Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1896, Page 11

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That evening the detective arms him- self, pushes open the iron gate of the de- serted house and enters a dark passage- way. He is ushered into a lighted room by the same strange figure. Two men and a handscme woman in evening dress re- ceive him, all masked. He has been mis- taken for an expected messenger. He pre- tends that it has not been safe to bring certain papers, and is commissioned to visit the town of P—— next day. As he is atout to leave, a young girl arrives with a warning. The masked lady fires at the de- tective. He runs downstairs, and escapes by the rear door into a yard. Climbing the fence, he overhears the conspirators, who mention Tuxedo and the name of a prom- Inent man. He thinks that he recognizes the voice of the lady, and concludes that some great crime is under way. The house is shadowed by other detectives, and he de- cides to watch the train to P—— himself, in disguise. The young girl enters the sta- tion—also the lady ised as a man. The detective eludes the latter and takes the train. PART Iv. © I followed the girl Into the car and seated myself behind and near her. She had sunk into the corner of the seat in an attitude of utter weariness and discouragement. I owed her my life, no doubt, and I felt for her at the moment, besides gratitude, a sin- cere pity. Yet I was on the point of asking her to risk still mort than she had already done. There was no other way. I looked around at our fellow passengers—the old woman with her basket; a boy who was au- dibly sleeping; and a young man who was seated in the front of the car, absorbed in a yellow-covered novel. There was not one whom I could suspect of watching us. I weni, therefore, without further hesitation, to take the place in front of her, and, with as much norchalance as I could command, asked her if she could tell me the name of the man who had followed her into the sta- tion. For a moment she seemed startled, and shrank still further back, but a glance at my cioth seemed to reassure her. “I saw no one,” she replied. “I came quite alone.” It never occurred to me to doubt her. I knew, whatever the character of those with whom she had been associated, that she, at jeast,was innocent;an unwilling tool in the'r fands. I told her, therefore, in as few words as possible, who I was, and tried, first of all, to thank her for what she had done for me, while she was kind enough to express pleasure Mm learning of my escape. I then went on to beg of her that, if she were in trouble, as I felt that she was, to let me help her. I explained without reserve my comnection with the House with Green Blinds, and all I hoped to accomplish with the knowledge I had concerning it. She listened quietly while I told her, and I saw a look of wistfulness, of longing, of resolve, grow in her great dark eyes. Finally it came. “I will tell you what I know,” she said, and there were tears In her voice, though | her éyes were dry. ‘There is no other course. I had no hope of do!ng anything but now you may be able to do what I can- not.” And she told me the following: Her name was Cutting, and with her father—a widower—she Iived at P—. The winter before they had spent in Washing- ton, ‘wkere, at a reception given at the White House, her father first had met Mad- am of the White Shoulders—as I st'll must call her. This woman was a stranger in the cosmopolitan city, a_ magnificently hand- some woman, part French, part Russian, and was said to be a sister of one of the members of the Russian legation. Her beauty had created a sensation; Miss Cut- ting’s father had fallen under its spell. Mad- am seemed to exercise a strange influence over him. He became strange, moody, ir- ritable. He was often absent upon sudden and unexplained journeys, from which he returned dejected an4, apparently, frighten- ed and desperate. The cause Miss Cutting herself had never known until her own con- nection with the affair began, but a few weeks ago. At that time new aid had been needed by the gang of which she had since become cognizant, and she, as one who would not dare betray her own father, had been chosen. Since thensshe had been con- stantly employed as a messenger between the members of the organization whenever a@ messenger had been needed. For some weeks she had known that a plot of magnitude had been silently hatch- ing. but in what direction she could only conjecture. Her father had been silent and careworn when at home, which was rarely. She herself had been dispatched hither and yon, to deliver such messages as I had heard, at any time of day or night. She bad not dared to rebel, for her