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SYNOPSIS.The junior member of a private firm of

detectives In New York becomes interestedin a deserted house. opposite which he hap-pens to take a rorm. While watching itdraing a convalescence from Illness, theblinds of one of the windows are openedsuddenly, disclosing the figure of a smallman who waves his band and disappears.Three days later the detective receives amysterious letter. appointing an hour tocall. He looks screw at the desertedhouse, shading his eyes with the letter.The figure reappears and repeato its sig-Da. That evening the detective arms him-self, pushes open the Iron gate of the de-serted house and enters a dark passage-way. He is ushered into a lighted roomby the same strange figure. Two men anda handscme woman in evening dress re-Ceive him, al masked. He has been mis-taken for an expected messenger. He pre-tends that It has not been safe to bringcertain papers, and is nbmmisioned tovisit the town of P- next day. As he isabout to leave, a young girl arrives with awarning. The manked lady fires at the de-tective. He runs downstairs, and escapesby the rear door Into a yard. Climbing thefence, he overhears the conspirators, whomention Tuxedo and the name of a prom-inent man. He thinks that he recognisesthe voice of the lady, and concludes thatsome great crime is under way. The houseis shadowed by other detectives, and he de-cides to watch the train to P- himself.In disguise. The young girl enters the sta-tion-also the lady disguised as a man.The detective eludes the latter and takesthe train.

PART TV.I followed the girl into the car and seated

myself behind and near her. She had sunkInto the corner of the seat In an attitude ofutter weariness and discouragement. Iowed her my, life, no doubt, and I felt forher at the moment, besides gratitude, a sin-cere pity. Yet I was on the point of askingher to risk still moth than she had alreadydone. There was no other way. I lookedaround jtt our fellow passengers-the oldwoman with her basket; a boy who was au-

dibly sleeping: and a young man who wasseated in the front of the car, absorbed Ina yellow-covered novel. There was not onewhom I could suspect of watching us. Iwent, therefore, without further hesitation.to take the place in front of her, and, withas much nonchalance as I could command.asked her If she could tell me the name ofthe man who had followed her into the sta-tion.For a moment she seemed startled, and

shrank still further back, but a glance atmy cioth seemed to reassure her."I saw no one," she replied. "I came quitealone."It never occurred to me to doubt her. I

knew, whatever the character of those withwhom she had been associated, that she, atleast.was innocent:an unwilling tool In theirhands. I told her, therefore, In as few wordsas possible, who I was, and tried, first ofall, to thank her for what she had done forme, while she was-kind enough to expressPleasure lh learning of my escape. I thenwent on to beg of her that, if she were introuble, as I felt that she was, to let mehelp her. I explained without reserve myconnectron with the House with GreenBlinds, and all I hoped to accomplish withthe knowledge I had concerning it. Shelistened quietly while I told her, and I sawa look of wistfulness, of longing, of resolve.grow in her great dark eyes. Finally itcame.I will tell you what I know," she said,

and there were tears In her voice, thoughher eyes were dry. "There is no othercourse. I had no hope of doing anythingbut now you may be able to do what I can-not." And she told me the following:Her nme was Cutting, and with herfather-a widower--she lived at P-. Thewinter before they had spent In Washing-ton, 1where, at a reception given at theWhite House. her father first had met Mad-am of the White Shoulders--as I stull mustcall her. This woman was a stranger In thecosmopolitan city, a magnificently hand-some woman. Part French. part Russian,and was said to be a sister of one of themembers of the Russian legation. Herbeauty had created a sensation; Miss Cut-ting's father had fallen under its spell. Mad-am seemed to exercise a strange influenceover him. He became strange, moody. ir-ritable. He was often absent upon suddenand unexplained journeys, from which hereturned dejected and, apparently, frighten-ed and desperate. The cause Miss Cuttingherself had never known until her own con-nection with the affair began, but a fewweeks ago. At that time new aid had beenneeded by the gang of which she had sincebecome cognizant, and she, as one whowould not dare betray her own father, hadbeen chosen. Since theneshe had been con-stantly employed as a messenger betweenthe members of the organization whenevera messenger had been needed.For some weeks she had known that a

