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Efficacy

O. This preparation" Mrs. p. Fl. David
son, Alexandria, La.
81 was afflicted some three years with
scalp disease. Ny haic was falling out
and what rcmainr,! turned gray. l was
induced ~ try Ayers Hair Nigor, and
in a few weeks the disease in my scalp
,isapnearcd and my hair resumed its
original color" Row s. 5. Sims,
Pastor u. Il. Church, ST. Bcrnice. Ind.
"A few years a'ro | suffered the entire
loss Of my haic - IL c.ier:s of letter.
] hoped iliat rr = t:n,e nature would
repair the loss. has | wcitcd i'll vain.
Many remedies We're suggested, none,
however. with s,lcA PROOF OF merit as
Ayers Hair Niror. and hogan to use it.
The result WIS all could have desired.
A growth of h.ig YCOu rame out all over
my heal. ar,t grew to I've as soft and
heavy IA ever hii. aud Of a natural
color. a., .f'8y stt.'-J. II. Pratt,
SpoTora. Texas.
Ayolr's ..,>'r Vigor,.
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Or. J. c. tfa. 6. Co, Lowell, Mass.
SCAT, n...--ts ami pesfumers.
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Sherih's Sale.
Simon Block vs., Felix Kidder,
2Ist Judicial District Court, No 1915. of the
Docket
State of Louisiana-Parish of st. Martin,

By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias dated the
S0th day Of May A. ID. 1890 issued in the above
entitled and numbered suit by the Hon. the 2lst
Judicial District Court of the state of Louisiana
holding session in and for the Parish of It
Martin, have seized and will offer for sale at
public auction to the last end highest bidder at
the Court House door on
SATURDAY THE 18th DAY OF JULY A. ID. ~
between the legal sale hours the following de-
scribed property.
The rights. interests and credit of Felix Kid
der in the succession and estate of his deceased
Fathers william Kidder consisting Of about.
Two hundred and eighty, arpents of land, also
Cattle. Horses. and Mules.
Terms and condition cash.
Sheriff's Office st. Martinvile June the nth 1890
CAB. CARDINAL Sheriff.
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Notice to tax Payers.

Notice is hereby given to whom il may
concern that the listing and estimation
of the valuation Of all real and personal
property of st. Martins Parish, La, has
been completed and that said lists are
now exposed at my office at the Court
House, at st. Martinyille. La. for tn i'm.
spectiOn and correction, and shall So re-
main for the term of twenty days begin
ming next after ten days notice as re-
quired by sec. 81 Act So 1858.
st. MarrjnviiIr. June I. 1890.
s. Martin, Assessor.
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Special Rates Arranged With Agents.
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Cotton Worm Moths.

Desiring to make OFT with cor
tainty the wintering grol4io Of
the cotton worm, the undersigned
will give $500 reward to the first
person sending real Cotton
Worm Moth, taken alive this year.
in the States of Arkansas, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana or Texas.
They are mostly to be found un-
der the shelter of rank wire grass,
and may also be found about gin
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Address Registered Letters Containing
Currency to
New Orleans National Bank,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

"REMEMBER, that the payment Of Prizes is
GUARANTEED By FOUR NATIONAL BANhS
of New Orleans, and the Tickets are signed by
the President of an Institution, whose charter
ed rights are recognized in the highest Courts;
therefore, beware of all limitations OF anony-
nous schemes"
REMEMBER that the SUPREME COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES has decided that
the Louisiana State Lottery Co. has a CON
TRACT with the State of Louisiana, which
DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL JANUARY LIST.
1895.
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81
Is WEEKS.

Tie POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed
securely wrapped, to any address in the
United States for three months on receipt
of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount al
lowed to pOstmasters, agents and clubs
Sample copies mailed free.
Address all orders to RICHARD X. Fox,
Franklin Square. n.
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Cotton Worm Prospects.

agricultural papers concerning the
probability of serious loss this
year from cotton worms.
Among the causes of this un-
easiness seems first to have been
the apprehension that the remark
ably warm winter we had would
allow the moths to hibernate III
excessive numbers. This idea
was emphasized by some at the
Cotton Worm Convention, held at
Little Rock in January, and some
thing of the kind was expressed in
the resolutions there adopted, de-
spite our. strenuous opposition.
The facts of the case seem to be
that warm winter is by no means
the best for the Information of the
moth. We do not think that an
especially warm winter has ever
been followed by a bad cotton
worm year.
Another point discussed at the
same convention was the state
ment made by the Chairman and
several other extensive planters,
that the cotton worm moth was
even then to be found in great
numbers Oh their plantations. If
the moths would hibernate the
past winter as far north as Central
Arkansas, we certainly would have
great cause for alarm. OF course
We expressed at once our doubt of
the determination, and some spe-
cimens were then submitted to us
which were moths belonging to an
entirely different family. After
the convention more We're sent us
from different plantations, and
Others sent to the Department of
Agriculture at Washington, but
none of them proved to be the real
cotton worm.
A third cause of alarm is foun-
ded on the belief that the cotton
worm passes the winter under
ground as a pupa. Some of those
holding to this theory do not dis
tinguish between the cotton worm
and the boil worm, while others
suppose a curious change of ha-
bit of the cotton worm at the APP
proach of winter. 1t will suffice
to say that this later hypothesis is
a mere speculation without found
alton in observation, and that the
pupa sent us this year, and more
especially the great numbers sent
to the Department at Washington
during the last score of years, fail
to give it any support.
What at the present time seems
to cause the most alarm is the
presence OF a great number OF
moths, especially in Texas, which
are confidently believed to be cot
ton worm moths. For the encou
ragement of planters we can say
that there is really small cause fol
alarm. To show what weight thi,
statement has we will state tina
this Station has secured the ser
vices as correspondents, of a larg,
number of good, reliable men il
this State and in Mississippi
Louisiana and Texas, who vii
keep us informed as to the pre-
sence and numbers of the worms
We have received from these cor
respondents specimens of the mot
that are supposed to be the cottol
worm moths, but none of ther
have proven to be- that insect. Tn
following announcement has bee
quite widely circulated throug
these States, and the fact that tn
reward is still open, proves no,
extremely scarce the cotton worm
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UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION
OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED.
Louisiana State Lottery Co.

Incorporated by the Legislature :or
Educational and Charitable purposes, and its
franchise made part of the present State Con-
stitution in 1914. by an OVERWHELMING POPULAR
VOTE,
Its GRAND EXTRAORDINARY DRAWINGS
take place Serni-Annually, lJune and December,
and it's GRAND SINGLE NJ MEIER DRAWINGS
take place in each of the other ten months In
the year. and are all drawn in public at the Aca-
denny of Music New Orleans La.
I'VE do hereby certify that we supervise the
arrangements for all the monthly and Semi-An-
nual Drawings OF the Louisiana State Lottery TO.
and in persons manage and control the Draw
ings themselves, and that the same are conduc-
ted with honesty fairness and in good faith to-
ward all parties and we authorize the Company
to use this certificate with fac-siIniles OF our
signatures attached in its advertisements"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-29

