Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1898, Page 9

" WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. ‘-O - in the eleaning-up humor now—and I start with “eed” Bed Room and Din- ing Meee Chairs. This lot ef Sold Oak and 5¢ x Built that sold for ° $175. Cleaning-up price.. Lad. Dressing Tables. f onr snpe- ability to mirror and Oak Chamber Suites. have thought of being §=pe. Parlor Suite. v=p¢ pilicant wil be bp this at Parlor Suite up $15 Wash. B. Williams, 7th&D. Salton The 08 iS) IE 0) Remingtons and Orients the town. Last year's price- whe now jump at the surpassing wheels at $50. and Orient year—a regular . Ave. It will be x Z Tandalide see If it tsn’t F. G. Smith, 1225 Jal4-20d ¢ these emington ee ercecccccorcoccooe . . There isn’t anything : in the whole range of - an amateur fotog-:; rafer’s wants that - Walford can’t supply. 477 and gog Penn. Ave. jal3-20d S Po cccccccccccccccocccooocs eoece SSAA AEOAEANEAMEAASAMEN AEN AE SASS EYREYIEYEUAEUAEYRS SANSOME Poe eerorereoreoer, Biggest value ever offered In Washington. "S98 “Ottawa,” & = condition Irequois Cycle Co., 810 14TH ST. N.W. << Notions In Prices. Barnard’s Cream, 17c. Paine’sCeleryComp., 69c. —— Cre bak, tar. 5 pore jervura, Pinkbam’s Comp k ‘s Hyemei. Tle. ; Terraline, 69c. Pennyroyal Pills, $1.37. (Chichester's.) Kelb Pharmacy, COR. 7TH AND E STS. NOW. =< Soe THE LATEST HAIR ORNAMENT. ireds of Washing- FREE. rharge to consult our Dr. A. G. Hamil- ». iz addition to being an Optician, is Specialist, which enablex him to make diagnosis, for frequently bad eye due to liver, stomach or nerve sight trouble. We control for Washington the new Frame- less ““Untreakable’” Eye Glasses, which will not break at the rivet holes with aby amount of twisting or bending, or work loose. Qut- lasts three or four pairs of the old style. And are Ighter and handsomer. We nave yon the enlists’ fee of $5, and also save you money the Glasses. See our $1 Glasses. R.Harris&Co., Cor. 7th & D Sts: is G AS Heating STOVES, $1.25. Were just able to secure a few of these grand Gas Heating Stoves at this price, so come soon for yours! Onl; * Wash'n GaslightCo., 413 10th St. N. W. jax Appliance Ex., 1424 N.Y. ave, 28d I et ENN ee € € fy i € fe € is « This is the time for using Burchell’s Spring Leaf Tea—at soc. a pound—at Teas and Receptions. N. W. Burchell, 1325 F st. $12.50: dd’ chairs! Cleari : & = 2 ng Sale oi * price over Parker, Bridget & Co.'s signature. Many of you are still wear- ing the splendid suits which you bought for $6.25 at our last clearing sale 6 months ago. But these are even greater values than you secured then. i em : H 4 : : S : s = & & & = = & = & Se These garments are not another firm’s antediluvian broken-up stock offered at a reduction. Nor = can we honestly offer you any “$25 or $30 values” at our famous clearing price. s x BUT we do offer you at $6.25 the small lots of some of the nobbiest inen’s suits in our own regu- & 3 jar legitimate lines—which we are always ready and willing to stand back of. You cannot have failed z to note the difference between “PROMISING” a value and GIVING it. Bargains—not promises— F are what you want—and here are the bargains: & & Now for the $6.25 suits. They embrace small lots of the nobbiest and most popular black, blue and $ % fancy mixed cheviot suits made up this season—our own regular stock—and fully guaranteed in every = particular. They are cut in the latest single and double-breasted sack style, and are right up-to-date = in every respect. No handsomer or more serviceable business suits are to be had at an- $6 25 % rice. They go tomorrow regardless of quality or former price at the uniform figure of...... °. & Sale of Odd Pants at = have fallen out of all-priced suits. vints. gray mixel woolens and nobl e'uted in the different lots. Not all size size, perhaps. matter what they are any pair you fancy at CO CEE CS ET rt £6 6, —at_yonr own prices. Sale of Boys’ Suits at Our guarantee for STRICTLY AL! with these small lot« of Boys’ Doubl Our regular $5, $7 grades. Your pic! shgugnagsnssnsndoneyney ea $1.90 This is to be a grand clean-up of the odd Pants on hand that triped effects are in- but your Odd” Coats & “Odd” Vests ‘They're of no use to us—but they will be to you. Your “small change” will take them. $0.62 qualities of black $1.90 take 10, size 4; 12, one each th sizex Pants Suits. They embrace real effects in Plaids and brown and gray mixtures. We find all Just 40 -Roy: ¥izes from 3 to 8 fn the reefer and sizes 8 to 16 In —a the doable-breastd style. $6 and Sizes 7, , 8. 