Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1895, Page 13

—_—_——— EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. CATHOLIC UN course of. twenty-five lectures on “Social * Will be delivered by the Hon. Carrol D. Wright, LL.D. U. 8. Comm ‘of Labor, in icMahoa ‘Hall of mencing jonday, November 4, 1805, at 4:45 p-0l., und con- t ‘on Mondays at the same hour, execpt during the Christmus and Easter holidays. Tickets for the course, admitting two, For sale by the f the unlversity and at Brentano’ MERICANIZED DELSARTE. SELF-EXPRESSION AND HEALTH CULTURE. Class instruction. Course, $5. Private lessons. Mra. ELEANOR -SCOTT, 1012 13th wt.n.w.ol1-18t* EDWARD A. LOVY, GRADUATE OF IMPERIAL Conservatory, Prague.—Music instructor at rxetown ‘Ccllege; teacher of violin, harmouy and composition. Studio, 483 I st. n.w. | ocl8-2w' GEO. W. LAWRENCE, VOICE CULTURE, PIANO. STUDIO, 1093 9th B.w. Volce building a spe- clalty. Weak. vo.ces made strong, pure and brilliant. SPECIAL RATES to season pupils. Examination gratis. 0023-20? STUDENTS OF SHORTHAND. , 12th st. a.w., 18 organising a tion cliss to meet ut 4:30 p.m. for the accommo dation of those in office. Special rates. oc23-6t* Art School, West End, 1115 17th st. Miss S. W. Kelly, London Medalist, Frincipal_—Thoroegh course in drawing from object iife—oll, water colors, china painting; outdoor sketching from nature. oc22-6t* Okeley Schooi for Girls, 1760 Madison st. n.w.. Dupont Circle, has ned. ocl-im* Miss EVA'V. HETH, AMC, Prin, Kensington Art Needlework & Decorative Embroideries. Mrs. L. J. PEAKE, Instructor. 0c19-6t,6 Studio, 902 T st. n.w. MRS. LAURA OSBORNE TALBOTT WILL RE- sume her classes for girls in English, French and Music, ulio Natural History field classes, Oct. 22, , at her residence, P st. o21-1mé* THORALD JERICHAU, Ph. B. ral University of Copenhagen, will teceire pupiie, on Fiano, Organ. Theory. and Com- ition. Studi, Droop's Music Store. | Apply roop's or Ellis’ Music Houses. 021-6t* THE STUABT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS and Eoarding).—10 diploma courses; nine Kindergarten; 1 ST. t 1. . N.W., COR. MASS. ‘au20-3m MISS CLAUDIA STUART, Principal. Mr. HENRY STOPSACK, |ANIST, TEACHER 0% V'12%0, VIOLIN. se21-Sw* G7 Fe MISS BARTON WILL RESUME HER PRIVATE lessons aud classes in French, drawing and paint- ing Oct. 5, at her residence, 910 20th st. n.w. oci9-2w* ‘MISS EAVID ©. BANGS, ELOCUTION—PRIVATE AND class leswons; deop breathing,- expression, natural- Ress. Studio, 1329 10th st. n.w., after 4 p.m. Bend for circular, oclg-Im® MRS. D. A. AMBROSE, _ MR. A. M. DUFOUR, INSTRUCTORS ON THE BANJO, MANDOLIN AND GUITAR. o19-6t* STUDIO, 1208 T ST. N.W. THE DUNTONIAN Electrical Institute, Hutchins building, 10th and D sts. n.w. The only manual technic training school in Wash- jon. Course in applied electricity and mechani- cal dringhting now open. Spectal rates. Full ied electricity, $32. Mechanical Both, $40. “Fol term, eight oratory course. Enter your name ts Umited. GEO. EDW. DUNTON, Principal. (Bring in 8 pupils. We present you'a free schol- arship.) aul-3m,14d FRENCH COURSE OF 36 LESSONS; SPOKEN Well, read and, understiod; good pronunctation. rse of reeding, verbs, idioms, 80 lessons. Free trial lesson.” MLLE. PRUD'HOMME, st. Dw. seld-: Gunston Institute, 1212 AND 1214 14TH ST. Ww. A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Special classes will be formed in French, Ger- map and Spanixh for four pupils or more. Instructors in French-MONSIEUR XAVIER TEIL- LARD, MME. PRONGUEE AND MISS CLARA L. CHURCH. German—FPNAULEIN KOHTE. Spanish—MISS CLARA L, CHURCH. For entalognes address MR, AND MRS. BEVERLEY R. MASON, ocl7-tf PRINCIPALS. Mr. Henry Xander, THE EVENING STAR. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1895—-SIXTEEN PAGES. 13 EDUCATIONAL, IN WASHINGTON. Art Students’ League, 808 I7tt st. aw. Classes in draw! and ‘ing from life, the antique and still life. Water color, composition and sketch classes. life “and antique ocT-eo till oc30 (ALD HERMENDAHL OF BALTI- teacher of voice Tuesdays and Fridays at 984 ¥ st., Sanders & Stayman's. 03 WOOD'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, No. 311 East Cupitol st. Courses of inelude bookkeeping, arith- metic, ot grammar, , shorthand, ‘typewriting, German, French and other branches of practical use. Situations for graduates. Ex less than in other penses schools. and evening sessions; individ class instruction. Students can time. Call or address ee23-tt COURT F. WOOD, Principal. THY FISK TEACHERS’ AGENCY, 1242 12TH STREET. 1200p. manual free. Parents advised as to schools. au3-3m* OLNEY SCHOOL, FOR GIRLS—1627 I ST. Special advantages for study of modern lan- music and art; daily exercise in calis- thenics, drawing, Latin and French or German Jnclnded ip, the regula course. au24-1f MISS VIRGINIA MASON DORSEY, Prin. > Friends’ Select School, 1311 I st. n.w., will reopen aoe 26. - _This school is for BOTH SEXES aod ALL GRADES. It has been under the continuous: man- agement of Thomas W. Sidwell for twelve yeurs, and many thoughttul and proniinent peeve, of this Ore acca as city have placed their children in they were ready for school, and Kept them (here until ready for graduation or college. a college ratory sc 5 efficiency way be ‘kuowa from the fet that. during the ret year it was Tepreseoted at Columbia. Co- lnmbian, Cornell, Hobart, Lafayette, Massachusetts Institute of ‘Techulogy, Yale a thers. Persons others. desizing thorough and rational tuaining and good associates for their children Will do well to consider this ne’ school. at and at Rrentano’s, ours from 10 to 12 o'clock every morning. MAS. W. SIDWELL, Principal. LANGUAGES. THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 723 14th st. n.w. Branckes in the prin-ipal American and Epropean elties. Best instruction by superior native teach- ers. Conversation from start. $12 per term sma}l classes, day or evening: also acns at schcol or residence. ‘Trial Send for circular. private fessor free. oc5-d Mount Vernon Seminary, CORNER M AND ELEVENTH STREETS, WASHINGTON, D.C. A SELECT RESIDENCE AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS. ‘Twenty-first year opens TUESDAY, October first. Large and attractive buildings, thoroughly equip- ped with every requisite of a refined home and a Progressive school. Applications for admission of pu to the Day Gchool may be made after Septem! fifteenth, be- tween the hours of ten and one o'clock each morning. MRS. ELIZABETH J. SOMERS. se10-3m Principal. PR. JOHN P. CAULFIELD WILT. RESUME LES: sons October 1, at his residence, 1342 New York 28-11 ave. Piano and Theory. MANDOLIN. TOLIN—GUITAI ARTHUR EB. ¥' Studio, 934 F Spec! terms. oc8-1m Prof. T. WILLIAMS-PEARMAN, VOCAL CULTURE. 