Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1894, Page 12

12 é THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. POLITICS IN OHIO Bossip About the Governorship and the Senatorship Plenty of Republicans Anxious to Succeed Gov. McKi for Senator Brice’s Seat. Jal Correspondence of The Lvening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 28, 1804. ‘The Ohio man’s desire for office, which has become proverbial all over the nation, shows itself in a remarkable degree in the contest for the republican nomination for governor next year, which had begun even before the last state election, and is now approaching the most interesting stage. ‘There are no less than thirty-one aspirants for this honor. The conditions are such that what is known in politics as “a new @eal” must now be made. McKinley is now finishing his second term, and if he eared for a third term would certainly be deterred from attempting to secure it by = remembrance of the utter defeat of vernor Foraker when he made such an attempt. : After McKinley there is no favorite son "in the republican party in Ohio with a special claim to preferment now, and the gecasion is generally regarded as a time for a free pitch-in. Hence the enormously extended list of candidates. The strength of these candidates, however, varies great- ly, and in fact it wouid not be difficult to k out the half dozen of the list between Whom the real fight in the convention will come. Some of the men whose names are in this ligt of candidates have taken so little part in politics heretofore that to the ik and file of the party this is the first timation that they claimed allegiance to the republican party. Here at the capital city it ‘is thought that the nomination will go to George K. fash, ex-attorney general of the state. ‘his may come, however, from the fact that this is the home of Mr. Nash. In forthern Ohio the chances of James H. Hoyt of Cleveland and Judge J. H. Doyle of To! are thought to be very good. Hoyt is Probably the most brilliant man in the long list of candidates, and as an ter-dinner speaker has been referred to the Chauncey M. Depew of Ohio. He is @ business man of Cleveland. Ex-Speaker Keifer. Another of the more prominent persons this list is J. Warren Keifer of Spring- . His candidacy is remarkable from the fact that this is the first time he has emerged from the retirememt into which withdrew after leaving the chair of ker of the national House of Represen- tives, rather than from any likelihood t he will be chosen to lead the Ohio re- ublicans in next year’s campaign. Gen. eifer has never been restored to the place held in the esteem of Ohio republicans prior to his service in the Speaker's chair, and it does not seem at all likely that his | ony practice, to which he has devoted all time since he retired from Congress, Will be interrupted by a party call to this or any other office. He,will hardly enter pffictal life again. ‘ A much more likely candidate is Gen. Grosvenor of Athens, now xepresenting his district in Congress. But onething stands Against him, and that is a serious break between him and ex-Gov. Foraker, which occurred about the time the latter was running for a third term in the gover- tor’s chair. It was an open rupture, and there was a public display .of much feel- ng on both sides. In the recent congres- sional campaign Foraker made a speech in Grosvenor’s district, but many Foraker Fepublicans would net support him, and the convention will hesitate to nominate a candidate with this palpable weakness. The Democratic Situation. For reasons that are obvious in the re- turns from the last two state elections, the list of candidates for the democratic nom!- mation for governor next year is not so long as the republican list. In fact thore Bre now no avowed: candidates for this honor, though names are mentioned. To tounteract the baleful influence of the fecent overwhelming defeats to their party the democratis are turning to political his- tory and showing that a victory for them is due next year, as though victories and @efeats ran in cycies, that could be com- puted and anticipated as confidently as eclipses in astronomy. It is fourd that in recent yexrs the re- publicans have been ousted from power in this state regularly every fifth year, after having enjoyed two, and only two, full terms of administration. Beginning back in 1868, they show’ that after Rutherford B. Hayes and Edward F, Ndyes had serv- ed a term each as republicans in the gov- ernor’s chair, the democrats carried the state and elected William Allen, uncle of the: “Old Roman,” to the governorship. en foNowed two terms with republicans the gubernatorial chair again—Hayes and Thomas L. Young—and the democrats carried the state again, electing Richard M. Bishop governcr. The republicans then elected Charles Foster to the governorship twice In succession, and were then de- feated by the democrats, George Hoadley being elected governor. The republicans held the state tor four years following Gov. Hoadley’s administra- ton, Foraker being in the governor's office. ‘Then the democrats carried the state gain, and James E. Campbell became governor. Like all his democratic prede- cessors mentioned above, he served but one term and was defeated for re-election. v. McKinley has now~been twice elected the governorship, and if the regular se- gone of party supremacy, which the mocrats hepe is now firmly established, fs not broken he will be democrat. It might be stated here, ver, that on none of the recent occasions democratic victory in Ohio refcrred to above did the party face in the clection re- turns of the year before a defeat by 180,- 000 republican plurality, as they will next year. Senator Brice’s Successor. ‘These periodical democratic victories have also operated to keep one demo- cratic Senator from Ohio in Congress all the time for many years. Not a few re- publicans have charged that this was due fn part to the machinations of Senator Sherman, who did not desire a republican colleague, for the reason that if he did have one he would have to divide the pat- ronage with him. Be this as it may, Sena- tor Brice would no doubt be very much obliged to him ff he would arrange it so that the legislature chosen in Ohio next should have a democratic majority; Yor that legislature will choose Senator Sng successor. The Senator is, there- jore, specially interested in preserving the order of sequence of democratic victories in Ohio now. a In spite of the report that the Senator would resign if the democratic state con- vention should reprove him for opposing the Wilson bill—and it did—it is generally understood here that he is desirous of suc- ceeding himself. It is believed that Senator Brice will ‘Wish ex-Speaker Niel R. Hysell to be the democratic candidate for governor. Mr. Hysell became speaker of the Ohio house of representatives by the same combina- fon that sent Mr. Brice to the Senate. Hysell is a good judge of men and an ex- cellent. mafipulator. It was he, it might said in passing, that