Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1896, Page 19

' —— THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 19 RAILROADS, BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedule in effect May 9, 1896. Leave Washington troa station corner of New Jersey avenue and C st. For Chicago and Northwest, Vestibuled Limited trains, 11:30 a.m., 8:05 p.m. For Cineinnat! ‘Louis and Indianapolis, Vosti- St. buied Limit 3:45 p.m; €: , 12:15 night. Tor Pittsbury und Gievélaak empress Galle i B.m. and 8:40 p.m. For Lexington and Staunton, 11:30 a.m. Sund x1: 08, x12 @:20, 8:00, » °9:00, til: 30 p.m. $5e2 Bitgerstown, 11:20 a.m. and {5:20 p.m For Boyd and way points, week days, 9:00 a.m., 4:30, 5:30, 7:05 p.m. Sundays, 9:00am, 1:15, 1:06 p.m. ‘For Gaithersburg and way points, week days, . 9:00 am. 12:50, ‘3:00, 4:30, 4:33, 5:80, , 7:06, 11 p.m. Sundays, 9:00 a.m. 15, 5, 7:05, 10:25 p.m. For Washington Junction and way points, *9:00 a.m., §1:15 p.m. Express trains stopping at prin- RD AT SLUE LINE FOR SEW YORK AND ii PHILADELPHIA, All trains {tluminated with pintseh light. For Philadelphia, New York, Boston ‘and the Bast, week days, » Din- 8:00 ping Car open at ‘10:00 . Dining Cur), (9:00 a.m, 235, Dining Car), 3:00 (5:05, Dining 1 night, Sleeping Our open for pas- sengers 10:00 P.M. Buffet Parlor Cars on all day trafus. e City, 10:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, Sun- “Daily. §Sunday only. xExpress trains. Baggage called for and checked from hotels and residences by Union Transfer Co. on orders left BE ticket ofces, 619. Pennsylvania “Avene N.W., Sew York A and th Street, a1 at Kew York Aveeias 0. SCULL: Gen. Bese ket B. GREENE, Gen. } wM _ 3 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 3 Station corner of 6th and B streets. In Effect Apeil 24, 1896. 30:30 A.M. PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED.—Pullmar Sleeping, Dioing, ane and Observation. Cars Harrisburg to Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Lozis, Cleveland and Toledo. "Buifet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. 20:30 A.M. PAST LINE—Pullman Buffet_ Parlor os to etre Parlor and Dining Cars, Har- tsburg to Pittsburg. 8:40 PLM. CHICAGO. AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS. Pullman Buffet Parlor Car to Litany = Sleep- izg and Dining Cars, Harrisburg to St. Lonis, Cincinnati, Loulsville and Chicago. 7:10 P.M. “WESfERN EXPRESS.—Pullman Sleep- ing Cac to Chicago and Harrisburg to Cleveland. Dining Car to Chicago. 7:10 PM.” SOUTH-WESTERN EXPRESS.—Pullmaa Sleeping and Dining Cars to St. Louls, and Sleep- inz Car Harrisburg to Cincinnail. 20:40 P.M. PACIFIG EXPRESS.—Pullman Sleep- ing to Pittsburg. 7:30 A.M. for Kane, Canandaigua, Rochester and ra Falls dally, except Sunday. 10;30 |A.M. for Elmira and Renovo, daily, except Sinday. For Williamsport daily, 3:40 P.M. 7:10 P.M. for Williamsport, Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls daily, except Saturday, with Sleep- foe cat Washington to Suspension’ Bridge via uffal. 210-40 P.M. for Erie. Canandaigua, Rochester, Buf- falo and Niagara Falls daily, Sleeping Car Wash- to Elmira. FoR PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND THE EAST. 4:00 P.M. “CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED," daily, all Parlor Cars, with Dining Car from Baltimore. Regular at 7:05 (Dining Car), 7:20, 9:00, 10:00 @ining Car) and 11:00 (Dining Car from Wil- auingtym) AM., 12:45, 3:15, 4:20, 6:40, 10:00 and 11:35 BM. Om Sunday, @Minluz Car), 11:00 Wining Car from Witmingtoa) 5. 3 3 pec 6:40, 10:00 and 1s For Philadelphia only, Fast Express, 7 week days. fae F213 week days, 2:01 Ne ae M. For Boston 2S < change, 4 Week . and 3:15 P.M. da! ‘Athinti« Se ee row Ae. 12 11:35 PM. daily, and 11:00 ALM. Ss: nl, For Baltimore, 6:25, . 7:20, 7:50, 9:00, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 and 11:50 A.M, 22:15," 12:45, 3:15, 3:40 (4:00 Limited), 4:20, 4:67 5:40, 6:40, 200, 10:40, 11:16 and “T On § o 9:40, 11:00 AM. 1 Limited) 10:40 and 11 : For Pop»’s Creek Line, 7:20 A.M. and 4:36 P.M. datly, ex-ept Sunday. Annapolis, and £20 EM sae tlantic Coast Line. Express for Richmond. poin on Atlenti- Coast Line, 4:30 AM., 3:46 P.M. daily. Richmond and Atlanta, P.M. daily. Richmend only, 10:57 A.M. week days. ‘Accommodation for Quantico, 7:43 A.M. daily, and 4:25 F.M. week days. For Alexandria, 11:00 ALM . 6:13, 7:20, 9:10, 16: P.M. “On Sunday at . 9: AM., 2:15, 5:30, 7:00, 7:20, 9:10 and 1 PM. ‘Ticket offives, corner 15th and G sts. and at the station, 6th and B sts., where orders can be left for the checking of baggage to destination from hotels and residences. J. R. Woon, 8. M. PREVOST, General Passenge~ Agent. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. TEROUGH THE GRAND@ST SCENERY IN AMERICA. ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED, ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED. ALL MEALS SERVED IN DINING CARS. STA- TION SIXTH AND B STREETS. Schedule in effect April 26, 1906. _ 2:23 P.M. DAILY—Cincinnati and’ St. Louis Spe- efal— Solid train for Cincinzatl. Pullman sleepers to Cincianati, Lexington, Louisville, Indianapolis ard St. Louis without change. Tatlor cars Cin- ciprati to Chicago. 11:10 P.M. DAILY—F. F. V. Limited—Solid train for Cinciunati. Pullman’ sleepers to Cincinnati, Lexington snd Louisville without change. Pull- wan sleeper to Virginia Hot Springs, _ without cbange, Wednesdays ard Saturdays. Sleepers Cin- einrati to Chicago and St. Lou's. 10:57 A.M., EXCEPT SUNDAY—Vla Richmond for Old Poiut’and Norfolk. Only rail line. 2:28 . DAILY—For Gorfonaville. Charlottes- Bille, Staunton and for Richmond, daily, except 7 Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio offices, 513 and 1421 Pennsylvania avenue, 1110 B st. n.w., and a: the station. H.W. FULLER, General Passenger Agent. SOUTHERN RAILWAY, PIEDMONT Alit LINE. Sckednle in effect January 6, 1896. All trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvania pae- senger station. 8:00 A.M.—Dally.—Loeal for Danville. Ccunects at Manassas for Strasbarg, dally ex rept Butday, and at Lynchburg with the Nosfolk and Westeru, ally, and with the Chesapeake and Ohio dally for the Natural Bridge and Clifton Forge. 