Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1896—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. UNYON CURED JA Jones of an Aggrarated Case of Dyspepsia and Mrs. Ellen Davis of Rheumatism After Everything Else Failed. J. A. ones of 4th street. enthusiastic In his praise of “The Munyoa Dyspepsia Remed Lever used. It cured me of an aggravated care and I have never been beth is keep Munjon’s Remedies them altogether.” Brookland, 3 is of 1405 uth street northwest B98: ve sed Munyon’s Rheumatism and find it to be the best remedy I ever ti It_ cor jy cured ime.”* pa remedy for every disease. ists, mostly for 25e. a vi: 713 Lith street nor! UNIVERSITY NOTES. Georgetown University. At the lest meeting of the Toner Scien- tifle Circle, Charles F. Valentine, '96, gave an illustrated lecture on glaciers. The dis- cussion which followed was on the various theories respecting glaciers. Charles A. Greene, '98, lectured last week on “From London to the Yosemite,” for the benefit of the Camera Club. On Wednesday evening the Dramatic Club entertained a large audience in the performance of the farce entitled “A Morn- ing With Justice Schwab.” Among those Who figured prominently in the play were Messrs. Greene, '98; Ridley, '9; Keane, "08; McLaughlin, '99, and Kirby, "97. “The Origin of the World” was the sub- Ject of this week's disputation in the class Of philusophy. It was conducted by Messrs. Driscoll, McDermott, Roach and Dugan. The judges selected for the Merrick de- bate, to be held February 22, are Com- missioner of Patents Seymour, Judge Rob- inson of the Catholic University and Prof. Langley of the Smithsonian. Mr. F. Borgin McDermott, vice president of the Philodemics, will preside. Greai interest is manifested at the uni- versity in th> annual mardi-gras celebra- tion. Committees have already been ap- The chairmen are: Program, eniertainment, Horsey; floor, Nel- son; banquet, Slattery; music, ’ Valentin costumes, Berry, and finance, Monaghan. Mr. Robert las, manager of athletics, will represent Georgetown Uni- versity at the convention of the Intercol- legiate Athletic Association of America, whic et3 at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York city, the latter part of th month ‘ Mr. Outerbridge Horsey has been obliged, on account of press of work, to resign from the Merrick debate, and Mr. Charles F. Valentine has been selected to take his place. Howard University. The Eureka Club held a largely attended meeting yesterday, for which an interest- ing program had been prepared. A paper, “The Eureka and Its Members,” read by J. Milton =nos, was loudly applauded. The course of pastoral lectures was finish- ed on Tr lay last by Rev. Alexander Crummell, D. D., in his discourse on “The Minister Fortunate in His Calling.” ‘The Alpha Phi Society met yesterday to discuss the “Philosophical Views of Cicero’s Life.” After the discussion, the club was ertertained with some choice musical selec- tions, rendered by some of its members. Rev. . Brown and Prof. Moore have conducted at the university every evening this week 1 services. d etic Association has organized a track team, which will mect the Y. M. C. A. on the home grounds, some time next month. Yhe base ball team is hard at work Practicing tor the spring games. umbian University. In the Corcoran Scientific School Prof. Greeley has begun a course in physical and economic geology. Last Monday night the class in determin- ative mineralogy began laboratory work in ineralogical laboratory. At last meeting of the senior class Presijest Fisher announced the committee on commencement speakers as follows: Messrs. Charles B. Calvert, Joshua S. Zim- m:erman, George W. Evans, jr. John A. Massie and Wilbur A. Owen of the senior and Messrs. Carter B. Keene and B. Cartelyou of the post-graduate The Hermesian Society at its last mecting held a spirited election of officers, which resulted as follows: President, J. E. Van sAuken; vice president, W. D. Sterrett; sec- retary, Earl Biscoe, and treasurer, W. Lindsey. ‘There is a movement on foot in the Co- lumbian cademy to establish a glee club. ‘A committee has been appointed, consisting of Messrs. Holmead and Everett, and a meeting will be held in the near future, at whick it is hoped an org: pee ped an organization wil be Dr. Charles W. Richardson, presiden the Alumni Association, will FHday tender 2® reception to President and Mrs. Whit. “man. to meet the members of the several facuities of the univer. W. B. Nixon, a graduate of Columbian Law School, of class of '95, has been elect to the state senate of Mississippi. The class in analytic geometry will hold its first meeting Tuesday next at 6 p.m. ‘The Debating Society of the Law School will meet this evening to debate the ques- tion. “Resolved, That it would be for the best interests of the government to retire the legal tender notes.” The disputants wit be Messrs. A. F. Specht, E. F. Frith and Frederick Goodheart for the affirma. tive Messrs. J. W. Fort and Kingsiand for the negative. The university will begin next Wednes- 548¥ @ course of public lectures, to be given ¥every Wednesday and Friday afternom in the University Hall. Gardiner G. Hubbard will upen the course with an illustrated lec- ture on Japan. National University. The Debating Soctety of the Law School will hold its first public debate next Taurs- day night. The subject selected is: “Re- solved. That the right of suffrage should be extended to woman.” The speakers Will be- William L. Lowe of Texas, Chas. B. Driggs of Michigan and Arnold H. Graves of North Carolina for the affirma tive, and Nathan Heard of Massachusetts, Mr. Newman of Tennessee and Mr. Lan. mon of Virginia for the negative. The Judges will be composed