Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1897, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1897-28 PAGES. 13 arrived stocks before vou! E attention to the IMPROVEME)? te of progtessiven infuse new life 83 hi TRIMMED HATS. Critical folks will find enjoy- ment in this showing of Millinery elegance. sides the models of Parisian artistes are grouped the charmingly chic creations of the cleverest American milliners. You will surely remember two things after seeing this display— Hats and Bonnets are prettier than ever; Prices less than ever! more artistic. of ix et on eal id —our souvenir ‘The constant receiving of new the goods—and is Hats. phenomenally low prices make th quoted—combine to department one of much interest to all hat wearers. n Black Felt 29¢- jiors go on sale Monday at the special Souvenir price of. Short- back s A shinment of French Felt Al- H ts-Jst rcelvd—the ~ 99°- test k and ¢ - 1 S-uventr pr “of... entire line of New French pes, i k aed colors $1.49 now he Souvenir prlee of.. ws of Importance Worth Noting ther- just A largest Fi tions ‘one, clally interesting Souvenir pr.cvs f New Monday morning! One pi ™. Bt <onpci-ing all ds of Come Feat : se t spt ‘Half nonky s QUAL Y—o1 : for Jess than Sic Sou- 10°: © prie Ribbon Dept. Miles of Ribbons—and the Souvenir prices we'll quote should make it a red letter event for all in need of ribbons. oo lot of an Souvenir pri Le Offerings. Brusse's net «ilk 00 lonz Souve= 49c, Judge the popularity of this department by the fact of a gain of 200 per cent in business in a scant twelve-month! Yard and-a-half Length Curled Toyue Feather Hoas—an en! Ilandsome Steel Buckles, diamond- cut facing—25 cents | their real value— Monday the Special avenir Price will | prevail— 10 CENTS! | L Seetetetetetetonenbate Sletten MAYER BROS., 937-939 F STREET N:W. A First of November Reception of Richness! inning Monday—the exhibition of the new and lately of women’s wear awaits your inspection. So attractive a menu of merchandise has never been spread very department contributes to it. This occasion is to be made a most memorable one—potted plants, blossom- ing flowers and the most tasteful of decorations will but call- TS THROUGHOUT THE STORE. ve Kept hammer, and saw, and brush busy in bettering its in- r surroundings are the result. And the impulse +h appearances—into the entize business has been ped w ‘a brosd-ning of the Hberal polley that has made it so suecessful— and & purpose to further accent Its right to the title of the “Store of the People. SOUVENIR PRICES. MLA SEI BROS. 937-939 F St. N.W. Cloaks & Suits. Not a ‘house in America shows so well-equipped and so thoroughly organized a Cloak and Suit Dept. as this! The buy- er of this important branch of our business has for his aim— the giving to Washington—the handsomest of Cloaks and Suits at the fairest prices ever quoted for such mer- chandise! Ladies’ Fine Tatlor-made Suits—the highest grade in evry particilar—made of finest «juality Ke:sers and Boucles—riciest silk lining none better at $20 any- where — Mo diy, Souvenir price assortment $15.00 ded Satin and Bro- cade Gros Gra Silk Skirts y d-led and to any. $8 ees ¥, special Souvenir 4 ane, een eaten D495) Lades’ Handsomely Tai- lored Kersey Juckets—light and dark tans—green, blues and in all the desirable shades of the season. Lined with plaid changeable eee sil a or st-apped scam: Siaily re- iil Ee ea Skaty $1 Q-00 an especial Souvenir price. Silk Waists—in Roman Striped Taffetas, Black Satin Duchess— [ Black Tuff tas + in blouse Usually and aie x ‘aists with side Sold at | Wome “unsice $6. 00. { poe oe ane .00. pecial Souvenir | | price ees se se D498 Our Hosiery Department of- fers new Imported Plaid Hose— in the latest and richest color harmonies—bought to sell at 50c. the pair. Monday’s Souvenir price— 20¢. the pair. Unusual Attractions in GLOVES. The wonderful growth of our Glove Dept. has won much com- ment. But there is no mystery about it. People are finding out that every guarantee we give is lived up to—even to our own hurt. All Gloves are kept in re- pair for one year. Our sales peo- ple are polite and competent. You cannot buy anything but good Gloves here—trash never crosses our threshold. Then, again, who can match a price like this? Our regular $1 quality Dressed Kid Glove—in every rable shads—splendid as to quality and service ing. The European manu! turer—owing to the on represents the last of his shipment to close them out the ir price will be... 58° Permit us to introduce you to the most satisfactory Glove we've ever known for the price—the Alexander—fit to cover the hands of roy- alty itself. Guaranteed in every particular and fit to rank with many a grade 1.50 is asked elsewhere for. Comes in 2-clasp, S-hook and ‘button styles—ard in all the new street and evening ‘The Souvenir price will be. : ‘Trainiouds of Water. met in| engizeers who have charge of | n of railways through the » lack of water. The head ce engineers is Wady Halfa, 2,000 gallons are lon at the various distant being sixty or er is carried In iron Mls a truck. Every the Soudan quarters of t seventy