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The Washington times., 1902-06-25

wANTED-white girls to cut out cotton goods.
1l31 5th st. NV. mi
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wANTED-CoUNTRY PROPERTY.
WANTED-ROoMS.

WANTED - Two rooms, respectable family,
light housekeeping, not to exceed $40. Address
La Grand, COZ 4th ST. NV, FLAT Is. e24-S
wASTED-By lady, two unfurnished rooms
second floor, for light housekeeping; state
price. Address BOX l22. this Office e2l-3
wASTED-By July By small family Of adults,
q small house. or four or Ave unfinished rooms,
or part 0; house with reliable party. Address
BOX 123, this office. e2i-l
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WANTED-Experienced cook; small private
family; no washing 1Si9 Harvard ST. mi
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wANTED-By sober. industrious married white
man, handy at most anything, position of most
any kind Address HANDY, 7l2 Princeton ST.
nv miss
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WANTED-A' good colored girl for general
housework. Call 1901 u 81. NV. MI
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TABLE BOARD.

GOOD BOARD very cheap. KENTUCKY DIN
ING ROOM, 1929 9TH ST. NV. e233
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

FOR SALE-Crocery and cigar store; three days
old; owner called away; must sell. Address
BON l34, this Office mss
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WAETED-BICYCLES.

WANTTD-A high grade bicycle Call at
room u, Atlantic Building. e22-3
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WANTED-By young colored man, experienced
as an agent, position OF trust with some
firm Ae,drtTs 775s 18Th st. NV. MI
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SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE.

wANTRD-By boy l6 years of age, German,
place to drive wagon any kind of work.
Address BO, I2s this Office. m25-3
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WANTED-White cook for family Of two; reside
in country during summer. 7. l.. Phillips,
Rockville Md. e23-3
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WALL PAPER.

ROOMS PAPERED, S1-75 up; house painting.
lowest prices: roof painting, 6Oc per square.
CARLISLE BROS, ll05 9Th st. ne. Phone,
East 306 ID. m23-3
NOLrE, s2i 9th ST. NV, is constantly receiv-
ing the latest and most attractive designs in
Wall Papers. and papers rooms from $500 up.
Call and investigate for yourself and be con-
vinced ml4-tf
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COUNTRY BOARD.

LoCKSLEY HALL. Lower Potomac; terms mod
crate GEORGE ROGERS. Ridge. Nd. je3lm
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as driver: can furnish ref
erence. Address BOX 1873, this Office. MI
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

little daughters, and her own daughter, live
with her.
Mrs. Walker cares for the companionship
of no other human beings. To her the mil
lions of people within rowboat reach are
as nothing except when they can be kept
from shipwreck by her light, or saved from
drowning or crushing ice foes by Jake in
his small boat, or when she can warm with
coffee the half-froZen ''clammers' who in
winter work within calling distance of the
reef.
1t is her ever-constant vigil to warn and
to succor the men who go down to the deep
that has led them to speak Of Robbins
Reef lighthouse for years as "Katy's Light"
So conscientious is Mrs. Walker in taking
care of the lighthouse that every night
since her husband died, fourteen years ago,
she has not failed once to look after the
lamps. Sometimes. when he can persuade
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

her to let him, her son relieves her a par,
OF the night, but for the most part she has
kept the light bright with no outside help.
1T is my work" she says, land so l love
to do it,"
For weeks in winter Mrs. Walker never
closes her eyes in sleep when night comes.
Thon II is that the windows enclosing the
light can be kept free from frost only by
constant cleansing. At this time Mrs.
Walker will not let Jake come up into the
little room where the light glows until
dawn. Then he brings her a cup Of coffee,
and, after she has drunk it, she descends
he ladder and goes to bed. That is, she
generally does, but if the day is foggy and
a blanket Of white hangs over the bay so
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

that the ships are lost to view, she looks
after the fog whistle, or, If that is out of
order, sets in motion the clock-like mech
antsm that rings the fog bell. After that
she stays up until the fog lifts entirely or
the worst of II is over.
With the exception Of one year, Mrs.
Walker has spent all her time in America
in a lighthouse. 1t has been twenty-five
years since she landed on Sandy Hook With
her son, whose father had died in Germany
shortly before she set sail for this country.
She had been working on the Hook only a
few months when JGcob Walker, the as
sistGnt keeper Of the Sandy Hook light
house, met her and fell in love with her,
and in less than a year after her arrival
she vas taken to the lighthouse as Jacob
Walkers bride, her boy going along as
Walkers adopted son and taking his name.
There she helped her husband for four
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

