Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1897, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1897-12 PAGES. Charlotte PORTLAN X FRANC RAILROADS. : RAILROADS. _ | HOTELS. | HOTELS. "_- GRAPHIC ARTS DEPARTMENT All tains arrive ond leave at Pennsylvauia pat | yi, sapay, AUSTRALIA, VANCOUVER, = © sun, SEATILE. ‘ACOMA AND | Dally.—Local for Danvil | stations. Connects at Manassas for Stras- Harrisouburg aud Staunton, daily eacept ad at Lyneuburg with the Norfolk and Springs, N.C and t erp. and at Cnartotte with Pullman Sleeper for Augusta. Puilwan Lurfet Sleeper New York to New Oricans, couaecting at Atlanta for Birmit ham and Memphis. Connects at Lynchburg wi Cand ©. Railway for Lexington aud Natur Bridge daily. Solid. train. Wash 3 Orleans without change. Sanset Personally Coa- ducted Tourist Excursion Through Sleeper om. train every Wednesday and Saturday te San Fran- elseo without chi 01 P M.— Loc Chattanooxa, ge. i fu» Front Koyal, Suasburg and rrirouburg, daily, except Sunday. 4:51 P.M.—Daily.~Local. for Charlottesville, 10:43 PM .—WASHINGTON AND SOUTH- —Daliy VESTIBULED LIMITED, composed of Pullman Vestibuled Sicepers, Dining ‘Cars und Day Couches. Vutiman Sleepers New York to Nashville, Teun.. via Asheville, Knoxville and Cha’ : New York to Tampa, via Charlotte, Columbia, yaunab and Jacksonville, uniting at Danville with Pullman Sle-per from Iichmoud to Augusta, via Columbia. with hington to Atlanta. <ireensboro” to Montgomery. IN WASHINGTON AND OHIO SION leave shington 1:01 ails, b. Qaily except Sunlay, and 6:25 p.m. Sundays only for Round Hill; 4:32"p.m. daily, except Sunday, for Leesburg. and “6:25 jp m. daily for Herndon, tarni we at Washington 8:26 a.m pm. from Round Hill, cept from Herndon, ‘Sunday. eesburs. Through trips from the south arrive at Was- ington. 6:42 a.m.. 2:20 Harrisonburg. 12°40 and 9:25 p.m. daily, Sunday, and ? :30 a.m. daily from Charlottesville. Tickets, Sleeping Car reservation and txforma- toa furuished st offices. 705 15th st. n.w., 51 ‘nosyivania avenue, and at Pennsyivania™ rail- Passeager station. W. H. GREEN, General Supt. JM. CUL He se tA. TI % SYLVAN ER OF Si days. PITTSBUR g Cars Harrisburg SY ago, Cincinr eland and Toledo. . Indixnapelis, Buffet Parlor n Buffet Parlor Car Harristurg AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS Washingt is, und it. 2 HC. —Sleeping Car 2 SBF Sleeping “ond Diving Cars Harrisburg to Louis, Nasavilie (via Cineianati), and iE. 7:20 PM. WESTERN EXPRESS—Pulluan Sleep- z. Chicago, and Harrisburg to ‘Chicago. . i ERN i Pull. man Sleeping Cars Washingte Pittsburg aud Harrisburg to St Louts and Cinchmati, Dining a “IFIC EXPRESS—Pullman Slecp- ing Car to Pi at Williamsport daily, for Wiliiamsport, ‘iagars ¥ gton FOR PiILADELr! 4:00 PM. “CONGR all Parlor Cars, with Reguiar at 7-vo (inde mi ining On Sunday, 7 Dining Car from V xpress, M. 7:50 week ept lis, i M. 4:29 and 3S, 9:00 xpress fo st Line, mond only, . via i! 4:40 PM. da thee, 7:45, ie Ci Bridge, arket Street 15 PML, week For Atlast ral days. ind 1 iy. Por Caye Mas - Week days, 11:50 P.M. daily. Ticket off and at the ud Indianapolis, Ex- ibuled Limited, 3:40 p.m. #3:40 and 45:30 pan. For New Orleans, Memphis, Birmingham, Chat- tance Knoxville, Bristol and Roanoke, 9:00 3 Sleeping Cars through. opm. daily. aitimore, week 27:05, 5, 6:30, Jo, xi 35, 35:05, x5:10, 6: x11:50 p.w., x12 i ~ 4:35 pro . £200, 11:25 a. ) pra. Sundays, 9.00 alm. 1:15 p.m. © Hagerstown, $11: For Junction and way points, pum. week days. 9 am, 1:15 a Sunda oval ELUe rive ron new york anp | PHILADELPHIA. | All trains Mlamiuated with Plntech light. i Boston and a | ‘ashirgton 4 3:30 Por Philadelphi: New York, East, wi 8, 10 ain. 05, 1:15 (all Diniog Cai ¢ ning Car). 12:01 night (Sleeping Cur open at Io o'clock). Sundays, 7-05. 9 a.m. (1:15 Dining Car), 3 (5:06 Dining Car). 1 night. sleeping car open ten o'clock. Addi- nol tralue for Puiladelpbia, week days, daily, m. rlor Cars on all day trains. For Atlantle City, 10 a.m., 12:05 noon, 1:15 ant 3:00 p.n., Week days. 9 a.m. Sundays. For Cape May, 12:05 noon, tExcept Sunday. Bagguge called for and cl residences by Union Trai ticket offices, P York ave. and WM. M. GRE xExpress trains. iecked from hotels and isfer Co. on orders left at e. DLW. 2:2) P.M. DAILY—Cineinnati oud st diai—Sotd train for Cincinnati to Cincinnati, Lexing' Lou! and St. Louis without ehasge. nati te Chicago. Virginia Hots 9. 