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Evening star., 1904-02-01
Naval Orders.

Lieutenant Commander 7. d. Griffin, tc
the naval station, Charleston, S. c.
]. NJ. Ellicott has been commissioned a
lieutenant commander in the navy.
Assistant Paymaster G. b. Bloomer, from
the Tacoma and res gnation accepted.
Assistant Surgeon Fl. +. Strine, from the
Isabella station, to the Olongapo station.
Commander j. A. Rodgers, from command
of the Albany TO home
Commander j. F. Parker and Pay In
spector ]. r. Martin, from the Cavite sta
ton to home.
Commander w. II. Beehler. from thu
Cavite station to the navy yard, Mare Is
land, Cal.
Commander G. L. Dyer, from command
of the Rainbow to command of the Albany
Commander j. 3. Collins, from the CaVitt
station to command the Rainbow.
Passed Assistant Paymaster r t. HOPES
from the Cavite station to the Isla de Cuba
Evening star., 1904-02-01
Archbishop Keane at St. Patrick,s.

The sermon at high mass in ST. Patrick
Church yesterday morning was delivered by
Archbishop J. ]. Keane Of Dubuque, Iowa.
formerly rector of the Catholic University.
His text was taken from ST. Paul !, the
epistle of the day. He discussed the char
acter of Paul and his work in the efforts
to uplift mankind through the spread of
Gods word The archbishop expressed the
opinion that the same conditions that con :
fronted Paul exist today.
Rev. William j. Carroll. assistant rector
of the church. sang high mass and DIR. Staf-
ford, the pastor. and Father McGuigan as
sisted in the sanctuary. The choir, led by
Prof Gumprecht. rendered lie Jeals mass.
After the mass prayers for the authorities
were read by DIR. Stafford. The church was
crowded and there was barely standing
room. s.-s.s1sf...
Evening star., 1904-02-01
Gen. Bristow stili Kept From Work

Joseph L. Bristow. the fourth assistant
postmaster general, is still at his home
1928 Roanoke street, where he Is confined
by . well developed case Of the grip. His
physicians say that ne is responding to
treatment, but that the course of the dis
ease will have to run and that 1t is not
likely that he will be strong enough to re-
turn to his Office and take up his work until
next week..
Evening star., 1904-02-01
THE GR|D|RON DINNER
An Evening of Wit and
Jollity.
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
PRESIDENT AND CABINET MEM
BERs PRESENT.
Senators and Representatives Taught
How to Promptly Conduct Legis-
lative Matters.

The Gridiron Club entertained a distin-
gushed company of guests upon the occa-
sion of it's nineteenth annual dinner at the
Arlington Hotel Saturday night. The
Third Estate" as President Roosevelt and
Secretary Root term the newspaper men OF
the national capital, had reason to be proud
of the efforts of the hosts of this affair to
Evening star., 1904-02-01
CIRCUIT COURT !

CIRCUIT COURT No. 1-Justice Barnard.
Hensey agt. Mercantile Trust Company:
verdict for plaintiff for $1S.250. Plaintiff S
attorneys, Birney & Woodard and George
E. Tralles; defendants attorneys, John
Ridout and Hayden Johnson.
Manning & Co. agt. Union Surety and
Guaranty Company; judgment for plaintih,
on stipulation. Plaintiffs attorneys Birney
& Woodard; defendants attorney, j. Rid
out.
Evening star., 1904-02-01
PROBATE COURT-Justice Wright.


Estate of William NJ. Reagan; order
granting letters of administration to Cath
crime Reagan; bond, $4,000. Attorney, r. F
Downing.
Estate Of Frank Walker; order granting
letters of administration to Webster NJ
Hicks; special bond, $500. Attorney Will
Jam NJ. Stewart.
Estate of Mary J. Hawes; order for CON-
mission to issue to prove will. Attorney, E
II. Thomas.
Estate of Frederick w. Collins; order ad-
mitting will to probate and record and
granting letters testamentary to Annie Col
lins; bond, $500. Attorney, j. A. Sweeney
Estate of George w. Myers; order chang
ing bond of executor to 5000. Attorneys
Douglass & Douglass.
In re Harry NJ. Pearson ct al: order set
ting aside order of January %, 1901 and
allowing guardian to borrow money; at
torney. Edward B. Kimball.
Estate of Tony Jones; order granting let
ters of administration to Mollie Jones;
bond, 500; attorneys. Horner & Harlan.
Evening star., 1904-02-01
District Supreme Court.

