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The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-30
In sac Assseaan Array.

The polyglot character of the Aus- hisn army was abundsntly shown the sther day when the ancient custom of solemAly swearing in. the recruits in the presence of the troops was revived, after having been discontinued since tses. In Vienna alone the formula of oath to the eolors had to be adminis- tered and read out in nine languages, to-wit: German, Hungarian, crostian, Bohemian. Polish, Ruthenian, Rou- manian, Servian and Turkish, while the religious part of the ceremony was conducted by Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic. and Greek orthodox priests, Protestant pastors, Jewish rsbbis and MAhometAn ulemA.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-30
ALLeEN.ALi, 1HE COeelER.
Hsw He Lest Nis wlves and His Faith ss
 the Same Time.


 Ali-Ben-Ali was and is renegade. He believes in three gods, and drinks spirits of wine, corn and rye. He also believes that women have souls and that, while there are many houris in heaven, there are more in hell. When the muszzin calls to prayer he puts his thumb to his nose and spreads his fin gers out, which is his Turkish way of expressing deriaion. Once upon time he owned seven slaves, four of whom were white. Great men were his friends. Now he cobbles shoes, says Vance ThomRssn in the New York Ad- vertiser.
 He might have been . happy man to this day had it not been for that devil of an Alcibiades. Ali-ben-Ali was sit ting on his feet, looking through the open door out on the blue waters of the Bosporus and the low sandy shore beyond when the Greek camo up. He was . low-browed Greek. He was psddlinR slippers with long red points which curled over like rams horns. Ali was absorbed in thinking of his seven female slaves. He kicked the Greek in the back violently two or three times, but otherwise ignored his presence.
 The subtle Greek departed. Under his low brow he devised this revenge. us wrote letter to the sultan.
 wen see about this" said the sul. taA. "Mesrour, of with Ben Ais head and bring me his seven nice Wixes."
 Mesrour returned in half an hour, the seven slaves, of whom four were wAits, trailing after him.
 .Bsn Ali Is dssil. hs ssi6
 Mesrour lied. Ben Ali. by br.ksa, he'd secured hia escape and, disguised As bale of tobseeo, was stored away in . hold of . vessel bound for New York. He Is in New York now to prove that this tale ia no lie. He cobblss shees- At timss he drinks strong spirits. Then he curses the com mender of the faithful and Alcibiadss, the low-browed Greek. The sultan is . Nohsmmedan. and him Bsn Ali surses; the Greek is . Christian Ana is suraad of Ben Ali.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-30
Made Love by LiRhtnipe.

The late Prof Morse made love by lightning, as it were. He met his first wife during an evening call at the house of her father and proposed mar riage to her before he went away that night. After some happy years she died, leaving him with several children. He remained widowcr until at the age of fifty-sevcn he attended the we'd ding of his eldest son. One of the younger ones was what the Scotch tenderly call m innocent" and it was the kindness of relative of the bride to this boy that attracted his fathers attention. He invited the lady to drive with him the following day. When they returned from the expedition they were engaged to be married.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-30
FOND OF WEDDING CAKE.
A Post OAlee Rat FAkiRg Free In Clsy'
 land with Letters and PAekaReA.

Post OAee Rat NAkiRg Free In Clsys-
 land with Letters and Packages
 "Have you ever heard of our post office rat?" Queried handler of Cleve- land mail addressing & writer for the Leader. "He is Q kleptomsniac, born thief, guess" continued the clerk. "Hc steals letters and we cannot keep him from it. He has taste for we'd ding cake, too, and his conscience never restraints him from indulging it. We have set a trap for him repeatedly, but he is too wise for us." The clerk then discoursed concerning the habits of the distinguished rodent. "He hides among the rubbish of the room," he said. 'and has several means of ready access to the outside world. He takes charge of affairs when we are out. The other day he was seen sitting upright on the table nibbling at a package of hickory nut kernels which happened to be side-tracked during transit through the mails. Not long ago box of wedding cake got lost. A card was mailed to the sender to come and cor rect the address. She called and when we looked for the package it was gone. A feeling something like that which crcpt over old Mother Hubbard when she went to the cupboard to get her poor dog bone gradually gained pos session of us. The rat had made off with the cake, and the closest search revealed only scattered fragments of precious sweetmeat. We thought for long time that some inquisitive per son was taking certain missives, but our suspicious proved to be unfounded. One day we discovered several of the missing letters near hole made by the rat under Q desk. He had taken them as far as he could, and then had bade them good-by."
 The rat makes the correcting clerks office his principal rendezvous. It is there that stray letters and packages are held for time to ascertain their correct address or for additional postage. r
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-30
4 ZONE RAILWAY SYSTEM.
Results in TripllnS the Passenger wssa
 ness in Hungary.

