Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1894, Page 6

EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1894—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. BILIOUSNESS. Biliousness is caused, by inaction of the liver and is generally accompanied by constipation. The bile instead of being properly excreted by the intestines, is taken up by the blood-- and causes trouble—grip- headaches and dizziness-- and you suffer from what is known as a bilious at- tack. come of freq condition _where there is continual headache, the boweisare consti pated and of order. One RIPANS TABULE it doesn’t belong there, rence and soon result in a the whole system is out These attacks be- uent occur= after each meal will cure biliousness. At All Druggists’. F. A. Tschiffely, Wholesale Agent. 000044900 ?Look Out for} ?Imitations send you a list of those who DO. B. Earnshaw & Bro., Wholesale Flour and Feed Dealers, 1105-1107-1109 11TH STREET 8.E. 1000-1002 M STREET SE. sosesseosssores PSPSSSOISIS DR.* HEPBURN, The only dermatologist in the city. Every manner of skin, scalp or blood affec- tion expertly, painlessly, speedily remedied. Amn ex= perience of two decades with not an unsuccessful case to record. Consulta- tion free. Mertz building. 28eo “Queenly” Furs. Of CREAM BLEND FLOUR. Its unprecedented larity in “the pe homes” of Washington has called - forth counterfeits and imitations o are of all 3 > rs “claimed” to be a BLENDED FLOUR. — Accept not ° thase brands that dealers tell s are “just as as a4 : 6 . 2 Cream Blend? ° o our 4 ° p 2s 2 Sells entirely upon its merits, 2 ‘Those who try “Cream Blend” oe once use no other flour—simply 2 because it never fails under proper oe = vonditions to make THE FINEST °e 3 freag, None, “Biscuits, Cake and 3 ° because J made — of e ‘ream Blend’ KEEPS FRESH oe ‘GER—because it makes more 4 than other flours—because it's bs EST IN THE END. ‘ x money refunded if e “Cream Blend? ‘isn't ALL we 2 claim for ti. If eo sell it write or tele ° ° 2 2 2 ° ° ° AND @ SLLOOLOOH SOS: Graduate Jefferson Med. Col... Phila., and Royal Univer- versity, Vienna. Ou: the er has just ned from Ket with a full line of “per- sonally selected’ fur wrap novelties, among which are the New Persian Lamb 30 to 46 inches long, in Jam! eeee . oe glossy k Persian silken eeeees Persian and molre surfaces, deep o 64 pointed revers, turn-over collar that ee rolls up or down, sleeves cut extra «ee large and large armholes to go over oo 64% large sleeves of the uew fall gowns, ee ee ee full skirt split up back. ric oe 4 + range from $150 to $250. & Son 30d 5. Stinemetz 1237 PA. AVE. Fur “Newities.” a2 You are not charged extortionate prices * ** just because a fur is new and novel and *© © cannot be purebased elsewhere. We quote @ low price from the first and stick to it. Long Coney Capes, $12 Long Astraklian Ca up. Tong Monkey Fur Capes, $40 up. Fur Neck Boas, $2.50 up. Wiilett & Ruoff, 905 Pa. Ave. N.W. We Carry Only brated Wade & Butcher And offer lower prices than they were ever sold for before. $1 Wade & Butcher Razor at one-half value.. 5c. $2 Wade & Butcher Razor at half price. $1.00 Leading prices for Strops, Brushes, Soaps, Mugs, Cosmetics, ete., ete. Double Swing Strop, borse hide and canvas... .35c¢. A good 4-sided Razor Strop for 19. A Gilt Shav- ing Mug, 2c. Colgate’s Shaving Soap, 10c. Fine Cosmetics, 10c. St. Thomas Bay Rum, be: Be. Genuine Florida Water, 34c. A Fine Beveled Plate Shaving Mirror..........49¢. Kolb Pharmacy, LEADERS OF LOWEST PRICES, It 488 7TH, S.W. COR. E N.W. i Removed to opposite corner. C. Auerbach’s Saxony Wooi. German Hand-Knit Jackets Best in the world. At New Domestic Build- ng, N. W. cor. 7 and H, Opposite Olid Stand. est side of 7th St. I ALENT TI You’re Rich In .the good things of the times when you have a box of our famons MIXTURES, More — delictous confections are not to be found anywhere, They're made of the purest materials and always fresh, 0 or GO cents will buy a GILL'S nth& F Sts. OT Superior Candies, We Sell Only New Furs. Not @ last year’s article in the store. Every one is fresh—made from handsome, stylish skins— according to the latest dictates of fashion. Many exquisite ga: ments, including Long and Suort Capes, Mufts, Neckwear, &c. C7 Coachmen's Furs and Car- nage Ro Lowest Prices. James Y. Davis’ Sons, MATTERS AND FURRY OL PENNA. AV! eeeee J. W. Boteler & Son} Heve