Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1895, Page 12

12 ———————————————————S5————— SSS THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1895—-SIXTEEN PAGES. ——— AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Small Robbery of a Restaurant Last Night. Wany Newsy and Important Items From Down the River—Personal and Social Affairs. Some time during last night some one broke inte and robbed Sefer Blouse’s restaurant, at the head of King street. An entrance -was gained by break- ing the window on the west side of the house. Mr. Blouse heard the burglars in his bar, but was too frightened to give an alarm. He reported the matter to the police this morning. Only a few pies and some beer were taken. This makes six or seven times that Blouse’s place has been robbed within the past year or so. The police will use every effort to catch the guilty party, and if caught he will.get the full penalty of the law. Police Court. ‘The police report last night as being clear and cool, with one prisoner and eighteen lodgers at the station house. Mayor Thompson this morning disposed of the following cases: John Spruel, colored, a negro hobo, arrested by Officer Davis, charged with beirg a suspicious character, was ordered to leave the city !mmediately. Morris Levis, who runs a bar room under the old Braddock House, was charged with violating the Sunday liquor law, plead guilty and_was fined $12. Two persons ar- rested by Officer Bettis, charged with keep- ing a dog each without a license, fined $1 each and made to get out a license. A Narrow Escape. Yesterday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock the horse attached to the buggy which Dr. Wm. M. Smith was driving became frightened on North Washington street and ran away. The doctor, in his efforts to stop the horse, broke the dashboard off and narrowly es- caped falling under the horse’s heels. The horse was stopped at the corner of Wash- \ngton and Cam: ron streets before any o:h_r damage had been done. Sale of a Farm. Dr. William M. Smith of this city has pur- chased from Messrs. Davidson & Davidson of Washington the Evergreen farm formeriy the property of Mr. Bernard Johnson, situ- ated about two and one-half miles west of this city. This farm is considered one of the finest dairy farms in this section of the ecuntry. Dr. Smith will rent the farm out for the present, as he has no intention of living in the country. A Drummer Robbed. Yesterday a man who said that he was a drummer for a Baltimore firm reported to the police that he had been robbed of two watches and a sum of money. He said that Monday night he met a man on the street, and, after making the rounds with him, the stranger invited him to go to his boarding house, on King street, and speud the night with him, which he did, and when he awoke in the morning the man had disappeared, and with him his watches and money. The matter is being investi- gated by the police. Notes. Mr. Carey Gamble of the Thedlogical Seminary has been called to Flcrida by the death of his grandmother. The Mercantile Building and Loan Asso- elation of this city has recently made loans to the amount of $9,500. Golden Light Lodge of Good Templars held a very interesting meeting last night. Mrs. Emmett O'Connell of Pittsburg ts the guest of Miss Carrie Adams, on South Columbus street. Mrs. L. S. Hopkins is still confined to her home on Patrick street. ‘ Mrs. R. W. Wheat and Miss Sue Wheat have returned from Upperville, where they spent the summer and fall. C. W. Walte, mayor of Culpeper, was in the city yesterday on legal business. —_—_———. PLEA FOR GOWNED JUDGES. A Report That the Custom Will Be Adopted in New York. From the New York Post. We trust it is rot merely a rumor that the judges of the appellate division of the supreme cour: are to wear gowns in their new courts, and we wish we could hope that all the judges of the supreme court would follow their example. The small amount of pains we take to give our ad- ministration of justice an air of dignity is one of the serious defects of our system. Every one of us recognizes the importance of clothes nearly every day of his life, as ® means of giving to others an impression of his character and position. He dresses to go to a dinner or a ball in order to show the host that he appreciates the invitation, and that it has been bestowed on a suita- ble person, and to make himself agreeable to the other guests. He dresses to go to church in order to show his reverence for the place, and humor the prejudices of the other worshipers. We are all impressed by dress, even the most philosophic of us. ‘When a complete stranger approaches us, almost our wlole estimate of him rests on his clothes. If he is well dressed we treat him with courtesy or even deference, and a whole host of presumptions in his favor rise up in our minds. If he is badly dressed we are either indifferent, careless or rude to him. If he is dirty and ragged like a tramp, our first Impulse is to “bounce’’ him. The power of dress in making certain im- pressions on observers is, in fact, one of the most familiar phenomena of civiliza- tion, and yet we have rever tried to make use of it in aid of administration. Judges mount the bench