Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1896, Page 15

— AUCTION SALES. FUTURE Days. THOMAS DOWLING & CO., AUCTIONEERS, G12 E et. nw. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF A FRAME DWELLING ON GALES STEEST NORTHEAST. By virtue of « deed of trust, dated the 234 day of ely, 1892, and recorded in Liber No. 1720, folio 20 et seq. ono ef the land records of the District of Ceumbia, ard at the tequest of the party secured thereby, ‘we will sell at public auction on SATUR- DaY, 'M. SIXTEENTH, 1896, AT FOUR iz M., the following deseribed real estate. county of Washington, District of Columbia, to wit: Lot unmbered one ‘hundred and ninety, ia Guy EB. Padgett's subdivision of lots in Dlock ‘humbered twenty-seven, subdivision of Long Meadows, as per plat Tecerded in [Aber county No. folio #¥, of the records of the office of the sur- Yerer of the District of Columbia, together with the improvements thereon. Terms: Sold subject to a trust of $500, balance cash. $100 deposit required at time of sale. All cceveyancing and recording at purchmier’s cost. Terms of sule to be complied with im fifteen days from day of sale, or the property resold at the risk und cost of the defaulting purchaser. BRAINARD H. WAKNEB, Trustee, 916'F st. nw. WILLIS C. HALDEMAN, Trastee, 617 14th st. ‘nw. myddts £7 THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MAY TWENTIETH, 1806, same hour and glace. By order of the trustees.” 1t EFTHE AROVE SALE IS FURTHER POST- wed until MONDAY, MAY TWENTY-FIFTH, Foe! same nour aud ‘place. By order of phe trustees. my2l-tt RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTS. Guccessers’ to Ratcliffe, Dart & Co.) Entire nearly new household ef- fects contained in residence No. 942 E street northwest, by auction. DAY, TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF MAY, 1896, AT TEN O'CLOCK A.M., we will scl, within the above tumbered residence, the entire contents, corsisting In part of Parlor and Bed Room Suites, Dining Room, Table and Chairs, Side- board, Plctu-es, Carpets, “Rugs, Mirrors, Kitchen Renuisites, ete., ete., to which we cail general & CO., AUCTIONEERS, Successurs to Hatcliffe, Darr & Co. OF BAR FIXTURES, ICE TABLES, DID ‘CHAIRS, HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES, CAR- CONTAINED IN BAR AND ). 312 SIXTH STREET NORTH- e of an order of the Supreme Court of plumbia, holding a special term art, the aodersigned executor will JOON M. BECKER, Executor. THOMAS M. FIELDS, Pri y19-dkdbs LUNCANSUN BEOS., AUCTIONBERS. ‘EES’ SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED L ESTATE, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF VIRGINIA AVENUE AND THIRD STREET, NO. 241 VIRGINIA AVENUE SOUTHEAST. By virtue of a certain deed of trust to us, dated June 17, 1805, and duly recorded in Liber No. 2024, folio 190 et Sey., of the land records of the Dis- triet of Columbia, and at the request of the party Secured thereby, we, the undersigned trustees, Will sell, at public duetion, in front of the premises, on THURSDAY, THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DaY ‘OF MAY, A. D.’ 1896, AT SIX O'CLOCK P.M., the fol- lowing described land and premises, situate in the ¥ of Washington, in the District of Columbia, ted as and being lot 21, In Gessford's lot 9,"In square 766, is recorded in the office of th. istrict of Columbia, im book 17, . together with the improvements, consisting tory brick dwelling. ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid In cash, and the balance in two equal fastallwents, payable in one and two years, with t at six (6) per centum per annum, payable annually, from day of sale, secured’ by deed Of trust upon’ the property sold, or all cash, at the option cf the purchaser. “A deposit of $200’ will be Tequlzed of the purchaser at the time of sale. All couveyancing, recording aud notarial fees at the cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale to be com- with within ten days from day of sale, other- Wise the trustees reserve the right to resell the Preperty at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. and des: WILLIAM »MONSTON > CONSTANTINE H. WILLIAMSON, Te see: ‘Trustees. OS., AUCTIONEERS. OF VALUABLE IMPROVED . NOS. 200 AND TWELFTH s NORTHWEST. Ry virtue of a certain ded of trust to us, dated April 10, 1800, and duly recorded om that date in Liver No. 1470, at folio 444 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the est of th ¥ secured thereby, the under- will se veeblie auth front of on THURS wT" AY, A.D. 1896, ‘at FIVE O°CIL wing described land and premises, sit of Washington, in ibe District of Colnm- designated as and being all of lots lettered 4 “D*" in Verlinds Stith and others’ eub- f square pumiersxl two bundred > (205), as per plat recorded in Lider in’ the office of the surveyor of oxether with the smprovements, of & three-story brick planing mill. f sale: One-fourth of the purchase money » patd in cash, and the balanve in tueve equal Minents, payable In o22, two and three years, n interest at six (6) per centum per annua, ‘bie semi-annually, from day of sale, secured deed of trust upon the property sold, or all at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $00 will be required of the purchaser at the sime Gr sale. All ‘conveyancing, recording ard ‘notarial fics at the cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale to be complied with within ten days from day of Bele, otherwise the trustees reserve, the Tight, to resell the property at the risk aad cost of the je Larch chaser. : ree MAHLON ASHFORD, ALDIS B. BROWNE, DYING OF THIRST. myli-d&ds Charles F. Millard Tells of His Pain- fal Experience in the Desert. From the St. Louls Bepublte. Have you any idea of the symptoms and how one feels who is dying for want of water, no other ailment affecting him? Persons who have lived for several days in dry, sandy deserts without a drop of water to drink and who have finally be- come delirious and lay down to die, but who were afterward rescued and slowly nursed back to life and health, have told Some graphic stories of the horyors of such @ situation. Charles F. Millard, leader of the Millard explcring expedition iato the Cocopah desert in 18M, gives his experi- ence as follows: fter the ordinary sensations of thirst, my tongue began to swell and the most intolerable feeling of pain came over me Whenever anything came in contact with or even touched my body. Where my clothes Tubbed me at the neck, waistbands and cuffs seemed like rasps of red-hot metal, and I was seized with an irresistible desire to throw them off to the last stitch. “I argued with myseif continually, trying to reason that | mrst keep my clothes on, knowing that their removal meant death in that awful glare of sunshine, yet I would often find myself unconsclously tearing at them like a madman. The most intense mental anguish also accompanied this feel- ing of bodily discomfort. I would walk in my delirium and dream and think of noth- ing but water. * * * My tongue swelled until it filled my mouth like a great, dry sponge. I could not talk, but am sure that if 1 could 1 should have cursed the cool- looking little lakes, which the desert air often presented in mirages before me. Finally on the evening of the third day I felt that I was either going mad or dying. Some of the others were standing the or- deal better than I and were making every effort to reach the flowing wells before we all perished. No man who has died of thirst ever suffered more than I did. “i was on the very brink of the grave and had even reached that stage where there is no more pain. Objects took upon themselves grotesque shapes, and the sounds of the wagon wheels in the sand eppeared as if the noise were miles