opened thelr LATEST IMPORTA- TION of DINNER, TEA and GAME SETS, TABLE CUTLERY, PLATED WARE, RICH, HEAVY CUT and EN- GRAYED GLASSWARE, BRIC-A-BRAC and GOODS suitable for WEDDING PEESENTS, PIANO and BANQUET LAMPS. Sole agents for McCONNELL'S GERM-PROOF FILTERS. J. W. BOTELER & SON, 923 Penna. Ave. N.W. 28a Sw S. Kann, Sons & Co., 8th and Market Space, Pierce’s Olid Stand. HABIT Is ten times nature] We have got into the habit of selling everything below all competition, that it would take us years to get cut of this rut, so rather than to undertake such a difficult task we will stick to our habit of giving special bargains <nd trust to increased sales for our liberality. Silks of all Kinds. We can quote Silks as cheap as any hduse on earth, and still cheaper than that. Did you ever hear of any one quoting Black Satin Rhadame at 890. a yard i490, rn Eping. a new mou: 22-inch Black Silk Black Silk Moire Pranculee’a ‘Goes a Fund Our better Silks, of Fancy Striped Taffetas at All-silk Black Surah, fatcy Cream Silk Brocade for eventhg wear at.49e. Silk Bengalines, ale, pittk, ‘ilae, lemon and der, at.. All-silk Fatt cream and 490. a yard ipes, at 49¢. a yard @ yard leven 49. 0 yard je, “slightly unperfect, atie, tue, pink, oat, 39, rd 24-inch China Silks. i Temon and orange, at which we carry a large assort= yu bine, vile, yard ry tn Be. a ment, are on the same footing as those ‘quoted above. Woolen Dress Goods: t Home Production and Foreign Manufacture: 8 pieces 46-Incb AN Figured Satin Berber, Diago- 26-inch All-wool Fancy and Mixed Cloth at 88-inch. Caxhmeres, wk, cardinal, 36-inch Crepe and elton 88-inch All-wool Covert, Fancy Cloth, Wool Mixtures... 0.62... ecco ihe s 200, 46-tnch All-wool ° Fine ‘Serges in tweive’ digerent shades, including black 9. Black Mou 4Ginch All-wool Fine Serges, worth 59. Be 46-inch All-wool Storm Serges, worth S9c_ 88-inch All-wool Crepon, worth 50. . 88-inch Figured Brilliantine, worth 5: Silk and Se. 15 pleces 56-Inch-wide Pure German Linen Damask, extra weight, representing nothing but real flax, without any dressing. Ought to bring 50c. a yard just as quick xs... 10 pieces 72-inch or two yards wide Extra Heavy Cream German Damask. Such value as this is seldom known to the trade. T5e. a yard would be an honest price instead of. MWe. Our Linen Dept. Represents an immense nals, Serges and other weaves. less“ than $1.00, shades. $1.50 Our Se. St-ineh Covert Cloths are wort cone rth Twenty different some 69e. Complete Hue of Wool. Philds ranging from Ze. to $1.25, which cent Lelow actual value. _ $1.25 in, Juice are from 1) to 29 per rning Goods. 46-inch Silk-finished Henrietta, worth $1.60. 5 at Sie, 100. dozen kins, cost 200 colorings a Broadcloth, Table Linens. pleces’ finest quality Green Table Linen. "Th neat designs, full width, that to cousider Only fe Full '% “Bleached Damask 10 ‘to import, whi uted to our trade at 6-4 Best Quality be ind designs 25 Fancy Black -Nayelty. 54-inch Black wo 5St-inch Imported Black Breadeloth, w of Imported Turkey very latest _patte: ge. Dinner Nap- Will be distrib: B8e. Tani are line of Towels, Crashes, Doylies, besides a choice line of High- grade Table Linens. Cloakings. This is one of the best seasons for Cloakings that has been for some time on account of the many differ- ent stylés of Capes. We have an assortment that is equal to any, and our prices—well, we leave that to you. The foliowing assortment will give you an idea of the line we carry: S4-in worth 4 more in price. 68-inch All-wool Clay Worsted, very high grade of imported cloaking. $2.25 everywhere. $1.69 effects, my’ rtle gros h Broadcloth at 69e., 79. and S9e, that are ) 54-inch Novelty Heavy-weight Cloaking, in rough th old gold’ mixture. navy blue ground, swith old gold and red—seal brown ground, gold, any. with dashes of Our line of Light and Dark Cloakings equal sa $60 arnet and old Ladies’ Ready-Made Skirts. Tadies’ Mohair Black Skirts, yoke band, gathered wid 2 Flannel Short Skirts, cheap at tito. Ladies’ Cloth’ Skirt cheap at $1.69. French demand. French Flannels for chiltren's coxts, wrappers or toilet jackets. Over a score of pretty combina- tions of colorings. Advertise? at 50: White, Pink, ‘Tan, Red, Blue and Gray Should be Be. instead Of..... 0.6.06. cee ee cheap at +++ 81.00 and ‘deep’ ruffle, $1.25 a, ie. ruffles, full Ladies’ Si bh Fancy Angora. Elderdown for children’s. ¢ Colored Embi dren's skirt White Embro rn dren's skirts, the Ladies’ Muslin Underwear, coats, rokdered dered, lannels “for ladies’ or “hil the $1.00. quail c Flannels for’ ladies* Se. quality + gray and cardinal, yoke bavd and seep hem, cheap at $1.39 Flannels and Eiderdowns that are in grea 29Se. ning wraps_ or Te, chil Although we did an immense business in this line the past week, our assortment is still as complete as it was the first day that we opened this special sale, and, as we are non-believers in advancing prices, the same low prices will hold good for this week on cheap as well as on medium and high-priced goods. 