father's sake. From the messages which were necessarily confided te her she had learned that the people with whom her father had become entangled belonged to a large so- ciety which had members and organizations in many countries. From telegrams and cables which she had heen required to send (written in cipher, of which she had been able to acquire some knowledge), she had learned that the plot which was form- ing In this country was duplicated in many European ones, and that the consummation was near she feared from many signs which the designers had not been able to keep from her knowledge. Madam of the White Shoulders was here the leading spirit. Her brother, of the Russian lega- tion (in the description of whom I recog- nized both the man who had given the note to the messenger boy and he who had m in his search for me about her chief assistant. assisted Jac the yard), was The She Listened Quietly While I Her. Told third man, she believed, was a Russian who had escaped to this country after im- plication in a desperate attempt to assas- sinate the czar, discovered, happily, in time. Jackson was a mere tool, whose skill in the manufacture of delicate explosives rendered him of incaletlable value to the others. Of the man who had traced her to the station she had no knowledge, having never seen any one who answered to his description. Of my own connection with the affair she was able to give me some knowledge. Two weeks before, after many desperate attemp’ madam’s brother had succeeded in abstracting some state papers of great value to his associates in Washington. They had made every effort to get them to New York undiscovered. He, however, had been obliged to deliver them at once to a trusted messenger, since it was unsafe to have them remaining in his own hands. The messenger had been no other than Miss Cutting’s father, who had been per- emptorily summoned to'Washington to an- swor the neads of his confreres. The pa- pers had been immediately missed, but, thanks to his extreme cunning, the actual thief kad been able to escape detection or even suspicion. The latter, however, had fastened itself, through a succession of strange circumstances, upon Cutting him- self, and it had immediately become neces- sary to find a new messenger to bring them to madam in New York, in whose hands they must be placed. In this pre- dicament they had been obliged to fix upon a young man who had@ lately become en- tangled with a part of the society in Eng- land, and who had just made his escape to America. He was personally unknown to the principals here, but they had no other course than to direct Cutting, by wire, to trust him. With the extremest caution, therefore, the papers were confided to his care and a communication to that effect immediately forwarded to madam and her confederates. The young fellow was di- rected to proceed with the utmost secrecy, it being feared that the Washington de- tectives had already found the scent. Cut- ting was being watched closely, and had much difficulty in performing his part in the proceeding. The messenger was to communicate with Jackson (who had been Stationed in the House with Green Blinds, which madam had rented for like needs some weeks before), in the way which recommended itself to him when the op- portunity occurred. As he was personally unknown, the only way in which he could be recognized was by giving an unobtrusive signal a given number of times. When this was done he was to be admitted to the house. About the time he was expectcd a young man was seer to take up his abode in the op- posite house. He never left it, but sat conspicuously at the window, gazing in- tently at the House with Green Blinds. He had given the signal (which was the rap!d passage of the right hand across the eyes) clumsily and openly three times. They had entertained grave suspicions as to his iden- tity, but there was nothing to do but trust him. The time for action was rapidly near- Miss Catting’s Father Had Fallen Under Its Spell. ing, and they were desirous of getting pos- session of the papers, if possible, before this arrived. The signal was finally re- turned, therefore, and an appointment made by letter. This, of course, was the communication I had received the morning before. All this Miss Cutting had learned from hee father, who had returned sud- denly toward 7 o’clock in the afternoon. He had been much depressed and agitated. The letters had been traced, and the young fellow to whom they had been intrusted was being closely shadowed by the police. | There was fear that the detectives were also on the track of madam’s brother, and it was necessary to send them a warning. ‘This had been intrusted to herself, with what success has