Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1898, Page 9

“Your Credit is Good.” Until Wednesday Night We hold high revel amidst our Parlor Furniture. We've too much on hand and are bent on reducing our stock. We've waived all our profits and cut deep into the actual cost of the goods. The loss is ours. You may profit by it if you wish. If not convenient to pay cash, tell us to charge the goods. S-plece Parlor Snite, ih ti.sh~ band: $ iniaid—uphols| ideed geen Parlor Suite, in silk dam- fred—tnfted— ficent suite 557 0 a bargain For 3 days..... ception Chair, up- silk dumask—a very pretiy and handsome chalr—reduced from $4 to.. folly 150 styles of Rockers, and ne is reduced to away below Cost. §5 85 For three days the prices on all Solid la y Furniture will be reduced to every $9.00 Te ker, In mahogany m ered oak re- . Lansburgh Furniture Co., 1226 F St.N. W. ja3 Toa Finish! This sale will continue un- til every dollar’s worth of Diamonds, Watches, Jew- elry, Cut Glass, Bric-a-brac, etc., is sold. Jacobs Bros. are really retiring from business, and their entire stock is to go a Auction —without reserve or limit. The st pertion of the stock still remains unsold. PPPOOOO OOO S ) Sales at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Jacobs Bros., p'7 ‘a.ave. Diamond Importers and Jewelers. Estab. 1874. POOODOND DOO OOOOOD DODD J. H. French will conduct the sale for F. Warren John- son, auctioneer. Q JeS-00d DPBS T9909 rrEE [Exhibit of rare architectural Etchings by Piranesi (1720 to 1778). The works of this talented Italian en- QQOOOHDOOOOOD lasses . © * graver and etcher of antiquities were pub- * * lished in Portfolio in 1836, by bis son Fran- ceaco. Students of history, architects and °° Tonquin,” &. eerhoff’s, 1217 F. de31-20d Do Protect Your Lungs! Lang trouble Is Hable to lead on to some- thing serious. Prot longs against cold by wearing @ maske" Lung Pro- tector. It wil be found to meet Cc all requirements, and is light in weight. Priced within easy reach of all. viz = ; ) aN OGRAIT’S, 3%, Jal-204 Aa Punch is the correct wet" to nerve For all social teas, ete, Bed and White Puneb—grand occasions. favor —for only $2 g: Unbroken pack- ken back. uick deliveries. Let us serve you with Punch? f, lhrale jal ‘20 Great Reduction In Hair. Switches formerly _ $5.00. Switches, $6.00, formerly $10.50. Gray Switches, $3.00, formerly $5.60, Gray Switches, $4.50, formerly $6.50. First-class attendants in Hairdressing, Shampooing, ete. ximperial Hatr Regenerator for restoring gray balr ever fails. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. = Coffee! Finest ‘The very fact that not one of the many drinx- ers of our famous Mocha and Jaya Coffee bas ever registered a complaint is- indisputable Softee “ie. roasted freah Price, ' 38c. W. R. Brown, 2oth & Pa. ave. 0c39-3m,14¢ THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 38, 1898-14 PAGES. McKnew’s Daily Letter. Every Coat, Cape and Suit in stock has been re= duced. Too late for us to be thinking of profits, notwithstanding the present wintry weather. We never carry garments over from one season to another, so all we have must be closed out this and next month. A big rackful of $12, $12.50, $13, $13.50, $14. $14.50 and $15 Coats, in smooth and rough cloths, plain, braid- ed, etc. Your choice for $11. A small lot of Women’s Black Cheviot Suits, silk lined reefer jackets, brown and gray mixed cheviot suits, etc., !o odd sizes, Keduced to $10. A ne of $15, $16 and $17.50 Silk-lined Suits, very elegant and stylish, In black and colot Reduced to $13.50. All the Children’s Winter Reefers and Gretchen Coats have been reduced. Wm. H McKnew 5 933 Pa. Ave. YER RRR How About »% The Stoves! sure they are in perfect order?—that some of the parts are not broken?—that they don’t need a good cleaning? Let us give them a thorough overhanling—fix everything that needs attention—and make them all_ready for cold, winter weather. ee postal. We'll come 2 Cor. 7th ; Barker,« DSW: “Prices always the lowest.” Coffee made quickly at the table by aid of these Polish Brass Russian Coffee Pots, with alcohol lamps. ——— Most convenient Coffee Pots yet invented— - and avoid all danger of the coffee getting cold. Only $2.25, $2.65 and $3 up. Wilmarth & Kaiser, 1114 F Ja3-14d —to fit you with a pair of satisfactory Eyeglasses or spectacles. The price is governed by the frames entirely, as the lenses are the same in all--THE BEST. Opticians,“1311” Fst. Smithfield Hams. We've just received a big shipment of these delicious Tams. So if you