Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1897, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, OUTOBER 26, 1897-14 PAGES. Ww. AND * MOSES 8 Fst.cer. uth I e, 22d and M. Fac jes, 12th & B, and Mattress Factory, Ist & D. Ready to Be Picked. + see such a season of Furni- ture bargains? Price tags this year look strange for their lowness. Com- pare these with last season's figures: Morris Chairs. Suid Oak Morris Chair, 4 adjust- Morris vrs choie cushions $15 chair for Chamber Suites. swell-front drew 4 mirre Ju Ladies’ Desks. -polished fi mahexany yok twice at the on this desk. with ree writin h legs, I-weed int ellers at amd P viuiekest Ww. B. The Busy Corner, 8th and Market Space. S. Kann, Sons & Co. THe GROWTH of our business is merely a question of how far we can impart knowl- edge. If all the people knew all the advantages to be obtained by trading at the Busy Corner all would do their trading here. We have ene or two, but there are still several missing which we would like to have. We feel satisfied that if these prices catch their eyes they will join the procession. Portieres, 98c. AN PORTIERES—PATTERNS STRIPED; FRINGED SIDES, COMBINATION COLORS. Wednesday, 98c. TURCOM WORTH $2.00. Lace Curtains, 98c. = : a ‘ 1FFERENT NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, 3% YARDS LONG, 56 INCHES WIDE, 20 DI PATTEN IN WHITE ASD ECU. ALL WORTH $10 A PAIK. Wednesday, 98c. Blankets, 98c. FXTRA HEAVY 11-4 WHITE BLANKETS, SGFT AND FLEECY, ULAR $1.50 VALU Rugs, 98c. AXMINSTER AND WILTON VELVET RUGS, NEW DARK COLORS; SIZE 24x00. WORTH _ $1.50. ; Wednesday, 98c. Comfortables, 98c. SIZE SATEEN-COVEKED BED COMFORTS, FILLED WITH COTTON FILLING. Wednesday, 98c. BRIGHT BORDERS. REG- ednesday, 98c 200: LAI WORTH $1. Tapestry, 98c. ROCATELLE TAPESTRY, GROUND COLORS OF RED, BLUE AND OLIVE,.COMBINA- ILD AND SILVER. WORTH $2.00 A YARD. Wednesday, 98c. TION OF Flannel, 934c. WOOL RED TWILL FLANNEL, VERY SUITABLE FOR UNDERWEAR. WORTH 15c, A Wednesday, 934c. Flannel, 1834c. ALL-WUOL RED TWILL FLANNEL, FIREMAN'S BRAND. WORTH 29¢. A YARD. Wednesday, 1834c. Eiderdown, 39c. D-WIDE TRA QUALITY EIDERDOWN, THE VERY THING FOR EVENING OR OPERA WRAPS. WORTH Be Wednesday, 39c. Muslin, 5c. BLEACHED PILLOW CASE MUSLIN, WIDE ENC A YARD. GH FOR ORDINARY PILLOWS. WorTiH Wednesday, 57c. co ee + ?RUSZIT’S 3 * @ * ° 4 * 3 B. H. Stinemetz & Son, $ fo of Ce oe se <s eo 8 REDUCED IN FLESH AND MADE WELL AND MORE COMELY bY DR. EDL NS OBESITY PILLS AND SALT—READ WHAT MISS SADIE STEPHENS SAYS OF THIS TREATMENT Messre. Loring he past month Th Pils son t weight would itions wh rite to our or our CHIC “tee about your ft ‘3 prompt the 2 rtment, and use only ess. We send free “How to Cure | | Bargain “Plums” | LORING & CO., DEPT. 8, | N VEST 22D ST., NEW YORK CITy. ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Fat Folks, Attention! ETE LINE OF LORING'S Flesh-productn; ers. taken ants cor. TZ F and 11th ets. dyl-et Wedding | Stationery —Invitations, Announcements, Cards, ete., correctly engraved —anéd every attention paid to * the minutest detail—at rea- sonable pri | Galt & Bro., SMITHS & STATIONERS } | | © Dr. Haines’ Golden Specific Cures Drunkenness. e given WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE ATIENT in coffe, tea or articles of ermanient i ag sreciric Co., ¥ fe for their book,” “I ‘on oplum aud morp'sioe “hai s.tukth-156t BURCHELL’S SPRING LEAP TEA >. packages of full weight; Carefully “sceated. ucainat "ans Sheeting, 934c. S4 UNBLEACHED SHEETING, THE CORRECT WIDTH FOR 3-4 BEDS. WORTH 12t%c, A YARD. Wed nesday, 934c. Sheeting, 103(c. S4 BLEACHED SHE! GOOD QUALITY. WORTH 15e._A YARD. Wednesday, 103{c. Sheeting, 1134c. %4 BLEACHED SHEETING, GOOD QUALITY, WIDE ENOUGH FOR DOUBLE