Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1898, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, THUR DAY, JANUARY 138, 1898-14 PAGES. ‘ 9 — = = = =i es a = = 3/LINE AND. ENGINEER|2usmertctetccrsins eel | ‘Buy ‘Comfort. | $7 Couch, *4.%°. Well made. Covered with | : French tapestry, 6-in. fringe all around. Specially good | springs, fastened securely | in place with more than the usual care—thus assuring idity. A good comfort- able couch—such as you couldn't duplicate under $7. We bought a quantity s as to be able to quote this unusual selling price. Lots more to choose from at slightly advancing prices. _ Lansburgh Furniture Co., 1226 F St. Sa aa THE PRESENT VOCUE In photographs is the copy- ing in style of the —OLD ENGLISH MASTERS— Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gains- borough, Hoppner and others. Large picture hats and soft and floating drap- eries give indescribable ef- fects with proper focusing and artistic light. Prince’s Photographic Art Studio, Penna. ave. and 11th st. de20-s& th-1m-60 = oa old Frames Cost More ; —— —than steel or hard rub- ber frames, of course. But we fit the same quality of lenses in our $1 Eyeglass es and Spectacles as we do in our most expensive —— irames—THE BEST. M°Allistera Feast Opticians,“131 1” Fst.) Ja 10! ; | Our Emulsion Of Cod Liver Oil Costs Only 60c. Pint. WE p it here y few dys nod it ef pure drugs—and the @nest ian Cod Liver ¢ “s better in that G0c. pint. B5e. y Arlington Drug Store, Cor. Vt. Ave. & H Stier 8. basset. Jal2-20a nears 50c. buys Large Calla Lily W. W. Kimmel, 805 Vt. Ave- 7 562 foe “Snowflake” Blended Flour, This “cut” price for 2 days HY pay = barrel for flour hot sas our reuow ned »witake? If ours is not better than that you are now using We will take It back, We know are talkin ft, for “Snowfiake? ad of bard winter wheat and. soft in the iiling by a x its perfect admix- el, $1.70; full bar- Barker, 1210 F St. x ¥ come Seon for yours $1.25. ash’n GaslightCo., » 413 10th St. “Credit at Cash Prices.” ING HOUSE. Wintry coming in. Ladies’ Cheviot Coats. In blue or black, splendid Stn lp te snl 9D 75 quality, fiy front, stitched Ladies’ Kersey Coats. In black and tan, care- fully sponged, in the latest sty d through- out with fancy satin, collar, flap pocket ed seams; unit! now, for’ Ladies’ Skirts. | Splendidly made of satin : : rhadame, new fan $ : Ined with best per | velvet bound, $15, for.. whether you pay CASH le3 OFT. Ladies’ Coats and ! Jackets. It's clearing time at the NEW YORK CLOTH- out to reduce the stock and make room for the Spring Suit and Coat Creations that will soon be We've no choice in the matter—necessity pels the sacrifice of all of the profit and part of the cost on these faultless garments. You may buy just as freely on time as for cash— we grant you ALL THECREDIT YOU WANT. | Throughout the MEN’S DEPARTMENTS the same liberal scale of reductions prices are at your disposal. New York Clothing House, hs MLDS TS LAPD LEDS REE engees weather wraps must move ‘font aot 2 com- RET Saltz Plush Capes. | de Lined with rhadaine silk, ea storm collar, edged down es front _and-ccllar with an- 9°) °49 ie gora or Thibet fur; until esl now, $5, for...... Ladies’ Coats. Made of fine caterpillar 3 hand wool boucle, ba throughout with ie satin rhadame, fiy front, by Storm collar, flap pockets. @ Af DB | well made, until ex Dow, $8, for... % Ladies’ Cheviot Jackets. | In black, all wool, fly front, stitched seams,’ very §) Ex QD well made, and selling up until now ‘at $10, for.... Rea prevails. And or CREDIT the same low ie Sots 311 7t BENEFIT OF COMPETITION. Rensons for the Low Prices American Provisions, From the National Provisioner. of In answering a number of inquiries as to the cause of the low prices reigning throughout the world for American provi- . we need not go far to find a reasen rd and provisions are so very low e of very large consumption. The tmes have passed when each last squeal of the hog meant a dollar in the Ket of er who Killed the animal. Through competition in all sections of the ntry and low rates for live stock ar ight, the profits have shrunk until pac ers kill and cut up hogs for a ma ten cents each, if It must be. r, have not grown any le e demands the pur- machinery. It is of e quite clear from this that a firm formerly making $500 a day by killing 500 hog would i to kill 5.000 now to clear the e profit. Labo ing mac! the utiliza of all waste = to the ald of the pai dispose of the and in great quantities. st packing houses up to their full the ex- penses are relatively the vhether you kill to the apacity of a house or only to part of it. What is good for hogs hold for cattle p. Conse- rently there very large a mand from the packing houses in the live stock markets of the United States, and the natural consequence has been