Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1896, Page 11

-THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, DANCING AND B. rominent Danci N'S BOOTS for ‘Teachers. M! REMINDERS. — HAVE COMPLETE VARIETIES OF: = NG ALLET SLIPPERS, reas, Work or Sport. the kinds that are indorsed by all the vi 50c. Spring Heel Genuine Dongola Button, with patent tips, | light or heavy, 4 to 8. “Safe”? 75c. Shoes, } { Kid and Pebble Solid- ! sole Button, sizes up to 2. joys’ Satin Calf Spring- | Heel Laced, to 13. | “Dandy” $1.25 Shoes For Girls and Boys of any age—are the prettiest and best Shoes ever sold for $1.50. For Ladies. $1.50 “‘Ideal’’ Shoes. any Shoe ever sold for $2.00. Of “Ideal” kid or box calf. 6 styles of Button and Lace. $2.50 ‘“*Cork-Sole,” Hand-made Dress Shoes of exceptionally soft and fine viet kid, on the nobblest pointed toe. Laced or Button. $3.00 “‘Gems.”’ ‘The Best Winter Tan Shoes, the Finest Vict Kid Boots, with Invisible Cork Soles. ‘The Nobbiest Patent Leather Shoes made at any price. 1914 AND 191 PENNA. AVE. HAHN’S SHOES © IN DEMAND. It has almost been impossible for us this season to keep the supply of our Shoes abreast with the uncommonly brisk demand for them. Considering the prevailing hard | times, this may seem unusual, but it is not to those who have seen, bought and are now wearing our Shoes. By working our factories night and day we again have on hand full sup- plies of all sizes of our following popular Fall specialties: For Children. WM. HAHN & CO.’S RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, 930 and 932 7th St. at) **Crack-Proof”’ Calf Shoes—are dressy and wate Sizes Sn to at “Cork-Sole” Shoes, ‘The great Health Protectors, hand sewed and styl: Child's sizes, $1.50—M! $2. Youths’ sizes, $2—Boys’, $2.50. The ‘‘Daisy”’ Shoes, ‘The Prettiest Dress Shoes, made by Dugan & Hudson. Sizes 5 to 8, $1.25--S%4 to 10% $1.50. 11 to 2, 2% to 6, $2.50. For Men. “Royal” $2 Shoes. We again have all sizes of ‘em. Goodyear-sewed Shoes, with best oak-tanned soles. “Police”? Shoes that can’t be matched for $2.50. $2.50 Extension Sele Hand-sewed Calf Shoes with triple soles. An exceedingly handsome und weatherproof Shoe oa a medium round toe. $3 Winter Russets, Strictly hand sewed. Made of heavy box calf, with triple soles. Medium round, square or bulldog ‘toes. 233 PENNA. AVE. SE. : M.« M. $25 for it. finish. Mertz and Mertz, New “Era” Tailors, 906 F Street. On SKK SOP beeen We are making an extra- ordinarily low price on over= coats to-order. is $i5 and the overcoat is made in our best manner, just as if the customer were paying There is no slackness in make-up, or in the style, in the fit, or im the The woolens used in these overcoats are some of the choicest Kerseys, Meltons and Chinchillas which the season has seen. . This is an extraordinary price. make it at the beginning of the overcoat season to show what we can do. Sed The price the Ea Sa a SO Sy We Ss sas a aD Ss MD Ms Se Ss Ss Hk th tah th th Ya Ds Ds 2 i. PNEUMATIC BEDS. ‘The Latest Innovation Applied to Sleeping Cars. From the San Francisco Chronic! Sleeping on air is the latest innovation in railway travel. The use of compressed sir for that purpose will, in the estimation of railway men, eventually revolutionize rail- way travel. At present the only car completely fitted with compressed air cushions and beds is the private car of Vice President J. N. Schoonmaker of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad. These have been found, however, to be not only practicable, but to possess so many advantages over the accommodations of ordinary sleeping and parlor cars that a number of roads are having similarly fitted ones constructed, and before long they will be in general use on many of the great trunk lines of the country. Col. Schoonmaker’s car was built after the plans of L. F. Ruth, the inventor of the latest system of car furnishing. In ap- pearance it does not differ externally from the ordinary chair car. This is explained by the fact that instead of the usual up- holstering the chair cushions are filled with compressed air, which lessens, in a great degree, to the occupant, the jolting and jarring of the car when in motion. During the day no one would for a mo- ment suppose that he was riding in a sleeping car, and it is not until the day coach is transformed into a sleeper that the possibilities of the use of compressed air in this direction are fully realized. The transformation is effscted in this wise: First, the air In the cushions is ex- hausted, the light framework folded up and slipped into an opening in the side of the car. Thus all the seats in the car are dis- posed of, and it is ready for the beds. The panels on either side of the windows: open outward like a door. On the inside of these panels is a metal track, over which is drawn a steel, springlike arrangement which supports the bed. Fitting closely against the side of the car and concealed