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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-14
FROM HAGERSTOWN.
A Land Boom I'm the Town-Maryland
Notes.
'pondence OF THE EVENING star.

Correspondence o. THE EVENING STAR
HAGERsTowN, June Is
Hagerstown is ''in the swim with ''land
booms." suburban additions and all that the
same implies. all under the fostering care of
the Manufacturing. Mining and Improvement
Company, which placed upon the market on
Tuesday, continuing the sales on Wednesday
and Thursday. of its first addition to this city.
which consisted OF the Corbett farm. south OF
town, along the Washington County railroad
and the Sharpsburg turnpike. containing over
one hundred acres, which has been suhdivided
into streets and avenues, some of the latter 90
feet wide, and into lots of various sizes. The
whole community has run wild, and up to the
present writing there has been n general
scramble for lots, which were sold at auction
to the highest bidder. prices ranging from "a
to ~ 80 per front foot. portion OF this
ground has been donated to window glass
factory. the company of which has been or
gained with b. A. Garlinger of this city pres
ident and capital of 100000. The spirit
thus infused has become Infectious. and lots
III and around the city i'll all directions are be-
Ing placed on the market, and eagerly taken
up at prices that would have astonished the
natives Il wear ago.
Washington countv's female barber, Mrs.
Sadie Proctor. of whom much has been said
and written, died at Hancock several DAYS ago.
Mrs. Proctor was colored woman who was
left widow several years ago. her husband
having been killed i'll braw BY diligent APP
plication to her business she met all obligations
and acquired a cozy home.
Miss olive Bowman of BoonsbOro. this county,
has been appointed to a clerkship in the Census
Bhreau at Washington.
The post Office known az Roths. this county
after July will be known as Pinesburg. in ac-
cordance with All order from the Post Office
Department
The graves of the numerous confederate
dead at Rose Hill Cemetery this city. were
decorated on Tuesday. The exercises con-
sisted of strewing the graves with flowers.
vocal music by school children and prayer and
an address by Rev. David Laughlin.
The position of collector OF taxes for Hagers-
town still goes begging. although the salary is
ample. Mr.. Wm. X. Hoffman, the latest
appontee by Mayor Hahn. has also declined
The warm weather has caused city people to
flock TO various resorts in this county. Among
the latest arrivals from Washington and quar-
tered in this city are Bushrod Robinson G.. L.
Mcfarland. r. E. Fry, ID. NJ. Kennedy and Il.
". Mcknew.
uagerstown bank stock, the par value of
which Is Sl5 per share, sold here yesterday at
auction for SAB
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but when that same distance can only
be reached by clambering over the pock-
marked face of nature as she is in that rayine
then 800 yards is a Sabbath days journey for
professional pedestrian. Tophet is popularity
supposed TO be pretty hot place. but it would
be cruel to suppose il is any hotter than the
atmosphere was in the ravine on Tuesday last
Up at the firing point there a cooling
breeze, but down where the ''jiggers" increase
and multiply there was an absolute and super
heated calm. IL will interest a great many
members of the National Guard to know that
they will shoot. during camp. over the home of
the bigger From the ravIne the ..jigger'
male and female. sailies forth when the camp
grounds are occupied by visiting military and
to this same ravine do they sorrOwfully return
when the men persstently and plentifully
plaster their (the mems lower extremities
with grease
corded and then the hill to the firing point was
scaled The targets will be at different points
along the rayine. The electric target will be
In front of a Laidley revolving target so that
the iron plates OF the electric mark will. with
The necessary earth and masonry. provide the
marker with requisite shelter. Unless the cleo
tic targets fail to work the revolving con-
trlvance VIII not be put into operation. The
services OF markers will thus be dispensed
with By the end of next week the trees that
now interfere somewhat with the ranges will
have been removed and the erection of the tar
gets commenced
DRINKING WATER FOR CAN'T.
FOR the past few days Sergt. joyce has been
paying special attention to the supply Of drink
ing water. he has had all the fort cisterns
Cleaned out and emptied. In some of them the
water had been stored for more than eighteen
Years, vet It was perfectly wholesome ana yerv
c!ean- The result of the overhauling has been
the aggreSatlng of water-stOrage capacity of
SO,VW gallons. nearly every drop of which must
Percolate filter boxes of gravel Ii every man
IN camp drank nothing but water for a week
very probable occurrence-there will be water
enough and to spare Tor tine entire brigade
Ient-sills and floors are stacked up under
shelter, all ready for use at a moments notice
as Is most OF the other material which was used
last year. The kitchens are being attended to
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The newspaper representatives will have a
building all to themselves; it used to be the
post hospital Its interior will need but little
adjustment before the scribes are admitted as
tenants.
The post hospital is going to be very COM
pete affair. More interest is being taken in it
this year and the surgeons are suggesting and
planning number of improvements. There
was nothing of the hospital in it, appearance n
few days ago, but the sound of the hammer
and the voice OF the saw will soon be heard on
the reservation and things generally will be re-
adjusted.
Nobody expected to find a brick sidewalk
down at the fort, but Sergeant Joyce uncovered
one last week that all the way from
the old Dlgges mansion--tnC headquarters
building, the soldiers used to call it
during the war-to the road. It is a better
brick walk than anything of the kind in the
city.
INSPECTION AND MUSTER.
The following statement of attendance at
the annual inspection and muster of the Ma
tional Guard is published in general orders for
the information of all concerned:
Company 3. Cd battalion, 100 per cent; COM
pany b. Is: battalion. 100 per cent; company A.
It'll battalion. IS per cent battery A. light artii-
cry. 80 per cent: company d. I'd battalion % per
cent company A. 50 battalion. 90 per cent: first
separate company. 81 per cent; company c. lst
battalion. ~ per cent; company y. LIST bat
talon. SO per cent; company A. Sth battalion.
81 per cent; company e. I'd battalion. so per
cent; company 4. I'd battalion, 80 per cent:
company ID. LIST battalion. so per cent company
b, It'll battalion. Is per cent; company Il. Sd
battalion. rs per cent; company G, third bat
talon. 76 per cent; company b, 9th battalion.
20 per cent; ambulance company. u per cent:
company \. 5th battalion. II per cent: COM
pany A. 4th battalion. 20 per cent; corps of
field music, 20 per cent; company D. 4th bat
talon. SO per cent; company c. 9th battalion.
60 per cent; company ID, Sd battalion. 6S per
cent; company L. Sth battalion. 81 per cent;
company A. 9th battalion, 81 per cent: company
G, 9Th battalion. 60 per cent; company b. ith
battalion. go per cent; company b. 9Th battalion,
SO per cent; company ID. 9Th battalion. 80 per
cent company c. 4th battalion 81 per cent
The inspections show a very marked i'm
prOvement in the whole command since the
last annual inspection. The report of the in
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DYES AND BLEACHES.
They Are Very Harmful, but Women
Use Them More Than Ever.

II don't suppose there has ever been a time
when women were SO given to bleaching and
dyeing their hair they are at present" said
a dealer in cosmetics and such feminine de-
vices to a STAR reporter the other day. Few
women are altogether satisfied with the color
and shade of their hair, and so many prepare
tions for altering the locks to any desired tint
have been placed upon the market within the
last half a dozen years that the temptation to
make use of them has grown in proportion"
''What is the theory of hair dyes?"
Chemically speaking. you mean? They all
amount to pretty nearly the same thing, having
silver, with certain proportion of pyrogallic
acid to set the color. As for the shade
produced, it depends merely upon
the strength of the solution used.
the same dye serving to produce
black, dark brown, light brown, chestnut. light
chestnut. drab and light drab, according to the
amount of dilution. Probably there are l0O
different proprietary mixtures for the purpose
on the market, at price per bottle represent
ing something like 50 per cent profit. but there
is in reality little chemical distinction among
them. If one brand sells better than another,
it is simply because 1t has been better adver-
tised."
''How is it about bleaching washes?"
There are great number of them on the
market, differing materially as to their ingre-
dressers is the white fluid L have here in this
bottle, which is not patent preparation at all
but the simple chemical known as peroxide of
hydrogen. You can get it by the gallon cheap.
and it will take the color ont of anything. Mix
it with one-fourth part of ammonia and you
can turn your own black hair snow
white with it by five or six applica-
tions. 1t was with this stuff that Barnum
few years ago turned black elephant into a
white one for joke. For the hair the peroxide
of hydrogen is ordinarily used pure. more
especially for the purpose of producing the
golden yellow hue that was once much in
fashion. BY few weeks employment of il
the darkest brunette can turn her tresses to the
hghtest straw color. However, for such fancy
shades as chestnut brown with red in it, for ex-
ample special mixtures must be tried such as
are to be procured in bottles at the apothecary
shops"
Are not these bleaches and dyes very in
furious to the hair?"
Undoubtedly. Their powerful chemical
action affects the hair as it would upon any
other vegetable and dries it up; often it falls
out in consequence. The greatest trouble
about bleaches, however, is that as the hair
grows the wash must be applied about the
roots, SO that the natural color shall not
manifest itself annoyingly, close to the scalp.
In doing this it is impossible to avoid
getting some of the stuff where it is not wanted,
and the result is a series of shade streaks
lighter toward the end and darker at the begin
ming of the hairs-so that when the effect is at
length fully obtained the experimenter is
usually exceedingly sorry that she ever INDUCED
in such folly. With dyes it is very much the
same thing"
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course on which bullets are to travel The
choppers felled good deal of timber. and by
30 doing they released "a scenic fragment that
would delight the eve even of an inartistlc
man. Less than mile away Piscataway
creek flows pasta bright streak just visible
over the fresh foliage-whie beyond is the
darker hue of that promontory known to river
men and Maryland geographers as MOckley
point The great ravine is filled with the
tints of summer verdure and beneath an IN
breken arch of living timber there trickles
stream of water, strongly impregnated with
iron.
SHOOTING OVER THE HOME OF THE "JIGGER."
The scene was truly beautiful one. but the
walking was bad Leaving Capt. Horton at the
firing point which was Of earth protected on
the front and sides by logs. the rest of the ex-
petition slid more or less gracefully down the
almost perpendicular hills. stopping OCCASION
ally to stumble over an apparently inexhaust-
ible variety of tree roots. stumps and tough
vine-like creepers. When the opposite hill
was reached the party stopped some more. 1t
was tramp of such character that it could
fairly be denominated hard work. Three hun
dred yards when in a straight line is not too
much of a distance for ordinarily mus
oular man to walk over in five minutes,
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NJ a r AIKEN L quite ready for camp
II ~ yet but We are getting there in
WV good shape"
N( Sergeant joyce said that. and
~ " he said it to an inquisitive STAR
reporter who had Just landed on the wharf at
Fort Washington and who wanted to know what
had been done in the way of preparation for
the annual encampment of the District Ma
tional Guard Sergeant JOYCE for the infor-
nation Of the unenlightened mortals be it
stated. is in charge of Fort Washington.
Standing on the wharf-they had been fell
low passengers with the reporter-were Maj.
Pollard. inspector general of rifle practice, and
Capt Horton. They were armed with such
instruments as surveyors find necessary i'll their
business and were evidently prepared to work.
1t was hot, hard tug up the gentle ACTIVITY.
which rises at the rate of something like one
foot in five. but there no time for resting
when the ridge had been gained.
SURVEYING THE RIFLE RANGE.
rife range. or so much thereof as was pos
sible, had to be surveyed. and it had to be
done before the steamer returned from its trip
several miles further down stream. Now. if
the ground to be operated on had only been
reasonably level the task would not have been
great one. but the ground was not level 50
the undertaking was by no means small.
THE RANGE.
Across the road which runs past the camp
Of the first regiment and just beyond what vas
the old artillery garden is the firing pont.as at
present arranged: it may. however. be changed.
There are many places ON this continent which
could easily be regarded as possessing superior
natural advantages for the purpose of a rife
range. but it is very dubious whether there
could be founda more perfect scrap of sylvan
beauty than the raylne which Is soon to re-cchO
the reports of thousands of noisy
charges of government gunpOwder. The
hills on either side OF the depression
were thickly covered with timber. mostly of
very moderate dimensions. until the axmen
commenced to cut out paths over the aerial
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Women's Presbyterian Missions.

