Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1896, Page 8

Take - a Walk . —down the avenue.some evening and observe the number of men strolling along with cigars in their mouths. Pick out the.men who wear satisfied, contented looks and who appear to be at peace with all the world. *These are the men who smoke— . eS More men are discovering each day the exquisite flavor and fragrant aroma contained in a “White Seal” - Cigar. Fall in line yourself. Connoisseurs acknowledge they are equal to any imported cigar on the market. One long dream of pleasure from beginning to end. We have put up “White Seal” Cigars in bundles of five and ten, and have called them “Pints’&*Quarts” They are wrapped in tinfoil to eep them moist and fresh. _A “Pint” for 50c. A“Quart” for $1.00. For sale at all first-class cigar stores, drug stores and hotels. High-Grade Kop 9 Cigars, Jobbing Agent, 1235 Pa. Ave. It A New Coat Of Varnish, —a thorough overhaul- ing, and your open car- riage will be ready for -_———— spring and summer ——— weather. Better have it ————— done at once — we'll stone it till wanted with- out charge. This will — preclude a possibility of “thé new paint getting scratched up in your ———-coach house. Andrew J. Joyce’s Sons, Carriage Builders, 1028=30-Cenn. Ave. Eaa $35 Instead of $50 oRESS SUIT, made to measure, of pepe rk erfect isfaction c> Now is your opportunity, Beye: Haslett& Piste], "ope Tazors. Jaz-10a = Without Dipping Once you n write 4 > worts with +O VERNME: FOUNTAIN Pi NCAS- id polat, contain pens ex: CO., 919 F st. YOUR eyesight will be ruined if you use gas as a light. The constant flicker of the flame is very hurtful, and is responsi- ble for a great many weak eyes. In direct contrast is the Electric Light. Safe . Shirts that Fit and wear all right. = They're the comfortable — satisfactory — ——— erouomical sort that we make. No yt about our ability to fit you. Our profictency as shirt makers is proved by our shirts never failing to sult the most exacting per- son Our sample ehirt for $1.50 is cun- elusive proof. P. 7. HALL, gave8 < SCHUTZ, 805 Vermont _ave., Arlington Hotel ink"* idl z, all those unusual garments that most tailors hesitate abou making—are with me ‘th nature of speclulized work. I have only ihe highest class work- men in my enploy—aod aim. to turn out nothing but the highest class work. Moderate charges. SCHUTZ, 805 Vermont ave.,« Opp. Arlington Hotel. When Petersen Repairs a Watch “It never requires doing over egain’—is * a common reiaark among my patrons. * Thirty-five years’ practical expetience—at * the bench—qualifies me to claim expert- * ness. If yours ts a valuable wateh—too * valuable to allow amateurs or so-called * wateh repairers to, “tinker” with it— * bring it to me—and it'll be fixed right. . . . . . Jarl Pi ~. C a Petersen, 427-29 7th St. Printing for ®: . most particular people at Prefer business ey Tho are ““finick printing work—they want done—they'll 2 cite cere Wee fas T turn oat. Pm slad to Show samples of my work, to those, who'll eall. + “Livé Printer” Elliott, jut st.—__ "Phone, 1679. Ja28-10a Best Mainspring, TSe. Crystal, 10c. All our work guaram- teed one oi A. KAHN, nn im* 4 of signaling to be taught to the young men THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1896-FOURTEEN PAGES. z At these reduced prices there’s no excuse for your not having a Smoking.Jacket. We are selling our entire stock of them at greatly reduced prices. A -world of comfort Smoking Jackets-that have sold for $3:50, $4.50 and $5 are now selling for 3 $2. Better ones at 25 per cent off regular prices. ‘AUERBACH’S, “On the Avenue,” No. 623. at ' i = NARRATE If your husband needs néw Collars, Cuffs,” Neckiles, Shirts, Underwear, &. tand’ most probably he does), tell’ him to come here—where everything 1s being Offered at a discount of 20 ner cent. Make him give you 20 per cent of what 2 he intended to pay for “pin money!” Mayer’s Men's Goods, 9 943 Pa. Ave. Ja29-20d - ‘That Reminds Me.” “There's one way to be sure of getting sn abi ely pure whisky. Get MAGRUDER'S PRI- VATE STOCK. Not \, only pure—but smooth \) and mellow as well as delicious. Full quart > “bottle for only $1."" i. Magruder €,,, The Finest Fitting, Most Comfortable Shirts Made If You are assured of—if 1 am intrusted with your order. All work done on the premises. None but the most expert work people are em- ploy Years of experience enables me to tea satisfaction in evers. instance. le” Shirt to your- order $1.50-3. for 34.506 for $9. ‘Shi Frank Wells," :4r1 Pa. Aye. a2 Washington’s Most Expert Watch Repairer Is the reputation Hutterly has earned. Fine and complicated tmepleces—their repairing and regulating—a. specialty. Small charges another feature. By ears a call if you like. - ‘Timeple-e ‘rt, Hutterly, Tmeple-e Expert, 632 G St. ja2v-120 eeeeee ABILITY AS A TELEGRAPHER. Remarkable Feats Performed by the Late Lieut. Swift. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. First Lieut. Swift of the ninth cavalry, United States army, committed suicide at Fort Robinson, Neb., on Thursday morn- ing by shooting himself through the heart. He had been post exchange and acting commissary officer. During the past week he was relieved of both duties, and an in- vestigation of his books was in progress. He leaves a wife and large family. Lieut. Swift's suicide closes one of the most remarkable careers in the United States army. From the position .of tele- Sraph operator in a small town in Vir- ginia he became a private, corporal, ser- geant and lieutenant in the army in as msny days as there were promotions. When Gen. Myer organized the signal corps of the army telegraphy was decided to be one of the mest important branches who were to form the corps. They were destined to serve at frontier posts, where they were to make tri-daily telegraphic re- ports on the condition of the weather, and a knowledge of telegraphy was desirable, if not actually necessary. Swift had con- siderable local reputation as a telegrapher, and to secure his services as an instructor he was enlisted in the corps and. promoted from day to day until he attained the rank of second lieutenant. After joining the corps and beginning his work as instructor Fe devoted himself to the study of elec- tricity’ and telegraphy, becoming one of the most skillful operators that the world had ever known and an author on the sub- ject. There were a lot of fancy tricks in send- ing and receiving messages that Swift used to do. One of them was to take two mes- Sages at the same time. He could write equally well and beautifully with either hend, and could take a message from one instrument, writing it out with his left hand, while he copied another message with his right. He could also send a mes- sage with one hand while he received an- other message, copying it with the other hand. In the years that he was instruc- tor in telegraphy for the signal corps Swift never met his match but ence. That was when a young fellow that looked like a typical cowboy applied for admission to the corps. In answer to the question as to whether he understood anything about telegraphy, the young feliow answered that he could receive forty words a minute without being very busy. He was sent into another room, which had telegraphic 3S we, @ CHART MY Coy ecourece ON SUBURBAN RIDES The Country Between Brightwood and Bladensburg Roads, PECULIARITIES OF THE TERRITORY Description of the Topography of the Country. POINTS FOR WHEELMEN —— With the accompanying map Is presented the third section of the series inaugurated by The Star, giving a clear and concise de- scription of the roads leading into Washing- ton, the first section covering the territory between the Potomac river and 82d street extended, while the second section embraced the area between 824 street extended and the 7th street road, including the valley of Rock creek. In this, the third section, the area is limited to the territory between the 7th street road and the Bladensburg or the Washington and Ballimore turnpike, while the southern limit is Boundary or Florida avenue. This section is totally different from the other two sections in a number of ways, and a glarce at the map will show this. One thing that is particularly noticeable fs the limited number of roads leading northward between 7th street northwest and Bladens- burg road. It might be a:lded that the end o? the Bladensburg road Is also the end of Florida avenue or Boundary,H street, Mary- land avenue ind aiso 15th strevit northeast. The lack of roads bezween the first two named highways van only be attribuied to the sparsity of the population. It is true that there are a number of streets extend- ed (?) beyond Boundary, but they lead to nowhere, ending in wilds and wildernesses. Lincoln road {s the only road in the vicin- ity that leads north. It runs into North Capitol street extended just above the Boundary, and leads to the two principal roads in the section. Fourth