the help of an extra engine that the disabled machine with its string of cars was finally towed to this city and the wild ride was over. Sixty miles an ‘hour is fast time for ex- press trains, and at this point the Boston and Albany expresses are only allowed to reach a maximum speed of thirty miles an hour—half and probably much less than half the rate of speed that these men took in that fierce plunge “down the hill” from Becket to Chester. Fortunately the track was clear ahead and not a person was in- jured. s —_____+e+___. ENGLISH WOMEN AT FOOT BALL, Their Play Said to Have Been Marked by Neither Grace Nor Skill. From the London World. Seldom has the “new woman’ shown herself so supremely absurd as on last Sat- urday afternoon, when a couple of feminine teams played a foot ball match in the grounds of the Crouch End Club.. Only one player wore skirts, Mrs.~ Graham, who made a capital goal defender for the Red or North team. All-the rest were in Turk- ish trousers, and loose jerseys, with théir back hair stuffed into caps not unlike those which some years ago used to be worn by brewers’ draymen. In the North team the jerseys were red and in the South blue, end though*the blending of the colors was not unpicturesque when the teams were mixed, it would be an excess of gallantry to say that the costume was graceful. So ludicrous was it that when the teams trot- ted on the field the assembled» thousands burst out into a roar of laughter. Nor did the subsequent play in any way diminish the mirth of the onlookers. A few of the ladies were of an amplitude of figure that made their gambols over afid around the ball rather elephantine than elegant. Their running, too, had a lan- gucrous ease which one does not look for on a foot ball field, and as for their kicks— well, they kicked the ball in much the same way as a kitten will push a reel of cotton. Unlike the kitten, however, they did not desh after the ball to give it 2:nother im- petus, but for the most part strolled gently toward it. Now and again there were some smart bits of play—particularly by Miss Gilbert, who, being very diminutive, and as lithe as a boy, earned the sobriquet of “Tommy,” but the energy of the players was spasmodic. They ‘speedily hecame fagged, and, with their hair flying down their backs, lost their wits, broke the rules over and over again, and played the same out with a confusion of “backs,” “half backs,”’ “centers” and “forwards” which was exceedingly funny, and caused im- merse amusement to the assembled crowd. eo Lions Ate the Bear. From the London Daily News. From Lemberg our Vienna correspondent learns that a terrble battle has been fought at the railway station at Rawaruska, A menagerie was being conveyed by rail and when the train stopped at the station a great noise was heard. The guards went to the wagons containing the wild beasts and found the wooden partitions which separated three lionesses from three bears and these again from three hyenas broken down and the animals engaged in battle. One bear was missing. The lions had eaten him, skin and all. They had bitten another bear’s paw off and a hyena lay dead on the floor. Two lions in a neighboring com- partment remained calm. No one dared interfere between the fighting beasts until the owner arrived in a sledge and separated them—not before he had been bitten by a bear, however. He claims damages from the railway administration because the Partitions gave way. =i a 4 soiree icone Pioe ee vad om THE ENDEAVOR TENT. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR The Great Gathering Which Will Be Held in Boston, DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM The Largest Meeting the Society Has Ever Undertaken. FIFTY THOUSAND STRONG ee The local committee of arrangements for the great. convention, of the Christian En- deavorers in Boston in July have com- pleted the details of, their work, which is of special interest og account of the meet- ing of the same body in Washington in 1896. The addresses 9f welcome will be by Samuel B. Capen, chairman of the fom- mittee of '95, and Vice Chairman George ‘W. Coleman; for the city pastors, the Rev. A. H. Plumb, the Rev. A. S. Gumbart, D. D., and the Rev. M. D. Kneeland, D. D. Gov. Greenhalge will address the delegates for the state and Mayor Curtis for the city. Dr. Clark of Chicago will open the conven- tion in Mechanics’ Hall. The tents will probably be designated as Tent Williston and Tent Endeavor. Secretary Baer’s an- nual report will be read on Thursday morn- ing. On