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son. director; Llewellyn Estes, vice direc-
tor; c. L. Brown, secretary, and P. G. Mel
bourne, treasurer. n
ST. Marks Chapter-J Walter Cooksey
director: Irving Raybold secretary and
treasurer, ard Paul A. Steel and Richard
Hamilton, delegates.
Epiphany Chapter-A. G. Parker, dlrec-
tor; William Edward Horton, secretary
Arthur Burt. treasurer, and P. B. Pierce
and John F. Paret, delegates.
Zion Chapter. Behsville. Md. NJ. Ma.
gruder, director: ]. T. UIle, treasurer. and
w. r. Bendey, secretary.
Epiphany Mission Chapter-H. e. A. An
derson, director; John B. Ireland, secre.
tary and treasurer, and H. E. A. Anderson
and E. Taylor, delegates.
Emmanuel Chapter-Barnabus Bryan, di.
rector; A. ]. Brown, vice director; B. F.
Thorne, secretaryi IN. R. Harnish, treas.
urer. and Barnabus,Brya and J. w. Smith
delegates.
Emmanuel Mission Chapter-Fred. 8
Phillips, director; Robert F. Smith, vice di.
Basil Frazier, treasurer.
King Hail Chapter-F. I. A. Bennett, d.
rector; c. w. Brooks, Vice director: c. L
Smith, secretary; r. c. Kelley, treasurer
and c. w. Brooks and c. 1. Smith, dele.
gates.
st. PauIs Chapter-W. B. Dent. director
E. T. Price, secretary; Charles Holmead
jr, treasurer, and N. H. Camp and B. v
Darrell, delegates.
The other members of the executive com.
mittee besides the officers ex-officio, are
T N McAvoy Of st. Johns Chapter
Georgetown; William N. Langtree of St
Stephens Chapter. James F. Aston of St
Luke's Chapter and Joseph H. Gibbons OF
Christ Church Cast Washington Chapter
The aim III selecting these four members is
to see that the different sections of the city
are represented on the committee as far as
possible.
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JUSTICE IN KABUL.
Official ExecutiOners Who Strange
Persons In Jail.

From the London Chronicle.
Vices. the growth of centuries; treachery.
which has made the name of Afghan a by
word even in Central Asia; 4 spirit of the
vendetta, which is universal; spirit Of
oppression which would not discredit Tur-
kish functionaries-these are obstacles but
perhaps not insuperable ones, to any
change which is not slow one. The amir,
at any rate, and Mr.. Gray with him, does
not believe the task is impossible of rails
ing the people and their rulers to higher
moral plane. Meanwhile justice conducts
herself curlously at times. One of the
guard given to Mr.. Gray was "a big, very
handsome man, but he had a curious fur
tive look in his eyes. He. used to pull my
riding boots off when 1 got home and put
out the candle. l remarked once upon the
curious look in his eyes, and was told that
all in his particular profession had that
look. l inquired what he did besides guard
ing my house. They said: Have you not
noticed that on some nights another man
takes his place. l had noticed it. l was
then Informed that he was one of the off,
cial eXecutioners, whose duty ii was to
strangle certain of the prisoners in the
Jail The unfortunate is told one day that
he will have the privilege that night of
sleeping in a separate room. He is con-
Quoted there. and finds there is one other
occupant of the room. AS soon as he Is
asleep the other occupant-my friend!-
secretly placing moose round the neck of
the sleeper, suddenly draws it tight and
throws his whole weight upon the chest,
striking the victim violently over the
heart"
The late governor of Cabul and chief of
the police Naib Mir Sultan, whom the amir
hanged recently for his iniquities, largely
employed this means of getting rid of pris-
oners. An anxious woman would come to
him with, perhaps thousand rupees, and
implore his intercession on behalf of her
husband, who was in jail The Naib would
say, Yes, he would do what he could; he
knew the case was coming on directly, but
1T was an expensive business; If she could
bring another thousand perhaps the thing
could be done" And he would keep her
dangling on some time squeezing out of
her all the money he could get, and then
she would be informed officially that her
husband had died in Jail of illness.
