Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1898, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1898—12 PAGES. meted W. B. Moses & Sons.- W. B. Moses & Sons. | Morris Chairs,£3-28 selling we're doing during this There’s a value that = That's the sort ¢ September Furniture Sale. ; _ th speaks for itself. You know what Morris Chairs are—and what their prices are. You recognize the bargain in this Morris Chair. Made in solid oak and mahogany finish, with broad Boston bevel arms, hand shaped spindle, solid brass rod. 4 adjustments to back and reversible cushtons—-$3.29. SeadeaSerSostontessoetoateaSonrmesentonreatoetecteoty SF i ee oa Parlor Suites, $16.90. Extension Table, $4.45. é Splendid Mahegany-finish Parlor Selid Oak Polish-finish Extensi & @. handsem- inlaid backs. up Table. 6 ft.. : Be: helstere In silk damask and silk S ft. . velour, fe tee $16.90 = Jf wud separ. tely the prices are: Desk, $16.75. i er tee es chee Si.50 Fine Solid Oak Peak, double pedes- $ For the divan $s. tal, well nade + special at... ¢ ashstand, $2.75. =e Washstand$275 : ! Bed Room Suite, $56.75. 4 Sold Oak Wasbetend, splasher + 950.75 & rall back . ci-ee) $2.05 Fine Mahogsny Bed ioom Suite, made by the best makers of bed 3 7 - Cz = room suftes in the country, 3 pieces. Chiffonier, $3.59. Reduced from $80 to. wees $96.73 te fer Chiffonier, well | Soe pune and Gntabed, one O'R Com Ladies’ Desk, $9.90. “Another Chiffonier, a litte larger. $4.19 A dainty, well-designed Desk, in mahogany finish, with Perret ae * 7, = ~ = inlaid ith scroll and Hne inlaid Chiffonier,$29.50. Dresser, $29.50. wiih holly and pearl. one lower shelf, . d ned Dressers a = il drawer, two locks, cast brass ¥ Beat nas eday trimmings eee aren ies ci iret nish, tukeid with ate halls cochlea awelneel fens Dressing Table, $8.45. ¢ the Chiffonier reduced frem $40 to. .82 A dainty. welVunas Diseaie wae & 5 MRC FRC Ce Fxeme 1S 1 in xolid oak, only a sample here ge new, but more to com Orders 2 Chiffonier, $18.40. taken from sample atee--ss.... ee a0 At Chiffonter, pigh oe 2 & a ly made. mahogany Couch, $11.95. = fintsh bevel mirr Fren-h h Splendidly made Couch. upholster- W. B. Moses & Sons, F St., Cor. 11th. | Storage, 22d &M. } ee netetetetetneteeteteeniloinetiinh ie ieaonlp hhc hhhlpiphlpheghphete $18.40 ed in corduroy, aseorted 2 = worth $16, for & @ Chiffonier, $16.go. “hs aie S = Fine M Chiffenters, with swell China Case, $15.40. - © feate pie tat: eeeran teanect Solid Oak China Case, double-thick = seas babes er. round glass eds, splendidly made z and well finished, worth $23, for...$15.40 > ; China Case, $8.95. < Selid Oak Splendid id Oak” China Cases, Chiftoaters carved tops. double-thick round glass _ are ova 65 ends, 3 adjustable shelves, for...... 38.95, So : = Sideboard, $31.50. LSS Noe a Fine Quartered Oak | Sideboard, xe Sclid Oak Dressers, with with large French bevel plate mirror. b bev] plate mirrors $8.25 Splendid design. Made by the Nel: pe Dresser, with oval mirrer... $8.25 son Matter Co. $65 value. For... .$31.50 Erie to Perry partly atoned for Hull's deed, and gave the Americans a chance to get back what they had lost through Hull. Perry's message to the President, “We have met the enemy and they are ours,” is a classic among military dispatches. There were two famous surrenders of SURRENDERS. NOTABL Instances Laid the Phil Seldom has Where Great Armies Have n Their Armse Ipbia Inquirer. nas large an army here surrendered upon this continent as the | armies in the revolution, one in the middle Tazee teilcantexis Gat Fortifiea | Of the war and one at the end. At Sara- fended by a detachment of an | 82. on October 17, 1777, Burgoyne sur- fended by a deta rendered to Gates 6.000 men, 5,000 muskets army often are compelled to yield, but | and a large quantity of ammunition and when whole armies give up at the begin- | cannon. He had begun his Invasion of the ing the end is in sight. The ctvil war, | Colonies from Canada in June, interding to Which opened with a surrender, that of Posen el ae separate New Fort Sumter, ¢ with the surrender Of | (On ‘October 19/1791, Cornwallis surren- a dozen confederate armies, in the | dered 7,000 men to Washington, which end. é later. The first | €d the war. The ships and 1,500 seamen ; Were turned over to the French tes In the = __There was a surrender in this w th was that of Buck- ar which 7 e fit to be ranked with the Alamo and 2 to Grant on February ort Pillow. Fort Griswold, defending 16, IM2. Here 12,00 men were given up. | New London, Conn., was surrendered to 7 to the famous “un- | Arnold, the traitor, by Colonel Ledyard. ge of Grant to | The commandant and his sixty men were | put to the sword after they had give | Nein ie % up on peda their ar: This was in September, 1781. pe ame The raid the New England coast had prts tt been G ake - p itis! 2 consequent surren- | Pee? Undertaken by the British with the e of diverting Washington's attention from Cornwalli: rather notable SEER ttea ite cone ven the great Washington was forced el 3 = surrender once, though not i s Miles made ‘Trende nce, though not in this war. | It was in the French and Indian war, and Washington was commandant at ‘Fort | Necessity. Washington's forces had | the first blood of the war, having defe: but he wa © gave up over 10,000 surrendered his 30,000 men at d . Jumonville at Great Meadows, forty y 4, 1963, and Port Hudson | miies from Fort Duquesne. Two menthe later. later Wash ated by » which he At the end of ed on December man sent a dispatch to Pres De Villiers had built