Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1896, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR,‘‘TUESDAY,~DECEMBER 15, 1896-16 PAGES. MUNYON’S BiG DAY His Offices Crowded from 8 inthe Morning Until 8 O'Clock at Night. SH] FREE. PRESGRDTION Lawyers, Ministers, Bankers, Judges, and Prominent Business Men Among the Throng. ALL ANXIOUS "0 GE? WELL His Visiting Physicians Kept Busy Attending the Sick at Their Homes. The public will receive the best medi- cal attention from the it skilled doctors either at the office, 623 13th street northwest, or at their homes without a penny to pay. No money is received for ex: tion, ne money is received for ad- vice, no money is received for medi- cal attention either at the office or at your homes. A postal card will bring one of Mun- yon's Specialists to the bedside of any sufferer. The doctor will write you 2 prescription for the remedies yeu need, which can be obtained fro ny druggist, mostly for cents a vial. CATARREA POSITIVEL CURED. Prof. Mury n and his staf with a warm ds that found thet show the great p of specialists have cloome in) Washing. ton. way to his wlarity puuded faith they has fees fe nedies, vesterdity and e sugar pellets, they would be ry professor's Hheral res must inspir 4 stimulate the sick om the-read to re- w the professor sald: ‘it is ms » Washington the largest Hical Institation in the efty ublic—where ¢ uarantees that his Dyspepsia Cure se of Indigestion or stomach tron Hi demonstrate by this test that 90 per ent of all Kindney complaints, inciuding Bright's dle cu be cured with my Kidney Cure. I continued the professor, “that my Catarris Cure will cure eatarrh of the head, throat and stomaca, no matter how chronic or long standing. I will prove by this test that deafness can be curd by my new system of treatment. I will show that nerve ections and diseases of the heart are trolled and cared by my Nerve and Heart Cure. I will prove that my Cold Cure will break up any form of in a few hours. I will convince the most skeptical that my Headache Cure will cor- rect any form of headache in from three to ten minutes and that it Is a splendid stomach and heart tonic. I will guarantee that my Asthma Oure and thma Herbs taken according to di tiens will relieve any case of asthma in five min- utes aud cure in a few days. I claim that my remedies for Female Complaints and echillren’s dis- eases are positive cures, and should be in every home. I will prove to the medical faculty that my Temedics sre absolutely harmless; that they will cure more than 90 per cent of all diseases,’ ‘Thus it will be seen by these statements that Prof. Munyon does not claim to cure all diseases with one rerwdy, but he has a separate cure for cach disease. MUNYON'S ECTRIC MACHINE. Cures Paralysis, Stiff Joint: win, Nervo Diseases Muscular Pains. © Success of the Statical Electri- cal Machine has been beyond the wreatest expectations. Hundreds have tested It. Pains and aches disappear as if by magic. Stiff Jeints become a thing of the past. Rheumatism, Lumbago and Sciatica relieved in three minutes, ‘The nerves are made strong. The electrical shower drives out headaches and clears the head. The brain-weary are invigorated and given new energy. Stiflimbed bieyele riders fixed up im three min- utes. For female complaints or for diseases pe culiar to women there fs nothing known in med “iene» that gives such immediate and permanent relief. Nu disrobing necessary. Nervous and broken- dewn women are made to feel strong and buoyant after five minutes" treatment. In fact, no pain er ache can withstand the wonderful power of this kreat agent, when use@ ia connection with Mun- 30a"s Linproved Homoeopathic Remedies, ‘The professor invites physicians to bring their alled cases; faculties of colleges are ‘rvited to appolut investigating committees; the health Is urged to keep a careful record of each individual case. Newspapers are expected to make daily reports aud pudlish facts of this great test The doors dre open—all are weleome. 623 13th st. nw _ A Beautiful and Useful Christmas Present. We have just received s large assortment of Italian aud French Tortotse Shell Combs and Plan 4m aie Intent Genlens, ‘foést stock ever displayed ii ington. We are sito selling # tot of AU Long Human Switches at great bargeins. ard $300 Switches reduced to $1.50. 09 Switebes reduced to 50. OO Switches reduced 5.00. Gray and_White Halr reduced in same proportion. Time. Siccardi, 11 Tith st., next to Pxlals Royal. for hairdress! bourd A little girl “ITHE BILL PASSED Action of the House on the Morse CHAIRMAN BABCOCK’S OBJECTIONS It Should Have Gone to the Dis- trict Committee. MR. MORSE’S DEFENSE When The Star’s report of the considera- tion of the liquor bill in the House closed yesterday afternoon, the proceedings were at that stage where Mr. Babcock and Mr. Morse had each been granted ten minutes in which to discuss the. bili Mr. Babcock said that the pending meas- ure was entirely local to the District of Columbia, but that no member of the Di trict committee, or any one of the Commis- sioners—indeed, no one having jurisdiction ¢ver the subject matter of the bill—had any knowledge of the proposed legislation until it came up on the floor of the House under the call of committees, when it was called up by the committee on the alcoholie liquor traffic. Mr. Babcock said that ail copies ‘of the bill, even, had disappeared from the file rooms and he had been una- ble to secure a copy in the Capitol. The b'll had been submitted last Satur- day to the Commissioners, who were asked for an opinion upon it. They said that they knew nothing about this legislation, and in a later statement said that the Com- missioners had not been requested to re- Fort upon the bill until this time. Mr. Babeock's Objections. Now there are many good things in this bill, and many