Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1897, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR; SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1897-24 PAGES. 9 The Busy Corner, 8th St. and Market Space. THE OLD DETECTIVE - He Talks About Burglars and Their Ways. HITCHING A SAFE 10 A TRAIN — How the Country Post Office Was Unexpectedly Demolished. See eS CAUGHT BY TAKING HIS EASE See me very amusing incidents occur in the tiv areer of glar,” said the old de- eporter a few evenings am reminded of an incident I learned in connection with one of the gang of safe that were sent away from here years ago for the bottling works burglary in Georgetown. At least three of the had been operating all over the principally at the country iron safes are dead eksman still in his ap- asy DOUPLE-WIDTH ALL-WOOL FINE TWILL prenticeshiv.” BLACK. “Business had not been over-prosperous A bargain at 29c. with the gang. It required a great many pe ee two-cent stamps to make hundred do!- WE, ROSE, BROWN AY te ais yout all they found A bargain at 50c. in the postn mg boxes. At the < Ta ree time of the occurrence [I have in mind 4: 1 IMPORTED WIDE-WAL LET, MYRTLE, MODE, TAN AND A bargain at 69c. they were at a small station on the main By - BI’k and Col’d Dress Goods. RIETTAS—IN NAVY, MYRTLE, GARNET, S, KANN, SONS & CO. ANOTHER BUILDING OUR. GRAND REBJILDING SALE. The Contraction of Our Prices Has Caused a Wonderful EXPANSION OF OUR BUSINESS. Our customers have the privilege to enter through Seventh street, right into our store. No such deal has ever taken place in Washington. the 15th WHEN EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED WE WILL OCCUPY MORE GROUND FL Instant Be the Contractors gin Tearing Out THAN ANY FIRM WERE, and Pulling WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH OUR IMMENSE STOCK? iF MUST ee SOLD. Sacrifice of value and disregard of profit will continue, and today’s advertisement gives you an inkling M IRGES—IN NAVY, RTLE, AND A sacrifice at 1 Qc, ARDINAL, 39c. ZARMENTS—IN NAVY, VIO- 49c, CARDINAL A sacrifice at t TAILOR-MADE ALSO BLACK. A sacrifice at TWO-TONE COVERT SUITINGS, SEVEN DIFFERENT MIXTURES; ‘THE A sactifice at 69c. line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in West Virginia. A general store and post 1 IMPORT office combined was the point of attack THING FOR A TAILOR-MADE DRESS, for the nigh freight train was due to A bargain at 89c. stop for water shortly after midnight, and the crowd had planned to do the job, TH IMPORTED DR and leave on the fi nt. expectation it was “fore the proprietor left necessary to have one follow him to his home some BROWN AND : A bargain at $1.00. 45-INCH ALL-WOOL FINE TWILLED SI A bargain at 39¢. AP D'ETE WOOL, BACK RGE; COLOR WARRANTED FAST BLAC MYRTLE, 75C. 29c. AND SILK FINISH, IN NAVY, A sacrifice at A sacrifice at i village, and rt : = pe i e Moma seer inerulebia: borane 45-INCH ALL-WOOL FRENCH CASHMERE AND IMPERIAL SERGES, FINE TWILL AND beginning operations. It was then half SILK FINISH. . 5 Hee an hour before midnight, and they had A bargain at 50c. A sacrifice at_ 3Q¢, Leap rabero dharani oun ee ae PIN EFFECT NOVELTIES AND WIDE-WALE SERGE, ELEGANT WEARING MA- Settee tpt due cee I rill a 4 TERIALS. © moment they set the drill against the | 7 i ‘A frame of the safe or ‘peter Dox. in thieves A bargain at 60c. A sacrifice at 45¢, paras eh th * at cee in th oer einine 50 H IMPORTED WATER-PROOF SI . THE MOST DURABLE WGOL GOODS ON THO make than they had been e habi BA tackling. and the job would be a tedious : oa cee HIE Wane ence ores Greasina: Hit A bargain at 79¢. A sacrifice at 5Q¢, afte until the far away signal of the a z : : Approaching freight gave warning that they Our novelties have not been mentioned, but you'll see them well dis- had not the time to force the safe if they wished to leave as originally intended. ‘To Carry Off the Safe. “It was then a brilliant idea occurred to one of the gang, which he hastily imparted to his pals, and they immediately set about