Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1896, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1896—FOURTEEN PAGES. : Bon Marche, 314 and 316 7th St. one 4c. Candy, gc. Ib. | We don't expect to get any more than cost out of our Candies. You pay for -materioly and making—that's all. Tomorrow we stall offer a delicious mixture, embracing 20 styles of Choco- eee lates, with nuts, cream and fruits, bon bons, caramels, ete., at 19. Ib. @ at: 40e. is the candy store price for equal S ae ee qualities. t ~~ Grand Plillinery Bargain Sale Tomorrow. Lowest Prices Ever Quoted For Hats and Hat Trimmings. Palais me seis $1.00 Silks, $1.25 Silks, . 75c¢ yard for most desirable sary sales. We could a page of The Star about ad a our Millinery and not exhaust the sub- pees ject. All t mons mulliners of both Colored Silks: hemispheres are ented by ioe ; a ‘ t choicest creations. Our line of Hats a ee : Rik ° ‘Trimmings is not to be matched in 75¢ yard instead of. $1, SL25 and Washingten —elther {1 exelustveness— $1.50 for Colored Fancy Silks, in our spcial sale tomorrow us samples Floral Taffetas, Satin Broeades, of ovr underelling abilities. No such Satin Stripe Taffetas. . y rales were ever ¢ffered in Washington tefore: 15C., 25C., ZOC., 49C-, 75C- $1.00 & $1.50 Im= porter’s Samples fancy feather birds, wings, etc., at QC., 1QC., 2o9c. & 4QC. have jast secured from one of est Importers of fine millinery lot of beau- $1 Wool Fabrics, 54 inches wide, Fancy Checks and rough effects. every leading establishment in the U wanted styles and scarcest. colors—f 25c for 50c Fabrics. The Novelty Checks, in blue and white, green and white. correct for waists. . White Laces Black Laces Prices to create tremendous selling. Black Laces. “white, black and most fashto Will be divided in and aaa dune’ oe eae aa ee 25c yard for the Black Silk Bour- don and Chantilly Laces, All 15¢. and 25¢. qualities... QC, | inches wide. 39c to 48c a yard are the heretofore prices. Hoses OCS 75¢. St & $1.50 qualities. 4QC. Special Drives in Trimmings. lition to offering the large ple stock All 39¢. qualiti 38c. Ribbons, 48c. Ribbons, All 49¢. qualiti All inches wide, for only 25c. im- above we a number 10 Per Cent Discoun from our own stock. The prices will One-tenth the amount of your fooaghietavale-atonan es eA ai purchase in the Trimming Dept. is 5c. Black Quills. ec to be returned you. The discount r Black Birds. cee to also apply to trimmings and os- 735¢. Black Parrots....... trich feather boas. | 75c. Green and Blue puallows: -49¢. H ° fi 75 S1 Green and Blue Parrots. ...79¢. 4 $t Merle Wings (a OuSerIurnis 5c. Bik. Ostrich Tips,3 in bunch.17c. 75c. Fine Black Ostrich Plumes..43¢. $1.75 Handsome Long Black Os-| Large portions of second and fourth CLEARIEG Every lady knows ‘these 54-inch Tailor Suitings, English Diagonals, white, black and white, brown and} and Linen Canvas. Zo. The Lace Department will be soon moved to second floor. We are making strenuous efforts to reduce stock this week, and are quoting ZO. The genuine velvet-edge and satin-edge Glace Taffeta Ribbons, 4 | S10, $12. PNAS SALE Royal. We have only this week to create the necessary room for the incoming carfoads of holiday goods, the is to occur next Monday. Thus this present clearing sale of bulky goods. $1.39 Silks, $1.50 Silks. The silk stock is to be rettuced’ to the amount of $10,000 this week. ‘of $1 to $1.50 Silks will create the neces- Black Silks. 75¢ yard instead of $1, $1.39 and $1.50 for Figured Moire Antiques, Fancy Armures, Peau de Soie, Fan- cy Gros Grain, Satin Duchess, Gros Grain and Satin Brocades. in all styles, in all colors, They are the popular $1 fabrics of nited States. Here in all the most ‘or only Soc yard. 2oc for Best Linings. 20c vard for best Fancy Linings Only 12$c for Especially | those often called best and sold at 16c yard. 39¢ quality, 48c quality, White Laces. 25¢ yard for White, Cream and 4 to 8| Butter Point Lierre, Silk Chantilly, Oriental and Applique Laces, 4 to 8 inches wide. New styles. Best styles. yd. All the scarce shades and richest effects. ‘The best quality, usually sold at 38c and 48c yd. The Ostrich Boas. Largest and best stock in town. 36-inch Boas at $7, $8, $9, $10 and $11. Those 45-inch are $7, $8.50, Those 54-inch are $7, $8.50, $10, $11, $12, $13, $15, $16, $20, $25—less one-tenth. hings to Go. Half of the basement floor is to be given up to Toys and Games. floors are also claimed for holiday pete aie andi Gelvee ee goods; thus Housefurnishings have to be sacrificed. 3 in bunch..... Peer eer) Basement Floor. 73¢. Silk and Chenille Braids, yd.23e. 35¢. qin. Glace Taffeta Ribbon, | 95-95 for Brass Table, with onyx | Ward 222 ec csese es .-21c.] top, and Rochester Banquet Lamp,| joulevard Velveteen, yd. ..67c.