miles. ftanks, and each tan train that starts from Halfa laden with | naterial—rails, sleepers and other gear— j has no less than fifteen trucks, which are | loaded with water alone. The quantity of water thus conveyed, large though it is, \suffices only for drinking purposes, so it has ben considered a matter of great good [fortune by Lieut. Girouard, who is in jcharge of the work, that by boring, at a point in the desert sexenty-five miles from "Biai ‘a, he has found water at a depth of (56 fect. Much speculation ts aroused by [this flow of water, more than 1,000 fect lebove the level of the Nile. There are many thecries on this subject, that which {obtains most favor being that under the Nubian desert, beneath a flooring of rock | of vary! ng thickness, there exists an im- nens reservoir, containing a practically unlimited supply, and that digging at any peint would be rewarded with success, tue questicn being merely one of depth. An- other attempt will be made to find water fifty miles farther on. There is an amusing ii starce of obstinate ignorance in connec- tion with the sinking of these wells. The ciief of the sinking party—an Arab of the desert—on being given his instructions, ex- | pressed confidence that he should” find water “when he got down to the Nile,” avd, having found it at a depth of 56 feet— over 1,000 fect above the Nile level, is con- vinced that he has reached the river, and declires altogether to be turned from his decision. ——_++-_____ Disrespect. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. “It has come to my ears that you are calling me ‘the governor,’” said the old man, sternly. “Are you?” “I might as well admit it,” sald the young man, contritely. “You ought,” continued the old gentle- man, “you ought to have more respect your mother.” ss POLITICS IN IRELAND Faith, They'll Never Die for Want of Breath. 10 JUDGE BY THIS ONE CONVENTION John Redmond’s Followers Are the " Middle-of-the-Road Men. THE STAR OF HOME RULE ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Sta: DUBLIN, October 15, 1897. There is more genuine comedy in a polit- ical meeting of Irishmen at home on the old sod than can be found on any stuge. The first convention from all Ireland of the Indepefident ‘Nationalists’ League was held in Dublin this week. To study Irish Politics at first hand a party of Americans came over from London and none of them complained that he failed to get his money’s worth. The independent national- ists are the middle-of-the-road Irishmen. They hold that Ireland’s hope of shaking off British rule rests op independent action, holding the balance of power between the English parties and hitting a head wher- ever one bobs up, whereas the other fac- tion, the Healyites, continue the alliance with the liberals begun in the days of Gladstone and Parnell, expecting to get half a loaf for Ireland from their allies. No half loaf for the middle-of-the-road Feople, fer, as John Redmond declared to the convention, they wanted a free parlia- ment, not a glorified vestry, and they scorned to be bribed from their principles by offers of local self-government and a Catholic University, sops which the cabinet is throwing out to the agitation, just as Spain attempts to quell a revolution by autonomy on paper. Irish politics stand on the eve of an awakening from a seven years’ sleep. The star of home rule seemed to set behind Parnell’s tragic grave, and those Irishmen who never lose from their hearts the iridescent dream of independence have from their leader’s coffin been groping through the dark. Next year, though, will be an inspiring anniversary for Irishmen. it will be the centenary of the revolution, the attempt most formidable to shake off the government by aliens. The “Irish jubilee” they are calling it tn Dublin, “the attempt of honest men to do honest work for Ireland,” as one of the orators put it this week. Irishmen are to gather home from America and all other countries where they have gone in search of happier condi- tions, there will be bonfires on the hills and processions and speeches, and as the mere words “ninety-eight” are tinder to inflame the Irish blood, it will be a wonder if something more than talk does not tran- spire. England foresees the possibilities and attempts to placate her restless chil- dren with toys. Redmond and His Party. It was largely to make preparations for this jubilee that John Redmond called the convention of independents. The independ- ents are Redmond, and Redmond is the independent party, both in parliament 2nd out. In the United States he might be called a boss, but such work as his can- not be done except by bosses. Washington will see Redmond this winter, but Wash- ington will not be able to appreciate him, because for that he must be seen as he was this week on a platform confronting a bedlam of political maniacs, and single- handed piloting the convention through an orderly program, where 800 men demanded that as many different things he done, and all at once. The group of leaders who sat on the platform in the Dublin hall was worth studying. There were the Redmonds in the center, John and William,both