11, 12, rezular legitimate $5 arkepr, Bridget & Co., Straightforward Clothiers, 315 7th Street N. W. CRRA SERRA RAR TORAH RATA AR AAA UAT ABR ARR R RRA AT HOSTS Dresden Ch DINNER PLATES. doz. Vrownfield’s English China Dinner Plates, with raised gold deco- rations and acid gold endgraved edges Original price, $65. Now $38 doz. Another lot of 1 doz. same ware as but less elaborate—but as hand- some as you could desire— Original price, $55. Now $28 doz. Haviland Plates. border —exqutsit SASSASOAESAEOASONEAASAACAASO NEARER EN EAMENASYASIAEYAS MENA SACN NEARY SAE ASYAEYUEY REARS NEVES EY aboy aenens jREVAEEMMEMNEMIENNE NESAEVA AE AE VEY NYE NAYS ENAEH MEANS ANAEUNENAEN EMMENNESMEN NS AESAENAS NA SRSA RE ARRAN AENEAN MEDIEAAEYUCS NENA SM ASO AEYAEY EY SUAES NESEY SY ESSARY EYES French “China Dinner with red decorations and blue iy pretty plates. Original price, $22. Now Si 1 doz. Six different colors and assorted dec- orations In Crown Derby English China Dinner Plates, with dental gold cdge and embexsed gold flowers. Original price, $50. Now $25 doz. 1 doz. Dresden China Dinner Plates, with flower decorations of different sorts— -rieh Be Md ¢ ‘dges. Original price, $12. Now $9 doz. 1 doz. Sevres china dinner plates— decorated with medallion or heads, with fancy gold border— Original price, $24. Now $17.50 doz. 1 doz. French china dinner plates— center handsomely decorated—dark blue borders with geld tracings— Original price, $50. Now $25 doz. DESSERT PLATES. 1 doz George Jones’ Porcelain Des- sert Plates—with cowslip and English primrose decoration, with guld edge. Original price, $7.50. Now $2.50 doz. 1 doz. Fancy Shape Haviland China Dessert Plates, with gold edge and handacme decoration. Original price, $7.50. Now $3 doz. Charles R, Edmonston, China, Nearly half price for fancy imp’d china plates. We find we have too many fancy plates—too much variety— too expensive a variety—so, beginning tomorrow, we inaugurate a clearance sale, in many instances marking them half the original prices. The lot consists of dinner plates, dessert plates, tea plates, salad plates, entree plates and soup plates, and is certainly as fine an assortment as can be found. Among them are plates of Prown- field's English China, Haviland’s French China, Crown, Derby, na, George Jones Porcelain, &c.—representing the very best makes of china in the world. the life out of the prices—the original price tickets remain on them. Charles R. Edmonston, 1205 Pa. Avenue. Sale of Boys’ Odd Pants. One lot reduced to 4gc. One lot reduced to 72c. One lot reduced to 96c. ~ One lot reduced to $1.25. Sale of Boys’ $7 & $8 Overcoats at Smzll lots In Boys’ Fine Quality English and Scotch Cheviot Cave Overconts In the following assortments of sizes: 12, size 3: 2. size ize 7; . 9,10," 12, 12,14, 15 and Our regular $6, $7 and $8 grades. Sale of Boys’ $5 Reefers at Handsome Double-breasted I d splendidly made g : : : & sS & = : / : 5 & id 8 3 & 5 $38.47 10, size 6; 4. wii 1% $3.47 DO.L0 Chole. 3 ChinchNla Reefers "S $3.25 and. fi 14, 15 and 16 only. grade—go tomorrow at ‘The na ot EVEVEVEVE ENN UNE T Hass ond Crockery Ware. You can see how we've cut French Plat and edge. Original price, $11. Now $6 doz. 1 doz. Doulton china dessert plat: odd shapes and decorations, with ers and assorted designs— Original price, $35. Now $18 doz. 1 doz, Royal Worcester dessert plates decorated with blue daisies and a gold border— Original price, $10, Now $4.50 doz. TEA PLATES. China Tea Plates, with pretty rose decorations and traced gold borders, Original price, $6.75. Now $2.75. SOUP & GAME PLATES. 