Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1894, Page 8

Your Sunday Wants. Those touches that will give an autumn aspect to your Sunday costume are at the Palais Royal ad in- finitum. Your Sunday Gloves. ¢h or English? The Palais Royal's autumn tions imelude both. Less than prevailing prices for best gloves. $1.50 pair for best of the new French Kid Gloves, with new style embroidered backs, proper 4 buttons. Correct shades of yellow, red, Ulue, green, gray. brown, mode, tan, white, black. $1 pair for Real Kid Gloves made in imitation of the above. Warranted. Tried on. $1.25 pair for the usual $1.50 English Dogskin Glove, with pique or welt seams. 4 big buttons to mateh the color of the glore. 7s¢ pair for Dogskin Gloves looking iike the above. $1.50 for good and $1.85 pair for best Suede Kid Mousquetaires in tans, modes, browns, grays, white and black. The new silk stitched backs, combining white or black with the glove color. 98c for Mousquetaires made in very creditable imitation of the above. ©7The “Palais Royal” Gioves are warranted, tried on at our risk. The unusual variety of sizes fm stock insures perfect fitting gloves for those witb unusually Jong of short fingers, thin or plump bands. Your Sunday Wrap. ‘That you may ore] a wrap Sunday is more than Likely. This warm weather is uot normal—a cha of wind will prvbably bring :he weather that iis for one of the new Golf Capes. Have you seen them? Here from $7 to $80. For children $ to 12 years are Reefer Coats at $1.48, worth moce. Your Sunday Dress. A new and perfect fitting costume for Sunday tt you wish it. How? One of these new Stik Waists at prices ranging from $3.98 to $20 and one of these new shape cloth-flalshed Serge Skirts, $2.08 for eboice ef those worth up to $5. You may much improve the appearance of your Sunday dress with a new corset. Only 4%¢ a pair for “W. §.,"" mad= to sell up to $2.50. The judges of the late world’s fair exposition thought sutfi- efently of the “W. B.”” medal. to award it the first prize ‘The makers are now more than ever par- @ dropped stitch make Corscts. That's why 4 instead of $1, $1.50, $1.75, $1.08, $2.25 and $2.50 & pair for these corsets with next to nothiug de- fects. Your Sunday [Mouchoir. ‘The new tariff has lowered prices a little and @irect Importation saves you still more. Autumn Handkerchiefs have been bought so favorably bere that those previously bere seem dear, thus many of the 18e and 25 handker-biefs are reduced to 18e each. Those that were 35e are now 2c. Those that were Se are 35c, and the Te beauties may be bad for S0c. Aud the new handkerchief Think of only Se for Lace Border Handkerchiefs. Of 13 for Pure Linen Handkercbiefs, with band- embroidered initial. Of 25e for very Sheer Pure Linen Handkerebiefs, with band drawn work, deli- «ate embroidery aud choice lace Lorders. Of only $1.35 for Duchess Lace Handkerchiefs—and hurry bere tomorrow. Your Sunday Neckpiece. Se shall be tomorrow’ new Eton Fronts, made of p! and dotted China silks, Th Sell later for $1.35 and $1.43. Revel im the beauty ef the new Collars. Of course the mew sha here. Equally of course the new Vani Prices gradually rise from $1.50 to $10 ple neck pieces at less than :mporters’ prices. For instance: $3.98 instead of $7.50 for Black Velvet Yoke Collar, with white appityae lace trunmings, When you see it you need not be told it ts Paris made. S0e Instead of from Se to $1.63 for Children’s Lace Collars and Cuffs—because of the ituporter’s financial straits. A small lot at 2c instead of 48e the set. Hurry for the iast meatioucd. Will not do to ask for them after noon. Your Sunday Hose. ‘Those ladies who know how to appreciate the Warmth and comfort of opera length stockings will gladly lezrn of a fleeting dargain—at 4% instead of $1 a pair. They are autumn weight French lisle fm fast black colors and “boots.” The later ith Diack feet aud ankles, uppers of brilliant / 5 2c a pair for Hose usually judged worth 35c, and ealy 18¢ for children’s 2e quality Blick Hose, ewall sizes: Your Sunday Toilet. Look to your fingers. Call tomorrow and have your nails made beautiful by the celebrated En- Siish manicure, Mrs. Smith. Treat ment cily S0c. Mise Wyles superintends the halr dressing par- Jor. Bangs trimmed for only 25¢ Your Sunday “Charm.” What subtle charm is this? This woman rems: ry with her the magic aroma of the wood as it grows on its mossy bank by that far- away woodland stream. Those who visit the Pal- ais Royal way learn. Inquize at tollet department for auy of the following: Violet of Steily extract Wood Viol Roger & Gal price of the rab and plain are worth and shall Roger & ¢ Violettes de P ‘The last mentioned fs from the Crown Perfumery Go. of New Bond str London, who are owners @f thirteen prize medals, awarded for thetr per fumes. Need you be told that Roger & Gallea and Pinaud are the createst names tn France. And need you be told that these expensive toilet @fticles are really cheap? Palais Royal, (i and Eleventh Sts. AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, WORLD'S FAIR, CHICAGO, 1883. Sarsaparilla Admitted at The World’s Fair Get The Best. AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, WORLD'S FAIR. CHICAGO, 1893, CARHART & LEIDY, 928 7th st, Recent Advantageous Buying —Iin the New York markets enables us to offer some of the biggest bargains In Fall and Winter Dress Goods, &e., we have ever quoted. This state of affairs was nainly brought about by the new sched- ule of eustom-honse ratings. We share the low prices with you. Serge Dress Goods. <6-inch All-wool Navy and Black Serve Dress Goods, Only 37%c. yd. 45-inch All-wool Navy and Black Storm Serges, regular 75c. quality. Only sec. yd. SOinch All-wool > Green and Brown Serges, regular $1 and $1.25 qual- ity. Only 75¢c. yd. TS-inch All-wool and Silk and Wool Dress Goods, all latest colors and styles. Only soc. Yd. 28-inch All-wool Faney Dress Goods, regular 50c. quality. Only 37%c. yd. — All-wool Ladies’ Cloth, tm all Only 45¢. yd. $6.50 and $7 California Blankets, $5 Pair. We also bought a lot of 11-4 California White Wool Blankets, which usually sell for $6.50 and $7, at a price that en- ables us to offer them at $5 a pair. The Best 50c. and $1 Merino Underwear, For Men and Women In the city—medium weight. Ladies’ Black Hose, 12\c. Pair —full regular made. Carhart & Leidy, 928 7th St. 706 K St. 2 1 ported Corsets. These have 7? 