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assigned to IL such engine, hose and other sp-
paratus a. was directed by the corporation.
The company FIRST to arrive at IRE wAs 70
have the chief command of such fire.
PREMIUM ON INcKNDfARrsM.
The winter Of 1854 was noted for the many
fires in different localities Of the town and the
demands upon the treasurer for the rewards to
the companies first to arrive were 80 great that
after Investigation by the authorities reward
Of 300 was offered to any person who would
give information that would lead 70 the detec-
ton and conviction before proper tribunal OF
any person or persons concerned In setting nre
to any buildings within the limits Of this cor
poration. April 6. 1874, the ordinance award
ing to the company first to arrive at dre the
sum Of IS was repealed.
Mr.. D. z. Muncaster, . fireman IN active
service from 1884 to 1S49 and vice president Of
the yigilant Fire Company in 1641, informed
the writer that he joined the Western Star in
1884. which company did valuable service in
aiding to extinguish the FIRE December 10,
1896, when Georgetown College narrowly
escaped destruction. Those were the times Of
ropes and free run to all fires west Of the Cap
itol and the company had many q pitched
battle with the Union Fire Company, they
often arriving at fires in Washington before the
Union. The pay was generally cup OF hot
coffee and the thanks of the owner Of the build
ing where the fire was located.
EXCHANGING couRrEs1Es.
The volunteer companies not only had their
pitched battles at almost every fire they at
tended. but played jokes upon each other when
times were dull and fires few and far between.
About the year 1910 some members of the Vigil
liant and Western Star companies built q hon
fire on Brick Yard Hill and sent q messenger to
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The Boring sea question in England con-
tinues to be leading topic Of discussion.
The Manchester guardian Gndapendent) in M
editorial article derides the claim Of . mare
clausum. It expresses the opinion that ma
jority Of Americans desire = just settlement oil
the Boring sea question, and that they do no,
agree with the tone Of Mr.. Blaine. The Gudr-
dian says that the American people and Minis
ter Lincoln are behind Mr.. Blaine in his course.
The Guardian hopes that Lord Salisbury viii
agree to . modus vivendi with the view OF
appealing 10 the sound sense Of the American
people.
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~ nnai resting place the coffin Of Dolly
Madison. No word was spoken, no service read.
amid pathetic silence the body was consigned
dust to dust. ashes to ashes For ysars the wall
remained unrepaired, the grave unmarked;
sneep grated at win over the spot where the
former mistress Of the land lay buried. Things
sre peter now; the graveyard has been en-
larRed and incloeed aud small marble oheli.L
erected beside the tall granite one that marks
tne grave Of Madison. says to any who NAV
c en- to visit that obscure spot: Sacred .
the memory Of Dolly Paine Madison
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remarks we're made. and . cash collection and
subscription we're taken to defray the expense
Of purchasing a hand fire engine and ire
buckets. Every male inhabitant old enough to
vote was . member Of Georgetowns first ire
department
The town was small and fires few and far be-
tween. Years rolled by and many who had
taken pride in the formation of the FIRE depart
msnt had passed away, the engine became ne
elected, needed repairs and many OF the buckets
would not hold water.
On October 4, 1893, a resolution was passed
BY the corporate authorities setting forth that
the IRE engine and IRE buckets heretofore pur-
chased BY the subscription Of sundry inhabi-
tauts had been offered to the corporation for
use Of the town, provided measures be taken
TO keep the said engine and buckets in good re-
pan, and directing the mayor TO take charge of
said IRE engine and fire buckets and to provide
at the expense Of the corporation, without loss
OF time, for putting the same In complete re-
pair and for repairing the engine house or
other convenient place for keeping them in
such . way as to be safe and ready at all times,
and 10 employ some diligent and careful per-
son to take care of the said engine and buckets,
70 have them conveyed to and from any fire
that might happen, and to attend in exercising
the said en- CINE from time to time. The mayor
was authorized 20 allow to such person any rea-
sonsble sum per annum to compensate him for
his trouble, not exceeding go.
TIE FIRE WARDS.
July 5, 1905, the town and its additions were
divided into two wards as follows: All that
part east Of 32d and north of street shall con-
stitnte the east ward and the remainder the
west ward In each of these wards fire COM
pany was to be organized, each of which was to
elect its own officers and to act in conjunction
with the staff officers appointed by the mayor.
livery owner OF proprietor of a house OF houses
was to preserve and keep in repair for each
house as many fire buckets as there were stories
In said house or houses, the buckets to be of
leather, holding two and oue-half gallons, to
be numbered and entered with the clerk Of the
corporation The proprietor was required to
have his maine and the proper number painted
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Gondola Song.

Gondola Song.
tFrom the German Of Geibel)
on, come to me when through the night
Heavens hosts in glory glidel
Our gondola in the moons clear light
VIII wait us DER the tide.
Tender as loves touch plays the air,
The golden glow is soft;
My cithern's tinkliHg tones win bear
Thy soul with them alOft.
Oh, come to me when through the night, &c.
1t is the hour for lovers true,
My sweet, like thee and me;
The peaceful skies are darby blue,
And calmly sleeps the sea.
And, rs it sleeps, thine eyes win tell
What tongues tell not by day;
Nor will thy lips the kiss repel,
Turned cold from mine away.
Oh, come to me when through the night
Heavens hosts in glory glidel
Our gondola in the moons clear light
Win watt us DER the tide.
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Written TOR The EVENING STAR
Verify.

Written TOR The EVENING STAR.
Verify.
From the German Of Hene.)
When the spring-time comes with the sunshine
back,
Then nower-buds swell and the flowers bloom
bright;
When the moon walks forth on her path Of light,
Then the little stars swim in her radiant track;
When the poet beholds two sweet, soft eyes,
Then songs from the deeps Of his spirit arise;
But songs, and stars, and flowers bloom bright,
And eyes, and moonshine, and suns warm light,
Howeer such stuff may pleasing be,
Don't make up world, nay, verilyl
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Judge Lynch win Probably omciate.

Judge Lynch viii Probably Onhciate.
News comes that Jno. Bright, living In fancy
county, No., shot and killed his wife early this
week. Bright, 1t ID reported, sent his wife 70 .
spring for water, then got his pistol and started
alter her. Coming up on her he shot her through
the head, killing her Instantly. Bright has ned
and posse il hunting for him. Judge Lynch
viii oficiats when he d caught
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An important decision has been handed down
by the South Dakota supreme court II is in
the case OF the First National Bank Of Clarke,
& D., indicted for taking illegal interest The
court holds the bank guilty and that the ma
tionai character Of bank does not protect II
from the laws Of any state in the matter Of
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Written for The Evening Star.
TfTHIN SIGHT OF THE

oioo Mugs, ana u0stieu
among its spurs and
lesser ranges, lies Mont
pelier. the home and
burial place Of Madison.
OF the several presiden-
tial mansions Of which
Virginia boasts Mont
pelier is, beyond ques-
ton, the most impos-
ing. Its frontage Of
$50 feet, its lofty por-
ti,n nth fria,a ann.
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THE OLD FIREMEN.
l Sketch Of the Ancient Volunteer
Department in Georgetown.
STAFFMEN AND BUCKETS.

ming OF the Century-Running With the Ma
chine In Days of Hot RiSalry-vsrious Old
Ordinances The Change to the Present
eystem.
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Watches and Kisses.

(From the German Of Heine)
Tell me by whom were watches invented,
And time with minutes and hours indenteds
Twas some half-frozen, mournful wight,
Who sat and unused in the winter night;
And counted the mouses shrieks 7 the Granny,
And the wooo-worm's regular ticks uncanny.
Tell me by whom were kisses invented,
Twas some warm, happy mouth presented
To one it kissed, not thinking why.
The month was May, and blue the sky;
The earth with flowers was all apparelled:
The sun laughed gayly; the blithe birds carolled
Grace
beautiful flower that fragrance lacks,
And maiden however fair Of face,
Are alike, IL the maiden does not possess
The inefable feminine charm of grace
w. L SHoEHAKII
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The signing Of the French commsrcjsa trsaty
M ~ Uns6eA e1Atse = aaneuneek
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AT OLD MONTPELIER.
The Historic Virginia House Of Fa-
nous Dolly Madison
N EAR THE BLUE RIDGE.

