Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1895, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1895—-TWELVE PAGES. 11 ree Te BOYS’ SUITS Half Price. “Willie, Me and Jimmie.” Brieg tte boys to us, Take year pick of any Boys’ Sait in the house for precisely one-half its prevest marked price. This means a biz kes to us, but we he- Kia cach srasoa with am entire mew stcek. So out these must go Boss Brits, $1.25. Beza’ $3.00 Suits, $1.50. Bozs” $4.00 faitz, $2.00. Bos” $5.00 Salis, $2.50. Boze’ §=$5.09 Salts, $3.00. Boys” $3.00 Suits, $4.00. Boze $10.00" Saltz, $5.00. All Wash Saits are ALi sce this seozon’s styles. Parker, Bridget & Co., 315 7th St. N. W. The Blessings of a Pure, Healing Soap Caa orly be fullz realized By using Pine Blossom _ Soap. . Alaciotely pore, medicated, an‘iseptie. It socthes acd heals afl inflammation or red- mess of the skin, removes blackheads, cures Bibples, gives health and beauty. A mod- exn family necessity. Price 25 Cents, AT ALL DRUGGISTS. Foster Medicine Co., Baltimore, Md. NEVER BEFORE: NEVER ACAIN| oO Every Baby Carriage in our stock is offerad thls week—rnd this week «nly—BELOW COST—and on CREDIT! Pay us when you plesse—weebly or monthly —no notes—no interest. ringe — neatly up- hotstered—bicy-le or weeden wheels—pat- ent adjestable para- Regular prievs will prevail on and after Moaday, July 29. GROGAN’S Mammoth Credit House, sol holier, Re $16-821-823 7TH STREET NORTHWEST. 20127. €uced to... a= $1.50 LAWN WaAISs! THE AUDSON BAY FUR AN 19 1TH Te. CLOAK CO., ST._N.W. M. WOLF, MG, lAttention! @ jy2t-508 SOCOSESEOCOSLS SSHSSSSO SOO: TF QA 69 205005690000 000060064 CARBONA REMOVES GREASE SPOTS INSTANTLY. Non-inflammable-- Non-explosive. Does not injure the most delicate fabric or color. It your grocer or druggist does not keep it Apply to MARSHALL CHEMICAL CO., Marshall, Va. fy2t-co3m = AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Trying to Settle the Garbage Question With the Dal Bay Citissus. Many Cases Disposed of in the Mayor's Court Todaf—Notes of Interest. The committees on finance and poor met the committes of Del Ray citizens last night in the common council chamber, in an effort to solve the city garbage question. Messrs. L. EB. Uhler, Jno. T. Harrison, N. P. T. Burke and R. H. Havener of the finance committee and T. J. Farron, Geo. H, Hinken, Edgar Thompson and L. Mor- gan Davis of the committee on poor were present, and ‘the representatives of the Citizens’ Protective Association of Del Ray were Messrs. W. H. O'Connor, F. M. Bell, I. D. Arnold, J. E. Supplee and B. F. Nalls. Mr. C. C. Carlin was present as legal ad- visér on the Del Ray side. The meeting was an amicable one, and the Del Ray peo- ple expressed themselves as perfectly satis- fied at the result. They were promised that the pig pens should be removed-from the alms house grounds and the garbage pits thoroughly disinfected and covered over. A new pit Is to be dug, presenting-as little surface to the sun as possible, and after each load of garbage is thrown in at least a foot of earth and lime will be, placed on it. It is hoped that this will prevent any foul odors from rising, and as soon as pos- sible council will make other arrangements for disposing of the offal. Mayor’s Court. Justice Thompson presided at the may- or’s court this morning, and disposed of the following cases: Henry Mason, colored, was fined $5.for an assault on Susie Ma- son; Isaac Johnson and Sarah Levi, col- ored, were charged with fighting on “Hard Corner.” Isaac had cut Sarah’s head with a stick, and she proceeded to hit him in the mouth with a lamp, after which he shot at her with a pistol. Isaac was taxed $25 and Sarah $5; a German from the county, named Rein, who was charged with peddling chickens without a license, was ordered to leave his basket of chick- ens until he procured the necessary docu- ment. Mr. Holden’s Successor. Dr, Abbott, president of the Mt. Vernon railway, was in town yesterday, but de- clined to say who would be Mr. Holden’s successor as superintendent of the roai. He intimated, however, that some one had been decided upon. Mr. Holden's many friends here hope that he may be per- suaded to withdraw his resignation. Notes. Young Frank Harper, who was injured while diving from the Norfolk steamer a few days ago, is reported somewhat im- proved this morning. The remains of Geo. Nelson, who died in Washington yesterday, were brought to this city, and were buried from the rest- ee of his sister, Mrs. John Proctor, to- lay. Capt. Robert F. Krox has returned from Massanutta Springs greatly improved in health. Col. P. Henry O'Bannon of Sperryville, Va., spent yesterday with Mr. W. B. Smoot, in this city. Hite Peckham and Jack Nolan are booked to “scrap” at Dan Henry’s theater here August 1. A young man named Ollie Rodier had a hemorrhag? on the street yesterday. He was removed to his kome. The ball nozzles for the fire engines have arrived and will be tried shortly. Mrs. Ward, mother of Mr. Chas. Ward, died last night. She was one of the oldest members of Trinity M. E. Church. ee LETTER CARRIERS’ BICYCLE LAMPS. Reasons Given by Postmaster Willett in Asking Their Exemption. The recent action of the Commissioners in exempting letter carriers*from the rule requiring wheelmen to carry lighted lamps after dark has been subjected to consider- able criticism at the hards of others upon whom the law bears down hard and firm. They go on the principle that if lamps ™must be carried as a measure of safety to pedestrians, it hurts about as much to be run down by a letter carrier as by an ordi- nary wheelman. | It now appears that this action of the Commissioners was based upon a letter from Postmaster