managed the in- rests of John McBride in the Federation of Labor meeting at Denver last week, and @ecured McBride's election as president of that organization over Samuel Gompers by an overwhelming majority. Some Names Mentioned. It is noticed, however, that the Camp- Dell democrats are talking of Representa- tive Paul J. Sorg of Hamilton for guber- natorial cand‘date, and the anti-Brice ele- ment of the party seem to take kindly to the suggestion. It is not improbable, there- fore, that there may be a contest between the Brice and anti-Brice elements of tho ty in the convention, with Hysell and rg as the rival candidates for the guber- natorial nomination. Sorg comes from the game town as ex-Gov. Campbell, and is his close personal and political friend. He was, Moreover, about the only democratic can- @idate for Congress in this state last fall who was in danger of defeat and escaped Another possible candidate for the ymocratic nomination for governor is john J. Lentz of this city, @ young man of ability and ambition. He has allied him- felf with no faction, however, and if it is @ factional fight, will not be in it. He is - generally regarded, however, by all as one of the coming Ohio democra' The republican ts. contest for the senator- ship—it is not conceded to Senator Brice— is causing trouble again. While the party generally concedes the honor to ex-Gov. Foraker, and Gov. McKinley is supposed to do so too, the fact that the latter does not say so in so many words is regarded by many as very signilicant. Krom a near friend of ex-Gov. Foraker it is learn- ed that so far as personal tastes go he would prefer to continue in private life at his law practice, but he feels that he has been maligned by the eastern press, and he would like an opportunity to show the nation that ke is not so bad a character as he has been represented. Such an op- portunity he tees in a term in the Senate. ———__- THE STORM AT SEA. Marine Disasters Caused by the Re- cent Hurricane. In tke hurricane of Wednesday night | the Boston steamer Santuit was strug- gling to the southwest, off Fire Island, L. 1, witif the barges Seth Low and Ring- leader in tow. She had gone only a few miles after the storm came down when the hawser snapped and the colliers went adrift. Both were light; and before the Santuit could bend snow hid them both from sight. After a fruitless effort to find the two, the Santuit, in self-preservation, steamed away, and after a perilous trip reached the Delaware capes yesterday morning. About the same time the Santuit reached port the barge Ringleader, Capt. Keane, came into port in tow of a New York tug. When the hawser parted the Ringleader had heisted sail, and after knocking about the ocean all night bore in toward the Highlands. ‘There she signaled a tug, and was towed inside the Hook. Capt. Keane says that the Seth Low also hoisted sail, but that her canvas was hardly spread when it was blown from the bolt ropes. A few minutes later she was lost to sight in a snow squall. She had five persons aboard, one of whom is said to be a woman. Both barges are owned by L. Burnham of Boston, and were bound Baltimore for coal. The Seth Low was well provisioned and she is a stout craft, it was hoped she would survive the gale. A wrecking company is now engaged in either raising or hauling into deep water wrecks of the freight propeller Tuckahoe ashore at Sand’s Point; a railroad float sunk at the foot of Rivington street, New York: schooner Viola, ashore at Mattini- cock Point; schooner Isetta, ashore at Eaton's Neck; canal boat Hark, sunk st the foot of East 88th street; schooner Al- bert Mason, ashore on Ellis Island, and the steam lighter General Siegel, ashore, at Weehawken. A bark saved by her skipper’s fine sea- manship off Far Rockaway during Thurs- day's blow was the Mistletoe, from St John’s, N. B., for New York. The Mistle- toe left port December 15, and struck the hurricano off Fire Island Wednesday night. She was hove to under storm canvas, but her cargo of lumber shifted, listing the vessel heavily to port, and she was com- pelled to anchor. After lying off Far Rockaway until 6 p.m. Thursday, Capt. Kinney put out to sea. Yesterday a wreck- ing tug towed her inside the Hvok. THE SANTA CLAUS MYTH. How It Should Be Managed With Children, From the School Journal. The management of the Santa Claus myth, beautiful as it is, and taught as much’ for the children’s pleasure as for that of the adults who keep it up, is often such as to cause moral disturbance when it is uniearned as a fact. “Mamma said there was a Santa Claus, and now I know there isn’t any. 1 don’t believe there's any God, either.” This is the just pun- ishment of devout parents who make un- true statements to their children. The bad management of this myth is due to a lack of understanding of the nature of myth in general aad of human history. In primitive days, when mysteries arose, man had to solve them for himself. He had no misleading trusted guardian at hand to give him false explanations. He had no fallen angel to contemn when ex- planations proved false. If he encouraged bright fictions of his own imagination, only to resign them later with pain, he had none to tell him what was not true. ‘The Santa Claus myth is of a piece with the special providence idea, which ts prob- ably nearly as-old as the human imagina- ticn itself. The very young child finds what he wants within his reach and ac- cepts it as a windfall. Later, the ques- ticn, ?” arises, and “How did it come there? the mystery is deepened by the suggestion from mamma, “I wonder if Santa Claus could have put it there?” or the statement from another® child, “Santa Claus brought it.” ‘The “1 wonder” from mamma leaves her non-committal, and does no harm. The confident stat:ment from the child is made in honest belief and does no harm. The vemance liyes a year, and Santa Claus is expected again. He is talked about av a mysterious, semi-earthly personage, of superhuman powers and universal loves. Pictures show what he looks like, and his rubicund visage expresses the happiness he gets out of happiness-giving. But there are pictures-of Jack Frost, too, and he is only the wind. Santa Claus brings the Christmas tree, and Jack Frost the fairy lace upon the window pane. So the chii- dren say—and the adults join in the talk ard lerd themselves to the wonderful tale. but with an air cf mystery that at the same time enhances it and leaves them free to accept and countenance any more likely theory that may subsequently offer. If they are wise, they waive explana- tiens, avoid saying “Santa Claus is a man and looks like that,” and so manage the whole question that the worst charge childhood can ever bring against them will be, “You knew it all the time!” To which reply can be made, “Yes, dear, but it wasn't time for you to kno’ Mamma wanted you to have your dream out, be- cause it was a pleasant one. You enjoyed it, and so does baby brother. Do not spoil his dream. He will learn in time who old Boreas is, and what the pictures of Father Time with his scythe are meant to repre- sent, and that the moisture is on the win- dow vane and Jack Frost is only the cold that turns it into ice crystals, and that Santa Claus is the happy myth that stands for the love of parents and friends at Christmas time. But it is too soon to teach him these things row. Let him find them out for himself, by thinking, as you did, and then he will understand them better.’ Thus the question, “Who is Santa Ciaus?” may introduce the whole noble subject of mythology and acquaint the child, through his own vivid experiences, with those of primitive man, who had a feebler start in thought and less wealth of intelligent sug- gestion about him, and who, therefore, did ‘ot get on as fast. Thus, too, it may lead through higher speculations, to the event- ful question, ‘ho is God?" and to loftier conceptions than the concrete images cher- ished by those crude minds that gave to jo Infinite all the limitations of person- ality. . It would have been cram to tell the child that Santa Claus was 4 man and came down the chimney. It would have been cram to explain the myth too early. Each day hath its own understanding. Hide not the facts, but leave the understanding to work upon them. The facts are that the gifts are there, and the air is burdened with festivity. Perhaps the jingle of sleighbells was heard in the night. Per- haps Santa Claus appeared in a dream. The children say he comes. The grown folks don’t seem to know how the presents came unless he brought them. It is a mystery which the child himself is willing to pro- long; a problem tn which the scientific im- agination, seeking realities, consents to be held in check by the romantic imagination, seeking poetic fictions. Let {t remain until the understanding acquires strength to gently and lovingly dispose of it. pstiadicmsnnsitie deoas Willing to Be Advised. From Texas Siftings. A little girl, aged nine, Hving on Amster- dem avenue, called her father to her hed- side a few eveningg ago and said: “Papa, I want to ask your advice.” “Well, my little dear, what is it about?” “What do you think would be best for you, to give me :on my birthday next week?” _—+e+—_____ A Valuable Testimon: From Puck. Eminent but baldheaded citizen—“Well, sir, what ean I do for you?” Visitor—“You can do me a great favor, with no trouble to yourself. Will you kindly sign this certificate for my hair restorer? Eminent citizen—“Hair restorer! But, my dear sir, I have never used your hair restorer!” Visitor—“Of course not! That is exactly what I wish you to certify.” THINGS HEARD AND SEEN Representative Tom Johnson of Ohio does Bot believe there is much hope of financial Jegistatioa iu this session of Congress. “Thete are no two men in either house,” he said, “who will agree upon a plan. It reminds me of the Crank C'ub in Cleveland. I am a member tm good standing. The rules require that no man shall agree with any other man. There were two fellows who did agree one time. Both agreed that they did not like Cleveiand’s policy. We turned one of them out and there is now striking inbarmony.” Mr. Johnson thinks that all members of the House might be admitted to his club on the financial ques- tion alone. se © © The herdic drivers need a talking to by ' the manager of the & avenue and F street lines. At the end of the route there is usually standing number of herdics waiting to start out. For warmth and so: clability all the driv- ers congregate in one of them and smoke bad tobacco in strong pipes. When that particular her- dic leaves the ter- minus the people who are compelled to ride in it are subjected to a most villain- ous odor for nearly the distance of the run, It takes time for even brisk Decem- ber air to cleanse a herdic which has served as a smoking room. In the sum- mer time passengers are annoyed by the spray of tobacco juice flying in at the open windows, as the drivers chew viciously and expectorate frequently. Workmen in other trades and conductors are not allowed to use tobacco while on duty. Why not the herdic drivers? | : A man who fs not yet old tells an Inter- esting story of Gen. Schofield. It was just after the war, and our friend, who had ccme out of it as a Meutenant, and was chock full of military knowledge, was jour- neying westward. In the same car was a mild-appearing, yet military-looking man, and naturally enough they begin talking about the war. The young man was the most voluble, and he praised one general end criticised another in a way that indi- cated he had @ great deal of knowledge. finally, in the lull of the conversation, just er one of the most distinguished officers ! been mentioned, the military-looking 1 sald: “Yes; he ‘was a good officer. I @ major general before he was mado brigadier.” The young licutenant han- died the remainder cf the conversation in a very gingerly way, and, getting away as soon as possible, he negotiated with the trakeman to ascertain the man’s name. He felt quite small when he found it was Gen. Schofield, though tmmensely relteved to know that he had not undertaken to show how that distinguished officer might have improved upon his military move- ments. Scarcely a day passes that horses draw- ing cars on the Me- 4 tropolitan line do not fall In front of the Boston House. The cobbles between the tracks have been worn as smooth as glass almost by the constant pounding of the tron-shod hoofs; and there are slight grades from 10th @ street and 11th street as well, which meet near the corner of the latter street. Consequently the car gets rapid impetus just before reaching the point, and as some passenger al- most invariably wants to get out there the horses have to be jerked suddenly, in order to come to a stop. This causes them to stumble on the smooth stones, which ins’ no foothold, and down they go. Considerable sand is scattered between the tracks at frequent intervals by the com- pany, but the stones have long since passed the stage when sand can relieve them entirely of their slipperiness. The falling horses are not frequently injured, but the sight of one of them floundering convulsively and then sliding on the stones with the dashboard over his back and the car moving ahead gives nervous persons the shivers that last them all day. eo ee A f F street is a great place to study the fads and fashions of the feminine world. This year everything is capes, just as last year every woman wore a coat with fur edging down the front and around the collar. If all the seal- skin capes one sees were made of the genuine pelts it would take the en- tire output of the Y Pribiloff Islands to supply Washington alone. But what the uninitiated admires as sealskin 1s ‘‘coney” or “electric seal” to the practical vision. A coney skin is the everyday clothes of a cotton-tailed rabbit. When divested from its natural wearer, it is dyed a seal brown and then the omnipresent electricity comes into play. The fur side of the skin ts treated to bath after bath of electricity, until it becomes as soft and velvety as sealskin itself. Then dozens of the skins are