Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1897, Page 15

AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. ‘WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK. J, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of Qin This is the original « PITCHER'S CASTORIA” which on every wrapper. has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. the kind you haye always bought, and has the signature of LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is onthe wrap- CL f[itee per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 8, 1897. Cbhnwt Khem tn.D Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in- gredients of which even he docs not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF ¢ 0 Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You.- THE CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STAI We're taking = worn reason ’, + z : 4 3 you if you ask us. COOOL LAL NON E M MK MC ¢ ot } Every part of every bicy fect repair for one year free of by accident or otherwise. —on the eas several well known tires. Solid Oak Chamber Si Solid Oak Extension Tables Baby Carriages, from $5 to Woven Wire Springs 40-pound Bi & 8 e 2] © & Rete eeenenneninnneentnint orders ROYAL BLUE SERGE SUITS from men that heretofore have only ready-made is obvious. suit made to your order is prefer- able to a ready-made one, especially so when the made-to-order one does not cost any more. duce such a remarkable suit for TEN DOLLARS is our secret. Mertz and Mertz, “New Era” Tailors, 906 F Street. @95966995099 656 BICYCLES REPAIRED FREE OF COST! cle sold by us is kept in per- cost. only includes the wheel—but the saddle and tires as well— and protects the owner against all breaks—whether caused We Sell Bicycles On The Smallest Monthly Payments Ever Known! You can get a Bicycle of us—including lamp and bell st terms ever offered—no notes—no interest. Any height of frame—any color of enamel—and a choice of iss ee ey We not only furnish the bicycle—but we furnish your house—from top to bottom—on credit; we tack down free—make, lay and line the carpet free—no charge for waste in matching figures. Grogan’s : Mammoth Credit House, 817-$19-821-S23 SEVENTH ST. N.W., Between 'H and I sts. NEw YORK ciT¥. for our clothing. The A royal good How we pro- We'll tell 596e60Se0e8 0) a BO This guarantee not the matting $10, =p 80 J DSHS SO SHTSOOOHOH SSS OO DOHSSESOOO Bought Mt. Washington and Its Range From the Boston Herald, Tre Bartlett Lumber Company has com- pleted the biggest land deal ever accom- plished in the eastern states. It has pur- chased outright Mount Washington, the entire Presidential range, and thirty lesser eminences of the White Mountain greup, and in addition some 60,000 acres of fuel land in the wilds of northern New Hamp- shire. ‘The primary object of the purchase 1s lumbering, but there are several secondary objects of considerable importance. The company purposes to cut its lumber in the ravines and valleys, and, contrary to the charges of those who are alarmed about @ possible desecration of scenery, intends to use judgment and discrimination. No wholesale destruction of trees is contem- plated, and the result will be to actually promote forest growth rather than ruth- lessly destroy it. The company has in view from 40,000 to 1,000 acres more of forest land in the White Mountain region, on which It has the option of purchase. The entire territory !s to be preserved as a sort of reserve, with a careful eye kept to the preservation of the scenery from defacement. Further- more, th> company’s idea is to stock the woods with game and the lekes and streams “9ee2G0ees: 3598 oseeneeees © x with fish end interdict poaching for a ser- jes of years. The property of the hotel and railroad on Mount Washington is not in- cluded in the purchase. oo ‘To Make Wolf Kill Wolf. From the Northwest Magnaine, A western genius has made a discovery which, if all that he claims for it be true, will settle the coyote and wolf question for all time. The discovery consists of a yel- lowish-brown liquid. The mode of exter- mination is to trap a wolf or coyote alive and inject three drops of the fluid beneath the skin. This operation is repeated three umes in twelve hours, at the end of which time the animal, with green-eyed, dilated pupils, frothing at the mouth and raving mad, 1s released and turned loose. It lives from thirty to forty hours, after being liberated, but, like a dog with hydrophobia, it bites everything that it comes in con- tact with, and as every other wolf thus bitten becomes ———_+e+—___ An editor.,observing “that the census em- braces 17,000,000 women,” asks rapturous- ly: “Who wouldn’t be a census?’