Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1895, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1895—SIXTEEN PAGES. ii SUBURBAN NEWS| BRIGHTWOOD. The meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society was held Sunday evening at Em- ory Chapel, being led by Miss Virgie Brown, who spoke upon the subject “Our Hearts Right With God,” which had been announced at the last meeting as the theme of this one. The interesting way with which she dealt with the subject pleased very much the large number of Endeavor- ers present. After these services the reg- ular church sermon was delivered by Rev. Mr. Shipley upon the text, “The Saved and Unsaved.” Ruth Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, held a meeting Monday night in the lodge rooms at Masonic Hall. One application for membership was received, but the degree was not conferred. The large attendance was due principally to the fact that it was election night. The result of the election was as follows: Mrs. Louise Benzler,worthy matron; Mr. W. C. Turner, worthy patrol Miss Kate M. Loeffler, associate matroi Mr, W. E. Nalley, secretary; Mrs. Jennie Johnson, treasurer; Mrs. Rose Yost, con- ductress; Mrs. W. fi. Nalley, associate con- ductress. The other officers will be an- nounced at the next mecting by the worthy matron. Refreshments were served in the banquet hall after the election. The new addition to the Brightwood pub- lic school has been promised by the con tractors to be finished by the 15th instant, and two of the new rooms will be imme- diately occupied, owing to the increased at- tendance. The b. E. Club met Saturday night at the Misses Willett, in Brightwood Park. ‘Those present were Misses Willett, Misses Virgie Brown, Ella Keene anu Tolliver and Messrs. W A. Knowles, John Brawner, Roland Jones, George Ritter, David Cook, Johu Norris, R. L. Stone and John Ray. The Brightwood Public School sent a large contribution, consisting of stapl+ and fancy goods, to the teachers’ bazaar, which is being held at Convention Hall. Mr. €. Ofton Brown is still in Hartford, Conn., where he is representing the large real estate firm of Wood, Harmon & Co. The Misses Stone have returned from Zaltimore, where they were the guests of Mrs. John Thompson and Miss Maude Startzman. First Lieut. J. Hamilton Stone, assistant surgeon, U. S, A., is attending the course of instruction at the Army Medical School. Mr. W. V. Cox, chief of the National Mu- seum, is still in charge of the Smithsonian exhibit at the Atlanta exposition, where he will probably remain until the exposition is over. oe TTSVILLE. The board of town commissioners met last night at the office of Justice Carr, with F. H, Smith in the chair and a full board in attendance. Constable. Barr reported that he had requested the property owners to have all their gates hung on the inside of the fences, in compliance with the town charter, and that the request had been ob- served. He also reported that ne had col- lected $28 for dog taxes during the past year. The road committee reported that it had practically finished ay! the work that had heretofore been ordered by the board. In view.of the scarcity of xvailable funds the road committee was directed to spend no more money, do no further work, nor incur more liabilities for town improvements until otherwise ordered by the hoard. The board having been informed that the Co- and Maryland electric railway had ed Wells avenue in their right of way without obtaining the permission of the commissioner: the following resolution, offered by Mr. White, was unanimously adopted: “Whereas, the commissioners are informed that the Cojumbia and Maryland electric railway propose to construct a rail- road through the town of «lyattsville, and, whereas, the commissioners of Hyattsville, by virtue of the law, have full jurisdiction over the streets, alleys and public places in said town of Hyattsville; therefore, be it Resolved, that the president of the beard be directed to prevent any occupation or inter- ference with the streets, alleys or public places within the sald town nntil the con- sent of the commissioners shail be given, and that the president of the board have full authority to take, in the name of the commissioners, such ‘action as may be netessary in the premises.” Miss Martha McCullough ts not satisfied with the decision of the recent Jury of con- demnation, which awarded her 3691.50 for the right of way through her property at Highlands for the Columbia and \ . She claims that three of her lots will be rendered useless by this right of and will ask for a new jury to sit upon TAKOMA PARK. A goodly number of ladies assembled yesterday at 2:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church for the purpose of organizing a home missionary soctety, in connection with thé Foreigr Missionary Society, form- ed here one week ago. Much disappdint- ment was felt at the failure to be present and address the meeting, as announced, of Mrs. Dr. T. S. Hamlitt. After the opening service, which consisted of prayer and reading of Scripture selections, the follow- ing officers were elected: Home and for- eign, president, Mrs. H. S. Knight; home, vice president, Mrs. C. M. Heaton; secre- Miss Bitzer; treasurer, Mrs. H. J. foreign, vice president, Miss Alice eretary, Miss Campbell; treas- urer, Z be known as the Home and Foreign Mis- 3 Ethel Mooe The society is to sionary Society of Takoma Park, with meetings on the third Wednesday in each month at 2: p.m. Members of the church and congregation are urged to unite in this work. The Boston Echo