order early—vou'll be able to get just the size you want. We have all the brands of HAM and BREAKFAST BACON that have a reputation for - mild cure and fine flavor. G7 Everything for the table in sea- Cottage Market,818 rath St.) al 8 wy A Big Job. We've undertaken to clear out our Ladies’ Depart- ment. To make-a clean sweep of everything and start fresh. It’s early to think about spring yet, but we'll clear out all winter goods right away at Startlingly Reduced Prices And still you have the privilege of using our~ credit system, the easiest and fairest in the world. $10-00 Ladies’ Boucle Coats. Handsomely made Coats, lined throughout with silk. New fly-front Klondike collar. $10.00 is the $5:87 Brocaded Silk Skirts, lined Rg Bee Ulats PUiCe sme ce eel sie oc seie slow care nsceocts iacle Black Taffeta Silk Waists, with white linen collars, lined throughout with __ percaline, throughout — an bound with velvet, $8.00 value......... $5 19 finished seams é $6.98 Heavy Taffeta Silk Under- skirts, in all the latest shades— black and two-tone effects— elegantly made—with 7 corded Spanish ruffles. Reg- $5 98 ular $8 quality...... Misses’ Black Beaver Coats, |2 piped velvet seams, fly front— flap pockets—splendidly tailor- ed. A regular $8.00 Value %:..fcsss seas $5.49 Ladies’ Black Sateen Wrap- pers—skirt full 4 yards wide— $12.98 value.... Saltz’s Plush Capes, full sweep, well lined, high storm | collar—front edged $2.98 with Thibet fur—a $5 value.... Fine Black Serge Suits— | perfectly tailored—jacket _fly- | front—lined with rhadame silk —new cut skirt—well lined and bound. Regul $15.00 quality ee as $7.98 Elegant All-wool Cheviot Serge Skirt, made with welted | seams—percaline lined, velvet fWatteau. Bae pret inter- bound—perfect in hang and AS $2 & a) $1 AD finish. Regular $6.00 $3 98 HOe eee e eee eee | quality ... 5 ° Beer Rae ae Sponged Kersey Coats—in the very newest styles—lined with fancy satin—roll collar—flap Fine Electric Seal Muffs— | made in the latest shape—lined pockets — stitched « | throughout with heavy satin. | Regular $2.00 qual- seams. A $12.50 ae 83c. sine’... 37° $8.08 | New York Clothing House, | 311 Seventh 311 a La eee ee ~ Grent Britain’s Quakers for Peace. = A. "AVAL A-ACACAA, A, | From the London Times. € ° og | The Society of Friends ere issuing “An € O Ol Vi O ] 3) | Appeal to the Nation,” in which the follow- € ur lve ll 3 | ing passages occur: We have been alarmed € ey Di ti at the repeated proposals, from those high 2 *|in authority, for a large increase of the & OmMmes Irec arms oroaceniairnicti na velscareatsal cis § I t. I 5 introduction of conscription. Before the country is committed to any such disas- € rom a y. 3 | trous policy we would entreat all lovers of a We import it direct from Lucca, 3 j Feace to join in a strong protest against it, le to eiatanten tea the angee 3 | not only as lovers of peace, but as lovers of nthe world—in full pint 3¥| their country. It 1s because we are con- quart Lottles. stantly carrying on war in India and in Af- © —— “Trbhe. pint. 900. quart. 5 rica that we are told our army is too small. ec We now have an army nearly twice as large « W. S. THOMPSON, 3) | as thae under ‘Wellington at Waterloo. en *" PHARMACIST, 703 15TH STREET. gaged against the hill tribes of India in a Ne C ja3-28a . AAPRMAARAAAR MALE RARARARMRRRD . Reeves’ Will feed the appetite for bar- geins with specials of no mean imyortance to economical people— 10 exkes Proctor & Gam- Cc ber’s Oleine Soap...... 39c. 5 Ibs. Best Gloss Starch. 19C. _, 1209 F St. Ve wee ee eww een ee ewe ews war brought about by our “forward” milita- ry policy,and we venture to say that twenty years hence there will be as few ready to defend that policy as would now .defend the Crimean war. A court for the adminis- tration of international justice would be a far more potent means of security than the largest army and navy. We need a strong expression by the people of this country, and especially by all connected with the ait- ferent religious bodies, of their wish that our government in its relations with other nations and with our dependencies should act on moral lines, that its policy should be one of forbearance and of consideration for the rights of others, a policy of peace and good will rather than one of war and aggression. ; > f 3 4 AAADARARAM ORAS DOO S39990 DS Established in 1851. Q rices--Not +oe The forty-one offices of the Frankfort lottery, in Louisville, Ky., were all closed January 1 for the first time in twenty-five years. Bugs Save Lumber. Parkersburg (W. Va.) Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch. Prof. A. D. Hopkins, the entomologist at the West Virginia egricultural experiment station, is’ well pleased with the result of his recent trip to the Black Forests in Ger- many, where he studied the insects to be found there, and returned to West Virginia with millions of Httle beetles, which he turned loose in the pine forests to make war on the pine-destroying insects which are killing the trees. By the introduction of this little insect millions of feet of lumber were saved and the destructive insect was almost exter- minated. ———+ee_____ Used Tobacco Ninety Years. From a Chicago Paper. James Wood of Portsmouth, N. H., Thurs- day celebrated his 101st birthday anniver- sary, in company with his wife, who is eighty, two sisters, who ere over eighty, and two sons and one daughter. He is able to read without glasses, his mind is clear and he is as active as an ordinary man of sixty. One year ago he swore off on tobacco, after using it for ninety years, and he says he is glad he did. He feared that the continued use of the weed wauld kill him eventually, and he swore off. Capt. Rich, formerly chief engineer of the Wisconsin Central railway, has been ap- pointed director general of railways in China. The sash and door factory of the C. J. Hamilton Company at Buffalo, N. Y., was destroyed by fire last night, causing a loss Quality--Have Our standard of quality is the same today—as it was 47 years ago— the Eighest in the land. It i« only 8 that have been reduced. For example— 71 gallon Fussell’s American Creams—one kind in freezer—$1.20. 1 galion Fussell’s American Ices— one variety, in freezer—$1. Q 142! ‘Fussell’s, x". a Ja3-m,w,f-28 eee eee LSS) iP $1 -50 $250 & $3 SILK LIFTS, 50c. This is the way Teel will close cut a lot of Superb Silk and Satin Suspenders! )W. S. TEEL, \935 Pa. Ave. } (a ‘These facts go 1898 Calendars—Free! “Lee” Mine Coal the very best and finest fuel any one can pos- MineCoal’ ay ; It thew pe y ag cheaper, a ‘Phone 729. Johnson Bros., 1206 F St. 1515 7th 14th and D sts. s.w. 3d and K sts. 13th and Water sts. s.w. jal-16d Ne makes a red hot fire in quick time! Yet can be se- cured here at “summer Christmas. Beautiful and attractive assorted boxes containing Russian, English | and French Chocolates - and Fruits. 3 N. W. Burchell, 1325 F st. of $120,000. PRP PERE L°L|°N°NSL Se f MAYER BROS. & CO., 935-939 F ST : Bristling with Bargains.. Every department contributes. The beginning of 1898—we’ll make a memorable time in the annals of local trade history! Values are to be offered, such as you've never seen equaled! Not on one or several things we wish to sell—but on things you want—articles you need—NOW. This is an extraordinary trade event—and is designed to relieve the dif- ferent departments of congested, overstocked conditions due to a policy of too liberal buying. Cloak Department—every wrap put down to a price that will insure the most rapid sort of selling! $7.50 coats go for $5. $18 Coats go for $9.75. That superb line of $25 Coats go for $12.50! Ladies’ Fancy $1 Waists, 50c., and $5 Silk Waists are now $2.69. wed Tre? se DOLLS SACRIFICED! $1 qvality Double-joint Ladies’ $1 4-button Kid G genuine sacrifice at this prjg 0,000 sards of All-silk and Fancy Ribbons plaids, checks, stripes—every one of the latest, newest ‘designs—not Kibben in the lot but sold pre- = 25C. viously at ‘from 35¢. to 75c. yard. 1 in rt w Hand-painted Satin Sofa and Cushion Covers—now. 2, : +4. 8c. Pleated Liberty Silk Ruching....24 4% Special at::...25c, Assorted Neck Pieces—the $2 qualities go for.....°.2.%" 3 Soc. Fancy Boxes—now 18c.—Fancy Decorated Chirf# 98c. Plates. “9c. wee IOC, ee Ladies’ 19c. Initial Silk Handkerchiefs go for..... ains. A bunch of Millinery Bar soc. Felt Hats—all shapes and colors—on sale at. 25c. Ostrich Plumes (beauties every one)....... Lot of Fancy Feathers (50c. to $1.25 qualities). . . Seg 5 Include Algrittes, Coque s and a variety of styl Children’s 50c. Caps and Hats, over 20 styles, at Children’s $1 Cloth Caps—all kinds—on sale at. MAYER BROS. & CO., | le 3 °F: a oe ee te te eet eet ht hh he ERED ARE MR. TELLER’S VIEWS ————. Effect on This Country of Chinese Dismemberment. ALLODR TREATIES WITH HER WILL PAIL ——— The Economie Conditions of the World Will Be Changed. GREAT BRITAIN INTERESTED While men of influential position in Con- gress are slow to give public expression to their views on the Chinese question, the opinion is spreading among both senators and members