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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-05
CAVEAT FILED.
Objections to Probate of VIII OF
RrtdEct A.tG!cnEon.

NrtdEct n. 's.cGSon.
Julia A. Dawson today through Attor-
neys Wilton J. Lambert antf D. w. Baker,
fled a caveat against the probate and rec
ord of a paper writing recently filed in the
Probate Court, alleged to be the last will
and testament of the late Bridget A. Glea-
son.
The petitioner alleges that the deceaSe ed
was her aunt, and that shortly after her
aunt's death in November. a paper writing
bearing date the LIST of June 1900, was pro-
pounded for probate. as her aunt's last will
and testament. By the terms of the alleged
will, Thomas E. Waggaman of this city
was nominated as trustee and executor of
the estate. ii is explained, and application
has been made by him to the court for let
tiers testamentaTy thereon. The petitioner
protests the validity of the paper writing
as will. and charges that the execution
thereof was procured by undue influence
practiced upon the testatriX by Thomas f..
Waggaman. or some other person unknown;
that its contents was not understood by
the testatriN: that it was not her free act,
and that the paper writing not, In fact,
executed by Bridget Gleason
The court rs asked to refuse probate as to
both real and personal property, and to al
low issues to be framed for trial by jury.
BY the terms of the alleged WILL most of
the decedentS property is left to Mr. Wag-
gaman in trust for two grandnieces, and
the petitioner Is not remembered. A few
days ago Mr.. Waggaman secured an order
from the court appointing him collector Of
the estate pending probate of the will upon
the ground that about 5000 worth Of prom
1ssory notes belonging to the estate were
being held by the caveator and her hus-
band. The entire real and personal prop
erty involved is said to be worth about
$4,000.
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that all the dwellings were destroyed ex-
cepting those having tiled roofs. The cor
rugated iron roofs surmounting the govern
ment buildings and residences were for the
most part lifted bodily.
The marines waded about and assisted
women and children to places of refuge
The natives, after their losses, made but
feeble efforts to repair the damage.
In the Judgment Of naval officers, the
abandonment Of the Yosemite was the only
course feasible, the feeling being that the
Justin might have stood by longer, but that
the result would have been the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-05
Basement Floor Remnant Tai
AT 25c Each .

Partisan Novelties. consisting of Match
Holders, Pin Trays. Ash Receivers, Tobacco
Jars, Pen Trays, Comb and Brush Trays,
Puff Boxes, etc, that would be inducements
at soc. You can have your choice at 25c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-05

two candidates. George r. I.aybourn Of Du-
luth and NJ. J. bowling. former secretary
of the National League of Republican Clubs
julius Schmahl, for chief clerk and Ed
ward Tanning, for sergeant-at-arms, now
have no opposition.
Ex-senator w. ID. Washburn today de-
ciared positively there Is no truth in the
story that he has been asked to accept the
seratorship rendered vacant by the death
of Senator DaVtx.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-05
Death of David e. Hafnes.

David E. Haines a widely known resident
OF Anacostia. who sustained stroke of
paralysis Saturday afternoon last while at
work on his premises, at No. 10 Harrison
street. died last night at IL o'clock at his
home. His death was not unexpected. Mr..
Haines was in his fifty-seventh year and
had lived in Anacostia~ for about thirty
five years. most Of the time CONDUCTING
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-05

The Mems Club of the New York Ave
rue Presbyterian Church gave its annual
reception last night to the members Of the
church and congregation The lecture room
OF the church Was very handsomely deco
rated in palms and cut flowers A mando-
lin club furnished the music for the occa-
sion. The receiving party consisted of DR..
and Mrs. Radcliffe. Justice and Mrs. j. M
Harlan, Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Gorham
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee D. Latimer and Mr. and
Mrs. Brice j. Moses. Refreshments were
served from . 20 10 O'Clock
Prents White, formerly of Charleston, 8.
e, was today convicted in the Police Court
OF the larceny of two rings, valued at 81.
frcm Fanny Brooks. and Judge Kimbali
sent him to Jail for sixty days.
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stops the Cough
and works on the Cold.
laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure q cold In o.
day. Nc Cure. No Pay. Price. &c.
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
AFTERNOON TEA.
Accompanied by Bread and Butter,
Plum Cake Sooner.
Butter,

