ploy a number of gentlemen who bore the

sonorous titles of assistant superintendent,

purchasing agent and the like, but who did
not apparently devote themselves to "print¬
ing." I infer from this part of the super-
lntendent's report that, while he is un¬
he
doubtedly an excellent man for the place for
with the summer season: such are the tu¬
berous and bulberous plants that flower in
the earliest spring: and even the end or win¬
ter. I have told you enough to show how
important to the horticulturist Is a knowl¬
edge of the various periods ot repose or
various plants."
FENCING IN FASHION ed to

bassy.
Washington
they organized
quarters on
a
19th street
are

Will Duels Resultf

near
fencers.
fencing club
Recently
with head-
the British «m«

¦Will the result of this revived Interest lit

our studio to be used as models. The fact
that we tolerated it shows how much we
thought of I,una. He showed a most bar¬
baric disregard of the dead.the only ori¬ Smith.
ental trait I ever noticed la him. He
tl ought nothing of lifting and throwing
holds, he Is not a success in providing
statesmen who pose as live statuary in the
corridors of Boston's city hall. Possibly,
though, he pleases the taxpayers all the
better because of that "deficiency." To one
not Interested in the municipal patronage
of Boston a perusal of Superintendent
Whajen's report conveys the conviction
that he la "the right man in the right
place." AUGUST DONATH.
THE WOMAN'S CLUBS
Robert E. *Lee Chapter, Daughters of
Confederacy, organized last winter, held Its
monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Cal- How the Use of Ether Affects
laghan, Grant Place, last Wednesday after¬
noon. Certain amendments of the constitu¬
tion were discussed and the delegates who
were elected to attend the annual conven¬
tion held in Charleston were Mrs. Munroe,
Mrs. Hickgy, Mrs. Covington and Mrs.
Very Latest Thing in Horti¬ "How?" I asked.
"Why, simply this: Forcing will not suc¬
ceed If the period of repose refuses to be
broken. And It Is all the more Important
Washington Society Enthusi
culture in France. because sublects of the same species, and
even different buds of the same plant, may
behave differently.' In the forcing of plants
by the new art of anesthesia, the period of
FORCING THE GROWTH repose Is divided into three phases. Prof. Jo-
hannsen calls them 'before-repose' ('avant-
repos"), 'central-repose,' and 'after-repose^
IT'S FINE EXERCISE
('apres-repos'). During the 'before-repose,
PRODUCING FLOWERS AT A TIME in August, the buds can be made to de¬ PROMINENT PEOPLE WHO ABE
velop under etherization, but in entering
.WHEN THEY'RE IN DEMAND. into 'central-repose' they gradually lose the
faculty. Then etherization will again suc¬
ceed during the state of 'after-repose.' "
"How do you do it?"
Develop¬ "Being familiar with the work of the ex¬ Interesting Career of a Man Who is
perimenters already named. Prof. Johann-
ment.Interesting Experi¬ sen had the idea of applying anesthetics to
organs on the road to maturity and in the
ments. state of repose. He thought it might be
possible by anesthetics to completely sup¬
in
press the phenomena of condensation
the organs on the road to maturity.
fencing, especially among the foreign diplo¬
mats here, be the appeal of their futuie
questions of honor to the sword? While our
astic Over the Sport laws forbid dueling these
agents, by virtue of their privilege of extra¬
diplomatic
territoriality, cannot be punished here fop
crossing swords In earnest. If they hero
commit crimes, acknowledged to be such by
the moral sense of mankind, they cannot
be tried or punished, but may be required
to leave our shores. Private persons
of course, do not lose their rights of here,
defense If these diplomats be agressors.
self-
EXPERT WITH THE FOILS. The probability Is that a duel could ho
fought In any of the legation compounds
here without attracting any official notice
whatever.from the State department.un¬
less terminating fatally. Of course the lo¬
cal police could have no hand iu quelling
Here Giving Lessons in such a combat.
The best swordsman, by far,
among the
the Art. Washington diplomats is Lieutenant Com¬
mander Viscount de Farramond de Ldifajnle.
naval attache of France. He could
put any diplomatic rival here out of readily

The first open meeting of the season of

In the Prado art naileries of Madrid,
Spain, there bangs a large painting, "Spo-
llarum." It is not what the average tour¬
ist would call a pretty picture. It repre¬
sents the pen of the Roman Coliseum,
Wherein were thrown in a heap the slain
1T» combat.the gladiators, the martyrs
ami the beasts. The (bail are ghastly re¬
alistic, weltering In blood and covered
with the dust of the arena. Those who do
not pass It by at onee pause only a mo¬
ment to shudder. A very few remain to
admire it.
In the lower right-hand corner. In small
square letters, is written the name Juan
Luna. The average visitor to the art gal¬
leries, who has seen the name before on
other paintings. Is under the impression
that it is that of some Spanish artist. Few
Know that the artist is a full-blood Fili¬
pino, who until he was sixteen ran bare¬
footed, in company with his three broth¬
ers, about the tropical jungles of northern
Luzon, throwing stones at the monkeys,
and was clothed In the loose cotton trou¬
sers of the Filipino country boy.
One of these brothers was Antonio, aft¬
erward the commander-in-chief of the Fil¬
ipino armies, who. It is said by many, was
assassinated at the instance of Aguinaldo.
The others were Jose and Joaquin. Citi¬
Special Correspondence
We
of The Evening Star.
PARIS, October 21, 11)03.
saw a drunken man go staggering by
"His experiments," continued my inform¬ Written for The Evening Star.
ant, "proved clearly that a sufficiently "Lefta! Rlghta! Touclia me!! Lefta!
strong dose of ether will suppress the ac¬ Bighta! Touclia me! Touclia me!!!"
