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Evening star., 1898-03-25
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.
Annual Gathering of Ministers of NJ.
f. Church South.

f. Church South.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
HINTON, W. Va, March 25--The second
days meeting of the one hundred and four
teenth annual session of the Baltimore an
nual conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South was largely devoted to re-
ports of preachers as their characters were
passed by the presiding elders. Eight dis
tricts are represented. These embrace all
of Maryland except the lower counties on
the eastern shore, all of the valley counties
of Virginia and five counties north of the
RappahaIrock river, as well as the noun
tain counties OF West Virginia-about 200
ministers, 10000 church members and
nearly 10000 Epworth League members.
The report of Epworth Church in the
city of Washington shows work done dur
ing the year as follows: Pastors salary
$1,000; presiding elder, $72; janitor, fuel
&c, S4U5; benevolent collections, 1923; poor
fund. SO; Epworth League, $64; Sunday
school, Si24; printing, s47; missionary COL
lectons, Sis; total current expenses.
$3.50
In addition TO this amount there has been
collected and paid out account of the
church debt, interest, ETC.. s2,S46. making a
grand total for the year of $5.231
The present membership is 211 net gain
of IS during the past year.
The Epworth League numbers 110 men,
bers, an increase of - during the year
The Junior League numbers 10 members
an increase of % members during the year.
The Sunday school has a total enrolment
of 23I, which includes officers and II
teachers.
Rev. j. w. Duffy of Mount Vernon Place
Church. Washington, reported S45 men,
bers.
For Marion Church an addition of 26
| members was shown, making a net loss of
o, and leaving 19S members, with s., 700
| paid for all purposes.
Rev. j. T. Williams told of Ill members
| in Alexandria Church, where the sum of
| $3.50 was raised for missions and 5000 for
| all purposes.
Rev. Robert b. Atkinson, Congrega-
| tional minister of Atlanta, was admitted
| to membership in the conference at the re-
| quest of Bishop Galloway and upon the
| recommendation of Bishop Wilson, who
| Immediately transferred him to the north
! Georgia conference. He is to be appointed
| to Walker Street Church, Atlanta.
Evening star., 1898-03-25
NICARAGUA CANAL COMMISSION.
IL IL Estimated That the Work VIII
Cost s10O,OOO,OOO.

Information has been received at the
State Department that the Nicaragua canal
commission, consisting of Admiral Walker,
Colonel Hams and Prof. Haupt, has fin
ished its tour of observation and study
of the canal line across Nicaragua, and is
Eow on its way TO the United States on the
sunbcat Newport. 1t is reported that the
commission estimates that the canal can
be completed for about hundred million
dcllars, which estimate is about $4,000 oc0
In excess Of that made by the Maritime
Canal Company 1t is impossible to verify
this report in official circles. The proba-
Eility is that the commission will not be
prepared to transmit it's report to Con-
gress before next winter.
Evening star., 1898-03-25
THE SATURDAY STAR.
A Partial List of the Contents of To-
mOrrOy's Big Paper.

N Partial List OF the Contents OF To-
mOrrovv's Big Paper.
The big Saturday edition of The Evening
Star this week will contain wealth of
good reading. There will be SO many we'll
written and timely articles, and on such n
variety of subjects. that every taste will
be catered to. In every department that
goes to make up great metropolitan daily
The Star tomorrow will oe unusually COM
plete and interesting.
The women readers of The Star will be
especially pleased with the articles on
fashions. There will be a second chapter
on the subject CT spring millinery. The
models are from the leading milliners of
Paris and the article will be lavishly illus
trated from photographs taken in Paris.
Frank Carpenters letter this week is de-
scrptive of scenes and incidents along the
Isthmus of Panama, and is very readable,
indeed
THE Traders Wife" is the title of the
short stcry this week. 1t is by J. F. Rose
Soley, and recounts the strange adventures
of white trader among the semi-savaSe
inhabitants of the interior of Samoa. J. F.
Rose-Soley has Travelled much in the South
seas, and has learned all about their in
habitants by living among them. The story
is vividly written and will hold the read
er's attention to the end.
Among other leading features are the
following:
SIGNS OF SPRING Qllustrated).
The season of the year when children
take to outdoor sports; some pleasant
chat about the games that are now all
the raSe.
ELISA Qllustrated).
A continuation of Rider Haggard's in
tensely interesting story.
CURRENT FASHIONS Qllustrated).
The Stars New York correspondent says
that the return of the crinoline is not
impossibility, and gives the reasons
for thinking SO.
READY FOR THE FIGHT Qllustrated).
Graphic description of the transformation
that takes place on board battle ship
when the decks are cleared for action.
PLAIDS AND CHECKS Qllustrated).
A letter from The Stars correspondent
in Frankfort-on-M Main, discussing colors
and materials that will be popular this
spring.
HATS FOR SPRING Qllustrated).
Designs from the shops of the best-known
milliners in the French capital.
MEN WITH RECORDS.
Officers now in the navy who fought
bravely for the flag, and would do it
again if the occasion arose.
SLUMBERING GIANTS.
Something about the seven monster mag
azines hidden away in the mountains of
New Jersey, where Uncle Sam keeps
thousands of tons Of ammunition.
A L'ROTEL DROCOT.
Scenes III the famous auction rooms of
Paris, where all sorts of things are sold.
DIGNITY OF UNIFORM.
The men in Uncle Sans service appre
ciate it's meaning, with a consequent
Improvement in morale and esprit
dc corps.
Evening star., 1898-03-25
Models to Go to Omaha

