Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1896, Page 11

, THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 11 RIA AFFAIRS| Law and Order League Gains a Newspaper. ANNOUNCEMENT OF MR. COCKRELL ALEXAND See Church Music Arranged for Christ- mas Day. at ee MANY LOCAL NOTES Evening Star Bureau, 121 N. Washington Street. Alexandria, Va., December 24, 1896. The ‘itizens’ Law and Order League of Alexandria county and city was last night made happy. Mr. Thomas L. Cockrell, pro- prietor of the Alexandria Times, last night came out editorially and severely censured Richard Johnson, commonwealth attorney of Alexandria county. He said that the time had now come when he could no longer dodge the lawlessness that exists in the county, and that, unless he did his duty in prosecuting the cases brought to his at- tention he should get out. He will have to act or he will succeed, if he has not al- ready done so, in establishing the belief that he is nothing short of a party to Alex- aniria county lawlessness. The papers of this city have too long passed the condi- tion by; they have been inclined to resent any publicity of it by the Washington journals, on the score of meddling, or hav- ing some purpose in view that would in- jure us, and if our co-operation with them will serve to break up lawlessness in all its forms in this community, then they will have it from now till we can boast that the law is no longer a dead letter among 1s “A prominent member of the Law and Order League in this city said to a Star reporter this morning: “We are indeed to have the assistance of Mr. Cock- reli and his valuable paper, for we havi long been in need of a local journal to as- sist us in our work. We will have a called meeting of the league early in the new year, when we will furnish Mr. Cockrell th plenty of data concerning this cit glad Board of Aldermen Meeting. At a meeting of the board of aldermen last night the action of the lower board in refusing the government permission to lay an eight-inch sewer pipe on St. Asaph street to connect with the King street er was concurred in, as were the reso- ons providing for the removal of ashes from residences, the petition of B. W. Nalls and the ordinance in relation to burning lime so as to read 150 instead of Sv feet from a building. Boat Sunk, Crew Escaped. Frank Dixon and Messrs. Lee, + and Henry Davis, crew of the dria pungy Azalia Pert, arrived in y yesterday via the steamer Wake- Dixon says that his boat a leak off Clifton Beach, and despite © efforts to keep her afloat she sank in fifteen feet of water. The crew got into a small boat. and just before the pungy sank they left her and went to Clifton Beach, where they took the steamer for this city. Pert had on a full cargo of oysters, xs bound for this city. She wai »s Capt. Henry Beach of this city, s valued 2.000, The tugboat va Beil Cain has gone to Clifton Beach znd will endeavor to raise the sunken boat. Christmas Music. erent se choirs of the cit Christmas da¥ render some ver; In some of the churches, in the organs, an orchestra will instrumental music. There will ices at the M. E. Church South Baptist Church, but the choirs of churches will render an un- program next Sunday. The fol- will be sung on Christmas The will fi ul on music. on to render the no se the th of usual low: f mu = morning: Christ Church. Abiding P. Danks; Deurn, Anthem, There Were Te 1 Te Deum in E D. Buck: Jubilate, in B flat, J. R. ‘Thomas: Hymn : Sing, Oh, Sing! Blessed Morn Roper; Gloria rrett; Hymn No It Came Upon * Midnight Clear, R. S. Willis; offertory anthem, Bethtehem, W. Whitney Coombs; tion of alms. doxology, holy com- munion; tus, 88, Hutchings; Hymn No. Bread of the Work loria in_Excel- Hutchings. Sopranos—Misses Blanche chford, Cuthbert Buckner, Mary Green, lie Curtiss, Rose Sipple, Mary Bontz, and Carrie Hunter and Mrs. Frank : altog—Misses Sara Taylor, Mag- ‘eal and Katharine H. Stuart; ten- rs. Wm. McCuen, Wm. Wood, = Sullivan, Augustus Keamer and bassos—Messrs. Horace ph Rodgers, Wm. Wilkinson ad Gardner Boothe: organist, Mrs. Chas. Lennon; directress, Katharine H. Stuart. Grace Church—This choir under the jership of the rector, Rev. fs wanist, Mr. H. B. Ramey; sopranos—Miss S. S. Rathbone and Mrs. John McCuen Mrs. Charles J. Deahl; Charles J. Deahl; bassos—Messrs. Frank T. King and George Reynolds. There will be two services on Christmas day— festal holy communion at 6:30 a.m. and morning prayer, with festal y at 1l_a.m. The order at 6:30 o'clock carol. Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Introit is tenor, mn, While Shepherds Watched Their ks, Ball; Kyrie, plain song; Gloria ‘Tibi, Rousseau; Gospel hymn, Of the Father's Love Begotten, ancient melody; off-rtory anthem, Beho! id, I Bring You A. Clare; Sursum Corda, Dykes: Agnus Dei, Gil- hymn, Tilby; ‘Nune At 11 am.: Morning processional hymn, 49: Adestes Venite Adoremus, Burrowes; proper Psalms, Trinity Psalter: Te Deum ‘Laudamus, Henry Horsley; Benedictus, Rev. J._S. B. Hodges; office anthem, We ‘The Braddock House to Change Hands Go Tidings, E. Dykes; Sanctus, bert. communion Dimittis, Cooke. prayer Fideles, Have Seen His Star, E. communion; Introlt hymn, ker: Kyrie, mainder of s: Dykes; Gospel hymn, vice'as at 6: Royal Areanum Meeting. At a meeting of Alexandria Council af the Royal Arcanum held Tuesday night a ‘acge rember of the members were present. ihe entertaimment committee made thelr re- pert, which was adopted. The council de- termined to have a banquet for the enter- tainment of members after the installation of the new officers of the council on the stcond Tuesday in January. Schools Closed fur Holidays. ‘The cehools of the city, both public and private, closed for the holidays yesterday evening re of pupils. Theol even Several of the ts of pre teachers were the ty Christmas gifts, marks m_in which they are held by their The holidays at the Episcopal ical Seminary also began yesterd 17 ft is stated that January 1 Mr. William Hancock, the proprietor and manager of the old historic Braddock House, at the corner of Cameron and Fairfax streets, this city, will retire, and that Mr. Moore. who is now running the Powhatan House, = the foot of King street, will assume charg . Notes. arles T. Smith has been appointed a jal policeman by the Southern Rall- way Company and assigned to duty at the Washington and Ohio depot. Mr. Louis Weil, formerly of this city, but now residing in'New York, is visiting his brothers, on St. Asaph street. Mr. Thomas W. Robinson won a hand- some gold-headed cane at a raffle at the Opera House Cafe last night. His throw was 45. Prof. and Mrs. Leigh Reld of Princeton are visiting their parents in this city. Mayor Thompson this morning had only one case to dispose of in the police court’ thet of John Moses, a hobo, charged with vagrancy: sent to jail for ten days. Mr. A TONIC. Horsferd’s Acid Phosphate. Dr. 4. E. CAROTHERS, San Antonio, Texas, ‘Ie is the best tonic I know of im debility ‘vous prostration, with jessness, caused al ovce-vork or ‘prolonged factation’™ RAILROADS IN COURT. Threatened Legal Battle Between the Seaboard and ‘the Southern. The purchase of a controlling interest in the Atlanta and West Point ‘railroad, which, as mentioned in The Star of Sat- urday last, has been made. it is. reported, by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, the result of which, as aiso.al- ready stated, may be to compel the South- ern. Railway Company to build a ime of its own from Atlanta to New Orleans, bas been followed by court proceedings which threaten a long legal battle between the Seaboard and the Southern railway com- panies. Judge Lumpkin of the United - States court in Georgia has issued an order di- recting the present management of the Atlanta and West Pcint road to take no further steps for the present looking to.a transfer of the property to the Louisville and Nashville Company and to’appear be- fore him Thursday of next week and show cause way a receiver of the road should not be appointed. The application for a receiver was’ made on behalf of Mr. L. B. Nelson, who holds but $1,000 of the stock of the Atlanta and West Point, by the same lawyers who are counsel for the Seaboard in Atlanta, and this fact has served to emphasize the be- lief on the part of many railroad men that the Seaboard is back of the scheme. It is alleged by those who have asked for the receivership that the charter of the Atlanta and West Point expired by lim- itation the 20th instant, and that although the Georgia legislature at its recent ses- ion passed an act extending the charter. for fifty years it had no right to do so, and that consequently the law 1s unconstitu- tional and void. F It is stated that the petition for the ap- pointment of a receiver is. so framed as to bring into court for adjudication the whole question of railroad combination, aileging that a majority of the stock of the’ Atlanta and West Point railroad ,is_ held. by, the Central of Georgia Railway Cempany, and the Georgia Railrcad and. Banking, Com- pany; further, that these two corporations are themselves owned or controlled by the Southern Railway Company, through Its interests in the Central lease of the Georgia road; also that a large portion of the stock of the Atlanta and West Point railroad is owned by the Louisville and Nashville Railway Company, and alleges that the Central is a competing line to the Atlanta and West Point for a portion of its length, and that the acquisition and control of the Atlanta and West Point road by a’ com- pany has the effect of defeating or lessen- ing competition and is in violation of the constitution of Georgia. It is generally believed among those who have given the subject careful thought that this suit is the beginning of the long-tHreat- ered legal battle between the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern Railway Compan. It will be remembered that in the series of letters which Vice President St. John wrote last summer to the chairman of the Georgia railroad commission he stated “that the Southern Railway Company was a combination of competing railroads in defiance of inhibition placed tipon such com- binations by the constitution of Georgia. At the time he cited decisions of state and federal courts to sustain his position. Those letters showed so much legat knowledge that they were generally be- lieved to have been composed largely by the legal advisers of the road, and were directed to the chairman of the railroad commission in order to reach the legisla- ttre and move it to legislation against com- binations. It was subsequently found that the pres- ent legislature of Georgia is not likely to take radical measures either for or against railroads. 2rd so the battle has been trans- ferred to the courts. The character of the petition in the pending suit and the with which the question of railroad com bination is brought into an action of this kind points clearly, it is believed, to th fact that the legal status of the Southern Railway Company is to be tested in the courts, ard that the case will be pushed with all the vigor at Mr. St. John’s com- mand. —— OF FR trong Plea Made in New Ya Appropriations. New York city’s board of estimate, and apportionment yesterday took up the ques- tion of the distribution of public funds to the various free circulating libraries of that city. The appropriation for this pur- pose fcr the coming year was increased, the statute authorizing an allowance ef ten cents for each volume circulate. Ex-Judge Howland appeared before the board in be- half of the New York Free Circulating Li- brary, and asked for an allowance of 368,000 on the stated basis. He said: We ask this because we-belleve that it time for the city of New York to awake to its duties and its opportunities in’ the matter of free libraries. The late election and the experience of the past have taught all thoughtful citizens the nec ucating the people. and to accomplis end we deem free circulating librari in iraportance and efficiency to free Public education not oniy should cultivate the intelligence, but also should make good citizens, and we believe that next.to direct personal influence reading has most to do with the formation of character. Good fic- tion, history and biography teach high ideals, right standards, duty to others, public spirit and patriotism. There is a great awakening throughout the country to the important part played by free circu- lating libraries in the making of good and intelligent citizens, and they are being started everywhere. A striking example is found in Philadelphia, where the Philadel- phia Free Library, which was started four years ago with a large appropriation and an annual grant from the city of $10,000, has circulated the past year 1,000 val— umes, surpassing all other libraries in the land. New York cannot afford to lag be- hind, and while we do not ask you to go beyond the law, we do ask you to give us what is authorized by the law Judge Howland went on to call attention to the work done in connection with the public schools, the teachers co-operating by sending pupils to the libraries or by dis- tributing the books furnished. This is made possible by a system of seven fran- chises. In conclusion, he said: This would give us ten branch libraries (we already have seven), and we hope that we can, with your help, so long as we de- serve it, go on with our work, adding branches year by year, until we shall have a system of free circulating libraries ade- quate to the needs and the standing of this great city, which we so much desire to see first in all the arts of peace.” The board decided to grant $50,000, an in- crease of $15,000 over last year. ee : False Pretchses. Rotert T. Boulding, a young colored man, was convicted in Criminal Court No. 2 late yesterday afternoon of faise pretenses. Chief Justice Bingham remanded the. pris oner to jail to await sentence. Bovléing, according to the ‘testimony’ of the government, last month obtained $47. from Lelia Bush by falsely representing himself to ve the agent of Undertaker James H. Winslow. There was-no testi- mory submitted on behalf of the prisoner. Had he testified it was the intention of the district attorney to show the jury that Bou'ding was sent to the Albany peniten- tlary several years ago upon conviction on a like charge. — Plowing at a Mark. Yankee Blade. Pat wes new at the business, and the first attempt was anything but successful, “Look here,” said the farmer, “that kind of thing wcn't do. The corn wil! be dizzy that grows in a furrow so crooked as that. Fix your eye on something across the field, and head straight for it. That cow there by the gate is right opposite us. Aim at her, and you'll do pretty well.’ ” “All right, sir,” said Pat, and just. ther the farmer was called away’to the barn. Ten minutes later he returned, and was horrified to see that the plow had been wandering in a zigzag course all over the field. “Hold on, there!” he shouted: “Hold ont What are you up to?” “And sure, sir,” said Pat, “fala what you told me. I worked straight for the old cow, but the crature” wouldn't kape still.” IMPORTAY: LIBRARIES. A k for From th Judge Hagner has made an ordér dis- charging Johanna Quill, some time ago ad- judged to be insane and incapehle-of man~ aging her estate, from the custody of. Thomas Geary. the committee appointed by the court. The court also restored her es-. tate to her, directing the committee to file. his account. The the submission the woman is now sane. of proof that action of the court- was: THE CHORAL SOCIETY Probably the Best Known Local Musical Organization. SPLENDID WORK If HAS DONE Coming Performances of Handel's Oratorio “The Messiah.” ATMS OF THE SOCIETY Prebably the best known local musical organization and the one with the largest clientage is the Washington Choral Soci- ety. Its active membership has been drawn from the best singers in the city, and its lists of sustaining and assoclate members include many of Washington's best known and most substantial citizens, as well as those specially interested in the advarccement %T music here. Its objects ere entirely unselfish and have in view the development and cultivation of the taste for the highest type of classic music by a study of the art in its noblest forms, and the presentation of the best sacred oratcrio and classical choral works in the most finished manner. The society is now entering upon its fourteenth season's work. Its organiza- tlon was effected at a meeting held in No- vember, 1883, in a private residence in this city. The chorus at first numbered about sixty voices. The first public per- formance occurred Suturday evening, Feb- 1884, in the old Lincoln Hall, and elianeous program presented was well received by the audience. Such en- couragement was offered by the friends of the organization that the society gave a Seccna concert the same season, and in- cluded in the program was Mackenzie's cantata of “The Bride,” which was the first choral work publicly attempted by the societ During successive seasons the society in- treased in punlic favor and presented va- ried and interesting programs. In its third Season the first attempt was made to pro- duce a work of any considerable magni- tude, such as would occupy an entire even- ing in its presentation. This was done at the Congregational Church, when Dudley Buck's “Light of Asia” was sung. Thr years later this work was successfully re- peated under the personal direction of the composer. The Messiah. The first sacred 9ratorio attempted by the society was “The Messiah,” which has proved so popular, and which through the efforts of this musical organization has be- come familiar to a large part of Washing- ton’s populace. It was sung first in Decem- ber, 18, and has since been regularly re- peated each season during the Christmas holidays, Dr. Harry C. Sherman was the first di- rector of the chorus, and continued as such for eight successive seasons. He again as- sumed charge for the season of 1S95-'6, and did much to build up the society and secure for it deserved recognition. His sud- den death during the tropical hurricane of last September was a source of deep regret to all the members of the society, which paid appropriate tribuie to his memory in the special musical service recently held. For two seasons Walter Damrosch was nominally conductor of the chorus, though the burden‘of the duties devolving upon the or was assumed by his assistants, Messrs. E. Szemeienyi, N. Du Shane Clow- ard and John Porter Lawrence. The pres- ent director is Prof. Josef Kaspar, who also had charge of the chorus during the two S01 ot nd "4. During existence the Choral Society has produced some of the choral works of many of the most eminent composers. In the long list may be mentioned: .“The Damnation of Fa Berlioz; “The Light of Asia,” Buck; “The Specter’s Bride,” Dvorak; “Into the Silent Land,” Foote “The Redemption,” Gounod; “The Mes- siah,”’ Handel; “The Creation,” Haydn “St. Paul,” and jah,” Mendelssohn; “Samson and Delilah,” Saint-Saens, and the Spinning Chorus from the “Flying Dutch- man,” Wagner; besides choruses and can- tatas from such ether composers as Sir Ar- thur Sullivan, Rubinstein, Nevin, Mozart, Jensen, Mackenzie and many others. In its work it has been assisted by some of the most prominent ‘artists of the country, among them Arthur Beresford, Miss Lil: liah Blauvelt, Ericsson Bushnell, Payne Clarke, Dr. Carl Dufft, Anton Schott, Miss Gertrude E. Katherine Flem- ing, Mme. Helen citer, Dr. B. Mer- rill Hopkinson, smma Juch, W. J. Lavin, Mrs. Mary Howe-Lavin, John Por- ter Lawrence, Agostino Montegriffo, Ivan Morawski, Carl Naeser, Miss Christine on, Mlle. M. de Nogueiras, Miss Maud . Neilie Wilson Shir-Cliff, Miss Stidham and Miss Ruth Thomy Artiste Quality of Work. The artistic quality of the work of the society has commanded recognition, not only in this city, but elsewhere. The well- known musical critic, Mr. George H. Wil- son, has testified as follows: “The unselfish labors of the Choral Society of Washington are bearing fruit; but all too slowly when it is remembered that its field is the na- tion’s capital.” In the opinion of Mr. Wal- ter Damrosch, the Choral Society sang cer- tain parts of the Messiah “as well as he ever heard.” This same authority, in a personal letter, sald: “It gives me great pieasure, indeed, to testify to the noble ef- forts of the Washington Choral Society toward furthering the highest class of choral music in Washington; such efforts deserve the heartiest support of every Washington citizen, as a genuine musical life is impossible without local societies de- voted to the cultivation of music.” But aside from the cultivation of the musical taste of the community by the presentation of the greatest works of the composers who have written masterpieces of choral work, there has long been cher- ished the hope that the society might be in- strumental in still further advancing the cause of art in this city by the erection of a*music hall, the promoters of the project realizing that for a full development of the objects of the organization a modern equipment is indispensable. The plan as conceived by some of the members provides for a substantial structure, architecturally an ornament to the city, to include a Jarge concert hall with a suitable concert organ, and a smaller hall for rehearsal and other purposes. A musical library is also contemplated in the idea, so that the hail would be the center for those interested In the study of any musical question, and there lectures and recitals could be held from time to time. The hall might serve, {t is thought, as a headquarters for many of the local musical societies. In the same connection the organization of a permane::t local orchestra is agitated. ‘As yet the society hag not been able to sec the way toward the fulfillment of these icngings, as its financia! condition has not been such as to warrant active efforts in this direction. But the desire for these ad- vantages is deeply rooted in the minds of many of its most loyal members, who are not without the hope that they will some day be realized. ‘The society is now actively rehearsing “The Messiah,” which will be given at the Congregation! Church next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, with Mr. Ericsson Bushnell of New York as the bass soloist; Diss Hall of Baltimore, contralto; Mrs. Nel- lie Wilson Shir-Cliff, soprano, and Mr. W. D. McFarland, tenor. Both Mrs. Shir-Cliff ard Mr. McFarlend are well-known local singers. No work is more appropriate at this season than Handel's great oratorio, and it expected that the church will be filléd on each occasion, 1896-12 PAGES. SONGS OF BETHLEHEM (Continued’ from*Eighth Page.) Bethlehem, J. B. Hébert; chorus move- ment, with short due}g, closing with Por: uguese hymn; IntroijUnto Us a Caild is Born; Gloria’ Patri, Norris; Kyrie, Gloria in Excelsis, old chawt; Hallelujah, from Schoeberlein’s Schatz offertory, Create in Me a Clean Heart, O,f40d, harmony by Rie- gel; offertory anthem, Messiah ts King, in B flat, J. B. Herbert, with duets for soprano and alto and bass amtenor, and obligato solo for bass, and the'¥¢llowing hymns from the Book of Worship?”Hark, What Mean ‘Those Holy Voices? dey to the. World, the Lord Has Come, and,iAngels’ From the Realms of Glory. Thequartet is under the direction of Mr, P. M.'Richardson, and is as follows: Soprano, Miss Edith Hofman; alto. Mrs. A. M. Friedrichs; tenor, Mr. P. M. Richardson, and bass, Mr. Cornelius Eck- hardt. Organist, Miss:Ela Ackermann. Concordia, 20th and G streets northwest— Service at 11 a.m.; Batist’s arrangement of Finale from Beethoyen’s quintet_ Sym- phonie, ‘organ; Venite in G, John Loretz, choir; sermon, by Rev. Paul A. Menzel; O, Kommet Herzu, Meyer Teeg: Postlude, Gade; holy communion, after service, So- pranos, Mrs. Boeseriberg-Weber, Misses Lillie Baier, Lizzie Just, Louise’ Moeller; altos, Misses Rosie Gockler, Josie Neuhaus, Edna Baler; tenors, Messrs. Louis Doer, Wm. ¥F. Mayer; baséos, Prof. Emil Holer, and Messrs. Nolte and Schmidtmann; or- ganist, Arnold W. Meyer. Sunday school celebration, Monday, December 28, 7:30 p.m. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, cor- ner 13th and Corcoran streets northwest— Rev. J. E. A. Doermann, pastor—Services | Christmas dayat 11 ‘clock; sermon by the pastor. The following order of the common service by choir and congregation: Itroit. Unto Us a Child is Born; Gloria Patri, Kyrie, Gloria in Excelsis, Hallelujah and sentence for Advent; offertory, Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God, Riegel. The special music will be rendered as follows: Processional, AdesteFideles; Te Deum, Barrett; Jubilate, Bridgewater; hymn No. 84; offertory anthem, Behold, I Bring You Gecd Tidings, Goss; hymn No. 32, and Dox- ology. The choir is as follows: Sopranos, Misses I. C. Stutz and Minnie E. Fisher: altos, Misses, B. Melson and C. Kuhn: tenors, Mr, Daniel Ballauf; bass, Mr. F. W. Loetsch; organist, Mr. Geo. T.’ Watts. St. Paul's English Lutheran Churéh, cor- ner of 11th and H streets northwest, Rev. 8. Domer, D.D., pastor—Services Christ- mas morning at 11 o'clock; sermon by. the pastor; the music tobe rendered is as fol- lows: Organ prelude, Dudley Buck; intro- ductory anthem, by the choir, Blessed Be the Lord, W. L, Wood; Introit, Unto Us a Child is Born; Gloria Patri, Norris; Gloria in Excelsis, old chant; Hallelujah and sen- tence for Advent, from Schoeberleini’ Schatz; offertory, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, Ashmall; duet, cradle hymn, Parker's cantata, by Miss Doe and Mr. Skerrett; hymn, Hark! What Mean These Holy Voices? Weber; book of worship; Te Deum Laudamus in D, Wagner; the Hymn of Praise, Horatio. Parker; hymn, Come Hither, Ye Faithful: reading, book of wor- ship: organ postlude, Festival March, Guil- mart. The choir is as follows: Miss Mdna Doe, soprano; Miss May Corby, alto: Mr. Charles Skerrett, tenor; Mr. B. F. Meyers, bass and director; Mrs. J. S. Thomas, or- ganist. Trinity G. 4th and E rman Lutheran Chureh, corner strects: northwest, Rev. Mr. Koertg, pasior.—Seryigés Christmas day at 11 a.m. Sermon by the pastor. The regu- lar order of the lituggical worship, ‘con- ducted by the pastor.i,The musie will con- sist in part of o relude, Festspiel in A. Volkman; vocal $blo,’ Christ Child, C. Whitney Coombs, by Migs Marie A. Kuh- organ post tharéh, in D, J. Lem- ‘The organist andwdirector of music Prof. C. Ruppeecht: x OTHER DENOMINATIONS. Church of the Covenant—Solos by Mrs ardner; 1, Bethleheth; Wy C. W. Coombe Cantique de Noel,'by Adolphe Adam. Carols by Sunday stho#; 1, What Mean These Shouts of Triumph? 2, When Christ Was, Born in Bethlehem; Christ Is. Born Today. gt 2 West Street Presbyferian Church, no ser- vices tomorrow—The:: Christmas. ‘celebra- tion will be held Sunday,.when Rev. W. G. Alexander, P.Di:the ‘pastor, wil déliver a sermon appropriate to the oecasion. Mr. Hunter, the, precentor,, will deliver several solos during the service. Western Presbyterian Church, H_ street above 19th; pastor, Rev. Howard Wilbur Enris—The Xmastide will be ushered in at this church by a Christmas eve illustrated choral service, which will be the initial lec- ture ina course of Thursday evening illus- trated lectures, extending to Easter, upon the life of Jesus the Christ in Palestine, consisting of> vie in and around Bethle- hem, and reproductions of the masterpieces of sacred art touching upon the nativity. Besides five Christmas carols, which will be rendered by the quartet choir, Miss May Adele Leve will render Adam's O Holy Night, and Mr. Robt. G. Sutton will sing Blumenschein's Christmas Bells. The ser- vice is at 8. : In conjuncUion with all the Presbyterian churches of the city, the Christmas season will b pecially obs d Sunday, Decem- ber 27. The program for that day is as follows: 11 o'clock sa.m., baritone solo, Christmas Bells, Blumenschein, Mr. Robt. G. Sutton; quarret, The Prince of Peace, solo, Night of Nights, Van The Quest of the Wise ) p.m.: quartet, There Were is Abiding, Dunham; soprano solo, Bending O'er a Cradle Low, Marzo, Miss Mary Adele Levers: quartet, See, Amid the Winter's Snow, Waud; baritone solo, Now Let All Christian Men Rejoice, Boex, Mr. Robt. G. Sutton; sermon, “Eternal Youth.” Quartet—Soprano, Miss Mary Adele Levers; alto, Miss Ella A! Knight; tenor, Mr. Amos W. H. Ferris; baritone and director, Mr. Robt. G. Sutton; organist, Mr. Harry G Kimball. Sunday school Christmas enter- tainment, Wednesday evening, Decem- ber 30. Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, M street northwest between th and 16th streets— Christmas service will be observed morning and evening, Sunday, December 27; at 11 o'clock a.m., Dr. J. A. Johnson, pastor, will occupy the pulpit, and at 7:3) p.m., ‘song service. Among the selections for these two services will be the following choruses: Behold! I Bring You Good Tidings, Cram- ent, solo and obligato, Miss Julia R. Bush; God of Israel, Curto, obligato, Mr. Frank Williams; Hallelujah chorus, Handel. The choir on this occasion’ will be assisted by Mrs. Lula Joy Brooks and Miss A. L. Tilghmon: director, Prof. John T. Layton; organist, Prof. Wm. Braxton; Metropolitan A. M. _E. Church choir: Sopranos, Miss Bush, Mrs. Ricks, Misa Jurix, Miss C. Pat- terson, Miss Arnold, Miss Simms, Mrs. Howard, Miss Joiner, Mrs. Johns, Mrs. Thompson, Miss ‘ Wright; altos, Mr: Brooks, .Mrs... Dodson, Miss Lee, Mrs. Tyree, Miss Morgan, Miss E. Patterson, Mrs. Baker, Miss Ray,.Mrs. Moore; tenors, Mr. Orme, Mr. Williams, Mr, Champ, Mr. John Simms, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Reed, Mr. Worsham, Mr. Upshiw, Mr. Montgomery; bassos, Mr. Washington, Mr. Cornor, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Leftwieh, Mr. Dodson, Mr. Bell, Mr. Jones, Mr. Harry Simms, Mr. Gant, Mr. Hubbard.9! Dumbarton Avenue; M. E, Church—The pastor, Rev: Joseph 43. Stitt. D.D., will hold early morning prayer meeting services at 6:30 o'clock, In the ehur¢h, on Dumbarton avenue. neae 32d sirpet.*'* >7_ ! Congress Street Jf &. Church—Under direction of Rev. wis | jammond, D. D., pastor, special services: will: be held Christ- mas morning at 6 Wolock in the lecture room. It will be a praise service, and in the interest of the pe donations being received for distribution.: : First Congregational. Chpreh, corner. 10th and G streets northwest,,Rev. S. M. New- man, D.D., pastor.Sunday evening, De- cember 27, at 7:30 p.wi., tite Christmas mu- sic will be présented'in the form of @ ser- vice styled “An Eveping With the Choir,” with the following . program: Invocation; instrumental prelude, Adagio, Sonata, cp. 27, No. 2," Beethoven; chorus and: sopranu solo, O Holy Night, Adam; bass solo, The Heavenly “Message, ‘Coombs; © anthem, Christmas, Shelley; prayer; Te Deum in_C, Gounod; offertory; address; Coinfort - Ye, and Every Valley; recitative and air, Han- Elsie Bond Bischoff, Miss Annie E. Bur- lingame, Mrs. Mary Campbell, Miss Mabel “Faith Claflin, Miss Wea M. Coleman, Miss Margaret B. Crawford, Miss Helen A. Davis, Miss Ida Green, Miss Margaret Elizabeth Lewis, Miss Adelia Estelle Ma- thewson, Mrs. Emily Bail MeManus, Miss Nannie Moffett, Miss Mary Ada Morgan, Mrs. Edward A. Paul, Mrs, Elise E. Ra: mond, Miss Helen Elizabeth Rowe and Miss Jessie Bancroft Stevens. Altl, Mrs. Emiiy Ellwood Allen, Mrs. Julia G. Burnett, Miss Lizzie A. Caywood, Miss Mary Cushman, Miss Minnie Lathrop Doane, Mrs. Mabel Ccleman Fishback, Miss Letta Fisher, Miss Anna S. Hughes, Miss Gertrude Maud Johnston, Miss Anne Lamborn, Miss Ellen . Matthews, Mrs. Georgie Myers, Miss Alice H. Peabody, Miss Manel V. Platt and Miss Mary E. Pond. Tenori, Messrs. David i. Burnett, Thomas Reed Clift, Philip W Coleman, Frederick A. Coo! Fred L. Fishback, Henry Allen Haz2n, George C. Johnston, Henry Player, David G. Proctor, James S. Raymond and Harry Bassi, Messrs. Vicior S. Barber, Horatio K. Bradford, Jesse C. Brooke,’ David H. Clark, Samuel S. Gardner, Wilmer E. Grit- fith, Enoch Johnson, William A. Johrson, Herbert D. Lawson, Wilbor H. Martin, Or- Jando M. McPherson, Russell E. McWhin- ney, Frank Ayres Nute and Dr. N. Will) Pomeroy. Fifteenth Street M. FE. Church 15th and R streets northwest, Re an Arsdale—Morning prayer at 7 o'clock, evening services at $ o'clock. Professor Murray will make a few remarks, which will be illustrated by stereopticon views’ on the life of Christ. The usual Christmas en- tertainment will fellow, for which a mu- sical and literary program has veen i ranged. Rev. W. W. Van Arsdale will pt side at the services. : Queenstown Baptist.—Queenstown Bap- tist Chureh will not have any special music on Christmas owing to the fact that. the precentor, Mr. 8. B. Many, is in New York. There will be hymns appropriate to the festival and the usual Christmas services conducted by the pastor, Rev. Robert. R. West. The ‘organist is’ Mrs. Charles G. Lynch. corner Ww. W. Brookland—The Methodist _ Episcopal Church of Brookland will open the Christ- mas services with Oh, Come, Let Us Sing. an anthem by J. Park. Another anthem will be Ashford’s Christmas Hymn, and ine services will be closed with the new doxology. The choir is composed of—So- franos, Miss Nannie Hollidge, Mrs. R. S. Wolfe, Miss Beulah Gudgin and Mrs. C. €. Groome teaor, Mr. Cissel; alto, Mrs. I. S. Hoilidge; bassos, Mr. Homer Fisher, Mr. I. 8. Hollidge and Mr, B. C. Murray. ' The organist is Mrs. C. C. Groomes. The or- chestra, which nas been lately organized, will play at the Christmas services. Those of the orchestra are Mr. R. S. Wolfe, cor- net; Miss Daisy Clark, Mr. Hill Robbin: Miss Rose Warder, mandolin, and clario: net, Mr Eastlack. New Church, 16th and Corcoran streets.— A Christmas eve service, with carols and Christmas tree, will be held by the New Chureh Sunday school at the church at 5 o'clock. The regular Christmas service and sermon and holy communion will be held temorrow at 11 o'clock. All Souls’ Church, Unitarian, 14th and L streets.—Program for services to be held Sunday next: Morning—Sing, O Heavens, Teurs; Hail the King, Bartlett; soprano sclo, I Will Extol Thee, O Lord, Costa (from the oratorio of Eli); evening, O Sing tc God (Noel), Gounod; It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Shelley; Nazareth, Gounod. The above will be sung on Sunday next. No service on Christmas day. Soprano, Mrs. H. Clay Browning; alto, Mrs. James F. Oyster; tenor, Mr. F. Knoop; bass, Henry Kaiser; organist, Dr. Geo. N. Wal- ter. First Baptist Church, 16th and O streets. =Morning service, Sunday: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field, Morea- dante; The Prince of Peace, Nevin; soprano Christmas, Shelley; evening service, The Earth is the Lord's, Pflenger; The Birthday of the King, Neidlinger; the Washington Ladies’ Quartet will sing hym ar Brightly Beaming, Armstrong. Choir, Mrs. Edwin Z. Perkins, soprano; Mi: Hatt} Diror, alto; Mr: Joseph Binekel, tenor; Mr. Charles Edward Rice, pass. Eastern Pr n Church, 6th street and Maryland avenue northeast—O Come, All Ye Faithful, Novello: Te Deum, Baum: bach; And There Were Shepherds, Schneck- solo, Night of Nights. Miss Nicholson; Now Let All Christian Men Rejoice, Dr Sing ang Rejoice, Weigand y Nii Mr.? Mellis. “The chotr is composed of: Soprani— Nicholson, Hutton, Dobson and Mrs. Carson. Alti— Misses Miller, Hopkins and Smith. ‘Tenor: Me: Mellis, Zimmerman and_ Shedd. a Barnes, Cole and Hopkins. . J. L. Shedd. Hamline M. E. Church, 9th and P streets northwest.—To be rendered Sunday, De- cember 27, 18%—Director, J. Arthur Rosi t, Otis D. Sweet; Solo soprano, Mis Neal; solo contralto, Miss Emma Houchen; solo tenor, Mr. Frank H. Poston; solo bass, Mr. J. Walter Humphre: chorus—sopranos, Miss Laura H. Dolai Miss Grace Muirhead, Miss Jennie Mae Mickle, Miss Mazie Reinohl, Mrs. M. A. Wertz, Mrs. Benj. Durfee; altos, Miss Ber- it ston, Miss Tillie Grossart, Mr: 3ergman; tenors, Mr. E. A. Playter, M. Gottwals, M . E. Springer, Springer and Mr. Jas. D. Tylei Mr. Thos. M. Staub, Mr. Harry Bushby, Mr. Raymond Moulton, Mr. F. L. Harries; euphonium, Mr. Chas. Henne: cernet, Mr. Chas. S. Shreve, jr.; violin, M Brooke Amiss; chimes, Miss Julia Wi: dows. Service 11 a.m.: Prelude, selected. Soprano solo, Bending O’er a Cradle Low Marzo, Miss Ida O'Neal, with violin obli- gato by Mr. Brooke Amiss; anthem, O Jo; ful Light, Tours; soloists, Misses O'Neal, Dolan, Houchen and Rose, Messrs. Poston and Humphrey; contralto solo, Now Let All “hristian Men Rejoice, A. J. Boex, Miss Emma Houchen; anthem, Sanctus, unod, from St. Cecelia; soloist, Mr. Frank H. Posto! offertoire, selected; quarte! Nearer, My God, to Thee, Sudds, Misses O'Neal and Houchen, Messrs. Poston and Humphrey; _postlude, selected. Service 7:30 p.m.:’ Prelude, selected; tenor solo, The Holy Child, Shelley; Mr. Frank H. Poston; anthem, Christmas, Shelley; offer- toire, selected; euphonium solo, Cantique de Neel, Adams, Mr. Chas. H. Henney; offer- toire, selected; baritone solo, While Shep- herds Watched Their Flocks by Night, Marzo, Mr. J. Walter Pumphrey; postlude, selected. Sermon morning and evening by the pastor, Rev. Dr. W. Raymond Strick- lan, re At Union Methodist Episcopal Church the following Christmas music will be sung Sunday, December 27: Morning service, Re- Joice, Oh Israel, Rossini; Behold! I Bring You Glad Tidings, Goss. Evening service, The World in Darkness Lay, Steele; Jubi- late Deo in C, Dudley Buck. Soprani, Mes~ dames Nickolson, Meany and Hilton, Misses White, Pruett, Meany and Cobaugh; alti, Mesdames Ladson and Smith and Misses Roche, E. B. Hodge and Annie Etker; ten- ori, Dr. Ladson, F. C. Linger, Jesse P. Crawford; bassi, Messrs. Nelson, Smith, Meany, J. M. Hilton; Mr. Frank Calhoun, organist and director. Organis Assembly Presbyterian Church, 5th and I streets northwest, Rev. Geo. O. Little, D.D., Christmas music to be rendered December 27: Morning—Alto ‘solo and chorus, Christmas Hymn, Adam; Soft- ly, Silver Starlight, Prior; baritone solo, Bending O'er a Cradle Low (Marzo), Dr. C. L, Bliss, with violia obligato by Miss Myra Chittenden, Evening—Shout the Glad Tid- ings, Davenport; O, Joy, All Jcys Excelling, Brambach. The choir is the only ladies’ church choir in the city and is achieving great success: First sopranos—Mrs, Lelia J. Speer and Miss Isabelle Culley. Second 2 Sen or “the same as Pearline. it Back ti well-Stewart, soprano; N Miss four Brown... —_——._—_ MOTOR CARRIAGE COMPETITION. ; May. From the Engineering News. 100 miles baek, and will probably on May 31. sough' pexceeding ten ‘miles per hour. repairs, oiling, etc. manship of machinery and carriage; 3 Safety; 4. Simplicity, durability, accessibil. ty and freedom from smell and vibration Time of setting to work and ease of per Steering gear ), First cost and (to f working; 10, Gen- S follows: $1,825 for carriage weighing two starting; 6, Speed (up to ten miles hour) and hill climbing; 7, and brakes; % Weigh: a limited extent), cost eral efficiency: ‘Phe prizes offered are and carrying four or more passengers “) for ca! carrying | one, ay riage Ibs. of freight; $600 for flashing point lower than 73 degrees F. a ee Spain Advised to Secure Pence. menace they are adopted bs port President Spsin mu: one way or another, other come when the Cameron resolution w adopted in substance by the President. coe Rector Conaty Given a Degree. Cleveland's attitude. rector of the Catholic University. -- +o- The Jury Disagreed. The trial at Martinsville, Va., of W. Davis, to get his life insurance, conviction and five for acquittal. was discharged. os Fire in B jo. which started in the Fire, rm named of about $30,000, there are ten or twelv: A Wealthy Missourian Murdered. best-known residents of Andrew was -rich. ee Meditations of a Wall Flower. From the New York Press. who does not make a good husband? deal of Iberty? ask them to dinner? he ‘deferential afterward? must be ‘worse than he seems? bad as he seems? A-head of Pearline? Never! out of the question. one of the many washing-powders that have been made to imitate Pearline would claim to excel it in any way. All they ask is to be considered “the same as” or “as good as” Pearline. not even that. day, just as it has been from the first, the best thing for every kind of washing and cleaning. Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you ir sends somethit onestrendit backs gg Wiegand. The personnel of the choir is as follows: Quartet, Mrs. Carrie V. Kid- Mrs. Clara West- Evans, contralto; Dr. A. J. Brown, tenor; Mr. T. R. Riley, bass; chorus, Miss Mattie V: Wade, Miss Margsret E. Pentland, Mrs. C.G.Heitinger, Miss Anne Dell Barnett, Mrs. Lavinia Keppler, Mrs. R. H. Gunnell, Mrs. A.C. Smith, Miss Alice M. Fletcher and F. V. Eltis; organist, Mrs. Grace Du- ;To. Be Condacted in England Next } motor’ carriage competition has been arranged for by the proprietors of The En- 'sineer, London, England, entries for which }must be made by the end of March, 18%. The vehicles are to be delivered at ‘he Crystal Palace, Sydenham (near London), in May, for the preliminary trials and ex- aminations by the judges. The competitive run is for a course of 100 miles out end ye made A wise provision made in the rules is to the effect that as the attainment .of high speed is: not one of the objects no credit will be given for speeds The points on which the awards will be made are as foMows: 1, Distance run without renewing supplies, and freedom from stoppages for Design and work- riage weighing one ton and two or three passengers; for carriage weighing two tons and carrying one ton of freight; $780 for car- weighing one ton and carrying 560 arriage operated by the vapor of oil or spirit, having a spe- cifie gravity lower than 0.8 per cent, or a The London Times has an editorial to- day in which it counsels the Spaniards to maintain the calm demeanor they have thus far displayed toward the United States. Says the Times: “They can afford to ignore the insolent of the Senate committee, even if both houses, because they are empty menaces. The latest indi- cations are that the American people sup- But endeavor to procure peace in e the time will 1 be Laval University of Quebec has conferred the degree of doctor of divinity and canon law on Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Conaty, the new w. Lester, charged with poisoning J. W. T. which has been in progress for eleven days, and has attracted widespread attention, has result- ed in a disagreeing jury, seven being for The jury basement of Walbridge & Co.'s hardware store at Buf- felo, N. Y., Tuesday, caused a loss to the while other tenarts of the building suffered to the ex- tent of $2,000 to $5,000 each. Of these latter Alfred Wilson, aged seventy, one of the county, Mo., was murdered some time Monday night by robbers at his home, one mile northeast of Avenue City. Wilson was a bachelor and Is it wicked to sympathize with a man What makes your mother cross when you say you believe in giving men a great When the wife of the man you used to like has sprained her ankle why do you ‘When ycu meet your brother driving with a person why doesn't he see you? Why is What makes you believe a stupid man What inakes you think a bright man can’t be so Science has invented a non-sinkable life boat:—Fill it with water and it actually bails itself out in less than a minute. Science finds a “eine peony = — ‘ond saving. en good ship of Health is stranded on the lee shore of Consumption, science comes to the rescue with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med- ical Discovery. It is the non -sinkable life-boat of medical science. It makes red, rich blood that drives im- soprancs—Misses Ella Lyman and Char- . Ictte Andrus, and Mrs. L. L Betts. First alto—Misses. Blanche Campbell, Helen Wil- lis and Helen Stockton. Second alto—Misses Flossie Keene and Blanche Allison. Or- ganist and director—Theo. IL King. Grace Reformed Church, 15th street be- tween Rhode Island avenue and P street.— Early morning cervice, 6 o'clock: Hark! What Mean Those Holy Voices, Westhoff; Adeste Fidelis, Portogallo; Were Shepherds, Gabricl; Glory to God:-in. the Highest, Weiss; Story of the Nativity, with Christmas hymns, chants and carols. Sunday school service, 7 p.m.: Hark! the Heraid Angels Sing, Gabriel; O Come, Em- manuel; In the Field With Their Flocks; Story of the Christ Child, Christmas carots, Gifts for the poor will be receive en an offering for St. Paul's Orphan — E Street Baptist Church, Rev. J. J. ‘Muir, D.D.,. pastcr.—A_ special musical 4 evening The embrace program has been arranged for both morning andj services Not a bit of it! That is Probably not But they're Pearline is to- in the world “this is as good as” —Pearline is never in place of Pearline, be JAMES PYLE, New York. IT’s FALS 600,000 CYCL imated Ou: American Factories During Last Year. The cycle industry in the United States, says an interesting and lengthy article on this subject In the London Times, has grown from six factories in 1885, with a total out- put of 11,000 machines, to 50 factories in 189%, counting only those which turn out not less than 1,000 machines annually, and having a total production of 6.00 cycles of various grades. The capital invested in these 500 factories is placed at $41,000,000, and the lowest estimate of the output of vompleted machines for 18 is one million valued at $00,000,000, If the manufacture of tubing, bells, lamps and other bicycle paraphernalia is included, it is estimated that the total capital invested would amount to $125,000.00, The export of American bicycles practi- cally commenced in 1895, and for the last half of that year the value of those export- ed only amounted to $2: according to the reports of the Treasury Department, But for the first six months of 18M the same report puts the value of exported machines at $1,654,291. Nearly one-half of this export goes to England, incompleted S or parts of machines, and Ger- nd France are the next best custom- cess of the American machine says the Times, is the attention paid to the development of strength with lightness and the finish and high quality of the pro- duct. Bicycles are made weighing only twenty-six pounds, which will safely carry 200 pounds ‘over any road. The price of the best bicycles has been reduced from $140 in I8Ki to $100 in 1ND6, for the same quality of machine or even better. The Times estimates the number of bicycles in tse in the United States at not less than 3,000,000, Mr. George F. Parker, American consul ai Birmingham, says that in 1895 about 70,000 bicycles were made in England, valued at about $8292.00. The export value of English bicycles for the fi nine months of 18M amounted to $6,452. but the trade in cycle material with United States has declined to $62, Mr. Parker says it will practically cease by the end of the season of 1897. — +02 Her $ j From Pack. Living Skeleton—“I see the bearded wo- man is back. Where has she been? Rubber-Necked Man. ht she went out west in the beginning of the campaign and married a populist who was running for office. It elected him, and now she'll be with us until next campaign.” Gladness Comes wit a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ieal ills, which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis+ ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt- ly removes. That is why it is the onl; remedy with milliowsof families. andis everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes iniernal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you have the genuine arti- cele, which is manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physiciaas, but if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figsstands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. The best is Wilbur's. And Wilbur’s is yours for the price of any other. <7lbur a. Consumption IS CURABLE. ©. H. ENGLISH, M. D., 1107 G st. nw. I have positively demonstrated that consamption is due to a form of nenrasthenia, or otherwise hervous ‘tration, depression of the vital we ere. This theary hoe teen tried. and -+ ae by years of experiment, with successful ‘The bacillus of Koch discovered in 1884 result utd not the cause of the disease. I Prepared to fully prove the truth of my theory and every case in the earlier stages. will positively guarantee to cure every case of cousu in the primary stages. Letters from the Persous are on file at my of- : J.B. BARNES, 1810 N. Cap. st.: G. ith “st. mw.; TJ. PICKELLS, st. ne, J. WHEATE, #10 12th. Bai ek Hee CARSON, (1228.0th, st. nw: H. 906 F tb wwe; Rev. J. Hy MiLLe 1522 sth st uw i results, ba