Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1896, Page 9

ee THE EVENING STAR, “TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES. EXALTED KNIGHTS The Grand Commandery to Be In- stituted Tonight. AN ELABORATE PROGRAM ARRANGED Imposing Ceremonies to Take Place at Masonic Temple. SKETCHES OF GRAND OFFICERS An event which has Iong been looked forward to with great interest in Masonic circles is the constitution of the first Grand Commandery of Knights Templar for the District of Columbia, which will take place this evening in the big hall of Masonic Temple, corner of ¥th and F streets. Hlaborate preparations have been made for the ceremony, which will be quite an imposing affair, and a general turnout of members of the fiye local commanderies and their ladies is expected. Two conven- tions of representatives of these command- eries were held in December, when arrange- ments for the establishment of the Grand Commandery were made and the first grand officers elected to serve until next May, when an election for the ensuing year will he held. The officers to be in- stalied this evening are all well-known Washingtonians, who have taken high rank in the Masonic order. They are as follows: Noble D. Larner, grand commander; Frank H. Thomas, deputy grand com- mander; Rezin W. Darby, grand general- issimo; E. G. Davis, grand captain gen- Noble D. Larner. eral; Alex. W. McKenzie, grand senior warden; Wm. Galliner, grand junior war- den; E. H. Chamberlin, grand treasure! Isaac L. Joi.nson, grand recorder; H. K. Simpson, grand prelate; George E. Corson, grand standard bearer; Robert E. Con- stant, grand sword dearer; Jos. Brum- mett, grand warder, and a grand sentinel, to be appointed by the grand commander. The constitution of the Grand Command- ery and the installation of the officers will be performed by Most Eminent Grand Master Warren LaRue Thomas, who ar- rived in this city yesterday from his home in Maysville, Ky. The exercises will com- mence at 6 o'clock, and will be followed at S o'clock by a general reception to Grand Master and Mrs. Thomas. At the conclusion of the reception a ban- quet will be held irMhonor of the most em!- nent grand commander at Freund's, on 10th street, at which a large number of the prominent Masons are expected to be preseut. At the banquet the following emi- nent Templars are to be the guests of honor: James H Hopkins, past grand mas- G. Davis. ter of Templars: Representatives J. H. Codding, Irving P. Wanger, past grand commanders of Pennsylvania; Senator Teller, past grand commander of Colorado; Senator Aldrich, past grand commander of Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Edward B. Spencer, the present grand commander of Pennsylvania; William H. Clark, the present grand commander of Indiana; Charles F. Buck, the present grand com- mander of Louisizna; Thomas J. Shryock, grand master of Masons of Maryland: Commissioner William Lochren, past grand commander of Minnesota; W. B. Mellish, past grand commander of Ohio and grand Junior warden of the encampment; Edgar S. Dudley, past grand commander of Nj braska; A! D. Lynch, past grand comman- der of indiana; E. E. Downham, past grand commander of Virginia, and James P. Cor- Werren Thomas. bin, the present grand commander of Vir- ginia. The Templars of Washington are plan- ning to entertain the grand master on a lavish seale during his stay in this city. Tomorrow evening he will be the guest of Potomac Commandery of Georgetown. Thursday a luncheon will be given in his honor in Baltimore by the Grand Com- mandery of Maryland. That evening he will be entertained by Washington Com- mandery, and Friday evening by Columbia Commandery. Most Eminent Grand Master Warren La Rue Thomas, who will constitute the fir: Grand Commandery of the District of Co- lumbia, was born in Kentucky in I8!5. As he became of age he ps ioned the and at once received the degrees in e. chapter and council. He became in the workings of the order, and interest soon hecame a member of the grand bodies ot the state. After filling various subordi- nate positions heth bodies, he was, in October, 1880, elected gr Master of the ind Lodge, grand high priest of the Grand Chapter, filling both positions the He had already occupied the nd master of the Grand Council, lect Masters. ming of Ryan Comr ery, No. 17, and wa: i eral of that commanser ice of, eting of the Grand y. he was elected to the office of grand senior warden, and, after regular promotions, was elected grand commaniter in May, 187. At Chicago in 1880 he was elected to the office of grand junior warden, and ut each triennial conclave since has received a regu- lar promotion. He is also a member of the Anclent and Accepted Scottish Rite, having He is regarded as one of the best Masonic jurists in the order, and for ytars has served on the jurisprudence committees in the various grand bodies of his native state. He has always been a champion of the Me-.