EQUITY COURT NO. 1-Justice Anderson.
Washington Title Insurance Company
agt. Marshall; pro confesso against absent
defendants; Virgil G. Williams appointed
guardian ad Item; complainant's solicitor,
w. NJ. Williams.
Carmichael agt. Garrity; time for filing
transcript of record extended; complain
ants solicitor, H. F. Taggart; defendant S
solicitors, VIM. NJ. Offiey and Carlisle IL
johnson.
WasSmann agt. Wassmann; sale finally
ratified, reference to auditor; complain
ants solicitors, Carlisle & Johnson: de-
PENDANTS solicitors. H. r. Webb and E. S.
Theall.
Liebermann agt. Roach; decree terminal
ing trust and vesting title; complainant $
solicitor, T. M. Johnston; defendants solic-
itors. Hamilton & Colbert.
Evening star., 1904-02-01
EQUITY COURT NO. 2-Justice Goult

1oCR1 M. bouiu'
Mehringer agt. Mehringer; proof before
Margaret NJ. Murray, examiner, ordered
taken; complainant's solicitor, VIM. l..
Elterich.
In re Mary E. Ellsworth; arrangement for
care of lunatic by committee confirmed; !;
attorneys Wolf & Rosenberg.
Fill agt Sommers; NJ. N. Richardson ap-
pointed trustee to release: complainant 8
solicitor. NJ. n. Richardson.
Lawrence agt. Shoemaker; rule upon
Frederick D. Shoemaker, returnable Feb
ruary 8, 1904; complainant's solicitor, w. l..
Pollard.
Wallace agt. Tucker; sale by VIM HI.
Sholes, surviving trustee, authorized; bond,
$40 600; complainant's solicitor. VIM Ii.
SholeS.
Arnold agt. Booth; receivers account ap-
proved; complainants solicitor, w. E. Les
ter; defendants solicitor. II. Clay Camp
bell.
Evening star., 1904-02-01

For Financial Ads See Page Is.
Evening star., 1904-02-01
New Members Initiated.

ateO-HNF. Scott y. Bone of the washington
Post and Mr.. NO. Messenger Of the Even
ing Star. Their initiation was made the
vehicle for bringing in extra editions of The
Star and Post, in which members of the
club read alleged news items bearing wit
tily upon the prominent guests The en-
trance upon the scene of a rival news SELL
er IN the person of the familiar female
vendor seen at 10th and F streets carried
the novitiates off the stage.
The speeches made over the coffee and
cigars We're notably felicitous.n President
Roosevelt delighted the company with a
ten minutes talk, in which, freed from the
restraint of subsequent publicity, he dis
cussed public questions and ptfllic men.
secretary Root made an eloquent speech,
In which he paid glowing tribute to the
newspaper men of Washington, Mr.. Root
evinced high degree of warmth and sin
cerity in his professions of regard for the
writer's who serve the country from Wash
ington. He also drove home an earnest ad-
monition of the responsibility to the public
and the government resting upon the news
paper men in view of the power that, in
his opinion, they wieldedaj 'ga
Gov. Taft made graceful acknowledg-
ment OF the welcome which had been ac-
corded him by old friends upon his return
to the capital. Ambassador Sternburg ex-
pressed himself happily, and Senator
Hanna, who had come from a sick room to
attend the dinner. begged offafrom more
than a few cordial remarks, which, how
ever, were greeted with hearty cheers by
the audience.
Senator German, taking Harmony for
his topic, delighted the company with some
sarcastic references to the good of the or
der. as relates to the democratic party at
present. David r. Francis got in his work
for the worlds fair at st. Louis in q five-
minute talk.
The menu of the dinner was as follows:
Oak Island Specials.
Clear Turtle.
Planked Shad.
Cucumbers. Potatoes Saute.
Filet of Beef, Larded, rAthienienne.
Terrapin. Arlington Style.
Gridiron Punch
English Partridges. Broiled.
Currant Jelly. Cheffonade Salad.
Ice Cream Plombiere.
Fancy Cakes.
Coffee.
Evening star., 1904-02-01
FRATERNAL NOTICES.

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE
Southern Jurisdiction OF the United States..A
special meeting of Robert de Bruce Council will
be held THIS MONDAY, February 1. at the
Cathedral of the Rite: No l0oI u ST. nw.' at
7:3G o'clock pm Work. 21st deg.
SAMUEL. Z. ALER, 33d Deg, Commander
JOHN III. OLC0TT, 32d Deg. ,kCCH., Recorder
1t
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
The .sL.tocracy Of Por,..

