Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1897, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1897-14 PAGES. Cy fh “the dependable store.”’ Remnant day —this week will be made interesting by the offering of 4,800 yards of wash fabri consisting of or- gandies, lace stripe organdies, satin stripe organdies, lace lawns, novelty lawns, cordelle marquise, jaconet duchesse, dimities, organdie lawns, all black lawns, etc., in pieces rang- ing from 1} to to yards, and two and three patterns of each. When in full pieces these desirable stuffs sold for 7jc. to 25c. Tomorrow you may have your unrestricted choice of them for oc. yard. Remnants white goods. Remnants of white duck, which sells regu- larly for 10e. a yard, wil! be offered for cents. Remnants of widte Tudia Imo In 114 to 3% yard lengths—the 6c. and Se. sort— for 414 cents. Remnants of check and stripe black Inwns in 2 to 4-yand lengths—our regular 10c. sort —for Remnants domestics. Remnants of yard-wids heavy unbleached muslin, which sells for Te. yard off the piece—for bs) cents. Remnants of ya 0c. and 12%. sort—for Remnants ef yard- the 10c. sort—to go for 63% cents. Lonsdale cambrie— Ize. sort—to go for 6¥4 cents. Odd lots, boys’ dept. nteen boys’ white shirts, with linen Yovoms uml wristbands, stses 1214 only—to go for n to go for 19 cents. Fourteen boss’ faney embroklered night robes, sizes 13 and 14-the S0c. sozt—for 38 cents. Nine boys” wash suits, sizes 3, 4 and 5 only, which sold for S0e.to go for Odd lots suits & skirts. ‘Three doeen ladies’ fine duck skirts— navy bine, black and tam grounds, with stripes and dots; extra deep hems; good widths — sid for $1 and $1.25—your cholce for 69 cents. Eleven ladles’ crash suits, in gray and brown, blazer and reefer offecis; some braid trimmed: others plain; scld for $5—your os * 61.87 each. Just rine Indies’ fine Iinen crash and heavy white pique sults; some are trimmed with white er navy duek of pique; thoroughly tailor-made ant sold for $7— your choice for $3.65 each. 2 ladies’ all-woo! tutior-mad> suits, con- sisting of nary and black sezges azd cheviots and vigo-eaux suitings; jackets are made “dolero,”" “otom,” fiy-front reefer and blazer style, and some are tight-fitting; many are trimmed elegantly and s!lk-lined; others are plain. In the lot are a number of fine im- Ported combination suits with all wool cheek skirts god plain navy, black and green cherlot J ckets trimmed to match the skirt; all the sairts are rustle lined. They are newest in every particular except one —the siceves are a trifle larger than is fashionable, but the cost of altering would be trifting; they sold for $15 and §20—you get the cholce of them for $4.98 each. Odd lots men’s goods. A lot of men's percale shirts; some wita- out collars and some with two collars and a pair of cuffs detached; formerly sold for 6c. and 75c.; your choice of them for 43 cents. Odd lot of narrow leather delta, with nickel-plated buckles. for men and boys— has been our 2e. belt—your choice for 15 cents. Men's linen cuffs-ifmk and rognd sort, large and small sizes a few slightly rolled —have been 2e.-your choice for 10c. pair. Lot of band bows, which have been 25c.— ‘will go tomorrow for Misc. remnants, &c. Eight ladies’ fie leather belts, which Were a dollar--will go for 50c. each. Remnants of fine matting, In 5 to 15-yard bh wold for 15e. to 2c. a yard &c. yard. Remnants of cambric end swiss embrotd- ery, which sold for 12%¢., 15e. and 20c. a yard—wilt be closed out at 9c. yard. Remnants of Vellings, which sold for 20c. and 2e.—to go for gc. veil. Another lot of 20,000 yarda of Valoaciéans lace will be put on sale Friday for = one cent yard. Fifteen oak fire screens, bare brass koobs and are stroug and well finished—were 75c. —to go for tan, to all colore—to go for 3c. yard. Remnants of Squarter table oflcloth, plain black, white and fancy patterns—the 20c. quality—to go for 5c. yard. ‘Twelre-yard picces white shelf ollcloth— to go for 4c. piece. 20 pleces of green tarlatan, which is the regular 12%c. sort—will be offered at 4i4c. yard. Soldenbergs 926-928 7th--706 K Sts. THE BICYCLE SCORCHER. The League Takes Ground Against the SiUy Fast Rider. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Every day a number of wheelmen are ar- | rested and fined for reckless riding in this city, but these constitute only a small por- tion of the number who deserve, but es- cape, arrest and fine. Many of these gen- try, who paes under the appropriate name of scorchers, seem to regard themselves as above the regulations forbidding unre- stricted speed in riding, and appear to re- gard the interference of the police and the strictures of the newspapers as rank per- secution. It 1s this class which brings the whole army cf whecl.en into disrepute, and {t is this class, not those who ride for health, pure recreation or business, that 11 responsible for collisions and for serious and sometimes fatal casualties to others. The moderate speed rider, the reputable citizen, the person worthy to ride a bicycle, finds no fault with the reasonable regula- tions which govern street travel in this elty: but the person who is not fit to ri de a wheel, much less own one, looks upon any effort to restrict his riding at any gait or manner he pleases as unwarranted in- solence or persecution on the part of the authorities. Some time ago an editorial appeared in the L. A. W. Bulletin, the organ of the League of American Wheelmen, which, under the caption of “What's the Hurry? unmercifully scored the scorcher element in scathing language, of which the follow- is a part: “Then why dees he ride £0 swiftly? We do not know. We presume he thinks he is enjoying himself. He measures his pleas- ure by the number of feet he travels a sec- ond. He doesn't have tine to lock at hills or valleys, or sunsets or mocnrises. He is watching his cyclometer. He is a part of his machine, and muscle has usurped all the Kighcr attributes of mind. If he should hire a livery horse and attempt to lash it about the ne‘ghborhood all day at a killing race, the police, the public and the Humane Sectety would soon gather him in as a menace to peace and safety, as a man un- fit to govern dumb brutes. Should he be allowed to ride his bicycle at a killing pace merely because he doesn’t know any bet- ter? Any one wishing to ride at a racing Pace should do so on an inclosed track, or eise on a highway free from other travel and without grade crossings. “There are times and places where scorching may be considered permissible and appropriate. That place is not in a street frequented by others. The street scorcher Is the worst type of road hog. He tancies he fs in a great hurry to get some- where, and that the entire public, having an abundance of leisure, should wait and give him the right of way. He ts the bi- cycles worst enemy. He disgusts people with cycles and cycling in general. * * © The cycler who reasons that because he is armed with a machine he ts more than ao tratch for an unarmed pedestrian 1s a high- way outlaw. He ought to be ‘squelched’ very early in his career.” The editorial concludes by admonishing the scorcher and ell reckless riders that pedestrians have rights to be respected. It is time for the League of American Wheel- r.en to follow the example of its organ and pay some attention to the scorcher. It 1s a great organizaticn, and exercises considerable power, and if it should adopt a rule for the expulsion of any member convicted of scorching or viclating a rea- senable city regulation or ordinance, und enforce it, the moral effect would be gcod. The Lubrication Test. From the Philadelphia Record. Very few of the millions of people who carry watches realize to what a wonderful extent Icbrication is developed, and what an extraortinary rumber of turns the bal- ance wheel makes with one oiling. A Chestnut street watchmaker, whose knowl- edge of these wonderful pieces of mech- anism 1s not exceeded by any man in this city, has made up an interesting table of comparison to show the perfection of lubri- cation In a watch. A watch will run on one oiling from a year to a year and a half. Every minute the balance wheel turns on its axis 450 times and 27,000 times in an hour. Accept- ing a year as the time the ordinary watch will run with one oiling, he finds that if the driver of a locomotive was as well oiled as @ balance wheel of a watch it ought to run sixty miles an hour day and night for 618 days, or well on to two years, with one - In that time it would traverse a distance equal to nearly forty times the circumference of the earth. In view of the fact that in reality few lo- comotives will run one day without reoil- ing, he maintains that the watchmaker has developed his art to a far greater de- gree than the locomotive builder has yet been able to reach. ———+e+____ John*Ruskin as a