Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1895, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, ls 30, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. LAER OF SHOES! One thing we've resolved to do—right from the BEGIN- NING—and that is to protect our patrons against the advance in leather. The average wage earner is not receiving a dollar more for his services TODAY than he was a year ago—con- sequently he cannot afford to pay an increased price for shoes —and he SHALL NOT—if he buys of us. In reducing the prices of our shoes we are confident of an increased patronage. Here are two examples of our “Half Profit Sale”-—just two grades of shoes—out of three stores full. “Our Gem” $3 Shoes For Ladies. WORTH $4.00. Commonly called the New Woman's Shoe. They have pointed toes—neat patent leather tips—and between the inner and outer soles {ss layer cf cork which kecps the feet warm and dry and gives an elastic step. An extra width across the ball of the foot insures com- fort in walking. For Men. WORTH $4.00. ble cork soles—iatest styles of toe and triple extended soles. ‘They have the “Comfort” width across the ball of the foot, and may be had in’ black leatber or tan storm calf. All the comfort, style and durability of a $4.00 shoe. Ge. QUALITY BLACK WOOL KERSEY OVERGAITERS FOR MEN AND WOMEN, 25c. A HANDSOME AND USEFUL SOUVENIR TO EVERY LADY. WM. TIAGIN & CO."S Reliable Shoe Houses, 930-932 7th St. N. W. 1914-1916 Pa. Ave. N. W. 233 Penna. Ave. S. E. “Our Gem’’’$3 Shoes oe shoes also have the visible or invisi- -} Coats and Sa ee a se Costs. Let us try. If we haven’t a Top-Coat that suits you as well as any you could get made to order—needn’t take any. waste. No waits and no The tailor won’t have any ideas to suggest that we haven't already made up. have any cloths that we haven’t. He won't But we'll show you twenty times his variety —we'll show you Short Covert Coats—and Knee-lengths. Plain or welted seamis. and dark colors. and Italian linings. Light Silk You can tell good tailoring when you see— and you see it in our Coats — every one of em. The best of evefything—$35. But good big values all along from $7.50 up. How good and how reasonable you’ve only to try to match ’em. There’s worth for a. 5-dol- lar bill more in every grade. . If a “Tan Top” is what you want—look at the $8.50 lots. ‘These Coats are worth $12.50. they are gone. We can't have any more after ‘Tie up like 75-centers—those 50c. Scarfs of ours. Saks and Company,. Pa. Ave. and 7th St.—‘‘Saks’ Corner.” Senne soedondondontoatontentoeteeteetestertotoetentententontontoate> = OPPOSITION TO DR. BRIGGS It Orops Out in the St, Andrew's Brother- hood Bis Name Was Dropped From the Program of Speakers—An Interest- img and Harmonious Gathering. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky,, September 29, 1895. Tf tenth annual convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, which has been fn session here, has been held in the Church of the Advent, a pretty Gothic building, nicely situated for quiet on the outskirts of this city. Two material changes were made in the program as originally published, the first being the substitution of Rev. Mr. Womkins to conduct the services of the “quiet day" in place of the Rev. H. 0.8. Huntington, Order of the Holy Cross, of ‘Westminster, Md., and the change of the @ubject for the mass meeting from “Church Unjty” to “Social Wrongs,” and _conse- quently the dropping of the names of Bishop Potter and Rev. Dr. Chas. Briggs from the program. It was stated that the Order of the Holy Cross refused to allow Father Huntington to take any part in this convention be- cause Dr. Briggs’ name appeared on the program, and also that Bishop Potter would not appear on the platform with Dr. Briggs. Be all this as it may, it is a fact that the local councils of the brotherhood all over the country took exception to Dr. Briggs on the ground that he had been condemned by his own (the Presbyterian) church, and many members refused to attend the con- vention unless his name was left off the program. Further, some of the bishops wrote to the council of the brotherhood, saying that church unity was not a subject to be dis- cussed by the St. Andrew's Brotherhood (by laymen), but should be left for the clergy to discuss. A Notable Gathering. Bishop Dudley of Kentucky delivered the charge to the brotherhood, laying stress on the Idea of individual effort and individual responsibility. After this service the con- vention was organized in Library Hall, when it was found that about 600 members were present, representing all the states of the Union, also four members from Canada, Bishops Dudley of Kentucky, Nichols of California, Johnson of Texas, Whitehead of Pittsburg, White of Indiana, Tuttle of Missour!, Gailor of Tennessee, Sessemus of Louisiana and Bishop John McKim of Toklo, Japan, and aiso many visiting clergy- men from all sections. The members of the convention embraced all shades and dis- tinctions of churchmanship. Mr. John