mem- bers of parliament, specimens of the two most familiar types of Irish politicians, the elder a black mustached, curly naired mun, with the unswerving will and matured pur- pose beneath the quick wit and gowing eloquence, the younger a red-neailed fire- brand, all impetuosity and recklessness, who had not been,talking two minutes be- fore he had the delegates cheering “the men of India fighting for their homes” and tearing the benches from the floor to brandish them with a howl of “down with England!” the threatening quality of shout that startled spectators to nervously lo- cating the nearest doors. Then there was John Parnell, brother of the late great Irish leader, whose politi- cal legatees the defendants claim to be, a black-bearded, amiable-looking man, who resembled the portraits of his brother with the same sort of likeness from which some vital characteristic is lacking. that actors made up to play Napoleon have to pic- tures of the little Corsican. William Field, M. P., was there also, a prototype of Rep- resentative Terry of Arkansas, with the same thatch of curly hair, the same som- brero, the identical gloomy saunter: Pat- rick O’Brien, another M. P., a short gen- tleman, with bushy black beard, flaming red necktie and ceaseless activity in quell- ing turbulent delegates; Count Plunkett, a tall, bloodless, black-bearded ascetic- looking person, into whose soul the iron seems to have entered, who has an air of brooding over his grievances and a cold, measured bitterness of speech in contrast to the vociferous invective of his col- leagues; Mr. Kenny, M. P., who looks the scholar and aristocrat, and many others, members of parliament, aldermen and farmers, men among them who have had a price on their heads and who have brok- en stone in English prisons, because, as Mr. Kivlehan of Sligo remarked, they ‘did work for Ireland in their own way.” An American Home Ruler. Last, but not least, there came an Amer- jean, a tall, smooth-faced youth, with the cut of a clubman, who looked as though he had dropped in from 5th avenue, and was hailed by the home rulers as a prophet and a leader. He was Lewis Chan- ler, brother of William Astor Chanler, the explorer, who first bid for fame by defend- ing deserving prisoners in the New York courts out of pure philanthropy, then went into New York politics, ran for office in a suburban town, was defeated by his own party because he was establishing a bad precedent, as the heelers said, in refusing to buy votes, threw up the business in dis- gust and came to Ireland, where for a year he has devoted his time and money to work for home rule, on the stump and with his pen, a knight errant of politics. Though his friends sometimes smile at his quest of a mission, they all envy him the enthusiasm which animates him. But the floor rather than the platform was the interesting section of the conven- tion. Such Irishmen, one woald_ think, could not be met outside of books. Mr. McGrath, who hailed from Fullamore, with an open face fringed by Jack Goway whis- kers, who wore a swallow-tailed coat, cor- duroy knickerbockers and leggins. an an- cient beaver on the top of his head, trotted along as lightly with the weight of eighty years as though they had been eighteen, scorning to lean on his black thorn, and puffing a bog oak pipe. Mr. Dempsey of County Armagh, whose whiskers were sandy-red and worn on the sides of his face like ear muffs, and whose straw hat was garlanded with shamrocks; Bartle Goggins from F’May, with gray Moses Sandys braided into knots at the ends: Luke McInerney from Clonmey Way, bot- tle nozzles peeping from the pockets of his green knit jacket. Back of them irf solid rows to the door the husky representatives of Limerick, Castlerea, Tulla, Mullingar, Ballymitty, Cabinteely, Kibrush, Omagh, Clondalkin, Kildangan, Ballinamore, Dra- gheda, Tinahela and Ballybricken—fair samples of the Irish agriculturists, poorly dressed, quick witted, well informed, little incumbered with worldly goods, men who had known evictions and boycotts, grips, passwords arfi perhaps midnight assasel- nations, whose respectability, as Mr. Ratti- gan of Templemore said, was gauged by’ fhe number of thelr ancestors hanged in No Spoils of Omicg. Mr. Chanler waxed enthusiastic over them. “Real men are they,” said he. “There are no post offices, no collector- ships in it for them. Yet they have come here from every county in Ireland, all of them at their own expense, leaving their farms, tome of them walking miles through the rain. It. is primitive yatriot- ism had the same sort ‘of pa- triots in revolutionary days.” There was enough potential revolution. crowded into that smal! hall to overthrow the British em] in a wink had its strength been equgj-to its enthusiasm. The assembling was t as that of any po- litical meeting, even in England, where the best form sanctiqus heaving half a brick at the candidate of the other party. In the gallery a band fearfully strong in its fife department screeched weird marching time. Finally the leadeyw- trailed onto the plat- form, half an hove » according to the time-honored cus’ leaders at a