100 dozen Cambric Corset Covers, high and low neck, without trimming, at. 100 dozen Cambrie and Muslin Corset square and round neck, embrofde trimming 100 dozen Muslin Chemise, "to embroidery 50 dozen Drawers, tucked. Our Trimming Department B lore trimming. Skirts, q@ither p or cambrie ruffle... .bs.é8 fa hem ai We consider the most complete of any in: the city, with Pierce’s Fine Goods and the new addition makes the line very choice. Pear! and Crystal Paseemente Gold and Silver Fringes, Yokes, Girdles and Collarettes, widths and styles. Everything in off marked pr Bed Wraps and Hangings. 1 qualities and prices, Velvet, wi ‘of our stock vet and al rth Weare doing more than our share in this special line. low prices. White and Blue Blankets, assorted bo orth $1.50.... hite Blankets, blue, pink an Blankets, ‘extra welgit, Ser worth $4... 10-4 All-wool Scarlet Blankets, worth $4.5 11-4 All-wool Scarlet Blankets, worth $6.00. 11-4 Our Own Celebrated Queen Isuretia pink, bine and red borders, worth 500 White and Fancy Striped worth 35 ea Large Size Bed Comforts, sateen covering, worth $1. Bed Comforts, ¥ with best whi Our 6.50. crib all difte 25 pleces drapery or 100 pairs 3%4-yard-long Nottiagham Lace Curtains, ts, worth $2.50. oe yard-long White Irish Point Brussels eff 50 pairs : Hols ers. Mauhattan "Opaque rollers A continued stream of buyers indorse our Good things for mext week. 50 pieces 86-inch Coin Spot Muslin, for drapery, nt styles, cheap at Qe. seeeeee9e. lain Serim, white or ecru, for iveh faney work, hall the fixt nd Shades, Lining Department very alar price 25e. ures complete. by Has congregated within its shelves everything in the shape of dressmakers’ supplies. pride in keeping up this line as we do any department in our immense establishment. G8-inch Fiber Chamois... 33e. Quilted Satin in all shades. Only the best quality satin used in this Quilting........ 50c., G0e., T5e. Hair Cloth, G Double-face Fancy Silesias... and 18e, Percalines in high colors and stap 38-inch Quilted Farmer Satin in colors and black, Farmer Satin in all shades rass Cloth and Silk Plain Silesias, 12%c. quality at 8e.; 16c. quality at ) Linen Canvas... 12 Best 6-4 Standard Dressmakers’ Cambric color. Remnants! Remnants!! NO NECESSITY OF REM. FE. HIS LINE, FOR YOU a A new line of Creponette for evening wear or ‘drapery, in pink, old rose, nile, red, cream, yel- low, lavender and black si Cameo Drapery in Persian, Japunes TS € R 33 1-8 PER CENT LESS THAN IF Yot QUITE A SAY! ‘We have about G YOU » SW AND, OF COURSE grounds, in Rode Prints, sateen fivished, in «qi patterns Plain Bia 4,000 Yards OF ASSORTED WASH FABRICS LEFT, WHICH SHALL GO aT CHAMBRAYS, SAT! by our patrons. S’ WORTH LESS ‘TH. e feel assured that this line of spe good, honest merchandise will be hail We take as much Remnantsll! eat figures, k CALICOS, THAN iS. FLANNETS, PLAIN AND TWILL PROM THE PIE Seanad - and Boe, ©. and 500, er 2 he eno. Sinctnal 1214, 16 and 20c. If there is anything that we have failed to men here you will find it in stock when you call. MAKE A SPEC! THERE 1; y. oF THI: only 8, fall weight, t "wears, nksr pactrre press keg AND FROM THAT ial prices on with delight S. KANN, SONS & €O., 8th and Market Spat Pierce’s Old Stand. Resurrectors of Low Prices, % ” te1< | @ ry shade of the other ae bees cherry and ma- +150. spring rell- in every 4e. ‘tion AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, AYER’S Was The Only -WORLD'S FAIR, CHICASO, 1893. Sarsaparilla Admitted at The avers | ; SARSAPARILLA, \World’s Fair WORLD'S FAIR. G ie t CHICAGO, wa | «The Best. if TPB BABY IS CUITING TKETA BE SURE ‘and use, that old and well-tried remedy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing, Ssrap for, children ecthlog: it thes the child, softens