mass meeting, under the auspices of the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, will be held to- night at 7:30 in the chapel. Messrs M. M. Shand, Jno, Morgan, J. B. Sleman, Percy S. Foster, and other prominent members of Me C. Union will be present and take an active part in the evening's program. tion is general. Sue Davis of Holly avenue is suffer- relapse, caused by taking cold, and will be unable to sing the part assign- @ed her in the concert of sacred music to be given tomorrow night Trinity P. E. Church. The final r in hearsal will be held in the church this evening. s Hamlin of Maple avenue left y ay, as is their usual custom, for Washington, where they will spend the winter month: Dr. H. nnett of Magnoila avenue retur sterday from Worcester, M: his be where he was present ata family reunion, the first for many years. Mrs. Bennett spent the week in Washingten, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Leonidas Hunt. Mr. teashear will leave Saturday Atlanta, where he will spend a fort- tat the exposition. Mrs, Jno. M. Ewin and daughter of New- buryport, M are guests of Mr. and Mrs. i. Burdett of Blair avenue, with whom they will spend the winter. Late advices from Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Little from La Grange, Ul, report the birth, on the second anniversary of the birth of their son Edwin, of a young daughter. The comfortably heated car, side-tracked at the Takoma terminus, as a waiting place for the patrons of the Brightwood electric road, is thoroughly appreciated during the present cold snap, also its free- dom from loafers, the accompaniment of the average su van aiting room. Some improvement has been noted Sunday in the condition of M B. G. Cowl. Her young brother, Harry Pa; ii bette LLS CHURCH. also slightly The clerk of the school board has recelved notice from the county superintendent of schools of the apportionment of schvol money to this, Jefferzon, district as follows, viz: Grandstaff funds, $233.04; arrearage fund, $71.01; county funds, $62.40. The re- port of the teachers of the strad school for November makes a gratifying showing for the school for the month. In the prin- artment, Miss M. E. Castlemen, were thirty-nine enrolled and an average attendance of forty-four. In the first assistant's room, Miss Virgie Bugg, the enrollment was forty-eight, with an average atte ndance of forty-four. In the primary department, Miss nee Leeds, the enroliment was for ht, ami average attendance, forty-one. Total enroliment for the month, 185, and average attendaace, The several Sunday schools of the town are preparing for Christmas trees tind en- tertainments. Pioneer Lodge of (300d Tem- plars will have a tree and entertatnment Tuesday night, December 24, Christmas eve, with their usual remembrance for each membe! The ladies of the Congregational Church will give their usual annual New England dinner Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. 5 Mr. C. H. Buxton and family and Mr. Yale Rice dnd family moved to Washington Mon- day for the winter. Mr. James Clarke, the overseer of the poor for Falls Church magisterial district, died Sunday night. Services are being held every afterncon in the M. E. Church during the revival meetings Miss Persis Proudfit of Washingvon is the. guest of Mrs. William Stranahan. Mr. William N. Lynch will soon move into his new residence on Broad street, and Col. R. P. Buckner has rented the house belonging to Mr. Lynch and will move in as scon as vacated by him. Mr. Henry Hawxhurst and Mr. Elton Hol- brook of Fairfax Court House were in town Sunday, the guests of Mr. G. W. Hawx- hurst. The condition of Miss Mad Summers, who was accidentally shot on Saturday, was not favorable Monday night. Mr. Thomas G. Carter and bride, nee Miss Weller, returned Monday nigat from their trip to Atlanta. The members of the Presbyterian Church will give a sociable at the parsonage Thurs- day night. - A business meeting of the Christian En- deavor Society will be held Saturday night at the Presbyterian parsonage, when sev- eral important amendments to the con- stitution will be acted upon. Mrs. H. F. Lowe, who represented the society in the state convention last week, will make ker report of the convention Sunday afternoon atthe meeting of the society. The Junior Society, under the supervision of Miss Fay, has a membership of over forty, and meets every Sunday afternoon in the Congrega- tional Sunday school room. The meeting of the Village Improvement Society Monday night at the residence of Mr. G. A. L. Merrifield was largely attended and a very pleasant occasion. Mr. Merri- field, as vice president, presided, and in the absence of the secretary Mr. William Stranahan acted. The resignation of Dr. Gould as president elect was accepted and the election of his successor was deferred until next meeting. The finance committee on the 4th of July celebration reported a balance of $22.65, which was turned iuto the treasury. It was voted to award nine season tickets to the course of lectures hy the society to the ntne scholars, three in each department of the public school, who make the greatest proficiency in their stud- jes. Messrs. A. E, Rowell M. E. Church, A. P. Eastman and C. F. Newman were ap- pointed a committee to ascertain the cost and durability of different kinds of side- walks, and report to the next meeting of the society. Lieut. Barry united with the so- ciety. The invitation of Dr. J. B, Gould to meet at his residence in January was ac- cepted. On the adjournment of the busi- ness meeting a social time was spent, and a program in charge of Mr. Merrifield re dered, consisting of the following, v1: Readings by Messrs. G. F. Rollins, A. P. Eastman and A. E. Rowell; solo, “Happy Day,” by Mrs. William Stranahan; violin solo, Col. R. P. Buckner; recitation, Wm. Stranahan; piano sole, Miss Persis Proud- fit. A very interesting number of “Pen and Scissors,” edited by Miss Belle C. Merrifield, was read, full of local hits and original se- Among those present were Mr. . G. R. Phillips, Mr. ard Mrs. A. C. nd Mrs. W. W. Kinsley, Mr and Mrs. L. B. Parker, Mr..and Mrs. Wm. Stranahan, Dr. and Mrs. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Thornburg, Mr. and Mrs. ¢ Newman, Col and Mrs. R, P, Buckner, Misses Emma_ Albertson, B. C. Merrifield, Persis Proudfit, Edith Merrifield, Tinnie Merrifield, Nita Phill Maud Hodgkins, Maud Rathbun, Messrs. Lieut. Barry, M. E. Church, G. R. Albertson, G. F. ins, A. E. Rowell, Dr. J. B. Hodgkins, A. P. Eastman, C. M. Rathbun, E. F. Rorebeck, Albert Meekins. — BROOKLAND. . Mr. Samuel E. Davis and Miss Mary E. Pfluger, who were quietly married last week at the parsonage of the German Lutheran Church, are now in Baltimore. On their return Mr. and Mrs. Davis will re- side in Brooklan: The Sewing Guild of the Church of Our Savior had a pleasant meeting this after- noon in the Brookland guild room, in the Town Hall, which room will be occupied curing the winter months by the Sewing Guild. Rev. J. T. Crowe, the pastor, closed the meeting with a short service. The several churches in Brookland are making preparations for the Christmas ser- yices and the Santa Claus entertainments for the children. The Baptists have decided to give the young people a jolly time Fri- day, December 27. Much interest is being manifested in the revival services at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Last night Mr. R. L. Dutton, pres- ident of the Chri n Endeavor Society, addressed the congregation In an earnest manner. The service take place at 7:30 o'clock, and will continue every evening this week. The Aid Society of the M. E. Church had a business meeting last night, at which matters concerning the society were dis- cussed. Rev. Dr. H. Hyvernat’s house, on 12th street,- will be occupied by Mrs. Brawner from Washington as soon as it is com- leted. Pirhe W. C. T. U. of Brookland met this afternoon at the Baptist Church. Hereafter the price of The Star served at the homes of Brocklandites will be 44 cents per month, the same as is charged in Washi Mr. H. W. Leese is the only authorized agent for Brookland, and sub- scriptions sent to him or to the office of The Evening Star will recelve prompt at- tention. —— SLIGO. Immediately after services at the Silgo M. E. Church Sunday afternoon last @ meet- ing was held in the church and a permanent organization of the Sunday school was ef- fected, at whick the following named were elected as its officers: Dr. Albert Shelly, su- perintendent; Mr. J. C. Dowell, assistant | superintendent;Miss Rose Wilson,secretary; Mrs. Bukoffsky, treasurer, and Misses Mamie Wilson and Louise Dowell, organ- ists. The pastor, Rev. J. C. Cannon, is much encouraged and grateful for the ac- tive interest as shown by friends in the neighborhood looking to the welfare of the church, as the attendance at both charch and school services has exceeded his ex pectations. Mr. Harry F. Condict, who has been vis. iting his parents here during the lasi weck, has returned to New York,accompanied by his brother, Nathaniel. Miss Edna Mill: returned to her home in Washington, a visit to relatives near Spring The young gentlemen of Woodside and a few of thetr friends from Washi at the club house of the Woords ton met u A tion last Friday and selves into a cross-country ¢ J. H. Ruff as captain and at and red as its colors. The nt_then took place. George W. Curtis and Frank Birgfeld personated the hares and were followed over eight miles of the surrounding country by the following-named members of the club: Stuart, Coffin, Barr, Under- wood, Flecker, Pipis, Swormstedt, Morris, Wilson and Vanhorn. Afier the hunt the club indulged In athletic sports. The next hunt will occur on the 13th of December. — ROCKVILLE, November term of the circuit court closed Monday evening. Previous to adjournment the following litional « Ss were tried: State agt. Mortimer Campbell; disturbing religious meeting; fined $20. State agt. Oliver Powell; disturbing religious meet- ; fined $20, State agt. Mortimer Camp- selling whisky; not guilty. State agt. Percy Tunia; disturbing religious meeting; fined $20. At this term of court thirteen persons were sentenced to the house of correction, two to the house of reforma- tion and four to the penitentiary. The for- mer, practice of the court in sentencing pris- orers to the county jail for minor offenses appears to have been done away with, and hereafter they will experience the pleasure of doing the state some service at its popu- lar institutions. ‘The new board of county commissioners organized Tuesday by the election of John ©, Clark as president, Warner W. Welsh, clerk; Robert Hilton, assistant clerk, and Bowie F, Waters, counsel. The new board is composed of John O. Clark, Richard T. Ray, Joseph T. White, Remus R. Darby and Samuel K. Bready. There was quite a crowd in attendance at the meeting of the board, and considerable feeling was mani- fested by the friends of the several candi- dates for assistant clerk and counsel, for which considerable log rolling has been going on for weeks. The next contest prom- | edy, which had the fit pathetic relief of his ises to be for tax