Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-04
IN HOTEL CORR DORIS

ments being conducted by Francois Allard.
Quebec blacksmith. who appears to have
succeeded In hardening aluminium SO as
to permit Of its use in the manufacture OF
cannon" said Col. e. +. Bateman. re-
tired English officer, at the Ebbitt yester-
day. "Allard is the same genius who re-
discovered some years ago the lost art OF
hardening copper, but 1t Is too expensive
a process to admit of such metal being
practically used. Recently he made
small cannon Of tempered aluminium about
thirty inches long. and with bore five
inches in diameter. From this he repeat
edly fired charge Of a pound OF powder
without injuring the piece. The most re-
markable part of these tests was that
the metal of the barrel was only a quarter
Of an inch thick. There is no telling what
q revolution will be brought about in the
manufacture Of big guns if Allard's future
experiments in this line turn out as well
as those already made
A coterie of idlers was discussing I'M
canny things last night at Wizards. and
among the topics preached was the system
followed by medical colleges in securing
subjects for the use of the classes in
anatomy.
1.-THE medical students out at Louisville
some years ago used to attend to the mat
ter of getting their bodies for themselves.
James. the weli-known sporting man, land
the garden where they gathered their
regular crop was on the outskirts Of town,
where the paupers were buried. The stu
dents would go out at night and open q
new grave. Taking the body out, they
would put 1t In a big sack. and then an
old darkey named Silas. whom they regu-
larly employed, and who owned an old
spawned horse and a rickety wagon, would
come and carry the sack to his vehicle in
the road nearby, and drive 1t down to the
college. One day toward the end of their
term some of the students concluded to
have some fun with Silas, SO they sent
him word to have his wagon at the bury
ing ground at IL o'clock that night. 1t was
as dark as pitch when the old fellow got
there and found couple of students wait
ing to guide him where the body was.
Silas lifted up the bullying sack, put 1t ON
his back and started for the wagon. He
hadn't gone more than ten yards when he
heard muffied voice say. Garry me easy,
Silas; carry me easy There was a howl
OF terror, and streak of scared Niger q
quarter mile long going toward Louis
kill, and let their companion out Of the
sack, and next day they learned that old
Silas had Joined the church and intended
to confine his attention thereafter strictly
to carrying odd jobs during daylight inside
Of the city,"
II waited eagerly all through the time
the National Council Of Women was DELHI
Grating. hoping that something would be
suggested about the management of do
more particularly, the way to keep 'em
after you get 'em, but was doomed to
disappointment, said Frederick r. Hood
Of Brooklyn. at the Cochran last night.
Ign, and everything went along smoothly
and swimmingly, until the two girls, who
had been in my wife's mothers family,
discovered a dray driver and a stevedore
n hai nd f4I fy.
keeping house for themselves. They were
replaced by an Irish girl and Swede cook.
They had been over here long enough to
learn all Of our native foolishness and none
lazy and untidy. We tried others, but went
from bad to worse. We got two colored
women from way down in Charleston.
They began entertaining and feeding every
porter and barber in ten squares of the
house at our expense two months after
they got there. Kindness, good treatment,
and everything else that should have in
spired gratitude. were absolutely lost on
the procession Of help that came and went
At last, in despair. We broke up our house,
just as it was getting to be complete and
went to boarding: I'd take house again
in a minute II this question of servants
was not SO perplexing and provoking. So
I'm sorry the national women did not give it
attention. To my way Of thinking, 1t is OF
nestle life Of the country than all the re-
forms Of the divorce laws that you could
crowd into eight hundred thick volumes OF
statistics"
Some people seem to be insane on the
subject of getting others into trouble"
said H T. Elder. a Chicago detective, at
the Metropolitan last night. II had q case
recently that illustrates this popularity to
a fine point A well-known Chicago gentle
man married a year or two ago a Mil
waukee lady: A few months after the we'd
letters. containing all sorts of charges
against her husband. She took no notice
Of them at first, but when they began to
come in different handwriting from various
there might be something in them. for her
spouse had been q pretty lively fellow once
and she had heard Of reforms being only
Woman like, she never said a
fded her troubles to an intimate friend,
who. Of course. went right home and told
her own dear husband. This sensible fell
low went straight to the innocent suspect,
who was living as pure a life as any man
could, and at this point was called In. I
was little stunned at the epistles which
the wife. after q scene, allowed me to see.
There were at least five sorts Of handwrft-
ing and as many styles of composition, but
not a name or initial was signed to any Of
them. I took several of the envelopes.
which were as different from each other
as the writing on them, and conferred with
the post office people. Then a letter came
from a small Wisconsin office. 1 went
there and interviewed the postmaster. He
was scared and finally admitted he had
broken the regulations and mailed the let
ter on q written request inclosed with 1t
rom Milwaukee He had thrown the letter
away, but a search Of an clubhouse where
the waste paper was thrown brought to
light the precious missive. And it was
signed with the name of a woman. To
Milwaukee 1 went, and. after some diff
Guilty, located the writer. She stuck it out
that she was ignorant of the whole affair.
but finally broke down and admitted writ
Ing all the letters. When asked for her
motive she said she had none; that she
knew neither the man or his wife. but that
she had seen the announcement of their
in the paper, telling also their
future place of residence In Chicago, and
had gone to work to break up their do
nestle happiness from pure devilment I
got her statement, and when 1t was read
by the Chicago parties their relief was
such that they decided not to prosecute
her, as they could have done under the
postal laws"
Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses have been granted to
the following: VIM. S. Peabody and Lucy
E. Dawson; Walter r. Wilson of Oxford