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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13

has also given d 20 per cent reduction in
fares the fifteen railroads covering all
of New England, tickets good un... June
3, inclusive.
The Southern Railway Company has given
a one-fare rate for the round trip from all
points in Virginia. also all points in North
Carolina from Asheville to Salisbury and
Charlotte to TaylOrsville. inclusive and all
stations north and east thereof. Tickets is
sued May p and to be good until Nav 81
inclusive.
The Chesapeake and Ohio will sell half
rate tickets to Washington from all points
on the line and is organizing excursions for
the jubilee at special excursion rates
The probabilities are strong that the rate
from Baltimore during the celebration will
be reduced to $1.25 for the round trip,
tickets good for the three days of the cele-
bration.
The Civic Parade.
committee was presided over by Chairman
William Dickson last night, and was large
ly attended
An incomplete list of the organizations
which have declared their intention to par
ticipate in the civic parade was presented.
The list is rs follows:
First division-B. P. Order of Elks Mil
itary Rank, X. of P, and several visiting
lodges; Knights of Khorassan Improved
Order of Red Men, Junior Order American
Mechanics. Butchers Association (mount-
ed, Fat Mems Association, Volunteer Fire
men, District schools with floats, showing
industrial training and domestic cookery
The second division will be devoted to the
various German-speaking fraternal, social,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13
NEARLY COMPLETED
National Peace Jubilee Plans Max
ing Rapid Progress.
REDUCTION OF RAILROAD RATES
Work of Various Committees in
Behalf of the Project.


National peace jubilee headquarters were
as busy as the apocryphal beehive today
and the spirited progress in behalf of the
successful elimination of the project was
as noticeable as ever. Many details were
settled through conferences of promoters
and cheering reports will be made tonight
at the meeting of the executive committee.
The guarantee fund is steadily growing
and the indications are that the coming
week will show very substantial increase.
The Office of treasurer in charge of any
fund is no sinecure but where a man is
called upon to disburse the money for q
celebration where there are such innumer-
allie details and Items, big and little, his
responsibilities are little less than onerous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13
TO Buy DEWEY A HOME.
The New York Times Suggests Pop
ular Subscription.

uiar subscription.
The New York Times of today, in an edi-
torial entitled What Shall We Do for
Dewey" says:
What shall we do for the man who has
done so much for US? That is the ques-
ton which has for long time been agi-
tating the American people. 1t is quite
true that according to our precedents we
have not been niggardly in recognition of
the great services of Commodore Dewey,
he was a year ago. But there is a per-
sistent and prevailing feeling that we ought
to do more; that the American nation, in
some unofficial and spontaneous way,
should recognize the services of Dewey as
the British nation officially recognized the
services OF Wellington, when ii present ed
him with the estate of Strathfield Sage
Why not appeal directly to the public
through its immediate organs and agents,
the newspapers, which get their liyings by
representing its sentiments?
There are some 2O.UOO periodicals in the
United States which are entitled to trans
mission as such through the mails. Among
them are 2,119 daily papers, which repre-
sent. most Immediately and most accurate
ly. the sentiment of the United States Let
us assume that only one-fOurth part of
these are in position to act as collecting
and distributing agents for a national
Dewey testimonial and that each one of
these 800 is willing to pledge itself to the
collection from its readers and the trans
mission to the appointed trustees of the
sum of $500 for that fund. The aggregate
of these subscriptions would be S2JO,OOO.
Half of this should go.to the erection of a
residence for the admiral, and the other
half for his personal use.
This would be truly a national and pop
ular subscription. The admiral would not
be at liberty to refuse II, since ii would not
be the creation of an obligation on his part
but only the recognition of an obligation
on the part of the nation.
THE President of the United States the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of the
Treasury would be appropriate custodians
of the fund, and their willingness to as
sumo its custody may be taken for grant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13

