Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1896, Page 20

20. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR’ PAGES. THE THREE LINKS Seventy-Seventh Anniversary of the Order of Odd Fellows. FORM OF CELEBRATION IN THIS CITY Interesting Facts in the Life of the Organization Here. OF SUCCESS JOMORROW OCCURS | the afmiversary of the organization of the fi lodge on American soil of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The Odd Fellows of the trict of Columbia, of twenty YEARS » lodges, four encampments and three Rebekah have arranged their dele- to celebrate pniversary in an ally impressive manner by attendance on Divine service at the Mount Vernon h, corner of 9th and K streets tomorrow evening, and on Mon- a short parade of the Patri- archs Militant will take place. At 8 o'clock a recept promerade concert and hop will be given in Convention Hall. an Odd Fellowship was born in a ent of tien seventy-seven years 3 the thought of Thomas Wild- neither high born nor libera!ly educated, but a hard-fisted, simple-minded but honest mecbaric. The order has ever since labored unceasingly to promote the welfare of humanity, to dissipate the preju- dices of soctety against what might be termed semi-secret associations, to elevate the intellectual standing and self-reliance of its members end imbue them with the €rnobling principle of benevolence, brother- ly regard and mutual assistance in times of kness and distress, and has there- athered about its standard the table and = Ame mom ent mia: have flocked Mto its ranks, and who can only be von over ty that which represents or an alm that i: ent and noble. condition of the order at large, a to the report of the grand secretary Sovereign Grand Lodge presented intrinsically good, of the nd Patriareh. at the last session of that body, showing an increase as compared with the preced- ing year, was as follows: In the District of Columbia, The order wag established in the District of Columbia on November 26, 1827, when Central Le No. 1, was instituted. One year later, Novemter 24, 1828, the Grand Ledge of the District of Columbla came into existence. In January, 1834, Colum- the District of C organized at Alexandria, Va., then a part of the District of Columbia. Gecrgetown Lodge, 5 was instituted January 15, 1828. Since the organization of the Grand Lodge in 1 ade subordinate lodges tional t . Georgetown, No. Jonathan, Richard H. Sorrell, Grand Master. Potomac, No. 8, and Mow were transferred to th Vernon, No. 14, tate of Virginia by the change in the geographical boundary of the District of Cotum Marley Encampment, No. 2, was insti- tuted at i , April 21, 1840; Mt. Pisg: orgetown, October 2, 184 No. 4, March 25, 1846. Since the organization of the Gtand En- campment in 1846 thr ther encampments have been !nstituted—Ridgely, N Mount Nebo, No. 6, D. Stuart, No. 7. Of these subordinate encampments Mt. Pisgah, No. and Ridgely, No. 5, are not now in existence. Past Grand Masters. The following ts a ist of the past grand 's of the Grand Lodge of the District . Abbet, 18: ; James Gettys, 1830- James Gettys and Thomas Holtz- 3. orge M. Davis, 1834; J. A. Blake, W. H. Morrow, 1836; Wm. V Moore John Mills, 1838; J. C. McKel den, T. Powers, 1840; Joseph Beard. S. Settinius, 1: Hugh Latham, 184: 4» IS44; A. G. Herald, 3; Joseph Borrows, F fe 1848; Fred. D. Stuart, ; Thomas Rich, 1850; J. W. Hodgson and Oliver Dufour, 1851; Anthon Buchly, 1852; Chas. Calvett, 1858; John Clements, 1554; Jeremiah Hepburn, 1 T. Shugert, 1856; Jas. A. Brown, 125 R. Piper, i858; George W. Robinson, 1850 John Thaw, 1800; George Brown, 1861; Finley Hunt, 1862; Wm. R. McLean, 1963; Samuel E. Douglass, 1864; J. Edmonston. 1865; W. J. Brown, 1866: John T. Giver 1967; Byron A. Kidder, 1868; Chas. B. Colledge, 1860-70; Wm. Kettler, 1870-7; Thom 2-78; Thomas Fowler, 16cent, on Burr, 1874-76; Luctus B. Al J. Thomas Petty, 1876-77; Jose; Daniel, 1877-78; Ed. ‘Baweel,’ 1878-19; fred H. Gawler, 1879-80; Solomon P ‘aunce, 1880-1; John Edward Mason, 1881- ; John Long, 1882-88; John H. Eaitert HES; Mehlon’D. Afontls, 1884-5; Clark P- ‘andall, 1885-6; Wm. P. Allan, 1886-87: . E. Emmons, 1887-88; Jas. A. Watts, Andrew Jackson, 1871-72; John W. 18 gon, n, nh 1888-89; William H. Frazier, 1880-00; Theo. F. Kinney, 180-01; Henry G. Hazard, 1801- 92; Benj. F. Crawshaw, 1892-93; John H. Wood, 1893-54; Theodore Mead, 1804-05. Past Grand Patriarchs. ~ The following are the past grand patri- archs of the Grand Encampment of the Dis- trict of Columbia: William Towers, 1846-7; Wm. W. Moore, 1847-8; Willlam B. Magru- der, 1848-49; L. A. Gobright, 1849-50; John Sessford, jr., 1850-51; Thomas Rich, 1851-52; Fred D. Stuart, 1! 3; R. Finley Hunt, 4; George W. Robinson, 1854. Chas. W. D. Stewart, ; Andrew Jackson, 185! 1859-¢ ner, 1860-61; Cl Mam 8. Roberts, 18 ; S63-61; Jos. S. Tucker, Given, 1865-66; ie: ron A. Kidder, 1867-68; Thomas W. Fow- ler, 1868-69; Thos. Greer, 1860-70; Andrew J. Donaldson, 1870-71; H.'Clay Espey, 1871- 72; Sol Hable, 1872-73; Wm. R. Newma: 1 John H, Seiffert, 1874-75; George S.” eorge H. Baer, 1876-77; Jos. Henry C. Stevens, 1878- ‘i $5; Geo. A. Green, 1 hackelford, 1886-87; T. Walter ; Josiah 8. Moffatt, 1888-89; ”); James A. Edgar, Sorrell, 1891-92; A. S. er, 1 David L. Hazard, 1803-94; George W. Uline, 1804-95. The Total Membership. There are at present about 1) Odd Fel- lows in the District, and 388 members of the Rebekah branch of the order. The Grand Lodge meets the third Wed- nesday in January and July. The Grand Encampment meets the third Tuesday in January and July. The subordinate lodges meet Weekly, while the encampments meet twice a month. The Rebekah lodges meet twice a month, The subordinate lodges in this jurisdiction and the dates of their irstitution are as follows: Central Lodge, No. 1, instituted November 12, 1827; Was ington Lodge, No. 6, September 9, 1 Eastern Lodge, No.