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THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1897—14 PAGES. “Cash only—-and the narrowest margin of profit. Big Cuts in Refrigerators and Baby Carriages! We'll sell you an [CE CHEST — A REFRIGERATOR — A BABY CARRIAGE at 40 per cent less than the credit houses charge! Our line of Refrigerators —“OUR OWN” brand—is the Prices range from $5.98 up—seasoned oak packed best in the city. lumber—double cases, Cut prices on all Summer Furniture. Come quick. boarding houses, etc. Only $2.85, in Solid Oak. with mineral wool—lined with galvanized steel—patent ventila- tors. BABY CARRIAGES—a full line at cut prices—beginning at $2.98. ICE CHESTS—in solid oak— as low as $2.85. Bargains for hotels, JACKSON BROS., 919-921 Seventh. SOOM AAMLALLALAAAE ANAL AA LL IN PUBLIC. Some Good Advice About Conversa- tien and Actions. From Harper's Bazar. One does not often stop to think how many things are done in public which were better left undore, and which are entirely unnecessary. Some of the most intolerable outrages, as, for instance, the habit of expectoration, have been condemned so often and so strongly that it is needless to discuss them here. In passing, however, ‘we may congratulate ourselves that the New York beard of health has taken measures to suppress the above-mentioned abomination. In many of our elevated rail- road trains are placards forbidding pas- sengers to violate decency and disseminate oeat the things to which I now refer as not to be done in public are not breaches of common decency, but of good form. In fact, they are actions which are not, as the French say, convenable. To such an action, for Instance, must the mother prove guilty who sllews her two-year-cld baby to occupy by himself an entire seat in cable or horse car while grown and weary passengers stand. Neither is it convenabie for one person talking to another in a pub- lic conveyance to mention names so loud- ly that they are heard by other people. This is done so constantly that one often hears enough criticism and comment, cou- pled with the full names of the persons There is no other valor in the world that even stands comparison with that displayed by the woman called upon to. protect her children from violence. There is no weapon that a woman will not wield and no d: 7 that she will not dare. Itis before and after their birth that too many women fail to protect their children from the greatest of all dangers, the most blighting of all inher- itances—feeble and sickly bodies. ‘The woman who properly prepares for the greatest event of her life, motherhood — who takes the right care of herself during the expectant period, and sees that she is free from all weakness and disease of the organs distinctly feminine, and may be sure that her baby will be born strong and healthy. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the best remedy for all forms of weak- ness and disease peculiar to women. If taken during the period of i she will be cea eta the usual discomforts; the babe’s coming will be safe and easy, and it will be blessed with good health. Sine and now Tam entirely cured. T troubled with female weakness for some time aud biesome draii had beea also with a trou! ou the system, but now I am happy and well.” Dr. Pierce’s wonderful free “The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser,” will be sent paper-bound, for twenty-one cents in one-cent stamps to pay the cost of mailing only. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y. For handsome, durable cloth covers, beautifully stamped, send ten cents more (thirty-one cents in all), to pay extra cost for this style of Sinding. under discussion, to make a vast amount of mischief were the conversation repeat- ed. Quite as bad form is the habit of find- ing fault with chfidren in such a manner as to be audible to bystanders. It weakens the child’s self-respect, is ill-bred, and, to the eye of the observer, places the mother in the light of a shrew. There are few better places in which to study the good and bad points of mankind than a public conveyance. I have a sen- sation. of resertment when I sec a young and healthy girl sit still whfie an aged man or woman stands, and I thrill with delight in the good in human nature when I see a woman with a baby in her arms enter a car and half a dozen men rise to give her a seat. And to the honor of man- kind be it said that this occurrence is the Tule, not the exception, among men of all classes—the day laborer as well as the thoroughbred gentleman doing honor to motherhood. A few weeks ago a small boy of three years of age was in a horse car with his mother. As there were many seats to Spare, the little fellow was allowed to kneel on the end seat in the forward part of the car, where, through the front window, he could watch the driver and horses. Sud- denly his vi2w was cut off by a man who, jumping upon the front platform, stood witit his broad back to the car window. Perhaps the intensity of the child's gaze upon the objectionable back caused tne man to turn. Glancing in the window he saw the eager face close to the glass. He was a plain man, but as he stepped to the other side of the platform the kindly smile that Hghted his face made it lovely. “Mamma,” cried the delighted baby, “that gentleman moved so I could see the horses! I'm sure he must have a little boy of his own. A In private and in public the world over it is the unselfish “fi that ‘fellow feeling’ “makes us wondrous kind. Home Customs in Belgium. Clare de Graffenried in Harper's Magazine. Breakfast in Belgium proceeds in courses, with a chinge of plates at each servic: . but not a change of knives and forks. These implements must be used through succes- sive courses, however dissimilar, resting between whiles on glass or silver holders, Placed beside each cover. The holders, alas! I often forpot to employ, sending my knife and fork out on my plate, to the maid’s confusion and my own dismay. An Eng- lish woman, long resident in Brussels, in- vited me to dinner with the cheering as- surance: “We are English, not Belgian, in jays. We change the knives ana Meats and the fruits to which we are accustomed are dear in Belgium, but Yankee products grace many tables. ‘i don’t know what we should do without your beef extracts for sauces, and your California tinned fruits,” observed my hos- tess at a charming breakfast. “Feel at home,” said another lady, pleasantly; “here is some manse pea.” As her pronunciation and the dish itself—a so-called mince pie-- resembled rothing familiar to my ear or vision, I was baffled for the moment as to the nature of her kind intentions. If I visited a weaving’school at 8 in the morning, when all the men were yet in that startling home undress which prevails in some households before the formal de- Jeuner, the wife of the weaving master would press me, “Prenez quelque chose, je vous en prie, mademoiselle.’’ I called early one day on a secretary at Charleroi, with whom I had business, Hearing that he was about to leave town. He was out on the street. “But he can’t have gone far,” pro- tested his son, “for he hasn’t dressed him- self yet." Which alarming statement proved too true, as I soon discovered when an apperition appeared on the threshold, unwashed, uncombed, with overcoat and neck handkerchief by no means concealing the unmistakable loose night robe beneath. So suggestive was the spectacle that, de- clining the unembarrassed entreaties of mensieur’s spouse, “Pray take something, mademoiselle,” I dispatched my inquirie< and fled. ————_+2+_______ It matters Nttle what it is that you want | whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. | HORATIO KING DEAD (Continued from First Page.) proved this branch of the service has con- only the prezent, but future generations will fully appreciate Characteristics as an Official. In the spring of 1854 on the death of Major Hobbie, Mr. King without solicita- tion on his part, was appointed by Presi- dent Plerce to the office of first assistant postmaster general. To his subordinates he was considerate, kiad and obliging, re- quiring of them, as he should, to have all the business intrusted to them speedily and properly done, and their work kept up, but never acting captiously nor finding fault needlessly. One secret of his official success was his exactitude in keeping all his business in hand, his desk at the close of each day being always clear of papers, and his positive requirement of his clerks that everything sent to their desks should be promptly attended to. Becomes Postmaster General, He held the position of first assistant postmaster general until January 1, 1861, when he became acting postmaster general. February 1 he was nominated by Presi- ‘dent Buchanan, and on the 12th confirmed by the Senate as Postmaster General, serv- ing in that capacity until the inauguration of President Lincoln and_the appointment of his successor, March 7, 1861. He filled all these places with fidelity and distin- guished ability. He was Postmaster Gen- eral when treason stalked with a bold front through the streets of the national capital. As_a life-long democrat, Mr. King was loyal to the core, and remained so during the entire struggle. Though exempted by law from the performance of military duty, he furnished a representative recruit, who was duly mustered in and served in the Union army. This exhibition of patriotism and public spirit received cfficial acknowl- edgment from the government. After retiring from the Post Office D: partment he was appointed, in April, 1! one of a board of commissioners to carry out the provisions of the emancipation proclamation in the District of Columbia. This position was tendered him by Presi- dent Lincoln, unsolicited, and doubtless on account of his conspicuous services near the clese of the previous administration. His associate commissioners were Daniel R. Gvuodioe and Dr. John M. Broadhead, with Wm. R. Woodward as clerk and B. M. Campbell as expert. Nine hundred and ninety-six claims, embracigg 3,100 slaves, were presented within three months, limit- ed by the law. Of these claims, thirty-six in whole and twenty-one in part, were re- jected for disloyalty or defective titles, em- bracing 111 slaves, so 2,089 were paid for under the act. Thirteen other claims for twenty-eight slavés were made after the time limit and allowed by Congress, mak- es total number of slaves paid for The service of the commission was limit- ed to nine months, and on finally leaviag office Mr. King became an attorney before the executive departments and the interna- tional commissions, which profession he followed until about 1875, when he retired as far as practicable from active business. He originated a series of Saturday evening literary entertainments at his private resi- dence, which became very popular and con- tributed very much to elevate the literary tone of the city. The 100tb and final meei- ing, was held February 2, 1884. Varied Accomplishments. While not a fluent speaker, he was for years a ready and strong writer for news- papers and magazines on political, histori- cal and literary subjects. In 1875 he pub- lished “Sketches of Travel, or Twelve Months in Europe,” and in 1895 “Turning on the Light,” a dispassionate survey of President Buchanan's administration from 1857 to its close, and other original ar- ticles. June 11, 1896, the honorary degree of L. L. D. was conferred upon Mr. King by Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. Mr. King's somewhat eventful life has been one of usefulness. In all the posi- tions he has filled he has inaugurated im- portant improvements, including, about 18S3-'85, the “Penalty Envelope,” a con- venient and economical device used by all the departments of the government for franking official mail matter, and which it is estimated has saved the government at least $100,000 every year since its intro- duction. Mr. King worked seven years be- fore congress to have this device ordered by law, and neither received nor expected cent for his efforts. It was simply a ‘labor of love” for the good of the serv- ice and the benefit of the government. This is only one of his many good deeds. He was always a public-spirited citizen. For sixteen years he took great pleasure in his duties as a member, and most of the time as secretary of the Washington Na- tional Monument Society, and had the great satisfaction of seeing the comple- tion and dedication of the beautiful marble obelisk—a magnificent tribute to the mem- ory of the father of his country. Congress having put the monument and everything cencerning it under the charge of the War Department, and the work allotted to the society having been accomplished, he, with other of his associates, tendered | their resignations. May 25, 1835, he married Ann Collins of Portland, Me., by whom he had seven chil- dren, only three of whom survive, Mrs. Annie A. Cole of Washington, D. C., Gen. Horatio C. King of Brooklyn, N. Henry F. King of West Newton, ‘ass. The others died young. His first wife died September 22, 1869, and he married Feb- ruary 8, 1875, Isabella G. Osborne of Au- burn, N. Y., who survives him. Mr. King was a notable example to the youth of the country. Born and bred under circumstances which gave him no greater advantages than are enjoyed by a large majority of the young men of the Union, he attained by, his own energy, industry ond perseverance an exalted station, and made for himself a name and a reputation of which any man may be proud. Mr. Henry F. King, with his wife, arrived at the King residence on H street from Boston just before the death of his. vener- able father, and was at his side when he died. The arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. A Double Bereavement. The blow came with terrible force to Gen- 3 $ 3 ‘ Second-Hand and Shop-Worn CYCLES At YOUR OWN FIGURES. We have a small stock of Bicycles, chiefly men’s patterns, taken in exchange for new ’97 RAMBLERS, including VICTORS, WAVERLYS, RAMBLERS, &c., and all in good riding condition, which we wish to turn into cash, and will sell at prices that are merely nominal— From $10.00 up to $22.50. Early purchasers will have quite a variety to choose from, and as the stock is small, we would suggest an immediate inspection of them. We also have a few ’96 medium-grade Bicycles, ENTIRELY NEW, and fully guaranteed for 6 months, at prices that will please and satisfy you. RAMBLERS still selling at the popular price, $80.00. ormully & Jeffery Mife.Co 1325-27 14th St. N. W. a a a a te ts te oS eral Horatio C. King. the eldest son of the dead man. He was unable to visit his father because he War im attendance at bedsi his iter in New York, a bee gd ee , and. while overwhelmed She with grief at her eS néws was sent to him that his fat! 's NO More. NEW PUBLICATIONS. LEO XI AT THE BAR OF HISTORY; A sion of the Papal Pan for Christian UCalty. Ry Randolph Harrison McKim, D.D., rector of the Church of the ny, Washingtun, D.C. Washington: Gtbeon Brothers, ‘The religious world tas‘ taken considera- ble interest in Dr. McKimjs recent writings cn the subject of the*Datholic Church, and this Interest will doubtlegs ‘be extended to the little volume which‘embraces his reply to Pope Leo's Encyclleal on Christian Uni- ty. Dr, McKim’ promptly negatives the Proposition for a reunion of the Anglican church with the Church of Rome, as pre- paratory to the further and larger step of @ complete reunion of Christendom. He says that when the respective doctrinal positions of these two great communtons are examined “it becomes at once apparent that they are so fundamentaliy at variance that without radical and far-reaching changes on one side or the other the re- union is impossible.” The author then pro- ceeds to discuss a number of the elemen- tary differences between. the two com- munions, including the following topics: St. Peter and the Pow-r of the Keys, The Primacy of St. Peter, The Primacy Anciently Conceded to the Bishop of Rome, The Development of the Papacy, The Forg- ed Isidorian Decretals, Irenaeus on the Primacy of the Bishop of Rome, St. Cypri- an on the Equality of Bishops, The Church of Rome and Holy Scripture, Gregory the Great on the title, “Universal Bishop; The Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, The Dogma of Papal Infallibility and Papal Infaliibility an Ignis Fatuus. THE AMERICAN HISTORY 8: Period, 1817-1858, By Jchn W. Burgess, Ph.D., LL.D, New York: Charies Serilmer’s Sons. Weehington: Woodward & Lothrop, This series of histories was opened by a volume on “The Colonial Era,” by Rev. Gee. P. Fisher, which was followed hy “The French War and the Revolution,” by Prof. Wm. P. Sloane, who has since written a notable life of Napoleon. The third volume was “The Making of the Nation,” by the late Francis A. Walker, and the present yolume will be closed by another by Dr. Burgess, who is professor of political science and constitutional law in Columbia Univorsity, New York. This ‘middle pe- riod” of the nation’s history has attracted many writers and is yet a difficult task, for It involves some of the fiercest con- troversies that ever raged within a body politic, and the bitterness to which they guve birth has not wholly subsided. Hence impartiality as well as ability are demanded in the historian who would tell its story. Dr. Burgess acknowledges these difficulties, but declares that the time has arrived when it should be undertaken in a thoroughly im- partial spirit. He admits that he assumes the task with many misgivings, but his work indicates that he has subdued what- ever prejudices may have possessed him. The result ts a valuable historical volume. NURSERY PROBLEMS. Edited by Dr, Leroy M. S—The Middle Yale, Medical Editor of Kabyhood.| New and enlarged edition. y York: The Contem- porary Publishing Company. This book consists of answers by Dr. Yale, who is lecturer on the diseases of children in Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- lege, to letters written to him by mothers, who ask practical questions about the practical problems of-child rearing. There seems to be absolufsly,(no limit to the curiosity and questioning capacity of the anxfous mothery, for thelr queries range from the problem” of dict to ques- tions of bangs, pretnature baldness and bow-legs. Dr. Yale's ¥epifes furnish a vast fund of information <b yvalue to all par ents. 3 STLES RY THE RHINE: A Trip- mn. By David Skaats Foster, New York: Henry Hott § Cg. Washington: Win. Ballantyne & Sons. Seo An ingenious scheme has been followed in the Inception and arrangement of these stories, which relate three distinct sets of adventures and yet age connected one with another by a slight asscclation., Zhe ad- ventures themselves eliciously untike- ly, yet at no point do_thesthree story-tell- ers who successively pick up the thr2ad actually violate the possibilities. Accord- ing to these tales the German principalt- ties are the places for keen Americans with @ taste for romance to haunt in their travels. SPANISH Ca‘ v bY THE JESSAMY BRIDE, By F..Frankfort Moore. Chicago: H. $. Stone & Co. Oliver Goldsmith's biographers deny that there was ever any basis for a romance such as that which has been woven out of the relation between the poet and Miss Mary Horneck, whom he playfully called his “Jessamy Bride.” Mr. Moore, however, is not deterred by this fact from utilizing the story as the basis of a very pretty novel, which reproduces the life of London in the day of Goldsmith, Johnson, Burke, Reynolds, Garrick and Boswell, all of these characters belng brought into play, and made contributors to the tale. A TRANSATLANTIC CRATELAINE. By Helen Choate Prince. New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Scns. Washington: Wm. Ballantyne & It is unfortunate that this story, which is well conceived and strongly told, should not be permitted to find its own course without having to thread the rather mis- leading and tiresome rivulets of introduc- tion. At the other end, too, it is not wholly pleasing, for the conclusion is sentimentally unsatisfactory and might well have been artistically happy. The main scenes are laid in France, with an American heiress as the central figure. THE WITTE HECATOMB AND OTHER STOR- JES. By Wm. Charles Scully. New York: Henry Holt & Co. Washingiou: Win, Ballan- tyne & Sons. As in Mr. Scully's former vclume, “Katir Stories,” South Africa furnishes the scenes and incidents of these tales of tragedy. Most of them deal exclusively with the na- tives and reproduce many of the quaint and horrible customs of the blood-thiraty tribes that are gradually succumbing to the in-march of civilization. There is some reading in the book that is dramatic and much that is gruesome. ZISKA; THD PROBLEM OF A WIC! ; By Marie. Corelle Rew York: Stabe, & itu: ball. Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. This story, told In Miss Corelli's charac- teristic style, is based on the principle that the thecsophista call “karma.” The re- turn to existence in bodily form of souls that have been associated in past iges causes serious complications, ending with a tragic climax. There is an Egyptian set- ting and a curious mingling of the an- cient and modern in the atmosphere of the ANTISEPSIS AND ANTISEPTICS. By “Charies aud _ Bieta’ ‘i Washi D.C.) Nogark: ‘The ‘Terkune Dr. Buchanan is wellikapwa in Washing- ton, having been for %omb years professor of chemistry at the® Washington High Scho’, of which insiifuriba he is a grad- uate. In this volumg, hg has traced the history of efforts to t the poisons to which the human systemjs subject and in a@ scholarly and scheptific, nner he con- solidates afl the resupia gf research along ines. pings STORIES. these 1 t AN ITINERANT HOUSE? ANS OTHER pan ‘San Francisco: Wan. Dorey. ace 'm. Doxey. Ten short stories ake‘ given in this vol- ume, aH more or lesa; gruesome, all tinged with a bizarre motive, and ‘containing many clever strokes. But the2Writer persists in delaying the action a¢ interesting points by ting verses that have little or noth- ing to do with the coritext. . With these elimirpited the book would deserve =pproval forth merit that is shown in the handling of sti themes. 2 jal in this novel that would appear to better advantage under a somewhat more logical ‘occurs too earth; to end. The story is one of india ahd jungie life. HEART O'Kelly Branden (Rev. Dominick TONES AXD OTHER TOMS, yD. | g Feopgniged a8 possessing & true poetic tem: Perament. The shorter efforts are followed in this volume by the “Visions of St. Paul of the Cross,” which breathes an intensely A MISTORICAL RELIC. Original Copy of One of the Twelve Constitutional Amendments. From the Indiamapotis News. Hanging upon the wall in an office tn the board of trade buflding in this city is an Interesting historical relic of undoubted authenticity. It is no less than one of ibe thirteen original copies of the twelve amendments to the Constitution. One of these copies was sent to cach of the thir- teen states that formed the compact. This document is a parchment twenty-cight inches wide by thirty-two inches long. It is perfectly preserved, the ink in some Places still a jet black, but for the most pert a rusty brown; the handwriting is ad- mirably plain, free from all flourishes, and as even and regular as copper plate. At the top of the parchment is written in large letters A STORY LPR 'R PACK. Frank R. Stock- ton. New fork: Chatics iScelbuer's Sonn, Wash- ington: Brentano's. Ten of Mr. Stockton’s best short stories are gathered between covers with this sug- gestive title. A preface in the most ap- proved Stocktonian style gives a memoran- dum of the rource of inspiraticn of each tale and binds the whole together. A DAUGHTER OF THE PHILISTINES. By Leon- ard Merrick. New York: it. F. Fenno & Com- pany. jou: * This is a story of the successes and fail- ures of a young author who marries into a family of money getters on the strength of the fame which accrues to him from his rst novel. It is an interesting and well- told tale. FUGITIVE LINES. By Henry Jerome Stockard. New York: G. P. Putram’s Sons. A somewhat somber muse supervised many of these verses, which, however, ex- hibit graee and beauty of form and ex- pression. Tne poems are all short and some of them are marked for survival. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. : | Begun and held at the city of : New York on Wednesday, the Fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. Then follows the reason for the making ard sending of these parchments to the teen states: “The conventions of a number of these states having at the time of their adopting the Constitution expressed a desire in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers that further declaratory and re- strictive clauses should be added; and as extending the grounds of public confidence in the government will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution. “Resolved, By the Senate znd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the follow- ing articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as amendments to the Ccnstitution of the United States, all, or apy of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purooses as part of the said Constitution; viz: (Here follow the twelve ameadments.)” ne FOOD FOR BRAIN WORKERS, Ideal Dict for Men and Wome: aged in Intellectual Pursi From Good Houseker ping. Blanched almonds give the higher nerve or brain und muscle food; no heat or waste. Walnuts give nerve or brain food, muscle, heat and waste. Pine kernels give heat and stay. They serve as a substitute for bread. Green water grapes are blood purifying (but of little food value); reject pips and skins. Blue grapes are feeaing and blood purifying; too rich for those who suffer from the liver. Tomatoes—Higher nerve or brain food and waste; no heat; they are thinning and cit-nuiating; do not swallow skins. Juicy fruits give more or less the higher nerve or brain, and some few muscle food and waste; no heat. its, Apples supply the higher nerve and mus-| This valuable parchment bears the fol- cle food, but do not give stay. Prunes af-| lowing autograph signatures Frederick ford the highest nerve or brain food, supply | Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the heat and waste, but are not muscle feeding. They should be avoided by those who suffer from the liver. Oranges are refresh: feeding, but are not good if the 1 of order. Green figs are excellent food. Dried figs contain nerve and muscle food, heat and waste, but are bad for the liver. The great majority of small fresh +ced fruits ére laxative. All stcne fruits are con- sidered to be injurious for those who suffer from the liver, and should be used cau- tlously. Lemons and tomatoes sho:ld not be used daily in cold weather; they have a thinning and cooling effect. Raisins are stimulating in proportion to their quality. He Sant Down on Him. From the Troy Times. If any one has a grievance against a street car conductor it might be advisable under certain circumstances to treat him as a New York conductor was treated by Walter B, Warner, a regular army soldier, the other day. He boarded a north-bound Bedford Park car by mistake and had gone some distance before the conductor asked for his fare. The soldier presented his transfer slip. The fat conductor refused to honor it, and when Warner argued with him he tried to put the soldier off the car. This was too much for Warner. He took the fat conductor and set him down hard in one corner of the car. Then he set upon him, The conductor struggled, but he was an easy thing for Warner. The other passengers in the car laughed in -place of helping the conductor. The car ran on for nearly a mile before the motorman brought it up to let a passen- ger on. He had been attending strictly to Lusiness, and wouldn’t have looked back into the car till the end of the line had been reached if the passenger hadn't got on. The conductor, who was still strug- Bling, red in the face, in his little corner, ccuidn’t get up to jerk the bell cord for the car to go ahead. So the motorman looked arourd to see what was the matter. He started back to help his mate; then decided to get help. He ran the car along until he came acrors Policeman Freers and got him to arrest the soldier. In court Warner told Magistrate Brann that he re- sisted the fat conductor because he thought he was on the right car and the conductor didn’t offer any explanations. He showed the magistrate his transf-r ticket, and said that as he had paid the regular fare for a ride all along the line he wasn’t go- ing to be put off even if he held a fat con- ductor down to the end of the road. Se Segue haem Dry Millinery Store. From the Chicago Record. The commercial traveler tells this story of Milligan’s first trip to the state of Kan- sas: “Milligan had heard all about Kansas and prohibition. He doesn’t drink, but, like every other man, he wondered if he would be able to get a drink, provided, of course, that he wanted one—which he didn’t, as House of Representatives: Jonn Adams, Vice President of the United States and president of the Senate. Attest: John ‘kley, clerk of the House of Representa- tives; Sam A. Otis, secretary of the Sen- ate.” This document belongs to Charles A. Shot- well. Explaining how it came into his pos- session, he said: “I was ving at Troy, Ohio, at the close of the war, thir: wo years ago. I got it of a soldier in an Ohio regiment. I believe it cost me $5. He took it from the state house at Raleigh, N. C., when that place was pillaged by She-man’s army.” +]. THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS. The Speed of Ducks and Swallows on the Wing. From the Hartrord Post. There has been some difference in the conclusions of observers as to the relative height above the earth, and more espe- cially as to the relative velocity of move- ment, in the semi-annual flight, north or south, of some of our migratory birds. Judging from all that has been observed, it seems probable that the velocity of some of these far travelers has been exagger- ated. Careful measurements by means of the cloud theodolites used by the observers at the meteorological station at Blue Hil, in Milton, a few miles south of Boston, have shown that the cbserved flocks of northward-going wild gecse, this spring, were at an elevation of 960 feet above sea Jevel, and that the velocity of flight was 44.3 miles an hour. This also is about the height at which a flock of wild ducks flew, and their velocity was 47.8 miles an hour. These velocitics are nowhere near the speed with which wild ducks have been credited; for these swift birds have been said to fly at a rate exceeding 100 miles an hour. That ducks do, at times, exceed the rate noted by the Blue Hill observers seems very probable, but it is by no means cer- tain that they ever fly at such a velocity as 100.8 miles an hour, as some observers have asserted. Just what velocity would be requisite, in a duck striking the he. protecting glass of a lighthouse, to drive his bill down his throat, may be a difficult problem; but the fact itself has been noted, in the case of at least a number of one flock of ducks that had been flying south- ward on their autumnal migration, and were picked up at the foot of the light- house tower on Anastatia island, near St. Augustine in Florida. Sweeping on in the darkness of a cloudy night, the ducks had followed the increasing beam from the light, and dashed down upon the thick but clear glass wall with the effect above men- tioned. Very likely a velocity of sixty miles an hour would suffice to drive a duck’s bill down his throat; and it may be a question whether the ducks ever really fly at a much greater velocity than sixty to seventy miles an hour. There are other migrating birds—notably the swallows, now about to arrive in Connecticut once more, on their return from the south—that seem to fly at least as swiftly as the wild duck. As to elevation, it seems probable that few migrating flocks of any kind travel at a greater height (except in going over moun- tairs) than about 1,000 to 1,500 feet The smallness and indistinctness of high-flying flocks of geese, seemingly so far up as al- most to blend with the gray sky, and to render their far cries almost inaudible, would all be produced if these large birds were flying at an elevation no greater than 1,500 to 1,800 feet. —_—_+e-+_____ A Rural Observer. “Well, he was riding on the train and they’d been in Kansas about a half-hour, when the train reached Coulter Junction. It had to stop there to change engines, and Milligan got out and walked up and down the platform, sizing up the town. It was the first prohibition town he'd ever seen. “A fellow with a suit of overalls was standing on the platform. Milligan went up to him and said: ‘This is Kansas, ain't tr “Right you are,’ this fellow says. ‘Prohibition Kansas? “Yes,” this fellow says. ““‘Couldn’t get a drink here, I suppose?’ ‘Do you want a drink? 'No, but I just wondered if I could get one in case I did want it.’ “ ‘Bay, come here.’ The fellow led Milli- gan up to the end of the platform where they could see along the main street of the town. “He says to Milligan: “Do you see that two-story building about two blocks down there—the white one with the fancy cor- nish?’ “ Yes,’ says Milligan, ‘I see it.” “‘And right across from it,’ this fellow says, ‘is a low kind of a buildin’, with a window in the side of it.’ ‘Well,’ says this fellow, ‘that low build- ing 1s a millinery store. That's the only _— in town where you can’t get a rink.’ ** From Puck. Sally—‘How I'd lke to be one of them great actresses or singers!” Her Mother—“Oh, I dunno! It must be an onhealthy business.” Sally—“Why, ma?” Her Mother—‘“Don't you allus see their names in the papers tellin’ how they've ——— patent medicines an’ tonics an’ sech? ——_+e+_____ A Dangerous Practice. From suck. Miss Thirtysmith (severely)—“A man should never call on a girl after drinking.” Jack Swift (cheerfully)—“That's a fact! Many a man has become engaged in just that way!” ———_+-e+—____ Ethnike Hetatria. From the Tablet. ‘The famous secret society, the Ethuike Hetairia, is apparently of quite recent origin, and is formed on the model of the Phillke Hetairia, which prepared the rising of 1821 and claims # large share in the glories of the war of independence. The Ethoike Hetairia or National Society is a Patriotic body appealing to the whole Hel- lentc body. From time to time it has is- sued proclamations and directions, which have been printed in the Greek newspa- pers. 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