| with decorated globe. .25 Silk Velvet, all colors Special Display Of New Trimmed Hats by E7This is the bargain of bargains. The table alone is worth $5. You may say that the lamp and globe cost you nothing. $1.75 for $2.25 Gas-heating Stoves, ornamented with nickel trimmings. Easily moved, perfectly safe. Orna- mental and economical. ° 072% for 3-foot step-lndders, light but vers strong. 39¢ for 4-foot, 49¢ for 5-foot, and 59° for’ ]] t ° i ht 6-foot. * Electric Light. ~~ ase <p» As usual we are showing the Tarzest AQC for the 68c “Neverleak” Oval paing Hate Wash Boilers, with cover: Copper j es and Boonets to be found In A iw the city, amd we ure adding new crea- bottom. tions every day, beth from ou own 6730e for medium size Cedar Washtubs, with’ fron hoops; 49¢ for larger size, and 5%c for extra size. work shops end those of the best known manufacturers of Europe and Amerlea. We call special attention to soe very agrivals in Street Hats, including ew pt d black “Horse . s “Bis si (at eae the big $4.75 for $6.95 Dinner and Tea’ cities of the north. “The entire dlaplay Sets of 100 pieces. Floral and foli- w be shown by electric lights to- . motrese, this enabling you to Judge cor- age decorations. rectly of their effect for evening balls, 0731.95 for the $2.75 Tea Sets of 56 pleres., parties, entertainments, ete. You are coctially ftnvited to call and inspect SL ee ee ane the entire line whether you are re eS eee v to buy or not. | Lainorma 3 iy Blankets, Drivesin Hats. Will close out tomorrow 29¢. a lot of Te. and $1 Scratch Felt Hats at 2 ——— Will offer tomorrow those $1.25, $1.50 0731.70 pair for the $2.25 Scotch Wool Blankets and $1.75 Finest Qual:ty —full s'ze and length, red and blue borders, look- French Felt Hats, tn black g5c ing worth more than $2.25. and all colors, at . by = Balarce of oe 8Qc for the $1 Comfortables, filled So tines aa 79C. can best cotton and covered with B O N cheese cloth. MARCHE, 314 and 316 7th St.| a. LISNER ---« Fourth Floor. $1.19 for the $1.48 Parlor Tables, oak, birch and mahogany. Size, 24x24 inches. 57 Only $7.48 for the Merris Chairs, of solid oak. Each with reversible hair cushion. Covered with ‘figured corduroy. 89¢ pair for the $1.25 Brussels-like Lace Curtains. 50 inches wide, 33 yards long. ©7$1.59 pair for the popular $2 Lace Curtains. We have often been told that they are the same as -waually wold for $2. $2.39 pair for the $3 Tapestry and Chenille Portieres. New and beau- tiful designs and colors. €7$1.25 instead of $1.75 for best Table Covers to match—2 yards square; with heavily-knotted fringe. Fourth floor, $2.25 for our $2.98 Rockers—the chairs being sold for $3.50 at the largest furnishing stores. 6793.98 for the $5 White Enamel and Brass Bedsteads. Full double size. Superior in style and mth, Value, $7.50. Weight, 54 Ibs. Note that these blankets are extra’ size and extra weight. The ordi- nary size and weight California Blankets are $3.75, instead of $4.50 pair. ; = ©2798 for the $1.25 Comfortables, covered satine. Like silk, both in design and colors. W filled, with best cotton. bh 1 $1.49 for the $1.98 Comfortables. hese are specially good value at $1.08. Only fifty of them. Hurry. THE PALAIS ROYAL, Gand Eleventh Streets. . HECHT &COMPANY _.pIS Sévésith Street. e tea gowns? .& Wrep ders - & wrép Jers tlairly‘tiew.: At the time of this writing Sy the second © ¢ floors» is-be- sieged with buyers of the $1.56 to $3250 wrappers © for smd 33 Elevator ‘ z $ ae ceNsote = man says hey has carried up near a thousand } persons—and many have used 4 the stairway. . Hundreds realized the.neces~< sity-of coming early. for the.hest $ .& ones, but they really are all best, 3 % for there are but a few in the en ¢tire purchase, that would have 3 eer them are worth $2,50 and $3 ¥ —lot are worth $3.50. You must have tead how we % bought them. Three different ¥ New York makers“let_us have # $their entire stock of all broken’ $ lots at.a, price that. lets,.us. say, 98c. for your choice. No money 4 + were sold for a little as $1.50. Most ¢in it for us, but lots’ of advertis-% Sing ieee & of the ‘tinest “fleece -lined ‘fart + trimmed with ae all_are. trimmed w rut i ; oKe, | Wattean es and widest z nit iwraps & suits? $ —the entire sample line of two of the best American makers went on sale this morning at a third to a half below price. And as little priced as they. are you may have them on easiest weekly -Sackets worth $!.50— lot of fine Ror : Inlaid. velvet col- a@tylish fronts; newest sleeves. — tap: are At 59.50 ar tin Silk Seal Plush €apes and braided all fur; wide swaep. At $5.5a@ worth t quality Salts plain or beaded rimmed with angora Allk Lined. : arts worth $10 and Jot of | Mixed Boucle Cloth. nd! oth s with the best Tinta, bound, and wry! fined. i e a 5 At $12.50 «¢% Covert Chevie®, Roch Bi. Black avd Blane ch Sere joade Suits, ewith wide; skirts, and silk-liged.. Jackets, i uits worth $1 lot of W HECHT & COMPANY, "515 Seventh Street. A California Raises Walnuts and Fine Pampas Grans. From the New York Sun, Mrs. Harriet’ W. R. Strong is a ranch woman of California, where the species flourishes. She is not, however, a horny- handed daughter of toil. On the contrary, she is described as dainty, fragile, shrewd, daring, cordial, gentle-faced. Her step is quick; her voice low and musical. She is an accomplished linguist, a musician, a painter, the president of a faisnionanle ctub, and her pampas plumes‘ dre the finest ir the country: 3 sie Nobody ‘would think of Strong a narrow or one-sided person. Ver. satility and walnuts are her strorgest points. The former has expanded without hindrance. The walnuts haven't done quite so well as they might have if Mrs. Strong hadn't. set out the pampas grass among the trees, but she means-to make that all right very. soon. ‘The puxmpas plants will have to move, but they will be merely transplanted.” It 18 a fact, Without atiy ‘low attempt at punning, that Mrs. Strong plumes ‘herself on her’ stictess’ ‘fi ‘this branch of her ranching. oe Mrs.’ Strong’s husband died” in’ 1888) ‘atia his widow very quickly found: that: her ‘agents were improving their exceptional op- portunities for ‘running the business into the ground. “This is a very easy thing to do with a ranch.-’ She decided, ‘there- tore, to run it herself, arid, aS 1s gener- ally the case when a’ women-takes hold of a business, she got herself well laughed at for her notions.. When: she spent $700 on pampas plants the men of the neigh- borhoad were sp amused. that theysset in the sun for hours together .and had a beautiful time telling each other what a fool a woman was when it came to busi- ness. s They don't dg. .that now,_..Mrs, Strong harvests 300,000 plumes from her twenty- eight acres and sells them for from $15 to'320'a thousand. This is in addition to the walnuts, which are :in-the- same- land. but have been.-somewhat stunted by the pampas. The plumes are gathered.in Sep- tember, and the work has to be done promptly. Sixty-five laborers ‘harvest the twenty-eight acres. The plume grows up in aJong sheath, as‘an‘ear-of corm does, and jt must be cut before this sheath opens, lest the sun spoil the fronds... The plumes are first stelpped- and taken to the-drying placei; If they: are put out in the evening they are white and ready to be taken up by amorning. Then they go to the curing hotese; where they are kept six weeks. eee oid In addition toidhespampas.grass, which is an excellent food for rattle, Mrs. Strong raises. walnuts, oranges. olives and igs. She is president of theAmerican Wainut Growers’. Asscciationl] Sle is interested in irrigation and miningrschemes and has re- cently patented: # reserveir-system: for jm- pounding the debrisuof hydraulic minfng. She thinks it will settle matters satis- factorily both to miners.and.farmers. She has patented a process for damming up and storing water for irrigation, by using the reversed arch. Furthermore, she has a hobby. She dreams of founding an in- stitution where women may learn the prin- ciples of the. sclences: of -business.. She is now the president of a business league, which she hopes-to.see-grow until it ful- fills her hopes. -Altogether, Mrs. Strong ap- pears to be as marvelous a product of the Pacific slope as it has turned out for a long time. - aries calling Mrs. No Bargain in It. From the Detroit Tribune. eS i “Eternal vigilance,” shouted the orator, “4s the price of liberty!” The women electors exchanged. glances. “That is the same price as last year, they remarked, and shrugged their shoul- ders. ~ a The Knothole Nespons From the. Detroit Free Press. Stern father—“Didn't I tell you never to let me see’ you stoning the ash man again, Jimmy?’ = oe Jimmy—‘Well, you wouldn't if Td a- ees ‘there was’ a knot hole in that fence. le. ;}OCEAN TRAFFIC Greatly Increased Exports From Ports in the South. : NEW LINE OF STEAMERS PLANNED Disastrous Effect on New York and Other Northern Ports. SOME FIGURES GIVEN The completion of arrangements by Presi- dent Spencer of the Southern Railway Com- pany for the opening of a line of steamers between Savannah and Liverpool, mention of which was first made in The Star, prom- ises to be one of the most important move- ments made in transportation matters in a long time, and with the completion of great terminal facilities at New Orleans by the Illinois Central Campany seems likely to revolutionize many lines of business throughout the entire country. It is a question in some minds whether, so great have been the strides made re- centiy in the south, eastern seaports, from but excepting Norfolk north and including Baltimore, are not likely to lose in the near future the major portian of their grain and produce export business. The proposed opening of the Savannah- |_ Liverpool line, which is to be inaugurated’ today, has been fcllowed by the mak- ing of preliminary arrangements by the same firm as the one owning the Sa- vannah line, Messrs. William Johnston & Co., to put on lines of steamers from Charleston, Brunswick and Norfolk, thus practically covering all the important ports on the South Atlantic coast. It is under- stood that the object of the railroad inter- ests in making this arrangement with the ship owners and charterers named is to equalize rates through all the South At- lantic ports, which by this is meant that they will be made proportionate to the natural advantages of the ports them- selves, each as compared with the other. Ench Port to Get Its Proportion, It is believed that under this plan each port will have no trouble at all in getting its full proportion of the cotton intended for foreign shipment. “Heretofore,” said a gentleman who 1s conversant with the plans of the Georgia Export and Impori Company, as the new company is to be called, “there have been at times too many ships at some ports and too few at others, and this has sometimes led to a cutting of rates on the part of some of the railroads or shipbrokers, and the consequence w: that the exporter was not always in a position to know what he could depend on, and if it is fixed that these rates are ali equal there will be no trouble on that score.” Of course, the business of the new steam- ship lines will not be limited to the carry ing of cotton, but will extend to gra fruits and produce of all *kinds, n, and to almost every important line of railway in the south, and especially the Souther scuthwert, notably the Southern Pavcitic and to the Hlinois Central, Wabash and cther lines both erst and west of the Mi issippi river, whose lines traverse the m: g- dle west and northwest, advantages which they have never heretofcre enjoyed. Readers of The Star will remember the publication several months ago of statistics which were copied from a report made to the interstate commerce commission by the produce exchange of the city of New York, in wnich the exchange bemoaned the fac that .the trade of that great seaport hac already fallen off to a frightful amount as compared with the amount of traffic car- ied on there ten or fifteen years ago, and appealing to the commission to force the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania rail- way companies to abolish the differential .in. favor of Baltimore, which has been al- lowed for many years, but which, they claimed, was the main cause of the troubles of ihe New York men. Since the date of the report referred to the foreign commerce of New York j has continued to dwindle away. It is be- Heved, however, that the losers have of affairs is as much owing to the extra- ordinary energy which has been recently ample set by President Spencer of the Southern as from the differential com- plained of, and the present indications are that unless New Yorkers and the mer- chants of other cities in the east change their manner of conducting their export business they will sagn have but little of that character of business to transact. Increased Exports in the South. It is stated on reliable authority that from January 1 of the present year to Sep- tember 30 the exports of corn from New Orleans amounted to between 17,000,000 and 18,000,000 bushels. Baltimore was the only port having a higher record, and that was less than 21,000 bushels larger, while for the period named New York's record was but for about 12,000,000 bushels. Merchants in the grain busines regard these figures as having additional signifi- cance when it is recalled that the export movement of corn has been exceptionally heavy, and that the figures of New Orleans indicate an increase of 14,000,000 bushels compared with the corresponding period of last year. It is interesting also to note that New Orleans is this year going actively into the wheat export business. In September the wheat exports amounted to 605,988 bush- els, comparing with only 2,000 bushels the developed in the south through the ex- | | awakened to the knowledge that this state | i] preceding September, while from the be~ | ginning of the year to September 30 the wheat exports amounted to nearly two and a quarter million bushels, against about 708,000 bushels the corresponding period last year,;and during the remainder of the year the percentage of increase promises to be largely increased. at Aside from, grain, the exports at New Orleans show marked improvements in .the matter of lard and tallow. September's ex- ports of lard amounted to nearly 2,540,000 pounds, againsi about 75.000 pounds for the corresponding month of last year, while for the nine months ending with Septem- ber the total was more than 20,000,000 pounds, as compared with about 525,000 pounds for the same monchs of 1895. The September shipments of cotton were nearly 200,000 Bales, an increase of nearly 65,000 bales as compared with the same month of the previous year. In refcrence to what, as above mentioned, the Hlinois Central Railroad Company has done for the port of New Orleans, it.anay be stated that they have completely solved the question of free storage, a problem with which exporters in eastern cities have wrestled for many years, but concerning which they have so far reached no con- clusion. ries Erastus Wiman and a few others. have for several years urged that New York- ers ought to offer to the skippers of the west free storage facilities, but they ‘have not been able to convince, those interested generaliy .that this. would be the proper course to pursue if they would like to sce New York resume her former prestige as the greutest commercial seaport of the United States. Meanwhile the Illinois Central Raflroad Company, whose main lines extend from Chicago to New Orleans, has completed at a cost of more than one million of dol- lars, and opened free of charge to shippers, a series of docks and ar elevator having a frontage of 2,100 feet on deep water, at which. vessels can be boarded direct from the cars. Ss The Cheerfal Idiot. From the Indianapolis Journal. “I wonder why fat people are eo untform- ly good-natured?” inquired the speculative boarder. j “For the reason,” answered the cheerful idict, “that it would take a fat man~s0 much longer to get mad clear througb.” — Her Revenge. From the New York Weekly. 3 Mrs. Shrill—“‘So, you won't get me that new bonnet? Mr. S.—‘‘No, I won't.” Mrs. S.—“‘Very well, then, I'll go to every temperance meeting that comes along, and people will think the reason I ain't de- cently, dressed is because you've took to drink.” REPORT CRITICISED. Mr. Schoepf's Statements Objected to by American Air Power Company. |< sAnother fhteresting point in the general |. Eckington troubles was the filing with the ftourt today of a letter written by Mr. E. }A. Willard, the president of the American Air Power Company, to Receiver W. Kes- “Pley Schoepf. The letter created considera- Lble of a sensation and was as follows: “Having read your report as receiver of ‘the above railways to the Supreme Court of the District ef Columbia, and also hav- ing read the proposals from the Com- vressed Air Company, Joseph H. Hoadley, president, we must protest against your ccnstruction of our proposal and your com- parisons of the Compressed Air Company’ proposals with them as being manifestly Unjust to us. “Our proposal for the experimental equip- ment of one compressed air car designated by you as exhibit No. 2, included not only the motor, trucks, storage flasks and com- pressors, with necessasry piping, as offered by the Compressed Air Company for $6,000, but also included the car body, ‘equippel with the Pintsch gas lighting System annd air brakes, also station supplied with cooling, drying and other air-handling devices, with pressure gauges. charging stands in the car house, air ‘Storage reservoir for the accumulation of air storage in the station, and founda- .tions, erection and instaliation of the en- tire plant, complete and operative for the -purpose designed. Also the cost of cperat- irg, including all labor, fuel and supplies for thirty days. Whereas, by the other proposal, motors were to be delivered f. 0. -b. cars Washington, not including any cost of handling, delivery or erection or opera- ‘tion, and provided that in the case of non-acceptance by you the car body should "be conveyed to them for the consideration ,of $1. : v Equipment for the Two Lines. ‘Our proposal for the entire equipment of the-two.lines with the sixty-car cquip- ment, amounting to $39,000, covered all ‘the experse necessary, and for the service of these two Jines, as our engineer, Mr. E. E. Pettee, went personally carefully over “all the line in Washington, and later dis- cussed the equipment of same with Mr. ‘Todd, superintendent of the road, at the offices of the American Air Company in |New York, at which interview it appeared that a sixty-car equipment wouid be sufli- cient to operate the roads by our system with cars rdpning at the required inter- vais. he sixty cars estimated for in our pro- Pcsal were to be substantially of the style end size of the car furnished for exper: mental rui—nainely, 20-foot box bodies, 2 feet long over all, and would carry sub- stantially the same number of passengers as eighty cars of the size now operated by you, which car bocies were to be furnished by you to the Headley people for equip- inent of the line for $390,000, ‘Your computation that on the bas's of eighty cars our proposal should be esti- “‘Mated at $574,000, is entirely erroneous an Vawerranted, as we would gladly furnish nty extra cars, the plant necessary for their operation, with buildings of brick and iron, and all pipe lines necessary for the different branches, for the sum of $524,- (00 ‘or $0,000 less than your report to the court. “If a comparison of cost is to be made retween our proposal and that of the Com- preesed Air Company, the value of eighty ar bodies with complete fittings, and also the air brakes, should be deducted. Ths Would amount to $x0,000--reducing our e timate to $#H,000, as against $508,000 of the Compressed Air Company. This shows the injustice of your comparison of the two bids as presented to the court b; “In your report you say that: ‘Pu to the instructions given in said order, you have made personal visits of inspection to examine into all systems of compressed air in cperation or under construction in this country.” We are greatly surprised at thi: for the reason that Mr. Todd, superinte: dent of the Eckington road, called on our engineer, Mr. E. E. Pettee, on Tuesday morning, November 3, and said that M Schoept ad run over from Baltimore the evening before, and that they had bot sone up to Harlem and taken a ride on one of the Hardie cars, and also on one of the Hoadley cars, but that they did not have ume ‘to examine either the motor er plant in the Hardie system, as’ Mr Sehcepf returned to Baltimore on the mid. night train, and also thai they failed to cbtain admission into the charging station of the Hoadiey motor, at 14th street, and asked Mr. Peitee if he could get him in- side the Hoadley ‘compressing station, as he would like very much to sce it before he returned to Washington. Mr. Pettec re, plied that his efforts would be of no as. sistance in that direction, as the Hoadley people had pursued the ‘policy from. the Start of debarring everybody. You omit to state in your report time occupied in charging the motor with air erough to make its sinvie trip of a little more than four miles. But as you state in your report that consider- able time is required for charging the Hardie motor, and as this time amounts to less than two minutes to charge the Hardie motor for a sixteen or seventeen-mile run, the time required to charge the Hoadley motor for a trip of one-fourth that dis- tance would be of great interest to the property holders whom you represent, and, it seems to me, should have been stated for their edification. er item in your report is that the Hoadiey cars had no difficulty in ascending a 7% per,cent grade when fully loaded; but as there is no 7% per cent grade on the line where the cars have been trying to operate in a desultory manner, this state- ment is not comprehensTble. I have heard that these cars have had considerable diffi- culty in overcoming a much less grade than 7% per cent, and that in one instance at least they failed to mount the grade with a smail load of passengers, and ran back when part way up, causing consterna- tion. to. those on the car. To state that these Hoadley cars are operating in daily service with intent to convey the idea of a regufar commercial service, such as our cars: have been perfornting for the past three months on 125th street, is not cor- rect. the Hoadley n appointment was made by you as ceiver, im writing, to meet Mr. E, E. F tee, our engineer, in Washington, on vember 2. Mr. Pettee came to Washing- ton in compliance with that appointment and found at’ your olfice that you were absent from town. Mr. Todd visited New York and made a very thorough and care- fulzexamination into the Hardie motor, be- ing afforded every facility for investigation, not-only into the operation of the cars, but also into the methods of compressing, cooling, drying, storing and handling the air, time occupied in charging the cars, method-of: reheatirg, cost of maintenance and cost of operaticn and other details of our regular commercial service for the past three months, during which period the cars have run more than 12, miles and carried more than "0 passengers, ascending @ grade in excess of 7% per cent every trip. But I do not understand your statement that you had persomally in- spected this plant. “In looking over the bids with the court Lmotice among the items enumerated in the bid by the Compressed Air Power Com- pany for the Hoadley motor that there is included a 3,000 horse power station, equip- ment complete. As the bid included eighty cars, and as the receiver states that eighty cars’ equipment is necessary to operate the road, t 3,000 horse power plant would give 3716 horse power per car. What is the reason for such a large installation? A 3,000 horse’ power plant would be sufficient to run more than 100 of our larger cars continuously by our system, and shows a very large reserve. Does it require an in- stallation of 25 per cent more station power percar to operate the Hoadley motor than it does the Hardie motor? Your personal visit of inspection dces not seem to enlight- en the property owners and the court on Uhis~ poit:t. “Your criticisms of the mechanism of our motor are proven incorrect by the actual seryice already performed, and, in fact, the whole tenor of your report is such as to require this protest on my part in jus- tice tc the American Air Power Company, whose system of using compressed air for street car service is the only one that has yet been thoroughly developed to a suc- cess.”” re- ——— On the rorch. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Waggleton—“That’s a fine looking girl you have just engaged, Mrs. aaa ” Briggs—“She's as fine as a fiddle.” re Briggs—“Well, just bear in mind, Mr. Briggs, that you've no ear for music. —_—_—_ce+— His Crippled English. From Harper's Bazar. ‘The lost adjective—Count Le Fraug (rap- turously)—“‘Zere is only vun vord in ze Eenglish language to descr-r-ribe your beauty, Mees Goldrox.” ‘iss Goldrox—“Oh, count!” Count Le Fraug—“And unforchunately I haf forgotten vat eet ees.” <n EASE OF THE TIRE REPAIR. Any Rider May Fix a Puncture With the Utmost Ease. From the Philadelphia Press. & Many new riders, both men and women, are unduly nervous over the fear of pune- turing their tires. The old riders ,never give the matter a thcught, and for two reasons. First, the* perecentage of *pune- tures to miles ridden, with tires of the sin- gle tube variety, is very small; and, sec- ondly, the matter of a repair is so simple that any rijer of average intelligence can go through the necessary operation and avoid the disagreeable homeward journey afoot. For over two years the writer has used single tube tires without a mishap, but, knowing that there were others not so for- tunate, determined to visit a repair shop and see if the operation of doctoring a puncture was as difficult as pictured. He found a beautiful specimen in the case of a horseshoe nail that had entered the tread of the tire, and not only penetrated the opposite side, but had entered the wood rim at least haif an inch. In this case it was necessary to first remove the tire, af- ter extracting the nail carefully with a pair of pliers. This was done by placing it in an oven kept at a temperature of al- most 180 degrees. Only a few minutes were necessary to soften the shellac, by which the tire is attached, and it was care- fully rolled off the rim. The horseshoe nail had left two ragged holes, showing the ends of the fabric, and the first operation consisted of heating a blunt probe red hot in a gas burner and ins: ing it in one of the apertures. This burned the hole clean znd round, and prevented the cut from spreading, as one sometimes Sees a split finger nail scored with a knife. The tire was then inverted and a smali quantity of liquid cement was squirted in- to the aperture. A medium-sized plug, such as supplied with the repair kit, was then forced in with a small pair of rcund pliers: the plug was pulled out and left project- ing half au inch beyond the tire. After working it around so that the ment Would be distributed as evenly as possible over the flange of the rubber patch tire was inflated after the other puncture had been treated in a similar manner. When thoroughly set the plug was cut off flush with the tire and was then ready for use. The reader who has picked up a nail or a thorn ten miies trom home is apt te ask how this benefits him without an oven and @ gas burner and al! the appliances. If you ve your repair kit with you, a patch can inserted without burning the hole, bat care should be taken to allow the cement to set before resuming riding: or, a piece of chewing gum can be fastened on with tire tape, and one will be able to ride home. when a permanent repair can be made as above described. This ease of re- pair is the reason why single tube tires are so popular. the ———_+e-+—____ AN OLIVE LEAF’S MISSION. Its Rejection Followed by Great Events im European History. From the Youths’ Componion While Bismarck was Prussian envoy at Paris he made a short Pyrenean tour, and at Avignon made the acquaintance of a yetng couple named Luning who were spending their honeymoon in that romantic spot. Ore day the three set out together for a drive, but they had scarce themselves in the gram was handed y seated carriage when a tele- Bismarck. It was a mess from King William, summoning him to return to B and assume the post of minister president. The Prussian chamber had rejected the estimates for a reformed army, which was the first conei- ticn of cther reforms, and the king was in despair. Bismarck made no secret of the contents of the telagram, and frankly expressed a hope that he might succeed in reconciling the government and the chamber. But he would not interrupt the drive, and they to went on along the benk of the Rhone until, reaching the vineyards and clive groves, they got out of the carriage for a little stroll, Suddenly Madame Luning stopped, and breaking a double twig from a young olive tree, offered it to Bismarck “May this help you to make it up with ur opponents,” she said. “I will accept half of it,” he answered, gallantiy, returning her a part of the twig. “May the other half, with this rose, bring you, dear madam, constant peace in your happy marrix Four days later he was in Berlin, and there he found the king with his abdication signed and ready. He refused in those circumstances to take office, and when the king asked him if he were prepared to govern against a majority of the chamber he ‘ answered, “¥ without the The abdication was torn up, narck accepted office. It was dur- ing this struggle that the king sai¢ “I can see far enough from + dow to behold your head fall scaffold, and after yours, mine.” slightest palace on the “Well,” said Bismarck, “for myself I catnot imagine a nobler death than that or on the battlefield. Surely, your majesty as captain of a company deserting it under fire “Never!” was the reply, sprang up, ready for action. But the olive leaf had not yet fulfilled its dramatic mission. At his first speech befcre the budget committee Bismarck zed military reform, but only to be met y the objection that it would be much bet- ter for the government to de nd upon moral conquests by the aid of a liberal pol- icy. He took out his pocket book and produced from it a little withered twig. “I brought this olive leaf with me from Avignon,” said he, “in order to offer it to the radicals as a symbol of peace, but I see Lam much too soon with it.” This assurance was met with a sn annot think of and the king and he rou: himself to sterner speec “Germany,” said he, “does not look to lib- eralisin, but to the power of Prus: and Prussia must pull herself togethe as not to miss the favorabie momen Not by speechifying and resolutions can the great questions of the time be decided, but by blood and iron.” And blood and iron decided them. os AND WATCHES. woma An Ohie Girl Learns Watch Making and Goes Into Business. From the ‘w York Herald. Woman invaded a great majority of the fields over which man once reigned alone long ago. Now she has added ene more 20 the list, watch making, and the most shock- ing feature of all—to man—is that she is very clever at it, indeed. Of course, there Fave been women em- pleyed in watch factories for years. That, hewever. is very different from looking after watches in the watch hospital, the jewelry stcre, and meking them as good as "aaa te young woman in Dresden, Ohio, Miss Mina Tingler, who knows all about watches. What is more, she has just received a certificate of membership in the Philadelphia Horological Society. This is an honor of which no other woman can boast. She tells her own story in these words: “Did you know a woman was like a watch, not your well-regulated timepiece but one of those watches that has a char- acter of its own, and unless handled aright quickly gets out of order, and keeps a dozen different times in as many hours? “I got this odd idea when listening to a dy customer to my father complain of the vagaries of her watch, which, subsequent investigation proved, were very much like ber own. Then I wordered if watches did have character, and the first thing 1 knew I was seated at my father's work bench investigating. I became so interested that I proposed to my father that 1 would lke te become a doctor of watches, although I had never before thought of such a thing. “He, seeing that I was persistent in my efforts, at last gave me an old watch move- ment which had fallen in the water and had every wheel in it rusted. I was to clean the watch and take every particle of rust off of it. I suppose my father thought by the time I had finished that I would soon get over the idea of learning the jew- eler’s trade. However, I cleaned the watch up nicely, and from that beginning have gene on til, now I have entire charge of the store, buy all the jewelry and select all my working materials, take an invoice of the stock every year and keep my own books. “I clean watches, but I consider that a very easy task in comparison with other parts of watch repairing. “I like the work for this reason. I al- ways liked something that had life in it. I think the watch has it, for it will soon tell whether one has mastered it or has been mastered by it. The work is scientitic, and has required a great deal of thought ard study by man to get the watch ap to the standard it is today, and one cannot know too much about the work. For that reason I joined the Horological Society of Fnila- delphia, in order to improve myself and get down deeper into the science of hor- oicey.”