already been told. She informed me that, after my escape in- 1o the yard (whither, as I had conjectured, they had not at first dared to follow, for fear of attracting the attention of the surround- ing houses) a hurried corsultation had been held. The men had thought that, were I a detective sent to spy upon them, I would doubtless Gecide that my next best chance of learnir-g their intentions would be to fol- low madam’s directions and go the next day to P—, where I would expect further de- velopments. Miss Cutting told me (and I had suspected as much myself) that, from what she could gather, ihis had been merely a scheme of madam’s to get me out of the way for twenty-four hours, no matter whether I were a spy or untried confederate. Madam herself, however, had disagreed with her companions. She had declared that an effort must be made to stop me, and that €very train to P— must be watched. Miss Cutting herself, whom they had never whol- ly trusted, and for whem, on account of her interference in my behalf, they had no greater love, they tried to intimidate further with threats. It was necessary, however that both her father and herself, who might prove form'dable witnesses against them, should things xo wrong, be gotten out of the way. For this reason she could not be kept a temperary prisoner, as they had at first suggested. Her father had made all ar- rangements for a flight, in which she was to accompany him, and she was, therefore, taker. for the remainder of the night to the hote! at which madam was staying. She was now on her way to join her father and to again depart with him. She was an im- portant witness for my own side also, but she had saved my life. What else could I do but further her own escape? I promised to do whatever in me lay to prevent the dan- ger which threatened our country and to aid her to my utmost ability both in shielding her father and in covering their escape. As she bade me good-bye when I left the train at the last station before P— the tears had finally welled to her eyes. I was glad to think that partially, at any rate, they might be tears of relief. I took the next train back to town, eagerly looking at every station for the first edition of the morning papers. When finally they arrived and I opened the one I had selected, I discovered both the headlir. to find. The first was as it second seemed to me conclusive. Tt stated that a young man had been captured in Brooklyn, while in the very act of destroying uable papers which had been two weeks before from the State De tent in Washington. A few had heen r captured. They were the letters which had passed hetween the Russian ambassador and our Secretary of State, regarding the return to the Russian government of some suspected persons now in this country. A quantity of dispatches from the said gov- ernment to their ambassador at Washington were also among the documents. The young man in whose possession they were found bad been brought to New York, and was now awaiting examination. From what JT could make of this article he had apparently given no information which implicated any of the people connected with the House with Green Blinds, and I doubted whether any such information was in his possession. It was scarcely probable that more than the barest directions had been intrusted to him The second headline read something as follows: “Wealth, Wit and Beauty to do Honor to Our Executives. Mr. “3 Fa- mous Ball Room Literally Lined with Roses Tuxedo on the qui vive. A Brilliant Affair Tonight.” Upon these grounds, then, I was basing my case. ‘While I stood, Ustening, upon the window ledge the night befcre, madam had men- tioned both Tuxedo and the name of the men at whose house the ball was to be giv- en. It was to ba given in honor of a great statesman and his wife. Members of the various foreigr legations were to attend During the day I had seen, in some mys- terious connection with madam and her as- sociates, the young man who had been tried and convicted of 2 crime which had held in England a position very similar to the way things here, as I dissected them, were tend- ing. Madam’s voice and h's were strangely alfke. It hid been considered—no matter how I was supposed to be related to the af- olen fair—expedient to get me out of the way for twenty-four hr and to do so without exciting my sul After-that I might return. Miss~Cufting and her father had been ordered to escape from the country within the sam@ time, as it was desirable that they, after that time, should not be within reach bolice. Last of all; the ™an Jackson, @ tool in the hands of the others, had been perimerting very recent- ly—as’ shown his absent eyebrow—in chemicals of Ae explosive nature. And the third