Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1897, Page 13

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REAL ESTATE GOSSIP * - - Whats Thought of Proposed Unanges in the Highway Act. + THE BUILDING RECORD FOR THE YEAR Rentals for Property in the Busi ness Section of the City. ed SOME NEW BUILDINGS eee Property owners, as well as those who are interested in having the plan of the Greater Washington as convenient and at- tractive as that of the orlginal city beginning to feel that a practical way out of the street extension maze has apparent- ly been found. The action of the board of trade at its last annual meeting in adopt- ing the report of the special committee pro- Posing amendments and modifications of the highway act ha rved, it is thought, to clear up, to a large extent, the aimos- phere of hopelessness which hung over this question. There is no doult that the highway act has operated to prevent not only the !m- provement but the sale of property in the sections of the suburbs most affected. It has cast a cloud upon the title to property, as owners were unable to know when the government would take their proper 4 whether they would receive adequate com- pensation in the event the title passed from them. Defects in the Law Corrected. The tmpression seems to be general that the experience since the passage of the act of 18K and the discussion of the sub- Ject has made it possible to provide for the application of the plan of the city to the suburbs at a comparatively slight cost the public. and with the least possib! lay end vexation to property hoider those familiar with prop. tions of the law provision made for prompt condemnation of needed and for as equaily ment for the property take: to There seems n impression that the propo: ion applies only to the area map No. 1, but, as explained by sioners, who are in sub: nual accord with et, it affects tire sul and the estimated cost s the total for making t ded for through ali = the board of trade on this subje the e rs, Ss be the opinion if prompt actior a great stacles will be cleared away prevent the investment of capital burbaa property in its imp It is claimed that such legislation w especially important in view of the prot ndency in the expected actiy ty int real estate market during the coming spring Season, and, it is argued, th ould be be reason except the wisdom of the mvest- ment to interfere with suburban property &8 a factor in the market. Water and Sewers in the Suburbs. The growing tmportance of the numerous communities of which Washington is now the center is shown in a variety of ways. Especially significant in this connection ts the announcement that a meeting of th: citizens of Hyattsville has been calied for an early date to consider a plan for pro- viding that town with a water and s system. A similar improvement is considered by the citizens of Takoma, an as has been stated in The Star, ® is pos- sible that during the session of the Ma:y- land legislature this year that body wil asked to give the necessary authority the municipal authorities of Takoma te issue bonds, the proceeds of the sale of which to be used in supplying the t: with water an It ts admitted by Takoma that sew sites just at pr . but as bonds are to be issued it is thought best to make one loan Instead of possibly hereafter findins ft necessary to issue another set of bonc What both these communities are striving after and what other communities 's now or will in the future is ndant water supply. It is belie Water can b> obtained that ts fr frpurities a long step has been taken to Secure freedom from infectious dise: in @ community of medium size. When such a water supply is obta: then the local sewerage cannot affect it even though the means of Its disposal are somewhat crude. The air Is a great disin- fectant, and unless houses are built in a More compact manner than is the case with the suburban settlements near this city the greatest dangers do not come from # lack of a sewerage system. Rents for Business Property. At this season of the year leases on business buildings in many cases termi- nate, and tn considering a question of re- newal both tenants and landlords natural- ly discuss the subject of rents. It fs not always that the views of these two parties @re antagonistic, as it can readily be under- stood that the Interests of both are tden- tical, and while a landlord wants to get as good a return as possible from his 1n- vestment in the property, at the same time he does not desire to fix a rent which a tenant would be unable to pay or which would induce him to go to some other building. Property owners like permanent tenants, and on the other hand men in business prefer to stay in the same building if other considerations are favorable. It is stated that the rents named in the leases which have thus far been made for property oc- cupied for business purposes, whether for short or long periods, are about the same as they have been for the t four or five ¥ This is regarded as an indication that values of business property have re- mained firm in spite of the financial de n which has been common to this as the rest of the country. Pennsylvania Avenue Proper: A sale was recorded during the past week of the property 316 Pennsylvania ave- nue northwest by the trustees of the Cor- coran e to James E. Baines. The lot is 25 by 127 feet and the improvements consist of a two-story brick building cov ing the entire lot. The price pald was $6,570. Favorable Building Record. Aceording to the figures in the posses- ston of the building inspector, there have been issued since January 1 last up to date 97% permits to build, which {s just forty-five in excess of the number of per- mits issued during the corresponding per- fod of last year. It is estimated that the amount of money expended in doing the work which was authorized by these per- mits is in excess of that which was ex- pended for the same purpose during the previous year. In other words, more build- ings were erected during the past year than during the previous year, and more money was expended for buildings, To Change the Rink Building. Coogress may will tak now in s Lb ome of the citizens of not pressing 1 strict Commis: | Part2. Ch e Fy ening, Star. Pages 13-24. W. F. Wagner, architect, is preparing the plans for the “Roman house,” which, as stated In The Star several days ago, it 1s proposed to erect on the Rink site, New York avenue between 13th and Mth streets. The plans as first submitted in the appli- cation for a building permit did not meet, in the opinion of Assistant Building In: spector Ashford, the requirements of the E WASHINGTO D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1897—TWENTY. FOUR PAGES. at a | The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. building regulations providing for safe- guards against fire. Mr. Ashford, ther fore, designated th nges which would necessary. They have been accepted the parties promotin the enterprise, d the amended plans will be ready for submission to the building inspector in about two weeks’ tim Lnprovements. A br and dwelling is to be erect- ed at 64 H street northeast by Mrs. Ma- tilda S. Wilkins. It will be three stories in neight, 20 by 31 feet, and the front will be built of pressed brick. A two-story heuse is to be erected by T. H. Picktord at 051 Sth street northeast. ‘The front will be of pressed brick, and the dimensions will be 1a by 3v feet, A two-story frame house 1s to be erected at Kock Creek cemetery by the Rock Creek Churen parish, tor use 4s a rectory. ‘The Pans have veen prepared by Appreton PL (aark, JF, aremitect. “ine Toundauen will be of brick and stone, aud tere will be a rustic side and front, and pitched siate Tout. ‘Ihe dimensions Will be 41 by 32 teet. ‘Three houses are lo be erected at 141 to dito barney suet nurtnwest, by ‘Thomas J. Lasier. “bey wil each be Unree stories in hent, 1 feet 8 menes tront by ov Teet im depo, and tne fronts wot be of pressea brie. Y wil have mansard roois ana bay winuow 1Wo house Ise Commie Danner, “ine Ir brick and there the heuse Wik be UL feet. A LWo-story € to be erected at 1: street norinwest by & nis Wi be Yuut Of pre Will be bay Windows, ana Wil be heated with steam. ‘ney > SloTles IM height anu LU by o. house is to be erected at 40 ree Street northwest by Mrs. J. W. ‘uumplon. bl WH be Teet 6 Incnes by feet, aud the trent Will be of red wrick. sluice Carr Wilk erect a Gweiung at 1335 Matyrtna avenue nurtuwest. 1 1S to ve Ves 4h Mesut, 9 by 62 feel, and Win {Pressed buicn front. Huns AL WS worth Capitol street, vecupicu by tue aust isrewing Company, Is WO be Pemueied ana repaired. General repaus are Ww ue made to the Hvery siatbie on tt street vetWeea Ltn anu flu, Wien IS On Lue propery recenuy ae- quired by Lhe Columbian University. — SERVANTS Ly 1 They Form a Large «art of the Pow- der wivision, From the New York Times. 7h ers ib NAVY. jot of the stewards, cooks and wait- an the navy is nut a mappy one; neither is that of the oficers who come im cuntace wath then r human be- hike auto} must eat. has grown, inau been mauve i ail br , anu, Daval omic the navy ments have AS improve- aches o1 ice EXcepung Uns oF Yhe present nto Mil the wailers is upply OL me » CULKS and races and nas Ages are rep dlecessary to us 5 lo Bel ste, che und at becotite t lod baval vlicers euucul nas ler jeast Lol it as ot + depart- ‘ Who hold Uiese jaace nd and wk the Lngish sai s dhese men nut oniy cook, z the tood » bal they = in one Of Une Host UNperlaal divisivas On board of the tern Warslup. iney Iurm w large part Une powder division. el ecessary tor the officers im Hand OL these divisions on more Una vccasion to have a KnoWieuge of sev- L luregu jaucuages, lor us cue of Une oilicers attached 4d must powerful to one of battleships ce suid recenuy: “The ianguages wat Must kuuw on some occasions when we are drilimg or getumg reauy for et practice would only be exceeded by Which the boss brickmasun at the iding of the Tower of babel must have enderstood. An officer is never sure of what will happen or be done during his ab- The astounded officer at the guns may receive anything trum a ward room ward from a buitic of beer to a charge of powder and a package of cigarettes, and one ¢ n never tell what will happen next. stewards and servants on the shi Japanese or to ar mosuy supe or Chin any other ciass ot men for t They are handier, maller, gene: icaner, und more (racta- Me than Her Class. But few of them speak Engiish. arisen whether the sup- be ethicient not only as serv- t of the force of the ship. vants must be kept in the © is only one way in whi and that is to incr ervitude. The py ed, should be pro ervants in civil life. #nts in the navy should r from the beginning, and it creased every enlistme inducement for faithful servic It has also been recommen school of instruction be esta! the Auantic and Pacific coasts, in which cooks and servants should be structed be- pay for been ry mimen to that of e serv- ive good pay hould be in- tas a reward and ded that a ished on both |THE NATIONAL GUARD — Parade and Review of the First Regi ment January 17, RIFLE PRACTICE DECORATIONS SOON Preparations for the Interstate Drill in Minnesota. CONNECTICUT ARMORY RULES Col. Winthrop Alexander has ordered the lst Regiment to assemble in Convention Hall the evening of Monday, January 17, for parade and review. The occasion is to be one of some