Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1897, Page 13

SATISFYING SIGHTS |:2"%. tc gc Suara sity [CONGRESSMEN IN TOWN [3 s4s4sroroeroroeoecrorororororors orator or ar oFOroNSIoS SIGHTS Don Cameron’s Chrysanthemums and the Pennsylvania Steel Works. A DESCRIPTION OF THEM BOTH Wonderful Scenes at Night in Mills and Furnaces. ——— INTERESTING COMPARISONS Stal Correspondence of The Evening Star. HARRISBURG, Pa., December 11, 1897. Pennsylvania's capital, like all the other cities of the state, is disfigured and life made precarious for its citizens by an Overhead trolley system of street railroads. All the business thoroughfares and many of the residence streets are given up to them and the avenues would be occupied, too, if they were wide enough. But Har- risburg’s avenues are really its alleys. One would think that Strawberry avenue ‘was a wide and attractive thoroughfare upon hearing it spoken, but the fact is that it is just about as wide as that alley which ppens on Pennsylvania avenue, north side between 14th and 15th streets. All the other “avenues” here are of about the game width. This, however, is a diver- nce. There are two companies in con- trol of the trolley lines which extend far into the suburbs to outlying towns on both sides of the Susquehanna, and the cars of each are equally noticeable for un- cleanliness and bad odors. It is horrible to relate a common custom of some of the men who patronize them. There is a law forbidding spitting on the floor, so the in- dividuals in question, and I’ have seen them so frequently that I know it is a custom, expectorate tobacco juice in the small opening back of the seats, where the blinds and windows rest when they are pulled down! And the conductors never say a word. There is one excellent point about the system, however, and that is the transfer arrangements. Passengers can £0 from one line to another at many different Junctions and a ride of nearly ten miles is obtainable for a nickel. Don Cameron’s Chrysanthemums. One trolley car trip out-of Harrisburg is particularly interesting to a visitor. This is to Steelton, four miles east of Harris- burg, where the immense plant of the Pennsylvania steel works is located. After leaving the city limits on this journey one may stop off at Lochiel farm, near the town of that name, and spend a pleasant hour. Lochiel farm is one of the places belonging to ex-Senator Cameron. It is baronial in its aspect as seen from the road which skirts the base of the rugged eminence upon which the comfortable frame mansion is built. A massive stone wall incloses the park-like grounds, and at either end is a gateway from which wide roadways of pulverized stone, as smooth as asphalt, surmount the hill un- der great oaks and spreading spruces. ‘Above the steeps are grassy lawns smooth as velvet, beautifully kept as is everything g@bout the place. On the summit, some distance from the mansion, are several conservatories. It is here the sightseer may revel in beauty and secure much interesting instruction. We have chrysanthemum shows in Wash- ington, but for elegance and rarity the Cameron conservatories would be difficult to equal. Two large conservatories were devoted to their cultivation this year and when I was there a few days ago they presented a most magnificent appearance. Probabiy a thousand plants embracing a hundred or more varieties were in luxur- iant bloom. They were all distinguished by particular names. There was the Mrs. George Pullman, a bright pellow; the Shenandoah bronze, a striking bloom; the Major Boniface, a rich yellow; the Helen Bloodseod, an exquisite pink; the Camiile d@’Arville, very large white flowers; the Mrs. Drexel, with great crimson hjooms, and on thrifty standards eight feet high hung a mulitude of the Prince of Ch anthemums, nine cr ten inches in diame- ter. In the other conservatories were vio- lets in rich array and cholce roses and orehids, and the fern house contained seemingly every variety, from the great ferns of the tropic to the delicate maiden hair. The hot houses contained tomatecs znd cucumbers, and in one a pomegranate was bearing fruit. Mr. Cam- eron s¢liom favors Lochiel, how ferring his other magnificent pi egal, about twenty miles from here. American Enterprise Hlustrated. Leaving Lochiel the trolley car whirls ore to Sieelton in snort order. It is a long frame town, climbing steep hills that rise from the 1 along which the main street runs. There are many at- tractive residences on the heights, and the to is improving. The plant of the Pennsylvania steel works parallels