Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1900, Page 11

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Freight re- celved until he hour of sailing. E. S. RANDALL, P: nd Manager, GEO. 0. CARPE eral Agent, W: WM. M. REARDC . Alexandria. STEAMER WAKEFIELD, POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS. . Washington, D.C. (7th st. Ferry Wharf, . Tam. for intermediate landings to Co. . Bushwood. Rock Pt., Colton's, Nom- Abell's, Leonardtown, Stone's, Howard landings to Colton's, Creek, Coan and Nomint Saturday, 7 a.m., : for intermediate landings to Beach, Bushwood, Rock Point, Colton'’s, Nomint Creek See schedule In effect Anzust 21, 1899. ule IStf ¥. RIDLEY, General Manag. = a - : aie OCEAN TRAVEL — Anchor Line STATES MAIL STEAMSHIPS, W YORK EVERY SATURDAY FOR v VIA LON RY. Ss Rome, $2 Furnessia, ; Other Strs., $23.50, For Book of Tours and further information, apply and 1 to HENDERSON BROS., Gen. Agts., 1 Broadway, New York. or G. W. MOSS, 1327 F b.w., or E. F. DROOP & SONS, 925 P re., Wash. T8115 RANSATLANTIC PA‘ White Star Line, American 4p9-Im* ENGER AGENCY. cunard Line, ue, Ancher Line. A. L! VELATI, Agent, 1408% G st. n.w. FRENCH LINE. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE—PARIS (France). Salli every Thursday at 10 a.m. From Pier No. 42. North River. foot Mc Ja Champagne...May 10 La Touraine. Gascogne. EL’ aquitat Accommodations reserved in the Grands Hotels @a Trocadero during the Parte, Exposition Gereral Agency for United States and Canada, 82 Broadway. New York. GW. MORS, 1327 F ST. N.W. fel 8m,17 American Line. FAST EXPRESS SERVICE. NEW YORK—SOUTH AMPTON—LONDON. CALLING WESTBOUND AT HERBOURG. Sa at 10 A.M. “way St. Paul. june 6 --May 23 | St. :-dune 13 New York....May 30 +--June 20 Red Star Line. NEW YORK—ANTWERP—PARIS. Every Wednesday at 12 noon. uh ay 9 | Westernlund..May 23 ark....\Mny 16 | Kensington. .-May 30 At Southampton, ERNATION. SAVIGATION COMPANY, 73 Broadwas, New York. . 505-307 Walnut st. S OFTICE, 1806 F st. n.w.. of ISS, Agent, ut Sanders & Stayman’s, 1827 ROUTE TO THE - HOLLAND- AMER! » New York, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, via Boulogne- sne-Mer.. 3% hours’ dist. from either Paris or Lond. Ex twin-screw steamers Po'rdam. Statendam and LINE. otterdam. Summer rate, Ist-class,$75 and upward; class, $43 and up. All other steamers carry one lass of cabin passengers only; $55 and up. a to Hotlund-America "Line, 39 Broadway. KY or ‘to BF. Droop & Sous, 995 Penn sve, bod Moss, 1327 F st.. Wash., D. @ Ju 16-tu,th.s.6m = Miss me NORTH GERMAN LLOYD Lahn. May 15 Kaiser W 22 Laban ale. lay 20 Trave ; Departure 10 A TWIN-SCREW SENGER SERVICE SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON. BREMEN. -.May 10, 2 pm | Barbar G Kurfarat Ms: i pm) Er. d. Gr ‘ CHERBOUKG, PAKIS, BREM Mein -Moy 17. noun a. « MEDITERRANEAN SERVIC SISRALTAR, GE: Bos... May 1 2 5 Departure 11 A.M. OEMRICHS & CO., NO. § BROADWAY, N. ¥. a» to EB. F. DROOP, 925 Pa. ave., for Washington. Agent Deciphered. Brom the Philadelphia “The boss is to give a dinner to fome of the boys,” said the small politi- “I got an invite this mornin’, and om of it was printed ‘R. 3. V. that mean?" wonder,” mused the ward worker. aybe “V. P" stands for ‘vice president.’ ” I see it now,” cried the other, velt Sure for Vice President." ——+e0—_____ A horse race in Venice seems to be an gbsurdity. for the only horses she posses- es are the bronze ones in front of her great Basilica of St. Mark's. Venice is, however, to have a race meeting this year and a con- Biderable sum has been A race ‘course is being laid out on the Campo di jarte, the old drill ground near the rail- ‘oad station. It will be the first horse race Venice bas ever seen. DAYS|TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINES|MARKETS OF PARIS SHORTER WORK Report on the Gardner Eight-Hour Bill. LABORER'S CONDITION IMPROVED Production Stimulated and Con- sumption Increased. REVIEW OF LEGISLATION In view of the recent eight-hour move- ment throughout the country, the report made to the House of Representatives to- day by Chairman Gardner bf the commit- tee on Labor, on the Gardner eight-hour bill and the general subject of eight-hour legislation, has a timely interest. The bill requires a clause In all government con- tracts that the labor under the contract shall not exceed eight hours daily. The report