Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1897, Page 9

— THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1897-16 PAGES. WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, Etc., 7th and D Sts. Open Evenings until Xmas. Gome Im today S ——for that furniture gift. Don't wait until the iast minute. At the rate Santa Claus ts buying now, eat and most unique piece by Christmas eve, and much sooner. To start with, we've the finest and largest line of gift Rockers 2 — Mahogany Arm Handsome Reed Rockers, $1.95 Five-drawer Chiffoniers, $4 up. ——and thousands of other equally use- Fany' Tables, Parlor Pieces, Baby de21-60d desirable features found in the high-grade Costs only $60, and the amount each year. Dura- fect. Universal keyboard will be 4 in this machine. We know that to N DAYS" TRIAL FREE. cver brought to Washington. fe can sell you . a8 low as. © Children’s Chairs, 60c. up. Ladies’ Desks, $3.50 up. Dressing Tables, $3.50 up (these have mirrors) ful and appropriate gifts, such as Morris Chairs, eption Chah ibinets, Carriages, ete, etc. Wash. B. Williams,7th&D. F %. Don’t Pay $100 for a typewriter that has only a few of the cn WELLINGTON TYPEWRITER No. 2 saving in repair bills fs in itself a considera ble bility. visible writing, alignment absolutely per- and’ numerous. other fea- that cannot be set forth in_an advertisement try it is to buy it. and will therefore send one to any responsible person for TEN upon application. LTD., BOX 3, Deseripti THE WILLIAMS M no80-t.th.s,1yr.26 SVSL SU STESSESEL ESE SES ESHD 3 fea Carving Set Hera She’il remember *.. For Years After * Particularly if it's one of those handsome $1.75 3-piece Sets, incased * ina satin-lined box. Without case— splendid Carving as little as $1. Also, fine feure Sets—and beautiful line of Cutlery gucds. having Sets for the men—ail prices. Fine Razors—guaranteed and kept in shaving condition free. Fine Safety Razors, for nervous-banded shavers all prices. +¢ Where Good Cut- Walford Stery only is sold.” es 477 and gog Penna. Ave. e aa DEER IFSOSSS EEE © 3 POST IDVOOO 24-98 PrTy. e GOLD IE DID PDEA DOH POD OS SECT EEEROSS oP! “CRESCENT” Bicycles Fer Xmas 28-in. “Crescents”. $30 to $55. N EVENING! 26-in. “Crescents”. ree $30. 24-in. “Crescents”.....+-+-- $25, 20-in. “Crescents” oo $20. Western Wheel Works, Wasb. Branch, S.E. Cor. $th and H Sts. N.W. delS-25d HARRY S. JONES, JR., Mgr. Ottawa” > $27.80. ; $ value ever offered in Washington. $10 Q re-enameled and it ."* first class “$20 ineh Klondike. .$20 8 “Sylph’ Wheel, a strong machine. . Crawford,” like new, ‘Irequois Cycle Co., ‘es wo 810 4TH ST. NW. del0-2m.40 DOSS 3993900 LS “‘Haven’t you noticed it?” At no time during the year is the super- fority of the electric light over gas Nght 80 noticeable as in the days preceding Christmas, when all the stores are open evenings, Haven't you noticed bow much brighter and mcre inviting ere the esta! Ushments which are illumined by electri ity? Merchaats who still employ gas lights should not losesa minute in subsii- tuting electricity. We'll supply the current. U.S. Electric Lighting Co., 213 14th st. n.w. "Phone 77. de18-200 If you want THE BEST Ask for it. OLD OVERHOLT. Bottled in Bond. Sealed by a government stamp, showing date of €istilling and bottling. Age, proof and purity thus absolutely guaranteed All Leading Dealers. 0c9-s.t.th.3m.56 Great Reduction In Hair. Switches, $2.50. form .00. ‘Switches, $6.00, formerly $10.50. Gray Switches, $3.00, 5.00. Gray Switches, $4.50, formerly First-class attendants in Ha! == mpooing, ete. ‘Imperial Hair Regenerator for restoring gray hair. “S. HELLER’S, wnt ZO 7th Street N. W. ‘Two pasteboard boxes filled with celluloid combs came in contact with steam pipes ot = on the 6th avenue elevated road in New York and exploded with great foree while the train was standing at a sticlon ID A Y = a S EN 8 SII II Ay. buy “a ’98.” su is looking for a bicycle. your boy or girl. After careful consideration, accidents, &c., included, H streets, by owner. “Dubleook” hangers. venience. tSiais (asy 26 NG BRANCHES: Sve -E. H. NEUMEYER, Jr., io 1426-1428 E Street N. W. %§ LEE COUNSELMAN, ie 3019 M Street N. W. NN It’s Time to Think! : Thousands of people bought wheels this year without stopping to think about the ih- vestment. A low price was sufficient to induce them to buy the