Tbs Presbyterian churches Of the District
and those in the adjacent region OF Maryland
and Virginia constitute the presbytery Of WASH
ington city. which meets on Monday in this
CITY. This presbytery was organized In its
present form in 1870 but it is the representa-
tive of a much older organization of Presby
tsriaus in this locality. dating far back as
IT'S. when the church at Bladensburg was
established. Next in point of age comes the
First Church of Alexandria, organized in 1772;
then the West Street Church, Georgetown, in
1850. and the First Presbyterian Church. on AZ
street. in 1875 All the churches in This locality
during the past century were connected with
the old presbytery of Donegal. Pa. In the year
1855 the presbytery of Baltimore was organized,
Int snch was the growth of the church that in
1923 the presbvterv was divided. and the new
presbvtery of the District Of Columbia was
constituted. As one of the results OF the sepa-
ration of the church at large into the old and
new school assemblies the year 1887 witnessed
the division of the presbytery. some of the
churches withdrawing and forming the pres
bytsry Of the Potomac, which was in con-
nection with the old school assembly. During
the war the churches in the adjoining states
connected with both presbyteries did not main
tain their relations. owing to the unsettled con-
dition Of public affairs. In the year 1870 the
present presbytery was organized by the union
Washington city consists OF about thirty-two
ministers and has under its care twenty-seven
churches. connected with which are 5,45 COM
municants, I27 ruling elders, 68 deacons,
6sl4 Sabbath school members. and 3 candidates
for the Gospel ministry, while the amount of
contributions for church work during the year
was sl1s.554
The following is the roll Of members accord
ing to their date of reception: Rev. Byron Sum
derland. DID. Rev. Benjamin f. Bittinger,
DID,. Rev John Chester, ID. d., Rev. John l..
French. Rev. Alexander Farley. Rev. George
o. Little. Rev. Joseph t. Kelly. Rev. George b.
Patch. Rev. Charles b. Ramsdell, Rev. Nehe-
mah Cobb, Rev. Archibald McSween, Rev.
Theodore s. WynkoOp. Rev. Francis NJ. Todd,
Rev James G. Craighead. DID,. Re-. William
A. Bartlett DID, Rev. John Dude IT, Rev. Chas.
H. A. Buckley. Rev. Thomas Fullerton. DID,,
Rev. J. William 3IcIlvaine. Rev. J. Davis Rath-
bun Rev. William II. Edwards. Re-. Teunis s.
Hamlin. ID. D.. Rev. George p. Van Wyck. Rev.
NJ. Porter Smell. Rev. Scott F.. Hershey, Ph.D.,
Rev William :. Miller Rev. Il. Davis Richards,
Rev. j. Addison Whitaker. Rev. Francis J.
Grimke. Rev. Maxwell n. Cornelius, DID,. Rev.
Benjamin F. Myers and Rev. Edwin F. Bailey.
REV. BYRON SUNDERLAND, DID.
The earliest days of the First Presbyterian
Church antedate the moving of the seat of gov
Enment to the District. In 1875, at a meeting
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The ColOrs of Cigars.

From the Chicago Journal.
One of the most interesting things to me- be-
Ing an ex-member of the trade, is to study the
simple little brands on the ends of the cigar
boxes in the tobacconists stores and wonder
how many OF the people who use the contents
know the meaning of the words ''claro." &c
Nowadays smoker calls for light. medium or
dark-colored cigar, as his fancy dictates. To
the dealer, however, there is a nicer and more
exact method Of naming the shade. .'Claro :"
Tor instance, stands for the lightest shade of all
and is mostly found in the cheaper grade of
two-fers. About the palest in color of the or
binary cigar is the Colorado" Then comes
Colorado Maduro," next 'Maduro" and
lastly "Oscuro," which is the darkest
heaviest cigar made. The COLORADO Ma,
duro" and "Maduro" shades are the most
sought for in the best grades of domestic cigars
while consumers OF imported brands run to
"Maduro and "Oscuro." 1t seems difficult to
get really good imported cigar that ia NOT
dark cOlored. All of them are strong. and
while many men affect the darkest, high,priced
kinds, believe that but few of them really en-
Joy them. As good cigar as any man need
smoke can now be bought for ten and fifteen
cents. few experts may find value and solace
In o un-foil covered twenty-five cent weed. but
when anything over quarter is paid il ia
money thrown away for ornaments like tin foil,
band, fancy Innings to box, &C. At present
prices OF tobacco and labor a MANUFACTURED
can't put value al fifty cents in one cigar unless
he folds In twenty-five cents worth of postage
stamps And yet many people smoke these ex-
pensive sorts.
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as the co-pastor of Fourth Church May s, 1874,
and served as such with his venerable friend
the late Rev. DR.. J. c. Smith, till the death Of
the latter in January, 1873, when he succeeded
to the full passionate. How well he has succeeded
as pastor is evidenced by the love TINT his
congregation has for him and the fact that, al
though the location Of the church, 9Th near g
street, Is down town, the membership is over
400 and the various interests Of the church are
in prosperous condition. Mr.. Kelly, with his
family. resides at 519 4th street northwest
The Fourth Church. located on 9th and G.
streets northwest, is upward of sixty years old,
having had its origin in the preaching Of
Rev. ]. E. Danforth in frame school house at
the corner of 9th and II streets about 1928.
Gradually growing the congregation obtained
q lot on the east side Of 9th street, Immediately
opposite the present edi6ce. Some years af-
terward, having grown beyond the capacity Of
present site was purchased and the
edifce now standing was erected.
Rev. DR.. Danforth was succeeded by
the late DR.. Mason Noble in 1892 and in Sep
TENDER, 1889, the late John c. Smith was called
and installed as pastor. As the city increased
in population the congregation kept full pace
and for many years it led in numbers, all other
churches of the denomination approximating
thousand communicates. Though the estab-
lishment Of other churches has from time to
time drawn largely from its membership the
church has continued to prosper. and many of
those raised in the church still cling to it. The
church Is an exceedingly healthy one fnan-
cially and otherwise.
REV. GEORGE r. PATCH. 4
Unity Church, the small Presbyterian church
at the southeast corner Of 14th and streets,
has fine location and large field to cover, as
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DONE BY A TRAMP,

He Sells Two Bits Of Wax to = Cashier for
Oyster Pearls.
From the jewelers. Weekly.
After placing himself outside Of plate of
raw oysters in a downtown New York restaurant
a hungry and seedy-looking stranger arose from
the table and walked over to the cashier desk.
In his hand he displayed two pearl-like pellets.
somewhat smaller than an ordinary pea
''What are they?" inquired the cashier.
''Pearls," responded the stranger. 81 found
them in one of your oysters. They are as pure
gems as ever saw. used to be alapidary.
and ought to know. All they need is polish
ing to make them worth . good sum of
money"
The cashier lifted them from the palm of the
strangers hand and made q critical inspection.
At first he was skeptical but finally succumbed
to the strangers descriptive powers and asked
what he would take for them.
''When nicely dressed and finished of they
are undoubtedly worth SO each, but need
money, and need IL badly, and am willing to
sell them for %. OF course, you'll have 70 paw
to have 'em polished, but it won't cost you
much"
After little haggling the sale was made and
the man departed. After the cashier finished
his duties that afternoon he went TO the nearest
jeweler, from whom he learned that the sup
posed pearls were nothing but wax.
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west, was born in New York city in 1S4y. At
the age of fourteen he went west and was first
employed in the Office of his uncle, Gen. Ward
d. Burnett, chief surveyor general of Kansas
and Nebraska, with headquarters at Nebraska
City. In 1861 he came east again and joined
the Union army and served throughout the
entire war. While residing in Washington in
1865 he aided in the establishment Of his
present church and the following year started
the Bethany Mission. corner of 18th street and
Ohio avenue. Deciding upon the ministry as
life work he entered Yale College in 1868, and
was one Of the editors of the Yale Literary
Magazine. He graduated with honor from the
college in 1872. He then entered upon theo-
logical course and passed one year at Princeton
College and two years at the Union
He was temporarily in charge of
churches at Winterport, Me-, and Wolfeboro',
NH. The same year, 1875, he accepted a call
to his present passionate and was ordained and
installed in December Of that year. Under his
ministry the church has been enlarged, the
membership has increased and many of the
most efficient Christian workers in the city
have been trained. He is at present the secre-
tary Of the Presbyterian alliance Of this city,
chairman Of the judicial court of presbytery
and a member of the committee on the revi-
sion of confession of faith. He was the nomi-
nee of the republicans for the chaplainship of
the House of Representatives at the beginning
of the present Congress. The church he rep
resents celebrates Its twenty-hfth anniversary
in December, having been organized as the
first colony from the New York Avenue Church
in 1865. The first pastor of the church was the
Rev. Mr.. Fox, now Of Detroit Mich. He was
followed by Rev. Mr.. Mason and DR.. Ramsdell,
the present incumbent succeeded him. All Of
the departments of church work are well organ
lied and there is a steady growth in every di-
rection. There is no debt Of any kind on the
church and the church proper has probably as
complete system of receiving, distributing
and accounting for whatever moneys are con-
tributed as any in the District. 1t has recently
started Sabbath school with reference to the
ultimate establishment of church at the juno
ton OF North Capitol street and New York
avenue.
REV. DIR. THOMAS FULLERTON.
DR.. Thomas Fullerton, pastor Of the West
Street Church, Georgetown, was born in Chilli
gothic county, Ohio, and graduated from the
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THE HONORs WERE EVEN.
Street Car Incident Where Two Old womer
Disputed Over Age.
From the Brooklyn Citizen.