collectors for the five col- lection districts. These contests are be- tween the two wings of the democratic party, and if persisted in, promise to end in handing over the entire control of the coun- ty to the republicans. The newly elected sheriff, John W. Col- lier, Tuesday took the oath of office and en- tered upon the discharge of his duties. His deputies in the several districts have not yet been announced. Mr. John J. Higgins, secretary and treas- urer of the board of school commissioners, has made the following report of the opera- tions of the public schools for the fall term: Enrollment, white pupils, 3,089; colored, 1,4096—total, 4,585. Average attendance, white pupils, 2,141; colored, 1,108—total, 3,249. Expenses, white schools, $11,010.67; colored schools, $1,448.33—total expenses, $12,459. Miss E. Jennie Hodges has been appointed assistant teacher of school No. 2, Clarksburg district. Charles Case has been appointed trustee of school No. 2, Potomac district, vice Charles E. Higgins, resigned. In the orphans’ court Tuesday the last will and testament of Chas. Kramer, de- ceased, was filed for probate and record. | The last will and testament of Frederick A. Gee, deceased, was filed and admitted to probate and record, and letters testamen- ary on the personal estate of said deceased were granted to Olive M. Gee, the execu- trix appointed in said will; bond, $200. A certified copy of the will of Jonn H. Wil- mot, deceased, was filed for record. Letters of administration on the personal estate of Jas. T. Connor, deceased, were granted to Ebilemon M. Smith, the renunciation of B. O. Connor, brother of deceased, having been filed; bond, $2,000. Charles T. Young, administrator of Asonath R. Young, de- ceased, filed list of debts due deceased, and passed his first and final account in the personal estate. Nathan Cooke, executor of Harry D. Cooke, deceased, filed a list of debts due deceased, and an inventory of the personal estate, and wes granted an order to sell the personal estate. The bond of John W. Collier, sheriff of Montgomery ccunty, was approved by the court. ss ARTEMUS WARD. He Had the Ohio Habit of Talking Added to the Maine Habit of Thinking Howells, in Harper's Maguzine. Charles F, Browne, whose drollery wafted his pseudonym-as far as the English speech could carry laughter, was a westernized Yankee. He added an Ohio habit of talk- ing to the Maine habit of thinking, and he so became a literary product of a rarer and stranger sort than our literature has other- wise known. He hai gone from Cleveland to London, with intervals of New York and the lecture platform, four or five years before I saw Pim in Boston, shortly after I went there. We had met in Ohio, and he had person- ally explained to me the ducatless well- meaning of Vanity Faig in New York; but many men had since shaken the weary hand of Artemus Ward before I grasped it one day in front of the Tremont Temple. He did not recognize me, but he gave me at once a greeting of great impersonal cor- giality, with “How do you do? When di you come?” and other questions that ha no concern in them, till 1 began to dawn upen him through a cloud of other half-re- membered faces. Then he seized my hand und wrung It all over again, and repeated his friendly demands with an intonation that was now, “Why, how-are you—how are you?" for me alone. It was a bit of com- impending doom; this was already stamped upon his wasted face, and his gay eyes had the death look. His large, loose mouth was. drawn, for all its laughter at the fact which he owned; bis profile, which burlesqsied an eagle’s, was the profile of a drooping eagle; his lank lergth of limb trembled away with him when we parted. I did not see him again; I searcely heard of him I heard of his death, and this pathetic image remains with me of the humorist who first gave the world a taste of the humor which charac- terizes the whole American people. -2oe PUSS IN THE POST OFFICE. The Considerable Sum of Moncy Eng- nd Provides for Its Cats’ Support. From the Londoy Antmal's Friend. It may not be generally known that a considerable sum of money for cats’ meat appears annually as an item in the post office estimates. This meat goes to tie support of a whole colony of cats at St. Martin's-le-Grand. How they first came’ there no ene seems to know, but the general impression is that their ancesiors belonged to the private offices which were demolished when the present G. O. P. was built, and that they became “strays” about the ruins until the rising walls gradually shut them in, and thus provided them with a home. The cats are invariably treated with great kindness by the postal staff. Wittens are born in all serts of odd corners, even oc- easionally under a desk or table in the sori- ing office. One cat has successfully reared during the present year a family of six in the registered letter department, but this of course is exceptional. They are generally born in the kitchens, as there are pleaty of old worn-out coats about, which make a comfortable bed. As soon they are old nough some one requiring « home to the domestic hearth. often a keen struggle for their pos and a man will feed both mother and kit- | ten on milk and watch them with anxious eye, only to find in the end that he is a day too late, some one having forestalied him and quietly disappeared with ithe coveted pet. ession, ——_—__ +e+ - LOST HIS TICKET. Plight of a Passenger Who Came Over From England. From the New York Tinies. There was one man on the mship Southampton recently arrived in New York who paid well for his passage. When