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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
AT THE LITTLE CAPITOL
MUCH ADO OVER A GROWING
ROOSTER IN MT. PLEASANT.

From an emphatic protest received by
the District Commissioners II IS learned
that a proud specimen of the chicken ram
lily Is ruthlessly disturbing the customary
peace and serenity which has come TO De
distinguishing feature of the beautiful SUD-
urb OF Mount Pleasant. To the investiga-
ton Of this complaint and 10 the eradlca-
tion Of it's cause the local police and other
officials of the municipality are now giving
a share OF their attention.
Down on the little old farm. far from the
city's ceaseless turmoil and grind. what
more familiar or homelike sound breaks
upon the air Just as the golden rays crown
the eastern hills than the Joyous and ex-
ultart matin song Of the awakening roos-
teri But in the city II Is different. In the
CITY so II appears. the rooster Is an In
truder he IS out OF his sphere. and his lie
In the Congested centerS OF population Is
but for a brief space at best lasting oniy
until he attains a certain size, when he Is
decaoitated turned over to the tender mer-
cies Of the cook, and finally is lost forever
IN the qualification of mans appetite. on
the farm this particular fowl occupies a
Mace Of Importance in keeping with his nat
urauy proud bearing. but in the city he has
no rights which the populace Is bound TO
respect. 10. the poor city rooster.
The information is obtained from the com
p!aint filed at the District building that
resident of Mount Pleasant IS the owner OF
a certain rooster, antecedentS unknown,
which insists on asserting the prerogatlYe
OF It's kind to indulge in sundry Vociferous
and gladstone greetings upon the approach
OF day. II matters not what day 1t Is. or
whether II has any particular significance
in the calendar, the approach of any and
every old day, so II is declared, is a signal
for The Mount Pleasant rooster 10 burst
forth in song. 1t appears that nothing thus
far done has had any effect toward quiet
ing this fowl. but he insists upon exercising
his right and his lungs, even In opposition
to the scurrilous filings of private citizens.
official mandates OF the District authorities
and in spite Of the eternal vigilance OF the
local police.
This orphan rooster. for it appears from
OF maternal or paternal guidance. first saw
the light OF day, so It is believed. about six
months ago. He wandered about the yard
in the rear OF the Mount Pleasant home in
an inoffensiye manner, appropriating
crumb here and pebble there. and he grew
fat and prospered. all unmindful of the
part he was destined later to play in the
busy affairs of mankind. His wants were
few and his world consisted of the space
inclosed by the back yard fence. AS he
grew older he began TO acquire the traits
and habits OF more mature representatives
OF his species. He learned to jump off his
perch at early hour. rufffe his pin feath-
ers ambitiousiy. and sally forth In quest OF
the foolish worm which had preceded him.
and on which he made merry meal. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
BILLY rs LAID LOW.
Pride of White House Stables Down
and Out

Billy" the unconquered butter, the
pride of the White House stables. and the
Joy of the Presidents boys is laid up
with a broken leg. In stall at thesother
end of the building, down by the Corcoran
Art Gallery. is General" the carriage
horse, placidly munching his oats. There
is not a hint of triumph in the old bays
demeanor. yet from all accounts his good
right hind hoof laid Billy low with
single stroke and thereby put the bully
of the neighborhood out of business.
Friends of Billy, who still have faith in
his prowess, are confident that as soon as
his hurts are healed he will proceed to
take terrible revenge out of Generals
tough hide, but neither the old horse nor
his hackers are at all concerned over the
prospect.
Billys rapid rise from the obscurity OF
kidship on a Pennsylvania farm to the
exalted position of butter-in- general at
the White House is a matter of history
well known to all the friends of the
Roosevelt boys. to the ushers at the man
sion and to the blue-coated guardians of
the peace who patrol the grounds looking
for cranks. They all believe that Billy is
a prodigy. No goat that ever ate a news
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paper or drew boys wagon ever dis
played half the head work that Billy has
shown. When he was first Introduced to
Archie and Quentin, five or six months
ago, he already gave evidence of genius
Before he was ever hitched to a cart he
scored his first Touchdown by approach
Ing one of the colOred laundresses from
the rear and upsetting the siIrprjsed
woman into basket of wet clothes Nv
the time his horns had grown to be as
large as butternuts he had added two
hostiers, three tourists and a secret sery-
Ice detective to the list of his knockouts
AT the stables, where he is cared for with
the rest of the White House stock. the
hoStlers spent much time and pains in
training Billy In his profession. They
soon discovered that he butted most furi
ously at a feather buster. The sight of
the fuzzy implement was to the GOAT
what red flag is to a bull or a turkey
gobbler 1t was great sport to set a
buster up against tin ash can or a bar
rel and watch the result when the Goat
was brought within range. In less time
than 1T takes to tell the duster can or
barrel would be spinning thirty feet in
the air, ana the Infatuated little fighter
would be gnashng his small teeth and
dancing war Jig, just spelling for an
other round When Archie and Quentin
had billy out in their wagon he would
often start after some lnoffensiye person
whose appearance he did not like and II
would be only with great difficulty that
he was restrained from butting the
N.
strength increased so did his arrogant
spirit. From mildly obstreperous Young
thing he soon grew to be a veritable ter
ror. and 1t was not very long before most
wise ones about the stable lodged or fed
to the loft when Billy lowered his horns
and aimed his bright eye.
But one day early last week Billy met
his match. Like Sullivan, like Corbett.
like Fitzsimmons and like many other
gla.diators who went into the ring once
too often, Billy decided that he would
''tak Ike on" General. Now General is ordi-
nal'ily a most mild-mannered old horsA
and was never known to resent the slash
OF whip OR the insult of harsh word
He has drawn the Presidents carriage
with his mate. Judge, for many years
They constitute the government team"
that falls as heritage to President after
President, regardless of party. But 1t Is
said that General on this occasion sud-
denly became another kind of horse At
any rate the mill lasted but one round
Billy rushed led a two horned swing at
Generals side, and missed. AS his gray
body shot wide of the mark General exc
cuted deft side-step and planted his right
hind hoof on Billy's left hind Quarter. 1t
was all over. Billy landed all doubled nm
In heap at the farther end of the stable
and did not rise again The stablemau
rushed to his assistance, but the fallen hero
indicated by his groans and detected an
pearance that he did not care to go on with
the battle Since that day he has remain
ed in his little STALL and even the fuzzfest
of feather busters falls to tempt him out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
ON A LARGE SCALE
MILLIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT
IN THE DISTRICT.