-7, February 11, 183 Harmony Lodge®No. 9, December 7, Columbia Lodge, No. 10, July 13, 1840; Union Lodge, No. 11, November 9, 1840; Friendship Lodge, No. 12, August 2), 184: Covenant Lox N , April 10, 1843; Beacon Lodge, No. September 16, 1844 Metropolis Lodge, No. 16, January 15, Exceisior Lodge, No. 17, April 18, Mechanics’ Lodge, No. 18, April 18, 1 Oriental Lodge (German), No. 19, July 21, IS; Federal City Lodge, No. 20, January Golden Rule Lodge, No. 21, July ; Salem Lodge, No. 22, January 21, t. Pleasant Lodge, No. 23, January Takoma Lodge, 24, January 3; Brookland Lodge, No. 25, August . 1803; Langdon Lodge, No. 26, January 30, Zz So4; Amity Lodge, No. 27, January 25, 1896. Rebekah lodges—Naomi, No. 1, September ©, Ruth, No. 2, September 1, 1886; 7, i Martha Washington, . 3, March 4, 1890, Encampments—Columbian, No. 1, January 1834; Magenenu, No. 4, March 25, 1846; . Nebo, No. 6, January 13, 1847; Fred D. Stuart, Ni July 2, 1879. The District of Columbia Odd Fellows have been honored by having three grand- sires—James Gettys, W. W. Moore and Fred. D. Stuart—chosen from their number. The Grand Officers. . The present officers of the Grand Lodge are: Grand master, Richard H. Sorr deputy grand masier, Thomas J. Jones; grand warden, John I, Brown; grand secre- tary, Wm. R. Hunt; grand treasurer, J. A. ; Srand representative, Frederick rand representative, Willlam P. grand mar: 1, David L. Hazard; grand conductor, W.W. Millan; grand chap- lain, ©. C. Grumley; grand guardian, J. G. Durfey: grand herald, L. -H. McDade. The officers of the Grand Encampment are: Grand patriarch, David W.Keck; grand high priest, Andrew Turnbull; grand senior Henry C. Hazard; grand scribe, Edward H. Pearson; grand treasurer, John Josepli L. H. Seiifert; grand ‘representative, grand junior warden, I. in; grand marshal, John G. Morris I. sentinel, David Wolf; G. O. sentinel, R. H. Montfort. The Patriarchs Militant branch of the order is under the direction of Maj. W. T. Galliher, department commander, and Lieut. Claude W. Given, adjutant. The cantons are as follows: Grand Canton, Washington No. 1, Pa- triarch Militant—Company A—Captain,C. H. Campbell; Heutenant, J. G. Morrison; en- H._C. Given. Company B—Captain, rd Tanzer; leutenant, W. D. Coleman; ensign, W. H. Wilson. nton Potomac, teant—Captain, J. ant, D. C. Pixley. mn, jo. 3, Patriarch Mili- . Shackelford; lieuten- W. Ourand; ensign, Wm. P. ———.—_—_. SOME OF THE NEW HATS. Tulle is Used for Trimming and, of Course, Flowers Are Plentiful. There are plenty of picture hats among the new styles, and the tulle ties and loops come in nicely as artistie additions to the costume. You can have tulle ties on any Kind of a hat. It is not necessary to have a bonnet to put them on. Green and violet tulle are the prettiest colors. An exquisite little hat is made of yellow straw—straws, I was going to say, for the hat 1s a pecu- liar arrangement of little straws, set side by side, with a violet at the end, forming an edge of violets all around the brim. Tulle loops almost conceal the crown. An- other dream (dream seems an especially appropriate term for a tulle hat) has a combination of two shades of green tulle. There is absolutely nothing on the hat—a round, black straw—but some stand-up frilis of ght and dark green tulle around the crown. Almost anybody can have a hat like this. All that 1s necessary to do fs to buy an untrimmed hat and cover it over with tulle. A flower or two to stand up at the back or at the left side of the front is agreat addition. The tulle ties are knotted in a large bow under the chin. Flowers un- derneath the brim are set at the back, where most of the hats turn up. In the case of “nose hats” that tip down over the face, the brim is not always bent up at the back, but instead the whole hat is propped up, as it were, witn a bank of flowers and ribbon, Small button roses are very pretty for the bandeaux under the brim. A hat that made its first appearance on Easter Sunday had a Dresden silk Tam O'Shanter crown with algrettes standing up in front, and a spray of pink button roses at the back both above and underneath the brim. Small pink roses form a pretty crown for a young girl’s hat. I saw one in church last Sunday. It had a fine brown straw primi and no trimming except some Illy of the valley leaves to give height to the wear- er. While the service was going on, the sun kept rising higher until just at noon a ray of light struck through a window some- where in the dome of the church and shone down upon that pink rose crown, fairly glorifying {t with light. Flower hats are fashicnable for women of all ages. A violet bonnet is suitable for an elderly lady with white hair, but made in another shape it befits a golden-haired lessie quite as well. +o+—___ Pensive Pencilings. From the Somerville Jourral. i It has been observed that the man who likes to entertain his wife with reminis- cences of his early love affairs seldom likes tp have his wife reciprocate. How gratifying it would be if the man who had a fine voice thirty or forty years ago