Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1896, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OOTOBER 38, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ~ —They’re most seasonable reductions—for when you’re at the expense of fixing up your house for winter such chances to buy the absolute necessities way under price are especially acceptable. —We're showing one of the biggest stocks of Rugs in the country—and have been more than usually fortu- nate in our buying. We've saved in every bale of Rugs we bought—struck many chance bargains—and now turn our good fortune to your benefit by offering you goods of unimpeachable quaNty at prices that never ight the like before. ‘Se evapanese pis * = a And a big job lot of Smyrna Rugs that we bought up at our own figure. The difference be- tween their worth and the prices we're asking is remark- WorTH. Now. $2) $9. ali iss apanese Mot Another job lot that we'll sell at about half and less. a WORTH. Now. 1.60 Satin Jute Rugs. WORTH. ++ $4.00 SIZ Stee ‘Fur Rugs. : % : y: ‘If it’s in the Palais Royal ad. it's so.”?” Imitation is the sincerest flattery—but it may provetharmful. The Palais Royal Autumn “Opening” and its Souvenir Prices came after months of preparation. It took but a few moments of time for others to copy—in advertisements. You h-ve told us the ditfdrence between the genuine and the imitation. You have opened our_eyes in having yours opened. “If it’s in the Palais Royal ad. it’s so.” ny Please remember this, though exaggeration be as, 4 ife in the adver- tising columns as it is in those devoted to political news! The Palais Royal Millinery The patios are on the second floor, and the completed gathering of imported hats and bonnets is here. Those willing and able to pay from $15 to $35 for pattern hats are promised “a revelation.” ‘Those desiring to pay less may select from a stock of materials and trimmings as large as in other three establishments in Washington and pay the sane prices as charged by “the jobbers” to the merchants. We couple the services of the head trimmer, late with the leading millinery house‘of New York. French Felt Hats, : Brocaded Ribbons, 85c¢. 25¢. $1.25 & $1.50 qualities. Like those at 79c. Comparisons will prove to your : The best Brocaded Ribbons, in all entire satisfaction that the best French Felt Fedora Hats, here at|the newest effects are here at 59 cents and 79 cents yard. The marvel- 85 cents, are identical to those else- 3 and 7 where at $1.25 and $1.50. We offer | ous imitations of them at only 25¢ yard, will prove not less a surprise to you choice of scratch and smooth s you than they at first did to us. ® | felt, in black, brown and navy. Monday’s Greatest Surprise. 08 Sheep Mats, Worth $2.50. For $1.85. Bedside Rugs. ralt, tas been, aulte an fden of oars ¢ up our short lengths in Body Moquet, Wiltons and Axmin- into Rugs of one and a long and sell them at UT HALF WHAT THE CARPETS AEE teAELY WoitH, We get orders from EVERYWHERE for these Rugs. 590¢, 75¢c and gic each. Bordered Carpets. A word about these popular 8 Rugs. We have several hun- dred made up Carpets, rang- ing from 10 to 65 yards, at much less than the ordinary cost of material. Wiltons, Ax- 2 minsters, Moquets, Velvets and Body and Tapestry Brussels. Measure your rooms and we will guarantee you a bargain in one of these carpets to fit it. The following ore eight examples gty- ing'an idea of prices and sizes: TAPESTRY BRUSSHIS RTE. 3 in. x 14 ft.6 in. 259 83 in x 11 te 8. 9 SB now. 8 OS SaG0g0H05esoRe00000 SO006 Wool Dress Goods, New rough styles. Some worth 75¢. Some worth $1. @ give their history. However, your eyes will teil you s fh the x 9 fon om “ig @| that the latest rough effects are here and that the -6 in. x 14 ft... 86, 5.00 3 suzy, NOUETS ay poorest piece is a bargain at 75c a yard. 10 ft.6 in. x 1 as Ge ee tf oF: : : . . 10 £0.6 in. x is fe ai Fin "$15.00 Note the attractive color combinations—heliotrope and black, green and black, golden brown and black, navy and black. These in the rough effects. Here, too, are the Scotch mixtures, in all the latest colorings. soc yard for choice. * WORTH. 10 EF Bin, x 18 £.9 in, $75.00 Art Squares. We're closing out all of last season’s patterns at one-half @ their regular prices. Ps (7lt ts easy enough for the merchants, who must think women are fools, to advertise 39¢ and S00 quality Dresa Gouls as worth aul $1 a yard, Doubtless it will be done. nawe want you to make comparisons—and for you to learn that “ff it's in the Palais Royal ad. it's 523 Good Quality Kensington Art @ ie Squares at these prlees: ‘ : ‘oom gos, | Regular Stocks $1 Black Silks 2% By ot " for Ff 4 "yard. 3 ” 4 wai 2.00 Best Fabrics. They were made to retail at $1 89 ti mang an Exclusive Novelties that are less| yard. They are worth $1 yard. Du- 24 x in prices than current for kindred | plicates of them can't be profitably bee dress goods. sold at less than $t yard. Ba x S4-inch Iuminated Kereeys i i x ae Tal eWhincord: Sultin $1_Batee fe Hee Baluch Genufe Seoten Cheviot. $Lbs | era Uttle tot of Fancy ‘Tafteta Sits, (bide with <__= 54-inch Broadcloths. Sponged.. -$1! colored stripes—at 69c instead of $1 yard. aa Street, Corner Eleventh. ww MOSES 2 50 Least Prices for Best. Linings. You'll read advertisements of Linings at a few pennies a yard, im= pudently claimed the best—and you'll turn to the Palais Royal’s an- nouncement with a feeling of relief and confidence. Noteé that we'll sell best linings with little and no profit on Monday, in the hope that you'll also buy your dress material here. “If it's in the Palais Royal ad. it’s so,” PRESCRIPTION 1387, FOR Rheumatism. and ali aches i» Tt purities the idneys, improves or to the entire Price, $1 yer bottle; trial size, 50c. KOLB Faariack 488 Tth st. nw. cor. B. LIGHT. Gts Ueht 1s dy far the cheapest light nova. The recent cut In price has brought the cost down considerably Add to this the great saving made by the Siemens-Lun, Gas Lamp, and you have the cheapest and best Ight-on earth. It sheds a becutiful soft light over every- thing. and beautifies a house wonderfully. ‘e rent them for 25c. a month. #AS APPLIAN EXCHANG! 1424 New York ave. se20-284 Don’t That Boy or Giri Of yours need something i in the way of Sckool Supplies? We cannot furnish you everything needed in the school room, but we can supply your wants in the line of Drawing Ma- terials, Implements, Paper, Boards, &e., of the very best quality and at consistent prices. No cheap goods, It will pay you to call on Geo. F. Muth & Co., 418 7TH ST. N.W. Successors to Geo. Ryneal, Jr. ocl-244 Get The Best, ‘The Concord Harness.’ Beware of tmttations. Every genuine Con- cord Harness ts stamped with maker's name aml trade mark. We are sole D. C. agents. LUTZ & Co., 407 Pa. ave., adjoining National Hotel. Horse Blankets and Lap Robes in large variety and at lowest pric ‘8e26-20d Great Reduction In Hair. 1,000 Switcnes, $3.50, formerly $7.00. Switches, "2.60, formerly |5.00. Switches, 6.00, formerly 10.50. Gray Switches, 3.00, formerly 5.00. Ging Switches, 4.50, formerly 6.50. ee can atemcante it Hak srening, Hisanjoe » ete. Try our “Curlette” for retaining curl. S. HELLER’S 720 7th Street N. W. "Phone TT. Doesn’t take more than a trial to convince anybody of the surpassing excellence of elec- tricity as a light and power. Clean, staple and reliable and cheapest in the long run. Phone us about it. U. 8 ELECTRIC LIGHTING CO., 3 14th st. ‘Phone 77. 8030-208 We Make Biankets Soft —— —and downy when we clean them. Take out = spots aud staine, “Mako them looic like new ANTON FISCHER, 906 G St. MATCHLESS DYEING & CLEANING. ‘Phone 1442. 