plot of magnitude had been silently hatch-ing. but In what direction she could onlyconjecture. Her father had been silent andcareworn when at home, which was rarely.She herself had been dispatched hither andyon, to deliver such messages as I hadheard, at any time of day or night. Shehad not dared to rebel, for her father'ssake. From the messages which werenecessarily confided to her she had learnedthat the people with whom her father hadbecome entangled belonged to a large so-ciety which had members and organizationsIn many countries. From telegrams andcables which she had been required tosend (written In cipher, of which she hadbeen able to acquire some knowledge), shehad learned that the plot which was form-ing In this country was duplicated in manyEuropean oncs, and that the consummationwas near she feared from many signswhich the designers had not been able tokeep from her knowledge. Madam of theWhite Shoulders was here the leadingspirit. Her brother, of the Russian lega-tion (In the description of whom I recog-nized both the man who had given thenote to the messenger boy and he who hadassisted Jackson In his search for me aboutthe yard), was her chief assistant. The

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time. Jackson was a mere tool, whose skillin the manufacture of delicate explosivesrendered him of incaic'zlable value to theothers. Of the man who had traced her tothe station she had no knowledge, havingnever seen any one who answered to hisdescription.Of my own connection with the affair

she was able to give me some knowledge.Two weeks before, after many desperateattempts, madam's brother had succeededIn abstracting some state papers of greatvalue to his associates in Washington.They had made every effort to get them toNew York undiscovered, He, however, hadbeen obliged to deliver them at once to a

have them remaining in his own hands.The messesger had been no other thanMiss Cutting's father, who had been per-emptorily summoned to'Washington to an-sw'ur the needs of his confreres. 'The pa-pers had been immediately missed, but,thanks to his extreme cunning, the actualthief had been able to escape detection oreven suspicion. The latter, however, hadfastened itself, through a succession ofstrange circumstances, upon Cutting him-self, and it had immediately become neces-sary to find a new messenger to bringthem to madam in New York, in whosehands they must be placed. In this pre-dicament they had been obliged to fix upona young man who had lately become en-tangled with a part of the society in Eng-land, and who had just made his escape toAmerica. He was personally unknown tothe pgncipals here, but they had no othercourse than to direct Cutting, by wire, totrust him. With the extremest caution,therefore, the papers were confided to hiscare and a communication to that effectimmediately forwarded to madam and herconfederates. The young fellow was di-rected to proceed with the utmost secrecy,it being feared that the Washington de-tectives had already found the scent. Cut-ting was being watched closely, and hadmuch difficulty in performing his part inthe proceeding. The messenger was tocommunicate with Jackson (who had beenstationed in the House with Green Blinds,which madam had rented for like needssome weeks before), in the way whichrecommended itself to him when the op-portunity occurred.As he was personally unknown, the only

way in which he could be recognised wasby giving an unobtrusive signal a givennumber of times. Wben this was done he'as to be admitted to the house. Aboutthe time he was expected a young manwas seen to take up his abode in the op-posite house. He never left it, but satconspicuously at the window, gazing in-tently at the House with Green Blinds. Hthad given the signal (which was the rap!dpassage of the right hand across the eyes)clumsily and openly three times. They hadentertained grave suspicions as to his iden-tity, but there was nothing to do but trusthim. The time for action was rapidly near-

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Miss Catting'. Father Had FallenUnder Its Spell.

