Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1895, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. EDUCATIONAL. EDUCATIONAL. PIANOS AND ORGANS. IN WASHINGTON. IN WASHINGTON. Gunston Institute, RATES pt sons AT HALF FP noZd- 12) Miss Sherman ’s School as Dos ry China Paintin ART SCHOOL, 1115 17th st. nw. WV Class la wers, Figures, Landacape and x Al the past two for private les COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. The Berkeley School,, 1515 ff street. Students thorougiiy tted for West Point and Anpapolis, for dill universities and scientific schools, for direct commissions in the army and Lavy, and for the civil & . Twenty-five young men ‘have suce examinations during Piano, fute, BT MADAME A. PELE. TONER E ways i at in off q myll-t ci UNDY, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, Of all the Stat-s abl Territories, BIT 41% st. ow. (new Equity building), _air-te OF JOHN FB JOU pTCHELL, Commisstone for ev nd terri- torr. 3D ic. United 023 Olice, 152: RMING AND ENGI — SSS Ss eae > Manuscripts DENTISTRY. CH AM A USEFUL, RES Pronounced well, spoken, read and under 7th and D nw. in 80. lesan) inners “and advanced classes } © “The Expert Dentists." Comparison in- bo Vited. Vainless operations guaranteed. Fine geld crowns, $5; other prices cor- respond. : Happy to make sour acquaintance. n Colum! = — Rapid advancement. EDWIN BA FREE DENTAL INFIRMARY, tetas s 625 Mass. ave., Homocopathie Dispensary bldg. Ol le 7S hi If Girls Qpen datts from 10 to 12 Mi unit 2 to 5 pm. 9 i No charge except for mat used. Extracting an eh cy Sscnool One ae s, | free Also Free Dispensary, 2 to 5 daily. se26-tt HETH, A. AMMC STEA, CARPET CLEANING Elocution ‘and Works Cary in the ocutic “Carpets in the best ‘manner. bression, natu Mattresses made to. order. after 4 p.m. Address othee. 1 » OF "phone 1065- Wor! NE! 804, M. Wood’s Commercial Coll a EASE CAPITOL ST., ff th. N for then sions. 030-200. ne Uprights, $10 down and: $10 and $8 movthly. $250 to $600 IS THE RANGE OF PRICES. The Piano Exchange, 913 Pa. Ave. Friends’ Select School, Intl TST. NW. A co-erlucational school of all grades. udnie—reveived at any time. e fe ext Looks ta ni on application. pl5-idd LOM v DWELL, Prin -Ipal. Miss Sherman’s Schoo! FOR GIRLS, corner Je: a e 1vth st, A class eg fens in Continental Literature and ES EASTMAN KINDERGARTEN. A. K. STEELE, a specialty. misused voices; Q st woman, Prof. M. 023 15th st. uw nil-tt ‘MISS AM G. LEAVITT, W2l VERMONT AVE. N.W., PIANO AND. aual-tf LESSONS ON 'THE JANKO KEY BUSINESS PENMANSHU — ONE DOLLAR A month until Jan. Two nights a week, from 8 to 9. EATON, BURNETT & DURLING, Business Collex Ladie nes-1m Norwood Institute, Look at the goods SIVE AGENTS be: THINKING OF . : PURGHASING A PIAN® OR ORGAN ? tor which we are the EXCLU- Pianos: Organs: Weber, Estey, Decker Bros., Lyon & Healy's Fischer, (Peloubet), Ivers & Pond, “Acolians™* Estey, (Self-playing), Norris & Hyde Phouoriums. (Transposing keyboard), Ludwig. Sanders & Stayman’s “LEADING MUSIC HOUSE," 984 F N.W. Percy S. Foster, Mgr. A Home and Day ol for Girls, A Full Acidemie and Graduating Course. Mrs. WM. D. Sheet Muste, ABELL, Principal, 176LN, near Conn. ave.ol0-3m1 Muste Books, OOL OF PET. —Hours, 6 to 0 Best systeu. No shading, no position, con- 1030-500 Rective vowels, no failures; simple, legible, rapid. Saecess in 6 to 12 weeks. tin 500 schools. Received exciusive award of World's Pair medal. Answers all 4 Tuition reasonable. Please EMS, Prin., 705 K st. n.w. Washington Seminary, 1588-40 17th st. Select boarding and day ‘school. the old reliable no22-12t* Uptown Mus edented bargains in new and nos Abd organs for cash or in- ck ouly, a splendid new make, for $275, at $8 else in the niusical ‘line at WILD'S BROS, & CF ¢ Store, 1315 7th st. mw. month. ery Collegiate and preparatory depts. German-English Kindergarten. Primary. Mr. é& Mrs. SMALLWOOD. Sint CADEMY OF THE 1 ROSS, 13}2 Mesenchusetts avenue, Washington, D. C. A day school for young ladies and little ‘giris. Piano Buyers, Come at once and make your se- = Gite to a seat soueae ste seas, GaN it Latin, jal advantages 2 see cara re. offered. 10. atidents ‘nero au raiead lection. Pay a deposit and we will SSieectisn with the academy, “1 cists | hold the instrument for you until FRENCH IN SIX MONTHS; BY NATIVE PATE i if g eantiit BEANS tgeabune Tanner; special Juduer SORES We have a beautiiul wit to Aw Lers W ea ‘ren — 7 5 = Dupont clcel {1502 1ith othe eco stock. Prices moderate, terms easy. MIs$ HALSTEAD'S PIIVATE SCHOO! ct. Jo) 93 Tangements this year for the better accommoda- tion of a few older pupils. Application may’ be made at 8024 Q ST. and at the school “EDWARD ©. TOWNSEN: oc2-tt Big discounts for cash. hn F. Ellis & Co., 7 Pa. Ave., near roth st. no2y-28d D, MISS ADA LOUISE TOWNSEND. Elocution, Voice Culture, Grace. The Mount Vernon, cor. 9th and N. Y. Flat No. 20. ocl-3m - REET. ERK'S SCROOL 12 THE MISSES K IN SEPTEMBER 30. WILL REOPI au31-3m =) Mount Vernon Seminary, CORNER M AND ELEVENTH STREETS, D.C ¥ SCHCOL FOR GIRLS. Twenty-first year opens TUESDAY, October first. Large and attractive buildings, tho-ougbly equip- ped with every requisite of a refined home and = Progressive school. Appucations tor admission of pup!is_to the Day Bchuol may be made after September fifteenth, be- Metzerott tr10 F St. N. no29-24d The Gildemeester and Kroeger Pianos Excel In Quality & Volume of Tone. —They embody all the newest fdeas In plano construction and have many admirable tin- rovements peculiarly thelr own, In fact, tidemeester & Ki E become the favorite instruments everywhere. Try one bees Music Co., Music Hall, All the Latest Sheet Music, Ww. tween the of ten one o'clock ‘each morning. MRS. ELIZAL H J. SOMERS, Principat. MRS. MA KINDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL ‘and the Ellzabeth Peabody Kindergarten Normal Training School, 1918 Suvderland place, will begin fall and Winter sessions Uctober 1, 1895. eck 3m Chevy Chase French and English School for Young Ladies; salf ao bcur from Washington, D. C., vy eleccric cars. French the language of the house. For circulars address MELLE. LEA M. BOULIGNY, M1 0c10-3m Chevy Chase, Md. pay Toe ya teachers; Music; Ar reopen 1224. AND 1226 15TH ST. N.W . 