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Miscellaneous Measures.
THE HOUSE.

without preliminary business the House
today resumed the consideration of the
agricultural appropriation bill
Mr. Cannon offered an amendment to
transfer 100000 of the appropriation for
the expenses of the division of statistics
to the weather bureau, which, he said,
compiled most of the crop statistics.
The amendment was lost but the follow
ing offered by Mr.. Wadsworth was
adopted: The Secretary of Agriculture
shall on or before July l, 1903. transfer to
and consolidate with the weather bureau
and under the direction of its chief all
the work of the Department of Agriculture
relating TO the gathering and compilation
of statistics by the division of statistics
Evening star., 1902-04-30
HARD FIGHT WITH BURGLARS.
Citizens and Police Capture Three Near
Pittsburg.

PITTSBURG, Pa, April 30.-Five burg
lars blew open the safe in Daub & Press
ler's grocery store, Craft avenue. Grafton,
Pa, at 1 80 o'clock this morning. The ex-
plosion aroused the citizens and desperate
fight ensued between the officers, the citi-
zens and the thieves. Officer Thomas West
colt was shot through the leg and Officer
VIM. M. Peak was struck on the head with
a heavy chisel. The latter's condition is
serious.
The burglars finally escaped with the
cash box containing about $50. They went
toward the Steubenville pike, with a score
of citizens at their heels
Later three of the burglars were captured
and identified by Officer Westcott. Joseph
Sullivan, believed to be the leader of the
gang, was caught while swimming Char
tiers creek.
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WEEKDAY SERVICES.
Program of Exercises at Washington
Heights PRESBYTERIAN Church.

Rev. E. Lawrence Hunt, pastor Of the
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church.
Columbia road and kalorama avenue. pre-
sided at the second weekday service held
in the new place of worship last evening.
Commissioner Macfarland delivered an ad-
dress.
Rev. John Timothy Stone, pastor of
Brown Memorial Church Of Baltimore was
the first speaker of the evening. Commits
sioner H. B. F. Macfarland followed Dr.
Stone. He congratulated the congregation
upon its prosperous condition and upon the
erection of it's pretty place of worship.
Mrs. Mckahn rendered a solo in pleasing
voice. The music was conducted by Mrs
Susan Oleberg, who has charge of the
choir. Services in commemoration of the
opening of the edffice have been in progress
since Sunday morning and afternoon The
weekday services were begun Monday
evening, and will continue each night Of
the present week.
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NAVAL CADETS GRADUATE.
Interesting Exercises at Annapolis All
This Week.

Special Dispatch to The Erening Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. April 30-Since Mon
day last, when the board of visitors was
officially received at the Naval Academy,
the commencement exercises at that Insti-
tuition have been in full sway and into each
day is crowded a number of most interest
ing events.
The Naval Academy colors were awarded
to the second cadet division commanded by
Cadet Lieutenant Richard Wainwright, jr.,
who had won the honor of carrying it for
the ensuing year by its superiority of drills.
The presentation was made by Mr. Brog-
den of this city, assisted by the Misses
Wainwright, Miss Alice knight of An
napolis, and Miss Hoehling of Washington,
who were selected by the cadet lieutenant
and lieutenant commander.
Tuesdays program presented many inter-
esting features including target practice
with great guns. The board of visitors
viewed the drills from the deck of the Ma
val Academy tug Standish. and in the af-
ternoon the cadets gave an exhibition of
athletic contests in the gymnasium. At yes
terday's dress parade the medals for the
cadets who won them did not arrive and
could not thus be awarded.
Among those who are thus specially to be
honored are Nichols of Michigan, of foot
ball and boat crew fame. who will have his
name engraved on the Thompson trophy
cup, as having done the most during the
year 1901-1902 for athletics. Cadet <lncis
s. White will receive gold medal as one
or the champion fencers, and Cadet Fred
erick V. MacNair. cadet champion of run
ners. The first thing on this morning s
program was the infantry drill. which was
witnessed by large crowd of visitors,
many of whom were pretty girls
The cadet battalion. clad in white uni
FORMS under Lieut. J. H. Holden and the
cadet officers, marched out in columns of
fours, and passing the reviewing stand sa-
luted the board of visitors and officers with
them. They went through with the rari-
Gus formations ending with a fine skirmish
drill
Arrangements are now in progress for
the reception of President Roosevelt. who
viii come here on Friday to deliver the
diplomas to the graduating class. He will
take luncheon with the superintendent
Mr.. Francis Z. Winslow.- the member of
the board from North Carolina and the
president of the university of that state.
will make the address to the graduates.
Evening star., 1902-04-30
Mr.. McKinley's Last Portrait.

