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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-15

Twenty cars broke away from a freight
train in the Baltimore and Potomac rail-
road tunnel yesterday in Baltimore. and
ran uncontrolled down grade to Calvert
station, killing Brakeman Edgar z. Morris.
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Near and Dear.
From the Detroit Free Press.
1T was only yesterday that / gave you
$40"
II know 1t, Harold; but I handed You
back $3.50"
What became of the other fifty cents?"
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
200 c. Il. Convention Chorus

SPECIAL NOTICE.
The ninth rehearsal will be held WEDNESDAY
NIGHT at 7:3O O'Clock. Sections will meet as
follows:
Section A, Metropolitan Presbyterian Church.
Section B. First Presbyterian Church.
Section G, Luther Memorial Church.
Section d, West Street Presby terrain Church.
As PUBLIC REHEARSALS Will be held the lust
of this month there should be full attendance
of members at all the remaining section re-
hearsals The NEW Convention Chorus badges
will be distributed before the Public Rehearsals
Members who do not attend the section rehear-
sails will lose the opportunity of getting the new
badges, without which there Will be no admission
to the Public RehearsalS to the Convention
platform
CHARLES S. CLARK,
1t Chairman Music Committee.
WASHINGTON D. c., June ID, 1896.
The undersigned. assignees of Elias RAN here
tofore conducting business at Nos. 1899 and 1241
18th St Sc. hereby notify all persons Indebted
TO the said iiaff to pay their accounts to us, and
request all creditors Of the said Ran to file their
claims with possible.
HENRY STHASBURGER,
MYER COHEN.
f15-3t Assignees of Elias Raff.
ATTENTION. PAINTERS PROTECTIVE UNION,
No. 17o-The next regular meeting of Painters
Protective Union will he held WEDNESDAY
EVENING, June II, in Red Mems Hall, Academy
of Music building. at 7:30 pm All wishing to
affiliate are invited.
1t J. g. CAMPBELL, President,
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1e12-3t

DR. BUSIfMAN'S VETERINARY DISPE,NSARY,
1921 Ohio Telephone 1879.
Open day and night.
je3lm Bring the horse.
HAVE YOU WALKED OR DRIVEN THROUGH
Cleveland Park?
You will find 1t the most beautiful of Wash
ingtGn's suburbs. les
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A Texas swing,

Mr. r. B. Zimmerman. OF Warren,
has what Is probably the highest swing
In Texas The frame Ia made OF pine
logs seventy eight feet long. which are
set In the ground eight feet, making
the swing seventy feet high. The cross
piece Is six by six inches. heart. and
is fastened to the top of the upright
pieces in such a way as to be as strong
as II the frame was all of one piece
On the north side Of the swing Is a
pole forty-two feet high, at the top of
which Is a pulley. The person who
wishes to swing Is strapped in, II he or
she desires, and then takes hold Of one
end of rope. the other end Of which
is run through the pulley and fastened
to a team of horses. The horses are
started of and the swinger Is pulled
to the top Of the pole. When the top
is reached he drops the rope and is at
once launched into space, sometimes
going as high as 100 feet on the oppo-
site side from the pole. One turn at
the swing Is generally enough to sat
isfy one for that evening. Since the
erection Of the swing MIR. thinner
mans house has become resort every
evening for the young people of War
rem, and parties frequently come from
Hyatt and other neighboring towns to
enjoy an evening In 1.-The swing. "-Dai-
las News.
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the branch sewers and have to stoop,
the light Is thrown directly at their
feet. AS they make their way they use
their hoe in the mud at their feet and
in the crevices OF the brickwork, and
occasionally shillings and silver spoons
find a temporary resting place in tho
bag at their back or in their capacioua
coat pockets. The toshers generally go
in gangs Of three or four both for the
sake OF company and to be able to de-
fend themselves from the rats with
which the sewers swarm. When they
come near street grating they close
their lanters and watch an opportunity
to slip past unnoticed. for otherwise
a crowd OF people might collect at the
grating, whose presence would put the
police on the alert. They find great
quantities OF money. copper money es-
pecially, in the crevices OF the brick
work little below the grating. and not
infrequently shillings. half-crowns and
sixpences. with an occasional sovereign
or half-sovereign. When "in luck"
they find many articles Of plate. spoons,
ladies'. silver-handled knives and forks.
mugs and drinking cups, and now and
then articles OF jewelry. They general
ly also manage to fill their bags with
the more bulky articles found in the
search, such as old metal, bones and
ropes. These they dispose OF to marine
store dealers and rag-and-bone men.
and divide the proceeds, along with the
coins found. among the different men,
bers Of the gang. At one time the reg
ular toshers used to earn from 30s to
r. a week each, but with the construc-
ton OF new sewers, grated at the
mouth. their industry Is not 80 easily
exercised. and is consequently much
less Observation-Disclosures Mail.
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posts as the secretaryships Of the i'm
perlal missions at St. Petersburg. To-
kyo, Stockholm and Washington. In
1888 he was appointed envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary to
Mexico. During his residence in the
United States he became acquainted
with the reputation of the Herreshoffs
as builders of yachts, and when he
decided to take up the sport he gave
an order to the Bristol firm for a racer.
During the winter of 1894-5 he had the
Herreshoffs build the Isolde, twenty
rater, and an exact counterpart OF
Howard Gould's Niagara. The Isolde
made a good record for her owner from
the very start. She won races at Keil
and then went to England. where she
gave a good account Of herself in the
Isle of Wight regattas. The yachting
season had just opened when the bar
on met his death.
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Inventions of bicycle sundries are
Just now apparently the most profitable
direction in which mechanical ingenui-
ty can be directed. All the really mer-
itorious devices on the markets for
wheels and wheelmen are selling we'll
and return fine dividends to their own
ers. And the most remarkable feature
of the case Is the fact that these prove
paying Investments from the start, and
no losing system Of introducing them
is necessary as in other businesses.
One of the most remarkable instances
OF this state of affairs is the case of
popular saddle made of aluminium
and leather. 1t was invented less than
two years ago and has been on the
market but short time. Yet this year
the sales nave already reached 3d.
900, and there are more to come. On
this 10000 the inventor realized SO
cents apiece. or $4,000. a tidy little
sum, which would be considered a for
tune by some people. and does fairly
well for an annual income on bicycle
| sundry.-Chicago Tribune.
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LARGEST DIAMOND EVER FOUND.
ready for use. Being purely useful and
in nowise beautiful. this immense piece
Of carbon Is not worth quite as much
as others of its genius that sparkle.
Benjamin M. Levy. New York dealer
in precious stones, saw and handled the
great stone in South America. and
vouches for its size. He offered its
owner $17,500 for it. but its finder re-
fused to part with it for less than $780,
900. Broken into available pieces and
polished 1t will probably sell for $685.
900. Were 1t of the crystalline kind Its
worth would be incalculable. 1t is
Just seventeen times the size Of the
great Victoria diamond, which sold for
81. 100000. Were this stone OF the
white and blue kind the wealth Of a
Vanderbilt would hardly buy 1t. Un-
fortunately fof the finder, it is Of that
amorphous ariety known to the trade
as carbon, and It's sole use Is for me-
chauical purposes. such as tipping rock
and ore drills, facing tools for turning
hard steel, emery wheels ard other
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MISS VAN ALIEN.

reasonable monetary consideration, she
will be able to take the place in English
society her name entities her to and to
support her station properly. Miss Van
Allen seems to have been united upon
az the girl for the transaction, and 1t is
said her father Is by no means unwill
ing to see his daughter with coronet
on her pretty brow.
The dukes prospective bride is only
10. She is not very pretty, but she is
attractive nevertheless, and will be a
popular girl In society. She was born
in Paris and was educated in Europe.
Indeed, she is more of European than
an American, although her parents are
both American. Her mother was the
eldest daughter of Mrs. William Astor,
and her uncle is John Jacob Astor, who
Is the present head of the Aston family.
She Is favorite with the Astors, and is
loved by all who know her. When Mrs.
Van Allen married Mr.. Van Allen the
marriage caused big row In the Aston
family. There never was much love
between the two tribes, and William
Astor did al In his power to break up
the match and separate the lovers.
Mr.. Aston was not man to easily for
give his enemies, and he found 1t i'm
possible t. forgive young Van Allen for
having that name. He gave his daugh-
ter warning that he would disown her
II she married the man, but this threat
was wasted. Miss Astor went right on
and was married to young Van Allen.
Old Aston made the best OF a bad situa-
ton. He consented to pay his daughter
and her husband $4,000 year on con-
dition that they would leave the coun-
try and reside abroad permanently. At
that time Mr.. Van Allen did not have
his present fortune, and he went abroad
with his wife. They lived in Paris un-
til the death Of the wife. Meanwhile
May had been born.
MIR. Van Allen returned to America,
but he was now quite rich and cared
little about his father-in law. He was
received by the butterflies of New York
with every manifestation of welcome,
and he and his children became leaders
IN the social world at once. When Will
liam Astor died four years ago the
breach between the two families was
healed and now there Is harmony.
Miss Van Allen will make a good
match for the young duke, who Is said
to be very fond of her.
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LONDON "TOShERS."
Go Through the sewers to Search ia
Articles OF Value.

Go Through the sewers to Search 70
Articles OF Value.
Shoremen, or shorewOrkers, they
sometimes call themselves. but their
most familiar appellation Is "toshers.
and the articles they pick up "tosh.
They really belong to another we'll
known class, the mudlarks. but con-
slider themselves grade or two above
these latter, for the genuine tosher
does not confine himself as they do,
travelling through the Thames mud
and picking up odd pieces Of coal or
wood, copper, nails, bolts. iron and
old rope. The tosher, when the coast
is clear of the police. makes his way
into the sewers. and will venture some
times for miles in quest OF valuables
that occasionally find their way into
them by the kitchen sink or the street
grating. When about to enter thu
sewers these men provide themselves
with pole seven or eight feet long
on one end Of which there is larg'
iron hoe. a bag carried on the back.
canvas apron tied around them, and
dark lantern, similar to a policeman's
This they strap on their right breast
SO that while walking upright through
the large sewers the light is throw
straight in front. When they come t
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uses Of this sort. These uncrystallized
black diamonds are found in the Bahia
region of South America, and they are
the hardest substance as yet discovered
on the earth or under its surface. Its
powder will cut the crystallized ola
mopd almost as easily as the diamond
will cut the ruby. sapphire or other
precious stone. The black diamond
that Is to say, the noncrystalline stone
has no beauty. but it's loss would be
almost irreparable to the miner and
to many branches Of manufacture.
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ELECTRICITY AND WAR.
The Telegraph - an Agency 4. Pre-

Tns Telegraph ~ an Agency In Pre-
serving Peace.
In the course Of his farewell speech
at the dinner of the British chamber
OF commerce in Paris, Lord Dufferin.
the retiring British ambassador. said:
But Whatever may be the ups and
downs OF the diplomatic career every
member OF the service, no matter how
unpromising the post he occupies. may
console himself with the reflection that
II ne Is Industrious, prudent and, above
all single-minded, the bread he casts
upon the waters will not be lost and
that, perhaps, when he least expects
1t, his day will dawn, for though, like
everything else, the outward aspects
OF diplomacy have changed since the
beginning OF the century neve, have
the nations stood in greater n eed of
the thing itself than at the present
moment. What do we see around us?
The whole Of Europe is little better
than standing camp, numbering mil
lions OF armed men, while a double
row OF frowning and opposing fort
resses bristles along every frontier.
Our harbors are stuffed and the seas
swarm with ironclad navies, to whose
numbers. l am forced to admit, Eng
land has been obliged, in self defense.
to add her modest quota. Even in the
remotest east the passion for military
expansion has displayed an unexpected
development. In fact, thanks to the
telegraph, the globe itself has become
mere bundle OF nerves and the slight
est disturbance at any one point of the
system sends portentous tremor
through its morbidly sensitive surface.
We are told by the poets of old that
when Zeus nodded, the golden halls OF
his Olympus shook to their founda-
tons. To-day it would suffice for any
one OF half a dozen august personagea
to speak above his breath or inviting
ly to raise his little finger and. like in
a heaven overcharged with electricity
the existing conditions OF the unstable
equilibrium which sustains the Eu.
ropean political system would be upset
and war, waged in circumstances oil
greater horror than has been hitherto
known to the experience of mankind
might eventually envelop not Europe
alone, but two-nay all the four-con
tinents at once, since in every one O.
them representatives and offshoots O
the contending nations would OF neces
sity be brought into collision. 1t is t,
prevent catastrophes of this kind tina
we meek, civil-spoken and mild-man
nered persons have been invented
Looking at us you will perhaps sa.
that we are poor and feeble folk ant
that our calling is sorry preserva
tive against such dangers; but such q
It is, 1t is the best device human In
genuity has been able to discover
After all, very thin wire proves
perfectly effective lightning conducto
and for over eighty years, thanks t
this unpretending agency an unbrokel
peace has been maintained between
your native land and the country wit
whose prosperity and welfare your ow
interests are SO closely associated"
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JOSIAH CIRCUIT,