man at the House with Green Blinds, who had not ken in my hearing, was wanted (tog {Fell all I knew to the con- trary, with the others), in his own country to pay the penalty-of an attempt made upon the life of his sovereign. (To be continued on Thursday.) A PECULIAR CASE. A Hard Drinker Turned 0: Grass in Order-to Sober Him Up. It was in a salcon the other night, and @ Star reporter was drinking apollinaris and other soothing sirups, while the man across the tanle was indulging in more tropical luxuries. Who wes paying for the trriga- tion was another matter to be determined by the turn of a coin. “Were you ‘ever in North Carolina?” in- quired the other man, as he fished out a Mt of orange rind or lemon peel, or some other sort of a non-intoxicating condiment from the bottom of his glass. “Never,” replied the reporter, giving a fine imitation of a man telling the truth without mental reservation. “Queer things grow in that state,” con- tinued the other-man.” “Pear.uts, fer instance.” “Yes, and tar and turpentine. Also men who can drink a distillery dry and still attend to business. I know severai in that class, but the ‘king bee of them all ts the richest of them all. He makes more money than he can possibly drink up, and the re- sult Is that he is away ahead of the deal. When he gets to drinking, for he takes to it by fits and starts, like a toad a-walking, he keeps right at it until he has to go to bed, and then he quits. He lives in a small town where everybody knows him, und when he shows up drunk his fam- ily takes all his money away from him and nobody in the place will let him have liquor. “Stull he gets it some way and he is very ingenicus in that regard. The slickest thing he ever did he did during the past summer. As his friends thought the sup- ply had been shut off, and when they found him lying out in the grass of his big dcor yard one morning, they thought that was about as good a place as he could find to sober up in, and they left him there. He appeared to be quite contented himself, and though he rolled over at intervals and whooped every now and then, they thought he was getting along all right and didn’t disturb him. “By evening he was still not sobered up, and he was left out of doors all night, the weather being dry and hot. Next morning he was still not sober, and when evening came and the next morning, ard he was till under the Influence, one of his friends thought it was time to investigate. So he went to a. second-story window to watch the man in the yard, and about all he could discover waa that the drinker would lie with his face in the grass awhile, apparent- ly to cool it off. then rell over and whoop once or twice and go to sleep on his back. This was repeated two or three times be- fore noon, and by that time the watcher began to smell a mouse and proceeded to investigate more closely. “He waited till the drinker was asleep egain, and softly approacaing he felt around in the grass till his kand struck something. It was only a bit of reed, such as p'pe Stems are;made of, but it stuck up a couple of inch through the grass, and going down intg the ground on a line with the reed, the searcher found it passing cn through a cork and into a two-gallon jug of whisky, burigd.about six inches under the surface. in s minute or two he had unearthed the pow nearly empty jug, and when Mr. Drinker awoke again and found that his nice lithe game had been inter- fered with, it hurt his feelings and pride so that he went to bed and sobered up. He never said wHything about it, nor did any one else, but he hasn't worked the ‘buried treasure’ racket since.” “Bring mea glasg of Potomac water, with the mud on the sfle, please,” said the re- porter to the waiter. and wondered how far it was to North Carolina. — RS PICNIC. A FARM The Lunch Basket Not Nearly as Im- portant as the Gua. From the Detiolt Free Press. About 10 o’clock in the forenoon I reach- ed @ mountaineer’s cabin ard found the old man cleaning a long-berreled gun at the door. “Many bears about?” I inquired. “Not a b’ar, stranger. I'm gittin’ ready to attend a farmer's picnic at Glen Cove.” Half a mile further on I met a man with a rifle on kis shoulder, and after the usuai salutation, I queried: “Good hunting about here “Nuthin’ ‘tall, stranger. I'm a’takin’ this gun to be fixed. I reckon I'll drap down to the farmer’s picnic at Glen Cove tomorrer.”” Half an Four later I arrived at a cross- roads where there was a general store, and a man sat on the platform tinkering with the lock of a shotgun, while two or three others were buying powder and shot inside. “Is there going to be a shooting match around hcre today?’ I asked the store- keeper, as he weighed out my cheese and crackers, “Reckon not. Leastw:se I haven't heard of anythirg of the sort. The folks is jest gettin’ ready fur the farmer’s picnic at Glen Cove tomerrer.” I didn’t feel like going into particulars just yet, nut at 1 o'clock, when I stopped at a comfortable-looking cabin to make some inquiries about the road and found an old man ojling up an army carbine and his son molding bullets for an old-fashioned re- volver, I asked: “Are you getting ready for the farmer's picnic at Glen Cove?” “Exactly, stranger,” replied the old man. “I have noticed so many men cleaning up their guns for this picnic that I want to ask you ff it will be different from the ordinary picnic? “Why, a farmer's picnic, as I understand it, is a gathering of farmers and their wives ard children in a grove. Each family brings its lunch, and they eat, drink and make merry. Isn't that your sort of ple- nic?” “Wall, mestly, but’ not quite. Every- thing will go off like yo’ say up to about % o'clock In the afternoon. Then that ar’ ‘Tom Morrison will suddenly remember that that ar’ Bill Turk he cheated him on a mew! trade. Jest about that time old man Skinner will reckolect that his son Sam was killed by the Thompson boys, and Dave White will git to rememberin’ that Hank Trueman beat him on a law suit. Shouldn’t a mite wonder if them five Henderson boys didn’t reckon it was a right smart chance © wipe out the Colgates. May go off like a prayer meetin’, but I reckon it's best to be on the safe side.” I encountered seven or eight more men that afternoon who were getting ready for the picnic, and the day after I fell in with a farmer who wag there. “I can't Jest tell yo’ all the perticklers;” he replied to my inquiry. “The shootin’ be- gan about 3 o'clock, and when I cum away I reckon thar Was four or five dead and seven or eight wounded. It’s likely they piled up some mé’ arter I left!” “So you didn’t, mix in?” “No. I "lowed I would, and was all ready to when my son Tom was shot in the back, and I had to lead him up and tote him hum. Kinder sorry I couldn't stay. They do declar’ that'ar picnic was a powerful success !”” Facts Worth Knowing. Sound moves about 743 miles per hour. The Chinese Invented paper 170 B. C. The first watches were made in 1746, Rome was fouiidéd by Romulus in 752 B.C. Only one peryos in 1,000 dies from old age.. ‘An Inch of rain means 100 tons of water on every +cre. There are at ‘east 10,000,000 nerve fibers in the human body. The thickness of human halr varies from the 250th to the 600th part of an inch; blonde heir is the finest and red the coars- est. The “seven wonders of the woffa” of an- cient times were: The Pyramids of Egypt; Pharos of Alexandria; Walls and Hanging Gardens of Babylon; Temple of Diana at Ephesus; the Statue of the Olympian Jupi- ter, Mausoleum of Artemisia and Colossus of Rhodes, The Capitol Building at Washington, D. C., is the largest building of the United States. Pages 102 and 103 are full of just such facts as the above, and represent but one insignificant feature of The Evening Star's New Almanac and Encyclopedia for 1596. 25e. For sale at Evening Star office and all news stands. SUBURBAN NEWS ANACOSTIA. _ No better evidence was needed to show that Anacostia has awakened from her long sleep than the enthusiastic manner “in which the new year was ushered in. Many persons paraded the streets, blowing tin hcrns, and, though the innovation was un- usual, and numbers who had retired, were disturbed in their slumbers, no one, so far as has been reported, became greatly an- gered over the matter. The watch night services, as the religious exercises ncident to the closing of the old year and birth of the new are called, which were held at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. James McLaren, pastor, in accordance with a custom extending back for almost a century, were very interesting. The large auditorium was crowded with earnest worshipers, a large number of whom had united with the church during the year then just closing,and many related their religious experiences. Hymns appro- priate to the occasion were sung, and the services throughout, while simple, were of the most impressive character. Appropriate services were also held in several of the other churches of the town. A meeting for the organization of the Preposed Library Association, to which reference has heretofore been made in The Star, will be held tomorrow night at the office of Jordan & Richardson. Already several buildings which, it is thought, can ezsily be adapted to the purposes of the new enterprise, have been examined by those having the matter in charge, and it is expected that the reading room will soon be in successful operation. A supper and ball which were