Results In Tftplln2 the PoSse1goe wo&a" mess in Hungary.
 A remarkable revolution in railway travelling was brought about in Hun gary some years ago by the introdhc- tion of cheap fares and the zone sys- tenn, says the London News. The fares were lowered from about 40 to 80 per cent, and the country divided into zones, having Buda-Pesth as their ceh- ter. The first zone is fifteen miles broad, the second to the twelfth are each nine miles, the twelfth and thir- teenth fifteen miles, and the fourteenth includes all the rest of the country. The fare for each zone is Tod. first class, Sd. second and Sd third; while the rates are reduced one-hah for parties of worlkmen.
 What the new system has accom- plished is shown by report just issued by the Hungarian government, dealing with the working of the state railways for the years 1891 and 1892. From 5000, 900 passengers carried in 1888, the year previous to the introduction of the zone system, the number has risen to over 2S, ,50O, 900, an increase of PIG per cent. This result is almost entire ly due to the new system, the augment ation being six times greater than on the Austrian railways during the same period.
 The receipts have improved to the extent of 40 per cent. The third-class carriages were abolished last year on express trains running beyond the short distances. The growth of the traffic in the first zone by the ordinary trains has Teen ss much as 627 per cent, mostly ;n the third-class. It is noteworthy that the first and four teenth zones, ur the shortest and long est distances, give the largest results. both in the number of persona carried and in the receipts. -
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-30
NAPOLEONS HATS.
Existing Rslies o; the Great French Em-
 psror.

ExtetI0R k0ltce OI She GreAt French Em-
 psror.
 Careful inquiry has led to the diseov. cry that there are no fewer than nine of Napoleon I.'s hats still in existence A writer in The Vie Contemporaine gives a list of them. One is in the pos session of Mime. Claitte, whose grand. father, Gen. Giraud, picked it up at Msrengo. At critical moment Bona. parte started of st 8 gallop, and the wind blowing of his hat he did not stop to pick it up.
 Another of the hats, says the London Daily News, is in little crypt beside Napoleon'S tomb at the Invalides This was worn on the 1th, Sth and 9th of February, 1907, at Eylau, and it is the identical one represented in the colossal picture of the battle by Gros, to be seen in the Louvre. During the peace which succeeded the battle Gros was commissioned to paint the picture, and in order that the figure of the em- peror might be faithfully depicted the hat was given to the painter.
 At the death of Gros in 1885 it was found under a glass case upon a wooden stand, and it was sold by auc- ton among the painters effects for two thousand and .forty-sevcn francs fifty centimes to Dr. Delacroix, who presented it to Louis Philippe. The latter, after tho famous second funeral of Napoleon. ordered it to be placed be- side the remains with the cmperor's crosses and the sword he wore at Aus terlitz. Of the remaining hats, one belongs to Prince Victor Napoleon and another to the museum at Gotha.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-30
THE USE OF PAPER mUNkr
Common to Nearly All Civilized Countrie,
 Issues in Various Nations-

Common to Nearly All Civilized Countrie,
 Issues in Various Nations-
 Almost, if not quite, all civiiizet countries use paper money to facilitate payments within their own jur;sdic' tions, says the St. Louis Globc-Demo crst. The United States uses paper money 70 greater extent than any other country, and in notes of smaller denomination than any other country of equal importance. All of our paper bills except the gold certificates arc in the denominations of S1, g., g, slO. SoO. $50, s1oo, $500 and Sl ,00o; our gold cer- tifcates do not appear in denomina- tions less than So0. The Dominion oi Canada issues Sl and g notes, and various banks issue notes varying from s5 to 31,OOo. Mexico issues pspe1 money of 10 pesos and upward and the South American states issue paper ot similar denominations The Bank o1 England issues all English notes in de nominations of e5, e10. geo, $50, 9lO0 s200. e30o, e5OO and 2l 900. The banks of Scotland and Ireland issue notes o1 e1 and upward. The Bank of France issues notes for 50 francs, 100, 200, 50t and l, 1,00o francs. The Bank of Belgium issues notes of 20 francs and upward. Italian banks issue notes of lire and upward to 1000 lire. The Bank of Germany puts out notes for marks and upward to 1000 marks. Austria issues notes of gulden and upward. Russia is the only European country which issues government notes, its paper money being of the denomina- ton of ruble and upward. Sweden. Norway and Denmark issue by their banks notes for krone, 10, 25, 50 and 100 krone. India does not issue paper money. nor does China now. Japan provides paper money of yen, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 100 yens, and the other countries. as rule, issue paper money, the low. est denomination of which is usually ten times the value of the coined unit of value.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-05-30
COURAGE Ia SURGERY.
Ehy Experienced Practitioners Arc Cool
 While Operating.