of the House that steps will have to be taken to protect our interesis in the east, and that we cannot rely on our existing treaty rights if Russia, Germany and France are to be permitted to go chead with plans they may have for the dismem- berment of the empire. Thus far most of those who are thinking of the matter ser- ously have confined themselves to private expressions of opinion and to consultation’ among themselves on the subject. There is ho party nor sectional division. Those feel- ing that something should be done to pro- tect our interests are among the leading men on both sides of the Senate and House. An attitude of indifference ts occupied by scme, but this is passing away as the mat- ter is discussed. Some of the leading re- publicans hope that the administration will take a strong position in the matter in dealing with the governments interested, so that Congress will not have to take any part in suggesting or urging a policy. In any aggressive course followed they will have the support of the opposition parity on the ground that the welfare of the na- tion is involved and that there can be no POA in dealing with such a ques- lon. Senator Teller’s Views. Senator Teller today said that he thought the country should soon see what a seri- ous menace was the proposition to dis- mereber China, “I£ this dismemberment is permitted,” he said, “our treaties with China fall and we shall have to deal anew with the pewers who take possession of the Chinese territory. Russia will get the biggest slice, and if she ts not particularly a com- betitor of ours now she will then become one. Germany and France are not likely tc get much out of the division of the em- pire. Russia will be the great power, but, however it is divided, a barrier will be erected against our trade. After the dis- memberment has occurred we cannot say to the governments that have taken pos- session of China that we have certain treaty rights. They will reply that there is no China and are therefore no treaties. But that is not the worst of it. If this dismemberment occurs the people of what is now China will become the »roducers tor the whole world. A competitor in production and trade will be introduced against which we nor no other people can successfully contend. Economic Conditior« Wi.i Be Chang- ed. “Tne economic condii* oi the whole world will be changed. The people of China have a greater power of production than have any other like number of people in the world. All they need is to be arous- ed to the effort and to have their efforts Properly directed. Inspired by enterprise aud energy of Germany and Russia, they would become the producers for the world, and they would produce so cheaply that there would be no competition with them. The country is immensely rich in natural resources. They have great mineral wealth, a territory suited to diversified products and a population capable of the greatest skill and industry and habituated to a mude of life which wouid enable them to do what no other people could. Their lebor and the development would contrib- Ute to the wealth and power of the na- tions possessing the dismembered empire. The commerce and wealth of other nations would shrivel up. Russia, with her domin- ion extended over the greater part of China, would practically overrun the earth. it is against the interest of nations and, perhaps, even threatening to our civiliza- tion to have China dismembered. It would be destructive to Great Britain, as it would be to us. If China goes the entire oriental territory there will go. It is not improb- able thet the hand of Russia would extend into India, A Failure to Interfere. “When it is said that the United States cannot interfere it should be understood what a failure to interfere will involve. The dismemberment of China means the cutting off of our commerce in the orient and the introduction of a competitor whu will deprive us of the commerce of the rest of the world and even supply our own peo- ple. We cannot permit this without sinking to the position of a third or fourth-rate na- tion, helpless, degraded and without intiu- ence among the nations of the earth. We would have to submit to the domination of an absolutism among the nations; our own institutions would take on a decline, and the civilization represented by this govern- ment and the English government would cease to progress. We would suffer more than any other people. We have more in- volved and would be more directly injured. It is folly, therefore, to say that we should have nothing to say. It is our duty to pre- vent this dismemberment of China, as it is that of Great Britain. We should join with Great Britain in a notice to Russia and Germany that the dismemberment of China will not be permitted. Even without Great Britain we should give such notice. Al- most our very existence as a nation is in- volved. We should have nothing more than a mere existence should we permit it.” So Lakeland Knights Choose Leaders. Lakeland Lodge, 124, K. of P., has elect- ed the following officers for the ensuing term: P. C., Jas. C. Brelsford; C. C., Wm. C. Parker; V. C., Wm. T. Thompson; pre- late, A. H. Lee, M.D.; M. E., Dr. S. M. Me- Millan; M. F., J.