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THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1898-16 PAGES. ———— | itiens are Particularly | Stylish "Shoes | ture Shapes” for ladies. By far the ‘ iar _| foremost and_fin- est of all the fashionable footwear shown this True foot comfort attained and to a degree equaled only in footwear made-to-your- measure by a careful bootmaker. Variety shown embraces all the styles your well shod, smartly gowned woman will wear this season. Street shoes, house shoes, carriage boots, &c. Comparative val- season. ues are seldom made use of by us, but rest assured— you will need 4.50 and even $5 to se- cure the match of NESE; Af ys casa ae Burt’s Shoe Shop, F STREET, “1411.” LEIP ODES IIE HAD DEG ERDRG aad PDP Deere neotenic EEE EEE EEE EEE ee eee {| ON MARCH 314to318 5 I 9 Seventh. ote 40e. Candies —over 100 styles of 25c. Candies fer 9c.Ib.| | flavors bbb tobteb Choco- Chocolate Ben Bons — Conserved Nong Sut No +~We Excel in Prices-=- ‘Low Prices==-we mean.2 Fruits, &e.— 19c. Ib. Pee fade eee deif mn Deo ProQvog here. aixS Suits. as Ladies" Tailor-made sof Covert Cloth, Venetian, Serges, Cheviot: $ Novelty Clothe—with hex, tght-itting or fly front reefer Jacket ali slik loed. ase oh are $12, $15 ant $18 values among them—but any of them “nce SH! Sik Mned. There 3 Go Tomorrow at $10.85. ALE EEA LED EEE ELE EEE EET oS - $0.39 = For Silk and Satin Waists, worth $10. % nm and ae Tks satins. Made up in latest tucked styles—in all the Se J Just secured this lot. Have been selling at $10.00, “s yles worth $10. Choice, $6.39. $11.13 Coats. ‘ giver iis repre Shere: nding those with the dart sleeves—notch col: F Chey Nene ‘worth. Tess O0-many of tom $1abo | eneeanee Choice of them, $11.13. a - Turtans—eloth braided—in all ws and black. Sold everywhere Special tomorrow, $1.59. more of wse Trimmed hts aué Felt Racquet Hats, that were Last Call on them for 25c. Kid Gloves for 50c. © zen Ladies™ colors—C son 1s and, $1.00. Ch ddutton Kid es that were in black, 1 ice te 50c. Pair. 2 will be placed on sale at 9 « ek. Hosiery Specials. EEE EEE ETE EET ELLE ae 2 Gloria Umbrelas- About 300 pains of Children's “Onyx” natural Fast Black Hose—odus und ends among x woud handles. Cauatly which ate Elose of ribbed Maco cotter : —plain 3 d Cashmere—nearly all 2S for boys or girls—all are > = ei ikea Hose. Tomorrow 15c. - ss 100 doz. Misses’ and Boys’ Fast Black — $% high spliced ankle—sizes 6 to Oly-Ise. value—for to- roa mE 1216, Ladies" fast Black Cot- ; ton Howe pate eile. Ladies’ Balbriggan Hose— one. sa sland toc-tomorrow. + 2VAC. t Needs. Warm Underwear. tort tees eee EOS Oye t Ribbed Corset igh neck—long sleeves Ae and Children's Merino Vests 1 Qe, Books and Stationery. 5.060 Paper titles—at—each ery Trimmings. $e. fs te forels—over 400 5 Copper Card Plate and 50 h Ha ar Land of Tawney Beasts,"’ a fine — Boogie maj ee here “Story of the Wild West,” by _ Buffalo Mil" — $1.50 edition— 6 Qe for morrow for Tuxedo Vell- dotted, black or celors— $5.00 Dr. Talmage’s Life of Christ and bes wide. ‘They are History of Palestine and Its People—over ou wm W6c. 400 superb illustrations. cial price.......... $1.48 The Bon Marche, Fourteen Aas St CoSixteen BEET EEE TET EEE EEE EEE EE EEEEEEEEER Eighteen BEEEEERELELEEEEELELEE EEE EEE LE EEE EEETEEE FT NEW PUBLICATIONS. THE ROMANCE OF THE HOUSE OF SAVOY: 1008-1519. By Alethea Wiel, anthor of “The Story of Ven: = ‘itteria_ Colonna,” ‘Two Doges of Venice,” ete. In Two Volumes, Il- Iustratad cbiefy from contemporaneous sources. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Washington: William Ballantyne & Sons. The house of Savoy has had one of the most romantic careers ever experienced by a reigning line. Embroiled in frequent wars, engaged at times in close conflict with the { church, assailed from within and without by foes, possessed—at times precariously— of a land so fair that it tempted the avar- ice of other rulers, the Dukes and Duchess- es of Savoy have passed through some re- markable experiences. The story of this renowned family is therefore of exceptional interest, not only to the student of history, but to the lover of mediaeval romance. Mr: Wiel, who has spent several years in a study of Italian history, has presented the ro- mance in a most attractive fashion, the two volumes of her book demanding attention for their literary as well as for their bi torical value. “In a single introductory