Thursday afternoon will occur the denominational rallies, and in the even- ing “Washington, ‘06, will be presented in the three meeting plages by Chairman Smith of the commiltee of ‘96, the Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin,,D. Dy and W. H. Pen- nell. For Thury eyening there have been secured two famous men, Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist, and the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, D'D: >" Christinn Endeavor Disgussion. Friday morning the cardinal principles of Christian Endeavor will be discussed by the Rev. W. Knight Chaplin of London, for England; the Rev. E. L. Powell, D. D., for America; W. J. L. Closs, for Australia; the Rey. John Pollock, for Scotland, and Rev. J. L. Lamont, for Ireland. An open parliament on the “Backbone of the So- ciety, the Pledge,” will take place on Fri- day morning; also the presentation of ban- ners. On Friday afternoon will be held the committee conferences. Friday evening the Rey. A. C. Dixon of this city will give an address on “Denominational Loyalty and FRESE girs LOG yet = MOH se chantry! ts of thee, Tet music uxt! Ww breeee, |] noe a of liberty, And ving fromatl the trees OF thee I ging; Sore Freedom's song; Laand ubere my fathersdiee set mortal Lsandofthepilcransipridet Lt allthet bresthe partake, From everg mountain side Laat feeder ring, papel Que fathers Godt to Byer, oh: ? 1 Tove thy rocks andcils Shy woods adtenpled pills, Wi raphe ls a het oben international convention. They will be made to Bunker Hill, to Washington Elm, to Faneuil Hall,.to the site of the Boston tea party, to the Old South Church and to the Old North:Church, where appropriate addresses will be made. On Monday evening will take place the consecration meet the ‘closing sessions of the convention. Dr. Clarke will preside at the hall, John Wanamaker in Tent Wil- liston and the Rev. J. T. Beckley in Tent Endeavor. The convention sermons will be preached by the Rev. Dr. Greene of Wash- ington, Dr. Russell H. Conwell of Phila- delphia and the Rev. John Pitts, D. D., To- ronto, respectively. Some changes may be made in this program, but the latter com- prises the arrangements thus far made. Miss Gould’s Card. Wher telling a Globe reporter about the arrangements Dr. Clark, founder of the Christian Endeavor niovement, took from his desk a richly lithographed card, and said: ‘You will be especially interested to know that Miss Helen M. Gould of New York has. presented the committee of ar- rangements with 50,000 copies of an il- luminated card containing the song ‘Amer- ica.’ This card was especially designed for Miss Gould, and was intended for private distribution among her friends. It is very elaborate and contains a number of em- blematic figures.” Some one interested. in the convention and good citizenship. thought the design very appropriate to use on “Patriofic day” in Boston, and the committee of arrange- ments thought so favorably of the plan that they asked Miss Gould if they might use the design. Her reply was to have 50,- 000 of the cards printed at her expense and present them to the committee, with her compliments, for distribution among the delegates on that day. | On the back of the card is a key to the design. The figure of Liberty stands on broken shackles, hoids in her right hand a sword and offers with her left the olive branch. The stars encircling the head rep- resent the thirteen original states. The red skirt, blue waist and stars are em- blematic of the American flag. On the left is the American eagle; on the right is the goldenrod. On the left of the’ figure is the Indian -maize; below and between the shields are clusters of maple leaves.” The five shields below and to the right of the figure repre- sent thé five important events that are significant of American freedom; 1, Decla- ration of Independence; 2, war of 1812, American maritime freedom; 3, Lincoln's emancipation proclamation; 4, surrender of Lee at Appomattox; 5, the Columbian ex- position at Chicago, 1893. Accommodations Will Re Provided. Just how the committee of arrangements expects to handle 50,000 young people in line of march to the common none of its mem- bers can state definitely now, but all say “we will have things work smoothly,” and judging from past conventions there is no doubt that all arrangements will be carried out to the letter, weather permitting, of course, although it takes considerable rain AMERICA” cate Nl \ iN Let cock stheir silence Greek, | Be sound prolong, neble, liberty, the