Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1898, Page 16

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1898—24 PAGES. lial celica idol icel relticiicntice f engineer and the third sat at tea on the S. S. Curlew in the East India docks, nd not overclean stew- rything he could think and led every- f could t . had assidu- out two cups tea and with- yuest. The two men ate stead- between t and inter- ly by a hoarse and sepul- wner of ¥ n being much sight of the food, asktd the exercised by th for it. prettily at first, and afterward in way which at least compelled attention. That's pretty good for a parrot,” said the third critk “Seems to know what | @ he's saying, toc om’t give it any thing. Itil st asure to me in listening to * said the chief with ¢ tly dipped third butter and, in chased it round and round the bottom the tea, losing the cup with his finger, the t rd regarding the « ation with an ir and emotion t first unable to understand. pour yourself out another . thoughtfully, as he caught third’s ey "m going to, jd the other dry! The man I bought it of,” said the chief, giving the bird the sop, “said that it was a etly respectable parrot, and wouldn't ad word if it heard I hardiy » it to my wife now vod being too particular,” said the thir regarding the other with an ill- concealed grin: “that's the worst of all You young married fello: Seem to think your wife has got to be wrapped up in paper. Ten chances to one she'll be shrugged his shoulders dis “I bought the bird to be compans » said slowly; “she'll be very ne without m a 5 red the other. n- n married as long as I who, ha been felt that tieir yo lemanded the chief, in a have envie way a bi that Or ort of thing ud to s said the third, but_she don't away. Your wife's . isn’t she other, shor! afraid of ts, that i get too much att “Well, women like that, remarked the n't, ae it,” erfed the chief think of it I go hot all “Wi t year.” all al’ke.” growled the chief, got finer feelings than chap next do him this mort said the thir: t wa any of your id the chief sharply straighter when he passe you think of that say,” replied the other, with com gravity, “1 said the other. little neck wrun an it ll sald the third. “Well, we'll see," said Gan: know what to think if it does “I shall never see that 1 again.” said aking his head as the chief took and hended it to the stewar company him home with it. get its “I shall left the ship and proceeded Inéia dock road side by g a hot he cage at his door misgivings, took { rand set it on @ ple-looking w leoking it: for you whil Jem,” said his atl round the cage a¢ which was of 2 high- lispesition, ha last pla ked es he got sick of it rly fashion, said so. said Ms wife turning with around nd, him in a sim- beautiful talker,”* Gannett, nd it's so ¢ that tt picks up everything it heers, but it'll soon forget tt." looks as thovgh it knows just what * said his w ul thing!" “Just loc Ic good to be miss- inted Mrs. owers with jow It. which he it?” said his wife, n-mouthed. said the ergireer, firmly know what I'm doing sisted Mrs. Gannett. t.”” said the engineer would like to know ind out yet. It's a u've said that, ay about It.” her forehead, has f 1 wis there is to wrinkling us bird quite true,” Ni about you. ring my ab- comes tO see il tell me everything fact. it w » I'm away won't have hing bad to tell nnett, composedly, said her husband, con- And now if you will go and put on we'll drop in at the (heater n hour.”* »phetic utterance, for he made such a fuss over the man next to his wife Offering her his opera glasses that they Jatt, at the orgent request of the manage- LOMO piece of bread and | ; | hastily just ONC NOME OEOWONE rer ETE SESEDEMESESUSUSENESCNE SEA) THE GRAY PARROT, Bee ee Een WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY W. W. JACOBS. (Copsright, 1898, by W. W. Jacobs.) INOW WOVE WOM OW OW OWE MAVEN NEWOW WOT, velseleelse) veksek seh se ise) cel se) Gelise) (sel se hse koe) ment, in almost exactly that space of time. “You'd better carry me about in a band- bex,” said Mrs. Gannett, wearily, as the outraged engineer stalked home beside her. “What harm was the man doing “You must have given him some encour- agement,” said Mr. Gannett, _ fiercel “made eyes at him or something. A man wouldn't offer to lend a lady his opera wit rout——” ad, and that ing stranger turn- t her. Mr. Gan nd, taking his home with a the morn 3 his anger had evaporat- . but the ic isgivings remained. He left t for the Curlew, which was afternoon, leaving behind him ions, by following which his enabled to come down and > would he “SHE IS VERY LIGHT-HEARTED,” parasol and rapped the apprentice play- fully with th haridle. “She seems to be on very good terms with Jenkins, laughing and carrying on. I don’t suppose she’s ever seen him be- fore,” said the engineer. “Poor young thing,” said Mrs. Cluffins, solemnly, as she came up to them. “Don't you worry, Mr. Gannett. T'll look after her and keep her from moping.” “You're very kind,” said the engineer, slowly. “We'll have a jolly time,” said Mrs. Cluf- fins. “I often wish my husband was a seafaring man. A wife does iiave more freedom, doesn’t she?” “More what?" inquired Mr. Gannett, hus- kily. “More freedom,” saii Mrs. Cluflins, grave- ly. “I always envy sailors’ wives. They can do as they like. No husband to Icok after them for nine or ten months in the year.” Before the unhappy engineer could put his indignant thoughts into words tkere was a warning ery from the gangway, end, with a hasty farewell, he hurried be- low. The visitors went ashore, the Kang- way was shipped and in response to the clang of the telegraph the Curlew drifted slowly away from the quay and headed for the swing bridge slowly opening in front of her. The two and watched until a bend hid it from view. Gannett with a something, . so her friend + to the want of a cup of tea, went slowly back to her ionely home. In the period of g ensued Mrs. Cluffi sits formed almost the sole relief to the bare monotony cf ex- istence. As a companion the parrot wad an utter failure, its language being so irre | deemably bad that it spent most of its time ladies hurried to the pierhead the steamer down the river ‘Then Mrs. jest see him off with the minimum exposure of | in the spare room with a cloth over its | her fatal charms. cage, wondering when the days were going Left to herself, Mrs. Garnett dusted the | to Jengthen a bit. ¥ reom, until, coming to the parrot's cage, | Mrs. Cluffins Suggested selling ‘t, but she put down her duster and eyed its oc: | her friend repelled the suggestion’ with ID HIS WIFE. eupant curio: an evil gli the knowing way y. She fancied that or in the creature’s e: in which it dre: film over it was as near an approach to a and the horror and refused to entertain it at any price, even that of the publican at the corner, who had heard of the bird's com- mand of language and was bent upon buy- | | | wink as a bird could get. ing it. | She was still looking at it when there “I wonder what that beauty will have | a knock at the deor, and a bright little wo- | to tell r husband,” said Mrs. Cluffins | man, rather smartly dressed, bustled into | as they sat together one day some four | the room an greeted her effusively months after the Curlew’s departure. i st came t va, iny dear, beca “I should hope that he has forgotten | ght a lit would do me | that nonsense,” said Mrs. Gannett, red- | * sne sai y nd if you've no | dening. “He never alludes to it in his let- | tion I'll come down to the docks with | ters.”” | you to see the beat off.” Mrs. nted readily; it would she thought, if chaperon. 8 Mrs. Cluffins, mech bringing her parasol to the ¢ and havin; | throwing a cloth ov | its properties. “What! still in d the bird by cage, explained d Mrs. Cluffins, unable to sit ‘You mean to tell me husband said that.” her chair. that your Mrs. Gannett nodded. ‘He's awfully jealous of me,” she said with a slight sim- per. Cluffins in a thin, hard voic T wish weuld talk to me like that wish some- bedy ‘would try and persuade C. to talk to me like that “It shows he's fond of me,” said Mrs. { | “I _wish he was my husband,” said Mrs. Gannett, looking down, “Sell it,” said Mrs. Cluffins, perempto- “Tt's no good to you, and Jimson anything for it, almos' Gannett shook * her head. ‘The Wouldn't hold my husband if I @fd,” t mean any- | r ner remarked, with a shiver. 1 “Don't do that,” said her friend hi Oh, yes, it would,” said Mrs. Chuffins. If he has any of his nonsense while I'm z sald the other. you do as I tell you, and a much smaller ri said the chief | ‘ ot jaid Mrs. Gannett solemnly. | house than this would hold him. I, told ow of it.” i i, I must do something to ft,” sald! ©. to tell Jimson he should have i for brows. | Mrs. Cluffins restle . five pounds.” €ep her eyes | She 1 the parasol near the cage ard} “put he mustn’t,” sald her friend, i “my wife's | Sud opened it. It was a flaming scar- | alarm. it is quite | ce eae the shock took eave yourself right in my hands,” said 3 eath a Cluft spreadi out m t mind that,” sald Mrs. Gan- on oe t ie . tll be all right, I promise you.” Wee ees MODE RES to the fart cor- She put her arm around her friend's | ner he bi 2 ae Q he Main =e Paral waist and led her to the window, talking inding uae a “ul | carne In five minutes Mrs. Gannett ee ee ties OMG: | waeow ig, in ten she had given away ; Ege eon eae | Std fa fifteen the enac Mrs. Cluffing ja ee Gime en aes ouile | wus on routs ter Jim swinging the paenek for nothing, bop ped, HS | cage so violently in her excitement’ that craven vhved wicked ees PACK 0” | the parrot was reduced to holding on Lo its id raved wickedly perch with claws and bill, and could only He ee SES my ise 1,” sald Mrs. ro think. Mrs. Gannett watched their prog- per piniosso) ee scuet a paras ress from the window, and with a queer you woulda't’” sald Mrs. Gannett | 100K on her face sat down to think out the points of attack and defense in the ap- preaching fray. A week later a four-wheeler drove up to the door, and the engineer, darting upstairs three steps at a time, dropped an armful of parcels on the floor and caught his wife in an embrace which would have done credit to a bear. Mrs. Gannett, for reasons, of vbich leck of muscle was only one, re- nuded less ardent! a! it's good to be home again," said Gannett, sinking ints an easy chair and pulling his wife on his knee. “And how have you been? Lonely?" “I got used to it,” svid Mrs. softly. The engineer coughed. Gannett : é isi fits, luting Jumped up and snatching | parrot,” he remarked. pera iw rasol through the bai Gari! bad the magic parrot,” sald Mrs. 2 that rubbish,” she said = | scathingly you wretch.” “I don’t believe it,” said her friend, tak- | ing her gently away and covering the cage as the bird was recovering, tI jet him think I do. call it an outrage," said Mrs. Cluflins, aving the parasol wildly, “I never heard | of such a thing. I'd like to give Mr. Gan- She Walked Aroand the Cage. nett a plece of my mind. Just about half- an-hour of it. He wouldn't be the same man afterward—I'd parrot him.” Mrs. Gannett,soothing