11:15 A.M.—Daily.-THE UNITED STATES FAST MAIL. Carries Pullman Buffet Sleepers. New York and Washington to Jacksonville, uniting at Char- lotte with Pullman Sleeper for Augusta; also Pull- man Sleeper New York to New Orleans. via Mont- gomery, connecting at Atlanta with Puliman Sleep- er for Birmingham, Memphis and St. Louis. 4:01 P.M.—Local ‘for Front Royal, Riverton and Stresburg. daily, except Sunday. 31 P.M.—Dally.—Loeal for Charlottesville. —Daily.— WASHINGTON AND SOUTH- ERN VESTIRULED LIMITED, composed. of Pullman Vestibuled Sleepers, Dining ‘Cars and Day Coaches. Pullman Sleepers New York to Ashe- ¥ille and Hot Springs, N. C.; New York to Tampa, via Charlotte, Columbia, Savannah and Jaci ap2T ville, and New York to Memphis, via Birming- ham; New York to New Orleans, vie Atianta and Montgo: Southern Railway Vestibuled Day Coach Washington to Atunta, Dining Car Greens- bore to reo TRAINS ON WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIvIs- ION lente Washington 9:01 a.m. dally and 4:45 m. daily, except Sunday, and 6:25 p.m. Sun- dare only, for Round Til , for Leesburg, Herndon, Returning,’ arrive a.m. and 3:00 p.m. dall m. daily, except Sund 4 .m. daily, except nd 6:25 fe . daily for ington 8:20 Hill. ¥. from Herndon. 8: a.m. daily, except Sunday, from Leesburg. Through trains from the south arrive at Wash- Sngton, 6:42 a.m., 2:20 p.m., and 9:40 p.m. dafly. Mansssas Division, 10:00 a.m. daily, except Sus- day. and 8:40 a.m. daily from Charlottesville. Tickets, Sleeping Car reserration and {nforma- tion furaished at offices, 511 and 1300 Pennsylvania enue, and at Pennsylvania railroad passenger station. W. H. GREEN. General Sapt._ J. M. CULP. Traffic Manager. W. A. TURK, Gen. Pass Agent. L. S. Brown, Gen. Agent Pass. Dept. apts POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. EB S. RANDALL POTOMAC RIVER LINE— Steamer Harry Randall leaves River View Whar 7th street, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, at a.m., landing at, all wharves ag far down 18 Mad- dox ereek, Va., including Chapel Point and Colonial Beach, returni oo Mondays about D5 - ridays about 2: Tlaeat ce pesdays and Fr 20 p.m. Passel : commodations first-class. Freight rec e enti Zour of sailing. Telephone 1765. F. A. REED & CO., ELS. RANDALI, Alexandria.” Proprietor a nager, Agents, AGED. 0. CARPINTER: oan mae 2 Se. 2S __Washington, 13. 0. THE WEEMS STEAMBOAT CO. WINTER SCHED- ule—Steamer Potomac will leave Stepheness wharf, foot 7th st. every Sunday at 4 pin. tor Baltimore and river landings. Accommodations sirletly first-class. | Freleit received for landings on Suturday must repaid. Rat, ven on Baltimore trent. STREPIENSON fio. Agents. Office, 910 Pa. ave. Telephone 745. e331 NGTON STEAMBOAT €O., “LTD,” IOMAC RIVER LANDINGS, st. Ferry Whart. On 8 and Sat at 7 am; for river landings to St. Cloment's Bay, Breton's Bay and Nominl Creek; return! arrives Tucsday afternoon. Wednesdays for rivet Jandings to Breton’s Bay and Nomint Creck; thence to Piney Potnt, St. "8, Smith's Creek, Coan and Yeoccmico rivers; returning, leaves Nomint Creek Thursday afternoon for river landings, arriv- ing Friday morning. Saturdays for river landings to Nomini Creek and St. Clenont’s Bay: return! arrives Sunday afternoon. In effect Nov. 4, 1 Bee schedule. (nol-tf) C. W. RIDLEY, Gen. Man, ON TO WASHINGTON Active Preparations to Attend the Great ©. E. Convention. GREAT INTERES? CENTERED IN THIS CITY How Arrangements Are Made on - Behalf of the Various Delegations. ALL QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE — NE OF THE DELE- gates to the fifteenth international Chris- tian Endeavor con- vention which will be held here in July next 1s already on his way to this city. There may be others also who are jour- neying Washington- ward, for representa- tives from all quar- ters of the globe é gather at the annual conventions of the societies of Christian Endeavor, and some of them require six weeks cr two months for the trip. But so far the headquarters of the convention committee in this city are advised of the rame of only one delegate who is actually en route. He is the Rev. G. P. Goll, presi- dent of the Liberia, West Coast, Africa Christian Endeavor Union, and js the offi- cial delegate representing that far-away ccembination of societies. But while th‘s interested worker from the dark continent is wending his solitary way toward this capital, there are thousands and tens of thousands in this country who have the same goal in view, and are muk- ing their preparations to attend the mam- moth gathering. Some have been looking forward to the trip to Washington for months, and have been systematically put- ting aside a small portion of their income as a fund to defray their expenses; in the case of others the interest in the conven- tion is just beginning to assert itself, and they are busily engaged in devising ways and means for making the Journey. | In all the states and in the provinces of Canada, and at all county conventions and city unions the cry is beginning to be sounded, “On to Waskington,” and is being echoed and re-echoed from delegation to delega- on as information from the committee of 3 is given out detailing the plans for the convention and the excellent program which is being perfected at the headquar- ters of the United Society in Boston. Excursion Managers. Every delegation, whether it be from a state. county or city union, which will attend the convention in any considerable numbers, appoints a special person or per- sons whose sole duty it is to make ar- rangements for the trip, choose the route of travel, plan out the itinerary, select hotel accommodations for the delegation during its stay at the convention and look after the interests of the party generally. These officers are designated as transpor- tation agents or excursion managers. As a rule, there is a general transportation manager for the whole state, which is subdivided into convenient sections, each in charge of a local manager. These agents work up an interest in the convention among the societies in their district, esti- mate the number of delegates each will take