poorest bicycles on the ‘market. Don’t you rush into a snare—see the wheel that “stands the test” “~ Our 98 Feature. before you wt Jace: The Morrow Brake and Coaster, with which our ’98 models are fitted, is the most important innovation in cycle construction since the inven- tion of pneumatic tires. It enables the rider to coast without taking the feet from the pedals, while a slight back pressure sets the brake to any degree desired. Steep declines may be easily ridden in perfect safety. No other wheel has this improvement. QOS =B=R=N=R Fes LS NTA LECSIRTIN We have about a dozen ’97 mod- els (Nos. 41 and 42) for children. These are strictly high-grade Eclip- ses; brand new, and covered by our regular guaranty. At $28 each they are within the means of any one who Just the thing for a Christmas present for If you want a snap bargain come up and look through our rack of sec- ond- Eclipses from $18 to $30—’97 Eclip- ° ses from $30 to $35—a full nickeled CW ar gains. ’97 Victor for $38—a full nickeled ’97 Lyndhurst for $55—a full nickel- ed ’97 Eclipse for $65. These are but samples of the prices—-you'll find a score of makes ranging from $10 upward. and finding that they require so little in the way of repairs, we have conclud- ed to repair ALL Eclipse Bicycles absolutely free of charge, punctures, when brought to our store, Fourteenth and For Children. Our Guaranty. Sens a3 sory ate hand wheels. There are ’96 If your bicycle takes up too much room around the house or office get one of our They cost but 50 cents, and will save you $50 worth of incon- ECLIPSE BICYCLE CO., J. D. Lasley, Manager, l4th and H Street LULLLSURLLUULLE Oe WONDERS OF HUDSON BAY. It is Half as Large the Mediterran- ean. From the Montreal (Quebec) Witness. Hudson's bay, the Mediterranean of Can- ada, the most striking geographical feat- ure of North America, was the subject of a lecture and debate at the meeting of the McGill Science Graduates’ Society, Friday evening. It was a large subject. Hudson bay Is half as large as the Mediterranean sea—it drains a vast territory, 3,000,000 square miles in area—vast rivers flow into it from the south, east and west; flowing from places as distant as the plains of Min- nesota and Dakota. In its waters live un- disturbed fish and oil-bearing mammals, along its shores are fine harbors, in the country surrounding it are rich mineral de- posits and fine farming lands. But it is a portion destitute of human _ habitation. White whales, walruses big as elephants, and fur-bearing seals disport themselves undisturbed in the water. On land there is wealth with no one to take it away. “But all this is the arctic regions,” you say. “Not a bit of it,” says Dr. Bell, di- rector of the geological survey. Moose bay is in a latitude further south than London, and the more northern portion of Hudson bay is at about the same latitude as the north of Scotland. The climate also com- pares very favorably with that of the same latitude in other portions of the globe. The bay does not freeze across in winter—the winter conditions there being similar to those of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and navigation is possible during four or pos- sibly five months of the year. The Hudson bay route would bring the great northwest as near to Evrope as the city of Quebec. It offers perhaps the best route to the Yukon district, and is the national route to the great vil ficlds of the northwest. Gold is there—specimens of gold-bearing quartz have been brought into the Hudson bay stations—pyrites centaining gold has been found by the geological survey party, and alluvial gold has been found, according to Mr. William Ogilvie, in the valleys. Gyp- sum, iron, copper, silver and lead are abundantly indicated in many places. Were the country within the arctic circle the quality of the soil would be of no con- sequence. But there are scores of millions of acres upon which profitable stock raising and farming may be carried on, and it is important to note that the soil observed is rich and productive. In the district south of James bay. in a district as large as all England, the total population at present is one Scotchman and thirty or forty families of Indians. —_—__—_—__-+e«+— The Case Against Dreyfui H. Labouchere in London Truth. A French friend of mine, who ought to know, tells me that