Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1896, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY OC + J —— OFFICE OF wa. SAUNDERS, Birthplace of the Order cf Patrons of Husbandry. HUSBANDRY PATRONS| ——— Meeting of the National Grange in This City Next Month. — -+-—— Tt WAS ORGANIZED HERE IN 1867 Proposed Fund to Build a Temple of Ceres Here. SS STATES REPRESENTED —— N THE UTH OF next month there wiil assemble in this city at the National Hotel the representatives of the oldest and largest body of organized farmers in the United States—the National Grange of the Fa- trons of Husbandry. This body is com- posed of the masters and past masters of eth! state granges, and their Wives, tne latter being members of the order. There will be represented over thirty-five states. Between fifty and sixty voting delegates (who are acting members, and their wives) will be in attendance; in addition to the officers of the National Grange and of the seventh degree (which is the highest in the order) honorary members of the National Grange and large numbers of visiting members from different parts of the Unton. The National Grange was organized De- cember 4, 1867, In a house which was occu- pied by Mr. Wm. Saunders, as superintend- ent of the garden and grounds of the. De- partment of Agriculture, on the reservation that borders on 413 street near Missouri avenue. Those present were Mr. Wm. Saunders of the District of Columbia, Dr. John Trimble of New Jersey (the present secretary), Col. John R. Thompson of Ver- mont, O. H. Kelley of Minnesota, F. M. Mc- Dr. Jobn Trimble. Dowell of New York, Rev. A. B. Grosh of Pennsylvania and Wm. M. Ireland of Penn- sylvania. This meeting was the result of consider- able discussion on the part of the gentle- men assembled, all of whom, with the ex- ception of Mr. McDowell, were government employes, Mr. McDowell being a large vin- yardist of Wayne, N. Y. Mr. Kelley probably first conceived the idea of uniting the farmers into a secret semi-social and educational organization. He came to Washington in the winter of 1864 and was appointed to a clerkship in the Department of Agriculture, owing to the influence of his life-long friend, Senator Ramsay of Minnesota. Through’ the in- strumentallity of a mutual friend he was met on his arrival by Rev. John Trimble, dr., and taken to the latter's boarding house, where he met two gentlemen who were to form so conspicuous a place in the history of American agriculture. Situation in the South. He retained this position until the spring of 1865, when he returned to Minnesota. October 20 of that year he was recalled to Washington by Commissioner Newton, and | arrived early in November. By direction of President Johnson he was commissioned | on January 1, and sent south on a mission Of investigation and inspection as to the needs of the agricultural classes of that section From the beginning of his trip Mr. Kelley was struck by the gloom and isolation that overshadowed that once | bright section. Seeing that people were far from being reconciled to their con tion, which was-at that time anything but | pleasant, a man of liberai views and | Warm heart, he desired to awaken an in- terest in these people that would divert their attention from the war and its ef- fects to matters that would tend to restore | the ante-bellum social and business status. He was so full of his observations that he could not keep them to himself, and taiked about his visit and the gloom over- shadowing the south to all he met. On his return to Washington, April 21, he naturally sought his senatorial frien at the Capitol, and there one afternoon met Col John R. Thompson of Vermont. They began to discuss his trip “and the needs of the south. Both men were loyal Union men and soldiers of the federal army, and both were men with warm hearts. Tis discussion continued way into the night, and from it sprung the grange. These facts are recited in a speech dellv- ered July 4, 1877, at St. Johnsbury, Vt., by Col. Thompson, grange was organized by him, assisted by Mr. Kelley, and which was reported in full * papers of that place. In the conversation between Messrs. Kel- ley and Thompson above referred to the former stated the necessity for bringing the southern farmers into closer contact than they had previously enjoyed since the war. Saunders and Kelley Meet. Col. Thompson introduced Mr. Kelley to Mr. Saunders, a thoroughly practical busi- hess man, full of sound Scotch sense, and Probably the best known and ablest horti- cultural writer tn the country—Mr. Saun- ders having for many years advised through the press the unification of the farmers (one article having appeared in the Maryland Farmer on this subject nearly fifteen years before), Joined heartily in the spirit of the movement and made many Valuable suggestions, and contributed by his wide acquaintance with leading horti- eulturists and farmers and his earnest and active work largely to the success of the then embryo order. Dr. John Trimble was the conservative member of the coterie of friends, and clccked the enthusiasm of Mr. Kelley to fuch an extent that the latter, in his his- tory of the order, dubs him the “wet blanket.” The doctor’s wet blankets, how- ever, while they chilled the maturing of Some of the visionary plans of the earnest enthusiasts (who, as has often been since when the Vermont state | said, builded better than they thought), was of inestimable value, as. even- Mr. Kelley shows. Some of those interested. were - and Odd Fellows of high degree, men of fine education and of the. highe. erder of ability. They worked all the fali cn their plans, and then began to build, only to pull down and rebuild a stronger and more lasting structure, which was to bring abcut a great revolution among the American people, by uniting and educating | the farmers to think and act for their best interest. The grange met for the first time in 1867, as before stated, in the home of Mr. Saunders, the members coming together after office hours during the early winter evenings of that year, and then began the greatest educational work ever inaugurated for the elevation of mankind in this or any other land. This building, as the birthplace of the grange, was the subject of much interest to the vast membership