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Evening star., 1896-12-14
TAkOMA PARK.

The first euchre party of the season given
residence in Takoma Heights. The prizes were
very haI dsome and follows Ladies'
Miss Mary Stone. first; Miss Blnnch Nicholson,
BOBBY. Gentiemen's, Leonard Nicholson, first and
Calvin Swormstedt, BOBBY. Twelve games were
played. after which refreshments were served and
dnncing and other amusen,ents participated in by
Hiss Mary Stone, Miss Louise Tucker. Miss
Blanch Nicholson. Miss Madic White, Miss MOilie
IOeber, Miss Josephine GlascOtt Miss Sallie SIey-
ers Miss Lula Lay, Miss Mamie Barry, Misc
Julia Lay. and Messrs. Harry and Archie Waters
Henson and Berry Clark. Calvin Swormstedt Leon
ard Nicholson Ralph Jones. Robert Waters, Robert
stone, Ally Lay, Richard Lay and others.
Mr. p,ran Piatt. son of Sfr. and Mrs. W. G.
piatt Of North Takoma. entertained number Of
little friends Saturday, the 5th instunt, I'm honor
OF his eighth birthday. among those present
Misses Nora Perry, Hazel and isnth Van Houten
Ethel Clark, Anna Willis Nellie Lung and Gene
We've kinnear. M&sfre Angh Davis. Russell Van
II douten. nay JudsOn, Eugene kinnear and DOr1n
and Gilbert Platt. The time WAS pleasantly spent
q bountifuily spread table. where the young host
did the boners of the tfay. He received many
prssfg sfs from his friends in the way Of
The teachers and scholars of the Presl,yteria
Sunday school making active preparations for
u christmas entertainment, to be held Tuesday
evsn,ns; s1iaa Mar,e ns,eeT6eE q; ~, ...
OF Miss Mamie Barry, at EAlls Church. Va.
Miss night has returned to Celton's Point Md
from visit to Miss Katie Lay OF Takoma
Heights. -
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still rest in the sands which stretch DESC
lately from the Dashur pyramids, near
which they were found. 1t Is expected that
before long the remaining two will be
brought to Cairo and properly installed.
The five boats were found buried at a
considerable depth not far from the famous
largest pyramid and In such orderly form
and with such mathematical relationship
to the great pile of stone that it was evil
dent that they had been buried with de-
sign at that particular spot All were
brought to the light and air at once and,
after examination by scholars. proving their
marvellous age. their preservation from the
elements was at once deemed necessary.
The boats were found to be alike in the
material of which they were constructed
and in their general dimensions. The cedar
OF antiquity. which entered into so much of
the construction of things of wood, was
used for building these boats. While the
equipments of the boats had generally dis
appeared with time, the edges and ends
were ragged and little warped. their
shapely outlines still remained SO rigidly in
evidence that the modeIer's skill In giving
grace and shapeliness was evident. The
boat that is in Chicago now was probably
better preserved than any. 1t IL thirty
feet long, eight feet OF beam and four feet
of hold. It had been propelled. of course
by oars. but the points OF contact for the
oars were not in evidence. A weil-pre-
served and peculiarly marked and designed
piece of rudler OF wood was found near the
boats. and that has been brought to Chica-
Evening star., 1896-12-14
A VERY OLD BOAT.
1t Dates From the Eleventh Egyptian
Dynasty.

1t Dates From the Eleventh Egyptian
Dynasty.
From tie Chicago Journal
There Is in Chicago one of the five oldest
small boats known to exist in the world
1t has just come. all packed and stayed for
its long voyage. from the Gizeh Museum of
Antiquities, at Cairo. To the generosity of
Mrs. Cyrus Mccormick the Field Columl-
bian Museum is indebted for a rare gift
e. e. Aver learned in the course of his
search for interesting things in Cairo last
winter that there had been placed in the
Gizeh Museum three boats of marvellous
age and curious design. Investigation
proved that the boats were indeed of the
rarest value. for never before in archaeo-
logical history has there been discovered
anything of the kind which approached
these boats in age and interest viking
craft found in Norway some time ago was
of use In about the year 1000 A. D., and at
once became famous as by far the oldest
specimen of water craft in existence. The
boats in the Gizeh Museum, 1t was decided
by the learned ones, were used at least
1850 years ago. and were contemporaneous
With the Dashur pyramids of the eleventh
Egyptian dynasty.
With this boat, which will be installed in
the museum, and the two which remain In
the Cairo museum were two more. which
Evening star., 1896-12-14
SPORTS OF THE DAY
Cycfst Hale's Big Wheeling Feat in
New York.
LEHMAN ON AMERICAN FOOT BALL
New HaIf-MiIe Track to Open
Thursday.
NOTES OF THE BOWLERS

Edward Hale of Ireland won the six-day
bicycle race in Madison Square Garden,
New York, having ridden 1910 miles and
eight laps between midnight last Sunday
and 10 O'Clock Saturday night.
]. 8. Rice of Wilkesbarre finished second.
with 1.eS2 miles and six laps to his credit.
Twelve riders broke the worlds record
for 142 hours. made by Albert Schock In
1893. 1t was 1,GOO miles and one lap. Twen-
ty-eight men started and fifteen rode at tn,
finish. The strain on all has been great
and all shov ed the effects of loss of Sleep
Hale and Rice who finished first and sec
ond. we're fresher than any Of the others
Hale spurted to the end, and between and
10 O'Clock made a mile in 2.4O. after riding
more than 141 hours. Taylor, the colored
boy. who has been in buoyant spirits all
the week. was SO stiff when he dfsmounted
that he had to be carried to his dressing
room. Here are the scores
Evening star., 1896-12-14
Women Mt n Lunch Counter.

From the New York Times.
Who says the new woman does not en-
JOY the privilege of doing "just like a
man.? 1t has been proved beyond a doubt
1T the lunch counters started for women
uptown that they enjoy eating from bare
counter. sitting on high STOOL The near
ness 10 Christn as and the cold weather.
which has sharpened the appetites, have
trict. Women are crowded in together as
closely as possible, and from l o'clock to
there is some one waiting for each seat
as soon as 1t is vacated. The place has
been SO crowded that women have been
forced out and have had recourse to the
regular shop counters of the place A wo-
man. wearing an expensive mink cape
might have been seen the other day stand
ing and disposing of cup of coffee and
rolls as conveniently as possible under the
circumstances: young girl standing next
her was eating an eclair, with a cup of
chocolate. while a woman in a handsome
sealskn cloak was eating pumpkin pie at
the other end of the counter. This. not
withstanding the fact that on the floor
above was a well-appointed restaurant
with everything necessary in the way of
good service. The objection to the reStau-
rant could hardly come from an objection
to extra expense. for the women were evi-
IDENTIFY people of wealth, and the upstairs
prices would not vary from those down
order. The only explanation seems to be
that women like the idea of a lunch coun-
ter, and they will patroniZe 1t under any
difficulties. These women cannot. as a gen.
eral thing. be accused Of neglecting the
substantials IN their iuncheons. 1t Is sell
order oysters, chicken or meat In some
form
Evening star., 1896-12-14

go as the accompaniment of the boat now
here.
Two of the boats were propped up and
covered for preservation untfl they could
be moved, and three of them were put in
shape to be carried to Cairo. The Dashur
pyramids are nearly twenty miles above
Cairo. on the opposite side of the river and
some seven miles from the bank Eighty
men were required to carry the boats, one
at time. TO the river steamer, on which
they were transferred to Cairo.
There. In the museum, they were propped
and stayed with iron and cedar sufficiently
to preserve them for exhibition. About five
per cent of the original amount of wood
was all that was necessary to add.
From the design and decoration of these
boats. II is presumed they were In distin-
gushed use, such as for the transportation
of spices. perfumes and offerings of the ma
ture that were carried to the resting place
of the royal dead in the pyramids. Having
performed these sacred duties for allotted
times and persons. II Is supposed they were
then placed to remain forever near the age
enduring mausoleums OF the dynasties they
served in life and death.
Evening star., 1896-12-14
Sues Her Former Husband.

Terre Haute Dispatch to the st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Mrs. Ella Sykes has sued Frederick Hib-
berly for breach of promise. and asks for
$4,000. The defendant. who Is a wealthy
retired farmer. Is her divorced husband.
He was a widower of fifty-five and she the
Widow Sykes. aged thirty-five. when they
were married about q year ago in Vermil-
lion county. Before their marriage there
had been trouble In the Sykes household
on account Of Hibberfy's attentions to Mrs.
Sykes, and there was a divorce. She and
Hibberly had been married but a short
time. and had just cone to Terre Haute to
live. when there was another divorce suit
Mrs. Hibberly taking the name of her for
ner husband. A month or SO later there
was a reconciliation, and, according to the
complaint In the breach of promise case,
Hibberiy promised to remarry his late wife.
Then he Is said to have become infatuated
with Terre Haute widow. and refused to
keep his promise. Hence the suit for
$10isU damages.
Evening star., 1896-12-14
LANGDON.
~

The entire lower9 floor i'of the new school Is
plastere'l and the foreman, Mr.. 4. p. sherman,
expects to have the building ready for occupancy
by the lst Of February.
Charles Gray. q little son Of Mr.. George Gray,
who had his arm broken some weeks ago, was run
over by wagon yesterday and Is now confined to
his home from the injuries received.
The baxaar Of the North CarOlinn Avenue Church,
which opened Monday evening at Masonic Temple
and continued each evening during the week. closed
Saturday night, AMI the ladies have realized quite
a nice sum from the bazaar, amounting to $3.50,
which will be added the fund for completing the
new church, Of which Rev. i. B. james Is pastor.
The Southern Methodist Mission Sunday school.
which In held on Cincinnati street, met at $3.50
O'Clock yesterday Afternoon. chapter Of the Ep-
worth League will he formed In the euriy part OF
the new year 10y MIR. Fred 4. Woodward Of the
Southern Methodist conference. -.-4
Evening star., 1896-12-14
COACH LEHMANN's PRAISE.
He Writes Enthusias stically About M
American Foot Ball Game.

American Foot Ball Game.
r. c. Lehman, the Cambridge oarsman,
who is coaching the Harvard crew, has
sent an interesting letter to the London
Daily News describing the Harvard-Penn-
sylvania foot ball game, which, he says was
the first American game he ever saw, Mr.
Lehman says of the game that 1t was one
of the most stirring and invigorating ex-
periences that has ever fallen to his lot
He had heard much, he continues of
the roughness and brutality of the Ameri-
can game but he never saw a. finer game
played with manlier spirit.
Foot ball. the Cambridge man says
cannot be gentle game, and a milksop
has no part in 1t either in England or ir
America. But the game l saw, though vio-
lent and rough, was never brutal. Indeed.
l cannot hope to see finer exhibition of
cours ge, strength and manly endurance
without a trace of meanness than was
shown by these teams. American foot ball
Is not so much a game in our rough and
ready ser of the word as it is the de-
velopment of q series of intricate tactical
evoluticns. The players go through a
course of training which no English anna
teur ever mad any experience Of"
Evening star., 1896-12-14
Sporting Notes.

Manager LOTUS of the Columbus team
has signed George Tebeau. brother of Patsy
Tebeau Of the Cleveland club, to play first
base.
Manager Manning of the Kansas City
tesm announces the purchase of Frank
Ccnnaughton. who played shortstop and
left field with the Giants hast season
Bernard Harding defeated Harry Tuttle
Saturday night in q 125-ball game by q
score Of 125 to 119. for purse of $780, The
contest was close. On the final rack Hard
ing broke, and Tuttfe followed, pocketing
but one ball. making his score 110. Hard
ing. with 121 balls to his credit, won out
Mr. Tuttle played Mr.. Harding last Janu-
ary for the championship of the District
and lost by the close score of 123 TO 125.
The bicycle show was opened Saturday In
Paris and attracted immense throngs.
There were s59 exhibitors. including twen-
ty-t three Americans who scored great sue
cess owing to the originality OF the arrange
nent OF their exhibits.
A worlds record was broken 1T the indoor
Evening star., 1896-12-14
BOWLING.

The interest in the Bowling League in
creases as the season goes on. The three
clubs which constitute the league are strict
y adhering to the schedule which was
promulgated at the beginning of the sea-
son. Though only nine games have been
played. so far. the standing of the clubs
Is interesting. Before the close of the sea-
son there is a great likelihood of change
occurring.
The individual work of the members of
the various teams Is good. For team work
the Saengerbund leads with the Carroll In
stitute close second. The Washington
Athletic Club bowlers are getting in trim
for future work expected of them Locraft
OF Carroll Institute heads the list in the
average Of the individual bowlers, he being
nearly ten points ahead of his nearest COM
petitor. Schlessinger of the Washington
Athletic Club comes next, closely followed
by Armstrong, who held the individual
championship last year. The fourth, fifth
and sixth men on the list belong to the
.Saengerbund.
The standing Of the clubs at present is as
folIOuS
Evening star., 1896-12-14
HamiltOns Win Again,

The Hamilton Club team defeated the
Wilmington Whist Club in the match for
the American Whist League trophy by the
margin of five tricks Saturday night at
Philadelphia At the end Of the first half
OF twenty-four deals the Hamilton Club
had a lead of nine tricks. but in the second
half the Wilmington boys took a brace
and cut down the Hamiltons' lead by four
points The Hamilton Club has now won
fourteen contests for the trophy. and have
but six more to win to secure its perma-
nent ownership.
Evening star., 1896-12-14

IuS previous record was l,U miles one
lap, made by Schock.
Edward Hale, the winner of the race was
born at Temple Patrick. near Belfast, Ire
land. He has been riding the bicycle for
seventeen years. and in that time has taken
part in hundreds of faces at all distances
He has Won all the long distance events in
England. and has. 1t is said, won as many
as any other bicycle rider living.
Hale has ridden in many of the big races
In France and has often been a winner. He
won road race from Paris to Rayon Be
fore the present race the longest distance
Hale had ridden was S75 miles in a road
race in Englard.
Hale rode an English wheel, geared to 9S,
which was higher than that of any Of the
other riders. Representatives Of the Irish
National AlliaLc ce and other Irish societies
have extende4 an invitation to Hale for a
banquet and presentation early next week
The Irizes to the winners will be: First
man. 81 800; second, 500: third, 500: fourth,
$4O; fifth, 500; sixth. 500; seventh, $50;
eighth. $125; ninth, 800; tenth, 500; elev-
enth, S5
Evening star., 1896-12-14

athletic games Of the Goth Regiment Ath-
letic Association at Buffalo Saturday night.
when John G. Sweeney and NJ j. Fowler of
the Nineteenth Century Club, in three
legged race ran 1i0 yards in 10 4-5 seconds.
The previous record was ~ % seconds
var between the Chicago authorities and
the pool rooms broke out actively Saturday
ana thirteen rooms were raided. The book
makers claimed that the law did not pre-
vent their placing bets out of the state if
tie money was actually sent out. Eight
or the pool rooms against which warrants
mad been issued took advantage of the
warning and closed up. -
Evening star., 1896-12-14
landing Of the clubs at present is as
the individual average OF the player
the league up to date Is as follows:

Two games are scheduled for this week
This evening the Saengerbund and the
Carroll Institute will play two games, and
Friday evening the Carroll Institute will
meet the Washington Athletic Club.
The third assignment of the second series
Of the nine pin tourney at the Columbia
Athletic Club was BOWED Saturday even
Ing. The tournament will close Saturday
evening. The score Is as follows: Rex, u:
Kicker. 10; Harrington. 10: Hunter, 49,;
Francis. II: Deyo. II: Kondrup. 10; Smith,
IS; Fisher, 13; T. Callan. Il; Moore, IL
Evening star., 1896-12-14
Mistaken Thanks.

From the Boston Herald.
Brother Moody was telling his congrega-
tion about the good Samaritan who found
the blind besgar by the wayside and took
him to an inn and poured Oil into his
wounds and fed him. Then the heggar
needed some wine and the good Samaritan
brought II.
Thank God for that" exclaimed an audi
tor, soTnew hat inopportunely.
"Oh, II was for medicinal PURPOSES" put
in Brother Moody. quickly, and there was
a chorus Of amens.
Evening star., 1896-12-14
OPENING AGAIN POSTPONED.
Horses Delayed In Getting to the
Half-Mile Track.

President Henry ]. Hopper of the Prince
Georges County Racing Association said
today that the half-mile track at Ma
gruder Station, Md, will not be opened to-
morrow. as was announced last week, but
Will be Thursday. The horsernen at Elkron
and Iron Hill, he explained, were unable
to get their horses to the new track in time
to enter them for tomorrow, hence the post
ponenent A train load of horses he said,
arrived at the track this morning
Evening star., 1896-12-14
The Struggle Over.

has nothing to live for"
McScercher-"No wonder: ne has tust
paid the last installment on his BICYCLE
Evening star., 1896-12-14
Checkers.

The checker element of the Washington
Chess, Checker and Whist Club comprises
most OF the best players in the city, and
the number Is increasing. team match
with the Anacostia club is being arranged.
Evening star., 1896-12-14
]. Jay Gould,

4e1 9th st. Material for Paper and TInsei Fancy
Work Thousands Of articles that cannot be found
In other stores. Tree Ornaments Favors, Sernp
Book Pictures. T1nsel. Snow" Glass Dais Tinsel
Rope, Beads. Paper Napkins Christmas Cards at
half price. dell-3ts
Evening star., 1896-12-14

Badness Is either hereditary caused by sick.
So, mental exhaustion wearing tight hitting hats
and over work and trouble. Hairs Renewer will
prevent IL.
Evening star., 1896-12-14

No wonder your collars and cuffs
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laundry, with its oId=fashioned ma
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Evening star., 1896-12-14
A. ''gift"
Suggestion.

This year more than ever gifts will be
Of a substantial nature. What more sub
stantial. useful daintier gift than a
Handsome Rug. Superb stock here from
which to make selections, and insignif-
cnnt prices ureyAil.
Evening star., 1896-12-14

The Boston Variety Store will be
open for business every evening until
Christmas. deI2-2t
Evening star., 1896-12-14

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1t Was 8 Joke.

The practical joker was sauntering along
in the dusk.
Tho inoffensive citizen was sauntering
along in tho same dusk, unmindful of the
presence of the practical joker.
The practical joker, recognizing friend
in the inoffensive citizen, chuckled to him
self and quickened his steps to overtake
him.
The inoffensive citizen was thinking Of
story he had read about footpads and
wondering whether any one would ever
try to hold him up.
The practical joker suddenly tipped the
inoffensive citizens hat over his eyes.
The inoffensive citizen wheeled instant
ly and landed a fine, large blow between
the practical ioker's eyes.
The practical joker went down.
The inoffensive citizen promptly sat on
him and hit him again.
The practical joker yelled: "For heav-
ems sake, don't hit me again, john Don't
you know mop
The inoffensive citizen said, "Great
Scott!"
The practical joker said in an injured
tone, Hang it all, John, it's only joke"
The inoffensive citizen looked at the
practical joker, who now had one eye clos
ed, and laughed.
The practical joker apgrily asserted that
1t was no laughing matter.
t'But you said it was JOKE" returned
the inoffensive citizen, land think you
are right And he laughed again.
But the practical joker hasn't been able
to see the point of it to this day. Still it
was unquestionably good joke.-Chicago
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