Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1896, Page 13

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Printers’ Inf (he fittle echoof master of advertizing), saps: If is cfa:m2d for the Washingfon Star, and proBabfp frut$tuffp cfoim:2, 1Bat no ofder newsraper n f§e counfrp goes info 6o fargsi a vercenfage of aff fhe Gouses tiffin a gadius of fwenfp mifee from fhe office of puBfica fion. MAYER BROS.& CO., 937-939 F St. u Foubourg Poissonnierre, Paris. Prices That Talk of Saving. —Our charger is saddled and bridled for grand on- slaught against the standard of prices. We're going to make this next week six days of bargains. Why? That. doesn’t interest you. You only care to make your dol- lars do their utmost, and that’s the opportunity we offer you. —From a merchant standpoint we’ve done wrong to sacrifice brand new goods of irreproachable quality to a whim, but buyers will thank us for it. Your neighbor will embrace the opportunity to save—why not you? We have prepared for hundreds of patrons each day. We have a right to expect them. ILLINERY.|KIDGLOVES i) 6 G & 2] @ © 9 & 8 i] S 9 e 6 6 8 eG @ o e e Every Glove we sell we trich Plumes, in- xe stead of 50c., are marked guarantee and keep in repair ocntlaeee's onsie free of charge. oth Tamos, In : ; Sy vy) and 2clasp Ladies Kid Gloves, in Diack, tan, red and slate, instead of §1, are marked........ Trimmed French Feit Fedoras, in all colors, instead of $1.25, are marked. . Ladies’ 4-button Kid ‘Trimmed Mohair Felt Sailors, in all colors, instead of are marked. . 3 G @ © © © 8 sy Ladies’ He Embroidered Kid Gloves, that should be marked 2-clasp Black ‘Parrots, that should be T5e., are . OS@G market, and all colo: Glove that once wear wear always, fal Black Birds, of i IOC, quality, are marked 2 ® pe the regular 2% Spanish Coque ———— ay 4QC. Gloves Cleaned, 5c. pr 4 Plumes, instead of %9c., are marked... MAYER.BROS. & CO., 7-939 F St. 8806 6ses90009 THE NEW DRUG STORE. It Was to Re a Palace of Eleganctes, Luxuries and a Smell Lot of Drugs. From the Los Anzeles Phoenix. The pride of proprietorship beamed on his | countenance as he stood on the street and } gazed at the big sign which announced to the world thd advent of a new drug store. “It’s the finest location for the business in this part of town,” he exclaimed to the junior partner, “and if we work things at ail right we ought to make money. I see you have the soda fountain in.”” s, I attended to that the first thing.” “Did you buy the biggest one you could | get for the money?” : | “Yes. Ii is one of the most finely equipped } to be found fn the market “And the cigars; we have a variety of m, have we?” “Every brand of any consequence can be | purchased at our stand. We have one of | the largest assortments to be found in the city.” look it over. You mustn’t feel hurt if I give it my personal attention, but we don’t want to neglect any detail that may affect the suc ‘s of this enterprise, and two heads are better than one. We have a supply of fancy toilet articles, have we not? “Plenty of them. All of the latest style, too."* 0. “And we have some confectionery?” “A good line of it.” “And all sorts of little knick-knacks to catch the fancy of the women and make the place look pretty?” “T am looking after that now.” “How about the stock of cut-rate wines and lquors?” “[ got everything In that line that I could pessibly get, and at good rates. I ordered a five-barrel lot of one-year-old stuff that we can doctor up and bottle for prohibs and the Sunday trade, and make a barrel of joney."” mcGeod. As soon as you get it attended to, put an advertisement In the newspaper, and | then, when you have time, get in a few Iit- tle things in the way of drugs, and we will be ready for busines: Apple Butter Like Grandmother's. From the Practical Farmer. The first thing to do Is to secure some good sweet cider (apple cider), and boil it half away. This should be done the day before’ you expect to begin with the ap- ples. I use a porcelain-lined kettle that holds five gallons. Boil it half away and let it remain in the kettle over night on the back of the stove. The advantage of this is it is warm, and will begin cooking earlier. As soon as possible the next morn- ing I begin and prepare the apples as for sauce and put into the cider all it will hold. Fill the pot full to the top and as it cooks soft keep putting in more apples to keep the kettle full until it 1s quite thick, and let cook slowly and stir very often, as it will burn very readily if it is over too hot a fire. It needs to be cooked a long time—I never, finish mine in one day, simply move it back on the stove where it will not cook, but keep warm over night. When it is done !t will be cooked away considerably and thick and dark like a jam or marma- lade. Do not sweeten until nearly done, as it burns more quickly, and by cocking away as it does it might be too sweet. Use white sugar and sweeten to taste. I use no spices, as I cons!der it spoils the flavor of the cider and apples. If they are used they should be of the very best and carefully ‘added. This recipe keeps perfectly without being put up air-tight. I put it In stone jars and tie a cloth over it merely to keep out dust. rr A Terrible Mistake. From the Cleveland Leader. reat heaven!” “What's wrong?” Clerk—“I gave that boy carbolic acid in- stead of alcohol.” Druggist—‘Say, are you trying to drive me out of business? Carbolic acid costs me jest three times as much as alcohol!’ A CONVINCING COMPARISON. Difficulties of «a Common Sch Eduention in Early Times. Johnny Blykins had been less successful than 1 in his studies, and his father was trying to stimulate him to greater en- deavor. “I can get along pretty well in most things,” Johnny was saying, “but I can’t manage with grammar and arithmetic.” “Those arc the two essential studies of mcdern times,” was the earnest repiy. “A man nowadays must know how to talk for chance to rake money; and he’s got to be mighty quick at figures to see that some- body {sn’t holding back any when he gets his change.” : “T gess I can pull through on grammar.” But I've got so discouraged with arithme- tic that I don’t feel like trying any more.” “Don’t give up. Arithmetic fs just as tm- pcrtent as the other, if not more so. Be thankful the study isn’t any herder than it ig. Think of the poor little Roman boys,” he went on, with a sudden !nspiration. “Did they have to study hard?” “Study?” Why, those boys had to know Latin before they could understand the cicwn's jokes at the circus. Let's just take an example,” he exclaimed,drawing a pencil and a piece of paper from his note book. “We'll work it out the way a little Roman boy would have had to do. Suppose we want to divide 49 by 6. You could do that eesily. But a little Roman in the fifth or sixth grade wculdn’t have it all laid out before him in a simple, unmistakable fash- fon like that. It would be worse than giammar and mathematics combined with him, for he'd have to get his intellect right dcwn close to spelling words that don’t mean anything. He would have to state | the example I mention in this way: ‘XLIX | divided by VI.’ The next step would be to say: ‘VI into XL goes VI times and IV over.’ ”” “And then what would he do?” “Why, then he would—er—Johnny, I don't know just what he would do then. But I sWouldn’t be surprised if he emashed his tabiet and dropped his stylus down a knot- hole and ran off to fight Indians.”* —— A Spurious Millet in the Louvre. From the Chicago Tribune. Not a little agitation is at this moment reigning among the art critics of Paris ow- ing to the appearance upon a ecreen in the Louvre galleries of an important picture signed and dated by Millet. No announce- ment of this acquisition was ever made by the authorities, although the national col- lection possesses but few specimens of this highly appreciated master. Indeed, the work, which represents a cottage interior, with a woman suckling her baby, one foot hidden in a sabot, the other bate and rest- ing on the bar of a chair, has never as yet come under public notice. M. Heymann, one of Millet’s sons-in-law, who knows every detail connected with the painter's productions, boldly declares the thing to be a forgery, and a very bad one, too. He even hints that it had been offered “un- signed” to various dealers, that the name and date were inserted in order to secure a customer. There are no factories for forged Millets as there are for sham works of Diaz, Corot and Courbet, partly because he is inimitable, partly because the history of everything that left his studio is famil- far to dealers and connoisseurs. From Up to Date. Wyld—‘“Is Higbee married?” From Judge. Mrs. O’Brien—“Say, docther, me grown son, Patsey, says he’s most got th’ ‘silver faver.’ Phwat’ll Oi give him, Oi dunno?” Doctor (grimly)—“Give him strychnine and prussic acid, equal parts.” x ark & Co. | ‘Jas. White, Albert Redding, Wm. D. Clark. ON THE DUMP. REFUSE OF THE CITY A Visit to the Public Dumps on the Urban Limits. EARNING A LIVING FROM GLEANINGS 5 | 3 {Commotion When the Ash Man With a Fresh Supply Arrives. TURNED INTO CASH ——— OOD MAWIN’, MIZ Wash'nton.” ‘*Good mawnin’, Miz Johnsing.” “How's you mawnin’ 2” “I'se_ right *deed I is. My rheu- matiz sho'ly ‘8 hurtin’ me powerful. How's yo'self?” “ "Deed, I ain’ feel- in’ very peart, either. E’g0t.a mis'ry in my sides Is yo’. found anything yit?” “Nary thing. "Deed, seems to me laik de white folks ain't throwin’ nothin’ away, no mo’. Dey is gittin’ stingier an’ stingier. My ole man, he say dere is some folks stingy enough to skin a flea fo’ his hide an’ tallow, an’ ‘deed, I believes it.” “Yaas, indeedy, da’s so, an’ {t certainly is a sin an’ a shame. I believes in live an’ let live. How we gwine live if dey don’t nothin’ come out in de trash heap?” dis po'ly, LA Picker. “Da’s jus’ what I say. How we gwine to?” They were two old colored women, and they had met to compare totes on one of the public dumping grounds of the city, where they, in common with many others, were wont to daily ply their avocation of trying to make a living by the gleanings from the city’s refuse. It was their busi- ness, all the day through, to rake over the heaps of trash deposited by the ash man and the push-cart man, in search of some- thing in the shape of rags, junk or articles more valuable still, that would be salable to the rag man or the junk shop. In their humble way they were complaining of hard times and dull business, just as sig- nificant to them as to many another in a more exalted station of commercial life. They Pick Up a Living. Hundreds of people gain a Ivelihood in this lowly fashion, and they can be seen constantly at work, delving in the refuse on the various public dumping grounds. Fair weather or foul, in heat or cold, they ply their calling, and it must be profitable or they would not keep it up. It is busi- ness that does not call for the expenditure of wery much gray matter or the inordinate waste of tissue. Besides, it is surrounded by that element of chance, of expectancy, of the hope of “findin’ somethin’,” so dear to the heart of a certain class. The begin- ning of every day holds out fresh possibill- tles of something turning up, and it can be imagined that they feel very much like the man who buys a lottery ticket and rev- els in the hope of fortune coming his way, finding the thought food for anticipation as loug as the uncertainty lasts. The dumping grounds are located on the outskirts of town, in spots that some one has likened tc “the raveled edge of the city’s garments.” Usually it is the midst of a common or near the banks of the river. One ia located on the edge of Rock creek. However, as to the dumping grounds. They are all around, taking up the waste places of the earth, and you can hardly drive or ride beyond the city limits without Passing one or more. They usually begin where the paved streets leave off and you encounter the dirt roads, where the broken bottle and battered tin can lurk in the dust for the unwary bicyclist and his pneumatic tire. Hereabouts the aspect of the houses begins to change. The variegated architec- ture, showing individual taste in some lo- calities, gives place to rows of habitations. Neighborly Rivalry. They have their characteristics, however. The front steps are always scrubbed to spotless brilllancy and the men _ folks mount them gingerly, mindful of many ad- monitions against “tracking in dirt.” You will find there is a kind of rivalry among the occupapts of these houses_about the ;| Sood hat. appearance of the front steps. Each house- holder is determined not -to be outdone by her neighbor in keeping the portals clean. Let one apply a fresh epat of. paint and before the week is’ out;the painter has traversed the row..." / In the summer evenings the row is live- ly, for then the steps aré occupied by the heads of the household, aitting out to get a breath of fresh air, and gossip a bit, while the street echoes with the shouts of chilaren. And what swarms of chil- dren these rows can tutn out, considering the relative size of the haures to the number of children. They are bright and healthy looking children, too, and they run and race with an abandon thet causes you to wonder how they ever manage to bottle A Picker’s Gamp. up their exuberant spirits sufficiently to enable. them to crowd themselwes back into their tiny homes. But, paticace, we are coming to the dumping ground. Away out at the end of the street, beyond the last habitation, it lies, murked by the presence:of a smudge of smoke. Smoke is always an acompani- ment of@-Gumping ground, for there is always a fire. Yn the summer it is a mere smoldering fire, caused by bugning trash, but on thése coo! fall daysand in the winter a brighter blaze igs maintained. Around it- gather. the frequestérs of the dumping ground, whe pause in tneir labors to warm théir-hands and toes, and to light their pipes, while they talk. An {dle boy or two attend to the Llaze, keeping it alive while they listensto the remarks of their elders. 8" ’ Creates a Comgaotion, ~ The arrival of an ash man and ‘his team cr a push cart causes a éommotton. From different parts of the field the scavengers hasten to the scene, aud when the con- aseasenteensenceteeeseeens tnt . of tote “OPENING” WEEK — At Clark & Go.’s BEGINS MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 A new store—a new firm with a new stock, and new business methods now occupies the old stand of W. D. Clark & Co. at 811 Market Space. The business principles of the old firm have been broadened, until no establish- ment in the land can boast of greater liberality than will hereafter mark our dealings. The store has been remod- eled—a handsome elevator added, the stock of the old de=- partments vastly increased and: several new departments added, and today the stock comprises nearly everything the least wise desirable and fashionable in the way of dress goods, silks, dry goods, underwear, ladies’ furnish ings, coats, capes, &c. The foundation stones, upon which We propose to eventually build a busi- ness second to none in this city, as follows: Strictly. one price to all. Prices marked in plain figures. All merchandise warranted to be absolutely as repre- sented. Money cheerfully refunded upon request when goods are returned in the condition bought. Courteous attention,absolute freedom to you in the in- spection of goods without being importuned to buy, and prompt delivery of all goods bought. The new firm wii! comprise Mr. James White, who has been for the past twenty-six years with Straw- bridge & Clothier of Philadelphia, and fir. Albert Redding, who has been for many years the buyer for Partridge & Richardson of Philadelphia, and later with Hilton, Hughes & Co., New York. Both of these gentlemen bring with them a thorough knowledge of the business, and the liberal policies pursued by tine leading commercial establishments of the world. _. Mr. Wm. D. Clark, so long and favorably known to the Washington public that comment is superfluous, is also connected with the firm. During the “Opening” week special attractions will sfesteatoatoatectontoatoatvatbetostontoateeteetonfoatoetbereatoatoetesteafonreazestefoageareeteeseatonzeeteceatonteecbeteageeteateegegonr sfeeteet atoe! sfevtentesteetes SoeSoatoatoaloatoet tents: of the -eart tire’ depcsitef on the ground there js ar eacer scramble to get Into them first. In a jiffy the trash is as- sorted, while keen and watchful eyes in- spect the articles, appraising with uner- ring correctness thelr value and keeping a sharp lookout for stray treasure,a chance: spoon, or-a, jewel, or a whole garment or: be offered The first hasty assortment over, they all sit down to go through the mass with more deliberation. Pipes are lighted and the con- versation picks up, while they sift every Sooenboodendonndeegngodenderorsonsrsolpncetoerdos abe beset soeestsdbteiontog as i ounce of ashes or trash, unfold every raz, | i ity ii and poke around in the general debris. Bot. ie this quality is $1. tles, rags, bits of brass and copper, and,| old shoes are standard articles“ of tra. > Coal and coke are gratefufly received, while | small coins and silverwarg are not unusual | & finds. “ “The day's collection is carefully | % piled up, to be carrigg hpme in sacks and baskets until -cnough is; secured to war- | buttons, rant a triv to the jyukfman's, when the result of the labor ig ta gugned into cash. The Apple $t@!. Hangs. From the Cleveland Redprdér: From Glenville Cornefsicomes a tale cf woe with an apple at thé fop of It. Sunday morning while walking about his farm John Schneider espied @’ tempting morsei | Z% at the top of his apple tree, and straight- | 4, way went about procuring it, to his own misfortune and grief, z It so did happen that John was attireain|G OLD IN TEETH his choicest ra!ment, and while climbing the tree his nether garment was destroyed. Undaunted, however, he reached for the Quantities of the Yellow Metal Hammered Tato Jaws. % Hine onto apple. Something broke. and he fell. Im- mediately beneath the tree the festive honey bee made honey, and the farmer in- voluntarily found himself forcibly deposit- ed upon a beehive. Thereupon the bees sat themselves upon the wnfortunate for a period, and, then yet. unrevenged for the destruction of their home, made war against the family horse, grazing near by. The horse rushed to the housewife for pro- tection and invaded her kitchen. Mrs. Schneider was: cvoking the midday meal. The stove wag overturned, and in preventing a conflagration she narrowly es- caped being burned. Schneider hurried to ber rescue and was kicked in the pit of the stomach by the once’ docile horse, which then set itself about demolishing the con- tents of the whole house, but was frus- trated in his design by. the narrowness of the doors. Mrs. Schnefder then turned upon the horse. She rushed at nim with a broom. Instead of hitting the horse the broom came in contact with a clock, which was thrown from tts shelf and practically demolished. The horse ran out of his own accord, and in the yard met the family cew. The cow received a kick in the le, and, terrified, ran at the pet dog and tessed:him into the air. She repeated. the pecformance until the dog was dead, whemashe started down the road, scattering:all who were out for a Sunday walk. And over all the apple: innocently hung, and still kangs. 5 Talk With a Manufacturer of Leaf and Foil and What He Says of the Amounts Used. “I cannot form a very accurate idea of the amount of gold used in gold leaf and gold fofl in this country,” said a ms facturer of this material, “but it Is a big quantity. Probably a dentist could give you a better idea than I can. Gold foil is used almost entirely by dentists in filling teeth; gold leaf {s used in gilding, book binding and operations of that sort, besides the show that is made of acres and acres of gilded signs spread before the public in one way and another. “The quantity of gold used in gold leaf is at least twice as great as that used in foil, in spite of the fact that the leaf fs so much thinner than the foil. A skilled man can hammer out twenty ounces of gold foil in a day, while it will take him a week to make two ounces of gold leaf, be- cause it is so much thinner. This work has always been done by hand, probably al- ways will be. A single thickness of gold foil such as dentists use—to the ordinary observer that seems thin enough, in ail conssience—will make an entire book of oe Rooster and Rét in @ Deadly Duel. From the Baltimore Sun. Mr. Eugene Polley; who lives at 103) North Carey street, has a little white ban- tam rooster that is a fighter. 7The bantam old leaf.’’ = has a mate, a little white hen, not much eetHow much gold foil do the dent'sts use?” larger than a pigeon. I inquired. When she went to hermest.ene day last | “Well” ‘he replied. “I should think that week to lay her dallszege a big rat attack- | they use on an average about fifty cents’ ed her. In alarm sha flew trom her nest | WOFsh of Bold per cavity, as tecth go. fo! ne maller. bottle,” and the rooster went to her rescue. The | 876, bigger some are smatier. Tie se ken little fellow valorously attacked the rat, | their gold foil in, “holds some $4 worth of anal eae bard hatter’ re jasted for | soil, and that would make about eight fill- 5 . hs 2 size. The rat tried to eseape, but Mr. Charles | 'PE* of the average site” st ay the Bosson, Mr. Polley’s' bfother-in-law, who | ingustrious American dentist wiih such ex- witnessed the combat, would not let it out | treme discomfort to the suffering patient of the coop and it kad to fight until Its| contains fifiy cents’ worth of gold, now eee ae ern hg tae cad icine much gold do all the millions of cavities so ing his bill actively into play. The rat was almost pecked ta: pieces, while the lost a part of hig comb. ca ie aka Making bad Worse. From Truth. : z “Papa, what do the mem on the cable cars ring the bells so much for?” ~~ “Because, my boy, it helps to ‘confuse pe- constructed employ? In one way and another, it is probable that something like 25,000,000 of the great American people are running around on their usual business with $10,000,000 worth of gold stowed away in 200,000,000 jagged Kttle caves mined painfully into their re- spective teeth with hooks and buzz saws and jiggers of one sort and another, work- ed by fuot lathe and by hand—pounded in with little triphammers, rubbed off with sandpaper, and gleaming bright through oster destrians.” A Black Beaver Jacket, French cut, latest sleeyes, braided front, large Usual value $12. price for Monday = = CLARK & CO., Successors to W. D. Clark & Co., 811 Market Space. Geeeseeh toe toeseasecteeteesoatectecteesecsectecter sealer tee tee ienle tee iet ieee leaden lieie diol hie eto iodide Special the stubble of unshaven lips amd chin or from parted lips of smiling beauty. This is a big quantity of gold. It would ake between fifteen and twenty wagon at a ton a load. It would melt up into four cubes each two feet in width, depth and height. Or, if molded into one gigantic tooth, one of the three-pronged fellows that growl so when removed from their accustomed places, that cooth would be ten feet high. A slenderer front tooth- twelve or thirteen feet high could be built from the'same gold. = SSS A Backyard Garden. From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Few men can show a home more beauti- ful in its surroundings than is that of W. H. Cleveland, on Oak street. About a year ago a description was given of Mr. Cleve- land’s interesting and highly successful cf- forts in the line of grape culture and the growing of flowers, particularly dahlias. At that time it was Mr. Cleveland's intention to so arrange his trellises that one might walk from the front of his house to the very end of his lot, a distance of about 2%) feet, under a continuous canopy of grape vines loaded with the ripening fruit. This year he has fully realized that ambition. He has trained his vines under the eaves of his porch to the front of the house. From the rear of the house the vines cover trel- lises built over the path which runs to the end of his lot. Mr. Cleveland says that his grapes have been doing finely this year. He has half « dozen or more varieties overhanging the path, or arranged on trellises in the yard back of his house, and all of the vines are well laden. It would be difficult to find a more beautiful spot than this back yard. In addition to the vineyard, there are the dahlia bushes, with their showy blossoms, often in beautiful tints or combinations of colors. Mr. Cleveland is an’ expert on dah- Nas and has created several new varieties, which are particularly effective in_ their coloring, by crossing blossoms of different shades and sizes. Her Wisc Choice. Fro: Trath, His Lordship—“She refused me, and yet I am a duke. His Friend—“Yes: she says she'd rather marry a prize fighter. He is just as brutal and earns more money.” Soe Ireland’s Large Families. Of cotntries for which dependable sta- tistics are returned Ireland takes the high- est place for large families, the size of the average Irish family being 5.2. Next in order come Russia, 4.83; Spain, 4.65; Italy, 4.56; Scotland, 4.46; Hoiland, 4.22; Sweden, } Germany, 4.10; England, 4.08; Austria and Belgium, 4.05; Switzerland, 3.94; Hun- ary, 3.70; Denmark, 3.61, and France, 8.05. ON MONDAY WE SHALL OFFER: Ladies’ Eiderdown Dressing Sacques, in all the desirab’ecol- ors,with crochet edge. These Sacques are not to be confound= ed with the inferior qualities usually offered as bargains. The price usually asked for “Opening day price = = . Not more than one to each customer. 8.00 | H j Placed in the auditorium. The total se Oe. PLN tnelntesr LLL DEE ELLIO OPEDDDLE Lorde DMMP Petree daetitedetedotateaetedetetapenetedes ealodte MMe dindin odie hostesie die diode stoatente SOE OOO, A CHURCH REOPENING Servioes to Be Held Tomorrow in the Twelfth Street M. E, Oburch. What Has Been Done to Beautify Edifice and to Increa its Facilities, Twelfth Street Methodist Episcopul Church, corner of 12th and E streets south- east, is to be formally reopened for wor- ship tomorrow. The improvements to the edifice have been quite extensive, costing in the neighborhood of two thousand 4ol- lars. On the west side and slightly in the rear a wing has been erected of brick 2x2x4. This wing is to be used by the primary school and Epworth League, and is s0 arranged that the doors connecting !t with the auditorium of the church may be opened, throwing the two rooms into one The wing has also a separate entrance from the exterior. The entire exterior of the church has been painted a light gray, trimmed with brown, while shutters have been placed in the tower, which was for- merly open. A recess has been made im- mediately in the rear of the pulpit, so as to accommodate the choir. fi The interior has been papered, painted and carpeted, and new pews have been ing capacity is now 250, New gas fixture have also been put in. The alterations were made by James H. Hunt, contractor, from plans prepared by S. C. Cissel, ar- chitect. Twelfth Street Church was founded in 1861 as a mission of Trinity Church, and lis first pastor, Rev. M. E. Hysore,’ d while preaching in the church. The present wuilding Is the crigiral church. Rev. W. Cassard, the pastor, is a native of Bal: ‘more, bu: gradusted in the class of "St of he Washington High School. His former pestorates have been at Severn, Calvert and Arlington, Md. The program of the reopening exercises, whick was published in yesterday's Star, is, in brief, as follows: 9:30 a.m., rally of the Sunday school; 11 a.m., preaching by Rev. L. B. Wilson, D.D.; 3'p.m., platform meeting; 6:30 p.m., Epworth League; 7:30 p.m., sermon by the pastor, and begin’ of protracted meetings. > The bolier of thc tugboat William Holler, lying at the Standard asphalt dock, Brook- lyn, blew up yesterday, sinking the boat, probably causing the death of the engineer and owner, Alonzo Lewis, and severely in- juring the fireman and deck hand. t t