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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-03
CHAIN LETTER CHARITY.
Handsome Results Accomplished for
the Home for IncurabIes.

A little over a year ago-April -, lS,J-a
chain letter scheme was started for the
benefit of the Home for Incurables. 1t has
met with generous response, and has
brought in 81, of which $123 came from
s. upward as high as So; $3.50 in 81 and
81, and SGD from 10 cents TO ST. The larg-
est sum in one day was $4s. The letters
have come from almost every state and
territory, from Canada and from Europe.
All sums of 81 and upward were acknowI-
edged without expense TO the home, and all
broken links reissued at a cost of $50, a
gift of a member of the board.
10 all who in any way by large or small
Sl1ts helped the chain along says Mrs
Charlotte Everett Hopkins, the president
the nome is under the greatest obligations
as IL was almost its only SUPPORT duriua,
last summer. The public also may be inter-
eSted to hear that the woman's Issue. of
the Times, under the able MANAGEMENT of
Mrs. n. 5. Lincoln, gave the home 81 90,
anu the plcycle parade April II, resulted
IN sl,Zi3 through the generosity of the
EclpSe bicycle Company there were Drac-
t!caIIy no expenses. As reports of insti;u-
tlohs feach comparatively few of the pub
nc, the home, instead of itemizing the
many sltts which II has been receiving the
past year. wishes through the press to ac-
knowledge them all, thanking every giysr
most warmly for the various things hot n
large ana small, which have added SO much
10 Inc comfort and pleasure of the inmates
ana reduced the running expenses of the
home.
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THE COLLEGE OF HISTORY.
Contract Awarded to james l.. Par
sons, He Being the Lowest Bidder.

The contractors estimates for the erection
of the College Of History of the American
University were opened yesterday by thu
committee on contracts There were pres
ent Chancellor John F. Hurst Mr.. Mat
thew G. Emery, Mr.. John E. Herrcll. Mr..
A. b. Duvall, Vice Chancellor Samuel L.
Bieber and Mr.. w. NJ. Poindexter. The
bids were as follows: Norcross Brothers of
Worcester, Mass, S229,5.3; Pettyjohn q,
Co, Lynchburg, Va, $4,000; Gill * Sons
lE0ilaS, balllmore, S!s4,Oo; {. a. Lang
ley, Washington, $1S131g; ID. A. Nacarty
Washington, $l19, AL; John McGregor WASH
ington, $lG6,539; James l.. Parsons, Wash
ington, Sl5S,600. The contract was award
ed TO Mr. James l.. Parsons, as the Lowest
bidder, and the building is to be counlered
IN sixteen months from the date of con-
tract.
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SOUTHERN HISTORY.
First Annual Meeting Promises n Lit
erary Feast.

erary Feast.
The newly organized Southern History
Association. which was organized April 81
will hold its first annual meeting at Co.
lumbar University at s pm. June II. The
officers of the association are: President,
Postmaster General William L. Wilson;
vice presidents-Dr. J. L. NJ. Curry, Gen.
M. c. Butler, Gen. NJ. ]. Wright, John r.
Proctor. Thomas Nelson Page, Prof. Wood
row Wilson; secretary, Colyer Merwether,
I'D East Capitol street, Washington, ID. c.;
treasurer, Thomas NJ. Owen, Post Office
Department, Washington, D. c.: admins
tratve council dn addition to the foregoing
officers)-Col. Isaac w. Avery, Prof. Kemp
p. Battle, Col. R. A. Brock, T. l.. Cole, DIR.
Chas. w. Dabney, jr., Prof. r. Heath Dab
ney, Prof. John r. Ficklen. Prof Lee Davis
Lodge. Judge c. w. Raines, Prof. Charles
Lee Smith, Prof w. G. Stubs, Reuben q.
Thwaites, Lyon G. Tyler, Stephen b.
Weeks, Prof. w. S. Wyman.
The first meeting is likely to be one of
more than ordinary interest. The program
includes an inaugural address by President
Wilson, and the following papers: The
Promotion of Historical Studies in the
South" by Stephen b. Weeks of Washing
ton: documentary History of the State Of
West Florida" by Thomas NJ. Owen Of
Washing ton; THE Planter of the Old
South" by Col Richard Malcolm Johnston
of Baltimore; 1.-TWO Southern Magazines"
by Edward Ingle of Baltimore; "Biblogra-
ply Of the Statute Law of the Southern
States,' by Theodore l.. Cole, ABB, of
Washington; David Crockett" by Gen.
Marcus J. Wright of Washington; THE
German Soldier in the Confederate Army"
by Prof. Hermann Schoenfeld Of o'olum-
bian University.
The associatio has now nearly two hun
dred members. All persons interested in
advancing the cause of southern history
are eligible for membership. Nominations
may be made by any member, or appica-
lions may be addressed to the secretary or
to any other officer Of the association
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-03
LAW SCHOOL HONORS,
Medals and Very Honorable Mention
For the Years Work

