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The silver star., 1898-10-20

Cousin Josephine hides her deafness
with great tact How" She talks all
the time
The silver star., 1898-10-20

A woman's great command OF language
always scarcs on suitors who like TO talk
themselves.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
PRIESTS WARNING
SPOILED THE DANCE
Father FIemipg,S DeuunciatIon
Makes the Orange. y. j.. Athletic
Club Ball II Flat FaiIure

New York, Nov. 15.-Father FIeming's
denunciation of the Peerless Athletic
Club. Of Orange. n. J.. on Sunday had
the desired result. and the dance given
last night was a fiat failure. large
crowd gathered in North Center streer
to see the outcome At lot of ruffians
were around the entrance to the rooms
and on the opposite side of the street was
a large gathering of young girls. VITO
laughed and jeered but made no effort TO
enter the hall
An orchestra was on hand and PLAYED
'There'n be Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight and other enticing airs. but the
crowd failed to enter the place Eight
women only were bold enough to go into
the hail. while about forty of the mem
bers Of the club and their male friends
were there.
Father Fleming did not appear Charles
Peters, secretary of the club, was angry.
He said that he was a Catholic in good
standing and paid all due respect to his
superiors in the church but that Father
Fleming had done the club a great in
Justice He stated that in four years the
club had given sixteen dances and tAat
there had not been a particle of disturb
ance at any of them. He challenged any
one to prove that there had ever been a
drop of liquor sold at the dances or that
there had ever been any disturbance of
any kind. committee from the club
waited on Father Fleming last night and
called his attention to the injustice ne
had done them.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
PAUPER
HEIR TO A FORTUNE
Bayard ClarksOn. Once Wealthy.
Now Public Charge in Bridge
port. Inherits 100000.

Bridgeport Conn. Nov. 15.-Weak
minded, and scarcely able to realize that
there is another fortune within his reach,
Bayard Clarkson is living contentedly in
the Bridgeport town farm, while the au-
thorties are trying to obtain 600 for
him to which he is the rightful heir
Clarkson is nearly seventy years old
Reckless living brought him to his
present condition of pauperism. Ten
years ago he was wealthy, with for
tune Variously estimated at from S200, 900
to $500, 600. He lived extravagantly, and
when he came to Bridgeport. six years
ago. he was known as sporty old
gentleman, with plenty of leisure and
money.
He was divorced from his wife, who
was Eliza De Peyster, of the well-known
New York family of that name. Clark
son was a first cousin of Ambassador
Bayard, and both Bayard and Clarkson
Streets in New York derived their names
from the families of which he is a de-
scendant For several years he was a
til a year ago when his money became
almost exhausted
Then the board of charities sent him to
the town farm, where he has appeared
to be well satisfied to spend his declinS
days. the authorities at the farm learn
ed recently of the fortune that had fallen
to him. Eliza Johnson. of Boston, a
maiden aunt, died leaving about $500, 600,
and Clarkson is one of the heirs to the
estate, which is still unsettled.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
OF NO PAPAL BAN
Neither Has He Amy Knowledge Of a
Decree Permitting Priests TO
Bury Mas0us

The report that Mgr Martinelli, the Pa
pal Delegate in this ,city, had been in
formed that the Pope had placed ban
on Father Zurcher's book and had is
sued decree permitting priests to bury
Masons, was called TO the attention of
DR.. Rocker, secretary of the legation,
this morning.
we have received no informa ton about
these reports" said DR. Rocker "All we
know about them is what we have seen
in the newspapers. Even if Father Eur
cher'S book had been condemned, we
would have no official knowledge about
it. In such a case Father Zurcher would
be notified of the Papal decree. | believe
priest whose book is condemned is
given year in which TO submit what
ever he wishes to say about it. and to
make arrangements for withdrawing all
copies of the book he is able to secure
from circulation. priest. before print
ing book, must submit it TO the bishop
of the diocese in which it is to be printed.
and must have the imprimatur of the
bishop.
so far as the decree regarding the
burial of Masons is concerned, we know
nothing of it. No Catholic can be a Free
Mason, and the church is not in the
habit of burying people who are not
Catholics ~.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
NOTED YACHT STEAMS
FOUR THOUSAND MILES
Eugene Higgins. With Part! OF
Friends, Reaches New York
on the Varuna-

