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Evening star., 1901-12-28

AS there were no communicating doors or
other barriers at that time the officers
were put to their wits ends to prevent
general intermingling of the sexes and col
ors, and it was next to impossible to bring
about proper sanitary conditions.
There are now 80 inmates of the aims
house, a little more than 100 OF whom are
in the main building. There are thirty aged
colored women In the annex, In rear of
the main structure, and eighty-ffve males
In the 'Old Colored Mems Home,'' another
annex, occupying two old magazine build
ings, formerly used for the storage of army
supplies, situated near the female work
house. These inmates represent many
types of forlorn, unfortunate humanity.
Some of them have friends and relatives
who call on them occasionally and bring
with them little dainties or trinkets. Others
have neither kith nor kin, and have made
their final earthly home In the poorhouse,
where they are resigned and patiently await
the hour when the grim reaper will claim
them as his own, and another numbered
headboard will be added to the silent ar
ray in potter's field. Many sad life his
tories have had their final grim chapters
added in this tomb of hope and ambition.
Men and women, once high in the social
scale of their home localities, have at last
found themselves reduced to penury and in
mates Of the Washington Asylum. One in
stance of this kind is the case of man
from the west, learned in the law, and who
had enjoyed political preferment without
stint in the city of his birth. He came
sion several years ago. He brought with
him his entire bank account, a little more
than $500, and in the belief that his mission
here would be quickly crowned with sue
cess spent his cash with lavish hand while
1t lasted. After his call upon the Presi-
dent, this aspirant for diplomatic honors
engaged quarters at f1rst-class hotel, for
he claimed that he had detected a success
full outcome for his venture in the twinkle
of the Presidents eyes, as he said the mat
ter would be referred to the Department Of
State. Days grew into weeks, and weeks
into months, and still no action had been
taken in his case. His funds became ex-
hausted and he wrote to friends for more
money. They sent him remittances coupled
with the advice in genteel terms that he
was foolish to remain in Washington any
longer In hope of getting the appointment
to go abroad. 1t was the old old story
Self pride would not permit him to with
draw from the race, and he declared he
would never return to his native city de-
feated. Finally when he read the announce
ment that some other man had gotten the
coveted plum he became Respondent and
took to strong drink. From the first-class
hotel he had gradually descended the scale
until he found himself stopping at one of
the cheap lodging houses, getting his meals
when and where he could. At last hope
d1ed within him, and the man who had
sWayed men and enjoyed places of power
and influence found himself friendless and
pennlless on the streets of Westinghouse
pauper in the city of fashion and pros
perity.
His hair. already whitening with age.
TOOK on whittier hue as the result of bit
Evening star., 1901-12-28
"TempOrarily,"

From the London Chronicle.
One OF the drawbacks to finding fault
with Americans for their use of certain
words is that. nine times out of ten, they
are able to produce chapter and verse to
prove that Shakespeare or Milton used the
words in the same sense. From which they
argue that it Is we who have polluted the
well of English. and they who have striven
to keep 1t undef1led. Possibly Mr. Howells
might be able to turn the attack in sim
liar fashion on any one who challenged his
use Of the word s6"temperara1ly" in Har-
per's Magazine. He employs 1t where an
Englishman would write temporarily"
Howells on this score. His invention or
resuscitation, whichever # is seems to us
the singular merit of being pronounceabie
which "temporarily' lacks to a quite baf-
fling fling degree Americans scall it temper
what and gives good scope for their Pc
culiar accent. Most Englishmen try to
porarrily," or something equally hideous.
Evening star., 1901-12-28
TO SETTLE "THE PIOUS FUND.- CLAIM
The State Departments Advancement
With Mexico