The announcement of awards of medals
In the National Law School for scholar
ship during the year and excellence in writ
Ing paper on some legal topic at the end
of the year has been made. In the post
graduate class the four highest men were
o. P. NJ. Brown, Aldus c. Higgins, George
H. Conner and Josiah McRoberts, the latter
receiving the gold medal The four highest
in the senior class We're Charles f. Carusi
Arthur Il. Shelton, Willard II. Noyles and
Howard B. Heinecke, the latter receiving
the gold medal The three highest in the
junior class were George r. Hamlin, War
rem B. Estey and George r. Davis, who
received the medal. Those who failed to
receive medals We're awarded very hon
orable mention"
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HEIGHT & COMPANY,
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The poor man
has credit here

the convenient sort of credit.
The sort which breaks up the
total of a purchase into tiny
fragments that the most modest
income can easily meet.
Boys clothing, mems cloth
ing, ladies clothing-the finest
and best for you to buy is glad
ly sold to YOU under our liberal
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a little down and makes YOU
promise to pay the balance in
weekly or monthly inStallments.
No higher prices because OF
the accommodation. Really
lower prices than others ask.
Look about and see and then
come here.
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$40 each.

We have just bought some
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elegant wearing goods which
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We've bought another lot 81 BOYS
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Ambassador Bayard has notified the
State Department that the British govern
ment has refused the extradition of Cuth-
bert Cooper, wanted in Pennsylvania on a
charge Of emtezzlement, on the ground
that the eviderce was insufficient.
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$3.50 each.

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SS.9S each.

Until Saturday night at store dosing
you can have your choice Of that lot
OF Mems - aud $40 Light and Dark
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Hecht & Co.
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BlCYCLIST

Don't think OF a-wheeling In your regu-
lar corstts.
We have just secured a new style OF
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with rubber gorcd sides, very short over
tn hips. which permit as much freedom
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yet fully support 10 the waist. SSH
Only Observation-Disclosures. "
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25