New York, Nov. 15.-As trim as if she
had lust come out of dry dock, instead of
having completed a voyage of more than
1900 miles, Eugene Higgins famous
Yacht, Varuna, lies at anchor off Sta
pleton. s. l. The yacht, with Mr.. Hig-
gins and a party of his friends on board,
had reached the bar at o'clock in the
morning. and had moved up the bay at
daybreak Her long voyage was from
Bordeaux to this port, by way of Ma
deira.
For the most part the yachtsmen had
good weather. A gale they encountered
off Bermuda only lent Zest to their voy-
aging. for the big Varuna, a twin screw
steamer. of more than 1,500 tons, and ad-
mitedly one of the finest ever launched
on the Clyde, ploughed her sea furrow
with small respect for wind and wave.
Her log shows that she made nearly four
teen knots an hour from Madeira to New
York under easy steam
Mr.. Higgins had been abroad for al
most a year. The Varuna left this port
on November 81 1897, and for months her
owner devoted himself to general cruis-
ing in European waters. The Black Sea
occupied some of his time. He had about
completed his seafaring when the United
States and Spain went to war, and the
Varuna, which would have been a rich
prize for the Spanards, was laid up at
Venice. Her stay there was not exactly
compulsory for her speed would have en-
abled her to run away from most of
Spain's large cruisers, and her rapid-fire
guns would have enabled her to defy
capture by any small or lightly armed
vessel
The evening times., 1898-11-15
THE APPoRTIoNMENT
oFIAPPRoPRIATIONS
The Subject Discussed at the Mo et-
ing of the Northeast Citizens
Association.

The principal business before the meet
ing of the Northeast Citizens Associa-
| ton was the discussion of the report of
the committee on assessments and ap-
portionment of appropriations on the
amount of property in the District of CO.
lumbia exempt from taxation and taxa
BILE. A partial report was made last night
by the chairman of the committee n. l..
King, in which he gave the amount of
real estate belonging to the various uni
versities and colleges in this city which
was not taxable, together with that on
which assessments were levied. After
stating the exact value of the property
in each case, the report continues show
ing that very small proportion of the
| estates belonging to the various seats of
learning are taxed, and the institutions,
in some cases, derive large revenues
| therefrom. An estimate places the
! amount of real estate exempt from taxa
| tlon at $40, ,000, coo which, added to the
amount of property owned by the Gov
ernment, leaves only about 42 per cent
of the property in the District to pay the
expenses of the Government.
President Tucker spoke of the failure of
| the Commissioners To make the proper
iesu ldlloHS lot the protection OF lie ana
property at the various railroad cross
| ings both in the city and in the suburbs.
He cited the recent catastrophe at Lang
| don where two lives were lost on account
| of the absence of gates at the crossings.
| The old cry for the abolition of grade
crossings was raised by the members
! present, and a general discussion follow
| ed. during the course of which the BaIti-
more and Ohio Railroad came in for
| large share of condemnation.
A resolution was introduced 10 have
| patrol box established at the corner of
Ninth Street and Florida Avenue north
! east and was referred to the committee
! on police. w. G. Dunno of the street
| committee, reported that an alley be-
| tween 6 and II and Eleventh and Twelfth
Streets, needed paving. He also reported
| that a hearing would be given the com
mittee on this matter before Commits
| sioner Wight Wednesday.
| At the close of the meeting President
Tucker announced the committees for
| the ensuing year.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
TREASURY OFFICIALS
DINE AND MAKE MERRY
First Meeting of an Unique OrGani-
zatiOn Held at the ShOreham
Last Night.

new organization, known as the
Treasury Club, made up Of the heads Of
the various bureaus and divisions in the
Treasury Department, held its first resu-
lar meeting at the Shoreham Hotel last
night. The purpose Of the club is TO bring
together in a social way the men who
have charge of the handling of Uncle
Sans money, in oraer that they may be-
come personally Acquainted with one an
other
The idea was heartily indorsed by Sec
retary Gage and his assistants, and they
were all present at the meeting last even
ing
After the cloth was removed and the
cigars were brought on the loving cup
was passed from hand TO hand. As each
member took a SIP from the symbolic
bowl his name and position was announc-
ed by Chief Wiikie, of the Secret Ser
vice. who made a brief witty speech re-
garding the duties Of each member of the
society. The principal speakers We're Sec
retary Gage, Assistant Secretary Howell.
Commodore Higginson of the light house
board: DIR. Pritchett. Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, and Solicitor O'COn-
nell. The members of the club present
last night We're: Secretary Lyman Gage,
Commodore Francis J. Higginson. John
NJ. Comstock, Ellis II. Roberts, Henry A
Castle. Eugene f. Chamberlain, W F.
McLennan, F. a. Vanderlip, Maurice ID.
O'Connell, George w. Esterly, Major r,
l.. HoXie. Capt. S l. Kimball, DR. II. S.
Pritchett. Gen. James A. Dumont. George
simmons f. Mckitterick S. NJ Gaines
George E. Roberts Robert S Person,
Thomas J. Sullivan, Oscar p Austin.
Milton f. Allies, Theodore +. Swayze
I Charles Lyman, T V. Powderly, Col
Daniel Grosvenor, Claude NJ. Johnson,
Nathan b. Scott, William Youngblood
Robert J. TracewelI, DIR. Walter Wyman,
Commissioner Seth NJ. Ackley, J. E Will
kie, of the Secret Service, and James J.
Tyler.
The next dinner of the Treasury Club
will be held on the second Saturday n
December, at the Shoreham.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
VALUE OF CARRIER
PIGEONS IN WAR
REPORT OF CAPTAIN BARTLETT
recommends That Experiments BE
Made in Connection With Coast
Signaling.

An interesting report the value of
carrier pigeons for signaling purposes has
been made to the Navy Department, by
Capt. John r. Bartlett, who was chief of
the Coast Signal Service during the war
with Spain. He recommends that expert
ments be made for the purpose of train
ing homing pigeons in connection with
coast signaling for the reason that they
offer a solution of the problem of COM
munication with vessels in the off-shore
patrol fleet. These vessels would most
probably operate in districts having es-
tablished cases, and at such a distance
from the coast and from the inshore pa
troll that visual signaling would be i'm
possible. A homing-pigeon service cam
not be improvised and be OF any real
value. The birds must be systematically
and patiently trained for a year or two.
not only to equip the cotes with trained
carriers for that locality, but to furnish
a stock with bred breeders. Expert
mental cotes should be located at the
bases of naval coast defense districts a
small vessel provided with a carrier-pig-
con outfit and an officer detailed to de-
velop this means of communica ton and
SupeTlnlenu the systematic training OF
the birds.
Unless this is done with intelligence and
thoroughness for at least year it would
be useless TO rely upon il at all. Such a
system could be very economically inau-
gurated, and could be maintained at a
comparatively slight cost. A simple rOu-
tine of drills, exercises and reports based
upon our recent experiences, could be
readily put into operation, and small re-
wards or appropriate ratings would stim-
ulate proficiency. In times of peace such
a service would be of constant cOnVen-
ience To this department and to the mar
itime interests of the country, and the
constant practice would prepare the men
for the emergencies of war. Attention is
called TO the fact that every other mari
Jime nation has such a system, generally
much more elaborate than the one herein
proposed, organized by and operated IN
der its naval or maritime department
| regard it as most essential to the navy
and commercial interests OF the United
States
The evening times., 1898-11-15
Travels of n Bottle.
(From The johannesburg New.

When the Natal Volunteers were returning from
England. after having taken part in the Jubilee
celebrations, Sergt. T. N. Owens, of the Natal
Carabineers. in the presence Of the rest of the
company, scrihblod a note, inclosed il in a bot
tie. sealed the bottle and threw il over the
ships side. This incident took place on June
). 1897, while Umfu was off the coast OF
Spain The other day Mr.. Owens received a copy
of the Barbados Advocate of June 49, 1895, CON
tanning the following paragraph under the head
ing Of ''Adrift:''
This is from Lighthourner's mail notes, St
Thomas: "A bottle containing the following was
picked up by James Pen on May II, at the island
Of Great Guawanas, northeast OF Eortola "Junc
J. lS97-This paper is thrown into the sea by
the Natal Volunteers, about 16 degrees longitude
80 degrees latitude, with the curiosity to learn
IL il will ever reach laBd.-T. NJ. Owen. Maritz-
burg Natal q" The bottle, it is calculated.
travelled over three thousand miles between the
time it was picked up in the West Indies II
would seem 10 have taken almost straight
course across the Atlantic Ocean, following the
trade route from England TO South America
The time occupied was nearly twelve months
The evening times., 1898-11-15
NEW INDUSTRY
FOR WASHINGTON
Company Being Formed for the
Manufacture of PAPER Bags OF
All Sizes and Grades.

\ new paper bag mandatory is to be
incorporated for business in this city
within a few days. Ii will be the only
paper bag factory in the city and the
only one south of Philadelphia. The new
establishment will have a large plant and
will be able to compete with the out-of-
town concerns in quality and quantity
and price, it is claimed.
Several of the large firms of the city
have already made contracts with the
new people for large quantities. All sizes,
shapes and grades will be manufactured.
There is a large field for the new enter
prise. the number of bags used In Wash
ington running up into the hundreds of
millions annually.
The evening times., 1898-11-15

1t is strange that in considering plans
for increasing the revenues of the Gov
ernment to pay for island government,
no thought is taken of the daily sums
Blanco is gathering in for the Spanish
treasury and his own pocket. The amount
collected in the past four months is con-
siderable, and 10 il is TO be added the
very pretty sum realized from the sale
of public property including real estate.
could pay off his army with the money he
has extorted from the people of Ha-
vana.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
Messpates.

He gave us all good-by cheerily
At the first dawn of day;
We dropped him down the side full drearily
When the light died away.
It's dead dark watch that he's a-keeping there
And long, long night that lags a-creepng there
Where the trades and the tides roll over him,
And the great ships 60 by.
He's there alone, with green seas rocking him
For a thousand miles round;
He's there alone with dumb thing mocking him.
And we're homewsrd bound.
It's long, lone watch that he's a-keeping there
And a dead. cold night that lags a-creepng there,
While the months and the years roll over him,
And the great ships 60 by.
wonder if the tramps come near enough,
As they thrash to and fro,
And the battleship's bells ring clear enough
To be heard down below;
II through all the lone watch that he's a-keeping
there,
And the long, cold night that lags a-creeping
there.
The voices of the sailor-men shall comfort him
When the great ships go by.
Henry s. Newbolt.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
SEATS ON THE BOARD
ADVANCE IN PRICE
More Money Required to Obtain til e
Rights to Buy and Sell on the
Stock Exchange.

New York, Nov. 15.-As a result of the
revival of business in Wall Street. the
prices of seats on the Stock Exchange
have been picking up for several weeks.
until yesterday one sold for s2S, eco. This
is the highest price paid for more than
dozen years The high-water mark
was reached in the early SOS, when S91.-
500 was paid
There have been few deaths this year.
and some predict that the price will again
reach the mark Of fifteen or eighteen
years ago. In the opinion of many brok-
ers the outlook for business is better than
ii has been for several years.
Stock Exchange seats are dealt in just
like stocks, and fiuctuate in value in much
the same way. To the small broker, who
derives his living mostly from g orders
received from prominent firms. the value
of the seat manifestly depends upon the
activity of business and the number of g
bills that his membership will bring in
in day.
Following the panic OF 1893 business on
the exchange greatly ran down and for
months at d time ii was said that the
average broker did not make enough 10
pay office rent. Total sales on the foo.
of the exchange frequently amounted 10
less than 10000 shares day. The result
was that seats sold as low as SlS,0J0 each,
Trading on the floor for long time
amounted almost exclusively TO trading
between members and operators. on
which the commission was only s. on
each 100 shares, as distinguished from
| outside business, when $50 a hundred
is charged customers who are not mem
| bers of the exchange 1t is the latter
| business, of course, that all OF the brok-
ers prefer. but, failing 10 get this. as is
| the case with many of the younger men,
| bers they fall back on the 81 bills that
| may come their way.
| In times like these, when the public
| takes an active interest in Wall Street
| there Is a large increase in the $3.50 or
ders, and of course all the members are
| happy and feel that a seat on the eX
change is a good thing TO have The 100
! 900 shares a day above referred to- If they
were mostly 50 sales would bring in only
5000 In commissions, which, divided
among the 1,1OO members. would mean an
average of only I.Sl apiece. If the 100
| 900 shares were all "one-tenth" sales, net
| ting $3.50 hundred, the income would
| be So. 500 instead of s.. COO a day.
! With business amounting to soc. .00
shares a day, however. as was the case
yesterday. a large part of which was
! commission business, netting sl2.50 hun
| dred. the net returns to the members
| would be anywhere from $4,000 to $500
| on stocks alone. The dealings in bonds
! have also been large, amounting to any
| where from s7,000,0O0 to S9,00O, coo a day
| and correspondingiy large commissions
| have been receievd from these
The evening times., 1898-11-15

Mr.. Dinsley assures the country that
there viii be no reduction Of war ex-
penses. The war taxes having been ar
ranged for the fiscal year il would be
un-Republican not to expend every dol
lar. There seems TO be no thought that
our future pension payments must be in
creased and that rigid economy now would
better prepare the treasury for subse-
quent drains. The many young gentle
men who are serving on the military staff
are the relatives or proteges of eminent
political workers and are not to toe dis
Jurbed. Although the war has been over
for four months We are sriIl paying out
money on the war basis. Last month The
expenditures for the military establish
meHt exceeded the special war revenues
by Sli,t56"3 and this month the excess
viii not be less than $l0.e1lgp Instead
OF planning TO reduce the outgo, an at
tempt will be made To increase the taxes
The one thing the Republican party has
never favored is the removal of burdens
once imposed on the people. The talk
about having to enlarge the revenues
10 meet the expenses of island admins
uaIiOn is unwarrauted The revenues Of
the islands themselves should be sutfi-
cient TO supply all that is paid out on
their account.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
RObbed the Third Time

Pottsville. Pa, Noy. l5-Burglars made
a big haul at Minersyille. The postoftice
was entered and "a alarge quantity of
stamps was taken. 1e Adam Hinkle's $
blacksmith shop was looted, and John
Mohan's store was broken into, both on
the same night. The clerks of the store.
who sleep in an ante-room, surprised the
burglars at their work, who covered
them with a brace of revolvers. The
burglars made good their escape with
about 500 in cash, jewelry and other ar
ticles. al
This is the third time the postoffice has
been robbed in as many years.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
FRATERNAL ORDERS
COME TOGETHER
Meet i'm Baltimore 10 Discuss Means
for increasing the PGwe of the
Various Associations

Baltimore, Nov. l5.-Today the Congress
Of Fraternal Orders began their four
days session in Baltimore There are
present representatives Of nearly all the
fraternal and protective associations of
the United States and Canada. The pur-
pose of the congress will be to expand
and augment the power of such bodies.
The officers of the congress are: James
Z. Shepard president, Lawrence Mass.
D. E. Stevens, vice president, Philadel-
phia; NJ. W. Sackett, secretary-treasurer.
Meadville, Pa; Rev ]. @. Tate chaplain,
Lincoln. Ncb.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
Detecting False Jewels.
lFrnIn the Lnndon Glnbel 8

BY looking az objects through 4 screen Of two
glass plates, one laid upon the other, and one
being of blue tint obtained from oxide of CO.
bait. while the other was Of yellow tint got
from oxide OF manganese and iron, Henri Cross
finds that objects which TO the naked eye APP
pear the same in color look different through the
screen. Thus a green emerald looks rosy violet
through the glass, but a false green emerald
looks green. True sapphire keeps its natural
appears rosy red. An Egyptian cup of Sevres
blue paste appeared blue save a part restored
which was red. He able TO conclude that
the Egyptian paste had base Of copper blue and
the restored part one of cobalt
The evening times., 1898-11-15
England's Heat Record.
tFrom Notes and Queries J

The extremes Of outdoor temperature in Eng
land vary more than l29 degrees. The greatest
heat probably on record was registered in the
valley of the Midway July % 1865, when
the thermometer at Tonhridge stood in the shade
AT 100 ID degrees Fahrenheit. Eleven years later
in December, 1879, 50 degrees OF frost were re-
corded at Blackadder. in Berwickshre-tha is,
2S degrees below zero Fahrenheit. More remarka-
bic. however, than the heat in summer were the
hot winters of l74s and 1857, and the warm
Januaries Of 1877, 1854, and 1893.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
A Candid Woman.

lrEoHl tiic SHlCaSO NcNS-J
Meeks-My wife is nothing If not original.
Now, what do you suppose she said when | asked
her TO marry me?
weeks-Oh, something about its being so sud-
den, suppose.
Meeks-No, indeed, She said, ''Well | think
it's about time; I've been expecting you to
make break for three months!"
The evening times., 1898-11-15
CURRENT HUMOR.
The Use of an Education.
From Judge

Farmer Corfed-Ya'as, my son Josh took the
law course at Yale, Ruhe took the scientific
course. and Dave took the divinity course
Farmer Hayrake-And they have ali done we'll,
l suppose?
Farmer Cornfed-You het they have Josh is
trainer NV the Washout Indian University Foot
ball team. Rube is coach NV the Bungtnwn mill
taTy academy crew. and Dave i atheletic direc-
tor the POkeyile Young Ladies seminary
track team and baseball nine.
The evening times., 1898-11-15
Iohn cnIIihnn Ground tn Atoms.

Shenandoah. Pa, Nov. 15.-John CALI
han, aged fourteen, met a terrible death
yesterday at Packer No. colliery, being
ground to pieces in the rollers. The ac-
cident was not discovered until pieces Of
the boys remains were carried by the
coal from the rollers to the tables of the
slate pickers.