Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1897, Page 8

‘ 8 — ‘THE EVENING STAR, ‘The Busy Corner, 8th and Market Space. A Handkerchief Sale That Overshadows Every Like Event Ever Witnessed in Washington. It’s the same old hard times story again. Handkerchiefs needed money very urgently, and pressed as he was he at which, under ordinary circum- had heard it mentioned. Words gains which this deal enables us to offered us his entire stock at a price stances, he would have laughed if he cannot over-describe the wonderful ba: make. Seldom have such prices been approached—never have they been equaled. : There Are Four Lot 1. Lots of Them. IN LOT 1 YOU WILL FIND FINE SWISS HANDKERCHIEFS, HANDSOMELY EMBROIDERED AND SCALLOPED, NOT BY MACHINERY, BUT B 'Y HAND. VERY FINE AND SHEER HAND- KERCHIEFS, WITH COLORED BORDERS; WHITE HANDKERCHIEFS, WITH SILK INITIALS. oC, IN LOT TWO YOU WILL FIND SOFT HEMSTITCHED AND EMBROIDERED HANDKER- CHIEFS, EMBROIDERED AND SCALLOPED HANDKFRCHIEFS, HAND-EMBROIDERED HAND- Let 2. KERCHIEFS WITH INITIALS, FINE SWISS EMB! CHIEFS. ROIDERED AND SCALLOPED HANDEKER- 1OG, Lot 3. . CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF VERY SHEER LINEN HEMSTITCH: HANDEERCHIEFS. UG, Lot 4. -COMFRISES THE FINEST HANDKERCHIEFS. BROIDERED AND SCALLOPED HANDKERCHIFFS, HEMSTITCHED HA’ EROIDERED AND FINISHED IN OPEN WORK, VERY FINE HEMSTITCHED, AND MEN'S FINE HEMSTITCHI 124 THERE ARE EXTRA QUALITY SWISS EM- NDKERCHIEFS EM- PLAIN LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, ED HANDKERCHIEFS. o Our Upholstery Dept. in | A Special in Festal Array Now. WE ARE READY FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING. DISPLAY THE DAINTIEST FABRICS AND MOST ARE ‘S IN EVERY NOOK AND OF THE DEPARTMENT. BEFORE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SETS IN IN EARNEST THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EROKEN LOTS XLD OUT LINES OF GOODS LIKE TO BE CLEAR OF— TO STAND A LITTLE LOSS IF YOU'LL THEM OFF OF OUK HANDS AT ONCE. 12%. JAPANESE GOLD CLOTH DRAPERY aes .6i4c. 36-INCH SILKOLIN URED, STRIPED OR PLAIN ve. S6INCH WHITE Lace Curtaigs. $1.00 ECRU NOTTINGHAM LACE 69 CURTAINS, 34 YARDS LONG.... . $1.50 WHITE NOTTINGHAM LACE QR¢ CURTAINS, 60 INCHES WIDE... $4.00 SCOTCH FREE OF CHA Window Shades. OPAQUE W ADES, SPRING Sout 4p 25c. OPAQUE WINDOW SHADES, FRINGE .. : o 29c. Another Reduct DOW SI WITH THIS TIME THE $10, $12 AND $15 QUALITIES HAVE FALLEN UNDER THE BAN. A SPLENDID ASSORTMED ~—THEY ARE STRICTLY TWO KINDS OF COLLAR: BLUES, BLACK*AND COVERTS ARE T! ALL HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO “AU PAIT combinations. back, made with girdle, rolling col- lar trimmed with black velvet, and | Pody, to them in the department. gur buying was injudicious, perhaps } , the patterns are not as desirable as| Wyman of they might be; something is wrong and we’re willing to reduce the price to LESS THA} count. They are handsomely made garments. Half lined, fancy pointed collar, new sleeve, with ruffle at end, | bleau. I live in’ Harrison county, and one pointed girdle, bolero jacket, with frilled edge. Women’s Waists At 98c. Their original price was $1 more. They are made up in fancy plaid goods, in greens, browns, reds and Pleated front and | was declared in black velvet band set off with mother | the trains, after of pearl buttons in front. Reduced from $1.98. 98e. $2.25 Flannelette House Dress Godds. Yours at $1.00. There are entirely too many of VN HALF on that ac- Choice of them at $1.00. ion in Jackets. WE TOMORROW OF KERSEYS, MELTONS AND BOUCLES SOME ALL LIN! ND FINISHED WITH EITHER STRAP OR SEAM EFFECT. TANS, ‘D AND SOME HALF LINED. WITH HE COLORS FROM WHICH YOU CAN SE- $7.40. Flannels. Yard-wide Eiderdown, all shades, 5o0c... French Flannel, all shades, 5oc.. Embroidered Flannel, choice styles, 59c. . Ladies’ and Misses’ Skirt Patter All-wool Skirt Patterns. . Shaker Flannel, white, good quality... . Dome ‘Androscoggin Yard-wide Bieached Muslin...... 