All the beautiful models of warships on
exhibition in the corridors of the Navy
Department, with the exception of the
model OF the battle ship Maine. have been
removed for shipment to the exposition at
Omaha. The model of the Maine. with tts
flag at half-mast, alone remains in front of
the office of the Secretary of the Navy as
an eloquent reminder of the recent catas-
trophe in the harbor of Havana.
Evening star., 1898-03-25
Validity of win i'm ouext,ou.

Louis E. Conner. only child of Annie w.
conner, deceased daughter of the late
Lewis W. Shoemaker this afternoon filed a
caveat to the nuncupative will of Shoe
maker, which was placed on record yester-
day.
Conner alleges that the nuncupative will
in question is not the last will of Shoe
maker, that it was not executed in due
form of law, and that If it was executed by
Shoemaker as his last will the execution
was procured under influence of persua-
sions or opportunities.
Evening star., 1898-03-25

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, March 24.-Dr
Mortimer a. R. F. Carr, one of the best
known and most successful physicians OF
western Maryland, died here early yes
terday, after an illness of four months
aged siXty-eght years. He was a native
of Frederick county, Va. He graduated at
the University of Maryland, and was a
practitioner at Chicago, but spent the last
twenty years of his life here. He was a
member of the pension examining board
and of the board of water commissioners.
He was an active democrat A wife and
one daughter survive him.
Evening star., 1898-03-25
Dt.bnrred From Practice.

The Secretary of the Interior, upon the
Recommendation of the commissioner Of
pensions, has ordered the disbarment of W.
L. Hunter of Mineral Bluff, Georgia Mr.
Hunter was charged. convicted and sem
fenced to thirteen months Imprisonment
for withholding 81 800 pension money be-
longing to one Elisabeth Hughes, widow Of
James T. Hughes.
Evening star., 1898-03-25
wACHTER GETS THE PLUM.
Caucus Nomination for Police Com
missioner Of baltimore.

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.
STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS, Nd,
March 25.-The republican caucus which
met in the hall of delegates at 10 O'Clock
this morning by a unanimous vote nomi-
mated Frank G. Wachter as the party s
choice for police commissioner to succeed
Edson NJ. Schryver, democrat. Fifty re-
pUblicans attended the caucus. On the in
formal ballot E. Madison Mitchell and ID.
Pin!lney West received three votes each.
Mr.. Wachter's nomination is acceptable
to the administration wing of the party. 1t
is not likely that the state senate will agree
to go into joint ballot to ratify the choice
of the caucus this week.
Evening star., 1898-03-25
FOR HARMONIOUS ACTION.
A Joint Commission of War md ynvx
Departments,

A Joint commission from the War and
Navy Departments has been created SO as
to bring them into harmonious action on
all measures. Capt. Barker, the naval aid
OF Secretary Long, was designated to rep
resent The Navy Department in this COM
mon plan of actiCn. The representative of
the War Department has not yet been
named. 1t will not be necessary for these
two ofhcers to leave Washington, as they
can best arrange a joint plan of action in
conference with the bureau chiefs of the
two departments here.
Evening star., 1898-03-25