chapter she has told the consecutive rec- erd of the house of Savoy, bringing it to the present and following briefly but com- pletely the various ramifications of the nar- rative. In the succeeding portions of the work she has dwelt with more particularity upon the personal phase of the matter, re- by anecdote and record the indi- vidualicy of the various representatives of the house PAUL By’ Orello Cone, D.D., author of fcism and Historical Christianity, pel and its Enrliest Interpretations, York: The Macmillan Company. Dr. Cone speaks of the conversion of Paul as “the most important event in Christian history next to the birth of Jesus.” Yet, as he declares, it is involved in obscurity. The conversion of a Jew to Christianity was not so unusual at the time that there was any occasion for proclaiming the fact as a mir- acle. Hence there is not at hand the defi- nite information of the circumstances sur- rounding this epoch-marking event which its importance warrants. Researches as to the life and character of the apostle, there- fore, are necessarily difficult and require the deepest thought. Dr. Cone has gone far into the records and gospels and analyzed the “Epistles” to secure the last possible item of information bearing upon the nature of this remarkable man. His work is scho arly and exhaustive, being far more t a biographical compilation. Doctrinal di: cussion and scriptural interpretations are interwoven into the work to make it of value and interest to the student of Chris- tianity LAUNCELOT AND GUENE' ; A Poem in Drama: By Richard How ‘Three volumes. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company. Mr. Hovey’s purpose is to tell the entire story of “Launcelot and Guenevere” in this manner, expanding into the form of masques and plays the various phases of the wonde! ful romance which has already been so beautifully told in less proportion by Ten- nyson. The three volumes now published constitute the first division of the whole series. Qthers are to follow as fast as they are prepared. The present “plays” are “The Quest of Merlin, a Masque,” “The Marriage of Guenevere, a Tragedy,” “The Birth of Galahad, a Romantic Drama.” The post has imparted to his work the true fla- vor of the period. His lines are strong and graceful and the dramatic unities are care- fully preserved. If the entire project should be carried through in the style which has been given to the initial numbers it will prove one of the striking works of the decade. A ROMANCE OF THE WEST INDIES the Mun, the Missionary and the Teacher. ‘Gospel-Crit- ‘Trans- lated from the French of E ne, by, Marian Longfellow. New ‘Tenny- son Neely. The original title of this novel was “La Morne au Diabl>,” but as this simply the name of an estate, the r,who is a well-known resident of Wa ton, chose the title which now appears, as more de- scriptive and appropriate. The scenes be- ing laid in th2 islands so recently filled with the clash of arms, and a center of direct American inte: this translation is especially worthy of attention. The notice of the translator was first called to the story by Wilkie Collins, who strongly ad- vised that it be placed befor? English read- ers. It has been one of the most popular of Sue’s novels on the continent. 1 OF THE F s With Other we Notes. By Robert Means Lawre M.D. Boston: Houghton, Mitfin & Company’ Washington. William Ballantyne & Sons. Dr. Lawrence here tells with many marks of infinite pains in research of the origin of the superstitions concerning the horse- shoe, going into history, mythology, art and commerce to find his suggestions. He likewise discusses fortune and luck, the folk-lore of common salt, the sneezing, days of food and evil omen, su- perstitious dealings with animals. luck of odd numbers. ‘Thus the volume which is handsomely printed, is a valuat work on some of the commonest of the superstitions which are yet in vogue. THE M. = THE KAINBOW'S END; Alaska. Henderson, Chicago: Herbert 8. one & Co, This is one of the most suggestive and appropriate titles yet applied to a Klon- ike volume. It Is the more significant in these days of sad awakening from golden dreams which a year and more ago tempted the frospectors away from cer- tainties of life to the almost equal ce ty of death. The book is freshly w and contains some new matter about gold fields of Alaska and the ways and ns of life in that region. The writer enough gold stories to tempt the r to wonder if perchance {t may not worth while to face the perils of the Klondike. E AYS ON WORK AND CULTU ton Wright Mabie. New York mpany. Mr. Mabie's literary style has become well known through the pages of his well-edited “Outlook,” and it is pleasant now to come across another volume by him in a more By Alice Pat . By Hamil. Dodd, Mead & permanent form than the issues of that periodical He does not sacrifice truth to the making of an epigram nor does he smother his meaning in words, but what he has to -and it has the ring of whole- some philosophy—is said clearly and con- vincingly. a. play. Compiled ps “Alice in Wonder. 