Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-20

Ihe Geneva award bill. as reported by the
majority OF the judiciary committee. which IA
'ofeu the claims OF the insurance companies
was rejected, and the minority bill adopted BY
vote OF ll2 to IS. The bill continues the court
OF claims, limiting the number OF commission
ers to three, and its existence to eighteen
months.
The Senate amendments to the pension ap-
preparation biz were agreed TO, and the House
adjourned.
The Woman Who Stops that Noise.
MRS. wALToN's RAPID TRANSIT INVENTION.
The announcement that the Metropolitan
Elevated Railway company had accepted Mrs
Mary E. Waltons patent device for lessening
the noise of trains OF that road has created a
OF unsuccessful competitors, and it is not at all
| unlikely that the fortunate lady and the COM
pany may be subjected TO legal troubles before
the matter is ended. prominent officer of the
morning: .'The moment Ii became known that
we had decided TO give Mrs Waltons plans
fair trial In preference TO others we were be-
Sieged by the army OF inventors who have been
trying to force their devices upon us, and of
course we have been threatened with all sorts
OF suits and fnJunctions. But think We will
survive. The ladyS device seems to accomplish
all that she claims for it, and as she stole a
| march on her competitors by getting caveat
frSt. ! think she will successfully combat all
their claims. Her patent. you know. consists of
boxing OF the rails in a mixture OF sand tar
ard cotton, and has been under TEST for two
months on several blocks OF the road on Sixth
"a. q
propose testing II on more extensive scale
and should IL meet expectations the whole
road row completed, and the new one on the
east side will use il. She Will be Handsomely
compensated and viii receive a royalty for its
Use On other roads"
A Graphic reporter subsequently called on
MIS-. " alton at her home. She proved to be an
elderly widow lady, whose kindly face and Sill
very hair would attract attention in an assem-
olaSe. You ask what first suggested the idea
of my invention. will answer YOU briefly and
/ on my
sources 10 earn money in order TO get SatiSfac-
Uon from merchant Of this city who retained
my husbands will and personal effects after his
death, depriying me and mine OF what was our
own. 1t had been my dream day and night
ana when heard or EdisonS attempt said 10
ln!self. :. can discover the origin of all the
noise on this road and viii beat him Well 10
MAKE long story short, when Edison ceased
his experiments and LETT the city got on
train accompanied by my daughter-in-law and
rode over the road and satisfied myself that the
conclusion OF the car wheels in the rails created
a vibration In the StringerS. which YOU know
act as sol nding board to the structure and re-
suited IN the production OF Il great part of the
GC1Se com planned OF. | went home and eXperi-
lnented in secret and finally, after incesSant
IlalS, arrived al the conclusion that If the rails
were embedded III trough with earth. cotton
ana Tar or any like material that are abSOrberS
ana hon-conductOrS OF sound the noise produced
by passing car wheels would be deadened |
iiled my application for patent about July
last, and on the 31St of that month obtained H.
MY device was thoroughly examined. and finally
| 1t was ordered to be tested and has been in use
on Tie up track between Goth and 30th streets
since October last. AS an evidence that it Is a
success viii state that the Metropolitan Rail-
way Company has accepted the use OF my pa
tent Tor stipulated price, with the pr0yiSo
that I shall have an equal interest in ali the
| royalties on all other roads. '-ENY. Graphic.
In Male Attire.
A YOUNG LADY GRADUATE OF THE BOSTON HIGH
SCHOOL SEEKING EMPLOYMENT DRESSED AS A
BOY.
The New York Times of Saturday says:-Be-
tween and 6 O'Clock on Thursday evening ont-
Ger Cody, OF the western steamboat squad While
on duty at the pier OF the Fail river steamers,
was acc0sfed by girl in male attire, who asked
hiih 10 dlrect her TO some place where she could
procure decent lodging. The girl carried a small
Satchel In her hand, and, though she endeavOred
10 conceal her sex, her voice alone was sufficient
10 bctray her. She was attired in a clumSJIv
made and ill-lltting suit. with OyercOaf and
wore butt0ned CATERS and OVerShOeS Officer
Cody, who felt positive that the person who
addressed nun was female, escorted her TO the
Statloh-houSe, aud yesterday morning took her
before Justice OtterbOurg. in the TombS police
court. The justice had her taken into his private
ROOM ana, after short talk With her. temporal
rly committed her to the care Of Matron Foster.
she was again brought up In the afternoon, and
Justice Otterbourg inquired into her history
The prisoner, who had by this time changed
her clothing, submitted to the magistrate
written statement, which was an autobiography
In bfief, and which IS substantially as follows:
She said her name was Madge Rivers. and that
she was born OF English parents in Boston, Is
years ago. She was left an orphan at an early
age, and was then adopted by a family named
Worthley, who were friends OF her parents.
She graduated at the Boston high school last
from that date. The Worthley family, who
were living in Everett, near Boston, became
very poor, and Madge. who had always gone to
,chool and was now idle, considered herself
Tor employment La Boston, but failing to get IL
she determined to come to this city, and chose
male male attire as the most hitting for her expedi-
Ion. She took the O'Clock train from Boston
10 Fail river On Wednesday evening, and from
her story 1T would appear that she experienced
most unpleasant journey. At the request of
JuStlce OtterD0urg she wrote yesterday to her
friends in Everett. She viii remain for the
present In the city prison.
JUVENILE NGRATIrUDE "A woman gets
ON the train and says very warm-hearted
goodbye to great cub Of sixteen-year-old
noy Who sets down her bundles and turns to
goodbye or anything else. There is a little
culver on her lip as she calls after him, sBe a
good boy, Write to me often, and do as 1 tell
car. He looks just like the Kind OF boy who
viii do just as she tells him, but she must be
careful to tell him to do just as he wants to. I
nave one bright spark Of consolation as the
train moves on and see that boy performing
clumsy satire on clog dance, on the platform.
Some of these days he will treat some man as
gruffiy and rudely as be treats his mother Then
the man Will climb onto him and lick him:
pound the very sawdust out OF him. Then the
world will feel better and happier for the lick
ing he gets. 1t may be long deferred, but it
VIII come at last. | almost wish had pounded
him myself, While he is young and felt able TO
do lt. He may grow up into a very discourag-
lngly rugged man, extremely difficult to lick
ana the world may have TO wait a very long
tine Tor this act OF Justice. 1t frequently hap
pens that these bad boys grow up into distress
lngly bad" men, Burdette an tie Harkeye
A HEART-srcKESING STORY comes all the way
from Wisconsin. According to the chronicler
hshf-halred young woman and dark-haired
young woman. who were room mates In Mil
waukee boarding house, arose one morning
and, dressing in the dark, the lght-haired girl
twisted the dark-haired girls switch in with
what there was Of her own insufficient hair and
the dark-haired girl made similar use of the
light haired girls switch. AS soon as they got
down to the breakfast table. where there was a
light, each saw that the others head resefnbed
a confused checker-b board After it had finally
da@ned upon them what the difficulty was aud
they had screamed as much as the occasion
seemed to call for, they retired without any
special generalization.
Bull FIGHTING IN THE NITED STATEs-It is
TO be hoped that the intelligent citizens win dis.