street extended may sound like a dignified name, but it is only the highway which runs parallel with the tracks of the Eckington electric ratiway, ending at the gate of the Catholic University, while the cars, keeping on, reach a terminal at Prook- land, over the Bunker Hill road. The best way to reach 4th street extended is to fol- low the electric car tracks from 2d street and New York avenue northeast. Another peculiarity of this section lies in the two steam railroads, the eastern one be- ing the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, while the western track is the Met- ropolitan branch of the same road. The main line leads on to Baltimore, while the Metropolitan branch leads through Rock- ville and all way stations up to Point of Rocks. The location of the railroads, how- ever, does not affect the area for bicycle rid- ing. Only a few of the way stations are mentioned, as their location adds nothing to the value of the map, and any one inter- ested in these can ascertain the place by securing a time table from the railroad office. As a roadway for bicycling the rail- road tracks make rather poor riding, though in some instances there are excellent stretches of cinder paths, which afford splendid riding. Asa rule, however, follow- ing the railroad track is not recommended, and, if, by making a detour, a public road can be reached, it is more advisable to pur- sue such a course. Two Attraction: One thing which commends this section communication with the main office, for Swift to test his ability. At first Swift sent the young fellow about twenty words a minute, then thirty. When Swift broke in and asked the young fellow if he was getting it all right, he answered: “O. K., but hurry up. I haven't much time to fool away.” Then the pace was increased to forty words, and, after keeping this up for five minutes, the applicant broke in and said: f you can’t send any faster than that, you had better quit.” He was em- ployed, and in less than a year ran away with the receipts of a government office in Arizona. The most remarkable feature of Lieut. Swift's career in the army is that it has been well known among army people for fifteen years that he was short in his ac- counts. During that .period he has been robbing Peter to pay Paul, and has been notoriously hard up. For several months he was stationed at Fort Myer, on the Robert E. Lee estate, opposite Washing- ton, and during that time he had trouble every month explaining shortages in army accounts, and he borrowed money of ail the men in the command that could loan it to him. He had no bad habits. He never drank, gambled of used tobacco. —_——-se- Fifty Years Hence. Extracts from the Hourly Gazette, of 1946, by the New York Tribune: A man in Smith street this morning at- tracted much attention on account of a card hung around his neck, on which was printed: “Pity the Unfortunate! This Poor Man He's Lost His Bicycle.” Nearly everybody who wheeled by drop- ped a coin in his hat, as his helplessness was calculated to touch a heart of stone. Adam Oldtimer of No. 2375864 Jones ay- enue was arrested this forenoon for walking on the street. He was fined $10. He is the second man this week who has thus wanton- ly endangered the lives of honest citizens moving about on their bicycles. The meeting of the Pneumatic Fox Hunt- ing Club yesterday was a’ marked success. Mr. Mercury Golightly received a “few scratches in a fall when taking a ten-rail fence on his hunting cycle, one of the spiral jumping springs breaking, but otherwise there were no accidents. A’ trial was given to the new Canine's Delight dog wheel fr the hounds, and it was pronounced satis- factory. The intelligent animals took to it readily and worked the pedals fiercely. It is reported that a man in Connecticut fs soon to bring out a fox wheel, to which the beast will be fastened with a small strap, having two minutes start of the hounds and riders. = Presidential Postmasters. The President has appointed A. H. Herts as postmaster at Macon, Ga., vice 8. P. Price, resigned. Martha Brown was reap- Pointed at Fort Valley, Ga. for short spins is the fact that the Soldiers’ Home and the Catholic University are lo- cated within its bounds. The former place has such attractive grounds that a ride through them on a summer’s afternoon is one of the most enjoyable of trips. Then, again, it is worth the time to go through the home itself, and climb into the tower of the main building, from which a beauti- ful