Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1898, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1898-16 PAGES. wl Mc Knew’s, Cloaks Suits and Furnishings, 933 Penn. Ave. iday , January, 7th, 1898. on ® garment denotes quality. Our store news appears in this corner of The Star daily. It will “bristle” with bargains. Children’s and Misses’ Reefers Reduced. Want to close out the entire stock of Children’s and Misses’ Reefers. Every price has been cut. These cut especially dee; Six Children’s Fine Cloth Refers, nizes 4 and § yrs. Were $3.75, $5, 95.75 and $7. Reduced to.. d Suit has been jearance’” Sale. Three Children’s Cloth Reefers, sizes 4, 6 and 8 yrs. Reduced from $5 to... Children’s and Misses’ Empire Reef- ers, new this season. Very handsome. Blses 4, 6, 8 and 10 sre. Were $5 and $6.50, Reduced to Every Woman's Co reduced during this January” wi H. McKnew, 933 Eaave 3 = SOOO Chas. R. Edmonston. J ( The use of the 5 ‘Chafing dish : ; one finds it Indispensable in preparing little AW SSS EO contains YThe BusyCorner, | YThe BusyCorner, |) \ )8th & Market Space.| “snacks” in a jiffy. Our stock all the newest sorts—vastly You cannot buy one to better n_ here. omplete a varfety of thera sa chafing dish tray—sou get along without it e showing the new Nickel-plated Trays — which different an Dish will not sizes—for anon ooo H 4 5 . Hy H H 8 g & 3 FY g : 50 clock | tea kettles —of every kind worth having. a great variety of unig Shown in brass, copper and sterling plete. ‘with. brass and” wrought irom Rand, for $1.35 and up. Took of re- efpes tree with each one. Chas. R. Edmonston 1205 Pa. Avenue. | advantage | )S. KANN, SONS & GO. No let up in our Cloak Department. cz For Saturday WE PLACE ON SALE > PLUSH CAPES —FULL WHEEL SHAPE—160-INCH SWEEP AND INCHES +LONG—HANDSOMELY JETTED AND TRIMMED WITH THIBET FUR—LINED WITH BEST OF $4. 98 y SILK--ACTUALLY WORTH $10.50.0 ¥¢ : For Saturday 2 WE PLACE ON SALE 300 EXTRA-FINE LADIES’ JACKETS, ALL LINED WITH SILK AND BEAVERS, SERSEYS, MELTON: ATID BOUCLES, CHEVIOTS AND AS- 1S CF CLOAK MAKERS’ TACT WORTH $15.00 $8, : > For Saturday WE PLACE ON SALE 25 CRUSH VE- LOUR JACKETS — BOX SHAPE, LINED Lae tet Ro ee Or a ae las DRO —$25.00 VALUE. «7 For Saturday i WE PLACE ON SALE 50 asTRACHAN } R COLLARETTES, FULL CIRCULAR 7] HAPE-10-INCH LENGTH, WITH HIGH ¥ COLLAR GARM AND ARE WORTH $3.93 > For Saturday WE PLACE ON SALE 100 EXTRA-FINE SILK SKIRTS-FULL 4% YARDS WIDE— STRICTLY DRESSMAKERS’ MAKE- LINED AND BOUND TO EQUAL ANY $5.50 GARMENT * $3.98 LINED WITH SILK. THESE \ For Saturday WE PLACE ON SALE 1.000 LADIES’ STANLEY WOOL WAISTs, WORTH $1.49, IN 69c. /\ CHECK, PLAIDS AND FANCY MIXTURES Your Eyes Have a Enough to Do iH ** —without compelling them | ** to look through UNSUIT- = ** ABLE Eyegiasses or Spec- ** tacles. ** Tf you desire a pair of ** glasses that will give satis- 2 ** faction in every sense see us. ?M<Allister« Feast | ee 1” Fst. Jaz-28e i i ASTHMA, Hay Fever and Giaae Oppression, Suffocation, Neuralgia, ste ESPIC'S CIGARETTES, Paris, J. ESPIC; New York, E. FOCOFRA & CO, SOLD 'BY ALL DRUGGISTS. del-t.52t.14 A Sure Cure forPiles LANASOL OINTMENT. It_ affords in- nt relief—and NEVER FAILS to cure. We prepare it and guarantee it. 25c. jar. Samples free. Ladies need BRIGHTWELL'S COM- PLEXION CKEAM. It keeps the skin in fauitiess condition. Removes every factal blemish. 25e. jar. — eed 0] end Evans’ Drug Storenris dss ‘r at. ‘Cova. and 8 and a = ave. ju! 14d Henry y's Unique From the Boston Transcript. One of our morning contemporaries re- marks: “It isn’t often that a Congressman has an opportunity to rise and address the House on the day that he first takes his sat. Congressman Lawrence's distinction in this respect comes very near to being unique.” Our contemporary might have ecded, however, that another unique dis- tinctien was that of Henry Clay, who was chosen Speaker of the national house on November 4, 1511, which was the very first day of his service in that body. Preceding this unique episode of Clay’s was another episode in his career which was equally vnique, namely, kis service for several mcnths as a member of the United States Senate before he was constitutionally elig- ible to membership in that body. Clay was bern on April 12, 1777, but he took his seat in the Senate on December 29, 1806, when he lacked