The following assignments of officers re-
Gently promoted are announced: Col Theo-
dore A. Baldwin to the 7th Cavalry; Col
Adna r. Chaffee to the Sth Cavalry: Lieut..
Col. Francis Moore to the 10th Cavalry
Lieut.. Col. Henry w. Vessels, jr., to the
Sd Cavalry; Major Henry w. Sprole to the
9th Cavalry; Major E. z. Steever to the
Sd Cavalry; Capt. Farrand Sayre to the Sth
Cavalry; Capt. Hugh J. Gallagher to the
Sd Cavalry; Lieut. Col. Moore has been re-
lieved from duty at headquarters, depart
ment of the Colorado, and ordered to join
his regiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13
LEGAL NOTICES.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
OF 'plahlhla- holding special term for Orphans
Court huslness.-ln estate OF Charles Ford d.
ceased No 1854. Administration docket 25.-Ap-
piicailon having been made 10 the supreme Court
OF the District of Columbia holding a special term
for Orphans Court business for probate Il a inst
Will aud testament and for letters tceiainrn'ary On
said estate, 10y Isaac Henry Ford aud ! Murdoch
Clark, II is ordered this 18th day 81 May. lS.,a.
that notice is hereby given Margaret : Ford.
and TO all Others concerned TO appear Ia said court
GU Friday, the 18th day Of June, A u 1879. az 10
O'Clock am, 10 show cause why such application
should not Ice snnttd THIS noti'c shall hc pull
lished in the Washington Law Reporter aud The
Evening star ono" IN each 81 three successive weeks
publication in The Evening star 10 he not less than
thirty days before said return day. Ry the Court:
CllAS. {. COLE Justice. Attest. I NOTA No
GILL. Register OF Wills. ;. II. BOND Attorney
Tor Appicants. myl3 iaw-St
IN THE SUPREME 0ouRT or THE DISTINCT
OF Columbia the 18th day Of March. lS'a.
William A. Smethurst Ethel NJ Smpthurst No.
2ol5S, El. hccket 46.
On motion OF The pIaiuiin, by Mr.. Andrew V.
Bradley, his 4ligitor, Il Is ordered that the de-
PENDANT. Eth6Aei. Smcthurst. her appcarana a
TO he entered herein before thu nIst rule day
occurring forty days after this day. othnrN sc tho
cause VIII he proceeied with In = default.
The object Of this suit il to obtain di'"nrc from
ground Of the willfui dcs rtion and abandonment ~
the complainant by the defendant for the full aud
BY the r'S Gr, period OF iyo {eS COX Ins,, sc
Ey j R YouNG. Clerk. & c o'N' '"S''''' ~''
l. T. WILLIAMS. Asst. Clerk. myl3. .nS27
FILED APRIL %. lSg9-J. r. Young CLERK
In the supreme Court ~ the District 81 Column
bia the nth day ~ April. lSra. Multie McE Hine
vs. robert Edward lliue - al No. 9O2H5. Docket
46 Equity ON motion Of the plaintiI. hy Mr. ITr-
ing Williamson her solicitor. IL is ordered that the
DEFENDANTS, Amelia Burnett Tinc. Amelia Burnett
Hine, lr., Frederick Hine. Jarvis Hinc Harry
iinc' Elizabeth Howss. Margaret Leigh. Robert II.
lime. Hrrry Hinc, William Hine. Frank IIiDe,
Clinton Hine and Arthur Htne cause their ap-
pcaFance 10 he entered herein or before the first
ruie-day occurring forty days after this day: other
Wise the cause Will Ice proceeded with as n case
OF default The object Of this suit is to sell suhot
o. IN square l64, Washington, D. c. and renyest
a 1fs1aa
mgton Law Reporter and Evening Star once a week
Tor three successive weeks. by the Court, ". :.
CON Justice, &c. True copy Test: J. Il YOUNG,
Clerk &c. BY NJ. A CLANCY, Asst Clerk.
apo law-3t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE SCOTT
To Succeed Late Nelson DinEley
House of Representatives.