view of the surrounding country can-be obtained. A visit to the Catholic University 1s also a good trip, which can made in fair weather, at this time of the year, as well as in the summer time. ‘Takoma is also another pleasant place for a short run, and then there is the Maryland Agricultural College, a few miles above Hyattsville. There are any number of other stations on the map which can be made the objective point of a short trip. In this article the subject matter will be confined to a description of the roads, while in a following article, for the convenience of the readers, a few of the simple routes will be selected. The two most important roads in the map are the 7th street and the Bla- densburg road. The first named road was fully described in the first article of the second section. ‘The other road we will speak of. This road and the railroad tracks run close to- gether all the way to Baltimore, the road being the shortest distance. The road up to the reform school, and some distance be- yond, is good, the surface being macada- mized, though clay appears now and then. Sand first makes its appearance above the reformatory, but not in such quantities as to make bad riding into the ancient village of Bladensburg. Up to this point the road is mostly level, though rolling in some in- stances. The hills begin to develop on the stretch leading to Hyattsville, just a half mile distant, the road up to this place be- ing graveled and generally in gcod condi- tion. The highway continues to be hilly up to the Maryland Agricultural College, and in this stretch sand interferes and makes but fair riding. A portion of the roadway is composed of “slag,” and is rather bad upon weak pneumatics. For a distance of four and a half miles above the college the road is level, tut the riding 4s vile on ac- -count of the sand, deep enough in seme places, said a cyclist once, to drown your- self. In front of the college is a beautiful stretch of road, which was built by the students as a practical illustration of good road construction. The Brentwood road is in the vicinity of three miles in length, and runs from the Bunker Hill road to the Eckington, end- ing at the railroad station. It is of macad- am surface for a total of half its distance, with dirt and gravel and clay the remain- der of the road’s surface. The hills are small and all ridable. The Bunker Hill road is another road with a surface almost the same as the Brentwood road. It.starts at the Bladens- burg road, just a short distance below that village, and runs across country in a curv- ing manner, and ends in front of the Cath- olic University, though a wagon road con- tinues on for a few miles, leading to no place of general interest. The road is about three miles in length and has a few hills, none of which are bad. The Lincoln road begins just above Boun- dary street at the end of North Capitol street and is about a mile and a half in length. It ends near the Catholic Univer- sity, and its real continuation is the Hare- wood road. The road has mainly a dirt surface, is comparatively level and affords generally fair riding, though sometimes the condition is good. The Harewood road is about the same length as the Lincoln road, and connects the Bunker Hill and the Rock Creek Church road. It has but few hills, and a rather good riding surface. The Rock Creek Church road runs from 7th street extended to Bates road, and has a total length of about two miles. It is Hepadtty macadamized and affords good rid- ing. The Piney Branch road runs from the 7th street road and ends at Takoma, having a length of a little over a mile. This road by many fs claimed to be the right name for the lith street road. It has a macadamized surface, and no hills. The Blair road runs from a point above Takoma to the Rock Creek Church road. its length {s about, two and a half miles. The condition of the road is not as good as the other roads/In the vicinity, though the riding is good'and there are but one or two smalt hills.’ e Bates road conne¢ts the Blair road with Sargent road. By a diréct Hne the distance would be about a mile, but by the road it is nearly double that fistance. The road has mainly a dirt surfdce, and forms only fair riding. 