away. At last all was oblivion. * * * When the train reached the flowing wells they gave me water, but I knew nothing of it. For weeks I was in a delirium, but finally re- covered, and hope to never again have such an experience.” ———+ e+ Saved by a Glove Button, From the San Francisco Bulletin. A workman saved his life at the San Joe quarries the other day by such a slight thing as a glove button. His duty was to catch hold of a big hook depending from the end of the boom as it swung over the bank and attach It to the crate to be sent back into the pit. Standing upon the very edge he reached out to catch the hook which dangled near him. It was winter and he wore thick buckskin gloves. The hook slipped from him as he leaned out, but caught into the fastening of the glove. The swing of the great boom took him off his feet in an instant and carried him out Into giddy space, with his life de- pending on the glove’s holding fast. His whole weight was hung on that button, and there was a clear 175 feet of space be- tween him and the floor of rock below. The moments that passéd before the boom could be swung over the Lank seemed like hours to him, but he got there at last safa and sound. He explained that he did not dare move his hand in the glove to at- tempt to catch the hook with his fingers for fear the change of position would loosen the button, so it would give way. His presence of mind In keeping as still as possible may have helped to keep the slen- der thread from breaking. SUBURBAN NEWS ANACOSTIA. . Mrs. David Haines of Harrison strest is {1 with What 1s said to be 2 complication of diseases. Rev. J. B. North, pastor of the Minnesota Ave- nue Presbyterian Church, who was taken very sick while preaching Sunday last and had to leave his pulpit, ts better. The’ Carrent. vents Club will mect, this _after- teen at the residence of Mra. A. A. Peck on Ma- avenue. The subject for discassion is “The dixns,"” and select from the writings of Walt Whitman will be read. —.——__ COLLEGE PARK. The guild of St. Andrew's has every reason to think itself especially fortunate. Notwithstanding the unfaverable condition of the roada, a good audience assembled at Calvert's Hall last night to enjoy the rich musical program rendered by the Columbia Heights Banjo Club of Washington. The “Dark Town Patrol” and “Invincible Guards" were rendered by the entire club, consistlig of Mrs. Colly, Mrs. Roome, Misses Sherman, Jameson, Ed- monds, Lasier, Husted and Miller and Messrs. Stod- der, W. B. Whipple, McDonald, Hinman and May- nard. The remainder of ‘he program consisted of solos by Rev. Mr. Dudley and Mr. Stodder; plano solo by Mrs. Colly, mandolin solo by Miss Sher- man, recitation by’ Miss Janeson, solo by Mr. H. H. Whipple, mandolin solo by Mr. Hinman, accom- panied with guitar by Mr. W. B. Whipple; banjo solo by Mr. McDonald. Afterwards refreshments Were served and dancing indulged in until the de- Parture of the last train for the elty. Rev, Dr. and Mrs. Stakely and daughter were visitors here recently, preparatory to thelr removal to thelr new home at College Park, about July 1, An electric signal has been put up at the station by the Baltimore and Oblo railroad, giving ample notice of the approach of trains. ‘The railroad company has also put in a switch ard siding which will connect directly with the power house of the Columbia and Maryland railway between Baltimore and Washington. KENSINGTON. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Tagsart of Philadelphia and Miss Georgie Graham of Washington have been the guests of Mrs. Jobn EL Litile. Rey. and Mrs. James ‘T. Marshall are at Sara- toga, N.¥., where Mr. Marshall ts attending the several assembly of the Presbyteian Church, It is expected that Kev. Thomas D. Lewis of Fair- fax, Va., will’ preach at the Warner Memorlal Chureh in the absene» of Mr. Marshall. Mrs. J. W. Townsend and son Wilson will leave on Saturday for a two weeks’ visit to relatives in Phitadelphia. Mrs. J. Murrey and child of Hancock, Md., are visiting Mrs, Murrey’s mother, Mrs. ¥lorila ‘Hur- die, Mrs. Alfred Bargonla and son, Mr. Fred. Bar- genia, of Baltimore, bave been’ visiting Mrs. M. Fawcett. The Sunday School Library Association of the Si Foul's M. K. Church will hold tts regular monthly meeting on Friday evenig at the hoite of Dr. and Mrs. G. W. ‘T. Wright. The “Hi H."" set Saturday afternocn at the home of Aliss Faith Stoek. A second meeting of the sketching class, formed in copnection with the society, was agreed upoa for Thursday afternoon. Vlans for the presentation of a play by the socie were discuss-d, and it was decided to hold an 2: tra meeting of Friday at the home of the pres dent, Miss Margie Hart, to mak» further arrange- tenis. The reports forthe topics of the Cay were ard, and “‘American Literature amd Art’? chosen for the subject for the mesting ou Saturday ne! at the home of Miss Mary Little. A meeting of the new town Te comacil was held with all the members present. n open bid was received for services of a nun rd team for lamp lighting and gurbage service for the coming year, bnt consideration was post- Pened until a ‘weeting io be bell next Satur When other bids are expected. Councilman ( S. rouse agreed to assume the duties ofc! Without charge until further notice. Repairs on alks will be commenced next wer. The storm of Monday afternoon did considerable Gumage through the’ village. Fruft and shade trees Were uprooted and windows broken in many A windmill belonging to Mr. W. ‘T. Hutcb- Insou was blown against @ chinmey, which toppling J through th» roof of ‘the house. iss Mary Grimes of Concord, Ky., is the guest Mrs. George Peter. ————-—_ BROOKLAND. day event orge ‘There was a very pleasant gathering atthe resi- deuce of Mra. T. G. Carmick, on Providence street, Wednesday night. The spacious parlors were pret- tlly decorated, and dancing was indulged in by the guests. At a late hour supper was served. Among those present were Mrs. Yzmuga, Mrs. Quinn, Misses Alma and Clare Noyes, Miss Martina Yznaga, Miss Spencer, Miss Tice, Miss Consuelo Yzuaga, Miss Merle Barton, Miss Addie Jullien and Miss Louise Bennett of Laurel, Md., the niece of Mrs. Curmick; Mr. James Dickey, Mr. Cornelius Whovley, Mr. Louls Dollieway, Mr. Louis Carmick, Mr. Cashman, Messrs. Adrian and Qulimerio Her- nandez and Mr. Edward Carmick. Grand Conupander Thowas of the Knights Tem- pler of the United States, of Mayville, Ky., wus the recent guest of Mr. KR. it West. During his short stay ‘many members of the fraternity 1n Brockland called and paid their respects. The Messrs. Herna: , Who have been visiting Brookland for the past year, expect to leave for their home in ilavana, Cuba, about the middle of Jane “Tha Messrs. Hernandes have made many iricuds ducing thelr stay in Brookland, aud thelr departure will be greatly regretted. Miss Loulse Bennett of Laurel, Md., ts visiting friends In Brookland. ‘The F. O. degree Wwas conferred on three candi- dates by King David Lodge, F. A. A. M., at its recent mecting. The M. M. degree will be cou- ferred on the evening of June 16. The members of the Brookland Masonic lately visited Osirls Lodge of Washington tow! ness the third degree. Brookland Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., will hold its monihly open meeting the first week in June. Grand Master Sorrell recently visited Brookland Lodge, LO. O. F. He is expected to another visit soon, accompanied by other members of the Grand Lodg ——__ ROCKVILLE. A meeting to organize a Mount Vernon Society for Montgomery county will be held at the court house, this town, at 8 p.m. Saturday, 28d instant. Mrs. George R. Goldsvorough, vice regent of the Mount Vernon Association for Maryland, wlll be present, and there