ing, and they were desirous of getting pos-session of the papers, if possible, beforethis arrived. The signal was finally re-turned, therefore, and an appointmentmade by letter. This, of course, was thecommunication I had received the morningbefore. All this Miss Cutting had learnedfrom her father, who had returned sud-denly toward 7 o'clock in the afternoon.He had been much depressed and agitated.The letters had been traced, and the youngfellow to whom they had been intrustedwas being closely shadowed by the police.There was fear that the detectives werealso on the track of madam's brother, andit was necessary to send them a warning.This had been intrusted to herself, withwhat success has already been told.She Informed me that, after my escape In-

to the yard (whither, as I had conjectured,they had not at first dared to follow, for fearof attracting the attention of the surround-ing houses) a hurried consultation had beenheld. The men had thought that, were I adetective sent to spy upon them, I woulddoubtless decide that my next best chanceof learning their intentions would be to fol-low madam's directions and go the next dayto P-, where I would expect further de-velopments. Miss Cutting told me (and Ihad suspected as much myself) that, fromwhat she could gather, this had been merelya scheme of madam's to get me out of theway for twenty-four hours, no matterwhether I were a spy or untried confederate.Madam herself, however, had disagreed withher companions. She had declared that aneffort must be made to stop me, and thatevery train to P- must be watched. MissCutting herself, whom they had never whol-ly trusted, and for whom, on account of herinterference in my behalf, they had nogreater love, they tried to intimidate furtherwith threats. It was necessary, howeverthat both her father and herself, who mightprove formidable witnesses against them,should things go wrong, be gotten out of theaay. For this reason she could not be kepta temporary prisoner, as they had at firstsuggested. Her father had made all ar-rangements for a flight, in which she wasto accompany him, and she was, therefore.taken for the remainder of the night to thehotel at which madam was staying. Shewas now on her way to join her father and]to again depart with him. She was an im-portant witness for my own side also, butshe had saved my life. What else could Ido but further her own escape? I promisedto do whatever in me lay to prevent the dan-ger which threatened our country and to aidher to my utmost ability both in shieldingher father and in covering their escape. Asshe hade me good-bye when I left the trainat the last station before P-- the tears hadfinally welled to her eyes. I was glad tothink that partially, at any rate, they mightbe tears of relief.

I took the next train back to town, eagerlylooking at every station for the first ed~tioniof the morning papers. When finally theyarrived and I opened the one I had selecte,I discovered both the headllir.es I had hopedto find. The first was as satisf'actory as thesecond seemed to me conclusive. It statedth~at a young man had been captured inBrooklyn, while in the very act of destroyingthe valuable papers which had been stolentwo weeks before from the State Depart-mnent in Washington. A few had been re-captured. They were the letters which hadpassed between the Rtuss'an ambassadorand our Secretary of State, regarding thereturn to the Russian government of somesuspected persons now in this country. Aquantity of dispatches from the said gov-crnment to~their ambassador at Washingtonwere also among the documents. The youngn'an in whose possession they were foundbad been brought to New York, and wasnow awaiting examination. From what Icould make of this article he had apparentlygiven no information which implicated anyof the people connected with the Housewith Green Blinds, and I doubted whetherany such information was in his possession.It was scarcely probable that more~than thebarest directions had been intrusted to himThe second headline read something as

follows: "Wealth, Wit and Beauty to dloIHonor to Our Executives. Mr. -'s Fa-mous Bali Room Literally Lined with RosesTuxedo on the qui vive. A Brilliant AffairTonight.Upon these grounds, then, I was basing

my case.Whfle I stood, listening, upon the window

ledge the night before, madam had men-tioned both Tuxedo and the name of theman at whose house the ball was to be giv-en. It was to be given in honor of a greatstatesman and his wife. Members of thevarious foreign legations were to attendDuring the day I had seen, in some mys-terlous connection with madam and her as-sociates, the young man who bad been triedand convicted of a. crime which had held inEngland a position very similar to the waythings here, as I dissected them, were tend-ing. Madam's voice and h's were strangelyalike. It hid been considered-no matter

fair-expedient tO get me out of thme way ftrtwenty-four h and to do so withoutexciting my s.kIion. After- that I mightieturn. Miss' g and her father hadbee ordered to escape from the couatrywithin the saa-time, as it was desirablethsat they, after that time, should not bewithin refteIo'3e& olice. Last of all; theman Jackson, a tool in the hands of theothers, had been perimenting very recent-ly-as shown bf his abseat- yebrow--inchemicals of an. explosive nature. And thethird man at the House with Green Blinds,who had not en in my heang, waswanted (tet for-all I knew to the con-trary, with the o hers), in his own countryto pay the penaltyof an attempt made uponthe life of his sovereign.