4 4 Sargent road is about ‘two miles In length and joins the Bunker Hill road with the Riggs road. Its surface is a mixture of dirt, gravel and stdne. Riding ts fair over it, though In some places excellent, The Riggs road runs from the Blair road to what is claimed, by many to be the Queens Chapel road, is about two miles long, and has a magadam surface, which in some places is hidden by dirt. The road affords fair. riding, ‘The Queens Chapgl road begins at @ polnt almost opposite the reform school, on the Bladensburg road, 4nd rens northward. Its real end is where it meets the side road leading from Hyattsville, which would make the distance about three miles. Some, however, claim that the road continues on, leads on through Wheaton to Rockville. Whatever the road may be, it is certain that the stretch up to near Hyattsville is excellent compared with the remainder of the road, and the stretch mentioned is only fair. The Sligo Mills road, considering the fact that it is a rather remote road, is fair raid- ing. It leads to the old mill, which, by the Way, can be reached by several other short roads in the vicinity, a description of which is not deemed necessary. HOCKEY RULES. Rules of the Game That Has Attained Popularity. The team shall be composed of seven Players, who shall be bona fide members of the clubs they rcpresent. No player shall be allowed to play on more than one team in the same series during a season, except in case of bona fide change of resi- dence. The game shall be commenced and renew- ed by a face in the center of the rink. The puck shall be faced by being placed between the sticks of two opponents, and the ref- eree then call “play!” The rink must be at least 112 feet by 58 feet. Goals shall be six feet wide arfd four feet high, and shall be placed at least ten feet from the edge of the Ice. Two half hours, with an intermission of ten minutes between, will be the time al- lowed for the matches. A match. will be decided by the team winning the greatest number of games during that time. In case of a tle, after playing the two specified half hours, play will continue until one side secures @ game, unless otherwise agreed upon between the captains before the Hee Goals shall be changed each half jour. No change of players shall be made after @ match has commenced, except for rea- sons of aceldent or injury during the game. Should any player be injured during a match, and compelled to leave the ice, his side shall have the option of putting on a spare man from the reserve to equalize the teams; in the event of any dispute between the captains of the teams as to the injured man’s ability to continue the game, the matter shall be at once decided by the referee. Should a game be temporarily stopped by an infringement of the rules, the captain of the opposite team may claim that the puck be taken back, and a face take place where it was last played from before such infringement occurred. . When a player hits the puck, any one of the same side, who at-such moment of hit- ting is nearer the opponents’ goul line, is out of play, and/may not touch the puck himself, or in anyt way whatever prevent any other player froma doing so, until the puck has been play: A player must al- ways be on his own §ide of the puck. The puck may be stpped but not carried or knocked on, by-any part of the body. No player shall raiseyhis stick above his shoulder. Charging from behind, tripping, collaring, kicking pr shinning are barred, and any player, after having been warned by the referee, may be ruled off the ice for that game or ratch, or for such portion of playing time as he/may see fit. When the puck goes off the ice, or a foul occurs behind the goafs, it shall be taken by the referee to fivé Yards at right angles from the goal lines, and there faced. When the puck goes off the ice at the sides, it shall be taken by the«peferee to five yards from the Hne, and there faced. ~ ~ The goal keeper’ must not, during the play, Me, kneel or sit upon the ice, but must maintain a standing position. Goal shall be scored when the puck shall have passed between the goal posts from in front, below an imaginary line across the tops of the posts. Hockey sticks shall not be more than three inches wide at any part. The puck must be made of yulcanized rubber, one inch thick all through, and three inches in diameter, The captains of the contesting teams shall agree upon a referee and two um- pires (one to be stationed behind each goal), which positions shall not be changed during a match. All disputes on the-ice shall be settled by the referee, and his decisions shall be final. nal. & All questions as to games shall be settled by the umpires, and their decisions shall be final. c Salvation Oil is a reliable linimemg, 5c. SPORTS OF THE DAY Sachtleben's Attempt to Bring Oy- clist Lenz's Murderers to Justice, RAINING THE “WEIGETS IN RACING Date Fixed for the Coming Whist Congress. LATE BASE BALL BULLETIN CYCLIST LENZ’S MURDERERS. Sachtleben Says Minister Terrell Does t Zry to Recapture Them. ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 29.--A special to the Republic from Altoona, Ill, says: W. L. Sachtleben, the American cyclist sent to Asia Minor to search for Frank Lenz, the missing Pittsburg ‘vheelmen, has written a letter to his father in this elty. The young American is still at Erz2roum, and takes occasion, in his letter, to strong- ly condemn Mr. Terrell, the United States minister at Constantinople, for his refusal to assist in the capture and prosecution of the murderers of Lenz. It will be remembered, from his last let- ter to William Sauyage, recently, the mur- derers of Lenz were released from prison by the Kurds and soldiers during the mas- Sacres at Erzeroum. Among the twelve men locked up for the murder of Lenz were four Armenians, but only the Kurds were re- leased by the rioters. After things had quieted down somewhat Mr. Sachtleben says he attempted to re- capture the Kurds released, but Minister Terrell showed no disposition to aid him, and he is well nigh discouraged. Mr. Sachtleben expresses a hope of being home before a great while. His attempts to bring the murderers of Lenz to justice promise nothing but failure and great per- sonal danger, and he will leave Erzeroum if an opportunity to do so safely presents it- elf. INCREASE THE WEIGHTS, Good Reasons Why the Impost Should Be Raised. While the talk of an increase in weight and distances in future races is not re- ceived enthusiastically by owners who have horses bred for short dashes, without re- gard to substance and staying powers, it is generally looked upon with favor by many horsemen as being a certain method of improving the sport, as well as the quality of horses, In conversation a well-known horseman Said yesterday: “There is no question about its being a very wise move; in the first place our breeders would look more for substance and staying qualities than they do now. At the present time, any kind of a horse with a dash of Speed In him could get out and, if he got away well, win, Look at Ruy de Carreres. That's the kind of a horse we should aim to breed. He has the substance as well as the Speed. Last summer he won from a big field of good ones at the Gravesend track, with 138. up, and he would have won if he had ten pounds more up. That's the kind of horses Wwe want and would have to breed if we had heavier weights and longer races. “Then another thing: If the weights were heavier we could keep the good jockeys longer. At the present time, as soon as a boy gets to weigh 105 or 110 bounds, he is practically out of the busi- ne: just as he has gained the experience makes him a good jockey. He has to stand back and wait for mounts im- posted as heavyweights, while some little monkey, who only knows just enough to stick on the horse, gets all .the money. I tell you, it is discouraging. If we get heavier weights we may expect good racing and more Snapper Garrisons and McLaugh- lins in the saddle. Whist Congress June 22, The executive committee of the American Whist League, which has been in session in St. Louis the last two days, completed its business last evening and adjourned. All of the day. the committee was kept busy arranging by system and deciding upon rules for some of the matches to be played next summer. It was decided to hold the congress in Brooklyn, beginning June 22 and ending the 27th. Young's Latest Bulletin. President Young's latest National League bulletin shows the following approved con- tracts: With Louisville—A. Weyhing, A. Herman, J. Leeson, H. Spies, P. Cassidy, J. J. O'Brien, E. F. Hutchison, F. Clark, J. Wright, T. L. McCreery, H. C. Semple, F. F. Miller, C. Dexter, W. Fuller, W. J. Mc- Cormick, E. Jacobs, W. Holmes. With St. Louis—Monte Cross. With New York—W Clark. With Chicago—H. T. Briggs. With Cincinnati—J. W. Holliday. Louisville waives claim to Jimmy Don- nelly, drafted from tne Springheld club of the Eastern League. The Louisville club drafted Donnelly months ago, and after the Springfield club had secured a third baseman in his place, giving $100 ad. vance money, Donnelly is thrown back upon the club's hand: Pendleton Park Case Appealed. In the case of Chris Von