during the day by the closed panels is ‘a rubber bag, folded after the fashion of an accordion. By turning a valve connected with a stor- age tank beneath the car compressed air is admitted into the rubber bag, which in- flates and forces itself outward from the sides of the car until it rests rpon the sicel framework, and the bed :s ready to be made up. The head and foot of the Led are panels, which also fit into the side of the car. When the berth or ved is not Jesired for use another valve is turned, and the air in the mattress expelled. The mattress. itself assumes the appearance of an empty rub- ber bag, and is drawn back against the side of the car, as before. The’ pane's are then closed, and the sle2ping car is ouce more ready to become the parlor car for the day traveler. One great advantage clzimed for these appliances is that they can be fitted to steamships and dwellings 2s well as cars. It Was Not Fido This Time. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. A lady, leading a skye terrier by a chain, entered the ladies’ cabin of a Gloucester ferry boat the other day. The dog crawled under the seat and went to sleep. Pres- ently a stout nan, carrying a market bask- et, took the vacant plece beside her and stowed his basket under the seat. Soon after the boat started the woman began to wriggle. She shook out her skiris and in an audible whisper said: “Don't be rude, Fido.” “Presently she turned’ pale, and, jerking the chain, cried: ‘Lie down, Fido. Behave yourself, sir.” A moment later she jumped up with a shriek and be- gan to execute a war dance, striking at her skirts the while. The stout citizen stared at her in amaze- ment, and then an idea struck him. Reach- ing under the seat for his basket, he looked inside of it, and then a great light of intel- lgence came over him. “Madam,” he said, without moving an eyelash, “when you are through with my lobster will you kindly return it to me?” The jaws of the lobster were wrenched apart before the lady hed recovered from her faint. : eee. Florida's Latest Disaster. From the Florida ‘Times-Unto D. G. Amblex. who has been over the storm-devastated section of Florida, has seen the people and heard full accounts of the havoc wrought; says that 5,000 square miles, or 3,200,000 acres of timber are ruined completely. “There are,” says he, “1,000 board feet to the acre, at 50 cents per foot. Deduct about 30 per cent for overestimate, and you find that the mone- tary loss to Florida represented by t!mb2r is $1,500,000. It is no exaggeration to say that it will reach that figure. No one who has not been over the path of the storm can conceive any idea of the disaster, nor of the pitiful condition of the people in that section, whose homes, crops, barns, live stock, and occupation has been swept away in a day. There are thousands of such people. They deserve help. They must have it or starve.” ——_+e+____ Ten at $175 = Pound. New York Letter. . > It is the pickings of the first tips of ‘the blossoms. The greatest care must be taken in the picking, and nothing but the bright, gold-hued tip taken off the blossoms. All the picking of fhis grade is carefully done by hand. The process of drying these tips is as delicate as the picking. The annuai output is estimated at 12,000 pounds, vai- ued at $2,100,000. But five pounds of this tea have ever been knowr. to have reached the United States, excepting a few pounds Placed or: exhibition at the world’s fair. A rich lady residing at New York wrote to Mr. Marr, the agent of the Ceylon tea growers for America at Chicago, and asked him to try and procure for her, if possible, five pounds of this remarkable and expen- ve tea. Mr. Marr was successful in se- curing six pounds of the precious articie. ‘The New York lady gave a check for $1,000 for her five pounds. 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES. FARMERS AND FREE SILVER Up the Wrong Tree This They Are Barking = Year, Cheap Money Will Not Serve to Bring Them Relief From Their Troubles. Recently the New York Journal conduct- ed a daily discussion of the various phases of the money issue by friends and oppo- nents of free coinage. One of the install- ments was on the relations of the farmers and the proposition for silver coinage. On this subject c writer for the sound currency committee of the Reform Club said: Farmers, as a class, would lose much more than they would gain by free coin- age. A few, comparatively, might gain tem- Porarily by being enabled to repudiate one- half their debts and to return fifty cents for every dollar borrowed. Farmers whe employ :abor would gain by paying it in cheap money. As a whole, farmers would lose because of restricted commerce, be- cause of lower prices for produce sold. in local markets, because of higher rates of interest and because of deczeased con- sumption in home markets, due to bus- iness stagnation and to the fact that wages were paid in silver and labor could not purchase as much with them. The strength of the free coinage move- ment lies with the farmers of the country. Beyond question, the farming class is less prosperous than it should be, either for its own or for the country’s good. Something is wrong. The wealth produced is not dis- tributed justly among producers. The farmer is barking up the wrong tree. He should turn his attention to the tariff tree, away from which Bryan, Harvey end Bland have induced him to turn when he was about to locate the real cause of his troubles. There are also other special priv- ileges which are making a favored few wealthy, largely at the farmer’s expense. If he can destroy these, so that there will be as much competition in what he has to buy as in what he has to sell, he will have lifted the entire burden from his tired shoulders. An Honest Class. The farmers are as honest as any class of our citizens. They want no more and are unwilling to accept any less than is their due. They have been led to believe that the “crtme of 1873" has compelled them to borrow appreciating dollars, and therefore to return $1.50 or $2 instead of the one bor- rowed twenty or thirty years ago. They also believe that there is a great. scarcity of money, which free coinage will remedy somehow. We have seen that free coinage is as likely to give us less as more money, and that it is certain to shake confidence and contract credits, which are far more important in making exchanges than all of our actual money. But even if it should give us more money, how would that ben- efit the furmer? Does the amount of his crop depend upon the number of measures he uses in estimating it? Or the value of it upon the number of dollars used in ¢sti- mating the value? And if the value of his products Is estimated in cheap dollars, will not the value of all other products be esti- mated in the same money? If so, how will he gain by the change? A Boomerang Argument. The farmer thinks the geld dollar has be- come too dear and that he ought to have a cheaper dollar with which to pay his mort- gage Indebtedness. This is hfs strongest reason for supporting free silver. If he real- ly believed what Bryan and Bland tell him about free coinage raising the price of sil- ver so that the value of the silver should equal the value of the gold dollar, he would become a very lukewarm supporter of free coinage. Free coinage will undoubtedly give us all cheap dollars. But what will they profit the farmer? If he now has half enough money in gold to pay his debts, he can, the next day after we get free coin- age, trade geld for silver and settle his obligation, If he has nothing ahead he will soon be called upon to renew his mort- gage. The rate of interest is now extremely high in all silver standard coun:ries. There is no law now to prevent the farmer from making contracts payable in silver—Mexi- can dollars, for instance—but he has never asked to have them so made. If he did he could be accommodated, if he were willing to pay the silver rate of interest. Wages and Prices. History tells us that wages do not rise as fast as prices when the dollar is depre- clating in value. The big farmer would therefore get the best of his hired man for a few years. But history also tells us that the prices of vegetables, small fruits, etc., sold almost entirely in near-by markets, do not rise as quickly or as much as do prices of exported products and of manufactured goods. This trucking business is very im- pertant with about half our farmers, and their loss on this score would be great. One reason why the price of such products does not rise much under cheap money is be- cause they are sold largely to laborers and factory employes, who cannot afford to pay higher prices because they get only about the same number of cheap as they formerly did of good dollars, while the prices of manufactured goods, etc., have increased greatly. They are compelled to spend less in some direction. As we have shown that gold is not really appreciating, and that if it were, it would surely mean lower rates of interest for the farmer, it {s not of much importance to show that the general decline in prices, due to whatever cause, has benefited the farmer more than {t has injured him. It is, how- ever, true that the prices of what he has to uy ‘have fallen much more than have the prices of what he has to sell. Thus, the price of clothing fell between 1873 and 1801 33 per cent; metals and implements, 35 per cent; housefurnishing goods, 28 per cent; drugs and chemicals, 31 per cent. These are some of the things he has to buy. The price of corn, the farmer's most important product, fell 2 per cent between 1873 and 1891, while in 1894 it was 10 per cent higher than in 1873. Oats had fallen 2 per cent in 1891, but in 1894 were higher than in 187% Mess pork was as high in 184 as in 15 Wheat declined 16 per cent up to 1801, and 31 per cent up to 18)4—owing to unusually large crops in 1893 and 1894. It has been shown that but one-third of the mortage or one-seventh of the total In- debtedness of this country is owed by farm- ers. Some class will, therefore, profit by repudiation much more than the farmer, and perhaps at the farmer’s expense. The wise farmer, even though he Is In debt, will not vote for free coinage. Se Swallowed His Brother. From the Bridgeport Unton. ‘Two big black snakes, owned by Chris Schread, and on exhibition until Saturday at his cafe, at Park and South avenues, furnished excitement on that day for all who visited the place. Now there is but one cn exhibition. They had a lively figat, and the victor proceeded to swallow the vanquished. : ‘The snakes fought savagely for about twenty minutes, writhing and coiling with the rapidity of lightning. Finally the larger one seized its adversary by the head. That settled it. The winner of the scrap at once started in to make a meal of his late antagonist. The process of swallowing was a slow one, and at midnight, when Mr. Schread closed his place, about three inches of tail was still hanging from the other's mouth. The unfortunate snake was not dead, and from time to time wriggled con- vulsively. The victorious snake was be- tween four and five feet long. The one that succumbed was about three inches shorte7. Mr. Schread, who is something of an ophiologist, says that he never heard of but one previous instance of a snake swal- lowing another of the same species. That was at the London Zoo, where a python one day ate a smaller companion. Mr. Schread’s two snakes were brothers, and the tie of consanguinity makes the deed ali the more reprehensible. +02. == A Correction, From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. ‘Look at this, papa,” said a little girl of the East End, as she exhibited her school copy book. “I wroten everything in it.” “You wroten i queried the papa, with @ corrective stress on the “wroten.” “Well, then, I writ it,” said the small student, satisfied that she had hit the right word at last.” av LONDON’S OMNIBUS THIEVES. Thetr Work Sp Profitable That They . Rum a Lipe of Vehicles. From the Pittsberg, teh. 3 ‘One of the it hunting grounds for @ pickpocket is 4 London omnibus! ‘Peo- ple have been warned of this over and over again. Notices are kept continually pasted on the 4 and windows of the *bus; conductors. ‘watch with keen and suspicious eyes doubtful-looking passen- gers, and yet alt this energy seems to make little or nO difference to the pick- pockets. They 5 to thrive almost as well as if "buses were provided for their special edification,“ and there are quite a large number of thieves in London who make living by working almost entirely in public conveyanées. One gong in particular was broken up long agu. It consisted of about twenty- three men, and was known—on account of a practice they had of slinging a hooked stick over their arms—as the ‘Crooked Stick Gang.” It was started in 1893, and the originator was an exceedingly clever thief with whom the police desired further acquaintance. He started this brilliant idea by giving an “At home” in the Seven Dials. He hired a room in a public house for the purpose (as he informed the land- lord) of holding a “Friendly Lead,” but as a matter of fact the people who turned up were one and all practiced pickpockets, and: the outcome of the meeting was the formation of a sort of thieves’ union, the object of which was to prey upon unvvary | pecple who travel in omnibuses and trams and public conveyances generally. The members worked in pairs, the one thieving and the other watching that he did not cheat his fellows. This system worked remarkably well for a time. Each pair of thieves had a num- ber of ingenious disguises; on different oc- casions they exchanged routes, and as they kept a particular record of their proceed- ings and were Careful not to work too often in the same district, they were for a long time undetected. At the end of each day they met at a public house, previously appointed, for dividing their spoils, and a fair idea of the profits of the concern will be gathered from the fact that they have divided as much as 3650 on a single ay. After a time the conductors of the ‘buses (especially in principal thoroughfares lke Piccadilly) got to know the gang, and be- come strangely shortsighted when one of them hailed them from the pavement. They treated them with an indifference that was galling, and thelr behavior seem- ed especially brutal when the passenger with the “crooked stick” happened to be an old, white-haired gentleman with gold eyeglasses. When at last business became so in- volved that the directors of the omnibus companies began to employ detectives to watch them, the gang thought it advisable to run ‘buses of thelr own, and they did. They started a number of “pirate” ‘buses, and as just somewhere about this time the company "buses raised their fares, they easily got a large number of passengers by retaining the old prices. They were very careful, however, to stop only for well-dressed and respectable looking pev- ple, and it was a strange thing if a pas- senger did not miss something before he or she reached the end of the journey. Each person who entered the "hus was, of course, most carefully watched. The cry “All fares” gave the thieves a clue to the whereabouts of the purses, and a short time after they were replaced they were skillfully removed by the “working mem- bers.” One of the gang who manipulated matters inside the "bus was a most dex- terous pickpocket. It was his boast that he could extract a purse with a pair of sugar tongs, and he has been known to steal one, remove all the money, and then quietly replace it in the owner's packet without exciting the slightest suspicion. For a while these “pirate” "buses suc- ceeded even better than the others. On some occasions @ Single "bus has yielded over twenty purses a day, some of them containing as much as $75, and it was sel- dom that a pocket was picked withcut something of value being found. At last, however; complaints at Scot- land Yard became so numerons that the authorities set a special deivctive on the track of the crooked sticks, with the result that_ one of the members was caught red- handed, and this led shortly afterward to the arrest of several others. After that it was not long before they were ontirely broken up. Without a head they were in- capable of working, systematically, and they scattered fn‘'every direction—mcstly to Portland, where many of them are still “doing time.” / oo TREES PLANTED IN THE STREET. Their Disadvantages and the Danger of Losing Them. From the Gard-ner's Chronicle. A great deal has been done of late years toward the embellishment and sanitation of our towns by the planting of trees in the streets and by the conversion of town squares into garders. Of the great benefit that has accrued, of the immensely im- proved aspect of our towns, there cannot be the slightest doubt. There is another question which requires consideration—how far or for how long a time is this tree planting likely to be successful in the future? Some of the trees planted in our streets, when properly looked after, look well enough now. But how long will they continue to do so, or to improve? The an- swer to this question must necessarily be vague and indeterminate, but, at the same time, there can be no question that the de- cay and ultimate death of most of these trees must occur at a period long anterior to the average age of that particular kind of tree. This premature failure is due, we believe, not so much to unfavorable condi- tions of the atmosphere, except, of course, in the vicinity of chemical works, as to faulty methods of planting. Take, for in- stance, the trees on the Thames embank- ment. They were originally planted too closely, and no thinning has ever been car- ried out. Planes come under the category of forest trees in the sense that they are trees of the largest size, and, therefore, they are not suitable for narrow streets or for confined spaces, where they must nat- urally encroach too closely on the houses and deprive the inmates of light and a free circulation of air. But on the embankment there are no houses, and the trees have, hy annual curtailment, been so far kept with- in bounds, and their shape, as far as clip- ped trees go, is not unpleasing. But the erdurance of these trees, great as it Is, will come to an end some day from sta yation and root suffocation. A space coy- ered by a grating is, it is true, placed round the base of each tree, and through that space water and air (meaning oxygen) are supposed to find their way to the roots; but as every physiologist knows, the mi- Rute root-fibrils and root-hairs which take up the water and the matters required for the nutrition of the plant are not placed near the tase of the trunk, but some dis- tance off, where they can avail themselves of the drip from the leaves. The most act- ive and the most important part of the roots, from this point of view, are sealed up beneath flagstones, hard macadam or impermeable asphalt. True, the roots will, as we all know, travel in search of mois- ture and make the best of circumstances, but in our streets where are they to go? Where Will they find the requisite mo'sture? ———— ——_iie. BICYCLE GUARANTEES REDUCED. Hereafter Facteries Will Be Re- sponsible for Six Months Only. From the Indianapolis News. The decision of the directors of the na- tional cycle board of trade to cut down the period of guarantee on wheels from one year to six monthS was the most impor- tant move in thé trade during the week. The directors mét in New York city, and this was the agreement all signed: “We agree with the pufchaser of each bicycle to make good, by repair or replacement, when delivered at our factory, transporta- tion prepaid, any’ imperfection or defect in material or manufacture of such bicycle not caused by misuse or neglect; provided, that the factory serial number shall be on such bicycle at the time the claim is made, and that all imperfect cr defective parts shall be referred to us before any claim for repair or replacement shall be allowed. ‘This guarantee continues for six months from the date of the sale by the agent.” Speaking of the action of the directors, R. Lindsay Coleman, president of the board, said: “Six months is long enough for any Gefect In-any bicycle to manifest itself. If any part breaks after having been used that long, it cahnot very well be due to an imperfection. Some of the directors want- ted to abolish the guarantee, while others argued for three months from the sale of the wheel by the agent. Six months was finally agreed ‘up as being an equitable guarantee. In the last two years the long guarantee has caused the companies much annoyance because of the abuse of the privilege.” NOW CAPT. BRAINARD Pymotion of a Man Who Won Distinotion in the Arotio, He Was a Sergeant When He Went North With the Greely Expedition —Recognition of Services. “For captain, commissary—First Lieut. David Legge Brainard, Troop G, 2d Cav- alry.” If the casual reader's memory be not retentive, he will attach no especial signifi- cance to this note of a promotion of an army officer, made last week by the Presi- dent. The nomination seems sufficiently routine and ordinary, deserving of no par- ticular remark. But if the casual reader’s memory serves him well, the paragraph will, perhaps, for a moment give him pause. He will recall that this man who by direction of the chief magistrate wili henceforth wear two bars on his shoulder straps instead of one, and who less than a decade ago wore the chevrons of a ser- geant of cavalry in the United States army, is of decided distinction in the world of living men. David Legge Brainard was with the Greely arctic expedition, and, with two companions, both of whom succumbed to the rigors of that ter- rible journey, he trod the icy land of the farthest point north on the globe ever gazed upon by human eyes up to that time. To have achieved this distinction ar a cavalry sergeant, in common with two other men, one of them h‘s superior in official rank, the other an Eskimo, is a sufficient henor to insure the passing of his name along in the annals of hardy and adventurous explorers, an honor compared. with which mere official recogrition, sweet as such recognition unquestionably is, is none the less a trifle. Nor was the mead of honor and fame which came to this sturdy, dashing, hand- some trooper based solely upon the fact that, in penetrating to latitude 86 degrees 24 minutes nerth, within 336 geographical miles of the north pole, he, with his two comrad wrenched from England her 300 ne ars’ supremacy of the “farthest north.” His Moral Courage. Of the entire party, Brainard was the only man whom Lieut. Greely could safe- ly place in charge of the rations when all hards were confronted by starvation. The poor dole which each man received as his daily allotment of food toward the last was rot sufficient to keep alive the workings of conscience in any of the men except one. In charge of the distribution of food, standing guard over plenty while he was sterving day by day, Brainard never took for his own portion the thou- sandth part of what did not belong to him. He served himself as he served the others— no more. It is no wonder that Gen. Gree- ly calls this the most remarkable exhibi- tion of mcral courage he had ever seen. Even when the scanty allowance of food was completely exhausted, and the men, surrerdering to complete despair, could only lie in their sleeping bags and munch bits of leather from their boots, this young soldier, strong in poise, indifferent to either physical or mental suffering, became the provider for the party. He ranged the deso- late hills for game, the barren shores for. seals and shrimps. Every man who return- ed from the Greely expedition, including its commander, owed his life to Sergt. Brain- ard. He kept therr alive for rescue. Every one of them acknowledges this today. It was 1ot urtil several years after the remnant of the expedition was brought back to the United States by the relief ships that Sergt. Brainard, who in the meantime had modestly returned to his duties as a non-commissioned officer of the Signal Corps, was given official recog- nition by the United States government. Then, in 1886, at the suggestion of Presi- dent Clevelard, Congress gave Braiuard a commission as second lieutenant of cav- alry, “as a recognition of the gallant and meritorious services rendered by kim in the arctic expedition of 1881-’8t." The words quoted are written on the face of his commission, and they are also printed in connection with his official record, in a Separate class together with famous gen- erals of the United States army who re- ceived promotions “for conspicuous brav- ery on the field of battle.” His Army Record. Lieut. Brainard was assigned to service with his old outfit, the 2d Cavairy, in com- mand of a trocp the men of which had often been his “bunkies” in hard cam- paigns. Army officers often say that there is not + man in G Troop or in any troop of the 2d who would not fight for Brainard, who wears his shoulder straps with all the modest dignity that characterized his wear- ing of the scrgeant’s chevrons. He was promoted to the grade of first ileutenant in 1892, remaining on duty with his troop at Fort Wingate, New Mexico. Now, President Cleveland, who has watch- ed Brainard’s career in the army with great interest, transfers him from the line to the staff, and makes him a captain commissary. As Capt. Brainard is only forty years of age, and will not retire until the year 1920, he stands a fair chance of becoming com- missary general of subsistence before his retirement by age limit. He is at present with his troop at Fort Riley, Kan., and, with kis newly-bestowed rank, he will not unlikely be assigned to duty in the com- missary general's office here in course of time. -——___ A Sunday Night Dish. From the New Yore Evening Post. A cold dish either for a Sunday night tea or a course at a luncheon is easily made from half a pound of cold chicken, veal, lamb or tongue. Chop the meat fine and mix with it two tablesvoonfuls of cream, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley and paprika to taste. This mixture is to be imbedded in a jelly made in the follow- ing way: Measure an ounce of gelatine and let It stand until soft in four tablesnoon- fuls of cold water. Put a pint of cold water in a saucepan, and add to it a slice of onion, a few leaves of celery, a bay leaf and a clove. When the water boils strain it over the gelatine, season moder- ately with salt, and add a small teasp»0n- ful of beef extract. When the liquid be- gins to thicken, pour half of it in a small mold or deep dish or bowl. Make the meat mixture into a flat layer, somewnat smaller than the size of the mold, put in on the jelly, and spread eveuly. Then pour over it the remainder of the jelly. When stiff, pour the conients of the mold into-a flat dish snd garnish with olives, peppers or cresses. Cut in slices to serve, and use a cake knife to lift it, or serve as a salad on a bed of lettuce, and pass with it a Mayonnaise dressing. Any delicate fish that is‘ not very oily may be served in the same way. +00 Sweet Peas in Embroide: From the Chicago Chronicle. Sweet peas are not very generally used in embroidery, but are charming and also somewhat uncommen. A delightful white linen tea cloth is decorated with clusters cf this flower, the colcring used being pale pinks and the deep red shades of heliotrop2. Of course, in order to make these a suc- cess, they must be very finely worked, only one thread of. filoselle used in the needle, and as it always seems a pity io put very good work on a linen foundation, siik or satin for a table center would be lovely when embroidered with sweet peas. A graceful design should first be trac2d, then the satin must be sewn into a frame covered with linen. The little turns and twists of the flower should be carefully re- produced, also the tendrils finely worked, when the result would well repay any one for the time and trouble expended upon its manufacture. 2 Ser A New York Custom, From the New Yerk Eveninz Post. Pairs of cyclers riding hand in hand or with hands on each other’s shoulders are becoming annoyingly common, espectaity on such thorcughfares as the Boulevard and 5th avenue, where bicycles are particu- larly numerovs. They are about as pleas- ant for ordinary riders as “snapping-the- whip” parties are for ordinary skaters on the Central Park lakes in winter. That comprehensive traffic ordinance which some one is always promising to draw and put through should contain a clause prohtbit- ing this pastime among cyclers in New York city. 11 - Boston Variety Store, Emmons S. Smith, 705, 707, 709, 711 Penna. Avenue. | ror 5 3c One dollar’s worth of three Merchandise for fifty- cents. That’s the kind of values we're going to give here tomorrow. Housefurnishings, c. for Heavy 4-string Stock Brooms. All Bristle Dust Brushes. .......9c. Falcon Clothes Wringers. ....$1.39 Hardwood Clothes Pins, doz. ...1¢. c. for Cedar Wash Tubs. Large Cedar Wesh Tubs... ...49¢. Extra Cedar Wash Tubs......59c. Clear Cedar Water Pails. ......19¢. 1 5. for Bread Boards. Medium size Bread Boards. Large size Bread Boards. . 5-ft. Clothes Horses....... ?. Roll Toilet Paper. Willow Nursery Chairs........59¢. Rattan Carpet Beaters.........14¢. The best Curtain Stretchers. . .$1.19 c. for Table Oil Cloth. Shelf Oil Cloth.............5¢. yd. Stair Oil Cloth.............7¢. yd. 500 Holland Window Shades. . .21c. c. for Feather Dust- ers. 6-in. full center Dusters. ........7¢. 7-in. iull center Dusters. .......10c. &-in. full center Dusters. . . 12¢. BS for 5-lb. Fla Irons. 61b. Flat Irons -2Ic. 7-lb. Flat Irons -24¢. 8b. Flat Irons...............28¢. c. for Blue and 99) White Lined Tea Pot, 4-quart. Large. Roasting Pans.........39c. 5-gt. Tea Kettles... 59C. to-qt. Dish Pans. . -29¢ China Ware c. for White China Cups and Saucers. White Coffee Cups and Saucers. .6c. White Sauce Dishes. ...........2c. White Custard Cups. -5C. White Sugar Bowls. ...... c. for Whit Cake Plates. White Soup Tureens. -65¢. White Pitchers. .....12c., 19c., 29¢c. White Pickle Dishes..... 5c. c. for Decorated Tea Plates, gold lined. Decorated Dinner Plates... Decorated Soup Plates...... Decorated Side Dishes. sa c. for Decorated Bone Plates, gold lined. Decorated Cake Plates. .......12¢. Decorated Pickle Dishes... .. ..10¢. Decorated Meat Dishes, 14c., 20¢., 35¢-, 59¢-, 79C. c. for Royal Blue Cracker Jars. Fine Decorated Comb and Brush To-in. Japanese Vases..........49¢. 12-in. Delft Vases........ $1.19 ffi O\«:, 9° 6-inch Eng- lish Jardinieres. Sin. English Jardinieres. ......75¢. g-m. English Jardinieres. .... . ..g8c. Larger sizes at $1.25, $1.49, $1.98 up to $25. c. for Transit Clocks. Nickel-plated Alarm Clocks... .75¢. $8 Waterbury Clock for. $4 $10 Waterbury Clock for. 5 c. for Gloria Um- brellas. tural crodks, Good Quality Engl:st: Gloria, 22, 2@-inch. Pose for Best Quality Gloria, 26 and 28-4och, |, fine natural crooks. "Silos for Best Quality Taffeta Silk, Dresden and crook handles, steel Cc. for Fifty Visiting ‘Cards, printed from engraved plate. 5c. for American Parchment Paper. A bor of 1 auti envel to match of new mquare rhape. "ide. for Hoyal Parchment. A box of fifty sheets and envelopes of four desirable tints. ve; for Capitol, Bond Vaper, cream or tinted. Envelopes, 8c. pa Zhe, for Real’ Irish Linen Paper. Eavelopes to match, 8c. pack. China aa gts c. for Star Soap. oes —- Ivory, Kirkman’s Borax ie il Blue, Gc. for %-Ib. Be. "tor'eih, ber Beat Lamp Steen. = for Elastic Starch. . for Alabaster Starch. moath Kock Gelatine. pkg. Dugan's Buckwheat, ‘oodles. for Arbackl fee. 82c. for Boston Blend Mocha and Java. ‘36c. for Premium Blend Mocha and Java. Suc. for Royal Pekin Mixed Tea. Suc. for English Breakfast Tea. | “189 9 c. for Good Wash Boards. Double Wash Boards.........24¢. Patent Paper Pails............19¢. 13-in. Wood Chopping Bowls. . .8c. . for Cacoa Door Mats. Special Cocoa Door Mats... Extra Cocoa Door Mats Knife and Fork Boxes. Hardwood Rolling Pins c. for Clothes Lines. 50-ft. Cotton Clothes Lines... . . .6c. 44-ft. Ironing Boards. soos. 5-ft. Ironing Boards. .. 390. 12. for Coal Hods. 16-in. Coal Hods. 18¢. 17-in. Coal Hods. .. 200. Galvanized Coal Hods.........19¢. c. Covered Coal Sieves. Medium Round Coal Sieves. . Large Round Coal Sieves...... 9c. Strong Coal Shovels...........3¢. c- for Heavy Tin Bread Boxes. Medium size Bread Boxes. .. . ..29¢. Large size Bread Boxes 49¢. Oak Tea or Coffee Canisters... . 5c. c. for Granite Iron Coffee Pots, 3 qt. 12x18 Roasting Pans.........39¢. 5-qt. Preserving Kettles........10¢. 3-pt. Drip Coffee Pots.........29¢. Department. S| : 5 for 10-Piece Decorated Toilet Sets. Antique shape and fine body china. Same with slop jar........ ..$2.98 for 10-Piece Toilet Set. The new 1897 shape, decorated in ten different styles and gold lined. Same with slop jar........... $4.97 $9.9 for Deco- rated Tea Sets. The low squat shape, filled in decora- tion, gold lined, four different styles from which to select. for 100- A 9) 5) Piece Din- ner Sets. \ | Containing all the practical pieces for the dinner, tea and breakfast table. Decoration underglazed. for Carls- A. 9) Bead China Dinner Sets. New shapes, new decorations, new styles, special 113-piece combination. 15-. for Gas Globes, Etcked or engraved. 5-inch Condiment Sets, composed of salt cellar, with plated spoon, pep- per shaker and glass tray 8-in. Lettuce Bowls oss St c. for New Novelty Brooches,Enamel, Garnet, Pear! and Plate. 15e. for Enamel Stick Pins. Files, Birds, Be The latest. Hs sfiutorad - for New Gilt and Silver-mounted Bai Combs. THE COM F. ene ag We. for Sterling Silver Link Bracelets, Plain or chased. | Quatity guaranteed. Be. for Child's Dress Pin Sets, Gilt and Sit Turquoise Sets. ie sc 7 c. for Triple-Plated Tea Spoons, % doz. $149 for Tetph : 1. for Triple-plated Fork: We. for Rogers 9c. for Child's Set, Kulfe. Fock Se tem . for Fancy Jersey Tomatoes, . for Lima Beans and String Beans. . for Early June Peas. 12c. for Extra Sifted. for Maryland Sugar Corn, for Webb's Maine Corn. | Winslow's, 12c. for 6e. Be. 6 We Joe. Anderson's Jams. Ube. for Columbus Brand California Peaches, rt 10¢ 2ic. 100. for Columbus Brand Plums and Apricots. for Oxford Baked Bes ‘Taploca, Sago and’ Farina, oD for New $100 Bicycles. Guaranteed equal to any Machine in the world. Several Second-hand Wheels in good condition at bargain prices. BOSTON VARIETY STORE, Emmons S. Smith, 705, 707, 709, 711 Penna. Avenue