importance. The command- ing gencral and his staff have been invited to be present and review the regiment. The invitation has been accepted. The general end staff will appear in full-dress uniform. fhe coming assembly will be the first ap- pearance of Col. Alexander's command as a regiment, except on the occasion of the funeral cf Gen. Ordway, for some months ent of some interest during the bast week was the formal acceptance b: Capt. H. H. Parmenter, quartermaster of che 2d Regiment, of the tender of the ap- peintment as quartermaster general of the District militia, with the rank of major. Capt. Parmenter name will be submitted le t President fer commission at the liest opportunity. The general under- nding is that he will be succeeded as jartermaster of the 2d Regiment by Capt. . S. Hodgson, at present one of the super- aumerary otiicers of the brigade. In ail probability there will be an assem- of all commissioned officers of the bri- de some ti n January to take formal scion as io the death of Gen. Ordway. Battalion The res in the battalion 1 cember were as foilows: Ist Battalion, 402 zd Separa ion, 400; 5th Battalion, 380; Ist Separ ion, 360; 2d Battal- din battalion, Engi he turk von, ra’ Turkey Shoot. hoot by Company A, Engi- Thursday last, was an af- of much interest to the members of company. The following were the ores, the lirst five named receiving turk- 2 the iast man on the list received Cerporai Carieion, 48; Capt.Pom- Priv ©, 40; Private H. di; Cory . Wile Private Crawt te W neer Battalion, Tair Se 0 tenant ted. Daniel V. Chisholm, a well-known guards- man, has been elected seccnd lieutenant of Morion Cadets, to fill a vacancy that existed for several months. Lieut. Chishulm has served in the Guard for the last five years as private, sergenat, d first lieutenant. He was a member of the Emmett Guard drill team in the com- petition at Little Rock, and was with the Morton Cade last two dr ams, Lieut sholm was formerly a member of the South Carolina militia, commanding a com pany that held the championship of the state, Has B: n the Record. All records, so far as the matter of rifle practice is concerned, has been broken, it is stated, by Company A, Engineer Battal- icn. According to the report of Caft. Tom- linson for the year ending November 30, all the members of his command, forty-one in number, are entitled to sharpshooters’ c1osses for the period mentioned sharpshooters and = marksmen will to that as soon as the reports of company commanders, covering the ject of rifle practice for the season are all in the inspector general of > practice will make requisition for riile actice decorations for 1896 and 180%. These requisitions will be pushed through without delay, and the probabilities are that the presentation will occur early in the new year. Whether or not the presen- tations will be formal depends entirely upon the regimental command The in- dications are that the occasion will be marked by something in the way of cere- mony. An effort is to be made to introduce re- volver practice generally among the ofti- ers of the brigade. Revolvers, if the con- fore being sent on board the ships for gen- eral service, and only those should be en- listed who are suitable for service in the powder divisions. Power of the Marset Col. T. W. Higginson in the Atlantic. Nothing of the kind in this world can be more impressive than the way in which an audience of 6,000 French radicals receives that wonderful air (the Marselllaise). 1 observed that the chorus of young men who ied the singing never once looked at the notes, and few even had any, s0 fa- millar was it to all. There was a perfect hush in that vast audience while the softer parts were sung; ard no one joined even sn the cherus at first, for everybody was iis- tening. ‘The instant, however, that the strain closed, the applause broke like a tropical storm, and the clapping of hands was like the taking fight of a thousand ves all over the vast arena. Behini these twinkling hands the light dresses of the ladies and the blue blouses of work- ingmen seemed themselves to shimmer in the air; there w no coarse nolse pounding on the floor or drumming 01 but there was a vast cry of r sent up from the whole multitude demanding a repetition. The moment the first verse was sung through for the second ise. time, several thousand voices joined in the chorus; then the applause was redoubled, as !f they had gathered new sympathy frem cne another; after which there was still ene more great applauding gust, and then an absolute quiet. ———-+ e+ ____ Mexican’s Curious Idea of Business. From the Denver Republican. “While traveling in Mexico a few years ago I had a funny experience with a Mexi- ean vender which goes to show what lit- ue business ability the lower classes have,” aid E. F. Guignon of St. Louis. “I was en route to look at some mines away up in the mountains. At the station where we left the train to take the stage I saw an old woman selling some honey. She did prot have more than ten pounds of it alto- gether, and as it looked so good I wanted to buy it all to take along with us. I asked our interpreter to buy it. Much to my sur- prise the old woman would sell him but two boxes, claiming that if she sold it all to him she would have nothing to sell to other people, neither would she have any~ thing else to do during the remainder of the day see. Smoothing It Over. From the Chicago Dally Tribune. She (arrayed for the theater)—“Sorry to have kept you waiting so long, Mr. Spoon- amore, but ft has taken me longer than usual to get ready. I look like a fright in this hat, too.” He (vaguely desirous of saying something complimentary)—‘‘It isn’t the—er—fault of that lovely hat, I am sure, Miss Hankin- son.” £ templated plan is placed in operation, will be issued to all officers of the line who Ge- sire to become proficient in the use of the revolver. In case of trouble it would be highly important for officers to have some knowledge of a weapan with which to defend themselves, so this proposed move is of more than passing interest. Sergeant G. G. Dennison, Company A, 5th Battalion, who has been in charge of the rifle practice of that company for some time past, has been suggested ag the svc- cessor of First Lieutenant George C. Shaw, inspector of rifle practice of the Sth Bat- talion, who has been commissioned in- spector of rifle practice of the 2d Battalion. Plans for the St. Paul Drill. An interstate drill which shall bring to the twin cities the best of the militia companies of the country—that is the proposition that the officers of the Minne- apolis military are now figuring upon, and already ways and means for the consum- mation of the schems have been practi- cally completed, so it is reported. The matter was taken up at a recent meeting of the officers of the Minneapolis com- anies and met with such enthusiastic reception that there is said to be no doubt of its being carried to a successful termi- nation, The plan was first suggested by Capt. Bean of St. Paul, and it is the inten- tion to make of the meeting a state af- fair. Companies all over the state will be asked to lend their aid toward making it a success, and the drills will be held at some point midway between Minneapolis and St. Paul. The scheme is to ratse $10,000 through the sale of stock. About $6,000 of this amount has already been taken in St. Paul. In excess of this about $3,000 will be required to defray the expenses of the neeting. The promoters expect little difti- culty in raising the additional sum want- ed. The $10,000 will be put up as a guar- anty for the payment of prizes. Several different locations for the holding of the drills were suggested, among them being the state fair grounds and Kitsondale, but no definite action was taken, further con- sideration of the matter being postponed uptil the officers of the St. Paul companies could be consulted. Result of Texas Competition. The plan is the direct result of Company D’s trip to San Antonio, Tex., last July. When Capt. Bean saw what a success the Texas meeting was, he was at once filled with a determination to get the next interstate drili for Minnesota, and began making inquiries looking to that end im- mediately. He managed to secure the promise of a one-fare rate on the railroads, and learned that there would probably be little difficulty in getting the drill for the celebrated Galveston semi-centennial cham- pionship cup for his native state. The Texas companies are willing to visit Minne- sota, it is said, and when this is accom- plished the success of the meeting is se- cured, as the cup is the most coveted trophy among the militia companies of the coun- try. It will be the drill par excellence of the year, so the promoters claim, and will attract the crack companies from the east, west and south alike, The immediate result of such a move- ment will be to immensely heighten the interest in the Minnesota companies. Com- pany spirit there, it is anticipated, will be revived to an extent that it has never reached before, and instead of its being difficult to keep the numbers of the com- panies up to the requirements applications will pour in faster than they can be taken care of. At least, that is the view taken of the matter. At a recent meeting Company D of St. Paul voted to guarantee $1,000 as security for prizes should the next interstate driil be held in the twin cities, Armory Rules in Connecticut. In connection with the fact that com- plaint has been entered because the L Street armory is closed week days until 4 P.m., and Sundays {s closed after 4 p.m., the announcement that the adjutant gen- eral of Connecticut has ordered that no pri- vates or musicians shall be allowed In any amory in the state, without a written pass, except between the hours of 6:30 and 7 o'clock at night and not at all on Sunday is interesting. The use of tobacco in any form is prohibited in halls, galleries and drill rooms and in all parts of the armory on evenings of entertainment. Officers are to be held to strict account for the observ- ance of this order by their men. No out- sider may enter a company room at any time except on invitation. The mil:tia regulations will not allow the soldiers to discuss this order, but the feel- ing is said to be very strong. The armories of the militia are state property, but the company rooms in them are fitted up whol- ly at the expense of the soldiers. In most cases the rooms are handsome parlors Which the companies use as club rooms The adjutant general is upheld in his de- cision by the majority, owing to the fact tkat members out of work were centinually loitering around the rooms during the day, and considerable gambling had been in dulged in contrary to rules. Mobilization at Omaha. According to a prominent military man of Omaha, the entire National Guard of the country will assemble there next year. Mil- itary experts have favored the mobilization project, provided the main purpose of the gathering should be the study of tactics and maneuvers. If the guard were to be brought together merely to add an attrac- Gon to the show, the,majority would prefer very much to be left out. It would be much more convenient for most National Guards- men to choose their own time for seeing the Omaha exrosition, stay as long as they wish and be free from care while there; but if they can make use of the big show to mobilize the National Guard and get a lit- tle practice in handling troops in large bodies, it is thought that all are heartily in favor of the exposition and the trip. ‘There are very few military men in the service today capable of handling 100,000 mien, or 50,000, or 25,000. Very few army officers on the active list have ever com- manded 10,000 men. Why Not Tanned Shoes? In view of the efforts of the quarter- master’s department te do away with the brogan shoes and give the soldiers a shoe fitted for varied service, yet something like What is worn by civilians, it has been sug gested that tanned shoes for the army would not be inappropriate. Troops al- dy wear brown leggins, and there 1s no ‘on, so those in faver of the change say, shoe could not well be adopt- ed. It is ea: on the feot, requires no blacking and would be a much cleaner foot- wear than the present black leather shoe, are some of the claims advanced for the tan tootgear, red why a tanned —_—___ A SAILOR’S YARN. A Small Post Office Found Under a Shark, From Harper's, The British cutter Sparrow, commanded by Captain Wy while cruising off Cape Tiburon, on the island of San Womingo, ck 1 and overhauled an American briz, the cargo of which, together with certain other circumstances, gave rise to such a suspicion that she was enemy's property that Captain Wylie thought it best vo send her to Port Royal for examination. The Yankee captain, not in the least dismayed, swore so positively as to the truth of his ship's papers, which he produced, that the admiralty court was at length persuaded to set him free, whereupon he immediately began an action for demurrage against Captain Wylie for having taken him. About this time Lieut. Fitton of the navy (who was then a midshipman jn com- mand of a small tender) arrived at Port Royal, went on Loard the Sparrow to pay a visit to Wylie. He found the captain in very low spirits over the perding suit, and greatly depressed at the idea of the ruin- oux damages that it seemed certain would be awarded against him on account of the American. ton, however, on learning the name of the captain of the brig, advised Wylie not to worry, and stated that he could prove that the brig was yet a good prize. He then went on to explain that while cruising in his tender near the place where the Sparrow had overhauled the brig, and very shortly after that time, his sailors had caught a large shark. He was very much surprised on hearing one of the men em- ployed in cutting the fish open cry out: “Stand by for your letters, my boys, for here’s the postman come on board,” at the same moment handing out a bundle of pa- pers from the shark’s stomach. They were only slightly damaged by the gastric juices of the fish, and Fitton kept them. Upon examination he discovered that they were the real papers of the American, which he had thrown overboard when he became hard pressed, and which had been promptly swallowed by the shark. The papers prov- ed beyond question that the cargo was French. ‘The two officers went immediately to Kingston with this new and most impor- tant evidence, but no further investigation of the matter was necessary, for the cap- tain of the brig was so overwhelmed upon Hearing the circumstances, which he re- garded as a visitation from heaven for his perjuries, that he hurriedly escaped from the island, and the vessel, after all, was condemned to the Sparrow. Wylie received for his share of the prize money.something over £3,000. Mr. Fittom sent the jawbones of the shark to the admiralty court at Jamaica, where they still remain. Travel as am Edacator. From Scribner's, The usefulness of travel for rightly train- ed and constituted lads is so generally recognized that it is mot at all unusual for parents who wish to give their sons every chance possible to increase in wisdom to offer them the choice between spending sev- eral years in Europe er goimg to college at home. Each of us kmows one or two men who have pursued education in this way, and we are used to compare them with their coliege-bred coevals and pass opin- jons as to which method of intellectual de- velopment resulted best. Every year there are lads who were fitted for college and, perhaps, entered, but went abroad. Tu compare them six or eight, or ten or twenty years later with their schoolmates who went on and took their college degree is, perhaps, the most available test of the respective efficiency of the two methods; and it seems safe to say that, according to that test, the educational fruits of travel and study abroad “otnentl very well with the products of the estic tree of knowl- edge. F: a His Boatd o& Trade Style. From the Chicago News. _ Clara (excitedly)}—“Well, papa, did the count ask you for me today?” Mr. Millyuns—‘Ask me for you! Naw! He told me if I wanted to put up margins enough he'd talk business.’’ LEPERS OF HAWAII How the Loathesome Disease Was Spread Through the Islands. COMMUNICABLE OFTEN BY KISSING Not Contagious if the Attendant is Cleanly and Careful. THE MOLOKAT SETTLEMENT eee Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, November 26, 1897. Having just read the long and interesting letter by Mr. Charles M. Pepper in your issue of November 6 upon leprosy as ob- served by him at Molokai, I desire to tes- tify to its accuracy. This accuracy is ex- ceptional among the reports usually made by transient observers. It is found equally in Mr. Pepper's descriptions of things per- sonally observed, and in his statements about matters learned by testimony. His letters in The Star from Cuba were reat with interest, but hereafter any letters from his pen will be read with peculiar confidence in their statements. Permit me to supplement Mr. Pepper’s account with some knowledge of my own upon the subject as gained here during forty-five years. I became a resident of the district where leprosy first "appeared about seven years after that appearance. My first acquaintance with the malady was in noticing singular swelling of ear lobes of two boys in a school which I was teaching in 1857. The nature of the disease was not then known. In a visit to China about two years later Dr. Hillebrand identified it as leprosy. In the meantime the able mis- sionary physician resident» in the place, with whom I was intimate, had for several years been treating two advanced cases with arsenic and iodine. These were the first cases ever Seen in these islands. They both were men of high rank as chiefs. One of them had been to China and developed leprosy after his return. He was living on terms of extreme intimacy with the secona chief, and communicated the disease to him. ‘I never saw those first two lepers ot Hawall. The facts were derived from the physician mentioned above. The second case was the reputed father of the late well-known Queen Emma. From these two chiefs leprosy spread to their attendants and neighbors, and in twenty years from its first appearance had extended to all parts of the islands. For many years it was popularly known as the “Mai Alii,” chiefs’ malady. In 1859, when the name of the disease became known, I found one of my former pupils, then about fifteen, with a fearfully disfigured face. Many other natives began to be commonly seen with similar disfigurement of features, the period of several years of incubation having passed, and that of active develop- ment having begun. The rapidity with which leprosy spread and the extent of its dissemination among the natives early established its reputation here as a highly communicable disease. The malady was certainly rare in 15 when I first began to notice incipient cases, ten or more years after its original {m- portation. Ten years later, after the governmeant began to segregate the lepers at Molokai, there must have been not less than 1,000 well-developed 's in the islands among a native population of 59,000. I personally knew two families in which three or four members, respectively, be- came victims. Both families belonged to a superior class of natives. Many Children Affected. A remarkable fact was the large number of children affected by the disease. Later investigations have disclosed the true cause of this. After the microscope had revealed the true bacillus lepral, {t was found that a chief seat or radius of this bacillus, whose presence in the body is the cause of leprosy, was the saliva of the mouth. It was evidently by means of the saliva that the disease Was so rapidly communicated by the natives to each other, owing to their peculiar habits. It has always been com- mon practice with natives to feed young children frcm their own mouths with food previously masticated therein. I have often seen this done. I once saw a young princess of five refuse to drink, except from the mouth of her attendant, a handsome girl of thirteen. The kissing of children also was excessive and promiscuous. In such conditions, leprosy was communicated to great numbers of children, making its #p- pearance in them from the ages of seven to fourteen. Some thirty years ago there was in Honolulu a sad cese of two young children in a white family developing lep- rosy, contracted from a native nutse by kissing. At about the same time I was educating in my own family a half-white gir}, who developed leprosy at the age of fourteen. Her next sister developed it a year later. Inquiry showed that the two girls had earlier been much in the care of a fond native grandmother, who was one of the earlier cases, in a district of which the second chief above mentioned was the land- lord. The disease was imparted by inocula- tion (or inosculation) not by inheritance. The girls were taken by their father to Oregon, in order to keep them from Mo- lokai. They lived there in much isolation, and died in about ten years. Communication of the Disease. Leprosy is rarely communicated in ordi- nary intercourse, without careless familiar- ity, but in frequent touching of lepers there is the chance of accidental inoculation. I once saw a well-known physician, while talking, carelessly pawing the head of a leprous girl whom he had been officially inspecting. Her face was covered with swellings. I regret to say that the good man died of leprosy about fifteen years later. He had been permitted to isolate himself in his own house. The three ladies of his family, who lived with him all the time, are still in good health. The cele- brated Father Damien was indefatigable in ministering to lepers and their sores, but very negligent of personal cleanliness. Hence he contracted the disease, which by greater care he might have avoided. No other cases have appeared among the de- voted Catholic priests and sisters at the Molokai settlement, who, with well-ordered habits, are considered as being in very little danger. The foregoing facts have been stated for the purpose of indicating that leprosy is really not a very communicabie disease, as we were at first led to consider it—from observing its rapid spread among native Hawaiians. Probably it 1s communicated solely by inoculation or its equivalent; that is, by the direct introduction of the bacillus from the body of a leper to the mucous membrane of the victim, or through a sore or wound into the tissues, where the bacil- lus can lodge and generate. One handling a leper should be careful to cleanse the hand before touching with it his own eye or mouth. It may be said that leprosy is a far less communicable disease than tuber- cular consumption, where the bacilli ex- creted