3 ‘au20-(m MISS CLAUDIA STUART, Principal. — MR. FRANK GEBEST, LATE OF BE A Beautiful $300 Piano, Can be had for $165. HENRY WHITE, 935 F ST. Matchless 10 cCammon Pianos. 9 qj Sixty years ago, dear Tom, Est’d Sixty years ago; 1832. Pg Iis tone sounds just as sweet, dear Tom, As sixty years ago, WE SELL THEM. Pfeiffer & Co., 417 11TH ST. N.W. newly engaged organist of Calv Church, has opened a studio at 94 F instruction In plano, organ ard theory. Best tes- timoulals aud most thorough iustructioa. nil-ist® Prof. Paul E. Voinot, SCHOOL OF FRENCH LAN KNABE PIANOS. octl-2mn* 1428 New York ave. - The recognized standard of LANG UAG ES modern piano manufacture in ©} musical and mechanical develop- THE | BERLITS SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, ment and artistic architecture in all Branches tn the prin-ipal Am ities, Best Instruction by supe ers. Conversation from star: an and European eative teach- sty er terin in Suall classes, day or evening; also private les ecns at school or residence. Trial lesson free. Send for circular. ocd UR. PUINAM'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEY AND Boys will reopen Sept. 19, 1806, Preparatioa tor leges, universities and’ technical schools, rnd for business pursuits. Private tuitlua furaished; best o! ferences. Apply to WAL. H. I’ AM, AM., 1635 loth et. nw. f Learn to bea Draughtsman! Evening lessous in all Rint: of cranehting and Tel les and woods USED PIANOS OF OUR MAK EEN C ED PRICES UR SALE AXD RENT. Wm. Knabe & Ce., 422 ‘lephone call No. AT AVE. N.W. Mathematics begin Rept. 7th st. ne tuned and repaired ee7-8m* HUGO W ANN. 5 th st. D.w. J 7) Pitman shorthand by a NEW and RAPID | SECOND-HA: 3 GRAND Weitod. Beginners and dictation. e3-3m PIANOS OF D! NEY SCHOOL. FOR GIRLS—1827 I ST. Specla advantages for study of modern tan- , ALL? NOS FOR RE. PIA: 5 Tuning and Repairing by Factory Experts. , muste and art; daily exercise in calle ., drawing. Tatio and French or Gerinaa m. Knabe & Co., cluded tn the recula= course, 1422 PENNA AVE. N. W. MISS VIRGINIA MASON DORSEY. Prin. Telephone call No. 1737. ”SC*~*«w0 DE N3—ELEMENTARY Of AD- vanced studies; expecial attention to burkward, | “KRAKAUER" AND OTHER POPULAR PIANOS Unwilling and adult puplis. Unlversity graduate. | at G. H. KUHN’S Temple of Music, 1209 G st. Prof. Hopkins piace, near 20th and P sts. Expert attention to pianos and organs, Prices au2i-s,mé&ta,4m* reasonable; terms easy. oc5-Smn Several Carloads lof New Bradbury Pianos —have just been selected at the factory by our Mr. W. P. Van Wicile especially for our Christ- mas and Holiday trade. This new shipment will embrace the newest designs in piano casings and all the latest improvements in construction known to the piano world. Everybody who has visited all the piano stores in Washington knows by compari- son that we have the largest, most varied and finest stock of instruments in the city—and when we add these several car loads of new pianos our stock will be head and_ shoulders above any this side of Phila- delphia. Success is the greatest proof of worth that can be found. We are selling more Bradburys this year than ever before. We are getting ready to display the finest stock of these instruments ever exhibited anywhere in America, and we shall take pleasure in showing you every instrument in stock, whether you wish to buy now or not. Do not choose a piano until you have first seen the immense aggrega- tion of instruments under this roof. We can give you better pianos—for less money—and on easier terms than any other piano firm in Washington. We are the manufacturers—no mid- dle profits between you and us. Bradbury Factory Warerooms, 1225 Pa. Ave. FREEBORN G. SMIT FACTURER. W. P. VAS - - bot # eH HH HH ca * ERK HK HH HHH KK HH KH HH HH HH HH HH HHH HE HR RE HH HH H, MA‘ N WICKLE, MANAGER. HAWAIIAN CONSCI CE. Sacrifice of a Punahou Man During the Recent Cholera Scare. From the Honolulu Commerclal Advertiser. Among the incidents of the late cholera visitation is one which reveals the energy of conscience and its supreme power in the disciplined soul. A conscientious citizen living not far from Punahou had been in the habit for years of consuming a dried herring for his Sunday morning. breakfast. The herring had been lawfully imported, or smuggled, into his hamlet of virtue and revolutions, in order to tickle the appetites of men who reside here for mercantile, mis- sionary and multifarious purposes, and was Lelieved to be free from the cholera germs. When the board of health forbid the use of fresh fish, the sensitive conscience of this law-abiding citizen put before him, in all its ghastly nakedness, the question whether or rot the eating of the dried herring did not core within the spirit, if not the letter, of the law. Instead of seeking the advice of lawyers he asked an affabie and learned member of the board of health his opinion, and was positively informed that the germs the cholera could not be taken Into the ‘stem by simply smelling. Thereupon he placed the dried and ancient fish upon nis table every Sunday morning and smelt its pungent and delicious odor un- til the tabu was removed. On the happen- ing of that event he consumed it with evi- dences of the wildest gluttony, and with the deepest feelings of gratitude he sat down and addressed a memorial to the executive council asking that his name be placed on the roll of the ever-faithful patriots, and that in distribution of the next periodical series of “testimonials” granted for eminent services to the republic his name should not be forgotten. coe A FOOL AND HIS MONEY. He Tore in Strips Bills of Various Denominations and Kept the Pieces. From the Indianapolis Journal. A well-dressed old gentleman of portly bearing emerged from the Denison Hotel yesterday afternoon