Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1897, Page 8

3 E THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1897—24 Close daily at 3 p.m. Saturdays at 1 p.m. Ww. F st., cor. 1th. | Storage, 22d-and M. Mattress Factory, Ist and D. | | forage, Hauling, | A special departm ami Packing. Cold s' Mattings At Half. We could enthuse till you'd think we'd gone into exaggeration on the Matting values here. The remnants particularly. All the choice bits of the Mattings that have been the most popular this season are being closed out at half and less. Remnants of Mattings That were 10c. to 50c. For 5c. to 20c. ; More Mattings under price: 400 yards F Mattings, Extra’ “iieavy nese Maiting, 30c. grade M00 3 Matting, rae Ge. grade, very choice, California Claret —a delicious table claret, direct from the famous Inglenook / Vineyards of California, the price Monday is { loc bottle Regularly eed In any quantity. 25 cents, even here. } {Our IE CREAM has made a de- ¢ cided hit at the price we quote. Pure, Wholesome Vanilla Ice Cream— 50 cts. half gallon. $1.00 a gallon. In quart boxes at the store, 25e. 1S. A. Reeves, Successor to (Reeves, Poole & Co.) Grocer, Coffee Koaster, Raker and Man- ufacturer_of Finest Confections. 09 F St. price for good Claret? If it wasn't a To-Kalon product you mizhit doubt the —_ quality. Th = Nae NN Nn ee a are ein . which we are closing out at 10e. bottle, or $1 dezen bots. Delay may €isappointmient—so order 6/4 14 ST-PHONE 9 Visit to this clearing sale will convince you that we are selling Furniture, Carpets and ‘Mattings at less than actual factory cost—and You are perfectly wel- come to inal) It is the chance of the whole rear to get a Bed Room Suite at a fraction of Parlor or its real value. Carpets made, Iaid and lived free — payments ranged to suit ((ROGHIrs ar- you. MAMMOTH GREDIT HOUSE 817-819-821-823 7th St. N. W., Between H and I Sts. an2-Sid - ALO LITHIA WATER | And STAFFORD WATER ~—— Are three superior min- eral waters that we are agents for. When you buy from us—you're sure | to get the genuine. W. S. THOMPSON, Pharmacist, 703 15th St. gud 2h = = pence hae ma BURT’S Beautiful Shoes. Eéwin C. Burt & Co.. New York, Arthur Burt, 1411 F St. DOMESTICS. Three lots of plain black sateens were se- cured, and they go like this: 15c. sort, 10$c. yard. 20c. sort, 12}c. yard. 2§c. sort, 15c. yard. ‘Two cases of silver gray mourning prints, to be offered for 4%c. yard. Lot of dark-colored Russian outing flan- 3%c. yard. > Double-width featherproof ticking—usual price, .—to go for 133¢c. yard. = 4}c. yard. Lot of check apron gingham to be" offered for nel to go for Yard-wide ‘Utica’? cotton—better than “‘Frult-of-the-Loom,” to go for Sic. yard. 42-inch bleached shceting to go for 6}c. yard. 90 by 90-inch hemstitched shects—usual price, 65e.—to go for 50 cents. 81 by 90-inch hand-torn ‘Utica’ shests to go for 39 cents. $ t $ WHITE GOODS. Three lots of India linon—plain white—to go as follows: Lot at 4$c— 7c. sort. Lot at 7$c.—10c. sort. Lot at 9c.—15¢. sort. 3 Medium and heavy cord English pique— usual 25¢. sort—for = = 14¢. yard. B % . ee The Dependable Store. | o are . very extraordi This is but another 40-inch white French organdies—usual 20c. sort—for 1o}c. yard. -WASH STUFFS. 8,000 yards of wash stuffs, comprising lawns, organdie lawns, genuine grass linen, linen lawns, lace effect and lappet tovel- tles—such.as have been selling for 10c. to 15e. a yard—can be offered for Sc. yard. - 2,000 yards of wash stuffs, consisting of figured navy blue, pink, lavender, light blue tissue brode, American organdie, ete.—such as we bave sold for * 2ic. a yard—can be offered for 73¢e. yard. 2,800 yards skirting crash, in two shades —which has been 12%c.—will be put on sale at 7he. yard. at the prices at which we have marked them. pendable store’s” unlimited capital has served it in good stead--has brought you bargains, which only cash money. could secure. Yesterday nearly every buyer of tlie depend- able store’’ attended the sale by the agsignees of Wm. T. Beidler & Co., wholesalers of: Baltimore. It was a compulsory sale, and being such, the most advantageous buying was done; and all that we secured goes on sale Monday morning, and all t T nary bargains instance where “‘the de= 39 pieces of finished dress linen—34 inches wide—the regular 26¢. sort—will be offered at 15c. yard. Lot of remnants of linen colored batiste— patterns of small self-colored polka doti— selling about town for 10c. a yard—to go for Se 3c. yard. BLACK GOODS. 46-inch black silk-fimish fine twill hen- rletta—which will be 79c. a yard, with the new tariff duty attached—to go now for 59c. yard. 46-inch black drap d’ete—which. will -be very much worn this fall, and which will be $1.50, because of the new tariff duty—for g8c. yard. - , [oldonbergs. 924-926-928 7th--706 K. Weadeeoeetecesenteesntedeatedeaeatedoiaetonontentosiantnaiatentonoasntoeentetbaratetieeesotbeentoctbagetetvohefotbaged Seeenfntnnectengetetesgetnceaeseceitetbteetetncetetestetesredeteaetetnd ttle in etoile lolol sitlodtediedd The Dependable Store. The Dependable Store. 