one of the items of evidence submitted to the Dreyfus court- martial was that the war affice officials perceived that whenever during the ma- neuvers on the frontier any change in the position of the troops took place, this seemed to be known in advance to the Germans. The directions for these ma- neuvers were copied in the department where Dreyfus was employed. The au- thorities, therefore, gave him a paper on which certain maneuvers were ordered. Others were not aware of what was in the paper, and the maneuvers did not take place and never were intended to. Never- theless, the Germans took action, which showed that they had learned what had been mapped out on the paper. He further tells me that a most incriminating doc- ument was actually secured from the pocket of the German ambassador, and that the German emperor stated that if this was made public he would recall his ambassador. Further, that two members of the court-martial were for condemning Dreyfus to death for communicating in- formation to the enemy. The majority, however, contended that, as there was no war, there could be no enemy. Do I believe nil or any of this? I neither believe nor-disbelieve anything that I read or hear about this Dreyfus affair, my att!- tude being one of philosophic doubt. On the one hand, the Dreyfus trial seems to have been conducted in a fashion that would not have beer tolerated had the pro- ceedings been in public; on the other hand, it is diffic wriracted believe that a number of French would have f officer gullty of treason had ‘there wetteaes overwhelming evidence against him. = MINUTE FRENCH KITCHENS, Great Abundance of Copper Pans for we and Ornament. The Paris kitchen is remarkable for its smallness and its neatness. In the apart- ment houses it is no more than a closet, but a closet well arranged for the purpose. The floor and the lower part of the wall are tiled, the sink is a big slab of building stone hollowed out, the range adapted for a large fire of coal or a small one of char- coal. The oven soon becomes a receptacle for extra pans, for no baking is done, the fire being allowed to die out after each meal. To bake? Why, the cook would sputter bad French all over the yard if you were to ask her to bake anything. What are the bakeshops for, monsieur? If there is any brand of cake that madame is spe- cially fond of, and she can make the dough for it, cook will take it to the bakeshop, and they will bake it for a few sous. Or if there is a roast of beef or a leg of lamb sho will take that out to be baked; and it is always done to perfection, at less cost than keeping up the fire. Not long ago a young American lady made a visit to two other young American ladies, who were living with their mother in.an apartment not far from the Latin Quarter. Being new to Paris, the visitor was shown through the rooms, and when she reached the kitchen she was filled with horror at its size—or want of size. “Why,” she exclaimed, “where can you keep your flour barrel?” “Just think of it!” one of the other young ladies laughed in telling me of it; “the idea of a flour barrel in Paris, where no- body ever buys more than 5 sous’ worth of flour at a time! I should like to see a Paris grocer if any one asked for a barrel of flour.” The battery of copper pans and kettles is the chief beauty of the Parisian kitchen. It takes from forty to sixty of these shining utensils to make a complete set, and they are always kept hanging against the wall. It is not in your own kitchen only that you see them, but in a hundred kitchens as you go through the streets. In the apartment houses many of the Kitchens are at the front, and the cook on the ground floor likes to open her window and sit sewing where she can at once see the bustle of the pavement and let passers-by see the bril- liancy of her pans. There are vessels of every conceivable size and shape, and many whose uses a male American can hardly guess. One, in particular; a big, cylindrical affair, gave me the impression of an ice cream freezer; but after several weeks I found it to be a sort of inclosed. spit, for roasting meat before the fire. And in every kitchen is a big, diamond-shaped pan, three or four inches deep, about the size to roast @ baby or a big turkey in. ‘There are some French secrets, however, about the battery of copper pans that I am able