her agitated friend as well as she was able, led her gently to a chair and removed her bonnet, and find- ing that complete recovery was Impossible while th> parrot remained in the room, took that wonder-working bird outside. By the*time they had reached the docks and boarded the Curlew, Mrs. Cluffins had quite recovered her spirits, She roamed about the steamer asking questions which sevored more of idle curiosity than a gen- ine thirst for knowledge, and was at no pains te conceal her opinion of those who were unable to furnish her with satisfac- tory replies. “I shall think of you every day, Jem,” said Mrs. Gannett, tenderly. “I shall think of you every minute,” said the enginser reproachtfully. He sighed gently and gazed in a scan- dslized fashion at Mrs. Cluftins, who was carrying on a desperate flirtation with one of the apprentices. ° “She's very light-hearted,” said his wif, following the direction of his eyes. “She is,” said Mr. Gannett curtly, cs the} unconscious Mrs. Cluffins shortened her “How's it getting on?” said her husband, locking round. ‘Where is it?” “Part of it is on the mantelpiec Mrs. Gannett, trying to speak calnil: of it is in a bonnet box upstair it’s in my pocket and here is the remainder. She fumbled in her pocket and placed in his hand a cheap two-bladed claspknife. “On the mantelpiece?” repeated the en- gineer, staring at the knife, “in a bonnet box? “Those biue vases,"’ said his wife Mr. Gannett put his hand to his head. It he had heard aright, one parrot had changed into a pair of blue vases, a bennet and a knife. A magic bird with a ven- geance. “T sold it,” sald Mrs, Ganneit suddenly. The engineer's knee stiffened inhos- pitably, and his arm dropped from his wife's waist. She rose quietly and took a chair opposite. “Sold it!’ said Mr. tones. “Sold my parro' “I didn’t like it, Jem,” said his wife. “I didn’t want that bird watching me, and I did want the vases, and the bonnet and the little present for you.” Mr. Gannett pitched the littie present to the other end of the room. “You see it mightn'’t have told the truth, Jem,” continued Mrs. Gannett. “It might have told all sorts of lies absut me snd made no end of mischief.” “It couldn't He," shouted the engineer passionately, rising from his chair and pacing the room. “It's your guilty cen- science that's made a coward of you. How Gare you sell my parrot?” “Because it wasn't truthful, Jem,” said kis wife, who was somewhat pal “If you were half as truthful you'd do, vociferated the engineer standing over her. “¥cu, you deceitful woman.” Mrs. Gannett fumbled in her pocket again, and, producing a small handkerchief, applied it delicately to her eyes. “II got rid of it for your sake,” she stammered. “It used to tell such lies about you, I couldn't bear to listen to it.” “About me!” said Mr. Ganneit, sinking into his seat and staring at his wife with very natural amazement. “Tell lies about me. Nonsense. How could it? “I suppose it could tell me about you as easily as it could you about me,” said Mrs. Gannett. ‘There was more magic in that bird than you thought, Jem. It vsed to say shocking things about you; I couldn't bear it.” “Do you think you're talking to a child or a fool?" demanded the engineer, hotly. Mrs. Gannett shook her aead feebly. She sul kept the handkerchief‘to her eyes, but allowed a portion to drop over her mouth. “I should like to hear some of the lies it told about me,” said the engineer with bit- ter sarcasm, “if you can remember them.” said Gannett in awful feeble but ready voice, “was about the time you were at Genoa. The parrot said “The first He,” said Mrs. Gannett, in a you were at some concert gardens at the upper end of the town.” One moist eye came mildly from behind the handkerchiefjust in time to see the engineer stiffen suddenly in his chair. “I don’t quppope there even is such a place,” she continged. “I—b'leve—there—is,” said her husband, jerkily. “I’ve heatd our chaps talk of it.” “But you /havett't been there,” said his wife, anxiously. 2 “Never!” said the engineer with extraor- dinary vehemence. “That wicked bird said that you got in- toxicated tlere,"“ said Mrs. Gannett, in solemn accents, “fthat you smashed a little marble-toppad table and knocked down two tre capilin ob th if it hadn't have been for the captain of the Pursuit, who was in there, and who you away, you'd have been locked up. Wasn't it a wicked bird?” “Horrible!” said@ the engineer, huskily. “I don’t suppogg there ever was @ ship called the ‘Pursuly.” continued Mrs. Gan- nett. “Doesn't sound fike a ship's name,"’ mur- mured Mr. Gannett. “Well, then, a few di Curlew ‘was at Naples. “I never went ashore all the time we were qt Naples,” remarked the engineer, casually. “The parrot said you did,” said Mrs. Gan- nett. “I suppose you'll believe your own law- ful husband before that d——d_ bird!” shouted Gannett, starting up. “Of course, I didir't believe it, Jem,” said his wife. “I'm trying to prove to you that the bird was not truthful, but you're so hard to persuade. Mr. Gannett took a pipe from his pocket, and h a smail knife dug, with much severity and determination, a hardened plug from the bowl, and blew noisily through the stem. “There was a girl kept a fruit stall just by the harbor,” said Mra. Gannett, “and on this evening, on the strength of having bought three-pennyworth of green figs, you put your arm round her waist and tried to Kiss her, and her sweetheart, who was standing close by, tried to stab you. The parrot said that you were in such a state of terror that you jumped into the harbor and was nearly drowned.” Mr. Gannet, having loaded his pipe, lt it slowly and carefully, and, with tidy pre- cision, got up and deposited the match in the fireplace. “It used to frighten me so with its stories that I hardly knew what to do with my- self,” continued Mrs. Gannett, “when you were at Suez.” The engineer waved his hand ously. “That's enough,” he said stiffly. “I'm sure I don't want to have to repeat wkat it told me about Suez,” said his wife. “I thought you'd iike to hear it, that’s all.” later it said the imperi- “Not at all,” said the engineer, puffing at his pipe. “Not at all.” “But you see why I got rid of the bird, den’t you?” said Mrs. Gannett, “if it had tcld you untruths about me, would have believed them, wouldn’t you Mr. Gannett took his pipe from his mouth and took his wife in his extended arms. “No, my d he said brokenly, “no more u believed all this stuff about me.” And I did quite right to sell it, didn’t 1, Jem?” “Quite right,” said Mr. Gannett with a ssumption of heartiness. “Best thing do with it.” "t heard the worst yet,” said t. “When you were at Suez—" stt consigned Suez to its only and thumping the table with his ed fist forbade his wife to mention in, and desired her to prepare pper. ot until he heard her moving about in the kitchen below did he relax the severity of his countenance. Then his expression change to one of extreme anxiety, and he restlessly paced the room seeking for light. t came suddenly. “Jenkins,” ,he gasped, “that little brute Jenkins. That's what he was writing to Mrs. Cluffinsabout, and I was going ‘to tell Cluftins about it. “I expect he knows the letters by heart.” —=ote IN THE CHURCHES One of the thost notable events in the his- tery of Presbyterianism in this section will take place in Richmond, Va., Wednesday next. This is the inauguration of Union Theological Seminary, to which Mr. Wm. Wallace Sperce, a“leading Presbyterian of Baltimore, and well Known in Washington, donated $30,aW. The principal address at the opening is tocbe made by Rev. T. L. Cuyler of Bréoklyn, NJ¥. The program, as outlined, will be as follow: Morning—Dedication of Watts Hall and Westminster Hall, Rey. G, W. Finley, D.I dent of the board of trustees, presid- irg; hymn; statement of building commit- by Mr. S. H. Hawes, chairman; re- sponse and acceptance by the president of ard; prayer of dedication by Rev. A. 2ks, D.D:, of Charlestown, W. Va.: address by Rey. T. L. Cuyler, D.D., of Rrooklyn, N. Y.; Doxology. Afternoon—Dedication of Spence Library and the residences, Rey. L. B. Turnbull, D.D., vice president of the board of trustees, pre- siding; statement of building committee and presentation of keys by Rev, R. P. Kerr, D.D.; response and acceptance by the vice president of the board; prayer of dedica- tion by Rev. P. H. Hoge, D.D., of Wilming- ton, Doxology. ‘Thursday, October 6, the seminary ses- sion will be formally opened with an ad- dress by Prof. T. C. Johnson. Friday afternoon the Covenanter boys of the Richmond churches will present to the seminary a large Covenanter flag. Dr. Rose- boro will present the flag for the Covenant- er societies and Dr. W. W. Moore will ac- cept it for the seminary. The boys will conduct the singing. For many years the question of removing Union Theological. Seminary from its iso— lated location in Prince Edward county to some city in Virginia had been discussed by those controlling the institution. The movement took shape four years ago, when the trustees voted to consider proposals from any cities that might offer induce- ments for locating the seminary in their midst. Richmond, as combining more ad- vantages than any other place, was the preference of the faculty and’ board of trustees. Rev. Robert P. Kerr, D. D., was requested to take the movement in d and_secure from Richmond the best possi- ble offer. Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Dan- ville, Roanoke and Norfolk were under- stood as also seeking to get the coveted prize. The laborious and unremitting efforts of Dr. Kerr were successful, and he was abie to offer the trustees a splendid site of about twelve acres, worth $30,000, the gift of Major Lewis Ginter, and "subscriptions from Richmond amounting to $50,000 for the building fund. The site, which seemed amt ideal one, and the subscriptions were accepted by the board at a called meeting held in Danville three years ago. In addition to the offer from Richmond Rev. W. W. Moore, D. D., of the faculty, presented two magnificent subscriptions for the building fund—$50,000 from Mr. George W. Watts of Durham, N. C., and $50,000 from Mr. Willlam Wallace Spence of Baltt- more. So the trustees, with but one dis- senting vote, decided that the way was open for removal to Richmond. The institution grew in resources and in- fluence. Among its faculty in its earliest days were mén of great learning and dis- tinction, such as Dr. George A. Baxter, Dr. Stephen Taylor, Dr. S._B. Wilson,’ Dr. Samuel L. Gtaham, Dr. Francis 8. Samp- son and Dr. Wm. J, Hoge. During the civil war the board invested $46,000 in confeder- ate states borids, which proved to be a total loss. After the wa¥ generous friends came to the resue®°Thriugh the agency of Dr. B. M. Smith, professor of Hebrew, $90,000 was added t% thé endowment. ‘Of this amount $30,000 wa# given by Cyrus H. Mc. Cormick of Chicagé, and $30,000 by Henry Young of New Yérk. Smaller amounts came from frfendsin Virginia, $4,000 trom Mrs. Fowle of WeHtesley, Mass., and $3,000 from the Mesers. @liphant of New York. In August,,1866,,Mrs. George Brown of Baltimore gaVe $10,000 for a library build- ing fund. This was not used until it in- creased to $16,000. Gifts were made from time to time, and now the tncome from the endowment is more than $25,000 per an- num. Among the names of later professors stand those of Dr. R. L. Dabney, Dr. T. E. Peck, Dr. Henry C. Alexander and Dr. J. ¥. Latimer. Information has been received in Wash- ington that the proposed national laymen’s ocnvention of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which was to have taken place at Indianapolis next month, has been indef- nitely postponed on account of the large vote by the annual conferences in favor of equal Jay and ministerial representation in the general conference of the church. When the spring conference closed, the laymen's convention had 11# majority over the requi- site three-fourths vote. ‘The foreign and fall conferences up to date have increased this margin to 396 and it is believed the conferences yet to vote will give even larger majorities than those reported. Out of 71 conferences the total vote in favor of the proposition of equal lay rep- resentation is 5,209 against 1,208. The same conferences last year gave 2458 in favor and 3,811 against, showing a remarkable change in fayor of increasing lay represen- tation on an equality with the ministerial. The lay association of the Baltimore con- ference, of which the M. E. churches in Washington form part, has placed in the hands of the presiding elders blank creden- tials so that the quarterly conference of each may elect representatives to the an- nual session of the laymen’s conference, which will meet In Baltimore at the same time the annual conference will hold its session in that city in March next. It is expected that every church will be repre- sented. Cardinal Gibbons will administer confir- mation to-a large class of candidates in St Patrick's Church, one week from Sunday next. Rev. Dr. F. D. Power, pastor of the Ver- mont Avenue Christian Church, Washing- ton, has been selected to preside at the na- tional convention of Christians, which will open at Chattanooga, Tenn., October 13, and continue until the 20th instant, inclu- sive. Nearly all the ministers of the de- nomination in_the District of Columbia, Maryland and Delaware will attend. They will leave Washington on a special train over the Southern railway, and will s Chattanooga untii the convention close: Among the noted speakers who are ex- pected to attend the convention are Repre- ntative Benton McMillin of Tenness and President E. V. Zollars of Hiram Col- lege. The Disciples of Christ. as they are gen- lly’ known, are strongest in the Missi: sippi valley. Its great leaders were Barton W. Stone, Thomas Campbell, Alexander Campbell ‘and Walter Scott, who began their work in 1809. Their distinctive plea is for the union of all of God’s people on the basis of God's word as the only rule of faith and_practice—the preservation of primitive Christianity, both in doctrine and ordinances, having no creed except what is found in the New Testament. The state convention of the Christian Mis- sionary Society of Maryland. Delaware and the District of Columbia will meet in this city at the Ninth Street Christian Church, Wednesday next. It is anticipated that not less than 100 delegates will be present. The society has a membership of about 10,000. Rev. Dr. Power will preside, and addresses will_be made by a number of prominent members. Archbishop Martinelli has returned from a visit to Columbus, Ohio. While in that city he dedicated the new church of St. John the Baptist for the Italians. The dedication of the church was followed by a pontifical high mass, at which Archbis! Martinelli was the célebrant. Bishop Wat- n and other church dignitaries were ent and participated in the exercises, which were attended by many organiza- tions. After the mass a dinner was given to Archbishop Martinelli and the visiting celrgymen. In the evening the apostolic delegate officiated in the cathedral, after which there was made to him an address of welcome, to which he made a brief reply giish. Charles H. Yatman, who is termed Around the World Evangelist,” } ies of meetings in Trinity M. E. sday night. Mr. past fifteen years conducted services for young people during the camp season at Ocean drove, N. J. He is a native of Phiadelphia, but for the past fifteen years has gon Trom place to place in this country and abroad doing evangelistic work. He is now planning en st, and will leave zr next to visit the Sandwich Islands, New Zealand, China, Japan, India, Egypt and southern Europe. Archbishop Ireland has addressed a letter rgy and other members of his die- ject of education. In the course of his letter he tells parents “that they should know that no better bequest can be given to childven than a superi education. This .s immensely more valua- able than laurels o 1 and the dren for whom this is provided by thought- ful parents will ever afterward bless the memory of those parents. The chief ditfi- culty to be overcome is that many do not take a suffictently hig! nd21 view of edv- cation. Either tley are so sordid that they see in education noching but means of making money, or they are so aspiring that, gan a Church, Yatman in their wishes and vlans the weal of their children, they do not go beyond what h been permitted to themsely: he annual rally of the Sunday the First Presbyterian Church, Talmage, pastor, will take place tomorrow afternoon. The meeting will » in charge of Superintendent A. E. Leckie, and the program will be as follows: Hymn, “Sound the Battle Cry; prayer, Dr. Sunderlan instrumental selections, Messrs. Webste Wileox and Miss Heney come, A. E. L. Leckie; hymn, the Life Line;’ responsive reading; zie Leckie; addre: ‘Benefits of a Trainin, by Re Gather the Child school of Rev. Dr. address of wel- ‘Throw Out solo, Alice Freeman; singing by chool; solo, Miss May PolRen- horn; remarks by Dr. Sunderland; remarks by Dr. Talmage; solo, Miss Dorothy Dal- rymple; singirg, “My Country, ‘Tis of | Thee;” benediction. The nationai convention of the spiritual- ists of America will meet in the city Octo- ber 18, and will continue in session for three da The sessions will be occupic with speeches and lectures on topies of in- terest to spiritualists and with tests by mediums. The following officers of the Keller Me- meorial Lutheran Sunday school, Capitol Hill, were chosen at the annual business meeting last Wednesday evening: Super- intendent, the pastor, Rev. C. H. Butler: assistant superintendent, Mr. G. L. Beeler: secretary, Mr. Clarence Boesch; assistant secretary, N. E. Norman; treasurer, Mr. W. W. Keck: librarian, Mr. Charles Stein; chairman of library committee, Dr. V. A. T. Swain; organist, Miss C.|B. Chase; first assistant, Miss Lillie Bowdler; second assistant, Miss Edith Keck. The report of the retiring secretary and treasurer, Mr. W. W. Keck, showed an enrollment of 209, with an ‘average attendance for the year of 141. The offerings for all purposes have been $184.09, the average offering be- ing $3.14. The chairman of the library committee, Dr. Swain, reported in Septem- ber, 1807, the Hbrary contained 133 books. ‘The number has grown by donations and purchase so that now there are 316. A home department, with Miss Clara Parkin- son in charge, was organized during the summer with an encouraging beginni A unique protracted meeting begins Wea- nesday night, October 5, in the Secohd Baptist Church Auditorium, 4th street and Virginia avenue southeast.’ Eight or more of the Baptist ministers of Baltimore have promised to assist the pastor, E. Hez Swem. UNIVERSITY NOTES Georgetown. Classes in all departments at the univer- sity proper have settled down to the work of the term; the law and medical depart- ments will open the coming week, and a large attendance 1s anticipated. Athletics are brightening up at the ‘var- sity, especially in foot ball circles. Man- ager Watkins announced the engagement of Mr. Donovan, an old Brown ‘Varsity quarter back, for coach, and good results are expected from the team under his coaching. The gridiron has been worked out and is diagonally across the field di- rectly in front of the grand stand, making those seats very desirable for witnessing the games. A good squad reports every evening for practice and some very promis- ing material is showing up. The Long brothers, natives of Honolulu, two stalwart young fellows, are now trying for the team, and it is probable that the much needed full back lies in one of them. A change in the hours of recitation now enables the teams to be out from 4 to 6 in ue evening. ‘A good track team is, as heretofore, a thing of certainty. The track is being put into fine condition and it is expected that upon.the arrival of Mr. Foley next week a large squad will be out in this line. It is doubtful if the annual track meet will be held this year at the old track, it having been outlawed from the L. A. W., and it is probable that the next meeting will be held at the university grounds. The manager of the tennis association has returned and is very much pleased with the prospects for the coming season. The courts have all been improved and every- thing is propitious for an excellent show- ing in tennis. It is not as yet known whether the university team will enter the Poets for the District championship this season. Other Schools. ‘the opening exercises of the Catholic University, Columbian and the National will all be held the coming week. Each has prospects oi a large attendance, and the number of students from outside points is so far much larger than ever before. turning up in the colony, brought its gallant finder the sum of 82). Later It was sold to Mr. Tapling for $425. In 1890 $1,000 was pald for a specimen of the two pence on small piece of the orginal envelope, shown tm the London philatelic exhibition. The were next heard of in 1808, when a prom nent English firm secured an unused pair of the one penny and two pence, for which they paid $3,400, and last winter two spec [ONE POSTAGE STAMP a London Collector Paid $5,000 for It the Other Day. RARE SPECIMEN FROM MAURITIUS mens were sold to a Paris dealer f $9,000. The specimen recently found, by far the finest known, was actually sold for the sum of $5,000, thus establishing an record for the most valuable postage sta The condition of this specimen was a fie Hobb 4d Wh tent factor in regulating its as it ts - perfect in every res; being of good The Philatelic Hobby an at | Peioe and well preserved. “Had §t been torn or otherwise damaged ft would not have Money It Needs. brought anything like # bigh a. price With a rare stamp, as with a its value ts regul ed entirely by its t J-DC yp | When the above specimen was @ a A MILLION-DOLLAR LOT] When the ap Gted the atte ais | collectors in all parts of the we and Seen { naturally has been watched with a great deal of how (Copsright, 1898, by the International Literary and big a price it News Service.) HEN THE FAMOUS brin one of the rarest | It American stamps, | that ft would not go was sold in New | { ae ee + ing as the fe York a few