(To be ued on Thursday.)

A FCULURA CASIE

A Hard Drinker Turned Out to Grassin Ordelk-to Sober Him Up.

It was In a saloon the other night, anda Star reporter was drinking apallinaris andother soothing sirups, while the man acrossthe tanle was indulging in more troplcalluxuries. Who was paying for the irriga-tion was anotber matter to be determinedby the turn of a coin."Were -you lever in North Carolina?" in-

quired the other man, as he fished out abit of orange riad or lemon peel, or someother sort of a non-intoxicating condimentfrom the bottom of his glass."Never." replied the reporter, giving a

fine imitation of a man telling the truthwithout mental reservation."Queer things grow in that state," con-

tinued the other-man.""Peasrutsefcr- Instance.""Yes. and tar and turpentine. Also men

who can drink a distillery dry and stillattend to business. I know several in thatclass, but the -king bee of them all Is therichest of them all. He makes more moneythan he can possibly drink up. and the re-suit is that he is away ahead of the deSl.When he gets to.drinkink, for be takes toit by fits-and starts, like a toad a-walking,he keeps right at it until he has to go tobed, and then he quits. He lives in a smalltown where everybody knows him, andwhen he shows up drunk his fam-Ily takes all his money away from him andnobody In the place will let him haveliquor."Still he gets it some way and he is veryingenicus in that regard. The slickest

thing he ever did he did during the pastsummer. As hIs friends thought the sup-Ply had been shut off, and when theyfound him lying out in the grass of his bigdc-or yard one morning, they thought thatwas about as good a place as he could findto sober up in, and they left him there. Heatpeared to be q-2ite contented himself, andthough he rolled over at intervals andwhooped every now and then, they thoughthe was getting along all right and didn'tdisturb him."By evening he was still not sobered up.and he was left out of doors all night, the

weather being dry and hot. Next morninghe was still not sober, and when eveningcame and the next morning, ard he wasstill under the influence, one of his friendsthought it was time to investigate. So heweat to a. second-story window to watchthe man in the yard, and about all he coulddiscover waa that the drinker would liewith his face in the grass awhile, apparent-ly to cool it off, then roll over and whooponce or twice and go to sleep on his back.This was repeated two or three times be-fore noon, and by that time the watcherbegan to smell a mouse and proceeded toinvestigate more elbely."He waited till the drinker was asleepagain, and soU+* approaching he felt

around in the .g4pss till his hand strucksomething. It %ia only a bit of reed, suchas p'pe stems a Amade of, but it stuck upa couple of Inc through the grass, andgoing down lnt9 t e ground on a line withthe reed, the eher found it passingcn through a cork and Into a two-gallon jugof whisky. burW4 .about six inches underthe surface. In ^k minute or two he hadurearthed the RoW nearly empty jug, andwhen Mr. Drinker awoke again and foundthat his nice litI9 game had been inter-fered with, it hurt his feelings and prideso that he went to bed and sobered up.He never said MTything about it. nor didany ore else, but he hasn't worked the'buried treasure' racket since.""lBring me.a glas# of Potomac water, withthe mud on the sge, please," said the re-

porter to the waiter. and wonlered how farit was to North Cdrblina.

A VAR 1igR'S PICNIC.The Lunch .Basket Not Nearly an Ima-

portant as the 6=u.From the Detiolt Free Prem.About 10 o'clock in the forenoon I reach-

ed a mountaineer's cabin ard found the oldman cleaning a long-boerreled gun at thedoor."Many bears about?" I inquired."Not a b'ar, stranger. I'm gittin' ready

to attend a farmer's picnic at Glen Cove."Half a mile further on I met a man with

a rifle on his shoulder, and after the usualsalutation, I queried:"Good hunting about here?""Nuthin' 'tall, stranger. I'm a'takin' this

gun to be fixed. I reckon I'll drap down tothe farmer's picnic at Glen Cove tomorrer."Half an 1tour later I arrived at a cross-

roads where there was a general store, anda man sat on the platform tinkering withthe hek of a shotgun, while two or threeothers were buying powder and shot inside."In there going to be a shooting match

around hire today" I asked the store-keeper, as he weighed out my cheese andcrackers."Reckon not. Lasetw'se I haven't heard

of anythir.g of the sort. The folks is jestgettin' ready fur the farmer's picnic atGlen Cove tomcrrer."

