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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
A SPIDER FARM.
A Man Who Has Formed Useful
Partnership With These Insects.

A Man Who Has Formed Useful
Partnership With These Insects.
From Science.
A sirup bother has improved upon the
prison lesson of Bruce. He has taken the
spider into partnership in the working of
one Of his most important departments.
Flies, cockroaches and other insects, at
tracted by his sweets, and encouraged by
the genial air of his bottling room, used to
interfere with his work, get into his bottles
steal his goods and worry him to death"
He has recruited the spider against his foes
and vanquished them.
Some 5000 spiders now make their home en-
the ceiling and walls of his bottling depart
ment. Their webs are everywhere and they
behave themselves with great intelligence.
Said the bother to an interviewer: These
creatures know more than a great MANY
people. Spiders do not care for sweet things
and never drop into my watts or get into nv
bottles. 1 never disturb them except to feed
them occasionally. They appear to know
my call, and will come out and feed from my
hand or take a fly from my finger
They shut themselves up during most CT
the winter months in the little nests YOU see
stuck like daubs of mud about the ceiling
When winter comes l brush away all the
webs; they prefer to weave new ones every
spring
Each May they reappear ready to unravel
the silken fabric that is stored in their
bodies. 1t Is just about then that the flies
have Matched their first young. If the spi-
ders appeared earlier the crop of flies would
soon give out.
Il have only been running this spider
farm for two years, but find my little part
ners Indispensable; they will not endure in
the place a single fly or insect that is a plum
derer of sweets and sirups.'
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FRENCH SUPERSTITIONs.
Belief In the Evil Eye and Other SUI
pernaturnl Tcrrors is Strong.

Belief In the Evil Eye and Other SUI
pernaturnl TcrrOrs is Strong.
Dunkirk Letter to London Daily News.
Old beliefs and superstitions, which are
gradually disappearing from the more inn
portant of French cities, still retain pow
erful hold on the inhabitants of this part Of
the country, where successive regimes have
implanted a curious medley of customs and
legends. In the villages adjoining Dunkirk,
and in the streets adjacent to the harbor,
where the sailors and their families reside,
supernatural agencies and manifestations
are firmly believed in. Certain old women
ard men are credited with the power of
wishing evil to any person who offends them,
and should they, with extended finger,
touch a human being or an animal, disease
or death will of a surety ensue
The counter-charm consists in rapidly pur-
suing the worker of the spell, and in placing
a hand on his or her head. A number OF
these so-called witches are much dreaded,
and create quite a reign of terror around
themselves. Some are reputed to enjoy the
faculty of changing their outward appear
ance at will, and certain old woman, who
died few years ago, was stated to have &C.
casionally transformed herself into black
cat. 1t happens not infrequently that the
victim of a spell appeals to the priest, and
begS him to intercede
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
FOR EXCHANGE.
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR.
Speed Called for on the Electric Road
to Baltimore.

Speed Called for on the Electric Road
to Baltimore.
From the Electric Railway Gazette.
The Columbia and Maryland Railway
Company has undertaken the enterprise of
constructing an electric railway between
the cities of Baltimore and Washington, and
the road will probably be completed in about
year. The financial and business manage
ment of the project is under the charge of
Mr.. w. Kesley Schoepf of Washington, and
Mr.. s. w. HUFF is electrical engineer. The
company's offices are located in Baltimore.
In many ways the railway, which will be
approximately forty miles in length, will
be of special interest In the construction
standard steam railway practice is to be
followed.
About 1,5o0 men are now at work on the
track, which Is being constructed at both
the Baltimore and Washington ends of the
line. The company has had many obstacles
TO contend with In obtaining rights of way.
In the construction of the Hne a number of
expensive bridges are to be constructed
When all the preliminary difficulties have
been overcome, it is stated that a very
large force of men will at once be set to
work.
Trains Of four cars each will be operated,
and 1t is estimated that a loaded train will
weigh about fifty tons. The motor-car sys-
tenn Will be adopted, and specification will
call Tor speed of sixty miles an hour on
the level stretches. The cars are to be
built with cross benches and center aisles
and the general arrangement will resemble
closely ordinary passenger coaches. 1t is
the purpose of the company to operate both
local and express trains, and very heavy
traffic is expected.
The voltage to be used in the operation of
the line has not yet been decided upon, but
Is still under consideration by the engineers
AS the use of the ordinary 5OO-volt system
Will be attended by many drawbacks q
transmission voltage of l 900 volts has been
favored. If the companies which own the
patent on the three-wire system are award
ed the contract, that system will doubtless
be seriously considered. The officers be-
~lieve that some radical changes from exist
ing methods Of transmission are advisable
Current will be furnished from two power
stations. one located at Washington and the
other at Baltimore. Each plant will have
an aggregate capacity of 1900 horse power.
Specifications for the apparatus and equip
ment will soon be issued.
A second electric line, having the same ter
minus and which in a measure will come into
competition with that which has just been
described is the Ellicott City electric road
connecting Baltimore and Ellicott. The pro-
ject is one that is wholly different from the
enterprise of the Columbia and Maryland
company, although it has sometimes been
confused with the latter. 1t is stated that
this road will be in operation next spring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
MANS PHYSIOGNOMY.
1t Is Very Rare to Find n Face That
is Symmetrical.