—Tid-Bits. THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1897-16 PAGES. 35 FINANCE COMMITTEE SUSTAINED. THE DUTIES ON WOOLENS Action of the Képubit The republican senators decided in caucus last night by a e of 22 to 11 to sustain the action of the finance committee in placing a duty upon hides, but did not peas upon the question of the amount of the duty to be imposed. The committee was also sustained in the rate fixed upon imported wrapper tobacco. The only other dfsputed questions constd- ered were watches and watch jewels, and upon these the filance committee was re- versed, the House rates being accepted on watches, and watch: jewels being made free. Senator Lodge Jed the contest against the action of the finance committee in tak- ing hides from the free lists, and was seconded by Senators Hoar, Pla‘t, Spooner and others, while Senators Nelson, Allison, Warren and Gear spoke for the duty. Mr. Lodge contended that the duty, if imposed, wotld not be of any consequence as a revenue item, and that it would add nething to the farmer’s returns on his cat- tle, while it would have the effect of greatly injuring the industry of leather manufacture, which had grown to im- mense proportions under the system ef free hides. He sald that the exports of leather goods amounted to $20,000,000 per arnum and asserted that if a stiff duty should be imposed the industry would be greatly checked. In reply the western scuators claimed a direct benefit to the farmer from the duty and asserted that he was as much entitled to the protection it would give as were the manufacturers to .the assistance they would recelve from other duties. The vote was on the general proposition to impose a duty without regard to rates. The fixing of this, it was understood, should be left to the finance committee, but the expressions were so general in favor of tne ad valorem rather than the specfic system that the committee probably will feel itself instructed to substitute this system for the 1<-cent-a-pound rate originally agreed upon. There was also a general expres- sion against any increase upon India tanned goat and sheep skins. The debate on the tobacco schedule was confined to brief speeches by Senators Hawley and Fairbanks. The finance com- tnittee had originally fixed the rate on un- stemmed wrapper tobacco at $1.50 per pound, in opposition to the House rate of $2 per pound. The representatives of the leaf growers immediately began a conten- tion for the restoration of the House rate, which was resisted by the smaller manu- facturers, particularly of the western states. The finance committee yielded to the growers to the extent of advancing the rate to $1.75. Senator Hawley represented the growers in their effort to secure a $2 rate, and Senator Fairbanks the manufac- turers in their attempt to hold the original finance committee figures. The caucus de- cided without division to stand by the compromise rate of $1.75. There was only one vote raised in oppost- tion to the proposition to return to the House schedule on watches, and in addi- tion to admit wateh jewels free of duty. The finance committee fixed a uniform rate of 40 per cent on watches, while the House provided a compound duty. It is to ihis compound system that the Senate returns. The questions of reciprocity, trusts and Hawalian sugar, beer, tea and interaal revenue were not discussed. Agreement Reached in the Senate Yoster- day. Democrats Criticise the Rates as Ex- cessive—Attempt to Substitute Wilson Bill Rates. In the Senate yesterday afternoon, after The Star’s report closed, during a discus- sion of wool and cotton fabrics, Mr. White of California asked Mr. Allison if it was true that there was a twelve months’ sup- ply of raw wool in the country. Mr. Alli- son replied that he had received letters stating this to be the case. Acting on this statement, Mr. Jones moved to postpone for twelve months the operation of the Specific duty provided in paragraph 364. Mr. Vest declared that with the admission that twelve months’ supply of wool was on hand, the immediate operation of the Specific tax would be bold and naked rob- bery. Mr. Platt of Connecticut explained that the amount of wool imported in anticipa- tion of the passage of the tariff bill was in the main held by speculators and not the Manufacturers, so that the latter should not be punished for the action of the