830-im* _ Studio, East Capitol st. MEDICAL Ai DEPARTMENTS, ND_ DENT. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. ‘The twelfth anuual couse of lectures will begin Tucsdey. October 1, 1805, at 8 o'clock p.m. ‘The introdnetczy’ address will be delivered by A. D. Cobey.. minations for admission will be held Monday, pt. 23, at 8 o'clock p.m., at the college building, ccrner of 8th aad K sts. n.w Four years’ graded course in the Medical De- tment, and three yenrs’ led course in the Bertat Departmert. Ample_cfint laboratory facilities will be aft Se For information apply to se16 ah Washington Seminary, 1538-40 17th st. Select boarding and day school. Collegiate and parat, depts. German-English para ehae rlnary. Mr. & Mrs.SMALLWOOD. . D.. Dean, 1116 H st. aw. MR. AND MRS. WM. E. McELHINNEY, STUDIO 425 4th n.w.—Lessons in crayon, oil, tel, water color, ching and tapestry painting; portraits in ofl taught by an easy method. se16-2m* Teacher of Piano ani Theory of Music. MR. ERNEST LENT, Lessons resumed MONDAY, 5 Piano, Violin, Theory of Music, hours, 11-12 o'clock. Studio: 11th st. n.w. ¢ e2-2m 1528 Corcoran st. is ac y. MISS AMY ©. LEAVITT, ME. JOHN W. WALLACE, STUDIO, 08 N. Y. My SS Ee ave. in fruit, still Hfe, flower and. por- Unting; evening class in (wing from the Mlermsaodsrats, Mbcl5-2w* MECHANICAL DRAWING nd all BUS! SUBJECTS. Full busiaess course, day or night, $25 a year. ‘The typewriting and shorthand course, $15. An INDIVIDUAL school. ‘The INDIVIDUAL, rot the CLASS, made the basis of work. Bright stu- dents not retarded; the slower pup!l encoura; In_all respects a strictly first-class BUSINESS COLLEGE Send for catalogue. IVY INSTITUTE BUSINESS COLLEGE, $.W. cor 8th and_K sts. o.w., 8. W. FLYNN, A.M., Principal. au27-3m,20 The Bliss School of Elec= tricity, rh aes ES = A ST. Dus joroughly equ! ts lepartments, with its OWN ri JECTRIC LIG: PLA’ fa full operation. enable us to offer advantages not to be sec elsewhere in the country. All interested in selence are cordially invited to inspect the school and its method of instrustion, from 6 to 8, Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday evenings. Catalogues on application. ocl4-Im L. D. BLISS, Principal. Prof. Paul E. Voinot, SCHOOL OF FRENCH LANGUAGES, oclt-im 1426 New York ave. CHEVY CHASE FRENCH AND ENGLISH SCHOOL for Young Ladies; half an hour from Washington, ued the D. C., by electric cars. French the language of the house. For efrevlars address MELLE. LEA M. BOULIGNY, ecl0-2m ___Chevy Chase, Md. SS SUSAN P. POLLOCK, PRINCIPAL OF FROE- BEL NCRMAL INSTITUTE, 1426 Q st., reopens her school and kindergarten Oct. 1. “Thorough Instruction. “Superior advantages. Best references. pene Norwood Institute, 1761 N ST., NEAR CONN. AVE. A Home and’ Day School for Giris. INSTRUCTORS: Mrs. William D. Cabell, Principal. Prof. George J. Smith, Ph. D., English. Miss Mabel Baier. Latin, Miss Lilian Mathematics. iss Martha H. Scott, Math. and English. Miss Lata Rixey, Primary Work. Miss H. Florence Kriete, Shakespeare and Elo. Mme. Murie Blanc, Diplomee de Ja Faculte d Paris Hotel’ de Ville), Frenc Prof. M. Schele De Vere’ Ph. D., German. Prof. Jose Sirvent, Spanish. Miss Juliet d c . ish. ‘Thompson, Medalist, Cor. Art Schoo),Art. igs Cuthbert’ Buckner, Vocal Music, Mrs. Ernest Lent and Prof. 8. M. Fablan, Plano. J iske, History of America; prague Smith, Italian Literature; A. P. Montague, Ph.D.,’ Latin Language and story. Bor catalogue address Mrs. WM. D. CABELL. ocl03m FRENCH LESSONS, 1511 16TH ST. N.W., MADAME A. PELE. ‘MISS HALSTEAD'S PRIVATE SCHOOL For Girls and Boys will open Oct. 1 at 1429 20in cor. of P n.w. Miss Halstead has made ar- ements this year for the better accommoda- tion of a few older pupils. Application may be le at mad 3024 Q ST. and at the school. EDWARD C. TOWNSEND, MISS ADA LOUISE TOWNSEND. Elocution, Voice Culture, Grace. e Mount Yernon, cor. Oth and N. Y./ave. Flat No. 20. ocl-8m WASHINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 1850 Wyoming ave. and day school; collegiate, prepara- nas (freneh-English), kindergarten; pile. ANCES MARTIN, Principal. "S KINDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL and the Elizabeth Peabody Kindergarten Normal Training School, 1918 Sunderland place, will begin fall and winter sessions October 2, 1 9e28-3mo* ocz-tt 438 _N STREET. ERR'S SCHOOL REOPEN SEPTEMBER 30. au31-3m WELEGRAPHY, TELEGRAPHY. TELEGRAPHY. RAP! Rapidly and thoroughly taught by an expert. Meitods best. Prices lowest. ne Ivy pause Business College, 8th and K sts. n.w. ‘ge3-3mn° Luor WEBB HAYES NATIONAL TRAINING Bchool, authorized school, Woman's Home Mis- slonary Soctety, M. BL Church, prepares women for Christian work as deaconesses, wurses and missionaries; Sibi Hospital a part of the school; Diblical, medical and practical lectures. Day hola: received on moderate terms. School tober 9, A. H. AMES, D.D., President. rs. ©. B. DICKINSON, Preceptress, 1140 pitol st, ocl4-eo2w* ; BY NATIVE FARI- tr; special induca- Al or s wio i cizeloy Borth side. {1502 19th N.W.. PIANO AND HARMONY, KO KEYBOARD. au8i-tf LESSONS ON THE JA: ACADEMY OF THB HOLY CROss, 1812 Mersachnsetts aventie. Washington, D. 0. A school for young ladies ai little girls. In ition to a thorough course tu English, French, German and Latin, special advantages are offered to students in the art and musical departments. A kindergarten has been opened in connection with the academy. 31-6m MR, PUINAM'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEY AND vs will reopen Sept. 16, 1895. Preparation for colleges, universities and’ technical schools, rnd for business pursults. Private tuitium furnished; eat of references. Apply to WM. H. PUTNAM, 3 st. 2. AM., 1633 we auze-tt A Business Education. BUSINESS SHORTHAND. course. COLUMBIA COURSE. Bookkeeping, COLLEGE Shorthand, acumen” Oo Bittation metic jetation Near) Bug! Studies. Washington, D. C. Studies. ‘Thorough courses; individual instruction; large, well-lighted; uew rooms and halls. Moderate tuition and easy terms. Seni for catalogue. aulT-tt ©. K. URNER, A.M, C. E., Prin. SHORTH. xD TYPEWRIT! MISS ANNA M. LAISE, 1383. 12th we. Pitman shorthand by a NEW and RAPID ~meitod. Beginners and dictation. Learn to be a Draughtsman! Evening lessons in all kinds of draughting and mantras begin Sept. 23. 531 7th st. me. se7-8m* OUT OF WASHINGTON. HAGERSTOWN, MD., STUART INSTITUTE: 14TH year; a home school for girls; Its healtbfulness unsurpassed; parents wishing to travel will find this_a most desirable school and home for their children, ‘Terms moderate. Miss | MARTHA DAPNEY STUART. Principal. Miss Stuart will meet parties in Washington who may desire a personal interview. te se3-3m e ANIMALS “AND OIN SECTS. Sensible Information About Those That Are a Benefit to the Farmer. From the Chicago ‘Times-Herald. In the country districts in France boards are put up telling people what antmals and insects should not be killed, and the rea- son, and also which ones should be ex- terminated in order to afford protection to the farmer. First on the board is this: “This board ts placed under the protec- tion of the common sense and honesty of the public.” And, of course, after that no boy or man would mar or remove the board. Then fol- low these instructions: “Hedgehog lives upon mice, snails and wire worms—animals injurious to agricul- ture. Don’t killa hedgehog. .~ “Toad helps agriculture, destroys twenty to thirty insects hourly. Don’t kill toads. “Mole destroys wire worms, larvae and insects injurious to the farmer. No trace of vegetables is ever found in his stomach; does more good than harm. Don't Kill moles. “Cockchafer and its larvae—deadly en- emy to farmers; lays seventy to one hun- dred eggs. Kill the cockchafer. “Birds.—Each department of France loses yearly many millions of francs by the in- jury done by insects. Birds are the only enemy capable of battling with them vigor- ously; they are great helps to farmers. Children, don’t take birds’ nests." And so on the instructions read. Among the animals which need killing on a farm are mice and rats, and the reason they in- crease in spite of the constant warfare of cats and dogs !s because the boys on the farm kill the animals that would destroy the pests if they had a chance. Se What the Bird Preferred. From the Philadelphia Press. Experiments have shown that birds avold the bright-colored caterpillars, as a rule. And this seems almost to have become a second nature, for a jackdaw, which had been raised in captivity and had had no ex- perience in judging the edible qualities of caterpillars, was observed to regard the brilliant caterpillar of the figure-of-eight- moth with suspicion and aversion, although it eagerly devodred dull, plain caterpillars placed within its reach. When it was driven by hunger to attack the other it finally re- fused to eat it, giving plain evidence that there was something distasteful about the prey. Her Rudder. The American line steamship St. Louis, Capt. Randle, which sailed from New York October 16 for Southampton, passed Praw- le Point yesterday morning and signaled that she had lost her rudden She asked for two tugs to meet her outside the Needles to ass her to port, She subse- quently return ——_—_—-cee. St. Louis Lo: DICKINSON’S ESCAPE Opponents Tried to Nominate Him for Mayor of Detroit. BY HARD FIGHTING HE BEAT THEM No Doubt of Mayor Pingree’s Re- Election. POLITICS IN MICHIGAN Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., October 24, 1895. The nominations have been made for the Detroit municipal election, and Mayor Hazen 8. Pingree, for the fourth consecu- tive time, as telegraphed to The Star, heads the republican ticket, and Samuel Goldwa- ter is the standard bearer of the democra- cy. The preliminary canvass was spirited, and, as seen from this distance, not without its humor, but the real campaign, from now until election day, will be quiet, and the results are as certain as though the ballots were already counted. Mayor Pingree: will be re-elected, and his majority will surpass anything that he has thus far done in the running line. Mayor Pingree was opposed in the pre- liminary canvass by the McMillan influence. Numerous caucuses and consultations were held, and a comfortable campaign fund was raised to encompass his defeat in the prima- ries and nominating conyention. But the opposition had a solid and very smooth run- ning machine to run against, and made so little headway that they scarcely knew they were in the field. Of the 12,000 votes cast in the caicuses, about 2,000 were for the choice of the opposition, and the Pingree delegates received the rest. Of course, Pin- gree had a walk away in the convention, and will have another walkaway on elec- tion day. Dickinson’s Escape From Nomination. In the democratic city convention Don M. Dickinson had to hustle as he has not hus- tied in many a long day before, not to gain honors, but to avoid having honors thrust upon him. It was a very pretty little game that was put up on him, and it was neces- sary to call out all the custom house work- ers, all the revenue office attaches, all the post office men and everybody else in the federal service to head it off. Before the caucuses the anti-referee, anti- Dickinson crowd were diligently talking of the availability of W. C. Maybury as the democratic candidate. Mr. Maybury served two terms in Congress, elected both times by large majorities, has wealth, a wide cir- cle of friends and much influgnce. He anted a third term in Congress, but Dick- inson made a bitter fight against him, and encompassed his defeat in convention, and bis fight in 1884 started the fight which is still raging in the Detroit democracy, and which has given the republicans everything in sight in the way of city and county Office. But when Mr. Maybury’s name was m2n- tioned as a candidate for the mayoralty on the democratic ticket Dickinson applauded it, and his friends hoped it could be brought about, as it would afford the brethren a chance to get together again in peace and harmony. Maybury, however, had no idea of accepting the nomination, even if it were uranimously tendered him, and the anti-referee element, headed by Dan Cam- pau, knew it. Maybury’s name was used merely as a dummy, and when the convention assem- bled, instead