to disclose. All those shining things are for ornament, not for use. It is the cus- tom to have them, and when Arabella Me- linda marries and sets up housekeeping she must have a complete assortment, if only to show her friends that she is able to have them. But the cook will not use them if she can possibly help it. They are ex- tremely heavy; that is one objection. And every time they are used they have to be scoured, which is a still greater objection. It takes a deal of muscle and a bottle of acid to make them shine. So cook induces the mistress to buy a half dozen common pans of tin or granite ware, and those are what she uses. They are carefully stowed away out of sight, but it is in the tin pans that dinner is cooked. coppers in your kitchen answer exactly the same purpose as the pictures in your parfr. ———_—-e-_____ Sullivan County Fish Story: From the Monticello Watchman. While Lewis A. Goldsmith and William Hogancamp were hunting ducks on White Lake one day recently they shot at a duck and then noticed a splashing in the water A LOCUST PLAGUE. Starvation Following Flight of These Insects In Buenos Ayres. From the Philadelphia Press, The condition of affairs in South America owing to the locust plague as described yes- terday by Captain @’'Urso, commanding the Italian bark Maria L., which has just reached this port from. La Plata, near Buenos Ayres, with a cargo of bones and dyewood, is horrible in the extreme. Unless some immediate relief comes to the ald of these miserable inhabitants their end from starvation is not far off, as the kccusts have ruined and eaten up even every blade cf green grags about this sec- tion of the country, They rise up as dark clouds and sweep before’ the winds from cne section to another, bringing destruc- tion and ruin to all sorts of vegetation. Railroad traffic just outside of Buenos Ayres was suspended for a time, as the trains could not move through the dense clouds of insects, which for a time hovered about the particular locality. The tracks became so thick with insects that the Wheels slipped as though running on an cily substance, and it was this, coupled With the fact that the engineers could not detect danger signals, that caused a sus- pension of traffic, In a locality set aside by the government for the purpose there were deposited by the natives, who are rewarded handsomely, over 1,000 tons of locust eggs, undergoing @ process of destruction: “This,” said Cap- tain d’Urso, “I know can hardly be credit- ed, but it is a solemn fact.” ‘The natives are reduced to a condition of poverty and are almost desperate. Rates of exchange are lower than ever known, tanks are becoming embarrassed daily and the people declare that they cannot exist much longer unless some relief can be had. The government is using its every effort to rid the country of the plague, but so far vithout material success. A commission of scientists is engaged in the study of the destruction of the insect, but at the time Captain d’Urso left it had not agreed upon any fixed line of action. This commission has encouraged the natives very much by the circulation of a paper giving it as their judgment the plague will soon abate. They claim that the life of the locust in any fixed locality has never exceeded seven years, and that five have already been spent in South America. Although this year’s plegue has been their worst, this body of sclentists claim that the insect is becoming debilitated, and with cold weather will die cut altogether. niive While the Maria L. was #t La Plata Cap- tain d’Urso says he recalls the fact that there was a wealthy gentleman in Buenos Ayres, who had several acres of most beau- tfully cultivated land, with flowers of all descriptions. One night there came up a favorable wind from the~Jlocality where these swarms of locu: were settled, and carried millicns of thgm gown on to his grounds. Within twenty-four hours there ¥as not visible a blade of grass, and just £0 rapidly have disappéqjred@)acres and acres of corn and wheat. Capt: a@’Urso was in Algiers, Africa, a ni her, of years ago, when a locust plague gwas.,so bad, but, he says, it was nothing ag compared with the cendition of affairs im South America. Farmers in South Améric#@are almost dis- tracted, and are poverty-ftricken. They bave been unable to raise éven enough corn and wheat