The quarterly meeting of the Momen's Pres
byterian Home Mission Society was held
Thursday in tke Westminster Church, Mrs.
Hamlin presi/e nt The usual reports were
made and adIpted. The treasurer reported as
received duZng the quarter 81, 49, 80, of which
amount SITS. Is was for the Laura Sunderland
Memorial School, at Albuquerque, Nm. Mrs.
Morgan, wife of the commissioner of Indian af-
fairs, read special report of Mrs. Dorchester
regarding the condition of Indian women and
children and advocating the appointment of
''field matrons'' TO teach the women how to
keep home, &c. Mrs. Chickering also addressed
the meeting. speaking of the life of the pupils
in the Hampton school
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A well-dressed man entered Shrouds a Kas-
per's jewelry store at State and Randolph
streets, Chicago, Tuesday afternoon, examined
some diamond studs. selected three of the
finest and then turned and rushed from the
place. He was closely pursued but escaped in
the crowd The stolen jewels are valued at
$1,000.
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Walter Fox, Lexington printer, who re-
Gently patented an electric danger signal. has
sold his invention to Charlottesville syndicate
for ~, 900, and gets fifty shares Of the stock.
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spector general on the errors. omissions and
deficiencies of each organization will be pub
llshed as soon as practicable.
The firth battalion. having the lowest per-
centage Of attendance and its inspection ind-
eating that 1t Is below proper standard of
efficiency. will be again inspected on Friday
the 9th instant. at O'Clock pm
Company G., fourth battalion. having the
lowest percentage of attendance of any COM
pany. will be again inspected on Tuesday, the
18th instant at O'Clock pm.
NOTES
Those earnest and hard working members of
the guard who have passed regmental or bril-
gade examinations and who are now known as
candidates for promotion will in little while
receive their distinctive badges. George
Washington Ratchet. which is the CORPS badge
will be the pin. The blade is of silver the
handle of gold. From the handle and sup
ported By ribbon of appropriate hue is a
gold and enamel shoulder strap or emblem in
dicatiye of the rank to which tbs candidate is
entitled. A parchment certificate accompanies
the badge.
Capt. Jas. E. Bell, inspector of rife practice
for the Second regiment. has ordered the
badge which Is to be competed for by the nom
commissioned officers and privates Of his regi-
ment. 1t will, very appropriately, be bell
shaped, and the design is strkingly handsome
Capt. Bell has notified Gen. Ordway that he has
found it necessary to handicap members of the
Wednesday shooting team. Each of these dis
tlnguished riflemen will give their less skill
ful competitors two points at each range.
Gen. Ordway has detailed staff Sergeant
Harries, of headquarters, to assist Capt w. L..
Cash, inspector of rifle practice for the First
regiment
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LEADING INSTRUMENTS

AILhDINU INS 1t MLNIH
DECKER BROS.
WEBER
FISCHER rIASos
ESTEY
IEEllS POND
ESTLY ORGANS FSTFy ORGASs
MODERATE PRICES EASY TERMS
Old instruments taken IN part payment Tuning
and keparlng.
Telephone o29.
SANDERS 4 STAYMAN,
9.l4 street northwest
13 y. Charles st, Baltimore Nd
flO l2ls Main St, Richmond Va
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SOLD HER BOY FOR S25.
How Woman Gave Up Her Little Son
to a Circus Agent.

The police of Fall River, Mass, are investi-
eating queer case Of child selling q mother
having battered her four-year- old boy for S25
to a clrcus agent, who wanted the little fellow
to appear in an Arab scene. In addition to the
sum paid the boy was guaranteed salary of
ca per week. The story of the sale is thus
told by man who claims to have been an eve
witness:
woman named Monez, in company with a
brother, visited the circus grounds and had
with her son, Michael four years old and an
infant In her arms. man stopped near the
group and stood looking AT the children for n
moment and then approaching the mother
asked her If they were hers. When she said
yes, the stranger introduced himself and said
ne belonged to the circus Thereupon he
of red to take the children and promised the
mother good sum of money for them. At
first she would rot listen to the proposal, but
by adrolt promises that the little ones wouId
be well cared for and that a certain sum would
be paid them as salary until they grew I'D the
woman was led to hear what the agent was say
ing. The result was as above described
The stranger then seemed eager to possess
| the black-eyed little girl. He offered SIS for
her and drew out from his pocket a tempting
roll of greenDacks. The mother would not
yield. The price was gradually raised, a dollar
or two at a time, until $50 was offered in ex-
change for the little one. The mother hesi-
| tated. Thirty dollars big sum to her.
anu as UcSdN u pOChet the DlllS her
eyes dilated with eagerness, but the mothers
love for the infant took possession of her and
she refused At length the mother IS alleged
! to have agreed to part with her offspring for IS
more. or S35 in all. but he wouldn't listen to
that price. He paid over the S25 for the boy
and walked away, leading the little fellow by
the hand into the dressing room tent
Mai A. Meade Smith, prominent lawyer of
Norfolk. is dead.
At Crisfeld, Md, prohibition church has
been formed, the members of which engage
not to affiliate politically with any other party
and to vote the prohibition ticket at all times.
ID. G. Alexander, who was charged with at
tempting to bride an enumerator of Prince
William county. Va, has been fully acquitted
Ex-Goy. Holiday of Virginia is in the Cape
Colony region Of South Africa.
Ten thousand rock fish were caught in Pnm-
leo sound, North Carolina, Saturday, and the
eaten was so numerous that the men employed
could not handle them.
There are 2.095 sub farmers alliances in North
carolina, besides "a county alliances.
Inc failure OF the peach crop in southwest
virginia means loss Of not less than $3.50, 900
10 Botetourte county alone.
While drilling for oil at the Colfax we'll. in
Marion county. VIVA, the drill at a depth OF
is feet, struck ledge of iron ore FIVE feet
thick and very rich in quality A few feet
deeper second vein three feet thick was
struck.
Real estate values have increased az OOO ono
IN nye years in Roanoke, Va
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PIANOS AND ORGANS.

TIME HALLET 4 DAVIS PIg 40 AGENCY WILL
IL he closed June rs aud reoI ened sept. 4 with
superb stock Of pianos. Bargains before closing
ln29 u. f. 81 slNkh. AGENT.
T'HE SWEET AND rich TONED KRAKAUER
Pianos. spoken Of by artists praise.
sold al reasonable figures at kIHN'S Temple N
Music. l2O9 u ST. n 1u, and repairing.
ap24-3m
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More Open Cars Wanted.

To the Editor Of The EVENING STAR:
The number of persons who take an outing
on the open cars on Sunday Is SO great that it
has taxed the accommodation to its utmost and
in order to increase it l would suggest that the
summer cars Of the 18th street line be RIM
through to the Navy Yard. BY doing this it
will obviate the necessity for changing at the
Peace Monument and the loss of seats result
ing from this change, for the open cars that
run through to tine Navy Yard are SO crowded
that one is not able to secure a seat ENTERING
the car at this point. FOURTEENTH STREET.
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ATTORNEYS.
MANICURE.

MI MANICURE AND cRIRoPoDIsT
7O3 4 Eth NJ n " over Thompson's drug store
The only importer and manufacturer OF Fine Mani
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Rev. DR.. J. ]. Lafferty of Richmond il i'll
from slanthus blood poisoning.
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The party of glassblowers who we're not al
lowed to land in New York, as they were found
to be contract laborers, were returned to Liver
pool at the expense Of the Cunard line, which
brought ihsn over.
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FINANCIAL.

a.
b h PLAIN. q a. HIRBs
u K. PLAIN Il c.
BANNERS AND BRozrKs.
TEMPORARY OFFICES $40 ST. NV.
Buy AND SELL
STOCKS. BONDS and 2ETRoLEUM
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Having Leased Wires @nA.les us % execute
with rromptness and dispatch on the Exchanges in
New York and Chicago all orders irtrus.l 70 our care
WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION
m27-lm TeleT Lone. :..5.
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AT FORT WASHINGTON
Preparing For the Encampment Of
the District National Guard.
SURVEYING A RIFLE RANGE
To shoot Over the Home of the Jig
ger'-SOnic of the Camp EsuiIaiag.-
Securing n Good suppiy of Water
Guard Notes.

~ n f AREN'T quite ready for camp
III a ~ vet. but We are getting there in
U.SV good shape"
IN Sergeant Joyce said that. and
" ~ he said IL to an inqusitive STAR
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-07-02
Tho Planets In July.

The moon will pass near the larger plan
cts this month in the following order; 1t
will be in conjunction and within six diane
ters Of Jupiter on the 4th, within the same
distance of Saturn on the 10th and Of Venus
on the goth. Saturn also comes exceedingly
near Venus on the 18th at about IL p. m.
Mercury can be seen in the east just before
sunrise during the first of this month.
Venus can hardly be mistaken; it is the
bright star we see in the west after sunset.
Jupiter is in Capricornus. 1t rises about
p. m. and reaches the meridian little after
midnight.
Saturn is too near the sun to be seen much
longer. 1t sets about 9 p. m.
Mars Is in SeOrpio, near the bright star AL.
tair. 1t is visible during the evening"