11:10 PM. DAILY —F. F. V. Limited—Solid train for Cincinnati. Pulluiau’ sleepers to p and Louisville ville, Parlor c uuects at Covington, AXD MINNEAPOLIS, DULUTH, First-class Mines polis AROUND-THE-WORLD qigths “ar Tepecep RA WRITE FOR RATES. DESCRIPTIVE PAMPH- LETS, BTC. To FE. V. SKINNER, G. A 354 BEOADWAY. NEW YORI. — NN POSTAL SERVICE. WASHINGTON, D.C.. POST OF! Should be read datiy, as change: any time. FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports of sailing daily, and the schedule of closings 1s. ar- ranged on ths presumption of thelr uninterrupte! overland transit. For the week ending December 25 the Iast connecting closes will be made at this office a3 follow: TRANSATLANTIC MAILS. FRIDAY—(by At 6:10 P.M. f s.s. Lucani Letters for ICE NOTICE. may cccur at “Switzerland, Italy, Spain Portugel. ‘Turkey, Egypt and British India must ‘ania. (by At 9:20 PM. for ITALY, — SPAIN. and BRITISH from New Yo be directed “Per FRANC! . Kotterdam, from-New. Yerk, via Rotterdam. Let- ters must be lirected “Per Rotterdam.” (ci At 11:10 P.M. for NORWAY direct, per s.s. Island, w York. Letters must be directed “Per fer GERMANY and specially ad- uted matter ete.. for other parts of and White Star steamers sailing on Wedne the German steamers on Thursdass and the o turdays take printed m » for all countries for which they are ad- tised ‘to carry mails MAILS FoR SOUTH (RAL AMERICA, VES ETC. Ww eres FRIDAY—(d) At |. for FORTUNE ISL- . JAMAICA, I ARTHA- . ber s.8. Alleghany, from New York. (d) At A.M. for HAITI, per 8.8. Andes, from New URDAY—«) At NE B ‘UNDLAND, P. er fi Mails for N' ND, by rail to Halifax and thence vi i rent close here di - ard on Sundays only at 8 |. (db MIQUELON, via steamer, by rail to Roston and close here daily at 3:20 CUBA, by rail to Port Tampa, Fla., steamer sailing Mondays and ‘Thurs e here daily at 3:00 P.M. ¢ overland (except those for S. TABASCO and YUCA- overland: Jispatch, New York up to and in 18 N . after the ‘Tacs 1 ‘be forwarded ducing the ing Thursday), close here daily at om . ‘Is. for SLANDS, per ship Bird, isco, close bere daily . specially ad- .s. Empress of India, from Van- daily up to 6:40 P.M. Dee. Mails for AUSTRALIA (except there for Australia, which are forwarded via Europe), HAWAM, FUT and Sy i per #.s. a, from San Francisco, y up to 6:40 PM. 14d) Mails for CHINA and JAP per s.s. Vietoria, N, from ‘Tacoma, bere dally up to 6:40 P.M. «ay close e daily . same same red malls close at 6:00 P.M. same ‘i> Registered mails close at 6:00 P.M, previous day. te) and $ del8 istered mails close at 1:00 P.M. Tuesdays 38, JAM PLY LETT, WINTER RESORT PLANTIC CITY. N. J. GALEN HALL. Always open for rest or ree aud home : © Postmaster. Open All the Year. The Finest Hotel on the Coast. Most modern heating rystem, enn parle all baths, elevators and all betel conyeni Write for New Ulustreted Book! lights, ater in | neces. Iyri TH ATLA: . DURING THE Wid X Y DE Hadden Hall remain open throu; the ye able pleasures and amu: $. it led. Tet_m: 02-5 FUL ir. Season- lustrated book- LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT. hot The Shelburne. Dyeetiy ou the bea-b. Open throughout the entire year J. D. SOUTHWICK, Manager. END OF MICHIGAN J.; electric elevator to strated booklet. JAMES H100D. THE P ‘Xmas to all. Otel Emp BOULEVARD and 63d STREET, NEW YORK CITY. felt want in New York. A strictly first-class modern hotel at moderate rates has ‘heen a long- The Hotel Empire fills it: It is equal in equipment, accessibility, cuisine and service to the most expen- sive hotels of the world, and its rates are less than these charged by the ordinary hotel. It is delightfully situated at the intersection of the Grand- Boulevard, Columbus avenue and 63d street, and fronts.on Empire Park. It is noted for the excellence of its cuisine and service, its homelike and beautiful appointments, its delightful music, and its moderate rates. It is the winter home of many of. the best families of the Metropolis, and enjoys the patronage’‘of travelers and tourists of the best class from all parts of the world. _ All points in the city can be reached more easily and in Jess time from the Hotel Empire than from any of the down town hotels. The Broadway