Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1893, Page 9

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MATTHEWS AND BULGER’S Company of Artists— WALLACE, The Ferocious Lion; DIXON, ROBER AND CLARI ‘The Danemz and Wrestling Next week—Rogers Bros.. Co. HARRIS’ THEAER. WEEK COMMENCING DECEMBER 25, Usual matinees, An American Hero. Next Week—Dr. Bill. ALBAUGH'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE. EVERY EVENING, MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY, WEBSTER & BRADY'S BIG MARINE SPECTACLE, 425-6t The Bottom Of The Sea, TWO CARLOADS OF SCENERY. Next _week—HENRY E. DIXEY, in ADONIS.d25-tf RICHARD MANSFIELD. CHARLES FROHMAN’S COMEDIANS. The complete and Only Original Company of the Name. Toni ght | Success, THE OTHER MAN A Bact Military Comedy, As played for 100 nights at the Garden Theater, GRUNDY, JR. ew York. To be re-| And in on Friday rated tomorrow and| night and Saturday Mat- Wednesday evenings. | {nee and Night. NEW YEAR and ‘tx The Span of Life. WI - MATINEE, NEW NATIONAL THEATER. cy A [A REDLETT R EVENT. a NUTMEG geese MATCH Heiss oe" Biie- Driving uh. Scenic Sensation. Wiz THE ENSIGN. iiiie? lvy City Races UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE Ivy City Jockey Club. Six Races Each Day. First Race at 2 p.m. Will begin on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, and continue on all available days after that date. Admission to crounds and grand stand, $1. Ladies, 50 cents. Special trains leave B. and 0. station at 12:30 and 1:15 pm., returning immediately after races. Fare, 15 cents round trip. Undesirable characters not admitted. CHAS. V. SASS, GEO. H. ENGEMAN, BY RAIL TO Mount Vernon, TOMB OF WASHINGTON. Take trains Pennsylvania depot 8:40, 9:45, 1 &.m., 12:01, 1:00 and 2:11 p.m. xia ferry Alexandria, 7th st. wharf, at 9:30, 11:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m. Fare, round Groui open 11 a.m. to + d22-tf TALLY HO COACH LINE DAILY, 10 A.M., 2 P.M, from 511 13th st.—Arlington, Cabin J. ind ail ints of interest. ‘Trip, 50 to 75c. Finest Tally Ho on earth. No cars to Arlington. ocl9-8in* TO MOUNT VERNON. Tomb of Daily (except Sunday), At 10 a.m., returning by 2:45 p.m FARE, ROUND TRIP, 50 CENTS. Admission to grounds, 25 cents. ‘Tickets, with Mount Vernon admission coupon, for sale at wharf and at hotels. Will also make river landings as far as Glymont, Stopping for freight and passengers both ways. old L. L. BLAKE, Capt. EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON, TO THE MIND. A mental CHRISTMAS present. It can be paid tn installments, £ $25 $25. FULL "7 “ JUSINESS COURSE, $25, $2 A WeAIe $25. $25 IVY INSTITUTE BUSINESS COLLEGE, S.W. corner 3th K i Bw. S. W. Established 1876; polite x Structicn; best discipli berietced teachers; good cl and positions for graduates; bookkeeping, arith- metic, spelling, grammar, letter writing, penman- ship, typewriting, shorthand. Send for announce- ment. 416-3m* IN WASHINGTON, WANTED—BY A LADY FROM THE FRENCH Quarter in Paris, a few pupils who wish to per- fect themselves in the French language. BONAPARTE, Star office. le? MISS C. MATILDA MINKE, 312 DELAWARE AVE, Re. graduate of the New Eng. Conservatory of Music, Boston, organist and experienced teacher of plano and Narmouy. oc24-3m* 2, 1894. JAN. 2 me to enter Wood's Commercial . All who join in discount of 10 per a5, NEW TERM OPENS JANUARY will be a good ti 47 Es PROF. J. FRANCIS GERMUILLER, TEACHER OF piano, orgaa, vocal music and ‘harmony; espe- clally attentive to besinners as well as to pupils nced. GL T st. new. se25-4m* DRAWING "TAUGHT, EVENINGS; MECHANICAL a architectural. Spring term in. 3, 1994, 691 Tin ste pee Om Dewan Tae RESULTS ARE THE PROOF. 1 Lowe all niy success to the training recelved at ‘our institution." So say hundreds of our Day, and, nicht classes will tcl EATO: ining “School, IN, sts. nw. SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 906 F Modern languages taught by Gaillard method, compris @ series of text books published by D. 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MARTYN COLLEGE OF ELOCUTION, ORATORY AND DRAMATIC CULT! 1 ‘to ae ee ‘URE, 1223 TO luners’ classes just forming. Send for new circulars of = TH! NTHS" Sore MER “MONTHS WINTER 1864—EDUCA’ ION FOR REAL, LIFE—t FOR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, THE SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, Na- tional Bamk of the Republic building, corner 7th and D sts. n.w. Day and night sessions began September 4. Practical Enclish, sborthand and typewriting; Spencerian rapid writing; mechan!- eal and architectural drawing. Corps of ten thoroughly trained teachers. Location central. Services of graduates always in demand. Office open every business day and night. Write or call for new Mrs. _Tel. call 1084. (oc16) COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF COMMERC! 623 La. ave., bet. Gth and 7th sts. n.w. c. K. URNER, A.M., C.E., Prin. Twenty-third year as a successful ‘business educator: eighth year in this city and fifteen years with Eastman College. Six thorough and Practical courses: Business, English, secountancy, civil service, shorthand and typewriting. Learn the phonograph and typewriter: the quickest preparation for the office; complete course, § Shorthand dictations by ‘competent readers a the phonograph; trdividual instruction by ex- perienced reporters. Graduates of rare excellence and distinguished success; moderate prices; send for catalogue. au26 MRS. L. 0. TALBOTT WILL REOPEN FRENCTt and English school for young ladies and chil- dren October 4 at 927 P st. “Culture classes for adults."