Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1897, Page 15

Your creat | is good. Handsome Draperies at low prices are a specialty of ours. No department in our whole seven- story store is in better shape than our Drapery Department. 25 pairs Scotch Lace Curtains, Cluney effect, 3} yards long, 50 inches wide. Worth $2. § | 35 Special Saturday... - 35 pairs Irish Point Lace Curtains, 33 yards long, 50 inches wide. Worth $7. $ 4 -95 Special Saturday. ... 20 pairs Tapestry Portieres, 6 colors. Worth $3. $2: 15 Special Saturday. 50 pairs Chenille Portieres, 3} yards long, 50 inches wide, dado top and bottom. Worth $5. 35 Special Saturday... . ) 25 3-fold Screens, in oak and ma- hogany finish frames, mounted in best quality silkoline. Worth $2.50. -79 Special Saturday... . $ 1 Trading giv stamps with every purchase, Lansburgh’s Furniture Co., 13th and F Sts. eon Remarkable } Carpet Values; ar Carpet interests are best served here. Nowhere will you find a better as- Sortment—prettier patterns—or more rea- hte prices. ¥ never bougat bet- ter Carpet val Fan the following. 65c. Ingrain Carpets, 48c. Carpets, very aniratie fattes eae Wer ‘as @ special. neon 48c. Heavy Wilton Velvets$1.25 Extra heavy quality Wilton Vel- Yets. Made, laid and lined. Per yard. for........ $1.25 $12 Art Squares, $10.25. Best All-wool Art Squares, » by id value $10.25 5 a at Special ans Houghton 40d a Painless Extracting, Ve. Dentistry ts a science of four branches. It takes years to attain skill In any one of them, and no man becomes equally skillful im all. In making up our As- sociation we choose men with :ainds and fingers trained for the special branch in which we employ them. Each operator is employed constantly on the work for which he is best fitted, and this much doing of the same thing makes him very skillful. His skill makes his work good, his fingers quick. Quickness mitigates the pain and reduces the cost. U. S. Dental Ass’n, Cor. 7th and D Sts. N.W. OPEN SUNDAYS 10 TO 12 O'CLOCK. Sod DNA ODA ONO Ce oct — oct. oeeceee *| Cee cecccccccccccce Bridal Gifts at 25 to 40 & offi Have a Wedliag Present to give? ain't better than buy it here. We you do After-dianer - ete marked at from 25 to 40 per + nnetion prices. Here's a sample: lass Silver-top Salve Box. Sooo eeeerccoreorces Pore ee eee reer eee ee ee . Who is doing your laandry? Are you not disxatisfied with those * trayed-edge"’ collars and cuffs and shirts? tot make a change? r gain, as we shall have en- new machinery of the latest Frazee’sLaundry Late of Central Power Station, NOW AT Capital Laundry Plant, E 512 STH ST., 1522 14TH ST., 6S 13TH ST., 3109 M ST. N. na ma ‘To _enjoy oysters to thelr fullest extent one mest. “wash them down" with ToKalon “Sau- terne."” Lends a rare and delicious flavor to them. Delivered at 4c. 3 r case of 12 qts. Wines! Fe: lon Mine ©. 6/4 147 ST-PHONE 998. ‘Old Apple Vinegar” —unexcelled for ARS FE Lily lour $6. ‘The finest blendet flour on the market. —— We've sold it for 20 years and lave yet to © the fret complaiat. There are other brands, but ‘hey are inferioz imita- of the genuine. Only $6.50 bbl. Orders ciy filled and delivared anywhere. BBL. BURCHELL’S. SPRING LEAF TEA Tb. of full tn 4:l. packages weight: Desa, a damp- rt ‘Cents 2. pound, You ere unexcelled $22 Philadelphia AND RETURN va B. & O. SUNDA : OCTOBER 10th. ‘Tickets good going on 7:05 and 9:00 a.m., and to return on all regular trains same date. HYATTSVILLE. ‘The board of town commissioners met Inst Tues- day evening, with President M. V. Tierney in the chair, and Messrs. Wilson, Aman and Miller present. After the reading of the nunutes of the last meeting the road comumittee reported that the ~ork on Arundel and Ralston avenues was rapitly advancing, as were also the improvements on Johnson avenue, opposite Dr. Buck's residence. Authority was given the committee on street lights to parchase a lamp und place it on the corner of Melrose avenve and Ivy street. ‘The treasurer made the following report: Receipts, cash on hand May 7, 1897, $07.84; corporation tax, last year's account, $76.71; corporation tax, current account, $342.28;" special Inprovements tax from H. B. Major, $31.25; special improvement tax from the county commissioners. $43. special im- rovement tax, George Raub, $10.42; dog tax cul- lection, total, $27. “Total receipts, $1,128.80. Expenditures—By drafts, $200.15; by bill of Saun- ders Plummer, lighting lamps, month of September, $22; painting’ fifty-six lamps, at 15 cents, $8.40. Total expenditures, $320.55. Cash balance on ‘hand at present date, $808.25. The board passed a number of bills, The matter of the water works came under dis- cussion. " ‘Though no official action was taken rela- tive to these improvements it is understood that a citizeus’ meeting will be called {n the near future, when some definite plans will be adopted. Harvest home servic were held recently at the M. E. Church South. The church was beautifully decorated with flowers, fruits and plants. Rev. Melville preached an eloquent sermon. At the close of the services @ collection amounting to up. Magruder has about completed