Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1897, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1897-24 PAGES. ° ORO POEELLEEEEE PPP EER ROEEELEOPLLL AES, 924, 926, 928 7th, unning through to 704-706 K st. G ondretoeteetententendentonts Vy, v4 924, 926, 928 7th. Vip 9 VF WU On iA 4 Tunning through to 704-706 K st. “THE DEPENDABLE STORE." week of the year—but we intend day we shall offer special values are so great in saving importance wrap can resist them. partly in reciprocation of the this holiday we have been in Washington. L put off buying a wrap on account the news of the big offerings wit *O wraps, *2°° id capes, consist. acle and tan sete ne Kersey and a: ° all sat front_ sold for $12—at.... 5 S20capes 1” 9 Chotce of ladies’ finest Alaska seal fur capes, collar of tine marten fur, and ed with same—which sold for $24 S savings yard-wide “Fruit for it usuall, uesiibasssese 7 lod We shall offer 81 by 90 Lockwood sheets a ad '39¢, titched pillow eases, which Wonk cost you as much again to maxe will be offered Mond: 10¢ which you considered— “Life. 9-quarter ble: buy eb 2 sh where—quality pric ing near as low a low pric Sa ak ak ts ts te De as es a Rs BS a oe corton Gl aase3 feet sSedeeteteteeeedetets ‘The best Soi < qratity of the very wh) be offered for. lish eel paper. The special offerings will also be named great business which we have done eason—the biggest Christmas trade we have done since pecial values in domestics. Menday we shall offer some of the best values of the led handkerchiefs, 14 The great crowds of Christma buyers have left us with a quan- | The greatest of all wrap values. Between Christmas and New Year week is known as the dull S Ry to make it very busy mae. 220u- m ladies’ jackets and capes that that no woman who needs a winter ots and lots of ladies who have of the mild weather will receive h much eagerness. | *15 capes, *7° Ss 9 kG Ss kk We Choice of the very stylish real astrachan pes—choice of 27 and 30 in. Iengths 4% —lined with fine duchesse—generously 4 wide, full sweep—made In $ sold for $15—offerad for. ° + =f : & $ Bs 12 capes, *6.° Cholce of fine plush capes, which are handsomely braided and edged with tine Thibet fur—made with empire back—gar- an Tat $6.50 *7 coats, *2°% Seecongee Sonondontondentont & Choice of the children’s and misses’ fine 2 ecats, e—sizes tto 14 & only— it because there J, are onty two @ 2 ments in the lot—for.. ~ miedo sets year in Soe domestics. Count the Heavy q tionally ge oftercd ity canton flannel of excep- «l quality—will v 414A, onday—per yard—for Fine Berlin Mack sateen which _regn- larly sells fe Soe Sete 18 cents a, yard é Will be offered Monday fore” 1 Ac. eA aes & Wide [unbleached cotton which $ t been scld for so littl on je will bs offered Momtay- Be 3Ke. mi 3 save heavy feather- ticking In very Seeteedeeteedeetentente: tems ‘00d pat per yard—at. ae O34c. = + = c & Big notion values $ ‘o + - end the rear as we began it—by offering notions and dress finding for just about what other stores pay at wholesale. We figure it out that if we ean sell double. the oe vrual amoust at abont half usual prices the additional trade it brings will recompense us. Monday you may Clark's darning he vegular 10-cent ni curling irons for the —in all siz choles for.. will go Mond: eontontont -——- 2 i Hereules mohair braid for dress trimmings and Iengthning skirtg— the regular sort Monday, for . ‘off. tity of -d and slightly soiled h ndkerchiefs, which we shall offer = lay at one-th rd off regular morked pri We sold an enor- $0 Jondberchiefs thi Christmas — this department % was packed and jammed from earl -norning until late at night. z ly some of the goods vecame mussed a trifle from $ hanu...., i e -1 matter with them. It’s a splen- & did opportunity to bey a fresh supply of them at a great saving. $ ke vour choice of ladies’ fine embroidered sheer handker- z ; ch sold for 12$c. and 15¢—and wt ede: to Monday dts. 0550s 5 os = Fon ¢, ES ) 3 go0c. scaris,29c.| $1 scarfs, 59c. = \ eee eae ne Chote patterns In 54-inch shams, 17c E Seapets : spachtel burean — searfs, Me . = h spachtel bureas which sold for si-win | far & scarfs, which sold | be cffered Monday 2¢ well made. as } een ere sen (a 2 759c, | Taertiets *, reeeteetetenteetetentetiteeet eee TAPWONDS EP FO aes. a Tombs of Christian Martyrs Now In- spected by Electric Light. Pall Mall Gaze! nice, angled ideas of cleanliness in of Naples and the new quarters the street in Rome, but the height of the pri seems to have been reached with the illu- mination of the catacombs by electric light. . in which one must monk- No more dim take ¢ ot t, no more pers, no more imagination. This Cecilia, the cata- Calixtus, where the Roman ried in 177 A. D., were today for ghe first time all glowing and glaring with thousands of electric globes, and gi ing to the whole a mundane rather tt a mysti combs are outside the Porta 9, on