will be addresses by Henry C. Hallowell and others. All patriotic citizens a: cordially fuvited, and the presence of ladies is specially desired. During the recent storm Mr. Frank Fraley, re- siding near Redland, went to bis barn for some purpose, and some time efter the storm abated he was found in the barnyard in an unconscious condition. It is supposed that he was struck by a piece of timber blown from the barn, At latest accounts he was slowly recovecing. A union meeting of che Baptists of this count; will be held at the Voolesville Baptist Churc Sunday, Bist icstant. Services will be held during the moruing and afternoon. Rev. F. D. Power of Washingtoa will deliver his famous lecture on “Blockheads” in the Christian Chureh, this place, on the 29th Instant. Decoration day, May 30, will be observed with appropriate ceremonies at the Itockville cemetery, aud the graves of ihe “inhabitants of the silent be strewn with flowers. The services nsist of prager, music and an aildress by L. BR. Milbourne of the Baptist Churc! ‘The yer will be delivered by Rev. T. J. the M. BE. Church South, and music will A committee of la- Rev. opening Devitt be fornished by a select choir. dies will be at the cemetery lodge during the day to recelve all flowers fro:n who may be unable to attend, and will take charge of and distribute the same according to the wishes of the donors. Coaches will run from the town to rgons at a distance the cemetery during the afternoon. ‘phans’ court of this county yesterday the following business: The last will tament of Wm. Viers Boule, deceased, was admitted to probate and record. Charles Burr, ad- luinistretor of Joseph F. Burr, deceased, filed in- ventory of the personal estate of said’ deceased. ‘The last will ard testament of Joseph F. Burr was admitted to probate and record. Letters testa- menizry on the personal estate of Mary Ann ‘Thomas, deceased, were granted to Matthew G. ‘Thomas, executor ‘named in the will; bond, $200. ‘The last will and testament of Wm. H. Price was admitted to probate and record. The clerk of the circuit court hi issued mar- riuge licenses to the tetas 2 part! George A. Selby und Phoebe Kidwell; Jacob M. Bosart and Jane V. Gruble. An ail-day shooting match will be given by the Germantown Gun Club at Germantown station next Mouday, 25th Instant, cominencing at 10 a.m. ‘The prizes will consist of sweepstake and merchandise events, There will be five traps, and blue rock clay pigeons will be used. An invitation has been extended to the public. ‘Thouas W. Baker, a former citizen of Brookville, died after a brief illness in Baltimore Sunday last. ‘Tuesday his remains were interred in Salen Church cemetery at Brookville, Rev. Wm. H. Laird offi- clating. The Rockville team will play the Columbian Uni- versity nire of Washington at the falr grounds, this place, Wednesday next. A meeting of the mayor and council of Rockville was held Wednesday night, at which Mayor Read- ing and Councilmen Hege apd Allen were appointed a committee to investigate the question of supply- ing the town with an additional amount of water. Committees were also appointed to superintend the re of 2 number pt pumps on the streets ‘as petitioned for by many citizens. Mr. Hege gave notice that be would bring up the paving question at the meeting to be held June 3. A number of propositions for improvements were brought before the council, but no definite action was taken on the same. ‘The county commissioners will meet Monday next and continue fn session during the entire week, for the “purpose of examining accounts before making the annual levy in June. ‘The governor has appointed Leonard W. Neer, Jr, a justice of the peace for the eighth election trict of this county vice John H. Janney, resigned, A dumber of commissions for “newly” appolated officers of this class still remain in the ofice of the clerk of the circuit court. ‘Tne ladies of the Germantown Baptist Church will hold a festival in the grove at that place Mon- day next. In the evening on address will be de- livered by Rev. L. L. Lloyd of the M. B. Church South, and Pastor J. D. Rayfleld wili also make some remarks. + ‘The following transfers of real estate have been jaced upou the land record books of this county: cara K. Longley to A. K. Longley, four lots at Takoma Park; $—. Mary H. Copp to S. B. Wash- West Rnd way, lot 84, section 1: Park; $300. John 8. Rick’ to Jas. H. ibradiey, Jot 4 aud part of subdivision ram- Prescott THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. 17, 18 and ». block ‘Takoma Park; a Glacies ween te". B. Groesbeck, ok 52; ing Whims, 16 square of land; Jeremiah Auer ‘and iD. Gumuin to Brea. B. Gulliver, 8% acres of iand adjoining Weet Bnd Park B. G. Harriss to H. A. the bere take of the past fow days appear to wy Shad have a very beneficial effect on the ‘wheat, Ta ied rt @n average crop. crop in section will be cee LAUREL. Mr. Frank W. Awalt of Laurel, has been ap- Polnted assessor for this district by the county commissioners. ‘The $10,000 for repair of roads in this county during 1896, levied March 80, 1896, has been ap- portioned by the county commissioners among the several districts as follows: Vansville, $775; Bladensburg, $900; Marlboro’, 1,100; Aquasco, $500; Nottingham, $550; Piscataway, $550; Spald- ings, $560; Queen Anne, $1,900; Surratts, $500; Laurel, $200; corporation of Laurel, $700; Brandy- wine, $500; Oxon Hill, $560; Kent, $000; Bowie, $500. ‘The Christian Endeavor Society of the First Baj tist Church, which is the only branch in Laurel, held a grand rally at the church Tuesday evening. ‘fhe prograin ned with an organ voluntary by Miss dillian M. Collins, which was followed by an address of welcome by the pastor of the church, Rev. J. R. Fier. ‘This address was followed by singing by the Christian Endecvor choir. A prayer was offered by Rev. KE. D. Huntley, pastor of Centennary M. E. Church,*Laurel. Rev. Mr. Fout of Washington gave some excellent advice to the Endeavorers in an address. Mr. J. A. Runyan of Washington, a member of the finance committee of the international convention of Cristian Endeavor- crs, which meets in Washington July 8, spoke of the work to be accomplished by the convention. He stuted also that the cholr.at the coavention would censist of 4,600 voices, and that arrange- ments were being made to have the choir sing oa the White Lot one evening during the period of the convention. ‘the rally’ Was, closed with a benediction by Rev. G. Wilbur Shipley of tie Pres- byterian Chureh, ‘Gen. Joseph B. Doe, assistant secretary of war, and Mrs. Doe were recent guests of Mr and Mrs. Stephen Gambrill at their*beautiful cuuntry howe, “Beaumont,” near Laurel, Miss Fennie Blavd, deughter of ex-Congress- man Richard P. Bland of Missouri, bas been the guest recently of the famlly of B. P. Baldwin, auditor for the Treasury Department Mrg. F. N. Johnson and daughters, Misses Clara and Bertin, of Philadelphi poved to their delightful country Lome fn Montgomery, a few wiles above Laurel, Dr. and Mra. William Penn Compton of Chevy Chase, D. C., have been the guests this week of Dr. Compton's parents, ex-Cougressman and Mrs. Barnes Compton. Mr. C. Frank Fenwick of Washington was the guest Sunday of his mother, Mrs, It. L. Misses Claudia and Nora’ Denaldson of Washing- ton were guests Sunday of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Donal iscn, here. Miss Anule Sweet of Baltiiore has returned home artie: 4 pleasaxt stay of a week at the Herbert jouse. Dr. E. A. Sparks left Monday for a ten days’ stay with friends iu Crumpton, Queen Anne county. Mr. John Haslup of Baltimore was a recent guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Haslup. Miss Sarah Bragunier of Hagerstown is the guest here of her sister, Mrs. 0. W. Kolner. Mrs. George Awalt and Miss Gertle Awalt of Baltimore spent several days in Laurel this week with friends. 3. M. Hartsock and family of Washingtoa |. remove ou the Ist of June to their country near Laurel. A strawberry and fce cream festival will be iven by the Ladies’ Aid Soctety cf St. Philip's Fpise i Chureh at the residemee of Mr. and Mrs. John Vulk, on Montgomery streets next Tucs- day events An ice cream and strawberry solree will be given at the Academy of Music Monday night by Pro- fessors Caldwell and Sinith of the Laurel Dancing Academy. Rev. G. Wither ipley will be installed pastor of the Laurel Preybyterian Church Sunday evening. Rev. W. H. Woeds, pastor of Franklin Square Church, Baltimore, will preside at the ceremonies, assisted by Kev. J. A. Lefevre and Flournoy. A very enjoyable dance was given Wednesday night by Misses ‘Theodora and Pauline Clark at their home, at which the following ie Lewis, Misa Wilson, Misses Stier and Mr. Jobn Fenwick of Washington; Miss Lena Brehine, Miss Jean Crane, Miss Antoinette Snowden, Miss Sophia Snowden, "Miss Berry, Miss Mary Sadler, Miss Cronmiller, Dr. ‘T, W. Byerly, Mr. Gus Gray, Mr. Lee Duvall, Mr. Ralph Clark,’ Mr. George W: Waters, Jr., and Mr. Robert H, Sadler, jr., of Laurel; Messrs. F. Bomberger, 6. Derrickson, Howard ‘and J. D. Cronmiller of the Mary Agricultural College. A delightful Muy dance was given to the upper grades of school “No. 1 by their teacher, Miss a Cronmiller, at the Laurel Athlete Club rooms last nicht. Amonz the muny present were Mayor Faward 7 yes Mrs. FJ. Dillard. Mrs. nahan, Mrs. ‘T. Alexis Berry, Mrs. Con Mrs. artin, Mrs. Henry Sha‘ Mise- es Susie Craighiil, Lee Keller, ‘a Cronmiller, Virginia Tewnsend, Mollie Luber, Mary Lanahan, Susie Burton, Minnie Webb, Nora Shaffer, Addie y, Alico Burt Elva Milstead, Gertrude Baldwin, Mamie fer, Mollie Traves , Annie Flannery Rdith Phelps, Lottle : Councilman James. P. Roberts, H. Pierce Baldwin, oy Ashby, Edgar) Wickert, J. William Howell Armstrong, Thomas —Cronmilier, k Floster, Philip Grosenp, Charles Ballard m Billard, Henry Feige, Frank Martin, Rey William Flannery, Clarence McCul- mory Martin of Laurel, and Mr. J. Jough Howard Thomas of Baltimore. —_—.__ FALLS CHURCH. A stockholders’ meeting of the Falls Church and Potomac Railroad Company was held at the office of M. E. Church Tuesday night, but as a quorum felled to attend the meeting was adjourned for two weeks, when the election of a board of di- rectors will be beld. A ladies’ dramatic club has been organized, corsisting of Mrs. J. B. Gould, Mrs. W. H. Newlan, Miss Margie Garner, Mise Tillle Rawlings, Miss Addie M. Spofford, Misses Alice and Vivian Sims and Miss Maud Nowlan. The club will meet every Monday night. ‘The ladies of the Baptist Church will hold a lawn party on the church lawn Monday night. Mevers. James Alexander and Charles IMeids of Aleaandria, Va., were the guests of Mr. M. EB. Church ‘Tuesday. Misa Georgia ‘McKee of Herndon, fs vis- H. Brinkerhoof. ee of the executive conmittee of the Village Improvement Society was held last night at the office of M. EB. Church to arrange for the 4th of July celebration. There was not a quorum present and but little business transacted. Mrs, C.D. Churck of Washington 1s visiting Mrs. M. E. Church. Mr. J. D. Payne, district chlet templar; Mr. J. H. Garretson, district secretary, and a la ‘ge num- ber of the members of Ptoncer Lodge of Good Templars left this morning for Fairfax C. H., to attend the session of the district lodge, which meets today. ‘The funeral of Thomas Hutchinson, the four- ten-year-old son of Mr. &. P. Hutchinson, a for- wer resident of the town, now living at Anandale, took place yesterday. ‘Tho young man had been sick with consumption for some time. ‘The. Village Improvement Society will meet at the home of Mrs. J. H. Garretson Mouday night, june 1, —-_—-__ Ate Mammoa’s Transfer Ticket. From tho Kansss City World. It was on a Summit street ‘railer, and the young mother was absent-mindedly gazing on a far-off blue-capned heights and carelessly toying with a pink-tinted transfer check in her right hand. The baby had asked for the pretty Lticket, but the mother's thoughts were busy elsewhere. She kept on looking out over the landscape, evidently in a brown study. “Fare, please!” It was the conductor. The mother came back to the present tense with a jump. “I paid my fare once.” a “No, mam, you didn't, beggia’ your par- on. “Yes, I did. I had a trans—” Just then baby began to gag and grow black in the face. And not only black, but all about her little mouth were remarkable variegations in shades of pink. The trans- fer ticket had returned to the pulp from which it was made. The motier scooped out what was left of it from baby’s mouth, thumped the little one’s back to aid it in recovering its breath, and then turned a very red face toward the conductor in mute inquiry as to what was to be done. The conductor said never a word. He merely held put his hand. ae 1 won't pay again. I—I—I'll walk rst.”” The conductor gave the gripman one bell. All the passengers looked thair sympathy as the mother and the variegated little one left the car. ee Contagion From Kissing. “If there is one thing more than another calculated to rouse the funny man of the lay press,” says The Lancet, “it is the mere idea of the suppression or regulation of osculation from its undoubted capabilities as a medium for the spread of contagious disease. Dr. Coleman, reporting a8 to the death of Surbiton, states that he has not been able to find an atom of evidence of local defects of sanitation to account for certain cases of fever, and goes on to re- fer to the danger of ‘slight’ cases of diph- theria, for, as he says, being so mild, they are not always treated with the extreme care that experience warns us that guch attacks when mild require. Many cases, he points out, are not recognized; no medi- cal man is called in, and the individual meanwhile by personal contact is capable of spreading the disease; and of all means the most personal and at the same time the most natural and probable is kissing. It should be a rule, he says, in all houses to never let a child or grown-up person with @ sore throat, no matter what it may be called or be supposed to be, kiss or be kissed by another. He also suggests ob- vious precautions as regards spoons, cups and such like articles.” FOR THE .HOT WEATHER. Where to FindsBest and Recreation During the Heated Term. ‘The following 4#@ some suggestions to those who have #ijt yet made their plans for their summer vacation:, The United ae Hotel, Saratoga, Saras N.¥f},.will be open for the season ore 1896, frogs June 15, to October 1, Special rates are #ffered for June, July and September. This |-known resort always fresents attractiqh’, and the public know in advance just what to depend on. For rates and other particulars address Tomp- kins, Gage & Perty, Saratoga Springs. The ocean scenéxy. at Marblehead, Mass., is as fine as any ‘on the Atlantic coast. It is a delightful plagé¢ to spend the summer. The Nanepashemet, managed by Annie Brown, offers fine accommodations. For a vacation? in the mountains, 1,000 ve the sea, go to the “Elkton,” Elkton. Ve, along the Norfolk and West- ern railrued. The “Elkton” will be opened for the reception of gvests June 1, The rates are ressonable and comfort is as- sured. Jes. H. Brown, proprietor, or Frank R. Dovell, manager, will supply informa- tion as to terms, etc., on application. For gcod accommodations, elegant bath- a fishing and the comforts of ings good 20 try the Hathaway Inn, Dar- lington, Deal Beach, N. J. The hotel has accemmodations for 200 guests. The sea- son begins June 15, and the hotel is now open for inspection. Before deciding upon your place of sum- mer sojourn send to John Wilson, proprie- tor, for terms and particulars concerning the Carrollton Hotel, Ocean Pathway, Ocean Grove, N. J. The hotel opens June 6. The Hotel de Ville, formerly the Elkton, avenue, Atlantic City, one Radar Sanaa from the beach, has been thoroughly renovated and repaired. The cuisine is excellent and an orchestra is in attendance. The hotel ts owned and man- aged by M. W. Truitt, formerly of the Hotel Warwick. Board may be hed at the Mount Vernon Hotel, Atlantic City, at 31.50 to $250 per day. The Mount Vernon js a first-class hotel, with modern conveniences, and the eytire rear of the building is on the ocean front. J. S. Moon, the proprietor, will fur- nish circular on application, giving de- scription of the hotel. The Wetherill Hotel, on Kentucky ave- nue and the beach at Atlantic City, is un- der new management. Mrs. H. T.’Moyes, who is running the hotel this season, offers the moderate rates of from $8 to $i4_ per week. The Dagger Springs Hotel and cottages at Galawater, Va., present peculiar attrac- tions to summer homeseekers, as families or parties can rent cottages and have all the privacy of home, while the bother of housekeeping is averted by taking meals at the hotel. The resort opens June 1, under Bricker Brothers, who will furnish par- ticulars. The Summit House at historic Harper's Ferry has enjoyed excellent patronage for many seasons, and, with numerous {m- proved facilities to make guests comfort- able, will doubtless be even better patron- ized this year than ever before. Terms may be obtained by addressing Miss M. J. Boker, the clerk. There is such an abundance of attrac- tions in the vicinity of Shepherdstown, W. Va., that {t would be difficult to briefly enumerate them. River and mountain scenery, boating, splendid bass fishing, ex- cellent roads for driving and cycling are some of thein, and the Belle Vue summer boarding house is another. This eatablish- ment is well conducted, and while remote from city heat and dust, has all conveni- ences of churches, telegraph and quick con- nection with the uyter world. Mrs. Henry Shepherd, jr.. Sheyherdstown, W. Va., will answer inquiries. The former Hotel Takoma, now to be more properly called Takoma Springs Hotel, 1s open for the season, and its delightful situation, excellent table and easy distance from Washington, ‘together with its con- venient access by steam and electric cars, make it a most atiractive place for those who wish to spend their summer In the country, as well as for those whose busi- ness calls them to town during the day. The hotel is under the new management of George H. Coryell. Mr. John H. Duke announces tho opening of the well conducted, commodious modern Bolivar Heights Hotel, on the mountain summit near Harper's Ferry. The hotel has been newly furnished and supplied with all convertences. The bass fishing is famous- ly good in this ‘neighborhood, and there promises to be plenty of fish this year. Mr. Duke may be addressed at Bolivar, Jeffer- son county, W. Va., for his terms, which are reasonable. A new summer resort has been establish- ed at Wiehle, Fairfax county, Va., and its name—"The Aesculaplan’’— denotes that good health will be assured to those who favor it with thelr patronage. The country around Wiehle {s most charming, and there are beautiful drives in every direction, while the other advantages are as numerous as they are noticeable. The Aesculapian opens June 1. Among the new hotels at Atlantic City that are sure to prove popular this summer is the Grand Atlantic, under the manage- ment of Charles E. Cope, proprietor of the Albemarle, and Alfred Wyman, late stew- ard of the Stenton and Metropole, Phila- delphia. The Grand Atlantic 1s located on Virginia avenue, near the beach, a popular hotel and cottage section, and on the high- est point of ground in Atlantic City. Its capacity is four humdred. Rooms can be engaged by addressing the Albemarle, At- lantic City, N. J. Cool and pleasant, with woods, river and the best of fishing, the Thousand Islands has always, been regarded as one of the most charming places in all the land where one may spend the summer in com- fort. The new Columbian Hotel, at Thou- sand Islands Park, and the Hotel West- minster, on Alexandria Bay, are among the finest of family hotels. They are modern and first-class in every particular. H. F. Inglehart & Son, proprietors, will furnish fuller details on application. For an enjoyable and health-giving re- sort, where the charges are not excessiv the Rockingham Virginia Springs 1s de- servedly popular. It is a most restful place, and the scenery all about is ex- tremely picturesque. For circulars and particulars address the manager, E. B. Hopkins, McGaheysville, Va. Colonial Beach, Va., has always been re- garded as one of the most attractive re- sorts~ within easy reach of Washington, and the present season promises to be the most successful in its history. The hotel 1s directly on the water, with large, shady grounds, and Is lighted by gas. For terms, &c., address Mrs. Granville, 1126 8th street, or Mr. L. Granville, The Hotel De Ville, Atlantic City, 1s but one hundred yards from the ocean.’ It has been thoroughly renovated and repapered, and bids fair to have more than its share of Washington custom this season. It {s under the efficient management of M. W. Truitt, late of the Hotel Warwick. The celebrated Minnequa Spring is one of the greatest attractions of Minnequa,which is feet above the sea, and has all the other attractions of a first-class summer resort. The hotel ig fitted with every mod- ern convenience, including steam heat and elevator. For rates address F. G. and S. N. Manley, proprietors, Minnequa, Brad- ford county, Pa, .\ A fifteen-minute‘'ride from Washington on the Metropolitin branch, B. and O. will take you to the Autry Park Hotel, a delightful “place far summer _ residence. The hotel is but five minutes’ walk from the station, and the best accommodations are promised to tie guests. Information as to terms will be supplied by J. E. Lea- man, Rockville, Mai, The popular Pig ee White Sulphur Springs of Virginig,)° near Warrenton, is a place always safe fo decide on !f you are in doubt where you can most pleasantly spend the summer vacation. ‘The resort is ope: ed June 15. The hiétel ts fire-proof and has every modern cottyentence; the sulphur baths are famous. John L. Mills, 1323% F street, will supply. all needed information with relation to this resort. “The Rest,” Oakland, Md., will be opened June 30, under new management. This is an attractive and comfortable mountain re- sort. The hotel is lighted with electricity, and the water is pure. Address M. =. Sprigg, 809 Cathedral street, Baltimore, Md. H. M. Parker, proprietor of the Hotel “Stratford-by-the-Sea,” Point Pleasant, N. J., offers low rates for the month of June. The hotel is directly on the beach, and is provided with hot and cold baths. | Special arrangements are made for famiiies. The Berkeley Springs Hotel, Berkeley Springs, West Va., is now opened for the season. Aside from the curative properties of the waters, which are beneficial in the relief of rheumatism, gout, kidney troubles and nervous diseases, the place itself is at- tractive by reason of the beauty of its sur- rovndings and the delightful climate. For information address Chas. P. Jack and A. R, Anger, proprietors, Berkeley Springs, West Va. ese, ment in the city. in France, and represents the king dressed as a French general, mounted on a charger, and saluting the armed hosts of Cambodla. Rarely have I seen a more impressive work of art; and it is unfortunate that, left neglected in some waste land, it has be- 2,900, Spain following with 1,2. KING NORODOMS COURT. A Curious Country in the East and Its Queer Old Potentate. From the London Times. The night after my arrivel in Pnom-penh there was a reception in state at the French residency. It was known that the king was to be present, and twenty-three of his loyal subjects crouched in the shade opposite the residency to‘witness his re- ception. A body of native militia, the Mil- Uciens Cambogiana, kept untidy guard in the street, and when the king drove up in a victoria, escorted by eleven Cambodians on ponies and followed by the victorias of a selection of his sons, there was considera- ble enthusiasm. His majesty was received with “present arm: and the fanfare of a cornet that was rot in tune. Music was played during the reception by the royal band of Manila, men who would have play- ed, perhaps, with more spirit had their wages been less in arrears. King Norodom is quite a curiosity; he is @ little, wizened-up man, with gray hair and a stoop, and with peculiar expresefon of feature which {is usually—{ write with that respect—associated with the higher an- thropoid apes. A) the royal family live in Pnom-pehn, in a kind of mock palace, a rambling pile of disjointed buildings of dif- ferent shapes, scattered over a large in- closure, surrounded by a wall of brick and plaster. Where there is plaster it is falling off in flakes, where there is wood it is worm-eaten and rotten, where there is any iron it is rusting and useless, It is a palace fit for such a king. At tne main en- trance to the palace two Cambodian mili- tlamen keep guard with their hats awry, their khaki coats in rags, their rifles held like brooms. On the river bank in front of the palace there is an old flagstaff, while drawn above the water line there is a royal state barge, with dragon head and seven- forked tall, but the paint has peeled off, and the craft is no longer seaworthy. King Norodom has reigned in his own peculiar way in Cambodia since 1860, but since 1867 he has had the advantage of be- ing directed and protested by the French. It was In 1867 that Franco entered into a treaty with Siam, by which she agreed that the two provinces of Angkor and Latam- bang should remain in Siamese possession, and by the same treaty Siam formally recognized the French protectorate in Cambodia. Since 1867, then, we are al- ways told that Siamese influence was with- drawn from the cou Is of Cambodia. As an actual fact, however, Siamese influence still counts for something, though the French will not allow that it is so, in the Cambodian court. Norodom passed his early years in Bangkok, and spoke Siamese before he spoke Cambodian. It was Siam which gave the crown of Cambodia to his father, Ang-Duong, and it was 3iam which elected him king on the death of his father. The king is not a prince of high moral character; he has probably never attempted to escape from the trammels of his en- vironment; he will even on ocacsions mock at Buddha; but none the tess he cannot for- get that for him the highest living object of religious veneration must be the King of Siam. In Pnom-penh there are nearly forty Siamese employed by the king in po- sitions of more or less confidence, and I have it on authority which is beyond cavil that*the most intimate personal friends of the king and his only confidants are Slam- and that Siamese is the language which the royal lips speak from choice. King Norodom is a very much married man, his establishment comprising at least 300 wives and concubines. He has fifty-six sons and daughters, who are recognized by the French as his lawful progeny. Of this number more than half are sons, so that the succession, if ever the French permit bim to have a successor, is well assured. King Norodom came to the throne in 1880, and the same year a statue in his honor was erected in Pnom-penh. a It is an eques- trian statue and is the only public monu- It was, of course, made come overgrown with jungle. On the pedestal there is an inscription which testi- fies that the statue was erected to Norodom by his “grateful mandarins and subject: The statue, we are told, was the spon- taneous offering of a grateful people, and one can well believe it, though it surely has not often happened that indigenous tribes in Asia have ordered from Paris equestrian effigies of their newly crowned kings. ————+e+___.. MURDERS IN VARIOUS LANDS. Italy at the Head of the L/ rope as Regards the Insecurity of Life From the New York Sun. Italy has long had the unenviable dis- tinction of a larger average number of mur- ders in a year than any other country in Europe, the average ina year being about 0, France and Germany with 700 each, Austria (exclusive of Hungary) with 500, and Great Britain with 250. In Great Britain the average number of murders is least in Scotland, where this crime is very rare. An Italian professor named Garafalo has recently ce- livered an address in Rome on the subject of murderous propensities of individuals in various nations, and European medical men are discussing his statement that the number of killings in Italy really amounts to 4,000 a year, which is equivalent to a homicide in that country every two hours. There are, however, some facts to be taken into consideration regarding this showing which mitigate it to some extent. Many of the violent deaths brought about in Italy are not properly murders, but kill- ings either in self-defense or under provo- cation amounting, in law, to self-defense. The Italians, espectally those in the ex- treme southern end of the peninsula and in the adjacent island of Sicily, are a passion- ate race, and insults which in other coun- tries or in ether parts of Italy would form the basis of civil actions for damages are settled in a more summary way. Professor Grafalo attributes much of the tendency to homicide to the existence of the vendetta, which has lingered longer in Italy than in any other country, and to the practice of dueling. It is generally be- lieved that the enforcement of laws regard- ing murderous assaults is very lax in Italy, but the latest reports show that the num- ber of condemned persons is quite as large there as in other countries where the crime of murder is much rarer. For 2,900 murder cases, the average in Italy, the convictions number, on the average, 2,700 in a year, though the penalty in many cases seems disproportioned to the gravity of the of- fense. The number of murders and homicides in the United States, the population of which is nearly double that of the Italian king- dom—probably two and a half times larger —amounts in a year to about 7,500, and the number of legal executions to but a frac- tion of the whole number of convictions— about 100 in a year. It is a reproach to the American system of dealing with mur- derers, to which, however, European au- thorities refer somewhat vaguely, that the number of lynchings in the United States invariably exceeds each year the number of legal executions. In other words, there are more cases every year in which the population of the neighborhood where a crime has been committed “take the law in their own hands” than there are cases in which the law performs the same funo- tion. A European country which. vies with Italy in the number of murders committed, many in the heat of passion and without premeditation, is Hungary, but the crimi- nal statistics of that country are not care- fully collated, and the Hungarian statis- ticlans, while commenting on the high rate of homicide existing in Italy, forbear to in- stitute any comparison. Arteries Photographed by X Rays. “It Is well known,” says Cosmos (Paris, April 18), accorging to a translation made for the Literary Digest, ‘‘that the bones are relatively opaque to the X rays, and that this opacity is due to the chemical com- position of the fundamental bony tissues, which are made up of calcium salts (phos- phates, carbonates and fluorids). The ques- tion would then be a natural one. whether, by introducing a salt of Ime into the veins, they could be made to leave a shadow on the photographic plate. The Physical In- stitute at Rome has performed this experi- ment. Into the brachial artery of a dead bedy was injected a paste of sulfate of lime, sufficiently Nquid to penetrate all the hlood vesse}s, and then, after it had hardened, the hand was photographed, the Crookes tube being held at a great distance, so that the shadows would be very sharp. The photo- graph showed that, as had n foreseen, the sulfate of lime is opaque, and more so than the bony tissue itself. All the arteries stand out as black lines, and we have the aratomy of a human hand, from the point of view of the circulation of the biood, obtained directly.” == THEATER MISERY IN VIENNA. What a Parliamentary Commission About Women Workers Has Learned. From the New York Sun. - Austria has a parliamentary commission, which was appointed early last winter, to investigate the condition of women workers in the empire. This commission has turn- ed up a vast amount of hidden Vienna Ife, to the horror of humane inhabitants of the imperial city. It has learned, for instance, that young women in the feather industry usually have to be content with $1.50 to $2 each a week, although the most skillful cnes mount after years of practice into a $3 class; that the hours of work are twelve to sixteen a day, and that coffee with dark bread is the unvarying menu at all meals, year in and year out, Similar conditions were found in twenty or more other indus- tries which are largely in the hands of women. As women in Austria’s industrial life are not expected to obtain much: more than @ bare living, these revelations have not excited a remarkable amount of com- ment, but the information given the com- missioners regarding women on the stage, who heretofore have passed in Vienna for well fed and well clad persons, has caused a litele sensation and no end of newspaper writing. Chorus girls, actresses and theater direc- tors were brought before the commission. They all said the rush to the stage had been overdone by Austrian women in recent years. Vienna had more than forty schools of acting and operatic singing, which were crowded with girl students. The pressure of young actresses and singers was so great that at thirty the working actresses and singers were regarded as too old for much more use, and were relegated to obscure Parts, or put off the stage. In the last two years twenty or thirty such actresses had become beggars. A few of them had died on the country roads along which they had been begging for food.” Z The young girl graduate of a Vienna school of acting, the witnesses told the com- mission, begins work at a first-class theater for $25 a month, and in many cases must Provide her own costumes, A chorus girl, if in the best luck, gets $24 a month; that is the maximum. Many chorus girls re- ceive but $5 each a month, and those wao receive $15 each a month are supposed to be doing well. in the Court Opera the chorus girl at the beginning of her career has a salary of $12.50 a month. Her salary is in- creased with each succeeding year of rer- vice until after fifteen years in the chorus she gets the royal and imperial sum of $30 a month. In the Theater An der Wien-the chorus girl's pay is from $5 to $22.50 a month; in the Carl Theater, from $10 to 22.5); in the Josephstadt Theater, from $2.50 to $22.50; In the German People’s Theater, from $175 to $30 a year. One young woman who had worked three years at the conserva- tory before going on the stage told the com- mission she had been lucky enough to get @ place in a chorus at a salary of $ a week. Another young woman, who had studied with musical professors of high reputation for six years, confessed that she had been unable to do better than $5 a month. One director told of ten girls in his chorus who received no salaries whatever and must provide their own toilets. The best paid of his chorus girls received $15 a month. The commissioners were anxious to find out how all these young women of the stage were kept from starvation. The an- Swers to questions on this point were va- ried. Some of the girls did fancy work at home; others plain sewing. The vast ma- jority, however, were obliged to iook out for what the Viennese call “cavaliers. coe BRAKEMAN BOYER’S RIDE. He Saved His Life by justriously Clinging to the Brake Beams. From the Chicago Post. Freight Brakeman Frank M. Loyer of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway remains to tell the story of an experience that in 999 cases out of 1,000 terminates in a sad scene at a morgue. Railroad men, accustomed to hazardous chanc realize the slight opportunity for escape afforded the brakeman who fells between two cars while the train is in rapid mo- tion. Boyer can make his story of his something short of a miraculous escape from instant death sound more thrilling than any chapter of fiction. As the freight train rolled Chicagoward through Chicago Heights Boyer empted to step from the “deck” of one car to an- other, miscalculated and plunged down be- tween the cars. He missed the draught ircns, and fell to the ties in the center of the rails. That his form became limp and immediately prostrate is evident. Otherwise the unfortunate man would have been caught by the first brake beam and ground into a shapeless mass. Aimost before he realized his perilous position one pair of trucks had passed over Boyer’s body. Another brake beam flashed over him, fol- lowed by a third set of trucks. Short as the time was—a fraction of a minute— it afforded a year cf thought to the rail- road man. Instinctively he realized tnat all brake beams were not of a uniform height from the ties. Some had brake- bar angle irons proje>ting that, if they struck him, would cut him into fine pieces. Besides, the creaking wheels made ominous music. Boyer was strong of arm and back from constant “high ball twisting” at the brakes, and no stop-watch with splits ever so fine could recon! the time 1t took him to determine upon a desperate attempt to save his life. The fourth truck Was passing over his body when, with an almost superhuman effort, he elevated his shoulders, seized a brake rod and swung his body into the brake beam. It was a feat unparallcled in the stories of narrow escapes told by railroad inen. Safely lodged on the narrow brake beam in which position many a “Weary Willic has ridden “first-class, no fare,” Ecyer succumbed to the terrific shock to his sys- tem. Unconsciousness appearel to be slowly creeping over him, and a new danger threatened the brakeman. But his arms locked with a deathiike rip upon the iron rods of the car fittings. In this condition he rode nine miles. At Daiton Boyer was missed by the train crew, and the train was brought to a standstill while search was, instituted for the brakeman. Draught iréns were examined, dentally Beyer was discovered’ recumbent upon the brake beam. Immediately he was taken to the caboose and made com- fortabie upon cushion: At the 31st street yards the police ambulance removed the injured man to the home of his brother, 3 Armour avenue. Boyer suffers from several slight cuts and bruises and a se- vere nervous shock. He will soon re- cover. ———-+e+____ BRIDE WORE TWENTY GARTERS. She Obeyed Superstition and Gave Them All Away. From the Chicago Chronicle. It was at a swell wedding that recently took pldce in New Jersey. The bride be- came the willing martyr to the supers‘ition that brides and bridesmaids have delizhteg in for generations. Whoever receives the garter that a bride has worn upen her wedding day, runs the saying, shall her- self become a bride before the year goes out. At the Orange wedding, therefore, where there were eight bridesmaids and a dozen or more girlish assistants, requests for the bride's garters proved so meny as to be embarrassing. But the bride was an original as well as an obliging young woman, who thought it would be a pity to deny her friends so easy a road to matrimony, and who saw no reason why she should limit herself to one pair of garters. And when the wedding cay came enly her chosen friends suspected that beneath the dainty ‘ounces of satin end silk and lace the bride wore twenty gar- ters! As the possession of one garter is popu- larly supposed to insure the desired result, the bride had only to wear twenty garters to satisfy her twenty friends. So between each knee and ankle there was a succ: sion of ten gay ribbons and buckles that made a veritable harness. And after the ceremony when the bride changed her gown there was such a clamoring for the pretty trifles that one would have thought this distribution the most important part of the whole affair. ———__+-e+____. What It May Come To. From the Boston Courier. “You don't mean to say, Mrs. Easy, that you are houseless and homeless?” How did that come about?” “Well, I engaged a servant the other day, and after she kad been domiciled a day or two she asked for my references. I gave them to her, and after examining them carefully she pronounced them unsatisfac- tory and discharged me.” Soren —— FOR MEDICINAL US5 NO FUSEL olF IT Is THE “BEST FRIEND” when coughing, sueczing, hacking oF lassitude comes. Sold by all reliable druggists or grocers. Send for a pamphlet to DUFFY MALT WHISKEY Co., Rochester, N. ¥. A DELICIOUS BEVERAGE At all Sota Fountains 9 = ROTTLES FOR HOME USE, 7 CENTS. SAM'L T. SCOTT, 505 PA. AVE. N.W. my 21-1 Rootbeer, the great temperance drink. The pop, the fun, and flavor delight everybody. Made only by The Charles F. Wires Co., Philadelphia, 4 Zoe. package makes 5 callous. Sold ererywhee. —=> POOR WHITES OF THE SOUTH. Origin of the Distinct Class Living in the Mou: Regions. From the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times. The notion that the poor white element of the southern Appalachian region is identical with the poor people generally over the country is an error, and an error of enough importance to call for correction, The poor white of the south has some kin- folk in the Adirondack region of New York and the Blue and Alleghany moun- tains of Pennsylvania; but he has few rela- tives any place else about the Mason- Dixon line. The state Pennsylvania were s t early pert of this century. This poor white mountaineer descends ¢i- rect from those immigrants who came over in the early days of the colonies, trom 1620 to about, or some time after, the revolu- tionary war period, as “sold ‘passenger: They sold their services for a time suflicient to enable them to work out their passage money. They were sold, articled to mas- ters, in the colonies, for their board and fixed wage, and thus they earned the cost of their migration The laws under which they were articled were severe, as severe as apprentice laws in those days. The*“sold passenger” vir- tually became the slave of the purchaser of his labor. He could be whipped, if he did rot do the task set him, and woe to the unlucky wight if he ran away. He was sure to be caught and cruelly punished. And though he was usually a descendant of the lowest grade of humanity on the British Islands, he still had enough of the Anglo-Saxon spirit about him to make him an_ unsatisfactory chattel. From 1620 forward—the year when the Dutch landed the first cargo of African slaves on the continent—the “sold passen- ger” was first replaced by negroes, who tock more naturally and amiably to the slave life. The poor white naturally came to cherish a bitter hatred for the blacks that were Preferred over him. He already hated his domineering white master. When he was free to go he put as many miles as his means and his safety from Indian murder- ers permitted between himself and those he hated and hoped he might never seo again. In that early time the mountain region was not even surveyed, let alone owned by individual proprietors. The English, Scottish, Irish and contf- nental immigrant who had some means sat down on the rich valleys, river bot- toms, and rolling savannahs, and the poor white was made welcome to the foot hills and mountain plateaux, These descendants of the British villein of the feudal era grew and multiplied, be- came almost as distinct a people from the lords of the lowlands as the Seotch High. lander was, as related to Lowland neighbor, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The stir of the period since the close of our civil war has made somewhat indis- tinct the line that separates the mountain= eer from the plainsman of the south, cially in the foot hills and at poin:s where the two have intermingled in traffic, in the school house and church, and especially where the poor whites ‘have been em- ployed at mining, iron making, etc.; but go into the mountains far enough and yon find the type as clearcut as it was 100 years ago, with its inimitable drawling speech, and curious dialect plexion, lanky frame, la its low som 8 and im- morality—all as distinctly marked as they were when hundreds of these people found Cherokee wives in Georgia and Tennessee, in the early part of the century @nd bleached most of the copper out 6f the skin of the Choctaw, as well as out of the Cherokee. It is a pity that some competent an- thropological historian has not tra: the annals of this interesting and distinctive section of our population and made record of it in the interest of science, no Jess than in the interest of the proper education end elevation of the mountain people. It has become, especially in the Piedmont section of the south, a most important labor ele- ment. The cotton mill labor by thousands comes from the “cracker of the hills:” and it is destined to become a great power, that labor population, social and political. The redemption of the poor white be- gan when slavery went down in blood and destruction, and it has gone on faster and traveled further than some of us think. see His Debut in the Applejack Region, Ficm the Philadelphia Record. There 1s a young doctor in the graduating class of one of the medical colleges of this city who has a high regard for the accom- plishments of New Jersey in the manufac- ture cf intoxicating beverages. He a rative of Kentucky, and a few days ago, in company with three of his classmates, he visited a farmer located just outside of Camden, who endeavored to make things pleasant for the boys. The jug of apple- jack was passed around, and the southe Esculapius, after a preliminary taste, filled his glass full of the tempting beverage. No amount of explanation on the part of his friends could change his determination to take a big drink. “I have been raised on whisky,” sald he, “and I know what I am doing. You need not be afraid of me taking more than I can carry.” Each time the jug went around he In- sisted on a full glass of applejack. When evening arrived it was a sad procession that moved toward the férry. The host had to hitch up and carry the southern gene tieman to the boat, and his friends had “d put him to bed at his boarding place, an it was several days before he could stan any one walking heavily over the floor, and @ week before he was up and about. He looks forward to a sweet revenge this. summer, as he has ordered two gallons of applejack to take home for his friends,