Ehy Experienced Practitioners Are Cool
 While Operating.
 An old surgeon, engaged for the mo ment in dissecting cold roast quail, and lzakipg, it must be confessed, only an indifferent job of it. had been lis tening incidentally to the conversation of his table companions who were dis eussing the calmness snd nerve dis played by the average practitioner dur ing surgical operations, says the New York Herald. Both agreed that the poise and coolness shown by surgeons at times were extraordinary and hard to understand.
 ''Eow, friends, if you will permit ns," interrupted the surgeon at this point. "I would like to tell you that there is nothing extraordinary about it The nerve as you call it, of the surgeon under such circumstances is ths most natural thing in the world. 1t is not display of cslmness which has been put on for that occasion, or sH exhibition of courage summoned up for an unusual emergency, but simply the normal dcmeanor of . practical, Eatter-of-fact man who knows what he has to do and how he is going to do 1t.
 ''Ths trouble with many people who marvel at what they call a surgeons courage is that they fail utterly to comprehend the conditions under which he performs his work. They imagine that he is experimenting, or that he doesn't know his ground, or that he will cut something that he ought not to cut. Nothing could be further from the facts. No movement In science or mechanics is preceded by . more accurate foreknowledge of its results than the average operation in surS y. There is no such thing ss guesswork about it. The operator knows he is performing an operation whieh is based upon an exact science. He follows rules which apply to all cases, and is secure in the confidence that causes which have produced esr- tain effects in given instances will do % in all others.
 "Why, then, should there be any need in his work for extraordinary courage? There are cases, of course, 90 critical or so unusual as to excite even the calmest and most self-con- tained operator, and when these are under treatment the surgeons powers of self-control are frequently taxed to their utmost limit. To the man who. in such . case, can wield the knife without . trcmor, when life itself de bends upon the accuracy and delieacy of his touch, We must award the praise due to real heroes. But in the aver age case, say of amputation or of skull fracture involving cranial operations, the surgeon neither needs nor possesses more than the courage of an intelli- gent. sincere man, who knows his duty and has learned how to perform it. His technical knowledge of anatomy and its methodical habit of work ac- custom him to conditions which alarm and excite non professional minds, and he goes about his task with Q certain quiet, vigorous, assertive confidence in the result of his movements which the observer is quite likely to mistake for a marvellous courage summoned up for that particular occasion. It is courage of certain sort, confess-the cour- age of absolute confidence in the in- Eallibility of the science he repre- sentR"
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LANGDOg.