profusely in the sputa are dried, and permeate the atmosphere, to be inhaled by others. It is*also incomparably less pain- ful, although disfiguring and loathsome. Spread Due to Careless Habits. Its rapid spread among Hawatians is due who! to their careless habits of living, especially in former years, when less civ- Mlized than now. Hawaiians were always essentially devoid of the idea of sanitary precaution. I have known of families where advanced lepers slept on the same mats for years with the rest of the family, and ate with their diseased fingers from the same bowls and tr: I have seen a pipe passed around a circle in which were lepers, each person taking a long whitf, without wiping the pipe. It is this utterly reless disposition of the natives as to eminent a ns ity in Ha- aii in oraer to repress the spread of lep- rosy. In any highly civilized community where people are spontaneously careful and cleanly in their mutual intercourse such segregation is probably unnecessary. With- out it, th can be little doubt that by this time nearly every other native would save become a leper, half of them perhaps prov- ing immune to the disease. Such a condi- tion of the people would make the r nce of foreigners near them impossible. Until the natives have acquired the scrupulous instincts and habits of Europeans, the strict segregation of their lepers will con- tinue to be a necessity. Segregating Patients at Molokai. The system of segregating all known lepers at the Molokai settlement has been conducted with great thoroughness by the present government. During the monarchy it was unfortunately not possible to exer- cise any thoroughness, the sovereign habit- ually interposing to prevent it, in conces- sion to prevailing sentiment among the na- tives, who have always bitterly opposed the measure, only the more intelligent mi- nority favoring it, unless it touched their own families. Numerous cases were al- ways left to rot away at home by reason of royal intervention, propagating the di ease among their families and neighbors. From many lepers King Kalakaua took Money in payment for letters of exemption id from removal to Molokai. This was of a piece with that general corruption and weakness) of monarchical government which made impossible its longer endurance by the whites in Hawaii. ‘The very kindly and compliant disposition of the natives is well illustrated in the sub- mission they have generally shown to ar- Test and segregation as lepers, although that measure is generally so unpopular and obnoxious to them. A few exceptions to yielding disposition have been shown and in two former cases open resistance has been made with firearms, one resulting in the death of the leper, the other In that of three of the arresting party. A very painful case has recently occurred on the Island of Kauai, where a government phys: cian was assassinated by friends of leper: He was a man honored and beloved in rare degree by all classes. He had found it his duty to order a mother and daughter living near him to repert at Honolulu as .eper suspects. In hope of preventing this, the family conspired to kill the doctor. A son of the house, aided by his vrother, shot him through the heart at night in his own door- way. The trial of the accused has just re- sulted in the conviction of three of the a cused by @ native jury. KAMEHAMEHA. —_+—_—_ TOO HIGH FOR WHAT HE WANTED. A Farmer Who Thought of Indulging in a Horseless Carriage, From the New York Tribune. A tall, thin man with an angular form and a varlegated-colored beard entered the office of a manvfacturer of horseless riages yesterday and asked to see bos: When the manager of the conceri appeared the man said: ‘Are you the fellow who makes wagons that run without horses?” “I have the pleasure of representing the company,” replied the manager, urbanely. “Wal, can your wagons go over ali kinds of roads?” continued the visitor. “Oh, yes; they can run anywhere, swered the manager. “Over stubble-fields and medders?” “Yes, as easily they can over Paved streets of t these the great metropolis.” “Could you fix up one of them with iron wheels and spike teeth ‘em so that it cou get a footing in the soft ground like them ‘ere road engines?” “Oh, yes; we could do that. “Wal, if you could do that I've been thinking that I would like to have cne of ‘em, You see, we are kind of short-hand-d down on the farm, and we are going tv have a powerful sight of work to do in the spring. Now, if you could rig up one of them wagons so that I could hitch a plough on to it, I've been thinking that my wife, Sarey Ann, could iearn to operate the durned thing, so that it would pull t plough about and get thin, ready fi plating. Sarey Ann could put the chil- dren inside the wagon and make a kind of picnic of the whele work. Do you think your wagon would pull a plough acer field ali day and not get tired or c like?’ “Well, to tell the truth, I never thought much about it, yet I have no doubt that it would work all right. How mauy of thes: carriages would you nt?” ‘What's the price of them?’ “I can sell you out for $3,000, but if you could take a number they would con lower.” “Gee whiz! Three thousand dollars fo: one of them wagons! Not by durned sight. I thought I could get one for about $100. I guess I'll stick to horses for my ploughing. Good day. ~se0. Scientific Rond Making. From the Manchester (N. H.) Union. The little state of Rhode Island has taken @ significant advance step in this matter in establishing a course for scientific road- making in the branch of its agricultural college at Kingston. The course of study has been laid out after careful consultation with Gen. Roy Stone, the United States road expert. It will take two years’ time, and the graduates are expecied to be men who can draw the contracts, be able to run the machinery to build the road and know the business from the hoe handle to the tripod, from shoveling coal under the boiler of the steam roller to drawing the plans— road engin-ers, in fact. To enter this course the student must be thoroughly grounded in the rudimentary branches, including algebra and geometry. During the first year the studies will cover English branch- es, together with higher geometry, trigo- nometry and surveying. In the second year the distinctive studies will be scientific, in- cluding physics and laboratory work per- taining to this subject; enough study in electricity to thoroughly understand thé application of motors and electric power, and physiography. In the latter branch special attention will be given to the study of physical gecgrapny and its relations to the strata and course of springs as affect road-building. Then the student will be in- structed in mineralogy and geology, that he may fully understand the relation these branchcs bear to his profession. Steam en- gineering will also be one of the branches. ‘As a part of the practical instruction each student will in the spring work for one month, ten hours a day, in building roads, handling the shovel, driving horses, run- ning the plant and so forth. The expectation is that this will send out through the state practical experts whose services will be availed of and deemed as essential as has come to be those of civil engineers in the,cities. The smaller towns will unite and put the money raised for the care of highways in their hands to be ju- diciously expended and in such manner that a piece of work costing many dollars cannot be washed away by the first subse- quent shower. -——_———_-e-—_____ Survives His Funeral Forty Years. From the Maryville (fo.) Review. Paul Pelkey of Filmore is still living, and is one hundred and two years old. He took sick and died forty years ago, was dressed in grave clothes, and was placed in a coffin in an upstairs room at his home. The funeral was ready to start, and the stairs were very narrow and old-fashioned, and tut two men could handle the coffin. They started down the stairway with the coflin, and one of the men slipped, and down went the coffin, bumpty bump. The coffin broke open, and the corpse sat up and rubbed his eyes and asked fer a drink of water, and Paul Pelkey’s funeral was put off indefin- itely and has not since been announced, end it is said is not [kely to be for some time to come, EP WALKERS, Queer Things About Them aad Th Narrow Escapes, From the Hartford Courant. The mention of a slesp-walker standing upon the street railway track the other night and barely escaping being run down has brought to the minds of many people incidents in this line that have come under their observation, and it {8 simply aston- ishing how general is this singular habit. One person mentions the case of a meme ber of the household whe was found wan- dering about on the housetop, all unmind- ful of his danger, while the observer was at his wits’ end to know how to get him in before he should make a misstep and fall to the ground. Usually the of the somnambulist are wide open, and now and then a story indicates that the vision must be fairly good at times. For instance, a sentlemam remembers that when he was @ young man an acquaintance was badly given to the habit, amd he would often go out into the yard and wander about. One night a number of them lay in ambush for him just to watch his operations. By and by the door opened in a business-like Way and out came the young man. He went straightway across the str into a Where there was a nut tree, and ceeded to pick up nuts and put ‘them in pile. A few moments at this task, then he Started tow the house in spanning the fence he made 2 misstep and fell. This awakened him, and while he was in the first act of collecting his thoughts he saw in the darkness the young men who were watching him. Just at that time their ap- artied him that he fled like a. circunistance was so impressed mind that he never afterward in- din the habit. A gentleman told an amusing incidert that happened in his ly life. He that he could not have been more five or six years old at the time. H found himself at the far ond of the long, untinished chamber whe he slept, and usually could not aw: ke sufficiently to find his way to bed again, so one or the other of his parents would hear him crying and ‘eme to his reseu aturally thi tired of the bother and no ot blamed f hat followed. As the chamber w unfinished an one in place of the guard rail at the danger end of the s number of barrels had been pla When the night’s som- nambuliste tour culminated that left a lasting impression on his mind, as well as his bo: r those bartels and it see a struggling to get throuch between them, when he must sure- ly have been killed by galling down the irs. The noise aroused’the parents, and n this memorable occasion the father vis- ted the chamber and just in time to save = lad from getting ugh. He was on hands and knees pushing through, opportunity for administering al punishment of those e been better Talk about sp: why, and more sifity Named After Miss Ciwneros, From th on. hmond Dispa Soon after th of Evangelina Cis- neros from pri 4. D. Payne of Charlottesville, Va., concelved the tdea of fillies naming one of h after the daring ng Cuban maide Accordingly he wrote at once to the Coney Island Jockey Club, aski the name be registered for one oroughbred colts. The ived a letter from the her had been over thirty his was the first the duly registered for his cphant and the Nickel-in-thee Slot Machine. From Fitegende Blatter.