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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-03

Mary ochsenreiter. Mr.. Charles Ruppertus,
Walter Allen. Mr.. Nelson, Mr.. Justin Nell
son. Miss Clara Nelson, Mr.. and Mrs. Gum
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. Deards,
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor.
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
Martha Alice di Zerega, daughter of Capt.
and Mrs. Alfred L. b. di Zerega of Aid e,
Loudoun county, Va, to Mr.. w. Irvine de
in the Church of Our Redeemer, at Aide
Thursday, October u. at 1890 O'Clock.
Miss Constance Boush has returned 70
her home in Alexandria from Orkney
Springs. where she spent the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. william E. Fendan have
returned to Alexandra from n visit of sew
eral weeks to the Yellow Sulphur Springs.
Mrs Christopher Lyman Brennan of Co
yer Crest, Swissvale Pa. has announced
the engagement OF her daughter, Miss Hem
rietta Kerney Brennan, to Richard Lee
Snyder of Pittsburg, formerly of this city.
Mr.. Snyder Is a son of the late Capt. Henry
Lee Snyder L. S. N
Mrs John G. Bennett of Pittsburg is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. John Joy Ed
son, jr., in this city
Rear Admiral Francis w Dickins and
Mrs. Dickins are spending few days with
"a Iowa circle.
Miss de LaCoste has returned to the Men
dota and will be there until the list of No
vember, when she leaves for New York
to spend the winter.
Dr. and Mrs. ]. Curtiss Smithe have re-
turned to the city.
Mr. Maurice Du Pont Lee of this city
will be best man at the wedding in New
York October 10 of Miss Elizabeth Metcalf
Allen and Mr.. Louis Albert de Cazenove. jr.,
of Virginia. Mr.. James o. II. de Cazenove
of Virginia and Mr.. Cazenove Garden Lee
of this city will be among the ushers.
Mrs Moore and Miss Irene Moore, who
home at Greensburg. Pa, where last week
they gave large cotilion at the Country
Club. Among the guests from this city who
are visiting al the Moore residence are Mr..
and Mrs. Douglas Staples, Miss Hume and
Miss Council
Mrs Samuel Todd Davis and Miss Wni-
fred Davis registered al the Paris office of
the New York Herald yesterday.
President Needham of George Washing
ton University and family closed their
Newport home yesterday to return to this
city.
Mr. and Mrs. VS.. Woodward and DIR.
and Mrs. Henry Rhett closed their James
town Or. - villas yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-03

Miss de LaCoste has returned to the Men
dota and will be there until the list of No
vember when she leaves for New York
to spend the winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-03

DIR. and Mrs J. Curtiss Smithe have re.
turned to the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-03

COTTER. On Monday October 2. 1905, at 3z5
pm, NARY A. CoTTER, wife of the late
Richard Cotter
Funeral will take place from her late residence,
the Virginia fats, No. 3, corner 9TH and vir
ginia avenue southwest, on Wednesday morn
Ing, October 4. at $3.50 O'Clock, thence to ST.
Domnic's Church, where mass will he said for
the repose of her soul. Relatives and friends
invited to attend Interment at Mt. Oliyet
cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-03

Mrs. f. NJ Joel and Miss Joel of Roam
oke. Va. are visiting Mrs. l. s. Fleish-
man and Mrs. FL Morris of 466 Massachu-
sets avenue northwest.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
CHINESE SERVANTS.
How They Pass Along Information
About Their Employers.

How They Pass Along Information
About Their Employers.
In China it is common thing for
some people TO bewail the lack of n
cook, while their neighbors have num-
bers Offering themselves directly the
vacancy occurs. The reason of this is
that each cook hands on to his success
or his employers character This he
does by means of Il saucepan left
standing in the kitchen.
If the place be considered good one
saucepan will be left on the ground
with the lid put on properly. If the lid
be put Oh wrong way uppermost 1t
means that the place Is good one and
that the cook has only left for time
and means to return as soon as he can.
II the lid be put half in and half ont of
the saucepan It indicates that the place
Is good one, but the master is stinay.
If the lid be on properly and some rice
be left in it it shows that the servant is
quite satisfied with everything concern
ing the owners of the house, but that
lie Is Obliged to leave owing to debts or
other CAUSES which Inconvenience him.
II the employer be in the habit o. max
ing his servants pay for lost or broken
articles chalk mark will be found on
the bottom of the saucepan, which will
not easily be rubbed Off.
The Chinese hoy" makes his mark
behind the bedroom or pantry door aud
the waterman his Oh the bottom OF
tubs. These signs are said to have
been originally adopted Ly the Chinese
from the TamilS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
ANIMAL MUD BATHERS.
The wild Boar, the Water Buffalo
and the Elephant.


Animals when wild constantly die q
lingering death from injury to the
skin, whether caused, as usually hap
pens in tropical countries, by wounds
aggravated by insects or by cutaneOus
disease; hence the pains which they
take in making their toilet and in the
use and selection Of cosmetics"
Among birds the salt water species
often seek fresh water to wash in, diff
ferent land birds choose different
earths in which to dust and also wash
in water. and nearly every tropical
animal, Including the tiger, bathes ell
tn - In water or In mud. Perhaps the
best known mud bathers are the wild
boar. the water buffalo and the elc-
plant. The latter has an immense ad-
vantage over all other animals in the
use of its trunk for dressing wounds.
1t is ut once syringe, a pOwderins
puff and hand.
Water, mud and dust are the main
applications" used, though it some
times covers sun scOrched back with
grass or leaves. "Wounded elephants"
writes Sir Samuel Baker, "have a mar
velous power of recovery when in their
wild state, although they have no gifts
of surgical knowledge, their simple
system being confined to plastering
their wounds with mud or blowing
dust upon the surface. Dust and mud
comprise the entire pharmacopoeia Of
the elephant, and this is applied upon
the most trivial as well rs upon the
most serious occasions. have seen
them. when in Il tank, plaster up a
bullet wound with mud taken from
the bOttom."-- "--London Spectator.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
By A. CONAN DOYLE,

You're crazy" he cried fiercely. ut
was he that was hurt, not she. Who
would have hurt little Elsie? I may
have threatened her-God forgive me!
but would not have touched hair
of her pretty head. Take it back-you!
Say that she Is not hurt!'
"She was found badly wounded by
the side of her dead husband"
He sank with deep groan on to the
scttee and buried his face in his man.
acled hands. For five minutes he was
silent. Then he raised his face once
more and spoke with the cold CON-
posure of despair.
"I have nothing to hide from you,
gentlemen" said he. 'If l shot the
man lie had his shot ut me, and there's
no murder in that. But If you think
could have hurt that woman, then you
don't know either me or her. / tell
you, there was never n man In this
world loved a woman more than loved
her. had right to her. She was
pledged to me years ago. Who was
this Engllshman that he should come
between us? i tell you that had the
first right to her and that l was only
claiming my own"
''She broke away from your influence
when she found the man that you are"
said Holmes sternly. "She fled from
America to avoid you, and she married
an honorable gentleman in England.
You dogged her and followed her and
made her life misery to her in order
to induce her to abandon the husband
whom she loved and respected IN order
to fly with you, whom she feared and
hated. You have ended by bringing
about the death Of Il noble man and
driving his wife to suicide. That is
your record In this business, Mr.. Abe
Slaney. and you will answer for 1t to
the law"
"If Elsie dies l care nothing what
becomes of me-" said the American.
He opened one of his hands and look
ed ut note crumpled up in bis palm.
"See here. mister" he cried, with a
gleum of suspicion in his eyes, you're
not trying to scare me over this, are
you? If the lady is hurt as bad rs
you say, who was 1t that wrote this
note?" He tossed it forward on to the
table.
81 wrote 1t to bring you here"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
HIGH LIVING.
Feats of Cooking and Eating Per-
formed mt Dizzy Attitudes.