7 extra-long waists, are shown 7 2 im white, drab ‘and black 7 2 and our prices are but $2.75 ? ? to $4.50 per pair. : 2 It is useless to go into ? ?any explanations regarding ? 2 these corsets, as every lady ? Tof taste is fully aware of ? 3 thelr, unrivalled stting aod 2 ? {unum om nec I RN ? wearing qualities. 7 £7 Every Corset guaranteed. i] 9 “Z.Z.” Corsets) : 2? Tomorrow we shall place ? ? CC Ser | Whelan’s,100 Vee ee eI er. een sone ree enero eens, Lag Esa Your Furniture Will Be Safe Stored in our STORAGE WAREHOUSE. — No need give it a thought while it’s there. Best care possible will be tak- en of it. Our storage rooms are clean and dry and under the constant sur- velllance of watchmen. Rooms from $3 a month up. AND = and F Sts. N. W. te md ee en ‘Don’t Believe “Sugar Loaf” Is better than bread baked at home— don’t believe it doesn't dry out—don't believe it’s better the secoad day than the first—don’t believe it’s more : nutritious than meat—without trying 2 it. Order a loaf and see for yourself— labeled. “If your grocer hasn't {t drop us a postal, we'll See that you're supplied. oston a. s. teary, pror. 119, 121, 123 18ST ST. 3.W. Telephone 176. 20d Raa BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE and use that old and well-tried remedy, M. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teetht It soothes the child, softens the gum, allays ali pain. cures wind ‘colle and Is the best remedy ‘diarrhoea. 25 t nm g Pt 4 r ‘Pocrmmu vu LurnAiaMneammeR 3] The genuine Angostura Bitte and restore the appetite. them. Dr. J. G. B. SIEGES facturers, Japanese Delicacies, From the Boston Herald. There may be a suggestion for the stu- deat of professicnal ccoking in the follow- ing list of impossible, unimaginable and in- definable delicacies, which are as traditional in Japan as bread, hesh and apple ple in New England: Soup made of seaweed; white, pink and red jelly, seasoned with pepper; butter beans in whipped cream and powdered sugar; smcked fish, with sugar clinging to it as rock salt to English mack- erel; fresh fruits of every variety spiced in vinegar; snow that tastes of attar of roses, essence of lily; preserves mixed with per- fumed snow; cherry and plum jam made burning hot with curry powder and chut- ney; hailstones ard ic2marbles tasting like hair ofl; sweetmeats with chili sauce, sea- weed with marmalade, and green’ wild plums pickled and rolled in sugar. —_——_+ee____ ’Phone From London to Ber! It has been decided by the Belgian gov- errment to open negotiations with the Brit- ish government for the construction of direct telephone communication from Lon- don to Brussels via Ostend, it being un- derstood that should the negotiations be successful the authorities at Berlin have signified their willingness to consent to a connecting telephone line from Brussels to Berlin, THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. THE SUPREME COURT Proposition to Remove It to the Cor- coran Art Building. TTS PRESENT QUARTERS 100 SMALL The Rooms Are Needed for Con- gressional Work. OPPOSITION TO THE CHANGE The proposition to have Congress pur- chase the Corcoran Art Gallery building opposite the War, State and Navy Depart- ment for the Supreme Court is likely to be received with favor by the court and will probably be favorably considered by Congress. The Supreme Court is greatly cramped in the present quarters in the Capitol building. The room occupied as the court room proper is the old Senate chamber, in which some of the most fa- mous debates in the history of Congress were held. It is a small semi-circular room, entirely inadequate in size to seat one-half of the present Senate with comfort and does not afford sufficient*room for even the purposes of the court sessions. Be- sides this they have three rooms for the routine clerical work of the court and the consulting room, which is kept sacred from the presence of all outsiders. No one now connected with the court knows by what authority or in what manner the Supreme Court became possessed of the quarters. They are simply there as squatters, with Possession a8 their only tive. Prior to the construction of the new Senate chamber, when this hall was occupied by the Senate, the Supreme Court was held in the base- ment, which is now occupied by the law library. They then moved into the present quarters, and have since held possession. From time to time there has been much talk of the eviction of the Supreme Court from the Capitol building. Needed for Congressional Work. The growth of Congress and the multi- Plication of committees has made every corner of space in that building desirable for congressional work, and even the ad- ditional room secured by the con- struction of the marble terrace and by the purchase of the Maltby and butler build- ings for committee purposes has left them crowded for space. Whenever in the lot- tery of committee assignments a Senator finds himself quartered in a small, dark or otherwise undesirable committee room he naturally looks with envy upon the quar- ters occupied by the Supreme Court. There have been many inquiries as to the au- thority for the occupancy of these quar- ters and efforts have been made from time to time to secure some building to which the court could be removed. It has even been suggested by Senators that the Senate should take possession of these rooms as property belonging to the upper house, leav- ing the Supreme Court to find quarters for themselves. But it is a question as to what authority there is for this action, and even in the absence of any right on the part of the Supreme Court to remain ip the Capitol building there is no means apparent by which they could be caused to vacate unless they did so voluntarily to take possession of better quarters. One Senator jestingly suggested to one of the justices that the court would have to va- cate. The justice replied by asking upon whom and by whom would the notice of ejectment be served. New Quarters Must Be Acceptable to the Court. It is perfectly true that while the court has no title to the possession which it en- joys—or would enjoy if the