Our English cousins, who under
stand some things better than we do,
never fail to have their cup of after
noon tea, with it's accompaniment of
thin bread and butter. or plum cake,
or scones, at 5 O'Clock, says Golfers
Weekly. This is an everyday func-
ton. prepared for and enjoyed by the
family as n matter of course, and
shared with friends who happen in,
people knowing that o'clock is a con-
venient hour for finding their intimate
acquaintances at home and at leisure.
Over the teacups friends may enjoy
the latest gossip, chat about a play or
a program, discuss whatever is upper
most in popular regard, and having
touched hands in the game. separate
and go on, the better for the contact.
Nothing can be imagined more infor-
NAL, less exacting. than the ideal aft
ernoon tea. 1t may be poured by the
mistress of the hour or by her
daughter, and handed about by child
or man who has dropped jim. or, il
preferred. by white-capped and
white-aproned maid. whose black frock
is set OFF by linen cuffs and collar. The
tea in every case must be always
freshly made, with water freshly
boiled, poured over the tea leaves and
allowed to steep two minutes and no
more. A tea cozy to keep the pot hot,
a spirit lamp under the copper kettle.
sugar in even Jumps. cream or sliced
lemon, as preferred, a pretty girl or
two, a gracious matron, and friends
who know one another-these are the
requisites for afternoon tea.
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
PENCILS ANDHIS WIFE

The shabby little crippled seamstress
who lived on the top floor of the back
tenement at East Seventeenth
street did not look like a heroine of
a romance, but for all that she was
one.
When Pencils" the blind man who
stood patiently through heat and
snow and rain at the foot OF the
Third avenue Il" steps. thought of her
goodness and kindness to him the
heart under his old faded. patched coat
beat like trip-hammer
Pencils" was wont to beguile the
time between trains by thinking of
his romance. 1t helped him to bear
the broiling heat, the nipping cold.
or the pelting rain. The people who
dreamed that the blind pauper stand
ing there. timidly proffering his wares.
knew what the word meant.
But Pencils never wearied of
thinking of the little woman who had
made for him the only CLEAN of sun
shine he had ever known.
pencils" was at one time an inmate
of blind asylum. There were mil
lions back of it, and stewed prunes
for supper.
When Pencils" weary and sick of
stewed prunes. asked for fresh apple
sauce, there was chaos and consterna-
= tion in the institution. No such re-
volt has been on record since Oliver
Twist asked for more.
The end of 1t was that Pencils" was
cast forth and told to shift for himself.
There was little crippled seam
stress sewing in the linen-room-a
homely. shabby. little creature. indus
trious and reticent. The story drifted
up to the linen-room, and when Pen
ellis" was slowly tapping his way down
the steps of the asylum for the last
time and vaguely wondering what was
to become of him some one pulled his
sleeve, slipped bill in his hand. and
whispered an address and name to
him.
Go there" said the voice. They
are friends of mine and they will be
kind to you"
1t was the little seamstress. Pen
ellis" obeyed her Instructions, and the
wretched tenement to which he was
directed opened its doors to him with
that beautiful hospitality only to be
found among the poor.
When folks who could hardly scrape
pennies together to buy food heard
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
COST OF THE ARCH.
Points of Construction which MAX.
xI,on0.OOO "a Conservative Figure.


S1,on0.oOo "a Conservative Figure.
The National Sculpture society has
been giving the citizens committee in
New York. which has in charge the
plan to rccreate the Dewey arch" in
marble and bronze, as a naval arch
of triumph, some reasons why mini
mum estimate of 81 100000 is fixed as
the cost of the work, says the Buffalo
Commercial. The society, through its
secretary. calls attention to the fact
that the mass and Importance of tn:
sculpture involved exceeds that on any
similar monument of modern times
There are almost eighty statues or fig
ureS of colossal scale, the greater num-
ber of which at least are double life
size, and many of them still larger be-
sides the historical portrait mcdalions
and other sculpture cnrichment-all in
addition to the architectural details.
THE heroic scale of architecture; the
size of the columns and capitals, OF
each of which there are forty; the di-
mensions of the monoliths necessary
for bases and pier groups, the mas
sive foundations required, all involve
expense. for the calculation of which
there is no precedent in any similar
monument" 1t is believed that Il fur
ther inquiry will show, when all the
details are taken into consideration,
that the estimate OF S1.00000O is fair,
though conservative. This is the larg
est sum ever called for by public sub
scription for such a purpose. But the
committee is by no means dismayed-
On the other hand, it is confident oil
success.
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
LOST ART OF ARCHITECTURE.
The Greekn Avoided Ruierllks
Straightneas OF Linea.

