Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1894, Page 4

& THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. January 15, 1894. j pill tically prolorging the life of an absolute monopoly to that extent, a monstrous state of affairs is admitted which, if it cannot be otherwise remedied, would almost justify the entire abolition of the patent sys- tem.” Telephones are no longer luxuries; they are necessary to the transaction of the world’s daily business. Supplied at figures not unreasonably high they would be used in thousands of homes whence they are excluded for economic reasons. There is real demand for an inexpensive and sat- isfactory telephone, and there will be enor- mous business for the individual or cor- poration that supplies it—whether it be the Bell or any other company. ——._ + +2 __ Before Mr. Cleveland’s ultimatum con- cerning amnesty Lili said: “I must when restored behead my enemies and confiscate their property.” After the ultimatum, Lili said: “I must not seem vengeful to any cf my people. If I am restored by the United States I must forget myself and remember only my dear people.” She abandoned her intention of killing her dear people and agreed to love them unler duress, When, Deing restored, this pressure !s rernoved, what is to prevent her irom changing her mind again? In accordance with Mr. Cleve- land’s threatening demani, she agrees to grant amnesty and to live up to the con- stitution of 1887. But ‘hat constitution does not lodge in her alone che power to pardon. In assuming to do so s§2 violates that in- strument while promising in the some breath to obey it. Once in power she would quickly discover her inability to carry out both of. her contradictory pledges to Mr. Cleveland, and she wouli undoubtedly ful- fill that one which harmonized best with her own revengeful inclinations. Minister Willis has reported that the queen, if restored, will ir his opinion over- throw the constitution of 1587, ani make her power.absolute. In proposing to behead her enemiles she relies upon the terms of this constitution, but ‘f that instrument is to be disregarded and she is to be thrown back upon earlier Hawaiian jaws and cus- toms for a governing preceient, she may discover it to be her <luty as Queen of the ‘Cannibal Islands to ‘ook and eat her mis- sionary enemies, thus maxing royal provi- sions out of the provisional government, and harmonizing ani assimilating in cue body the contending Hawai-an factions. —__++ + ____ The Municipal League of Philadelphia, co- operating with the City Club of New York, has issued a call for a national conference, which is to discuss the manner by which good city government may be achieved. In @ prospectus—which fixes the convention Gate for the 25th and 26th instant—the prin- etpal objects of the conference are declared to be “to determine, so far as possible by inquiry and debate, the best means for stimulating and increasing the rapidly growing demand for honest and intelligent government in American cities, and to dis- cuss the best methods for combining and organizing the friends of reform, so that their united strength may be made effec- tive.” It is understood that a large num- ‘ber of those who may fairly be denominated “the best citizens of many municipalities will be present and will participate in the discussions on the program. Out of the in- terchange of views great good should come, and especially great good for the city in which the meeting is to be held. More than any other city, New York only excepted, Philadelphia has suffered from rings of all sorts and from the intervention of partisan polities in public business. If the conven- tion shall hasten the day of Philadelphia's emancipation it will more than repay all it costs, — + ++ _____ Mrs. Willis reported that Mrs. Dole would Grace the White House at Washington. Mr. WU'lis, by forwarding President Dole’s re- ply to President Cleveland’s polite invita- tien to commit political suicide, has in ef- fect made the same kind of report in re- spect to Mr. Dole. The Hawaiian presi- dent’s pre-eminent abilities are conspicu- ously displayed in this correspondence. ———____- 2 _____ Governor Waite has doubtless observed that skating is very scarce this winter. —+ ++—____ “It is the right of the people to complain. It ig the business of the statesman to de- vise remedies. It is no more reasonable to demand of the people that they shall define the correct remedies for their troubles, than it would be for a physician to demand of his patients that they shall dictate his pre- scriptions. Every real statesman is a phy- sician; and a professional statesman, who waits for