throughout the United States. A strong movement was made to secure a donation of the building to the order from the government, and also the ground on which it stood. A prominent New York member of the grange, O. R. Ingersoll, esq., offered to give $10,000 for the building, for the purpose of distributing the bricks among the subordinate granges over the country. Others proposed that the Na- tional Grange should appropriate a sum sufficient to keep the building in repair. D. Wyatt Aikin of South Carolina prepared a bill to donate it to the grange. But some strong influence antagonized the movement. The evening Mr. Aikin was going to intro- duce his bill in Congress the superintendent of public buildings had a force of workmen raze it to the ground, and thus the struc- ture In which the most important educa- tonal movement was ever inaugurated was destroyed and lost to Washington ci The First Officers. The plan of organization so far agreed cn was to unite the farmer and his family Into a club, which was to be known as the Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, and the order was called the Patrons of Hus- bandry. A simplé secret work was adopted by which one member could recognize an- other and which prevented all but the in- idated from obtaining admittance to the grange hall. At the first meeting Mr. Wm. Saunders was elected master; John R. Thompson, lecturer; Rey. A. B. Grosh, chaplain, and O. H. Kelley, secretary. At some later meeting, the cords do not show when, but prior to March 28, 18S, the following additional officer: lected. Anson Bartlett, Ohio, overseer: A. Sherwood Moss, New York, a ard; Wm. M. [reland, Pennsy’ urer, and Edward P. Farris, keeper. A circular letter, issued by Mr. ‘Saunders early in 1868, and which, with revisions by Mr. Robinson, was issued a few months later by Mr. Kelley, when he had reaehed Minnesota, contains the names of the above officers and William Muir of Mis- souri as steward. There are no records to show that any woman was elected to an office until the Georgetown session of 1873, when the four lady officers were elected. Ivania, trea: Mlinois, gate- Miss Carrie A. Hall of Boston, Mass., a niece of Mr. Keiley, was one of the first ladies to take an active interest in the order, and she was selected by Mr. Kelley as his assistant prior to the Georgetown meeting, at which time she was elected- lady assistant steward. At one time Dr. Trimble, being the only, member of the order without an official position, constitut- ed the sole subordinate membership, and to the officers and this audience of one Worthy Master Saunders read his address at the third annual session. The auli- ence, although not large, was appreciative, and the order took another step forward in its great work. In five short years thereaf- ter the order had reached a membership of over 2,000,000, and during January, Feb- ruary and March, 1974,. $90,000 was re- ceived for charters alone at the headauar- ters of the order. From its organization until January 8, 1873, when the first gen- erai session of the National Grange wa held in Georgetown, heroic and noble bat- tles were fought by these self-sacrificing men, who, having entered the field, knew no such word as fall. Patrons Plow Deep. The early history of the grange, like that of all true reforms, is one of trial and sacrifice to those who gave their time and money to the cause of agriculture, the great industry upon which humanity rests. Mr. Kelley, supported and encouraged by his campantons, gave up his position under the government and started out to preach a new gospel to the farmers of the United States. He undertook a herculean task and one that few men would not have soon turned back from, but, having set his hand to the plow, he aimed to carry out the motto of bis order, “Patrons plow deep.” That he plowed deep and well, and that his co-workers sowed only good seed and cul- tivated and harvested thoroughly, is proven abundantly by the fact that since the first dispensation was issued by Mr. Kelley, at Harrisburg, Pa., April 4, 1868, to Dr. Calder and others, and the first grange was regu- larly organized, April 17, at Fredonia, N. ¥., there have been chartered in all 2 subordinate granges, scattered from Maine to California. Within the closed, September 30, 1896, there Were or- ganized 169 new granges, as against 92 fof the preceding year. The life and interest in the grange still keeps up, and while its work for good is continuous, it is done so modestly, though effectively, that it is not often seen. The grange does not believe much in dress parade, but it believes in earnest work. While there were several state granges organized prior to the George- town 1873 meeting, it was only then that the order started upon its actual career of | usefulness. The order has been instrumental in shap- | ing legislation, state and national, that has materially affected for good the farmers’ interest. It was through the grange that the interstate commerce, the cleomargaring, the filled cheese, the meat inspection and the Hatch experimental station bills were passed by Congress. These laws all were of general benefit, and were in no sense class legislation. The grange opposes class legislation and demands “the greatest good for all.” Much judicious and beneficial legislation has been enacted in the states through grange Influence, especially the pure-food laws that have ‘so materially assisted in preventing adulterations. Some restraint has been placed on the railroads and other corporations through the influence of the order, although it is by no means radical in its actions or demands. Where the Delegates Will Come From The body which meets in this city next month will have representatives from all the New England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Mary- land; all of the central western states, all the Pacific coast states and many of the trans-Mississippi and southera states. The alliance has taken a strong hold in the south, but owing to the troubles in the populist ranks in the campaixn just closing, it 1s thought that the farmers will now re- turn in large numbers to the grange. The headquarters of the grange !n this city are at the corner of F and 6th streets, where Dr. Trimble !s ever ready to receive the members and afford them every cour- tesy possible. A plan is on foot to raise $100,000 to erect in this city a temple to Ceres, the tutelary goddess of the order, and a large sum has already been sub- scribed, to which the National Grange will add $30,000. It is hoped, however, that a much larger sum will finally be raised, and that a temple will be erected at the n tional capital worthy of the oldest, health- fest and best of ail pursuits—-agriculture. ALEX. J. WEDDEL:RURN. ange year just | HOUSE SERVANTS From the Maid of All Work’ to th High-Priced Chef. WHAT 18 REQUIRED IN’ RESIDENCES ae Great Variety in Employed as Well-as Employer. AND ee WOES JOYS HIS IS THE TIME of the year when masters and mis- tresses, man and maid Servants are ex- changing references with a view to resid- ing under the same roof this. winter. Many ‘households there are where the domestic machinery \Tuns on year after year with the same hands at the helm, with fewer changes among the servers than among the served, but this idyl- lic state of things is not general by any manner of means. The tons of Literature which elther in a jccose vein have dealt with the servant problem have not come any nearer ‘set- tling the matter than any other .contro- versy, and like working out one’s own sal- vation, each household has to treat the sub- Ject from its own standpoint. Some people, who are ordinarily very successful in mak- ing their power felt in other avciues of Progress, are quite willing to confess to their utter incapacity, so far as the easy direction of servants is concerned. Others again are so dependent upon their help in having every bodily wish anticipated that they feel their loss or deflection from duty as nothing short of a calamity. Good servants, like good wines, are their own best recommendation, and if they need any other, it will be quickly supplied, ‘The question of honesty and straighforwardness of character is just as great below stairs as above, and comparatively there is very little to complain of on those scores; where masters and mistresses exercise ordinary precaution and do not leave temptation in their servants’ path. The Mald of All Work. The family whose wants are attended tc by one, maid of all work, who cooks and washes and irons, is not apt to get.a bigh grade of talent in either of these lines. Un- less the family is very small, or the Servant! has unusual qualities of industry and abii- ity, this kind of helper is becoming more and more scarce. The maid of all work is plentiful enough if she is not taxed with the weekly wash, but for the residents in scme sections of the city it is almost im- possible to get along with ona servant. With the increase asked in wages of a dol- lar or two a month very few ‘wemen who can cook decently will hire unless there is a house girl kept also. The mansions have not only to worry with one servant, but with half a dozen or more, not including valets and maids. There are few of the old, and it may be truly said the resppectable servant class, who have brought up their sons or daughters in their ewn calling. The servant who has grown gray in the harness finds himseif or‘herself replaced by a representative of the latest fashion. It all depends whether madame prefers the customs of an English or French household to obtain a place with her. Whatever be her taste, the help car- ries out her idea {n personal appearance and living. There is something repugnant to the American idea of equality in living, und if servants could fill any other position, it is safe to say they would never remain in the business. The Awe-Inspiring Butler. The average home of wealth in this city has at least six servants running ‘its do- mestic machinery. If a housekeeper is kept she is at the head of the rest. Her purpose in existence is to make household cares an unknown quantity for either her master or mistress. She directs the other servants and is personally responsible for the con- dition of the house and its furnishings. The linen closets and all pertaining thereto. are her special care, her bunch of keys is by no means an idle insignia of her’authori- ty. When there is no housekeeper the’ butler and the cook share sovereignty. No man or no woman is quite able yet to decide which one has precedence. Absolute con- tro} of their particular realm, without in- terference, with a certain urbanity, backed up by a show of dignity when oevasion de- mands it, are the outward and visible signs of their authority. Butlers are ulto- gether wonderful pers Many grea men have acknowledged how mean and insignificant they felt in the presence of their own or their friends’ butler, and that thelr awe was changed to groveling fear when these mighty individuals first broke upon their vision in an up-to-date live But a butler, mighty and gorgeous as he is, sometimes has duties to perform just like other servants. He has care of the house from the pantry to the front door. He keeps the dining room and pantry clean. He sets the table and decorates {t. He cleans the silver and is responsible for it. He waits on the door, and the longer he is with a family the better he will know whom among the visitors his people want to see. Where a second man is kept he makes the fires, sweeps the halls and keeps the front door and sidewalk in nice order. In case of the death, resignation of ‘“‘disa- bility” of the butler, like the Vice President of the United States, the latter succeeds temporarily to the more exalted office. With the increase of wages, $20 or $30 at ieast, the butler has perquisites gained by carrying the trade of the house to certain quarters. Just as the coachman is apt to find large bottles of old rye in the middle of the feed, so will the butler, whose eye is bright for the main chance, find himseif rewarded. An to Gooks. In many places, however, it is the cook who does the marketing and shopping. Most cooks prefer to do the ordering them- selves because they can then carry out their own ideas in the menu from day to day. French chefs in private houses are not very numerous here. Tiere may be a Gozen all told in pérmanent service. The Brices, Bonapartes, Leiters, Howlands ané most of the ambassadors and a few of the foreign ministers are thus provided all the year around. President Cleveland keeps a cheY during the state dinner season, but a weman cook presides over the White House ranges the rest of the time. Perhaps the only Chinese cooks in town are those in Mrs. Hearst's kitchen. She keeps two, as did Senator and Mrs. Stanford when trey lived here. “Most of the French chefs have an under- study in the shape of a second cook. To this individual will be intrusted the rough work of the kitchen, after a certain period the preparation and cooking of the yege- tables and all the cooking for the help. A woman cook has no such assistance 1s a general thing. If she is competent to get up dinner and entertainment menus she is compelled to have a helper, who keeps the kitchen and its approaches clean and tidy, keeps the range and cooking utensils in apple-pie order, and sees that the dish towels and the rest of the kitchen linen are white and sweet smelling. The house girl comes in more direct contact with the fam- fly than almost any other servant. On her evolves the care of the sleeping rooms, and where a parlor maid is not kept, the dusting and arrangement of the parlor floor. Generally she has the sweeping of these parts of the house unless a nian servant is kept. She oversees the wash and keeps the bed linen in repair. She waits at table, if no butler is kept, and among the hundred other things required of her she minds, the baby when it is nurse’s day out. She is expected to brush and clean madam‘siskirts and shoes and otherwise play lady's maid, if that interesting functionary is not kept, and usually acquits herself creditably of all these manifold duties. When she does not, her sins of omission and commission furnish the madam" with interesting bits, if not whole conversations, when she is visited or gces a-visiting. fapecs Only Humor After All. Being just a plain human being, with on- sertous . or |. TOBER 31, 1896-TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES, Ss. ly arr evéning!and every other Bunday. off, sometimes sht fails in angelic demeanor and someé}imeff, she forgets three-fourths ot the duties gssigned.-her.. She generally hears about it in due season, and perhaps finds another chomé. ‘She exists ih such quantitiew and in all grades of efficiency and ineffieieney that successors are plentiful and easily found. The howse #here you always find a smil- ing weloemeifrom the same servant you have met at its door for years Is the oasis -in- the scgveriiprobiem desert. Many peo- ple do né€ Geserve good servants, and never have-any, Others are too good and lenient and nevet kavé competent help, either. The devotionlof servants, both black and white, is just ab gredt as ever it was, and the af- ‘fection toward and concern they display in families they have long served has been the theme of many storfes. ‘A lady who was discussing the servant question the other day with a Star writer said: . “We seldom change a servant and in many years have never replaced one, ex- cept during their iliness or for some such reason. Of course, we have our little trials and struggies, and they with each other, but all our help is weil treated and they appreciate the fact.” a A KENTUCKY RABBIT HUNT. All Sorts of Costumes and of Horses - Uned. Jobn Fox in th: Century. The men are dressed as they please, the ladies as they please@ English blood gets expression, as usual, in independence ab- solute. There is a sturdy disregard of all considerations of form. Some men wear leg- gins, some high boots; a few have brown shooting coats. Most of them ride with the heel low and the toes turned according to temperament. The southern woman's long riding skirt has happily been laid aside. These young Dianas wear the usual habit; only the hat is a derby, a cap, sometimes a beaver with a white vetl, or a tam o’ghanter ‘that has sItpped down behind and left a frank bare head of shining hair, They hold the reins in either hand, and not a crop is to be seen. There are plenty of riding whips, however, and sometimes one runs up the back of’some girl's right arm; for that is the old-fashioned position for the whip when riding in form. On a trip like this, however, everybody rides to please his fancy, and rides anywhere but off his horse. The men are sturdy country youths, who in a few years will make good types of the beef-eating young English squire—sunburn- ed fellows with big frames, open faces, fearless eyes, and a manner that is easy, cordial, kindly, independent. : The girls are midway between the types of brunette and blonde, with a leaning towards ‘the latter type. “The extreme brunette is as rare as is the unlovely blonde, whom Oliver Wen- dell Holmes differentiates from her daz- zing sister with locks that have caught the light of the sun. Radiant with freshness these girls are, and with good health and strength; round of figure, cleer of eye aid skin, ‘spirited, soft of voice: ang slow of speech, There is one man on a sorrel mule. He is the host back at the big farm house, and he has given up every horse he has to guests, One of the girls has a troad white girth running all’ the way around both horse and saddle. Her habit is the most h in the field; shé “has lived a year nington, perhaps, and has had a finishing touch at a fashionable school in New York. Near her is a young fellow on a black thoroughbred—a graduate, perhaps, of Yale or Princeton. They rarely put on airs, couples like these, when they come back home, but, drop quietly into their old ‘places with friends ahd kindred: From re- fpect.to local prejudice, which has a hearty contempt for anything that Is ‘hot éarried for actual use, she has left her riding crop gt home. He has let his crinkled black hair grow rather long, and has covered it ith a black slouch hat. Contact with ‘the outer world has made a difference, however, ani it is enough to create a strong bond of sympathy between these two and to cause trouble between ctuntry-bred Phyllis, plump, dark-eyed, bare-headed, who rides a pony that Is trained td the hunt, as many of the horses are, and young Farmer Corydon, who is near her on an iron-gray. Indeed, mischief is brewing among those four. At a brisk walk, the, line’ moves across the field, the captain at each’ end yelling to the men only the men, for no woman fs ever any. where but where she ought to be in a southern hunting fleld—to keep it straight. “Billy,” shouts the captain with the mighty voice, “I fine you $10.” The slouch and the white girth are lagging be- hind. It ‘s a lovers’ quarrel, and the girl looks a little flushed, while Phyllis watches smiling. “But you can compromise with me," ‘adds the captain, and a jolly laugh runs down the line. Now comes a “rebel yell.” Somewhere along the line a horse leaps forward. Other horses jump, too; everybody yells, and everybody's eye is on a little bunch of cotton that 1s being whisked with astonishing speed througn the brown weeds. There is a massing of herses ‘close behitd’ it; the white girth flashes In the midst pf the melee, and the ouch'"hat 1s fust’ behind: ‘The bunch of cotton. turns suddenly and doubles back between the horses’ feet. There is a great erash and much turning, twisting and saw- ing of bits. Then the crowd dashes the other way, with Corydon and Phyllis in the lead. The fun has begun. 28° G POLITICS, Principles of What is Called an In- stantaneous Organization, “Any politics talked out here?” asked a Washington man among the West Virgina hills. “A right smart,” responded the native. “Who are the people for?” asked the man who wanted to get a pointer on the situa- tion. “Well, thur’s a McKinley club down that- a-way, and a Bryan club down this-a-way,” pointing in two different directions, “but I don’t know much about 'em. Back here in the mountains we've got an instantaneous organization that beats ‘em all.” “What kind of an organization is that?” asked the Washington man in wonder. “Well, it's composed of about a million members, and they haven't got anything and owe a heap. I've been hear'n o' this man Hanna out in Ohio as kinds of looks after such clubs, and 1 reckon we'll send for one of his agents.” “Why do you call it the Instaneous Or- ganization?” asked the Washington man, who seemed to have quickly grasped the leading principles of the club. “Because we kin change as quick as you can turn your hand; and,” he added, thoughtfully, “I reckon the changing’ll be- gin right soon, and there'll be a right smart of it.” ——.—__ The Star's Election News. The Evening Star’s election news will completely cover évery point of interest in the country, In addition to the facilities afforded -by the wide-reaching arrange- ments of',the ‘Associated Press, The Star has posted staff.and special correspondents at all the’important news centers, and the readers of The; Star will enjoy the benefit of a service Uiirivaled for accuracy, full- ness and;fompleteness. Those who want to get we quig¢kest and best news should arrange to get, Tuesday’s edition of The Star. se! The Stag, will, display the news Tuesday night on a'‘mairmoth screen, so that every one who dpsirellican get the news as quick- ly. as thebtelegraph brings it to the city. The Star,will receive and display the bul- letins of the Associated Press, the Western Union anif‘ the Postal Telegraph companies, besides, the special bulletins of its own corps of correspondents and the ‘election news to be gathered and distributed. over the country by long distance telephone, A Greek fret.—Life. PROPOSED GAME LAW An Organization Being Formed to Se- cure Its Adoption. OF THE QUAIL SEASON The Shooting Will Largely Be Con- fined-to North Carolina. OPENING SOME POINTS ABOUT PLACES —_—_—}. WO TOPICS HAVE interested gentlemen portemen in Wash- ington this week to the exclusion of all others. Even those who prefer the rod to the gun have joined in the discus- sion of one of the subjects — and the Most important—be- cause it appeals to their “game in- stincts,” if such a description is permissible. This has been the ruling of Judge Miller upon the game laws of the District in the case of R. A. Golden, fish and game dealer, who was arraigned in the Police Court for expos- ing quail for sale out of season. The defense was that the birds were killed in another state and brought here for sale, and Judge Miller decided that the District law could not prevent the selling of birds killed elsewhere and shipped here. Of course, no one criticises the judge for this decision, although it is a notori- ous fact that game birds killed in the Dis- trict, such as woodcock, reed birds, orto+ lan, &c., are constantly sold by game deal- ers who are regular patrons of the dozen or more pothunters residing in the Dis- trict and who will kill arything that gets up, so long as there is ¢. market for it, de- spite all the laws that may be passed. The decision, however, opened the eyes of the sportsmen who believe in proper game protection to the necessity of having a law passed which will prevent the sale of game out of season in the District no mat- ter where it may be killed or be said to be killed, and there is a strong movement in progress to storm the coming session on the hill and have an iron-clad statute adopted. A Protective Association Proposed. The sentiment will be crystalized during the coming week by the formation of a Game Protective Association which will have a membership, including the mem- bers of the Capital City Gun Club, the Mount Vernon Ducking Club, the Blue Ridge Rod_and Gun Club, the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club, the Patuxent Shoot- ing Club, the Anglers’ Club and all the other sporting organizations, as well as the many unattached sportsmen who are lovers of fairness and justice to the game birds, animals and fishes. The sportsmen will form a powerful and influential organization, and when the lew which {t is desired to have adopted is framed each member will be given copies of it and will pledge himself to personally in- terest Congressmen in ihe measure and secure their support of it. Some of the gentlemen who will be active in the association will be City Postmaster Willett, United States Marshal A. A. Wil- son, Sergeant-at-arms Bright, Commission- er of Internal Revenue Miller, Prof. Harry King, Dr. W. S. Harban, Mr. E. J. Stell- wagen, Mr. W. D. Reedy, Mr. B, W. Fraz- ler, Mr. Clarence Norment, Mr. Wm. Wag- ner, Mr. James M. Green, Mr. Blair Lee, Mr. Henry Gulick, Mr. L. K. Devendorf, Mr. Arthur S. Mattingly, Mr. Tom King, Mr. Myron M. Parker, Mr. Rudolni Kauffmann, Mr. John Sidney Webb, : Charles Simpson, Mr. H. B. McKelden, Mr. Samuel A. Lewis, Mr. Colin Studds, Mr. Charles Laird, Mr. Thad Tyssowski, Mr. Ross Thompson, Mr. Richard Smith, Mr. William G. Sterett, Mr. Ricnard Sylvester, Major William G. Moore, Dr. Dowling, Mr. Henry Aukam, Mr. Horace Upperman, Mr. Arthur McCormick, Mr. Samuel Drury, Mr. Alexander McCormick, Major George H. Harries, Captain James Bell, Capt. James F. Oyster and a host of others, What Will Be Secured. The combined efforts of such well-known and influential citizeas will doubtless se- cure what is needed here, a law that will absolutely prevent the sale of a game bird, or even the possession of it, in the Dis- trict during the close seasons provided by the law when such game is not permitted to be killed in the District. Gentlemen in- terested in fhe matter are now in corre- spondence with clubs in other cities, where such laws are in force, and the proposed measure will be drawn with every care so that its meaning and intent cannot by any possibility be misconstrued. The clubs will also be requested to act in conjunction wiih the organization here by presenting the matter to their Congressmen. Quail Shoeting Begins Monday. The other subject about which the gossip has run free and fast is the opening of the quail season, which begins tomorrow, No- vember 1, in Maryland and the Carolinas. There can be no quail killed in Virginia for two years, so that state is not being con- sidered as a factor in the fall sport, and there are so few quail in Maryland and the land 1s so generally and rigidly posted that it would virtually be a waste of time for a man to take a gun and dog into it unltss he has been especially invited by some property owner who can assure him where @ covey or two can be found. North Carolina accordingly is the nearest territory where local sportsmen can pursue their favorite pastime this year, and it promises to be overrun with gunners, not only from Washington, but from Virginia as well, and northern states also. One well- known Washington sportsman, Mr. James M. Green, leaves tonight, and will try his luck in the vicinity of Greensboro’. Lots of fun has been poked at him by brother sportsmen, who accuse him of getting among the birds when they are young and haven't learned to fly fast, but reports from North Carolina zre to the effect that the birds were brooded very early and are well matured. So Mr. Green fs wise in get- ting down in the cover early before the birds are all shot up. Messrs. George Creamer and William Traver will go down on November 29, and Mr. Arthur Mattingly will make his trip early in December. Messrs. Clarence Nor- ment and Charles Simpson will leave for the old north state later on, and Mr. Will- jam Wagner will get there in a couple of weeks. These intentions were merely pick- ed up in a few minutes’ conversation with sportsmen, and as there are scores of lovers of quail shooting in Washington it can well be imagined what a crowd will follow the example of those mentioned. Birds Reported Numerous, It will be good news te all of them to hear that birds are plentiful in North Car- olina, especially in the eastern section, where the country is as level as a billiard table and hunting all the easier. The stub- ble is well grown with ragweed, so there is excellent cover, and the birds are reported big and strong already. Reports have been received from a number of towns, all to the effect that there are plenty of birds. This is particularly true of Tarboro’, where tur- keys are also said to be numerous. Tar- boro’ is quite a town and many nearby points can be reached by rail. A great deal of the land is posted, but permission can be easily obtained to shoot over it. Excellent reports have also been received from stations on the Scotland Neck rail- road and the Weldon and Wilmington line. At Ayden, in. Pitt county, quail are plenti- ful within ten minutes’ walk of the town, and the same reports are received from Greenville and Grangers, below Ayden. Good reports are coming from Rocky Mount, where Mr. Colin Studds and a party will shortly go, and from Fremont, Mount Olive, Plymouth, Magnolia and throughout Duplin county generally, Spring Hope, Whitakers and Garysburg. Pointers Worth Remembering. At most of these places there are good accommodations, and men may be employ- ed who are familiar with the best shooting grounds in the vicinity and who can se- cure permission for strangers to shoot over posted lands. Sportsmen who go to the expense of such a trip, however, can secure better results if they will seek some farm house in the midst of the shooting country as soon as they reach it and se- cure accommodations there. Then they can step right outdoors and begin shooting without the delay of a ride from a town out to the stubbles. In the vicinity all the places enu- merated there are farmers who gladly wel- come visiting sporismen. Another point in favor of a program of this sort is that the dogs are better taken care of, because they are more immediately under control of their masters than they can be at a hotel or boarding house in town. The rail- roads in North Carolina usually carry one dog to each gunner free, and the At- lantic Coast. Line has issued a circular directing baggage masters to do this until March 1. The law in North Carolina allows the killing of quail between November 1 and March 15, save in Currituck county, where the close season runs from April 1 to De- cember 1. It also provides that no person shall export from the state any quail or partridges, elther dead or alive, but this part of the statute Is more honored in the breach than in the observance, for every sportsman finds space in his baggage when he is returning which can accommodate a gcodly number of the birds that have fallen to his gun. ' — UNIVERSITY NOTES National University. There will ‘be no lectures in any of the classes on Tuesday evening, November 3. Prof. Cole delivered the third of his lec- tures on statutory law Thursday evening. The opening of the moot court took place on Tuesday evening last, with the largest class for some years. Cases were assigned and the regular routine work of the year mapped out. The first case will probably come up for hearing about the 15th of No- vember. In connection with holding the moot court, Prof. Ralston will deliver a course of lectures on practice. At the first meeting of the moot court Mr. H. &. Heinecke was appointed clerk and Mr. A. M. Goover, marshal. Prof. Carusi has nearly completed his lectures on Blackstone and will soon com- mence contracts. There is a movement on foot to bring the members of the Dental and Medical College in closer contact with the law department, and representatives of the Dental and Med- ical College were at the law deparimeni to consult about the manner in which to bring about this result. Registration still continues and the class- es bid fair this year to be larger chan for some time past. The first examination in the law depart- ment will take place about the laiter part of January. The entries for the patent law class have been very large, and Prof. Rogers will commenée his lectures at an early date. An examination will be held, and those ob- taining the required percentage, will re- ceive a certificate of proficiency in pateni law. There will be no class organization until after the election, as a great many stu- dents have gone home to vote. The first case assigned in the moot court was a suit for divorce by Cora Van Tassel agt. Hendrick Van Tassel, on the ground of desertion. Attorneys for plaintiff, Messrs. Booth and Bartlett; for defendant, Messrs. Briggs and Churchill. Catholic University. The candidates for advanced degrecs in the school of philosophy will be examined in French and German by Dr. Hyvernat Monday and Tuesday of next week. Solemn requiem high mass was celebrated Thursday for the repose of the late Col. O'Brien of New Orleans, who bequeathed the university $150,000 by his will, which was probated in New Orleans Tuesday. Rev. Father Garrigan, vice rector and act- ing rector, hes given John T. Gibbons, a brother of Cardinal! Gibbons, and a resi- dent of New Orleans, a power of attorney to represent the university in the settle- ment of the estate. The sermons at the Tuesday vesper serv- ice will begin tomorrow afternoon and con- tinue throughout the school year. The public lecture courses commenced Thursday at 4:30 o'clock. These lectures, as well as the miscellaneous fall course and the special lectures of Prof. Carroll D. Wright, are free to the public. Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock Prof. C. Robinson delivered a special lecture ‘Religion as a Social Force.” Dr. Hoff- man of the Smithsonian Institution will de- liver a course of three special lectures in continuation of the same subject, and these will be followed by a Father Mathew lec- ture by some member of the faculty. Howard University. The Eureka Literary Society met last evening, the program being “as follows: Declamation, J. M. Enos; essay, Miss Cole; declamation, Mr. Nutter; reading, Mr. Red- ing; debate, “Resolved, That a Scientific Education is of More Service Than a Clas- sical One.” Affirmative, C. Chapman; neg- ative, Robert Ewell. After the opening by the leaders there was general] debate on the subject by those present. F. W. Turner is president and W. 8S. Pugh secretary. Dr. Julia Hull has been appointed resi- dent physician of Mionor Hall. The students’ prayer meeting Tuesday evenirg was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Jones of Pennsylvania. A song service has been instituted and is held Sundays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. A pro- gram, consisting of songs and short ad- dresses, is rendercd at each s2rvice. The debate in the Blackstone Club at its last meeting as to the husband's responsi- bility for necessaries furnished the wife Was quite heated, and it was decided that if the husband had mede proper allowance for her support he would not be bound. The question this week will be on the lia- bility of a corporation for the acts of its agents. N. W. Bridges, W. A. Carter and A. B. Cooper will affirm responsibility, and E. J. Morton, KE. W. Hammond and W. L. Fitzgerald will deny. The senior class in criminal law, under Pref. Hart, devote thirty minutes after each lecture to the discussion of cases. Georgetown University. The students’ retreat, which commenced Wednesday under the direction of Father McCloskey of New York, ends tonight. All classes were excused during its continu- ance. The regular meeting of the Phila- demic Society, Thursday, was postponed until next week for the same cause. The Morris Literary and Debating Socie- ty, composed of students of the post gradu- ate and law departments, met in the college debating hall Sunday evening and elected officers for the year as follows: President, Peter J. McLaughlin; vice president, M. Schneider; secretary,. Michael J. Earls: treasurer, Jean F. P. Des Garennes. This society, which now enters upon the second year of its existence, was named in honor ef Justice Martin F. Morris of the Court of Appeals. The money question was debated at the last session. The question for to- morrow evening is ‘Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States should be so amended as to allow the passage of an income tax law. Mr. Des Garennes for the affirmative and James I. Fitzsimmons for the negative are the speakers. John J. Hazen, 8S. J., director of the ob- servatory, is attending the sessions of the mathematical and_ astronomical congress | now being held at Frankfort, Germany. Father Verona has been appointed to take charge of the musical services in the chapel hereafter, vice Father Deck, who will con- tinue as director of the Glee Club. The Glee Club and the Mandolin and Banjo Club are preparing an entertainment to be given in Gaston Hall Thanksgiving ; eve. , Father Ennis has offered to the aighest clags of the academic department a sclid silver pencil, valued at $10, for the best short story, to contain not less than 1,500 | nor more than 3,000 words. The competi- tion closes December 15. The judges erc ¥et to be selected. The senior law class completed their or- ganization Tuesday night by the election of | the following: President, C. C. Magruder of | ; kent taste demanded by all coffee drink: Maryland; first vice president, John G. Wil- liams of North Carolina; second vice presi- | dent, Paul Kelsoe of Arkansas; secretary, John H. Tinley of Kentucky; treasurer, H. Anton Hettmuller of the District; sergeant- at-arms. J. F. Barrett of North Carolina. In the moot court Thursday evening Judge W. M. Baker handed down a decision in case No. 2 In favor of the defendant, holding that a set-off of the maker and indorsers was properly pleaded as against the holder of the note. No interest, how- ever, being allowed on the set-off, which eveeeded the face of the note, no recovery was allowed in the action of the balance, but it was held that a separate action must be brought for Its recovery. The assign- ments for next week have not been an- nounced. The society, department of law, —=——= PHYSICIANS FIND ALL PEOPLE NOT ALIKE A letter carrier satd his wife liked coffer eo well and sehined 1 pe me from one cause, aid that was cx drinking. The good man went on further to sa “My child, if you were as strong as ¥ end had the mikes of outdoor walking he has daily you could drigk one cup of Perbaps two. at breakfast and dinner without very exit in cott foun in whisky strychnine and morp There is mot so great a oportion of them In coffee as in the other dmg: but a sufficient amonut exists to seriously injure Any one whose constitugion is a litle below pa All of these drugs can he used for a time bs pr fectly healthy people, but If their ase Is persist« in long enough boman body finally gives es dence of the effect of the s potsen, and man le who do Is fact die becaw thelr unnatural If you could use» drink in the morning made from the nou ins that nature has provided for the us ft would satiety your appetite and fat beds.” 5 A wholesome, delicious hot drink of the kind thw old doctor referred to ts found in Postum made from grains by the Postum Cereal Co. of Battle Creck. Mich.; it brews the rich color Java or Mocha. has a grand fragrance and the pan ms. No Polsonous alkaloids are found bere, and man ite only xafe when be sticks to nature's food. fur Bished hy the “Creator, prepared: in a wunter a different wars, to be Ruddy health and re Blood will follow the discontinuance of unnatural drinks and the substitution therefor of the Cereal food drink. Its use will tell the facts more plainly in-the body than words can be made Grocers furnish it and expe goes about three times as coffee, had effects, but the same poisonous alkalc are it ht. ZEH After a man once gets ac- quainted with the Yale methods he’s pretty sure to always patronize it thereafter. “514 roth st. It Stephen J. Casey of Rhode Island; vice president, James A. Ryan of Tennessee secretary, J. F. P.-Des Garrens of District sergean arms, Irving C. McRae of Ala bama. A series of joint debates with som. of the leading colleges are in contempla tion. Columbian iversity. All the regular courses in mathematics of the scientific school are being given as usual, as is the course in differential eq tions for advanced students, which contin- ues throughout the year. Prof. Hodgkins has also added by special request a cours: in theory of equations. At the meeting cf che debating society rext Saturday the question, “Resolved. that trusts and monopolies as a whole are injurious agents to the United State will be affirmed by Messrs. Handy, Fulk and Bower and denied by Messrs. Cousar and Keiper. The junior law class held a meeting last Thursday evening for the transaction of routine business. The senior law class held a meeting last evening for the election of class officers, President B. L. Whitman delivered address before New Jerusalem Lodge, 9, A. FL A. M., at Masonic Temple, theme was: and Prophetiaally Prof. Montague delivered two lectures or Horace this week to his classes. Wednes- day he addressed the Maryland Baptist Union at Baltimore in the interest of the university, an. Hi Masonry Viewed Historical: Paeciegps ia Flies on the Ocean From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Among the things that furnish oecupa- tion for the eyes and mind of t voyagers are the house flies which accom- pany the great steamships from one side cf the ocean to the other. In fine, sunshin weather the flies buzz cheerfully about th sheltered places on the deck, and when the wind blows high they take refuge in the cabins and salons. The files often remain with the ship while in port, and return with her on her next trip, thus cros: the ocean several times in succession, and, per- haps, spending the entire season at sea. Knowledge will help to keep a famfly alive. The more they know about their own Physiology the better they will be able to take care of themselves. The more a man and woman know about health and sick- ness, the less trouble they will have with the sickness of their children. Some standard medical book ought to be in every home library. The most complete book of this kind is Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. It contains more exact informa- tion about the human body in health and disease than any other book ever printed in the English language. More copies of it have been sold than of any other medical work. It is written in plain language, free from technicalities, and is the work o! % ularly graduated, experienced physi n. It contains hundreds of useful receipts, a knowledge of which will prevent much sic ness, and save many doctor’s bills. It is in- dexed, and contains over three hundred illustrations. 680,000 copies of this great, 1,008-page work have been sold at the regu- lar price—$1.50 per copy—and now an edi- tion of half a million in strong paper covers is being distributed absolutely free. Any one may have a copy who will send 21 oue- cent stamps, to pay the cost of mailing on/y, to World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. ¥Y. The book bound in French cloth is 10 cents extra (31 cents in all). Mrs. Bela F. Howard. of Gien Ellen, Sonoma Co., Cal., ites: “ closed find stamps for the “People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser.’ I have had two but cannot keep them. Icannot do without one in the house, they save a doctor's visits, and as I live about ten miles from any doc- tors, their visits come high—(ten dollars). T have heen in this place sixteen years, and have only hhad a doctor for m: family once in thet time= thanks to your book and your medicines.” BUTTONS! ELECANT BUTTON FREE WITH EACH PACKACE Sweet Caporal Cigarettes AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A COLLECTICN OF BUTTONS WITHOUT CosT. aie ocoa, The Yale does one kind of * laundry work all the time—that’s the best possible.