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greet gran pap was bofe sold To- bale o.
terbaccy! On'y," he continued, straighten-
ing himself bit, "only niggah was wuth
a heap mon a white man in dem times.
A niggah he'd fetch mon one bale o ter
baccy, anywheres, but q white man
wouldn't. A white man wasn't much
count on de plantation, nohow,"
The collapse of a punctured toy balloon
could not have been more complete than
mine. 1 looked with dampened interest al
the spot where there were no remains OF
warehouses, and wondered, in a feeble
way. why the spirit of mortal should be
proud. ..-. c. B. H.
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Ah1e <ASA ~ N~AS 49, - -
ryweather went to
b e d Thanksgiving
evening, in a grace
less frame Of mind,
at least in a frame
of mind that may
pass for graceless In
a woman of such
kin dly nature as
Miss Merryweather.
"You may go, Rob-
bins" she said to her
faithful maid; "ard
Won and Harriet"
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a protracted fair. There were horse races,
shooting matches in the day; and in the
evening the high-stocked, pig-tailed young
planters dance1 with, squeezed and made
love to the short-waisted, buxom and be-
feathered damsels. with all the courtliness
of a magazine Illustration. There was more
or less gaming, too, and any amount of
hard drinking, for in those days conscience
was not quick in such matters, and people
did very nearly as they pleased.
But 1t does not appear that there was
much lawlessness, and none of the fero-
cious rowGyism which characterizes mod
ern Anglo-Saxon community on the out
skirts of civilization, although the immi-
grants were of an extremely mixed class
and contained, undoubtedly, large GRIM
inal element, partic ularly after the sustom
was established of sending over convicts by
the shtpload to be sold to the tobacco grow
ers. But there was also a large element OF
gentle blood which served as a leavening to
the community, and these and their de-
scendants preserved something. of their
aristocratic traditions and manners.
He Had Many Followers.
There arrived from London in those
early days one Ebenezer Cook, who came
over for the purpose of becoming to-
bacco agent, or. as they were then called,
from the popular name Of the commodity
in which they dealt, "sot weed factor"
He met with divers experiences in his
travels through the colony, and being a
tenderfoot, and, moreover, cockney, he
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here hee met with one Captain Henry
Eleete, an Englishman. who had lived
many years among the Indians, and by
that means spake the countrey language
very WELL and was much esteemed of b.
the natives. Him our governor sent ashore
to invite the werowance Chief to a parley,
who thereupon came with hin aboard pri-
vately, where he was courteously enter
tanned, and after some parley, being de-
manded by the governor whether hee
would be content that hee and his people
should set downe in his country in case
bee should find place convenient for him,
his answer was that hee would not bid him
gee, neither would he bid him stay, but
that hee might use his owne discretion"
So the governor returned down the river
founded st. Mary's City and set about
learning to smoke and chew.
This old chieftain, or emperor as the
colonists called him, was the most power
full OF the region, and all the neigboring
tribes were tributary. Precautionary, or
Kittamaquindi. as II seems to have been
called by the Indians themselves was his
capital. and was stockaded town OF about
800 warriors. The chief lived here with his
wives In considerable style until mission
airy came and told him that he was keep
ing house on too large a scale for his in
come and persuaded him to discharge most
OF his squaws and get married decently to
one. He did so with Christian equanirnity
keeping only the one who could have been
called good-looking with the least affront
TO the aesthetic faculty, and was baptized
with great ceremony and thoroughness
Gov. Calvert. his secretary and most OF the
dignitaries of the colony were present on
the occasion and enjoyed 1t very much.
Important Shipping Point.
The town was a missionary post for