of the following Members of the faculty: Judge C. C. Cole, H. O. Claushton and Prof. Eugene Carusi, Music for the occasion will be furnished by the National University Giee Club. Catholic University, Bishop Keane will leave the early part of mext week for New Orleans. He goes in that direction mainly in the interest of the university, but will deliver several lectures at the inter School, which opens there this month. The spring course of lectures was opened Thursday by Rev. J. M. Cleary of Minne- apolis, Minn., president of the C. T. A. U. of America, who delivered the annual Father Mathew lecture. A large invoice of apparatus has recently arrived at the university for the depart- ment of chemistry, and entirely completes oo equipment of the chemical laborato- ies. Dr. ereman of Columbian Universit has received In the department of chem istry a fellowship by courtesy. The question for the Debating Society of the Law School, which will meet Tuesday next. is: “Ought the law to provide impris- enment for debt?” Messrs. O’Brien and Mott wili support the affirmative and Messrs. Love and Kerens the negative. Mr. Owen W. Reddy of Newburyport, . has entered the Law Sehool, —__ Shot His Little Brother. Joe Merrifield, at Hedrick, Iowa, the twelve-year-old son of Frank Merrifield, shot his seven-year-old brother with a Win- “chester rifle yesterday and t! killed him- self, blowing the top of Me hea away. father had left the boys together in the and they became involved in a quar- ra. The father haf nezlected the family @atil they were almost starved. THE Passing a Checkered Career Before Becoming a Law. HOW LAWS ARE MADE The Routine Legislation Required in the Houses of Congress. ee A SAMPLE CASE IN DETAIL a HE LIFE OF A * bill in Congress is a checkered one and fraught with trou- bies, pitfalls and emares. It is subject to many contingen- cies and is lucky, deed, if it passes safely throveh the vicissitudes of you! and reaches its full growth as a law. The bill may start bravely out in its legislative career, but verish from neglect and inanition in some committee pigeon hole or on the calendar, forgotten by its sponsor, as a homeless foundling, who, de- serted by its protectors, sinks into obscur- ity. Or {t may be slain in the flower of its youth by the fell bluw of an economist or other enemy, cut off in the prime of a promising carecr, to be resurrected at the next Congress when the turn of the politi- cal wheel has relegated the cconomist to those bucolic shades from which an all- wise Providence had seen fit to separate him for a@ brief period. To get a bill through Congress requires unremitting effort and watchfulness. The measure must be pushed from step to step by its sponsor thri th the devious maze of official action, and if the effort is re- laxed at any point in the journey, there the bill will siop until reuted ont again, other bills with more energetic promoters ng its place in the meantime. In the of bills before Congress it is a strik. ing exemplification cf the biblical assertion that many are called, but few. are chosen, i for out of every thousand bills introduced | not more than a dozen are destined to be- come laws. A Sample Bill. Let's take a private penston bill, any one | at random, and follow it through, imagin- | Ing that it becomes a law. Here is a bill offered by Mr. Poole of New York to in- creas the pension of a constituent. This person, for reasons considered good, be- lieves that he should get a larger pension than the one allowed him under the gen- eral law, but it requires a special act of Congress to make an exception in his c: so he gets his representative to introdu a bill. Mr, Poole writes oul the bill o blank form and some morning after the LIFE OF A BILL! House has assembled drops it into a box tion of » naturally chufil#h, envious Siepoettion Will utter the fatel words, “I object,” atid settle the matter. After It Has Passed. But granting that Mr; Poole passes his bill through the House by hook or crook, its next stage i¢ to the enrolling clerk, who coptes it and sends the copy to the government printing office, where five cop- fes are struck off upon heavy blue paper and returned to the clerk. It is now called an act. One of these is called thé en- groesed copy, and it goes to the committee on enrolled bills, consisting of seven mem- bers of the House, whose duty it ts to ex- amine the bill, compare it with the original and see that the engrossed copy is really the bill that passed the House. It is next carried to the clerk of the House, who signs it, after which he takes it over to the Senate. In the Senate Chamber. The clerk appears before the bar of the Senate and announces to the Vice President that the House has passed H. R. 147, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. The Vice President directs that the act be referred to the committee on pensions and again printed, and now Mr. Poole must begin his work again. He has a big job before him, because he must con- vince that august committee, absorbed with mighty affairs of state, social functions ard the pride of power, of the necessity for action on Mr. Case's bill. He cannot go before the committee himself, but inter- @sts some member of the committee, who, if it suits his pleasure 1nd convenience, will some day have the act reported to the Senate and placed on the calendar. Now, Mr. Poole must keep after his senatorial colleague and induce him to sec that the act passes. It may come up in regular or- der or by unanimous consent, and will very likely be amended, for it is not at all probable that the Senate in its wisdom will be content with the action of the House. It will either consider the amount of the pension too much or