an in- crease in the number of stock raised and driven to the markets. The farmers know that the packers will buy and will kill the animals as long as there is a margin left, be it ever so small. At times, therefore we find the markets glutted with hal famished animals. which, when killed, do not yield the proper quantity of lard or tallow, or whatever the article may be, and the meat of which is poor in quality. There is always an abundant demand for ats of 00d quality. Meats of poor qual- hen thrown on the markets in large quantities, quickly depress _ pric all it has gone from bad to worse; made lard and tallow with- proper outlet for them‘ until the ‘actured product has reached a level bove the price of the live animal. ately for us short crops and hog nolera in Europe have caused our Euro- n friends to buy and take the su | from us or we would have seen dire dis- er in our markets (in spite of a brisk demand) due to overproduction and overcompetition.”” prov result is that nerve to a the not far — eee Jurist Becomes a Preacher. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. nash Hon. C. J. § circuit jud trict and om distr field of Carthage, IIL, e: » in the old ninth judicial di ppellate judge in the Mount Ver- t, has accepted the p orate of ear, ctice law as senior firm of Scofield, O'Hara & the Christian Church for the ensuing H will continue to pr er of the eld. Many men fool with sickness just as a bear fools around a trap. A mam doesn’t like to own up that he is ill, ‘ys ‘‘O, it amounts to nothing. 1 shall be all right to-morrow.” But he isn’t all right to-morrow; nor the next day. Pretty soon the trap snaps to; and he has some serious disease fastened on him. The only sensible course is to keep away from the trap, and not allow sickuess to get ¢ Or Gas Appliance Ex., 1424 N.Y. ave. ja a Reproductions. e- nt photographic reproduc- eee sof everything and everybody of note. eee Pet: go 1 Be. ward, according to size. eerhoffs, 1217 F. And all table use—you'll want Lacea = Olive Of. 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For a cloth-bound copy send 31 stamps. “ Having for several a.” Samuel Walker sq, of Pasbee tert , ives i taking five bottles T was entirely cured I also cured by the ‘Discovery.’ I feel likea new WEARER OF EIGHT COATS Sir Tatton Sykes’ Vagaries Recounted by His Wife's Suit. Lady Sykes Also Contributes to the Gaiety of the Audience by Her Testimony. LONDON, January 13.—The hearing of | the suit of Daniel Jay inst Lady Syke: wife of Sir Tatton Syke ‘as continued to- day before the lord chief justice, Baron Russell of Killowen, in the queen's bench divisioa of the high court of justice. ‘The defendant repudiated the suggestion of j counsel that she hed, in 180, obtanica from the Union Bank the sum of £10,000 on a forged guarantee which her husban:l afterward recovered and burned in order to avold ndal. Asked if she knew D. O. Mills, she sa’ “Oh, yes. He is the father of Mr. Ogden Mills, the man who married my sister-in- law’s twin sister. Continuing, the witness said that at Sir | Tatton’s request while in San Francisco j She asked Mr. Mills to allot him shares in an Alaska gold mine, and paid for them. She did not receive her husband's check for £10,600 to pay for them. In October, 1895, Sir Tatton, she added, geve her two checks for £5,000 each for jthe purpose of buying from M. Mills some more Alaska securities: shares were not obtainable, and’ she ap- plied the money to paying debts. Later on Ledy Sykes told of a £16,000 loan on her life insurance policy. A cer- tain naval captain, J. H. Allan, it appears, also wanted money, so they joined forces, Sir Tatton Sykes and Captain Allan going ecurlty for Lady Sykes, the captain re- ng £2,000, At this juncture, replying to a remark of the judge, counsel said that it was pro- posed to show that between 1890 and 189%. r Tatton Sykes gave his wife £126,000, The witness remarked that this represent- a , the ed the accumulations and renewals of ly Sykes caused peals of laughter by j her bland comment unon her husband's vagaries. She said: “We were speaking most friendly only yesterday. I hoped he would be better advised, and I wore his great coat in court, ‘because of the draughts. Replying to the judge, Lady Sykes said she had always been and still was on the best of terms with her husband, and had ney r had a cross word with him in her ife. R. P. Beresford, the tutor of the Sykes’ son, testified that the signatures were un- doubtedly genuine, and created a sensa- tion by suggesting that Sir Tatton Sykes Was insane. Mr. Beresford added that he had known Sir Tatton to wear seven or eight coats simultaneously. —_— + BECKY SMITH’S MISTAKE, She Imbibed Too Freely and Held Up a Groom. “Poor old Becky,” remarked Bailiff Ken- dig this morning when Becky Smith, an old