carrying a roll of paper money in his hand. He was slightly under the influence of liquor, and attracted con- siderable attention by his actions. When he reached the sidewalk he stopped for a mo- ment and contemplated the bills in his right hand. With his left hand he slowly and de- Nberately tore the bills from end to end. They were of denominations running from $5 to $20. There was apparently $250 or $300 in the lot. Folding the strips together, he tore them crosswise. By this time quite a crowd had gathered about him and stood watching him with considerable surprise, and more than one eye glistened with silent envy of a man who could deliberately de- stroy so much wealth. After tearing the bills across the second time, he crumpled them up in his right hand and raised his arm aloft, as though he were about to hurl them into ‘the street. In an instant the crowd separated, and every man was ready to pounce upon the torn fragments as soon as they should leave his hand. He thrust his arm forward sud- denly, and there was a wild scramble In the crowd, every man eager to capture the torn bills, But they never left his hand. Instead of throwing them away, he quietly dropped the pieces in his overcoat pocket, and, with a loud laugh at the expense of the discomflted spectators, ambled up Penn- sylvania street. The spectators looked into each other's faces with silent chagrin, and then, without uttering a word, slunk away. a A VICTIM OF REFORM. The Old Clerk Was Used to Lack of Ventilation and Dirt. From th® San Francisco Post. For twenty years an old clerk in the ap- praisers’ building had worked in the same little room. In all that time the single window which was intended to ight the room had never been cleaned nor opened, and was covered with cobwebs and dust. For twenty years the old clerk had worked by artificial light and the walls that were once white had turned black and grimy. During all that twenty years the floor Was never swept and the door was never opened except to let the cld clerk in or out. I rs the oid clerk . smoking an old pipe al- most continuously, but he would nev: eta speck of the oll dust or hasa breath of the moldy and fetid A short tir the window cleaned, ce s ; the walls whit the old furn moved and new sub: uted, end gave the old place a general overhauling. A ventilitor was put in the window and the transom was propped open, so the room was well aired and lighted. The old clerk sneezed all day when he went back and sat the fresh air, and the light hurt his eyes so that he had to fo over and buy a stronger pair of glasses. On the third day he took to his be was a week bi re he was out. ince then he has not been well a day, and he fs beg- ging the collector to stop up the ventilator, close the transom and put a shade over the window. ago Collector Wise the plaice s' A DOCTOR'S STORY. The Ability of a Somnambulist to _ Use His Eyes. A Star writer was asking the physician a great mahy questions and getting answers to them, White the physician wasn’t get- ting a cent of pay for the part he was per- forming. i “By the way,” inquired The Star man, “do you think that a somnambulistic can see?” Age “Do youjmégn when he is awake or when he is somnambulizing, 80 to speak?” smiled the physiciani” “While hé is somnambulizing, of course. I'm not talking about blind men.” “Well, I won't answer your question di- rectly, but: I'l} tell you a story which may go as ar answer. About ten years ago I had as a room mate a young fellow who was a student in the medical college, and a bright young fellow he was, too. He was fond of shooting, and to keep up his prac- tice he had ‘w fine air gun and he con- verted the hall on the third floor, which we occupied, int> a shooting gallery. I used to take a hand myself every time I had a chance, and sometimes for an hour at a time he would be banging away at the target he had fixed at the far end of the all. “One morning I came in from a patient's about 8 o'clock and found the whole upper stery dark. [ lit the gas in the front room, which we used as sitting room and was about to go out and light the gas in che hal, when the young fellow came walking in from our sleeping reom, attired in his night clothes, and with his eyes wide open. I spoke to him, thinking something was the matter with him, but he did not answer, .And in a minuie I saw that he was’ walk- ing In his sleep. “This was not altogether unusual with him, but I had never caught him in the act before, and concluded I would watch him. He came directly across the room, going around a chair and a table that stood in his path, and opening a drawer where he kept the air gun, he took it out and then he loaded it, getting the small bullets we used out of a box on the ma‘ tlepiece. This box he stuck into what would have been his coat pocket, if he had had a ccat on, but as he hadn't the box fell to the floor, which he took no note of. “Then he went into the dark hall, care- fully avoiding all furniture in his way,and going as straight to the door as if he had been awake. I followed him cautiously into the hall and when he had reached the usual point from which we did our firing, he stcpped, took careful aim and fired. ‘The slight’ snap and shock of the gun seemed to have quite a different effect than elther my velce or the bright light in the room, for on the instant he dropped the gun, made a half step forward and fell into my arms, ‘just about as he would have fallen out of bed if he had waked suddenly on tts edge. “He was wide awake in a minute and be- gan laughing’ and asking me what had happened. LI told him, and we at once it the gas in the hall and examined the tar- set. The target had been repainted after we had had our last practice, so that we could see plainly where his bullet had hit, and I assure you he had made almost a center shot. How. “concluded the physi- cian, “in the lighted room, he missed all the furniture in his way, and in the dark hall, he hit the target. Do you think he could see, or couldn't he?” The answer wasn’t quite satisfactory as an arswer, but it made a problem to wrestle with and the physician kindly con- sented to let his questioner figure it out to sult himself, ie ea * ABOUT CAPT. BOYCOTT. A Man Whose Name Has Been Incor- porated in the English Langunge. m the New York Journal. He wes grizzled, square set and a trifle urdersized. When the horse show opened he was there. He was p: band played the final Home.” He turned up yesterday at the the sale Of horses, and he witnessed the work cf the auctioneer. But nobody recog- nized the man. And yet his name is known wherever the English language is spoken. More than that, it is a component part of our speech. As noun or verb, it 1s equally virile and significant. It {§ identified with struggles that have befere now sbaken the social structure to its-center. The strong arm of the law has sinitten it. 