Straightness OF Lines.
If a visitor to Athens places his hat
or other small object at the corner OF
one of the steps of the Parthenon and
tries to sight it from the other end
he will find 1t has sunk beneath the
delicate curve in the middle which the
designers saw would appear pleasanter
and softer to the eye than If each step
was shaped to line of rulerlike
straightness from beginning to end,
says the Fortnightly. All parts of the
great building-the floors, architrave,
and even the layers of stone that con-
stitute the main walls-have been
shown to conform to like principle,
and some portions to be curved both in
vertical and in horizontal manner.
Important as was this discovery. 1t
does not stand alone Mr.. Ruskin has
found that deliberate Emergencies of
somewhat similar kind exist in the
old Gothic buildings of Venice, and he
considers that they were introduced SO
as to avoid a too obvious precision, as
does nature. even in her most sym
metrical creations-the two sides of
the human face, for example. unfor-
tunately. Mr.. Ruskin wrote in ignor-
ance of Mr.. Penrose's precise measure
ments and surveys and only uses the
facts, he otherwise marshals SO well.
to show that Gothic architecture, be-
Ing almost susceptible to such refine :
ments, Is superior to classical arch,-
lecture. He seems to be in no way
aware that such principles could be
and were applied to classical buildings
long before pointed architecture was
heard Of, though they are now applied
to neither of these, nor to any other.
Mr.. Penrose being as was intended by
his employers more of scientist and
mathematician than poet or the
orist, wanders no further into the
tempting labyrinths of theory than to
suggest that these ''irregularities"
were perhaps" introduced because the
designers fancied a curved line would
look more straight at distance than
would really straight one. AS the
straight lines in our English buildings
look quite straight. 1t seems hard to
suppose that the old Greek artists
formed for themselves so strange an
illusion.
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
MUSHROOMS AS FOOD.
Chemists and Doctors Diner Greatly AS
to Their Value.

A great deal has been said concern
ing the immense amount of valuable
food which was daily going to waste
in the shape of edible fungi, says the
London Family Doctor We are told
that In many parts of the world these
articles form the staple articles of diet
of the inhabitants. Our attention has
been called to the natives of Patagonia
and Terra del Fuego, who are said to
be of gigantic stature. and to exist
principally on vegetable fungi. and to
certain African tribes who value
mushrooms SO highly that one of them,
the polyporus sacer, is worshiped as
god. Chemists have assured us that
mushrooms belong to the animal rather
than the vegetable kingdom, seeing
that they possess larger percentage
of nitrogen than any other class OF
vegetable life. They are, we are told,
essentially protein in composition, as
much so. pound for pound, as butchers
meat. Two German scientists, Rol-
brausch and Ziegel, stated some years
ago, as a result of chemical investiga-
ton, that mushrooms deserve to be
placed with meat as sources of nitrog-
enous nutriment. One man in Thur
ingia is said to have lived upon moth
ing but mushrooms for thirty years,
and to have died a centenarian. Com
parison has even been made between
mushrooms and other articles of food
to the detriment of the latter. Thus
chemical analysis has shown mush-
rooms to contain from 20 to 20 per
cent of protein, while bread only con-
tains per cent, potatoes per cent.
and barley meal per cent OF protein.
Against this, however, we have the
opinion of a DR.. Kitchener, who in
1924 stated in a publication called
Cooks Oracle that he did not be-
lieve that mushrooms were nutritious.
DR.. Jonathan Pereira. in his Treatise
on Food and Diet" published in lS43.
said Mushrooms are difficult of di
gestion. and on certain constitutions
act injuriously." Invalids, dyspeptics
and those with delicate stomachs will
act prudently in avoiding the use of
this doubtful order of foods. Other
writers have expressed similar opin-
ions, not, however, based on expert
mental work, and therefore they are
not absolutely reliable.
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
The Thing He Liked.