about three and a half months of having attained the age of thirty years, which the Constitution prescribes as one of the qualifications for membership of the Senate. Probably it was not generally known at the time that Clay had not reached the age required by the Constitu- ticn, for no objection was raised to his ad- mission to the Senate. Experiences. AT THE WHITE HOUSE Many Nominations Were Sent to the Senate Today. MOST OF THEM POSTMASTERSHIPS The President Watching the Civil Service Fight. GossIe ABOUT THE OFFICES The President today sent these nomina- tions to the Senate: Treasury—Henry vania, to be superintendent of the mint of the United States at Philadelphia, Pa.; Robert G. Pearce, to be surveyor of cus- toms, port of Rock Island, Ill.; Charles Wright, to be collector of internal revenue for the first district of Michigan; James H. Stone, to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of Detroit, Mich. State—Kavanaugh K. Kennedy of Missis- sippi, to be consul of the United States at Para, Brazil; Wm. H. H. Graham of In- diana, to be consul at Winntpeg, Manitoba. Navy—Arthur O. Sykes of New York, to be a chaplain in the navy: Harold H. Haas of Virginia, to be an assistant surgeon in the ravy. K. Boyer of Pennsyl- Postmasters. Massachusetts—Geo. K. Stratton, ner; Frark P. Ware, Brightwood; Juli Dowacie. Gard- oO. Temlinson, Piain- . Statferd Springs; ile; Wm. S. Judd, Well Mergan Cit: n—Melvin A. Bates, Grayling; 3 Hudson, Ludington; Frank L. Ir- Albion: Calvin A. Palmer, Manistee H. Hutton, Raff, Traverse City Alma: Alfred Milnes, Coldwater; Aaron R. Wheeler, St. Louis; Fred E. Moffatt, Stan- : Henry Clark, South Grand Rapids. abama—Charles C. Crowe, Marion. Arkansas—Wm. L. Jefferies, Clarendon Francis M. Reeves, Mena. “alifornia—Wm. N. Anderson, San Ra- Giirey; Geo. B orthville; Charles F. Brown, George W Richard Ryan, Abel A. Withrow, Santa : Samuel W. Metcalf, Sisson; Frank J. Payne, Sutter Cree! Lafayette Van Dusen, Ukiah. Colorado—Charles D. Purks, Anna G. Derry, Ouray; Samuel H. Young, Rocky Ford. Georgia — Walter A. Kerman, ville; Henry P. Farrow, nesville. Idaho—Wesley W. Pritchett, Weiser. Iilirois—H. D. L. Grigsby, Pittsfield; An- drew E. Sheldon, Paxton; H. P. Nichols, Maywood: John C. Baker, Golconda; Rob- ert W. McKnight, Girard; Harry D. Hem- mens, Elgin: Emory Gregg, Fairbury; L. D. Hartwell, Maricn; Harry A. Marsh. Upper Aiton: Ansel B. Case, Prophets- town. Indiana—George Burbank, Oakland City; Albert C. searss, Peru; Perry J. Free- man, Richmond; Walter S. Montgomery, Greenfieid: J. B. Woods. Hammond; Vi V. Williams, Bedford: Charles Sut Garrett; Coursen J can McA. William: Noblesville; | Andr Dame; James M. H Towa--John Ledger we Pond, Monticello; Frank H. McCabe, gan; Charles M. Marshail, Mouiton; W. A DeLashmutt, Mount Ay Frank H. Rob- bins, Wankon; R. C. White, Gienw Fred W. Browne, Belleplaine; G. B. Rus: La Junta; Carters- sell, Audubon; E. H. Allison, Grundy Cen- ter; James H. Morrison, Seymour; Edward P. Heizer, Sioux City; Henry J. Muhs, =. G. Swift, State Center; Henry A: . Newton, Keota. Kansas—John Collins, Horton; J. E. Hum- phrey, Nickerson: Frank Harlow, King- a John Guthrie, uneRa: peceeeu Ww. a Adstas Reynolds, Sedan; “Frank H. Roberts, Oskaloosa. The Cabinet Meeting. Secretary Alger is still confined to his heme and was unable to be present at the cabinet meeting today. Al) the other cabi- net officers were on hand. Secretary Sherman gave to the President and his fellow-cabinet officials some infor- mation on the situation in China, tending to show a suspension of the tension of a short time ago. The Secretary is under- stood to have received assurances from the representatives here of the European powers that there is not likely te be any further disturbance in the east for some time unless there is another and unex- pected change in the condition of affairs. The grab for Chinese territory has been temporarily postponed, although this gov- ernment is led to believe that it was never the intention of Germany and Russia to seize any part of China. The only thing of interest talked about by the cabinet was civil service. The cab- inet members who had not sent in their answers to the Senate resolution up to yesterday announced that they were pre- pared to do so immediately, and then they talked over what they had written. This led to remarks all around on the subject of the civil service; in Congress, etc. The President is not in the least “phased” at the fight on the sys- tem in Congress and will not, as already stated in The Star, take any steps to issue an executive order making changes urtil his friend, General Grosvenor, and others, get through with their assaults on the law. Much of what is being said amuses the President, while some of the speeches are looked upon seriously. ‘A strong effort is being made to have the President believe that the danger which threatens Senator Hanna comes about through the civil service iaw. Gen- eral Grosvenor and several other Ohio leaders assert that if there had been po- sitions to provide for the republicans of that and other states there would not have been enough dissatisfied republicans in Ohio to have made the legislature as clese as it is. It is pretty well understood that Senator Hanna is not himself as much of an advocate of the civil service law as the President, but these were his views before his office was put in danger. I: is.alleged that the senator has been quietly in favor of removing the govern- ment ‘printing office from under the pro- tection of the civil service as well as mak- ing other Changes more radical than the President is supposed to be in favor of. Senator Thurston called at the White House today after an absence and tabke with the President on several subjects, one being. the Ohio complication. The senator de some speeches in Ohio during the mpaign, and he says it is hard to con- ceive that republicans who pledged them- selves to Senator Hanna can break their pledges. Senator Thurston is an advocate of the election of senators by Cclrect vote of the Feople, and believes that the Ohio situa- tion is a strong argument in favor of the passage of a bill making a change in the present mode. He believes Senator Hanna could have been easily elected by a direct vote. Senator Thurston and other sena- tors who favor election by the people re- fer to the failure of the Oregon legisla- ture to elect a republican senator, and to the deadlocks in Ohio and Maryland. They regard these affairs as injurious to their party and think the best solution is a direct election. It is thought that renewed effort will be made to secure action by the Sepate on a bill for the election of senators by the people. Interstate C its discussion missionership Fight. The uncertainty as to who shall succeel Col. Morrison as interstate commerce com- missioner has led £enator Thurston to at- tempt to secure the place for G. M. Lam- bertson of his state. He urged the Presi- dent this morning to give consideration to the abilities of Mr. Lambertsor, who was assistant secretary of the treasury un President Harrison, and at that time was spoken of as a good man for the interstate commerce commission. Senator Thurston and other western senators say the posi- ticn ought to go to the west. With the exception of Mr. Youmans of Iowa, there na. | Scenes in the House During the De- 2aae bate Yesterday. itp \ Grosvenor (Ohio) | Grows belligerent at the temerity of a member who dared to differ with bim. 4 ; aD, = i i Barrett (Mass.) Rebuxes Grosvcnor for his ungentiemanly conduct. Johnson (Ind.) Defending the civil service law. i , ‘dy . » J Sulloway (N. H.) 1 In rapt attention. \ der Brostu: (Pa.) “Do you want me to reply to that?” a i ee is not a man on the commission who hails from west of the Mississippi. Pennsylvania people are not losing any time in urging the President to nominate Judge Paxson, expressing the belief tha® the nomination would be confirmed. Sen- ator Penrose used this argument today. All that has prevented the nomination so far is the fight made on Judge Paxson by labor organizations. The President wants @ man for the place who is an eminent jurist and lawyer. He thinks a commis- sioner needs those qualifications. In first picking Judge Paxson he did so because the Pennsylvanian was on the bench for thirty years and has had wide experience in business and railroad matters. It was while receiver for the Reading road that Judge Paxson incurred the enmity of labor leaders, the result being that they are re- puoneie for the present seam of the place. The President is still undecided what he will do. He wants time to consider the