The State Department has just added an
other to the long list Of arbitrations which
1t has arranged within the last few years
for the settlement of American claims
This arbitration will provide for the settle
ment of tie ''Pious Fund" which has in
one shape or another been a subject of
diplomatic exchange between the United
States and Mexico since the Mexican war.
The claim arose through the failure of the
Mexican government to pay to the arch
bishop Of California interest on lands be-
longing to the Jesuits for which the Mexi-
can government acted as trustee The
claim was submitted to the Mexican claims
commission in 1877, and judgment was
given in favor of the church in the amount
Of about $1,000, 900. The Mexican govern
ment claimed that that payment extin-
guished the claim, but the State Depart
ment held that the interest began again
from the date of the award and has run
until at present it amounts to another mil
lion dollars. The State Department has
been induced to resume its efforts for a
settlement OF this case by personal repre-
sentations by the archbishop of California.
who was recently in Washington. and by
other dignitaries of the Catholic church.
The name of the arbitrator and other de-
tails remain to be announced.
Evening star., 1901-12-28

1 OF the report on population, volume / of
the census reports. This volume contains
1,22s pages and comprises statistics on pop
ulation of the states and territories by
minor civil divisions; center of population
and its median point; population of incor-
porated places; urban and rural population;
population by sex, general nativity, coun-
try of birth, foreign parentage. citizens and
years in the United States and an appendix
giving statement of territorial acuuisi-
tons, 1t has been possible to issue this
nrst report about three and one-half years
earlier than in previous decades owing to
the fact that the legislation of 1899 gave
much better opportunity to those in charge
OF the census office to expedite its labors.
The completion of this report within a
period of eighteen months from the termi-
nation of the legal date for the completion
of the actual field work required a force
OF 1000 persons during the latter part OF
800 and more than 200 during the greater
part of this year. The force was practical
iy an unframed one at the start and great
credit is due to Mr.. w. c. Hunt chief
statiStican for population and his principal
assistants. Messrs. Lord Jarvis, Koch,
Craigg, Ellis and others, for their efficient
and untiring labors In attempting to carry
out the mandate of Congress under such
adverse circumstances within such COM
paratively short time
desire to make my acknowledgment to
an the employees of the census office for
heir fidelity and devotion TO the task i'm
posed upon them, Director Merriam said
this afternoon. "All connected with the
work seemed to have realized that the
value of the Information lies in its early
and prompt publication,
''The public printer and his associates
have done all in their power to facilitate
this important governmental enterprise /
oeslre TO express my appreciation Of the
efforts of the printing office In aiding the
completion Of the first volume of the census
reports
Evening star., 1901-12-28
DESIGNATING THE RESERVOIRS.
Official Names Selected by the Chief OF
Engineers.

General Gillespie. chief OF engineers, has
selected official designations for the three
large reservoirs connected with the water
supply system Of the city Of Washington,
and those names will hereafter be used in
all official correspondence on the subject
The names were chosen altogether on the
basis Of location and with view to the
easy and immediate Identification of each
reservoir.
In accordance with this plan the newly
constructed reservoir near Howard Univer-
sfty has been designated The Washington
Reservoir" and the distributing reservoir
west of Georgetown has been called THE
Georgetown Distributing Reservoir" No
change will be made in the name of the
receiving reservoir generally known as
The Dalecarlia Reservoir because of its
location on ground formerly a part of the
Dalecarlia estate.
The reservoirs are only parts of the sys-
tenn which have been given distinctive Off
clal names, General Gillespie and the au-
thorlties Of the War Department having
concluded that as the newly completed tun-
mel is simply continuation Of the general
aquaduct system there was no reason why
1t should be specially and officially honored
with name. 1t is therefore probable that
what is known to the people as the Hoxie
tunnel Will be referred to in official docu-
ments as the "Aqueduct tunnel" and only
IN that way differentiated from the general
aqueduct system running from Great Falls
TO the Howard University reservoir
Evening star., 1901-12-28
XMAS IN AlMSHOUSE
Good Cheer Reigned Supreme Within
Its Grim Walls
HISTORY OF The INSTITUTION
Some of the Poor Unfortunates 1t
Has Sheltered.
A PATHETIC INCIDENT T
Wilton for The Evening Star