The democrats of the second Maine con-
gressional district yesterday nominated by
reclamation John Scott of Bath as a candi-
date for the vacancy caused by the death OF
Nelson Dingley. Mr.. Scott delivered an ad-
dress indorsing Bryan and the Chicago
platform.
Resolutions were adopted reindorsing the
last national and state democratic plat
forms and setting forth that these princi-
pies were triumphed over by McKinleyism
which has given the country brutal politi-
cal bossism, relentless and grasping trust
ism, blatant Eaganism, criminal Algertsm
and rotten beefism-in a word, unadulterat-
ed, unreasoning and detestabIe modern re-
publicanism and bold and un-American i'm
perialiSm.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13

Every nervous person drags down the health of
the other members of the family-nervousness is
Contagious.
This season Of the year finds women tired beyond
belief
Their nerves have suffered. They are neither
good company for themselves nor for their friends.
Those who wise taking the most re-
sporsible of all spring remedies, getting back
their nervous vigor. their proper weight and
healthy color. Following the advice of eminent
physicians everywhere, they taxing Paine S
celery compound.
I'VE never without Paines celery compound
In our home" says Mrs. Robert Osborn who fig
ures more prominently, perhaps, than any other
woman in the social world Of New York city today.
We believe 1t to be the most wonderful nerve
invigorator obtainable.s especially recommend II
to society women. fatigued by the many demands
of the social season just closed, and to tired and
nervous professional men and women who have yet
many weeks Of labor before their vacations l am
convinced that Paine's celery compound is by far
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

painful, swollen. smarting nervous feet, and in
stantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions
It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age
Aliens FOot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel
easy. is a certain cure for sweating calIous
and hot, tired aching feet. Try 1t today. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores, By mail for 25c
In stamps Trial package FREE. Address Allen
b OanDtsd, L. Bog, n. J. Wy13-Sm-l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13

WASHINGTON, u e, POST OFFICE NOTICE.
should be read daily, changes may occur ut
any time
FoRElIN NAILS NJ" forwarded 10 the ports ~
salillE daily aud the schedule II clusiugs Is ar
ranged on III. presumption Of their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the week ending May - tn.
last connecting closes viii lee made from this Of
- I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13

The treasurer of the national peace jubilee
fund, however, who is confronted with
just such demands happily possesses a tenn
permanent that is undisturhed by such
things. He is Mr.. Emil G. Schafer, one
of WashingtOn's leading young business
men, enterprising, progressive and public
spirited in the highest degree He is forty
years old, a native of Washington and was
educated at Emerson Institute Leaving
school, he learned the business of gas,
water and steam supplies. which he has
conducted successfully here since 1884. He
is director of the Traders National Bank
and tn German American Fire Insurance
Company and the treasurer of several
financial institutions, well as of De Mo-
lay Mounted Commandery, No. 4, X. I.
He is a thirty-second- degree Mason. belong
ing to Albert Pike Consistory, and a noble
of Almas Temple. Mystic Shrine. Mr..
Schafer enjoys enviable popularity in bust
ness and social circles alike.
Jealous and Energetic.
One Of the most Jealous workers in behalf
Of the success of the celebration Is Capt. J.
NJ Edgar, who represents the Old Guard
on the executive committee, and who is
also active in the preparations for the his
tOrical pageant. His experience has been
of much value in the contamination of the
plans and projects. With A. F. Dinsmore,
James E McCabe NJ. NJ. Lewis and T. c.
Calver, Capt. Edgar also represents the
Old Guard on the general committee.
Reduced Railroad Rates.
Chairman l.. NJ. Saunders of the railroad
committee will make a most gratifying re-
port to the executive committee at it's meet
ing tonight. The Trunk Line Association,
which embraces all the Pennsylvania cities
as far as Pittsburg and in New York as
far as Buffalo, has given a rate of one fare
for the round trip, tickets good for ten
days, with the exception of New York
where SIS will be charged: Philadelphia So,
Chester $3.50, Wilmington 81 and Balti-
more 81.
The Central Passenger Association with
headquarters at Chicago, and which en-
braces all territory between that city and
Buffalo and Pittsburg. including St. Louis
Cincinnati, Cleveland and the other middle
western cities, has given one fare for
round trip from Chicago and all intermedi-
ate points good for ten days.
The New England Passenger Association
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-08-24
Changes in Royal Titles.

An interesting writer has lately
pointed out that the children Of Prince
Arthur, the only son Of the Duke OF
Connaught, who is himself third son OF
the queen, will no longer be Royal
Highnesses," but merely mobiles; and
should these children have children
they will be obliged to content them
selves with the commonplace prefix
"Mr." 1t is this fact that has induced
the queen to issue letters patent under
the seal, declaring that the children OF
the eldest son OF the Prince Of Wales
shall have, and at all times hold and
enjoy, the style, title or attribute or
Royal Hghnss." Hitherto these
children Of the Duke of York had no
right to being 50 termed. They were
Just plain princes, and their children
would fare no better than their cou-
sins Of Connaught. This state OF af-
fairs results from the queen living to
see three generations OF her direct
heirs, and 1t doubtless set her to think
Ing how Grandpapa Wales would like
having an untitled great-grandson.
with no place In the royal procession.
Until the issue Of these letters patent,
little Eddie, David and Baby Victoria
were nothing but commoners in the
eyes of the law. 1t seems odd to
Americans that this decree OF the
queens should have lifted quite a
weight from the Wales and Yorks'
hearts; but what say the Connaughts
to being left out in the cold with their
plain Your Grace" apd Mr." They
haven't been benefited, and what is
to become to them a hundred years
haDnoS
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-08-24
ABOUT BALLOONING.
SOME CURIOUS FACTS sRELATED BYAN
OLD A6RONAUT.

Men Who Pierce the Skies Fearlessly Can
not Look Over the Edge of an Ordinary
Building without Terror-TroubleD Due to
,Self-Consciousness.
"Few men or women who sail up to
the skies in balloons with entire fear
lessness could stand on the ledge OF a
third story window without expert
encing that faintness and nausea which
terror inspires or feeling an almost ir-
resstible desire to fling themselves
headlong to the pavement below said
the old aeronaut.
"Why is it thus?" asked in sur
prise.
1T Is, l think" returned he, due
entirely to the fact of self-cOnscious-
ness. Balloonists are all more or less
self-conscious. 1t is that way with
every person who is favored with con-
stant public notice or with supersensi-
tive, highly cultivated or intellectual
folk. In close proximity to their fell
low men and things of earth their SEN
sibility to surroundings is invariably
acute. There are few of such persons
who could walk along the edge OF a tall
building or who could peer down from
the brink of a precipCe without suf-
fering vertigo and that strange hysteric
impulse to jump off. This is because
they are too thoroughly aware Of their
own personalities, or, in other words,
because they are always thinking or
themselves.
Nov, person who Is not self-con-
scious may parade up and down on the
tops of cliffs, climb steeples or cling to
the ridge of a skyscraping building
without the slightest degree of fear or
inconvenience. His sensibiltes are
blunted; he is not sufficiently imbued
with the idea Of his own personal
worth to heed the perils and discom-
forts of lofty position. But put that
same individual into balloon and
send him up into the sky for a couple
of miles and, most paradoxically, he
at once becomes nervous, restless and
eventually evinces the liveliest fear.
He is liable to become sick and faint,
and manifests all those disorders COM
mon to the self-cOnsciOus man at an
eminence OF hundred feet or so.
"The latter, however, the moment
you get him a thousand feet above tho
earth, the moment all familiar objects
begin to recede from his view, loses all
fear and tendency to vertiginous dis
turbances. A strange eXhilaration
possesses him, and likewise an impulse
to dare and do. If there be trapeze
attached to the balloon he wants to
climb down and swing in it.
THAT is why professional aeronauts
ascend to great heights and swoop
down to earth by means of the para
chute. They have lost all conscious
ness of themselves among the clouds,
and boldly trust themselves TO the n.y.
pothctiCal safety OF the big umbrellas
without a tremor Of fear Yet ! ven-
ture to say not one Of these profession
ais would trust himself to leap from a
building $50 feet high with a para
chute. doubt If many of them at
such a height could be persuaded even
to venture close enough to the edge to
peer into the street.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-08-24
SliHhflY Mixed.

It occurred the other night and has
caused many laugh. One Of the
boys in the crowd is iiend about
Shakespeare, and thinks everything
In the world that was worth saying
was said by the bard Of Avon.
Another Of the boys is u crank on
the subject Of the "Rubaiyat' OF
Omar Khayyam. The other fellow
dotcs on Laura Jean Libbey and other
immortal authors of that class.
The three of them were out for a
"timc." 1t was about 3 O'Clock In the
morning, and getting out of the hack
the Omar fend, pointing, pointing his
finger at the hack driver, commenced
quoting Omar:
"Ah, make the most Of what we
may yet spend
The next day the Shakespeare crank
accused him Of spouting shakespeare
at hack drivers, and the Libbey man
silently acquiesced, thinking thereby
to display his knowledge OF thingf
uterary.-LOuiSville Commercial.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-08-24
PnDer Floors.