From Judge.-My western friend. the
colonel. having seen the illuminated
portion of New York. and done full
homage to the liquid delights of Broad
way, proposed to see Central Park. At
ter an unqualified approval of McGow-
ans pass tavern and the casino he
wandered about. gazing at the collec-
tion of effigies which mar the land
scape and listening in a bored fashion
to my halting explanations; but when
we hove in sight of the memorial to a
great South American liberator his
eyes visibly frightened and he viewed
the rampant group with wide-opened
mouth. And that" said L. lis the
statue of Bolivar the Venezuelan"
SOP he replied. "Stampin fine horse
that. Who in thunder's the jockey"
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
Hot steak Story.

A Mississippi farmer. while in Mem
phis recently. entered a well-known
cafe and ordered a sirloin steak \
bottle of tabasco sauce was on the
table, and mistaking it for catsup he
spread it quito lavishly on the steak
and settled down to enjoy the meal. He
cut Off Il big piece, sopped it around in
the tabasco and stuck il into his
mouth. Then he began to feel as if his
tongue was on fire. He twisted and
turned, and soon had the eyes of every
one in the dining hall fastened on him.
The more he twisted his face the hottcr
the steak in his mouth got. He could
stand it no longer, and reaching up
his hand he jerked out the burning
bite, threw 1t on the floor and ex-
claimed Now, confound you, blaze"
The Columbian.
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
DAWSON cITY,s PROGRESS.
Conditions of Life Getting Easier In the
Great Gold Camp.

Dawson City is getting to have many
of the earmarks of civilization. 1t is
connected now with the outside world
by telegraph; it is making its own
brick; it is preparing to have its own
schools; it has stood up and been
counted; it is getting fresh beef, NUT
ton and pork, and everybody seems TO
be happy Nice-Consul Morrison re-
ports that the Canadian government
telegraph line. from Bennett to Daw-
son, 600 miles. with branch to Atlin
to Dawson. at a reported cost of less
than $l30,00O. Connection is made at
Bennett with the line of the White
Pass railroad to Skaguay, 40 miles,
messages being forwarded from Ska
quay by first steamer to Vancouver,
thence by Canadian Pacific wire to
destination Rates as now established
for the United States range from $4.35
to $4.75 for ten words, and from % to
81 cents for each additional word. No
arrangements have yet been made for
the transfer of money by wire. The
population of Dawson is set down as
4.445 1859 male and 1856 female), and
1853 children under IA years OF age.
OF the inhabitants of Dawson, 3.205
are from the United States, 645 from
Canada and 200 from England, the
remainder scattering. 1t is estimated
that 1000 people left for Cape Nome
district from August &c to September
26. The question of food supplies no
longer agitates the community. In
addition to ample stocks of canned
goods. there is an abundance of fresh
beef. mutton and pork, and plenty of
fresh vegetables. There are also in
the market wild swan. geese ducks,
ptarmigan, grouse. Arctic hare. squir-
rels. beaver. bear, moose and caribou.
Boots, shoes and clothing are much
lower in price than last year.
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
TOM GOT OFF EASY.
Consideration Shown Thoughtless
Motorman by a Trolley President.

Motorman by Trolley President.
Tom was the motorman of a trolley
car. He was young and enthusiastic.
Two or three workmen. with their tin
pals. stood on the platform with him.
which was against rules. But Tom
liked to talk of the ideas seething in
his brain-very generous, manly ideas
they usually were, too. quiet old
gentleman sat one day just inside the
door, reading his morning paper, says
the Youths Companion. What do you
think of this Dreyfus case?" demanded
Tom. The man thought it was scan
dalous," and Tom explained how scan
dalous it was at length. IF | had
those fellows at Rennes to deal with
-" he cried, hotly, not needing. in
his excitement, the conductors bell. A
woman with n child in her arms, run
ming, breathless, to catch the car,
stumbled and fell. By the time she
was picked up and quieted Tom had
forgotten Rennes and was in the Phil
ippine islands. did you see that arti
Gle on the Philippines this morning."
he asked. Il read it and it made my
blood boil. l wish / was editor of a
paper. I'd tell few truths that would
set this country thinking, sr!' Again
the bell struck. Tom drove on, his
mind set upon the salvation of the ma
ton. A young woman on bicycle,
hearing the summons to the car to
stop, tried to cross in front of it and
was pushed from her seat to the
ground. Tom, terrified, stopped the
car suddenly, and felt intensely re-
lieved when he found she was unhurt.
The quiet old man, paper in hand,
waited for him at the end of his route.
Il am the superintendent of this road"
he said. II will give you one more
trial. If am told that you fail to give
your mind wholly to your duties, you
will be discharged. Your feelings on
the war and the Dreyfus case may be
very noble and may do you great hon
or, but your duty is with that bar in
your hand. That is your share in the
worlds work. Don't neglect it. even to
help God govern the universe.
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
BEET AND CANE Pao1uc.loNs
More of the Former Is STA ,u;.c'u.cJ
Than of the Other Variety.