Written for The Evening Star
In his busy rounds during the merry
yuietide old Santa Claus did not overlook
those prisoners Of poverty, the inmates of
the District almshouse. Practically isolated
from the great, busy world. those unfor-
Inmates. who have reached the cleaning of
their checkered lives, were provided with
ample Christmas cheer within the grim
wallis of that institution
For a brief period their minds were di-
verted from their sorrows and the causes
which made them public charges, and they
once again lived In an atmosphere of hap
piness, many of them forgetting for the
time that they were without family ties or
friends.
Superintendent Stoutenburgh arranged for
Christmas feast, which included roast
turkey, cranberry sauce, mince pies, cake
and fruit. This official program was sup
plemented by the efforts of the Christian
workers who hold services at the aims
house every Sunday. They presented to
each inmate bags of candy. cake. fruit
minor presents, besides holiday literature
Everything possible was done by the Off
cials to let the sunlight of happiness into
the blighted and darkened lives of those
about them
One month from Christmas eve will occur
the forty-third anniversary of the occu-
pancy of the present almshouse, or Wash
ington Asylum, as 1T is officially designated
located at 10th and c streets southeast
On the pages of an age-yellowed ledger N
the office of Clerk Tindau at the institu-
tion. 1t is recorded that prior to the year
1873 the workhouse and almshouse were
separate institutions, but probably by rea-
son of the small number of inmates in
each, on April 6, 1915, an ordinance was
passed by the city council providing for
the accOmmoda ton in the almshouse of
such persons as might be committed under
Evening star., 1901-12-28
RAILROADS IN JAPAN.
Natives Make Themselves at Homs
While TRAVELLING.


While Travelling.
From the London Express.
The second and third class railway car
riages in Japan give the foreigner an op-
portunity to study the life of the people
On entering the apartments the first thing
one notices Is that white lines are drawn
across the glass windows, and upon in
quiry the information is ELECTED that some
of the people who travel in the cars are
unused to glass, which perhaps they have
never seen before, and that they are apt
to put their heads through the panes if
there is nothing to Indicate that a SUBJ
stance bars the way!
In cold weather all Japanese travellers
carry rugs for the cars are heated merely
by long steel cylinders filed with hot water
and laid on the floor. Since the passengers
are always pulling open the windows, Jap
anese cars IN mid-winter are a menace to
the health of every individual who has be-
come used to an even temperature within
doors. The smallest incident Of travel Is
enough to break the ice, and If person
has wrong ticket or lost anything it is
matter of interest and solicitude for
everybody else Many of the passengers
are apt to behave with the same unre-
strained freedom as In their own homes.
II they are starting a long journey thew
at once proceed to make themselves as
comfortable as possible A rug is spread
out on the seat, for they are very particu-
lar never to sit anything that is not
perfectly clean. Then they shake off their
geta, or wooden clogs, and curl their feet
up underneath. The next thing is smoke,
in which both men and women indulge,
sometimes lighting cigarette after cigar
cite, but more often. they use the tiny
pipe, which never contains more tobacco
than wisp the size Of a pea, and affords
one, sometimes two. puffs to the smoker
The ash is then knocked out on the floor
and another wisp stuffed in and lighted
from the smoldering ash which has Just
been thrown away. This is kept up off
and on for hours. When not smoking eat
Ing Is going on. At every station there are
Venders OF oranges. Every passenger buys
a dozen or more and eats them in a short
time, throwing the skins about the floor
Boys pass by with tea in tiny earthen
pots. A cup Is placed over the top, and
this may be purchased for sen, and the
teapot ts left in the car. Besides leaning
out of the car windows to buy these the
passengers have little wooden boxes filled
with lunch. In the upper part is CLOSELY
packed rice: In the lower are all sorts Of
little pickles and bits Of cake. Attached are
two wooden chopsticks. The Japanese
throw all sorts of refuse about, and from
the appearance Of a car after the passen-
gers have been in 1t a little while one would
imagine that the people are very untidy
in their way Of living. Porters enter at
some Of the stations and brush up whole
pans full of refuse, and on some lines of the
road small boy in a spruce uniform comes
to the car door at each stop with a clothes
the occupants, and inquiries If there Is any
Evening star., 1901-12-28
A Greeting