2 Lookin ass and There,” by Emily Prime the bene- e Art at the and now York: Dodd, IN WONDERLA Lewis rf and Found y Originally presented for ¥ of Decoi irk, Mareb. New Mead & Company a Christras morality for chil- By Lucas Malet, author of s werby’s Wife,” &e. llustrated by Paul Hardy. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company. MARGARET MONTFORT. By Law Rieh- rds, author of “Captain January,"” “Melody,” “Queen Hildegarde,"”— &e. Illustrated "by Jdred B. Barry. Boston: Dana Estes & ‘Company. RD FOLK; Two California Stories. By sabeth Winthrop Jobnson, author of ‘*Yes- “Two Loyal Lovers,"’ ete. New York: Y, ‘The Continental Publishing Company. FAIRY BOOK; Selected am the Best Popular Fairy Rendered Anew. Gentleman.” & Company. ical Novel. By Henry Holt & Washington: William Ballantyne & FOOR HUM: Elizabeth Company. Sons. THE STORY OF LITTLE JANE AND ME. oatfrey. By Hoston: Houghton, Mitiin and Com- pai Washington: William Ballantyne and Ses. * ft By Theodore Watts-Dunton, author “The Coming of Love, Rhone Bosweil’s Story. New York: Dedd, Mead & Company. DICK IN THE DESERT. By Jami ‘of “How Toumy Saved the Barn. Thomas Y. Crowell & Company. ‘THE CHRISTIAN IDEAL; A Study for the Times. By J. Guinness Rogers’ B.A., D.D. New York! ‘Thouias Y. Crowell & Company. Otis, author New York: By W. w York: Robertson Nicholl, M. : Thomas ¥. Crowell & Company, THE CULTURE OF MANHOOD. By Silas K. Hocking. New York: Thomas Y¥. Crowell & Company. ————— MOBS IN CHINA, How It is Possible to Deal With One of Them. From the London Times. Some years ago Mr. Detring, a well-known Cuina hand, was riding with a friend from | banks of the moat outside the Pekin omens of | nd the | Clothin worth of the garments. they are so. Seeseedecententontontoncontontententestesdeetoetentontentonrontontontertoncergengeg & 4 ‘Seton At So The real “Shawknit” cotton half-hose, in light and heavy weights, in tan, grays and colors. A quality, that has never been sold in Washington at less than 25c.. 15c. Ses Sesgongontonsententensensontoateateniesegontontensessesgessertertonts Marked $10 and $12 ° meres. | Heavy winter weight unlined driving gauntlets, made of fine dressed bucksin, sold by the Co- lumbia people for $1 35¢ } and 75c. a pair. . | | Val t Their L g Values at Their Lowest Ebb. | ihere’s always a point which has never been reached, and we have attained it with this sale. No institution of its kind ever flourished in Washington as it has continued to push onward. We gave at the start surpassing values. For this stock was Heavy canton flannel drawers, double sewed and of the strong- | est workmanship. The most dur- | able of all underwear. Colum- bia Clothing Company 25¢ price soc = Prices that We've maintained the standard of lofty qualities in the face of the most general reductions. but no regular stock in Washington could or can outclass it in the excellence of the goods it offers you. The prices look ridiculously small— We can afford to maintain ‘em at such a basis. ‘ Bought at 40c. on the Dollar. ot ALL SUITS AND OVERCOATS Marked $15 and $18 At $7.00. és The Suits include single and double-breasted sacks and cutaways of fine Cheviots, Tweeds, Scotch Plaids, English Meltons, French Worsteds and Cassi The Overcoats are of Melton, Kersey and Winter Covert—perfect in style and faultless in finish. MEN’S FURNISHINGS. Marked $20 and $25 At 310. | goods far beneath the This has been a sale, were , Imported Clay Diagonals, Wool and cashmere half hose, light and heavy weight. Guaran- teed fast black. Columbia Clothing Company soc. Eee ae a $ 9 é z 2 oy £ [ D " ID S 2 D < We'll give you nobby fancy mixed W ell give you children’s clothing in We'll give you boys’ suits of e v ery ¢ clothes, made of the finest and sturdest cheviot and cashimeres which the Co lum- sort, in every size, of every style. Values Ks cheviots. In ages ranging from 4 to 16 bia Clothing Co. considered big values at that the Columbia Clothing Co. sold from = years. The Columbia Co. best $2 and $2.50 $2.75 and $3. The ages run from 4 to 16 $3.50 to $5. You get em forless than - = values. years. good clothes ever cost. £ a & yy) $ ° ° 4 : ) = 3 ° = : ; . 