Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1896, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, ‘FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. ‘A handsome Pocket Knife is presented Severs purchaser in the Boys Deparcnent. Parker, Bridget & Co., 315 Seventh St. BOYS’ SUITS CUT. You mothers know how we cut the Boys’ Suits. No half- heartedness about it. We go right in for saving you money—that’s the way to inter- est you. $5 fins Suits Pants for $3.75. Boys’ Fine Quality All-wool Scotch Cheviot Short Pants Suits. latest designs, in plaids and mixtures—with extra pants and cap. Good $5 value. Sat- urday only $3.75. $4 7p Suits Pants for $2.50 —in black and blue cheviots. Made to sell for $4.00. Satur- day only $2.50. Boys’ Sailor Blouse Suits —new shipments—large va- riety—in blue and brown and mixed guaranteed all-wool chey- iots, handsomely trimmed, large collars. Ages 3 to 8 years. $4 Quality for 53.e0. §5 Quality for $3.75. $6 Quality for $4.co. $7 Quality for $5.00. $7 Reefers for $5.00. Reefers are better than over- coats for small boys—they’ll stand more wear and tear. We place on sale tomorrow a line of Blue Chinchilla Reefers, guar- anteed as to quality and color— velvet and ulster collars—braid- ed—stitched—and corded edges. Equal to any $7 Reefer in town. Tomorrow, Saturday, only $5. PARKER, BRIDGET & CO., Clothiers, 315 7th Street. See Snyder & Wood’s ATENT SAFETY WATCH POCKET— your watch {= rtfal Dodger" or Tailors, 1111 Pa. Ave. xe17-31,14 sented Enterprise Cycie Co., Woemer, Jr. Will buy a $75 HT GRADE“ VALIAN T Mar. o- yside Rye 1888 W that PURE RYE 4 wv have it here, and are Mu the entire stock cf old GHT RYES AND BOURBONS, ioe pera John A. Hamilton, Receiver, 1 Jas. L. Barbour & Son, nn URS 614 Pa. ave. nw. 1873 GAFF 1873. 1887 MT. VERNON. ours 329 RUOFF'S, 905 Fa. Ave. New lot men’s fedoras —or tourist lnts—have Drown and black. A ond aud $2. Some at I make n apeciaity of all manner of Clock Re- Empioy mien thoroughly skilled in the work gaarautee what I de to be theron consefent ious! per for my service Hutterly, 2 Boy pairing. and littie nhl med—and charge very nt Sa pEtpEaST ST PannEU SST =nnFUG=EIC>SE SUT SnnTGEO EO OUI TUTE" EERE EERIE ~ORREEET UTTER een eeeeeereneeT Dame .Fashion <has decreed that Fur Capes, Collarettes, etc., will be the popular wraps this seeron. opinion ce askpthat drop in a that you spect this handsome stock. spect and 1 Stinemetzin Hatters and Furriers, 1237 Pa. Ave. au29-3m,20 weer © Money” at Becker's, —BARGAINS galore are to be had here in Fine Har- ness — Carriage Robes Horse Blankets, etc. Fin- est and largest stock—low- est prices. Harness, $12 up. Carriage Robes, $3.75 up. Horse Blankets, $1.25 up. BECKER’S, > Near Ebbitt. 1328 F St, prone 1636. R FINE LEATHER GOODS OF ALL KINDS. Peace” SHIRTS If Nothing so irritates a man as an ill-fitting 11] 1 shirt. Insure yourself Pperfeet-fitting shirts 111 by Jetting us be your shirtmakers. We use 111 | the best quality fabrics, and buy in lnrge I 111 quantittes—thus are able to quote reasuna- Comfortable Tt | ble prices. Shirtmaker, P. T. HALL, Stimake 0c23-20d Fedoras and Derbys, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3. Ttey're nde bs Youmans. Wave all the style ‘and fit and wear thet Youmans gives to his hats. But—Youmans’ name isn't in the iat or our low prices. DERBYS M1 popular colors—$1.50 to $3. kwear, S0c. Gloves, $1 up. R.C. Lewis & Son, uit Bicycle bargains! Crawfords cut! Never before and proba you have sach ac! ¥alues in High-grade worth: $75 Grades. (i ToL never again hance “for secnring. si Bicycles of acknowledged Mg Tot ing depleted, so and Whisky Habits cured at home without ain. Book of particu- PREE. B, OPTION oI. + M.D. At a.” Office, 104}, au7-m,w,f-3m HE BOUGHT THE HAY. How an Inebriated Pennsylyanin Farmer Got the Nest of the Auctioneer From the Philadelphia Record. The man who goes to an auction sober is often tempted to purchase things he docs not want and cannot afford to buy, but such temptation is much stronger when it comes to one who has been imbibing over- freely, particularly if he is of a speculative nature. Yet there are a few who have suf- ficient wit to get them out of difficulties of this character, even when their brains are more or less befuddled. An amusing occur- rence took place at an auction in one of the rural towns of Pennsylvania, where a house, bain and farm were.offered for sale. Farmers came from the surrounding country with a view of making a day of it, and some of them imbibed too much corn juice in honor of the occasion. In the barn were stored between twenty and thirty hundred-weight of hay—prime timothy—on which the bidding started at four cents and gradually rose a quarter of a cent at a time, until it neared the market value of 71 or 8 cents per pound. The auctioneer was annoyed by the reck- less bidding of a typical old hayseed who was so drunk that he could hardly stand. He was determined to buy that hay, re- gardless‘of its cost, and when the last scber bidder feebly cried “eight