rom the girls OF the nineteenth century 10 d
iris OF the twentieth century.
Written for the Evening Star by G. n. @.
What did We do when we were youngf
Why, really scarce know.
Because, to tell the sober truth,
II was long agoi
Though remember very well
We always liked beau.
And loved 10 laugh and firt and talk
With the young gentlemen.
No, they never were the fellows"
We did not say ''the men,"
We decorous.y played eroquet
From early spring till fall,
For we'd never hesrd OF tennis,
Much less Of basket ball
And as for golf. twas all unknown;
Our tees tea parties were,
And al the links we knew were forged
To fasten him" to her
We gaily whisked our hoops" about
And firted with our curls.
For in the last mid-cen;ury
Twas who were 'the girls"
We sported waterfalls and nets
To keep our "tresses" neat;
''Sky scrupers'' crowned cushioned heads.
Laced slippers graced our feet.
All, me! those long. long banlshed yearsl
Yet still this great glole whirls,
Though some Of us are grandmsmmas
And some are Just ''old girls"
While some have gone where time is not.
Scarce leaving trace or name;
But the eternal wouanly''
VIII ever be the same.
And from out the past we step,
With old-time hows and twirls,
To greet our sisters Of today,
Dear twentieth century girls
Evening star., 1901-12-28
Boyd's Happenings.
poadence Of The Evening Star.


BOYD'S, Nd, December 20, 1901.
Most of the farmers and dairymen Of this
section of the county have been fortunate
in filling their ice houses during the recent
cold snap with ice from six to eight inches
in thickness. Hundreds Of tons were gath
cred.
little seven-year-old son of Mr. NJ. f.
Wade at Buck Lodge. this county is seri-
ously Ill with dropsy and kidney trouble.
The child is being attended by Or. J. II.
Stonestreet of Barnesville.
Miss Nettie Day, daughter of Mr.. Luther
K. Day a prominent citizen OF Kemptown,
Frederick county, was married in the Provi-
dence Methodist Church at Kemptown
Tuesday afternoon 10 Mr.. Mackendry
Burgee Of Hyattstown, this county After
the ceremony q collation. was served at the
home of the brides parents, to which func-
tion large crowd Of guests were invited.
The young couple were the recipients OF
many handsome presents. Rev. c. M. Cul-
lom officiated at the nuptfals.
Evening star., 1901-12-28
Cheap Gas in San Francisco.

From the New York Tribune.
Eastern capitalists are interested in the
San Francisco Coke and Gas Company,
which has demonstrated its ability to fur
nish cheap gas by making a contract with
the San Francisco Gas and Electric Com
pany to provide gas at Ssla cents thou
sand cubic feet. The contract is for eight
years from April /. Newgate is to be made
under what is termed the Lowe oven coke
gas process, the invention of Prof Lowe,
who discovered the Lowe water gas proc
ess. A holder for 800, 600 cubic feet is be-
ing built to supply this new order. The
feature Of this new process is that the soft
coal of the Pacific coast can be used with
steam and petroleum to produce coke at
less cost than at present, and at the same
time leave gas as by-product. Besides
the separation and recovery of a large por-
tion of the coal gas generated, water gas
can be made in the machine at the same
time, and oil of any gravity may be used
for making oil gas or for enriching the
water gas. The gas from coal has sixteen
candle-pcwer, from water twelve candle
power and from illu-ninatin gas from tyyen-
ty-two to twenty-slx candle-power East
ern capital has come to tha aid OF the local
investors. and the plant Is to be increased
to produce !, ,0o0, ,000 cubic feet of gas and
$50 tons of coke DAILY. Ameng the New
York capitalists interested is Isaac Stern.
who has taken $500 600 OF the $1,000 033 of
bonds issued.
Evening star., 1901-12-28
The Great lakes.
From the Detroit NewssTribune.

From the Detroit NewssTrtbune.
Lake Superior is the deepest of the great
lakes Its greatest depth is 1908 feet, and
the lake is COL feet above the level of the
sea. The place Of greatest depth is in lon
gitude SO degrees 80 minutes west from
Greenwich and A degrees latitude, or 90
minutes, almost directly north Of Point Au
Sable. in Alger county. The reason that
Michigan contains so many holes or valleys
Is this: In the glacial period the whole of
Canada and part of the United States was
covered with vast glaciers. These glaciers
In their movement southwark carried with
them and deposited at their rear a large
amount of sandy soil and rocky matter.
When the glacier reached Michigan it be-
gan its retreat northward. as well as to
melt, and the soil and rocky matter was
deposited In heaps. This material formed
the hills. and where the glacier had melted
or gone backwards a valley or hole was
formed. These glaciers were from one to
several miles wide, but of course, their
bottom being uneven, the country also was
uneven.
Evening star., 1901-12-28
IN MEMORY OF ENSIGN BAGLEy.
Vase Presented to the Mother of the
Young officer.

beautiful silver memorial vase has been
presented to the mother of Ensign Worth
Bagley, the young naval officer who lost
his life in the early days Of the Spanish
war. The vase is surmounted by an eagle.
perched on an anchor, placed on a disc
studded with forty-five stars. The diverse
shows the national coat Of arms and a
splendid etching Of the young officer, In the
full dress of an ensign Of the United States
navy. The reverse contains the following
inscription:
Presented to the mother Of ENSIGN
Worth Bagley by L. B. Eaton Of North
Carolina, in behalf Of citizens Of thirtv-
seven states and the District of Columbia,
as token OF admiration for the gallant
young officer, killed at the battle Of Car
denas, May II, 1885,
Around the base are inscribed the words:
'Duice ct decorum est pro patria mort"
Evening star., 1901-12-28
WARSHIPS AT CULEBRA,
Movements to BE Executed by the
North Atlantic SGuadron.

The North Atlantic squadron, consisting
of the battle ships Kearsarge, Massachu-
setts, Alabama, with the collier Hannibal
has arrived at Culebra Island, the newly Sc
lected naval station just east of the Island
of Porto Rico and very near to ST. Thomas,
While this place is much nearer the Vene-
zuelan coast than Havana, from which
point the squadron has just arrived at
Culebra, it is stated that the business of
the fleet is not connected with Venezuelan
matters but is to carry out certain strate-
gic movement framed by the general naval
board. The harbor Of San Juan is not ac-
cessible to these warships with their deep
draft, and it is the purpose of the Navy
Department to develop the possibilities of
Culebra Island as naval base for which it
is believed to be admirably suited.
Evening star., 1901-12-28
The Future Of the Earth

fhe future Of the Earth
FrprD the LonGon Globe.
It was believed by Lyen. sne geolosis, and
o;her followers Of Hl.,,on. that tbs ser,h
Has kind Of 'pe--petual notion uaachIne
th@I is 10 say. would go on forever as II Is
shh mas zen, Illuminated by the sun, and
h@D -.atioE for plants and animals, race
!. ~ n Yace; ut Lord Kelvin showed In his
[otiTIE@ Of the Dissipation of Energy -
that ne solar system was running down
bse "a dock and that within finite PEE
rfns u time past the earth must have been,
and within fate period of time to come
must again be, unfit for the habitatfon of
rn3G as az Ireseu; constituted. unless ope-
faLons have been. and are 10 be. performed
which are impossible under the laws gov
srninf the known operations going on 1t
present IN the material word"
Evening star., 1901-12-28
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Evening star., 1901-12-28

Eight men are believed to have lost taeir
Ives in the probable fouadering Of. the
missing.
Evening star., 1901-12-28
POPULATION STATISTICS.

Director Of the Census Announces
Publicati0n Of Part i.
The director OF the census has announced
the completion and publication Of part
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-20
p. E. COSTELLO
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