Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1897, Page 17

THE MOVING FEVER It is Raging in Washington at Present. HAS MANY DIFFERENT EFFECTS Some Things Which Are Respon- sible for the Disease. CURE YET DISCOVERED NO Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. ODAY 18 THE time of all the year more especially de- voted to moving; at least, it is popularly supposed that May 1 is the proper day to change one’s resi- dence, when, from one cause or another, dissatisfaciion with present quarters has arisen. Perhaps it may be the house is too cold in the win- ter, or too hot in the summer: the bath room too small; the plumbing bad; the landlord won't repair; the neighbors next door are too noisy, keep a cat or a dog, or have too many children; there is no front yard to the place or no shed in the back yard, and a thousand and one other ex- cus may be given as a reason for the change of residence. Frequently you will find a family like the one which moved from next door this morning. Sitting on the front steps reading the morning paper, A Large Class. { was surprised to see a big two-horse wagon back up to the house, and when ry neighbor came out I said: “Why, how is it you are going to move? I thought you were perfectly delighted with your present quarters.” “Wel,” he replied, “we were, but, you see, we have lived in Washington so long that we have acquired the moving habit.” “The moving habit, huh? I never heard of its being a habit before.” “Well, it is; just as much as smoking or drinking coffee, or tea, or anything else: it's like an attack of chills and fever in seme respects. Why, when we have been in a house for eight or nine months, the fever to move comes on, and in two or three months it reaches its height. We become restless and dissatisfied, and noth- ing will cure the feeling but a. change of residen Since we came to Washington, about twelve years ago, we have moved at least sixteen times. We tried buying a Place once, but we had acquired the habit. then, and when the season came around it struck us as hard as ever, and we had to give it up. Just let what we had paid in go and got out. I really believe my wife would have had a serious illness if we had stayed in the place three months longer.” Like my neighbor, there are thousands of families in Washington who get this moving fever: some of them it only attacks about once in twelve months; others seem to have an attack of it much oftener. ‘The Van Class of Movers. These habitual mevers can easily be di- vided into three classes, and a subdivision of those classes might be strung out to an infinitesimal length. First comes the family who will only live in the northwest section and who always employ a regular moving van on these occasions. ‘Their tu ure is geod and the three or four Men who come with the van to handle it are cautioned to be careful not to scratch the sideboard, break the mirrors or the rocking chairs, and some instruction 13s given about every piece in the house. Trul y have no happy lot, these van- men. n en they have arrived at the rew house, every piece of furniture must be placed just where it is expected to at it usually has to be moved three ti However, they usually get tolerably well straightened out and by the second day they have the lace curtains to the front ws end begin to really live at home more. When the job is done, how- the whole family are cured of the tr. and are supremely happy until the rolls around for another altack. second class is that which always es with a two-horse wagon; sometimes ometimes two wagons, and the nt of household plunder that can be re, breath away. Was enough stuff piled onto it to load a sixty-foot freight car, but the driver sald that it was only a small load, and that had ft been necessary he and his men could have put on as much more. The people ORCHASES BloodyNerve Food West rangi For Weak and Run Down People. who use these wagons are not jar about how their furniture bode is & gasalea, d when th are satin oe pe “tsk Ouse; oes The ey wi ke & me ‘a time 2% ge’ x in, Soils té sult seems that the two-horte wi rfagon is = attacks of i fever at i freq en ervals than van ‘class, consequentiy their pocmsure usually shows more wgar and tea: With a Han ana a Boy. The third section consists of those who move in a one-horse wagon with a solitary colored man, or, at most, one man and @ boy, to handle their property. It may take all the way from one to four loads to change their place of residence, and the colored man will grab first one piece, then another, and throw them on wagon in a helter skelter fashion, aiming to make as many loads out’ of the ‘Job as possible, for he is usually paid by the load. When he arrives at the place where he is to un- load, the things are dumped out on the most convenient spot. The front room and the hall are stacked up in ahy old way with the plunder and when he gets his money for the job, though there is generally a squab- ble over payment, both parties are happy. The persons who belong to this section are subject to attacks of the disease oftener than either of the other classes. About three months is as long as an attack can be staved off, and it doesn’t make any difference what the weather 1s, the move must be made when the fever strikes in. It frequently happens to these people that the zever will strike them again before they get evrything unpacked, or perhaps it might be better to say that they are never cured entirely of the disease, but are mere- ly convalescent and are subject to frequent relapses. The Handenrt Variety. Arother class might have been mention- ed, but it is really not numerous, being met with only occasionally. They move in a wheelbarrow or handcar*. It’s no trou- ble to them to find all their things when they have landed in the new place. And although their worldly possessions are small, they seem to enjoy the pleasure of meving as much as those who have the van. The fever seems to strike them harder and oftener than any of the others, and I have even heard them say, “It's cheaper to move than it is to pay rent. The experiences of the men who have in charge the big vans and_ two-horse Wegons are oftentimes funny and some- times ridiculous. Not long since a wagon was ordcred to go to a certain house in the northwest section and move the occu- pants to another house only a short dis- tance away. When the wagon backed up to the curb and the driver rang the bell he thought he had been given the wrong number. The lace curtains were still up and when he got inside he found the car- pets on the floors, the bedding on the beds— in fact, not a thing had been packed, the weman saying: “Why, I didn’t even think I would have to pack up; it’s only just a few squares to the other house.” The wey that stuff was bundied up and thrown into the wagon would haye driven to dis- traction any one who cared for his house- hold goods. As for the driver, he said to me confidentially: “This is about the worst 1 ever saw. Sometimes we get just such ones as this, and when we do no time is lost pulling tacks out of the carpets or packing things so they won't scratch or break. That's not our business. But when we go to a house where everything is ready for us, the carpets all rolled up, the bedding tied in bundles and the china packed, we always take a great deal more care in loading, and try to set the stuff down at the new place in just as good con- dition as when we get it. We can afford to do better work in such cases, because cur time is not wasted doing things we are not supposed to do, and are not paid for.” Furnished and Unfurnished. And of the people who live in rooms. Of the first class meally little as to the way they move can be said, for all they have to do is to pack their trunks and call an ex- pressman. Their main trouble is in finding suitable apartments where the front is right, the bath room on the same floor, the rcoms communicating, the right sort of a Through the Window. folding bed, ete., and they usually wind up by taking spmething much inferior to what they first saw. But they have the fever just as hard, if not harder, than any of the others. So many things happen that make it unpleasant or disagreeable. The man in the flat below smokes an old pipe, or the woman on the flat above has a pug dog or a cat, and is continually talking baby talk to it. The man next door stays cut nights until 2 or 3 in the morning, and when he comes home makes so much noise that every one for two or three doors on either side is awakened. Thse are a few of the things which give furnished roomers the moving fever, and they also have ap- plication to the unfurnished. For those who rent unfurnished rooms the fever comes as a sort of command to “pick up thy bed and walk,” and they can no more resist the command than a cat can curb its curiosity. Probably no class have more trouble than do these same un- furnished people. They must get rooms large enough to hold all their furniture, or else they must pay storage on it. Then they must look out for the halls and stair- way and be sure they can get their house- hold truck into the rooms after they have rented them. Not long since I saw a dresser taken up through the third-story window with a block and tackle, the stairs being so narrow and the turns so short that it-would not go the regular way. Can’t Stay Away From Washington. Another curious thing about this moving habit is its far-reaching and undying effect upon those who have once acquired it. Just let a family live in Washington for three or four years and become thoroughly in- oculated, and they'll never get over it. When they return to the states, after hav- ing arduously served this great government of ours in one of its many departments, they become restless, uneasy, and it might be sald, go off their feed. The head of the family will chase representatives, senators ard ward politicians, day after day and week after week for months until he se- cures another appointment in the public service. Then the family will pack up and ccme back; their craving can be satisfied and they will be happy once more. I have never known a person or a family who had lived in Was! for any length of time who wouldn't be willing to make al- mcst any sacrifice or take almost any ap- pcintment in order to get back again. If you doubt that there is sport in watch- ing people move, take a day off and try it yourself, I'll wager you'll say you've had &@ good time when night comes. ——_—_ A Nugget in a Hog’s Tooth. From the Arizona Republican. J. O. Caskey, who owns a hog ranch five miles east of ‘was in town yester- day with the jaw of a hog that he butch- ered last Wednesday. One of § A plantephere ofthe heavens. Showing the positions of the principal stars that ‘are above the holrzon p.m. May 1 at THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1897-24 PAGES. THE HEAVENS IN MAY Constellations Which Make the Skies So Brilliant, HOW 10 FIND THE POLE STAR In Line With Two in the Bowl of the Dipper. PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY Written for The Evening Star. The Hydra still stretches its enormous length across the southern sky, its head being, at 9 p.m., between west and south- west, at one-third of the distance from the horizon to ti zenith, its tail low in the southeast. The Crow (Corvus) and the Cup (Crater), which stand upon the Hydra’s back, are directly before us as we face the south at that hour. Of these two minor constellations the Crow is the more conspicuous. It consists of a trapezium of four stars of the third magnitude and one of the fourth, rather smaller than the bow! of the Great Dipper. The star at the lower left-hand corner is supposed to be in the crow’s feet; the remaining four form its curved body, the crow being represented on celestial charts as pecking at the Hydra’s back. The| brightest of these stars—that in the feet— bears the Arabic name Aichiba, which means the ‘tent,’ and was probably ap- plied originally to the whole constellation, which certainly resembles a teat quite as closely as it does a bird. ts The Cup consists of a semi-circle of five faint stars, the brightest being Lelow the third magnitude, which opens toward the east, and forms a bowl, while a short line of three fourth-magnitude stars, on the right, forms the base. The Cup is a little lop-sided, but is otherwise a very passable goblet. = ‘The Hydra itself is a decidedly shadowy constellation, the region which it occupies being remarkably deficient in stars of above the fourth magnitude. One star only in this whole region, a stretch of the heavens over a hundred degrees in length, reacires the second magnitude. This star is Cor Hyadrae, the Hydra’s Heart, the very lone- liness of which, indicated by its Arabic name, Alphard, the ‘“‘solitary one,” ren- ders it conspicuous. It will be found to- night in the southwest, at one-third of the distance from the horizon to the zenith. Directly above Cor Hydrae is Regulus, a star of the first magnitude, but beiow the average brightness of stars of this class. It is the principal star in Leo, and is easily identified from its position in the handle ct the Sickle, which forms the Lion’s bushy head and shculders. Three degrees east of Regulus, rendering its identity still mcre unmistakal le, is now the planet Jupiter. The Hydra’s Head. At a low altitude a little south of west is Procyon, the Little Dog (Canis Minor), an average star of the first magnitude, the rear-guard of Orion, who now sets before 9 p.m. Procyon, Regulus and Cor Hydrae form a large right-angied triangle, near the center of which is the Hydra’s head, marked by a short curved line of three stars, of which the cejtral and brightest, of the third magnitude, makes an excellent eye. ; At about the same altitude as Procyon, in the northwest, is Capella, the principal star in Auriga, the Wagoner, one of the brightest three stars in the northern hem- isphere. Midway between Procyon and Capella, and at about twice their altitude, are the Twins (Gemmi), the more northerly Of which, Caster, is a bright second-magni- tude star; the more southerly, Pollux, is somewhat brighter and ranks as of the first magnitude. Five degrees south of Pollux. e distance of the Twins apart— is now the planet Mars, shining with its well-known ruddy light, but hardly up to the first magnitude. Facing the east, we shall find Arcturus, the brilliant Bear Warden, a little to our right and well up towani the zenith. Still farther to the right is Spica, the principal star in Virgo, a star of about the average first magnitude brilliancy. Between Arc- turus and Regulus and about equally dis- tant from the former star and Spica is Denebola, a second magnitude star, in the tail of the Lion. A fourth star, Cor Car- oli, forms with these three a large four- sided figure, known as the Diamond of Vir- go, which, though not one of the ancient ccnstellations, is a striking figure and is a useful landmark in this part of the heav- ens. Cor Caroli (Charles’ Heart) is the prin- cipal star in the Hunting Dogs (Canes Ve- naticl). Although of only the third magni- tude, it Is @ very conspicuous star, lying about midway between Arcturus and the tows of the Great Dipper, now nearly over- Yellow Saturn. In the southeast, some ten or fifteen de- grees above the horizon, is the planet Sa- turn, shining 4s an orange yellow ster of the first magnitude. It makes, with Spica and Arcturus, a large, nearly equal-sided triangle. Below Saturn and hardly high enough to be visible at 9 o’clock is Antares, the ruddy Heart of the Scorpion. In the northeast, at about the same altitude as Saturn, is Vega, or Alpha Lyrae, the rival in brightness both of Capella and Arcturus. In midheavens in the east, a little be- low a straight line drawn from Vega to Arcturus, is the Northern Crown. Below ‘this, on the rignt, is the Serpeut, now only im part above the horizon, and on the left, between the Serpent and Vega, is the con= stellation Hercules. We will now face the north, bri 4 Vega on our right and Capella on our left, and will spend a few moments with the cir- cumpolar constellations. How to find the Pole Star is one of the first questions which the beginner in star- gazing asks. There are several ways of identifying this very important star. First, the Pole Star, or the North Star, as it is often called, lies very nearly in line with the two outer stars in the bowl of the Great Dipper—the two which form the side opposite the handle—which are called ps eae ceawen the “Pointers,” its distance 7m Dipper seems to be in a state of perpetual motion, swinging round and round the Pole of the heavens, it 18 really we who move and not it. The effect of this anparent movement is to change continually the di- rection in which the star lies from the Dip- per, but the index finger always points to it faithfully. A second means of identify- ing the Pole Star is the fact that it lies very nearly midway between the middie star in the W-shaped figure of Cassiopeia —now just above the horizon in the exact rorth—and the star Alioth in the handle of the Dipper—the star nearest the bowl. Again, the Pole Star is at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper, a figure form- ed, like the Great Dipper, of seven stars, and so decidedly dipperlike that no one can fail to recognize it readily. Any of these Indices will enable one to pick out the Pole Star ‘with vertainty. The Little Dipper. The bowl of the Little Dipper will be found tonight above and to the right of the Pole Star. The two outer stars of the bewl, which correspond with the Pointers of the Great Dipper, are of about the same brilliancy as the Pole Star. They form a conspicuous pair and are sometimes called the Guardians of the Pole. Tae Little Dipper, as we commonly call this group of stars, was the Ursa Minor, or Smaller Bear of the ancients. It was by this constellation, rather than hy any single star, that the Greek and Phoenician sailors directed their course by night, the two Guardians being’ 2,000 years ago much nearer the pole-of the heavens than was the star which at the present time very nearly marks its place—very nearly, not exactly, for the present Pole Star !s about one and a quarter degrees (more than twice the apparent diameter of the moon) from the true pole of the: heavens. One of the names by which the constellation was known to the-Greeks’¥as Cynosura, which means “‘dog’s tail.” ‘The name would seem to indicate that this asterism was some- times regarded ds «dog, rather than a bear—a dog of which the tail was the most important part. The tieme still survives in our word “cynosur2,” applied to an object which, as did the ‘old constellation, at- tracts all eyes. Fortutately its meaning is hidden in the obscurity of a dead language. The Planeta. Mereury has been visible as an evening star.since about tHe middle of April; and ‘t' will continue t6 be visible for a week or more to come.’ On the 2ist it will be in inferior conjunction with the sun, pass- ing between us and the sun, and thereafter. it will be a morning’star, but it will hard- Ie jngconts visible ag ‘such during ‘this “Venus has. beeh, a morning star sinee April 28. In a week or leas it will be far enough to the’ West of the sun to appear above the eastern horizon fifteen or: twenty’ minutes before sunrise. It will rapidly withdraw from the sun westward, and will be at its brightest as a morning star June . Mars is an evening star still and is above the horizon until about midnight. Its po- sition in Gemini has already been pointed out. It is now too far from us for useful observation with a telescope, and is not Particularly conspicuous as a naked-eye object. Jupiter, in Leo, is a brilliant evening star and 1g still a fine object for the telescope, though Its distance from us now Is 55,000,- 000 miles greater than when we passed be- tween it and the sun, February 23. Saturn is an evening star, and is well abeve the horizon in the southeast at 9 p.m. It is in the Scorpicn, about ten do- grees northwest of Antares. It will be in opposition to the sun, crossing the meridian at midnight and shining at its brightest on the 17th of this month. Its distance frcm us then will be about 831,000,000 miles —nine times the distance of the sun and 3,500 times the distance of the moon. ~ Uranus is less than three degrees (two degrees, seventeen minutes) southwest of Saturn, and both planets can be seen to- gether with an opera glass. Uranus now shines as a star of the sixth magnitude, and is therefcre visible on a clear even- ing to a person of keen eyesight. It is now in an exceptionally good position to be “picked up,” elther with the naked eye or, with a telescope. Neptune, invisible, of course, is between the harns of the Bull (Taurus) and sets at about 9 p.m. Sow. The Path of Duty. From the Chicago Times-Herald, “Did you hear about Jenkins and his of- fice boy?” askea De Smith of a friend as they were going to lunch the other day. "No. I dian't hear,” replied the friend. ‘hat about ‘em? “Oh, Jenkins just kicked him all over the office, and has been in mortal tear ever sincé that the boy would carry out a threat to have him arrested,” explained De Smith, “Why, what was he kicking his office boy for?” asked the friend. “Well, the boy was one of the stupid kind, you see, and he had no sense of humor,” went cn De Smith. “On the day Jenkins did the kicking he had beea par- ticularly busy and had been a good deal bothered by people who came in to 18k questions of him, and wanted to stop and talk. Jenkins was trying to get aia corres- pondence cleared up, and it made him kind of hot to be interrupted so many times. He stood it a long while, and then gathered up his paper and sneaked away with a sten- ographer into a back room. ame 5-3 peng to bal out of here, Johnnie,’ he said to the office boy when the place was finally cl éfiéallers. ‘If any more people come I dovi't wWint to see them. “What shalt Ptell'"€m?” asked Johnnie. “Oh, tell theny “anything,” said Jenkins, in.patiently. ‘Tell’ them I’m dead,’ he shouted, as he slimmed the door. “Well, Johnnie ‘took him at his word,” continued De Smith. “He wasn’t a brilliant office boy at all. ‘He fwas new in the office, and he thought Tenis i8 meant just what he said. Jenkins hadn‘t heen out of the room three minutes when in walked a lady whom Johnnie had never geen before and asked if Mr. Jenkins was in. * “‘Nope, he afn’t here any more,’ an- swered Johnnie. .’ “ ‘Ien’t here any. more,’ repeated the lady prise. “Why, where is he?’ dead,’ answered Johnnie, care- ‘Dead!’ shrieked the lady, piteously. “ “Yes, ma’am; dead,’ repeat ccolly. “Died this morning. “‘Oh, mercy,’ sdhbed the woman, as she grabbed the back of a chair, and Jenkins, who was coming back to the room to get a communication he had forgotten when he Went out first, got in just“n time to see his wife sink to the floor in a dead faint. “They called in a doctor and restored her to ess, and then Jenkins started in on the kicking game which he fears will land him in court. He has paid the boy’s mother fifty dollars, but the kid says Jen- : ‘too, you wish, you fed Johnnie,- ‘ad. in The Written for The Evening Star. In one of the southern states, lying close to the Mason and Dixon line, there is lo- cated a school for boys—a temple of learn- ing famous the country over for its ad- mirable system, its military discipline and for the results of the moral training which is given the youthful life within its en- vironment. The school is sitvated on a splendid es- tate of nearly a thousand acres, about half of which is covered with a heavy timber growth, the other half being devoted to cultivation and to the purposes of school life; but it is of an incident that occurred in the wooded section that I shall tell you. I must first explain, however, that the schoo! buildings are located near the east- ern end of the property, so that between them and the western limits a distance of about a mile intervenes. It is customary to allow the students here a full day’s holiday on Saturday. The day is free to them to use as they will, “within bounds,” unless, indeed, for an infraction of the rules or faflure in study, an unlucky lad is forced to per- form some task as a penance, which is made all the more irksome by the shouting of his mates outside at play. One Saturday morning early in a certain spring, three students agreed to make a scout of a dense strip of woods that marks the western boundary of the estate, and quickly made their way to the point of starting. The plan of action was to locate squirrel nests, which were quite likely to hold young at that season, make a capture and keep the little ones as pets. The boys spread out, moved forward and kept a close watch for signs. Every now and then one of the beautiful little crea- tures would start suddenly from almost under their feet, scurry away, glide up a sturdy oak or chestnut like a flash, and leaping nimbly and gracefully from limb to limb and frcm tree to tree, would not pause in its dash for liberty until a dis- tant and invisible refuge yielded safety from its pursuers. After exploring a considerable stretch of the wood, and having several such alarms, one of the boys, a tall lad, named Jallette, cried out, and dashed after a bushy tail of gray, which rapidly grew smaller and smaller in the wild flight of its owner; but, alas! it was not so fortunate as its brothers and sisters had been in conceal- ing itself, for it was plainly seen to scram- ble up a large, dead, hollow tree, from which it did not emerge, proof sufficient that the frightened animal was trapped. The other boys had had several such races themselves during the walk, and did not participate in this one, thinking that un- doubtedly it would end as the others had —in failure—so they leisurely picked their way, and, reaching a prostrate oak, seated themselves upon it for a rest and talk, leaving Jallette to manage his own affair. Now, the latter, when he had treed his game, conceived the idea of smoking the squirrel out of the hollow in which it had taken refuge, and hastily gathered a lot of dry leaves and twigs, which he piled together at the base of the tree. It was in early spring, as I have said, and the increasing heat of the sun had driven away the snow and dried up the fallen leaves and twigs throughout the woods, until they were almost like tinder. The ques- tion of starting the fire could be easily set- tled by the striking of a match, though Jallette knew there was a rigid injunction against the students having them in their possession—an injanction, I am sorry to chronicle, that was too frequently dis- obeyed. If he at that moment had any thought of the rules, he allowed his eager— ness to capture the squirrel to drive it out of his mind, and, lighting the match, he touched it to the leaves, and cast it, still urning, behind him. vite Svand was blowing in an easterly direction, but no thought of the wind or ot the dry condition of the leaves under his feet seemed to enter his mind; he was too intent upon his’ task, so he looked up in surprise when Travers shouted: “What's that fire for, Jallette?” And cried back: “Why, to smoke ‘em out.” But Travers and Strong thought it some- thing more then that, and came running toward him, Strong yelling: “No, no. It’s caught the leaves behind ‘ou, Jall. Put it out.” The latter turned quickly, and with con- sternation saw that the fire had really caught behind him, and urged by the wind was rapidly advancing, being fed by the dry leaves. By the time his cry of aiarm had died out, Travers and Strong were there, and all pitched ia with a will to ex- tinguish the flames by stamping them out, but in vain. When they succeeded in one spot the fire was burning in another they could not reach, and whea they ran to that spot it was burning in still others out of their reach, so uae they soon saw was beyond their control. a “Great heavens,” suddenly cried Strong, “it’s going straight toward the barn, and if we don’t stop it the whole business will ee too true, for in the clearing just off the edge cf the woods and in a direct line of the fire’s advance stood the i mense barrs, stables and hay stacks. Even as he spoke, the area of the fire grew larger, and, ‘almost paralyzed with fear, Jallette screamed to Strong, who was the best runner in the school: 5 “The school bell; run, Strong, ring the alarm and. yell as you go.” - Strong knew he had a mile to go be- fore he could reach the bell, but was off like a flash, yelling like mad. Jallette and Travers worked desperately and sppareny, to little avail, the former wailing, what have I done? It's all “Shut up,” shouted Tr: 5 no time for crying. Keep workin; The rising smoke had now attracted the attention of some of the workmen conncct- ed with the school, and they came on the run, fetching rakes, pitchforks, hoes ani whatever they could pick up hurriedly. Strong’s yells had also aroused those with- in the sound of his voice, and, luckily, a student who happened to be in the study room of the school had noticed the smoke, and realizing that something extraordinary was happening, had dashed to the great bell, which vas soon clanging out the alarm, “Fire.” ‘When Strong heard the bell he turned at ence to go back to the woods, and was as- tounded to see what progress the fire had made even in this short time, and it was very apparent that unless stopped soon, nothing could save the barns and hay. Well, with the ringing of the alarm, those students and teachers who were in the buildings ran out, and soon from every quarter of the place came workmen, stu- dents and teachers, carrying all sorts of implements, for it needed no messenger to tell them that a serious co mn had started the woods. Arriv! at the scene, the head master immediately gave the command “Fall in,” and in an instant the students were formed into a long “line of battle.” The heat was intense, com- pase: the lads to drop the visors of their WN EXITING. SQUIRREL HUNT, ‘A Story for Boys by James Geddy Traylor. Written for The Evening Star. (Ky 8 any further outbreaks, while the rest of the squad hurried back to’ their posts in the woods. In the meantime, the workers here had succeeded in clearing a very wide space between the flames and the barn, and, as if it knew that its destructive race was ended, the fire savagely attacked the mass of leaves rolled up to it, and with’ increased | roaring repidly consumed it. But thanks | to the splendid work of the students ana | men, there was nothing more for it to} feed upon, and it soon died out. | Leaving a few men to make sure that | the fire would not break out afresh in} some unlooked for spois, the boys were | drawn up in line, and tired, dirty and: blistered, but with appetites unharmed, were marched to the school, where they were dismissed to prepare for dinner, which was an exciting meal, as the incidents of the “battle” were told over and over again. Dinner over, the companies marched out in usual order, and forming company front, the head master made a speech compliment- ing ther: on their prompt obedience to orders in the face of the heat and smoke. and thanking them for the part they had taken In preventing what might have been a serious Icss to the school. “But,” he added, “if any one knows how the fire originated, I should be glad to have him step forward and speal Travers and Strong looked at Jallette’s white face, along which tears began to roll, and waited an instant to see if he/ had the courage to tell. After a short | struggle with his conscierce, Jallette slow- | ly and tremblingly left the ranks, and with @ quivering voice, gave his story, calling on Travers and Strong to substantiate it, which they did. ‘The head master noted Jallette’s tear stained face, and his penitential state, and allowing his good heart to sway him, said kindly: “You did wrong, Jallette, to have the matches with you. I know you could hardly have had any idea that the fire would reach such proportions; let it be a warning. You will turn in what matches you now have to the commanding officer, and in consideration of your frankness, of the efforts you made to suppress the flames and of your good record generally, I will overlook your infraction of the rules and not assign you to runishment duty.” With the command, “Break ranks,” the entire schcol burst into three rousing cheers for the magnanimous action of their beloved head master, and dispersed to still discvss the exciting incidents of the day. Although this adventure took place many years ago, my young readers, it is to this day talked of as one of the events of the school’s history, and will no doubt go down in {ts traditions. i suppose it is needless for me to say that Jallette did not get that squirrel. UNIVERSITY NOTES Catholic University. The Carroll Institute Dramatic Club will Produce, by permission of Augustin Daly, “A Night Off” at the Columbia Theater Tuesday evening, May 11, for the benefit of the Athietic Association fund. The new tennis courts are being laid off near the dormitory, and the tennis players are looking forward to a good season's sport. Dr. Griffin is giving a course of lectures on “Legal Chemistry and Toxicology.” The players on the base ball team have been shifted about. Hannon, who has been doing the backstop work, will play second base hereafter; Fields, behind the bat; Touhy, from third to first base, and Brown from center to third..A game with Wash- ington College, which was to have been Played Wednesday, was canceled. Howard University. The Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar and Glee Clubs are rehearsing a program for pre- sentation May 4, at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church. They are to be assisted by the Selika Quartet, Prof. Harris, E. B. John- son and Will Cook. The Livingstone Missionary Society met Wednesday, and addresses were made by each of the students who will graduate from the theological department this ses- sion. Prof. Ewell, the dean, also delivered a short address. The consecration services of the C. E. Society last Saturday evening were led by W. W. Tuckey of the union lookout com- mittee. At the last meeting of the Theological Literary and Debating Society Wednes- day the question discussed was “Resolved, That the theological graduate should go south, rather than north.” J. S. Scarbor- ough spoke in the affirmative and M. » Sparks in the negative, after which the was a general discussion. Columbian University. At the closing exercises of the Enosinian Society last evening the following was the Program: Address of welcome, President Norton Everett; roll call and reading of the minutes, Secretary S. H. Rogers; read- ing of the “Bee,” Miss Ross; poem, Mr. Everett; oration, Mr. Hoover;. reading “News,” Mr. Rogers; announcement of prizes, President Everett; history of so- ciety, Mr. Hays; “Prophecies of Future Members,” Mr. Beatty; valedictory, Mr. Robinson; undergraduate reply, Mr. Chace. Candidates for admission to the Kappa Beta Sigma fraternity were examined Seemed evening in the scientific lecture ; The College Tennis Association met Thursday afternoon on the cail of Presi- dent J. I. Raybold, and the work of or- ganizing for the season was taken up. Last evening the senior class met to re- celve the report of the committee on class banquet, which was adopted. The following societies connected with the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, which meets in this city in its fourth triennial session Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday of next week, will hold morning sessions at Columbian University: American Orthopedic Association, Ameri- can Gynecological Society, American Surgi- cal Association, American Climatological Association, Association of American Phy- siclans, American Physiological Society, Association of American Anatomists, American Pediatric Society. Prof. E. A. De Schweinitz of the school of medicine lectured this afternoon on “X-rays and Their Application,” under the auspices of the scientific societies of Wash- ington. Georgetown University. The reserve base ball team played a GOL st WaAsHING PowoER What more can be asked? Only this; ask your grocer for it, and insist on trying it. Largest package—greatest economy. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago, St. Louis, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, game with the Gallaudets W: ternoon, and won by th The Philodemic Inesday af- core of 18 to 11. jociety at its last m: ing had a iively discussion over business See At Mts next meeting it is antici- ed there will be a lively debate the Cuban question. nearing: The manager of the Journal, Mr. Con- well, 8S. J., with his associates, Ké -in- Chief Delaney, Exchange Editor Cullen and Athletic Editor Pierce, and others as- sceiated with them, is preparing for the issue of the specie! jubilee number of forty-eight pages next month. The paper will contain, in dition to the regular features, a special athletic supplement. The return debate between Georgetown and the New York University Law School Debating Societies will take place Fri June 4, at Carnegie Hall, New York cit The question is: “Resolved, That the 4 junction in the Debs case was righ“ fully granted.” Georgetown has the affirma- tive, and will be represented by Jean F. P. Des Garennes, John P. O'Brien and Hamp- ton H. Magruder. The last public debate of the Law School Debating Society took place last Saturday evening. “Resolved, That capital punish- ment should be abolished” was the ques- tion discussed. Messrs. King and Connon spoke in the affirmative and Messrs. Black- mon and Bingham in the negative. The decision of the judges gave the debate to the affirmative. Paul J. Pelz, architect, has completed plans for the permanent galleries in Gas- ton Hall. The bids for the structures are expected in a few days. The Alumni As- sociation of the university has the work in charge and is paying the expenses. The gallery will have four stairways, two leading to the stage and two to the main hall. It will be finished in hard wood, and will add greatly to the appearance of the hall, and also increase the seating ca- pacity to almost 1,000. Mr. Pelz has taken great care in the arrangement of the seats in the side galleries, eo that a good view of the stage may be had from any location. The work is to be complete in time for the commencement exercises. The hospital aid committee will meet at the Arlington Hotel Tuesday, May 4, for further consideration of the hospital plans. The tenants of the property at the corner of 35th and N streets, where the hospital is to be located, have been notified to va- cate and the buildings will be torn down as soon as possession can be obtained, so that as socn as the plans are fully completed, the work will not be delayed. A public rehearsal was given Wedne: day evening in Gaston Hall by the Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs. The program was the same as that given in Layman's Hall, Baltimore, on Thursday evening, and was as follows: “Georgetown March,” Ban- jo and Mandolin Clubs; ‘om, Tom, the Piper’s Son,” Glee Club; “Fin de Siecle,” Mandolin Club; “Crowd of Coons,” Banjo Club; “Predicaments,” G. H. O'Connor and Mandolin in- Glee Club; “Oriole Waltz Quartet; “Old King Club, nm lee Club; Line “Autumnal tivities,” Banjo Club; “La Florera,” dolin Club; “A Summer Idy “Sons of Georgetown,” Giee, Banjo end Mandolin Clubs. ———————_ Written for ‘The Evening Star, Cuban Love Song. I love thee, I love thee, thy name is @ charm To cheer up my heart, and to strengthen my erm; I love thee, yea, love thee—will love thee alway; Thou'rt my dream in the night, and my song in the day. I love thee, adore thee; thou knowest it not; I treasure the secret, though loncly my lot; For sweet is my. loneliness, when thy dear name Glows deep in my bosom im letters of flame. love thee, I love thee! Some day "twill be known; Por thou wilt heve pity—thy Leart is not stone; ‘Thou'rt my prayer in the night and my hymn in the day, For I love thee, yea, love thee—will love thee for aye. —Adapted from the Spanish by L. 8. P, ———ror- Japs to Grow Tall on Meat Diet. From the St. James’ Gazette. It has been written that no man by giving thought unto himself can add one cubit to his stature, but the enterprising Jap does not despair, and an ordinance has gone forth exhorting the people to eat more free- ly of meat, with a view to increasing the average height of the race. Whatever re- sults may follow the method proposed, they are certain to be a long time coming; but it is only another instance of the determina- tion on the part of the Japanese not to let the slightest chance slip for attaining all the advantages which they see, or think they see, in western civilization. —_—_—_-9> “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. onset WELL SCREENED. ‘