Feats of Cooking and Eating Per-
formed mt Dixxy Attitudes.
One of Blondin's most applauded
feats was making an omelet while bal
ancing on his rope at dizzy height.
When crossing Niagara he performed
this culinary exploit, which he suDse-
Quently repeated in England in many
strange situations, not the least being
above the Thames, which he crossed
more than once.
The summit of Salisbury's spire was
used as kitchen in 1865 when a
plumber named Hendley, having sur
mounted It's height of 400 feet, pro-
ceeded with the utmost nOncl!alance TO
cook an ample repast consisting Of a
shoulder of mutton and couple Of
fowls. Again in 1852, when the same
spire stood in need of repair, James
Grlst, to whom the job was intrusted,
cooked and ate dish Of beans and ba-
con, to the establishment of the crowd
collected below.
On one occasion five adventurous
spirits under the leadership of GER
tain Pierre Roubaud, taking with them
cooking utensils, scaled the spire OF
Bayeux cathedral. On reaching the 81
gantic gi!ded statue of st. Michael,
which then stood on the summit, they
proceeded to cook their dinner. which
they ate with great gusto, much to the
amazement Of the onlookers. whose
health they drank ut the conclusion OF
the feast.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
XTYXrxTXXYTSXx

IF you use the code which have ex-
plained," said Holmes, you will find
that 1t simply means Come here at
once I was convinced that 1t was an
invitation which he would not refuse,
since he could never imagine that 1t
could come from any one but the lady.
And SO, my dear Watson, we have end
ed by turning the dancing men to good
when they have 50 often been the
agents Of evil, and l think that have
fulfilled my promise Of giving you
something unusual for your notebook.
Three-forty Is our train, and l fancy
we should be back In Baker street for
dinner"
Only one word Of epilogue. The
American, Abe Slaney, was condemned
to death at the winter assiZes ut Nor
wlch, but his penalty was changed to
penal servitude In consideration Of NIT
lgating circumstances and the certain
ty that Hilton Cubitt had fred the first
shot OF Mrs. Hilton Cubltt I only
know that l have heard she recovered
entirely and that she still remains a
widow, devoting her whole life to the
care Of the poor and to the administra-
ton Of her husbands estate.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
AN ENGLISH HERO
Remarkable British Tribute to the
Ability of Nelson.

Remarkable British Tribute to the
Ability of Nelson.
The time has come when we can spe-
ciully do honor to Nelson's memory
without wOunding the feelings OF other
nations. Tie first thing to be noted
concerning him Is that he Is the only
man who has ever lived who by uni
yersal consent is without peer. In
every walk Of life except that which
Nelson chose as his own you will find
several competitors for the first place.
each one of whom will have many sup
porters. Alexander Of Macedon, Han
nibal, Caesar, Marlborough, Frederick
the Great and Napoleon have been sev-
orally put forward for the palm Of gen-
eralship. To those who would acclaim
Richelieu as the first of statesmen ot.!-
ers would oppose Chatham or William
Pitt or Cavour or Bismarck or Marquis
Ito. Who was the first Of sculptors!
Who the first Of painters? Who the
first of poets? In every case there Is q
great difference Of opinion. Ask, how
ever, who was the first Of admirals.
and the unanimous reply will still be.
"Nelson," tried as he was by many
years of high command In war. 1t is
not only among his fellow countrymen
that his pre.eminence is acknowledged.
Foreigners admit it as readily as we
proclaim 1t ourselves.-Admiral Sir Cy-
prian Bridge in COrnhill Magazine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
Economy and Economy.