of presenting the name of Maybury, the anti-referees shouted for Dickinson. They lauded his brilliant serv- ices to the party, praised his talent and ability and pictured the figure he would cut as the executive head of a great city. The speeches for Dickinson, all coming from his bitterest enemies, were eloquent and eulogistic, though often ironical and sarcastic. Dickinson beard of the game a day or two before the convention and rallied the government officials and employes to head it off. The heading off process was accom- plished and Dickinson won his badly want- ed defeat in convention by a vote of 34 to 51. Had he been neminated he would have been forced to withdraw and leave the ticket without a head, or been very badly beaten. Samuel Goldwater, the nominee for mayor on the democratic ticket, the man the Dick- inson forces wanted and worked for, has been in publie life about a year, entering it as an alderman. He is of the anarchist type and has won a passing fame as a socialist. His nomination has been bolted by the party organ, and it is needless to say he will be overwhelmingly defeated. There will be a big stay-at-home vote, both dem- ocratic and republican, many democrats will vote for Pingree, and Goldwater will not catch any republican votes. It was a significant feature of the con- vention that many of the delegates ad- vocated leaving the head of the ticket vacant, thus giving Pingree a clear field. As far as the results are concerned, this course might just as well have been adopt- ed—in fact, it would have been better, as then the rest of the ticket would have stood a hetter chance. “Pingree Looking to the Future. Pingree will be re-elected mayor of De- troit, argl as seon as the election is over he will begin his campaign for the guber- natorial nomination next year. He re- ceived many telegrams from all parts of the state upon his renomination, and since the convention visitors have been pouring in upon him, and the lines are already be- ing laid for the organization of Pingree clubs in different parts of the state. But Mr. Pingree will find as strong a machine to run against in the state at large as the other fellows found in Detroit, and the state machine is under the control of Sen- ator McMillan, with Gov. Rich and the state house influence backing it, and the corporation and capitalistic influence in its favor. It is possible that Mr. Pingree will be able to overcome the difficulties that will confront him in securing the republican nomination for governor, but it is not at all probable. If he is nominated at all it will be by the democrats, and this is not so remote a possibility as it might be. Pingree is more of a democrat in many of his views and opinions than he is a re- pubiican, as republicanism is in this state, and the democrats next year will be very short of candidates. Mr. Pingree will use his bock with as much effect as possible and will spread it broadcast about the state, especially among the farmers and the working classes. As a campaign docu- ment it will be exceedingly effective, and his discussion of corporations, railroads, capital and other problems is along a line that will catch the farmer and labor vote. Not only does he discuss these problems in a way*to catch the vote, but he has the ad- vantage of a personal record that gives his opinions and views substantial verifica- tion. Gen. Alger’s Wishes. Gen. Russell A. Alger wants to head the Michigan delegation to the next republican national convention and will undoubtedly be accorded that honor without contest. Ex-Senator John Patton, jr., of this city wants to be one of the delegates-at-large from the western part of the state, but will have the Blodgett, Watkins, Burrows, Luce and other influences to run against, and it is possible that John W. Blodgett will enter the field against him. Don M. Dickinson wants to head the del- egation to the democratic convention, and Dudley O. Watson, collector of the port at Grand Haven, has been making a canvass of the state to see what the feeling is. By calling out all the postmasters and govern- ment employes it will be possible for Mr. Dickinson not only to head the delegation but dictate the election of a majority at least of the delegates. The postmasters will be called out, ——— Rudyard Kipling, Rudyard Kipling’s admirers, and .hey are practically everybody, will be interested in the story from his pen which ‘will appear in tomorrow's Star, the scene of which is laid in the cold and darkness of the arctlo regions. Every man haring a beard shoul even dnd natural color, xes@y, mse Bu: By keep it and if it is aa hern's Dye and appear tidy. AFFAIRS —N- GEORGETOWN BETTINGON MAJORITY Even That Republicans Will Carry Ohio by 80,000. Picasant Prospeaia for » Plentifal Supply &f Water. —__—_ Bi o Much Indignafion Aroused Over the Street Improvement Schedule— Other Mgjters of Interest. os FACTIONAL BITTERNESS DISAPPEARING tos st The Q street. bumping station is again in operation, the water in the reservoir at 32d and-U: streeta. having gotten .so low that the reinforeément of the U street pipes has become’a present necessity. The new P street main connection has|GQOCTALIST-LABOR not yet been made, though this and its 5 twelve-inch brenckes up 32d to T, and = 5 n 5 = ic The twenty-third year of this famous ¢, recognized see pec tad vOne S20 om Py have | social Correspondence of The Bvenlng Star. alike in England and America as “the king of all periodicals for ‘There is a probability’ that the increased COMUMEHS Ohio Ociohers= uae gs ed bays apis mie November Anos. cee i i it.” facilities for carrying the water will neces- | ©® the whole, the conditions of the state e where there are young people is complete without it. sitate the maintenance of the Georgetowr: | ©2™Paign seem to be turning in a small THE PROGRAM FOR 96. mtation: degree in favor of the republicans. They Letters to a Boy, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Engineers connected with the water de- | 2 putting more energy into the campaign : hi x ‘ : partment say that a few weeks will end all | 25 the election draws near, and the factional Delightful letters written by Mr. Stevenson to. boy and to other young friends, graphically describing incidents in his own life at Samoa. Fully ill 5; Populists Will Poll a Larger Vote. ’t Miss