too little, the chances being about even whether it is to be a reduction or an increase. A Game of Battledore. If the bill is passed with an amendment it goes back to the House with the amend- ment noted. When this action is announc- ed Mr. Poole rises in the House and moves that the House non-concur in the Senate's amendment and ask for a conference. The Speaker thereupon appoints three members of the House as conferees, who meet three Senators appointed by the Vice President for the same purpose. Then Mr. Case's matter is gone over again. It is now a question of pride with the representatives of the House and Senate to stand up for the action of their respective houses, and they contend until one side or the other gives way. At Last Hefore the President. Finally they agree upon a bill. It is sent to the enrolling clerk of the House, who has it printed on parchment and sub- mitted to the committee on enrolled bills, Who examine it, and one of their number presents ihe parchment to the Speaker for his signature. After this it goes to the} Vice President, is signed by him and then iaker. to the President for final action. is likely to be the winter time of Mr. discontent. The scrutiny which his bill has received heretofore is not a mark- er to what it will now get at the hands of the executive. It is examined from every standpoint, and very probably submitted to the Secretary of the Interlor for his examination also. If, between the two of them, a veto does not appear advisable, the President signs the act, and it is sent to the State Department as the law of the land. 53TH CONGRESS, .. IST Session. o = H.R. 147 IN THE HOUS OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 3, 1895., Referred _to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to.be printed Mr.-Pooue introduced the:following bill: A BILL Granting ‘a pension’ to George W. Case, late private; Company B, Twenty-second 1 New York Cavalry. ~Be-itrewacted by the Senate and House of Representay 2 tives of thé-Uniled States of Americd-in«Congress assembled, 8 Thatthe Secretary of the Interior beyand_he is hereby, author> 4 ized’and directed to place upon the-pension roll, —-€7°C at the Speaker's desk. There it is seized | by a clerk, entered in a book, numbered and sent down to the government pr! office, where several nundred cop’ printed. They come back to the House the next day and a clerk sees that one of them goes to the commit*ee on pensions. The printed bill looks like the above. Now, there are a great many similar, and! possibly just as worthy, bills ahead of this one in the committee, and Mr. Poole must begin his hustling for his friend Case at} this point. He tells the committee th facts about the case, and finally enlists their attention in behalf of the bill. it} is taken up, considered carefully, the War Department records examined to verify the statement of facts, and if the case presents | especial features of merit the bill is order-| ed to be reported. This is the first victory. if the committee had not indorsed the bill, or if they had been so indifferent as to postpone It, the measure would never have seen daylight again. A report, containing! the findings of fact and stating the grounds upon which Mr. Case asks his increase, is then drawn up, and, together with a copy of the bill, is taken into the House by a member of committee and reported. The measure now takes its place upon the Huse calendar, in other words, the docket, to come up for consideration in due order unless otherwise provided, is printed again, and the indorsement upon the bill is like this: “Tae } A. R147, [Report No. 8] ee ee Dae rs A BILL Granting a pension to George W. Case, late) private, Company. B,.Twenty-second Nes ‘York Cavalry. panera By Mr. Poous.’ = Deoewarnss, 1906.—Rofarred to the Committee oo Invalid) Pensions and ordered to be printed. Jaxvany 15, 1896.—Committed to the Committes of tho <,, Whole House apd ordered to be printed, The House calendar is the rock upon which many a worthy bill is stranded, left high ana dry by the receding tide of legis- lation at the close of Congress. It is im- possible to reach all of the bills reported during the session, and Mr. Poole must look sharp now to float his craft at some high tide. If his bill is anywhere near the top of the calendar, Mr. Poole may afford to bide his time until some Friday night at the session devoted to pension bills, or he may, by a stroke of luck almost miracu- lous, pass his bill through the House by “unanimous consent.” To do this he must induce the Speaker to recognize him some day immediately after the reading of the journal, to ask the House to pass the bill by general consent and suspending all the ususl rules. It is hard to get the Speal er’s recognition there are something Mr. Poole now draws a long breath, heaves a sigh of relief and considers him- self mighty lucky, as indeed he may if he ci is in having put the bill through after several months’ hard work. a HE LACKED EXPERIENCE. And Didn't Understand How the Right to Vote Would Affect Women. From the Chicago Post. “After all,” sald the man with his feet on the window sill, oracularly, “woman suf- frage makes no real change in the com- plexlor of political affairs.” “I agree with you in that,” returned the little man who was smoking a meerschaum pipe. “It merely doubles the vote,” continued the man with his feet on the window sill. “That's about all,” acquiesced the other. it practically amounts to giving mar- ried men two votes.” “What's that?” asked the little man, suddenly straightening up. ‘i say it’s about the same as giving mar- ried men two votes.” “t should judge from your remark that are a bachelor,” said the little. man. am,” responded