at Gre: ering the city as a Chri he ten hours* ‘d fighting Washington yield- a which was followed ed. upon condition that his troops should in announcing t get the honors of war. defeat of Cerve ee ee His Methoa. Frem Pearson's Weekl an end by the Appomattox Court- Twenty-six thou- own thelr arms. This “Did I ever tell you how I once made a a - eee | friend of mine stop berrowing money from 7454 and Kirby Smith with | me?" he said. “Well, he was a nice young umber of confederates | fellow, but he didn’t have any capacity for time was 93. saving money, and the result was that he Pies Sone Ree a, laste lind any cash. Ohel aay ie cane do » and asked me to lend him £5. This I aid. A few days after that he came round and paid me the £5. So far, so good. But he wasn’t going to stop there. “A week or so later he came to me again nor of the tle of anta navy San Juan uz, sur- d Connor, March . (0 prsoners and 500 fended The City |—wanted to borrow £10—had to have it— A oe) ee would pay it back next week, and all that, an troops | and, of course, he thought he'd get it. he didn’t. But I'd met ‘em just like him before. ‘Sorry, old man,’ said I, ‘but I can’t let you have However, if £2 10s. will be of any use to you, J can spare that much un- til next week.’ He took the £2 10s., and in due time repaid it. Then I didn’t see any- thing more of him for several weeks. I felt sure he'd turn up again, though, and, sure enough, he did. Wanted £20 this time. Alamo at surrendes © Santa An- Americans latd y were murdered treacherous Mexicans of Spanish 2 of whieh was not at all | “What did I do? Well, just followed out This latter one was Hull's | the same ratio; told him I couldn't possi- ory. Hull's soldiers were | bly let him have £20, but if £1 5s. would } f Detroit, and with it all of | help him out at all I could lend him that. ignation, as they were anxious He took the £1 paid it back in a ito ight ai a ¢ k, and never asked me for another loan “He knew well enough the next time he came to me I'd tell him I couldn't spare more than 12s, 6d., and he had enough sense to see that at the rate we were going it ic 1 sentenced to be shot, but | wouldn't be long before I'd be asking him a by the F ent for something every time he came to bor- néer of Barclay’s fleet on Lake | row from me.” | not get the chance. Hull later for thirty British sol- i was tried by court-martial for d cowardice. He was acquitted urge of treason, but was convicted was exchange } dters Fr pete eee ttt ele + Concerning Clothes. } Wear the best you can if you would appear the best you want. sehoaZorbonfeatonteaiontoasontees et eeseegeegesg ot ete Wonder what Mertz will say today? ‘Wonder what Mertz will say today? : , : Monday, September 19, 1898. What we count is comparison of garments. What we ask is inspection of our stock. What we promise we always,linch with our guarantee. So well known are Mertz’s methods and Mertz’s tailoring to the best dressers of Washington that any mention may seem un- necessary, but we want to welcome to our store those who may read for the first time these tailoring topics of ours. Once in touch we'll keep company for a long time. Fall is coming and comfort and health say heavier cloth Look in at our new stock of wool- ens and leave your measure if you want to be in among the first with the early fall stylish garments. We include your preferences as well as latest style with every garment you order. 4 Tailoring Headquarters, 906 F Street N.W. Mertz and Mertz. Ta ss ss ss ss WHEAT GROWING SCARCE Sir William Crooke Sees a Universal Dearth in Prospect. President of the British Association Predicts That the Acute Stage Will Come in 1931, The New York Sun of today prints the ad- dress of Sir William. Crooke before the British Association at Bristol on Septem- ber 10, in which he reviews the matter of the world’s food supply. Taking wheat as the article of food in which the English are most interested, the speaker devoted most of his remarks to the past and pros- Pective production of that cereal. In brief, Sir William predicts a universal dearth of wheat, which has already begun, and which will reach the actue pinching stage by 1981, or within the time of a gen- eration. Going into statistics, the speaker sal “Wheat is the most sustaining food grain ef the great Caucesian race, which in- cludes the people of Europe, United States, British America, the white inhabitants of South Africa, Australasia, parts of South America and the white population of the European colenies. Of late years the indt- vidual consumption of wheat has almost universally increased. In Scandi a it has risen 100 per cent in twenty-five years; in Austria-Hungary, 8) per cent; in France, 20 per cent, while in Belgium it has in- creased 50 per cent. “Only in Russia and Italy, and possibly Turkey, has the consumption of wheat per head declined. ‘In 1871 the bread caters of the world numbered 371,000,000. In 1S81 the numbers Tose to 416,000,000; in 1891 to 472,009,600, and at the preseat time they number 51¢. 