cents” he shouted “ten! Of course, nobody would go higher than that, and the farmers chuckled to think how their nelghbor was to be taken in. “Do you mean to pay cash for this hay?” asked the auctioneer, who began to“ belléve he had a good thing. “Wall. I reckon,” replied the inebriated hayseed:" ‘And how many hundred-weight are you going to take?” “Dunno as I keer “bout takin’ a hundred-weight.” said the purchaser; “you might gimme. ‘bout one pound.” What the auctioneer said will leng be remembered by the farmers of Mcnigomery county. =see The Inventor or Shorthand 111. London Cable to the Chicazo Times-Heratd. Sir Isaac Pitman, the father of short- hend writing and the originator of the spelling reform, is critically iN at Paris. avity of his condition is strength- age. He celebrated his eishty- third birthday during the winter and he has been physically feeble, although men- tally active, for some time past. Mr. Pit- man was made a knight in IS84 In consi1- eration for the work he had done in his marvelous system of stenography. He le:t school at twelve years of age and becam a clerk in the counUing house of a cloth cturer. After Six years of this serv- ice he entered the Normal College in Bor- ovgh road and became a schoolmaster. La- ter he estabtished-the British school at Wotton-under-Edge, and removed to Baih in 1829. Tn 1837 appeared his first treatise on shortha: It was entitled “Steno- graphic Soundhauds.” To the perfection of this systera and to the reform of spelling Mr. Pitman has devoted his Mfe since 1 He established the Phonetic Society, now numbering «,0u0. He pubiished several works on shorthand and is the publisher of the Phonetic Journal, which circulates over all the world. Besides printing his own instruction books, Mr. Pitman has published a Hbrary of books in shorthand, including works {rom the Bible to Rass. las. “in the autumn 1887 an _Interna- was held in Lon- Mr. Pitmait’$ family was present- th his bust... His:system of stenogrz- phy is new taughti-in London's board schools. a i ‘ r= abor W.L. Douglas $ FINE" SHOES eled Are’ wom by those who » have been in the habit of paying high prices for shoes, because they are just as good in Style, Fit, and WEARING QUALITIES as those 3} Just vi i tine- Clock? xctpine™ quatucs ‘Commence Q vary—send if to me. } The largest variety to select from in the city. A FIT GUARANTEED. See them at our exctusive store, 34 05 Pennsyivania Ave. | Growing Nuts ‘for Market. From the New ¥jtk ‘Tribube. In Camden county, N. J., just back of Blsckwood, there is probably the largest single cultivated ches:nut grove in this country, an@ from its 350 acres of woou- land several thousand bushels of large chestnuts are harvested every fall an: shipped to New York ctty. - About ten years ago it daw upen farmers and business men that money could be made by raising chestnuts for the market, and abeut that time trees were planted exten- sively througheut the country, the fruits of which are just now made apparent in che decreased cost of chestnuts and the heavy supply: that comes to the large cities. The in Camden county was planted about five years ago by a company which calied itself ihe Mammoth Chestnut Com- pany, and they sclected a fine natural grove of chesinut trees and then starte:| in to graft en ihese trees the mammoth imported chestnuts, At first the French aad ian chestnuts, the larges* kinds that reached our markets then, were grafted upon the native trees, but later the im- proved Japanese varities were substituted. These are the largest of all chestnuts, and shey have attained their present size and quality through years of cultivation ani selection. Many of the Japanese chestnut trees haye been transpianted to- this coun- ury, and they have been found hardy erourk fer the New Jersey climate, yield- & jarge crops of nuis much earlier in’ the season ihan the native chestnuts. Edward Bok, editor of the Ladies’ Home Journal, and Miss Mary Louise Curtis, danghter of the proprietor, were married yesterday at the country residence of Mr. CLOSING THE SEASON The Record Race Meet at Athletic Park Tomorrow. COLUMBIA'S FIRST FOOT BALL GAME License Issued for the Meeting at Benning, CURRENT SPORTING NOTES The record race meet, which will be held- tomorrow at the International Athletic Park, closing that place for the season, promises to be one of the best meets, lo- cally, of the season. It is of a special in- terest from the fact that the record which will be competed for will be the bone of contention of more than one local rider, anxious to have the honor of holding a local record. One thing which is worthy of notice is the fact that the closing meet will virtually be a ladies’ meet. Ladies will be admitted to the grounds and grand stand free of charge, while the seneral admission to the park to all others will be a popular price, an increase beirg charged to the grand stand. This ‘s quite certain to draw out a large gathering of the ladies. The entries to the meet closed last even- ing, and there are about forty. The offi- cials