gum, alla; iat otk und 18 the best remedy re Ror atnerboen, 25 ‘rents a. bottle. wots “THOSE UNHAPPY PERSONS who sulfer from Rervousness ~ and ia should use Carter's Little Nerve Pills, wl for ich are made expressly sleepless. ucrvove, dyspeptic, sufferers. Pris cents. THE MODERN MIRACLES OF HEALING weitere are indisputably performed by ‘Willams’ Pink Title should Neceive ‘the closest Investiga- by alek people and their friends. conly Pecan Ser | iMatchless sc. tb. | reamery 3 Ibs., $1.; Butter 3." ' $1.50. = Is the freshest, richest, most delicious Table Butter that’s churned from pure Jersey cream. Served to as often per as de- 2 sired. -D. Wm. Oyster, tetepnone 1208. i 340 CENTER MARKET; 75 WESTERN MKT. 0 ia gactnne arene eR ALL-SILK RIBBONS Just received. They were bought cheap and we will sell them cheap. | Jet Aigrette inch Color 12 cesar } j HH 1 Zon yememnnrwtssapmeens co A "AL—937 F ST. n Leaders in Fi Millinery."* DR. ANDREW'S Smallpox | Preventative —the surest, the pleasa: and most easily worn pre tive known to modern prac- tice. Here at Only toc. Each. €7'See our window display. Ogram’s, 1211 Pa. Ave. “To stimulate the appetite avd secure good diges- tion, use Angostura Ritters. Sole manufacturers. Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons, Ask your dealei LOCOMOTIVES WITH SNOUTS. - . ood diges French Engines to Have a Prow to Decrease Resistance to the Wind. From the London Daily Telegraph, . It sounds almost sacrilegious for any for- eiga inventive gerius to lay amending glish as it been in its incepticn, design and development. Yet it wevld seem the French enginzers are presuming to improve Ste- phenson’s ircn horse, and in quite an ele- mentary matter, too. It bas occurred to everybody wro has thought of the resist- ance which the air offers to Lcdies passing through it at high veiccity as curious, to say the least, that the designers of the stear: locomotive pald practically no at- tention to this subject—t:eated it, in fact. as a negligible quantity. Negligible it is not. Every form of re- sistance increases at an enormous ratio with velocity. In liquids and gases it varies with density as well as speed; but, as a rule, the French engineers are right in as- serting that to double the velocity will in- crease the atmospheric resistance at least six fold We have only to think what this means with a train running at, say, fifty miles an hour, and mecting a wind, blow- ing in the opposite direction, of the same velocity. It would Involve an encrmously increased expenditure of er ergy in the form of fuel. For ships, moving in a vastly denser med- ium, nature has compelled recognition of the hard fact. Man's earliest craft had pos- sibly bluff bows, like scme of our anti- quated liners and merchantmen, but some of the rudest canoe builders saw the ad- vantage of the principle of the inclined plane, and in the latest naval types we see cutwaters skarp esea knife. Of course, Dame Nature modeled her fish on least re- sistance lines, but she did the same also with her birds. From beak to breast the mechanism ts as economical of power as it is beautiful in symmetry. And now the Paris, Lyons and Medit- erranean Railway Company are going to imitate the fish and the bird, and they have ordered forty “locomotives with snouts.” Instead of presenting a large surface square to the resistance of the atmosphere, they will make the engine front a metal prow, with iron planes, sheltering funnel, dome and fire box and inclined to each other, and to the permanent way at an angle of 45 degrees. In brief, the train will plough its way through the atmosphere, and instead of driving a huge column of the resisting medium in front of it,will allow it to glance off as the water does when cleft by the finry tribes, or the air when an arrow speeds through it. There can scarcely be a doubt that this is a move in the right direc- tion. It will lead to a cousiderable saving of coal, and the rate of motion, especially against strong winds, will be Increased, be- cause, partially at least, the train will be enabled to attain a high speed without at the same time expending its energy in im- parting similar velocity to a body of air, So far as appearances go, we see no rea- son why the engine with a gracefully cury- ed or inclined ram or prow should not be at least as much a thing of beauty as the locomotive of the present. Perhaps