Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1896, Page 8

CLOSE AT 5 P.M. SATURDAYS AT 1 P.M. * MOSES 2x Storage, 22d and M. F st., cor. 11th. t Storing, Hauling, Mov- ing and Packing are spe- cialties with us. Best of service, smallest of charges. Bed Room Suite Bargains. —We’ve taken up the Bed Room Suites to clear them out now. It would be a big job under ordinary circumstances, but the prices we'll quote will make things easy. Quartered Oak Bed Room Sait 3 pleces, bevel French plate mir- For. $85.00 Bulte...sseeeeseees, 27-00 Handsomely Curved Quartered Oak Polish Finish Suite, with shaped French bevel plate mir- ror. $52.00 suite... .. $38.00 Sol Ock Polist Finish Suite, bevel mirror. $82.00 eulte....... $21.00 Sella Oak Pelish Finish Snite, 1Sx4-in. bevel mirror. $25.00 Bireh Suite, with oval French plate mirror. $36.00 sulte....... $24.00 Maple Cheval Suite, 3 pleces. $32.00 suite. -. $21.00 Very Pret Suite, $32.00 ad ple Suite, Worth $30.00. For Wilson's Retiring Sale. You Ought To Grasp This Chance —to get a pai- of Wilson's Shoes at less than the actual cost. Since the inauguration of thig Retiring Sale prices bave been cut fm @ manner never befoce equaled hereabouts. Folks with smail-stzed feet will find some snap bargains here. Ladies’ Vici Kid Oxfords, patent leather tip, on “C? last only. Reduced from $3 to NAA oO, $1.95 Ladies’ $5 Tan and Black High-eut Bicycle Skoes, beauties fn style and Suish. Reduced to...... Men's regular $5, $6 and $7 Button and Lace Shoes, tm black and russet viet kid, $3.85 se qian at ne $3.85 WILSON, HIGH-GRADE SHOES, 929 FSt. N. W. FPS AAO en en enn en enn, Painless Extracting e gas or by appliea- ~~ tion of te the gums...... Highest class dental operations ° by experienced ts at on half the chu of other first- Very best teeth, $8. Solid gold crowns, $5. Dental Ass’n, ° Cor. 7th & D Sts. up. U. during July and store closes at 1 p.m. rut : |e ; TART : AG : i IN | a\\ i I y WN Uy ep Wl is £ SATURDAY § is MALY Av , . You can take your pick from our x 'e stock of Bed Room Sultes—at a le| i toate ‘tens than actual [S le This money-losing sale is le fo this week ONLY. We are ¢ learing our floors of surplus | Teves eteceees x all at once—your credit 1s good! A little money week!y or monthly Is just as acceptable to us as “eash down.” This is by far the greatest Bed Room Suite clearance of the whole year. (XExEREEM EY We make and lay all carpets free—no charge for waste in match- ing figures. CROGAN’S: MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSE, . 819821 823 Seventh street a.w. © gy22-s4a ; nr jiiercnants, make your Store Cool. A cool store is @ “drawing card.” Folks will shop where it's coolest. Ki the store cool by electricity—ty electric fans. ‘Phone us about the cost of the current. You'll ficd it a good invest- U. 5. Electric Lighting Co. 213 14th St. “Phone 77. Great Reduction In Hair. 1,000 Switches, $3.50, forme: 4 Switches, “250: formerly "Fog: Gmy Seitcnee, B00 formerly hap 7 seit $00, formerly Bi Switen 4.50, 6.50, Firet lab Satis: i ee ee ete, our “‘Ourlette” for retaining eusl. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. myT-806 THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1896—TWELVE PAGES. THE EVENING STAR, FREE EXCURSION =— ADDISON MEIGHTS, The Nearest Subdivision to Washington, DATURDAY, JULY 25, 1896. ‘Trains leave 13% st. and Pa. ave. n.w., over Mt. Vernon R. R., every hour from 9 a. . to 6 p.m. Free tickets (for adults only) of our agents at the station or our office. Now is the time to buy one or more lots at Addison Heights, either for a home or as an investment. DON'T PUT IT OFF. Go out Saturday or Sunday and secure a cholce lot, as delay may lose you the chance of a Hfetime; as Addison Heights offers opportunities to the man of moderate means never before equaled in Washington. The lote are offered by tho owner with unblemished title deeds, and not by ‘a spec- ulative land dealer. You save the speculat ’® profit, and buy with perfect safety at prices as low as those prevailing at twice the distance from Waskingtcn. Now {s the time to make a start to own your own home and stop paying rent, for every dol- Jar so paid out ts lost forever. Use judgment in buying and get a home as close to your business as possible. Think of it, that Addison Heights is only Ten Minutes’ ride from the center of Washington, and on the line of the Mt. Vernon R. R., the greatest electric R. R. in the world, and a Lome on this property can be reached more quickly, cheaply and conveniently than the N. E. or 8. B. sections of the city. Prices of Lots—$75, $100, $125, $150, $175, $200. Cash Payment— $1, TAXES until lots are paid Si, Weekiy Payment—.50, .75, $1, Io per cent discount for cash. $1, $1, $1.25, $1.50. $1, $1.25, $1.50. NO INTEREST OR for. Special inducements offered those who will build at once. Our agent will be at depot of Mt. Vernon R. R. on Saturday and Sunday, and will furnish free tickets to those wishing to go out. Tickets, plats, &., will be furnished those calling at our office. For full particulars, see or address JAMES E. CLEMENTS & A. T. HOLTZMAN, 1321 F St. N. W. OR CHAS. T. HENRY, at Office on Subdivision. 4523-26 The rapidity with which You have been coming here for “needables” has had no visible ef- fect on our stock, as we are con- stantly receiving new goods, and will continue to show the most complete assortment of Artists’, Architects’, Draughtsmen’s and Painters’ supplies in the city. Our prices will suit you. Geo. F. Muth & Co., Successors to Geo. Ryneal, Jr., Jy22-24a 418 Tth "st. now. No Cure, No F De. GZARRA'S Private Dispensary. ; Metropolitan Hotel, 619-621 Penna. Ave. N.W. FREE #2" Consultation, Advice, { Confidential. Ex.mination, Bloods act PEC (¥—All Chronic, Nervous, loo a son Teens Indigestion, Liver, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary ‘Troubles, Piles, Fistula, Stricture, é&e. ‘OMice hours—y to 12 a.m. and 3 to 8 p.m. Je24-1m* The | fs simple in operation, strong and well mud not affected by temper: Edison coupaces chante aul Mimeograph | 1,008 “fn"use™ today. ! For sale by John C. Parker, jy22-16d 617-19 TTH ST._N. Use SHAKER DIGESTIVE CORDTAL. Does not cure ali diseases, but it wi “ure Dyspepsia or Indig:stion. All druggists, 27. m th.s.m1. t Liring, Felts, Fire Brick atd Clay, Asbestos, Paints, Brushes, Lime, Cement, two aud. taree- ply Roofing Material. sel MUST NOT BE CONFOUNDED WITH COMMON cathartic or purgative Carter's Little Liver Pile are entirely unlike. them in every respect. One trial will prove their superiority. Jy18 IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURB and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It sootkes the child. softens the gum, allays all in, cures wind colic ond fs the best remedy for 25 cents a botth se10- |AVE ANY EPSIA AFTER lass of Angostura Bitters, the xenutue of B. Stegert & Sons. Ask your druggist. Unfair Warfare. From the St. Iculs Republic. A good story ts told of the coolness and bravery of Gen. John Irving Gregg, who commarded a cavalry brigade in the Army of the Pctomac during the war. It was at the second battle of Malvern Hill, August 5, 1862. He was a cavalry ceptain then, and kis regiment was ordered to support old Bull Sumner in h's move- ments against Lee. He was on the right, ard was In a field In a column of com- panles. The Johnnies were advanc'ng, and presently got within range, pelting the federals with a battery and line of sharp- shooters. It was very hot, and all the more uncomfortable because the fire could bot be returned. Seconds seemed hours, and minutes were days, as the feder: troops sat under that death-dealirg fire. Directly behind the head of the column was Gen. (then captain) Gregg’s company. But the general never winced. He sat bolt upright in his saddle. He motioned to the captain commanding the head of the column, who rode tack to where he sat. Taking a small flask from his pocket, he said to his comrad “Dor’t you think we had better take a rink, captain?” “With all my heart,”’ replied the latter. Gregg deliberately unscrewed the top from the flask and, holding it out, said: “Well, old man, go ahead!” Just then there was a zip, a crash of glass and the liquor streamed down over Gregg’s hand. Gregg ra'sed his eyes, and fixing them on t'te Johnnies, where the ball came from, over on the hill, shook his fist at them and exclaimed: “Well, I'll be if you fellows ain’t getting too mean to live!” It was a cool act, and proved the wonder- ful coolness of the man in the presence of great danger. ee Women as Odd Fellows. From the London Daily News. ‘The equal participation of woman in the life of the state is a question rising every- where. Among the Odd Fellows cw there 1s a question of the recognition of female lodges as part and parcel of the constitu- tion of the unity. It is to be gathered from the speech of the grand master at Bristol yesterday that up till now the women’s lodges have not been a great success. It must require some courage for women to take upon themselves the name of Odd Fel- lows, but four millions of their sex are said ‘to be toiling for their daily bread, and the practical question, as it appears to the lberal-minded grand’ master, is wl.ether provision for sickness, old age and death fs not as needful for them as for their masculine contemporaries. In the days of female cyclists it is useless to smile at fe- male Odd Fellow: -<ee—___ Nominated for Congress. Martin J. Krueger (dem.) was yesterday rominated for Congress in the tenth In- diana district by acclamation. ‘The third Georgia district democratic convention met at Perry, Ga., yesterday and nominated E. B. Lewis to succeed Charles F. Crisp in Congress, and in- dorsed the Chicago platform. When Baby Suffers — = ER BNE hi cee Fone cures. lain or perfum 10c. box. Evans’ Drug Store, 938 F St. 2 ygleeqie FOR DEBILITATED MEN, Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. Dr. J. B. ALEXANDER, Charlotte, N. C., says: is ranks s it the tas ae eee = LIFE WITHOUT BRAINS. Experiments as to the Utility of That Presumably Necessary Organ. From the Philadelphia Prees. Prof. Witmer, in his university extension lecture yesterday morning, spoke of that !mportant method of investigating parts of the nervous system known as extirpation. A given part of the nervous system is de- stroyed, and the animal is then studied to see what movements he is able. to make without the activity of the parts of the brain which have been removed. Even all of the central nervous syatem above the spinal cord may be removed in some an!- mals and they may still be kept alive long erough to show what the spinal cord is able to do without the brain. “The frog, whose brain has been 1cmov- ed,” said Prof. Witmer, “is still able to draw his toe up toward his body when the toe is pinched, or If his toe is placed in acid he will remove the toe from the acid, or when a piece of blottiag paper soaked in acid has been placed upon his back he can even move the foot up over the back to remove the acid. All this is done by the spinal cord alone, without any sensation on the part of the frog, because the frog, as @ conscious organism, has been destroyed by the removal of the brain. “The human being breathes, coughs and hiccoughs from the medulla through the agency of reflex centers lo- cated there, and a frog deprived of the Parts above the medulla may swim, turn over upon his belly when placed upon his back, and perform actions generally taken as indicative of intellige but it is not necessary to assume intelligence even when more important parts of the brain remain intact. If only part of the brain be remov- ed, leaving the optic lobes and basil gang- lia Intact, the frog in moving away from a stimulus will Jump out of the road of an obstruction, not necessarily because he sees the obstruction, but because the visual stimulus acts conjointly with the touch to Produce the movement of swerving to cne side. “We may hastily conce! of the normal frog as reacting as a nervous mechanism acting under the influence of environment in accordance with the life habits of its species, but such would be only a one- sided view of the relation of mind to the development of habits of action. We know more of our own mental life than we know of the activity of our ganglion cells. We really interpret the physiological action of a_brain by our knowledge of the action only of the mind. We know our own states of mind which we designate by the term vo- lition, and we know that actions performed under the influence of volition become ha- bitual and automatic. In this they ap- proach the reflex actions which have pre- viously been considered. From this point of view we are justified tn believing that reflex actions were develop2d under the intluence of the will, but as the nervous mechanism became adapted and fit to per- torm the actions alone, they were left to it alone tn consequence of the saving of time and force, and thus it 1s that out habitual actions are often performed by us xutomat- teally, involuntarily and unconsciously.” sneezes, ee Compressed Afr Motors. The Gazette of Worcester, Mass., “in lar to some that are expected to be used in Washington, has the following in refer- ence to the trial of the new system of street cars propelled by compress- ed air which is going on in that city: “It is known as tke high pressure sys- tem. The cars run in Europe have @ pres-ure of a little over 400 pounds, while cn these it is proposed to have a high pressure of 2,000 pounds to the square inch on the cylinders. This would reduce the size of the cylinders and make it possible to entirely conceal them under the seats. In the European lines there are huge tubes carried under the cars, which give an un- gainly appearance, add to the welght and increase the chance of accident. Thus far compressed air cars have been charged sufficiently for runs of about eight miles, while it is proposed to give the storage in these a capacity to run twenty miles with- cut refilling. The charging will take only a minute or two, and it is proposed to have compressed alr conduits along the tracks, with hydrants at intervals, so the cylin- Gers can be charged by stopping a moment on the route. The regulator and brake are to be separated, as in the trolley car, and will be of such a simple pattern that an ordinary motorman can manipulate them. Irstead of using the compressed air for the brakes, as in previcus systems, it is Proposed to reverse the power when neces- sary to stop. The motor operated by com- Pressed air follows the steam engine more than an electric motor, but the impulse is given by springs which are squeezed by the air and free themselves. The promoters ere satisfied that the element of danger has Eeen eliminated by constructing tough cyl- inders.’ ———_+e+_____ “One at a Time, Gentlemen.” From Harper's Round Table A ticket seller in a theater once owned a parrot that was quick at learning to re- peat the phrases he heard. Thus, among other things, he was soon able to exclaim, “One at a time, gentlemen! one at a time, please!” for this sentence was constantly in the mouth of his master. The ticket man went to the country for a summer vacation and took the educated parrot along with him. One day the bird got out of his cage and disappeared. His owner searched all about for him, and finally to- ward evening found him despolled of half his feathers sitting far out on the limb of a tree, while a dozen crows were pecking at him wherever they could get a chance. And all this time the poor parrot, with his back humped up, was edging away and con- stantly exclaiming, “One at a time, gentle- men! one at a time, please!” which city there are being built cars simt-, STILL UNDER FIRE Givil Service Examinations for La- borerg Criticised. SOME COMMENTS ON THE LAST ORDER Civil Service Officials Say It Pro- tects and Strengthens the System. SOME ADVICE SUGGESTED A communication has been received at The Star office upon the recent order of the civil service commission in regard to the examination of employes in the execu- tive departments, which 1s as follows: “The large number of persons who have gone to the trouble and experse of under- going a civil service examination at the designated points in their respective states in the hope of getting an appointment should they reach the top of the eligible st and their state quota be not already filled will be astonished, if they should get sight of the article in The Star headed “A Chance for Promotion,” that the adminis- tration has found a way to circumvent the civil service rules so ag to enable it to fill all vacancies for some time to come with- out any recourse to that eligible list. As is well known, owing to the great compe- tition for clerical positions, and the large numbers examined all over this country, any one making less than 90 per cent has virtually no chance to be appointed. Again, the heads of departments are restricted in their selection to the three highest on the list, and 4f the state's quota be already full they cannot even select among these. Consequently every year numbers of per- sons who have made as high as 95 per cent fail to get appointments and their names are dropped from the eligible list after a prescribed term. : “As these examinations are strictly on merit, this list has been a stumbling block to appeintments by favor. But at last a way has been found, although somewhat tortuous, to get around this difficulty. It is well known here that within the last two years there has been a great discharge of émployes in the then unclassified service, especially among elevator men and messen- gers. Experienced employes were summari- ly discharged without any reason being given; thts gave members of Congress and others an opportunity to get their favorites appointed to these places, which they, of course, selzed. By a stroke of the pen these classes of employes were put under civil service rules. It was noticed that Most of them were ‘above their situation,” and looked forward to bettering their con- dition. And the opportunity came, for, be- hold, these are now eligible to promotion, that word being chosen in preference to the proper word; that is, appointment in flat contravention of the c!vil service rules,under which thousands of eligibles were placed on and are still on the eligible list. They are to be examined by special departmental boards, composed chiefly of political ap- pointees, under the present administration, who were themselves appointed by favor, and who know personally every one of the applicants. If these applicants reach a minimum of seventy per cent in an exam- ination prepared by the head of the de- partment who desires to secure them cler- ical positions, they will thus recelve them over the heads of persons who made over ninety per cent in non-partisan examina- tion, held under the strict rules of the civil service commission in competition with thousands of persons examined all over the country. Neither does the fact that the state quota is full, which fact shut out so many of the last-named class, cut any figure. Any one looking over the list of names of persons constituting these depart- mental boards can rest assured that they will do their master’s bidding, so that none who are really wanted will fail to reach the minimum of seventy per cent. A eparate register,’ that it, a register separate from that kept by the clvil service commission, is to be kept, on which this new class of eligibles will be borne, and from which heads of departments’ may make appointments. A more barefaced circumvention of civil ®ervice law was never yet hatched out, but, like similar hypocritical performances, this extens‘on of the civil service ‘will no doubt be hailed with applause by the few mugwumps who still believe that the heads of the depart- ments of the present administration are par excellence the friends of non-partisan appointments.’ ”* According to the civil service comiis- sion, the above writer Is in error in assum- ing that boards of promotion control the examinations. These boards have nothing to do with the preparation or marking of the questions, the establishment of the reg- isters of eligibles or the certifications for appointment. The civil service commission, as a Star reporter was informed at the of- fice of the board, absolutely controls these procedures and performs this work itself by its officers. Thus the action he com- Plains of provides a test of fitness for pro- motion, which was not heretofore required when the lower lire of the classified ser- vice was from time to time extended. It 1s clatmed to be a good thing that the lower boundary of the classified service should be distinctly protected against ob- que manipulation by the heads of depart- ments or bureaus. The following proviso in the order issued by the Secretary of the Treasury in obedience to the President's last olvil service rule, It {s held, makes it clear that one very broad political avenue to government service has Leen effectually closed: “It Is provided that this classification shall not include persons appointed to an office by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, nor persons employed as mere laborers or workmen; but all posi- tions whose occupants are designated as la- borers or workmen, and who were, prior to May 6, 1893, and are now, regularly as- signed to work of the same grade as that performed by class:filed employes; shall be inctuded within this classification. Here- after no person who is appointed as a la- borer or workman, without examination under the civil service rules, shall be as- signed to work of the same grade as that performed by classified employes. “It is also ordered that no person shall be admitted into any place not excepted from examination by the civil service rules, in any of the classes above desig- nated, until he shall have passed an appro- priate examination prepared by the United States civil service commission and his ell- gibility has been certified to this depart- ment by said commission. Under the revision of the civil service rules, approved May 6, 1896, the President directed each head of department to amend the classification of his department to in- clude within the service covered by the ex- aminations all persons above the grade of “mere laborer or workman” and below the presidential places. The classified service was thus extended to cover laborers who are employed upon the work of the classi- fied service, such as the work of messengers, watchmen and clerks. Vacancies occurring in these places of laborers can now only be filled from the registers of eligibles kept by the commission. Similar action was taken in 1888 by Prest- dent Cleveland in extending the lower line of the classified service to include 2,200 or 2,300 additional places. The persons added to the classified service in 1888 were ren- dered eligible by this inclusion to places in the clerical grades without examination. The present action, however, is an im- provement on the action of 1888, inasmuch as these persons just brought in can only go to the higher places upon a competitive ex- amination for promotion. Indirectly, as a civil service official ex- plained to a Star reporter, there may be an advantage to persons who want to get into government employ, and discover that their chances are prejudiced by mere “Iaboters and messengers.” The average candidate ‘for a place, after passing his examination satisfactorily, selects a clerkship of the first or second class, thinking that he must have at least $1,200 or $1,400 a year. The chance of getting an appointment depends on a great many things. For one thing, there is from year to year more calls for clerks of the $720, $840 and $000 classes, and when an applicant goes on the register of eligibles as wanting a $1,200 place he is passed over in the certification for places of @ lower class. If any applicant wishes to enter govern- ment employ let him be sure he can make a high standing in his examination, let him be sure his state has not filled its quota, and then let him appiy for a low- salaried place rather than for one more according to his idea of the valuc of his services. His chances of apointment are many times greater. Then, by promotion, he may arrive at the compensation he as- Pires to. If applicants will understand that the “laborers and messengers” are in the road to promotion they may take counsel of the fact and join them. It is the safest course to pursue if they are bent on getting into government employ. ALL KINDS OF THIEVES. Many Cases of Larceny Heard in the Police Court. There were two colored men in Judge Miller’s court today on charges of horee stealing. They were George Washington and William Stewart. The former is the man who was arrested two days ago by Officer Sullivan because he was found trying to sell a horse, the owner of which has not yet been fcund. Stewart was arrested at the market yesterday. He was trying to sell a horse worth about $40 for one-fourth its value. When arrested he claimed that the animal belonged to his father, but he made a desperate at- tempt to get away. It is thougnt that the horse was stolen from the Burrows farm, near Colesville, Montgomery county, Both cases were continued for a week, and the officer will endeavor to find the owners of the animals. The case of George Beverly, colored, charged with the theft of a bicycle from in front of the residence of Mr. Oscar Wells, in Eckington, was heard. The bicycle was a new one when stolen, but when recovered it was badly wrecked and mutilated in order to prevent identifica- tion. But the number of the wheel had not been effaced. “Bicycles will fill the penitentiary if this thing keeps up,” remarked the court. “We are having about one case a day now. The case was sent to the grand jury, and the prisoner was committed in de- fault of $500 security. George Young, a young colored man, was in the tols because he stole a gold watch from the housie of John A. Green in Ana- cost Young was employed there at the house putting down carpets, and soon afier he left there the watch was missed. Po- liceman Creagh recovered the watch from oo Garland, who paid Young $1.25 for “How do you expect thieves will stop stealing when they can find purchasers for their stolen property?” asked the court. “You must have known it was stolen when you bought ft for a song.” “I had witnesses who saw me buy it,” said Garland. Detectives Horne and Weeden were in court to tell of the prisoner’s confession, and Young was sentenced to jail for six months, Next In the line of persons charged with theft was Lewis Allen, colored, and it was charged that he entered the store of Jos- eph Crobo on Canal street and stole a uantity of tobacco and groecries. Police- man Curry made the arrest and recovered some of the stolen property. Allen was held in $500 security for the grand jury. In the dock was a colored man known as “Buddy” Nelson, and the charge against him was stealing. He was arrested yester- day by Detective Lacy and he admitted his guilt. His arrest has put a stop to a series of annoying thefts. Some time ago the house of Mrs. E. Kurtz Johnson, 1600 Massachusetts avenue, was visited by thieves, who ripped a large section of cop- ber spouting from the front of the house. From there they went to three houses on Connecticut avenue between Q and R streets, where they stripped the houses of as much copper pipe as they could. Going around in the alley in rear of the vacant houses they battered it until they were able to get it in a bag, and then they went off and sold the metal. There were £0 many cases of the kind that the detectives were much annoyed and Detectives Rhodes and Proctor recovered some of the metal in a junk store. The arrest of Nelson followed, and the cose will be heard next week. Two young colored men, Edward Parker and Jeremiah Addison, were calied upon to answer a charge of theft, and each accused the other of be! onsible for the tak- ing of Sara Ca: '3 shoe: When the shces had been taken the de- fendants went to the house of a colored girl and wanted to sell them. Then the girl informed on them, and now they will have to live in > months. William, Hawkins, colored, arraigned for the theft of ten chickens from the Center market, said “guilty,” and Wert to jail to await the action of the grand jul as it was his second offense. THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Wissman agt. Scaggs; order directing clerk to pay defendant $50 out of registry of court. Roache agt. Hyland; order for commission to issue. Johnson agt. Agnew; rule on receiver, returnable July 20. Breck- inridge agt. Carter et al.; order directing trustee to sell for cash. Gill agt. Mead et al.; order pro confesso against defendant Mcad. Daniel agt. Jenkins; motion for in- junction overruled. Maxwell agt. Wil, mington Dental Manufacturing Company; order allowing receiver to remove assets. Thompson Manufacturing Company agt. Thorn; rule to show cause, returnable July 28. Circuit Court No. 1.—Judge Hagner. Caton agt. District of Columbia; judg- ment in certiorari. Lehman agt. District of Columbia; do. Circuit Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Jordan agt. District of Columbia; judg- ment in certiorari. Probate Court.—Judge Hagner. Estate of Sarah R. Bates; will filed and fully proved. In re Francis W. Truxeil; pe- tition for appointment of guardian filed. Estate of James Johnson; inventory filed. Estate of Jeremiah Lynch; petition for pro- bate of will filed. In re Catherine M. Mc- Guire; guardian's petition for an allowance Tiled. Estate of Caroline Burke, will fully proved. ————— The Eugenc Ficld Fund. There is a unique and interesting exhibi- tion at Veerhoff’s galleries, on F street, just now that will attract the attention of all lovers of letters as well as of art at the capital. The exhibition includes the orig- inal drawings by famous artists of the il- lustrations that embellish the beautiful volume recently issued in memory of the dead poet, Eugene Field. In connection with this display subscription lists are about to be opened at the same place in aid of the Field memorial fund, one-half of which is to be used for the erection of a monument and the other helf donated to the poet's widow for the support of the family. Eugene Field died a poor man, and there is sericus need for this aid. There will 'e a separate list for the sup- scriptions of the newspaper men of Wash- ington, many of whom knew Field well in life, and alt of whom are admirers of his beautiful work. Tomorrow will be devoted to Mr. Field’s fellow craftsmen. The orlg- inal autographs secured will be sent direct to Mrs. Field as a souvenir from the men of her husband’s profession in this city. Sa as Robberies Reported. Mrs. J. E. Lowe of Hamilton, Loudoun county, Ve., called’ at police headquarters this morning and informed Inspector Hol- linberger that 2 pocket book containing $10 and two baggage checks was stolen from here yesterday afternoon while she was at the B. and P. depot. A pair of black serge trousers and a vest were stolen yesterday from Julius Cohen's store, 1104 7th street. eis eaee American Maps. From the New York Times. A gentleman who has recently returned from London, where he has been attending the geographical congress, states that the topographical map sheets issued by the United States were proncunced by several distinguished representative geographers io be the finest of the class. Scientifically and mechanically these sheets are com- plete, all the water features being in blue, the hills in brown, contcur lines show topo- graphical forms and heights, while names, roads, towns, &c., are in black. The second sheet in the set shows the surfacp extent and position in the embrac- ed area in the various rock formations. It has the same base as the first map over- printed with geological colors.. This sheet is called aerial geology. The next map of the same area is known as economic geol- ogy, and differs from the preceding gener- ally with the rock masses, which are spe- cially Important from their yield of iron, gold, &c., in strong colors in contrast :o the other rocks, which are in subdued colors. Another map shows the under formations known as structure sections, representing the character of the earth extending down- ward for about half a mile, indicating what has been learned about the deeper portion of the earth’s crust. Another map has a Giagram devoted to an exhibit of columnar sectiors and illustrating the geological age and thickness ox rock masses, OO ANOTHER DESTITUTE MOTHER. She Asked That Her Infant Child Be Cared for by the District. Charles Franklin Brown was named in an information filed in the Police Court this afternoon, which petitioned the court to have the child turned over to the board of children’s guardians. Josephine Taylor, the child’s mother, had the infant in her arms. With her was Mrs. Jennie Hayes of 1723 Pennsylvania avenue. This lady had taken the colored woman and her child in off the streets for humanity's sake, but as she could not support them always she had the child taken to court. The colored woman had come here from Virginia, and was treated in one of the hospitals. When the child was nineteen d oid, the mother was discharged from the hospital, and had it not been for Mrs. Hayes she would have had a serious time finding a place of shelter. . “This case is brought into court,” said Prosecuting Attorney Jeffords, “for the pur- pose of relieving this charitable lady of a burden. I don’t like the idea of having these women come here from the states and dump their offspring on the District.” “We have it in court every day,” remark- ed the judge, “and it’s getting worse.” Mr. Jeffords agreed with this, and sald he Was sorry there was not some remedy. So far as he was concerned he thought they should be sent back to thelr homes. “Where's the father of this child?” Judge Miller asked the woman. "Deed I don’t know,” was her response. The judge told her that she need rot think she was going to get rid of the baby so easily, and told her she would have to work and support the child. The woman said she was willing to do this, but she was not very strong yet, and was out of em- ployment. When she got a little stronger she hoped she would be able to get a situa- tion, and then she would be willing to spend every cent on her child. Judge Miller told her that he would have the child cared for until the Ist of Septem- ber, and then she will have to appear and make some provision for his care. — SEVERAL ASSAULT CASBSs. In Every Instance the Accused Wax Given Punishment. William Edd, an old horse dealer who has been in the Police Court many times, both as defendant and witness, was be- hind the bars today on a charge of having committed an assault on John Maroni. Sa- die Coleman, colored, an intimate friend of the defendent’s, seems to be responsible for the trouble. Edd for a long time wax welcome to anything in the colored wo- man’s house, on Armory street, but during recent months she has not permitted him to even call on her. But the man was per- sistent, and three days ago when he went there he found that he was not only an unwelcome guest, but he was given a good, sound threshing. Maroni and another man were in the house looking after their wash, and when Edd started a fight and ured a knife on Maroni the two men beat him. Judge Miller referred to the numerous troubles in which Edd had figured, and sent him to jail for eleven months and twenty-nine days. Edward Randolph, colcred, who is able to sympathize with the surviving members of the Buxton family, knows what it is to get struck on the head with an ax and then live to tell the story. He appeared 1 court and complained that Elsie Tibbs used an ex cn him during an ordinary street fight. A physician had dressed the wound and a cotton bandage covered his head. Assault and battery with intent to i | Kill was the charge, and Elsie was held in Ru) security for the action of the grand jury. William Stewart, colored, who is known as “Desperate Pete,” was in court for hay | ing asseulted two women, and was given home for twe morths. Hillery Wardrobe, colored, for assaulting Jennie Harris was fined $20 or sixty days. THEIR LUCK WAS BAD. So They Threw Away the Rabbit's Foot and Chinese Ccin. From the Baltimore Sun. Two men were talking about luck at the corner of Baitimore and South streets last night. Neither of them had had a recent visitation of Dame Fortune, and in conse- quence both were loud in their denuncia- tions of that fickle lady. “I haven't had a good years,” said one of them, in a tone of deep disgust. “I have tried my best to overcome the hoodoo, but somehow I can’t do it. I've tricd every sort of mascot, but I can’t get out of the rut. For two years I have carried a rabbit's foot, but it sems to have come from a Jonah rabbit, and not one of the regular kind. Darn this luck, any- how.” The other man sympathized deeply, and told his own troubles in the same dis- gruntled style. He, too, had a mascot in the shape of a Chinese coin. “They are alla snare and a delusion,” he said, and his face looked more woe-begone thing for three than ever. “Darn this luck, anyhow.” “Mascots are not what they are cracked up to me,” assented the other. “I’m almost tempted to believe in Jonahs as the har- bingers of good fortune. I'm going to get rid of this rabbit's foot, at any rate.” “I'm right with you,” said the other. “Darn this luck, anyhow.” The rabbit's foot and the coin appeared from their pockets, and with a more hope- ful manner than they had yet shown the two charms were tossed together in the middie of the street, near the tracks of the the City Passenger railway. Then the two “hoodooed” men went down the street arm-in-arm. “Darn this luck, anyhow,” was the last thing heard as they disappeared in a door- way. ———~——22 CLEVER TRICK OF A SHEEP. It Followed It Master Around It Got What It Wanted. From the London Spectator. Two years ago a iamb owned by a gentie- man whose farm lies close to Lough Foyle was left motherless. A yardman in charge of the flock nursed and fed the littie or- phan. She became very tame and was much petted by her master’s children. Last year she had grown into a young sheep, with a lamb of her own. One day some dogs ran through the pasture grounds, and the frightened flock scattered and fled through the field, which was a large one, sloping toward the shore. The yardman, Aleck, banished the intruders and collected the sheep, as he supposed, into safety. An hour or two afterward the pet sheep rushed past the dwelling house, apparently in great distress. With piteous bleating she went to the lodge gate, where Aleck was sitting at his nvonday meal, and, coming close to him, seemed to seek his help. As he rose from the table she ran out of the house and straight through the pasture to the shore. He followed her and soon saw the cause of her alarm. Her lamb, terri- fied by the dogs, had fled to a little penin- sula among the rocks, which the incoming tide nad transferred into an island. Of course, it could not cross the strait, and the mother could not save it, therefore she ap- plied to the power and sympathy of her human friend. Her trust in his help was rot disappointed, and she and her rescued offspring were soon reunited. The Art of Cooking Water. From the Reflector. One of the secrets of palatable food is knowing how to cook water. The secret is to put fresh filtered water into a clean kettle already warm, to let it boil quickly, and to use it the instant it is boiled. To let it steam and simmer means to bave a combination of lime, iron ard dregs in the kettle, and all the good water evaporated into air. It is surprising that many house- keepers otherwise neat and particular, seem to think that a ketUe will stay clean with- out active measures on their part. The mere fact that nothing but water is boiled in it does not guarantee It against the necd of scouring it. It wll soon become coated with a rusty-iooking layer of slime, uniess it receives the same care as other cooking utensils. Food cooked with water which is rot properly boiled cr which Is boiled in a kettle coated with dregs has not the same flavor that properly cooked food has. Morc- cver, it is dangerous to health, a West Point Cadets Appointed. The following appointments of cadets at the Military Academy have been made Wm. C. Minnich, Bedford, Pa.; John E. Breth (alternate) of Altoona, Pa.; Charles H. Ingalls, jr. @iternate), Brooklyn, N. Guy Kent of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Heroert J. Brees (alternate) of Laramie, Wyo. ° HER COLLECTION A MYTH. Princess Maad’s Acknowledgment of a Nice Little Gift. Last December Dr. Charles F. Rand of this city, noticing a newspaper statement that Princess Maud of Wales, who was yesterday wedded to Prince Charles of Den- mark, was making a collection of rare ivories, decided to send her a pair of baby whale’s teeth, which his brother, having captured the young thing’s mother, a Specimen of the humpback variety, had brought him from the polar regions forty years ago. Dr. Rand called on Sir Julien Pauncefote, and through him sent the rare Uttle specimens of ivory to the princess, in the legation’s mall pouch. A few weeks later Dr. Rand received a pretty little note, Charlotte Knollys writing for the princess, in which she say “I am desired by the princess to thank you very much fer your kind intention of presenting her with the teeth of a nursing whale, but her highness wishes me to explain to you that her ‘col- lection of ivory’ has never existed, except in the imagination of newspaper writers, and that under these circumstances the princess will not deprive you of such { teresting specimens of natural history. The teeth were carefully packed and re turned to Washington by registered parcels post. Dr. Rand prizes the teeth now all the more from the pleasant association with an incident which illustrates the frankness and courtesy of the young daughter of the Prince of Weles. a TO GUARD AGAINST SMALLPOX. Governor Mitchell of Florida has appealed to the Navy Department for help in pro- tecting his state against the introduction of smallpcx from Cuba, where the disease is reported to be raging. Secretary Herbert has accordingly telegraphed instructions to Captain Crowninshteid of the Maine, now at Key West, to aid the local health au- thorities in the work of boarding steamers und passing upon bills of health. The Maine will not long be kept at this w been given to the cruiser Montgomery, now at Tompkinsville, S. 1 detaching her from Admiral Bunce’s squa ron and sending her to Key West to the Maine’s place in looking after filibus- tering expeditions and enforcing observ ance of quarantine regulations. The Mont- gomery is expected to start south within forty-eight hours. A Puinfal Accident. Mr. D. W. Stockstill, the galvanized iron worker, met with a painful and perhaps Serious accident while superintending some work on a new house near 11th street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast yesterday afternoon. In attempting to step from a ladder to a platform bulit in front of the hovse he missed his footing and fell. His left wrist was fractured and he was also injured internally... Mr. Stockstili, who is sixty years old, was taken to Provi- dence Hospital by ‘the police. ——— -—_ The Tragedy om the Herbert Faller. United States Consul Ingraham, at Hal fax telegraphed the State Department to- day that the local authorities there had consented to his reauest that the persons arrested on the charge of murdering Capt. Nash and wife and the second mate of the American barkentine Herbert Fuller be re- turned to the United States without re- course te extradition proceedings. The prisoners, row in the Halifax city jail, will be sent back aboard the Fuller under guard. Meanwhile coroner of Halifax will conduct an inquest upon the bodies the murdered persons. The case has placed in the hands of the I Justice, which will see to it that the oners are brought within the juris of the United States courts and tried for their crime Secretary Herbert of the pressure of official busi- cretary Herbert has been compelled to change his plans for the summer to a slight extent. According to nts present Plans, he will remain in this city until Saturday, August 1, when he will go to his home in Alabama to cast his vote for Johnson, the democratic candidate for ¢ov- ernor of the state. The election on the 3d proximo. then return to thi immediately on his lon inspection of the northern and ca a~ the dispatch boat Dolphin is now at Gloucester, Mas is city in a few days. pretary will visit’ Newport to naval war college and the r. raining and torpedo stations, but hi there will be only incidental to th business of the trip. He will be gon a month and will undoubtedly avail h of this epportenity to call upoa the Pres Gent at his quiet retreat at Gray Gables. Transfer of Cavalry Troops. In consequence of the recent fire at Fort Wingate, N. M.. which destroyed some of the barracks, it has been found necessary to reduce the size of th at post. Orders were iss by Maj. Gen. Miles today for the transfer of two troops of the 2d Cavalry from Fort Wingate to Fort Riley, Kan., and for the transfer of two troops of the ist Cavalry the last named post to Fort Sheridan, m raze, The selection of the troops to change sta- tions is left to the discretior erals commanding the ruilit dep ments concerned. Two troops of the Cavalry will remain at Fort Wingate of the gi end orders have been given for the rebuildiug of the damaged barracks. = -e- Army Orders. Lieut. G. H. MaeDenald, qu: master, Ist Cavalry, has been granjed leave of ab- sence for two months. The leave of a ve granted Lieut. Hi- ram McL. Powell, 2d Infantry, nas Leen extended one month Consul Recognized. The President has recognized Benito Zalamea as consul of the republic of Co lomoia at New Orleans. HUNG CHANG’S DIET. He Always Eats in Privney and Re- quires Sixteen Courses, From the New York Sun. One mystery regarding the viceroy Li Hung Chang the Paris press determined to selve. He has been frequently entertained at banquets, Mut has not eaten a morsel of food in public since his arrival in Europ: The Parisians insisted on knowing what he did eat. President Faure invited him to dinner at the Elysee, and the illustric guest came, saw, and fasted. It was the same in Germany. At Friedrichsruh he did not touch a dish, not even dessert. The ex- chancellor aeked why he would not even try food, which he said was wholesome ati appetizing. He replied that he was 5 it was all that, but that if he once sacri- ficed his principle in Germany he might scmewhere else in Eurcpe get a morsel in his mouth which would provoke a grim- ace, and this would be an unpardonable in- sult to hir hosts. The mysteries of his private cuisine 4 the Grard Hotel in Paris have been made known. As he cannot have the appetizing dishes which flatter his palate in China, he Goes the best he can with such means as are available. He is not a lover of rice liis dinner, which is served at 6:30 o’cloc by his body valet, a man who sleeps at h door every night, and by three cooks, wh follow their handiwork to the dining roc consists of twelve to sixteen courses, counting tea and little cakes at the One iarge tray contains all these v: eGibles, ranged in rows one above the other Roast duck is #imost always the piec: resistance, which the viceroy eats kidney beans. Then comes a savory of fresh perk, with a quantity of jam. though the cucumbers are served epart, he usvally enjeys them together with jam and pork. After this the venerable Chinese tur: shrimps, the fiavor of which is height by leeks, gherkins and mu which he eats them. Next tender chickens preserved in wi gar along with green pees. and vine- Then he ts ready to do justice to a slice of fresh pork sh- ccoked in honey with the smaliest rooms. This is succeeded by a puree 1 of pigeons’ legs ard mavered with sour jelly. These are some of the chief plates which constitute the evening meal, and are fellowed by dessert, cons'sting of rice cook- ed with sugar 2nd sponge cake, the whole washed down with tea.