to put it into action. Upon measuring the doorway of the building it was found the afe could be taken through all right, cléar- mentioned goods. DARK QUALITY ROUND 1 » CHIN vTH 4 ARIETY ¢ A bargain at 25¢. SILK: all this time almost entirely knowing what moment a ng and give the NEW -INCH FI F A bargain at 69¢. BLACK, NAY not < + BROW) freight train was near at ffing her way up the grade, a A bargain at 75c. being in readiness the ‘gang eoncui edie ee eRe ng for her to stop to take on | wate MIKE A DUCKS PROOF INDIA, water. In a few minutes the engine slow- ; z ly passed, dragging the long Hne of cars, A bargain at 89c. the last one stopping scarcely twenty feet SCH BLACK SATIN DUCHESS, WARR. away trom the post office building. eee ‘The Train to Do the Work. n the inge: of the leader be- came apparent. It was his idea to attach the rope, one end of which he had already red to the safe, to the rear car of the ruin, and when the engine started the afe would be dragged along until a point A bargain at 79. STRIPED BLAC ATIN, THE NEW A bargain at 89¢. V BLACI ‘ATIN AND GRE A bargain at 89c. THESE ARE BUT A FEW OF THE AIN BI MANY ENCH FOULARDS, THE LATEST IDEA IN SILI VERY Sf NOVELTY MUCH WORN For &: BARGAINS WE HAVE TO OFFER 1 NTED PURE SILK—JUST played on bargain tables with the same sacrificing prices as the above- Black and Colored Silks. ITABLE FOR WAISTS OR NTIRE SUITS, GOOD 15c. A sacrifice at i ee et STRIPED WASH SILKS AND FIGURED PONGEES IN TAN AND BROWS. was no difficulty in procuring = rope A bargain at 2g¢. A sacrifice at 19¢ ry strength right there in the § ° “this. thi a around the | || 24INCH ALLSILK PLAIN COLORED INDIAS IN NAVY, WHITE, CREAM, OLIVE AND previously shoving it up to a : ; opposite the door of the A bargain at 39¢. A sacrifice at 25c. y dic ot dare to open the os —— ie ae or PLAID JAPS AND NEW FANCY BROCADE TAFFETAS, 22 INCHES WIDE. You understand, of course, they A bargain at 59¢ A sacrifice at 3Q¢, SVERY STYLISH, A sacrifice at 4Q¢, AND OLIVE TAFFETA CHECKS, NEW AND PRETTY, FOR WAISTS. A sacrifice at AND GUARANTE 59c. TO SHED 59c. b FOR THE 59c. ‘TIRE COSTUMES. A sacrifice at @Q¢, ECT STYLES AND PATTERNS. A sacrifice at @Qc¢, WEIGHTY A sacrifice at THE TI A sacrifice at ADES, 500 SLIGHTLY Worth toc. GENUINE NCASTER AND Worth 6c. WHITE STAR, YARD-WIDE Ni Worth r2}c. 200 READY-MADE BII Worth 35¢. AMOSKEAG EW PERCALES, ACHED SHEETS, SLI 15 PH Worth 18c. 4 BLEACHED SHE . ONLY 9 Worth 22c. F THE NEW OR¢ AND NOVELTY Worth 15c. and 19c. FOUNDATION HEAVY STIFF YORK Worth toc. BLACK BACK FIGURED WAIST LINING. Worth 15¢. DRESSMAKERS’ KID-FINISFED CAMBRIC, & Worth 6c. GOOD QUALITY SILESIA, IN ALL COLORS, Worth toc. CK MOIRE RCSTLE LINING. Worth toc. FOR ALL DRES WIRE CANVAS. , AN Worth 36-INCH FINE Worth 30¢. PERCALINE, IN BROWN, TAN 12sec. Worth 60c. s reached where they could cut it loo: nd bi it open at their leisure. He 2 ired it would be pretty well demolished i ch a rough trtp, and the final de- therefore, be comparatively | Medium-weight Horn Bones,some d before, that was the leader's 8, some g inches... 3c. doz. What occurred was something alto-| Bect Taffeta Silk Seam Bind- g lifferent. There the safe stood b z eae } to Joor now open. The heavy cable] ing......--.--- Pere piece leadt out nd s around a stout a Oa Pe ne Casin; a in al hitching post to insure a perfectly straight Silk Stitched Boi iS bey Soe P the other end well fastened ‘tol colors, 3-yd. lengths... .5¢. ae the coupling of the car, where the three | (004 Guaaibedes ~ Salk Toca Rat waiting forthe train to pull | Good-enough-for-anybody ilk out Bone Casing...........3¢. yard. The Result. ad not long to wait. The signal the shouts of the trainmen White Cotton Tape, not an inch of it twisted, 6 pieces for. . 5c. heard with alarming distinctness in| 5-yd.piece of Angora Skirt Braid.1oc country at midnigi Swan Bill Hooks and Eyes, 8 his engine to giv dozen for 6c. th t rm warning shrieks and then they! 41 (4 Tinen Corset Lace: cies 2}-yd. Linen Corset Lace c. pair. sad. The trio of burglars | 727) 1 5c. f ck rope gradually grow -r strands ¢ = and S the of a caterpillar, °o crash showed them the hitch- fore they —————— = s would | pout six squares before finding an officer, of | <5 that, had the thief taken the money and 4 | prerptly left the house, he could in all avenward and | probability have escaped detection. office was a] "What became of him?” asked The Star | reporter, supposing the humorous part of jwesiee ate the ory was yet to come. ss from the | “<n! ten years,” replied the old detective. or it to ————— the jambs. THE BIGGEST SAILING CRAFT. engine fresh and the bu Eat ; ter was forced to suc-| The Potosi and the Governor Ames ompletely, and, the eye | ¢he Greatest Ship and Schooner Afloat say, gracefully. It Looked Easy. tell it ‘The largest sailing craft in existence ts the Potosi, now engaged in the nitrate trade with the west coast of South Ameri- > crowd as a first-class » postmaster, but here is one on | ca. She was built by Laeisz of Ham- the gang. burg, in 1895. Her principal dimensions are: 1 been told of a ‘p * in Wash- | Length, 362 feet; breadth, 49% feet; depth, was always from <hree ars to be obiaine ere hundred dc here gross register, 2,005 tons, and net 80 tons. She has a dead weight ad @othing on hand in the | carrying capacity of 6,150 tons, and besides ran over from Baltimore | peing the largest sailing ship in existence, to do the job by hims she also possesses the distinction of being being to rob the hous és y fie suiastede One, with thei excep= imore on the firs the only five-m tion of the La France of DuMkirk, which 1s of considerably smaller dimensions. During her first voyage to Iquique, a distance of 11,000, miles. was covered in seventy-two days, a remarkably fast trip. “The largest vessel engaged in trade oa the American coast is the Governor Ames, a five-masted wooden schooner trading bp Far posed kes ctric | regularly between Newport News and > University, study the ! providence, R. I. She was built at Waldo- on and then return to proposed operations about did without ting cers who knew him or - hour hi the in ISS8, by Levitt Storer and her poro, Me a eas Length, 345 f prince! dimensions ar¢ BHnches: beam, 21 feet 2 inches; ‘depth, 2 inch and her net tonnage is 1,680.81. Captain C. A. Davis is the master and owner, and her hailing port is Provi- dence. She is one of a ficet of schooners engaged in carrying the celebrated New river coal from Newport News to Provi- dence, and carries about xm) tons on a draught of 2 feet. She ts the only five- ed schooner on this coast, the largest istence, and she has a sail area of w) square yards. + e+-—___— A King’s Wife in the Workhouse. From the St. ‘The romances of the London workhouse would form a thrilling and pathetic record, and, for sad vicissitude and {ll luck, few cases could surpass that of an inmate of at rance uw money, whic t floor. y forced the drs tying between book. He h the 4. would sl rear parlor 0 train not would be safer in parlors than if found 1g about streets of Washington er loitering around the railroad station, where might run up against some of our a condition to be avoided under ell stances, . James Gazette. How He Was Caught. poo! ho has very re- “Our man then took off his coat and | Che Of our noornouses, wie WVisiting the shoes, ed the gas and a cigar and dr esse : - up an easy chair to a weal coneren rea institution wees aren ea er finement of an elderly woman in the in- firmary, who was a Norwegian by birth, but who spoke English and other languages fluently. She had all the beaux rstes of a very lovely woman, which years of pover- ty and ‘ll health could not destroy. She was very reticent as regarded her past, but was so evidently a gentlewoman that the sympathetic visitor exerted herself to ob- tain admission for the invalid into a home for the dying, in which she might pass her last days in peace and amid congenial sur- roundings. Before her death the stranger told her story, and a strange and romantic cne it proved to be. At seventeen she was informed by her parents that she was to table, where he found The Star of that afternoon's issue. Surely everything was &t hand to add to his comfort for the mo- { ment, and fully appreciating the luxurious- ness of his surroundings, he was soon Geeply interested in the paper, when—crash! The door flew open, and revealed three of ficers crowding one another in the door way, each holding a revolver leveled at Mr. Burglar’s head. “The explanation is that when he en- tered the front door the burglar trod upon @ mat, under which was the button of a burglar alarm that rang at the bedside of the owner of the dwelling. Instead of ar- resting the man himself, the gentleman Quietly left by the back way and had sone ' LITTLE THINGS WHICH AR Best Hump Hooks and FE: black or white. --2c. card Black or White Cloak Hooks and Byes=. sas. eee 3c. doz. Best Corset Clasps made, black, white or drab 5c. pair. Solid Steel Thimble, with or with- out top eLeeceasos Gs Large Kid Curle ae LOC: Trump Dress Stays, all colors and SIZES 5s as ...-6c. dozen Smith’s Best Needle 3c. paper. Royal Safety Belts—no pins... .25c. Best Waving Hairpins......4c. doz. KANN, SONS & CO. more satisfactory. Her husband was hand- some, cultured and devoted. They lived in a charming country house, surrounded by every luxury, and four children were born to the couple. The only drawback to the berfect happiness of the young wife was the long and frequent absences of her hus- band, which he attributed to business, but would explain no further. At last there came a day when the man returned no nore from his accustomed journey, but sent his lawyer instead, from whom the bewildered and heartbroken woman learned that her supposed husband was the King of —, and that, owing to the pressing rea- sons, the liaison should terminate. An ade- quate sum was settled on her and the chil- dren, and, wishing to break entirely with the past, she came to live in London. Af- ter some years she married an Englishman, and shortly after the king died, leaving a lump sum to her. This money the husband got from her to invest, and ran off with the entire amount, leaving his unfortunate wife penniless. She had never been trained to any sort of work, and things went from bad to worse until, utterly destitute and she became an inmate of the work- eee Plague Prospects in India. From the British Medical Journal. We fear that no great abatement of the disease in Bombay, or wherever else it may appear, is to be anticipated with any confidence until six or seven months after the commencement of the outbreak. Bom- bay, it may be hoped, will be free of the epidemic in the month of April; that is, seven months after its appearance in Sep- tember, 1896. Afterward, sporadic cases will occur, and unless every precaution 1s taken during the lull, it will reappear fh seven or eight months more. The precau- tions necessary are thorough purification of the city, not only as regards drainage and dirt and house cleaning, but the dis- infection of clothing must form the key- note of precautionary measures. When dis- ease or impoverishment from any cause approaches, the poorer classes immediately pawn their clothing; and if they are in- fected—be it with plague, smallpox or any other infectious disease—the particular form of disease reappears when returning prcsperity enables them to redeem the goods. This, perhaps, is the greatest dan- ger in the future, and one which should be met by a thorough disinfection of pawn- brokers’ stores immediately the present epidemic 1s over. The plague has fairly laid hold on Poona, and Karachi is as severely stricken as Bombay. Already in Bombay the parts first stricken are enjoying a cessation; and if it be the case that plague was in the Mundvie district in August, the seven mcnths of its affliction are. well nigh; at an end. A Reuter’s telegram states that the International Sanitary Council at Con- stantinople has received notice that the Plague has appeared at Port Djivadir, in Beluchistan. The real danger to Europe is by land, and not by sea. The country to the west of the Indus is the home of the plague, and when once the infection in an epidemic form teaches thence—that is, Afghanistan, Persia, and especially Mesopotamia—no be married, and, although she had no voice | doubt theré will be a danger of its impor- in the matter, nothing could have been ! tation, via the Caspian and the Black sea Worth ric. 400 SLIGHTLY SOILED TILLOW CASES—MADE MILLS MUSLIN. Worth 15c.. FRUIT OF THE LOOM BLEACHED MUSLIN. Worth 8c. CE RATED BERKLEY FINE CAMBRIC, FUL APRON GINGHAMS, S 8-4 BLEACHED SHEETING, AS GCOD AS PEQUOT. 