500,000. The augmentation of the world’s bread-eating population in a geometrical ratio is evidenced by the fact that the yearly c:ggregates grow progressively larger. In the early seventies they ruse 4,300,000 per annum, while in the eigtties they increased by more than 6,000,000, per annum, ni tating annual additlens to the bread supply nearly one-half greater than sufficed twenty-five years To supply 500,000 bread eater: if each bread-eatirg unit fs to have hi tion, will require a total of OE, O10. bushels for seed and food. According to the best authorities the total supplies for the 1897-08 harvest are 1,921.000009 lush- els. The requirement of the 516,500,000 bread eaters for seed and food are 2 4,- 000,000 bushels; there is thus a deficl! of been s of 403,000,000 bushels, which has not urgently apparent owing to a surp! 300.000,000 bushels carried over from last harvest. Present Year's Prospects. “Respecting the prospects of the harvest year just beginning it must be borne in mind that there are no remainders to bring over from last harvest. We start with a deficit of 103,000,000 bushels and have 6,500,- 000 more mouths to feed. The majority of the wheat crops between 1882 and 1896 were in excess of current needs, and thus con- siderable reserves of wheat were available for supplementing small deficits from the four deficient harvests. But bread eaters have almost eaten up the reserves of wheat, and the 1807 harvest being under average, the conditions become serious. That scarcity and high prices have not pre- vailed in recent years is due to the fact that since 1889 we have had seven world crops of wheat and six of rye abundantly in excess of the average. These generous crops increased accumulations to such an extent to obscure the fact that the har- vests of 1805 and 1896 were each much be- low current requirement: From this Sir William concluded that, re- serves being practically exhausted, bread eaters must be fed from current harvests. Even a harvest equal to the record one of 1894 would yield less than current needs. Having drawn t.s gloomy picture of the present, Sir William considered the future prospec First of all, he examir two chief wheat-exporting countri world, the United States and Ru: former he described as having been thirty years the dominant factor in the for- for eign supply of wheat, exporting no less than 145,000,000 bushels. Thus the bread- eating world has depended, and still de- pends, on the United States for the means of subsistence. But Sir William warns us that the bread-eating world cannot for long rely upon this supply. He says: World's Food-Bearing Area. “The entire world’s contributions to the food-bearing area have averaged but 4,000,- u00 acres yearly since 1869. It is scarcely possible that such an average, under exist- ing conditions, can be doubled for the com- ing twenty-five years. Practically there remains no uncultivated prairie land in the United States suitable for wheat growing. The virgin land has been rapidly absorbed, until at present there is no land left for wheat without reducing the area for maize, hay and other necessary crops. It is ul- most certain that within a generation the ever-increasing population of the United States will consume all the wheat grown within its borders, and will be driven to import, and, like ourselves, will scramble for a lion's share of the wheat crop of the world. The withdrawal of 145,000,000 bush- els will cause a serious gap in the food sup- ply of wheat-importing countries, and un- less this deficit can be! met by increased supplies from other countries there will be a dearth for the rest of the world after the British Isles are sufficiently supplied.” Sir William then went on to explain that the situation in Russia was even le: ising than in the United States, aq has a populatior whese prospective needs for a rapidly increasing population promise to soon encroach on the productive supply. He alluded to the vast wheat areas of Canada and Australia, but found that the new lands were only being brought under cultivation as local needs seemed to re- quire, while the older lands were gradually lesing their virgin productivity. Pinch Comes in 1931, Sir Williaa Crookes then sums up and. gives the world until 1831 to feel the acute pinch. He says: Should all the wheat-growing countries add to their area to the utmost capacity, on the most careful calculation the yield would give us only an addition of some 100,000,000 acres, supplying, at the everage world vield of 12.7 bushels to the acre, 1,270,000,000 bushels, just enough to supply the increase of population among bread eaters till the year 1931. At the present time there exists a deficit in the wheat area of 31,000 square miles—a deficit masked by the fact that the ten world crops of wheat harvested in the ten years ending 1806 were more than 5 per cent above the average of the previous twenty-six years. When pro- v-sion shall have been made, if possible, to feed 230,000 000 units likely to be added to the bread-eating populations by 1031—by the eomplete occupancy of the arable areas of the tempratc zone now partially occu- d—where can be grown the additional 330,000,000 bushels of wheat required teu years later by 2 hungry world?” ——_-e+— Testaments Last to Go. From the New York Tribune. One of the regulars, who was with his regiment and was present at the battle of San Juan hill, related a little incident of his observation yesterday as he sat in the shadow of a tent in the company street trying to keep cool. “When the battle was over,” he said, started out to take a walk up the hill, and I was particular'y interested In noting just what things the regiments discarded first when they went into action. The first I «ame across was intrenching tcols, cooking utensils, knives and other things of like character which the soldier usually carries witn hira in the field. The ground all about was strewn with them. A little further up, possibly half way, I came across the rations that had been thrown away, and away up near the top of the hill the last of all to be dis- carded were the Testaments and prayer books the Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion had distributed while we were sti!! in Florida, There were a great mary of them along the crest of the hill, but I think the good people of the association would be glad to know that the men threw away everything else that might prove burdensome or in the way, even to their rations, which were scanty enough, be- fore they gave up the Testaments that had been given them.” See if there isn’t something you want in Hoeke's Clearing Sale.