noble fre Auer of — Li land be! web nti Great Godour King! aame_ I teve; * . oi Interdenominational Fellowship.” Addresses will also be given in Mechanics’ Hall and the two tents on Christian Endeavor fel- lowship in England, Scotland, Ireland, Aus- tralla, Turkey, India, China, Japan, Can- ada and the United States, by speakers frora these countries. Saturday, July 13, has been set apart by the committee as “Patriotic day,” to be devoted entirely to patriotic speaking, patriotic singing and “good citizenship” meetings, by all the delegates to the big convention. There will be three “good citizenship” meetings Saturday morning, two in the tents and one in Mechanic’s building. But the greatest effort of these youthful patriots on “Patriotic day” will begin at noon of that day and occupy the whole afternoon. Just before noon the del- egates, numbering about 50,000, will form in line on Huntington avenue, near Me- chanie’s building. As near noon as possible the long line will begin to move toward the common, with flags and banners flying. The Great Open-Air Meeting. ‘The large parade ground of the common, says the Boston Globe, has been given over to the use of the Endeavorers for the entire afternoon, or for the day, practically, as a large platform will have to be erected for the speakers and singers and musicians who will take part in the tremendous open- air meeting, whieh will be begun as soon as all of the 50,000delegates have marched to the parade growmd. - Governor Greentiulge will preside at this ®pen-air meeting, and will be the princi- pal speaker of the occasion, as his name is down for a lengthy “address. On the platform there will be a chorus of 2,000 voices, made up ffpm. Engeavorers of Bos- ton and vicinity, which ‘will be the com- bination of the ¢Hree chéruses that will lead the singing in the #egular meetings at the tents and irf/Mechafiic’s building. In addition to this thorus ‘there will be an unvsually large orchestra, to do all it can to make Christian Endeavor hymns, “America” and other patriotic airs ring out over Boston’s sacred. breathing place. Dr. Donald McLauren, the original muni- cipal reformer of: Detroit, who has been stirring up such'a sensation among the corrupt politiciang, of that city, will be one of the principal speakers at this big cpen-air meeting on the common. Rev. Dr. Smith, author of “America,” will write a special hymn for the occasion, and if pos- sible will be present to read either this special hymn or “America.” There will be many more speakers, but it is too early to get a complete list of them. The Closing Day. On Monday morning addresses will be made by the Revs. Drs. W. C. Bitting, O. P. Gifford, J. H. Barrows and others. A feature will be the session in Tent Willis- ton, on “Schclarship of the World for Christ,” a subdivision of the main topic in the other meeting places, “The World for Christ.” This meeting will be presided over by President W. R. Harper of the Chicago University, and there will be addresses by the presidents of leading colleges. On Mon- day afternoor wil! occur the pilgrimages, something never before attempted at an to dampen the ardor of Christian Endeav- crers. The speakers, said Dr. Clark, will include Rev. Dr. George A. Gordon, Rev. D. M. Beach, Rev. E. G. Porter, Edwin D. Mead, Charles Carleton Coffin, Hezekiah Butter- wcrth, and others who have not yet for- mally signified their acceptance of the in- vitation. The convention closes on Monday even- ing with three big consecration meetings, but on Tuesday and Wednesday a great many of the delegates will remain to visit other historical spots in the neighborhood of Boston, such as Lexington, Salem, Con- ecrd and Plymouth. “You may depend upon it,” said Dr. Clark, “that this convention will have a greater effect upon the city of Boston than anything that has assembled here for a great many years.” . The railroad managers told Mr. Shaw that while the Christian Endeavor managers counted only about 35,000 of their delegates in New York, there were nearer 60,000 peo- ple in New York during that convention, who had used the Christian Endeavor spe- cial rate tickets of half fare or less. A “95 hymn” has been written for the convention by Charles E. Allen, president of the Massachusetts C. E. union, and the united society are now getting the hymn printed in pamphlet form for convenient use. - The united society has decided to have two special tents built for the convention by a Boston firm. The tents will accommo- date 10,000 people each, and will be similar to those used at Cleveland. ———— ‘Wears an Aluminum Ear. From the New York World. We have had people with glass eyes, porcelain teeth and artificial whiskers, and now along comes a man with an aluminum ear. He is sixty-three years of age, and Was admitted into the Queen’s Hospital, at Birmingham, England, in April, 1893, with an epithelioma of the left auricle. The greater part of the diseased ear was cut off by the attending surgeon and a plaster-of-paris cast was taken of the left side of his head. Then an artiffcial ear was built up in wax to match the healthy one on the opposite side. This bogus ear was then made in vulcanite and aluminum, tinted and enameled to harmonize with the complexion. No artificial contrivance, such as a spectacle frame, was made use of to support the aluminum ear, and adhesion to the head was effected by means of a satur- ated solution of mastic in absolute alcohol. The man now can hear as well as ever, but he takes care to sleep oh his right side at night so as not to break off his new ear. At the same time he has no fear of having it frost bitten, and he is probably the only man alive who could even partly comply with the request of Mare Antony: “Lend me your ears.” ——_. ‘Without the Latch Key. From Life. “Oh, heavens, John! the baby’s swallowed your latch key!” “Oh, that’s all right. I can climb in the window.” WOMEN IN THE SPRING. : . |They Need Nothing So Much as Paine’s Celery Compound. =. =~ In the spring’ women need Paine's celery com- pound. = ‘The average American woman, says a well-known writer, wears herself out twenty years before her time. She begins the wearing-out process as a child, staying up at night until the whole family retircs, and keeps it up as a growing girl, staying awake until ten or eleven o'clock, when she should be asleep by nine; and as a woman she bas 0 many things to do and to keep up with that she positively hasn't a minute to rest. By and by her cheeks grow thin and haggard; languor takes the place of her old-time high spir- its; she has a generally worn-out air; her nerves are gnawed by pain. and sleeplessness makes fearful inroads upon her health, Her physician tells her simply that her nervous system is exhausted, and that help must come by feeding the brain and entire nervous tract, richly, rapidly and completely. It is the experience of the most careful medical men in this country that noth- ing proves so uniformly successful as Paine’s celery compound in cases of brain-weariness, nervous ina- bility, failure of vital force, dyspepsia, sleepless- nese, and for restoring health and vigor to the Drain and body when exhausted by overwork or dis- aipation. Every such weary, nervous, thin-blooded person should take Paine’s celery compound. It makes Ledger, a portrait of whose wife is given above, says in his own paper, editorially: “Our leading druggist, Dr. W. G. Gregory, im forms us that his sales of Paine’s celery compound have been wonderful; in fact, he states that he has in six months sold more celery compound than all other medicines combined, There has been a con- stant demand for it. “One of the noticeable cures that this medicine has made is the case of Mr. Phil Clinard, who last spring was republican candidate for county trens- urer. Mr, Clinard’s nerves were all unstrung; be had no appetite and was all run down, He com- menced using Paine’s celery compound, and today there is not a more well and vigorous citizen in this whole community than Mr. Clinard. Another case that comcs eloser Is that of the wife of the editor of the Ledger. Every one in Oakland knows that Mrs. Yeargin was confined to her bed for three whole months with neuralgia. At times her pains were awful, so much so that her hands would clinch and it took the united strength of two per- sons to straighten out her fingers. Dr. Garvey, the family physician, treated her for months, but all he’ could do. was to alleviate the pais, not effecting a cure. Along last winter she com- menced using Paine’s celery compound. “She commenced to gain in flesh at once. Her pain all went away; her vitality increased weekly, such’ people well. Paine’s celery compound improves the general health by making new, ruddy blood and refreshing the nerves. . It reanimates the languid body, and vitaliges the important organs so that they work in harmony with each other. The accomplished editor of the Oakland, IL., and today there is not a more healthy woman in town than she. Her neighbors all marvel at her complete recovery, and