the town and occupies an area across the canal a mile and a quarter long and from @ quarter to three-eighths of a mile wide, While not so stupendous as the Carnegie works 2t Homestead, the works at Stcel- ton present a panorama of remarkable activity and bewildering interest. The first impression on crossing the ea bridge is one of immensity and power. You are confronted with evidence of real American enterprise. Everything is on a large seale. Car. tracks crowded with cars loaded with Michigan ore run wecncer high piles of the same salmon- 2 rock, so heavy that a compara- 1 piece is hard to lift. Long lines of cars are piled high with coke, and on narrow-gauge lines that seemingly run everywhere dinkey engines puff along with cauldrons of boiling metal on great molds full of the same stuff in a more congealed state. The enormous buildings surmounted by a forest of smoke si give out a thunder of sound, and on either band the great furnaces belch forth fire and smoke as they digest the ore and as- similate the iron. It is at night when the visitor receiv the greatest pleasure and most memorable enjoyment. Fireworks Extraordinary. ‘The nes in the great workshop where the Be mer process is carried on would Yequire the brush of a Dore to depict. Such fireworks have ne those which been created as constantly play in and about this spet. From the huge stack that sur- mounts the building there is a ceaseless column of fire stars rising high in the air, to fall like a fou the one holds his breath i Believers in the phys of future puris idea of w’ minutes e at it will cor y in the Be y could from read- xteenth century descriptions for years. Without intending any irreverence, I thought while gazing on the Stupendous circle that in these days of Object lessons it would be an admirable place to bring Sunday school excursions. The fires from the hot metal that fly out in all directions in all fantastic shapes show as mary colors as a rainbow, only a thousand times more vivid. Startling greens, deep violets, intense blues, minzle and mix. and the color study is something exquisite. The practical part of it is no less en- tertaining. A very simple looking contri- vance like an enlarged pair of iceman’s tongs hang down over an immense pot full of spluttering. seething metal about of the consistency of soup, and picks it up as if it were a gallon bucket of milk. Then @ journey is made with it for several yards and the cauldron Js overturned into a mold. The night I was there the work was on steel rails for the Pennsylvania railroad and the Metropolitan Traction Company of New York. ‘Two Men and Machinery. Ingots were cast seventeen inches in di- ameter and about five feet long, weighing 4,500 pounds each. When tey were suffi- ciently haréened they were taken to the biooming mill. Here two men, manipulat- ing machinery, handled them as easily as two children would handie fence palings. One of the men was perched high in the @ir in a little watch box sort of an ar- Fangement, built on the cross section of Gn electric crane. When the time for op- erations arrived he began to manipulate @ series of lever’, and was at once sur- rounded by flashes of electricity. The rane dropped down the ice-tong hooks ing © thousand mentioned above and grasped one of the ingots. It looked like molten gold. Swifttly the man worked his levers and the crane came rapidly forward and deposited the giowing mass on a series of cylinders. Then the other man proceeded to get in his work. He stood between two handles that looked for all the world like plough handles. He pushed down one and the cylinders began to revolve carrying the immense mass of metal to a large iron cylinder poised above the carrying cylin- der. This cylinder had grooves in it of various widths. One handle was ma- nipulated and the ingot went under the big roller, passing out on the other side with a siss like a great sigh of relief. It was visibly changed in dimensions. It ran out on the cylinders on the other side and then came back to the roller with a rush and returned to its starting,place, changed again in length and thickness. ‘Then a remarkable thing occurred. The man worked the handles in rotation and that two-ton piece of steel hopped around like a match. It was turned over and then sent back and forth under the roller until it was sent running away on a set of narrow cylinders, having been rolied out to thirty feet in length and seven inches in diameter. The whole operation from electric crare to the steel rail mill, where the piece was to be made into seven rails thirty feet