* se29-3m* Seeretary. _ atte PROF. NCING ACADEMY, 57 and H a.w.. . EVENINGS. Private lessons given by appointment at my residence. Music furnished for balls, parties, &e. 40 C a.w. a6-aw* METZEROTT MUSIC HALL. COMING MONDAY EVENING DEC. 25. Harvard Musical Clubs-= Glee, Banjo, Guitar And Mandolin. 35 Men. ATRONESSES. Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Mrs. J. D. Cameron, Mrs. Bellamy Storer, Mrs. Jobn G. Walker, Mrs. Frank B. Loring, Mrs. Frank H. Bigelow, Mrs. Wm. H. Manning, Mrs. Alex. B. Legare. Mrs. Justice Gray, Brown, Mrs. George F . Se., 1. at Metzerott’s, commencing Wed- dl9-6t Seats on sal nesday, December 20. ~ Christmas Oratorio. THE CHORAL SOCIETY, The Convention Hall, Sth and L THURSDAY ant o EVENING, December 28. pe Wil MCE Chorus of 500, assisted WVU NOU, stone Bishop, soprano; Miss Gertrude Edmands, coutralto; Mr. J. H. McKinley, tenor; Mr. Ericsson F. Bushnell, basso, and Baitfmore Symphony Orchestra, under the direc- tion of Mr. Juse Reserved seats, 50 and and $1, and season cards at Me ott's om and after December 15. Gallery, 25 cents admissio dis-tt THE HOUSE IN ee ABRAHAM LINCOLN DIED, a rer 2,500 relics of Mr. 2 OF thea from the Homestead” at by Mrs. Genevra John- Kaspar. 616 10th st., Lincoln, . ; Epringueld ti. Gpen daily. except Surday, 9-12 and 1-4. Tues- bay and Fri aT MR. selec ment, Washington, D. C. atin LY Ts ; only $7 per quarter. ost unmusical person to each lesson by my simple 2 Parlors open from 10 a.m. GEORGE DRAEGER, 631 I st. aw. Life’s Comfort depends on a visit to Prof. Georges & Son's, 1115 Penn. ave. n.w., and get acquainted with bis methods te prevent and cure the most painful bunlons, corns, ingrowing and club | malls without palm ais LANGUAGES. THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 728 14th st. now. Branches in xll American and Puropean Principal cities. New term begins now. 1438 _N ST. N.W. THE MISSES KERR'S SCHOOL FOR YOUN LES CHILDREN. ‘September 28. WW. FLARMONY. 0 ‘BOARD. MECHANICAL r28-im* L. A. CHESTEL, 122 4th st. se. DRAWING. ACADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1312 MASS. AVE. A day school for young ladies and little girls. ‘The course of study embraces atl the branches of a practical education. u31-6m MR. PUTNAM'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEN AND is located at 1434 Q st. n.w. Preparation for Heges and technical schools and for business. Best of references. For particulars apply to WM. | H. PUTNAM, of A. N. McQUARRIE." n7-2m* MISS FRANCES _M: ENGLISH AND MISS RRENCH. $C FOR GIRLS, 2 stn 1205 WW. French kindergarten. Boarding pupils limited. se2-4m* . arore ee MRS. M. ‘S$ KINDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL and the Elizabeth Peabody Kindergarten Normal Training School, 1915 Sunderland pluce (O st.n.w.), pegin fall ud winter sessions Uctober Z,1803. tr PIANO TEACHER — SEVEN YEARS’ EXPERC beginners or advanced; new and rapid f. ene; method for y: . G., 1406 Hopkins place, pear 200 sehO-tawStu* SCHOOL ming pupils; best references. sins ‘place, hand P a.w. ORATORY, ACTT. physical culture. 1317 13th Lessons given during the day ED C, TOWNSEND, Miss ADA NOW OPES. ART STUDENTS’ LEAGUE—NINTH SEASON. Day clesses—Antique, portrait, oils, water colors and women’s life. = Evening ciasses- Antique and men’s life, For ctreulars seud to it o3-tt 808 17th st. nw. Norwood Institute, 14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, oc30_Mr. and M.s. W. D. CABELL, Principal S PRIVATE SCHOOL, 453 G N.W. ted. Ki rarten, AD- VANCED, German, Fr ch, “Artic Readin; Dancing, Physical Culture INSTITUTE BUSINESS Course of instruction equals tha college in Washington; terms lower. Principal own, reliable apd lene typewriting, sraduates. nar, shorthand. Central lo- ce ter writing, penmanship, Diplomas and positions fo: cation. : MUILLER, TEACHER OF asie and ‘harmony; espe= ners as well ax to puplle we se25-Sm* PROF. J. FRANCIS GER piano, ‘organ. vocal cially attentive to advanced. 611 MISS BALCH'S CIVIL SERVICE INSTITUTE AND Business College, 1207 10th n.w.” Pupils prepared successfully for civil servic rtmental and census examinations. Stenography taught. se2-tr LADY JUST FROM_ENGLAND WISHES TO GIVE private lessons ta Feencn tacquirea -. Paris),palnt- inz ip oil, ~c-er colors, crayon and pencil ings. Atdeces E.E.BARTON,Y10 20th ‘a w.nldtw® | | THE DOGS OF WAR. No Longer a Poetical Metaphor, but a Reality. The dogs of war are no more a mere Poetical metaphor, but an actual fact. Dur- ing the fall maneuvers of the German army nine dogs, which had been in training six months, gave excellent proof of their utility on the battle field. The third battalion of chasseurs, which was first to adopt the new tactics, uses no other dogs but the Scotch and German collies. ‘They are chiefly traiued to do ordnance duty, carrying messages from post to post, and reconnoitering at night. Filly, the chotce of the Nock, made a distance of one and one-quarter miles | back and forth in seven minutes. These dogs are also trained to hunt up the wounded on battle fields, and during the late exercises remained standing before all soldiers stretched on the ground, no mat- ter in what remote places they were found, loudly barking, until help came. They know when to seek cover from the fire of the enemy, and on their way to and from outposts avoid every civillan whom they meet on the road. This is done with regard to the safety of the messages which they carry in little pouches fastened to their neck: seo NOT TO BE RECALLED. Attacks on Mgr. Sutolli Displeasing to the Vatican. A special cable dispatch from Rome to the New York Herald says: The constant attacks made on Mgr. Sa- tolli, the apostolic delegate to the United States, have excited considerable comment here. The holy father has expressed his strong feeling in the matter, condemning