the other. “I thought so. You see, you lack experi- ence, and a man who doesn’t speak from expericnce naturally makes many absurd mistakes.” “But you agrced—" “I agreed that it merely doubles the vote without affecting the result, but I didn’t say whose vote it is that is cast now.” “But the man casts it.” “Quite right, but if you had been married as Jong as I have you would know that he really only acts as the agent of woman in any matter in which she is at all interest- ed. This full woman suffrage scheme, sir, is merely a movement to give married wo- men two votes instead of one. ‘That's all, sir, as I have reason to know.” +e. Edible Trimmings for Capes. From the London Daily News. A correspondent writes: “Shopping in Paris teaches us many things, and among others the new uses to which are put fa- miliar substances. A fashionable trimming tor ladies’ black capes is now a gelatine lozenge. The ‘sequin,’ as it is called, is a thin, smell pastille, dyed Black, and having the effect of jet. Each sequin is sewn on separately, and with each garment the pur- chaser does well to buy a box of the orna- ments, as they are liable to drop off. “Fortunately for the wearer of gelatine trimming, rain, at least in our hemisphere, dces not descend warm, otherwise the dec- orative part of a mantle would dissolve in 2 shower. In cold water the new substi- tute for jet loses neither substance nor color. Cheapress and lightness are the ad- vantages uf this edible haberdashery.” —_-e-_____ Publie Schools. In The Star’a Almanac for ‘1896, on Page 17, will be found interesting informa- tion concerning the public schools of the District. At all news stands and at The Star office. Price, 25c. copy. DRESS PROPRIETIES ps What Men Shonld Wear to Be in Good Form, RIGID REQUIREMENTS OF FULL DRESS Habil ments That Are Necessary. Morning and Afternoon ——_+—____ NEW THINGSSIN NECKWEAR —_——_+—___ HAVE NO DOUBT Mr. Botts is a very charming man, as “you declare,” said the brunette with a dainty nod of assent, but a slight com- pression of her lips, “but I cannot see why he wears such shocking _necktles. To my mind,” she continued, not no- tic'ng the blonde’s surprise at her criti- cism, “there must be something radically wronz abort a man who is inartistic be- tween his Adam's apple and his coat but- tor. R'xht in that spot is the center of vision to his vis-a-vis. g “Now, Mr. Botts was doing his best to interest and entertain me at. Slagg’s re- ception last week, and atl the time my sense of the eternal fitness of things was being outraged by Lis neck arrangements. Faultlessly attired otherwise he wore one of those horrible collars that is standing in he'ght and turned down in architecture. How » Tie an Ascot. And under it andever it was a diabolical affair—a pale matve necktie with an em- erald pin stuck in one side of it. I declare it gave me the fifgets.”” Perhans all women, do not possess the delicate sensibilitios of the brunette, but there is no doubt that a very large num- ber of men who are well equipped in other directions display a most unpardonable ig- norance or carelessness when it comes to decorating their fronts beneath their chins. Such individuals seem to have an unhappy faculty of plunging into the incongruous when it comes to color and shape in neck- weir. An apt filustration of this was seen at a recent afteraoon tea where a well known gentleman, who is stout and short, and whose neck is built on the sturdiest sort of a plan, apodated in the highest of hign straight collars and a light green tie, arrange] as a ‘four-in-hand, and tjed so tightly and pulled down so straight that one bright girl wondered why Mr. J. didn’t simply wear an asparagus stalk for a searf. All this goes to prove that men should give more attention to the proprictiés when it comes to collars and ties and perhaps @ few points on the general subject of Cress may not be out of place. Much Uncertainty Exists. It !s surprising what a vast amount of uncertainty exists among men who are well informed on almost every other sub- ject upon the question of what is really the correst mode tn dress to be followed on certain occasions. This is particularly the case regardigg what ‘s known as full dress. Even among men who attire them- selves in a swallow tail suit every evening may be fcund individuals who do not con- form to tne rigid requirements of the law and when it comes to those who only oc- casionally havé demands upon them that need full dress appearance the inconsisten- cies are glaring. The proper accouterments of a xentlenan for any occasion after sun- set, Which is other than a family affair, ts a black full dress suit of fine dlagonal tex- icuna cloth, ith coat The Proper Thing. tails of moderate length, and ining of black silk. The trousers should be of mod- erate width and should not extend further than the instep over patent leather shoes. A high straight standing collar must be worn with a white lawn tie an inch and an eighth cr.an inch and a quarter wide. This must be a string tle, arranged by the wearer. A made-up tie is not permissible. In the “shirt front should appear three white enamel or pearl studs and the link buttons should be of the same material. Any appearance of*gold jewelry is not ap- propriate. A watch chain over the vest or even a fob hanging from the small pocket of the trousers is erttirely out of question for a ccrrectly attired man. White kid gieves with black or, white stitching on the back and a high siik'or an opera crush hat should be always worn with such dress. A great many men helitve that a black tie is permitted with full dress when a dinner or a theater party is the occasion. This is an error. A black tt Bs only to be tolerated with a