12c yard Selisia for 9c. 25c. Black Back Selisia, 20c. 16c Rustle Percaline, 12}c. 16c yard Canvas for 12}c. 20c Black Back Selisia, 15¢. .20c yard Canvas for 16c. Dress Trimmings and Laces. The writer hesitates—for here are two statements that will read like the wildest fiction. Only this explanation: The Palais Royal’s cash bus- iness often enables sensational buying and selling, and “‘if it’s in the Pal- ais Royal advt. it’s so.” At 25C yard. Spangle and Novelty Band Trim- mings, in all the autumn colorings. Made to retail at $1, $1.25 and $1.50 a yard. Only 25¢ for choice. Here’s a Shoe- buying chance that means a Dig saving —8 genuine saving: We've cut the price of every pair of Shoes in Wilson's stock. We're letting them go at mere fractions of their values—like these: wos tension edge, common - sense, medium and pointed toe Were $3.50. Now... = At 25C yard. Black Silk Bourdon Chantilly and heavy Black Silk Laces for cape trimming, etc., 7 to 9 inches wide. Values, 40c to 60c yard. The 1896-97 “Onyx” Hosiery. BOYS’ BLACK CALF BUTTON Shoes, splendidly made, of solid leather. | Sizes 11 to 1%. oe: $2.68: Were $2 aud $2.50. Now..... $1.69, YOUTH'S CALE SHOES, spri heels, band sriened Bist si ‘arrow widt Sey eae eae tee $2.26 MEN'S CALF LACE SHOES, $3.50. Now. Hated | and medium toes. $1.95 Vere 33. MEN’S FINE RUSSIA CALF ‘and a oe = The Palais Royal introduced this best Black Hosiery to Washing- inted and medium ton some years since, and is today the principal distributing agency. The present window display is the largest ever seen in the United States. It has unique features, attracting much attention. The follow- ing special prices, too, for Monday, to create a quick introduction of this improved 1896’97 “Onyx” Hose. ‘ere $6. ‘Now weet: $3.85 WILSON’S, 229 F St. N.W. 1gc Instead of 25c. Ladies’ Improved 25¢ “Onyx” Hose, with double soles and high spliced heels. Autumn weight. 50c Instead of 68c. Silk Plated Hose, also Silk Finish Lisle Hose, fancy ribs, with open work and lace effects. Ordinary and opera lengths. $1.49 Instead of $1.75. Pure Silk Hose, heavy weight. Ladies who are judges of fine silk hose will recognize a rare bargain. Stout Ladies’ Hose. Elastic and Ribbed Top Hose to fit the stoutest woman, 25c, 35c and §oc for the cotton$'50c, 75¢ and $1 for the lisle hose.’ Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear. The autumn-winter collection is complete. In the gathering not a few “bargains” were secured—and such will be passed on to our patrons at the usual slight advance our cash business makes possible and profit- able. 25¢ for Ladies’ Ribbed and Fleeced Autumn- weight Vests and Pants. gray and white, silk trimmings. 35c. the actual 4gc for Ladies’ Ribbed Merino Combination Suits, made to retail at 75c. Thank the Gail times and ‘pity the unfortunate manufactures 25c Instead of 35c. Ladies’ Best Maco Yarn Hose, heavy weight. Double soles, etc. Ripans Tabules. 35¢ Instead of 50c. Ladies’ Plain and Drop Stitch Cotton and Lisle Hose, with patent selvage, preventing the appearance of those tiny holes at back seam. Miss Jane Roberson of Cumnock, N. @., says: “I suffered with indigestion and female troubles for three long years, and until a friend of mine recommended that I try Ripans Tabules. I had taken so much medicine and received no benefit that I had no faith fh anything. But my friend insisted so hard that I decided to try the Tabules and I am thankful that I did for I am now a well woman, and owe it all to Ripans ‘Tabules. I am forty-one years old, and until I commenced to use the Tabules could not walk any distance or do any- thing. I am now able to walk three or four miles with ease and work all I wish. I heartily recommend them to all suffering as I was. “(Signed), © JANE ROBERSON."* AQC for Ribbed Silk Vests in white, black, and all colors. Lace trimmings, making ‘them worth 68 cents. ue. 25C for Children’s Natural Wool Garments SC usually sold from She to 50c. Sizes 16 to 84 in vests, pants and drawers, Te girls and boys. Regular Goods Less Than Prevailing Prices, Hall's Perforated Buckskin Underwear. -American Hosiery Co.’s Underwear, 80c to $2.25 for ladies’, 50c to $1.75 for children's garments. -Norfolk and New Brunswick Underwear, $1 to $1.85 for ladies’, 60 to 95¢ for children’s, ‘Oneita’’ Combination Salts, 76c to $2.98 for ladies’; Fast- Dlack Combination Suits for ladies, $1.35 to $3.25......"B. E. J." Ribbed Bal. Vests and Pants, 44c. Ripans Tabules are sold by druggists, or if the price (60 cents a box) is sent to The Chemica! Com, fora Pole 10 Spruce st., New Sample vial, mail ‘York. THE PALAIS ROYAL, SUAKER DIGES Gand Eleventh Streets............+0++0e+0+---A. Lisner, Proprietor. Drpentee cae te but it will cure rspepsia or All druggists. m27-w,th,sém-ly —Noet allowed to mention the source of supply or FEELING AT CANTON Confidence in a Splendid Republican Victory Apparent. TARIFF THE KEYNOTE FOR OCTOBER | Hanna’s Fight That Has Been Made | in Twelve States. DELEGATIONS THIS MONTIL Correspondence of The Evening Star. CANTON, Ohio, October 3, 1896. Only a month now remains of the cam- paign, and there is no place where confi- dence in a splendid republican victory is so apparent as here in Canton. If one were iv judge from Maj. McKinley’s quick, elasuc step and bright smile and the general happy demeanor which characterizes his every action, in spite of the strain of mak- ing sometimes thirteen and fourteen speeches a day, one could have no doubt that the major regards the fight as won and that it is simply a question of majori- ties. Maj. McKinley is, of course, In pos- session of the very latest puiitical Informa- tion from all parts of the country, and as he never allows himself to count on any- thing of which he is not absolutely sure. his present state of exaltation cannot but Prove reagsuring to his supporters every- where. If one were asked to speak of the most prominent feature of the campaign as it as been fought up to the present day he would say it is now unmistakable recession of the silver wave. The campaign of education carricd on by the republican national executive commit- tee has been the most wonderful thing of its kind ever attempted, and when, after the campaign Is over, its’ history 1s written, the fact that the great American pe could be so thoroughly and so quickly educated on the most complicated question in all jo- litical economy will come to be regarled as a high tribute to American elvilization. The republicans started out to fight this campaign on tariff lines, but when the popocrats reopened the question of Ameri- can integrity and forced the silver question into the fight the republicans met them on their Own ground, and it is now thoroughly believed at Canton that the silver people have been whipped. Tariff the Keynote for October. While during the month of October the republicans will be just as careful and just as vigorous Im their defense of honest money as they have been in the past three months, still the fight of this last month of the campaign will be on the tariff is Slowly, surely, the people ail over t country are coming back to the tariff. 7 is this so apparent as he in Can- Major McKinley is mak. Each successive always made to the cur- more and » the mills willl en thie (eyabre rency questi more a tariff spe: and not the min of the October fight. Another thing that is noticeable here in on as the campaign is drawing to a close ic the earnestness manifested by the republican leaders and managers in their endeavor to make the majority this f so large and sweeping that it will se rest once and for all this question of chat ing the money standard of this country, ing for 2 majority; both a popular majority and one in the electoral college, that wall settie the silver question, as far as the United States is concerned, forever. Major McKinley frequently refers to this in his speeches, and this is one of his greatest concerns. The Fight in Twelve States. Mr. Hanna started out to make his great fight in the twelvé states of the central west, which includes Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska and North and South Dakota. The hardest fighting of the campaign and the greatest efforts of the republicans have been put forth in these states. Missouri and Michigan are the only two of this number which are now regarded as doub!ful, and in both these states, during October, the amount of work done will be tremendous. Indiana, tour weeks ago,” was regarded by some republicans as shaky, but estimate is that est majerity to Mcicini a presidential cancivaic. In Illinois, 0 and Cook county have been the Mc y strongholds, and there has been taik vi a McKinley majority there of 60,000. It was with this majority at first that the republicens expected to carry I- linois, but the campaign of education and oratory in southern Lilinois, which has 30 often been caiied Darkest Egypt, has re- sulted in an almost wonderful chenge in the sentiment of the people. Capt. W. W. Peabody, vice president of the and Ohio Southwest railroad, which through that section of Illinols, made a trip through there a week ago. Capt. Peabouy is a very clear-headed ‘political observer, and he says that he is absolutely sure ihat McKinley's majority in southern Mllinois will be, proportionate to the population, as large as his majority in northern Mlinois. Kentucky Claimed for McKinley. Kentucky is now conceded by many of the democrats to McKinley. Gen. Buck- ner, himself, has recently stated that there was no doubt whatever about McKinley carrying Kentucky. Iowa and Wisconsin have been firmly within the republican column for some time. The farmers of Iowa have been doing more reading on the financial question than any class of men in any state in the Union. They have demanded both sides and have not been satisfied with any but the most able treatment of the question. The result has been an enormous increase in the membership of republican clubs and a clearly apparent strengthening of the republican organization all along the line. In the congressional district which in- cludes Duluth, in Minnesota, no one would have sald two months ago that Charley Towne, the free silver republican, who has lcng represented that district in Congress, and who was considered stronger in his district almost than any other Congress- man in the country, could be defeated, and yet reports from there show that the scund money republican candidate will probably be elected. This is character- fotic of the strength the gold sentiment is gaining all through Minnesota. The large element of Scandinavians throughout Minnesota and the Dakotas are almost to @ man for gold, and nothing can change them. Nebraska has been conceded so many times recently for McKinley and Kansas has such a powerful republican organiza- tion that little doubt is felt at Canton as to how the vote of these two states will be cast. Delegations Booked for This Month. Over sixty delegations are booked to come to Canton this month, and this number will probably be increased 60 or 75 per ccnt. Next week there will be a delegation of 400 men from California here, and another large delegation from Denver, Colorado,and vicinity. There will be a delegation of Aili both i Come in wey fany opticians diruld "bE With your gen yo emis ate att REY ES of SS furnish glasses at a shiall price. H. H. Brown- Io1o F St. 02-1 10a 5. T. WALKER SONS, 204 10TH 8T. N.W., CAR- t Lining, Felts, Bire Brick and Clay, Asbestos, alts, Brushes, "Lime, Cement, two ‘and three: ‘Roofing Material. sel MES) EM. EVANE (90) 3 St RW. HAVING received the latest cuts, is * Rapes apd ir and remodel seal garments. Carringe robes collarettes _made to order. Prepaiced. se9-1m* THAT TIRED, LANGUID FEELING AND DULL headache 1s very disaj ble. Take two of Car- ters Little Liver. Pills before retiring, and you witl find relief. They never fall to do good. ocB If you suffer from looseness of Bitters will PBA io. Bai legert & Sons, sole bowels or fever ‘cure 5 ere, Ask ebout 1,600 iarmers from Missouri, and there ig talk of a delegation from Minne- sote. Tennessee will contribute a very large crowd, and there have even been inquiries from Texas us te what arrange- ment could be made to entertain a crowd from there. It will be the busiest month of the campaign, of course, and {t Is expected that Maj. McKinicy’s best epeeches will be made this month. ———_—__ THE PEAK OF THE TOWER. How a Man Looks Earning His Daily Bread in Mid Heaven. Monday the last plank will be bolted to the steel peak of the post office tower, and the slaters begin their perilous task. Four men have been engaged in closing in the roof of the tower, and their work has been necessarily slow. It 1s not exactly like making a hencoop on the ground—this tot!- ing up 300 feet tn inid-air. Slowly ang surely, with constant risk uf life, eacu ywece of sieel and timber nas gone to ics place, and belt afte: bolt has been drives home, and the interval to ine last and hing stroke steadily lessened. EXC Hard Effort t Get Groceries. This morning, about 1.30 o'clock Away With Some there was an exciting time on the str be- tween the Center market and Florida ave- rue and 9th street. Three policernen and @ fast horse attached to a wagon, in which @ yourg man was seuted, figured in the affair. The wagon belonged to Dantel R. Toombs, who kceps a grocery store ut Brookland, and Edward Tyne, who is bet ter known as “Reddy” Tyne, it is alle Was seated in the wagon. According the complaint made by the and Tyne drove to the market together, and while Teombs was in a lunch reom to police, Toombs | for getting something to eat, Tyne, It is charg- | ed, put In the wagon a barre! of apples , and a barrel of potatoes, which he is charged to have taken from in frent of a commission store. When he drove out 9th street Polic men Warren 2nd Oriani. went in pursuit of | him, and se veral shots were fire, but wit out eff. Po! My fi took up | the chaxe on a and r 1 Way to Brooklam - ere he arrested Ty Sn the meanwhile Grocer Toomb gone out in a buge: ha and when Tyne ap- Peared at the pojice station Toombs was also there. From Toombs the cfficers took harged him wi j zh men will be tried REVIVAL. Series of Iectings Arranged at the Foandry Church. Beginning tomorrow evealng and con- tinuing nightly until Sunday, October 11, there will be an anti-saloon revival con- ducted at Foundry M. KE. Church, under | of the Anti-Saloon League. ocgin at o'clock, ms have been pre Z service by a large . Percy S. Foster, aud Wn temperance ad- in the league. Many | snizations will partici- pared, addresses by wel Vocates and work leading religious « pate in the exercis: ——_ ON THE UPPER Crops Washed Away by the Flood and Other Property Damaged. A speciai irom Frederick, Md. OTOMAC. ., Gated the 24, to the Baltimore Sun, says From 12 o'clock Wednesday night up io 10 o'clock Thursday morning the Potomac river at Point of Kocks, Frederick county, rose twenty-nine fe The freshet has in- undated miles of country along the Balti- more and Oblio railroad, doing great dam- age to proper ea Harper's Ferry and Boyd's s n along the Metropolitan branch. For many mii s the river and canal are oné vast tcdy of mad, rushing weier. The freshet is carrying down thousands of shocks of corn, portions of dwellings, sta- Diing. buggies, Nght wagens, canal boats, trees, chicken’ coops, lumber, fencing and everything of a reovable nature that came in contact with ihe rising ilood. -five houses in the Point of Rocks neighborhood were entir ly surrounded and the first floors were covered with from two to three feet of water. Several small houses at the .’oint were moored by ropes to trees to keep them from floating off. The county road leading from the hign brige was covered with five feet of water, and people guing or coming from Lees- burg, Va., were ferried for neariy half a mile. The tower-house at Washington Junction was surrounded by several feet of water. The Baltimore and Ohio trains between Washington Junction and Boyd’s had to run through about one or two feet of water covering the tracks. The Western express from Washington, due at Washington Junction at not arrive until & o'clock p.m, By that time the water had commenced to recede. Mr. Hickman lost his entire crop of about 200 bartels. Jchn Cardo of near Licks- ville lost about 400 barreis, All the corn crops on the txiands of the Potomac were entirely swept away. nd An Exciting Escape. A colored man, driving a wagon belong- ing to Harry Sweeny, prevision dealer, had a narrow escape from death this morning. He was crossing the car track at the cor- ‘Ivanie avenue and 14th street about 10 o'clock, when train No, 205 of the Georgetown line swung swiftly around the curve and struck his wagon squarely on the side, knocking ‘t several feet away and throwing the driver out on the roadway. Although be landed flush on his head, he Gid not lose hie presence of mind and clung pluckily to the reins, despite the fact that he was drawu between the shafts close to ef the thoroughly frightened whicn was plunging and kicking wildly to effcc: his release from the wagon. The driver's position was extremely hazar: ous, and the spectators feared for his life but he pluckily managed te work his w: te the horse’s head, and, by the exercise of wonderful strength, finally brought the ex- cited animal to a standswll, notwithstand- ing the shafts were playing painfully about his legs with every movement. he driver and horse were badly bruised, but were able to proceed about their business. The Wagor was sent to the repair shop, and the grip car wi'l require an entirely new fender es Virginia Dem: ats Hear Mr. chins. Tho meeting of the Virginia Democratic Association, held last night, was attended by a very large and enthusiastic crowd, in- cluding the Bryan and Sewall Club of A anudria, which came in a body. President H. L. Biscoe occupied the chair and tntro- duced the speakers, the first of whom was Mr. Stilson Hutchins, whe made a vigorous address in behalf of free silver that was loudly applauded. Speeches were also made by ex-Congr en Brookshire andpothers. Sage Broke the Mile Record. Clinton R. Couiter yesterday rode a mile unpaced on the Denver, Col., Whee: Club's track in 1,59 1-5, beating the world’s record of 2 2-5, held by Sanger. ; Steel bridges spanning all the MAY BE COMBINED Southern Railroad Will Possibly Pur- chase the Seaboard. WOULD END THE TRAFFIC WAR Tho Pratt Holding of Seaboard Stocks on the Market. SOME DENIALS MADE eee The Southern Railway Company has, ac- cording to reports which are being per- sistently circulated in railroad and kladred circles, received overtures for the purchase by it of a controlling interest in the Sea- board Air Line Railroad Company, and the rumor finds many believers among those who have become convinced that a perma- nent peace between those two companies cannot be secured so long as the Seaboard occupies Its present Independent position in the railway world. It is true that President Spencer of the Southern has declared within a quite recent period that the Southern did not want the Seaboard and that when approached on the Subject of a sale of the majority of the tock of the fir&t named corporation to the latter he refused to consider it; but times have changed then, and there are at this time many persons who think it better to secure lasting peace at almost any price, provided the transaction be honorable on both sides, than that there should be any further demoralization of rates, which is certain to occur if the present truce is broken. Again, it is quite evident peace van be obtained, there constant interference in the future with the tariffs by various courts, and there fs not a railroad company in the country that is not averse to any one hay- ing a say as to how its business ought to be conducted outside of those immediately connected with its own management. Valua While, as stated by some of the South- ern’s officials, their company has no use for the Seaboard Air Line desire to acquire it, the fact cannot ignored by any unbiased person that Seaboard could be made a very valu acdition to Mr. Morgan's lines of railw: although tt controls ” miles of track, in round number it that unless will be al- Pp, and does not be the ble s a close bus contract with the rn Pa~ which, in effect, gives it all the advantages of @ transcontinental its oasts via the southern states, s own line or over lines with tions, jouthern for busi- k, Poston and other east- t Philadelphia, Baltimore, } Washington, folk, Portsmouth and Richmond, Va., Henderson, acigh. Weldon, Wilmington \ for all parts of “ lina, Georg isiana, Flori points on the as far as Californ th Caro- |, Lou- for iy equippe: “TOss- Its road b excellent, laid with steel rail. er to be taken into ‘Another eration in connection with the probability or possibility of the absorption of the Sea- board by the that since the time Mr. ed that the company of whic did not want the Seaboard, Mr. Enoch Pratt of Baltimore, who was the holder of a large Diock ef Seqpoard stock, has died, and his estate is in the hands of his executor for Seidement. Mr. Pratt was said to be one of tnd largest if not the largest individual aboard securities, and it was a with him not to part with had once purchased. y the terms of his will, however, a large portion of the proceeds of the sale of his estete are to be given to a hospital bear- ing his name, under certai ingenc’ and to comply ny Stock which co with the direction left b; Mr. Pratt, the Seaboard stock will, It 1s said, have to be sold. An Offer. Within the past day or two the Mer- chants’ Trust and Deposit Company of Ballimore, of which Mr. Pratt's executor is, it is understood, a director, has made offers for an option on the stock of the Seaboard, and, It is said, has agreed to pay $100 per share, provided a controlling interest can be secured by it. As the stock is now quoted at $45 a share, though it only received a bid of $40 a share in the open market yesterday, it requires no argu- to prove that an offer of 7 of 1 on the pl t ruling prt ing, and might be considered so tempting by many holders that they would be in- clined to accept it. Gen. John Gill, president of the Mercan- tile Trust Company, which, as above stated, is aid to be trying to buy the stock, ts also a large holder of Seaho Stock, as are also the heirs of the late Samuel M. Shoe- maker and the president of the road, Mr. R. Curzon Hoffma: ‘The Baltimore Steam Packet Company. which started the present suspen rate war, is now operated by the Seaboard, but it is a separate concern. Its stock ix quot- ed at $1,000 a share, and there is none, 50 far as known, for sale. Seaboard officials who ought to he con- versant with the fects of the reported deal deny that there is any truth in the rumors, and say the talk is simply a revival of the reports of a contemplated purchase of the Seaboard by the Southern which prevailed several weeks ago. But, as above stated, a great many other equally well posted men assert that they believe the transfer of the smaller road to the larger is only a question of time, and a very short time at that. Should, however, the Seaboard pass into the control of the Southern, the war be- tween the two lines would, of course, cease, as the competition now existing on the Chesapeake bay would be done away with, as the control of the Seaboard would : with it the control of the Baltimore St Packet Company, the Seabourd’s conn tion between Norfolk and Portsmouth and Baltimore. een erator SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAINED. Why the Eyes of a Painted Portrait Follow the Observer. From Notes and Queries. Wollaston’s curious discovery was that by adding to each pair of eyes a nose di- rected to the right or the left, the eyes lose their front direction, and look to the right or left, according to the direction of the nose. By means of a flap representing the lower features in a different position, as Dr. Wollaston remarks, “a lost look of Gevout abstraction in an uplifted counte- mance may be exchanged for an appear- ance of inquisitive archness in the leer of @ younger face turned downward and ob- liquely toward the opposite side.” As by changing the direction of the lower features we change the direction of the eyes, 60 by changing our position, the eye of the portrait apparently foliows us. If a vertical line be drawn theough the tip of the nose and half way between the eyes, there will be the same breadth of head, of cheek, of chin and of neck on each side of this middle line, and each iris will be in the middle of the whole eye. If we now move to one side, the apparent horizontal breadth of every part of the head and face will be diminished, but the parts on each side of the middle line will be diminished equally, and at any position, however oblique, thers will be the same breadth of face on each side of the middle line, and the Iris will be in the center of the whole of the eyeball, so that, being on a flat surface, the iris will be seen in front of the picture or obliquely. —__—_—-s-—___ Matabele Rebels Routed. The district on the Mazoe river, in Mate- veieland, where there was serious fighting for three days, and where a British force was hemmed in for ten houre by a stron; force of natives, has now been cleared | rebels, anu their caves have been blown up,