1t Is Very Rare to Find n Face That
is Symmetrical.
From the London Daily News.
Mr.. Phil Morris experiences have led
him to the conclusion that symmetrical
faces are very few and far between. The
sides of the average face, he declares, are
unequal, and one eye frequently goes up
while the other is half closed. Often the
nose is not straight and many people have
habit of looking as if they were asleep.
The distinguished Royal Academy asso-
ciate has been giving some account of the
troubles and veXations which come of por-
trait painting. There is a touch of disap-
pointment, he says, when folk see their
own portraits or those of their friends on
canvas for the first time. Once he was en-
gagged in painting a lady who had just be-
come grandmother, and he had treated
very delicately the ravages which time had
made. The lady's husband brought him
another portrait, which had been painted
twenty-five years before, and having ex-
pressed some slight surprise at the new
picture, pointed to the old one and said,
That was how he saw his wife" Nearly
all ladies declare they don't want to lie
f1attered, but the artist who takes them at
their word does at his peril.
According to Mr.. Morris, artists who de-
vote themselves to portrait painting are
influenced not by mere vision, but by a GER
tain preconc eiVed idea as to how they may
treat face. The late Mr.. Frank Holl he
says, had a book-Lavater's "Physiogno-
my'-containing pictures of human types
like hawks, foxes and other creatures, and
when he as about to paint portrait he
used to try to find out which one of these
animals CT birds the sitter most resembled
For instance, he would enlarge the ears of
fox hunter, and, by accentuating the fea-
lures, paint most remarkable likeness
1t is advisable, in Mr.. Morris opinion, to
let sitter watch the progress of his Dor
trait. If this is done the artist can tell by
the look of disappointment on the sitter's
face when, in his estimation, there is any
thing wrong. Moreover, by this means
more interest is lent to the task of sitting
1t appears that one of the reasons the
queen allows herself to be painted so often
by Herr Angel is that she can see the
work in progress. Some artists, unlike the
Austrian painter, are martyrs to nervous
ness, and decline to allow the sitter to see
the portrait before it is completed.
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HERR LIEBKNECHT SENTENCED.
He Predicted the Triumph of Social
ism.

Herr hebknecht, the socialistic leader and
editor, was sentenced yesterday at Breslau,
Germany, to four months Imprisonment
for lese majestic. The offense consist
ed in words which he used in his speech at
the opening of the socialist congress here on
October Z, as follows:
THE German empire would first collapse,
but socialism will triumph. A violation of
universal suffrage will be equivalent to the
death warrant of the imperial government.
The party can now defy defeat, no matter
how many bayonets are at the disposal of
those who wish for trial of strength. If
people want fight the social-democrat is
their man."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15

From the Kansas City Star.
There is in Kansas City a man with only
one arm who uses a typewriter and makes
a living with 1t. He is the private secre-
tary and stenographer for the general man
ager of a packing house and also telegraph
operator for the company. He is very fond
of hunting, and the loss Of his arm does not
mar him from its pleasures. He is an excel
lent shot. Two men are required to do his
work while he is away. He is twenty-four
years old and unmarried.
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FOR SALE-LOTS.

