Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1895, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. is deep=== tion. ter here. ambition. achievements. tances rivalry. Corsets. We are not afraid to lose—when the losing 1s to the furtherance of a better— busier business. Storekeeping and house- keeping are alike. A season accumulates @ lot of odds and ends that can find no reason for remalning. Space is too val- uable to house a parcel of remnants—no matter bow true the qualities, When the gain is yours we are glad. Here—then— 6 pairs of ©. P. “A LA SIRENE® CORSETS that have served us as samples and got a little soiled tm the service. ‘They are $2.50 om the list. NOW $1.50 a patr. 8 pairs of ©. P. “VENUS” and P. D.’s in a ditto condition. Reg- ular price, $3.25. NOW $1.98 a pair. Adaptability 1s the secret of CORSET SATISFACTION. Takes a physician to prescribe effectively for the system's re- quirements. You want a CORSET expert Our expert- ence fs our patrons’—and our stock is col- behind your own judgment. lected with all our knowingness. R. &G—C. BW. B.—Thom- son's Glove-fitters—Royal Worces- ter—Soanette—n Gray, Black and White—with long and short wats —sive a great choice for $1 a pair. “Her Majesty's’ Corsets sult stout figures—and they are stayed to stand the strain—$2.75 a pair. Better grales—more. For $1.50 a pair—I. ¢.—P. D— ©. P. and Z. Z—imported brands. Coutil, satine and Italian cloth. Everybody's size. Muslin Underwear. ‘The great trouble with most of the Mus- lin Underwear In special sales {s Its hasty making. The concession in price is ex- pected to cloak careless stitches and in- accurate cutting and shaping. Such fsn’t worth buying. Here fs some that is— NIGHT DRESSES —tn cambrie and muslin—with ctr cular, pointed and square yokes— plain or pleated backs—openwork and French embroidery—trimmed with Valenefennes and torchon ‘es and insertings. Every gar- ment is full length and full width— $1.29 Gowns for 98 cents. $1.25 Gowns for 80 cents. 98e. Gowns for 75 cents. 80e. Gowns for 69 cents. 79. Gowns for 59 cents. Ge. Gowns for 50 cents. hey are bargains because they are worth what they pretend to be. DRAWERS —in cambric and muslin—cut fall— made on yoke bands—piuinly fn fshed or trimmed with lace, em- brofdery, tuserting, tucks and hem- stitehing— + Established 1840. Telephone 995. A shallow purse HIS store is the gateway to satisfac- Leave doubt behind all who en- “Well enough” never quiets our It is restless for greater Impatient to render wider service to a confiding clientage. looking ahead continually for tomorrow-- paving today the way to more complete successes--going just slow enough to be sure--yet striking a pace that out-dis- PERRY’S “Ninth and the Avenue.” =-At-= PERRY’S We are 80c. Drawers for 59 cents, 62c. Drawers for 49 cents. 49c. Drawers for 39 cents. 89c. Drawers for 20 cents. 85c. Drawers for 25 cents. CORSET COVERS =n cambsie and muslin—with pointed, round and square necks, high and low cut—trimmed with epenwork or closed embroidery and Valenciennes lace—plain and rum with ribbons— @9c. Corset Covers for S0c. Boe. Corset Covers for 39c. 39e. Corset Covers for 25e. ie. Corset Covers for 19. 15e. Corset Covers for 12%4c. WHITE SKIRTS— Cut extra full and trimmed pro- fusely with new patterned laces and embroideries— $1.69 Skirts for $1.15. $1.39 Skirts for 98 cents. 95e. Skirts for 75 cents. Je. Ekirts for 50 cents. 49. Skirts for 89 cents. Infants’ Wears. ‘The best there is belongs to the baby. Nothing gets more careful attention from * us than these little bits of finery. But as fashion changes our etock must change. ‘The spring will bring new notions—and the Present line must evacuate. Here's some of our ‘‘wise losing’’— French Flannel Sacques—in Pink end Blue—with scalloped edges and ribbon bows—REDUCED from 45c. to Be. Pink and Blue Striped Flannel Wrappers, with scalloped edges and ribbon—NOW 50e. French Silk Cape—a lot of 19— fn them styles with lace trim- ming—pon pons and wide silk ftrings—-REDUCED from $1.50 to 79. 8 Lamb's Wool and Novelty Cloth Gretchen Coats—in Red, Blue, Tan and White—yoke and sleeves trim- med with fancy black braid. $7 Coats NOW $3.50. $5 Coats NOW $2.50. 2 BENGALINE SILK COATS—in Red and White, with yoke and deep collar trimmed with braid and beaver fur. They are as warm as wadding can make them. REDUC- ED from $20 to $10. ‘The xew effects in Children’s Dresses are already on the counters. The tastiest mother cvuld not create more dainty little gowns. Cambrie and Nainsook—plain or trimmed with embroidery — full sleeves, double ruffle and tucks— Be. to $2. Wrappers. Somehody else loses to your profit. A miscalculation of a maker threw a lot of 25 don Percale Wrappers on the mar- Ket at a considerable concession in price. Light and dark grounds, with 5- Inch Bertha around yoke—full sleeves and Watteau back. Worth 80c.—offered at 69 cents. ART OF MOSAIC. a An Ancient Method and the Modern Development. From Chambers’ Journal. This beautiful method of cementing va- rious kinds of stones, glass, etc., seems to have originated in Persia, whence it found its way into Greece in the time of Alex- ander, and into Rome about 170 B. C. The critics are divided as to the origin ard reason of the name. Some derive it from mosaicum, a corruption of musaicum, or, as it was called among the Romans, mu- sivum. Scaliger derives it from the Greek Morisa, and imagines the name was given to this sort of work by reason of its in- genuity and exquisite delicacy. Nebricen- sis is of the opinion it was so called be- cause “ex illis picturis ornabantur musea.”” Mosaie work of glass is used principally for the ornamentation and decoration of sacred edifices. Some of the finest speci- mens of this work are to be scen im the pcmpous Church of the Invalids at Paris, and the fine chapel at Versailles. Mosaic work in marble is used for pavements of churches, basilicas and palaces; and In the incrustation and veneering of the walls of the same structures. As for that of pre- clous stones, it seems to be used only for ornaments for altar pieces and tables for rich cabinets. The mosaic manufacture at the present day in Rome ts one of the most extensive and profitable of the fine arts,and the trade is carried on entirely at the cost of the government. Workmen are constantly em- ployed in copying paintings for altar pieces, though the works of the first imaa- ters are fast moldering away on the walls of forgotten churches. The French, at Milan, appear to have set the example by copying in mosaic the “Lord’s Supper” cf Leonardo da Vinel; but their plan was to do much for Milan and nothing for Rome, and consequently a great many invalable frescoes of Michael Angelo, Raphael, Do- menichino and Guido were left to perish. It takes about seven or eight years to fin- ish a mosaic copy of a painting of the ordi- nary histerical size, two men being con- stantly occupied in the work. It generaily costs from §,000 to 1,000 crowns; but the time and expense are, of course, regulated by the intricacy of the subject and quan- tity of the work. Raphael's “Transtigura- tion” cest about 12,000 crowns, and it took nine years to complete, ten men constant- ly_working at It. The execution of some of the latter's work is, however, considered very inferior. ‘The slab upon which the mosaic is made is generally of travertin (or tiburtin) stones, connected together by fron clamps. Upon the surface of this a mastic, or cement- ing paste, 1s gradually spread, as the prog- ress of the work requires it, which forms the adhesive ground, or bed, upon which the mosaic {s laid. The mastic is composed of fine lime from burnt marble, and finely powdered travertin stone, mixed to the consistence of a paste with linseed oil. In- to this paste are fixed the “smalts” cf which the mosaic picture is formed. They are a mixed species of opaque, vitrified glass, partaking of the nature of stone ard glass, ard composed of a variety of min- erals and materials, colored, for the most part, with different metallic oxides. Of these, no fewer than 1,700 different shades are in use. They are manufactured in Rome, in the form of long slender rods like wires, of various degrees of thickness, and are cut into pieces of the requisite sizes, from the smallest pin point to an inch. When the picture is completely fin- ished, and the cement thoroughly dried, it is highly polished. Mosaic, though an an- cient art, is not merely a revived, but an improved one. The Romans only used col- ored marbles at first. or natural stones, in its composition, which admitted of little variety; but the invention of “smalts” hes given it a wider range, and made the imi- tation of painting far closer. The mosaic work at Florence is totally different from this, being merely inlaying in “pletre dure,” or natural precious stones, of every variety, which forms beautiful and very costly imitations of shells, flowers, figures, etc., but bears no similitude to painting. Se See For Vestibuled Street Cars. From the Rochester Herald. Assemblyman Wilcox of Cayuga county has introduced into the legislature a Dill requiring street railway companies to have the front platforms of all cars propelied by electricity or cable inclosed or screened during the months of November, December, January, February and March, except cars attached to the rear of other cars. The purpcse is to shield the motormen from wind and storm while in the performance of their duty. The bill provides that any corperation or person operating a car in violation of the law shall be fined $25 a day for each car so operated. President Beckley of the Rochester Street Railway Company was asked in regard to the measure and said: “We have 100 of our cars built with vestibules, as well as the Charlotte cars. In case the Dill be- comes a law | suppose we will have to in- close all of them. It will be possible to build temporary vestibules for the winter, but it would be a clumsy piece of work and unsightly. ————_-+e+______ The Puke and the Serap of Paper. From the Realm. Not long ago I was walking in the garden at Hawarden with Mr. Gladstone. “What would you do with that?” he said suddenly, pcinting to a bit of newspaper lying on tke “I think I'd pick it up and take it w I answered, astonished. “Ah! Well, this is what I do with it,” said Mr. Gladstone. Thereupon he placed the point of his walking stick on the middle of the serap of paper, twisted the stick round and round, and with much dexterity left the bit of paper in the soil and out of sight. “The Duke of Buccleuch taught me to do that,” he said, we resumed our walk. “It is good for the ground.” Quickens The Appetite Takes the Weak Strong. I YER'S Sarsaparilla Has Cured Others And Will Cure You. IF THE BABY Is SURB and that old and well-tried remedy, Mra. Winslow's Soothing Syrup bing It eoot hild, softens the gum, allays ind colic and is cents a bottle. sel0-1y RECAMIER CREAM WILL CURE PIMPLES AND ALL SKIN ERUPTIONS. 4a28-m,lyr_ FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. LOCOS OO OSSOOEEOEEOOOOPOOOS ; WITH Pine Blossom Soap. An absolutely pure antiseptic Soap, pos- sessing powerful curative properties. It both cleanses and heals. Will effectually eure Dandruff. It softens the skin and is superior for shaving. Price 25 Cents, AT ALL DRUGGISTS. Foster Medicine Co., ? POOSSOOOO H and H. No family should be without it. It cleans silks, laces and the finest fabrics with- out injury. Removes grease and paint. Is unequaled for the bath and shampoo. Ask your grocer for it. Ja23-Im* Buchanan Bros., Baltimore, Md. Fitting glasses is our busines. Examination and consultation any bout a2o-tt 42d12r-9 The Bachelors Are in Lev2 With our way of mealing. They find our work 00600064: first-class and prices “marvelously low. |W! MEND. YTHING THAT SAND PEOPLE COM- Mail orders promptly called. for. NDING CO., Room 4, 1114-1116 F. NT CIRCLE, CARPENTER SHOP, JOHN L. WALKER, Builder, 1920 N st. Residence, ‘2021 N Jotbing by experienced and -ellable men. a3. LADIES E TLY BENEFITED BY THE use of Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters, the re- nowned South American tonic. A WEALTHY RAKE. A Sample of the Titled Englishmen Who Are Spendthrifts. From the New York Sun. Lord Francis Pelham Clinton Hope, brother of the Duke of Newcastle and heir presumptive to the dukedom, married, the other day, Miss May Yohe, the young actress, and this week he has been spend- ing a part of his honeymoon in the frowsy, unromantic precincts of the bankruptcy court. The proceedings showed that he badly needs some one to look after him, and he ought to be thankful he has now got a clever young woman as a wife, who will be able to keep him out of the hands of the Jews if anybody can, which appears to be doubtful. This interesting young aristocrat came of age in 1887, and during the past seven years, although he enjoyed an income of $85,000, he has managed to mulate debts to the amount of nearly This is considered a very fine performance, of which any British noble- man might be proud, and which gets with- in measurable distance of the record es- tablished by that famous rake and gambler, the Marquis of Hastings, more than a gen- eration ago. At first sight it would appear easy even for a young unmarried man, born in the purple, to live with a fair amount of comfort upon $85,000 a year. In fact, Lord Hope declares that he kept well within his income as far as regards actual personal living expenses, but he says he was handicapped at the start with the payment of $215,000 succession duty, and during the seven years he incurred $222,930 liabilities on behalf of others and paid nearly $50,000 interest to money lend- ers. These figures are considered quite creditable to the young lord, and he would have passed out of the bankruptcy court as a model young man, without a stain upon either his moral or his business char- acter, had the official registrar been con- tent to inquire no further; but he, having no particular reverence for the duke’s brother, had the bad taste to drag into the light of day betting and gambling debts to the extent of $350,000 for the seven years, and debts incurred in_ theatrical speculations to the tune of $120,000, two items which pretty well indicate the real causes of his lordship’s troubles. He might have pleaded that his theatrical losses, if heavy, had at least brought him a handsome, clever wife, but he did not do so, ard his affairs stand adjourned for further investigation. —_——+ o+—____ ABSURD DECORATIONS. ‘fhe Attempt to Utilize All Sorts of Trash. From the New York Herald. There have been numerous articles writ- ten on the troubles and trials of people who try to make home happy by making their own furniture out of barrels and roap boxes, ard who have found that old silk hats do not make satisfactory scrap bas- kets, and that all sorts of old trash, gilded or bronzed and hung on the walls, did not produce the same results as anticipated. It would seem almost incredible, if it had not already been proved, the amount of money which is wasted in trying to ac- complish these beautiful and wonderful ef- fects out of nothing at all, but the saddest case of misplaced confidence often heard of has lately come to light. Some months since, the exact date is unknown, a very dreadful fad was started—that of rtick- ing old postage stamps on china and cov- ering them with varnish. Quite prettily shaped vases and plates were changed in this way—truth does not say decorated. A lady who is in her way quite a noted stamp collector was at her dressmaker’s one morning and noticed on the mantel- piece a vase completely covered with Siamese stamps. She asked her dressmaker where she had been able to obtain so many, and she answered that she had a lot mcre which she would be most happy to give to her customers. The following day she sent the stamps, and the lady had them valued. They were worth $2 each, which sum, of course, she forwarded at once to the dress- maker, who, however, found small conso- lation in the amount, for, upon counting up the number of stamps which were firmly emtedded in or on the vase, the value thereof was over $100. As it was quite im- possible to take them off again, so firmly were they fastened by the new process, the best that can be done is to regard that vase as a thing of great value. ——__-+0+_____ Legislating Against High Hats, Mr. Wray of Kings, as chairman of the committee on general laws, reported favor- ably to the New York assembly last week the bill legislating against big hats at the theaters. The committee has held two ar- guments upon the bill, and now it is pretty certain that the bill is constitutional in all points. It has been radically amended. The person who obstructs the view of another, under the bill as amended, must be ejected from the house, but cannot be fined $20 for misdemanor. In brief, the bill now makes the owner or lessee of the theater liable for the comfort of patrons. I AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA MANY KINDS OF MONEY|JAPANESE ARMY FOOD —a yy An Election of a Brigadiéy General Seems | Those That Area Legal Tender and Those Probable; t Difficulty in Reaching a Choice—Other Notes of Interest From Down the Riger. On Thursday next,-the 7th instant, the field officers of the Virginia infantry will meet in Richmond to‘elect'a brigadier gen- eral to succeed Gen. Charles J. Anderson, who was appointed adjutant general by Gov. O’Ferrall. They have met in Rich- mond twice before, but on each occasion were unable to elect, as the vote on every ballot stood a tie between Col. Nash of the fourth regiment and Col. William Nalle of the third regiment, the officers of the sec- ond and fourth voting for Col. Nash, and those of the first and third for Col. Nalle. Col. Nalle is the ranking officer and is now ih command of the troops as acting briga- dier. It 1s now more than probable, in view of certain inside facts, that Col. Nalle will be chosen at the coming election, as it is positively stated that at least one of the officers of the second regiment had decided to cast his vote for Col. Nalle and thus break the deadlock. Those military men in this section will be glad of Col. Nalle’s final success, as he is an officer of whom they are justly proud, and they say that while they are not anxious to give him up as their regimental commander, they are glad that their colonel will be the one selected to command the entire brigade. It is more than probable that Lieut. Col. Grenville Gaines will be elected to com- mand the third regiment. . A Quict Sunday. Owing to the heavy fall of snow on Sat- urday and most of it having frozen on the sidewalks, making the walking dangerous and unpleasart, the congregations in the various churches were not as large as usual yesterday, though interesting ser- mons were preached by the resident rec- tors. The holy communion service was held in the various Episcopal churches, as is customary on the first Sunday in the month. Mr. Stanton of the Theological Seminary preached an interesting sermon at the Railroad Mission to a very large congregation yesterday afternoon. The streets were particularly quiet dur- ing the day and no arrests were made by the police either on Saturday night or yes- terday. The day was one of the coldest of the winter and last night a large number of lodgers were accommodated at the sta- tion house. Laid to Rest. The funeral of Mr. Frank Wenzel, whose death was mentioned in The Star, took place from his late home yesterday after- noon at 3 o'clock, and was attended by a large number of sorrowing friends. The remains of Mrs. Rosanna J. Smith, who died on Saturday, were laid to rest from her late residence, No. 203 North Columbus street, this morning at 11 o'clock, and a large number of friends attended the services. The interment was private. Chapel on Fire. While the afternoon services were being held in the Episcopal Chapel at West End yesterday the roof was discovered to be en fire, and for a few moments consternation reigned supreme. The congregation imme- diately commenced extinguishing the flames, and a messenger was hurriedly dispatched on horseback for the hook and ladder truck of this city, but, as the fire was way out in Fairfax county, it could not respond. ‘The flames were extinguisned without a great amount of damage having been done. It is stpposed that the fire started from a defective flue. Mr. Booguer of the Theological Seminary was conduct- ing the services at the timle, and his cool- ness averted a panic. Virginia Jockey Club. Judge Norton has’ granted a charter to the Virginia Jockey Glub, with H. D. Mc- Intyre, J. N. Kirk, M.'J. Stack, J. M. Hill, E. E. Downham, J. W. Clark, B. B. Smith, Henry Green, G. W. Sauisbury and Thomas Dunn as incorporators. The objects of the club are to improve the breed of horses and to conduct contests for speed between horses. The capital stock {s $100,000, and Mr. J. M. Hill is named as agent in this city. The officers are E. E. Downham, president; J. N. Kirk, treasurer, and H. D. McIntyre, secretary. Noten. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hooe have returned from Florida, where they have been spending a month or so. Mr. Hooe is much improved in health. The corporation court convened today after having adjourned on Thursday last. Mr. Frank Adams had a severe hemor- rhage on Saturday night. He was at- tended by Dr. Jones. Mr. Albert Cogan while walking down King street on Saturday night fell and cut his head badly. The wound was dressed in Creighton’s drug store. The steamer Howard Cassard is under- going extensive repairs and alterations at the shiv yard. Jokn Quarles, the Culpeper murderer, whom the police of this city were re- quested to look out for, was caught in Cul- peper yesterday and lodged in jail. Dr. Jeseph L. Sanford of Herndon was in the city on Saturday on a visit to friends. Mrs, Frank Elliott will give a “cap party” at her residence on South Fairfax street tonight in honor of her sister, Miss Blanche Allen. All the reserved seats have been sold for the Relief Hook and Ladder benefit on Thursday night, and the affair promises to be a grand success. ——— AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. Matters of Interest in the Churches— Collecting for the Poor. For the first time in Washington indi- vidual communion cups were yesterday used at the Dumbarton Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. Dumbarton was the second church in this corference to adopt them, Grace, Baltimore, being the first. The innovation seemed to please all. The one large cup from which the entire com- munion class partcok will now be laid aside. After the communion service the Rev. Bishop Hurst addressed the congre- gation on “The Companionship of Jesus,” and geveral made professions of conver- sicn. : The last day of the Baptist revival clos- ed with an immensely attended service in the evening. The sermon was on “Heay- en.” The morning sermon, by the revival- ist Mr. Elson, was on “Baptism.” Tonight the departing worker will be given a re- ception. At the request of the congrega- tion he will return here in May. He will come to Washington as a representative of the Southern Baptist convention. Last evening there were sixteen baptized. The revival brought forth one hundred pro- fessions and increased the church mem- bership by fifty-six. Erdeavor day was observed here by the society of the West Street Presbyterian Church taking charge of the evening serv- ices. Addresses were made by Mr. Robert Leetch, Mr. Charles Hepburn and the pas- ter, Rev. Dr. Alexander. Mr. John Lewis corducted the respgnses. Mr. Leetch’s ad- dress was on “Endeavorers of the Past,” and Mr. Hepburn spoke on “The Relation of the Christian’: EndtAvorer to’ the Church.” Collections for the Relief Fand. Of the assistants‘appointed by Mr. Geo. W. King, the chairman of the northeast Georgetown district; to help him build up the house-to-house charity fund, Miss Edna Jackson and Miss Mattie Cropley have been the most successful. Their collections in cash have amounted to nearly $100. Quantities of clothing and miscellaneous useful articles were also obtained for the roor. One resident of Q street, who de- sires te keep her name off the contribu- tion list, gave $50 to the cause. Saturday Mr, King turned in $202 to the central office. An additional amount will be sent dcwn in a day or two. ——— ‘The Brooklyn police commission has de- nied President Norton’s application for permission