I This gallant Frenchman's country action.
has a
fierce record for duels. In the reign of
Henry IV 4,000 duelists fell in two years.
the lifeless bodies around as if they were the Federation of Woman's Clubs will be tivity of condensation In maturing organs; The mania for dueling during these times
mere sacks of potatoes. Rodriguez pro¬ held this evening at 622 6th street north¬
.a most rare thing in Paris.
a vice is drunkenness," I said to
and, as a further result, he was led to ex¬ I was waiting In the studio of Prof. Pietro cost France more gentle blood than thirty
tested one day, saying:
"What periments which had for object to suspend Lanzilll, the fencing master, while he fin¬ years of civil war. Finally affairs got to
"
"Show some respect for death. Luna; west. when a vote will be taken to decide my companion. the period of repose itself by anesthetics. ished a lesson with one of Washington's such a pass that I-ouia XIV established a
"I made fifty organisms as drunk as As early as 181)3, by etherizing willow- litterateurs. It was all
they were once living men like we.' the question of the admission of the Wash¬ branches, the tubers of potatoes and other pair of forbidding going on behind a court of chivalry to decide all questions of
"'Rah!' answered Luna; 'they are dead ington Section of Jewish Women, who have boiled owls today," he answered. "When plants, he brought about their rapid en¬ rated the sanctum portieres which sepa¬ honor. But French duels today are rather
and can't feel. What prejudices you Euro¬ been active workers for the cause of the I got through tempting them, they were trance Into vegetation. Any one can repeat where I lolled behind my farcical. Antiseptic swords have become
peans have. We believe more in treating Russian Jews. Mrs. Joel Hllman Is its the fashion. Were the Viscount de Fara-
the living with respect.' quite paralyzed. Yet I hold that my act the experience today." paper from the gymnasium end of tlie long, mond to kill with his sword a brother
"Luna was a most obliging fellow. He retary.
president and Mrs. Hetty Abraham its sec¬ was meritorious and theirs quite blame- How It is Done. narrow, one-story building. Such a fierce Frenchman here ho would of course be
thought nothing posing
of for several hours less." "How?" I asked. clish-clash of steel I never heard. The amenable to the laws of his own country,
as a model for some impecunious fellow Mrs. Fairbanks, president general of the "You are a horticulturist," I said. 'W hat where killing In duels Is now punishable as
student unable to hire a model. It was D. A. R., Is making a tour through Iowa, "It is sufficient to place your little willow- combat waxed hot, then lulled, grew heat¬
homicide.
do you mean?" And then he told me the branches under a receiver along with a dose ed and slackened again and again, amid
strikingly funny to see his brown body Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado. Ohio and In¬ Diplomatic Swordsmen.
in the garb of a Greek warrior or a Calab- diana to attend the state conferences, and strange up-to-date, tale of his trade. of four-tenths of a cubic centimeter of ether "bravos" loud and shrill and a great shuf¬
rian brigand, but his tine physique made will return to this city early in November. "The living things that I made drunk per cubic decimeter of the receiver's ca¬
fling of feet. Baron von Holleben,
the former < lerman
him a desirable model.
"Toward the latter part of his four years' A meeting of the joint committee from the
today were lilac plants," he said. "I made pacity. You leave the willow-branches When the strenuous instruction had come ambassador here, had great recoid as a
a
duelist, his body being covered with scars
study, in 18.s;{. he finished his first master¬ different suffrage societies of the District them drunk with ether, for their good and alone with their 'dope' under the receiver to an end a man below the medium height, received in his student days. Nearly every
piece, 'Spoliarium.' One day he was hard of Columbia was held at the Wimodaughsis mine. I am one of the first of French hor¬ for twenty-four hours. Take them out, pompadoured above, tapering below; with German student belongs to a "corps," as a
at work, lost in the esthetic delight of lay¬ last Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock to ticulturists to practice the new art as an plunge them into water, and then put them the shirt chest of an ox, lncascd In a tight jer¬
member of which he is bound to light at
ing on the colors. I was watching him from make arrangements for the observance of everyday matter of business." In a warm hothouse, or other equally sey which buttoned at the side, part¬
a divan in the corner of the studio. Suddenly Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton's birthday an¬ "What art?" warm place. After two days the covers of ed the curtains and made obeisances low some time during his career. If after a
I he^ird steps on the stairway, and the por¬ niversary. * the buds will open and the little silver gray and courtly.
"The art of forcing and retarding the de¬ reasonable length of time he has had noquar-
tieres of the doorway, just behind Luna, leaves will begin coming out. This experi¬ This was Prof. Pietro Lanzilll, the fenc¬ rel thrust upon him his corps leader notifies
parted. I jumped up, for there stood King Miss Susan Plessner Pollock gave a re¬ velopment of plants at will. Aided by the ence can be tried from August to Novem¬ ing master of the Washington "smart set." hitn that iie must tight a. duel within a
Humbert and Queen Margherita of Italy, ception to the members and friends of the application of industrial cold, it is bound to ber, after which time, the willow coming The official leaders of Vanity Fair have de¬ certain period. He Is then obliged to pick a
with their suite. Luna was too .absorbed in Kindergarten Club at her home on Q street revolutionize the production of flowers and out of its state of repose, the ether will creed that to be truly "smart" one must quarrel with some one.perhaps one of his
his work to have heard. He was dressed in yesterday evening to celebrate the anniver¬ fruits out of season." have no further accelerating Influence on It. now be able to parry and thrust and brag .best friends. But the German students' duel
ills worst rags, for he had a habit of wip¬ sary of the birth of its founder, the late Thus he explained the matter to me. Quantities of other spring flowering plants of one's special make of foil; must wear Is rather tame, when It comes down to the
ing his brushes on his clothes. Mrs. Pollock. Miss Minnie Dauglierty of
"
'To produce an elegant plant at the give the same results, the lilac, the snow one's heart upon one's breast, though never actual fighting. The participants pad all
"The king and queen paused behind Luna Baltimore read "Froebel's Mother Play," minimum cost and to bring it to the mar¬ ball, the azalla, the deutzia, the China upon one's sleeve. parts of the body where a wound would
and gazed with admiration at the painting1 and Mrs. Maud DeCamp and Miss Octavla ket at the exact hour desired by the buyer plum and the glysine in particular." Soldier and Author. prove serious. The sword arm la also pro¬
of heroic size before them. The king held Green gave musical numbers. Souvenir .such is the new formula of horticulture "So that was what you were doing to tected with padding, the throat by a stiff
up his hand, demanding silence. Thus all cards of Its founder were presented by the at the opening of the twentieth century, your fifty lilac plants?" I said. "You are Lanzilli Is a soldier, author, Journalist, collar and the eyes by heavy goggles. Real¬
of vis stood, petrified, while Luna pranced hostess. The ladies were received from 7:30 he said. "These words are not my own. going to make them bloom In the first athlete. I read his diploma on the wall of ly the only exposed parts of the German
up and down before his canvas, unconscious to and the gentlemen from 8:30 to 9:30. They are from the discourse of Count Os¬ week of November?" his sanctum. Upon it. 'midst seals of wax, student duelist are the face and brow. Since
of his august audience. About seventy-five guests were present and wald de Kerehove, president of the Royal "Yes," replied my horticulturist, "and I was the signature 1883 these student duels have been punish¬
"Suddenly he turned and saw the king. among them many of the prominent club Society of Agriculture and Botany of Gand, now come to practical observations. If we of Masanlella Parise, able by imprisonment, but the law Is n"t
For a second he was dazed, then instinct¬ women of the District. at the opening of Its recent annual exposi¬ ¦wish to operate successfully, we must make director of the Magistral Technical School enforced. They have been sanctioned by
ively glanced down at his paint-besmeared tion, in which quantities of object lessons sure, (1) that the buds are completely of Rome ard professor of fencing to his various high German officials.notably.