quarters were more comfortable—it canrot be rermeved to another building unless a ha- jority of the nine justices devite in favor of the removal. Should Congress provide new ; Quacters for the court they would have to be acceptable to the court. Congress could not say, “We have these quarters for you; move into them” If the change were rot satisfactory the court would stay just where it is, and Congress could not help it. The mere fact that Congress desires the removal will count for nothing. One of the Justices, in speaking of their situation there, said thet, ordinarily, possession was nine points of law, but in this case it was ten. When the Butler building was purchased it was suggested as a good plan to remove the Supreme Court to that place and to convert the oll Senate chamber, consulting room ond three office rocms into committee quar- ters. At the suggestion of the committete on rules the nine justices visited the But- ler building, made a casual survey of its ar- rangement, ond then came back to continue thelr sessions in the old court room wita- out even so much as expressing an opinion as to the desirability of the new purchase for court purposes. The same suggestion was made as to the Maltby building and the reply to this was an inquiry as to how the court could be got over there, Favor the Art Gallery. The art gallery building is admirably sit- uated for the court purposes, however, and it is understood that the justices would be glad to move there. It is questionable, when it comes to the point, whether the House and Senate will agree to permit the Supreme Court to go out of the Capitol building. The place it occupies lies north of the rotunda on either side of the main corridor leading from the House into the Senate, and it is very convenient for mem- bers of the two houses who practice to con- duct cases without seriously neglecting their work in Congress. They can leave either house of Congress for a few minutes and attend to their law cases without leav- ing the building. This is a convenience which they will be reluctant to sacrifice. Some years ago this motive was very powerful in retaining the court where it is, though the justices were complaining of cramped quar- ters and desired a new building to be erect- ed east of the Capitol near the new library building. Who Would Oppose Removal. There are now fewer men in Congress that practice before the Supreme Court than formerly, but those who do conduct such practice would very vigorously op- pose the removal of the court to any dis- tance. In the days of Matt Carpenter, Thurman, Conkling and Edmunds, there was a great deal of practice by Congress- men hefore the Supreme bar. The men kamed used to make many arguments and condyct a great deal of business before the Supreme Court. Now, though, a large ma- jority of the men in both houses are law- yers, but few of them have any practice in the Supreme Court. Sherman is a mem- ber of that bar, but does little or no busi- ness there. Gray, Davis, Cockrell, and two or three others are all the Senators who have any Supreme Court practice. Harris used to have a great deal, but now has dropped it almost altogether. Washburn has a case there occasionally. Evarts used to do business before the court quite fre- quently. In the House at present there are but two or three members with any Supreme Court practice and it is rather remarkable out of so many lawyers what a comparatively small number practice at that bar. The Vice President {s not a mem- ber of the Supreme bar, nor is the Speaker of the House, though both are lawyers. President Cleveiand had not the privilege of appearing in any case before this court until some time after the expiration of his first term in the White House, and he has appeared there in but one case. DOWN GABLES. President Clevelund Spent the Day Quietly at the Seaside. President Cleveland is sald to be falling into his old habits when at Gray Gables in previous years. He has begun to drive over nearly every night to the village, usuali¥ with Mrs. Cleveland, to get their mail and express packages and frequently driving on to the Crow's Nest to call on Joseph Jef- ferson. The President remained quietly at the Gables ali day. It was reported last night that Secretary Herbert had given up his ex- pected visit and also that Mrs. John G. Carlisle is to arrive at Marion to be the guest of Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury Charles S. Hamlin and famti~. HONEYMOON ea ALBUMS The Latest Fad) fot Brides on Their Wed- “ing Tour. 5-8 Lasting Mementges of the Days With Rice and | bony The usual Vefe d@ Vere repose reigned at @ quiet seashore resort and the ladies, as usual, sat cn'l/the hotel plazzas, fancy work in hand. vInia particularly cool and shady corner of tht very most fashionable house our old Washington friends, Mrs. Twiggs and Mrs. Boggs, sat in big pink rocking chairs discussing their friends and the newest patterns in embroidery. Mr. Twiggs and Mr. Boggs were not with them. Somehow men are apt to be called away on important business before they have been many days at the seashore. They do not seem to take kindly to fancy work and gossip. ‘The ladies had talked over the affairs of all their friends, had discussed the abom- inable hang of Mrs. Dowd’s skirts, that al- ways “hiked” up at the sides, and the material and fashion of the particularly neat and becoming bathing suit in which Miss Smith had lounged gracefully on the sands the day betore, of the awful temper of that Jones baby, whose nurse was for- ever dragging him about by one arm, when in due time they struck upon their newly- vedded acquaintances. ‘I suppose,” said Mrs. Boggs, as she gave a pat and a critical look at the bunch of golden rod she was working, “that you have heard of the newest fad for brides. No, I don’t mean bouquets of purple flow- ers, which I should hate to have any one I cared for carry; they must be so unlucky, purple being emblematic of mourning, you krow. I mean the bridal albums, which so many of this summer's fashionable brides are getting up to celebrate their honeymoons. I shall never cease to be sorry that the idea was not introduced last year, for I know I could have made such a pretty book—much more artistic than the