1 doz. Doulton’s porcelain soup plates —decorated with birds of different Kinds—slightly defective— Original price, $5. Now $1.25 doz. 1 doz. Ashworth genuine stone china soup plates—with pretty red and gilt decoration— Original price, $7.50. Now $3.50 doz. 1 doz, Haviland’s French china soup plates, with a border decoration of yellow daisies and gold edge— Original price, $12. Now $6 doz. 1 doz. Haviland’s French china game plates—decorated with different Ameri- ean birds and fancy gold border— Original price, $20. Now $12 doz. China Dessert or Salad , With Royal Worcester finish, with rose decoration and gold HARA RRA ARR ARR AAA ARAMA AAA ANN AOA BONAR GNU ROU IAA AUTOR OU TAIATIAIY Spain's Inalienable Write. From Puck. ‘onfound the luck!” exclaimed the new captain general of Cuba; “things have come to a pretty pass.” “Or to a show-down, rather,” facetiously renlied an officer. “But what is the trou- bie now?” “Way, here I am, expected to put down this Insurrection, and I find it utterly im- possible to gain a single victory without committing plagiarism!” : That Was How. From Puck. “How did Perkasie come to be called colonel? He never had a military com- mand.” “He married a Kentucky widow.” soo A Theory. Josh—“Tt’s a wonder none of them fellers ever found the north polé.” Hiram—“Mebbe it ain't there." | Santa Cc | comprising Santa Cruz, Santa Ros SWARMS OF 'PELICANS. essai Rookery Discovered Of the Southern California Coast. From the Selentifte Americaty.. 4 Tt has always been spinewhat of a mys- tery where the numerous (brown pelicans, so common on the southern’ California coast, Make their headquarters. During the summer months these lumbering birds, which bear so grotesque a resemblance to some of the old pictures of the dodo, come into the little bays along the shore and en- Sage In a vigorous warfare upon the small fry—anchovies, herring, smelt and young mackerel—which are found there in such vast quantities, It has been supposed by many that the brown pelicans make their headquarters in Lower California, coming rorth in the ing; but during the last season the writer. during a cruise among the islands off Santa Barbara county, found the rookery of these birds. The islands which constitute the are divided into two series—the Sa alina, off Los Angeles county, lying, ac- ding to the chart, in what is called the Catalina channel. These islands in- ‘an Clemente, Santa Catalina, Nicolas and Santa Barbara. Seventy. miles to the north les the second di group a Cat- Miguel and Anacapa. lender, rocky: island, ‘he latter 1s a long, ing from the wa- three distinct portions by the sea. The extreme end is flat, terminating in a pinnacle of rock, while through the center is a lofty arch, high and broad enough to admit the p age of a large yacht, through which the sea runs. The mesa was covered with birds, and as we ran near and fired the yacht’s eannon there arose a cloud so vasi that it fairly colored the air. Every bird had a long bill, and it suddenly dawned upon us tnat there was the home of the brown pelican on the southern California cvast. The rookery, isolated and inaccessible, oc- cupied probably four or five acres, where the birds seemed to be packed in; and that an ancient one there was every rea- sen to believe. Here, in all probability, the young are reared in May. At the time of our visit—the middle of August—the rookery appeared to be occupied by old birds und those two-thirds grown. The pelicans here rest on the ground, there being no trees of any kind on this wind-swept island. The nests were of the crudest description, the eggs retaining their position by virtue of good luck. — +o2 A Famous Fiddle. From Scots Pictorial. In connection with the death the other day of Mr. Laurie, the Glasgow violin ex- pert, reference was made to his