his chiefs place. Cardinal Mario
apostolic palaces" is received by the
pope when he has business to expound.
On the first and third Fridays of each
month the maggiordomo, Mgr. della
Volpe, is received, and SO on, in order,
the cardinal projects of the several
Roman congregations, the under-sec-
retaries, and all others in charge Of the
various offices. In the papal ante
chamber there is a list of them, with
the days of their audiences.
During the morning he receives the
cardinals, the bishops rad limina," am
bassadors who are going away on leave
or who have just returned, princes and
members of the Roman nobility and
distinguished foreigners
At ten o'clock he takes cup of broth
brought by Contra. At two in the aft
ernoon, or little earlier. he dimes.
lie is most abstemious, although he
has an excellent digestion. His pri-
Vate physician, DR.. Giuseppe Lapponi,
has been heard to say that he himself
SutNo AllDiS uI OIC lllNul IMAM blC liOly
father cats in a week,
Every day, unless indisposed, some
one is received in private audience.
These audiences are usually Tor the
cardinal projects of the congregations,
the patriarchs, archbishops and bishops
who are in Rome at the time, and dis
tinguished personages.
Whan tl,a Sc ha
generally walks or drives in the garden.
He is carried out of his apartments to
the gate in a sedan-chair by the liyeried
"sediarii," or chair-porters; or, if he
goes out by the small door known as
that of Paul ", the carriage awaits him
there, and he gets in with the Cam
eriere Segreto Participants, who is al
ways a monsignor. II is well TO say
here, for the benefit of non-Catholics,
that "monsignori' are not necessarily
bishops, nor even consecrated priests,
the title being really a secular one.
Two noble guards of the corps of so
gentlemen known under that name ride
beside the carriage doors.
During the great heat of summer the
PSPS ulOSb i+iE gus llltO tLS
garden about nine in the morning, and
spends the whole day there, receiving
every one in the garden pavilion as he
would in the vatican. He dimes there,
too, and rests afterwards guarded by
the gendarmes on duty, to whom he
generally sends measure of good wine
-anothersurvival of a country custom;
and in the cool of the day he again gets
into his carriage, and often does not
return to the vatican till after sunset,
toward the hour of Ave Maria.
In the evening, about an hour later
at lone of the night according to old
Roman computation of time-he at
tends at the recitation of the rosary,
or evening prayers, by Mgr. Mazzolini,
his private chaplain, and he requires
his immediate attendants to assist also.
He then retires to his room. where he
reads, studies or writes verses, and ;itt
about ten o'clock he eats light supper.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25
THE POPE'S DAILY LIFE.
It Is Full of Occupation from Morn
Ing Till Night.
His Habits Are Much the Same as When
ue Was Cardinal-D Daily Mass In
Ills Private Chapel--Every-
Day Routine Work.

Marion Crawford. in an interesting
article in the Century, says that in
spite of his great age. the holy father
enjoys excellent health, and leads a
life full OF Occupations from morning
till night, He has in no respect
changed his habits since the time
when he lived al: Perugia as cardinal.
He rises very early. aud when At about
six o'clock in the morning, his va!et.
Pho Contra, enters his little bedroom,
he more often finds him risen than
asleep. He is accustomed 10 sleep
little-not more Than four or five
hours at night, though he rests awhile
after dinner. We age told that some
times he has been found asleep in his
chair by his writing-table at dawn.
not having been 20 bed at all Of hate
he frequently says mass in chapel
in his private apartments and the,
mass is served by Pho Contra, On
Sundays and feast days he says it
in another chapel preceding the
throneroom. The little chapel is of
small dimensions, but by opening the
door into the neighboring room a
number of persons can assist at the
mass. The permission. when given.
is obtained on application to the
maestro di camera" and is generally
conceded only to distinguished for
eign persons. After saying mass him
self. the holy father Immediately
hears second one. said by one of
the private chapiains on duty for the
week, whose business it is TO take
care of the altar and to assist. FREE
quently he gives the communion with
his own hands to those who are pres
ent at his mass. After mass he break
fasts upon coffee and goats milk, and
this milk is supplied from goats Kept
in the vatican gardens--a reminis-
cence of Carpineto and of the noun
early life.
Every day at about ten he receives
the secretary of state, Cardinal Ram
polla, and converses with him for a |
good hour or more upon current affairs.
On Tuesdays and Fridays the secre-
tary of state receives the diplomatic
corps in his own apartments, and on
those days the under-secretary, Mgr.
Rinaldini, confers with the pope in
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25