even this will only be a transitory stage. Nowa- days the engine of passenger trains often weighs one-half the whole load to be drawn, and the savants are not content to think that a moiety of the power should be spent upon its traction. It seems inevitable that electricity will some day be sufficiently de- veloped to dispense with this waste, and thus become our general motor. Mean- while “the locomotive with snouts” promise to be an improved type. One Way to Get Married. From the New York Advertiser. A curious incident is related as taking place in a well-known church recently. A wedding was being solemnized, the con- t.acting parties being a lady and gentle- man who move in the fashionable circles of society, while in the corner of the church stood a youthful couple, a mulatto boy and girl. The pai watched the ceremony in- tently, and copied each movement made by the bride and groom whom the priest was making man and wife. As they knelt down so did the other couple kneel, and when the bridegroom placed the ring on the bride's finger the young mulatto did likewise. At Jength, when the procession emerged from the church, the humble couple followed, looking s if they were married. It tran: pired that such, indeed, was their belief. They had no money wherewith to pay the priest or the fees, so they thought a mar- riage at second hand would be just as ef- fective and cost nothing. —— Judge--""How old are you, miss?” Elderly Female—“I am—I am—I am—” Judge—“Better hurry up; every. moment makes it worse.".—-Fllegende Blaetter, AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Many Events of Importance Reported in Short Paragraphs. Political Notes in the Néighboring Meredith and Hin Fight for Re-Llection, Counties—Mr. On Thursday Messrs. Gardner L. Boothe and C. W. Moore, with Dr. Wm. R. Purvis, made an inspection of the city jail. Their report, which was a very favorable one, was handed to the judge of the corporation court yesterday. Mr. Steenie Mason of Fauquier county, the populist candidate for Congress from the eighth congressional dfstrict, was in the city yesterday for a few hours. He says that his chances for election grow brighter as the days go by, and he feeis confident that he will poll a large vote, if he is not elected. Dr, Julian Miiler, son of EB. J. Miller of this city, will locate here. He is an appli- cant for the position us physician to the poor recently vacaied by Dr. Gulic. Mr. T. €. Pileher of Fauquier county was in the city yesterday. He feels conident that the aemocratic majority in his county will be as large as usual. Mr. Picuer claims a portion of the reward for the cap- ture of Searcey and Morgantield, the Aquia creex train robbers. He said that but for the sickness of his wife at the time he would have arrested the men on suspicion when they were in his store at Midiand and purchased the grips the day after the rob- bery. Mrs. J. P. Agnew and family have re- turned from their country home for the ‘The 7:15 trips of the ferry boat between this city and Washington will be discon- "tinued efter tonight. Samuel G. Brent, a ———— _—_. d corporation attorney of this city, says that ae his opinion Mr. Meredith's majority wilt be fully 2,500. That while there is some little dissensions in the party h> thinks it won't amount to much and will be overcome. "The employes of the Pennsylvania Rail- way Company were vaccinated by one of the company’s physicians yesterday. Rev. 8. A. Wallis, rector of Pohick Church, in Fairfax county, who has been filling a chair at the Episcopal Theological Seminary near this city in the absence cf Prof Angus Crawford, has been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. Dr. Kinloch Nelson. While playing foot ball at the Episcopal High School Lioyd Uhler, son of Mr. Geo. Uhler of this city, had his left arm broken at the wrist. The members of the Alexandria Mandolin, Panjo and Guitar Club went to Fails Church last night, where they gave an en- tertainment. They returned about mid- night. aa Frank Daly and her sister, Mrs. N. S$ Greenaway, have gone to Fredericks- burg to visit Capt. James P. Woody, their father. A colored woman named Martha Steward, who has been confined in the city jail for some time past on account of insanity, was sent to the asylum at Petersburg to- day. ‘The will of the late Amos Slaymaker was admitted to probate in the corporation court