Washington is not city Of small things.
notwithstanding its limited opportunities in
the field of commerce and manufacturing
as compared with other cities. In the Dis
trict of Columbia the public works for the
benefit of the people are planned and ex-
ecuted on a large scale. Probably In no
other community of approximately 100000
inhabitants are such immense projects OF
improvement carried on as are executed IN
the District of Columbia. The magnitude
of the projects is especially notable in
view of the fact that Washington Is pr1n-
cipaIly a residential city, and has not the
incentive of business development to aid in
the prosecution of improvements making
for the public welfare.
AS an indication of the generosity of the
District government with respect to the
comfort, convenience and safety of its in
habitants, it Is noted that there are now
in course of execution in the District prof.
ects aggregating in cost nearly $lS,O00oOo.
These are the public works which belong
essentially to the corporation of Washing
ton and the District of Columbia, and the
projects which are essentially improvements
of the federal government are not included
in the list.
the benefit of the Districts citizens and
the cost of the Individual projects are as
follows: disposal system, So
OO5, 900; filtration plant. 81. 4o5; new
municipal building. 81. 10000: railway ter
minals, including damages to property. etc.,
So. go 900; elimination of grade crossings
81 600 GOO; Connecticut avenue bridge, $780,,
600; Highway bridge and approaches. ST.
1876 600; Anacostia bridge. $375.0O0. total es-
timated cost of improvements, s17,604. 400
OF this amount the District OF Columbia
will pay one-half, while the United States
government. under the half and half ar
rangement, will pay the remainder.
The ewage-disposai system will be
put into operation next January. and por-
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DUST PLAQUES.
A Formidable Foe Not Only to Health
but Comfort.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
People who come down to their stores
shops and offices each morning wonder how
1t happens that such a heavy accumulation
of dust should confront them on counters
and desks and other furniture. If they
would take look at the city sweepers that
pass in the night and see the great clouds
that roll up and enter every crevice the
particles working their way around even
the closest joints, their wonder would dis
appear. Yet dust is formidable foe. not
only to comfort, but to health. It is
freighted with all kinds of peril. 1t is the
medium by means Of which the microbes of
disease distribute themselves. 1t provides
the millions Of wings upon which they f1y
to the points of least resistance
But the public streets are not the only
sources OF discomfort and the public sweep
ers are not the only offenders The house
wife's broom multiplied many times is an
evil, though necessary one, or at least 1t
has been SO, and the time Is now at hand
when 1t is force to be dreaded more than
ever. The housekeeping season ap-
proaches. Not merely the floors and car
pets to which more or less thorough atten-
ton Is given from day to day, but the
whole household comes in for its annual or
semi-annual attack. The Accommodations of
months are to be disturbed and set In mo-
ton, and fortunate Is the household that
can escape the ordeal without ANYTHING
worse than an extra tax on muscles and
nerves.
Any triumph of invention that will bring
us nearer to dustless paradise is to be fer
yently welcome, and 1t is gratifying to know
that such inventions are not only among
the potential features of progress, but are
coming more and more into practice and
general use. What blessings dustless
streets, dustless houses, dustIess hotels and
dustless sleeping cars would be. And we
can have them. These cleansing devices
will doubtless, when perfected and generally
established, remove more dirt as less cost
than the armies of leisurely street sweepers
that now crowd our cities. According to
official figures the cities of the country ex-
pend annually $50. 900 for STRENGTHENING
and even then they are not kept clean. Yet
some cities have adopted a device that it
Is claimed will sprinkle sweep. collect and
carry away under cover the dirt from 5000
square feet of pavement an hour without
dust These machines are of varying sizes
and capacities some drawn by two horses,
some by three and some Of the motor type
representing many horse power.
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any to all the towns and monasteries of the
western church and to the Roman and
syrian bishops, announcing the Easter
day that the Alexandrian bishops had des-
ignated. Did you know that in this custom
was the origin of the Festal or Paschal
Letters of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS which
nave been preserved down to the present
time by series of incidents which would
make romance in themselves
The present method of fixing Easter day
was adopted nearly 500 years later. | need
not tell you what the method is. for every
prayer book is very explicit on this point
You may be able to see something pagan
in the origin of Easter. l cannot Prob
ably all of our religious festivals match
with those of antiquity, but that hardly
justifes in calling them pagan, accord
ing to my way of looking at it."
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gin until o'clock in the evening. and last
until midnight. The great Church, Of the
Holy Sepulchre Is crowded with devotees.
scores of services being held in as
many different chapels, and few are they
who are strong enough to stand the strain
OF spending the whole evening in following
the celebration from one chapel to another.
The most trying ceremony of all Is that
which takes place when the procession or
priests reaches Golgotha. For a minute
profound silence prevails. then you hear the
blows of hammer, and above the heads OF
the crowd you see that an almost life-sized
body of Christ Is being nailed to a cross,
which Is then raised to full view. A crown
OF thorns rests upon the head; blood
trickes from a wound In the side. Realism
could not go farther, and the relief to all
beholders is intense when a chorus of 800
monks and as many choir boys begins the
"Stabat Mater" the chant rolling and re-
verberating through the night. To describe
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monium breaks loose-bands play, guns are
discharged cymbals are struck cheers go
up from the thousands who are merely
spectators of the scene; every one seems TO
have some implement with which to make
a noise, and no one fails to use this lmple-
ment with a Will.
But after the Moslems have made their
pilgrimage to the tomb of Moses, the tombs
of the patriarchs at Hebron, and the
Mosque of Omar the Christians have the
rest of the week almost to themselves.
Thursday there is the picturesque ceremony
of washing the feet of the apostles who are
impersonated by laymen wealthy enough
to pay handsomely for this privilege The
patriarch of the Greek Church half kneels
before each, pours little water upon their
feet and shen dries them with a towel. ST.
Peter is always impersonated by an old
man who first objects and then submits to
having his feet washed when the admoni-
ton of Christ to Peter is read from the
Bible At the corners of the PLATFORM
where this ceremony is performed are small
olive tree branches tied together. When
the ceremony is over these are broken up
and distributed among the crowd as SOU
venirs of the occasion. In fact, there is
nothing however sacred, that goes on in
Jerusalem during Holy Week that does not
give an opportunity for the collection or
souvenirs, and every visitor seems to have
the souvenir habit developed to an alarm
ing extent.
y Il ,nN In
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Kentucky.

F1oua the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Kentucky, which leads all other states in
the production of tobacco, stands ninth in
that of corn and nineteenth as to wheat.
Illinois leads in corn and Minnesota in
wheat In tobacco Kentucky produces
nearly twice as much as any other state.
In men-well. since Mr.. Folk of Tennessee
became governor of Missouri be seems to
claim everything for his adopted state, for
getting that he Is the successor OF near
bakers dozen of Kentucky-bred governors,
with an equally distinguished line of sena
tors and representatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
EASTER IN THE
CITY OF JERUSALEM
Picturesque and Wonderful Observances Carried During
Holy Week by Ceebrants of All Lands and Sects.

Mosque of Omar While they are going out
of one gate the Christians are emerging
from another in a different direction. The
Moslem bands make a gay appearance. in
Vulnerable flags are carried by the pilgrims,
and greatest of all Is the green standard.
the appearance of which is announced by
the booming of cannon. Then pande-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16

Holy city is anything but holy in the
Christian sense.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre with
in the walls of which the tomb of Christ is
inclOsed is accessible to every Christian de-
nomination, and most of them seem to have
chapeis within l.. For hundreds of years
pilgrims from Egypt and eastern Europe,
mainly Russia, congregated here by thou
sands at Easter. Now the gathering is in
creased by hundreds OF pilgrims from the
Latin countries and not a few from the
United States. Large parties of Americans
reach Jerusalem every year at Easter time,
and this year the tourist agencies say that
the number of Americans who have gone
there is larger than ever.
The scenes they will behold are not such
as ore easily forgets. In the court in front
Of the church is the market-place of the
city. and here the visitors witness the Eas-
ter ceremonies, standing on the same spot
on which the multitudes gathered more
than 1900 years ago to look upon the cruel
fxlou. and marvel at the empty tomb on
the first Easter morning. In every direc-
ton the streets are crowded by peasants,
vendors of a thousand and one dlterent
''souvenirs" and hundreds of soldiers in
the easily distinguished Turkish uniform.
During the early days of Holy Week one
might be pardoned for suppoStng that II
was a NIOslem and not Christian celebra-
ton that was going on. The Mohammedans
crowd into the city for the Mosum, or Pill
g,rimage to the tomb of the prophet Moses
on the western bank of the Jordan: and
incidentally to make their devouons at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16

In Jerusalem, the actual scene OF the
world tragedy which all successive casters
have commemorated. the day IS observed
with more impressive ceremonies than
those Of any other place in the world 1t Is
fitting that this should be so; 1t Is also
rather unexpected. for to the visitor the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16