. many years in charge of the Rev. Father
White, a priest of great benevolence. and
one of the earliest writer's on the subject
of colonial Maryland. The relations be-
tween the early Marylanders and the In
dians were very peaceful, and serious con-
flictS were rare; but the contact with ciytli-
Zation had its usual fatal effect, and the
tribes gradually dwlndled and disappeared
moved away beyond the mountains
There Is however, l have been told, still
g. remnant OF them on the Potomac some
where in the region of Port Tobacco or be-
Iowa community of swarthy people with
straight, dark hair, extremely exclusive
and universally Catholics.
AS the colony rapidly grew in population
and prosperity Piscataway became an i'm
portant shipping point for the rich tobacco
growing region around 1t. and many of the
wealthy tobacco agents had their resi-
dences In the village. The Piscataway
river, which Is now q shallow muddy
creek, was then of sufficient depth and
wide enough at the town TO accommodate
the ships of those days with ease and they
were loaded here for Europe.
Amusemcnts of the Time.
When the ships arrived the town was
q lively place. The planters came in from
every direction with their families, and the
Numerous inns were crowded. Ii was like
Universal Mesdius Co., 1iI4-lIi0 ST. NV
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siderable. Each lamp costs $3.50, and they
are frequently twisted and wrecked. Both
the District government and the gas light
company are making strenuous efforts to
lessen the loss fom lthis cause. The in
crease In the number of gas lamps between
the years 1891 and 1893 was 1900.
In Connection with gas lamps may be men,
toned the system-of marking the names OF
the streets at the street corners. Some
steps have been takenl during the past year
to improve the nethdt, which Is not alto
gether satisfactory, as the glass signs used
are constantly getting broken, are ex-
pensivo to replace, and with the small num-
Der of inspectors in the street lighting DC
partment, are liable to remain broken for
weeks before they are discovered and re-
placed. On streets lighted by electricity
lamp posts are maintained at street corners
for the sole purpose of carrying the street
designations, forming unnecessary oostruc-
| tions on the sidewalks and detracting from
the beauty of he1streets.
Probably the best marked city at nome OF
abroad Is Paris, where the streets are all
marked with absolute uniformity by means
of blue enameled sign placed on corner
houses at the level of the second floor and
bearing the name of the streets in white
block letters. In Paris all corner houses
bear these signs be they palaces or shan
ties. A specimen of these signs mas recent
ly been obtained from Paris, arrangements
have been made for duplicating them, ard
signatures of the owners OF NUMBER OF
corner houses have been obtained permit
ting the placing of these signs on their
property.
In Favor of Municipal Control.
There has been considerable agitation
within year past by citizens associations
and others in favor of municipal contrci
of city lighting, and committees have con-
ferred with the Commissioners in regard to
the matter, but no decisive action mas as
yet been taken. The estimates submitted
for the next fiscal year are: One superin-
tendent of lamps, 81 800 three inspectors OF
gas and electric lighting. $500 each. -, 100,
and for operating and extending the street
lighting system, $211,S56
A marked increase is asked in the appro-
priation for street lighting, because II Is
not believed that the existing service Is
satisfactory or in keeping with the high
standard set in the other branches OF the
city government. According to Capt. Der
by, nearly all of the streets are but dlmly
lighted, many of them are not lighted al
all; there are many thickly Inhabited alleys
entirely without lights, and 1t Is very gen.
orally believed 1t is high time the city cease
to depend upon the moon for any portion
of its street lighting.
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A Combination of Gas, Electricity
Oil and the Moon.
LAMPLIGHHERS And THEIR WORK
The Proposed Paris System Of Des-
ignating the Streets.
THE MUNICIPAL MOON