very commonplace scrap book that Millie Brown has just been showing me.” “I have never seen anything of the sort,” said Mrs. Twiggs, “and I never even heard of such a thing before. Won't you tell me about how they are gotten up, so that u next time I hear of bridal albums I shall not feel so disgracefully ignorant?” What It Is. “I think the nction is charming,” said Mrs. Boggs, “and Bertha Cutting, the doc- tor’s wife, you know, has one that is per- fectly dear. She made every bit of it her- self, 1 cluding the cover. She paints very well in water colors, and that made ft muca easier to have the book pretty. For the cover she took two pleces of rough card- board, about rine inches square, and then she had quite a lot of heavy linen paper cut the sume size, with two holes through one side of it to put the pink ribbons through to tie it together. The doctor had a bunch of “hite carnations in his buttonhole dur- ing the ceremony, and these she painted in the center of the upper cover, while over the rest she scattered the Catherine Mer- met roses which composed her bouquet. The effct was simply lovely—so very dainty. What did she have inside all this gor- geousness? Why, all sorts of souvenirs of the trip, of course. The Conten “First there was' a picture of the first hotel they stopped at, which she cut from the bill of fare, and a sketch of the picturesque olddiarRey who waited on them at the first meal Mey ate together as hus- band and wife. They took a country drive, and while out chanced upon a wandering photographer, Who ‘took a picture of them ‘and thelr conveyance, and this was pasted in and framed, with the blossoms of the wild hydrangea which they bought from a bare-footed urchin an the road. ‘The boy, as he stood with: the great bunch of flowers in his hand, makes! a cunning little sketch in the corner. Another page shows a sketch of a coupl> strolling, arm in arm, through a field of daisies, ‘and a chain of these modest flowers frame the little picture. One page is given up to, vielets, some being pressed and tled mm with tittle bows of the light blue ribbon she wore, on her dress when her hustand brought them to her, and others were painted in. “Photographs of all the pretty or interest- ing places they visited are used, with an oc- casional bill of fare or a theatrical program, each being accompanied by some memento of the occasion, either a flower, a ribbon or a sketch depicting some Httle incident. One day the doctor brought her a leat full of big strawberries, and these made a charm- ing decoration. ‘Stems of raspberries, with their leaves, served as a reminder of an afternoon they had spent in an old-fash- icned garden, and as the golden-rod was just out last week, when they went home, they are to appear on the back of the cover. Just think what a delightful souvenir it makes to keep ll your life, and lament with me that you were married too socn.” —_—_—__-. What a Japanese T Mean. From the London Spectator. Assume a complete Japanese victory,with a peace dictated to the Chinese, and what will be its result? As we judge, a change in the relatiin of Europe to Asia which may affect the whole future of the world. ‘The feebleness of Asia is born in great part of self-distrust, and that self-distrust will have received in a Japanese revival an im- mense, perhaps a destructive, shock. An Asiatic power will have shown itself capa- ble of utilizing the resources of civilization in war, of arming itself up to the Euro- bean point and of working its army and fleet as efficiently as those of any European state. Why should that- Asiatic power ac- quiesce ony longer in submissiveness, agree to capitulations, bear laws directed against its subjects or abstain from taking any territories it wishes for? For example, merely to make the argument more con- crete, If Japan is the power some of her admirers suggest, she could take the Phil- ippines away from Spain with the greatest €ase, and turn that magnificent group, which the Spaniards only neglect, into a new island kingdom. Her example would be imitated, we may rely on it, by China, by Siam, by native states in India like Ne- paul and Hyderabad, and, above all, by Turkey, though doubtless’ in a different way. They would copy only the army or- ganization of Japan, the drilling of men, the education of officers, the purchase of artillery, the thoroughness of preparation, until at last they had each of them an ar. my capable of facing Europe. a A Hundred Million Dollar Swindle. Men who are acquainted with the pecu- Mar methods adopted by some prospectors during the early days of Californian gold mining have many a tale to tell of “salted” claims; nor 1s the history of the more recent discover} of gold in the Transvaal free from aod tit artienn But both the t mph Would Californian an: African must now yield the palm. Ausérajla, which jealously vies with America in producing big things, holds now the record fer unprecedented mining swindles. The Nitgyws van der Dag, Am- sterdam, relates. thé following: “A few months ago the news came from Tasmania that.a hill had been discovered which consist. most entirely of rich gold quartz. horough investigation’ was made, and as,@ great quantity of rich ore and some muggets were brought from the place no éhesdoubted the story. The owner of the ‘golden mountain,’ Isaac B. Barker, immediately formed a’ syndicate, which issued E pfbspectus in which the value of the nfouitein was put down at twenty million pounds. The shares found a ready market throughout Australia. Some experienced ol prospectors, nevertheless, had their doubts, and they ‘petitioned the government to cause another investigation of Mount Huxley. The government geolo- gist, Montgomery, and the inspector of mines, a gentleman named Harrison, were sent to the spot, and now a most gigantic swindle came to light. Barker had hired miners and with their assistance ‘salted’ the hill in about eighty places, using quartz, ore, and even nuggets to do the job. in the places’ where no ‘salting’ had taken place no gold was found. The police force now busies itself with Mr. Barker and his assistants, and a monster crimina} case will be the result. The shareholders, however, are well rid of their money.” — ame. Army Indian Agent. First