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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
Sporting Notes.

w. F. Sims, who has been spending the
past month at his home in Washington, re-
covering from severe injuries received
while following the circuit, Joined his team
mates at Springfield last week. He has not
completely subdued the stiffness caused by
his falls, but looks greatly benefited by his
rest.
A finish fight between George Campbell
of Detroit and Frank Roy of New York
was pulled off in the rooms of the Toledo
Athletic Club last evening. The men
started the fighting at the sound of the
gong, and it was just five seconds before
the bell sounded to close the round; that
Campbell received an ugly uppercut that
knocked him completely out The $500
purse was awarded to Roy by Referee
Grady.
Leslie C. Pierce challenges Owen Zeigier
to a twenty-round contest at 1873 pounds
and the Eureka Club of Baltimore has been
asked to offer purse for the match
Pierce will insist on Zeigler posting a suf-
ficient weight forfeit to insure his coming
to the lightweight limit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
The New Eastern Cycle Club.

The Eastern Cycle Club, which was or
ganized Thursday evening at the Eastern
Cycle Company's office. $50 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast. comprises among its
tfirty-seven members some of the best
known wheelmen in East Washington.
They have adopted q neat uniform of old
gold and blue. The first run occurs tomor-
row, when twenty-nile spin will be taken.
The election of officers. which was quite
spirited, resulted as follows: President t.
C. Pollock: vice president. A. st. George;
secretary. Gus A. Schuldt treasurer. VIM.
Winterhaltcr; captain. VIM. Woodward
first lieutenant J. Garrison, and second
lieutenant, VIII Wright; executive com
mittee, VIM. Winterhalter. Chr. E. P
Hazleton, l.. Myers, DR.. Buckley. and at
torney. c. ONeil. A series of races will be
given in the fall. in which all wheelmen
will be invited to participate.
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WASHINGTON CHOSEN.
Headquarters of the Grand Encamp-
Ment.

Headquarters of the Grand Encamp-
ment.
The twenty-sixth trennial conclave of
the knights Templar is thing of the past.
The Grand Encampment wound up it's bus
mess at Boston yesterday, installed it's Off
GERS, and last night the good-byes were
said, and thousands of sir knights left for
their distant homes.
The Grand Ercampment devoted almost
the entire days session to the discussion of
constitutional revision. 1t was decided to
make Washington the headquarters of the
Knights Tempar. and after 1898, If no in
vitation is received from another place, the
triennal conclave will be held in this city,
A motion by Past Grand Commander E. T.
Carson of Ohio to levy per capita tax of
twenty-five cents per year for the purpose
of maintaining the archives in the city of
Washington was referrea to the next con-
clave.
An invitation was received to hold the
first triennial conclave of the twentieth
century in Atlanta, Ga. The following
committees are appointed:
Jurisprudence. H. Hopkins of PennSyl-
vania. ]. G. Smith of Illinois, f. T. Carson
of Ohio, J. W. Fellows of New York, B. G.
Witt of Kentucky.
Finances-W H H. soule of Massachu-
sets. George Davis of West Virginia, c.
W. Kendrick of Pennsylvania. f. G. Bird
of Connecticut, Fred. Greenwood OF Nir-
gnia.
Testimonials to En-. Sir Hugh McCurdy-
J. G. Smith of Illinois, HI. l.. Palmer Of
Wisconsin and j. A. Geraw of Michigan.
The grand officers elected were then in
stalled by Grand Commander McCurdy,
and resolutions were passed expressing the
thanks of the Grand Encampment to the
retiring grand master.
The new grand master, Most Eminent Sir
Warren Larue Thomas, then appointed the
following officers:
Grand prelate Cornelius Twing of New
York: grand standard bearer, Thomas
O'Morris of Tennessee: grand sword bearer,
Edgar S. Dudley of Nebraska grand war
den, Joseph A. Locke of Maine: grand cap
tain of the guard, Frank II. Thomas Of
Washington. d. c.
The Grand Encampment then adjourned,
to meet in Pittsburg. Pa, on The second
Tuesday of October, 1898
A Masonic University.
A special from Boston to the New York
Press says: knights Templar are said to
be planning the establishment of a great
national university for both sexes, to he
controlled by and in the interest of all
Masons, with a permanent endowment of
s5J,GD,OOO The scheme contemplates the
erection of sufficient number of iire-proof
university buildings to accommo late 1900
students.
While the child of no living or dead Mas
ter Mason will be refused admission en- ac-
count of lack of means. it will be in no
sense q home or charitable institution. 1t
Is to be built beautiful tract of land
on the Ohio river, near the West Virginia
line.
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WAITING ACTION
No New Developments in the Gar
bage Complication.
Mr.. JEFFORD'S LEGAL OBJECTION
Further Trouble Expected Over
Selecting a Crematory Site.
III e SMITH sly ST E M
[R. JEFFORD'S LEGAL OBJECTION
THE SMITH YSTE M