says {n part: “It is contended by the advocates of the shorter day that the additional leisure given to labor in every instance of the shorten- ing of the Work day, as it has been short- ened step by step from sixteen hours to fourteen, twelve, eleven, ten, nine, and in many instances eight, has resulted in a de- crease of intemperance among laborers, the acquirerment of better taste and new and better desires, resulting in better homes, greater domestic felicity and a higher de- gree of intelligence, with an increase of laudable pride as to the clothing of them- selves and those dependent upon them. In a word, has increased their interests in home and better social relations, raising their moral status, and has made them much better consumers of the products of labor and hence resulted in increased pro- duction. Blue Monday Banished. “The proposition that without variation the elimination of intemperance, poverty, Ppauperism, ignorance, crime and their ac- companying evils move parallel with and proportionate to the increase of the social cpportunities of the laboring class stands without impeachment of its historical ac- curacy. No recognized authority today combats the proposition that the condition of the laborer has improved with every re- duction in the hours of daily service that has up to this time been made. Nobody is disputing that he has become a better con- sumer with each reduction. No reasonable person would for a moment entertain the proposition that the work day should again be lengthened to fourteen or twelve hours. When the hours of work were so long that workers had no social opportunities they resorted to stimulants for solace and the aloon for society, where the puntered an ‘iron law’ for spending which could not be disregarded without loss of caste in the only society which they had opportunity to enter. A gentleman of responsibility and exceptional opportunity for observation has borne testimony that the shortening of the work day has banished ‘blue Monday.’ Production Stimulated. “A significant fact in connection with the shortening of the work day at various times during the present century is the entire silence of the older school of economists with regard to the effect of the shorter work day on society, business, industrial conditions, or the laborers themselves. It is nowhere claimed, in so far as your com- mittee is aware, that any reduction In tho Fours of labor has had a detrimental effect on business, on manufacturers, on labor as a unit, or individual laborers. The advo- cates of the short-hour theory, on the other band, trace the moral, social and financial improvement of the laborer to this cause and allege that business was at no time in- jured, but improved, if affected, and that production was stimulated and consumption increased. Economists who advocate the eight-hour day contend with great plausibility that the shorter day results in an increase of wages without an increase of price, as greater consumption enlarges production, and the larger the seale of production the cheaper the given article is produced; that the la- borer, when he has the lefsure resulting from the shorter hours, has n aspira- tions, ambitions, and greater personal! self- pect, and, as before stated, wants a bat- ter house. better furniture, better clothes, better food, and becomes a great deal bet- ter consumeT; that the scale of wages is controlled by the wants of the laborer in any given state of soctety rather than by the ‘iron law of wages;’ that modern men cease to work under normal conditions if the proceeds of their labor do not satisfy their normal wants; that therefore the so cial status of the laborer controls the law ot wages to as great an extent as the law of wages controls the status of the laborer. Review of Eight-Hour Legislation. “While there is still a variance of opinion on the general question whether modern machinery and methods so Hghten the physical drudgery of most occupations as to have an equivalent effect to the shortening of hours in the conservation of energy, or whether such machinery and methods op- erate to so tax the nervous powers as to be equivalent in exhaustive effects to the lengthening of hours, your committee are of opinion, after what has been said on that the higher tension of mod- yment is at least a full offset to the saving accomplished in muscular