the November Number. © ST. NICHOLAS - FOR YOUNG FOLKS CONDUCTED BY MARY MAPES DODGE. PARTY troubles seem to be disappearing as the democrats, headed by ex-Governor Camp- bell, wage a severe war upon the party. On the other hand, the democratic party's trou- bles seem to be on the increase. The anti- Brice faction of the party is evidently mak- ing itself felt. It is reported that the Sena- tor has indicated a disposition to cut off his contributions to the state campaign unless the state committee will compel Allen W. Thurman and his colleagues to stop the fight against him and for free co!nage until after the campaign {s over. The democratic state committee denies this, but there is evi- dently a scarcity of funds in the committee. The democratic candidate for representative in Perry county has made several visits here to see the state committee and secure a con- compleints about the insnfficiency of the West End supply. as the present exten- sions, enlargements and improvements -are designed to provide more water than is ab- solutely needed. The scarcity here has at times resulted in serious annoyance, resi- dents ofter. being unable on the high serv- ice section to get water to their bath rooms. z Indignation Over the Street Schedule. The published street improvement sched- ule, in which only $54,000 Is given to the west end, and $25,000 of this is to be spent on M street, a thoroughfare whose im- provement has been made necessary through operations of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company,’and which is almost a United States thoroughfare from the fact that it is the only road to Rudyard Kipling, whose first Jungle Stories were in the Hoosier poet, has one of his fi- St-NIcHOLAS, will write for itin’96. nest poems in the Christmas number. SERIAL STORIES will include: “The Swordmaker’s Son,” a ee Fe ‘boy-life at the time of the founding of Christianity, by W. O. Stoddard; «The Prize Cup,” one of J.T. Trowbridge’s best stories; “Sindbad, Smith & Co.,” aremarkable adaptation of The Arabian Nights,—the story of Sindbad, the Sailor, in partnership with an American boy; a serial for girls, by Sarah Orne Jewett. Mrs. Burton Harrison, John Burroughs, George Parsons Lath- rop, Tudor Jenks, Noah Brooks, and Laurence Hutton are among the other well-known writers whose work will appear. Noah Brooks tells the romantic history of Marco Polo. “Talks with Children about Themselves” will be a feature of the year, and stories of the navy are to be contributed by Ensign Ellicott and other naval officers. will be given during the coming year. ,Full Fort Myer and Arlington cemetery, has | tTibution to the fund for his electjon. So 7 j particulars in the November number. Be sure aroused the indignation expressed here on | far, he says, he has been unsuccessful, and to get this issue on any news-stand or the publication of the report that this | on his last visit he said that if he was not +) : subscribe for the year. $25,000 was to come out of Georgetown’s share of the appropriation. In the first place Georgetowners say the railroad com- pany should bear this expense, and on their escape, the generai fund should stand it, not Georgetown ,locally. Before the cperations of the railroad company, M street was one of the best payed streets in the District. While the citizens’ committee have as yet done noth- ing formal toward securing a just charg- ing of this $25,000, It is the intention of the leaders to seek congressional justice In the matter immediately on the convening of the highest legislators. Cars Running on the Great Falls Road SwiteHes and double tracks are being laid now on Prospect street between 36th and 38th streets, the eastern terminus of the Washington and Great Falls Railroad Company, Two cars are in operation on the line now and are running every trip to their full capacity. Clerient Changes in the Farmers’ Bank. Mr. H. D. Crampton has severed his con- nection with the Farmers and Mechanics’ National Bank foret to accept a position in the office of the/Capital Traction Company. Mr. Louis Hleston-has been appointed to fill the vacancy creases. ‘The Presbyterian Debt. At the West Street Church on Sunday Rev. Dr, Alexander ,wiH;.make a strong appeal for funds to aid.in the liquidation of the milion dollar ddbt:of the general Presbyter- fan Church, Mr. Homifer Injured. Mr. ‘Thos. C. ;Homiller, jr... was thrown from the platfotsr ef an electric ear on the Tenleytown lhe ss it made a sharp turn near the observatory wate yesterday, sustaining injuries of a painful but not dangerous char- acter. ue aided by the state committee he would with- draw from the ticket. He had accepted the nomination with the understanding that he would be furnished with sufficient funds to make a hot fight. Perry county is one of the close counties of the state. It must be that the commitiee is short of money when it fails to put it in that place. . It is said that the populists are being aided by the republican state committee for the reason that the populists draw strength largely from the democratic party. A big Populist vote will mean a small democrat! vote. The democrats are undoubtedly work- Ing the same scheme with the prohibitionist party. The volume begins with November ; December is the great Chsiones issue. Le aes subscription THE CENTURY CO. Sibi and remittance may Union Square, New York. made by chech, deaf, money-order,er express-order. Populists Increasing. Persons who have traveled in the farm- ing districts of this state in the last two months say the populist vote is going to be larger this year than it was last. The farmers do not seem to have felt the re- turn of better times yet. The prices of crops are still low, and the yield this year ic by no means as great as it was last year. The wheat crop, for instance, is over 24,000,000 bushels short of last year’s crop. The populist strcrgth has always been large among the farmers of the state, and is for that reason not likely to be greatly reduced this year because of the revivat of indvstries. In the cities the populist party will prop- ably lose some votes by reason of the fact that a great many who were idle last year are now employed and have become recon- ciled to their old party. But this year a new party appears upon the Australian ballot. It is the soclalist- labor party. Its