Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1898, Page 15

— THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1898-24 PAGES. ma COCOA PALMS OF THE SPANISH MAIN. THE SPANISH MAIN Discovered by Columbuson His Third | Voyage. TTS PEARLS AND PRECIOUS STONES | How English Gin and Coco Water | Were Nicely Blended. PUERTO RICON HISTORY —— Written for The Evening § that Puerto Ric eve be An s fallen, noed of there in gods their grist. 5 che horrors last it has come-— flag of Spain | where it has | familiar object, fea Spain remains b: is her traditions. Probab! ry of Europe would have fur- h such a stock of romantic poetic associations as Spain. me here fresh from the conquests of | terms are not “conquistad words and en many a f If have seen in Moor equivalent), and with them din Sant to that en the had been fashioned by Arab armorers banks of the golden Tagus panish Main. yout that the north cc tween the I do not sported this appellation, pably so called from the S: anish Main’ ane the y in 1498. on his third vy ; but another navigator, one Americ espucci, reaped credit of it. Americus > ong the nexe y h the sturdy Spaniard up what » get to Santo Dom s driven n fact, i of lacustrine Vespucci the ever sir the Venezuela, or L and his con . in these jour- 2 thought himself over on his carried any the most for- earls and curiosities, aarted for Spain, be- of sufficient to k ough. I fancy it who counsled th ed en they h ncci, thoug! ceurse, for poor Ojeda died in poverty and I t what there is left of him—in the ¢ t Sz neisco, in t of Sa 9 Domingo. Shrewd Vespucci. Americus was shrewd and knowing. s not been proved that he himszIf ¢ or at least intended, to bestow his ame upon the by Columbus. The old historian s n King Ferdinand returned to Spain, he ordered Juan de Solis, Vincencio Pinzon, John de la Cosa and Ameri- spucius to come to court, and while in 156 Tis charts of the | if | new continents discov- | turn, im 15st. | were not th cc. ‘umana and Mancapana.' Rich in Pearls. Islands Margarita and Cumana no longer produce those precious pearl oysters, but rly a hundred years after their dis- covery, or in 1587, 316 kilograms of pearls were sent thither to Spain; and among them five kilos. of great beauty, a present te King Philip II. It was on his third voy- age to America that Columbus drew nearer to the equator than ever before, and he myles, are called by the inhabitants | was filled with alarm lest the increasing heat of the tropics should cause his ships to fall apart and sink. Learned philoso- ured him that in the tropical on he would find everything sublimated to the last degree; hence it would be pro- ductive of pearls and precious stones, par- ticularly emeralds and diamonds, subli- mated in telluric crucibles. Thus, he w not surprised at the discovery of pearl: alled what the great Pliny said; that w of jept wi the dews of h transmuted ir Columbus fe 2 the product oysiers that h their mouths open, into which aven fell at night, and were iridesce! , in the oO stones. And y of Cumana, with their shells be seen to but they » pearl-bearing variety. Nearly one hundred years later Sir Walter Raleigh ulf of Paria and there found t imilar as witness: “In the way between were divers little brooks of fresh water and one of salt, that had stores of ters upon the branches of the trees, and t and well tasted. All their upon those boughs and and not on the ground.” Invincible Armada Late. These were the beginnings of the Span- ish Main. Spanish settlers followed hard after the discoverers, but it was not until 1516 or ‘iv that the first Engl ships came into the Caribbean, being two ships of war under Sebastian Cabot and Sir Thomas Pert. Two years after that the first lish trading vessel arrived at Puerto Rico. Captain John Hawkins fol- lowed in 1565 and Captain Francis Drake in but no settlement was formed by eith It was during this audacious voy- age Drake's that the gallant seaman climbed a_tree on the highest point of Darien and saw for the first time the Pacitic an, which he later sailed acro: being knighted by Elizabeth on his re. He was then engaged in the exciting sport of “singeing the King of Spain's whiskers’—in other words, of at- tacking his ships in home ports and harry ing the ports of his foreign possessions. It was his wise policy, in attacking and destroying so many of the Spanish store hips in the harbor of Cadiz, that delayed the “invincible Armada,” which was fit- ted out by Philip 11 to invade England, and aided in accomplishing its ultimate destruction. Drake and Hawkins. As the Spanish settlements on the main increased, and from the interior country as well as across the isthmus, from the mines of Peru, came vast treasures of gold and silver, which was taken to Spain in slow-sailing galleons, Sir Francis and his companion freebooters had most royal sport and royal plunder. As early as 156%, or the year before Shakespeare was born, Hawkins made a profitable voyage to Guinea and back, bringing to the West Indies a cargo of slaves. He was the origi- nal slaver, as his friend and kinsman, Drake, was the original royal freebooter. 1 the interim of his slaving voyages he sacked and bombarded Spanish cities in the Caribbean, or bombarded them first and acked them afterward, and Drake did the same. This pair of precious privateers made the Caribbean an exceedingly warm place for the for the Spanish s nents as well. wére the first ones who discovered re was milk in the According to trad of se: Spanish galleons, and They that , it came about in this way: Sir Fri was once walking through a wild cocoanut grove on the north coast of South America. He noticed among other things that while the cocoa- nuts grew high and out of reach, yet in the tree tops numerous bands of monkeys lived. You don’t see the connection? Well, Sir Francis didn't at first. A native showed it to him. The Englishman was thirsty; he something to drink. He is said not to have been singular in this r pect, for Britis ers are always thirsty, and ‘always after something to drink. They usually get it, too; Sir Francis got it—or, rather, the native got it for him. You see ze cocos?” he is said to have said to the buccaneer, ‘Yes.”” “And you see ze monks?” “Of course.” “Vell, zen, eef you do want ze cocos, all pu must do is to keeck ze tree.” Saying which, the native hastened to a place of safety, while Sir Francis advanced valiant- ly and kicked the coco tree. There being no immediate result, he kicked it again, wanted H and then he got it—“in the neck”—for in CASTLE AT PUERTO CABELLO. voyag>s of dis- 1 with a good with the title of pilot. Indies tuok the of Ameri whereas they should have had it from Columbus, who was the frst discoverer.” Be that as it may, if Vespucci received this compliment from King Ferdinand he probably got it because the king thought him entitled to it and because he was a y good sort of a man, after all. Of surse Ferdinand never did like Columbus and always turned toward him the cold shoulder; and, in point of fact, very few people ever “cottoned” to Columbus, who austere in his id age. and, moreover, avaricious to the t degree. And, again, on the old charts of the ecast of those days, and on modern maps as well, you may find aboriginal names that may well have been appropriated for the baptismal appellation of the continent, as, for instance, “America-pan” occurring in various places. Old Hakluyt says quaintly, of the people here discovered: ‘They are white, even as cur men are, saving such as are much con- versant with the sun. They are also very gentle and full of humanitie toward stran- gers. There were few or none that did not ha eyther a collar or a chayne, or a bracelette of gold or pearles, and’ many had all. Other than these ornaments, ex- cept for a breechcloth of cotton, they were naked. * * * These regions being in the large province of Paria, for the space of . Vespucius wa to make se was sour and melancholy, the interval between the kicks the monkeys had quietly gathered their arms full of nuts, the which, taking careful aim, they let fly at the pirate’s pate. He was floored, something beginning with the first letter of his Christian name—though not a Chris- tian ejaculation—picked himself up, and also picked up some of the cocoanuts, and then hastened in search of the native, with fire in his eye. An Early Half and Halt. The latter saved his life only by showing Sir Francis how to open the nuts without | spilling the water therein, and, after the soreness in his head had subsided, the Britisher gave the native a “wrinkle” by mixing gin with the coco water, and then drinking it all himself. It was a great dis- covery all ‘round, but Sir Francis didn’t kick any more trees. “For to do so,” he said to himself, “would be, as my learned friend, Walter Raleigh, once expressed it, ‘savoring soméwhat of the asse.’” So he ordered one of his crossbowmen to dis- charge a bolt into the trees, whereat the monkeys ensconced therein, in the branches thereof, ‘did pelt him full sore (the afore- said cross-bowman, who was then a cross bowman, indeed) with divers nuts filled with excellent water to the queen’s taste.” Now, this, the greatest of the Elizabethan seamen, was wise in his generation, and he reasoned after the following manner: “The coco trees shall stand to me as the wealthy cities and plantations of the Span- jards; the nuts thereof as their riches, and the accursed ‘monos’—meaning the monkeys—as the Spaniards themselves. Thus, to obtain the nuts and the miik—in other words, the riches—it will only be necessary to irritate the monkeys—the Spaniards—and they will surely cast them at me, when I will gather them to myself, for the glory and benefit of my virgin queen, whom may the Lord preserve.” And the gallant knight is said to have batted his starboard eye. It so fell out that Santo Domingo was the first royal palm kicked by the freehooter, and ther he fell foul of the King of Spain’s plate fleet of galleons, sailing homeward from Panama and the Spanish Main. He Kicked these fruitful palms to some pur- pose, as the records show, for the Spanish “monos” threw into his lap vast store of gold, silver, gems and precious stufts; but he allowed them to retain their islands for the growing of another crop. Loss of Ships and Islands. The Spanish ships and settlements af- forded glorious sport for Drake, Hawkins, Raleigh and all that rollicking @rew of ad- venturers for many years, until they wear- ied the King of Spain to the extent that he fitted out the great armada. Then, indeed, these old sea lions had Philip on the hip, for they worried and harried those big sea castles and bulky galleons until, of the six score and more which sailed so gallantly out of the port of Cadiz, in the summer of 1588, intent upon the wiping of England from the map of nations—what with the assistance of the elements—not three- score- ever gained Spanish port again. And with the Spanish ships, so with the Spanish islands; one by one they fell into the hands of th> British lion, until, of all those which once dotted the western seas, not one remained save Cuba and Puerto Rico; and these have fallen to a scion of the lion, who inherits all his thrift and, ’tis said, also his courag> at sea and on land. In 1586 Drake was commissioned by Queen Elizabeth to do all the harm he cculd to Spanish shipping, and he then chese the bbean sea as the theater of his exploits. It would have sorely wounded the dignity of either Sir Francis, or his sman, Sir John Hawkins, had they been classed with the pirates of that ‘day and later, but so the Spaniards viewed them, and so their contemporaries called them. The last voyage of both these worthi:s was made in company, and both were dead before it terminated. Both were buried at sea, Hawkins off the easiern end of Puzrto Rico and Drake off a port of the Spanish Main. F. A. OBER. LAMBERTON'S JOKE. Wants to Name Spanish Prizes After His Pet Colleges. From the Chicago Record. If further dev2lopments justify it, one or two of the American ships may be station- ed in the foreign fleet off Manila to watch proceedings. Capt. Lamberton of the Olympia is re- sponsible for the latest joke in the fizet. The other day he said to the admiral that he thought the two captured Spanish gun- beats should be given good American names. He noticed that in the Navy De- partment at Washington the very com- mendable custom of naming ships after colleges and universities had been adopted. Two ships had already had their names changed to the Yale and Harvard, and he thought the same custom should be fol- lowed in rechristening the Callao and Leyte. He suggested that the Callao be given the name “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” and the Leyte the “Pennsyl- vania College of Physiciars and Surg2ons. The admiral has the matter under consid- eration. Some day we probably will be writing a thrilling account of a naval en- gagement somewhat after this style: “The Pennsylvania College of Physicians and Surg?ons then steamed rapidiy to a point oppesite the Pelayo and delivered a fearful broadside from her primary” bat- tery, or three-inch guns. At the same tim: the Massachusetts Institute of Technolog: by a brilliant maneuver around the star- beard quarter of the Pennsylvania College of Physicians and Surgeons, swept swiftly in and rammed the Spanish battle ship. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology then withdrew for breakfast, leaving the Pennsylvania College of Physicians and Surgeons to complete the work of destruc- tion. After this work was quickly accom- plished the Pennsylvania College of Phy- siclans and Surgeons cut a couple of cables and intercepted the Spanish admiral, who was changing his flag to the various re- maining ships of his fizet. ——+e+—-—____ An Old Story Well Retold. From an Exchange, Did you ever hear the story of the young man whose voice was so fine, but whese heart was not humble? Some old monks lived in an obscure valley, and for meéry years had had no accession to their number, so the tones which voiced the de- votion at mass and vespers were thin and discordant. Even the birds flew away and would not listen. It seemed necessary to take some action in the matter, and the prior decided upon drastic measures. “We will have no more singing,” he said. ‘But, reverend father,” said an oll monk, “it would be profanation not to sing the Magnificat.” “Trve.” a red the prior. “Then sing Our Lady's hymn, but nothing else.” It. was the eve of Christmas and the first vespel of ihe nativity were to ne sung. Just as the old monks were departing for the chapel a young man presented nimself and asked to be kept as a member of the order. “That must be considered later,” said the prior; ‘meanwhile, what can you do?” “TI can sing,” he replied. They looked at each other. “Will you,” asked one, “sing the Mag- nificat at vespers this night?” “Most gladly. And sing he did, in such a gloriovs man- ner that the bi came back «nd listened “What a treasure we havs gained!” said the monks to each other. That night an angel appeared. “I am sent,” he said, “to ask why in the first vespers of the nativity no M. enificat reached the listening ear of God. The prior was astounded. .. “Never has it been sung so gloriously as tonight he said. “Never have we failed to hear it—until tonight,” the angel made answer. “Let ‘me explain,” broke in the young man. “I thought not of its meaning, but only sang to gain your praise. Let me gO away until my heart is humble.” So.he went away and the cracked and discordant voices were lifted up again, and the birds departed, but the Magnificat’ was heard in heaven. See ‘The Bull and the Sentry. Frem the London Morning Telegraph. Yesterday morning we had an amateur bull fight here. It appears that a bull went mad, and, rushing to th? sea, plunged in. This evidently did not agree with the ant- mal, for he quickly emerged, and the first object meeting his gaze was Mr. “Thomas Atkins" of the Manchesters, restfully stand- ing at eas> on sentry go, whom he thought- lessly charged, utterly forgetting the fact that “Tommy” was not defenseless, being armed with no less formidable a weapon than a rifle, mounted with a bayonet. The thundering charge of the enraged bull did not disconcert “Tommy.” He scorned to seck the shelter of the friendly sentry box close by, but immediately, regardless of consequences, brought his bayonst to the charge, awaiting results, The bull—a plucky feliow—gallantly went for the bayonet, which, in the stanch and tight grasp of Mr. Atkins, was driven up to the hilt into the animal's breast, causing him to halt for @ second or two, but at the same time tha concussion sent the unfortunate sentry reel- ing and partially stunned him. The bull, though fatally wounded, had still strength enough left to again charge at his now dis- abled and def2nseless enemy, and doubtless this would have been the end of “poor ‘Tommy Atkins,” but for the timely arrival of the guard, who succeeded in driving off the beast, which soon after expired. Tom- my is now quite a hero in his way, and has been dubbed by his chums “the matador, though I must relate that, like most ami teurs, in his confusion and ignorance he neglected to claim and appropriate the usual insignia of victory, namely, the bull's ear. 3 A Great Moral Lesson. From Puck. First young lady (indignantly)—“Little boy, don’t you know it is wrong for you to. steal those dear little bluebird eggs? Don't you know that each of those Gear little eggs would be a dear little bluebird?” Second young lady (more _indignantly)— “Yes! And don't you know that stuffed bluebirds are 25 cents apiece now, and get- ting scarcer and scarcer every year, you miserable little wretch: .and opens in front over the stri Goprright. me, by 6.9 Uolewtn DEMITOILETTE FOR EARLY FALL. VIENNA STYLES| Ses Summer Novelties Apparent in Au- tumn Wear, ——— OUTDOOR AND INDOOR COSTUMES New Shades in Lavender. anes | | | In Hat Trimmings There Are . OTHER TIMELY 2 S HINTS Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. VIENNA, August 20, 1898. The charming noyelties which were ex- hibited during the summer by fashton’s fol- lowers at various important events and at the haunts of the fashionable world have also indorsed the styles for the fall, so tiat no decided innoyation, om the indvor toilet at least, marks the advent of cooler weather. Two materials in one gown {s a design not altogether new, but adopted for fall toilets for all uses. It is a style most wel- come to the woman with an economical turn of mind, who realizes the advantage of making up two old gowns inlo one of newest design. Sik and velvet have been so much worn with wool that they are no longer regarded as a prominent contrast, but many new fall gowns consist of light and dark cloths or plaid or striped and plain so0od Prominent among a great variety is a street gown composed of dark and light gray striped poplin and gray cloth. The striped material forms the blouse, sleeves and underskirt, while an overskirt of gray cloth entirely covers the back and sides ed goods, giving ‘t the effect of a tablier. A full round cape of gray cloth fails over the shoulders, but exposes the striped blouse, the fullness of which is gathered in the waist line by a belt of chased silver set with turquoises. The high coilar finishes with two points of cloth and a full jabot of yellow lace in front. The cloth overskirt as well as the cape are edged with an elabor- ate design done in silver soutach The Amazone hat, which matches the gown, Is of gray feit, and is trimmed with folds of light gray silk muslin and gray quills in two shades. For Evening and House. Of house and evening toilets one: can truthfully say that “les extremes se touchent,” as they are made up either of richest and heaviest silks, satins, moires or velvets, or of the daintiest cobweb stuffs, and combinations gre in this line also. Barege has survived the summer as our model of a graceful demi-toilet or din- ner gown shows. Barege of a light laven- | der shade, with an all-over design of white scrolls and rings, is made up over a foun- dation of iavender taffeta. The skirt shows the favorite tablier form, which is affected by a graceful trimming, consisting of a very full flounce of lavender mousseline de sole edged with a tiny ruching of the same material. This flounce is narrower at the waist and becomes gradually wider, reach- ing the greatest width as it surrounds the skirt at the short train at the back. The fiounce is surmounted by two insertions of cream-colored Valenciennes lace, with a row of ruching of lavender mousseline de soie between. Two rows of similar ruching also edge the tablier effect in front. The lavender barege of the blouse is stretched tight over ‘the back of the lav- ender taffeta lining, while, the front fs al- lowed to hang in the customary pouch. The square yoke of cream colored guipure is unlined and edged with two rows of nar- Tow mousseline ruches. The unique trim- ming over the blouse Is done in undulating lines of cream colored Valenciennes inser- tions and lavender mousseline ruches. The lavender taffeta linimg of'the sleeve covers the arm closely, and is veiled by the barege, which is tucked at the lower arm, while the upper arm is adorned ‘with Valencien+ nes insertions and ©lavehder mousseline ruches to match the trimming on the skirt and bodice. Very small square epaulettes of insertion and ruches cap the sleeve, “Cyrano” and “Lysiane.” Lavender shades deepening into purple stand first In the list’ of 6olors which will be patronized by. modistés next season. “Cyrano” and “Lysiane,” the latter rich plum color and named after Mme. Bernhardt’s latest success, will be ex- tremely fashionable for woolens, silks and velvets, # Green also will be to the fore, particular- ly when mixed with brown and black and copper red—shades which savor distinctly of autumn. The elaboration of lace trimmings appar- ently knows no limit, while the greatest variety is insured by the many ways in which edgings, insertions and deep flounces of more or less yaluablelaces are mount- ed. For summer evening -wear, the whole arm is encased in .@ tight-fitting sleeve of vnlined lace matching the round or square yoke, also unlined, which marks many of the newest odd silk waists. The high cot- lar which stands as a rival to the small V-shaped decolleto which is gradually gain- ing in favor, may be of folded ribbon of the color of the bodice, or may be of lace, quite p’ain, very high and slightly flaring at the top and seemingly cut in one picze with the lace yoke. As regards millirery, we are pleased to state that the craze for wearing stuffed birds on hats has con abated, and the new fall and w show trim- mii gs of ostrich plumes, black velvet bows wired into graceful bowknots Louis XVI style, elaborately spangled quills and, last | but not least, flowers, particularly roses, 1 bloom in summerlike beauty omest velvet winter hats Ve [Ct Dascou, Vienna iT on Decollete Gowns Less Worn. From the New York Herald. One of the most striking features of the party gown at the season’s summer re- sorts is the absence of the low-cut neck and short-sleeved variety. While there will always be some who adhere strictly to the “full dress” par excellence, it 1s no exaggeration to say thaf at least three- quarters of the dresses worn at the Satur- day night hops at the fashionable hotels and at private home receptions as well have long sleeves and high necks. The sleeves of these gowns are mostly of some thin, fluffy material, shirred and fulled to the limit, while they extend way down over the hand, ending in some prett} finish of lace or chiffon, while the neck is finished with a fluffy stock of ribbon, lace or fluffy material. Even those gowns which are cut down are more modest than those worn a few seasons ago by even the young miss hardly out of her teens, whose entire vigilance was expended in’ keeping her dress from falling off both shoulders at the same time, one being the number fash- ton adhered to. The low-necked gowns of this season are tastefully cut, and the shoulders are cov- ered. It is difficult—almost impossible—to find reasons for fashion’s caprices. Wheth- er the athletic woman who now rules the social world has decreed that it is not healthy to dance in a decollete gown and then expose herself to the night air or open poreh and draughty rooms, or wheth- er it is only one of the changes and chances of this variable world, who can say? = —so. Accepting Favors. From the Ladies’ Home Jourral. There are a great many friendships ruin- ed by the unwillingness on one side or the other to accept f Two school girl friends united by many congenial ties are forced apart because the poorer one foclishly thinks that she should make some return for the pretty gifts, the party in- Vitations, the tickets to concerts or mati- nees which her friend loves to remember her with. She knows that she is unable to make any return, so refuses the good times, and by doing so not only deprives her friend of the keenest delight, but herself of many oppcrtunities for pleasure, and the family circle at home of the recital of the fresh and novel experience which ecntact with the world outside of her home wculd surely bring her. Favors are of many sorts. It sometimes happens that a wealthy woman may wish to send a girl to college, to help her in her music, to encourage her in her desire for an art education; she may give her beoks, take her out with her and give her opportunities for hearing great artists. When a girl Bas such favors offered her she should accept them gracefully, and with a clear conscience. The favors are not all on one side; her bright face and enthusiastic appreciation mean much to the woman who is fortunate enough to be able to dispense favors. Do not, then, let any of us be afraid to accept favors, and do not let the offer of them spoil our friendship with the would- be givers. Rather let us pass them along; if flowers are sent us let us share them with others; if books are given us let us send any duplicates we may have to oth- ers less fortunate. We cannot all afford to give lavishly, but we can all afford to be thoughtfully generous. +e + —____ In accordance with the spirit of the times, society women are taking up the art of fencing. The object, however, is not that ot the warrior, but the desire to develop graceful physiques. It is the French wo- man, so It is reported, who loves the art for its own sake. Queen Victoria has read the poems of Sectt so often that she knows most of them by heart, and often during her drives re- peats verses descriptive of the scenery through which she is passing. ors. (Copyright, 1898, Ife Publishing Company.) “The Apterix—"T can’t recall your name, but I was under the impression that you The Other (who @ cold)—“Dodo, chap, dodo.” NEW CHURCH HOME! Congregation of Douglas Memorial Preparing to Build, FAREWELL SERVICE IN OLD STRUCTURE ee Northeast Temple to Be Occupied Pending the Construction. OF THE ees SKETCH E STOR vegation of Douglas Memorial Church, corner of 11th and H streets r east, have determined to erect a more com- modious structure on the site of the pres- ent edifice, and the work of demolishing the old structure will begin one week from Monday~ next. A fitting farewell servi will be held one week from tomorrow, un der the charge of the pastor, Rev. Dr. 8 M. Hartsock. At 11 a.m, Dr. Hartsock will deliver a sermon on Methodism, and at 3 p.m. there will be a reunion of the officers and members of the church and Sunday schools, to which all persons who have at any time been connected with either the church or schools will be invited. While the new edifice is in process of erection the congregation will worship in the hall of the Northeast Temple, which was recently the home of the Ninth Street Christian congregation while their house of worship was being built. The commence- Rey. Dr. Hartsock. ment of the new Douglas Memorial is the corsummation of hopes that have been en- tertained for m s the people connected therewith, the congregation hav- ing long since outgrown the dime s of the present building. An insuperable ob- stacle in the way of borrowing funds for the purpose was found in that When the late Mr. Douglas the church and ground for a p rship he had inserted in the deed 4 2 which stated that if the building i cease to be a Methodist church the property should revert to his heirs. In consequence of this capitalists could be found who would willing to advance the necessary funds to erect such a building as is needed and ake a mortgage upon the property for se- Dr. Hartsock's Proposition. Soon after Dr. Hartsock took charge of the church as pastor, last spring, he deter- mined to make an effort to secure a new church home, and the matter was thor- cughly canvassed by him among the pronij- nent members of the congregation, and it finally decided to see how much money d be raised from individual donations, subscriptions to be pay in one year from the commencement of the con- rection of the proposed building. One Surday n Dr. Hartsock ¢ for subscriptions and in a little while he had about $4.00) promised. orts ri about $1,000 mere, and t affairs was very ist church in th i After thinki sulted in na sta id before Mr, John to s fou no} w Metho- n of the Mr. Par st told Dr. k that he would fu: nish the money to build the church to the height of one st and woul getting the mon need by hir when the su! are paid a 3 hence. The ex, tion is that eventually a building $15,000 will be a lecture 1e Sunda: rranged for. ng will be pout ninet complete ntial mann It in a : tit can be ed by the congrezation for years should he funds necessary to carry out the pro- jected plan be not forthcoming. Origin of Dowglas Me The origin of Doug’ dates back to the early ’70s, when a Meth- odist mission Sunday school and church service were Conducted by Rev. G. G. Mark- ham and wife in a small frame chapel on Maryland avenue near 10th street north- east. Here the mission remained until the grade of the avenue was changed and so much lowered as to leave the building on a high embankment and make it prac. tically Inaccessibie. Immediately following this a few workers from Wesley Chapel held services in a tent on H street near 12th street northeast, and in a short time srent- ed rooms on H Street between 8th an’ is deep. story orial. S Memorial Church 9th streets, and organized a Sunday school, which subsequently became a mission of McKendree Church. The few members in- terested in the work were constituted a class, with Mr. J. W. Wade as leader. Ser- vices were held twice each Sunday, the pulpit being supplied by Methodist Episco- pal preachers employed in_the government departments and local preachers from the various charges in the city. This continued with a promise of success until in the sum- mer of 1878, when, the Sunday school hay- ing outgrown its quarters, Mr. John Doug- las proposed to build a church for the class and Sunday school that would serve their purpose for several years, and the society was requested to select a site and adopt plans for the building, which was done in a public meeting of the membership, and the name “Memorial Chapel” was adopted, in memory of Mrs. Markham, daughter of Mr. Douglas and wife of Rev. G. G. Markham. The edifice was soon erected, and was dedicated in November, 1878. Rev. Theo- dore Stevens of the Philadelphia confer- ence preached morning and evening, and dedicated the church. Great interest was manifested in the work and growth of the society, and many eminent Methodists were present at the dedicatory service, including President and Mrs. Hayes, Judge Miller of the Supreme Court and others. At this time the class numbered about thirty, and the Sunday school about 200. Rev. G. G. Markham was given pastoral charge of the congregation, and Mr. E. R. Wheat was leader of the class. In 1881 the Baltimore conference appointed Rev. W. McK. Hammack pastor, and the society was constituted a separate charge. Mr. Hammack served one year, W. Hirst Reed succeeded and served one year, Chas. T. House served three years, Wm. Rodgers three years, D. M. Browning three years, E. O. Eldridge three years and John L: ‘Walsh three years—up to March, 1898, Of the members of the class at the dedi- cation of the church very few are now con- nected with the charge. The list is: Mrs. Dougias, Jos, Palmer and wife, W. W. Deloe and wife, Mrs. Deakins and E. M. ‘Wheat and wife. A number have joined other churches in the District, some have left the city and the balance are dead. : The Present Pastor. Rev. Samuel Mitchell Hartsock, D.D., pastor of Douglas Memorial Church, is a native of Steuben county, New York. He received his education at Dickinson Semi- nery, under the presidency of Rev. Dr. Thomas Bowman, now senior bishop of the M. E. Church. He was admitted to the i | h ministry at th st Paltimore cor when the bo: es were forr: central Pennsylvania conf tuted. The in Baltimore, « of the Baltime jis pastorates son Square, Baltin< Cente Baltimore Mid¢letowr M t Char im ra Washing timore charge, I Mem ul Dr. Hartsock is an a rr, possessiz : ®, and is descri ra- tor. H andpare Mayflow Joh: Rush of granefather. UNCLE sam BIG HAYSTACK, It Weighs 9,000,000 Pounds and Fills 500 Railroad Cars. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch A St. Louis firm is getting ready to ship the largest amount of hay ever furnished on a single order in the United States. Uncle Sam is the buyer and the St. Louis Hay and Grain Company is the lucky hold- er of the m contract. Fred Deibel, the firm's contracting agent, who engineered the deal, has returned to St. Louis to superintend the filling of the order, Under the terms of the contract the firm must furnish 9,000,000 pounds of hay and deliver it at Battlefield station, Chicke amauga Park. It will require 500 cars The length to carry the hay. of cars used for this purpose, If all of the cars to be used t. led together they would make a train 21,500 feet long, or more than four miles, making the regulation allowance of. three fee n ca Each tons. There will be 11 There are twenty hay, and car will carry bales, or nine in all a ton of stack contains seven. onl shipment comprise the contents; of 643 haysta erage haystack ig sixteen fe: fifteen feet in diames ter at the ® 9,000,000 pounds of | hay would make a stack 10,288 f rly two miles high. This monst would be fort e times as high Union Trust by ired to slide ordina stack in which no pi lurk. in that he would ¢ same rate of speed, a p slide down the monster « to slide continually for one h minutes. Two tons of hay are usually two-ho wa a. It would horses to transport the ha a team. It would take these horses nine months to eat the hay ~ The governm alculates that the hay} will last the 12,000 8 at Chi amauga’ a little more than three months. Figured] strictly on this official basis, the hay in the big shipment would feed one horse 333 years and four months. A representative of the St. Lou Gr s Hav andy i that the hay would be from all parts of the country could fill the order right from S8t./ " he said, “but that would deplete! the local stock too much. soe Mr. Davis’ Last Speech. From the Atlanta Jo al The last public speech made by Jefferson, Davis was to a meeting near his home at Beauvoir in 1888. He said: “Mr, Chairman and Fellow Citizens: Ah, pardon me; the laws of th: United Stateg no Tonger permit me to designate you as! fellow citizens, but I am thankful that I may address you as my friends. I feel na regret that I stand before you this afters noon a man without a country, for my ambition lies buried in the grave of the con. federacy. There has been consigned not‘ only my ambition, but the dogmas upon which that government was based. The faces I see before me are those young nen; had I not known this I wld not. appeared before you. 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