'It has provoked the maledictions of the rich. The poor have appealed to it for eit against their task- nasters. Captain Boycott—for the man in ques- tion was he and'no other—was a middle- aged man when~he first filled the public eye in 1879-80. But he is hale and whole- seme looking still. Whatever his faults, he Was ot lacking in faithfulness to his em- ployer, Lord Erne. And the men who in- augurated the first boycott admitted his bulldog pluck. That pluck failed not dur- ing the trying times at Lough Mask, when redcoats, peasantry, potheen, buckshot and landlords were mingled in the pleasing con- fusion peculiar to the popular irish drama. The captain has not been to this coun- try before since 188]. He Is now visiting friends who are identified with horse pene interests up the state and in Can- ada. The square shoulders, the deeply set shrewd eyes and the long thin lips are the features of Boycott’s physical make-up that impress themselves on an observer. His beard Is short, closely woven and a reddish- brown sgrizzle. Both it and the mustache grow sparsely around the lips, so that the lines and contour of the mouth are visible. Boycott has a knack of drawing in those Lps of his that makes him look the very incarnation of will power. His facial angle is good, but his nose is blunt and coarse. The head is small and straight from nape to crown. It is the head of a soldier. The ears are flat, large-lobed and hairy. The jaw, curiously enough, is pointed and re- treating. A thin growth of crisp grayish hair covers the lower half of the skull. Boycott talks but little. Ask him a ques- tion and he scans your face for a moment before replying, as if seeking a hidden meaning to your query. Then he shifts his shoulders, turns from you a trifle and re- plies, his eyes fixed on some distant object. He has a low and indeed pleasant voice. His accent ts distinctly English. As he speaks he keeps his left hand hidden in his trousers pocket. The thumb of his right hand is used to flick away imaginery straw specks from his vest and coat. This flick- ing is manifestly the outcome of nervous- ness. ——E— THE NAME MURPHY. Its Fine Proportions Before came Anglicized. From London Truth. England has done many wrongs to Ire- land, but one of the worst of them has only just come to light. It seems that we have stolen frcm the Irish the ancient name of O’Morchoe and substituted for it a base English counterfeit in the shape of “Murphy.” At last one of the family, the Rey. Thomas Arthur MacMurrough Mur- phy, rector of Kilternan, has determined to hive back the ancient family property. He now advertises through the press he has for and on behalf of himself, his chil- dren and descendants renounced, relin- quished and aberdoned “my said newer or Anglicized, but hitherto always by me used. name of Murphy,” and that instead therzof he’ revives his ancient and true name of O'Morchoe. Long may he live to rejoice in the recovery of his lost property! Probably when once they realize that they are only Anglicized O'Morchoes we shall have the whole of the great Murphy fam- ily throvghout the united Kingdom, to say nothing of the colonies and the United States, following the lead of the Rev. It Be- Thomas Arthur MacMurrough. There is icized) a humble article of diet (also Ang! which I have heard spoken of as a phy."’ Ought we to call that an O’Morchoe, too? —se- As Indiana Sees It. ¢ Rushville (Ind.) Graphite. One of ofr prominent citizens took forty- one drinks“of whisky last Saturday after- noon. Such conduct Is deplorable walle so many of his poor neighbors are without a single drink. by Another Case of Vivisection. From Life. Docter—“Ow—wow—ouch—get away, you nasty brute. Help! This buil dog’s killing me.” Bull Dog—‘‘Not at all, doctor. Don't get excited. You only think I’m hurting you. I'm a committee of one appointed by the Associ 3 of Purpvilie to conduct a few experim in the cause of science. [see intereste ching the mental operations of i man while having his emit chewed off. ROCKVILLE. At the Travilah Baptist Church the even- ing of the 2ist instant a largely attended marriage took place, the parties to the same being Mr. Joseph E. Gilliss of Travi- lah and Miss Emma M. Clagett of Clopper’s station. Rev. J. D. Rayfield officiated. The church was prettily decorated with ferns and chrysanthemums. Miss Gertrude Gil- liss, sister of the groom, was the attendant of the bride, and Mr. MacWalters acted as best man. Messrs. J. Boyer of Damascus and W. Garrett of Hunting Hill were the ushers. The wedding march was rendered in good style by Miss Virgie Ricketts of Washington. The bride’ was attired in a becoming suit of blue and brown cloth, with hat to match, and carried a bunch of white chrysanthemums. After the cere- mony a reception was held at the home of the groom's father, Mr. John Gilliss, at Travilah. Among those in attendance were Misses Virgie Ricketts, Viola Gilliss, Ethel Gilliss, Mrs. Har x and Mrs. Maller of Washington, Mrs. Davis of Tenleytown, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Thompson, Misses Edith and Bessie Thompson of Seneca, Mr. and Mrs. Magruder Ricketts of Rockville, Mr. and Mrs. R. Jarboe, Misses Thrift and brother, Miss M. Hughes, Mrs. H. Waters, Mr. Hughes and Mr. Ruger of Damascus. The bridal presents were numerous and handsome. Previous to the adjournment of the cir- cuit court Wednesday evening the follow- ing cases were disposed of: Neal Dove, con- victed of larceny the previous day, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the Maryiand penitentiary; state against Alex- ander Wright, assault; six months in the house of correction; state against Charles W. Gray, assault; fined $50 and costs; state ageinst Benjamin Lenowitz, selling whisky; not guilty. Thanksgiving day was observed here by a suspension of business during the greater part of the day. Union services were held in the Baptist Church, and largely attend- ed by persons of all denominations. The services were opened with prayer by Rev. T. J. Edmunson, evangelist, of the Baptist Church, - followed by an able sermon suita- ble to the occasion by Rev. T. J. Nevitt of the M. E. Church South. The meeting closed with an appropriate prayer by Rev. C. Shelbourne of the Christian Church. Revs. J. D. Raytield and L. R. Milbourne were also in attendance. The opera house at this place was, Wed- nesday night, the scene of a brilliant gather- ing of ladies and gentlemen from all parts of this and adjoining counties and the Dis- trict of Columbia. Dancing commenced at 9 o'clock, and from that time until the early hours of the morning the scene presented upon the floor was one of rare grace and beauty. Among the participants were Eva Russell, lavender chiffon and satin; Kath- arine Choate, scarlet satin,gauze trimimings; Eliza Choate, white mull; Rosalie Healie, blue organdie over blue silk; Carrie Dor- oughty, pink organdie and silk; Lydia Brawner, black silk, with rose velvet trim- mings; Jamie Bailey, black net; Nellie Dar- ling, red silk; Lula Lay, lavender organdi Blanche Lay, pink organdie and satin; Mrs. Benj. Miller, blue and white striped silk, ruby velvet; Miss Glasscock, heliotrope silk and velvet; Eva Darnellle, Nile green satin and gauze; Maggie Darneille, white muil and canary satin ribbons; Kate Weeler, white mull, yellow satin ribbons; Maud Manning, lavender silk, all ef Washington. Miss Harmison, white silk, with black satin stripes; Rena Sellman, blue satin, with sil- ver gauze over dress; Miss Porter, cream chiffon and silk, ail of Baltimore. Mrs. Lieut. Hogg, Philadelphia, rose organdie and silk; Anna Matile, Richmond, cream silk, ruby velvet; Miss Keys, Linden, black silk with pink stripes; Helen Watkins, black satin, cream bodice; Anna Watkins, white mull, both of Bethesda; Mary Griffith, white mull, blue ribbons; Hattie Griffith, white organdie; Frances Griffith, white mull; An- nie Griffith, blue crepe, black jet; Lottie Griffith, yellow mull and black silk; Anna Farquhar, white silk, bodica trimmed with Nile green velvet; Sarah Farquhar, terra cotta and black silk; Florence Gassaway, violet silk; Laura Bradley, pink chiffon and satin; Sadie Bradiey, organdie and green satin, all of the county. Marie Webb, dotted muslin, olive ribbons; Daisy Prescott, black skirt, changeable silk waist: Cora Edmon- ston, white satin and mull; Estelle Talbott, pink silk and black velvet; Isavella Bouic, canary crepe; Blanche Nicolson, ivory satin, cream lace; Priscilla Dawson, dotted mull, blue ribbons; Mary Dawson, white and blue mull; Louise Edmonston, white mull over pink, apple green trimmings; Jennie Bailey, cream and pink; Ethel Fletcher, white crepe, green and pink satin trimmings; Maggie Dawson, blue mull; Emma England. cream and biue silk; Florence Fletchar, dot- ted mull, blue ribbons, all of Rockville. The gentlemen present were: Washing- ton, Harry S. Roome, Andrew Scanlan, A. H. Ryan, ur Peter, W. L. Farnha Maurice Kirby, R. D. Douglass, T. C. Ni son, John F. Doame, E. P. Doroughty,Robt. Hillard, John Leahy, N. S. McCleod, J. L. Waggaman, J. L. Tucker, Arthur Wasser- bach, R. 33. Durfee, A. Alexander, John Brennor, M. F. Falls, William mnneliy, James Dugan, Rich. R. Costello; ‘w York, Thos. Edwards, John Jones, Stephen Quig- ley, Harry Bouic, R. E. Lay; Baltimore, Walter Dawson, Brookville, Thos. Clar} Glenwood, Howard county, Thos. Aisquith: Gaithersburg, C. B. Beall; Olney, Edward Beady; Garrett Park, H. T. Waters; Tako- ma, F, R. Keys, Linden, Lee M. Lipscomb; Gaithersburg, C. C. Stormstedt; Takoma. Theodore Jones; Potomac, Z M. Waters: Griffith; Redland, Chas. Caleb Stabler; Sandy Peters; Silver Springs, E. C, Keys; Linden, Thos. C. Keys; Wheaton, Chas. J. Maddox, Chas. and Ralph Jones, Garner Bouic, Leonard Nicholson, James P. B. Veirs, Harry Dawson, Bowie Vinson, Alby Henderson, Otho Talbott, Geo. M. Hunter, Thos, Viers, Lee Dorsey, Thos. Vinson, J. A. ‘mp, Worthington Talbott, H. C. Beverly, C. P. Carter, A. F. Prescott, W. W. Russell, eGo. Henderson, Thos. Tal- hott, Robt. B. Peter, Roger Farquhar, jr.; Walter Williams, Herbert Holden, D. J. Luckett, all of Rockville. The chaperones were Mesdames Wm. V. Bouic, jr.; H. W. Talbott and Wm. Dorsey. > m, el- ——— SEVENTY-CENT GAS. Philadelphin May Enjoy That In- estimable Boon. From the Philadelphia “City and State.”” The ordinance of the Delaware County Gas Company, which asks for the privilege of laying pipes and serving fuel gas in the twenty-seventh ward, has come before the highway committee of councils, but has not yet been acted upon. Its appearance, how- ever, has drawn forth the active opposition of Director Ttompson, who sees in this plan an entering wedge for the extension of the service throughout the city, in conflict with the city works. There seems to be no reason fer giving such privileges to any private ccrporation, when the service can be equally well rendered by the city's cwn gas works. Director Thompson informed the highway committee the other day that he had a plan, soon to be submitted to councils, which would enable the city to sell good gas at 70 cents per 1,000 feet and still yield the city a profit. All that is reeded is the necessary appropriation from councils