the ling and siore on Pike avenue, which <upied in a few days by Mr. N. Sonen- Win. Johnson, an old colored man who recently served several years in the penitentiary for fraudu- lently obtaining a pension, was arrested last week D oustabvle Charles W. Barr and brought before Justice Carr upon a charge of st ii coal from one of the Baltimore aud Uhio Raflroa cars. Company's In consideration of the advanced age of used he was given a light sentence of thirty ulboro’ Jail. young son of A. H. James, living as run over by a heavy team last t expected to live. er, jt., recently wagered George ride on his wheel from attsville to the boundary at Washington and k in thirty minutes. A large crowd gathered at the drug store to witness the affair. In ex- actly thirty “minutes Walker was back, and the amount of the wager was handed over to him, Miss McCallo has returned from a visit to mls in Georsia. and Mrs. R. E. White are spending several Atlantic City. sed ~ Walter A. Wells has returned from White Sulphur Springs, Va. Mr. J. ates is building @ residence on Pike to occupy It by the first of next Hyattsville Cycle Club will give an oyster at the club rooms Friday evening, October ‘The various cycling clubs of Washington have been invited to attend. Last Morday evening a large part; celled npon Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. come them back to Hyattsville. who called were Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Charles II. Arthur Carr, ‘Rev. and Mrs. Charles Mayo and Mrs. Van Loan, Mr. W. 5 Dorsey, Fuller and Carr, Patierece! Mrs. Charles A. Wells, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dobbs.” Esypt, or the Holy Land,” was the subject of a red by Mignon L. Seldon Presbyterian Church last Friday evening. Is of the lecture are to be devoted to the elety church fund. Literary Club met Tuesday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson H. Ral. ne interesting essays on the works of Aye roust 15. of resident: rary to wel- Among those L. H. Campbell, Anthony Hope were read by ‘the inomben, ‘The Lext mecting of the cl ext meeting club will take place Tuesday, ——_—>____ KENSINGTON. Miss Clare Mrnnrkee has returned to Fairview Seminary at Gaithersburg to take a post-graduate course. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Warner have gone to St. Paul, Minn., for a fortnight’s visit. The regular monthly meeting of the Kensington Literary Society will be held Wednesday evening next at the home of Mr. W. W. Eldridge. Mr. Jesse D. Figsins and family ere visiting at the home of his brother, Mr. Frank B. Figgins. Mr. Jesse Figgins recently returned from his sec- ond voyage with Lieut. Peary, with whom he went ia the capacity of ornithologist ‘The city council, recognizing that Kensington has long outgrown its’ charter, empowered Mayor Cluin to appoint a committee of seven citizens to draft a new Instrement, which shall give additional a therity to levy assessments fur street improv ments. Upon completion, the proposed charter w! be submitted to a vote of the town, and if ap- proved will be sent to the legislature for enact- ment. The villoge has been divided into seven fire districts, two on the north side of the Baltimore nd Ohio tracks and five on the south side. A code ignals has been framed which will be rung hurch belis in ease of fire. pitallsts E evy Chase and Kem from this Rockville. o difficulty is anticipated in receiv: ing a fiee right of way, and liberal offers of subserip- tion have been received from the owners of sul divisions along the proposed line. Among the fea- tures will be a power house, located at Rock Creek, witich vill supply Kensington and Garrett Perk with electric lights. < y dispesed ladies were victim- a worn who claimed te live e told a pitiful tale ef being e to bury her dead nephew, and gave refer- enmes which were found to be fictitious. She de- ped before the fraud discovered. fhe Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the. Warner Mem 1 Presbyterian Church. An invitation is jed_to all interested in temperance work to be present Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fisk and family of Kei sington have removed to Washington for the win- Dorcas Society of the Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. L. W. Maxs6n, with a large attendanc An election of officers was held, at which Mrs. Hi. Kinrear was unanimously but declined, after which Mra. W. D. Little was chosen to sticceed her; Mrs. J. T. Marshall, vice president; Miss Annie Ga; secretary; Mrs. B. C. Armstrong, treasurer, and Mrs. D. Brady, buyer and cutter of work. It was decided to bold an oyster supper in the town hall the evenings of vember 2 and 3, and the committees were ap- peinted to take charge of the various tables. Ken- sington bas a reputation for excellent oyster sup- pers at a moderate price, and pains will be taken to make this one eqeal to the best. Rev. J. T. Marshall and family will move in the new inanse early in November. ——————— GLENCARLYN, VA. Mr. Harry Mitchell, who haz been quite 1 for some days past, is much better and able to be out again. The enterprise displayed by Mr. James L. Scharff in the erection of a substantial building, to be occupied as a school hevse during the coming term, 1s the subject of much favorable comment among al! classes here. The town has long been in need of such a structure. After spending several months at thelr cottage here Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Stockbridge have taken up winter quarters in Washington. ‘The residents here are anticipating with much pleasure the coming ball, which, it is understood, will be given Thursday ‘next by Mrs. Morrell of County avenue at Curtis Hall. Miss Vida Pennywit of Summit avenue has en- tered as a student at Columbian University. ‘The ieguiar monthly meeting of the Carlin Springs Co-operative Assoclation was held at Cu:- tis Hall Wednesday evening. President Burdett, who presided, called the mecting to order shortly efter S o'clock. Dr. Backus served as secretary. ‘The session lasted a little over an hour, Mrs. M. V. Grabam has returned home from a delightful visit of over a mouth to Danville, Vt., where she went to improve her health, Miss Leila M. Gurley of the “Ol Homestead,” who bas been ‘quite {il at her home for several days past, is slightly better. ——>—__ RIVERDALE, Miss Bessie Blundon will visit friends in New York during October. Mr. G. H. Seehon has purchased the new house recently finished by Mr. Blundon and will occupy it. Mr. Charles Wilson has moved to Mr. Nicholl’s farm near Riverdale. Mr. W. R. Wilson has purchased two houses of Mr. Robert Mangum. A gypsy festival will be held by the ladies of the Presbyterian Church in the near future. Mrs. M. W. Beall of Minneapolis, Mise Kava- and Mr. Twitchell of Washington, with Miss ae f Steubenville, Obio, were guests of Col. Mc- Bladensiarg bad a Houseman cted_ president, sensation Tuesday Mr. ee ir. je. Mr. H him, hurrying to the scene. Two drunken men THE EVENING STAR, ‘FRIDAY,’ OCTOBER 8, 1897-16 PAGES. AN OPEN LETTER | AGRICULTURE IN ALASKA Investigation Made of the Conditions by Dr. Walter H. Evans. Feasibility of Establishing Experi- mental Stations—Dr. Evans’ Views of the Gold Fields. Dr. Walter H. Evans of the Department of Agriculture has returned from Alaska, where he spent about three months. His mission there was to investigate as to the feasibility of having agricultural experi- mental stations there, a special order hav- ing been issued to this effect by a pro- vision of Congress. While Dr. Evans is not ready just yet to make his report in regard to the stations, it is believed he will not render a favorable decision in that re- spect. The conditions were all right in many of the sections he visited for the sta- tions, but, on account of the situation of the country itself, it is believed he will not report favorably. Though Dr. Evans did not visit the Klon- | dike region, extending his investigations to the coast from Unalaska to Sitka, a dis- tance .of about 2,00) miles, and about 150 miles in the interior, he learned much on his visit about the gold fields of the coun- try. He also saw gold mining at Cook’s Inlet, where he visited. In all the coast region he traveled about 3,500 miles. Not Many Prospectors. Dr. Evans left here June 1, went to Se- attle, thence to Sitka. On his return trip he left September 6. He said to a Star reporter: e “I was at Chilkat pass in July. I did not see many persons then starting into the Klondike regions. On my return, go- ing up Lynn canal, I passed many boats containing parties of prospectors. I heard ‘rom many persons coming out that there were not enough provisions for the people going in. The two passes, Skaguay and Dyea, I heard discussed frequently. “Skaguay was reported the best, as horses and stock could go through it. In this way provisions could be packed through. In Dyea pass there is an incline of about 45 degrees, over which the animals cannot go. Therefore Skaguay was deemed better, but it was far from being as easy as expected. “The last accounts I had were that there were 6,000 people and 3,000 horses mired in Skaguay. “From what I learned about the gold fields, I am convinced that the richness is by no means confined to the Klondike regions. I saw many evidences of quartz and placer mining elsewhere. Cook's Inlet, about 150 miles from the ocean, is a fairly rich section. It is estimated by a Mr. Wheeler of Sunrise City, near the head of Cook's Inlet, that about $400,000 was taken out last year by about three hundred men. The mining there is done by the sluice box. The miners can wash with the water they get five months in the year. A large portion of the Cook’s Inlet gold has in the future to be gotten out by hydraulic power. I know three young f. ows who go from Seattle every year, I believe, and work in that region five months, and bring out about $1,800 apiece.” Goid of Unusual Richness. Dr. Evans showed The Star reporter sev- eral nuggets of unusual richness, which had been given him by one of the miners at Cook's Inlet. The largest was about as large as the end of the little finger. They came from Six-Mile and Lynx creeks, and were obtained by the sluice-box method. They