There were no new developments in the
garbage situation today, as far as the Com
missioners were concerned. The exclusive
announcement in yesterdays Star to the
effect that the highest bidder, Mr.. War
field, would sign the rev contract as pre-
pared by the Commissioners, and erect Il
Smith crematory for disposing of the city S
garbage, seemed to settle matters, and only
one representative Of any other system ap-
peared before the Commissioners today.
Mr.. Tracey L. Jeffords, who is the at
torney for the Dixon crematory, had a
conference with the Commissioners this
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passing through. Thus while one furnace
load of garbage is being incinerated, the
mass in the adjoining one is being prepared
for incineration by The heat and gas gen.
Grated in the other.
Further Claims of the Company.
1t is claimed by Mr.. D. c. Reinohl, the
attorney for the Smith furnace, that its
operation is absolutely odorless, and can
nots be Objectionable to neighborhood.
The capacity of the furnace will vary from
80 to 100 tons day, working most econom-
ically where the most garbage Is reduced.
Liquid matter and water is destroyed. and
the vessels in which the garbage is col
lected may be rinsed out over the furnace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31

At the LA. w. circuit races at Loughead,
Ont, the other day, Sarnia, class y, cham
pion of Canada, rode the fastest mile ever
ridden in public by Cana .an wheelmen.
He rode an exhibition mile to beat track
record of 30. paced by tuder,s, and fin
ishe1 in 1.59 Is.
Cincinnati has signed Wiley Davis, the
local pitcher, for rext season. Davis has
pitched thrty-three games for the Knox
vile club this season and won them all.
H was between TIE plough handles on his
fathers farm last year.
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CHANCE TO LEARN CRICKET.



hibitiOn Match Monday.
A cricket match will be played Monday
next on the grounds Of the Washington
Cricket Club, wickets to be pitched at 2
o'clock. Sides will be chosen from those
en- the grounds, members and outsiders
who are interested in the game. The sides
will be captained by two Of the leading
members of the club. A hearty invitation
is given by the club to all lovers of the
game to meet on the clubs grounds, 18th
street and Columbia road.
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Afford Runs 100 Yards I'm 04-5
Seconds.

W. w. Goodwin of Louisville and Smith
E. Afford of Lexington, the two Kentucky
crack sprinters, met at Lexington Thurs
day In a special match for the state cham
pionship. Afford defeated Goodwin, cover
ing the one hundred yards in 0 4-5 sec
onds They will both contest in New York
rext week. Afford later fell from exhaus-
ton when nearing the string in two hum
dred yards contest with Tevis of Louis
vile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31

The Princeton foot ball team play the
eleven from the Lehigh University in Phil
sdelphia on October 49, The Tigers have
secured the Philadelphia clubs grounds.
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the water running into the combustion
chamber. where it is Immediately evap-
GRATED and carried off.
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The Children's Hospital. an excellent in
stitution. established twenty-five years ago.
on private property worth $4,000 receives
$4,000 a year toward the medical and sur
gical care and general support Of sixty-five
children, whom it admits on public official
order, or without it. when needing profess
sioral care. 1t has a special ward for
sick infants, and its medical staff is as
sisted by 4 very competent corps of trained
nurses. who are associated in training
schools with those of other hospitals of the
city.
As the Newshoys and Children's Aid
Society is engaged in work directly within
the province of the convention. Ny. Tracey
sent in full the latest reports received from
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YOUNG MEN AT THE FRONT.
Few Nenerables to Bc Found Among Eu.
 ropenn SOverelgns mnd Statnsmen.

Few Nenerables to Bc Found Among Flu
 ropean Sovercigns and Statesmen.
 During the first decade after the Franco-tierman War, and throughout the major part Uf the second the des- tinics of Europe were controlled by monarchS and statesmen of advanced age. Their poHer is now.vested in the hands of comparatively very young men. This is, indeed, the epoch of youth. Lord Beaconsfeld, Prince Gortchakoff, Prince Bismarck, NJ. Thiers, Depretis, Gladstone and the Danish statesman, Estsupp. have all either died or withdrawn into private life, and the same may be said of their masters. The German emperor. who is undoubtedly the man at the helm in the Tcutouic empire, is only thirty three years old; the prince of Bulgaria is thirty-three; the emperor of Russia, twenty-SiN, while the king of Wur- temberg, the king of Portugal and the king of Greece ate all young men. Still more youthfhl are the queen of Holland, the young king of Servia and the little king of Spain. As regards statesmen, we find young men, such as Lord Rosebery and Mir Asquith, the husband-elect of Miss Margot Tennant, occupying the principal executive off ces of the British crown. The Austrian prime minister, Prince Windischgraetz is under forty, and Cardinal Rampolla, the papal secretary of state, is barely one or two years ovef that age. M. Casimir-Pericr,' the French president, is abont forty-eight years of age, while NJ. Depuy, formerly prime min ister, and now president of the cham Der of deputies, is about three years younger, Many other names might be added to the list, but the above will suffice to show that we are living iu the golden age of youth, and that while age and experience are at q discount youth and enthusiasm are above par.
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OUR FIRST SEA BATTLE.
It Was with British ship and Resulte,
 In Victory for America

It Was with British ship and Resulted
 In Victory for America
 The first battle in which regularly commissioned American war vessel was engaged was fought llg years ago to- day (November egl, says the New York Sun. It was the action between the Massachusetts state cruiser Lee and the British armed transport Nancy. In the war of the revolution some of the states fitted out cruisers at their own expense, and, though entirely distinct from the war vessels commissioned by the continental congress, they ire. quently performed service of great benefit to all the colonies. The Lee had q commission from Gen. Washing ton permitting her tO cruise in the vi- cinity of Boston for the purpose of ins tercepting supplies for the British army. One of the greatest difficulties that confronted the American army at the outbreak of the revolution was the lack of arms, ammunition and cloth ing. With view of securing these in despensable supplies Washington com missioncd a number of cruisers and tent them out for the express purpose of capturing some of the many British transports filled with warlike stores that were expected to arrive on the American coast about that time. The Lee, commanded by John Manly, was the first to make one of these captures. November %, l771j, she captured, after a brief struggle, the British transport Nancy and carried her into Cape Ann Roads. The Nancy was laden with just the supplies that the American army most needed at that time. In her cargo were 1000 musl5ets and bayonets, besides 5000 fuses, 3l tons of muslSet shot, 5000 round shot for l2-pounders, l3-inch mortar, two 6-pounders, sew cral barrels of powder, and fifty car casseS, or great frames for comhusti- bles, to set buildings on fire. For this valuable capture Manly received cap tain's commission in the regular navy, and the new 32-ton frigate Hancock was placed under his command.
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lngS, anu, niuJn, ulsciptiuc room
 This latter punishment, which may be inflicted for two or more days, not exceeding fifteen, consists of prisoners passing the day from five n. m to seven p. m, alternately, sitting for fifteen minutes, and walking for twenty min utes. being allowed neither to read, to speak nor to work. The food Is bread and water, with soup once per day On the ocrasion of my visit there were thirteen hicn sitting about one yard apart frori each other, in rows. on square stools built of stone, with n wooden top.
 The punishment cells do not appear to be such formidable affaifs, having a wooden bed fixed to the foof, bedding being supplied at night, The floors are of polished wood. Ky an ingenious arrangement. the amount of light to he admitted into the ceil ean be regu- lated at will from thu corridor with. out Incorrigiblcs wbotn 1t is found impossible to employ ia tho work shops, otying to their turbulence and persistent breaches of discipline, work in tbeif cells. This Seluestration may be carried on for any period up to ninety days, and gives no claim to the reduction of the origiDti sentence.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-16
N.polson'. Opinion of Love.