| sonic Widows and Orphans’ Home, the pride of all Kentucky Masons, and much of tho success of that grand institution is due to his efforts fn shaping legislation for its bene- fit. He was elected at the triennial con- clave in Boston by an almost unanimous Yote to the office of most eminent grand master. Noble Danforth Larner, right eminent grand commander of Knights Templar of the District of Columbia. is a native of this city. He was made a Mason in Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 15, of this city, July ll, 186%, and dimitted from that lodge in December, 1563, to become a charter mem- ber of Lafayette Lodge, No. 19. He was elected master of Lafayette Lodge Decem- ber 21, 1865, and served as such for two years. He was elected grand secretary of the Grand Lodge, November 6, 1866, and served as such for five years. He was made a Royal Arch Mason December 25, 1865, in Mt. Vernon Chapter, from wh'ch he Jemit- ted June 10, 1867, to become a charter mem- ber of Lafayette Chapter, No. 5, of which he was elected high priest, and served as such until November 20, 1859. He was elected grand secretary of Grand Chapter of Dis- trict of Columbia, in April, 1987, and served 5 until 1872; was elected deputy grand high | priest in November, 1872, and in November, 1873, was elected grand high priest, and served as such for two years. In December, 1874, he was elected general grand captain ¥. H. Thomas. of the host of the General Grand Chapter of the United States, in the city of Nashville, Tenn., and was elected subsequently to every successive office above that in said body, including that of general grand high priest, to which office he was unanimously elected in the city of Washington, D. C., in 1886, serving as such until 1889, when he re- tired from office in the city of Atlanta, Ga.; served as thrice illustrious master of Royal ard Select Masons of the District of Colum- bia, 1871. He has been for several years the president of the Washington Masonic Vet- eran Associat‘on. He received the orders of knighthood in Columbia Commandery of this city In May, 1866, from which he dimit- ted in 1872, and affiliated with De Molay Mounted Commandery of this city, then under dispensation. He was elected eminent commander of the commandery from the floor, never having held any other office in the commandery. At,the recent convention tes of the five commaneerics in the istrict of Columbia, to organize a Grand Commandery, he was chosen grard com- mander. Very Eminent Sir Fra:k H. Thomas, the deputy grand commander of the Grand Commandery, K. T., of the District of C: lumbia. received all his Masonic degrces and orders in Michigan, but ef'iliatel here in lodge, chapter and commandery in 1888. During 1894 ani 1895 Mr. Thomas was com- mander >f Columbla Commandery, No® 2 and his administration is recognized ing one of the most successful of any in this Templar jurisdiction. At the triennial conelave, held in Boston last August, he was ‘ase an otficer in the Grand Encampment, and subsequently ap- pointed as the representative of the grand master for the staces of Maryland, Micht- gan and Virginia. Mr. Thomas has been an indefatigable worker to Secure the permanent Tocation of the Grand Encampment of the United States in this city, and believes the formation of a Grand Commandery here will’ prove an im- portant factor in determining that question, which will come up at the conclave of that body to be held in Pittsburg in 1898. Sir Knight Rezin W. Darby, the eminent grand generalissi f the Grand Com- mandery, K. T., D’ t of Columbia, was born in Montgome: Rezin W. Darby. He came to the Dist at the close of the war in 1865, and Ted in Georg: where he is now engazed in busines Darby was made a Mason in Geo. C. Whi ing Lodge, Nv. 22, F. A. A. M., October 26, 3. He received the Royal Arch degree in Potomuc R. A. Chapter, No. 8, in 1877 the orders of kniga:hood in Potomac mandery, No. 4 was elected captain mandery for 1885 and 1586, generalissimo for S87 and 1588, n+] eminent commander, 1489, 1890, T8091 and i892. Siz Knight Darby was a member of the executive cominittee of the twenty-fourth triennial conclave of Knights Tempiar