force." The report also presents an elaborate re- view of the elght-hour legislation tn all the states, and the previous eight-hour statutes enacted by the federal government. ——_—_—_+ 0+ —_____. Transfers of Real Estate. D street southeast between 13th and 14th streets—Thos. F. Holden et ux. to Raymond T. Holden, original lot 3, square 1041; $10 (stamps, $3). Pleasant Plains—Zachariah T. Sowers et al., trustees, to Charles E. Gross, lot 17; $10 (stamps, $4.50). Maryland avenue southwest between 9th and 10th streets—Clarence F. Norment et ux. to Alice €. Haller, part original lot 5, Square 385; $10 (stamps, $5). G street southwest between 8th and 9th streets—Lafayette J. Butler et ux. to John Burke, lot 7, square 413; $10 (stamps, $5). Brightwood Park—George Plitt et ux. to Annie Steidel, lot 32, block 28; $10 (stamps, 50 cents). Annie Steidel conveys same Property (o Dlizabeth Plitt; $10 (stamps, 50 cents). Twenty-first street northwest between P and Q streets—Manche H. Meline to Mary bs Ogden, lot 39, square 67; $10 (stamps, Kalorama Helghts—Mary A. Ogden et vir. Herbert G. to Manche H. Meline, lot 35, block 5; $10 (stamps, $8). Tenth street northeast between F and G streets—Geo. F. Williams et al., trustees, to Thomas Heany, lot 24, square 900; $1,800. No. 0 P street northwest—Maria L. Johnston to Anna L, Barr, lot N, square 366; $10 (stamps, $1.50). Friendship, St. Phillp and Jacob, and Re- survey on Jacob—Sarah A. Hines to Charles A. Hines, half interest in lots 22, 23 and west part lot 21; $10 (stamps, $1.50). F street southeast between Ist and 2 streets—S. Dana Lincoln et al., trustees, to Samuel G. Barnard, lot 9, square 736; $10 (stamps, $1.50). Alley between C and D, 13th and 1th streets southeast—Wm. L. Lederer et al. to Anna L. Miller, lot 53, square 1041; $10 (stamps, 50 cents). G street northwest between 4th and 5th streets—Alma_ L. Wood et vir. Amos to Henry P. Howard, jr., lot 37 and part lot 36, square 518; $10 (stamps, $6). Henry P. Howard, jr.. conveys same property to Amos L. Wood; $10 (stamps, $6). Massachusetts avenue northwest between 2d and 3d streets—Leopold Moeller to Jno. T, and Geo. A. Trapp, part lot H, square 564; $10 (stamps, 50 cents). He Guessed Wrong. From the Philadelphia Press, | Brown—“You seem to be a hustler. I saw that Hfe insurance agent go into your house this morning, and less than half an hour after him came the doctér.” Smith—Well, what do you gather from that?” 2 Brown—‘Merely that you were In a great hurry to undergo the examina- tion and have it over with.” = Smith—“You're wrong. The doctor came to examine the insurance man’s wounds.” COMMERCE FROM AUGUST 13, 1898, TO DECEMBER 31, 1899. Interesting Statement Covering the Period of American Occupation— Metals and Merchandise. The interesting statement was made today by the division of customs and insular af- fairs of the War Department that the total value of merchandise, gold and silver ex- Ported from the port of Manila from the date of American occupation, August 13, 1888, to December 31, 1899, was $19,838,357. The precious metals exported during the period named consisted of gold bullion to the value of 005; gold coin to the value of $1,521,670; silver bullion to the value of $14,088, and silver coin to the value of $1,091,142. The total value of merchandise exported during the period named was $14,857,852, and the value of precious metals exported Was $4,980,505. The exports of merchandise and gold and silver from the date of American occupa- tion to December 31, 1800, were: To British Aurica, 3 to Australia, $653,7! Austria-Hungary, $2,690; to British Colom- bia, $4,197; to Canada, $524; to French China, $1,164; to British East Indies, $355,- 203; to Dutch East Indies, $22,263; to the United Kingdom, $4,148,791 bak to Germany, to France, $582, .720; to Japan, $1,103 357; to the Netherlands, $1,300; t6 German Oceanica, $003; to Spanish Oceanica, $2, to Spain, $1,852,100; to Switzerland, $3- 0 Egypt, $41,460; to the United States, $3,- 931.050. The gold bullion exported during the period named was divided as follows: ‘To the United Kingdom, $166,500; to Germany, $1,050; to Hong Kong, $1,10),355; to Japan, $005,100. The gold coin exported during the period named was divided: To the United King- dom, $212,150; to Hong Kong, $1,241,393; to Spain, $12,524, and to the United States, The silver coin exported