it came time to present bis ticket to the stew- ard it was not to be found. For four days he looked for it. Pockets were turned in- side out, trunks turned upside down, bat bands torn out and a state room converted into a wilderness of pillows, bed clothes and clothing. The unfortunate passenger asked every man, woman and child on the ship: yeu seen ticket number 1,601 were posted on the bulletin boa a next day the passenger lost his identit Everybody called him “1,601.") rom that time he was known by his ticket number. Have xou seca M GOL" tod: one would ask, Then a dozen y Which ‘1,601," the man or the ticket?” After the big dinner Thanksgiving day Mr, “1,601 gave up the struggle and paid $125 for his passage. This is the way he figured it up “I have examined the first and second cabin: passengers, and I know everything they possess. When I state that the New York customs authorities won't get within few thousands of what is dus them, I give expert testimo he steerage had persons in would take me at least three d. amine them, and that would i it. Sunday, and as we are due guess I'll give it up. When “1,601” left the pier yesterday he was better known than the purser. Mortality of Physicinns. From the Medical Record. Dr. Cortright, in the Brooklyn Medical Journal, has written a paper on the “Mor- telity and Causes of Death in Medical Men.” This paper is based on the -records of 450 physicians who died in New York and Brooklyn during the past eight years. | The average age of death was 54.6 years, and the mortality was about 25.23 as com- pared with a mortality of in clerg: 23 in lawyers. There is a coi siderable mortality from the self-adminis- tration of drugs; that from consumption is about half the general rate, while that from typhoid fever is very high. There is a high death rate due to arterial sclerosis | and other degenerative changes. ‘The practical conclusion deducted from Dr. Cortright’s statistics, says the Medical Journal, is that doctors should take at least three weeks’ complete rest and change should be extremely moderate in of stimulants, should be regular in their meals, never worry, and never hurry. This is the kind of advice that doctors give, but do not take. The further sugges- tion, however, that they all join some medical sickness and life assurance society, is a wise one. 0% After the Summer. From the Detroit Free Press. Mother—‘“Well, are you going to let Mary marry the young man she met at the shore?” Father (with a sigh of rellef)—“Certaialy; I was afraid she was going to be very nard io please.” SOME POPULAR EXPRESSIONS. — Curiosities of American Speech Ac- cording to-2 Dialect Society. From the New York Sun, Is a pancake fried or baked, or simply cooked? Is it, after all, really a pancake and rot rather “é'griddle cake, a flannen cake, a buckwheat or a flapjack? What is a doughnut? When you tear your trousers on a 8) Point what is the first word yo: instinttively apply to the re2- tangular rent; trap patch, bern door, or weewary, as says the New Englander, or is it winklehawk of nicklehawk, as Now Yorkers say? What do you mean by ding- bats? How widespread is the use of the shimmy? Such are the problems set by the American Dialect Society in part eight of its notes, which will be published in a few days. Three distinct recipes for the prepara- tion of doughnuts are promulgated by the society. Dough, raised with yeast, swect- «ned and spiced, cut into cubes, which, when fried in a deep versel with hot fat, hecome round lumps, forms the doughnut of Connecticut By substituting soda or saleratus for yeast, and cutting the -paste into circles or twists, you have the dough- nut of Massachusetts, which the Dutch set- tler calls the olykoek and others the crul- ler; while the native of Connecticut dis- tinguishes betweer the twisted biled cake und the round jumble. If merely unsea- soned dough be used, you have the fried bread of Massachusetts, called on Cape Cod seventy-fours, and elsewhere, it seems, doughnuts. The dingbat has had an ad- venturous career. Starting as a ball of dirt on the legs of sheep in Vermont, It becomes a smart spank to the northern New Englander, a squabble, a flying mis- sile and morey to the Maine lumberman, the biscuit. of the New England hoarding school, while in Georgia it has turned to a mother’s kiss, and you may say of the sir you admire: “She is a regular ding- at." It must not be inferred that culinary and domeStic matters alone engross the society's attention, though it is at home that the careless words and phrases are most likely to be used which deviate from Literary forms, but have passed from mouth to mouth since man first spoke. This part of dialect notes contains no less than 600 new words and usages, collected throughout the land, some poetical, many plcturesaues and all curious and interest- ing. In the Tennessee mountains, streams flowirg frcm the east are sunrise waters, a mule that you Can trust is a confidential mule, a railroad train is a smoke wagon, a kiss is a smouch, cheese is plural, with a singu.sr chee, sugar is sweetening, but molasses is l.ng sweetening, a man subject to fits is fitified, and very much is a heap sight, or a good few, or some several, or way yander. A man points to a hillside and tells you that he “lives on yon coast” and has a “good sccpe of land;” he greets you with “How do you come on?” and asks you to “Come in and rest your hat.” A tocthbrush to him means a snuff stick, ill means cross, juberous timid, fisty mean, popular stylish, his past tenses are fotch and holp and seed and’ squez and swole; he