ye establishi ne fac was ago for $4,400, pec he same ‘ g out marveled at any one | Vitations to the ball. Five th paying such an enor- ars seems like an enormous sum mous sum for a mere af hehe ont ee a smal postage stamp, yet a | that—and yet specimen from the | some of th Island of Mauritius | O" aoheg der neal as of do ; a sur. | DY: one ¢ "tion in parti . wale: has just been pur- | gt ‘upward of 000,000, it Is not so imy chased by a prom- tant a matter to these p le incnt London collector for the sum of $5.09). | be to others. This is undoubtedly the highest price paid for any single specimen, and is a fact THE that will be hailed with surprise in every civilized country in the world. Frequently rare stamps are sold in this country ar Europe for $1,000 and upward, but neve s see SED OF A SHIP, Now It ix Measured and Descriptions of the Iustruments. From the Navy and Army Tlustrat “How do you as before has the selling price of the scarcest ertain the speed of a varieties touched the $5,000 mark, The | vessel?” is a question frequently addressed stamp in question was found in the colony | to naval men, and explanation will, early last winter; It is on the original en- ‘ore, probably be of Interest to many velope and is very lightly canceled, and | readers. There are several methods, the while a number of others are in existen: commonest and most ancient y the this 1s admitted to be the finest specime: that has ever been discovered. The Island of Mauritius, from which these renowned stamps were issued, is a small English colony about 1,0) miles of the east coast of Africa, separated from use of the This instrument ws of three parts—the logship, the line and the marks. The logship is ap of wood about half an inch thick, and shaped lke a quadrant, with a plece of iead let in round the circular edge to make it float the main land by Madagascar. It was | perpendicularly in the water. It is slung among the first British possessions to by Mnes at each angle, the three Mines } tablish a postal service, which dates back | Ine joined together about two feet fr to 1897, and the “Post Office” stamps, as | the logship. Two of the lines are secure they are commonly called by philatelists, | fixed to the “ship,” and the other has ccnstituted the first consignment sent t» | bone peg at the end, which, h pus’ the colony. They were issued in two de | into a hole in the ship, temporarily faster Pominations, I-penny orange and 2-pence | it there. From the potnt of juncture of tt blue, the total number printed being less | three lines a sufficient length is m: than 1,000. In design they are very to the early English issues, show head of Quen Victoria to the le sim: Ny gene about one hundred feet the logship well clear of the ship's wash This is called the “stray line,” and is mark- ed with a pie bunting. From the bur ing is measu and line marked hi f leather, Then another 4 js measured off, and marked with two knots; then otker space the same length, and mark with three knots; and so on as far as seven knots. Halfway between each batch knets one single knot is made. The | line is then y for use. The space betweer the knots is found from the simple ttle rule-of-three sum As 3 onds (number of seconds in an hour), 28 seconds (ength of sandxlass), 6.08 feet (number cf feet in a nautical mile); length of line required—which works : out to 47 feet 3 inches, MONE PENNY To use the log four persons are required; two men to hold the reel on which the line is wound; the quartermaster, to hold the glass: and the midshipman’ of tte watch, to heave the log. Tne ed puts the peg firmly & the 4 >, an at the top and bottom are the inscriptions, | {hen gathers thnn or Mego meyerg Ee * “Postage” and “One Penny,” and at the | his hand, sufficient to admit of the loo. left and right “Post Office” and “Maur skip being thrown well clear of the ship. tius.” They are the same size as the or- | He asks, “Cl glass, quartermaster?" dinary 1 of the United States. Had all ‘lear glass, sir nes the repl: of the first consignment been used the rhoard goes the logship and line stamps would not.command such an enot- rapidly reyolvin, ently the mi mous premium, but the records of the col- feels the pic eg om ony show that the majority were destro: aie hist < v : ; ng through ed, which accounts for their great rarity at @qne quartermaster turns the ais the present time. veicienthe inh, White tas tee ne The circumstances attending the de- ome cee anes oe ds struction of these early Mauritius stamps pee See oe Oe Se are are interesting. In December, 1847, the nan she sank : heads of departments, civil servants and members of the governor's staff decided to give a ball in return for a like enter- tainment held by some of the offic ot her majesty’s 12th Regiment. A few days before the invitations were sent out a cc s the line, assisted by t rand iooks for the ne » to his hand. Th. and four knots a at the-ship is « sts through wa t knot, n hauled in, h signify t ur and a half k signment of stamps were received in the | The jerk of the line draws the colony for the postal service. This, of logship, which now floats on course, was the first time postage stamps » and is easily haul: When had ever been used there, and the py oing over four knots. a fou: master general, who was Chairman of the | is used, the speed being double th ball committee, thought it pertinent to have | shown by the knots on the line. the invitations franked with the aw | Another method in use is the pa stamps, in order to introduce them to t nis is altogether mechanteal, and Inhabitants. This plan was carried ot a long cylinder with clockwork but the radical clement, which at the t and four fins on the ow it is tow predominated in the legislative council. n of the ship by de fast could not resist the temptation of gaining elin the head o As it is dragge a point on the government house, and ac- | through the er the four fins make cordingly at the next meeting of council ve, actuzting th work insid an orden was passed declaring that post- h registers on a of dials the age stamps were entirely unnecessary for) number of knots run. log has to bs so small a colony and that the stock on | hauled in every time one wants to read hand should be immediately destroyed. | But there is another kind where the fan 13 Thus the only specimens used were those | towed astern, and the dial is a fixture in ybich franked the invitations to the ball. | the =hip. Tais is called a “cherub.” z : exe logs are not always accurate, and Sere te ei eo eae are constantly verified when near land by In 1848, the following year, a second con-| Cross-bearings. ‘That is the ings of signment of stamps was forwarded to the | two well-known points are , and the Mauritios government, the mebis for a per | Bee ee ee oy CUS Dee = 3 nu { chart, e of observation being noted, manent system having been shown on all | Cha‘t, the time of observation being noted, sides; but these were slightly different a clapacd: the pati ar tee from the first issue. Until 1878 it was gain taken by cross-bearings, when the straight line joining the two places on the chart will show the direction of the course steered. and its length the distance run. A comparison with the readings by patent log wil! give the error of the ma- chine. To finish, here is a patent log yarn, ¢ told by an old messmate. I give it in his own words: “When in the Crocodile in the Red sea, just after taking the reading one thought that the two issues were similar, but in that year a prominent London col- lector, in examining the records of the colcny and comparing specimens of the | two consignments, discovered that the for: mer issue bore the inscription “Post Office. while on those of the second it was “Post Paid.” Thus they are referred to as the “Post Office’ stamps, which distinguishes them from the second issue. The issue of 1848 consisted of the same number as that | MIEN @t_§ oclock the quartermaster of the year previous, but all of them were | Ported. “Shark taken the patent log, = used, and they are easily obtained com- pared with those of the 1847 issue. It 1s generally credited that few, if any, of the | “Post Offite” stamps were used except on the ball invitations, which numbered about 250 next morning we stopped for half an hour. To amuse the ladies J tried for and caught a shark. On opening him we found our patent log, and he added, gravely, “strange to say, it registered the same as » one The line had jammed be- ‘There are numcrous other copies of the | TBE one in u . tween his teeth, the fan working all the Mauritius stamps reposing in the ble col- | time he followed the ship. He had swum lections of Europe, about twenty in all be- 257-10 anil ing Known. Perhaps the best assortment eli fi demir p ion Fg is in the possession of M. Philip von F- rari of Paris, whose collection is undoub: Barber Poles. edly the largest and most valuable in the | From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ‘Three hundred years ago the barbers world. In it are four of these coveted treasures, two of each denomination. The | yor. also phystctz eons | Avery collection of Birmingham contains | Were also the physicians and surgeons of two: a pair is held by Bernichon of Paris, | the neighborhoods in which they lived, and combined blood-letting, then a common practice, with shaving and hair-trimming. the collections of Mors and Mirabeau each | Brewer says that the gilt knob at the end contain two, and another pair is to be | of the pole represents the brass basin which found in the Tapling collection, now in the British museum in London. These, was formerly used by barbers In lathering their customers. The pole indicates the with a single specimen in the Kirchner | collection and the one recently sold, make | sixteen copies. Four more are thought to | staff which men who were being bled firm- be in existence, resting probably in other | ly grasped in their hands to promote a free Soted collections in Europe. ‘They are | flow of blood, and the two spiral ribbons, prized higher than the stamps of any other | one of red and the other blue, represent the country, and have been talked of and writ- | bandages which were placed round the arm ten about in all corners of the globe. after the operation. Why the barbers deed, the advertising they have received | adopted red and blue has not been accu- rately ascertained, but the supposition is that these two colors were employed to im- has had much to do with advancing the press the imaginations of their customers, price to the $5,000 mark. How Values Creep Up. a there being then a widespread belief in the The history of the Mauritius stamps and | magical virtue of certain colors. their notorious rise in value has long been 08 an interesting subject to philatelists. The | One of the most entertaining sights in first notable sale was made late in the | life is to see two people who know it ail seventies, when a copy of the one penny, | attempting to instruct each other.—Puck. = (Copyright, 1898, Life Publishing Company.) Uncle Sam presents to his family Miss Hawaii and the senoritas,