clothes. Mrs. Agnes Lewis Smith, vice president of In the new art were exposed and debated formed, the wood ripened by the heat of majestythat King Victor Emmanuel III-, certi¬ Prince Bismarck.
'Your majesties." he said. 'I would offer the International Press League for England, August, and the vegetation arrested. For fying Pietro Lanzilll, son of Angelo
"

zens of llocos will tell you today of the

wooden
boys.how Antonio, with ofhis his school¬
sword, commanded squads
mates, unconscious that he was later to
lead them on in battles that would be In
earnest; and how Juan was the quietest of
them all. disposed to ramble off alone to
contemplate the natural beauty was of the
that afterward to
tropical scenery,
furnish color for pictures that now hang
in the national galleries or Europe, and
for other pictures, not yet given to the
are likely to make him the
public, which of
Verestchagin the Philippine campaign.
Later the four brothers went to college
In Manila and gained high honors. Then
upon his promotion Juan, who had already
developed a pronounced artistic bent, was
sent to Rome to study art.
The young Filipino went alone to Rome,
a stranger, unused to European customs.
Rut it did not take him long to find friends
among the cosmopolitan community of art
students who lived and studied ill Rome.
He settled down in the heart of artistic
Holi.mii. In the Via Margretta. sharing
his studio with an American and a Span¬
iard.
Many stories are told of Luna by artists
who knew him then. His American room¬
mate says of him:
"He was a very modest and retiring boy
until lie be* it me acquainted with ills new
surroundings, tin n he became as noisy and
full of pranks as the worst of us. I think
that at first lie was afraid he would be
made to feel his color, but. with the ex¬
ception of a few Americans, he was uni¬
versally treated as a brother and a social
equal by all. The Spanish students were
especially proud to claim him as a com¬
patriot. for even in his first year Luna
showed marked artistic ability.
"Luna had a liberal monthly allowance
from home, for his father was a well-to-do
planter, but he showed none of the orien¬
tal s capacity f«»i making his income go a
long way. .¦ second week of the month
usually found hi III dead broke, like the rest
of us. In that respect he had the true
artistic temperament. I remember one In¬
cident illustrating thai isjiiit of his char¬
acter.
"We wort all at a Jovial gathering of
students. wh» 11 the news was suddenly
announced of the death of a young French
boy v. 1... had b., 11 w, rking his way through
the ait school, a dead alienee fell over the
gathering. Lvtrybody looked thoughtful
We all knew that tie dead bov had not a
penny 1 una was the lirst to break the
silence. He pi k. d up a scrap of paper and
wrot.. it. th< . Picked up his hat and de-
posit tl ti t' papor in it.
soldo to Stmt tinsV collection.I am
'1 have not a single
living
on credit hut begin it with a
note of 1<*» florins, payable at the promissory
lirst of
the month.
ar°und the hat
col.i ted Miough c to send the deadand soon
student
hone- to t ranee to be burled.
"Such Incident:- with his winning per¬
oucii incidents,
sonality, soon
*""" made
niaue Luna extremely popu¬
Slgnor Mancinl p6pu
lar.
l«ll. AtI that ^>"a
timn Wo....
111 if time ..
i surmountable, but by the exercise of the
King Humbert's minister was
fairs. and he became a greatofpatron foreign af¬
of art.
Of Saturday evenings he held
I
his mansion, to which he Invited receptions
students of Rome. Mancini took an art the
clal liking to the espe
Saturday eveningyoung Filipino, and everj
found the ..uri very
latter at th<the
. ....
receptions. In this way Luna met the King
and yueen of Italy, and they also made a
favorite of him. Roth of the sovereigns
had him paint their portraits
repeatedly,
some of which now hang In the
leries of the royal palace art gal¬
at Rome.
"lieing sii' h a favorite with all. It was
only natural that he should join his fellow
students in many of their wildest celebra¬
tions. I rememlier one nlglit In particular.
We had b« en celebrating in a
lier somebody's birthday In one lively man¬
of the
studios. It was past midnight before we
started home. The full moon hung over
the housetops. Luna had become
arated from the rest of us. I remember sep¬
we came suddenly upon him In the
Ma yore. Piazza
"
'Roys.' lie shouted upon seeing us, 'look
out for the brooks!'
"He was making his
carefully Jumping overway tiie along slowly,
shadows of
some fence posts. Suddenly he came to
the huge shadow of a church tower. He
paused.
"
'Too wide.I must wade,' he murmur¬
ed. Then be pulled off his slippers and
walked across the shadow, never cracking
a smile the while.
"Rut somehow he got back to the studio
before us. As wo came up the stairs we
heard his voice shouting military com¬
mands In Spanish.
"'Alto (halt)! Carga (load)! Fuego
(fire)!'
came down to us with a loudness
that must have awakened all In the
house.
"When we got into the studio Luna was
marching up and down the room before a
row of empty bottles with a ma hi stick
in his hand as a sword. Now and again
he turned to the bottles to deliver sten¬
torian commands.
"What are you doing?" shouted Rodri¬
guez. our Spanish roommate.
"
'Leading my countrymen on against
Spanish tyranny,' Luna informed him
v< ry solemnly.
"In his third year In Rome Luna began
already to attract much attention with his
paintings. Even then he had sold some
of his canvases for unusually good prices.
"One evening we were strolling about in
the moonlight, and chance ltd up into
the ruins of tlio Coliseum. AVe happened
on. Minister Brun of Denmark is among those
my hand, but It is full of paint.' and her sister, Mrs. Margaret Gordon, have A Great Discovery. this reason, in practice, (2) it Is best and Mary Slnlscalco, was born In Rodl, who are learning fencing. Among his coun¬
"That visit meant a great deal to the returned to England after a tour through to wait until the first frosts have sus¬ province ol' Capitanata, November 7, 1851),
young Filipino artist. Their majesties were the principal cities of the east. "Never mind the season; the up-to-date and that he studied fencing under the said trymen a savage form of combat known im
In ecstasies over his work, and offered to grower must learn how to furnish on de¬
pended all exterior vegetation. (3) We Parise from 1875 to 1884.
the "girdle duel" was formerly practiced.
really provoke thl? arrest of vegetation by previously Lanzilll had The two combatants were stripped, tied to¬
buy it at a high price. Finally the Spanish Miss Ida Finney Mackrllle, vice president mand. We do it. Something had been taking up the shrubs and allowing the dirt school at Madaloni, graduated from the military gether by a girdle and each given a knife.
minister to Rome heard of it. and he per¬ of the Woman's Suffrage Club, left last around their roots to get very dry. Under the and was a captain In
suaded the royal couple to let the Spanish Monday for a few weeks in Atlantic City. done already by the artful use of artificial Italian army. Serving lils commission, They fought until one or both were killed.
government have it, as Luna was a subject She has resigned as. a member of the com¬ cold. Then came the great discovery of the old systems of forcing they would now Baron Moncheur, minister from Belgium.
be planted in the hothouse; but when the ho embarked upon a tour of the world, Is another enthusiastic fencer. But
of the Spanish king. So today Luna's first mittee appointed to decide on the Elizabeth Johannsen, professor of vegetable physi¬ autumn is warm and damp the immediate teaching fencing In Lyons, France: Sydney,
duels
aro very rare In his country,
soil Is often the scene of suelialthough
great painting hangs In the Prado of Mad- Cady Stanton Memorial, owing to the con¬ ology of the Superior School of Agriculture results are small. The shrubs will develop Australia; Alexandria. Egypt; Constanti¬
Its
rid." dition of her health. affairs be¬
of Copenhagen, of the anesthesia of a few flowers, but the majority of the nople, Tunis, Guatemala, Salvador, New tween foreigners who meet there to escape
Since then Luna has done mudh work, some flower buds will abort or-dry up; the flowers Orleans and San Francisco.
for various European monarchs. Several Mrs. Grace Boynton Logan, member of plants." His credentials show that he beat Capt.
the laws of their own land.
"As one might say, the art of doping that bloom will be of little value, and the Among the other diplomatic fencers here
years after he married a white woman, who the Thursday Literary Society, gave a read¬
caused him to become involved In a great ing for the blind last Monday on "The Ma¬ them, or making them dead drunk?" horticulturist, left to himself. Is at the aJennings, champion fencer of the world. In
bout at Guatemala, in 1893, the score be¬
are Count Cassini, the Russian
ambassador;
scandal, wherein Ills fierce tropical temper¬ donna in Art." "Exactly. In the present-day state of mercy of natural condtions. Count Giuseppe Delia Gherardesca of the
ament asserted Itself, and he shot and biology there Is nothing surprising in the "Now with the application of anesthetics ing 12 to 4; that he was professor of fenc¬ Italian embassy; Viscount de Alte, the Por¬
killed her. However, a French jury in Mrs. Virginia Moore, Mrs. Pittman and faculty of plants to enter into the condi¬ all changes. The grower is not obliged to ing in the Polytechnic School of Guatemala tuguese minister, and Baron Gevers, minis¬
Paris acquitted him, and today he lives in Mrs. Berry, who were elected delegates to tion of drunkenness," continued my com¬ wait till early spring to force his flowering and taught the president and ministry of ter from the Netherlands.
Europe. Late reports have it that he will attend the national convention of the Union panion. "Profound analogies exist be¬ shrubs, but can make them bloom again prietor that republic. He was also editor and pro¬ JOHN ELFRETHWATKINS, JR.
soon present to the artistic public a paint¬ Veteran Legion Auxiliary, held in Dayton, tween plants, animals and human beings. from July and August on, from four to of El Sport, a Latin-American
ing. the subject of which will be an incident Ohio, last week, have returned to Wash¬ Leclerc of Tours tlpslfled the sensitive five months earlier than Is possible by the magazine, for several years, and is the au¬
of the late wars in the Philippines. ington. plant with opium In 1850. In 1870 Dr. old methods. Furthermore, the forcing thor of "Cadiga del Honor, para la Amer- NEST-BUILDING FISH.
Heckel experimented with chloroform and time Is shortened by fifteen or twenty days; ica-Latina" (Code of Honor for Latin-
Mrs. Emma Hayward, Mrs. Tryon, Mrs. ether on the blgnonia and gratiola. Paul and all, instead of only a few of the America), a volume of 335 pages. He won Nature Affords a Safe Asylum for thfl
OLD BUT ENEEGETIC Jlolfliger and Miss Lillian Norton were on
the receiving committee at a reception re¬
Bert analyzed the mechanism of the move¬
ments and the states of the motor cells of
flower buds, are forced to bloom." the gold medal at the international fencing
"You have taken your shrubs up," I exhibition at San Francisco in 18!>2, and at
said, to hurry him. "Caesar's circus," a feature of the Olympic
Helpless Fishes.
From the Scientific American.
cently given by the Ellen Spencer Mussey the sensitive plant under the Influence of
Tent of the Daughters of Veterans at the ether and chloroform. In 1878 Claude "Unless they be planted in pots," he cor¬ games held in the Golden Gate city the
same year, he was captain of the gladia¬
It is doubtful whether protective mimicry
BOSTON UP-TO-DATE DESPITE ITS Spanish War Veteran Hall. Mrs. Elizabeth Bernard wrote his "Lessons on the Phe¬ rected. among animals is better exemplified than
Tyler sang and Mrs. E. Spencer Mussey nomena of Life Common to Animals and "What do you do next?" tors. He teaches also the fencing system
spoke on "The Opportunities of the Daugh¬ of boxing, his own Invention. He Is the In the case of the fish commonly known
GREAT AGE. ters of Veterans." Gen. Legg and Gen.
Vegetables." in which he demonstrated that In a Big Box. Washington correspondent for several Ital¬ as the marbled angler of the
the movements of protoplasma in plant Sargasso se.i
Kimball, who were guests, also made cells are interrupted by these anesthetics. "They must, in both cases, be allowed to ian papers and speaks several foreign
with fluency.
(Pterophryne liistrio). Owing to its peculiar
speeches. He showed that ether vapors also suspend¬ stand a few days under a protecting shed, tongues structure, It Is a poor swimmer, and it
Perfected Transportation System, Mag¬ Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, president of the ed the assimilation of carbonic acid in the to dry the earth around their roots, be¬ Italy Taught Our Forefathers. therefore spends most of Its life
Woman's National Republic, has gone to green parts. In 188® the Finnish botanist cause the ether penetrates wet earth with slowly about on the bottom, among moving
nificent Parks and Municipal Canada to visit her sister, Mrs. Charles Arloing showed that very different effects, This has been the career of the man who
too great facility. We use pure sulphurous comes to the national capital to teach the seaweed, etc., which these fishes corals,
Pierce, who Is seriously ill. exciting or stupefying, can be produced by resemble in color and in outline. closely
Printing Office. different doses of ether, sprinkled in water
on the leaves or allowed to soak to the
ether marking 63 degrees and weighing art of the foils. It was Ills
720 grammes. The etherizing must be done Vincentlo Saviolo, who first Introduced countryman, cling, too, to the floating masses of Theysar-
Unique Invitations in rhyme, printed on roots of the sensitive plant. sci¬ gassum weed with their pediculated fins,
a square of brown pasteboard, have been in some absolutely tight space, which must entific fencing in England and the color markings of the fish closely
issued for the Hallowe'en party to be held "And so we are led lo the wonderful new not be opened during the process. A great of Oueen Bess. This Saviolo is described
during the reign resemble the weed itself. Not only does
Corresponds nee of The Evening Star. by the Edith K. Roosevelt Auxiliary of the art of forcing plants by making them the weed thus furnish a home for this
BOSTON, Mass., October 20. 1903. drunk?" I said, to hurry him on. wooden box with Its Joints filled with putty by historians as a fierce and punctilious species, but the fish actually constructs a
Spanish War Veterans this evening. and well painted all over will serve, though Italian. Ho was the first
Of the cities of the United States the Period of Repose. the ideal, I fancy, will be found to be an ter of fencing nras- nest from It and therein deposits its eggs.
old capital of the bay state is one of the A meeting of the alumni association of
the Washington College was held in Wimo¬ "Gently," he replied. "Ask rather what Immense zinc bell, such as M. Aymard, in "Treatise English-speaking peoples. His
of Honor," published in 1504, was
One of these nests, found in connection
with the Hassler expedition in 1*71, was
oldest, If not Indeed the oldest in the daughsis be established between this the south of France, is using. the standard tactics of described as consisting of a round mass
land. On the seal of Boston are inscribed ing. Mrs.headquarters last Thursday even¬
Jennie J. Munroe is the presi¬
corelatlon can
"The shrubs are placed very close to each cases of supposed insult. procedure in all
It resolved all of sargassum, about the size of two fists
the words "Bostola Condlta. A. D. 1630,'* dent. sending to sleep of plants and their prema¬ other and the soil around their roots is quarrels into the lie; the original insult must rolled up together. To all appearances It
and that must be admitted by even the ture entrance into vegetation. This is the well covered with sand. Then the big be followed by a regular series of replies was made of nothing but this gulf weed,
denizens of the old world to be a ripe old The Beneficent Society of the People's discovery of Prof. Johannsen of Copen¬ wooden box or zinc bell is lowered over and retorts, until one of the disputants Is the branches and leaves of which were,
hagen. To make you understand it I must them and dirt Is packed around Its lower reduced to
edges to prevent the ether fumes escaping." be followedgive
the lie direct, which had to however, evidently knit together and not
age. Let no one, however, run away with Church gave a surprise house-warming to
by an appeal to arms.
the Idea that with-, age have come to the Mrs. Kent at her new home on T street at call your attention to another factor, the "How do you put In the ether, then?" But the present mission of an Italian
merely tangled into a roundish mass, for.
12 o'clock on though some of the leaves and branches
chief city of New England loss of vigor sum of money toThursday, and presented a
her for the church. About
natural repose of plants, or, rather, their "You vnderstand that the box is placed fencing master to an Anglo-Saxon capital hung loose from the nest, It became at once
and a disposition to lay back on laurels forty ladies were present. Mrs. Hattie E. Inactivity during a certain period of the over the plants upside down, so that what is more pacific. Laws and institutions of visible that the bulk of the ball was held
won scores of years ago. The most unob¬ Abbott is the president, and Mrs. George
year or of their growth, called exactly their I call Its top is really its bottom?" our race have changed since the days of the together by threads trending in every di¬
servant stranger withijj her gates must R. Davis the secretary of this society.
'period of repose.' "Certainly." fierce Saviolo. Even a challenge to fight a rection among the seaweed.
"The potato," I said. "As the specific gravity of the ether duel is now a high misdemeanor in By close observation it became appar¬
note a strength, an indomitable energy, a The Excelsior Literary Club held its "Yes, all vegetables of temperate regions. vapors Is greater than that of the atmos¬ land. In this country, by common law,Eng¬ the ent that this mass of seaweed was a nest,
courage that shrinks from no difficulties weekly meeting at the home of Mrs. Engle, During the year they live two distinct lives: phere. the ether ought to be always sus¬ survivor and seconds are guilty of murder the central part of which whs bound up
that would be wonderful even in the wild "<*' North Carolina avenue. "The Tax on (a) Their active lil'e, during which they de¬ pended In a can from the top of the box when a duelist is killed. Dueling is not in the form of a ball, with several loose
velop, put out leaves, grow blossoms, ripen or bell inside It, so arranged that the ether only forbidden to us by statute, branches extending in various directions,
and woolly west. The municipality as such Persian Cats" was one of the current topics
but is made
may have attained what here is old age discussed. "The Period of the Reforma¬ their fruits or grains, absorb nutritive mat¬ can be poured Into It by means of a funnel illegal in the army or navy by the
articles by means of which the whole was kept
tion" was the subject of the paper of the ter, breathe air and sweat in a normal way; through a hole that can be afterward of war. But notwithstanding the efforts to floating. On still closer examination the
indeed, but in nothing Is wanting the meeting, read by the hostess, and later she (b)'theirslowed-up life, corresponding regu¬ hermetically sealed. The dose of ether to suppress dueling made by all other enlight¬ nest above described was found to be full
strenuous spirit that goes with young ar.d read "Tauler," a selection from Whlttier. larly to the winter season, during which all employ, no matter what may be the num¬ ened countries as well, it persists in some of eggs, which were scattered throughout
vigorous manhood. Mrs. Henry Baker was admitted to mem¬ exterior vegetation seems stopped, when ber of bushes, Is from 35 to 40 grammes form, more or less serious, in all but the the mass.
For many years the street car traffic of bership. which is limited to fifty, and is they lose their leaves and seem to exist per hectoliter of air (capacity of the box English-speaking nations. In Germany Nature has thus afforded a safe asy¬
now full. Light refreshments were served only by their roots, inert in the ground." or bell), at an average temperature of 17 duels are punishable by imprisonment in a lum for these somewhat helpless fishes,
Boston was conducted under difficulties that and the meeting adjourned. "Produced by the cold," I suggested. to 10 degrees centigrade. This Is for a fortress, yet in 1887 an officer was expelled whose cutaneous filaments, which are plen¬
each year became more likely to prove in¬ "Not only by cold," answered my friend, northern temperate climate. In the cli¬ from the army for refusing to tifully provided on the belly, around the
mate of the south of France and along the who had offered him insult. challenge
one
Miss Vance, assisted by Mrs. Saxton and "but quite as much by dryness, which is, "The Ameri¬ mouth and on the dorsal spine, so nearly
hot obtainable engineering skill, by the Mrs. Bowdle, received at the rooms of Indeed, the only cause in tropical countries. Mediterranean less ether has been found can duel".how It ever derived Its name no resemble the weed itself that predaceous
expenditure of many and millions of money, Wimodaughsis last Wednesday from 3 to 5. vital Thus with the aid of cold and drought the to work better. one can answer.is a fatal method of set¬ fishes doubtless fail to recognize the living
an extensive subway many miles of Miss Bowdle sang "The Red, Red Rose," activity of plants Is suspended; and "The plants remain In this state, getting tling Questions of honor still obtaining in animals, and thus the latter escape ex¬
"Where the Heather Blooms," and "My with it all other vital manifestations, ex¬ drunk, during forty-eight hours In July- Germany. The two disputants draw termination.
elevated roadbed gave the relief needed,
and there is no longer serious danger of "Sweetheart's Coining Home Today." changes of matter, growth, movement. Prof. August, but they often require seventy-two and the loser Is bound to take his lots, own
Johannsen names this suspension caused di¬ hcurs of it in September-October. Or we life in a specified time.
a congestion that threatened to injure
trade and make traffic all but impossible. The meeting of the Congress of the D. A. rectly by outside conditions 'forced inac¬ can very advantageously apply two ether When asked how many serious duels he Tricking the Bartender.
R. is postponed until April, and will be tion.' drunks of forty-eight hours each with had fought in the course of his wide trav¬ From the Philadelphia Record.
Hand in hand with a perfected system of "Natural repose?" I suggested.
transportation a magnificent system of held the week on which April 19 falls. In forty-eight hours between." els. Pietro Lanzilll shrugged his shoulders An Atlantic City bartender contributes
order to celebrate the anniversary "Not at all," he answered. "There Is "Then what happens?" and shook his head.
the people has been created, and
parks fornow of the where the great difference comes in. Wo "The result of the drunk Is this: If the this to the symposium exploiting the dead-
there is at the command of the hum¬ firing of the first gun of the Revolution. know now that the 'natural repose' of plants shrubs are still covered with leaves, these Benefits of Fencing. beat: "A man comes In the other day
blest in the great city a means of enjoying
Is caused, not by unfavorable exterior con¬ fall, as under the influence of a first frost "I am now an American citizen," said and says: 'Give me a glass of beer.' I
the beauties of nature and art combined Why He Didn't Go Home. ditions, but by interior regulating modifica¬ or prolonged drought. The buds swell, and ho. "I come to teach
that does much to make life worth living, fencing as a part of draws the beer, sets It before him and he
and that reflects credit imperishable on the From tlie Philadelphia Press. tions. For example, a potato will not grow, if you look carefully you con note a ten¬ says: 'That's too big. Give me a short
even in a hot house and well watered, if sion of their scales, Indicating that vegeta¬ physical and mental training. No more. one.' I draws him a short one and he looks
qualities of heart and head that called It "You're looking bad," said Snugglns. planted immediately after it is ripe and dug tion has begun. And this continues rap¬ "Even though the duel should in future at it suspicious like. "That ain't good beer,'
into being. Buggins certainly did look bad. His up On the contrary, later, and even in a idly If they are not put Immediately into the be entirely abolished, why should we lose
he says, holding It up to the light. 'Will
Public Printing. eyes had large dark rings under them: his cold cellar, it will send out sprouts. forcing hothouse and treated by the ordi¬ interest in this most
nary methods. If before giving them their ficial of exercises? It delightful and bene¬ you exchange It for a drink of whisky?'
To the two thousand members of our face was pale, and his left cheek was hor¬ Uniform Growth. ether-drunk the bushes have already lost developed is true that fencing 'Sure,' I says, and sets out the bottle and
Columbia Typographical Union who have ribly swollen. "Take the buds of fruit and ornamental their leaves, the swelling of the buds be¬ combat, butthrough the frequency of single glasses. He drinks the whisky and starts
the good fortune to pursue their calling "Bad!" he snorted. "So would you look trees,' he continued. "Contrary to what comes marvelously rapid." today it lias a different object. for the door. 'Come back and settle," I
you It must be directed to a more noble intent, says. He comes back all right, but says:
in this pearl among cities it will be of in¬ bad If you'd been through what I have."
terest to learn that the city of Boston has "What's the trouble?" might suppose, they are already entered1 in¬ Hastening the Bloom. because It provides admirably for that
physical education which procures maxi¬
'I don't owe you anything. You exchanged
that drink of whisky for the short beer.'
to their state of repose, under their scales, "How soon will they bloom if they are mum 'That's right,' says I, 'but you didn't pay
for several years imitated the general gov¬ "Well. I've had jumping neuralgia since 2 before the leaves of the tree fall; and the development of all parts of the body
now treated in the forcing hothouse?" I and teaches us to use It in
ernment by doing Its own printing in its o'clock this morning, If that's what you the best way. for the short beer.' 'I know,' he says, 'but
own office, and the figures show that the want to know. But that's not the trouble. falling of the leaves has no direct connec¬ asked. "Fencing.but only logical fencing.forms I gave you the large beer for It.' "But you
proverbial "Yankee thrift" has been dem¬ The trouble Is that I've been walking about tion with their repose. Their growth goes on "If you are treating lilacs, ten days after¬ the most useful, serious and noble branch didn't pay for the large beer,' I says. 'I
didn't drink it,' says he, and begins to
the streets with It since daylight.'' uniformly, and not by fits and starts. This ward the thyrsus are developed and the of gymnastics. It serves admirably to edu¬
onstrated in the operation. "But the streets are no place for is so true that if while they are still young flowering Is complete In a period of from acter. cate the Intellect and to form the char¬ laugh. Well, say, he had me all right, and
you," I had to laugh, too. I gave him a quarter
five to eight days. Lilacs in the same state strengthen the only
This public printing office was created In protested Snuggins, "if you have neural¬ It Is the Instruction that can
some cause (like that of a period of exces¬ individual conscience, and told him to go across the street and
1-St»7, and has now been In operation for six gia. You ought to stay home." sive drought followed by much rain) deter¬ of advancement not treated by ether.even thought and life; It serves to create the work the same game over there.. He took
years. It Is under the superintendency of "That's all you know about
Thomas A. Wlialen, whose standing as a Buggins. "Home's no place forIt,"mesnarled mines a premature falling of the leaves of
when the tree and an interruption of the steady when they are most apt for forcing.would will, the ego. We have other gymnastic
for the body's development; but
the quarter, and then says: 'I've worked
that place already. The bartender over
printer and business man seems flatteringly
I'm sick."
growth of the buds, you will then see the require from ten to twenty days longer, exercises also exercise the mind only fencing Is there gave me a quarter to come over hero
attested by the results achieved. The man¬ "Why, your wife used to be a trained buds as it were, hurry to make up for lost not to speak of the fact that their vegeta¬ to suited and sufficient. As a form of gym¬ and try the game on you.' "
nurse."
ner of conducting the operations of the "Exactly. She can give me the best at¬ time-'
their development will become intense,
a premature development of new
tion and flowering will be much more in¬ nastics
complete, by reason of the aborting of a quicknessIt ofIs body the easiest means toward
"municipal printing office," which is the tention.from a medical standpoint; causing great number of their buds. Also, with is a science throughand Intellect. Fencing Indicator of Health.
Bostonese for the hub's public printing es¬ knows Just what ought to be done and she leaves and even a premature flowering. This
every autumn to the horse ether the thyrsus are immensely better de¬ matics and an art its relation to mathe¬
Weight as an
Sym¬ chestnuthappens
tablishment, seems to be to charge for each does it. But there the matter ends. is what through its relation to From Success.
item ordered the rate of prices charged In pathy's what I want, and that she won't trees of the Avenue of the Champs veloped the flowers perfectly opened, and the adroitness of self-defense In children at the "growing period," wa
and attack.
the days of the contracting system, and in give to any sick man. She says she Elysees in Paris." accompanied by an ample growth of leaves; Its influences upon the
this wise it seems easy to ascertain the suc¬ have seen it happen to a pear tree all this in gaining time enormously, the artistic and even political, literary,assured by a recent medical writer,
are
cess or the failure of the present method
wouldn't have been a good nurse if she in"IPennsylvania." I said. more so the further off happens to be the domestic life call It to
weight Is quite the most Important indica¬
hadn't got rid of her sympathy In the first normal period of flowering. assume sometimes the character and mis¬
According to law a very full report of the year of her training. She is always well "Take the lilac, which flowers in the "Do you always use ether?" I asked, sion of a very great moral Institution. tion of general health that we can have.
operations of the municipal printing office is herself and can't appreciate what pain Is. spring and which is pruned in the summer. The Importance of keeping a careful and
annually made by its superintendent,and from Go home? Not much!" If in July you pluck off its leaves and at finally.