from his section and report to the chief manager. Sometimes the unions in the large cities will act independently of those in the rest of the state and select the time and manner of transportation and provide their own hotel accommodations. Pennsylvania will send, it is expected, the largest delegation to this year’s con- vention. Its transportation agent, J. C. Manning, has prepared and issued his first announcement circular, which has been giv- en wide circulation throughout the state. Wt is a four-page sheet, and appropriately printed in the Washington colors, the cov- ers in blue and th? inside pages in red ink. It contains a cut of the Pennsylvania but- ton, wi:ich will decorate the lapels of coats and the fronts of shirtwaists of most of Pennsylvania's delegation when the mem- bers reach this city two months hence. There is also printed a cut of the hotel where the headquarters will be located, the Washington '96 convention flag and a splendid representation of the Calvary Bap- tist Church, to which the delegation has been assigned for its church home during its stay in the city. Information for Delegates. Information is given on all points essen- tial for intending visitors from Pennsyl- vania to know. In bold type appears the statement of the one-fare round-trip rail- road rate, the tickets being good until the end of July. Special trains will be run from central points throughout the state, under the direct charge of the local ex- cursion managers. The names and address- es of these managers are given, and expect- ant delegates are urged to give ample noti- fication of their determination to attend the convention so that proper train service may be artanged. A letter from the sec- retary of the Pennsylvania Christian En- deavor Union is also included in the circu- lar, in which he briefly mentions the main features in the arrangements for meeting places, speaks of the convenience of the hotel accommodations secured and con- gratulates the state on having been assign- ed to one of the finest churches in the city for headquarters. Kentucky’s circular is also an attrac- tive one and brimful of information about the trip and the prospects of the conven- tion. It, too, contains a cut of the con- vention flag, the church to which Ken- tucky’s delegation has been assigned—Ry- land M. E. Church—and the hotel which has been secured for its headquarters. Con- icuously printed on the envelope in which the circular is mailed is the famil- jar catch phrase, “On to Washington,’ which is ringing throughout the country with increasing intensity Just now. Ken- tucky is after the convention In 1808, and is therefore especially anxious that its dele- gation this year will be larger than any she has heretofore sent, for it is expected that the board of trustees will decide. at this convention where the gatherings for the next two seasons will be held. The Center of Interest. Throughont the country there. is increas- ing interest in the fast appreaching con- vention. Frank O. Bishop, transportation manager for Rhode Island, writes: “There is more enthusiasm now about Washington than we ever had this time of year for any other convention.” From Connecticut's excursion agent, J. F. Williams, comes this word: “We have the state quite well in- formed as to plans for Washington, and much enthusiasm is manifested. We are trying to have as many societies as pos- sible, have a Washington flag in their meeting rooms and use it as a_bulletin board for Washington circulars. It works well.” Similar expressions are heard on all sides. Washington is just now the center of interest to thousands upon thousands of enthusiastic young people. 2 It is usual, in planning the arrangements for bringing his delegation to a conven- tion, for an excursion manager to visit the convention city at least once and fre- quently many times in advance to perfect the details in person. By going over the ground they are prepared to make better and more satisfactory arrangements than they gould possibly do by letter. Already many of the state excursion managers have come to the city and entered into contracts for their hotel accommodations, beside conferring with the members of the committee of 'J6, and learning something of the good things in store for them when the convention opens. Hotels have been engaged thus far by the delegations from | Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, New | Jersey, Philadelphia, Tennessee, New York, Illinois, Iowa, St. Louis, Ohio, Pennsylva- nia, Texas, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Arkansas, West Kentucky. Chairman Miles M. Shand is the first person sought out by the excursion man- agers when they reach the city, and with him they have earnest conferences. They tell him what sert of hotel accommoda- i tions they are after, how many delegates they are reasonably sure will want rooms in a hotel rather than in private houses, and what rate they will be willing to pay. . Virginia, Delaware, York, Harrisburg and! In return, he gives them a list of avail- able quarters, for by a canvass completed last fall the entertainment committee learned which of the hotels would engage to recelve delegates and upon what con- ditions. Most of the desirable places have already been spoken for, ard if any state attempts to secure convenient hotel accom- modations at this late date, the excursion manager who succeeds in his mission will be entitled to the sincere gratitude of the entire state delegation, How It is Done. In the event that states do not care to engage hotel headquarters—and by far the larger number of visitors will be housed in the private residerces of the city—it is not essentia! that the transportation manager visit the city before convention time. He can #vote himself entirely to creating an Interest in the convention among the so- cieties in his jurisdiction and in arranging with the railroads for rates and facilities for the trip. Meetings are held throughout the state, at which popular speakers are engaged to speak, Washington flags and colors are used in the decorations, the in- fermaticn about the city and the plans for the convention sent out in the press bulletins