54-inch black sickal—the heavy, durable quality, which will cost you no less than ‘89c. for-all that is hereafter imported—to go for per 59c. yard. Another lot of that 46-inch black and navy imperial serge at . 29c. yard. We cannot ‘ise to be able to buy more of it to sell ‘go little. SILK STUFFS. 27-fheh all-silk black Japanese silk—Lyons dye and good weight—to go for 39c. yard. Black silk grenadines—figured and striped— the same which rold for a dollar a yard— to go for 58c. yard. 24-inch black figured taffeta silk in large and small designs, such as has been 69. a yard—to be for 48c. yard. 24-inch plain black satin duchesse, extra heavy and splendid color—the 95c. sort to go for 69c. yard. 26-inch black rustling taffeta, which has been a dollar—to be offered for 69¢c. yard. LACES. 2,500 yards Valenciennes lace, which is usually sold for 25c. a dozen yards—will be offered Monday for ioc. dozen yards. Seven styles of fine quality French Valen- clennes lace, which is usually sold for 3c. and 4c. a yard—to go for : 25c. dozen yards. RIBBONS. Roman neck tie ribbon—in all the newest combinations, which are usually sold for 25c. yard—to go for 15c. yard. DS CS IH OO £200 Go 22 oe 'X=ZALTAt S HAS ENTIRELY CURED Hay Fever: M. MURPHY, Utica, N. Y.: ia helped me from the very ‘irst It has entirely cured my Hay Fever, and have used only half the ttle. Yours’ truly, Sept. 12, 1896. JOHN M. MURPHY. Hay Fever, Rose Cold, Hay Asthma. MACY, 703 15th st., Washington, D. C. our largest size bottie by prepaid express on receipt of $1. Send address for pamphlet. THE X-ZALIA CO., No. 3 Beacon st., Bos- ton. Mass. It PP 6H 20 0P 02 0 00 Co 0 ‘Banish Headache —indigestion and nervousness forever by taking Wier’s de- lightfal Lemon-Seltzer. It’s a pleasing, effective and in- stantaneous cure. At all druggists. Price, 10c., 25¢. and SOc. 2 au6-20d OO | Make your own | A From JOH he application. 1 3 i r own i “cold waves!” Zz °°°°% Buy an Electric Fan for your of- 5 * 2° fice—store—cafe or saloon—and you'll * © have all the cold waves you want. H * © We supply the electric current. Ask eee = * us questions. The Potomac Electric . Power Company is now establishing circuits for General Electric Supply in all of its recently constructed subways in the city of Washingtcn. For rates apply to office, 1417 G st. nw. Telephone 1414. apl3-14tt Rae '15c. Matting Our Matting stock must be cleared out ¥ pr Hety quality Matting. Clearing- out price, 1c. yard. Many other Matting opportunities equally as good. The Houghton ee 1214F St. Dr. Haines’ Golden Specific Cures Drunkenness. It cam be given WITHOUT IHE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PATIENT in coffee, tea or articles of food; will effect a rmanent and cure, whether the pat'ent {s a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wrec: Book of particulars free, to be had of F. 8. WILLIAMS & CO., cor. 9th and F si u.w.; H. A. JOBNSTON, 1221 ve, Wi PAA Aw s N. rash ton.” GOLD! Co. Obio, CF Write for their book, in the Dark: ** on opium and “hablt."* Matted free. fe2T-s.tuktnis6t Babies Won't Suffer —— from prickly heat, red. itch; skin and chafing 1¢ you use EVANS’ TALCUM POW- —— DER. Large box, plain or perfumed, for ——— 10e. ‘ Evans’ DrugStore, rat sse'r at. ‘THE ACTION OF Carter's Little Liver Pills ts pleasant, mild gnd natural. They gently stimulate the liver and regulate the howels, but do not purge. They are «ure to pl them. ‘The “Exposition Universelle de Vart Cullpatre' awarded the highest honors to ANGOSTURA BIT- TERS as the most stimulant to ex- cite the “appetite. Ask for the genuine article, manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons. FIGURES THAT TALK. England has 3,000 miles of canal, Ire- land 600, Scotland 150. They carry’in a year 36,000,000 tons of traffic, yielding more than $100,000,000 revenue. France makes nearly 26,000,000 pairs of gloves, and exports 18,000,000 anrually. In ten years Great Britain imported 15,000,000 pairs per annum, valued at £1,500,000, There are in the United Kingdom 222,000 families of gentry, whose average income is $7,500; but there are 4,775,060 working class families whore average inccme is ofily The British empire has an era of 11,400,- 000 square miles and a populaticn of 400,- 000,000. The British empire is six times 4s extensive as that of ancient Rome in its palmiest days. The United Kingdom has 1,700,000 fac- tory operatives, France, 1,780,000, Germany, 1,530,000, and the United States, 2,750,000. The United Kingdom has 2,000,000 acres of forest, worth $10,000,000. The forests of the United States are worth $560,000,000. The value of the house property of Lon- don is 000,000; that of - Goorono; that ae New York. ¥1.308,0 0,600." } ‘The Philippine Isiards have 000 in- habitants, of whom five te the mountains, and refuse allegiance to Spain, BURNING STREET REFUSE How the Dust and Sweepings Are Utilized a in London. From the London