I didn't fe-el like going into particularsjust yet, out at 1 o'clock, when I stoppedat a comfortable-looking cabin to makesome Inquiries about the road and found anold man olung up an army carbine and hisson molding bullets for an old-fashioned re-volver, I asked:"Are you getting ready for the farmer's

picnic at Glen Cove?""Exactly, stranger," replied the old man."I have noticed so many men cleaning

up their guns for this picnic that I wantto ask you if it will be dIfferent from theordinary picnic?"Why, a farmer's picnic, as I understand

it, is a gathering of farmers and theirwIves arnd children in a grove. Each familybrings Its lunch, and they eat, drink andmake merry. Isn't that your sort of pic-nic?""Wall, mcstly, but' not quite. Every-

thing will go off like yo' say up to about3 o'clock in the afternoon. Then that ar'Tom Morrison will suddenly remember thatthat ar' Rill Turk he cheated him- on amewl trade. Jest about that time old manSkinner will reckolect that his son Sam waskilled by the Thompson boys, and DaveWhite will git to rememberin' that HankTrueman beat him on a law suit. Shouldn'ta mite wonder if them five Henderson boysdidn't reckon It was a right smart chanceto wipe out the Colgates. May go off likea prayer meetin', but I reckon it's best tobe on the safe side."

I encountered seven or eight more menthat afternoon who were getting ready forthe picnic, and the day after I fell in witha farmer who w 'there."I can't lest .'f yo' all the perticklers;"

he replied to my inquiry. "The shootin' be-gan about 3 o'clpck, and when I cum awayI reckon thar -~tour or five dead andseven or eight. ounded. It's likely theypiled up sorre m& arter I left!""So you didn'~iix in?""No. I 'lowedZ ould, and was all ready

to when my son "om was shot in the back,and I had to k d him up and tote himhum. K-inder s xyI couldn't stay. Theydo declar' that ~'picnic was a powerfulsuccest!I"

Facts y prth Knowring.Sound moves about 743 miles per hour.The Chanese irsvented paper 170 B. C.The first watdhies were made in 1746.Rome was fou4*ld by Romulus in 752 B.C.Only one perspa in 1,000 dies from old

age..An inch of rain'-means 100 tons of water

on every scre.There are at 'east 10,000,000 nerve fibers

in the human body.The thickness of human hair varies from

the 250th to the 600th part of an Inch;blonde heir is the finest and red the coars-est.-The "seven wonders of the wo~d"~ of an-

cient times were: The Pyramids of Egypt;Pharos of Alexandria; Walls and HangingGardens of Babylon; Temple of Diana atEphesus; the Statue of the Olympian .Jupi-ter. Mausoleum of Artemisia and Colossusof Rhodes.The Capitol Building at Washington, D.

C., is the largest building of the UnitedStates.Pages 102 and 103 are full of just such

facts as the above, and represent but oneInsignificant feature of The Evening Star'sNew Almanac and Encyclopedia for 1896o.25c. For sale at eivening Star office and allnewsa stands-

SUBURBAN NEWSANACOTEA.

No better evidence was needed to showthat Anacostia has awakene from her 1ogseep than the enthudastle manne 'inwieb the new year was ushered in. Manypersons paraded the strets, blowing- tinbErns, and, though the innovation was an-usual, and numbers who had retired. weredisturbed In their sumbers, s one, so faras has been reported, became greatly an-gered over the matter.The watch night services, as the religious

exercises incident to the closing of the oldyear and birth of the new are called, whichwere held at the Methodist EpiscopalChurch, Rev. James McLaren, pastor, inaccordance with a custom extending backfor almost a century, were very interesting.The large auditorium was crowded withearnest worshipers, a large number ofwhom had united with the church duringthe year then just closlng~and many relatedtheir religious experiences. Hymns appro-priate to the occasion were sung, and theservices throughout, while simple, were ofthe most Impressive character.Appropriate services were also held In