long, required three minutes. I followed one of the pieces on its journey. a few yerds away it was run under a guillo- tine sort of a machine and was cut into seven lengths as easily as if it were cheese. Picturesque Scenes. The furnaces were next visited and the weird beauty of the scenes there were nothing short of magnificent, and the im- pressions gained from the interior were heightened when on departing I looked back. The huge cupolas and the dim out- lines of the buildings gave a close resem- blance to some old mediaeval castle in the darkness and from the openings at the roof and up and down the sides came a glow of rosy light that made the picture beauti- ful beyond words to express. A more satisfying night could not be spent or one more instructive. The works are now running full time in all depart- ments and I had an interesting conversa- tion with Mr. H. H. Campbell, the ‘superin- tendent of the works. I asked him how many more men were employed this year as compared with the same period last year. “That is not the question to put,’ replied Mr. Campbell pleasantly. ‘You see, we do not discharge our men when work is slack, but furlough them. Their names remain on the rolls. I can tell you, however, how much more money is being paid in wages. We now have about 4.900 men employed. During September and October of this year the money paid out in wages was about 33 per cent more than for the corresponding mofhths last year. For the first half of ..0- vember, compared with the first hai of that month in 1896, the amount was about 50 per cent more.” Wonderful Increase of Output. “What was the comparative output of steel for the three months of September, October and November last year and this?” I inquired. Mr. Campbell drew forth a table of fig- ures and made a brief examination. He showed me that in the months of Septem- ber, October and November, 1896, the pro- duction of Bessemer steel was 10,497 tons, and of open hearth steel 20,634 tons, a total of 31,131 tons and an average production per month of 10,377 tons . For the same three months of this year the production of Bessemer was 38,169 tons and of open hearth 41,035, a total of 79.204 tons, and an average per month of 4 tons. “To what do you attribute that great in. crease?” I inquired of Superintendent Campbell. “To the generally improved conditions of the country, owing to the good crops of this year,”’ was his reply, “and a return of confidence. The railroads are improving their plants and the farmers their ma- chinery, wagons and such things. We are making rails for the Pennsylvania road which weigh 100 pounds to the yard. They are sixty feet long and each rail weighs 0) pounds. We are also supplying the rails for the slots of the new underground electric system of the Metropolitan Trac- tion Company of New York. Rather in- teresting orders are two we have been fill- ing for several months past. They are for 500 tons together of steel bars to be used for the manufacture of wagon and carriage springs. They are furnished to two par- ties. Mr. Campbell is a young man, and I no- ticed in the offices where the brain of the great thing is situated that young men predominated to a very great degree. CLUSKEY CROM\. —~LL. > A PECULIAR PARTY, The Sad Results of Various Kinds of Heating. From the Chicago Ne nes girl in the Russian blouse had tears es when she greeted Howell Van er Gibbon. “Goodebening,” said Howell, “’ow are you donidt?” “Berfectly biseerable!’ gasped she. never ‘al such a gole “Der I,” said Howell. “P: ayly cried the girl in the pink waist. ought to live in a steam- the way I do and then you We never have any heat and therefore we become col proof. When the fire goes out we don't notice it, and when cold weather comes, as it now, we sit with the windows open and fan ourselv “You heated flat would never catch cold. Howeil. “You are as bad as those infernal volks who regom- mend ice-gold blunges every borning.” The giri in the pink waist sat stock still “I have a new idea!” she cried = “Oh da you ’aven't!" Howell said vicious- ly. “It's the same old one and you gan't work it off on us!” “I shail give a party,” she went on ex- citedl, ind only people who have colds will be asked—which means every one, this week. I'll manage to get one myself by that time. There will be a prize for the hoarsest voice and one for the reddest nose. The person who sneezes the most times during the evening also gets a prize and the person who never once says ‘I don’t see where I got this wretched cold’ will have the booby prize. The girl whose hands are the most chapped will get a big bottle of cold cream tied with pink ribbon and the other prizes will consist of cough troches in satin boxes and camphorated oil cu glass bottles. Perhaps I'll give porous pla ters done up in silver pape violets stuck through the litile round holes. Each person must bring written out his ure for a cold and a committee out the best one and it will be served immed y after supper. As no one can taste an g when he has a cold supper might as well ndwiches and hot wa- is terrible s in the most glowing terms will et a prize. The s belle of the evening and hot lemon- and whisky sling: ill be served be- n all the acts. Will you come?’ “Geme? Of gourse aid the girl in the Russian blouse. “It's beautiful, isn't id, "Owell?” “It's an idspiration! said Mr. Gibbon, bette “I'll helb you wride the idvida- ons. ——_+ e+ _____ Moving Up in the Street Cars. From the Philadelphia Record. Snyder, the calculating barber, has been figuring again. It seems that he had an afternoon off on Thursday, and in journey- ing to Kensington in a trolley car to see his best girl was compelled to change his pesiticn on the seat three or four times to make room for other passengers. “It's a nuisance, this sliding up and down in street cars,” said Snyder, last night. “Did you ever stop to think how much energy is wasted in that way? Every time you move to make room for somebody else you edge along perhaps six inches. Every time yon travel in the cars you have to move three or four times. Call it three—that makes e‘ghteen inches. Something like 250,000,000 people Pode in the trolleys. lest year. If only half of them, or 125,000,000, were seat- ed. they siid up and down to the extent of 2.250,000,000 inches, or about 35,511 miles. Now, if all this energy had been expended by one man he could, in the course of a year, have slid around the earth, with over 10,000 miles to spare. Does the razor hurt?” ———-- see It matters little what it Is that you want —whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in Star will reach the person who can fill your THE EVENING jp ee were Se MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1897—16 PAGES. CONGRESSMEN IN TOWN Senators. The names of senators who have reached the city are given below, with their ad- dresses: Aldrich, N. W., R.L, Arlington. Allen, Wm. V., Neb., 320 Del. ave. n.e. Allison, W. B., Iowa, 1124 Vermont ave. Bacon, A. O., Ga, 1757 Oregon avenue. Baker, Lucien, Kan., 1629 19th st. n.w. Bate, W. B., Tenn., Ebbitt. Berry, J. H., Ark., Metropolitan. Burrows, Jultus tare eTanr 1404 Mass ave. Butler, M., N. C., 1711 Q’'st. n.w. Caffery, Donelson, La., 2110 O st. Cannon, F. J., Utah, the Auburn. Carter, Thos. H., Mont., 1432 gorecasaa! st. Chandier, W. E., N. H., 1421 I st. Chilton, H., ‘Texas, Varnum. Clark, C. D., Wyo., 1000 22d st. Clay, Ar S., Ga., Varnum. - Cockrell, F. M., Mo., 1518 R st. Cullom, 8. M. ‘TL, 1413 Mass ave, Daniel, John W. Va, 1700 19th st. Di 1428 Mass. ave. AE Ky. Ebbitt. Elkins, Me By W. Va., 1626 K st. Fairbanks, C. W., Ind., 1900 Mass. ave. Faulkner, Chas. J., W. Va., the Shoreham. Foraker, J. B., Ohio, the Arlington. Frye, W. P., Maine, The Hamilton. Gallinger, J. M., N. Gear, J. N., Towa, The Portland, Gray, G., Del H., Elsmere. 1431 K st. nw. Md., 1432 K st. Hale, E., Maine, 1001 16th st. n.w. Hanna, M. A., Ohio, the Arlington. Hansbrough, Hf. C., N. D., 2033 Fla. ave, Harris, W. A., Kan., 1016 13th st. Hawley, Jos. R., Conn.,.1741 G st. Heitfeld, H., Idaho, 00i_N. C. ave. n.e, Hoar, G. F., Mass., 1417 K street. Jones, J. K., Ark., 915 M st. Jones, J. P., Nev., Chamberlin’. Kenny, R. R., 1122 Vermont ave. Kyle, J. H., 8. D., 216 North Capitol st. Lindsay, Wm., Ky., Cochran. Lodge, H. C., Mass., 1765 Mass. ave. Mallory, 8. B Fla., 210 North Capitol. Martin, 'T. a., 1435 K st. nw. Mason, W,B Til, 1423 Chapin st: McBride, G. W., Oregon, 1 B street n.e. McEnery, S. D., La., Metropolitan. McLaurin, J. L., 8. C., 501 B street n.e, McMillan, James, 1114 Vermont ave. Mills, R. Q., Texas, 1746 S street. Mitchell, Jno. L., Wis., 32 B st. ne. Morgan, Jno. T., Ala., 315 4% st. n.w. Murphy, Ed., jr., N. ¥., 1701 K st. n.w. Morrill, Justin’S., Vt., 1 Thomas circle. Nelson, Knute, Minn., 649 East Capitol st. Pasco, 'S., Fla., Metropolitan. Perkins, G. C. al., RIEES. Pettigrew. RF. Penrose, Pettus, E. W., Platt, 0. H., Conn Arlington. Platt, T. C.,, N. Y., Arlington. Pritchard, J. C., N. C., 3323 M st. nw. Proctor, Bedficld, 5 L st. ° Quay, M. S., Pa., 1612 K street. Rawlins, J. L., Utah, Portland. Roach, Wm. N., N. D., 1317 Yale st. Sewell, W. J., N. J., Normandie. Shoup, G. L., "Idaho, Normandie. Smith. J., dr. N. Arlington. Spooner, J. C. Wi . 