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THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1896-16 PAGES. WHY SHE LOOKED YOUNG. A Youthful Appearing Woman at Sixty Years of Age. “How young sho ts at siaty.”” I heard a lady make this remark in a street car recently, as she pointed out a fine-looking woman, with a bright, healthy complexton, good figure and brisk step, who had just entered. I also looked at her. She certainly seemed to be nearer forty than sixty. I recognized ber as the wife of & well-known New York business man, and knowing that she is always busily employed, was Interested to discover the cause of her wonderful health aml vigor. Happening to mention the matter to a lad; my acquaintance shortly after, she volunteered following explanation: “Mrs... she said. “‘certainly has splendid health, and not long ago she tokt me the secret of it. For years past, so she told me, she has made it & practice to take @ little pure malt stimulant with every meal. She said that it was owing to this that she had eseaped the many weak symp- toms and mtfserable ailments from whieh so many women suffer. She says that whenever she feels tired and worn out a little pure malt gives her new life and energy.” For the benefit of Indies who may read these words I may further add that T discovered, on subsequent imystry, that the lady above referred to uses and strongly recommends Duffy"s pure malt whiskey 4s the safest and best of all malt prepara- tions. her whiskey is like ft, aud nothing the same good effects. of GAMES OF CRIMINALS. Hew Those Deomed to Confinement Behind the Bars Amuse Themselves. From the Ehiladelphia Press. Mario Carara, a disciple of Cesare Lom- broso, the Italian expert in criminal an- thropology, has made a special study of the sports that criminals engage in. The innocent games of childhood, in the case of criminals, are tinctured with cruelty, and sometimes accompanied by homicide. Crim- inals skip the rope, but part of the game is to trip up the jumper and jet him fall heavily upon the stone pavement. Crim- inals play leap-frog, but the ebject of the game is that he who makes the “back” shall rise suddenly and violently just as the frog mounts and throw him to the ground. The criminals play blindman’s buff, but the man with the bandaged eyes carries a handkerchief bearing in one corner 2 jag- ged stone. a piece of hard. sharpened v cod or bit of iron. With this weapon he strikes those whom he pursues. Another remark- able form of this game is for the blinded one to be struck by one or another of his companions if he fails to name the one that touches him. The penalty is not the innocent one of the children’s game, but a blow so severe that a physician bas often to be called In after the game is over, and occasionally the sufferer is disabled for some time. It has been found in those Italian re- formatories where prisoners afe not kept fn solitary confinement that prisoners’ games are often accompanied with tlvod- shed, and that it is almost impossible to prevent cruelties. This is especiaily true where prisoners work together, for they secrete tools and use them as weapo.s in brutal sports. In one of these games the player has in each hand a stick, having fixed in the end a keen metallic point. He interweaves his arms, revolving the sticks with rapility, and the game is for another prisoner to thrust his head between the arms and en- deavor to follow the revolutions of the sticks without being wounded. It usually happens that he receives fifteen or sixteen wounds, and comes out with a bleeding head, while now and then mortal wounds are received ‘The victim in another game has his eyes bandaged and places his palm upon a table. with fingers spread fan-like. An- other criminal repeatedly strikes between the fingers with a pointed instrument. If he wounds a finger then the two change places, and woe to the man who refus the exchange. The game !s dangerous, al- though the criminals assert that the wounds to the fingers are not deep or se- vere, because. as they say, the metaliic points are short and do not penetrate far —a grim form of philosophy. The sport of criminals is accompanied by characteristic craft. This is specially shown in the methods in which the new- comer is initiated into prison life. The novice is conducted into an improvised court chamber, where the judges are his fellow prisoners. He is placed upon a stand and gravely tried on a pretended charge, and he has barely been condemned when the stand is suddenly drawn away, so that he is thrown violently upon the earth. Many games necessarily imply resistance to pain as an absolute condition of success. For example, there is the game of eedies.” One of the players places his closed fists upon the table, holding steadily two needles, one in each hand, the points being slightly exposed. It is the game then for a companion to strike with his own fists those of the other, and it becomes a question of endurance between the one pricKed with the needles and the one whose fists are beaten by the other's knuckles. There are contests in which the fingers vunded, and the scars are an honorable distinction. The characteristic feature of all these games. which are the recreation exclusively of criminals in prison, is the love of com- bat. If, as ts held by experts, sports are the means of working off the superfluous activity of life, it is evident that super- f_luous activity. in the case of prisoners, is especially powerful. It has the case of prisoners that there is a preva- lence of great agility and litheness, which Prof. Lombroso considers a negative evi- dence of mental weakness, since it testifies to ® greater development of the notorial centers at the expense of the other cerebral centers. But usually this physical energy is not properly used in the ordinary Hfe of the criminal, and finds outlet and enjoy- ment in sport. Another characteristic of the games of criminals is the admiration shown for physical force, manifested in the docility with which the vanquished in such sports submit to the brutality of the victors—a thing observed among savages. Finally. the insensibility to pain exhibited in the sports of erfminals proves that such men are less acute in their physical senses, as well as less sensitive to the pains of others, since what seems to others useless- ly crue! is only the usual thing with crim- inals. As the drunkard, his taste hardened by alcohol, has need of a stimulant con- stantly stronger, so in the case of the crim- inal, the nervous system demands stimulus so strong that to the ordinary steady-go- ing individual tt would be actually painful. - —_— Old-Time English Drinking Songs. Agnes Repplier in the Atlantic. The best of the English drinking songs were written by the dramatists of the seventeenth century; men who trolled out their vigorous sentiments, linked sweetly together in flowing verse, without the smallest thought of fear of shocking any- bedy. Frankly indecorous, they invite the whole wide world to drink with them, to empty the brimming tankard passed from hand to hand, and to reel home through and hands are w the frosty streets, where the watchman grins at their unsteady steps, and quiet sleepers, awakened from dull dreams, echo with drowsy sympathy the last sweiling cadence of their uproarious song. Where there is no public sentiment to aefy, even Bacchanallan rioters and Bacchanalian verses cease to be deflant. What admira- ble good temper and sincerity in Fletcher's generous importunity— Drink today, and drown all sorrow, You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best. while you have it, use your breath; There ix no drinking after death. Then let u> swill, boys, for our health, Who drinks well.loves the commonwealth. And he that will to bed ge sober Falls with the leaf, still in October. Upon this song successive changes have been rung. until now {ts variations are be- wildering. and to it we owe the ever-popu- lar and utterly indefensible glee roared out for generations by many a lusty tavern chorus— He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober, Falls as the leaves do. and dies in October: But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow, Lives as he ought to do, and dies an hon- est fellow. pees Ses A Seceasity. From the Chicago Daily News. Bobby—“Mamma, do the streets of heaven flow with milk and honey?" been noted in| NORTHEAST AFFAIRS Annual Report of President Tucker on Work of the Year. UNCEASING SURVEILLANCE OF B. & 0. Many Street and Park and Other Improvements Secured. GRADE CROSSING BILL Now that Congress has convened, the people of Northeast Washington are taking renewed interest in the doings of the cit- izens’ association of that section, and last night there was not only a goo: attendance, but several new members were admitted. ‘The annual report of the president was read, and listened to with much interest. Chairman Frizzell of the railroad commit- tee made some remarks on the question of grade crossings along the line of the Balti- more and Ohio railroad, and told of his sur- prise and astonishment at what he termed Commisstoner Powell's “change of front.” The President's Report. President Tucker's report was substan- tially as follows: “Although the association was organized but four years ago, a detailed report of its work would be so voluminous as to require more space than I have at my disposal. I therefore submit this sQmmary, mention- ing briefly only its most important recom- mendations and accomplishments. “The committee on steam railways, by its efficiency and untiring zeal, has accom- plished many things for the improvement of conditions along the lines of the said railroads within the city, among which are the following: The speed of trains has been perceptibly reduced by causing the arrest and prosecution of engineers who have vio- lated the law in this respect. Electric lights have been erected and maintained at all the crossings of the road within the city. Guard gates have been erected and flagmen provided for service both day and night at many of the crossings. Fences have been erected along the Hnes. The company has been required to provide lights on the ap- preaching ends of engines or trains mov- ing on or over any street or avenue within the city at night, and the laying of nu- merous sidings into private property has been prevented. This committee has also rendered valuable assistance to the com- mittee on proposed legistation in its work for the abolition of grade crossings. “The committee on streets, avenues and alleys has been very much embarrassed in its earnest endeavors for the improvement of the streets and avenues of Northeast Washington by reason of the meager and inadequate appropriations. During the past four years the annual appropriation for this work in the northeast section have averaged only about $38,000, which amount makes a very small showing to- ward the improvement of the 65 per cent of the streets of this section which are un- improved. The committee has had flatter- ing success, however, in the adoption of its recommendations. Street Improvements. “The fullowing are some of the improve- ments which have heen made after hawng been recommended and urged by it: “Paved—Massachusetts avenue, from 1st street to 4th street: M street, from North Capitol street to Florida avenue; 4th street, from H street to K street: D street, from ist street to 3d street; 11th street, from Massachusetts avenue to East Capitol street. “Graded and macadamized—1ith street, from Maryland avenue to Florida avemue: Florida avenue, from 9th street to M street: th street, from East Capitol street to Maryland avenue. Granolithic sidewalk—H street, from 6th Street to 12th street. 3rick sidewalk—E street. from North Capitol street ta Ist street: 4th street, from F street to H street; 5th street, from: { street to K street; Delaware avenue, from G street to H street. “At the request of this committee, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has been required on numerous occasions to re- pair and improve its crossings. The pav- ing of M street and Florida avenue, as noted above, is now nearly completed, and is expected to relieve the congested condi- tion of H street by diverting therefrom the brick carts and other heavy hauling. “Through its efforts the Commissioners have altered the second section of the pro- posed plan for the extension of highways, so as to provide for the extension of F street in a straight line from its present terminus at 15th street to Benning road, and in the schedule for future work the recommendations of the committee have been fully recognized. Light and Water. “Very gratifying success has attended the intelligent efforts of the committee on water, lights and scwers. Among the im- provements which have been recommended by it and obtained are the following: Sev- eral hydrants and drinking fountains for herses have been erected. The committee has been assured that as soon as appro- priations are available for the purpose, ar- tesian wells will be sunk in this section. Electric lights hav: been provided on H street. Numerous gas and oil lamps have Leen erec.ed. An important sewer has been constructed to provide for the drainage of the buildings and grounds of the Deaf Mute Institution, thereby abating a nuts- ance which has menaced the health of the community; and sewers have been con- structed on 12th and M streets. Through the recommendations of this committee, and by the combined efforts of the Com- missioners and the association, an appro- priation was procured for the erection of a new engine house in this section where an engine company has been established, and is doing good work. ‘The only question of importance which has been considered by the committee on assessments and apportionmert of appro- priations was included in a bill which was eracted by Congress In 1894, providing for a permanent board of assessors and a re- vision of the law relative to real estate assessments. When this bill was being con- sidered by the congressional committee, this committee called attention to some fatal defects in the measure, and through Its able recommendations the bill was per- fected, and by the combined efforts of the Commissioners, the board of trade and this association it became a law, and has been productive of good results. Public Parks and Schools. “The committee on public parks and spaces has made a vigorous effort to compel the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to vacate reservation No. 226 (formerly 201), and while the company has not yet re- moved its traeks and property from the space, it has been ordered by the Secretary of the Interior to do so, and the committee is of opinion that the space will soon be vacated and converted into a park. The Commissioners have honored the recom- mendauo.s of this committee relative to the location of parks in the suburbs by in- cluding in the second section of proposed plan for the extension of highways several of the parks suggested by it, and it is be- lieved that the request that Graceland cem- etery be converted into a park will be com- plied with. * “Valuable service has been rendered by the committee on schools in procuring an appropriation for an eight-room school building, now in course of construction at the corner of K and 5th streets. Grade Crossings. “Soon after the organization of the asso- ciation, profiting by the experience of other associations which had been striving for years to effect the abolition of the grade crossings of the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road within the city, this committee draft- ed a bill providing for the solution of this vexatious problem. This bill was intro- duced in both the Senate and House of Representatives, received the hearty ap-| ston, N. C.. Sunday proval and sup) of the C who furnished wings and estimates for mously indorsed. by ‘the Hast Washington mously ra Citizens’ Association, which rendered valu- able assistance to the committee in its en- deavors for the enactment of the measure, and was indorsed by the citizens of Bast Washington generally. Owing to the fact that to carry oyt the is of the bill, the company Fequired to make a large expenditure, and the fact that at the time the company was embarrassed by finarictal difficulties, the House District committee refrained from reporting the bill to Congress. ‘The Terminal Bitl. acceptable to the citizens. This bfll pro- vides for the organisation of a terminal company, to bear the expense of the enter- prise, and to be the owner of the property, thus relieving the Baltimore and Com- pany from the large expenditure necessary to carry out the plan, and eliminating from the question the plea that the company is unable to bear the expense. Legislation on this measure is hoped for and expected at an early date. “After striving for two years, attending all hearings and presenting evs avaflabie argument to convince the committees of Congress that gas should be furnished at a lower rate, its labors were rewarded by success, legislation having been enacted reducing the price and regulating the qual- ity and candle power of gas furnished in the District. “Sanitary conditions. in Northeast Wash- ington have been materially improved by the work of the committee on sanitary affairs, through the recommendations of which numerous stagnant pools have been drained, low ground filled, alleys paved and other nufsances which threatened the health of. different localities abated. ‘Through its recommendation a law has been enacted compelling the proper drainage of Property abutting on streets where there are sewers. * General Work. “Several reforms in regard to transfers, ete., on the street railway lines have been effected by the conimittee on public con- veyance. In addition to the work per- formed by the standing committees the as- sociation has indorsed and co-vp2rated with other associations in the interest of many creditable projects of a general character. “While the association has accomplished many things, public work of this character is incessant. There is always work to be done, and, in view of the fact that the Jarger the membership of the association the greater will be its efficiency and influ- ence, all citizens of Northes Washington who are not members of the association a: invited to join, and assist us in the good work, so that with unity and strength the future of the association in its achiev ments may be even more brilliant than ¢! Dast.”” Cheaper Gas. When President Tucker had finished read- ing the report Mr. Smith said he thought the association had done a great deal ot work without good results in the matter of getting cheaper gas, for, he sald, since the price was reduced his bill had been higher than before. Last month, he said, his bill was larger than it had been tor co: responding months of previuus years. President Tuckér said the law was ali- right, and Mr. Algate said he though something would have to he done with ihe meters. The report was received and placed on the minutes of the association. Chairman Frizzéll said he ba. no forma! report to make on railroad satters, but he said he had been watching railrcad matters with some interest, and he was surprised that in the report of the District Commis- sioners nothing was said about the dead:y grade crossings. He referred to an inter- view with Chairman MeMillan of the Sen ate District committee, published in The Star some weeks ago, 2o1 ing the rail- road bill, and said he culled at the Com- missioners’ office to learn why the raftrcad bill had not been reported. Critieising Major Powe He was told that the report would be made, but when, he could get no idea. When he called upon Maj. Powell the lat- ter surprised him by saying he woula not recommend the passage of any bili which would give the railroad company possession of one of the leading avenve. leading to the Capitol. Maj. Powell, tx said, is the man who has been holding out hope to the-association that the bil would be favorably passed upon. Mr. Fri zell again expressed surprise and dis.’ pointment at what he termed Maj. Powell's “change of front. Army officers,” said Chairman Frizzell, ‘should stand upon their honor more than upon the emoluments of their positions or the applause uf the people, and ‘1 hoge that. Maj. Powell has not been reached by the influences. to which we have’ had reason to believe cumbed. President Tucker said that Senator Mc: Millan was satisfied the bill would be passed at this session if the Commission- ers will only report it. The report of the sanitary committee on the Peabody Sehool building was that the bullding was found in ani excellent sani- tary condition, and the committee was ot the opinion that the diphtheria in the building was due to something other than the condition of the building. President Tucker said he -thougat the report of the committee, published in The Star at the time, had a good effect on the parents. Complaint. was made that petty thieving had been annoying the merchants of Noxtn- east Washington, and the secretary read from a newspaper an article telling of the work of tramps in the viciaity of 11th and K streets. The matter was ref2cr-d to the police committee with instructions that a report be made to Maj. Moore. The question of street and alley improve- ment was discussed at some length, mem- bers telling of the needs of their par- ticular neighborhood. Objection was made to the paving of short streets, such as Morris and Ack2r streets, when other streets are more in need of improv >ment. Mr. Peake moved that a committee of five be appointed to consider the feasibility of urging the appeintment ef a commis- sioner to represent Northeast Washiaston. The committee will be appointed in a few days. some of his predecessors: suc- ——=_ —_ DAMAGE TO THE WHEAT CROP. Practically Every Province in India Suffering From the Famine. he Calcutta Englishman of November 25 contends that the home officials are ut- terly at fault in regard to the dimensions of the famine. It adds that practically every province is involved and asseris' that such errors at the outset may result in fr- retrievable disaster and suffering before the crisis is over. The Mark Lane Express of London in its crop report says that the rather heavy rainfall of December is welcome, and will give the November-sown grain a hopeful start. “Spain,” the Express continue: has en- joyed an extremely heavy rainfall since October, and the benefit to the agriculture of that arid peninsula is Mkely to be very great. “Central Europe has seen a rapid rise of temperature and rather heavy rainfall.” Referring to the Indian outlook the Mark Lane Express says: “The India rains are too late to allow of anything like the aver- &ge area of sown wheat for 1807." Regarding the South American outlook the Mark Lane Express says that the new wheat is now being reaped in the warmer provinces of Argentina, and adds that it learns that from 300,000 to 400,000 quarters of wheat may be expected from Monte- video. Commenting on the depression in London the Mark Lane Express says: ‘The quanti- ties forced on an unwilling market in damp, close weather account for the depressed English markets, the downward tendency being aided by the government crop esti- mate, which has weight, though it is gen- ly regarded as excessive. ‘Foreign wheat has been affected by the vigorous competition of the home supply, but the dependence of Great Britain on imported produce is row so heavy that the natural facts of the position are bound to tell ere long, the ts being that the total requirements and reserves, though ccn- siderable, are being steadily worked. ”* yealcts that a Fecovery of prices ie sees edict @ recovery of prices is proba- Bie within a week of anything like season- able wintry weather. Over Sixty Years a Preacher. Rev. Wiltam Warren “Subsequently this committee has co- operated with the board of trade in the tn- terest of another bfll, for the same pur- pose, now pending in Congress, and has suggested such amendments as to make it THE €IVIE’~ CENTER Many Papers BA&d Lt the Meoting VENTILATION OF SCHOOL ROOMS Superintendent Powell Takes Issue SANITARY .. ARRANGEMENTS ‘A public’ annual meeting of the Civic Center was held last evening at the First Congregational’ Church, when several re- ports and addresses of unusual interest and importance were read. The meeting was well attended, and Was presided over by Dr.‘ John M. Gregory, president of the as- sociation, who was unanimously re-elected. In’ calling the meeting to order, Dr’ Greg- ory introduced the Rev..Dr,:S..M, New- tman,, president af the Civic Center Council, who briefly explained the: scape and pur- ese of the association. It is an associa- tion, he stated, which, haying the welfare and advancement of the community at heart, seeka to promote them by securing a sympathetic co-operation of all those en- deavotirg of desirmg to benefit the munic- ipality, The reports to be read would, he said, speak but little of the work of the as- rociation, for to tell of all its werk would occupy several evenings. Yet they would give quite a view of what has and may yet be: accomplished. Street Raltways. Dr. Gregory then ,presented Dr. Max: West of the committee on streets and al- leys, who reported on street railway fran- chises." He ‘referred to the yulue of such franchises, and regretted that here they had been given away. He-spoke of the aifficulty “of comneliing the local street railway companies to pay licenses, claim- ing that while the’law is broad enough, the écmpanies fail to pay for them. He stated that while Battimore receives’ about $200,- 200 annually from such compantes, ‘and New York more than $300,000, Washington recetvyes only about 370,000, and that only in taxes. He suggested that the local cormpanies could be compeiled to make: a return fcr the vafuable franchises granted them by making then pay for future priv- ieges, by amending their charters, by tax- ing them,.or by: reducing the fare- charged by them. Car fare, he said, is much higher in’ Amerie¢a than in Europe, or even in Australia, and, while the fare here is low because of the sale of six tickets for 25 cents, still he thought a %-cent fare and transfer would be high enough. Home Libraries. Miss Jusephine Clark hext made an inter- esting report cn the subject of home Hbra- ries, a coilection of books which travel from point to point in a city. Two have been established heré recently, and with splendid resulis. Such a library remains about three months in one locality, and then it is placed in another. The idea origi- nated in Boston, whete they had sixty-nine home Hbraries Iast year. // School Ventilation. The next report submitted was by Mr. W. H. Pennell onsventifation of school houses. He asserted that’there ts no regu- lation in the Distriet, respecting the heat- mg and ventiiation ,of sekool houses. In- deed, he said, that only im the High School is there any system '6f vehtilation, ventila- tion in the ‘bther schools being mainly ob- tained by opening windows. He compared the condition of such miatters here with the-state of ‘affairs in’ Béston, greatly to the disadvantage ‘of the’ District schools, saying that what is’being done in Boston: where there is a perfect s{stem of ventila~ tion should be done Kére, where the amount of fresh air enjoye# by ‘each pupil is, he claimed, very smahi "7 5 : mux Sapp. 7) | Dr. S. S. Adams followed with an address on “The Necessity of at Inipraved Milk Supply.” He spoke of the absolute im- portance of pure milk, espectally for chil- dren between birth ana five years, and particularly ‘during’ the first year of life. During the ten Years ending in 1886 there were 56,459 deaths here, 20,518 heing cbil- dren under “five years of age, and 14,541 undet' one year. During the last ten years he stated the death rate had been reduced but a fractional part. A large percentage of thece deaths among children could safe- ly, he belfeved, be attributed to impure milk. He spoke of the amount of filth generally found in cow’s milk, saying that it has been estimated that fifty tons of filth was eaten in milk in Berlin during a single year, and recent examinations by Dr. Kober had shown Washington milk to contain even more. He instanced several cases of almost indescribable filthy sur- rcundings of dairies, saying that in one locality. a cow was found eating garbage out of a privy box, a thing at once stopped by the health officer. At least 200 cases, including: typhoid and scarlet fever and diphtheria, have been traced here to im- pure milk, he stated, and he suggested that a careful hcusewife can materially lessen the danger to be found in milk.’ When she found the milk objectionable she should at once complain to the milk man, and then, If it continued, to the health officer. In ‘conclusion, Dr. Adams advocated the sterilizing of milk. To do that, he ex- plained, place it in a perfectly clean bottle, placing over the mouth absorbent cotton for a stopper. Then place it in a pan of water on the stove until the first ebullitions is seen, when it should be removed from the stove and rapidly cooled. The cotton should. neyer be removed, he said, until the milk is to be used, else it will soon be vrfit and dangerous. Home sterilization, said the doctor, is best. Inspection of Bakeries. , A paper on the results of a sanitary in- spection of bakeries was next read by Dr. Ernest F. King. There ts no law here, he explained, ‘requirmg an inspection of bak- eries, and he advocated the enactment of one, which would also require bread to be carefully placed at the bakery. in. a suitable wrapper, 30 that its handling by the many unclean hands. through which it passes in the ordinary. course of affairs might there- by be rendered harmless. Dr..King stated that an inspection of local bakeries, while showing them to be tn better condition than those of London or New York on the whole, developed the necessity for better sanitary arrangements. Such arrangements would be not only ‘for the welfare of the consum- ers, but as well for the makers of bread While it is probably true that all disease germs in the dough are destroyed in the baking, yet it is Dy the handling of bread by unciean, careless; hana that it ts ren- dered dangerous at 4imes. From 0,000 to 70,000. loaves af bread e. sent out here every day, sald Dr. ’Kih# and the quality of the bread is generallyigood.. Sewers and (Water Supply. Dr. Kober read né&t d\paper on sewers ana water sapply in‘telatfon to health. He referred to the vali and? absolute import- ance of good sewers atid pare water, saying that modern’ sanitation has reduced the death rate at leas@50 ‘per cent. He re- gretted to say thatithere7has been an in- crease of typhoid fever here during the past fifteen years, due, he, thought, more to contaminated water “to anything else. ‘Washington in this respé¢t stands eighth. ¥t should stand first,’ he remarked, and if all petione of the city staod as ei Ene northwest section Washington w: about first. That ispdt would enjoy the water supply had where fit le to the with and.smal streets laid out in stead. Until that ts done, he said, our al- leys will furnish three-fourths of the crime which the misery existing therein was ye set E! that Mr. Pennell had, as he claimed, not been more exact in his statements. There is a system of ventilation adopted and pursued in the lo- cal scnools, said Mr. Powell, and nineteen out of every twenty scholars here attend schools perfectly ventilated. Dr. Gregory assured Mr. Powel! that the re association would further investigate the matter, and he declared the meeting ad- journed. — CUBAN LEAGUE OF UNITED STATES. Its ‘mbership List Includes Many Well-Kaown Names. = There are well-known names in the list of subscribers to the roll of membership of the Cuban League of the United States, just organized in New York city. Follow- ing is the declaration of the Purpose of the league: “The object of this league is to secure for Cuba by all lawful, peaceful and honcr- able means the political independence which her patriots are now endeavoring by tremendous sacrifice of treasure and life to gain, to encourage them with our sympathy and moral support and to arouse the whole nation to demand the end of the campaign of murder and destruction in that island. “Mindful of the help which our fathers received on a similar struggle, we are constrained by a sense cf gratitude to re- turn to Cuba the kindness which was so effectively given to us. “It is apparent to all thouzgatfual observ- ers that Spain has not the power to crush the Cuban patriots and, therefore, the con- tinuance of the cruel struggle in Cuba can only serve to prolong a sense of abasement and humiliation in the minds of all men who are confident that this republic bas the power to end it, and is in honor called upon to do so for the highest good of all the parties directly concerned.” Among the members of the league are Gen. Powell Clayton, Arkansas; Col. Ethan Allen, New York; ex-Goy. Roswell P. Flewer, New York; J. Edward Simmons, President Fourth National Bank; A. P. Hepburn, president Third National Bani Silas B. Dutcher, Brooklyn; Gen. ¢ Christensen, Brooklyn; Darwin R. James, New York; Chauncey M. Depew, New York; Thomas L. James, New York; Collis P. Huntington, New York; Join R. Dos Passos, New York; Gen. Stewart L. Wood- ford, Brooklyn; Col. Wm. L. Brown, New York; Gen. Martin T. McMahon,’ New York; Noah Davis, New York; Gecrge Hoadly, New York; Gen. Dani Butter- field, New York; Theo. Roosevelt, New York; Warner Miller, New York, and Alon- zo B. Cornell. Widespread Sympathy. From all parts of the United States, from Mexico and from Paris telegcams have been received by the Cuban junta in New York and by prominent Cubans in New York, in which the correspondents ex- pressed their sympathy for free Cuba and offered financial assistance to the men who are making a fight for liberty. One of the most ardent writers was Her- bert W. Woleott, chairman of the Cuban American League of Cleveland and brother of United States Senator Wolcott. In hts communication to Fidel G. Pierra, Mr. Wolcott said that the American born citi- zens of Cleveland were inteasely enthu- siastic and reprobated the murder of Maceo and his staff. Money, Mr. Wolcott said, was coming in faster than at any time since the war began, and if men were wanted, there would be no trouble in recruiting more than one regiment. “So fervent is the that the junta would not be asked 1» ex- pend a dollar of its funds for equipment or transportation,” .ir. Wolcott said. He wrote that members of -he Army of the Republic in Cleveland a were officers in the civil war had voiun- | che é FERRERO W E DON'T Se] 4 LADIES’ AND CEN .# ° MANICURE SETS, \ TRAVELING SETS, d ‘TOILET SETS, * ODOR SETS, el « WANT OUR TRADE UNLESS YCU ARE SATISFIED WITH BOTH GOODS AND PRICES. WE ARE HERE ‘TO WAIT ON ¥OU, AND WILL WELCOME YOU CORDIALLY, WHETHER YOU BUY OR NOT. WB HAVE AN UNUSUALLY FINE LINE OF CHAMOIS SKINS, Pure, Delicate White and in Colors, AND TS’ CHAMOIS VESTS, At rates lower than ever before offered. NOBODY CAN GET UNDER US ON DRESDEN CHINA AND BOHEMIAN GLASSWARE. CUT GLASS ROTTLES, PERFUMERIES, ATOMIZERS, WORK BOXES, Williams’ Temple Drug Store. Open All Night. PF ce 7 PUFF BOXES, SHAVING MUc VELVET BRUSHES, WHISK BROOM: 4 CELERY CENTER. © What Hollianders Have Accomplished Near a Michigan Town. Kalamazeo (or. of the New York Post. Kalamazoo ceiery is so well known in every part of this country that the name is used for all the better kinds of celecy. and, like “blue Point oysters” and “Little Neck clams," the guarantee coa.gined in the name sels the article to the exciusion of other brands. The exceence of this cele- ry is said te pe due to three things—good seed, dark, heavy soil and care in growing and bleaching it. Careful packing might be added. But as any gardener can select good seed and give the plants zood culture. Kalamazoo must excel in the soil or better natural conditions as a celery region. The celery meadows are just outside of the town of Kalamazoo, north and south of the city, and surrounded by hills, aivid- ed crosswise by a high ridge, on whic he houses are built. The meadows are about three miles long and a mile wide. These bettom lands are not common farmiity lands, but are composed of a peciniar form of blgck muck, the result of veze composition, and formerty they were rich that no fertilizers were needed. more than a dozen years ago very iittle cel- ery was raised on these meadows, and none for shipment to other markets. Joseph Dunkley, the fe of the neers in the industry, recognizing the pe liar value of the muck soil for c+ owned cne of the 2arlient celery farms. and it Is reportel that he amassed a fortune from the business before it was injured by competition. In recent years the output has been so «normous that prices have dropped from 20e, to 10c. per dozen, and many growers have been complaining. The seasons of 1892-8 were comparatively poor ones, and a number of the growers left their farms to engage in the same business in the suburbs of New York, but they socn returned to their home town. The growers are nearly sympathy for Cuba | all Hollanders, and they live in dwellings on their small holdings, which generally consist of from five to ten acres. They are x» frugal, industrious race, and they adopt most advanced system of intensive farming. Five acres here easily support an ordinary Holland family, and there is no teered to go with the enlisted men and] doubt but the head of it saves money. assume command of them in Cuba. In Florida, Loutsiana, Georgia cnd the The city of Kalamazoo is one of the pret- tiest in the eountry, and it owes not a little other gulf stateg, the feeling seems strong | of this to the industry of the celery grow- against Spain, as evidenced by comimuni- cations received. Agents of telegrphed today that money and men had heen offered to an extent unprecedent- ed. It is stated by prominent Cubans that if vessels can be got out of this country, ers, The amount of celery shipped from the the junta | city varies from year to year, but a con- servative estimate places the average quantity at sixty tons per day from July 1 to January 1. This would mean about 3,600,000 dozen, and at 1c. per dozen this it will be only a few days before many | would amount to $360,000. As this is a very thousands of arms and many chests of ammunition will be landed within the in- surgent lines. Inquiries have been received from sev- eral branches of the Cuba-American League, which is compos2d of nacive Amer- icans, as to the most expeditious and safest low estimate. one is almost safe in saying that the industry nets the town at least $500,000 a year. The bunches of celery are pack wooden boxes and shipped to commis men. The boxes are made in the town, giv- ; ing employment to a number of mechanics. route by which to ship war material to | They are about the size of a peach crate, Gens. Gomez and Garcia. CL B. Galbreth, Mbrarian cf the @nio State Library at Columbus, communicated with Mr. Pierra, asking information as to ‘<4 inches long, 16 inches wide and 6 tu 8 inches deep. Fertilizers are now used freely upon the already rich bottom lands, and every time the shipping of munitions, the wansimission | a grower takes a load of celery into the of funds and the forwarding ef men to Cuba. Mr. Galbreth said that the pecple of that city were thoroughly in earnest aud that they could be count2d upon for ‘arger sub- scriptions than ever before. “This latest infamy,” Mr. Galbreth wrote, “has had the effect of bringing over to the cause of free Cuba thousands of our tewn he brings back a load of fertilizer. It is claimed that four crops of ceiery are raised in one season on the land, but this is not literally true. The farmers make four plantings, which mature from July to December, but these can hardly be called four crops. The first planting is made early, and as this celery must be bleached with boards it is an inferior grade. The citizens who, until now, have been willing | old saying is that celery is not fit to eat until to let the insurgents ‘ght it out as best they could.” after the first frost, and in a sense this 18 true, but modern conditions of our mark-ts In this city funds have been pouring in| demand that celery shall be ready for use to aid the Cuban cause, and many inquiries | all the year round. The southern growers are being made of the Cuban fficials as to | send it north early in summer, and since the best way to transmit funds and sup-] people wiil buy this vegetable out of sea- plies to the men who are fighting. —_—eee. AMERICAN CONSULATE GUARDED. Signs of Hostile Feeling Exhibited Havana. The United States consulate general in Havana is under a special guard of armed policemen. This precaution is taken by the Spanish authorities, owing to the fear that the indignation expressed by Spanish sym- son the Kalamazoo growers begin to vend their product to the cities much earlier than five years ago. The question of profit in celery growing is a disputed one, and, Ike strawberry farming, there are stories current of farm- ers making $300 per acre, while others claim that if they make $30 per acre they are doing well. At Greentown, Ohio, where the largest celery farm under the control of one man is located, the profits are said to average between $200 and $400 per acre. ‘There are nearly 100 acres planted with pathizers against the United States would | celery on that farm, and if these figures fird vent in an attack upon the consulate. There have been fresh signs of the hostile feeling against the United States in view of the news from there of the ardent sym- pathy felt with the insurgents over the death of Antonio Maceo,eand the allega- are correct the owner has every reasoz to believe that farming does pay. Like the Kalamazoo celery lands, the soil at Green- town, Ohio, is exceedingly rich and well adapted to the culture of the celery plant. But even so, cheap labor must be employed to make the farm pay anything like $300 or Kalamazoo, tions there of the manner in which he was | $400 per acre. Here in the killed. In the absence of Consul General Fits- hugh Lee, the consulate is in charge of the vice consul general, Mr. Joseph A. Spring- er. The correspondent of the Associated Press called upon Captain General Weyler at the palace last evening to inquire re- garding the rumor circulated in the United States that the crew of the American schooner Competitor, on trial for taking part in a fillbustering expedition, were to be executed today. growers believe that $100 and $200 per acre is a good profit, and a man with ten acres of soil need not suffer greatiy with such an income. Six years ago the same land could have made profits of $400 per acre, but then the growers were receiving just twice as much for their celery as they are today. eee Casen of Kleptomania. From the Eady’s Pictorial. That plenty of genuine cases of klep- tomania undoubtedly exist is well known Gen. Weyler authorized the Associated | to both legal and medical experts. There Press to deny the truth of this rumor. 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