several of the other churches of the town.A meeting for the organization of the

prOposed Library Association, to whichteference has heretofore been made in TheStar, will be held tomorrow night at theolike of Jordan & Richardson. Alreadyseveral buildings which. It Is thought, caneasily be adapted to the purposes of tilenew enterprise have been examined bythose having the matter In charge, and itis expected that the reading room will soonbe In successful operation.A supper and ball which were givenMonday night at Surrattsville, Md., for the

benefit of St. Mary's Church were largelyattended.A slight fire from an unkiown cause oc-

curred In what In known as the "HauntedHouse," near Anacostia, a night or twoago. The Sre department was called out,but before the engines reached the placethe blaze had been extinguished by neigh-bors.

FAIRFAX COURT nOUSE.

Court street Is being extended throughthe farm of Mr. A. J. Sagar.At the meeting of Providence Lodge of

Good Templars Friday night interestingpapers were read by Miss Mary J. Sagar,Mrs. M. E. Troth and Mr. S. P. Rumsey.Among the visitors present was Mr. Geo.W. Hawxhurst, grand secretary of Vir-ginia.There was a Christmas tree entertain-

ment at Oakton Wednesday night, and onein Jerusalem Baptist Church Thursdaynight, both of which were largely attended.Among the visitors Saturday was Rev. B.

L. Whitman. D.D.. president of ColumbianUniversity of Washington. He spent some*lme here, visiting places which becamenotable during the war, and examining theoriginal will of George Washington andother historical relics. Prof. Robert Nourseand Mr. G. A. L. Merrifield of Fals Churchaccompanied him.Mr. Geo. W. Hawxhurst of Falls Church

spent several days in the village this week,visiting his father, Mr. Job Hawxhurst, andfamily. He was accompanied by hisdaughter, Miss Nellie, and sister-in-law,Mrs. Mary H. Flowers of Connecticut.Joe. E. Willard, the representative from

this county in the legislature, spent a fewdays at home last week.Mr. Samuel Wrenn, aged eighty-two, died

Thursday, and was buried at Mt. RockeyFriday.Mr Frank R. Ford, who has been visiting

his mother, Mrs. Julia Ford. returned tohis home in Baltimore Sunday.A marriage license has been issued to

Edward Stewart and Sarah Stokes.Mr. John G. Webster of Loudoun county

is visiting Mr J. W. Bryce.Communion was celebrated In Zion P. E.

Church Sunday, Rev. Thos. D. Lewis offi-ciating.Miss Alma 0. Sagar, who has been spend-

ing the holidays at her home here, will re-sume her duties as teacher in the publicschools of Washington next Thursday.

HYATTSVILLE.

The second Hyattsville assembly, whichwas hld last evening at Grand Army HaIl,was one of the most brilliant social eventswhich has occurred In the village this sea-son. The hall was decorated with ever-greens, holly and the national colors, whilethe colors of the assemblyorange and black.were also much In evidence. The membersof the club also wore the colors. An or-