Philanthropist. B. O. Flower, in the Arena. Another striking illustration of Ruskin's unselfishness 1s scen In tha manner In which he kas disposed of his fortune, which ut the ume of his father’s death amounted to a million dollars. With this money he set about doing good. Poor young men and women who were strug- gling to obtain an educaticn were helped, homes for working men and women were €stablished, and model apartment houses were erected. He also promoted a work for reclaiming waste land outside of London. This land was used for the aid of unfor- tunate men who wisned to rise again from the state into which they had fallen through cruel social conditions and their own weaknesses. It is sald that this work suggested to General Booth his coloniza- tion farms. Ruskin has also ever been Kberal in aiding poor artists, and has done much to encourage the artistic taste among the young. On one occasion he pur- chased ten fire water-color paintings by Holman Hunt for $3,750, to be hung in public schools of London. By 1877 he had dispored of three-fourths of his inhe-itance, besides all the income from his books. But the calls of the voor and the plans which he wished to put into eperation looking toward educating and ennol the tollers, and giving to their gloomy lives some:ting more of sunshine and Joy, were such that he determined to dispose of all the remainder of his wealth except a sum sufficient to yield him fifteen hundred doltars a year on which to live. Grant’s Aversion to tLars. In the July Century Gen. Horace Porter, in his “Campaigning With Grant,” dwells upon Grant's aversion to Hars. He quotes the following remarks from Gen. Raw- lins: ‘The general always likes to tell an anec- dote that points a moral on the subject of lying. He hates only two kinds of people, Mars and cowards. He has no patience with them, and never fails to show hie aversion for them. Ingalls added: “Such traits are so fureign to his own nature that it 1s not surprising that he should not tol- erate them in others. As man and boy he has always been the most absolutely truth- ful person in the whole range of my ac- quaintance. I never knew him to run into the slightest exaggeration or to borrow in the least degree from his imagination in relating an occurrence.” One of the party remarked: “I was amused ore day to hear an officer ray that the general was ‘tedious- ly truthful.” He explained that what he meant by that was that the general, in mentioning something that had taken place, would direct his mind so earnestly to stating unimportant details with entire ac- curacy that he would mar the interest of the story. For instance, after returning from a walk around camp he would say: ‘I was told so and so about the wounded by Dr. ——, while we were talking this morn- ing inside of his tent;’ and a half hour afterward he wouid take the trouble to come back and say, as if it were a matter of the greatest importance: ‘I was mistaken when I told you that my conversation with Dr. —— occurred iuside his tent not correct; it took place whi standing in front of his tent.” much truth in this comment. No one who had served any time with the general could fail to be struck with his excellent mem- ory, and the pains he invariably took to state occurrences with positive accuracy, evcn in the mcst unimportant particulars. ——_-«-—____ More New York Appointments, ‘The Presidert sent the following nomina- tions to the Senate yesterday afternoon: ‘Treasury—Robert A. Sherkey of New York, to be naval officer of customs in the istrict cf New York; Thomas Fitchte of New York, to be commissioner of immi- gration at the port of New York. To be collectors of customs—Charles Roberts of Wisconsin, for the district 3 Mae decuen: toe the cametion Bridgeton, ew Jersey, of t N. J.; Chas. M. Webster of Mont “te be collector of internal revenue for the dis- Suits 1POSSSSSOSSOOGS SOSH ESOOSHCSSEOHSOGOSCOSOSGOS a Of course we’re rushed--such news s; terested when there’s an opportunity offers in America--for such a trifle of their value. for Pick any Straw Hat QSOOSSOSOESOS SCSSSSSSO6 DERSTUDY. FITZSIMMONS? A Westerner Who Resented Atten- tions to His Girl. From the Chicago Record, It dozsn’t always pay to be a great man. Last spring, after the comrletion of the event which the veriscope pictures are now celebrating at the Grand Opera House, a lot of men who had journeyed from the east to see the physical culture show in Dan Stuart's