-C. prelsford; K. of R. and S., J. Fred. Keefauver; M. of W., G. W. Bryant; M. at A., Jno. A. Thompson; I. G., 8. D. Bowdoin, and O. G., Jno. Dove. After the meeting adjourned refreshments were served and a program of vocal and instru- mental music was rendered by the lodge quartet, Parker, McMillan, Brelsford and Keefauver, ably supported by Messrs. Bry- ant and Dove. The lodge will give another entertainment in February. —_.+—_— The Case Broke Down. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. When the late Neal Dow was a young man he was chief of the volunteer fire department of Portland, Me. His activity in temperance reform made him unpopular with the liquor sellers, and they tried to get him removed. At a hearing on the matter one witness testified that Mr. Dow was arbitrary and reckless of the lives of the men. By way of illustration he said that he was orderéd by the chief to take the pipe which he was holding into a place where he refused to go, telling the chief that no man could live there. On cross-examination he was asked: “What did Mr. Dow do then?” “Snatched the pipe from my hands and told me to clear out.” “What else?” “He took it into the fire himself.” At that point the case against the chief brcke down. ++ Russia has the most rapidiy increasing population of any country in the world. The grewth during the last hundred years has been a fraction less than 1,000,000 an+ nvally. z In his recent work on “Suicide,” Dr. Legoyt refers to a remarkable epidemic of suicide which cccurred at Versailles in 1798, and to which over 1,300 persons feil An order has been given that the curfew law shall be read at least twice a week in every public school in Denver, Col., and that its provisions be strictly enforced Everybody, young or old, en- joys a good story in the Jules Verne vein. One of just that kind, entitled “Through the Earth” begins in The January ST’, NICHOLAS. T tells of a wonderful machine built to bore its way through the earth on the principle of an immense auger, “which by its rapid revolutions loosened the earth and transported it automatically to the surface.” Later installments will tell of the cigar-shaped ma- chine which went through the hole, and the adventures of its boy- passenger when beyond the reach of the laws of gravitation. ‘ ‘The Second of POCO Hero eee rere eee ee eee ee eeeeeeeeeeas RUDYARD KIPLING’S : “JUST-SO STORIES,” . Ilustrated by Oliver Herford, nd —the first one of which in the December number The Tribune called “a little masterpiece”—is in this issue. It tells “HOW THE CAMEL GOT AIS RUMP.” The third one of Kipling’ ust-So” Stories, telling “How the Rhinoceros Got His Wrinkled Skin,” will be in the February num- ber. The Serials Already begun in ST. NICHOLAS, or in this January number, in- clude: . THE BUCGANEERS OF THE LAXERIM CUR COAST. ATSLETIC GLU By FRANK BR. STOC IN. By RUPERT HUGHES. WITS THE BLACK PRINCE, TWO BiUDIGUT Boys, y WILLIAM 0. STODDARD. T. TROWBRIDGE, AND THE “dUST-S ” STORIES BY KIPLING. Free Numbers, Sor icimee a NCHOnAS, to. peste a yearly subscription with the Jhunary number” ma: obtain November and. December without charge asking for them when subscribing, and thus begin all the above mentioned se hs of ST. NICHOLAS for the price of « year's subseription. Begin the new year by ng » is the most expensive children’s magazine in est in art an rature. NT. ife of brightness and intelligence Subseribe through dealers every - NICHOLAS wil than any other in where, oe remit I note to the publish money order or po THE CENTURY CO., Union Square, New York. POO e eee rr eeeerreerererereceeseseesreeseceos ‘INDIGNANT|AT THE it eeeccecoe | POCO CCCCC COCO OC OEE OOOO EEO OOOO OOOO EOEH ESE HOHOOOOOEO OOOH OH TOOOSOOHOSOOHOOD | Meee reer cere reer eee eee esses sseseesereseer CLERKS WHI TE HOUSE ARE Time Clock Has Been Erected in Auditor Castle's Building. Conference Had With Several Republican Leaders, ‘There is consternation among the clerks| President McKinley conferred today with in the office of the auditor for the Post | 2 number of republican leaders. Senators Office Department stationed in the Busca | Elsins, Davis, Pritchard, Allison, Fair- building opposite the department. It is due] banks and Gear, and Representative Dal- to the installation of a time clock system, | 2¢!l, all men who stand close to the Presi- by means of which the arrival and depart- | dent and administration, were among those ure of each clerk is automatically noted. | Who chatted with the President. Some of them, especially Senator Davis, had extend- ed conferences with the chief executive. Postmaster General Gary was also a caller, having been telephoned for. It is supposed that some of the confer- ences related to important measures in Congress, but in several cases the matter Some time ago Auditor H. A. Castle In- vestigated the system which is in operation in all the big post offices throughout the country and was so much pleased with its working that he decided to install the sys- tem in his department. Nothing was known of the purpose of the curious-looking clocks which were installed on each floor during the holiday recess, and when the clerks were informed this morn- ing that each one was required to register the time of arrival and departure, and later were given a number and a key, there was all kinds of comment, some of which would not look well in print. The clocks are known as the Bundy sys- tem, and if they work successfully in this department, it is understood, an effort will be made to introduce them in every de- partment of the government. They cost $100 each, and beside being a perfect time- piece, represent a watchman who never sleeps and always tells the truth. The time clock is slightly larger than an ordinary one, of polished oak and with a big, honest-looking dial. Some distance under the face of the clock is a keyhole into which the key is inserted by the clerk. By pressing the key to the right sharply, a bell rings and an automatic printing de- vice registers the exact time. When the clerk goes out a lever is pulled to the right and the key inserted. This puts a star in front of the time on the slip showing the clerk has gone out. In this way the time record of each clerx is accurately kept, and there can be no possible way of juggling figures. The work of recording the time of arri- val of the clerks has heretofore been done by a clerk or the watchman, and many times a point or two was stretched to help out a tardy brother. But the clock plays no favorites. It is not subject to the plead- ings of a sweet-voiced woman, who begs not to be repcrted “this once.” The clock ticks away unmindful of the pleadings, and seems to say in the melody of its ticking, “On time. On time. On time!” Clerks are allowed half an hour between noon and 2 o'clock. The majority usually take the noon half hour. This was evi- dently the case today, for when a reporter of The Star visited the building shortly be- fore the half hour arrived, the clerks were coming in rapidly. As the half hour got nearer and nearer to the registration mark. the clerks hustled. There was a jam just before time was up, and there was all kinds of hustling to ring up and be on time. Some of the clerks were a bit nerv- ous over the clock, and one old fellow, af- ter expressing his opinion of the system in English with the veneer all taken off, went back, and taking out his pencil, made a record of the time himself, adding: “I'll ‘rust no clock.” ; One lady, whose office was on the fourth floor, entered the building just at half-past 12, and made a bee-line for the elevator. “Hurry, hurry,” she exclaimed to the con- ductor; “I won't be in time to register.” The elevator boy hurried, and the reporter went along. On the fourth floor she forgot her number, and then she nearly fainted. It came to her in a little while, and then she gave a correct imitation of a drunken man trying to put a key in a key hole. “My gracious, it’s upside down,” and then she reversed it, and, bang, went the bell! She smiled, and then took her time about getting to work. The clerks cracked all sorts of jokes at the expense of the clock. One clerk, rais- ing his voice to a high treble, rang in and shouted in an effeminate voice “Cash! Arfother, when his key had set the gong going, called out “Two beers, waiter!” A third, who had evidently speculated on horse races, called out when the bell