given Monday night at Surrattsville, Md., for the benefit of St. Mary’s Church were largely attended. A slight fire from an unkriown cause oc- curred in what is known as the “Haunted House,” near Anacostia, a night or two ago. The fire department was called out, but before the engines reached the place the blaze had been extinguished by neigh- bors. a FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE. Court street is being extended through the farm of Mr. A. J. Sagar. At the meeting of Providence Lodge of Good Templars Friday night interesting papers were read by Miss Mary J. Sagar, Mrs. M. E. Troth and Mr. S. P. Rumsey. Among the visitors present was Mr. Geo. W. Hawxhurst, grand secretary of Vir- ginia. There was a Christmas tree entertain- ment at Oakton Wednesday night, and one in Jerusalem Baptist Church Thursday night, both of which were largely attended. Among the visitors Saturday was Rev. B. L. Whitman, D.D., president of Columbian University of Washington. He spent some time here, visiting piaces which became notable during the war, and examining the original will of George Washington and other historical relics. Prof. Robert Nourse and Mr. G. A. L. Merrifield of Fatis Church accompanied him. Mr. Geo. W. Hawxhurst of Falls Church spent several days in the viliage this week, visiting his father, Mr. Job Hawxhurst, and family. He was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Nellie, and sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary H. Flowers of Connecticut. Jos. E. Willard, the representative from this county in the legislature, spent a few days at home last week. Mr. Samuel Wrenn, aged eighty-two, died Thursday, and was buried at Mt. Rockey Friday. Mr Frank R. Ford, who has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Julia Ford, returned to his home in Baltimore Sunday. A marriage license has been issued to Edward Stewart and Sarah Stokes. Mr. John G. Webster of ricooen county is visiting Mr J. W. Bry ‘Communion was celebrated in Zion P. E. Church Sunday, Rev. Thos. D. Lewis offi- clating. Miss Alma O. Sagar, who has been spend- ing the holidays at her home here, will re- sume her duties as teacher in the public schools of Washington next Thursday. HYATTSVILLE. The second Hyattsville assembly, which was held last evening at Grand Army Hall, was one of the most brilliant social events which has occurred in the village this sea- son, The hall was decorated with ever- greens, holly and the national colors, while the colors of the assembly,orange and black, were also much in evidence. The members of the club also wore the cdlors. An 01 chestra from Washington furnished the music, which was of a high order, under the direction of Prof. Hoskins. They occupied the stage, which was fitted up as a cozy cor- ner. A program of fourteen dances was ar- ranged for, the dance lasting until the com- ing in of the new year. Supper was served about 10 o'clock. The chaperons of the evening were Mrs. M. V. Tierney, Mrs. Jos. Aman, Mrs. Callahan, Mrs. MacFarland, Mrs. P. J. Duffy, Mrs. Post and Mrs. Siew- art. There were a number of invited guests from Washington and the surrounding towns, while the members of the assembly were out in force. The number present was just suited to the size of the hall, without In the least degree making it uncomfort- able, while the sudden change in the weather made dancing a great pleasure. The third assembly will be held during Easter week, and will probably be given in the new Ma- sonic Temple. Those present at the dance last evening were Miss Mary Schofield, Miss Post, Mies Deis, Miss Stewart, the Misses Thyson, Mr. Geo. Thyson, Mr. Chas. Finney, Mr.Hillard Owen, Mr.Becker, Mr.Nat Paige, Mr. De Graw, Mr. Beavens, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Moran, Mr. and Mrs. Payne and Mr. Graham of Washington; Mr. Cronmiller and Mr. Fenwick of Laurel, Mr. Mattingly of Leonardtown, the Misses Duffy, the Misses Callahan, 3 Corinne MacFarland, Miss Edith Gallant, Miss Leila Ama Dorn, Mrs. John Holden, Miss Gicb, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Holden, Mr. Bob Callahan, Mr. Dallas Irving, Major M. V. Tierney, Mr. MacFarland, Mr. Ed. Fuller. Chillum Grange has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: John Bene master; Geo. N. Perkins, overseer: J. Ray, lecturer; Geo. A. Gude, stewa: and Mrs. Alex. Gude, assistant stewards: Wm. R. McChesney, chaplain; James Miller, treasurer (eighth tecm); Elias’ Rowell, sec- Samuel Anderson, gate keeper: Mrs. J. Enos Ray, Ceres; Mrs. Geo. N. Perkins, Pomona; Mra. Wm, Ry McCheanes Flora. A highly successful entertainment was yen by the Chillum Dramatic Club at Ohil- Hall a few evenings since for the bene- fit of the hall