for home use, to them there seemed to be no imm lief in sight. Just before the M: 1, made sail from La Plata the wind came off the Jand, and in a few hours the vessel was one equirm- ing scene of these insects. Huge ~ black clouds of them could be seen coming sea- vard. The vessel's canvas was fust being bent, her anchor was hoye short, and Cap- impossible to see AMONGTHEWHISTERS Walbrook Defeats the Albany Chal- lengers at Baltimore, BAKER PLEADS FOR THE OLD GAME Atlantic Trophy Forfeited by the New Englanders. LOCAL CLUB GOSSIP ———+—_—— The tenth match for the A. W. L. trophy was played Saturday between the Wal- brook of Baltimore holders and the Albany challengers, at the rooms of the Baltimore Whist Club. Walbrook had the same team that defeated the Philadelphia previous- ly. Albany played their best four, with the exception of Hamilton, Le Roy Smith (captain), Snow, Lodge and Muhifelder. The game was very even up to the six- teenth board, when Walbrock commenced to pull away, and finished eleven tricks winner, the score standing: Walbrook, 29; Albany, 18. On boerd 30 Walbrook made a gain of four tricks. ‘The merits of the different systems Mil- ton Work claims are still unsettled, as the number of cold tricks the Albanys dropped far outnumbered those of the Walbrooks, who played a strong game, but not as good whist as they played against Philadelphia. The Baltimore Club house was filled by crowds, eagerly watching the play, and there was not that anxious look on their faces as when New Jersey and Baltimore were battling for the trophy. If the Balti- more line up against Walbrook next Sat- urday, it will be the greatest game on rec- crd, with the chances in Baltimore's favor if it is represented by Steeie, Whelan, Du- vall and Harvey McCay. Christmas coming on Saturday, the match will probably come off during the holidays, ard many visitors from Philadel- phia and Washington will likely be pres- ent. The presence of the trophy will stim- ulate the Baltimcrears to have a gala week of it. The Albanys record of eight straight wins for the Hamilton tropky entitles them to the high rank they have attained. Their pley at Put-in-Bay was brilliant, with the exception of the play-off the finals against the Toledos, when from constant strain the Albanys’ captain could not stand the pace, and Toledo won out. Saturday’s game was another contest be- tween the Amcrican leads (showing num- ber), and the trump-showing leads of the Walbrook with bota high and low cards. The Albanys are good whist players, and are up to all the s of the different clubs. They claim the long suit game in all its purity. Sometimes they lead ten top of four--the So-called Albany lead. Their game is very uniform, never vary- ing when in the lead, or, if their opponents are in the lead, taking no chances, but playing a safe, conservative game, hever trying to get too much out of one hand. Leroy Smith is deservediy one of the most popular members in the league. The Game of Sixty Years Ago. Baker of Brooklyn, commenting on Fish- er Ames’ ideas of the beauty of American leads, says: “Mr. Ames hit the nail on the head when he says: ‘Common sense whist is an excellent term {f it be understood to mean playing the game in a common sense way, watching and noting the cards, dra irg gocd, sound inferences, and shrewd inanagement of the hands held betweer partners.’ Relying on an artificial system as the main thing, whether American Teads, short suits or any other, is not common sense. It seems to me uncommon nonsense. But in his concluding sentence Mr. Ames, after classing the American leads as an ar- tificial system, recommends them. Why not be consistent, and discard all artificial- itles and medern fads, and get down to the good, old game of sixty years ago? It is much more pleasurable, and produces in the main better scores. It is high time that these that love whist and wish to see it continue to be the leading indoor pas. {ime of the country, should unite in frown- ing down and abandoning all those inge- nicus}) devices intended to assist players who cannot draw correct inferences from the natural fall of the cards. Throw away completely the useless, injurious call for trumps, echoes, _fourth-bests, calling througk konors, trumps and number-showe irg leads, and especially the rotary dis- cards, and get down to straightforward, Forest whist, and see how much more en- Joyable and’ successful it will certainly doyatle ana, certainly Atlantic Trophy Forfeited. The Atlantic trophy match at Philadel- Phia was forfeited by the New Englanders last Saturday. President Barney was the erly member present, he not being in touch with the rest of the team when they con- cluded not to come. The trophy is open to challenge and the new aggregation from Ohio or New York is in the line of con- testants. The latter would make an in- teresting game with fifty players a side, the state being well able to furnish that number, making the Atlantic tax the other clubs outside of Philadelphia for a larger number of men than they have furnished heretofore at any match. In Brooklyn, Taylor, Hatch, Elwell and Baker are putting up strong whist, the latter without any trump-showing leads or signals, simply playing to the drop of Mrs. Baker is leading in both the Brooklyn and Staten Island clubs, while Miss Campbell and Mrs. Johnson are both making high scores in many of the contests they enter. The Mixed Pair Club. The Mixed Pair Club of this city had an enthusiastic meeting last Monday night. Senator Gallinger was elected president and after the preliminaries, an enjoyable game of whist was indulged in, Mrs. Leach and Mr. Wooten making the highest score. The whist was of the highest order and many of the women players showed their ability to cope with the strongest play. The Woman's trophy at Philadelphia is as fickle as the A. W. L. of the league and changes hands at nearly every contest. Though lost by Miss Getchell’s team Wed- nesday it was by the close score of 13 to 12. The winners will defend it next Wed- nesday, at the residence of the donor, Mrs. Andrews, 1119 Spruce street, Philadelphia. The proximity of most of the teams to Philadelphia makes it almost a certainty that there will be no games won by de- fault, and the opportunity for play is looked forward to with eagerness and pleasure by the challenging team. The games are remarkably close, and usually the last board is capable of deciding the match. The Baltimore women’s whist night brought out thirty-six players. Mrs. ‘Thomas and Miss Dallam made top score N. and S. Mrs. Reeves and Mrs. Ward, Miss Jackson and Mrs. Brune tied for top score, E. and W. The 3d of January will witness a match of some of the strongest mixed pairs in the country, Washington and Philadelphia sending some of their strongest pairs. The third “women’s night” took place last Monday night, at the Walbrook Club, and nine tables were filled with eager players. The honors, E. and W. were car- ried off by Mr. and Mrs. Sellman, Dr. Smith and Mrs. Beverly Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Naylor won the highest number of tricks N. and 8s. s At the Capital Club. Saturday night the Capital Bi. Club had their usual handicap contest, and the play was marked throughout by the inability to _ ‘The following are the scores made by the ieaders: South. *, East and West. Mr. ee Miss King.155 Mr. oung & Miss irs. Lewis 144 Schmidt ........... 13 Mr. & 2143 midt Mr. & Mrs. +143 Mr. Willard & “Mrs. ‘Mr. & Mrs. Austin. |.148, Horner -125 Mr. & Mrs. 2.141 Mr. & Mrs. Ewsholde.120 Mr. & Mrs. Schooley 119 Mr. McDaniel & Miss Devilliers .........118 DECLINED BY OMAHA. The Selection of the Eighth Club of Western League Still in Doub: After having the eighth franchise of the Western League practically awarded to Omaha, Manager James T. McKee, in a brief note of explanation, notified the base ball owners in session in Chicago yesterday that the conditions that would have to be fulfilled were too hard and he declined the honor of managing a team in the western city. What the inward meaning of Omaha's withdrawal is was the subject of much speculation. McKee is confessedly a Spald- ing man, and it was hinted, though no one would admit the truth of the rumor, that | behind tt lay a plan for the placing of a Western League club in Chicago, with Cap- tain Anson as manager. It was finally decided that the question of awarding the eighth franchise should be left to the committee of three, of which President Johnson is to be one. A mail vote will then be taken on the report and the much-mooted question settled for three years at least. The next meeting will take place February 24, in Kansas City. Two deals