having had through his hands the famous Stradiverius violin, which has come to be known; some- what irreverently, if not absurdly, as “The Messiah.” The instrument fs now in the Possession of Mr. B. Crawford of Newpark, Trinity, Edinburgh, who a few years ago paid no less than £2,0000r ft. As recently as 1872, Charles Reade (Who ‘knew as much about fiddles as about the trade of letters) had valued the instrumdat -at’£600, putting the worth of the varnishj/along, at £985! Vil- laume, the high priest, of Sgdlem&king in Paris, had it at this time, He kept it till his death in 1875. F; Yillaume the treasure descended to M, Alard, the great French violinist, who €¥/000 for it. He died tn 1888, and two ydars titer Mr. Craw- ford risked his £2,000-ondt. 10 ‘There is some reason:fer: the high 1.gure. The instrument is theoonly:one that has come down from Stradivarius’ own «ands in a state of perfect pteservation. .It has been very little played «upengmnd its glow- ing, ruddy varnish is asrfrésh as if it had been put ‘on only a.week ago. Mr. Craw- ford has a second “Strad,"t and also a very fine Guarnerius. Moreover, he has a pic- ture gallery containing ‘paintings worth about £100,000, including two by Meissonier. Others may equal him in all these, but they ean never equal his £2,000 fiddle. It is but @ question of a few years, and the instru- ment—if it fs ever sold—will fetch a consid- erably higher price. « int Au American Sherlock. Holmes. Officer—“There seems, to be nothing on the body to identify, the man,. We do not even know where--he.liyed,” .: Bystander—“Of courge,,, it's. rather in- definite; but just after the car struck him he «ried aut that he was.a citizen of Great- er _New York. g SPORTS IN GENERAL Yale Declines to Yield to Cornell’s Terms. BOWLING ON THE C, A. C'S ALLEYS Meeting of the Jockey Club Stewards. poe ea Scehe MISCELLANEOUS NOTES The Yale boating officials last night sent the following reply to Cornell in regard to the iatter’s letter concerning the challenge sent by Yale to Cornell: NEW HAVEN, January 13, 1898 Captain F. D. Colson, Cornell Uni Crew, Ithaca, N.Y. Dear Sir: It has been and is our earnest desire that Cornell pt our invitation to row at New London this year, and we re- sret that in your reply of the 11th instant a condition is imposed which we are unabl to accent. PAYNE WHITN Captain Yale University Crew. The condition imposed by Cornell was that she should be allowed to select the course for a race next year. The real meaning of the condition was that a race was thus insured. The Yale News, the official undergrad- uate organ of the university, sums up the situation in these words: “Yale has chailenged Cornell to row at New London this spring. Cornell has ac- cepted this challenge with a condition that practically nullifies the acceptance, as it opens up an entirely new question to dis- cussion. The question of making an agreement with Cornell to row next year is one involving a vital change in Yale's be whole rowing policy, and it cannot easily decided. It must be thoroughly derstood, and undergraduate and ¢ ate opinion must be obtained concerning it.’ Harvard challenged Cornell, the date and place to be named later, and Cornell ac- cepted with the same phraseology. It only remains, then, for the two colleges to decide upon a piace. Harvard will row Cornell, if she kas to go to Ithaca to do it. Harvard is bound to beat Cornell, if it takes a dozen years and a trip arcund the world. ITHACA, N. Y., January 14.