cable, the Sixth, Seventh and Ninth Avenue, the Am- sterdam Avenue and the Boulevard and Forty-second surface cars pass its entrance. The stations of the Sixth and Ninth Avenue “L” Roads are only one minute’s walk from its doors. The Belt Line cars only one block away. del4-1m W. JOHNSON QUINN, Proprietor. ‘PIANOS _AND ORGANS. PIANOS AND ORGANS. Open Evenings. Groing Oising —= —That $500 Piano here marked to close at $160 casb, right Gr: will be snapped up quickls—Up- nsed only a few months—T 1-3 I-known make; sweet tone, finest Stool and scarf free. g special here at $250--$10 payments, The Piano Exchange, 913 Pa. ave. de24-20d A very merry nd. UR Christmas trade has been m thi satisfactory, and while wishing onr patrons and the public generally a very merry Christmas all the compliments of the season, we desire to thank then individually and colicetively fer their very generous patr o, Notwithstanding the fact that som her houses in our line are to in open Christmas, we shall be longed the entire as we feel will cause no inconvenience to After the very arduous work and extra long hours occasioned mas trade, our employes are cer- O and recreation. rest BRADBURY Factory Warerooms, 1225 Pa. Ave. FREEBORN G. SMITH, MANUPACTURI W. P. Van Wickle. Manager. it Holiday Pianos. | ond-hand Pianos $50. LIBERAL or PAYME r Itent. Win. Knabe & Co. mnveniences; ing, fishing; $5 per w Prop., formerly Co OCEAN TRAVEL. French Line. » NIE GENERALE TLANTIQUE. DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE—PARIS (FRANCE). Sailing every Saturday, at 10 A.M. From Pier No. 42, North River, fc orton Street. La Normandie....Dec. 25, La Gascogne.....Jan. 1 La Champagne. 1) La Normahdie 2 £ ‘Jan, 8) La Champagne...Jan. 29 lass passage N. Y.-Puris, $Sv und upward. Gen'l Agency for U.S. and Can.,3 Bowling Green, Gen'l Western Agency, 71 Dearborn st., Chi- cago, I. G. W. MOSS, 921 Penn. ave., Washing- tou, D. €. Jalg-ly NORTH LLOYD y ERVICE. SOUTH AMPTO: BREMEN, Trave..Tu..Jan, Feb. 22,9 am Labn. Mar. 1. 9am Spree. ‘Te. .Fe Mar. 8,9 am Kaiser Wr 4.2 pm OELRICE EES Apply to §a20-1y TERNS A in American Line. New York-Southampten (London-Parts) ‘Twin-se U. S. Mail Steamsbips. Wednesday. St. Louls..Jan. 26. 10 am y am) New York. Feb 2.19 am in. 32. 10 am 5 .Feb 9. 10am Jan. 19. 10 am St. Paul..Feb. 16,10 am ed Star Line. NTWERP NEW YORK TO A INGTON. cetuber 29, 10 a.m. Without change Tuesdays, days. Daily contection for the Cincinnatt to nd St. Louis. ‘20 PM. D. asville, Charlottes for Richmond daily, except arlor car Wasb- and Richiwend to Old Point Penna. I. F. aud P. and nd tiekets at Chesapeake and Ohio Reservations offices, 513 aud 1421 Pennsylvania avenue, and at the station. H.W. FULLER, General Passenger Ageit. ALEXANDRIA AND MT. VEX ALL WAY ei FUOM STATION, 13% SIKEET AND PA. AVE | IN ECT NOVEMBER 14, 1897, week days, 6:30, x For Alexandria, 00, 8:35, 8:59, E 1 AM 12, 2:05, 3:20, 4:15, 5.20, 6:05, For Arlington and Aqueduct 2 cs 1213 A. 45. $:45, 9:45, 10:20. E 12:45, 1:30, 2:15, 3:00. 3 45, 4:30, 5: a as Thecked free for ‘ogers holding first. che : aan Nickels at starion Dheycles. 25 cents’ cack Parcels carried. nol NDERTAKERS. W. R. Speare, Undertaker & Embalmer, 940 F Street Northwest. Everything strictly first-class and on weasouable terms. Telepbone call 340. the most JaT-tr N FFI ING vA NGTON OFFICE. 1206 ST. co. W. Moss. Age 't 921 Penna. are. ___ ACCOUNTANTS. _ Wash: de7-4tf FIRST-C eit FILLINGS A all branches of specialt; crowns; devtistry DR. STARR PARSONS, 26-4tf S.E. corner 9th and E a.w. OPERATIVE AND PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY ON weekly and monthly instaliments: crown and bridge work a specialty Dr. T. W. STUBBLE- FIELD, Mi tz building. Alth and F sts. se28-tt MEDICAL. _ Dr. Leatherman. Expert specialist in the cure of all special és gases of men and women. Consultation free. Hours: » to 12, 2 to 5; Tues., Thurs. and Sat. Sryuinss, 7 to & 602 F nw. ‘Closed on Sunday. de1s-1m* M sical Instruments Down. Finest instruments and lowest prices! ae B M4 Violins 1$1.65 Autoharps -$2.95 up une ‘$1.6 up New Upright Pianos, $5 mo. 923 F St. N.W. 1422 Penn. Ave. de20-28 Special Prices Made today on all MUSIC BOXES, MANDOLINS, GUITARS, BANJOS, MUSIC ROLLS, TOY DRUMS, AC- CORDIONS, BUGLES, &c., &c. Also LIBERAL DISCOUNTS on what Pianos and Organs We have left from OUR LARGE XMAS SALES. We are rushing two teams teday, but our facilities are unlimited, and we can deliver goods up to midnight. Sanders & Stayman, 1327 F St. PEROY 8. FOSTER, Manager. Baltimore Stcre, 13 N. Charles st. John F. Ellis & Co., 987 PENNA. AVE. Oldest Music House in the City. ESTABLISHED 1852. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS. it Mandolins and Guitars At prices that will break the record. Largest and most complete stock in the city. GENUINE WASHBURN Mandolins and Guitars at a discount of one- third from regular selling price. No extra charge for case. | Mandolins from $1.95 up. Guitars from $2.85 up. Be sure to call and examine our stock before you purchase. of the latest invention Music Boxes % pts. /stci," | Autoharps, Cornets, Gramophones, Violins, Music Satchels, Music Rolls, Music Books. Come promptly and make your selection, and we will lay it aside for you and deliver it on Christ- as eve. You are cordially invited to come and A visit of inspection does ‘ob- to purchase. Remember John F. Ellis& Co., 937 Pennsylvania Ave. - deQ1-tt PIANO TUNING, a wer ” of Pianoca and. Organs. Sem riesiges |e $8 RENT PER MONTH ‘OR NICE UPRIGHT. Write to A. W. MEYER, Music Teacher, 1343 4th st. n.w. de23-3t8 John F. Ellis & Co., 937 Pennsylvania Avenue, OLDEST MUSIC HOUSE (N THE Cry. Established 1852. Chickering Pianos <the great standard instruments of the world—and other reliable Pianos at fair Prices and on accommodating terms—or at big discount for cash or short time. It will pay you to call and see our stock—get our prices and talk the mat- ter over before ycu purchase a Piano, Old Pianos takea in part pay for new and full value allowed. Pianos tuned and repaired—moved, packed and ship- John F. Ellis & Co., 937 Pennsylvania Ave. de16-tt ESTABLISHED 1842. Stieff, Without a Rival for Tone, Touch and Durability. The Stieff Piano Is regarded by its thousands of pur- chasers as one of the best musical instruments on the market today. A number of bargains in slightly used Pianos. We have our own warerooms, so you have the advantage of dealing directly with manufacturer. Until Christmas we will be open evenings. Stieff Piano Warerooms, 521 Eleventh St. N. W. J. C. CONLIFE, The Hazelton Piano=-= The most expensively made piano of America. The highest type of ar- tistic piano building. NOT a popular piano; but the choice of refined musical taste. D. G. Pfeiffer’s Piano Ware Rooms, 929 F Stree! de16-81,50 TRIAL OF THE LASARS BEGUN. Dinmond Dealers Charged With Smugeiing $100,000 Worth of Gems. Emanuel J. Lasar and Max J. Lasar, the Maiden lane diamond dealers, -and Mrs. Emanuel J. Lasar, wife of one of the pris- oners, were before United States Commis- sioner Shields in New York yestergay, charged with smuggling diamonds to the amount of nearly $100,000, The prisoners were identified by Special Treasury Agent Theobold, who was one of the witnesses called, and he submitted in evidence some of the papers which had been taken from Emanuel J. Lasar at the time of his ar- rest. Mrs. Lasar was ident{fied by the clerk of the Windsor Hotcl, in Montreal, as the woman who registered ‘therd’as “Mrs. 1. Smith of Brooklyn,” anq’hlso‘Max J. Lasar as having registered there the following day. This was early in November, about the time the letter pug, in @vidence was written. ms iC One witness ts still if Camada, and the hearing in the case was cdntinu:d until January 8, the prisoners being alloWe out on bail. ee ———_+oo___ Coalition Ministry in Chile. A dispatch from Valparaiso says Senor Cuevas has succeeded ih forming a coali- tion ministry, with the following distribu- tion of portfolios: Premier and minister of f the {piece Senor Antonio Valdes Cuevas: I Minister of foreign affaira, Senor Silva Cruz. She Minister of justice, Sénor J. Domingo Rivera. e Minister of finance, Senér Gonzalez Er- razuriz. . + ° Minister of war and marine, Senor V. Pilinister ef industry. md public works, just works, Senor Hoboso. se E ———+e+—___—__. Murdered by African Natives. An officia dispatch from St. Paul de Lo- anda, Portuguese lower Guinea, says that the natives of the Humber plateau, in the Portuguese colony of have massa- idee ny of Angola, @ Poi officer, @ sergeant and twelve men. Reinforcements have been sent from St. Paul de Loanda. —— be a ‘Oth st.. “T have used ot Bey, 0 ty Projected Exhibit in the Library of Gon- gress, The South Gallery of the Second Floor Set Apart by Mr. Young for the Purpose. In his recent report on the Library of Congress Mr. John Russell Young, the librarian, devoted an interesting chapter to the description of the department cf graphic arts. In that connection Mr. Young said: “It is contemplated to have a series of graphic-art exhibitions, and to that end the south gallery of the second floor has been set apart. This hall, the finest in the buliding, ts 217 feet long by 35 wide, and the proposed exhibitions should be an attraction. The exhibitions will have a varied character. Our rarities and antiqui- -ties- will have a prominent place.’ Works of modern times—those of our later mas- ters with special gentus—will be on ‘ne walls, as showing the resources of the de- partment of art. These will be changed from time to time. “We.shall present graphic art in its dif- ferent styles—its primitive express:ons so far as the development of American genius is concerned, and so on from reriod to period, enabling the student to note at a glance our national progress in vais ficid of industry and genius. We shall endeavor to show the history of political though and as many as possible of Ame: por- traits from the colonial to presen: day: “The department of arts, or, as it might more properly be called, graphic arts, distinguished from paintings « inclides lines and mezzotin . etchings, photographs, photogravures, lith- ographs, chromos, wood cuts, half tones and prints of every variety. Two of the chapters of the general library—20 and 31— are gi over to the literature of architec- ture and fine arts. These are divisions of great value, embracing, as they do, diction- aries of ancient and modern art, of paint- ings, sculpture, representations of the Eu- ropean gulleries, in the form of folius of line engravings, all of which are frequently corsulted. “Keeping inta-t the literature of the fine arts, as at present in the general library, the art department will be devoted to the preservation and exhibition of the graphic ert, which in so many forms has been ac- cumulating since 1870, A careful estimate of our resources is as follows: Engrav: 4,396: etchings, 2,990; photogravures, photographs, $3,256 s similes, 1,500; typogravures, 1, chromos, 220; fashion plates, 752; total, 54,226. “The accessions are at the rate of 26 a day. Former reports give the number of photographs received under the copyright Jaw as 73,817; engravings, chromos and lithographs, 74,070; cuts and prints, 20,576. Assigning one-half of these deposits to the copyright archives, and in photographs alone there would be a discrepancy between the figures given at the time and those now presented as the result of a careful esti- mate. An explanation may be found partly in the fact taat entries were made from which copyrights were not taken out. In this, as in other departments, entries were counted rather than the actual depos- its, and therefore the estimates become to a certain degree misleading. It is gratify ing to observe, however, that in the work of arranging the unclassified matter, as re- ceived from the Capitol, there are daily dis- coveries of graphic art material. Photographs of Americans. “For instance, since the estimate quoted AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THR EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” anp “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK. 1, OR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “PITCHER'S CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of This is the original « PITCHER'S CASTORIA” which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, on every wrepper. CL President. March 8, 1897. (because he mak o GENEROUSMY: Almas Temple Nobles, Tonching Scenes at the National Rifles’ Armory, Where the Dixtri- bution Is In Progress. The National Rifles’ armory on G street between 9th and 1th presented touc! picture€ this afternoon and until 6 o’cl above was made, we have discovered 8vU portraits of eminent Americans. This in- cludes in miniature 135 portraits of Wash- ington, 19 of Jefferson, 30 of Lincoln and perhaps 30 of Franklin, and may be wel- comed as the foundation of a collection of the representative Americans. To these may be added the portfolios of photographs of scenes in Paris during the commune in- surrection of 1871, contributed by the late E. B. Washburne, American minister in France at the time. Worthy of note, like- wise, are rare portraits of Jackson and Van Buren, political cartoons of the time, and a portfolio ef etchings made during the civil war by confederate artists. “The discrepancies between the present figures and those of former reports are cited, not for criticism, but as illustrating the difficulty attending the transfer of the congested masses which encumbered the hbrary halls, chambers and cellars in the Capitol into the light and space of the new library. There is no doubt tht when the work of assortment, for which there was neither force nor space, is complete there will be developed a wealth in all depart- ments as marked as that which is devel- cped in the graphic a Time, patience and critical intelligenc ll be required to analyze and arrange the various sections of our library. And while the severity of the labor is a regret, we are glad to see that every step in this work of reconstruction and discovery shows some welcome addi- tions to the treasures of the library—some new evidence of its rare and unique value. Work’ of Cataloguing. “AS soon as the material is well in order we shall begin a catalogue of the graphic arts. This, while independent of the gen- eral catalogue, will be a part of the ulti- mate plan. The rules governing the cata- loguing of books and pamphlets will be ob- served in those of the other departments, so that in the end the general catalogue will be an epitome of the entire collection. There is now a daily record of accessions, and this record will be perfected as far back as 1870, when the copyright law as af- fecting thé graphic arts came into effect. “The first considerations in the art de- fartment will be those of classification, cataloguing and preservation. Whatever comes as graphic art, however trivial or even questionable, will be preserved as lucie ing the manners and customs of our a It is not for us but those who come us to estimate the importance of what we now acquire and put away. There can be no vital criticism upon its value un- til after a century of experience and change. Art Library. “The art library, embracing’ the books that are kept under the eye of the superin- tendent, is composed of 833 volumes. These are of special value and are arranged as follows: Art literature, 47 volumes; deco- rative art, 123; illustrated classics, 31; illus- trations of science and trade: indivia- ual works of art, 140; collected works of art, 1. private art galleries, 26; public art galleries, 4; national and royal art galleries, “3; explanation and research, 102; foreign art, 29; landscapes, 39; miscellaneous, 7; total, 833. “This library, together with what is re- tained in the way of literature in our gen- eral coliection and the multitude of speci- mens of graphic art, affords a wide range for observaticn and study. To enumerate the volumes of the art department in de- tail would be to anticipate the office of the catalozue. Among those of special value are b’Agincourt’s Histoire de L’ Art, in three volumes; Hamerton’s Etchers and Etch- ings, Requards’ Ornements des Maitres Americains, Racinet’s L’Ornement_ Poly- chrome; Weeies’ Early Masters in Stained » Jones cn the Alhambra, Audubon’s "Bids of America, Claude Lorraine’s Liber Nericaus, werks of Hogarth, Flaxman, Turner, Gilray, Gerome and others, Cha- bert’s Galerie des Peintres, the Dusseldorf and Luxemtcurg galleries, the galleries of Verseilles, Dresden, Florence and Turin, and Champellion and Lepsius’ Antiquities of Egypt.” — SEEKING NATIONAL AID. Movement to Secure Legislation in Rehalt of Ex-Slaves. : The National Protective Labor Associa- tion of this city, of which Charles Charles is president, and M..L. Hughes, secretary, recently adopted resolutions pledging the or- ganization to “indorse, encourage and help Secure national legislation for the relief of aged and infirm ex-slaves.” It is stated in: the preamble to the reso- lutions that there is great suffering among the colored laboring classes, with the pros- of it. it is E precedent for the enastment 1a theis ber half of lations which will “give em- ployment to hundreds of thousands of idle