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be movable and to work as If on a pivot.
They go around the inside of a walnut OF
a hickory nut, and serve the purpose OF a
nut picker as well as a nut cracker.
If you examine a walnut that a squirrel
has dropped you will find that both the
through with gimlet and that every par
ticle of the kernel has been removed from
the shell by these flexible little teeth.
They come by twos and threes. these
comical little providers. from their home
in great old oak just across the road from
the end of your lawn, and you may trace
their route from one tree to another by the
rebounding of the branches when relieved
of the light weight as the squirrels jump
and frolic along.
If you do not put your walnuts and
hickory nuts carefully away in the fall
these little thieves will find them out and
socn reduce your store. They carry them
off while drying in the sun, and even be-
fore they are hulled.
young girl in southern Maryland had
the power of tanning these little fellows
With a few crumbs of bread or grains of
corn and wheat. She could draw them
around her and catch any two or three of
them that she fancied, carry them in her
pockets or her apron for half a day, and
when set free they would scamper off as
wild as ever.
Visitors in the park at Richmond re-
member the tame squirrels that. If treated
to few peanuts or cake crumbs, will fol-
low you for hours around the grounds and
seem to know you If you go back again in
the course of a day or two. They are the
gray and black squirrels, with thicker tails
than the chipmunks, but are just as know
ing and cunning as those that wear
striped coats and smaller brushes.
DR.. William Compton. one of the Oldest
rfar ho q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
All LEEN'S wOOING.
How The CelestiaIs Court at the San
Francisco Mission.
From the San Francisco Call


All Leen Is a good little girl who lives in
the Presbyterian mission. away from the
pomps and vanities of this wicked world.
Every Sunday however, she goes religious
ly to church along with the other girls who
have been rescued by the kind-hearted
ladies of the occidental board. The passing
of this procession IS an opportunity eagerly
seized by the eligible bacnelors of China
town, who turn out en- nasse and line the
sidewalks along the route, each good one
cherishing the interior of asking Miss Cul-
bertson for the nand of the girl who strikes
his fancy most. Now, one gay and spright-
ly bachelor was particularly struck, a cou-
pie of months ago, by the beauty of All
Leen. He watched the procession pass with
eyes only for her. and when she had en-
tered the sacred edifce, instead of resigEing
himself to go home, he made rlighty eff
fort to overcome the prejudices of early
education and folio Ned her into the church.
From that date a change has come over
the bachelor. He no longer burns punk at
the shrnes of his countrymen, nor does he
dissipate money i'll having his fortune told :;
In fact, he has become in every way
worthy of All Leen, TO whom he is soon to
be united. During the present STRAINED con-
dtion of things in Chinatown. however he
shrinks from the notoriety of having his
changed condition commented on by his
friends and foes.
Courtship as it is understood in Chinese
circles, is a somewhat tame and practical
affair. There is a regular routine at the
mission, in which compromise is made
between American aud Chinese customs
The bridegroom-elact may see his future
bride, he may eve1 converse with her from
opposite sides of the ROOM hut the pro-
prieties would be completely outra; gel if
the betrothed couple We're to shake hands
Two or three times week the tiance makes
a call from five to ten minutes duration
and If he is desperately enamored he never
goes empty-handed.
Sausages are a gift that is highly appre-
c!ated, ard Chinese Vegetable are also
much esteemed. Fruit is frequently brought
to the engaged ladies, both in the Preshv-
terrain and Methodist missions but it would
outrage Monaghan etiquette to bestoW
candy. The love-making is generally mono
syllable on the part of the young lady and
even the man finds his gift of conny eYsat ton
languish. At the Presbyterian mission A
charming young Chinese girl aa,ne,i An
Cheng, professional interpreter satisfies
etiquette by beng presant-during all the in
teryiews. Many Chinese merchants have
offered to lay their hands and hearts at All
Cheng's feet, but she has seen SO much Of
lcVe-making as an onool1er that she refuses
to go through the ordeal of entertaining n
lance on her own account. Even the touch
ing romance of All Leen has not inclined
the little interpreter to follow her example
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FOX AND OTHER SKINS.