We hear a great deal of talk about
economy, but there is vast difference
between true economy and false economy.
True economy keeps everything in the
house in repair; false economy saves
this small outlay, and ultimately is put
to the greater expense OF either buying
new goods or paying for more extensive
repairs. True economy provides proper
tools and appliances for housekeeping,
whereas, through false economy, time,
labor, aud often temper, are lost in un-
successful attempts to do without
things.
True economy buys only good ma
terials, whether in clothing or food;
false economy buys cheap things, which
either quickly wear out, or, in the case
of food, are not nourishing; the results
being the loss of health. True economy
provides an abundance of heat, light and
food, knowing that stint in any of these
items mean dispropOrtionate expendi-
lures for the physician.
True economy saves money and in
vests it in some way. False economy
fritters away money in i'll advised pnr-
chases, some INDUCED in merely because
they were cheap.
One case of false economy one often
sees in the farmhouse is having hand
some parlor, where all the best chairs
and all the furniture, "too good for
everyday use" is stored. When one
steps into one of these rooms he feels
az If he ought to take off his shoes, or
at least walk on his tip-toes, and not
speak above whisper. When 90 into
one of these rooms always feel as if ]
was shut up in the bandbox with my
grandmother's best "bunnit." The
shades of such parlorS are always down
to keep the sun from fading the carpet,
and then the moths have royal time,
for they love the darkness, and when
the housewife goes on her semi-annual
dirt hunting expedition she will find
that they have eaten holes in her carpet
almost big enough to put her foot
through. Dear friends, do not keep
such rooms, do not have th ings too good
to use, as they only make you extra
work, and you make nothing by having
useless things. If you have a parlor,
open up the windows and let the sun
shine In; a faded carpet is better than
moth eaten one; use your good furniture,
you can use it without abusing it, you
know. Enjoy what you have while you
are here, for If you do not use such
things and enjoy them you had better
not have them, because you have to care
for them whether you use them or not.
How often we see woman saving up
her furniture and not using it for fear
she will wear it out Have you ever
noticed as is sometimes the case, when
Mrs. Number One goes beyond and Mrs.
Number Two comes on the scene, that
there is nothing in the house too good
for her to use.-Anna Glasgow in Trib-
upe Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
COSTLY COAL.
Some For which the United States
Paid $50 q Ton.

t-Htu P6O xons
"The civil war led b the establish.
ment of lot Of little private coaling
stations all over the world by thrifty
persons who hoped sat Uncle Sans
ships might come that way about the
time that they needed coal real bad"
said an old naval official. "The old
Vanderbilt in 1862 had an experience
Of that sort. She was looking for the
Alabama like good many more Of the
Federal ships, and she came to st.
Helena just about the time that she
was out of coal. The officers were de-
lighted to see red headed ScOtchman
sitting on coal pile on the dock, and
they at once opened up negotiations
with him. He demanded $50 ton
gold, and as the rate Of exchange was
then $2.85 this made the price $50 a
ton of Uncle Sans money.
"The officers protested and refused
to take the coal. They put to sea, hop
ing to reach another port before their
stock gave out, but after a run Of a
few hours the weather began to get
nasty, and there was nothing for it but
to put back and buy 1000 tons Of the
Scotchman's coal.
"He said that he liked the United
States and sympathized with the north
in the war, but he had been sitting on
that coal pile for long time waiting
for an American ship to come along,
and sympathy didn't buy things."-
New York Times.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
THE SEA EAGLE.
How This Powerful Pirate Bird
Catches Elder Ducks.

How This Powerful Pirate bird
Catches Elder Ducks.
In summer the principal food Of the
white tailed sea eagle is salmon, va
ried by sen birds common along the In
lets of Greenland. In autumn, when
the salmon have ascended to the lakes.
the birds resort to the sea. They ap-
pear to have special fondness for
elder duck. which are taken by strate-
CIV. Stationed near the water in
commanding position. with a back
ground of cliff, the color Of which as
similates with that Of the eagles
plumage. he sits mOtiOnless until
flock of ducks settles near him. After
q time one or two dive in search OF
food, but not until all have gone under
together does the eagle make sign.
He then glides swiftly to the spot and
circles over it close to the water With
his sharp eyes he can detect the birds
before they reach the surface. At first
he is not usually successful, for as
soon as they become aware Of the pres
ence of the enemy they dive again In.
stantly. But in time they are Obliged
to come up for air. and then one Of
them becomes an easy victim. A full
grown elder drake is easily lifted up
and borne away in the talOns Of this
powerful pirate.-London Field.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
Variety the Spice of Farm Life.

II We would find real rest. we
must keep out of the ruts on the farm.
The treadmill of the farm Is not nec-
essarily so hard, it cannot be called
dangerous work, but to some it becomes
intolerabIe because Of its mOnOtony.
The work that is hard, that depresses
us, is the work in which there is no
relish. Everywhere We find the law of
variety imperative. We must get pay
out of our work, else it will crush US.
The principle of variety enables US to
realize that few of US die of Overwork.
1t is not effort, it is not exertiOn, but
stagnation that leads quickly to decay.
When we shrink from new oppor-
tunities, when we pile up our difficult
ties, our despondency, our discourage
ments, we are either sick or tired. Let
US save ourselves from the paralysis of
listles0uoS9.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24

"You wrote It? There was no one
on earth outside the Joint who knew
the secret of the dancing men. How
came you to write it?'
What one man can invent another
can discover" said Holmes. There Is
cab coming to convey you to Nor
wich, Mr.. Slaney. But meanwhile you
have time to make some small repara-
ton for the injury you have wrought
Are you aware that Mrs. Hilton Cubitt
has herself lain under grave suspicion
of the murder of her husband and that
it was only my presence here and the
knowledge which I happened to pos
sess which has saved her from the &C
cusa ston? The least that you owe hei
IS to make 1t clear to the whole worlo
that she was In no way, directly OF
indirectly, responsible for his tragic
end"
81 ask nothing better" said the Amer
lean. II guess the very best case
can make for myself Is the absolute
naked truth"
ut is my duty to warn you that 1t
will be used against you," cried the
inspector, with the magnificent faii
play of the British criminal law.
Slaney shngged his shoulders.
"IIl chance that" said he. First OF
all, l want you gentlemen to under
stand that / have known this lady
since she was child. There were sew
en- Of us In a gang In Chicago, and El
sizes father was the boss Of the Joint.
He was a clever man, was old Patrick.
It was he who invented that writing,
which would pass as chlld's scrawl
unless you Just happened to have the
key to 1t. Well, Elsie learned some OF
our ways, but she couldn't stand the
business, and she had bit Of honest
money Of her own, so she gave us all
the slip and got away to London. She
had been engaged to me, and she would
have married me, l believe, II l had
taken over another profession, but she
would have nothing to do with any
thing on the cross. 1t was only after
her marriage to this Englishman that l
was able to find out where she was.
wrote to her, but got no answer. After
that came over, and, as letters were
no use, l put my messages where she
could read them.
"Well, have teen here month
now. lived on that farm, where l had
room down below, ah1 could get In
and out every night and no one the
wiser. / tried all could to ccax Elsie
awav. knew that she read the mes-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
Why Some Men Are superstitious.

There are men who have Il cJLgen!-
tai tendency to distrust fate. With the
better half of their minds the? may be
optimsts, but there is Il corner which
Is never free from the pain of fear, the
fear of sort Of transcendental spite.
Plutarch said of the superstitious that
they believed in the gods and believed
them to be unfriendly. Some survival
of this pagan notion remains to this
day even among those whose reasona-
BILE conviction and reverent faith alike
lead them to totally opposite conclu-
sions. They do not believe they Will
have more misfortunes If they take a
house which is numbered l3 than If
they took one numbered 81. but they
avoid the former in order to quiet their
own painful imaginations. - London
SDectatOr
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-24
ODDITIES OF AUTHORS.
Literary Lights Who Were Conspic-
nous by Their Attire.

Literary Lights Who Were COnspic-
uous by Their Attire.
In telling of the various means Of
self advertisement adopted by certain
authors Il critic says that Alexandra
Dumas, the elder, delighted to appear
in the uniform of the national guard Of
France, with medals pinned to his
breast, though it is doubtful whether
his motive was anything deeper than a
vain childish delight in gauds. He
was the sort of man." one Of his enc
mics once remarked, who was capable
of riding behind his own carriage In
order to prove that he kept negro In
his service"
A certain literary person once ap'
peared in the stalls Of London thea
ter wearing a jeweled brooch In his
long hair, but he was anticipated In
this respect by Theophile Gautier,
whose many cOlored waistcoat was al
ways the most conspicuous object In
any theater which he entered, and even
by Disraeli. with his rings outside his
gloves and his green trousers.
It is said that NJ. Paul BOurget also
wore green trousers when he was Il
denizen of the Latin quarter, but that
was in the days Of poverty and early
struggles, and perhaps he had no 9TH
orS