tells you that “sickress is mighty inter- ruptin’,” that it is “a gcsh wet spell,” and “hit's too-my-goodness cold,” that he has “the beatenest boy and talkenest old wo- man ever you see,” and that that young flirt is “‘tryin’ io git a chaw on a feller.” The sty-baked or stay-at-home Jersey Iratron cccsters or potters around the house, calls her preserves do-ups, pork spack, her husband, if need be, a lobscouse or loper, meanirg a worthless fellow. She sides up or cleans up dr goes strulling, wasting time abont the village, but she cares not a Dutch cuss about going down country, that is, fo New York city. Coof is the name for an off-islander in Nantucket, on Mt/' Desert the summer visitor is a rusti¢rata, a stupid Vermonter is a _dodunk, a goober grubber digs peanuts in Tennessee. When a man is confused he is mommixed ‘ Kentucky, he is muxed up in Otsego county, galleyied in New Bed- ford, stodsed initndiana, and wuzzied in New York. “I don't hurt fer it.) means “I don't care” In Mississippi, while “I don't mind it a bit” implies terror én North Car- olina, where a great falamity is scandalous, The sunset is day down on the Virginia coast. A man_hasilarge money in Cincin- nati, he has sCuds-ef it in Missouri, and a session of it in).Georgia. When a Terre Haute citizen is sujen he is putchiky, and if too weak to get out of bed is on the lift, while a pawky Obtoan is one in poor health, and a mentally weak Kentuckian is slack twisted.. Hoga is a strong smell in New Hampshire, where a severe storm Is a tan toaster. ;Mésrcuri slush is sposh. Green corn remaing roast'n ear in Florida, even when it 3s canned,:.and there a cow may give birth to.a yearling. The farmers‘of Orange and Sullivan coun- ties have the reprehensible practice of mak- ing their maple sirup by melting the sugar; this they call .al:magoozleum. On Staten Island, splendid is galloptious, titbits are |manavelins, and to turn is to tarve. Pat- chegue says noink and suink for nothing and something. In the nerthwestern part of the state, when two young hearts begin to beat as one they are said to be seamulju- gated. The Ithacan on entering the house hangs up his shock, h's hat and coat. The Otsego thief when caught looks meecking or guilty, even when he has stolen a mere smitch, a very small quantity. Quarter eagles must be more common in the cen- tral part of the state than in the city, for they are still known as twenty-shilling pieces, and silver dollars as hardtack. There slcuchy is loplolly, sticky is tack you are bushed when ycu are tired, you change off when you move, you go large when you are extravagant, you pronounce hoax as a dissyllable, you pooster about when you are fussy. you are in a yang when in a hurry, and when violent you do things kabang, kachunck, kaflop, kaslam. BELIEF IN PET OME Superstitions Which Follow a Man From His Cradle to His Grave. From the New York Times. There is an old superstition that the left limbs should always be dressed first, but not completely at one time. Suppose that the man who-manifests his indignation at the assertion that he is superstitious com- mences, cautiously, as it were, without let- ting himself know that he is being watched, with the first garment he puts on in the morning, and learn what is the re- sult. How surprised he will be to know, perhaps for the first time, his left arm goes into his shirt first and his left sock on his left foot first, to say nothing of continuing the observation as far as the shoe. There are men who will change a garment which had been put on, unconsciously, inside out, but there are many men who will not, for their lives, risk the old superstition con- cerning such an act. Kings have not dared it. Where is the man or boy who, save only in a spirit of bravado, will knowingly walk under a ladder? Even if done in a spirit of defiance of the old bogie, how expectantl and sometimes tremblingly, he awaits th coming of the penalty. Try it, man, and if the penalty of sorrow or loss, disappoint- ment or accfdent, does not result before the day has swept by you will not tell of it. If it comes to you, the rule will be followed, and you will never cease telling of it, this rare occurrence. . , When a man returns to the house after once starting out, having, perhaps, forgot- ten to kiss his wife or something less im- portant, hig natural inclination, without special prompting, 4s to sit down before starting again. It is said to be bad luck to omit this. 5 Even death may result if a human being should raise an? open umbrella .over his head within doors, it is said. Umbrella makers have been» known to observe this religiously. tot ‘ People who live in the country must be careful not to have around their homes a white-nosed cow, fdr, should the window be open and this cow with the white proboscis reach over the window sills in search of in- formation or something dainty, there will be-a death in the family before long. So says the old saw. Why must we give a penny for any sharp instrument presented by a friend? Why do we seck a four-leaved clover, and why must we pick up a dirty horseshoe from the street whenever we see it there? Why do men nail the horseshoe over their doors and ends down, too, invariably, when the original superstition, of which they seem to be in ignorance, asserts that it should be nailed up the other way, so as to catch within its embrace the luck which de- scends. os —____— No Living With Him Since, From the Chicago Tribune. “Strikes me that Vanderchump is aw- fully conceite “He is. You know how it came about?” “Na.” “Why, several years ago the