The Most Valuable of All Pacific Coast
Furs.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
The most precious of all Pacific coast furs
is the sea otter. There was a time when
this animal was very plentiful off the Cali
fornia coast. The Russians are largely re-
sponsible for their destruction at the time
they founded settlement at Fort Ross, at
the mouth of Russian river, in Sonoma
county. Some sea offers are still captured
off the California coast. and there are
few small vessels specially engaged off the
California coast otter hunting: but
Alaskan waters are the chief source of sup
ply of this class of fur-bearing animals
Sea offers are always found afloat, and the
hunter can capture them in no other way
than by shooting. The deeper and colder
the water they are found In the better the
fur and the higher the price the hunter Sc
cures for the pelf.
A first-class sea otter skin in the raw is
worth $3.50 to the hunter. The best sea OF
ter pets taken off the California coast Will
Weld $3.50 each to the hunter. There may
be elements, however, in the petit winch
may reduce the value of the Alaskan petit
to $40 and that of the California coast to
81. The coast of Japan has been good
hunting ground for sea otter, and during
the past twenty-five years several small
craft have sailed from San Francisco and
San Diego to Japan outfitted for otter hunt
ing Almost all sea otter skins are market
ed in Russia, where the fur IS in great de-
mand.
Next in value to the sea otter Is the fox
among the fur-baaring animals of the Pa
cfic coast. Six kinds are hunted for their
peits, which range in value from twenty
cents to $40 each .'in the raw
These are the silver, cross. red blue, gray
and white. Something very rare among
foxes IL a black-coat ted animal. and the fur
of such fox commands a fancy price, Of
ten running as Ugh $3.50. To supply the
demand for black fox furs, furriers prepare
an imitation by dyeing the fur of the red
fCx, which is the cheapest pelt of the fox
family. the best red not being worth to
the trapper more than 81 % per skin If we
except the natural black fox, the highest
priced fox pelts the SILVER and the
'bIue." A trapper gets for a perfect silver
fox pet as he strips it from the carcass
about $40. and for the best blue fox pelt
about ST..
An effort is being made on the Aeutian
Islands to farm the blue fox. Some of the
small islands in the group suitable for the
purposes of farming have been leased by
some of the old trappers of the Hudson
Bay and Alaska Commercial companies for
nominal rent, and these have been stock
ed with foxes. The animals are stockaded
and regularly fed by the farmer, who is
usually 'squaw man. that Is, Twins
with a native woman who is settled with
his family the island. In time the ami
mails become domesticated, and are then
easily managed Furriers are watching the
experiment with considerable interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
THE. FEMININE SCRIPTURE,
Miss Anthony on Equal Rights for
TrnnsIntOrs of the Bible.

From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
A reporter called yesterday at the home
of Miss Susan B. Anthony to ask for her
views on the new Woman's Bible, the first
volume of which has recently made its ap-
pearance.
Ibid you have anything to do with the
new Bible. Miss Anthony" was asked.
mo; 1 did not contribute to it, though
knew of it's preparation and the reason for
It. My own relations to or ideas of the BIZ
BILE have always been peculiar owing to
my Quaker training, but don't know that
1 can explain just what 1 mean. The
Quakers consider the book as historical,
made up Of traditions handed down from
the ages of the past, but not as inspired
by God. OF course, people say these wo-
men are impious, presumptuous and all
sorts of things for daring to interpret the
Bible as they themselves it. But 1
think the women have just as good a right
to translate and twist the Bible to their
own advantage the men have to twist
and turn it to their advantage, as they
have done always. But now that these wo-
men have dared to do what the men have
always dore, they are called impious. Orig
inally the orthodox women were to write
their views and TRANSACTIONS also, but when
the time came they did not put in an APP
pearanca. and so only the opinions of the
radical women were published The idea
that Mrs. Stanton or any other of the wo-
men expected to translate or write a new
Bible for womens use is absurd. They nave
simply taken the Pentateuch and revised
such passages as refer to women, and writ
ten their cor rmentaTies upon them
'And why have they not as good a right
to do this have a body of men to do the
same thing? In 1855 the Bible was revised.