spezu- lators. When Mr. Rawlins of Utah asked Mr. Platt if the republican doctrine was that the foreigner paid the tax, the Connecticut senator courteously asked to be excused from replying, because, said he, senators who are amply able to uphold the republi- can doctrine of a protective tariff were compelled to sit silent to secure the pas- sage of the tariff bill within a reasonable ime. Several amendraents offered by Mr. Jones Were defeated, and then the paragraph re- lating to woolen cloth was agreed to. On*paragraph 365, blankets and flannels, formal changes were made in accordance eth the previous notice of Mr. Allison. i Jones moved to contine the duties to tual wool in the fabrics. Rejected, 2224. Mr. Vest criticised the rates ard moved to substitute the malected, 2430. r. Pettigrew of South Dakota ve notice of an amendment placing a tax of 10 per cent on articles manuf, ave lactured by a In paragraph dress goods, changed to 6 as excessive, Wilson ra+es. 366, women’s and children’s cotton warp, the rates were i cents per square yard on goods valued at not more than 15 cents a yard, and 7% cents on those valued abov 15 cents a yard, and 50 per cent ad aise In paragraph 367, women’s and children’s dress goods, wholly or in part wool, the rate was increased from 9 cents to 101g cents per yard and 50 per cent ad valorem, Mr. Gray remarked that these heavy fates demanded an explanation, to whicn Mr. Allison stated that they were due firet to the compensation required by the in- (teased duty of raw wool, and second to the desire to encourage American indus. tries at the expense of the foreign makers, Mr. Gray exhibited samples of henriettas Serges and other women’s dress good pointing out that the cost on them would be advanced from 25 to 57 cents a yard, ethers from 15 to 28 cents a yard, ete. or from $1 to $2 on every ordinary hous® dress. oe Warren of Wyoming answered chat ee ingenuity could produce the go exhibited by Mr. Gray quite as well sere foreign factory, and that competition among the American manufacturers would keep down the price to the consumer. He also spoke of the decrease of the number of sheep under the Wilson Dill. ‘If the American people submit to these Outrageous rates at the polls,” reaponded Mr. Gray, ‘then there are more sheep in the United States than I suspect. Mr. Jones ot Arkansas also presented samples of dress goods, and showed the heavy increase of price which would fol- low the imposition of these wool rates, Mr. Vest’s motion to substitute the Wil- son rates-on women’s and children's dress goods was rejecte In paragraph 368, ready-made clothing, shawls, etc., the House provision, includ- ing “felts not woven,” was restored. The rate of duty was changed from 4% to 4 times the duty on unwashed wool, and the ad valorem duty was changed from 60 to 55 per cent. Mr. Vest sald the result of these rates would be to make the tax on the ordinary wool hat over 2) per cent of its yalue. He moved to substitute the Wilson rates; re- jected 20-28, On paragraph 369, webbings, gorings, sus- penders, fringes, etc., the specific duty was changed to 50 cents per pound, and the ad valorem to 55 per cent. Mr. Vest said the effect of these rates was to increase the cost of an ordinary pair of suspenders from 50 cents to 90 cents. He moved to substitute the Wilson rates; rejected 23-27. In paragraph 370, relating to aubusson, axminster, moquette and chenille carpets, the specitic rate was changed from 60 to 6242 cents per square yard, the ad valorem being ieft at 40 per cent. Mr. Vest moved to strike out the specific duty; rejected 20-28. The bill was then laid aside, paragraph 370 having been completed. A message was received from the House of Representatives announcing the death of Representative Cooke of Illinois. Resolu- tions of regret were passed, and a com- mittee of five senators, Mason, Spooner, Carter, Pascoe and Turner, appointed us an escort. As a further mark of respect the Senate, at 5 o'clock, adjourned. —_—_—_—_-e._____. Oddities of English Villages. From T'earsou's Weekly. Undoubtedly the most extraordinary township in England is that of Skiddaw, in Cumberland. It contains but one house, the occupier of which {s unable to exer- cise the Briton’s privilege of voting be- cause there is no overseer to prepare a voter’s list and no church er other place of wership or assembly on which to publish one. i The most remote village in England is tnat of Farley-com-Pitton. This truly ru- ral spot is thirty miles and a half from the nearest railway station. As