in players were made by West- ern Base Ball League magnates yesterday. Detroit gave up Beard and Trost in ex- change for Buckley and Butler of Colum- bus, the exchange depending upon the will- ingness of the players. The other deal makes Campau captain of the Minneapolis club. He is released by Grand Rapids in exchange for Roat and Eustace. —> JOHNSON’S QUICK WIT. ANDREW How He Displayed It on the Stump in Tennessee. From the Chicago Times-Herald. There is in the°city of Memphis a pre- cinct knewn as Pinch, in which a majority «f the voters were Irish. It so happened that Johnson and his opponent, Gus Henry, were to meet in joint debate in this pre- cinct. The evening came, and hundreds of blue Irish eyes were on the two speakers as they ascended the rostrum. Henry cpened, and as a bid for the Irish vote he told in withering terms how Johnson, when in Congress before, had voted against a bill for an appropriation to assist Ireland dur- ing a time of famine; he himself had done yeoman work for the passage of the bill, while th's other man, who was now asking their support, had done everything possible to defeat it. It was a fine point, and th: speaker made the most of it, burning be- fore it the lamp of his eloquence until the crowd were wild with excitement. Then Henry sat dewn, and Johnson got up amid cat-calls and scoffs to answer him. “What my opponent has told you is true,” he said. ‘land was suffering and 1 veted against an appropriation for her re- lief, for the money which it was thus pro- posed to give away was not mine, but yours; yours because it was in the public coffers. I refused to give away money which did not belong to me; but I went down into my own pocket and out of my own private funds—which I had a right to bestow—I subscribed to the relief fund which was being quetly raised. How much of is own money did Mr. Henry give? Not a cent! He too vusy trying to gi’ away yours. Now, gentlemen, which of us two did the better part by Suffering Ire- land?” The effect of this was magical; t t-calls were now for Henry and’ the cheers for Johnson, and the votes went with the cheers. Thus the campaign went on, ending in a victory for the ex-tailor, who once more took his place among the statesmen of the land. But his term was a short one, for death soon claimed him. But he left behind him a reputation as a “stump” speaker which abides still upon the hustings dow in Tennessee. a Good Will Offering. Mayer & Pettit, 415 and 417 7th street, propose to make this week a gala one. Proceeding upon a principle of good will toward men, they promise that profits shall not be taken into consideration, but that the needs of the public shall be supplied at almost impossible prices. Thousands of suitable presents have been prepared and await purchase for cash or credit. Their offers include many beautiful and useful articles of furniture at low prices. Combination desks and book cases, writing desks in oak or mahogany finish, five draw. er oak chiffoniers, solid oak frame tapestry couches, quartered oak china closets with round glass ends, hall racks, dining room suites, chamber suites, ingrain carpets, che- nille porticres, gilt chairs, mahogany-fin- ished rockegs, brass taoles with onyx top. lace curtains, bed comforts, white blankets and all the necessaries of housekeeping are included in their special price lists. a The Encroachments of the North Sea. From the Engineering Magazine. The North sea continually encroaches upon the beaches and cliffs on both its east and west shores. Nearly the entire coast of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, England, is melting away before the waves in greater or less rapidity. The sea slowly but surely removes the bluffs, which slip and slide, carrying with them villages and towns that, in the olden time, were among the more important of the kingdom. At Cromer, for instance, the waves break over heaps of debris which once were the brick wall of a lighthouse. The Cromer ot old Roman times cannot be located. It is said to be two m..es out at sea. In Suffolk the little old world villlage of Dunwich is only the remains of a once flourishing town. King Sigebert of East Angles had here the seat of his government. In the Norman conquest it began to feel the encroachments of the sea, Even during the reign of Henry II it had a great reputation