every day in cos- tumes which make them to the audience in court appear to be among “‘the boys,” and their authority and dignity~ undoubtedly suffer from it. Judge Barnard used to sit in a velvet jacket, and he was right, for this was a good dress to curse and sell jus- tice In. We do not mean to say that gowns are the best costume that could be devised, but they are the traditional judicial cos- tume of the Anglo-Saxon race, and they have the advantage of covering up the other clothes. We are quite sure it !s hard- er to be a fraud or an ignoramus in a gown than in a cheap ready-made suit of many colors. Nobody who has ever assisted at the robing of an English judge, for in- stance, can deny that the process seemed to transform him and make him seem for the moment something more and other than a familiar friend. ss RED CATS © LONDON Described by a Milwaukee Lady Who Saw Them. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. A Milwaukee lady who turned from abroad says that one of the most interesting exhibits which she saw in Europe was the national cat show of England, which was held at the Crystat Palace, London, tn which abcut seven hun- @red cats were show: “The decided fea- ture of the exhibition,” she said, ‘was the number of superb red tabbies, together with a fine assortment of pure blacks, smoke-colored cats, and cats with that peculiar tone of glossy coat known as cat has recently re- he efforts of the English cat breeding this past year have been blue and black cats. In the opinion of many experts, a black cat without any markings whatever of white is the most perfect variety that Is known, and it is proof of the appreciation of this that rtain dishonest people pluck the white 's out of a cat, one by one. It has been d that the classes that are open to workingmen in this national exhibition are particularly strong in fine black cats. Blue- nite-coated cats are getting to be tlued in England now, and one of these bore off the other day a substantial Money prize that was offered by Louis Wain, the great cat artist. Another prize winner of the show was a brown tabby tom, Champion Xenophon, which its owner Values at $5,000. —- — see A Favorite. From the New York World. Manager—‘I think we'd better discharge the conductor of car No. 135." Superintendent—“What is with him?” Manager—‘There hasn't been a passenger complain of him in six weeks. I don’t think he is collecting all the fares.” the matter THE NEW DIOCESE. Financial Resources as Reported by the Endowment Committee. At the recent primary convention of the diccese of Washington the endowment committee reported the following revenues as reliable: From parochial assessments, $2,520; from one-half of the revenue of the Episcopal furd, voted by the convention in 189%, $€88; from 5 per cent on one-third of the accumulating Episcopal fund, $116; total, $3,224. The committee also reported that in their opinion some $300 additional could be raised by readjusting the parochial assessments, so as to redress some evident inequalities in the existing scale. It appears that the endowment committee secured subserip- jons and pledges equivalent in value to about $55,000, The following parishes are represented on the subscription list: 240; St. John’s, Washing- Trinity, $6,000; St. Paul's, Christ, Georgetown, $1,500; St. Rock Creek, $1,100; Ascension, St. John’s, Georgetown, $1,000; Si Stephen's, $1,000; Christ, Navy" Yard, : St. Michael’ and All ‘Angeis', $500; St. Thomas’, $700; St. James’, $500; from indi- viduals, not identified with any of the parishes, $6,918; total, $48,313. In addition to these subscriptions there bas been pledged $¥ per annum from three parishes, to wit: St. John’s, $100; St. Thomas’, $150; Emanuel, Anacostia, $2 St. John’s has also voluntarily raised its assessment $100, so that this parish has ecntributed in all the equivalent of over $16,000, Thus the total result of ihe labers of the endowment committee amounts to the equivalent of $55,800, which, it is esci- mated, will yield a revenue of $3,184. If to this is added the revenue above stated cf $3,224, and the estimated additional paro- chial assessments of $300, there will re- sult a total revenue of $6,708. ‘The diocese will be in receipt, however, of large funds from the legacies so genero: ly divided with it by the diocese of Mai land. Within a month or two it is e pected that it will come into the possess:on from these sources of the following amounts, namely: About $33,000 in Interest- yielding securities; about $3,000 more in real estate, part of which will be yielding income. It will be seen from these figures that the new diocese will enter on its career fins claily well equipped for its important work. ae ee EXAMINING PACKAGES, Some Experiences That the Watch- men at the Treasury Have. Since the discovery of the stamp theft in the Treasury Department, the rule requiring watchmen at the doors to inspect all seale’l parcels or package. befcre allowing them to be taken out cf the building, unless accom- panted by a pass from proper authority, has been rigidly enforced. The other day as an employe was going out with his bicycle, to the handle of which was tied a small parcel, the watchman ai the door