sewed together and made into a cape, and for $28 a girl can sport a garment that looks and feels for all the world to the casual commoner like a twin sister of the $150 article that droops from the shoulders of Madame Midas. The “toney” women, however, appear to have eschewed fur, except of the most elegant description, and the most stunning dressers affect capes of black velvet. A very handsome one on F street yesterday was a double cape, the upper one ecged with costly brown fur, and the collar a mass of exquisitely wrought designs in bead work. And if the girl who had it on wanted to marry for money she could wed the most rigorous elder in a Shaker settlement on two days’ acquaint- ance. What everybody will say now after reading that is true—that any cape would look divinely on = creature like her! . Every day something occurs to prove again the truth of the line, “Fate moves in a mysterious way its wonders to perform.” There ts a well-known lawyer in Washing- ton who is so nervous that he gets shocked into a chill at the noise of his own sudden sneeze. He lives on the line of the 14th street cable cars, and the grip has been the source of fearful dread to him ever since the system was adopted. The bare thought of riding in one where he would be sure to see the blood and hear the death agony of any luckless pedestrian who might happen to get knocked down was sufficient to give him a series of conniption fits. The other day, however, he was tired and worn out, but was compelled to leave the city on an important business trip. The call was sudden, and found him at his office unpte- pared as to linen and requisite toilet arti- cles. He found he barely had time to run out to his house, get his grip and catch the train. He trotted for the avenue, and along came a yellow train. The closed car was crowded to its capacity; his feet and legs pained too much to stand and the only seat to be had was on the front bench di- rectly behind the dashboard of the grip. In wild carelessness of consequences he took it. Every approaching wagon made him shudder; every newsboy scooting across the tracks stopped his heart beating; every clang of the bell—and Washington’ cable gripmen ring theirs louder, more often and more unnecessarily than any other mem- bers of their tribe in existence—every clang of the bell, to repeat, made the cold per- spiration break oyt on his backbone. He wished he had never done it; he swore he would never do it again—and he won't. As the car was whirring around lth street from New York avenue a man pushing a parcel cart got his vehicle in front of it. ‘There was a crash, an atmosphere {filled with flying spokes and broken wagon body, a crunching of the debris under the whee some emphatic expletives and a stop. Wi a wild bound the lawyer leaped from the car. He didn’t wait to see the amount cf damage done or pick up a possible retainer in a suit for recovery. He hoofed it de- terminedly out to his home, packed his grip, made up his mind to take a later train out of town and none at all ever again in Washington, and drank copious draughts of something to steady his nerves.. Now he walks three squares at both ends of his daily journey and patronfzes the Belt line. The fugniest part of it all-to him is that no cable train he was ever onjbefore met with any sort of a mishap, and he takes it as a warning to let ‘em severefy alone in future —closed cars included: nid A sign of the times, and an illustration of the “new woman”, we hear so much about appeared on 9th street the other day when a little girl (MJ about four years old. (i Was seen trudging, along beating a large, drum slung round her neck, and plodding a § little in the rear of her five-year-old brother, meekly trundling a doll car- riage, o 8 © ee Representative Coombs has done more or less talking already this session of Con- gress. “Seems to me you are making a good many speeches this session,” said one of his friends. “Yes,” he answered, “I want to show the people of my district what a mistake they made at the last election.” eee & on the local police force are armed with re- volvers of thirty-two caliber, whose long- chambered cylinders have seven cham- bers. They only car- ry six cartridges in them, however, one chamber being left empty, with the trig- ger let down into it for safety. They are double-action, —_self- cocking guns, and that kind of weapon is dangerous at any time if not carried and handled with great caution. The reason why the trigger is kept in an empty cham- ber Instead of resting on a loaded cap ts interesting. When the men used to carry their weapons fully loaded they sometimes dropped them, and they were invariably discharged. Two or three officers when chasing prisoners had their pistols shaken out of their pockets and got bullets in their legs from the weapons going off when they struck the pavement. Consequently the empty chamber habit was adopted, and it is now universal. oe . All the officers se 6 The other day a tall, gaunt Virginian walked into a room in one of the large office buildings of Washington and in- quired for Mr. Brady of Virginia. No one had seen, although nearly everybody knows, the.active re- publican of that state, who is fre- quently in this city. “Hasn't he an office in this building?” in- quired the man from the old dominion. No one in the room knew. “That only shows,” said the Vir- ginia man, with a slight air of disap- pointment, “that a man can be mighty big at home and purty small when he gets to Washington.” See sak OOK HIS OWN MEDICINE. Interesting Conclusion of an Episode im the Green Goods Game. From the New York Sun. The observant barkeeper recognized one of his customers as\a green goods man, whose name is not unknown to the inves- tigators of the Lexow committee. He was a tall, well-groomed fellow, with square jaws and cold gray eyes. His companion evidently was not a New Yorker, nor was he a countryman. He wore a gold watch chain almost big enough to hold a steam- ship at anchor. The barkeeper did not see the stranger's watch, but he naturally conjectured from the manner in which the green goods man looked at the watch pocket that there was a watch there. It ‘was apparent that the green goods man was after the “super,” as the fly barkeeper mentally expressed. The green goods man ordered beer for two. The stranger went over to the lunch counter while the bar- keeper was drawing the beer, and the green goods man, with seeming carelesa- ness, passed his right hand over the stranger's glass. The barkeeper caught a glimpse of a phial fh the hand, and he knew that the stranger's beer had in it a dose of “knock out” drops. The barkeeper was getting hot under the gollar. He was about to send for the cop on the post when the green goods man started toward the lunch counter and the stranger came back to the bar. It happened that the green goods man’s glass had less beer in it by half an inch than the stranger's. Appar- ently the stranger was not much of a drinking man. He innocently swapped glasses with the green goods man, while