Lieutenant Edward H. Plummer, tenth infantry, will be relieved of duty as acting Indian agent at the Navajoe, New Mexico, agency, when a civilian agent is ap- Dointed t# execeed bim, certain Englishman was employed as nitrate inspector. Through his official con- nections he ascertained the intention of the government to give the properties back to their former owners long before the pub- ic obtained any such knowledge. He form- ed a combination thereupon with the Eng- lish manager of a Valparaiso bank, and with Col. North, since known as the nitrate king, and the syndicate thus formed bought in the most valuable of the nitrate prop- erties, They acquired the property of the Ramierez Company for $25,000, and after- ward sold it in London for $250,000. In this way and at corresponding prices they secured the “Peruan: the “Bien Retiro,” the “Jaspampa,” the “Virginia” and others —the very cream of the Iquique and Pisa- gua properties. Upon the success of these purchases the syndicate transferred its operations to Lon- don, where, within six years, it floated eight stock companies with an aggregate capital of $28,587,000, the shares being main- ly held by the members of the combination. The splendid showing of profits which they made enabled them to put the stock of these companies on the market at a high rate, notwithstanding the enormous figures at which they were capitalized, and the prices have been maintained. In addition to these companies with a substantial basis, several purely speculative concerns have been or- ganized in London, cailing themselves ni- trate companies, while holding no nitrate deposits, their purpose being merely to jug- gle sovereigns out of the pockets of credu- lous investors. At present the nitrate trade of Chile ts largely a monopoly controlled by British capitalists who have crowded out people en- gaged in the business in a small way. These clever financiers have become bloated with gold, restricting the production and hold- ing up prices. Thus we hear of them as friends of the Prince of Wales and owners of fortunes in race horses, enjoying all the other luxuries which unlimited wealth is able to command. NITRATE DEPOSITS The Enormous Extent of Those Now Worked in Chile. HOW IT IS QUARRIED AND REFINED Extensive Beds Have Been Dis- covered in Colombia. THE ENGLISH SYNDICATE The government of Chile is selling its nitrate properties as rapidly as possible. Seventeen deposits of that important com- mercial product have just been disposed of under the hammer, and forty-three other deposits are advertised and will pass into the possession of the highest bidders. These forty-three properties are reckoned to con- tain 4,635,000 tons of nitrate of soda, val- ued at $9,500,000. The crude nitrate is ap- praised at $2 a ton in the bed. Two-and-a- half tons of it are required to make one ton of refined stuff ready for use. Nitrate of soda is one of the most inter- esting of natural products. The chief de- posits of it thus far exploited are found in the province of Tarapaca, formerly a part of Peru, but ceded to Chile in 1881 as a war indemnity. The nitrate belt has a length from north to south of 260 miles, its aver- age width being not more than 2 1-2 miles. ‘This narrow strip stretches along the eas' ern slope of the coast range of barren, ver- dureless mountains that wall in the Pacific ocean, from the northern limit of Peru to the Straits of Magellan. Upon those moun- taias and in the valleys adjoining them for more than 2,000 miles not a drop of rain ever falls, and nothing grows there—not even a tree, or “shrub,” or any form of living vegetation. Character of the Climate. The possibility of the existence of the nitrate deposits referred to depends on the character of the climate, A salt so de- liquescent and easily destroyed by moisture could only accumulate in a rainless coun- try. The valley through which the strip described runs is wholly devoid of all the characteristics usually associated with the word, such as groves of green trees, ver- dent pastures, running streams, etc. On the the cye wanders over a scene of treeless, verdi reless, waterless desolation. On the cast side of the valley is found an occa- sional weak spring, in the neighborhood of which attempts at cultivation have been made with poor success, inasmuch as the soil ts 50 thoroughly impregnated with salts of variovs kinds as to render any kind of farming unprofitable even with a sufficiency of water. Yet there was a pertod in the distant past when the traveler journeying through. that valley might have discovered there a serie: cf narrow lakes. He would have found the water unfit to drink, being a saturated solu- ton of nitrate of soda and other salts. The lakes received all the drainage from a vast water-shed, and, inasmuch as they had no outlet, save by evaporation, the mineral elements filtered in from the soil around about accumulater. The nitrate of soda was continuously deposited through centuries perhaps on the bottom of the lakes. Fi- rally the latter dried up, leaving behind the os which are so profitably mined to- lay. ‘The nitrate is not found on the surface. The top soil to a depth of eight or ten inches is a fine loose sand. Under this isa layer of various mineral substances, such &S Bypsum, porphyry, magnesia and com- mon salt, cemented together by lime into a compact mass from six to ten feet deep. This is called the “crust,” and beneath it the nitrate is discovered. The nitrate is yellow- ish-white, bluish-gray, or of an orange hue. The nitrate deposit, like the crust, is ce- mented into a rock-like mass of a thick- ness of from 4 to 6 fect. It is quarried by blasting with coarse-grained gunpow- der. More powerful explosives cannot be used, because they would shatter and pul- veriz2 the stuff. After being brought to the surface the material is carefully sorted by experts. It is broken into pieces double the size of an orange, and in tha shape is carried to the refineries at Iquique or some other center of manufacture and export. If water and fuel were obtainable near the deposits the refining would be done on the spot, but these essentials are got more conveniently at the seacoast. Enormous Deposits in Chite. It has been estimated that the nitrate