protests and see whether they are well founded. If he finds that Judge Paxson ougit not to be nominated, or will be suc- cessfully fought in the Senate, he will turn to the west, and the place will next be open to an Illinois man, if one to suit the President is presented. If no Illinois man meets the measure of the President, Mr. Lambertson and other westerners will be considered. The Virginia Factions. A compromise is said to have been made by ‘the President with the Virginia fac- tions, by which S. Brown Allen will be made marshal of the western district, and some man, to be named by Representatives Yost and Walker, district attorney. This will defeat Col. J. Hoge Tyler, the candi- Gate of Col. Brady and others, for district attorney. It is said that Messrs, Walker and Yost have selected Judge T. M. Alder- son of Wise county for district attorney, and will secure his nomination. General Walker has taken a strong stand against the combination which is said to control Virginia affairs and has apparently won a victory with the co-operation of Kepresent- utive Yost. These two are the only rapub- ean presentatives from Virginia, and they claim a right to have something to say in patronege affairs. ———— ABOUT CIVIL SERVICE. The weavers of New Bedford, Mass., have decided to strike against a ‘reduction in Linto details. of MANY FALSE TICKETS Railway Men Strobgly Denounce the HOW THE COMPANIES SUFFER Hearing Before Mouse and Senate Committees. SERIOUS CHARGES MADE George H. Daniels, general passenger agent of the New York Central Railroad Company, was the first witness today be- fore the Senate interstate commerce com- mittee in its hearing upon the anti-scalp- ing bill.- He supported the bill and said the railroad companies would not make any effort to reply. to the ticket brokers but for the fact that the representations made by the ticket brokers were false. He Tepresented, he said, not only the New York Central, but practically all the rail- road lines of consequence in the country. He presented specimen forged tickets sold by the brokers, which represented, accord- ing to his claim, a loss of at least $50,000 to the railroads east of Chicago. He also filed affidavits from thirty or more railroads as’ to how scalpings was carried on; how the brokers induced con- ductors and others to steal tickets. Senator Tillman asked how it was pos- sible that tickets could be stolen without the immediate spotting of the thief. Mr. Daniels explained that one plan was to approach brakemen who handled for conductors the tickets of sleeping car pas- sengers during the night. The plan was to get the number of a pass apd use this in the reports instead of ticKets, whicn would be stolen and sold. He cited a case saying that a brakeman on the Michigan Central had been approached by a broker and incited to this theft. “Does the broker admit this?” Senator Chandler. “No, sir,” responded Mr. lies about it.” Mr. Daniels said that passengers were generally in collusion with the ticket brok- ers, and he stated in reply to a question by Mr. ‘Tillman that passengers would often, after getting aboard a train on a valid short-distance ticket, produce a fraudulent ticket and ride for an indefinite distance on It. They thus evade the gate man in the large cities. He said that the holes in tick- ets were often plugged, and he presented specimens of such tickets. Mr. Daniels also presented an affidavit from Charles H. Wooley, now of Cincinnati, who stated last spring he was employed the ticket brokerage firm of Mulford & C of Chicago, giving a detailed account of t method of manufacturing tickets. A fa- vorite method was, he sald, to prepare a skeleton ticket on a road which had no existence. Mr. Daniels said he had gotten this affi- davit through a friend in Cincinnati, and that Wooley could be brought before the committee, if necessary. “Is he still loose! agd roaming around?” asked Senator Cullom. “Yes, sir,” responded Mr. Daniels, “and there ure thousandsmore just like him. There is no law for their punishment.” Senator Chandler Asked where the dis- crimination came in, and Mr. Daniels re- plied that it was through the use of the fraudulent tickets, which were not re- deemable by any one. He explained that not all conductors nor even all passenger agents know the es of all roads, and in the strife for business all roads honored the tickets of other lines. He admitted, in response to a suggestion by Senator Cullom, that the custom was a reprehensible one. mat could not,” he said, ‘occur in any o gquntry, nor would the practic outlined be toleraved fn any other country. Why, the Emperor of Germany would hang a man caught in such a prac- tice, and the Cait ‘ot ‘Russia would send him to Siberia.” “Would they #6°pulish a ¥atiroad stock- holder ‘¢aught waterthg stock?” asked Sen- ator Tillman. “Yes, sir, an@ they ought.” Explaining the use of these fraudulent tickets, he said it was the practice to issue them to a point beyond which the traveler desired to go. so that when the traveler should reach his destination his ticket would not be taken up and the passenger could send it back to his ticket broker, thus preventing.its ever going into the hands of the railroad official. He said that the op- portunities for this species of fraud were especially good on the western roads, where @ coupon often covered from 1,000 to 2,000 miles. A favorite plan was to make tickets to passengers bound for San Francisco good to Los Angeles. Mr. Daniels also presented a list of thirty criminal indictments against ticket brokers. oa these there had not been one convic- tion. “So the poor railroads have not been able to get justice in the courts?” asked Mr. Tillman. “They have not,” replied Mr. Daniels, “not for twenty-five years.” Continuing, he said he could bring 250 Passenger agents to substantiate what he had sald. They would come and tell the truth. Their purpose was to secure the passage of a bill that would prevent the li- censing of bribery, counterfeiting and thieving, and everything else wicked. Mr. Spohn in Opposition. Milford Spohn of this city, representing the Building Trades Council and the Cen- tral Labor Union, appeared in opposition to the bill. He sald that all the labor or- ganizations of the country had taken a position against the bill. He claimed that in doing this they wére representing the Feople at large and not the ticket brokers —in defer:se of the principle that a man has a right to buy where he pleases and to sell where he pleases. Paul E. Morton of Chicago, third vice Tresident of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road, said that if the discrimina- ticn now allowable in passenger business continued it would naturally be allowable in freight business. Now, however, there are few if any vio- lations of the interstate commerce law, £0 far as it relates to freight business. Senator Tillman asked about the Stand- ard Of] Company, and Mr. Morton replied that the Standard Oil Company was one of the big corporations of the country that had taken no rebate on its business from the railroads since 1887. George W. Boyd, assistant general pas- senger agent of the Pennsylvania railroad, made a brief statement similar to that which he presented to the House commit- tee. He also filed a number of cases with the committee showing how tickets had been fraudulently obtained and dishonestly used by the HeKet, brokers. Mr. Boyd had, not, concluded his state- ment when the, timg of adjoumment ar- rived, and the ,Corggaittee requested him to appear before it. at. the meeting next Thursday, in order that he might go more fhe scalping business and give the committee, the benefit of the knowledge he nas on this subject. George Ws Boyd's Argument. The House tijterdfate commerce com- mittee gave gpotHer hearing on the anti-scalping bill tgday. Mr. George W. Boyd, assistant general passenger ageat of the Pennsylvania railroad, made an argu- ment in favor ot thé bill. He said-the es- sertion that 935 per C@nt of the tickets used by scalpers wer# futhished direct by rail- reads was very: misleading. There was a very small percéntage, probably not 25 per cent, and certain 48 there was very little business in securing “tickets direct from any reputable ratiroad. ~ “Do all the railroads engaged in inter- state commerce favor the bill?” Mr. Boyd was asked. “I think so,” he-replied. Discussing the direct securing of scalping tickets from railroads by the scalpers, Boyd said the scalpers send their represen- tatives to the railroad offices to get the tickets, and sell them in their own offices under very different and wrongful pes tions, advising, a neon instances, that