Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1894, Page 7

Basic QNE MEDIUM, OR THE OTHER, ITS COLUMNS REACHES THE EYE OF PEOPLE IN ALL STATIONS IN LIFE,— THE RICH, WHOSE WANTS ARE MANY; ‘THOSE IN MODERATE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHOSE PATRONAGE i WORTH MOST; aND THE POOR, WHO ARE MOST NUMEROUS, BUT WHOSE INDIVIDUAL PURCHASING POWER 18 LIMITED. IN OTHER WORDS, THE sTaR DOES ‘THE WHOLE BUSINESS FOR ADVERTISERS OF ALL CLASSES, IT COMPLETELY COVERS THE FIELD or BUSINESS aND HUMAN ACTIVITIES nN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY. IN SHORT, IT MAY TRULY BE SAID THAT IT GOES INTO EVERY HOUSEHOLD AND IS READ BY EVERYBODY WITHIN THOSE LIMITS. NO OTHER PAPER CAN TRUTHFULLY CLAIM A RECORD ANYTHING LIKE THIs. A Revolution | In Eating has been brought about by the introduction of CoTToLeng, the new vegetable shortening. The discovery of this product, and the demonstration of its remarkable qualities, has attracted the widest interest. Hitherto the common shortening has been lard, or indifferent mar Every a probably suffered occasional dis- nr ots lard-cooked food; while it is well known that thous- ands are obliged to abstainentire- ly from everything of that kind. To such people, CoTTOLENE is of peculiar value, widening as it - does, the range of what may be eaten and enjoyed. CoTTOLENE isa cooking marvel. It combines with the food—imparts to it a tempting color, a delicate flavor, and an appetizing crispness, No trace of greasiness remains to offend the taste, or disturb the CoTToLenE is worthy of the careful notice of all those who value good food, of itself or for its hygienic properties. Sold by Leading Grocers. Mads only by . K. NI dN. K. PAIRBAN K & CO., Ww. L. Douctas $3 SHOE witiolto. W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fit. better satisfaction at the prices ad- make, Try one pair and WL. Douglas? hich guarantors ‘th mw. se. H. Oettinger, 1806 14th '. 3, Nordlinger, 3124 M mw. 7TH AND D N.W. TIMORE OFFICE, ‘No. 1 North Charles st. AL NE ATA BUY NOW. If you have money use it to buy everp thing you reed or may need during the next six months. You save from 20 to 40 | per cent. The figures below tell what you save, vis: Ladies’ Shoes for $2.65. Worth $8.50. Ladies’ Shoes for $3.50. Worth $5.00. Men's $6 Cordovan Congress for $4.25. ‘Men's $5 Calf Congress for $3.75. Men's $2.75 Congress for $1.63. Men's $6 French Patent Calf for $3.75. THE WARREN SHOE HOUSE (GEO. W. RICH), 919 F Street N. W. jad 2 +e 10 40 +o 00 ooo SHealth & Beauty} $ —require that we should be plump—not fat— not thin. Fat people imagine that the way to reduce themselves to a comfortable Weight is to go into training like a prize fighter—thin people torture themselves by drinking gallons of milk, in order to get plump. Neither way is as good as a regular course of our Phosphatic Emulsion. Pleas- ant to take—easy to digest and does not interfere with business or pleasure. Freshly made out of pure ingredients. 75e. pint bottle. W. S. Thompson’s |» Pharmacy, 703 15th st. | te wey wee ewe GO em Oh VO 00 J 00-O-@ TELEGRAMS 10 THE STAR ALL THEY WANT IS PEACE. Merchants at Santos Not Taking Sides im the Brasilian Quarrel. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Capt. Fisher of the steamer Strabo, from Santos, Brasil, reports that there is little if any’ excitement at Santos. The merchants seemed anxious only for an opportunity to conduct their bus. iness in peace. Politics seemed to be a tacitly tabooed topic. There were quite a large number of soldiers stationed there, but Capt. Fisher heard of no collisions be- tween them and the civilians. There were no warships in the harbor of Santos. At Victoria and Bahia everything was quiet. It was impossible to learn the real sentiments of the people because of the fear of the soldiery. On December 29 the Stabo passed the United States cruiser New York, bound to St. Lucia. Capt. Fisher was indignant because the cruiser utterly ignored his sig- nals and salute. He says that in twenty- five years of sea-faring life this is the first time that he has known any man-of-war to neglect the recognized courtesies of the high seas. Capt. Fisher of the steamer Strabo brought further details from St. Lucia of the wreck of the ship Volga at that port. The Volga left Calcutta on September 11, with 160 coolies for St. Lucia and 488 for Jamaica; also a cargo of 500 tons of rice and 1,825 tons of linseed. She touched at St. Helena for provisions on November 11, and had made St. Lucia at noon December 10, when she struck on the rocks at the en- trance to the harbor. Every kind of sailing and rowing craft put off for the scene of the stranding, which was less than two miles from the wharves. The coolies were crouching about the decks, paralyzed with fear. They would ‘only to the orders of Dr. Goodridge, the ship’s surgeon. ‘With the assistance of the boats from the steamer Honiton, the government tug Midge and the steamer Assistance of the St. Lucia Steam Conveyance Company fleet the 643 panic-stricken women and children and forty-five crew were all safely landed before midnight, though not without minor accidents. The coolies were a charitable charge upon the authorities until the arrival of the next ship of the same line. > STEAMER’S SHAFT BROKEN. The Shawmut, for Newport News,Fore- ed Back to New York. BARNEGAT, N. J., Jan. 8.