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r ( 'I -4H tk If -'' JfiiE WAftiimGTOJN' BBfi. CONGRESSIONAL LYCEUM. BUSHY-TAILED AMIMALS ! WHICH FOOT WALKS FASTER nr C - Jn Crusor is the most suc cesbful j-lisician in West Washing ton Tije straw berry festival that is to laie lilact at the Fifteenth Street Yesbjtenan Church, Monday evening june'jr.n will be a success. Tje National Personal Liberty 1 eauue is to be incorporated under the Uw 'f t"e district of Columbia. Mr 'I rary L. Jeffords is the counsel for Horton. ju- Wnirv choir has organized an assuc ai'"n to assist the church. The 19'h Street Baptist Church, cow, reunion voted last week to place a w tence around the church Miss Irene O. McEwen of Alabama, uliu lias been the guest of Miss Maria James, left for her Home on last Mon da M.vs Nannie Anderson will visit her ril.ii.ves in Virginia next month. Mr W. 1 . Martin, attorney at law, uui Wave the city next month for 1rg1n1a. Mivs Fannie Weaver paid a visit to Baltimore, Md., last Sunday. Ke W. B Johnson has gone to Virginia on professional business. Miss 1 illian V. Green, who has been quite 'II lor several weeks has suffici ent recovered to be out again. Miss I M. Gilliam vill be married M.crth to Mr. L. Greejie. Mr Heiler has the finest hair pre par.iM' n than any firm in this country, it ou want Lee's Take-out Kink. Call and see him, 720 7th St. n. w. Read Heilburn's shoe advertise ment that appeals in this week's issue of 1 tie Bf-k. Viss Lucretia Crompton of New York bit formerly of this city, was called to tins city last week on account of the sickness of her grand-mama. Miss Cronijiton's isit last winter was one of pleasure and the attention paid her nenus 111 keeping with her fascinat ir diid amiable qualities. . he is sit ly.ng with her relatives at 2340 F sfte: ni r'hwest. Lr reception that was to have been :L(rd Ke. J. Anderson Taylor on Jst Iutsda evening at the church was postponed until Monday evening in 21. 1 he church has been re- ni Je.t.f which gives it a beautiful ap-pnraiirt- After exercises in the "i. aoditonum on the 29th, the .c.nj: people of the church will ten ir the pastor a reception. The many kirds i.f the pastor will present to ' 'D .n the evening of the reception 0.1 ! t. ken. of their appieciation and f-!'ini 1 lie will presents will no "' ft In-many and beautiful. , !)p ( iimmencement exercises of ' Ii ward University Medical De 1 rtneM. which took place at the lork rational Church Friday May ") urc largely attended. Gen. H . - address was a masterpiece :has enioyed by all who heard "' l !.e Noting doctors presented a appe ir.mce in black caps, and b0ttl,s 1,1 M 1 la afternoon, Roeber and 1 trf s Vaudeville & Athletic Com tri v.i; begin a week's engagement "it .uJeiile portion of tuc pro-s-'n s m the able hands of such well A- artists as West and Williams, roJ ..iq;ers; Misses Bigger and '"ehei uuetists; DeVeaux and De-e- musical artists; Madox and ' r iirray and Murray, Major ,'r' .ivn, Mile Daslett. Ernest !x'6' r t!. champion wrestler of the "r .' u.ll 1 1 seen in contests at every ,?H'rMi'if, with his wrestling part j"er 1 i aidello. His offer of $25 to ; r' .'n in fifteen minutes, is said '- (u f been accepted by some "r;lftl athletes, and all indica -s -re that champion will have his .fWs Jan during his stay here, ilt r.us will be given afternoons. ,'-t 'leral of Mrs. Burke of 1507 P et iP invest, took place from her, -''' ' s- ,f tier last SnnHnv afternoon 1 --- .-- j ....... " i. Mrs. Burke leaves a hus- -" ' - three childen to mourn their ss -s Nellie Burke of the Normal tssrs. Edward and Clinton " r ue.l as their father, have the ' wf a host of admiring fnends f r vwfe and mother. "Asleep n ' how sweet." ts - 'ui demise of Mr. Baldwin, . 1 respected citizen of this b a large number of ad- ndb Mr. Baldwin was ap t 11 on last Saturday morning a1 unit his duties all day. In a he took suddenly ill. Dr. i ailed, but the patient was ' al aid and he expired vvith- r The funeral took place Asbury church last Tuesday The floral tributes were r r S Jr. Hume, the old reliable, 454 orthwest. Groceries by the f uid retail. All goods pack- lvered free. Call and see " 41. fJur.j CITY BRIEFS. Major V. C. Cox went to the Freed men's Hospital sick last week. Mrs. Hawkins of Ridge street north west, is sick. Sergeant Freddie Murrell, son of Col. Wm. Murrell, who died last week at the Freedmen's Hospital, was buried at Arlington, Va. The pupils of the 8th grade Randall school gave a dinner to the teachers on last Wednesday afternoon. Mr. James O. Holmes, 333 Virginia avenue, southwest, has the only color ed hotel in that section of the city. He has all kinds of game in season, put up in the best style. Go to Holmes Hotel when you come to town. The opening of the Clyde Hotel, 475 Missouri avenue northwest, was a succhss. The welcome address was delivered by Attorney Thomas L Jones. Mr C. C Curtis, secretary of the Colored Bureau of .Information of the National Peace Jubilee fmay be found at Clyde Hotel. 475 Missouri ave. n. w Dr. James H Waring, supervising principal of the 10th division, is one of the most active teachers in the public schools Superintendent George F. T. Cook gave a fine drill 1o Mrs. Grimke, the new'y appointed trustee, last week in the Sumner building, which contains more pupils than any building under his supervision. Every pupil was out of the building in 10 minutes. Maj. George H. Harries is to be the next city postmaster. Justice E. M. Hewlett is the first attorney who succeeded in obtaining a a qualified verdict under the new law. The District democrats will send one or two colored alternates to the next democratic national convention. Fountain Peyton, Esq., of counsel for Humphrey Taylor. Very Low Rates National Peace Jubilee, Washington, D, C. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. For the National Peace Jubilee, to be held at Washington, D. C, May 23, 24 and 25, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will sell excursion tickets at One Fare for the Round Trip from points on its line east of Pittsburg, Parkersburg and Wheeling inclusive, except from tlie following points from which round trip tickets will be sold as named: New York, $8 00; Phila delphia, 5.00; Chester, $4 50; Wil mington, $4. 00; Baltimore, $2 00 Tickets will be sold May 22 and 23, and will be good to return 10 days in cluding date of sale. The program is as follows: Ma' 23 Parade of Military and Naval organizations Salutes from gunboats Ringing of chimes and band concerts. May 24 Parade of school children. Parade of civic organizations All vehicles in the streets to be dec orated with flowers. May 25 Historical Pageant, illustra ting U. S. Soldiers and Sailors of each of the American conflicts. Grand illuminations and fireworks at night DEtiR PARK HOTEL. Deer Park, Maryland. Most delightful summer resost of the alleghenies. Swept by the mountain breeze, 2,Soo feet above sea level. Absolutely free from malaria, hay fever and mosquitos On Main Line of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Hotel and Cottages. Every modern convenience. Rooms en suite with bath. Electric Lights, Elevator Turkish Baths, .two large swimming Pools, Golf Links, Tennis Courts, Bowling Alleys, Magnificent Drives, Complete Livery Service. Annapolis Naval Band. Delightful Cottages, lur nished for housekeeping if desired ready for occupancy June 1st. Hotel open from June 24th to September 30th. . For rates and information address D. C. Jones, Manager, B & O Building Baltimore, Md., until June 10th. After that time, Deer Park, Garrett Co. Md. REMEMBER THE DATE. Academy of Music, Friday evening June-Qth 1S99. ev era in local musi cial circles, Future Washington Per manent Chorus and Hoffman's Con certBand 35 musicians. REAL ESTATE R.J. MARSHALL, Real Estate & Loan Broker, 50S nth Street, N. W. FOR SALE "Near New York avenue and North Capital street, new, buff brick residence, 6 rooms, cellar and bath, newly papered and decorated; has all modern improvements and conveniences: mirror mantels, speak ing tubes, electric belis, etc. This property is nicely located in an improving section of the city. The new electric cars will pass within a half block. This property, 53,000, on monthly payments about the same as rent. FOR SALE In the northwest, very desirably located, a dwelling and store together, brick, large store room, dining room and kitchen on the first flor, 4 bedrooms and bath on second floor, all modern improvements. Shel ving and counters complete. Price, $3,500, on very easy terms. This is an investment worthy of immediate atten tion. Many other well located properties in different sections of the city for sale on easy tcnis. Stop paying rent and own your own home. A SUMMER RESORTS. Furnished Rooms With or With out Board at Moderate Prices. CLINTON COTTAGE 1820 Atlantic Avenue, ATLANTIC CITY, IT. J. Emanuel Murray Pro. Wholesale and Retail Ice Cream Manufactory. 