P. Faure, commissioner of charities of New York city, was elected president of the corventicn; Mr. Perry B. Picrce of Epiphany Church, Washington, Vice president, and Mr. W. M. Davis of St. John's Church, Georgetown, D.C., one of the secretaries. The addresses of welcome on behalf of the city of Louisville were mude by the Rev. Lewis W. Burton of St. Andrew's Church ard by the Hen. A. E. Rickards. Mr. Burton spoke of the mem- bers of the brotherhood as “those who lead in society, in education, 1n politics, those whe go to make up the good citizen.” The usual busincss routine was gone through with, and then the “Brotherhcod man—tis motive, his work, his life,” was digcussed. Washington Delegates. ‘The following members were present from Washington: John F. Paret, Perry B. Picroe, Wm. B. Howell of Epiphany Church, G. A. C. Christlancy of St. John's Church, G. G. Thomson of St. Stephen's Church, C. E. Dawson of St. Andrew's Church, Ches. P. Gibson and Rolla P. Currie of Ascension Church, Z. D. Black- ston of Grace Church, C. H. Holmead, jr., of St. Paul's Church, Rev. Alex. M. Rich of Trinity Church, W. M. Davis and T. N. McAboy of St. John’s Church, Georgetown. Friday moraing, in addition to the regular business meeting. the convention took up a special line of thought and expression, “‘Bi- ble Class Work.” The afternoon was given up to the discussions of parochial missions, of college men, of rescue missions and of the boys’ department... At night an ideal parish, free pews and an open church, loy- alty to the prayer book, a Christian ves- try, a fearless priest, a loyal congregation and the Catholic Church were discussed by Bishops Dudley of Kentucky, White of In- diana and Tuttle of Missourl, the Rey. Per- cy Grant of New York and the Rev. Dr. Jas. Stone of Chicago. Next Place of Meeting. Yesterday it was decided that the conven- tion of 1896 be held in Pittsburg, she gain- ing fifty votes more than Buffalo, but the decision in the’ matter was voted to the general council of the brotherhood. It was the sentiment of the convention that their next meeting should be international in character. The address of the day was that of Bishep McKim of Tokyo, Japan, on the subject of the brotherhood in foreign mis- sione. ‘The following council was elected: J. L. Houghteling, president, Chicago; G. Harry Davis, first’ vice president, Philadelphia; Silas ‘McBee, second vice’ president, Se- waree, Tenn.; Jno. P.Faure, treasurer,N. W.R.Stirling, Chicago; John E. Baird, Phil delphia; Hector Baxter, Minneapolis: Wil- liam C. Sturgis, New ‘Haven; George C. Thomas, Philadelphia; Thomas- P.” Dean, Boston; Edmund Billings, Boston; J. C. Loomis, Louisville; Samuel S. Nash, Tr: bero, N. C.; John’ W. Wood, New ‘Yor! 8. A. Haines, Indianapolis; John E. Mitch: ell, Mobile; I. H. Amos, Portland, Ore.; H. C.'Turnbull, jr., Baltimore; Joseph R. Bar- tell, Chicago; John Seely. Ward, jr, New York; F. J. Webber, Detroit; Eugene E. Denton, Rochester, N. ¥.; H. D. English, Pittsburg; W. H. Tayior, Norfolk, Va., and F.C. McAfee, California. The convention has been a very earnest ore, in which good feeling has existed throughout all its sessions. It closed to- night, after a mass meéting and an anni- versary session. fas Gen. Dugan Dead. Gen. James Dugan, a retired army officer, who was 2 prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and at one time a special examiner in the pension office, was found dead yesterday afternoon at his room in the Forrester House. on 4 1-2 street near Pennsylvania avenue. The deceased was about seventy-three years of age, and came to Washington from Bristol, P: about ten days ago. He was a constant sufferer from rheumatism. Notificaticn of the demise of Gen. Dugan was sent to his wife by tele- graph. ee A Story of Mystery. Do you know what a “Story of Mystery” is? It is a continued story of which all but the last chapter is printed, and then guesses are made as to the solution, then the final installment is printed. Early in October a most interesting mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” will be started in The Star, and five hundred dollars will be given for the first absolutely correct soluticn. In case no guess is abso- lutely correct the amount will be divided among those nearest to a correct solution. The guesses will be confined to women read- ers. Fuller particulars later. Se A Fatal Fall Down Stairs. Mrs. Mary R. Cornwall, the wife of Geo. W. Cornwall of 915 Virginia avenue south- west, wklle passing through the hallway on the second floor of her residence Saturday night, accidentally lost her footing and was precipitated down a flight of stairs. Mr. Cornwall, who was near by at the time, rushed to the assistance of his wife, and a physician was summoned. It was found, however, that a fracture of the skull had been sustained, and although everything possible was done death resulted about midnight. The deceased was well known in this city, where she had resided for many years. In addition to her husband, she