BED, WORTIL Ise. A YARD. Wednesday, 1134c. Sheeting, 133{c. 10-4 BLEACHED SHEETING, FULL WIDTH, QUALITY AS 1D AS THE 20c. KIND. Wednesday, 1334c. Percales, 714. YARD-WIDE STYLISH DARK PATTERNS. WORTH 10c, A YARD. Be Wednesday, 7i4c. Canton Flannel, 7!4c. HEAVY UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL, LONG FLEECE AND 1 oe, QUAL- Iry. TWILL. Wednesday, 7¥4c. nts,Cotton,3Ze. APRON GINGHAMS—AND EITHER BLEACHED A YARD. “Wednesday, 37c. Shaker Flannel, 3Zc. QUALITY DOUBLE-FACE WHITE SHAKER FLANNEL. WORTH Ge. A YARD, Wednesday, 3%c. NEW FALL PERCALES, Gingham Pri BEST INDIGO PRINT HED Y. GooD Hamburg, 2c. E NARROW CAMBRIC EDGING, ASSORTED CUT-OUT PATTER) READY FOR_USE. TH 5c. A YARD. Wednesday, 2#e. F wor Hamburg, 6 SHOWY, WELL-MADE CAMBRIC EDGING, Laces, 6c. MACHINE MADE TORCHON L. We. Tri SAC. LARGE VARIETY PATTERNS. 10c. VALUE, Wednesday, 63<c. INCHES WIDE, WoRTH ednesday, 6c. SORTED PATTERNS, 2 TO 414 mmings, 5c. LL LOT OF BEADED, ALSO SILK AND TIN S—ALL COLORS. WORTH Wednesday, 5c. Embroidered Trimming, 3c. COLORED SWISS EMBROIDERED TRIMMING—ALL COLORS. WORTH Wednesday, 3lc. Mousseline De Soie, 59c. ALL COLORS OF MOUSSELINE DE SOIE, 45 INCHES WIDE. REGULAR 75e. VALUE. Wednesday, 59c. Gloves, 74c. LADIES’ 4-RUTTON GLACE GLOVES, IN TAN, WORTH $1.00. Paper, 7c. - OF FINE TINTED NOTE PAPER, 21 EACH OF PAPER AND ENVELOPES; 4 TINTS— ED. ee PN Sav Wednesday, 7c. Note Paper, 14c. GYOD OLD-TIME NOTE PAPER, 48 SHEETS OF PAPER AND 48 ENVELOPES. Wednesday, 14c. Writing Paper, 10c. ONE POUND OF CREAM WOVE WRITING PAPER 10c. Writing Tablets, 4c. 500 WRITING TABLETS, CONTAINING 150 LEAVES. Corsets, 49c. ODD SIZES IN Ze. CORSETS, WHITE, DRAB AND BLACK. Bustles, 19c. A COMPLETE LINE OF LADIES’ BUSTLES. REGULAR 2c. A SPECIAL LOT OF BLACK, RED, BROWN AND WHITE. ednesday, 74c. 28 ENVELOPES TO MATCH, 4c. Wednesday, 4c. Wednesday, 49c. EIND. Wednesday, 19c. AND MARKET SPACE. 8T. ENTRANCE, FAMILY SHOE STORE, S. KANN, SONS & CO., #F -v8 F. & WILLIAMS & CO. | (9 |ForCoughs & ee Throats. * “ That's just what WIL- ( * LIAMS’ PRUSSIAN €OUGH SYRUP is for. Ht relieves the cough—pre- vents it from developing into.something more seri- dus—and is soothing and * healing to sore throats. * Pleasant to take, too. Only * 15¢c. bottle. WILLIAMS’ Temple Drug Store, )) Cor. 9th and F Sts. ,, ) * ee * *% * * * * * * * x * * * : ew TRAE ER Seedontondonteetoete —The comfort of having one of our GAS RADIATORS in the house during cold weath- er is incalculable. They cost Uttle. re clean, effi- cient, mental and eco- and are the best heaters in the Srstentensenendondontongeaseet orn: nomical, portable world. col. Radiator ('96). ... .$3.60 c eS 4-col. Radiator ('97).... .$3.90 6-col. Radiator (97)... ..$5.40 ‘They have nickel bases and tops, and the columns are prettily Jeweled. About 114 cents an hour is all their heat costs you. Let us talk GAS RADIATORS to you. sSoatoegeate: 9 West & Co. Successors to J. H. Chesley & Co., 1004 F St. & 522 10th St. You'll Drink Your Coffee With Relish If it’s our coffee. We pride our- selves:on selling the very best coffeesWashington knows. Fresh roasted daily at our own plant. of onr famous old Man- iviiton, SOC, ! | | seeteateet ot e mS at Coffee connolsseurs are unstinted in thelr praise 8 Ibs. $1.10. Reeves’ Coffee. Reev Cotter Reeves’ Coftee. S.A. & Reeves YN NNN NN Ne es e me : is 4 3 ¢ 3 :Alligator ; ¢ ¢ © Pocket Books with solid. silver corners— © @ We'd hate to say how much a jeweler would © @ charge for them, ard we e @ have always asked $1.25 and oe } $1.00, and thought it cheap. oe © While they last. e ¢ Others, not C but & > really worth -wice what w e } are ‘asking. 6 € leathers. @ @ Your choice. o < ° 4 : Kneessi, *25.7ths $4 9 Street. e Shall we repair your Trunk? 