The Hospitality Shown During the Life OF
MP. Msdison-Where Misfortunes Followed
Fsst-An Undutiful and Spendthrift Son
Dolly Msdison's Funeral and Her Lonely
Grave.
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@-e HE HISTORY OF THE

III AAADA OlhL NE M
fire departme emit Of
Georgetown dates back
to the earliest days of
the town The town
was created in ISL and
christened February "a,
1852. When, in 1889,
the population b a d
grown to 1900. the citi-
zens, for mutual pro-
lection against fire,
called q meeting, at
which many incendiary
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o6ended Emperor Frnncis Jessph
II ID stated that the Emperor Francis joseph
has expressed himself - offended By The in
discretion OF Herr Elbogsp, director Of the
Anglo-Austrian Bank, in Remaining that gold
loan In the end would be the cheapest uar loan
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Ne OF ths features Of
the market during the
past week was the re-
cord Of the sale Of the
entire square ie2S.
There vss nothing e.
pscially notable about
this Transaction. either
in the price obtained or
in the quantity o {
ground involved, al
though the square con-
tanned . total Of 22o, 600
square feet and at the
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Adelbert Houk. Who. 10 b charged sleped
from scraatcn ten days ego With 1axy Rsoay,
turns cut % y claimed. 70 Aavs tAsuD No.
Wives
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REAL ESTATE GOSSIP.
some Large Building Enterprises Tor the
Coming season

fhkxR On YorD HUrpRKD rIoUsAHp DOLLARS no
m ExrExpED n ONE socAls-rur ASSESSMENT
OF fnoPHRrr voR fAxRs COMPLETED WIFE rHr
xxcrrr1oS or fns couxfI-orzEa MATHIS
% urxnn0f.
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In the year 1924 the advisability Of purchas-
ing fire alarm bell to warn citizen, and menu
oers OF the IRE department was considered bv
the corporate authorities, and after negotiat-
ing with several firms . cast steel bell was mr.
chased and the contract for purchasing the
necessssy MIXTURES and placing 10 ON the house
TO William Hoyt for the sum Of $50.
september .. lass, $500 IVES appropriated for
- yaseAAso e toVn I'LL W. ~ ise.SI
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W0MAN'S PLACE IN MODERN
LIFE.

One of woma1's chief duties at the
present hour is to strive to defend her
her male children against the excess
of mere education, apart from the
sphere of home influence. The pre-
vaillng masculine tendency is to trans
form the youthful brain into a
mere thinklng-machine, which takes
no account of the claims of sentiment
or the niger attractions of the ideal,
under the pretext that the ideal is not
thing reducible to logic. How can
young men, educated according to
these modern tenets, be expected to
regard otherwise than with dlsdain the
the fund of moral notions which have
been accumulated by the wisdom and
experience of the ages but appear to
them as nothing more than mass Of
sophlstries They will only believe
what their own knowledge tells them,
and will not swallow, as they express
it, anything else.
The fact, the document" examples,
tangible examples, drawn from the
observation of animal nature-they
care for nothing else, and perfer, they
say, to stoop earthwards than to dream
with their eyes lost in the clouds. The
manifestations of mere force interests
them more than does the impalpable
They are assuredly not Physical" they
are, indeed, not even human, for has
not humanity always drawn the better
part of its subsistence from truth:
which escape analysis and mathemati
cal demor stralion2 We are "scienti
fc," they declare, and in the Superior
elevation of their scientific spirit i
it may readily be imagined how they
look down upon the "tollies" which
occupy their mothers and sisters
minds. The father, open mouthed il
admiration at the knowledge of hi
sons knowledge all the more obviou
for being SO material, is no longe
interested in the Childish bringing vi
of his daughters, while the mothe
deems herself incompetent to folloy
the scientific Instructions of her son:
And SO another cause (decldes thei
fondness for smoking) arises to dra,
our young men away from the societ
OF worthy women Into that of the VI
worthy.
Now, the mother, who, if she be
woman possessing any degree of inte
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WHY WOMEN MAY PROPOSE,

Colin Shackleford said: Some
one asked me the other day what
was the origin OF women proposing
marriage during leap year. | look
ed it up, and while it may not be
new to all, | dare say it will interest
many. In the year 1888 statute
was published by the Scotch Parlia-
ment, of which the following is a
copy, and is to my mind, the origin
of the custom or idea. | do not
know that it is custom or ever
was:
1t is ordalnt that during the reign
of Her Maist Blessit Majestic, Mar
garet, like maiden, ladee of bath
high and low estate shall have
liberty to speak to the man she likes.
Gif he refuse to take her to be his
wyf, he shale be mulct IN the sum O
ane hundredity pounds or less, as
his estate may bee, except an alwais
gif he can make it appear that he i:
betrothit to another woman ther
he shall be free.
After the dear old Margaret hao
passed away the women became
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| hgenCe, will have done all that in her
lies to keep in intellectual touch with
her husband, should not hesitate to
keep pace, If possible-induclng also
her daughters to follow her example
with the higher degree OF instruction
impaired to her son. Woman assure
dly-this has been proved-are as
capable as men of entering into the
higher circles of knowledge. Mothers
and sisters have bowed down before
the cigarette, and now they should
similarly give way to the spirit of
science. They must add to the sum
of their intellectual power, if only for
the purpose of meeting brothers and
sons on a mere equal footing and
thus OBTAINING them more surely within
the household circle. At present so
wide gap exists between the entire
form and nature of mans ideas and
thoughts and those of woman, that
men think themselves justified in de.
irving none of their conceptions from
woman. Against this tendency woman
must strive by every means in her
power. ri never speak to my mother
about nv plans and ambitions for l am
sure she wouldn't understand them"
So say many young men, with the full
approval of their fathers. Similarly
many men hold that it would be wrong
for them ever to speak to their wives
concerning their business, but that it
becomes them better as good husbands
to leave the wife entirely to his lite
household affairs and her round of
social frivolitles.
Now, it is for women, by their own
endeavors, to modify mems judgment
in this respect and in general, to gain
influence over them by exciting their
better qualities of heart and mind. No
new decree of fresh law is necessary to
effect this object; 1t will suffice for wo-
men to seek all occasions of offering
sensible advice and rendering useful
services, and to abandon their old
ideas, even though in some points
these may be preferable In favor of the
newer ideas of the age. Thus a
broader, higher family life may be
evolved, in which woman's influence
shall be as great or greater than ever
before. To unity, as were, the minds
OF her sons and daughters rather than
allow them to remain in different
spheres to inspire her husband with
the desire to make her sharer in his
conception and enterprises to seize
every occasion of participating, within
the measure OF her capacities, in mas
culine ambition and effort-such
should be the first steps henceforth
taken by woman toward future where
her position and her influence will be
duly recognized and more accurately
mark d.
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THE READING DEAL ENJOINED.
The Chancellor of New Jersey Directs the
Combination to Show Cause why the
Injunction Should not be Perpetual.