by the '96 press committee is spread abroad and individuals are urged to arrange to attend. At some of the most important of the “Washington ’96 rallies,” as they are term- ed, members of the committee of "96 have been invited to address the meetings, and in a few cases, where their engagements have Leen such as to permit, they have gladly availed themselves of the oppor- tunity. Their duties in connection with the local arrangements are so confining, however, that it is not often any of them can be spared, even for so laudable a pur- pose as that of telling to fellow Endeav- orers what is in store for them when they visit the convention, and the committee is forced to content itself with disseminat- ing such information througn the medium of press bulletins and inform:tion leati Transportation managers in many 1 stances are making arrangements to have the actual traveling experiences of the excursionists in their charge as attractive as possible. Several delegations are to stop over at Niagara Falls for a brief season, those coming from the southwest will see that the trains are run through the picturesque scenery of the Blue Ridge and Shenandoan valley during the daylight hours. In most instances the trains will be special ones, entirely given up to the uses of the delegates. These train jour- nheys are sometimes among the most pleas- ant of the experiences of those who at- terd the conventions. Everybody soon 1 comes acquainted, Christian Endeavor hymns are heartily sung, social commit- tees are formed and impromptu entertain- ments provided, while another committee arranges for genuine Endeavor prayer meetings. Railroad Prayer Meetings. When the delegation is not sufficiently humerous to engage a special train a special car for the delegates’ use will be attached to the regular trains. The same spirit of earnestness characterizes the smaller body of excursionists, and cases are on record where persons have been influenced to cou- version through the prayer mectings held when en route to a convention. The story is told of one man who was invited into the rear car for the purpose, as he mistakenly supposed, of engaging in a poker gam body of delegates to one of the annual Chri tian Endeavor conventions was engaged in holding a prayer service, and the man was so impressed with- the earnestness of tha speakers and the sincerity of their utter- ances that he was led to make a complete change in his manner of life. There was recently held in Roston the seventh annual banquet of the Royal Leg‘on, an organization of young men in New En. land who have been attendants at some one of the Christian Endeavor conventions. The Washington flag, in colors, was beautifully printed on the front cover of the menu car and the catch-phrase, “On to Washington” —originated by the chairman of the loc: Press committee, and used to head the sec- ond press bulletin sent out over the coun- try, and since adopted: by excursion man- agers and others for use in information ci culars—was placed at the top of the toast list. Eminent speakers responded to the toasts, which included the following: “Call for Volunteers,” “The Chaplain’s A‘ a “Plan of March,” “A Veteran's Advice.” “News From the Front,” “A Call for 300,000 More.” The last two were poken to by “Secretary of War” John Willis Baer and President Francis E. Clark of the United Society. The greatest enthusiasm was mani- fested in the preparations for attending the Washington convention. Whether by means of banquets, iliustrated lectures, addresses or information cireuiars, there iz quickly spraading throughout this broad country detailed information .n re- gard to the plans for the July meeting, which Is surely ripening into earnest desire to be present. ‘Thousands have already fully determined to come; tens of thousands of others will certainly follow in their foor steps. —_—-_— PAINTING A COUNTRY HOUSE. Secrets of the Trade—Mrs. Strephon's Embarrassing Adventure. From the New York Sun. When eight of the twelve houses in the row were to be painted the landlord (‘‘an irresponsible and impolite old fool,’ Mrs. Strephon called him) made a contract with a house painter to do the job. : Now, those who have lived in the country and have had their houses painted will re- member that the first thing the painters do is to remove all the blinds and stack them up over the new shrubs on the front lawn; that the next thing they do is to paint the front steps, so that all the call- ers have to enter through the kitchen; and that the last thing they do is to put the blinds back. So they did with the house that Strephon and Phyllis-had. It was while the blinds were off that Mrs. Strephon had a bad quarter of an hour--only she said that it was nearly two hours. But that’s as may be. One afternoon, all the servants being on the lower floors, Mrs. Strephon prepared to make calls, and to make them properly prepared to array herself. Being in her pet- ticoat, she ran into the next room and into the closet to get something. As she enter- ed the closet she heard a noise at the win- dow, but not until she started to return to her room did she learn what had caused the noise. The painters had moved along in their leisurely manner, and now in front of each of the three windows of the room one of them was perched, painting calmly and placidly. 