the magnificient Appian Rom Ned the Queen near the world-renowned tor: 2 Metella. Cec the only prominent martyr of the early Chris > name is connected with this for the remains lie there ot ntury, as wit- t. Antherus, S t. Cornelius and sat in the chair of St. a is not of Romans and_ foreigners visited this sacred spot. The f formed a picturesque view, as - looked up at the pilgrims ascending the long steep flight of rs or at the long processions of cowled monks and blacked-rebed nuns, showing in vivid contrast to groups of f the German College in their owns, 2 garb that causes them to be in fun the litue cardinals. The corridors responded in echoe to. their chants at the different altars, while there Was a subdued hum from the less devout w sightseer. t would be unperceived by the visitor if he were not preinformed 1s t the five miles of corridors and chape not on the same level, but form three different floors, one under the other. The most interesting spot Is where St. Cecilia's nb was found, and Where also siands a of stat of the saint, ¢ ned aderno, representing her ‘after her iom. t stands a most interest- , the inscription on which was originally a pagan one dedicated to Marcus 3 The Chi ns utilized the tablet by turning it and writing on the back a ne ph to Pope St. Damascu B and skeletons of the ancient mar. t¥rs are found all along the walls, in three rows, one above th The lower room is the more disturbed, as almost every one tries to take something away as a sacred relic. But the electric light on these bones turns the catacombs into a museum. Wan gs answers ee Library of Condemned Books. Frem the New York Tribune. The Italian government has resolved to found at Florence at public expense a brary of all the books which have in- curred the censure of the Sacred Congrega- tion of the Index. The Vatican has pro- tested against the measure, on the ground that the majority of the books in question re improper to the last degree, and that he establishment of a collection of such a nature fs an affront rather against public morality than against the discipline of the church. see For a des:riptioa of a charming hotel—the Hotel Ewmpire, New Yerk, appcars op page 5. ss A PRINCE IS youn | Sensational Information That Comes 1 From Eton. | London Letter In if Louis Globe-De: thing very much like con: as been caus jects of the qu n pvery that Prince Arthur of Great B: itain, only boy of the Duke of Connaught, who is the fa- vorite son of the queen, and now being educated at Eton, Is forced iv do his share of fagsing, and that the senior boy to whom he is forced to render menial sery- ice is no other than young s ‘oT, son of the American multi-millionaire, who has established his permanent home in Eng- land. The idea that a prince of the should be called blood on to fag at all is horri- fying in the extreme ut that he should American is of the vast ‘agging is a ude from at any other of the pmpt reat colleges of England no matter what his rank, and it looked upon and parcel f the course of education, since faz the meaning of the word democ end that th re considerations w impo ce and weight than part the ancestry and birth. A full- when he first joins ton, may s be found fagging for the son of a brewer or of a city merchant. As he is expected to attend to” his | be called upon to for an simply dreadful in the ¢ masses of the Englis F which no bey at Eton, or, 1 eat his shaving water always are fond of shav- ing, since it betokens their manhood—he must fill his master's bath and empty It, run errands for him, make and serve his tea in his study, and may be asked even tc brush his master’s boots. Moreover, in his spare time, when his master amuses himself with cricket or with tennis, it is his duty as a fag to do the tielding and t hunt for the bails. Of course, there i. no question of his ermitted to use 1 himself unless his master wis! bowlin: In one word, he is j to all intents and purposes the slave of his him across the shoulders with a stic master, who has the right to chastis: it declines obedience, and If that is not sufficient to reduce him to subjugation he is sent uv to the head master for a birch- Fagsing and birching are time-honored institutions of the British public schools and colleges, and have been so for hundreds of years. They have been abolished in the middle class and board schools, as well as in cots of a municipal and charitable cter, But the schools of the aristoc- racy and upper classes retain both fagging and flogging, which they apparently regard as a privilege belorging to their caste. In fact, they pride themselves in the marke made Lee the birch, which they regard as constituting a sort of retrospective eviden of their blue bleed. Lord PSatabaryariee prime minister, was birched at Eton no less than seven times, and on one memorable occasion the headmaster at Eton floggel a whole party of thirty candidates for con- firmatior, the paper with their names on it being mistaken by him for the list for punishment sent to him every day. He would listen to no remonstrance, but went conscientiously through the whole list. Young Astor, who ts very popular at Eton, and has received a good deal of re- nown on the river as an oarsman, has re- ceived his fair share of birehings along with the rest, in spite of his rights as an American citizen. But the English peovle have yet lo learn that a castigation of this kind has been inflicted upon “young Con- naugh: the grandson of their queen. os Only seventy years have elapsed since the first railway in the world was finished. During that comparatively brief period 460 000 miles have been constructed, the Brit- ish empire accounting for about a sixth. DIRE WORK OF FLAME Three Disastrous Fires in Chicago Since Last Evening, BIG COLISEUM TOTALLY DESTROYED Business Block and University Club Building Burn This Morning. MANY CASUALTIES es OCCUR CHICAGO, December 25.—The Coliseum building, at Gd street and Stony Island avenue, in which Wm. J. Bryan was’ nom- inated for President of the United States by the democratic party, was last night de- stroyed by fire. This is the second time that the great structure in its history of less than three years has been laid in ruins. The building had been rented for an exhi- bition of a manufacturers’ exposition, and Was filled from end to end with booths, all of which burned with their contents. Three hundred persons connected with the exposition were in the huge structure when the fire began. In atiempting to save their personal effects many had narrow escapes from death. A large number were Injured. A dozen persons were reported missing, but all who were known to be in the butld- ing at the time the fire started have been accounted for except nine. A charred corpse, supposed to be that of N. H. Johnson, a carpenter, was found this morning in the ruins. A party of searchers made the discovery aboui forty feet from the main entrance to the build- ing. The remeins were buried beneath « tuiss of mascnry, which partially protected the lower portion of the corpse, while the head, arms and shoulders were burned to a cinder. List of the Missing. Those of whom nothing could be learned and who are believed to have perished are: Joseph Byrnes, Hoboken, N. J., employed by Beauty exhibit; Howard Geyser, Wil- mington, Del., employed by Beauty exhibit as decorator; Sholan Huffian, Armenian, employed in streets of Cairo exhibition, last seen in exhibit while running; J. A. Mal- looum, Turk, employed in streets of Cairo exhibition, last seen in exhibit attempting to escape; Gertie Wilson of the streets of Cairo exhibit; two women, dancers in the Midway, seen in the building just before it coliapsed.; unknown woman, seen running about, bewlidered, in the building by W. H. Wright, a skating instructor, immediately before he was rescued. Those Who Were Injured. Following is the list of the injured: Wm. Allaby, driver, thrown from fire engine in a collision with a Lake Shore train while responding to the alarm; right wrist sprain- ed and head cut and bruised. George W. Ament, face and hands blistered. Al Haba, Streets of Cairo Compan dervish, right arm cut and burned. Miss Helen Conger, manager of the art exhibit, shock- ed by live wire and severely burned about m. Al. Chamberlain, face and hair scaped by crawiing out beneath Geo. Dekreko, proprietor of the s of Cairo exhibit, jumped fre debris. Str ly bruised. Streets of Cairo exhibit, burned abou! side. Eugene Dekreko, Streets of Company, hands burned. Peter Foote, watchran, burned about face and hands. Robert Harley, truckman, severely bruised by debr:s during the collapse of wall of the building. Harry Hamilton, employe of Beauty show, burned Labelle cancer, Street iro Com- hands scorched and hysterical from G. A. Lyons, New York, employed »nburg exhibit, burned while trying painti Mme. Helene Lyons, arm burned. James Maher, dreman, stun- ned by electric shock received In cutting a M. J. Morley, proprictor of the » face, head and arm Frank Murphy of St. Low 1 on right arm. Jacob musician, Streets of Cairo Com- uffocated and dragged out I Harry Parker, New York city, employed in the Luxemburg exhibit, burned. Wm. Robertson, employed in the X-ray exhibit, face and hands durned. M. J. Wheeler, wittehinan, hands burned. Louis janitor, burned about face and W. H. Wrigh ctor in roller about face. of ating exhibit, burn: ckson, performer, hands on, performer in the overcome by oke. Dona itoy, trapeze performer, overcome by smoke. ‘Thomas J. Munny, employed in the trish village, overcome by smoke. Mary Amon, dancer in the Turk:sh village, overcome by smoke. Chas. W. Pierce of Omaha, employed in the roast beef stall, leaped from the bal- cony ightly injured, hands and face ed. Frank Hatfield, who was employed in the building, fell when