chestra from Washington furnished themusic, which was of a high order, under thedirection of Prof. Hoskins. They occupiedthe stage. which was fitted up as a coy cor-ner. A program of fourteen dances was ar-ranged for, the dance lasting until the com-.Ing in of the new year. Supper was servedabout 10 o'clock. The chaperons of theevening were Mrs. M. V. Tierney, Mrs. Jos.Aman. Mrs. Callahan, Mrs. MacFarland,Mrs. P. J. Duffy, Mrs. Post and Mrs. Stew-art. There were a number of Invited guestsfrom Washington and the surroundingtowns, while the members of the assemblywere out in force. The number present wasjust suited to the size of the halL withoutin the least degree making it uncomfort-able,while the sudden change in the weathermade dancing a great pleasure. The thardassembly will be held :turing Easter week,and will probably be given In the new Ma-sonic Temple. Those present at the dancelast evening were Miss Mary Schofield, MissPost. Miss Dele, Miss Stewart, the MissesThyson, Mr. Geo. Thyson, Mr. Chas. Finney,Mr.Hillard Owen, Mr.Becker, Mr.Nat Paige..Mr. Do Graw, Mr. Beavens, Mr. Stewart,Mr. Moran. Mr. and Mrs. Payne and Mr.Graham of Washington; Mr. Cronmiller andMr. Fenwick of LaureL, Mr. Mattingly ofLeonardtown, the Misses fluffy, the MissesCallahan, Miss Corinne MacFarland, MissEdith Gailant, Miss Lella Aman, Miss VanDorn, Mrs. John Holden, Miss Gleb, Mr. andMrs. Louis Holden, Mr. Bob Callahan, Mr.Dallas Irving, Major M. V. Tierney, Mr.MacFarland, Mr. Ed. Fuller.Chillum Grange has elected the following

officers for the ensuing year: John Miller,master: Gleo. N. Perkins. overseer: J. EnosRay, lecturer; Geo. A. Gude, steward; Mr.and Mrs. Alex. Gude, assistant stewards:Win. R. Mct'hesney, chaplain; James Miller,treasurer (eighth term); Eliasrhowell, sec-retary; Samuel Anderson, gate keeper; Mrs.J. Enos Ray. Ceres; Mrs. Geo. N. Perkins,Pomona; Mrs. Wmn. R. McChesney, Flora.A highly successful entertainme~nt was

given lby the Chillum Dramatic Club at (Tiu-lum Hall a few evenings since for the bene-fit of the ball fund. A piano and violin duet"was given by Prof. Chas. Russell and son,a vocal solo and recitation by Mr. Lang, avocal solo by Mrs. Phillips, and a whistlingsolo by Mr. Woolsey. The "ColumblanDrill" was given by a team composed of sixladies and six gentlemen. A farce comedy,entitled "Wooing Under Difficulties." waspresented by Misses Cora Pumphrey. Mar-garet Ellin, Bertha Wiltberger, and Messrs.Fred. Ellin, J. Enos Ray, jr., Dorsey Ellinand Fred Funk. "Rough Diamond," a one-act play, was given, with a cast of char-acters,lncluding the following persons: Mrs.E. C. Wineberger, Misses Gertrude Abbottand Lily Voigt, and Messrs. August Miller,E. B. Rowell. Clyde Lamond. Anthony L.Ray, Fred. Funk and Dorsey Ellin.The handsome residence of Mr. James M.

Hall, located west of Hyattsvilie and justoutside of the corporate limits, is nearlycompleted.Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Owens entertained the

Hyattsville Progressive Euchre Club lastevening at their hospitable home. The fol..lowing players participated in the games:Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Whiting, Mr. and Mrs.R. E. White, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Welsh,Mr. and Mrs. John E. Latimer, Mr. and Mrs.Lewis F. Holden, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Robin-son, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Campbell, Dr. and

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Mr,.L . Owig, MI Mll Mema. MISAloe Owesm. Miss LulIl Fuller and Dr.Ch. A. Wells. A tem0ng rwasserved after the playig.~ rs. sWIgam-cured the="rstdoams* pre and Mims Mesanthepecond, and like hsarnes for the gentle-man were won by Mr. Latsmer and MissFuller, the latter plaing as a gentesm..

Mr. Harvey 3. Menly and Uim AnseL. Rverhart. both t Traviah this coun-ty, were married in Reckvte on Mondayby Rev. S. R. White of the Baptist Churc.On the .ame day and place and by tnsame minister Mr. David W. Eamadand Mrs. Minerva W. Benson ot Semmwere united In wedlock.At a meeting of the county cmmieioan-

era, held here yesterday. a conalerabieamount of business was tranmacted. Thefollowing biMs were gassed and ordered tobe paid: First district--B . SUdivan (readaccount), PS4d; Charles A. Alluutt (road),30.90; J. C. Ward (rad, s.; samme(lkine). 351.3L Second distriet-George