these persistent reports about the delegate. The Corriere di Napoli, a paper which is usually well informed as to Vatican news, some days ago published a paragraph an- nouncing that the pope was about to recall Mer. Satolli and that his holiness had nom- inated the apostolic delegate to the vacant archbishopric of Bologna. A similar report had already been published in the Kolnische Volks Zeitung. In order to get at the real truth about this important matter I have endeavored to ascertain what is the real feeling at the Vatican in regard to it, and I have seen those who are best qualified to speak on the subject. “Any opposition to Mgr. Satolli,"" said one prince of the church who was at one time opposed to the appointment of the apos- tolic delegate, “seems to me to be very un-American. As to the assertion made by the Protestant Bishop Coxe that Mgr. Satolli should be handed his passports, that | is a very unpriestly attack. The appoint- ment of the apostolic delegate was made solely in the interest of America, and all his expenses in the United States are paid from here. The appointment was made in the truly American spirit of a desire to accelerate the transaction of business be- tween the Vatican and the American church.” In reply to my question as to whether the appointment of Mer. Satolli was likely to be cancelled, either now or in the future, the answer was: “The Herald will be perfectly correct in saying that the apostolic delegate will re- main in America. Those who think that they are weakening his position by making violent attacks on him may save them- selves all further trouble. Mer. Satolli w remain in America until he is made a car- dinai, and perhaps for years after that. When he leaves America some one else will be appointed apostolic delegate in his place. Perhaps his successor will be an American.” —— ROMANCE OF A PRINCESS, Granddaughter of Austria's Emperor Marries the Man of Her Choice. The Neue Freie Presse of Vienna publish- ed the other evening the sensational inteili- gence of the marriage at Genoa on Sunday of her royal highness Princess Elizabeth, a daughter of Prince Leopold and Princess Gisela, of Bavaria, therefore a granddaugh- ter of the Austrian emperor and of the Prince Regent of Bavaria, to Baron See- fried auf Buttenheim, a lieutenant in the Bavarian army. The Austrian newspapers in general find this a renewed opportunity to express ad- miration for their beloved monarch for his liberal views on this love affair between his grandchild and one of less social stand- ing in thus granting his consent to the union, The emperor is reported to have said: “Let her marry him if she loves him. Sacrifices enough have been made for po- litical reasons, erifices are not necessar: The aristocratic circles, on the contrary, are incensed and thunderstruck at the event. They already make objections to the reception of this couple in Austria. They affirm that the exclusive usages of the im- perial court would make their residence in Austria undesirable, and that the forms of court etiquette cannot well be disregarded. The last intelligence concerning this ro- mantic marriage is that the parents of both bride and groom were present at the wed- ding. The bride is twenty and the groom twenty-three years old. The wedding gift and further of the Austrian emperor consisted of a very | valuable castle called Petersber; The civil marriage was duly registered by all the parties before leaving Munich, but everything was kept very secret and no publicity was given to the departure of the several well-known high personages until long after the ceremony had taken place. The religious marriage was cele- brated by the archbishop of Genoa in the presence of the parents of both parties and of the Duchess of Genoa, a near relative of the royal family of Bavaria. (sean er bak It Often Works That Way. From Puck. Mrs. Wayback—‘“‘Young Jim Junkett don’t and estate in the yrol lege.” Nr. ‘Wayback—“No; you see his college education made him too smart to work and not smart enough to get along without work.” SS Se ee Thomas J. Staley, by Mr. Irving William- son, filed a bill for an injunction against Ebenezer Birtwell et al. to restrain the sale of sub lots 14 to 21 and 23 to 26, block 9, Isherwood, advertised under deed of trust for Wednesday next. | treasury has nurchaced 1 AS OTHERS SEE US The British Ambassador on Ameri- can Financial Conditions, THE CAUSES OF DEPRESSION Facts and Deductions as Presented to the British Government. SOMETHING OF THE FUTURE Of course the United States knows how to manage its own business. We are not seeking advice from foreign potentates and powers about our tariff or our finances to any considerable extent. It is interesting, nevertheless, to know what they think of us. Few persons realize what a watch is kept upon our motions by the great nations who have close business relations with this country, There is no move made in the legislative or executive branches of the gov- ernment that is not scanned for its possible effect upon our business interests and upon theirs. Great Britain is always on the watch and vigilant to detect in advance any action that might have an effect upon her mar- kets, her suplies or her investments. Sir Julian Pauncefote has recently report- ed to Lord Roseberry, chief of the British foreign office, facts and deductions that sound as though they might emanate from some of our legislators or statisticians. He says: “The principal features of the last four financial years have been the gradual shrinkage of the surplus and the increase in the government. expenditures. “In the spring of 1889, when. the republi- can party came into power, there was a surplus in the treasury of upward of $100,000,000, Last year it was barely $10,000,000, This year it will hardly reach $2,000,000, nad next year there will proba- bly be a deficit. “The chief causes of this change have been the extravagance of the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses, the reduc- tion in revenues due to the McKinley act and the enormous increase in the payment of pensions, “From 1872-79 the sum annually paid for pensions by the United States government did not exceed $30,000,000, In 18¥1 it had risen to $124,415,000, and during the present fiscal year it reached a total of over $160,000,000, Fifteen years after the war there were 250,800 pensioners on the rolls. Four years ago there were less than 500,000, and this year there are over The Financial Depression. Decidedly it would be no use for the Brit- ish ambassador to seek for a situation to write campaign literature for the repub- lean party. Here are some more “Remarks on the present monetary situation in the United States:” “The present fiscal year has been marked by great financial depression in the United States. There has been @ vast fall in all sorts of securities dealt In on the New York stock exchange, amounting to a deprecta- tion of no less than $700,000,000, Failures have been numerous all over the country, the total liabilities of all the failures which | occurred during the first six months of 18% amounting to $168,000,000, again: 362,000,000 for the same period in 1su2, showing an increase of $106,000,000. “Many western land companies have sus- pended, and their suspension has been fol- lowed by the stoppage of innumerable small western banks, which were doing business with too much credit and too little capital. In short, the year has been most disastrous. “A variety of causes has brought about this state of affairs. A short corn crop and the low price of cotton last autumn cut down the railroad earnings and caused much loss to the cotton mills. The iron and steel industries became congested, owing to the sudden cessation of railway exten- sion. ‘he farmers in the west found it hard to meet their debts owing to the low price of wheat and money was needed to give them relief. The balance of merchandise trade for the first time in many years be- gan to set steadily against the United States, gold began to be exported in alarm- ing proportions and the great stringency re- sulting therefrom forced thousands of spec- ulating accounts into liquidation. But per- haps the chief and fundamental cause of the depression has been the silver legisla- tion of Congress Silver Legislation. A brief analysis of the history of silver legislation is given for the information of her majesty’s cabinet. “The operations of the United States mint commenced in 1792 and from that time to 1873 the total amount of silver dollars coin- ed was $,045,858. In 1873 the coinage of silver was stopped by act of Congress, but in 1878 it was resumed under the Bland act, by the terms of which the Secretary of the Treasury was directed to purchase and coin into standard silver dollars of 412 1-2 grains each, not less than, 2,000,000 dollars worth nor more than 4,000,000 dollars worth of silver bullion each month. Under this act the government_coined_silver dollars to the amount of $378,196,073. But the sil- ver advocates in Congress were not satis- fled with this enormous absorption of silver and on June, 18%, the Senate passed a bill for the unrestricted coinage of silver for in- dividuals into legal dollars at the ratio of 16 to 1, and the issue of paper certificates against such dollars. There was a strong probability that this bill would pass the lower house, and as a compromise measure the act of July 14, 180, was passed, which required the monthly purchase by the Treasury Department of 4,500,000 ounces of silver, and the coinage into silver dollars, monthly, until July 1, 1891, of 2,000,000 ounces of the silver so purchased, the coin- age of silver dollars after that date being left to the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. “Under the operation of this act the 412% 799 ounces of silver at a cost of 143,591,509 dollars. “Of this there has been coined into silver dollars 30,087,040 ounces, making the total coinage of silver dollars (including the recoinage of trade dollars into standard dol- lars) from February 28, 1878, to June 1, 1892, 419.222.205 dollars for more than 50 ‘times as much as was coined during a previous period of elehty-one vears). leavine in the tressnry 127,911,135 ounces of fine silver un- coined. “At the market price of silver on Tune 1, 1898 (8c, per o7.) the loss on this bullion so nurchased by the government amonnted on that dav to 82.518 dollars. At the pres- ent moment har silver is ently worth 7° per ounee, entailing an additional loss of 44,583,432 Aolars unon the government.” The Sherman Law. Sir Julian comments on the practical workings of the late Sherman act thus: “In payment of the silver purchased un- der the Sherman act the government is- sues notes payable ‘in coin.’ The act, how- ever, requires the government to maintain the parity between gold and silver and in order to comply with this provision they are forced to redeem the notes in gold or in an amount of silver equal to their face value In cold. Roth the reprbitean and democrat- ic Secretaries of the Treasury have so in- tervreted the act and under this internre- tation the silver purchased hy the govern- ment cannot be used in redemption of the | Jenin nates. A statement fssned hy Mr. Car- seem to amount to much since he left col- | lisle, Secretary of the Treasnry, covering eleven months. shows that during that time the silver hollion nurchased amonnted to | nearly 50.000.000 dollars’ worth and all but abont 2.909.900 dollars of this was paid for |In gold. while the bullion itself fs store’ in the vanlts of the treasury and can neither he sald nor veed for the navment of any kind of obligation. It lies idle and ts of no practical value as an available asset. “Rut while the purchase of this bullfon every month fs made comnutsory no nrovi- sfon has been made to obtain the gold to redeem the coin notes. Every increase in the number of notes involves an obligation to acquire a large supply of gold. As these notes are forced into circulation they dis. place some other form of currency and as gold is the only money of international value it is steadily withdrawn from the treasury for export. “The consequence has been that the gold reserves of the government have been rap- idly diminishing, while the gold obligations, through the issue of coin notes, have been as rapidly increasing. The stock of cold in the treasury in June, 1890, was $187,380,628, but on June 1, 1893, it had fallen to $95,- 048,640, or nearly $5,000,000 below the re- serve line.” Traveling America: Girl The British ambassador turns from the silver legislation to give a few facts that Americans might consider with profit: “But although the Sherman act, by the volume of paper money which has been and is still growing into circulation, has greatly aided the exports of gold, it cannot ‘be said to be solely responsible for the large out- flow of that metal from the United States during the present year. The demand for the metal by the Austrian government for the purpose of establishing her currency upon a gold basis has been both large and unusual. “The balance of the merchandise trade of the United States has been against her for the year. “And, lastly, the enormous sums of mon- ey spent annually by Americans abroad and sent home by servants and immigrants must be taken into consideration. Mr. Fos- ter, the late Secretary of the Treasury, stated, on February 25 last, before the ways and means committee of the House of Rep- resentatives, that he estimated the amount spent annually by Americans abroad at $120,000,000, and the servant girl fund sent abroad at $12,000,000, Add to this the large sums sent home from the United States by the Chinese and Italians, and nearly $150,- 000,000 of the annual gold exports from the United States will be accounted for. More- over, these exports are more likely to in- crease than diminish in the future, and they should not, therefore, be overlooked in speculating on the reasons for the con- tinual outflow of gold from the United States.” Sir Julian states the amount of money in circulation per capita, showing an increase from $18.03 in 1873 tu $23.88 in 1893. “These figures would seem to prove,” is the comment on that increase, “that abun- dant circulation does not necessarily bring about great prosperity. From 187) to 1883 the United States enjoyed the most prosper- ous times of the last twenty years, and the average per capita circulation during that period was $20.61. From 1890 to the present time, a period of great monetary stringency and commercial depression, the average was $23.65. “Gold _ coin and gold certificates in_circu- lation decreased in the last year 3$56,790,- 958, while silver dollars, silver certificates and treasury notes based on silver increas- ed in the same period $41,218,502. The gold receipts of the government, which in July, 1800, amounted to over 95 per cent of the total receipts from customs, have fallen to less than 1 per cent. “This substitution of silver for gold has been the principal factor in bringing about the existing depression, for it has pro- duced a thorough distrust abroad and among business men in this country in the ability of the United States to maintain gold payments, the result of which has been the sale of an enormous amount of Ameri- can securities held by foreigners and a con- traction of credit! d a general disinclina- tion to undertake new business enterprises in the United States. “In examining the results of this silver and Servant the silver mine owners have derived from it, for, although {ts purpose has been to maintain the price of silver, its effect has been to depreciate it. Notwithstanding the of 180, silver has fallen from 96 cenis an ounce on April 1, 1890, to 73 cents an ounce at the present time, and has been as low as 62 cents an ounce. Moreover, the stock of uncoined silver stored in the vaults of the treasury, which represents the product of all the silver mines in this country for the past two years, is a continual menace to the market. “Everv ounce of silver store? increases the visible supply of the commodity and de- nreciates the price: and if Congress shonl? direct that It be sold, the fact that this huee quantity was for sale would cause a further cerious fall in prices.” Complimenting Bourke Cockran, Tt fs a question whether our statesmen |like to be admired by Great Britain. Doubt- less they prefer the approval of their own consciences and murmurs of approbation from satisfied constituents, but, whether he likes it or not, Mr. Cockran has elicited a note of admiration from the British lion, Sir Julian Pauncefote quotes his financial utterances: “Mr. Bourke Cockran, one of the most able of the democratic leaders in the House of Representatives, says: ‘Economic laws are not the product of legislation; they are |the result of forees which no one country can affect, and which the continual iegisla- tion of all nations could not permanently control. An attempt to compromise an economic law is about as intelligent a pro- state of the weather or the course of the seasons. * * * There is no sensible middle course between the free coinage of silver and the total demonetization of silver. ‘The ambassador concludes, however, that all may yet be well with the Sherman act repealed. “Should Congress determine upon a gold standard it is certain that the United States | will hold a very strong position, for she is not an exporter of luxuries, but necessaries. |The things which she has to sell are essen ‘tial to the support of life. Whatever may \be the prevailing currency of the world, a llarge proportion of it must necessarily flow to her shores. A BRITISH INNOVATION, In the Bank of England Women Clerks Are to Be Introduced. From the New York Sun. Women clerks, or, as the British scribe | delights in calling them, “female clerks,” are to be introduced into the Bank of Eng- land, They are to be employed mainly in the department which deals with the issue and receipt of notes, and will not be on view to the public, for their presence at the | counters weighing out sovereigns in shovels | might have a demoralizing effect on young stock brokers on settling day. But once these women clerks have been taken into the embraces of the “Old Lady of Thread- needle Street” no one can tell to what ¢ tent they will displace men in her affec- tions. They may even get the upper hand altogether. At Rothschilds’ and several other well- siderable numbers in the coupon depart- ments, and are found better adapted for the work than men. It may glso be men- tioned as a sign of the times that Mr. Brass, member of the Metropolitan Asylum beard, proposed that four new clerks whom Jit is proposed to appoint should be women, and Sir Edwin Galsworthy admitted that the appearance of fair dames would intro- duce a charming variety Into their busi- ness, eee] HOW MR. LANSBURGH SETTLED IT. He Drew His Check So as to Make an Equal Division. Mr, Gustave Lansburgh of the firm on 7th street solved an intricate problem very neat- ly on Saturday night. When the charity box that had hung at the entrance the store for some days was opened at the close of business by the represen- tatives of the daily papers having in charge the gathering of relief funds, it was found that the public flowing in and out of the es- tablishment had dropped in pennies, dimes and nickels to the value of $35.03, an awk- ward sum to be divided into the two parts that were to be added to the funds of the Post and The Star. Mr. Lansburgh, took a deep interest in the counting, which was done in his office, finally came to the rescue by suggesting that if there were two sums of $35. and then he proceeded to draw his check for an amount equal to the offering of the people, and each newspaper will credit a similar amount. legislation :t is difficult to see what benefit | enormous purchases of silver under the act} HIS FAITH REWARDED} “ome? = How a Little Boy’s Prayer Was An- swered by a Strange Lady. A PREPTY CHRISTMAS SKETCH All the Real Piaythings Were on Hand Christmas Morning. A MOTHER’S GRATITUDE. —_+—__—__ Written for The Evening Star. “Only two weeks to Christmas, mamma?” And the eager little questioner rested two dimpled hands on mamma's knee, and gaz- he, with clustering golden curls, large, dark blue eyes and a manly little air that be- came his five years. Surely any mother’s heart would have given just such a throb of loving pride as did this pale, tired moth- er’s, as she laid aside her work, and, lifting him to her knee, told him that there were many, very many, children for Santa Claus to visit, and he could not get arouad to ail. “But, mamma,” and a shade of disappoint- ment clouded the sweet childish face, “Santa did not come to us last year, and I do want some new playthings—oh! so much, mamma; and 1 prayed God to send them; and, mamma,” throwing his little arms around her neck and putting his little mouth to her ear, “I prayed God, for Jesus’ sake, to send my dear mamma a warm cloak. Won't Santa Claus bring them, mamma; won't he, when I asked for Jesus’ sake?” Clasping him to her heart and kissing him fondly the mother answered: “Santa Claus will bring the new playthings, my darling, God will send them for ‘Jesus’ sake.” There, run and play now, my pre- cious, while mamma finishes this sewing. The little fellow bounded off to his play, happy in the thought that soon he would have some new playthings, while the moth- er wondered how she was to keep her word to the child. With four children dependent upon her, she found it hard at times to pro- vide bread enough for their healthy young appetites; how, then, could she hope to earn enough to purchase Christmas gifts for them? But she must. Not for the world tiful faith. She must try to get extra work; sit up all night, instead of half; the child should have his wish. So early and late the mother stitched. Christmas eve has come! Weary and faint | from unceasing toil and insufficient nourish- ment, the poor mother carries her work to jher patrons, and as she eagerly counts her earnings, finds after all that she has barely sufficient for food and fuel; not a penny can be spared for the new playthings. How | can she go home to see the four little stock- | ings hung up “all ready for Santa Claus.’ Once more she pauses in front of an itm- |mense toy shop, and again eagerly counts | her small store. Not a penny can be | or they must go hungry, and, with a sob, she | cries, half aloud, | “Oh! my darlings, of what avail your faith: God has not heard your prayers. He has [forgotten you.” “Not so.” A small gloved hand fs laid on her shoulder, a sweet voice repeats “Not a | Startled, she turns, and sees a lovely face | smiling into hers. There is something so | womanly sweet, so sympathefic, in the beau- cnly two weeks to Christmas! Will Santa | While the party Claus come to us this year, do you think, | thelr Winchesters ed smilingly, trustingly, up into her face. | the affair. They Such a bright, beautiful little fellow was | news of the robbery to would she have her little one lose his beau- | THE STARR GANG. fie Train Held Up Neaw Coffeyville, Kan. ‘The south bound passenger train No, 13, en the Iron Mountain division of the Mis- souri Pacific railroad, which left Coffeyville, Kan., at 6:30 o'clock last evening, was up and thoroughly robbed by five men, at Seminole station, in the Indian ritory, five miles south of Coffeyville. Switch lock was broken and into the siding, on which standing, on which was a point of the robbery is a the open prairie. if iade the senger on the train, the sleeper. The leader was through the cars ed passengers of BE dently secured a A party of i veyance close to ; é i tiemen of Coffeyville, the territory, were on victims of the brigands. Fortunately one was injured by the shooting, all done by the robbers. who was in the smoker, bers came in and walked through the different cars avoiding them. When they of the last car, they caught watch and $17, and made He walked back to Coffeyville, badly rattled to describe the ‘They held the train about half, and the rear lights be seen from the Missou: Conductor Brownel, the engineer, the man and the porters were relieved of 3 i € a Hite i i z 885 f ‘The train continued on after being relieved, and mounted their horses and left ina direction. They were dressed outfit, and were all young men. remnant of the Starr gang, description given by Conductor leader is Jim Wooten, the fellow the raid on the Mound Valley Bank. Held Up on the Southern Pacific. At about midnight Saturday night the Angeles-San Francisco express traim on the Southern Pacific railroad was stopped by, two masked men about twelve miles north of Los Angeles, near Burbank, a small sta- tion. After the train pulled out of Burbanig the robbers climbed forward over the ten- der to the engine, and, with six shooters, forced the engineer to stop the train. They, then uncoupled the express car and ahead 200 yards, where they galled on the express messenger to open | door. He refused until they applied dynamite | and blew the car open. The messenger sur= | rendered, One of the men kept the conduc- tor and a few venturesome passengers at,& safe distance, while his confederate attempt- ed to blow open the treasure safe. This he | failed to accomplish, and the robbers, after relieving the engineer, fireman and express | messenger cf what money they had in their | possession, mounted horses, which had | left near the scene of the robbery, and their escape. Good descriptions of Ra wan yy tained, and officers are pursuit tion to the usual reward offered by Wells, - Fargo & Co., the Southern Pacific J 1 i | have offered $1,000 for their capture. Wells, | Fargo & Co.’s agent will not say how muth | was in the express car, but a that an unusually large sum. of coin was being shipped. coe DUSKY DUDES AT THE MINES. Brought to Montana by a Negro Huste \ier Who Calls Himself a Millionaire, | Charles Porter Grove, who styles himself -| gether,” tiful face that, as the soft, mesmeric voice | ¢he --Montana millionaire mine owner,” $8 urges, “I too am a mother, let us enter to-! 0 most widely advertised colored man in the poor mother obeys as one in a ; dream. From counter to counter they go, the the far west, says the Anaconda Standard. dense throng of purchasers making way for He sprang into prominence not very long them, the obsequious attendants almost tum-| ago, at Lexington, Ky., by marrying ®@ | bling overeach other in their eagerness to| wealthy colored belle of that city. The | wait upon the lovely stranger, whom they | | r: ceed well affair, have recognized from her first entrance. Be-| Wedding was an exceedingly s | fore our mother has recovered from her sur- | Hotwithstanding the fact that the Lexing- | prise she is being assisted into a carriage, ton papers pronounced Grove a fraud and behind which follows an express wagon | adventurer. Invitations to the wedding laden with toys and playthings enough to/ were sent to all the high-toned colored peo= ceeding as an attempt to compromise the | known houses women are employed in con- | of) who | 3s, each fund could receive one, | stock a smail shop. She rouses up to give her address when asked, and soon she is being assisted out at her own door. After giving orders for the wagon to be unladen quietly, so as not to awaken the little sleepers, the “stranger” enters also, ‘Tears fill the beautiful eyes as she sees the carefully darned stockings, and pulling off her gloves she unties packages and is soon busily fillings stockings. With a mother’s instinct she seems to know just what to put in. After the stockings are crammed with candies, nuts and oranges, there are two beautiful dolls, with complete ward- robes, books, work boxes and many other jthings too numerous to mention for the girls; a bicycle, a sled, skates and snow | shoes for Clinton; and now she pauses be- |side our little one’s stocking, while the mother tells her of his prayer, and agai the beautiful eyes fill as her thoughts ft: to her own little son, the pride and darlin in ¥ < |of her heart, who is sieeping in his luxu- |rious bed in her palatial home. Doubtless \he, too, is dreaming of the coming of Santa | Claus, and in her heart is a song of thanks- | giving to God that through His great love He has enabled her to not only gratify every wish of her own darling’s, but also to give of her abundance to these, “His little ones.” The “new playthings” are scattered with a lavish hand around little Arthur's stocking—a fine hobby horse and a train of cars with a real engine. which will bring forth glad shouts of childish joy as his eyes rest upon