the bai- y gave Ww: and sustained slight burns. rry Baker, employed in Luxemburg gal- adly burned about face and hands. . Getz, captain of truck 16, overcome smoke inside building and rescued. nk Jamison, l:eutenant of fire company, overcome by smoke inside building and rescued. Marienna Abdoulnour, dancer in streets of Cairo, head injured by falling timber from balcony. According to the fig: ures given by the exhibitors and mana rious concessions, the total loss ts Loxses| Were Heavy. The principal losers are: Coliseum Com- pany, on building, $400,000; Coliseum Com- ray, on interior properties, $100,000; Car- ruells and toboggans (F. C. Hostock), $100,- 000; biblical patutings (Dr. Valentine), 25,000; Streets of Cairo and Congress of ern Nations, stock, $20,0¢ ‘The insurance on the Coliseum aggre- gates $120,000, and is taken out In the name of the Ckicago Exhibition Company, with if any, Trust and § payable to the Illinois vings Bank, as its interests may appear. The exhibitors were, without exception, uninsured. The fire was one of the quickest ever seen in Chicago. In twenty minutes from the time the first spark originated, by the crossing of two electric light wires in the ray booth, there was not a girder stand- ing. All the walls went down, except those on the ends, and all that marked the place where the building had stood was a mass of t ted iron and bricks. The loss of life might have been terrible if the fire had broken out a few minutes before it did, as 4 the visitors to the exhibition would kave been caught. in the building. As it was, the spectators had just left the build- irg, and exhibitors and their people were either preparing for supper or about to leave the building wh: the flames broke out. Most of the exhibitors would have heen abie to make their escape without difficulty or danger if they had not stopped and attempted to save their perso: lorgings. Jam xt a Locked Door. A number ran to a large door-on the east side of the building, which is wide enough to admit a team of horses and wagon. The door was found to be locked, and, as the fire was roaring through the building with great speed, it seemed for a few minutes ‘as though none would be able to escape. A watenmar named Wheeler saw the trouble and ran to open the door, but the crowd was jacked in front of it so closely that he nad the greatest difficulty in reach- ing it. When it was finally opened, how- ever, the crowd was in the open air in a few seconds. In the jam before the doors were opened several people were badly crushed. Geo. Dekreko, proprietor of the Streets of Cairo ex%ibit, was caught on the bal- cony, and, being unable to escape by the stairway, was forced to jump from the window. He was picked up severely bruts- ed. In addition to these there were a num- ber of other narrow escapes. Shortly after the fire Col. John T. Dick- inson, president of the Coliseum Company, was seen. He sald: “The building is a total loss, and there is little prospect that any attempt at rebuild- ing will be made. There was $120,000 in- surance on the building, which is just sufti- cient to cover the bonds. ‘The Coliseum Company was stocked for $300,000 paid up and bonded for 3100,000. The building had proved a success in every way. The ex- pectations of the promoters had been fully realized, even surpassed. - “When we started out to spend $100,000 in an exhibition building out here in Wood- lawn we were laughed at by many, but the result has proved that ofr judgment was sound. However, lumps have changed even during the last two years, and in my opin- ion there should be fort made to re- build the Coliseum, but, on the contrary, a united effort should made to push for- ward the plans that. have been prepared for the erection of a splendid exhibition palace on the lake front. Chicago must have a large building that can be used for all manner of gigantic amusemefits. The Coliseum has been swept away, and the city is absolutely without anything that answers the purpose of an exhibition build- ing. “While the destruction of the Coliseum is a great personal loss. to many, and also a great loss to the city, I honestly believe it will result in stirring, up-the people in the matter of a permanent exhibition building. Should the lake front be the site of a splen- did paiace of amusement, the burning of the Coliseum may be less of a misfortune than it appears.” Had Been Used 110 Nights. Since the building was opened it had been used 110 nights, and had brought in something like $100,000 revenue. All of this money had been put in the building, and the stockholders have never received a cent of money on their investment. Among the principal Coliseum stockhold- ers and the amounts they were accredited with holding, are: Continental National Bank, $82,000; A. R. Oughton, $30,000; J. Irving Pearce, $25,000; Illinois Central rai road, $25,000; Chicago City Railway Com- pany stockholders, $20,000; J. O. Heyworth, $12,000; L. Z. Letter, $10,000; John T. Dick- inson, $10,000; D. W. McKay, $10,000; B. Lechter, $10,000; Carl Binder, $10,000; F. W. Schulte, $3,000; A. H. Buehler, $8,000. The $100,000 worth of bonds were held principally by the Illinois Central Railway Company and the Alley “L.” J. Irving Pearce, the owner of the grounds upon which the Coliseum stood, also was a large holder of the bonds. The bonds are amply secured by the insurance. The officers of the Coliseum Company are as follows: President, John T. Dickinson; vice president, Carl Binder; treasurer, F. W. Schulte; secretary, Dr. A: R. Oughton. A Big Busine Block Burned. CHICAGO, December 25.