Chicago, where he practiced his profess
sion for three years. He then moved
to Moline, ILL.,, and was elected SUPER
visor OF Rock Island county. He de-
clined proffered nomination to run
for congressman and in 1880 returned
to Vermont, settling with his family In
the Human homestead, where his wife
was born, In Derby. After leaving
Chicago Mr.. Grout abandoned the prac-
tice of law and turned his energies IA
farming. He owns one OF the largest
farms in Vermont. He was elected to
the legislature in 1879 and 1874 and the
latter time was chosen speaker. Ate,
his return from the west he was again
sent to the legislature in 1884. 1885 and
1883. serving rs speaker the last two
terms. He was a state senator tn 1892
and has been vice-president and presi-
dent OF the Republican League Of Yer.
mont.
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rREe THAT srL,r 4 ROCK.

4 Dotoaleol 4ampson Of Collsesn1A
Csseksd Boalder.
The wonderful force Of tho roots q
growing trees II demonstrated On hilj
In Mil Valley, where laurel tree has
split huge boulder into three piecea
The tree Ii of the type common -
many parts Of California. but there are
several queer things about II and IT.
surroundings. The place where the tree
grows IL a most unusual one for its
species, which naturally requires con-
siderable moisture. The fact Of the
tree taking root In a barren rock II also
unusual in California, on account Of the
long. dry summers, during which young
sprouts usually perish unless there 70
considerable moisture In the soil. The
exact location Of this botanical curiosi-
ty IL q few hundred feet east Of tho trail
to the top Of Tamalpais. The general
appearance of the tree II most unusual
and undoubtedly It 10 very old. At flrst
glance It looks like an oak, but most
unusual one. The upper branches are
twisted and turned in all directions and
a large portion Of them are dead. n
reality the tree looks like those In the
Dore illustrations Of Dante's Inferno
An examination Of the tree and IT. sur
roundings shows that the boulder y
one Of the largest stones In the vicinity
and cannot weigh less than 500 tons.
The location Of the tree II almost ex-
actly In the middle Of the stone ana
about ive feet from the end Of the split
This rift In the rock 10 about 1fteen
inches long and 1t one end II only =
few inches wide. At the end where The
tree is It IL at least three feet. To prove
that It was the tree that caused the split
there 10 . crack in ono Of the halves Of
the boulder showing that the force Of
the growing roots was % much that Il
cracked the rock where 1t could not
move 1t. Miss Eastwood. botanist Of
the Academy Of Sciences, gave - her
opinion that the strange natural curl
osity was the only one Of its kind In the
state. She says that in al her studies
she has never seen Its like here. IL
though in localities where there are
summer rains the phenomenon 10 not
unusual. And yet even under those
conditions she never heard Of laurel
growing AZ the one In Mill Valley does.
In Miss Eastwood's opinion there must
have been o small rift In the boulder to
begin with. Possibly 1t was tight
enough to hold water. In the fall Of
the year the seed of the laurel blew
into 1t and in the spring Of the year
came to life. The walls OF the rift then
acted as sunshades and also kept the
water from being evaporated too rapid
ly. 80 that the young shoot was able TO
struggle through the long summer nm
til the winter rains came. Or It may
be that there was an unusually rainy
summer that gave the tree its start In
life. After the tree was q year old Il
was enabled to take care Of itself, and
then showed its ingratitude to the rock
that had protected it.--San Francisco
| Call
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A former minister to the United
States from Argentina found great diff
hculty in learning the English Ian
guage
I make often many meestake," he
said. when l speak Americana. l
make bad blunder the last time l
am received at the White House. A
beautiful ladee tell me something
which happene in your cival war. She
say she see 1t. Nov. think to myself
l will be polite and make the sonora
grand compliment.
v 1t is impossible that you see it.
madam say. You must have been
oorn many, many years before the
war;
All the time." he added, II meant
sitef the war. But l made a meestake
! say before. No. the ladee was moi
pleased. She felt much Contempt
washington Post.
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school In the winter and later went to
An academy, where he was pursuing
his studies when the war Of the rebel
lion broke out. He went to the front
at once. enlisting as q private In Com
pany I Of the First Vermont cavalry.
He was elected second lieutenant when
the company was permanently organ
lied. April 1. 1868. he was made .
captain and the same date was serious
ly wounded in action. He still carries
the bullet he received In that battle.
In 1854 he raised company for the
Frontier cavalry regiment, organized
to repel the St. Adams raid. and was
appointed major of the regiment. Al
at the close of the war Major Grout re-
turned home and resumed tho study Of
law in the ONCE of his brother. General
GrOut. He was admitted to the bar IN
1865. and practiced law in partnership
with his brother In Barton, Vt, at the
same time assisting in editing the Bar.
ton Standard. In 1876 ne moved d
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o America. Miss Watkins was the

to America. Miss Watkins was the
first to volunteer. When she arrived
she was a lieutenant and was sent to
Taunton, Mass. She was later trans
ferred to Boston, thence to Fall River
and five years ago to New York. She
took charge of the Bowery corps to
find them $4,000 in debt. When she
left 1t to join the Volunteers 1t had
$500 in the treasury. She ia small in
stature, has a very graceful figure.
olive complexion, dark hair, and large,
oxlike eyes. The wedding Ia to take
place In Carnegie Hail.
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When the car horses throughout Con-
necticut cities were retired few years
ago with the coming Of the trolley, pe0-
pie wondered what would become of the
600 cars that they had dragged 30 long.
No one would have guessed then that
brisk demand for these old cars
would spring up in one season and
would almost completely exhaust the
supply. Yet such has been the case
this summer. The cars have been sold
for summer shelters in rural districts
for hunters camps. for lodges by soli-
tary lakes. for cabins on house boats,
and, most OF all. for the homes of
campers on the coast of Long Island
Sound and its islands. A NorwiaA par
ty at Scotchcap. on the Thames river,
have arranged four horse cars In the
form of a hollow square. A canvas
awning covers the courtyard made by
the cars, and tall Flagstaff rising from
the center completes The pleasin estab-
lishment. One Of the cars is used IA
a kitchen and workshop. and the others
are loungiug. sleeping and receptioH
! rooms.
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BARON Won ZEDTWITZ.

Recently Lost His Life In II Colli.lon Of
Yachts at Sea.
Baron Won Zedtwitz, who was killed
the other day in the collision Of EN-
peror Williams yacht Meteor and his
own yacht Isolde, was recent convert
to the sport of yachting. 1t was only
in 1893 that he joined the Imperial
Yacht Club and became enthusiastical-
ly interested in the sport. His yacht
Isolde was a competitor in nearly all
the Baltic and English regattas Of this
and Of last season. While new as q
yachtsman the baron was widely
known as diplomat. He entered the
civil service in Saxony in 1874 and four
years later he became attached to the
diplomatic service of the empire. SINGS
that time he had held such important
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regiment. She is the prettiest and
sweetest lass in the Volunteers and had
that distinction also in the old Saliva
ton army before she left it. Miss Wat
kins became identified with the Saliva
ton army about twelve years ago, and
IL almost as we'll known In London rs
she IL in New York. She Is about ~
years old and was born in Wales,
where her father was a mining engi-
neer and a man Of means. She at
tended a young ladies' seminary at
Cardiff and was converted at Is. Soon
after that happy taking place lot OF
strolling Salvationists passed through
Cardiff and Miss Watkins became In
terested in their life and the work and
determined to become one Of them.
She went to London. entered the Sal
walton Army training school and was
assigned to work in London. In 1886
a call was issued for volunteers to 60