people and thus. make of ‘pau- It ts understood there isa Seeman xa. secure. the co-operation. of ie Set te A Se ene ae the panorama of Christmas which the poor and those who reli. necessities will be the chief figures, will continue to move in and out of the building. Every year the nobles of Almas Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, make a Christmas offer- irg to charity. This year their generosiiy tcok the same substantial shape as in former holidays. A few days ago a 1 3 number of cards were issued to the lieu- tenants of police, the Central Union M sion, numerous ministers and charitably inclined persons to be distributed among the needy regardless of race, color or ligion. The cards were of pink and bor this notice: “Present this card in perso at National Rifles’ Armory on Friday, De cember 24, 1897, between the hours ‘of 2 and 6 p.m., and you will receive a basket as a Christmas offering.” The signatures of Potentate Harry Stan- aiford, Chief Rabban Jesse F. Grant, A: sistant Rabban Robert Cook and Record George H. Walker underlined these words. Early this morning the officers above named and Jesse W. Lee, jr., high priest and prophet: Geo. H. Walker, recorder: H. Chamberlin, treasure F. K. Ray- mond, oriental guide; W. Andrew Boyd, first circle master; Jacobus S. Jones, second circle master; Chandler, marshal; E. J. Gray, diré *. W. Behrens, as- sistant director; W. F. Gude, captain of guard; C. H. Allender and E. W. Hesse, al- chemists; T. B. Walker, Captain of Arab pa- trol; Nobles G. C, Gibson,C. C. Duncanson,s. H, Walker, Geo. Spransy, Paul Pearson, A. W. Johnson, A. T. Cunan, H. C. Easterday, G. A. Whitaker and other nobles gathered at the armory and proceeded to fill the brand new baskets with the articles for the pcor to enjoy for their Christmas dinners. Great piles of beef, in pieces weighing five or six pounds each, and scores of inviting turkeys, flanked a big line of potatoes, and tables containing piles of groceries. In each basket was placed a turkey or a piece cf beef, a peck of potatoes, a twelve-and-a- haif-pound sack of flour, a pound of excel- lent coffee (ground), two quarts of hom- iny, one quart of beans, two pounds of granulated sugar and some apples and onions. When the baskcts were filled the immense apartment looked like a market. About one hundred and fifty baskets were sent to needy persons, unable to come in person to get them, and over two hundred more were left to be distributed at the hall. The ad- vance guard of the ticket holders came early. It was composed of all colors and both sexes, but its condition was the same, and in every face, aureoled though it was by the joy at getting such a precious gift, were marks of want and evidences of the hunger their owners were so familiar with. The Shriners were heartily blessed for their good hearts by those th and they attended to the wan itors, and helped them away with their baskets with as much solicitude and gen- tleneas as if the poor creatures were the best in the land. The Puritan. Frank A. Munsey’s “The Puritan” has just completed its first year, the January number being out today, and is by far the best icsue that has been brought out. This is a magazine for the refined home, where beauty and art are appreciated. The Puri- tan is the delight of every woman's heart and should not be overlooked in making up your list of periodicals and magazines for the ensuing year. Few presents at a dollar would equal a year’s subscription to the Puritan. > The Truth About Santa Claus. Written for The Evening Star. Of course there's a Santa Claus. Every one knows it— every one who has good sense and shows ‘There are those who dovbt love and religion and morals— ‘Those people who always are secting for quarrels On questicns of faith, and are ever lamenting The existence of things to which there's no dis- senting. They would have all the dear little children be- Heving There isn’t a Santa, but their aim’s deceiving. He's jolly and big and his nickname’s Kriss Kingle. God pity the child who has not heard the jingle Of his sliver bells as he comes swift a-sleighing, When his annual visit of love he’s a-paying. end has the signature of per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is es a few more penn CA Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You ‘THE CENTAUR COMPANY. TY MURRAY OTREET. KEW YORK city STICSHRINERS| MISS DE NOI | He's round and he’s fat, and his whiskers are whitened ‘With centuried snows, but his good face is light- ene? ‘With -the cheery warm nature that kecps youth supernal And will make dear old Santa Claus last time eternal. - ‘So, children, don’t think when you hang ap cach ‘That there is no Sante Claus—that would be shock- ing— & He'll come with his reindeer all madly Aba from his rich load in a trice will be taking And leaving the gifts that will gladden your wak- ing! OOAAMEE a 4 edie wrap- Ch. Siicheocomp Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you on it), the in- gredients of which even he docs not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF % E BURNED Bountiful Baskets Given to the Poor by | Leading Lady in “When London Sleeps” Has Narrow Escape. Unlooked-For Touch of Realism at the Cot as Theater in Harlem Last Night. w York 1 1 of This Morning. An unlooked-for touch of realism occurred t night during the final act of a being produced at the Columbus Th: em. In this act the heroine the villain into a vat, supy tain kerosene, and he epp! the purpose of burning her. nited the heroin la is torch for The toreh ig- dress last night, and she narrowly escaped being burned to ¢ The young woman who figure episode is Miss Vera De Noie. S' leading woman in the drama “W» don Sleeps,” and she owes her life te in tl is the Lon- the prompt action of the vi Farnham, who proved a hero. In the last act of the play Mr. nham is calied again to + De Noie for all time by to: o a big tank, which, for the purposes of the play, pesed to contain kerosene. Lighting Gans Jets. Mr. Farnham, after struggling with the heroine in the center of the stage, seizes her in his arms and threws her into the tank. Then he seizes a flaming torch, and to give the effect of burning oil he row of gas jets that line the inside of the tank. In his haste to light the gas last night he swept the torch close to woman's skirts. In an instant the fabric blazed up Miss De Noie, with great presence of mind, crouched down at the bottom of the tank, out of sight of the audience, so that a panic would be avoided. The flames in an instant climbed to her waist. Her skirt was consumed. Mr. Farn- ham was quick to take in the situation. He signalled to the prompter to ring down the curtain and staggered to Miss Noic’s as- sistance. Wrapped in Hin Coat. He threw off his coat and wrapped it about her, but it was not large enough, and, seizing a piece of canvas, he rolled her in it, smothering the flames as her hair be- gan to burn. Then, with the aid of other mémbers of the company, he carried her from the tank to her dressing room. She fainted upon being placed on a couch. A ductor was called, and Miss De Noie was taken to her hotel where she is staying, at 126th street and 8th avenue. Her left arm was badly burned, her hair was singed and she suffered from ‘shock. It is not believed that she will be able to re- sume her part today. The audience knew nothing of her narrow escape from death, cers ca laa Removal and Appointment. The Commissioners today removed Sta- tion Keeper J. D. Nauck of the eighth pre- cinct, who was tried the lith instant for conduct unbecoming an officer, and revoked his commission as a police officer. Patrol Driver Francis H. Case was appointed to succeed him, and Burt Chriscaden was ap- pointed patrol driver. the appointments to take effect Decemder 25. Se Capital Traction Co. Presilent Dunlop of the Capital Traction Company and Mr. Charles C. Glover of the board of directors, had a conference today with the District Commissioners relative to proposed extensions of the road. It is understood that the Commissioners are in- clined to report favorably on some of the propssed extensions and unfavorably as to others. The disorder attending the hanging of John Morgan hes uroused a strong protest against public hangings in West Virginia. ps in your family you use but little whisky, but you want that little good—of the best. The United States Government guarantees the Age and Purity of every bottle of through its Internal Revenue officers at the distilleries, at Frankfort, Ky. : O14 Crow and Hermit- Every bottle of Old Crow a: age istested. 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