—Three firemen were injured, one fatally and two seriously, and $125,000 of damage was done by a fire which broke out this morning in the six- story building, 5th avenue and Monroe street, occupied by the Knickerbocker Shirt Co. and a number of other concerns. The injured are: Capt. Dennis Mc- Sweeney, fell from sixth story when roof collapsed; injuries fatal. John Kenney, truckman; badly cut wit glass. James broken. F. A. Foster & Co., dry goods, sustained the heaviest single loss, $20,000. ———— ACCIDENT AT A CROSSII McCambridge, plpeman; arm iG. One Killed and Five Seriously In- jured by a Train. LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., December 25 A sleigh containing seven ycople, return- ing from a Christmas entertainment, was struck by the Lake Shore limited at the central crossing, in St. Johnsville, ten miles east of this city, last night. Nine-year-old Nellie Place was killed in- stantly, her head being severed from her body. Five were seriously injured and one escaped injury. Mrs Smith and her daugh- ter were wedged on the pilot of the engine and were carried 500 feet. They were pain- fully injured, but will recover. —— Quadrangle Club Destroyed. CHICAGO, December 25.—This morning, for the third time, flames destroyed the building of the Quadrangle Club of :he University of Chicago. There were seven persons in the building at the time and all escaped. Two of these, however, were more or less hurt. The janitor and his wife were asleep on the third. floor when the fire broke out, and without stopping to dress they made a rope of’ the bedciothes, as the escape to the irway was cut off, and lowered themselves safely out of the win- dow. The loss on the building wiil amount to $50,000, nit. co ‘The Quadrangie Club is compo fessors and post-graduate stude university. ‘The bu owned by the unive fall on the institution. ‘The club, ho will lose heavily on the furnishings, w included a number of vaiuable paintin sculpture, et sed of pro- a FIREMAN'S HEROIC SACRIFICE. Lost His Life Trying to Save a Woman and Chita. W YORK, December —James F, Calman, an ergine driver in the fire d pertment, sacrificed his own life today rather than run down a woran and a lit- ue girl, who, transfixed with fright, were unable to get out of his way. Calman, to avoid hitting them, gave the engine téo sharp a turn, and ft toppled ever, with the driver beneath it, killing him almost instantly. The child was rrying a Christmas doll and Calman bad just reported for duty, af- ter having been present at the Christmas celebration of his own children. — WILL MEET IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. Eighth Annual Convention of Partisan National W. C. T. U. The Non-pa n National W. C. T. U. vill hold their eighth annual convention in Celumbus, Ohio, nuary 7 to 11, 1898. The officers all expect to attend, und there romises to be a large attendance also of delegates. The chief officers are: National president, Mrs. Annie Whitten- myer of Pennsylvania; national vice presi- dent, Mrs. T. B. Walker, Minneapolia, Minn.; general secretary, Mrs, Ellen J. Fhinney, Cleveland, Ohio; national tre urer, Mrs. H. M. Ingham, Cleveland, Ohi national recording secretary, Mrs, Florence Porter, Caribou, Me. ——_>—__ Grants to Mothers of Triplets. Since Queen Victoria ascended the throne it has been reckoned that over 500 grants have been made of the charitable donation of £3, which her majesty usually bestows on mothers of living triplets who are in poor or indigent circumstances. —_.—__. Condition of the Water, Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 82; con- receiving reservoir, temperature, ; condition at north connection, 7; co: dition at south connection, 11; distributing reservoir, temperature, 37; condition at In fluent gate house, 5; effluent gate house, -_— Temperature for Twenty-Four Hours. The following are the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau fot the Past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: December 24—4 p.m., 25; 8 p.m., 22; mid- night, 18, December 25—4 a.m:, 17; 8 a.m., 16. Maximum—at — p.m. December mum, 14, at 7 a.m. December 25. * The following are’ the readings of the barometer at the wéather bureau for the past tweniy-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday: 7 December 24—4 p.m., 80.44; 8 p.m., 30.5; midnight, 30.57. y 8 a.m., 30.50 Non- December 25--4 a.m., 80.: 12 m., 30.42, and 2 p.in.,/30.30. z igs A Significant’ Project. From the New York Tripune, A report is current in official circles in Berlin to the effect that the German mili- tary authorities intend to rearm all the forts along the Russian frontier, nearly all the ordnance, which is of a date prior to 1£85, being superseded by weapons of mod- ern design and recent manufacture. German Women’s Employments. It 1s officially stated that there are in Germany three women employed as chim- ney sweeps, thirty-five as slaters, seven as gunsmiths, nineteen as brass and beil founders, fifty as paviors, 147 as copper- smiths, 379 as farriers-and nailers, 300 (in- cluding girls) as masons, eight as stone- cutters and 2,000 in marble, stone and slate quarries. Even in sewers and in steeple building women are employed. ——— It you want anything, try an.ad. in The | Star. If anybody has‘what you wish, you will get an answer, @8S65080 ©S8E506 66 A most extraordinary announcement. Monday we start a slashing of wraps, tunity greater. will startle you, we’ve on hand. OOS OS SS SOS OGOOO desire. $ 3 -00 for coats which sold up to $8. A lot of ladies’ stylish jackets, con- elsting of black and blue cheviots, rough ekeviots and fancy boucles—some half sil and satin Mned—some with shield front and high storm collars—garments which sold up to $8—reduced to $3.00. = for coats which sold up to $10. —consisting of a lot of those very nobby and stylish tan covert jackets, with in- laid velvet collars—half lined with silk and satin—garments which sold up to $10—go at the unheard-of reduction of $3.98. In this lot are some misses’ mixed cheviot jackets, which sold up to $9. v=} lo") es As we told you the other es SSS GOSS skirts, &c., that will amaze you. Instead of waiting till the middle of Janua is the usual custom, we've “laid waste” the that the weather has taken day, we are going and we’ve “cut and slashed” every vestige of the stock Help yourselves Mionday--on easy terms if you wish--or cash if you * | S$ 500 for coats which sold up to $12. Your choice of two lots of ladles’ ish Jjackets—tine plain kerseys and Mack astrakhans—all silk lined and fancy Stitched—shield fronts garments whic fre cheap at #12 and are ridiculously cheap at $5. A let of the most fashionable kersey Jackets—these stylish creations with strap seams—and lined throvghont with heavy quality satia—thevoughly taller made garments which have been going like Chaff before the wind at $18. $16 and $15—are now cut down to $10 for your choice. Suit, skirt iG GSSSEQSESSOSOEO z $7-50 for suits which @ sold up to $18 —consisting of black and bine rough ©) cheviots, "With sy. front—ailielined ‘Jack. CO® ets—full, perfect-hanging skirts. for silk waists BY $2-49 2) 3 which sold upto $7, Two st. @ in one lot of black silk waists—one with tucked front—one with sy pleated back—splendid quality of taffeta silk—which sold up to $7.00. and silk waist prices cut to pieces. S ll -29 for skirts which | sold up to $4 | MY au ek figured bril- tle and or t $1.29, $1] -98 for skirts which sold up to $5. Lot ef plain Mack brilliantine Uned with best iste Uning az portnd $1.98. Lined i Which sold up to $5—reduc Gee SESCS ry, as prices now, and the fact the sudden turn it has, makes the oppor= to do something that 4 ? for Russian blouse jackets which were $25 to $45. $20 ] 3 All the wet 3 ‘S which sold ti ve tied with ah asia ten far and sa e $3-98 for plush capes which were $7.00. 3 —of Saltz’s silk seal plush—trimmed i with thibet tu Hin 5 Be AS 50 for plush capes & which were $12. sats, fest quallty, of Saite'a ait woul (3 fur-sitk Ga @ sh trimmed with — thibet $1 4-50 for electric seal capes which were $24. For just for skirts which sold up to $7. of crepon, 1 My shirts, wold ‘up to °3 ot vised my viet, serge and Mack and col go for $3.98. 54-98 for skirts which solid up to $9, are go stylish— sry bands dus to go fu Hecht & Company, 515 Seventh ‘Street. LIKE A BOGUS TRILBY. Could Fiddle Under Spurious Hpyno- tism as Well as When Not Under It. From the Portland Oregonian, A short time since there arrived in Port- land a young gentleman who is a very skillful and artistic performer on the vio- On account of this and other good and frequent gatherings of the ly inclined were held for his ente tainment and to have the pleasure of listen- ing to his playing. On one occasion last week there happen- ed to be present at one of these gathering a young lady whom he had not previously met, and who was also a perfermer of no small merit on the violin. It was arranged among the party that a joke should be played on- the newcomer. The evening passed pleasantly, many beautiful tions being played on the piano and othe instruments by