ask her the cause, and she has no hesitancy in saying that it is all due to Paine’s celery compound. This is given voluntarily in the hopes that others who are afflicted may be profited by using this great medicine, which to- day is without a peer in the land.” BOSTON’S UNATTACHED CATS. Turned Out of Homes They Live Wild i om the Back Bay Fens. From the Boston Evening Transcript. If a sharp lookout be kept by visitors driving or walking through the Back Bay fens numbers of cats will be noticed, more especially now at this leafless season. Some will be seen sunning themselves in pro- tected corners, others scouring the fenny marshes for food, and still others watching in the honeysuckle and among the ghrub- bery for the root and bark eating field mouse. The great majority are oytcasts from happy homes and comfort and plenty. Now they are homeless, hungry wander- ers over a bleak park, with only the com- fortless bushes or holes between rocks for shelter, and an occasional sparrow or mole or the little they can otherwise pick up for food. Of the fens cat (no one knows just how many there are) several have a home in the rock work of the Fen bridge, where when the water is exceptionally high they are imprisoned until it recedes. Several times during the winter past they were drifted in, but each time succeeded in dig- ging out. ‘They probably procure food from convenient dumps during night time, as the workers on these dumps during the day frighten them off. Fifteen find shelter near Agassiz bridge, and a family of three Maltese live in peace and contentment with the seventy or eighty ducks, and are regu- larly fed. Arother bevy live in the thick collection of evergreens just north of the railroad bridge, and another between Com- monwealth avenue and Beacon street, and so all over the fens small colonies of cats of all kinds, colors and conditions may be found. Quite a large number took up their resi- dence in the fens last spring. A few were caught and good homes provided for them. But unless a cat is caught the first few days it never can be, for it becomes cs wild as a hare afterleading a wild life for awhile. Others may possibly later have found their way back to old. homes, still others may have found homes, not a few have died and quite a good number have lived a most miserable life this past cold winter. And it is also quite possible that a few take up this life of their own volition and forget they ever had a home. The king of the park is a six-year-old black and white cat that came as a kitten in May, 1890. For quite a_ while he ate crickets and lived without help of human kind. Presently some one rolled a barrel in-the bushes, placed some grass in it and regularly put food near by. Soon the kit- ten acknowledged the kindness and allowed its feeder liberties. In time the kitten grew into a large, heavy-coated cat, able and willing to fight cat and dog kind. One day a lady named him “Booser,” from the pecullarly boosy look when not watching game. Booser is now well known of many, and has been fed, photographed, sketched and petted. The air of proprie- torship never leaves’ Booser for an instant, particularly in his own section about the Beylston arch, and woe be unto the cat or small dog caught in his dominion. Barring @ slight attack of rheumatism now and then, Booser is in good trim. Of ¢ourse, this is owing to the best care. The Maltese found with the ducks have a small history,’ too. Three years ago lust winter a little Maltese cat took up her abcde in the fowl house, and soon there were three. At first there seemed much discontent on the part of the ducks, but, the weather being so unfavorable, they either relented or the Maltese was afraid of the outside cold and persisted. At any rate they remained, and from that day to this every cold or wet night you will find all three Maltese cuddled up in the midst of a group of thirty or more mallards, sheldrakes and blacks. Although these latter are not as well off as their more fortunate brethern of warm quarters and regular food, yet they are far in advance of the (alas!) too many in the fens who get neither food, shelter nor sympathy from man or fellow creatfre. ———_+e+____ His Reason. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr. Johnny—“I didn’t see you at church yesterday. You cught to have been there. We had a young man from the theological college preach to us.” Uncle Blackie—“I knows dat, boss, en’ hits exactly de reason I didn’t kum. I Nows'no stujents to practice on me.” ——_—— cee ______ A Slight Difference. From Life. Maud—“And Mr. Meanitall really said that I was better looking than ever?” Marie (wickedly)—“‘No, dear. He simply said you were leoking better.” -proves the quality of the sugar. MAPLE SUGAR. What is Done in the Syrup is Handied. From the New York Tribune. A properly conducted maple sugar camp in Vermont is well worth seeing. Many im- provements have been introduced during the last few years. In the center of the “orchard,” or “bush,” as it used to be called, is a commodious and well-equipped sugar house, in which all the utensils are stored when not in use. The prpcess of sugar making as now conducted is practi- cally as follows: First, two or three -men “tap” the trees. One goes ahead, and, with a three-eighths-inch bit, makes an incision about an inch deep on the [ee side of the trea. A second man inserts a round, double tin spile, or spout, about three inches long, - in the aperture. The spout not only con- ducts the sap, but has an arrangement for suspending the bucket th it. Lastly, a man hangs the buckets, which are either of wood or tin. Gathering the sap has been much simpli- fied. The old way was to-hitch a team of stout horses to a short sled carrying the “holder,” a large wooden tub, holding sev- eral barrels, in which the sap in the buck- ets was poured. Now leaders or wooden gutters are all run through the orchard, emptying into a large storage tank at the sugar house. In a brick framework in the sugar house is set an iron arch with a Square iron chimpey. For a large orchard of 2,000 trees the arch is about 5x20 feet in area, 2% feet deep in front and 10 inches deep at the chimney end. In the arch are set the evaporators, a-deep boiling pan in front and four smaller and shallower pans further back. The bottoms of the evapo: ators are deeply corrugated, nearly dou- bling. the surface exposed to the heat. The boiling is done rapidly, as rapid boiling im- The sap flows from the tank through a hose with a strainer attached, into-e regulator, which allows only a certain quantity to gow into the evaporator. At a certain peint the sap is drawn by a siphon from the large evap- orator into one of the small ones, the scum and settling being left behind. In the last pan the liquid is evaporated to the syrup of commerce, weighing eleven pounds to the gallon. is“ in The most interesting process ‘sugari: off.” The syrup is slowly boiled in the large pan until the experienced sugar maker knows it is “done.” The pan is then lifted off and the mass is turned into tubs, hold- ing from ten to 4 hundred pounds. If it is to be made into cakes it is stirred longer, till it becomes dry enough to retain its shape. The whiteness of maple syrup does not determine its price. It is due somewhat to the difference of soil and the amount of rain that has fallen into the sap. Pure maple sugar is a brownish amber in color, with a fine grain. If the grain is not fine, and if-there are air holes in it, it has prob- ably been adulterated by cane sugar, glu- cose or clay—by some wicked dealer, says the sugar maker. The average yield per tree is about two pounds per season, the season lasting from four to six weeks, until frosty nights cease. ind the buds begin to swell, when the sap -astes strong an@ ceases to flow. ———+. Another of Dickens’ From the Philadelphia Record. Dickens’ inconsistencies just now seem to excite considerable interest. A reader of the Record contributes the following from Chapter VIII of “Nicholas Nickleby; ‘BEFORE BREAKFAST. “Here's a pretty go,” said-that gentleman (Squeers); “the pump's froze.” “Indeed!” said Nicholas, not much inter- ested in the intelligence. “Yes,” replied Squeers, ycurself this morning.” ‘Not wash myself?” exclaimed Nicholas. “No; not a bit of it,” rejoined Squeers, tartly. “‘So you must be content with giv- ing yourself a dry polish till we break the ice in the well, and can get a bucketful out for the boys.” AFTER BREAKFAST, SAME MORNING. “Where's the second boy?” “Please, sir, he's weeding the garden,” replied a small voice. “To be sure,” said Squeers, by no means disconcerted. “So he is. B-o-t, bot; t-i-n— bottin; n-e-y, ney, bottiny. Noun, sub- stantive; a knowledge of plants, he goes and knows ‘em.”” Sudden changes in the weather are by no means uncommon here, but we don’t break ice in wells and weed gardens on the same morning. Slips. “You can’t wash e+ An unknown prisoner confined in the Westwood, Ohio, jail for housebreaking was fatally shot by Marshal er yester- day while attempting to escape.