—The steamer Shawmut, Capt. Fuller, engaged in the coal trade, is anchored off this place with her shaft broken. She is bound from Bos- ton for Newport News and was to undergo repairs at the latter place. She has the barge Atlas in tow. Later.—The steamer Shawmut has been taken in tow and is proceeding north. —___ PROF. SHORTLIDGE RAVING. His Mental Unsoundness Has Become More Pronounced. MEDIA, Pa., Jan. 3.—Friends of Prof. Swithin C. Shortlidge, who shot and killed his wife Sunday while insane from grip, have applied to Judge Clayton to appoint @ commission in lunacy to inquire into the unfortunate man’s condition. Prof. Short- lidge’s mental unsoundness was more pro- nounced yesterday than ut any time since the shooting. He raved in his cell and tore at the bars of the doors continually, and at the same time he kept up a crying and a moaning that was piteous td hear. A constant guard is kept over him to pre- vent him doing himself any harm. . —— NOMINATED AT BOSTON. Republican Candidates for Officers of the House. BOSTON, Jan. 3.—At the republican house caucus held this forenoon the fol- lowing nominations were made: George von L. Meyer of clerk, Edward A. McLaughlin of chaplain, Rev. G. H. Waldron; Linea Capt. J. G. B. Adams of n. ae DELAYED BY HEAVY GALES. Arrival of the Egyptain Monarch After 24 Days From London, NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—The long overque steamer Egyptian Monarch ef the Wiison line arrived at the bar at noon, having been twenty-four days out from London. A good deal of anxiety has been expressed about the steamer, as she usually makes the passage in fourteen days, and 1s con- sequently ten days overdue. Her delay was caused by a_ succession of heavy gales and high head sea. ‘The ship arrived in good condition, and all on board are well. alae EXPEDITING OCEAN MAILS. Planning to Hurry Them to and From Queenstown. LONDON, Jan. 3.—It is stated that the London and Northwestern Railway Com- pany is negotiating with the company own- ing the packets plying between Holyhead and Kingstown, with a view to so arranging the boat and train service as to expedite the delivery to and from Queenstown of the American mails. This actian is taken in order that Queenstown may the better com- pete with Southampton, from which latter Place the steamers of the American lines sail. The express steamers of the Hamburg American and the North German Lloyd line also call at Southampton. ———. AFTER MITCHELL’S CONSENT. Duval Club Wants the Privilege of Holding the Fight Anywhere. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 8.—Manager Bowden of the Duval Club went to St. Au- gustine today to get Mitchell to sign ar- ticles allowing the club the privilege of naming any place where the contest shall be held. If Mitchell does not sign the club will announce the affair to the world. The passage by the city council last night of an ordinance licensing glove contests, the club claims, gives them a case for damages against the city if police protection is not given to stop any interference with the fight.. This is a new phase of the case. ages DEATH OF A DIPLOMAT. Baron Soloyns, Belgian Minister to Great Britain. LONDON, Jan. 3.—Baron Soloyns, min- ister of Belgium to Great Britain, died sud- denly today. He had held the post for near- ly twenty years, having been appointed February 21, 1873. a Seay Coal Exports From Cape Breton. HALIFAX, Jan. 3.-The Whitney syndi- cate largely increased the coal exports from Cape Breton last year, the total ship- ments exceeding 1,000,000 tons an increase of 100,000 over the previous year. Had it not been for the burning of the pit-head of the international mine and the bursting @ the boilers at the Victoria, it is believed that the increase would have reached nearly 250,000 tons. tHe GRIP BEWAR Or. Edson fears another epidemic, and sounds the alarm. In lung and chest pains, coughs, colds, loarseness and pneumonia, no other external remedy affords prompt preven- tion and quicker cure than BENSON'S POROUS PLASTER, Indorsed by over 5,000 Physicians and | Chemists. Be sure to get the genuine | Benson’s. may be had from all druggists. SEABURY & JOHNSON, Chemists, N. Y. City. CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED. To the Fditor—Please inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. Ishall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy free to any of your readers who haveconsumption if they will send me their express and post office address, 1. A. SLOCUM, M.C., 183 Pearl st., New York. jad-wS2t THE INCOME TAX. Views of Chairman Wilson of the Ways and Means Committee. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The North Ameri- can Review for January contains a paper on “Income Tax” by William L. Wilson, chairman of the ways and means commit- tee, from which the following is an extract: “The place of the income tax in the Eng+ lish system has been stated by Mr. Noble, in his National Finance, as follows: “The enormous service which it has ren- dered in the liberation of trade from a mul- titude of onerous and oppressive burdens, has been already referred to. Its existence has rendered possible the great reform of our system of indirect taxation, which has been the foundation of our modern commer- cial progress, It has the transcendent merit over duties of customs and excise that it does not in< terfere with the processes of industry or the course of trade, and that the whole amount which it costs the taxpayer is de- voted to the service of the state. It is at Present almost the only impost by means of which any substantial contribution is levied from the increasing wealth of the country,and its repeal without a substitute would aggregate the pressure of taxation upon those classes which are least able to bear the burden. It has its inequalities, but they are by no means so flagrant and un- just as the inequalities of indirect taxa- tion.” “But despite these strong arguments in favor of an individual income tax, and the unquestionable equity of its general theory, there are very grave counter reasons which ri up before a legislature who seeks to embody it into our federal tax system. Aside from the very natural ob- Jection of those who might have to pay such a tax, its administration is necessarily accompanied by some extras and some de- moralizing incidents, “Our people have so long and so generally been free from any public scrutiny into their personal incomes and even from any Personal contact with federal tax collectors that they resent the approach of either. “Moreover, like the personal property tax, which is so universally evaded, a per- sonal income tax, would easily lend itself to fraud, concealment and perjury, and Proves, as Mr. Mills said, a tax upon con- science. And, finally, in a country of the large geographical dimensions of the United States it would be difficult to put into effective working order the necessary machinery for its thorough collection.” Oo CAPITOL TOPICS. A Library for Oklahoma. Mr. Flynn (Okla.) offered in the House to- day a bill appropriating $5,000 for terri- torial library for Oklahoma. To Reimburse States. Mr. Maguire (Cal.) introduced in the House today a bill to reimburse Californie, Oregon and Nevada for money expended by them in the suppression of the rebellion. Under the bill California will receive $3, 915; Oregon, $335,152, and Nevada, 404,040. Could Not Reach an Agreement. The commissioners appointed by the Sec- retary of the Interior to negotiate with the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians in Wyo- ming for the cession of a portion of their lands to the government have made a re- port, in which they state that they could not reach a fair agreement with the Indians and consequently dropped the negotiations. ——————-2 HELPING THE POOR. Chief Clerk Sylvester Pays Out Over #2,000 Today. Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police de- partment received but one contribution today of $8 to the poor fund, but he paid out on account of the fund something like $2,300, The latter amount was paid to dealers on whom orders had been given during the past weeks for groceries, fuel and simi- lar supplies for the relief of the suffering poor of the District, the greater part of the amount being taken from the $1,400 an- nually received as interest on the $25,000 turned over to the District for such char- itable purposes by the Harrison centennial inaugural committee. Mr. Sylvester stated that he had not yet become possessed of the fund received as the proceeds of the recent charity concert by the Marine Band at Convention Hall. —_——__. Grand Jury Completed and Charged. The grand jury was completed by Judge McComas in Criminal Court, No. 1, this morning, and after being charged as to their duties, began their labors for the term. Judge McComas, in charging the body, called their attention. to the danger created because of surface crossings by the rail- roads entering the District, and stated that he felt that much good would come out of an investigation of the same by the grand jury. The court also called the at- tention of the jurors to the various chart- table institutions of the District, recom- mending an investigation of them and also of the District prisons, as he believed that it was particularly necessary that in the present times of distress great care should be taken in the in pg aoa of such in- stitutions. The grand jurors were also in- structed to do everything in their power in promoting the health of the District, as well as to do all that was necessary to done in the prevention of crime and the proper presentment of all those guilty of misdoing. —— Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court to the following: Josiah T. Wilver end Lillie P. Reed of Bal timore, Md.; Joseph E. Linden and Marie M. Le Vallors; Ernest Elmore Thomas and Edith Dean, both of Free Union, Va.; D. B. Chandler of Chicago, Ill, and Grace R. Miller; Edward B. Kelly of Brinkley, Ark., and Mattie Baer; Stephen E. Todhunter and Nora L. McDermot; Clifton W. Banks of Baltimore, Md., and Martha G. Carpen- ter; Alfred Norris and Ellen Timbers; Wil- lie L. Hall and Emma M. Rankey, both of Manchester, Va.; Lewis Plater and Eliza- beth Butler; Chas. W. Hewett and Johanna Costello; Louis C. Hills and Annie F. Craig; Wm. Walters and Sarah A. Butler, both of Suitland, Md.; Elmore Warfard and Abbie Cook, both of Fairfax county, Va.; Samuel Hewett and Mary W. Tinsley; Aaron Lindsey and Mary Johnson; Thos. J. Peyton, jr., of Culpeper county, Va., and Roxanna E. Eisenbrey; John F, Conver and Gertie Garrison, both of P. W. county, Va.; Robert H. Harrison and Annie Mc- Hugh; Matt G. Henratty of New York and Sophia M. Griesbauer; Isaac L. Goodloe and | Mary A. Bowm —_—>—_ Consul Savage Dead. The State Department is informed that Mr. George W. Savage, U. S. consul at Dundee, Scotland, died this morning. The news was telegraphed by his son, the vice consul. Mr. Savage was consul at Belfast during the last democratic administration and was appointed consul at Dundee in June last. He is a native of New Jersey. His death is erroneously reported as having occurred several days ago. ee Today's Executive Session. ‘The result of today’s executive session was not made public, but the time was consumed in confirming a large batch of postmasters whose names had been favor- ably reported by the committee and had been accumulated upon the calendar. No important nominations were taken up. tt CITY OFFICIALS REMOVED. Mayor Wanser of Jersey City Takes Decisive Action. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Jan. 3.—Mayor Wanser has decided that the charges of malfeasance and extravagance preferred against the street and water commissioners is sustained by the evidence presented. He has ordered their formal removal from office, but the matter must now go to Gov. Werts for revision and approval. Under the law, the governor may con- firn: the removal or order the commission- ers to be reinstated. ao Republican nominations from New York city for the House of Representatives are: In the fourteenth district, Lemuel E. Quigg, and in the fifteenth, Frederick Seagrist. Tammany’s nominating conventions are called for next Monday. The special elec- tion will cost the city $58,000, THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. 7 THE CHEETAH AS A FIGHTER. A Story From Ceylon Told in a Hotel Lobby to a Star Reporter. Dore Lawton, who has spent some time Ceylon, and a reporter tahs,” he said, “I want to tell you a story @ battle between English mastiffs and thoroughbred Ceylonese cheetah. There very general impression that the chee- and the royal Bengal tiger are * just about the same thing, but this isn’t so. The main difference in them is that the former is not so blood-thirsty as the lat- ter. Right down in his heart he is not a man-eater, but he can digest that kind of meat when occasion requires. As @ rule, he will give the human brother- hood a wide berth, but if you corner him there is no telling how hard he can fight. Stir him up, and he will make the fur fly in a fast and furious fashion. He has been known to lie in walt along the mountain roads for human prey, but these instances are rare, and his manivorous taste is not very highty developed. There are many authentic statements recorded where chee- tahs, at certain seasons of the year, have in the mountain villages, gener- seeking the fires which have been lighted for cooking purposes on the hard earth floors of the rude huts. Then the Population migrate, leave the cheetah to his glory