during the period mentioned was divided: To Hong Kong, $854,235; to Spain, $170,727; to the British East Indies, $16,140, and to the United States, $50.000. In addition to the above, there was exported to Hong Kong silver bullion to the value of $14,088. The leading articles of export were: Cof- fee to the value of $12,920; indigo to the value of $82,604; copper and manufactures of to the value of $104,710; and manila hemp to the value of $1,207,067. The expcrts of hemp by countries were: To the United States, 30,388 tons, valued at $3,598,856; to Australia, 1,485 tons, valued at $224,448; to the British East Indies, 481 tons, valued at $70,003; to the United Kingdom, 23,000 tons, valued at $2,724,038; to France, 42 tons, valued at $3,600; to Hong Kong, 19,450 tons, valued at $2,141,577; to Japan, 199 tons, valued at $22,005; to Spain, 3,814 tons, valued at $4,110, and to British Af- rica, 121 tons, valued at $18,340, Of the other leading articles exported during the pericd mentioned there was cop- ra to the value of $724,410, hides and skins other than fur skins to the value of $#W,- 983, manufactures of iron and steel to the value of $28,176, leather to the value of $11,840, oils to the value of $10,238, per- fumery and cosmetics to the value of $88,- 898, distilled spirits to the value of wines to the value of $13,222 and sugar, raw or brown, to the value of $5 Of this amount $159,600 worth was exported to the United States. There was also leaf tobacco exported to the value of $1,213,625, none of which was exported to the United States, and cigars to tke value of $1,876,527, of which amount $405 worth was exported to the United States. All other manufactures of tobacco exported was valued at §225 2+ ASKS FOR THE EVIDENCE. Mr. Evans Wants Information Con- cerning Rabies in District. Noticing the request of the District health officer, Dr. Wm. C. Woodward, for. an in- crease in the dog catching force, which re- quest the Commissioners promptly granted, Mr. George W. Evans, chairman of the Dog Owners’ Association, has requested to be furnished with a copy of the recent evi- dence said to have been received by the health officer that rabies continues In the District. Mr. Evans denies that the disease now prevails here or that it has. He also asks whether any one has been bitten by a diseased dog here and what was the re- sult, if any, of such bite. Mr. Evans de- nies the health officer's assertion that there has been a general failure of late to obey the order of the Commissioners requiring dogs when at large to be securely muzzled. The matter was referred to the health of- ficer, who has recommended that Mr. Evans be requested to furnish a definite statement as to the meaning of the term “rabies” as used by him, and as to what evidence he will accept as sufficient to prove the exist- ence of the conditions which he character- izes by the term. Upon such information, says the health officer, it will be possible to act intelligently on Mr. Evans’ request, and it may then be possible for the health department and the Dog Owners’ Assocla- tion to arrive at some agreement relative to the preva'ence of rabies, or, at least, to know the exact point or points on which they differ. The dafly returns of the pound- master, thinks the health officer, will dem- onstrate whether unmuzzled and untagged dogs are now running at large. The report of the poundmaster today shows that thir- ty-six untagged or unmuzzled dogs were captured yesterday. Wife Fined, Husband Released. Charles Stanley and Ida Stanley, colored, were arrested In Madison alley last night by Policeman Lynch on a charge of disor- derly conduct. “We had a can of beer, the husband in- formed Judge Scott, this morning, “and when bed time came [ told Ida that I'd slap her mouth if she didn’t go to bed and keep quiet. She ran out in the alley and screamed and both of us arrested.” The woman was fined $3, and her hus- band was dscharged. Made Threats Against His Mother. John Dolan, a stalwart young man, ap- parently about twenty-five years of age, was today a defendant in the Police Court before Judge Kimball. He was charged with making threats against his aged moth- er, Margaret Dolan. The evidence failed to sustain the charge, but as Mrs. Dolan said she Was afraid of her son, the court, before releasing the young man, gave him some advice as to how he ought to