ticket was nominated by a state convention and placed upon the ballot by a petition signed by nearly 8,000 persons, all ycters. The ticket is, there- fore, certain to get that many votes at least. From the signatures to the petition it seems that the new party is strongest in ROYAL WIT. THE TIPPING NUISANCE. Modern Kings Like to Have a Reputa- tion of Saying Bright Things. Ex-Attache in New York Tribune. Of all the kings and queens who have reigned during the last few hundred years is there one who remains on record as hay- ing said anything really witty; that is to say, something that would have been ac- knowledged as bright and scintillating if uttered by a person of less exalted rank? Tkat they appreciate wit and comprehend it is appareat from the fact that the court Plan in Vogue in European. Plnces Not Patronized by Foreigners. New York Lettter in Boston Herald. The tipping system has rendcred exist- ence in Paris and London more of a pain than a pleasure, but in those cities the ex- pectation of those who are in the habit of receiving gratuities are at least within mcderation. Even the harpies in the shape of the old women who insist on taking charge of a man’s overcoat or stick—“Vou- a the mining districts and in the city of lez-vous vous debarrasser, imonsieur?” is GAMBBING IN MEXICO. Cleveland. In the latter place the members | Jester has been a recognized institution | their monotonous chant—are got rid of ars eee of the party are principally Russians, Poles | Since time immemorial; and if today he no | with a few sous; but New York is a place and Bohemians. The party will probably draw the greater part of its voting strength from the democratic party. The pvrblication of extracts from the forthcoming book of Senator Sherman at this time is calculated to do the republi- cans harm, for it is sure to stir up again Characters Met:\With in the Gaming Rooms of the Cupital City. From the Mestean Herald. Enter a Mexican gambling saloon when things are a little slack, apd you will see the habitues of the monte table discussing i the topics of the day, while they roll their | thé old Sherman Foraker fectong! fen cigarettes and loll back in their chairs as| McKinley have been kept down sé far In if they had met for no other purpose. Seat- | this campaign. It is to the Interest of both ed on a chair a little removed from the ta- | to have It so. ble is a man who has probably inhabited No Pictures of Sherman. the gambling saloon for days past. He is} In this connection the significant fact now overcome with sleep, and as he sits | should be noted that in the great republican with his legs crossed and his head rocking | demonstration here last Saturday night the from side to side, one wonders how he can | parade was lined with pictures of Foraker keep his seat, or how it is that his greasy | and Bushnell, and quotations from their tall hat does not topple off. speeches, while but a single picture of Gov. Then you will see an unshaven, unkempt | McKinley was to be seen, and none at all of fellow, nursing his knee and moodily ga%-| Senator Sherman. Nor was he referred to ing at the roulette table for hours, while hers the little ball spins round and the croupler | 'n any way. If the slight was Intentional, it shows a bad feeling in the party; if it rakes in the coin and hands out the win- nings with machine-like deftness and ac-| was unintentional, it Indicates that the curacy. one ever suspects the croupier.|Sherman men are not taking an active } Nine out of ten of those who bet and win | part in the campaign. ‘The recent political sensation—the publi- have no idea of what is coming to them. But they take what the croupier gives them | cation of letters of the republican candi- as a matter of course. He has no indu date for the legislature in Darke county ment to cheat, for the bank is not his, and | indicating that he agreed to vote for Mr. enyway the bank must win in the long | Brice for United States Senator in consider- me what may. ation of $1,500—was no great surprise to inaman may saunter in to give some | those who know Mr. Heoffer best. He was animation to the table. He asks for no] icoked upon with a great deal of suspicion chips, but wagers hard, cold silver. Where | by his republican colleagues when import- the Mexican lays one dollar he will lay five, | ant party matters were up in the last legis- and oftener than not he wins. With the | lature, of which he was a member. It looks absence of undignified hurry and eagerness | now as though Chairman Kurtz of the re- peculiar to the oriental, he does not take | publican state committee made a mistake in in his winnings at once, but produces a | undertaking to defend Heoffer, and to prove cigarette, rolls and lights it, and then lays | that the letters were forgeries and that he hold of his dollars. You will be sure to see | was innocently entrapped by agents of at any table a mild lunatic with paper and | Senator Brice. The betting is now about nas to pencil before him, noting each peint, and whetber the republican majority will reach slowly laying the foundations of a “new and infallible system.” As if there were | 30,000 or not, rather complimentary to the democrats considering that the republicans any way of obviating a law of nature. Now and then a young gambler will en- | carried the state last year by over 13 _— ter, bringing with him into the heavy- A PSALM-SINGING PARROT. longer wears the multi-colored coat and jingling bells of the middle ages, he still remains quite as much an entity as in days of yore. The Prince of Wales has among his im- mediate entourage men whose presence there is due neither to their birth nor to their rank, nor yet to their moral qualities, but merely because they are witty and in the habit of saying good tnings. There have been so many of them—the prince soon tir- ing of people—that to enumerate them would require almost the remainder of this article. Those who occupy a similar posi- tion toward Emperor William of Germany are Count Philip Eulenburg and Baron von Kiderlen-Waechter, who, although they are respectively accredited as envoys to the courts of Vienna and Oldenburg, yet are mcst of the time absent from their posts for the purpose of entertaining the kaiser with their bon mots. of greater expectations, where the lowest gratuity is 10 cents, and a