beds of Chile at present contain about 120,500,000 tons—an amount sufficient to supply the world’s uses for many cen- turles at the present rate of consumption. The conversion of the crude stuff into the commercial article is accomplished by means of elaborate and costly machinery. The material as it comes from the deposits is dissolved in water at a high temperature, in long tanks, from which the solution is carried in pipes to enormous shallow pans, the water being finally evaporated by arti- ficial heat. The evaporated water is con- densed again and put through a chemical process for the purpose of extracting the valuable fodine which it has taken up. The chief use to which. the nitrate is ap- plied in European countries is as a fertil- tite HER HUSBAND DISSECTED. Mrs. Young See! Damages From a Medical College. Before Judge Phelps in the court of com- mon pleas at Baltimore yesterday was be- gun the suit of Mrs. Barbara Young, who wants to secure $25,000 damages from the College of Physicians and Surgeons and Drs. Edwin Geer and Nathan G. Kierle for mutilating the body of her husband. George W. Young was in the employ of the rail- road company and was injured in an ac- cident. He was removed to the city hos- pital, which is controlled by the College of Physicians, and died there. Dr. Kierle is the city post-mortem phy- sician and Dr. Geer is a coroner. Both are professors at the college and the plaintiff charges that they cut open the body for the instruction of the students, removed the brain and filled the cavity in the skull with bakam. This, she charges, was done en- tirely without her consent or knowledge. The defendants demurred, but this being overruled by the court, they offered a prayer that the jury should not be allowed to take in consideration the mental an- guish suffered by the plaintiff on the legal principle that damages cannot be recov- ered for this because of the impossibility of fixing any rule by which the amount of such suffering can be determined in indi- vidual cases. Judge Phelps held that while the principle held as a genral rule this was an excep- tional case. The right ofa widow to the decent burial of her husband was at issue and she should be allowel to vindicate her claim to substantial damages. The “men- tal anguish” clause in the declaration was accordingly allowed to stand and the jury empaneled. Se ae COMBINING AGAINST TAMMANY. An Attempt Will Be Made to Bring Together All Organizat! Co ‘The executive committe: of the committee of seventy at its meeting at the chamber ef commerce in New York yesterday atter- neon passed a resolution that the chairman be instructed to request each convention to appoint conference committees to meet this committee on the subject of the nomination of candidates for the municipal ticket and to adjourn without making nominations pending each confe-ence. Charles S. Smith, chairman of the execu- tive committee, stated yesterday afternoon when the committee Rad adjourned that the cutlook for a union of the anti-Tammany forces was very promising. “The Good Government Club people and the City Club are with us,” he said. “What we want to do is to consolidate the opposi- tion to Tammany Hall and we think that we have hit upon the right plan. We have practically had an eight-hour session today and have been in consultation with the leaders of nearly all the organizations op- posed to Tammany Hall. I may say that the results thus far arrived at have been most satisfactory Negotiations with the various anti-Tam- many organizations have been going on for the past two days. It is generally believed that the republican organization holds the key to the situation. It is the strongest and most effectively established of ail the organizations opposed to Tammany Hall in New York, and u great deal depends upon the terms which can be made with it by the committe: of seventy. ————+e+ INDIAN NAMES OF LAKES. In the Way of a Jaw-Breaker Maxsa- chasctts Submits a Claim at Length. Apropos of elongated Indian names of lakes and rivers in Maine, says a Putnam, Conn., special to the New York Sun, while admitting that “only a native can pro- nounce the names of her lakes trippingly,” izer. In Germany and France it is em- | affirms that “the fames of Maine are easy Ployed largely in the cultivation of the | beside these and others from the province sugar beet. Considerable quantities, how- of Ontario: Lake Misquabenish, Lake Ka- shagawigamog and Lake Kahwcambejew- agamog. An eastern Connecticut sportsman who recently ran up against “Keejimkoopic” and a lot more of Nova Scotian names that are coiled like barbed wire about lakes and rivers “down east” there, is ready to allow that the Sun is correct on general prin- ciples; at the same time he wants it known that southern New England is not what might be called dead easy on Indian no- menciature, For instance, the nutmeg state is gar- landed and festooned with Indian titles that easily reach across the state—on the maps—and some are so extended that the natives rarely undertake to pronounce more than a part of one at a time. Each citizen naturally has his preference; some use one section of it—half a dozen joints, say—others work another section, just an easy mouthful of it, and let it go at that. The practice resembles the usual way of pulling a telescope open. But the champion Indian name.of this region is trailed across a couple of coun- ues mm southern Massachusetts, just across the Connecticut border, twenty miles north of this village. It is the name of a beautiful lake at Webster, five miles long and studded with islands, which is the best bass lake in the old bay state. According to the latest researches it is spelled in this style, and the sportsman would like to know how a Kahwcambejewagamog Nova a would tackle it with his tongu: agogemanchaugagoggagungam- aug. There is a briefer name for the thing, which is used, as a rule, on all but state occasions. ever, as much as 30 per cent of the whole, perhaps, are consumed in the manufacture of nitric acid, nitro glycerine, dynamite, gunpowder, etc, ‘The stuff is the base of pearly all known explosives. Deposits Discovered in Colombia, A report newly received by the Depart- ment of State announces the discovery in Colombia