—Yale’s reply disapproving of Corne'l's conditional ac- ceptance of Yale's challenge to row at New London thi received by. Capt. Coison toda Colson and Prof. Benjamin I. Wheeler would say noth- ing but that Yale stated that she was un- able to row Cornell. ~ BOWLING. Three Interesting From the way Columbia started in last pight’s bowling match on the C. A. C. alleys with the Carroll Institute team, they looked like “t'ree-time a Crimmie Fadden sv T am work was of the vest order, i breaks were very few in the game bowled proportionately poorly s beaten by nearly 200 pins. In the succeeding games, while Columbia bowled well, the Institute players worked superb the fact that their eign alleys, the tea creditable. | Difficult. spares were ous, Stitt making three hard on spares, one by Rice and one by De: worthy of spectal mention, and the a panying diagram illustrates them: * x considering upon for- highly numer- Two play was totals are o, * By Deyo. By Rice. The only poodle of the match was made vy Deyo in the first game. Although the visiting team got the best of the first inning in the opening game by 10 pins, Columbia, by bowling 105 pins in the second inning, went in the lead and held the advantage throughout the game. Althovgh the team total of the Cc. A. C. is high, there were but two double headers {n their score, steady e work ally in the result. on’ s this game stands for high- of the evening. follows: The score COL, ATH. Armstron i 1 1 1 s Total . 35 Total ..... 698, The Carrolls had ev spent the first game in. finding the » and having found them they started in the second event as winners in the first inning. scor- ing 109 pins to Columbia's They added 26 more to their lead in the second inning, ng the C. A. C. bowlers so far in the rear that they were never in the contest. Some of the C. A. C. men were very un- fortunate as to splits, but this fact, while it tended to decrease their score, had no bearing on the result of the game. The score of second game: co! CLUB. 3 ane Mason. 63\R 2 : 3 Stitt 1 8 170 Hark 4 Rodier 12 4 © 142/Gorman 3 Deyo . 1 6 155/Stone 5339 Ricker 4 2 15d/Armstrong 24 4 ‘Total 734] Total ..... Carroll again took the lead in the last game, and while there were intermittent Stages of the contest when it looked as if Columbia might draw up, the Institute team won out by a margin of 77 pins. The score of third game: COL. ATH, CLUB. | CARROLL INSTITUT! St. Sp. Se. St. Siz Sp. § Mason 1 4 139 Rice . 6 Stitt 4 4 182) Harlow 3B 179 Rodier 3 2 153 Gorman 7 142 Deyo +8 2 146 Stone +3 6 184 Ricker 3 3 165\Armstrong .. 4 4 175 Total ..... 790! Total ..... 309 The Saengerbund League team will go over to Baltimore tomorrow evening for a@ three-game match with the Baltimore Catholic Club, and their admirers hope for a victory in at least two of the games. The next league ten pins will be booked at the Washington Athletic Club on Mon- day evening, the South Washington Busi- ness Men's Club being the opposing team. The standing of the clubs follows: Won, Lost. Per Ct. 19 5 791 Carroll Instit 13 8 Washington Athletic Clul 10 n Cclumbia Athletic Club. 9 15 So. Wash. Bus. Men's B. Club. 3 15 RACE RULE CHANGES. Stewards Elected for the Coming Racing Year. The annual meeting of the Jockey Club was held yesterday in New York, James R. Keene presiding. These stewards were re-elected to serve for two years: August Belmont, J. H. Bradford, James R. Keene and F. K. Sturgis. The following amendments to the rules of racing were adopted: Rule 79, third paragraph, amended to read: “In case of a walkover (except after dead heat and in selling races) one-half of the money offered to the winrer is given.” Rule 99, second paragraph, amended to read: . “With the sanction of the starter, a horse Tay be led to ‘his position. The jockey must not dismount, except to set right in- secure equipments, and then only with the permission of the starter.” Rule 131, sixth paragraph, amended to “Any* person who shall attempt to pre- vent another person from bidding on the winner of a selling race or claiming any horse in such race, or demand any por- tion of the surplus from the owners of which are entitled to it, or any owner runaing in selling races who may. make any agreement for the protection of each other's horses tn contravention of these rules, shall be fined, suspended or ruled off.” WHIST OF THE FUTURE. Werk Says That It Will Be Dominat- ed by Sense. “The game of the future,” says Milton C. Work, writing on ‘The Whist Players’ in the New York Mail and Express, “may a number showing, a trump showing or invitation game as the events yet to occur indicate which is the winning method, but ene thing is certain, it will be a long suit game. Not a hide-bound, lean-over- ward system, not an epen 5 r ence to Jack-10-4 of nonsense, but a sensible style of play in which each part- ner understands that the other gene ally start with his long suit, but in exce tional cases if the short suit contains good strengthener it y be ied without causing apoplexy or heart failure.” egare hert suitism he say never wi and unre wnd got with its falls the fact or not custom of when the parture from regulation where the and demands a é eds, but the s made are bh day. hort suiters m. ation, zs pecially in ard suit, and ther short. suiti y hardly realia exists just ontaining a five Ue doubt thar a thing of the y as sla . and that those who were once misled by it for th: Most part welcome their emancipation. Or cou! here and there we find the advo ot the lost cause who el tes his voice with more noise than judgment, but he no lenger has the power to excite any senti- ment other than ridicule and pity AFTER THE NATIONAL REGATTA. muc Philadciphin Clubs Will Appear Be- fore the Executive Committee. The Philadelphia rowing clubs which are members of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen are enthusiastic in their efforts to secure the championship of 1898, if the meeting at the Pennsylvania Barge club house last night can be taken as a criterion. The various delegates pledged the sup- port of their clubs, and after a general Ciscussion Dr. Root of the Malta Club, and representative to the national board, moved that a committee from the local clubs be appointed to wait upon the execu- tive committee in New York tomorrow, when the location of this year's regatta will be finally decided. The chair appointed Dr. Root chairman of the committee. There is little doubt that the regatta of 1898 will be held on the Schuylkill river. BRUSH HAS NOT BOUGHT. Not Interested in the Purchase of the Browns. ST. LOUIS. January 14.—The Republic wired John T. Brush at Indianapolis, ask- ing him if be had bi ht the “Bro’ sj Mr. Brush replied as foll “lam in r pt of your wire in which you ask me to state whether [ have bought am about to buy the St. nis ball club. cr if Lam in any way interested in the pur- ch thereof. I will bunch the first two nd say no both of them. The last question may be answered yes, in with eleven other or} ization: ional League. I am, as president the Cincinnati club, very much inter ed in the purchase of the St. Louts clu’ st it will fall inte 4 credit to the city it will be gratify- lubs of the league, to ing to all of the other us well as to Cincinnati JOHN T. BRUSH.” Basket Ball. ‘The Eastern Athletic Club and Company C, 1st Battalion, will play a game of basket ball in the District league series tomorrow night at the W. L..I. C. armory. An informal hop will follow the game. The Fencibles and Carroll Institutes will meet tonight in the gymnasium of the lat- ter organization. > A TYPHOON. IN Experiences of an English Off the Paracels. Hong-Kong Correspondence of the London The P. and O. steamer Kaisar-i-Hind, ving the Engli: mail of September was nearly lost in a typhoon off the Para- on Thursday, the Mth instant. Early that morning she encountered a strong northeasterly gale, which rapidly increased to hurricane force, and lasted throughout the best part of twenty-four hours. During that time, steaming head to wind, with her engines at full strain, the ship made only thirty-nine miles. She was often in gré danger. Huge seas swept the quarter-deck aft, gutting the smoking room and the af- ter-deck and cabins, and flooding the saloon. The bridge was wrecked, navigati and eering having to be done from the hurri- cane deck. All the boat th- er, were carried away, ; being snapped off like to two cf the guys bre: one time threatened to fall, swaying from side to side some two feet out of the per- perdicular At the very height of the storm a huge spanner, weighing three hundredweight, was torn from its fastenings near the fun- nel and fell crashing down through two stout floors of iron grating into the fore part of the ergine room. By the greatest good fortune it got caught and jammed (in the debris of iron bars which it brought down) just a few feet above, and imme- diately over, the steam pipe, where, with splendid promptness on the part of the chief engineer, it was secured with ropes. Had it fallen a few feet further down it must have cut through the steam pipe. This would, of ccurse, have meant instant death to every soul in the engine room and the certain loss of the ship, rendered help- less in a truly terrific sea. With her tot- tering funnel temporarily secured, and the plunging spanner made safe, she eventually struggled through, thanks to the excailence of her engines and the strength o@ her steering gear. Had cither of these @iven out, nothing could have saved the Kai™r-i- Hind, or any soul on board, seeing that all the boats had been washed away. She reached Hong-Kong in a most dilapidated condition early on Sunday morning, the 17th instant, thirty-six hours overdue from Sing- apore. The Kaisar-i-Hind is an old ship, but a splendid sea boat. To some extent her sea- going qualities helpcd to save her, but to a tar larger extent salvation came from the engine room. Her case was very similar to that of the Calliope. The smaliest break- down in the engines would have meant cer- tain destruction. A flaw in the shaft, a rotten nut even, the least imperfection due to dishonest work, and there would have been ancther disaster to record, a disaster as appalling as the wreck of the Bokhara, a disaster like the loss of the Aden—unlike these only in that there would have been no surviver to telt the tale. ——~+ +. Electrically Etched Steel Dics. From Electricity. Reproductions in hard steel of objects in low relief, such as medals and electrotypes, are obtatned by a German electrician, Herr Josef Rieder, by a simple electrical process. Plaster of paris is poured oyer the object, forming a short column, which ts detached and fitted with an ebonite sleeve, leaving the top arid bottom alone exposed. The east is placed face upward in a vessel con- taining an clectrolyte. The plece of ste! to be etched ‘s laid on the face of the ca: which projects above the surface of the liquid, and miade the anode of the cell, the cathode being a wire spiral placed in the moderate current of consider- high parts of the cast, diasolv- ing the steel aud allowing it to settle uniil Ship he. a complete copy of the or'gin: obtained. Ditiiculties are the plester from the d! ROR RPE TIE B TO CLOSE UP ? ZOURCHINA = : DEPARTMENT. : MERTZ’S Pharmacy, Crom the Kansas ¢t One of the most p ive assistants the plum! rat nt and destruct- er has is the house A rat can eat out plumbing as fast an average he man can pay for it To a rat a greasy lead pipe is toothsome morceau. When a hungry rat for barn and finds his way into the c house, and thence up through the walls to the space between the floors, the first thing he tackles is the grease on the outside of a lead waste pipe. If he finds other food shortly thereafter he spares the pipe, oth- erwise he eats the pipe and the water es- capes through to the ceiling below and ruins the plaster. The plumber is sent for #nd repairs the leak, but he doesn't teil what caused it. . Unce upon a time a rat was “hoist by his own peiard,” so to speak. He got into a house and found his way to a lead pij which he tried his teeth. It was pI chewing and put a fine edge on his teeth, so he continued. Soon he had caten a large hole in the pipe and a stream of scalding Water poured forth. Before he could es- cape he had been scalded to death, to sa: nothing of being drowned. But he had the satisfaction of know a fine ceiling, neath it had been soaked full of lime water There