Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1898, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. —_—_—_— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avsaas, Cor. 11th St, by The rE Gaur soe Yew York Ofce, 40 Potter Building, we ‘The Evening Star is served to ia the city by carriers, on their own ezcount, at 10 cents per week. o- 44 certs per mont. at the gounter in the 2 cents each. By mall—ai United States ex Cansda—pestage ropa! 9 per men’ Saturday Qcintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage Entered at the Post Ciice at Washington, D.C, as second-cla. s mail ma’ ter.) ‘7 All mail oul ons must be paid fn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Part2. | he £ven Ne Sta Pages 1 =14. : WASHINGTON, D. O., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1898—FOURTEEN PAGES. S08908000098 0000000008 S90 SeeeeoosqoReese Hecht’s is the one Credit Store where credit buys for as little as cash. e ° sllen’ssuits& overcoats og GO0O0 Every pair o pants cut Cash or easy payments. POOGOOOSOOD suits, $1.50. All-wool suits—mark you! In sizes 5 to 16—double breasted—but not all sizes in each pattesn, elee they'd never be $1.50, for they cost much more. This is the grandest bargain Heckt’s have ever of- fered. They're piled on separate tables —pick them out. GOQHOGOOOSOGOO you buy. COATS. Handsome black silk astrakhan jackets —all with bigh collars—some half lined and some lined throughout—jackets which Freedman Bros. have been selling all season to be sold fer as $3.50 high ac $16—go for.. POGGGOS COSSCCEOS EOS Lot of elegant English kersey, boucle and imported covert jackets, silk lined thoughout; made with strap seams— many of them, which they made to be $18 sold for and —to make a quick clearance of the stock. We won't carry over a single pair, and that’s why we've cut so. Those pants. which| Those pants which sold up to $3.50, $1.95. Men's Fine Plaid Cheviots and Striped Worsted Pants, in sizes to fit all men—made in the most careful manner—and perfect fitting as any tailor’s work—which sold up to $3.50— will go now for $1.95. reefers, 52.49. Plaid lined blue kerseys—fine Worombo chinchillas — fine astrakhans—some in sizes 3 to 8, and some in sizes 3 to 16 years—garments which sold up to $5— now go at $2.49, because we do not care to carry them over till next season. CAPES. Lot of all-silk-lined Persian lamb capes —with fronts and collars trimmed with ‘Thibet fur — variety of lengths — some trimmed with kersey stripes — which are $12 values — to & $4.50 Messe occoces SUITS. Ladies’ stylish tallor-made suits of Diack and blue cheviot serge—the skirts made fell—lined with best percaline, and the jackets made fiy-front effect, and all lined with taffeta silk—suits that heretofore sold for $16— $10 Mourning goods cut. Mourning veils, turbans and hats—what @ODOSt® 8 3 3 3 Fy duced for a quick clearance just as much as the most seasonable goods in the store. QSOR® I1c. ribbon sale. A lot of five-inch moirés, taffetas and plaid silk ribbons, which sold up to 0c. a yard, will be bunched and sold at uni- form price of lic. yard. which sold up to $14, You're losing time, gentlemen, when you put off coming after one of these suits or overcoats which we have reduced in price. Tomorrow’s choice won’t be as good as today’s. _ Just think what you're getting—the choice of our entire stock of men’s fine suits and overcoats which we've been selling all the way up to $14—for $5.98. The season's very nobbiest cheviots, cash- meres and worsteds among the suits—and overcoats of fine kersey and beaver. Take them on credit if you'd rather bu be: r E ty that way. We stand ready to accord every one the privileges of our liberal credit system. : Rather than carry we cut=-cut--cut! You know Hecht’s methods. cause they won't carry over a “stitch.” It takes wonderful. reducin stock—such an immense variety a3 Hecht’s carried. Boys’ $4 and $5 |Boys’ $4 and $5 You’ve never smelled camphor about their clothing yet—be- ig to dispose of such an immense Youths’ $7 : suits, $3.50. Tomorrow winds up the Freedman purchase. After Saturday’s immense selling there won’t be enough left to tell the tale of the most remark- able purchase of cloaks, skirts and suits ever made by a retail concern. Odd lots in the millinery dept. sacrificed. HECHT AND COMPANY, 515 7th Street. SESESSS OE SSS ©SSSHS SSSSSSOHCSSS €99090]2505 th batch ttt hdc ett for'5* sold up to $5, $2.75. Men's Fine Pants