rang, “They're off!” All of the clerks are opposed to the sys- tem, and many of them are outspoken in their denunciation of a system which they say implies they are in the habit of being tardy. The representative of the patentee was on hand to explain the workings of the system. He opened the big clock and ex- plained its workings to a reporter of The Star. Briefly by an ingenious arrange- trent of figures, operated by mechanism in connection with the clock, the time is reg- istered in a long slip of paper each time the key is turned. There is absolutely no way to deceive the clock. —e— Mr. Carrington’s Gunning Trip. Mr. Campbell Carrington has just re- turned home from a gunning trip to North Carolina. There were four gunners in the party—Mr. Carrington’s nephew, Campbell, and his brother Edward and another neph- ew. also named Edward. They hunted in the vicinity of High Point, the Edwards and Campbells taking sides for a gold Rt the enil of four Gaye Iu'the woole the party had killed 320 quail, 14 rabbits and by the Campbells, Se ine aid not ‘Kill oe many 80 birds as aid’ the Edwards. The disputed quesfion will be settled by a game expert. ‘The the Princeton have deinttely Miccided to close the grit room at the Princeton Inn. of patronage was the principal subject. The President had a busy day, and looks forward to a weck of hard work. He ts preparing as many nominations for the Senate as can be properly gotten ready, and at the same time is discussing prospective nominations. The Fight in Ohio. Much interest was felt around the White House during the day in the contest in Ohio between Senator Hanna and the com- bine against him. It was officially stated that there has been little communication between the White House and the Hanna forces in Ohio. The President is known to feel the deepest interest in the outcome, but it is affirmed that nothing of a nature to alarm him as to the probable defeat ot Senator Hanna has been received. The fact that Senator Hanna has communicated sparingly with the White House Is con- sidered by his friends as the besi evidence that he dees not see serious danger ahead. The close relations of the President and Senator Hanna would naturally result in many messages should the Hanna managers see the possible defeat of their favorite. Judge Day, assistant secretary of state, sent t> the White House this morning with a bundle of consular applications in his hand. When asked as to whether he had news from Ohio, he said, with em- phasis: “I haven't a doubt of Senator Han- ra’s election. I consider it a certainty.” When Judge Day's attention was called to a rumor that the Hanna people will put him (Judge Day) up as a dark horse if it is seen that Senator Hanna can’t win, he said It was all buncombe. Civil Service Changes. There is good ground for ‘ing that the President will not take early action in the matter of changes in the civil service law. The President has come to the conclusion, it is said, that he will not promulgate any order on the subject until the agitation in Congress subsides. The President does not care to be put in the position of granting concessions tu the anti-civil service men when he had made up his mind as to cer- tain changes before Congress began agita- tion of the subject. Several months ago the President had made up his mind to exempt deputy collectors of internal reve- nue and customs from the operations of the law. Before he had taken action, the fight on the law as a whole began in Con- gress. The President thereupon put the matter aside until a later period. Intersiate Commerce Commission. The term of Col. William R. Morrison, as head of the iuterstate commerce commis- sion, has expired, and he is preparing to leave for his home in Illinois. There is no provision of law by which he could serve until his successor is named. Although it is positively stated in some circles that the name of Judge Paxson of Pennsylvania will be sent to the Senate this week, there is also authority for saying that the settle- ment of a successor to Col. Morrison may be same time off. The President is said to be in doubt what to do. He is quick to make up his mind, however, and may come to a decision by Wednesday. Representatives Hilborn of California, Lacey of Iowa and Johnson of North Da- kota were visitors, and taiked with the Presidet BE SURE THE INTERNAL REVENUE STAMP OVER THE CORK AND CAPSULE [S NOT BROKEN (AND THAT IT BEARS THE NAME ~ W.A.GAINES & CO. THAT GOES WOTW TS BOTTLING. 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