members of the p terspersed with singing and conversation, subject of hypnotism being brought up at some length, _ th ae Just before the time for parting he pl with great fecling and taste one of I hoven’s sonatas, which was loudly ap- plauded. Then one of the party re rke what a fine thing it would be if an could be hypnotized and made to pla that. Another, who had expressed h lief in hypnotism and claimed he poss ze of the science, said he be- could hypnotize any member of and cause him or her to play the violin, perhaps not so well as the last performer, but passably well. He was at once urged to make the experiment, but willing to be experimented Finally the young lady mentioned at the solicitation of her friends, in- duced to consent to be hypnotized. The usual motions were gone through, and she gradually passed into the hypnot- ized state. Then a violin and bow were placed in her hands and she was directed to reproduce the sonata played. She went through the entire piece without an error, and played it about as well as the gentleman who had preceded her, to the wonder and astonishment of all, and es- He had not that the lady was a violin player and imagined that there must he more in hypnotism than he had supposed. He had his revenge later when the joke was explained to him, by remarki that this was a fair sample of the workings of hypnotism. no one _w Fs eee Mrs. Cowden-Clarke. From the Westminster Gazette. Mrs. Cowden-Clarke, now in her eights pinth year, fs still hale and hearty, and living a beautiful old age in peace and tranquillity. With a mind unclbuded and a body wonderfully active for her years, ghe finds much pleasure in recalling to a few select friends reminiscences of her early days—days when (it looks almost incred- ible in print) she was the constant asso- ciate of Mary Lamb, and mingled frequen? ly in the brilliant comp: of Shelley Coleridge, Charles Lamb, Keats, Leigh Hunt, Hazlitt, Dougl: Jerrold and the glorious Charles Dicket It brings the early years of the century very clese to us to think that this delightful old lady is still In our midst. ee Oh, Those Childrent From Bliegende Blatter. “BAILEY’S MISTAK A Town in Maine With a Name That Ought to Be Changed. From the Trey Times, The Post Office Department has on num- erous occasions insisted on changing the names of offices, even when the native no desire for such changes and protestea agains. them. If the Washington people | are so fond of choosing appropriate names they should devote their attention exclus- had | | ively to those towns whore inhabitants de- | sire relief. Such places are surely to be | fcund. There is one, for exampie, up in the far eastern corner of Maine. It now | rejoices in the name of Bailey’s Mistake. | A cer it was called “Sku j Misery. the terms “Puduch,” | “Hardse “Mink Hole? and “Su in turn and then "t begin to con- | the prevailing ide ere Was a new | lame every year for a quarter of a century | or so, rnd the nominee was ready for more me along and shut off fur- named for Sam s trader who used to sail Lubec as often as once 2 the ng added at 5 that aphers would ere are tWo Waterways that lead up to Lubce from the Atlantic ocean, one a wide and navigable skip channel, and the other a wide vecky shoal affo. ds excellent pasiurage for floun other fish of small draft. About ten years ago Bailey was beating sloop up to Lubec anchorage and took he wrong way. He knew all about the shoal water and ihe rocks, and had be- come so famillar with the course that he paid no heed, ming that his sloop could find her way without help. ‘There is where the “mistake” c: n, for trusting too much to the intelligence of his sioop the craft wen aground on the rocks and chewed into toothpicks before morn- ing. As nobody ever saw anything of Bailey or his crew, it the fishes gok what there y fter the eaves had don work. Fron t date the term shed to this re om both sidex of it, ake”’ nd the nd now the A Remarkable Pauper. rom the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. A very wonderful pauper has been ex- hibited to the people of Springfield within the last few days. For twenty-two years one Mrs. Griswo.d has been an inmate of the almshouse. She had a husband living for seventeen of those years, and she in- herited his small property when he died. The question why she went to the alms- heuse, why her husband was not compelled to support her, and several others, remain to be answered. But chief of all is the re- im that she had been maid of assistant housekeeper, cook, head and for many years not only a nurse, but the on.y nurse in the almshouse. Evidently a very competent person, who ovght to have been a valuable meraber of the community, earning her own living and contributing to the comfort of existence generaily. A woman of such capacity ana character. who could also arrange a Ro- man Catholic sanctuary for the visits of the