halted him with the inquiry, “What lave you got in that box?” reminding him at the same time of the order requiring a pass or inspection. “All right,” said the employe, “inspect the box If you want to, but you will find that it ts all right.” The box on inspection was found to contain a dozen seidlitz powders. Another incident is related of a clerk who was going out with a package under his arm, and, in reply to the watchman’s in- quiry as to what the package contained, said “rubbers.” The watchman informed him that he could not take them out with- out a pass. Thereupon the clerk opened the Fackage and disclosed a pair of rubber over- shoes. “Oh,” said the watchman, “why didn’t you say gums, instead of rubbers? I thought you meant rubber bands.” Es Always Places for “Isers.” From the New York Tribune. “The kind of men I want to hire,” said a newspaper publisher the other day, while talking to a friend, “are seldom to be had. No matter what their lines of business, ‘isers’ (a word that rhymes with scissors) are never out of work, and always get good money. I want some ‘isers.’”” “‘Isers?’" exclaimed his companion. “What on earth are ‘isers?’"* “To explain what they are,” replied the publisher, “let me tell you a story of a ‘want ad." Once a man wished to employ for his circus an acrobat who could throw triple somersaults. So he put a ‘want ad’ in the paper. In reply to the advertisement he received fifty letters. Together with a friend he read them over. Some of the let- ters he put in a pile by themselves; they js the ones that read something I’ke is: “Dear Sir: You advertise for a man who can throw a triple somersault. I used to throw triple somersaults, and think that after a little practice I could do it again. I'd like a trial. - “The other letters were put in another pile, and ran something like this: “Dear Sir: I am a good acrobat, but while I never have thrown triple somersaults, I think with a little practice I could do it. I'd like to have a trial. “Well,” said the circus man, as he shook his head sadly, ‘there they are—fifty let- ters from fifty acrobats. Twenty-five of them are ‘has beens;’ twenty-five are ‘go- ‘ng-to-bes,” but there ain't an ‘iser’ in the whole lot! “Now, I want ‘Isers,” and so does every other business man; but they are all em- ployed.” —-e+——___ HOW TO HANG WITH EASE. Some Details Not Enjoyed by the Average Farmer. From the American Jewess. Always face the sides of the car, never the front or rear. When the car starts, lean slightly in direction in which it is going. When the car is about to stop lean toward the rear. Plant your feet as far apart as you comfortably can. When a car turns a corner incline the body toward inside curve of the rails, and when feasible grasp the strap on the side of the car over the inside curve, thus reducing the strain to a mini- mum. Non-observance of this particular tule is the cause of the frantic clutches and involuntary displays of affection which the standers sometimes bestow upon those seated. The philosophy of such rules is as follows: You lean toward the direction of the start- ing car, so that your body, which does not acquire the forward motion simultaneously with the car, shall, so to speak, not be left behind. The starting of the car restores the body to its usual erect posture. You lean toward the rear when the car stops to coun- teract the forward momentum acquired by the body while the car was in motion. In rounding a curve you lean toward the inside rail to counteract the centrifugal force which tends to throw objects from the cen- ter. But the main thing for you to remem- ber is: Always face the sides of the car. These rules are particularly applicable to cable cars, which rarely fail to start or stop without a jerk. When alighting from the car place the left hand on the brass rod provided for the pur- pose (I assume that you light on the railless side) and face the front of the car. Even if the cor fs still in motion, you are then safe. As for boarding moving cars,“I should ad- vise you to wait until your garb is better adapted for higher gymnastigs. In case these rules prove beneficial the womer: may thank me. Should they be de- ficient, why, there's the man. ——_ - ++. —__ A WHOLE CLASS SUED. As the Result of Lack of Harmony Among the Co-Eds. From the Boston Herald. Writs were served on every male mem- ber of the Boston University senior class. The trouble arises out of the college pub- lication known as the Hub. It ts a college annual, and is supposed to be published each year by the members of the junior class. In '94 the members of the '96 class called a meeting for the purpose of taking action on the advisability of publishing a Hub. The class was divided on the ques- tion, the girls not caring to publish such a book unless they could be well represented on the editorial staff, and the men, in vie v of the fact that they had to bear the re- sponsibility of managing the publication, not caring to go ahead without the glory of a full representation. Finally, the men of the class held a meet- ing, and ignored the wishes of the girls, and the result was that the majority of the class voted against getting out the publication. The men then formed a club ard voted to get out a Hub on their cwn hook, and hard work showed itself in the appearance of the most elaborate annual. in the history of Boston University. It was a dire failure finencially, however. As a Tesult, a sheriff's deputy appeared at the college with a summons for every senior. LOCAL C. E. UNION Arrangements Made for the Fourth An- nual Convention ~ Month in Center Will Meet Market Hall—The Program Next as Outlined. Arrangements for the fourti annual con- vention of the District of Columbia Chris- tian Enjeavyor Unicn are being rapidly perfected. The first session vill be Friday evening, January 17, 1886, and the meet- ings will continue during the following two days. The hall above the Center Market has been secured for the principal meet- ings. It will be remembered that this was formerly used for armory purposes, but it has recently been put in fi i and as an cuditorium will seat sons. At the opening meeting seats will be reserved on 00 per= the platform for the members of the Moody Cheir, the pas- tors of tha city and prominent tizens. The program for this service op with n address by President B. L. Whitman of Columbian University, on “The Kingdom— an Ideal—an Obligati This Will be fol- lowed by an addr y some well-known speaker, who h the subjec gram Will con address Rev. nei president of the United Society of Christian Endea‘ and a ¢ ‘on service, which will als be conducted by Dr. kK. Heretofore this latter service has been held on Sab bath evening and as the final meeting of the convention, Lt has been found, now- ever, to interfere to an extent with the regular preaching serv in many of our churches, evel though the time hes for the past Year or two been set at 9 o'clock. The new plan has been arranged so that the sessions of the convention will In no way conflict with regular church servic he arrangements for Si provide for un early saorning prayer meeting tv he held at 7 o'clock in the Mirst Congregational Church. In the afternyon he same place the juniors will held a raily. The committee in charge of the convention ende: wring to secur he s for this meeting of 1 known speaker who is a great favorite, eth among the juniors and junior superintendents. For Saturday evening the prozram promises a cecidedly new featur li will be a grand mass meeting of the '96 auxiliary commit- tees. ‘These committees are now complete and show a combined member: hip of near- ly 3,000, Necessarily, therefore, admissicn to Market Hall, the meeting will be held, will be bh kets, which will be issued to committtee members. President Clark and possibly General Secretary John Willis Baer of the United Society will ad- dress the meeting 4 reference to the responseibility of individual worker in the preparations Yor the great interna- tional convention next July. This will be the first occasion for the assembling of these committees, and the various mem- bers of the committee of "Ki will be intro- duced to the rank and file of the workers. The meeting ts looked forward to, both Ly the officers of District Union and the com- inittee of ‘96, as a most important gather- ing. The desirability of acquaintance among the members of these mammoth committees, as well as an in te ac- qaintance with the chairman under whom one is to serve, is quite patent. Both Dr. Clark and Mr. Baer are prepared to speak from the practical experience of the Ros- ton Endeavorers in arranging for the con- vention of '95, and it is believed that many suggestions cf infinite value will he made during the course of the The+ program for Sunday, the 1th, provides for a meeting in the afternoon at Market Hall, where addresses will te made on mission- ary topics. In the evening the several so- cieties, as well as the churches will be asked to hold special services of prayer for the coming international convention. The arrangements for the January con- vention are in the hands of a special com- mittee, consisting of M. M. and, Judge Arson S. ‘Taylor, Grant Leet, W. A. H. Church, John B. Sleman, jr., and Hegmon C. Metcalf. —_——.___ DOES ENGLAND WANT CUBA? A Rumor That Spain WIUll Cede the Istand to Her The officials at the London foreign offce, when questioned on the subject yesterday, declared that they knew nothing, save from newspaper reports, of the story which has been circulated to the effect that Great Britain is negotiating with Spain for the cession of Cuba. The report referred to was that Great Britain, in return for the cession of Cuba, would turn Gibraltar over to Spain, as- sume the Cuban debt and acquiesce in the Spanish plans in Morocco. Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo, it was said, was fa- vorable to the idea of ceding Cuba to Great Britain, but only as a last resource. MORMONS They Are Said, However, to Practice Polyxamy. From the Butte Inter-Moun The Mormons have obtained a greater fcothold down in the southern republic than most Americans are aware, and Mormon colonies have been established all over the foothills of the Sierra Madres, and in the dry and arid desert of Chihuahua. Do they live in open polygamy? Well, I should say they do. Their harems are on a grander scale than ever seen in the early days of Utah, and they are absolutely safe from molestation, for the governors of the pro- vinces have been bought. They began coming to Mexico about ten years ago, when the governm enforce the Edmunds law by i the polygam’ Seeing of plurality of wives was doomed in the United States, the Mormons turned their eyes longingly to Mexico, where down in the a erts a safe haven of rest could be established. So successful have they been through hardships and obstacles that would have thwarted any other people that they have made the deserts blossom as the rose. They have colonies, or settlements, at Diaz, Juarez, Pacheo and other places in north- ern Mexico, but tlese places were not di ert ground by any means. Some of it was the most fertile agricultural ground in the republic. As a result, the Mormons now have a monopoly on agricultural produc: and supply all the northern towns, See POKER DECK. A NEW Eleven and Twelve Spot# in Each of the Various Suits. From the New York W. Draw poker, America’s national game, has made its way steadily in popularity, as a means of social recreation, ever since United States Minister Schenck made it a fad in London years ago. A serious drawback to the general intro- ductiom of the game into the parlor has al- ways been that the number of people who can sit into a game has been necessarily limited to four or five. The ideal game of poker is with five players. On the deal twenty-five cards are exhausted. That leaves twenty-seven in the deck from which the players may draw. Less than that number in reserve is likely to see the deck exhausted on the draw, which makes It necessary to go to the discarded cards to complete the draw, a very unsatisfactory arrangement To meet this objection and to make it possible for a party of eight to sit around a table a new deck has been made that contains sixty. The new cards are the eleven and twelve spots in each suit. The new deck is known in the trade as the “full house.” ‘A dealer near Union Square says that the new decks are selling quite freely, and that the indications are that ‘six, seven and eight-handed games of poker Will be the most popular round-table game of the winter. The addition of four eleven and four twelve spots to a deck will at first strike the player as novel, and it will take him some time to get used to such a start- ling hand as three twelves and a pair of elevens. The addition of the additional cards in- volves no change in the rules of the game, although {t will upset all present theories of chances in the draw, and the card- sharps will have to do some new figuring. The introduction of the eleven and twelve materially increases the possible number of full-hand combinations, increases the possibilities of “flushes’’ and “straights” and adds an additional and most delightful uncertainty to a most delightfully uncer- tain game. AN INDIAN RUSE. It Appealed to the Superstition of the "Others to His Advantage. Fort Sill Letter to Buffalo Express. “A member of the Cgnadian mounted po- lice, Lieut McDouough, told me,” said Capt. Partello, at.the Officers’ Club, “the follow- ing incident of a band of Crees and a solitary Piegan Indian, which tq novel and interest- ing. It occurred about 100 miles from Fort Walsh: A band of Creé*Indians woke up one srowy morning to find,gnat about one dozen of their choicest ponies had. been run off during the night. Pursuit was soon organ- ized, and within a few hours a fresh trail was found in the snow, After following the trail some thirty miles’?it entered a river bottom and headed for a wooded island in he rive en rising from the trees, to the middle of Smoke was s and an opening, which seemed mouth of a cave, appeared in p be the in view. Presently a single Indian, a Piegan, showed front of the opening. He was in war 1 there was a dog at his heels. soon the dog scented the Crees and began growling and barking. The Piegan looked up, glanced a moment about him, and then instantly entered, the cave. In about ten ronds anoth Piegan came around the rocks and also went in; then another and another and another, there he- ing but a few seconds between them. The } Crees lay silently in the bushes watching and counting, until upward of fifty Piegans had come around the rocks and gone into the ca’ and still they kept coming. What seemed remarkable was the fact’ that all these Indians were, to all appearances, ex- actly the same size. were dre nd paint- ed alike, each carried a Winchester rifle, and, most remarkable of all, each one Seemed a little lame in the left foot, limping lightly. , é “They were a gaudy counted sey Crees naturally spirit had -rowd, and the f them: ‘The supersti concinded that the evil omething to do with it, for there s no doubt that there were seventy Pie- in Indians on the island who were ex alike. So thoroughly tly re they filled with the lea that the de mixed up with the mystery that when reinforcements arrived, which was in a few hours, they were reiuctant to attack the island. That night one Cree, | itious than the rest, crossed over on the ice to investigate. On approaching the supposed cave he was surpr to tind it was no cave at all, but simply an opening leading some ten feet into the rock, where it made a turn and came out on the other side. It required but a