fund. A piano and violin duet was given by Prof. Chas. Russell and son, a vocal solo and recitation by Mr. Lang, a vocal solo by Mrs. Phillips, and a whistling solo by Mr. Woolsey. The “Columbian Drill” was given by a team composed of six ladies and six gentlemen. A farce comedy, entitled “Wooing Under Difficulties,” was presented by Misses Cora Pumphrey, Mar- garet Ellin, Bertha Wiltberger, and Messrs. gnos Ray, jr., Dorsey Ellin “Rough Diamond,” a one- was given, with a cast of char- acters,including the following persons: Mrs, E. C. Wineberger, Misses Gertrude Abbott and Lily Voigt, and Messrs. August Miller, E. B. Rowell, Clyde Lamond, Anthony L. Ray, Fred. Funk and Dorsey Ellin. The handsome residence of Mr. James M. Hall, located west of Hyattsville and just outside of the corporate limits, is nearly completed. Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Owens entertained the Hyattsville Progressive Euchre Club last evening at their hospitable home. The fol- lowing players participated in the games: Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Whiting, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. White, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Welsh, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Latimer, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis F. Holden, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Robin- son, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Campbell, Dr. and He and Fred Funk. act play, “WHY GO TO FLORIDA?’—USE OLD-FASH- foned Florida Lung Pad, and Olntment—Fiorida for coughs and colds. Price, 25e. M. A. WHALEN, Interiachen, Fla, Mrs’ Ga. Witt LIAN, ‘Agent, 308 So. St. Asaph cnn, Va. ewe NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE. Carpenter's shop, 1920 N st. nu... and reilable men. Jobbing by eaperienced JOHN T. WALKER, Builder. 03-3m* Residemce, 2021 N. Mra. J. R. Owens, Miss Nellic Moran, Miss Alice Owens, Miss Lulie Fuller and Dr. Chas. A. Wells. —_——.——— ROCKVILLE. Mr. Harvey B. Henley and Miss Annie L. Everhart, both of Travilah, this coun- ty, were married in Rockville on Monday by Rev. S. R. White of the Baptist Church. On the same day and place and by the same minister Mr. David W. Hammond and Mrs. Minerva W. Benson of Seneca were united in wedlock. At a meeting of the county commission- ers, held here yesterday, a considerable amount of business was transacted. The following bills were passed and ordered to be paid: First district—B. J. Sullivan (road epee 3 $16.90; Charles E. ena ces (road), $30.90; J. C. Ward (road) % @iking), $51.35 Second districtGeorge E, Baker (piking), $40. Fourth district— John W. Horner (registration officer), $76; John Exter (piking), $22.80. In_the orphans’ court Tuesday Spencer C. Jones, John C. Bentley, Richard L, Bentley and Edward N. Bentley, admin- istratora, os b. nm, c. t a, of Richard T. Bentley, dec passed first and final account of personal estate of said Notwithstanding the of weather the Opera House at this pene was Monday night crowded, the occasion being the holiday entertainment of the teachers a pupils of the Baptist Sunday school. hall and stage were hand- somely decorated for the occasion with evergreens. The exercises consisted of music, a cantata, and the distribution of premiums. Those taking part in the can- tata were Superintendent Wm. Penn, Virdie Kingdon, Reeves Braddock, Beulah Sage, Hattie Edmonston, Vaudia Braddock, Viola Fowler, Maud Mouldon, George Davis, Roy Robertson, George Braddock, Clarence Ahalt, George Emrick and Willie nee The following characters aiso represented: Queen Winter, Lizzie Haney: St. Nicholas, Ewell Bogley: Storm ecfee Amos Ferris; Long Ago, Cuf- ford Robertson; Jack Frost, Ernest Ferris: North Wind, Daisy Bogley, dressed in green; East Wind, Maud Mouldon, in yel- low; West Wind, Bessie ichayyen tan; South Wind, Mabel Haney, pink; Aurora Boreal- is, Lottie Davis, blue, pink, yellow and white; Snow, Minnie Viett, white; Hail, Irene Steers, gray, with glass ornaments and tinsel; Ice, Susie Davis, greeen, with glass ornaments and tinsel. At the con- clusion of the cantata premiums were dis- tributed by St. Nicholas to the following pupils of the schools: Eugene Bean, Rich- ard Bean, Willie Bean, Vaudia, Rona and Reeves Braddock, Mabel Shaw, Virdie Kingdon, Bertie Mouldon, Clifford Robert- son, Roger Shaw, Liczie Haney, Davis, Beulah White, Lottie Davis and Bessie Sage. Superintendent Penn, in be- half of the 9 pupils, was presented with two handsome books. At the conclusion cornu- coplas filled with candies were presented to each of the children, after which the audience was dismissed with the benedic- tion by Pastor L. R. Milbourne. The members of the colored fire