Willett asking for the ex- emption. The reasons he gives for asking it are most ingenuous. At first it was thought that the desire was to have the collectors, who may have considerable val- uable matter in their mailbags, scurry around the streets unseen, thus reducing to a minimum the danger of sudden attack from midnight highwaymen. This is not the case, however. The post- master wrote that the night collectors car- ry their mail pouches suspended in front of their handle bars, and that a lamp would be a great inconvenience. But the chief reason for asking the favor is that if the collectors on their midnight reunds should suddenly come upon a band of lawbreakers diligently engaged in breaking the law the fact that their coming would be announced in advance by the light of their lamps would prevent them from being of that as- sistance to the police that they might oth- erwise be. The postmaster’s request was granted In a formal way by the District fathers, and now the carriers can go on their way re- ene in their opportunity to do detective wor! ——_.___ The Flag Must Flont. - Acting Secretary Wike has Issued the fol- lowing instructions to the custodians of all buildings under the control of the Treasury Department: “The flag of the United States shall be hoisted over all buildings under the control of the Treasury Department during the hours of business, and on February 22, May 30 and July 4, from sunrise to sunset, except when stormy weather prevents its display. Wher either of the last three days falls on Sunday the flag Is to be displayed on the day that is observed locally. On May 30 the flag should be placed at half- mast. The revenue flag will be displayed over custom houses, as required by article 1513 of the general regulations and the cus- toms and navigation laws.” ——_—_+e+ Washington National Banks. Reports made to the controller of the cur- rency by the twelve national banks of the city of Washington show their condition at the close of business on the 11th Instant as follows: Loans and discounts, $6,845,866; stocks, securities, etc., $1,160,002; lawful money reserve in bank, $2,396,9 of which 3 is specie; capital stock paid in, ; surplus fund, $1, ; national bank notes outstanding, $885 individual deposits, $3,970,688, The total resources are stated at $14,438,889 and the average re- serve held at 36.11 per cent. ss Siamese Minister Recalled. The State Department has been informed that the Marquis de Maha Yotha, ac- credited as minister of Slam at Washing- ton and London, and at present resident in the latter capital, has been recalled by his government. ——+- e+ Stanley J. Weyman. Tomorrow’s Star will contain the first in- stallment of “The Cat and The King,” a most interesting story by Stanley J. Wey- man, author of “A Gentleman of France,” ete., one of the most popular authors of the day, The story wiil be in three install- ments, published daily, beginning tomorrow. A detective story of intense interest by Howard Fielding, called “Stamps Enclosed for Reply,” will be published in full in the same issue. ———— Caterpillars have destroyed the foliage on shade and forest trees in and about Port- land, Me., leaving the trees as bare as in winter. Dr. Macfarlane, formerly professor of the University of Texas, has been appointed teacher on electrical engineering at Lehigh University. John Parnell, brother of the late leader, was elected to parliament in Meath, and a the released dynamiter, was mob- bed. CORNSTALK CELLULOSE/A VOLUBLE CHINAMAN That Will Fill the Oofferdams of the Two Big Battleships Its Superiority to Cocon Celtulene De- monstrated by = Series of Important Tests. Secretary Herbert has ordered that corn- stalk cellulose be used to fill the cofferdams of the two big battleships Nos. 5 and 6, the designs for which are now being completed. Thus a purely American product will re- place the imported cocoa cellulose, which is largely used in all of our modern naval vessels. The erder was issued as the result of a careful test of the relative merits of the two kinds of cellulose, conducted by a special board, headed by Constructor Lin- nard. Two identical iron tanks were filled with the cellulose, one with cocoa and the other with cornstalk.. Six and eight-inch shells were fired clear through them, and then the tanks were filled with water to ascertain to what extent the cellulose ful- filled its function of preventing the leak- age of water through the shot holes into the interior of a vessel. In a few minutes the cocoa was letting a stream through at the rate of half a gallon a minute, while at the end of an hour and a haif not a drop had leaked out of the cornstalk tank. This settled conclusively the water - resisting merits of the new compound. Infammability Tested. Another important test followed, intended to compare the inflammability of the two substances, a matter that has come to be regarded as of the first order of import- ance since the Chinese warships were set on fire by the explosion of Japanese shells. ‘When small shells were exploded in the cocoa it smoldered first, and was then fan- red into flames by a light breeze. The cornstalk cellulose was slightly charred, but could not be ignited, and so scored another point. Chemical Effect Upon the Hull Plates. Next the tanks were filled with water and left in a warm place for several weeks to determine the chemical effect of their contents upon the hull plates of a ship and upon the hygienic conditions. The cocoa destroyed the paint, corroded the iron plates and finally decomposed itself. The cornstalk only slightly softened the paint, did not effect the iron plate more than pure water, and, save for a slight mold- ing and the emission of an ammoniacal smell, was unchanged and still serviceable. The board also found that the cornstalk cellulose cost but 17% cents per pound as against 22 cents for the cocoa, and as it 1s lighter and less is required to fill the coffer- dams, it really costs but two-thirds the price of cocoa. 