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14 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, _MAROH 2, 1900-16 PAGES. AND IT°S ALL TRUE. “I Am a Cured Man.” after oath moment's relief. I bad fasted for days. Reading over your wonderful lst of cures, box of Mason's Yellow Tablets I'am a cured man. (Signed) until I decided to give it a trial WASHINGTON, D. 0., February 26, 1900. “T have suffered greatly with stomach trouble, such as constipation, rising of food, distress ig. shortness of breath and palpful flafulency, for some time. N ny health became {1m} railing , and since using the “J. J. MCKENNA, Deanwood, D. ©."* Mason’s Yellow Tabiets Cure Dyspepsia. “| Am Entirely Well,” &c. WASHINGTON, D. ©., March 1, 1900. T hardly can express myself fully enough as to the value of Mason’s Brown Tablets for constt- Prep awecten the stomach and. breath pmach (Signed) LATE OF U. 8. TREAS. DEPT. jon. They are the best regulators for the system, doubtless, within he realm of medicine. stimulate the lver and relieve all overworked organs. SINCE TAKING THEM I AM ENTIRELY WELL from a! tired out feeling, headache and sick ED. A. MARTIN, 1709 N. J. ave. nw. Mascn’s Brown Tablets Cure Constipation. The Light TO MY FRIENDS: I was troubled with a dry, hacking cough, and can honestly say lets that gave me the only relief that I have had for several months. Turned On. WASHINGTON, February 23, 1900. it was Mason's Red Tab- I was also troubled with that ths. constipation, and took several doses of your Wonderful Brown Tablets, that made a permanent cure of me. (Signed) JAMES B. GRAVES, 710 D n.w. Note- Mr. Graves has been connected with the Washington Gas Light Co. for fifteen years. Mason’s Red Tablets Cure Coughs. WASHINGTON, February 28, 1900. “For years I have been troubled with headaches, dry nostrils, deafness in one ear and nose Jeeding.” Nothing would cure me. ((Stgned) I was reading ‘your advertisement about Mason's Cream of lives Ointment, and I decided to give it a trial, which I and I am cured of all my trouble. “W. H. BAKER, Metropolitan Hotel. (Late of the House Restaurant, in U. S. Capitol.) Mason’s Cream of Olives Ointment Cures Catarrh AND ALL AFFECTIONS OF MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND SKIN. One of the Best-known Men in Base Ball Circles in Washington and in the United States. “Had been a sufferer from chronfe colds and sore throat, and Mason’s White Table’ done wonders for me. (Signed) WASHINGTON, D. C., February 22, 1900. - have “©. A. MILLER, Supt. National B. B. Grounds.” Tason’s White Tablets Cure Sore Throat, Tonsilitis. From One of Washington’s Most Popular Police Offi- cers--and That’s Saying a Good Deal. T have used the ream of Olives Ointtient for catarrh and received a great benefit from It. Also used Mason's Brown Tablets for constipation, and have been entirely cured. “THOMAS D. WALSH, 917 D st. n.w."* Mason’s Cream of Olives Cures Catarrh. Masou’s Health Defenders are put up tn 10, 25 and 50c. boxes. Cream of Olives Oiutment, tn 7 one size only, 25 cents. 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Arch st., TIMONIALS in Saturday's issue of THE STAR, MARCH together with NAMES OF DRUGGISTS WHO SELL MASO and In SUNDAY'’S TIMES, HEALTH DEFENDERS Everybody Everywhere Knows Uneeda_ Biscuit No article ever met with such instant success as In the humblest hamlet, in the Hub and ° in Harlem, from Savannah to San Francisco, where knows Uneeda Biscuit. The demand grows daily in volume. The creation of such biscuit goodness, and the keeping of the goodness good in the wonderful air tight meeting with the appreciation is not a nine day novelty but au everyday necessity. Have you tried Uneeda Jinjer Wayfer the sweet sister of Uneeda Biscuit? NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY. Entertainment _ and Instruction. The Halls of the Ancients, 1812-14-16-18 Sew York Are. fOR PROMOTION G ‘TIONAL GALLERIES. lustrate Kgyptian, Assyrian, Homap and Sara- eenfe Art, Architecture, Manners and Customs. In the eveuing there wil! be a lecture before the tan e; ot Stereopticon displays o: lent Architectur leries of Histor z in the evening will receive tickets for explanation of the Halls 1 the Gran- Designs for Sey «50 ft. x11 ft) of Rome in the time of we ext day frre ee a -Adclts, 50c.; cbiléren, 25. € Guaranteed $ 1 5 up. In the conduct of our business you'll find we al- ways do what we agree to do, at the proper time and ina proper manner. When