company paraded the streets here yesterday in their new uniforms and made a very creditable appearance. At night they held a fair and festival. Citizens of the town are much gratified at the interest taken br the com- pany for the protection of the property of the town. ———— A Rooster as a Witness. From the Atlanta Constitation. At Sylvania, in the county court, last Mon- day, a very extraordinary and amusing wit- ness was introduced in a stealing case—the first of his kind, perhaps, that has ever ap- peared in any court house. This was a Dominic rooster. Two negro boys were prosecuted for stealing chickens from anoth- er negro, The prosecutor proved that his chickens were m-ssing, and he clalmed to have identified them In the yard of the ac- cused. It then devolved on the latter to Prove their ownership. One of the brightest young lawyers was conducting the defense, and he very in- geniousiy introduced in evidence the above- mentioned Dominic rooster, which belonged to the defendants, In order to ~how the similarity in appearance between is roos- tership and the suspected chickens. This reoster was lord of the barnyard on the place where the two boys lived, and the d.sputed chickens were so very much like him, in color and otherwise, that no one doubted they were his lineal descendants and belonged rightly to the defendants. The rooster, when put on the stand, crow- ed vociferously, as if to prociaim the inno- cence of the accused, and furnished much ee to the court. After hearing all the evidence, the judge discharged the prisoners, and told the weaenl cutor that while it was perhaps true he haa Jost his chickens, yet he was convinced they "possums, naa become the prey of owls or Pancaxe Flour. A combiviisar, Cons sea wien Se Belentifica! BR sb Fhoeachgs <0 sos peabalie tt mito Oe 20 4% 26 4¢ 46 <6 oto Any Doctor ‘Wl tell you of the merits of this e HYGEIA ICE AND WATER CO., 861 TO oo1 STATE STREET, NEW HAVEN, CT. JONAS & OO., 1324 F STREET, + ? Distributing Agents. d20 26 20 20 20 00 -00-06-0f erty’s “Complete Psat: ae The color is a brilliant {) white. Nutty flavor—appe- It has NO woody fiber (bran) in it. It makes beau- tiful bread. It is very rich (rear 300 times the best flour) in the elements that nourish the BRAIN, the DIGES- TIVE FLUIDS, the TEETH and BONES, Con- stipation, brain fatigue, indi- gestion, irritable stomach and dyspepsia, caused by under- fed and starved organisms, are cured by the simple and sensible process of supplying the needed nourishment BRAIN, NERVE, BILE BONE. ALL GASES OF Removal Prices “Equitable Credit” is a team that nothing can beat. We have harnessed bargains and accommoda- tion together—and you can enjoy the benefits of the com- bination. All the Furniture— Ranges— Carpets— Crockery Ware— Mattings— Bed Wear— Draperies— Lamps— Rugs— Bric-a-Brac— Stoves— Ete., in stock now MUST be sold before moving time—which ¢ | isn’t far off. So we have “close-reefed” the prices all around—smaller than were ever quoted before for equal values. Ask for credit—you can House & Herrmann, have it—and on your own terms. ‘The Leading Hovsefurnishers, 917, 919, 821 AND 923 7TH ST. de28-84d 636 MASS AVE. — yy "Established 1861. 3 —Opticians—i227 Pa. Ave. general Une of OPTICAL Goods. Oculist Prescriptioas promptly and accurately @lled. Remove to 1203 F St, January 18. + o: S-3m,14 DEAFNESS, CATARRH, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS And Other Lung Troubles are treat-d by me with due regard to each indl- vidual condition, mo detail too small to neglect, aot one remedy for everything—that is why I am successful in curing this class of diseases. Cousul- ‘tation free. Dr. Jordan, 1421 F St. N. W. ‘Office hours, 9 to 11 a.m., 2 to 4:30 and 6 to 8 om deld-28a eee (As a power, (Asa light $ —-—electrfeity fs simply mmexcelled. It ts reliatle, it ts Inexpensive, tt ts clean and absolutely free from danger. Hundreds of machines are ran by ft—thousands of stores and Louses are lighted by it. Are Fou thinking of using current—"phone us, ( U.S. Electric wee Co., Nes 14th st. "‘Phom a th st, “Thone a16-204 Get the Best— “THE CONCORD HARNESS,” Horss Blankets and Lap Hobes tu great varie and at .owest prices LUTZ & BRO, 497 Pa. Ave. N.W. __ 82-168 16d sadjoining > National Hotel. Bargains in Long Hair Switches. oy Formerly ay 30, Formerly EiSo: Formerly $10.50. (7 First-class attendance in Heir Dressing, regi Keeping the hair in S. HELLER’S, 720 7 7th Street N. W. ‘| Last Chance to Secure Opera Glasses * * At the discount of 331-3 per cent off marked prices! Every style of mounting to chuose as wel ‘as all the famous makes. EF The filling of ecaliste’ proscriptions—e Claflin Optical Co., oo7 F St. 4030-144 te. ‘Curlette,”” for oe