acquaintance, was called from the pen to explain a charge of vagrancy, which in- jed liqucr Grinking and begging. Becky, who had been on the outer edge of society last night, came up to the rail miling because of the pleasant recollec- tions of the previous evening’s experience, when Clerk Potts read to her the charge of vagrancy her expression changed and she indignantly replied: o, I ain't guilty.” | “Everybody knows Becky,” was the po- liceman’s introduction of his victim. “Last night she had been drinking, and I saw her ‘hold up" three men on 9th street and heard he sk them for money. Then she went around on M_ street, where there was a wedding, and ‘held up’ the groom.” Did what?” broke in the judge. “ “Held up’ a groom,” Policeman Gibson Tesponded “A groom?” asked the judge, in aston- ishment “Yes, sir.” “Now, judge, your honor,” said Becky, T didn’t ask anybedy for a cent. I had been to see a lady friend and was hurry- ing along to get home before 8 o'clock, when I got arrested. When I saw the man | get out of the carriage I stopped him and j inquired the time. I was like all the other people on the street; I wanted to see what was going on.” “And did you find out?’ the court asked. “Yes, I did,” was Becky's answer. “Now, judge,” she added, “I can’t walk the streets without being grabbed by a policeman, and sometimes they tear my clothes off.’ “Do you get drunk?” Judge Scott inquired of Becky. “I won't say I get drunk," said Becky, ‘but I do take my beer when I feel like it.” “Of course,” said the judge, “you have a right to take your beer, but when you in- terfere with a wedding your conduct is in- excusable.” Becky was sent down for ninety days in default of bond. —__ The large slaughter house of the West Pailadeipnin stock yards wes gutted by fire ‘uesday. . is ow Secretary Long Appiaves the Bill to _ Combing the Corps. CERTAIN. MODIFICATIONS SUGGESTED To Increase the ‘Haimony and Effi- ciency of the Service. ADOPTION 18S URGED gee Secretary Long today sent Representative Boutelle, chairman of the House naval committee, a copy of the proposed bill to combine the line and the engineer corps of the navy and to increase the efficiency of the naval service together with a copy of the report of Assistant Secretary Roose- velt explaining and advocating the bill. Secretary Long says: “I can add nothing to the force of the re- port, with the spirit and general tenor of which, and of the bill accompanying it, I am in hearty accord. I, therefore, earnest- ly recommend the passage of the bill, with some slight modifications, as follows: Modifications Advised. “In sections 8 and 9 I do not approve of the proposition that the officer retired should be given the rank and three-fourths the sea pay of the next higher grade. He should be retired with the rank and three- fourths pay of the grade held by him at the time of his retirement. This modifica- tion is especially desirable in section 8, where the retirement is voluntary. “In accordance with my annual report I recommend the modification of section 11, so that it shall read: ‘From and after the sage of this act the students at the al Academy shall have the title of midshipmen, and on successfully complet- ing the course at that institution, each shall at the end of one year’s course at sea (and without further examination, ex- cept as to his professional, moral ’ and physical qualiiications before the examin- ing board for commissioned officers) be commissioned in the. lowest grade of the line or marine corps.’ “That section 12 be modified so as to read: ‘That upon the passage of this act all the naval cadets of the line and en- gineer divisions who have completed the e at the Naval Academy performed one year’s duty at sea shall without further examination, except as above provided, be commissioned in the lowest grade of the line or marine corps, and the members of each class shall take rank among themselves according to their graduating multiples determined at the end of the four years’ course at the Naval Academy.’ “And that section 13 be amended to read as follows: “hat the commissioned officers of the line of the navy on the active list, and those who may hereafter retire from the active service, shall be entitled to re- ceive the same pay and allowances, except as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law for the officers of like relative rank in the army and marine os. With regard to: section 16, 1 that no enlisted man he entitled privilege of retiring after thirty service, until he has arrived at thi of at least fifty years; for many appren- suggest to the year tices now enter the navy at only fifteen years of age. t Annual Expenses Increased. “The bill increases thy annual but this is absolutely necessary if we are to have what we actually necd—a naval service as efficient as any in