to erm the motormen. There were some minor disturbances in Brooklyn yesterday growing out of the strike. Measures have been taken in Germany for the relief of the families who have been made destitute by the Elbe disaster. Light earthquakes were felt yesterday at Placentia, Port Maurizu, Pavia and Genoa, in Italy. That Are Not, Some Facts About the National Cur- rency Which Are of Interest at c the Present Time. Although people talk glibly and wisely about the national currency, the vast ma- jority of them have but a superficial knowl- edge of the functions of the various issues. In response to several communications re- ceived at this office for information on the subject a few facts are briefly given that may afford a clearer understanding of the present discussion of the national finances. Legal Tenders. The official definition of the term “legal tenders,” taken from Bouvier’s Law Dic- tionary, 1s “money of a character which by law a debtor may require his creditor to re- ceive in payment, in the absence of any agreement in the contract or obligation it- self.” In government transactions the gold coins of the United States are a legal tender in all payments, at their nominal value, when not below the standard weight and limit of tolerance provided by law for the single piece, and when reduced in weight below such standard and tolerance are a legal tender at valuation in proportion to their actual weight. Standard silver dollars are a legal tender at their nominal value for all debts and dues, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the con- tract. The silver coins of the United States of smaller denominations than one dollar are a legal tender in all sums not exceeding ten dollars in full payment of all dues, pub- Ne and private. Minor coins, whether of copper, bronze or copper-nickel, are a legal tender at their nom:nal value for any amount not exceed- ing 25 cents {1 any one payment. United States notes, otherwise known as “legal tender notes” and “‘greenbacks,” are a legal tender in payment of all debts, pub- lic or private, within the United States, ex- cept duties on imports and interest on the public debt. Tweasury notes, issued in payment of purchases of silver bullion under the Sher- man act of 18, are a legal tender in pay- ment of all debts, public or private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the ccntract, and are receivable for cus- toms, taxes and all public dues. Columbian half -lollars are a legal tender tu the same extent as subsidiary silver coin—that is, $10 in any one payment. Co- lumbian quarters are also a legal tender to the same extent «s subsidiary silver coin. Not Legal Tenders. Gold certificates are not a legal tender. They are, however, receivable for customs, taxes and all public dues. Silver certifi- cates have precisely the same standing as gold certificates. National bank notes are net a legal ten- der. They are, however, receivable at par in all parts of the United States in pay- ment of taxes, excises, public lands and all other dues to the United States, except duties on imports; and also for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations and associations within the United States, except interest on the public debt and in redemption of the national currency. Trade dollars are not a legal tender. By the act of February 12, 1873, they were a legal tender at their nominal value for any amount not exceeding five dollars in any one payment, but under date of July 22, 1876, it was enacted that they should not thereafter be a legal tender. By the act of March 3, 1868, fractional currency was receivable for postage and revenue stamps, and also in payment of any dues to the United States, less than five dollars, except duties on imports; but they are no longer a legal tender to any extent whatever. The Treasury Department has also de- cided that foreign gold and silver coins are not a legal tender in payment of debts. The question has been raised and disputed as to whether what was called the “conti- nental currency,” issued during the war of the revolution by the old government, was or was not a legal tender. The facts up- pear to be that while the Continental Con- gress did not by any ordinance attempt to give it that character, they asked the states to do so, and all seem to have com- plied, except Rhode Island. The Continen- tal Congress only enacted that the man who refused to take the money should be an enemy of his country. This currency, as now classified at the Treasury Department, is not a legal tender. By law, treasury notes are redeemable in coin. The kind of coin employed is op- tional with the Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary Carlisle has directed their re- demption in gold whenever that coin is demanded. In case the holder has no preference, he will receive silver in ex- change, but such cases are extremely rare. United States notes are also redeemable in gold. There is no standard in the matter of government bonds. Each loan stands on its own bottcm, During the war legal iender notes’ were accepted in payment for bonds, but since then all government loans have been negotiated in gold or its equivalent, gold certificates. The recent issues of bonds were for the purpose of replenishing the dwindling gold reserve in order to enable the government to maintain the parity of the two metallic standards of value. Con- sequently no other currency was receivable in payment of the bonds. Bonds are re- deemable in coin, either gold or silver, at the option of the government. Her Hair is Twenty Feet Long. From the Chicago Daily ‘Tribune. Aunty Nancy Garrison came to Chicago yesterday from Holly Springs, Miss. Aunt Nancy brought her hair with her, a state- ment which at first blush does not sound as though it involved any undue exertion on her part. But when Aunt Nancy binds her hair about her brow she takes up the burden of a day’s work in cartage. It is kinky hair—Aunty is a colored woman— and when let free it falls the five and one- half feet of its owner’s height and stretches away a like distance on the floor. There are eleven feet of hair as it drops from the big coil. Take hold of the end of the mass and pull it so that the kinks straighten out and twenty feet of heavy strands are de- veloped. Mrs. Nancy Garrison was born in Ten- nessee somewhere about sixty years ago. In 1878, after she had moved into Missis- sippi, she had the yellow fever. At that time her hair was a foot long. It began to grow when she had recovered. This is the way she tells the story: “I dreamed dat a woman with a brown skin come to see me. She look at me hard like and I seen great plaits of hair on the shoulders. I get well after a while. Who dat woman was I could not bring her to reclect. One day I walk into a room. My son sey: ‘You rest, I get dinner.’ Then I have a vision. A voice say: ‘You are the woman.’ Then dat reconciled me I was the woman. My hair grow and grow. It was white at first, but then it grew darker and darker until now it is all dark except the part that I had before the fever. A vcice told me: ‘You shall have the plaits darker than ever you seen.’ They go that ‘way now more every day. “I wear snappers—bangs some people call ’em.” With this Aunt Nancy pulled free a dczen locks and brought them down over ber forehead. They reached half way to the waist. Mrs. Garrison has not left her heme before since her hair began to grow. Long Trip to Dinner. From the New York Sun. ‘A.young American woman had recelved marked attention during a season’s stay in London from Englishmen, and before her departure for New York she had to decline a formal proposal of marriage. She returned to New York a year ago, and shortly after the New Year was mar- ried. Recently she gave a dinner, and thought it would he a graceful compliment to send an invitation to her former ad- mirer in London. She was amazed when he presented himself on the evening of the dinner, but this was nothing to her sur- prise when she subsequently learned that he had departed the following day for Eng- land, having taken the journey of nearly 6,000 miles apparently to show that he could not be outdone in the compliment business. —_ A sled load of coasters collided with an electric car at Reading, Pa., yesterday. Robert Wilman and Ernest Fisher, boys, had their skulls fractured and will prob- ably die. Francis Fisher was painfully injured, What the Soldiers of the Mikado's Army Live On Rations of the Private in the United States and the Quality of the Food. To feed an army properly in the field is always a problem of much difficulty and the greatest possible importance. Soldiers do not fight unless they are satisfactorily fed. During the late civil war the boys in blue were provided with such a very liberal ration that Thackeray, in one of his books, speaks of it as wild extravagance. It is interesting to compare the rations of the United States army at present with those allowed to the Japanese soldiers who are marching victoriously through China. In respect to quantity no differ- ence is observable, though it would be difficult to draw a line on this point owing to the fact that the Japanese are furnished with food in kind altogether dissimilar. The staple of their diet is rice, which, for the sake of convenience, is made up into balis. It is first cooked and then com- pressed by means of appliances shaped somewhat like lemon-squeezers, and oper- ated on a like principle. Thus a consider- able amount of the vegetable is condensed into comparatively small compass. This rice is eaten by the soldiers in va- rious ways. Most commonly it is put into @ pot with hot water and thus subjected to a process of recooking, in the course of which it expands to perhaps four times its compressed bulk. The balls, which are about as big as one’s two fists, are some- times cut into slices, and the latter are roasted. When there {is no fire at hand, or time is short, the rice balls may be cut up and consumed without further prepara- tion, being already cooked and in whole- some condition. Meat and Fish. While on the march, the Japanese sol- diers subsist almost wholly on rice, dried fish and canned meat. Recently a Chicago packer filled an order for an immense quantity of canned beef to supply the in- vading army in China. The soldiers of Japan all eat meat regularly, though the diet of the people at large is vegetarian. At every garrison town in Japan beeves are slaughtered at stated intervals for the soldiers. On that acccunt, foreigners traveling in the dominions of the mikado find it convenient to be at or near a town where troops are stationed, ‘or otherwise they may have difficulty in obtaining meat for their tables. The dried fish furnished to the soldiers are of several species. In Japan there is no lack of fish, the rivers and seas aboun ing in finny game. More prized than ai other perhaps is the tai, which resembles the whitefish of our great lakes. The com- mon squid or cuttlefish, which supplies the sepia of commerce, as well as bones for ca- nary birds to sharpen their bills upon, is regarded as a delicacy of the first or¢ The Japanese can their own salmon, w have flesh redder than those of the Co- lumbia river, and these fishes are brought alive to Tokio in tanks for sale. Canned salmon is a very satisfying food and serves well for rations, but it is fur- nished to the soldiers only when they are at home. The same remark probably ap- plies to pickles. The Japanese are extreme- ly fond of pickles, which serve as relishes to accompany the staple diet of rice. They pickle all sorts of vegetables, among them a kind of turnip that has the shape of a radish and grows to a length of more than three feet. When pickled in the proper way it smells so horribly that no foreign- er would touch it. Nevertheless, the Jap- anese are extremely dainty as to their eating. They will not touch mutton at all. Until the Portuguese landed in Japan sheep were unknown in that country, and various unpleasant legends connected with those animals have much to do with the popular prejudice against this kind of meat. Japanese women who become the mistresses of foreigners are contemptu- ously called “‘muttons.” American Soldiers’ Rations. The ration for a soldier in the United States army considerably exceeds what is necessary for the support of a man. It consists for each day of twelve ounces of pork, or bacon, or canned beef, and eigh- teen ounces of soft bread or flour. Instead of the meat allowances mentioned, the soldier may have twenty ounces of fresh beef, or twenty-two ounces of salt beef. In place of the bread or flour, he may have twenty ounces of corn meal or Fix- teen ounces of hard bread. But this is not all. For every 100 men Uncle Sam allows daily fifteen pounds of beans cr peas, eight pounds of roasted coffee, fif- teen pounds of sugar, four quarts of vine- gar, four pounds of soap, four pounds of salt, four ounces of pepper and a pound and a half of candles. If preferred, ten pounds of green coffee may be had instead of eight pounds of roasted coffee, or two pounds of tea afford another alternaiive. The ration for troops in the field is the same, with the addition of four pounds of yeast powder to each 100 rations of fiour. The best that can be made of this is a very simple diet. But Uncle Sam’s soldiers have a good many luxuries for the table without expense to thems« s. These they procure chiefly in two ways. As a rule they do not draw from the commissary de- partment rearly all of the rations allowed. What is left over is bought back by the government. This means that the men get the money value of the stuff instead, and with this cash they buy whatever they want in the way of delicacies for the mess. Whereas one man, or two or three to- gether, might easily use up the whole of the rations allowed, the expenditure per man is greatly diminished when a whole company has a mess together, and the saving is proportionate. The cash rebate ea referred to is termed “company sav- ings.”” Dried and Evaporated Food. The other way in which the soldiers get money to spend on delicacies is through the post “canteen.” This is a sort of club, managed by the officers of the post for the benefit of the men. It is a restaurant and also a shop at which many things are sold, though the chief sale is that of beer. The War Department would prefer that the soldiers should not drink beer, but they are bound to drink something, and beer is much less harmful than whisky. The profits of the “canteen” are used for the soldiers in various ways, part of the money being appropriated for the purchase of table supplies. Pea soup is manufactured nowadays in a condensed form for soldiers’ rations. The pease are roasted and ground fine, season- ing being added, together with a small quantity of beef extract to serve the pur- pose of stock. Finally the mixture is dried and reduced by pressure to the con- dition of a yellow solid. This material may be bought by the quantity for fifteen cents a pound, and 100 pounds of it will make 400 quarts of soup. All that is ne sary is to mix it with water and boil it in order to make it ready for use. Pease are considerably more nutritious than beef- steak. Coffee is put up in the shape of small lozenges, one of which serves for a cup. The lozenge has merely to be put into the cup, water being poured upon it, and the coffee is ready at once. A_ four-ounce package of lozenges is a sufficient ration for a man for one month. The lozenges are made by condensfng ordinary coffee made in the usual way, and then evaporat- ing it. Condensed eggs are already on the market in half a dozen forms, prepared by evapotation. == — Senator Pettigrew Censured. A Pierre, S. D., dispatch says that strong indignation was aroused in the legislature Saturday by the rece!pt from Sehator Pet- tigrew, In Washington, of a dispatch to the speaker, us follows: “I think the re- publican party should carry out its plat- form in regard to the railroads.” The telegram is interpreted to mean that the legislature must pass the stringent law introduced for governing railroads. ‘There was before a strong feeling among the majority against this law, and this tel- egram has intensified it. Senator Petti- grew’s vote with the democrats on the Ha- watian question, by which the administra- tion was sustained by one majority, has aroused a hornet nest in the legislature. ‘The leaders have sent to him strong letters condemning his course. —-— °e Henri Rochefort, the socialist editor, who has been exiled from France since’ 1889, returned to Paris yesterday and was given an enthusiastic welcome by his admirers. ‘Marshal Canrobert was buried yesterday in Paris with state honors. will cure a stubborn cough when all the ordinary cough remedies have failed. Try it for yourself. We are putting up a -cent size chiefly for that pu: A coughs usually the telltale of a weakened physical condition. Correct that condition by the use of a proper remedy and the cough will soon disappear. Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil and H. hosphites acts in {wo way it nourishes, strength- ens and builds up the system, at the same time allays the irrita- tion and heals the inflammation, . It gives immediate relief at hight from thechoking sensation 60 often accompanying a cold, Don’t be persuaded to take a substitute! Scott & Bowne, N.Y, All Druggists. 50c. and $1, = ATROCITIES IN ARMENIA. What is Said of the Associated Press Correspondence. LONDON, February 4.