and report at the neighboring village that the animals are working havoc among the hogs and humans. On one oc- casion of this kind, Capt. Baker, the great oriental sportsman, made an investigation on the spot, shot a cheetah as it stood before the fireplace in a hut, and made the discovery that the animal had sought the warmth because of a peculiar disease of the jaws and teeth. On examining the mouth of the dead cheetah he saw that the gums were full of maggots, and these, when warmed by the fire, would crawl far enough out of the sockets of the teeth to be reached by the cheetah’s claws. There was a coffee planter who lived near Kandy, whose low was in the mountains, and ‘whose name was Dawson. He had @ number of fine China pigs, which became the apple of the cheetah’s eye. The feline tribesman made nightly calls, and the pork- ers were borne off one by one. Attempts to shoot the intruder failed. Two skng- Ush mastiffs, belonging to a neighboring | regen were invited over and placed in piggery. Dawson, his neighbor and myself wrapped ourselves in heavy coats, for the nights in those are very chill, and climbed into a crow’s nest, which had been built in @ tree top near by. The early hours of the night were as dark as Erebus and lagged painfully, the oppressive still- hess being now and then broken by the ery of some wild denizen of the jungie. Toward 1 o'clock the pale light of the moon flickered through the dense foliage. Cooped up in the nest, we were half asleep, when, with a cat-like screech, a magnificent cheetah bounded over the palings of the inclosure, and for an instant crouched to take a survey of the.situation. The mastift closest the outside, and very near as large as the cat, bounded at him, and was struck dead with a single blow from the cheetah, which then quietly approached the pen. The other mastiff, a female, doubly en- raged at the fate of her mate, with a ter- rific growl, fastened her fangs deep in the throat of the cat. A red-hot fight followed. ‘With screeches, hisses and growls, the cat and dog rolled over and over, the cheetah making desperate efforts to break the dog’s hold, but it was no go. The mastiff had come to stay. Dawson got down from the nest in quick order, and with a well-aimed istol shot sent the cheetah to its last, long home. The dog was horribly injured, it having been literally disemboweied by the claws of the great cat. She was sent via rail to the Marine Hospital at Colombo, sewed up and carefully nursed back to health. e cheetah measured seven and one-half feet from the end of his nose to the tip of his tail, and was about the larg- est ever killed in that district. 1 tell you, sir, the cheetah is a cat from away back. No dog is anything like a match for it in a fair fight. The cheetah is a worthy kins- man of the Bengal tiger, and with the latter animal no lion is to be compared in strength, agility or fighting qualities. ———_ UNEMPLOYED DEMAND WORK. Police Have to ress a Demonstra- tio! Cleveland. A large crowd of unemployed men and women filled the street in front of the Beth- el, where they have for some time received their supply of provisions from day to day, yesterday at Cleveland, Ohio. When Supt. Raymond made his appearance he was im- mediately surrounded. “For the last three months we have given away to the desti- tute of the city $500 a day. Now our treas- ury is empty and I do not know when it ‘will be replenished. There is money at the city hall, there is work there and I advise you to go to Director Farley and request employment.” said the superintendent. Almost immediately the crowd became active and cries of “We will have work or tear down the city hall,” emanated from some quarters. The men started, and the ‘women, some of them carrying children in their arms, followed. Instead of diminish- ing in numbers and strength, the crowd gtew larger. They declared that their de- mands would be complied with or they would know the reason why. Director Farley's office was entered, but the director was not in, and Assistant Di- rector Thompson was also absent. The room was packed, as was also the side- walk. Director Farley had been notified, and when he entered the office at 9:15 he made his way to a private office in the rear of the building and there he remained. Police were summoned and after announcing that there was no work to be had the office was cleared. The crowd gathered outside and held an indignation meeting, at which the city government was denounced in unmeas- ured terms. A committee was appointed to wait on Director Farley and lay their complaint before him, and another was sent to the newspaper offices with the mes- sage that the workingmen must have work or something to eat at once. James Cooney, spokesman of the com- mittee that waited on Farley, said he had a wife and three children, and his baby was dying for lack of food. you cannot give us Sheil he said, “we will be compelled to steal.” ————-ce. Jimmy Galvin Arrested: CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 3.