the barkeeper almost burst a blood vessel from excess of several kinds of emotion. “Here's how,” said the green goods man, as he raised his glass and touched that of the stranger. The beer disappeared, and the green goods man, with the look of a hawk about to pounce upon its prey, went out with the stranger. They lingered at the door awhile, and the barkeeper came out and smiled what he wished the crook to believe was approval of his little scheme The stranger wanted to go one way and the green goods man another. Finally the green goods man decided to go with the stranger, who was becoming suspicious. The drugged beer began to affect the crook. He took the arm of the stranger, and held on so tightly that the stranger, who didn’t lack vigor, was forced to protest. The wait of the crook after he let go of the stranger's arm arrested the interest of passers. He stopped, and, after convinc- ing himself that the object near the gutter was a real and not the mere simulacrum of a tree, he grabbed it and held himself up. He doubtless heard, as his intended victim hurried on, the loud and derisive laugh of the barkeepeer. He looked back and shook his fist at the saloon, dimly fancying that the barkeeper had changed the beers. —_—$ freo—__— AS TO GIANTS, For Some Reasen They Are Not Long Lived. From the National Popular Review. As a rule, giants are not long-lived. They have too many gauntlets to run; being giants—that being anything over 6 feet 6—- they naturally drift into the show business and are thenceforth incarcerated in vans, close rooms, and in the dingy and effluvia- laden air of the exbibition room. Their not overresisting luvgs there inhale the combined effluvia exp afoma that arise from the lungs, skin ‘&nd hot overclegn or over-well-aired clothes oftheir many ad- mirers, all of which*is nbt conducive to either health or to long lifé; It would seem reasonable to believe fhat'a giant—be he 7 or 10 feet tall—who‘is Well-formed, and who has every organ, in a just proportion to his bulk, should li¥é ag "long as a small man or as long as his heretWty might other- wise pert.t; reasoning theoretically this would seem ‘probable,’ but’ when we come to well lyze the subject and compare the actual facts we find that something or other always goes wrong 4nd that owing to many an “if,” we find’ that our giant dies early as a rule. Somé'one organ goes wrong and the greatimacKine comes to a stop; or some organ! doe#' not keep pace with the rest of the fncréase in bulk, and he gocs halting and squeaky, or either an overwork or an underwork here or there and a physiological inadequacy of some sort is the result, with a general deteriora- Hon of the whole structure and with a finally premature death. In other words, there is sure to be a falling link in the physiological scheme of these abnormal beings, which, by giving way, breaks the continuity of ‘the chain of life, and that, independent of any of those moral delin- quencies which are but too often the cause of an early breakdown. {t is simply that the whole structure would not work ab- normally in every detail. =a ae ‘The dry goods and millinery firm of J. Lichtenstein & Sons of New York has fall- ed. The Mabilities will probably amount to $450,000, while the assets are not ex- pected to realize more than half that sum. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Very pretty picture frames may be made as follows: Take the top or bottom of a good stiff pasteboard box, and lay the picture to be framed exactly in the center; then mark around it with a lead pencil. The margin about the picture should be in proportion to its size, at least, and the wider the margin, the richer looking the frame. Cut away the inside by laying a ruler along the lines and cutting through thé pasteboard with a sharp knife, being careful to cut just the tinfest bit inside of the lines all around so that the picture’ will not drop through when put on the back. Take enamel paint of any color you desire, and paint the pasteboard, giving it two coats. If you use dark paint, use dark cardboard, and light for light, then it will not show through if you spread the paint too thin. Mount your picture on a piece of paper—thick brown paper will an- swer—and place it neatly over the opening in the frame, adjusting from the back, and paste the brown paper to the frame. You can hang with ribbons or tack to the wail. If the pasteboard seems to be flimsy, paste two pleces together before you begin to paint. The enamel will not warp the paper in the least, and is hard and shining as marble. The effect is very pretty indeed. To glaze pastry, beat the yolk of an egg to a froth, and when the pastry is nearly done, brush with the yolk and return to the oven to set the glaze, but be careful not to let it stay too long, as it will brown it unduly. ee e we A good housekeeper knows that poor cooking utensils are never cheap at any price. Cheap tinware, for instance, is a delusion and a snare. Some of it is abso- jutely poisonous, and the tin wears off in a very short time, leaving the rusty iron composition to ruin everything that is put in it. You should never cook thing sour or tart, like fruit or tomatoes, in a vessel that Is beginning to show rust, as it will ruin the flavor, if it does not poison the family, oe ce To make a cement 4hat,is useful for al- most any purpose about a house, use alum, plaster of paris and water. It should be a little thickef than cream and used as soon as made up, as it hardens rapidly. A woman who adores onions and says she would eat them anyhow because of their salutary effect on her complexion, avers that the scent can be entirely re- moved, no matter how they have been served, if you drink a cup of black coffee immediately after eating them. She says also that a clove or wintergreen cream will remove the smell of wine from the breath, and, that she uses a gargle of camphor and myrrh if she gets the idea that her breath is the least bit tainted. * A learned doctor pleading for soup on every dinner table says: “A person comes to dinner weary and hungry and needs, first, something to stimulate the secretions of the stomach. ‘The first course, hot soup, does this by its action upon the nerves which control the blood vessels. Taking the soup slowly is an aid to diges- ticn, and if not a favorite dish, fish or oysters can be substituted, serving the same pu®pose. The joint or roast can then be taken with benefit to the system, and the game, vegetables and “sweets” should fol- low ‘in their order, not necessarily in courses, for the plain’ family dinner, how- eo 8 6 we Sweetbreads and tripe, when propert: cooked, are the most easily digested of all animal food. se © ee The practice of putting dishes in the cven to warm them for the table is a bad one. The dry heat causes the enamel to crock in time, and then grease soon pene- trates them to their utter ruination. Put the dishes to be heated, and all the table ware, nearly, should be heated in winter, including silver knives and forks, in a dishpan, and pour boiling water over them. Let them stand and steam until ready to serve the meal, then wipe with a clean, dry towel. It only takes a moment longer and you will be repaid by being able to keep your dishes nice as long as there Is a plece left you by careless servants, . . A lady who had been much annoyed b; the breaking of her dishes by caraic help has broken up the practice entirely in her house. She inquired minutely into the cause of each bfeakage, and if she felt that it was the result of carelessness she made the servant buy one like it from her own wages. This action cost her sev- eral trials in the way of new servants, but she always informed them on coming what they must expect, and they accepted her service with their eyes wide open. She finds that dishes can be washed with as much care by her servants as by her- self. It looks a little exacting, perhaps, at first notice, but it is only just after all. A glass, a broken saucer or a cracked tea- cup seems a@ very small matter to a serv- ant, but it may mean an irretrievably ruined set of beautiful dishes for the mis- tres and when that fact is impressed on the maid’s mind, and she understands that she will have to pay for her careless- ness, she will a surprisingly careful. ee . A little salt in the starch will usually prevent its sticking when you go to Iron. ers ee Always remember that silver ware when used to lift or as a receptacle for eggs will turn black, and a most obstinate black to get off, too. Only silver polish will re- move it. e © © e eo Before putting flannels in the suds shake and brush them thoroughly to get all the dust out of them, and they will be less liable to harden in the wash. Always re- ember that the water you use on flan- nels should be kept as nearly at one tem- perature as possible, that only a little hot- ter than blood heat is really best, because you can’t dry them under greater heat than that. ee © eo ° A burning thirst may be cured by taking a good bath; likewise it often cures a headache, rests tired feet, sweetens a sour temper end makes a new man of you gen- erally. Add to this a change of linen and of dress, and you often find a new crea- ture. There is no civiliser like the bath. The very latest fad in house furnishing is a box couch. These are really quite con- veniert for long-tailed gowns that persist in dragging on closet floors and crush with fclding. The couch will fit into a bow window nicely, and piled with pillows is really a delighiful lounging place. . ‘There is really a use for old lemon skins. After squeezing free of juice, they are used to clean old brass and copper. Rub them with soap and then dip in fine ashes or polish. Rub dry with a dry woolen cloth or a plece of chamoli pasar COMMISSIONER MARTIN TESTIFIES. No Personal Knowledge of Corrup in His Department. James J. Martin, president of the New York police board, declared on oath before the Lexow committee in New York yester- day that he was sorry that he had been connected witth the police department at a time when so many charges of iniquity could be successfully brought against it. He corroborated Capt. Schmittherger’s statement as to the Political nature of re- cent appointments and declared that politi- cal interference in appoirtments and tran: fers had been a nuisance, but an unavoid- able one to men who, like himself, were in the whirl of politics. He said that the interference was blamable on both of the great political parties. Mr. Martin swore that he was a man of very moderate means and in marked con- trast to Commissioner Sheehan he cheer- fully produced his bank books. He said he had no personal knowledge of police corruption or of payment for appointments cr promotions, but that he had heard enough to induce him to go to the superin- tendent frequently with requests for in- vestigations. Nothing more was achieved than a verbal report by the superintendent that no evidence could be obtained. While President Martin acknowledged his own power in his office and the supreme power of the board over the whole depart- ment, he declared that all facilities for practical investigations had been allowed to lle with the superintendent. Martin gave several expert opinions. One of them was that a police commission consisting of only one man would not do. At the close of the session Father Ducey laughingly tendered Mr. Goff his resigna- tion as chaplain of the committee. He said that he would not attend today’s meet- ing and reluctantly said farewell. At the opening of the afternoon session Capt. Delaney took the stand after Mr. Goff had called for Capt. and Mrs. Martens and Capt. Meakim without result. The captain got sadly mixed up in his answers to Mr. Goff’s questions, and he made such a failure as a witness that Mr. Goft said: “I am sorry, captain, that your wife is dead. I have’ always heard you spoken of as a brave officer and I don’t think you have fully recovered from your injury. You are exctised.” Capt. Delaney lost no time in getting out of court. Capt. Ryan of the Kingsbridge precinct was the next witness. Police Commissioner James J. Martin and District Attorney Fellows came into the court room while Capt. Ryan was on the stand, but they did not join in the merri- ment which the captain's quaint answers and explanations provoked. He was excused until this morning and told to bring his and his wife's bank books with him. Commissioner Martin on the Stand. Commissioner Martin was then called to the stand. “Mr. Martin, It has been said that the liquor dealers had ceased to pay any mon- ey to the police, Is that 807” “I do not know anything about it.” “Commissioner Sheehan sald that the |, liquor dealers had been paying blackmail end that they were notified not to pay any more.” “I never knew of such a notice to them.” “Did the commissioners not try to find out whether these men were paying bluck- mail?” “We had no facilities to do so except through the superintendent, and 1 spoke to the presen} superintendent and his pred- ecessor of the rumors of money being col- lected from the liquor deaiers. 1 did not feel justified in asking detectives to look the matter up. “Were the police captains changed to different precincts on account of their receiving blackmail?” “No, sir; we also depended on Superin- tendent Byrnes to see that the captains did their duty, and we believed him to be a capable and efficient officer.” He acknowledged that requests for trans- fers of captains were made by friends of the captains and politicians, but he did not think transfers thus made had any detri- mental effect on the department. He de- nied that any friction had occurred be- tween Superintendent Byrnes and himself. ‘In reply to further questions as to pay- ment of money, Commissioner Martin said: “| heard of money being paid for promofjons in the police department and also of money paid for appointments on the force. I never could get any substantial in- fcrmation on the subject. Any man whom I recommended never pald any money, as I would not be a party to such a thing. If I knew a man paid money he could not get on che force or remain on it. During the sessions of this committee I have heard rumors of bribery, and I am very sorry to have been connected with the department while such testimony was brought out. By no act of mine have I contributed to such a state of affairs.” Mr. Goff then said: “I saw Gen. Miles a few days ago and he told me that when Col. Rice was organizing the police for the Chicago fair, no applicant who came with a recommendation was appointed, and in consequence that force was the best ever organized on this continent.” “I have very great reasons for doubting Gen. Miles or Col. Rice’s statements as to the best force,” sald Mr. Martin, “Have you brought your bank books with you, commissioner?” “Yes, sir,” and the witness produced two books ‘and’ several check books, which he handed to Mr. Goff. He then made this statement about his possession: “I have at present $8,100 in the Union Trust Company and $06 in the Empire State Bank. I held no mortgages or certi- | ficates of deposit in my own or any other person’s name. T bought the house in West fith street, in 1887, for $10,000, where my sister and family live, and in 1802 I bought another house for $25,000. I paid $15,000 and there is still a mortgage on it for $10,000, ‘That is all I am worth in the world. I was appoirted police commission- er in May, 1559, and out of my yearly sal- ary of $5,000. I have saved $2,000 annually. Mr. Martin was then requested to be pre- pared to come before the committee today and he replied: “At any time the commis- sicners desire, I will be “at their service. Mr. Martin then left the stand and an ad- journment was taken until this morning. -coo—__—-— SANTA’ CLAUS ARRESTED. How Inspector Shea Caught the Old Man Early Chrisi Morning. é@rom the Chicago Times. . Inspector John D. Shea, chief of de- tectives, is probably the only man in the world who ever arrested Santa Claus. He was thon a young detective, with a reputation to make. It was Christmas eve, or, to be more exact, it was 2 o'clock | and in some stores at Christmas morning. The young detective IN THE CHURCHES The Metropolitan M. EB. Church, corner of 4 1-2 and C streets northwest, is unique in being the only church in the city possess- ing a chime of bells on which tunes may be played. Soon after the Kelso spire was completed Mrs. Newman, wife of Rev. Dr. and now Bishop Newman, began her efforts which resulted in securing this chime. Each bell was the gift of different ladies and the names of the donors are inscribed on them as follows: Julia Dent Grant, Nellie Wade Colfax, Mrs, Clemence 8. Lozier, New York city, Mrs. Drake Mills, Williamstown, Mass. ; Mrs. John &. Corneil, New York city; Mrs. HH. D. Cooke, Miss Amanda ‘T. Grant, Mrs. Bllen Y.Daniel of Baltimore,Ma.; Mrs.Pratt, Mrs. Newman and the: primary department of the Sunday school. Every Sunday night and at otaer times one may hear familiar tunes coming from the belfrey of thise church, For some years past the Baptist, Luth- eran, Methodist aid Presbyterian denomi- nations have united in a week of prayer services at the beginning of the year, ‘There will probably not be a union week of prayer this year. Plans, however, are be- ing considered for meetings, under the auspices of the several denominations. The Mount Carmel Baptist Church, of which Rey. W. R. Gibbons is pastor, during the past year has raised about $3,400, which will be applied to the reduction of the out- standing debt on the chureh stracture, which will be still further decreased when the returns from the entertainment given week before last are all in, Some time ago it was published that Dr, John Peate of Greenville, Pa., had offered to make for the American University the largest re‘lector-telescope lens in existence, on the condition that the actual expense be defrayed. The doctor, feeling that he must take up other work if his offer was not accepted in a certain time, fixed upon September as the date on which the offer was to terminate. As no one came forward who was willing to furnish the required sum, the vice chancellor, Dr. Saml. L. Beiler, has assumed the respon- sibility of accepting the offer, The semi-annual meeting of the trustees of the American University, which was to have taken place the iiih of this month, Was postponed until Wednesday, January 16, when it will be called to order at 2 o'clock in the afternoo: at the Arlington, ‘The trustees resident in Washington are: Messrs. John E. Beall, A. B. Browne, An- drew B, Duvall, Matthew G. Emery, Chas, Glover, S. 8. Henkle, Bishop Jno. F. Hurst, Benjamin F. Leighton, Mrs. John A. Logan, Judge Louis E. McComas, Hosea *B. Moulton, Hiram Price, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Somers,Representative Wm. M. Springer, Brainard H. Warner and 8. W. Woodward, Mr. John E. Andrews of Yonkers, N. Y., the president of the board; ex-Mayor ery, treasurer, and Rev, . We Baldwin, pastor of Wesley Chapel, is the secretary. At this meeting the plans,which are now nearly ready, will be submitted for inspection, and if adopted, work will com- mence on them as soon as possible there- after, These pians embrace complete draw- ings for the principal quadrangle of the university, ‘The Endeavorers of the Ninth Street Christian Church have elected the follow- ing officers for the six months beginning January 1: President, A, W. Bowen; vice president, J. Irwin Cox; recording secre- tary, Lida Billups; corresponding secre- tary, Mattie Allen, treasurer, T. A. Car- | penter; music director, D. C. Arnold; or- | Sanist, Ada Melchsir; cornetist, W. M. Kretchmar; press correspondent, May Hurlbut; representative to District of Co- lumbia Union, J. A. Scott. Tomorrow evening a choral service will jbe held in the Western Presbyterian |< ie: when, by request, the chorus choir wiffifepeat their Advent ‘music. e Christmas music at Immaculate Con- ion Church attracted a arge and ap- ciative congregation. Haydn's fourth gs was excellently rendered by the choir, sompanied by a full orckestra. The sclo, ‘azareth,” was finely sung by Mr. J. J. Fisher. Owing to the lilness of Miss Dan- iel, the duet “O Salutaris” to be sung by her and Mrs. Hight had to be omitted and a female chorus substituted. The entire musical service reflected credit upon the director, Mrs. Clara Baker Smith. ——— MAKING CHEAP BOOKS. hive Thousand Cheap Novels an Hour Printed in One Place tn New York. From the Baltimore Sun. Books of 100 to 300 pages, printed in clear type, on reasonably good paper, and fairly well bound in cloth, with decorated and gilt backs, can be bought for 15 cents apiece, “two for a quarter.” | As a rule, they are either standard works had been on duty until 1 o'clock, and was | or else novels which, without being stand- on his way home. As he turned the cor- ner of the street on which his residence was located his attention was atracted to an ola man with a Icng, gray beard, trudg- ing along on. the other side. On his back was a bag commonly known as a gunny ‘The detective walked rapidly, cros: dF sack. ed to the other side man Then he saw rtook the aged urd, are favorites with a great many peo- ple. Before these books can be sold at such a price they must be manufactured in very largé quantities. Photo-engraving and like evices have greatly cheapened the cost of naking bocks by Wholesale, so that the ook which is either goud enough or bad nough to be commercially worth manu- facturing by the ten thousand can be put what seemed to be a/on the market for almost nothing. It may genuine Santa Claus. On his head was a | be added, however, Unat this does net en- little fur cap, his long coat was trimmed | courage literary activity to the extent that with fur and was buttoned up clese under his chin, His features were completely Lidden by his big, white beard. As Detective Shea came up with him, the old man said: “Merry Christmas: “Ain't you out pretty late?” asked the detective, in anything but a friendly voic “Well, yes,” replied the old man. he drew a card from his pocket and hai ed it to his questicner. Detective Shea glanced at it and saw that it contained the name of a prominent citizen whom he knew very vell by reputation, but had never geen. “Well, where are you going with that bag at this time of night?” “I am going down to play Santa Claus for my little nephews and pieces. I didn’t sup- pose any one would be around the streets in this neighborhood to see me in these ridiculous clothes,”” Then he opened the sack and showed a number of children’s toys and little decora- tions for a Christmas tree. Detective Shea, who had been suspictous at first, began to weaken, Here was a wealthy citizen in: dulging in a little Christmas fun, and here was a young detective asking him all sorts of .questions and thinking seriously of placing him under arrest on suspicion. He thought he figd better be a little careful. ‘Then the Santa Claus said: “And now, sir, who are you?’ “I am a police officer,” said the detective, showing his star. | “I thought as much; that is why I an- ped over to pick up his sack, which he had deposited in the snow. The bending position caused one side of his long, false beard to fall from his face. The detective seized him, for in the sec- ond that the beard was lowered he saw a long scar across the cheek of Santa Claus. He knew that scar, He had given it to the man himself, while the latter was making a desperate eflort to escape. The next morning the real wealthy cit!- zen called at detective headquarters to re- port that his house had been robbed and several thousands of dollars’ worth of va!- uable jewelry, as well as all the Christ- mas presents, had been stolen. He was overjoyed to find everything at the sta- tion. He had been playing Santa Claus for the children on Christmas eve and had left his disguise lying* by the Christmas tree. The burglar, a daring fellow, thought the best way to escape with the valuable presents was to put them in a sack and pretend to be a Santa Claus. Pf he had made his false beard secure he might have escaped detection. The American Economic Association. The American Economic Association at New York yesterday elected the following officers: President, John H. Clark, Ph. D.; vice presidents, Francis A. Walker, LL. D. Charles F, Dunbar, Chancellor J. H. Can- field of the University of Nebraska, Prof. | A. T. Hadley of Yale University and Prof. George Knight of the Ohio State Univer- sity; secretary, Jeremiah W. Jenks, Ph. D.; treasurer, Frederick B. Hawley, A. M. a A Risk, From Life. Whitherby—I have invited Castleton around to New Year dinner. Mrs. Witherby—But he was here Christ- mas to dinner. Witherby—What of it? Mrs. Witherby—i am afraid he will recog- nize that turkey. a Empercer Francis Jostph of Austria-Hun- gal has accepted the resignation of the Wekerie ministry, thanking the ministry tor their services and their devotion to the interests ‘of the country. might be supp for it costs about as much to manufacture a few hundred or a few thousand copies ef a book now as it ever did. And most hooks never get be- yend a few thousand copies at the outside. It is in the manufacture of the cheap novel that the modern science of book- making vindicates itself most triumphaut- ly. The Minneapolis ‘Times says: A contem- porary gives a highly interesting descrip- tion of the modery machinery for making the cheap novel. There 1s an establishment in New York whictr prints 5,000 novels an hour. It says: “They have a machine con- sisting of two cylinders, on each of which il) pages may be screwed, and as the Jong strip of paper goes through one side is printea and then the other, making it pos- sible to print 280 pages at every revolution. rollers which dry the ink, is cut, folded and Lrought together in the shape of a volume, with the edges all trimmed. Every time the great cylinder goes round a novel is printed, folded and trimmed.” It is easy to turn out 5,000 an hour from such a press, and the number can be increased to 7,000. ‘These can be bound at the rate of fifty a minute, and the total cost of each will not be over 3 cents. When new these books, if they are novels of a specially sensational character, are put on the market at 50 cents each, but the price falls as the sale grows slower, until at last they find their way to the 5-cent counters of the second- hand dealers. very now and then a book that is neither very good nor very bad will have a run that will justify printing large edi- tions, but as a rule only standard works heid in universal favor can compete for place on the fast presses of the sensational novel. “Pilgrim's Progress,” for instance, can mor» than hold’ its own with the class of books ibat are to be seen at the raflroad and hotel sews stands, but no second-rate book can. 1 is only the very good that cau compete with the very bad for public favor. The cheap book means @ great deal. ‘It is silently and rapidly co-operating with the newspapers to produce great changes in the whole structure and habits of society. Some of them may be for the worse, at least for the time being. Most of them ‘will be for the better. At any rate they are bound to come. The only way to stop them would be to stop the presses that can print 5,000 books an hour. And the world has got past that. soe As We All Well Know. From Life. Drummer—Whatever induced you to put in that line of neckties? No man east of the Rocky Mountains would wear such carts. Sfaberdash€r—Why, those are just the kind women pick out for presents. -* From Teaas Siftings. Mr. Cynical Sneer and Tom Spittlejag, two society youths, bad a row in their ‘Jub room. The latter said very severely: CMy clear friend, allow me to tell you that you are a donkey. : fi “Vell,” responded Mr, Sneer, “will you kindly tell me, am 1 a donkey becuse I'm your friend, or am I your friend because I'm a donk R-U-P-T-U-R-E In its worst forms radically healed without pein or us: of kat, Mr. J. B-— GO years old) writes: “Your t eit has 0 ly cured me of 8, sen ; triple herma and prolapwusani We use the ROBERTS PROCESS, Ladies attended. . 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