leaves five grown daughters. The fvneral will take place tomorrow. THE OCTOBER STORM TRACK. OCTOBER STORMS Tracks and Origins of the Atmos- pheric Disturbances, FiW HORRICANES IN THE MONTH Need of Further Facilities in the Far Northwest. eee DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR —— Ss (Prepared by the United States Weather Bureau for ‘The Evening Star.) ‘The calendar year is capable of division into three parts, as regards its meteorolog- ical conditions, and to a very considerable extent storms and other features of the weather have characteristics that closely resemble each other within these periods of time. They refer to the months (1) De- cember, January, February and March; (2) April, May, October and November; (3) June, July, August and September. The first group comprises the conditions that are dominated by low temperatures, the third those that are ruled by high tempera- tures and the second the transition in Oc- tober and November from hot to cold, and April and May from cold to hot weather. The winter months are signalized by very turbulent circulation of the atmosphere; the rate of eastward motion is at a maxi- mum; the storm tracks are spread all over the United States, so far disregarding their primary paths that these are nearly un- available for classification, great alterna- tions of temperature and pressure, cold waves, high winds and violent precipita- tion being the regular mode. On the other hand, in the summer months, the circula- tion of the air is very feeble; the east- ward drift is slow and illy defined; the tracks are for the most part confined to the northern border, except in the case of hurricanes and coast storms; the tempera- ture is generally nigh, with small fluctua- tions in it, and the pressures for wind cir- culation small; instead of gales, only vio- lent local storms and thunderstorms are observed. A Marked Difference. The two pairs of transition months differ from each other in a marked degree. Thus, in the autumn, with the advance of the colder season, a soft of crispness is to be discevered in the air, the succession of highs and lows across the country is so well defined as to approach most closely to the typical or id irculation, the ar- rangement of all the surface winds and the precipitation is very simple, and fore- casting is comparatively easy. This condi- tion lasts until it is gradually merged into the violent outbursts of the winter, by which the chain of waves is distorted from a simple succession. In the spring the transition from cold to warm weather is one of relaxation, and an increasing feeble- ress or uncertainty of action takes place; many storm conditiens fail to fully devel- cp; the eastward drift ceases at times; stagnant movements of storm areas often prevail; the unlooked-for happens in con- sequence of a sudden intrusion of a winter storm from the ncrth, as if the supply of cold had not yet been exhausted, and fore- casting is in its most perplexing and tan- talizing state. October First to Chill. Octaber, then, is the first of the months to feel the approach of colder atmospHeric conditions in the northern hemisphere, and {f the charts are examined for their mean annual conditions, it will be seen that the first symptoms of continental action in North America are present, by means of which the large permanent low pressure that covers the arctic regions in summer is broken up into two permanent lows in winter, one central in the extreme north of the Atlantic ocean, near Iceland, and the other in the north of the Pacific ocean, near the Aleutian Islands. This is done by the building of a belt of high pressure over the Eritish possessions in the neighbor- hood of the Mackenzie river, which finally spreads so as to join an advancing high pressure belt from Siberia. Hence in the United States, the high belt crosses the gulf states to the northern Rocky moun- tain slope, near Wyoming, whence one branch proceeds westward across the moun- tains to the Pacific ocean and the other branch extends just eastward of the great mountain range parallel with it to the Arctic ocean. The Rocky mountain region by its lofty elevations of one or two miles, especially as a plateau, has a very great influence upon the generation of storms in the United States. Unfortunately, this region is practically unexplored by the re- fined processes known to sclence’ in the east, and there is great need of planting some strong observatories in this region in the interests of metecrology, well equipped to observe the action of the sun, by means of the spectroscope, the photograph, the magnetic needle and the telescope, in ad- dition to the physical instruments employed by meteorologists. It is the center or heart of the circulation of the atmosphere, and yet its structure is scarcely known at the present time. Where the Storms Formed. The compilation of all the storm tracks for the menth of October for the successive years, shows, as in other months, that the samé centers of origination