81 SsAees Sar Ahciues1t w mere Two Old Women
Disputed Over Age.
From the Brooklyn Citizen.
A street car incident seems to illustrate the
Inconsistencies of apparent age. An old lady
on entering crowded car caught the strap and
by chance took her stand directly in front OF q
lady passenger apparently as old as herself
The possessor of the seat was up in a mo-
ment.
Have my seat, madam" she exclaimed. with
audible courtesy. ''You are older than am. -
"Older than your retorted the other; II beg
o thousand pardons for contradicting my elder,
but indeed, madam, you are mistaken. Keep
your seat"
But am sure You are older than t.
"And I am equally sure that I am not.
viii You be good enough to resume your
placer"
Not while an older woman stands"
The situation was growing Interesting but
!,nough all smiled, no one seemed moved to re-
leve matters by offering a second seat
b0th Old persons were pretty well warmed
up by this time. First one shifted, and then
sOrely tried.
The vacant seat was still before them. Fl
nally, an overture of peace came from the
owner OF a seat, the last speaker
:. uon want to be disagreeable, madam and
IN older than You I'll sit down. Let's tell
our ages, and the older yields"
Inc aggrleved woman did not relish this
aretreat. -o- '"'0
well, madam" she replied, forcing the SEM
Dlance OF smile, II shall be most happy. Will
you announce your age? Then 1 shall take
pleasure in telling mine"
. ~ was born in March. 1917 And you?"
what, March, 1877? Good heavensi Co
was I. And what day did Won arrive nrav2,,
The It'll. And you?'' There were bright
req spots on the cheeks of both old ladies now.
Il have nothing more to say" was the reply:
my birthday is the 9th. am much obliged
for the seat
And with admirable dignity she sat down
amid considerable laughter
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viduals who felt an earnest desire to establish
Presbyterian church in that part of Washing
John Chester (then pastor of the Presbyterian
city to survey the field. and meeting
with encouragement from the Presbyterian
pastors and from few families residing near
the Capitol, he gave notice that q service would
be held on Sabbath, February %, 1854 in a
little frame school house which then stood on
LIST street southeast (on the site of the present
Duddington place..
But the church soon outgrew that public
school room; then. through the kindness Of
Hon. b. II. French, commissioner Of public
buildings large room Chat Of the committee
of post Offices and post roads, on the first floor of
the House wing of the Capitol was utilized for
Sabbath morning services. While occupying
this room the church observed the sacramento
of the Lords Supper and of baptism. This is
believed to be the only time these ordinances
have been observed in the Capitol building.
The enterprise was so successful that by
April IL church was organized and within a
year a commodious chapel erected on the cor
ner of 4th and streets southeast. In 1868
the name Capitol Hill was changed to that of
Metropolitan Church, owing to the union Of
the property of both churches. The present
large edifice was dedicated in 1872. Rev. John
Chester has been the pastor Of this church
Hudson, n. Y, in 1882, was graduated at
Princeton College in 1851 and then
entered at the medical department of
the University of Pennsylvania in 1853.
receiving his degree of Md. lie practiced med
icine for five wears and then entered Prince
ton Theological Seminary in 1858. He was pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church in Burlington,
Nj. for five Years. from whence he came to
this city and gathered in 1864 the nucleus of
the present Metropolitan Church. In 1874 he
received the degree of DID. from the Univer-
sity of Wooster, Ohio. In 1878 he served as
professor of history in the New Windsor Col
1ege. Maryland. DIR. Chester is the oldest
chaplain in continuous service in the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane. and he is also the
Washington correspondent of the New York
Christian at Work. The church over which he
has been pastor continuously for nearly twenty
seven years has now. with one exception (the
New York Avenue church, the largest MEM
ship of all the Presbyterian churches in this CITY,
REV. GEORGE o. LITTLE.
Rev. George o. Little was born in Madison,
Ind, and was graduated from Amherst College
in 1860 and Lane Theological Seminary in 1868.