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TO REFORM GIRLS.
An Institution is Now in Good
Working Order.
BUILDINGS and GROUNDS DESCRIBED.
A Delightful Location and Every
Convenience Provided.
THE FIRST INN ATE RECEIVED.

There Is no longer ground for complaint
that there is no institution to which in
corrigible girls may be sent where they will
receive a liberal education and learn how
to take care of and provide for themselves.
There is now a girls reform school and the
Institution is in good working order. The
building has been erected after many years
of hard work on part of the citizens to secure
such an institution. For many years there
were constant complaints about the alb
sence of a place where girls could be sent.
They had been sent to jail or to the work
house or set free. in the absence OF the
proper sort of place for them. and finally
Congress enacted law providing for such
an institution, and now the building is
finished and the school is in good working
order, with but one inmate. The institution
Is governed the same as the boys reform
school. and, like the latter place, it affords
its inmates a comfortable home, with good
training.
Beautiful Location.
The building is situated on the Lough-
borougs road overlooking the Conduit, and
there are nineteen acres of ground at the
disposal of the board of directors. Across
the road from the building is what is known
- the upper reservoir. one of the most
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picturesque places along the line of the
Potomac. Vermont Battery is the name
OF the ground upon which the building is
built. relic of the war in the shape of a
fort being between the building and the
Conduit road. The building is erected on
ground that is at least $50 feet above tide
water, and from it is splendid view of the
river and the hills along the Virginia shore.
The new structure. although three miles
In the country. has all modern improve
ments. and there is everything about it that
will assist the officers of the institution in
giving proper instruction. 1t is the inten-
ton of the managers to receive the girls
and give them home. They are not to
imagine that they are in a prison, for there
Is nothing about the place to remind one of
q prison. with the possible exception of
what is called the dark ROOM" which is
the place intended for the punishment OF
those who need little discipiining. And
even In this apartment there is plenty of
light under ordina-ycircumstances but being
known as the dark room" 1t will perhaps
be associated with the idea of a dungeon.
There is a large water tank on the top of
the building, which furnishes a good supply
of Potomac water direct from the reservoir,
a pump in the little house on the Conduit
road being used to send the water to the
elevated position of the tank. This supplies
the bath rooms and kitchen, and affords
ample supply for the service intended to
protect tine building AGAINST possible con-
Migration. In several convenient places
large rolls of hose are deposited near the
pipes, which can be used at a moments
notice, but they are to be used only in case
of fire. Then. too. the water supply extends
to the stable, which is between the main
building and the pump Elsewhere large
sized tank in the loft holds water enough
to protect the animals against thirst.
The Interior of the Building.
In the cellar of the main building is the
dry-closet system. besides four large fur
naces a bath room, store rooms and pure
air chambers or ventilating stacks. These
stacks are perfectly clean and are white
washed. the lime serving as a disinfectant.
On the first floor. which is several feet
above the ground. are rooms which show
almost the entire workings of the school.
Just inside the main entrance is the office.
while adjoining it is the reception room.
Just across the hall is the sleeping room of
the superintendent. Mrs. Matthews, who is
always on hand to receive guests, whether
they come by order of the court or of their
own free will. Just around the corridor is
the main school room, where the inmates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-11
MEANS TO BE A KING,
Baron Harden-Hickey, Who VIII Sc,
Up Monarchy for Himself.

Several days ago was announced the de-
termination of Baron James A. Harden
Hickey, son-in-law Of j. H. Flagler the
Standard Oil millionaire, to found a colony
on Trinidad Island three days sailing east
ward from the coast of Brazil. The place
selected is in south latitude 20 degrees 80
minutes and west longitude 20 degrees and
% minutes.
The baron discovered The island himself,
and there he proposes to set Gp Il monarchy
for himself He mad taken passage from
France in the sailing vessel Astoria, bound
westward around the Horn. She met Lastly
weather and was driven n=ar Trinidad. AS
she had been long delayed and needed fresh
water they waited for calm day and put in
to the dificult harbor. Baron Harden llickey
made some explorations, enough to set the
present project to WORK in his mind He
found on the highland, which forms the
center of the island, traces of two attempts
that had been made to coloniZe there. Both
We're over century ago. the first being
English and the second a Portuguese penal
settlement.
Since the failure of the second settlement
no one has tried to live on the island and
no nation has included it in the list Of its
possessions. The baron found 1t almost in
its natural state, with hocks of wild fowl
and myriads of turtles both having come
there for breeding purposes.
The Astoria went on her way and the
baron took up other affairs 1t has been
nVe years since ne visited the lSlani, but he
has never lost sight of the idea that came
to him and was confirmed when he found
no nation had any claim to the place. Now
matters are in such a shape that with the
coming spring the baron hopes to set about
the founding of his kingdom, and this time
year he expects to see it in full blast.
Aside from his present enterprise Baron
Harden-Hickey is a very interesting man.
He comes of one of those Irish families that
fled with the Stuarts to France and became
trencnmen, he is poet. novelist. iOur-
nalist, dueist, soldier, sailor. He has known
poverty, and he now knows what 1T means
to enjoy great wealth. He has been every
where and has done almost everything,
and yet his appetite for adventure, for
hardship, is unsatisfed He was educated
In the College of Jesuits at Namur Bel
GUM, and afterward at Leipsic, where he
learned to fight duels. When he was nine
teen he entered the French Military School
or st Cyr. but left when his father died
IN 1913. Ffe devoted himself to writing and
to the study of sculpture BEGINNING with
1916, he published many novels and poems
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Love for the ZiCzag.

From the Contemporary Review.
The straight line is an abomination to
the Chinese. They endeavor to avoid II
in their streets and buildings. and have
banished it completely where country field
paths are concerned. They will always
substitute a curve whenever possible, or
they will torture 1t into a zigzag.
In districts not devastated by the Tai
Pings nor subject to the influence Of the
foreigner the houses and temples are char
acterized by curved, often peaked, roofs.
ornamented with fantastic notifications of
the myriad stroke pattern" The inhabi-
tants of such regions are soon found to
have a mental world to correspond. The
straight line is secuted. They think in
curves and zigzags. To the Chinese mind
the straight line is suggestive of death
and demons. 1t belongs not to the heaven
above nor to the earth beneath. In a true
horizon line are seen the "undulations Of
the dragon" Therefore. argue the Chinese,
the straight line pertains to Hades.
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spend several hours every day The 10
a large room. well lighted and ventilated
and the black boards give it the appearance
of an ordinary school room. In the center
of the building on this floor is the dining
room. in which are two long tables vbpre
two dozen or more girls may dine at one
time without the least bit of crowding. In
the rear OF this is the kitchen and wash
room An extra large range occupies one
en1 of this spacious room, where food is
prepared for the occupants of the officers
quarters. as well as for the inmates
The DOrmitOries.
Going to the second floor there is a suc
cession of small rooms eleven feet long
by six feet wide. and in these the girls
will sleep. Each room has a window and
ventilator. and a spring bed. with white
coverins.nakes the small apartments tempt
Ing TO even the sightseer who happens to
visit the institution. The quarters of the
overseer. Mr.. Barry. and his wife. who is
natron. as well as the apartments of the
sewing teacher. Miss Neal. and the teacher
of studies, Miss Aldrich, are on this floor,
rs well as the linen and bath rooms There
are twenty-one small sleeping rooms on
the second floor.
On the third floor there are nine sleeping
rooms and the dark room" The sleeping
rooms on this floor are somewhat larger
than those on the floor below and II is
the intention of the ma iron to reward the
good ones by giving them these rooms
where they Will be away from those who
are classed as bad or vicious should any
such girls reach the Institution. Above
this floor is the tank. AS on the lower
Moor the rooms are all well lighted and
ventilated.
But One Inmate Vow.
While everything is in readiness for the
reception and training of the young girls
who are sent there. as already stated, there
Is only one inmate just at present. and her
name is Lulu or Louise Harrison, the color
ed girl recently arrested for thefts at the
Wallach school building in East Washing
ton. She went through the regular routine
adopted for inmates. although she did rot
fancy the bath. as 1t was perhaps so much
OF surprise to her. She had first to under
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Wellington and Theirs.

From the Spectator.
That spelling is not the necessary attri-
butte of cleverness. or inability to spell the
necessary mark Of a fool. is plain enough.
No one who thinks for minute or two on
the matter will fail to remember that he
knows one or two men who cannot write
the simplest note without misspellings, and
that these are by no means the most stupid
of his acquaintances, but often the clever
est.
The Duke Of Wellington, It is notorious,
could not SPELL and there have been plenty
of other men of his mental caliber quite
as illiterate. Some one has lately collected
list of distinguished Frenchmen who
could not spell. and heads it with Theirs
who, though not a genius. was certainly
one Of the cleverest men that ever lived,
Theirs never could manage to spell his ma
tive language. though as a writer he was
correct enough.
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JaclSson's Statue ON the Con.tftut,o,
From no

From the Boston Transcript.
In 1888 Commodore Elliott ordered a figure
OF Gen. jackson to be carved to take the
place OF billet head which the United
states frigate Constitution had carried
through the war of 1872. 1t was placed on
the bow of the frigate in June, 1884. when
she left the dry dock in Charlestown navy
yard. The excitement among the political
enemies Of Jackson in Boston was intense
A meeting was called in Faneuil Hall
(which, however. did not take place. and
anonymous letter writer's threatened the
life of the commodore unless the statue
was removed. On the night of the ID Of
July, 1884, In the midst of a terrific thun-
cerstorm, Samuel p. Dewey. a young man
or twenty-eight, rowed out to the vessel
and managed to saw off the head ot the
statue and carry IL away. The head was
replaced a month later in New York and
the figure remained there until 1874. 1t now
occupies place in the grounds of the
naval school at Annapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-11

Pierced silver promises to be the fashion
for many a long day to come 1t is rather
snowy. but the effect is very brilliant.
Among the brides gifts shown at a re-
cent gorgeous wedding was a tempting
tea set Of Coalport china Of delicate yell
low tone on a silver tray the cups made
most effective with pierced silver mounts.
Plain silver saucers with an embossed Dor
der accompanied them and the teapot was
ideal. Round. but decreasing in size to-
ward the foot, somewhat tall and light
looking was this teapot. At the top and 1T
the foot the china with its pretty gilt pat
tern showed slightly through a pierced sill
yer casing, while the center part was left
free. The lid was richly embossed. The
Indispensable small tea caddy was square,
The evening world., 1893-10-20
OLDEST TREE ON RECORD.
1t 10 in Lombardy and Is Said to
Have Ex,sted az r. c.

The Soma cypress of Lombardy is, I
believe, the oldest tree Of which there
is any authentic record. 1t is known to
have been In existence in AZ B.. c. There
are, however. man trees for which Il
vastly greater antiquity is claimed. The
Senegal baobabs-some of them-are
said to be 5000 years old, says a writer
in Notes and Queries.
The DO tree OF Anuradhapura, in Cey-.
lon, is perhaps the oldest specimen of
another very long-live1 Species, it Is
held sacred upon the ground that IT
sprung from "A branch of the Identical
tree under which Buddha reclined for
seven years while undergoing his apo
theosis. The oak is well known to be a
long liver, and there are specimens still
standing in Palestine OF which the tradi-
tion. goes that they grew out of Gains
staff. The hawthorn. again. sometimes
lives to be very old: there is said to be
one outside Cawdor Castle of an i'm
memorial age"
The cedars OF Lebanon may also be
mentioned. and there are, according to
Dean Stanley. still eight Of the olives of
Gethsemane standing. whose gnarled
trunks and scanty foliage will always
be regarded as the most affecting OF the
sacred memorials In or about Jerusa-
lem"
The evening world., 1893-10-20
FATE HAS ITS REVENGE.
Raiudrops Refuse to Patter on the
Roof of the Verse Fiend.

Here is a letter from a friend of mine
IN Kansas, said a guest at a Detroit
Very serious circumstance Without the
letter here to back me up / should not
have dared to tell you the story a..
Free Press, and after another glance at
the letter he continued: ,
From my earliest recollection ! loved
the patter of raindrops on the roof ct
night. Many and many a night I've
ubb nun in my eyes that | might
keep awake the longer to hear the
patter. Five years g / built me a
cost me $500 extra to get things so ar
ranged that / could hear the laindrops
patter as lay in my bed, For two
night. / lived in that house three years,
rather, didn't %happen?"'
1T burned down and there was no in
~surance," answered one of the crowd,
No. sir. 1t never rained one single
night in all those three years, unless |
happened to be away from home. If
there were showers they'd pass away
before bedtime. II happened to be
away IL would pour all night. / got so
mad about 1t that / went to bed in the
daytime ned se ft times, ana ! I,edge you
I got fairly between the sheets!"
And what about the letter."
ITS from the man who bought my
houbC. 1 pohBI II DtCdust It Wdiltu
to hear the %raindrops patter, and he
says: What in blaZes IL the matter with
your old shGnty, anyhow. 1t hasn't
rained here but one night since | bought
you out. and then not a blamed drop
fell on the roof of this house!' Isn't it
curious?"
Have you any theory about it?"
well, yes. i have. / think it's retribu-
tion."
How ~retribution?'
why. ! am the author of that old
song entitled, 'RaindropS on the Roof.
Wrote II when I was only fourteen
years OF age / was innocent OF any
wrong. bu. Fate"-
Then everybody got up in the most
solemn manner and walked away, and
left him to pursue the downward path
which ead to destruction.
Tone up when run down by taking MILHAu's
The evening world., 1893-10-20
BEEFMALT
Health and Strength i'm
Beefmalt.

Beefmalt will make you healthy,
hearty and happy, and will keep
you so,
There is more vigor in one bottle
of Beefmalt than in a storeful of
patent medicines.
Beefmalt wins flesh and color by
a gain in the quality and quantity of
the blood. 1t is convertible into
blood with the smallest expenditure
of energy.
The malt is prepared from the
rlpest and fullest grains. to insure
he utmost food Strength. The
celery builds up the nerve tissues, as
the beef builds up the fibres through.
cut the body.
The evening world., 1893-10-20
THIS flSHERMAN'S LUCK.
Caught Soniethir q If 1t Was Only a
Superst,tious Omer.

"Wcll," said n Woodward avenue man.
slapping a friend on the shoulder, ac-
cording to the Detroit free Press, II
see you carry "A rod, been tishing?'
you bet"
Had any luck -
First rate
Where are your fish,"
"Only caught one"
ooh. too big to bring home. I soc"
mo, you don't. ] left It on the beach"
"WinnowY'
Guess again"
Bulls hcad?"
mo; but 1t was a Sleeps head and /
brought the lucky stone home"
Thereupon Mr.. Fisher produced a
folded paper from his pocket which con.
tained a piece Of bone az clear and
white as crystal. His friend lookedat it
and said:
you've scratched an l. on there"
Scratched nothing. That l. was
there when ! cut tn" bone out Of the
fish'3 head. NY fisherman will tell you
that. 1t stands for luck and | shall keep
1t for a lucky piece"
Caesars ghost" cried his friend.
what franks these fisherman be! |
b'lieve I'll go fishing myself. i may at
least catch "A superstition
The evening world., 1893-10-20
Would Try the Z. 3.

Young V'idow-I wish you'd tell me
where l can get IA good investment for
$50, 600 that came in last week.
Lawyer-Stocks, bonds, mortgages. or
eligible bachelor?
Young Widow-I don't van to invest
this money again, and you know what
stocks, bonds and mortgages mean.
The evening world., 1893-10-20
A "SORTER" MARRIAGE.
And There Was a BIG Linz of Little
Impedim ents to Start With.

Impedim ents to Start With.
Owing to an accident to the north
bound train we had t, si6etrack for two
hours at a little Alabama hamlet. In
one of the coaches was n woman with
seven children, the Oldest being about
thirteen. and the youngest not over one
year old says the Chicago Times.
A man who had been sleeping on the
depot platform finally woke up, and,
after look ng at the widow through the
or Ell window FOR ten or fifteen minutes,
he stood up and inquired:
"Gwine down the kentry. ma'am"'
"Yaas, gwine down to Saundersville."
"Yo'r ole man went down ahead, !
reckon"
HE couldn't, kase he dun died a var
ago"
',oh, I see. sorter a wilder, eh%.
"Yaas, sortcr" she sighed after
"a right smart OF a flock yo' hev thar"
"sorter moarnin' fur .helr father,
some of 'em, ! reckon
,"Yaas, moarnin' mo or les pore
,, %AG, its powerful lonesome fur y0'' I
"Yaas, sorter powerful. but I've got to
bar up under it, she fcclingly replied.
"Widder. could you come out. .yere
for n bit 2" asked the man, as he shlfted
around uneasily. -,
81 reckon | might, If 1t will ohleege,"
Three Of us took charge of the chill.
dren. while she went out and walked
up and down wit, the man. In ten
minutes he started off, and she returned
to the car to say:
~ thank you all fur yo' Kindness to
a wilder which won't be a wilder much
longer. Hiln's gone for a preacher
Him" returned with the preacher in
the course of twenty minutes and every
body left the train to witness the mar
riage cere mony. which took place IN
the freight-house. The entire flock or
eight children set up a bowling as their
mother stood up to be Joined" and she
delayed the ceremony five minutes to
distribute "A supply of shakes and cuffs
among them. After thirty or forty OF
us hal kissed the bride and Clipped In
$40 in cash as a present. l queried or
the happy groom:
Case Of love at first sight. I sup
pose?"
replied.
Have you nny?"
"hev 1? Thar they be over thar:
ana If vo all don't mind yo' kin stand
they will reach
We got both hocks In linc-a!l except
the baby-and there were nineteen OF
them. They were standing there as
the conductor cried "All aboard"
The evening world., 1893-10-20

First Chicago Girl-Wcll, you ave
had a time with YOU husband. How
did you ever come TO marry him?
Second Chicago Grille deceived me.
why, Sophy. actually every one Of his
letters of recommendation ives forged.
The evening world., 1893-10-20
Taken from lie.

VTTVNT IVNUN 'NFETHE"'F
CITY Editor-Mr phoEeyman, ] notice
that since you got married you do not
write as man mother-in-law jokes as
formerly.
Mr.. Phoneyman-No: but those l do
write actually occur.
The evening world., 1893-10-20
In the American Colony.

From Harlem Life.)
Shells Miss Bond engaged to Prince
Sans-sou?
He-Not exactly. He has an option
for ninety days, / believe.
The evening world., 1893-10-20
THERE Is HOPE

For every one who has blood trouble, no matter
in what shape or how long standing, provided none
of the vital organs have been 40 far impaired as to
render a cure Impossible. S. s. s. goes to the
root of the disease and removes the cause, by ex-
polling the poison from the body, and Mt the same
time Is n tonic to the whole system. However bad
your case may he, there h hope
The evening world., 1893-10-20

Fmm Street x Smiths Gonl News.)
Hell am going West to seek my for
tune. WIN you wait for me?
She-Indeed | will. l will wait all
Winter.
The evening world., 1893-10-20
Not Prec!p.tats.

Tick,r-How do you like your new
clerk?
Bjnd,r-Well. re figures two months
interest at Il lcr cent. as II he were
calculating the approach OF the next
comet.
The evening world., 1893-10-20

MorHERs will fni Mus. WISsiow's S1oTHISG
sfRuP the best ieIeiy Tor their childrtp, 2oc,N ~
The evening world., 1893-10-20

u you want a fine DRESS SHOE, made In ths
latest styles. don't pay Sc 70 SO: try my 50. $3.50.
S. CT S. Shoe. TneI q equal TO Gus en- mace.
md look ind -ear as vel. u you wish to &C nc
mile IN your tootwea . do so BY purchasing W.
/. Doug al Sheer. Name and rr,ce stamped on
the bottom LOOK for IL wha, YOU buy.
". !. DOuGLA'. r1c",Or, Nas'.
ALL SIZES. STYLES AND WIDTHS
Tux 3d. Gig. sS7.0 SD, TUBS. ,ssS..
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26DI. 1898 I'd avr.; I5s tcor. Of Grand
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Lao. ,i3 L4nai ST., 20 and eek. iGi:
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Avenue b;. {. 81. 1913 Avenue A 81.
37D. iOi BOwCry; .343, +JB, va 80
!33th ~, sIN~w. Ihnmhsr. 81. a!i
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q, iY5 c~bambcr. Al; iGs .cnth ,'.,,!
ard ~ Warren ,m, -.
III t.rGvc ST.; i2 Montsomcr 1t.
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Chicago Haste,

LEONARD CO., 30 Nassau st., room ~ Paper
served divorce evidence found collections.
The evening world., 1893-10-20
Board Wanted.

WANTED-F Furnished room, with board: IL
minutes walk Of Navy Yard; qulet place:
widow preferred Address BUarder, box ES3
World. BrooklyE.
The evening world., 1893-10-20

Tone MP when run down by taking MTLHAu's
CALIsAYA. A good tonic. lS3 Broadway. -
The evening world., 1893-10-20
Amusements

HARRIGAN'S THEATRE VI. ". Hanlcy, Mgr,
Houses Mr.. Edwarl Ha1iyan' NeN Play, -
Crowded THE "OOI.l.tS 1T CkI>G.u
New songs by Dave Brahanl-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-09-21
Hospitality of the Rich.

A yacht in the fashionable world is
like an opera box or your carriage-if
you wish to pay a person an especial
compliment send it to him or her for the
afternoon.
The recipient makes up his party for
the sail, and though your dinner is
served aboard by your servants you
need not be in evidence.
1t is one of the many compensations
of the rich that these gracious hospital
tiles are possible A woman who owns
a superb country residence never. on
her summer trips to Europe. leaves it
locked and deserted. Some friend to
whom six weeks of this unruffled luxu
rious life is boon is asked to take pos
session, and to take as we'll carte blanche
for the entertainment Of her friends If
she be of q social nature.-New York
Times