—Advt. IN KLONDIKE GOLD FIELD Wathington Poy Lailds There After Varied Experiences. Henry Leithner's Account of Journey From Seattle to Dawson City Lites —Shooting, the Chutes. toy Henry Leithner, late of this city, recently wrote his friends here detailing his ex- periences during the journey lately made from Seattle to Dawson City, the modern El Dorado, fcr gold-seekers. His letter is 28 follows: * I arrived at Dawson City July 15, hav- ing started from Washington, D. C., April 3, alone. I fell in company with a German and an Englishman on the boat, going from Seattle to Dyea. We left Bennett June 29 at 5 p.m. and crossed Lake Bennett, a dis- tance of twenty-six miles. The wind blew fearfully, but our boat was good and strong and we sailed along in safety. One scow was sunk the same night at 12 o'clock. Arriving on the other side, we camped till next morning, being two miles from Lake Tagish. The wind changed and we rowed five miles to Windy Turn, a dangerous place, where we laid over till next morning and crossed it. The rest of Lake Tagish was good sailing. At the foot is a police station and our goods were looked over and our boat numbered. Four Indians were there in chains for shooting two men on Lake Marsh, one having been killed and the other left for dead. The latter crawled twelve miles and made the report. He was shot through the arm and side. After shooting them the Indians stole their out- fit and sank the boats Between Lake Tagish and Lake Marsh is a river five miles long. Lake Marsh is two miles wide. We had a very heavy side wind and our boat drifted. White Horse Rapids. After leaving Lake Marsh we got into a crooked river whose current was swifter. We went within one-fourth of a mile of White Horse Rapids and landed. A large number of boats lay there. There are two tramways ‘around the rapids that carry things for one cent a pound to the foot of the rapids. The distance from canyon to rapids is four and one-half miles. The now very swift river narrows to 100 feet, and with a deafening noise shoots through the canyon. The water is high in the middle of the stream and the rocks on both sides are high and straight and look as if put up by human hands. After three- fourths of a mile the stream widens, then comes a sudden drop. It continues swift but level for about two miles, then come the White Horse Rapids. T stand on shore and watch the boats fly through is the most interesting sight I ever witnessed. In the rapids the beats look as if they would upset every moment. The Englishman knew one of the own- ers of the tramway. We lightened our boat by taking out x) pounds; we still had 4,200 pounds in it. We procured a pilot to steer, while the Englishman and I rowed to keep the boat straight. It was on the 4th of July that I shot through Miles Can- you and White Horse Rapids, starting at 9 a.m. and covering the distance in twenty- two minutes. It was the finest sensation 1 ever experienced. In the rapids we had to stop rowing. The waves hit against the sides of the boat So hard it sounded like a Hight people year and sixty were drowned there this ws wrecked or more or less damaged. No wonten are allowed to sheot the rapids. Some men steer ir own boats, and pilots get $15, $25 rding to the size of the craft. have made fortunes during the rush. We had pretty good sailing after that. We crossed Lake Le Barge all right. This is considered to be ‘the worst of the lak It fs five miles wide and thirty-one mile long. Two men, one a preacher, were drewned two days prevfous. We next came to ‘Thirty Mile river most treacherous of all’ rivers. Its bed is full of large boulders, jt is very crooked ard its current averages seven miles per hour. : Narrow Excape. Tere we had the narrowest escape of the trip. I steered, and when we were within 100 feet of a big rock I gave the boat a quick jerk and it turned clear around, stern first. I thought that was the end of our trip, but no damage was done. People were patching their boats as we passed on. We saw one big scow lying broken in two. Upon landing we learned it was the same cow loaded with cattle we saw at Windy furn. There were no more dangers after that, except sand and gravel bars. We got stuck sever: p in the water for cold, but we worked so hard that sweat was rolling off us, The Five Finger Rapids were the next attraction. Before shooting them we land- ed. We did not consider it dangerous, and simply took a slider. A mile below us there was another rapid, but insignificant. We had showers every’ day on our trip. One day there was a regular cloudburst. Often we had to land and lay over on uc- count of the wind. The actual time travel- ing was 146 hours. Dawson City. Dawson City is at the mouth of the Kion- dike river on the Yukon. On the other side of the Klondike is Klondike City. A bridge that shakes when a dog crosses over it ccnnects both towns. To cross it costs 59 conts each way. This country, like everything else, is now overdone. People