Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1896, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1896-24 PAGES. bod 30 — to 906 the better the bargain. merchants’ word for it—they for $14 if it don’t fit. Full Dress Suits, «in tinea ana elling overcoats at $14 isn’t any trouble—especially so when you've your choice of any piece of goods in the house. At the rate they’ object, viz: “To sell every overcoat in the house.” Some will get better bargains than others. The earlier you turn your face re selling we'll accomplish our . You know in these days people are quick to recognize bargains—they don’t always take the examine for themselves. We're glad they do. The former prices of the overcoats were—$15— $18—$20—$25—-$30—our word for it. We buy the coat back made to fit.. + $25. Mertz and Mertz, ~~ New “Era” Tailors, 906 ete ao te se F Street. HANDEL'S “MESSIAH.” Graphic Description of the Emotional flect of This Musterly Composit The following, taken from “David's Li tle Lad,” is one of the most exquisite de scriptions of the “Messiah” oratorio eve: written. The publication at this time, in view of the production next week by the Choral Society of this masterly production by Handel, is appropriate: David (the older brother of the writer), a man of few words, began to speak of the festival. He had becn at the last celebration of the ‘Three Choirs at Hereford. He told me a few of his sensations then, and also some- Yaing of what he felt yesterday; he had a yue Welshman’s love of music, and he poke enthusiastically. “Yes, Gwladys, it lifts one up,” he said, im conclusion. “I'd like to listen to those choirs in the old cathedral, or go to the top of the Brecon—tis much the same, the sensation, I mean—they both lift one into finer air. And what a grand thing that is, { little woman,” he added. “I mean when | anything lifts us right out of ourselves. I | mean when we cease to look down at our | feet, and cease to look forever at our own | poor sorrows and gaze right straight away from them all into the face of God.” “Yes,” I said, in a puzzied voice, for of course I knew nothing of these sensations; | then, still im my childish manner, “{ ex- | pect to enjoy it beyond anything; for, you | know, David, I have never been in any cathedral except Llandaff, and J have never heard the “Messiah. “Well, my dear, you will enjoy it today; but more the second time, I doubt not.” “Why, David?” e “Because there are depths"in it life must teach you to understand.” “But, dear David, I have often had such sad_thought “Poor chil head, us, Just before we reached Hereford, as I was drawing on my long white gloves, which I hed thrown aside as an unpleasant restraint during the journey, David said one thing mere: “When the service is over, Gwiadys, we will waik round the Close, if | you don’t mind, for 1 have got something I want to tell you.” It darted into my head, at these words, that perhaps I was going to London, after | ail. The thought remained for only an instant; it was quickly crowded out, with the host of new sensations which all com- pressed themselves into the next few hours. . No, I shall néver forget it; when I have gray hairs I shall remember it. I may marry some day and have children, and | then again grandchildren, and I shall ever reserve as one of the sweetest, rarest stor- ses—the kind of story one tells to a little sick child or whispers on Sunday evenings —what I felt when I first listened to Han- del's “Messiah.” David had said that I should care more for it the second time. ‘This was possible, for my feelings now Were hardly those of pleasure; even today depths were stirred within me which must respond with a tension akin to pain. I had been fn a light holiday mood, my gay heart was all in the sunshine of a butterfly and unawakened existence, and the music, while it aroused me, brought with it a sense of shadow, of oppression, which mingled with | my joy. Heaven ceased to be a myth, an uncertain possibility, as I lHstened to’ the full Surst of the choruses or held my breath as one single voice floated through the air in quivering notes of sweetness. What had I thought hitherto of Jesus Christ? I had | xiven to His history an intellectual belief. 1 had assented to the fact that He had borne my sins and “The Lord had laid on | Him the iniquity of us all," but with the ponderous notes of the heavy music came | the rushing knowledge that my iniquities | had added to His sorrows and helped to | which a touch of his hand on my then no more words from either of make Him acquainted with grief. I was n no sense a religious girl, but when | “Come unto Him all ye that labor and laden, and He will give you rest” hed my ears I felt vibrating through my heart strings the certainty that some day I should need this rest. “Take His upon you and learn of Him.” “His | e is easy and His burden is light.” 1| looked at David, the book had fallen from his hands, his fine face was full of a kind of radiance, and the burden which had tak- en him from Amy and the yoke which bade him resign his own will and deny himself seemed to be borne with a sense of rejoicing, which testified to the truth of how lightly even heavy sorrow can sit on a man, when with it God gives him rest. ‘The opening words, “Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God,” would bring thelr own message at a not very dis- tant day, but now they only spoke to me, something as a mother addresses a too happy, too wildly exultant child, when she says in her tenderest tones, “Come and rest here in my arms for a little while be- tween your play.” Yes, I was only a child as yet, at play with life, but the music awoke in me the possible future, the pos- sible working day, the possible time of rain, the possible storm, the possible need of a shelter from its-blast. To heighten the effect of the music came the effect of the cathedral itself. It is not a very beau- tiful English cathedral, but it was the first I had seen. Having never reveled in the glories of Westminster, I could appreciate the old gray walls.of Hereford, and what man had done {n the form of column and pillar, of transept and roof, the sun touch- ed into fullness of life and coloring today. The gray wails had many colored reflec- tions from the painted windows, the gran} old nave lay in a flood of light, and golden | gleams penetrated into dusky corners and | brought into strong rellef the symmetry and beauty of the aisles and transept, tri- | forum and clerestory. I mention all th I try to touch it up with color with which it filled my own mind—because in the old ral of Hereford I left behind me the iden, unconsciously happy existence of childhood; because I, Gwiadys, when I stepped outside into the cathedral close and put my white-gloved hand inside David's arm and looked up exultantly into David's face, was about to taste my first cup of life’s sorrow. I was never again to be an unconsciofis child, fretting over imaginary sriefs and exulting in imaginary delights. “Gwiadys.” said David, looking down at me and speaking slowly, as though the words gave him pain, “Owen is coming home.” —_-_ The President ‘To the Bilitor of The Evening Star: Notwithstanding the injunction laid in your editoctal columns of yesterday against those unversed In the intricacies of the law, will you permit a plain layman to offer a few remarks upon your comments relative to the present legislative-execr tive imbroglia? As truly stated by you, there is a ten- | power to declare war and | by Miss King. dency here and there to becloud the pub. lic understanding of the question at isco The most pronounced instance of this ten- dency is furnishea by ... . made (and duly chronicled by you in an- other column of the same issue of yo: aper) by the antagonists of Mr. Olney tc ‘lace him in the attitude of contending hat “the President may ignore a law acted in accordance with the Constitution.” Of course, Mr. Olney claims nothing of the kind, and this attempt to becloud the public understanding—to retain your own mild metaphor—can only be regarded as a practical surrender by his opponents of the real point at issue. On the other hand. the matter has been clearly and fairly stated in your editorial columns, only 1 believe the issue to be in need of some further clearing of nebulous surroundings. I refer to the introduction into the con troversy of the legislative prerogative to declare war—the “war-making power,” as it is commenly called. This factor is brought in by Mr. Olney’s antagonists to bolster up their claims by affecting to fina an inconsistency in the proposition tha’ Congress, though empowered to declare war, has no power to recognize a new government. “The greater power includes the less,” they say. Nobody is misled by such a catch phrase. What connection is there between the the power to recognize a new government to warrai any cne tu say that the former clud the latter? None whatever, in the natu: of things; and for that reason I think you erred in representing the present difficulty to arise from the silence of the Constitu- tion on the point of the exact powers of the President and Congress midway be- tween the power to declare war and the power to receive ambassadors. This silence of the Constitution is due, no doubt, to the absence of any suggestion to its framers of the pretended connection between thes powers. It is true, the power to recognize a new government, if exercised by the executive, might invoive the country in war; but so might other purely executive acts be made the pretext by some foreign government to declare war against us. In short, all this talk by the antagonists of the administration about the war-mak- ing power would be intelligible if their position were the exact reverse of what it is, i.e.. if their claim were that the Presi- dent has no power to recognize a new government at all. The total irrelevancy, however, of this question of the war-mak- ing power can best be shown by restating the real point at issue, which, in your own language, is: ‘Whether Congress—or rather the law-making power, which is two-thirds of Congress when the President opposes— can direct the President to go beyond his voluntary exercfSe of constitutional func- tions and recognize a government which he does not choore to include within the scope of his own lawful prerogative.” It goes without saying that an affirmative answer to this question would be tanta- mount to a practical abrogation of all pure- ly executive powers as such, for if Congress had thus the power to compel executive | action in one instance, no reason 1s ap- ‘parent why it could not exercise this power in any instance whatever. ——— A MEXICAN OFFICER. CRUELTY OF He Infiteted Barbarous Punishment on Men and Children. A strange story 1s told in a ne patch from San Diego, Cal. Colonel dis- An- | tonio Maneiro. a well-known Mexican ofli- cer, it is stated, is under arrest and under- going court-martial on sensational charges, which have had the effect of creating great excitement in Mexican military circles. Colorel Maneiro is in command of the 5th Cavalry at Mier, In the state of Tamauli- pas. All the charges against him indicate the gressest cruelty and abuse of power. The most serious is that made by the rela- tives of a dead soldier, who allege that Col. Maneiro, as punishment for a trifling offerte, ordered 100 lashes given to the man on the bare back. This was done, and the man fainted under the punishment, his back becoming raw and bloody. The soldier plying the whip hesitated, whereupon Col. Maneiro is alleged to have threatered him with similar punishment if he did rot lay 500 more lashes on the faint- ing man’s back. There was no alternative and this was done, the colonel standing by to see them well applied. The result was that the soldier died of the fearful injury when 200 lashes had been laid on. Anvther charge is that Col. Maneiro lash- ed a fourteen-year-old girl for bringing liquor into the quariel. She received 500 lashes, but Hved. Another victim, an officer who escaped [to the City of Mexico, charges that Col. Maneiro ordered him to be shot for an offerse not punishable by death. The vic- tim was placed against a wall and a squad fired at him, and he was left for dead on the spot. But the squad was friendly and did rot aim to kill. The officer escaped with a shot through the arm, which caused it to be amputated. Other charges equaliy sericus sre now being considered by the military court, and meantime the accused is kept in prison In solitary confinement. Se es Mrs. Jarley at the Metropolitan. The exlibition of Mrs. Jarley’s wax works, given by the Ladies’ Aid Associa- tion of the Metropolitan M. E. Church ‘Thursday, was a success. Mrs. Ed. Smith, who impersonated Mrs. Jarley, kept the au- dience in good humor the entire evening. Miss Mattie Gray favored the audience with a vocal solo. -Mrs. Mary Sitz-Parker played a piano solo, a sonata by Mozart, with violin obliago, played by Miss Flor- ence King. A violin solo was given also Others who took part were Misses Edith Gray, I. M. Howard, Mollie McKee, Myrtille Dexter, F. Kennedy, E. Kingsman, E. Gordon, E. J. Gordon, Mr: Forest, Misses J. Burrough and F. Hin- dinash, Messrs. C. Gapen, W. C. Gray, 8. Heover, C. M. Forest, E. 8. La Fetra, H. C. Standford and W. C. Eldridge. eg Mextean’s Favor “Free Cuba.” A dispatch from Hot Springs, Ark., says: M. W. Ransom, United States minister to Mexice, who is visiting the city, was seen last night at the Arlington Hotel and asked in regard to Cuban affairs and the Camer- on resolution. He said he did not believe there weuld be war between the United States and Spain in ary event. He fully with Secretary Olney and others in the belief that the President alone had the authority to recognize the beligerency and independence of foreign-country, He said Cuba should never be allowed to fall into the hands of a stronger country than Spain. The Mexicans were heartily in favor of Cuban Independence, but the Spanish resi- cents of that country were bitter against the Cubans and were sending large sums of money to Spain to aid in carrying on the War, Minister Ransom will start in a few days for the City of Mexico, - GIVING OUT CHARITY The Fund in the Hands of Superintendent Tracey is Rapidly Melting. Strict Investigation Made of All Ap- plicants—Some Imposters Dis- covered—What is Given. The idea that Christmas brings good cheer to all people would have been dis- sipated in the mind of any one who had visited the office of the superintendent of charities in the District building today. perintendent Tracey received about twenty-five applicants for relief in his of- fice this morning. Most of them were wo- men who had large families and were either widows or whose husbands were sick or had deserted them. It was a sad thing, and most of the applicants assured Mr. Tracey that they had scant rations on Christmas day and that their children had cried for food and received only scraps or nothing at all. The superintendent of charities has about $1,000 per annum with whiéh to relieve the distress in ‘the District” of Columbia." He is assisted in this work by Mr. F. W. Bar- naclo, his secretary. When-applicants tell. a story of their distress their names are recorded and the police precincts in which they happen to live are at once informed, an investigation is made and it is decided whether or not relief is to be given. The policemen’s reports are acted upon, except in extreme cases, in which either Mr. Tracey or Mr. Barnaclo personally interest themselves. If a favorable report is re- ceived and the case is designated as one of decided distress the usual allowance given to the applicants consists of a quar- ier of a ton of coal, a half a dollar's worth of wood and as much wholesome provisions as can be bought for $1. Everything 1s done by telephone, and if a favorable an- swer is given to the application the officers at the station house are instructed to pro- vide these artisles and they are paid for out of the fund in the hands of the super- intendent of charities. A case of severe distress is frequently relieved in the course of an hour or two, and in some instances before the poor woman is able to return to her home-and-to her children provisions have been delivered at her door. Most of the applicants live in the south- western or southeastern part of the city, and are found on investigation to be ab- solutely destitute. Many of them a year or two ago were prosperous, owning their little homes and having employment suffi- ient to bring them a living income, but today, through misfortune, they are thrown upon the world for charity. The applicants that are visiting Mr. Tracey are nearly all dressed in a manner showing ex- treme poverty, and on the coldest mornings of the past week women have come to him clad in calico dresses, with no warm gar- ment for their protection. The fund at the disposal of the superintendent of charities with which to give relief is so small that it will shortly be exhausted. When it is exhausted he will have nothing to do ex- cept to turn a deaf ear to the appeals that are made to him, unless it should happen that some wealthy and well-disposed per- son should see fit to donate money which might be distributed in the same manner the present fund is being used. Of course, there are impostors. Only the other day one of the superintendent's ap- plicants gave her address in a fashionable part of the city. It was suggested that she could get cheaper rent in another part of the town. “What, do you think I would live down there? A look of great disgust overspread the features of the mendicant, who was not ashamed to ask for alms, yet who was ashamed to live in a part of the city oc- cupied almost wholly by poor people. But the investigation made through the police of all applicants is so strict that it is be- lieved that the little fund at the disposal of the superintendent is given only to most deserving people. ana An Important Law Suit. CHADRON, Neb., December 26.—On2 of the most important law suits ever tried in western Nebraska is now before the court of Chadron. There are lands valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, canals reservoirs, grist mills, etc., ajl involved, the question being the use of the waters ot White river for irrigation purposes. Nebraska's Immense Corn Yield. SYRACUSE, Neb., December 26.—Seventy- five thousand bushels of corn were cribbea here during the past six weeks. Fifty-five thousand bushels of new corn have been shipped out by the elevatora during the past two weeks. An extra freight train for corn from this point is requi every day. What is true of this city is true of every section of Nebraska. About all the corn has been husked in western Nebraska. The great problem is the manner in which it can be handled. Many are storing their grain. ee Senator J. P. Jones to Be Opposed. CARSON, Nev.,December 26.—The indica- tions are that John P. Jones will have to fight for his return to the United States Sen- ate. It was supposed that he would have no opposition on the silver ticket, and but four republican votes in the legislature would be cast against him. He is the logical candidate of the silver party, but a dispatch from Winnemucca announces that Geo. Nixon, a banker and editor of the'Sil- ver State, a paper that up to now has strongly supported Jones, announces in a card in his paper that he will also contest for the seat in the United States Senate. —_———--— A Railway Man’s Death. ASHVILLE, Tenn., December 26.—Yes- terday, at the residence of United States Circuit Court Judge H. H. Lurton, ais oid- est son, Leon, died from the effects of an attack of the grip, after a brief illness. Leon Lurton was freight agent of the IIli- nois Central railroad, with headquarters at Louisville, and was about twenty-seven years of age. a Shot the Man With a Razor. BURLINGTON, Ky., December 26.—A colored people’s Christmas cel=bration be- gan at Big Bone Springs Wednesday night and cor:tinued all night. Charics Ewalt, a mail carrier, while passing the place yes- terday morning was assaulted by Harvey Foster, colored, armed with a razor. Ewalt shot Foster dead. He is at Big Hone Springs, and has not been arrested. Ewalt's reputation is good, that of Foster was very bad. -——__ The Brooklyn Suicide. BUFFALO, N. Y., December 26.—William Morrow, who shot himself yesterday on the steps of the Brooklyn city hall, was a Buffalonian ‘until two years ago, when he left the employ of Matthews, Northrup & Co. of this city to work for Bradley & Por- ter, in New York. Morrow has a sister in this city. —_->——_ Heavy Rainfall in India. CALCUTTA, December 26.—Heavy rains have fallen in the province of Oude, and more is expected. oe Followed His Wife's Example. LAWRENCE, Mass., December 26.—John owden, formerly of Philadetphia, and an employe of Lower Pacific Mills here, committed suicide by hanging today. Snowden’s wife killed herself in the same way at Philadelphia several years ago. Se Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $853,531. Government receipts From internal revenue, $827,683; customs, $511,930; miscellaneous, $117,203. —__-e-+_____ Another Uprising in Africa. CAPE TOWN, Africa, December 26.—The retiva rising on the Tamigs reserve in Bechuanaland is developing serious pra- portions. A part Tel ent mg has occurred, and the British have been obliged to wait for reinforcements. ———__ Continued Indefinitetly: ‘The case of Robert Bruce, the driver of the car that ran over and fatally in he Bolice Court. ‘Bruce charged with aseault to Ki eee DEATHS AT THE EMERGENCY. "9 Raymond Heckett, Who Was Shot Yesterday, is Still Alive. Three deaths occurred at the Emergency Hespital today. The first to succumb was Louis Lapreux, the old gentleman who was struck by a street rajlway car and so badly irjured at 3d street and Indiana avenue early last week. (7 The next was Wiliam Hawkins, who was operated on 1dSt k in Philadelphia for an internal ailme: and whose condition became seriouS sod# after returning to this city. The third viftim was a man named Busey, about; ties know litt! that he reac! ing. suffering the hospital autho. or fothing, beyond the fact 2 institution last even- ‘om & serious lung trouble. Up to a ge Wour this afternoon no change for th better or for the worse had been noted in the condition of Raymond Beckett, the colored man who was shot* through the stomach yesterday morning by his brother-in-law, William Hanson; James Williams, tbe colored mam.who shot himself, his wife ‘and mother-in-law, sev- eral days ago, or William Robinson, who was hit in the head with a hatchet by “Sergeant” Ash, Katie Coleman, a twelve-year-old colored sirl, arrived at the hospital this afternoon with a.bullet in, her. lower lip. She was standing-in the daorway of her home, 1311 Wylie court,-when struck. by. the’ missile. She stated that a white bo¥, who-lives next door to her, fired the shot, but whether ac- ‘eldentally. or intentionally 1s not known. Dr. West extracted the ball, Elias Washington, a colored resident of Washington Township, on the other side of the Aqueduct bridge, was run over by @ wagon and severely injured this after- noon. — SEEKING TO PROVE DEATH. The Distribution of a Fortune De- pends Upon the Fact. PORTLAND, Ores December 26.—Miss Mary Ellen Thaxter of Sedalia, Mo., is here endeavoring to obtain confirmatory evi- dence of the death of her father, Everett Thaxter, if he be indeed dead, to expedite the distribution of a half-million-dollar es- tate in St. Lovis, in which she is interested to the extent of $250,000. Ten years ago Mr. Thaxter left his home, coming west, and the last five letters Miss Thaxter received from him were post- marked, “Oswego, Ogn.” That was five or six years ago. Then the correspondence between father and daughter ceased. About that time Thaxter was known to live in the neighborhood of Oswego, prospecting and otherwise laboring, having a chum, one Frank Merrick. In the fall of 1892 Merrick circulated the story that his partner had gone back io his home in that county. This was be- lieved up to three months, despite the fact that Tkaxter’s few acquaintances never again heard of him. His skeleton was fourd at the bottom of a well, and sus pic‘on pointed io Meryick, who was, how ever, killed accidentally a short time ago. ae THE PAPER MAKING POOL. Wisconsin Manufacturers Conferring With Eastern Men. NEW YORK, December 26.—The Evening Post says: A delegation of Wisconsin pa- per manufacturers, headed by J. A. Kim- berley, heve been in this city for several days conferring with representatives of tern manufacturers of white paper used by newspapers, with a view to entering the pool now forming.\'It is believed that the most prominent firsts of the west will agree to the proposed combination. Allotment and percentage are.the main questions. The trade injthe west differs from that in the east, and the prospect of an open mar- ket for concepns; situated at a distance from the great center 1s believed to be one of the object¥*of the proposed union. All that now remains {6 complete the union of eastern manufacturers seems to be formal action concerning question of contract, agreement, &c, Although mést ofthe manufacturers are identified ‘withthe production of other lines of paper, it is stated positively that the negotiations now’ pending cortcern the news- paper grade dilly, “and have nothing to do with the manéfacttring of other kinds. fhe work of organization has been sts- ptematized by Series of ‘conimittees, ——_—_— FOR THE NEWSspoys. Christmas Cheer to Be Furnished the Little Toilers, The 200 newsboys who recelve evening in- struction at the Newsboys’ ‘Home, and all others who see proper to accompany them, will be given their annual Christmas dinner Wednesday evening next at the home. For this the lady managers desire contributions from a generous public. There will be no program of exercises observed, unless something unforeseen occurs. Bishop Sat- terlee will make an address. The following donations for the expense of the dinner were today receival by Mrs. B. W. Bab- son, the chairman of the Christmas din- ner committee: Miss Cromelin and three friends, $5; Lucy W. Kellogg, $1; Mary Goodwin, $1; Sixth Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Merchant, $1; Mrs. Cairnes, $1; a Friend, 50 cents;' Mrs. Morton, $1: Miss Wilkes, $1; D. N. Morgan, 50 cents. Survived a Terrible Experience. SAN DIEGO, Cal., December 26:—The steamer Carlos Pacheco, just arrived from Ensenada, brought Capt. Chas. Peterson and Wm. Findley, who were on board the schooner Sailor Boy,when she was wrecked last month near Elida Island. The men es- caped in a small boat to the mainland and walked to Rosario, fifty miles distant. The country traversed is almost a desert, and they were almost starved when ’ they reached Rosario. ——— Married to Director Hinrichs. SAN FRANCISCO, December 26.—Gustav Hinrichs, the well-known musical director, and Miss Katherine Montgomery Fleming were married at the home of the parents of the groom in Almeda, on the evening of December The ceremony was a very quiet one, and news of it did. not become public until today, when the musician and his bride returned from a short honey- moon trip. There were present only the parents of the bride and groom and Carl Uhlig, who acted as best man. The en- gagement was of two years’ standing. Miss Fleming, who is a resident of Los Angeles, met the musical director three years ago while she was contralto in the series of concerts given by Walter Dam- rosch in New York. The following year Miss Fleming cast her fortunes with Theo- dore Thomas. When Hinrichs organized his Italian Opera Company in Philadelphia his present wife was the leading contralto. > Charge of Housebreaking. On a chargeé:of Rousebreaking with in- tent to commie am! assault, John Quirk, a young white min, ‘was today held by Judge Miller for the’ actibn of the grand jury in $1,000 bonds. Acovding to the testimony submitted in ourt, Quirk last evening forced an entramce,into the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Sameel Bacon, on North Cap- itol street, near Pratreet, as they were at supper, and wétHoat warning knocked Mr. Bacon down and kitked him repeatedly in the face. He#alsw handled Mrs. Bacon roughly. Quirk was intoxicated at the time, and it is stated the gelice dre on the lookout for several other men who were connected with the affair, 9 » Me +> An Indias: Pew-wow Arrang. A po of ‘fhdians trom the Crow Creek reservation,, South Dakota, accom- panied by Wells, their interpreter, and Dr. Treon, the United States agent at the res- ervation, today called on Indjan Commis- sioner Browning and arranged to have a talk with him next Monday relative to cere grievances complained of by the rows. z * eS Case Continued The case of John Perry, who was arrest- searched the room occupied” by a located a quantity of goods which, it shousee were stolen from Mr. D:N, Wal- Don’t say Always your bundle. BY THE GREAT LAKES. Freaks of the Winds and Waves on the Sands of the Beach. Frem the Popular Science News. One of the attractions presented by the coasts of the Great lakes is the clean, glit- tering sand that borders the water's edge along most of the coast line. For ages the waters of these lakes have dashed up- on the shores with a force scarcely less than that of the ocean waves, grinding down rocks into fine grains and washing away the last particle of silt. So perfectly have the sands been cleansed that the many thousands of people who lounge upon them every summer day may dress in their finest and daintiest fabrics, for they leave no mark. . A peculiar property of this beach ma- terial, at least in certain localities, has given it the name “singing sand.” | This remarkable name has been. given on ac- count of the shrill creaking sound emit- ted by the sand when vigorously disturbed. By whirling a cane or similar stick so that the end cuts through the sand to the depth of an inch or so, the sound made is very similar to that of a circular saw running rapidly through timber, although, of course, the two sounds are not to be compared in intensity. Walking over the sand, especial- ly when the heel of the shoe is made to plow through it in stepping, or even brush- ing through it briskly with the finger, pro- duces similar effect. It is stated that a government offigial at Washington once had some of this material sent to him for the purpose of investigating its sonorous quali- ties, but_no satisfactory explanation was found. Perfect freedom from dust seems to be an essential condition, ag the effect can be produced only in the portion that Is washed by the waves. I am reliably in- formed that the same phenomenon is ex- hibited by sand at places on the Atlantic coast. Can some one inform me whether it is characteristic of all beach sands? Another remarkable feature of this sand is the sprinkling of coal-black, magnetic particles in its composition. These particles are generally smaller than the quartz grains. In number they constitute, I would Say at a guess, one-tenth of the sand. They are attracted by the magnet nearly or quite as strongly as are iron fillings, thus indicating an abundance of iron. In what form this iron is contained I have not yet ; determined. Sometimes the action of the waves separates this material from -the quartz, leaving it in deposits, often many rods in extent, just outside the water line, and from one-eighth to one-half an inch in depth, enabling one to gather a con- siderable quantity nearly pure. Before I had learned the nature of these deposits I called them accumulations of coal dust or of fine cinders from some furnace, and passed them by without second thought, until at last it occurred to me that the supposition was not reasonable. The in- vestigation that naturally followed result- ed in discovery of the facts stated above. The sand is subject to the freaks of the winds as well as of the waves, and with results still more remarkable. Walking over the sand fields in a strong wind is as uncomfortable and as dangerous to the sight as facing a severe storm of sleet. ‘The air is then filled with flying particles that sting sharply whenever they strike an exposed part of the body. Dead trees beaten for years by this natural sand blast gradually wear away below and finally fall. The moving power of the wind over this material is shown by the frequent forma- tion of drifts more than a foot in depth during a single storm, and by the immense hills or dunes that have been accumulat- ing and shifting for ages.. These great piles, some of them several hundred feet high, line the coast in an almost unbroken chain, some more-or less conical in shape, others forming ridges. On the eastern shore the dunes appear to be gradually moving to the eastward at the rate of a few inches or a few feet each year, according to the intensity and frequency of the prevailing westerly winds. Should a forest stand in the way of this creeping mass it is slowly buried alive. Where such a ‘tragedy is in progress one may walk among the upper branches of tall trees, which still retain a degree of vitality, and put forth sickly leaves and bear dwarfed fruit on the few protruding branches. x —_——_+0+—____ THE HORSE AND HIS FUTURE. His Struggle for Existence Against the Wheel and the Motor. From the Saturday Review. Recent forecasts of the influences of motor cars and: bicycles upon the future of horses have been, in many cases, ex- travagant and ridiculous. It has been said that in a few wears the horse will no longer be bred for purposes of general utility, and that if he exists at all, it will be merely as a pet or a plaything. Non- sense of this sort should not blind us to the fact that motor cars and motor car- riages, ight railways, and, to a certain extent, also cycles of various kinds, are certain to affect very rege am treeget iif "Norse breeding, Sountriog wore deal- ers already comp! r tthe test! keep Main Offices: *Phone 1092.— Drop a postal! Telephone 1092) Tok YALE LAUNDRY F. H. WALKER & CO., become the most deadly enemy horse. Before enlarging upon the damage likely to be inflicted upon horse breeders and horse dealers by such things, it may be prudent to bear in mind that the question of the probable influence upon both by_| artificial progression and propulsion was asked, and with at least as.much reason, in the early days of railway locomotives and the use of steam power for purposes of agriculture. Yet many more horses are bred in these days than in those. It may be that the number is not larger, if so large, in proportion to the population. The enormous perpetual increase of the pop- ulation in proportion to the increase of any kind of farm produce, in this little country {s a very important point to be remembered in calculating the effect of any rew factor upon the future demand for a particular form of produce. This consideration may well give rise to the doubt whether, be the use of horseless conveyances ever so general, the demand for horses will decrease sufficiently to re- duce their number in this country very materially twenty years hence. Judging from the results of the steam plow, the steam threshing machine, the steam tur- nip chopper, the steam cake crusher and the steam pulper, the motor cart is not very likely to lead to the extermination of the cart horse; and, if the light railway saves hin’ some labor, it is not more likely to make his services unnecessary than the ordinary railway. So fac from anticipat- ing the abolition of the cart horse by the motor, we should be much surprised to learn that & large number of cart horses are not employed at the works of the large horseless carriage companies themselves. We will continue with the cart horse in beginning our consideration of the injury that may be inflicted upon horse breeders by the substitution of steam power for horse power. Among the most important patrons of the Shire horse and the Ciydes- dale, as the cart horse is technically called, according to his breed, are the brewers. Undoubtedly it will be a great saving to them to have their prodigiously heavy carts moved by steam instead of by horses. Horses similar to those used by brewers, again, draw the heavy vans of many manu- facturers and merchants and dealers in cities; it may be expected, therefore, that the demand for such horses will seriously decrease, and we should not care at this moment to invest money in a large breed- ing stud of Clydesdales or Shire horses at present prices. Not that we anticipate the disappearance of either breed. On farms, in the yards of great works and railway companies, and even, to some extent, in cartage in towns, there will be ample op- portunities for employing them. The light van horse will probably, like the heavy cart horse, he superseded by the motor. of the 514 10th St. 1104 14th St. Plant, 43 G St. Where he is used time is generally of im- portance, and here steam power has an advantage over him. He is a fine, active, useful animal, and we should greatiy re- gret to see him gradually disappearing. We have more fears in his case than in that of the Shire horse or the Clydesdale, as there is little demand for him beyond towns ard suburbs, and farmers are not | likely to gu on breeding him for their own use. One of the most serious questions for the consideration of farmers in connection with motor carriages is the effect their general use would have upon the demand for hay, oats and any provender now con- sumed by horses; but as this does not di- rectly concern the future of the horse 1t is somewhat beyond the province of our present inquiry. Another question which our subject does not require us to answer is, whether the breeding of horses, other than cart norses, and apart from the con- venience of using the young horses until sold, is even now remunerative to farmers. There are those who strongly maintain that it is not. ———-— +00 INTERESTING INDIAN RELICS. Gifts to the Archaeological Depart- ment of Pennsylvania University. From the Philadelpbia Record. Mrs. Amelia 8S. Quinton, president of the National Indian Association, has just pre- sented the archaeological department of the University of Pennsylvania with an interesting collection of Indian baskets. Collecting Indian baskets has become quite a fad among some fashionable people, and fabulous prices are being paid for some of the big ones bought on the Pacific coast. ‘The lot just given to the university has a double interest, for not only are the bas- kets beautiful examples of deft handicraft, but many of them are relics of Indians whose names have become historic. For example, a -plate-shaped basket, such as the Indians use for winnowing grain, was made by Remona, the heroine of Helen Hunt's famous romance. Remona is still living in Coahuville, Cal., with her daugh- ter Matilda, the maker of another. basket in_the collection. Some few other implements besides bas- kets were sent by Mrs. Quinton, among which may be mentioned a spoon formed from the shell of a small turtle and a bow \d arrows made by the famous Geromino, who gave Generals such a Pua aH i i you have ever known perfect laundry work until you have tried the Yale---the model laundry plant of America. Every laundry bundle intrusted to us---from the smallest up tothe largest---receives the best of care and attention. - Ata word from you we will call for on time. ston and the Battle of New Orleans. William Hugh Robarts, in the January Century. When the news reached Europe of the battle at Chalmette, commonly known as the battle of New Orleans, and of the ter ribly disastrous results to the English army, the account at first was not credited. That a trained force from the picked regi- ments of the British army, schooled in war with commanders of the distinction that Pakenham and Keene enjoyed, should meet with such a defeat at the hands of a “mili- tia general,” was hardly to be believed under any circumstances; but that out of a force of 6,000 strong there should a loss of 2,117 killed and wounded on the British side, while the Americans had oniy six killed and 7 wounded, was held to be im- possible. The Duke of Wellington was par- ularly savage in his denunciation of the ‘Yankee lie,” as he termed the first vague reports that reached him of the terrible and unexpected defeat. When, however, the facts touching the result of the fight were substantiated, rope was amazed. ——_--+0- A Laconic Proposal. From Fllezende Blatter.