When Theodore Parker firsl visited
Cincinnati, at that time the recognized
leader among western cities, he said
that he had made great discovery
namely. that while the aristocracy of
Cincinnati was unquestIonably found
ed on pork 1t made great difference
whether man killed pigs for himself
or whether his father had killed them.
The one was held plebelan. the other
patrician. II was the difference, Par
ker said. between the stick ems and
the stuck ems. and his own sympa-
thies, he confessed. were with the
present tense.-T. w. Higgiuson in
Atlantic Monthly.
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when onion. Are oaor,...

How many times has every fat
dweller entered his home only to cry
out In disgust because the odor of the
onion or the turnip or something else
has permeated the entire six or seven
rooms2
Lets stop having such things for
dinner" he suggests to his wife. "Why,
it's notifying to invite friend to
dine when one knows this sort of at
mosphere is going to knock him down
us soon as he enters the door,
AS matter>of fact, there is no need
for excluding the onion or the other Of
Tending eatables. The simplest way in
the world 10 solve the difficulty is this:
Have the cook put into the cooking
vessel with your onions just piece of
stale bread about us big as your fist.
Somehow or other the bread absorbs
the odors, and you don't know onions
are on your menu until you sit down
at the table.-New York Times.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
LITTLE THOUGHTS.

Disappointment is not sufficient
reason for encouragement.
Be satisfied with yourself if you will,
but do not be self satisfied.
All things come to those who leave
OF waiting and go after them.
The claims to wisdom of all owls and
most men rest upon their looks.
Good qualities. like good steel knives.
grow dull Of edge unless they are used.
Many man who is offered chance
of lifetime for mere song cannot
sing.
Your grip on success depends largely
on the other things you are willing TO
let go.
When man sets popularity before
his eyes, he is likely TO let principle out
OF his heart.
If we had no failings ourselves, we
should not take so much pleasure in
finding out those of others.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
THE BANANA.
Fruft That Ripens on the Plant II
Not Suitable For Food.


There is a vast amount OF Ignorance
prevailing among intelligent people OF
the north concerning the growth. pro
duetion and marketing Of bananas
Many people Imagine that the natives
In tropical clinics step out OF their huts
In the early morning and pluck and
eat bananas from the plant. the same
as they would oranges aud other fruits
Bananas ripened on the plant are not
suitable for food and would he much
the same as the pith which is found IN
the northern cornstalk or elder. Ba-
nanas sold In The United States. even
after travelling 1000 miles in a green
state. are every bit as good MS bananas
ripened under tropical sun. This Is
probably true Of no other export fruit
The plant Of which bananas is tho
fruit is not tree, nor is 1t bush or
vine. 1t is simply a gigantic plant.
growing TO height of from fifteen TO
twenty feet About eighteen feet from
the ground the leaves. ofttlmes eight
feet long, come out In a short cluster,
from the center of which springs a
bunch of bananas. These do not grow
with the bananas pointing upward nat
urally. and il the stem grew straight
they would hang exactly as seen in
the fruit stores and grocers' windows.
This, however. is not the case. The
stem bends under the weight of the
fruit. and this brings 1t into directly
the opposite direction. with the large
end of the stalk up and the fringes
pointing toward the sun.
A word of explanation concerning
some banana terms. Each banana is
called Finger. and each of these lit
tie clusters OF fingers surrounding a
stalk is called "hand." The quality
and value OF each bunch depend on the
number of hands ii has. Some may
wonder how the fruit is cut from the
top of plant fifteen feet from the
ground. The native laborers cut the
stalk part way up its height. The
weight of the fruit causes the stalk
to slowly bend over until the bunch
Of bananas first nicely reaches the.
ground; then the bunch is cut of with
the ever ready machete and carried
to the river or railroad for shipment.
The plant at the same time is cut
close to the ground. The banana is
very prolific producer of itself. and
at every cleaning of the land 1t is
necessary to cut down many of the
young plants, or suckers" as they are
termed, in order that they may not
become overcrowded up TO certain
limit. The fewer suckers on given
area the larger the fruit they viii pro.
duce.-chicago Chronicle
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Good Secret 90 Know.

A man went to nose and throat
specialist the other day TO have his
cold cured. AS he was paying well
for the first treatment he said, How
long does it take you to cure colby"
.'Three weeks said the specialist.
''And how long would it take me to
get well if / didn't come to your
asked the alarmed patient
'Twenty-one days." said the special
LIST.
And it wasn't until the patient was
half way home that he suddenly
stopped and wondered whether he
ought TO laugh or get angry. He final
~ decided that perhaps the secret he
had learned was worth the price he
had paid for 1t. Its a good secret to
know.-Saturday Evening Post.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
PAYING TELLER,s LAPSE.
He and Several Others Failed 20
Note an Absurd Error.