der Ahe agt. the National Base Ball Club of Washing- ton, in which the plaintiff was recently awarded judgment for $2,790, an appeal has been taken. The suit grew out of the rent- ing of the Pendleton Park grounds at Cin- cinnati by Von der Ahe as agent for the National League. Naval Cadets to Row Pennsy. Chairman Thomas Reath of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania rowing committee. re- ceived yesterday from thé naval cadets at Annapolis an acceptance of his proposition for a race between the crew of the Naval Academy and the freshman eight of the University of Pennsylvania. Negotiations will be at once begun seeking the final ar- rangement of the race. Neither of the com- munications exchanged thus far has stipu- lated either place or date. These will be decided immediately. It can be safely promised, however, that the race will take place at Annapolis in the last week of May. Can’t Stop the Fight. The Ministers’ Union at El Paso, Texas has received a letter from Gov. Thornton of New Mexico saying he is powerless to prevent prize fighting in that territory. There is no law making ft a felony and no money to pay for calling out the militia. Best Time on Record. A. W. Evans of New York at the bicycle track at Mexico, yesterday, made a hun- Gred miles In five hours, twenty minutes and forty-five seconds. It is believed to be the best time on record for an amateur. Evans is thirty-two years old and a na- tive of New Jersey. He is a member of the New York Athletic Club. Hanlon Signs Stocksdale. BALTIMORE, Md., January 29.—Manager Hanlon of the Baltimere Base Ball Club has signed Pitcher Otis H. Stocksdale, who played with Beston last year and Wash- insten the year before. Stocksdale is a Maryland boy. Hanlon is now negotiating with 2 prominent college pitcher. He says McMahun’s arm is in first-class condition. —_—-__ Degrees for Women. From the Lady’s Pictorial. There seems to be some probability that the :dmission of women to degrees at Ox- ford end Cambridge is within measurable Gistance. At least, movement in this direc- tion has been made of late and ts still being made at Oxford, and if one university is sensible encugh to make this educational advance, the other can scarcely fail to fol- low svit. There is nothing, one would im- agine, to be said against euch a step, for it is manifestly absurd to permit women to compete with men for a prize, so to say; and then, when they win, deny it to them because of their sex. mence February model my store are begun. Sale last year. nounced’? Week. the Times, Star Jeweler, GOHOHGHS HHDBHOGHOGSOO OOS SO SGSOHSHOOSOHHHOGHHOHHSHSOSHSSSSOCOS TROUSERS, $ SHSPaaeadoateatonemenenteatentententecteteatoage ecg 906 F Sh he Ne “MY SALE.” As I have already advertised, my “extension” sale will com- I mean that I am going to re- more room to do more business in, for | am doing more every month. This sale is for the pur- pose of getting my stock down to the lowest ebb before the changes It will be similar to my most successful Anniversary Silver Week, Gold Week, Diamond Week and, finally, an ‘Unan- will be announced on Friday in C. H. DAVISON, 1105 F Street. GSESESS GEOS SES SESSS ISOS OE 22: TO-MEASURE. No doubt as to our tailoring supremacy —Today will close our last great offer of trousers to-measure at $3.50—Better order a pair or two or three today— MERTZ AND MERTZ, 1. By extension in order to get There will be The reductions SDHHSCOOSOS GS DP OOSH HOSS SS QSOS OSOQHOOOSE and Post. Street. PURITANS OF AFRICA. They Read the Bible and Maintain a Theocratic Community. London Corr. New York Times. ‘The Boers know the Bible, if they know nothing else of what is called literature. They are probably the only remaining hom- cgeneous people on the globe whose reading and whose intellectual aliment are purely Scriptural. People who have lived among them in South Africa all agree upon this characteristic feature of Beer life. They are essentially a Puritan nation, and they maintain a strictly the- community, such as the good men See founasd Plymouth and Boston fondly hoped to preserve on Massachusetts bay. ‘Among them, people who stay away from church or who profess indifference to relig- fous teachings and observances are wholly wn. Or coatee, young Afrikandas stray away from the flock in ever increasing numbers, but until they go away they conform with the rest of the rules of pious behavior. It was, Indeed, more for the purpose of pre- serving their young people from