the world The bill increases the number of offic now in the service by only ninety, an in- which, in any event, is made neces- the increased number of ships in As an offset, however, it is fur- r reported that the retirement of more $ al an early age, for which the bill also provides, wil greatly reduce the ex- the retired: Msti On this subject chairman of the beard reports to me iollows “With t amendments inserted, the $600,000. ir sed cost of putting into e! fect the provisions of the bill personnel Will inciude only the increase ing the officers on the a Fora rg there may be a slight annual in- of about 37,000, owing to the in- d pay of officers on the retired list; but it is Impossible to speak with entre certainty as to th future action of the annual compulsory retircment clause, d to the impossibility of knowing what num- ber of othcers may apply fur voluntary re- Urement. Taking into account the case of reuiring the total number provided in the bul, giving an expectation of life as tound in mortuary tables, and filing from the bottom the vacancies so created, we tind that these compulsory retirements in grades below rear adniiral will effect a saving to the government as follows: “During the litetime of two lieuten- ants retired as such (instead of continuing on the active list and reuiring as admirals under present law 368,000 “During the li ant commanders retired as such (instead of continuing them as at present) sant - 110,000 “vuring the lifetime of tiv com munuers retired as such Unstead of as under present law. + 161,000 “During the itetim four cap- tains retired as (instead of 48 under law)... + 135,000, rear present Total $477,000 “This total of $477,000 represents the sav- ing attained by reuring turteen oflicers compulsorily retired in 1ower grades, over What woulu be paid out if they retired as rear aumurals under the pr the vacancies So caused being fiile be low immediately upon these retirements. Reducing the Number of Retirements. On page 11. of the report of the comm tee on naval affairs of tue House, No. 1573, fifty-third Congress, third session, it was shown that under the present law there will be in 1910 over eighty admirals on the retired list. If the proposed Dill is enacted into a law this number will be cut down about one-halt, Referring to secuons § and 9, the retire- Ments provided lor by those sections will reheve the obstructions that now prevent proper promotion and the elevation of men in the early prime of life to the positions ef command tor which they are then espe- clally fitted; but the reduction they make is compensated for by sections 11 and 12, which correspondingly increase the number of entrances into the service. A very important feature of the bill is the provision establishing warrant machin- ists. By this provision we shall obtain a skilled and responsible gorps of high-grade sea mechanics, fitted tov the actual work of handling the engines,in any emergency; and the prospect of,entrance to this corps will be an incentiye tq, the best enlisted men among the maghinists to stay perma- nently in the service and to fit themselves for promotion by ggalous and efficient per- formance of auy., it will open the doors to class of men whom Wwe service earn- esuy desires to obtain. 4 In concluding, 1 cannot better express the purpose of the,g@epartment in present- ing this measure ta Congress than by quot- ing the following ,gtatement presented on February 5, 1894, from :the committee on naval affairs in the Senate of the United States: 1 “The principal and guiding considerations in developing the yropgsed plan for reor- ganizgtion of the navy bave been prompted by a Sincere desire;to increase the military etliciency of the serview in administrative matters and for fighting on board ship, to give due weight to the necessity of econo- my in the public expenditures, to avoia doing any injustice to any individual or corps, tO propose no changes of doubtful efficacy, and to remove, as far as possible, all causes of contention among these sey- eral corps.” . Later, on January 12, 1895, the joint sub- committee on naval affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives reported in almost the same words as to the necessity for the passage of asbill to reorganize the personnel of the navy, adding: “A rawcal modification of existing law must be made to prevent the personnel of the line of the navy, for sea service, from becoming inefficient. from further stagna- tion in promotion. . . . . “There is no product of human ingenuity more complicated than a modern battle- ship, and no officer should be intrusted with enable him to act in an emergency with promptness and decision.” Harmony and Efficiency of the Service The department in proposing this bill has, substantially, followed the policy outlined in these two reports of the naval commit- tees of the Senate and House. It has not, however, recommended any radical meas- ure as regards remedying stagnation: it has merely provided for the imperative needs of the sea service of the nation at the present time. This bill will accomplish objects which are so important to the harmony and ef- ficiency of the naval service that the de- partment earnestly urges its adoption, at the earliest possible moment, in the inter- est of the navy, and therefore in the in- terest of the people. REFORME THE CURRENCY. Monetary Commission Bill Indorsed by Boston Merchants. Much interest is attached here by the friends of currency reform to the vigorous resolutions adcpted yesterday by the Mer- chants’ Association of Boston. The Merchants’ Association is not only a representative commercial organization em- bracing in its membership the leading busi- ness men of New England, but it ts essen- tially a working body—the active business force which is engaged in promoting all measures of importance to the commercial world. Two years ago, before the neces- sity for some change in our currency laws was generally appreciated, such sweeping resolutions would not have secured a re- spectable minority vote, and their adoption yesterday is regarded as a significant cir- cumstance as showing the rapid develop- ment of sentiment in support of a more scientific monetary system. The resolu- tions declare that: “Whereas the monetary commission appointed by the convention of business men held at Indianapolis last winter has, after careful study and delib- eration, pointed out a safe way in which our standard money can be freed from its dangers, ard in which those living in the agricultural sections can supply themselves with bank currency, of which our present laws have urjustly deprived them, our warmest thanks are due to the members of this commission, and are hereby tendered to thera. It is clearly the duty and the in- terest of us all to lay aside minor differ- ences and to make every exertion to have laws enacted in substantial accordance with the recommendations of the commis Until such laws are in force our nation will be in censtant financial peril and will suffer a repetition of the panic of 1896 at every presidential election.” Congress and the President are asked to enact into law the bill offered by the mon- etary commission without any changes af- fecting its essential principles . John B, Cary Dead. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., January 12.—Col. John B. Cary, one of the most prominent citi- zens of Richmond, died this morning at his residence after a long ilin AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Animated Discussion Over Disposition of the Direct Tax Fund. Citizens Want the Money Appropriat- ed for Improvement of King Street —Incandescent Light Plant. Evening Star Bureau, No. 52 King street, Bell Telephone No. 196, ALEXANDRIA, Va., . 1SY The three thousand and eighty-eight dol- and seventy was tui into the city treasury by Treasurer Har- to used for street improvements, being the amount of thi pct tax refund not called for by the parties who had paid it, has beea the subject of discussion sinc the meeting of the city council Tuesday night, and there is apt to be a lively dis- on over its disposition. , @ resolution was Juced in the city council Tuesday night appropriating this amount to the re- pair of Washington street from Queen street north. Just why the two squares of houlders between King and Queen streets should have been overlooked was not ex- olained. Many citizens hoped that this amount would be used as a besis for repaving King street, the principal thoroughfare, espe- cially as a number of property holders along this street have already signed an agreement to pay their proportion of the cest. Members of cou this money is used in this way it should divided up equally between the four It is said that the committee on stre commend that the money be used on AAingtor street, in accordance with the Iution introduced Tuesday night. The outcome is awaited with interest. Officers Elected. The stockholders of the McLachlen Real Estate and Loan Company met in this city yesterday and elected the following dire: ters: James F. Hoed, Firman R. Horne m 8. Washburn, Tarleton W. Bean, ger W. Duffey, William H. Owens, H. C. A. M. McLachlen. The board s elected the following office ent; Firman R. Hor- rehitald M. McLach- and John Mas- be il say that unless De Heavy Fox. The steamer Newport News of the Wash- ington and Norfolk amboat Line, was held at the wharf in this city until 10 o'clock last night on acce of the heavy fog. The steamer from Norfolk was late this morning for the same reason. Police Court. here was but one case for trial before Mayor Simpson in the police court this morning. Silas Lee, charged by City En- gineer Dunn with defacing a pump on Fairfax street, was fined $5, with thirty Gays’ imprisonment as the alternativ Junior Mechanics. Jackson Council of the Junior Order Unit- ed American Mechanics held a largely at- tended meeting last night and transacted a great deal of business of importance to members only. This lodge is said to be in a splendid condition, and is growing stead- ily. Incandescent Lights. ‘The city council has made one stride in the way of improvements that will be greatly appreciated by the citizens general- ly, the merchants in particular, The com- mittee on light has been called upon to as- certain the cost of putting in an incan- descent light plant at the electric light works. Many of the merchants desire lights of this kind, and would, it is said, gladly avail themselves of the opportunity of placing electric lights in their stores. It is hoped that the inquiry will result in ac- tion to that end by the city fathers. Lec Camp Banquet. Mr. L. H. Martin has accepted an invi- tation to respond to the toast “Sons of Confederates” at the banquet of R. E. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, the 19th in- stant, given in honor of the birthday of Gen. Robt. E. Lee. Mr. Martin is a mem- ber of the bar of Fairfax county, and ranks as an orator of ability. Royal Arcanum Officers. Alexandria Council, Royal Arcanum, has installed the following officers: Regent, E. B. Kemp; vice regent, G. W. Dix; orator, Hexry Hunter; past regent, D. Ruben; sec- retary, J. E. Alexarder; collector, F. J. Pollard; treasurer, R. W. Arnold; chap- lain, Ed. Shinn; guide, T. L. Risheill; war- den, Samuel Pullman; sentry, F. J. Grill- bortzer. . Brevities. State Senator Mushbach has returned to Richmond. A colored girl named Alice Caloway died at the Alexandria Infirmary yesterday. Dr. Wm. M. Smith has been appointed, by Governor Tyler, as a member of the s | junks, to use harmful and Pearline arsenite f waste money, Pearline. Use Pearline rightly, No rubbing to speak of. wear. safety and utter harmlessness of Two ways clothes—rubbing them en a and washing them with things. Unless you want to don't do either. Use there's no washboard .needed. No No hard work. As for the , let its twenty years of un- interrupted and constantly-growing success talk. Anything that hurts or weakens the clothes couldn't be used, year in and year out, by millions of careful women. Beware 5 Peddlers and some unscrupulons grocers will tell FALSE—Pearline is never peddled; if your &S as” or ‘*the same as Pearline.” irs ds sen few York JAMES PYLI committee to receive supplies for Cuba. Mrs. Jokn L. Smith, the venerable mother of Police Lieutenant James Smith, cel: brated her elghty-fifth birthday y day. Judge J. K. M. Norton has gone to Lynch- burg on legal business. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Chapman are visit- ing relatives in Baltimore. —_+ CHINESE TRADE MARKS. Tr The Selection of a Proper Label is an Important Matter. One of the daily consular reports issued from the State Department contains an in- teresting and useful article from Unite States Consul Gracey, at Fuchau, upon la- bels and trade marks in China. Its pur- pose is to show the American merchant how important may be such an apparently trivial matter as the selection of a label for goods intended for sale to the Chinese and Japanese. The consul says it has not infrequently occurred that the sale of for- eign goods has been greatly crippled by having some label placed upon it that was offensive to Chinese superstition or taste: Many colors have peculiar recégnition by some offend their taste their superstitions. Some ar and all right on some kinds of goods and all wrong The Chinese will often buy bis- medi- on others, cuits, needles, thread, matches, s cine, scents, sweets, etc., for t s getting a lucky label. Some colors and com- binations of colors are to the Chinese un- ‘rom my own observati splayed in DS," sas sul Gracey nd what is manifestly pleasing to the people, I give herewith a few specimens of things most frequently seen, and which, I therefore think, must be popular. “Simply naming these things will not sup- lata from which to propare It must be remembered that Chinese sculiar, and a tiger, as ordi- nted by foreign arusts, would h favor with these people. It must be a tiger according to Chinese im- agination and art, of unreasonable length of body or bigness of head or curve of tail, of what ply them. and impossible attitudes. On a popular Japanese match box is displ nding on its front feet, he touching the ground, with hind the air, and tail w grotesque, and even hic can mind, tickles the in Far Cathay » di scription can supp! adequate information to an engraver or coi- real he could produce the y¥ departure from the Chi fancy in such things would brand the at once as tho product of a ‘foreig! devil’ and doom it to defeat. “A Chinese differs from a Japanese drag- | on in its centortions. A royal dragon must | have five claws | only A | one leg or, fly j mous spread of ng long leg Ail J nese bir is, have a ten- y downward, never up or in a straight se. Toa J nothing is pre > to the repr snow-capped i Fusiyama, on nearly all 5 2 of the labels, nich Would be useful in r east. ! . fawn, leopard, ape, ¢ camel, dregon, buffalo, man piowing riding water by phant, with water buffalo, boy falo, woman in bright robes holding a long- | cked vase on her shoulder while on one | side of her is a monkey holding up a chr anthemum in its mouth y of these an- imals are represented in S attitudes— leaping, runni ng on hind | some with enc As out of all pro- | portion to the body > some have 1 barts. “Women, archer, la, fans (open and tations from the c! body out of ali r 0 the other s. | 4 ‘ar, umbrel- | open fan with quo- | written on them, long fans (oblong, re and und, all having figures of flo , animals, birds or butterflies em), houses, tem- ples, books, lies carrying chests of tea or othe suspended from ends of bamboo, bans §| flags, : ship, men fi: mpans, batt morants, tobacco pipe, opium pi or Chinese calculating machin. a long dragon lantern borne aloft by eight or ten men, kites of many shapes, men flying kites, men playing with shuttlecock with feet, wedding chair, wed- ding procession, lanterns in scores of dif- Chinese hats with different colored buttons, mountains, rivers, bridges of granite slabs with high, sharp arch, aud canal boats in canal. {with abacus dragon on pole: ‘hinese characters for good luck, hap- longevity, hea!th, prosperity, double ness; checkered figu ipes in bright yellow, green, blue and red. are the result of PE! RECEIPTS AND FE DITURES, Showing Made by Agrica 1 Society of Montgomery County. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, January 13, The annual meetirg of the Agricultural Society of Montgomery county took pl at the Town Mall here yesterday, number of members being in atte President Lee Offutt occupied the chair, th John Muncaster as secretary. A communication from Prof. W. G. Johnson, relating to a call fora convention of fruit altimore, to be held January was read, and Messrs. H. H. Miller and John W. Horner were appoint- 1808, large an ed delegates to said convention. A letter Ve Farmers’ Club was fore the meeting, asking for aid matter of good roads, and Me: John H. Bogley, Herz. Tra a 5. 5. Hutton were appointed to confer with the club. Balloting for a board of directors was then proceeded with, resulting in the elec tion of Messrs. Lee Offutt, Wm. Dorsey, Cc. Wm. F . H. C. Hurley, Herz. Trail, John H. Gassaw Miller, John C. . John H. Bogley, if, Bentley, H. H. J. J. Hutton and James H. Offutt. John J. Higgins, treasurer of the the following report of the tions of th for the i Grifith, of w in premium pamphlet Trotting tries, aryland, Association, $8.50 4; whitewas fr tendent_poul- ndise,$: ary, $1 ry’s_ employ 332 tre 310; misce! vUS EXPE clerks, $16; 1 miums, $1, permanent im ance in bank, will meet To LOCAL LEGISLATION, List of Bills Received for tion by Commissioners. District Commissioners have received report thereon the following bil introduced in the House of rerentati O48, to mend the c! | of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Hom way the Maryland ington c and Railroad . for the relief ot William for comp work don not paid for at contract rates. 60S the relief of Anna Mer- acount of erroneous assessments. to amend the charter of the Capl- tal Traction Company. 248, to provide r the disposition of assessment certifi- 5072, to establish building line District of Col ruction 0! the District of Columbia , to regulate the manufacture and sale of paper boxes in the District of Columbia. 5977, to re duce telephone rates in the District of Columbia. a An Historic O1 Collapses. From the Baltimore American, The old log house on the farm of Abr: ham E. Garritt, in Upper Allen townsh near Carlisle, Pa., collapsed Saturds night from old age. It was built in 17 and was probably the oldest house tn thi rt of the country. It has been said that eral Washington was sheltered her ng the whisky insurre a xE8, f which are rew be cut ap at relics of colonial da rema th a long series of expensive experiments, with every facility and under the most favorable conditions. When PEA CHICKEN CONSOMME MOCK TURTLE CHICKEN GUMEO TAPIOCA CRECY MUTTON BROTH PRINTANIER TERRAPIN TOMATO BEEF OXTAIL BOUILLON CLAM BROTH MULLIGATAWNEY GREEN TURTLE CLAM CHOWDER JULIENNE as skill they come to you they are as near perfect and money can make them—better than you can make at home. Nineteen kinds, and they never vary. Leading Grocers. CURTICE BROTHERS CO. Rochester, N. Y.