con- vention, the little men at the front and the big ones a. the rear with the usual eye to theatfical effect, so that the applause could work its way up to @ climax. Of ccurst, the delegates jumped up en masse and beat with their sticks on the floor, churning the air with their hats, afd the leaders bowed, and Mr. Redmond pounded for order in a deprecatory way that was an invitation for more noise, and up to this point the convention might have been American, English or any other brand. Secretary and committees were appointed perfunctorily and then Redmond stepped to the front for the introductory speech. The fun was evidently about to begin. All the delegates bent forward witn flash- ing eyes, like a pack of hounds ready to spring for the fox. He thanked them for their flattering support in the past, did Mr. Redmond, and hoping in the future to con- tinue to merit, &c., &c. Unity was his theme. Ireland never could be free until her sons forgot thair unhappy differences and joined hands against their common foe. “For Unity—But!” “I have always been for unity, for har- mony, for reconciliation. But before I will ever consent to walk into the same room with those traitors to Ireland, those betray- ers of our cause, Dillon, and Healy, and—” The firebrand whizzed right into the heart of a powder magazine. The explosion was terrific. Eight hundred Lrishmen seemed to climb bodily into the air shrieking ore composite anathema. “Villains! Murderers! Traitors! Assas- sins! Rebels!” were some. of the disti guishable epithets, mingicd with curs strange, weird and terrifying. The riot continued for measurable minutes, and after its first fury had been spent Michael McGrath still danced up and down bran- dishing his biackthorn menacingly and bel- lowing a mingled shout and sob, “Down ‘em, I say! Down ‘em! Down ‘em!” until six strong men fastened upon the tails of his broadcloth and dragged him down, still struggling to articulate. All for Harmony. This sounded the keynote of the conven- tion, Irish politics are like American, The democratic party has two factions giving the same cry for harmony, and so has the populist. Every speaker was !or recon- ciliation, and unity the dearest wish of his heart, but sooner should his gooi right arm be severed from his body than ex- tended to clasp the hans of assassins and seropions. Scorpions was mos: popular and should be adopted by ilackbura of Ken- tucky. Every speaker dealt o1: harsh ad- jectives to England, tyrant and robber and plunderer, which excited yells of derisive anger and hatred, and having churned his emctions into a good working rage over the wrongs of Ireland he came to mention tne unspeakable, the abomination of desolation, the Healyites, and thereby instantly ex- ploded a mine of adjectives. There were no dull moments. Twenty speakers were cn the:r fect at once, shout- ing for a Learing, and even Mr. Reed would have found here a deliberative body beyond control of his gavel, But not John Red- mond. He had a definite, orderly program, and the way he rode the storm and piloted his resolutions through was most beautiful to witness. “Mr. Kenna is recognized,” he would shout. “Sit dewn; Mr. Brady. I say sit down. Be quict, Mr. Maloney. I will hear you next, Mr. O'Brien, and then comes that man from Sligo<I don't know your name—and Mr. Keane ¥hall have his turn.” Whereupon the frichds of Mr. Kenna and Mr. Brady, Mr. @’Hrien and Mr. Keane would descend upon them, and, partly by persuasion and more:main force, would get them into their seats, and also the coi- leagues of the man from Sligo, who died hard, protesting, ¢/My: name's Reilly, and ye’s ought to know it,” until ne was smothered. t 2 His Heart’Wes All Right. The lucky delegate:‘who had the floor was trying to. talk, while another patriot iding on a chajr Inethe rear of the hall was yelling, ““Z must be heard! I must be heard!’ Patience ceasing to be a virtue, a posse was about to drag him to the door, when Redmond discovered their purpose. ‘Don’t put that man out,” he called. “It's only his brain that’s excited; his heart's all right.” Such logie saved the disturber, but Red- m.¢nd was soon forced to intervene in the case of a front seat delegate, who delivered himself of a wild, inarticuiate yeil at fre- quent intervals. Constant rubbing will wear away stone, and the cha‘rman’s toleration was becoming strained. He turned appeal- ingly to his leutenant to inquire, “Pat O’Brien, can’t you keep Mr. Leahy quiet?” So Pat O'Brien (M. P.) trotted down to blowing Mr. Leahy with an arm around his shoulder, and Mr. Leahy could be heard promising, “I will thot, so I will. I will thot.” But Mr. Leahy’s enthusiasm over- came his good resolutions, for whenever an crator spoke the magic name, “Ireland,” Mr. Leahy would straighten himself, emit one roof-raising shout, “Twinty-two coun- ties!” then relapse into his meditations, only to be touched off again by the next mention of Ireland, so that the entire pro- gram was punctuated by that strong-lung- ed, unquenchable howl of “Twinty-two counties!” Like at the Capitol. There was another free lance who de- sired to drag in some matter of which Redmond disapproved. He was a tall, thin man, with a club, which he brandished to et recognition, until he had cleared elbow room for himself. The nature of his pro- pcsal no one eyer learned. He was on his feet two or three times during every »peech, and continuously between specches, but he was more docile than his com- patriots, and never got farther than “I hold in me hand,” when he would be squelened with, “Not now; not now. Mr. Clomel of Cork has something to say,” just as Speaker Reed would pull up Mr. Dingley for a motion to adjourn when some one. tried to throw a Cuban resolution into the ring. The persistent delegate may be holding his paper in his hand yet. Mr. Redmond had prepared certain resolutions express- ing the free and untrammeled will of the people of Ireland. These resolutions, and no others, were adopted. So the fun rolled on with oases of eohe- rent talk in a desert of shoutings. Orators seldom spoke to the particular question before the meeting. Some resolution weuld be read, several delegates would fight their way to a hearing with out- bursts on English oppression and the un- failing denunciation of the other faction, which alone blocked the way to the union of patriots, and their hearers were’ usually 80 swept away by their emotions that the end of the speech was deluged under a frenzy of excitement. The quality of the talk was good and flashes of Irish wit sparkled in every speech. “If the sun never sets on the British flag,” said a County Wexford man, “it’s because the Almighty’s afraid to trust it in the dark.” The good nature of the gathering was remarkable also, for although there was continual quarreling there appeared to be no anger. Under the troubled waters there seemed to flow an irresistible current of geruine patriotism, of ardor, for Ireland and freedom. There was nothing “in it” for them ancially, as Mr. Chanler had said. The majority were poor men. In- deed, all the Irish of Ireland seem to be pocr, and most of them had made rcal sacrifices to come to Dublin. Their loyaity to John Redmond was childlike, while Mr. Redmond, who is plainly a strong and an able man, managed without visible dicta- tion. Pretty Fair Logic. It is most frequently used as an argu- ment against home rule that the Irish are not fit to goyern themselves; that their government would become an affair of Kil- kenny cats. In reply to this notion one of them said: ““Suppose Irishmen are not capable of managing their own affairs, which, of course, I do not concede, whose concern is that but our own? Give us a chance. We may pull hair and make mistakes at first, but-we will learn from experience, and if we don’t the punishment will be entirely our own. Has the Creator com- missioned any other ple with a guar- 90, it was a mis- take to give the commission to the English, bo subject nations for plund = We are rapidly |B remember that it terminates in a few days. ii TEN i ni a Regular Solid Oak Center Tables, price cut 2 Q* ' nearly in half for this sale. Splendid values in Enameled Iron Beds — all $ ll -99 sizes brass knobs—best qual- ity finish—cut to. Handsome Chiffonier—solid oak—five drawers §).98 —well made. Sale Large High-back Arm Rock- PLICC scone er—hard wood— OS excellently finish- ed. Our former price, $1.50. Now moving Into our additional store. Those JACKSON BROS.’ ™ 917-919-921 SEVENTH STREET. dexirous Then the great opportunity will “Cash only and the narrowest margin of profit.” “Watch us grow!” A Sale Like This Makes Credit | Prices Ruinous! i Would any reasoning person pay 60 per cent more for credit? That is the saving we offer during this sale—which lasts until our new additional store—No. 917—is ready for us. tions are going on we are selling our present stock at cost and less than cost. three combined stores with a brand-new stock. Meanwhile the clearance now in progress offers the biggest kind of money saving chances to housekeepers, hotels and boarding houses. It would be folly not to come and investigate the great Cash possibilities. The original price tickets are on all the goods. Study These New Bargains. Magnificent Bed Room Suite, solid oak, highly polished— bevel plate mir- ror — cast brass § 75 trimmings. A $25 Silk Velour Overstuffed Par- lor Suite—5 pieces—very hand- value .... somely made and i Vig upholstered.Worth $45.00. Sale price. $10 Hall Rack—solid pol- ished oak, bevel. §&.65 plate mirror. <A wonderful bargain nation, separated from her by nature as well as by the sea, We hold that any nation like ourselves has a divine right to self-government. Is there hope for heme rule? In the near future, none. But if we endured our vassalage without pro- test we would be less than men. And cur time will come or there is no such thing as justice.” g This is the Irish side, to be taken for what it is worth. There may be another side, but any one who knows the Irish peo- ple,'and it may be added knows the En- glish also, is apt to become blinded to the other side. Particularly an American, for there is something in the home-rule spirit that stirs the latent spark of ” thing that -disarms logic and vetoes po- litical