of nitrate deposits almost as ex- tensive as those of Chile. Exploration has developed the existence of about thirty miles square of beds having a thickness of from one to ten feet. The vein lies at a depth of from eight to twenty feet below the surface, and rests upon the carbonifer- ous sandstone of the region. It is asscried that this is not a sedimentary formation like that of Chile, but proper study of its character has not yet been made. The de- posits lie at a distance of about sixty-five miles from the city of San Juan de la Cie- naga. There is reason to believe that the Colombian government would give fran- chises or grents to any responsible indi- vidual or corporation that would guarantee to work these beds. The American farmer who has to buy fer- tilizers would be much benefited by the opening of the Colombian deposits. The de- velopment of a nitrate industry on the At- lantic coast of South America would great- ly reduce the ccst of transporting the stuff to both Europe and North America. The re- duction of the cost of fertilizers is a ques- tion of great moment to American agricul- turists—so much so that in many of the states legislation has been enacted having in view the lowering of expense and the as- surance of purity of fertiliziag compounds, As early as 1815 an effort was made to de- velop the nitrate deposits of Peru, in the province of Tarapaca. During that vear the Spaniards exported 5,000.000 pounds; but the war of independerce breaking out about that time, little was done io develop these mines of wealth until 1852. Then an Eng- lishman named George Smith, and Jose Sandes, a Spaniard, established small re- fining works at Iquique. Many similar es- tablishments sprang up along the coast, and by 1875 the trade had become so important as to attract the attention of the govern- ment of Peru, A law was passed providing for the acquisition of the nitrate deposits and refining plants by the government, which took possession of the properties and in payment gave certain guarantees of in- demnity. Before much of the indemnity was paid, however, the war with Chile broke out, and that nation confiscated the nitrate lands and refining plants. The situation of the property in question was rather compli- cated. Not only was it claimed by the original owners, but there were mortgages on it. Finally, after trying to work the deposits for government account with in- aifferent success, Chile decided to restore the beds and business to those who first Possessed them. Thi@ wise and just meas- ure gave an immediate and powerful im- pulse to nitrate production. It was not un- attended with disadvantages, however. An Englishman’s Shrewdnens. During the short and unsatisfactory ex- periment made by Chile in carrying on the nitrate business for government account a -oo—____ The Black Geyser of San Felipe. From the San Francisco Examiner. San Diego county now has a genuine geyser, about as near a thing to a volcano as is to be found on American soil. The geyser was discovered last Wednesday in the canyor leading from Paul Santenal’s ranch, on the San Felipe grant, to the Borega springs, and is at the edge of the desert. At thet point the desert wall, or ‘rim rock,” ar it is called, is high and abrupt, inclosing the desert like the rim of a tub. San Felipe canyon cuts through this rim like a crevice or crack, which it undoubtedly is, in what was once a solid wall The canyon ts narrow, and the walls in places are 2,000 feet high. The geyser was discovered by two cattle herders, who were out looking for water for their stock, as about this time of year new springs ap- pear in that region. From the top of the canyon one of them dimly saw pout of water, and climbed down to investigate. He got to within 100 feet and stopped there. He did nvt want to go nearer. The ground around was boggy and was saturatel with black water. In the center was a pulsatt spring, which, at irregular periods, spout @ column of black water into the air from five to seven feet, the column being about ® foot in diameter. He could not or did not ascertain whether the water was hot or cold. The overfiow filled the floor of the canyon, and rolled on in a black stream down toward the dese ENGLAND AND JAPAN. The New Treaty Read in the Light of Other Recent Events. ‘To the Baitor of The Evening Star: At the first glance the promulgation of the above-named treaty looks like an act of simple justice; and, considering that Great Britain is the first foreign nation to recognize the Japanese right to try, and, if need be, punish foreigners in Japan, %t seems peculiarly graceful; but a moment's reflection may indicate that such reasons from such @ source are incredibly absurd, and would bring a grin to the foce even of a bold Briton, The attitude of England toward Japan in her present war with China is more or less unfriendly (Edwin Arnold's teste for the fair sex in Japan need not count on the other side). The action of the British authori- ties in sending the ubiquitous gunboat to demand the instant giving up of the Eng- liskmen who were saved by the Japanese from drowning when the British transport carrying Chinese troops was properly sunk, shows the trend of feeling; especially when accompanied by lashings of the lion's tail, always fiercest when the cther country has its hands full (as in our own Trent affair). So far we have pot heard that a gunboat was sent to bully China in consequence of the murder of and outrages upon mission- aries in various places; apologies could be waited for in aoagt pod what were = lives and property mere missionaries comparison with possible embarrassment to the trade with China? And besides, the lambs had been admonished to be cautious and not the wolves. Again, we have another instance of Britich fair play in the alleged incident of August 11, when a “neutral” com- mander fired a “salute” at 1 am. to a Japanese fleet approaching Wei-Hal-Wei— of course, to warn the Chinese not to be ca it napping. That is a characteristic trick, if true, for it recalls that still other “British-nectrality” commander, who was stationed at Heligoland during the Prus- sian-Danish war in 1864, and who, upon noting any movement in the Prussian fleet, used to get under way with great exhibition