Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1896, Page 8

» MOSES Corner Eleventh. ~ || SONS, Storage Warehouse, 228 near M. We're agents for the celebrated Mo- CONNELL WATER FILTE—and those popular STONE FILTERS. Both are goed. Both do thetr work thoroughly. Prices, $2.50 to $23.00. - We’ve Made Up A Dining Room Suite Asa special for tomorrow. Picked out the 6 Chairs, Sideboard, China Closet and Table and marked their prices down till we can offer you the whole suite, worth $71.50, for $50. But if bought separately the prices on the different pieces will be as follows: Dining Chait of Quartered Oak, = Polish finish, box frame and small cone sea’. Heavily made. th . Ld benght out of the suite price 1 TENSIO: oak table. Worth $14. rie now Is. _ SIDEHOAED. French bevel drawers, 2 cupbearts, carved. Worth $5. If bo out of the sulte the price now is. CHINA CLOSEY, quartered oak, highly polislcd, with large glass deor front, four adjustable shelves, grooved for plates, and hooks for cups. Worth $i6. If Loaght out of the suite the price Art Keoms, 6th floor. Earned it! The vopularity of “Ceres” Flour as shown in the Breadmaking cor- test which took place at Conven- tion Hail was very gratifying to the manufacturers of “Ceres” Flour. Upon inquiry aiter the contest was over it was found that all the prize winners and those » received hon- orable mention all used sCeres”’ Flour -in their prize ioaves. This is. but one of the many instances which have proved that “Ceres” Flour is the best. It is made of Hard No. 1 Dakota and Minnesota Wheat —the finest grown —ground in the most modern mills by scrupulous miliers. Insist up- on having “Ceres” Flour—accept no substitute. “Ceres” Flour for sale by all grocers. Wm... Galt & Co., Wholesalers, ist & Ind. Ave. $1.90 $9.75 plate mirror, nicely $19.75 $10.65 it NNT NRA WASH DAY —wouldn’t be dreaded half so much if Weaver, Kengla & Co’s “Laundry and Borax” Soaps were used. They make light work of the heaviest wash! Insist upon having Weaver,Kengia & Co.’s Laundry& Borax’ ——accept no substitute. Come and visit our plant and see for yourself how they are made! Plant, 3244 K st. n.w. Weaver, Kengla & Co.’s “Laundry and Borax” Soaps for sale by all “live” grocers. : Jalt-328 mn 2 Se MARC ARAMA IT Select any Watch or Diamond you like From my entire stock and—pay as much or as little as you like—by the week or month! t i i * Here are a few prices on Watches: Solid Silver Chatelaine Watehes, $2: Gentlemen's Solid Silver (ease weighs 3 o7.), fine Walthf:h Movement, for $9! Still a few left of those Ladies’ Solid Gold Watehes—full jewele Waltham movement, for only $17.50. All Watches guaranteed 5 yesrs. F. H. COLE, alt th,s&t,23 Bargains in Furs. Balance of our stock Furs for la- dies, gents and children, Carriage ‘Robes, Coachmen Capes and Gloves at 20 per cent off for cash. NOW READY, OUR SPRING STYLES TOURIST HATS FOR LADIES. JAMES Y. DAVIS’ SONS, Cor. Penna. Ave. and 12th St. 2 ee ee . Evening ¢ Gowns and Waists KISS, Artistic Modiste and Latest French or ‘Dometic se Fit. Pa: nm Fi er. NB PERFECT FITTING SKLMTS & SPECIALTY. 404 7th st. Jeweler and Watchmaker, tylene THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY; JANUARY 14, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. axv | THE CROWDS CONTINUE. INTEREST DOESN’T FLAG. THIS GREAT 1-3 OFF SALE Is arousing the buying enthusiasm of the entire com= munity. Such prices 2s these—and an unreserved choice from this $100,000 clothing stock—act as a powerful magnet—drawing the crowds here—to the sale that’s honest—to the house that knows not the “mark-up-te-mark-down”’ metheds employed by so many other houses just now. Every garment here has its original ticket at- tached—the price plainly marked—the price you would have had to pay less than two short weeks ago. These prices are not ‘for broken lots—or odds and ends—but mean a choice from every stitch of clothing in the house—including all the black goods. $3.35 FOR ANYTHING THAT WAS $5.0. $5.00 $6.67 66 66 $9.00 se “e $10.00 = ** ba $13-35 66 “es 66 $7. 50. ae ‘© $10.00. “66 oe $13.50. =i s© . $15.00. 6 66 $20.00, EISEMAN BROS., Cor. 7th and E Streets Northwest. (No branch store in Washington.) AUM 416 Seventh St. First Special Sale Before stock taking we shall advertise a series of special sales. To. reduce surplus stocks and odds and ends in the different departments, we will put a price on these goods to sell. No sensation prices nor any ridiculous make-believe bargains, but legitimate reductions from our plainly marked prices is always our method of advertising. Dry Goods Dept. 3 pisces India Silk Brocades, in pink, light blue, cream. 5oc. value. Now 35c. 40 doz. 36x45 Fitlow Cases, extra quality.....-8e. 4 pieces Sateen Stripe Crepe, in excam, nile green, pink add light blue. 5oc. value. At 35¢c. 25 doz. S1x90-iuch-wide Hemmed Sheets, quality muslio. Only 38c. good 5 pleces Black Taffeta Silks, excellent quality and of good use for Dresses, Ssirts or Waists, handsome stripes in all colors. 75c. value. At 59¢. 3 pleces Black Brocade India SUk, a genuine bar- gain. 65c. value. At 42c. 50 pieces best quality yard-wide Percales, Iatest designs. 12kc. value. At Ioc. 9 pairs Ali-wool Blankets, 11-4, handsome borders. $4.50 value. At $3.00. 5 pairs California Blankets, 11-4, best quality. $6.50 value. At $4.98. | Curtain Dept. . 2 pairs Irish Point Lace Curtains, 314 yards, with handscme border. $5.48 value. At $3.18. 25 pleces handsome patterns of 1!;-yard-wide Table Otlcloths. Only r2$c. Roman Silk Blankets. We have 40 more of those handsome Itomin ‘Stelped Raw Silk Blankets. 85c. value. At 69c. 6 pleces handsome Tapestries which sold from to $1, Will make excellent drapery. 52c. only. 1G handsome Gold-embroidered Japanese Fire Screens, in black and- white. 2.95 Value. At $1.50. 24 pairs of finest Nottingham Lace Curftains, 3% yards long, full width. $2.75 Value. At $1.75. Ladies’ Underwear 8 doz. Ladies’ Estra-wide Skirts, with handsome wide linen Iace ruffie and wide inserting, extra quality muslin, $1.75 value. At $1.19. 15 doz. Ladies’ Muslin Drawers, with wide hem and tueks, made in two styles. + 25c. value. At 17c. AUM 416 Seventh St. Save ‘Money. Buy your drugs at Kolb Pharmacy, the cheapest drug house in the city. Munyon’s Temedies, 73e.: ie. Carter's Little Liver Pills, . Malvina and Viola Cream. Hall's Renewer Sarsaparilla...... 's Pure Castile Soap d Phosphatie Eanulsion, fresh dail Beef, Iron and Wh Razor, full hollow ground, fully $2.00. Now 0c. Kolb Pharmacy, LEADERS OF LOWEST PRICES, CALIFORNIA RIPE OLIVES— Finest grown, for the table. Rich and delicious. Just re- ceived a big shipment. Send in your orders. N. W. Burchell, 1325 F St. jai3-14d J.T. WALKER SONS, 204 10TH SP. N.W., CAR- if Mean Felts, Fire Brick apd Clay, 43 Asbestos, Material. : wek Seeooos seessee PHEPSSOSS TONS Frozen :Puddings. IAT and Nessebrode — de- for dessert, for receptions, ms, ete. We are prepa to make deliver all such dainties at 2 few hours’ notice. We use the Hebest cream and the purest flavorings chtainable. Let us suggest a menu for your next dinner party. eT. Caterer, ~ Jarvis, Confectioner, $426 gth St. *Phone 1000. jal+-t,th,s,23 99992908908 950O080200000805 SOLOSHSSS SLI OO Sleseeoe ase ee sQUALITY’ "Is ?The Standard e ae ee We started with a high * It's higher now—than ¢ article in our big finest. ‘That's VRRSHSOL SSIS: SEOLIPPOC EHIME ASE 3 ese Bi 3 that we sell. CF Trikes are invariably the lowest, 100. PHRLVSSS WSS HS SOSOS RIES, WINES, ETC. » e143 New York Avenue. $ > $oese Azalia indicas* + Gattis est and prettiest plants of te season. Beautiful “specimnens,"”. $1.60. ‘Sec ua about the Sowers! We grow ‘em, ees know ‘em and ask Icas' A. Gude & bro., saa, fal3-124 GREATEST KINGS PALACE JANUARY CLEARING SALE MILLINERY&CLOAKS | “ON RECORD. 1930 30 No comments necessary. The following prices speak for themselves: Clearing Sale of CLOAKS. $9, $8 & $7.50 Jackets & Capes. $20, $15 & $12 Jackets & Capes. fer $7.08 Cloth, flue I Genuine* ‘Seneca Cape, with fyll sweep, fur trimmed. Worth $65. Aten ws... DI8.50 Plush Jackets Plush Sacques Plush Visites. 28 of them, not this seascn's styles, plain and Jet trimmed, all sizes, all lengths, that ave worth $30, $25, $20& $15 Koucle Cloth, Beaver Cloth. Chevron“ Cloth, 2 and 4-lutron effect, Int: cst. styles, shield -frants, large sleeves, ripple backs, ~~ 1 a _ with fur ‘They are re aml. $1: ular dockets. | Your ser § 2.98 $10, $8 & $7 Misses’ and €hildren’s Gretchens, in plain and fariéy “cldths, all sis, 4 to ‘14 years, new, destrable “styles $4.85 best of materials. Fur Capes. plain, clegunt satin Lo 4. full ‘sweep, 27 and 30 Inches long, rezular_val- Ues $20, F1d and $15, a ‘$10.98 Giearne Sale of Millinery. THE PRICES SPEAK“ FOR THEMSELVES. 75 C.50C.& 25C. ntrimme ats, al : : 5C. atl shapes, for ledies, misses” $1 Trimmed Sailors, and children. This lot Includes silk 23C. all colors, Tam O'Shanter Caps. with Intest, ribbon’ bands, Krox shape, at.. $1.75, $1.50, $1.25 French Felt Hats, all shapes, all colors, 28 and for ladles, mi 39 C c Extra large Bunch Violets, 2c. per bunch. 25c. Black Birds, &c. 25c. Aigrettes, ail colors, 11¢. soc. Silk Roses and Buds, 29c. 75¢. Dresden and Persian Rib- bons, 33c. yard. Trimmed Hats. $3 & $2 Trimmed Hats, 98c. $5 & $4 Trimmed Hats $1.48 | $7&$6 TrimmedHats, $2.98 $10&$8Trimmed Hats,$3.98 children, at. Hats are this season’s styles, and trimmed with the Special: Bargain, Tables throughout entire store during clearing sale. KING’S PALACE, 812- =-814 7th Street. ‘Branch Store--715 Market Space. ““McKnew’s Daily Letter.” Success has crowned our efforts! We have achieved that for which we labored! About the mid- dle of December we began reducing the prices on our entire stock of Ladies’ and Children’s Stylish Coats, Cloaks and Suits. has given:us the opportuni This y to go into the market now and buy Coats and Furs at a third less than first-of-the-season prices. We placed on sale this morning a very stylish line of Rough Heavy Winter Coats, fully worth $13, $15 and $38, which we will sell for $10, $12. 50 ane and $13.50. Odd Coats Reduced | Ever Evening Gloves. We alvo have 5 Coats left from last sea- son. Here's how we propose to move them: 3 Black Winter Cats, all sizes 2 82. Were $12.50 and $23.50. $5 lose. 2 Long Winter Coats, browa, size 34. Were To eles: All Furs Reduced. Entire stock of Fur Capes reduced. Spe- glal attention Is called to the Elegant Etec- tric Seal Loxg Capes, full ripple, ‘with marten fur collar, which have been reduced as follows: $22.50 Fur Capes, $17.50. $47.50 Fur Capes, $40. $52.50 Fur Capes, $42.50. $62.50 Fur Capes, $50. 1 Plush Capes, with black t fur collar. Reduecd from i“ S10 $1.25 Gloves, 52c. Whit size do you wear? If 5% or 6, you can buy tomorrow $1.25 Suede Gloves, In and 52¢. White, for.....:f3b.s...eeeee ee Boys’ 25% ae Tlitts, aic. ‘Thi # You know var reputation for Evening Gloves. frable style, color and nding their superior- © are probabiy lower than asked elsewhere, Toilet Soaps, 35cdz Another 100 dozen boxes of King's Famous Toilet Soaps, with which we have been so successful at various periods of the past two years. We cannot always get these When we want them, Not less than a dozen enkes to a cust8mer. 8 different kinds, Only 35¢. doz. 25¢ Silk Hdfs., 12%C We have a sik “Init all lot of Ladies’ Japanese Handker- ™ 12%C, Ribbons atioc. -° Big lot of desirable Satin and Moire Silk ee Were Be. Ribbons, all colors and widths. Were 12 to d 20c. ‘To close “0c. y =: Entirely new figures, designs and colorings in the fashionable wide Persian and Dres- den Iibbons at 50c., G0e. and 73c. Wm: H. McKnew, Ladies’, Men’ and Children’s Furnishings, Cleaks, Suits and Furs, a ae Get the Best— “THE COXCORD HARNESS,” Horse Blankets and Lap! Mobes tn great: variety acd at sowest prices, LUTZ &- BRO., 497 Pa. Ave. N.W. (Adjoining Natloval Hotel.» Taces and Fine ot all Kinds cleaned av 02-160 delicate fabrics. Gloves, i Anton Fischer, 906 G Street. gait-sa INGROWING NAILS Permanently and palolesely cored. Our Bunton and conn Shields ‘afford agolute comfort. Corns re= moved, | Trot, J. J. GEORGES & 80x, ‘Crtronodtats, Pa. on Hours: 8 to 5:30; Sundays, 9 tole a6 “done sae |«or What a good likeness!’’ —is the remark often expressed regarding our photographs. This is as it should be— and 2s we intend-tt t ot “Mexz0 ‘Tint’ Oval Photographs at $4 a dozen. Cost you $4.50 and §5- elsewhere. W. H. Stalee, 107 F St., Suecessor to M. B. Brady. Jal4-16d (Phe Divan Couch $5.50) ———This Conch’ fs ‘made without a box and ts quite a novel, luxurious creation. Piled lens. with pillows It'll change a cheer- er Iuto a-cozy nook. Vrices start nt $5.50. Lewis Box Couches $8.50 Up. ——-They're comfortable to lounge oS pretty to look at, and have a wonderful capacity for use. THE Houghton ©°.. ‘§ali-200 1214 F OST. NW. LLP OO Purify And Enrich Your Bigqod By Taking YER’S Sarsaparilla It was the Only Sarsaparilla admitted At World’s Fair. AYER'S PILLS for the Liver. iy SHE Banr 18 CUTTING TEETH BE SURE and well-tried res Mrs. Syrup, for children teething. fa, sottens the gum, allars sii pain, cures wind colic aud ts the best Ir for selO-1y Giartoes: Se conta a bobeta. REMEDIES ARE Vast mild effects of HARSH PURGATIV giving fay to the gentle action aud Carter's Little Liver Pills. If yoa try them they Will certainly please you. WILMARTH & EDMONSTON, 1205 Pa. ave. Muddy ‘water is ‘unhealthful. Tc is.a dangerous risk to health to drink it. Yet you might drink it for years and still “live, but yon will eventually auiccumb to some zyinotic disease, whicit you will be able ty trace to the wat you drank. Even clear water 18 impure, for the absorbent nature of water tikes in organic metter axd germs. Geg. M. Steraberg, sui S.A. says that It ix the proof ‘filter on the market. The @itcr at. werk ta the elntow tp 8 ‘A “Pasteur” ae a ? x recourse. TT PURIFIES ( | §6.60 up to $85. ( ral, only germ WILMARTH & EDIONSTON, of very, honsebold. neon 1205 Pa .Ave. z | iu 6O00-0b90% A401 09945 9004: Our products reach every portion of the civilized ‘world! ‘For Your iViolet Tea - ought to have Insist VIOLET. RisctrTs, : Tresre auimty, Hethe, On having t bincuits. Taste $ eae iach more Violet |) tan ther iscuits.” | mga, Biscuits. * can 1b. ‘ancy boses_—with ie o 3At all grocers. (eS violets & Ps To We're now ater over $00 Rinds of Any kind you wish— % ; ite g gTHE NEW YORK SBISCUIT COMPANY, 2 WASHINGTON BRANCH, 616 E STREET. ¢ Jold-tu, this, 44 Soeseacacoesoesoossooeecoes eC ese ee Diabetics can Eat Gluten Bread. 22% “We bake it cspecklly for them Make it of pare gluten that contains mo atarely or usar. , Ht fully satinics the craving for bread. It’s enjorable— gealis digested and “bigsly utricions. 29% Sorved frac. 1c. loaf. ‘Krafft’s Bakery, ‘ | Pastry ard Fancy Cakes of all kinds. 5 jal4-tu,th&s,20.- a fred 9OOO% :A Dainty “New Dessert. “RISCUIT TORTON.” Exquisite for teas, sup and receptions, Rerved in paper casss— | or by the quart. We pot your init Imper_ cases —if yout EF When you cive a card pa serve the our individaal 4 Fussell’s,i%.: | Jal 4-tu,th&s,28 4s) \s e All kinds fancy Cakes, 4oc. Ib. ‘Cough Our WHITE PINE COUGH BALSAM is the ( most. soothing remedy Fou to ela trou- No Dah oo i ee ary \ now ‘so Well. 5c. a Tlore. * DRUGGIST, iv; W. ices: CHEMIST, S Cah neiees towsst 1142 Conn. ave. ¢ “Phone 1623. Ce ee ae ee iF ALL CTHERS WA'L, CONSULT DR. repent ise and Woman Complaints. ve lout 9 te 12 am. 3 to 8 p.m size ‘no30-tf Dance Favors, Eachre Pr ms od B rthday nee ad *, Se Bells, i ES Lama Fre Pictures, Pape? 100), Toys, &e. ‘a2l ith x1 ura Witters ea- The ue of Dr. os pe kinks * digestive organs cites the appetite and in order. A Novel Remedy. From the Loufsville Commercial. A Virginia gentleman, during an athietic exerc’ee one day, felt a sudden pain, and coeee some ‘internal injury sent for a ne- gro | on the plantation who made pre- tensions to medical skill to prescribe for him. The negro, having sagely investigat- ed the case, prepared and administered a dose wits the utmost confidence vz a speedy cure. No relief being obtained, however, a regular physician was sent for, who, on ar- riving, inquired of the,negro what he had given. Sambo promptly responded: “Rosin and alum, sir.” “What did-you give them for?” continued the doctor. “Why,” replied Sambo, “de alum to draw warts togeder and de resin to solder "em." — He Owned Up. From the Chicago Tribune. “I might as well plead guilty, judge,” owned up the penitent prisoner at the har. “If it had been a bolt of lace or a basket of diamonds you might have called it klepto- mania and let me go, but I don’t reckon that would work in this case. I stole the hog, judge.” es Chas. Bass, a young farmer in Halifax county, Va. shot and fatally wounded J. B. Stanfield, whom he caught in the act of setting fire to his stables and granary, Saturday night. EDISON’S FIRST BIG CHECK. It Was So Large He Was Much prised. From the New York Press. Among the many inventions that sprang from the fertile brain of Thomas A. Edi- son was the instrument generally known as the ticker—the little clinking glass-cov- ered affair that one sees nowadays in any Pretentious bar room, reeling off its yards and yards of paper ribbon bearing on the surface in clear letters,the score from the Polo Grounds, the result of speed trials be- tween the thoroughbreds of the eastern tracks and much importent news. It is only within recent years that we have had this development of the machine that was originally intended to give to speculators in stock markets a line on how their money was going or coming. Mr. Edison, however, isn’t collecting roy- elties on the tickers turned out by the manufacturers, and to few persons is the fact known that the man who evolved the electric light, the telephone, the Scope ard numerous other wonders of t century is identical with the inventor the original ticker. ‘This comparatively in- significant work of the wizard was the means by which he obtained the first money beyond his salary as a telegraph operator. ‘To a party of his friends who entertained him one evening recently in the rooms of the Arion Society, Mr. Edison related how he sold the patent rights for the ticker. “When I came to New York to sell my invention,” Mr. Edison said, “I was largely in doubt as to its value. I knew it was @ useful contrivence, but it was with some diffidence that I entered the presence of _ manufacturer with whom I opened nego’ tions for its disposal. As a boy I had of <a longed to possess $000, and I had a good mind to hold out for that much money, though | felt secretly that I would be doing well to get $2,000. So when the manu- facturer asked me how much I wanted for the patent rights I stammered and asked how much he was willing to pay. ““Come around in the morning,’ he said, and I went home to dream about that $5,000 fortune I was going to get—perhaps. When I saw him in the morning he said with a take-that-or-take-nothing air of de- termination: ““We have decided to pay you $40,000— not a cent more.” “J almost fainted, but in less than five minutes I had stuck my name to a con- tract, and was out in the street looking in @ half-dazed way at a check in my hand. ‘Payable to the order of Thomas A. Edi- sen forty thousand dollars ($40,000).' Then I begen to think, and the forty thousand seemed like forty millions, and I said to myself: “Tom, you've been swindled. The check is not good.’ And when I went to the bark—I had never been inside of one to do any business—and presented the check I was not surprised when the teller scrutinized it, glanced at me and pushed it back with a shake of the head and a re- mark that I was too excited to under- stand, but concluded that my fears were confirmed. So I stuffed it in my pocket and went to see a friend, to whom I re- lated my experience. ‘Let's see the check,’ he said. “Why all right. You must be identified.” And we went back to the bank. The cash- ier knew*my friend and the money was socn counted out. Still I wasn't sure I was awake until I began to feel and hear the snap of the new banknotes. It was a big bundle cf money, and I stuck some of it in every pocket, so that almost everywhere I put my hand I could feel it bulging out. “When I went to the hotel thet night do you think I took my clothes off? Not much. I slept in them, so I wouldn't wake up and find that it was all a cruel dream.” 9 —— STEVENSON'’S COW. It Seemed Easy Enough to Milk Her Until the Attempt Was Made. From Stevenson's Letters in St. Nicholas. This is to inform you that the Jersey cow had an elegant little cow-calf Sunday last. There was a great deal of rejoicing, of course; but I don’t know whether or not you remember the Jersey cow. Whatever else she. is, the Jersey cow is not good natured, and Dines, who was up here on some other business, went down to the paddock to get a hood and to milk her. The-hood is a little wooden board with two holes in it, by which it is hung from her horns. Ldon‘t-know how he got it on, and I don't believe he does. Anyway, in the middle of the operation, in. came Bull Baseit, with his bead ¢own, and roaring dike the last trumpet. Dines and all his merry men hid behind trees in the pad- dock, and skipped. Dimes then got upon a horse, plied his spurs and cleared for Apia. The next time he is asked to meddle with our cows he will probably want to know the reason why. Meanwhile, there was the cow, with the beard over her eyes, left tied by a pretty long rope to a smail treé in the paddock, and who was to milk her? She roared—i was to say like a bu! it was Bazett who did that, walking up and down, switching his tail, and the noise of the pair of them was perfectly dreadful. Palema went. up to the Bush te ‘tall Lioyd; and Lloyd came down in one of his know-all-about-it moods. “It was perfect- ly simple,” he said. “The cow was hooded; anybody could milk her. All you had to do was to draw her up to the tree, and get a hitch etout it” So he rntied the cow and drew her up close to the tree, and got a hitch about it right enough. And then the cow brought her intellect to bear on the subject, and proceeded to walk round the tree to get the hitch off. Now, this ts geometry, which you'll have te learn some day. The tree is the center of two circles. The cow had “radius” of about two fect, and @ent leisurely round a small circle; the man had a “radius” of about thirty feet, and either he must let the cow get the hitch unwound, or else he must take up his two feet ta about the height of his eyes, and race round a big circle. is was racing and chasing. ‘The cow walked quietly round and round the tree to unwind herself; and first Lioyd and then Lior = and then Lioyd again, scampered roffid the big circle, and fell, and got up again, end bounded like a deer to keep her hitched. It was funny to see, but we couldn't laugh with a good heart; for every now and then (when the man who was eed tumbied down) the cow would get anead; and I promise you there was en no sound of any laughter, but we wither edged away toward the gate, looking to see the crazy beast loose and charging us. To add to ker attractions, the board had fallen parily off, and only covered one eye, giv- ing her the look of @ crazy old woman in a Sydney slum. Meanwhile, the calf stood looking on, a little perplexed, and seemed to be saying: “Well, now, is this life? It doesn’t seem as if it was all it was cracked up to be. And is thi: y mamma? What a very impulsive lad: — The Manon Grant in Venezuela. The New York Journal of Commerce aud Commercial Bulletin publishes editorially an account of the organization of the Ma- noa Company, which has obtained large concessions from the Venezuelan govern- ment of lar-ds in the Orinoco country, and which has Leen previously described in press dispatches from Minneapolis, Minn. In cor nection with this statement the Jour- nal of Commerce quotes the Minneapolis Sunday Times as saying that Mr. J. A. Bowerman of Minneapolis, president of the Manoa Company, has been requested from Wasnington, “through the Secretary of State.” to show the United States commis- sioners over the disputed territory between Venezuela and British Guiana. The land granted by Venezuela to, the Manoa Com- pany !s a part of that claimed by British Guiara. The original Manoa Company was fcrmed under the laws of New York, and the grant was first secured in 1883 by C. C. Fitzgerald. The Manoa Ccmpany (limited) was formed in ISX, under the laws of the United Siates. The members of the com- pany are nearly all citizens of the United States. ———_+e+ Reserved Seats in Theaters. Judge Wiison of Cincinnati has rendered an opinion of much interest to theater- going people and proprietors of amusement houses. It says speculation in theater tick- ets is unlawful, and holds that reserved- seat tickets cannot be sold for a certain performance after the theater doors are epen for that certain performance. In other words, a person buying a ticket for general admission after the doors are open for 2 certain"performance is entitled to any seat In the house not then reserved. This fs in accordance with an ordinance passed in cinnati in 1472, but which has been regarded as a dead letter. The court, in setting out the intent of the ordinance, said that any person who offers reserved seats after the decors are open comes within the meaning of the ordinance, even he has no connection with the theater. must show, if charged under this provision, that the seats he purchased were for his own private use.