are disgusted and selling out. Thos2 who want to go prospecting cannot carry enough grub to last them in going where the country is not staked, but there is gold here, and I shall have my share. The thermometer registered 92 in the shade two days this week. The nights are cool, but on» can read at all hours at night. a MOSES AS AN ELECTRICIAN, Flaming Fire in the Bush and Other Miracles Accounted For. From the New York Picss. It requires but little encouragement to believe that Moses ws a great electrician, like Tom Edison; possibly greater. Some broad minds are leaning that way. We know that he was “educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians’ and “mighty words and deeds.” He probably killed his first Egyptian with an electric shock. it was easy to convert a crook into a wrig- gling serpent, for Aaron was a glib talker and could have charmed the spectators while Moses played his tricks. The mak- ing of his hand leprous and the sudden cleansing of it was the simplest thing on earth. He paralyzed it with a strong al- ternating current and restored it at will. The flaming fire in the bush was merely an electrical experiment, the success of which frightened him into deep thought over a mission. The, day clouds and night pillars of fire that led the wanderers were calcium light and electrical effects. Edison could produce them today. The Red sea was held up by some electrical device while the Israelites walked through, the circuit being closed when Pharaoh and his hosts were just where Moses wanted them. The smiting of the rock at Rephidim, old Horeb, was an, electrical biast whicn rent the mountain and epened up springs of crystal water. What.of Marah? What could have been easjer than to sweeten the bitter waters? There can be no doubt that Moses sinned at Meribah; he refused to give the Lord credit. for opening the rock. Do you imagine how much water Moses had to get out of Horeb? Enough to slake the thirst of 608,550 Its, “not including the Levites, besides several million children. It was a pretty large contract. Monstrous Shoes, From the Detroit Free Press. A Cheboygan shoemaker named Kucinski has just ccmpleted for a customer whu is a woodsman a pair of what he claims are the largest shoes in the United States. He had to have the lasts made especially for him. They are marked No. 16, and he had to build them up with leather. The shoes are well shaped and are sixteen inches long. The maker has worked on the shoc- maker's bench thirty-two years, an] says that in all that time he never before mace, or saw any one make, such a large pair of shoes. The customer is six feet four inches tall, and weighs two hundred and fifteen’ pounds. He appears rather slim, and the shoes do not seem too big. © TO RECEIVE THE PRESIDENT Preparations at the Omaha Exposition for October 14. Storming of Morro Castle to Be One of the Features of the Peace Jubilee—Some Exhibits, Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. OMAHA, Neb., September 15, 1898. The managers of the expgsition are mak- ing extensive preparations to entertain the President and his cabinet. The chief execu- tive is expected to- preside at the peace jubilee October 14. Among the notable features of the occasion will be the storm- ing of Morro Castle on the lagoon at night. A grand concert will be given in the audi- torium by the famous Mormon choir of Salt Lake City. This choir numbers 500 trained voices. It will be accompanied by its own orchestra. Every building will be decorated for the occasion, and prepara- tions are being made to entertain an im- mense crowd. The President's policy 1 warmly indorsed out here, and he may expect a typical western ovation. , Large Attendance. The exposition, in spite of the war, paid its expenses the first month of its exist- ence. It pays a fair dividend now every rronth. The attendance {s large every day. The exposition people have the largest freight bill to pay they ever saw before. They heard that the government intended to send the balloons and other interesting paraphernalia of the late war here by slow freight. This did not suit the energetic gentlemen, so they offered to pay the bill if Uncle Sam would agree to let the arti- cle come b: fter trains. The offer was accepted, the swift train has arrived and the bill is about The next time Urele s business methods are brought in contact with those of the west it is probable the old gentleman will be given more credit for knowing what he is about. The Silver Display. The mineral wealth of this country magnificently displayed here. The state of Utah has perhaps the finest pavilion in the mines and mining building. It is composed of Ionic columns of silver on a founda- n of roughly hewn blocks of bronze. Over a glittering archway is the legend in golden letters: “Utah, the jasper-walled treasure house of the god Underneath this is a painting of the wild, romantic scenery in the Rocky mountains near the location of the famous Emm the first great mine discov The frieze of the silver pa is romposed of rows of bronze Roman shiclds, em- blazoned with the names of the ‘great mires now in active oper: A golden el hind each against an ar- tistic group of Americ s. Draped upon the ceiling is the mammoth flag, the larg- est in the United States—1n0 by 70 fe that was first waved in Salt Lake City when U as admitted to the sisterhood of states. In the Utah exhibit in the agricultural building there a silk display that woulc create a sensation in Paris. The industry started from six mulberry trees. There