would only be contented with the recol- lection! When a man takes a 3100 bill to the bank to get it changed, why should he try to look as if he was accustomed to doing the same thing every other day? A Chicago girl fs never so happy as when she is wearing a dress with a long train. It is a delight to the observer to see how ski! fully she draws it around in front to cover up her feet. Speaking of rules for letter writing, one good rule is never to write a letter when you only need to write a note. a ee Not Safe in the Dark. From the Lewiston Journal. Teacher—“What is meant, Johnny, by the saying, ‘The sun never sets on England's flag?" Johnny—“T guess it means the sun’s afraid to leave it alone in the dark near anybody else's boundary line.” +0 Nothing Left. From the Detroit Tribune. “Yes,” he sadly faltered, “my wife left my bed end board.”” “And nine,” bitterly rejoined the other, “didn’t leave a thing.” And the Zeitgist, which chanced to be passing that way, shivered. SPLENDOR OF COLOR As Found in the Combinations Dic- tated by Dame Fashion, WHAT WOMEN WILL WEAR THIS SEASON ——_-+—___ Waists and Separate Skirts Are Still Popular. ———— EFFECT OF LACE + ITH THE COMING W of gentle spring the fashionable world has come to a realizing sense of the inferior- ity of Solomon and his glory, as com- pared with the flow- ers of the field. Not that there is any disposition to dis- card Solomon — cer- tainly not his glory, for that is represent- ed by all the imita- tion jewels and oriental weaves that can be mustered together in one costume. The modern belle takes a very practical view of the question, and, says she, “If lilies are better, bring them on, and we'll have them too,” whereupon she goes to combining with all the splendor of the an- cients any number cf horticultural beau- ties, either woven in silks ang fine linens or standing up in posy beds on top of her head. The linens are growing finer and more gorgeous with each importation. The new- est are almost gauzy in their texture, and have rose patterns scattered through them. These are used for fancy waists for after- noon and evening wear. They are made over tinted silks and trimmed with Dresden ribbons. “ Grass linen waists are the prettiest of the shirt waists, as well as the coolest. Plain ones can be bought at a very reason- able figure. They are made of plain linen with collar and cuffs of the same. A litde more elaborate than these are the plain linen waists with white collar and cuffs. Then come the linens embroidered in pink or blue silk sprigs. The most elaborate shirt waists are made of embroidered linen with collars and cuffs of the same. These are very expensive, being marked $7.25 for the early spring price, but they will surely be cheaper a little later in the season. Dainty waists are made of dimity woven in Persian patterns of pink and green and lavender tints beautifully blended. The correct stiff collar is white linen for all kinds of waists, but if this is not becoming to the wearer a choker of Dresden ribbon or any pretty shade of silk may be sub- stituted. Sleeves are large enough to be cool, whatever else the prognosticators may have to say about them. For shirt walsts the bishop sleeve is the coolest, therefore it is best and most popular. These sleeves are quite short, just reaching below the elbow, where they are gathered into a wide band or a turn-back cuff. . About Silk Waists. Silk waists are being sold very cheap— so cheap that it hardly pays to buy the silk and make one even when one does the sew- Ing herself. A plain silk waist of a pale green tint with a fine black stripe cost only $3. The sleeves were loose and cool, and were gathered into a narow cuff that open- ed at the back of the arm. The collar was high, but turned over about an inch all around, opening in front. An ingenious de- vice to conceal the fastening of the collar was a little=band across the front that hooked underneath the turned down edge. This waist looks cool and spring-like and can be worn with comfort until midsum- mer. i Other silk waists that are darker can be bought cheap, but they haven't the air of spring about them that is the charm of the lighter waist. The fashion of wearing waists and sep- arate skirts has come to be a settled habit with business women, so much so that ft will take more than one season of Louis XV and XVI jackets to displace them. Probably the Louis waist will be combin- ed with the others as outside jackets, but shirt waists end silk waists will stay with us for ordinary wear. The average busi- ness woman does not possess more than one complete dress in her whole wardrobe. Sometimes she freshens up her costuine with a new waist, sometimes with a skirt or only a skirt binding, until it very soon gets to be like the little boy’s jack-knife, which had" had six new blades and seven new handles, but was still the same jack- knife. The new skirts are not black, except a stray one of brilliantine here and there. Black brilliantine is very cool and light and serviceable, and Is well adapted for sum- mer weather. Checked cheviots and mixed weaves are, however, the latest approved materials for skirts. These admit of out- side Jackets to match, thus making very stylish sults at small cost. A very good scheme ts to buy the skirt ready made, then match it in material and have the jacket made to fit by one’s own dressmaker. To Soften the Effect. Fancy fronts of linen embroidery With collars and cuffs to match finish off a Jacket suit very nicely, but any lace front may be worn with any kind of material. Indeed, a suit is often entirely finished up with seemingly nothing more needed to adorn it, when the modiste insists upon “a little fall of lace’ under the chin, just to soften the effect a little. A pretty trimming which takes the place of and Is @ little newer than the lace col- larette, is the ‘Dutch yoke.” It is made of embroidery, chiefly, either white or lin- en, and consists of two straps of insertion passing over the shoulders to the waist, something like a pair of suspenders, ex- cept that the ends come closer together at the waist. Straps of insertion join the sus- penders at the bust and at the waist front and back. The suspenders and the strap at the bust form a sort of square neck that is edged all around with linen embroidery, and the outer edges of the suspenders are trimmed with double rows of embroidery over the shoulders. The insertion is laid over ribbon, which shows through and is made into small bows at the waist, back and front. The ribbon can be removed when tke yoke fs done up, and a new tint substituted in its place, according to the color of the dress with which it is worn. The Dutch yoke ts a pretty style for plump, .round damsels, as might be expected from its name. To make one would require about three yards of insertion and of ribbon, and from two and a half to three of embroid- ery. One can buy pretty grass linen in- sertion for eighteen cents a yard, and the embroidery need not cost more than twen- ty-flve cents, and at this rate the yoke may be made for about $1.75. To b it ready made one would have to pay ‘three or four dollars. A white embroidery yoke without ribbon sells for ninety-elght cents. Headgear That Costs. In the kingdom of hats and gowns of ceremony, as the French say, it is almost dangerous to enter. Here is where all pre- viously formed resolutions respecting econ- omy are flung to the winds and one plunges to the very depths of one’s purse for the double eagle that is to be given in exchange for a—butterfly. Perhaps it is right and natural that a woman should spend more money on her headgear than upon any other part of her costume. The hat is the frame for the face, and it should be of a style intended to bring out the best points of one's face, no matter what the eostrsy be. ie shapes are in general of two kinds, the turban and the flat hat, with broad brim that turns up in the back. It is a trying style for girls with round faces, because they can find solace in neither. Hats with Tam O'Shanter crowns are quite common. Colored straws are very fashionable and the favorite tints are bright yellow, green and violet, etther in solid colors or in combina- tion with Black trimmings the popular flowers seem to ee red and violets blue,” only the roses may be blue and the violets red, with- out any outrage to art as expressed in mil- linery. tt ie remarkable what license is allowed the manufacturers of artificial flowers. A queer suggestion offered itself at a re- cent exhibition of paintings where the visit- ors were mostly women. All were decked in their most spring}ike gowns, and in their ats were flowers of évery description, nown and unknown;to the botanical sci- ence, and all the time éne Jooked at them the thought kept pgeurring, whet if a painter should paintuch flowers as those?” All the same, the effect was fine, for the colors were beautifully blended, in the case of each tndtvidual hal Conspicuous among: the costumes was a cape with lace yoke and collar, a flounce of chiffon around the edge, six loops of ribbon standing out over the shoulders, and long tabs hanging from the front of the yoke. An elderly lady wore a bonnet of jet and flowers, set well bagk,on the head, but all the other hats were tilted up at the back and down over the face. This, however, is better than the fashion of last year, which afforded no protectipn against the burning rays of a midsummer gun, and it may, after all, be a benefit to our complexions, though it does hide us as under a bushei. ——.—_—_ TH NEW VEIL. It is Heavily Dotted and the Mesh is Very Sheer. From Harper's Bazar. Now that the fiat has gone forth that we are to wear our hats tilted far forward, so far thet they almost rest on the bridge of the nose, a new mesh of veiling has ap- peared. Of course, it ts dotted veiling, and the dots are cf abnormal size, and so close together that the oculists and opticians may safely count upon a large accession of income during the next year. The mesh that shows between the dots is very sheer, and it must be admitted these veils are becoming, particularly to middle- aged women, who, with the immense wide- brim hats and one of these veils, look at least ten years younger. There are some conservative women who find fault with these veils, and complain that they give a fast look that 1s not, ac- cording to refined ideas, quite good form. Sull, the smart women in society have adopted the fashion, and for the present, at all events, we must wear them. With bonnets and small hats a more sheer, less heavily dotted veil ts allowable, and there are even some clear meshes with- out any dot whatever. These last ones, when becoming, are far the best to wear, for they do not injure the eyesight and are far less expensive. Very few colored veils are worn; when solid colors—that 1s, in chiffon—are worn, there fs a small dot of the same color wov- en in the material. Occasionally there are to be seen