923 Pennsylvania Avenue. $ Ceeaoe seen ene Lee OOO tO CON CIN A TOIL ELLLLLLLLILLLLLLLILEIEELELIEIIIEEIIIPIE EEE IEE EEE EE ISCAS Taku to ‘Ten-Tsin, without escort of equipped companies even for a shorter dis- | due to the application of the occupant’s re- THE ARMY OF FRANCE. kind. En route they had to pass a Chin tance. The cargo was loaded in a frozen | markable strength. a regiment on the march. Mr. Detring, who | State, and will be kept at a frigid tempera-| | In transporting the elephant by sea the | After AM It in @ Strong and Noble 5 =e? FRAME TA ES = e consume e residue | di $ are almost as grea’ ey are mi was behind, saw a soldier—encouraged bY | landed at Manila. Before t raised by means of a canvas sling from the | mom the Chieu, Bee uem his officers’ and comrades’ demeanor—delib- | touching at Honolulu—reach their destina- f tothe ship, struezling to escape and | ffm the Chicago Thmes-Herald erately stab bis friend's pony in the but-| tion the store ship Celtic will have per-| Tending the air with their cries. Once | The French army, to save whose honor toek with his bayonet, the whole regiment | formed the most wonderful voyage in the | aboard ship they are ez managed, the | human beings are crushed like ants and world’s history in the meat line. She will not affecting them, because they do being convulsed when the animal plunged, nearly unseated his rider, and bolted. M Detring at once rode at the man, cut him overs the head with his riding whip. picked out the commanding pfficer. and harangued him so vigorcusly on the thrashing which, unless an apology Were forthcoming, he would forthwith inflict on him, and on the certain loss of his head when the matter came to be reported to the Viceroy Li, that the officer descended from his horse and knocked his head nine times in the dust be- fore his soldiers. And Mr. Detring, m: from any possible assistance, rode unharm- ed on his way. With the exception*bf cases where organ: ized bodies are concerned—such as a regi ment, fire brigade, ar zang of ccolles—no hein is, as a rule, rendered by the bystand- ers to a compatriot who has risked a mau- vaise plaisanterie on,a foreigner, and who fs in return receiving a lesson in comitas inter gentes. Much as his wit and audacity were relished, not a finger Is lifted to help him. One can even disatm a hostile mob by managing to turn the laugh against the ringleader. Remarks as to his personal ap- pearance are often very useful. A friend of mine once saved the situation by point- ing hilarfously to a bald-headed man at the head of an angry crowd, and exclaiming: “Where, oh, where, did this shining light spring from? Is it perchance some planet that hes left its starry bed to condescend to light us?” ‘A curious case happened to myself. One winter's evening a crowd loitering on th Is hooted and yelled as I rode past on a ver hard-pulling pony—in the benign hone of making him bolt. I pulled up with diffieu!- and turned his energy in their 4 One man, dressed in silks and his mouth still open, but the yell ai his lips when he saw that he w out. In the most absurd panic, y nothing in my hand, he ran down the sii pery bank, out on to the thin ice, which promptly gave way, letting im in up to the waist. T asked him why he had run into uch cold water (in China everything is by contraries), and left the crowd jeering at him as he woefully emerged. Put one must make sure of having go! the right man. Two friends of mine were traveling one winter—a shooting trip. I think—in the wild country north of Pekin. Tired, cold and hungry, they found a rough inn at night, and proceeded to the mud floored, paper-windowed guest room a signed to them in the place of honor xt the bottom of the court yard. But they, being the first, or among the first, foreigners to visit the out-of-the-way town they had reached, the bulk of the inhabitants in- vaded the inn to have a look at them, pour- ed like the tide into their room, and when driven out stood outside and poked their fingers through the windows, through which “psepholes” rushed in a night