yesterday. The widow and Archie Slaymaker qualified as executors. Miss Lillian Janney is the guest of the Misses Norton. William Powell has gone to Asheville, N. C., to spend the winter. The’ Weekly meeting of the ‘Teachers’ Literary Association will be held at Pea- body Hall tonight. Physiology will be dis- cussed, as will also arithmetic. Miss’ Mary Payne Is an applicant for :bstitute teacher in the public schools. Norman Pierce of this city has been ap- pointed one of the commissioners for Vir- ginia to look after the gathering cf ex- hibits of handiwork of the colored peopie of the state for the Atlanta exposition. The management of the exposition have pro- vided a special building for this exhibit. On Monday night next the free art school will be again opened in Peabody building. The class this session will be in charge of Miss May Minnigerode and “Miss Maud Edelin. ‘The services in the various churches will be held at the usual hours tomorrow and the resident rectors will officiate. Mrs. Andrew Della is visiting her daugh- ter in Baltimore. John D. Hooe, who was threatened with diphtherla, is much better. GEN. BOOTH’S MEETIN Convention Hall Will Probably Be Crowded on Monday Night. The Rev. Dr. Newman, pastor of the First Congregational Church and a member of the Auxiliary League of the Salvation Army, has sent out invitations to a number of the clergymen of the city to meet Gen. Booth, the founder and head of the Salva- tion Army, on Monday afternoon, for a private conference. All the leading clergy- men in the city are expected to be on the platform at Gen. Booth's meeting at Con- vention Hall on Monday evening. The sale of reserved seats at Droop's for 25 cents apiece has gore steadily on during the week until about half the house had been taken up to last evening. It is expected that a large number of seats will be taken today and Monday by those who always wait until late, and that then there will be a grand rush Monday evening which will fill the house. Part of Gen. Booth’s party arrived in ad- vance today to perfect the final arrange- ments for the meeting on Monday evening. Brigadier Evans, the chief Salvation Army officer for New York city, New Jersey, Del- aware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, heads the advance guard, which comprises Adjutant Wood of New York, Adjutant Sammans of New Jersey and Adjutant and Mrs. Dunham of Balti- more, who are in charge of this district. All these officers will take part in the regular meetings at Salvation Army Hall, 080 Penn- sylvania avenue, this evening and Sunday morning, afternoon and evening, and as they are all clever and experienced they will make them exceedingly interesting They will ali take part in the demonsira- tion of welcome at the railway station when Gen, Booth arrives Monday afternoon and in the subsequent proceedings. ——__ BIRDS IN THE ARCTIC. In Their Search for Food They Brave the Coldest Climes, From the New York Telegram In the countries bordering cn the Polar seas, where the changing seasons bring al- ternately the two extremes of dearth and plenty, birds are more numerous in the short summer than anywhere else all the world over and in winter are absent alto- gether. All are immigrants there by force of circumstances. In like manner the birds of temperate climates are affected by the seascnal changes, theugh in a less degree, through the influence of cold and heat upon their food supplies, rather than by effect of cold upon their well-protected bodies, According to Littell’s Living Age, a coat of mail is not to be compared to a coat of feathers for safety, so far as a bird’s life is concerned. Layer upon layer of feathers can withstand any amount of water or any degree of cold. In proof of this see how the delicate tern, after wintering in com- paratively mild weather, go back to the ice floes of the Polar sea and lay their eggs on the bare ice. For two or three weeks the tender breast of the sea swallow is pressed against a cold block of ice. Again, as an- other example of the influence of food rather than climate in governing bird ac- tion, take the colony of beccaficos. The beceafico is a Mediterranean bird, common on the shores of Spain and Italy, in the Grecian [slands, Sicily and Malta and on th2 northern shores of Africa. Formerly it was quite unknown in the British Isles, but some years ago a large orchard of fig