8g. ili KYf 1 ' AWt KIA mmi Open May 1st 1899. teel wlyde, Firstclass Accommodations for Ladiss and Gentlemen Hot and Cold Baths 475 Mo. ave. n. w. MRS. ALICE E. HALL, Proprietor. DUVALLS Summer Garden Large airy Pavillion. Swings and other amusements Cigars, Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, etc Books open fur dates. Terms reasonable Apply to J. J. Duvall at above address. :K.:k:. PULTC3M LOAN OFFICE 4 WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEW ELRY, &c MOMEY LOANED ON EASY PAYMENTS. H. K. Fulton has removed his Loan Office from his old stand, 12 18 Pa., avenue to his handsome new building, 314 9th street, n. v,, between Penn. ave. and D st, n, w., where he will be pleased to see his old friends and customers. CASH PAID FOR OLD GOLD AND SILVER, UNREDEEMED PLEDES FOR SALE. 314 9th Street, Northwest. Es-ca,"blislxed. 1866 QBUWISTWE LOAM flffl E, 361 -ti--tf-e. 33., "TO-. Gold and silver watches, diamonds, jewelry, pistols, guns, mechanica tools, ladies and gentlemen's uearin 1 apperal. Old gold and silyer bought. Unredeemed pledges for sale. L. H. Harris, DfUGlGlG)Sp AND DEALER IN Wpuqs n fclerjjicGils Peinntij, liihi :i I:ic iu j.&c. PATENT MEDICINES. Physician's Prescrip tions Carefully and Accurately Com pounded Da and Night. Cor. 3d and F Sts., S! W. WASHINGTON, D.C- BARGAINS ijst Upright and Spuare Pianos. On Easy erms Chas. M. Stieff, Stieff Piano Warerooms, 521 Eleventh Street, Northwes Ifure. jaTfATWA or JlifeJlNj vjo Religion vs. Science, was the subjec1 of an admirable paper read by Mr. VV. L Houston of the record and pension division, War Department, before the Jyceum Sunday afternoon last. Mr. Houston's paper clearly showed that he was familiar with all of the great importance to mankind that had been visibly accomplished by the founders of the leading religious sects of the world and by the great men of science and art. H"e referred to Confucius, Budba and Mahomet as founders of religious creeds and that much of their . teachings was similar to that to be J found in our Bible. Copernicus and ; Galileo had discovered myriads of worlds and these had put at naught I the old theory that a plurality of worlds was inscriptual, that Magel lan's trip around the world explored the seconu theory that it wis flat; geologist had demonstrated that the earth was not created in seven of our days, as many yet believe; and that chemistry had discovered remedies in nature for the purposes of healing, which the pious priests had not been able to discover in sacred relics and rasrs Messrs. L. C. Moore, W. L. Board and Parker, Lawyer J. H. Stewart, Prof. J iner and others participated in the discussion of the paper. In his reply Mr. Houston met the objections raised and quoted largely from the Jewish faliued, the Koran, the Hin doo Vedas and other sacred books. Tomorrow Rev. Dr. R. E Hart of Isreal C. M. E. Church will read a paper entitled, "A-atchman what of the negro's night." NEGRO MEN.AND WOMEN WHY NOT READ NEGRO NEWS PAPERS? From the Palladium. Why not be consistent ? Why not be informed of the news among our peo pie. When we ask some colored men to subscribe for a newspaper edited and controlled by negro men, they tell us that they read the daily papers and that they don't learn any thing out of negro newspapers. Well let us see-show us one paper-in this country that is really an up-to-date paper, that will speak of the negro as they speak of the white men or women not one, with ali their professed love of the principles of the republican party. Yet we see young negroes and old negroes with their pockets full of newspapers and really that is all they never read the paper to see how insultingly they talk of the negro and his race. Now if they never read after their own race how can they ever expect to be anything less than hewers of wood and drawers of water We will cite them, that do not re id negro newspapers, to