2 A SUCCESSFUL TRIP. Practical Demonstration of the Under- ground System on 9th Street. Early this morning a motor car and trail- er of the Metropolitan Street Railroad Com- pany’s new equipment were run out of the car shed at the southern terminus of the 9th street line and made a trial trip over the route to 10th street and Florida avenue and return. On board the train were about eighty or ninety persons, most of them em- ployes ‘of the company. President Phil- ps, Assistant Secretary Coleman, Chief Electrician Connett, Superintendent Lowry and@several Washingtonians financially in- terested in the road were on board, Mr. Connett acting as motorman. From start to finish the trip was without a_ hitch. Although the great bulk of Washington’s population was in bed while the run was being made, there were many people on the streets along the route; those of the number who caught on to one of the cars as the train shot by had all sorts of pleas- ant things to say about the completely modern and _ brilliantly illuminated visible track was very dirty—made so by e: ing and other work doae beneath and on each side of it—the running was remarl ably smooth, and especially was this ni ticed at the curves, w! © there is common- ly much extremely discomforting motion of a decidedly jerky sort. The stops and starts were without jar, and, in fa there was no opportunity for even the most erit- feal passenger to sp2ak of either the cars or the underground system by which they are operated in any other than terms of hearty commendation. One, two or three trains may be run ont tonight after ordin- ary traffic is at an end, but these trips ih not be for experimental purposes; they will be taken simply to give Some of the Metro- politan’s drivers a chance to learn the du- ties of motormen, so that within a few deys horses may ‘no longer be factors in the operation of the 9th street line. President Phillips is the recipient of many congratulations upon the successful accom- plishment of a task which will, in the opinion of those who onght to know, revo- lutionize street car propulsion in the United States, and, incidentally, bury the overhead trolley so’ deeply that within two or three years no city of any real conse- quence will permit that ancient and crude and dangerous method to be operated on its streets. —————— What France Gains. The recent general treaty agreed upon between France and China to regulate the commercial relations between the Chinese provinces bordering on the French possessions and the latter gives France the right to maintain a consul at Tieng- Hont, opens Luncow, in the province of Quang-Si, north of Lang-Song and Mong se, to French and Annamitg commerce, makes Hokhow an open port, permits France to maintain a consul there, opens She-Mao to commerce, permits French citizens to settle along the rivers and use the rivers Laso and Mekong for the trans- portation of merchandise, provides for a reduction of dutles and allows the right to extend railrcads and establish telegraph lines. ——— Bimetallism in England. The London Times yesterday morning published a column letter from Ber- tram Currie of the Gold Standard Defense Association, in reply to statements, by Henry C. Gibbs, a director of the Bank of England, and president of the British BI- metallic League. Mr. Currle says, in spite of time and labor spent in the controversy, the bimetallic league is still silent as to any specific plan in which the bimetallic theory is to be embodied, as to the proposed ratio, as to the methods of enforcing the ratio, or as to the consequences which would fol- low its establishment. Summing up the situation from his stand- point, Mr. Cut says: “The biimetallists are enthusiastic, {-advised agitators, in- stead of practical reformers. +o The English Yachts. Ailsa and Brittania started at 10:30 a.m. in the second day's racing of the Royal Irish Yacht Club regatta, over the same course as Thursday. A light easterly breeze was blowing. The race for the twenty-raters was stop- ped at the end of the first round. The time of the yachts at the finish were: Niagara, 1 hour 49 minutes; Dakotah, 2 hours, 4 minutes 49 seconds. Britannia finished at 4:17.13; Ailsa did not finish. SSS Imprisoned in the Big Wheel. The great wheel at CEarlscourt, near London, an imitation on a larger scale of the famous Ferris wheel of the world’s fair at Chicago, stopped last evening, and imprisoned crowds of passengers. Several hours elapsed before the wheel could be moved and the passengers released. 00. Four Hundred Witnesses. A dispatch from Carrollton, Mo., says the sccond trial of W. P. Taylor and George E. Taylor for the horrible murder of the Mecks family near Browning on the night of May 10, 1894, began here today. When the court instructed witnesses to stand up and be sworn over hal’ the audience stood up. There are 400 witnesses. = Col. Silas Titus of the twelfth New York volunteers, critically ill in Syracuse, has given hfs son a flag captured from a Vir- ginia regiment, with the injunction to seek out the officers and restore the flag to them with his heartiest good wishes. st Seys John W. Foster Reosived $100,000 a He Likewise Bas¢s the Dewnfall of the Present pynasty on an Ancient Prediction. SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.—Ho Tung, a Chinese banker of Hang Kong, who figured in the unsuccessful ‘negotiations in Eng- land to float the Chirjése war loan, arrived from the orient on the steamer City of Pekin, and is en route to New York and London. In discussing the effects of the war he says the official days of Li Hung Chang are numbered, and inclines to the belief that the country may be engulféd in ® revolution. He bases his prediction of internal strife not only on the general dis- content of the people, but upon the super- stition of the masses. “If a revolution does arise,” he said, think a little book published about years ago will be one of the causes in an indirect way. For centuries the book has been prohibited publication or circulation, and yet a great many people know its pur- port. Lou Pak Wong, a phophet and a grand secretary under the Ming dynasty, the one that immediately preceded the ex- isting Ching dynasty, was author of the book and who wrote it in answer to a question put to him by the first emperor of the present dynasty. “Familiar with history and having faith in ‘its lessons, he thought that as other dynasties had arisen, flourished and then disappeared from the scene of political life in China, his also would some day follow in the same course. So he asked the pro- fessor how long his dynasty would live. It was in answer to this question that the book was written. It contains prophecies and hints of what the future would bring forth, and among other things predicted that the dynasty would disappear during this century. “Some prophecies in the book have prac- tically come to pass, a fact that has im- pressed itself upon many a superstitious mind. It is for this reason that the book may have a great influence at this late day upon the masses, if circumstances are pro- pitious at the time of any incipient up- rising. Still, I would be surpriscd to hear of a revolution. The best thought of the nation desires to rehabilitate the country and its interests in a peaceful manner un- der the Ching dynasty.” Li Hung Chang’s enormous wealth, Ho Tung said, has much to do with the great viceroy’s declining popularity. Besides, there is a stain on the honor of the family, as the viceroy’s brother was compelled to resign from office on account of a general belief that he was corrupt. The Chinese believe Li Hung Chang is the richest man in the world, and that his wezith has much to do with his tenacious grip on office. In American money ae is supposed to be worth $500,000.00. He owns rice fields and innumerable pawn shops, the latter being considered good and very Profitable investments. They are licensed by the-government, and are numbered by the thousands. These are, as a matter of fect, in the nature of great banking in- ees with an enormous percentage of Ho Tung says that John W. Foster, who best vend < aoe representatives in the reaty negotiations with Japan, wa: ald $100,000 for his services by Ld Hung ang. a ——— eee ELECTRICITY. IN HARNESS, Boston Han a Horscleas Carringe— Englixh in Appearance. From the New York Times.;; A horseless carriage, propelled by electric- ity, is one of the latest novelties enjoyed by the thoughtful 4nhabitfnts of Boston. The new carriage Is not,a toy, but a vehicle weighing 5,100 pounds and carrying six or seven passengers, 4 Like some other Boston inventions, it is English in appearande, with American works Inside. It Zesembles an English break with a deep’ “weil underneath the Qoor,;in which tha:storage batteries and motor are placed. The batteries consist of forty-four chioride’ cells, arranged in four grcups of eleven each. The motor has nominal strength of four- horse power, and turns the hind wheels by means of an intermediate shaft and chain gearing. In order to allow the vehicle to make sharp turns without upsetting, the intermediate shaft is cut in the mfddle, so that a different rate of speed can be appited to each wheel. The steering apparatus is connected with the front pair of wheels, each of which is hinged on the axle and may be locked at any angle by means of a spring latch worked by the foot of the operator. The speed attained by the carriage varies from four to fourteen miles an hour, according to the grade of the roadway and the amount of power turned on. An electrical controller gives three well-defined rates of speed, and no rheostat for intermediate speeds has been found necessary. ———+e-___ Wild Shooting. Capt. Quick of the El Rio reports that one mile south of the Scotland lightship a shot from the United States proving ground at Sandy Hook crossed the ship's bows close aboard and landed one-eighth of a rolle to the eastward. Another shot fell astern. Had elther shot struck the El Rio the chances are that the ship would have been seriously damaged, if not sunk. oo Colorado's Silver Democrats, As a result of the recent democratic state convention, an address has been issued appealing to democrats to get together and reorganize. The address asserts that a vast majority of the advocates of bimetallism are democrats, and that the restoration of silver can come only through the agency of the democratic party. —- soe. Bank of England Statement. The weekly statement of the Bank of Eng- land shows the following changes, as com- pared with the previous account: Total re- serve increased £613,000; creased £176,000; bullion increased £437,633; other s2curlties decreased £72,000; other de- posits increased £883,000; public deposits de- treased £130,000; notes’ reserve, increased $575,000; government securities decreased —————+ee_____ Rapid Type Setting. Eugent Taylor, a Mergenthaler compos- itor employed on a Denver paper, in eight hours set 65,500 ems, the machine being beared up to 88 revolutions. —_—+e+____ Against Action on Sliver. Teh Oregon democratic state central com- mittee has decided not to call a convention te act on the silver question. Replies from seventeen county committees oppose such action. o+-—__ California at Atlanta. The permanent exhibit of the California state board of trade; valued at $100,000, and considered thoroughly representative of the products and Industries of California, will be transported to the Atlanta exposition. —___wees_——— Cheap Material 1p Car Wheels. From the Providence Journal. A manufacturer of cdr wheels states In the Street Railway Journal that he is obliged to use the cheapest kind of scrap because the maragerg of some electric roads refuse to pay for good iron. If this is the case we may expect, to hear of more ac- cidents like that in New Bedford, where thirty passengers [were injured by the breaking of a wheel,‘ which, when examined, was found to be granular, and not firm and clear, There is no economy in buying wheels made of poor material. One accl- dent may cost enough to equip the entire system with reliable wheels. The wise rall- way managers will not tempt juries to award heavy damages by refusing to allow the wheel manufacturer a fair profit on an honest article. ~~ 0 Fifty people at Wilmington, Del., have been bitten by mad dogs. Mary Barba, at Shamokin, Pa., put caus- tie soda on a mosquito bite, blood poison- ing set in, and doctors say she must die. ‘The United States cruiser New York has arrived In port. : James Keady, a driver for Merien’s Sons, lumber dealers, while crossing the Balti- more and Ohio crossing in Cumberland, was struck by an express train, be!ng probably fatally injured. His team was totally wrecked, clreulation de- WEARING RARE LACES A Return to the Fashion, as Noted in New- . port Swelldom. Great Prices Paid for the Fleecy Ma- terial—Valuable Collectio: Owned by Bich Society Leaders. Special of The Evening Star. NEWPORT, R. E., July 24, 1895. The feminine fad most noticeable at swelldom’s gatherings this season is a con- spicuous return to the wearing of rare laces. Rich jewels are not se popular as usual, but the laces worn by fashionable women are quite as valuable. The return to Newpcrt of the Goelets, who have passed the last few seasons abroad, and are ex- travagant admirers of old laces, is prob- ably responsible for this strikingly ob- servable change. So much has been writ- ten of the costly jewels of rich women of late that the fact that. there are equal for- tunes in laces in Newport this summer scems by way of contrast especially inter- esting just now. The Vanderbilt family alone are said to have over half a million dollars’ worth here with them. These are supposed to rival the celebrated Prussian ard Austrian crown laces. Mrs. Robert Goelet has a small cedar chest completely filled with the very finest and most expensive lace handkerchiefs. They were all made by the most fashionable French manufacturers, ard are Mrs.‘ Goe- let’s especial delight. Her husband disliked her wearing laces of any kind made by other concerns, and so an entire lace outfit ‘was bought through his special order. Mr. Goelet, according to report, paid as high as $200 for one handkerchief, and $25,000 for a lace dress. ‘Treasures of the Astors. The Astor family have many rich treas- ures in laces. Connoisseurs value them at not less than $350,000.. Mrs. William Astor has a lace dress recently made which is valued at $28,000,besides an endlesa amount of handkerchiefs, fans, &c. Mrs. John Jacob Astor (nee Miss Willing) is the happy possessor of several extravagant gowns, her portion being said to be worth over $50,000. The late Mrs. John Jacob Astor had a life long fad for collecting laces. She left $60,000 worth to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The foundation of this collection was gathered in France and Italy by Mrs. Astor herself, between the years of 1815 and 1855. It was the especial fasci- nation of her whole life to hunt here and there in obscure stores and bric-a-brac shops on the continent for specimens of the finest lace work ever known to have been manufactured. She could never resist buying when satisfied that it was the real thing. Mrs. Astor’s fichus and lace hand- kerchiefs became famous. She had a won- dezful dress of lace, for which she paid $20,000. In this respect, however, she has been outdone by her daughter, whose new $28,000 dress is generally: considered the creme de la creme about Newport. A fashionable New York modiste here for the summer remarked yesterday, that &mong the cottagers this season five hun- dred dollar fichus, two hundred dollar handkerchiefs and thousand dollar over- dresses are mere bagatelles. It is said by the same authority that New York has bought more laces during this last year than any other city in the world. At least a score of its fashion leaders are believed to have purchased an addition of $30,000 worth to their collections, while probably a hundred more bought $10,000 worth. Thousands of Dollars. Mrs. Herman Oelrichs has many thous- ands of dollars invested in the costly ma- terial. She is one of those who have ex- iensively increased her collection this past year. The dress Mrs. Oelrichs was mar- ried in was of the finest and rarest lace, @vaped over satin, and of such ancient style that the manufacture of it has long since become a lost art. It cost $10,000, but its like could not be purchased now for 00. Miss Virginia Fair, her bright, winsome sister, who seems to be the reign- ing belle of Newport, is also quite as rich in laces as in jewels. A search for information on the subject among society leaders here in Newport has revealed some interesting facts. The Vvalu- able laces social celebrities all about the world possess, including those once worn by society and court favorites now dead, give evidence that there are vast fortunes in laces as well as in gems. It is also plain to see that while the recent masculine style of dress put the platted-thread material somewhat out of use, a decided return to the old love in evening and house dresses, if not so much in street costumes, has re- vived its attractiveness here at Newport's swell seashore. Mrs. John Jacob Astor and Mrs. A. T. Stewart were considered the most thorough connoisseurs of real laces in the United States. Mrs. Stewart could tell it at sight without even touching it. She had an im- tensely valuable collection, which was given to her niece. The Stewart Collection. One of the Stewart lacé treasures, now in the niece’s possesssion, is a lappet of fine Brussels point d’Angleterre In Louis XV style. The flowers and leaves on it are worked in all their natural colors upon a sort of quatrefoil diapered ground. It was made with the intention of recalling the mayflower and perdrix grounds of Sevres ard Dresden porcelains. It weighs over eight pounds, end the only other specimen of the kind 1s on exhibition at the Kensing- ton Museum, London. The latter piece Is, however, not quite so large or as fine. Mrs. Stewart was for several years in negotia- tion for this rare treasure. It was owned by an impecunious count,who finally parted with it for $10,000, a mere song to what its present value is. Another treasure of the Stewart collec- tion is an almost exact copy of a bedspread of Alencon point lace, with pillow shams, made by special command of Napoleon I, on the occasion of his marriage with the Princess Marie Louise. For this copy Mr. Stewart pald $45,000, As seen today, it has the same zephyr-like, fine hexagonal ground profusely studded with medalitons ard llfes. Mrs. Stewart's laces cost in all about a quarter of a million dollars. The curteins hung at tho windows of her big, gioomy mansion cost $500 apiece. The col- lection has since doubled its value, the present owner possessing all of a half mil- lion dollar fortune in real rare laces. —_—.__ Shot for Being Out All Night. George Reed, a painter, shot and killed his wife at St. Louis yesterday as the re- sult of jealous rage. His wife stayed out all night, and on her return he asked her where she had been. An evasive an- Swer was giv2n, 2 quarrel resulted, and he tamed her with being untrue to him. —_+— + e+ ___. Big Land Sult Decided. The ejectment sult of H. C. King of New York against Conly Blankinship et al., was decided at Harrisonburg, Va., Tuesday in the United States circuit court, Judge John Paul, in favor of the plaintiff. This suit has occupied over two weeks and involves the title of 500,000 acres of land lying in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky, worth $6,000,000. —_—___+e+—____. Big Railroad Deal. The pian to unite the Philadelphia, Peo- ple’s and Electric traction companies, which control almost all of the street railway traffic of Philadelphia, was finally com- pleted yesterday. The new company will have a capital of $30,000,000, the limit al- lowed by law, and the shares will have a par value of $50 each. oe. —___ A Sgloon Opener. City Magistrate Wentworth of New York city decided that there is nothing in the excise law forbidding a saloon in which spirituous and mait lMquors are sold from keeping its doors open for the sale of non- intoxicating drinks at any hour of the day or night. If this decision stands it will pen the doors of all the saloons in the city durimg the prohibited hours, which are from 1 to 5 o'clock a.m. Saloons being open for the sale of temperance drinks, it would be difficult to prove violation of the law forbid- ding the sale of intoxicants. eee ‘The New York Mills Cotton Company, at Whitestown, N. notified its em- ployes in mills No. 2 and 4 that an increase of wages, amounting to 10 per cent, has been granted. LATE SPORTING NEWS AMONG THE BALL PLAYERS. Washington Loses in Chicago—Stand- ing of the Clubs. Washington lost yesterday's game to Chicago by a combination of errors and hard hitting on the part of the Colts. Cn!- cago gave the game to Washington on er- rors in the sixth inning, but batted out a victory in their half of the same inning by hard stick work. Stocksdale pitched a geod game, and with support should have made a better showing. The score: CHICAGO. WASHINGTON. RH0.Ax| R.H.0.4.EL ~-l241 22101 200 O1e61 221 911220 O10 -losie oo6¢ oo200 220 oo210 ae 0021.0 162 10062! 101 -l1kOOO 5B 52417 4 503 x-8 00000301 1-5 hicago, 2; Washington, 1. Two- base hits—Joyce, Boyd. Three-base hits—Lange, Ryan, Stewart, Selbach, Sacrifice hit—A\ Stolen_ bases— Donohue. Double Anson, Everett, - Dlay—Stockadale, Cartwright. McGuire. | Strack out Bases =-By Stocksdale, 4; by Terry, 5. ‘on balls— Of Stocksdale, ' 3; Terry. 5. Wild: pitehes— = = ‘of game—Two hours. Umpire— jevne. New York was outplayed at every point by Pittsburg yesterday. The moore — Tittsburg ...0 002006 2 x-W 94 New York...0 0010000 1-285 Batteries—Hawley and Sugden, German and Farrell. Cleveland won from Boston by some pretty hitting. The game was a fine exhi- bition of ball playing. The score: - RHE. Cleveland ...1 01060004 0 x-6 ll 3 Boston 0020020 0 04 i123 Batteries—Ycung and Zimmer, Nichols and Ganzel. Taylor and Beam were batted all over the lot in yesterday's game between Phila- delphia and Cincinnati, and the former never had a‘chance to win. The score: R.ELE. Cincinnati .4 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 8-19 20 1 Phila 0003000083 63 Batte: thines and Murphy, Beam, Taylor and Grady. Baltimore was the only eastern club to come out on top yesterday, but they had Louisville to buck against. Inks was knocked out of the box and McDermoit fared little better. The score: nee Louisville ..0 0 200001 0-3 10 5 Baltimore .0 5 016000 0-12 15 0 Batteries—Inks, McDermott and Warner, Hemming and Clark. The St. Louis Browns batted hard and won from Brooklyn by a lopsided score. The score: HH. St. Loui: 1550010 2 62 3 Brooklyn ..0 0010100 1-3 10 4 Batteries—Lucid and Grim, Breitenstein and Miller. Where the Clubs Play Today. Boston at Cleveland. New York at Pittsburg. Philadelphia at Cincinnatl.