a con- trast to this may be mentioned the hamlet —___-e TO LOWER THE RECORD. Gentry to Be Aided in Reaching the Two-Mihute Mark. From the Chicago Chronicle. Some time during /the present season John R. Gentry, King of sidewheelers, will be sent after the t(yo-minute mark. He will not only attempt to lower ‘all pacing records, but will ‘make a strong effort to step a mile well within 120 seconds. To in- sure the best results asulky having a large screen behind it will be dragged along by a team of swift /racers. It is hoped this singular device will enable the horse to ac- complish the feat. The advantage claimed for the screened sulky is that it will cut off the wind, and also, by the formation of a partial vacuum, enable the paceri,to .travel more rapidly with reduced effort. The idea grows out of the attempts of.‘wheelmen to utilize a similar deyice to fm¢rease the speed of cycling racers. It has been learned that following a tandem or quad is a decided benefit to the racer. .The bodies of the pacers shield the racer from the resistance of the air, and he can pedal faster with less effort. The St. Louis effort to follow an engine screened as Gentry's sulky will be made the proposed trial a certainty. There is one question unsettled. The runners will be badly handicapped by the resistance of the screen. Can they, with the difference in records in their favor, pull the screen away as rapidly as Gentry can come up to it? Lewis G. Tewkesbury is confident the scheme will prove to be a success. He says the screetis will not re- duce the runners’ speed twenty seconds. This would give them ample allowance to pull the pacer under the wire in less than two minutes. Gentry has a record very close to the mark, and if the runners keep out of his way the screen should pull him over the dividing line. The project does not meet with approval on the part of many sportsmen. They maintain that an athlete should only win by his own unaided efforts, They object to accessories which reduce the resistances of nature. Horses, they assert, should come under the same rule. The animal should not get any record that is made because it would be the result of the combined efforts of the three horses. In a race this rule would apply, but as an exhibition of speed- ing it is difficult to find satisfactory rea- soning on which to base any criticism. The trial will probably come off some time in August, and is awaited with interest. So many things have combined to reduce trotting and pacing records since Dexter's ‘7 was the mark that it is difficult to fix he limit of perfection in the horse. Breed- ing has been so successfully carried on that American trotters and pacers lead the world both in records and races won; 2: in a roadster now would be held a moder- ate performance. Light shoes have stopped lameness and the penumatie sulky has revolutionized the speed ring. Now all that remains is to prevent the interference of the wind. This is the purpose of the screen Gentry will trail. 22-30. a of Ystrad, about ten miles from Cardiff. z g mameiiceree This tiny’ settlement has two important | THC Firat Telegraph Line = main roads, two railways and two large 3 From Scribner's, ‘The “campus wire,” as the studeats call- ed it, was the thing which excited the most wonderful speculation wnen Henry was at Princeton. Dr. Edward Shippen of Paila- delphia, of the class of ‘45, states that it ran along from Philosophical Hall, by the front of North College, among the outer branches of some of the fine trees, and then round the western erd to Professor Henry’s house, which was west of North College and south of the Old Library and Recitation Hail. This wire was the first in which the current was completed through the earth. It went into the well at the professor's house, the other ghd being in the earth at Philosophical Hall. Professor Henry often used the ‘campus, wire’ in the presence of the students, although he was not given to superfiuous experiments. He had an arbi- trary code. If ‘he ‘wanted his luncheon sent over he worked his armature a few times according to the code. Mrs. Henry received the m The students wait- ed, and presently «Sam would appear, bringing the precise articles ordered on a tray covered with a'napkin. This simple exhibition of what js now an everyday transaction was then @ source of wonder. occurred again and again before Morse telegrapheu between Baltimire and Wash- ington, which was it the month of May, 1844. d rivers. very unique feature is exclusively claimed by Trimley, a small village in Suf- folk. In the one churchyard of the parish two churches are to be seen. Service 1s ccnducted three times a week in each of these churches at the same hour. The deepest well in England is found at Hamilton in Hampshire. It stretches 330 feet below the surface of the earth. About half way down this well shaft is a sub- way, three miles in length, which leads to the seacoast. On the top of the parish church tower in Bicknoller, Somersetshire, is a yew tree, now five feet high, and still growing, in a hardy fashion. It is generally believed that the tree owes its origin tu a seed dropped by a bird. Perhaps the most splendidly decorated church in the kingdom is that of Whitley Court, Worcestershire. It {s entirely con- structed of white marble, the pews are chastely carved and the pulpit is of gen- uine Carara marble, richly paneled with precious stones. On the village green at Meriden, in War- wickshire, there is a large sione cross, which is supposed to mark the central point of England. aoe. ee Miss Oldbird (affianced, somewhat sadly) —“Ah! count, you love me now, but will you after our union?" The Count (ecstatically}—‘“Loaf! Why, mein tarling, I vill be vun g-r-r-r-and loafer all my life!”—Judge. Harvard’s Findowments, From the Harvard Gmduates’ Magaxine. During the last tweniy-cight years Har- vard University has received cash gifts amounting to $7,839,703.48. Adding to this the value of land gifts and buildings, the whole foots up to $9,200,708.88, or an aver- age of $828,918 a year. If thn benefactions to Harvard continue in the seme proportion during the next twenty-five years, the in- hold property in excess of Playing at Monier making a knight ol FROM THE MAINE COAST The Opening of the Seaside at Bar Harbor and Vicinity. Summer Visitors From shington— The White Squadron Expect- ed—Personals. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. BAR HARBOR, Me., June 23, 1897. ‘There is nothing more delightful than in @ strange land to meet an old friend! How the heart beats, the cheeks flush, the hand gces straight out, to one we have “known at home.” Today I went to the village Main street, to chat with the village veter- inary surgeon on a matter of news. I had learned of the death of a valuable horse brought down by Almeric Hugh Paget, who, with his wife, formerly Pauline Whit- ney, is at “Point D'Acadie.”” The surgeon told me pneumonia killed the animal; that it was a four-year-old, &c., one of three Mr. Paget had in the superb Vanderbilt stables. We were condoling with owners who met such losses, when suddenly I look- ed down to the pavement, and at the heels of the surgeon saw a familiar face. “Oh!” I exclaimed, “I didn’t know there was but one dog in the world as hideously beautiful as Mr. John O’Donnel’s ‘Bulla.’ The dog pricked up his ears, the surgeon smiled. “That is Bulla,” he said, and a wild de- sire to pat the animal I had walked blocks to avoid in Washington overcame me. Everybody who is anybody, and some who are not, in Washington, knows “Bul- la.” Those who don't “love” him “fear” him, so perhaps the fact that he has been ill—quite ill—but is terribly lonely in his convalescence, will give joy at the capital, even as knowledge of Paget's sorrow will put half the Anglomaniacs in New York in mourning. Joyful News. The news received here this morning from the Navy Department at Washington that the “white squadron,” not including ships doing patrol duty on Florida coast, but these of North Atlantic station, will about August 1 be ordered on a several weeks’ cruise ‘down east,” fills the place with joy. Plans of department provide that “a generel rendesvouz” of the ships will take place at Portland August 17. Bar Harbor and other pgints will be visited later by discretion of the admiral. This means much here to cottagers, other “rus- ticators,” tradesmen and “natives.” The dove and olive branch could never have been more welcome to Noah than the snowy sea birds to the average hotel man cf Mt. Desert. Already there are yachts galore in the harbor. None from Wash- ington as yet, but wait! Washington Visitors. A dinner dance will be the formal open- ing of Kebo Valley Club on the evening of July 3. This club is a model affair and the center toward which every social design gravitates, the building being simple in architecture, with excellent cafe, and links and tennis courts in ideal condition. It is a most exclusive organization. Mr. and Mrs. Gerndt cf Connecticut aven are at the Newport House. Colonel Cha: T. Alexander, U. S. A.; Mrs. Alexander, Misses Nita and Minella Alexander are domesiicated at Masconeite. General Scho- field is at the Newman Cottage, Major Geo. Montague Wheeler, U.S. C. E, is at his beautiful home, Ava Maya on Ab- bey’s Retreat Hill; Admiral Upshur and Mrs. Upshur are booked for arrival July 2 at Marlborough Hotel; Mr. J. L. M. Curry, former minister to Spain, and Mrs. Curry are at the Hardy Cottage, where they will stop all season; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mont- gomery have a cottage, and other Wash- ington people are Mrs. G. W. Ogston and Mrs. R. Mulligan, who are near by at Northeast Harbor. I notice in a local pa- per that Mrs. U. S. Grant and Mrs. Sartoris are registered in the Cottage Record as of New York. —_———___ The Raddatz Submarine Boat. From the Milwaukee Sentinel, The Raddatz submarine boat made a successful test trip today beneath the sur- face of Fox river. Descents and ascents were made without difficulty, and a con- siderable voyage was taken. It was fonnd necessary after a number of trips had been made the first time it was put into the water to add to the dimensions of the boat in order that more powerful machin- ery might be carried. This has now been done after a week’s work. Mr. Raddatz has been in Milwaukee for some time, building a large engine of his own invention, to which power can be ap- plied without the use of coal. Thus smoke is Gone away with while the boat is sub- merged. The various parts of the propell- ing gear, after being set up in the engine shops of the E. P. Allis Company in Mil- waukee, were packed in small boxes and shipped to this city, where the submarine boat was lying. The boxes were not open- ed until safely deposited inside the cigar- shaped hull, in order that prying investiga- tors might not learn Mr. Raddatz’s valua- ble secret. The boat will, if the calculations of the inventor prove true, withstand a pressure of 300 pounds per square inch. The depth to which it can descend at this rate will be about 600 feet under water. Se A Philadelphia Man’s Vest on Fire. From the Philadelphia Record. Theodore B. Sage took a vest to Burn- hardt’s clothing shop to be furnished up. Yesterday Sage called for the vest, and, as it was ready for him, he donned it and left the place. When outside the shop Sage took a cigar from his pocket and struck a match to light the weed. In an instant he was ablaze. The vest was re- sponsible. Some inflammable stuff with which the garment had been cleaned had not wholly dried and had been set afire by the flame from the match. Before Sage could get the vest off he was badly burn- ed and had to be taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital. Racing styles. at $85, style to the 1897 sacrifice as above. We also can give vastly reduced prices: Patterns that were $55, now $35. Patterns that were $50, now $40. Patterns that were $75, now $60. A few ’96 patterns of above, able for small men ge oe entirely new, and fitted with G. & J. at $25 to close out. reese petoadesesiectecntontesoetocteceetentortectecetentontenterey TANDEMS AT REDOCED PRICES! To make room for 1897 RAMBLER .TANDEMS, MEN’S DIAMOND FRATSIE, both Road and patterns, but we need the room and are willing to Formerly sold at $150 list. TANDEM, ’96 style, also at same figure. If you can use a Tandem don’t fail to see these. ormully & Jeftery Mfg. Co., 1325-27 14th N.W. Down-town Agency, 429-31 10th N.W. —————= She’s bound to have Pearline, this lady. Thegrocer has just sent her one of the many substi- tutes, instead. You can't see the boy, but he’s on his way back to exchange it. If all women were only as careful and determined, there would be less grumbling, and Pearline sales would be multiplied. = <4 Zs Probably no woman who uses = @ Pearline would take anything else, a knowingly. But since Pearline : has become a household word, the ignorant and the careless suffer. The ignorant think that “Pearline’”’ means any washing-powder; the careless fail to notice that they're getting an inferior article, instead of Pearline. SSS SEZEQLSIIO STRIPED ARTISTS BEHIND BAR: Excellent Progress of the Convicts in| Some of Them Are Made Over the Art Class at Sing Si New Ones, From the Philadelphia Ledger. The following extract from a recently Go to Sing Sing and you will begin to | published interview with an old cork mer- think that genius and crime go hand in| chant shows that old corks are anything hand. There is @ young man wearing | but us: : stripes who has, alone and unaided, made | “These,” said the interviewed, leading the largest reed organ in the world. There | the way to a long, high room, lined on each is another who is decorating the chapel | Side with immense wooden bins, “are all with sculptures of his own devising. There | ld corks. This first bin you see is filled are instructors in art so efficient and pu- | With mixed or broken cork articles. I pay OLD coR to pils—a half a hundred of them—so apt that | SCmething like fourpence or sixpence a the record of the latter's progress would | pound for this refuse, and, after being be considered marvelous in the most fa-| W2shed in hot water and then dried, it ts ground fine and sold to linoleum manu- facturers at two shillings a pou “These are what we call ‘screws,’" he said, leading the way to a bin of old gin- mous academies of America or Europe. And there are tutors of languages and pu- pils of the same who can render an equally goo account of themselves. ger beer and wine bottle corks. “By make dinsowers i as | ‘Screws’ we mean that the corks have been Duce. OF wees patent aptitnten | nt by a serkateee. eon etice on was not made until recently. The new con- stitutien of New York, which went into ef- fect at the beginning of this year, abolished all convict labor that produced work com- peting with tradesmen and laborers in the outside world. The whole prison was thrown into gloom and despair. One man even committed suicide rather than face a life of enforced idleness. Insanity was feared for the others. A cry went up for relief. Then Warden Sage had a happy idea. He would teach his charges trades and pro- fessions, The product of their apprentice labor, if any, would not be disposed of in the open market, but used up within the prison. An art class was the first result of this inspiration. It seemed unlikely that even long-term men in Sing Sing, who had never previously given any sign of artistic genius, could be turned at will into powerful rivals of Chase or La Farge, or even threaten to oust from their positions that splendid ag- gregation of talent which adorns the pages of the daily and Sunday press. So a class of fifty was started. It was put in charge of a German convict, a young man of un- usual intelligence, who had learned art in one of the greatest academies of the old world. A class in typesetting and prinzing was primarily established under the care of an old compositor and pressman. The members print all the prison documents and also do such work for the state as will not militate against the constitutional rro- visions. Other classes are taught to pro- renders them unfit for remaking into new corks. So we put them through a ‘coring’ machine, which cuts the inside out of them and leaves a hollow tube. The tubes are then sliced into rings for use in beer and ginger beer bottles. The best quality of wine corks, bought by us for | than a twelfth of their original cost, we ob from the big West End clubs and restau- rants. It is very seldom that the cork- screw goes into the corks in high-priced wine; therefore, it is an easy, matter for us to make them into apparently brand new corks “The waiters at fashionable clubs and other places where expensive wine is drunk find that collecting old corks is a very valuable perquisite. Wine corks are our most valuable commodity, and most of the beer bottle corks now in use are old wine corks which have been remade. If it were not for our trade corks would be twice the price they are at present. We remake an enormous number in a year. I employ six men to gather them, and each man has a list of hotels where he must call every week. Yes, it is a fairly good business, but when I first started it was better than it is now. Other people soon found out that I had a good thing and followed my ex- ample. One man has already made a snug fortune out of old corks, and is now fitting up new machinery, which will enable him to turn hundreds of old corks into new ones in less than an hour.” ee Wheels That Ground the Powder. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, duce shoes and clothes to supply the wants No cf the prisons and other institutions. less than 300 men were put to cut Near the pretty little history building, at stone. {Thus work was found for ov. the Nashville exposition, resting upon @ out of the 1,400 men in Sing Sing. Unless e e, » an interesting ob- the legislature interfe: Warden Sage phar ay Tales or ag rd ject, namely, a pair of massive iron whcels about six or seven feet in diameter and eighteen inches wide upon their rims. They are coupler together by a heavy iron bar, which passes through the center of each wheel, ard probably weigh as much as five tons cach. These ponderous iron wheels have a uniqve history. They are of English manu- facture, and were brought to this country early in the war of the rebeltion, run- ning the blockade, if not in the celebrated cruiser Alabama, certainly under her pro- tection. They were then taken to Augusta, Ga., where it was supposed they would be entirely out of the way of any Yankee in- vaders, and formed a part of the plant of the famous confederate powder mill at that place, anc ground the powder that was used to vend many pullets into the hearts of Union soldiers. It is good evidence ot the passing away of animosities engendered by the war that now those who loved and honored the blue snd those who loved and honored the gray are both interested in these ponderous relics of the lost cause ——coo—_____—_ A Nice Telegraph Clerk. From tke Cincinnati Enquirer. Ehe sailed into the telegraph office at 4th and Vine streets and rapped on the re- ceiving clerk’s window. The receiving clerk remembered that she had been there about ten minutes before as he came forward to meet her. He wondered what she wanted this time. “Oh,” she said, “let me have that tele- gram I wrote just now. I forgot something very important. I wanted to underscore the words ‘perfectly lovely” in acknowledg- ing the rece pt of that bracelet. Will it cost anything extra?” “No, ma'am,” said the clerk, as he hand- ed her the message. The young lady drew two heavy lines be- neath the words, and said: “It’s awfully good of you to let me do that. It will please Charlie so much.” “Don't mention it,” said the clerk. “If you would like, I will put a few drops of nice violet extract on the telegram at the same rates.” “Oh, thank you, sir. You don’t know how much I would appreciate it. I'm going to send all my telegrams through this of- fice, you are so obliging.” And the smile she gave him would have done any one gcod to have seen, with the possible exception of Charlie. hopes before long to have every man work- ing and so avoid the overhanging horror of insanity which idleness might engeader. The latest development in this humane plan has been the establishment of a lec- tureship in modern languages. It was the members of the art class who, finding that their daily labors left them several hours, of idleness, petitioned for the privilege of having some of their spare time filled in by lessons in French and Spanish. Why French and Spanish? Because South America is the est place in the world for an ex-convict who has re- formed and proposes to make an honest living. Now, in South America Spanish is spoken by the natives, and French is a universal passport. The warden acceded to the request. He found among the convicts two men who were qualified to give the necessary in- structions. ———+-+—____ Managing a Large Choir. From the Church Economist. E. M. Bowman is doing notable choir werk at the Baptist Temple, Schermerhorn street and 3d avenue, Brooklyn. The choir numbers about 160 voices and is made up of volunteers. Very shrewdly Mr. Bowman cuts up this body into four divisions, and by a happy system of good-humored rival- ry has succeeded in maintaining regularity of attendance and a high level of musical proficiency ‘The percentage of attendance for the entire year 1806 was 96, truly a trarvelous result The banner division had a record of 97.87 per cent. One of his de- vices is the institution of an Order of Mackintosh, or Foul Weather League, trade up of those who have missed no re- hearsal for the previous six’ months. The league elect a grand mackintosh and in- siall him with appropriate services. David M. Bothwell now fills that exalted position. Prof. Bowman is fertile in such expedients, Lased on a working knowledge of human rature, for keeping up the interest of a large compiny of volunteers. He made a reputation for such work in St. Louts, and seems to be repeating his success in Brook- lyn. It would be worth while for choir leaders and for clergymen to familiarize therrselves with Prof. Bowman's methods. It might be added that the Temple choir is fed, to a degree, by a singing class of 300, taught by Mr. Tallie Morgan, hims-if a choir leader of note and one of the besi sight-reading teachers in the country. patterns we will sell a few ’96 pattern while they last. Fully equal in material and One COMBINATION you a fine line of SHELBY IDEAL Bicycles, at 26-inch wheels and low frames, suit-. tires, t isn’t low enough, make us an offer.