Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1895-TWELVE PAGES, SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL Hall MON- sharp. Pres. 1t¢ S05 LL WHOM y 'y warn all people from crediting my wife, Aunie Clark, nee Brodigaw, as I will pay uo debts of ber contraction, having left my bed and board (without just cause or provocation). JNO. T. CLARK, 1 and 1024 4th st, sw. auZe-Bte WASHINGTON, D.C., August 26, 1895. Notice is hereby given that & meeting of the in- porators of the Columbia Perfecting | Pres Company WAL be held at the aitding, 10th and F sts. n.w., MOS er D 1805, at 7 p.m, to Recept pt by- Jaws, elect officers and such other business as cote before {t. 0269) W. V. COX, Acting Secretary. FOR SALE—A VALUABLE PROPERTY, 1135 177i st. nw.: lot 27x19; by "2-story and Deseiient brick; title pe t Bids received Capitol +t % ind GOODS THAT RE SUITED TO BAKERS" CONFECTIONERS’ AND ROTEL WANTS: ose, Almond Paste, Coloring, Shredded Cocoanut, Flavoring Extracts, Chocolate Paste, Foreign and Domestic Dried Fruits, ete., ete. Our prices are big inducements to buy here. We're sole agents for Butter O0. [INO CONSUMERS SUPPLIED. B. B. EARNSHAW & BRO., 11th and M sts. s.e. WHOLESALE GROCERS. it FINEST 0c. DINNERS may aI Is us We serve Every one who dit ud y Not only the most enjoyat because we in season but everythi \clously—and served in “such Every day ICKL ting MONDAY, August 26, 180: Tip and L sts. nw, ut S oelock p.m. usi- y member ts req id 'to be ent, ness of importance. orcter ER, Re a! FR TCHES—THE Y Hkmen are the sort I employ. Charge 1 for cleaning or pew mainspring. He Cone, Tats Fst. nw aul4-3m,4 -MRS. E. MeN! ant and Business Medium. Pri business examinations a specialty. r els COLLINS JS AT 731 127TH ST. N.W. personal exauiina lent resnits. ai a tion of every ws Wat. i. COLL PRINTER AND PUBLISHER ‘ AN, EI a FINE BOOK AND Jos PRINTING. fyl 1108-1116 E ST. N.W. TELEPHONE 820. FOR COUNTRY RESIDENCES—ALL ANDIRONS, fenders, spark guards aud fire vets in stock will ha at cost 500 rath at SPECIAL NOTICE -DENTISTRY DONE ON WEER- Jy and monthly tnstatl:acuts—10 per cent discount for ena De. T. W. STUBBLEFLELD, Jei-tt 11th and F sts. u.w.—Mertz bldg. CLARET IS UEALTHY —both for your pocket book and stomach, if bought of us. No adulterated wines have shelf SPECIAL NOTICES. Bicycle for Pleasure— ———Bicycle for health—bicycle for business. It's the best—the only means—of gaining all three at one time. Buy a COLUMBIA or HARTFORD, and begin riding at once. We'll teach you free. “Columbias,"* District Cycle Co., “Siuntis:”. 452 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W: aul0-3n:,14 THE MARINE BAND. How It Affected a Critic at AuStin, Texas. When Fanciulli and the Marine Band were on their suuthern tour their concerts Were subjected to all sorts of criticism, but the following from an Austin, Tex., paper seems “to take the cake.” “This baad is hired by the United States goverament ani should te free to tax- payers, but it clalins direct authority from Grever Cleveland to lay a direct tax of four bits on everybody who listens to it. On Saturday afternoon and night many col- lar-botnd deraverats slavishly paid their mecney to hear the band which they pay taxes to support. The band plays well. “The delicate compliment paid Austin by the United States government in sending a marine band just 23 we have secured deep water at once establishes us as a sdaport town. Prof. Fanciulli, the Jirector, though a finished musician, seems a little worm- eaten In his etiquette, as he deliberately turned his back on the audience almost the entire time. “There are thirty-two silver horns in the company, and but two gold ones, and sev- eral sensitive politicians immediately left on thus having the 16 to 1 ratio n their notice. This political ele- thrust up ment should be obliterated from the band, or it will make eremics. 3 of the program—‘The Monastery 8 a descriptive piece, and the music is supposed to represent a scaae in a mon- astery, as follows: Supper bell, benedic-ion, wind moaning in mountain gorge, convent chimes, passing the butter, roar of ava- lanche in the distance, chestaut bell, call to prayers, telling the rosary, retiring bell, moonlight on the snow, game of seven-up, chink of silver, monk turns jack from bot- tom, pistol shot, convent bell tolls for funeral. “One thing about the band we regard as very reprehensible. During every piece they played quite a number of the players Stopped playing entirely ind gazed care- lessiy around. If we were running said band every man in it should play as hard as the rest Or be docked for time. Mo over, we do not approve of their fake style of advertising. Their bills plainly say that they have been the foremost band in Amer- ica for over one hundred years. We are positive that there are men in the band not seventy-five years of age. This kind of ad- vertising is not going to do President Cleveland any gocd. Beyond the objections room here? ‘Tharp’ Claret only $1 for 5 Lottles. f rated ihe) Marine Band is a real good JAMES THARP, $12 F ST. 7d ae How About Your Range, BEGINNERS IN-MORPHINE. Latrobe or Furnace? Need fiaing up? “Ve'd like to do the work. No one in town can do it better. And we won't touch your pocket pook heavily, either. Drop postal; we'll call. aD Co., Our name. Stransbury Our address. NEW, YORK AVENUE—1306. au22-6t,10 ees Newspaper Advertising. Preparing advertisements for the news- papers is but half the service we render—or are willing to render. We do not pretend to know it all, but we have pretty clear business idcas, and know about how nich advertising a business will stand, We do not attempt to force our ideas or opinions upon you. We give them only when asked. We have mauny customers to whom we rarely make @ suggestion. We also have many who rely upon our judgment entirely. ‘We can please Loth. For a small month- ly corsideration we will write and place your advertising in the mediums our experience has proven to us to be the Dest, and will constantly advise with you as to the best methods of increasing your business. Star Ad-Writing Bureau. Willlam A. Hungerford, Manage George W. Miller, Clarence C. Archibald, Carrte V. Riordan. 4th floor, Star Building. it For Any Kind of Business There Isn't better r fo be hnd rdinary uses than JAPANES! SEN TABLI Come in Note, Pocket and Letter sizes—ruled and un- ruled. 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S-mism-3p Some Instances Where This Perilous Habit Has Been Broken Up. Yrom the Chicago Tribune. “A good deal is written about the impru- dence of physicians in prescribing mor- rhine, but not half as much as should be,” said a veteran Wabash avenue druggist. “The slaves of that drug are on the in- crease. They have no trouble in procuring it if they have the money to pay for it. It is a safe proposition that a large propor- tion of morphine users, especially women, have been led into the habit by the bad judgment of their physicians. Let me give an instance: A woman in this neighbor- hood was ill with an exceedingly painful disease. Her doctor wrote a’ prescription containing morphine. She is a sensitive, nervous woman, of a type common enough, and ceadily responded to medicine. I thought she was well, when in the course of a few lays she sent the prescription to me to be renewed. A week later it came egain, and in less than a week after that the servant brought it a third time. I had her leave it and sent for the woman's hus- band. Why did his wife require the pre- scription so often? I asked him. He didn’t know, but she had told him she couldn't do without it. Did he know it contained morphine? He did not, and was horror stricken. He was confident his wife was ignorant of the presence of the drug, to whose effects she was beginning to yield. I am satisfied also she knew nothing of it. I fixed up a little scheme with the hus- band. I prepared the prescription, leaving the morphine out. It was sent back once afterward, and that was the end of it. That woman was rescued without knowing how near she had been to slavery. “Another case: I filled a prescription for pills containing a considerable percentage of morphine for a young married woman. She experienced the effects of the drug, not knowing what it was, and, of course, sent it to be renewed several times. I got hold of her husband, pledged him to aid and substituted quinine pills. The cure was completed. “There are many other instances, how- ever, where women learn the nature of the stuff they are taking, and before they real- ize it are its victims.” +°+—___ STRICT ECONOMY. Living on One Dolinr nnd Forty Cents n Week. From the New York Recorder. One-half the world does not know how the other half lives, nor do the well-fed thousands in this prosperous city, who daily consult thelr menu of many expen- sive and rare courses, comprehend that many other thousands of hard-working, active, healthy, energetic, bustling people live for a whole day upon the price of a plate of oysters in a fashionable restau- rant. Let one man—a letter carrier—speak for himself: “I have three meals a day— coftee, cakes and either ham or beans or corned beef and beans at each meal, at a cost of not more than twenty cents a meal. They give you bread and butter with the meat, and a fellow has plenty to eat in three such meals. If a fellow is hard pushed he can get along on thirty-two cents a day, with two meals, with meat, beans, bread and coffee at each. I have known chaps who have been idle for a long time. to live upon twenty cents a day —corned beef,- beans, bread and butter, and water for one meal, and pie and coffee at the other in the evening. A fellow could live all winter on those two meals if he didn’t have to juggle cases and barrels and bales of cotton or do heavy work. Thus it may be seen that a man needn't s who has $1.40 a week to spend on food,” +°+—____ Got Ahead ofgthe Autocrat. From an Exchange. Oliver Wendatl Holmes met his match once, and it was out of the mouths of babes and sucklings.. An English author who was visiting America had a particu- larly bright boy, whom he took to see the late lamented doctor. The boy, who was enly eight, had heard so much tn Boston about the Autocrat that he had on his very best company manners, and when in- vited to help himself to cherries struggled at them with a dessert spoon. “Fingers were made before forks, little man," sald the great doctor, with his cheery voice and laugh. “But not my fingers,” said the boy. Nicotine Neutralized CHEW AND SMOKE MOCAIOL POUCH _ TOBACCO. NO NERVES QUAKING. NO HEART PALPITATING. NO DYSPEPTIO ACHING. -NERVOUS. =DYSPEPTIC. REDUCTION IN. RATES Gompeting Electric Roads Begin to Affect the Baltimore and Ohio. Regular Passengers Will Get the Benefit of a Substantial Cut in Commutation Prices, The announcement was made in Balti- more this morning that the Baltimore and Ohio railroad had completed a revision in the rates for commutation passengers in the vicinity of Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and Pittsburg, which will re- sult in a reduction of about 25 per cent from existing prices. Inquiry at the local cffices of the company here and a telephone message to Baltimore failed to substanti- ate the declaration, although there is litude doubt of its truth. There are nearly a thousand persons engaged in business in this city who reside at points along the Washington branch between here and Re- lay, and on the Metropolitan branch to Point of Rocks, and such a substantial re- duction in their fares will be welcomed by them with much pleasure, The commutation rates on the branch running to Point of Recks may be taken as an average for those generally charged. Quarterly, monthly, school, fitty-trip fam- ily and twenty-four-trip tickets of this character are sold on this line. The favor- ite abiding places for commuters along this route are Silver Springs, Linden, Forest Glen, Kensington, Garrett Park, Rockville and Gaithersburg. The rates now charged to_these places are as follows: Silver Sprizgs, quarterly, 180 trips, $10.65; monthly, 60 trips, $4.80; school, 60 trips, $3.20; family, 60 trips, $7; family, trips, $3.69. Linden, quarterly, $11.50; monthly, $5.40; sckccl, $3.60; family, $9 and $5.40. Forest Glen, quarterly, $12; monthly, $5.55; school, $3.70; farnily, $9.50 and $5.40. Kensington, quarterly, $13.3 monthly, $6: sckool, $4; family, $11 and . Garrett Park, quarterly, $14. monthl. $6.45; school, $4.30; family, $12.50 and $7. Reckville, quarterly, $17; monthly, $7.60; school, $5.05; family, $16. Gaithersburg, quarterly, $9.15; school, $6.10; family, 0 and $11.70. The new revision means, according to the Baltimore Sun, a reduction of these rates one-fourth. There will also be a new kind of ticket issued for the Washington branch. This will be a coupon ticket, good for ten trips, issued at the rate of 2 cents a mile. The encroachments of the electric lines, already made and threatered, are believed to hav brought about this reduction of rates. The B. and O. gc.ng Into Baltimore is now paralleled for several miles by elec- tric lines, and near Washington the electric lines running to Takoma and Brookland or University Station have stopped the lucra- tive passenger traffic the-B. and O. former- ly enjoyed from these points. The patron- age at Kensington has aiso fallen off on this account and the habit of persons liv- ing up the road above Silver Spring of rid- ing on the B. and O. to Kensington or Ta- koma ani leaving the train there to take the electric cars became so general last spring that train No. 62, which leaves Gaithersburg at 8 a.m., and which former- ly stopped at every station into Washing- ton, was so decimated by passengers leav- ing it at these points that it was changed by the May 12 schedule and made a through train, without a stop after leaving Silver Spring. The competition 1s result- ing in lower rates already. —_—__. LONDON’S WATER SUPPLY. ; monthly, The System of Filter Beds In Use in England's Metropolis. From Chambers’ Journal. The whole of Greater London, covering an area of about 630 miles, is supplied by these organizations, whose powers and dis- tricts are defined by law. The six Thames companies are allowed to draw a maximum supply of 120,000,000 gallons a day; the East Lendon is allowed to take 33,000,000 gal- lons, and the New River 22,500,000 gallons a day from the Lea; the rest comes from the chalk wells; there is also, however, a supplementary supply drawn by several cempenies from the gravel beds by the side of the Thames, and in time of flood or drought this naturel store is very useful. In March last year 150,000,000 gallons of filtered water were required every day for the supply of London, which gave an aver- age cf about thirty-three gallons to each persen in the area of supply, for drinking, domestic and trade purposes. But tn March last the consumption had increased so greatly that the daily total was 220,000,000 gallons, or forty gallons per head. Every drop of the water has beeu carefully purified, with the exception of that from the wells. For this purpose the companies have 114 filter beds, cover- ing 1171-4 acres. Every company, except the Kent, has storage reservoirs, in which water Is kept in readiness for emergencies. There are storage reservoirs for unfiltered water, covering 4741-2 acres, and holding about 1,280,000,000 gallons, and sixty filtered holding 217,000,000 gallons. , if every source of supply were cut off, London would have enough water in store for a little more than a week. The pumping operations represent an crcrmous expenditure of force. The South- wark Company, for instance, pumps 12,- 000,000 gallons every day a distance of e‘ghteen miles to Nunkead, with a rise of 215 feet, for distribution thence to the other parts of the district. The pipes, ‘too, are often enormous in size, some of the tunnels being nine feet In diameter. As for the lergth, there are in all London 5,0) miles of water pipes, on which there are some 27,625 hydrants. It is hard to gain from mere figures an adequate conception of the | extent of London’s water supply, but the encrmous stream of water flows steadily into the houses—over 800,000 of them—day ‘after day, carefully filtered and purified; ard the system contrasts curiously with the old New River water carts and Chel- sea’s wooden pipes. THE DRINK QUESTION ABROAD. ‘The Rapid Increase of Beer Consump- tion in France. From London Truth. Beer, all but unknown in France before 1870, now floods this country. Alcohol is poured from distilleries, where the refuse of beetroot, used in making sugar, is a sub- stitute for grapes or malt. Beer saloons re- place the cafes, where before the war Frer.chmen sipped coffee and eau sucree, and met friends as in an informal drawing recom. Those white and gold panels of the bygone cafs are replaced by garish poly- chrcme decorations in a psuedo-mediaeval style. Electric iight suffers no hue to be lost to the eye. Flaunting women and boozy men crowd into the beer saloons. So-called American bars are centers of grcss rowdyism, In some parts of the town | waitresses serve in the beer saloons. They are expected to drink for the good of the hevse at the cost of customers. A girl who does not empty bock after bock and keep on asking for more is thought not worth keeping. The beer, “brandy” and bitters interest is now too strong for any govern- ment to control it. But as the peasantry are still sober, beer is not yet the over- ruling power that it is in England. How- ever, the pace in the English direction is rapid in provincial towns. : Does it not seem as if the Fates were sick of the northern races and their militarism and mutual bullying, and wanted to clear them off, using drink as the Means? We have now over 30,000 restaurant public houses in Faris. The restaurant has for its anteroom a dram shop with a zinc counter, where drams are taken standing. All the mad houses are, a8 a gonsequence, over- erowded. New ones are called for by the mad doctors. As the thirst for liquor grows, fresh means to satisfy it are dis- ecvered. Moissan, the great chemist, says be can now furnish “brandy,” not to be | distinguished from the “fine champagne” of restaurants, at 2d. a quart. The raw ma- terial is actey extracted, I believe, from coal tar. What shall we come to when it floods the market? A peninsular end oriental captain tells me that drink terribly multiplies the dangers of navigation southward. Europeans and Lascars are 1 ¢Ww the only safe men for the engine room. ——+e+ Fast Time, From the Detroit Tribune. He—“My love, we have been married two years. She—“Yes, darling. “Upon our wedding day you were twenty- four. Today you tell the census man you are thirty-one.” ear me, how time flies when one t& THE QFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solld lines are isobars or Ines-of equal sir pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms or lincs of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow bas fallen during preceding twelve hours. ‘The words “High and “Low’ show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. HOT DAYS AND COOL NIGHTS. Warmer Weather, but May De Show- ers Tomorrow Afternoon, An area o1 high pressure is central off the Middle Atlantic and North Pacific coasts. The trough of low pressure ex- tends from southern California to the north of Lake Superior. Rain has fallen in the middle Mississippi valley. The following heavy rainfall (in inches) was reported: Springfield, Mo., 2.16. The temperature has risen {n the lake re- gions and fas fallen in the northern plateau. The West India storm reported to the south of Cuba yesterday morning has mov- ed to the west of that island, the pressure having risen .04 of an inch with a south- easterly wind at Key West. It is probable that the storm will continue to move in a north-northwesterly direction, striking the gulf coast at the extreme soaiheast point of Louisiana. Forecast till 8 p.m. Tuesday—For New England and eastern New York, generally fair; probably slightly warmer, followed by stationary temperature on the coast; south to southwest winds. For the Dstrict of Columoia, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary- land and Virginia, generally fair, probably followed by showers Tuesday afternoon; variable winds, becoming southerly; slight~ ly warmer. The map shows an area of high pressure still hovering over the middle Atlantic states, giving cool nights and quite hot days. The storm has remained stationary twelve hours over South Dakota. West India reports last night and this morning show that the storm in that region has now removed just south of the western point of Cuba. It is probable that this storm will continue in a north-northwest direction and will probably strike the mid- dle gulf coast tonight or Tuesday morning. The pressure at Key West has risen .0t irch in twelve hours, with a southeast wind. It is not possible as yet ‘o determine the violence of the storm. Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide, 6:20 a.m. and 6:36 p.m.; high tide, 12:12 Tomorrow—Low tide, 7:31 a.m. and 7:35 p.m.; high tide, 0:44 a.m. and 1:10 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 5:23; sun sets, 6:40; moon sets, 10:00 p.m. The Bicycle Lamps. All bicycle lamps must be lighted at 6:40. The police regulations require that “All eygles, bicycles arfd tricycles in motion after sundown shall carry a suitable light.” The City Lights. Gas lamps all Hghted by 6:12 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4:10 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Condition of the Water, Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 78; condi- tion, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, §1; condition at north connection, #6; condi- tion at south connection, 26; distributing reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house,36. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau tolay: 8 a.m,, 69; 2 p.m., 87, maximum, 88; min- tmum, 60. THE McDONALD BOY Both’ Were Fined in the Police Court This Morning. Mrs. Margaret McDonald ,gndj,her two sons, James and Mike, were in Judge Mills’ ectrt this morning becausetof;@ general family row in which they figured in the neighborhood of their home, nearGd and K ttreets, Saturday evening about: o’clock> This was not their first fight, nor was it the first time that the two boys were under the Influence of liquor. Mrs: Mutphy, one of the neighbors, was the ninat important witness, and she told the court: that she saw the boys strike and kick their aged motker. The trouble was eaused by the mother endeavoring to stop the sons, who were going off with her umbrella. When Pclicemen Hayden and Andérsoi respond- ed the MeDonalds attempted to give them a dcee of the treatment they: had given their mother, but one of them felt the weight of the policemau’s club on his head, and then he became too tired to continue the resistance. A physician who was called found Mrs. McDonald very nervous, and he thcught she was more frghtened than burt. The mother was called as a witness, but she was not yery anxious to have her boys prosecuted. When the court had reard all the witnesses, the defendants were found guilty, and James was fined $20 or sixty days. Michael was fined half this amount for an assault on one of the officers, and was acquitted of the charge of assavlt on his mothe: Se OFF TO THE CONCLAVE. Two Spectal Trains Carry the Local Commanderies and Their Friends. A large crowd of Knights Templar, ac- companied by many ladies and numerous friends, left yesterday morning on the B. and O. road for the triennial conclave at Boston. The train was sent off in two sec- tions, The first carried the Washington a1.d DeMolay commanderies and the Mt. Pleas- ant Field Band, while the other was occu- pied by Columbia and Potomac command- eries. The knights reached New York safely, wh they were transferred to the steamer Connecticut, which landed them at Fall River this morning to renew their rail journey to the Hub. Several special trains passed through Washington yester- day and last night beating sir knights from the south and scuthwest on their way to the conclave. ——— The Hoover Family Troables. Thomas G. Hoover, the butcher who lives at 1723 5th street, and who has had so much trouble about family matters, as printed in the papers several times, figured in a threat case this morning in the Polic> Court, and the case will be heard Thursday, This time his wife, Mary L, Hoover, swore out a warrant for him, and the disposition of this case may, perhaps, figure in other procecdings. This is one result of the whip- ping case in the O Street Market several weeks ago. Hoover and his family live in the same hcuse, but in different apartments, and this warrant was sworn out after the husband and wife had had trouble. The husband is under $300 security for his appearance. ee With Club and Pistol. Samuel Carter, a colored man, who lives in the county near the reservoir, was on the war path with a pistol Wednesday night, and interrupted Mose Hipkins and his wife when they were on thelr way home from church. They were beneath a big tree, and when Hipkins saw Carter have a pistol he used a big club on his head. There were charges of assault and concealed weapons preferred against Car- ter in the Police Court this morning. For carrying the pistol he was fined $50 or ninety days, and a fine of $10 or thirty days was imposed In the assqult case. Se Marriage Licenses. ' Marriage licenses have beeft issted to the following: Robert Ellis and Belle” Mitchey; vohn F, Mack and Celestia V.' Thomas; London Shers and Mary Jatie Hacklin; T. W. Madison and Zelia Burton, both of Chesterfield county, Va.; Datffel Sullivan of New York city and Carrie Russell of this city; John T. Allen and Addie Bruce; Geo, F. Gant of this city and Alice J. Snead of Accomae county, V Fined for Carrying a Pistol. Robert Roy, charged with tarrying a pls- tol, was given a trial in the Police Court this morning, and was fined $50 or ninety days. A Newspaper Sold. Thomas Dowling, auctioneer, sold Sat- urday afternoon, at public sale, the Wash- ington Evening News newspaper. The pur- chaser was Mr. J. G. Slater, and the price was $60,700. ee A Wealthy Pittsburger’s Death. R. H. King, president of the Cesh In- surance Company of Pittsburg, and one of the wealthiest men in the country, fell down stairs about 2 o'clock Saturday and was killed. He was eighty years old and was in feeble health. a Mr. Thomas H. Elliott, station clerk of the sixth precinct, is seriously ill at his mother’s home, 613 3d street northeast, and grave fears are entertained for his re- covery. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, AMUSEMENTS . IONERS OF DEEDS TRY BOARD..... COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. CHIROPODISTS, FOR FoR RENT (Stores). ALE (Stic LE (Houses) SALE (Lots). MANICURI MEDICAL PROPOSALS RAILROADS . SPECIAL NOTICES. STEAM CARP STORAG SUBURBAN PRO! SUMMER RESORTS. (Offices) =D (Rooms) WANTED (Situation: TO ASK THE PRESIDENT'S AID. The Advoentes of Suffrage in the Dis- trict Planning a Campaign. It is announced that the advocates of the restoration of suffrage to the citizens of the District are contemplating making a direct appeal to President Cleveland on his return to Washington for the purpose of getting him to incorporate in his annual message to Congress a paragraph indorsing the de- and for franchise. Dr. Robert Reyburn has the matter in charge. It {s also stated that there is to be a renewed crusade in behalf of the restoration of suffrage, in- cluding not only a vigorous advance on Congress, but on the two national con- ventions next year us well. sieve eS THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Cole. In re. Oliver P. Donn; lunatic; order au- thorizing loan of $7,000. Womersley, agt. McGlue; order confirming auditor's report. Coates agt. Coates et al; Jno. T. Turner appcinted guardian ad litem and testimony before Chas. S. Bundy, examiner, ordered taken. Golden agt. Greenapple; order va- cating fro confesso. Hood agt. Tabbs; sale confirmed and reference to auditor. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. United States agt. Robert Ray; receiving stoien property; bench warrant returned cepi and defendant committed. United States agt. Jno, L. Gibson; assault to kill; nolle pros, " Probate Court—Judge Cole. Estate of Richard A. Murray; petition for rule on administrator to file inventory and account. Estate of Michael McKeon; will partly proved. Estate of Mary C. French; commission issued to take depo- rition of witness to will. Estate of Han- nah Rothschild; will filed. ———— Learning to Swim at Seventy-Eight. From the Philadelphia Record. “Science and proper exercise are con- ducive to extrems longevity and health- fulness,” said Superintendent Payne of the natatorium. “While Iam,a very young man myself, I can remember not many years ago when a man was considered very eld at the age of sixty years. Thanks to sefence ani a proper regard for healthy exercise, a man is not considered In his prime now until he has reached the age of seventy or Seventy-five years. “Take our swimming class, for example. Come in here any afternoon and I can show you something that will bolster up my assertion. We have one pupil in the afternoon class who is over seventy-eight years old. He started to take swimming lessons about two weeks ago, and picked it up as quickly as a youngster of ten. There is not one of our pupils who enjoys himself as much as the old gentleman, who fs as hearty and healthy as a youth of thirty- five. This gentleman told me that he was inclined to be sickly about four years ago until he took up proper exercise, and now he bids fair to live to be over one hundred. “But if this old gentleman lives to reach the century mark, how long will some of the youngsters live who come here? We have a sturdy lot of giants, who tumble about in the big tank every day, who range in age from four to six years. They can all swim like fish.” ENFORCE THE FENDER RULE Distriot Officials Say the Columbia Oom- pany is Delinquent. Fenders in Use Not Approved by the Commissioners—The Case of the Washington and Georgetown. Some interesting developments ere ex- pected within a few days at the-Commis- loners’ office regarding fenders for street cars. District officials claim that tee Co- lumbia railread has disregarded not only the orders of the Commissioners, but also the mandate of the court, by witch, ac- cording to Cept. Fiebeger, the road was re- quired to equip its cars with the approved fender within a specified time. That time has elapsed, and the Commissioners, at the next bourd session, will have the subject called to their attention for action, The law authorizing the Commissioners to make regulations and compel street car companies to abide by them with reference to fenders was pussed August 7, 1804. No- vember 25 following the Commissioners di- rected the assistant. engineer commis- stoner, Capt. G. J. Fiebeger, to make an in- vestigation of the subject and report as scon as possible. December 22 Capt. Fie- beger handed his report to the Commis- sioners. Later, the regulations were ap- proved by the Commissioners, and an order made requiring the railread companies to equip their cars with approved fenders by April 1, As the companies failed to compl: with the order, they were taken into Pol Court, and as they then represented their willingness to comply with the Commis- sioners’ order, the court, June 12 last, sus- pended sentence and granted further time. ‘The Washington and Georgetown was given six weeks, the Brightwood company thi days, and the Columbia road two months. What Cnpt. Fiebeger Says. When a repcrter of The Star called upon Capt. Fiebeger, who is acting Engineer Commissioner, and asked what Inspector Bradshaw meant in his report by stating that the Washington and Georgetown and Columbia railroads had not complied with the law regarding fenders, ke said: “There may be some technical violation on the part of the Washington and George- town railroad, but I am satisfied it does not amount to very much. Recently I heard that one car vas not equipped with a wheel guard, but that may be the result of an oversight, or, perhaps, it is an extra car.. This company, I must say, has promptly complied with the law, as far as it was able.” “How about the Columbia road, captain?” “Well, there is some cause for complaint in that quarter. When the new cars of this road came to Washington, they were all equipped with what is known as the ‘8d avenue or Sterling fender.". The Com- missioners carefully examined the workings of this fender and refased to approve it, and so notified the company. Other at- / tempts have been made by the company to have the fender approved, but the Com- missicners have steadily been opposed to it. When tke company was taken into court its representatives promised to comply with the law, and, my understanding is, a time was set by the court in which to make all necessary improvements. That time has passed, although the front fender of one we approved has been attached to the cars. The Commissioners will evidently make a move to compel a compliance with the law within the next week or so.” Not Properly Equipped. Inspector Bradshaw of the District gov- ernment has reported to the police depart- ment that grip car No. 242 of the Washing- ton and Georgetown line is not equipped with a fender, according to the require- ments of the law. The car Is lacking in wheel guard and drop bar. Inspector Brad- shaw reported that the car ran all day yes- terday in this condition. —— PUZZLES HIS KEEPER. A Voice Thit Appalls and a Strange Effect of Feathers. From the St. Louis Glob»-Democrat. | Among the rare and beautiful birds that | recently arrived at the Philadelphia Zoo- | logical Garden is one that ts puzzling the | keepers very much It is a small bird, whose plumage looked like a town that had been artisticsily daubed by o large crowd of sports. It has a peculiar beak, which, instead of being firm end bony, is flexibie, like the reed of a church organ. When the bird first came no one could exactly clas- sify it. It is supposed to be the Carolatrix beatificus, or the “ghost-voiced thrush, one of the rarest of birds, four'd only in a few small inland towns in the heart of Africa. It apparently had no voice at all, and {t had a number of peculiarities that would seem to place it out of the pale of the thrush family. The pretty red creature had not been in its rew quarters long before it began to show signs of uneasiness. It refused all food, and apparently felt bad. One morn- ing last week the keeper was startled by seeing the bird featherless. He looked around the cage, but there were no signs of the brilliant feathers that had been the pride and glory of the new bird. Nobod could solve the mystery. The simple fact ‘was that the bird was featherless. After guessing for some time, the constu- sion was reached that the bird had pulled its feathers out, one by cre, and had euten them. Of course, there was no proof of this, but it seemed plausible. The next day, when the keeper acain looked at the bird he started back as though shot. The bird which the day before had been featherless, was once more clothed in brilliant plumage. “What Kind of a bird is that, anyway?” said the keeper. He was destined to more surprises. At about 6 o'clock in the morn- ing of the day follawing the double trans~ formation he heard sounds coming from the bird house that sounded ike somebody talk- ing in a foreign language. First there were whispers, then a sudden shriek that was enough to curdle the biood of strong and brave men, This was followed by rapid and vociferous shouts in an utterly unknown tengue. The keeper was rather afraid to open the door, fearing some undesirable per- son had entered the bird house. Finally he summoned up courage and opened the door. There was a dead silence. While the keeper gazed about there came in ghostly whispers words that seetnd to chill his very bon They were wild, weird, un- intelligible. ‘The subdued tone in which they were uttered adied to their terror. The keeper looked around, but saw no one. The birds were as silent as the keep- er himself, and seemed to be awed by the voice. Every nook in the bird house was seached, but nothing came of the hunt. Finally the keeper spied the mysterious bird. The day before it had been a »ril- liant red. shivering on its perch as though it were cold. The keeper wiped the perspiration off his brow and glanced at the thermometer. It was 90 degrees. Then he listened, and he heard hushed tones coming from the bird’s throat. The longer he listened the more excited he became, and the more ghostly was the voice of the thrush. Final- iy the bird emitted a series of shrieks other vocal atrocities that chased the ke er out headlong. How many other chan; the bird has gone through since then no- body knows, for nobody will go within reach of its voice early in the morning. eas Bargains in Cast-Off Shoes. From the Lewiston Journal. Meeting the other day a gentleman who was in search of an old shoe for making a pump washer, Mr. Judkins, Old Orchard’s octogenarian butter dealer, was led to re- late the following: Many years ago in cen- tral Maine a man started out to sell ofl- cloth table covers throughout the country at 50 cents a cover. After traveling all day without selling one, a happy thought struck him. He would charge a dollar and take half the pay in cast-off shoes. The result was people imagined they were get- ting some return for their old shoes, and there was a general ransacking of attics, and table covers went like hot cakes. But the old shoes? Well, wherever he found a convenient hole beside the road, out of sight, he pulled up his cart and dumped the lot. All the world loves a dicker—and doesn’t always get at the bargain counters so good a trade as our venerable friend has chronicled. An From Life. The Wife—“Mother says she won't come to see us unless we let her pay board.” The Husband—“Then tell her she shan’t pay any.” Now it was blue, and it stood, FINANCIAL. , Washington Loan & Trust Co., OFFICE, COR, 9TH AND F STS. PAID-UP CAPITAL, OXE MILLION, Interest raw ow perosirs. Loans "2 cn, Real Estate Acts as Exocutor, Administrator, ‘Trustee, Guardisn and Committes on Eatates. Acts as Registrar, Transfer and Vise eal Agent of Corporations. Takes full charge of Real and Per- fonal Estates. Bate Deposit Boxes for rent. Storage Vaulte for trurks, boxes, &e., containing valuables, siver, bric- a-brac, &e. Incorporated under act of Congress and subject to supersision of the comptroller of the currency, John Joy Ed-on...... 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Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and soll riet Wouds and” atl focal Malirosd, ‘Gan iosurases t and Teiephone Stock dealt in American Bell Telephone Stock bocgbt and sald. The Union Savings Bank,- 1222 F Street N. W., Pays four per cent interest on savings accounts. Open until 5 p. m. on Govern=- ment pay days and Satur- day evenings between 6and 8. naoo0e The Persian Horse. From Mrs. Bishop's “Journeys in Persia.” Persian horses are to be admired and Mked. Their beauty is a source of cons stant enjoyment. and they are almost inva- riably gentle and docile. It fs in vain tg form any resolution against making a pet of one of them. My new acquisition, Boy, insists on being petted, and his enticing ways are Irresistible. He is always tether~ ed in front of my tent with a rope long enough to give him considerable liberty, and ke took advantage of it the very first day to come into the tent and make it ap- parent that he wanted me to divide a lemon with him. Grapes were his preference} then came cucumbers, bread and biscuits, Finally he drank mili out of a soup pla’ He comes up to me and puts down his to have his ears rubbed, and if I do not at< tend to him at once, or if I cease attending to him, he gives me a gentle but admoni- tory thump. I dine outside the tent, and he is tied to my chair and waits with wons éerful patience for the odds and ends, ovly occasionally rubbing his nose against face to remind me he fs there. A friendly snuffle Is the only sound he makes. does not know how to fight, or that tee and heels are for any other uses than ing and walkii He is really the gen’ and most docile of his race. The point which he draws the line is being led. he draws back, and a mulish look into his sweet eyes. But he follows Hil dog, and when I walk he is always with He comes when I call him, stops when I accompanies me when I leave the road search of flowers, and usually puts his either on my shoulder or under my ‘To him I am an embodiment of melons, cumbers, grapes, peaches, biscuits and gar, with a geod deal of petting and rubbing thrown in. Bi UI eH bse bs +o. Sad Indeed. From Life. Visitor—“What are you little man?” Little Willie—“All my brothers hes got @ vacation and I hain’t got none.” t—~“Why, that’s too bad. How ip Willie (between sobs)—“I—don't go—to school yet. ; about, my The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month. S7But all such orders must be ac- companied by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no ag counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions.