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A QUEER EXPERIMENT.
PhotOgrnphinR the Splash OF n DroI
of Mercury.

Merc0fy.
From Knowledge.
Prof. Worthington has been studying a
curious phenomenon for twenty years The
splash Of a drop occurs In the twinkling Of
an eye, yet 1t Is an exquisitely regulated
phenomenon and one that very happily
illustrates some of the fundamental prop
critics of the fluid.
The problem that Prof. Worthington has
succeeded in solving is to let q drop Of
definite size fall from a fixed height in
comparative darkness onto a surface and
to illuminate it by flash of exceedingly
short duration at any desired stage so as
to exclude all the stages previous and SUBJ
sequent to those thus selected. The many
illustrations in his volume testify to the
accuracy and beauty of his work
The curious results of a splash of a droD
of mercury from a height of three inches
upon smooth glass plate are particularly
interesting Very soon after the first
minute rays are shot out in all directions
on the surface with marvellous regularity
From the ends Of the rays droplets of
liquid split off. The liquid subsidies in the
middle and soon afterward flows into the
ring. The ring then divides in such a man
ner as to join up the rays in pairs. There
after the whole contracts TIL the lio,,id
rises in the center. so to form the be gin
ming OF the rebound of the drop from The
of the arms break off. while the central
mass rises in a column, which lust falls
itself to break into drops.
He photographed TO fewer than thirtv
successive stages OF the splash within the
twentieth Of a second, so that the ayera 90
interval between them was about tie sly
hundredth Of second. Remarkable ere
the sp.ashes OF water drops falling about
sixteen inches into milk, but more beauti
ful are the dome forms when the height +.
ffty-two inches.
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SOUTHERN RAILwAS.
pIEDM0NT AIR line

Schedule in effect June IL. lSp6
All trains arrive snd leave at Pennsylvania pas
500 AM.-Dnily.-Lo al for Danvic. Connects
at Manassas for Stra sbure. daily, except Sunday.
daily, ard with the Chesapeake and Ohio daily for
the Natiral Bridge AID Clifton Forge.
Heb A.M.-Day.-TfIE UNITED STATES FAST
MAIL. Carries Pulirlan Buffet Sleepers, New York
md Washington to Jacksonville. uniting Sails
lury with Pullman Sleeper for AshevilIe and Hot
Springs, y. c.; Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn,
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Washington Galveston,
Texas. via Montgomery, New Orleans and Houston,
and Pullman Sleeper New York to Birmingham via
40l P.M.-Local for Front Royal. Riverton and
Stnsburg. daily. except Sunday.
81, zsi fM-paiiS S-iseal for Cnariottes,iiie G .,
ESrERN vLSTIBuIED LIMITED. composed Of
Pullman vcstbuled Sleepers. Diring Cars and Day
ye nSd Iot "t'Sad s@nrs New t Work 70 Asns
via Ch1riotte. Columbia, Savannah and Jackson
VILE and New York to Memphis via Birniinr ha N; /;
g, mcry. ves,iuled Day Coach Washington 70 At
lrnta Southern Railway Dining Car Greensboro 10
TRAINS OK WASHINGTON AND ONO DIvIs-
ION leave Washington S.ol an. daily. 90 pm.
5rd 4:45 pm. daily. except SUNDAY. and d25 pm.
Sundays only for Round I'm; 32 pm. daily. eI-
rpt SUNDAY. for I.eesi'urr ard 6:25 pm. caily for
IIerndcn. Returning. arrive at Washington SIG
am. and 100 pm daily. and 800 pm daily, eI-
p, sSdny Sun day from from HEqn enaan % 80 c daily e1
.ept Sunday. from Leesburg.
Through trains from the solih arrive WASH
Maj assas Division. 1890 am daily. ,srept Sun.
Day, and $40 am. daily from Chnrotiesviiie.
Tickets. Sleeping Car reservation AMI iuf ,rma-
ion furnished pfhces. 5ll and 1890 PENNSYLVANIA
enne, and at Pennsylvania railroad passenger
W. H. GREEN. General supt.
]. n. GULF. Trafnc Manager
W. A. TURK. Gen. Pass. Agent.
L. s. BROWN. Gen Agent Pass Dept.
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The Fish Ate His Grass.


From the Portland OregOnian.
A rancher whose place is on the bottom
along the Willamette slough, below Hol-
brook Station, was in the city yesterday to
ind out whether he had any recourse
against the United States fish commission
for the introduction of carp into the rivers
in this section.
He says these fish are destroying his
meadows by eating his grass and grubbine
up the roots. AS the water overfows his
meadows the carp follow it up in thous-
ands, the small ones, weighing about three
pounds. pushing their way up where the
water is only three inches or So in depth
and clearing off all vegetation, so that when
the water recedes he will have mud flats
in the place of meadows.
He says that while looking at the Esh eat
ing his grass on Sundays he got so mad that
he took off his shoes and stockings and
went OFT into the shallow water and at
tackled them with hoe. He siashed a loi
of them in two, but when the drove became
alarmed and made fer deep water they
bumped their noses against his shins and
came near knocking HIM off his feet and
his ankles are all black and blue from TIE
humping he got. AS for driving the caru
away, he says he might as well have tried
to sweep back the rise of the Columbia with
q broom.
Evening star., 1896-10-03
Population of France,

From the Boston Transcript
The quinquennial census returns in
France, though not yet complete, show
some rather curious results. The increase
of population in Paris and other large in
land towns is very slight. In Paris 1t is
only $4,000. Even the important provincial
towns. with the exception of manufactur-
ing centers, like Lyons (2s,oOO. Lille u.s.
600. ST. Etienne $4,000, Roubaix (0,OoO).
Nancy $1,000, and Tourcoing 5000, ex-
hitit no considerable growth Rouen even
shows a slight decrease, as do Toulouse.
Rennes, Laval, Bourges and Perigueux
The ports on the channel and the BAY of
Biscay apparently are either stationary or
declining, whereas the Mediterranean ports
are incleasng. Nantes has fallen off from
1c2, 600 inhabitants to 5000, and ST. Ma
zaire which has greater shipping facilities,
has Increased by only "a. Bordeaux has
risen only from 252.O0O to 256,OoO, and
Havre from 10000 to 117000. Brest has
fallen from 1000 to 1900, Calais has a
decrease of 500, and Lorient of 795. Bou-
logne. Dunkirls, Cherbours and Rocnefort
are nearly stationary. Marseilles, on the
other hand, in five years has risen from
403.OO to Al, 900, and Toulon from a 900 to
$4,000, or more than 20 per cent. 1t is cal
culated that MarSeilleS by 1901 will have
5oO.OOo inhabitants, and will displace Lyons
which has row 466, ,OO0-as the second city
in France. The explanation of this is that
nearly all the French colonies have Mar
seilles for their civil and Toulon for their
military outlet. Every merchant going to
Tunis, Dahomey or Tongking starts from
Marseflles, and every soldier from Toulon
whereas St Nazaire and other western
ports lead to scarcely any French colonies
but chiefly to foreign countries, the trade
with which has been crippled by the pro-
tectionist system.
Evening star., 1896-10-03

who was president In 1891. when synod
met in Hagerstown, Nd. The last conven-
ton held in this city was in 1890, in Me
mortal Lutheran Church, Rev. j. G. Butler
DID,, pastor.
Rev. o. c. Roth, the presiding officer of
the seventy-sixth convention. and who. as
stated above. VIII preach the synotiical
sermon next Thursday evening, Is the pas
tor Of Grace Lutheran Church Of Bd,ti-
more. Nd, the strongest numerically in
that city. having a membership Of over
500. and a Sunday school of 700. He has
served that. congregation nearly seven
years. He was born at Orefieid, LehisI,
county, Pa. en- the 9th of January, 1855.
graduated from Pennsylvania College in
the class Of 1878. and entered the ministry
in 1850. His first charge was at Silver
Run. Nd. where he remained two years.
From there he was called to Trinity Luth-
eran Church. Taneytown, Nd. and served
that charge six and one-half years. when
he took up the work Of his present charge
Rev. Mr.. Roth Is member of the Deacon
ess Houee Society. teacher in the Dea-
coness Home, one of the directors of the
Theological Seminary ct Gettysburg Pa.
and a member of the beard of foreign mis-
stons. In his report to the convention he
will state that number OF changes have
taken piece during the past year. and that,
Notwithstanding the hard times, the rast
has been a very successful year.
Secretary Of the Synod.
The secretary. Rev. Victor Miller Of Lei
tersburg. Nd. was born near Clearspring in
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STEAMERS
SlEANEilS
WAKEFIELD AND +. V. ARROWSMfTH