veils, black, with fancy dois, trimmed around the edges with white Valenciennes lace. This is a becoming fashion, but fs not considered so smart as the all-black. Veils are worn shorter than they were, only just reaching to the chin, and are tled up on the hat, not at the back of the hair. This ts ruch more becoming, as it pre- vents the folds that are so apt to occur, end which are so unbecoming. With the broad-trimmed hats it is comparatively easy to arrange the veils, but with a small bat or bonret it Is always necessary to put in a double pleat in front, a little fullness, to prevent too much strain across the nose and eyelashes. The most beautiful woman in the world would look like a fright with her nose tied down and her eyelashes sticking through the meshes of her veil. Elderly women with gray adopted a clever scheme to front locks in order when they do not care to wear a veil which hurts the eyes. They tle a piece of soft gray, almost white, tulle over the front hair, and fasten {t at the back under their bonnet. The tulle is so fine {t scarcely shows at all. If care is taken to fold up a vell every time it Is worn it will last. much longer. It should be carefully pulled out, then smvothed and folded away in a sachet. Just a faint trace of perfume ts peculiarly dainty about a veil, amd can be best secur- ed by always keeping it in the sachet when- ever it is not in use. os HOUSEHOLD HINTS. hair have keep their A handy soap shaker can be made for vee about the kitchen sink out of a fruit can. Melt the opened end off, then turn the can upside down, and, with a good-sized rail, make half a dozen’ holes in it. Drop into it all the bits of soap that would be wasted otherwise. When you want soapy dishwater, or to wash the windows, pour water In ‘the can and shake ft, and the scapy water will run through. the holes into the basin. You have no idea’ what a valuable thing a ball of twine In the kitchen is till you have had one by you for a time. Just make a ball of the string that comes around the packages from the shops. Don't tie the cord, but roll up every Inch of it, thick or thin, as it happens to como, and have a box or little bag all by, itself for the ball. A patr of old scissors to hang with it 1s also a good thing. One never can find a pair of scissors in a hurry. Fold your napkins in a plain square, and don't starch them. A napkin folded in fancy style and stiff with “silver gloss” suggests familiarity with restaurant life. The tired. nervous woman who has any taste for onions ought to gratify that taste as often as possible now, for new enions are in market, and a finer sedative was never krown than three or four new cnions eaten with a slice of good, sweet bread and butter just before retiring. It Is not always necessary to antagonize a child that demands hot drinks, and calls for tea and coffee. Get {it a little tin pot (cne that holds a pint costs but a nickel) and put In it half a cup of milk and a quar- ter as much water. Let it get warm, and add sugar and a tiny bit of chocolate to give it color. It will please the child just. as well and not hurt it in the least, and you don't have the same old row every day about refusing the child coffee. A small blackboard will afford a rest- less child a great deal of amusement on a rainy day when it is unable to go out doors. If you have been cutting onions or filling lamps, and have got a disagreeable odor on your hands, put half a teaspoonful of ground mustard in a pint of warm water end wash your hands in {t, then in soapy water, and the odor will disappear. Never start on a journey without pro- viding yourself with flax seed for possible cinders in the eyes. You can ease the pain from a oinder in just half a minute with a flax seed or two, and with no inconven!- ence at all from the seed. Moieten it for a second in your mouth, and then place on the under lid of the eye, drawing the up- per lid over it to draw the seed up over the ball of the eye. It soon forms a mucous which spreads over the eye and takes up any foreign object, but in no way interferes with seeing. The seeds will finally work themselves out. Just a word to the pretty girls who are getting ready for a new home. In getting the towels and table linen, get as good as you can fossibly afford, and hem by hand. Machine-hemmed towels and table cloths have a rough edge always, and break out of the hemming before they are worn out. Hand hemming is much smoother—and It’s the latest thing. How Nails Are Named. From the St. Louls GlabeDemocrat. Two accounts are:given of the origin of the terms “‘six-penng,% “elght-penny,” “‘ten- penny,” and so on, @s%applied to the varions sizes of nails. Accot@ing to one statement, when nails were made by hand, the penny was taken as a standard of weight, and six were made to equal'the weight of a copper penny. This explanation is open to criticism on account of the Very small size of the nails of which six were needed to balance even the large-sized, old-fashioned copper penny. The other {s much more probable. It affirms that six were.sold for a penny, and the name grew into usé, even when the price changed, and the larger kinds were, from a popular mistake, called ten-penny, and so on, without regard e or weight. Of the ordinary gix-penny ls there are eighty to the pound; of the el§ht-penny there are fifty; ten-penny, thirty-four; twelve-penny, thirty-nine. A Bioycle Task, From the New York Tribune. “What is the hardest thing to learn about a bicycle?” asked the elderly boarder. But before the bloomer boarder could reply the Cheerful Idiot hastened to say: “To keep from talking about it, as far as Imprudent, From the St. Louls Mirior. Miss Uppertehn—‘Miss Blaze caught a terrible cold at the ball the other night.” Mies Wayup—‘‘Yes. I wonder what could have made her so imprudent? She wore only half her usual amount of jewels,” THE NATIONAL GUARD Engineer Corps Wins the Series of Battalion Matches. ANNOUNCEMENTS AS 10 RIFLE PRACTICE Galveston Cup Not Likely to Go to Savannah. PRIOR TO THE INSPECTION By some rather remarkable shooting Thursday evening last, the engineer corps pushed to the front and won the series of battalion team matches with 22 points to spare. The total of the engineers was 1,767, against 1,753 by the sixth battalion, (22 by the second, 1,665 by the third, 1,636 by the fifth, 1,560 by the first, 1,500 by the fourth, 1,374 by the provisional and 1,045 by the first separate. The company match was won by company A, engineer corps, with a total of 9 Company A of the sixth was second with 891, while company B of the second and company B of the sixth both attained 877. Battalion Match Scores. The scores in detail Thursday last were: First battalion—Pyt. Wells, 48; Pvt. Kline, 41; Corp. McCabe, 27; Sergt. McAvoy, 30; Pvt. Mackintosh, 42; Pvt. Smith, 38; Pvt. Wilkinson, 85; Pvt. Chase, 44; Corp. Bur- nett, 38; Pvt. Gheen, 44. Total, 306. Second battalion—Pvt. Taylor, 42; Pvt. Colloday, 45; Corp. Lowell, 41; Lieut. Manon, Corp. Webb, 45; Sergt. Stokes, 48; Corp. Barry, 48; Pvt. Du Bois, 43; Pyt. Brittain, 38; Lieut. King, 45. Total, 438. Third battalion—Capt. Shilling, 45; Lieut. Weaver, 48; Sergt. Shilling, 44; Corp. Lacy, 44; Pvt. Lyman, 45; Pvt. Hudson, 25; Pyt. McCurdy, 39; Pvt. Poweil, 40; Pvt. Chis- hoim, 44; Pvt. Carr, 43. Total, 417. Fourth battalior—Lieut. Jacobs, 44; Capt. Hodgson, 43; Sergt. Byrne, 46; Sergt. Mc- Anally, 43; Private Ready,34; Sergt.Hodges, 88; Private Dobson, 31; Private Leeman, 44; Sergt. Evans, 35; Lieut. Sabin, 49. To- tal, 407. Fifth battalion—Capt. Phebus, 44; Private Weir, 40; Corp. Seufert, 30; Corp. McGin- ness, 45; Lieut. Shaw, 47; Sergt. Acker, Sergt. Maj. Bailey, 46; Sergt. Bode, 42; Pri vate Callan, 43; Private Richter, 28. Total, 893. ixth battaliom—Capt. Simonson, 45; Corp. Wilcox, 48; Sergt. Groome, 47; Sergt. Mc- Clain, 48; Corp. Whitecre, 44; Sergt. Ball, 46; Private Bairstow, 49; Private Buell, Private Pile, 30, Tetal, 4 arate battalion—Lieut. Cardozo, Davis, 38; Private Jackson, 33; 41; Private Gibson, 40 Lieut. Johnson, Sergt. Thomas, 42 vate Snowden, 38; Private Talls, vate Sedden, 34. Total, 374. Engineer s—Sergt. McLaughlin, Lieut. Harv i vate Williams, 48; Lieut. Drury, 47; Private Albertie, 48; Sergt. Garrison, 46; Corp. Carle- ton, 48; Sergt. Lanham, 49; Private Scott, 49. Total, 474. Provisional battalion—Trumpeter Carroll, 42; Corp. Lanham, 38; Private P. Scharf, 86; Private I. Scharf, 81; Private Burke, 49; Sergt. Gibson, 44; Corp. Eckstine, Corp. Kervin, 88; Sergt. Mattingly, Capt. Wiggin, 29. Total, 384. Announcements as to Rifle Practice. At a meeting of the department of rifle practice Wednesday evening last the in- spector general of rifle practice announced that the rifle gallery will be definitely closed for the season Friday evening, May 15, and will not be again opened until prob- ably the first week in November, when re- erults enlisted after April 1 will be given an opportunity to complete their gallery scores. Any person enlisted prior to April 1 who fails to complete the required work in the gallery by May 15 will have no other opportunity to make up the deficiency. The policy of opening the gallery from time to time has proved an encouragement for carelessness, and has generally been un- satisfactory. It was further announced that officers and men whose gallery scores are incom- plete at the time of closing the gallery for the season will not be permitted to par- tcipate in official practice on the range, for the reason that without the full quota of shots to their credit indoors it is im- possible for them to be designated other than third-class men. Such individuals may fire as many voluntary scores as may be desired, but they cannot qualify. In order that everybody shall have a final chance to complete the indoor work, the following assignment of commands to the gallery has been made: First battalion, May 5; second battalion, May 15; third battalion, May 6; fourth bat- taiion, May 14; fifth battalion, May 11; aixth battalion, May 7; first separate bat- talion, May 4; engineer corps, May 13, and the provisional battalion, May 9. An effort will be made to have a spring meeting on the range May 29 and 30. Some of the standard prizes will be competed for, including the senatorial champion- thip and distinguished marksmen medals. Other prizes are being sought for, but no attempt is to be made to have the spring meeting approach in magnitude the annual fall meeting, which will probably be held in October. Rifle Association is Active. The National Rifle Association of Amer- ica has concluded arrangements by which a sufficient number of targets at 200 yards only will Be provided for the opening practice of the association at Ordway Sat- urday, May 2. The range will be open to members of the association at 2 p.m. each succeeding Saturday. Entries for the matches—which at this time will be largely of the sweepstakes variety—will be re- ceived at the range not later than 3 