1721 R. I. ave. Stewart, Wm. fev., 8 Dupont circle. Tillman. B. R., S. C., the Varnum. Teller, H. M., Col., 1431 R. I. ave. Thurston, J. M. Turley, T. B., Tenn., Turpie, David, ae Walthall, E. c., Mis: Warren, F. E., Wyo. Wellington, G. L., ., Raleigh. Ebbitt. ‘Varnum. , Cairo. "1848 W: yoming ave. Md., Normandie. Wetmore, G. P. R. I., 1609 K street. White, S. M., Cal., Normandie. Wilson, Jno. L., Wask., the Cairo. Wolcott. E. 0.. Col., 1221 Conn. ave. Vest, G. G., Mo., 1204 P st. n. Representatives. Representatives have arrived and are lo- LOPE D AOA AD ADD ADO AOD Gf DhOPD ADORED AOE POO IO HCOHS OHO HE ea Acheson, E. F., Pa., 217 North Capitol. Adams, Robert, jr. Adamson, W. C., Ga., 131 C st. s.e. Alexander, D. S., N. ¥., the Concord. Allen, J. M., Miss., 100 B st. n.c. Arnold, W.'C., Pa., the Varnum. Bailey, J. W., Texas, the Riggs. Baird, S. T., La., Wellington Hotel. Baker, Wm. B., Md., 215 N. J. ave. nw. Ball, T. H., Texas, the Varnum. Bankhead, J. H., Ala., —. Barham, J. Barter, I. A Barlow, C. A. 8. the Albany. OES A., Cal., the Ebbitt. A. Md., 10 B st. ne. Cal, 303 B st. ne, ee a ea Barney, Wis., the Wellington. Barrett, W. E., Mass., the Hamilton. Bartholat,, R., ‘Mo:, the Congressional. Bartlett, C te Ga., the Riggs. Beach, C. B., Ohio, ae Shoreham. R. POO ; : t a2 “Another of Mertz cca Mertz’s grand dollar-saving offerings for ‘the men folks for five consecutive days- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Almost every day : hew and interesting buying mews arises here to make our store a great saving attraction---and this time it’s a most extraordinary bargain sale of trousers and a big value-getting occasion in coats and vests. 5 to-measure _ Trousers. You doubtless know what shapely and splendidly fitting Trousers we make. These will be that kind—irre- é spective of the extraordinary low price. The Cloths are All-wool, the kind the sheep furnishes—and they're nobby Medium and Dark Stripe ef- fects—lots of excellent kinds for gen- eral wear and many dressy enough for Sunday wear—patterns that you'll certainly get suited from—and they'll please you or we'll willingly give better get in for one of $21.50 Full Dress Suits io wo a} a Coat and Vest to gd with the great values in Trousers mentioned—and we've arranged to serve such buyers with this $8.87 Coat that, when combined with the trous- ers, will make two of the greatest twin tailoring bargains that has come your way for many a day. clude fine wearing Worsteds and Thibets, and we'll a a By the way, you had your order those while they last. your money back. Don’t confound these Cloths with Cotton Backs, so many of which are on the market-- and let us say that, as in this instamce, where there are enough goods to meet the great selling. of five days--Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sa turday-= a choive and it’s unnecessary to emphasize that early buyers will get the choicest pick. Belk Hugh the Portland, =F 2 Belden, J 4 * Hiit, Robt. R., 1507 K_ st. Belford, J. Hopkins, Willard’s. Bee Jno. c., oi pnner, Geo. the Normandie. Bentan M 216 A st. s.e. Berry, A. ‘Ky. ‘oo the W. ellingt ngham, H. H., Pa., 1019 Conn. A st. n.e. Capitol st, st Capitol. Capitol st. ave. Routelle, Boute the Arlington, Ohio, Ebbitt. 30 Columbia road. Y., —. the Elsmere. 7 Q st. nw. the Varnum. 310 E. Capitol st. 1623 H st. mw. Willard’s. Campbell, Cannon, J. A B., Chic ering, o Ky. jarnum. » Towa, Ebbitt. Clarke. F. G., N. H., La Normandie. Clark, 8. M., Towa, the Ebbitt. Cochran, A.V. 8.,.N. Y., the Hamilton. Cochran, C. F., Mo. 1421 Q st. n.w. Codding, J."H.,"Pa., 1418 Hopkins place. Colson, Connolly, J. A., Cooney, Jas., Mi the Regent. , the Shoreham. ; the Hamilton. Ebbitt. , the Metropolitan. the Colonial. , Iowa, the Shoreham. S., Mo., the Ebbitt. Lacy, J Landis, Cha Lanbam, Littauer, L. Little, iia ston els . Philip Loud Lybrand, A., Ohio, Hamiltol 1340 T st. We Md. ave. me. n.W. - iret nn. s, Freeman, o. FE. dD. Towa, Siox ind T . B., 240 N. Ca Na ‘a., the Cairo. C., 915 H st. n.w. , the Alban J. 8, Ar fo. C the Raleigh. the National, ensloger, ic. N. J. Maddox,, J. W., Ga oe Mahany, R. B., N. Y., Pa., the eae 1008 N st. n.w. Mase, . 