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HOUSE & HERRMANN, Liberal Furnishers, de30-2t t And We'll Help You To some of the biggest bargains in complete Housefurnishings that you ever heard of. We have marked our goods down to such prices as should give us the biggest weck’s business of the year. Furniture, Carpets, Bedding, Ranges, Heaters, Crockery, — — And a Whole Lot of— \ ; HOLIDAY CoODsS That were delayed in transit and only arrived December 24. All ? these =We Will Cut Deep --- We offer you a chance to buy goods at an honest reduction in price that will pay you to investigate, THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER: 31, 1897-14 PAGES, Reduce This Stock Now on Hand = > | 7th and I Sts.N. W. LEAL EEL TAAAT AEE TEEPE PEPE Holiday Goods At Cut Prices. We have received a quantity of JUVENILE BICYCLES (SHELBY IDEALS) too late for Christmas delivery, and must move them out to make room for 1898 goods. They consist of 24-inch and 20-inch bicy= cles, both boys’ and girls’ patterns, and are now offered at $25 and $20, respectively--a §5 reduction in price. ee i a a se ee ey ss De as ee guaranted goods. de28-5t oe way, fitted with S. T. tires, in different fin- ishes--=black, olive green and maroon. Not too late to purchase a New Year's gift, and save money, as these cannot be dupli= cated at prices quoted. All above are fully New goods in every secsonoatencnetrasoesreteeserseoendoeseaeedineseeseeseesentercencersedionientnesreseeseotedepatedtoes Gormully & Jeffery Mifg.Co., 1325-27 14th St. N.W. Down-town Agency, 429-31 10th St, SOCOM A Story of the Cznr's Curiosity. From the Philadelphia Times. The heavy burden of autocracy has not destroyed all the boyish instincts in Nich- olas II's disposition, as the following anec- dote, heard at a dinner party given in honor of a gentleman of M. Faure’s escort in his late journey, prov The president, after having searched all the best Parisian shops to find some toys worthy of the two litte grand duchess acceptance, and, having bought the everlasting gold rattl for Miss Tatiana, was in despair for som: thing out of the common to give Miss Olga. He at last chose two wonderful dolls, one got up as an elegant lady, the other as an nd, after much dif- overdressed little girl: : ficulty, a most complicated piece of machin- ery was inserted, thanks to which, when wound up, the lady and her daughter be- gin a ludicrous bit of conversation, which is finished by the little girl crying because she is not allowed to ride a donkey on ac- gauze dre baby grand duchess was delighted, ot more so than her father, who, it s, spent an hour on the floor with fid, listening to the squeaky dialogue between the dolls. But the time came when the princess had to go to bed, which she did very reluctantly. As for the em- peror, he re nained an instant in the bou- doir after her departure, with the two clever artificial ladies, who had taken his fancy, while the empress, M. Faure and some ladies and gentlemen of the court were talking in the next room. Suddenly a strange noise like that of an infernal ma- was heard, followed by a loud ery of y, and everybody rushed to see what the emperor, safe and sound, but with a dismal face, looking at the dolls, i he had partly undressed to find out the secret hidden in their bosoms, while the dolls were chattering away as if they would never stop. The empress, unable to restrain her temper, snatched up the car- yeted board on which were standing and shaking the two precious ladies, and, after shed her husband with a wither- he said to a gentleman near her: send this away; it is too bad, in- ie emperor spoils everything he ut Nicholas looked so penitent was so funny, that she shing. touches. and the mishap could not ers of Health. From Collier's We The Marquis adailiac, 2 French sci- well known here through “Prehistoric America,” has ngaged in calculations that are curiously suggestive. They concern the dangers of health. Since the memory ¢ man runs not to the contrary, or, more definitely, since the late Mr. JAmy Ben- tham inaugurated the doctrine of the great- est good of the greatest number, there has been an effort, tentative, yet perceptible, to get things shipshape, to provide through ar- bitration against war, to improve sanitation, to fell disea to foster matrimony and simplify existence. One does not need to be prophetic to assume that ultimately the ef- fert will succeed. But consider the result. What with universal peace, universal sani- tution, the fanging of the micrebe, and con- tiruous matrimony, in no time at all, in two centuries at most, M. de Nadaillac de- clares that the earth will be overpopulated end that there won't be enough