During the period when Napoleon was with his regiment at AuXonne, as lieu tenant of artillery, he devoted much O. his spare time to authorship. He wrote two short pieces, one Q Dialogue on Love- and the other Reflections on the State of Nature Prof Will liam M Sloane, in his new Life of Ma pOleOn," quotes the following inter esting extract from the former in the Century: II too was once in love, he says of himself It could not we'll have been in Ajaccio, and it must have been the memories of the old Valence of a pleasant existence now ended, which called forth the doleful confession. 1t was the future Napoleon who was pre- saged in the antithesis. "I go further than the denial of its existence; be- lieve it hurtful to society, to the indi. yidual welfare of men"
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-16
WOMEN WHO WRITE.
A Delightful Comparative Study with ths
 Writing Man.

A Delightful Comparative Study with ths
 Writing Man.
 When man writes he wants pomp and circumstance and eternal space from which to draw If he writes at home, says the Boston Advertiser, he needs study or n library and he wants the key lost and the keyhole pasted over so that no one can disturb him. His finished products are of much importance to him, and, for a time, he wonders why the planets have not changed their orbits or the sunshine acquired new brilliancy because he has written something by castiron method.
 A woman picks up some scraps of B conybool, -r 'r hrnl, of pattern, sharpens ner pencil with the scissors or gnaws the end sharper She takes an old geography, tucks her foot under her, sucks her pencil periodically and produces literature.
 She can write with Genevieve pound ing out her exercises on the piano with Mary buzzing over her history lesson for tomorrow, Tommy teasing the baby, and the baby pulling the eats tail. The domestic comes and goes for directions and supplies, but the course of true love runs on, the lovers woo and win, and the villains Kill and die among the most common place surroundings.
 A mans best efforts, falling short of genius, are apt to be suited, but the woman who writes will often, with the stump of a pencil and amid the distrac- tions above mentioned, produce a ten der bit of poem, dramatic situatfon or page ,f description that, though critics rave, lives on, travels through the exchanges and finds a place in the scrapboolss of the men and women who know good thing when they sec it, whether there is a well-known name signed to it or not.
 THOSE who can dine only on dainties will often go supperless to bed Emelius.
 HE that hath never tasted of coarse fare knows not how to relish the daintics of life. w Spence.
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accident of prospector throwing a piece of rock at lazy mule.
hALf.RREEp INDIANS.
New Light Upon the Progress og Racial
 AmalRamatIan.

Amaigamatlon.
 The researches of the United States department of ethnology have shed a hew light on the process of racial amalgsmation which is going on In this and other lands It appears that, contrary to the usual statement and the popular belief, the fertility of the half breed Indians is not less than that of the pure red and white races, but even more. aud hence there is no likelis hood of the Indian race dying out Another singular fact, which is often observed in the crossing of strains of inferior animals, is that the half breeds are of taller stature than the pure Indians or the wbite French race from which they have chiefly sprung. Stature is not inherited in such man. ner that the size bf the hydrid or offs spring is intermediate between the sises of the parent stocks There is a greater diversity of size in the mixed race than in the pure races; and it is further remark able that the face of the half-blood tends to reproduce that of one or other of the parent stocks rather than m in- termediate type. Moreover, the Indian type has stronger influence on the offspring than the white, and half bloods take after" the red man most of all. Strange to say, Indian children are, as a rule, taller than half-breed children, who come to maturity more slowly. 1t is noted that in so far as in- termediate types,of face Bre produced, which happen comparatively seldom, they are of uniform character.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-16
4 QUEENS BATH.
How the Queer Royal Cuhtom Is Observed
 In MadaEascar.


