Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1896, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 189¢-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. : DP eetetetetetess All Next Week You can buy better bargains right here than you have ever known before. We are getting ready for stock tak- ing, and have culled out everything we are short on, rem- nants, only one of a kind, and in pricing them have not considered the cost—much less profit—but marked them at figures that must make you buy. First. come first choice, so be early. coedettdettededete OOO ; Furniture. Was $90. Now Dak Sideboard. Was $85. Now $49. deboard. Was $70. Now $50. Maogany Sideboard. . Was $100. Now 5. Was $65. Now Flemish Sideboard and 10-ft. Table to = ly Carved Birch Suite Was $142. match. Was $100. Now $73. fe Now S09 Was $10. Now $73. Carpets. - er Art Squares, 2.2x3-yds. Was $3.73. Now MLE inc RSS SAN, Stmtres, Sut rds, Was $7.50, Xow 4.98. sigh: Hoes 6x9 Wen 87.50, Now 4.20. jap. Rugs, 9x15 ft. Wa Body Bruspels Rugs, 3. Bigelow Axioinster $23.50. Rack all Rac ae |. Hall Rack. Was $25. Ja these gools we bave fount a great 4 e é z many lots of from one to five. pairs of a ZB LOak Mal Rack, 4.6 white, Was $75. Hi Wer will make epectal. pele a it & 3 "i = a = y will close out the pattern. ort 2 Oak Hall Rack. Was $37. Now lengths of upholstery material at remnant Martin Music Cabinet. Was $45. Bic 1 nz Bed Chair. Was $35. Now cycles. & Don't buy a cheap one. They are no & Bed, oak. good. We sell you the easy running hill 4 Ina Closet. W: climber, SLIGH ” for $85—$10 down” and & Chair, in di balance $10 h, and guarantee it to F be equal to any wheel made. If you get anything of us at any time and it is not satisfactory we will make it so. 3 = = Carpets, Furniture & Drapery, Cor. Penna, Ave. & 8th St. seagengeegeeteetoetoatoatestortortontestontertertecteedtedtodtontnntotnortoraoraotaortote te ariioliptenlaioteoteotioteeleteoilpotigtestoolo lately iv ioeloleoolplelplelplelplelpiplps $4, ented | : COCO. Hall next Tuesday. The youngsters of the school have arranged to have a base ball game to decide the championship of the Sunday school. The Sabbath schools of the First, Fifth and Mount Pleasant Congregational churches held their joint annual Suaday scheol outing IN THE CHURCHES Young men of the Southern Methodist churches of this city have recently formal- Si t yesterday at Glen Echo. ly org the South: Methodist | In the afterncon there was a program, Brotherhood. They have consisting of music, tambourine and other stitution which provides for social, devo-| drills and deciamations, rendered in. the tional and specific mission work as ies solr by the three feat of the order. The organization 18! “The family of Rev. Dr. Hugh <ohnston, by a general conference com-| pastor of the Metropolitan stethodist of delegates from each chapter, ; Church, have left for their summer home on a ratio of membership, which wil! | 0m the ‘Niagara river, near Niagara Falls. Last Sunday, at the close of the merning service, Dr. Johnston was taken seriou: ill with an atfection of his throat. following the fi year. This meetiz to commemorate t c orttadia.| W@S quite i the early part of this week, Rev. Samuel Hadda-| nut is now improving. He expects to started work among Join his family in two or three weeks for men in the District. The frst me (his summer vacation. the brotherhood will ‘take place’ t The Christian Endeavor and Ladies’ Aid in t Society of the Kellar Memorial Lutheran Church gave a lawn party at the residence firs. Miller, on H street northeast, Mon- President Millan; first vice pre . H. Beck; evening. a resident, Re Lee Smith:| “The last so: i 2 and treas-| ber of the Epworth League of tine busine: sted by an composed of the offi addi al mem: etrich ard now has cted that urer, of the brot executive cc the president of the society, last’ evening. Tnough this is the close of the social work of the chapter for the year, still the relig- fous services are to he continued every Sunday evening. The Mission Band of the Sixth Presby- terian Church gave an entertainment in aid of its treasury Wednesday evening in the lecture room of the church. The first portion of the program consisted of music and recitation, and the cantata of “Red Riding Hood” was presented. The enter- tainment was gotten up. under: the super- vision of the president of the mission band, Miss Lulu McDade. Xtensive improvements are-ibeing made on Luther. Memorial Church. The church r will be nyention meets. k department of the Episcopal mme has practically closed its ul the autumn. During the pa: made and distributed 64) garments poor, sent a box to a clergyman J at $7, and expended Si9W2 for r charitable obje ort a mecting of the stockholders of the Washington Grove Camp .Aleeting -Asso- ciation the following directors were elect- The w ed: Dr. M.G. Peck, H. L. Strang, W. H.| has been painted and. the roof i oat epaired, Allen, W. H. Houghton, Charlton Hughes. | while the Sund 4 H. M. Talbott, Warren Choate, 0. T. Fulks ¢ Sunday school room and the church parlor have been retouched and re- carpeted. The committee of ladies who are and Jesse L. Burns. The directors organ- ized by re-electing Dr. M. D. Peek as presi-| managing the finanees. are. ae follon, dent. Warren Choate as vice president; | yiesdames W. H. Fiackel, Randolph ‘Cale Chariton Hughes as secretary, and H. L.| iahan, Sterner, ELE. Seineinen sleanaes OTThe second. of: the series of.noxenas to| Scott J. G. ee the Misses Hartnoc, he ‘on serie a lenderson and Leiffert. ; 2 ysius Church oe t. 0 the Sacred Jieartays and will close on the | gRe¥- D. Wesley Skellenger, ‘pastor of the feast of St. Aloysius, which is tomorrow. ixth Presbyterian Church, is preaching a ‘The novenas are being conducted by the) $5108 (Of pisces Sunday evening ser- _ = am + ~ mn * ¢ Millennium.” or of th urch, Re Cc ius Gil- = Eagle: SJ, assisted by tho parish cle Mr AY FE EL Smith, who has taught the ‘The third and last of the novenas is to be-| SU%day teachers’ class, which meets on Saiurday evenings at the Young Men's Christian Association, for some Gnie past, has felt obliged to give up this duty until the Ist of August. Secretary W. N. Multer is teaching the class in the absence of Mr. gin Monday, and will e of this month. The Methodist Home for the Aged, at 72th and M streets northeast, recentiy cele- i on the last day brated its sixth anniversary. Addresses | Sip) e made by residing elder, Rev or. :e Wason Rev. Dr. H.R. Naylor 2 Pitzer, who was selected GW. FP, Swartzell, president of | t2 ‘ebresent Washington at the meeting of ethedist Union. The home was es-| \Vord’s Evangelical Alliance in England this summer, has decided not to go on ac- ccunt of the health of members of his family. The last meeting of the Methodist Minis- ters’ Association for the summer-was held Monday morning at Foundry Church. The features of the meeting were talks by two Armenian brethren, Messrs. M. Gablachoff and E. Taminosian. They have been edu- cated in theology in this country, and will soon leave for the east as missionaries. The next meeting of the Ministers’ Asso- ton will not take place until Septem- er. The annual Sunday school picnic of Gun- ton Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church was held at Marshall Hall today. The su- berintendent of the Sunday school is Mr. George A. Prevost. A number of officers of Washington Dis- trict Epworth League went to Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday evening week to institute a new chapter there, among the party being Secretary F. T. Israel and Superintendent of the Junior League H. B. Leech. The latter is also junior pastor of Forrestville circuit, in which Oxon Hill Church is Jo- six years ago, and since then it «1 in cash for the indebtedness and support of the home $1 ”, and has cared for twenty-three aged people. ‘The Brotherhood of St. Andrew of Epiph- any Church are conducting services now at the Freedman’s Hospital, Fort Myer and @t the Mission of the Good Shepherd, on Sth -t northeast. During the past year the chapter has expended #125 for various brotherhood and charitable purposes. ‘The literary department of Epworth League of Dumbarton Methodist Church hhas concluded not to hold any more meet- ings during the heated term. During the sedson just closed the department has Studied three or four of the leading au- thors, and has also pursued the Chatau- qua reading course. *. Dr. W. W. Van Arsdale, pastor of treet Methodist Church, tender- m to the Epworth League and friends of the congregation on Wednesday evening in the lecture room of the church. Addresses were mgde by Dr. Van Arsdale, Rev. Harry Farnfer and others. Refresh- ments were served. - ted. The officers of the Oxon Hi ‘The congregation of St. Peter’s Catholic | © xon Hill chap- Church are working hard to raise money | fer are as follows: President, W. M. Wal- to purchase a new altar. The Ladies | ter; first vice president, R. W. Beall; sec- ond vice president, Miss Stella Bonin: third vice president, Mrs. R. W. Beall; fourth vice president, Miss Sallie Paine: secretary, Mr. Burt Clark, and treasurer, J. P. Talbott. A league has recently been formed at Forrestville in the same circuit, Benevolent Society of the parish raised quite a large sum of money by giving an excursion for the fund down the river. Rev. Edward B. Bagby, pastor of the Ninth Street Christian Church, has taken his wife and family to Tappahannock Va., where they will spend the summer, and |, Rev. Dr. S. M. Hartsock and family have where Mr. Bagby will go nearly every | left for thelr summer home near puncer raion: Dr. Hartsock will, however, come in the The kindergarten of Epiphany Mission | City each week and conduct the Sunday has practically closed its work for the st mmer. The school has been attended ¢@uring the past year by a larger number of children than ever before, and it is ex- pected during the coming season to enlarge its facilities. The ladies of the parish re- cently gave a birthday entertainment for services at Ryland. “i The Spernootl meeting at the Y. M. C A. omorrow afternoon is t iressed by eve Dr. F. D. Power. ee sed Miss Mattie V. Wade has been engaged @ member of the quartet choir of ‘the = Street Baptist during the absence of Mrs. the benefit of the kindergarten. The | Carrie Kidwell’ Stuart, who is now on her Brotherhcod of St. Andrew Chapter of the | Vacation. f chapel has added as a feature of the chap- | Improvements are now being made to ter work a Bible class, which meets Sun- day evening at 7 o'clock. The Little Helpers of the Kellar Me- morial Lutheran Church recently pri sented a cantata, “The Red Riding Hood, for the benefit of the church debt. The Proceeds amounted to $30. The Ladies’ Aid Society of North Capitol Church gave a social last Wednesday. Refreshments were preceded by a musical and literary program. The last meeting for the season of the Ladies’ Home and Foreign Missionary So- ciety of Gunton Temple Memorial Presby- terian Church was held last Thursday. The Home Society met at Il o'clock in the chapel and the Foreign at t o'clock, and the secretaries of both organizations presented reports of the work -lone during the past year. A luncheon was served by the ladies of the congregation at noon. ‘The Ladies’ Aid Society of Fifteenth Street Methodist Church added a consider- able amount to the fund for paying off the debt of the new church by an entertain- ment in the lecture room last Tuesday evening. ‘The Sunday schools of the Luther Me- mortal and Kellar Memorial churches ure Preparing for an excursion to Marshall Vermont Avenue Christian Church be completed within a week or conan They consist of painting the outside of the church and the steeple, frescoing the walls and varnishing the woodwork of the Sun- day school room and the main auditorium. A commodious kitchen has been-built in the basement. Christian Association The Soe Men's recently sent out a number of = ters to friends of the meauciation te Se District asking for contributions to the cur- rent expenses fund. The circular has met with a very favorable response and nearly $500, about equally divided between cash and pledges, has been turned in. Workmen are busy repairing the new building, but it is not expected, as was first thought, that the building will be ready for occupancy by the time the Christian Endeavor conv: tion meets. The trustees of the E Street Baptist Church are having the interior of the church touched up. A new carpet is to be placed on the floor of the Sunday school room and new curtains hung at the win- dows. The plan dividing the ition into ten committees, each one of which is to give entertainments for the benefit of the building fund, is working well. CHILDREN’S PENNIES}, Chat Withthe Founder of the School Savings Bank. IN OPERATION IN EIGHTY.-THREE PLACES Little Ones Have Real Bank Books and Deposit Real Money. CULTIVATING THRIFT HE FIRST IN THIS country to introduce the school savings bank system is John H. Thiry of Long Is- land City, where the children _ attending the public schools are given an opportunity to save their pennies. Scratch the’ school enthusiast and you ‘will find. ‘a, lover. of children. Mr. Thiry is no exception. It was this trait which induced him in March of 18% to establish in the Third Ward scke:} of Leng Island City, near his home, and presided over by Mrs. Mary E. McGee as princ'pal, the first scho:1 savings bank in the United States. “You se2,” sa‘d Mr. Thiry, as his visitor sat in his cool library in his residence in Long Island City, adjcining the greenhouse and Icoking cut through a rear windew up- on the trimly kept garden walks, “here I have about me all the clippings from news- papers which have been written about the schoc} savings bank, and all the books and reports and other sources of information, se that I can put my finger upon precisely what has been dene, and [ will tell you any- thing you wish. The schéol banks of Long Island City are 115 in number. Every school room.whcre a teacher takes charge of the savings of her pupils constitutes a bank. These 115 banks hav2, since their introduction, registered 2,018 depositors, nearly one-third of the total number of scholars for the same time, and in recent years as the experim=nt has been extended from the, Third Ward school to others in the city the proportion is very much larger. The banks have- collected over $30,000 in small sums, and the pupils have withdrawn money from time to time as they needed it but there still remains to their credit 319. 8.64, a very considerable sum for the little children. This is an average much higher than would appear, as many of the 2,018 accoun have been closed, the depositors having graduated. There are &3 cities and towns in this country where the experiment has been introduced tn #28 schools by 1,579 teachers. One school in Brooklyn, that of Principal Marc F. Vallette; one in Philadelphia, the Penn Sewing School; five in Ithata, N.Y one in Portland, N. D., seven in’ Norri town, Pa., and others in every part of the country have adopted it. The largest school department to adopt it is that of Grand Rapids, Mich., where the experiment is in full force in hools, and where over $10,000 have been deposited. Taking all the 323 schools together, the deposits have amounted to about a half million dol- lars, although most of these deposits are but just begun and are small. For in- stance, the depositors in Grand Rapids have been more than twice ag numerous’ ds" those in Long Island City; but the total d posits have heen only one-third as large. That is not because the experiment works any less well in Grand Rapids, but simply because it is newer there, and the childsen. have not had time to make such large de- posits as here.” “Isn't it a great deal of trouble,” I asked, “for the teachers, principals and savings bank people to take care of the money?” “Not at all,” said Mr. Thiry, ‘after they get used to it. The collections are made+ a week, on Monday morning, and. the Ss takes only a few minutes. ‘The cher credits each pupil with the amount deposited and hands over the sum that she receives from them all to the principal. He, in turn, credits each teacher with the sum received and deposits all he gets from the school in the savings bank, where it is placed to his credit as principal; but of course he cannot-himself withdraw any of-| the money. As soon as a pupil gets one dollar on his own’ individual account the savings bank people with whom the money is deposited issue him a bank book, as they would to any other depositor. Of course, it is more trouble for them to handle so many very small accounts, but it is a good thinj for the city,.and they are willing to do it. How It is Done. , Of course they are willing to do it! Peo. ple always iv things when an enthusiast is in the neighborhood, and no one cuuld talk with Mr. Thiry for five minutes with- out seeing thar he !s an enthusiast. Besides, the little depositors grow up to be big depositors, some of them. “Here are the blank forms which most of the school savings banks in the United States use, and which have proved simple and convenient in our experience,” and Mr. Thiry showed the blanks: First, the deposit slip, wluch is given to each individual scholar; a simply folded paper with rule: columns for figures on the inside, with tne regulations plainly printed on the back leaf. The other forms are the teachers’ d posit slip, ruled for names and amounii withdraw1i check, which must be signed y the owner of the book, his parents or guardiars and by the principal before the bank wilt honor it. There is an ordinary narrow cash envelope in which the money received is sealed up and, finally, a record for the principal's accounts, “What do you think of the stamp sav- ings fund instituted in several cities?” “I don’t think so well of it,” said Mr. Thiry, “as of our own system. The child is father to the man_and likes to do things in man fashion, wiih a real bank book and deposits of real money. Collecting the stamps appeals to him for a little while, but he is apt to get tired of it as a child is of a new toy. I: is not in manner close enough to the actual realities of life to please his fancy long. I may say that the stamp system has been tried in Baltimore, where it was begun shortly after our own two years later the bank provident fund of New York was begun by the Charity Or- ganization Society. Where the Experiment ‘Tried. “In 1890 something like the stamp system: was begun in Detroit, Mich. West Bay City, Mich., and in Boston. In thesc cases, however, the system was not confined to the schools, and in none of them have the amounts collected been so large as we have to show. In Pottsville, Pa., a system en- tirely different from either was introduced by Prof. S. A. Thurlow; it is really more like a building and loan association than a bank. The scholars who deposit money are stockholders and have to make deposiis with some regularity. The system as we have worked it out in Long Island City is the oldest of all, and I think the simplest and most efficient. Chicago is about to adopt some form of school savings bank, and it will-be worth watching. Chicago does things on a pretty big scale.’ Some of the Rules. “What is the smallest. deposit which is received?” “Anything from one cent up,” replied Mr. Thiry, as he called attention to the regulations which follow. Order to withdraw money for sums less than $3 will be received and cashed by the superintendent or principal on deposit day. ‘Any depositor who has not deposited money during the three months following their last deposit, will have to return the weekly card to the superintendent or prin- cipal, who will refund the money due. One cent or upward can be received by the teacher. When a pupil has a deposit of one dollar or more, a bank book will be given free of charge, from the bank. De- posits should not be withdrawn till amount reaches 9%, except in case of sickness or removal from city; but if the deposit should be withdrawn, and the amount has been less than three dollars, the bank will charge ten cents for the bank book. ~ Deposits of one dollar and over will bear interest quarterly. During the summer vacation of the school, deposits may be made or money withdrawn from the bank direct, the cash- fer acting during that time for the teacaer. Has Been TRS ti G OFIPRSE HUNT. Poundmaster Ein: ys_Venturesome Chane on jhe Flats. “Buftalo Bil” Eingtdin is the soubriquet that has been given tp Yep District's pound- ‘master. How he came by it ts a story full of thrilling interest. 79° For several wedsslpomplaints have ‘Teached the poundmester of the presence of horses grazing on thé flats adjacent to the Long bridge. The railroad people were loudest inthe comptaints, for the trains were often brought to a standstill to allow one of the horses tovtross the track. Poundmaster Einstein le several “expe- ditions with his men G the bridge, but never could get a glimpse of the horses. He congluded that they_were the property ‘of some poor man, wlio vas always on the watch 0 remove thenwhen. hostile Yorces appeared: ee Yesterday morning Mr. Einstein received a telephone message from Lieut. Vernon to come at once to the flats and bring sev- eral halters, for the horses were feeding near the bridge. Calling his men together, and throwing in all the loose rope and spare halters he could fiid, he directed the wagon to proceed to the flats.. Sure enough, there were the horses, calmly grazing about a hundred yards from the railroad track. He directed his men to move cautiously on each side, while he approached the fore- most of the lot (there Were three of them) with a big, yellow ear of corn. Mr. Kin- stein said “Whoa,” in several inflections of command and entreaty. But the horses did not understand -his language, and, throw- ing up their respective tails, Scampered off through the high weeds. “Vy, they are vild horses,” said the poundmaster to his first Keutenant. Then-commenced a wild horse chase, not equaled since the bold froatiersmen galloped .over the plains in search of the’“king of the herd.” And this herd had a king also, a big gray, that Mr. nstein looked at with wondering eyes, as he figured up how much he would bring at an auction sale. The hunt was exciting. Mr. Einstein led the way and planned the attack. Many flank movements were executed, but the wily horses always left an avenue of cscape. Mr. Einstein thought if the horses could be cornered he could secure them. So he drove ihem gradually to one end of the bridge side of the flats. Just when he was congratula ing himself on their capture, they mac mad plunge at the hunfers, and stampeded them. A good part of the day was lost in hunting the horses, and the sun beat down with terrific heat cn the little band of hunters. At lust, when they were about to give up the chase, the bly xray became separated from the rest. Here was an op- portunity not to be lost>Steadtly the hun- ters drove him before, them, until th y became stuck 14 the mud, knee: deep. he was secured, and now rests uneasily in the pound, where he will be disposed of to the highest bidder. In commenting vpon ‘the hunt, Mr. Ein- stein told a reporter of The Star today A THRICLE it was just. Yke the sstories he had read when a boy of the wild horses on the plains. The greatest difficulty to the hunt, he said, was the high weeds, which were ten and twelve feet high. While the horses could not see‘th: huntei they could smell them. Then there was, he said, a great deal of danger in hunting the horses on the flats. The reason was that the place was alive with big moccasin shakes, and they kept up a regular his all the time. Then the horses were so wild that they would trample you to pieces if they got a chance. “The huat for the remainder of the herd will be resumed today, and as thé pourfdmaster has a plat of the flats, and mapped out a cam- pign, which, he says,zha proposes to fight on if it takes all_summ is reasonable “6f the flats soon be releg pte tke falls of the , waiting*the Ad in hey become property~ ofthe “Highest—bAdder, and up the burden of life again ‘in a wful manner. ied today by a broken- that ithe take decorous and It was sues down sport, when he heard the story the hor: tracks had turned out, them.;: 94 7% ot "JOR! COLLEGE: * ‘ we y some of th . which the~osxner: ng able to feed é ost as Be Distribution of Medals Prizes Lant Evening. ‘The academic. distribution -at St. John’s College last evening jattYacted an audience that crowded the hall! of the co! build- ing to the doorse A WWoreathly enjoyable program, including character songs, recita- tions and violin solos“was ‘ccntributed by Loris Combs, Emmet Walsh, Norman Da- and ly, Frank Ready, | Willie’ Wheeler, Antonio Lanza, John J xy, Oswald Welti, Harbin. G ad “Reid-aptl Maur jHomiller. The address of the evening was made by Rey. Dr. Thomes J. Shahan. HI wAprines Were awarded as fol- ‘ jlow Academic gold medals jelocution awarded to George Conrad Reid: distinguished, Gearge F. Harbin, John J. Early, William D, Wheeler; honorably men tioned, Arthur J. May W. Lucas, An- tonio Lanza, Frank Res Gold medal for exceilence in the studies of the. first academic class awarded to Arthur J. May; distinguished! George Con- wrad Reid,-George M. Hartnett, George F. Harbin; honorably mentioned, G. Edward ‘May, T. Sprigg Blandford, Archie L.. Dona hue, Dennis J.-O'Connor. Gold medal for excellence in studies of the second academic class awarded to Ellwood Werner; distinguished, Daniel Six, Antonino Lanza. Honorably mentioned: George W. Lucas, John J. Early, Thomas‘J. Green, Maurice Homiller, William J. Cantwell. Gold medal for excellence in the studies of the third academic class awarded to Wliliam D. Wheeler; distinguished, Frank Ready, George ‘Ferry, John ' Elbert, Thomas Howell, Herbert Diamond; honorably men —Gold medal for tioned, William K. Small, John Kiri Harry Money, Willie Keane, James Bat- ters, Harold May, Alfred Costello. Gold medal for excellence in the stud of ihe fourth academic class, awarded to Harold Jchnston: distinguished, Thomas Boyle, Leo Callaghan: honorably mentioned, Clin- ten Daly, Willie Orme, Gerald May. Premiums for highest number of weekly testimonials in the fourth academic class, Arthur J. May and George Conrad Reid; distinguished, George M. Hartnett, George F. Harbin, G. Edward May: honorably mentioned, John Hartnett, T. Sprigg Bland- ford, Archie Donahue, Dennis O'Connor. For a general average of over 75 per cent in class marks—George Conrad Reid, Geo. M. Hartnett, Geo. F. Harbin, G. Sddie May, John Hartnett, T. Sprigg Blandford, Archie lL. Donohue, Dennis O'Connor; dis- tinguished, Walter Dunn, J. Bernard Dra- mond; honorably mentioned, William Rich- ards, Stephen Sheehy. Premiums far the highest number of weekly testimonials in tne second academic class—Daniel Lin, Antonino Lanza; distin- guished, Ellwood Werner; honorably men- tioned, Georg: W. Lucas, John J. Earle: For a general average of over 75 per cent in class marks—Daniel Lix, Antonino Lanza, George W. Lucas, John J. Earley, Thomas J. Greene, Maurice Homiller, Wm. Cantwell; honorably mentioned, Arthur S. Harvey, Joseph J. Murphy; Charles Ken- nedy; premium for punctuality, Arthur S. Harvey. 5 For the highest rapjer of weekly tes- timonials fn the third aademic class—Wil- liam D. Wheeler, Fdifk J. Ready; dis- tinguished, John Elbert, Thomas J. Howell; honorably _mentioned>#Parold May, James Batters. For a general average of over seventy-five per cent jg class marks—Frank J. Ready, George Fel john Elbert, ‘Thos. J. Howell,,:Herbert ond, William K. Small, John Kirby, Harry Mooney, Wil- liam Keane, James gatiars, William Ryan, Harold May, Alfrea Codtelio. Thomas Kir. by, Joseph Richards, Jahn Richardson. For the highest ni of weekly les- sotrie acaaemie class, timontals in the Harold Johnston; distinguished, Thomas Boyle; honorably mentioned, Leo Callaghan, Clinton Daly. For “a eneral average otf over 75 per cent in.elads marks, Thomas Boyle, Clinton Daly, Leo Callaghan, Gerald May, Willie Orme, E®met Walsh and Loris Combs. For the higest number of weekly testimonials in the primary class, Joseph Rabbitt; distinguishes itz Kinne; hon- orably | mentioned, Shea, James O'Toole. For a general average of over 75 per cent in class marks—Joseph Rabbitt, Fritz Kinne, John Shea, James O'Toole, Leo Conroy, Arthur King, Stanley Matthews, Harry Orme, James Orme, Rene Raucher, Harry McGill, Willie Shea, Charlie Orme. The commencement exercises. of St. John’s College will be held Monday even- ing next, when Josef B. Freund, John J. Brosnan, Bernard F. River, Leo P. Har- lowe and Edward Scafion will speak, and Rev. Dr. P. J. Garrigan will deliver an address, John a Made Executrix, The will of the late Victor E. Barringer of Cabarrus‘ county, N. C., dated Jung 25, 1895, filed: hete, appoints his widow, Maria Massey Barringer, executrix and makes her sole beneficiary. STUDY OF THE BIBLE Meeting in Boston of the Interna- tional Sunday School Convention. APPOINTMENT OF LESSON COMMITTEE Twelve Million People Will Be Represented by Delegates. TOPICS UP TO 1900 OSTON MAY OR may not be the hub of the universe, but she certainly is the hub of interest in the Sunday school world just now, for next Tuesday morning the eighth triennial ses- sion of the interna- tional Sunday school convention is to as- semble there. Two thousand Sunday : school workers, sent up as official delegates, with perhaps as many more visitors, will fill the beautiful new Tremont Temple auditorium and its auxiliary rooms for four busy days of speechmaking, reports, discussions and plans for advancement in Sunday school work and Bible stud: Reports will be received at the convention from the various state Sunday school unions and few of the unions will make a better showing than that of the District of Co- lumbia. There are in this city 149 white evangelical schools in the union, represent- ing about 35,000 scholars, and it is thought that this is a greater percentage thar that of any other city of the country. The fol- lowing delegates will rep: it Washing ten at the convention: P, H. Bristow, chair- man; J. F: Johnson, secretary; Dr. D. P. Jing, W. F. Crafts, L. D. Alden, J. B. sr., Campbell H. Carrington, Frank Hamilton, Miss Lelia R. Nowlin, Miss Cath- J. A. Scott and Mr. W. 0 or three ladies rep- nting the primary union. The velegates will leave in a body on Monday. Mr. Bri tew is to read a paper at the Friday after- roon session in Tremont Temple on “The Adult Department,” and Mr. Frank Hamil- ten is to preside’ at one of the primary meetings in one of the churches. There are about 12,000,000 Sunday school people in the United States and Canada. Of these all but a small proportion follow the “international lesson system,” studying each Sunday the passage selected by the international lesson committee. The ma- jority of Sunday school people neverthe- less have but a faint idea of the labor in- volved in choosing the lessons or of the elaborate organization, without which such a committee could not be created or in- structed or the people kept loyal to its find- ings. Of that organization, covering sixty States, territories and provinces, the B ton convention be the mouthpiece, and the internz ons are only one of its many lines of activity Yesterday and today the present lesson list of the committee met’ to complete lessons for I8M8 and to make out list for 18%, which completes the years’ cycle for which they are responsih Of these three Bishop Vincent, the cha man; Dr. Randolph, the secretary, and Mr. B. F. Jacobs have been in continuous ser- vice since the constitution of the commit- tee at the Indianapolis convention in 18 It.is understood that several of the pre their ent committee will decline reappointment, and the selection of others to fill their places is one of the most del: convention. h di ion is anxious to secure what it deems its fair share of in- fluence in the counsels of the committee, and the lesson publishers, representing mil- lions of capital, are anxious that the se- lection shall be so made as not to interfere with the present popularity of the system. No one seems willing to hazard a guess as to the outcome, s before the Asse! Hing of the Conference, “Tomorrow afternoon the members of the international executive committee will as- semble for prayer and conference, under the lead of the veteran chairman, B. F. Jacobs of Chicago. Mr. Jacobs has been practically at the head of Sunday school work in America for the last thirty years. In connection with J. H. Vincent and H. Clay Trumbull, he was one of the secreta- ries of the national convention of 1859, heid at Philadelphia. Ten years later, in the colivention at Newark, he was prominent as an advocate of the uniform lesson idea, |, Which he is credjted with carrying through the convention of IS72. Besides his work ,on the lesson committee he has been chair- man of the executive committee since 184, and in 1889, at London, was elected pres: dent of the world’s Sunday school conven- tion. The executive committee will remain in session during all of Monday, completing its report and recommendations to the con- vention. Tuesday morning the convention will open with a devotional hour, led by Evan- gelist D. L. Moody. Mr. Moody will con- duct most of the devotion: exercises of the convertion, and will deliver an address each day at the noon sessi which is to be held between the regular sessions for the people of Boston and the visitors. Chairman Jacobs will call the convention to order and introduce the president, Lewis Miller of Akron, Ohio, who is also presi- dent of the Chautauqua assembly. The pastor of Tremont Temple, Rev. George C. Lorimer, D. D., ll deliver the address of welcom which will be responded to by ex-Governor W. J. Northen of Georgia. The commitiee on nominations will then be appoinied, consisting of one represen- tative from each state and provincial dele- gation, with a committee to consider the executive cominittee’s report and a committee on resolutions. As the nom- inating committee, besides presenting the names of the permanent officers of the conver.tion and the chairman of the exec- utive committee, will also probably be in- trusted with the task of selecting the new lesson committee, its appointment will be a matter of great interest, While the convention is thus getting down to business tne field workers of the vurious states and provinces will hold a meeting for organization in Lorimer Hall, and the International Primary Union, rep- resenting the primary Sunday school teachers of the country, will organize in Chipman Hall, both under the hospitable roof of Tremont Temple. ‘These and other groups of workers will also hold lunch con- ferences daily in the same building. Selection of President. On Tuesday afternoon the nominating ccmmittee will report its selection of the president, and he is expected to make an address. Then the field secretaries of the convention will tell what they have bean doing. William Reynolds, the general field secretary, whose face is familiar in Sun- day school conventions all over the con- tinent, will give a survey of the whole field and tell what he has dore to help the Sunday school people in their work of or- ganization and Sunday school extension. Prof. H. M. Hamill of Jacksonville, IIL, who has be2n conducting a successful cam- paign in the southern states, will report that section. The northwestern states, in- chiding Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Da- kotas, will be described by Hugh Cork, who has done some fine field work in that section the past year. The session will close with the report of Rev. L. B. Max- well of Savannah, the new secretary, for crganizing the negro Sunday schools of the south into separate state and county con- ventions. Since his appointment last Oc- tober Mr. Maxwell has made encouraging progress in this important werk for his own race. At the same time in Lorimer Hall another session will be held, presided over by Marion Lawrance, the field secre- tary of Ohio, at which the secretaries of twelve or thirteen states will give brief reports of Sunday school work in their re- spective localities. ; ‘On Tuesday evening the report of the ex- ecutive committee will be read by Chair- man Jacobs in Tremont Temple and by Vice Chairman D. R. Wolfe of St. Louis in Lorimer Hall. It is expected that Mr, Ja- cobs will be followed in a stirring address by John Wanamaker of Philadelphia, pres- ident of the Pennsylvania State Sunday School Association. In Lorimer Hall the - territory of the convention. report will be followed with an address by Field Secretary Reynolds. Progress of Sunday School Work. The executive committee's report, which will be circulated in print at the time, will carefully review the progress of Sunday school work since the last international convention at St. Louis in 1893 end will make a number of fmportant recommenda- tions with a view to the extension and improvement of the convention's work. It will propose that the field be extended to include Cuba, Mexico, the West Indies and Greenland; that the present organized field be divided Into districts, each in charge of a field secretary, to assist the present state and provincial workers; that the committee be furnished with a general secretary; that the income at the disposal of the committee be increased to $25,00) a year; that the next SON’S FRU S convention be held in the south; that : tates MASON S FRUIT JARS. and provinces pay the expense of the at- 1 J'ints, We. dor. Quarta, Ode, tendance of thelr representatives at the | 0) \___ 1 #als, Se. dun annual meetings of the committee, and |) NEW LEMONS, isc. DOZ. that arrangements be made for a large | ( . delegation to the world’s convention, to be The report of the lesson committee will explain the reasons for the selections made answer some of the objections and criti- cisms which are continually being mate r against the lessons chosen an] against the general system followed. As the Bible | < Study Union, or Blakeslee lessons, the most minent opposition course, are published Boston and haye had considerable suc- cess in the past few y it is expected that the report will give special atten:ion to the objections of those and other friends of a more inductive system of Bible study. Thursday afternoon will be the pr.mary session. The primary teachers are always in evidence at conventions, and they have their work well organized, with about 100 local primary unions and an international union covering the whole country, of which Mrs. W. F. Crafts of this c'ty is the pres- ident and Miss Pertha F. Vella of Massa- chusetts is th retary. Sessions will be held three times daily, the final meeting taking place Friday night. Who the Delegates Will Be. The delegates arc apportioned among the several states, territories and provinces in the propcrtion of four to each electoral vcte, or cne to each 150,00) of population. As this errangement would result in an actual attendance of not more than 1,200, the representation was raised one-half, which vill secure 2,000 delegates. The delegations will include some of the most representative Sunday school men and wo- men of this covntry and Canada, and sev. eral visitors are expected from’ England, Cuba and other points outside the present As some of the friends of the temperance cause. are fearful that the present instructions to the lesson committee adopted at the Pittsburg convention of 1890 to assign four temper- ance lessons a year in the regular course may be abrogated or modified, it ts prob- able that several pronounced "temperance workers will be found on the fioor ready to champion their cause, if necessary. So also need method son study will probably have some though they will be in a pn’s Hospitality, Princely, indeed, are the preparations which Boston has made to receive her guests. The entire body of official dele- are to be entertained free during the four days of the convention. The reception rommedation committ of which A. Gilman is chafrman, has secured jaces of entertainment, and most of ° assignments ty places have long s en made. As the delegates arriv will be met, by. a, body of white- committcemen, who wil! escort the friends to the reception ecmmittee’s office on the lower floor of Park Street Church and » FLOUR LOWER. held in London July 6-11, 1897. « in the present six years’ course and will | ( Ss BW Nothing “cheap” at Pyles’ Dut the prices. “Perfection” Tea nly 50c. pound.’ This 1s regular fced tea weather. Tell tt by the way we're sellii “Perfection” — T they've never drank feed tea than ths Goes further than most teas, too. 50. Ib, “Star of the “OLD TIME’ J. T. D. Pyles 5 | Anacertia Johnson Luttrell’s, 713 Market Space. An opportunity to buy new and high-grade Dry Goods at and below actual Wh olesale Cost Doesn’t happen often in the course of an average life- time, but that is exactly what we offer you. stock must be reduced by half,regardiess of the heavy losses that may be incurred. Our Ourstock comprises Black and Colored Dress Goods, Silks, Velyets, White Goeds, Table Damask, Napkins, Towels, Bed Spreads; Blan- kets, Domestics, Wash thence {© thelr places of entertainment. | Dress Geods, Hosiery, The hustands and wives of delegates ars| yoo f : included in tis hospitality, and for other] Gloves, Underwear, Cor- friends and visitors reduced hotel rates] have been secured. The numerous double and triple session’ “wil make it certain that every visitor will have a chance to see and hear about all that one person can take | P The beautiful Tremont Temple, fresh from the hands of the builders, will be a fit home for this great convention. In the face of incredible discouragements its he- roic congregation has held its o in the heart of the city, and has reared on the | = ruins of the oid temple a structure that | 1 embodies the true spirit of modern Chris- nity. The main audience hall will seat about 3,00), Lorimer Hall and Chipman Hail 1.2” and 500, respectively. And the many other facilities—the spacious lunch room, the committee rooms and offices, the cor- ridors—will all be at the service of the officers and delegates. Not ihe least interesting of the many features of note will be a great map, by 2) fcet, ‘on which the state of count organization over the whole United States and Canada will be graphically exhibited. | a = I W. 0. CLARK & 60, |c Sit PA. AVE. A Little sets, Men’s furnishings, Fancy Goods, Notions, Shirt Waists, Separate Skirts, Silk Waisis and everything usually found in a first- class dry goods store. Even f you don’t need the goods now it will pay you to buy lay them aside till you lo. The few items enumerated below will give you but a faint idea of the great bargains that await you. We will place on sale Monday nother hundred pieces of those *rinted Dimity Lawns, in the new- st effects. 124¢ is what they're ac- tually worth, -but you can take your pic < for ‘ 85c. | 50 pieces of Princess Cotton Duck Suiting, in navy, black and white Mon ey grounds—stripes and figures. e Goes a long way in our stock. Just now the prices we are naming for «easonable Dress Stuffs come in or a big share of your attentio old type won't de them justice; you must see om. Actual Wholesale Cost Still prevails in every department. The opportun!- ty is yours, embrace it while you mey. Shirt Waists, Combining colored Wats ness with economy. Ladies’ Linen- , detachable collars, that were §1.50, Bicycle Suitings. ‘The new cloths for cycling that were 15e. now 12%e@, Silk Vests. Ladies’ Pure Silk Vests, Swiss ribbed, that were ~~ 42e, Ladies’ Hose, Fast black, double heels and toes, that were 25c., 9%. Swiss Vests, In extra valuc, that sold at 19¢., now 12%e, Black Mohair, 38 inches wide, best English make, that sold at ~~ 39e, Umbrellas. ‘The freatest value ever offered. Only a few on hand. 26-in. Silk Gloria, paragon frame, that sold W.D.CLARK&CO., 811 Market Space. BEST Qt And Umbrellas at wholesale Sold verywhere at 12$c a yard. Our price gsc. All of our 25e. French Lawns, in light and dark griunds, reduced to s SCOTCH Zi OD QUALITY API prices, SILK PARASOLS. C LK PARASOLS, LINEN 238 EU A. And the finer grades proportion- ately cheap. lliscellaneous Bargains ii on E CHAMOIS Wun E SHIRTS. LINEN COLLAR: “We GLIGE SHIRTS, with 2 collars’ and 1 ; BALPHIGGAN UNDERW Johnson & Luttrell, 3 MARKET SPACE. cAR 9 Nature’s Own . and our ARTIFICIAL TEETH are close rivals. In appearance we challenge nature in durability we excel ber. BEST FULL SET, $8. Evans’ Dental Parlors, 1217 Penna. Ave. N. W. Jedu-24d For Sale and for Rent. Mattress Prices Cut. We've gone right through our big stock or fine Ali-hair Mattresses tg ha) rices down close to the profitiess polit. “ero ALIAHATE MATTRESS, TO) ia a 90, fo.o0 ALLHAM MATTIOSS, $735. 00 ALL-HAIR MATTRESS, $10.75, ire Springs and White and Brass Beds reduced in proportion, THE Houghton ©. 1214 F ST, N.W. woaESO What Is $e20-20d Antikolerine? Jel9-6r* ‘abletsa “ia,