Tuxedo coat. |, Uses and Abnses of the Tuxedo. The Tuxedo is‘anéther much-abused ar- ticle. It should bé w9rn only at the club or in the country, or ag stag parties, or the theater, when ladies.are not present. It is not permissible ina than’s own house when ladies other than those of his own family or other invited guests are present. A black satin tie must be syorn with a Tuxedo, and a soft felt or a derby hat. The requirements of afternoon dress are equally as exacting. For a reception, a wedding or a call a black frock coast with vest of the same material, trousers of dark shade, with a small striped pattern, patent leather shoes with round toes, a high stand- ing collar and an ascot or flowing-end four- in-hand scarf of white or a very delicate shade, and a silk hat are proper. Brown gloves may be worn, but pearl gray are better. For morning and walking wear the suit should be in three pieces of the same ma- terial, preferably rough Scotch goods. With this russet or black leather shoes, tied, and thick-soled, and a soft or derby hat should be worn. A colored linen shirt and white collar and cuffs are appropriate, and a scarf, Pp an ascot or a teck in quiet colors. A dark scarf with slight green or red flecked figures is very much affected now. The flowing-end four-in-hand is also highly favored, while string ties in the same figures have many patrons, The de Joinville still holds its own in the neckwear world, but the ascot {s the favor- ft The accompanying f{Ilustrations show the ascot and the way to arrange ft, and & flowing-end soarf, which is tied as a four- in-hand. Brown or onk tar gloves are proper with the lounging suit. IN THE CHURCHES The Women's Home and Foreign Mission- ary Society of the First Presbyterian Church has ele-ted officers ae fellows: Mrs. Johnston, president; Miss Florence Mulll- can, first vice president; Miss Smith, second vice president; Misa Campbell, third vico president; Mrs. Gilpin, recording secretary; Mits Bailey, corresponding secretary; Mra. McBride, treasurer; Miss Roth, secretary of Uteratura, and a hovse committee composed of the fcllowing ladies: Mrs. Adolos Allen, Mrs. Sells and the Misses Norris, Imirie, Luckett and Edith H. Tcolmen. The society has a membership of about sixty, and among the work it hes accomplished during the year have been the giving of scholar- ship in the Laura Sunderland Memorial School through a gift of $50 in gold from Mrs. Temple and the eending of a valuable box of clothing and other articles to the school. Epworth M.E. Church South has organized a Young Men's Christian Society, making the number of societies which are propos- ing to form a brotherhood in the Southe: Methodis: Church three. ‘The society met Tuesday evening and effected a temporary crganization by electing Rev. John O. Knott chairman and L, Pierce Buteler secretary. ‘The organization starts out with twenty- five memters, and intends to establish, among other things, a reading room in one of the apartments on the lower floor of the church, which will be spened three times a week. It is probable that the combined so- cieties will not take their present rame of Young Men's Christian Societies, but that | semething in which the word “brotherhood” will be incorporated will be adopted. Rev. Edward B. Bagby, ex-chaplain of the House of Representatives, and pastor of the Ninth Street Christian Church, received a call to the vacant pastorate of Walnut Hill Christian Church of Cincinnati last week. Accomparying the call was an offer of a salary about $400 more than he is getting at present, but notwithstanding this fact his conpregaticn refused to allow him to leave, and this week Mr. Bagby confirmed their decision. It is understood, however, that the cengregation will increase his salary. The Ninth Street Church was only organized about four years ago, but during that time it has increased, until now it numbers nearly 600 active members, and with a Christian Endeavor Society the second in point of numbers in the District Endeavor Union. The Ladies’ Missionary Society of the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church held its annual meeting Thursday evening. The service was in the nature of a praise meet- ing, and among the numbers on the program were solos by Dr. F. J. Woodman and others. ‘The principal feature of the evening | an address by Mr. end Mrs. Chalfant, m slonaries from North China. At the con- clusion of the program Mrs. Chalfant ex- hibited 1 numerous collection which she has mate of erticles of Chinese manufacture Dlustrative of the life and customs of the Chinese. Rev. E. Olin Eldridge, pastor of Waugh Methcdist Church, is seriously ill with ma- larial fever. He was taken sick the latter Fart of last week, and was, of course, not able to fili his pulpit on Sunday, and it is expected that he will not be able to for come time. Bishop Jokn F. Hurst, chancellor of the American University, has returned from Fresiding over three of the southern con- ferences of the Methodist Church, as foi- lows: Upper Mississippi, Alabama and cen- tral Alabama. He secured from the three subscriptions to the university fund of about $2,000. ‘This week Frederick Law Olmstead & Company, the landscape architetts, sent on the revised plans for the university grounds, but it is not probable that they will be accepted in their entirety, as they would involve too much grading. Some time ago pians were sent to the university authorities which were accepted, but the extension of ' the streets by the District Commissioners necessitated a change in these, and so it was determined to have new plans drawn. It is probable now that the original designs will be adhered to, with only a few alterations. The drawings by the architects for the hail of history have not yet been fully completed, but it is expected that they will be before the end of this month. Next Tuesday evening the second of the monthly subscription dinners of Trinity Episcopal Church is to be given in the parish ball. It is expected that during the course of the evening some organization will be formed looking to the continuation of them as a permanent ferture. A number of in- vited guests are to be present, and a pro- gram of mvsic, recitations and songs will be rer dered. The Christian Endeavor Society of the First Congregational Church held a meeting in the church parlors yesterday evening. The first part of the evening was devoted to a discussion, but after that friends and members of the church came in to attend the “Deestrict Skule,” the pupils being in costume. In order to perfect the drill among the members of the boys’ brigade of the Y. M. C. A., an effort is being made to secure a piace for practical work. The guns are to be obtained msinly by subscriptions, with some afd from the association, and when they are secured they will be the property of ihe Y.M.C.A.,to be used exclusively for Grill, and to be loaned to members of the brigade only with the consent of each boy’s paret.ts. It is also proposed to secure uni- forms similar to the regulation uniform of the army. Drills are now Leing held Mon- day and Friday of each week in the Wash- ington Ligkt Infantry Armory, from the afternoon until 5 o'clock. Rev.Dr.Oliver A.Brown of Foundry Church returned this week from Old Point Com- fert, where he has been spending some days for the benefit of his health. Last Sunday his pulpit was occupied by Dr. Gcorge A. Corey The s eventh anniversary of Rev. Randolph H. MicKim’s rectorate of Epiphany Church ccourred last month, During that time the total ariatnt of mcney contributed by his parishioners for all purposes was $211,000, and of this amount $220,248 was raised from sources exclusive of pew rents. The pres. ent number of communicants now om the rolls is abcut 2,00), Transfers and deaths are constantly changing the congregation, but since the doctor has been rector he has prepared 1,140 persons for confirmation. ‘Two new socicties were admitied this week to the Junior Christian Endeavor Union. They are those belonging to the First African M. E. Church of Bladensburg, and to the Maryland Avenue Baptist Church, There are now in the union fifte. Cne sccieties, and of these that of the Fifth Congregational Church is probably the largest. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Ninth Church are preparing to Street Christien give a dinner. Epworth Methodist Church, on Capitol Hill, is filled every other Friday at noon with people from all over the city and from all denominations to hear Bibie readings frem_Rev. Dr. D. W. Stearns, pastor of the Germantown, Pa., Reformed Episconal Church. The doctor gives these readings in nineteen different cities in the east. His church supports him, and whatever money is given to him in the way of donations he sends to forelgn mission cers of the Sunday school of the Met- ropolitan M, E. Church have been elected as follows: Superintendent, W. E. Eldridge, Capt. Thomas H. McKee having refused to serve again; assistant superintendent Evert L. Harve: librarian, Walter z Wright; secretary, W. E. Crist; treasurer, W. G. Gray, and chorister, C. Burley. T Sunday School Missionary Society: lected A. H. Anderson president and A. FE. Arm- strong treasurer. During the past year the school has raised for benevolent purposes alone four hundred and fifty dollars, the most of which Nias expended in giving ald sustentation fund, the nD Aid and Bibie Society. ee eae A report of the Ladies’ Aid Ninth Street Christian Church for the month of January just made ts interest- ing, as indicating that there has been much less suffering among the poor this season in the northeast than at the same time last year. They distributed 206 pounds of groceries, 234 garments of various descrip- tons, and made 254 calls of relief. ere was no meeting of the Presb: Ministers’ Association Monday ries but the week before Dr. J. J. Muir of the E Street Baptist Church delivered an ad- dress on “The Close of the Century.” Fourth Vice President Palmer of the District Epworth League is proposing to organize an Epworth Gospel choir. It will be composed of four members of each chap- ter, and it is expected that it will be used more especiaiiy to lead the singing at the league macs meetings. A number have volunteered their services, An entertainment was given Tuesday of Mrs. . Kate Society of the evening at the residence King, on 9th street northwest, for the ben- efit of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Amon, the numbers on the program were v. and tnstrumer.tal music from the Misses POISON IN THE BLOOD Which is the Direct Cuuse of Rheu- ‘ matism, in Fact of Most a Physieal Troubles, ‘These are trying times.” ‘The specker wae s middle-aged man and father of quite « family, "I don't refer to business," he continund, “but to the trying weather. I have a severe attack of thoumatism, my wife has a bad coi@ and the rest of tho family are not well. “I know {t ts a cémmon thing to Iny all these trovbles to the weather, but I have come to the conclusion that the condition of the system has much to do with {t. If the man who has rheuma- tiem and the woman who has a cold ‘ill trace back for the cause, it will be found in some weak- Dees of the bods, “And do you know what I think the greatest weakness in the body iw? I will tell you. T be- lieve it ts duc to uric acid, which Is in the blood, keeping it fermented nil the time. I know that it caures rheunetisin, aud 1 believe most colds. “You naturally gsk how does this urie acid get into the blood. " The answer is very simple. ‘The ya do not do their duty and throw it from the system as they should, and therefore it ro- mains in the blood, and I believe that ff urle ack were removed froin the blood most rheumatism and colda would disappear. The gentleman wan right, and he might have added that Bright's disease of the kidneys is also brought abont by this same cause, Is it not plait? to be seen that $f the Kidness | are strong and Ithy and throw the urle acid out of the system Will not get Into the blood and so polson the rus les joints and canse rheumatism or de- ct care Bright's disease here has never bean but on> known remedy all troubles of the kidneys, Safe Cure. It hes been fo for proper ‘ony hscovery of modern or ancient times. taken men cnd_woi who were stages aud restored strength. It is indorsed by hy eclentists and used by paration apd land. It is a acientifie Popularity wholly to its power, It should be borne in sind, héwever, that where there are such serious troubles as those above men- tlonl only a strictiy reliable preparaticn can be used with hope or safety. It will pay you to bear these things in mind. King and recitations by Duncan Haywood. Yesterday evening a concert took place fa the lecture room of North Capitol M. E. Church for the benefit of the debt fund. The first part of the program included eleven numbers, and among them were “Auld Lang Syne,” by a chorus; “Jehovah's Praise,"" by Messrs. Storm and Knight, on violins, accompanied by a chorus; ‘Cousin Jedediah,” Messrs. Mickle, Branson, Webb and Saxtoa, and “Mortgage the Farm,” rendered by five picked singers. The sec- ond portion included the old Methodist tune, “Greenwich,” and an instrumental solo by Mr. Henny. The feature of the concert was a piece entitled “The Tragedy of the Grasshopper,” rendered by Messrs. Palmer, Webb, Miss Strom, Miss Mundell and a chorus of singers and instrumental players. The entertainment was gotten up under the direction of Mr. William J. Palmer. The Churehman’s League has arranged during Lent, which begins on the 19th, for a course of special sermons similar to those which proved so successful last year. he first one will be on Tuesday, February 25, at Epiphany Church, and will be deliv- ered by Rev. C. George Currie, D. D., of Paltimore. Yesterday evening there was an “at home” at the Metropolitan M. E. Church. The proceeds will go to the Women’s For- eign Missionary Society. At a recent meeting of the board of con- trol of the Epworth League a resolution of thanks to Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin for his lecture delivered before the joint meeting of the league, the Christian Endeayorers and the Brotherhoods of St. Andrew and Andrew and Phillip, was adopted and or- dered sent to the doctor. The Sunday school of St. Mark's Lutheran Church has elected the following officers: Superintendent, Robert Stroble; assistant superintendent, Warren H. Gotwald; secre- tary, Wilton Hall; treasurer, George Stinz- ing, and librarians, John Johnson, Joho Vogt and Henry W. Oltz. It has been decided to hold a mass-meet- ing of the chapters of the Junior District Epworth League at North Capitol Church at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of March 29. This will be under the direction of Miss Estelle Crump, the superintendent of the junior department, and the chapter super- intendents will also be expected to par- Ucipate. There are in the junior league now more than twenty chapters, with pros- pect of one or two more being organized shortly. This same work of chapter ex- tension is also being mapped out in the senior league, and the presiding elder, Wil- son, has indicated two or three places where new work may be started. Te Hedding B. Leech now has charge of services of Piney Grove Chapei near enning. The chapel was built during the early fall, but services have not been held regularly until Mr. Leech took charge. The services are held in the evening on Sunday and the Sabbath school in the afternoon. Rev. Mr. Leech is the superintendent of the Junior Epworth League of the fourth gen. eral conference istrict, but has not yot entered the active ministry, he being gaged in business in this city during the week. In addition to the statistics given in this column of The Star of last week in regard to the Christian Endeavor societies of the District Union, the recording secretary, Mr. Hermon C. Metcalf, has prepared some hich shed new light on the growth of the Endeavor movement locally. There is a C. E, society in every church in the District of Columbia of three denominations—the Presbyterians, the Congregational and the Christian. The total of twenty-five Pres- byterian organizations include three which are situated outside the District, aithough they belong to this union. In membership averages the Conzregationalists have the highest, which is 97 to the society; the Christians next, with 92, and the Baptists, with 88, while the lowest, that of the Luth- erans, is 49. The average for the entire union is 73. A Men's Bible Class under the auspices of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew of Epiph- any Chapel was started last Sunday even- ing at the chapel. It meets in the librar of the mission house adjoining the church, and is being taught by Mr. Perry B. Pierce, late president of the local council of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, The Luther League of St. Mark's Luth- eran Church has been reorganized and new officers eiected. They are: Warren H. Gor- wald, president; Miss Ida Sweeney, vice president; Miss Ellie Akerman, seccetary, and John W. Johnson, treasurer. Rev. Dr, McKim has organized