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Evening star., 1896-12-25
kENSINGTON.

Rev. and Mrs Robert NJ. Moore have been called
to Baltimore by the death of Mrs. Moore's grand
mother They will probably be absent till early in
the year
cordial invitation is extended to the people OF
kensington ard vicinity to witness the annual
Christmas entertainment Of the st. Paul's NJ E.
Sunday school, which will be held In the town hall
tomorrow evening at 7:30. Candies for the little
scholars and books for the older ones have been
provided Several Instrumental and vocal solos
have been provided for, while the main feature of
the evening will be Murrays stereopticon views of
the Holy Land and scenes in the life Of Christ
Miss Annie Warner is at home for the holidays
Miss Margie Hart is quite sick with ronsilitis
For an hour and half last Saturday evening
Rev. Robert Nourse amused and Interested the
audience gathered in the town hall to hear his
celebrated lecture John and Jonathan The
lecturer would change in an instant from a mirth-
provoking anecdOte to u story which brought tea RS
to the eyes of the listeners, then as quickly hack
again. now showing the laughable ignorance OF
John concerning Jonathan, enjoinng the pea &c
and mutual reverence which should exist between
the two. DR.. Nourse's discourse was bright nitby
and, above all. impartial, and it well merited the
hearty applause given by an appreciatire audience
Evening star., 1896-12-25

street t, Delaware avenue. ANY system
OF track elevation that crosses streets in
one direction Is suitable, but one that dag
onally crosses both north and south and
east and west streets Is decidedly objec-
tionable, as it is two-fold damage to prop
erty. Again, the plan proposed for the
mead hcuse. !. e., waiting rooms, offices,
etc, eontemplates asting a large area of
the block on which said head house is To-
Gated. Massachusetts avenue is arched
over for 500 feet; Delaware avenue be-
comes virtually railroad property, as the
tracks are placed in the center thereof, and
sldlngs are apt to be strung out for it's
entire length on both sides. BY consulting
the plate, which shows profile of the
line. it will be seen that the elevation of
tracks in train shed will be forty-six feet.
This level is necessary in order to carry
North Capitol street under with a fair
grade. Therefore, the train platform level
Will be twenty-eight feet higher than the
corner of New Jersey avenue and street
ard fifteen feet higher than the corner of
New Jersey avenue and { street. At once
1t becomes apparent that passengers will
be Obliged to ascend steps, in height vary
ing between fourteen and twenty feet, to
reach the level of train platform.
Following the line of what is known as
the Washington branch to point where
a depressed track must eventually replace
the one now In use, we find that an aver
age grade of O.6 per cent rise is needed to
cross Florida avenue with viaduct. Here
slight level grade occurs; then a 90 per
vent uoNH, " reach the depressed tracks
Just mentioned, So to give 18th street
extended a crossing by means of bridge
From this point all streets are to be car
ried over until the District of Columbia
boundary lire is reached.
One Viadnct.
The plan, however, which meets with the
approval of the Commissioners, and the
one which they would like to see adopted
Is shown in plate 2, printed herewith
This is generally known as the zone
viaduct scheme. In commenting upon
this plan, Engineer Pelz says: This pre-
sents plan for entering the city by means
of one viaduct, and the placing of terminal
between Delaware avenue and North Capt.
tol street. This plan proposes the widen
ing of street from SO feet to 105 feet, the
entire widening to be made on the north
side thereof. and extending from Delaware
avenue to New Jersey avenue. Passenger
station to front on c street and North Capt.
tol street. and train shed along Delaware
avenue. Freight shed to be on North Capt.
tol street and extend northward as far as
E street. Massachusetts avenue to be
arched for $50 feet. No streets to be closed.
Tracks in train shed of sufficient length to
accommodate trains from COO to 500 feet
long. Freight tracks may be ten in num-
Der. and of such length as to be entirely
available. The storage tracks for passen-
Evening star., 1896-12-25
RAILROAD SITUATION
The Plates Included in the Commits
sioners' Report.
GRADE CROSSINGS ON B. & 0.
Engineer Pelz Discusses the One
Viaduct Plan.
D F F E R nee IN COST

The citizens and property owners along
the line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
IN this city are watching with anxious
eyes the progress of the legislation which
is to relieve them of grade crossings
In the report of the Commissioners upon
the bill, heretofore printed in The Star,
reference was made to several plates ac-
companyinS the report. The Star presents
herewith two cuts explaining the railroad
situation.
Plate l shows the lines for elevated
tracks running over two viaducts, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Senate bill
2eo9 The bill, however. mentions no par
tcular location for passenger and freight
stations, and the ore shown here was
Evening star., 1896-12-25
HER 100000 CHANDELIER.
An Heiress Discovers the Expensive
ness of n Title.
From the PIttsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
II is all very well for an heiress to wed
a title. but 1t is sometimes better for her
to inquire into the gentleman's character
beforehand If a couple of stories from
Paris are true A rich English girl who
had married a French nobleman was show
irg a friend through her magnificent hotel
and called her attention to the beautiful
chandelier in the drawing ROOM The
friend did not show much enthusiasm. and
the bride said:
We'll, you don't seerI to say much about
my $4,000 chandelier
Twenty thousand?" said the friend. with
polite laugh. Isn't that pil:ng it up rath-
er high? That very chandelier was offered
TO me for sll $50"
The bride went to the shop and indignant
ly demonstrated at being cheated The
dealer interrupted her to ask If the chan
delier had not been sold to her husband.
1t had been.
You gave him $4,000 to pay for it did
you not?" asked the dealer. 1--WE offered il
to him for s11.o0O, and he beat us down 10
$1,000. That's all We got. Ask him for the
rece:pt-he mas probably lost it,
The same bride received a handsome
pearl necklace from her husband as a birth
DAY present, and although she knew she
would have to pay for 1t. as the allowance
she made him was not sufficient 10 pay for
such an expensive present. she was pleased
at the attention The bill came. and 1t was
for 5000. She demonstrated with the lew,
eler, saying that IL was too much for two
strings OF pearls.
Five strings. madam" said the ieweler
Here are our books. The necklace con-
tanned five strings when we sold il to your
husband"
She paid the bill and went home to her
two strings.
Evening star., 1896-12-25
SHAKERS AND DOCTORS
TALK TOGETHER.

In MS able work, entitled Longevity" published
few years ago. Dr.. John GardnSr OF England pre
diets that vegetable agent will yet be found
that shall retard those changes that bring ahou,
old age as TO proioas human life much hcyond n.
present limit.
Acting. perhaps, upon the impulse produced bv
tnis Thought many eminent physicians have called
from time 10 time upon the Shakers OF Mt. Ieba-
non to Inquire Of them concerning the sscsets o.,
medicinal plants, in which these sincere. simple
minded and od-fcarine people are kuoua 10 be
wise and skillftl beyond all other men
The Shakers Willingly told what they rad learned.
and In return received from their visitors much
valuable Information shout disease whi,.i th.y At
once made practical use Of. The most impar,aut
IVint was that IL genuine AMI certain remedy
could be foand for indigestion and DYSPEPSIA and
'he ailments growing out OF Il, q long step would
be taken in the right direction Old age. said
these PHYSICIANS begins IN a failure OF the dirc.
ton. and do most diseases at any and All
periods OF life. Tbe result OF 'hese consultations
specific. made wholly from herbs. and now known
as the Shaker Digestive Cordial Its Rc,ion ia
magical and worthy OF It's origin.
""e'e 'neFe IL distress after eating, heartburn
sick headache. bad taste in the mouth biliousprss
weakness and WEAKNESS, cold hands ard feet nver-
sion to food. nervousness. any other symptom Of
dyspepsia. the Cordial will prove Its curative r,r
tues Behing it is tie reputation Of a people who
have never defrauied deceived their fellow
men.
In order TO test whether this remedy is admitted
10 your case. at practically cost, you may pro-
cure trial bottle fer ten cents of almost any
druggist.
Evening star., 1896-12-25
DEAD ONE DAY.

