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PROPOSALS

q Wss5ins,SS nosss1 s.
received At this office until ELEvEN UCLoCK AM
on AUGUST ThIkTIE1H, 1890. and then publicly
opened thersst for construction Of brick hospital
for the plumbing will be submitted separately Bids
for the Smesd system Of heating aud or its
tenn laid down in the plans and specifications In I'D
dtion bids for the construction of the exterior walls
In pressed brick bids requested for their construc
good paint. Plans specifications general instructons
to bidders and forms Of proposals be obtained OF
the s r sn
and addressed to CoSsTANTINE CHASE. Tirss LEU
tenant and R @ M. Third Artillery,A.A.QM. sul-6s
OFFICE OF THE C0MMIssIoNER Frs DISTRICT
sealed proposals VIM be received q the ONCE Of :he
G9mmissIonsEs Of the District q Columbia. until
ELEVENTH. 1890, for furnishing the various
for the fiscal year ending June 80 1891 BLANK forms
on LIST st. between and c sts The right d re-
;srTs5 fssss II ZINE n eia. RosE 4 CON-
mssioners D. G. Iy2S-6t
DROpOSAIs FUR COAL-REFORM SCHOOL OF
Il the District Of Columbia Washinston July "a,
1oSO.Seaed Proposals will be received at my office
SP
the delivery at the Reform school in quantities and
81 sosh pes may be directed
more or less, of White Ash Furnace Coal, 100 toms
more or less Of White Ash Range Coal sire and
Coal lump and broken to be equal parts All to be
OF the best quality and free from or other mpu
rites To weigh pounds to the ton aud fee Of 20
Rg hit to reject bids defects reserved Pro
posais to be sealed and Endorsed proposals for Coal
AZ FALLS, President of the Board Of Trustees
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A Petition.
10 the Senate and House of Repr.

10 the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, citizens of the District
Of Columbia, earnestly protest against the
passage Of II. r. bill s243, kyaotOn as the
Atkinson bill, Without substantial amend
nsent.
In its stead we ask for legislation which
ahaH.
FIRST, save life and limb and reduce
an obstruction TO trade and travel by re-
movfng death-trap grade-crossings wahin
the city limits, wherever such removal Is
practicable.
SECOND, enlarge freight facilities by
girta0 the railroad poooer Of condemnation
ufthin the city east of Sd street ioest aud
south Of the present tracks.
THIRD, increase the beauty OF the capt.
tai by remOUfng surface tracks from Oh
street and the mall, either retieUiaq the
park entirely Of railroad occupation, or
sinking and covering from Uie,o the dis
figuring tracks across IL. II the station is
to be permitted 70 remain on the park soe
ask that 9Th street be cleared Of tracks and
dtdttte tracks on the mall be hidden from.
sight and rendered easy and safe 10 De
crossed. Aad in this eceat zoe also ask,
that The road be required 10 make ade-
Qudte compensation for its Ualadble priu-
tteges upon the mall By remoUing grade
crossings and decreasing the killing and
mdngiing Of the people Oh lis surface
tracks.
In local railroad legislation zoe ask that
consideration shall be giuen, first, 10 human
life, inert TO trade, ne1t TO the city's beauty
and only lastly to the proposed legatiziag
the rditroads illegal acts, AID the pro-
posed ordtaitous confirmation Of its ua-
authorized use Of public property.
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THE KAIsER's wIFE's VACATION.
Her Daily Life at Sassnitz With Hes
Five Children.

A correspondent Of the Kolnischs zst1nq de-
scribes, in an interesting article. the daily life
OF the German empress and the i've little
princes at Sassnitz, where they are now staying.
Every day." says the writer. schools and
other institutions in the neighborhood make
trips to Ssssnitz in order 30 see the empress and
her boys, and there are plenty OF opportunities
Tor doing so, for the empress is rs fond Of being
on the water as the emperor himself
1T is very much TO be regretted that when the
august lady and her children walk along the
pier where the steamer lands which takes
them for spin on the water some persons,
especially ladies, crowd around them 20 such
an extent as 20 make II almost impossible for
them to move on. In order 10 avoid this mob
bing the police force has been increased.
The empress has already been several
times on the beach together with the princes.
The four elder boys wear blue sailor suits and
straw hats with long ribbons. Prince Oscar,
the youngest, who is dressed all in white ID
carried about by the nurse. The princes
climb about among the rocks trying TO ind
curious stones or other treasures of the deep.
Their shouts of joy are heard again and
again. Now the crown prince, and again
Prince Eitel. has found a wonderful
stone, and the tutors pockets are soon
filed with treasures The empress herself
takes part in this search, as well as in the
other amusements OF the princes on the
beach, and everybody else looks ON with de-
light. The thoughtful kindness OF the en-
press was shown IN a little incident which oc-
CURED a few days ago. She had come down to
the beach with her four sons-the crown prince
had remained at home for lessons-and was sit
ting down under a fine old beech not far from
the bathing place for gentlemen.
The policeman would not let the gentle-
men pass who were on theu way TO the cabins
When the empress noticed that one of the lat
ter was carrying bathing towel she made in
quiries OF her surroundings and was informed
that some OF the gentlemen were on their way
TO the bathing place. She got mp at once
and sent an apology to the would be
bathers TO the effect that she had rot known
IL was the hour for bathing The
princes were also called away, and Prince
Eitel marched of whistling a merry tune. The
crown prince continues has daily lessons. but
he Is not kept quite closely to his work as
when he is at home at Berlin or Potsdam. The
empress keeps to her habit of rising early, and
the two eldest princes take hot sea bath
every morning at 3 o'clock; in a few DAYS time
the empress hopes also TO begin taking sea
baths. The costumes worn by the imperial
lady are as simple possible; as a rule she
wears a black wooden dress. a close-ftting
jacket and large straw hat trimmed with
black ribbon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-01
Man and Melon In Collision.

1IOu tue SoVanuou news.
A prominent lawyer in this city had client
the other day who related story which shows
that the watermelon may accomplish great
damage when used as q weapon under certain
circumstances.
The lawyers client Is q conductor on .
Central railroad freight train. A few days ago,
as the train was going up the road at speed
of twenty miles an hour, the conductor was
standing in the top of his caboose looking
ahead out Of the window, with his head resting
on his arm. The train rushed by small
station where . lot of wstermelons were being
loaded in some cars.
As the freight train passed one Of the hands
engaged in loading, in spirit Of fun, pitched
one OF the melons at the conductors head In
the window in the caboose. His aim was well
taken and the consequences were disastrous.
The melon struck the conductor squarely on
the face and arm, knocking out three teeth,
cut his face open and almost broke his arm.
The joker's melon almost finished the con-
ductor. The speed ct which the train was run
ming was responsible for the unusual force Of
the blow.
The conductor il now preparing 10 sue ths
party who threw the melon. The man who
threw IL says he only wanted to treat the con-
ductor TO melon.
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Christianity in Heligoland.

The Christianity in Heligoland is purely Eng
lish in origin. The first mention of the island
under its present name, "The Holy Island"
occurs in the life Of the Northumbrian apostle
Of the Frisians, st. Willibrord, written by the
great English scholar, Alvin of York. It
was called holy" by the pagan sea robber be-
high reverence by all shippers in the north
as the only place easy Of access in
which they could procure stock of fresh
water without risk. In St. Willibrord's time
the southern parts Of Friesland were occupied
by the Frankish kings, but 1.-The Holy Island"
was still inhabited by an Independent Tristan
folk. 1t is probable that the first Christian
church in Heligoland was built by English
hands, or at least under English direction and
after an English plan. Wiilibrord baptized his
first three converts in the holy well reverenced
by pirates and shippers in the north.
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THE RESERVOIR RESERVATIONS.
The Secretary OF the Interior Replies 60
Some senate Inquiries.

An answer 10 three inquiries In regard 10 the
irrigation surveys a. contained in . Senate
resolution was sent 20 the Senate yesterday BY
secretary Noble. In the FIRST place the reply
states that the director Of the geological sur
vey has actually surveyed and marked the
boundaries Of the area Of the sites for reserve
lions by him selected and the tracts 20 segre-
gated are 10 marked that they can be discovered
on the ground and dehneated on the land Of.
nee maps In these reservoir site selections
only so much land has ~ each instance been
reserved, the report states, as 10 intended to
De used Tor the storage Of water. lt is NOE
intended, the Secretary adds. that the surveys
and selections under the act of isss will be
carried TO the extent OF planning q system
the distribution Of water over farms
which, 1t is deemed. the people when they
come 70 cultivate these lands can better do
themselves. The general purpose and plan Of
the department. the Secretary says 10 20 pre-
serve the sources OF water supply from the
possession or appropriation OF individuals or
corporations
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Tanned Human Skin,

From the Denver News
''The outrage at Canyon City reminds me of
a mans skin which once saw tackled to the
walls OF log house at Fort Halleck," said Col
Hoyt at the Albany Hotel yesterday. 1.-THE
work had been artstically done and reminded
me more Of gigantic animal skin stretched
out to dry. The man had been caught in a
dastardly attack upon young lady at the fort
and a bullet from the commandant put very
sudden end to his career. The skin was left
for many months on the wall of the hut, but
was finally carried off, piece by piece. by relic
hunters. The body was chucked into BARREL
which was placed on the prairie about 100 feet
from the trail leading to the west As time
passed deep path was worn by travellers leav-
ing the public road to take a glance at the
strange contents of the barrel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-01
Electric Light Bugs.

From the Cincinnati Commercial.
When the first Atlantic cable was laid scien-
lists asserted that an insect would appear which
would attempt to destroy it, and, sure enough,
in q short time an insect not classified by ento-
mologists began its work on the insulation mate
rial that protected the cable from the water. The
electric lighting systems of large cities seem
now to have developed similar condition of
things in the form Of what are called electric
light bugs; and, singularly, each system Of
light ng seems to have its own peculiar ephe-
mera. The insects do not damage the insula-
ton material Of arc lamps, but they do bother
the learned entomologists who are kept busy
trying to classify the thousands Of winged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-01
A TORPEDO SHOOTERS STORY.
The Things He Thought Of During .
Flight Through the Air.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
Not every day does one meet with man who
has been blown seventy-iye feet through tho
air and lived TO tell Of It, but such man is John
McCleary, who lives in a comfortable home in
Greenpoint with his wife and two children and
drives a custom house truck down town for a
living. He was at lunch near by when one OF
the steam-heating explosions at the corner Of
Broadway and Fulton street took place, and SO
was Times reporter. The atmosphere was
conducive to explosive story telling and Nc
Cleary told Of his experience to an interested
group and produced a number Of newspaper
clippings to verify the extraordinary occur
renee. One of them was from the Eldred pal
Eagle and It called McCleary the hero of the
nltro-giycerine explosion at Hsymaker, Pa, in
1850. and said that every stitch Of clothes had
been stripped from his body during hls fight
OF seventy-fve feet through the air.
McCleary explained that he was what il
known as q torpedo shooter. In describing his
sensations he said: when the explosion took
place / was probably twenty feet from the
stuff saw a binding fash. as II the world
had suddenly taken fire. know that made
an attempt to run from the derrick / felt
that had maybe a minute to live and / re-
member resolving to occupy that minute in
running. All at once IL SCENE = to me as though
IN the attempt had taken fearful leap and
that was going downtown AS one in a
dream. knew intuitiyely that the explosion
had taken place, but had not heard the re-
port, strange to say. Everything looked blue.
and began to wonder il the explosion had
killed me and II was dead calculated how
many Others were dead. / could hear their
widows crying and witnessed their funerals.
1 suppose IL took me ten seconds to be thrown
to where was found but 1t seemed TO be ten
years, and had time to think OF o thousand
different things.
Finally lost consciousness and that was
when l struck the ground. suppose. I was
badly broken up and finally gave up shooting
wells for good and came to New York. No, now
the almost daily danger of death, would noe
60 back TO it again for a fs. NJ"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-01
Transfers OF Real Estate

Deeds in fee have been filed as follows:
L. C. LOOMS to Halie l.. Wright, land in Win
throp Heights; s4Oo. A. E. Randle to Mary S.
Hampton. lots 26 and 81, blk. 9, Congress
Heights; $500. G. F. Matthuson to G. Y.
Thorpe, lot and pts. 6, Is and u, 50. TO;
$4,000 Mary Preston to ]. B. Wight, pit. I9,
SO. $50; g. A. NJ. Smith to A. Lisner, sub
40. So 478; g. J. W. Schaefer to Commercial
Fire Insurance company, pit. 9, SO. 347; s.. G.
II. Baldwin to w. o. Denison, in trust, lots Is,
20 to 20 and pit 26, Metropolis; s..
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Waiting for q Decision.

The Commissioners are patiently waiting for
a decision by the Attorney General in the mat
ter of passing the account of Policeman Harry
Hutton, who was appointed without first hav-
ing served in the army or navy in order to test
the question as to the right Of the Commits
sioners to make such appointments
Under the decision Of the Supreme Court the
Commissioners claim that they clearly have the
power to appoint and dismiss policemen at will
to appoint whom they please. The delay in
deciding the matter is proving q hardship to
the officer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-01
What a Man Eats.

From the st. Louis Republic.
curious calculation Of the amount of food
consumed in lifetime of seventy years has re-
Gently been made by M. Soyer. French
savant, now chef Of the Reform Club Of Lon
don. Among other things NJ. Soyer says that
the average epicure Of three-score and ten will
have consumed 80 oxen, 200 sheep, 100 calves
200 lambs, so pigs, 1900 fowls, 1000 fish of diff
ferent kinds. 10000 oysters, 5,475 pounds Of
vegetables. 243 pounds of butter, $4,000 eggs
and tons Of bread, besides several hogsheads
of wine, tea, coffee, &c. This enormous amount
Of food will weigh but little short of 40 tons.
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ALEXANDRIA.
Reported for THE EVENING STAB.


RAILROAD RIoHrs AND WRoNas.-The mayor
has had q number Of interviews with the local
authorities of the Pennsylvania railroad here
with view to securing the observance of the
city law governing the use of the tracks which
railways have been permitted to lay upon the
streets Of the city. After some vain attempts
to secure a compliance with the law as TO the
blocking Of streets with railway trains, Mayor
Downham caused the arrest Of the conductor
and engineer of one Of the blockading trains
and was waited upon by an officer Of
the railroad, who insisted that Alex
andria was more interested in the
trains than the railroad company was. A claim
the sidewalk in front Of the alleged depot, but
the mayor speedily showed the officer that the
public had Q free right Of way over
the platform which covers the side
walk, the only grant being that the
neat and substantial roof or covering over that
portion Of the sidewalk in front OF their sal
depots," but no ownership or special right
therein 10 given.
TERRIBLE AccIDENr.-Mr. Frank Phillips
burned with carbolic acid yesterday, and may
die from her injuries. A bottle Of the acid
was setting ON the table when the little
girl grasped It and was about to drink. The
mother BY hurried blow knocked away the
bottle, but its contents fell on the child.
NorEa-fhs dwelling of Edwin Violet on
Washington and Franklin streets was robbed
Wednesday night last of o. and some cloth
ing.--Mr. Winner ]. Entwisle, formerly q
bookseller here and latel, clerk at the First
National Bank, ID dangerously i'll at his homo
on King street.-The Metallic Railway Tie
Company held it, annual meeting here yester-
day and elected w. H. Manogue president-
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church in this city
viii be greatly improved md bsautiAed during
the present season.
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ATwO-Headed Snake.

From the 81 Louis Republic.
In September, 1867, q two-headed snake was
captured about three miles from Bethlehem,
KY. 1t was small, only about 10 inches in
length. had but one vertabra and one pelvis
Both heads however, were perfect in every
particular. Each head had two eyes and a
mouth of about equal size and appearance.
Sometimes it would dart out one tongue and
sometimes the other, then again both simul-
taneously. The heads each turned from the
body at about the same degree, the distance
between the noses being about tx inches at
the points. The forked heads prevented the
snake from making much progress in the high
grass, the stalks OF which became entangled
between tho uecks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-01
Carrying Old Shinplasters.

From the Bankers' Circular.
A great many coin collectors have crisp, up-
circulated specimens OF il in their collection.
know one wealthy gentleman in the city who
carries in his pocket book, wrapped up with
the greatestsare, four clean, bright specimens
a fifty. a twenty five, ten and fve-cent piece.
He said it was the first money he ever earned
1t was paid TO him in these identical pieces
brand-new from the press, aud he has kept
them ever since for luck. do not believe you
could buy them from him for 81 600 apiece.
He calls them his reserve capital and il be ever
loses million or more, he is now reported
to be worth, he will have his ninety cents re-
serve TO fall back on
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Grand family excursion to Clifton Beach
Saturday at 10 am. on the steamer ]. w.
Thompson. Fare, Is cents.
The first grand excursion Of the Court Pride
OF the District Of Columbia A. o. Foresters of
day on the steamer Samuel ]. Pentz. Fare. 25
cents.
The Capital Beneficial Association makes an
excursion to Marshall Hall ON Monday, going
on the Manchester. Tickets, so and rs cents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-01
THE COURTS.

CIRCUIT CouRT-Judge Montgomery.
Yesterday-Stuart agt. Washington Beneficial
Endowment Association; bill Of exceptions
signed.
EQUITY CoUnr-Judoe Hdgner.
MISUNDERSTANDING agt. White; hearing
in General Term in first instance ordered.
Cabell agt. Cabell; commission to take testi-
mony ordered to issue. Adjourned sine die.
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Asking to Have a Decree Set

Asking to Have q Decree Set Aside.
Leonard Mackall and others have. by Gen. s.
8. Henkle, filed bill against Brooke Mackall
asking review Of decree of February a, 1880,
and that 80 much Of it as confirms the title Of
Brooke MackAll to lot Z, square 227, be set
aside.
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Not a Centenarian at All.

From the London Truth.
The papers have been full Of paragraphs
about Edward Grub, 1.-THE Bristol centena-
rian," who is described as having died at the
age Of 109. Grub was not centenarian, for,
according to his own account, he was living az
Kingsland, where he was born, when the battle
of Waterloo was fought, and yet he went to
settle in London ''three or four years before he
was twenty" II is clear, therefore,
that, as only seventy-hve years have
passed since Waterloo, Grub cannot
have been more than ninety when
he died. A still more conclusive proof il Af-
forded by the tombstone over his fathers
grave In the church yard at Kingsland, which
records that he died in 1905 ~ the age q
thirty -four; so that n Grub was q csntenarian,
he was born when his father was sixteen years
old, and il he was l09 he must have been born
when his father was seven years oldl IL would
be Just Is well If the papers, instead Of eagerly
swallowing every hapdash story that IL brought
to them, were to take the sagscious advice
which President Routh gave to Dean BurRon,
"Always verify your references"
The Lake View House, owned by Ephraim @.
Wednesday, with furniture, clothing, four
horses. six carriages, twenty 1--WE tons Of hay
t4,00Q
Mrs. Rebecca Cable, mother of Geo. ".
Gable. died ut her home in Northampton, Mass.,
yesterday.
Al Boston yesterday the THERMOMETERS
reached IS degrees, the highest OF the season.
The British Medical Association has pro-
sented a gold medal 30 DR.. Psrke, the physts
clan OF the Stanley expedition
When EmperorWiliiam starts on bis visit -
Russia he will be accompanied 70 Revsl by ~
German Baltic uansuvsring souadroA
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NOTARIES PUBLIC.

Z COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS FOR EVERY STATE
~ and Territory, Notary and U. 4 Commissioner
JNO Z. BEALI. 1921 ct NV
In Cff1ce from q. m to D. m. n12
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-01

Dr.. WIN. Brodie, aged sixty seven, one Of
the best-known physicians In Michigan, died
Wednesday in Detroit
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There we're nine cases Of heat prostration in
New York yesterday, two Of them being fatal
The Thermometer registered IS degrees q 2:S0
factory 1t 0esler near Seattle, Wash, was
totally destroyed By Ars. Los, 10000; par
tally Insured
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The Pslmetto's Day is Over.

From an interview with St LOWS Halter.
The palmetto hat is going out Of fashion and
you rarely see one on the street now even on
the head Of the most old-fashioned southerner.
Yet there was time, and that not ten years
ago, when every gentleman thought that, to
sustain his dignity, he had to wear palmetto
hat in the summer. The fact il, that In spite
Of their light and cool appearance, the pal
metto hats were the hottest covering that per-
spring man ever interposed between his
head and the burning rays Of the sun. White
starched shirts on hot day don't compare TO
. palmetto hat for discomfort The straw is %
closely woven that not particle Of air gets to
ing for summer they began 10 look With dis
favor upon the palmetto hat Besides, the
hats are exceedingly expensive. The cost Of .
good one 10 e25 to begin with, and in order 70
have il in good condition you must pay several
dollars every summer to have IL reshaped and
the straw whitehead