The True American of Trenton, N
J., on June 1st printed the full text
the Chancellor's orders restraining the
Reading, Central Railroad of New
Jersey, and the Port Reading Railroad
Company from forming combination
of their interests.
The sections of the decree quoted
throw strong light on the subjects at
issue.
"Upon reading the information of
the Attorney General OF the State of
New Jersey on behalf of said State in
this cause, and the exhibits and affida-
wits thereto annexed, and on motion
of John P. Stockton, Attorney General,
it is on this thirty first day of May, A.
D. 1892, ordered that the defendants,
the Central Railroad Company of New
Jersey, the Port Reading Railroad
Company, and the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company, show
cause before the Chancellor at the
State House in Trenton, on the fif-
teenth day OF June next, at ten O'Clock
in the fornoon, or as soon thereafter as
counsel can be heard, why an ipjunc-
ton should not issue according to the
prayer Of the information, among other
things in substance enjoining and re-
straining them, their officers and agents,
directors and employees, and each of
them, from doing or continuing any
act whatever under and by virtue OF
the terms, covenants, and conditions
contained and set forth in the indenture
of lease or in the SAID tripartite agree
ment of February 18th, 1892, alleged
in said information, or under and by
virtue of any other instrument which
may have been exected and delivered
between the said companies, or be-
tween them and other parties, whereby
under, or under color of which the
said the Philadelphia and Reading
Company pretends to have acquired
or be empowered to possess, manage,
or in anywise control the corporate
franchises, powers, privileges, or prop
erty of the Central Railroad Company
of New Jersey, its officers and directors,
and commanding the SAID Central
Railroad Company OF New Jersey to
retake possession of and exercise, man
age, and control all the corporate pow.
ers, privileges, and franchises granted
to the said corporation. and to manage
and conduct the same under the sole
authority of the said Central Railroad
Company of New Jersey and also
enjliDing and restraining the said
defendant corporation, their officers
aIu dSCIts, HOlIi SOllS any anu Oil aStS
and making any arrangements and
combinations, by contract of otherwise
having for their object, effect or re
suit either to limit or diminish the pro
duction of anthracite coal, or arbira
riIy to increase the force thereof Of
to prevent competition among then
in the production, transportation, ant
sales OF anthracite coal. and from do
ing any other act or thing, making an
arrangements or agreements to do tn
same in and about the business c
, mining, producing, and transportin
anthracite coal which shall tend to
monopoly of the same, or arbitrarily t,
| increase the price OF coal to the inhabi
tants of the State of New Jersey.
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COLORS AND THE EYE OF MAN.

Science gives US many interesting
details about what the human eye has
been and what it may become. The
most ancient written documents attest
that in times most remote only two
colors were known, black and red. A
very long time elapsed before the eye
could perceive yelloH, and still longer
time before green could be distinguish
ed. 1t is remarkable that in the most
ancient languages the term used to
designate yellow insensibly passed to
the slgnihcatlon of green.
The Greeks had, according to the
generally received opinion, the color
faculty very highly developed, and yet
authors OF the highest repute tell US
that in the time of Alexander the
Great, the Greek painters knew but
four colors, namely, white, black, red
and yellow. The ancients had NJ
words to designate the colors of b-ue
and violet. therefore they always refer
red to them as gray and black. 1t is
thus that the colors of the rainbow
were only distinguished gradually; the
great Aristotle knowing only four of
them. 1t is we'll known fact that
when the colors OF the prism are photo
graphed there remains outside the
limit of the blue and the violet Gin the
spectrum) a distinct impression which
our eyes do not recognize as color.
Psychologists tell US that isis reason
able to suppose that as the color organ
in the human species becomes highly
developed, and even before the eye
becomes what the opticians would
consider "perfect," this outside band
will resolve itself into color perfectly
discernible. Only one speculation
remains When the educated eye of
the year $500 has discerned and named
this now indistinct color, will another
shadowy band appear to be classified
among the colors 500 or 1000 years
later on on1-Philadelbhia Press.
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PRAYER IN A CART.

A pastor tell this story: A poor man
who had large family, gave them a
very comfortable support while he was
in health. But he broke his leg and
was laid up for weeks. As he would
be for some time destitute of the means
of grace, it was proposed to holo
prayer meeting at his house. nc
meeting was led by Deacon brown' a
loud knock at the door interrupted 'hs
service. A tall, lank, blue-frocKeu
vounpster stood at the door, with an
oy oesd in his hand, and asked to see
nsscon n Brown. Father could not
a,,end this meeting, he SAID /! but ne
ssnt Is, his prayers, and they are out in
ssr' se They were brought in, in the
shans of potatoes, beef, pork and corn.
MAJ MANY who pray would do well, we
fsncy sometimes to send their prayers
in that way.