@ Standing of the League Clubs. WON BY THE TREASURY. Government Printers Have an Of Day in the Field. The Treasury Department had no trouble whatever yesterday in defeating the Gov- ernment Printing Office in the race for the Departmental League championship by the score of 12 to G. The Treasury team put up a good article of ball playing, while the Printers were off in their fielding, and, al- though they secured more hits than their opponents, their errors were more costly and lost them the game. Sweitzer pitched effectively, but received no support, and, while Mills was not at his best, his team backed him up in good style, their errors being mado at times when they did not count for much. Havens, Dougherty, Mont- gomery and Woodward played fair ball for the Printers, while Maize and Barrows played the game for the Treasury. Mr. S. P. House umpired the game to the sat- isfaction of every one. On account of dark- ress the game was called after the eighth inning. The score: TREASURY. | G. P.O. +H.@.A. R.H.O.A.E, 3°2°3° 2 Havens.2,c 01°71 6 1 1 2 0 Mont'ery.s8. 0 20 4 1 1 1 0 2Connelirf.. 23008 18 1 OSwziterp..1 10 41 © 1 0 0 Dough'ts,3b 0 2111 1 1 0 1.Berger,cib. 0 15 0 3 0 1 1 1 Morrisonif. 2.1000 19 0 0 W'din% 10800 10 0 OMartinrf...1 1000 924 7 @ Totals.... 7122110 9 1 x-12 11-7 by _errors—Treasury, 8; —Treasury, . P.O. i tzer, 1; off Mills, 1. Struck out—By Mills, 8; by Swelizer, 7. ‘Tiree-base hits—Keller aud Barrows. Two-base hits—Barrows, Mon! Bolway and Dough 1 Mills (2), Bolway, Sto: Martin, “Mayse (@) and - Double plays— Mills to Barrows to Gavin; Sweitzer to Havens to Woodward. Hit by pltcher—By Sweltzer, 1, pitch—Sweitzer, 1. Passed balls--Havens, 2; rell, 1. Umplire—Mr. House. Time of’ game—2 hours and 10 minutes. The,New District League. The second game of the new District Amateur League will be played tomorrow at Capitol Park. The ¥. M. C. A's strong team will again cross bats with the Pen- sion Office and try for better luck this time. Game will be called promptly xt 4:30 o'clock. Fagin Won. The last race yesterday at Alexander Island was a most exciting one, and re- sulted in the victory of Fagin over Kazan. The finish was very clcse, and but for Ka- zan’s swerving Fagin would have been beaten. Tne track was in better condition than was anticipated, but fast time was out of the Guestion. The winners were: Finance, 8-1; Paris, 6-5; Sir Willlam, 1- Belle of Fermoy, 2-1; Dart, 5-1; Fagin, 1-1 cit ee Said to Have Killed a Cat. A case of cruelty to animals which It was thought would prove interesting was to have been tried in the Police Court to- day, but the defendant forfeited his col- lateral. Charles J. Stoddard was the de- fendant, and the complaint against him was that he killed a cat belonging to his neighbor, Miss McNickle. The parties live on H street northwest, between 4th and 5th streets, and Mr. Stoddard has some young rabbits in his yard. Several cats trom us many houses have been visitors to the rabbits’ home,,and only a few days ago one of them grabbed a young rabbit and killed itt. When this particular cat visited his yard last week Mr. Stoddard played executioner and the owner of the cat had a warrant issued for his arrest. He left $5 collateral to cover the offense. _—————— Colony of Dike Builders. A colony of 500 Hollanders is to locate along the Nanticoke river in the upper part of Dorchester county, Md. The colony will come cirect from Holland. Its mem- bers are said to have enough money to pur- chase the land and equip themselves for successful truck farming. Land along the Nanticoke river is’ just suited for the pur- poses of the colonists. It closely resembles the Iand of their nativity, being flat and to a@ large degree Marshy. The marsh land will be dyked and put under cultivation. Agents of the colony have secured an option on about 10,000 acres. ——_— ee —_____ To Touch the Button. Baby Marion Cleveland will start the ma- chinery at the opening of the cotton states exposition. A wire will be run into Gray Gables and the baby will touch the button. Mr, Cleveland’s engagements would not permit him to open the exposition. He will visit Atlanta a month late! The English Yachts. The times of the big English yachts at the finish in yesterday's race were: Ailsa, 5h.51m.50s.; Britannia, 5h.52m.25s. Britan- nia won on time allowance. — Willie Bartle, Clearspring, Md. stepped into a reaper, had his leg cut off, and may die. HOBBIES AS RECRRMATIONS. Music, and Then Come Sketching, Nataral History and Rending. From the London Spectator. G. F. Watts, the Royal Academic’an, has given £1,000 to the Home Industries ard Arts Assoctution, in order to assist the work of helpirg artirans to cultivate hob- bies. At least he says explic’tly that his desire is nat +0 promote a training school, but to help men to provide occupetions and interests for their leisure hours. That is an unusually wise as well as kindiy gift, and one which we hope will be largely !mi- tated. Nothing, we believe, corduces 20 directly to the happiness of life ay a dis- tinct and permanent interest in some sub- ject other than that forced on Us by cir- cumstances or by professional needs. A hobby is miore than a recreation for | the mind; it ts a protection. It relieves the man who has it from ennul, from the cn- ; pressive sense of the sameness of Iife, ard from that tendency to judge everything from a single standpoint. which is the curr? of the efficient and the industrions. It hardly matters what it is, a definite kird of reading, or an art, or an outdoor occu- pation, the result is always the same. a kind of content with life which the man without a hobby lacks. Music is, perhaps, the best of all, for. that is inéxhaustible, can be taken up in fragments of time, and when pursued by those who can appreciate it gives a de- light which has the charm of perpetual variety. Those who love music, yet work hard at other things, never tire of their “taste,” and never, if they can gratify it, find life either tedious or insupportable. They find in it not only pleasure, but oc- cupation, and it is in the conjunction of the ines that for the weary true relief con- So do those who can sketch in sketching, especially if they can do it well enough not to be haumted, as musicians are much haunted, by a sense of defeat in reaching for an ideal. After sketching we think we may reckon the pursuit of natural his- tory, which, though it tends to the study of small departments of knowledge, is prac- tically inexhaustible, and rouses, besides thought and the pleasure of collecting, the Passion of curiosity. Reading we should place fourth among hobbies. It is the resource of the cultured, but it has drawbacks, especially in that it tends to become an occupation only, pleasure being impaired by fits of imperfect attention. Your omnivorous reader, who Treads to pass the time, is apt to read with- out thinking or criticising or remembering, and for all the genuine pleasure he gets might almost as well be asleep. His read- ing 1s, in fact, a mental opiate. The hobby we should place next is gardening, for that also is an occupation, infinitely varied, which cannot end, or to those who enjoy it grow wearisome, and which, of course, in yielding health, yields an advantage not belonging clther to reading or to music. After these five we should place all the mechanical occupations, like turning, car- pentering, bookbinding, working in metal or stone, or, indeed, any one of the occu- pations in which thought ts required, but not too much thought, the mind and the hand together tending, when experience § complete, to work almost automatically. And, last of all, because it is so frultiess, we should place the write’s own hobbr of deck pacing, which is a much commoner and a more entrancing one than is com- monly believed. It is, indeed, to some men, what sauntering was to Charles II—a sul- tana queen whose charm blinds them to its inherent viciousness. From all these the educated, as we see every day, gain a relief which is as good for them as sleep, and the uneducated would gain, as Mr. Watts with his poet insight clearly perceives, even more, they having less of the relief from within which comes of many ideas. —— — +e _-___ A Hotel Lounger Libeled. From the Portland Oregonian. A lounger about the Gilman House caused tiie arrest of E. Sanders, one of the man- agers of the hotel, on a charge of criminal libel. The presence of the man about the hotel was not agreeable to the managers, and to get rid of him Mr. Sanders sent him a very polite note, stating that the hotel was not run in the interest of “town bummers or sitters,” of which fact the re- cipient would please take warning. When the notice to leave was given he became furious and caused the arrest of Sanders. Examination of the case took place, and during the course of a rigid cross-examina- tion the man admitted he had been in San Quentin. It was also shown that he was not a very desirable person to associate with, but Judge Geisler heid the contents of the letter to be libelous and held San- ders in $100 bond to answer, which was EXPLAINED. Confidence in Their Product Led the Shakers to Make an U: unl Offer. People of this day and gerersticn are not dis- posed to give things away. When, therefore, the Mount Lebanon Shakers recently stated that any one could get 2 bottle of Digestive Cordial by call- ing in person at their New York office, it excited a srent deal of talk. - One of the leading dailies of the metropolis sent @ reporter to find out what was meant. It de- Yeloped that the preparation in question has proven beneficial in so large a majority of csses that nine- tenths of the people who are sufficiently anxious to call for a sample find so much relief that they con- tinue the product's use and tell their friends about it. As a result a very large demand has been created. ‘The Shakers have a long recerd of success as in- ver tors and thelr various medicinal products have always enjoyed a high reputation. The Digestive Cordial Is not only neuristing in itself but it digests other foods when taken as directed. Slcepless nights, spots before the eyes and a sense of heaviness after cating, loss of weight and general weakness are among the commcn symptoms of indigestion which {t promptly relicves, and it is gratifying to know that such a positive and harm- less remedy as the Digestive Cordial should have at Inst been devised. ‘The common idea about consumption ts that it fs a lung trouble, but this fs not all, Why is it that the consumptive gets thinner and thinner until he bas wasted to a skeleton! Because the food he eats does not nourish him. It s not digested. _The first sign of the appearance of consumption is growing thin, wasting; this is before the cough; before the expectoration. 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