of blaek smoke and make a short, un- pecessary cruise to the northwani so that the Danish vessels would not be taken by surprise. As it is well nigh impossible that the Anglo-Japany by What was the object? Formerly a British subject committing a wrong in Japan had to be given up to his own au- thorities for trial; this was galling to Jap- anese spirit, but they loyally obeyed the trecty, while endeavoring to have it legally abrogated, and it is to our disgrace that we, who introduced the new nation to the world, neglecte’ to carry out, first, this recognition of equality. Under the new treaty, however, if universal, Japanese courts may try the foreign wrongdoer, and it would be easy for England to find fault with any detail of a trial or a punishment which did not suit her ideas for the mo- ment, of what was best for “British inter- ests,” so that she could intervene at any time under the new system, with that ally of the evil one—the British fleet. It was, no doubt, her object to intervene at the first opportunity, under the plea of justice to some scamp, and so embarrass Japan in her war with China without arousing the jealousy of other foreign nations. But perhaps she has overshot the mark in her “friendly” haste. If the recent rush of events be truly reported, and a large Japan- ese force is already advancing upon the Movukden-Tientsin railroad, with a fighting chance of seizing Peking in a few weeks, there may have to be British intervention sooner, and more pointed than was expect- ed, to save the Chinese capital. This recalls the Russo-Turkish war of 1877, when the Russians were about to capture well-earned Constant! after a hard-fought cam- paign, but British intervention temporarily rs for Europe the inestimable bless- ing of the unspeakable Turk; many of us remember the circumstances: England was so virtuously afraid that the Russians might violate the treaty of 1841-'56, and pass the Bosphorus, that she violated the treaty herself and passed the Dardanelles. Will some other powerful nation stand by to take a hand in the Chinese-Japanese war in reply to any threatened British interven- tion? Jf so, she will not intervene for Pek- ing’nor for “Justice,” and Japan may retain those advantages which she may deservedly wrench from her present gigantic enemy. Senator Calvin 8. Brice of Ohio came to Pittsburg yesterday on his way home to New York and remained in the city until yesterday afternoon, when his private car was attached to the Atlantic express. He said regarding the action of the Columbus convention. “I do not consider that what the con- vention did commits me in any way to a stated policy. I do not wish to be construed as saying that the plaform does not com- mit the lawmakers of the state who may be elected under {ts provisions, only speak- ing for myself. The convention adopted a set of resolutions, one of which favored free silver. A gathering of people might unanimously say that they favored relig- jon, but that expression might commit one man to Mohammedanism, while another might have a tendency toward being a Baptist. So it fs with the free silver plank of the convention of yesterday. vote by which it was of about five to three, sho’ ple over there feel about it. When we say ‘free silver” Wwe may mean a variety of things. There was the free silver law that We had up to 1873. Then there was the Bland la which continued in operation after a lapse of years until 180. Then we had the Shennan law, which existed from that time until 1883. There is a free coinage law which allows a man to take the metal t the ott and receive his dollars there- for, Jess the amount of the sei Another silver law allowed a nny posit gold or silver with the government and receive in return a sort of warehouse receipt for it. Still a third law gave a man certificates for the metal. Free silver may mean any one of several systems, mone of Which are specified by the resolution of the Ohio state democratic convention. “The resolution will in no way alter or affect my attitude in the Senate. 1 candid- ly believe that if two-thirds of the House and Senate were elected on silver plat- so called, it would not affect the country at all, save to create an ‘prehen- sion on the part of . a Ered in time.” nator Brice also said he was sur- prised that Roswell P. Flower had declined & renomination as governor of New York. The feeling in New York city was that Senator HIN would make the stro e democrats, because he be a backward step for Hill to 2 Senate for the governorship. a con have great prestige and patronage in the latter. that east of the Mississipp! _ Brice said railway business was good, but west of it poor. He did not think there would be @ recurrence of the heavy business of the Past two years, because less manufacturing was going on owing to railway economies, oe The English Royal Yachts. From the Chicago Record. The English royal yachts Victoria an@ Aibert and the Osborne are old-time side- wheelers of about 2,500 tons, built about forty years ago, but still serviceable, com- fortable and convenient, without any dis- play of luxury or magnificence. But there is a rare combination of simplicity and good taste everywhere prevailing. The decks are covered with linoicum, over which cazpet- y takes passage on little 5 o'clock tea cabins on deck, and are lighted elec- trically throughout. All the royal apart. ments on board the Victoria and Albert have the floors covered with red brussels t, in small coral the walls hung with rosebud chintz, box plaited; the doors of birdseye maple, with handles of iron and fittings heav: plated. The queen’s bed nm bedstead, screwed into sockets in the floor, bed furniture of rosebud chintz lined with green silk, canopy to match, green silk blinds and plain white musiin curtaing, with goffered frills, mahogany furniture, chintz-covered. Dressing room, mah: furniture, covered with green leather, write ing and dressing table combined, the walls covered with maps and charts on spring rollers. All of these are kept in exactly the came state they were when che prince consort was alive, as the queen forbids any change being made. Whenever she has to = a — he rd the yacht she takes er mattress with her, and she is unable te sigun on any other, e