air at some- thing considerably below zero. After eral appeals to their feelings, my frie! lost patience, and, making a sal. a man left stupidly standing i : when the wave retired. He was taken into the room and asked what he meant by it As he obstinately refused to answer, they laid him down and administered half a dozen with a cleaning rod. At this point the landlord came in, and when he saw who was the captive, langhed till he cried. “Why,” he said, “that's our village idlot: and he’s deaf and dumb!” HOUSE. see. STORE A FLOATING Fresh Meat to Supply Naval Vessels for 100 Days. From the National Provistoner. The great meat concerns of the United States, as well as the government Itself, have done some unheard of and wonderful things recently in the way of refrigeration and of feeding an army in the field, as well as a fighting navy, on a fresh meat diet. As extraordinary as this may seem, a more unusual circumsjancg Is now transpiring in the voyage of the battle ships Oregon and Jowa, which are at present beyond Bahia, Brazil, on their way to Manila. Accom- panying them ts the supply ship Celtic, which left NewyYork with the fleet about three weeks ago. The Celtic {s a veritable floating store and warehouse, filled with needed supplies of Bes kind required by a man-o'-war and its-4rew on a long voyage through varying climates. But the chief interest of this-wovel ship centers in her meat stores and refrigerating chambers. Before leaving New York there were put into her hold 250,000 _ pounds of fresh fragen mutton and = 25),- 000 pounds of vegetables. These sup- plies are so rranged that the battle ships can at any time take from the cargo whatever meat and vegetables are needed for the mess duping the long voyage to the Philippines. These stores were placed on board for the use of the fleet’s men. Such a thing is unparalleled and unheard of in naval history. And it has been left to this government and to one of the greatest packing companies to store up and send with a fleet on the longest voyage of record a ship loaded with fresh supplies from which the officers and crew can be fed, the same as on land, in any climate. She left in company with the Oregon and the Iowa, and will feed them en route as they go. Besides being novel in naval history, it is a new departure in the meat trade. The meat was specially gotten up for this ship- ment. It was sewn in cheese cloth, frozen in Chicago, and brought from there to New York in refrigerator cars in a frozen state. To thus maintain carcasses of beef in a frozen state during so long a freight jour- ney {s a big undertaking in itself. It 1s sel- dom attempted by the largest and best- have carried in her climates, a over the longest vo: hold, and through all of frozen fresh meats yage of a meat ship in existence. She will have demonstrated the limitless p ibilities of refrigeration and of nautical cold storage for distribuung the world urplus meats and provisions to those climes and peoples who require them This voyage of the warships and of their floating store. the Celtic, will take more than 100 a Heretofore a voyage of six- ty days for a frozen meat ship has been regarded marvel in trade circles. The whole affair is one of great credit to the government at Washington and to the co! tractors. The possibilities in the case indi- cate indefinite expansion for the meat and provision industries of the United States, and the meat trade is under obligation to the commendable daring of our officials and of our enterprising business concerns. -te+ 1} A CHI MINT. American Machinery Stamping Coins for the Celestial Empire. From the Baltimore Auerican. A machine company of Bridgeton, N. J., has recently furnished machinery for a mint at Chengtu, China, which is said be of sufficient capacity to turn out 5,000 dollars and 18,000 coins smaller than a dol- lar per hour. It is intended to make dol- lars, half do twenty-five cent pieces, dimes and five-cent pie ‘The same com- pany also supplies the machinery for a new mint for making copper cash at Wuchang, which, with a capacity of 36,000 cash per hour, has been operating about two months. { The Bridgeton Company delivered the machinery for th b to rd at Ichang, the a the Yangtze river. w it taken in charge by the Chinese authoriti treatment of it was characteri left the boxes in which it was 1 the banks of the Ichang. so cl water that when a slight flood boxes were under ater and © a