of Worsted, neat pin stripes—and nobby Cassimeres and Imported —_Cheviots—high-class Trousers every one of them—perfect fitting and finished faultlessly—which sell up to $5—will go now for $2.75. SE CCE CEE SEOCEEE Just half price for young men's blue and black and fancy cheviot long pants sults—made and trimmed as well as the very finest. There are fancy cussimeres in the lot, too, and there are none that did not sell for $7—but they all go at $3.50. z Our credit system will help SKIRTS. Ladies’ black figured brilliantine skirts —made full—lined with rustle lining and bound with wide velvet binding—skirts which are really worth $2.50 $1.23 —go for. SHOSSSSCSSSSHSS SSESCE C ECCT EES Lot of brocaded silk skirts and a lot of silk-and-wool novelty skirts, with the very best Inings, ete., for which we have had to ask $10 and $12 $4.98 all seaso1—for. cS Ostrich plumes cut. ‘The 9-inch black ostrich feather plumes which sell for 50c. will go for 15c. The regular 98c. black ostrich feather plumes will be sold for 44c. tomorrow. 2OS896 0869006088 ‘ 4 25% ; Discount From regular marked prices on ail broken lines of Furni- ture and short lengths of Car- pets. Notwithstanding this unusual discount we shall be glad if you will avail yourself of our liberal system of CREDIT! No notes to sign—no in- terest—and all payments carefully arranged to suit your own convenience— weekly or monthly. Car- pets made, laid and lined free —no charge for waste in matching figures. 'Grogan’s {Massumetie Credit House, 817-819-821-823 7TH ST. N.W., Ja27-75d = Between H and I sts. << ete euralgia, cte.. cured by 2S, Olt’ POWD!I OUGERA & CO. GISTS. : For Storage £ £ We Ask You To Pay £ Just About One-Half Of what you'll have to pay at any of the other first-class storage rooms wn. For clean, dry rooms— # large, donble load of Fur- only $3 a month. ie NO CHARGE for noving Household Effects from other Storage Rooms, here. | MERCHANT'S b38%er co, 929-931 D St——Phone 659. 7-28d he FRPP R RA: ag N £ Skin Won't Get Red § £ or Rough If You Use 3 “Dermatine’s It prevents the hands and lips from becoming chapped—Keeps the akin soft and white. It’s just what ladies need this cold, windy weather. men to use after shaving. Free from grease and nicely perfumed. 25c. W. S.Thompson, ae Pharmacist, 703 15th st. e SCS ee eee eee cA AACA ACA AZACA CAA, ile WINE CO., 614 14TH ST. $a27-20a 25 % OFF. Having bought the business of 8. K. Brown & Son, we will close out the stock on hand at @ clear reduction of 25 ‘per cent on everything. Crockery, . Furniture, furnishings, etc. big floors full. Everything marked co im plain figures! W. H. Kaiser, 20th & Ave. St. Valentine Tokens No. 418 atPursell’s, xis. Handsomert collection of Valentines—you've ever knewn. Cards and novelties — lithographed — em- bossed—in humorous concelts—sentimental effa- sicns—in burlesque and in witty hits. Prices with- im the range of every one’s buying ability. ALL SORTS ~~ and conditions of dress and household fabrics nice- caubpaee-aun: ly cleaned or dyed. Let us do your and will please you Finest dry cleaning. Wagon calls. Wheatley, 1068 Jefferson ave. n.w. (Georgetown). ne23-1yr,14 Established 1831. TURKISH BATHS ait YOUR HOME for 7 cents. storer. “It makes «clean and beautifel complse- fon and gives new life to every le res rheumatism, colds, etc. Bath Cabinets for sale at ESTABKOOK PHOTO STUDIO, TRADE WITH BOHEMIA, Consul Donzelmann Reports on the Sugar Industry. In a report to the State Departm regard to the trade between ake onitad States and Bohemia, Consul Donzelmann at Prague makes the following highly sig- nificant remarks on the sugar industry: ‘From investigation made by me as to the reasons why no Sugar is being export- ed at present, I find it is claimed by the dealers that they shipped a large surplus of sugar to the United States prior to the passage of the new United States tariff law, thus, for the time being, overstock- ing the market. They also say they have ascertained that the United States this year will run short of sugar, resulting in a rise of the market price of same before they export any more; and hence, they are stor- ing their sugar here in government ware- houses. awaiting the expected advance. The sugar industry in Bohemia is perhaps its largest industry, there being 120 raw nee raotories 12 factories with refineries an refineries in operation. for this is found in the fecinee te trian government pays to each producer of sugar a bonus of 1.50 florins (60 cents) for every 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds) of sugar which has a polarization of not less than 88 and not more than 93 per cent pure sugar; 1.60 florins (64 cents) for sugar which has a polarization of not tess than 98 and not more than 99.5 per cent pure sugar; and 2.30 florins (92 cents) for sugar which has a polarization of not less than 99.5 per cent pure sugar. The production of raw sugar in Austria-Hungary amount- ed, according to the best figures obtain- able, for the year 1897, to 840,000 tons; and the stock of raw sugar on hand on Jjanu- ary 1, 1898, is calculated to be 570,000 tons. The principal market for sugar manufac- tured here at present is England, which takes 80 per cent, the Canada, India, gentine Republic. There is no reason w: the United States should not grow cae cient sugar beets to manufacture all the sugar needed for home consumption, as the soll is to be found there and the seed can easily obtained. Capital will be ready to invest in building the factories as soon as it is assured of Gait ie with the necessary quantity of ets to keep the factories in operation.” Miss Laughlin’s Triumph at Cornell. From the New York World. The “co-eds” of Cornell have waited long for their triumph. It is no wonder that they looked with rapt admiration upon Miss Abigail H. Laughlin, who vanquished and routed the mere male students who have dared to treat the “co-eds” with disdain, and even with contumely. The young woman not only defeated a ’varsity man in the memorial prize debate, but she has been selected as one of eight out of 2,000 stu- dents to make the final test of excellence. She is the only woman who has ever gain- ed this distinction in Cornell. The men do not know what to think about it. The idea of a Sage College student being c®8sen as one of the eight immortals never entered the head of a male student. They would have thought as seriously about putting a girl on the ‘varsity foot ball team or in the crew. Miss Laughlin is a graduate of Wel- lesley College and @ remarkably brilliant young woman. She entered the law de- partment at Cornell and will be graduated this year. She founded the debating so- ciety “Agara” ai and it commanded respect |CHURCHES JOINED Fifteenth Street and’! St! Paul's - Agree to a Union. MUST BE RATIFIED BY SONEEREN Terms Upon Which thé’Amilgama- tion Was Effedted. WILLBE KNOWN ASST. PAUL’S Upon the assembling of the Baltimore conference of the M. E. Church at Waugh Chapel March 2, the name of the Fifteenth Street Church of that denomination will be erased from the rolls, and it will thereafter be knewn as St. Paul's, the’ two churches having been merged. This- arrangement wad made at a meeting of the quarterly conference of the Fifteenth Street Church Wednesday evening by a unanimous vote. Whe financial difficulties with which the congregation has been surfounded for a considerable period have been already re- ferred to in The Star, and unt} within the past few months it was hoped by all con- nected with the organization that they could weather. the storm and maintain an independent organization for all time. There had from time to time been talk of a union of the Fifteenth Street and St. Paul's churches, but the terms could not be agreed upon until now. Offer Once: Rejected. In speaking today to a Star reporter, a gentleman who is thoroughly informed on the affairs of both churches said: “At one time the Fifteenth Street Chur h rejected an application for union as made by St. Paul's, and considerable feeling was thereby engendered, but at last the time arrived when the 15th street people felt that they must extend the olive branch to St. Paul's. “The branch was received, and in re- sponse Fifteenth Street Chureh was pre- sented with the terms of union. These terms provided that St. Paul's be the name of the amalgamated churches; that a ma- jority of the new official board should be taken from among those now composing the official board of the present St. Paul’s, and that St. Paul's pastor be the preacher in charge of the new organization. The St. Paul's congregation informed the 15th street people that this was their ultimatum and tha¥ it was useless for their brewuren of the other congregation to propose any compromise, as they did not intend to re- cede from the position they had taken. “Hard as these terms were regarded to be, it was finally decided that it would be best for all concerned to accept them. “The greatest trial was when it came to vote to sever the relations between Rev. Dr. Murray, pastor of the Fifteenth S.reet Church, and his congregation, but Dr. Mur. ray removed much of the difficulty by tell- ing his people that, greatly as he was at- tached to the membership, he was entirely willing, for the sake of the financial wel- fare of the church, to go to whatever field Bishop Merrill may determine:t6 send him.” “Dr. Luther B. Wilson, presiding elder, in a speech of rare grace, highly eulogized the Christian and connectional. act of the conference and membership, and pronounc- ed the contemplated union a Bappy solution of many problems. Nothing now, remains to be done beyond a few minor mutters in the conferences-of the committées from each church, and at the ehguing annual conference the amalgamation: will’be com- pleted. The Initial Movement. “The initial movement forthe “union of the Fifteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, at the corner of 15th’and 'R streets northwest, and the St. Paul’s‘¢ongfegation, worshiping in the old Episcopal church at Dupont circle, was made by. thé former through its official board some! three weeks ago. At this time they simply’ gave a general invitation to St. Paul’s membership to confer with them upon thé Subject. Ne- getiations rapidly followed amd p! crys- tallized, this time St. Paul's taking the initiative and offering term#*ypon which the present projected union hag been con- summated. 3 “Wednesday night, at the fourth quarter: ly conference of ‘the Fifteenth Street Church, as above stated, the committee of the official board reported St, Paul’s three propositions and their recommendations thereon, and on motion of Dr. ‘8. R. Mur- Tay, the pastor, they were unanimously ap- proved and passed.” Crisis Threatened. A. prominent member of the Fifteenth ‘eet Church said to a Star reporter: “The history of the present, movement dates back to August, 1897, when the trus- tees of Fifteenth Street met and consulte as to a crisis which then threatened. Thii crisis was averted by the generous loan of- fered by Misa R. V. Reeder,~who, from, first to last, has been the foremost con- tributor to the new church building. Be- sides a contribution of several thousand dollars on the edifice, she had built the fine pipe organ, which Dr. Bischoff s0 warmly praised something over a year ago. The organ 1s worth $8,500. “But this crisis past, the fact that no reguction of the principal of the debt could ber made led the church officers to toward consolidation with another congre- gation, and, St. Paul's being near by, it was meditated scme time-ago to open a confer- endéé with its official board on the subject. It is true that the interest on‘the debt was paid as it arose, or within a reasonable period thereafter, but 4t was foreseen that this was simply eating the ‘heart out of the new enterprise, without Hope of better- ment. “Strained as have been the finances this year, $2,000 has been collected and paid on interest charges, while~$3,000 in supposedly first-class subscriptions remains to be col- lected. Meanwhile the Ladies’ Aid Society, with Mrs. J. J. Gillenwater as its president, has raised over $500—doing, for its opportu- nities, an even larger work than last year. The church, also, by dint of dqtermination to do it, has raised in full alliof its con- ference moneys, or has the préspect of so doing. And the ‘Young Woman's Foreign Missionary Society had actually exceeded in raising funds any similar grganization in the WasFington district of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the fall meeting of the societics in this city. “This gives an idea of the heroism of the congregation, which, had help come from within in generous measure, would have been in fine condition today. “For thirty years the Fifteenth Street congregation has been worshiping bn the present tite, and had the present building cost what it was originally, intended to spend on it, tt would have felt no undue pressure. ‘But estimates of cost. went adrift, and while a splendid structure arose loftily a splendid debt rose higher still. Enterprise a Monument. “But the enterprise 1s, take it all in all, @ grand monument to the labor, the faith ard the sacrifices of the Fifteenth Street membership, and no change of, name and no change of personnel can réb them of the glory of giving to the jérthweat of Washington a beautiful temple iof its hallowed walls cherished cnly gain vividness as the year the wealth of devotion to t est of the Methodist Episco; only be the more plainly brings out the meaning of Christian invitation to 8t. leadership under their roof. “The pastor, Dr. 8. R. Mi sumed charge last year, posed, retire, leaving St. for its own pastor. Dr. Murray spent a large part of the early months of his pas- torate in endeavoring to secure fresh con. tributions to the 15th Street Church, trav- eling in various Girections in the Baltimore anc Wilmington conference districts.” The combined congregations will, as al- ready stated, be known as St. Paul's, and the major part of the new official board will be composed of stewards and trustees of the original St: Paul’s element. The list cf pastors of Fifteenth Street Church Is as follows: L. C. Muller, W. I. McKenny, Elisha D. Owen, L. M. Gardner, J. F. Ockerman, J. H. Dashiell, L. A. Thirl- keld, J. N. Davis, W. W. Van Arsdale and S. Reese Murray. ——————— TRADE WITH ST. GALL. Over Five Million Dollars Sent There Last Year. In a report to the State Department Con- sul General Du Bois, at St. Gall, Switzer- land, says a brief examination of the ex- ports to the United States from’ the con- sular district of St. Gall develops some in- teresting facts. St. Gall is the most im- portant cotton-lace and cotton-embroidery center in the world. The city has a popu- lation of oaly 33,000, and a large majority of them are engaged in and depehdent up- on the work of producing cotton laces and cotton embroideries of various kinds. Dur- irg the yegr ended December 31, 1807, the importers in the United States paid to that community the handsome sum of $5,500,000, of which ansount abcut 90 per cent was for cotton laces end cotton embroideries. This demonstrates how important this thriving industry is to Switzerland. Consul General Du Bois says another interesting fact is developed by an examination cf the ex- ports from the consular district of St. Gall to the United States, viz. that that dis- trict furnishes our country with about one- third of the total amount of goods sent from Switzerland to the United States, and the generous influx of American money there is helping to transform the quazit cld town into an active, modern city,adorn- ed with many handsome business blocks ard some costly and attractive villas. The total exports to the United States from Switzerland fcr the month of December last was $1,413,426, while the exports from the district ef St. Gall alone amounted to $059,657, or nearly one-half the total ex- ports. Dur'ng the last six months of 1896 the total exports to the United States from St. Gall amounted to $2, 31; while in the six months ending December 31, 1897, the amount was $2,907,956. Thus, in spite of the fact that the new tariff of the United Statcs advanced the duty on cotton laces ard cotto:. embroideries from 50 per cent to 60 per cent, making en increase of 10 per cent, the consul general says there has been exported to the United States from St. Gall during the first six months of the new tariff Jaw over $200,000 worth Tore of these goods than were exported during the last six months of the preceding year. AT WORK NIGHT AND DAY. Making Guns at the Washington Gan Factory. It may be considered somewhat signifi- cant that the Washingtcn gun factory is working constantly twenty-four hours a day in the manufacture of large and small guns for the battle ships and-the auxiliary cruisers. It fs said, however, that the de- sire of the department to get through with this work as quickly as possible is due al- raost entirely to economical reasons. It has been shown that it is cheaper to main- tain the shops at their full working ca- pacity than to reduce the forces. Conse- quently, three gangs of men are employed in relays of eight hours each and there is no cessation in the din and industry at- tending the assembling of pieces of ord- nance. At present the shops are engaged in work on guns for auxiliary cruisers, not on heavy ordnance. ‘Thirteen-inch guns have been turned out faster than the oat- tle ships could use them, and already guns have been assembled for the Kearsarge and Kentucky, neither of. which can mount them under six months. There will soon be upward of one hun- dred guns of smaller caliber at the gun factory, all of which would be sent to fast cruisers in event that their services were required. To provide suitable plans for mounting the guns the construction bureau has prepared drawings showing where each gun is to be stationed on certain ves- sels carried on the department’s emergency list. With the guns at hand vessels of the New York and St. Louis type could be put in readiness for action within fifteen days. EO o_O COMMISSIONER EVANS SUSTAINED. Has o Right to.Ignore Applications for Increased Pensions. Senator Gallinger, chaii‘man of the com- mittee on persions, yesterday presented a report from that committee, detailing the result of the committee’s investigation un- der the resolution of the 18th instant in- structing the committee to investigate and report as to the authority of the commis- sioner of persions for refusing to pass vpen applications for increase of pension uhtil one year after the original pension has begn granted or rejected. Senator Gailirger includes in his report a Statement from the commissioner of pen- sions, tn which that official claims that the regulation comes strictly within the duties and power of the commissioner, and that it is in the interest of the service. He says that of the 650,000 claims now pending be- fere him 450,000 are for increase, and he adds: “The experience of the bureau is that a considerable percentage of the claimants sq soon as they get their certificates of al- lowance of } jon file an application for increase and get the machinery in motion to have that increase claim given prefer- ence over claims for pensions that have been on file.pending from one to seven or ears.’ ™he conclusion of the committee is that the commissioner has ample authority to make tke rule and that it is “clearly in the Interest of soldiers and widows who have not yet received wny pension, which fact renders its wisdom self-evident. EE ARMING THE AUXILIARY NAVY. Letters Addressed to the Militin Or- ganizations. ‘The Secretary of the Navy has addressed, a letter to the various state militia organi- zations, giving details of the plans for placing guns of one and six-pounder caliber on the vessels of the auxiliary navy plying in their vicinity. The militia organizations have been asked to furnish the depart- ment with a list of all steam vessels, yachts and tugs which could be utilized as rams of cruisers in war time, with the number of guns each could readily mount. This information would probably be sought even if there was no possibility of friction between Spain and the United States, but by naval officers it is interpreted to prove that the administration is ‘apprehensive of trouble yet before the Cuban affair is con- cluded. —— THE HIGHWAY BILL, Its Legal Features Explained by Mr. A, 8S. Worthington. The meeting of the subcommittee of the Senate District committee on the highway pill, which was held yesterday afternoon, continued until 4:80 o'clock. The meeting had been called at the request of a com- mittee of the board of trade. After Com- missioner Black gave “an explanation of the various engineering features of the measure as told in The Star yesterday, Mr. A, 8. Worthington of the board of trade Advertising is not an expense. It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money” profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. 47c. Neckwear. Have put the Tic. and $1 Neckwear in with the id Neckwear at $1.65 Have reduced all $2 and $2.50 Derbys and Fedoras to $1.65. ke ——— 3 Hats. |98c.Underwear| $ Men's tural Camel's ! Hair Shirts and Drawers | 3 —$1.50 values for 98c. ete. howlin: “truck!” doing business. er you buy or not. $ F] i $ 5 $ $ 5 F] s ] 5 5 3 ‘ 5 ] 5 : 5 6 -ABACBBA: $16.50, 15 & $13.50 Overcoats, « $40.20 The equal of this line of High-gradé Overcoats just put down to $10.90 cannot be found in the city of Washington! These are the highest grade Coats on the market. Elegant Kerseys, Irish Friezes, All-wcol Chinchillas, Some full silk lined; others with sleeves and facings of Skinner's best satin and fancy wool linings, broad pipings. No other clothier has such high-grade garments for this money, and we don’t want you to confound our offerings with the “big-black-type” stores and their hundred-per-cent-profit We know you will like our goods—our prices and our way of Money back on demand and a pleasure to show goods wheth- D. J. KAUFMAN, $ Clothier & Furnisher, 1007 Pa. Ave. Imperted Cheviots, BEER DUMPED IN THE BAY. Two Hundred Kegs Broached by the Customs Authorities. From the Honolulu Star. ‘The government opened 200 kegs of beer on the Oceanic wharf this afternoon, and a score or more of natives, with the as- sistance of a few white men, did their level best to keep it from going to waste. Bung after bung was started, and as the foaming beverage gushed forth the receivers of the government's bounty gathered it in all kinds of receptacles, ranging in size from ordinary glasses and bottles to water buck- ets and demijohns. Some ‘in their eager- ness applied their mouths to the bung holes and there drank to their hearts’ content. It was a sight long to be remembered. The beer was a lot shipped here a Tew months ago from the Weinhardt brewery, at Portland, Ore., on speculation, and an excellent quality of the article. None of the local dealers could buy it, as all are under contract with houses in San Francis- co and on the sound. No one was willing to pay duty on the stuff, so the collector general condemned it, and ordered it de- stroyed. The work of destruction was com- menced early this afternoon, under the di- rection of Inspector Story. The beer was hauled down from the ice house to the Waikiki end of the Oceanic wharf, and there a couple of stout fellows were set to work with mallets and punches to start the bungs. The beer ran out upon the dock. and escaped into the sea through a drain close by. It actually brought tears to the eyes of some of the thirsty sailors who witnessed the performance. The schooner W. H. Tal- bot and steamer Ke Au Hou lay near by at the dock, and the crews of both vessels cid what they could to stop the waste. Beer at 25 cents a glass up town and being dumped on the ground at the dock. It was tco much for the honest feliows. They drank until they could drink no more, and then filled every available bottle and buck- et, but the greater portion of the beverage went into the sea. ——__+e-+____ Some Long Beards. From the Boston Transcript, Perhaps the best-known beard in the United States is that of ex-Senator Peffer of Kansas, which was said to measute three feet long, but there are many, which exceed that in size. The museums fre- quently contain men five feet and over whose beards sweep the floor when they stand up, but perhaps the longest of all is that of Legrand Larow of Lamar, Mo., which is said to exceed any other in the world. It is seven feet in length, and has measured seven and one-half feet. Mr. Larow was born in Tompkins county, New York, in 1852, and his relatives are noted for heavy beards, but not extraordinary length. He is six feet in height and weighs 175 pounds. When standing with his beard down it extends two feet upon the floor. He has not-shaved for over twenty years. In the year 1877 Mr. Larow came west, and was a farmer and stock raiser for many years. He wears his beard braided and wound around his body, or else wrapped and lodged inside his vest. —___-ce0 EXmpercr William has drawn up and dis- tributed to the higher naval officers a table ef the forces of Japan, Russia and Ger- many in the far east. = d for the Public. Dangers Bra From Harper's Bazar. We know but little of the work of the men about us who contribute most per- haps to our benefit. It takes a trip across the ocean and a look into the engine room itself to make one understand the life of a stoker. It takes an accident like that of a few weeks ago at Twenty-third street, in which a man repairing the underground trolley works was killed without any one’s knowing, to open our eyes to the dangers some men brave for us. And it takes a visit to the power house of a cable car line to help one realize how arduous are the labors of some of the men engaged there. The man who watches the whirl of the cable for a broken strand has the hardest time of all. He used to have a four hours’ “shift,” but the strain on his close applica- tion was found too severe and he now works for only one hour at a stretch. He sits motionless in a subterranean room so hot that he can wear but one cotton gar- ment and gazes intently at the moving cable before him. One second’s lack of atten- tion and danger may follow, for a broken strand of the cable twists itself in the twinkling of an eye into an inextricable tangle, implicating all the rest of the ma- chinery and leading to accidents. His con- centration must be intense and his alert- ness must be without a drawback. Yet we never hear of this man nor of the value of his work to us all. 200 Potatoes and Point. From Chambers’ Journal. 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