priest, and habitually has done it for years—that is what she gives us to under- stand—ought not to be pent in a mere alms- hause under the character of a pauper. In fact, Agent Lewis has evidently fallen short in his claims for her; he ought to have made her a saiaried officer; and, in- deed, Lave claimed ‘hat the city is indebted to her in a considerable sum for arrears oi wages. This oversight is really injurious to his defense. But Mr. Lewis has so many singular cases on his hands that we should not wonder at the fact that he was rattled by the very detinite explication of Mr. Mc- Kechnie. From the Baltimore Sun. Thelesbhara A. Charest aged thirty-four’ years, who arrived in Baltimore on the steamer Tritonia from Glasgow as a stow- away, wus yesierday released by Commis- sioner Henn:ghausen. Charest proved that he had lived in various places in this coun- try since 1876, and that he was employed as a cattleman on board of a steamer that Sai.ed from Pailadelphia, and while on the other side missed the steamer on her re- turn trip. He then secreted himself on board the Triconia. Charest’s appearance at the custom house attraeted much attention, as he is a giant in size. He is about 6 reet 4 in height, and stated that his normal weight was 350 pcunds, although at present he weighs but 250, having lost nearly 100 pouhds from lack of food while hidden: away in the cargo of the Tritonia. He stated that he was a cob- bier, and had already secured a position to 9 to work. A Boat of Newspapers. A. I. Sawyer of Skowhegan, Me., is bulld- ing a canoe from common newspapers, ‘When completed there will be thirty thick- nesses. It will weigh eighty pounds and hold ten men. The canoe will be placed on j the United = nnn rade Wo Having. From the Phil th Imes. The import trade of Ameri including the $80010,.000,000 nnually. Thi all in manufactured goo jouth and Central West Indies, is trade is nearly Of this amount ates, the nearest neighbor of n states, and bound to the Latin them b; rity of form of gov t, furnish about 30,440,000, or 1S per cent. The balance of this e: and profitable trade is brought Atlantic from the manufactories ft Ei land, Germa other Beside the nearest neighbor these American republics, we are by far the largest purchaser of their owr No other country begins much Cuban sugar, Gr: from Bolivia and Ari from the Amazon delia, as people wer Fra ot bber and if our we th the shrewdness in trade with which they are usually credit- th see to it that the steamers ich brought these raw products to our or Ss went freighied with the prod- ucts of American mills, mines and fac- tories. Why do we cut so insigni t a figure in the trade of the Latin-American states? Chiefly because we have been repelling tr instead of inviting it, and expecting people to adapt themselves to our fashions customs instead of ng their wants and customs and making £000 man and udapted their wants, have That to suppl ish goods their needs. ican . We d to do thi have lost it. a nutshell ts ‘the explanation of why less than $100,000,000 of Latin-Ameri+ can annual purchases made in the United States, and more than $00,000,000 are made in Europe. American manufacturers should bear In mind th countries to the south of $600,000,000 worth of the and singly and and have fail in invent and ise ways of ring more of this protit- able trade. They should meditate and dream about it by night. They should not rest longer under the reproach of having been driven from the trade of the Amert- continent by European competitors. have long boasted of being the most inventive and progressive people in the world, and it is hich time that we invented ome way of securing more than a paltry seventh of the import trade of the other counirles on our own - see ixty Straight Miles of Line Fence. From the Nebraska State Journal Major Clapp, Indian agent at Pine Ridge gency, S. D., has finally arranged for a complete settlement of the late trouble pe- tween the cattlemen adjoining the reservar tion and the Indians of the agency over thé question of stray cattle on the reserve For several years it has been the practice of several of the larger cattle compantes to drive their herds over the line on to the reservation to avoid taxation. Other cattle have drifted or strayed from their own ranges. Agent Clapp has just returned from Washington and thinks that future trouble will be avoided. The stockmen have been notified to drive their stock from the eservation and have been warned to keep nem off. The department has decided to build a five-wire fence the length of the eservation, sixty miles; it is to be built in the spring. continent. — RIP Any Cold that hangs on may very properly be termed GRIP. If it starts with headache, backache and influenza, then it IS GRIP. In either case the prompt use of “SEV- ENTY-SEVEN” is required to break it up. 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