New Maryland Postmnstcrs.
The following postmasters were appoint
ed today in Maryland: A. H. Hambleton
St. Michaels; Mrs. Clara D. Abrahams
Woodlawn.
Evening star., 1898-03-25
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
White-Alexander G. Ramsay of Canada
and Alice Merritt Cunningham of this city;
Gilbert w. Lofiand and Ruth Clay Turner,
both Of Charlottesville, Va; Albert N.
Fritche and Minnie T. Klein, both of Nc
keesport, Pa; August c. Werner and Ida
Simon. both of Baltimore, Nd.
Colored-Isaiah Morton of Orange Court
House, Va, and jamie Slaughter Of Gull
peper county, Va.
Evening star., 1898-03-25

If you want anything, try an ad. in The
Star If anybody has what you wish, you
will get an answer.
Evening star., 1898-03-25
FINANCIAL.
THE STORAGE
DEPARTMENT.
American Sc
curity & Trust Co.

FROM ITS LONG EN-
PERlENCE IN THE
CARE AND HANDLING
OF EVERYTHING PER-
TANNING TO THE
NJ OD Z II y HOUSE
HOLD is ENABLED
TO OFFER UNEQUAL
ED FACILITIES FOR
THE SAFE STORAGE,
MOVING. PACKING
AND SHIPPING OF
VALUABLE AND FRA
GLE ARTICLES OF
EVERY KIND.
Evening star., 1898-03-25

To the seeker alter bizarre. quaint ard out-of-
the-crtiinary things for home decoration
The Tile shop
Thirteenth
ST. +.
No 52D-522.
VIII prove 4 veritlfle '-treasure-trove- Ana
bargains are not lacking either. Andirons can
be lad for ~ per cent less than usual.
deII-im-12
PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR SUITS TO BE
finished before Easter. Our kind of tailoring
can't he rushed through in few hours. Fit Or
no pay
]. FRED. GATCHEL & CO.,
TailoIs,
6o4 18th st. W.
F.. F. MUdd. the famous cutter, Is now with is
mh2o-Sd
Evening star., 1898-03-25

Want" ads. in The Star pay because
they bring answers
Evening star., 1898-03-25

March Il, 1895.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
GREAT FALLS FOWER COMPANY VII! he held
at Alexandria Virginia. the Braddock House
on II t-Sl'A1. April .. 1895. It twelve O'Clock
neon, fer the following purposes:
l. 10 elect officers for the ensuing year
To transact any other business that may
legally come before said meeting
PAUL BUTLER. President
JOHN B. COTTON. Secretary.
Iah1S. .21 q. q. y, 80. .31&ap12.4
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20
Origin of Textile Names.

About the year 1929 the wooden
trade of England became located at
Worsted, about fifteen miles from
Norwich, and it was at this place that
the manufacture of the twisted double
teread of WOODEN, afterwards called
worsted, was first made, if not in
vented. Linsey-Woolsey was first
made at Linsey, and was for a long
time very popular fabric. Kersey-
mere takes its name from the village
of Kersey, and the mere close by it,
in the county of Suffolk. We have to
thank GAIA, in Palestine, the gates of
which Sampson carried away, for gaze
or gauze. GAIA means treasure"
and precious to the fair is the tissue
which covers without concealing their
charms. Voltaire, wishing to describe
some intellectual but perhaps some
dressy woman, said, "She is an eagle
in cage of gauze. Muslin owes its
name to Mossoul, fortified town in
Turkey in Asia. Tulle obtains its
name from that of city in the south
of France. Travellers by rail in Brit
tany often glide past Guingamp with
out remembering that it was here that
was first produced that useful fabric
bingham. Damask derives its name
from the city Of Damascus; calico from
Calicut, a town in India formerly
celebrated for its cotton cloth, and
there also calico was printed; cambria
from Cambray, q town in Flanders,
where it was first made; and tweed
from fabric worn by fishermen upon
the river Tweed. Self Culture.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20
The Paradise of the HouseGeeper,

Aeru is, it seems to me, the para
disc of the housekeeper. There are
few places where it is easier to man
age house than here. There are no
long stairs to climb. In many cases
the whole house is on one floor, and
| have visited Lima families who haG
houses containing 20 large rooms all
on the first floor. The cooks do all
the marketing of Lima. A lady SCI!
dom goes out of the house except to
shop or visit. The way the market.
ing is managed is to allow the cook so
much day, according to your pocket
and style of living, say 81 day or
more, and for this he IS expected to
supply the meas and see that the
table is completely furnished with
food, In other words, you board with
your cook. Ifyou have good cook you
will be better and more cheaply served
than if you tried to manage it all your
self and at the same time save all the
wear and tear. Many of the cooks are
Chinese. All expect to make profit
off the marketing in addition to their
wages. Servants are cheap here. [
give the usual prices in our money,
having reduced them from the silver
paid here. Cooks get about Sc a
month; housekeepers, IS; chief but
lers, $lO,and the second buffers about
SIS. These are the prices paid by for
eigners. The native Peruvian fam
lilies pay less, and in the country dis
tricts there are many house servants
who do not get much more than their
board and clothes. Seamsresses who
come to the house to sew receive
from thirty to forty cents day and
washerwomen twenty-five cents for
washing and about fifty cents for iron
ing. - Correspondence, Washington
Star.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20
Australia's Curiosities.