-"AN-IDEAI-N EGHB Orb ooD."-
'.KENILWORTH, D. c."
Lots. $3.50, $500 and $50.
81 DOWN AND 81 WEEKLY.
MONEY LOANED 10 BUILD BEFORE YOU OWN
YOUR LOT.
You who are going to buy lots in Wentworth
will have some mighty nice neshbors. We
have sold the lots only to those who will
make good neighbors. We have chosen them
with We Lave carefully excluded all
nuisances. We intend that Kenilworth shall
be one Of the ideal neigh borhoods Of WASH
ington
Remember, this subdivision is part OF the
city-not country town. subdvi'lei in exact
lie streets made by Major Powell. governed by
city laws, patrolled by mounted city police
men and lntersected by city streets-kept in
order at the expense Of the District Commits
sioners
No notes-no mortgages-no interest no
ta1es-no charge for deed. Title absolutely
perfect.
II you wish to have home in what will
hoods of Washington. now is the time to buy
your lot while it is still within your reach.
GA st. NV. 1t
FOR SALE SEVERAL UNUSUALLY WELL SIT
uated building lots at 81 per foot on the new
ecss tesy line East Capitol
hcathiest portion of East Washington; Many
new houses are now being erected in this neigh
bOrhOOd and when these finished and the new
electric road completed you will not be able to
purchase these lots at anywhere near these fig
ALLEN W. MALtERY & CO., 624 st. n15-1od
FOR sALE-CHOICE LOTS; LOW PRICES; EASY
terms; among them. corner 18th and Willard
1O1xs0 feet to alley Willard st near 18th
St; Washington Heights, corner Wyoming and
division: corner East Capitol and 9th SITS; s5x
IS e lot near 4 aSs sig Eth iish it nsef
For sALE.NEAR LINCOLN PARK, LARGE AND
SMALL BLOCKS OF LOTS TERMS VERY
ANIME. '' '11 -' AMI '''>
no14 AUGUST DONATE, Gil It'll ST.
FOR sAIE-DECIDED BARGAIN-LOT on 9Th
asy Sas' ~:
Owner, Wardcr building, 9th and +. nls-3t'
FOR sALE-HAvE YOU SEEN CLEVELAND
Park The most beautiful homes at lowest
~ JOHN SHERMAN.
PALISADES OF THE POTOMAC LAND IMPROVE
MENT COMPANY.
The Great Falls electric railway passes through
Cars leave Prospect ave. and Beth st. every half
Lots beautifully situated on the Conduit road
can be secured on easy terms Of payment.
Money loaned to build. repayabie monthly
Put your rent in a home.
OFFICE,
no2-1m 1920 F st. NV.
FOR SALE-FOR INVESTORS AND BUILDERS
valuable lots around Lincoln Square Met
car line; low prices this property will double in
near future. ]. CHESTER RIM. Is, SIS 14th 81. Nv.
oc26-4
FOR SALE
VILLA SITES
Kenilworth. Northwest of Washington
Kenilworth. Adjoining Chevy Chase
Kenworth. .........,,O On Connecticut avenue
kenilworth. On Chevy Chase and Kensipyton r. r.
keniworth. High. level healthy
Prces-Nice lots from $500 up
Ierms-One-fourth cash, balance In one, two
and three years.
No houses allowed costing less than $1,000.
A short ride on Rock Creek electric railway to
any part of city.
No better investment more beautiful location
for a home around Washington.
For plats, etc, call
REDFORD W. WALKER 4 SON,
r ar W
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HORSES AND VEHICLES.

FOR SALE-THREE HEAVY DRAFT HORSES,
gray mares, in good condition; suitable for heavy
work or breeding purposes. NATIONAL. CAlI-
tai BREWING co. no15-2ts
FOR SALEr2 WORK HORSES; Will WORK
anywhere; very cheap. +. Ii. FINLEY 4 son,
12o6 ID st. n no1S-4ts
FOR SALE-A FIRSTCLASS SEAL BROWN
mare: years old; weighs 1000 lbs; very
gentle driver; reasonable offer refused. In
Guire at GEO p. Zt-RIOST'S Livery Stable, d
st. bet. I'd and Sd Sc. nol4. st.
FOR SALE-A HANDSOME CROSS TEAM OF PRI-
waite coach horses; safe and prompt drivers; have
been in use In city, and fearless; the gentle
man who owns them, having no further use for
them, VIII sell at great sacrifice Full partic-
uars can be had Of foreman at DOWNEY'S
STABLE, 1872 st., where team may be seen.
IO14-3t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15

Huyler's Cocoa and Chocolates unsurpassed
for their purity and deiiciorsness Of flavor. All
groceTs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15

MISS BARTON WILL RESUME HER PRIVATE
lessons AID classes in French, drawing and paint.
ing Oct. 8. at her residence. 80 Goth st. NV.
Oc91ms
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WMoDAUGHSIS CLASSES, 1928 1 ST NV, Be
ginning November; shorthand dictation, book
keeping, typewriting French, Delsarte, dancing
terms, 81 u month. ADA L. SMITH, Supt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15