demoral- izing contact with the lax and irreligious “outlander” than for any other reason that the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State have twice “trekked” north- ward, leaving the place in which they were born and all their possessions which could not be carried along, and faced the priva- tions end risks of unknown and savage wilds. At all hazards, they were resolute to live their own lives and to keep their children undefiled by contact with the evil thing called civilization. : The fact that in their second great “trek” they hit upon a land rich with gold reefs has never been regarded by the Boers as anything but a terrible misfortune. They learned of the existence of the gold long ago, and as long as they could they kept this knowledge a profound secret, not in order to profit by it themselves, but to pre- vent the rush of immigration which they feared, and which would bring upon them once more, and in an aggravated form, all the social and moral ills which they had made such sacrifices to avoid. I do not think there is any other nation in the world in which it would be possible to find even a small minority capable of taking such a lofty and abstract view of natural gold deposits on their farms. But the Boers seem to have been practically unani- movs among themselves in this attitude. Even after the unhappy secret was out, they strove desperately, by 8 of laws against gold digging, to stem the irresist- ible current. : see Expenditures of the District. Interesting information vegar¢ing the an- nual amount of money expended by the District of Columbia will be found on page 13 of The Star’s: Almanac for 1896. 23c. per copy. For sale at all news stands and at The Star office counting rooms. i COOP LALLY IOI ELE EEL LOL NOOO LEMME OE ER SHE ALMOST PROPOSED. Anyway She Got a Husband by € img Back Her Departing Lover. From the Chftago Chronicle. A young married woman, the wife of a western Congressman, was one of a party in Washington the other evening talking about leap year. “I proposed to my hus- band,” said she, “and it wasn’t leap year and I'm not a new woman.” Every one was anxious to hear how she happened to do it, for ehe Is a lovely woman of the womanly type, and the last one in the world to ever ask a man to her. Ten, too, she was @ belle, and had hosts of admirers, many of — would have been glad to have won er. “Why, I don’t know how it ha: ned. You see, Jack had been attentive om for years, ard every little while would tell me how much he loved me, and ask me if Teoula csre for him. I put him off, and then after two or three years he began to neglect tell- ing me cf his love. In the meantime I learned to love him, and tried in every way to make him speak, but when he called he never wanted to see me alone, and always tried to have some of the When we were alone he wi silent, and no amount of sweetness on my part would bring him to another avowal. At last he called and said that he was going to Washington; that there was no use of his staying out west. There were no ties to bold him and no one for whom he especially cared. I used my best endeavors to dissuade him, and hinted in every way possible that be might expect a favorable answer if he would ask me to marry him. Jack said g00d-night to the people, and I went to the door with him. We stood at the entrance some time, and I tried so hard to bring him cut, but no use. He spoke of no one caring for him and all that sort of thing. Finally, we shook hands and ke left. I saw him walk down the yard, and as he reached the gate I called to him to come back. I had seen him leave me forever in that minute, and could pot stand it. When he came up the steps I said: “Jack, I care for you a great deal.’ The rest followed, and we were married in the spring.” Patronizing Infants. From the Gentlewoman. A characteristic instance was given ata dinner party lately of the present-day ten- dency for children to patronize their par- ents. At a preparatory schol the children were told to write down what they thought to be the object of education. One small boy wrote: “The object of education is to be able to talk for your father and mother when you go abroad,” and another boy, doubtless remembering the oft-repeated re- flection at home, when he had fallen into some scrape, that “the holidays would soon be over and ‘he would ‘be safely back at school,” wrote, with unconscious cynicism, “The object of education is to get you out of your parents’ way.” .