0¢26-28d SSS OSHSE OSOSSS SOSSSS TESST SOS “Competition” in the printing business is so sharp that * every Httle saving of expense or increase * of facilities counts big. The most suc- * cessful printers in Washington have found * that it effects a great saving to use * electricity instead of steam power. It fs * also safer and much less troublesome. * We supply the current. U. S. Electric Lighting Co., 0023-20d 213 14th st. nw. "Phone CLOCKS REPAIRED. Let RAMSAY overhaul your troublesome CLOCKS, PERFECT CURE OR NO CHARGE. Clocks wound by the month, Send postal 1221 F ST. N.W. 5e23-8m. THE WELL-KNOWN STRENGTHENING proper: ties of IRON, combined with other tonles and a most perfeet (nertine, are found in Carter's Iron Pills, whid strengthen the nerves and body, improve tha blood and complexion. Bic How magi le ruin their stomachs eeeeeee . . swal- lowing drinks on a hot summer day, when they could avold-all-tinger by adding 20 dreps of De. Biegert’s Angostara Bitters, tara Bubontec Plague at Amoy. United States Consul Johnson at Amoy, China, reports ithat the bubonic plague in that city“has:run its course after a career of three months’ duration. He says that 9) per cent of the persons attacked died, but that no foreigner fell a victim to the con- tagion. .Mr.°Johnson estimates that in Amoy end four adjoining towns there were 250 deaths from the plague daily in June, 400 daily,in July, 200 daily the first fifteen days in August and 100 daily during the latter half of that month, ———_-_e.____ Roosting in a Tree Like a Bird. Elkton, Md., Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. James Conwell, aged forty-two years, was brought to Elkton jail and placed in charge of She-iff Mackey. He is a small man, with dark hair, has been living in a tree on the Battle Swamp road and had made a nest of leaves-and sticks which covered kim completely. His strange actions were noticed by people passing along the road and his arrest followed. He says his home is in New Jersey, and that on September 9 he escaped from a Philadelphia hospital. Since that time he has bee 2 n subsisti: tomatoes, corn and appies. oe ———_—_-e-____ It matters little what it is it yant—whether a situation or a persaaees “want” ad. in The Star will,reach the Person who can fill your need. RARRRARAR A | THE GOVERNMENT LANDS Perils Menacing Forests. Stringent Measures in Order to Pre- vent Further Loss Recommended— A Sufficient Patrol Desircd. The annual report of Commissioner Bing- er Hermann of the general land office, In- terior Department, was made public today. The commissioner suggests numerous rec- ommendations to be made to Congress and gives a detailed account of the work of hia office during the year. “The report shows a decrease in the num- ber of origina! homestead entries of 3,20 the decrease in acreage so taken up being 378,625.17. In the final homestead ertries there is shown an increase of sixteen over the last year, but in the number of acres embraced therein a decrease appears of 11,838.35. There also appears in the entire disposals of public land during the fiscal year, as compared with the previous fiscal year, a falling off of 5,370,406, and in cash receipts of $18,430.39. During the year there were cash sales of 419,052.02 acres. Of this quantity over 174,- 000 acres were in desert land entries; over 101,000 were sales under the act of Septem- ber 29, 1890, under which certain railroad companies forfeited lands which were sold to individuals. Miscellaneous entries ag- gravated 7,334,54.7% acres, and Indian land disposed of amounted to 85,500.91. The total cash receipts of the general land office during the last fiscal year amounted to $2,087,931.28. The total ex- pense of district land offices for salaries and commissions of registers and receiv- ers, incidental expenses and expenses de- pesiting public moneys during the last fis- cal year was $604, , a decrease as com- pared. with the previous fiscal year of $25,541.74. Patents of the class dezominated agri- cultural were issued during the year to the nember of 32,087, containing approximately 920 acres. This shows a decrease in the number of such patents issued during the year, as compared with the preceding year, of 2,103, and in the approximate num- ber of acres contained therein a decrease of 336,480. Of mineral and mill site pat- ents 1,085 were issued, as against 1,467 for the previous fiscal year, a decrease of 391. Of coal patents 32 were issued, as against 61 for the preceding fiscal year, a decrease of 2¥, being a decrease of .18 acre There were patented for the benefit of rail- road companies under congressional grants during the year 5,101 31 acres, being a decrease of 10,425,875.67 acres compared with the previous year. During the year there were patented as swamp lands in place 800,673.12 acres, and as swamp land indemnity lands 1,278.41 acres. This was an increase of 51 03 acres over the amount of similar lands patented in the previous year. The lands as sclected by the several states and territories were cer- tified during the year 10 the amount of 417.95 acres, being a decrease. compared with the previous year, of 154,958 acres, At the end of the fiscal year there were pending befcre the office 15,974 final en- tries, a decrease of 1,692 compared with the condition one year previously. Commissioner Hermann Calls Attention 7 Damnge to Forests by Fire. The commissioner calls attention te the Great dan:age dene the forest reserves by fire, and suggests the use of stringent measures in order to prevent such losses. in the future. He recommends that means be placed at the command of the general land office to enable it to maintain a suf- ficient local force to properly super the forested acres of public lands, with a view to preventing as far as possible the start- ing of fires and the extinguishing of those that are started before they gain any con- siderable headwa Even with the limited fcrce now at the command of the general land office, the commissioner s: , many damaging fires have been prevented from doing great injury. The commissioner say “I recommend such appropriation 03 s as will enable the department to di- le and subdivide the forest reservations > orderly proportions for the purpose of atroliing the same in the dry months of the year, and for the further utilizing of the patrol force in the cutting and clearing away of pathways in the reserves which will serve the double purpose of fire bar- riers and 2s open avenues of communica- tion for the forest force from one portion of the reserve to another. ‘The commissioner suggests that no pru- dent individual owner of property could for a moment remain indifferent to such perils to his interests as are met by the goverr- | ment in its Serv He are now existing nineteen forest tions created by presidential proclamation, | embraciig an estimated area ne 19,000,000) acres. Among recommendations of the commis- sioner ave the following: For a modifica tion of the irrigati w known as th ‘on- ; in favor of an act for tne attendance of witnesses in con- betore the local laud n favor of modification of imposing s for depredations on public timber in favor of a repeat or modification of law granting special privileges with reference to the use*of timber on the public lands. ge Awards for Fine Needlework. Lansburgk & Bros.’ annual exhibition of fine needlework opened today in the art department of the firm’s establishment, on 7in street. There are many fine specimens of deft handiwork in the collection. The judges, who were Miss E. Dig Mrs. Lerch and Mrs. Jackson, awarded the prizes in gold, given by Belding Brothers of New York, to the followin; First prize, $15, Mrs. J. J. street southwes' nd prize, $10, Lena Sparro, 1 I street southeas' prize, $10, Miss Amanda Richmond, street southwest; fourth prize, $5 M. Yates, Warrenton, Va. Davis, 947 F Miss third ) 13th , Miss and Miss Ada se prize, Miss Edith F northeast; seventh prize, Mi: 28 7th street northeast; Margaret Gowans, 9 west; ninth prize, Mrs. William S. Love, Presman street, Baltimore, M prize, scholarship, Miss Minnie L. Spencer, 21 11th street northeast. Children’s prizes were awarded as follow: First, Miss Re- becca hafhirt, North Capitol and H streets; second, Miss Elsie Sanders, 620 F street northwest; third, Miss Edna Eurle, 413 R street northwest. Two beautiful specimens were received from Mrs. Reilly, who is eighty-one years old, but they came, unfortunately, too late for competition. oe 2 Held for Further Examination. John Jenkins and Horace Allen, the young colored men arrested on a charge of snatching Mrs. Goodfellow’s pocket book, after a preliminary hearing today in the Police Court, were sent to jail by Judge Kimball in default of $2,000 bonds each to await the action of the grand jury. One of the prisoners confessed his guilt and implicated his companion. Both pris- oners have been arrested before, Jenkins having served time in the penitentiary for carrying a pistol, while Allen served a year In jail for cutting another colored man. Jenkins also has a brother serving a life sentence for murder. Se Stole Beef From a Market. 25th street n Arthur Scott, arrested yesterday by De- tective Hartigan for the larceny of a quan- tity of beef from the proprietors of the Baltimore aga Onio market, was fined $10 ad Judge imball today in the Police ‘ourt. —_——___ Sellman Hannegan Buried. The funeral of the late Major Sellman Hannegan was held this afternoon from the residence of Dr. Maxey, 12th street and Rhode Island avenue, at 2 o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. Father Ryan of the Immaculate Conception Church and the funeral was private. Mr. Duncan Hannegan, the son of the deceased, who has been with a geok moned by telegraph, arrived last evening. Upon his arrival the following pallbearers were selected: Messrs. Amzi Smith, R. B. Nixon, R. J. Bright, M. Nevin, Arthur ‘Barnes and John Hamlin, I A maker's stock of coats, capes and suits bought under price. Our wrap buyer while in New York last week came across a maker of some of the best coats, capes, suits and skirts who needed cash. The weather had interfered with buying—and he was will- ing to let part of -his stock go at a sacrifice. The purchase has arrived—and at the prices we paid for the garments we can offer you some of the most extraordinary values you have ever known. The sale comes at an opportune time, too—just when cold weather strikes us in earnest—and you need them the most. There are no better garments made than this same maker's. These are models of style and exclusiveness—being made for his best trade. Any of them on the easiest of payments—if you like. Ladies’ coats. | Handsome electric seal collarettes—tined with silk—fall ripple silk—high collar— which we ehall offer for $2.19 ‘each. = this city can afford to sell for lees than 8 —for $4.98 each. Ladies’ black kersey cloth capes—with Watteau back—velvet inlaid collars—strap seams finished with four rows of stitching amd «mall silk buttons—a really remarka- Me value at Handsome Winck boucle tan covert or Diack Kersey coats—all silk Uned—well made—full ot ‘etvieperfert inte “alt 2.98 eac which some ask as high as $12—are nere 2 ° $5 each. . for Ladies’ suits & skirts. 3 Ladies’ Mack figcred brilliantine skirts— Sot sSoasoadraseasonse Soafoadoatoatoasrasessesseaseosonrenreaseeseosesseesecsenpeageageas Well made—well lined —well bound with a h colors of xatin duchesse—fiy - hang which distinguishes all stylish skirts not Le bought ontwide our store for $2 value ‘88 than $15—to go for $10 each. Ladies’ kerse $1.19 each. Here ts a fine black brilliantine or serge skirt, which it ix i elsewhere under $5— ined throughout with rustle percaline—velvet bound and perfect in hang—which we offer for $3.98 each. coats with new fronts, new style coat hacks—well stite seanms—storm collars butroning high on neck—flap porkets—are offered at the very low price of $2.98 each. Ladies’ capes. Ladies’ plain and beaded and braid Saltz’s best silk seal plush ee Handsome brocaded grosgrain silk skirts—best of linings and velvet bound — Pith the stylish Hecht hang—$4 values— : $5.98 each. braided ones have Watteau pleat are trimmed with Angora fur with rbadame silk—which ne (phong S18 Seventh St. LOLOL ECOSOC SCL OCC S CELSO S@VOESSES S OSS CEDNS9ES0E TOSS 3 The Parlor Suite Chance 3 . of the Season! G Until closing time Saturday night —we offer you a choice of more than one hundred Fine Parlor Suites at a saving of 25 cents on every dollar of their real worth. CREDIT Entitles you to the privilege of this bargain offer—with the same we'l- come that CASH would. We guar- antee our marked prices to be as low as similar qualities sell for in any cash store. Until Saturday night you can deduct one-quarter from every dollar of these prices—and pay the bill as it suits you best—weekly or monthly. WILL YOU MIS: this chance? Carpets made, laid and lined free— Credit at re) no charge for waste in matching fig- @ That! oe 817:-819-821-823 Seventh St., Between M and I sts. 699 GES SSSESCE MEXICO A REFUGE FOR CAPITALISTS Peete One= ‘ Quarter © Off Marked © Prices On @ Every Parlor 3 Suite In Stock--and @ =) ® cS) x 6 e GOSS0 0906 HOO OSSCOCO e & y in the complexity, fluctu, speculative element and uncertaint dustrial interests affects the soci tions of labor by enhancing the preca ness of livelihood, shortening the working season and lenghtening its working day, lessening the yearly average of wages 1: the more frequent intervals of enforced idleness, and compelling populations to be- come transient through the How the Peon Views the Hastling Northerner. From the Mexican Herald, Some of our United States exchanges pi: ture the growing panic among great cap- italists as they witness the revival o? Bry- an intrus' . necessity of anism nd the Intrusion of Altgeld andi] [Sine work from pines ae pat Tillman into the mayoralty contest :n New | centralizatton of population. in York. How shall we escape from the so- | towns and manufacturing citie: cialistic wrath to come? they are reported | disproportionate inc: 2 of women ers over men and the persisteni labor. The last and most fa the social effects of the mac tion system here noted is the intensifying the permanency and the practically uni- versal pervasiveness of the principie of in- dustrial competition. SS Tennyson and the Peerage. Hamilton W. Mabie in the Atlantic. to be asking. While we have no idea that the rich men of the United States are really very badly frightened, still it 1s pos- sible that they are calculating where they may continue to lay up treasures that the clerical socialists and confiseatory Bei- lamyites may not break in upon and steai. Some of them are placing capital in this ped ee feleabnie Re eaar ane mee Three times the baronetcy was offered to enn erharet the Ses ‘are mot talking of Tennyson and as many times he refused It. t vickedness of wealth. So far there is | When, therefore, one day in 1883, Mr. ny “social question” in Mexico. The Gladstone said to the laureate’s son that sive peon, whose companion is the philo- | for the sake of literature he wished to offer sephie mule, has not begun to feel the im-| his fether the higher distinction of a bare pulse given’ by discontent. He regards | ony, there was grave doubt about its are with equanimity the hurrying to and fro | ceptance. The only difficulty, which’ the ot the nervous Anglo-Saxon and the eager | prime minister thought insurmountable north-country Spaniard, in pyysuit of wa-| was the possible insistence by Tennyson ter powers, mines and arable lands. Just | on his right to wear his wide-awake in what the peon thinks of the commotion of medern Mexico no one really knows. He may have a vague idea struggling through bis mental fog that somehow this may imply for him a real a day more, which ix a scaring flight of ambition. Without much doubt, he thanks heaven that he is not a3 the white men are, hurried, scheming and anxious of countenance. ‘The great national defect among the low- er classes is indifference. They have few the house of lords. Tennyson was so well beyond the mere flattery of an offer of the peerage that he took the friendly urg- ence of Mr. Gladstone with great calznness, and at first was not to be moved from his determination to remain plain Mr. Ten- nyson to the end of his days. He was finally persuaded, however, that as the foremost representative of literature in England he ought not to put aside a dis- tinction which would mark the formal rec- aspirations, and to go through life “with- | ognition of the place and function of liters out novelty” is their daily prayer. It is | ature in the life of a great people. “I can- this vis inertia that is a drag on the wheel | not but be touch he wrote to Mr. of progress here and prevents a rapid lev- eling up of the masses. In Japan the in- evitable reaction has come against Eu- repean ideas. Japan plunged headlong inte the “modern movement,” but the mass cf the people were not ready for it. Their whole mental equipment could nct be changed in a few years, and the revulsion has occurred. They want now to be left alone, and the old Japan party finds favor with the pecple. Our Indians are much of the same way of thinking; they like the old ways best. They have never had equality and do not aspire to it. Hence it will be many years before the new doc- trines, which are leavening the mighty mass of American political cogitation, are heard of in Mexico. Property rights will remain quite undisturbed in this land of sunshine and silver money, and the nery- ously apprehensive American capitalist may securely invest his money here. Gladstone, “‘by the friendliness of your de- sire that this mark of distinction should be conferred on myself, and I rejoice that you, who have shown such true devotion to literature by ‘pursuing it in the midst of what seems to most of us overwhelming and ell-absorbing business, should be the first thus publicly to proclaim the position which literature ought to hold in the world’s work.” ———+o-______ Pneumatic Saddle. From the Philadelphia Record, A new adaptation of the use of com- pressed air is as a padding for harness sad- dies, as well as fcr the saddles used in equestrian exercise. It is said to be much superior to hair stuffing, as the pres- yatta ee ‘ie sposabllit of rubbing wend 1 on the horec’s back. The nipple for inflat- ing in both instances is placed where it is 8 Ne the way and practical Machine production has intensified all and occasioned some of the following ef- fects upon labor: 1. The separation of the employing and the employed classes. 2. relatively few.