Salvation OIL cures cuts and sprains. 25c.
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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
1850 Wyoming ave. q. W. Boarding and day school
Stage for pupils. For particulars address
mol -3m MISS FRANCES MARTIN, Prin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15

Cons. rvatory Prague Instructor at George
town College; teacher Of yicin, composition.
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On Mass. ave-: elegant residence, Just
completed. House has frontage of Is feet;
contains 10 bed rooms, double parlor, large
dining loom (25x1O, buffers pantry, two fine
bath rooms AMI servants closet: heated
throughout with hot water: perfect in every
respect. The lot ia us it. deep, and extends
to wide alley in the The house Is 1925
Mass. ave. For price, &c, apply to
JOHN Is. WIGHT,
no1310t 141O q st.
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.

FOR SALE-1S17 X ST. NV; NEW BROWN
stone front; worth $50. 900; will sell for $15 900;
which Is less than cost; lot 201145. F. D. FOS-
TER. Owner. 500 7th st. NV. nO15-3ts
FOR SALEM GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH
WEST. HOUSE OF ROOMS, BATH AND GEL
LAR, FOR 81, 500. WORTH 81 600 MORE
no15 AUGUST DONATE, Gil TIL ST.
FOR SALEM COLUMBIA HEIGITS-$1, 600
less than any similar house in that section; new,
handsome house dot 21xsU; Or anil bath: very
handsome architecture and decorations; 10 IT.
parting price, only $500.
no15 w. S. MiNNIX, 1927 F st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15

MRS. ESTEIL.A H. READE TEACHER OF SING
ing pupil Of Dr. Kimball's. Monday and Thurs
day afternoons at Drops Music Studio Penn.
ave. Address 2121 st. Paul ST. Baltimore. o26- I'm
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FOR SAIE-BY OWNER, A NV. BARGAIN; 8
rooms, bath and cellar; hot water heating; cab
met mantes: will bear inspection. Address Box
107 Star office. n14-3t'
FOR SALE-1O PER CENT NET INVESTMENT
Modern apartment house, in central location
$4,000. d. D. THOMPSON, 1885 st.
nOl3-3t
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MRS ALICE SWAIN-HUNTER.
Vocal Culture.
Complete musical education given to students
from the beginning to the highest perfection.
n6-2ws Studio, 1916 N st. NV.
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A GENTLEMAN GOING TO EUROPE
WILL SELL. For S2IO CASH

FOR SALE-WE SHALL GIVE UP MAKING AND
selling harness. What left will let
go at % per cent off. All these hand made
you know the character Of harness have al
ways sold:
WAS. NOW.
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BUSINESS PENMANSHR = ONE DOLLAR A
month until Jan. Two nights week from to
Business College, 18th and SITS. NV.
noS-lm Ladies' class from 8 to pm.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-08
4 WHALE CIRCUS.
Captain Baker, of the Wentworth
Had Remarkable Experience.
C<aw York Heraldl

Captain J. G.. Baker. OF the four masted
steel ship Kenilworth. is man OF I'M
doubted veracity and Is both sober In
his Judgment and his habits. This state
ment Is due the bluff skipper, for he
brings to port with him fish story OF
heroic proportions, such a one as will
make the ordinary sea serpent yarn seem
quite trivial in comparison.
The Kenilworth dropped anchor of Sta
pleton at o'clock yesterday morning,
after a run Of ninety days and twelve
hoius from Honolulu, having covered
nearly 5000 miles. She brought 1898
tons Of sugar. the first cargo 10 make
like trip to this port In nearly twenty
years.
MANY Playful WHALES.
The ship was about 80 miles east OF
Cape Henlopen AT o'clock on Monday
afternoon. 1t was then that a school
OF whales was sighted about mile away
on the starboard quarter. Captain Baker
declares there were twenty of them, Of
varying sizes Some OF them were splash
ing In the water and playing a sort or
deep sea leap frog. Others were doing
q series of giant acrobatics which would
make the fortune Of any summer resort.
Captain Baker Is usually an unlmpres-
siOnable man. but as he watched the de-
monstration he exclaimed. Great gosh?
But that wasn't the only surprise he
was to meet. At night the good ship
sailed into a strange looking sea. IL was
cut I'D into small hummocks, and when
the Keniworth trembled and shook and
ioIted her bo's'n said, Were gone
ashore" But he was wrong. Captain Ba-
ker's keen eye at once discovered that the
ship had sailed into IA great area OF por-
poises.
Porpoises. porpoises as far as the eye
could reach-pape porpolses. mamma por-
poises. and all the little porpoises, who
were blowing" themselves and making
merry Ii seemed as though the ship
was riding on their backs. Then the moon
came up and Captain Baker says he
never before saw such q sight in his life.
The backs OF the fish showed before him
In glistening. spray-dashed acres. ut
seemed" said he, ''as though we had run
aground on porpolses."
A stiff breeze sprang up just before
morning. and the Kenilworth drew away
from the fish.
THIS WAS A PRIZE SPECIMEN.
But stiil there was more in store for
Captain Baker. He had sailed the sea
for many years. but he solemnly avows
that he never saw such whale as was
sighted or Barnegat on Tuesday after
noon. II was Just to leeward. and LASH
ing the sea and spouting In an awesome
manner. 1t was Of the sperm species,
and the Captain says that at a conserva-
tive estimate II must have been at least
100 feet long. The Kenilworth anchored
off the Highlands late Tuesday night
She lay there all day "Wednesday, and
Captain Baker brought her up the bay
yesterday morning.
~
in the Office Of ID. b. Dearborn, No. 12
Beaver street Mr. Dearborn II the agent
for Arthur Sewell. OF Bath. Me-. owner
OF the ship The Kenilworth was formerly
a British craft. and was built IN 1881 at
Port Glasgow. Scotland She was burned
In San francisco a few years later. and
then Mr.. Sewell bought and rebuilt her.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-08

Their prison quarters are the same as
the ordinary white deserters' cells. In
the first large building 10 be seen upon
landing at the Island they are housed at
night Two rows OF cells. an upper and
lower, separated by a single landing and
connected by a fight OF stairs, form the
Interior Of the prison. The doors wers all
open the day the visit was made, and the
guard showed how they were worked Up
the flight Of stairs against the wall was
a huge crank. which. upon being turned.
forced the cell doors open. Iron bars, all
working on common movement made
IL possible with one Jerk OF the big lever
10 close the forty or more grated doors.
The cells are whltewashed within ana
without, have single bed. very clean
and not uncomfortable looking and a
rack Of clothes. There Is one large room
where washing or bathing IL done, and
the Indians battle regularly there.
"Their food 10 Ike that OF an ordinary
second-class hotel" said O sergeant In
describing their fare, land they eat with
knives and forks like anybody else
The routine OF their days Is unchansing,
except for slight variations suggested by
the needs OF the garrison. II Is even dim
cult to find work for them at times. They
rise early. breakfast, go 10 work II the
weather is fine, eat their dinner az noon.
and then work all the afternoon. This Is
followed BY tea, or A wholesome equiya-
lent for II. and then bed. Their task
master Is a good-natured. weil-educated
young man, with a sympathetic under
standing OF their condition that makes IL
easy for him TO deal with them and keeps
them In even humOr.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-08

Ing very slowly, we arrived AZ last at
the village Of lie Tour after nishtfaii"
a strong m1n that. Yet here ~ a story
OF stronger'-a man, too. who was never
famous. and whose name even has es.
capped my recollection. though his woIser-
ful achievement dwens there vividly.
IL happened on an Ice slope somewhere
m the hnsadine. The guide was cutting
MS way up II, with a single tourist roped
TO him. Presently the guide reached
a huge stone embedded in the Ice. and.
70 an appearance. so firmly fxed that
u might be safely trodden on He step
PED on IL, and to his horror II began
10 move. rolling down the slope in the
direction 81 his companion, and threaten
ing to sweep him from his foo,hold into
the ahyssmsl crevices OF the glacier be-
low u seems a. though nothing but the
cutting OF the rope could save them both
from being carried n their destruction.
But the guide was equal 20 the cmer-
gency, He put his foot back instantly
INTO the step that he had Quilted. and.
standing firmly on his left foot. grasped
the rope with his right hand, and jerked
his companion from his place Like the
weight AZ the end OF a pendulum the
man swung, hanging from his guides
waist. far out 81 the way OF the falling
boulder. Then, when the stone had
passed he swung back again. arrested
himself with his axe. and once more got
into the steps.
Another Characteristic Of great guides
Is the wonderful skill with which they
find their way through difficult and doubt
ful places; and OF none Of the guides IS
this more true than that 81 the illustrlous
Melchior Anderegg. whom expert Alpine
opinion has pronounced 10 he the greatest
~ them all. Ills passage through nm
L.
compared 20 that % an Indian chleftain
through primeval forests: and his instinct
does not forsake him when he quits the
mountain for the town.