them in the morning. Then, turning with a bright smile, th | sweet voice wishes the mother “a merry and happy Christmas,” while she can only clasp the extended hand, and bursting into j tears, ask “God to bless this beautiful w man whom He has led to provide so bow tifully for her little ones, and forgive her momentary doubt of His loving kindness.” Like a bright dream or a beautiful fairy the lovely lady enters her carriage and gives the order “Home to - Yes, she is the charming wife of the young millionaire G. In her prosperity she forgets not the less fortunate, and from thankful hearts will go up many prayers |fo> her happiness. No need to tell of the ittle one’s happiness on that glad Chri nas morning, and how his beautiful, chi ish faith was strengthened as he found his prayer “for Jesus’ sake” had been answe: } ed, even to the “warm cloak for mamma. EAA —_~—__ A Wave Mistaken for a Cloud. From the Westminster Gazette, Many of the narratives supplied by in- coming sailors of their adventures appear }more Ike the creations of a novelist than hard, actual facts. The Norwegian ship Marguereta was on a passage from Rugen- walde to West Hartlepool with timber, part of which was on deck. When the tempest | Robert Coulson, the well-known pilot, what looked like a large white cloud was seen gliding toward the vessel. It proved to be a gigantic sea. Capt. Dahl left the wheel and he and the entire crew ran below. The next moment a thunderous noise | was heard; the wave had passed right over |them. When the men returned on deck not |a Scrap of cargo remained, and the boat, ropes, and even the winch had been swept overboard. ———_-+e-+—_____ After the Performance. | From Harper's Bazar. First Amateur—“You spoiled the whole show, Maud.” Second Amateur—“How? I thought I aid | well.” | First Amateur—“You did, eh? What the dickens induced you to speak my lines in the third act? The best lines I had, too.” Second Amateur—“But, my dear Jack, I'd forgotten my own. I had to say some- j thing.” was raging its fiercest, Capte Dahi tells Mr. | | ple of the town, and more than 200 guests }assembled at the marriage fete. Indeed, | Grove created such a sensation that press | dispatches contained an extended reference | to him and his marriage. Telegrams were j also sent to the principal cities in Mon- | tana asking if Grove was known in this | state and if he was what he claimed to be. | No one seemed to know much about him, excepting that a colored man by the name of Grove had been in Helena several times | during the past ten years and claimed to be interested in mining matters. jof the state papers contained references }to the pseudo Montana millionaire, but | few could place the man. It has re- ‘cently transpired. however, that Charles | Porter Grove is quite well known at Rad- \ersburg, a_ mining camp eight miles from | Toston in Jefferson county, and also in sev- | eral other mining camps of the state, but | very few knew him by that name. He was | always called and signed himself Charles Portergrove, running his middie given name | and surname together. He owns two mines, ‘or rather prospects, at Radersburg, on what | the miners of that camp have suggestively, |christened Coon Ridge. | Some time ago Grove stocked these two | properties for $5,000,000 and $2,000,000, ree | spectively. He then went to Kentucky, | spent money like a prince and soon had the colored population of Lexington bowing and scraping at his feet and jmportuniog him to sell them some of his mining stock. The scheme worked to perfection. He could not write out stock certificates fast enough to supply the demand, and soon found hit- self the possessor of more money than he had ever hope? to acquire. The Coon Riage mines may be ail that he claims for t but if they should prove to be worth! there'll be some fun around Rad | Grove arrived at that camp with his and a colony of Kentucky colored men. arrival of the party created consid xeitement in the camp and no little jamornt of sport. The sixteen imported de- |erendants of Ham were attired in Prince Alberts, creased trousers, silk shirts with | fritled bosoms, silk tiles and patent leather | shoes, while and a slend each Aude sported a gold watch pr gold-headed cane. Each one, was possessed of a mammoth Sara- trunk filled full of fine clothes. When esked what he intended doing with the dude colored delegation Grove said the gentlemen had been gent out by the pur- chasers of his mining stock to work the mines on Coon Ridge. This statement was |ereeted with a hearty burst of lauehter i from the old-time miners and even Grove himself had all he could do to keep his | face straight. It is reasonable to that when the Montana millionaire mine owner gets through bleeding his Kentucky admirers they will have | pretty dearly for their wildcat mining exe | perience. j eee Mahogany Roadways in Paris ~ From the London Daily News. The laying down of mahogany roadwayg [sounds almost like a dream of oriental | magnificence, but it is what the Parts | municipal council are engeged in at the present moment. A pertion of that almost interminable thoroughfare, the Rue Lafay- ett>—that portion nearest to the eastern of France railway terminus—has been pulled up ard workmen are laying down blocks of real Brazilian mahogany of a peculiarly fine texture and color. It is confessedly an experiment, as the mahogany is dearer than the woods ordirarily used for the same purpose. Mahogany, however, is not as dear as it used to be. The actual cost of the new roadway will be 50 francs # square meter, which is considerably less than £2 a square yard. It ts hoped that the extra outlay incurred will be more than compensated for by the greater durability of the material.