stop and think, will you always submit to the while man, to still think for you, write for you and produce for you ? Can you think and write, if so, then put it on paper, and have others to read after you. To those that love to read let me ask them to read the Christian Recorder, jltiblishedby Rev. H T. Johnson; the Richmond Platict, edited by John Mitchell; the Washington Bee, edited by VV. Calvin Chase: the Southern Re corder, edited by R. ii. Cheek and other papers that we could mention, and see what our people are doing, you will then be convinced that our people are doing something, -uid you will then have your pockets rilled with appers edited by negro men. eilbrun' The standard good shoes for the past 4o years , Shoes of the most reliable make. Prices much below he average. Every pair we s rll carries our Unequalfied Guarantee. TRY! 'HeilbrunS' Shoe 5? 8 Next time. fieilbw & C 4o2 7 &fe fyw. Sio-n "The old woman in win- dow. 1 Pf SHOES, .rrTTwriiniiiii n'lti iiiPiT i ii i 1 II ' aaaBf B5akaBaBra Hrv Manner In Which They Haka Use oi Tbsir Tails Wlwn Asleep. f "Some of our -wild animals," said & naturalist, "carry about with them all summer that which nature has evident ly intended as a substitute for their I winter flannels. I mean their tails ol j course. So far as I have been able to judge the bushy-tailed animals know ' no other use for their tails than as pro- tection against the cold. Did you ever see a fox sleeping? That is one sight of which the most patient student of wild life cannot always boast, because ' a fox is always wide awake and has a general antipathy to being looked at. My own observations with sleeping ones have been confined to two that I raised from pups. When it was cold they would shrink up and seem fairly to wrap their tails about them. When the air grew warm&r they would uncoil a little and sometimes discard the tail entirely, just about as impatiently as a sleeping child will kick off the covers when he gets too warm in the night. I do not think that this attitude is habitual with sleeping foxes. When the weather was warm they did not curl up at all, but lay sprawling with their tails on ithe ground behind them. "The raccoon makes the same use of his tail. Did you ever see one prepar ing for a nap? Like the fox, he goes to sleep on his side, but he makes more fuss about it than a lazy lad getting up in the morning. First he hitches up his shoulders and arches his back, and in the cavity thus formed he carefully tucks away his knees and elbows and head. Then he brings his tail up close, the end of it curving over his head. He unwinds himself half a dozen times be fore he gets curled up to his satisfac tion, and when finally arranged he re sembles nothing quite so much as a muff without the customary openings. The squirrel also covers himself with his tail, sleeping upright and propped against something. "In fact," concluded the naturalist, "this is true of every bushy-tailed ani mal I have been on terms of sufficient intimacy to see asleep. It is a very kindly arrangement nature has made for their comfort, and they do not seem to mind very much carrying around their winter flinnels in the summer. If they did not carry them with them wherever they went they would prob ably lose them, as the red man proves in his tale of the bear and the rabbit." New York Sun. l'ublfc K;it i rip Houses. Public eating houses are established in a number of German cities to provide meals for workingmen at cheap prices so as to do away with the evil effects of the dinner pail. Those in Chemnitz during 1893, sold 435,000 dinners; re ceipts were $17,500, and expenditures, $15,500. Tne City 'of Grenoble, France, also maintains a municipal restaurant at which about 1,200 meals a day are served. At the outset the enterprise needed municipal aid. but it is now self-supporting. The municipality owns a property used, for which it receives a nominal rent, and the accounts are reported in the books of the municipal ity. Any surplus is deposited in the city treasury, as a reserve to draw from when prices of provisions are high. There are also other instances throughout France of similar institu tions without municipal aid, several es tablishments being in operation at Par is, Lyons, and Bordeaux. Somewhat akin to such institutions are municipal bakeries, which are .to be found at Rome and at Kovno, in Russia. Stockholm owns municipal liquor stores for the working classes, who cannot obtain drink without ordering food. Urjuin thn Time of Day. In Ulster, Eng., you can find the "bull" flourishing; here is a pretty ex ample of the acted "bull." A certain squire had just set up with great pains and elaborate mathematical calcula tions, a sun-dial in his garden, and was naturally a little proud of it. One day, as it so happened, being close to the garden, he was in doubt as to the right time, and told a boy who was with him to run down and get him the time from the dial. After a few min utes the boy appeared dragging with him something heavy. "Here she is, yer Honor, an' hard set Ah was to get her up." He had torn up the dial from its setting and dragged it up the hill. Arab music has been described as the singing of a prima donna who has rup tured her voice in trying to sing a duet with herself. Each note starts from somewhere between a sharp and a flat, but does not stop even there, and splits up inco four or more portions, of which no person can be expected to catch more than one at a time. The drink bill of Great Britain just published shows that the Englishman drinks 2.41 gallons of alcohol a year. Next to him cranes the Scotchman, with an appetite slaked with 1.66 gal lons. The Irishman contents himself with 1.54 gallons. The first spends $20.50 a year for his drinks, the second $15.25 and the third $13.25. In Paris and other large towns in France female bootblacks are increas ing in number. They wear a peculiar garb, not unlike that of Sisters of Mercy, which renders their appearance rather neat and attractive. Not a few among them attend to their work with gloved hands. Canada needs only 237.000 square miles to be as large as the whole con tinent of Europe; it is nearly 30 times as large as Great Britain and Ireland, and is 5U00 square miles larger than the United States, excluding Alaska. The Chinese detective force is a se cret body, and the best organized in the world. They have an eye upon every man, woman or child, foreign or native, in China, and, in addition, watch over each other. There is a belief among the South Sea Islanders that no man can enter Para dise who has lost a limb, and for this reason a man will often die rather than submit to amputation. It is calculated that 10.000,000 photo graphs of the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales are produced an nually, and find a ready sale all over the world. Among the coachmen of Berlin axe seven retired army officers, three ex pastors and sixteen nobles. One Jff Will IsTarfably Take s Zagr Stride Than the Otkar. You may think this is a very silly question to ask, but is it? There is no catch about It. It is a simple, demon strable fact, which you can prove to your own satisfaction in a very few minutes. If you will take any pavement that is clear of other pedestrians, so that there shall be no interference, and walk briskly in the centro, you will find that before you have gone a hundred yards you will have veered very much to one side. You must not make any con scious effort, of course, to keep in the centre, or you may do it, but if you will think of something and endeavor to walk naturally it is a hundred to one you cannot keep a direct line. The explanation of this lies in the pe culiarity of one foot to walk faster than the other. Or. to be more correct, perhaps it should be said that one leg takes a longer stride than the other, and this, combined with the quicker movement, causes one to walk more to one side than the ether. It is well known, for instance, that if one be lost in the woods the tendency is to walk in a circle and eventually to return about to the starting point. This demonstrates the fact also that one foot walks faster than the other. You can try an interesting experi ment in this way if you will place two stakes in the lawn, about eight feet apart, and then stand off about sixty feet from them, allow yourself to be blindfolded, and en leavor to walk be- tween them. You will find it an al- most impossible tark, because one foot will go a bit faster than the other, either to the right or left. Now, which one of your feet walks faster than