Now we have paper floors. An i'm
portant advantage Of paper floors con.
sists in the absence Of joints or seams
whereby an accumulation Of dust, yer.
min and fungi is done away with
These new paper floors are bad conduc-
tors of heat or sound, and have soft
feeling to the foot. The costs are con-
siderably lower than Of hardwood
floors, the paper mass is shipped in
bags in powder form, with a small ad-
dition of cement as a binder. 1t is
stirred into stiff paste, spread out on
the floor, pressed down by means OF
rollers, and painted the oak wood or
mahogany color, after drying.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-08-24
GEMS AND THEIR STORY.
Some Pretty Stones and Tales Connected
with Them.

Who could wish for prettier stone
than the delicate blue turquoise, the
gem which in Russia Is set in every en-
gagement ring, and with which the
wearer must never part If she values
the love and fidelity of the giver? 1t
is said to be far more precious If given
and not bought, and Is credited to
change color when the wearer is sick
or sorry or when danger is near. Its
meaning is success and faithfulneSs.
The topaz Is much valued by mari
ners, because it is supposed to possess
an inner radiance which will give light
in darkness, and IL worn around the
neck will act as charm against magic
spells, will Danish melancholy and calm
terror and madness. Therefore, it be-
hooves every maid to see that topaz
is among her possessions.
Another exquisite gem Is the opal, its
beautiful creamy surface lit with red,
blue and yellow rays scintillating in
the light and giving it place in the
front rank of precious stones. Unfor
tunately, the opal has bad name, and
We know the proverb about the dog
with the unlucky cognomen. Supersti-
tion credits this beautiful stone with
bringing misfortune to its owner, and
superstition will win its way so long as
the world lasts.
Next we come to pearls, the costly
product of the pearl fish of the Persian
Gulf. These lovely gems are obtained
from the bed of the sea by divers, who
bring up as many Of the oysterllke
shells as they can, and then place them
in heaps on the shore covered with
sand. They are left for several days
while the fish decay and the shells
open, after which the sand Is sifted and
the pearls found. They are then
cleansed and polished. The value Of
the pearl depends on its size, round
ness, color and brightness. The most
renowned pearls were the two which
formed Cleopatras earrings, one of
which she dissolved in a goblet Of vim
egar and drank to the health of her
guest, Mare Antony.
The remaining pearl became the
property of the Emperor Augustus, who
had it cut in two for earrings for his
daughter Julia
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-08-24
BOTTLE WITH sAyETY STOPPER.

The latest device is a bottle from
which poison is not likely to be taken
by mistake The anchor safety stopper,
which is now in use in many hospitals,
has been contrived, which the accom-
panying illustration represents. The
anchor inside the bottle is of heavy
glass and is attached to the cork by
an asbestos cord which neither affects
nor is affected by acids or chemicals
used in medicine. When the cork IS
withdrawn the anchor catches, and an
other warning is given by the rattle
of the anchor striking the neck of tho
bottle. The contents Of the bottle may
be easily poured or dropped out by
holding the cork at the side with the
finger, as the anchor does not impede
the hOw
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-08-24
Insects Faster Than Birds.

A common house fly Is not very rapid
in It's fight, but its wings make 500
beats second and send it through the
air twenty-five feet, under ordinary
circumstances, in that space OF time.
When the insect is alarmed, how
ever, it has been found that 1t increas-
es it's rate of speed to over $50 feet per
second. If it could continue such
rapid flight for a mile in straight line
It would cover that distance in about
80 seconds.
It Is not an uncommon thing when
travelling by rail in the summer time
to see a bee or wasp keeping up with
the train and trying to get in at one
of the windows. A swallow Is con-
sidered one Of the swtftest flying birds
and 1t was thought until short time
ago that no insect could escape 1T.
A naturalist tells Of an exciting
chase he saw between swallow and a
dragon fly, which is among the swift
est of insects.
The insect flew with Incl iedible speed
and wheeled and lodged with such ease
that the swallow, despite its utmost
efforts, completely failed to overtake
and CAPTURE it.