Note an Absurd Error.
Banks are VIGOROUSLY careful about
scrntinlzing the signatures to checks
on which they pay out money. yet. as
the following incident well illustrates,
Il is possible for even tile most care
full and experienced Of paying tellers
to make mistakes. The incident is the
more remarkable because II reveals
most curious error on the part Of a
prominent business man as well as an
astonishing lapse in the case of Il usn-
ally accurate and scrupulously exaet
bank q ) ial.
Amo-. the depositors at one OF the
largest banks in the city Is an old ana
prominent firm which may be called.
for the purposes of this relation,
Aloysius Jenkins 4 Co. All checks is
sued by the firm are signed In person
by Aloysius jenkins, its head, so that
his handwriting and signature are
thoroughly familiar to the bank Off
GERS at whose bank he has deposited
for twenty years or more.
During the first week OF this month
Mr.. Jenkins got notice from the bank
that check signed for $500 in his
handwriting. but signed Aloysius
Smith & Co.. had been paid by the
bank during the previous month and
the sum paid out charged against his
account. Aloysius Jenkins was per-
fectly certain that he had never made
such foolish mistake as that. He
sent over for the check. 1t needed on
ly glance to show him that he had
written 1t and the signature really was
Aloysius Smith & Co. He called up
the people to whom the check was
payable and whose Endorsement was
on its back. They had not noticed the
mistake at all. 1t had passed through
the hands of their cashier and of 9TH
er employees and had been by them
sent to the bank, where it had been
credited to their account without ques-
ton, passing the sharp eyes of the pay
ing teller and only being discovered by
accident nearly thirty days afterward.
Six or more experienced and expert
business men had let that absurd mis-
take get by without detecting IT. 1t
was almost beyond belief. The only
more ridiculous thing about it all was
the fact that he had unsigned his own
firm name. BY referring 10 his letter
book for the day the check was dated
he discovered that he had been busy
just then In closing up an important
deal with man named Smith, That
was the only possible explanation for
his slip. He has had the cancelled
check framed. and it now hangs in his
Office as reminder that ito err is hu-
man. even in the best trained circles
Chicago Tribune.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
ENeIlsHMEN OF GENIUS.
some statistics as to Their oriEin
and Length OF Life.


Havelock Ellis studies OF the origin
and habits of the British men of gen
ius show that most came from bust.
ness life, many from good families
50 called, and few from the clerical
profession. OF 103 men OF eminence in
ten centuries thirteen were the sons Of
carpenters, five OF shoemakers, five Of
weavers and four of blacksmiths,
Browning's father was clerk, and so
was Bradlaugh's: Turner's was bar
Der, Cariyle's mason, Huxley's n
schoolmaster, Keats a livery stable
man. Knox's peasant, wolsey's a
grazler and Whitefeld's an innkeeper.
Men of genius are long lived. OF
those on Mr. Ellis list more died be.
tween sixty-five and seventy-five thar
in any other period. Those living he
yond scyenty-hye numbered $50, those
beyond eighty 1870. and twenty lived
past ninety.
A genius is not often an only son.
He is more likely TO spring from n
large family. Nor is he often the son
Of distinguished father. He is some
times tall man. Twenty-six Instances
arc cited of great men who were six
footers and over. Among them are
Darwin, Millais, Sir Walter Scott, Ten
nyson, Borrow, Thackeray and Field
ing.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
THE POET BURNS.


1AA &uAfnc IN leu.
The following brief criticism on the
poems OF Burns appeared In the Edin-
buigh Magazine. October, 1856, short
ly after the second edition Of his works
came out. The author Is indeed a
striking example Of native genius
bursting through the obscurities OF
poverty and the Instructions of Ia
borious life He is said to be com
mon plowman, and when we consider
him In this light we cannot help re.
GREETING that hayward fate had not
placed him In more favored situation
Those who view with the severity
lettered criticism and Judge by the
fastidious rules OF art viii discover
that he has not the Doric simplicity or
Ramsey nor the brilliant Imagination
of Ferguson, but to those who admire
the exertions OF untutored fancy and
are blind 10 many faults for tile sake
Of numberless beauties his poems viii
AFFORD singular qualification. His ob-
seryations on human characters are
acute and sagacious. and his descrip-
tions are lively and just. or rustic
pleasantly he has a rich fund, and
some of his softer scenes are touched
with inimitable delicacy. He seems
to be boon companion and often
startles us with sentiments which viii
keep some readers at a distance. Some
OF his subjects are serious, but those
of the humorous kind are the best"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
A Ernnls cnmnnnt