—James F. Galvin, pitcher of the Pittsburg base ball team, was arrested in Clara Palmer's place early this morning on a charge of robbery, preferred by H. W. Hubbard, a tailor. Hub- bard claimed to have been robbed of a $250 diamond pin and a watch worth $125 and gave a description of the man. About 3 o'clock Galvin was found at Palmer's and with three others arrested. All denied their guilt. No trace of the missing jewel- ry was found. —— A Workman's Awful Suicide. 8.—Daniel Moore, woolen mill, com- mitted suicide this forenoon. He threw himself between two huge cog wheels in the power room and was literally ground to pieces. He has been sick with the grip and was crazed with suffering. He leaves @ widow and two small children. BOSTON, Jan. 3.—The legislature conven- ed today. Gov. Russell administered the oath of office to the senators and represen- tatives elect. Senator W. M. Butler, repub- lican, of New Bedford, was unanimously elected president of the senate. The house reorganized by electing the republican cau- cus nominees. ROOT AND BRANCH, the poison in your blood, however it IOWA MINING TOWNS AT WAR. Men From Frasier Attempted to Wipe Out Darton. When the sun set at Dayton, a small mining town in Iowa, last night, it was on @ scene of the wildest excitement. Two hundred miners from the little town of Frazier, two miles away, had been there to wipe it from the face of the earth. They had left on the field Monday night, where @ fierce battle took place, wounded men and companions who were literally cut to Pieces. For the past five years a feud had ex- isted between the towns of Dayton and Frazier. The conflicts between the citi- zens of both places have been wordy, and often resulted in personal encounters. Monday night a dance was in progress in the village hall at Dayton, and nearly half of the people of the town were present. The dance was at its zenith, when with loud hallooing and noise enough to frighten @ regiment of soldiers, a great crowd of miners from Frazier flocked to the hall. Their companions were on the outside, and once they had entered the women present were driven terror-stricken from the hall. The men, as soon as they could leave their tormentors, hastened home and secured their rifles. Gathering in the public square they met to devise the best way to ive the miners from the town. City Marshal Lawson was laboring with a gang of the miners. He was them to be quiet and go home. Some one drew a revolver ani fired, the bullet entering the officer's stomach, killing him inst r. In a moment the news of his shooting was carried to the men in the public square. They hastened to the restaurant, and there, outside in the dark, a bloody battle with knives and revolvers took place. Frank Doud, deputy United States Rrarshal, un- der President nm, Was horribly in- jured. John Gustafson, a ent man of the town, was literally cut to pieces. He was in the thick of the riot, and men were falling around him, ail more or less injured, when he went down. The battle was furiously fought for half an hour, the two factions, Dayton folks as first one side made a rally and then the other having an advantage. When the fray was over half a dozen persons on each side were injured and one was killed. Yesterday armed i ¥ patrolled the streets of Dayton. Eight of the rioters Were arrested and started for Fort Dodge. The people of Dayton had their homes bar- ricaded nearly all day. The excitement which commenced with the dance last night continued without abatement until the sun went down. ——e2-—___ Not a Cheerful Giver. From the New York Herald. Living in @ suburban town not many miles from New York is devout church member, who is at the same time very wealthy, but somewhat parsimonious. At the present time he has a difference with one of the same congregation, which will probably never be healed. ‘The trouble all came about over a minor charity of the religious denomination with which the church is allied. A trifling thing, Something like the Home of Superannuated Clergymen, but an undertaking in which the wealthy members took great interest. It is supported by voluntary contributions, the average collections at the church in question ranging generally at about $20. Quite recently the clergyman announced that on the following Sunday the church would take the annua! collection for the sup- port of the charity, and he hoped it would be a generous one. After the service the parsimonious member, in