"No; chloroform will do as well, and In
Free Fencing Schools. systematic record of weight at this time
the last resume submitted by Mr. Whalen I the same 'time keep the earth quite dry some cases, such as the Deutzia gracilis and "In Italy and France, near schools of cannot be exaggerated. 8uch observations,
gather that the different departments of around its roots, and then, after a few the Prunus triloba, it does better, but in re¬ general culture, there aro free public taken, say, at intervals of two weeks apart
the city of Boston In the year beginning A Yankee Trick in Matches. days water it. its flower buds, which ought duced doses. Its density is twice as high schools of fencing." for several years, are of great value to
February 1, 3J<>2, ordering printing to the to open only in the succeeding spring, will in furnishing Information re¬
amount of *170,«31.72. The expenses of the
From the New York Times.
out- and a real leafing and flowering,
and its action four times as strong as that Such was Pietro Lanzilll's tribute to his the physician
office, including every item necessary in its "Will you let me have a few matches?" \ break abnormal, will occur. I say ab¬ of ether. Therefore its dose, by cubic meter art. The reader Is the loser Inasmuch as garding the child, child's real condition of health.
operation, amounted to *170,68S.(J0, leaving asked the cigarette smoker at a bar up though normal " continued my companion, "be¬
of air ought to be between 80 and 100 gram¬ the writer cannot reproduce It in its orig¬ A growing the writer goes on to say,
should weigh, at five, about a pound for
Ul° <-ontractlng system in Connecticut the other day, and the cause the buds, instead of having finished mes. And, further, as It penetrates more inal accents.
of JO._-l3.tS>. Of this apparent profit, how¬ slowly and acts less quickly. It demands a Among the fencing master's pupils are every inchshould of its height, and after this the
bartender passed out a long box contain¬ their state of repose, have not yet begun longer time to make your plants properly be about two pounds per
ever. Superintendent Whalen urges that 10
ing matches twice the usual length. It Later on. the natural falling of the drunk.always more than forty-eight representatives of the diplomatic, army, Increase of growth, or a little more.a When
per cent of the cost of the plant nr even If aided by a heavy navV and literary circles. Society belles Inch
$4,626.86. should be deducted, which leaves "What are these big sticks for?" asked lilac's leaves, hours." exceeds this It Is rather
find In his studio compensation for the ills weighthealth than otherwise. sign o£
the net gain for the year a trifle over $1,600 the youth. watering succeeding drought, will have no "Happy flowers!" I exclaimed. Does any
. . .

to which their life of dissipation would good

to pause in a small square of brick walls. "To make the matches awkward to effect to produce such a premature flower- one know how and why booze has so fortu¬
buds of many flowering plants, otherwise be heir. Children, too, are learn¬
Eight-Hour Day. carry away," explained the bartender. in* The
"
'Here.' said Luna, 'the dead were drag¬ nate an effect upon them?"
ged In after the fight.' < noteworthy fact in this connection Is
A on the other hand, such as the Jasmlnum
"Every smoker who spends a nickel for nudiflorum. "Now you are coming to biology," said ing the art of which he is master. The
British ambassador's death will deprive him From Puck.
He Objected.
"He stood there a long time In silence. a drink used to fill his vest pocket with Rhododendron Dahuricum and my horticulturist. "There is hot dispute
Suddenly he started up. the establishment of the eight-hour day in matches, and it cost me a pretty penny. Sallx acutifolia. have finished their period among biologists. Some say that as plants
of two of his favorite Juvenile pupils.Mas¬
"
'I have nn Idea,' he said, 'and I shallBoston's printing house. This is an hour I tried 'safety matches,' and each one of repose by the time that the first cold have no nervous system they cannot get ters Sydney and Michael Herbert. G«n. First elephant."How docs like Tusks%
begin Work at once.' less per day than the time that employes would take a box of them. Then I caught days of late autumn paralyze their develop¬ drunk." Leonard Wood's young son la another youth to be a circus elephant?"
"It was then that Luna first conceived on to this Yankee trick. These matches ment." "That seems reasonable," I answered. whose name I espied upon one of his lock- Second Elephant."Well, he doesn't mind
tlio plan for the picture which was to In private offices work. The entire pay roll won't go Into a vest pocket, and a box of "Others say that as plants get drunk 6rs« being a circus elephant, but he complains
make him famous In Europe. He worked for the year covered by Mr. Whalen's re¬ them lasts as long as a gross of the oth¬ In Premature Blossom. they must have a nervous system." Lately a fencing tournament was held at that sometime* they make a monkey of
hard every day. In te-' minutes he would port amounts to 191,957.78, which is almost ers. My match bill amounts to almost "That explains why when a few warm, And that seems reasonable, too. Prof. Lanzilll's studio between members of him."
daub out the work of .uurs. Finally, the eight thousand dollars less than for the nothing now." sunny days come In mid-winter (as I have STERLING HEILIG. the diplomatic corps. It Is common gossfp
picture took form. A famous Spanish sur¬ that Count Casslnl and Gen. Leonard Wood
preceding year. Inasmuch as during the seen In the public parks of the city of there crossed swords, but Prof. Lanzilll re¬ "Pa." said the little Kansas boy, "here's
geon. Dr. Montenovesl. then a medical stu¬ last year with a smaller pay roll, more "wnat, asked the inquisitive person, Washington) such flowering shrubs will Mrs. North."How does the weather here fuses to give any details of any of the a queer word, B-double-o-«-e.booze. What
dent in Rome and a friend of Luna's, posed work was accomplished than for the year "Is the difference between a thief and a break out In premature blossoms?" I said. In Washington agree with you?" bouts or the resulting scores. He is as skill¬ dees that mean?"
for the central figure, a gladiator in the before, an explanation seemed In order, and kleptomaniac?" Mrs. West."Oh, I don't mind it; but It ful In parrying questions as to the names "That, my son," said the prominent eltl-
agonies of death. this is furnished by the simple statement "The former steals io live," replied the "Exactly. Let me add that in temperate has never agreed with my huBband." and relative merits of his pupils, as he Is tcnof the prohibition state, "is an eastern
"This same surgeon managed to smuggle that the present superintendent deemed it wise guy, "and the later lives to steal.". climates the repose of many plants does "How long has your husband been in the the sword thrusts of his adversaries. slang term for 'splrltua frumentl.' ".Phila¬
tome dead bodice from the morgue Into unnecessary to continue in the pubUo em- Chicago New* not correspond at all with the winter, but weather bureau?".Yonkers Statesman. Full/ wx lwK 9t Um diplomat* accredit- delphia Preaa.