At the last election Of officers Of the I. o.
O. f. the following were elected and In
stalled for the ensuing term: Mr.. I. Fl.
Collins N. c.; Mr.. 3. D. Sampsell, V. CT;
Mr. g. F. Edwards. recording secretary;
Mr. J. G.. Durfey, permanent financial sec
rotary; Mr.. John Geiger. conductor; Mr.
Harry A. Newman, warden; Mr.. F. w.
Brandcs, R. S. N. c.; Mr.. C. E. Clark, L. S.
N G.; Mr. W. 3. Page, l. G.; Mr.. Herman
Schrnid. o. c.; Mr.. E. P. Sherman. r. s.
v. G.; Mr. B. e. Harper, l.. s. ". G. A
committee has been appointed to decorate
the hall for their coming ball, consisting Of
Mr. T. j. Baker, Mr.. G. A. Baker. Mr.. T.
III. Collins, Mr.. a. w. Stone. The lodge has
secured the Fourth Artillery Band to fur
nish the music for Wednesday evening,
January SO.
Mr.. Frank Hig1on Is visiting friends In
Charlotte Hall. Md.
Mrs Harry A. Newman Of the Bladens-
burg road Is with her mother in AleXan-
dria, Va. Her health has been very poor
for the last few months. and 1t was
thought that the change would be 0eneh-
Mrs John Burke of 26th street is stopping
with friends in the city.
Mr.. Frank Hasan Is lying very Ill at MS
home on the Biadersburg road.
Mrs. /. j. Baker of oath street gave q
very pleasant surprise party in honor OF
her husbands birthday, on Tuesday even
ing last. Progressive euchre was played,
The first souvenir prizes were won
by Mr.. w. II. King of Rose
Lawn" and Mrs. A. NJ. Dewey Of white
Oaks" The second prizos were carried OF
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their weekly reunion at Mrs. VIM. p.
Marsh's Wednesday afternoon, and was
voted one of the pleasantest of the season.
Among those who contributed to the pleas
ure Of the club were Mesdames Brady,
Wilson. Galloway and the Misses Marsh.
The club was pleased to greet its absent
members. Mrs. Brown and Abbott, who
are wintering In Washington. The next
meeting will be held at Mrs. w. L.
Soleans, on Wednesday. January 30.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henrik Calm gave dinner
on Thursday in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank A. Fay of Illinois, who have been
visiting Washington the past fortnight.
Miss Mcmillan has returned home. after
a pleasant visit to the Misses Marsh
Miss Emily Hodge and Miss Gusta Swan
have been spending the week with Mrs. F..
w. Hodge.
There was a lively contest at the school
Friday afternoon. one of We old-ttme spell
ing matches being hugely enjoyed by the
pupils.
Pending the erection of the new church
in the park, Mrs. William P. Marsh has
kindly rendered the use of her parlor Sun
day evenings to the park residents to have
the lesson of the day and music, which Is
greatly appreciated.
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by Miss Mildred Briggs and Mr.. G. A.
Baker. Refreshments were then served.
The table was handsomely decorated with
white carnations. lilies of the valley and
smilax. Mrs. Thomas Lloyd then favored
them with a few selections of instrumental
music on the piano. Those that were pres
emit were: Mr.. and Mrs. DIR. w. C. Upham,
MI and Mrs: G A. Baker; Mr. , and n mrs
King. Mr.. Walton. Miss Mildred Briggs,
Mr. Walter L. Dewey, and A. NJ. Dewey.
Mrs. John Snyder of Hickeys Lane is
slowly recovering from severe spell OF
sickness.
Master Harry WEIGH gave a pound party
for the benefit of the poor at Its home IN
Winthrop Heights. Among those that were
present were Masters Albert Watson,
Frank Grimes. John Loor. jr:. Clinton Ha-
? gan, Walter Trey, Raymond Hunter, Harry
Hagan, George Hunter, Eddie Trey, Ben
jamin Klopfer. Earnest Hunter and Elmer
Trey. the Misses Mabel Grimes, Elsie
Loor. Minnie Hunter. Matte Trey. Brinah
klopfer, Ethel Watson. Edith Klopfer. and
others. Games were played. after which
refreshments were served by Mr.. Welch.
Last Thursday night all over our broad
country in the Christian Endeavor Soci.
ETY. the look out committee had charge OF
the services. Mr.. James H. Plat had
charge Of the meeting at the M. E. Church.
Accepting Christ -" was the subject. Mr..
Platt read the first seventeen verses of the
twenty-second chapter of Revelations after
which he read an article, written by Rev:
W. II. u. Temple, In this weeks issue Oh
the Golden Rule. Mr.. Harry A. Newman
then read an article from the pen of Rev.
FL w. Pope. which was very interesting.
Mr.. Sampsell will have charge of the next
meeting. The president of the society
stated that the committee had not pro-
cured the topic cards for this quarter, but
would have them ready for the next meet
ing.
The dancing class that meets every We'd
nesday evening Is Increasing in member
ship. Among the visitors were Mr.. and
Mrs. B. A. Soper Mr.. and Mrs. E. Miller,
and Miss Nettie McCauley, all Of Wash
ington; Mr.. Edward L. Latimer, MIR. John
Dobbs, Mr.. L. w. Sagers and Mr.. Fred
Heller of Hyattsyille Md.
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FALLS CHURCH.

The little folks were out in force on
Thursday night to two social gatherings,
and the evening was spent most pleas
antly in games and other amusements,
refreshments being served In both IN
stances. At the residence of Mr.. j. W..
Brown the party was in honor of Miss
Mary Brown and Miss Mary Piggott, and
those present were Misses Ethel Payne,
Bertha and Alma Williams. Mabel Brun-
ner, Della Veitch. Minnie Jacobs. Mabel
Newman. Ella Mankin. Greta Tibbetts,
Vivian Sims, Annie and Martha Rowell.
The other gathering was at the residence
of Mr.. w. IL. Veitch. in honor of Miss
Pearl Veitch, those present being Misses
May Mankin, Elise Newton. Pauline and
Hazel Vanhorn, Masters Clinton Mankin,
Lester Drummer, Lynn Newton and Willie
Veitch.
Miss Lille Porter gave Il social party
last night. Music and games were the
features of the occasion. Refreshments
were served. and delightful time had ny
ALL Those present were MIR. and Mrs. H
a. ID. Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. NJ. L. Bean,
Mrs. NJ Il. Howard of Baltimore, Miss
Bertie Leeds of Oakton, Miss Adella De-
Moss of Baltimore, Misses Corr.e CookSey,
Ella Sprankle, Marila Crossman, Tiiiie
Rawlings, Mary CroSSman, Lille Crocher,
Susie Crossman. Leila and Maggie Jacobs,
Maggie and Mary Thorne. Grace and Nellie
Leonard, Messrs. w. t. Sprankie, James
Rawlings. w. Il. Parker, George walker,
Edward Ball, John Mutersbaugh of LewinS-
ville James Leonard, Willis Dixon. James
Poole, Howard Jacobs, Fred Kerr and Carl
Garretson.
Mrs. NJ. T. Howard and granddaughter.
Miss Adella DeAoss of Baltimore, Md, are
visiting the formers sister, Mrs. "A. j.
Porter.
Another event of interest occurring on
Friday night was the gathering at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur X. Ray
mond of quite a number OF their friends,
who spent a pleasant evening in social
intercourse, card playing and other amuse-
ments. Among those present were Mr..
and Mrs William Stranahan, Misses Addie
NJ Spofrord. Estelle Bartle. May Daven-
port, aIollie Newton, Jessie England, Belle
Davenport, Messrs. ID. 3. Patterson. Elmer
Jacobs George Il. Mankin, Frank Payne,
W. Il. Parker.
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APlydiCiian Cured

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division Of the pension Ctiice, and whose residence
is at 1926 Linden street northeast says:
For the past four years / have suffered more or
less intensely from palpitation of the heart. For
the past year my suffering has been continuous
Frequently at night the distress has been 80 great
that It compelled me to sit propped up IN bed IN
medical hooks devise, obtain from the numerous
physicians whom consulted gave me even tenn
lporary relief. !, like many others, read of the
work Dr. Walker WIS doing, and thought would
dence and respect at by the clear concise and
pre- fessional manner m which he outlined my case
1t after DIR. Walker had prescribed for ME
ment obtained Immediate relief, and that night,
for the first time In weeks. was able to lie down
and get my natural sleep What makes my JOY
more genuine is the fact that have not had the
n medical graduate of Howard University in good
standing, and l feal debt Of gratitude to DR.
Walker that words cannot express. l therefore
tender linn this testimonial unsolicited and OF my
the of conveying to humanity the high
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known that DR.. Walker all disorders of the
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DIR. Walker may be consulted free of charge, per-
sonally or by letter. His wc-known sanitarium
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All interviews and correspondence sacredly
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GARRETT PARK.

Mrs. W. L. Wilson's QnformaD musicale
Tuesday evening, January 80, was a pro-
nounced success. number of friends
from Washington were out TO take part
and enjoy the evening. The following pro-
gram was most acceptabiy rendered: Mr.
George Terry. solo. selected; Mrs. b. F.
Galloway, jock o. Hazledean; Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson. duet. selected; Mr.. Fred Grant
tenor solo. when the Bloom Is on the
Rye" Mrs. W. L. Wilson. "Tosti. Good
bye" Messrs. Grant and Wilson, duet
"The Fisherman; Miss Clara Marsh, solo,
selected: Mr.. w. l.. Wilson, My Love Will
Come Today Miss Louise Helen presiding
most efficiently as acconpanist, together
with little Lea Wilson's fancy dance, closed
q very enjoyable evening. Among those
present were Mrs. DR.. LANCE of New York.
Mrs. and Miss Mcbride. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Grant, Miss Mcmillan. Mr.. Terry, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dorsett. Mr.. and Mrs. Galloway. Mrs.
Brady. Calm. Solean. Hodge. Cooper. the
Misses Marsh. Hodge and Helen, and
Gessrs. Brooks and Cooper.
The Ladies' Social Afternoon Club held