the travelers forge the names on the books. He introduced. caters in evidence showing the way in which tickets lost or stolen were bought by those who take then: to scalpers’ and how the latter had offered to restore them to their ownets for, as in one iustance cited, 50 per cent of the face value. Tick- ets are not merchandise, he said. They be- jong te he iene ane when a ticket’s functions are performed, it becomes part of asked Daniel, “he “I Do Nothing For my cold; let it wear itself out,” you say. It is more likely to wear you out unless you make haste to free yourself from its clutches. This is a month when a cold is a mighty power for mischief. Spare yourself weeks of misery and danger by prompt use of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey, the famous medicinal stimulant. Why it is famous you will see for yourself when it has stopped your cough and ended the stiffness in your back and limbs. It will make you feel like your old self and you will not begin to cough every time a door or window is opened near you. Sold by Druggists and Grocers. the company’s property and should be re- garded in that respect like a baggage check. “If all the raliroads should unite end sell tickets only through their authorized agents, wouldn't that do away with the evil?” he was asked. “No, sir; because, for one reason, a large percentage of the business is done by dis- honest means.” +2 +______ GRAVE CHARGE MADE. Colored Mother’s Accusation Against a Department Clerk. Judge Kimball today requested Chief Clerk Douglas of the board of children’s guardians to make a thorough investiga- tion of charges made in court this morn- ing by Alfonsa Allen, a colored woman, affecting the paternity of her children. The woman, who had applied to have her month-old infant taken care of by the Dis- trict, told Judge Kimball that she is the mother of two children, the one produced in court and another sixteen months old, which is now under the care of the board, and that the father of both is a white man who is empioyed as a clerk in a govern- ment department. Judge Kimball said the District should not be compelled to support children under such circumstances, and requested Mr. Douglas to probe the matter to the bottom, as in his judgment the party said to be the father of the children, if guilty of the charge, should be dismissed from his posi- tion. The-infant was turned over to the board of children’s guardians. ——— Jury Relieved From Duty. ‘The jury in the Police Court has been discharged by Judge Kimball from attend- arce until Tuesday next. = Tries to Bite an Officer. Mary Basil, a colored girl, arrested by Policeman Girard, was tried in the Police Court this afternoon for disorderly conduct. When placed under arrest Mary used abus- ive and indecent language, in addition to making an effort to bite the officer. It was her first offense, and her counsel asked for her release, as he thought she had been sufficiently punished. The court thought there was a possibility of the girl's reformation, and imposed a fine of $. a THE COPYRIGHT LAW. Interesting Point Raised in Suit for Mandamus. Valentine H. Everson, who claimed to be @ resident of Brooklyn, N. Y., today filed a petition for a mandamus to compel John Russell Young, Mbrarian of Congress, to record the title to a certain stock book, of which Mr. Everson is the author and pro- prietor, and to give him a copy of the same under the seal of the Mbrartan of Congress. it ts explained that in compllance with the provisions of the statutes, a printed copy of the title, together with two copies of the book referred to, were, December 22 last, delivered at the office of the librarian. The latter, it is added, was requested to record the title and to deliver to the peti- tioner a copy under the seal. The fees pro- vided by law for such services were also tendered, it is explained, but the librarian refused both to record the title and to give the petitioner a copy under the seal. There- fore the suit was instituted. The librarian of Congress refuses to copy- right the title in question for the reason that, in his opinion, it is not a legal subject of copyright. According to the librarian, the Supreme Court of the United States holds that a blank book is not entitled to the protection of the copyright law, al- though it may be