9-4 Bleached Sheeting, better than Lockwood 81xgo Ready-made Bleached Sheets, better than Utica.... ioc. Extra Heavy Canton Flannel Best Indigo Prints, choice of 100 styles, 6c --39c. --- 39c. mS..... Stics. Percales, best made, 150 styles to select from.........eeee 1234c. White Goods Remnants at 6i4c. a yd. For several weeks remnants of Fine Plaid and Striped Nainsook have been accumulating, and as short lengths are not desirable in the de- partment we offer them at a reduced price. The pieces range in length from 13 to 6 yards, and represent 10c., 12}c. and 15c. values, 6l4c. A Thousand Gold Fountain Pens, Guaranteed to Write as Well as Any, at 50c. These pens are made of the finest vulcanized rubber, with patent ink sluice, and each one is fitted with a DIAMOND POINT Gold Pen. It is a good, well writing and well be- having pen and the biggest thing of the kind in town at 50c. S. KANN, SONS & €O., 8th St. and Market Space. Seventh Street Entrance, Family Shoe Store. ~ Perhaps | sides or the Can be worn either as | board wirea a house dress or for street wear; trim- med with fancy gimp; made up, in short, just as any $2.25 dress should | all roads closely wae Ore Wubled ana be. ‘ S. Kann, Sons&Co. |FAVORS A CHANGE Views of A. M. Dahlgren of Present Quarantine ‘Systems. SHOULDBE UNDER NATIONAL CONTROL Instances of the Evils of a Divided Responsibility. The man who had the |verrow FEVER EPIDEMIC ———— A. M. Dahigren, collector of customs for the Pearl river district of Mississippi, and special disbursing agent of the marine hos- Pital service, is an earnest advocate of a national quarantine system instead of state, county, city and shotgun quarantines, as now seen in the fever-stricken district of the south. He gives some interesting in- stances of the operations of the present plan. Ms. Dahigren is a native Mississippian, and, besides holding two important posi- tions under the government, is well known 4s a man of prominence. ‘ He is a son of Gen. A. G. Dahigren, a nephew of Admiral J. A. Dahlgren and a brother of the well-known novelist, Mrs. T. A. Dorsey, who presented Jeff. Davis with her magnificent estates. He is presi- dent of the Sound Money League of Har- rison county, president of the Gulf Coast: Electric Ra#froad Company, and until re- cently was president of the Biloxi Com- mercial Club; chairman democratic coun- ty executive committee, and member of the legislature. He is deputy grand chan- cellor, Knights of Pythias; a Mason and member of seven other prominent orders. Mr. Dahlgren was in Washington on a vacation in September, when the fever broke out in the south, and, as all the ex- press offices were closed up between New Orleans and Mobile, there was no way for the government to get any money to de- fray the expenses of the detention camps at Mount Vernon, Ala., and Fontainebleau, Miss., and for other places’ along the coast except some one should take the cash there in person. The situation was thus desper- ate, when a consultation of the President, Secretary of the Treasury and surgeon general was held, and Mr. Dahlgren was requested to give up his vacation and pro- ceed at once to the vellow fever district. He did this immediately, accepting the ap- pointment of special disbursing agent for the epidemic fund, and left here Septem- ber 19, with severa] thousand dollars in cash, for the yellow fever stronghold, al- though he had never had the fever himselt, and was physically worn out by the long,hot summer in his district. He performed all the duties intrusted to him and returned to this city a few days ago to render his account and take a much- needed rest. Yellow Fever Situation. Mr. Dahlgren was seen by a reporter of The Star at Hotel Vendome last night, and, when questioned regarding the yellow fever situation in the south, said: “I could fill your entire paper with per- Sonal experiences and those that came un- der my observation, but will only cite a few to show the ridiculousness, folly and in- competency of the so-called quarantine reg- ulations now in force, and the necessity for 4 national quarantine law. When this fever Mobile, along the Missis- sippi front, and in New Orleans, Atlanta threw open her gates and invited every- ‘ come in, while Montgomery, witn rT ‘supreme’ quarantine laws, compelled a change of crews, to rush through the city, with car doors locked, windows, transoms and even ven. Ulators closed tight, to a point some miles outside the city, where, on the occasion I speak of, the train stocd for two or three hours in the fearful sun of a hot September day, crowded with men, women and chil- dren, all breathing the vitiated, sickening air of almost an air-tight compartment, “Fainting women and children erie® in vain for a little water to quench their burn- ing thirst. The water supply had- given out, but the rai!road people could not re- plenish it, because it was against quaran- tine orders, and armed men patrolled both cars to enforce them, “Then, look at my own case. I had a ealth certificate from Surgeon General fifteen days’ stay in Washing- ton, one of seven days’ stay in Atlanta from the city board of health, and one from Surgeon J. H. White, commandant of the United States detention camp at Fontaine- bleau, of fifteen days more, and with these I requested permission to go into a non- infected point in Harrison county,. Miss., for one dav only and return to Fontaine- het of my custom houses is there. ‘The s board agreed to admit me, but the counts me that I would not be per- mitted in the county, officially or otherwise, under any circumstances, and for fear { would attempt to come in anyway. guards with shotguns uibled and ‘Now, althou; igh I held mig eee two commissions errment and health certifi- cates of nearly forty days from all ites tion, and was on an errard of relief, I was Genled the privilege of entering my own county because of the petty jealousies of county quarantire authorities over state and national, and I had to go all the way back to Atlanta and conduct the business of ane Mississippi coast from there. “Another case is that of the postmistre: at Beauvoir, Miss., who went over te New Orleans in the morning, expecting to re- turn that night, but Mississippi quaran- tired against New Orleans that day, and she had to remain there three weeks. She finally got a dill of health from the Louis- tara board of health, wkich was recog- nized by the Mississippi board of health, and she returned home. But as soon as the Harrison county board of health found {t out they sent the sheriff to her house, which is right near the beach, and Isolated, and threatened to impri8on and fine her, and declared the state boards had no right to admit her. Fearing to resort to extreme measures in her case, they stationed a guard of men, with shotguns, day and night, around her house, and allowed no ene to enter or leave the place for eleven days. By order of the county quarantine authorities, she was compelled to give up the keys to the post office and mail bags, and a man put in charge of the office, un- der no bond whatever, while she was under a heavy bond to the government. If this is not interfereing with the United States mails with a high hand, I would like to know what is. When she was finally re- leased they compelled her to pay the man $10 for his services. County Retaliation. “I saw one of Mobile's leading merchants, who had been in Atlanta for over thirty cays, and had the proper state health cer- tificate of Georgia, who received permis- sion from the Alabama health authorities to go to Birmingham, but before he got there one of the county quarantine officers arrested the old gentleman, put him tn con- finement and shipped him back to Atlanta on next train; and the only excuse the county officer gave him was that on some other occasion the state officers had not. recognized the county officers’ telegram, and he not now propose to recognize he state’s authority. could give you many amusing inci- Gents, but it would take up too much space. Now, just look at the railroads, with mil- ious of dollars invested, under a tremen- ous daily expense, compelled to lie almost idle, and in many cases to tie up entirely, and the express offices closed over a whole system of railroads. If the present system of so-called quarantine does not approach very close to anarchy, under the mask of law, then I don’t know the meaning of an- archy. SPeUh scui’ pciocea tat thave faite cats more railroads constructed, factories Built, or capital put into business enterprises in the south if this state of affairs is to keep up? The southern people are the ones to be most benefited by one good, conservative, capable system of quarantine, under the direction of one competent executive body.” ‘Mr. Dahigren, what is the sentiment re- the government taking entire con- trol of this question?” “I have Sone very copes tly in contact with many ing public men, prominent officials, influential merchants and well known physicians, all the ways trom Wash ington to seacoast of Mississippi and back, and can assert without fear of suc- ceasful contradiction that a majority of them favor the plan for the national government to assume control of the quar- a Jewelry for Gifts. ways mento of friendship, appropriate an ieeting. We get away the barrier of high prices ai the way easy to bay much for little. Initials other artic] 25e. Sterling Stiver Nail Files... ZC. 25e. Sterling Silver Paper ier: 2ic. 50c. Sterling Silver Files, Brushes, Botton Hooks, Hair Orlers, Shoe jorns. 9 wed on all sitver | and es 5 Soc. Siiver-trimmed Dress Combs., SIC. $2.25 Sterling siiver Hatr Brushes. 91.79 ‘98c. Sterling Silver Baby Brushes. 89c. We. Velvet and Bonnet Brushes, 6°70 sterling silver mounted.........---- ° $1.50 Sterling Silver Lavender salts § | 25 Bottles offered at.....-- ee pcre ct se rene 44c, 48c. 89c. €8e. Dresden Puff Boxes (in opal Jewel and royal blue ware) snd Soe. Bohemian Glass Jewel Cases.. 44C. 98c. Empire Fans......... — 89c. $1.25 Children’s Solid Gold Rings— 1, 2 and 8 opals. 93c. 25c., Children's Solid Gold Rings, 9-70 chased or ae . 25c. Four-leaf Clover Brooch Pins 9 5 ~ ise" Genuine “Alligator” Gombia . Genuine for tion Pocket Book and Card Cesc... 44C, 98, Set—Comb, Brush and Mirror QOe —white metal—for... e $1.48 pieces °$1.05 pi $1.75 Brush Toilet Goods as Gifts. 25e. boxes of Woodworth’s Per- fumes, 2 bottles in box * 2ic. R9c. bottles Imported Lavender DQc, Salts. ...6. 0.005 5 E 25e. bottle Violet Toilet Water: 2ic. 29c. Stlver-mounted Whisks. 2ic. 86e. Whisks in celluloid case. 25c. ruses and ‘Mirrors... 23c. 8c. Atomizers for. 49c. Umbrella Presents. = Initfals engraved free. $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00 : Gloria Silk Umbrellas—fancy wood, pearl and_ silver-trimmed. handles, steel rods, Paragon frame— ge ' ; ; 3 3 $2.50 and $3.00 Men's Taffeta, Sill Umbrellas, Steet Pods, cloes felling, silver-trimmed hamiles—& 1 OS fine natural for... Handkerchiefs&Neckwear 8c. Children’s Hemstitched Initial 5c. Handkerchiefs :for. .. . eo 12%c. Men's Pures Linen dered Initial Handkerchiefs, Oc. embroidered, foxy. yy-- o L . Ladies’ il-linen Hem- Oc. stitched Handi eater or re a id 01 o cd page! Handi 5c. 25 Ladies 91 lered,Scal Hematitched and Lal Es 4c. 7c. 25e. Boys’ av! or plaids, stripes apd gin colors. for. 2ic. 50c. Ladies’ al ind Net with accordion Jace ghds, fo * AAC, Stationery Specials. 25. b Re lis am Stationery—- oS gece Ta Neen gener “oe 15¢. Ib. tion Bord’” Writ?* Dlue-or-cream... 192. Paper, : Bee bones Of Inisit Lunenjand “Rayal Wedding nds fo the a box-all sizes 17c. Ib right as to 49c. Writing. Paper, po and 80 ‘to 120 ;gheets pound—for.... $1. Fountain Pen, guaranteed writing and returnable if not satis- factory. Special holiday sale price is: 45c.: SS86666—OOEee eee For holiday shoppers We offer from now to Christmas... Jewelry engraved free. ewelry boxed free. " Jmbrellas engraved free. Pocket Books marked free. Bibles marked free. Prayer Books marked free. Handkerchiefs boxed free. Gloves boxed free. $1.25 Gloves, 79c. Weill start now selling the holiday merchandise. Contrary to general belief the month of Christmas buying is by no means a time of “cakes and ale” for such a huge retail busi- ness as this. Every calendar day from now to Yuletide will be synonymous with anxiety and unceasing energy for the hundreds employed here. To the later-coming crowds of holiday shoppers, that high standard of store service we've always maintained must be rendered—and this means an extra army of helpers—hours of late re 1 P i Faclieh Walking Gloves—2. patent claspe— night toiling that end and begin again the following mornings. Brown ard pearl ted cu and titted vat "se risk. We intend forestalling these labor-laden days by drawing the SS eae eres aoe crowds NOW; by paying the heaviest of premiums for your patronage NOW_—tempting you with the most remarkable money-saving fig- ures on new and fresh holiday merchandise, adorning the thousand Gifts of beauty and utility With even lesser prices than greatest value givers. $2.25, $2.48, $2.75 and $2.98 Bureau Scarfs and Sets-- $ 1 .79 special . . Applique Dotted and Lot of Point d’Esprit, Plain Swiss, with lace and ribbon trimmnings— Peg and Sets offered at this holiday sale, Lace Attractions. you ever looked for from Washington’s 99 a jon **Quo Vadis Most popular book of the year. Only wee m illus- 68¢, trated; publishers’ (Little, Brown & Co.) price. 5 1Se. nnd 20c. Cream =4 lique Laces, for fancy woul All the new books come to the Marche. Bought in lots bi “ r “5 Book bargains ,,.231 rer rm crms ‘(a5 tien, Mache. Bourht in tte tie | Bani Mista ware" De. yard p to a “t""—that the other book stores sell, but priced fh fashion too abound here jar, fytmt the, ciner bepk, stores el the largest slice of book sell. ing. Today tells of the record low-price point attained even by ws. Judge from these factes A. Conan Doyle's Works—5 vols., pub. price, $3.75. Our price. .69c. Handsome and serviceable cloth binding. Chas. Dana Gibson's Drawings, “London Pictures;"* published at $5. Our price...... $2.98 inches Widerss.trnce, and write. 5 AAC, Holiday Ribbons. THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT ANI EST PRICES FOR FINE LASIK MATIN THE NEW SHADES GROS GRAIN. IN Al. TALLY ADAPIED FOR FANCY WORK. r’s Leather Stocking Tales, 5 cloth-bound books in the set, large pointe 75. Our pri Cooper did paper; the publisher's price, $3. ce. . a No. 1, regular price 2c. yard, for Ie. dozen yards, Macaulay's History of Engl Cooper's Sea Tales; same cloth bind- Xo. 1%, regular price 3c. yard, for 25c. Yols., clcth binding; publisher’ ing as the 1. cking edition, 69c dozen yards. Our price. oe oe - Xo. 2. regular price 30c. piece, for 19¢. 22, a 20c. pe ee ee . 40, regular price 25. . 8 ind , 200. yard. Pp yard, 3 inches . OO, regular B0e. c - ee eee yard, 4 inches Ss selling at 18c. (the usual and girls’ books, fiction, &c. The Dore Books, Dante's Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise, Bible Gallery, Milton's Paradise Lost. Large quarto edition, gold edges, Publisher's price, $2.50, for. Immense lot of fine Persian Stripe Check, Plaid and Plain and Watered Taffeta Ribbon, 2%. 4 and 4% inches colors, Ten Per Cent = Discount from marked prices of Oxfords and Bagster Bibles, Prayer Books and Hymnals, Catholic Prayer Books, Calendars, Christmas Cards, Diaries, and we stamp name free on all Bibles, Prayer Books and Diaries at $1 or over. all the ‘atest 35e. and 40e. Aprons and Knit Goods. Aprons—large 8c. 5c. White Aprons, with lace Anserting—tfor, $55 12'4c. S0e. Fancy Aprons—ribbon and lace “trimmed—for.. ° 44¢, 5c. Knit Fascinators—all colors for . z > 2ic. Holiday Books for Children, | "c=. 66c. 2c. | Infants’ and The 25e. ‘‘Henty"? Books for Boys (publisher's price, 50c.) for. ‘The “Elsie Books for Girls (pub- Usher's price, $1.25) for.............. 59c. 19c. |) 4c. and 5c. Story Books, with colored pictures... 12c. Book, “Night Before Christm: Ze. Children’s Goods. 7x9 Book Fairy Tales, illustrated, board back. . sessessnessesssee BEe ett, Infants’ Kid Shoes—tace and 21c 25e. Book, “Alice in Wonderland,” 8x10 inches, illugtrated, 85 pages.. 5 15c. pice nets i 4 25e. Story Books for Boys and Girls, handsome fllustrated backs, illustrations on every 19c. ee Dee cae . 44c. page, 196 pages... BS s 29. Infants’ White Sik Caps—tor ZIC. 25e. Infants’ Fine Cambric Sli embroidery trimmed— teres | An Engraved Plate with 50 Fine Cards attractively boxed. Engraving Orders should be placed early. sesesecee - 59c. $1.75 Infants’ Reprinting 50 Cards from your Plate, 30c. Angora trimmed. BON MAIRCHIE, 314-316 Seventh St.