Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1896, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 189¢-TWELVE PAGES, He Those Storage, 22d and M. F st., cor. 11th. t Everything we sell bears the stamp of perfect workmanship and finish. Another Assigned Stock. We placed on sale today a large shipment of the Edinburgh Cabi- net Co.’s assigned goods. High- class designs in Women’s Des| Library Tables and Hat Racks. They're especially commendable for their fine carvings. About 50 cents on the dollar our prices. and less Women’s Selid Oak. as WORTH. $10.00 10.00 11.00 10.00 10.00 14.00 15.00 ibrary Tables. S WORTH. Tet $10.50 Oak Table 19.09 Mahony 20.00 10.00 Hat Racks. worri. Oak $11.00 30.00 2 00 1d Oak 40.00 nd $3 India Seats...-..- $1.19 W. B. MOSES & SONS. Qu: ie it GET APPETITE. YOU WILL NEVER BE STRONG OR HEALTHY. IF YOU DON’ Appetite is one thing that you can’t afford to be without, for without it your health, strength and comeliness files out of the window. Foor appetite means weak stomach, starved body, sick individual. 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They will effect a prompt and permanent cure. ‘Their action ts mild and natural. sel9 ‘No well-rezulated household should be withont Angestura Bitters, the celebrated appetizer. Man- ufactured by Dr.’ J. G. B. Siegert & Sons. Ask your drugziet. sell GYPSY GUESTS. The Usual Summer Fish Fry at Capon Spring, W. Va. Special Correspondence of The Evening St. Mi CAPON SPRINGS, W. Va., September 19, 1896. Nowhere do such cordial relations exist between host and guesis and at no other resort is there such an all-pervading at- mosphere of hospitality as at Capon. In addition to a constant succession of private entertainment, there are always a large number of others upon a more extensive scale given by Captain Sale himself. The most unique emong these fs the annual fish fry on Capon river, which occurred recently, and which proved a happy finishing touch to the long list of summer gayeties, on which occasions employes as well as guests are included in the merry- making, and as the procession of coaches and straw wagons, headed by the great eight-horse baggage wagon, stored with provisions for the crowd, passed out of the gates on such a perfect September morning as is only to be enjoyed in these Virginia mountains, it looked es if every age, color and social conditicn was determined to participate in a general holida; On the river bank, under the shade of the trees, were constructed long tables and benches, and here were served Capon bass and trout brought in by the boats alive and glistening from the water, and fried by the hotel chef and his assistants to a dainty crisp over a gypsy fire. In addition, a substantial meal of other viands was also provided, with wines, punch, lemonade, or beer, according to individual taste. After luncheon a number of lively airs were struck up by the band, and dancing on the turf was indulged in by some, while others spent the time boating alcng the beautiful stream whose winding course forms one of the most picturesque portions of this re- gion. Among those present were Mrs. Me- liheny, Mrs. Saidie B. Smith, Mrs. Lulu J. Rutherford, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Owens, Messrs. Dunlop ard Thomas Owens, Miss Carrie E. Smith, Mrs. C. A. Godey, Miss Bessie Godey, Miss Agnes Wise, Mrs. Irwin Brooke, Adair Brooke, Irwin Brooke, Mrs. William Lay, Harry Lay,Mr. Barton Mack- all, Mr. Francois Jones Washington, Mrs. Ci us Lee, Mrs. J. W. Boothe, Messrs. J. W. and Gardner Boothe, Mrs. H. C. Slay: maker, the Misses Lee, Alexandria, Va. Miss Dimmock, Mrs. Buck, Miss Buck, Mr. Richard Buck, Miss Sarah Harrison Powell, Dr. Spruill, Baltimore; Solicitor General and Mrs. Holmes Conrad, Holmes Conrad, jr., Virginia; Mr. J. G. Waterman, Dr. Edward Fowler, Dr. Robert Scringeour, New York; Miss Waterman, Paymaster Reah Frazer, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. North, the Misses North, Mr. Lewin Barringer, Mrs. Henry Morris, Miss Grace Morris, Rebert Morris, Philadelphia; Mrs. James Marshall, Miss Marshall, Dr. and Mrs. Goettman, Miss Goettman, Allegheny City: Mrs. Wm. Pelzer, the Misses Pelzer, Mont- gomery, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. James Gibbs, Mr. Frank Pelzer, Charleston, 8. C.; Mr. . P. Troup, Brunswick, Ga.; Mrs. Buck ‘ard, Columbus, Ohio; Mr. John Ward, Capon, and numerous others. Another very amusing event was a Sal- migundi party, arranged by Mrs. Henry Morris of Philadelphia and Miss Esther Brookes of Alexandria. Much clever inge- ruity was shown in the variety of games provided for the different tables, and many of the men showed themselves unexpected adepts in the matter of sewing on buttons and threading needles, but were uttesly routed by the women at “hearts.” The prizes were finally adjudged, as follows: First, silver bonnet brush, Mrs. William Lay, Washington; second, silver pin tray, Miss Esther Brookes, Alexandria; third, gold and enameled manicure scissors, Miss Bessie Lee, Alexandria; booby, Paymaster Reah Frazer, U. 8. N. One evening a small progressive hearts party was given in honor of the Misses Brookes of Alexandria. The winners of the frizes being, first, Miss Carrie E. Smith, ‘Washington, and Mrs. Henry Morris, Phil- adelphia. - That afternoon a similar game was ar- ranged for the younger set, at which the prizes were won by Miss Lillie Pelzer, Montgomery, Ala.; Samuel Clubb, St. Louis, and Harry Randolph Lay, Washington. The evening after the fish fry a very delightful little welsh rarebit party was given by Mre. J. H. MclIlheny and Mrs. Saidie B. Smith of Washington, and Mrs. Eleanor Clubb, one of the owners of the St. Louis Republican. , Others present were Mrs. Lulu J. Rutherford, Mrs. Thos. Owens, Mr. Barton Mackall, Mrs. C. A. Godey. Washington; Mrs. W. H. Sale, Capon; Mrs. C. F. Nelson, Winchester; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. North, Philadelphia, and Miss Powell, Baltimore. ——_-__ Antonio Cuage, a young Swiss, living on a ranch twelve miles from Asp2a, Col., has shot and killed his wife and her mothe: Mrs. Mary Quinn. He says that the in- sults and taunts of the women drove him mad. He also claims his wife was unfaith- ful to him. KAIULANI COMING Question of Restoration Discussed in Hawaii DREAMING OF ANNEXATION Crowded Out by the Presidential Election in This Country THE PLANTERS’ VIEWS Special Correspondence of ‘The Evening Star. HONOLULU, September 9, 1896. There has been a continuation of the Kalulani rumors, which started in conse- quence of an incidental remark of J. B. Castle, that her enthronement was a “hy- pothetical possibility.” He did not mean that there was the remotest probability of such an event. The latest phase of these rumors appeared in the Honolulu corres- pondence of the San Francisco Chronicle. It was to the effect that United States Min- ister Wiliis was understood to bring in- structions from Washington to have a vote of the Hawaiian people taken as to their choice of three alternatives: To be an- nexed to the United States, to restore mon- archy under Kaiulani, or to go under an American protectorate. A press representative last Sunday inter- viewed Mr. Willis on the subject, and was decisively answered that the minister had never heard of such a thing until the ru- mors reached him here; that no suggestions of the sort had reached him from Wash- ington, and that he had no idea how such a report had originated. It is a matter of course that your administration has no disposition to meddle in the internal affairs of Hawail—certainly not without previous authority having been obtained from Con- gress, It may be taken for granted that Mr. Willis would be the last person to under- take any farther interposition of that sort after his former distressing experience in December, 1803, when he arrogantly de- manded of Mr. Dole and the provisional government to*step down and out in favor of her rightful, royal majesty, Queen Li- Muokalani. He found, that time, that he had been ‘‘monkeying with a buzz saw.” It is not supposable that any amount of in- ducements would persuade the prudent minister to make a second proposition of that sort. Even now, after three years’ interval, it is quite difficult to understand how Mr. Willis should then have persisted in carr: ing out to an extreme his instructions to make that demand. The queen's obstinate refusal of amnesty, persisted in after Gresham's second instructions in Decem- ber, gave the minister ample reason for re- fusing to continue to her the offer made. He was not under the slightest obligation to pay regard to her tardy consent to am- nesty given at the last moment. It 1s evi- dent that Mr. Willis 1s a conscientious man. He was filled with the spirit of Col. Blount's report. He was absolutely certain that the queen had been dethroned by the United States forces from the Boston. He was intent upon seeing justice done, and wiping out the dishonor done to the United States by the wicked course of Stevens and Wiltse. So possessed was he with that be- lief, that he would spare no pains to carry out the righteous intentions of the Presi- dent and Mr. Gresham. He accordingly ac- cepted the queen's tardy submission to am- nesty, made after the dispatch boat Corwin had her anchor up to report her refusal. Mental Confidence. Mr. Willis’ mistaken zeal in his bad cause became more manifest, in view of the fact that he had no authority whatever to enforce his demand upon Mr. Dole. We all believed that he had such authority, and that the conspicuous preparations made on board the U. S. S. Philadelphia and the 4dams for landing forces meant that the minister intended to employ force to re- stere the queen. This proved to be all a “bluff” on his part, well carried out. Dole’s refusal to comply was fully authorized by the councils in the face of this expec‘ation of fcrces being landed. Resistance would have been made, in the expectation that the mail due in four days would bring news of a friendly interposition by Con- gress. Mr. Willis probably expected that his display of force would terrify the gov- ernment into yielding to his demands, al- though he made no threats. Evidently he was intent upon having the United States government put itself en record as endeay- oring to right the wrong done to the queen by its representatives eleven months be- fore. The minister came here in a rather ex- alted state of mental confidence, as shown by reany expressions dropped, among oth- ers, two, which I had at first-hand from absclutely reliable sources. To the attor- ey general, who was atiempting privat2- ly to correct his, mistaken views, a few days before his demand, he said very im- pericusly that the democratie pariy was now in for a long-continued period of tri- umph, twenty years at the least, and that President Cleveland’s policies had come to stay. To another person, who was seeking to present to him some facts of import- ance, he imperiousiy refused any hearing, seyirg, “I want no information whatever. i krow all about you. I have read M Blount’s report!’ A newspaper intervie reported the minister as saying: “I have not come to investigate; I have come to act.” In this state of mind, it may not be strarge that Mr. Willis went farther in his action than a wise consideration of his own interests or of-those of his principals would have permitted him to do. At any rate, he may be thought unlikely to “do so any more.” Compassion, The supporters of the republic do not cherish any animosity toward the present incumbent of the American embassy on ac- count of the prodigious mistake with which he initiated his official career here. It was wholly a mistake of ignorance. The new minister imagined that he had a great and noble duty to fulfill. He was performing a sacred act of justice. He was the office bearer of a solemn duty incumbent on the Washington administration to rectify the great wrong done to a helpless nation and their queen by a vile plot between evil- minded American officials and unscrupulous foreign residents of Honolulu. How far Mr. Willis has learned to admit that he was then in error has not appeared from any definite act or expression of his. In general, he has borne himself in a friendly manner toward the government of the republic, and there has been nothing to forbid the suppo- sition that he regards his early attitude as a mistaken one. We thoroughly got the better of him in that affair of our “Black Week,” which made us such terrible dis- tress at the time. We can afford to forgive rim, and have done so. I may say that we have not only forgiven Mr. Willis, but that we have received him to a good measure of our esteem. The min- ister is personally a most estimable man, unlike several of his predecessors, who have not always been of even moderately reputa- ble life. Like the excellent John L. Stevens, Mr. Willis is a sincere and earnest Chris- tian, being of the “Disciple” or ‘“‘Campbel- Ite” persuasion—and undoubtedly a man of conscience and principle. We are glad to have such a man in responsible position of authority, and believe that he can be trust- ed. He is prudent, cautious, reserved and versed in public affairs, possessing the necessary qualifications of a diplomatist. On the whole, we much prefer to take no chances of exchanging for some man of unknown character, Katulani. Katiulani, nee princess, is said to be on the way to her island home from England, af- ter-eight years’ absence, in company with her father, the former governor, Archibald Scott Cleghorn. It is generaly believed that her landing will be attended by display of enthusiasm on the part of natives and half-whites, while some think that they will avoid any demonstrations. It may ‘be thought probable that the young lady’s friends will discourage such manifestations, lest they should imperil her receipt of the $2,000 pension voted her by the last legisla- ture. It is quite improbable, however, that the government would give themselves any concern about native expressione of interest in their former princess, provided there was nothing overtly treasonable. They have no apprehension of any real danger from the native population, however hostile their sentiments might be. The support of the whites is ample security for that. If there is any immediate element of seri- ous peril to the present government—and I do not think There is—it is to be found in disaffection among its;.white supporters. There have been frequent rumors of such Gisaffection during mosj;of the three and a half years of its existence. These rumors have never materialized into any definite or organized actuality,; Just now some- thing is heard of serious uneasiness among the rank and file—the working class—of the republic's supporters, arising from a long- growing impression that its. officials were Ickewarm on the subject of annexation to the United States, or were even opposed to such annexation. This. charge kas long been brougat, very gréundiessly, against our public men. It grows out of the fact that among a considerable class of sugar planters and thelr mercantile agents, chief- ly Britishers, such an gpposition exists. well as among a few Americans and Ger- mans, on account of the menace which an- nexation presents to our Asiatic cheap labor interest. Suger planting, calls for a large amount of cheap and reliable labor, which is at present freely brought from Japan and China. As a member of the American Union, Hawaii would hardly be permitted to continue importing such labor—certainly not at ell under the present conditions of contract labor. Consequently there is a large element of opposition to annexation from the planting interest. Annexation. Most of our leading officials are holders of more or less shares of stock in sugar plantations, that being the favorite form of investment. Hence it is easy for the work- ingmen to get the notion that they must be led by their pecuniary interests to be orposed to annexation. And probably such an idea is quite prevalent among the rank and file of the government supporters, and causes much jealousy. That impression 1s certainly a very erroneous one. The pre- ponderance of sentiment among the plant- ers and agents themselves is unquestionably hearty for annexation. Such leading plant- ers as Henry P. Baldwin are out and out annexation men, because they believe that it fs the natural destiny of the Is because only under annexation stability be thoroughly se should ensue a diminished ing cheap Asiatic labor, they are confident that somewhat higher-priced labor will be amply supplied by the large American and European immigration which annexation is sure to bring, and that admission to the Union will {nsure us even higher prices for sugar than we now enjoy under the some- what Imperfect treaty of reciprocity. The ecntinuance of that treaty itself can never be a certainty. Annexation insures every- tring. Such is the prevailing sentiment among planters as well as other whites. Beyond question. our government leaders and officials are unitedly and strongly anx- fous for annexation, and any belief to the contrary among the workingmen is ground- less. That belief has no doubt been stimu- lated by the fact of considerable importa- tions of Chinese and Japanese laborers being permitted by the government, in or- der to meet the pressing demands of the plantations. These workingmen view this large ingress of Asiatic lavor with extreme dislike and jealousy. It means to them a future continuance of the present constant addition of Asiatic competitors to the ranks of artisans, from the laborers released from their contracts, who learn to be carpeniers, plumbers, painters, ete. They can live cheaper and work cheaper than white me ean possibly do. The white working cl are hence sensitive and jealous. Any sus- picion that the government leaders are playing them false and are no: sincerely zealous for annexation deeply irritates these men. Confirmation of such suspicion would mean serious danger to the present government. The greatest danger from such suspicion among the supporters of the government would arise among the Portu- guese, who are illiterate and ignorant, and hence more susceptible to being mis] How to Do It. * I do not know a stngle man prominent under this government @whom I have not every reason to belicye to be strongly and thoroughly desirous for annexation to the United States, or who would not feel it to be a great and serious calamity to these islands should such annexation not be se- cured during the next thrge years. To en- ter the Union guarantees us permanent and stable republican government. It at once paralyzes every tendency to revclution. It silenges all British internal factious oppo- sition to the government. It Insures an early and large white immigration to fill up the country with Englsh-specking pco- Fle, It will remove all the present political unrest and uneasiness. It! will put an end to the present large drifttof Asiatic labor- ers into the country. It will inak2 all our voters citizens of the United States, with a common and united allegiance to one flag, irstead of being, as. now, in reserved alle- giance to different countries. It will re- ecive us into BAG and quiet harbor, out of @ tossing sea, with menaci 2 2 Utical instability. eect ive The trouble 1s that at present our ad- ministration has no practicable way of evidencing their desire for annexation. To urge the measure at Washington would be a waste of breath, and do only harm. To institute measures for advocating it before the American people, in the midst of your great political issues and conflicts, would be utterly fatuous. Our president and cab- inet are compelled to remain quiescent, and can take no measures to evidence their loyalty to the great measure of annexation which is embodied in the constitution of the republic, just as it was in the original proclamation of the provisional govern- ment. We are even without data for estimating the probabilities of our efforts for annexa- tion meeting with favor from your next ad- ministration. Should McKinley be elected all republican precedents would seem to favor our cause. Yet, there is difference of opinion in that party, as evinced by the non-committal character of the Hawaiian plank of the St. Louls platform. Should Mr. Bryan be the next President, which now seems quite possible, we know noth- ing of his sentiments on the Hawaiian question, or those of his coadjutors. All we can do fs to hang well together ourselves and trust to be borne safely to a good con- summation by the kind Providence which has so long and greatly favored Hawail. KAMEHAMEHA. gs Visibility of Lights at Night. From the Progressive Age. The results of the experiments in light visibility, conducted by the international committee on behalf of the governments of the United States, Germany and the Neth- erlands, have been handed in. The Ger- man section gave as the distance at which a light of one-candle power became visible 1.40 miles for a dark, clear night and one mile for a rainy night. The American ex- periments show that a light of one-candle power is visible at one mile, and one of three-candle power is plainly visible at two miles. A ten-candle power light was seen with a binocular at four miles, one of twenty-nine at five miles, though faintly, and one of thirty-three candles at the same distance without difficulty. To be on the safe side the experiments were mafe with green light, as it has been conclusively proved that if a light of fhat color fills the required tests a red light of the same Intensity will more than do so. It was found that the candle power of green light which remained visible at one, two, three and four miles was two, fifteen, fifty-one aid one hundred: and six, respect- ively. It was noticed; however, that great care had to be exercised in the selection of the shade of the color, 80 as to give the minimum interference with the intensity of the light. The shade adopted is a clear blue green. Yellow and gtass green should not be employed. The tests may be of in- terest to railroad men and seamen. —_____+e+ _+___ - New System of Packing Butter. From the New York Ledger. A new system of packing butter, which, if successful, will greatly diminish the ex- pense of shipping it, by dispensing with the necessity of keeping it in freezing cham- bers, is being tried in-Australia. The plan is that of packing it in @ patent cell-box, consisting of six sheets of glass arranged in the form of a cube, the joints being cov- ered with adhesive grease-proof paper. It is made in different sizes, to hold from one und to two hundredweight of butter. When the box is filled it is covered with about a quarter of an inch of plaster of paris, which in turn is covered with a specially prepared paper if the box is a small one, or with canvas if it is large. It is claimed. that the plaster, being a non- conductor of heat, preserves the hermet- {cally sealed butter from being affected b; any temperature likely to be encounter A considerable amount of butter thus packed has been sent from Victoria to ‘West Australia, Queensland and South Africa, and in all cases, it is said, the re- sults have been satisfactory. Trial con- oe have also been sent to this coun- TEACHING THE DEAF| President Gallaudet’s Paper Before the Social Science Association. TWO METHODS OF INSTRUCTION The Combined System in Use at Kendall Green Generally Followed. GRATIFYING RESULTS ——_-+—_—__ Prof. E. M. Gallaudet, president of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, read the following paper at Sara- tega before the Sccial Science Association recently in session there: For several years past an interesting modification of methods has been going on in the education of deaf mutes in this coun- try. The manual method of Dr. I’Eper and the oral method of Heimeke, long antagonistic, have come together harmoniously in a com- bined system, the salutary working of which with the deaf as a class is most gratifying. ‘Time was when the supporters of the two leading methods were arrayed against each other in bitter strife. But it has been shown beyond question that the manual method, made use of alone, comes far short of doing all that can be done for the deaf in the way of their education. And it has been made equally clear that where the oral method is used exclusively, very many of the deaf fail of securing the mental de- velopment of which they are capable, and that a large proportion fall far short of success in their efforts to acquire speech. The axiomatic conclusion has, therefore, been reached that no single method is suffi- cient for the complete training and develop- ment of all the deaf; from which it follows that any school limiting Itself to a single method is at a clear disadvantage when its resources are compared with those of one that employs both methods in a judicious combination. The testimony of careful and competent e conclusions. Prominent among such testimony 1s the recent report and action of the school,board of Portland, Me., under whose direction a school for the deaf has been conducted for nearly twenty years. hool the oral method was used 5 y for sixteen years. An examina- tion of the pupils by the school board led its members to fear that the method there- tcfore employed was insufficient. Favared the Combined System. A committe was appointed to visit the School for the Deaf at Hartford, Conn., known to be carried on under the com- bined system, and the school at Northamp- ton, Mass., easily first among the oral schools of the country. Careful investigations were made by the committee of the work done in both these schools, and its verdict was emphatical- ly in favor of the combined system, which Was at once adopted in the Portland school. After an experience of more than two years the board and all the friends of the school testify to the unquestioned superior- ity of the combined system over the oral method. Among the most competent ob- servers of results in the education of deaf children ure the parents of such children. Within the past few years many parents whose deaf children had been trained un- der the oral method exclusively have cem- municated to me their dissatisfaction with the results attained, and have sought my aid in bringing their children under a broader and more elastic system. I have seen such children, often dwarfed and hampered by the restraints of a sin- gle method, develop most satisfactorily and happily under a system combining all methods. Experienced teachers of the deaf are ecmpetent observers of methods. Twenty- five years of observation by many of them from school to school in the United States have led to a consensus of opinion that is entitled to the greatest weight. And this consensus is expressed by the fact that four-fifths of the schools for the deaf in this country, containing nine-tenths of the pupils taught, are now conducted on the combined system. The oral method, introduced from Ger- many into this country in 1868, has failed to secure any widespread recognition or acceptance as an independent method, while the teaching of speech under the ju- dicious restrictions of the combined system has been taken up successfully in every one of the old schools. Not to Every Child. It is important the public should know that the power of speech cannot be suc- cessfully imparted to every deaf child. Zealous promoters of the oral method claim that this can be done. proof of this claim by results is complete and_notorious. Edward Walther, principal. of the insti- tution fer deaf mutes at Berlin, one of the leading educators of Germany, speaks fn a recent important work on the training of the deaf of the disposition of some teachers to overestimate results, and say “Sirce {t 1s hardly possible that they a ceive themselves, their object must be to deceive others,” and he adds the frank ad- mission: “We must openly and candidly confess that we cannot bestow upon the deaf mute a power of speech that ap- preaches the speech of hearing persons, nor a means of understanding the speech of others that is anything more than a meager substitute for hearing. In another part of his valuable book Wal- ther speaks favorably of a certain use of the language of signs, according to it “inestimable advantage as a means of intellectual and moral development,” and declaring “that every teacher of the deaf should be thoroughly acquainted with it.” These utterances of Walther, than whom no abler supporter of oral teaching to the deaf can be found in any country, must be taken as a “sign of the times” of first importance, for they justify the position cecupied by the supporters of the combined system in this country, and at the same time take the ground from under the feet of the pure oralists. Other testimony from competent observ- ers in Germany in support of a combina- tion of methods comes from adult deaf mutes, graduates of German schools, who, in conventions, and by petitions to the imperial government, numerously signed, make known their conviction that the method under which they were trained is not satisfactory, and their desire that the schools of their country should adopt the American system. ‘Yo Adopt American Methods. Similar testimony comes from the edu- cated deaf of France, Italy, and the united Kingdom. And in the ‘atter country a purpose to adopt American methods has taken definite shape. For not long since the board of governors of the institution for deaf mutes and blind at Belfast, Ire- land, decided that they would have an American principal who would conduct their schools on the combined system. Disappointed in one or two efforts, the governor of that institution, which is one of the largest and oldest on the British Isles, persisted in their purpose to come, 60 to speak, under the American flag, and I had the satisfaction, two weeks ago, of bid- ding God-speed to a young brother in my profession on his embarkation for Belfast, the first American principal of a British school for the deaf. ‘And England is not behind Ireland in her readiness to adopt American methods in the education of her deaf, for the youngest public school for that class in England, opened fcur years ago at Preston, adopted, by the formal vote of its directors, “the American combined system” as the basis of its educational work. ‘Those who take a pride in the success of American methods may well be gratified at the good judgment shown by American teachers of the deaf in taking the best in both the Jeading European methods, and by a happy combination securing results that are new commanding attention and imita- tion in the very countries in which these methods had long been the subject of fruit- less strife. One of the chief merits of the American combined system of educating the deaf is its elastic adaptability. The methods em- ployed can be brought into conjunction in @ great variety of ways, to suit conditions that are sure to vary in different commu- nities. Very large schools can have separate manual and oral departments. Others, where such division is impracticable, can EE have oral classes, and in small schools, where separate oral classes are out of the question, instruction in speech can be given the puplis individually by special teachers. All these different arrangements are now in successful operation in the schools of this country, with results far more satis- factory than are reached in the generality of European schools. _——— AN ARMY WITHOUT A HEAD. Peculiar Condition of the French Military Forces. From the Berlin “Rundscbau. According to the reguiations the minister of war is comander-in-chief of the army. But an act passed in 1888 provides that this high dignitary must remain in Paris if @ war breaks out. The actual command will be assumed by a major general designated for that purpose by the ministry—at pres- ent General Saussier. Well and good. But this officer fas no right to prepare the army according to his ideas in time of peace. He receives the command over the different corps from another man, with whom, per- haps, he differs materially in opinion. The responsibility for the state of the army is thus divided, and cannot be fastened upon any one person. Further, the highest rank in the French army is that of division gen- eral. There are some higher functions, such as the command of an army corps and the army inspection, but these func- tions are attended to by division generals, who stand in the same rank with their in- ferlors in command. In times of peace this causes unpleasant jealousy, during war time it may lead to conflicts and disorder. With regard to the commanders of army corps the matter ts not so bad, in touch with the troops and leade their command. But how is a general tw command an army if the chiefs of four or five army corps and some twenty divisions all hold the same rank as himself? Will he be obeyed The impropriety of this state of things is well known to the French, but the condi- tions of the republic exclude the possibilit of suitable reforms. If any general wer given an extra feather for his hat or n extra star on the collar of his coat h might use his new authority against the re- On the other hand, the hundred cr ion generals hold each other in Yet the responsible heads of the army fear that serious difficulties will ari in case of w pre: war has drawn up a bill for the mit, of the evil. He suggesis the app of a responsible council of war, ation of a new rank, that of * eral.” Twenty-five of the division are to be raised to it, and they m en from the officers which al rmey commanders and army in It is, doubtful that even e reform will be allowed to Already the is and soc: ists raise a row, and declare that Millot {s On the other press points out that it to give the Preparing for a coup d'etat. hand, the military would be comm: pesition, and to er some power over the troops they lead in time of war. But the military au- thorities understand that, if twenty-five commanders are raised to a higher rank, the present difficulty in the appointment of chiefs is, at least, narrowed down. radical reforms would be likely to with still greater opposition than the osition which General Billot has form: with the assistance of his civiliaa fellow ministers. ———— GOETHE'S PREDICTIONS. future The Great Poet Had a Strong Political Imagination. From the Literary Digest. It is not generally known that Goethe foresaw not only the construction of the Suez canal, but of the Nicaragua canal as well, and foresaw also that the former would have to become the possession of England and the latter the possession of the United States. A writer in the London Spectator translates from Eckermann the following report of Goethe's conversation at a dinner in his house: “Humboldt,” said Goethe, ‘has Indicated, with great local knowledge, several points where, by making use of some rivers flow- ing into the Gulf of Mexico, one might, perhaps, attain the object in view, even more advantageously than at Panama. The decision of all this is reserved to the fu- ture, and to a grand spirit of enterprise. So much fs certain, that if a cutting be pessible of such a character as would al- low ships with any kind of cargo and of every, even the greatest, size to pass through such a canal from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific ocean there would result for the whole of the civilized world, also for the not civilized part of mankind, the most incaiculable advantages. I should, however, be astonished if the United States Were to let slip the opportunity of getting such a work into thelr own hands. One foresee that that youthful country, its proncunced tendency toward ,the . will have seized upon And peopled, thirty or forty years, even the wide stretches of land beyond the Rocky moun- tains. One may also foresee that along all this coast of the Pacific, where nature has already created the most spacious and most secure harbors, there will gradually arise very important commercial towns, which wili become the intermediaries of a great in- tercourse between China and the East In- dies on the one side and the United States on the other. But in that case it will be not only desirable, but almost a matter of necessity, that merchant vessels as well as men-of-war shall maintain a more rai communication than has so far been sible by the wearisome, disagreeable and costly navigation round Cape Horn. I re- t, then, that it is absolutely imp: for the United States to effec may with ac from the Gulf of Mexico to ihe Pac ocean. And I am certain that they wi achieve that aim. I should like to live to But that 1s not pos my case. ly, I should like to live to see effect- ed a joining of the Rhine with the Danube. But that were another gigantic undertak- ing, and I doubt {ts being carried out, more especially when I contemplate th (smaliness of the) means that Germany can dispose of. And, thirdly, I should like the English to be in pos: ion of a canal of Suez. These three thin I should like to live to see, and it would be really worth while to hold out here, for their sake, another fifty years.’ ass The Geisha Parasol. From the Philadelphia Press. The Geisha parasol Is now largely rep- resented at all smart functions in England, since marked by approval at the queen's last garden party. It is of pagoda form, the ribs being flat- tened out at the edges so as to display to advantage a lining of bouillonne chiffon or soft silk, finished, in some cases, with a flounce of lace. The covering ts of plain or chine silk, without any trimming, all elub- oration being reserved for the lining, which is generally of seme contrasting shade. Racing and club colors can be reproduced in this manner with charming effect. A Mning which has been particularly popular is in chiffon of a flame-colored hue, called the “Racer;” this, with a pale blue silk cover, is very effective. A lovely Geisha parasol was entirely of pure white; anoth- er, in white corded silk, had a lining of the palest azure blue chiffon, while a third, in oriental chine silk, was lined with primrose. A_great advantage of this shape is that when shut. the flattened edges of the rivs turn sufficiently back to show flower-like glimpses of the lining. Scope is given for every variety of handle; the newest, per- haps, of all, are those in colored mother- of-pearl, while Dresden china handles are still great favorites. Apple Orchard From Seed. From the Philadelphia Recort. A very interesting story is told by the Hampshire Gazette of the experience of E. F. Miller of Haydenville, in securing an apple orchard from seed. Twenty-nine years ago the seed were planted from which came the stocks afterward grafted into seventy-five Baldwin, greening and north- ern spy apples. He continued this work un- til he has now 1,400 apple trees set, most of them the past twelve to fourteen years. Last year he set 300 Baldwin trees, ali grown by himself from seed, and top graft- ed when they became high enough to form atop. The trees set ten years ago are bear- ing a few apples. Those set twelve or four- teen years ago are loaded. He will proba- tly have 250 barrels of Baldwin apples this year, besides some of other varieties. Mr. Miller sets the trees 80 by 40 feet, which gives plenty of room to grow. The apple crop thus far has paid all the labor of clearing the old pasture in which the trees were set, and the cost of setting and fertil- iners. OCCUPATIONS THAT KILL, Various Trades That Kill Off Worke ers Within a Few Years. From the London Mail. Men risk their liver day after day at oo- cupations in which most people imagine there is not the slightest danger. Every day, too, there are men entering employ- ment’ with the absolute knowledge that their werk will lead to death, and for such positions there is even a keer, competition, It has been estimated that no man con- stantly employed in the manufacture of ice can live more than tin years under the conditions in which he works, In these places men work in a polar region tem- perature. In the sweltering dog days, when the average individual is -objecting to the thermometer being at 4 degre these men are closely muffled in overcoats and ear muffs, and wear heavily padded gloves. Even then it is most difficult to keep the extremities warm, and the con- stant working in such an atmo: brings on pneumoria and consumption Men tak they work at paint making. 8 and lead are much used, and by slight « imperceptible degrees’ the — paintma draws particles of these poisons into ystem, bringing on disease of the Her his throat and lungs, and causing him to fade away as though some hand at his throat choking out his life. Those who are gaged in the apparently harmless bi of house painting also come under deadly Influence of the poisons, and mixing of their paints inhale the fur Painters’ colie and lead paralysis ar: two of the dises liable. ‘ew poisons are more deadly than me cury. It has its effect on all workmen em- ployed in the silvering of mirrors, in gild- ing, bronzing, the making of bronzes and on 18. were en= the the Lut ses to which the painter is similar work. The action of tals 5 see, Whe the workman's begins to tremble and his mouth and become fore his fellow workmen under- Stand that the poison has ntered his eys- tem, and that he must give up his work or die.” But {t is seldom that a man gives up his work; h Nine after he : facture of chlorine gas ex generally sively used for ble a gree ing the lungs of ugh which ung ¢ tissues wreck of the man and producing d seme factories the use of a v mask is insisted on, but even this is tle use, and, stgangely enough, is o to by the workmen as inconvenient men labored for years to fini of keeping workmen from ngerous and death-dealing fumes, but so sful on the look nt for One would think t 1 be free from unsee to life. But in the making of he fine int fs thrown off which 5 to the lungs of the workm: An energetic s' out that there are fewer d men who work in th than in the seemin the curing of hides. The peril to the wo er is particularly great in the latter trade, for an unwholesome odor is given of by the hides that affects the nervor and is as certain in its effects as a shot. The manufacture of matches ts ar business fraught with the greatest d Matchmakers, after a few years of contract a loathsome disease from the poison given off, which obtains a firm hold on the bones of the boy, e those of the Jaw and face. These bones crumble away. There are few of the matchmakers who escape from the disease in greater or less degree. c scupations which in any way ¢ the grinding of metals bring on in able ailments, owing to the fine dust which is given off. This causes different forms of asthma, and especially affects the alr p: sages from the nose to the lungs. Under this head come the making and grinding of knives, scissors and razors, and, worst of all, needle grinding, which fs said to kill those who engage in it before they reach middle age. For the most part these diseases of work- men come on by such imperceptible degrees that there fs little relief for the sufferer: except for them to give up their work and leave it forever. As this, in the majority of cases, is a financial impossibility, the workmen who toil at these dangerous oo- cupations continue to die off an@ others take their places, to follow im their turn to the grave. 1 with mer- een a Raixing Large Trees. From Mechans’ Monthly. In the vicinity of Philadelphia they have a fashion of lifting large trees where the grade has been raised that does not seem to be in practice elsewhere. Two ropes are attached to the top of the tree, so that each can be drawn in different directions, A trench is dug around the base of the tree, the circle being as wide as may seem judicious. When dug to the depth desired the earth is forked away from the ball on one side and a block set under the roots as a sort of fulcrum. The rope on that side is drawn over the block, and the result is the lifting up of the mass of roots on the op- posite side. A little earth is then placed under these elevated roots, and the op- te rope drawn to that side. This lifts © roots over ek, and more earth is aced there by the aid of the opposite ropes, is then drawn backward and forward, more earth being placed at each turn. In a very short time the tree may be ated as many f as may be desired, standing on the summit of a firm mound ‘of Trees twenty-five to fifty fect high, with trunks twelve to eighteen been 1 in this eck to future growth, Balloon Experiment. or Guzette. From the Westm An interesting scientific experiment was made yesterday in Paris with the aid of a balloon which was sent up from Villette at 10:30. The object of the experiment was to collect a quantity of the atmosphere at a very great altitude for purposes of an- The balloon was, theref ent up alone with the necessary instruments at- tached to it. These consisted of an entir rew kind of reservoir, capable of h six litres of air. To this was attached spiral arrangement terminating in at: hermetically sealed, but so arran, a clock-work apparatus that It would just one hour after the ascent and cl again one minute later. A good deal of in- genuity had been displayed in this inven- tien. In order to preserve the reservoir from the intense cold of the upper regions it was surrounded by a bath of so: r, which was expected to keep the apparatus at an efen temperature. In addition the balloon also carried two baro-thermographs for registration purposes at high altitudes, Attached to the balloon are instructions to those who may find it, so that it may be carefully wrapped up and forwarded to Paris forthwith. —_—_—__+e+—____ Offers #50 for a Purse From the St. Louls Globe Democrat. A queer advertisement appeared in @ paper yesterday, stating that *) would be paid and no questions asked for the return of a purse and money taken from a clerk at the Lindell railway office. The purge advertised for belonged to a lady and contained $2.31. The object of the R231. $50 reward is to keep and protect the honor of Thomas Carlin, who was a clerk at the claim office. The purse was left in a car several days ago, and a day later a pay e called at the claim office, described property and got it. The name “E. Larkin” was sigaed in receipt. Two day later a street car conductor's wife call for the same property, and when told that it had been delivered demanded it from the company. The company demanded it from Mr. Carlin, and he being unable to produce it, although willing to pay its value, was suspended. Now he offers the $50 reward and promises to ask no ques- tions. The advertisement was made through an attorney. Care of Sleeping Apartments. Fiom the Health Magazine. The amount of effete matter given off by the skin and lungs during sleep makes it imperative that care should be bestow- ed on our sleeping apartments in keeping the air sweet and clean. The body odors, which are so perceptible in a close room as one rises from the bed, cannot but prove injurious if proper attention is not given to ventilation of the room and clothing. Every article of bedding in use should receive it daily airing in the sunshine and wind.