Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-21
Cats an PreServeFs of tho Public
Records.
Editor OF THE EVENING STAR:

10 the EOlt0r OF EVENING STAR:
1t may not generally be known that that much
abused and far from distinguished member OF the
tour-fooleI world, the domestic cas-the Tabby-
the Tom OF nterature-Ea5 arrived TO be useful
appendage To the government.
O2ce upon time there was carnival Of rats In
the U. S. Patent Office. They nibtled and gnawed
and gnawed and niboled. and when the shades of
dors. "spooned" IN the corners or the cases. heH
thigh teas In the waste BASKETS and meanwhile
waxed tat on the crumbs OF the lady clerks lunch,
and learned wisdom frCIn Inuch mastlcation OF
N chanlcal drawings, foreign patents and the
Ike No door could bar their entrance, no trap
could catch them The hoary old grandfather. the
gentle mother, the tender raIung-aii were there
their name was legion.
At great expense the Office finally imported
rat-catcher, dogs and ferrets- Immense prepara-
rar!OnS were ma6e-in tile dead OF niynt the ferret
We're 10. Sod and the rats ran. Some OF them, pos
ab!y. did net run far enough, Tor after that tie
carfSnterS were employed IL odd times Ia taking
uI floors and dslnfecting rooms Ferrets We're n0t
one day Il occurred 20 a Waterman OF mind that
IL a cat or two could be induced 70 take I'D their
residence ID the building the rats might 1e con-
4ucred y Kitten Was procured Alas poor kitty!
Inc rodents added her 10 the lady clerks lunch;
tner eat her up SO II went on until at last there
appeared a female NapOieOL OF stern and unterri-
bed Ell-E- She was observed at times rejoice In
highly colOrSf cJrIline back. y cat with Il car
1ilne lack was, PERHAPS, a novelty 10 tie rats
They let her severely alone. The guardian OF the
reCcrC5 waXed in dignity; one mOrrin.. the cat CO..
1ny was enlarged b. the adiiJI0a OF FOUR small
IEelr Iavor, populations visited her; the Patent
once cat was al INSTITUTE Cl- On her next effort
sic yielded 10 Sil-ht feminine alteration and the
hitleis we're FOUND ~ a desk drawer. That was IL
mere trin@ though little announcement. i ae cat
must BE- encouraged.
The last kittens were two II number II Was
cary IL tie fall. anu there was marked hesita-
Ton among the cierAS as 10 whether they SHOULD be
dlsJlng ui>hcd - Blaine and Loxau or Cleveland
and Hendricks As a compromise they were called
PaDSy and forty. In the course OF time TOrty MAS
removed 20 another sphere ty an admir- NJ cierk
81 ,sr~vi,
Tue marble Rails The rat, though there yet, Is no
longer terror; the cat Is coioniLed.
MARX TaPLEY
MARRIAGE LIcENsEs--Marrtage licenses have
been Issued by the clerk oil the court To John III.
slnIas and Julia Ann PAYNE; samuel VI. Jones and
CO.neha c. Gordon; Dennis j. Calvert AMI annie
G Windsor, both OF IliE.ve William county Va:
Harry G Ensor ana Lydia Ryap; Robert Brown
s.ad Lucy W. smith; David b. Murdoch and Ani,ie
Z Williams, Joseph Melville Mccoy, OF Paramount
vest Va, and Eunice Ella Peterson, OF War; n,
ONO; mos Hutton Oi L. c. county, Nd, and caro-
HE Dulaney: Fred Douglass anu sophia A. JOAN
son; James l. Beall and Hattie \. Irlsser OF Par
kers5urg Mes Va; Albert Behrend and Cora
Adler; Henry j. House and Mary +. Barrierre; W.
l. white ana Jennie Doz:er; VIVA sanders and
LEWIS Majors and Fannie Butler
FOLLOWING UrMr. MoopYs woRK.-A meeting or
ministers OF ety churches was held at the u ". C.
rDon.s at 30 this afternoon, 10 consider the test
methods or lci0wng up the religious wor, begua by
vi Moody. IL Is expected that arrangements viii
De MADE ioc holding revival meetings.
ASSOCIATED CHAEITIEs.-The board for the eighth
subdivision met. 80 p. IN. Tuesday at the resi-
oenee Oh Charles JunAen, esq, No. 40 street
northeast Present: Rev. j. W. Chickering presi-
dent: Hon. W. C. Dodge, vice president; Charles
Junken, esq, treasurer; Mrs. Charles Junken and
A NJ h&norse, secretary Nine f,iiilies, whites,
and i've families cOiorei, were reported as having
peen aided IL was reported that there was press
IT, heed OF wearing apparel and bedding In some
u .ne lalhlies, ana thSt casi-on garments partly
So!n. could De placed TO great benefit Receipts
OF the evening, 81.
WAsHISGros CATTLE MARKET at Queenstown. on
the Metropolitan Branch. Is. ard q. X. r. three
niles from the city, Lewis ID. Means, PROPRIETOR
I.3 head Of cattle the market Monday Best sold
Iroin SIS 70 5}s; good, 10 81; fair, ~. 10 Az;
medium, AZ TO AZ; ordinary, 10 &C. Oh old sheep
ana iaihos up Odd sheep and warnings brought
go To $50 per head. state OF the market good
WILL CARLETON THE CONGREGATIONAL
CHURcH.-WiH Carleton, author OF ssFarIn BALLADS y
Farm Legends ''FarIn Festivals etc. win give
his celebrated moaoiogue entertainment at the
consisting OF his famous lecture, "The IeSepd OF
the Golden Horse, interspersed with readings from
MS own poems, puoiished and Unpublished Seats
are on sale at Ellts'.
The ATTENTION OF parties seeking an Investment
or desirable Inexpensive home, is called To the
advertisement by Fitch, Fox 6 Brown CT two
houses on 14tR street.
SALE OF SEALsxIS SAcQUEs, DoIMANs, FuRs &C.
Tue sale OF this fiEe collection. WHICH has been ca
exhiDllon anu Tor private sale Only, at The sales
room OF AessrS- Waiter Is. Williams & Co.. auc-
tOEeers, corner 10Th street and PennsyI ave-
nue., for the last few days. viii be closed out at
public sale tC-llorrow, at II O'Clock a. IN. and 3
O'Clock p This viii be an opportunity to secure
rich and elegant goods
The FIsxE LEcTuEKs-rhe second lecture in the
course Gu 1.-The American Revolution" comes OF
this evening at the Congregational ehurca. The
great int est In these lectures hes IN INC drdnatc
power "ith Which the speaker bring il5 audie nee
LAee 10 lace Win The Stirring events VI lAat period