—The letter of the correspondent of the Associated Press, who is now in Armenia, giving the first direct and authentic facts regarding the reported Turkish atrocities in Armenia, was pub- lished here this morning after having ap- peared exclusively in all the newspapers of the Associated Press yesterday. It is attracting much attention in England, as it is admitted to be the first impartial ac- count of the troubles concerning which so much has been said and written by the Armenians and by the Turks. The Daily Telegraph, for instance, says: “The story is enough to make civilization u.d humanity despair. Both sides uppear to be guilty of acts against every canon of honesty, morality and civilization.” The Daily News in its comments on the fame subject remarks: “Even if the ac- cusaticns are fully proved the bulk of the Armenians have been extremely patient under hideous cruelty.” The St. James Gazette says: “England had better take notice that there are un- doubtedly two sides to the question.” First Authentic News. The Associated Press correspondent was sent to Armeria from Lonéon to investi- gate the reported ctrocities of the Turks and to report impartially. His first letter has just reached London after having been posted by a trusted messenger at Tiflis, Russia. It contains the first authentic news received from Armenia direct, and 82. “Whatever secrets may he under the snow on the Armenian mountains, it seems beyond dispute fro mwhat I have heard from many lips that the published stories of ferocious butchery and red horror in the Sassoun villages have at least a rea- sonable foundation of truth and that any change authorized by further investiga- tion will deal more with numbers than with the degree of horror.” The correspondent then repeats the fa- miliar story of the massacre of the vil- lagers of Sassoun by the Kurdish bandits and the Kurds, wh» were formerly the pro- tectors of the village. The correspondent says: “The outrage of Armenian women and children by Turks in that part of the coun- try is so common a thing, even in times of absolute quiet, that there can be no doubt that this massacre was attended with outrage and atrocity too horrible to think of. The Armenians in Athens and Constantinople assert that forty-two vil- lages were destroyed and nearly 10,000 per- sons massacred; but more impartial and equally well-informed persons elsewhere put the number at twenty-five’ villages and from 1,000 to 3,000 persons killed. The ex- act number will never be known. The correspondent also says: “It is a significant fact that outrages are not per- petrated by Turks upon other Turks, or by Kurds upon their fellow-tribemen. It is always upon the Armenian Christian that the Turk and Kurd let loose their in- genious depravity.” The Armenian revolutionists, he says, are not free from guilt. He says: “It isa fact that certain of these Armenian con- spirators arranged to murder the Rev. Edward Riggs and two other American missionaries at Marsovan and fasten the blame upon the Turks in order that the United States might inflict summary pun- ishment upon the Turkish government, thereby making possible Armeni: inde- pendence. Moreover, the missionariés would have been murdered had not an Armenian friend warned them. ——>+—_ CHANCES IN CRAP. The Odds Are Very Largely Against the Player. From the St. Louis Glebe-Democrat. “Rolling the dice is, of course, a game of chance if they are honest dice,” said Mr. Morrissey, “and we'll assume it is an hon- est play. In craps two dice are shot, and there are eleven possible results. You can throw 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, and you can’t throw anything else. Now, under the rules of the game, if upon your first throw you make 7 or 11 you win. If you throw neither of these sums, but turn up 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10, you neither win nor lose, but have another ard another shot until you either throw a 7, whereupon you lose, or repeat the first point you threw, where- upon you win. Now, look what sucker game it is. There is one throw only by which you can make 2, two throws by which you can make 3, three throws sum up 4, four throws 5, five throws 6, six throws 7, five throws 8, four throws 9, three throws 10, two throws 11, and one throw 12. You understand what I mean, that there are only that many combinations of two dice that will bring up those sums. On your first throw, if you roll 7 or 11, you win. There are six ways ycu can roll 7, and two ways you can roll 11, eight in all, and there are twenty-eight other ways in which the dice can fall in which you will not get either 7 or 11, and consequently not win on your first play. That is, it is 28 to 8, or 7 to 2, that you will nct win on the first dash out of the box, while there are in those twenty-eight throws four possible ones—one 2, two 3’s and one 12—upon which you lose immediately. Leave that out of the figuring, and take it that the odds against your winning on your first shot are 7to2. Say you throw a 4. Under the rules of the game you can go on throwing until you cast another 4, when you win, or a 7, Whereupon you lose. Whichever comes up first determines it. There are three ways in which you can throw 4 with two dice, and six ways in which you can throw 7. Hence, it is 6 to 3, or 2 to 1, that you will throw the seven first, which loses for you. If your pvint was a 6 or an 8 on the first roll, the two best, then, as there are five ways to roll either of these sums and six ways,to roll 7, the odds ere 6 to 5 aguinst you. That is, if you will lcok at it reas- onably, and with the figures before you, when you play craps it is 7 to 2 that you will not win on the first ro!l, and, ac-ord- ing to your point, from 2 to 1 to 6 to S that you will not win afterward on any other roll. I dcn’t knew of any game that looks Ike a game of chance where the advantage in the betting is so much against the player.” o+—___ A Society Woman’s Device. From the New York Times. A London society woman, wishing to give a fancy ball recently, was besieged by let- ters after her invitations were out asking permission to appear in ordinary evening dress. Alarmed at the prospect of a color- less ball, she diplomatically replied that any woman over thirty-five might-come in evening dress. The ball was a brilliant affair, and every woman came in a charac- ter gown! Which story is matched by one told at @ woman's club last week of the efforts of a gocd clergyman to interest the women of his flock in some church movement. “I will ask,” said he, at the close of the sermon, “the elderly ladies of the congregation to remain a few minutes after the benedic- tion.” He found himself alone with one woman—the mother of the teller of the story, who, at thirty-five, was willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of her pastor, and remained to point out to him his griev- cus blunder. The same notice, differently orded, the following Sunday, sec imerous response.