his constituents to tell him pre- cisely what remedies he shall apply to so- celal ills, is no better than a quack.” So writes Mr. Thomas G. Shearman in the Forum, and, as Mr. Shearman has studied finaxce for many years, anything he may contribute toward the elucidation of a troublous situation is deserving of respect- ful consideration. The Shearman argument is based upon the idea that our great na- tional need is not for more money, but for better exchange. “More money” is a popu- ler cry, and has been ever since civilization commenced to be. Greenbacks have been @emanded, the issue of fiat money Is the strong feature in a prominent variety of political faith, while other thousands argue incessfintly for unlimited silver. Mr. Shear- mar is satisfied that this demand for a Breat increase of circulating medium is not the mere insanity or fraud which many ad- Yoeates of a sound currency imagine it to be; beneath the surface there must be some real and legitimate want, and to the dis- covery of this want the Brooklyn lawyer has applied himself. He has seen, as have all others who have investigate? this sub- ject. that the complaints come exclusively from rural districts, and mainly from the @outh and southwest. He is satisfied that the farmers and planters do not went money for its own sake; they want it solely as a means of exchange, and as the only means of exchange with which they are acquainted. They sell their crops for cash, or trade their produce on credit at the coun- try store—the latter being the most fre- quent method, and by far the most ansatis- factory. The farmer must accept goods at the merchant's prices and then liquidates his indebtedness by paying to the merchant his own produce at the merchant's estimate of its value. Sooner or later such a one- sidel arrangement must breed discontent among intelligent people who dre not of the merchant class, They want more money because they believe that if they had it they would be free from the commercial slavery from which they now suffer. Con- trast between the method common to farmer and the method of the city business man reveals an interesting difference in the meaning of the word “‘cash.” No whole- sale dealer ever pays or receives any large amount in either coin or paper money; to him a bank check is “cash.” The distinc- tion should at once be apparent. The city merchant gets every conceivable advan- tage attending cash transactions without straining the country’s finances. “The wish of the farmer and planter,” says Mr. Shear- man, “cannot be literally complied with ex- cept at the cost of a general financial con- vulsion. Indeed, it cannot be complied with at all. If we could draw every ounce of gold and silver from every country under heaven and distribute it at harvest time among the farmers of this country, it would not suffice to carry through their transac- tions upon a etrictly ‘cash’ basis.” The suggested remedy consists of a sufficiency of safe, sound banks of deposit, brought as close to the farmer’s door as the country store or warehouse, which now furnishes pensive, clumsy and dangerous. The mul- tiplication of small national banks is re- garded as objectionable, and perhaps rightly 80; the better way would probably be to have large banks establish branches within their respective states. Such a plan as this has worked admirably in Great Britain, and especially In Scotland, where twelve banks have more than two thousand branches. . eo Minister Willis discovered a number of facts at Honolulu which made him unhap- by and uneasy in acting the role assigned him by the President. He found, for in- stance, that the restoration of the queen meant the overthrow of American and the substitution of English influence in the Islands, the destruction of a government of intelligent, civilized, Christian men and the control of a band of adventurers of malodorous notoriety. Mr. Willis reported after reading the queen's restoration pro- gram and the names of the persons upon whom she would rely: “An analysis of the list of special advisers, whether native or foreign, is not encouraging to the friends of good government or of American interests. The Americans who for over half a cen- tury held a commanding place in the coun- cils of state are ignored and other nation- alities, English especially, are placed in charge.” The task of upsetting the efi- cient provisional government and of de- stroying democratic aspirations and Amer- ican influence for the benefit of a barbar- ous, bloodthirsty pro-English queen, was evidently nauseating to a man like Willis. He had no liking for the role of a catspaw for England. —_++>___. There is