food to go around. If he {s right, then, indeed, the struggle for life will begin in earnest, and not of individual with individual, but of nation with nation, a struggle such as his- tery ‘has never known, and which will re- sult in the survival of the fittest—providing always survival there be. It will be the clash and clatter of empires and republics cecntending not for entity, not for frontiers, not for principles, but for bread; a gigantic vpheaval in wkich whole races will disap- pear, and all because humanity 1s tn love with an ideal that fs not in love with it, because peace is net a blessing, ad be- his been recently work on cause the microbe is a bocn. AMERICAN OVER IR SCOURER, Buccess justifies the claim that. w Finest dyeing and dry cleaning. heatley, W468 Jeferson ave. , Dots-lyr.14 Established 1831. n.w. (Georgetown). xty-Seven years of © are experts, The Saturday Star BY FiAIL $1.00 Per Year, Canine Tramps, From the London Mail. The street dogs of Constantinople are a feature of that city. They go about un- owned and uncared for, and acquire a won- deful knack of looking after themselves. The instinct which enables these poor | tramps to tell the time is the most aston- ishing thing about them. Day after day, at regular hours, when the scraps are thrown out, they are never much too early and never too late. The superintendent of one of the great railway lines ending in Constantinople records a most remarkable ase. The Oriental express, the famous train from Pi to Constantinople, a: rives, it se three times a week at a cer- tain hour in the afternoon. When train comes in there are always sev dogs ready to receive it. Before the passen- xers have had time to get out the dogs jump into the carriages and search everywhere, under the seats and in the corners for the s of luncheon left by the passengers, hen they have found all the pieces they yo away. The remarkable thing is that they never come at any time except When the Oriental express 1s due; that they never make a mistake in a day, and always remeinber that between Friday and Mon- day there are two days and not one. They Pay no attention to local trains, because little or no food ts left in them, owing to the short journeys the passengers take. Exoctly this same knowledge of the time table and of the difference between local and long-distance trains has been noticed at the stations of the Asiatic rallways in Scutari, across the Bosphorus. ———+e-___ A Quarantine Story. From the New Orleans ‘Times-Democrat, ‘Thousards of stories of the recent yellow fever visitation are full of interest, and there are thourands that will never be told for various reasons. Here is one without the names. Up in Mississippl, where it be admitted every one was keeping a wary outlook for yellow ja the people Were about getting over their fright abuut Edwards when a case suddenly broke out in Durant, and the patient, an excellent young man, died. The people all around Durant lceked that pretty little town up as tight as a hermetically sealed bottle. Two young men had Griven across the ¥ to Lexingtcn to sce their best girls Just a few hours before the case had de- veloped. The news preceded them to Lex- ington, and when they arrived they were paralyzed to find that the nearest they could get to their girls was about a mile. The Lexington people gave them the mar. ble heart. ‘Trey had put theirshorses up in a stable, and were just starting out when their presence was discovered. They were penned up in the stable, and had to pass the night there, were given their food on Waiters at the end of a bean pole, and as scen as daylight came were made to hitch up and return, their trip a disappointment and the yellow fever confronting them ai heme. But they went, as there was no- where else to g0.9 And the werst of it was that they were forbidden v chair gla. to even write to + eo—_ The Belt of Spring Wheat. J. A. Wheelock in Harper's Magazine. The spring wheat of the northwest owes its superior nutritious qualities to a law which governs the whole procession of commercial flora, of which it ts the leading representative—that the cultivated Plants Ame thelr highest perfection in food qual- ities near the northernmost 1i growth—a law to which the baeht ates sun, the clear dry atmosphere and the pure waters of this Inland region lend addi- tional force. The cattle which become skeletons on the plains of Texas are driven north to grow fat on the grasses of the Montana and Dakota ranges, or the Pas- tures of Minnesota, twice as ‘rich in albu- minoids as even those of Hlinois. The frults of these northern latitudes are Jjul- cler, the potatoes more_farinaceous, the melons more luscious. The strawberrice the tomatoes, the butter, the whole series of field, garden and dairy products, tell the seme opie hard wheat belt, follow- of mean summ pera- ture, extends far north of the ‘int ped by several Amer! can bere bagi hao United States it em- braces the broad prairies of Minneso! the two Dakotas. ster ALL READY FOR YALE Basket Ball Contest ‘at’ the Infantry Armory. SECRET SLATE FOR AGEL AL W. Progress of the Collégiate Chess Tourney. CURRENT SPORTING NOTES The event of the winter athletic season in Washington will be the match tonight at the W. L. I. armory between the basket ball teams representing Yale University and the Washington Light Infantry. The Yale team is the crack team of the country. Last night it defeated the team of the Ger- mantown Y. M. C. A. at Germantown, Philadelphia, by 15 to 10. Yale’s team play was fine from the start. Their passing, dribbling and side shooting, Particularly along the side lines, was espe- cially praiseworthy, and their last season’s fault of underhand shooting has been suc- ceeded by the all-pervading high overhand throw or the fake throw with a side shoot the other direction from the way antici- pated. Germantown also caused a murmur of approval ta stir the spectators by their accuracy in throwing goals and shooting. Yale played a game different from most teams. She plays work signals, whereby she places her men in certain positions and tries to execute the play signaled to be en- acted. Of course, she often had this play broken by interference from her opponents, but when the interference was eluded the play nearly always resulted in a goal. The Light Infantry team has repeatedly won the local championship, and is regard- ed as exceptionally good. The following have been selected to take part in tonight’s contest: Harry Lee, H! R:“McCabe, 8. T. Shreve. Ernest Schafhirt and Jesse Schaf- hirt, with Chapman and Burnett as substi- tutes. The Yale team comprises J. K. Clark, G. M. Clark, Rockwell, Moore and Peck (cap- tain). Manager Marshall of Yale will umpire the game, and Mr. .1all, W. L. L, will act as referee. Elevated seats, with a capacity of 730, have been erected. Of this number 250 will be reserved. The contest will be according to the league rules, which provide for five men on a team. The Yale team arrived this morning. POTTER WILL BE ELECTED. Deal Made at a Secret Meeting of L, A. W. Officials Held at Philadelphia. It has leaked out that at a secret mect- ing held at Philadelphia Wednesday a combination was effected by which Isaac B. Potter will he re-elected president of the L, A. W. The deal takes in the states of New York, Pennsylvania,,.New Jersey, Indiana, Chio and Maryland: and brings together enough votes to elect the slate agreed upon, The slate is made up as fol- lows: For president, Isaac B. Potter of New York; first vice president, Thomas J. Keenan of Pennsylvania;, second vice president, New Jersey’s choice; treasurer, Mergenthaler of Ohio. The next place of meeting will be Indianapol 1 This deal was made by Chairman Mott of the racing board, Chief Consul Sams of Maryland, Chief Consul, Boyle and Secre- tary-Treasurer Collins ,of Pennsylvania. Mott and Sams acted in behalf of Mr. Potter. The Pennsylvania contingent, find- ing Gideon's election out of the question, at once fell into line. New Jersey p were next asked to join the ¢ombine, an being promised that they should have a place on the ticket, accepted. Ohic and Indiana leaders were communicated with by telegraph, and they consented to come in when Mergenthaler’s candidacy was considered and {Indianapolis promised the next meeting. NOT TO BE ‘T ABROAD. Kraenzlein'’s Story of a Foreign Trip of Penn’s Athletes. The story sent ‘out from Milwaukee, in which it was stated that Alvin C. Kraenz- lein, Pennsylvania University’s champion hurdler, would not return to college unless the university athletic officials made cer- tain retractions, created quite a little surprise in college circles yesterday. When Kraenzlein, who lives in Mil- waukee, went home for the holidays, he told his friends in that city that Penn- sylvania would send a team abroad next summer to compete in dual track and field sports with Cambridge Universit; This news was telegraphed to the ern papers and promptly denied by the Pennsyivania athletic authorities, one of whom stated that either Kraenzlein had been misquoted or his imagination had run away with him. The clder Kraenz- lein feeis that these denials place his son in a bad position and announces that he will not permit him to return to college unless retractions are made. The whole trouble is due to an unfor- tunate misunderstanding. Pennsylvania has never thought of sending a team abroad, but has for several years advo- cated the plan to have the point winners in the intercollegiate championships com- pete with the best athletes from the Ei glish universities. This proposition was voted down by the colleges in 1898, but will come up again at the February mcet- Ing, with fair prospects of being adopted. It is believed that it was from this that Kraenzlein got the idea that Pennsyivania was going to send a team to England, BOWLING. Current Notes of Interest to the Local Teams. Manager Stiles of the Columbia bowling team has arranged for the next two sets of games with the Baltimore Catholic Club. The Columbias will visit the Baltimore bowlers on the first Saturday in February, the Baltimoreans playing a return match on the C. A. C. alleys on February 19. Captain Curran of the Catholic Club is enthusiastic over the fdea, originated in Baltimore, for the formation of an Inter- City League, the membership to comprise the Columbia Athletic Club, the Saenger- bund and Carroll Institute teams of Wash- ington and the Baltimore Catholic Club and two other teams from thé'monumental city. It is not likely that without modi- fications the plan would‘te favorably con- sidered by the local playérs, there exists in the Washington Le#gue the greatest harmony, and the three ¢iubs'named atove have no desire to part cbmpdany with their other local associates. Té enlarge the pro- posed league to take in ‘ail of’ fhe Washing- ton League clubs would. nécessitute the admission of an equal number of Baltiiuore clubs, an arrangement that uld make a league of bulky size. %* vo Further than this, théfe exists the pos- sibility of the organization 'ef additional clubs in Washizgton, with tH6é chances of enlargement of the leagire to! eight clubs. A number of organizations in Washington have considered the advisability of adding bowling alleys to their establishmen: such action would cerjainly,, couragement from the governors of the locat league. A fact it i# that while many northern’ arf western cities have bowling leagues, Brooklyn having a dozen different ones, an aasociation of the bowling clubs in Baltimore has never’ béen successfully accomplished. It would seem better, there- fore, for the Baltimoreans to get together with a league of their own, and then ar- range for matches between the winner of their series with the winner in Washington, Further developments will be watched with interest by local bowlers. \ CORBETT ‘CALLS “FITZ” Down, Reminds the Australian of a Rema: Made at Carson City. as James J. Corbett, who is now in Cincin- nati, Ohio, gave: out :yesterday his chai- lenge to fight Robert J, Fitssimmons as ‘mmobert J Fitzsimmons, z > y ot the world: Your published. Seulacation: Mr, Fits., that you intend re-entering the ring, pleases.me more than I can at present ex- press to-ycu, for I know that the public esteems me to be the only candidate for the honors you thus place within reach. “I am sorry, however, to note that in wording this declaration, you give me the impression that since we last met you have become unwisely forgetful. For instance, you say that before I can claim a return match with you, I must prove myself to be worthy of it. You certainly intended this as a joke, for no one in the world knows my ability better than yourself. You can- not so soon have forgotten your remark to me at Carson, just after the battle. ‘Jim,’ you said, in your simple, earnest way, ‘I'll never fight again. You've given me a bloody good licking.” You, the winner, uttered these words with face and body so battered as to leave no doubt of your sin- cerity, while I, the loser, listened with never a bruise nor scratch from head 10 foot which could contradict you. “Ts this consistent with your now re- questing me to prove myself to be a worthy opponent? You will find the confidence of the public in my ability to entertain you still unshaken. You will find that the pub- Ne will insist upon your recognizing my claim that you must meet me again. But surely you have been misrepresented. 1 refuse to credit you with the lame memory, broken judgment, poor taste and entire untruthfulness which the printed remarks alleged to have been made by you would imply. I prefer to think that those who have entered the ring with me were men, honest, brave and incapable of the vulgur, lying and cowardly language in which the newspaper version of your remarks was couched. “However well I know that the great journals try to be, and usually are, ac- curate to the letter in reporting utterances made by important men upon important subjects, I prefer to believe that in this case a grave error has been made some- how, somewhere and for a purpose rot worthy of one who wishes to be considered above contempt. What the public ex- pects from me is to maintain the manly dignity of the ring, and not be a brawier, nor a shifty evader of the honest princi- ples which govern honest men when ad- justing their respective merits. This is all I have to say. But this is what I pro- Pose to do: “The day we sign articles I will give $1,000 in recognition of the act. “The moment you enter the ring, =eady to offer me battle, I will give you a sec- ond thousand dollars in token of my pleas- ure. “Upon the completion of the tenth round, if you are stili undefeated, I will give you a third thousand dollars as a souvenir cf my surprise. “Upon defeating you, no matter in what round, I wil give you $2,000 more as a re- minder that I am not an ungenerous foe. “On the other hand, should you again defeat me, I promise, if still able to move, to place my hat upon my head and, then removing it in your honor, to proclaim yeu in frank and unmistakable terms to be superior, and state that I then and th quit forever all possible claim to the cham- pionship of the world. “Let further remarks on this subject be made by one thousand clean, honestly earned American dollars, given me by the public that believes in me. I have this day forwarded these to Will J. Davis of Chicago, in testimony that I mean every word I have herein spoken. “JAMES J. CORBETT, ampion of Ameriva.”” Intercollegiate Chess Tourney. The fourth round of the intercollegiate chess tournament was begun in New York yesterday. Southard, Harvard, beat Meyer, Columbia, Guiocco piano opening. Hewins, Harvard, beat Seward, Columbia, counter center gambit, after twenty-five moves. Young, Princetcn, defeated Cooke, Yale, French defense, after forty-one moves. Carter, Princetcn, was beaten by Murdock, Yale, in twent x moves. Following is the record of the tournament: Columbia Harvard Yale Princeton No Speed Skating Championships. The council of the Canadian Amateur Skating Association has decided not to hold any speed skating championships this year, as there are very few skaters available. The figure skating championships will be held at the end of February. A Little Book of Big Value. The Star Almanac contains thousands useful facts and figures upon all topics general interest. 450 pages for only cents. For sale at The Star office newsdealers. of of 2 and See Cocoanuts in Hawaii. From the Honolulu Star. Five years ago Hugh McIntyre imported 2,000 nuts for E. Lindemann, which the latter planted along the sea coast at Wai- lua, Kauai. Today he has 2,000 cocoanut trees in bearing and some of them had fruit when only four years old. Mr. Lindemann says that in some places he had to dig holes in the rocks to get the ruts planted. As copra and cocoanut, it is in great demand, the product of each tree be- ing worth at a very low estimate 50 cents You have $1,000 net, or say you value the tree (six years old) at $10. There you have 20,00) worth of property. “Mr. Lindemann has now gone east to sell this vear's crop. These are no fancy cof- tee figures, but facts. You can get one of these beautiful Samoan cocoanuts, sprout- ed, of Hugh McIntyre for 25 cents. They are worth If you have a place to plant them they 1 increase the value of your lot. After you get them growing these lit- tle cocoa palms are worth a dozen of the almost worthless trees (with fictitious names) that you get from the government nursery for nothing. The cocoanut is destined to become one of the most valuable products to civilized man. ee The Plague of the Gipsies. From the London Mail. At the county hall, Kirgston-on-Thames, yesterday afterncen a conference of the rural and district councils throughout the county of Surrey, convened by the Surrey county council, was held for the purpose of considering the best means of dealing with the tribes of gipsies and dwellers in vars and tents throughout the county. Motions were adopted that legislation wes urgently required, not only in the in- terest of the general public, but of these nomad classes themselves; that district authorities should adopt uniform by-laws to deal with them, and that the canal boats act and the tempcrary dwellings measure offered a precedent for the kind of action that was required. it was stated in the course of the pro- ceedings that Surrey was a favorite haunt of the gipsies cn account of the character of the soil and the fact that there were a large number of open tracts in the county. —_—__---______ Stokkers’ Cramps. Dr. Randolph M. Myers read a paper be- fore the last meeting of the Medical Soci- ety of the District of Columbia on “Cramps as Affecting Stokers,” During the time he was ship surgeon he never saw an Ameri- can stoker; they were usually young men from all the large seaports of Europe. These men work from four to six hours in a high temperature with an interim equally as long. They are poor-looking specimens of humanity, being thin and cadaverous, but very muscular. While on shore they indulge in all forms of dissipation, and about the second day out they are sud- denly seized with violent cramps im the muscles of the legs; they progress up the back and arcund the chest. They are often unconscious for from five minutes to two hours. Tho puls@1!s weak and thi and the skin hot. On coming out ef an attack they have pain in the abdomen and con- etipation and ere laid up for two or three days. .These attacks are more common on Some men seem exempt, but if one attack they will invariably er. Treatment consists mostly of large doses of opium in some form, fol- lowed by castor oil and Epsom salts. ——————--____ Bebby’s Business Outlook, From Puck. “Bobby's hen lays an egg a day, and he is crying because he can’t take her and go to. Alaska.” . “I don’t see the connection.” * “Why, eggs are selling up there at thirty- five doliars a dozen!” Wetetinarlana ‘as the ue’ plus ultre’ of inimests, winter. they have have anoth ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Preliminary Hearing in the Case of Robert Hamilton. ACCUSED OF ATTEMPT 10 WRECK TRAIN Investigation to Be Resumed at 9 O'clock Tomorrow. GENERAL AND PERSONAL Evening Star Bureau, No. 529 King st. Bell telephone No. 106, ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 31, 1807. Robert Hamilton, who has been held at Police headquarters for the past twenty-four hours, suspected of having been connected with the attempt to wreck the C. and O. train at Ravensworth, was given a prelim- inary examination before Mayor Simpson this morning, and his case was continued until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. When the case was called this morning not a single witness was present on the part of the railroad company, and one of the officers stated that it was the de- sire of the railroad people to have the man ccmmitted for future developments, but Mayor Simpson did not see it in that light. “If gentlemen outside think they can run the mayor's office,” said Mr. Simpson, “they will find they are very much mis- taken. Officer Atkinson, inform the rall- 1cad peopie that unless the witnesses are here in fifteen minutes I shall turn the man loose.” The mayor then directed that Hamilton be brought out, and the examination was commenced. Officer Atkinson, who made the arrest, stated that Wednesday night a telephone message had been received at headquarters for an officer to come to the Southern depot, an@ he had been or- dered to respond. The officer stated that on his arrival at the depot Mr. Duncan, the yard master, had sald that Hamilton was there and had been seen at Ravens- worth at the time of the wreck, but he (Duncan) did not know whether he could be held or not. “Then,” said Officer Atkinson, “Mr. Duncan told me he would put Hamilton outside of the door, and I could arrest him if I wanted to. Detective McDevitt of Washington stepped out of the door at the same time and advised me to arrest the man, and I did so. The mayor then questioned Hamilton, who stated that he had been drinking all that day and had stopped in the passenger shed to rest, and fallen asleep from the in- fluence of the liquor. He said that South- ern railway train No. 37, in passing, awakened him, id that he raised himse vp on his elbow, He had not been in this position long before he heard another train approaching and got up and went to the edge of the platform. The C. and O. train was then about fifty yards from the end of the switch. He saw the train run on the switch and he jumped to the main track, as the passenger shed was at the end of the switch. When the train had stopped he went to the engine and had a talk with Engineer Fowler agd rendered all the as- sistance he could. He was put on the train, he said, and taken to Burke's station. Thence was taken to Charlottesville, back to Burke's and Ravensworth, and then to this city, where he was turned: loose at the depot and rearrested by the Alexandria po- lice, and has been incarcerated ever since. After the court was over Hamilton sent for Mayor Simpson and requested that he be sent to the Fairfax authorities, as he felt that he would be acquitted of the charge. The mayor said he would comply with his request. The story told by Hamilton was unshaker by cross-examination by Commonwealta Attorney Marbury. Officers Elected. The following officers have been elected by James W. Jackson Council, Junior Order ; A. M., and they will be installed next Wednesday night: Councilor, Henry Hun- ter; vice councilor, W. L. Craven; record- ing secretary, W. K. Griffith; assistant re- cording secretary, R. M. Swann: financial secretary, J. Frank Petty; treasurer, W. L. Mullen; conductor, Joseph T. Rice; warden, C. M. Griffin; inside sentinel, J. 8. 'Crappe outside sentinel, Edw. Fornshill: trustee for eighteen months, J. H. Stephenson: captain degree team, W. K. Griffith; chaplain, J. H. Stephenson. These officers will be in- stalled next Wednesday night by Depu State Councilor W. K. Griffith. Alexandria and Belle Haven councils of this city will pay this council a fraternal visit on next Wednesday night in a body. “Watch Night” Banquet. The members of the Columbia Fire Com- pany have made elaborate preparations for a “watch night” banquet, to be given at the engine house tonight. The new year will be rung in with the engine house bell. To Go to Norfolk. Rev. C. E, Grammar, D.D., will leave here tonight for Norfolk, and will preach at Christ Church, that city, Sunday. Dr. Grammar, it will be remembered, has r ceived a call to the rectorship of the church, and has the matter under consid- eration. It is believed that he will tell the congregation of his acceptance Sunday. Criminal, Statistics. During the past year the number of per- sons sent to jail was 561, of whom 179 were white males and 336 colored. Of those were sent to the chain gang, 120 state pris- oners, 62 from county and 12 United States prisoners. The number of funerals was 46, ot whick 36 were of colored people and 10 whites. Christmas Celebratio: The children’s celebration at the Metho- dist Episcopal Church South was held last night, and the pupils of the Sunday school had a delightful time. An excellent mu- sical and literary program was rendered, and the little ones received lots of good things. County Court. In the county court, Judge Jameg M. Love presiding, an order has been entered fer the construction of a read from Rus- sells to a point on the Leesburg turnpike near Hooff’s run, and the sum of $1,500 was award. for land damages. In the matter of an application for a new road from the electric road to Kearney’s station, the report of the viewers was filed. Leonard Marbury was appointed commissioner in the cause of W., A. and F. C. R.R. Co. against Dulaney and Marshall, trustees, to ascer- tain what persons are entitled to the funds paid into court in the case. Gov. Tyler's Inauguratio: A number of Alexandrians will go to Richmond tomorrow to witness the simple ceremonies incident to the inauguration of Gov.-elect Tyler. There is great disap- pointment among the members of the Alex- andria Light Infantry that there is not to be a big demonstrafion, for they had ar- ranged to attend. Capt. Cheshire Drowned. News has been received in this city that Capt. Wm. Cheshire of the bugeye Nettie May, while off Swan Point on the way up the river Tuesday with a load of oysters, was knocked from the deck of his vessel drowned. George's Island, but was well known in this CY. rhe Last Rites. Funeral services over the remains of the late Mrs. Eliza Ridgeley Dangerfield were hela at St. Paul's Church at 9:15 o'clock morning, Rev. P. P. Phillips, the rector, os Suattmuinn wervtaioente Bal- timore for interment. - . Must Leave the City. ° OOP erereeserevcooes : When You ce : Catch Cold Remember this—Mertz’s Pector- al Balsam is the most efficient, . quickest cure ever compounded. 10 cents. : When Your : Hands Are Chapped > Remember this—Queen Anne : Lotion is the most pleasant and + best cure. Dries quickly. 25¢. Cooper's Hair Success is a. sui cess indeed. Ceres dandruff, prow Vents loss of hair. 50 cts, : Mertz’s Pharmacy llth and F Sts. Pe erevcccoes Instantaneous Success. POCO OOOO OOO OOOO OEE OOOOH OOOOH OOD The elite of Washi r 0 Pais seston ‘ashington indorse the London and rowds of delighted Indies wit e Interest ing demonstrations hourly. ‘Ther realice thet we art of bair dressing is revolutionize omb reates ountless harming oiffures Without the use of pins or tyings. Parisian Patent Comb NO. 935 F STE N Washin, D. ©. nesday night to rob the store Pelton. Alexandria Council, Junior Order U. A. M., met last night and elected officers for the ensuing term. Mr. Claude Duval and Miss Minnie Gard- ner, both of Charlottesville, were married in this city yesterd atch night services will be held in Methodist churches tonight x Wm. Taylor and R. H. Davis are locked up at police headquarters on a diet of bread and weter for refusing to work on the chain gang. Mr. T. E. White of Wilmington, I tomorrow take charge of Adams office here as agent. __Mr. J. H. Price, who has been quite ill, gate ss laude Wheat ts visiting friends Philadelphia. Z = Mr. Prentiss Bowie, who has been ill at Providence Hospital, in Washington, has returned to his home in this city. The recently elected officers « Lodge, I. 0. 0. = == rc c . will xpress Potomaa will be installed tonight. AN ALTAR OF RED PIPESTONE. Consecrated by Bishop Hare for I dians in South Dakota. Dispatch to the ¢ Chronicle from Sioux Falis, 8. D. Situated at the extreme limit of the east- ern boundary of South Dakota is the fa- mous red pipestone quarries, for whose istence scientists are at a loss for an ex- planation. This is the only quarry of the kind known to exist on the American con- tinent, or, for that matter, in the world. It is the stone from which the Indians make their pipes and ornaments, and for which the Indians make annual pilgrim- ages now, as they have done in ages past. In the reighborhood of this quarry a tribe of Indians located years ago, and be- came zealovs converts to the Episcopal faith. Bishop Hare visited their commu ty recently, and among other things wa: called upon to consecrate an altar, perhaps the most unique that was ever erected in maicrial used was almost , laken from the quar- and finished and pol- them. The st used for and e work was slow and laborious, covering a period of several months. The altar is beautiful, the ished polishing was honey by symbols of the chureh being engraved upon ihe stone panels. The Indian pipestone quarries have en the source cf many Indian legends and ro- mantic stories, and, speaking of them, Col. Harry Inman, quartermaster, United States army, Say “Indians make smoking a part of their religion, The ied sandsione quarries of Minnesota are the source from which for untold centuries the Indians from all sec- tions of the country obtained the material for their pipes. Because of the veneration in which these quarri: were held no bat- ues could possibly occur in those sacred precincts, and all hid their weapons on ap- proaching the holy ground. Before digging for the stone the Indian made humble sip- plication of the guardian spirit for permis- sion.” The legend of the Knis-te-neu's tribe (Crees) in relation to the quarry is as fole lows: “In the time of a great freshet that oc- curred years ago and destroyed all the na~ tions of the earth every tribe of Indians assembled on the top of the Coteau des Prairies to get out of the way of the rush- ing and seething waters. When they had arrived there from all parts of the world the water continued to rise, until it covered them completely, forming one solid mass of drowned Indians, and their flesh was converted by the Great Spirit into red pipe- stone; therefore it was always considered neutral ground, belonging to all tribes alike; and all were to make their pipes out of it and smoke together. “While they were drowning together a young woman, Kawptan, caught hold of the foot of a very large bird that was flying over at the time, and was carried to the top of a hill not far a’ above water, There she had twins, their father being the war eagle that had carried her off, and her children have since peopled the earth. The pipestone, which is the fiesh of their ances- tors, is smoked by them as the symbol of peace, and the eagle feathers decorate the heads of their warriors.” No Hard Times for These Farmers, J. A. Wheelock in Harper's Magazine. Contrary to the prevailing impression, these four years of prostration and disas- ter were but little felt by the farmers of the northwest. The decline in real estate values has been almost wholly confined to the cities. There has been no sensible fall in the price of farm lands. In southern Mine nesota, where mixed farming prevails, the farmers have been prosperous through all the hard times, and, although pinched by the low prices of their chief product for several years, the wheat farmers as a class have more than held their own. They have been enormously better off than the indus- trial classes in the cities. The foreclosures which have strewn the cities with wrecks of former fortunes have been very rare in the country. With the return, at least tem- porarily, of higher prices for their products, the farmers of the northwest are A careful estimate places the market value of the crops just harvested From Harper's Bazar. “What I'd like to see,” remarked the lit- tle boy, “is a cart for winter like we have to sprinkle the streets in summer. I tuink a cart that would sprinkle a street with snow about coasting time would be a great invention.” . ——___+e+____ gold output of Colorado for the year tent is satiate’ at 0 The trustees of Princeton University have revived an old rule prohibiting stu- dents from visiting places where intoxicat irg liqucrs are sold.