ts a pair of cream-colored silken porticres, bordered in a delicate ign of golden threads interspersed with golden fieur-de- lis. In the heart of each flower is a touch of royal purple. The Apache c ief Geronimo, with a large bi , arrived this morn and will be an interesting addition to Indian congre years old, and is as Nuggets From Klondike. Dr. David T, Day, superintendent of the mines and mining building, arrived from Washingtoa this morning, bringing of the richest of the golden nuggets from the Klondike. He returns to Washing:on in a few days, but will be here again Oc- tober > as to have things in readiness for the peace jubilee. rank Strong has just some ded fine William Blackstone ard port Rutledge, Ellsworth, Mar- shall, Taney, Chase, Waite and Fuller, ail the chief justices of the United States, to the exhibit of the Department of Justice. CORONATION OATHS. Solemn Promises Made by Rulers Ascending the Throne the London Mafl On September 6 the coronation of Ques Withelmina of Holland cecurred, when she teok the following oath: “IT swear to the people of the Netherlarc to always maintain and observe the con- stitution of the kingdcm. I vear to di fend and preserve with all my power tl independence ani integrity of the territor of the kingdom, to protect the public and private liber:y and the rights of all my subjects, aad to employ for the maint narce and progress of public and private presperity all the means which the laws may place at my dispcsal. as a good qu ought to do. So help me God.” Before the King of Belgium takes po: sicn of the throne he swears in the pres ence of the united chambers “to observe the constitution and the laws of the I gian people, to maintain the national in pendence and the integrity of the terr! tory The King of Denmark, in the precence of the council of state, swears to observe in- violably the constitution of the kingdom. And the King of Italy, before the assem- bied chambers, swears to observe loyally the present constitution. In Portugal the sovereign’s eath year to be faithful to the Catholic, and Roman religion; to preserve rity of the kingdom; to observe, and caused to be observed, the political consti tution of the Portuguese nation, the other laws of the nation, and to provide for the general good of the kingdom, to the best of my ability.” “I promise and swear to govern the king dem of Norway in conformity with th censtitution and the laws. So help me, God. and His holy word.” This is the oath which the King of Norway makes before the storthing. The President of the United States, be- fcre he enters upon offic” takes the follow- ing oath or affirmatie “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that. | faithfully ex- ecute the office of Preside. of the United States, and will, to te the best of my avil- ity, preserve, protect and defend the Con- stitution of the United States.” Finally, io quote but one other example of royal oath-taking, there is the h which our own most gracious sovereign took at the time of her coronation. This ran as follows: From Archbishoo: “Madam, is your majesty willing to take the oath?” Queen: “I am willing. Archbishop: ‘Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- lend and the dominicns thereto belonging according ‘o the statutes in parliament, agreed on, iad the respective laws and c toms of the same?” Queen: “I solemnly promise so to do. Archbishop: “Will you to your power cause law and justice. in mercy, to be ex- ecuted in all your judgments?” Queen: “I will.” Archbishop: ‘Will you to the utmost of yeur power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel and the Protestant Reformed religion established by law? And will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the United Church of England and ireland, and the dectrine, worship, discipline and govern- ment thereof, as by law established within England and Ireland and the territories thereto belonging? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of England and Ireland, and to the churches there commit- ted to their charge, all such rights and privileges, as by law, do, and shall, apper- tain to them, or any of them?” Queen: “All this I promise to do. The things which I have herebefore promised I will perform and keep. So help me God.” 2+ Deaths at Ponce, Porto Rico. In dispatches to the War Department |. night, Maj. Gen. Brooke r:ports five deaths among the American troops at Ponce, Porto ‘Rico, viz.: James Simons, a teamster in the quartermaster’s department; D. C, Brace, Company A, 3d Wisconsin, typhoid fever; Morton Bentley, Company C, 19th United States Infantry, typhoid f2ver; Frederick Lindle, Company C, 19th United States In- fantry, malariel fever; Frederick 8. Phelps, Battery B, Sth Artillery. 