More of the Former Is Mn ,u;.curcJ
Than of the Other Variety.
From the Philadelphia Record: The
worlds production of sugar for the
year now ended has reached tne
enormous total of S,414,000 tons The
production of this staple commodity
has increased three and one-fourth
times since 1872, when the output was
only 2.Gl9,000 tons. The average price
per pound. however, has declined con
sderably more than one-half during
the same period. or from 5.37 cents in
the earlier year to 2.39 cents for the
year lS9S-the average for the current
year not yet being ascertainable. Beet
sugar production slightly surpassed
that of cane sugar for the first time in
were produced as against 2,l07,0 ,0Oe
tons of the latter. Notwithstnndine
the growing cheapness of the commod-
ity and the European bounty system
for beet sugar, the quantity of cane
sugar produced continued to increase
from year to year until 1895, when 1t
amounted to 3,530,0O0 tons. The de
struction of the Cuban plantations ac-
counts for the fact that the output OF
cane sugar has declined until the
quantity manufactured during the cur
rent year amounted to only 100000
tons. as compared with 5,510000 tons
of beet sugar. It is not likely that the
limit of the worlds demand for sugar
has even nearly been reached, and
with the introduction of improved
methods the West Indian cane grow
ers should be able to meet and over
come the competition of the European
beet farmers. 1t Is not in the nature
of things that an essentially tropical
product should be permanently dis
placed by substitute grown in the
lighter soil and under the less fervid
rays of the sun OF the temperate zone,
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
Queer Wedding Music.

The following incident happened in
fashionable English provincial
church week or so ago. and was, ap-
parently. not noticed by anybody in
the congregation. The music for the
occasion was furnished by relative
of the bride. a somewhat nervous gen.
tleman, shy of manner and near OF
sight The bridal procession entered
to the gladstone melody of one of the
two or three wedding marches. with
out which fashionable wedding is
hardly recognized as legal. When they
had reached the channel rail, the or
ganist rose to watch the ceremony
His eyeglasses fell from his nose, and
his nervous feet trod upon them. or
course they were broken. When the
ceremony was ended, the organist
OF a sudden he realized that he could
not see his music well enough to play
the bridal recessional he had intend
ed. A cold perspiration bedewed his
brow. There was no time to be lost.
He could play but two marches from
memory. One of them, the musician
thought. was quite out of harmony
with the sacredness of the building, SO
he chose the other. and the beaming
bridegroom and his bride swept down
the aisle to the most familiar move
ment of Chopins Funeral March,
Stray Stories.
The Springfield herald., 1900-02-02
YOUR PROPER WEIGHT.
How tho Normal Mans AvoIrdupois
Should he DIstrIbuted.


Prof. Huxley gave the following ia
BILE of what full-grown man should
weigh. and how his weight should be
divided: Weight, 1854 pounds. made up
thus: Muscles and their appurtenances.
GS pounds: skeleton, "a pounds; skin.
101A pounds; fat, 2S pounds; brain. >
pounds; thoracic viscera, 3h pounds;
abdominal viscera, IL pounds; blood
which would drain from body Z
pounds. This man ought to consume
per diem Lean beefsteak, 5000 grains;
bread, 5000 grains; milk. 1000 grains:
potatoes, 5000 grains; butter, 600
grains; water 22,900 grains. His heart
should beat 75 times u minute, and he
should breathe 10 times Il minute In
"a hours he would vitiate | $50 cubic
feet Of pure air to the extent of per
cent; man, therefore, of the weight
mentioned ought to have 500 cubic feet
of well ventilated space. He would
throw Off by the skin Is ounces of
water. 300 grains of solid matter, and
400 grains of carbonic acid every "A
hours, and his total loss during the "a
hours would be six pounds of water
and little over two pounds of other
matter.