things that are objectiona- He,” said Mr. Babcock, “but the fact is that the committee from which this bill emanates has no more authority to bring lefore the House legislation of this kind than to present legislation for the great state of New York. Specifically the rules determine what committee shall handle Dills of this kind, and had I been present at the time this bill was called up I should have made the point of order and asked that it be referred to the proper commit- Mr. Babcock sald that under the provis- ions of this bill a school house can be buili within 400 feet of property which has ac- quired a vested interest, or a church can te built, and the owner of the property at cnce driven from the location and his busi- “ess utterly ruined. The House decided two y ge that it would recognize priority in such matters. It provided that no sa- loon should be hereafter established with- s 400 feet of any church or school house Iready in existence. That was practically unanimous opinion of the House and Senate, and I have seen no reason tever for changing it since that time. nother provision embraced in this 400- lause is worthy of consideration. The that the 400 feet shall be nearest track or path of crdinary travel. This bill does away wita provision, and you can measure direct- ly through the block or square, and in that reduce the distance and bring the sa- foot law provides measured by ithin the 400-foot limit. For in- ce, a hotel may be located, we will say, the east side of a block. and directiy , on the west side, a school 2 ablished. Measured through the block the distance between them preba- y would be only 200 feet, although by the course of travel the distance would he 500 feet or more. This bill would up many hotels and many business that character that are now in . and that are in no way objec- to the residents in the neighbor- jinary His Real Contention. A “Do I understand the gentleman's con- tention to be that the saloon should have the vested and prior right as against the ?” asked Mr. Hev- church or school hous burn. “No, sir; that is not my contention. My contention is that the House has already voted—two years ago—that the people liv- ing there and doing business in this man- ner had a vested right in the property, and that no such legislation should be enacted as would practically confiscate the prop- erty, so far as these parties are concerned, by a newly built church or school house. It did provide that no saloon should hereafter be estaBlished within 400 feet of any church or school house then in existence, when newly established. “My motion is that this matter be com- mitted to the committee on the District of Columbia, to investigate the questions in- volved, and that some hearings may be had on it, and that it may be discussed and con- sidered section by section. As I have stated before, it is the only committee of the House having jurisdiction of the subject- matter involved, and I hope that the House will not act upon so important a matter without having {t first duly considered by the only committee having proper jurisdic- tion over it.” Mr. Morse Defends the Bill. Mr. Morse then addressed the House in defense of the bill. “Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman from Wis- consin will kindly turn to the bill in ques- tion, he will see that both sections to which he objects have been stricken from the orig- inal bill by the committee reporting the bill. That seems to answer his objection pretty well. Now, Mr. Speaker, I may be per- mitted to say to the House that for one I am pained, as are the temperance and Christian people of this city, and have been pained during my service of eight years upon this floor, to witness the attitude of the distinguished gentleman from Wiscon- sin (Mr. Babcock), the chairman of the committee on the District of Columbia, to- ward the saloons, billiard rooms and va- rious other agencles and things affecting the morals of the people of this city.” “Will the gentleman permit me a mo- ment?” asked Mr. Babcock. “I decline to be interrupted,” said Mr. Morse, who then continued: “He says that this action of the commit- tee in reporting the bill was done in secret and in the corner. I beg to state to this House that the bill, if I am not mistaken greatly in my recollection of the matter, was printed both In The Star and the Post of this city within a year, and undoubtedly was largely discussed by the people of the District. Originated With the League. “This bill originated with the Anti-Saloon League of the District, and I am here to say that one of tke Commissioners of the District, Mr. Truesdell, was present at a large mass meeting held here a few nights ago, and in the very warmest terms com- mended the action of this organization for the enforcement of law in the District. 1 claim, therefors, that by inference he com- mended this bill, because, as I have said, it originated with the Anti-Saloon League, and H® must have been familiar with its proyisiors, because it has been published in_ the newspapers of the District.” Mr. Morse entered nto a detailed descrip- tion of the bill. In clesing, Mr. Babcock said: “I think if this House needed ‘any proof that this bill cugbt not to pass in its present condition, the remarks of the gentleman from Massa— chusetts have furnished ft. In this bil! there are some twenty amendments to the existing excise laws. 1 state this proposi- ticn boldly, that in the city of Washington we have the best regulated saloons, the best laws governing the closing of saloons and the admission of mir ors, and there has come under my own personal observation, Mr. Speaker, more than a dozen cases Where policemen have been discharged for simply going into saloons unless called in to quell a disturbanc Mr. Babcock ‘then moved to commit the Anti-Saloon bill to the District of