muddy depcsit from the river. state they were Journey consume boxes Were finally opened they were found to be caked up solidly with mud, except where the rats had dug holes and made nests while the boxes lay at the arsenal. "The machinery wa: but the dies were weuld have been 1 of navigation of In taken to Chengtu, which two months. adly rusted that they ondemned in an Ameri- can mint. However, the Chinese made no cbjections to the imperfecti perhaps thinking that these imperfection were additional safeguards against coun: terfeiting. ee ARMY ELEPHANT! Difficulty of Transportation the Only Drawback to Their Use. From the Philadelphia Times. One of most interesting features of the English army life that is presented to the layman in India is furnished by the r markable efficiency of the elephant brigade, most highly developed through the skill of the Burmese in handling the giant animals. Their usefulness in India can be scarcely imagined by one not familiar with the amount and variety of work which they ac- complish, but it would be a serious mistake to imagine that this degree of usefulness is attained through any aptitude of the unwieldy animals or natural tenden- cy toward it. It is due solely and entirely to the wonderful ability of the natives in training the huge animals and overcoming their natural inclinations. This cannot be too highly praised. Neither must it be im- agined that the use of elephants in army life is not attended by great disadvantages, not the least of which is the difficulty with which they are transported. Naturaily the elephant is not an intelli- gent animal. He can be taught remarkable | things, in which his strength and enduran play an important part. He can never, however, perform these feats without con. tinual attendance and direction. Abstrac ly, his power of work is unappreciabl when directed by intelligent hands, howe’ er, it is remarkable. ‘The transportation facilities which are provided for the sole tse of the elephant are quite as remarkable. I witnessed re- cently the loading and detraining of a jot of elephants on the Madras railway. Both were remarkable processes. In loading a rope is fastened to his foreleg and a lot of natives haul and pull at it to induce the animal to take the first steps into the This is only accomplished, however, b; monishing him in the haunch by means of a tusk. The first step taken is rapidly fol- lewed by the others antil he stands safely on the car. This portion of the task is accomplished comparatively easily, however, when com- pared with the next. At first he is timid and slightly frightened, but when the car starts his fear is wonderful to behold. ‘Though he may ride a hundred times, he never overcomes this fear, though it is much more pronounced when he takes his initial ride after, say, two months’ ac- quaintance with civilization. He rends the air with wild trumpetings, endeavors frult- lessly to escape, and only ceases his efforts When the car has again come to a stand- still. Of course, wonderfully strong cars are necessary to hold him. They are mad= completely of iron, with huge iron bars rising to a height of ten or twelve feet above the platform. Often these cars are rendered useless by the twisting of the bars mint at Chengtu free on | | actually raised the moving panorama before them. ng them is ea They are lowered to a raft beside the ship, and allowed to swim ashore. They take to the water are excellent swimmers, being ble to swim eight or ten miles at a without tiring The size of the Indian elephant is usually about eight feet in height and ten feet in retch length. The male is a little larger, perhaps eleven feet, and weighing about 5,000 pounds. + 0+ ENORMOUS PIPE LINE. An Australian Water Conduit Over Three Hundred Miles Long. From the Engineering Net The Coolgardie project proposes the de- livery of five million gallons of water per y at a point in the mining regions of miles from the reservoir in the mountains near the coast, where it is impounded. To force water through a pipe line for this long distance, its friction be overcome, b t it has to be total vertical distance of the district through es is a desert whose 1,330 feet. Further, which the pipe line ps soil is impregnated with salts, which are id to be so corrosive to iron that it is deemed safest not to bury the pipe in the ground at all. Another reason for having it exposed is that in a pipe line of such great length avoidance of leaks is e: If an or- dinary pipe line leaks andth part of its flow in a mile, the lo: y matter; yet even so small a los line of this length would amount to ne: a third of its flow. In the arid di through which this pipe line will pass it is thought that the soil might orb small so that they would not show surface: the ground if th e buried. Facility of ins; other ortant re: pe above ground ir trifling arly son for kee; d of bury- | ing it. When the | finally put together, | th: the Besides ordinary reasons for burying wa get them out of the way, and to Keep them from freezing in winter—do not obtain at all in the region over which this pipe line will pass; and the cost of excavating and back filling a trench 328 miles long will be saved by p) ing the pipe on the surface, the decision not to bury it seems, on the whole, a wise one. The one great difficulty which i in keeping the pipe on the surface i as involved traction. In ordinary continuous steel conduit, buried in the earth in a temy climate, the extremes of temperature of the through it will probably not degree Turning now to the Coolgardie conduit, to be laid unprotected on the surface of tue and with a distance between pump- ations aS great as seventy-five to miles, it is evident th ater nfined from evaporation and ex lina eel pipe to the fier Aus- ian sun may reach a very high tempera- ture in its age from one pumping sta- tion to the next, which in ihe case of the longest conduits will require nearly three days. The English engineers estimate the range of temperature which will occur in the pipe line at 75 degrees, and we should think this rather an underestimate. It will be seen at once that with such a range of temperature internal strains would be set up in the pipe which might become so great as to cause movement and leakage at the cireumferential joint Expansion joints are, therefore, essential to the safety of the pipe, and the English engineers propose that such joints shall be placed at intervals of about 120 feet for the whole length of the conduit, which would make a total of about 15,000 expansion joints in the length of the conduit. The engineering problem presented then (and one which we need hardly say is with- out precedent) fs the design of an expan- sion joint for a pipe of twenty-six to thirty- one inches diameter, which shall provide for a motion reaching five-eighths of an inch, which shall sustain pressures reach- ing 200 pounds per square inch, which shall be and remain tight, with little or no at- tention, and which shall be as nearly as ble a permanent part of the pipe line. Revenge. From the Detroit Free Press. A curious relic of bygone days may be seen on a house in Berlin. Two black- smiths lived opposite each other in that city, whose trade rivalry became the talk of the neighborhood. One day the em- peror, William I, who was fond of going about the city disguised as a farmer, in order to “feel the pulse of the people rode up to the door of one of the black- smiths to have his horse's shoe fastened. A daughter of the rival blacksmith, to show her contempt for this customer, put out her tongue and distorted her face with a horrible grin. The emperor called togeth- er the wood-carvers of the city and offered a prize for the most hideous face of « woman they could devise, and when he had selected the most ugly specimen produced— one with a tongue Jolling out of its wooden mouth—he rode over with it to the black- smith’s shop. Tere, to the consternation of the young woman, he ordered that fury’s head nailed over the door as a warning against petty spite. 2 Thousands of situations have been ob- tained through the want columns of The Star. not only must | in a pipe | rt | the ne- | | cessity of providing for expansion and con- rate | justice smitten in the face, is really a no- ble organization, notwithstanding the ruption that may exist among some" of its superior officers. The army is organized on WS PD db the national assembly of 1872. These have been modified, enlarged and adjusted by additional laws voted by various legislatures from 1873 to 1892. To understand the very deep concern that is oF felt about the army by the French peo- ple—a concern similar to ours about the volunteers—one need only remember that by Jaw there is universal lability to arms, and that substitution or enlistment by pay- ment of money is forbidden. Any French citizen between thi of twenty and forty-five who has not been pronouneed unfit for military service may be called upon at any time to become a Soldier, eith= in the active service or in the reserves. hus it will be seen how personal a mat- ter the military becomes for every Freneh> m: ages ‘re is a law (1882), supplem later laws, providing that the year! tingent must serve three years in the ac’ service, ten in the reserve pertinent army to the regular army, six in the territorial reserve. The army in active service is made up of ail the young men—“the flower of France’—who have reached the age of twenty. reserve that is held immediately behind this active army con- sists of the men who have served out their time in the active army. These two branch- es of the . at is, the actives and the active are drawn from over the whole a and are distrib- er the whole of France. The terri- nd its reserves, however, are assigned to ications fixed by the adminis- tration from time to tim The budget for the present year shows that the peace: nth of the French army amounts t 44 men this to- tal number. 26,402 are officers. These fig- | ures describe the home army alone and | mean that the nation has that many men {at hand in ance in Algiers M1 om n@ the arm: : men, of whom 5 re officers number of the home army to that of rmy abroad and the total will be s of Tunis ¢ of whom 2,1 are officers. I uding departments the rench army has horses in its serve. If France were upon engage in war with any | European nation at this time she would | be ready to put into the field 541,026 for the | active army alone, 7 for the gend- armerie and the n guards. That lis a pretty good to throw j into action at one We thought we were doing capitally by raising our big vol- unteer army in the Spanish war, but had our enemy been Fi instead of Spain, what another story we would telling now ance, back of her superb army, has a grand store of men to draw on. The liable to military service in | number of mei | France is estimated thus: ‘The active army und its reserves, ail well trained soldiers, 000; the territorial army (acti | O00; the territorial reserves, 1,100. x). Such a tre- ld not of course | give a grand total of 4, | mendous ree as this we |v vailabie at once. But if Fra called upon to put forth its best military strength quickly she could bring into action with no trouble whatever an army of at From the New York Post The health and food fads of the day are producing their legitimate result. Over- zeal in their purusit was to be expecied, and it exists to the extent that medical men have actually found a scientific namé for a condition which arises from fear ¢f food. It is not exactly a disease, but its effect speedily becomes harmful if the condition continues, It scems desirabie ty avoid too much thought over what one eats. if certain general principles of hy+ gienic food are observed, a healthy appey tite and a relish for the dishes set beford one may be trusted. It does not need any, conversion to mentalscience to discover that if we make up our minds something will dis~ agree with us it will, This, of course, is net plea for the pendulum to slip too far the other way, but merely one more caution that in the food fads, as in every other de- velopment of this investigating age, there is need for sanity and poise. Prom Leslie's Weekly. They tell a touching story of one of the regimental masoots—a dog in the 6th Cay- alry—and there are a dozen soldiers who will swear that it is true. There was one man of the 6th who had always been good to this dog, and would give it a bit of bacon from his own scanty store, and pet it and remember it when things were going badly. This man was killed at San Juan Hill just after his troop had forded the river and come into open ground before starting cn the charge. And all day long he lay there in the long gras dead, the bullets and shells “singing over him, and nothing mattering any more? Soldiers ‘pressed on, wounded men stag- gered back, ny passed near him, but no cne touched him or cared for him, since there was nothing to do—he was dead. But the deg found out somehow that tts friend was lying there on the ground, the hot sun burning him, the cold night chilling him, and came there with a dog's faithful- ness and licked the white face and stret iiseif out on the still body and stayed t guarding its master, until the soldiers on burying detail came the next day and laid the remains in a grave. vt ‘