Pardon me-" said the busy merchant to
the insurance agent who had forced his
way into his office, 'but I'm not prepared
to talk to you today"
Don't let that worry YOU replied the
agent "I'u do all the talking. "-Phiadel-
phia Press.
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The conference room will be one of the
conveniences that he House will get in the
new office building. In the past the House
has had but one large room in which meet
ings of any kind could be held. That has
been the hall of the House of Representa-
tives itself Every party gathering, such
as a caucus has been held there. The hall
has always been criticised because of the
difficulty in hearing on account of its great
size When Speaker Reed was presiding
over the House he considered seriously a
project for reducing the size of the hall by
cutting it exactly in half. He was inclined
to the idea that if the hall was half of its
present size benches for members, such as
are used in the British parliament. could
accommodate all of them and allow the
conduct of debates with much less diff
Guilty, as it would be easy to hear every
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Immediately he gets within the rotunda.
Within sight will also be a double massive
stairway leading to the conference room on
the second floor There will also be ele
vators and a private stairway for members
of the House, by which they can gain the
conference room outside of the lines of
travel which will be open to the public.
The arrangement of the second and third
floors will be such as to give magnificent
views through the marble columns Of the
dome and rotunda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16

Upon entering this door the visitor will
cross a hall that will land him within q
beautiful rotunda ftfty-seven feet in diam
eter and with height of sixty-eight feet.
This rotunda will be formed by arches on
the basement floor but breaking into coll
umns on the floor above with capitals of
the Corinthan order. These columns will
be of stone. probably of white marble, and
will rise to a height of nearly twenty-five
feet. There will be eighteen of them, and
on them the arch of the dome will rest.
A striking feature of the rotunda en-
trance to the building will be the two cor
ridors that follow the line of New Jersey
avenue and B street the entire length Of
the building. From the entrance the visitor
will have a view down these long corridors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16

The big hall Is far beyond the needs OF
the House. although II allows a large gal
iery space for the public to gather and
watch their legislators at work. But when
half OF the House gathers In republican or
democratic conference no visitors are per-
mitted to be present. Then the hall Is alto
gether too large for comfort. For that rea-
son the conference room OF the office build
Ing will be doubly welcome TO the members.
1t Will have five large windows looking out
on the interior court. which is TO be laid
out in attractive style 1t Will be hfty-four
feet wide by eighty-sIX feet long. and viii
seat about $50 people. That viii be ample
for purposes of conferences Of either party.
as the present membership OF the House IS
only 1856
The conference room Will be much at
the disposition of one party as the other.
Adjoining this roc on either side are party
meeting rooms. one for the democrats and
one for the republic ans. They are twenty
five by fifty feet in dimensions. and they
will serve as headquarters for each party.
There is absolutely no difference in them.
and IL is not yet known which viii be occu-
pied by the republicans and which by the
democrats. They, like the conference hail.
will have windows looking into the interior
court.
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Some people just naturally look as If they
eat OF red table cloth.
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Office Building for the
House of Representatives

thing that IS said In the hall. The size OF
the hall now makes 1t extremely difficult to
follow debates except when member with
an unusually good voice is speaking. 1t
would also. In his opinion. do much TO guar
antee the keeping OF better order In the
hall.
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Another convenience that will be provided
for members will be in the form OF a fine
restaurant This dining room viii be To-
Gated on the first floor of the building in the
northeast corner, at the intersection of b
and LIST streets. This restaurant Will be
thirty-three by slXty-two feet In dimen-
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The architectural details OF the new office
building for the House of Representatives
are nearing completion. The general plan
OF the building has long been finished. but
under the direction of Supt. Woods there
has been a corps of draughtsmen engaged
in preparing the details of the plans ex-
actiy as they will be followed in the work
of construction.
These detail plans show many features OF
beauty in the building which are likely to
test the claim that the Library of Congress
is the handsomest building of the capital
city. Indeed. in some respects the main
entrance Of the office building which will
be at the corner of New Jersey avenue and
B street is likely to prove one of the most
beautiful architectural examples of the
kind that can be found anywhere in the
world. This is the entrance that will be
used chiefly by both visitors to the building
and by representatives who will have Of
fees there who will go to the office
building to attend caucuses or other party
gatherings in the big conference room that
has been provided.
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Friday the principal services do not be-