and 1t is from this revised edition that the
women have taken their texts. / myself
not student or investiga tor, nor do
phllosophize. 1 deal only in facts and work
for the freedom of women. The Bible is
written by men, and therefore its refer
ence to women takes on the color of the
manner in which they were regarded in
those days. In the same way the history
of the restoration was written by men,
and very little is said of the noble deeds of
the women of the revolution. though we
know how they stood by and helped the
great work. and it is the same with history
all through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
THE CHIPMUNK.
Some Facts About This Frisl1y Little
Dcnizen of the Woods.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Have you ever watched the antics of the
ground squirrels in summer? This name
the learned people give them in the books
is almost as hard as the nuts the frisky
little fellows gather up for their winter
food. Imagine yourself saying every time
you see one of these little fellows darting
along the fence of the limb Of a tree,
There goes a Tamias STRATUS Of the order
sciuridae'
The last name comes from the Greek
ska, a shade. and oura, tail. which de-
scribes pretty well the way in which a
squirrel carries his tail shading his head.
But the Indian name chipmunk. seems to
suit him much better
His front teeth are we'll adapted to the
hard work before them in the winter
that is, to get the contents of the nut out
in good shape. These two teeth seem to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17

From the American Architect.
As many architects have probably re-
celved from owners complaints of leaka ees
of walls and roofs during the late severe
autumnal storms, it may be of assistance
to the younger practitioners, at least, to
know that they may properly assure their
clients that the experience of the best arch
fleets and builders shows that it often
proves difficult to build a wall or a roof,
even under careful supervision, which will
not permit water to enter the interior dur
ing protracted storms. accompanied by high
winds. Even with the most careful work
IN hlllng masonry joints, minute cracks will
occur through which the water will pene-
tate, and these cracks are most difficult
to detect. Great difficulty also is found in
having the pointing of stone work so done
as to prevent penetration of water during
driving storms A cheap wooden house,
shingled on the outside, can, with ordinary
care be made watertight. but brick or ma
sorry walls, even two feet thick, although
built with especial care. often prove to be
very vulnerable to wind-driven storm wa
ter,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17

DIR. William Compton. one of the Oldest
practicing physicians in Lancaster, Pa, has
died, aged seventy years.
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ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stom ach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, it's
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure It promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FlG SYRUP co!
SAY FRANCISCO. CAL
LOUISVILLE. Ky. kEW K0Rk, kE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-17
GREAT PHYSICAL STRENGTH

Is not necessary to the enjoyment of per-
feet health, yet strong, healthy organs
and faculties give rise to the most de-
1ightful sensations of existence.
Exercise, common sense and ordinary
precaution and you need never be very
sick. When you find your stomach
troublesome, your bowels inactive, your
nerves sensitive-look out! When your
weight is decreasing, when your energy
is waning, when exertion seems impossi-
Bile and sleep does not give rest-look
out
Serious illness has its beginning in
neglected little things. Even dread con-
sumption comes on by degrees, and may
begin with very slight arrangement.
Taken in time, 9S per cent. of all cases
of consumption can be cured. Taken in
time, no disease need be really serious
The best safeguard against disease is all
active, healthy liver. That means good
blood and good blood means good solid
healthy flesh.