quarter of a dol- lar the usual consideration expected for anything like the delicate attentions crown- ed by a finger bowl. The cabman who sits impassive on the box of the coupe and has no idea of getting down to attend to the luggage, the porter who brings the bag- gage or parcels, the waiter who serves the lightest refection or even drinks, the bar- ber who shaves one, the boy who brushes coat and hat—each and all are inspired by expectations fostered. by their employers, who rely upon the public to help them pay wages. The barber shop nuisance is particularly exasperating, and ought to be abolished through the adoption of some such plan as obtains in certain old-established shops on the boulevard, such as Francois’. The cus- tomer produces a franc, or i) centimes. a half frane (10 cents). The cashier keeps cents (25 centimes) for himself, and places the equal amount of change on the desk, Both the Prince of Wales and his imperial | where it is appropriated by the harber. nephew at Berlin like to pose as wits. | Thus the shop gets 5 cents and the barber Theirs, however, is only reflected wit; that | 5 cents—share and share alike. The same is to say, being endowed with an excellent | sort of organized system of “tipping” is remory and an essentially royal facility of | adopted at certain hotels in Paris, partic- adaptation and appropriation, they merely | ularly those patronized rather by provin- repeat the bright sayings they have heard. | cials than by foreigners. When the bill is King Humbert of Italy has absolutely no | presented no “attendance” is charged in the sense of humor. Not only is he incapable | account, but a certain percentage is added of making a joke, but he does not even | to the sum total, and this money placed on comprehend or appreciate those made in | the desk is equally distributed among the his presence, while his ally, the Emperor of | Servants. ° Austria, has had his reign darkened by so a eae many sorrows, domestic and political, that SOME REMARKABLE FIGURES. he has but little inclination to joke. King Leopold of Belgium occasionally says a good thing. I think, however, I am wrong in calling them good, since they are mostly .nkindly and uncharitable references to Persons with whom he has been brought into contact. His wit, such as it is, is like that of his sprightly and somewhat heart- less daughter, Crown Princess Stephanie of Austria; that is, of an ungenerous character and always tinged with bitterness and sarcasm. King Charles of Portugal is dull and heavy, like his father, and a piece of wit has to be very full-flavored in order to meet with his approval. Indeed, a strange fea- ture about kings and royal personages in their appreciation as well as in their mak- ing of wit is their tendency to coarseness. ‘The broader the “mot” and the more lack- ing in delicacy, the more sure it is to find favor in their eyes. Both Emperor William ard Queen Victoria’s second son, the reign- ing Duke of Coburg, have been known to make jekes in the pre§once of women which would have led to indignant protest and remonstrance on the part of their Used to Live to an Advanced Age in Georgina. From the Atlanta Constitution. Two remarkable cases of longevity were recalled recently by a conversation betws several gentlemen in Athens, Ga. They were discussing the death of the Rev. George McCall, the veteran Baptist preacher, when it was authentically stated that Mr, McCall's great-grandfather lived to the ripe old age of 127 years. He was a bachelor at 100 and took a notion to get married. He carried out his idea and was married. Three sons were born to him, and he lived to see the oldest son old enough to vote. ‘This was considered remarkable, but & gentleman in the crowd whose character and standing, religiously and socially, are above reproach, told an authentic account of the life of his great-uncle, who was one of Georgia’s ploneer citizens. This old gen- tleman lived to be 130 years old. He lived in a log cabin, in the northern end of which They laden atmosphere a gust of fresh air from the street. He will pet gnd have a run of luck that will draw to him the attention of all the lack-luster eyes that surround the table. One or more will gradually sidle up to him, and with parched, trembling lips ask him where he is going to place his money. and ask leave to follow his lead. Where but round the gambling table do you see so many and such striking ex- amples of statuesque immobility? You count not by minutes, but by hours, the time that gray-haired votary of chance has sat with his hands folded on the table and his eyes fixed on vacancy. And how much lIon- It Learned Hymns and Prayers and Died at an Early Age. From the San Francisco Chronicle. Howard Jordan, who resides in Oakland, was, up to a few, days ago, the owner of a little green parrot of which he was very proud. But Polly ts dead now and will be greatly missed, most of all by Sunday school scholars and people who attend the First Methodist Episcopal Church, on 14th was cut a square hole. The old man turned the head of his bed to that hole and siept that way in the warmest and coldest weather. ‘His wife died when he was about ninety years old, and for many years he lived as a widower. At the age of 115 he cut an en- tirely new set of teeth, and at the age of 123 one morning he saddled his own horse,sprang into the saddle and rode thirty miles to ad- ress a widow and to ask her to be his wife. He evidently was rejected, for he rode back that day and lived seven years longer. —__——__+e+—_. She Forgot Herself Literally. From the Buffalo Express. A curious case of the loss of memory ts reported from England, and is attracting the attention of scientists generally. A woman, who was sitting on the promenade at Brigh- ton, found herself unable to tell her name, address or anything connected with her life. She said that she had felt something break irside of her head. The authorities, not be- ing able to find out anything about her, had her sent to the work house. There was rot a single mark on her clothing, Jetters or anything else that would assist in the discovery of her identity. She conversed as an educated woman on things around her, and wrote in a similar manner to the doc- tors who examined her, but her mind was an absolute blank, as far as the past was concerned. The woman