trees was planted near Brighton, and the becceficos have discov- ered the fact and come over to share the spoil. Doubtless the nightingales told chem the story of English figs and showed them the way over. Be this as it may, the litle birds from the warm shores of the Medi- terranean bid fair to become established as naturalized British subject —-- --40e Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the feliowing: Jacob F. Sterner of Allen- town, Pa., and Mary F. Conner of Wash- ington; Jesse W. Speakman and Dora Bryant; William F. H. Godson and Jos: * Boyd Bentley. MISTAKES OF HISTOR A Smithso: Profexser Pricks So: Hotes iu Accepted Beliefs, “What ts history but universally accepted fable?” said a learned Smithsonian pro- fessor to a writer for The Star. “I quote the great Napoleon. For examp consider Plymouth Rock. In the town of Plymouth is a rock with a fence «round it. It is a scrt of local fetich. On Forefathers’ day every year exercises are held there com- memorating the alleged fact that on th rock the pilgrims lanv’ed. As a matter of fact, there is no evidence that such was the fact. Prof. Channing, the historical expert of Harvard, has red the story back an? believes it to have been started by an old man named Faunce, who many years ago pointed out tne rock to some children, saying: ‘Here they landed.’ History states that the pilgrims arrived on Sunday, but refrained from landing until Monday lest they should break the Sabbath. That is pure nonsense. AS @ gealter -of tact, he women and children ti c's! x was more comfortable, "ener: Decauee fe 2 gargeousners and Wi of the ancient Mexicans at "the tine ot the Spanish conquest have been perm: rently embalmed in history. The who! story is a misrepresentation. Cortez nw urally wished to «ive an impression at home that he had conquered a great and rich nation. In reality it was only # half- civilized and untutorea people. The mode of Jiving was patriarchal, whole families of 100 or more persons lving in house. The communal dwelling was of ore story and necessarily of large size. These structures were described py the Spanfards as ‘palaces.’ ‘The peopl> ate only one cooked meal each day, for the rest of thelr food depending on a ‘grub diet’ picked up anyhow. The dinners, par- taken of by so many individual: ported in history as “banquets. “"* 7 “The schoolboy learns that Columbus was the man who first conestved the idea that the world was round. Nothing couid be more nonsensical. The trath is that he merely accepted % notion on this subject wEich had been handed down from classic times by scholarly men. Strabo, the Latin author, was one of these. The conception was for many centuries as: a@ faint Hght glimmering in darkness. “bet me call your attention to - stame of the makiur of fictitious history, There are excellent reasons for believing ached the shores of umbus. The rec- as, however, Kivi : Of the locality where they. landed Onion few such non-descriptive facts as that they found grapes growi enthusiast namet Horsford, Harvard, a few years ago Charles river a tower between Waltham end Newton to commemorate the landimg of the Nors> voyagers, at that point. The gagas tell of going up u river, and Hors- ford chose, to assume that the Charles river was ‘the river referred to. Very likely the notion thus recorded by a mon- vment will gain general credit some day, though there is no more reason to suppose that the river wus the Charles than that the Hudson, or any 7 rivers, ; if A moment ago. probably know t no battle as we fought at Waterico. Waterloo was a post dispatch station some miles distant. Dis- patehes were sent thence to England, and hence the name given to the battle. ‘Sheridan's ride to Winchester was not twenty mifles—not over ten miles, I think, There never was any foundation in fact ce fee onal ~ Barbara Freitchie. The of the yn sary utrue of the yarns about Pocahontas —— THE VALUE OF BooKs. ne. Yet an & trustee of butit_ on the “I quoted Napoi Why Some Volumes Are Highly Prized by Collectors, Interview with a Book Collector, “It is a remarkable fact that even peo- ple who are educate! and intefigent know little about the value of books, and are tg- noraat as to what constitutes’ an old or a valuable book. I have frequently heard an educated person speak of a book that was one hundred years old, for insiance, as a very old book. Of course they thought it must be valuable because it was that old. Now, I don’t imagine that any book, printed in the English language, irrespec= tive of its author or its contents, is neces* sarily of any value unless it should be printed in England prior to 1500, or on this continent prior to 1700. Printing was not begun in England until about 1474—I think that is the date of the earliest printed book in England. English books pi ed prior to 1520 or 1525 might be valuabie simply on account of the editing; but after that date 1 think it would have to depend upon the contents or the author. “In regard to America the books that are considered rare and bi prices are, first, those relating to Ameri- ca, the earliest of which was printed Rome in 1493—a letter of Christopher Ci lumbus in regard to his discoveries—just one year after he is said to have discovered the country. Books printed in America prior to 1700, even if they are on theologi- cal subjects or sermons, are rare. Books of literary or historical interest, printed during that period and in this country, bring very large prices—fabujous prices, be- cause there Is a great demand for them, one of the causes being the establishment of many libraries in this country. “The ‘Bay Psalm Book,’ printed in 1640, at Cambridge, New England, was the first book and the first book of poems printed in the United States. The last copy sold at auction here was*some eight or ten years. ago for $1,200. If sold now it would bring four times this price. The last copy sold was bought by Cornelius Vanderbilt. Other desirable American books are those printed by early printers in the different states. For instance, issues from the press of Wil- liam Bradford, who was the first printer of New York, are very valuable, and in great demard.” ———+e+. Notes of the Campaign. Congressman W. L. Wilson, John R, Cowen and ex-Gov. PinkneyWhite addressed 5,000 persons in the Cyclorama building in Baltimore last night. * Six thousand democrats crowded into the Chicago Auditorium last night to hear ex- Minister Lambert Tree,, Vice President Ste- venson, Wm. R.Morrison and Franklin Mlac- Veagh discuss the issues. It is claimed that every one of the alieged 6,000 illegally registered_ persons in San Francisco will be arrested if they attempt to vote. Gov. McKinley spoke to about 4,500 per- sons yesterday, making a dozen speeches, — at Erie, Pa., and ending at Akron, Ohio. Benjamin Merritt, democratic candidate for representative in Fillmore county, Neb., was shot as he was driving in the country Thursday night. No motive is assigned. Gov. Altgeld addressed a democratic mass mecting in Chicago last night, paying his respects to the President in vigorous jan- guage. Five thousand persons jostled each other at the Union railway station at Albany yes- terday afternoon in order to see ex-Presi- dent Harrison and hear him speak. At the state democracy headquarters im New York last night it was announced that thirty-four members of the Tammany Hall organization in the twenty-ninth assembly district had resigned from that body and joined the state democracy. a Betting on state and city results in New York continues to favor Morton and Strong. Yesterday on the stock exchange $5,000 to $3,500) was wagered that Strong would be elected mayor, and as much more was of- fered without’ finding takers. One bet of $1,000 to $400 was made on Morton for gov- ernor. Ex-Gov. Russell made his first campaign speech this year in Mechantes’ Hall, Wor- cester, Mass., last evening, before a large audience, He reggived a tremendous ovation when Introduced by Col. A. George Bullock, who presided. Senator Hill's meeting at Auburn, N. Y., last night was the largest political demon- stration in the history of Cayuga county. Over 4,000 people heard the Senator speak in the Genesee rink and twice as many crowded the streets outside. Senator Hill claimed that the hard times had passed away. One of the largest and most enthusiastic audiences of the campaign greeted Gov. Greenhalge in Winthrop Hall, Boston, last night. Chauncy M. Depew addressed a publican meeting at Buffalo last night. ——_—_- +e ____—_ The Scapegon From the Cincinnati Tribune, “Everything that is done in this house ts always blamed onto me,” sniffed the small boy, “an’ I'm jist gittin’ tired of it. I'll run re- awa that’s what I'll do. Doggone if I n to be the Li Hung Chang of this fam- any songer,