we say we guarantee & machine, we mean to kee] it im order for the frat & years absolutely free of cost to the purchaser. . Auerbach, 7 & H. q It is better now, and The Postal Did It. telGsret Have You atis return | everybody, every- it box is. it deserves. Uneeda Biscuit Friday, Saturday and Monday the celebrated COKE’S DANDRUFF CURE will be sold for 55c. per bot. (ONLY ONE BOTTLE TO EACH CUSTOMER.) | Jennings’ Drug Store, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, fe9-3m.28 1142 CONN. AVE. anor orn orn 3} BRASS BEDS} ; Reduced. ing. All the latest des! make this the Beds in the city. We've inaugurated a ‘pe ¢ ¢lal sale of Hrasy Beds—all- are. reduced. Secure one at the lowered price. Every one guaranteed. The Houghton: Weare our Bed show- sare Included to ble Mne of Brase Did You Ever stop to compare the efficient telegraph service of today with the telegraph service itt as it was before the “Postal” Company entered the field? | |')! LOOD POISON. 1214F St. mb1-208 RAS wn nnn nn “Strictly One Price” Best $s Bridgework, Per Tooth. Why pay $10 and $15? Why pay ‘exorbitant prices’ for dental operations? Modern facilities and increas- ed competition bave brought down the everthing else. and why not dentistry? e | old-fashioned . dentists | still ask $10 and $15 per tooth for bridge- Work, while we, with our improved meth. eds. “make the best and strongest Pures gold Bridgework at $5 per tooth, and guarantee satisfaction or accept no pay. Dental o Wo Ass'n, Cor. 7th and D Sts. Opposite R. Harris & Co. E. O. PIGEON, D. D. S. mb1-42tt Why Drink Muddy Water? Blackistone Island Water Is crystal clear Soce Throat. Pimpies, Copper- and positively untouched by drainage con- colored Spot, Aches, Ola tamination. Sores, Ulcers in Mouth, Hair Falling? Write 1688, 5 GALLONS FOR $1.00. COOK REMEDY co., MASONIC TEMPLE, CFICAGO, ILL. fs of cures. Cepltal, $500,006. We solicit We ‘have cured the free, be Most obstinate cases. jorst cuses in 15 to 35 days. 100-page Look teld-260"-16 N. W. Burchell, GROCERIES, 1325 F Street. Senator Frye’s Report on the Ship- ping Bill. INDUSTRY NEEDING ENCOURAGEMENT Effect of Competition With the Low Wages of Europe. THE MEASURE EXPLAINED ——_e—___ Senator Frye’s report upon the shipping bill reported by the committee en com- merce of the Senate has been made public. The report begins by asserting “the self- evident value of a national merchant ma- rine, exp!ains and deplores our almost en- tire dependénce upon foreign shipping for our ocean carrying. suggests the danger of reliance upon the merchaat ships of other nations which may become imvolved in War, the possible complete exclusion of American exports from their regular for- eign markets in such a contingency, and Points out that the wholesale transfer of the tonnage of a belligerent nation to a neutral flag would unquestionably involve such shipping in difficulties, seizures and detentions. The British-Boer war has ma- terlally reduced our means of transporia- tion and embarrassed our ocean mail ser- vice. The humiliation of ovr reliance upon foreign vessels bought and chartered dur- ing our war with Spain ts referred to, and the broad greund is taken that under those sections of the Constitution which empower Congress to provide for the common de- fense and general welfare is found the Wighest auchority for the promotion of our merchant marine.” Decline of Our Shipping. The decrease in American shipping since 1869 is shown. In that.year the value of imports carried in American vessels was $289,956 and foreign vessels $586,492,012. In 1899 American vessels carried $160,644,- 006 and foreign vessels $1,806 S76, percentage in 1869 for American vessels being 23.1 and in 1899 only 8.9. ‘Three prime reasons are given for the de- cline of the American shipping In the for- eign trade. cost of building States than elsewhere; 2, the greater cost of operating American as compared with foreign ships, and 3, causes based on foreign legislative encouragement. The suggestion that this situation may be evercome by the free ad- mission of foreign-built ships to American register is met by pointing out that if such admission were unconditional it would re- sult in destroying existing Americar ship- yards on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. “As vessels can be bullt cheaper abroad than in the United States. owing to lower Wages there, as unquestionably demon- strated by the testimony taken by the com- mittee, the free admission of foreign ships would prevent any ships for the foreign trade from being constructed in the ghip- yards of the United States, unless wagcs were reduced to the foreign level. Hence the free admission of foreign ships means the destruction of the American ship bulld- ing or else a wholesale reduction of wages in American shipyards and in all the allied industries connected with ship building.” Would Increase Our Shipping. All competent authorities, the report states, agree that this bill, if enacted, will involve a large increase in the American merchant marine. The passage of this bill. it Is claimed, would probably effect a re- duction of $25,000,000 a year in ocean rates on American commerce, through the addi- tional shipping and the competition that would be created. “Foreign opposition,” the report says, “is being concentrated upon the bill becaust foreign shipping interests clearly sce thal they will be seriously injured by the re- placing of American for the foreign vessels now in our foreign trade. Estimated Expense. “The maximum annual expenditures are fixed at $9,000,000 in the bill. About $1,- 500,000 is now being paid to American ships under normal conditions for carrying our mails, a sum which should be reduced from the additional expense of the operation of this bill. About 400,000 additional tons of new shipping, costing approximately $40,- 000,000, and occupying several years in its construction, would ha to be built in the United States if this bill is passed. before the maximum expenditure of $9,000,000 could be reached.” The special higher compensation provided for steamships of twelve knots speed and over is also elaborately explained, tt being pointed out that “under the operation of this bill no monopoly of a route is possible, as is the case with special subsidies to cer- tain favored lines, but that the same routes and the same compensation are open to all who care to put on ships or lines. There are but 361 sea-going screw steamships in the world today that come within the size and speed conditions that higher compen- sation Js fixed for, and of these twenty-two are protected by the coasting laws of the United States, while the balance receive from their respective governments upward of $20,000,000 annually. The extra compen- sation that is provided for this same class of vessel 1s merely sufficient in amount to equalize the advantages enjoyed by the foreign rivals of prospective high-speed American vessels. It is expected that some 340 tons of foreign-bullt vessels now owned or building for American citizens will be admitted to American register under the terms of this bill, thelr owners being re- quired to build equal tonnage in the United States before receiving any compensation.” “The provisions of the bill from every point of view,’ adds the report, “are over- whelmingly in favor of new and more ves- sels, more shipyards, and greater facilities for ocean transportation. While deemed unnecessary, @ provision has been inserted under which a vessel cannot receive full compensation unless she carries one-half of a cargo. Is," says the report, “complete- ly answers criticism to the effect that a vessel might fun under the bill for the com- pensation given without carrying a cargo.” Lower Wages Abroad. The rates of wages paid in the European yards are shown to be on an average less than one-half the rates paid in the United States. The committee states “that when ship-building yards have been sufficiently Seveloped and have work enough to keep them going all the time, the cost of con- structing ships in the Untted States will be reduced. The growth of ship building in the United States would give employment to a vast army of men in the shipyards and in the fron, steel and other Industries connected with ship building.” The report also states: “As the most promising field for the fu- ture development of our markets for agri- cultural products is northern and temperate Asia, the committee belfeves that our grain fields and cotton plantations will gain in greater proportion from the enactment of the law than the seaboard shipbuilding and ship-owning stat e ‘ Computations are given showing the ex- act amount vessels of various rates of speed would get under the bill, as compared with the cost i gained them. A 21-knot ship, making 88,200 miles per annum, would get, over and above the cost of coal and the handling of St, a net compensation under the bill ef $22,932, while a 10-knot ship, making 42,000 knots per annum, or less than half the difference of the fast ship, would receive a net compensation over the cost and the handling of the coal of $15.120 per annum. The fast steamships receive the lowest net compensation under the bill. A computation is given as to the amounts that tank vessels, such as are used by the Standard Ofi Company, would receive in compensation if admitted to American registry under the bill. These veasels, car- rying oil, can only take an outward cargo, and as they are foreign built they would, because of carrying cargo one way, tecelve only 25 per cent of the compensation al- lowed under the itl. e report is quite lon; goes, details of the bil, giving seatienon one parisons and other data concerning ship- ping. Various other methods of restoring the merchant marine are discussed and the concluston drawn that the present measure is the only practical method that could be devised. - + 0+ —___ Mistress—‘“Jane, how is it one never hears a sound in the kitchen when your sweet- heart is with you of an evening?” Servant—“Please, ma’am, he's so bashful yet. For the present he does nothing but eat.”=Tit-Bits MERCHANT MARINE|ALUMNI “BANQUET Annual Functio# of°the Columbian University Graduates. PLEDGES OF LOYALTY 70 ALMA MATER Senator Depew’ and Other Distin- guished Speakers Entertain Guests. LIST OF THOSE PRESENT Pledges of loyalty to alma mater were made by the many alumni of the Columbian University last evening, when they gath- ered about the banquet board at Rausch- er’s. It was the annual function of the acumni association, and never was greater interest shi®wn in the welfare of the great institution of learning, and never was more confidence expressed in its future prosperity. There were many notable guests present and eloquent speeches followed the tempt- ing menu. The president of the university received the guests and members of the association in the reception room from 7 to 8 o'clock, when the assemblage proceed- ed to the banquet hall, where covers were laid for upward of 200. Mr. John Joy Ed- son, chairman of the reception committee, sat at the head of the main table, the large banquet hal? being filled with the diners. Speeches of great interest were made by Senator Depew, Mr. Justice Brewer, Rev. S. H. Greene, Mr. Martin A. Knapp of the interstate commerce commission and Mr. A. B. Browne. After the dinner had been served ard cigars passed Mr. Edson called*upon Mr. E. B. Hay, who entertained the company with well-rendered solos. The Addresses. Rev. 8. H. Greene, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, was the first to be called upon for an address. He paid a glowing tribute to the university and the loyal sons who have always given it their support. “I believe in the future of Columbian Uni- versity,”” he said, “because 1 believe in her alumni.” He praised the work of the faculty, and said he believed the best resuits ever at- tained by the university are being secured now, and he was confident that still great- er success awaited it in the future. He had the greatest confidence in the efficient management of Dr. Whitman throughout his administration, and he had confidence In the man who was to follow him in that high office. Mr. A. B. Brown was the second speaker, and he entertained the company with a se- ries of witty stories and reminiscences of his student days. The entrance of Senator Depew while Mr. Brown was speaking called forth a rousing reception, and a series of college yells greeted the popular New Yorker, who was later to stir the enthusiasm of the assem- blage by his rare oratory. Mr. Browne took occasion to pay a tribute to Justice Cox, who for so many years was one of the instructors in the institution. He also reviewed the early struggles of the university, founded by a returned mis- sionary in 1821, the subsequent founding of the law school in 1865, the Corcoran Scien- tific School in 1884, the dental school in 1887, and, last, the school of jurisprudence and diplomacy, recently so successfully In- augurated. He spoke in eulogistic terms of the university and what it had accom- plished, and defined the duties of its bene- ficlaries, the alumni, in carrying on the great work which its founders had begun with so difficult a struggle. Senator Depew Introduced. When Mr. Edson called on Senator De- pew there was ancther outburst of ap- plause. Mr. Depew gave a scholarly dis- course upon the advantages to be derived from a collegiate education. The percent- age of faflures among graduates of univer- sities, he said, was infinitesimal. Success was the almost invariable rule. He did not call success the accumulation of vast wealth. Success did not lie, said, in be- coming Vanderbilts and Rockefellers, but in rising above the surface; in the ability te do something; in the discipline in ability to bring into use knowledge and accom-. plishments. The successful man is the on who commands the thing he sought to do. The college man becomes independent; he is able to rely upon his ability to do some- thing; he becomes a leading factor in his ‘mmunity and commands its respect. Such is the successful man, not the mil- lionaire. The founders of Columbian University, Mr. Depew said, felt the force of Washing- ton's idea expressed in his farewell ad- dress when they established this college at the seat of the national govergment. Wash- ington saw that with freedom at one end of the Union and slavery at the 9ther, the inevitable conflict must come socner or later. He desired the establishment of an institution of learning where the youth of the north and the south could meet at the seat of government and there become im- bued with the great national spirit, which would be stronger than the Constitution itself, and be enabled to settle the vexed questions which must arise. He doubted if there would ever have been a civil war had Washington's idea of a national uni- versity been acted upon and the result which he desired accomplished. Justice Brewer's Theme. Mr. Justice Brewer spoke of the bond of unity among all men of college education, and said that a great duty devolved upon them. Today the human race, he said, is struggling for a betterment of conditions, and there was never a time when there was more mental activity and more exer- tion in every department of life. it was the duty of all educated men to assist in the march of progress of the world. The name of Commander Wainwright called out Joud applause. Commander Wainwright acknowledged the compliment, but did not make an address. President Whitman was the last speaker. He reviewed, in eloquent language, the history of the university and spoke of the work that had been done under his presi- dency. He predicted a splendid success for the institution in the future. Those Present. Those present at the banquet last evening were: Dr. George N. Acker, W. J. Acker, J. P. Alexander, Prof. Louis Amateis, George C. Aukam, C. A. Brandenburg, Justice D. J. Brewer, Archibald W. Brown, George W. Brown, Aldis B. Browne, Rev. .8.L. Brant, J. H. Bunnemer, Dr. W. K. Butler, J. W. Butts, Dr. C. T. Caldwell, Henry Calver, Wilbur J. Carr, Dr, W. P. Carr, Prof. M. ‘Melvilie Church, Prof. F. W. » Dr. W. N. Cogan, Myer Cohen, Prof. W. F. Dales, Prof. Allan Davis, Chas. Ray Dean, W. A. .DeCaindry, W. Riley Deeble, C. W. De Kalent Senator Chaun- cey M. Depew, Dr, Williams Donnally, Dr. Thos. Dowling, John. T. Doyle, Prof. B. Al- fred Dumm, Andrew B.’Duvall, John Joy Edson, John Joy on, Jr., Joseph R. Ed- son, D. K. Fitzhugh, Dr, R. Fletcher, Dr. J. M. Flint, U. 8, A; Dr. W. A land, ‘Dr. C. W. oni, Dr. L.-L. Fried- chy Dr. BB. Gitwon, Ds, Theo, Giil, Prof. H. Gore, Rev. ae Strene, Hi Rolcombe, Chas. nroe 0] ins, W. Wirt Howe, Dr. E. C. Hudson, Prof!"A. J. Huntington, Cc. 8. Hyde, Jacoviis 8. Jones, Thos. R. Jones, Dr. W. W. Johnston, Dr. A. F. A. King, Prof. Theo. IKing; A. J. Kline, Mar- tin A. Knapp, John B.- Larner, P. F. ¥. Mattingly, A. E. H. Middleton, . L, Miller, Prof. Charles E. Munroe, Dr. W. W. Munson, Chas. W. Needham, Dr. =~ B. Se Dr. Peer, Dre Wee. Fe. PAIIly Howard Ty, . W. F. ps, ward A. Playter, Prof. E. B. Pollard, Dr. B. G. Pool, J. Clarence Price, Dr. T. C. Quick, Sars Special Offering. Suits To Order, 58.20, Sale Closes Saturday, March 10th. Wlonder - Mert; will say today? what Co frre to our opening sale. It is well worth your while to place your ordcr for your Spring Suit now. This morning our doors opened upon an “old-time” price-cutting sale, which will mean the saving of many dollars to the economical men of this city. We propose opening up this Spring season with a money-saving event—an occasion sure to endear us to the masses of men who like our superior made-to-fit=suits. Don’t miss this chance to avail yourself of these pre-eminent values. You'll thank us for bringing you this money-saving*opportunity. XXth Century ‘Tailors, 906 and 908 F Street. (Mert; and Pert, = I I. Raybold, Henry W. ed, Frank Reeside, Dr. L. H. Reichel- derfer, Fred F. Reisner, Dr. E. C. Rice, Dr. C. W. Richardson, Mason M. Richard- son, John Ridout, F. P. B. Sands, Dr. E. M. Schaeffer, Prof. H. Schoenfeld, Dr. E. A. de Schweinitz, Dr. E. A. Sell- hausen, Dr. D. K. Shute, Dr. W. T. Smith, Dr. W. M. Sprigg, Prof. J. M. Sterrett, 4. T. Stuart, C. L. Sturtevant, J. D. Terrill, Dr. H. G. Thompson, Dr. M. T. Thomp- son, Lem Towers, jr., Henry Ward Turner, Perry Turpin, Major John Tweedale, J. C. Tyssowski, Willis Van De- venter, Henry A. Vieth, Commander Rich. ard Wainwright, U.S. N.; Dr. W. S. Wash- burn, Francis R. Weller, President Whit- man, Prof. W. A. Wilbur, Henry K. Wil- lard, Jesse H. Wilson, John Chalmers Wil- son, Prof. Court F. Wood, 8. W. Wood- ward, Dr. H. C. Yarrow. The arrangements for the dinner were made by the following committee: John Joy Edson, chairman; Aldis B. Browne, John W. Holcombe, H. T, A. Lemon, M.D., and Allan Davi: —_—>—_ CAPITOL GOSSIP. Preston Ray, G. Re Re Oharles A. Towne of Minnesota, the well known democrat and free silver orator, who was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress from the eixth district against Representative Paige Morris last fall, was an interested spectator in one of the House galleries a few days ago. Mr. Towne ts popular in his district, as is evidenced by the fact that in an ultra-republican year his successful opponent's plurality was only a few hundred. “Mr. Bryan ts very strong with our peo- ple,” Mr. ‘Towne said to a Star reporter as he was about to leave the Capitol. “J hon- estly belleve that there is a fighting chance for the democracy to carry the state this year.” ‘ “We meet all classes of people here and we have less trouble than you would sup- pose.” said one of the doorkeepers of the Senate to a Star reporter a few days ago. “The most overbearing persons we are com- peiled to stack up against are those who have business or social relations with some of the senators, or, perchance, there is a blood relationship between them. Those persons, as a rule, carry an impression that the Senate chamber, with all its accessories and perquisites, was made for them and no one else. Czar-like they wish to throw aside all rules, and the result, were their ideas and wishes carried out, would be ab- solute chaos. = “A few years ago, when the Senate was holding night sessions, a son of one of the senators, who has caused his father much annoyance and embarrassment, because of his reckless and dissipated ways, put in an appearance at my door and was going in without a card. I told him he must have ard. : ‘I guess you don’t know me,’ he said In jaudlin way. 1 do not, sir,’ I replied, ‘but, whoever you are you must conform to the rules and have a card.’ “He attempted to throw me aside and enter, and I natled him and held him, while my partner went after the sergeant-at- arms. The young fellow was locked up. For months he tried to have me discharged. His father, however, did not side with him. “The folks from the country are the eas- fest to deal with. They ask many questions and they are patient listeners. If you tell them that they are violating a rule they take the admonishment in the spirit that it was given. Their violations are always done unwittingly. They never threaten that they will report you. And I have not the slightest doubt that not a few of them have more downright influence than nine- tenths of the snobs and would-be aristo- erats who assert their eelf-constituted au- thority wherever they go. Yes; give me the plain country folk to deal with every time.” an dressed in black and wearing alittle bonnet, from which fell a long crepe vei}, walked slowly through the Capitol corridor toward the House the other day. With her was a stylishly dressed young woman. When the two reached statuary hall they stopped. For several minutes their eyes were riveted on one piece of chiseled marble. Not a word was said by either. Finally they walked on. It was Mre. James A. Garfield and her daughter, Mrs. J. Stanley Brown. They were booking af the statue of their dis- tinguished husband and father. Mrs. Garfield has been spending a few weeks with her daughter in Washington, and on this day was paying a visit’ to the Capitol. ince Representative Joe Balley of Texas was discarded his southwestern sombrero for a shining silken tile, and has partially hidden his usually broad expanse of shirt bosom with a flaming red tle, only three members of the House remain who’ cling to the statesmanlike garb of ante-bellum Gays. Talbert of South Carolina, Jett of IMinois and Fitzpatrick of Kentucky_ still wear the plaited shirt fronts. and black string cravats. Friends of Bailey say that his recent metamorphosis in Gress is due to his senatorial ambitions’ and that he is merely getting himeelf in line for assum- ing the toga of the upper house. Representative Curtis of the first Kansas aistrict is receiving the congratulations of his friends and colleagues over the success- ful fight for a renomination which he has recently emerged from unscatched. W. J. Bailey, representative-at-large from. Kan- sas, was Mr. Curtis’ opponent before the primaries. ——-e -A submarine cable from Cape Town has been laid to St. Helena, and the cable was landed on November 23, 1890. The present tariff Is $1.70 per word,, but on the final completion of the line the rate will be 97 cents to England. . "The Chinese hand-made papers are made mostly of rice straw, and are colored or stained on one side by hand. The visiting colored crimson, pale red is used for bilis, yellow egw with old or green ue wrapping goods, orange for weddings, an so on through the list, : THE LEARNED GUNNER. He Paralyzed the Clerk and Was Him- self Palsied in Turn. The man who thinks he can shoot enter- ed a Washington sporting goods store re- cently and looked with the critical, exam- ining glance, which at once stamps one as being a sportsman of experience, at a new model shotgun. He deftly raised the weapon to his shoul- der and squinted down the polished barrel with a regular trap-gun-ninety-nine-out-of- a-hundred squint. He tossed it at different angles, dropped it in the hollow of his left arm, fingered the safety lever with a skilled hand and lov- ingly snapped the trigge: He opened the bri rel between hi: x window and h and held the bar- and the light from the said something about the ad- vantage of using “barrel reflectors” for cleaning. The clerk was much impressed. He smiled. The learned gunner talked of “choke bores,” “new 16-gauge,” of the new “take- down, single-barrel repeating” shotguns, being inferior to the old and tried double- of the relative qualities of “double laminated,” ‘“decar- barrel gun; “Damascus,”” bonized,’ ine three blade” and other bar- rels; of alf pistol grips.” ‘‘automatic ejectors” and “solid strikers." _ He expatiated on “nitro-powder guaran- tees,” low circular hammers" and ex- plained to the clerk how it was to take out the “safety plunger” with safety. He was eloquent about “flat” and other “trajectories.” He knew all about “glob: “wind," “knife-blad “*bead" and “pee The clerk was much laughed. He gave a practical illustration to the admiring clerk of “how to stand when trap shooting, without muscular strain or tremor.” He demonstrated the importance, where “aperatire front sights” were used, of having the “‘aperature in the bead ‘ring’ the bull’s-eye.”” Then he bought the gun. A week later he returned to the store as mad as one of the hares he had hunted. “you!” he cried to the clerk, Here, take this gun back! ted me! It won't shoot!” “I have tramped over the fields of Vir- ginia for six days aud banged away at all ranges at everything from a chippie bird to a cow, but never once have I brought down the game. I have shot until my arm aches ris numb. I have sworn Take it back, or I will have you arrested for obtaining money under faise pretenses!" “What kind of shells have you using?” asked the clerk, mildly. impressed. He You been “These.” “Oh, that’s all right. Keep the gun; it i: @ good one. The shells are ‘blanks,’ that's all.” It was enough. ———__ EQUAL PRIVILEGES. A New York Lawyer Cites a Recent -and Important Case. “The appellate division of the supreme court of New York,” said a New York law- yer, “has recently decided a case which is of local interest here and farther south. The members of the local bar will find it reported in the December number of the New York Supplement. “When I was last in Washington this question was agitating the courts. Since then, in Pittsburg, Pa., a hotel proprietor has been sued for heavy damages by a congressman and a colored friend, for al- leged discrimination in entertainment at the hotel. “Looking at the question in a purely legal light, this case will be read by your law- yers and others interested in the subject with care. It reaffirms, among other things, the right of a