was described wide- ly, and her case was discussed at length by the newspapers. In talking she often said her name was Trilby, and then she would say that it could not be that. The letters written by her were signed “Mrs. Anybody.” The wide discussion of her case revealed her where- abouts to her husband, who is a civil en- gineer in London. He went to Brighton a day or two ago and took her home, which she had been absent for a week. She had no idea how she got to Brighton. —_——__+o+—__—_— 4 Kipling Story Tomorrow’s Star will contain a capital story, complete, with characteristic illua- trations, from the pen ef Rudyard hearers had it not been for their lofty rank. Neither the King of Saxony nor that of Wurtemberg has the reputation of being Witty, ard while old King Christian of Den- mark has a keen sense of humor, as has aiso his neighbor, King Oscar of Sweden, yet in spite of the good will of their cour- tiers and the readiness of the latter to place on record any plece of wit to which they give utterance, they have entirely failed as yet to achieve any distinction in that line. ger will he stay in that posture? Perhaps until the lamps are turned off in the gray morning, or until he summons up energy enough to stagger off to the pawnshop to raise a pittance..And that man who has sat so long with his head buried in his hands, what is he thinking of? Perhaps of | the home as it was once, and as it might have been still. + A sprinkling of Anglo-Saxons 1s generally there to give heightened piquancy to the scene, i] street. The rear of the church and Sunday school room joins Mr. Jordan’s rear yard, where there is a grass plot. Every Sunday morning, indeed every morning, Polly was perched out on the grass to catch the sun light and fresh air. But Poll thought Sun- day the best day in the week, because on that day the children sang and recited their lessons, and Polly liked noise. After awhile Polly left off the croakings and the fragmentary bits of swear words it had picked up In early life on a coasting schooner. The bird's owner liked this and encouraged it. The children talked to it, and finally the parrot began to hum the church hymns. Then the words came, and it joined lustily in with the children when they sang. After a little Polly learned the Lord’s Prayer. It forgot its week-day talk and practiced at all times on hymns and prayers and biblical quotations. The bird became a regular Sunday school bird, and was all but entered on the class rolls. Yesterday, however, Polly did not sing or pray, and inquiry was made, and it was learned that the bird had died on Monday last. It took sick on Sunday after the serv- ice, and continued to grow worse until death came. Polly was but a young thing for a parrot, and a scoffer in the block says that early piety was too much for it. ———————— The Puppy Fainted Away. From Among the Clouds. jpeaking of dogs,” sald Superintendent John Horne of the Mt. Washington rail- way, “did you ever eee a dog faint away?” No one had. “Well, I have,” said the vet- eran railroad official, and then he proceed- ed to tell of a very young pup which was taken from its mother and remained at the signal station on Mt. Washington all win- ter, several years ago. When taken down the mountain in the spring he met an- other dog, who undertook to make his a quaintance. “You will observe, id Mr. Horne, “the young fellow didn’t remember ever having seen a dog, and doubtless thought the one before him was the only other dog in the world; so he keeled over in a dead faint.” ——__- --+e+_____ COLORING MEERSCHAUMS. ——._40+ Pie in)England. From the Chicago Intét-Ocean. Mr. Kipling’s''sclentific characterization of a certain atea of the American contt- nent as the New,England ple belt was good wit, yet when you meet the English ple in a life and desth struggle you wonder how Mr. Kipling can see the funny side of anything. I don’t wish to traduce, to bring the pallor/of ‘humiliation to te cheek of the English pie, which, indeed, is re- spectable and pput to stay by you, but I must say that the pie of the genus Britan- nicum is not to my mind the ideal pie. I happened to be in England during the an- nual sway of the plum tart, and on one oc- casion shyly broke the pallid crust of one of this species, It was a desolate, sour ex- perie1 akin to the condition in which you work your famished way through a lifeless hunk of English bread. On such eccasions of gastronomic craving and de- pression I resolutely tightened my own pie elt another hole and made dessert of my glowing and savory memories of Parisian astry. As their pie, so a people. Quoth ir. Beecher once in an interview I was trying to conduct with him at the dinner table of the lamented Grand Pacific: “Pie, sir, goes with civilization. Where there is no civilization there is no pie.” But there is pic and pie, ——___+e+—____ Great Damage to Potatoes, Fully 400,600 bushels of potatoes have been frozen in the ground near Plainfield, Wis., by the sharp frosts of the past few nights, Two Stories of How Smokers Ac- complish the Task. From the New York Tribune. “Do I know any mechanical way of color- ing a meerschaum?” said a pipe expert. “Oh, yes; I have known a man to fix up a small rubber bellows that was kept going by a clockwork attachment, and so did his smok- ing for him; but a much more common meth- od is to hire some constant smoker to use your pipe until it gets the tint you want. British officers sometimes distribute their meerschaums among their men for this pur- pose, and on a long voyage passengers irive their pipes in charge of seasoned old salts. “The Duke of Castelluccia used to be one of my customers. One Saturday he came in and looked at fine meerschaum cigar holder. “That's handsome,’ he said. ‘But I want it colored; can you have it done for me on Monday? “But, your grace,’ I said, ‘coloring takes time. I couldn't have it done by Monday. A few weeks’ “ ‘Bah!’ he said. ‘I will bring it to you on Monday as black as your coat.” “And he did. This is how he did it. He went out and bought a hundred long five- cent cigars, went home and smoked them all day Sundany, one after the other, until they were gone. Sure enough the holder had a beautiful color, but he had nearly spoiled his teeth, ante eee tens he Lp ts do it again, r) re-oent cigars in one day was too much even for an fafian”