Edwin Bodenheimer Awoke While
Lying I'm a Vat Of Ice Water.
From the Louisville Courier-Josrnal
Edwin Bodenheimer is one of the yery
Few men who have apparently died, spent
night on cold marble slab In a morRue
ana then have risen from the uncomforta-
Die and uncanny couch to tell of his ex-
Ferience. He has been In Louisville for a
week and has been the occasion of much
nerriment and not little wonder to his
friends.
Bodenheimer is a little, thin man who
suners from indigestion and frequently has
spasms. Last summer he was in Louisville
with his wife, Gertie Reynolds, who danced
at the Bijou Theater. After remaining here
Tor a week, he started west intending to
go to Kansas City, where he expected to
transact some business. His wife, knowing
that he was in danger of being attacked by
spasms at any time, and that he quickly
iost consciousness when In one of the mar
oxysms, wrote a note something like this:
II anything happens to me, please com
New York
She slipped the note into her husbands s
pocket and he started west. He visited
Shlcago, and then went to st. Joseph, Mo.
On his way from ST. Joseph to Kansas
City he was seized with a fit of coughing
ana then fell forward apparently dead.
Wnen the train reached Kansas City, phy-
slclans were called and examined Boden-
heimer. They pronounced him dead He
was removed to the city morgue and his
WlIe was telegraphed to according to the
instructions in the note. At the morgue he
was treated like any dead man would be.
He was stripped and laid on a marble slab
ana stfeam OF water turned on him. He
lay, amid his frightful surroundings. the
"noie or an afternoon and all night in a
pool Of water.
The next day he awoke 1t was early In
the morning and the sun had just begun
TO steal through the half-closed shutters.
showing the attendants dimly. He shivered
and sat up. He didn't have to rub his eyes.
He was painfully awake in an instant.
'Wnat am 1 doing here?" he asked in a
eak, frightened voice.
All the attendants looked at him.
Great snakes!' they yelled, and then
six men fell over each other in their efforts
TO get through door made for two.
Bodenheimer looked around him and saw
dozen or more white and black bodies
lying on long, white marble slabs. Startled
and Mortified to find himself surrounded on
all sides by death, chilled to the verge of
the grave by the pool of water he found
himself lying in, he at once lost conscious
ness again and sank back apparently life
less.
But the attendants had carried their tale
of ghosts and hobgoblins to the physicians
at the morgue, and hasty- examination
was made. They found Bodenheimer S
Iulse beating. He was quickly conveyed
TO hospital, where he hovered between
life and death for month. He is now en-
joying his usual health.
He said yesterday: The time between
my spell of coughing on the train and the
awakening the next day is a blank to me.
l knew nothing of my terrifying position
until l awoke the next morning and found
corpse SO near me that / could touch Il
with my hand. If resurrection day is any
thing like it, l don't want to hear the
resurrection trumpet"
Mr.. Bodenheimer left last night for New
York.
Evening star., 1896-12-25

compiled and drawn from q photograph Of
a model for the proposed terminal made
by tine railroad company. 1t will be noticed
at glance that the above plan gives great
length of tracks. in fact, more than is re-
quired for tracks which are in constant
use. The length of the tracks entering the
freight shed is 1000 feet. and eight tracks
are shown. This gives in all 5000 feet of
track, of which about 5000 feet are avail
able for loading and unloading purposes.
The tracks as shown between the two
sheds are believed to be intended for stor-
ing passenger coaches. and are believed
to be too lengthy for the purpose. The
District engineer. Mr.. Carl E. Pelz, who
made a special study of the situation, an |
upon whose report that of the Commits
sioners WAS based believes that the pas
senger train shed is of too great length.
having as much as 100 feet of tracks under
shelter and about 400 feet clear length Of
track outside, CT which 800 feet or there
abouts will be a waste. as trains in this
vicinity are seldom If ever longer than 500
feet.
Engineer PeIx's Report.
Continuing his report Engineer Pelz says:
These are minor considerations. however,
as compared with the peculiar location of
the two main buildings. namely, the pas
sepger and freight sheds. These are shown
to be placed over North Capitol street, and
are indeed, a serious fault and would hard
ly be in harmony with the improvements
which are taking place in the District of
Columbia. North Capitol street Is des-
tined to be one of much beauty and of
great importance as an. outlet to the coun-
try Immediately north of the city. To build
tall structures across this street would be
quite as absurd as building them across New
Jersey avenue or Maryland avenue east.
The main passenger shed would hard
ly be less than sixty feet in height from
the level of rail, and the rail must be at
least twenty feet from the street grade.
In other words. a structure eighty feet in
height would be built across the entire
width Of one of the principal thoroughfares
OF the city. This plan. moreover. contem-
i plates the closing of d street from New
Jersey avenue TO Delaware avenue, and
the clo sing Of e street from North Capitol
Evening star., 1896-12-25

ger coaches to be in front of and in line
with the main tracks in shed; this is con-
sidered by many authorities to be a very
advantageous plan. Only D street has
buildings across it, a fact which is unim-
portant- as said street is but 20 feet wide.
Again, this plan provides for the entering
and departing Of travellers to and from G
street at grade. The proposed height of
train floor is 30 feet; the height of the curb
at the corner of Delaware avenue and G
street is 81 feet; and the height at the cor
ner of North Capitol and G streets is Al
feet. This last named corner will be the
principal entrance to station. In other
words, allowing for the amount of rise on
c street, the main door would be exactly
on grade with the sidewalk. The freight
shed may be q feet above the street grade.
The viaduct leading from the depot to be
placed on the west side of Delaware avenue,
abutting against the property line, and
leaving enough width for sidewalk be-
tween viaduct and roadway. The diverging
point of the branches Is to occur imme
diately north of Florida avenue, and the
Washington Baltimore branch is to fol-
low in the center line of street extended
until the present line is reached. The Met
ropolitan branch Is to follow the projection
of the tracks on Delaware avenue to inter-
sect with present line A connecting "
is to be placed between the two lines, and
located on an elevated structure, as shown
in this plate.
Another plate not printed here shows a
profile of this line. The per cent grade
necessitates the lowering of L street about
four feet, NJ street about three feet, and
Florida avenue about two feet. N street is
not graded at its intersection. The number
Of houses along the west side of Delaware
avenue Is limited and are almost entirely
frame structures. The advantage of hav-
ing the viaduct on one side Of the avenue
Is that all sidings will be upon one side
only, and they will not mar the appearance
of the street. The extension of Delaware
avenue or what is now Brentwood road Is
crossed by the viaduct, and from here the
grade will descend by 5 per cent grade
feet, the same to be left either as an open
cut or fiat-roofed tunnel.
From there the old line is reached by an
easy curve, and the depressed system is
followed, as mentioned In discussion Of
plate 2. The stars on plates l and show
the common point of the routes of the two
plans. The distance from terminal to COM
mon point by plate 1 is 10000 feet; from
terminal to common point by plate 2. 10.-
800 feet. This latter amount provides for
both branches to the city limits, whereas
the former plan entails the additional via
duct along Delaware avenue. amounting to
s, $50 feet: or, in other words, plate l will
10, 500 feet, as shown by plate 2
C0mpa risOn of Lengths.
Washington. of the two plans we will COM
n:ence at point just clear Of both termi-
mails, for instance. the center of G street.
Plate 1:
G street to Florida avenue CIV.
Br.) 4-track viaduct.............. 1850 feet
Near H street to Florida avenue
tMet. Br.) 4-track viaduct...... 3,15O
1880 feet
Evening star., 1896-12-25
AFT AIR S
Christmas Observed in all the Churches in
the Ancient Town.
Various Minor Happenings During
the Holiday Season in the Trans
Potomac City.
erence in favor of plan shown

The Christmas congregations in the vari-
Gus Catholic churches this morning were
larger than usual and the music, a pro-
gram of which has been published in The
Star, was especially pretty and well rem
dered. At st. Paul's Rev. P. P. Phillips
preached; at Christ Church, Rev. Berry
man Green and at Grace Church, Rev. c.
E. Ball. There was a, celebration Of the
Holy Eucharist at Grace Church at $50
Rev. c. E. Ball, celebant AT ST. Mary's
Roman Catholic Church mass was said al
$50 am. and again at $50, Rev. Father
Ennis of Georgetown. celebrant; Rev.
Father Bowen, deacon, and Rev. Father
Mccarthy, subdeacon. Sunday morning
the Xmas music will be repeated at Christ,
Grace and ST. PauFs churches, and the fol-
lowing program will be rendered in the
Baptist and Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
Baptist Church.
Voluntary. Sing, o. Heaven. Danks: offer
tory, Bending Ger a Cradle Low, solo, Ed
rardo Mario; voluntary, Arise! Shine. Muir
lay. Evening-Voluntary, Break Forth In
to Joy. Danks; offertory. o, Holy Night,
solo, Adolph Adams; voluntary. And There
Were Shepherds, Danks; sopranos, Mrs H.
X. Field, Mrs. lThos. Ballenger, Misses Eff
fie and Annie Tyler, Lucy Graves, Mamie
Williamson, Katie Leef and Cora Thomp-
Evening star., 1896-12-25
Responsibility for Selling Liquor.

AeHpOnBlUlAlty 1Or Se1l1nx Liquor.
From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
After litigation extending over a period
of five years, the widow Of Andrew Bell
who was drowned in Fox river at YorkviIle
ILL.,, in 1891, while in an alleged state of in
toxication, has finally succeeded in secur-
ing Judgment as a result of damage suit
which she brought against Jacob Helmuth
the saloon keeper who sold her husband the
liquor. Mrs. Bell received verdict of s6.-
600 in the court Of Kendall county against
Helmuth, who in the meantime had dis
posed of his business and left his bondsmeu
In the lurch. Proceedings We're then insti-
tuted against the bondsmen, when Freder-
ick Shoemaker, the only one owning prop
erty, transferred everything to his wife to
avoid execution. Mrs. Bells ATTORNEYS
thereupon sued to set aside the transfer. as
illegal, and this case was as f1ercely con-
tested as the first one, going to both the
appellate and supreme courts. The points
made by Mr.. Harrington, attorney for Mrs.
Bell, were finally affirmed by the courts
and the farm owned by Shoemaker has
been advertised for sale to satisfy the judg-
ment. The latter has agreed to settle the
case. however, by paying over 5000, the
amount of his bond. The case is a motor
ious ore. and was defended by the State
Liquor Association with their best attor-
peyS.
Evening star., 1896-12-25
SEALskINS ARE CHEAPER.
The Boring Sea Commission Soon to
Commence Work.

The Bering Sea Com mfssiou Soon to
Commence Work.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
TIE sleek and costly sealskin seems TO be
somewhat out of fashion. The tale of a
falling demand in the product Of Bering
sea and the Pacific has just been told by
the yearly sale at Lampsons, London. Tel
egrams have been received in this city stat
ing that the price for the Alaskan fur was
I6 per cent less than that of last year; that
of Copper Island Russia) furs 17ie per
cent, and that Of coast furs, including Cali
fornia and Japan, 20 per cent lower than in
1885.
This news comes as a surprise TO local
tradesmen. for the catch of this year was
much lower than that of 1895. The entire
catch of the Canadian sealers in Japan wa
tiers and Bering sea amounted to 55.6T7
seals. In 1895 the catch of the Canadians
amounted TO 74.124. and in 1894 to "a, ,474
skins. The catch of the American pelagic
sealers entered at this port amounted to
only 500 seals, as against about 1000 in
1885 To the former number 30,o67 skins
are added as the catch of the North Amer
lean Commercial Company on the seal
islands.
Very few sealing vessels will be sent
from this port this year, while from Van
couver from sixty to seventy sChooners will
clear for Japan and the Bering sea. Among
pioneers of the sealing business at this port
few have anything to show for their years
of toll and danger. 1t is expected that
there will be some interesting developments
while the Bering sea commission is in ses-
sion in this city. The commission is ex-
pected here within few days. 1t is COM
posed Of Justice King for Canada and
Judge Putnam for the United States. and
there will be quite retinue of assist
ants Don NJ Dickinson is counsel for the
American government, while Sir Charles II.
Tupper is acting for the Canadians.
The investigation of the commissioners
here it is expected. will extend back TO the
earliest days of sealing from this port The
Mary Ellen, which was the first British
schooner to fit out at this port, first came
here in 1882.
+ Notwithstanding the decline I'm prices of
sealskins British vessels are coming down
the coast to hunt in California waters be-
fcre proceeding to Japan, and three schoon-
ers are now on the way. Only two Ameri-
can sealers have sailed thus far from San
Francisco
Evening star., 1896-12-25

pathy with the tough element, who seem
to control the county legal machinery.
A prominent county man said this morn
ing to Star reporter: Il am glad to see
that one at least Of the Alexandria papers
has decided to come out against this Alex
ardria county iawlessness and Join In po-
sition which The Star has SO ably sustained
and aided to such q large extent"
Notes.
Alexandria Council, Junior Order of
American Mechanics, held their regular
weekly meeting last night. Routine busi-
ness was transacted.
The Christmas german of the Alexandria
German Club will be given tonight
D. J. Howell has gone to Charlestown,
w. Va, to spend the holidays
The December term of the Alexandria
county court will convene Monday
Evening star., 1896-12-25
Written for The Evening Star.
The Phantom Flower,

Twas winter, and a little girl
OF four short years stood gazing where
The snOwfiakes danced In wildering whirl
Their gay cotillons in the air
Aid rested On the branches bare.
Then rang sweet childish shouts Of glee,
With fair face pressed against the pane,
And capering feet, 20, Mamma, see!
The apple blossoms come again
We lost last summer In the rain.''
NAY, dearest, those white tufts are SNOW"
Gently the mothers voice replies;
Would you learn where the blossoms 60?
Where safely sheltered softly lies
The ghost of every one that dies?
Through this great apple, ripe and nice,
Watch how the blade quickly send
To cut just wafer-wide a slice
Across the core-you comprehend
Betwixt the stem and blossom-end!
''Now to the light hold up the fine
Red-veined, translucent, flmy round!
Look in the midst! All, daughter mine
What wOndrOus treasure have you found?
The blossom you deemed undergroundv'
BESSIE B. CkOEFUT