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Rather than wait until then to reduce them we have done so now. There’s no need to pick from old, back-number styles for Christmas gifts when the newest and most beautiful are offered here at a reduc- tion. There isn’t a handsomer or more complete stock in town —styles that are distinctly dif- ferent from the ordinary sort you see everywhere. We are showing a great va- riety of brass and wrought iron open fire place sets—in a num- ber of novel styles. These will make very unique and pleasing gifts. as and faftares Expert plumbing at very mod- erate prices. Corcoran Building. E. F. Brooks Co., 531 15th Street. Corcoran Besiding. heating stoves and NN a — This is hard work, most people think. But is it any harder for STREET EXTENSIONS a man than the old-fashioned ~ of wash- | Action of Board of ‘Frade at Meeting ing is for a woman? And yet how man » Last'Evéning, —— apparently bright and intel oo — KX ees igent, still persist in that clums wae Ti WA, | wearisome, expensive way Y4 AMENDED HIGHWAY ACT ADOPTED Nt | / washing | Aon = Why don’t they get Pearline: and save the hard work, the ruinous wear and tear, the needless. rubbing and wrenching? Pearline can’t hurt the clothes. It’s the most economical thing to wash with. Why don’t they use it, like millions of other women? so Vos SENeakins Committees Authotized to Co-Op- erate in Behalf; of Measure. THE MEMBERS PRESENT A meeting of the board of trade was held last evening in the Builders’ Exchange for THE SECRET OF PHYSICAL PAIN. Is There a Separate System of Nerves for Conveying That Sensation? From the Literary Digest. It has lately been maintained by some French physiologists that the feeling of pain is a special sensation, apart from those of touch, sight, &c., and transmitted to the brain by a special set of nerves. When’ boy falls and hurts his head, ac- cording to this view, he has two sensations, one of contact with the grcund, transmitted to the brain by the ordinary nerves, and one of pain dus to the injury received, transmitted by the pain nerves. These sensaticns may not even reach the brain at the same time; in fact, the pain usually gets there later. In the Revue Scientifique M. Phillipe Tisste discusses this theory and concludes that it does not cor- respond t> the facts, which are to be ex- plained rather by what goes on in the brain itself, where there is probably a special “pain center,” that is not stimulated ex- cept by an ‘excessive sensation. Says M. Tissi “Under this title (“Has Pain Its Special Nerves?") M. Fredericq has recently ad- dressed a letter to M. Richet, in which he maintains the existence of special nerves of pain. M. Fredericq bases his theory on (1) the retardation of the sensation of pain compared to that of touch; (2) the suppres- sion of this sensation in certain cases; @) the difference of sensibility to pain and touch, as in portions of the body that are scarcely sensitive at all to cold, but are very much so to the pain of shock; and (4) the similarity of painful sensation, what- ever may be its cause, provided that the injured cutaneous surface is of a given extent and the exciting cause of a given intensity. The stroke of a whip sears the skin as a red-hot iron would. “We think with M. Richet and with M. Lombroso, who accepts the theory that pain is the result of strong excitation of the senses, that such reasons are not suf- ficient, and, what is more. that the theory of special! nerves explains nothing, and therefore serves cnly to confuse the al- ready complicated problem of the psycho- physiology of pain. On the other hand, M. Fredericq fails to take into account the psychic function of the brain. “Here are two facts from my experi- ence: “1. One winter morning, on rising, my mind being taken up with an absorbing process of thought, I proceeded, according to my habit, to take my daily cold water bath. But at the first contact of the sponge, full of water, I was surprised; my thought was replaced in my mind by a succession of two different impressions, separated by a relatively long interval—one of touch and one of temperature. “My consciousness thus aided in the clear separation of two impressions of different kinds. On the morrow morning I fixed my attention, as soon as I got up, so that I might better analyze the sensations felt on the first contact of the sponge with the skin, but I could not detect the separation of the two impressions, as on the previous day, whea the phenomenon had been pro- duced automatically. “I repeated the same experiment several days in succession without result. This seemed to me to be confirmatory of the views of M. Richet as opposed to those of M. Frederica. “2. It happened at another time that I made a misstep, placing my foot on the ground sidewise * * * so as to get a sensation. of pain. I had first a sensation of shock, the speed being about one-thir- tieth of a second from my feet to my brain, and at onze I began observation with my centers of analysis, for I knew that a sharp pain would follow. The pain came one second later; it lasted four or five seconds, growing gradually less and less. “In this case I was warned. I waited, and I analyzed my feelings. * * * The impression of the shock had the time to be perceived and registered, whence the pos- sibility of observation. “Tt was not the same as in the former case, the time of transfer being too rapid to allow the analyzing centers to work separaiely. Nevertheless, if an absorbing process of theught holds them in working order, dissociation can be produced because the tactile impression knocks for an instant at the gate of the analyzing centers, so to speak, and the time that it takes to open this gate is long enough to cause a solution of continuity between the two impressions of sensitiveness to touch and sensitiveness to pain. “I believe that it is in the brain that we ™must seek for the cause of the delay ‘n consciousness of pain, and not in a retarda- tion of speed on the part of special nerves whose pewer of transmission is, as has been supposed, less than that of the ordi- nary nerves.” According to the author's hypothesis, then, pain, being simply a very powerful sensation, differs from the ordinary sensa- tions simply in excess of strength, and is, of course, transmitted over the same nerves and with the same speed; but the mind may apprehend it as a sensation of touch, or whatever it may be, before waking up, as we may say, to the idea that it is an excessive or painful sensation. To quote again: “A strong conception responds to a strong impression, coming from a special or highly developed sensibility. * * * But the ap- preciation of the impression is vartable. ‘The same blow received, for example, by know that « boxer in good form should powerful blows full on his chest. he habituates his own fists to boxes against bags, and little by little, in training and in first-rate form should insensible to the pain of a blow. nerves of pain? We think not. hold that he reaches it by a process to do with special nerves of pain. the fist. a_ psychic phenomenon; intensity of the blows received. tions are produced.” +o _____ ANTIPODEAN W1T. tort Courteous, From the London News, by an athletic miner. chose. Accordingly, at inny gintleman a questhion to airsk?” Platform. But-at the top he was met back. “Now,” roared the chairman, nd there was no response. rister, cit; The lively advocate had come his complexion. His speech ende questions were invited. ‘Aspinall! lowed a stalwart digger, “tell ™makes your face so red.” your confourded impudence, si quick reply. It carried the meeting. of very different habits of life. one of the jubilee premiers. the premier were What is that? ly. “Six and eightpence!’ laugh was against the man of law. Australian Review of Reviews. a@ speech on education. of schools in Mr. Dr. pression of doubt. “Why, sir, irate Taylor, turning upon hi: very moment I have a school eye—” quence was drowned in laughter. oo From the New York Tribune. ade. an English boxer at the beginning of his training and when he is in full form, does not produce the same painful reaction. We able to receive without much pain the most “To reach such a degree of resistance he accustoms himself to receive progressively more and more violent blows. And at the same time, as he must himself deal blows, pain. He his fists become accustomed to soft sur- faces, he strikes harder ones. A good boxer “Does he reach this degree of insensi- bility by education of a set of special We rather psychic education, For him ‘pain’ should be cnly a word, because his training con- sists not so much in the development of his muscles as in the suppression of pain, which would interfere with him and pre- vent him from striking out to the best ad- vantage. Now, mental training has ea “This mastery over pain cannot exist without a series of mental acts having relation with the diverse painful sensations of a blow of ‘The becoming accustomed to it is it results from comparison of the progressive value of the “We therefore agree with the psychic hypothesis advanced by M. Richet, who believes that there is a pain center in the brain, near the centers where the sensa- Several Bright Instances of the Re- A favorite story in a certain New South Wales gold mining district tells how at a political meeting there the chair was taken The candidate during his speech was much interrupted by hoot- ings and rough chaff, and his chairman was soon in a state of boiling indignation. Smothering his wrath, however, he pacified the “boys” by assuring them that at the end of the candidate's speech they should be at liberty to put any questions they the end of the harangue he arose and inquired in stentor- ian tones, and in a rich Irish brogue; “Has stout little Welsh miner, who had been a ecnspicuous disturber of the peace of the evening, shuffled slowly up the steps of the the chairman, who, without the slightest warning, delivered a terrific left-and-right- er, and sent the Welshman sprawling on his “has inny other gintleman a questhion to airsk?” Mr. Aspinall, a clever and reckless bar- famous in the sixties in Victoria for his fun and audacity, was addressing an election meeting in Ballarat, the “golden that time in his career when much whisky and soda had wrought palpable havoc with and bei- us what ‘Blushing at "" was the Sir Rupert Stieve—we may call him so— an eloquent colonial barrister now living, is es clever a lawyer as Aspinall was, though He is also a very bitter opponent of the ministry of Speaking at a public meeting not long ago he referred to the complaint that aH his charges against vague and indefinite: “Ladies and gentlemen, there is at least one charge which I have made in season and out of season, which I still make and about which there can be no Kind of doubt. —and he paused dramatical- called a clear voice from the gallery, and for once the A bright answer is put down to the credit of Dr. Fiichett, brother of the editor of the He was a member of a colonial parliament, wherein one day a certain eccentric and elderly member named Tayler insisted on making The oration con- sisted of a hyperbolical eulogy of the board Taylor's constituenc: Fitchett interjected some focose ex- said the “at this in my “No, only one pupil, Mr. Taylor retorted the doctor, and the orators elo- Germany Preparing for Blockades, It is reported at Berlin that the govern- ment, in view of the rrobable complica- tions with Russia and France in connec- tion with the Kiao-Chau bay controversy, has sent to all German seaports a docu- ment asking for detailed information con- cerning the dangers to which each town would be exposed 'n the event of a block- the purpose of considering the report of the special committée appointed to deter- mine what, if any, amendments should be made to the highway act of 1893. After discussion, the amendments to the highway law recommended in:the report of the com- mittee were adopted: Mr. Theodore W. Noyes, president of the board, presided, and Mr. Geo. H. Harries, the secretary, was im his. place. - The report from ‘the committee, which was printed in full ig yesterday’s Star, was presented by the chairman of. the special committee, Mr. R. Ross Perry, who, before he had begun to read the printed copy, which he held in his hand, stated that while the results arrived at in the report had been Yormulated by all the members of the committee, the work of preparing it had fallen upon one member, Mr. A. S. Worth- ington. This required so much time and research that Mr. *Worthington’s labors were much appreciated by his associates on the committee, and it was the desire that he should get the credit for it. The suggestion was made by Mr. C. C. Lancaster that as the report had. been printed and placed.in the hands of the members of the board, it was not necessary to take the time to read it, and a summary of the points by Mr. Perry would be ail that would be necessary. 2 This suggestion took the form of a reso- lution, which was adopted. Epitome of the Report. Mr. Perry then went on to speak of the subject, which was’ treated at length in the report. At the outset he said that when the ten miles square was thought necessary as a seat for the national gov- ernment the population of the country 3,000,000. Now, with a population 0, he did not think sixty-four square miles, the area of the District, vas any too much. He spoke of the growth of the suburban settlements about the city, which, he said, was not noticed until about i880; that is, its real signifi- cance is in the fact that the population of the city is going beyond the city bounds. These subdivisions of land were made with- out reference to each other or to the plan of the city, and the problem is now how to deal with them. Applications were made to Congress from time to time for the:improvement of cer- tain streets, but the applicants were told that this city was/not to be extended plecerreal and in the {interests of a few. Out of this grew tht hfghway act of 1593, which aimed to make the extension of the city streets in the,intgrests of the public. He said this law dealt with the subdivis- fons which were 4) prior to the pass- ege of the law of J888,, Why It Was Expensive. The cause of the, grgat expense in ex- ecuting the law wa’ the attempt to rectify the subdivisions made prior to 1888, and, while they mainly!happened to be in the section covered by';map No, 1, that was no reflection om: those urging this law and did not do away’\with,’the necessity for some action. Mr. “R 1893 had been fully) sustained by the Unit- ed States Supreme, Court,” but it was found that it wonld inv t between eight and ‘tch ‘millions, and hence the Commissioners “had agreed upon cer- tain modifications. which would bring down the cost to about three 'milliens of dollars. The committee’ recommended that this sub- stitute plan of the Commissioners be adopt- by the board. be as be of A by to mittee. mer. Now it had hecome a magnificent city. man, ex-Gov. Shepherd. the plan which was devised in the begin- ning, and which has thus far grandly carried out. was warmly applauded. Cloud on Title. Cc. Lancaster which recited that the pro- the cost. were read by the secretary. Mr. Parker then seconded these recom- special purpose of considering this report. —hare you ever tried it? If not, you've missed sf st. cheapest and DDO Washington Gaslight Co. 4) 413 1oth St. N. W. Or 12th and M sts. se. 26th and G ats. An Appliance Exchange, 1424 N. Y. ave. delT-284 At VEERHOFF CALLERIES. 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When the last attack came on she took a Ripans Tabule * each evening and was greatly benefited, having less soreness in‘. her throat and very little tendency to cough. As a result, she had better general health that season than for years. The Tabules, she states, acted in her case as a tonic and imparted renewed coi to her system. If she omitted to take one =t night, she would notice that she was not so well the next day. | ‘The chair held that Mr. Lancaster's reso- lution could be considered as a substitute for that offered by the committee. Mr. Lancaster had said previously that he had offered his resolution as an inde- pendent proposition. Upon the ruling of the chair on the point of order he proceed- ed to discuss the subject, and said he was interested in this matter not only as a property holder in the suburbs, but as pres- ident of the Northwest Citizens’ Suburban Associations, which, in common with some other associations in’ the suburbs, had passed similar resolutions to the one he had offered. He then went on to denounce the law of 1893 as a crime, and said no one would now acknowledge their connec- tion with it. He specially criticised that feature of the law wBich placed the entire expense on the citizehs of the District. He thought if this was a sample of the inter- est taken by Congsess! in this city it was nothing to be proudiof. He sald there was some suspicion thathe'board of trade had something to do ir this legislation, and the reason why so people whom, he said, were lying awake,of nights because of the threatened confiseation of their prop- erty under this law"wefe not at this meet- ing was because thy did not have confi- dence in the board’ Of “f to the recent decisfon; of condemnation, and said that any law- yer could have said-this feature of the law was impracticable. Stow, this situation hav- ing been reached, what®'thousands of citi- zens said ought to je Yfone was to repeal the law. es Suggestion pf endmen: In speaking of tha)proposition of the committee to amenfi’tHe law, he said it was well known that the best way to mul- tiply litigation was‘ by amending laws. The lawyers would profit, but the people would pay the bills. He ‘favored starting anew and passing a,brand-new law. He said that he and others who thought with him favored the extension ‘of: such streets as the necessities of the time required, and to be carried out when Congress appropri- ated the money to pay for the ground. He believed four millions in bends would fur- nish sufficient money to extend all the streets and avenues needed-by this genera- tion. Provision shoul be thade for a sink- ing: fund: In conch he ied the members of the’ that the eyes of the people were upon them. # Mr. M. M. Parker, mm-response to a por- of Mr. Lancaster's remarks, sald that etry said the law of ive the ¢Xbenditure of Mr. Perry then referred in detail to the recommendations made in the report of the committee, stating the position of the com- In conclusion he added that his interest was only that of one who had been born here and who recollected Washington as a mud hole in winter and dust heap in sum- This was mainly through the efforts of one He wanted the development of the city to be continued on been so Mr. Perry’s presentation of the subject A resolution was then offered by Mr. C. ceedings thus far under the highway act had served to cast a cloud upon the title to land and that such legislation was not needed, and that therefore the board rec- ommend the repeal of the law of 1803 as a whole; while favoring the extension of the main streets and avenues from the city line to the District bounds, it should not be carried out until the money is appropriated to pay for the condemnation and improve- ment of such streets, and that one-half of the cost be paid by the District and one- half by the United States government; also stipulating that bonds be issued to meet ‘A request was made by Mr. M. M. Par- ker that the recommendations of the re- port of the committee be read, and they mendations, and made the point of order that the meeting had been called for the 15 he did not want the highway act to be known as a bastard. wi ‘OS president of was formulated, and he named some known citizens who were members of the directory at the time. He said if board of trade had done nothing else but to produce this bill, it had shown that it The board of trade for its inception. He was serps till el the was worthy of its existence. He referred to attacks made upon ex-Governor Shepherd and said this city was a monument to him. He asked whether it was not necessary to go through the experience since this meas- ure was formulated, in order to demon- strate the weakness of the bill, or whether ff Commisstoner Black and not Commis- sioner Powell had been in charge of the making of the map it would not have been done with more economy. Dr. A. P. Fardon said he sympathized to some extent with what Mr. Lancaster had said, as he owned property which was traversed by the proposed streets and ave- hues. The present object, however, was to correct the defects of the bill. He said if there was to -be no other bill, he would favor the repeal of the law of 1893. An Equalizer. He said the amendments proposed by the committee placed the owners of suburban property on a level with those in the city by dividing the cost between the District and the government. Mr. Lancaster's Proposition, which was to open streets at some time in the future, he thought, left a cloud upon suburban property as dark as that cast by the present law. He took issue with Mr. Lancaster’s ideas of opening the streets running north from the city, with- cut providing for cross streets, and he said that they would be like some roads in the south when you were compelled to go the entire length before you could get off them. He said he saw no use in repealing the old law when by amending it, as proposed, it would be better than any new law. If the law were simply repealed, he said, one might just as well build a Chinese wall be- tween the suburbs and the city. He said the new bill plainly provided for the ap- Eropriation of the money and stated what would be done with it. Mr. Lancaster asked him how long it would take to condemn the land under the proposed amended law, and Dr. Fardon replied that if Congress enacted the legis- lation the land would be condemned and paid for by the beginning of next year. In reply to Mr. Lancaster, who had asked what would be done with the land in sec- tions 2 and 3, Dr. Fardon said the only map on record was that for section 1; the other maps had never been recorded. Mr. B. H. Warner suggested that ex-Rep- resentative Hemphill be asked to give his views, as he as formerly chairman of the House District committee, and since he had become a resident of the District he had been assisting in carrying out the law. The Strongest Argument. Hemphill said that perhaps the Mr. strongest argument in favor of the new bill was the fact that Mr. Lancaster had failed to find a single argument against it. He said people living in the city were as much interested in the prosperity of the District as thos living outside, and he thought there was no reason for the use of such a word as criminal in connection with~such a_body of citizens as the board of trade. ad He said no doubt the highway: act developed into greater*magnitude than had at first been anticipated, and as that is realized, he thought it to be wise to recon- sider and adopt a more feasible plan. He called attention to the fact that when the law was first framed the provision was inserted that one-half of the entire cest be paid by the government, but that was changed in Congress, as also the feat- ure charging one-half on the abutting property. He thought the wisest plan was to amend the law. In conclusion he said if there was to be apy further discussion the gentleman who “was chiefly instru- mental in drafting this measure ought to be heard. He also expressed the hope that when a decision was reached that all should stand together to procure the needed legislation. Mr. J. W. Somerville said he, in common with other citizens of Mount Pleasant, favored street extension. He did not agree with Mr. Lancaster and his views on this subject. He was glad that the people in the city were helping the property own- ers in the suburbs in this particular. There that the streets was no doubt, he said, were to be extended at some time. As a member of the citizens’ association in the northeast Mr. W. G. Henderson said he was in favor of street extension and that on the border of the section he represented there was a_ subdivision al- ready laid out in accordance with the plan of the city, referring to Eckington. But there were some connecting streets not yet opened up, and he hoped, as well as other citizens hoped, that some pro- vision would be made for this in the street He added that he thought extension acts. the streets would be extended in time, and if tne defects of the present law could be cured, he saw_no reason for revealing the entire law. For himself, he intended to support the amendments proposed by the committee. He did not think that these changes contemplated an unreason- able extension of the streets at this time, but was simply what is now called for by the necessities of the growth of the city. He asked if there was an appropria- tion of three and one-half millions for the first section, when would there be an ap- propriation for the other sections? Mr. W. F. Mattingly stated that this amount was intended to cover the entire system of street extension. this, as he was laboring under a misap- prehension. ‘ inoperative, there should not be an at- intimated that influences were at work a new law. Mr. Worthington’s Views. Mr. A. S. Worthington then spoke in regard to the pending bills, first stating the idea advanced that the law of 1893 bad emanated from the board of trade without a public demand or need had been pretty well dissipated in the course of the discussion. He referred to the sev- eral measures that had been introduced in Congrets prior to 1893, which Mr. Per- Ty spoke about, and then the circumstances He spoke of hi3 connection with the matter, and said that when the committee of the which led to the drafting of the law. beard spoke to him on the subject, he knew nothing of street extension. To get irformation on this subject, he made him- self acquainted with what had been done in other cities. He referred to a map of the city of Philadelphia, which was dis- played on the wall, and stated that streets had been laid out through farm lands in the vicinity of that city for the past fifty years, and were now platted through the fields, the area being greater than that within the District outside of the city lim- its. He said provision had been made for the growth of Philadelphia for the next fifty years. He also pointed to a map of Brooklyn, showing a similar system of streets, which, he said, had been laid out through farm lands. In reply to a question as to whether the land for these streets in the cities re- ferred to had been paid for, he said not a single penny had been paid. He said the commission which had charge of laying out the upper portion of the city of New York in 1853 did not touch the land above the Harlem, saying that as to the heights along the Hudson fiver no attempt had been made to plat this land, as it would not be needed for building sites for centu- ries to come. Since then, he said this work has been done. He declared that in all the cities the plans of which he had ex- amined the streets had laid out through the corn fields, thus making pro- vision for future growth and avoiding mis- takes. This was the purpose of the origi- nal design of Washington. If in making such provision the persons engaged in it were criminals they had simply been fol- lowing what had been done in other cities. Disputes the Proposition. Mr. Worthington denied that the laying out of the streets was a blot on the prop- erty, as had been claimed. He said the owners of the property near other cities welcomed the surveyers and were glad to have the streets laid out through their lands. He referred to other features of the known where the side streets were to be located, for unless this was the case it would be impossible to fix the grades or to build sewers. would be need for street exténsion for the next fifty years, he said the object of the proposed bill was to avoid the increase of erroneous subdivisions similar Mr, Henderson said he was glad to know It was the opinion of Mr. L. M. Saunders that, aa two juries had declared the law tempt to keep it on the statute book. He to this end. He favored the enactment of GEORGETOWN ADV'TISEM’TS In reply to a question as to whether there to those which now fringed the city and made it necessary to expend large sums of money to rectify mistakes. He referred by name to a number of subdivisions that have been made on land near the edge of the District bounds which were not in conformity with any general plan. He said it was now pro- posed to spend four millions to rectify the mistakes of the past, and for this reason it was deemed wise to avoid a repetition of the same mistakes in the future. The question was whether now a plan is to be Prepared, as was done in the days of Washington, so that people could not say of us that we are degenerate sons of glo- rious ancestors. Hearty applause followed Mr. Worthing- ton’ closing words. Wanted a Popular Vote. Mr. M. I. Weller said he was in favor of the repeal of the Iaw. He did not believe in spending money in luxuries when it was impossible to get a sufficient water and sewer system. He believed in majority rule, and expressed the hope that Congress would be asked to submit this question of street extension to a popular vote. Mr. Lancaster said that the membership of the board was 325, and that hardly 10) members were present, and for this reason he fayored a postponement of action at this meeting to some future date. A vote was then taken on Mr. Lancas- ter's resolution, and, a rising vote being insisted upon by the iover of the resolu- tion, only Mr. Lancaster and Mr. L. M. Saunders stood up in the gffirmative, while the balance of the members voted in the negailve. Mr. Lancaster’s resolution was declared lost, and the recommendations of the committee were adopted. A resolution was offered by Mr. W. G. Henderson, providing for the drafting of the recommendations of the committee in a bill and that the officers of the board, the highway committee and the committee on streets and avenues be authorized to co- operate to secure the passage of this act; that proportionate contribution by_ the United States, under the act of 1878, is a vital feature of this amendatory legisla- tion, and that if the elimination of sec- tion 15 cannot be otherwise secured the whole highway act should be repealed. This resolution was adopte,d and the board adjourned. The Members Present. Among those present were M. I. Weller, A. P. Fardon, Josepn Paul, R. Ross Perry, Cc. S. Bundy, Chas. W. Needham, M. M. Parker, Marcus Baker, H. B. Looker, W. C. Dodge, John G. Hemphill, W. 8S. Thompson, W. H. Rapley, H. L. Biscoe, A. S. Worthington, William Holmead, Frank L. Hanvey, Frank Hume, W. F. Matting- ly, John C. Heald, Thos. W. Smith, H. D. Walbridge, Wiston Flint, W. J. Frizzell, Cc. C. Lancaster, A. S. ‘aywood, W. A. Meloy, Josiah Millard, Chas. E. Kern, B. H. Warner, Jesse B. Wilson, Lorin Chappel, Archibald Greenlees, L. M. Saunders, J. W. Somerville, John Joy Edson, Chapin Brown, George Truesdell, Daniel Murray Commissioners Wight and Black, S. Woodward, Geo. A. Armes, Watson J. ton, Beriah Wilkins, Captain R. W. W. B. Moses, Tracy L. Jeffords, White, William Downey, den. > — Celebration of Chanuka. ‘The Ladies’ Auxiliary Association of the Adas Israel Hebrew (orthodox) Congrega- tion, corner of 5th and G streets, celebrat- ed the feast of Chanuka Sunday even- ing in their synagogue. Mrs. Simon Op- penheimer, the president of the associa- tion, welcomed a large audience of ladies and geatlemen and introduced Mr. Julius Baumgarten, who read an essay on the Temple of Solomon, of the past and the Present temples. The speaker was hearti- ly applauded. At the conclusion the audi- ence enjoyed a collation in the vestry. A collection for the benefit of the associa- tion was liberally responded to. The two sons of Mr. Julius Cohn enter- tained the audience with selections on the mandolin, and Mr. Lewis brought his pho- nograph into requisition. The president of the congregation thanked the ladies and gentlemen for their hearty support. The association numbers forty-seven la- dies, whose aims and efforts are the edu- cation of the youth in the real Jewish re- ligion. —— Mr. Vanzant’s Statement, To the Editor of ‘The Evening Star: I saw in The Evening Star of the 14th in- stant a complaint touching a certain lot on 5th street between C and D streets southeast. I am in charge of that lot and can speak for myself. I took charge of the said lot last fall when it had a growth of weeds as high as my head on it, and dead cats, rats and chickens were plentiful. It was a dumping ground for all kinds of putrefied matter, which was evidently placed there by the people living in the neighborhood. But there was never a com- plaint through all the hot weather. 1 cleaned it all off, cut the weeds and trees and burned everything, and plowed the ground up. Then I put a lot of good stable manure on it and replowed it. At the time of complaint there was not a load of man- ure that was not spread over the ground on the lot. Now, in all fairness, where does the com- plaint come in? Just as well stop the go ernment from putting manure on the pub- lic parks, and the citizens from putting it en their front parking. I will not say that the complaint is not a sincere one, but it looks strange that it is just sprung at a lime when some one is about to reap some benefit from it. J. W. VANZANT. December 16, 1897. ——.__ A Plea for the Car Horses. To the Editor of The Evening Star: If it is possible to accomplish anything, will you not enter another plea for the street car horses? The corporations have been appealed to in vain. The only reply is that they are “not justified in putting on any more cars or additional horses or stronger ones, and they hope the public will not overlook the cars. We therefore turn to the public. Evéry one knows that cars will stop for passen- gers, no matter how full they are; that, while people must get on at the crossing, and the right side of the crossing, when electricity is the power, now they stop either side and in the middle of the block, no effort being made to save the strength of the animals. Will not the people take this matter in hand, especially as the slip- pery weather approaches, and refrain from entering a car which has only standing room? It is painful to all who witness it to see a oar crowded inside and outside, while two slight horses are straining every uerve and muscle around curves and up hill, almost staggering as they do It. December 20, 1897. H. M. B. —_—— Christmas Cash. It is cash, cash down, that makes all things possible in this world, the business world, at least, and it is cash which has made the phenomenal success of Jackson Brothers, whose immense furniture estab- lishment at 917, 919 and 921 7th street northwest is one of those great business houses for which Washington is noted. ‘The Messrs.Jackson,by selling for only spot cash, give their customers the inestimable benefit of the very lowest prices, for as they pay spot cash for everything they buy they are in that way enabled to stock their establishment with the choicest goods and sell them at figures which houses trading on credit or time cannot get down to. Just drop in and you will see the best in every line of furniture at the very low- est prices. eee It matters little what it is that you want ether a situation and Fruit Thomas L. Hume, S24 di Fine 14k. Gold Pens, with Pearl Holders, for $1. in idea of the many useful and Pretty gifts to be had here. 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The improvements to the new edi- fice have been pushed forward as rapidly ion— as possible, and it was expected that every- thing would be ready for occupancy for the Christmas day services at least, but this it is now feared will not be the The main portion of the new building could hardly be used, and there are no seats in the lecture room. Citizens of Tenleytown are disposed to protest against certain statements included in the report of the proceedings of the last meeting of the Citizens’ Association, held at St. Ann’s Parish Hall. According to the report, the last meeting of the Citizens’ Ass ation condemned the police force in strong terms for inefficiency. Such a resolution, it is claimed, was nev brought up at the meeting. The village has been in a partial state of turmoll since then, and it 1s stated that a special meeting ef the association will shortly be called to take some action in the matter and investi- gete the circumstences surrounding the same. Sandy Lane, colored, aged twent Was arrested by Policeman F en the rather serious charg criminal assault. nerva Cook, an ¢ Company case -eicht, rry Lohman of attempted The complainant is Mi- also colored, the wife of Olive ve of the th at 1821 34th street, and attempted to assault her. In the Police Court the prisoner was given a preliminary hearing, and in default of $1,000 bail he was committed to jail io aweit the action of the grand jury The Commissioners have ordered that 491 feet of six-inch water main be laid in th north side of M street between 33d a ith streets, at an estimated cost of S441, Annie E. Stauff has bought of William R. Skinner part of lot 39, in the subdivision of Reno. The consideration is placed at $1,500, ———— Colored Race Problem. At the meeting of the Anthropological Society this. evening the colored race question will be discussed from an an- thropological standpoint. Mr. George R. 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