 Since the great African island has lately caused great deal of talk it will not be uninteresting, says London Tid-Bits, to give some account of the strange ceremony practiced at the Malagasy national festival every year, as related by nearly all the travellers who have visited the land of the Hovas, The "Fandroana,n or royal bath, was first instituted by King Ratambo, and is held annually, by royal proclama1 ton, from November % to January iO During this time no business is allowed to proceed. The people of the king dom meet the queen in the silver palace on the first day of the festival, and rcd cock is then brought by the head priest or sacrificer of the court, Its neck is wrung, and it's blood, being caught in banana leaf, is carried to the sovereign, who touches with it her forehead, neck, stomach, arrnpit finger nails and toe nails. The rest of the assembly follow the example.
 Next day the people assemble again for the royal bath in the great palace This the queen takes in one of the sacred corners of the hall in silver bath, being screened from view by "lambag," held by her attendants.
 Amid the firing of cannon and the joyous shouts of her humble subjects, her majesty then passes along the balcony, and from horn in her hand sprinlSles the crowd with the water she has just been using for her ablutions, exclaiming at the same time; "Masina, aho!7 q am purified). This sprinkling is said to typify an abundance of rain during the coming year.
 To be absc1t from the ceremony would be to incHr the royal displeasure, so that the French plenipotentiary minister himself, M. le Myre de V:lers, who is now again on his way to Mada. gascar, had to submit himself, in 1886, to this strange ordeal. Every wife, also, must be with her husband at the time, or it is considered that she is as good as divorced. The new year is then supposed to have begun, and for several weeks there is great deal of visiting and fessting
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cnptur. of . srnrm Of ass..

The hunters of Maine often make good hauls of honey stored by wild bees in hollow trees, but Q sturdy woodsman of Guilford recently went his fellow hunters one better in this branch of forest craft Having located swarm and their hoard, he captured bees and honey at one swoop. By ob- serving tho bees as they came and went in his clover field be traced their line of flight, and, following it across his farm and into the woods about a mile, he found 1t led to hollow tree, the entrance to which was fifteen feet above the ground. Having first taken Q bee hive to the place, he cut down the tree, snd placed its hoard of some thirty pounds of honey in the hive, .whither the bees at once followed it, bnd made themselves perfectly at home. At night he carried home honey and bees together, and the insects have since kept on at work laying up wax and honey in their now guarters
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Saturday, February 15, 1895.
Ais REGULAR BUSINESS.

A Mayor Who Was Sot | bovc Asking Q
 strang~r for AIms.
 The people of the extreme south oi France, in the neighborhood of the Pyrenees, have hard shift to live some of them gain livelihood by tanj ing bears
 Many others take to begging which becomes trade by itself, reasonably rcmuncrative and not exactly dishon- orable. Baron llausSmann in his "Memoires" cites the case of one of these professional bcggars who amassed a good property and finally became mayor of a large commune.
 Even then he continued to ply his trade, especially in the bathing season, when many tourists visited the coun- try. One of these outsiders was so taken abacll at the sight of the mayor begging on the street that he remon- strated with the mendicant.
 'I should think you would be ashamed, said the stranger. You, a man holding so honorable an office,
 "Ofiicer' said the mayor. My officel Why, man, this is how gained it.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-16
DIx's FAMOUS ORDER.
Inc Original Document Is Apparently Nn'
 Where It ShouId Be.

Where It Should Be.
 Representative Grady, of North Caro- lima, is gentleman of correct habits and great dignity. He is also an ardent student of history and literature, says the Washington Post Not long ago hg walked into the house library, and, ac: costing one of the youhB men who are appointed to wait on members he req queSted him to,get a copy of the book containing the famous grder of Gen Dix to shoot Hny man 5n the spot who attempts to haul down the American flag,
 The clerk began to search for the book, running over shelves of historical volumes, groping in dusty corners, and turning over pages uf war histories that would be likely to contain copy of the order, Finally, after spending half an hour in unavailing search, he said to Mir, Grady:
 "I cant find it. There is but one place where know you can find it."
 Where is that?'' asked Grady.
 Tn Blanks saloon, on Pennsylvania avenue. I've seen the original order there, in frame hung up for the in spection of the public"
 Tn Blanks saloon, eh?n echoed Mir. Grady, fixing his eyes sharply on the young man. Well, sir, I never 20 into 8 saloon. It strikes me, young man, that you know more about high grade whisky than you do about htera~ ture