prevail, the mean tracks and the number, proceeding from a definite locality being given on the accompanying map. It is seen that thirey- six storms commenced their eastward march from the district covered by Alberta, Sas- katchewan valley and Assiniboia, or gen- erally to the northward of Montana, whence they passed eastward over the lake region to the Gulf of St. Lawrence; twelve set out from the northern Rocky mountain plateau, and eleven from the. middle plateau region, the former of which may be called the Yellowstone Park group, and the latter the Colorado group, both of which joined the main track in the lake region; further south four storms began in New Mexico or northwestern Texas, the tracks generally running up the Ohio val- ley to the Gulf of St.. Lawrence. Here we have sixty-three storms generating on the edge of the high plateau region of the Rocky mountains in elevations of 5,000 to 9,000 feet above the sea level. . Sen-Level Storms. On the other hand, there are systems of sea-level storms, whose origin is in very different physical conditions. Thus, from the North Pacific coast eighteen storms en- ; tered the United States, and three from the Scuth Pacific coast, the former joining che main track as soon as the mountains were crossed, the latter usually pursuing a track leading across the gulf states; furthermore, there were nine storms coming in from the Gulf of Mexico or gulf states, and fourteen West Indian hurricanes, whose tracks lay clesely along the Atlantic coast. Hence, it 1s found that forty-one storms originated at sea level, and among conditions domi- nated by water areas. If we generalize, it may be concluded that six-tenths of our storms in October owe their origin to un vated plateau region, and four-tenths to ocean influences. The true causes of the production of storms are so little understood that beyond this brief statement of the facts little that Is settled can be advanced. If a simi- lar comparison of storms originating at high elevations and at sea level be carried out for the twelve months, and covering a period of ten years, it appears that about 850 storms were generated at these high levels in the United States, and about 350 at sea level; 70 per cent are, therefore, due to mountain regions, reaching into the high strata, and 30 per cent to ocean areas. It is a singular fact that nearly all the observations upon which theoretical analy- s® has been based were made at low lev- els, because the facilities attendant upon civilized communities are found in the cities of the coast and the river valleys. ¥et on the other hand the importance of attacking the problem in other quarters is very evident even from superficial consid- erations. When the demands of the high- est science are considered, the argument sae a observations is greatly streng:h- ened. Normal Conditions. The features of the October storms are so nearly normal that but few remarks are required concerning them. It may be noted, however. that of the storms commencing in the region north of Montana and the Dakotas, eleven dissipated In the lake re- gion, and the remainder passed to the At- lantic Ocean, north of the fortieth parallel, the .average time required to reach the Gulf of St. Lawrence being about four days. The North Pacific storms have a tendency to keep well to the northward of the main track over the lakes, after join- ing the Alberta path, and ahout two-thirds of them reach ihe Gulf of St. Lawrence.” October is one of the three months in which the West Indian hurricanes develop. On the international charts for ten years, 1878-1887, inclusive, sixteen occurred in August, fourteen in September and seven- teen in October, with ten others outside these months; fourteen were observed in October during the ‘years 1884-1803. Of these five came in fromthe Caribbean sea, three appeared near the West Indian Is- lands, four apparently formed between the West Indiss and Bermudas, and two over the eastern gulf. The httricane of Oc- tober 11, 1887, recurved ‘IM the extreme western gulf on the 17th, came ashore near New Orleans on the 19th,'and passed over the Atlantic states to‘New Brunswick by the 21st; the storm of Getober 8, 1886,reach- ed Louisiana on the 12th, and broke up over Arkansas on the 13thj‘'that*of October 10, 1885, crossed over Flérida ‘and the South Atlantic states, inclined wéstward to lower Michigan, and thence ‘passed down the St. Lawrence river on the’#4th; ‘that of October 10, 1893, recurved just’off ‘the Florida pen- insula, moved northward to ‘South Carolina on. the 18th, and adVaneed rapidiy into Canada on the 14th and 25th; besides these the others enumerated kept pretty well off shore in the region of the ‘gulf stream. It is to be remarked that thé area of recurva- ture covered thirty degrees in longitude, so that no very safe rule can be stated to ald the forecaster in making his analysis of existing conditions, but it is thought by some that the following rule is valuable: “When a West India cyclone is” moving westward in the longitude of eastern Cuba, and is north of that island, or is moving westward over Cuba, or the western Carib- bean sea, it will recurve east of the South Atlantic coast of the United States when a high area éccupies the northwest; and will probably cross the coast line when a low area occupies the northwest.””—(Garriott.) Few Tornadoes. The other storms of this month offer no special features, as they ere generated in widely separated localities and finally march to the North Atlantic coast, unless earlier Gissipated. The local storms are greatly diminished in frequency by Oc- tober, owing to the colder temperature con- Gitions prevailing from the lowest to the upper strata in the atmosphere. There has been but one group of tornadoes in five years, these occurring in Carolina within the loop of a low pressure area; only twen- ty-six thunder storms and nire hail storms were reported in the same period, no region showing any tendency over the others in their production. Heavy winds begin to prevail in certain places, Block Island and Hatteras leading, with winds above fifty miles per hour from the north and northeast; some of the lake stations show heavy southwest winds; the stations on the Rocky mountain slope, es- pecially in Montana and the Dakotas, have severe northwest gales on the great plains; and on the Pacific coast Fort Canby was visited by fifteen wind storms from the south and west, with velocities above fifty miles per hour. A word may properly be added regarding the formation of frost in the autumn, by which damage is often_done to arops, es- pecially the cranberry and tobacco, tnd to frvits and vegetables in the southern dis- tricts during the fajl. Frost, as is well known, is caused by lowering the tempera- ture of the air containing aqueous yapor till it reaches saturation, and then by fur- ther decrease of the temperature to the freezing point or below, when ice crystals or frost form on the. vegetation. In the autumn this loss of heat in the air is due chiefly to a vigorous radiation from the ground, especially if the surface is dry, during the night, and it is favored by the conditions prevailing near the center of a high area, where the sky is clear, the witd very light and the current of desccnding air comparatively steady. If the high drifts over a region where rain has fallen quite uniformly within twenty-four hours, the wetted surface tends-toretard lowering of temperature, and will often screen a rc- gion from frost. The fayorite protection, artificially available, is,a dense layer of smoke from fires built on the windward side of the spot to be cared for, the effect of the stratum of smoke teing to confine radiation to its upper layers, and to con- serve the surface heat, by which the tem- perature fall will be greatly diminished. It is known that the temperatures within cities, where observations are generally made, run ten degrees to fifteen degrees higher than in the lowlands of the neigh- borhood where frosts are liable, This cir- cumstance is kept fully In mind by the forecasters of the weather burean when issuing frost warnings for any district. Weather Facts for the Month. The following data, compiled from the weather bureau records at Washington, D. C., cover the period of twenty-five years for the month of October, and should prove of yalue and interest in anticipating the more important meteorological elements and the range within which such varia- tions may be expected to keep for the com- ing month: Mean or normal temperature, 57 degrees; warmest month, 1881, average, 68 degrees; coldest month, 1876, average, 51 degrees; highest temperature, 92 degrees, on 3d, 1879; lowest temperature, 26 degrees, on 31st, 1893; average date on which first “Killing” frost occurred in autumn, Oc- tober 22; average date on which last’“kill- irg” frost occurred in spring, April 14; average precipitation for the month, 3.27 irches; average number of days with .01 of an inch or more, 9; greatest monthly pre- cipitation, 8.69 inches, in 1885; least month- ly precipitation, 0.29 inches, in 1874; great- est amount of precipitation recorded in any twenty-four consecutive hours, 3.98 inches, on 4th, 1877; no apfreciable amount of snow fall has been recorded in any Oc- tober (record extending to winter of 1881-5 only); average number of ciear days, 12; partly cloudy days, 11: cloudy days, 8; the prevailing winds have been from the south; the highest velocity of the wind was fifty- one miles, from the northwest, on 4th, 1877. SILVER’S TIDE TURNED. Les ming Worship of the White Metal God of the West. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. CHICAGO, September 28, 1895. ‘The one feature to @ very dull season, po- litically, in Illinois is the generally admit- ted fact taat the so-called “‘silver question” no longer cuts any figure. Of all the little scraps of political news that reach the world, the one thing never seriously mentioned now is the 16 to 1 prop- osition. It seems absolutely dead in Illi- nois, -witnout hope of redemption. That this should be so is most surprising to the free silver pecple themselves, perhaps,when they think of the uproarious welcome that was extended to this white metal god of the west a little over a year ago. The climax came in the democratic state silver convention, wherein that political menage was divided against itself, and the time-honored result is orly a matter of awaiting the occasion when the American citizen shall next exercise the highest rights of his manhood. The convention adjourned with the silver- ites triumphant, and the delegates scat- tered to their respective districts to spread the gospel. Glorious tidings of their good work were sent broadcast for a time, and then the silverites dropped from view, and it is an acknowledged fact that today, three months after the convention, the free Fil- ver heresy is no longer led as a po- litical bogie man in [llinois. The cause for this quick passing of a pop- ular idol would be hard to find, Ds, were it not for the delusive nature of the belief that was professed. It can therefore be attributable to the education of the peo- ple away from their god and the fallacies of the free silver doctrines having been shown to them. Canvass of the Honest Money League. That they have seen the folly of their former beliefs and now try to hide their identity as erstwhile followers of the white metal banner is to Le gathered from a careful canvass of the state on the silver question by the Honest Money League of | Iilinois. When the league had completed its work comparatively so few avow2d dis- ciples of free silver had been found that the opinion was at first expressed that the wi ve of free silver enthusiasm that swept across the state in the winter and early spring was nothing but foam after all. A more careful consideration of the matter, however, clearly shows it to be a case of wholesale apostacy. ‘With the collapse of the silver boom the democrats in the sound money wing of the party have not abated their efforts in the least in opposition to the fallacy. The Hon- est Mcney League of Illinois is carefully formulating plans to bring the few remain- ing silverites into the fold and outline the policy of the organization in the effort to make sound money the strong plank in the Platforms adopted at the county and state conventions next spring, and eventually in the national platform. The activity of the league is shown in a statement by the president at a recent meeting. Mr. Robbins said the league had sent through the state several thousand cories of the books published in answer to “Coin's Financial School” and 98,000 copies of Sec- retary Carlisle's Memphis speech. He ex- pressed the opinion that every nook and corner of the state had been reached, for some 4,000 letters had been written and sent out. ‘The sentiment, gleaned from trustworthy sources in various parts of the state, shows that what little silver preference there is left is fast dying out. The annual meeting of the Honest Money League took place on the 17th instant, and it is thought a still more aggressive cam- paign will be inaugurated. Silver Sentiment im the Wes The leaders still look at the states west of here askance, and it is for the purpose of weaning Illinois so far away from her recent idol that the active reopening of the question in the forthcoming campaign will not cause a waver in the ranks. In view of the precautionary policy of the league, a summary of the situation, as viewed by the silver people, in the free silver strongholds of the neighboring states is of interest. They maintain that the silver sentiment in Missouri and Mississippi is irrepressible, and point to the course of the campaign in Kentucky as an evidence of the strength of the sentiment in the blue grass state. In Iowa the situation is ‘practically the same as it is in Illinois, with the silverites hopelessly in the minority, as is the case in Ohio also. In the far west the sentiment is claimed to be a deep-seated conviction that cannot be shaken, but nearly all travelers from these very strongholds of the silver people claim the belief is subsiding. On the other hand, the silver oracles claim the belief is “not dead, but sleeping,” and that before the next national conven- tions the people of the country will be brought to a realization of the true condi- tions in regard to the matter. Neverthe- less, the one feature of the silver question today, as discernible from Chicago, is the strong and growing belief among all classes that the free silver tide is turned back. —— TURKEYS AND. BIBLES. An Incident of a War Thanksgiving Day in « Convalescent Camp. , The sanitary commission and the Chris- tian commission were both grand institu- tions in their way, but the two whef first organized were very often slightly mixed in the miads of the soldier. The good work of the two commissions was also slightly mix- ed occasionally, as a writer for The Star is aware, and the results, although rather dis- appointing at times, were laughable in the extreme when the disappcintment wore away. Along in 1832-3, when convalescent camp, negr Alexandria, contained over fwenty thousand convalescents returning to duty from the various hospitals in the north, the sanitary-commission conceived the idea of giving a Thanksgiving dinner to the sick soldiers in the hospital attached to the camp, and the patients in that institution were given to understand that they might expect something over and above the ordi- nary hospital fare when the national tur- key day came around, and remembering the goodies which usually loaded down the home table at such times, they commenced nursing their appetites for the occasion. About the same time the Christian com- mission bethought themrelves that their particular line of business needed bracing up a little in a camp containing so many men, and had sent an agent from the head- quarters in Washington to look over the ground and see what was necessary in the way of supplying their spiritual wants. The agent evidently discovered a woeful lack of religious reading matter in camp, for on his return to Washington a largé box of small pocket Bibles was packed and sent to the depot quartermaster’s for fcrwarding to that point. . The sanitary commission purchased a large number of turkeys, and they were roasted in one of the bake ovens in the city on the morning of the day they were to be eaten in Virginia, then packed in a large box, with all the various good things that go to make up the regulation Thanksgiving dinner, not forgetting a gcodly number of fat mince pies, and the box forwarded at once to convalescent camp, where the sick soldiers were all ready and anxious to get away with a good, big dinner. The two boxes were delivered by the same driver just before noon—one at the hospital din- ing room and the other a quarter of a mile away at the office of the receiving officer of the camp. - ‘The latter box was opened by the officer at once, and concluding that some big- hearted people of Washington had taken this anonymous way of introducing home comforts to the internal workings of that portion of the army, he proceeded at once to distribute the contents—an undertaking that was “an immediate and pronounced success, and the turkeys and pies disap- peared like magic. Among the hundred or more who were immediately substantially benefited by that distribution was the writ- er, and he can distinctly remember the im- mense satisfection with which he formed himself irto a hollow square around a half turkey and a ditto mince pie, though per- haps he was really more in need of food from the other box. The thought that a mistake had been made never entered the mind of the receiving officer, ard the sol- diers—well, they were really too busy with the matter in hand—both hands—to give thought to anything else. At the hospital the hospital steward open- ed the box just delivered, whistled a little, then scratched his head. The surgeon sent down a little later to learn if the “Thanks- giving box” had arrived, and what it con- tained, and the answer sent back was: “Box just opened. Contents, about a thousand Bibles for dinner and a lot of tracts for dessert.” Innumerable were the blessings called down upon the heads of the good people whe packed those boxes, but probably the most emphatic, the most soul-stirring and awe- inspiring, were those intended for the par- ties who sent that Thanksgiving dinner in small packages—in cloth binding: ‘G-r-e-a-t Bargains In Housefurnishings. Prices a half or a third of thelr real worth. Money savers, every one. Quality the best. These are only a few. Our immense store is filled with equally big bargains. You ought to see them. Market Basket, % doz. Cups and Saucers, % doz. Plates, 1 Platter, 1 Vegetable Dish, 1 Pitcher. Regular Price, $1.50. Large Willow CLOTHES BAS- KET. Regular Price, 59c.... JAPANNED BREAD BOXES. 112 pieces, 2 colors. Price, $8.48..... Large Decorated China WATER PITCHERS, with gold lines. Regular Price, 29e. FIRE-TROOF JAPANESE DINNER SETS. Very fine. 102 pleces.Regular price,§20. $13.65 6 each SILVER-PLATED TEA- SPOONS, Table Spoons and Forks to match. TERES, 7 gtyles. Regular Price, 75e. 48c. Granite WHISK BROOMS...... Best quality RAZORS, 98c. kind. l4-quart WATER BUCKET... Extra large Fire-proof EARTHEN COOKING Crocks. Regular Price, Re 19e . Universal House Furnishing Store, 512 oth St., Your doors from Loan and Trust building. One Massive Solid Oak Hall Rack—un- usually large mirror—top cleguntly carved— large box receptacle—side arm umbrella racks—a piece of fur- Samer PAO Another Hall Rack, Also in solid oak—elaborately carved— splendid French bevel plate mirror—large seat—side arm umbrella stands—cut from $50 : > $35 A Few Couches, Upholstered in tapestry—18 springs—soft $4.50 and last time that we shall offer a choice of Pay When You Please ! Weekly or monthly—no notes—no interest. It’s time right now to furnish your house for winter—make it snug and cozy—take your time paying the bill. We make and lay the carpet free of cost—no charge for waste in matching figures. GROGAN’S } Mammeth Credit House,. 819-S21-823 7th wt. mw., bet. H and I sts, 8e30-844, ? BOTELER & SON, 923 PA. AVE! Have You Visited Our New Store? * Declared by those competent to know * —the handsomest store of its kind in * the south! 5 ‘A truly magnificent ehowing does our new stock present. Almost every idea the greatest China and P eeenee of Porcelal artists of France one land ard Austria—has here. see And the array of superb patterns in 2 $5 Cut Ginas js without doubt the largest SLE ff and frest in Washington. And prices wer? never 80 reasonably reasonable. -wBoteler st. China, Glass Ware, Housefurnishing Goods, 923 Penn. Ave. Louvre Glove Co, As we are about to open our fall sea- son with a large ‘and varied stock, at our new store— 919 FSt.N.W., —and in, order to make room for our large importation, we will sell the balance of our stock of high-grade Kid Gloves During this week at a reduction of 10 to 25c. a pair. Ladies desiring good Gloves cheap - * should take advantage of this offer. Every pair fitted and warranted. LOUVRE HAVE YOU NOTICED Qur S0e., Te. and $1 Glasses, in, nickel GLOVE CO., gig F St. N.W. iy warranted to_give satisfaction. for examination. A. KAHN, Optician, 935 F n.w. sel3-1m* 7 far | Granite Iron Sauce Pans, REEVES, POOLE & CO., 1200 F st. Flour is lower her although the market price 1s ad-- vancing. We have reduced the price of our unrivaled California Flour —from $5.50 a barrel and $1.00 a quarter barrel, to 5 a bbl.; $1.40 qr. bbl. ‘Large ‘‘early rose” potatoes, 6oc. bushel. “Old Belma” whisky 90c. Gt.; $3 gal. wud use. “«Manova”’ coffee, 38c. Ib. You shall be asked to try a cup of it at the coffee countet. There is no coffee as good as “Manova” at 38. a pound. Dainty Ib. cans Breakfast Bacon sliced thin...... ce eeceer s+ DBC, Swall Sugar-cured Hams,per Ib.12c, Small,- Mild Sngar-cured Break- Blue Hen Matches, per dozen boxes ......... le. 1 gal. can Maple Strup. -98e. 5-Ib. buckets of Pare Leaf Lard.47c-. 5B-lb. bucket of “Cottolene”’. . . .44e. 1-Ib. crate New White Clover Honey .. tt tence eeeee ee DOC, 1-Ib. can Royal Baking Powder.40c. 8 cans “Eagle Brand” Con- densed Milk..... 2 Iba. Milk Lanch Crackers. 2 Ibs. Ginger Snaps. . Pare Cider Vinegar, per gal....25c. 2 pekgs. Corn Starch..... +150. 10 cakes “P. & G." Ollene Soap.50c. 10 cakes of “Babbitt's” Soap...45c. 10 cakes “Palmitin” Soap... 5 cakes of Brookes’ Crystal ‘Soap 6 pckgs. Pearline. Fokien Tea, .per Ib. Cantrell & Coch Ale, per doz..... Birch & Co. Ss si 2 Os ss ss ee eee ee Hermitage Pure Rye Whisky, 6 rrs. old, $4 per gal.; $1 qt. Pleasant Valley Sweet Catawba Wine, 75c per gal. Genuine Holland Gin, $4 per gal.; $1 at. a le : Reeves, Posie & Co." 1209 F Sto, tr sive trot it cYeUe SER ECEREEEEE ESS EEE TS) 20 f=, Off: Cent STERLING SILVER. Don't underestimate the ad- vantages of this “Retiring Sale.” Everything in stock bas been cut 20 to 30 per cent. Special attention ts called to our stock of sterling silver for the table, and adornment. We filled a center table with ster- ling silver articles, especially suitable for wedding and annl- versiry gifts. Isn't 20 per cent worth saving? IMPORTING J. Karr, i945 Pa. Ave. N. W. £30-€0, teases [XXREKERE AERA RMARRMRERAIRS °| PESSHSSS SE SLOSS SOOE —use__ BUTCHER'S BOSTON for “use —impartee a) hard wax OOCe feat god VERY DURABTEL t=lb. ubs, hotels, 4 it parttenlarly suited’ to all re- quirements. Fs ° Kitchen Utensils —of all kinds—of best qualities are here at’ prices much lower than formerly. Wax Your will find Can, T-qt., 20C. ; 2-qt., 30c.; 4-qt. 50c. Pat. Granite Iron Pans —with cover, and usbestos bot- 3 tom, whien ‘renders ‘the burning 4OC. Of anything that’s belng cooked 4 almost impossible. up. glarse Garbage Cans, goc. up. ° 3M. W. Beveridge, Srats F and 1214 G Sts., © it POTTERY, PORCELAIN, GLASS, &. i PRSPOHO COTO SOSESTE VES TO IOSD RIPANS TABULES. Mrs. James Taylor, who resides at No. $2 Bailey avenue, Kingsbridge, New York, on the 14th of December, 1894, said: “My age is 65 years. . For the past two years I have had liver trouble and indigestion. I always employed a physician, which I did in this case, but obtained no beneficial results. I never had any faith in patent medicines, but having seen Ripans Tabules recommended very highly in the New York Herald.1 concluded to give them a trial, After using them for a short time I found they Were just what my case demanded. I have never employed a physician since, which means $2 a call nnd $1 for medicine. Ove dollar's worth of Ripans Tabules lasts me a month, and I would not be without them if it were my last dollar. They are the only thing that ever gave me any permanent relief. I take great pleasure in recommending them to any one similarly affected. ““(Signed) Mrs, J. TAYLOR.” Ripans Tabules are sold by druggists, or by mail if the price (G0 cents a box) is sent to the Chemical Compras. No. 10 Spruce st., New Yorks 10 cents,