are: Referee, E. E. Simpson, L. A. W.; judges, L. B. Graves, W. R. C.; J. Hart Brittain, C. A. C.; R. M. Dobbins, B. W. F. C.; umpires, Joseph B. McGir, C. V. L.; Frank C. Potts, A. W.; C. B. Wood, W. R. C., and Charles B. Grace, E. A. C.; timers, Géorge Marsfield, E. A. C.; John Werner, Q. W., and S, W. Stinemetz, C. A. C.; clerk of the course, William Gettinge! Prof. John Crossley, C. A. C. George W. Boyde, Q. W.; D. L. W.; announcer, W. H. Henshaw, Q. W.; handicapper, William Jose, W. R. C. The evencs and prizes, with entries, are as fol- lows: Events and Entries. First event, one mile novice—First prize, gold medal; second prize, L. A. W. gold button, value, $1.50, donated by F. 8. Cahill. Entries—W. H. L. Wolcott, unattacaed; Ottis H. Miller, unattached; Edward 8S. Gee, unattached; Harry Farrington, un- attached; George Dailey, unattached; Wil- liam Beaumont, unattached. ‘Third zvent, one mile open—First prize, Craig pneumatic saddle, donated by the Enterprise Cycle Company, and track priv- ilege ticket for 1897, value $4; second prize, ‘Talty-ho laniern, value $5, donated by Gor- mully & Jeffery Manufacturing Company; third prize, pair of $2 bicycle shoes, donated by A. Newman. Entries—Paul von Boeckman, Q. W.; George Coleman, un- attached; William Beaumont, unattached F. A. L. Schade, G. U.; Edward 8. Gee, un- attached; C. E. Gause, W. R. C.; H. Wood- worth Clum, W. R. C.; Bayard T. Wrenn, A. E. L. Burton, unattached; E. L. Wilson, unattached; A. C. Moran, unat- tached; George E. Smith, W. R. C. Fifth event, one mile tandem race for the champiorship of the District—Prize, Searchlight lanterns, value $ each, donated by the Eclipse Bicycle Company and J. J. Fister, and two track privilege tickets for 1897 to each man of winning team. Entries —George E. Smith and Harry Z. Greer, W. R. C.; C. F. Dailey and W. Leneker, un- attached. Seventh event, two-thirds of a mil2, open —First prize, $10 gold ring, donated by R. M. Dobbins, and X-Ray lantern, value $, donated by the Eastern Cycle Compan: second prize, $3 sweater, donated by B. H. Stinemetz & Son, and one pair of bicycle shoes, value $2, donated by Weaver & Moran; third prize, L. A. W. gold button, value $1.50, donated by F. 8S. Cahill. Entries—F. A. L. Schade, G. U.; Harry Z, Greer, W. R. C.; Paul von Boeckm: W.; Bayard T. Wrenn, A. W.; E. L. Burke, unattached L. Wilson, unattached; C. E. Gause, W. R.C.; H. W. Clum, W. R. C.; William Beaumont, unattached; Geo. Cote- man, unattached; A. C. Moran, unattached; Gecrge E. Smith, W. R. C. Tenth event, one mile consolation race, open to those who have not secured a place in other ras First prize, Mesinger sad- dle, , donated by W. T. and F. B. Weaver; second prize, electric bell, value $1, donated by Dashington Divine; third prize, two band pumps, value 70 cents, no- nated by Acme Cycle Compan: special prize to last man crossing the tape, one patent oil can and bottle of oil, donated by Mr. L. B. Graves. Entries—Ottis Miller, unattached; George Coleman, unattached. The entries to this race will remain cpen until the time of starting. The second event will be for the third-of- a-mile track record, amateur, unpaced, fiy- ing start, in which A. C. Moran is the only man so far entered, while the fourth event is a quarter-mile track record, amateur, un- paced, with the same entrant. The sixth event is a two-mile track record, amateur, unpaced, standing start, in which Bayard T. Wrenn and A. C. Moran have so far en- tered. The eighth event is the one-mile track record, amateur, unpaced, stan: start. The ninth event is the two-thirds-of- a-mile track record, unpaced, standing start, in which Paul von Boeckman, A. C. Moran, H, W. Clum, E. L. Burton and sev- eral others, have entered. ‘The eleventh event is the five-mile track record, stand- ing start, unpaced. An extra event on the program will be a match tandem race between Eddie Smith and Frank Day, the youngest 1nd lightest tandem team ia the District, and Lang Shearer and Eibert Hebard. Both teams ere in training for the work and will evi- dently make a good showing. As the meet will be a record meet, there will be an op- portunity afforded those who care to ¢s- tablish records with pacing. All of the riders, of course, will have to furnish their own pacers. H. W. Clum has made appli- cation to ride for a half-mile record, flying start, peced, and several other riders are anxious to try for other distances with pacing. COLUMUIA’S FIRST GAME, Much Interest in Tomorrow's Contest With the Fort Monroe Eleven, Much interest ts belng shown, particularly in club and army circles, in the foot ball match which Is to take place tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at Columbia Field, 1ith and C streets northwest, between the Columbia Athletic Club team and one from Fert Monroe. The Columbia boys have been practicing daily, and as the time draws near each applicant is straining ev- ery nerve for a position on the team. Few of the old players. will be seen this season. Among those who still retain an interest in the game are Reeve Lewis, who has always shown up well In the pusi; Tubby Dickin- yon, @ good man in the iine and an excei- lent interferer; Frank Parscns, who will probably aiternate with Humphreys (a new and yaiuable member, who holds a quarter- mile-run record, and is a good tackler) im playing the position of quarter back; “Dan- ny” Walsh, who will probably play full back; Hooker, Underwood and Gapin. Walsh is rapidiy improving at punung. “Cotton” Clark, who was a splendid player last season, Is now in Philadeiphia, and his absence is ‘felt very much. Among the new men may be mentioned Curiis, late of Swarthmore, who fs a good tackler, and Brown (195 pounds) and Chap- man (45 pounds), appiicants for cenier rush. Fred Sims is captain. Altogether there are twenty-five applicants. From these it is thought a good team can be gotten together that will play the same winning game tht ¢. A. C. has piayed in the past. ATLANTICS MEETING. Local Division of the A. A. U. Nom- inates McMillan for President. The annual meeting of the Atiantic As- scciation was held on Monday evening at the club house of the Philadelphia Turn- gemeinde, Puiladelphia. The following board or.managers were elected to serve the ensuing year: Harry McMillan, Vesper Boat Club; John W. Kelly, jr., Nationa! Swimming Association; James W. R. Col- Mins, Pennsylvania R. R. Y. M. C. A; B Merriil Hopkinson, Baltimore Athletic Club; William MacDermott, Maryland Ath- letic Club; Gilman M. Fague, Columbia Athletic © John M. Welsh, Young Men's C. C.; J. Louis F. Schuck, Philadel- ia. Turngemeinde; R. H Hamilton, P. A. Maicclm Henry, Caledonian Club; Jo- .| Gilman M. Fa Emerald Athletic Club; A. ix Athletic Association. ‘The associatign\| selected ,the following gentlemen as legates to the Amateur Atbletic Union: Harry McMillan, Vesper Boat Club; John W. Kelly, jr., National Swimming Association; James H. Sterrett, National Swimming Association; B. Merrill Hopkinson, Baltimore Athletic Club. . Al- ternates—Male Henry, Caledonian Club; C. A. C.; J. H. 8. Jack- son, B. A. C.; William Friedgen, jr., P. Tt. G. tarp ‘The following thémbers of the new board of managers were duly nominated as offi- cers of the tion for the ensuing year: Presiden’ McMillan, Vesper Boat Club, Philadelphia; . vice president, James W. R. oaee. Pennsylvania R. R. Y. M.C. A., Philadelphia; secretary-treasurer, John W. Kelly, jr,, National Swimming As- sociation, Phila hia. Dr. J. K. Shell of Swarthmore Coli celal handicapper the association. ‘The committec,.on membership reported the registration: of the Tuxedo Athletic Club of Philadelphia; also applications for membership, with favorable vecommenda- one of committee, from Camden Y. M. . AL seph McNally, W. Lloyd, Phi RAISING THE WEIGHTS. Proposed Beneficial Change in Rules of Racing. This week’s Racing Calendar, says the New York Journal, contains a number of amendments to the rules of racing which will be offered for consideration at the next regular meeting of the Jockey Club, which will be held Ncvember 12. The most important of the amendments to be submitted is in relation to the scale of weights. The change proposed is a gen- eral raising of the scale for all ages and at all distances. The imposts for two and three-year-olds show the greatest increase in the fall of the year, at which season they have always been favored under the old scale. A comparison of the old with the new scale shows an increase of four or five pounds durirg the spring and summer months, the first of the marked changes appearing in September. Two-year-olds, in races at a mile run in that month, will carry 89 in place of 79 pounds, and in Octo- ber and November there is a change of nine pounds. In short dashes at five and six furlongs the old scale was 91 pounds in Sep- tember and 94 pounds in October. Under the new scale they will be asked to put up 163 and 105 pounds in the months named. With the older horses there is an increase all down the line of from 3 to 11 pounds. In races exclusively for three-year-olds or four-year-olds the weights will be 126 peunds and for two-year-olds 122 pounds, an increase of four pounds in both cases. There is litde or no questicn that the proposed changes will be carried through, and it is equally sure that their adoption will meet with general approval not alone trom owners and trainers, but from the public at large. Permission Given for the Meeting From November 17 to 28. The stewards of the Jockey Club held a meeting in New York yesterday afternoon at the race course. A Ncense was granted to the Washington Jockey Club to give a race meeting under the Jockey Club rules from November 17 to 28. S. 3. Howland was ap- pointed steward~to represent the Jockey Club at the Washington Jockey Ciub meet- ing at Benning, and C. McDowell for the Pimlico Driving Club meeting. There were present Jas. Galway, F. R. Hitchcock and Andrew Miller. Se A YOUTHFUL PAIR. A Hasband Fifteen Years Old a Wife Thirteen. From the New York Tribune. Dip Hibeeb ard ,his wife, Taman, atrived at Ellis Island yesterday from Syria, und were passed on ita a relative in this city. Dip is fifteen yegrs old and Taman thirteen. She is a head taller than he, of much larger Lutld and apparently the head of the dimin- utive family. ‘They were married three months ago in thelr home, in Tripoli, and Dip, being @.cobbler, and, he declares, a successful one, decided to come to this country to seek his fortune. The result of his cobbling a ,pair/of’stioes for Taman was that he fell “desperately in love with her. Neither of the children can speak Eng- lsh, anc wheh they were seen yesterday in the Syrian quartex/at No. 4 Carlisle street, they were the:pictures of youthful wonder- ment and heipiessness: Their relatives will take care of them. Se A He Obeyed Orders. From the Toronto Catholic Register, An Irish member of the 6th Regimenc of South Carolina infantry was stationed on the beach of Sullivan's Island, with orders to walk between two specitic points and to let no-one pass without giving the counter- sign. He was one of those soldiers who be- lieved in obeying orders to the letter. Two hours after Hugh had thus been stationed the corporal with the relief appeared in the moonlight, and was astonished to see Hugh walking to and fro up to his waist in wa- ter. The tide had come in. * Who goes there?” demanded tne sentinel. “Halt, reef! Advance, corporal, and give the countérsign.” “But I am noi coming in there to be Growned. Come out and let me relieve ‘OU.’ ve'Never a@ bit,” said Hugh. “The liften- ant toid me not to leave me pest.” “Weil, then,” said the corporal, starzing to move away, “you may stay there ali thundered the sentry. “I'll put a hole in ye it ye pass without the counter- sign,’ and he cocked and leveled his “Contound you and the lieutenant,” an- swered the corporal. “Everybody will hear it if 1 bawi it out to you.” “Yis, me darling, and the liftenant said it must be given in a whisper. in with ye, me finger’s on the trigger.” There was nothing tor the corporal to do but to wade out to where the faithful sen- tinel siood. “Be jabbers,” said that worthy, “it's well you've come! The dhirty tide has almost drowned me.’ ———___+e+____ LIFE SAVED BY SALTY WATER. {t is Infused in the Veins of an In- jured Mui From the Philadelphia Ledger. No case in the history of Hahnemann Hospital has ever interested the doctors and nurses so much as-the remarkable one of Charles Chatterton, who was struck in the side by the shaft of a cab at Broad and Filbert streets on the 7th ultimo. He was taken to the hospital in @ grave condition, and rapidly became so much worse that, fearing he had been internally injured, Dr. Northrop made‘an incision and found the spleen badly torn in two places. While this was ®eing done, the patient was rapidly sinking, and, as a last resort, although the vaseswas regarded as almost hopeless, three‘ ahd one-half quarts of warm salty waier was injected into the veins through the-sirm and leg to take the place of the extéedingly large quantity of blood that was, lost. This infusion has been used beforé in such cases, where the less of blood has been great, for, were it not _done,. the t, having nothing to bump, would sogm@eease beating. The injured spjeen was carefully and an- tiseptically packed in gauze to stop its bleeding, and terton was placed in bed, with but I hope of his recovery. But he lived thfoygh the night, and, al- though slightly girgnger the next day, was still so low that there was scarcely any hope that he would survive the Injury and s t] Or ay, As Chatterton stifl continued to improve in the face of such odds, the doctors began to take more interest in his case. He was given blood-making foods and two subse- quent infusions of salt water. The treat- ment Seemed to agree with him particular- jy well, for it is said he is now. fairly on the road to recovery. SSS Astrology a Paying Profession. From the New York Sun. é Astrologers do a wonderful business with central office detectives. I have this on the authority of an astrologer who has for years cast horoscopes on murders, bur- glaries and other crimes for sleuths of the headquarter’s force. If I told here the name of a certain man who quietly seeks information from the stars every time the down of a criminal is intrusted to } man, him your a eyes would open wide with won- | 9 STILL WANT THE OVERHEAD Claimed to Be the Desire of the Eckington- Belt Management, What is Alleged Will Be the Pier Made to Congress in Behalf of the Syndicate. It is the general impression in Washing- ton that Mr. Thomas Dolan of the noted Elkins-Widener syndicate and reputed own- ers cf the majority of the stock of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home and Belt Railway companies of this city, unwitting- ly gave out enough information during his talk with a reporter of The Star Wednes- day night, and as published yesterday, to justify the impressipn that the old fight for the inauguration of a trolley system in Washington is about to be renewed. It is believed also that Elkins, Widener and Dolan will leave no effort untried when Congress meets to get authority to equip the Eckington and Belt lines with the ob- Jectionable power. Failing in that they will, it is believed, allow the. present an- tiquated system of propulsion to remain on their lines here for an indefinite period. Speaking of this one of the best-known resi-| dents of the northeastern section of the city today said: “With Tommy Dolan's amusing interviews| published in The Star of yesterday, and the legal contest between the bondholders and _ minority stockholders, on the one hand, and the management, or misman- agement, on the other, the Eckington and Belt situation is growing quite interesting. “I have recently talked with a number of the bondholders of these lines, and they are unanimous in declaring it to be their intention to resist by every lawful means In thelr power the issuing of receiver's certificates as a first Hen upon the assets of the roads, to cover the cost of the pro- Posed air motor experiment, and take pre- cedence over all prior claims. Under no circumstances, they say, will they consent to those in contro! making preferred credi- tors of themselves end their friends for any money they put into the experimental equipment, to the disadvantage and preju- dice of the bond and stockholders. Confidence Needed. “One bondholder, who represents quite a large holding, was very emphatic in his statement that the present management should be compelled either to buy up the bonds and stocks of the objecting holders, or turn the: road over to them. He said that If they would step down and out and turn the roads over to them he knew where the-money could be raised without any difficulty to put in the underground electric system; that the roads were good franchises, and all that was needed was to have some one in control of them in whom nied men and the public had confidence. “He stated, moreover, that he knew the underground electric system could be put i: for $60,000 a mile, including power house, equipment and everything essential to the operation of the line, which is $35,000 a mile less ‘than Mr. Newbold stated Mr. Saxton’s estimate to be for the installation of the same system. “In my opinion, based upon a personal inspection of the only street car air mo- tors In practical operation anywhere in the United Stater, and any amount of reading or the subject, it is a useless waste of time and money to make the experiment pro- posed by the receiver of these roads. There is not a practical railroad man in the Unit- ed States who would invest in the system any considerable sum of money, until its success, mechanically and commercially, has been demonstrated by an actual test of two or three years. The receiver proposes to do this under the contract with the Por- ter company in two or three months. What the Law Provides. “It seems to me a proper construction of the act of June 10, 1896, by the court would settle very effectively the dispute, not only over the issuing of receiver's certificates for air motor equipment, but the right of these companies now to try that system. That act required them to begin to equip their respective lines within three months from the date of its passage with air mo- tors. They did not do so, and there is a judgment recorded against them for $300 for failure to comply with the act in this respect. “The act further requires a trial of these motors for.three months before the Com- missioners are empowered with authority to issue a permit for the entire equipment of the lines with them, and the three months’ experimental trial and the total equipment have all to be made within six months from the date of approval of the act, otherwise their right to use the air motor system is forfeited and the under- ground electric system is required to be put in within twelve more months. ow, it stands to reason that as but forty-eight days remain of the six months allowed by the act for both experiment and equipment, it is an actual Impossibility to comply with its requirements in regard to air motors, and, therefore, by every sen- sible and reasonable construction of its terms attention must be directed toward a compliance with the alternative provision of the act—the installation of the under- ground electric system within twelve months from the 10th of next December. Motives of the Management. “My own opinion is that the manage- ment of the Eckington and Belt companies have no confidence whatever in the ulti- mate success of the compressed air motor system, and I have heard Receiver Schoepf quoted as having on more than one occa- sion said as much. I believe their purpose to be to demonstrate its failure by actual trial. Before the compressed-air system was talked of, when the underground elec- trie system was suggested, the claim was that that system was an experiment; that it had never been tried through a winter season, and its cost of operation was un- known. “After these objections were all satisfied in favor of the system by its trial through the winter and a year’s figures as to the cost of its operation, the objection to the system was shifted to the expense of its installation, the cost of which was cla'med by the Eckington management to be $35,- v0 a mile greater than it really is. The ul- terlor purpose of these objections, in my opinion, supported by my knowledge of the tactics pursued by those in contro] of these companies, is to finally appeal to Congress for relief, claiming that the underground electric is far beyond their financial poss!- bilitfes, that the air motor has been tried and has proved a failure, and that nothing remains but the trolley. “By the time they are ready to trot forth this argument they hope to have so worn the people out with their miserable service, or no service at all, that they will make no further opposition to the trolley, and a new Congress will be here more favorable to that system than the present one. In fact, this scheme has been boldly stated to be their plan of future operation.” ——— ee HUMAN NATURE’S SEAMY SIDE. The Shopkeepers Have Special tunities to Study It. From the New York Tribune. Shopkeepers have certain opportunities for studying human nature which are never granted to other people. Yet it cannot be said that they appreciate their privileges in this direction, because it is the unreason- able side of their fellow-mortals with which they are often brought into contact. Not only is an acquaintance of the sort dis- agreeable in itself, but it usually involves what the merchant dreads more—an entry on the wrong side of his profit and loss account. One day last week a man entered one of the large Broadway stores where mea's clothing and general furnishings are kept. He took off the derby het he was wearing and held it out to the salesman who ap- proached to wait on him. “This is a hat which I bought here,” he remarked, curtly, “and it doesn’t fit me at all, Should think the clerk might have known better when he let me take it I want you to give me a new one.” ‘The salesman said nothing for a moment, but examined the article. It did not re- quire close inspection to see that it had undergone a great deal of hard usage. “How Jong is it since you bought the hat?” he asked. “Oh, about three months, I thi: re- turned the customer coolly. “What's that got to do with it?” “Why, look at it!” eclaimed the sales- Oppor- Behe cect ec ert, fs | ae me ¥ bs 1e im worn, ining is soiled, and, besides that, the shape | has-only ¢o. AND THERE'S WHERE We Cann WE INTEND TO STAY. ot Supply ‘EVERY HUMAN WANT, But are creating the biggest sensation ever known in this town by the bargains we are offering in our GREAT SALE OF MENS othing, Hats and Furnishings, Top Coats, Bel | Cort ‘weaves and shad- ings. Not too short, mot too long, but Just THE thing—a happy mdium. Overcoats, yet ~ “sient Casst- $7.50 $10.00 $12.50 meres, Serges, and Tan, serge Mned, Italian cloth Mined ‘and silk ped, Unmatchable vatues. Suits, ™ 7% seems $3.50 manufacturing and selling $3.98 Men's Suits entitles our $5.00 opinion to some consideration, and $6.00 when we tell you with pronounced em- $6.50 Phasis that the prices quoted do not $7.50 represent one-half the value of the $8.75 manufactured garments it should have DQ.O0O weight. $9.50 $10.00 Pantaloons.™= “ ™ $1.50 other garment $1.75 $7-50 about which a man fs 40 partiular. You may please D2+O9 him in Coat, Vest and Overcoat—but $2.50 when it comes to Pantaloons—-There the rub.” We'll undertake to fit and Please the best dresser in the lund— and the price won't make much of a hole in the contents of his pocket book. $2.78 $3.00 $3.48 $3.75 Ouly the newest designs and latest cnt. $4.00 Men’s Furnishings. ™* * o~ Dep'ts w sprang into existence by the touch of a mazic wand, as it were. All the beautiful, u comfortable and ornamental things here dis are entirely new. The foreign goods direct the warehouses of the importers. The domest straight from the manuf: All in ease lote—Underwear, Neckwe penders, Collars, Cuffx, Handkerc eta, Jerseys, Umbrellas—everything which named’ of claiméd as be to the realin of Haberdashery. _, Boys’ Overcoats. Tuy $1.50 mon- $2.50 ings and evenings make them necessary to the health and comfort of your $3.00 ache} midiagliong enpamyy SR of prevention is better than a pound $4.00 of cure. ; : Boys’ Reefers. "=" * $2.25 ow tock $2.50 Just “too cute” in one of these close- fitting, comfortable coverings, which does not interfere with the free use of the We think so and believe that you do, too. $2.98 $3.50 $4.00 $4.50 limbs? > Spits. Coat, Vest and Boys’ Suits. M to Single and Double-breasted $2.00 $2.98 $3.00 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 19 years. Coats. The prices we name are a genuine surprise — couldn't be other. wise ou know—we're given to sant surprises the but people. Boys’ Short- =‘ $1.72 Pants Suits. $2.00 thin $2.50 plain en though otherwise This Hats. das and bour. a Mex this Only shape and ICTOR E. ADLE CLOTHIER, MATTE Seventh Street N. W. 923. R, HABERD 927 Tomprrow’s list of bargain ing prices. ‘" ~* A little fist. Rabuteau’s Famous Almond Meal, for beautifying the complexion, in large jars. Reduced to. Rabuteau's Famous Skin Food, removes freckles and all skin blem- ishea, Reduced to. + Gre. Rabuteau’s Famons Ceratine, de- Re- velops the bust several inches. duced to. Medicines down! Beef, Wine and Iron. RB $1 Warner's Celery Bitters Imported Oline Otis... Wine of Calisaya and Iron, cures chilis and prevents malaria Bailey's Chill Pills, Sure remed; for chills. se eeee sees Cleansiline, cleans everything. S. T. Thomas ss a ae ARPES A It will bring prudent shoppers out in full force. were low in price originally are being sacrificed at next-to-noth- Mertz’s Modern Pharmacy, yCor. uth & F Sts. N. W. 925 Corner Massachusetts Ave. 929. HRA Te ete: ie P. Mertz Assignee Sale. SATURDAY | SPECIALS. attractions is an attractive one. Articles which Bitters. Redueed to... es Sarsapariiia, the king of 6s blood medicines. Reduced o. Queen Aune Lotion. Re sand Myrrh. pers Hale Success, grewth of the hair. r toni Reduced to.. (3 bottles for $14 Cooper's Halr Shampoo, grand hair wash and cleanser. . Extracts Reduced! One lot of Pine Assoried Extracts, all odors. Reduced from 50 The best duced from 5c. to. One lot of Fine Rum. Imported Ba Reduced from Tc. Now: ignec), is last summer's, and is all out of style now. We couldn't sell that. You must have known within a week or so after you got it thatat didn’t,fit you. Yet you wear it around €or thre¢! months, and then ex- pect us to/fhange It, Ivcan’t doit. If you wish to waft until the manager comes in I will refer it to him, but I hardly think it’s worth your w! The customer way iehily indignant. He would not wait, he femarked, atid he would hat si again, either. “ve that man’s trade,” said the salesman to another cu steading nea it can't be helped. He went a little d = “Do you have many cases of that sort?” asked the customer. “Yes, a good many of them. One of the funniest happened this fall, when a man brought us an overcoat which he had bovght five years before. He said the sleeve linings were beginning to wear out, and he didn’t think they ought to do that 80 focn. We put new linings in for him, free of charge. We thought a man with a nerve like that was worth special atten- tion.” It would not be fair, however, to ‘mply that men are the oniy members of society who trouble the shopkeepers in this way. Most dry goods merchants could also a tale unfold if they desired, which would be in every respect a match for that of the clothing dealers. It is by no means an uncommon thing, as the manager of a well-known house told a Tribune reporter, for a woman to order a handsome opera ‘Cloak or fur cape to be sent to her house, and then, after wearing it on the special occasion for which it was procured, bring it back in a day or two, with some excuse for not keeping it. Usually the salespeople can tell by various little indications that the garment has been worn, and some- times the information of its use comes to the shopkeeper’s ears through outside chan- nels. This trick is frequently played by persons who could not afford to buy the article in question, and who apparently consider stealing the use of it more re- spectable than borrowing or hiring from a costumer. and bonnets lend themselves easy to for the customer, so-cailed, dave them sent home “on ap- and then return them when she is ready, with the all-suffictent statement that*they are unbecoming. Not sazistied with this practice of obtaining the use of clothes for herself without paying for (hem, occasionally a woman will go so far as to supply the baby with a christening robe in the same manner. This seeras like stretch- ing the idea a good deal, considering the religious ceremonies at which the stole garment assists, but the economical mother probably belongs to that class who do not believe in “mixing up religion and busi- ness.” It is, perhaps, in t artments where goods are sold by the year that morcna’ lose most by having purchases returned. A woman bought sufficient silk at one store not long ago to make ° price of the fabric ay Some week later she came back, that there had proved to be defe made was absolutely worthless to her. She demanded the return of the pri the silk, and also that the firm should y her what it had cost her to have the gar- made. ment Naturally, the head of silk ed to see the dri and even remarked that he supposed the lady would give that back, as she was to fet its full valu in money. But this aroused her indignation at once. “No, indeed,” she said; “of course, I shall keep the dress. It would be of no use to you.” And rather than lose a wealthy customer, who seldom exhibiled euch ec- centricities, the firm consented io all that she asked. “It pays in nine cases out of ten, old merchant, “to let the women way. We to a good deal of money by it in the course of the year, but not so mech as we should by offending them and driv- ing away thelr patronage.” From Jaaze, “All of Jack's training for the ring seems to have been in vain.” “Why, he made gocd progress, didn't a but new he says he is not going on the stage.”