a burst of surpris- ing generosity, informed the clergyman pri- vately that he would double the amount of the collection for his favorite charity. Entirely unconscious of what the result might be, the minister permitted this infor- mation to leak out. Among others it reach- ed the ears of a well-to-do member of the congregation, the man against whom the grievance is now lodged. As the latter well Krew the close disposition of the brother member, he at once saw an opportunity to secure from him a donation commensurate with his means. He whispered the information to others as willing as he to see the fun through. Sunday arrived and with it the hour for the collection. The minister in his announce- ment urged a liberal donation, and the dea- cons began to pass the plates. To the aston- ishment of those not in the secret, where men fad been in the habit of contributing dimes they now gave dollars, and when the plates were laid at the foot of the pulpit they were heaped with bills. Then the minister arose and announced in © pleased manner that it gave him great pleasure to receive so goodly a sum, but that it was not all, as a charitable brother had agreed to give double the amount of the collection, At this all heads turned in the direction of the parsimonious man. Some persons tittered and the individual grew red and exceedingly angry. After the service was completed the con- tribution was counted and found to approxi- mate $200. The confiding deacon was fu- rious, but was as good as his word. He paid the $400, where he thought he was go- ing to get off with about $40; but it is not vd vaalat or that the gy was given in e it of the precept, “Not grudgingly nor of necessity; and as for the man who erforced the liberal donation, why, the two do not speak now. ———-s0- A Spring Chicken Bon Mot. From the Detroit Free Picss. The rooster in the yard of a country boarding house called an old hen aside. “You want to look out,” he said, kindly. “The proprietor told his guests yeste-day he would give them a spring chicken and he's laying for you.” “Well,” she sighed, resignedly, “I presume I have no right to object. I've been laying for him a good many years.” ————_-+e-______ Donoghue and Norseng, the Danish cham- pica, arranged yesterday to skate a series of races. The Nutritive Element in Ale and Beer. ‘There is a nutritious element in ale and beer, but it is small—there is the intoxicating effect, too. That is a strong objection. Yet ale and beer are used, and benefit health at times. There is another liquid, the active principle of malt, JOHANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT. One dozen bottles of it has the same nutritious and tonic effect as a large cask of ale or beer. That's an advantage. Another—it has not the intoxicating effect of either. It helps digest and assimilate food, creates tite, makes the weak strong and bealthy. Be sure to obtain the genuine. . See that signature “JOHANN HOFF” is on neck Inbel of every bottle. None other is “‘as good.”” Eisner & Mendelson Co., Sole Agents, 152 and 154 Franklin st., New York, Our January “Clearance” Sale of Shoes Has Begun. C7Particulars at the store, Hoover& Snyder, NO BRANCH. 1217 Pa. Ave. Jal TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE, Ignorance and Careless- ness the Cause. A REPORTER MAKES AN INVESTIGATION. F i fi iit “ti i | H i i i e He iH ut iH ' il i | F | ig | ? i i ai if ‘i uf iy i jit fH Fi, if i i il 783 : il if itis E i i / ; gr 8 ? 3 g 5 Ly & i & 4 4 H i £ fi e + a : i efi gq . i if i i 8 (iti 3 RiEed i RES i te ek iil i i it fr NICOLAIDES’ SARATOGA JAPANESE EMPORIUM. E DONT HAVE TO RUN ut into the street and pull our customers into the store by the sleeve we don't want that kind of trade. People Of refinement and taste know where we are, what we sell, and how we sell it—we do want their trade. All are welcome to look—buy if you want to. Lots worth seeing. Curious Japanese ‘and Chinese Punch Bowls, Screens, China Ware, Brica-Brac and lastly, bot not leastly, those $50,000 Cioisoune Vases. 1205 F st. Nervous Debility. Special Diseases, Umited to_the trea Gentlemen Exclusive ly tion, Nervous Debility, I ii 7 Hie Eo a ay fit i [ Hi | l Hl AL i é g Hy gs ry 3 5 i ret i Neck Scarfs, Willett aN) You Are Married “| Furnish Your House ‘We bave no notes for you to sign, there's mo interest to pay.—You will Parlor and Bed Room FPorniture here all prices—clear up to $200 a suite. make and lay every rard of carpets ~ free of cost—dou't even charge ae ima watching figures. We keep stoves, heating and cooking. Help yourself to any- thing you need on credit. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT HOUSE, 19, 621, 623 TTH ST. N.W., BET. H AND I STs. ) We close EVERY evening at