were worn smooth, evidently in being breught down to where they were found, by water. Dr. Evans stated that he saw one miner have a nugget worth $80. The gold was imbedded in quartz about the size of a small hen egg. He saw one nugget werth $32, of nearly solid gold. When thrown on a hard surface, he stated, it Tang like a gold coin. “There was a boom in Cook's Inlet a year ago,” Dr. Evans stated. ‘People did not succeed as well as they expected, and Jeft. It happens that in the mining region if a person in one claim is making $8 or $10 a day and another in one adjoining is mak- ing only $5, the latter will become dis- ccntented and leave. This seems to be the rule in_mining regions. Cook’s Inlet is about 750 miles from Sitka, running from the Pacific ocean 150 miles. There is a regular steamboat line from Sitka there frcm April to the end of October. One of the companies in Cook’s Inlet was clearing up, when I was there, with twenty men, abeut $700 a day. There is no hydraulic nining done there, as yet, though I believe scme companies are organizing for it. 1 believe if a young man goes there and is a hustler and will attend to his business he will do fairly well, though he must not ex- pect to make as rich strikes as is done In the Klondike. .The quartz mining will foi- low later. Views of Vegetation. “I was surprised to find that a large number of things are grown in the section of Alaska which I visited, and I am cer- tain a number of other things could be grown if interest would be taken in this respect. People do not seem to wish to bother with agricultural pursuits. They are willing to pay $25 a ton for hay, when they might raise it there themselves. It has to be obtained from San Francisco or Prget sound. “I found a large number of native ber- ries growing in the part of the country I visited. These comprised blueberries, red raspberries, cranberries and strawberries The latter have the finest flavor for the wild variety I ever tasted. “I found that southeast Alaska is very thickly timbered. In the interior and south- western section grass grows luxuriantly. Most of the timber is spruce. “There is a generally mistaken idea in re- gard to the climate of the southern coast of Alaska. The popular idea is that it is very frigid. The coldest ft gets in the coast region is cnly 10 or 12 degrees below zero. The coldest I ever heard a report of there was 13. degrees below zero. The annual temperature {is not much colder than it is here. Of course this is only the coast re- gion, where the Japanese current washes end warms things by its tropical heat. It seldom gets down to zero in that region. “Fish and game are pretty plentiful. There are two syndicates engaged in the salmon canning industry, and they have their seines all through the waters.” Sailors Prone to Desert. Dr. Evans stated that the man-of-war €oncord, which was in the Alaskan waters while he was there, had over thirty. men desert to go to the Klondike. The captain of the Albatross, a cutter, postponed going to Juneau until the winter season set in, being afraid that when he reached there his men would desert and he would have the necessity of working the boat down again with little or no ald. He reasoned that if it was too cold to cross the passes the men would not leave. Dr. Evans brought back s2veral speci- ™mens of grasses and other evidences of growth in the section he visited. It was learned that he did not consider there was enough organization in Alaska to form the experimental stations just yet, and difficul- ties would be encountered in this respect from its being a territory. At the same time he was convinced that agriculture in the section visited can be carried on much more generally and with much better re- sults than Is supposed, trip was a success in every respect. Si Snii a If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. $1:00 BALTIMORE AND RETURN va B.& O. SUNDAY, torn" STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF CUBA. HOT WATER FRQM LAMP, POSTs. An Invention fou @Hs®ikiWaste Heat —Unses to Which It Way Be Pat. From the London Telegraph. ‘The developments’ of tie’ “penny-in-the- slot” system have been many and diverse, but none has appeale@ to ¥uite so practical @ demand as one shown rgcently to an in- vited company at the:Crystal Palace,which, if realizing one-quartér even of the claims put forth on its behalf, will effect little short of a revolutio1 orking-class do- mestic economy. In:the: fewest possible words, the problem hds been worked out of utilizing the heat gen¢rated by the ordinary gas lamp of the streets for the purpose of warming water to boiling point, and an in- fluential syndicate has been formed to turn to useful account a discoyery of so many Possibilities. Calculations show that a sum of £250,000 is expended annually on the gas iNumination of the London streets, and it is urged that if the heat of only one-tenth of the lamps in use were turned to account, no less than 120,000,000 gallons of boiling water could be made available at a com- mercial profit at a cost of a halfpenny a gallon to the public. The idea, it should be explained, has been carried far beyond the merely theoretical Stage. For the past four months there has been in full working order at the Crystal Palace an exact modél of an ordinary “street refuge” lamp of six gas jets, which has supplied as much as 125 gallons daily of boiling water to the stall-holders and frugal excursionists glad to be able to make their own tea. The idea has been brought not only to the notice of and adop- tion by various important provincial ves- tries, as those of Liverpool and Nottingham, but to that of St. Mariin-in-the-Fields, London, who have made concessions to the syndicate by which they anticipate that quite half the present cost cf illumination will be saved to the ratepayers. Among the numerous visitors who nave inspected the system are the chairmen of several public and sanitary bodies in this country, as well as the director of the municipal council of Naples. Considerable alteration and adapt- atiou will be necessary to turn existing lamps to account, but it was emphatically promised that within the next eight weeks one would be in full working order on Tra- falgar Square, and before Christmas at least a dozen would be available in London. It is intended to place side by side with them automatic machines for the delivery of halfpenny and penny packets of tea, cof- fee, cocoa, sugar and meat extract, so that the working man or woman to whom even farthings are important, or whose duties call them out late at night or in the early morning, may tlweys be able to obtain a cup of warm and comforting sustenance. ‘The system is to be known as the “Pluto” waste-heat economizer, and the particular scientific claim to attention that it can put forward is that it has overcome the diffi- culty of transferring the heat at the top of a lamp to the bottom, or vice versa. This has been met by » simple automatic device, by which cold water is fed into a spiral coil and superheating chamber placed about a foot above the flame. In this the water is converted into steam, which is ex- pelled by its own expansive force through an ordinary dead-weight safety valve, down or up a pipe, to the base of the column, or, in a heuse, to the floor above, where, through coils of ircn pipes, it heats the water coatained in the reservoir. This reservoir, in the case of an outdoor lamp, is connected with the water main of the street, and, by a further clever application of the automatic principle, as soon as a} gallon is drawn off the boiler fills again. Due provision has been made against ex- plosion, and after cold water has been in- troduced there is a ;poldly printed ther- mometer to show thei would-be purchaser of the next halfpenny ‘worth the exact tem- perature within, and the thoment that full boiling point is reached. As a rough esti- mate of what each lamp thus transformed may be expected to achieve, every cubic foot of gas burned should heat one gallon cf water per hour, without in the least detracting from the fluminating power of the light, of which, ‘indeed, the heating process is wholly independent. Moreover, in appearance the lamps remain practically unchanged. The superheating chamber is contained in a dome no mare assertive than that in present use, Whilejall the effect of the reservoir below 1s to suggest that the lamp stands upon a massive square ped- estal. An effective désign of a mytholog- ical head, whence the water flows, a tiny trough to catch and scarry off the waste, an enameled Grinking cup chained, and a small handle released’ by ‘the introduction of the coin complete the fittings. The principle is applicable to domestic gas burners, and in flats, small households, or sick rooms it will probably find wide acceptance. In blocks, however, of “model dwellings” it is likely to meet a special want of humble housekeepers, who now buy so largely of “shop bread,” tinned pro- visions, margarine and jam, and who, com- ing home lat? and tired after the day’s toil, will welcome a boon that will save the lighting of the fire and waiting for the ket- tle to boil. The only point not made quite clear in the recent exhaustive demonstra- ticns is as to the retention of heat, or how, supposing the gas be turned off at the main at 5 on a summer's morning, the working class mother might depend upon the street lamp to make the tea for break- fast and supply hot water to wash the baby at, say, 8 o'clock. It would ruin the scheme in a fortnight to permit poor people to put in their half-pence and receive in re- turn a supply of merely tepid water. SDE ITS Its Vast Importance to the Control of the Gulf. Captain A. T. Mahan in Harper's. Cubg, though narrow, is over six hun- dred miles long, from Cape San Antonio to Cape Maysi. It is, in short, not so much an island as a continent, susceptible, un- der preper development, of great re- sources—of self-sufficingness. In area it is half as large again as Ireland, but, owing to its peculiar form, is much more than twice as long. Marine distances, therefore, are drawn out to an extreme degree. Its many natural harbors con- centrate themselves, to a military exami- nation, into three principal groups, whose representatives are, in the west, Havana; in the east, Santiago; while near midway of the southern shore lies Cienfuegos. The shortest water distance separating any two of these ¢ 335 miles, from Santiago to Cienfuegos. To get from Cienfuegos to Havana 450 miles of wa- ter must be traversed and the western point of the island doabled; yet the two ports are distant by land only a little more than a hundred miles of fairly easy country. Regarded, therefore, as a base of naval operations, as a source of stip- plies to a fjeet, Cuba presents a condition wholly unique among the islands of the Caribbean and of the Gulf of Mexico; to both which it, and it alone of all the archipelago, belongs. It is unique in its size, which should render it largely seit- supporting, either by its own products, or by the accumulation of foreign neces- saries..which naturally obtains in a large and prosperous maritime community; and it is unique in that such supplies can be conveyed from one point to the other, ac- cording to the needs ef avfleet, by interior lines, not exposed tg: risks of maritime capture. The extent th coast line, the numerous harbors and the many direc- tions from which approaeh can be made minimize the dangers:oef total blockade, to which all islands aré* subject. Such con- ditions are in themgelveS advantageous, but they are especially so to a navy infe- rior to its adversary,:for they convey the power—subject, of course,:to conditions of skill—of shifting 0) tions from side to side and finding refiige and supplies in either direction. ahi. 48. a BARRING OUT PHOFESSIONALISM. The Practice of Baarding Crack Col- lege Playdrs Free. 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 on every Lied wrapper. This is the original “« PITCHER'S “CASTORIA” which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years, LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, on the and has the signature of ( wrap- ‘per. No one has authority from me%o use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H.. Fletcher is President. March 8, 189; Cb Rithes—on.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 does not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought” o BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF @ Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You ‘THE CENTAUR COMPANY. TY MURRAY STREET. NEW YORK city. watched the practice of the Medics on Ex- position field. “I remember that, three or four years ago, there was great trouble here. Coaches were played in matches and there were charges that men were hired outright.” “Coaches no longer play in the games between the state universities,” he was answered, “and if players are paid it is kept dark. Now, any man who has paid much atten- tion to foot ball in the west knows that players, though they may not be paid out- right, are “induced” to attend school. Good players-of the year before are “induced” to return year after year. They are bona fide students, and remain, usually, through- cut the year after the foot ball season is over, but it is well understood that some concessions in the way of expenses and tui- tion are made to them. At the Exposition field yesterday Mr. Whitney was surprised to find the amount of foot ball service some of the Medics have done. The records of Pendleton and Heller surprised him, and he said neither of them came within the meaning of an amateur. Pendleton’s record is: ‘92 and “93, center for Baker; ’94, coach for State School of Mines, Boulder, Col.; "95, -guard for Northwestern; '96, guard for Univer- sity Medical College. Harry Heller's serv- ice has been: '93, half back for Baker; ’94, coach for State University of Colorado; "95 and ‘96, captain and half back of Denver Athletie Club. “While the medical college, on account of being a graduate school, will naturally secure more old and experienced players than the state universities, still both Pen- dleton and Heller are not amateurs, be- cause they have both been paid coaches,” said Mr. Whitney, as he watched the play. “Similar cases, apparently, are those of Hammill and Games and others of Kansas. I have found that Hammill, Kansas’ fa- mous guard, played in ‘92 and ‘9% with Kansas, in '# with Ottawa University, where he enrolled in music, I understand, and '95 and '96 with Kansas. This was five years of active playing, and in the east all players are limited by rule to four. Neither is a player allowed to go from one school to another. M. W. Games played at end in 92 and "93 for Baker, coached Washburn College, Topeka, in ‘94, played end in '95 for K. U., and rested last year, though I understand he will play with Kansas this season. here are other cases in Kansas which I am watching. I understand the school year opened there with scarcely any old players, but now many of the '96 eleven are back. It is a bad sign. Missouri has had many troubles in foot ball, and I believe the faculty there is watching the thing pretty closely. l understand Charles Young, the present coach, played with the Tigers more than four years.” s it any better in the east?” “Very much better. The greatest evil there is the eating clubs, where there is always a suspicion that good athletes are boarded free. Then, in the many things that can be done about college by a stu- dent to earn his way are given in prefer- ence. The snapping up by Pennsylvania of such’ men as John Outland, the crack"Kan- sas half back of ’95, and of Joe McCracken, the great Sterling, Kan., hammer thrower, does not improve eastern sport any. No wonder their western friends often hear, ‘It doesn’t cost so and so a cent to go to col- lege,’ or, ‘so and so has a good thing at Princeton—or Pennsylvania or somewhere else.’ It’s the cursed going out and secur- ing these athletes with established reputa- tions for one’s college that gives the thing a bad smell. If they're good athletes and go to your school of their own accord, all right.” ————+ee_______ RAILWAY STATIONS ABROAD. ‘That at Hanover, Germany, Cost Near- ly Six Millions. Robert P. Porter in the Philadelphia Inquirer. In Germany the state ownership of rail- wsys has resulted in the building of mag- nificent railway stations, though it must be admitted that some of these terminals are more ornamental than usefu]. I do not mean to imply that the arrangements are necessarily bad or even inconvenient, but that in order to secure inexpensive land they are not as conveniently located as the railway stations of the united kingdom and the United States. Twelve years ago I suppose the railway station at Hanover was one of the finest structures of the kind in Europe, but during my recent trip through northern Europe I found ‘several stations which in’ size and beauty excelled Hanover. A good structure of this kind is rapidly nearing completion at’Dresden, and has completely changed the appearance of the quarter of the old and picturesque cap- ital of Saxony in which it is located. The Hanover station cost no less than twenty- three million marks, or nearly six million dollars, and, unless I am greatly mis- , the Dresden station, when com- pleted, will cost as much, if not more. Of course, in these continental railway sta- tions the idea is not purely utilitarian, as with uf’and as in England, { tween them in years, clung to their par- ents and cried piteously to them to awaken, Three years ago the father, Eugene Kraustben, twenty-nine years old, came from Hufgary. He is well educated, and for a while made a good living as a book- keeper, but lost his employmert. Fer three months since he has tramped about, by day and night, vainly seeking employ- ment. Three Ga: ago the iast piece of bread in the house was given to the chil- dren. Since then they had nothing te eat until last night. Kraustben had heard that he might get a place as waiter at Koster & Bial's, and he was on his way there, when suddenly he dropped to the siGewalk in a fit. His wife sereamed and fell unconscious beside aim. The three cbil@ren cried in chorus, and a great crowd gathered. A doctor was called, and he said the pecple were weak from star- vation. The minute the crowd heard this a dozen people left aad ran in as many different Girections. They soon came back laden with coffee, milk, rolls and a number of other articles of food, which the children seized greedily. The parents were quickly revived and allowed to eat sparingly. Then some one suggested that the crowd take up a coliection. It was started with §1, and in five minutes $13.50 was in the hat. A woman with an armful of groceries, which she had purchased for her own use, pushed through the crowd aad dropped them at Mrs. Kraustben’s fe: Then she disappeared. Several-men offered the man employment when he would be able to go to work. Finally a cabman of a near-by stand in- sisted on taking the family to their home, ard as they drcve away many people made a note of their address. This sad incident ilicstretes how generous are the Ameriz impulses when it is known the case de- serves sympathy. Money, food, clothing, offers of work and even a New York cabby is moved to lend his cab when convinced that the man was unfortunate and not a hardened beggar. The fact is, fhe dwell- ers in large cities have been So terribly imposed upon by professicnal beggars and worthless, lazy tramps that sympathy has, in a measure, been choked down, and only comes to the surface in such a case as we have Lere. —— Horse Decorated for Bravery. From the Sketch. One of the most interesting features of the queen’s jubilee procession was a small, white Arabian mare. Her name is Tel-el- Kebir. She is twenty-two years old and was ridden by Field Marshal the Right Hcnorable Lord Roberts, who also rode her when he commanded the British troops in the famous battle in Egypt after which she is named. Arourd her neck was a broad band of red, white and blue ribbon, from which hung a gold medal of honor and the fron Victoria cross, two decora- tions which are bestowed by her majesty cnly as a reward for acts of the greatest gallantry and military service of unusual importance. General Roberts has ridden the mare through three campaigns in Egypt and the Soudan, and she is said to have saved the life of this famous soldier, who is second only to Lord Wolseley, on two occasions. For the last four years Tel-cl-Kebir has been kept in the stables of the Horse Guards, and has received much attention as her owner. She ts the only horse that was ever decorated by Queen Victoria, and it was, therefore, ap- propriate that she should have a place in the procession. And for gentlewomen particularly, but you can’t keep the men from reading it, fer there never was a manly man who didn’t like good pictures and good home-reading. ‘Ten coute—$1 a or of Frank A. Munsey, New York. of Sixth and B streets. M. WEEK DAYS.—PITTSBURG EXPRESS, pearler and Dining Cars Harrisburg to Pittwe rs. 10:50 A.M. PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED.—Pallman Sleeping, Di woking and Observation Cars arvisburg to Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianavelis, Cir Loulh, Cleveland “and Toledo, "Buffet Parior 0 Harris! ng. 100 AM. FAST LINE.—Pullman Buffet Parlor Car to Butet Parier Car Harris- 8:40 DM. ) AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS. Sleeping Car WV shitgion to St. AM. WESTER ing Car to Pittsburg, € Tope Dining Caro Chicago. de ee WESTERN EXPRESS. —Putt- Hn Sleeping Cars Washington to Pittsburg amd Harfisburg to St. Louis oad Cincinnatl. Diuing . «PACIFIC EXD'RESS.—Pullman Siecp- ‘ittsburg. Rt A. yo Kane, Canaoftaigu Niagara Falls datiy, . 10:50AM, mh ene ast. .* daily, ining Car from Baltimore. Car), 8:00, 9.00, 10.00 Dining Ca: , 4:20, 6:50. 10:00 delphia only, Fast Express, Express, 12:13 P.M. week days, on, without F and 4:20 P.M. — ages Baltimore, 6:25, 50, 11:00 ‘A.M. week days, 36 P.M. AM. 215 and 4:20 + 3, 9200 AM. daily. too,’ 7:45 AM, fails and 4 w SEASHORE CONNECTIONS, For Atlantic (via Delawave Riv P.M. dail; days and 11:35 P.M. daily. For (ave May, 11:00AM. week days, 11:35 P.M. ‘3 Ticket offices, corner the station, 6th and B be left from hotels and J. B. HUTCHINSON, General Manager. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedule in effect June 5, L897. Leave Washington from station corner of New I ave. and C at Vestibuled Limited JR General Pass. Ages Jerse For Chicago ‘and trains, 10:00, 11:45 a.m., a. For ‘Cincinnati, St, Levis and Indianapolis, Ex- pres, 31:45. a. festibuled Limited, 3:40° p.m. pin For Pittsburg and Clevelan Express dail lus a.m. and §:50 p.m. 5 ee For Columbus, Toledy and Detroit, 11:30 p.m, For ~y ester and way stations, 1S:0u, 711245 n. leans, Memphis, Birmingham, Chat- pxvilie. Bristol and Roanoke, 11:20 sping Cars through, ight: a 5 a 20, 4:35, 5:10, |, 23200, 3 11 11:50 pp. nd ‘on Junction and way points, 8:00 Pm., Week days; 9:00 a.m, 1:15 Sundays, BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. All trains fMluminated with Pintsch light. For Philadelphia, New York, Boston and the days, "7:05, 8:00, 10:00 a.m., 12:4 i Car), 3:00, 5:05 Dining Car}, (12:01 ping Car open at 10:00 o'clock). Sun- a. 2:40 Dining Car), 3:00 night, Sleeping Cat open Q traias for Philadelphia, Parlor Ci For Atlantic City, 12:40 aud rs. 205, 10:00 3:00 p.ni, week days. 12: ‘or Cape May, 12:00 noon. TExcept Sundays. *Daily. §Sunday only. xExpress trains. Baggage called for and checked from hotels ai residences by Daten Ts y “3 619 Pe 00 noon, 40 p.m. Sun j ansfer Co, on orders left at ticket offives, 619 nsyivania ave. uw, New York #7] 15th st., and at Depot. |. M. GREENE, D. B. MARTIN, Gen. Manager. Mer. Pass. 1 He SOUTHERN RAILWAY, Schedule in effect July 4, 1897. All trains arrive and jeave at Pennsylvacia pas- senger stetion 12 A.M.—Dafly.—Local tor Danville, Char stations. Connects at Manassas for Si id Staunton, dally except ynechburg with the Norfolk snd y. and with the © ad and Washington to Jacksonville, bury with Pull lecper for “Asheville pd Mot Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nasu- abd at Charlotte with Pullman Sleeper Pullman Buffet Sleeper New York 70 New Orleans, counecting at Atlanta for Birmiag- ham and Memphis. Solid train Washington to New Orleans without change. Sunset ducted Tourist Excaision Through Sleep train every Wednesday to San Francisco without M.—Local for Front Royal, Strasburg and nrg. dally, except Sunday. daily —Dails.—W ASHI AND SOUTR- KN VESTIBULED LIM 5 Anpemed of buled Sleepers, Dining Cars and Day Coaches. Pullman pepers New York to Nashvile, Teun., via Asheville, Knoxville and Chattauboga; New York to T via Charlotte, Columi ¥annah and Jacksonville, and New’ York 1 pbis, via Birmingham, New ¥. New Orleans, via “Atlanta and Montgomery Vestibaled Day ‘a Washington to Atlanta. Southern Katiway p.m. daily. for Leesburg, and 6:25 p.tu. dvily for arrive at Washington 8:26 ccpt Sunday, Herndon, Returning, a.m, and 8:40 p.m. “daily and 3:00 p.m. daily, ex- cept Sunday. from Round Hill, 7:06 a.m. daily, ox- Sunday, from 134 m. daily, except Herndon, 8: burg. Pass. Dept -ASHINGTON, ALEXANDKIA AND MT. VERNON = BalLWway. FROM STATION, 13% STREET AND PA. AVE. In effect May 9, 1897. For Alexandria (week 4 6: 7: 7:35 8:00, 8:50 en, 900, 9350) 1098 oe 11-00 es eee Fe aa bi ex., 6:25, 7:00, 6:00, Ty x. 11:20, 11:59 wise A am aan saat oon "30, toe, 30 3:00 3:30, 4:00, 20: SL Se a an: