Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1897, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, Trading tamps. customers make up large at list of Groceries and pplies. You en cet a ining 100 trading stamps. and fill wore than ny order, fecker’s Buckwheat 8!4c: 400 pack: of Ivory Starch at 8 ceits We : Mixed Nuts, 12c. Ib. 73) Is. of English Walnuts, large and sonnd. 12 cents Ib. California Peaches, 7c. 500 pounds Cracker Dust at 614 cents Ib. Best c. ‘Potatoes, ems & & o Py 3 x % é ee % _%50 bushels of Best Burbank Potatoes at = ts bushel. % 0 packages Smith's Egg Noodles at 10 cepts each. 37 Large Nutmegs, ae waeless Codfish, W.; Chicken Cod, fish, Ib. !Washboards, 10c. ea. Coal Heds, 14c. each. w have a few hundred Mop Sticks with holders at 5 cents each. -Cedar Tubs, 35c. each. a M large and well made, to go at 6 nt oa Coal Sieves, 5c. each » dozen Clothes Pins at 3 dozen for let Paper, 214c. rol aM Ce St white hard 1. ogeeseegessontensescontongescons jothes cents ¢ Coal Shovels, 3c. each. Rice, pounds ef White Flint Rice at 5% Hemp )-piece Toilet Sets, $1.5 Flour Sleves, worth 15 cents each, to e Tea Sets, $2.90. Decorated Plates at 3 cents Brooms, 1O0ceach B yomns. very large, green at IY cents each. Brooms, 24c. 10 Holders for Toilet Paper for 4 cents I NN Q % Cort Sedngendetedetes Lines at half usnal &. Sled Alaska Salmon, 10 cents Ib.—this Clark’s Preserves 15c.Pail efedeeededotenedete de ededetaednantteesete gee Ratterine at ity wanted. 1 nz, boneless and ed. 10 een oanuts, 3c., 5c., 7c. Elgin Butter, 28c. Ib. etededoteenitetites % sete 1 ne more 5c. ib. Pork, 8iA.cz und smoked, at To $ pound. z tches,9cz containing a Seedeodengbegententente Chocolate, 15c. cake. hes anteed Pure vet Choeo- in Condensed ilk, 8c. Lou cans of Imperial Cream (smally at 6 r , 7c. Box. worth 10 cents tent ans ee te is ss & ricots, 8c. $ new, just received, at + Oil, 8c. Bottle. ¢ of Olives, Randsevae fruit, at + = “ seeget 90: % Flour at Oc., $1.35 blers of Prepared Mustard tHoney Cakesat 12c.Ib. ckers at 5 cents Ih. zLarge Prunes at 6c. lb of Imported Raisins at 8 certs ‘Best Pckg. Oats, 7c. tie) Sugar Bowls filled with Prepared Mus ard. at 10 cents each. {Baby Brand Milk, 10¢ Soo caus of Eagle Brand Condensed Milk at 5 $ gMacaroni, 5l4c. pckg.j = : C4 ondonseesegontensecsontontense 23 barrels of Oyster Cr: : z 900 Ibs. of Lard to go as a special at Sis pound. aus California Apricots at 12% cents Large Cans Tomatoes,8c. Seo cans String Beans, large 3-Ib. size, at 7 cents each. Boxes Ball Blue, 5c. 800 packages of Best Corn Starch at 3) cents cach. = tar & Borax Soaps, 244 a ee nate very old “aid at cents cake. SCIENCE OF THE SOIL Improved Methods in the Control of Fertil- izers Being Discussed. Agricultural Chemists Continue Their Convention and Elect Officers for the Ensuing Year. The sessions of the annual convention of the Association of Agricultural Chemists, which began yesterday in the lecture hall of the Columbian University, continued to- day, the morning meeting being taken up with a discussion of the reports received from various committees recommending changes and improvements in laboratory work governing the control of fertilizers. ‘The reports and the remarks made upon them were analytical in character. Most of the reports were referred to the com- mittee on recommendations for investiga- tion and final report at next year’s meeting. A_recess was taken at noon. The afternoon session began promptly at 2 o'clock, according to the program, with 4 large attendance on hand. President Frear occupied the chair. The only busi- ness transacted, outside of a few minor reports being submitted and accepted, was the electicn of office which resulted as follows: President, A. L. Winton; vice presi- dent, K. C. Kedzie; secretary, H. W. Wiley, and additicnal memzbers of the executive committee, M. A. Scovell and J. L. Hills. Of this number Mr. Wiley was re-elected. At 2:30 o'clock the association adjourned for the purpose of accepting the invitation of the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect the beet sugar analysis now being made at the government laboratory. Secretary Wil- son also expressed the wish to meet per- sorally each and every member of the as- sociation, and they will be presented to him immediately after the inspection of the work in the laboratory. The morning session will begin tomorrow at 9:30 o'clock, and from present indica- tions the association will have a busy day in disposing of all the business that has presented itself. Those in attendance on the convention are men who are devoting their lives to the establishment of scientific facts that will prove, and in many instances have already proven, auvantageous in a most substantial manner to agriculturists in all parts of the ccuntry. Among those present are H. B. McDonnell, state chemist, Mary- land; R. H. Gaines, state chemist, Virginia W. A. Withers, director North rolina experiment station; B. H. Hite, chemisi, West Virginia station; C. C. Krumchaar, H. J. Patterson, chemist Maryland experi- ment station; H. J. Wheeler, chemist, Rhode Island station; R. J. Davidson, chem- ist. Virginia station; G. E. Perkins, chemist Florida station; Oma Carr, Corry, Pa.; E. W. Allen, assistant director, office of -ex- periment stations; J. Db. Hird, District of Columbia board of health; C. C. Moore, ‘. C. Trescott, Department of Agriculture; J. L. Hills, director Vermont station; A. W. Wiley, W. D. Bigelow, E. E. Ewell, De- partment of Agriculture; R. P. Clark, W. F. Hand, Starkville, Miss.; R. Knox, C. B. Williams, Raleigh, N. J. H. Thigp A. L. Winton, New Haven, Conn.; W. Sweetser, State College, Pa.; C. G. Jeuter, Geneva, N. J. M. Bartlett, Orma, N. Y.; L. L. n Slyke, Geneva, N. Y.; H. J. Wheeler, Kingston, R. 1; William Frear, chemist, Pennsylvania experiment station; c. L. Pemy, chemist. Delaware experiment station; J. W. Wainwright, internal revenue department; W. E. Dickeson, chemist, bu- reau of customs, Philadelphia; C. A. Cramp. ton, chemist, bureau of internal revenue. E. A. de Schweinitz, Department of Agri- culture, bureau of animal industry; W. B. Ellett, Connecticut experiment station W. H. Beal. office of experiment stations; G. W. Lehman, chemist, board of health, Baltimore; W. Skinner, F. P. Veitch, J. R. Laughlin, Maryland Agricultural College C. H. Jones, chemist, Vermont station; J. M. Bartlett, chemist, Maine station; A. P. Bright, chemist, Connecticut station, and F. F. Cavada, chemist, sugar experiment station, New Orleans. ee Transfers of Real Estate. Twenty-third street northwest between G and H streets—John Carroll et ux. to Basil B. Earnshaw, north 17% feet of lot square 42; $10. Florida avenue northwest betwen Ist and 3d streets—Jas. C. Fox to Anne L. Lamp- ton, lot 172, square 551; 310. Edgewood—Theo. A. T. Judd et ux. to Theresa M. Zell, lots 12 and square 6; $10. Myrtle street northeast—Geo. T. Klip- in to Abbie H. Phelps, $10. Eckington—Amelia lot 24, squar: lot 164, square A. Lane to Solon C. $10, eet northeast between Ist and 2d s—Eugene et ux. to Dean lot 71, square 723; $10. treet northwest between Ist and 2d Arthur M. McCormick ellwagen, lot 112, squa it northwest between 17th and 18 Carroll Me to Frances lot 4 2 “has. W. Proc ot 144, square ‘Third street between E and © streeis—Geo. W. shenberger et ux. to er F. Groff, lot 5 7 $10. Manor—Saml. Stott, part; $10. orthwest between Ist and 3d yagen et ux. to Wm. square 3; $10. ampshire avenue between S and T streets—Julia A. Thompson to Wm. L. Ar- gue, lot C, square 177; $10. Seventeenth street northwest between S and T streets—Asbury R. Taylor to Sidney Foster, lot 139, square $15,000, Florence court northeast—Albert W. Ward et_al. to Joseph Royall, lot 145, square 1051; $1,300. Third street southwest between M and N streets—B. H. Warner et ux. to George Ma- son, loi 40, square 545; $1. = Nineteenth street northwest between Q and R streets—Annie L. Willet to Geo. M. Kober, part lot 12, square 134; $10. L street southeast between 6th and 7th T. Stott et streets—Norman R. Jenner et ux. to John R. Taliaferro, part original lot 5, square S81; $10. No. 62 Myrtle street northeast-Joha R. Taliaferro et_ux. to Norman R. Jenner, lot 280, square 675; $10. = Proposals Accepted. ‘The Commissioners today ordered that proposals for constructing sewers opened October 23, 1897, be eccepted as follows: Proposal of B. J. Coyle, sewer A on the schedule; proposal of E. G. Gumurel, for constructing sewers B, D, G and H of the schedule; proposal of Lyons Bres., for constructing sewer C of the schedule; proposal of Adam McCandlish, for constructing sewer E of the schedule: proposal of John Jacoby, for constructing sewers F and I of the schedule. The above are the lowest bidders in each case. It was also ordered that cement side- walk be laid, under the permit system, in front of 1205 10th street; estimated cost, 4. Construct sewer, under the permit sys- tem, to serve lots 1 and 2, square 1009; estimated cost, $270. Re-crect lamppost at southeast corner of 2d and Cgtreets northwest. That the lamp on Florida avenue opposite Gurley Memorial Church be moved west to the northeast corner of Florida avenue and Echrer streets. —.__ German Railway Museum. From the London Trade Journal. The managers of the Saxon state rali- ways are stated to be planning the estab- lishment of a railway museum, which will be located in reserved rooms of the gencral railway building at Dresden. A vast num- ber of exhibits have already been collected, particularly of models, printed matter and drawings, which partly belong to the very earliest railway period, and which for this reason will probably claim the attention not only of persons conversant with rail- way affairs, but of the educated public gen- erally. When the opening of the museum will take place is not settled yet; it ts only certain that in the first instance the close of the Leipzic industrial exhibition will be awaited, because a great portion of the objects to be put into the new museum are at present on exhibition there. —_-e+___ A sneak thief called at Charles H. Arm- strong’s store, No. 19371 11th street north- west, about 7 o'clock last night and stole the money drawer, which contained about $8 in change. When Mr. Armstrong dis- covered his loss he made complaint to the police, but no clue to the robber could be obtained. for constructing ROW IN THE FAMILY. Dr. Marshall Fined for Assaulting His First: Wife'n Mother. In the Police Court today Dr. Charles H. Marshall, a colored physician of this city, was fined $10 by Judge Kimball for as- saulting Mrs. Cornelia Hamilton, the mother of a former wife of Dr. Marshall. Mrs. Hamilton resides at 2712 P street and Dr. Marstall {s her next-door neighbor. The former testified that Monday last she called on the defendant in regard to a money matter. They had a discussion, she sald, and in the midst of it Dr. Marshall shoved ner from the doorway of his house in such a way that she fell-backward down two steps to the sidewalk. Angered at his action, she threw a door mat at him. The doctor, she stated, thereupon secured a light cane and struck her with it repeatediy across the back and shoulders. She fell to the sidewalk, screaming, and was carried into her home by Mathilda Pearson, who also lives there. The marks of the cane plainly showed on her person. Mathilda Pearson corroborated the state- ments of Mrs. Hamilton in regard to the latter's condition after the alleged assault. Dr. Marshall told a different story. Mrs. Hamilton entered his house Monday, he said, and insisted that he pay a note for which she was responsible. When he de- clined to do so she began to abuse him, and he closed the door in her face. She continued the abuse until he felt compelled to force her from the vestibule. “While you have a right to eject a disor- erly person from your house,” explained Judge Kimball, “you had no right to shove Mrs. Hamilton “backward, knowing she would fall.” The fine stated was then paid. imposed and —_——.__. CONCERNING BICYCLES. Additional Amendments to Regula- tions by Commissioner Wight. Commissioner Wight added another rec- ommendation today to his lst of proposed changes in the police regulations concern- ing bicycles. It is as follows: “No bicycle shall be so driven as to crowd any person on a bicycle on or against the curb of the street, or on or gainst any other vehicle or object in such street, or off or over any embankment, or into any aperture or depression.” By far the most important action taken by the Commissioner today is the consid- eration of a regulation which has fer its object the equipment of all vehicles moving after dark with lights. Some years ago such a regulation was passed, but shortly afterward it was revoked. See THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1—Justice Cox. Caughey agt. Winston; reference to au- ditor ordered. Barrow agt. Southern Puilding and Loan Association: rule on Dodson & Hodgson returnable November 3 granted. Kern agt. Boudin and Shorter agt. Boudin; sale finally ratified and cause referred to auditor. Pent agt. Central Na- tional Bank; pro confesso vacated. God- frey agt. Dutton; hearing fixed for No- vember 38. Equity Court No. 2—Justice Hagner. Geiger agt. Holer et al.; leave to substi- tute answer. Ofenstein agt. Supreme Council of Royal Templars of Temper- ance; restraining order returnable Novem- ber 2. Hitchcock agt. Hitchcock; bill dis- missed with costs. Ament agt. Belt Rail- way Company; M. F. Talty allowed to intervene. Probate Court—Justice Hagner. In re Commonwealth Title and Trust Company receipt filed. Estate of Alex. M. Kenaday; appeal filed. Estate of James Cooney; ‘executors bonded and qualified. Estate of Eliza Bark do. Estate of Edw. A. Ruebsam; do. Estate of Bartholomew Hannon; receipt filed. In re Jas. O. Akers, gvardian; receipt filed. Circuit Court No. 1—Justice Cole. Barnes et al_agt. Metropolitan Railroad Company and Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company; verdict for plaintiffs for $1,000 against both defendants. Aukam agt. Bradshaw; verdict for plaintiff for $115. Keferstein agt. District of Columbia; jud ment in certiorari. Stevenson agt. Was ington Gas Consumers’ Association; judg- ment by default. Parker agt. Washington rae Georgetown Railroad Company; on rial, Circuit Court No. 2—Justice McComas. Bowie, administrator, agt. Hume, bill of exceptions signed and time to file trans- script extended. Brooks agt. Boland; mo- tion for new trial filed. Towson agt. Smith; on trial. Criminal Court No. 1—Chief Justice Bing- ham. ates agt. Marie Delcomyn, lar- ¥; verdict of guilty of petit iarceny. ted States agt Horace Schooler, house- Lreaking; on trial. Criminal Court No. United States agt. bezzlement; on trial. United 2—Justice Bradley. Daniel Williams, em- ——— Names W: ‘isned. From the New York Pre It was intended that Maryland should be called entia,”” but Charles I changed iktaton: Mari made 1: Maryland. (Home lon. William jae,” in honor of his wit Land,” pr Penn nted to rs," but afterward ¢ 2, to which the king prefixed In 1784 an ordinance ¥ drawn up as follows: ‘The territory north- ward of the 45th degre: s to say, of the completion of the 45th degree from the equator and extend! to the Lake of the Woods, shall be called Sylvania.” See what Wwe mm . The territory under the 45th and 44th degrees wich lies westward of Lake Michigan was to be d Michi- gapia, while that to the rd, within the peninsula formed by the es and waters of Michigan, Huron, 5 air and Erie, was to be called Chersonesus. Heaven forbade! Of the territory lying under the 43d and 42d degrees, that to the westward, through which the Rock river runs, was to be called Assenisipia; that to the eastward, in wh! are the sources of the Muskingum, the two Miamis of the Ohio, the Wabash, the IIli- nois, the Miamis of the Lake and the San- dusky rivers, was to be called Metropo- tamia. The country through which the Allinois river runs was to be called Illinoia, the next joining to the eastward Saratog: and that between the last and Pennsy! vania, extending from the Ohio to Lake Erie, Washington. All that region adjacent to which are the confluenced of the Wa- Shawnee, Tanisee, Ohio, Illinois, Mis- ippi_and Missouri rivers, was to be called Polytamia, and that further up the Ohio, Pelisipia. Verily, a watchful Provi- dence seems to have guarded us from these afflictions. ——__~+e+___ Mark Twain's Debts Paid. From the Hartford Times. A letter received from Mark Twain by a personal friend in New York, within a few days, brings the pleasant news that the eminent humorist is now “out of the woods” financially. He has succeeded in paying all his debts by money which he has earned during the past two years. This success shows what Mr. Clemens can do when he feels that he must. His actual earnings since he went abroad amount to $82,000, of which about $20,000 has been received for lecturing, and the remainder has been paid to him for his writings. He has now the comfortable prospects of a very large income from his books during the remainder of his life, and the certainty that his family will be well provided for. He is naturally in a very happy frame of mind, and, although he has been suffering somewhat from the gout since he has been in Vienna, the removal of the burden of debt from his shoulders makes the world seem vastly pleasanter to live in. The rapidity with which Mr. Clemens has paid off his obligations by his own efforts shows that there was absolutely no justification whatever for the attempt of a New York newspaper to get up a public subscription recently for his benefit. oe Ownership of Light Plants, From the New York Herald. What is considered a step in the direction ef municipal cwnership of electric lighting plants in Chicago was taken by the city council, at the instance of Mayor Harrison. riation of 000 was ordered ana ‘the controller crushorized to expend it Municipal Electric in extending the city’s electric light service, . water the power to ve supplied from the pumping stations at night, when -there is not the usual demand on the engines for THE PALAIS ROYAL REMNANT DAY. 10¢ er b 4 i r On First Floor. The great-sale of the import- ers’ surplus stock of Birds, Wings, Feathers and Ribbons ends to- morrow, with remaining lots on bargain tables, at prices reduced like this: Ile for f the remain! Birds and DDC Saget Baye MSE ete eater Qc yard for remnantsyof the Ribbons—sufi- ent in number to fill a table. for choice of the Rhinestone and Cut Steel Ornaments. Handkerchiefs from the win- dow display at gc each or 3 for 25c. Among them those All-linen 18c Handkerchiefs, more or less creased. 25c xara for remnants of the 75¢ Lace Bor- der Chiffon Veilings. 2c for odd lots of 12%¢ Linen Chemisettes and Collars, some showing signs of handling. $I] xara for of best Venice all-over Batiste and inches wide, for Russian blouses, yokes, et $1.8 Some with for men ha’ for Cape Mackintoshes that sell up 51.88 f $3.50 cach. Stripes, checks and plaids in the combined lot for choice of U 2.25 ty $2.08 enc olld silver deposit handles. ented woo 59c for odd lots Ladies’ 98c American Hosiery Co.’s Under- wear and Lace-trimmed Silk Vests or Corset Covers. 17¢ for choice of Ladies’ 25c. Stockings, on little table near G street door. for odd lots Children’s 25¢ Vests De ee ee aieee arse Black “Hose, in sizes 5 to 74, usually selling at 35c, 40c and 45¢ pair. for nants of the Men’s $1 and $1.25 69c Tipbed and Plain All-wool Shirts’ aud Drawers. for Tydies’ GSe and Canton Flannel 39c bra rs, With embroidery ruftles. for $3.50 to § $1.98 pink, black and y ming on neck and skirt ir $10 to $20 ferag UEtOr S One with a $3.98 feo Fitae? due pink. pith ac. cordion-plaited skirt. ‘The others lace and ribbon trimmin; o Sefer fe . ef og So Sons So 8 Silk Chemises in low. Lace trim- Sor Sete Seve Ik Neglige Robes. of On Second Floor. Plenty of skirt and waist lengths of Wool Dress Goods and Silks, prices surprisingly little for quick- est selling styles and colors. 50c lours. 29c Plaids, child. BOC yard, tor well-known 50¢ Wool Dress Goods. Mustly colors, but early visit- ors will find most desirable of black fabrics. 15¢ yard for remnants of the $1 and $1.25 Silk Velvets. Don't expect long lengt! —at 15e yard. 55c yard for the Black Silk and Satin Brocades. Plenty of desirable lengths for early visitors. 59c 9c vas. 50 fer, fadies’ Untrimmed French Felt Hats of all kinds. Nove were less than cents, On Third Floor. Ready-to-wear Suits, and Undergarments, yard for $1 Broadcloths, and 75¢ yard for last of those exquisite figured Ve- yard for remnants of the 39¢ Dress Goods, among which are Silk and Wool suggesting walst for Indy or dress for yard for last of quickest selling $1 Fancy Silks, all the latest effects. yard for remnants 12%c Percaline Linings; be for 10c Selisin; Ie for 15¢ Linen Can” Wraps at prices worthy careful study. $3.98 for choice of 18 Tailor-made Coats, in black und colors. c The for choice of two $25 Sults. Red and navy cloth, braid trimmed, silk $6.98 lined. for choice of seven English Cloth | $8.98 fr ceise ot seen aengan ciate | Were $16.50. = g $7.AS 127, $18 and $22.50 Accordian plaitea ° ts. Made of Black India and China silks, Hned throughout with taffeta sills. | ‘The silk alone worth much more than $7.48. $13.50 for, choice of two $25, Opera ' Cloaks. Made of bros satins and velvets, with swansdown trimming and silk lining. i $1.29 tor entds ama 1 o: Coats, in sizes 6 months to 4 yeacs. Some were $3.98. 4Ac for M ise He to 7: See eet this G street corner. Busy today preparing for tomorrow’s great sale. “You'll find more than the usual number of “treasures” on the remnant tables of all five floors. We think that your every personal and home need may be found here tomorrow--at a saving that ought to bring you, even through the rain. We'll take proper charge of your umbrella, rubbers and wrap. Serve lunch of hot chocolate and wafers for only 10 cents. Home-made cakes and pies, if you prefer them. Housefurnishings. ACE CURTAINS on fourth floor—a grand clearing sale of all lots of which but one or two pairs of a kind remain. Nearly a hundred pairs in all. Irish Point Curtains. 1 lot $2.75 Curtains, Choice forse... 1 lot $3.98 Curtains. Choice for.. 1 lot $5.00 Curtains. Choice 1 lot $6.00 Curtains. Chotce 1 lot $7.00 Curtains, Cheice Brussels-effect Curtai ns. 1 lot $1.48 Curtains. Ch 1 lot $2.00 Curtains, ch 1 lot $2.25 Curtains. Chol 1 lot $2.50 Curtain: 1 lot $2.98 curtains. ¢ Odds and Ends. On first floor, in room adjoin- ing elevator, will be a long coun- ter filled with the following: 6-4 Chenille from 9Xe to.. 1 Size Q from al India Table Japanese Emboss: from Ste t A few hundred Crepe _Tra- Reduced a “! Thc On Fourth Floor. Furniture showing more or less marks of handling. Some almost imperceptibly damaged A _ half hundred pieces. Three hints be- ends of Gold from 1 to. low:— 6De for 2 $1.25 Jap Cloth Fire Screen, with two panels slixhtly damaged. 2.25 a $2.98 Bookcase, with four $ 2. shelves, 4.6 hi 6 wide. ASEMENT FLOOR for housefurnishings proper. Be- low are the “victims” for to- morrow’s sacrifice so far discover- ed. There'll be many others. S10 Te ee ea ata hime Pinnes and bowl missing from the 100 pieces. $3.50 for, 0, 55-3 Cartehaa China Dinner ea Se as, Tea and one cup damaged. _— sas 3.48 for 2 $5.50 Chander Set of 10 $3.48 fr 8 ec te for a $5 Gas Heating St $3 Damaged, but not harmful $1.10 ete eT oo 3 feet high, for Qe Galvanized I Soa lexis, 15¢ a iron Coal Hols, y for 49¢ Extra Size Ham Rollers, with 29c covers. Dented, but net to hurt.” i for choice cf a tableful of Rob 10c Glassware. “Makers “odie and ena Some made tc retail at 25 cents, On Second Floor. High priced goods must be im- maculately fresh or you will not pay full price. $12.50 fort $20 pair of 12-4 California Blankets, we pounds. Slightly soiled by leaking show window? Sa a 5 $4.29 for 0 $5.50 pair of 11-4 Catitorns * Wool Blankets, weighing 51g “" Another show-window Viet, © /™s 5! Pounds, $1.50 fe,4 Bz, age will only be found sosgondoatestoetertentestessercontesteaseran of last three of those $5.50 Skirts aa ‘ = = SSIO Sree tte oe cee ae nana wes 2 to 14 venrs, Only Ode for 9Se $4.59 tor Mid Oak Hat Racks, with | QQe for $1.50 Turkey Red Table ¢ Rail oatandigetrakte H Aprons. In sizes 10 to 14 years only. ° inirror and umbrella stand. Suaranteed fast” colors. Si, < (Continued above). J (Continued above). ‘Continued above! yards. . es = : 4 BA & = & ea : LAIS ROYAL , ; P -LISNER, G d lith Sts = A. R 9 iemcat ara aee 2 an lo : BALTIMORE'S BIG PUSHBALL. Taller Than a Man and Twenty-One Feet in Circumstance. From the Baltimore Sun. The big pushball is here. It«was re- ceived yesterday morning by the E. D. Loane, Jr., Co. and exhibited by them. It attracted much attention. The ball was expected some weeks ago, but delay was occasioned by the time ve- quired in curing the inside bladder, of pure Para gum. This required three weeks in The big hall is made of this inside er, one-quarter of an inch thick; next r of felt and other materials six es in thickness; next two thicknesses of ordinary heavy: nd an outside covering of strong ci made water- proof by chemical proce lead color. ‘The diameter of the hall greater than the height of a man of or: nary size, and it is twenty-one feet in cir- cumference. It weighs 152 pounds. When the ball arrived it was not in- flated. To inflate it required three hours and fifty-two minutes of hard work by three men, with the largest hand pump ob- tainable. ‘As heretofore stated, the push ball was bought by Mr. A. Fenneman for use at Electric Park. There is a Mkelihood that a pushball league will be formed, made up of teams from the various athletic clubs and associations of the city, and push- ball is likely to become a popular sport this winter. Pushball was invented by a member of a Springfield (Mass.) athletic club, and was first played there. No definite set of rules have ever been published, the game being played in different Mr. E. D. Loane is trying to get the rules of the game from its originator, as it was first played in Springfield. He thinks, however, that those rules should simply be used as a basis for formulating more complete regulations, because he thinks the zame as played can be improved upon aud made much more interesting. Irstead of having simply two goals through which the ball is to be pushed, that being the only method of scoring thus far, Mr. Loane suggests that a sort of big checker board be marked off, after the fashion of a foot ball gridiron. About three-fourths of these squares would be blank, while the others in the neighbor- hood of the goals would be marked with numbers, such as “10,” "25," “50,'" ete. Whenever the ball should be pushed upon one of these numbered squares it would count as many points for the team push- ing it there as the square is numbered. ‘When either side pushes the ball through the goal of the opposing team it should count 100 points. ;.(In that way a team might score 10 25; 0 and 75, perhaps, be- fore making the goal, or without getting the ball through the goal at all. Mr, Loane thinks much: fules would make the geme more complex.and make the interest more continuons. > 1 The game is usually played with eight men on each. ide, although any number can play it.:o The usual positions are: Center, right and left guards, right and left tackles, right and left forwards and full back. Tackling is allowed to a very limited extent; principally consisting in pushing opposing Players away with the shoulder. This may be changed with the contemplated ode of rules for play at Electric Park. Mrs Loane thinks the game will be popular, and if so, another push- ball may be used at the skating rink and the game played on the ice. A meeting for the formation of, a league will be held at Loane's tonight. —_—__+o+____ CHARMED BY A RATTLESNAKE. as, and painted a is Unconscious While the Serpent Was Cofled on His Brenst. From the Calaveras Chronicle. Prof. Charles ‘Rice, the botanist, had a thrilling experience with a monster rattle- snake one day last week, and it was only his coolness and. presence of mind that saved him from death. Prof. Rice and Dr. Tynan, the bugologist, were up in the high- er altitudes of the’Sterras-in search of rare specimens, and were camped at a place called Moore Creek. They hdd @ small tent Peotone ents ements sor and his companion, who were com- pleteiy worn out with their day’s tramp in search of rare flowers and bugs, retired to their tent, rolled themselves up in their blankets and were soon in dreamland, Just as daylight was breaking the professor wa awakened from his slumbers by feeling a soft and clammy substance crawling over his face and down onto his chest, and on sing his head a little to his horror he covered it Was a monster rattlesnake reptile had coiled itself, with its he raised about a foot, and ready at the le: movement made to strike. Sof piration oozed from of ofeasor’s body, while of iron, a stony to the other with the regularity of a clock pendulum. The suspense was becoming unbearable, but still he knew that the least move that he m meant death in most horrible form. How long he remained in this terrible position he does not know, but it seemed ages, when suddenly he felt his muscles relax, his vision grow dim, ev- erything around him became dark, and in a few seconds he was oblivious to everything around him. The doctor was quietly sleep- ing a fe away, unconscious of the terrible danger of his companion. When he awoke the sun was brightly streaming into the tent, and as he rolled over in his blan- kets toward his companion his bluod seem- ed to chill in his veins at the sight pre- sented to his view. His companion was stretched at full length upon the ground, with his eves closed and his face as white as a piece of marble, while coiled upon his breast was a huge rattlesnake, apparently asleep. He quietly seized a shotgun that was standing near by, and, cocking both bar- rels, raised it to his shoulder and was about to fire, when he realized that if he did he would probably injure his compan ion, Just at this moment his companion moved a little, when the snake gave a rattle and again raised his head. The doc- tor, seeing his chance, fired, and at the report of the gun his companion gave a yell and jumped to his feet, throwing the reptile some three or four feet away from him in its death struggle. The doctor's aim was true, for the reptile’s head was blown completely off. On being measured it was found to be 4 feet 9% inches in length and had seventeen rattles and a button. The professor's nerves were so shattered by his terrible experience that he was hardly able to walk, and the following day, in company with his com- panion, he returned to this place, where he is at present recuperating under the doc- tor’s care. ee 400 Snakes Escape. Holgate (Ohio) Dispatch to the New York Times. This evening a museum was exhibited in this city in a large car which contained a huge cage of snakes said to contain 400 in a cage made of glass and wire screen- ing. The crowd being so great, crushed up so tight as to break the cage open, al- lowing the reptiles’ to run at large. Among the collection were a number of black diamond rattlesnakes, some meas- uring from five to eleven feet long. They being loose were stepped upon, cdusing them to become angry, biting several citi- zens besides crushing children’s ribs. All the dectors in this city were summoned to give medical aid. SS Tenching His Wife Russian. From the London News. The czar likes to assist the empress’ progress in the Russian language, .and when he is with her at the play men- tally notes any passage which he thinks his wife may not have understood, and explains it to her in English or German. I asked a‘young offtcer who had been pro- moted the day before and had received his brevet of Meutenant from the empress’ own hand whether she had spoken to him in Russian. “Yes. She does .not speak very well yet, however.” ‘“Russalka” was the most interesting part of the program, on account of Madame Dolina, the prima donna of the Imperial Opera of St. Peters- The czar listened attentively to. Ma- Dolina, twirling his mustache and nod- ; his head to mark time with the music, when the the} encourage her to applaud also. It w dent the emperor had thrown off the cares of state. Only once in the evening did he look more serious than he is usuaily. It was when after the rising of the curtain a oung lieutenant entered the pit and took [his seat. The czar looked dat the young offi The 7 * Whispered my neighbor “is disple h the lieutenant for coming in late. INTERMINABLE MURDER TRIALS. A Plea for Fewer Witnesses and Delny, m the Chicago Chronicle. of the “Luetgert trial Instead of consuming weeks, the case could better have posed of in as many days, cr even 's time. Less Fi Upon one feature every one will agree. ight the testimony which bore directly upon the case could ve been heard in ‘ty-eight hour: The position of the pro: ulion was no stronger, the case of the defense was no wi rat the end “of eight weeks than it would have been had half a dozen instead of half a hundred witnesses testified on either side. The su- perfluou witness merely confused the issue instead of clarifying it. Judge Tuthill is not to be blamed for the extreme length of the trial. Neither are the lawyers for the prosecution nor the at- tcrneys for the defense. The fault is in the tem which has grown up—a system un- which murder trials grow longer and lenger every year, while the probabilities of jury disagreements become greater. In England as well as in continental Eu- rope they do those things better. An Eng- lish murder trial rarely lasts a week, and We are working under substantially the English system of jurisprudence. The dif- ference is that in England the lawyers are confined to the issues involved. In our own country—especially in Chicago—they are aliowed to wander over the whole field of human knowledge. If this latitude of procedure operated to protect the rights or the interests of the prisoner, it might be defended. But every one knows that it does not. Luetgert’s case, for example, was not strengthened by the swarm of witnesses who testified to ail scrts of trivialities and who merely wearied the jury. No one gains any advantage by it. On the contrary, every one loses. The system entails great expense upon the state. It usually involves the financial ruin of the defendant. It wastes the time of the court. it ruins the nerves and the temper of the lawyers and it causes inconvenience ang lcss to the jurors, who are kept away from their business for weeks at a time. The reform lies in the hands of the judges. It cannot be accomplished by stat- ute. Any judge who will make up his mind to withstand the wrath and indigna- tion of the bar and who will conduct a murder trial upon a common-sense basis can establish a necessary precedent and put an end to the expensive, inequitable and intolerable system that now obtains. What judge will achieve honor and fame by attempting the reform? French Arbitration in Labor Matters. From the Philadelphia Record. Under a law now three years old labor troubles in France are generally satisfac- torily and readily adjusted. Hither party to a difference between employer and em- ploye may appeal to a justice of the peace, stating the case and requesting arbitration. The other party to the dispute is notified, .and, failing to respond in a given time, is adjudged to be in the wrong. But this sel- dom happens, and each ‘side selects five delegates as a board of conciliation, the justice being the presiding officer. If the board of conciliation fail to effect an agree- ment it selects a disinterested board of ar- bitration, who decide the matter, although in case of a refusal to abide by the de- cision the case may be taken to a higher tribunal. But as public sentiment is strong against the ap} ling party, this is very seldom resorted to, and in over 600 cases thus adjudicated the workmen have in two only refused to abide by the decisions of the boards. SOMOOOSS HMMS RAILWAY INVESTMENTS, Comparison of Re America and England. Kobert P. Porter in the Philadelphin Inquirer, The most superficial observer must be struck with the widely different treatunent accorded railway enterprise by th lators of the two countric In the railways have been treated sonable intelligence, and, while has parliament jasisted upon equal and reasonab! they have not, as in this country, n tied up by an interst law which forbiis freedom of centract for the vur- Pose of unification of charges at compet- ing points, nor harassed in a thousand almost half a hundred S, unlimited power and Sreat inclination for local mischief. As a result of this policy, the returns of the British railways {x rties to be in ex: show these prop- Srties sp be in ex <edingly prosperous con- ition, ne: all the stocks bringing fair dividends, the interest. on the loane and bonds promptly paid, the wages of the em- ployes on some roads voluntarily increased, and an irecreased employment, both in the shops and on the tracks. Last year the statistician of the inter- state commerce commission, when con- templating the fact that in two years our railways had run behind over $75,000,00K), arked: “Should this continue, either the investments or the credits of railways must disappear. In the United States the credit has already gone and the investment is rapidly following. About $3,500,000,000, or over 70 per cent, of the capital stock of railways pays no dividend whatever. In Ergland the returns of 1896 show that only $285,000,000, or about 8 per cent of the capi- tal stcck, is unremunerative. In England the dividends average nearly 4 per cent; in the United States last year only about 1%, per cent. In the United Kingdom the interest of no loans nor bonds went by default. The re-~ port says of about $5,000,000 “not entitled to interest,” and interest ranging from 2 to 5 per cent and over, was paid on the loans and debentures, aggregating about $1,450,000,000, As an offset to this healthy showing, we have about $8,000,000 of the bods of American railways in default, or nearly 17 per cent of the whole. As invest- ments for saving funds, with a few noted exceptions, the American railway security cuts no figure. On the other hand, English rallway securities are looked upon in that country as excellent stocks to buy, not for speculation, but investment. As a conse- quence, Erxlish railways can command all the necessary capital to carry on needed improvements and employ the full quota of hands. ae * German in Milwaukee Schools. From the New York Post. More than ordinary attention is paid in the Milwaukee public schools to the teach- ing of the German language because of the. very large number of German residents. It was thought last spring, however, that this feature of the school curriculum was costing more than was necessary, and a change was made in the method of indicat- ing the wishes of parents as to the teaching of German. Prior thereto the rule was that German should be taught to all chil- Gren whose parents did not express a wish to the contrary. Under the new rule only those children whose parents make a spe- cial request to have them taught German participate in this study. This, contrary to expectation, did not cause a reduction in the number studying German, but re- sulted in an increase. Of the 32,921 chil-. dren in attendance a little over 20,000 are receiving instruction in German, and the annual cost of this service alone is abous $50,000, 7 ‘i Mi