glance to understand what had seemed so mys- terious before. There was but the rem- nant of a single camp fire, the ponies were sone, und not an Indian was in sight. The ‘parent presence of sixty-nine other war- was a sharp triek on the part of the an warrior to deeetve his enemies and gain time for his escape, which he accom- plished in good shape. , “While it is true that most red men are ridiculously superstitious and others again so stolid and indifferent that you might en- ter their presence with a brass band, throw hand-springs before them, smile, weep, have convulsions or do some other outrageous thing, and yet they wiil sit and look at you with a cold, reserved glance and disinterest- ed eye, still there are some who have the hump of humor pretty well developed, and are intense wags in their own way. The trader at Fort Berthold, on the upper Mis- souri, caught a Tartar one day. “A Ree Indian had given him considerable annoyance by hanging around the store in a half-drunken condition, and was told that in case he was seen again with a bottle it would he taken from him and thrown into the fire. A few days afterward the Indian ared with a pint flask in his blanket, ual. The trader was as good as his word, and demanded the-hottle, which was given up without process, and then the red- skin darted for the doors The trader threw the flask into the stove,‘when bang! went the stove and out came the windows, the trader following. Hadché stopped to inves- tigate hefore throwing ha would have found the flask contained gunpowder, not whisky. “Some of Coxey’s foot tourists in eastern Montana were badly sold last spring by a mischievous Crow Indian, who moved a sign on the road to Billings reading ‘Six miles to Billings,” and stuck t up in a strange ‘The weary commenwealers traveled six days and five nights before they reached the town.” vi -————__+0+-___ EYES OF SOLDIERS, The Training Which Judge Distanvés Accurately. From the New York Times: The eve may be edutated to greater use and power as well as strength with a little care and practice, aiid this has been appre- clated and made use of in the army of every nation within the past few years. The study has eventuate@ into an art whiclr Is vastly interesting and will be found profitable to all human beings In pos- session of their eyesight. It constantly happens that men detached from the mai body of an army are called upon at ver: vital moments to determine for themselves and their lives the distance of an object to be fired at. Experience abundantly proves that sol- diers, by continued practice, may and do learn to estimate distances up to eight hundred or even, at times, one thousand yards, with considerable accuracy and by knables One to Simple, rapid observation and regard for rules down from close experience. Every soldier is supposed to have good eyesight, for his eyes are tested before en- tering the army, and it 1s regarded as the most imortant of the natural gifts to man and indispensable to the soldier. He there- fore, after a little practice, under instruc- tion’ in sight estimating, becomes conver- sant with facts which are of the greatest Amportance in preserving his own and tak- ing the life of an eremy. At thirty yards the white cof a man's eyes can be plainly seen and the eyes them- selves up to eighty yards. At one hun- dred yards all parts of the body may be seen distinctly, slight movements are plain- ly perceptible, and the minute details of the uniform can be plainly distinguished. At one hundred and fifty yards the br buttons of the blouse can be severally di: tinguished. At two hundred rds the outlines are confused and the rows of br: buttons resemble yellow stri At thi fundred yards the buttons on the coat are no longer visible, and at four hundred yards the face is a mere dot, but the move- ments of legs and arms may be distin- guished, for they are distinct to the eye.| largest failure known in the history of At six hundred yards the details can no | commerce. His abilities above his avail- longer be distinguished,though the files of a] able assets were _ £40,000,000. He was squad, if the light be strong and the weath- er clear, can be counted distinctly. The men in a squad at eight hundred rds cannot always be counted by the or- eyo, nor their individual moyemen At one thousand dinars distinguished. Une of men simply resembles a. bro: but the direction of their march can, how a belt ever, be readily determined. At twelv hundred yards infantry can be plainly dis- tinguished from cavalry, and at two thou- sand yards # mounted man will lock like a mere speck or dot. It is always on smooth and level country that the imating drills are conducted, but afterward they are eontinued en rough and broken ground, and they are supple- mented a little later in the season by ski mish practice, when the soldiers are ad- vanced or retreated on the run before a liye of targets, which are arranged to be the size of men lying down, kneeling and standing, when they load and fire at the sound of the bugle, depending entirely upon their own judgmen# as to what distance they may happen to ke from the object fired at and what mayibe the direction of the wind and character of the atmos- phere. a It teaches them te be quick and observ- ant, and, above all,;to depend upon them- selves for the manipulation of their sights and the handling ef their pieces. These estimating distance drilig are usually kept up for two months or longer, and after that the soldier ise kept at practice in- doors, at aimirg, pointing and pulling the trigger, but it is from the rules set down in the armfes in these times that others then soldiers may fmd'it possible to esti- mate the distance oof pbservable object: whether moving or Stationary, to the vie' There 1s to be found in all nations a va- riety of eyes, color having much to do with pow2r of sight and strength of vision, but the rules mentioned may be generally relied upon and the estimate made will be found to vary .not more than a few feet in the greatest number of yards. Truxton Benle’s Tour. A dispatch to the New York World from London says: Truxton Beale, formerly United States minister to Persia,and afterward to Greece, is now in Paris, but is about to start on an extended tour along the entire southern frontier of Asiatic Russia from the east shore of the Caspian sea to Port Arthur, with a detour in Chinese Turkistan. Mr. Beale says there is no truth in the statement published in New York, and Paris that his wife, daughter of the late James G. Blaine, has instituted proceedings for divorce. DOGSSOOGO ® A Bath Robe, is at : We are Shirt Makers. Prices, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50. dels-4t A Pajama Suit, A Mackintosh, * . A Silk Umbrella, A Walking Stick, aeeeeseooeeeeors C006 Go to Bryan & Company for Men’s Finest Furnishings, “Take Time By The Fetlock,” As our friend Ike Partington would say. In other words, be a little early in making your selection of Furnishing Goods for Holiday gifts. And there are so"many things in such a store as ours to “make glad the heart of a man.” ‘Just run your eye over this little suggestive list: A Scarf Pin. A Silk Handkerchief, A pair Silk Suspenders, ‘ A Silk Muffler, _ A pair Cuff Buttons, Not to mention the more practical things, such as Collars, Cuffs, Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, etc. -And then as to Neckwear, it goes without saying that THE place to buy handsome and stylish Neckwear Bryan & Company, Corner 15th and F Sts. @s) Fey ey € PDODIGGOOSSSOD M ey a r Geos PARDON BROUGHT BY A DOG. At the Feet of His Convict Friend the Animal Dropped the Document. From the Cinginnat! Enquirer. It was a dog that brought liberty to a convict in the Kentucky penitertiary re- cently. The intelligent brute acted as a messer.ger between Gov. Brown and the felon, carryirg the pardon in its mouth from the executive mansion to the prison, and. after gairing admittance, to the re- cipient of clemency himself. The dog is the property of the governor, and the con- viet is O. G. Garden of Louisville, who was sentenced two years ago to serve a term of cieht years for manslaughter. For some time Garden has been employed as a “trusty” at the executive mansion, doing chores and running errands. The dog, a fine-looking specimen of the shepherd breed, is a family pet, and 1s unusually in- telligent. It was part-of Garden's duties to look after the animal, and they came to be fast friends. When the prison doors were open- ed in the morning the collie was there to meet his convict friend and accompany him to the mansion. At night he returned with his striped playmate to the grim portals. When the pardon was made out it was stggested that the dog be permitted to carry the welcome of freedom to his de- voted friend. The paper was inclosed in a stout envelcpe and given to the animal, which was told to go to the penitentiary. With a wag of its tail, it left the man- sicn and raa down the old accustomed route to the prson. A telephone message apprised the gvards of his coming, and he Was admitted without delay. Garden was in the yard patiently await- ing the arrival of the governor's messen- ger, never dreaming that the dog hai been selected. Catching sight of the well- known face, the dog ran up to the con- | viet and laid the envelope at his feet. The glad cry of happy surprise that the over- joyed prisoner gave vent to on catching up the official envelope and tearing it open was re-echoed by a successions of joyous barks from the four-footed harbinger of HE “BLOCKADE KING.” Ouly Two Mourners the Other Day at the Funeral of Alexander Collie. From the Philadelphia Ledger. ‘Two men were the only mourners at the Woodlawn cemetery in New York at the funeral service over the bedy of Alexand=r Collie, a man who a few years ago was krown in every European capital. In the civil war he was a noted blockade runner, who established quarters at Wilmington, N.C. Under the guns of Fort Fisher this “blockade king’ carried on a thriving trade In the contraband articles of war, and exported the cotton of the south. The | house which he established at Wilmington | was the abode cf luxury, and there the lesders of the southern confederacy met to take counsel together. r Collie, who at one time ceuid have drawn his check for millions of dollars, died a few days ago almost destitute, and his funeral expenses were paid by a son of an old friend. Ir the early venties, In