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8 THE EVENING 8! ‘AR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1896-14 PAGES. betetotectecteent tion as gift goods. of Couch Coverings anywhere. ours. The “home rule” for Christmas is—give the serviceable. That prompts us to put forward Bedwears for your considera- If you want to be sure of giving value—here you will get it. We are cautious—very. Whatever goes from this store must be fully up to our standard of quality—must sustain our reputation for the “best—cheapest.” We are sure you won't find a more complete assortment We know nobody’s measure of a dollar’s worth exceeds You can’t buy better—nor offer anything better with your holiday greetings—than Bedwear—THIS Bedwear. Seeded tnteteetantetetotetontettitns What Sensibleness Suggests AT PERRY’S Blankets. Don’t buy common Blan- kets—either to use or to give away. There is no satisfac- tion in them. But don’t let price guide your judgment. If you do it will deny yourself the saving on some special offerings we are making. Small prices— but big values. Every size--every famous brand—every weight of Blan- ket you can think of is here. On the second floor now, re- member. You can put these down as bargains— 10-4 All-wool Blankets—$2.85. 11-4 All-wool Blankets—$4.50 and $5. 11-4 Blankets—75 per cent wool— $3.09. 11-4 Blankets, with Jacquard bor- ders—75 per cent wool—$4.50, 10-4 Blankets—$1, $1.0, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $4.50, $4.75 to $6. 11-4 Blankets—$1.50, $1.75, $3, $4, $5, $6, $0.75, $7 and $8. 12-4 Blankets—$5.50, $6 to $12. 13-4 Blankets—$6.50 to $13. 15-4 Blankets—$20. All-wool Blankets— 64x80—414 pounds—$4.75. 65x80-5 pounds $5.00. 72x84—5% pounds—$5.50. 76x84—8 pounds —$6.00. Pure Wool Blankets and warranted not to shrink in washing—72x84—$6.00. Olive Fleece—White and Scarlet All-wool Blankets— 6S8x30—5 pounds— $6.50. T2x84—6 pounds $8.00. 76xS4—7 pounds—$v.00. White Saxony All-wool Blankets— 72x84—6 pounds—$9.00. 7Ex54—7 pounds—$10.00. Mount Hood Blankets— medium weight and all wool— 10-4— $6.00 11-4— $7.00. 12-4— $3.00. 13-4 $10.00. Mission _ Blankets—heavy- weight All-wool California Blankets— 7 pounds—$11. - 9 pounds—$13. 15-4-90x102—11 pounds—$20. All-wool Red Blankets— 10-4—83.50 to $6.50. Gray Blankets— 10-4-$1.50, $2, $2.50 and $3. All Wool $3.50. 114-8250, $3 and $3. All-wool— => ami $5. 12-4-$5.50. Crib Blankets— Regular size—$1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $4, $5 and $5.50. Wrapper Blankets— Gray, with Blue, Brown, Pink and Black border—$2.50. Ten, with Pik, Black and Brown and White borders— $3. Bargains in Sheets and Comforts. Give yourself the best as- sortment to chocse from—we will have the pleasure of show- ing you ours, then. Good taste made them—quality fills them—economy marks them. Brand new effects. White Cheese Cloth Comforts—$1. Figured Cheese Cloth Comforts—$1.39. Silkaline Comforts, figured on both sides—$1.50. Figured Silkaline Comforts, with solid color Minings and ruffles or corded edge, and filled with best quality cot- ton—$2: Extra size Silkaline Comforts, figured on both sides, corded edge, best cot- ton filling—$2.50. Satine Comforts— $1.25, $1.00, $2 to $3. Eiderdown Comforts— Figured Satine, with plain satine itning—#4. Both sides Figured Satine—size 6-6— $5 and $7. Size 6-7—$6. Figured Silk, with fine figured satine lning—$9. Both sides of Figured Siik—$12. Figured Silk Cover, with plain lining and ruffle—$13 to $20. Crochet Spreads— 9-4—Te. and 8c. 10-4—Te., $1 and $1.25. 12-4—$1.50. Marseilles Quilts— 94-$1.75, $2, $2.25 and $3. 10-10-$1.50, $1.75, $2, $2.50, $3, $4, $4.50 “and $3. 11-11-$3 to $8. Satin Quilts— 10-10—$2.50, $2.75, §3, $4.50, $5, $5.50 and $6. 11-11—$3 to $6. $3.50, $4, Micheline Spreads— Blue and White and Red and White— $1 and $1.50. Blue, Red, Pink and Yellow—$2.25. White Cambric Down Pil- lows— 16x16—40c. 18x18—S0c. 20x20—75e. and Se. 22x22—00c. and $1.10. 24x24—$1.15 and $1.40. Lap Robes—the kind you are sure to like—because they are serviceable and comfort- able— and 50c. and 65¢. &, 5.5 to $8. Horse Blankets—only the reliable sort— Mattress Protectors— Size 54x76—$1.75. Size 60x76—$2.00. Size 68x76—$2.25. Lamb's Wool Batting— foc Comforts— Size 27x40—1 pound—$1. Size 76x84—2 pounds—$2. Pillow Cases. And they are bargains— made of good, honest, reliable materials—generous in size. At the regular prices the Senonordeegecantondantondontoriorlocteeteeteteeteete retail cost of the cloth is barely % covered. & At the reductions they are remarkable offerings. Hemstitched Shects— st a Gray, with Blue, Pink and Black $1x9314—T5e. kind for 65e. each. —_ = eS ie 90x93'%—S0c. kind fo. 99¢. each. = 2: eee —— Plain Hemmed Sheets— - % Gray and Blue, Tan and Blue, Gray SOU) joc, Rind roe) be React oa and Pink Figured—$4. Sixae —We. ‘tod for 49c. each, z 9 All-wool—Black and White, Red and Hemstitched Pillow Cases— p White, Blue and White, Pink and 45x36 —15c. kind for 12%ec. each. $ White Plaids and solid Pink—$4.50 54x38%4—25e. kind for 20c. each. and $5. Bess sane Plain Hemmed Pillow $ Italian Silk Blankets— Gee 45x36 —12%4c. kind for 10e. each. = S6e., $1, $1.50, $2 to $6. 