There are some curious things in
Central Australia. According to Pro-
fessor Baldwin Spencer, Lake ANA
deus, in the dry season, is merely a
sheet of salt. Ayers Rock, about five
miles round, rises abruptly from the
desert. Formerly vast rivers flowed
here, and the diprotodoton, wombat-
like creature, worthy of its name and
four times as large as kangaroo,
hourished on the plains. Now there
are hardly any animals to be seen.
The fish live in water holes of the
hills until the floods wash then down
to the valleys. At the end of the wet
season the water frogs fill themselves
with water, roll themselves in the mud
and lie low till the next rains, which
may not come for two years. Mean.
while the provident frog, like the
''mousie" of Robert Burns, may have
the misfortune to furnish drink to @
thirsty black. The natives also gel
water from the roots of trees. They
are in the "totem" stage and revere
certain plants or animals which pro
tect them. Men of one group car
only marry women from another sin
gle group. Savannah (Ga.) News.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20

fax Courthouse, and after q careful
education he took up the study of
the law. He was admitted to the bar
while quite young and went to work
as though his daily bread depended
on it. He is bright, well-informed
and a good speaker. He was elected
to the lower house of the Legislature,
and it is only question of time when
he will occupy seat in Congress. He
inherited from his father the Wizards
hotel property and the Ebbett House
and from his mother considerable
property in Virginia. Although he is
commonl y referred to as "the richest
man in Virginia, he is unassuming. -
New York Sun.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20
Rough Riders Saluted by Historic Cannon


When Roosevelt's rough riders
passed through the town of Morgan
City, La, each train was greeted with
q salute from two cannon planted in
front of the depot. These old guns
bear stamped in their breech the mark
of "1815." During the civil war they
found their way from New Orleans to
the transports of Port Chene, on Bayou
Chene, this parish. When the Wash
ington artillery were about to give
their famous excursion here five years
ago, Baron Natili had caused to be
prepared old Fort Star, in order to
lend a military aspect to the place.
He was at loss for guns to mount on
his fort, when an old hunter and
trapper told him that there were some
submerged cannon at Fort Chene.
The baron got together a crowd of
men, and on tug proceeded to what
had been Fort Chene. Underground
and trees had destroyed all the for
nation of the place, and it was only
after many hours Of search and hard
labor that these cannon we're pulled
from the mud and mire into which
they had toppled. They were then
mounted on Fort Star, and when
patriotism became rampant among the
citizens Of Morgan City committee
was selected to investigate the old
guns. Two were found to be service
able, and every rumor Of good news
and every carload Of soldiers is treated
to the roar of what was once one OF
the big guns Of its day.-New Orleans
Times-DemOcrat.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20
THE SAMOAN WIDOWS GRIEF,
1t Clustered Around the Family Rifle
After Her Husband Had Been Eaten.

1t Clustered Around the Family Rifle
After Her Husband Had Been Eaten.
The Samoan will give away any
thing which he possesses when an
other member of his family comes
along and asks for it. This makes
personal property most fuctuating
matter. One thing, however, is never
given away under any circumstances,
and that is the rifle which each man
keeps in good order and in readiness
for the outbreak of hostilities. No
attempt has been made by the Euro
pean officials to disarm the natives,
but close watch is kept on the i'm
portation of any new munitions of war;,
When the yacht John Williams of the
London Missionary society returned
from tour of the stations in New
Guinea, which are served by Samoan
pastors, it brought the sad news that
Neemia, respected native mission
ary in a remote nook of the Gulf of
Papua, had been eaten by his imper-
fectly converted congregation. The
mission vessel arrived too late to save
the pastor, but just in time to rescue
his wife Masina, who was defending
her house with a single rifle against a
horde of savages. Masina was brought
back to Apia in the John Williams, her
grief somewhat tempered by the
knowledge that for some time to come
she would be a central figure at all
district meetings of the mission,
where she would be expected to tell
her story. In few days the treaty
officials received from King Malietoo
an official communication signed with
the royal sign manual and duly sealed
with the great seal. In it he recited
the cannabalism which had been prac-
ticed upon Neemia and the bravery of
Masina. In consideration of these
sad events and the great grief into
which the widow was plunged, he had
given her permission to retain the
family rife and her store of ammuni-
ton and to bring it ashore with her.
The mischief had been done and was
. beyond repair. All that remained for
the official board to do was sharply to
remind the king that he had no power
to grant landing permits for the con-
traband munitions of war and to assure
him that the Berlin treaty took no
cognizance of grief SO profound that
it must be assuaged by rifles. New
York Sun.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20
A Giant MeteOrite.