patentable, Stewart & Stewart of Baltimore are the attorneys for the petitioner. ———— MOISTURE IN WOOD. Sixty Per Cent of the Bulk Can Be Converted Into Liquid. From the Mining and Scientific Press. Over 60 per cent of wood may be convert- ed into Nquid. The strongest hydraulic pressure would not squeeze one-half of one per cent of moisture from dry wood; but by putting the same material into an iron re- tort and converting it into charcoal by means of heat, the gases and smoke, to the extent of fully 65 per cent of the weight of the wood, may be condensed into pyrolig- neous acid, from which are obtained wood alcohol, acetate of lime, and wood tars. A cord of wood weighing 4,000 pounds pro- duces about 2,650 pounds of pyroligneous acid and 700 pounds of charcoal. The pyro- ligneous acid from one cord of wood pro- duces 9 gallons of 82 per cent crude wood alcohol, 200 pounds of acetate of lime and about 25 gallons of tar, besides 35 bushels of charcoal. After the pyroligneous acid is neutralized with Mme the wood alcohol is distilled off, the lime holding the acetic acid in solution. After the separation of the wood spirit, the remaining liquid is boiled down in pans to a sugar, which is dried and becomes the acetate of lime in commerce. Acetate of lime is used for mak- ing acetic acid Fully three-fifths of all the wood alcohol and acetate of lime pro- duced in the world are made in the United States. A considerable quantity is also pro- duced in Sweden, and at the exhibition now being held in Stockholm specimens may be seen. Over 15,000 acres of forest per year are cleared in the United States. ‘Wood alcohol afforas a perfect substitute for grain alcohol for manufacturing and mechanical purposes, and at less than one- third the cost. It is used princivally as a solvent in the making of shellac varnish and in making celluloid and photographic paper. It makes beautiful dye tints, is antiseptic and is used for liniments and for skin rubbing in bath houses. ———+« +____ The Successful Preacher. From the Christian. rs The minister who succeeds today is a man who knows how to use his people to the best advantage. He does not attempt to do everything himself. The more work he gets out of others the better the people vill like it, and the more time he will have for study and work which no one else can do. That, howev-r, will necessitate a knowl- edge of human nature. The niinister must know men, as well as books. If he knows THE PALAIS ROYAL Tomorrow’s Finally Reduced Prices. The Coming Annual Sale of Cotton Underwear on this third floor of the Palais Royal will demand in- creased space, both in the store and the Newspaper Columns. And thus this great special sale and sacri- fice of Suits, Wraps and Furs. We hardly need add that no trashy garments are here... .that all are this season’s styles... .that all can be worn continuously until March . ends... .that we state facts appearing tame in comparison with announce- ments built on imagination....that our announcement earns your re- spectful attention. , Sample Reductions in Fur Dept. $4.98 fer the $6.98 Electric and Wool Seal 3 Collarettes. Some with Thibet storm collar; others with tails at neck. C7 We might advertise them as $10 neckpieces Feduced to $5.50—a la fiction advts. $10 the last $16 Electric Seal Collarette, with ripple storm collar and twenty-rix marten tails. CrJust as easy to tell you it is a $20 Collarette and ask you $12 for it—a la fiction advt. $22. 50 for the last $85 Persian Lamb Set. The scarf with ten real mink tails; the fancy muff with three tails and one head. G7 The furriers don't deign to write fictiun $1.3 fer the $1.98 Black Coney Neck Scarfe _ with eight tails, $2.77 for the $3.98 Collarettes with storm collar and ten tails. CFThe fiction advt. is written on the asump- tion that you are stupidly ignorant! 69c %T the Children's $1.25. Sets, consisting of Black and White Angora Collar an@ Muff. G7The fiction advt. would quote them worth $1.60 aud ask 75c or more for them. for the last $20 Seal and Monffion $9.9) Muff. $12.08 for the last $20 Mink Muff with bead, three tails and two claws. advts. They would ask $40 for such a set, nnd | C7Great, but genuine, reductions—ihe Collar right] ettes to match having been sold at a good profit. for the last $35 Brown Marten Set. The $29 fancy ripple eight tails; tails. $19. 