and was very rich, with fortifications of sufficient strength to defy the invading troops of Henry's son. In the days of Edward I it maintained eleven ships of war. Then the sea went to work in earnest; it first blocked up the port with sands—about 1328—and, in a com- paratively short time, swept away more than 400 houses; then a church went, then a monastery, then at last the jail. In the time of Elizabeth four out of six churches had been drowned in the sea. In 1891 the population had shrunk to 213, and those live in terror in a straggling little village in an inland valley, whither they have fied from the all-conquering and advancing sea. ———+e+_____ Early in January the leaders of the silver forces in Kansas will meet in Topeka and. prepare a memorial to Congress against the retirement of the greenbacks. Nebraska has been visited by a succession of heavy snow storms during the past week. Silver Things. People are showing thelr approval fn the mest substantial way. They approve of our efforts to give them the vers finest display of Itt tle nove in sterling sliver and they're buying—buying in crowds nothing filmsy of the bargain coun. ter variety in our display~ bears, substantial pieces, all of them. Sterling Silverware. Sterling Silver—eversthing that trashy."" VATED wilt BSc. Silver Penknives.. |. seesons Silver Penknives (3 blades). __ Cut Glass Salta Bottles, steriing silver top . aaa rene: Sterling Silver Coffee Spoons. gold bowls : Shin trimmings |. Sterling Hat Rrash oak Memo. Tablets, silver trim. Sterling Hatr Brushes. . Sterling Combs : Sterling Mirrors Sterling Seals. ling Files Powder Puffs, silver and _sil- ver gilt handles. .......73¢. Others with silver tips, 53c. and 63c. ess than manufacturer's cost. eo arters— A beautiful assortment, silver-gilt buckles also the new 4 clover and forget-me-not_ buckles, Prices $1.89, $1.98, $2.48, $3-75, $4.98, $6.75. Mertz’s ‘Pharmacy silver and EEE EE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EES EEE EE EE EEE EE EE EE EEE EEE EE PE EEE EEE EPP t PE 2 40 EEE REE REE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE + + + Lith and F Sts. ® ae2i-zsa + + 2 e ed Christmas would not be a season of “good 3 “* without 3 ‘wets such as Punc me Nowe, et No Punch in tue world so finely favored as ‘To- Kalon Punch (red All the ingredicnts for making Egg Nogg. such as Rum, Sherry, Brandy, ete. Call for our recipe for making Egg Nogg—FRE ‘TO-KALONS eC 614 14th st? dezo-40a HN Ee Telephone. 998, ee Haines Bros.’ Piano, 315, $1 Weekly Payments. F. G. Smith, 1225 Pa. Ave. it PRICES REDUCED WELSBACH LIGH 82.00 LIGHTS, former price. LIGHTS, new price MANTLES, former p! MANTLES, new price FOR SALE aT G07 Seventh Street N. We del4-t,th 2w.1¢ IN LANGSTON'S MEMORY, ve Services Held and Resolu- assed at a Big Mecting. The lyceum of the Second Baptist Church held impressive services at a recent meet- ing in memory of the late John M. Lang- ston. The attendance was unusually large, the congregation crowding the church to the extent of its capacity. President Jesse n of the lyceum, in opening the ser- paid high tribute to Langston’s ry and courage under trying circum- stances. H. Clay Evans, commissioner of pensions,and ex-Senator P. B, 8. Pinchback es, and remarks were also Kelly Miller of Howard Uni- Rev. W. B. Johnson, Milton M. Holland, George Richardson, George H. White, Professor Hershaw, James Lewis, Thomas L. Jones and Robert H. Terrell. When the addresses were concluded reso- lutions were unanimously passed, declaring that in the death of Mr. Langston the race lost one of its brightest scholars, education one of its truest friends, and patriotism one of its stanchest advocates; while hu- manity itself is poorer by reason of his death. It was further resolved that In view of his long and continued labor for the cause of education, and the work he did for the early establishment of free schools in the District of Columbia, that the authorities be requested to name the next building erected for the education of the colored youth the “Langston School,” and that it was due to his memory that a day be set apart to be observed by the schools as “Langston day.” _—— The Ward Line steamer Seguranca, which arrived in New York yesterday from Havana, brought 882 bales of leaf tobacco. 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