report got out that he was dead. Several papers printed his obituary, and of course he read "em." SCIENCE OF FIRES. Explained by n Man Who Has Made It a Life Study. From the York Sun. Simon Brentano, of the well-known pub- Uishirg firm, for twenty years has been’ studying fires am@ the methods of exfin- guisbing them. During that time he has missed but few of the big fires in this city, } and once he was burned out himself. In Mr. Brentano’s house in Livingston plece there is one room almost wholly given: up to fire literature and fire art. On the walls are pictures—many of them old and rare—of famous conflagrations. On the mantel ard tke table are relics and me- mentos of great disasters from the flames, and the book shelves are filled with treat- ises in various larguages on this subject, some uf them dating back to the sixteenth century. It is the most complete collection of pyro-literature in this country, perhaps in the world. In this room a Sun reporter fcvnd Mr. Brentano, contentedly studying a German book cf the eighteenth century which treated of his favorite subject. “Part of my amusement in life is in this sert of thing,” said Mr. Brentano. “One can’t always be going to fires, which is what I should like to do in my leisure mo- ments, but one can always find something to read about them by looking far enough. I have studied this subject assiduously, and I am just beginning to find out how much there is about a fire that neither I nor any- body else knows. For many years now I have been in the habit of going to fires, and have passed much time in the various eugine houses, so that I am perfectly fa- miliar with our system here, and I am scmewhat familiar with systems in other countrics. In practical usefulness the de- purtmenis of many of our big cities are un- excelled. Here, for instance, our firemen can mobilize at a threatened point with admirable speed. There is no homogeneity of method in this country, however, as-is the case in foreign nations. Different cities have different organizations, according to their needs. Some use fire engines, some depend upon reservoir power, and, of course, in many of the smaller towns the volunteer system still obtains. In the big cities, however, fire fighting is brought to the standing of a science. . . “Every firemen, but almost no outsider,” ecntinued Mr. Brentano, “realizes that there are in every great fire elements of mystery. It is this that makes the work of extinguishing so dangerous. Np two fires act alike. There are sudden bursts of flame that leap out from unexpected places and Grag men down to death. Again, who is there that understands along what lines a fire spreads? How are we to explain those explosions in buildings where there :s krown to be no explosive material? We den’t even know—nor is there any way of finding out, apparently—what the tempera- ture of a great fire is, or what its ‘thrust- Ing power,’ the force of penetration of the flames, or under what cirqumstances of heat and pressure granite begins to crum- ble, or brick to become soft and pulpy. No one kas ever analyzed the heat units in a ccnflagration. The arzhitects of a build- ing don’t know how nearly fire-proof any substance they use may be. ‘ow, in addition to these matters, which are entirely unknown, there are other points in every fire, which, if known to the firemen, would greatly decrease the danger and difficulties of their work. “The pyramids may be fire-proof. I shoulin’t wender if they were. It is a question of mass. To make a building fire- proof means to take away one-third to one- half of its available space. It would be immensely expensive, and I don’t think we shaill_see one here. Every window you put in, every elevator shaft you put in, every open stairway you arrange for, is just so Breat a certain detraction from the fire- proof quality of your building. The term ‘fire-proof’ is a comparative term. One thing you may. be ceriain of: Put enough dGraughtways in a building and it can be berned down, no matter what the material may be. “My experience in studying fires has for- mulated itself into this theory regarding these explosions. At a certain stage of a great fire a gas Is generated by the great heat and the great pressure. other agencies of which we know nothing possibly having scme part in it, This gas is generated, not in the part where the flames are active, but in confined spaces subject to the heat, as, fcr instance, an intact building near the burning building. At a certain pressure this gas is explosive upon ignition, like ordinary illuminating gas. It is this that causes the violent explosions so often noted. A flame, or even a spark, reaches a confined space where this gas is closely compressed, and it ignites and bursts out. “Proofs of tne presence of this gas are plentiful. Any fireman can tell you that many fires are first discovered by the sound of crashing glass. That is the pressure of tris gas bursting out of the windows. It naturally bursts out at the weakest places, ard, crce having obtained free outlet, the danger of explosion from ignition is over. he hope and theory of fire fighting is to bring to Its highest development the system of quick alarm and prompt response; to mess in the shcrtest pcssible time at the nearest possible point to the fire the greai- est power availatle. Once a great fire gets headway, what it has grasped is doomed. The battle is te keep it from grasping more. Our greatest achievement in fighting the flames has been the perfecting of the scence of fire defense.” — TURKISH PARTY. THE You The Hopes and Aims