THOUGH LIGHT
ing the streets OF
Washington is a
matter OF consider
able interest to the
public-at-iarge. yet
1t is probably a cor
rect surmise that but
few OF the go odd
thousand residents
OF the District OF Co
lumbia are familiar
with the details OF
the system by which
pedactrtan isn a N n
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tinued, II will shortly possess the additional
interest of being extinct. If you follow
my recommendation of last week and take
the old river road down the Maryland
shore of the Potomac You will find 1t at
the other end of fifteen miles and four or
five miles inland from Fort Washington.
i refer to the-village of Piscataway.
People who see Piscataway for the first
time are wont to smile and to deride 1t
because of the absence of the busy hum
of traffic. II is irreverence. Such people
would deride a cemetery. Piscataway Is
not adapted to the busy hum of traffic
and they would not go well together. 1t
is a city of rest, of relics and of remin-
iscence. Nevertheless, it has had its palmy
days and is known to history. and 1t was
known to literature before our ancestors
began to wrangle over a site for the capt.
tai of the infant republic. When Lord
Baltimore's colony of Catholic refugees
reached America early In the spring OF
1854 and cast anchor in the Potomac a
few miles from It's mouth Leonard Calvert,
the governor, left the ship and in a small
pinnace, accompanied by a few of his men,
sailed up the river in search of a suitable
spot to establish his settlement.
A -CommittaI Indian.
The journey is described in curious
little work called the Relation of Mary
land" published in London, 1885. After
landing at an Indian village called Pata-
fwomeck. on the southern shore of the
river, where they had short interview
with the chief. to whom they gave few
points on religion, THE governor" in the
words Of the narrative, went to Paschato-
wey, about twenty leagues higher, where
hee found many Indians assembled, and
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T1LINE 10 lAN he
immediate vicinity of
Washington a town
which is not only an
cient. according to
our American stand
ards of antiquity. but
which is in fact pre-
historic, having been
In existence before
our colonies began
making new world
history. Further, IL
it's present progress
of decrease be con-
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From the indianapolis Journal.
well, what do you think Of it?'
"Oh, 1 amt surprised" said the trustee
of Hoopoole township. 81 knowed that
when they jumped on me fer spendin' IS
fer bridge over Smiths branch the
people would rally to our support"
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Fully Occupied.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
HAS your housemaid enough work to
keep her busy all the time?"
Mrs Newbride-"Yes, indeed. She has
three afternoons out, and 1T takes all the
rest of her time getting ready to CO."
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Which |:

from LIE.
She-"Did you ever see a. more perfect
moon?"
He tslightly under the infiuence)-"Wer-
wer-wish one are you 'ferring to-"
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Nending for all busy men and women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-24
The system I'm Paris.

The amount Of glass in street lamps de-
stroyed by the wantonness of mischievous
small boys is surprisingly large. and the
expense resulting from the same is con-
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Amusemcnts of the Time.

When the ships arrived the town was
q lively place. The planters came in from
every direction with their families, and the
Numerous inns were crowded. Ii was like
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Univeral Me2dins Co., 1lI4-IIiG F ST. NV
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The Happy Thanksgiving Of the
Burglar and Plumber
Copyright, 1894, by Octave Thanet.)
BY OCTAVE THANET.

ISIS ELINOR MER-
ryweather went to
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FhRMTNGrON,

July 1o-The funeral of Mrs. Amelia Ann Cowles. widow of James W. Cowles of Pennington, occurred at the old homestead Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Cowlss was sevanty-nine years old. The surviving members of the family consi.t of Emily, wife of James w. Moore of Cleveland, O.; Miss Charlotte A. Cowles, Gustavus Cowles and Arthur Cowles of Des Moines, Ia., all of whom were With Mrs. Cowles in her last hours. The Rev. E. A. Smith of Hartford, a former pastor of Mrs. Cowles, off1ciated at the funeral. The pallbearers were the two sons, Gustavus and Arthur, @ son-in-law, James W. Moore, and A. F. Moore of East Hart ford, nephew. At the conclusion of the exercises at the grave the six grandchildren placed overs on the casket. Mrs. cowles will be deeply mourned by all the older people of Far mington. among whom her entire life had been passed.
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the stock appear to have withdrawn its support. they succeeded in bringing about . decline from 76k to 72H. with nnal transactions at the lowest point. Sellers claimed that the company would be the greatest sufferer 1T the trades unions should carry out their threats.
 The professional element al the open ing made the most Of the refusal of the Pullman officials to submit to arbitra- tion. which the bears claim means pro- tracted struggle in the west. and under their sales prices yielded < 10 lh per cent. Sugar leading, The grangers, Louisville and Nashville and Western Union were all heavy at this time. Wheeling and Lake Erie preferred. on light trading. broke 2k to+i. and recov- cred to tsh. London. which was expect cd to follow the lead Of the local opera tors. refused to respond and. on the con trary. showed more confidence and bought moderately Of It's fayorltes. sugsequently Lake Shore became, firm and rose from is7H to l2sA. and the whole market displayed more steadi- ness.
 Toward the close. however. when Chi- cago Gas sold down to 72's by a Cam mack broker, the entire list reacted and left off weak. Pullman declined 1 to l52 and recovered to i53 Alton and Terre Haute common rose to is, and Louisville and New Albany and Chica- go common declined iis to sh. Net changes for the day In the prom inent Issues show losses of k to 2h per cent, Chicago Gas leading. Atchlson rose t. Distiiilers <. Omaha h, Lake Shore ' and Tobacco per cent. The frmness of the sterling exchange mark ct is attracting more attention. and the absence of bills due to the light move- ment of grain and provisions Is reviv- ing talk of gold exports by European steamers late in the week.
 The bond market was weak. Sales were $5s6.0o0.
 Following are the closing prices. TO- ported by Prince & Whitely. bankers and brokers, 46 Broadway, New York, and l6 Center street, New Haven:
 Rld. Asked.
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 spending seterai weeks at their cottage at Brsnford Point
 The peach orchard on the Waterbury mountain of N. s. Piatt and Barnes Bros. is doing very we'll. and they sx- pect to have . fine crop from their $500 trees. 't ., The ?ooth anniversary which took place last Wednesday, Fourth of July. was day full of interest. and large number from the adjacent towns were present. Also many Of the former res idents came to greet old acquaintances. The only accident that occurred as far as We could learn was one to Mrs. E. s. ribbsls. on the evening Of the Fourth, as Mir. Tibbals with his family in his wagon were viewing the fireworks near the grange building. Some one threw a Ire cracker near the horse. which started suddenly. Mrs. Tibbais was on the back seat with her two children. They were all thrown out backwards and Mrs. Tibbals sustained a severe in- jury to her spine. She was carried Into John L. Foote's house close by. where she was taken In charge of by Dr. Cornwall. under whose treatment she Is doing we'll. 50 that she was moved to her home this week.
 The Merchants club of Soutbington will give grand excursion to Glen Is- land Tuesday. July IT, A special train will leave southinston at'7 a.m., and Cheshire at .7:l5. Fare from Cheshire round trip n.10.
 Mir. E. B. Paine met with serious accident Monday as he was on his way home. Near Greene Doolittle's his horse shied to one side at some object. MT. Paine was thrown out on the ground breaking his shoulder. Dr. Cornwall was called and made the man as com fortable as possible,
 Mrs. sherman Blakeslee has sold her residence here to Mrs. 'Delos Hotchkiss. Mrs, Blakeslee has bought . place in Plantsville, where she will move. A free illustrated lecture will be given in the Congregational church Friday evening by Rev. H. B.Turner, chaplain of the Hampton Normal and Agricul- tural Institute.
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fai stu tIes g.ltl"
 with scraps and ravellings, trophies or her housewifery, hut can scarce re- press a smile when a mans dignity is marred by such evidence of domes- ticitya '. = ',.
 attended a lecture . short while ago that was really an eloquent master piece. sat near the lecturer 70 that I might see every expression of bis intei- lectuai face. and I am sure that I should have thoroughly enjoyed the .ad- dress had it' not been for | long white thread that daugled on his coat sleeve. When he became earnestly enthusiastic the string swung and whiried violently. and when he grew pathetic 1t waved slowly back and forth. as if emphssiy- ing the pathos. tried to pay attention and looked at the mans face and en- desvored to sympathiEe with hts sub ject, but as soon as I looked away from the ravelling was consumed with the desire to see what it was doing then. and before I realized 1t I was watching the thread and its motions asf if en- tranced. You have probably had ex- perience with some little thing that wholly distracted your attention From a subject upon which you were anxious to nx your mind. and realize to what a degree that lecture was spoiled to me by silly little travelling.
 Have you never been one of a com pany that seemed almost conyulsed at the sight of a man with one of those in- nocent and harmless little threads on his clothes? ....,. %
 A whole row of people at the Nation- al the other night laughed and tittered and got into a regular glee because a bald-headed man in front had a ravel- ling tangled in his sparse fringe of hair and trailing gracefully over his bald spot.
 Yes. there Is something incidentally funny about a travelling. and 8 man when they are combined.
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Etu1ncial.
The Tsndsncy of Priasa wss nswrwsrd-.,
 weak D0nA Market. ye .-sy Si

The Tsndsncy of Priass wss nswrwsrd-.A
 sWesk Bond Market. yq 1T
 New York, 1nly 1e.-The tendsncy of prices at the Stock Exchange was down ward to-day. notwithstanding adviees that the roads were making some prog ress against the strikers in Chicago, 1t being reported that several of the prom inent lines were able to handle certain classes of freight for the first time in . week or 70. This did not turn the bears from their purpose, however, these oper- ators iaylns considerable stress on the ability of the Chicago trades unions. which hsye taken . hand h thsl Asht to bring about ., condition of anairs which will surely lead to liquldations in the lstssixss Ss0ek n<afkes. Accordingly the shorts to:dsx old paFtieular atten-l ton to chicaeo urs. and as the pool D
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CONFERENCE or EDUcAroRs

 o. the Relation of Education to Ethics In connection with the School Of Ap- plisd Ethics at Plymouth. Mass, there will be an important conference Of ed- ucators and teachers during the week August 9th to iith. inclusive. The re- iation of various forms Of educational activity to ethical and social progress will be considered by leading educa- tors, and opportunity will be afforded for free and full discussion. Plymouth has proved a most attractive place for summer ,sshSpt. 1t has iEood sailing and ssar arbathins. .s and, beautiful drives besides tho added attraction of inter Sting historie associations. An elec- tic railway connects the hotels, board ing-houses and lecture hall which will be occupied by the school. Plymouth Is a little over an hour by rail from bos- ton (oid Colony road. Kneeiand street.. from which also 1t may be reached by steamer daily during the summer. The new railroad from Middleboro to Ply mouth affords q direct route, via Fall River line. rom New York.
 Following Is the program:
 L-President James Mac Alister, LID.
 Drexel Institute, Philadelphia.
 The Relation of the School to the la- '- Dor Problem @ e3leetnres). Aug. o. ''
 I. inc industriai Relations of tho
 School. ?. The Political Relations
 of tho School. 2 The Ethicai ho- Il.-Prof. W. J. Ashley, Harvard University;
 Industrial History as an Element Of Historical Study. Aug. 8-70 p. m. IU..william c. Anderson, NJ D.i Assoointe a1.u
 The Ethical Element in Physical Train
 ing. Aug. a-7:30p. m.
 Organic Education. Aug. s.-lo;ao v.-wuiisiln m +. purnhAm, ph. D. Clark Uni-
 The Educational Movement ip Earope,
 n nRsati9n to s soGisl 1SLioSo aHS a qn'''A' mn. vI.-Prof, George H. Palmer, Harvard Uni
 The School as an Ethical Instrument vu-y.rsss AsFi |. i, huases, ? Toronto, R Canada.
 The Ethical Element in the Kindergar-
 ten. Aug. n.-10:8o a. m.
 The conference is In charge of the following committee:
 Samuel T. Dutton. chairman, super intendent public schools, Brookline. Mass; Ray Greene Huling, secretary. head master English High school, Cam bridge, Mass: Miss Lucy Wheelock, Chauncy Hall school, Boston; Prof. Paul H. Hanus, Harvard University; Rev. Endicott Peabody, Groton school, Groton, Mass; James A. Page, master Dwight school, Boston.
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WILINGFORD.,

J.P. Stevenson received e telegram yesterday announdng the death of his elder brother, 'Alepk, and started at once for westbrooks Me. to attend the funeral. [ z g<~u st.,., ... !, Business in the stores is very dull and everything is quiet abopt the streets both day and evening, Many are away on vacations, and news gathering ii 8 tiresome and fruitless task.
 The Simpson Nickel company's works, which were to have started up on Mon day, will not start up until next week on account of the great strike in the west. s~
 There are many pleasant boating parties out on the lake these pleasant moonlight evenings.
 The Manchesters and Norwalks want to play baA here on Saturday with the Wallingfords. v j@G
 E. c. Morse and family are stopping at East River, Madison. s
 Work on the now sewer on Bartholo- mew row ia delayed on account of the non-arrival of the tile, Contractor Strauss will rush the work as soon as it arrives. '-r> ~s%@ @%
 Levi Hull's horse hAd 3 lively run away down Hall avenue yesterday and on turning into Cherry strSet the wagon was upset and the ssst and shafts broken. a7@ s9s
 The Judd works will not start up much before next Monday.
 Judge Martin will spend his vacation at Block Island.
 Edwin Treat will enter Yale college this fall. @a....s
 Dr. Brown of .Leominster, Mass, is the guest of J. ". Douglass.
 The Wallingfords play ball in Chesh- ire on Saturday.
 Big strings of buliheads are being caught in the lake every day.
 Burgess c. ". Backes has gone to New York, to be absent several days.
 Manager Wilki1son has booked "O'Dowd's Tribulations'' for the opera house for the coming season.