economy. ROBERT M. COLLENS. ees SAWING UP A LOG. How Planks Are Cut in a Great West- ern Sawmill. From St. Nicholas. Up from tke yellowish-brown depths of the slow-moving river, flowing so steadily on its way to the sea, comes a huge, dark- brown thing with a shining, dripping coat. It is our log, entering upon its las: stage. It passes at once up a long incline called the “slit”—a .trench of wood about eight inches deep and two feet wide at the top, so hollowed out that the largest log will lie in it securely as it is being drawn up the incline by the stout chains with which the slit is equipped. Projecting pieces of steel on this chain serve to keep the log steady, its great weight causing it to sink unon ‘these pieces of steel, which are Uke sharp teeth. A workman, standing at the side of the slit, by means of a lever throws up two powerful steel-pointed arms which lift the logs out of the slit and throw them upon tables, from which they are rolled down to the carriage which lea¢ to the saws. When the log reaches t carriage it is thrown upon the framewor by the “nigger’—a long, ratcheted timber or piece of steel. This framework is like a section of an ordinary flat car running on a regular railroad track. Two men stand on the moving carriage, and at a signal from the head sawyer, who directs the cut- ting of the log, regulate the thickness of the plank or board by the levers of the carriage. When the log has been adjusted it rap- idly advances to the saw, and in a very few seconds its water-soaked sides have been trimmed by the sharp teeth. The carriage flies back to the starting place with the swiftness of the wind; and it is enough to make one shudder to see it go. You expect every instant that one of the men will be thrown off and terribly in- jured. They learn to balance themselves, however, though there are frequent accl- dents. One instant of inattention on the part of the head sawyer, who regulates the speed of his carriage by his lever, would send the carriage flying back to the end of the mill with tremendous force. and probably kill both of the men. One of the men on the carriage, called the “‘sette fixes the width of the board to be sawed, on signal from the head sawyer; the other man is the second sawyer. ‘As I stood one day in one of these mills, watching the men flying forth and back on the narrow carriage, and almost expecting that one or both of them would be thrown off in the swiftness of their flight, I took out my watch and timed them; and I found that they traveled on an average, on this little railroad not more than twenty feet long, 168,000 feet a day, or about thir- ty-one miles. —______-e-____—_ Shakespeare in London. John Fiske in the Atlantic. Now Shakespeare's London, says Dr. Fiske in the November Atlantic, was a small city of from 150,000 to 200,000 souls, or about the size of Providence or Minne- apolis at the present time. In cities of such size everybody of the slightest emf- nence is known all over town, and such persons are sure to be more or less ac- quainted with one another. It is a very rare exception when it is not so. Before his thirtfeth year Shakespeare was well known in London as an actor, a writer of plays and the manager of a prominent the- ater. In that year Spenser, in his “Colin Clout’s Come Home Again,” aluding to Shakespeare under the name of Aetion, or “eagle-like,” paid him this compliment: “and there, though last, not least, 1s Aett A gentler may nowhere be found Whose muse full of high thought’s inve Doth, like himself, heroically sound.’ Four years after this, in 1598, Francis Meres: published his book entitled “‘Palla- dis Tamia,’ a very interesting contribu- tion to literary history. The author, who had been an instructor in rhetoric In the University of Oxford, was then living in London, near the Globe Theater. In this book Meres tells his readers that “the sweet, witty soul of Ovid lives in mellifiu- ous and honcy-tongued Shakespeare; wit- ness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugared sonnets among his private friends, etc. To suppose that such a man as this in a town the size of Minneapolis, connected with a principal theater, writer of the most popular plays of the day, a poet whom men were already coupling with Homer and Pindar—to suppose that such a man was not known to all the educated people in the town is simply absurd. ‘There were probably very few men, women or children in London between 159 and 1610 who did not know who Shakespeare was when he passed them in the street; and as for such wits as drank ale and sack at the Mermaid, as for Raleigh and Bacon and Selden and the rest, to sup- pose that Shakespeare did not know them well—nay, to suppose that he was not the leading spirit and brightest wit of those ambrosial nights—is about as sensible as to suppose that he never saw a maypole. ——— The Final Touch. From the Chicago Record. “Helio, Jerry; got your new flat all fitted up?” “Not quite. Say, do you know where I can buy'a folding toothbrush?” —-——- cee —____ Graphic illustration of the power of an ocean flyer is given by a usetis: mani » Who says that the horse wer of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, bo. 1s double the total horse power em- the busy ployed, tm ti, Suny mamas Sy at tion GREATER NEW YORK Some Interesting Data Concerning the New Municipality. WILL BE SECOND CITY OF THE WORLD Its Corporate Existence Begins on January 1, 1898. ce Pee MAYOR’S GREAT POWERS ee The charter under which the election in Greater New York will be held was finally passed by the New York state senate, April 13, 1897, over Mayor Strong's veto of the original act. There was a very brief de- bate, and the final vote was 34 to 10. It Was repassed by the assembly later in the same day, without a word of debate, by a vote of 196 to 32. It then-went into the hands of the governor, who affixed his sig- nature on May 5, and the new charter thereby became law. It was stated, and may well be believed, that Governor Black, before signing the charter, conscientiously examined a great mass of lawyers’ briefs and other documents which had been sub- mitted to him by advocates and opposers of the Greater New York. Statistics of the City. The city of New York from January 1 1898, will cover .206 square miles and con- tain about 0,000 people—a population surpassed among cities by London, Eng- land, only. It will elect 58. assemblymen— more than a third of the lower house of the state legislature. In twenty years the city may be expected to have a majority in the state’ senate. On January 1 it will have 1,093 church edifices, 2 2 great universities and 93 other | educational institutions, 63 libraries, 30 art galleries, 54 theaters, 81 clubs, 112’ hotels, 218 banks. Its parks will have an area of 73,386 acres; its cemeteries a “silent popu- lation” of 4,000,000—more than its houses and streets. _ Its bonded debt wiil be about $2 its annual tax budget from $55,000,000 to 365,000,000; its foreten commerce consider- ably more than that of all the rest of the country combined. ‘The area of this new municipality will be about miles. It will contain treets, exclusive of common roads, and 700 miles of sewers. It will contain about 167,000 buildings, of which 130,000 are used for residentiai purposes, and its daily consumption of water will be about 350,000,000 gallons. Districts Embraced. The city as consolidated comprises the ccunty of Kings, the county of Richmond, the city of Long Island City, the towns of Newtown, Flushing and Jamaica, and the westerly portion of the town of Hempstead ir the county of Queens. The present cities, wards, towns and villages are not to be abrogated further than is provided in this charter. Boroughs.—The city is di- vided into five buroughs. 1. Manhattan—The island and its several naturally related small islands. 2 The Bronx—All of the present New Yerk north of the Harlem. 3. Brooklyn—Comprising the present city. 4. Queens—The portion of Queens county included in the new city. 5, Richmond—The territory known Richmond county or Staten Island. Each borough elects its president for a term of four years at a salary of $5,000 a year for the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, and of $3,000 for those of Queens and Richmond. The City’s Government. The municipal assembly consists of two chambers. The upper chamber is the council, whose twenty-nine_members are elected for four years, from districts aver- aging more than 350,000 population. The lower chamber is the board of aldermen, whose sixty members are elected for two years, one member from each state assem- bly district. Ex-mayors of the consolidat- ed city have seats (without vote) in the council. Heads of departments while in 190,000 > as office have seats (without vote) in the | One board of aldermen. ‘The president of the counell is elected by | the city at large for a four-years’ term, his annual salary is $5,000, and he has all the powers of the present president of the board of aldermen, including that of act- ing mayor in case of the mayor's illness or absence from the city. The president of the board of aldermen is elected by the board itself from its own membership. ‘The council appoints a city clerk, whose term is six years, the annual salary $7,000. The municipal sssembly has control over ordinances properly municipal—amending and repealing police, health, park, fire and building regulations; authcrizing the es- tablishment and construction of markcts, parks, parkways, drivewa; boulevards, bridges and the acquirement of additional waterworks, for all which improvemen‘s it can issue bonds; granting railroad and ferry franchises; assigning places for hoid- ing the various courts, and fixing salaries of city officials on recommendation by the board of estimate. It is the trustee of municipal property. The Executive Department. The mayor ts elected for four years, at_a salary of $15,000 a year, and is not eligible for a second term immediately succeeding the first. His powers and responsibility are large. He appoints—and may remove dur- ing the first six months of his term—all heads of ts except those which controller. The mayor can at any ti in his term remove the commissioners of ts. Administration is conducted zines the following departments: Firenze, law, po- ing ‘are, 3 ree Great Cash Furniture pt taking advantage of the tremendously low prices of this sale should gone. i While the altera- We want to start the Another wonderful valu Morris Chairs, in / oak or mahog- $ 4-98 any finish, re- 4 i duced to......... Large Cobbler Seat Rocker, most magnificently made—oak or mahogany fir $ 1 -85 ish—leather " seat. A $3.00 Rocker. . Solid Oak Tables, top, that are mark- ed $1.50 during this sale, go at... 24-inch 79° Houses, and ferries, taxes and assessments, educa. tion, health, besides the following’ d ments represented in the board of pablic improvements, namely, water supply, high- Ways, street cleaning, sewers, pubic build- ings, lighting and supplies and bridges. The finance department has as its head the controller, elected for four years, at an annual salary of $10,000, The board’ of cs. timate and apportionment consists of the mayor, controller, corporation president of the council and pre: the department of taxes. law department has as its head the ation counsel, appointe ars, at an annual Salary of $15,000, ‘The in office is in the borough of Manhattan, with a branch office in Bro and branches in other boroughs as ne=lful. The tire department has as its head a commissioner, appointed for six years, at an annual salary of ; he appoints a deputy commissioner to have supervision in Brooklyn and Queens. The force of ac. live firemen is under the “chief of the ‘ire department,” salary 36,000; deputy chief, $4,000; battalion men, each $2,500. Bi-Partisan Police Board. The police department has as its head a bi-partisan police board of four commis- sioners, appointed each for a term (regu- larly) of four years, at an annual salary of $5.00. The park police and the Brooklyn bridge police are merged in the metropoli- tan force. The force in service is gnder “chief of police,” whose salary is $5,000: deputy chiefs, each $5,000; ten inspect. 0; captains, alaries of policemen are in’ various grades, with annual increase, from $50) to The department of education is organized under a combination plan—the departments of Manhattan and the Bronx retaining the present system of New York city, ana Brookiyn its present system. Department of Health, The health department is under five com- mussioners, the health officer of the port, the president of the police board, and three rersons named by the mayor, two of the three being physicians, and the one not a Phy ‘ian being president. ‘The president's sala that of the other two ap- executive officer of the board is the sanitary uperintendent, with a salary of $6,000. The -calth board has offices in ail the boroughs The department of charities is under three commissioners appointed (for a term regularly of six years) by the mayor, who also assigns them—one for Manhattan and the Bronx, one for Brooklyn and Queens and one for Richmond. The commissioner for Manhattan and the Bronx is president, The Courts. Municipal courts take the place of civil courts—eieven in Manhattan, five in Brook- lyn, three In the Bronx, two in Queens and two in Richmond. The new justices, as sradually elected, will serve for ten years’ terms. These courts will have a jurisdic- tion in cases involving $500 or less, tices of inferior courts of criminal juriohe tion are called city magistrates: they are appointed for ten years’ terms, with sala- ries the same as municipal justices, and number in Manhattan seven, in Brooklyn six and in each of the other boroughs two, For the court of special sessions there are ten justices—five for the first division, Man. haitan and the Bronx, and five for the sec- ond division, comprising the three other boroughs. The charter is notable as giving the city more of home rule than was ever befor conceded by the state to any municipality; also for the extensive powers which It vests in the mayor; also for its prohivi- tion of bestowment’ of any franchise in perpetuity—all franchises reverting to the city at the end of twenty-five years. It al- lows ito some degree minority representa- tion, iefs, each $3,500; fore- The Mayor's Patronage. Here is a list of the officers to be appoint- ed by the mayor of New York on or after January 1, 1808: Title of officer. | Term.| Salary. Years.| Corporation counsel Chumberlain .. President of ‘t improvements . Commissioner of water supply Comm. ssicner of highways. . Commis cner of street cleaning. Gomminstoner of sewers. j Commi-soner of pablic buildings, | lighting aod Suppil Six art commissioners. | Fire commissioner... | President of the board of taxes and) assessipents +s] commissioners of ‘taxes and ssments ..... Five assessors for local mouts .......... commissioncrs of rutumissioner of chart | One commissioner of correc | Four police commissioners. | Commissioner of jurors. f | battan cud the Brom Two commissioners of a i Chief of bureau of municipal tUstlow caTicceee Three to Six coiinilasioners of Sia: tistics Three clvil e-rvice cummissioners._ Twenty-one members of shoal) oa thn’ webeal for ens. Inspectors “and sealers of and mcasures.........-.. ‘Municipal Court. ‘Twelve magistrates in Mapbat and the Bronx