The germs of disease seek out the weak
spots in the body. Don't have any weak
spots. If you have them now, clear them
out tone them up, make them strong
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
will do it. 1t searches out all poisonous
matter and disease-ger of whatever
character. 1t regulates the action of the
organs of the whole body. 1t forces out
impure matter, makes the blood rich and
puts new life into every fiber. 1t makes
good, firm, healthy iesh-doesn't make
fat. 1t gives you flesh that you can work
with-the flesh that means health, but a
reasonable plumpness is essential to the
best bodily condition.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
IS pleasant to take and you don't have
to take an ocean of it to get we'll either.
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Chapters and Their Officers.

Those of the chapters which have elected
officers are as follows:
ST. Thomas Chapter-Director. Melville
Church; secretary, Sydney Bayles; treasur-
err Maj. William H. Webster, and dele
gates to the local council, William H. Web
ster and Frank NJ. Evans.
Christ Church (East Washington Chapter
DIR. A. b. CODY, director; Grin B. Hallam,
treasurer; A e. Gibbons, secretary, and
delegates to the council, Joseph H. Gibbons
and .. b. Hallam.
ST. Johns Chapter, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NJ. Davis, director; T. N. McAboy, secre-
tary; William NJ. Beall treasurer. and dele
gates, 7. N. McAboy and C. ]. Hedrick,
with J. Mel Dodson as alternate
Trinity Chapter, Observation-Disclosures
William NJ. Stuart; vice director, Mason
Browne: secretary, Bert c. Amos; treasur-
er, George Watts, jr, and delegates, Fred.
A. Anderson and R. Preston Shealey.
Christ Church, Georgetown-Drector Ben
jamn Miller; secretary, j. Holdsworth Cor
don, and treasurer, Gordon Sewers.
Rockville (NId) Chapter-John W. War
ner director: secretary and treasurer,
John Lane Johns.
st. Mary's Chapter-P. N. Bailey, d.
rector; 2. D. Brooks. secretary; Arthur
Brooks, treasurer, and p. N. Bailey and 8
E. Tatem, delegates.
st. Johns (Washington) Chapter-George
A. c. Christiancy, director; Henry R. Pyne.
secretary and treasurer; George W. Salter
and Marshall Newton. delegates, and N. B.
F'ugitt and T. Percy Myers, alternates.
st. Luke's Chapter-Arthur Collier, d.
rector. James T. Aston, secretary: Clar-
ence Compton. treasurer, and delegates,
Maj. F. G. RevellS and James F. Aston
st. Andrews Chapter-Clarence E. DaW-
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-10-18
Wonderful Giants of Old.

There are hardly any truthful records
of the giants Of the past, though literature
is full of wondrous tales about them. A
French academician, NJ. Henrion, once
estimated the height of Adam to be 1873
feet and that of Eve lis, proportions that
must have appeared most formidable to
the serpent and made the proposition for
apples seem somewhat trivial thing.
The same authority brings Abraham down
to 20 feet an makes Moses only 49, Go
liaths recorded height is, however, only 9
feet inches which is within the bounds
of possibility.
Pliny speaks of seeing giantCss 10 feet
2 inches in height and a skeleton 20 feet
long. There are weird stories of the En-
pcror Maximilian, who was reputed to be
8 feet high and to have eaten 40 pounds of
meat Il day.
Nearly every race has contributed to gi-
antism, but the English has furnished far
the larger proportion, partly perhaps be-
cause the English have always been fond
of seeing giants and paying for the priv
ilege, thereby drawing the merit of phys
ical bigness which has always been modest,
out of its undeserved obscurity. Next to
the English the Irish have supplied the
largest number, but the Irish giant is rare
ly grown nowadays, since that stock has
been drawn upon so heavily by America.
Germany and the United States have sup
piled each eight or nine men who have
won publicity and fame by their exuber-
ant physique. 1t seems to be the central
and western states that supply the Amer
lean giants, and our war records show that
in these regions, together with Maine and
Vermont, the average stature Is the high
est There have been French and Italian,
negro and Arab giants, but the number is
few, and it is evident that the temperate
zones and the large races supply the most
cases of giantism.-Dr. C. l.. Dana in
Scribners.