54x36 —2We. kind for 15¢. each. = 2 $ I 9 “ z NINTH AND THE AVENUE,” ZS Ectaptisned 1940. $ $ Telephone 995. ae s Fi tete tte te tet tee etoile : SPONGING OUT THE STOMACH. The Use of the Gyromele, a Cartous New Surgical Device. From the New York Tribune. While the latest discoveries in electrical science and chemistry are widely heralded 2 get the Hon's share of praise in the world of non-professional people, the doc- tors of the country are keeping quietly at work devising new instruments and new mechanical appliances to lessen pain and diminish disease. Hardly a month passes but some important improvement is made in American surgical science, and each year shows a Jistinct advance. Often some notable new instrument comes out that solves some long-existing problem. Sur- gery Is the one branch of modern sctence where an Inventor's work avails him noth- ing except fame, for it 1s against medical ethics for a doctor to patent a device or to get pay for meking it. All he can do is to get some instrument maker to put it upon the market and see that his brother physicians share !n its benefits. One of the most curious devices of any- thing In the surgeon's line this fall is the gyromele, a delicately adjusted and novel instrument for sponging out the stomach. It has been possible for many years to wash out the stomach, and the instruments rade for this purpose have reached a high state of perfection. The gyromele, how- ever, has a totally different purpose, and works on a different principle. It Is a sponge at the end of two wire rods which are inclosed in rubber tubes. These rods are flexible as well as slender, and a pa- tient finds no difficulty in swallowing the little sporge, rubber tubes and ail. ‘The tubes and wire rods are just long enough to protrude from the mouth when the sponge has been swallowed and ts rest- fog in the stgmach. It is. of cour cenmeucs just before or then, seeirg that his patient Fe fortably settled, gently twists tha wien hese move the sponge backward and for- ward and with any motion desired. The Process is not only more agrecable to the sick man or woman than the old method of actually washing out the stomach, bu: {t does the necessary work better. ’ The mucous membrane that lines th! tive organ is delicate and tenacio: hold- ing firmly particles of food at certain times, and this soft sponge surface that moves over it accomplishes quickly and even with something of a pleasant sensation what repeated flowings of water may not. An old physician of New York tells how in one case he was obliged to use fifteen gallons of water to wash out a stomach, and how with the final quantity small bits of rice and cther substances were brought up. It ts not intended that the gyromele shail supersede the old washing instru- ment, but that it shall be applied to cer- tain cases. ————_+ e+____ Had the Right of Way. From the Chicage Tribune. The Mother—“Willie, I am sorry to learn that you ran your little wagon over one of the boys next door and hurt him.” The Urchin—“It wasn’t my fault. I told him to get out of the way. My wagon’s got ‘United States Mail’ painted on both sides of it, and it doesn’t have to nobody.” . Nara insertion. The doc- Customer—“You say my size is thirty- eight? Give me a size larger—to allow for shrinking.’ DEFECTS IN LAW Some Pointed Out by Attorney Gen- eral Harmon. HIS ANNUAL REPORT 70 CONGRESS Pacific Railroads and the Anti- Trust Law Considered. LOCAL INSTITUTIONS + Attorney General Harmon today submit- ted to Congress a report of the operations of the Department of Justice for the last fiscal year, inclucing a statement of the business. of the Supreme Court, the Court of Claims and all the federal courts. The total expenses of the federal courts for the fiscal year 1894 were $6,338,416; 1895, $7,002,722, and 1896, $6,675,239. The Attor- ney General expresses his satisfaction at the results, so far as obtained, of the new salary system which displaced the old tee system on July 1 of the present year. The returns, he says, afford striking evidence of the wisdom of the course so long advocated which removes the public service from scme of the common temptations to ex- travagence and abuse. A very large re- duction is shown in every one of the items which would naturally be affected by the fee system. The fees for United States marshals will show a reduction for the year of about $400,000 from those of the Previous year. Other reductions will be made approximately as follows. Fees of Jurors, $215,306; fees of witnesses, $807,07: pay of bailiffs, $94,920; salaries and c: Fenses of district attorneys, $192,042, The report shows that, although there was an ircrease during the year of fifty in the number of cases docketed by the United States Supreme Court, there was an in- crease of eighty-three in the number dis- Posed of. Two Defects in Criminal Law. The Attorney General points out two de- fects in the criminal law to which the at tention of Congress is invited. ‘The first,’’ he says, “is the unnecessary and unfor- tunate confusion of our criminal legisla- ticn. Provisions are constantly enacted to meet special cases. The consequence is that it is often difficult to ascertain which ot two or more laws is applicable to the case in hand. Cases arise which ought to be covered by the law, but are not, and the same offense is visited with various de- grees of punishment not determined by any difference in criminality, but merely by the fact that the various statutes relating to specific instances of the offense were drafted by different men and passed at different times. There is a general statute punishing embezzlement, but there are also many special statutes punishing embezzle- ment in particular cases, and I am not aware that it has yet been settled whether the general statute applies to such cases or not. There are statutes punishing frauds on the United States in many spe- cific cases, and there is a general statute punishing conspiracy to defraud the United States in all cases; but there is no general statute punishing frauds against the United States when committed by one man alone. I think that a new crimes act should be T Passed as speedily as possible which should contain provisions simple, easily under- stood and general in their scope, covering such crimes as those above stated; that a uniform system of punishment should thus be provided, and that as to cases arising in the future the present laws relating to these crimes should be repealed. This work could be easily and quickly per- formed by a commission. “Tae increasing repugnance on the part of Juries to inflict the death penalty, in con- rection with the fact that the law makes no degrees in murder, constantly leads to the entire acquittal ‘of persons charged with capital crimes in cases where the fects proven not only warrant conviction for murder, but oblige the court to charge that they do not permit a conviction for mere manslaughter. This danger to so- clety can be at least mitigated by the es- tablishment by statute of different degrees of murder, with corresponding appropriace grades of punishment. Juries will not then be confronted with the alternative of a verdict which carries the death penalty or a verdict of acquittal in cases where they think the accused guilty of murder, but not deserving of the extreme punishment. Writs of Error in Criminal Cases. “The second defect is the unfortunate re- sult of the present law governing writs of error {n the Supreme Court in criminal cases. Defendants in criminal cases are generally poor. It is hard for them to ob- tain counsel to defend them at home. but it is generally beyond their power to obtain counsel to argue their cases before the Su- rreme Court. While the criminal jurisdic- ticn of that court is now so extensive as to teke up a considerable part of the time spent by the justices in the study of rec- ords and briefs, yet the oral arguments of tkese cases are, largely for the reason above stated, comparatively few. They are mainly confimed to cases against the wealthier classes of defendants, such as smugglers and bank officers. “The questions raised in these criminal cases are for the most part comparativeiy trivial and not of general importance. I think that a transfer of the criminal a, peals to the Circuit Court of Appeals, with the present system of permitting important questions to be presented to the Supreme Court by certification, is highly desirable. “The cases of the United States against Rider and the United States against Hew- ecker,” the Attorney General says, “dis- close another grave defect in our criminal procedure. The decisions are that the statute permitting the Supreme Court to review questions of criminal law upon cer- tificate of division of opinion between the ejrcuit and district judges has been im- pliedly repealed. The court had previously held that there can be no writ of error on behalf of the United States in a criminal case. The consequence is that when a dcubtful point arises in a criminal case there is no way in which it can be taken to the Supreme Court except by resolving the doubt in the first instance against the pris- oner, permitting a conviction, and casting upon him the burden and expense of prose- cuting a writ of error. Formerly, when a question arose on demurrer or motion in arrest of judgment, the judges could cer- tify a difference in opinion. This certificate was submitted to the Supreme Court, which could thus in a cheap and expeditious man- ner dispose of the question. I think that the present state of the law is unfair both to the government and to defendants in criminal cases. I recommend either that the right to certify division in opinion in such cases be restored, or that a writ of error be allowed to the United States upon questions arising on demurrer or motion in arrest of judgment.” Cable Telegraph Injunction, The Attorney General says that last Sep- lember complaint was made to him that certain cable telegraph companies, which have in other countries reached by them a monopoly which would exclude all Ameri- can companies, were about to land a cable on the shores of Long Island. “It was rep- resented to me that such foreign companies, having failed on account of the exclusion of American companies above mentioned to secure authority to land their cables, had resorted to the device of an American com- pany with a small capital, organized and controlled by them, which was merely to lay its cable from our shores out beyond the line of jurisdiction, and thereby furnish @ means of entrance to the foreign com- panies. Knowing that Congress, at its last session, had under consjderation a bill to regulate the landing of foreign cables, and believing that the general sentiment favors the exclusion of companies organized in countries which refuse like privileges to American companies, I deemed it my duty to direct a suit to be brought in the south- ern district of New York to enjoin the con- summation of the plan above mentioned. My chief design was to afford Congress an opportunity to act — the matter before this cable should be .”* On the subejct of the Pacific railways the Attorney General says that the report of George Hoadly, special counsel for the United States, shows that there is no sub- stantial change in the state of the litiga- tion about the Union Pacific raliway and its branches. He continues: ‘The Pacific Railways. “I have grave doubts as to the ability of the government to preserve the present ait- a= uation much longer. J {fn advised that an attempt will be made,tq enforce the gov- ernment’s appearance.in the foreclosure case, with a view of gfving a complete title to the purchaser at thé foreclosure sale. While I believe the‘ position heretofore taken and still maintdined for the govern- ment is the true onenamely, that its ap- pearance cannot be dompbelied, it must be confessed that the cdntention of opposing counsel is at least ‘debatable, viz: that while the government/cannot be sued with a view to recovery aguinst it, it may prop- erly be made a party to suit in equity brought by the holders of bonds issued by its express consent upor property which it has itself reserved a lien. As the only ob- ject of steadfastly keeping the government out of the cases thus far’ has been to secure some favorable solution of the difficult problem presented by its ownership of a subordinate security upon property whose value is generally believed to be insufficient to pay in full any but’ the first mortgage liens, I think that, unless the pending bill be passed and ‘accepted, the govern- ment should endeavor to secure terms for its appesrance in court in the way of an assurance of such bid on the property in case of judicial sale as will secure to it a fair realization of the value of its lien. If this be not done, and the government should be compelled to sue to protect its own interests, or required to appear and set up its claim in the pending cases, the benefit of the position so long maintained may be largely lost.” The Anti-Trust Law. On the subject of the anti-trust law the Atterney General says: “The restricted scope of the provisions of this law, as they have been construed by the courts, especially in the case of the United States vs. E. C. Knight Company mdkes amendments necessary if any effec- tive action is expected from this depart- ment. Besides, the fund at the disposal of the Attorney Gencral which can be «p- Plied to the investigation, preparation and Prosecution of cases under this law 1s wholly inadequate. “Many complaints have from time to time been made by private citizens and others of combinations in restraint of trade and commerce and of alleged monopolies. 1 have caused to be investigated, as well as the means and force at my command Permitted, such of them as seemed likely to come within the scope of federal au- thority over interstate trade and com- merce, to which alone it extends. The cnly case, however, in which sufficient evidence was discovered to justify action was that of the Joint Traffic Association of ‘Trunk Line Railways, against which a bill was filled by the United States January 9, 1896, in the circuit court for the southern district of New York. Although the case was ably prepared and presented by Mr. Wallace Macfarlane, United States attor- ney for that district, under my supervision, the court, Judge Wheeler presiding, dis- missed the bill, holding that ~he articles of agreement of the association were not in violation of the law. The case is now pending in the circuit court of sppeals for the second circu! and will soon be argued. The case of United States vs. La Compaignie Francaise, &c., is also to some extent affected by this act. “The case of th2 United States agt. the Trans-Missour! Freight Association, con- sisting of eighteen railways west of the Missouri river, which was brought in the district of Kansas to enjoin a contract and combination among these companies to maintain rates of freight, was decided against the government in both the circuit court and the circuit court of appeals, one Judge of the latter court dissenting. The case is now pending on appeal in the Su- preme Court of the United States, and will be argued about the time Congress assem- bles. The circuit court held in this case that the law in question does not apply to railroads, chiefly on the ground that they are exclusively regulated by the inter- state commerce act. The circuit court of appeals, without directly passing upon this qui ion, held that the action of the rail- way companies was not in violation of the act of July 2, 1890. The claim that the act does not openly apply to raiiroads is urged with confidence in the briefs of counsel now on file in the Supreme Court. While I maintain the opposite view and feel con- fident of its correctness, the fact that such a question can be raised, and has already been raised successfully In one court, af- fords an instance of the indefiniteness of the terms of this law, which is a serious obstacle in the way of its prompt enforce- ment.” ‘The Attorney General makes the’ follow- ing reference to local institutions under his supervision: The District Jail. The jail in the District of Columbia seems to be in excellent Condition, and its man- agement satisfactory. The prisoners are well fed at a moderate cost, and the total expense of conducting the institution has not been increased. , 1 again invite attention to the necessity for additional accommodations for female prisoners, the present quarters being wholly inadequate. Repairs are also re- quired in order to preserve the jail wards. This can be effected by concerting a sulli- cient space at the base of the walls, and the work should be done as seon as possi- ble. I recommend an appropriation of $1,500 for these purposes. I mention again the advisability of a wall around the jail. This improvement has been recommended in former reports, and I think that the additional security it would afford should no longer be withheld. During the year ending October 1, 1896, 3,202 prisoners were committed to the jail, with a daily average of 308. The Reform School. The report of the board of trustees of the reform school of the District of Columbia shows that at the beginning of the 1. fiscal year there were in the school 221 boys; there were received during the year 107, a total of 328, as against 313 for the previous year. Sixty-seven of those re- ceived were committed by the Police Court and eight by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, eighteen by United States courts outside of the District, and fourteen by the president of the board of trustees. There were discharged during the year eighty-nine by order of the trustees, four- teen by expiration of sentence (United States courts), two by order of court (change of sentence), one by pardon and four escaped and are still absent, leaving in the school June 30, 1806, 218. ‘There were no deaths during the year, and the general health of the inmates has Leen and is good. In last year’s report 1 said: The trustees say they have been for years of the opinion that the discharge from the school shouid be limited, not absolute, and that Congress ‘“‘should be asked to provide by legislation for such control by the board of trustees cf the boys after dis- charge as will enable it to reclaim ard return to the school any boy who, by his bad conduct, shows himself amenable to recommitment.” They state that a bill on the subject was favorably reported to the House of Representatives at the first session of the Fiftieth Congress, but was not acted upon. I think the suggestion of the board is a good one, and repeat my recommendation of last year that Congress teke action of Spprove also of the board’s views as to the use of the boys’ time and the exten- siun of the school’s instruction in handi- crafts and manual traning. Reform School for Girls, “The reform schoo! for girls of the District of Columbia, built to accommodate only twenty-seven Inmates, was opened on No- vember 4, 1898. Sixty-two have since been received at the institution, forty have been released as reformed or have been appren- ticed,five have been returned to the school— three by the board of children’s guardians and two by persons to whom they were ap- prenticed. “The report of the president of the board of trustees shows the condition of the school at the end of the last fiscal year. Since that date a new superintendent has been appointed who appears to be very capable and enthusiastic in her work, and ready to devote all her energies to the wel- fare of the institution. The failure to secure these qualities in previous superintendents has caused much trouble and annoyance. “The recommendations made in the report meet with my approval. I urge that Con- gress enlarge the school, appropriating $50,- 000 for a new building, which will enable the school to care for more inmates at very little increase of expense. The growing population of the District has made the school entirely too smal. “On October 28, 1895,the board of trustees appointed a treasurer of the school, which appointment was confirmed by the District Commissioners on December 18, 1895, on condition that no Mability for the salary of said treasurer was to be incurred until an appropriation should be made therefor An eppropriation of $50 month from Jj ‘was made by present the by uary 1 to June 30, 226, 236, ngress for this purpose. At has no compensation, and I recommend that an appropriation of $50 a month be at once made. “The school is not a charitable institution, and I again suggest that it be placed in the District appropriation bill under the head of reformatories and prisons, and not un- der the head of charities, where it has al- ways appeared. “I believe it to be for the interest of the school that the appointments made by the board of trustees should be confirmed or approved by the Attorney General, and not by the Commissioners of the District, as at present. This would avoid delay, and would place the school in the same relation to the department as the reform school. I can see no reason for any distinction, and its existence gives rise to unnecessary trouble and incenvenience. Potomac Flats Litigation. “At the date of the last report the testi- mony under the order of reference to as- certain the compensation to be paid to the owners of portions of squares 63, 89, 129 and 148, over which the tide ebbed and flowed at the time the wark of reclamation began, has been taken and submitted. The court hus now acted and reported to Con- gress, under date of March 2, 1896, as pro- vided in the third section of the act author- izing the proceedings. Certain parties whose claims are classified and described in the report of the attorney in charge have appealed to the Supreme Court ‘the United States.” “, a ¥ AN EDITOR FIFTY YEARS Eminent Men Paid Honor to Alexander K, McClure. Gov. Hastings of Pennsylvania Pre- sided Over the Banquet—Progress of Journalism Pictured, Eminent public men from many cities sat round the board at the Hotel Walton in Philadelphia last night in honor of Col. Alexander K. McClure, editor of the Phila- delphia Times, who yesterday completed his fiftieth year in journalism. Gov. Hastings presided and the event was made notable by the presence of Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson, General Miles, Commodore Mel- ville and many Congressmen. The newspaper world was represented by a large out-of-town contingent, among whom were Murat Halstead of Brooklyn and Gen. Felix Agnus of Baltimore. The proprietors and editors of all the Philadel- phia newspapers were also present. When the speechmaking began Governor Hastings briefly reviewed Colonel Mc- Clure’s career from boyhood, dwelling upon his early struggles and his achievements in journalism, politics and literature. Colonel McClure followed. He said: Col. McClure’s Address. “Mr. Chairman: I cannot express the measure of my grateful appreciation of this imposing greeting, so exceptional alike in welcome, in numbers and in distinction. I accept it as a tribute to the matchless progress made by our newspapers during the present generation rather than a per- sonal tribute to an humble member of the rrofession, whose half century of editoriai labor furnishes the occasion for leading men of state and nation to pay homage to American journalism, now the great forum of our free institutions. “The duties and responsibilities of jour- nalism are largely defined by their envi- ronment, and there may be fitness on this occasion to refer to the political, business, social and moral conditions under which the Juniata Sentinel was founded fifty years ago, in contrast with the greatly changed conditions which confront the journals of today. The people of Juniata county were of a well-to-do class, adapted to the primitive condition in which they lived. The enervating blight of luxury and the despair of pinching want were strang- ers in their midst. They velieved in the church, in the school, in the sanctity of home, in integrity between man and man. Christianity was accepted by them as the common law, sincerely by many and with a respect akin to reverence by all; and that beautiful humanity that springs from the mingled dependence and affection of rural neighborly ties, ever taught that the bruised reed should not be broken. “The most satisfactory newspaper work I have ever done, I mean the most satis- factory to myself, was during the first few thenths after I founded the Sentinel. There was pardonable boyish pride in seeing my name given with prominence as editor and proprietor, and the reading of my own editorials was as soothing as the soft, sweet strains of music on distant waters on summer evening time. They were to my mind most exquisite in diction and logic, and it was a source of keen regret that they were so ‘cabined, cribbed and confined’ within the narrowest provincial lines, whereby the world lost so much that it greatly needed. I knew that there were others, like Chandler, Gales, Greeley, Rit- chie, Prentice and Kendall, who were more d heeded, but I was consoled by the ‘able reflection that entirely by reason of fortuitous circumstances they were known and I was not. Then to me my life was a song with my generously self-ad- mired newspaper as the chorus. There came rude awakenings, of course, from those blissful dreams as the shock of edi- torial conflict gradually taught me that journalism was one unending lesson iv a school that has no vacations. The Village Editor. “I have pleasant memories also of the intimate personal relations between the vil- lage editor and his readers. Most of them were within a few miles of the publication office, and all the influences of social, as well as political ties were employed to make them enduring patrons. With many ot them the question of sparing from their scant income three cents a week for a courtry paper was one that called for sober thought from year to year, and it often required a personal visit and earnest im- portunity to hold the hesitating subscriber. I well remember the case of a frugal farm- er of the Dunkard persuasion, who was suf- ficiently public-spirited to subscribe for the Sentinel tor six months to get the paper started, but at the end of that period he had calculated the heavy expenses of gathering the ripening harvest, and decided to stop his paper for awhile. I need not say that he was enthusiastically confronted with many reasons why a man of his in- telligence and influence should not be with- out the country newspaper, but he yielded only to the extent of further considering the matter with his wife. He returned in a few days and spread sunshine around the editorial chair by saying that his wife had decided to continue for another six months, as the paper would be very handy in the fall for tying up her apple butter crecks. Old Philadelphia Journalism. “It should be remembered that while Philadelphia had then two journals of na- tional fame, under the direction of such accomplished editorial writers as Joseph R. Chandier and Morton McMichael, there was not a daily newspaper in the city or in the state that had a circulation of 5,000, ex- cepting only the Ledger, then a penny journal, almost unknown outside of the city. Even the New York Tribune and New York Herald, then relatively quite as dis- tinguished as national journals as they are today, did not have a daily circulation of over 15,000. There are several daily jour- nals, now published in Philadelphia, each of which circulates more newspapers every day than did all the great dailies of New York and Pennsylvania combined fifty years ago. There were then successful benny papers in New York and Pittsburg, as well as Philadelphia, but the penny journal of that day was only a local news- paper in its way, and was unfelt as litical factor. mee Journalism of the Present. “Contrast the business, political, moral and social conditions as they confronted the local journalism of that day with the busi- ness, political, moral and social conditions which confront the journalism of this great city today, and none can fall to appreciate the greatly magnified duties and ré l- bilities of the journalist of this age. In this city of brotherly love, with the high- est standard of average intelligence in any community of ike numbers of the world, and the only great city to be found on the continent that is distinctively American th its policy, how sharp is the contrast be- tween the civilization met by the Juniata Sentinel fifty years ago and the civilization ied ates by the Red Ticket BAUM’S. . Tomorrow is Red Ticket Day—and the store is bright with She. corner is crowded with bargains for tomorrow- thé holiday season. The little list at wcioes below shows the ey entire truth of our assertions—come early. Every, vatues—merely hints at much that will Come and Prove the entire Department. {Underwear Dept. Children’s AN-wool Ribbed Vests, small sizes only. For Friday, d5C- Ladies’ Lisle Thread Hore, Richelieu ribbed, in. black and col tops. price, 35c. For Friday, 25¢. 5c. For Children’s Ribbed Hosa that sold for 12%c. 20¢. For Men's Natural Wool Un- derwear, shirts or drawers. Regular price, 50c. For Fri- day, 29c. garment. 69¢. For $1 Fancy Embroidered Suspenders, in glass boxes, suitable for Christmas gifts. Boxes soiled the reason for the price. Muslin Under- wear Dept. 5c. For Corset Covers that were 12%K4e. 268c. for $1 Skirts. Ladies’ Black Sateen Quilt- ed Skirts. Were $1. For Friday, 68c. 4—$3.48 Children’s White Elderdown Coats. Sizes 1 to 3 years. For Friday, $1.38. ‘Cloak Dept. 69g¢. For Ladies’ Wrappers, made Fs Sa ar Soetonteisestenteatoe 4 of dark outings and per- x cales. Were 98. For Fri- & day, Oe. % 7 Ladiés’ Figured Mohair Skirts thet sold for $2.50. Yor Friday, $1.59. CHAS. Hee Soeteesestonts 416 Seventh Street. RED Ti Tt DaX tomorrow greatest shopping event of the Week always. Day at Il the Christmas in anticipation of Magnitude of the cur shopping of unusual interest. Visit the Book 89C. . For Ladies’ Fancy Plaid Waists, with velvet collar and lined throughout. Reg- ular price, $1.25. 34¢.for $1 FeltHat Ladies’ Felt Hats, in the Rewest shapes, with velvet or wire edge. Rezular price, For Friday, 34c. Games for Xmas. All 20c. Games. I5c. An 2c. Games... IDC All 50c. Games... All $1 Games... 85c. We have the Eames—Mother Goose, - Senger Koy, King's Merrymakers, etc., ete, §rea: variety. Books for Xmas. 1,000 Cloth-bound Books by popular autbors—on good Paper —clear type. 4c. Xmas price. 1,000 Handsomely Bound Rooks for Boys and Girls, 20c, One lot of small vols. of popular authors. A cee 5-vol. SETS, bound in half Russia — worth treble the money. Wandering Jew, © vols.)...0.0.0-- 75C. Leather Stocking Tales (5 vols.)..... 75¢- ‘Gooper’s Sea Tales © vols.) 15% Macauley’s Hi tory of England © vols.)........... 250° Well printed from new, large type on good paper. A lot of Fancy Xmas Cards —slighily — handled—greatly reduced—from 1c. up. Handy Volumes. Publisher's price, $7.50. Fifteen volumes, bound io red aon $2.50 Shakespeare—complete set, Bibles. Large-size BI- haar = bl. Mo- $1.25 Children’s Books. 1 lot Mustrated Gutta’s Books........ 4» BAUTII, RP PR AR RRA ISSA | SoeLoedontoaceatessontortorgondondertoatestortodordondontonseatostostorsoedordestestestoatestostestosondosieatesiesioetoste esteesioniesientestestostesiostesieg wealth without earning it, are a constant menace to the social order and the safety of person and property, and demand the utmost vigilance on the part of the faith- ful public journal. Continued _ political power under all parties becomes corrupt and demoralized, and it is not uncommon for apparently reputable political leaders of all parties and organized crime to make common cause for public plunder.” Change in Conditions. “The business and social conditions are also radically changed, and with these the fearless journalist of today must deal with courage and fidelity. From what was many years ago regarded, and with some reason, as the license of the public press, has grown up the well-defined duty of reputable journalism to mainiain with dignity and firmness its mission as public censor, and today in Philadelphia, as in all the leading centers of the country, American journal- ism is not only the greai educator of the people, but it is the faithful handmaid of law and order and of public and private morals. Like all great callings, from which even the sacredness of the pulpit is not exempt, there are those who bring per- sistent dishonor upon journalism and per- vert its powers to ambition and greed; but discounted b yall its imperfections, it is today the greatest of our great factors in maintaining the best attributes of our civil- ization and preserving social order and the majesty of the law, and the duties of the journalist of today in our great cities have reached a standard of dignity and magni- tude, of which even the wildest enthusiast of fifty years ago could not have dreamed. The Journalist’s Duty. “Charged with the highest of civil trusts in the most enlightened government of the earth, the editor must be honored or dis- honored here by the measure of his fidelity to his exceptional duties, and must be so judged in the hereafter, when the narrow pathway of life that divides past and fu- ture eternities has been traversed. We come when bidden, we know not whence; we go when bidden, we know not whither; but each and all have duties to themselves, to their homes, to their country and to the common brotherhood of man, which when performed with the faithfulness that hu- man infirmities will permit, must greatly brighten the brief and often fretful journey from the cradle to the grave. Friends, in this evening twilight of my journalistic work, so sweetly mellowed by the smiling fates, young and old, about me, I answer your generous greeting with the gratitude that can perish only when the gathering shadows shall have settled into the night that comes to purple the better morn. Charles Emory Smith followed Col. Mc- Ciure, and after a brief eulogy of the guest of the evening, introduced Vice President Stevenson, who paid an eloquent tribute to the editor. + The Vice President closed by saying that Col. McClure’s speech was the most mag- nificent he had ever heard from human lips. ‘Majon General Miles devoted himself to the proposition of the pen’s superiority over the sword, as exemplified by the present sion. Carl Schurz detailed reminiscences of his earlier acquaintance with Col. McClure, whem he first met during the Lincoln cam- paisa. Senators Secretary of Agriculture Morton, Hawley and Vilas, Representatives i venor and John K. Cowen, Murat pant ~ and other distingu:shed speakers fol —— L. Letters of regret were read from _— dent-elect McKinley and Mr. Hobart. Am- bassador Bayard and Henry Irving, as ——_—_-2-___ A MEXICAN NEW WOMAN. Thoroughly Capable and Pe Garetal Raflroad Station Agent. From the Chicago Chronicle. ‘There are many things of interest along the Hne of railroad between Puebla and Oaxaca, Mexico, but few attract the north- ern traveler more than the station agent at dark a young woman in white, for Senorita Concha dresses to match her surname, stands at the door of the express car, lan- tern in hand, checking the packages on the big receipt book. When the freight train stops she flits in and out of the long line of cars, telling the brakemen what to take and what to leave.She is from one end «f train to the other, seeing that no misia are made. The bareheaded girl in a whi dress is full of business. She wastes no time on empty words. The trainmen re- spect her. She does everything about the station but handle the baggage. There are plenty of stout Mexicans of the other hanging about for that work. Concha Bianca is so well esteemed by management of the road that she has been twice promoted, until now she has one of the most important stations under her care. She does all the telegraphing, be~ sides attending to the recelving and ship- ping of freight. It was her knowledge of telegraphing that got the her first recognition. Her fa* anc two brothers were operators. She learned to use the key. A station was given to her where there was not much to do be: the telegraphing. Her aptitude for r: | road work attracted the attention of eral Manager Morcom and the promotion followed. Concha Bianca lives in the sta tion. Her mother keeps house for her a a younger sister sits at the telegraph learning the vocation of the new woman in Mexico, The conductors have got in the way of pointing out to travelers Senorita Concha along with the ruins of the ancient city on the mountain top, the site where the battle of Tehuacan was fought, the hierogtyphics on the cliff at the entrance to Rio Salada canyon and other objects of interest. the From the Chicago ‘Times-Herald. About half a century ago a queer re- ligious impostor of the Schweinfurth stripe invaded the southeastern part of Ohio, and for several months created a great deal of excitement throughout that section. Sey- eral well-to-do farmers gave all their earthly possessions to the new “messiah,” and he soon became the center of quite a large colony of deluded foliowers. One moonlight nigkt in June the “mes- siah” was sitting in the veranda of his Ohio “heaven” smoking a pipe—for he consid- ered it not beneath his dignity to enjoy the pleasures of this life as he went along. A shrewd, hard-headed old farmer who lived a mile or two down the road came shutting up the walk, and, respectfully doffing his straw hat, said: “Good evenin’, mister.” “I salute you, brother,” responded the “messiah,” without rising from his seat or ceasing to send the tobacco smoke upward. “You'll excuse me, mister,” continued the old man, “but my folks We taken quite an interest in you, and my wife is dead set on standin’ right by you through thick and thin.” “Amen!” ejaculated the “messiah. “Now, see here,” added the farmer. “I’m a good deal worried about this thing, and I want you to give it to me straight.” “Yea, verily, brother, that will I do,” re- plied the smoker. “Well, how about all this, anyway? Is it true that you can perform miracies—turn water into wine, heal the sick, walk on the water, and do such things as that?” “Yea, verily. ‘You ain't joki: ‘Nay, brother.” gh am can really do it—no mistake about it?” N: the boys are gettin’ together now, ond they'll be up here in a few minutes. If you're dead sure t