4 Mrs. Strephon retired into the depths of the closet and wept with rage. When she felt better she looked out cautiously, but the men were still in front of the windows. So she made herself as comfortable as she could and waited, every now and then peer- ing out to pease they had gone. Finally Strephon came home, early. “Phyllis!” he called, and a ray of hope entered her despairing breast. “Here!” she cried in answer, but not very loudly, for she didn’t want the paint- ters to hear. They didn’t—and neither did Strephon. So Strephon, getting no answer, went out bicycling alone; and when he came back found a very quiet, dignified wife, who, however, dissolved into tears on slight pro- vocation, and confided her woes to him. Not So Heartless as It Seems. From Punch. She—“Here is a stamp for your letter; you can repay me when you come back from London this evening.” He—“And suppose I'm killed in a railway aceldent She—“Oh, well—the loss wouldn't be very great!" MAKING MAPLE SUGAR The First Spring «Work of the New ee England Farmers, THROUGH SNOW 1 THE ORCHARD ——— The Process for tl Making the Sugar J Market. OLD-TIME AND MODERN WAYS Se Nestled among the hills of Vermont are hundreds of maple sugar orchards that have been only recently in full operation. ‘There are many interesting features in the working of such an “orchard,” ‘grove, or “bush,” as one is variously termed, and “sugaring time” is pleasantly anticipated rot only by the average small boy with a sweet tooth, but as well by the farmer who hcpes to pay his annual store bill with the receipts from his surplus sugar crop, or to turn this in as barter, which is the same thing. The lateness of the recent sugar sewson, crowding, as it did, the early plow- ing, was due to a backward spring, and its height was seen during the first three weeks of April rather than, as is often the case, within the limits of its windy pre- decessor. Little seems to have been written of this irdustry, ‘so conspicuous in one of our old- est states. The census of 1870 showed the total production of maple sugar in the United States to be 28,443,615 pounds in twenty-eight different states. Vermont produced nearly nine million pounds, New Ycrk a little less than six and three-quarter millions, Ohio three and one-half millions and New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Indiana between one and two millions each, in the order named. In the year of 1803 the total production was about three and one- quarter million pounds, and in about the same comparative amounts, I presume. The Sugaring Season. Improvement in the means of sugar pro- duction has been as varied and extensive as is seen in other branches of farming. Tke process formerly was very crude, and in some instances is so now. At the early approach of spring the farmer looks anx- iously for frosty nights and a warm mid- cay. A winter of little or no snow brings ho gladness to the prospective sugar maker. A hard winter, as the farmers say, and an early open spring under the above condi- tions hasten the cleansing and airing of the sap buckets, spouts, pails, holders and other paraphernalia necessary to a modern sugar outfit. The first step necessary is breaking the road to the sugar house if the farmer is fortunate or forehanded enough to have one; otherwise to the heart of the “bush,” where he doubtiess finds the old arch three feet under snow. The “small” farmer breaks a foot-path, the farmer of means a road for his ox team. We will trace the steps of the former. His pathway open, his arch cleared and reset he returns to the house for his “pan,” unless perchance he had left it the year previous turned bottom up against a irec likewise for his holder, his pails, “spiles, three-eighths auggr,, hatchet, neck yoke and wooden or tin, puckcts. Imagine an arch of stone clumsily built, capped by an iron pan 6x4 feet, ‘arid with a large pile of rough wood, seasoned since the previous fall, althovgh ungpyered, near at hand— all this in a sheltered nook, if possible, out of the penetrating winds, Again imagine the farmer of mean§ supplanting the above with more modern sugar house, comforta- ble, commodious and; well equipped accord- ing to the plant necessary for the orchard. Here with your fron arch, iron chimney and evaporators, Tuel carefully prepared, metal tubs, rubber-tatsing, siphon and reg- ulator, shining pails.;and sirup tub, haul- ing holders and ox, sled, or perchance your chutes or wooden gutters from orchard to sugar house, you° wonder at the changes that have resultedin:what is termed “pure sugar,” even at the risks of easy adultera- tion, that have made disappear the hardy woodsman who gathers his saps with buck- ets supported by. the primitive neck yoke, while wife or sweethgart stands with skim- mer in hand at the arch side in a cloud of maple-scented steam and stifling smoke, robbing, as they do, the “bush” of all its poetry and sentiment. About you are those giant maples “tapped” on the warm or sunny side, on two sides maybe if the tree is large and sheltered, with old spout or “spill’’ holes apparent, showing the dif- ferent Intervals of “tapping, from the previous season's darkened aperture all the way to a scar on the bark, marking a lapse of ten or a dozen years. A decayed beech dugout brings dim recollections of a hatchet wound in the side with dripping sap from a quarter-moon metal “spile."” This gives place to memories of the wooden pail hung cn a rusty nail, and, in time, to visions of the modern tin bucket supported by the wire kcek hanging trom the wooden spcut, about three inches in length, driven starply a half inch into the three-eighths hole an inch or two in depth. This spout slants downward, and therchy bangs a tale. A young man, city bred-and in poor health, retited to the green hills of Vermont, purchased an unabandoned hill- side farm, and sought returning strength in honest toil. His first work was in the stgar season. A neighbor called to give him good cheer, found him in the sugar place, and was astounded to see the spouts in nearly every tree slanting upward at argles of ten to twenty degrees. The cf- fect on the neighbor was ot less than that Produced on the widow at the sight of ner pet geese tipsy after feasting on the bran- died cherries. The Work at a Sugar Camp. A maple sugar camp in Vermont is still well worth seeing. While the primitive conditions would interest yeu far more, still the many improvements of recent years have not wholly taken away its charms. Even with the added conveniences and comforts of a house, and the modern evaporators, the work ‘s much the same. The “tapping” of the trees, the gathering of the sap and the final “‘sugaring off” are little changed. The number of trees tap- ped runs all the way from two or three hundred to 3,000 or more, and a “good run” means hustling for every one, with boiling day and night. A good-sized apparatus for boiling is about 5x4 feet. The arch bas a rear depth of about a foot, then gradvally sloping from the chimney oud to the frent it has a depth of from two to two and one-half feet. A single long pan, with trap parti- tions, or e, series cf pans, with siphon at- tachments, are variously employéd for re- ducing the*sap to sirup and sugar. In either case the sap is “fed” into the evap- orator from the holder through a hose with strainer attachment and a regulator grad- uating the supply. ‘Then, passing from apartment to apartment, through trap or through siphon, the sap gradually changes in color ard incréakes in density until it reaches the last ahd is drawn off by a spiggot as sirup, weigling about eleven pounds to the gallon. This approximates the sirup of commiercial use, but it is usu- ally taken to the house in pails, from three to a half dozen at.a time, when it is boiled anow to remove ary, remaining impurities, can for sircp or “boil down” for removing solid into tin cans gf different sizes, or for “sugaring off to,make into cakes or to grain dry The more sugar is stirred, or butter is “worked,"” the finer the grain and lighter the color. "The latter is also due to care in gathering and in boiling, keeping the sap as free from rain, dirt, leaves or twigs as is possible, TLese are impurities that largely pass away in the “scum,” and this is sometimes made into vinegar. Little Adulteration. The matter of adulteration is one of more or less speculation, but is probably not practiced to any extent. If by any other means than by the use of granulated sugar it would be too apparent. Producers may at times purchase surprising quantities of “granvlated” at 5% or 6 cents, and, selling their yiell of “maple” at 9 and 10 cents, arouse suspicions of an Investment that is peculiar; and yet such instances are very rare. The “accused” Fave always been the best sugar makers, and it is a fact that a “little grarulated” judiciously applied is an absolute improvement. It does not in- jure the flevor and improves the grain. The field for the use of maple sugar has not keen covered. It is utilized ext nsively by confectioners, and in this line the limit has not been reached. Its season for mak- ing is at a time when farmers are more or less at leisure, and yet the hard labor re- quired and the absence of a sufficient ptant will tend to keep prices for some time above the “granulated” standard. AND THE CROWNING HONOR IS TRUTH The Distinction Which Marks the Man, the Testimony and the Practice. Tributes of Patients and Physicians to Doctor McCoy. Since Doctor McCoy’s return from Europe Prof. Loomis, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Roach, Dr. Chapin and others just as eminent have hastened, even through the medium of the lay press, to pay cordial tribute to the skill of the Great Master. Just as soon as the proof that Doc- tor McCoy himself was in Washing- ton went out to the public in the nar- rative of cures, such as they knew none other could perform, the crowds of sick people seeking his aid, not from this city alone, but from far dis- tant cities, has daily increased, until the number now almost passes belief. The marvelous tribute of the peo- ple, who have come tedious journeys to obtain the benefit of the Master’s power over disease, tells of more than faith in that power. It tells of confidence in a professional honesty, never yet tarnished by deceit. They know they come to the ministration of that superb skill for which no lie was ever spoken. This published tribute of the doc- tors—the first in the history of American practice to be paid to any physician in the secular press—is more than a tribute to Doctor Mc- Coy’s skill. It is a tacit recognition, long delayed, of the truth, that the treatment, which Doctor McCoy gave the world ten years ago (im- perfect, as he now frankly admits it to be), is today the generally adopted treatment of the profession, and that just as surely and by the same token | the treatment which Doctor McCoy is now giving, first to the people of | Washington, will be the treatment of the future. THE TREATMENT THAT CURES. Tt is not surprising that the new treatment of Dector McCoy should become known in popular speech as “The Treatment that Cues.” It is natu- ly to be expected that the best treatment should be devised and perfected by the same master spe- | clalist who organized methods so extensively copied. That it represents vast improvements upon the earlier practice; that it represents the work of a | lifetime as well as the research aud study of later | years, as ¢he skill of Doctor McCoy's early practice should be bovwe in mind. The old treatment for George Cecil Hyde, 3400 Prospe:t testifies to Dr. McCoy’s skill ave., larrh that originated with Doctor McCoy, E n advertised largely by young men who j were formerly in nis employ, was applied by the | use of medicated sprays. That this method cured | great many people goes without saying; but | experience taught Doctor McCo | of application was wrong in m: sprays sometimes drove the catarrh into the ¢ causing inflammation and sometimes deafness, and that the sprays used by some doctors contained irritating solutions’ which inflamed the nose and throat and drove the catarrh deep down into the bronchial tubes and lungs. that the method Dr. McCoy Curing the Deat. Miss Mirinm F. Lyons, who has been cured of deafness by this treatment, tells In verse of the joy of bearing again: Out from the world of silence, Peopled only by shades ‘That more In souadless rhythm TiN thelr voiceless features fade— Ont from the desert dreary, Peopled only by fears, ‘That throng the lonely wand'rer Through all bis lonely years— Out from a prison gloomy, Whose walls u0 echo give; Out from its cells so gray and cold “Tis punishment to Uve— From the world and waste and prison Where the deat are consigned to dwell, From the world and waste and prison, Earth's prototypes of hell— To the glad new world of voices, And sounds that long were dead, ‘To the world of word and song and joy ‘The Master's skill hath led. P. F. Milligan, 115 4th st. n. itol Hill:“I feel like going down the avenue and telling every one my deafuess is cured. I was deat for 18 years; could scarcely bear a word; I wouid press a clock to my ear and never hear It tick. I was deaf as a brickbat. Doctor McCoy cured’ me entirely. If there is anybody who does not believe it let him come and see me in person.’ Frank Miller, 533 Oth st. s.e., expert machinist: I could nut hear a sentence a short dis- tance away. Sonnds were confused. I bad to ask people to repeat. I eculd not hear my wateh tick. Buzsing sounds iike escaping steam were coustant. Since taking Dr, McCoy's treatment my bearing has been restored. I hear perfectly. John W. Bailey, 30.B st. mec. “I had been deaf since childhood. The Deafness followed an attack of Measles. When conversing I would in- variably have to ask the person to speak louder. If the speaker was a few feet away from me I could understand cothing. I went to Dr. Coy, ead as a result I can bear ordipary conversation.” Patrick McGraw, 214 E st. s.w. (85 years of age): “I had beea hard of hearing for ten years. ‘There were constant ringing and buzzing sounds in my cars. I cond not hear a watch or clock tick at all. I can now hear the clock tick and all ordinary conversation. I hear the street cars Passing, which I could not before. The ringing sounds have left my ears. Mrs. Sophia Aiglers, 422 Gth st. n.w. “I bad not heard any crdiuary sounds for Sve years, As the result of Doctor MeCoy’s treatment I can now hear the clock tick, door bell ring and wagons on the street.” Mrs. M. Cramer, 826 20th st. now. “TI have been greatly benefited. The noises in my cars are not so bad, and the tickling sensation that I always experience in my ears has decreased. I hear better.”” S. W. Stevens, 525 Sth st. me. “The ringing and roaring noises and sounds like eseap- ing steam are disappzaring since taking Dr. Mo- Coy’s treatment. I can now distingu'sh sounds und te that were formerly impossible for me to THE REPEATED MIRACLE OF HEAR- ING RESTORED. Mrs. Maria D. Bradicy, 919 F s.w.: “At first I was deaf only in one ear. At that time Was more the distressing noises, the constant ri ing and buzzing sounds that I worried about than the deafness, At last, however, the other ear be. came affected. I realized I was growing deaf one day when 1] was out shopping. I was accompanied by my friend, Cora Stores, who was visiting me it curing deafness. from Charles county, Va., my old home. After that time I could my longer hear conversation in an ordinary tone. People Would Have to Shout at me to make me understand. I could not bear the clock strike even sben I took if off the mantel and set It on a chair near to me. Voices in the distarce were only dull and mixed up sounds. When I was talking to agy one it seemed to me my own voice was far off. “My husband cam tell you how hard it was for me to hear bln speak. It worried and distressad him even more than it did me. Of course, as all deaf people do, I tried everything and weut to everybody whe claimed to cure Deafness, and tried all sorts of appliances and remedies. I tell you deaf folks will do almost anything to get their hearing back. I found nothing, however, that gave me even temporary relief, “When ve learned That Dector McCoy Himself was in Washington my husband was glad to have me take advantage of the opportunity of obtsining his skill in Deafness, of which we had already learned. As to the result of the treatment, I can- hot begin to -xpress the wonder of it por my grati- tude. Today I can hear the clock tick on the man- tel from any part of the room. I can hear wagons in the street and children playing in our neighbors’ yards. “I first began to notice the return of my hearing by being able to bear an organ at the time half a Mock away. I was ip the kitehen at the time, Which was three rooms from the street, and the doors were all closed. I can now easily Unders: d Conversation in an Or- ary Tone of voice, and it is mot necessary for any one to raise his voice in talking ¢o me. I attend St. Dominic's Catholic Church, and last Sunday for the first time I could bear the church bells, and told by them When it was time to start. “I wrote to my friend, Cora Stores, some time ago that I was es deaf as a post. Today I am going to write ber my hearing has been mtraen- lously restored to me, and that the restoration was brought about through Doctor McCoy's wonderful skill.” DEAF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. Oscar Rundgvist, 218 Harrison st., Anacostia, car inspector, B. and P. R. R.: “I had been deaf about 25 years. After scarlet fever I became stone deaf im my right ear. While in the arctics I contracted a severe cold. Both ears be- came badly affected. I cculd not hear ordinary | conversation. I would have to ask questions over and over again. There were whistling and ringing | noises in my ears like an engine owing off am. I could not hear the clock tick. Since taking | Doctor McCoy's treatment Tam. fimprovin fully well. { can hear the clock tick away. I can hes e whisper. 1 am improving in a remarkable way. bearing dull, confused sounds with my t fever ear that heard no sound in twenty-five years.” Maurice Clagett, 215 A st. se. “For & quarter of a century I had been Deaf. I sought the afd of the most learned doctors I knew of. They said they could not relieve the Deafness, ‘Ther? was nothing I could hear distinctly, Ordinary conversation I could not bear at all. “When I learned that Doctor McCoy had es- tablished a National Practice in Washington I went to him at once. I cam now hear in my left ear or- dinars conversationend the hesring in my right ear is better than it was, It was my right ear that George Cecil Hyde, 3400 Prospect ave., 14 years of age: “I could not hear conversa- tion or what people said on the streets. “Since going to Dz. McCoy my bearing has been restored. I can hear conversation clearly.”” Mrs. Hyde, the boy's mother, said to the writer: “We notice remarkable change in our boy's con- diticn. We test bis bearing every day, and find he will answer us now, whereas heretofore hy could not hear unless we e vers, very loud. “I am happy to say that he ts doing excellently. He hears me when I address bim ia Yery ordinary jone."” Maurie Clagett, 215 testifies to Dr. McCoy's ing deafness. Stephen J. Dixon, 1226 29th st. n.w. “I had been hard of hearing for five years—right ear was very bad. I