Miss Lillian Thomas. formerly of Ohio
and now of New York. where her studio Is
located. arrived here today with her oil
portrait of President Mckinley The late
President sat for this portrait just before
leaving for his western trip and II was the
Iast time he sat for portrait Miss
Thomas took the canvas to London with
Fer and the work Is now complete The
picture will arrive In the city this afternoon
and will be on exhibition at the Coreoran
Art Gallery tomorrow. II is a three-f fourth
length portrait in oil.
Evening star., 1902-04-30
Workman Badly Hurt.

Oscar Rundauist. 50 years of age, living
at 73O 9th street southeast, fell from
building near the corner of 21st street and
Massachusetts avenue about . o'clock this
afternoon. He was conveyed to the Emer-
gency Hospital. where it developed that
ms right arm was fractured and several
ribs were broken, and that in addition he
received a fracture of the pelyis.
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Miss Clara Huntington Weds.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.-The we'd
ding OF Miss Clara Huntington and Gil
bert Brooke Perkins was solemnized at
trinity Church today, the Right Rev. C. III.
Brent, bishop of the Philippines, officiating.
The wedding was one of the social events
OF the season. and Trinity Church was
crowded with the friends Of the bride and
groom.
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| conscious. Lieutenant MacArthur s,lghtly

conscious. Lieutenant Macarthur slightly
cut over the right eye; c. d. Miner, engf-
neer, bridge of nose broken and deeply cut;
Charles Bechtold, gunner. badly gashed
over the right eye and forehead and now in
the marine hospital. Otherwise no further
casualties. As soon as the boat can be
cleared OF Wreckage, the full extent OF the
damage can be ascerfained- The explosion
took place inside of the breakwater. VIII
return to New Suffolk"
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ENSIGN NELSON'S REPORT.
Cause OF the Fulton's Disaster Not As
certained.

The Navy Department has received the
following telegram from Ensign Nelson.
who was on the submarine boat Fulton.
dated Lewes, Del, last night:
Explosion occurred at ESQ am. The
cause is yet uncertain. The interior wood
fittings were considerably demolished. but
the injuries to the other parts are not yet
sknown- Nine men were below at the time
Of the explosion, and aA got 70 the deck
Evening star., 1902-04-30
Carbolic Acid Poison.

Jennie Norwood. colored, twenty-cight
years old. became Ill at her home, No. si4
Prathor's alley. this morning She Was
taken to the Emergency Hospital. whcro
the doctors found she was fuirerinE from
carbolic acid poisoning The woman had
swallowed quantity of carbolic saiyc. Fer
condition is not serious.
Evening star., 1902-04-30
Strike at Paterson. N. J.

PATERSON, N. J., April .3O-Between 500
and 600 carpenters went on strike here to-
day Tomorrow the electrical workers and
nod carriers are expected to strike.
Evening star., 1902-04-30

yesterday. Deputy Coroner Clazebrook dis
covered that her death was due to an over
dose of laudan1ni. The woman had hern
in the habit of using the poison and Cor
oner hewitt concluded that The taking of
the fatal dose was an accident.
Evening star., 1902-04-30
To Pension Mrs. Getty.

The House committee pensions today
fayorabiy reported a bin to pension the
widow Of General George w. Getty. a dis
tingGished officer Of the Mexican and civil
wars. at $50 a month
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Appointed Assistant Statistician

Stephen D. Fessenden of Massachusetts
has been appointed assistant statistieian of
the Department of Agriculture
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Barge Lucy Hughes Sinks

BRIDGEPORT. Conn, April 3O.-The
barge Lucy Hughes, in tow Of the tugboat
Volunteer, of New York, sank OF PEN
field Reef early today. It is reported the
captain OF the barge. his wife and two
children were drowned
Evening star., 1902-04-30
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co. bankers
and brokers. 1419 F ST.. members New YORK
stock exchange Washington stock ex-
1 change and Chicago board OF trade.
Evening star., 1902-04-30
Overdose Of Laudanum.

