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present were Misses Bessie Mills, Ida Mac
farlan, Edna Luttrell Aida Soernstein, Per-
sis Proudfit, Clista Heffner, Clara Gulaser.
Mildred Ssarle, Lottie Patten, Claude Cur
us. Messrs. Ed. Mills, Charles Parker, Wal
ter Evans, Guy Luttrell, Arthur and Web
ster Flagg, Will and Hudson Patten, ID. B.
Patterson, +. II. Eastman. The invited
guests on the occaEion were Miss Ada
Gaines Of lexington. Miss Gibson Of WASH
ington, Miss Blanche Drummer, Messrv.
Karl and Writ Kinsl : and Charles john
son of Washington.
Mrs. Jenness Richardson OF Yonkers. ".
NJ. NJ. Erwin.
Rev. George Quick, pastor OF the Baptist
church at Springfield, Mass, is visiting his
father and mother Mr. and Mrs J. ".
Quick, and will spend a couple Of weeks
The colored people here have in operatio
very nne lyceum, which meets IN their
dinercnt churches every Wednesday night
or which Capt. /. j. Norman is president,
and which is named. in his homer, The
Norman Lyceum." They frequently have
eminent talent from the city TO entertain.
Among those who have recently attended 10
Mr.. solomon @. Brown Of the Smithsonian
Institution, and on last Wednesday night
Prof. r. Z. Davis, the celebrated ira gedian,
gave a Shakespearean reading of "othello."
and will soon visit the lyceum again and
read Romeo and Juliet" Prof J. ID. Bal
timore Of the Industrial Schools, Washing
ton, has also accepted an invitation TO en-
terrain the lyceum. Other exercises, con-
derei each evening. The attendance on the
occasions averages from two to three hum
dred.
Master Robbie Center met with a painful
accident on Saturday in driving a nail
through the palm of his hand.
Mr. F. II. Eastman led the young peoples
meeting Sunday afternoon, and there was a
very large attendance.
Rev. J. T. Barber preached an able ser
mon in the Baptist Church on Sunday night
to good-sized congregation.
Crsarr, h. "a
build a new house on her lot on the Sher-
wood subdivision. Mr.. NJ. II. Brinkerhoof
is the contractor.
AT meeting Of the committee on Arbor
day celebration on Saturday night at the
Eagle House il was decided to have literary
and musical exercises in the Congrega tional
Church next Friday night. and an address
by Prof. Roche of the Agricultural Depart
n.ent and on Saturday morning the tree
Planting will commence at the public school
house at . O'clock
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EVANSVILLE.

A lodge of the Independent Order OF Good
Templars was organized at the Presbyterian
Church in this village last Friday cven-
ing. The following officers were elected:
Chief templar, Howard o. Emmons; vice
templar, Espey ID. Buck; grand counselor,
Harry Shepherd; superintendent juvenile
templars, Mrs. w. II. Moffatt; secretary,
Miss Louise Carey; treasurer, Miss Edith
Rathbone: chaplain, l.. w. Sakers; mar
shall. Miss Emma Storment; deputy
marshal. Miss Mabel Emmons: guard, A
Mcmillan: sentinel, w. A. Moffatt This
lodge will meet again next Friday night and
adopt a name.
Mrs. Chas. II. Welsh entertained a few
friends at cards last Saturday evening at
her hospitable home on johnson avenue
The Gastronomic Prize Club meets this
evening.
Mr. Geo. s. Britt has purchased the hand
some dwelling belonging to Miss Rachel
Levin at the corner of Wine and Iittlefeld
avenues and is now occupying it with his
family.
A number of fine herring have been re-
Gently caught at Bladensburg.
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ANACOSTIA.

The subjoined communication from the
president of the Anacostia and Potomac
River Railroad Company is a representation
Of the subject of the transfer system and
the reasons for its discontinuance by the
company, from the standpoint of the man.
agement of that corporation. in reply to the
resolutions Of the citizens committee of
March 30. The letter is to Mr.. r. Ii. Buck
ley, president of the Anacostia Citizens AS
ISOLATION, and reads: Concerning the dis
continuance Of transfers with the Belt and
lexington companies. and in reply to your
resolution of March 30, have the honor to
state that during the year 1893 the AnacoS-
tia and Potomac River railway carried 199
ISS passengers from those lines. from which
1t received nothing in return. With this in
crease in the number of passengers carried
over the year 1S92. receipts were more than
81 300 less
IF you will follow the route of our COM
pany, you will see that, taking the govern
ment departments as a whole, II reaches
them more nearly than any other route in
the District of Columbia; also quite as
many of the business houses and financial
institutions A further examination of the
system will show that by taking advantage
of every available transfer, as offered dur
ing the year 1898. passengers could ride
over nearly our whole line and return as
well parts of the other lines, for one
fare. The extent to which this could be
done was only limited TO the number Of per-
sons who had the leisure. The highest num-
Der of passengers carried by transfer from
other lines in any one day was 1904. Again,
assuming that the home of a passenger
was equi-distant with the car to be reached
by transfer how many would think of rid
ing If it cost anything?
The transfer system was only entered
into upon repeated solicitations by the then
management of the Belt line and citizens Of
Anacostia- Not until giving trial OF more
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COLLAPSE OF A BUILDING,
-Four CO1ored Persons Killed and Five
Wounded in Nashville.

The three-story brick building 154 and 15s
Beal street collapsed yesterday at Memphis
at 100 a. IN. Four persons were killed and
five were wounded. 1t is believed there are
two others in the ruins. All the killed. in
tured and missing are colored people. The
building was built in $780, and was regarded
as unsafe because Of the inferior material
used in its construction. For years water
has stood in the two cellars. The first floor
of 156 was occupied as a storehouse for feed
by j. Wade & Sons, the upper stories were
rented to two colored families, all of whom
escaped unhurt. No. 154 first floor was va
cant. The upper floors were cut I'D into
lodging rooms for colored women and men
The killed are Amy Simmons, aged eigh-
teen years, deaf; John Morgan, aged thirty
barber; William Cook. aged twenty eight
barber; Louise Marks aged twenty-five
The wounded are Andrew Harris aged
eighteen, slight; Catharine Boyd, aged TWEEN
ty-six, serious; Sylvania Perkins, aged twen-
ty, slight; Georgia Gum, aged thirty five
serious; Cora Murphy. aged twenty eight
fatal.
Laura Harris and Charles Harris are
missing. Both were in the building when it
fell. and the bodies of both are buried in the
debris. Several men were at work all
day getting out the dead and wounded
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| than year, to be doubly sure of the effect
and without a realization of hope that IL
might increase riding and be benefit to
Anacostia, without loss to the company, is
IL discontinued. Yourself and the associa-
ton you so well represent can make 10 mis-
take in assuming that the better the travel
and income on the line the better the
service"
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FALLS CHURCH.

A very successful meeting OF the "E Con-
specru' Club was held Saturday night at
the residence of Mr. Mills. An interesting
program of musical selections was rem Tered
by the Misses Gaines. Mills. Boernstein ard
Proudfit. Games and other amusemen. IS
We're INDUCED in, and all seemed to
enjoy themselves to the utmost. An elab-
crate supper was served. The members
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A POINTER.

The circulation of The Star IL
greater than that of all the other
Washington dailies combired. and
is believed to be five times that OF
fits afternoon contemporary. A
sworn detailed statement OF circu-
lation is printed each Saturday.
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Again on Menage's Track.

The State Department is again on the
track Of Menage. the minneapolis default
er. and 1t is understood that he has been
located in Belize. British Honduras and
that an effort is being made to secure his
arrest.
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AMUSEMENT HALL

FOR RENT-BY THE DAY, NIGHT, WEEK OR
month. Odd Fellows Hall, on 7th st. between
ID and Z SITS. NV; largest staged hall In the
city; with ante rooms and supper room attached.
Suitable for balls, concerts, fairs and enter
tainmei is of all kinds. Parties desiring first
class, centrally located hall at moderate rental
will find II to their advantage to call for terms
on WALTER A. BROWN. 1923 Pa. ave-
Great reduction in rent until fall mh21-1m
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OCEAN TRAVEL

CUNARD IJNE-1ST CL., $50 TO S175; I'd CI..
$3o to $!S; steerage; $25. bedding free; plans OF
vessels lists OF vacancies, future sailing date,
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GuiOn Steamship Co. Limited.

STEAMSHIPS sail fortnishtly between
NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL
VIA QUEENSTOWN.
Arizona Apr 2S. II AIN Arizona, May 26.9 30 q. m.
Alaska, May II. IL am. Alaska June 8, 10 a. m.
Cabin. $50 and upwards. according to location.
Second cabin, S35. Storage. S25.
Bedding all requisites furnished free.
HENDERSON BROTHERS. Agents New York, or
A. W. ROBSON. 615 18th st. NV, or
mill 2m&2d
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Norwood Institute,

18th STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
ocso Mr.. and Ma W. d. cABELL, Principals.
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COOKS SUMMER TOURS

Eleven parties for Europe. visiting principal
capitals and art centers. First departure by SIS.
Teutonic. May 2 Other dates, May 20, June .,
Is, IA. %, 81 and 80.
California, Yellowstone Park, &c, 81 days tour
will leave May IL
Vacation trips everywhere by all railroad and
steamship lines Estimates furnished for any
tour. ARTHUR W. ROBSON
Agent Thos Cook & Son.
uhIStf 6l5 18th II. NV.
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MANICURE

MADAME PAIN, MANICURE AND CHIROP.
odi.' 7o3 18TH ST. N.w.-The rnly inporte,
and manufacturer Of FINE MANICURE and
CAIROPODIST GOODS south OF New York auaa-tS
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EXCURSIONS. &c.
ELECTRIC Raj. ROUTE TO
MOUNT VERNON,

TALLY HO COACH LINE DAILY 10 AM PM.
from oil 18th st.-Arlngton. Cabin j. B. and al
points OF interest. Trip. so to I5c. Finest Tall.
Ho on earth No cars to Arlington. fe192m'
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Thu old standby. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
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AVIATION on cures head.chs and sAracAs
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CUNNING oF THE COYOTE.
Not Afraid TO BE Near Man Whom He
Knows to BE Unarmed.

Not Afraid TO BE Near Nan Whom he
Knows to Be Unarmed.
The barking habit of the coyote is
very doglike, and his old name of bark
ing wolf is very appropriate. When
collecting mammals in Wyoming, says
writer in st. Nicholas. it-was very
common thing for us to hear the coy
otes around our camp set up great
barking in chorus at the first sign of
daybreak, just when the roosters be-
gin to crow on the farm 1t is a wild
and uncultivated kind of bark, ending
in a falsetto howl, and resembles the
cry of the jackaI of India more nearly
than any other sound ever heard.
But Sir Coyote is cute. He knows ex-
actly the distance that constitutes fair
rifle range, and he knows just as well
whether the stranger is armed as does
the stranger himself When hunting
in the Shoshone mountains in 1899, /
wanted to kill a coyote for a special
purpose, but never once succeeded in
getting q fair shot, even at two hum
dred yards. For ten days we banged
away industriously at every one we
saw, but never touched hair. Finally,
at Corbett's ranch left the expedition
and started north by stage, leaving be-
hind me rifle, revolver, knife and even
scissors. Just two hours after / had
said good-by to my shooting irons and
taken the blackboard stage" we saw
coyote ahead of US, close to the trail.
Seeing us coming, he selected soft
spot, sat down within thirty yards of
the trail and waited for us We drove
up, stopped as we got opposite him,
and still he did not run. That villain
sat there coolly without moving mus
Gle, but with leer that plainly said:
Now, don't you wish you had your old
gun?" When we got through making
faces at him and wishing for gun or a
revolver or even a common stone to fire
at him, we drove on, and then he got
up and went hunting for jack rabbit.
To this day have been puzzling over
the question: ''How did that crazy
rascal find out so quickly that both the
driver and were totally unarmed?"
That he did know it perfectly well
have no doubt whatever, for no coyote
ever waited like that for man with a
gun.
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MUSHROOM DRUNKARDs.

The Fungus Used In Asia and Scotland to
Promote IntoxicatiOn.
The inhabitants of the northeastern
part of Asia use a mushroom to pro
mote intoxication. It is known, says
the Chicago Tribune, as the fly-blown
mushroom, and is also very abundant
in Scotland. The fungus is gathered
in the hottest part of the year, and is
then hung up by string in the open
air to dry. Some are dry before gath
cred, and these are stated to be far
more narcotic than those artifcialy y
preserved. Usually the fungus is rolled
up like bolus and taken without chew
ing; for, if masticated, it is said to dis
order the stomach.
One large or two small fungi produce
what is looked upon as pleasant state
of intoxication for one day. The effect
is the same as that produced on taking
quantity of spirits or wine, except
that it is delayed from one to two hours
after the bolus is swallowed. At first
it produces very cheerful emotions of
the mind. It renders some persons ex-
ceedingly active, and it is a stimulant
to muscular exertion; thus, if person
affected by it wishes to step over a
straw or a small stick, it impels him to
take a jump sufficient to clear a low
hedge or the trunk of tree; it keeps
those fond of music perpetually sing
ing, and under its influence talkative
person can neither keep secrets nor
silence for any length of time.
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SOME LONG SALOON TRIPS.

A Vain Effort to Cross the Mediterranean
-voyaging from England to Germany.
The longest balloon voyage on record
was one undertaken in 1888, in which
the distance Travelled was little more
than one thousand two hundred miles
Three voyagers on that occasion, says
Harrison's Magazine, made an ascent
in France, with the intention of cross
ing Mediterranean and landing in Al
geria. The wind, however, proving
unfavorable, carried them toward Cor
isca. When they were near that
island the balloon descended toward
the water, and for time their lives
were in great jeopardy. By throwing
out all their apparatus they succeeded
in getting the balloon to rise to a
height of between two and three thou
sand feet, and, travelling on to Italy,
they safely descended in that country
at little village near Brescla. An
other balloon voyage of nearly the
same length was undertaken in No
vember, 1886. On the 9TH of that
month, Charles Green, with two friends,
assembled near London in a balloon,
crossed the channel from Dover to
Calais, and, passing over France and
Belgium, found themselves the next
morning over the Rhine. Proceeding
\
further they arrived at Viborg, where
they descended about eight o. m. on
the sth of November. recent bal
loon voyage of M. Mallet, the French
aeronaut, lasted thirty-six and one
half hours and would have been the
longest on record if he had not landed
in the middle of it. He left Villette on
the 23d of October at six p. N. and
next morning landed at Ottonville, in
Alsace, to clear the snow from the
balloon. At the end of twenty-five min
utes he started again and landed near
Coblentz at eight p. m. An hour and a
half later he landed once more in a
valley on Tauna mountains, and fin
ally, on the 25th of October, at six a.
M, at Walden, in Hesse. Two or three
aeronauts have proposed to cross the
Atlantic in a balloon, but so far it has
begun and ended in talk only.
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Telegraphing 1o7 Years Ago.

At Dublin, Ireland, in 1888, was pub
lished a volume entitled Arthur
Young's Travels in France" which
contains an extract from a letter writ
ten on October 16, 1857, and which is
here transcribed: IN. Lomond is a
most ingenious mechanic. He made a
remarkable discovery in electricity.
You write two or three words on paper;
he takes it with him into a room, and
turns machine inclosed in a cylinder
case, at the top of which is an electro
meter, small fine pith ball; a wire
connects with cylinder or electro
meter in a distant apartment, and his
wife, by remarl1ing the corresponding
motions of the ball, writes down the
words they indicate, from which it ap-
pears that he has formed an alphabet
of motions. AS the form of the wires
makes no difference in the effect, the
correspondence may be carried on to
any distance, within or without for
tilted town, for instance, or for pur-
poses much more worthy
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MASKED BEFORE MARRIAGE.

A Feminine Failing Which Is Often the
Cause of Post-SaptiaI Misery.
There is no doubt that great deal
of the unhappiness of married life
arises from the fact that when man
is courting a girl he only sees her -at
her BEST both as regards temper,
looks and everything else. After mar
riage he is rudely disillusioned and
vaguely wonders whether this snappy
young woman with untidy hair and
perhaps a shine on her nose can be
the sweet-tempered, faultlessly-dressed
lovely Angelina of few months ago.
Yes, young man, says the New York
Advertiser, she is Angelina right
enough, only she has, so to say,
thrown off her mask, now she has
s'got you," and appears in her true
colors, which are not quite of SO fas-
cinating "a hue as those that dazzled
your lovesick eyes in the courting
period 1t is nearly every girls am
bition to get married. She lays her
self out to do so, and any little artifice
that will enhance her natural charms
she has no hesitation in using. She
dresses for effect, she poses for effect,
she talks for effect, in fact, during this
stage of her life she is acting-for
every woman is more or less of an
actress-and it must be confessed that,
generally speaking, she acts her part
very well.
After all, it is only natural that she
should try to appear at her best and
endeavor to captivate mankind, for
marriage is the be-au and end-all of a
society girls existence. The worst of
it is that she cannot keep this up after
marriage. 1t would be too great a
strain both physically and mentally.
As it is, heaven only knows what she
goes through during the anxious time
when she is angling for fish, especial
ly if it be a gold fish. She molds her
self to his likes and dislilzes, and cut
RACES her own feelings, until the little
golden band on her fingers allows her
to breathe freely and declare that
Though he likes living in the coul-
try, she detcsts it, and does not intend
to live there" Mr.. Neuwed is startled
and astonished This is open rebellion.
Yet when he was counting her she ap-
peared such meek, gentle creature, as
to have no wish or will of her own,
quite content to follow in his lordship's
footsteps. What a fool 1 was to get
married." he mentally exclaims, and
then in all probability the pickering
begins that renders married life one
long misery. Perhaps it now dawns
on Mr.. Neuwed that when he was
counting her she was at her best.
A word to men. When you are court
ing a girl remember she is at her best
in every respect, and that she cannot
possibly always keep up this high
standard after marriages; so grasp the
fact that you are not going to marry
an angel, but a human being with many
faults. perhaps as many as ySu possess
yourself.
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BETTING WOMEN in ENGLAND.
One Section Where They Comprise About
Half the Race Wagerers.

one section where They Comprise About
Half the Race Wagerers.
A correspondent of the Birmingham
(England) Mail says: SCI read your
paragraph on DO women betP' 1
should say that instead of being twenty
per cent. they are at the very least forty
five per cent. if not in the actual major
ity. In this immediate district there is
a system for collecting bets that beats
creation. A boozmaker, who, by the
way, is also license holder, employs
five or six men, who, 1 suppose, go
under the name of clerks, each of
whom has round or district, and
every day-that is, every racing day
these men call on their respective
clients-women, OF course, whose hus-
bands are at work earning money to be
thrown away. know more than one
case where everything that can be
ralSed together to pawn for the pur-
pose is done, and the winnings, when
they have one, go to the bookmalzer for
royal booze.
What 1 should like to point out is
the mischief man who holds license
and is a boolzmaker can do in neigh
borhOod. He not only incites to gam
bling, but also to drink. 1 myself have
seen scores of women enter the house
with papers, and, of course, they must
have drink before they leave. Per-
haps the public will ask how it is done.
The house in question is so surrounded
by touts that on the approach of po-
liceman the signal is given and the
thing stopped till the coast is clear.
This is no preiudiced view of the mat
ter, but real fact, which can be veri-
fed daily on a walk through this dis
trict by anyone with his eyes open. It
is surely time the law stepped in and
said to the publican bookmaker: You
shall have no license"
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cRAzEp ENGINEERS.

Instances in which Unavoidable Accidents
Have UnhinGcd Mems Reason.
The strange antics of a crazy engi-
neer at Alton, Ill, recently suggest the
fact that insanity is very frequent
among railway employees. Two dra-
matte illustrations may be mentioned.
There is living in New jersey not far
from Philadelphia, says the Philadel-
phia Times, man who for many years
was the foremost passenger engineer
between New York and Philadelphia
on the Pennsylvania railroad. He ran
all the specials and best trains and in
ten years never had an accident. One
night in the CLEAN of the headlight he
saw a woman. He had only time to see
her hands raised and to hear her cry,
and before he could put his hand upon
the lever he felt jerk under the
wheels and knew that all was over.
Since that night he has never been on
an engine. For months he did not sleep
and later became practically insane,
but only on the one point of seeing and
hearing the woman his engine killed.
Now he goes about harmlessly and
aimlessly, but he has to be kept away
from railroads, and in his fretful sleep
he awakes with cries and paroxysms of
horror. The other case is that of man
who was conductor of a train on the
Camden 6 Amboy, whose train had an
accident. He came out all right him
self, but it preyed so upon his mind
that one night he left his home, and,
going to the point where the accident
occurred, threw himself in front of
passing train, receiving injuries from
which he died.