misapprehension in many minds as to the cause of the senatorial trouble which has disturbed New Jersey for some days past. The effort to prevent the ma- jority from assuming control of the upper branch of Jersey’s legislature is the last and most desperate attempt of the gambler element to annul the good work done: by decent people at the November election. Every bookmaker and a large proportion of the bookmakers’ money is behind the ob- structiveness developed on Tuesday last and maintained ever since. Efforts to becloud the truth have been and are being made, but the fundamental fact is beyond dispute. —__—r+ oe There are several good reasons why Con- gress should purchase the house in which Abraham Lincoln died—a structure preserv- ed now only through the activity of the Memorial Association of this city. The ar- gument made before the subcommittee of the House committee on appropriations was complete and should be convincing. Great men have not been few in the history of this continent, but none can claim more of Sreatness than the nation, the whole na- tion, accords to the man who did more than any other President since Washington to make this people one. Crm 2+ —_—_— Mr. Simpson's overcoat was evidently not made of the same material as Senator Tel- ler’s winter clothes. SHOOTING STARS. Extravagant Admiration. Coquettishly, the Fiji maid The missionary came to greet. “I really think, kind sir,” she said, “That you are nice enough to eat.” “Dah ain’ eny doubt,” remarked Uncle Eben on his way home from church, “dat we am all sinners. But some ob us sut’ny does hustle, ter keep up dey’re reppytation in dat line.” An Observation. He sighed, “I’m wedded to my art,” And she, unfeeling prig, Replied, “You really must confess The dowry wasn't big.” Safe. “Aren't you afraid that the interest your boy takes in boxing will get him into trouble?” inquired the cautious neighbor. “No.” ‘ “Suppose he should become a professioaal pugilist?” “Oh, I don’t think there’s any possibility. You see Johnny will really fight if he thinks he has sufficient provocation.” Billiards id Politics. When sportsmen bar the “anchor nurse,” Because they want an honest game. ‘Tis sad to note that Congress sits And filibusters, just the same. Children’s Joys. “They’s nothin’ I like so much ez playin’ the childern’s games wid ‘em,” said Mean- dering Mike. “G'wan!” exclaimed Plodding Pete, con- temptuously. “Dat’s so. I’ve got so dat I can’t see er ro oge an’ apple widout coaxin’ of ‘im fur @ bite.” ‘When He Shines. “Bliggins doesn’t seem to be a man of much push.” “You think that because you don’t know him well. You should see him behind the baby carriage.” A Misguided Jest. Quoth a cannibal queen, “There is much in a name, Or at least there will be Ere we finish the game. ‘These ‘provisional’ rulers, I welcome with glee— They shall presently serve as Provisions for me.” ——_++____ Lost His Head. From the New York World. Liliuokalani came very near getting the head of the Cleveland administration. For @ time it seemed as if it were lost. —_—_~ «+ An Emphatic Appeal. From the Chicago Evening Post. Perhaps when the Ford's Theater disaster is repeated in Chicago Congress may ad- mit that we ought to have a new govern- ment building. ——_——___ + «-+—___ Art , but Unsatisfying. From the New York World. The tariff tatk in the House is all very eloquent, but the country is tired of elo- quence. Settle the matter and let us get back to business. 2 GREAT NGS PALACE EVENTS JANUARY SALE MUSLIN UNDERWEAR AND THE Great Clearing Sale Of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s GLOAKS, GLOAKS. Read This List of Bargains: Muslin Underwear Special Notice. Owing to the fact that the prices of all of the specials being below cost of production, we are compelled to limit each purchaser to 2 pleces. We do this to enable all of our patrons to get a share of these wooderful values. Corset Covers. One lot of 12%c. Corset Covers, made of good, heavy muslin, felled seams. All sizes. Sale Price, 8c. Only 2 pieces to any purchaser. 2Se. Cambric Covers, surplice meck of Hamburg embroidery, felled seams. Sale Price, 19. Only 2 pieces to any purchaser. ~- 45c. Cambric Covers, with yoke of eight hem- stitched pleats, fine Swiss embroidery around neck. Sale Price, 31c. Only 2 pieces to any purchaser. 68c. Handsome Cambrie Cover, 2 styles—one with wurplice neck of double rows of Nainsook embroid- ery, finished with herringbone braid; another style square neck, with 86 fine pleats between rows of fine insertion down front, and armboles trimmed Sale Price, 47¢. Only 2 pieces to any purchaser. Drawers. 25c. Muslin Drawers, good quality, wide hem, tucks above yoke bands. Sale Price, 18c. Only 2 pieces to any purchaser. 45e. Drawers, made of fine muslin, trimmed with embroidery, flouncing, fine tucks above yoke Ddands. . Sale Price, 29c. But 2 pieces to any purchaser. ‘TSe. Cambrie and Muslin Drawers, 2 styles, trimmed with Valenciennes lace ruffles, headed with Valenciennes insertion between clusters fine tucks; another style Muslin Drawers, embroidery ruffles, headed with clusters of fine tucks between spaced pleats. Sale Price, 48c. But 2 pieces to any purchaser. Gowns. 59c. Gowns, good, heavy muslin, Mother Hubbard style, with yoke of twelve rows of spaced pleating, cambric raffle around neck and sleeves, Sale Price, 39c. But 2 pieces to any purchaser. 98c. Mother Hubbard Gowns, 2 styles, extra-fine muslin, yoke of 28 fine tucks, with Hamburg in- sertion between embroidered edge around neck, down front, sleeves trimmed with tucks and em- broidery, pleated back. Another style with surplice neck of embroidery inserting and clustered tucks, sleeves trimmed with wide embroidery, tucks above. Sale Price, 68c. But 2 pieces to any purchaser. $1.25 Princess Gown of excellent muslin, wide sailor collar, trimmed with deep Swiss embroidery, deep turn-over cuffs, with embroidery, jabot of embroidery down front. Sale Price, 89c. But 2 pieces to any purchaser. $1.50 Princess Gown, fine muslin -surplice neck of Irish Point embroidery and yoke of 30 fine tucks, finished around yoke with herringbone braid, full sleeves, with wide ruffle. Sale Price, g8c. But 2 pieces to any purchaser. Skirts. 6c. Dainty Muslin Skirt, with wide flounciag of cambric, edged with wide lace, tucked above. Sale Price, 45c. But 2 pieces to any purchaser. Sic, Heavy Muslin Skirts, with wide flouncing of blind embroidery, clustered tucks above yoke bands, also wide cambric flouncings, edged with three- inch Torchon lace. Sale Price, 69c. But 2 pieces to any purchaser. $1.39 Muslin Skirt, elaborately trimmed with 9- inch Irish Point flouncing, headed with clustered tucks and wide pleats. Sale Price, 98c. But 2 pieces to any purchaser. Cloaks At less than one-half price. Would advise an early call, as some lots are limited in quantity. $5 Ladies’ Coats. $5.00 Ladies’ and Misses’ All-wool Cloth Jackets, with notch collar, 84 inches long, tailor made, scale Price, $2.98. $22 Plush Capes. Elegant Ladies’ and Misses’ Seal Plush Capes, Worth collar and cape, fur trimmed, elegant satin lined, full length, guaranteed best quality Salt’s seal plush. Sale Price, $12.50. $10 Fur-Trimmed Coats. $10.00 All-wool Jacket, Worth collar and cape, trimmed with marten, seal or astrakhan fur, full Sale Price, $4.38. $10 Skirt Coats. $10.00 Ladies’ Skirt Jackets, full 26 inches long, With Worth collar and cape, seal fur trimmed, Sale Price, $5.25. $15 Velvet Capes. Velvet Capes, with Worth cape and collar, fur Sale Price, $6.50 $8 Children’s Coats. $8.00 Misses’ and Children’s Coats. Sizes 4 to 16 years. In all colors, plain and fancy cloths, with Worth collar and cape, plain or fur trimmed, 10 styles to select from. Sale Price, $3.68. $28 Seal Plush Capes.) $28.00 Seal Plush Capes, with Worth éollar and cape, marten fur trimmed, satin lining, full length. Sale Price, $15.50. Sie Cloth Capes. Sale Price, $5.50. $25 Seal Plush Sacques. $25.00 Ladies’ Seal Plush Sacques, full 40 inches long, quilted satin lined, elegant quality. Sale Price, $10.50. $9 Worth Cape Coats. $9.00 Jackets, all wool, with Worth collar and cape, full length, bound seams, tailor made. Sale Price, $4.25. $7.50 Hare Capes. Sale Price, $3.25. $12 Coats. One lot of Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats, plain or Worth capes, in 6 styles, plain or fur trimmed, tailor made, full lengths. Sale Price, $5.98. $20, $15 and $10 Plush Jackets. 14 Plush Jackets, elegant satin lined, plain and quilted linings, full lengths, made of best quality salt seal. Sale Price, $4.98. $18 and $15 Coats. Ladies’ Coats in all styles, plain, braided and fur trimmed, tailor made, 15 styles to select from, | |= in Kerseys, Beavers, Chevron and Diagonals, with capes or plain. Regular values, $18 and $15. Sale Price, $9.50. Chemise. | ‘7c. Chemise, good muslin, with whole yoke of embroidery, sleeves. Sale Price, 47c. embroidery edge around neck and Clearing Sale of MILLINERY. MILLINERY. LADIES’ AND MISSES' HATS AND BONNETS, ALL SHAPES, IN BLACK AND COLORS, REGULAR VALUES 50c., 75e., $1.00, $1.25 AND $1.50, AT 6 cewts. $4.00 TRIMMED HATS..........0006004 $1.98 | coo. venver noses, 8 in a bunch......-+- 2Ic. $5.00 TRIMMED HATS. $6.00 TRIMMED HATS. $2.75 $2.25 1$e, DOUBLE VELVET VIOLETS 7Se. and $1 FANCY FEATHERS a: It will pay you to attend this Clearing Sale. NGS PALAGK 812-14 Seventh St. N.W. 9 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. 1217 Pa. Ave. 15 CHEST 25 perct, PROTECTORS Off. Too much “WARM” weather when it Ought to have beeu “COLD” this winter has left us with more of those Flannel, Felt and Chamois Chest Protectors than we should carry at this advanced sea- sen; hence the reduced prices. All Chest Protectors that WERE 50c., 75c., $1, $1.25, $1.50, $2, $2.00, NOW 38e., 56c., T5c., O4c., $1.12, $1.50, $1.88. breasted. Everybody ought to have a chest pro- tector, and here is “THE” opportunity to get a good one cheap. W. S. Thompson’s Pharmacy, 703 sth st. O cor imme am ama An Inexpensive Experiment— If it's an experiment at all—to have your next PHOTOGRAPH taken by our “MANTELLO” process. One of the greatest conquests we've made with our “MANTELLOS” is being able to produce a high-class iO for before. See them. RICE, Photographer, 1217-19-25 Pa. Ave. ys 0. t+) You Profit By This Mistake. We ordered a few of a cettain line of GAS FIXTURES, GAS STOVES, &. 614 1ath St., Bet. F& G Sts. Ome ae aE O Half Price For Horse Blankets) And Lap Robes. WE ie bow the prices run: $4 to $25 Lap Robes now $2 to $12.50. $2 to $18 Horse Blankets now $1 to $9. Kneessi, 425 7th St.f i nb COR NT 25 OFF LAMPS. eeeee | IB | For this week only we will allow a ‘°° discount of 25 per cent on all Lamps im stock—none reserved. This means 25e. saved on every lamp you buy. 25 per cent off our already low °° prices equals about 38 1-3 and 50 per ‘** cent off the prices of others. Wilmarth & Edmonston, Crockery, &c., 1205 Pa. ave. If you enjoy skating now's the time. The best Ice Skates are here at lowest prices. Columbia Skates....50c. pr. American Club Skates.$1 pr. by weather stripping the \ doors and windows with Val- entine’s Felt Weather Strips. We say lentine’s’’ because his are the best. Weather strips are of as much service in summer as in winter, for they keep out the dust and thus save the carpets and furniture from ruin. Upon request we'll send up a man who'll estimate free. ‘Barber & Ross, BUILDERS' HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GAS) FIXTURES, MANTELS, &e., Da it Wisdom And Teeth. ‘The common sense and wisdom of a per- son is best shown by the care one takes of his teeth. Sensible people have them mined at least three and four times a . Where this is done a better diges- tion and more sightly appearance is the 5 *** result. Our prices make it easy for any *** one tv have the comfort that good teeth *** insure. Extracting, 25c.; with gas or local *** anaesthet! silver, platina or °°? amalgam, leaning, T5c.; best full °° set teeth, * Dr. Graham, 307 7th st. “Turned Out” At PERRY’S o A rednetion— ‘The object—to clear the counters of the LACES. ‘The result—“out of pocket” for us—but fm shape to take care of the new LACES anf VEILINGS that fashion is sanctioning and sending us daily. We have cut the small lots “all to pieces.” We have put a price bebind the slow-sellers that will drive them faster. ‘This is snother of those “‘wise loses" we if Mid=-Winter Reduction Sale EANS MUCH TO MONEY SAVERS— one cannot realize bow much until he sees the goods and compares te itt wake in the latter days of @ season. According to promise we publish today easting no reflection on the quality—not de- & partial list of FURNITURE REDUC oxi TIONS. AD these BARGAINS will be found tracting a whit from the elegance—just 1m our mew and increasingly popular “managing.” And if you are among the wanters this is your opportunity. Make a Bar in oom. rush—you will have to—or be disappointed— SS a = for the reductions are not in fum—but in these prevail while this sale continues. “ * You know us as carrying The stocks are in faultless condition, the “deep” earnest. You D'SOIE FLOUNCINGS, in Pink and Blue— reduced from $15 to $3.50 a yard. ‘28-inch HAND-PRINTED GAUZES, in Nile i 7 i | s 3 i iH | if a 13 i f : i f F F | E | i E | i F Gold Furniture. social star begins to sink into the vale of Jenten quiet are you permitted to choose— for @ song—these jewels of its reign. PERRY'S, Ninth And The Avenue. Established 1840. pi Telephone 995. -75 Chenille Portieres now §2.50. s2.00 arhart & Leidy, 28 7th St. & 706 K St. “ee Cc —_—_—— T P |Chiffoniers. s.R. “ Antique Oak Chiffonier...... 26.00 17.00 dozen s week isn't bad Antique Oak Shaving Stand.. 23.00 15.00 ond xg Old Oak Shaving Stand... 15.00 O A Chance To Procure FINE FURNITURE PARLOR SUITE, Overstuffed BROCATELLE— reneptt lita i ng A Lady’s Hair Curl — . MANNER WELL HH Furniture, Carpets, &e. 7th & D Sts. N.W. jas cleans tke Anton Fisc! er, hk pty @ ST. ¥. IP, sie ra Ave BE