An autopsy was performed this morning
at the morgue on the body OF Lille Cor
Ein, who died at the Almshouse Hospita,
Evening star., 1902-04-30
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE SD
ANNIVERSARY.
Mayor Simpson Delivers an Interest
ing Address-Grand Representative
Stiers Discusses Growth of Order.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 101 King Street.
Bell Telenhone No. Jog.

= Dell 1elepnOne NO IOO.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, April 80 1902.
The eighty-third anniversary of Odd Fell
lowship was appropriately celebrated last
evening by musical and literary enter
tainment in Odd Fellows Hall, on North
Columbus street. under the auspices of Po-
tomac Lodge. No 3s 10. o. F. The large
audience present was composed of members
of the society and their friends, including
many ladies. The exercises were opened
with prayer by Rev Dr. Frank J. Brooke
Of the Second Presbyterian Church.
Mayor George l.. Simpson delivered an
address in which he dwelt upon the funda-
mental principles of Odd Fellowship, which
were also presented by F. A. Stier, grand
who followed. He traced the growth Of
the order from its inception, eighty-three
years ago, to the present time, and showed
that it had been rapid and widespread. Mr..
c. W. Miller, past grand master of the
District of Columbia, closed with few
remarks on the character of the organiza-
tion.
As Token of Esteem.
The employees of the freight Office of the
Southern railroad in this city last evening
presented Mr.. J. T. Preston with a hand
some gold-headed umbrella as a token of
their esteem, Mr.. Preston having announced
that he would resign his position May l..
He, however. informed the clerks that, af-
ter consultation with Mr. A. Gordon
Jones. superintendent of the Washington
division of the Southern road, he had de-
termined to reconsider the matter. The an
nouncement occasioned much satisfaction
among his employees and friends in Alex
andria.
Swartz-Mills Marriage.
The marriage of Miss Gertrude Swartz,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Jacob K Swartz
residing at PIG South Fairfax street, and
Mr.. William Conrad Mills of Wyoming will
take place this evening in St. Paul's Epis-
copal Church. The ceremony will be per-
formed by Rev. P. p. Phillips, the rector.
Mr.. Swartz, father of the brde-elect, is
one of the officials of the Washington, AL
exandria and Mount Vernon railroad.
Evening star., 1902-04-30

Immense tableful of Medium and Large Sprays
of Flowers and Foliage. embracing American
Beauty and crush roses. apple blossoms, pop
pies, field daisies and field flowers of all kinds.
clover etc.-all Of them full sprays and all 39e.
and Soc. yalues-for l5c
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Royalty and Profanity.

William the Conqueror did not intro
duce swearing into England, but he
brought with him very forcible oath.
William was accustomed to swear "by
the splendor of God,' and on such oc-
casions he combined with 1t the ter
rible aspect of the eyes" which always
took the place of swearing in the case
of Sir Joseph Porter, X. c. B. After
Williams time the rulers of England,
with possibly here and there an excep-
ton, swore with great frequency and
vigor. 1t is related that even Queen
Bess, whose auburn locks did not belle
a fiery temper, would break into a
string of explosives that would rattle
the royal windows and brighten the
household and royal attendants from
all sense of diplomatic recourse.-Lon-
don Taller
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BRAIN WORK.
It's Eject Upon the Body and the
Kind ~ Rnnh IL namanh.

It's Eject Upon the Body and the
Kind of Food 1t Demands.
The changes of tissue in the brain
that take place during study and
thought are very important and very
rapid. 1t has been estimated that three
hours Of brain work cause as great an
exhaustion of the forces of the body as
an entire day of manual labor.
This waste must be replaced by
abundant food, but its selection re-
Quires careful consideration and often
self denial, for many things which the
physical worker can eat with perfect
impunity are slow poison to the brain
worker, who exercises the brain at
the expense Of the body and rarely
gives the latter sufficient exercise to
counteract the mental strain and keep
1t In condition to resist disease. Bear
IN mind that, while the waste of the
body is much more rapid, the depriva-
ton of physical exercise encourages
torpidity of the voluntary functions
and renders them sluggish In eliminat-
ing these wastes; therefore it is of the
utmost Importance that the tasks i'm
posed upon them should be light.
Brain workers require the most con-
centrated and easily digested foods.
They should eat fresh beef and NUT
ton, fish, eggs-cooked in many forms,
but never hard boiled or fried-oysters
and crisp salads, lettuce, chicory. toma-
toes, watercress. etc, with mayonnaise
or French dressing. They should begin
the day with fruit and make it form
the principal part of luncheon and be
very sparing In their use of cereals,
eschewing entirely white bread and
oatmeal Their ideal luncheon, which
must be light if they continue to work
in the afternoon, is glass of milk or
cup of hot chocolate or, better still. a
glass of fresh buttermilk, with two or
three graham waters or bit of toast
and some fruit, an apple. figs or an or
ange.
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THE MILKY WAY.
A system which Gives Us a vae,

A System which Gives Us d Vague
Idea of the Eternity of Space.
The Milky Way. the grandest feature
of the Ornament which bends above
u.s. the hazy path which so majestic
ally bands the whole fabric of the
skies together, is now known to be
composed of a grand aggregation Of Ut
least 1S,000.000 suns. each as large as
or larger than that which makes vege-
table and animal life an earthly posi-
bility. One is apt when allowing the
mind to revert to the contemplation of
these misty and indistinct astronomical
subjects to measure their magnitude
or attempt to measure 1t by making
terrestrial comparisons.
1t is obvious, however, upon more
mature reflection that such COMPARE
soI.s are worse than "odious." The bulk
of our sun exceeds that of the earth
l23o.0O0 times, being 800 times great
er than that of the bulk of his whole
tra . of planets taken collectively. This
beng the case. what basis can we use
for calculating the magnitude of 49,
100000 suns. each, as l have said be-
fore, probably larger than that which
gives us heat and light?
The Infinite number Of suns which,
taken together, make up the Milky
Way are not set at a uniform distance
from our earth or even from our sun.
In fact they appear to work altogeth-
er independently of either this mum
dane sphere or our glorious orb or
day" The majority of them are plant
ed at distance too remote to be even
imperfcctly measured or understood.
Some of them are so near ca that
light which travels at the rate Of
$4,000 miles per second. would cross
the distance between us and them in
the period of about an even ten years.
Others however, are so remote that 1t
would take a full thousand years for
their light to reach us.
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One reason why so many men are
bald, according to a foreign medical
journal, is because they allow their
hair to die through want of exercise.
Under the skin which covers the head
are several muscles, 1t explains, and
these are never stirred into activity,
the result being that they do not per-
form their proper function, and conse-
quently the skin is insufhciently nour-
ished and the hair gradually dies.
Women" 1t continues, do not be-
come bald, and the reason is because
they spend much more time combing
and arranging their hair than men do.
During this operation the skin on the
head is stirred into activity, and as
result the muscles remain active and
the hair flourishes.
1T Is evident, therefore that the best
way to prevent badness is to rub the
skin frequently and vigorously, for I'M
less this is done the muscles will be
unable to supply it with the proper
amount of nourishment"
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FILTHY MECCA.
Ehe Holy City Is the DIrtiest spst In
All Islam

Ehe Holy City Is the Dirtiest Spst In
All Islam.
Mecca, the holy city of the faith,
IS called by many names Some call
1t 1.-The Mother Of Purity 1.-THE Cita-
del of Arabs" the Holy Mosque"
Others speak OF it as 1.-THE Mother Of
Compassion" 1.-THE Supreme Sanctity,s
"the Guardian Angel of Ajem" The
deyout never utter the word Mecca
without adding to it some adjective
of praise, such as "the blessed" 1.-THE
exalted" "the great" 'the highly es-
TENED" and so OH. The town itself
is about two miles in length and one
mile in breadth
The dirtier the pilgrim keeps himself
the more respected he is as a pious
Moslem. Consequently Mecca, being
as it is the most sacred city of the
faith, is literally the filthiest in Islam.
The most important streets measure
about ten yards in width The rest
are mere lanes, wonderfully and pic
turesquely crooked and some six feet
wide. The streets were crowded with
tents. camels, mules. asses, horses,
pariah dogs and motley crowd of pill
grims, unspeakably disheveled and I'M
washed, while the lanes were abso-
lutely filed with every kind Of offaI
and refuse. Mecca, which lies in a
hollow, would be a regular cesspool
We're it not for the pariah dogs, lean,
snarling brutes of a bright yellowish
color, that serve the purpose of scav-
engers, and the fierce, dry, Arabian
sun that is the sole sanitary inspector
in the country. The din the dogs make
at night is indescribable. A pack of
jackals would be quiet in comparison.
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John Randolph,. Appearance.