182 pyenmene av, RW. Cowherd, W. an, T., jr., N. J. 1310 I st. n.w. Cox, N. N., Tenn., the Varnum. an, B., Tenn., Normandie. Cranford, J. W., Texas, 222 eo ge nw. a, T. Ga, Ark., the Metropolitan. Crump, R. a Mich. 521 B si Maeshall, Geo. A., Ohi Capitol st. Crumpacker, E. Wi filard’ ‘Ss. Me —— D., io, N st. new. Cummings, A. aly —. Me! . David H., Net Ps. Curtis, Chas., Kan., Curtis, Geo. M., Daizell, Jno., Pa., Danford, Davison, 1631 R st. nw. the Cairo. H. ave. Tow: s., Mitchel, J. M. 1503 Roanoke st. Davidson, J. H., “Wi ree 1420 15th st. n. w. Moody, W. H., Davis, R. W Fila. the National. Jno. A., Tenn,, 416 6th st. Y. Davey, R. C., La., the Metropolitan. Page, Minn., 704 14th st. nw. Dayton, A. W. Va., the Varnum. Northway, pails the mee DeArmond, D. A., Mo., the Varnum. Norton, J 3B st. DeVries, M, Cal, 1623 H st. n.w. Dingley, N., Me., the Hamilton. Dinsmore, H. A, Ark., Dockery, A. M., Dott Dorr, Dovenor, B. B., W. 1811 K st. n.w. Mo., Willard’ the Hamilton. Grant place. J. P., Towa, Gb iC: No: oe Ke eee “Ohio, Qupurae: Tas E. Motropollian. ¥., 1428 K st. n.w. Wyo..826 1ith st. nw. x thf 03 Oxford. B ff ave. Pag SERAZtH st. nw, "gre, Dovenor, B, B., W. Va., the Varnum. Ws ee has ie N st. n.w. Eddy, F. M., Minn., 1822 Columbia road. yne, S. ©. <Q st. nw. Elliott, Wm., 8. C., the Normandie. fom Nio’ e ng aati. Ermentrout, D., Pa., the Regent. son, Richmond aY . 4B st. ne. Epes, Sidney P., ee the Colonial. Perkins, Geo. D., Jowsr ie Hamilton. Faris, Geo. W., » 208 A st. s.e. Peters, Mason S., ;Kansy 1013 G st. nw. Ferguson, H. B., N. M., 297 N. Jv ave. se. Pitney, MN se Fenton, L. J., Ohio, the Varnum. Plowman, T. S., Adpiy 205 A st. s.e. Fitzgerald, J. F., Mass., the Wellington. Powers, H. H., Vp, the Rises House. Fieming, W. H., Ga., Cairo. W1., .1990 Columbia road. e Fletcher, Loren, Minn., the Richmond. Foss, Geo. E., Ill, 1033 H street n.w. Fowier, C. N., 1406 16th st. n.w, Fowler, J. E., "N. C., St. James. Fox, A. F., Miss., 52 B st. ne. Gaines, Jno. W., "Tenn... 826 14th st. n.w. Gibson, H. A., Tenn., 1527 I street n.w. Gillett, F. H., 'N. ¥.,. ‘916 15th st. new. Gillett, C. W., se the Hamilton. .. 1502 Vermont ave. n.w. £ iL, Grosvenor, C. H., Ohio, the Cochran, Grow, Galusha A., Pa, Willard’s. Grout, W. W., Vt., the Arlington. Gunn, James, Idaho, 120 4th st. sve. Hager, A. L., Iowa, Portland Flats. Hamilton, Edward L., Mich., “. Prince, ‘Geo. W. Po Shafreth, J. F., Col., 1463 Kenesaw Shattuc, W. B., Ohio, the Cochran, Sheldon, C. D., Mi Settle, FE. E., Ky., the Wellington. Sheidon, C. D,, Mich., the Colonial. Showalter, J. B,, Penn., 1002 East Capitol st. Simpkins, John, Mas, the ‘ATb: Thany. 38 Apgre circle. NY. Reeves, Walter, ite a Towa Circle. Rhea, Jno. S., Richardson, Jas. Tain. Rixey, Jonn ¥., V& Robbins, E. E., Pa.,'theiCochran. Robinson, Wy M. 1103 Gth st. n.w. B st. ne. Indy R st. nw. itt. the Hamilton, Sauerhering, B., Wis, the Wellington Sayers, J. D., Texas, the Riggs. ch., —. Handy, Is E, Dels ~—— Simpson, Jerry, Kan., $10 °T st. n.w. Harmer, A. C., Pa., 1289 Vermont ave. Sims, T. W., denn. the Varun. Hartman, C. 8. Ment, 1710 Oregon ave. | Slayden, J. Bea," HESS pata Skinner, Harry, e Hay, Jas, Va. t09" ‘Vath st. nw. Smal, at be 4 ae Bpbitt. Heatwole, J. P., Mi indie, Henry, E. ‘s., Conn., 1421 K st. n.w. Henry, C. L., Ind., 1817 16th st. nw. Henry, Patrick, Miss., 1308 R st. n Henry, R. L., Texas, the Wellington. Hepburn, W. P., lowa, 1124 E: Capitol st. Hinrichsen, W. H., Il., 1014 Mass. ave. n.w. Hill, E. J., Conn., the Hamilton. Southwick, Geo. N,, Sparkman, 8. Af, aa peed! Srert Sprague, Chas. F. Stallings, Jesse F., Hie cated as follows: Reed, T. B., Speaker, the Shoreham. . RN. Mo SiC ‘ aig. Geo., Mich., ee lith st, n.w. ny, ND. Conn. at isa Rens — entirely satisfied with the fit. See Our Great Window Display. Mertz and Mertz, ‘New Era” Tailors, 906 F Street N. W. the oe 220 N. J. ave s.e. San a the Normandie. . ne - ave. vermont Ohio, the Cochran. Congressional Heh Whee ler, Cc. Wheeler, Jos.., Williams, Jno. liams, M he Wellington. 2 1. Capitol st. .. Metropolitan. the Cochran. the Riggs. pitol st. THE ANIMAL TRAINER'S SECRET. Constant Watchfulness the Essential of His Success. From the Londen S| With the rise of the circus clement in menageries has come an additional demand for th aming” and training of wild and domestic” animals. The trainer is not al- ways the performer. There is no better proof of his success than when some one else can enter the cage and take his place, as when Madame Baptistine Pezon, when Lér husband fell ill, put on the costume he vsed in performances, and put the lions through their tricks, he demeanor of the animals themselves, when lions, tigers or leopards perform, is often evidence of the method, whether cruel or kind, employed first in taming and later in teaching them. A correspondent of the Globe, recounting the history of the famous dompteur, Jean- Baptiste Pezon, states that lions are often tamed like hawks, by deprivation of sleep, but accempanied by plentiful feeding. It very doubtful whether English trainers are cruel to animals. Mr. Sanger makes following ingenuous defense of his pro- “T have trained everything in the he writes, “from the child to the elephant, and I would like to deny the ierous things that have been written First ctator. | by inexperienced people, and to correct the idea of the ignorant, that everything be- lcitging to circus life must be carried on by the arm of terror and cruelty. There may be isolated cases; but the people of my profession, I 9m proud to say, have the feelings of fathers and mothers. With re- gard to the training of children, the care and interest bestowed in the teaching of arduous tricks are really an education and the perfection of humanity; and with re- gard to the training of horses, a bit of sugar or a carrot is far more efficacious and more often used than the whip.” But horses are not wild beasts: and Pezon ad- mitted that he never dared to take his eyes off those of his lions until he contrived to have some -highly charged electric wires between them and him. White bears are almost too dangerous to train at all, Some appeared in Hagenbeck’s last sale cata- Icgue; but even Pezon was nearly killed by one, and retired from training after the ac- cident. His Soleaeuee a the ice were claimed that sang and courage the main qualities in the success of the dompteur, and that the animals felt first surprise, then astonishment, and lastly fear of the man who did not fear them. But the highest class of “lion tamers” have qualities other than mere courage, part be- ing no doubt an almost magnetic intuition of the working of the creature’s mind, and the power of conveying impressions to the animal and engendering confidence. The pep pt ic instance c! was the classic tamer savage anil posse St ter a Niet Gagtes, ‘for he began vrses and savage bulls In the village of horses and savage bull Lozere. ‘omen are more canning In eonceal- Ing grey Sat nd Solinees, sod ae wlaee Uh ae The Real Tolstot. From the Chap Book, It has often been said, eey sia, that Tolstoi, while preach and poverty, lives in hixury hi M. Teherikoff (his sec con) declares to be a mistake. ed over his property to his and she manag le of Russ! t disbelie jally in Rus- ig simplicity Lon- Tolstoi hand- fe many years the house in the ordi- of th er in her hi a cuest in his wife's ouse, mself to his rian diet, Ss own room, helps his neighbors to plow sow their seed, or else he fuel cr making t the Tand Ss ine reserving six hours of the day for writing. Istol's two oldest daughters nelp him ng out his work # spondence, a paid secrets contrary to Tolste! - toward money . but they are and printed copies are y y being smuggled in. ered with a copy in her posses- sion was at once arrested and locked up. Toisioi wrote to the minister of the interior, asking why people who had his boo! should be ‘punished, while he, the author of the books, was allowed to go free. But the minister made no reply, and it is doubtful whether the Russian government wiil ever dare prosecute Tolstoi. They are anxious, above all things, to ayo'd making a martyr of him. —————— Tall Buildings Labor-Saving. From the Engineering Magazin In the tall building it is emphatically “a condition, not a theory,” that confronts us. The many-storied office building is a necessary product of certain economic fac- ters which have operated in spite of the architects, and more intensely in the United es than elsewhere. This is what ha made it so peculiarly an American produc Of these economic factors the cost of lan so commonly alleged as the controlling one, has really been the least importan’ e in parts of Paris and London as in New York and Chicago, Dut he fifteen-story office building has never come into vogue there, while, on the other hand, buildings of ten or Lwelve stories are Lncommon in American cities of the s ond and third rank, where land is rela- ly cheap. The causa causans of the sky-scraping monstrosity is to be sought in the drive and hurry of Ame: s life, and in the accompanying Ame ropensity to save time and labor. The “sky-scraper” is a huge labor-saving and time-saving device. Each building is almost a complete city, often comprising within its walls banks and insurance offices, post office and tele- graph office, business exchanges, restau- rants, club rooms and shops. The busi- ness man can provide himscif with clothes, shoes, cigars, stationery and baths: re- ceive and dispatch his mail and his tele- grams; speculate on ‘change; consult his lawyer and his architect in their offices; and transact his own business—all with- out leaving the building in which his office is located. The express elevator which shoots him up to the sixteenth story or drops him with breathless speed to the basement is a product of this same Ameri- can haste and eccnomy, and without the eievator the tall office building would be an impossibility. It is the triumphant suc- cess of the “sky-scraper” as a time-saving invention which has made it so conspic- uous and insistent an element in our American architecture. —-e2—______— Jury of Barbers. Frem the Glasgow Weekly Mail. The other day in Leeds eleven out of tvelve jurymen on a corner’s jury were hairdressers. The exception was chosen as foreman. As a rule inquests are not beld in Leeds on Thursdays, and it was quite unusual to find three or four in- qviries fixed for that day last week. —_= was the coroner’s officer’s opportunity, and hairdressers make that Reena tear wee reekly holiday he iy sum- moned them in a batch. The barbers, as a body, are well treated by the officer, who considerately refrains from securing their services on busy days. It seems it is the Se ee now =this Tuesday, to-measure Gout & Vest Many men would like to have a Sack or Cutaway styles, as you pre- fer. And we won't lay a permanent claim on your money until you are A lady who } | lar portions of the city and around § x ¢ 3 5 he SSS SS OO Oe Oe le le and Vest Special, Se 7 They in- give you either there is always OSES EO OOO POO EOHOFO ES. fe Se eee oe DED EOE OE ompetition From the Some of the wastefal expenses incident to competition may be enumerated here. thentic stat mounts paid | rival lines as ns busi the s of such practic upon the degree of to attain. The i e commission was i that it com- crecy nterstate ble to ain, ever, that nine roads sid out an ag- te sum of more than one million dol- in a single year in commissions on + business It is st authority much a ger from Chicz multitude Zo to of outside of tive lines that might other- tnose of their competitors ir san “expe nditure great, even dur- . that by force limits to eight the number of ai that may be maintained in th New York by each of the nine roads com- peting for through west-bound traffic. As it is a fact of ordi Y observation that such agencies invariably cluster In particu- tieu- lar corners, it is obvious that, tem of joint agencie: under a sys- the pubite could be accorded superior service at lower During the too-frequent periods of brid died competition, popelanty denominated ‘ate wars,” each participating road ha: its freight and passenger a important city in the country expense for rents, clerk hire, ete., that must be enormous. Four roads operating westward from Chicago are known to have expended $1,283,585 for out- side agencies and advertising in a single year, during which rates were fairly main- tained, while during an equal period one rcad out of New York expended $871,201 for similar purposes. Among the From the Mustrated American, Every fifteen minutes at least the t would stop for five minutes at a small tion. The platform wes always crowded with men, wrapped in long black overcoats, one end thrown over their shoulder, and ‘ir heads Sere with wide sombreros The women, in 8, mostly red and tight-fitting blouses, their ed with mantillas of gay _pat- terns, were indeed most picturesque. They all came there to see who was in the train, to hear the latest news from other sta- ticns where we had stopped. Conductor, engineers and guards would leave the train, chat with those pecple, tell them all they knew, laugh with them. How happy, quiet, tranquil, indifferent to the struggies «f the world, all those men and women ap- peared. I asked a number of them whether there were news from Cuba. A sad ex- pression would come over their faces, they would shrug their shoulders and shake their heads, their big black eyes would suddenly look into the distant horizon, far, far avay, as they said: “No, senor, no pews. Cuba is a bad place. It takes the strong boys and hard-earned pesetas, and Coes rot even give us news in exchange. Ch, no, we do not hear, except when more Loys and more pesetas are needed.” Among the gayly attired crowd I began to notice, keeping somewhat away, many a sad-look- ing woman in dark dress. Were they moth- ers, wives, sisters, sweethearts, the loss of a dear cne? +e Swedenborg’s Grammar Nowadays. From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. & agreed that “it was wonderful”—and it was,