the other? Tli Supplv ol I'nhte. It has been computed that about 36, 000.000 babies are horn into the world earn yesr. The rate of production is, therefore, about seventy per minute, or more than one for every beat of the clock. With the one-a-second calculation ev ery reader is familiar, but it is not ev ery one who stops to calculate what this means when it comes to a year's supply. It will, therefore, probably startle a good many persons to find, on the authority of a well known statis tician, that, could the infants of a year be ranged in line in cradles, the cra dles would extend around the world. The same writer looks at the matter in a more picturesque light. He Imag ines the babies carried past a ffiven point in their mother's arms, oifc by one, anil the process being kept up night and day until the last hour in the twelfth month had passed by. A suffi ciently liberal rate is allowed, hut even in going past at the rate of twenty a minute, 1,200 an hour during the entire year, the reviewer at his post would have seen only the sixth part of the in fantile host. In other words, the babe that had to be carried when the tramp began would be able to walk when but a mere frac tion of its comrades had reached the reviewer's post, and when the year's supply of babies was drawing to a close there would be a rear guard, not of in fants, but of romping six-year-old boys and girls. Chiiipitt Prescriptions. The taking of a first dose of Chinese medicine is an ordeal which can be better imagined than described. It is invariably a bitter decoction. If the patient prefers, the herbs are given him in square pasteboard boxes holding about a pint each, ond he "cooks" them at home. A Chinese prescription contains from ten to sixteen varieties of herbs, flowers, nuts, gums, barks, and roots. More than 3.000 species are classified and used as medicine, but of these only some 600 are in general use. Whether the patient takes the remedies at the sanitarium or at home, he is requested to present himself every day before the doctor fe another pulse ex amination, so that every change in his condition may be noted and the pre scription may he varied accordingly. The Chinese are clever chemists in the line of pharmaceutical prepara tions, and prepare many medicines for their own use in the form of pills and powders; but these are employed by the Chinese physicians in treating the ail ments of white people only to a limited extent. The reason given is that the simple, hot dpcoctions of the fresh root or plant are tne best form, because the most readily assimilated into the sys tem. Every Sisimcse iriii who roaches a certain njrc without marrying is ticket ed and labelled and placed in a privil eged ''lass, under th special cure of the kinir, who binds himself to find a husband for them all. His method is delightfully simple. A prisoner in one of the Siamese jails may gain his par don and release by marrying one of the ineligible class. Whether he is al ready married or not is not of great consequence, for in Siain it is not nec essary to draw the line at one wife. This method of matchmaking can hardly result in domestic bliss. Mam"sp J.nv l?Hthlnjr. The Siamese are more devoted to the water than any other nation fn the world. They are nearly always bath ing, generally with their clothes on, and they never go anywhere 'by land if they can possibily go by water. The streets of Bangkok are like those of Venice, and the inhabitants say that their idea of paradise would be a town with canals, where there were currents in both directions, so that they might be spared the effort of rowing. "liJpH' Anchor. Ships' anchors cost from 5 to 7 cents a pound, so that a 6,000-pound anchor, which would be a very large one, would cost, even at the lowest price, about $300, and a hig ship that required an anchor of that size would carry two of them. The two big anchors carried by a ship of, say, 2.000 tons, would weijgh from 4,800 to 5,000 pounds each. The Turks have no war songs except those they have translated from other tongues. The Sandwich islanders estimate the beauty of women by their weight. In a square inch of the human, scalp the hairs number about 1,000. Russian railroad trains have smoking, cars for women. 41 H ttWafafatfaj- iatfufeig- . &am -Ajm1