Washington Irving when secretary
of legation in London was much
amused at the roliicking good humor
with which William ". began his
reign, and he once tried to give les
son In dignity to the Duke of Sussex.
He had to accompany an eccentric
friend of meager and limping figure,
who persisted In wearing an extraor-
binary nondescript garb instead of the
prescribed court dress to ST. James,
The ushers demurred; the foreign min
lister smiled. The Duke of Sussex
stopped Irving as he passed and whis-
pered. moving his thumb jerkingly up
and down, who's your friend Hoky
Poky" THAT, sir" replied Irving en-
phatically, lis John Randolph, United
States minister to Russia and one of
the most distinguished orators of
America" 1t was all in vain Some
time afterward Irving was dining with
the duke, whose first laughing inquiry
was, And how is our friend Hoky
Poky ?"-Temple Bar.
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All primitive people regard the bird
as specially wise and favored. Living
in the air, he is regarded as exercising
control over atmospheric phenomena,
and. knowing so well his own migra-
tory seasons, the Indians observe his
flights as foreboding Ill or good to
themselves.
The Hurons believe that the dove
carries the souls of the departed hence.
The Dakotas say the storm bird dwells
SO high as to be out of human vision
and carries a fresh water lake on his
back. so that when he plumes himself
1t rains, when he winks his bright eyes
1t hghtens, when he flaps his wings
thunder rolls. The Alaskans hold much
the same idea about the thunder
bird"
Among them all the eagle is mighty,
brave, aspiring. the symbol of their
warriors for apparent reasons. The
king6sher is anxious to serve his broth
er man.
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On one occasion William J. Florence
at the end of a not very prosperous
engagement in San Francisco an
nounced benefit for himself and his
wife. John W. Mackay happened to
be in town at the time and wrote to
Florence for one orchestra seat. 1t
was duly sent, as matter of course,
and Mrs Florence remarked to her
husband that, considering the friend
ship existing between the two men,
she thought Mr.. Mackay might have
taken private box at least. Wait"
said Florence, 'he has not paid yet.
and | am In no hurry" The benefit
took place. Mr.. Mackay came from
Virginia City to occupy the seat he had
taken. and day later he sent Florence
a check for 81 900.
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Nj cnternrIcaI

No self respecting Persian ever an
swers II question by bold affirmative
or a blunt negative He always re-
serves ii margin. MIR. Wilfrid Spar
row. a tutor to the Persian royal chill
dren, asked Mira Saleh. turbaned
linguist, in regard to servant, Hail
Isma'il
"Is he honestY'
Mira Saleh was busy with the
pages of dictionary.
"Llttle-take care-Haji Isma IFS
god-money Is" said he.
'"rhat is no answer. want one
word. Is he honest"
Mira Saleh closed his eyes in medi-
tation. opened them and shook his
head. closed them again and then sat
buried in thought, his fingers on his
eyelids. BY and by he looked up.
batfied
Zone word. sahlb?" said he as one
who should assert, '"rhe task is i'm.
possiblew
Certainly. One word
He shut his eyes for the third time,
as If he would keep the truth from
popping out unawares When he
opened them at last, 1t was to search
for the English of the word he had
chosen. When he had found 1t, his
face broke into an expansive smile
'Sahib," he cried triumphantly. de
9-ci-entp'
Deficient is good"
1T is not bad" he replied in a tone
of modest pride.
II will engage another servant,
then" said the Englishman laboriously
In Persian.
at behtar would be sahib''
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
The Model Army of the World.


What army was the strongest of its
time? Judging by results the Roman
army was 50 from the fifth century
B. G. onward until the division of the
empire Its fighting organization was
as complete as and possibly more prac-
teal than that of any army of today
1t was based Oh territorial system
which maintained the comradeship Of
locality without bringing 1t into an
tagonism with that of the corps. for
each of the thlrty-fve Roman tribes"
was required to furnish to each legion
four centuries" of l20 men, each Of
which worked together as local unit
The legion was divided into FIVE co
horts or battalions. of which three
were troops Of the line. two were
kind of militia and the fifth was de
pot battalion. For almost eight centu-
ries the army thus constituted not only
conquered the then known world. but
acted as explorers beyond its limits.
and at the same time made and I'M
made kings and emperors in Rome it.
self In modern times the Prussian ar
my, which won Sadowa and Sedan
and overran both Austria and France.
was the strongest the world has
known 7 OnlOn Answers