--314-316. Elderdown Coate— $1.33 Furs and Collarettes. "eageed Marten Collaret: 98 Real Ostrich 1g. yards foog, fort nner Bow $7.25 $1.98 Children’s Sets—collar and muft—Chinchilla, Stone Marten and $f 6 Opossum—for . s -69 a se eR RS Re De RS Re RS De Be Ee Eh De Be ee a ee ee TS See etestesteeetestestectecentectectetectectecectntectetectects i tem for the whole United States. tne Scllow fever epidemic in. the south fully demonstrates the urgent necessity for the consummation of such a plan. Look at the condition of affairs under the ex- isting conflicting regulations and opposing authorities. There is the national quaran- tine, very ably managed by Surgeon Gen- eral Wyman, assisted by an ee body of surgeons, all working in perfect harmony, to alleviate the sufferings of ane sick, to circumgcribe the spread of disease by judicious quarantine, and by safe and proper methods against infection, to keep the wheels of commerce from being stopped and the business-of the country from be- ing unnecessarily paralyzed; but at present their powers are so limited that the Ae sults are anything but satisfactory. Why? Well, the first obstacle is the state quar- antine authorities demanding supreme supervision under the old theory of “states rights;’ the next is the ‘county’ officials; ee next is the city, town and village official and then the independent shotgun brigad all claiming supremacy over the other. “Now, look at this spectacle! There are at present five distinct quarantine organi- zations, and what js necessarily the re- sult? Why, as every fair-minded sane man can see, the result is petty jealousies, eine flict of authority, diametrical opposition an chaos; and who are the sufferers and es tims of this dreadful, five-headed monster? The great majority of the people and the great commercial interests of the country are its victims.” Future Prospects. “Mr. Dahlgren, do you think there is lia- ble to be yellow fever next summer?” “Unless the marine hospital service takes hold right now and thoroughly disinfects and fumigates every infected place during the winter and is given proper GED be ve will have an early. outbreal ot fevers next sprirg, and if we do this year’s epidemic will be a pigmy beside it. think one of the first things Congress he Id do is to pass a very definite law on tnis subject and give entire control of all uuarantine matters to the United States merine hospital service, under a nations! quarantine law, giving it supreme author- ity in all ttmes of epidemic, whether it be yellow fever, smallpox, diphtheria, leprosy or any other infectious or contagious dis- eases. “| think the law sbould make the Presi- dent of the United ‘States, the Secretary of the Treasury and the surgeon general of the marine hospitakyveervice the. executive committee, vested with full power to act in all emergencies, and with ample funds at their command, : M#he people would have full confidence in such an executive body. “If this is done there will be no useless embargo put upon interstate commerce, cavsing millionstof dollars’ loss in a few months’ time, and stagnation of busi- Less throughout)thesbnion. “There will befthen a full corps of com- petent and expemienaed surgeons, ready at all times for duty, amd perfectly equipped camp outfits that-can be sent on short notice near any+infected locality for the safety and comfort af all those desiring to leave, who’ can1themsproceed, with proper health certificates, to any part of the coun- try with perfect-safety and thereby lessen the chances of lemic. “Then, if any ler is committed, or diseases get into the country or spread after getting in, the blame will be: put where it would rightly belong, upon the na- tional quaran' tine, iste will be held re- sponsible by the people. gots will be the aap a of ‘sa’ i ae health, property and commerce. Ww stop ail the rivalries, partialities and jeal- j beaedn of eal. the. usies of local of some of whom have this present epidemic. Southern People. Will Approve. “As regards the’ question of the ‘states | rights’ of police powér, I believe the large majority of the ,southern. people, and of the whole country, sees its folly in this matter end will demand its curtailment, for when these state, county, city and sliot- stal Masquerade under the Tune of state police power’ the calm, actions | in judgment of public opinion will no longer ccuntenance it, and by popular voice show its abuses and inadequacy, for in times of epidemics, where men of calmness and in- telligence under ordinary circumstances become wild with excitement, and lose their judgment, and when men of weaker natures become panic-stricken, fanatics and cruel, and life, health and commerce are sacrificed, it is indeed high time that the great majority of the people should call a halt on the further progress of this five- headed demon, and the government be ap- pealed to to take entire control of this quarantine question, under the U. S. ma- rine hospital service, and the other four should be wiped out af existence. “Then, besides this, the localities that may be afflicted are saved an enormous the country by reason of their freshness that epicures know at a glance whether or not the mushrooms served them are “home and the demand for them has grown so great that Farmer Blackmore is extending his peculiar “plant” by renting the adjoining barn and fixing up a lot of new beds, which will soon be bearing. + o+—____ JACK RABBIT PHILANTHROPY. with reference to particular examples. As regards the dances, Mr. Jacques had sim- ply to read a translation of notes by M. Bourgault-Ducoudray, who, {t may be said, is an authority upon both subjects within the scope of the program. A good many years have passed since this savant pub- lished the result of his studies in Greek popular music and gave to the world a volume which, we venture to say, has not been “weeded out” of any musician's it brary. Hardly Jess successful have been | his explorations among the now dead—or shall we say slumbering?—dances, the graceful but difficult exercises for loss of which waltzes, quadrilles and galops will never atone. All save one A Hunt in Kansas for the Benefit of New York’s Poor. Topeka Special to the New York World. The idea of having a jack-rabbit drive on the prairies of Kansas for the benefit of the poor in New York city was conceived Of the Greek songs sung by Miss Saint-Andre and Mr. Aramis were expense, and the people of Maine and Min-| by Gov. John W. Leedy. The governor has | taken from Mr. Bourgault-Ducoudray’s nesota are contributing their pro rata share | not much use for New York, and never | book, and by him accompanied. the jamge as Mississippi and Louisiana; but this is true reciprocity, for if business thrives in the south, the north, west and east indirectly feel its effects, and ulti- mately reap the benefits.”’ neglects an opportunity to ret: A few of the examp'es were illustrated, as = Ste aerate ett ap URE eemabiianas ear peeeea by Miss Sandrini, Sbuse of Kansas coming from that clty.| Who, in Grock, neon, The jack-rabbit-drive scheme was devised | of living pictures as" Sahoo ee gists after the governor had received an anony- | vases, ete. The dances in the second part mous letter from New York signed “Cato,” -S fei Fa ior CxCcedingginterest. co *5 z iss Sandrini, an artist of charming grace hed senor e — vote of Kansas for free | 319 refinement, gave examples of the Pa- un added: vane, Courante, Bourree, Sarabande and ‘In other words, a majority of your popu- | many other forms, to the great gratifica- lation voted to swindle their creditors. No| tion of all present. A second recital will state with a majority of decent, self-re- | take place November 5. spectibg Peopie would have elected a man —2o+—___ of your stamp as governor. I can well] “Want” ads. in Th deca infer thet you are good enough for Kansas. | they bring cae ead re You people are hke the frog in the fable and as dishonest as ignorant.” “I am going to teach New York a lesson,” Gov. Leedy said to Private Secretary Ed. Little. I propose to hold New York up to the scorn aid contempt of the country.” Gov. Leedy communicated his plan to other populists, and they regarded it as a good thing. The ratbits captured are to be shipped to New York in freight cars, each car labeled with a horrible tale of the suf- ferings in the national metropolis. It is believed the bounty the law permits county commissioners to pay for rabbit scalps will be sufficient to pay the freight on the entire lot. Gov. Leedy’s idea is to send a whole trainload, but hunters say it would not be possible to capture that many. “Of course,” said Gov. Leedy, “we won't be able to appease all the hunger of New York, but if we can only give a few thous- and of New York's cast-off children a square meal for Christmas it will help some. Kansas, with her abundant harvest, can spare New York her jack-rabbits, and have plenty besides to support the waifs which New York sends here every year to be cared for and educated by the people she traduces. God will bless Kansas for relieving so far as possible the pauperism of New York and will damn New York for making pauperism possible.” ——— American Colleges, From the Boston Transcript. The number, large and small, of educa- tional institutions in the United States as- piring to the name of college is far greater than any one would imagine who has not specially investigated the subject, and it is fair to say that some of the smaller and newer ones are doing equally good work with their elders. According to last year’s statistics (1896) there were 476 “universities and colleges of liberal arts” in the United States. Of these, Ohio has the largest number of any one state, Illinois, 31; Missouri, 30; Pennsylvania, : New York, Iowa and Tennessee, 23 each; Kansas, 18; Indiana and Kentucky, 15 each; California, 16; North Carolina and Texas, 13 each; Michigan and Minnesota, 11 each; Ne- braska, Maryland, Wiscopsin and Georgia, 10 each; Massachusetts, Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina, 9 each. In the total number of stugents, l- linois leads with 1: ; Ohio comes next with 12,806, and New York third with 11,- 615. Massachusetts has a total of 6,244, and Pennsylvania 9,048.-The otder and best known institutions are: Harvard, Cambridge, Mass.; Yale, New Haven, Conn.; Princeton, Princeton, N. J.; Dart- mouth, Hanover, N. H.; Brown, Provi- dence, R. I.; Cornell, Ithaca, N. ¥.; Colum- bia, New York city; Amherst, Amherst, Mass.; William and Mary College, Will- jamsburg, Va.; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; Johns Hopkins, Balti- more, Md., and others. —_—-.—__ THEY SHOT HIS PETs. They Were Rats Trainea y a Bar~ slar in Trenton Prison. Trenton Special to the World. George Pytzel, a burglar serving a twen- ty-year sentence in the New Jersey state prison, sits in his cell tonight weeping be- cause his pet rats were killed by the keep- ers. For years Burglar Pytzel and his pet rat: haye been an attraction to visitors to the prison, He found the old cook house in- fested with the pests when he was set to work there, but soon he had Mushroom Farmer of Chicago. The populist papers have taken up the| he decided they should be shot. And the rabbit-drive scheme, and are advocating | man who loved them was commanded to ‘From the Chicago Chronicle. it seriously as a means of revenge upon | call them forth for the slaughter. He beg- In a two-story brick barn back of a hand- | New York for the mean things which New | ged that his especial favorite, whom he had some residence on Wabash avenue near 3ist | Ycrkers have said about Kansas. nam wy py might = ss i n tolls every morning at one of SILLS Gece EE he is a great comfort to me,” he plead- street a mai : GREEK Po: MUSIC. ed. “Indeed, sir, as much a pet to me as is the most pecuhar callings of the many by PULAR ‘. your pet Please do not kill her, even which Chicago people pile up money. The if you have to kill all the others.” barn is dark and damp and.the interior is eee and the others were shot at filled with strange boxlike structures piled one above the other and filled with warm, damp earth. There are narrow aisles between for the There are very few articles that cannot tel mortgage to file, and, looking over ft dirt he ks through the Sifa nesreeenar tail! "be sece that he list of articles, they found a cat, they were wants. Then he reaches in with the long Destectty < Sueetountea.: ‘Chey. ony. they, stick, which has a sharp ve . mort- and spears the objeot of hia search. Tr is oN i Ee re small and white and when he draws it for- mortgage was given ‘Charles Arnold to ward he J. Claus, and it is to say what would be done if the cat ron away. in Chicago, ant hair acres of mushroom Abies on nee eee The Saturday Star ing he removes-about fifty BY