p.m. on the day of each meeting. The details of the opening of the compe- titions will be arranged at another meet- ing of the directors Wednesday evening next. Preparing for the Inspection. Capt. Charles H. Ourand and Capt. W. E. Horton, aids-de-camp, have been ordered to report to Major Winthrop Alexander, in- spector general, for duty in connection with the annual inspection and muster, which begins next week. In preparation for the inspection, com- pany commanders have been having a house cleaning, so to speak, devoting themselves particularly to the elimination of dead tim- ber. In consequence thereof, the following discharges have been ordered by the adju- tant general: On their own applications—Hospital Stew- ard Harry H. Kenner, first battalion; Pri- vates Ralph M. Hendricks and B. B. Powell, company A, second battalion; Private Fred Calvert, company A, fifth battalion; Sergt. James W. Murray, battery A, light artillery, and Privates A. J. Brown and W. Silas Sheetz, company A, sixth battalion. Because of remoyal from the District— Privates I. C. Hill, third separate com- pany; Privates Joseph H. Gunnell and Geo. W. Cochmoyer, company A, second tat- talion, and Privates George C. Craft and Henry Madert, company A, sixth bat- talion. In the interest of the service—Hospital Steward J. B. Rutherford, engineer corps; Corporal L. W. Stoddard and Privates J. H. Cornish and Clarence Ruckles, company A, second battalion; Privates Chas. W. Blush, R. B. Cameron, Joseph H. Douglas, W. B. Fenwick, George M. Hale, Henry Hills, Charles B. Lanning, George M. Linthicum, Audley W. Reynolds, Fred W. Richards and Joseph D. Ruppert, first separate company; Privates Joseph B. Hoge and George F. Pierce, company A, third battalion; Privates Joseph A. Hanlon, William F. Maher and fohn M. Murphy, company: A, fourth bat- ion; Privates John Brank, A. W. Pepper- man, W. L. Pepperman and Fred Wagner, gompany D, fourth battalion; Privates tharles E. Avriance, Edgar Artis, F. Y. atchelor, Luther M. Chilton, Harry H. Glear, 8. L. Dickinson, William BE. Evans, eroy Salier, L. J. Gilbert, H. D. Grim, Ea. ward Lambert, W. H. Pritchett and A. C. Sampson, company C, sixth battalion, ; Corp. Private Thomas 38, Dishonorable, because of expuision from eir companies— Privates Richard vV. and Louis C. Byrum. Galveston Cup Causes Strife, The Military Interstate Association is having a herd time over the- Galveston championship cup, and it now looks as if there is considerable doubt as to its being placed in competition at the interstate drill SS Highest of all in Leavening Power—Latest U.S. Gov't Report Real Baking Powder in May. A special dispatch from Austin, Tex., says: “The Savannah interstate drill and the Gal- veston cup seem to be in an interminable tangle with the Thurston Rifles of Omaha. Yesterday Adjutant General Mabry had a letter from the Rifles, in which Captain Foye protests that his company will neither go to Savannah ror allow the cup to go, saying he never received a challenge from the Morton Cadets, nor a notification from the drill management that they had been challenged. “Today General Mabry ha : from President William Garrard of the Savannah Association, saying that he wired Captain Foye March received tl ‘Regret it impossible to be ther He also has a letter from Captain Foye un- der date of April 1, confirming the dispatch of the day before. Capt. Schilling of the Morton Cadets wires a that he jailed in the presence of witnesses a for- challenge to the Thurston Rifles. Gen. sry has wired Capt. Foye to know if will make affidavit that he never re- ceived the challenge. “If he amakes the affidavit,” Gen. Mabry i, “I do not see what further steps can in the matter.” A special from Omaha sa: he Thurs- ton Rifles of this city, last year won at the Memphis drill the Galveston cup,~end, of course, brought the magnificent trophy home with them, The Galveston Exhibition Association, which put the cup up for com- petition, gave it over Into the custody of Adjutant General Mabry of Texas, and for- mulated rules governing the possession of the Galveston s chainpion- ship cup. The Thurston Rifles received the cup under those rules and gave a bond in the sum of $00 for its he The “managers of the and rifle contest made a de: Thurston Rifles for this cu to be put up in competition at the int te drill in Sa- vannah in May, The Thurston Riftes p tively decline to surrender the cup at this time, and have so notified the 5; nnah managers and also Adjutant General Ma- bry. What Capt. Foye Says. Capt. W. J. Foye of the Thurston Rifles is quoted as saying: ‘‘No, we shall not sur- render the Galveston cup to the Savannah Grill, Our reasons for this determination are substantially these: First, the Thurs- ton Rifles were not challenged to partici- pate in the Savannah drill in the regular way and in accordance with established rules under which we hold possession of the cup. Second, the Savannah affair is not a military drill in the strict sense, but by reference to their circulars it is evident at a glance that the alleged drill is more of a rifle contest than anything else, the mill- tary features simply having been added as an afterthought in order to attract visitors, Rule 4 governing the possession of the cup reads like this: “The company holding the cup must be prepared to defend th« possession and custody thereof upon ceiving a challenge to that effect not more than fifteen days after the announcement cf the interstate drill or encampment at | which it fs prcposed to compete for said cup.’ This clacse was utterly ignored by the Savannah people, and we did not re- ceive notice that the Rifles would be e: pected to compete at Savannah until the fifteen-day limit had expired three or four times over. We then looked into the mat- ter of prizes offered, and found them to be too Insignificant for us to consider for a moment, inasmuch as the expense of £0- ing to Savannah, the distance being great, would be very heavy upon our boys. As far as we can gather, the Savannah drill is in no sense a regular competitive inter- state drill of military companies. It is a lecal affair, and controlled by men who know nothing about the rules and regula- | tions pertaining to military drills. The | many irregularities in their procedure look. ing to the securing of the Galveston cuj are, within themselves, full justification for our declining to either compete in the drill or surrender possession of the Galveston | cup. I have written the southern people fully on the subject, and am confident have made our contention plain. Our boys, how- ever, are anxious to compete this year, somewhere. They seriously object to the rigorous practice drill with no hope of en- tering prize contests. But we have deter- mined that the Savannah people shall not have the cup. and, of course, are prepared to defend our position at ail hazards.” Judges Not Army Officers. It has been found impossible to secure United States army officers to act as judges at Savannah. This having been defi- | nitely decided, the committee has taken in charge the matter of securing judges from the National Guard. The parties will be such a3 will be totally disinterested and satisfactory to all parties concerned. Rifle Matches at Savannah. There is a strong possibility of the en- gineer corps sending a team to Savannah. In thls connection it may be intery mete that the Savannah Rifle Range Asso- ciation has made a most important change in the company team match, a contest to be shot on the Avondale rifle range in S vannah during May week, May 11 to 16. Many companies, especially in neighboring cities, protested that they could rot be ex- | pected to compete with Savannah teams in | this contest, because the latter have had the benefit of practice on the rang, and, moreover, have had experience in the inter- national contests at Sea Girt N. ‘he association has, for this reason, barred Savannah companies from entering teams in this contest, and it is now opea to a teams of five men from any volunteer mili- tary company of the National Guard out- side of Savannah, enlisted where the state makes such requirement, and it provides for only seven shots each at the 200, 200 and 500-yard ranges. Tne prizes will be a handsome trophy presented by a Savan- nahian, and $150 in cash in case as many as seven teams enter, but $100 if only four teams enter. In this change of arrange- ments an impertant concession has been made to several teams whicn are desirous of entering, and these teams will also have the privilege and right to enter any of the other matches in which they see fit to con- test. Many entries have already been made in the various matches, and the out- look is for one of the most exciting series | of contests the south has ever seen, Ambulance Corps With Full Ranks, The ambulance corps recruited almost to the limit, and the men are very enthusi- astic over the work. The recently elected members are E. Roy Leatherman, A. A. Rittenour, W. E. Yeager and Joseph Per- Ma, kins, all medical students and very much |* alive to the practical benefits gained under the instruction of Lieut. Fales. Many addi- | tional applications for membership are be- ing received, but it will probably be nec; sary for some to wait, as the membership of the corps is limited by the law to 32 privates. The road march propose] for May 16 will be postponed, as the annual inspection of the corps occurs on that date. Notes, An election of first lieutenant of company B, fifth battalion, has been ordered for Monday evening next. The members of company A, sixth battalion, will meet to elect a second Neutenant May 28. The team to represent the second regiment in the shoot next week will consist of Col. Clay, Capt. Simonson, Lieut. Shaw, Lieut. Sabin, Sergt. McClaia, Sergt. Buell, Corp. Bruen, Corp. Whitaker, Pvt. Ball and Pyt. Bairstow, with Lieut. Jacobs and Sergt. Maj. Bailey as alternates. All arrangements have been completed for the banquet of the Oficers’ Association of the second regiment, to be held April 3 The National Guard Athletic Asso: i it is expected, will elect several new offi- cers at its meeting Monday evening next. Company A, second battalion, is enthu- anrae over the success of its base ball club. At the drill of the sixth battalion, early next month, First Lieut. Simms, adjutant, who was formerly first sergeant of troop A, will be presented with a handsome sword by the cavalrymen, in whose esteem he holds a high piace. Having received a full equipment of uni- forms, arms and accouterments, troop A now intends to enlarge its membership to 100 men. Maj. Thompson will address the engineer corps this evening on the part taken by the United States engineer battalion during the battle of May 12, 1864, on which occasion they were attached to the second corps under Gen. Hancock. The Changed Thaler. From the Fiiegende Blatter. “Here are 3 change!” marke! Give me the (The train starts): “50, 60, 70, $0, 90—