who was then a captain and inspector of
the Third lighthouse district, found out
that Mrs. Walker wanted to be appointed
keeper of the lighthouse. Although it was
and still is against government regulations
to put a woman in charge of a lighthouse
out at sea, he interested himself in Mrs.
Walkers behalf. For three years the gov
rnmen refused to break a rule that 1t had
made, but in the meantime, while it
hunted for a man willing to go to the lonely
post, Mrs. Walker was left on Robbins
reef. Twice the lighthouse board thought
1t had a man to take charge of the light,
but each one, after he had gone down the
bay and viewed its isolated position, re-
fused the job. So finally the board, de-
spairing of ever securing a man as keeper.
adopted Captain Rogers suggestion and
appointed Mrs. Walker.
Her son Jake has been assistant keeper
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

years. At the end Of that period he was
transferred to Robbins Reef light, where
he remained until he died.
Mrs. Walker believes that her husband
would be living still if it had been possible
to get a doctor to him while he was i'll.
But because the bay was choked with
floating, grinding ice no one could reach
the lighthouse, and so a heavy cold de-
veioped into a fever and pneumonia; and
one night, when a storm ragged and while
the wife was up with the light cleaning the
windows, so that death might not overtake
the ships, that dark form stole into one Of
the little circular bedrooms below while
no one watched.
After the funeral Rear Admiral Rogers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

for about ten years, and although she has
been entitled to ten days vacation a month
aimee that time, she has not taken advan-
OF the regulation for a single day.
She has never been absent from the light
house for more than six or eight hours at
a stretch.
In all the years that she has been in
charge Of the lighthouse Mrs. Walker has
not received a reprimand or had a com
plant entered against her. despite the fact
that she has charge of a light which stands
in one of the worlds busiest harbOrs. Her
lighthouse has the reputation of being the
and best kept in the Third dis
trict.
Mrs. Walker is very modest about her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-18
A NEW PHASE OF INDEMNITY.
In England People Insure Against
Surgical Operations.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harpers Weekly.
In England people of moderate means are
beginning to insure themselves against sur
gical operations. The plan Is that subscrib-
ers who pay annual fee shall be entitled
either to free admittance to hospital or
nursing at home and free operation or to
fixed sum paid down to defray the cost
Of an operation If one becomes necessary
In England, as here, the cost of surgical
repairs to the human body has become OPP
pressively great to persons who Just man
age to pay their way. People who are OBJ
viously poor get a great deal of excellent
surgical and medical treatment In hospitals
and elsewhere for nothing but for the next
class above them serious illness-especial-
ly If it Involves an operation-is almost
ruinous. 1t would seem as If the time was
near when societies for insurance against
specialists might be profitably organized in
the larger American cities. The specialist
has come TO be very important-indeed.
an ispensable--institution, especially to
families in which there are children. The
office Of the family doctor has now become
simplifed to the task of coming in and tell
ing the patient which specialist to go to.
I. is not that specialists charge too much.
for their honorable services are above price.
1t Is that landlord. butcher. baker. grocer.
milkman, goldman, dentist and trained
nurse do not leave you money enough to
pay them appropriately. To subscribe
considerable sum annually and have all the
repairs and desirable improvements made
in ones family without further disburse-
ment would be a comparatively simple way
out of troublesome predicament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-18
EVANGELISTIC WORK
lat
SUBJECT BEFORE PRESBYTERIAN
CONFERENCE TODAY.
nor ri
Address Delivered by Rev. John Car
son, D. D., of Brook
yn, n. Y.

The session THIS morning of the Presby-
terial conference at the New York Avenue
Presby Church, which lasted from 10
o clock until noon, was given over to an
address on the general subject of evangel-
istic work in the Presby terrain Church, the
methods used, and its.inftlence in tstimulat-
Ing the movement In churches of other de-
nominations by Rev. John F. Carson, D. D.,
pastor OF Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian
Church. Brooklyn, N. Y. DR.. Carson spoke
at some length Of the work being carried
on in Philadelphia. The meeting was for
the benefit Of the ministers Of the local
Presbyterian churches, there being no other
persons in attendance.
The annual devotional service conducted
under the auspices of the presbytery of
Washington city, was held yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the church named
The meeting was called to order by Rev.
George P. Wilson. D. D., pastor of As
sembiys Church. as chairman of the COM
mittee of the presbytery.
The session was devoted to prayer and
presbytery. The speakers were: Rev. Jo-
seph 7. Kelly. D. D., Of the Fourth Church
on Alone With Cod Rev. George N. Luc-
cock, D. d.. of Metropolitan Church on
Prayer Efficient Through Fellowship"
Rev. William c. Alexander of West Street
Church on "a Period of Prayer" Rev.
Wallace Radcliffe, ID. d. Of the New York
Avenue Church on Our Neglected Theme"
Rev. c. B. Ramsdell. D. D., of the North
Church on Preparation of Heart" and
Rev. J. Garland Hammer, D. D., of Manas-
sas, Va, THE Secret of Success" This
session was attended by very few persons
other than the ministers and the elders Of
the Washington presbytery.
Public Service Last Night.
There was public service held last even
ing for church officers and all church work
ers. The church was well filed, and all
present listened most attentively to the adj
dress of Rev. George Alexander, D. D., of
University Place Presbyterian Church, New
York city, the speaker Of the evening. Dur
ing his discourse the speaker referred in
very complimentary terms to Rev. Dwight
L. Moody as an evangelistic worker. and
told the purposes of the new eyangelistfc
movement in the Presbyterian Church. DR..
Alexander represents the evangelical com
mittee of the Presby terian Church at the
services.
A conference will be held this afternoon
at 4:15 o'clock for all church workers. nm
der the direction Of DR.. Carson and a nonu-
lar meeting will be sheid this evening at q
o'clock. This meeting will mark the close
of the period Of devotion as the services
are termed. Mr.. J. Willis Bear and Rev
j. F. Carson, D. D.. will be the speakers
of the evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-18
FAILED TO SHOW VIOLATION
The Post Office Department Loses a
Fraud Order Case.

Justice Peckhanf OF Che United States Su-
preme Court yesterday delivered the opin-
ion of that court IN the case of the Ameri-
can School of Magnetic Healing against j.
M. McAnnulty. the latter being postmaster
at the town of sNevada, Mo-, where the
school is locatedteiA
The proceeding grew out of a fraud order
issued by the Post efiice Department pro-
hibiting the postmaster from delivering let
tiers addressed t1thef school The original
bill asked for an fnjufetion to prohibit the
postmaster FROM obeying this order. On
trial In the United States circuit court for
the western district OF Missouri the depart-
ment's order way sustained on a demurrer
Yesterdays opinion re*ersed that judgment
but in delivering 1t ghstice Peckham said
that there was ne int&Ation of passing upon
the various constitutional objections set ont
in the bill, the lift entf6n of the court being
to simply hold that the admitted facts
show no violation OF the statutes cited but
an erroneous order given by the Postmaster
General to the defendant. which the courts
have the power to grant relief against %
The action of the court was accompanied
with instructions to the lower court to
"overrule the defendants demurrer to the
amended bill, with leave to answer, and to
grant a temporary injunction as applied for
by complainants" The opinion added:
.In overruiing the demurrer we do not
mean to preclude the defendant from show
ing on the trial IL he can that the business
of complainants as in fact conducted
amounts to a violation of the statutes"
Justices White and McKepna did not con-
cur in the opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-18
Flying in Russia.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Russia has adopted for its navy a system
of flying machines of which great things are
expected. These are not navigable balloons,
but aeroplanes which are attached to and
controlled by ships by means of plano wire.
In general features they are simply an
adaptation of the box kites that are flown
for scientific purposes in this country. These
flying dragons" as they are called. are
chiefly to be used for scouting purposes. By
means of their own shapes when there is q
wind, by means Of the speed of the ship
when 1t Is calm, they wilt rise rapidly into
the air to very considerable heights. Five
in conjunction will raise a man, and from
this lofty elevation an immense area of
water can be inspected for hostile craft. 1t
is hoped by this means greatly to increase
the efficiency of destroyer fotillas at find
ing an enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-18
Women as Spenders.
From the Chicago Tribune.