924, 926, 928 7th, Tunning through to 704-706 K st. Gi} Seeseoendontentontontentente- $5 & $6 waists, $2.98. Tomorrow ws “Ml put on «ale a lot of Bitty ladica’ bandsome silk made of exce ally fine quality ti in a great variety of the most attractive light stripes—with stylieh full blouse effect and offer them to you as a special va at $2.98. They are made according to the latest dictates of fashion—ard prove au extraordinary value for the money Sey Fall suits, $12.98. Ladies’ new fall suits of fine cheyiot serges, in nays have double breasted reefer ja Seatenteegeny Sredeeteedeedenteedeetentengy “The Dependable Store.” Specials in ladies’ fall waists, Fall dress needs will soon be coming to the front now—a few more days of this Indian summer weather—and Jack Frost will step in to forcibly remind you of the heavier weights. shouldn't put off purchasing until the very last moment. These special prices—our complete stocks—our combine to tempt you to come tomorrow. %, 924, 926, 928 7th, running through => to 704-706 K st. suits, etc. You varied = showing—all Fall suits, $14.50. Ladies’ finely tah d nay h $20. Ko for $14. Fur coilarettes and neck scarfs. Black sheared cone Astrachan fur collaret larettes. $1.50 * = Skunk opossum collarettes: S205 Black sheared coney, with iaerten all round S308 sHarettes 0 . y Scarfe 3 marten scarfs, with taille. & Skunk opoxsum scarfs = ‘ satin Inpel, 4 «amd have the new ounce skirts. Are worth & S17 Ko at $12.98, BS + = $ The value # ise that we hardly know where t = red a8 a special + per yard, value to- for 24c. =e * keeper that can boast of any better qualities—a more complete = stock—a better variety—a bigger line—than ours. = Heavy twill gray skirting taunel of very New silk embroldered flannels. bem i: te uality eS fall undersktirts, din a variety of very ty pat Swarm ana worthsui— wil be oft 3 nx—for whieh seu would be naked Zed tomorrow, pe T2}c. mb gare clannbae, we diese. eee = es ertew, per yard. ut 44 : M-wool red twill flannel, a | = meeh in use just at present— will | double-faced plain white elder quality for which ethers get a 1 more, will go xs another 590. Vig special value tomorrow for Doubie-faced Domet flannel. of a good sSeedeanbagont Some very special flannel values. in the flannel department are of such rich prom should send you here in a hurry tomorrow >be We tell you of a few that There isn’t a store- in. Light stripe ting flanbel ready-made underskirt are made in the most palnstakin ner—carefully finite! skimped anywhere, will go te t the unusually small fg Black satine underskirts, ma wide and full, lned thronghe per Satan een Sane Senay nod with atiened as ruffle will = Ps 5 i ° % Special offerings in hosiery. Seaesserbonteaden seater Your hear our hosiery department spoken well of on all sides —the goodness of the qualities and our own inimitable prices make it the most popular shopping place in the store. Senet et MAAR ALAR AAR ANNAN SAM AD Ladies” fast bleck double sole and high Ladies’ and men's fast black 2thread 4 spliced heel, fall regular made. hone. double-scle and high-spliced heel. full de * - valne. Special for this week woaunless hose er seld less than 18¢ g By pair, special for Se. pair. > : fancy mixed full seamlees half Ladies’ fast black Richelieu ritted Male = 3 1 sizes, sold at 1%e. pair—special thread hose, sold regularly at 35¢. puir, % z . pair. 1 tor 28>. pate. < : Low prices for umbrellas. * With the coming of fall you will want a new umbrella. no Seaeatens horn and natural hendl this week for $1.48. Worth —Just to give you an idea of the these very necessary articles. Yc % without the slightest fear of buy £ badly. ° Children’s faney bordered hemstitched SF handkerchiefs—just_ the thing for school * handkerchiefs 3 Special for this ‘a week—2 for 5 Ber o Ladies’ fine b Pure linen hemstitehe SAVED BY A JACKKNIFE. LIFE Remarkable Escape Made by a Pa: senger on the Ville De Havre. From the New York Pre By the sinking of La Bourgogne and the } awful loss of life is recalled the accident to the Ville De Havre of the same line in 18% when the ter named ship was struck at night and went down at once, rying almost cll on board. Pitifully few were thuse who were saved from the Havre, but among them was the prominent New York lawyer Witthaus, and the way in which he escaped is so extraordinary that it sounds Ike a well-concocted tale in: ad of the plain fact that Mr. Witthaus \ouches it to be. The afternoon preceding the accident to the Havre Mr. Witthaus, with man, was on deck, and Mr. Witthaus w leaning against the taffrail under the flag- staff at the stern. As the two men stood there talking the friend put his hand on © the large life buoy that was hanging over the side and called Mr. Witt! s' attention to it. “Lool he said, “these life buc are simply screaming farces. This one here is so stiff and hard with coats of paint that you coulda’t get it free except by cutting it_ with a knife.” : Mr. Witthaus attempted to move it, but | found it glued hard and fast. The friend took out his knife and began idly sticking it into the soft pine of the flagstaff, and amused himself so the rest of the time that they talked before they were interrupted by the dinner gcng. Then they both went below. arly the next mcrning while the passen- gers were still asleep the collision occurred, and in the mad pantie that at once followed Mr. Witthaus did what he could to get the women and children into the lifeboats. From the first he regarded himself as doomed, for there were not nearly boats enough for all the passengers and it was evident that the ship would fleat only a few minutes. Several women whom he knew on board he found places for at once. only to see the boat overturned as soon as it was launched, and all go down, one of them with her two little children in her arms. orrified and sickened by the sight, he eae Sane to the stern of the ship, which was higher out of the water than the bow, to wait until he, too, went down, and stood leaning again on the taffrail. As he did so in a flash he recollected the conversation of the afternoon before, and looked over the rail, There still hung the life buoy, stiff and immovable, and the instinct of self-preservation sprang to life once more. ‘A knife to free the buoy and ke might be saved, but he had none with him, and to find one was impossible 7 the ship la- -o Jown at any second. vit the same moment his eye caught the flagstaff, and there, where his friend had evidently forgotten it the afternoon before, stuck the knife. With the haste of life and death Mr. Witthaus pulled it out and be- gan to saw away at the buoy, end he freed it and threw himeelf off the deck into the sea just in time to get beyond the vortex that came as the great ship went down, sucking hundreds of victims with it. Mr. Witthaus floated about for some time and was at last picked up by a small boat that was waiting about for chance survivors, and was brought back to New York to tell of one of the most awful catastrophes that ever happened at sea. STRANGER THAN FICTION. ‘That Was Swallowed Alive = a Hair From His Own T: From the Baltimore American. From the southern home of Senator Quay comes the following letter from a veracious ccrrespondent: “Being an ex-soldier and having only fif- teen months to serve to acquire a title to a quarter section of land, I went to Flor- ida in 1885 to put my plans into execution. Not being posted as to the landmarks, I had to hire a settler to locate the Jand for me, and as we had to go about eight miles through woods over bad roads, with no doubt—and if you want to pay the least price for it you will want to come here. Here are three price hints to guide you: Children’s 24-inch paregon-frame ate 1 Ladies’ twilled alk glorta umtretlas z rd gloria umbrellas, natural and Dresden $ dies. Good value at a8 a spectal Saragon frame, steel rod, close rolling . this week for 49 cents. = with fine natural, silver-triwmed, Dres. | situs” tink Samii abe ais den, French-born end hard-rubter handles S _ovelling. with fine pearl aud Dresden 3 I = 3 special handkerchief values ne better mold at $1.50 week for 98 spectal thie nts, fair prices we mark our line of »u come here and pay a low pric ing that which will turn out very sheer quality—sold at 19¢. and 2c usually, Special for 12%jc. each. Ladics’ sheer hemstitehed hy chiefs, white and fancy borders—a good value at 9c. Special for & cents each, fe (GRAINS OF REAL TE CONSTIPATION nce toe CONGEST 10K “ix” WEADAGHE _ 'yacr E. FOUGERA & CO., New York. Ge1-m.62t.14 The Robinson Oils, “they lubricate more and outlast other ols.” Wm. C. Robinson & Son, apli-stt L SCKOFULA, BLOOD POrSO! . ma, tetter end ali other disorde: of permanently cured and all taint elimina‘ ibe system. 8S. 8. 8., the greatest purifier, eulz- m1 IN CUBA, PORTO RICO AND PE tropical fevecs are prevalent. Dr. 8) ANGOSTURA BITTERS is a sure pr when taken regularly, ERTS bridges, we went horseback, and in crossing a stream I noticed that my friend's horse's tail caught in an old pine stump, pulling a hair from the tail and leaving the hair fast to the stump. “As you know, a horsehair will turn to a snake wher in water, and I made up my mind to watch that particular hair. So, | after locating my land and getting a low house built, I took my gun and started out on a hunt, and during my rambles 1 came to the stream that my friend and I had crossed, and, sure enough, there was th horsehair snake as big as my thumb and over four feet long. As he was fast to the stump I let him alone and continued my hunt, bagging some quail, a rabbit and two squirrels, which gave me a good mess of fresh meat. As I was very busy for the next three weeks, I had no time to visit my pet snake, so you may judge of my surprise when on my next visit to find the snake as big as a stove pipe and over forty feet long. As I was going to have a log- rolling the next week, I kept my secret so that we could have some fun after we were through our day’s work. I got every- thing ready and sent out my invitation My friend that showed me the land ca with the rest of them and told me that his horse was lost or stolen. We all pitched in and did a-good day’s work and had a good dinner. I told them my secret and we went to the branch. You can imagine our surprise when we found the snake as big as a saw log, with a bulge in the middle as big as a sugar barrel. “Well, to make a long story short, wo killed the snake and cut him open and my friend's lost horse tumbled out. We thought the horse was dead until he commenced to move, and soon ran around all right and my friend rode him home. I have heard a great deal about horsehair snakes, and this is the only instance I know of where @ horse was swallowed alive by @ hair from his own tail.” +o. ___ TESTS OF ARMOR. They Will Be Made at the Head Gro is Thursday. Two important tests of armor will be made at the proving grounds at Indige Head next Thursday. The first will be that of a plate representing a group of armor intended for the battle ships Pereswiet and Ossiiabya, now under construction at St. Petersburg for the Russian government, and the second will be that of a section of a 12-inch plate manufactured by the Car- negie company under the Krupp process. The plate for the Russian batile ships will be tested by a 6-inch gun, and the Krupp plate will be a target for 12-inch projectiles fired at high velocity. The result of the test of the Krupp plate will be watched with interest by American ordnance cfi- cers for the reason that if successful the Krupp process is likely to succeed the dou- ble-forging process now used in the manu- facture of armor for American battle ships. ices The finest complexions in the world are said to be in the Bermudas. This is ac- counted for by the fact that the inhabit- ants Itve chiefly on onions, of which they export over 17,000,000 pounds annually.