Columbia committee, but it was defeated. by 142 to 85. The House refused also to adjcurn upon a mo- ton, and the bill was passed without fur- ther division. The Fall Text of the Bill. The full text of the Morse liquor bill, which passed the House yesterday, is as follows: That an act‘ entitled “An. act regulating the sale of intoxicating lMquors in the Dis- trict of Columbia,” approved March 3, 1898, be, and the same ts hereby, further amend- ed, as follows: : Amend first section of said act by strik- clusive; also by striking out the words “but shall not be revoked or taken away from said section as amended shall read: Georgetown it shall be the duty of very applicant for a barroom license to present the persons owning real majority of the residents keeping house on the side of the square where it is de- sired to locate such business and on the confronting side of the square fronting opposite the same; and if the location of such barroom is on a corner such consent will be required from such residents on both streets and on the cor- ner diagonally opposite such barrooi in that portion of the District of Cotum- bia lying outside of the said cities of Wash- ington and Georgetown such applicant shall present such permission from a majority of the persons owning real estate and of residents keeping house wit of 250 feet of the street or road cn exch side of the building where it is desired to space on of such ownership of real e: certified by the assessor of the District of Columbia, and the fact of tatures of the residents aforesaid shali be certified by the lieutenant or acting lieu- braces such proposed That any establish or ing twenty-five chambers for lod.’ shall alway itself a license for a barroom on comply- ing with the provisions of this act, by the owner cr lessee of sucn hotel or such lice out years;” continuation of said section the following “And provided further, That the intario! of & are sold shall at all times be exposed to full view from the sireet, case of a hotel having an inte room, view of the interior from the pubiic ha'l: 80 read: amended; nexation, because it is so plainly for the best political, social and business interests of the islands, and so clearly demanded by the interests of the United States that it is folly for. Englishmen to resist the drift in at direction. Don’t Know McKinley's Elected. Just now, we are being made keenly sen- sible of our misfortune in lacking cable communication with the rest of the world, and especially with our mother country. Our last mail is a fortnight old, by reason of an unusual gap between arrivals from the coast. The Australia, now due, will bring us two weeks’ mait, and now, thir- teen Gays after the presidential election, with its great issues, we are still in ignor- ance of the result. Although we are sorry to have our honored guest, Mr. John W. Foster, put to so much inconvenience, there is not lacking a slight element of satisfac- tion in having him share our sufferings m this respect, and “know how it is himself. He seems to have dropped in here at ex- actly the right time to receive a very prac- tical experience of one of our great necessi- ties. Probably he has not for twenty years been anywhere that he could not have learned who was to be President the day after election. It does seem a little hard upon us, thi after forbidding us to receive cable com- munication by British aid via Necker Island, the United States should not have adopted either one of the leading measures brought before the last Congress to sup- ply our need. Probably Mr. Foster will be prepared to make himself -useful to us in furthering cable matters during the coming session of Corgress, as he is in conference with this government and our leading bus: ness men upon the subject. Of the precise nature of his proposed plans I may be ablc to give some definite information before closing this letter. Meantime, he has been absorbing information and taking observa- tions about our affairs here, which will make him a valuable counsellor to the gov- ernment and Congress upon all questions relating to Hawaii. It is understood that Mr. Foster's views about cable connection extend far beyond the plans of Col. Spalding, who holds a conditional concession from this gover! ment for a cable to Hawaii only. Mr. Fos- ter’s sojourn last year in China and Japan must have given him a vivid sense of the importance of direct cable communication from the Pacific coast to those countrie One cannot but quite clearly foresee that there must be created in the near future a very extensive system of cables connect- ing your Pacific coast with Asiatic ané Australian ports, most if not all of which cables must land near Honolulu as the ebief way station. It will not be strange if within ten years there shall be more than ore such cable from California to Javan, in addition to one or more between ihe coast and Australasia. This is one of the elements which, in addition to the Nica- ragua canal, will greatly transform the conditions of commerce in Honolulu an the north Pacific. While there is no lan ing place in the 2.100 miles between San Francisco and Honolulu, there are much shorter intervals available for cable sta- tions upon islands along the rest of the routes to both Asia and Australi: Luter.—It turns out that Mr. Foster is here to represent the Pacific Cable Com- pany of New Jersey, of which Z. S. Spaid- ing is oresident and L. A. Thurston the Honolulu attorney. Messrs. Foster and Thurston have asked the government for very large extensions of the con already granted. At a meeting of } business men those propositions have very strongly and decidedly apes | press dispatches going by this mail w: aes some PAMEHAMEH Only Keeping Game. From the + Demo Stories of noted gamblers were in order last night, when the following was told of the late Charles Perkins. Charley was playing seven-up with a friend who knew him very well, and Charley was not playing the squarest game in the world. His friend remonsiraied with him something as fol- lews: “Look here, Charley, you krow you t me playing this game ‘shoes to plate: ard I don’t mind you winning my money on the square, but you can wu it fast enough without cheating.” ‘I couldn't cheat you; I don’t know how. I wouldn't if I could, and [ coulda’t if 1 would Spades were trumps, and Perkins was the deaier, when his frend, reaching across the table, suddenly grabbed his right hand and, turning it over, ex; the ace and deuce of spades, which he was holding out in his capacious palm. “There! What do you call that if you're no: cheating, Charley?” s ‘Did you think-1 was trying to cheat Ss places. ‘ahd inserting» mstead the asin ‘or in any sdsolang, iso by strik- ing out the~ wéft aks ther’ after “pro- vided” next following, so that the section as amended shallgeads, “hat no licensee uncer a bar room license shall employ, .or to be eraployed, or allow or, Or person con- = furdish, or ing drinks or any Le or beer, to @by person or nor permit the -play- ing of pool, or billiards, or other games in the room where Such Nquors are sold, or in any, adjoining room: Provided, That no liceisee-in any shail: knowingly sell or permit to be his establishment any intoxicating liquor of any kind to any person under th of twenty-one years, under» the H., 'pen due conviction thereof, of for?effingisuch license; and. no person so forfeiting his license shall again be granted a license for the term of two years. ing out the words “nor to sales by the maker, brewer, or distiller thereof not to be drunk on the premises;” so that the section as amended shall read: “That no person shall sell, offer for sale, or keep for sale or traffic in, bartet, or exchange for goods, in the District of Columbian, any In- toxicating liquor, except as hereinafter pro- vided; but this shall not apply to sales made by a person under a provision of law requiring him to sell personal property. Wherever the term ‘intoxicating Hquors’ 1s used in this act it shall be deemed to tn- clude whisky, brandy, rum, gine wine, ale, porter, beer and all vther sermented and distilled liquors.” Amend section two of said act by in- serting immediately after the words “the action of said board shall be final and con- elusive” the words ‘‘ae to facts. Questions of law may be appealed to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia either by the applicant or any contestant of rec- = so that the section as amended shall read: HAWAI?S FUTURE, The Prospect of Annexation Con- tinues to Be Discussed. ENGLISHMEN UISGKE THE EA The Pacific Cable Enterprise Again Receiving Attention. ANXIOUS FORELECTION NEWS LIKE A VOLCANIC BUBBLE. An Extraordimary Freak of Nata Near the Mexican City of Puchi From the Mexican Herald. The Rev. F. S. Bortain of Puebla writes as follows: “It may be of interest to some of the readers of the Herald who visit Puebla to know of one of the less visited attractions in the vicinity of the City of the Angels. I refer to the ‘Coxcomate.’ It is about twenty minutes distant from Puebla over the street car lne-to Cholula. Any street car conductor can point it out to the curfosity seeker, I€ is to the right of’the car line, about 500 yards distant. “It looks from the car window to be a pile‘of white stones ér a well-bleached Hay- stack. But upon Closer inspection proves to be a tumulus of white calcar2ous stone evidently of water formation, about. fifty feet in height and 100 feet tn diameter at the.base. The form is that of a truncated cone. At the apex is an eilliptieal-shaped opening about twenty-five feet along the minor and fifty feet along the major axis. It-is a bell-shaped cavity-and iined with ferns of various description. I should judge the depth to be at least 100 feet, and at the bottom, so far’ad ‘ts visible, the opening must be sixty feet in diam>ter. ‘In the bot- tom on one side are to be seen some gor- geous ferns and on the other side a pool of water. “Tradition says that the ancicnt Aztecs were accustomed to worship here the ge- nius of the spot, and occasionally threw in a live victim to appease his subterranean majesty. It is also sald that a few vic- tims of the inquisition were thrown down here to reflect upon the controvertad points of doctrine. At all events it is a most sin- gular freak of nature, as it is in the mid- dle of a level plain, or rather a barley field. It looks to have been some volcanic bubble, of which the great Mexican up- land is so full, and is well worth a visit on the part of the curious. “Although I have inquired among my Mexican friends, I have found no one who could tell me the meaning of the name “Coxcomate.’ ” “That there shall be, and there is hereby, constituted an excise board for the Dis- trict of Columbia, which shall consist of the board of assistant assessors of the Dis- trict, and the duty of which shall te to take up and consider all applications for license to sell intoxicating liquors and take action on such applications; and the action of said board shall be final and conclusive 28 to facts. Questions of law muy be ap- pealed to the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia either by the applicant or by any contestant of record;” ete. Amend section five of said act by strik- ing out the words “‘and has an entrance thereon;” also by inserting immediately reets” next folowing the words “and on the corner diagonally opposite such barroom; also by substituting “build- ing” for “place” in the two places next fol- lowing where it Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, November 16, 1596. The opinions of Australian statesmen about Hawail are of interest to Americans as well a8 Hawaiians. They are instruc- tive as indicating the attitude of the Brit- ish mind towsrd American interests in the Pacific. Such opinions were quite distinct- ly expressed in a public lecture on Hawaii delivered in Brisbane, Queensland, Octo- ber 14, by T. J. Byrnes, the attorney gen- eral of the province. Mr. Byrnes had visited these islands a few months before. He said: “Apart from their scenic beauties, their general productiveness and their immense value to the world of commerce, their geographical position, which placed them between us and Canada, and in a direct line with an aggressive eastern power, gave them an import which under ordinary circumstances might readily be overlooke1. The recent upheaval there, and the atti- tude assumed by the political parties in the states, made it more than ever neces- sary that Hawaii should remain a neutral state,” and Mr. Byrnes went so far as to predict that ere long the Hawaiian group must be the theater of stirring events. It does not appear in the report of the lecture what would be the nature of those “stirring events.” Undoubtedly Mr. Byrnes was informed by his British friends resid- ing here that the Hawalian republic wa: insecure and conld not stand, end that monarchy was certain to be restored. Al- though a year ago they continued to cher- ish such hopes, those hopes have by th’ time grown faint and faded. It is on such restoration of morarchy in Hawali that the British living on both sides of the Pacific build their anxiovs hopes that Ha- wali will continue independent—that it will “remain a neutral state,” a future which they so strongly feel to be ‘“‘neces- sary. Assuredly it is of almost vital necessity to British interests in the Pacific that it they cannot themselves possess Hawali which they covet, but despair of, at leas: its neutrality should be secured. For Ha- wail to pass into the hands of another power would alarmingly block England's growing supremacy in the commerce ot the Pacific. Let Hawaii remain neutra and England can continue to multiply her heavily subsidized steamship lines across the Pacific in every direction with Hono- lalu as the chief crossing point, and can fil, this port with British mercantile agencies, rendering it practically a British center of commerce. If Hawali becomes an American possession that prospect 1s at an end, and the rival commercial em- pire of the United States will dominate the North Pacific as England's commerce tomi- nates the other oc: . Annoys the British. Even the very limited sort of protectorate which the United States are now actually exercising over Hawaii has formed a most annoying obstacle to the British endeavor to create a direct and exclusive line of communication across the Pacific by cable between the colonies of Canada and Aus England is determined to have connection between her colonies 2 in her own control. For mili- tary reasons that policy may be wise, and essential to her interests if shé is to con- tinue to dominate everywhere. Two years ago Englavd tried to obtain from the Ha- walian government the cession of Necker Island, a steep barren rock lying 400 milc= northwest of Honolulu, for exclusive British use for a cable station, promising to estab- lish a branch cable from Necker to Hono- lulu. As by treaty required Hawaii had to ask permission from Washington to cede Necker Island, and it was refused, Mr. Cleveland's administration being unwilling thus to facilitate the exclusive aims of Engla Now, rather than land her cable at Honolulu free from her exclusive con- trol, which would be the natural cause apart from political reasons, Britain pro- poses to make a single stretch clear to her next station at Fanning’s Island, which she owns, leaving Honolulu _ out ‘of the circuit. This will make an unprecedented stretch of 3,500 miles, creat- ing immense difficulty in maintaining and working the cable on so long a line. But even that is deemed preferable to fatling of exclusive control over such an import- ant line of communication. England's chain of naval stations be- tween her Australian and Canadian pos- sessions on the Pacific—between Sydney and Victoria, B. C.—consists of three great links, New Zealand, the Fiji group and the Fanning group, which lies 900 miles due south of Hawaii. Hawali would form the fourth link, nobly completing the chain, if England could only be allowed to possess , with its magnificent Pe: Harbor, only 400 miles from Victoria. would then completely rule the Pai ocean, and wovld absolutely have girdled the globe with her nayal stations. That cannot be, by reason of American influence over Ha- wali, and she submits to the unavoidable deprivation, with fairly good grace, having ro hope of displacing the superior claims of her powerful American cousin. But the rext best thing is to promote the “neutral- ity” of Hawaii. At least let no other power occupy the coveted group, neither that “ag- eastern power,” Japan, nor the ’ with their seething “‘political par- iso by striking out from the words ‘and provided further” to the words “ref- erence to their written consent,” both in- until such conviction such licensee's Hicense him,” at the end of the section; so that “That in the cities of Washington und to the excise board with his application the written permission of a majority of estate, and a owners and the space locate such business, and within a similar the side of the strset or road fronting opposite such building. The fact shall be soo A Titled Husband. From the London Sketch. No doubt it is a delightful thing, if your father has made some millions, to dignify your obscure family by wedding « foreigner with a swell title. It is wise, however, to make inquiries into his character before actually going to church with him. From Paris there came two comic tales about such a union. The bride was showing a friend of hers the other day over her gor- geously furnished hotel. and in the drawing room drew her attention to the magnificent chandelier. Piqued by: her lack of enthu- siasm, the bridp’ remarked, “Well, you don't seem to say much about my four- thousand-pound ¢hendelier?” ‘our thou- sand pounds? sfia the friend, with a polite “Isn't that piling it up rather high? That very chandelier was offered to me for two thosuand three hundred.” That after- noon the bride ‘drové to the shop from which the chandelier ¢ame, and began indignant speech -about the w charging her four thousand pou: chandelier offered to some one else for little more than ‘half’ ‘The deal rupted her: “Madamg, you are mistaken: that chandelier was ¢hos: band, was it not?!’ «"'Yes,"” she replied. never saw it UH "tt walé put u And you gave him 100,000'tranés to pay for it with?” “Certaint We oftgred it to him. tor 55,000 franes, but he beat us, down 0.50,000, and that’s all we gute You Intl betyer ask him to show you the reccipt, 1 think you will find he has’ lost it,” ,, A lite while later the bride reeeived a bill for 49,000 gzancs for a pearl necklace. The husband hal given It to her as a birth- day present, and she was pieased by the kindly thought, although she. knew well she would have to pay, as: the pocket money she allowed him = would hardly cover such presents to his wife. She was rather startled’ by the price, since, though the pearls were fine, two rows did not seem to represent anything like so large a sum; s0 she went to the jeweler’s to remonstraie with him for cheating her husband. “But, madame,” said the jeweler, “really the price is very fair; five rows of such pearls, and very fair pearls, are not dear at 44,000 francs.” “But there are only two!” “Par. don me, madame, five when we sold the necklace. I can show you our book, with the description and number of pearls.” He showed her the book, and she is no longer delighted by her husband's kind attentions. After all, one hardly expects a husband to fair danser l’anse du panier to “make a bit” ee himself when acting as steward for his wife. the roquired residence and the gennineness cf the sig- tenant of the police prec’ loca: 1 hot, which em- cae vern hav- 1g Ruests have the right to obtain for and the petition in such case must be made New Orleans tavern: Provided further, That conviction of such licensee of ke isorderly or disreputable place it the duty of said excise board to nsee’s license.’ Amend section 6 of said act by striking the words “above age of sixteen also by inserting at the end and in vpon a ping a hall be revoke y place where intoxicating ilquor: except in the r dining 1 be a full in which case there sh: that said section as ,amended shall “That under the Hcense fssued in accord- ance with this act no intoxicating liquors shall be sold, given, or in any way disposed of to any minor or intoxicated person, nor to an habitual drunkard, nor to any person who ts in the habit of becoming intoxicated, if such person’s wife, mother or daughter shall in writing request that the saloon keeper shal! not sell to such person, or be- tween 12 o'clock midnight and 4 o'clock in the morning, during which last named hours and on Sundays every bar room and other place where intoxicating liquors are sold shall be kept closed, and no intoxicat- ing lquor sold: Provided, That the keeper of any hotel or tavern having a license un- der this act may sell intoxicating liquors to bona fide registered guests in his hotel or tavern at the meals or in the rooms of such guests: And provided further, That the said excise board gnay in its discretion issue a Hcense to any duly incorporated club on the petition of the officers of the club, and that the said excise board may in its Gis- cretion grant a permit to such club to sell intoxicating liquors to members and guests between such hours as the board aforesaid may designate in said permit: Provided further, however, That any licensed dealer may, with the permission of the excise board, at any bona fide entertainment of any society, club or corporation sell in- texicating Hquors between such hours as the board aforesaid may designate in said pernfit: And provided further, That the in- terior of every place where intoxicating liquors are sold shall at all times be ex- posed in full yiew from the street, except in the case of a hotel having an interior ining room, in which case there shall be a full view of the interior from the public hails. Amend section 8 of said act by inse immediately after the word “premises, the last sentence of said section, and also 0 be drunk It looks like you were, “Well, now I begin to believe that you don't know much about this game. I thought you knew seven-up pretty well, but bow you don’t seem vo know enough to pound sand.” Well, I know when I see a man holding out, anyway “I wasn't holding out, you darn fool; 1 was keeping game. Don't vou sce? You're two and I’m one. coe. Capt. Slocum Got to Australia. From the London Chronicle, November 11. Yesterday's Australian mail brings news of the arrival at Sydney of Capt. Slocum, an adventurous American mariner, who had voyaged alone from Boston in a little craft of thirteen tons called the Spray. He Jeft Boston on April 24, 1895, and reached the Australian coast on September 29, 1596. Asked what sort of a passage he had the captain, who is described as a tall, thin, wiry-looking Yankee, with a bald head and a pair of bright blue eyes, philosophically replied: “It was not fine by any means. A voyage in a craft Like this, without a singic companion, involves many hardsni bui the sea is my proper eiement ana 1 man- aged to pull threugh all right. You see, i have faith in the Almighty and great fait. in myself; consequenuy everything turns up correct.” The capiain killed tme by reading novels and he siept just whenever he liked. He called at Samoa, where ac saw Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson. He alsu called at Juan Fernandez and he had some rough experiences rounding Cape Horn. A Street of Stable: From the New York Times. One of the most interesting streets in Brocklyn is Waverly avenue. For block after block it is lined with private stables. Where there are not stables there are high board ferces, and here and there a house which looks as if jt had found itself in bad company unawores and wished itself well out. The greater number of the stables be- long to the residents of Clinton avenue, but have their main entrance on Waverly ave- nue. The street is literally the back door- yard of the wealthy residents of Clinion avenue. And it must be said that these residents allow this back dooryard to be kept In a very bad condition. It is paved with cobble stcnes, rough and uneven; it Is full of dried leaves mingling with scattered papers, and the sidewalks are untidy and grass grown. Wayerly avenue was for- merly Hamilton street, but early in 1877 it took its present name. Webster says that avenue, as an Americanism, is “a broad street, as the Sth avenue, New York.” If the city fathers of Brooklyn intended to improve the tone of Hamilton street by calling it an avenue they did not succeed. Sa ge Cornelias Vanderbilt Taking Writing Lensonn. From’ the New York Sun. Cornelius Vanderbilt is ‘tryjng to learn to write with his left hand, He began to take lessons before he left Newport, and it is understood that he 1s continuing them in New York It 1s ‘his right side that is af- fected with Faraj$sjsiand conseauentiy he is unable to wrife wish his right hand. He expects to be able to use hls right’ hand agaip in the-cougsegoditimeybut he and his phyeictan are beth “of the opinion that he may not bé ‘able;to; dg. so for some weeks at least, and consequently he determined to learn to write jyjth other hand. His instructor in Newportvwas’Colonel Jonn R. slie, for mun; weyeard head master of the gers 2p immediately after the phrase where sold,” in this sentence, the words “or in quantities less than one pint, whether to -be drunk on the premises ot not,” so that said sentencesshall read, as Hawali’s Destiny. Hawaii gravitates toward the United States with portentously attractive force. Britain feels this, but would postpone as Icng as possible that evil day when the imperial republic of the west shall plan’ her foot on this mid-group of the Pacific. and thus sway the commerce of this im- pense ocean, with its wealthy and teeming shores. But the early fulfillment of that manifest destiny of Hawaii is inevitable. Monarchy has disappeared. Americans have here established a republic on Amer- ican lines, and American institutions per- vade and possess the group. All is ready for complete mergence into the Union. Erglishmen must accede to the inevitable American occupation of Hawali with such composure as they may. They will do well to abandon their much cherished hopes of reviving the monarchy, which would be so British in its leanings. They will especially be wise to desist from their constant in- flaming of the native mind against annexa- tion, and from their oftengrepeated demand that the decision of the question should be referred to an exclusively native yote. It has been the constant outcry of the anti- American majority of Britishers in +Ha wali that Americans here are trying to rob the Hawaiians of their independence and their nationality, and that these islands be- long to the natives by prescriptive and vested right, so that to decide their destiny without their consent is sheer piracy. British colonists in New Zealand did not eonsult the wishes of the Maori inhabitants about the government and English sover- eignty of that country, although the Ma- oris are kin to the Hawatians and fully their equals in character and capacity. The truth is that Polynesians have not the capacity to judge what is best for them- selves, for whom annexation would be the best possible guaranty of all their rights and franchises, and would make them citi- zens of the freest and noblest of empires. Certainly their decision is not to be ap-| Bealed | to, 8 after these four years stirring up : Sane: of their bitterest prejudices by the British *“¥ have used Dr. Pierce's medicine, foes‘ of annexation to America. An Amer- erties eae is ican administration~is unlikely to give writes” away the whole business like that to their British adversaries. . As to any restoration of monarchy, it is fudicrously absurd to imagine that this pcwertul white business community, man- ed | aging its twenty millions of exports and im- ‘Ports, can ever again be brought under ‘Yoke which it has flung cff, of us native monarchs. It That “every place where distilled malt or fermented wines, liquors or cordials are sold in quantities as prescribed for retail dealers by section 3244, Revised Statutes of the United States, to be drunk upon the premises, or in quantities less than one pint, whether to be drunk on the premises or not, shall be regarded as a bar room,” and so forth. Amend section 13 of said_act by inserting immediately after “party,” before “pro- vided,” near the end of the section, ‘nor to any person for continuing the business of such twice-convicted licensee at the place or places where such violations occurred or elsewhere,” so that the amended sentence of said section shall read: “That after second cenviction no license shall thereafter be granted to said party nor to any person for continuing the busi- ness cf such twice-convicted licensee at the place or places where such violations oc- Provided,” and so ‘The man who in a few short years works curred or elsewhere: himself to death for the sake is family forth. ia Amend section fourteen of said act by in- serting at the end and in continuation of said section the fallowing: “Provided, That rcthing in this section shall apply to wit- nesses against the violation of any of the provistons of this act;” so that said section as amended shall read: “That any person assisting in or aiding and abetting the violation of any of the Provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100, or be imprisoned in the District jail or workhouse for not more than one month for each and every such offense: Provided, That no witness shall be excused from testifying in any case brought under this act on the ground that his answer may tend to incriminate him, but no witness so testifying shall thereafter be prosecuted fur a violation of any provision of this act con- ae. which such witness may have testi- ed.” Amend section fifteen of said act by sub- stituting the words “of two witnesses, citi- xens of the District of Columbia,” for the words “satisfactory to elther of them:” so that the section as amended shall read “That prosecutions for violations of the provisions of this act shall be on informa- tion filed in “the Police Court by the attor- ney of the-District of Columbia or any of his assistants duty authorized to act for him, and said attorney or his assistants shall file such information upon the pres- entation to him or his assistants of sworn information of two witnesses, of the District.of Columbia, that the law has hi 1..rUniler Colonél ‘Les- Me's tuition, Mrj.VangerbUt succeeted re- markably well, gpd was highly delighted when just beforeihe Med Newport he: found one day that he‘coalinake his signature, ay engerbit, nS ae i left hand Well enough for him’ tf’ apfignd it to checks other documento . 28 * =e 11 ee The Stanfp Df Not Wor Froni the Chicago Tises!Hefala. A, Belgian. .physieian. who stands very high professionally at home and is a gen- tleman “of education, “culture and retine- ment ntly visited fi in ity. Hi na aceon io eats ae! a ter It. through to its destination without delay. oni * fide’ in sight-seeing ‘about been violated. 3 And amend section nineteen of said uct by out-the words; “under sixteen also by: striking ‘out YOUR TIRED STOMACH “‘T have no appetite,” you say, “and Ohe Tittle 2 do ent does me no good. At APs It feels cold and dead in my stomach and by amd by I have aches and pains that sometimes goto my chest and back I feel weak, low spirited apd out of sorts all over. I fancy the demon of dyspepwia bas got me.” ‘That's the way you talk and no wender. But walt © moment. Let us reason together. Perhaps thus far your stomach Is merely tirat. You have been wating too much, eating the wrong things, and ir- regularly. You have given It too much to do, and like all Living things, when overworked, It stops at length from sheer exhaustion. There may not be an actually diseased condition as yet. Still it ts na. tures warning, and you must heed it or worse will follow. “Rut T must eat or starre,"” you say ‘True enough, but safety usually Mes in middie courses, Here is ome for you. You don"t need drastic purges or exciting stimulants. Your comi- tion is one easily relleved if we go about tt gently And sensibly. ‘The tired stomach won't work under Whip and spur. It has probably bad too much of that already, What you require is something that Is at once a food and a digester of food. Sach an article is the Shaker Digestive Cordial, discovered and prepared by the Shaker Comunity of Mt. Lebanon, N.Y. Taken right after eating, so as to mix with the food, it does the stomach’s work for At, gives It the advantage of further rest, xtrength- eas you in a narural way, and soon enables the stomach to do full duty. There is nothing else Hike this simple, safe, certain and palatable remedy. Yet the Shakers respect your deubts, amd authorize From the Boston Herald, Here is a theatrical situation not down in the bills. In the third act of Rhea’s new play the climax is based upon the sex of & new-born heir to Napoleon. If the ex- pected arrival be a girl, Josephine will have reason to hope for a restoration of Napol- eon’s favor. If it be @ boy, it means a new emperor for the French and the end of Jcsephine’s hopes. The audience is told by the dialogue that when the event oc- curs it will be heralded by the booming of on; one shot if the heir be a girl and if it be a boy. Suddenly the activity of the play is in- terrupted by a cannon shot. After a mo- ment of anxious silence Josephine exclaims: “It is a girl! Thank God!” Then follows a second shot as the eannon continues with the royal salute of twenty-one guns. At the second report Josephine’s attendants in consterration exclaim: “A boy!” At the third a boy in the gallery on the opening, night shouted, “Triplets, by golly!” From the Indinnapolis Journal. “I believe I saw you coming out of a rum shop this afternoon,” said the Rev. Mr. Wilgus. “I guess you did,” said the parishioner. ‘On business, | may hope?” No; I will be candid with you, I went in to get a drink. Yeu see, 't was ‘this I had a plugged quarter passed on es.” And there are onty two places a man can get rid of a plugged quarter, a church and a saloon, And, of course, I didn’t want ontribution box.” Gladness Comes Witt better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasantefforts— rightly directed: There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- ly removes. That is why it is the onl, remedy with millioxs of families, andis everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness hhout debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you have the genuine arti- cle, which is manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the eet of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If affiicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most reneral satisfaction. _ FREE. BUTTONS! ELECANT BUTTON FREE WITH EACH PACKACE Cigarettes MAKE A COLLECTION OF BUTTONS WITHOUT CosT. A word of advice: drop tea.and coffee for a while'and try Eko 0a FINEST ALAVOR—PAIREST PRICE.