an attempt, to corner cotton goods in all the markets of the world, Collie made the ed to fly from England, and was taken te Spain in a private yacht. Afterward he came to this country, and, under an as- sumed name, he became associated with the late Col. H. C. Parsons, James G. Plaine, General Butler and others in the Richmond and Alleghany railroad. ‘Prosperous for a time, he projected other railroads, but misfortune seemed to follow him, and he became again embarrassed, and. ecmparetively without means, came to this city. One of the strangest things In ccnnection with the “blockade king” was that although he lived in comparative pov- erty in New York, his wife was living in luxury in London.” As Alexander Collie, he was supposed to have been lost at sea. He evidently made some disposition of prop- erty in favor of his wife, and went to a life of obscurity and poverty alone. —_—_+o2___—_ THE “KISSING BUSH,’ Some Facts About the Growth of the Mistletoe. From the London Daily Graphic. Many old English customs are disappear- ing in these advafced times of Hght and learning, but the kissing bush 1s to be found in mest country houses at this season of the year. Its social position is familiar enough to all, but not every one has maric- ed the curious appearance of misletoe, when seen in the woods and parks, growing as a pendant bush from a mossy branch an old crab tree, its favorite situation. SFA ite effect Is, of course, most striking in the winter season, when the tree being stripped of {ts own leaves, those of the para- site shrub display their gotien green tint most conspicuously. The appearance from a little distance ts that of huge birds’ nests in the branches of the bare trees. ‘At this period also the pretty whitish ber- ries are ripened, and add much to the beauty of the plant. The crab is not the only tree to which the mistletoe attaches itself, as it is found wild on the thorn, poplar, maple, willow and others, and very rarely on the oak. It is the only true parasitic plant native to this country, and is hardly known in Scotland. It is curious how mistletoe favors one lo- cality in preference to another, and flour- ishes on one belt of trees, missing the sur- rounding trees of the same species. It is a good illustration of the old proverb, “Kiss- ing goes by favor.” Mistletoe may be graft- ed with varying success, but the birds prop- agate the growth gn trees by inserting ber- ries in the apertures of the bark, and the mistle thrush ts especially responsible for a large quantity of the mistletoe supply. linen — they Branches: *Phone 1092. Main | asking the Yale laundry wagons to call for your laundry regularly every week. Hun- dreds of men are writing them every day. They like the Yale method of finishing like their clothes to be washed in a clean, wholesome laundry — but best of all, they like their bundle to come back promptly on the day promised. Let your wash come. Write your name and address on the back of-a postal and address it to the Yale, 514 roth st. or 1104 14th st., and our wagons will call. , THE YAL F. H. WALKER & CO. 514 10th Street, 1104 14th Street. Plant 43 G St. N.W. Steam Laundry, OO GOGOHHHHHHF9H9HOHOTODOHN99HOSOOSOOHH9O OOOH Just Rec’d New Lot Holiday Presents in Sterling Silver. EFNOTE THE SPECIAL PRICES: STERLING SILVER 3-PIECE MANT- CURE SET, 5 STERLING SILVER SHOB HORN. STERLING SILVER Lona. cHarss.... $1.00 STERLING SILVER NAIL POLISHERS, . $1.50 STERLING SILVER AND FEARL PA ¢ PER KNIVES. . PIL25 STERLING SILVER GLOVE BuTToNERS 40C. STERLING SILVER NAIL FILES....... 40C. SOLID GOLD LINK BUTTONS. . 52.00 and ". Goldsmith Son, Jewelers, 911 Pa. Ave. 416-404, Coke makes a hot fire © it 1s economical fuel, fo- it lasts longer then coal. Very quick to ignite, and contains neither dirt nor clinkers. 40 bu. (uneri shed), $2.90. 40 bu. (crushed), $3.70. Delivered to any part of city. WASHINGTON GASLIGHT ©0., 413 10TH ST, ‘or Wm. J. Zeh, 926 N St. "Phone 476. 16-280 NN ae Cold, Bleak Days Will Come, Prepare for them. GET 8. i BEXTON & SON'S Latrobes, Furnaces and Ranges. They Are the Best. For sale by the STCVE DEALERS IN eett-S WABHINGTON. Da Bunions, Ingrowing and Club Nails © Our Specialty. PROF. J. J. GEORGES & SON-. Chiropodists, iS Pa. Houre6 10'5:30. Sundays, 9 to 12 06-100 Open Evenings Until Xmas, Here you see only Exclusive Effects in LAMPS, LAMP GLOBES, LAMP SHADES, ONYX-TOP TABLES —Singled out from all the dif- ferent celebrated makes be- cause of their richness. Have you ever seen such a stock— and so appropriately beautiful, too, for holiday remem- brances? s The E. F. Brooks Co., 531 15th Si Corcoran. g dullding. n27-colm,38 Established 1874, Recognized Leaders In Diamonds! For the part quarter century we have been the leading Diamond House of Washington. Our sale of Diamouds this Christmas has been the larg.st of our career, which is attributable to the immense stock and unprecedented values we are offering. Marquise Rings Of 16 dicmonds and any color center stones, $12.50. Treusands of Sterling Silver articles for gifts at lowest prices in tha city for equal novelties, = @ Jacobs Bros., “Diamonds,” 1229 Pa. Ave. 416-404 Holmes’ Wholesome Home-made Fruit Cake, —The best materials—the’purest, thor