school board to com- pel colored scholars to attend separate pub- le schools especially designed for their in- struction, where these schools are sup- ported“in the same manner and to the same extent as the schools for white children, and are furnished with equal facilities for instruction. This status was established by the defendant, the school board of the borough of Queens, New York city the plaineift, Sas, will be obliged to er children to these si pri her children Se Schools or to priv “In touching, in the opinion, on the im- Portant question of the power of the pr: prietor of a place of amusement to exclude Persons from his house on account of their color, or for other reasons, the court <ay: @ e entertainment offered in one pl. of amusement is not equivalent to that of- fered in another. No person may be denied admission to any one of such places which he may prefer to select. Places of public amusement are for the fur- nishing of particular entertainment Each differs from all others. Bach is sui generis. Admission to one not being the equivalent to any other, equal en- Joyment is prevented by the refu f ad- mission to any one of them. But can it be said that a colored pers: ora Soult pare son, may demand a particular seat in such a place of amusement? May not the pro- prietor assign a place within his house amusement, which cach person may ocer PY, provided the occupant has ‘equa! en- ntertainment and the ignment is bona-fide? it would appear to a lawyer i New York court inclines to the that while the rig fuse to sell a cole be aj the legal right to give the colored patron an opportuni to ‘equally enjoy’ the performance in som particular part of the house or seat only, and the colored patron must take that p ticular row or seat or not attend. “This point, however, was not speci decided. but the high s and the fact th: in New York, to attach to it. arise as frequen the Union.” aus es additional importance these questions do there as ¢lsew —_—-—_—_ THE PRESIDENTS OWN VIEW. Mr. McKinley Said to Be a Lover of - the Artistic in Nature. “The Star published a few days ago an interesting little item anent the view to be had up Pennsylvania avenue from the 15th and G streets cor said 2 prominent gentleman who veled extensively a t “I am reminded that one of the most beautiful views I have seen anywhere of quiet, reposeful landscape, as contradis- tinguished from the grandly picturesque, is to be had from the President's own room, en the south side of the White House. in the spring and summer especially and on clear, sunny days it is simply beautiful. “As you look out of the windows the roll nooth lawn and playing, splashing in in the near foreground: the White Lot's waving grass and encircling elms, and the placid reflective surfaces of the fish ponds, with the huge, towering. glir- tening white monument in the cer and the broad Potomac an@ rising Virginia and Maryland hills beyond complete a per- spective and an artistic tout ensemble which must be very welcome to the President's eyes when they become weary of looking into the faces of the statesmen and others who look upon him as their legitimate prey. “IM fact, I am reliably informed that the President is a keen lover of the beautiful in nature, and that he derives much silent Pleasure from contemplating this exquisite view, and in his walks about Washington enjoys the vistas with as great a relish as a true artist. “The view may be enjoyed, minus the beautiful foreground of the White House lawns, trees and fountain, from any window on the south side of the War, State and Navy building. It is not in the guide books, neither do the guides show it, but it is there nevertheless, free to those who ape Preciate such things. —— Fortune's Vagaries. From the Detroit Free Press. “It's strange,” sighed the trolley con- ductor, “how, when two boys start out with equal chances, one of them is bound to forge ahead while the other lags behind. There was Jim; Jim and I were fast friends as youths, but look at me now. Equal as our chances were, Jim is ahead—" “What is he doing?” asked the passenger who had paid his fare. “He's the motorman up front. Did I get your nickel? Yes, sir, it's strange.”’ 4 that three-fourths of the Reservoir Water consumed in our cities is impregnated with impurities and animal life that are a positive menace tohealth, and should never & 4 be taken into the system. Drink Which, as a pure and undefiled Water for table or medicinal use,