of the Organiza- tion as Set Forth in a Circular. Paris Correspondence London Times. There are in Paris a number of members of the young Turkey party who dream of a Mberal Turkey, snd who have remained faithful to the ideas end generous illusions of Midhat Pasha. These young Turks have just given public expression to the spirit that animatez them in a sort of manifesto addressed to the civilized world. The text is as follows: It is apparently forgotten in Europe that there ts in existence here a young Turkey party, which, since the promulgation of the Tanzimat, has never ceased to keep it- self before the world. It is this party, with Midhat Pasha as its head, which dethroned without shedding a drop of biood, Sultan Abdul Aziz, owing to his systematic oppo- sition to this very Tanzimat and to ali lib- eral reforms, At the beginning of the reign of the ent sultan an astonished Europe was permitted to see what elements of pro- gress were to be found in the Ottoman par- lanient, the growing prestige of which so frightened the sultan that he determined to suppress it. Since then we have been working quietly, not to overturn the Osman dynasty, which we consider to be necessary for the main- tenance of gond order, but to propagate idea of progress by the triumph of nee, although the sultan’s recent con- ssions to the spirit of revolt are likely to convey the impression that demands mod- erate in reality well as in form have no chance suc Our aim being order and progress, detest concessions ob- We ask for reforms, we tained by violence. not for this or that province, but for the empire as a whole; not in favor of any one nationality, but in favor of all—Ottomans, Jews, Christians and Mohammedans. We desive to advance in the path of civ- ilization, but above all we do not wish to man element, while respecting the general conditions of Ottoman life. We are eager to preserve the peculiar originality of our eastern civilization, and therefore to bor- row from the west only the general results of its scientific evolution, which are neces- sary to enlighten a people aiming at lib- erty. There are in Europe noble-hearted men, who, devoid of all theologico-political fanaticism, aim only at the cemmon wel- fare of both the west and the east. It is to them that we appeal to sustain with us the cause, not of this or that religion, but of the ole people, which suffers from a system opposed to modern ideas. A Sailor at a Prayer Meeting. Rev. Dr. Cuyler in the Evangelist. Some of Jacx’s talks in prayer meetings are rather more perspicuous than polished. One of Father Taylor's converts, in the ardor of his zeal, exclaimed, “If any man in this meeting says I don’t love the Lord Jesus Christ I'll hit him between the eyes!” Father Taylor himself often set his “boys’ the example of free speech in their devo- tional meetings. When a prosy old brother named Snow was making a long, frigid harangue, he called out, “Oh, Lord, do melt that snow!” He was in the habit of march- ing up and down his long platform-pulpit, caressing his Bible, and patting it like a child. He one» burst out with awful ve- hemence, “Voltaire said he would destroy this blessed Book! Destroy it, would he? Before he could rub the gilding off its edges he would have been in hell so long that he would have forgot when he came there!” Yet with his occasional coarseness, Father Taylor was one of the most poetic, unique and powerful of our pulpit orators. advance save by strengthening the Otto-+ LIVING PICTURES IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. One Real Living Picture Meets Another. What She Took for-a Spirit Was Her Friend. , Ghosts don’t walk in broad daylight* and yet when a woman finds herself suddenly confronted by the friend she has mourned as dead she is apt to experfence a creepy sensation that isn’t down in the dictionary. 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By keep- ing one eye on these unfailing indicators, and by starting one cr two courses ahead of them, I now contrive to get something to eat when dining cars are not attached to my train, It {8 wot a “square” meal, but it keeps body-and soul together. It is not such a meal as a cerizin man ate once upon a time and then handed seventy-five cents in payment. “One dollar, if you please,” said the cash- fier. “Why, look here,” argued the traveler, “you advertise to furnish meals for seventy- five cents.”” “That's all right,” replied the cashier, let- ting $is clinched fist fall upon the desk with a mighty thud, “but when a man eats as though there were no Creator it's one dol- lar.” _ ——_ ---+00 A Conductor's Troubles, From the Chicago Tribune. Fellaire—“You -here to borrow money agan? I thought you had a job as conduc- tor on the North Side street cars.” Applicant—“I had, sir, but I resigned at the end of the first day. I was only con- ductor on the line that pronounced the name of Goethe-st. correctly, and I couldn't endure the notoriety.” THE . EVENING STAR has a Larger Circulation in the Homes of Washington than all the Other Papers of the City , Added Together, because it Stands Up Always for the Interests of ALL THE PEOPLE of WASHINGTON; does not Strive to Divide the Community into ~ Classes, and Array one class Against the others; - Contains the Latest and Fullest Local and General News; and Surpasses all the Other Papers in the City in the Variety and Excellence of its Literary Features. It Literally Goes Everywhere, and is Read by . Everybody. It is, therefore, as an Advertising Medium, without a Peer, Whether Cost or Measure as of Publicity be Considered.