Telegraph. A facetious visitor to a Chicago bacon fectory once described how he saw a live pig put Into one end of a machine to in- stantly come out at the other in the form of sausages. An even more remarkable metamorphosis is daily performed by the vestry of the parish of St. Leonard, Shore- ditch. In their new electricity and dust destruction undertaking at Coronet street, Hoxton, which was formally opened by Lord Kelvin yesterday afternoon, the vestry transform the refuse of the dust bins and the street sweepings of their parish into potent. electric currents, which, for the future, will help to light the streets and shops and provide power in the busy factories of that district. The experiment is the first attempt on a great scale to make the disposal of dust and refuse a source of profit to the local authority instead of a loss, and judging by the promise, one can almast say the reali- zation, of success which has attended the enterprise of the progressive vestry of Shoreditch, a general adoption of this sys- tem of dust destruction should rapidly fol- low. The very possibility of a scheme of this character marks an enormous advance both in scientific discovery and mechanical skill. Any one who had ventured at the be- ginning of the present reign to predict that before its close the refuse of the dust- heaps would be used to light the streets and drive machinery would . most likely have been placed by his friends in the nearest lunatic asylum. The present extensive undertaking of the St. Leonard’s vestry, which consists of an electricity-generating station, worked by steam supplied from the destructor cells in which the household refuse of Shoreditch is burned, had its real origin in the right- ecus desire of the local board to prevent an electric light company securing the mo- nopoly of electric lighting in the district. The works stand on a common site in the center of the borough with the public baths ard washhouses, whilst on an adjacent site provision is made by the London coun- ty council for a recreation ground and technical institute and museum, which will aksorb the municipal technical schools of the Shoreditch vestry. A Manufacturing Center. Shoreditch contains within its boundaries the center of the woodwurk and furniture irdustry of London; it has a very large rumber of public houses and small shops ard factories which remain open very late, and thus offer a large field for the sale of electric light and power. The vestry de- cided that the supply should be in the hands of a public body. In this resolve they were supported by the ratepayers, and the handsome range of works, with the public baths and washhauses, and library adjoining, was the result of this public Spirit. Some difficulty and delay were ex- Perienced at the outset, but these were overcome, and the enterprise is now launched on what promises to be a sin- gularly successful career. Economy and advanced ideas were the chief characteristics of the proposal. The Utilization of dust for raising steam to drive electric dynamos and heat water in baths and washhouses had been tried be- fore, but only in small-experimental works, and it required considerable courage to un- dertake it on @ large scale. Careful calcu- lations, however, were made, and it was ascertained that the new scheme would re- sult in a profit to the parish of £1,590 a year, as compared with the old systera of paying 3s 2d per ton to have the dust thrown into the sea. The cost of the works has been about £70,000, but the re- sclt threatens to revolutionize the sale of electricity by greatly reducing its cost. Four pence per board of trade unit at night and two pence per unit during the day is the price fixed by the vestry, while the adoption of the Bas penny-in-the-slot meters, with free fittings supplied to the consumer, should bring the light within the reach of artisans and small users of motive puwer, of whom there are a great number in the parish. The Plant Described. _The system adopted may be briefly de- scribed as that of burning the dust and refuse of the parish, in specially con- structed “destructors,” and utilizing the resulting heat to generate steam for driv- ing the electric light plant. The interest attaching to this work, therefore, lies in the pecular arrangements rendered neces- sary by the combination indicated above, not forgetting that the steam requirements of the electric lighting station. must be treated as of secondary importance in com- Parison to the hygienic manipulation of the refuse. The novelty of the destructor is further enhanced by the combination, for the first time, of Mr. Druitt Halpin’s eys- tem of feed thermal storage, and the sub- stitution of the electric lifts and motor cars for revising and SO De, refuse ‘throughout the cells in place of the more usual inclined road and tipping platform, thus effecting a considerable saving in horseflesh. The destructor house is 80 feet square, and it contains twelve cells, each having 25 square feet grate area, and six water-tube boilers, each with “1,300 square feet of heating surface. The boilers and thermal st vessel (which is 35 feet long and 8 feet in diameter) are designed are three motor-driven fans, calculated to deliver each 8,000 cubic feet of air per minute, with a maximum ash-pit pressure of 3 inches of water. ~ ney is 180 feet high and 7 feet diameter at the top, jacketed with expedient, and one that prevents the heat developed during the daytime from being ‘| wasted. Of course, the burning of the dust must go on continuously, and as only a small amount of steam is required by day, a lot of heat would be lost if some method were not adopted to preserve it. Halpin’s system was therefore adopted. During the daytime steam generated in the boilers is passed into a thermal storage cylinder, where it is mixed witn a small quantity of cold water from the feed pumps, the propor~ tions being such that when the evening ap- proaches the cylinder is full of water at the temperature and pressure of the steam required by the engines. The cylinder is then shut off from the feed pumps and connected to the boilers, which in their turn are connected direct to thé engines; hence, when the boilers require feed water they are supplied with‘it from the cylinder, at such a temperature that the fuel that is then being burnt lias merely to furnish to the water in the boilers the heat sufficient to overcome the latent'heat of evaporation at the required pressure. The result of this arrangement-is that the boilers are able to evaporate’ about one-third more steam than they Would be able to evapo- rate were they connetted directly with the water mains, and,mor€over, gases can be sent away from the boiler at such a low temperature that ‘they would be useless for the purposes ever of an economizer. The importance of the thermal storage cyl- inder is further erthaneed by the fact that it acts as a water purifier. One of the main ‘drawbacks to the use of water-tube boilers‘has‘ always been over- come by the use of ‘clean or softened water, but if the feed water ve first raised to 350 degrees, Bebrenhel nthe thermal storage cylinder the deposit will occur mainly there, and clean water will be delivered to the boiler. Curfously enough, the presence of scale in the cylinder will tend rather to improve its efficiency than otherwise, for the radiation losses will diminish. The electrical generating portion of the under- taking fs fitted with the very latest devel- opments of science, both for lighting and motor purposes, and the whole establish- ment stands a memorial to the enterprise and public spirit of-the Shoreditch vestry. At the opening ceremony yesterday there was an immense concourse of residents in the parish and of persons interested in electrical and municipal work. Imme- diately after his reception Lord Kelvin pro- ceeded from the ‘large marquee where. the ceremonies were to take place to the works and switched on the current. Obedient to its impulse, the electric lifts began to move, and huge dust carts, with their horses, were lifted up to an upper gtcry to discharge their loads, while the are and in- candescent lights glowed brilliantly. —_—_— +e-______ A WOMAN CHINESE DOCTOR. She ix the First of Her Sex to Em- brace the Study of Medicine. From the New York Press. As far as her name conveys to the aver- age American, Hu King Eng might just as well be a man, but she isn’t. Hu King is a remarkably pretty little maid from the celestial tmpire, and more than that, she is the first woman of that heathen land to whom the degree of doctor of medicine has been granted. Dr. Hu was born in Foochow, and in her babyhcod she had every oriental luxury which a celestial baby cculd possibly cry for. Her grandfather was a mandarin of power and wealth, who late in his life be- came converted to Christianity and brought his grandch.1d up in that faith. When she was old enough littlé Hu King was sent away to a boarding school, but she never scemed to take any interest in smuggling caramels, going to matinees and other courses which school girls take. In- stead, she prowled around in the dispensary connected with the institution, learning all she could about médicines and drugs. So marked was her thirst for medical lore that her father decided to make a phy- sician of her. After bitter cpposition on the part of all her relatives, who said they would rather see her dead than a doctor, or what- ever the title is in Chinese, Hu King came across the seas to this country. She ma- triculated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, and after four years of hard, persevering work was graduated with the degree of master of arts. From Ohio shé went to Philadelphia, where she took # three years* course in the Woman’s Medical‘Coliege and a post- graduate course in the Philadelphia Poly- clinic, from both pf which institutions she received degrees... Then followed several months of practi ork in the Woman’s Hospital in Boston,"and Dr. Hu, fully equipped for her life: work, returned to Foochow and assumed charge of the Siang- Hu Hospital. ie ae 4 Her snecess nag been remarkable. One instance is related of 4 coolie wheeling his blind old mother’a thousand miles in a wheelbarrow to consult the woman doctor. A double cataract operation and the blind was made to see.-:The only son of a wealthy mandarin was:dumb from his birth, and so of no accaunt-disqualified to wor- ship before the manes of his ancestors. The tied tongue was at once relieved, and the dumb was made ta taik. Dr. Hu King Eng as one of the dele- gates to the woman's congress to be held in London next year. « : —_—_+02—_. Pretty Girl—“I called in reference to your advertisement for & typewriter.” Cautious’ Bachelor—“I advertised ‘for a ; “Yes, I know, but'l was in hopes I might ‘aac ? “Hem! Can you cook?” “Cook? hy, yes. “Good Ren seldom — ufbas obliges ee «Take that desk’ there, “please?’—New SSS A COOLING DRINK IN FEVERS. ‘Use Horsford’s Aci’ Phosphate. re ts Dr. C. H. — JT fevers) ana ed TAN AND FRECKLES. My Lady's Fair Face and How to Keep It Fair. From Harper's Basar. There is many a girl who is disposed to dread summer as a seascn when old Sol is permitted to feed at will upon her counte- nance, to the undoing of the prettiest com- plexion; and, naturally erfough, as it is the time 8f cutdoor life—of boating, of lingering near if not actually in the salt sea wave, and of indulging in all those pleasures that unite in the creation cf the uncoveted freckle. A pleasing tan, which produces the effect of an even coat of ochre brushed over the face ard throat, can be endured With a moderate degree of resignation. Sunburn, though unbecoming and painful, has the charming advantage of being only temporary. But the freckle, in all its mot- tied profusion, gives its usually sensitive possessor the feeling of being an eyesore. Now, whatever may be sald about only the whitest skins freckling, it is no con- solation to the white-skinned ones to no- tice after every exposure to the forcing summer light that their faces are growing to look more like some goods of bizarre polka dot pattern. . In preparation for the campaign against the tawny freckle, as well as against the less enduring disfigurements of the warm season, loads of ammunition in the form of bleaches and lotions and whitewashy mix- tures are carried to mountain and seashore and country each year. There are, how- ever, many women and girls: who would rather endure the afflictions that beset the complexion from exposure than make a scrt of salad of the countenance at night by the application of oils and vinegars, and, as they consider thém, kindred un- clean mixtures. But really there is no reason to challenge the sun to do his worst to one’s milky skin when there is means of preventing the un- sightly results—a means so simple and cleanly and reliable that not one of the fair sex who wishes to preserve her com- piexion need hesitate to make use of it. And then the receipt posses 2s the saving grace of arousing no trembling uncertainty as to the poisonous character of the things. that enter into the composition of the wash. The preparation of the beneficial wash is simplicity itself, and the ingredients pur- chasable anywhere at very reasonable cost. It a half pound of olive oil soap (pure cas- tile) be chipped fine and dissolved in one gallon of boiling water, then, after it has cooled, one quart of the best alcohol and one ounce of oil of rosemary be stirred in, the result will be as admirable an im- prover of the complexion and protection against the sun's blemishes as any woman can desire. And not only in summer, but at ali times can it be used with benefit. The best method of applying is to moisten @ wash cloth with the liquid after the cus- tomary morning bath, and to rub thor- oughly cover the face and hands and any parts that need the treatment. —___— +0 The Art of Listening. From Harper's Bazar. One of the busiest of the many busy wo- men with whom I am acquainted is also the most charming woman with whom to ecnverse. She is not a brillant, perhaps hardly a clever talker, but one loves to talk with her. After mature and thoughtful consideration, I have come to the venclu- sion that her charm lies in the fact that she is an admirable listener. By her ev!- dent interest in and sympathetic attention to the matter of the conversation, she brings out all that is best in the one with whom she talks. Diffident people forget their shyness in her presence, and leave her with the comfortable and novel convic- tion that they have, after all, acquitted themselves rather well. Few persons cul- tivate the art of being good Usteners, ard* yet to listen well is perhaps even more ce- sirable than for one to talk well. The good talker is often over eager to say his say, to utter his witticism, to tell his anec- dote, and his conversation is often a mono- logue. The good listener inspires the talk- er by strict attention to all he says end, above all, by looking at him while he speaks. 5] . There is nothing more trying than to find that your putative listener is giving oniy partial heed to your utterances. It is strange that a well-bred person should be guilty of the crass rudeness 6f picking up a book or magazine and “looking through” it while pretending to pay heed to the talk of a friend. The assurance “I am only locking at the pictures in this magazine, not reading, and I hear every word you say,” is no palliation of the offense. The speaker would be justified in declining to continue the conversation until the piciures have been properly studied. If a speech is worth hearing it is worthy of respectful and earnest attention. “High Weter Bill” Moorhead. From the St, Paul Pioneer Press. William H. Moorhead, better known dur- ing later years as “High Water Bill,” has just died at his home in Pembina, N. D. after an illness of six months. This sobri- quet he gained by his numerous prophecies as to just how high the water in the Red river would rise each year, and, be it said, a 2 i ssaate! ROYAL VISITOR How the King of Siam Was Enter- tained in the Eternal City. CORDIALLY . WELCOMED IN ROME Gifts From the Orient for Titled Europeans. REVIEWING ITALIAN TROOPS = a SE SS Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. ROME, July Since the marriage of the Prince of ples last October Italy seems to have be- come more and more friendly with the princes from the east. At that time our eyes were honored with the sight of gayly steiped_ uniforms and small, round, embroid- ered cps which fitly framed faces of dis- tinctly Slavic type. During the winter Prince Daniel of Montenegro, a young man who fs a mighty hunter in his own moun- tainous country, and, withal, presentable in his appearance, came to visit his new rela- tives. A little later the young King of Servia, slightly built, of medium height and showing a pleasing expression of counte- nance, spent several days at the Quirinal Palace, entertained in state. Later he re- turned from a trip to Naples and occupied an apartment at the Quirinal Hotel, going out sight-seeing every day like any ordi- nary person. His scarlet and ermine cap and scarlet uniform were exceedinly con- spicuous and attracted crowds of admiring Italians. I: is. rumored that an alliance between King Alexander and one of the numerous Princesses of Montenegro would be agreeable to King Humbert. Then came the Pensian envoy, announcing officially the accession of the new shah, and we were permitted to gaze upon another style of cap, still more gorgeously embroidered in than its predecessors had been. id recently, as if the friends of King Humbert were soon to encircle the globe, came the King of Siam, The Royal Gueni Accompanying him were his son, his two Lrothers and a number of officers, masters of the household, attaches and a large retinue of se-vants, not to mention a fabu- lcus number of trunks. Some of these trunks were of special interest to the roy- alties whom the king from the east ex- pected to visit. Itt them were precious gifts for those who were to entertain him so hospitably. There were silver and gold vases and plates, inlaid and engraved in the most elaborate of Siamese design: there were swords and letter cases and t sets and every imaginable object that could tempt the fancy of even the most ennuied Europ>aa monarch. For King Humbert the King of Siam brought a sword of :he finest workmanship, with hilt and scab- bard of goli, set with precious stones. For Queen Victoria he had a tea set of gold, with several most exquisitely chased cups. If one may judge from appearances, the King of Siam, though a typical easterner, is a gentleman in his manners. A Wordiess Embrace. When the king arrived at Rome in the rcyal train the troops were brought out in fine shape, the streets were crowded with pecple and the bands greeted the guest of Italy with the strains of his national air, on which they had been practicing for some weeks. The King of Italy went to the sta- tion to meet the other sovereign, and every- thing was as it should be. The papers made quite a point of the warmth of affec- tion with which the two rulers embraced. They said: “The two kings kissed each other four times!” This seems to be rather a superfluity of affection, especially to a cold-blooded American, but it ts easily ex- plained. They could not talk to each other, consequently it was necessary to demon- strate their friendly relations in some other way. The King of Siam communicated with the European public by means of En- glish, of which tongue the King of Italy is, unfcrtunately, ignorant, so that the drive through the Via Nazionale and to the palace must have been rather a stupid one for them. Orce arrived at the palace, however, the coast was clear, for the queen speaks Fnglish with great fluency. One Hundred and Fifty Sons. The King of Siam, Somdetch Phra Para- mindr Maha Khoulalonkorn, is forty-three years of age, is of decidedly Asiatic cast of face, even to the slanting eyes, and looks as if life had gone easily with him. There are one or two little peculiarities in his family life which afforded the Italian pa- pers much amusement. He is the proud pessessor of 150 sons, only one of whom accompanied him. Apparently the succes- sion to the Siamese throne is secure. The king himself has eighty brothers. There are two Queens of Siam. One, the wife of the right hand, as she is called, goes into public life as her husband's equa!, and is unveiled. The wife of his left hand holds a lower position. In his harem are 800 of the most beautiful of the Siamese women, who spend their time embroidering the many gifts which the king makes to the priests for use in the temples, and in ar- ranging garlands and bouquets of flowers foc the palace. is said that the King of Siam is greatly interested in all modern in- venticns, and, so far es his knowledge goes, has already adopted many of them in his own country. It is for the purpose of learning more of the world that he made this long journey. ‘Taking imto account the numerous sons of the-King of Siam, one can imagine what must have been the supreme pity which he felt for King Humbert when he introduced to him nis one and only son. The Prince and Princess of Naples came down to Rome for this occasion, before leaving for Eng- land to attend the jubilee of Queen Vic- toria. The young princess is very elegant in her manner of dress, and is really a beautiful woman, although of an entirely different type from her royal mother-in- law. A Visit to the Pope: The King of Siam occupied the apart- ments whicii were those of the Emperor and Empress of Germany on the occasion of the silver wedding. Every attention was shown to him, and the most titled guests were livited to meet him at lunch- ecn or dinner. He went sightseeing a lit- tle, too, and cne morning went to the Pan- theon to lay a costly wreath on the tomb of King Victor Emmanuel. The day after he arrived he went to visit Pope Leo XIII. For reasons of state no visitor at the Quir- inal can go directly from. that palace to the Vatican, so a lot of red tape has to be gone through with. . On this occasion the king made his headquarters at the Grand Hotel, going from there in a private carriage. He was welcomed at the Piazza San Pietro by the papal troops, and was at once given acmittance to the pope. After a conversa- tion of half an hour with the pope and Cardinal Rampolla, the secretary of state, the king returned to the hotel. As soon as_he arrived in his salon Cardinal Ram- polla came to return the visit. Afterward he sent to the cardinal the Order of the Royal Family of Siam, set in diamonds. Revie the Troops. ‘The great event of the visit of the King of Siam to Rome was a review of the Ital- ian troops, which took place on the “Giorno del Statuto,” or a sort of Italian “Fourth of July.” This was not specially gotten up in honor of the king, but his visit was utiful day, and every one arose early fn the morning in order not to miss any of silk robe and wearing a helmet very sim- jiar to the cork hats which our friends bring home ‘from India. On the left of the king rode the Prince of Naples, and on his left another Prince ef Siam. Ten thou- sand soldiers are kept constantly tn Rome, aud on the occasion of a review by the king many other regiments come from other cities. After reviewing the troops drawn up in line at Macao—the barracks— the king and his staff, which consists of a hundred officers, i supported from the private purse of his majesty, with che Queen and King of Siam in one carriage of Naples in-an- Piazza dell ‘Indepen- denza. Company by company the soldiers filed past, marching well, with heads erect and every footstep firm and precise. The Bersaglieri, clad ir tight-fitting suits of green and black, with glossy feathers droep- ing from their stiff broad hats, ran by at double-quick time, These are the runners who are trained to swiftly puigue retreating treops in time of war But the most pic- furesque. part of the Italian army is the body of Carabinieri. They w long coats of dark blue. trimmed with silver, and Na- Poleenie hats adorned with red ‘and blue plumes. Thes@ are the state police and are found in ail parts of the country. One is as likely to encounter a couple of them— and they always go in pairs—in the heart of the Apennines as in‘one of the cities. It is believed that the king received a good impression of Italy. Ceriainiy every- thing was done to make him have a cood time. It is said that he Is exceedingly facetious, and at a dinner given one even- ing the guests were kept in a perfect gale laughter at his speeches. The queen i.never been known to enjoy herself so and the merriment extended even to the svlemn servants, who retired at in- tervals to smile. King Humbert did not enjoy himself so well as the others be- cause he had to wait for the queen to translate for him. Italians are glad that they had the first sight of this oriental king. ly has never quite forgiven the Czar of Russia for not visiting King Hum- bert, especially as he gave for a reason that he did not wish to add to the already heavy debt of the nation. A New Industry im the Navy. From the New York Sun. Visitors on tourd war vessels in the navy yerd will very likely see among the sailors Scattered about the decks smoking, talking ané 0 on, a sailor at work with a sewing machine. It is a hana machine, and has @ pretty heavy base, so that it can be set dcwn on deck and worked easily without shifting its position The machine is owned by the man work- irg it. On a big ship like, for example, une battle ship Indiana, carrying a crew of 400 nen or more, there would probably be found many as a dozen sewing ma- chines; on a third-rate cruiser, a smallor vessel, such, for illustration, as the De- troit, there would be apt to be four or five sewing machines. The machines are often- est owned by sailmakers ard sailmakers’ mates, but they m: be owned by sailors; any man on the ship might have a sewing trachine if be wanted to. Space is val- vable on a vessel, and so only hand ma- chines are allowed, and to bring a machine aboard permission must be got from ihe commanding officer. It is not to be sup- 1osed that € man in the ship would Want a sewing mach'ne; as a matter cf fact comparativ w men do, and those who want to take one aboard are not likely to find any difficulty m the way. A sailor who has a sewing machine makes and repairs garments for himself and he does work for others for pay. There are not so many sewing machines on the ves- sels of the new navy as there were on those of the old; the sailor nowadays makes up less of his own outfit than he formerly did; he draws more completed articles from the government; but there is still plenty of work to be done aboard ship with sewing machines, and some money to be nade with them yet. From Harper's Bazar. The word adjustment gives an idea of parts fitting into one another, each part doing what it can to accommodaie itself to every other part. So the word expresses well the conditions most of us. assume during our temporary banishment from home in the summer time. We submit ourselves to new adjustments; and unless we really do this, with all that it implies, we do not thoroughly enjoy our summer circumstances or get the most good out of them. We, as parts, do not do our, best to put ourselves in harmony with the rest of the parts, and therefore there will be liscords. Some of us, alas! take a position and hold it dogmatically and arbitrarily. We think it is for cthers to adjust themselves to us. But a place taken in such a spirit is more often a wrong one than a right. If we are square, we will see that we have provably forced ourselves into a round hole, and until we change we cannot expect the rest of the parts to get placed properly. ‘The most charming person upon earth is the adaptable person, the one who gets along in all places and suits people of all scrts. He fits anywhere; there is no stiff- ness, no aggressiveness, about him. He is rather like a luminous ether, which sur- rounds, perfects and illuminates all the rest, and finds its beauty and its aim in so doing. —_-— +e ____ The Teacher Changed His Name. From the Philadelphia Press, Nomenclature §s an interesting study, but those who follow it usually look for the in- teresting changes in names many centuries back. In point of fact, there are often as radical changes taking place constantly. ‘There are two of these changes of which examples cen be given which are directly traceable to two women teachers In the public schools. They made the changes in- nocently, but, at the same time, effectively. The first name was Iseli. It was pro- nounced with the emphasis on the first syl- lable, which was given the long sound of E. It was in this way that the eldest small boy in a large family pronounced it to his teacher, and she, spelling it as she pro- nounced it, wrote Easley. The boy con- tinued to be known by the name, spelled in that way, grew up and married under it, and the younger children, as they came te attend the school, had their names spelled in the same way, and the family had e new name. A curious fact in connection with this change came in a matter of prop- erty. The head of the family had deserted his wife and children, but the title to cer- tain property in-the city was in his name, and that name was not the namc of the family with the new spelling they had adopted. The father having been away 60 long, it was supposed he was dead. The children, to get the property, were obliged to let it be sold for non-payment of taxes, buying it in, and thus getting a tax title, which is good after two years. 22 —___ The Manufacture of India Ink. From the Mauufacturer. An interesting account of the manufae- ture of the so-called Indla ink, which ts made cnly in the Anhul province of China, is given by Mr. Fraser, our consul at goes to every part of China afd all over the world. In 18% about two tons of it, valued at £564, were exported from Shang- ‘to foreign countries. The materials z li ait i Fs hk age Bratt ; ii i