. Baker (piking), S, Fourth distriet-John W. Horner (registration odieer), $4;John Exter (pikingm. 4=32.In the orphans' court Tuesday SpencerC. Jones. guardian of Anderson Ofutt.passed his third and final acoeunt in hisward's estate. John C. Bentler. RicharidL. Bentley and Edwrard N. Bentley, am-istrators, d. b. n. c. . a., of RicamrdT. Bentley. deceNsed, passed drat and nalaccount of personal estate of noid desaeaedNotwithstanding the inclemency of the

weather the Opera House at this placewas Monday night crowded. the oecsienbeing the honday entertainment of theteachers and pupils of the Baptist Sundayschol The hall and stage were hand-somQY decorated for the a.cesie withevergreom The exercises comsated ofmusic, a cantata, and the distribution etpremiums. Those teking part in the can-tata were Superinende Wai. Pans,Vrdie Kingdon. Reeves Braddock, BeulahSage. Hattie Edmonston. Vawdia Braddock,Viola Fowler. Maud Mouldpa. GeorgeDavis, Roy Robertson, George Braddock.Clarence Ahalt. George Eamrick and WallePrettyman. The fellowing charaeterwere also represented: Queek Winter.Lisse Haney: St. Nachls. gwel Bogleg';Storm Iing. Amos Ferris; Irag Age, Cif-ford Robertson; Jack Prest. Ernest Pferris;North Wind. Daisy Bogleg, dremed Isgreen: East Wind. Maud Mouldon. in Yel-low; West Wind, Bessie Viett, tan; SouthWind. Mabel Haney. pink; Aurora Boreal-4Is, Lottie Davis, blue, pink. yellow andwhite; snow. Minnie Viett, white; Han.Irene Steers. gray, with glass emnamsatand tinsel; Ice. Susie Davis, greeen. withIglass ornaments and tinmel. At the can-clusion of the cantata premius were dia-tributed by St. Nicholas to the followingpupils of the schools: Eugene Dean Rich-ard Bean, Wlle Bean. Vaudla. Roan andReeves Braddock. Mabel shaw. VerileKingdon. Bartle Mouldon. Clfford Robert-son. Roger Shaw. Lissie Hasney. GergeDavis, Beulah White. Lottie Davis adBesale Sage. Superitendent Pena. In be-half of the pupie, was presented with twohandsome books. At the couaudg arno-copias filled with candies were presentedto each of the children, after which theaudience was dismissed with the benedic-tion by Pastor L R. Milbourne.The members of the colored fire companyparaded the streets here yesterday in thisr

new uniforms and ma a very relntableappearance. At night they held a fair andfestival. Ctisenas of the town are muchgratified at the interest take b.- the com-pany for the protection of the property ofthe town.

A Roester as a Wiess,Prom the Atlanta CWstitUm.At Sylvania, in the county court, last Mon-

day, a very entraorinary a" amuSIUg wit-ness was introduced in a stealing case-thefirst of his kind, perhaps, that has ever ap-peared in any court house. This was aDominic rooster. Two nesgro boys werepro.,ecuted for stealing chickens from anoth-er negro. The prosecutor proved that hischickens were .=m=ng, and be claimed tohave identified them in the yard of the so-cused. It then devolved on the latter toprove their ownership.One of the brightest young lawyers wasconducting the detense, and he very in-genlous;y introduced in evidence the above-mentioned Doninic rooster, which belongedto the defendants, in order to --Aow thesimilarity to appearance between Lis rose-tership and the susected chickens. Thisrooster was lord of the barnyard on theplace where the two buys lived, and thedeputed chickens were so pery much Ekehim. in color and otherwise, that no onedoubted they were his lineal descendantsand belonged rightly to the defendasatsThe rooster. when put on the stand crow-ed vociferously. as If to procaima the inne-eence of the accused, and furnished muchamusement to the court.After hearing all the evidence, the 3u&edischarged the prisoners, and told the prose-cutar that while it was perhaps true be hadlost his ehickens, yet he was convinced theyhad become the prey of owls or 'poeam&

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