a Mace- donian Phalanx from among hts parish- foners. This is for the purpose of reelizi funds for support of missions of the chur and envelopes have been sent out, b; an income of nearly $800 a year may be se- cured for this cause. Tomorrow evening the doctor is to deliver the sermon at an anniversary service of the men’s mecting at Epiphany Chapel. The men’s meeting is a club, organized to discuss questions of the day, and for other social and literary purposes. It has a large membership, and Tuesday evening celebrated its thirteenth anniversary ty a reunion. The annudl church meeting of Wesley M. E. Church was held Monday evening, with the presiding elder of the Washington dis- trict, Rev. Dr. Luther B. Wilson, in the chair. Reports were received from the va- rious cfficers cf the congregation, that of the treasurer showing that all the financial obligations during the year past have been met, and that the congregation is ahead in | its collections for benevolent purposes. The following officers were elected for the svirg year: Recording . rick; district steward, ft od- ward, and stewards, H. M. Dellinger, J. W. Duvall, C. P. Blackmar, J. 8. Barker, S. E Trott, L. ¥. Ellis and Thomas W. Fowler; trustees, W. R. Woodward, H. M. Dellinger, B. H. Duvall, M. B. Gordon, C. W. Hugue- ly, L. Rosenbaum, W. T. Galliher, T. Wal- ter Fowler and A. F. McDowell. The meet- ing also confirmed the elections of W. Redin Weodward as superintendent of the Sun- day school and j. S. Barker as president of the Epworth Teague Chapter. W. C, McMichael was selected as exhorter, and J. 8. Barker as delegate to the lay elector- al conference, which mects in Baltimore on the 15th of March. J. W. Fowler is the alternate delegate. Resolutions were adopt- ed asking the bishop to reappoint the pre- siding elder, Dr. Wilson, and the pastor of the church, Rev. Dr. Charles W. Baldwin. A sermon to the Knights Templar will be delivered tomorrow cvening at Trinity M. E. Chureh by the pastor, Rev. F. B. Rice. Capt. George C. Remey, U. S. N. and Mr. Beverly Randolph Mason have been elected vestrymen of the Church of the Ascension, to fill vacancies caused by removals from the cit; ————____ The Nicaraguan Canal. The President yesterday, pursuant to the request contained in the House resolution of January 30, transmitted to that body a re- ports with accompanying maps and ex- bits, of the board of engineers appointed under the provisions of the law for the purpose of ascertaining the feasibility, per- Manence and cost of the construction and completion of the Nicaragua canal by the route contemplated by the act of January 28, 1805. The report of the commission has already been published. AMERICAN ARTY GALLERIES, Madison Square South, New York Announcement Extraordinary] . The undersigned have the honor of informing the public that MR. DAVID GH. KING, JR., of New York, Has placed in their hands, to be sold at absolute : public sale, his Most ValuableCollection MASTER WORKS BY Distinguished Painters OF THE French, English, Dutch, Flemish and American Schools. THE SALE WILL TAKE PLACE CHICKERING HALL, On’ Monday arid Tuesday Evenings, February 17th and 18th. The sterling quality of the majority of the paintings and the remarkabie repre- sentation of the English school in the collection eas- ily distinguish this event as one of the most interest- ing and important in the art history of the country. OBJECTS OF ART, RUGS, ETG., Belonging to Mr. King, Will be soid on the After- noons of February 19th and 20th, AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES, Where the entire collection wiil be on free view, day and evening, from Tues: day, February with, unti date ef sale (Sunday ex- cepted). Applications for Catalogues will receive prompt attention. THOSIAS E. KIRBY, Auctioneer. Managers, 6 East 23d St., Madison Square South, New York. Hy It RaTCur r of a derd o: folio 4%: 1 trast, duly recorded in 3 et soq., one of the t of Columbi: land rth the of FEBRUARY, A.D. 1896, ai POUR O'CLOCK PM. the following described land and premises, Iying aud be of Wash ington, District of wished as and being lot 1 in square No. ten bun. and tw in an unrecorded sub of 01 No, two (2), in arid square, beginning for th at the southeast corner of id lot ¢ west on Kk thenee t to the line of on said avenue fix tween originel north righ at the cost WILLIAM FE. POULTON, Jr., WILFRED L. MOULTON. Trust : 1601 1 AND 933 FIA ND of tite Sap the District of Columbia passed in equi 16661, we will in the premis: 2AY, THE TWENTIC DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1896, AT POUR O'CLOCK as No. 1601 New 10 P.M., the s known. vale northwest, bel in front’ of the pret uction premises Jurida avenue northw 5, im Wright & C: ” houses, purchaser's cost. days nie ustes tthe dotenith F and cost of the defaulting = SIMON WOU! W. L. COLE, ‘Fendall butlding. L. CABELL WILLIAMSe. 478 Ta. a WALTER B. WILLIAMS & ©O., Avcts. tae zs eaten == RAILS WERE SLIPPERY. ‘Two Lives Lost by a Grade Crossing - Disaster Near Pittsburg. An engine on the Baltimore and Ohio rafle road ran into a 24 avenue electric car Rarkin’s crossing, nine miles east of Pittse burg, yesterday morning, killing Conductor W. H. Cooper and fatally injuring Motore man John Riddiey. There were cight pas sengers in the car, of whom three were woe men, All escaped uninjured with the ex- tion of slight bruises. All were badly frightened and regarded their escape from death as remarkabl The accident was ci sed by slippery ratie, Duties of the Chapiat From the Cincinnati Eagutrer, Bobby—“Popper, what do they have tc have a man to pray for Congress for?” Mr. Perry—“They don’t. He takes a look at Congress, and then prays for the coun- try.”