for the improve- ment of the city gas works. Inasmuch as in many cities a liberal discount is given to ‘hose who use gas for fuel purposes, there is no reason why such a plan should not be adopted here, except that councils prefer to sacrifice public interests in order that profit- able lighting contracts may be given to pri- vate corporations. = A Word for the Elevator Boy. From the Philadelphia Record. One of the elevator men in the city hall, whose contact with all serts and condi- tions of men has developed in him a fond- ness for studying character, has often wondered just what word to apply to a malady which seems to afflict some of his passengers. “Many people get into the elevator,” he remarked the other Cay, “and seem to imagine I should know just where they want to get off. They never open their Ips until I carry them beyond their destination, when they seem to think I am at fault for not being a inind reader. I spoke to Police Surgeon An- drews about it one day, and told him I thought there ought to be some word coin- ed to deseribe these people. He advised me to call them aphonians, and cxplained to me that aphonia was really a temporary loss of speech. now I'm always on the watch for sphonians.” Couldn't From the Tater-Ocean. A Texas paper says that in one of the earliest trials before a colored jury in Texas the twelve men were told by the judge to “retire and find the verdict.” ‘They went into th® jury room, whence ile open- irg and shutting of do: and other sounds of unusual commotion were presently heard. At tast the jury came back into court, when Find It. the foreman announced: “We hab looked everywhar, judge, for dat v t—in de drawers and behind de doahs; but {t ain't nowhar in dat blessed reom.” A SWIM IN THE DEAD SEA. - Interesting Vinit to the Holy River Where Christ Was Baptized. From the Chicago News. The German trayeler, Professor H. W. Vogel, describes in Vom Feis zum Meer a recent visit to the Dead sea and “round about Jordan,” as the Bible calls the neighborhood of the holy river where Jesus Christ was baptized by John. The railroad leading to Jerusalem has no branch to the Dead sea, and the trayel- ers rode for ten hours on horseback before they heard the roar of the waves of this largest inland lake, which is popularly supposed to be silent and calm. “Survey- ing the country ficm the top of Mount Olives,” says Professor Vogel, “I judged the distance from Jerusalem to the Dead sea to be not more than three hours’ ride, but soon discovered my error after trave' ing through. the barren and lonely land- scape. “Very frequently we had to dismount for fear of breaking our necks in climbing the precipices or descending into the Wabis valley. After about four hours’ ride we came to a great white mosque, erected over the grave of Moses, so we were told. The Moslems seemingly never heard of the Passage in holy Scrptures which say “And no one has found his grave up to this day.’ They have a grave of Adam, too, in one of the Jerusalem churches. After dismounting for luncheon at the mosque We discovered another party of tourists, the society of hotel employes of Cairo, twelve in number. Their leader informed us that the Dead sea was but a few miles away, but the observation proved as much of an optical delusion as my own was on Mount Olives. We had yet to climb many a height and had to traverse many a stony valley before we reached its neigh- borhood. “When we were about half a mile from the Dead sea we heard the terrible roar of the breakers, and five minutes later we saw the white foaming surf. About ten feet from the strand the water was calm and of bluish color. A fresh re- freshing wind blew over the iake and into our faces, and we had a hearty laugh over the stories that say a whiff from the Dead sea is poisonous. Poisonous, indeed, and that no bird dared cross it! I saw hun- dreds fiying about in the best of spirits. “Another superstition is that it would be suicidal to bathe in the Dead sea. None of us could swim, but that mattered lit- tle, as the density of the water is so great that the human body will not sink in it. Before we reached deep water, however, we had become very much exhausted by our battle with the tremendous surf. “Riding further north, we came to the ford of the Jordan, where our Savior was baptized by John. “Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him." “ ‘But John forbade him, saying: “I have need to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?” “ ‘And Jesus answering said unto him: “Suffer it to be so now; for thus it bi cometh us to fuliill all righteousness.” ‘Then he suffered him. “ ‘And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up siraightway out of the water.’ “The description of the neighborhood in Matthew iii, holds good to this day; the river flows at this point through a muddy fiat, and we found the ford passable, as it was in the period when our Lord was bap- tized there. “At this famous historical point we were surprised to find establisbed a German saloonkeeper, who welcomed us in effusive Style. He lived in a sort of barn construct- ed of rafters and dried mud. And there Was a beer garden, too, with arbors offer- ing protection against the hot sun, rough tables and benches. The proprietor proved to be a native of the Prussian town of }Gmesen; his name was Mayer. He sold beer or some kind of stuff masquerading under that name, and native wines, the lat- ter being quite good. ““The photographs we took of the river | Save a faithful picture of the neighbor- hood, but the camera missed a sign pole near the edge of the water with the legend ‘Boats to Let.’ Mayer had half a dozen of them, beautifully painted, and asked two francs for an hour for their use. We had a good meal and rest at his inn, and in the morning departed for Jericho, after filling our bottles with Jordan water for baptis- mals at home.’ —————— ————_+e. WHY ENDLAND IS GREAT. A Theory Which Attributes It Large- ly to Appetite and Digestion. From the New York World. One ingenious theory which accounts for the absorption by Englishmen of all the available territory of the earth is based en phystological reasons. It is asserted that, owing to the exceptional construction of the English stomach, the Englishman requires a larger amount of food than any other race does, that the Englishman would starve on an ordinary ration, and that con- sequentiy he has to steal the land of all other races in order to get enough to eat. This theory sounds incredible, but it is borne out by evidence furnished by the menu of the recent Guildhall banquet. This was the lord mayor's feast at which Lord Salisbury made his ministerial speech, As a preparation for listening to him the guests were expected to eat turtle soup, oyster patties, mayonnaise of lobster, filet of sole, and roast turkeys, pheasants and plovers. This was intended merely to whet their appetites for the real dinner, called the “entrees,” which were merely the fol- lowing: “Barons of beef, gsalantines of capons, veal and ham pies, York hams a la gelee, roast chickens, pigeon pies, tongues a la acarlate, calves’ sweetbreads, mutton cut- lets a la Portugaise, aspic de fole gras a la ancienne, turkeys stuffed with chestnuts.” A few salads, jellies, puddings, cakes and other entrements and ices filled up any re- maining chinks; and then the diners were prepared to hear what Lord Salisbury had to say about the Armenian victims. Vivisection is undoubtedly »a cruel prac- tice, but still there are reasons for desiring an opportunity of vivisecting a Londoa alderman just after a lord mayor's banquet at Guildhall. It would not only throw light or. interesting problems of physiology, but it would also serve as a lesson in ethnology and in international politics. It would go far to confirm the theory that the suprem- acy of the British colonist, like the suprem- acy of the British sparrow, is largely a matter of appetite and digestion, and con- sequently in accordance with the laws of nature. PHONETIC NEW TESTAMENT. A Device to Help Foreigners Become Familiar With the English Language. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. The arbitrary and unphonetic spelling of many English words is one of the most serious difficulties encountered by foreign- ers in learning English. In order to do away with that difficulty in a measure and at the same time encourage the reading of the Scriptures, Robert W. Mason has pre- pared an edition of the New Testament having the authorized text with the or- inary spelling in one column and the same text spelled phonetically in a parallel col- umn. He has evolved a phonetic alphabet, consisting of the ordinary English letters and combinations of them, to express sounds unrepresented by single letters; and he believes that people whose knowledge of English is imperfect will be assisted by this phonetic text in their mastery of the lan- guage. His system is not designed to supplement the present method of spelling, but is in- tended rather to be a convenient bridge to help foreigners in learning the language. The scheme has the approval of a number of educators and Christian workers. The ble Soc‘ety is in sympathy with it, and 1 probably publish it when the $1,000 needed te pay for the special type is raised. {t is the intention of Mr. Mason to place one of the Te s in the f rT arriving in this ec on the le co" in hb ge: ‘Read English Quickly.” Crippled by Praying. From the Chicago Inter-o ‘The first instance on record of the con- stancy of prayer having a bad effect is reported from Chattanooga, Tenn. A re- vival has been geing on there for several months. Rev. W. F. Levy has been the most zealous worker in the cause. He be- Neves in praying nearly all the time. For three montis he has spent from three to four hours a day on his k i laid up in bed, unable to wa T. Fain of that city, who see him, is authority for the si he injured himself by throwing hin his knees too much and staying the long. CRIME AMONG ANIMALS. |Imatancer Where Bees Acquire a Taste for Robbery and Violence. From the Forum, Almost every form and variety of human crime is to be found among animals. Cases of theft cre noticed among bees. Buchne, in his “Psychic Life of Animals,” speaks of thievish bees which, in order to save themselves the trouble of working, attack vell-stocked hives in masses, kill the senti- nels and the inhabitants, rob the hives and carry off the provisions. After repeated erterprises of this description they acquire a taste for robbery and violence; they recruit whole companies, which get more and more numerous, and finally they form regular colonies of brigand bees. But it isa still more curious fact that these brigend bees can be produced artiti- cially by giving working bees a mixture of horey and brandy to drink. The bees scon acquire a taste for this beverage, which has the same disastrous effects upon them a8 upon men; they become ill-disposed ani irritable, and lose all desire to work, and finally, when they begin to feel hunery, they attack and plunder the well supplied hives. There is one variety of bees—the Sphecodes—which lives exclusively upon plunder. According te Marchall, this va- nety is formed of individuals of the Hal- yetes species, whose-organs of nidification were defective, and which have gradually developed irto-a ‘separate variety, living almost exclusively by plunder. They may thus be said to be an example of innate and organic criminaiity among insects, and they represent what Prof. Lombroso ‘calls the born criminalssthat is, individuals which are led to crime by their own or- ganic constitution. ———_+e+ ABOUT HORSE SENSE. An Equine That Surprised a Hunter. From Field and Farm, “I had a horse,” said an old army man, “that belonged once to the seventh cav- alry, but he had the ‘I. CG.’ brand under hiS mane, so he was out of service. Inspected and condemned. He was a regular old plug, but he was all I could get to go hunting on, so I took him. I rode away out into the plains from the fort and I saw a bunch of antelope finally. I got off the horse and dropped the reins on the ground, expecting | the horse to stand there till I came back. I started off toward the antelope and was sneaking along to get a shot, when I look- ed around and I’ be blamed If that brute of a horse hadn't started off as tight as he could lepe. “ “Well,” says I, ‘I guess I'm in for a six- mile tramp home.’ I cursed that horse to myself for awhile and ‘then I went on. Pretty soon ‘I looked up and I'm biessed it there wasn’t that horse over on the other side of that bunch of ‘antelope. “Weill, now,’ says I, ‘I'd like to know what the devil that horse thinks he’s up to, any- how.’ Pretty soon he began. to circle around on the other side and the antelop> saw hin and started toward me. I caught on at once and I lay down and waited. The old hors® cut up the most surprising antics out there and all the while he kept working those antelope toward me. By and by they got in range and I got two—darned good luck it was, 00. You see, that horse was an old Indian hunting pony, and he had been trained to do that way. Well, I went back to the post’ and everybody wanted to know how it happened I had such good luck, but I didn’t tell them. “A few days after I took that same horse out after prairie chickens. It was the time of the year when the chickens were flying, and I was riding along when all of a sud- den the critter stopped short, braced him- self up and waited—for what I didn’t know. But in a second a couple of chickens flew up ahead of me and I was so surprised [ didn’t shoot. ‘Well,’ says I, ‘I'll be switched. Here’s a horse that’s not only a hunting horse, but is a regular pointer dog, too.’ And he was. I got my gun ready and the next time he stopped I was right on hand and_dropped a bird. Well, no sconer did that horse see that bird fall than he gallop- ed off right to where it fell, and ali I had to do was to reach off and pick it up. He was a great horse, I tell you, and I got lots of good hunting with him.” a NOT FOR HER. Sentiment’ Was All ‘Very Well, Her Husband Must Aftend to B: From Harper's Bazar. ; “Mine is no common Iove.*t It was evening in the Twiliing mansion, and in the parlor the flickering rays from the suppressed gas Jet but half revealed the outlines of two forms on the sofa, one of them tnat of a fair yeung girl, who, with head bent down and with wondrous dark eyes fixed upon the floor, was listening in- tently to the impassioned utterance of the young man at her side. “No, Mildred,” he continued, “when I first attempted to convey to you in my feeble and imperfect way the depth of this great love, which, like a flood, had crept in- to every crevice ef my heart and filled it to its uttermost, I could not at that time realize how deep, how jasting it was to be. But now a full sense of its performance, Its power, its lasting quality has been rev a to me, and I rejoice that I can say to you, ere we have taken the final and irrevozabie step, tflat you need have no fear of the quality of the passion which I feel for the one being who is and ever will be the dear- est and best in all the world to me. And so, my darling, I repeat to you that mine is no common love. Well do I know what the love of the average man is. At first a fierce flame, it gradually grows lower and lower, perhaps dying out altogether. Absorbed in his ambitions, more and more o¢cupied with the thought of gaining wealth, of adding little by little to his income, he loses sight of the sweetest sentiments of life; he for- gets the trifling endearments that mean so much to a woman. But with me all this is different. Day by day my love will grow stronger. No matter where I am, the thought of you will always be uppermost in my mind. I shall be with you as much as I can, and when I am away during my hours of toil your face shall always be be- fore me, effacing all other impressions.”” “Are you sure,” she murmured, half doubtfully—“are you sure, dear, that this will be so? Will you always consider your love befc re your business?” “Always!” he replied, his face undaunted, his rich voice betraying no tone of uncer- tainty—“always, my darling.” The girl ai his side rose swiftly from her seat, and as she mechanically moved to- ward the chandelier and turned on the gas to its full height, she replied. “Then I'm afraid, George, that you won't do. The man I marry has got to double his income every other year.” —— Fiction Stranger Than Truth. From the Westminster Gazette. There is now living at Plymouth an ola man named William Lawson, who has had a remarkabte career. In a sketch of nim just published mention is made of the fact that he is the father of the Capt. Lawson who wrote a very successful book some years ago, published by Chapman & Hall, entitled ‘“Warderings in New Guinea.” This book had a remarkable history. It was really a skit on Stanley's travels in Africa, the secondary idea of the author being that it would serve as an interesting Look of adventure for boys. There was hardly a spot in the civilized world from which Capt. Lawson did not re- ceive congratulations upon Wis work. Peo- ple took it quite seriously. Among others, Prof. Golasmidt of Berlin wrote for ex- tracts. Dr. Ferarra, who accompanied the Prince of Wales in India, asked to be al- lowed to use an extract from it contain- ing an account of a tiger fight, for publi- cation in one of his own books. Sir John Lubbu who was at the head of the Royal Society at the time, wrote to him nd <d him to go to London and give a lecture on his travels. None of these emi- it persons were aware that what Capt. son had written was in fect a very fine work of fiction, and that he knew no more from personal experience about New Guinea than they did thencelves. ——-+ee—____—_ Her Expectations. I will who had rejecte y one there. —__-—_+ e+ _—____ Why They Object. replied the girl "I expect to love From Truth, First Fair Bicyelist—“I don't see why the men should object to our wearing vioomers, do you?” Se-ond ditto—“Pure selfishness. They Want to wear them themselve: