Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1897, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1897—14 PAGES. We give Trading Stamps with each cash purchase. Cash or Credit! No matter how you wish to deal. we are ready for you, with an assortment of prices that you cannot equal in this city. And we never ship out doubtful goods—all that pass through our hands must be of first quality. ‘a Fine Quartered Oak or Ma- hogany Finish Tables—24-inch top—undersheli—a $3 value. H $1.65 5 CASH OR CREDIT. 3} Oak or Mahogany Finish Clothes Poles—6 pins—splen- didly made—were $1. 58c. | CASH OR CREDIT. olid Oak Chamber Suites— © 50-inch dresser—34x28 bevel | | plate mirror—38-inch wash- = stand—marked $so. : $33.85 iE CASH OR CREDIT. ass Tables, with onyx tops—very beautiful in design ;. —the proper price is $5.50. $3.15 i CASH OR CREDIT. - Large High-back Polished Hardwood Rockers—comfort- able and well made—were $1 98c. | CASH OR CREDIT. 5-piece Parlor Suites, ma- | hogany finish frame—neatly in- | laid—upholstered in fine silk | damask. A $50 value. le $33.85 | CASH OR CREDIT. Lansburgh Furniture Co., 1226 F St. N.W. 20 per cent Discount on DIAMONDS And all goods except Sterling Silverware. M. Goldsmith & Son, 911 Pa. Ave. Fuel Bill ut in Half! ent the fuel t am Its within your gower t fn: belt by wie C o ether. ft tains so many. good pelnts at such & low < price. re Coke a t eis } 40 bu. Uncrushed Coke. $2.90 4 40 bn. Crushed Coke... $3.70 {Washington Gaslight Co. aah, 4 413 Tenth N.W. > 4 Or at the places: a ‘ 4 ‘ = Who is responsible cine but your- tecth ache. tert ing. gi e and style as the ther fs coming. See our Hoax, ete. lebel, L113G St. CDE ter of Fine Millinery, Furs, ete. <2 tes, Sti Printers Can Save | Why not in- acnings. . S. Electric Lighting Co., 4th st. nw. no2T 2nxl Phone Go to Siccardi’s FOR BARGAINS IN HUMAN HAIR Hair Switches at Great Bargains. $5.00 Switches reduced 1 $1.50. $5.00 Swi ray and White Hair reduced in suine proportion. lime. Siccardi, 711 Mth st., next to Palais Royal. Private rooms for hairdressing, shampooing and Oseing. sel3-16,tf iA dainty basket of Soup for 75c. aneme : cams of the famous Frane>-American F Soups wted—and packed in a charming @ little decorative basket—alone worth the price ~ send a basket of these Soups ao; Shere om recetpt of word—written, oral or = "phoned 1084. N.H. Duvall, 1923 Pa. ave. poS0-t, th,s-20 aw Secret ‘This is what ., a prominent. physician says? “T have given my own children the benefit of very careful study in the matter of absolute cleanli- ness in bottle feeding, I have studied the so-called easily- cleaned nursing bottles, and I long ago came to the conclusion| that a little Pearline would ren- der ordinary nursing bottles the! safest utensils of them all. firmly believe that children! properly fed and cleanly fed will avoid the majority of the: difficulties which they encounter during the first two years of life. I believe that if every feeding bottle was washed with; Pearline, many innocent lives would be saved.” Surely, this is a matter to interest every mother.> Nothing| so thoroughly cleanses as Pearline. CS us SSSSSEEAYIEO © 99000000000 0000000 s(OLARIKK 8 Fr hie KWo 3 The Philadelphia Store. COATS EDUCED. mnorrow—Friday—will be the last “Reduction Day" bere until after the holidays—and we shall make it mem- Bine Coats in nobby rough and smovth effects—in-luding the various styles in all sizes from 32 to 42—and tomorrow pange thelr own- Some half Hued an] some lined throughout with good quality silks. Shown in shield-front and box-front effects. Just see how much you can save on your Winter Coat by purchasing here tomorrow: $6 Coats, $4.50. $8 Coats, $5.25. ee ee ee Sr a ee er eres $8.50 Coats, $6.25 $10 Coats, $6.50. $10 Coats, $7.25. $12 Coats, $7.95. $13.50 Coats, $8.50. Clark & Co., 811 Pa. Ave. 2 aia 3 FI PERFECT CURE OR N $18 Coats, $10. $25 Coats, $15. “Hints” DIAMONDS. Of the over one thousand di ° in: erent shapes pick thes of and kinds of Diamond Rings w two to fllustrate the “novelty nd-“lowness’™ of the prices: nny a iS oreo itaire Diamond pare white A new “wrinkle.” This exquisite n elty after-dinner Diamond Ring—the can Y pa | latest wrinkle—cor stone for less than | taining 26 0 pm = the only | white diamonds : for $30 is and large sapphire we Import t lo se center. Werth $150. poe Ge ee $100. As manufacturers and designers of orig- inal ideas in Diamond Mings, Invi those secking something new and elegant to inspect our magnificent stock. Coming, as from the “cutters to you,” we W the “middlemen’s profit’ and to 35 per cent In your pocket. we rom 2) Exquisite little as low w. Grand ¥: to $25. All represent values that will cost 1 balf as much again elsewhere, Diamond Cluster Rings as Any article reserved until Ninas upon pay- ment of a small deposit. Cor. 7th & D Sts. AUCTION SALE. for $5,000 worth of Brie-a-Brac. Fines American Cut Glass, French Clocks, Silver. mounted Umbrellas and Canes, ete., we shall dispose of at auction with the regu- lar stock at any price they will bring. Diamonds held 24 hours for further er. amination and comparison after purchase. Anything you select will be put up at once. Opportunity of your lifetime to secure Diticent holiday gifts at your own figures. Stock must be sold by January 1. Established 1874. de2-God R. Harris & Co., fety from $15 4 To add zest to the sale we have exchanged $5,000 worth of our largest diamond pieces rt which Jacobs Bros.,1229 Pa. Ave & & HE WOULDN'T WORK. A New Jersey Prisoner Who Preferred Death to Labor. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Of the 1,245 prisoners in the New Jersey state penitentiary at Trenton there is one who will not work, nor can he be compelled to work. He is a man of intelligence and has been put to different kinds of work, but he will not raise a hand, so the officials and keepers have given up the idea of mak- ing him toil. He has the run of the prison and can do pretty much as he chooses. He was sent up from one of the lower counties of New Jersey for forgery. On his arrival at the prison he was put to work at keeping book: but he simply “laid down,” as the saying goes. He was told he must work, but he wouldn't, so he was placed in the dungeon. At the end of three days he was brought out and put back to his desk. There he sat. Again he went back Into the dungeon and was fed on bread and water for four days. This time it was thought he had been cured. But he wasn't. He was brought out once more and put into the shoe de- partment. He still refused to toil. The Keepers now began to get angry, and re- sorted to the last method applied to stub- born prisoners. In one section of the pent- tentiary is a big tank about seven feet deep. A prisoner who persists in violating the rules ef the penitentiary is placed in the center of the tank and his feet are strapped to the bottom. The water is then turned on gradually, and, to prevent it from going over the prisoner’s head, he is expected to pump and keep on pumping cr run the risk of finding himself over his head. But this prisoner wasn’t in the pumping business. He was strapped in the tank and the water turned on, Gradually it began to get higher. Several prison-keepers look- ed on, one laughingly remarking that if he never worked before he would now. The water got up to the prisoner’s chin, but he wouldn't grasp the pump handle. He sim- ply went to the bottom and the keepers had to rescue him to prevent drowning. Since then the case has been given up as a bad job. The prisoner does not work. —s0 The Training of Children. ‘tom the Detroit Free Press John,” said Mrs. Wisely to her liege lord the other evening, “I want to have a vi alk with you. Do you realize that the boys are old enough now to ob- and are beginning to form their char- Of course I do. Great boys.” “Yes, and we want them to be great men. They naturally look up to you, John, mor than to anybody clse. For their sake must be careful in what you do and You fell over a chair the other da used some very improper languag heard Willie at it when he stubbed his ath yard.” ‘al! little He didn’t!” chuckled the father. i bg John, and they pretend to smoke i nd pour drinks from an imaginary Can't you set them a better ex- Amy playing lately. © When nt out word When she did one combed one, IT heard afternoon little house one “D callers were anncurced she k that she was not at hom consent to receive any them down to beat the band before they were admitted. One was an old crump, another was an intolerable bore, and a third better a good deal be at home ing house or looking after her chil You couldn’t have done it better you! ere “I see what you m: No use of rubbing it in. But wait in a softer voice. ‘Let's both do better. It's for their e Idren. “LH go you.” As John left that evening he slipped up on the front steps and made the air blue. r the corner he lit his cigar. Mr: d some animated gossip with And yet the children seem to eae Paduenh’s Queer Street. From the Padacah (Ky.) Visitor. Familiarity breeds contempt. Perhaps that is why Paducah people apparently take so little pride in “Stingy alley.” There is perhaps no thoroughfare like “Stingy alley’ in all Kentucky, but Paducahans are so used to it that few stop to marvel at the novelty of a public street 300 feet long and four feet wide. Stingy alley is well named. It is stingy in width, albeit gener- ous In length. It runs from #d to 4th street beyond Tennessee, and is traversed in the middle of the block by an ordinary alley just four times as wide as itself. Nobody knows exactly how old Stingy alley is. It has been there for ever and ever so long. Ordinarily it was a footpath running through Locust (mow 3d street) because of the length of the square between Ten- » and Ohio streets, and for the con- nience of people liivng on 3d who d to reach 4th, and for people liv- ing on 4th who wanted to go to 3d. Property owners along the way donated a four-foot strip from their side yards. The ult Ww at passageway much na- er than the ordinary cow trali. It served its purpose so well that the city dads adopted Stingy alley as a public thor- | oughfare. They graveled it and hoisted an electric light midway of it. At present Stingy alley is listed as one of the streets of Paducah. Funny things happen some- times in Stingy alley. A fleshy man with an umbrella raised fills it up like a pig in a poke. ‘Two fat men or two fat women cannot pass without warping past each other much as two warships rub sides in a dock to- gether. If a man starts in one end and a cow in the other the man must either beat the cow to the alley, retreat back to the street whence he came, or climb to the top of one of the fences flanking the alley. The fences are made low in places for this very purpose. As for the cow, she must either back laboriously out or forge straight ahead regardless of consequences, for the cow that can turn around in Stingy alley has not been bred in Paducah. ——_+«+— A Distinguished Dog. Frem the Paducah Visitor. Col. “Bab” Noble of the Paducah Trans- fer Company, has the distinction of own- ing the only dog in the city of Paducah, and perhaps in the country, that has been made the subject of special legislation. The dog’s name, “Danger,” has been en- rclled upon the statute books of the city as being exempt from all taxation. When the present dog law was enacted a number of years ago, “‘Danger"’ was exempted from taxation by a special amendment. For years the dog had ttended every meeting of the council and had a place under the table occupied by the city clerk. When the dog ordinance was under discussion, pending its passage, Congressman Charles K. Wheeler introduced an amendment to the law excepting “Bob Noble’s ‘Danger,’ "’ and the ordinance is so recorded on the statute books today. “Danger” is a small 2 m0 : CLOCKS REPAIRED. Let RAMSAY overhaul your troublesome CLOCKS. by the month. Send postal 1221 F ST. N.W. se23-3m. CHARGE. Clocks wound yellow specimen of the canine family, and was picked up by Mr. Noble as a tramp several years ago. His appearance now does not indicate that the name is a very uppropriate one, but the genial Mr. Noble would not part with him for any sum. If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybedy has what ygu wish, you will get an answer. INVENTORS RIGHTS GEORGETOWN ADV'TISEWTS Questions to Come Up Before the Brussels Convention. CONSIDERATION OF , TRADE MARKS Propositions Submitted by the American Bureau. —_-_,—— LENGTH OF CONFERENCE ‘The conference of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, which assembled yesterday at Brussels, is regarded with much interest by inventors and business mene interested in securing protection for their trademarks throughout the world. The convention is the result of previous conventions for the same purpose, and Is to carry into effect a number of reforms, the need of which has been shown by experience. A Star re- porter today talked with Acting Commis- sioner Greeley of the patent office regard- ing past efforts in this line of work and the questions’ that will come before the con- vention in Brussels, Harmonizing Patent System Needed. “The International Union for the Pro- tection of Industrial Property,” said Mr. Greeley, ‘‘was primarily the outcome of certain patent congresses held in connec- tion with the international exposition of 1873 in Vienna and 1878 in Paris. At these congresses of persons interested in patents ‘from all nations it became apparent that to secure adequate protection for inven- tions it was necessary that the patent sys- tems of the different nations should be brought more into harmony. Some of these countries grant patents without examina- tion as to novelty. In others a careful ex- amination into novelty is made and no pat- ent is granted unless the invention is found to be new. In those countries which grant patents upon application without examina- ticn the patent granted is not valid if the invention was not new. In this regard there is substantial uniformity in all coun- tries which grant patents, namely, that rovelty is an essential to a valid patent. ‘But as to what constitutes novelty there is wide difference in the practice of the various countries. In the United States novelty is not negatived by publication or public use prior to the date of the applica- tion, provided application is made by the first inventor and the public use has not continued over two years. In most of the European countries publication or public use in the country prior to the filing of the application, were it only a day prior, inval- idates the patent. In France, for instance, publication of a description of the inven- ticn in any part of the world one day be- fore the application for patent is sufficient to invalidate the patent. In some other countries description in a printed publica- tion In another country does not invalidate if the publication does not reach the coun- try in which the patent is sought before the filing of the application. “There is material difference also as to the term of the patent and the date at which it begins to run. In the United States patents date from the issue and run for seventeen yearg$. ~In England their term is but fourteen years, and, as in most European countries, it begins to run from the date of filing. On account of these differences in patent systems it was a matter of gri ficulty for an inventor to secure a valid patent for his Invention in more than one or two countries. If his United States patent issued before appli- cation was made in France, the French patent was invalid because of the publi- cation of the Untted States patent in the Official Gaz: If, on the other hand, the French was granted before the S patent, the term of the lat- shortened. Similar dif- were found with other countries. Organization in 18: “It. was to obviate such difficulties that the International Ynion was formed at Pari March 20, 1888. The countries rep- resented there which became parties to the convention were Belgium, Brazil, France, Guatemala, Italy, the Netherlands, and Pertugal, Switzerland. Salvador, The Servia, Spain United States invited to the conference and sented there, but our representative was not empowered to sign the convention. The Unites ion in 1887. rhe main feature of the convention far as patents were concerned, ticle 4, which provided that any one who has regularly filed an application for patent in any one of the countries of the union may enjoy a right of priority of six months for fing his application in each of the other countries; that is to say, the American in- venter may file an application in France and receive a valid patent there notwith- standing the publication of his invention or even its use here, or even in France, provided he does so within six months (seven months for countries beyond seas) from the date on which he filed his appli- cation here. The importance of this fea- ture of the convention is very great. Un- der it an inventor having filed his appllea- tion here may proceed at once to sell th device invented in any foreign countri and may thus ascertain whether It meets a public demand and whether it is worth while to take out foreign patents, or he can offer the invention for sale. In short, he has six months within which to test his market. ‘Another important provision of the con- vention 1s found in article 5, which pro- vides that the introduction by the patentce into countries where the patent has been granted of articles manufactured in an- other country shall not entail forfeiture of the patent. Except for this provision the American inventor after having taken out a vahd patent in France would, if he in- troduced santo that country articles made under his invention in this country, im- mediately forfeit his French patent. The same is true of other countries. . A Central Office. vention as originally agreed to,” continued Mr. Greeley, “provided for a permanent central office of the union, which is supported by contributions from the several members of the union, the share of the United States being about 3700 each year. This central office is lo- cated in Berne, Switzerland, and is known as the international bureau of the union for the protection of industrial property. M. Morel is director of this bureau and M. Frey-Godet is the secretary. A journal known as La Propriete Industrielle is pub- lished by this bureau monthly. “Two conferences, of, this International Union, besides that at Paris in 1883, have been held. At Roffe in 1886, at which we were represented, although not then a member of the uffon,‘and at Madrid in 1890, at which conferetite we were repre- sented by Mr. Francis Forbes of New York and the late Col. F. Av Seely, a principal examiner of the patent! office.” “Have the agreements! at these meetings in the past fulfilled the-wishes of the pat- ent office,” Mr. Gnagley was asked. “The convention as originally agreed on,” Mr. Greeley replied,,“‘was not in all points satisfactory to thp,,U ied States. Owing to our system of preliminary examination and the fact that the patent dated from its issuance and not from ,the filing of the ap- Plication, it was attempted at the Madrid conference to sectre ‘an amendment by which ihe right 6f priority, referred to usually as the ‘delay of priority,’ should begin to run front the; issuance and not from the date of filing, but this proposition was not agreed to. Propositions to Be Considered. “Since the conference at Madrid the con- vention has been well tested, and has been subjected to the most rigid criticism. This bureau, in preparation for this conference at Brussels, beginning yesterday, prepared a number of propositions for amendments to the convention, and Invited all the coun- tries which are members of the union to submit propositions. These have been printed, and through the bureau have been distributed to the various countries. “Among the propositions submitted by the American bureau is oné so amending article 4 as to provide that each country may determine for itself at*what point in ates became a member of the so. “The cor The most aggravated cases of rheumatism hi Deen iy and permanently cured b; ton Every one should have it. cents. WE HAVE JUST PURCHASED THE Stock of a well-known jeweler at ONE-HALF ORIGIN, L. COST. This will mean a saving to yon of ONE-HALF—that is: Solid Silver Teaspoons. Reg. price. je $2.5). Nickel Alarm Clocks. Reg.” price, Now 50e. Everything else in proportion, Open evenings. : C. E. TRIBBY, de2-20t 3142-3145 M ST. SPECIAL DRUG SALE. Paine’s Celery Compound. 65 Terraline 4 Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Pure Cod Liver Of, Parke, Day Vhosphatic Emulsion, fresh dal Carter's Pills. Scott's Emulsio NTU convincing list: Extra Large Honeycomb Towels, with color- ed borders size 72x81 Hemstitched BEE HIVE, 3111 Il Street. Me. de2-20t 15c. and 25c. ‘Hand-painted Crystal Vases. You pay 25 and 35e. for sume goods down town. See the “Klondike” at Blackford’s, 3125 I Street. Three Big Floors, 25x 120, CRAMMED TO THE ROOF WITH A CHOICE E OF CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS. W. NORDLINGER, de2-20t 3107-9 M STR the progress of the application the ‘delay of priority’ shall begin. This is a distinet advantage to the American inventor. Un- der this amendment the ‘delay of priority’ would doubtless be made to begin at the date of allowance of the application; not at the date of filing. “It is proposed to so amend article 5 that it shall not be nece ry for the American inventor to work his invention in the for- eign countries in which he may secure pat- ents. ‘Working’ means manufacturing, and js required under penalty of forfelture of the patent in most European countries, and is a most onerous requirement. “Another important proposed amendment relates to the interdependence of patents for the same invention in different coun- tries. As the laws now stand, a patent granted for a short term in one country determmes the term of the patent grante: in another. For irstance, in the United States patents are ordinarily granted for seventeen years. But if the applicant has taken out a foreign patent, having but ten years or fourteen years to run, his Unitea States patent ts limited to expire with the foreign patent having the shortest term. “It is now prcposed to do away with this interdependence of patents, and to havi each patent which is applied for under the conventiva ued for its full term, with- out regard to patents in other countries “The propositions of the United States relate to articles 2 and 4. It is proposed to so amend article 2 that the same fees may be required of a foreigner taking a patent here that are required of American inven- tors in his county, and to provide that in- ventions not patentable in the country of in may be refused protection in other untries. This proposed change in article has fos its object to correct certain equalities in fees and to deny to others in the matter of patentable subject matter what others deny to us. Trademar! “Not the least interesting and important feature of the conference will be the dis- cussion of the articles of the convention which relaie to trademarks and the com mercial name. ‘The importance of trade marks would seem to be more fully ré nized abroad than h In man; tries the coun iting of a r trademark subjects the offender not only to forfeiture of the goods, but to fine and im- prisonment. It is generally considered of even more importance than patents for in- ventions. Trademarks are of vital _im- portance to commercial inte: They furnish to the nufacturer and the mer- chant the only means by which he can pro- tect the trade which he has built up by long s of study and care. They are of e importance in foreign commerce. When goods made in an English-speaking country pass syond the confines of that than more sary to mark distinguish them from similar goods. simplest form—it- ma cross; by all peoples whi The merchant who reputation for goods with a crescent shou protected from those who seeit to steal his trade by marking their goods, perhaps inferior, with ogni language. ablished a the same crescent “There is, in respect to the registration of trademarks. almost as wide a difference sen the different countri matter of ents. must In be Uni the owne! th foreign nations or No one but the owner f an register In foreign cour the first appli er ir fact the owner or in fact a u the mark or not, may register it, and by the fact of registration becomes the owner of the mark, notwithstanding prior use of the mark by others. So it happens that United Ss trademarks which have been long and have become of great value, and the value of a trademark may be many thousands of dollars, have been registered in foreign countries by persons who w: net connec‘ed with the United States own- ers, and gocds bearing the trademark man- ufactured in this country are liable to seizure if imported into the country in which that mark was so registered, and if sold there at all must be sold to or by the purchased consent of the registrant. This stealing of trademarks is by no m Ss un- common, and, it is said, that the bicycle manufacturers of this country have sut. ferel materially in their expert trade by mark reason of it. “The United Si S Mr. Greeley re- marked, “has not fully entered into the trademark feature of the convention. There are in connection with the general union two subordinate or restricted unions, one in reference to the repression of false indi- cations of origin, the other with respect to the international registration of trade- mark: The latter is of particular interest and importance. It was formed in 1891, and atts European countries are now members of it. “A subject or citizen of one of these coun- tries having secured registration for his trade mark in his own country, may, by applying through his government to the bureau at Berne, secure registration in all other countries of the union for a fee of 100 francs, about half the government fees for separate registration in those countries, to say nothing of the attorneys’ fees for each registration. The process followed is for the applicant through his government to make formal application to the buveau at Berne and pay the necessary fee. The bu- reau registers the mark, publishes a copy of the mark in its journal, La Propriete Industriele, and notifies each of the coun- tries which are members of the union ot such registration. Each of these countries upon such notification registers the mark, provided it has not already been registered by some other person. First Marks Registered. “The first marks registered under this arrangement were registered in 18. In that year but 76 marks were registered. In 1896 304 marks were registered, and the plan is an undoubted success. It 1s to be hoped that our citizens will be enabled to take advantage of this plan, and that this country will become a member at an early date of this union for the international reg- istration of trade marks. “It is expected that the conference will occupy from two to three weeks. The United States will be represented at the conference by Bellamy Story, minister to Belgium, and by Francis Forbes of New York, who was one of our delegates at the conference at Madrid. It is hoped that ar- rangements may be made for the next con- ference to meet in this country. ———— The Hotel Balmoral, on Mt. McGregor, rear Saratoga, N. Y., was destroyed by fire yesterday. 9 AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN Annual Election and Other Proceedings Had at Meeting of Clerks’ Assembly, The Improvements Being Made to Masonic Hall—General and Personal New The annual election of officers of the Clerks’ Assembly of this place will be held at the meeting tomorrow evening, which wili convene at Nordlinger’s Hall on M street. At the last regular meeting nomi- nations were made as follows: Master workman, Maurice Baer; worthy foreman, Joseph Dreyfuss; financial secretary and treasurer, Lou Frankfort; recording secre- tary, Willlam Sahm; delegates to District Assembly, Louis Sinsheimer, Benjamin Nordlinger and Mose Newmyer; trustees, M. Goodman, A. Bluemanthal and Charles Moran; worthy inspector, Ben Boo and Samuel King; past master workman, Ike Nordlinger. « At the meeting tomorrow evening ar- rangements will be made, after the elec- tion, for the installation of the officers. A committee, consisting of William Born- heim, William Schwartz and W. B. Gibbs, has becn appointed to make all arrange- ments. The committee has decided to hold the installation some time the first week in January, though the place has not as yet been selected. The annual banquet of the assembly will be given at that time. Improvements to Masonic Hall. The work of improving the front of Ma- sonic Hall has now been completed. In a short time preparations will be made for improving the interior of the place. Plans for the work have been already drawn up, which provide that the main lodge room shall be remodeled and redecorated and also partly refurnished, while the council room, which was completely gutted by fire several months ago, will be placed in bet- ter condition than ever before. Chapter of Eastern Star. There is a good deal of discussion of plans for the formation of a chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in this sect of the city. The people w! the movement do not care names used in connection with the at They are quietly atter securing ing will be called for the purpose of effect- ing an organization. al Traction Cond The work of laying the underground con- duits for the new electric system on the Capital Traction railroad has been prac- tically completed, so far as Georgetown is concerned. The conduits have been put im Only at place, and the trenches covered up. at intervals are there openings left which workingmen are making conne from the conduits to the tracks. O} count of the location of the power hi this end of the line, there are perhay conduits placed in position on M_ street than on any other thoroughfare upon which the tracks of the company are laid. Brief Mention. Rev, Stanley Billheimer, pastor of West Washington Lutheran Church, has been elected a member of the executive committee of the District Sunday School Assoctation. The Commissioners have ordered the con- struction of a catch basin on M street be- more the tween 32d and 33d street The rehearsal of the operetta ‘Pauline, the Belle of S: a ast evening at Linthicum Hall, w largely attended. The play will be presented next Wednesday at National Rifies’ armory, under the auspices of St. Mary Children’s He Mr. Irving ling of 3tst stre today for New York city, where embark in business A musical and literary entertainment will be given tomorrow © at Linthicum Hall by the ladies of the Dumbarton A nue M. Church. The proceeds will be applied toward purchasing carpets for the new edifice. The auditing committee of the First Co- operative Build tion completed of the accounts of the sec- rday, and made ectors, 4, for the ®enetit of the al. leaves will h —— Fox Terrier With a Glass Eye. From the London Telegraph. Mr. Henry Smith, a well-known veter- inary surgeon, practicing at Worthing, has just performed a professional operation Which is believed to be unique. A fox ter- rier belonging to Mr. Wells of Warwick road, Worthing, had the misfortune to have one of its eyes so shockingly injured that the removal of the was the only alternative to the de n of the terrier. Mr. Smith vw ad the dog left under his rm was administered, removed the fn, with a glass ey ving about es usu sfully ing it er is now run- ~—s0e Worked Together Thirty Years in lence. Frem the Cincinnati Enquirer. Four miles west of Bridgeport lives a mily of two brothers and their aged mother. The brothers are bachelors and over sixty years of age. It is now nearl thirty years since either addressed a wor to the other. Both are blacksmiths, work in the same shop, eat at the same table three times a day, and, in fact, they are together much of the time. It is not known ex y estrangement, but it is said to have been the result of a love affair when the two were young. and this would account for neither of them ever marrying. Naturally of a genial, light-hearted tem perament, the feud has made each gloomy and morose, and they have hardened their hearts against every friendly attempt at reconciliation, even the pleadings of th aged mother, now nearly through with thi life, and co whom they both cling lovingly, proving futile. —_—__+-e-__ To Be Bought in America, From the New York Tr-bune. Japan’s ratlroad companies are to dupli- cate their lines carly in the new year. In consequence, arrargements are about to be made by which great increases of rolling stock, locomotives and other material will be made every year to 1903. In the case of une company alone it is estimated that the duplication, with the extra rolling stock, &c., wili cost $15,000,000, as no less than 300° locomotives and 4,000 passenger and freight cars will be required. Much of this material is to be purchased in the United States. 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