WAKEFIELD AND +. V. AiROWSMfTH
For POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.
STEAMER WAKEFIELD LEAVES WASHING
ION u. c.. Mondays and Saturdays, Am. for
rtei ed lie landings to Colonial Beach, RushwooI
HG. k Point Coltons and Nontn creek, returning.
arrives ut Wasln: Tuesdays ai,d S,iniays
about 4 pm. Wc,la' sdays, Atm tor .ntern.-
date landings TO Colonial Beach Bus.wood. Ro,k
Point, Coiton's. Stones. iowaId's ard Cohum =.
Nomini creek; returning. arrives at Washington
d''out II pm Thursdays.
STEAMER I. v. AIR2WSMITH; Mondays and
X, tuesdays. pm. TO- Colonial Reach Cotton :
.Ahcls. Le0na rdtown. .cmini creek, Iiney I'oilt.
Il. Georges Island Smith creek. Coaa and Y,-p-
mico rivers: returning. arrives Washington
.:try "Wednesday and Friday mornings
Saturdays. pm. for Riverside. Colonial Beach.
folon's Piney Point. st. Georges Islinl, Smith :
croek Ccan ard leocousico rivers: rrturnil-, u9-
rives Washington Sundays about 10 pun.
see schedule ,in effect June %. 1896.
jy7-tf C.. w. RIDLEY, General Manager
E S. RANDALL. POTOMAC RIVER LINE
Steamer Harry Randall caves River View Wha =
9TH etr.et. Sunday. Tuesday and Thursday at
Il M. la,.dng 1t all wharves far Gown as Mad
tox creek. Va. ircludin: Chapel Point AID Colonial
Beach, returning Mondays atoEt . pm: Wed
s sdIys ard Fridays about 80 pm. Passenger ne.
comn:oda ticns frSt-class Freight received until
hour of s,ilin-. Telephone 1165.
L. A. REDD & Co. f. s. RANDALL.
Agents. Alexandria. Proprietor and Manager
GEO %. CAWINTER. Gen. Ayt
j:3O Washington. %. c.
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

Schedule In effect July TO- lSS.
Leave Washington from station corner OF New
Jersey aSenne and G ,st:, street; ,,,,,,,x
trains, 1000 n m. SOS pm.
For cincinnaii s.. Louis and Indianapolis. vestl-
pES@ Fc4 .Sls Ftsa aaS
For Berkeley, springs. s:4s pm. daily, except
SstuIdsy only. .''''' ''O' N''
Fi ess5 sass p Msu'?n S a ans o1e
west-bound trains stop at Mountain Lake Park Sua-
For Lexington and Staunton. 1900 noon.
For Winchester si,d way stations t5;3D pm.
ae " Mss nnd hoannea Gso p
daily; Sleeping Cars through,
For Raiimore. ' %e1k Week days, 500. Gao. roo.
A7:o5. I7:lO. xiao, xs:N. $40: 1880. rio:oo.
1t3s. ts2. ,s!os. is:lo. $50 5ss, 1sa5 $50
xs:oo. sis. 1920 ll:I5. XII so pm. and .I2:oi
.s;iS;; : G;sS: $500. 1870. ills. ili;S0 pm.
s' ARn''sS s" SO sso & ns'o and
For For aassrstsTn: R S tls;cS noon and ts.sS I'm.
go. $50. 7:os pm. Sundays. 500 am. I:I5
eoa m ona aoo %'y Tss s aag.
.-o.. M 40 pm. Sundays. 900 a.m lis, 5:s5.
rf Rsrrs.. ,sn. and rsy Das
For Cape May. 10 am. IL noon
ROYAL. BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA.
All trains Illuminated with pintsch light
For rhiladephis. New York Boston md the
Ing Carr. 300 12:35. 300 C5:o5 Dining Carr, 500
pm. u2:o1 night: Sleeping Car open at 1000
o'clock. Sundays q O5 Dining Carr, Goo a m
Dining Carl u2:3a. Dining Carr, 300 C5.0S Dining
Carl. 500 n2:0i night: Sleeping Car open for pas
seurcrs. 1000 pml.
Buffet Parior Cars ull day trains
For Atlantic City. 1000 An, 1900 noon and
1926 pm. week days. 12:35 % M. Sundavs
tExcept Scirday 'Iniiy sSunday only.
xENpress trains
Raggage allied fer and checked from hotels and
residences hy Union Transfer Co. on orders left AT
tic!:et Offices. 61? Transatlantic avenue NV. New
YORK averue nnA 1a'h street and al Dero.
WM. r. cRFENE. CIiAS q SrJTJ
Gen. Manager Gy1S Gen. Pass. Agt
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He resigned and enlisted October 2. 1861,
and December was made second Eeu-
tenant in the 10th Wisconsin Volunteer In
fantry.
At the ba tile of Shiloh Col. Purman was
shot through the left arm above the elbow
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, but he
declined to leave the field, having his arm
bandaged Dy a fellow lieutenant, and ne
continued to lead his company as the high
est officer remaining fit for duty. HIS reg
iment had the honor of occupying pos.
ton near the left during the entire day OF
April q. In the afternoon they fought IN
the historic Hornets Nest
Subsequent to the wound in his arm Col.
Purman received five shots through MS
clothing. At about o'clock he was struck
in the lumbar region by a fragment OF
shell. fracturing two lumbar vertebrae and
exposing the spinal cord, the piece OF shell
breaking through the abdominal walls,
whence he himself removed 1t. He was
promoted to be q first lieutenant for gal
lantry on the field. Walking on two canes,
he reioined his regiment at Corinth, Miss.
September %, 1862, In time to participate
in the battle Of Corinth, October ) and 4.
1852 He remained in the fight until ex-
hausted and unable to keep with his regi-
ment. when General Macarthur ordered him
to the rear. When the regiment started
south, being unable to march, he resigned.
Col. Purman was chosen principal OF
Lancaster Academy, at Lancaster. Wis.
in the spring Of 1863. He resigned this po-
sition. having been elected county super
intendent of public schools for Grant
county. He waS subsequently reelected
and held this office for four years. During
the summer of 1864 he had furlough from
the county commissioners, and. having
been appointed maj jor of the 41st Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry, he served in this ca
pacity through their term of service from
May until September 20. The 41st was g
''one hundred days regiment. During TIL:
service he took part in repelling Gen. For
rests assault on Memphis.
For eight years, from 1868 to 1876. Col
Purman was professor of English Language
and literature in the State Normal Schoo
at Piatteville. Wis. In 1877 he entered &
competitive exc mination, ordered by Gen
Carl SchurZ, then Secretary of the Interior
and. as a result of that examination hi
was appointed to a position in the United
States patent cfTice, and successive ex.
aminatioi.S, under civil service, he passed
from one grade to another, attaining tn.
position of a first assistant examiner Dur
ing his service In the patent office Col Pur
man has taken, successfully, in the Co
lumbian University Law School, the degree.
of LIZ b. and LII. NJ.
Col. W. T. PiersOn.
w. T. Pierson, colonel of Encampmen
No. Ill, whose fifty years of active If,
have made but slight inroads upon hi!
youthful appearance. was born in Easton
Talbot county, Nd. and educated at Easto1
! Academy and Washington College in tha
state. He enlisted in the Union army a
| Cincinnati. Ohio. August 20. 1862. as privat
Evening star., 1896-10-03
SYNOD
The Seventy y-seventh Annual Con-
q ,- vention Of This Body.
IMPORTANT GATHERING OF LUFHERANS
A Sketch Of The Organization and
Of the Leading Officers.
ADDRESSES AND REPORTS

The seventy-seventh annual convention
of the Maryland synod Of the Lutheran
Church general synod will be held this
coming week at St. Paurs Lutheran
Church, Cumberland Nd, Rev. T. ]. Yost
pastor. Gov. Lowndes Of Maryland Is ex-
pected to deliver the address Of welcome
The first session, devoted entirely to the
synodical sermon and the holy communion
is set for Thursday evening. The synodical
sermon will be preached by the president,
Rev. o. c. Roth pastor of Grace Lutheran
Church. Baltimore. Md, after which. as
sisted by a number of other minister's he
will administer the sacrament Of the Lords $
supper to the delegates in attendance. On
FRIDAY morning, at o'clock, the regular
business sessions will open. After singing,
reading Of the Scriptures and prayer, the
roll will be called, and the lay delegates
will present their certificates of election.
The business sessions will continue pos
sibly through four days. excluding Sunday.
of course. The evening addresses will be
delivered on the following subjects: "Bene-
ficiary Education by Rev. George S.
Bowers of Hagerstown, Md, brother of
Rev. John c. Bowers. pastor Of St. Marks
Church. this city, with Rev. NJ L. Beard as
alternate: Home Missions by Rev.
Charles Reinewald, with Rev. w. E. Par
son. d. D., of this city as alternate; For
eign Missions" Rev. S. A. Hedges. with
Church Extension" by Rev. Charles M.
Eyster. with Rev. H. H. Weber. general
secretary of the board Of church extension,
general synod, as alternate. and the or
dination sermon, by Rev. j. II. Barb, with
Rev. Luther Kuhlman as alternate.
These speakers we're appointed at the
last convention nf the synod held in Bal
timore. The business Of the convention
will embrace reports of various commit
tees, parochial reports and reports on the
state Of the church. election Of delegates
to the general synod, which meets next
year in Mansfield. OHIO; report on the
publication house. orphans home, deacon
ess home, Home for the Aged, located here
Evening star., 1896-10-03
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Station corLer OF 9th and Is streets
In eject Sel,teml.er - 1SpG.