ts no great loss without some small gain. Just to show what they c ra fifty feet of 1 kit > carpet und h room and over the The room was marbk root floor n s. ‘The Rats we ws from J When space Was Tr appetites were satis tilled with lead dust. Rats like to eat drain pipes from kitchen inks, because they are lined with grease. p them away is t with mineral w : substance through which a jet of while :t cooled. The mineral yes of the rats and drives them away Modern plumbers discourage rats by laying iron instead of lead pipes. ts, strange to say, are great breeders ef sewer gas. They gather up bones and scraps of meat about the kitchen yard and carry them up into the rafters between floors and ceilings. The presence of this plunder is sooner or later discovered by the odor, and the plumber is sent for to dis- cover whence the sewer gas comes. It is not always well to tell the householder the truth. Thus it fs the humble brown house rat helps his friend, the plumber, earn a est livelihood, and the plumber thanks him in his own g A Thrifty Commanity § Learning to Till the From the Torento Mail. usually quiet and uneventful life of the little company who have their home at the Salvation Army farm in York town- = pl wily broken into yesterday resence of his excellency Uhe gov- caged in a. uiiful bright afternoon and Lorl Aberdeen seemed to enjoy the drive through thi companied by Field Commi Booth, his son, Lord Haddo, w White Ridle xon of the hom: he traversed the mil ing to the farm. the party we cers, including Briga‘ rial’ s Brigadier Com of the War Cry; Mrs. Brigadier Women’s She nd Miss Pa editor of the War © led to the reside playing the national antt while. Led by Miss Booth, a tour of inspection as then commenced, Lord Aberdeen ex- pressing admiration for the excellent ap- pointments and perfect order in the stock sheds and barns, the result of painstaking care of Overseer Dodd and his efficient staff. Work in full swing, and his ex- cellency had an opportunity of seeing the character of the work done dur ter on a well-conducted farm. of drainage and heating were mired. The stock building: ty-four cows, twelve hors: pigs and twelve sheep, all comfortably housed, and all in prime condition. ‘The men’s building was next visited, and the same order and neatness elsewhere noted characterized the dining room, dor- mitories, and meeting room. As the com- pany paused on the threshold the officers were given an opportunity to explain the system followed. Men, chiefly drawn from the lower class, were admitted to the farm, the sole condition being willingness to work. Food and shelter were found for the in- mates, and, when they showed an indus- trious spirit and the efficiency of their ser- vices warranted it, they were paid wages, according to a graduated scale, the amount due them being paid when they left the farm to take situations elsewhere. The farm now includes 300 acres, and has prov- en a marked success since its institution, two years ago. There are at present nine- teen men on the farm, exclusive of the offi- cials. After the survey had been concluded the company adjourned to the oversecer’s resi- dence, where lunch was served by the ma- tron, Mrs. odd. As the party drove off his excellency expressed his approval of what he had seen to Miss Booth in the words: “I admire very much the order which pre- vaiis on the farm.” ie Thought He Was Paralyzed. From the Philadelphia Record. One of the clerks in a china store not far from 10th and Market streets has a la®ge assortment of corns, ard to make life bear- able during busine: hours he usually changes his shoes for a pair of #lippers upon arriving at the shop in the morning. The slippers, when not in use, are left upon the flocr beside the clerk's desk, and, being rather portly, he usually slips his feet into them without stooping to take them in his hands. Having noticed this fact, some of the other employes of the store played a trick upon their stout comrade one day last