Housekeepers viii appreciate this
little story of Dean Stanley: During a
visit to America, not long before his
death. he was invited to dine with a
certain college president in southern
town. Early in the meal the dean in
quired of his hostess: Mrs. c.,
would II be impertinent to ask what is
this gumbo soup?1 Perhaps l can
best answer" was the amused reply,
by telling you Lady As comment
on the dish when she dined with us
once on time. She leaned across the
table and called to her husband: You
would better try the soup. It's not
nearly so nasty as 1t looksr .Ahr'
said the dean, smiling, "that was ex.
actly like Lady A.. She is cousin
OF miner Harper's Bazaar.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
zooIogIcnl NomencIaturc.

The buffalo In the United States is
bison: the partridge of Michigan and
pheasant of Pennsylvania and other
states is rufred grouse; the rabbit,
so plentiful in the market at times, is
hare. Both species Of grouse, the
rufred and the pinnated, are called
pheasant, partridge and patrlge, and
the pinnated grouse is universally re-
ferred to as the prairie chicken. Prai-
rie chicken is not bad name for the
pinnated grouse, for it Is original and
does not confound 1t with other birds.
but 1t is not right to use the names
partridge and pheasant when referring
10 our grouse. for these are the cor
rect names of European specimens.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
OLD TIME COFFEE.
The Way TO Brew the beverage ms
They DID In 1862.

They DID In 1862.
An old cookbook, published in 1862.
gives what Is perhaps the first English
recipe for coffee The recipe reads:
'.1o make the drink that Is now
much used. called ctffee:
'The coffee berries are to be bought
at any druggists. about I shillings the
pound. Take what quantity you please,
and over a charcoal fire in an old fry.
ing pan keep them always stirring un.
til they be quite black. and when you
crack one with your teeth that 1t Is
black within as it is without, yet II
you exceed, then do not waste the
oyl, and II less. then will 1t not de-
liver its oyl. and if sou should CON
tinue fire till 1t be white 1t will then
make no coffee, but only give you its
salt. Beat and force through lawn
sieve.
Take clear water and boil one-third
Of 1t away, and it is fit fcr use. Take
one quart of this prepared water, put
it in one ounce of your prepared cof-
fee and boil ii gently one hour, and
It is for your use. Drink one quar-
ter of pint as hot rs yon can sip it.
1t doth abate the fury and sharpness
of the Acrimony, which is the gender
of the Diseases called Crpnical."-'
Boston Cooking School Magazine.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
whistIer ana noIdlni.

Here IS Boldini story which goes to
prove that whlstler's method was open
to constant criticism even from his
brother artists. Whistler had finished
his portrait of Mr.. George Vanderbilt.
1t is a full length standing figure in
black clothes against a black ground
The original feature OF the canvas is
. walking stick held at a rather acute
angle against the right knee. and the
whole effect is very somber. Whistler
asked Boldini what he thought of II.
Boldini leaned forward and sid:
Hell surely miss It. Hell never GET
him.
Miss what? Get whomY asked
Whistler in nmazement.
Why. the rat in that cellar. No
matter low tlia man strikes at him the
at VIM be sure to get away in the
lark
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13

A distinguished comedian who tells
stories very well was invited TO DIN
ncr and for the greater part of tho
evening entertained the company.
When lie returned to his hotel, thor.
oughly tired, his wife said:
well. did you have a good tIme?"
NO, can't say that did. Indeed
IL had not been there should have
been bored.p
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
where Fashion. Come From.

It is said that leader OF fashion
was once driving in the park when her
hat was blown off. The carriage wheels
passing over il made it fearful and
wonderful shape. but as the wearer
could afford to defy criticism she put
il on and calmly continued her drive.
The next week dozens of hats exactly
like the damaged one appeared. This
story may be true. but it sounds IKE
mere, malicious, masculine inven.
tion.-London Woman.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13
Hi. Rule Of Business.

a fair young thing who buttonholed
a Wall street magnate and asked him
what was his rule Of business is puz-
zling over his answer:
"very simple ! pay for something
that can't get with money haven't
got and then sell what ! never had for
more than it ever cost.'-New York
Press
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-05-13

as that chickense asked the
boarder dismally.
''0f course replied the landlady.
what did you think it WASP
"a canary" answered the boarder.
as he counted the number Of people to
be served.-Chicago Post