A meteroite, described as half the
size of st. Paul's Cathedral, London,
is said to have fallen at Port Alfred,
in South Africa. 1t made q hole i'll
the ground fifty feet deep, 100 feet
long and sixty feet wide, which would
make it the largest known meteroite
on record. Being a single piece, ap'
parently, it was probably solid iron,
like other meteorites known, some OF
which have weighed number of tons,
but none of this size is recorded.
And yet there is no reason to believe
that multitudes very much larger. may
not be travelling in the celestial spaces
and it is only good luck that prevents
our falling in with them. There is nc
inherent impossibility that a meteorite
OF little asteroid, as large as some of
the multitude that revolve between
Mars and Jupiter, might come within
the sphere of the earth's attraction,
large enough to cover an entire state,
They may be ever moving in the
tracks of comets, although we know per
fectly we'll that the bulk of the ma
terial of comets is very inconsiderable,
and the earth has more than once
passed through the tail of GOMEZ
without any more effect than shower
of falling stars. What the effect would
be of striking the head of a comet W.
do not yet know.-New York indie
pendent
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20
A Premium on a Process.

The chamber of commerce of Como,
Italy, offers cash prize for a simple
and practical process of determining
the various substances used in weight
ing silk. These substances include
mineral salt, oil, soap, gelatine, sugar.
gums and fibrine. This must be de-
termined both as to quantity and quail
ity. The inventor must also invent
and furnish the appliances necessary
for making the tests. The descriptive
papers must be suitably marked and
sent with a sealed envelope giving the
name and address of the inventor. In
view of the fact that silk is weighted
to many times it's natural amount, the
importance of fully understanding
and approaching these authorizations
appeals to the general public. A large
number of manufacturers of silk have
agreed to unite in the effort to pro-
duce silk of better quality than that
ordinarily furnished. By chemical
process piece of silk may be almost
dissolved. After going through q
course of treatment with various
agents the small amount of fibre is as
startling to the consumer as it is dis
conraging to those who desire to pro-
duce pure article at reasonable
cost. Chemical salts are inexpensive
and when high grade silk may be
made by their agency it is time some
steps were taken to protect the public
from such imposition. New York
T,edoer
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20
Ouadruped Fowls,

Traceyville, near Honesdale, Penn,
has a large number of chickens with
four legs. The chicken is now a big
rooster, and he is very proud of his
extra legs. A short time ago afarmer
named McGown found q four.legged
chicken under one of his hens, the
two extra legs being attached to the
breast, just beneath the wings. And
now the managers of the Wayne
County Agricultural society will offer
reward of $50 for a fve-legged
chicken, and the hens of the county
are expected to do their duty. New
York Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20
MRrother Jonathan'sV Family Tree.

With Brother Jonathan in striped
trousers. flying coattails and aspiring
beaver the accepted exponent Of the
Nation, and as such appearing in oil
his ungainliness in foreign cartoons
as we'll as in native ones, it may be OF
interest to trace Brother Jonathan
back to his derivation.
Not everyone knows that Jonathan
Trumbull, governor of Connecticut,
was the prototype after which the &C.
cepted symbol of the United States
was copied, and that George Wash
ington, "First in war, first in peace,
and first in the hearts of lis country
men," was first also to use the term
"Brother Jonathan" While Wash
ington was in Massachusetts with his
army he was often in difficulty because
of lack of provisions, SO Governor
Trumbull was frequently called upon
to come to the rescue. So often was
this done that, at last, in all emer-
gencies Washington was wont to say,
IT will consult Brother Jonathan, :"
until at length it became crystallized
into a National expression. - New
York Tribune.