arena. were on the way back home. One of them was a rather gay and festive young telegreph operator who had been sent out from Chicago. He chose, with others, to ride in the day coach, At Granger a number of passengers from the northwest got cn board, and the young operator shortly marked a rather good- looking girl for his prey. The girl seemed to be delighted to talk to such a nice-ap- pearing man, aad when a few minutes af- ter they had entered upon a conversation, a tall and rawbored mountaineer strode past and glared at her she just laughed back at the angered one. The operator didn’t notice it. : The telegrapher “was very Interesting. He told her he was Robert Fitzsimmons, the fighter, and she gasped with delight at meeting such a celebrity. Five times afterward the mountaineer passed, and each time he glowered. By and bye he stopped. “Mary,” he sald, “who's this red-headed calf you've got so well ‘quainted with?” The girl smiled just as even a mountain girl can vindictively smile when she is tormenting some male of her species, and sald; “W'y, he's Mr. Fitzsimmons, the champzen, “The fighter?” -huh. That makes it all right. I thought mebbe he right be a preacher er some good man who was lookin’ out fer the care of y2r soul, an’ that’s why I didn’t like to throw him out o’ the winder afore. It's all right now. I reckon he won't mind a little ruction. At the next Stoppin’ plece, Mr. Fitzsimmons,” to the dumb and amazed operator, “I'am goin’ to come back yere an’ yank ye out o’ the seat with my girl what I'm goin’ to git married to at Shi-ann, an’ bust yer red head agin’ the ruff. Bein’ a fighter, ye won't mind. They’s just twenty-two min- utes fer ye to git ready in. Good-bye.” And he walked forward to the smoking compartment. Mr. Fitzsimmons did rot need the twenty minutes for training time. When the next stop was reached and the mountaineer reappeared the seat beside the girl was va- cant. The champion rode all the rest of the way to Cheyenne—where the two stop- ped off to get married—in the most retired part of a Pullman car. Se HATS OFF IN THIS CHURCH. The Experiment So Satisfactory That They Predict Great Results. There is nothing slow about the good women of Indianapolis, and the men out that way can't accuse them of doing things by halves. They not only remove their bats in theaters and other places of public amusement, but have put their veto on the church hat. It all came about in this way: In the First Baptist Church of that city there is an organization called the Woman's Circle. It has a membership of 125, including many prominent voclety women. At a recent meeting Mrs. D. M. Parry suggested: that it would be an excellent idea for the mem- bers of the circle to remove heaped gar in church, and that all the womer In the con- gregation would be sure to follow their good example. The suggestion took like the measies in a free school, and Mrs. Parry hastily put it in the shape of a resolution. Mrs. Arthur Jordan, president of the circle, was enthusiastic over the Idea, and spoke in favor of the resolution, which was adopt- ed unanimously. The women decided that every member should ren-ove her hat the following Sunday, and the congregation were umazed when they saw it done. The men in the congregation were so enthusi- astic concerning the stand taken by the cirele that the ladies of all the other churches in that city are sald to be talking about following the example of their Bap- tist sisters, and many predict that the movement will spread to other cities. ‘When Mrs. Parry was asked about the result of her work, according to the Chica- go Times-Herald, she sa!d: “I offered the resolution in the circle that led to taking off hats and bonnets last Sunday, and I think we all have reason to be proud of the result. I do not think the church ought to be behind the times in any thing, and gen ola = oe jp maves ment to it wearing ters an ‘other pubite places of amusement I think it is time for the church to take action, too. ere are two sides to this hat question; one affects the weather and the other thoze about her. attention was called to the matter the manifest 660660069008 teSCe9 E0905 comfort that hatlesd mén enjoy in public places, and I have 9fterr thought that they were to be envied.! Nosone inexperienc: in the matter can appreciate the inconven ence and discomfort that, comes from wea ing a hat or bonnet jn a crowded church on # hot day. Bestdes this, I have always thought that the complaint cf men that hats and bonnets, ékpeotally when helght- ened by flowers and other trimmings, are @ nuisance was not without some justice, ard I am now convinced, after our experi- ence of last Sunday, that we women are not only more comfortable ourselves with- out hats, but escape giving a cause of of- fense to others.”” Some of the members of the circle did not take off their hats, as they had solemnly resolved to do, but those who did say that they are satisfied that the timid ones will do so in time. Certeinly the arguments against hats have special force this yeu: for never In the history of millinery have such cascades of lace, mountains of rib- bons, fields of flowers and towering forests cf feathers been used for embellishing wo- man's headgear as are seen this summer. ‘the president of the circle cays that the Sunday they tried the experiment was the first fcr some time that she had been able to get more than a partial view of the face of the minister during his serison, and she declares she never appreciated a sermon so much before. “In fact,” she went on, “I did not know what I had been losing all this time sit experienced the comfort of having an un- obstructed view of his face during the en- tire discourse. We may have looked odd to some, and no doubt some of us seemed a little awkward—possibly felt so—but these things disappear in time, and we are all sure that w shall get more good out of the services by reason of the change. It is comforting to know that you are not in the way of some one else; at any rate, and we will have this experience w - headed in church.” ate A crusty New York bachelor, who asserts that he has been to church but once in five years because he could not see the preach- er for the women’s hats, thinks that the barkarous custom, as he terms it, of the wearing of hats and bonnets in public Piaces is a relic of ancient criental times when it was a badge of brazenness for e woman to have her face uncovered. The women have clung to it so long that he be- eves it will be impossible for them to break the custom; but the Indianapolis wo- Ten vow that they will not retrace their steps now that they have started out to se- cure the comfort to themselves, and re- n.ove the grievance of the big church hat from others, and when woman, individually and collectively, says that she won't—well she won't. 4 Seete WOMAN FIGHTS AN EAGLE. Saves the Life of a Child the Bird Attacked. From the Philadelphia Record. Terribly lacerated, Miss Bertha Moore Mes at her home near Jersey Shore, the hercine of the hour, owing to a combat with a monstrous bald eagle, in which the latter was killed, and is now displayed as proof of the young lady's pluck and prow- ess. Yesterday afternoon Miss Moore, accom- Panied by elght-yeas-old; Elsie Talsen, went for a walk on the adjacent mountain. Be- coming weary, the former seated hersolf ard beguiled the ;time, by reading. The child was playing ear. All at once the young lady was startled by {ts egonized cry. ow Looking in the.dtrection whence the ery came she was horrified to see an im- mensc eagle beart: the child to earth in its endeavors to fasten its talons and carry it away. With a c Gers born of Gerpera- tion, Miss Moore went t6 the rescue. When the huge bird espied the young lady it de- sisted In its attack on fhe child, and with @ swoop into the mr cdme down with ter- rific force on the shovidars of Miss Mocre. Then began a dspetnie struggle. The girl tried her best to “frighten and drive the eagle away, whileidt was just as de- termined in its ‘atsgcks,, As often it was beaten off it would return with a swoop, tearing the young lady’s clothes and sinking its sharp talons deep into her flesh. When almost exhaust- ed, Mizs Moore succeeded in getting a tight hold of the eagle’s head, and held on with all the streng=h she could command. This proved ber ¢alvation, for the eagle, in its struggle to get free, broke its neck anc soon sank lifcless on the ground. iss Moore faint2d, but soon recovered herself. Covered with blood, she led the child, which, fortunately, wag little hurt, and dragging the eagle, managed to walk a mile to her home. The eagle measured eight feet from tip to tlp of wings. ———_-o-+_____ It matters little what it is that you want tion or whether a situal a servant—a “want” ad. in Ae Star will reach the Person who can your need. Canada, in twenty years has had but 116 divorces. es on the tables, whether it’s marked $1.75, $2 or $2.50--for SSSSSOSHSSSOHSESOOSS SHESOSDSSSESS 86999DES9 COO OSEOSSOSS SERSESSE SS ageRCe YOU KNOW THE RING OF TRUTH WHEN YOU HEAR IT. You know that when WE make a statement it’s a plain ome--one that we back up to the very letter---and unusual as such selling is---startling as such cutting must undoubtedly seem--nevertheless you are privileged to Take the choice of Men’s Fine All-wool Cassimere, Cheviot and Tweed preads like wild-fire--and every man and big boy in Washington is in- like this one--to buy Saks’ Made Suits--acknowledged the best Clothing “SAKS’ CORNER.” MARK TWAIN AS A REPORTER, His Pen Name When He Began } paper Work Was Josh. From the San Francisco Call. Mr. Clemens’ first pen he commenced to write for Joe Goodman's name, when Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Ney., about 1863, as correspondent from Esmeralda district, where he mined for a living, was “Josh.” The fun and humor that bubbled up in his letters tickled the Washoeites and made the paper sought after. They sent for him, and he came, gladly relinquishing the pick and shovel, the windlass and the bucket, for the jour- nalist’s pen. Mr. Clemens came to Vir- ginia City dressed in the usual garb of a miner, well worn at that, and demeaned himself witn all a miner's freecom. He had, also, in a greater degree than sub- sequently, the exceptional drawl in his speech which he chose to consider one factor in the sum of his distinctive indi- viduality. He took readily to reporting the varying fortunes of the mining commun- ity, and strengther.ed the writing force on the Enterprise materially, while, at the same time, availing himself of legitimate opportunities .o acquire “feet” in the Comstock and shares in different outly- ing mines. He was accounted quite rich in this kind of property at one time. With Uberal remuneration for his work, his per- sonal appearance rapidly improved, and he grew to be a swell in a mild way. be- sides cleane: in speech as well as in dress. Becoming dissatisfied with his pen name of “Josh,” -he changed it to “Mark Twain,” by which at the present day he is known in the literature of the world. About 1864 Mr. Clemens came to San Francisco. It cannot be said he made many friends in Nevada. There were some who affected his company on ac- count of his writings, but he had not the faculty of winning friendship. Before he arrived in the city he had accumulated, as before state, a good deal of money, every stiver of which he sank in Hale & Nor- cross. Then he took up the burden of lit- erary life again. He wrote San Francisco letters to his old paper, the Territorial En- terprise, and for some real or fancied cause attacked the local police so persis- tently and fiercely that Martin G. J. Bourke, who was chief of the force at the time, broight a suit for libel’ against the paper. Such envenomed communications as Mr. Clemens wrvte on this subject have rarely been penned. They made the offi- cial equanimity of the old city hall boil like a cauldron of asphaltum, the fume and stench being in proportion. He also con- tributed for Charley Webb (‘Indigo’) to the Califcrnian, for the Golden Era and did all serts of literary work whereby he could turn a cent. It was a terrible uphill business, and a less determined man than himself would have abandoned the strug- gle and remainéd at the base. Mr. Clem- ens was at Steamboat Springs, Nev., for his health when the letter was written offering him a place on the Call. He came down shortly after, but, judging from his appearance, fortune had been playing scur- vy tricks with him in the interim. With- out doing the gentleman any injustice, it can be freely stated that, although at the time a good general writer and corre- spondent, he made but indifferent re- porter. He only played at itemizing. Considering his experience in the moun- tains, he had an inexplicable aversion to walking, and in putting his matter on paper he was, to use his own expression, “slower than the wrath to come.” Many funny and characteristic incidents occur- red during his few months’ stay on the Call. He only wanted to remain long enough, he said, when he engaged to go to work, to make “a stake,” but on leav- ing his purse was no heavier than when he came. The most notable thing he did that can now be recalled was a_philippic against some undertaking employes where the morgue happend to be, for the dead house in those days, like the old-fasnioned plan with the country school mistress and the villagers, was “boarded round,” each undertaker accommodating the coroner in turn. It appears some one about the place refused to give Mr. Clemens information or to let him see “the slate,” and next morning he got such a dose, commencing, “These body-snatchers,” that a gencra] apology was immediately made by every man in the establishment. The proprietor was east at the time, but when he read the article he shivered, as he confessed after- , and considered his business ruined. Mr. Clemens parted from the Call people on eae inet friendly terms when it was found ni sary to make the local depart- ment more efficient, admitting his repor- torial shortcomings and expressing surprise that they were not sooner dis>overed. ———_-oo Louisiana has 12,000 men repairing levees, Chicago has « Canary Breeders’ Associa- German cavalry horses are trying paper shoes, © 9OGCS SAKS AND COMPANY INGALLS’ SPOTTED DOG. His Owner Turned the Laugh on Gen. Grant. General Horace Porter, in his “Cam- paigning with Grant,” in the Century, re- lates the following anecdote: General Ingalls had just returned from a trip to Washington, and brought with him an English spotted coach dog, which fol- lowed him everywhere through camp, and attracted no end of attention. A dog of any kind was rather an unusual sight in an army in the field, and an animal of the pe- cullar marks and artstocratic bearing of Ingalls’ companion excited widespread re- mark. ry time the dog came to head- quarters General Grant was certain to comment upon the animal, and perpetrate some good-natured jcke at the expense of his classmate. The dog followed the usual canine custom, and expresse his feelings by an agitation of his caudal appendage. To describe his actions astronom| may be said that he indicated anger b; parting to his tail a series of longitud vibrations, and pleasure by giving it a ge tle “motion in azimuth”—familiarly known as a wag. One evening, as the general was sitting in front of his quarters, Ingalls came up to have a chat with him, and was followed by the dog, which sat down in the usual place at {ls master's feet. The animal squatted upon its hind quarters, licked Its chops, pricked up its ears, and looked first at one officer and then at the other, as if to say: “I am General Ingall’s dog; whose pup are you?” In the course of his remarks Gen- eral Grant took a look at the animal, a said: “Well, Ingalls, what are your intentions in regard to that dog? Do y: expect to take it into Richmond with you?” Ingalls, who was noted for his dry humor, replied with mock seriousness and an air of extreme patience: “I hope to; it is said to come from a long-lived breed.” This retort, coupled with the comical attitude of the dog at the time, turned the laugh upon the general, who joined heartily in the merriment, and seemed to enjoy the joke as much as any of the party. oo Money Lemonade. From the Philadelptia Record. A small, freckle-faced boy, with a bucket of lemonade and a careless conductor, were the principal actors in a little comedy yes- terday afternoon, the scene being a Lan- caster avenue trolley car. The boy was evidently bound for the park to scoop in a few nickels, and the fun commenced when the conductor dropped a half dollar into the pail of lemonade while maxing change. “How am I going to get that out?” asked the fare taker. “I don’t know,” the lad replied. “Yer can’t put yer hand down in it. Dat would spoil de taste.” “Well, I'll have to get it.” growled the conductor. “Yer won't spoil me stock,” answered the boy. “Well, put the lemonade in some- thing else,” the conductor whined. “In me pocket, fer instance,” the youngster re- plied, sarcastically. There were no other receptacles in sight, and all sorts of sug- gestions were offered by the amused pas- sengers. Fortunateiy an old woman with a tin boiler got on while the argument was at its height, and she allowed the boy to pour the lemonade in her boiler. The morey was secured, and the liquid poured back Suits that are worth $10, $12.50and $15. Actual values. Real reductions from regular prices. = 08c. f 2 e : t 8 S & & 8 @ a @ @ re) @ @ 8 e ; @ @ @ ) @ © rs) @ e @ @ a @ G 6 @ a a o @ @ @ ON THE VERGE OF WAR IN 1893, How Near France Came to Being Thoroughly Whipped. Paris Letter to York San, A hitherto unpublished incident of re- cent international history has been given to the light, as a kind cf sequence to a conversation with the Emperor William lately published in the London Times, In the beginning of the year 1808 the English government, cver which Lord Rosebery presided, alarmed at the spirit of hos- tility to the persistent policy of expansion followed by England in the far east and Africa generally Gi: ed by the European sovernments, except that of Italy, ix said to have determined on boldly declaring War against France and crushing her scat~ tered squadrons wl her home fleet before assistance could come from any quarier. The French action in Siam, when the French ships of war bombarded the Siam- ese datteries of Paknam, at the mouth of the Menam river, on which Bangkok, capital, situated, is cited as t tunity Lord Rosebery wished for. (On the 28th of July, 180%, he sent for M, @Esiournelles, the French charge . d’af- faires in Londen in the absence of the am- bassador and curtly informed him that if his government went any further it would be war. An hour after Lord Rosebery in- vited Count Tornielli, the Italian ambassa- der, to the foreign office, and asked him if his government was ready to act at once with England against France. Count Tor- nielll referred the matter to his govern- ment, which immediately laid the matter before the German government, in confor- mity with its obligations as a member of the triple alliance, and the Emperor Wil- lam without hesitation advised the Italian government to refrain. The publication of this Incident has created considerable sen- sation In, the political world, and has given rise to all manner of speculation object of it. nee teh ——+o2—____ Made Provisions for His Dog. Frem the Chicago Times-Herald, Rover, a big Newfoundland dog, has been made heir to $1,700 by his master, John Spooner. The latter is a sailor and ec- centric. Attorney E. E. Ellison drew up the will, and the Guarantee Title and Trust Company will act as trustec. “People will think you are crazy,” ex- postulated the attorney. “How can so much money be used upon your dog?” “It cannot,” readily assented the old sailor. “But I mean that when I am gone my dog shall not be kicked and cuffed about the world as I have been. If you like you may draw the will in such a way that the income of the property may be used in the dog's support, and the property itself, at the latter's death, with whatever rerrains of the income, go to my sister in England.” And so the will was drawn in accord- ance with these terms, sealed and filed away with other documents of a similar nature in Attorney Ellison's vault. He discovered the dog Rover when the latter was Mitle more than a pup, while he was tramping in southern Illinois. Spooner, who is about seventy years of age, was taken {ll recently as he was passing into the bucket. “If dis lemonade is spoiled wid de taste of money,” the boy sald on getting off, “ye'll have ter poney up me expenges or I'll sue der trackshun.” An Inconsistent Theortst. From the Detrott Free Press. “Down with monopoly!” exclaimed the grocery man indignantly. “That's my sen- timent every time, and don’t care who hears it!” “There is no doubt that the trusts are exercising a tremendovs power in the bus- iness of this country,” replied the man who had come in to get a package of smoking tohacco. “It is a shame and a disgrece They are forcing down prices so that it is almost im- possible for the small dealer to make a living. It makes my blood boil to think of the way in which they stamp out compe- a ow do th bout it?” “How do they go abou! “Why, sir, if find that somebody’s goods are being sold instead of theirs, they will cut ee commodity so as to bring it lower to leave him no ground to stand on! That's through Chicago. He went to a down- town lodging house, and while he lay there suffering Kover remained at his bedside, licking his hand in mute sympathy. “Supposing I should die,” thought Spoon- ter, “who would there be to care for Rover?” And then he made up his mind to pro- vide for his dog in his will. , Thus has Rover sprung from a lowly dog of “ornery degree” to a dog with expectations. ses The Cost of Straws. From the St. Louis Republic. “The straws through which we imbibe men about as much as do their free lunches,” said a red-faced man who sat at @ table in tHe S:. Nicholas cafe slowly sip- ping a julep through a couple of straws. “I just found this out the other day, and I