300 HEMSTITCHED READY-MADE SHEETS, 81X90, SLI LININGS \UINE SILK-FINISHED RIBBON CLOTH, FOR oR INCH GENUINE GRAY HERRINGBONE HAIR CLOTH. WHAT MIGHTY DEEDS ARE DONE AT THE BUSY CORNER! DOMESTICS. SOILED PEQUOT PILLOW CASES. Sacrificed at 5Kxc. SUTTA AND NEW YORK Sacrificed at O34{c. ed at 5¢, Sacrificed at 6#e. ALL STYLE CHECKS. Sacrificed at 3Zc, LIGHT GROUNDS, STRIPES, FIGURES AND Sacrificed at 83Kc. TLY SOILED, FOR SINGLE BEI 2 Sacrificed at Dc, Sacrificed at 2/4c PIECES LEFL OUT OF 1,000, AND TIT AST Sacrificed at 14%c. #MTLY SOILED. Sacrificed at 43¢, IN AND PATTERN FOR OF UTICA, W Sacri Ya RD WIDE. ED A Sacrificed at | 5¢, . LAC INDIA FOL OR DRES 834c. IN it NA Sacrificed at D WITHOUT NO GARMENT WOULD BE COM- 634c. 83{c. 2%. 634c. Sacrificed at NDY DRESSES. 634c. Sacrificed at 25c. Sacrificed at TAc. Sacrificed at 39C. Sacrificed at Sacrificed at LACK AND COLORS. Sacrificed at Sacrificed at AND CREAM, DRAPERIES. 3.000 YARI }) YARDS OF FINEST JAPANESE GOLD CLOTH 3.000. Y. DS OF AMEO COTTON DRAPERY For 0) YARDS OF SILK STRIPE CL LACE CURTAINS. AIN SURIM, FINE FRENCH MADRAS ¢ GROUNDS, WERE $4.00, $5 THE REST MADRAS CURT. LOOMED WORTH FROM $5.00 To $8.00 PER PAIR... A FEW PAIRS NOTTINGH 0) INCHES WIDE, 3% ¥ LONG. $4.00 GRADE OF NOTTINGHAMS BRUSSELS, CLUNY AND POINT 1 RUGS. 30x60 SMYRNA RUGS WER ANIMAL AND ORAL 24x60 BEST AXMINSTER, WILTON AND VEI 30x00 RE SIELE HINDOO RUC LIGHT FURNITURE. ISINCH WALNUT TOW! 3-FOLD OAK WITH ~ UPHOLSTERY. SILKOLINE REMNANTS 1 TO 6-YARD M LACE CURTAINS, NET RU $1.00 KIND. Prices Lower Than Any Other House in the United States. DDED TO OUR IMIPROVEMIENTS. We have secured the 8th street portion of the Family Shoe Store, giving us a three-story iron-front building 24x120, and making three separate pieces of property to complete our immense space Down. INANTS 1 TO 10-YD. unems71A¢, Le! FURNITURE COVERING ‘OR SUMMER PORTIE WHITE AND TIN "$1.98 "$2.98 “$1.49 $1.98 4 YARDS, LONC SoM IN FISE BRUSSELS PATTER =3.00 AND 60 INCHES WIL DENIC WERE $1.98 $1.29 59c. WERE, . SC. 69c. 1.49 FEET — COMPLETE $ LINENS. 1 CASE OF I8INCH PLAID GLASS TOWELE Worth 6c. 2¢ OF TURKEY AND WHIT FULL 69 INCHES WIL K ANT NEW CHOM RANTED. JU FOR AN APTER-L 40e, VAL OF BIRD-EYE DIAPER, 20 INCH Sacrificed at 3¥, Cc. fees. y RED AND GRE var 1 COLORS WAR CLOTH, REGULAR 25c¢ yd HT, QUALITY "™. 35c. yd. «. 33C. 1. 10 YARDS IN A PIEC EMBROIDERIES. 8c. value... -. 2-2... 4c. value. ...swcccesccccccccce ihc. value. .......00. - yard, € yard, =3 -ge. yard. Laces. 2,000 YARDS OF FINE On YARDS, IN WHITE AND BUTT Regular 12}c. to 18c. value ) NET-Tor Revular 20c. $0) 30c waltt@. ...5-5..-s<5iceen ne scesecnsre LACES IN 1 GTHS RANGING PROM #4, TO 8c. yard. 12}c. y ard, nickel plating, 4, inches long. + 19c. Kirby Hairpins -2c. a paper 100 assorted Hairpins, in a pol- ished wood cabinet. ..........3¢. Best Adamantine Pins, 14 rows in 4, 5 and 5$ depapek-n as = ae Finest English Pir assorted SIZ CS ee ee eee 3 Gs sheres, to Europe. But these regions have been for many decades now Hable to in- vasiors by plague, yet it has not reached Eurcpe. and a priori there is no reason to | Conclude that it will do so now. In fact, all experience for the last fifty years is } agaist its spread to urope, and, al- theugh not wishing to minimize the dan- ger, we cannot join in the assumption that because plague is raging east of the val- ley of the Indus, it is to spread to Europe. Plague has not up to the present gone be- yond the “plague belt,” in which it has been known to exist at times during the past fifty years. = $e = WHAT SOME DUST TAUGHT NANSEN. Important Suggestions Offered by Diatoms Found on the Ice. Dr. W. F. Hume, in Knowledge. For many years a small, but happily in- creasing, group of zoologists and geologists has maintained the importance of studying the microscopic forms of life, believing that, even apart from their intrinsic interest, they will eventually lend material aid to the solution of many keenly discussed prob- lems. Recent events have tended greatly to justify this position, and it will be our present aim to show how minute plants have been used as arguments in connection with polar exploration. In 1892 Dr. Nansen, whose successful re- turn to Europe has caused so great a sen- sation, submitted to the Royal Geographi- cal Society his reasons for believing that the north pole could be reached if the meth- ods he proposed were carried out. He argued, first, that the great polar currents run southward between Greenland and Spitzbergen; whereas, on the Siberian side, a constant current of fresh water is run- ning northward, turning northwestward at the New Siberian Islands, probably cross- ing the pole, and, eventually, forming the southward current previously mentioned. Many facts were adduced in support of his contention. Thus, the Siberian larch and red spruce every year reach the coast of Greenland, and supply the wood used by the Esquimaus in the construction of their boats and sledges; these relics being also, as Nansen remarks, found in the sea north of Spitzbergen among the ice floes carried southward from the unknown north. On one of his previous expeditions to Greenland Nansen collected many samples of dust from the surface of the snow on the ice-floes between Iceland and Green- land, and was much interested in the di- atomaceae found in some of these. The diatomaceae are minute unicellular plants, each cell being inclosed in a small case, or frustule, composed of siliceous material. This casing consists of two valves or plates, one overlapping the other, somewhat after the manner of the two parts of a pill box. The surfaces of these valves often appear beautifully ornamented, due to the pres- ence of depressions, lying in the interspaces of an elevated reticulation. The diameter of the plates ts usually less than one two- hundredths of an inch, so that they require the highest powers of the microscope for their study. Nansen submitted his speci: to Prot Cleve of Upsala, who, after iden’ six- teen and varieties, reported on them as follows: ‘The diatom fiora ‘of this dust is quite peculiar and different from that of BIG VALUES IN SMALL WARES. REALITY BIG_NEt SSSITIES. WE'VE NEV SOLD THEM SO CHEAPLY AS THIS. ‘TH. T MEANS YOU NEV! Raven Black Mending Cotton, ab- Miller’s Pin Book, an assortment solutely fast. 2-2-3 -e = 8c. doz.| of all good pins, black and Black or Brass Metal Pants But- WIHte sre Eis [oe CONS? oc s cco -loc. gross.)} Best Monarch Skirt Binding, 2 Warranted Steel Scissors, double inches wide, 4 yards. =ea0C Best Monarch Skirt Binding, 2 inches wide, 5 yards 273) Jet Headed Hat Pins. -2c. dozen Box of 2 doz. Gilt Hairpins are: Best Nickel-plated Safety Pins, all’sizes. .-5 .. 3c. dozen. All-silk White Garter Web, garter fengths <1 ee seas - 10c. Regular 39c. Web, all colors . yd ~S8th and all the many thousands of samples which I have examined, with the exception of one, with which it shows the most complete congrui lected by Kielman (during the Vega ex- pedition) on the floe ice at Cape Wank rema, near Bering straits. The species and the varieties are exactly the same in both samples. It is quit remarkable that the diztom flora on ice floes near Bering sound | and on the east coast of Greenland are so completely alike and so unlike all others. It indicates that there is an open comiuni- cation between the seas east of Greenland and north of Asia.’ Nansen adds: “All these (referring to his own specimens) were also found 2t Cape Wankarema, twelve of them being only known from there, and from nowhere else in the whole world; and that, though the diatom flora of the Kara sea, Franz Joset Land, Spitzbergen and Greenland has also been partly examined.” All through his paper Nansen showed his keen appreciation of little things. The min- erals in the dust were also examined, no less than twenty varleties being recognized by Tornbohm, who exclaims: “Can it be possible that the terrestrial portions of the dust originate from northern Siberix? That it is partly mud carried into the sea by the great Siberian rivers? The great variety of minerals contained in the dust seems to me to indicate that it originates from an extensive land region, and thus it seems most natural to think of northern Siberia.’ Again, much pumice, belonging to a sroup of rocks known as the Andesites, has been found on the shores of Spitzbergen and Greenland, altogether dissimilar from those of any volcanic region in the Atiantic ocean, but very possibly derived from the Andesitic volcanic regions near the Bering sea. Thus, relying on some driftwood, minute minerals and microscopic plants—backed, it is true, by wider considerations-did this gallant explorer trust himself to his little vessel, and, joining the ice-tloes near the New Siberian Islands, await in the ¥ram the fulfillment of his expectations. What has been achieved is known of all men; but when the results come to be weighed in the balance let us hope that the humble plant- helpers will not be forgotten. ———_+e+_____ Something About Greece. From the Philadelphia Record. It has a population of 2,187,208. By its inhabitants Greece is called “‘Hel- Jas.” The mean temperature of Greece is 64 degrees Fahrenheit. No part of Greece is forty miles from the sea, nor ten,from the hills. About one-half of the population are ag- riculturists and shepherds. it has an area of 24,977 square miles, or @ trifle over one-half that of Pennsylvania. It 1g the only country in the world whose — are provided with the Gras guns paper-covered cartridges. The Greek flag is a white cross on a blue” ground—the Bavarian colors and the Greek In the complexity of its make and the viz, a sample which was col- | GHT ANY OF THEM AT TH DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES. The very Best Triple Extracts dis- tilled: 1 oz. bottle. .... 2 oz. bottle. ... 3 0z. bottle... .. 4 oz. bottle. ......48c. Kann’s Satin Bouquet, a fragrant, healthy soap............5¢. cake - Toc. | | Variety of its natural features Greece ex- eels every country in Europe. Its present boundary limits were deter- mined by arrangement between Great Britain, France, Russia and Tu: on= cinded at Constantinopie on July Only about 70,000 of the inhabit speak any language other than Greek, and only about 20,000 profess any religion other than the orthodox. The chief characteristics of the average Greek are his inquisitiveness, fondness for | excitement, love of discussion, desire for kuowledge, an aptitude for learning and aggressive patriotism. Gell once remarked that in traveling through the Morea in March he fou “summer in Messenia, spring in Lac and winter in Arcadia, without having moved beyond a radius of fifty miles.” The climate has two striking peculiarities —the heat in summer and the cold in win- ter are far more intense than those cf any other country in the world lying in the same latitude. Though not much more than one-half the size of Portugal, it has a coast line greater than that of Spain and Portugal together. There are three distinct races within its confines, speaking different languages, wearing different costumes and holding lit- Ue social intercourse with each other—the Greek, the Albanian and the Wallachian, or Roumanian. ‘The present king, George I, came to the throne in 1863, in his eighteenth year. He draws an income of $260,000 annually, including $20,000 from Great Britain, France and Russia. He is the son of the present King of Den- mark, Christian IX, and brother of the Princess of Wales and the dowager empress of Russia. He married in 1867 the Grand Duchess Ol- gs, eldest daughter of the grand uncle to the present Emperor of Russia. 5 She thas had six living children—five sons and one daughter. The king has a palace at Athens, built by Otho, at a cost of $2,500,000, and a summer residence at Corfu. He shares the legislation with a single chamber, called the boule, the members of which are elected by the people every four years. There are seven ministers of administra- tion, whose salary is $2,140 a year each. For purposes of local government, Greece is divided into thirteen monarchies, under officers called nomarchs. It has an excellent legal system, based upon the old Roman law. . Its regular standing army consists of 16,- 280 infantry, 3,120 cavalry, 3,842 artillery, 1,080 engineers and transportation gen, 3,- 400 officers and men, making a total of 28,- 470 troops in the land forces. <-o+—____ ‘The Inaugeration in Print. For 10 cents. sent to The Evening Star office the issues of The Evening Star for four days. beginning March 3 will be sent to any address. These issues will contain a illustrated, of the events attending the in- auguration of President McKinley. —_—_——_—_ “Oh, Louise! I've just heard something Greadtul about your? Japan Lily, highly scented, lathers freely ... Regular roc. size Famous Wool OAD ig ce aiha shes erease eres 1,000 Sheet Rolls of the Best - Toilet Paper..........5 and 8c. toc. Tooth Brushe: heb eeseset 15c. Tooth Brushes............10e. Bovine, much better than Lister- ine, a pint bottle. . see eee eee 25 Small size bottle..............10¢. Market Space. ARMS. Miser Doc- lect His Property. of life of an e ical profession known in thi ts of St. F half a century since. Having in of a somewhat iengthened c: ed in amassirg a considerable physician in question, whose name given, decided on retiring from p: order to pass the remainder of is ys with dignity in the enjoyment of leisur It happened, however, that his brain, long accustomed to active exercise, unable to withstand the enervating effects of idleness. While the stimulus afforded by his daily ministrations to his sick and cuffering townspeople continued in opera- tion his faculties remained unclouded, but no sooner was this withdrawn than at once symptoms of mental deterioration began to show themselves. Being destitute of family ties, he lived entirely alone, save for an antiquated crone, who was nominally his cook, although apparently she had but lit- Ue whereupon to exercise her culinary tal- In addition to avarice, the chief form of derangement with which the old man was afflicted was dread of Formerly conspicuous for his gay now became morese and suspicious to the last degree, fearing to leave his treasure for a moment, and unable either to sleep or to eat. According to the ancient daine he would assuredly have put an end to his misery by hanging if ne could only have prevailed on himself to go to the ex of a rope. The means this aged monomaniac adopted to protect his beloved gold trom thieves was truly remarkable. Having been medical attendant to the principal jail he contrived to procure the skele:cus of a number of malefactors who had been executed, and these he disposed around hfs premises in a way that unques was calculated to strike terror into heart of the boldest of burglars. In ber of th rance sburg the first place, with his own hand he black- ened the walls of the various rooms ani passages, and having thus prepared the background he next arranged the lugubri- cus relics in a variety of attitudes all more or iess startling. In the vestibule, for in- stance, he placed, by way cf a cloak rack, the skeleton of a woman who had cut the throats of her children. In the middle of the adjoining room stood the gigantic and miratory osseous remains of a grenadier who had suffered the extreme penalty for murder. In lieu of a sideboard the dining room contained a grim-looking erection fashione? out of human bones, plates and dishet resting on the pelves, and knives,