But there was one utensil that made
him extremely nervous, inasmuch as he
could not imagine for what purpose
it was intended, and he was carefully
guarding himself against a possible
error. For course after course he
watched his fellow guests to see when
they would bring the curious tool into
play. it was not, however, until the
asparagus came on that he saw an emf
nent diplomat who sat opposite him,
pick up the silver hay rake from beside
his plore and employ it to convey the
vegetable to his mouth. 1t is said that
he afterwards remarked to a friend:
IF we're going into farming for din
ner table, why don't we have thresh
ing machine to make the beefsteals ten
der and a moving machine to clear off
the crumhsY'
That man was new 10 ali of tie porlp
and dazzle of society at the national
capital, but it IS safe to assume that
he will never destroy dolly nor shat
ter any costly chnaware, nor mistake
a napkin for a handkerchief and carry
it away from the table in his pocket.
He keeps his eyes open and keenly OBJ
serves others. When boy he probably
learned the aphortsm to do as Romans
do, when in Rome
Although affairs of state are never
considered at state dinners, very many
important national matters are dis
cussed and settled at private dinner
parties, where three or more leading
members of a great political party
gather around table in the dining
room of a senator or cabinet minister
and discuss subjects of grave moment
while they eat and drink and smoke
their cigars. 1t was in Senator Cor
mans dining-room one night in juno,
1898, that the fate of the original WI
son bill was determined. And, in 1890,
Senator Evarts, of New York, quietly
invited 'just a few senator's" to dinner
one evening, cautioning each one to say
nothing about it, as it was to be "a
strictly private and select affair" 1t
was a genuine surprise party to every
senator, for, when all were assembled,
every republican member of the senate
was present. The newspaper men knew
nothing of IL. And it was then and
there that the republican senatorial pro-
gramme was agreed upon with relation
to the Mckinley bill. SMITH ID FRY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25

supper tables; but well-bred men anc
women would almost allow theii
houses to be torn down crer theil
heads, rather than to say or do any
thing TO show their resentment or an
noyance.
The man who used Mrs. Morton''
dolly for napkin had his counterpart;
in the almost mythical fellow who
drank the water from his finger bowl
and afterwards remarked that he
thought il was very weak lemonade
Or in the Irish parliamentarian who
saw people in London nibbling their
celery. and whispered to his wife:
LUX at the people atm the white DO
llays"
a western senator gave stag
party to the gentlemen in congress
from his own state. Among other
things he had Rochefort and other inn
ported cheeses; and after the party adj
iourned one of the congressman re-
marked to a colleague: 81 s'pose the
senator must have been mortified ii
he noticed that all of his cheese was
spoiled. l ate some of it just for APP
pearances, but it nearly made me sick
1t was awful stuff, and the smell was
very rank"
At big dinner parties it is well for a
novice to watch what other people do,
and follow their example. In halfway
mistakes may be avolded. There are
50 many new things being invented con-
stantly Tor adornment and use by the
social leaders that one must be going
into society all the time in order to keep
the run of them. A paper published
here recently printedwhat was claimed
10 be true story concerning new
member of congress who had been a
farmer all his life, but who managed to
get through a state dinner without
making any blunders, because he care.
fully watched the others, and did ex.
actly what they did with every utensil
and with every edible. From the out.
set he was very much interested in q
tiny silver hay fork a. the side of his
plate, the likeness of which he saw
the other people use for their raw oys.
tiers. He did the same and was so far
all right, helping himself to salt with
a very small gold spade provided for
the purpose. 1t reminded him of the
tool he had employed many time to
dig potatoes with, save for the metal. |
Of potatoes themselves, mashed, he was
presently helped to portion, and he
found that his fellow-guests utilized an
the like of which he was
also supplied with, to push the vegetable
Upon their fork. Subsequently he
learned that the instrument was called
a "pusher," but at the time it seemed
10 hiIo nothing more or less than o
hoe, in the exact shape of
which il was undeniably constructed
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25
FACTS ABOUT THERMOMETERS
Sensitive Instrument Which Register
Heat from the Moon.

Heat from the Moon.
To tell whether a thermometer ac-
curately does its work invert the in
strument, says the New York World.
IL the mercury does not fall to the end
or if it breaks into several small col
umns, the thermometer contains air
and is inaccurate. If perfectly made
the slender thread should fill the tube
or break off at the bulb and fall to the
end of the tube.
There is another interesting fact
about thermometers. Nine persons out
of ten think the mercurial column
round, but that is not the case. The
thread of mercury in thermometers is
fiat. If it were round the column
could hardly be seen, for the. opening
of the tube is as fine as the finest thread.
Some eight of ten years ago Boston
manufacturer introduced a scheme of
coating the back of the tube with
white sizing. That makes the column
of mercury stand out clear and dis
tinct.
Thermometers are cheaper and bet
ter than ever before. You can now buy
d utdJ uldIhCr lOT 80 CcluS, DuO ID IlTSJ-
class instrument will cost ynu two dol
lars. A cheap instrument is like cheap
watch-it is unreliable. The reason
for this is that a perfect thermometer
has a scale of it's own. The cheap Their
mometer is made on guess work. Hence
you see difference of two, three or five
degrees between Thermometers in the
same locality on the same day.
The most sensitive heat marker is
the Crookes. 1t consists of four arms
suspended on steel pivot, rotating like
q miniature wind gauge. and the whole
affair is inclosed in a glass tube from
which the air has been exhausted The
light of a candle one or two feet away
causes the arms to rotate. Quite as
sensitive is the thermopile, which is
used to detect the faint rays of heat
transmitted from the moon and stars
TO this cold world.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25
WHITE HOUSE DINNERS.
They Are Elaborate and Expen-
sive State Affairs.
An Apocryphal story About Mrs. Morton
and an ignorant Guest How
Western Alan Got Along
Swimmingiy.
[speeIaI washIngton Letter.l

The state dinners which are given by
the president of the United States, at
the white house. are elaborate and
costly affairs. The president on such
occasions invites all members of his
cabinet, with their wives and daugh-
tiers, to dine with him. The president
and his wife, with their guests, enter
the state dining-room at eight o'clock
in the evening, and they usually re-
main at the table for an hour or more.
The time is occupied not alone in eat.
ing, but IN gossiping and nibbling at
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25
New Woman in Smyrna.

The new woman has reached Smyr-
ma. There is in the quarter Saint
Dimitre, says the STEAMBOAT, come
ly young fellow who abandoned his
sweetheart for richer woman, just
as sometimes or oftener happens in
countries more civilized" than Syria.
But on the marriage day, just as the
ceremony was about to be performed,
his first love appeared in the church
at the head of few determined fol-
lowers, boldly seized the stupefed
bridegroom, thrust him in carriage,
picked up priest en- PEASANT and
then the twain were speedily made
one in another church, while the rich
girl was left to her tears in single
wretchedness. Glorious, wasn't 1T?
Sad, wasn't it?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25

The little daughter of Mr.. Fred
Weber, Holland, Mass, had a very
bad cold and cough which he had
not been able to cure with anything
/ gave him % cent bott of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, says w. P.
Holden Merchant aud postmaster at
West Brimfeld, and the next time /
saw him he said it worked like a
charm This remedy is intended es.
pecially for acute throat and lung
diseases such as colds, Group and
whooping cough, and it is famous tor
its cures. There is no danger in Civ
ing it to children for it contains moth
ing injurious. For sale by r. G.
Hardwick, Druggist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25
Time for Building

Up the system is at this season. The
cold weather has made unusual drain
upon the vital forces. The blood has
become impoverished and impure, and
all the functions of the body suffer
in consequence. Hoods Sarsaparilla
is the great builder, because it is one
True Blood Purifier and nerve tonic.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25

Peat fiber can ee bleachcd 20
snowy whiteness, and will dye any
color. One of the great advantages
of cloth made from peat fiber is that
it is entirely antiseptic, and pos
sesses qualities which render it in
imical to parasitical organism. In
appearance the finer makes are quite
equal to the best tweeds, and closely
resemble the camel's- hair cloth.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25

Mr.. Jake Lin r, of Breckenridge
county, is said to have a son six years
old who weighs 145 pounds and has
the strength of man.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-25
As He Pronounced Il.

How do you pronounce the last syl-
liable of that word 'butterine?'" asked
the customer.
"The last syllable is SILENT" stifly
replied the grocer's clerk. = Chicago
Tribune.