cculd not hear questions in ordinary tone four feet away. There was a gen- eral confusion of sound, and continuous roaring in cars, like engine blowing off stenmn, and a ringing like bells. Sine> being under Dr. McCoy's treat- ment I can detect clearly conversation spoken in an ordinary tone. Sounds don't ran togetber as be- fore, and I can bear at a distance sounds which before would have been impossible.” Justus E. Griswold, manufacturer, 205 Penasylvania ave.: “For ten years I had veen deaf. I had ringing and buzzing noises in the ears. I could not understand ordinary conversation. I had to take my watch and press it very hard against my left car to bear it at all. I could not hear speakers at any distance. Under Doctor McCoy’s treatment T notice a wonderful change in my hear- ing, and it is steadily improving. I can now bear my watch tick at a disiance of two feet away from my ears, DR. MceCOY CURING DYSP' SEA. Mrs. Joseph Sykes, 1214 19th #t. mow. “T had been a saffecer from accte Dysp for years. There were at times distressing pains; at other times it seemed like something was pressing on my stomach. I bad severe head were cinating pains in ( sides, Were just as fregaent and sev the pains fm the stomach. After eating would be a sense of fullness, nausea and. depres- sion. I seemed to ‘ose alt ‘nmbition and spirit, I cosld not lie on my back with sny comfort, ond would wake up at aizbt with these pressing pains in may stomach “{ was in about as bad a condition as a woman could be in wher I went to Doctor MeCoy. He has Icon say I feel like ane My tite is splendid. T shave more bi adaches. 1 sleep ax weii as I id, and 1 am very grateful to Doctor McCoy's DR. Mccoy RING BRONCHITIS, Thomas Edwards: “I was on my jay to my bome In Poultney, Rutland Vermont, accompanied by my daughter, heen down to Florida for my health. I learned that Doctor MeCay was in Washington. Having known the doctor by reputation in New England, I took this opportunity to get the advantage of his ski. I had been affficted for four years with a se zh amd bronchial troubles. 1 coughed in Suntly, especially at might end in the mornings and when lying down. 1 could scarcely walk for the pains In mr back, sides and The doctors always fill me up with a i ss wuedicines that do me no benefit. ince I have been under Doctor McCoy's care here I bave fouud great relief.” connt having re This is the authorized and v of a gentle lady whose work In the cause of elu- cation and in the profession of medicine is too well known In Boston to need any commen:. Herself @ of the College of Physicians and Sargeons, acting one of the largest private prac: . ber words are of infinite value I phasizing the wonderful benefaction to that has resulted from Doctor MeCoy's dis: Doctor Mary J. Putmam, 351 Massachu ave., ¥ enthusiastic in praise of and heartily Doctor J. Cresap MeCoy's system, as applied to diseases of the ear. I wot Oscar Rundgvist, 218 Anacostia, testifies to ‘skill in curing deafness. Harrison st. | Dr. MeO only have been benefited by bis treatment myself fin @ case of deafness since childhood and terrible noises in my head), ut have seen most gratifying results in patients whom I have advised to place themselves under bis care. AS a physician I am more than glad to indorse, from personal knowl- edge, a specialist at once capable, conscientions, honest and reliale, as proven by bis work for me and mine.” From Professor Loomis. (New York World of Sept, 2, 1894.) Professor Loomis of the University of New York, the great specialist, speaking on the ethical grounds of physiclans advertising, sald in alln cal men who advertise: “Ductor Met stance, is an able man, well educated, clentist and ¢ first-class physician. He is a grad te of Bellevae Hospital. He advertises, docs an immense business, is doing much goo, and, as I understand, became rich.” DR. WCOY'S RECORD. thorough The Six Years of Preparation. Matriculant at University of New York 1876 Fist horor man in his class iste Winner of famons Loomis prize. 3, 1879 Candidate for Bellevue Hospital appointment, March, 1879 Chosea by competitive examination, open to all the doctors of the world, resident physician of Mrs. Joseph Sykes, 1214 s9th at. B.w., testifies te Dr. MeCoy’s ekill in treating disease of the stomach. Bellevue Hospital <March, 1879 During service at Bellevue elected visiting phy- siclan to training school for purses...April, 1880 Served as residut physician to Bellevue. .1879-1880 The Founding of a Great Special Prac- tice. Study in hospitals of London and Dublin, St. Bar- tholomew’s of London, and the Mercer of Dub- . 1881 Formulation of regular treatment for chronic troa- bles as a result of hospital experience. .....1882 Formulation of regular treatment for the cure of catarrhal, bronchial and lung diseases... ...1888 Aunouncement of Dr. McCoy's cures first introduced voluntarily by well-known journalists, with pic- tores and interviews of patients cured. .April, 1884 Dr. McCoy treating over one thousand paticnts a Extension of office facilities by employment students from Bellevue. -1835-1886 The Founding of a System of Applicd Medicine. ‘The second visit to Europe for further hospital Study and Inspection. Serving in the labo-atories of Prof. Koch, at Ber- lin .. i890 Sie¢y in Charitie Hospital of Berlin and Royal Giinie under Von Bergmann... 1891 Formulation of a system of medicine based on the Aiscovery of poison in the blood as the origin of ‘ 1801 The system perfected by application and experl- ment in cases selected from Dr. McCoy's prac- lice 1892 Decided that the labcratorles and factories of the McCoy system should be located in Bosto 1894 The world startled by Dr. McCoy's Discovery of a cure for Deafness. . pttmber, 1895 Location of a national in Washing- ton. practice +-March 28, 1896 Copies ef Doctor McCoy's mono- graph on deafness will be mailed o application to those directly imter- ested in the cure of this condition. McCOY SYSTEM OF MEDICINE 715 13th Street Northwest. Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physicians. Office Hours, 9 to 12a.m., 1 to 5 p.m. 6 to 8 p. m., daily. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p. m.