of the United States, which was held in this city in 18S), and he took his commandery as ont commander to the twenty-fifth triennial conclave held at Denver, Col, in (892. He also was the worshipful master cf Geo. C. Whiting . No. 22, ia 1805, and has just been re- on for that post for the present year. During his term as eminent comman: the membership of Potomac Commandery, No. 3, was increased 100 per ceat, and his and judicious ministration of .ts laid the fouadation of the high rep- now enjoyed by Potomac Coin- mand-ry among its s eommanderies of the District of Columbia. E. G. Davis, the grand captain general of the new Grind Encumpment, was knighted in Washin ansiintery, No. 1, March 186. He served the conmmandery as A. MeKenzic. junior warden, sesior warden, captain gen- eral, generaiissimo, and was elected emi- nent commander tn IST. Me was elected granl master of Masons of ihe District of Columbia in Novemd= and re-elected ector of taxes He is a past master of &. No.11; past high priest of Washt Roya! Arch Chapter, No. high priest of the Grand Chapter of the y t_of Columbia. He becume a mem- ber ef Washington Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 1, of this city, in 1802 and ied his membership therein until cto>er, when he was elected to em!- t commander of Grient, No. 5, the new commandery, which was chartered by the Grand Eacamrment of the United States at its late conclave, held ist Boston, Mass., Yast August. The new commandery, over which ne presides, has had a phenomenal growth since it has been constituted. Be- ginning last October with thirty charter members it has in less than thres months reached a membership of about one hun- dred, and is in a flourishing and prosper- ous condition. Grand Junior Warden Wm. T. Galliher was knighted in De Mblay-Commanilery, No. 4, June 12, 1886. Being an enthusiast in organizations of a military or semi-mili- W. T. Galliher. tary character, he at once took a lively in- terest In the commandery, and worked zealously for its welfare from the moment of a's connection with the organization to the present time. As an evidence of the ap- preciation of his services by the comman- dery he has been kept continually in office, beginning with that of warder, and a year ago was elected eminent commander. At ual election in December last re-elected to that office by « jrac- tieally unanimous yote, an honor seldom bestowed upon the presiding cffiter of a Templar body. The commandery was par- ticularly fortinate in having one so pecu- Marly well fitted for the position on the oc- casion of its visit to Boston during the con- clave of the Grand Encampment, for to his courteous manner and untiring effcris to make everything pleasant for those with whom he came in contact is largely due the enviable reputation the commandery achieved on that occasion. Edward. H. Chamberlin, grand treasurer- elect, was knighted in Columbia Comman- dery in 1871. He was cminent commander in 1886, and as such attended the t nial encampmen: in St. Louis that year; w7s elected treasurer cf the commandery ir 1893 to succeed Abner T. Longley, and has been re-elected eaci year Sir Knight Chamberlin has been an active worke: in Mesonry sine» his entrance into the order. E. H. Chamberlin. grand master of this jurisdiction tn in addition to being treasurer am A. Chapter, No. 1, a position he He is tron He was LBS, sopry that is quietly doing a good work spensing charity, and is also treasuret of Alma Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Isaac 1... Johnson, the grand recorder of the rew Grand Commande: received the Master Mason's degree Jan’ A886, iny Natioral Lodge, No. 12, in this cit He was made a Royai Arch Mason in Eureka Royal Arch Chapter, No. 4, soon after its crganization under the Grand Chapter -of the District of Columbia. He served the lodge for two years as worshipful master, and also filled the office of high priest in his chapter. In 1874 he was installed grand master of Masons, which office he held for two years. Upon his retirement from the grand master's chair in the Grand Lodge he was elected to the office of grand high priest in the Grand Chapter. Upon the death of Dr. A. G. Mackey Mr. Johnson was appointed his successor as chairman of the committee on jurisprudence in the Grand Chapter, which position he has held continuously up to the rresent time. He I. L. Johnson. received the several orders of knighthood in Columbia Commandery, No. 2, K. T., and when De Molay Commandery was or- ganized he became a charter member of it. He was elected several times prelate of De Molay Commandery, and_ subse- quently was promoted .to the offices of captain general, generalissimo and emi- nent commander, He has always been a zealous advocate of a grand commandery for the District of Columbia, and was ai- ways ready to champion the cause when- ever the subject of a grand commandery was presente’ to the consideration of the Templars of this District. Washington be- ing the pelitical center of the nation, as well as a literary and conventional city, his ambition is to see the national capital s: lected as the headquarters for all the Ma- sonic general grand bodies, and he is work- ing for the accomplishemnt of that object. In the formation and organization of the Grand Commandery for the District of Co- lumbia he has been selected to fill the im- portant office of grand recorder. 5 Mr. Johasoa is a native of- Warren coun- t¥~N. J., and came to this city when a boy. He graduated at Columb‘an Univers- Ity and was afterward admitted to th> bar of the District. Robert E. Constant, grand sword bear- er, was born forty years ago in Mis- sour. After leaving school, he learn- ed the printing ‘busiress, and at the Robt. Constant. age of nineteen years was cditor and pro- prietor of his own newspaper, which he successfully conducted for twelve years. At .& few years ago IW. P. Hepbui the fime he wasitfie youngest editor In the reading state. He also '&pplited himself to law, and at the‘age of twenty-one gradu- ated therein, buf ever practiced. He has traveled extensively in this country, anc @ tour of Europe eminent commander of dery, No. 2, K., T., one He:is the presen! Columbia Comi of the largest and wealth:est command- | ertes in this grand jurisdiction. king in Columb R. C., No, 1, and orlental guide inJAlmas Temple. Mr. Con- stant is employed in the Treasury De- partment, being a clerk of class 4, in the office of the audifor for the State and other departments, juqjcial divisfon. Em. Sir George; E. Corson, the grand standard bearer, is a past commander of Potomac Commandery, No. 3, of George- town, and has been an earnest and enthu- siastic advocate’ of a Grand Commandery for this Templar jurisdiction for several years. He was made a Mason in 1871, and since that time has been an active worker in the several Masonic bodies. which hon- ored him with membership. He was high priest of Potomac Royal Arch Chapter, No. 8, in 1875 and 1876; master of Harmony Lodge, No. 17, in 1877 and 1878, and com- mander of Potomac Commandery, No. 3, in 1879, ’S0 and '81, He represented his com- mandery in the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States at Cleveland in 1877, at Chicago in 1880, and at San Francisco in 1883. He was vice chairman cf the triennial committee on the occasion of the twenty-fourth triennial conclave of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar in this city in 188). He accompanied his commandery to the Grand Encampment in Boston last year as its acting. recorder. ,Sir Knight Corson has received equal, and even more, distin- guished, honors in other branches of Ma- sonry. He is a past junior grand warden He is also af the Grand. Lodge, F. A. A. M.; past Royal Arch Masons of this Distrigt, and the present general grand master of the second vail of the General Grand Chapter Geo. E. Corson. of Royal Arch Masons of the United States. He is a thirty-second degree and knight commander of the Court of Honor of the A. A. Scottish Rite, and an active member of the several bodies of that rite in this city. He is grand marischal of the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Royal Order of Scotland, recorder of Washington Coun- cil, No. 1, Royal and Select Masters, and a pember of the Masonic Veteran Associa- sion. —_s_ > _ THE PORTE’S SUBLIME IMPUDENCE. An Official Propibition of Red Cross Philanthropy in Arme: The Turkish legation gave out the fol- lewing official communication last evening: “The imperial go@rnment wilt not permit any: distribution B@@gne his subjects, in his ewn territory, by afty foreign society or in- dividuals, howe¥er [respectable the same may be (as, for jnstance, the Red Cross So- ciety), of money, collected abroad. Such in- terference no independent government has ever allowed, especially when the collec- tions are made cn the strength of speeches delivered in pubfié meetings by irreconeil- able enemies offith Turkish race and ligton, and on the basis of false accusations that Turkey reptidiates. Besides, the sub- lime porte is mindtul-of the true interests of its subjects; andj dlptingulshing between the real state of 4h'ha and the calumnies and wild exaggeratiéns of interested or fanati- cal parties, will, as it has done herctofore, under its own legitimate control, alleviate the wants of gll Tugkish subjects, living in certain protifives, drrespéctive of ereed or race.” zB t —s MACHINE A NEW GUN. One of Americnn Design and Manu- fneture Adopted for the Navy. The ovdnance department of the navy has adopted a machine gun. designed by Amer- icans and manufactured by Americars for the use of the American navy, and has en- tered into a contract for the immediate purchase of fifty of them for practical test oa board ship, with the intention of pur- chasing further supplies as they may be needed. The new arm was adopted by the department after a series of competitive tests, in which six similar guns were tried, most of them being of foreign design or manufacture. A further test will be made of the Maxim gun, and it is possible that a number of that type will be purchased for the navy. The accepted gun is the invention of John H. and Matthéw F. Browning of Og- den, Utah, and is described as a gas-oper- ating, breech-lo.ding gun. It belongs to the class of guns in which the gas pro- duced by explesion, after it has given a sufficient velocity. to the projectile, is further utilized as a means for operating the breech mechanism, This process en- ables rapid and successive firing by auto- matic means, leaving the operator the simple work of firing the first shot and fur- nishing a supply of cartridges to the gun, which continues firing so long as the supply of ammunition lasts. : The guns are light, and will be of great service to landing parties and for attacks made in small boats. On the war ships they will be placed in thé military tops and in other parts of the superstructure, where they can be used with great destructive effect. The Colt Arms Company is inter- ested in the manufacture of the gun, and the contract for a supply, has been niade with that company. ————————— Frotecting Americans at Johnnanes- burs. In quick response to Secretary Olney’s cablegram, Ambassador Bayard cabled yes- terday afternoon that the British secretary of state for the colonies had given him as- surances that he had instructed her majes- ty’s high commissioner in South Africa to extend the same protection in behalf of John Hayes Hammond and any other Americai citizens involycd in the charge of rebellion in Transvaal as would be shown in the in- terest of British subjects in dike circum- stances. These cablegrams are believed here to be signifitant as indicating a better understanding between the two govern- ments than was génerally supposed to exist. ES Presidentinl. Nominations, The Président 7nas sent the following nominations to the Senate: Justice—John A. Marshall of Utah to be United States district judge, district of Utah; John W. Judd of Utah to be attorney of the United Stele of Utal M. Brigham of Utah to be marshal o/ the United States, disirict of Utah. War—Capt. Wim. I Itossell, corps of en- gineers, to b2 major; Second Lieut. C. Overton; fourth Ca to be first lieuten- ant; Second Lteut,"Wm. J. D. Horne, ninth cavalry, to be first leutena Lieut. E. M. Blake, fifth artillery, Keutenan 5 ‘Treasury—First ASsistant Engineer C. H. Foote of Peansytmania_to be chief engineer, and Second Assistant)Ergineer H. N. Woed of New York to.-hp first assistant engineer in the revenue cutter servic. —— Dinner to the Iowa Delegation, Gen, G. M. Dodge, well known in this city, gave a handsome dinner at Chamberlin’s Sunday evening, at which the guests were for the most part members of the Iowa dely- gation in Congress, among them, Senator Sohn H. Gear, Representative Samuel M. Clark, Representative Robert Cousins, Representative George M. Curtis, Gen. D. B. Henderson, Representative J. P. Dol- liver, Representative Alva L. Hager, Rep- regentati A. T. Hull, Representative , -Representative J. F. Lacey, Represeutative Thomas Updesraif and Mr. J.T. Granger. Lack of vitality and color-matter in the bulbs caases the hair to fail out ard turn gray. We recommend Hall's Hur Renewer to prevent bald- hess acd grayness, tomorrow. quali so pronounced. know it—and ap Money back if you want it. <> Jn Rally for the Rush The addition to the Spransy stock of. our own broken lots at soc. on the dollar—and im some cases less—has increased the opportunity—and increased the imterest. Yes- terday’s crowd was the greatest since the sale began. row’s buyers wiil get the greatest values of their lives. Tomor= It’s the s that make the prices so extraordinary—the- bargains No matter what scheme others resort to there’s preciate it. nothing that can over-top this offering of ours. The people | All necessary alterations | made free. | Saks’ Full Dress Pants. The $10 ones, |in_ eve [ing po’ | Lat Saks’ Separate Vests. |Saks’Beaver|Saks’ Carr’s! Coats. | size 23—scramble after MeltonCeats Saks’ Elysian | collar—as ‘fine a Spransy’s | Full Dress “One Saks’ Astrachan Overcoats. | Trimmed! 2. , sae OE NOT oe tmparted Overcoat. Saks i Blae er ahil|gA egee, Blysian dar, Cuffs Saks’ Corduroy About a dozen pairs Lot 1530—Very Finest lot Dante - soeatie ‘vert | Patent, Reaver Over-| eine Vests. Vests. of our own Doe Skin|cats — silk-lined Hue Meltn Ov aul the Pall Dress Jarge sizcs—will be of-| throughout. But ined with silk th r lef foes: the’ A ket or thee pew. ed at half price, left—sizea 34 and 35- k velvet ¢ Ry ia btphs Sienecomeen tae ‘hn $8 |) REGULAR PRICE, $55. - 32, daroy Vets, without le ones, JAR PRICE, $5 collars, fly frout and = for $4. Now 525. | Now $2.00, P°! am SPECIAL PRICE, Now $1.50. Ulster. 1 ir. it’s a stunner. | ment as anyhod and Facing: ah small lot of broken REGULAR PRICE, $35.) make. Only onc REGULAIUPRICE, $15, | Tat 2bttS One lett— Ghot ana Disgnsi NOW ial a pm cogs Now $22.50. ice “tirsian "titer zi Sa ice? | ow 525. —— fin fabric—fine!y made. coat sake Oa _ Now | Spransy’s TEGULAR PRICE, #4g. $ | An ueear en of Spransy’s | Full.Dress Now $20. 1.50 Lot 1250—Black Ches- Prince Coats. Se ae, Size cadalg ars jot nee) a i e > jkEctian Huce, ss.Albert Coats) "aru Saks’ Fancy = | and Vests. |*t+'s.":57.co Vests. Saks" cee go & Chinchilla -— Saks’ Clay Worsted and and 44, | All oar broken Jots of et ‘ 20 saves: SEK and Worsted _ Ulster. | Fur-Lined = Ssi.c0e See ° lack C1 ster] 2 u Black Cuinchiila Mister.’ Qyercoats. a G8, 0, 42 and 44.\cery newest fell ne t stromphaid ot comfoct| Kemortel Keteey” we] o_o “TECULAM PRICES, eargeoattes orcs [ime Oreste | ams at $12.50 0 TO $6. REGULAR PRICE, $40.) REGULAR PRICE, s75.| at. ~ = Sizes 35, 26 and 37. Now $20. Now $37.50.) S#*-%,,3 * ] Tec cats are with) NowS 1.50. sence So Spransy’s Sulis From.$4 up. From $5 up. From $4 up. From $1.50 up. eg Half Prices ' for broken lots of Hats. for broken lots of Shoes. esseetertententeteotbontente rte terterto Saks and Company, Pa. Ave. and 7th St.—‘tSaks’ Corner.” _at Matt Pricel Spransy’s Overcoats at Half Price! Spransy’s Ulisters at Half Price! Spransy’s Trousers at Half Price! Spransy’s Clay Coats and Vests at Half Price! for broken lots of Boys’ Clothing. =| for broken lots of Furnishings. WHY WAS IT SUPPRESSED? ‘The Douglass-Snunders Correspond- ence Withheld From Publication. Yo the Editor of ‘The Evening Star: In connection with the spirited campaign now in progress for the selection of a re- publican national convention team (com- posed of one white and the other black) the name of L. M. Saunders of this city has been prominent- ly mentioned as one of the white candi- dates deserving the support of the negro voters of the District, of republican pro- At one of the numerous meet- Saunders was charged with refusing to rent office room to Frederick Douglass, and it is reported that he denied the charge. The facts in the from the District, clivities. ings held last night Mr. case are thes Mr. Dougiass, as president of the Frec- dom Manufacturing Co., applied for offic: room in a building under the management of Mr. Saunders, and was refused by Mr. Saunders on the ground that possibly Mr. yy colored lady typewriters and elerks. Mr. Douglass becoming indignant at this gratuitous re- placed the correspondence between Mr. Saunders and 's of Editor Cooper of jass might wish to empl flection upon colored ladies, himself in the he k the “Colored American,” said to be journal published in the interest of colored race, and in which Mr. Dougla: had purchased stock. Mr. Cooper Geclined after a lapse of time to publish the correspondence, and since refused to let the correspondence seen by a member of Mr. Douglass’ fam thovgh promising to do so. It may be ps sible that the correspondence is not now in his posession. "The kno’ ledge of the above facis havi been brought to the attention of each of "BUS DRIVERS OF LONDON. They Are Said to Be the Finest Driv- erx in the World. From the Philadelphia Times. The majority of the streets of London, at least those on which the principal traf- fic of the city proper centers, are narrow, these highways, which are always crowded to distraction with every description of ve- hicle, large and small, fs a feat in driving which would turn the heir of a Broad him crazy in a week. But his London pro- totype does not lese any sleep of nights worrying about it. To him the safe con- @uct of his "by the most ordinary kind. It ts generally acknowledged that these "bus men, who undergo a course of long years of most careful training, are, when put to it, the finest drivers in the world, but, at the same time, their every-day task is made comparatively easy for them by the punctilious observance of the rules of the road, practiced by every Englishman who drives in London, be he lord or com- moner. There “is never the caveed by the misunderstanding of these rules by an ignorant driver; the most ordi- nary costermonger who drives his Httle donkey cart in the crowded section of the city is perfectly familfar with them, and | never evinces the slightest Inclination to rebel against their dictates by not pulling up out of the way when a coach or four- in-hand signais their intention to drive by. The first me an American mounts the steep steps at the back of a "bus and takes a seat on the roof for a ride along Fleet street or the Strand, or a trip down Cheap- a S e the negro orators Now 80 Lusty PPPS TE | side, his attention is riveted for the great- something Snore powerful than principle | St Part of the journey and his breath fre- that leads them to sacrilice heod and self-respect. i CHAS. R. DOUGLASS, 318 A street northcust. —— POPULAR ERRORS. SOME Curious by People of Intelligence. From the Jewish Messenger. ‘The erroneous idea that the darkest hour immediately precedes the dawn is so com- mon that it has passed into a proverb. Light comes as gradually in the mornin; as it does in the evening. before sunse’ There is no error which provails more Widely, even umong educated people, tha: the belief that a man has one rib more in his right side than in his left, the de- ficiency being supposed to have been in- herited from Adam, As a fact, mea wm women cach haye twenty-four ribs, twelve on each side. One of the strangest moon affect the weather. tion, handed down from remote times, is held by the majority, both on eon t is otherwise, throughout the world. almost impossible to’ convince a this error, his answer being in the strongest arguments the tides?’ the moon has no control or conn the atmospheric changes. fon wit A mistake which is widely believed by | all classes is that it a dead body be car- ried across any land on the way to the grave it established a public right of wa: over the land forever. any ground at any time. many educated people. — ————— The Cunard line steamship Cephalonia, which has been on the rocks near Holyhead since New Year day, has been floated by means of pontoons and tugboats. their man- otions That Are Entertained It would be as correct’ to speak of “the brightest hour errors is the de- luston that the so-called changes cf the This superstt. “But how about Yet scientists declare that ‘There is no ground whatever for the idea, nor (so far as the writer can ascertain) has there ever been Why such an idea should be prevalent is a mystery, but it is seriously entertained, even by very quently taken awey In watching the ma- neuvers of the "bus driver. The way these men keep their horses ut der control and stcer their clamsy vehicles in and out of the constant crush af wagons and all manner of vchi is exciting and wonderful. Look ahead of you, and the street seems packed, with oniy a smail appears scarcely wide enough fer a “bus to go through, and yet the driver goes ahead unhesitatingly, and, presto, change, in a minute you are through the crush, and have never even scraped the wheels of the wagons on either side of you. If, however, one of these wagons had suddenly turned into the narrow passage- way through which you have passed, the driver bent on getting out before the ‘bus, there would have heen a crash and a smashup, an accident which very iikely would happen under similar circumstances Ls n city. But between the drivers of the wag: ons and drivers in London, perfect confidence ex- ists, the "bus driver knowing that he has the right of way, going ahead without fear, while the driver of the cart or wagon, being fully aware that he must stand aside so that the lumbering public conveyance can go through, does so without a murmur of discontent at the few minutes of lost. time which he is bound to suffer. —— 20 | The Mearagoan Boundary Line. Mr. Calvo, the charge d'affaires of Costa Riea, says that the news from Managua, Nicaragua, about a boundary dispute with Cosia Rica wis not correct. “There is not eny question,” he said, “about boundaries. It was settled by the award of the Presi- dent cf the United Ststes as arbitrator. What remeins to be dene is to mark out the boundary line, materially. To this end Costa Rica sent a commission into the field and retained it there for a year, mak- ing a careful survey of the line. Although Nicaragua was bound by the terms of the treaty between the two countries to form a similar commission and co-optrate with that of Costa Rica, it did not do se, and for this reason the contention is stili unsettled in this respect.” nd h ‘y and the navigating of the "buses along | street "bus driver gray in a day and drive | as along his route is work of | slightest trouble | opening, which to the eye of the uninitiated | j @ dozen times in a day in an American | the "bus drivers, and all other | | | CHARLESTONS RAH-RA Mischicveus Little Negro Chimney Sweeps and Their Curious Life. From the New York Tribune, “Speaking of city-brea b: livelihood by Joins ofd jobs here and there, the litte chimney sweeps in Charles:on. are interesting,” sal a woman who spent lust winter in thai conservative old town, ‘From continually sheving them way up rs who gain @ id down the narrs Sues thelr clothes become one mass of shreds and tatters, tu which the soot ciings obstinately. I saw a number of them dancing like imps of darkness on a streei corner one afternoon. They were inky-black from head to the soot clinging even to their eyebrow “Don't the people burn coal Charies- pas in, yes, But a great many won't hear of using ahything but wood im their sleep ing rooms, and the pig two-story brick kitchens belonging to the houses, originally built to accommodate an army of slaves, but now occupied by families of more cr less irresponsi! » open fire- places in which wood, usually lightwood, is burned. The taw requires that each of these chimneys be swept at least once a month. The city is divided irto districts, each dis- trict leased out to a contractor, who en- gages to attend to the sweeping, and he in turn hires the small black sweeps, who can easily get up and down the crimueys to clean them. I think ten cents a story is the charge for sweeping a chimney. “And what wages do the sweeps cet?” “Anything, othing, according to their need or the inclination of the con- tractor. They make a living, cach as §t is, and that all they expect. They don't work ail day, and as they are full of mis- chiei, they generally give the contractor plenty of occupation tn isokinz after them, ‘They play truant, and all sorts of fantastic tr.cks, ard frequent!y stop more than once on the way to Some appointmeat to have a jig or breakdown in the street or some va- cant lot. The contractor treats them well, because the office of a sweep rot being in high repute, or much sought after, he finds difficult to secure employes.” How do they ciean the flues?” ‘They have hort-handied brush, not un- Uke a hearth brush, oniy it has bristles en both sides, and a _ three-cornered iroa | seraper. They rest their fect on the pro- | decting, uneven bricks on cither side of the chimney and clim> up in that way. part of the'r duty to sing when th to the top. i is y get up that they have y have a peculiar rhythmic cry, which they repeat over and “‘Rah-r-a-h, rah-r-a-h!” People in the hborhoed go io the windows when they hear this cry to see the sweep. Grotesz1e enough be looks, with half his body pro- ruding from the chimney; a black goblin up among the roofs, an army of dislodged bats and chimney swallows fluttering about his head. ““Rab-rahs’ the children call them, and many timid litle ones are afraid of them, thinking them something uncanny. “It isa famous trick with these lttlo imps to brush up against pedestrians in the most unseemly way in the world, doing it por- pe S80 as to soil the'r clothing. They walk along carelessly, to all appearance, with their heads turned around behind them, und then are all apologies when the collision they Ces'gne] takes place. * “There was quite an excitement one day in a heuse In our neighborhood. A sweep got stuck fast in the chimney, and could neither move up nor down. The contractor thought he was fooling at first, but after- ward a brickla: was sont for and a boie | made in the chimney, through which the Httle prisoner escape] from his sition.” ge ——<se0—______ M. Meyer, a Paris banker, who is under- stood to have been mixed up with the, Parama canal scandals, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. It tm suspected that his suicide was with the Lebaudy