8 for the last $30 Astrachan Fur Set. The Collarette with storm collar; the Muff with one head and three taille, $35 at the furriers. scarf with two heads and the fancy muff with head and three $40 at the furriers. Sample Reductions in Wrap Dept. You doubtless have learned that many advertised prices and actual values are as far apart as fiction is from truth. Of course the following statement of facts can’t approach what the imagination may word paint. Ladies’. for cur $4.98 Boucle Cloth Jackets, in all styles. Fly front, stitched seams, Misses’. $7 for the $10 Jackets im tan, blue and 2 black cloths. Vlain and braided. Sizes 11 to 18 years. GS fox the $7 to G0 Jackets of plain and doubte face cloths. French styles, Sizes 8 to 12 years. $3.69 $4.75 tot, the 96.98 Jackets of Boucle ant > Irish Frieze. Fly front and double- breasted. All sizes in black and tan. $9 79 for the $12 and $15 jackets of boucle, = kersey, corduroy, frieze. Fly and shield fronts. Plain and velvet collars. Silk and satin Unings. $14.77 107, the $22.50 to $25 Jackets of En- =i glish cheviots, meltons, kerseys and frlese. Blue, green, tan, black. Plaifi and breid- | ed. Taflor made. $3. 79 for the $5 Jackets of English Mixed c Cloths, im sizes 6 to 16 years... .Only $2.98 for the $3.98 Jackets of plain and fancy cheviots, in sizes 6 to 14 years. $9.98 tot t7earold Child's $15 Imported 2 Cloth Coat....$10.48 fer a $14.50 Tai- Jor-made Qoat, in size 3 years. Two maichices $ 10 59 * for the be $15 Seal Plush Capes. Bratd- ~ Jetted and fur trimmed. Storm collar. Satin reece Facsimile in finish of real seal. garments. See them. Sample Reductions in Suit Dept. with silk-lined fly-front jacket and rustleine-lined skirt. Grays, browns and greens only. $11.98 sx the $13.50 to $15 Costumes, of - fine pure wool cheviots, plain end fancy mixtures. Latest styles, in black, green, brown and navy. to-order costumes. Plain and braided; some are silk Mned throughout. $6.3D fot _the $5.08 to $10 Separate Dress = Skirts, Latest cut and made of Eng- lish whipcord and novelty cloths. Rustleine lined, End of the Week Bargains. SC. The first floor room adjoining elevator is to see a clearing sale of lots left over from the holidays, and odds and ends from the House- furnishing and Notion Departments—articles worth up to 25¢ for 3 cents, Fancy Goods, Housefurnishings, Dress Findings, 3c. for choice. for Towel Racks...Tea Pot Tiles...Tin Cups ; Brushes. —— Graters. me |” --Table Mats. ..Salt Shakers. ..Glass Nap- Pies...Glass Measuring Cups...Engraved Tumblers Saucers... .Decorated «Decorated China Fruit China Plates. --Thimble Novelties... .. ) Silk....Castile Soap. velopes....Tooth Picks....01 ...Darning Ooctton....Hooks and Byes, 2 dos. 1 doz. Safety Pins. Your Sunday Dress Needs. g6c for superior Gloves, fitted at our risk. For ladies are Dogskin, Chevrette, Dressed and Suede Kid, in white, black and all colors; 2- clasp, 4-button and 5-hook. For men are English Dogskin Gloves, with automatic fastenings. All styles and sizes for boys and girls, youths and maidens. ‘Traps....Biscuit and Cake Cutte: . Scoops Quart Cups. ..-Cooking a -Dippers... . --Funnels..... SQ 0 New | Ribbon Sashes, 6 triches instead of 68¢ yard for the New Dress $3. wide, 4 yards long. Thé fringed énds ““Juby."" It's double box plait- are % yard deep. Placed twice arount the , | ed quilling used to form yokes and on sides and tied in a four-in-hand knot at the side. Ba: bottom of skirts. here to show you how. a for Woodworth’s Famous Perfumes, and Liberty silk, with lace trimming. Sample U7 Since bottle in attractive card bor. fe. | Pieces, is the for Warranted All Pure Linen Hand. and borders. Also Chiffon Veils, with white UZIAC Prencts with Marle Antoinette em- anf black borders. Importer’s loss,—7Bc Vells for broidered border. Guaranteed 25c. quality. Be. Brand “‘Shelline Hair Pins, 25c for the pair for 50c Silk Garters in glase-top box— Pompadour Combs in eight styles. rarely beautiful. Worth coming for. Extra! Extra!! Extrall! The waited- for news is here—Ribbon buyer oe that he has secured the season’s accumulation of “seconds” from the leading makers of the world. Be here tomorrow morning. Best Double-face Satin Rib- bons as follows: Widths in inches. .. I Palais Royal, 1} 2 23 25¢ 30¢ ave ‘Ige 25 25¢ 38e A. LISNER,