Tue SnlcuBV AEiuuues
A keen critic Of her sex is reported to
have said that women are becoming the
money-spenders statement which, If pro-
foundry true, Is not profoundly new, mas
much as women have always been accused
of this weakness, and feminine straragem
In coaxing dollars out of the pockets of OBJ
durate puresholders has always furnished
material for the jokemaker Some critics.
impressed by the swarm of shoppers that
are always to be seen on the streets. de-
clare that what Byron said OF love may be
said Of shopping-that mans shopping Is
OF mans life thing apart. tbs woman's
whole existence" But there are as many
varieties of shoppers as there are lovers
One of Mrs. Wharton's subtle hcroines 10
superior creature who could drug anxiety
with picture as some women can soothe
1t with bonnet" In this apt bit of insight
the writer has revealed the real reason at
the bottom OF the love of money spending
It Is one OF the ''lethal agencies" by which
women are made TO forget domestic pitfalls.
To be sure, the shops are loaded with SUI
perfiuities that are in themselves pitfalls to
the money spender, and the old family
whatnot that was filled with hundred
trfles Of little cost has now been replaced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-18
Takoma Park News,

At the last meeting of the Takoma Club
and Library the following were elected to
membership In the club under the several
ciassincations: George Abrams, w. L..
Mattingiy. HI. c. Fisk. Charles Haas. Ar
thur B. Adams. Mrs. George Abrams. Ber-
nard NJ Bridget William G. Thomson,
Helen W. Adams. Daniel Mattingly
The club house of the Takoma Club and
Library was the scene few evenings ago
OF an informal dance and entertainment at
tended by members of the club and their
friends. Those who assisted in entertain
Ing were Mr.. AL B. Griffith of Washington
Mrs. f. V. Wilcox. Mrs. j. K Depue and
Mr., Byron Biodgett of Takoma. Mr.. Louis
p. Shoemaker, president of the club. made
a short address during the evening
The duplicate pumping plant for the
pumping station Is being installed The
new pump has been connected with the en-
CINE and is in USE while the old one IL
being repaired at the factory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-18
England a Hothed of Crime.

a London dispatch says: The protracted
coronation rejoicings have been succeeded
by wave of crime. Accounts of muir
der trials and stories of other tragedies fill
the columns of such papers as report those
occurrences, and to the long list Of crimi-
nal cases now proceeding some new tragedy
Is added almost daily.
Suicide also is unusually prevalent The
murders are mostly confined to the lower
classes. Much interest has been evoked
over the recent stabbing case. in which
young woman most deliberately killed a
member of the stock exchange on the
street In the busiest section of the city.
Another case that has attracted much pub
He attention is the alleged murder by burn
ing and stabbing of servant girl by an
evangelist at Peasenhan county of Suffolk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-18
THE CHocTAw NATION DISPUTE.
Claims of Contesting Factions to Go
Before Congress-

AS an aftermath OF the McCurtaiu-H Hunter
feud over the chieftainship of the Choctaw
Nation the Choctaws will be represented
by two contrasting delegates before Con-
gress this winter. d. c. McCurtain. son of
Green McCurtain, who recently secured rec
ignition governor from the Department
of the Interior, and who Is acting in
that capacity. has arrived here with his
family and says that he will act dele
gate throughout the session OF Congress.
W. A. Durant, Il member of the Hunter
faction, has been here in the capacity OF
delegate since the inception of the trouble
a month or ago. though he has returned
temporarily to the territory to consult with
his colleagues before Congress convenes
The retention OF either OF these men as
the legally appointed delegate of the tribe
turns on nice point of law. Both Durant
and McCurtain were appointed by the same
man. Dukes by name, who was chief of the
tribe prior to the recent election. Young
McCurtain was appointed more than year
ago and served throughout last session. but
when the contest began between Hunter
and McCurtain's father for the chieftan-
ship Dukes espoused the cause of the for
mer and removed young McCurtain from
office, substituting Hunters friend, Durant,
In his stead. Now young McCurtasn con-
tends that, according to Choctaw law.
delegate cannot be removed except for
cause, and that since no cause was assigned
his removal was Illegal.
Senator Harris. who is a member of the
committee on Indian affairs, stated yester-
day that the dispute would have to be set
tied In the tribe. II being totally beyond the
Jurisdiction of Congress. If both of them
appeared before the committee to urge leg
isiation. he said, the committee would prob
ably refuse TO recognize either of them and
the Choctaws would be told that no hearing
would be accorded them until they decided
who was their legal representative. Were
the Indian nations formed into organized
territories, then ii would be the province of
Congress to decide the dispute, said the
senator. but as it Is their delegates are le-
gally nothing more than lobbyists and are
unknown to the federal law
1t is thought that Gov. McCurtain,
through his control OF the tribal treasury
Will see that the delegates salary-is paid to
his own son and thus drive Durant out of
the contest; and even should the latter en-
Join him in the courts. as Is rumored the
Choctaw judges. being McCurtain men,
would sustain their chief. In addition. the
powerful influence of the Interior Depart
ment will be thrown toward McCurtain's
cause. for McCurtain and Secretary Hitch
cock have long been fast friends. In fact,
che Interior Department seems to have been
the nrst to anticipate this contest. While
NE Hunter-McCurtain feud was stiil rag
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-18
BOTTOM OF CARIBBEAN SEA
Said by Professor Heilprin to Have
Dropped Out.

Dropped Out.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Following close on the appalling destruc-
ton of ST. Pierre by Pelee. and the havoc
wrought on the Island Of St. Vincent by
La Soufriere, the outbreak of the volcano
Santa Maria in Guatemala L. a matter OF
the greatest possible interest to scientists.
DIR. Edward O. Hovey Of the American
Museum Of Natural History. who was one
Of the first on the scene Of Martinique
disaster, said that while there was undoubt-
eddy some connection between the volcanic
outbreak In the West Indies and the vol
canic outbreak in Central America, 1t was
not clear just what 1t was. In response to
an inquiry whether as a result of their in
vestigations into the tragedy OF st. Pierre
about volcanic action, he replied succinctly,
punches Of them!' But he admitted also
that the theories were merely theories, and
that while there were as many of them as
there were men in position to theorize
none of them could as yet be regarded as
sufficiently substantiated for general scien-
tif1c acceptance.
Prof. Heuprin, who made perhaps the
most exhaustive Investigations Of the out
break Of Pelee and Soufriere, and was an
eyewitness to several subsequent eruptions
in fact, 1t was at one time feared that he
had lost his life in one Of them-regards the
the theory to which his investigations have
led him. He believes that the unwonted
volcanic upheavals in tropical North Ameri-
ca are all surface manifestations of extern
siye changes that are taking place In the
ocean bed, changes that will involve con-
siderable subsistence Of the Caribbean sea.
According to Prof. Heilprin, the Lesser
Antilles are the outcroppings of a subter-
ranean northeasterly extension Of the An
dean mountain range. The islands are mere
ly the tops of particularly lofty peaks. To
his mind the Andes when they reach Co
lombia are divided, one branch being shortly
submerged and only here and there pushing
a peak above the sea level; the other. the
main branch, extending up the entire Pa
cific coast lines of Central and North Amer
lea and eventually making its way over to
Asia by way OF the Aleutian Islands.
This theory of the subsistence Of the Carlb-
bean involves the theory Of settling of the
ocean bed In that part of the world, and It's
cracking as 1t settles. Through these great
cracks 1t Is believed that the sea has leaked
In upon the superheated interior of the
earth and vast quantities OF steam have
been generated, which have forced way
out at various points in what biologists call
the cline of weakness Is, the line of
least resistance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-18
The Age of Admirals.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser
Lord Charles Beresford has raised another
little breeze in England by protesting that
officers In the British navy are promoted to
be admiraIs when too old to hold that rank.
OF the twelve officers holding the rank OF
admiral or vice admiral. only three of them
are below the age of sixty, one admiral be-
ing fifty-nine and two vice admirals being
fifty-seven and ffty-five. respectively. Mel
son was only forty-seven when he won at
Trafalgar. Lord Beresford points out that
Germany has much younger men In these
exalted places and he asserts with Napoleon
that at sixty years one is good for moth
ing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-18

by the cabinet groaning under a load Of
priceless curios. Yet. on the whole it may
be said that If there is more money srerd-
ing than ever before, there is more judi
cious spending. The number OF self-sup-
porting women Is steadily Increasing, and
the woman who earns her cwn livelihood
not only lacks the time for money ypendirg
but Is too conscious of the value of a dol
lar to become a foolish spender The mod
ern woman may choose to soothe anxiety
with bonnet but she looks to it that the
bonnet will wear well as soothe and that
1t is worth the price that Is asked for il.