In effect September - 1886.
$50 A; NJ WEEK DAYS, PrrTsBURG EMPRESS.
-laror and Dining Cans Harrisburg 10 Plttslurc
60 AN. PENNsi LNANIA IIMIl ED.-PuIlnsn
SS,Ieenns, Dining Smoking and Observation Cars
81. Louis, Cleveland and Toledo. Buffet Pnrior
io:Jo AN FAST LINE.-pulIman Buffet pnrlor
Car to Harrisburg. Buffet Parlor Car Harrisburg
$50 PM CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS
ruilman Buffet iailo Gar to Harrisburg. Sleep
Cincinnati, ns IL aisxi Eirs and tcnr to 81 u.
$40 Pm. WESTERN EXPRESS-Pullman Sleep
ing Car TO Chicago, and Harrisburg to Cleveland.
10 I'M sou1,mM EsTERx ExrREss-rullman
SleeIing Car Washington TO Pittslurg and Pitts-
urE 70 st. Louis and Cincinnati, Dining Car
1913" I'M rACiFlC ENPRESS.-PulnIan Sleep.
30 AN. fer Kane. Canandaigun Rochester and
Niagara Falls daily: except Sunday.
sunday For Lock Haven weekdays and VIII
iamsIort Sundays. $40 Pm.
'-!o I'M for Wiiliansport, Rochester. Buffalo and
Niagara FGlls daily, except Saturday. with Sleep
ing Car Washington to Suspension Bridge via
1910 Pm. for Erie C.nandaigua. Rochester, Buff
tsio and NIAGARA Falls daily. Sleeping Car Wash.
For rh'lad 'lphis, New York and the East.
dining Carr, and ll;o0 Dining Car from VII;
900: II 90 Dining Car from wiminsion, An,
liladelphia only; Fast Express, 7:5o An. week;
days. Express, IL: 10 weekdays. 2.ol and $50
I'M daily. For Boston. without change, 80
AN. weekdays and 3:I5 Pm. daily.
Fer BaltiEcre 6:25. 200, 1:20. 1:5o. 800, 1000
1890 IL 90 and 1850 An, l2:l5, l2:i5. Pol
GAO; 7:l0. 1890. Io:4o ll:15 and II :3s Pm. On
Sunday. 100. 40. 800 9:o5, 1880, II 90 M,
le:15, 1:l5 2:Ol. 3:l5. $40 400 Limited, 4:21
$40. 6:o5. $40. 40. l0:O0 l0:+0 and IL :85
I'M.
For pope's Creek Line. 5:2o AN; and +;3e Pm.
daily, except Sunday. Sundays. 9:o5 An.
For Annapolis 7:2D, 900 An, 1918 and 40
PM daily, except Sunday. Sundays. 900 AN.
and 4.20 r NJ.
Atlantic Cost Line Express. 40 AN. Sag Pm.
daily; Richmond only, 1857 AN week days; At
lanta Special, via Richmond and Seal,oard Air
Line. $40 PM. daily. Accommodation for Qunn-
tico. 1:4S AN. daily. and 4:25 Pm weekdays.
SEASHoRE CONNECTIONS.
For Atlantic City tvia Delaware River Bridge. all
rail route,, 3:l5 Pm. daily: tyia Market street
WHARF. 1000 End II :d1 AN. 12;45 PM week
days. and IL :35 Pm. daily.
For Cape May. II 90 AN. weekdays, IL :35 P.M.
daily.
Ticket Offices. Fifteenth aud C streets. and
the station, Sixth md II streets. where orders
he left for the checking OF baggage to d-stina-
tion from hotels and residences
s. NJ. PEEVOST ]. II. WOOD,
General Manager. General Passenger Agent.
Evening star., 1896-10-03
Fell From a Horse.
STATES ATTORNEY SWITZER
TAKEN HOME BY HIS FRIENDS.
One of Illinois Most Prominent and
Highly HOnored Men Suffers From
Injuries Sustained in a Fall-Hfs
Colleagues and Fellow Cfti-
Gems Testify to His Integ-
rity and Public Spirit
edneHs,
From the journal. Mncomb. nl.

From the Journal. Macomb, ILL.,
Theodore b.. Switzer Is the senior member Of tn.
law hrm OF Switzer 4 Breeder of MacOmb, ILL.,,
and will this fall QSS6) close a brilliant four years
term as states attorney for McDonough county, Ill.
Years ago he was severely injured by "a fall from
q horsa sustaining hurt in the right side In the
region Of the sciatic nerve leaving this portion Of
his anatomy weak and susceptible to disease.
When last Februarys term of circuit court came Oh
he found himself, from close application to MS
bt siness sadly run down; in fact, he the
very verge of nervous prostratiCn. Mr.. Switzer
told the Daily JOUR- al reporter that while laid up.
with no possible signs prospect Of relief from
his far lily physician, he read testimonial wherein
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People had cured
Il case parallel with his own, ard he immed .ately
made UP his mind 10 try the remedy. He sent foi
IL package and commence d their immediately
tordin2 to direction, with the result that be be
gan rapidly 10 mcnd and attending to his
business more.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain. in condensed
form. all the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore shattered
Pink Pills sold by ull dealers Will l.,
sent post paid on receipt Of price, so cents 10y
or six boxes for S2.j0 tticy sold In bull
o. by the 1u1J. by addressing DR.. Williams Med
cinc Company. Schenectady, NY.
Evening star., 1896-10-03

in Washington; admission Of applicants
for Ecensure and ordination, reports on
literary and theological institutions. di-
rectors of the theological seminary and
election to fill vacancies in board OF d.
rectorS. appointment of speakers for next
year. time and place for next meeting, etc.
Eight of the Luthern churches of this
city belong to the Maryland synod, and
the delegates elected to represent these
churches are: Revs. S. Domer. d. -; J. G
Butler. DID,; w. f. Parson, ID; A. HON.
righaus. c. H. Butler. Stanley Billheimer.
John C. Bowers and D. E. Wiseman and
Messrs NJ. NJ. Rouzer, George Ryneal. jr.,
A D. Albert, Theo. Pitt, A. P. Beatty and
Cornelius Eckhardt.
Oldest District Synod.
The Maryland synod is the Oldest district
synod belonging to the general synod. II
has UPWARD of seventy pastorates. over a
hundred ministers and in the number OF
communicates, over 1900. ranks second
that Of vest Pennsylvania ranking first
with about 1880. The synod was organ
lied at Winchester. Va. October II, 1920
with eleven clerical and seven lay dele
gates.
1t is claimed the synod is too large, and
of late years there has been some talk OF
making a division. but as yet nothing
definite has been done in this direction, and
possibly never will be. as it is difficult tc
know where and how TO make a division
and few. If any. really care to leave theil
old mother synod. 1t Is the custom to elect
officers annually. The secretary. Rev Vic
tor Miller, has been reelected annual.
since 1880. the treasurer. Mr.. w. H. James
of Baltimore. has retained his office sine,
1874. while the presidency has changed an
nually since 1910. the two years prior be
ing filled by Rev. Benjamin Kurtz. DID
Rev. j. G. Norris DID,. whose death las
year. during the seventy-s.xth convention
caused much sadness in that body, wa:
president first in 1856 and reelected in 1887
and since that time held the Office 81,
times. The last Washington pastor to holt
the Office was Rev. w. E. Parson. DID.
pastor of the Church of the Reformati ton
Evening star., 1896-10-03

tionary war. They suffered the terrible
privations of the winter at Valley Forge.
Col. Purman graduated from college, and
later took IN course the degree Of An
Immediately upon leaving college he ac-
cepted the prlncipality of Deloney Acad-
erny, at Newburgh. Ind. which position he
resigned during his second year in order
to accept a pace In Hazel Green Insti-
tute. Grant county. Wis. Soon afterward
he became principal of that institution