conduct him- self toward his mother in future. ee Advises Favorable Action. The attorney for the District has ad- vised the Commissioners to recommend fa- vorable action on House resolution 2758, for the relief of the estate of the late Wm. B. Todd. The measure authorizes and directs the Commissioners to refund to the admin- istrators of the estate of William B. Todd the amount found to be erroneously col- lected therefrom in 1871 on account of an excessive special assessment against lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, in square 1040, near the in- tersection of South Carolina avenue and Lith street southeast. ————— Looked on With Suspicion. From the Rochester Post-Express. ‘Cards are not played as much on the cars as they used to be,” said the commer- cial traveler. “A few years ago it was a common sight to see three or four games, whist, euchre, poker or seven-up, going on in a car; and wherever four or five drum- mers were gathered together there was sure to be a lively game of draw in pro- gress. Suburban trains were turned into whist clubs, and morning and night the com- muters were engaged in a rubber. But all this has been changed. Nowadays it is the hardest thing in the world to get up a game of any kind In a train. Ask a stranger if he would like to take a hand at whist or euchre and he will freeze you with a sus- picious look. And, what is worse. he Is en- tirely justified in his suspicions. In the last ten years the rallepens of this country have been the harvest field for gamblers, bunco men and short card experts. They have worked this field to the limit from New York to California and Vermont to Florida. They have worked all Kinds of flim-flam games, until now it is almost impossible for @ man to flash a deck of cards in the smoking compartment of a Pullman with- out the atmosphere growing a dozen de- grees colder. A man who has been bit once doesn't care to have the experience re- They Are Many in Number and All ofThem Intereating, , % PICTURESQUE BOYERS AND SELLERS ( pp-— The Great Carts That Bring Prod- uce in From the Country. i—+__ WHERE FLOWERS ARE SOLD It goes without saying that the intelligent visitor to the French capital this summer will find much that is picturesque and en- tertaining there outside the exposition. Those who ‘make special arrangements to view ‘the markets of Paris, for instance, will be well repaid for their time and trouble. Nightly soon afted 12 o'clock, while the boulevards aré still teeming with life and gayety, a steady stream of market carts filed high with farm produce begins to roll Tnto the city along the Rues de Rivoll, Turbigo, St. Denis and St. Martin on their way to the varlous halles and marches. There is something strangely pastoral in the rumble of these carts in the early hours of the mornfng. It is acompanied by an impressive rhythmic sound—the slow, pon- derous tread of great Normandy draft horses—which 1s easily distinguishable in the night stillness from the ha'f lame trot of the tired fiacre horses. In the Rue de Rivoli, espectally, where so many hotels patronized by American visitors are situ- ated, the rumble of the market carts in the very early hours is ceaseless and often disturbs the slumbers of the newly arrived tourist, but It is remarkable how quickly one becomes accustomed and even attached to the dul, persistent wave of sound. As often as not, on top of turnips and carrots and cabbages or boxes filled with poultry, butter or eggs, the river lies fast asleep and in perfect safety. He can rely on his horse finding the way, for at most he has only to follow the vehicles that have gone before. On the return journey the carts are filled with street sweepings, through a capital arrangement of the Paris Street C'eaning Company, which thus dis- poses of refuse that would otherwise have to be carted from the city at the company’s expense, and which the thrifty farmer is glad to buy, since it makes excellent fer- tilizer. The Paris Market Women. The first markets of Paris were held over a thousand years ago in the Ile de la Cite (City Island). Occupancy of the booths were hereditary, and they were mosily kept by women, who rented them direct from the king. For centuries these women were famous for the freedom of their tongucs and the strength of their arms in a dgh?. Les dames dela halle were conspicuous during the stormy time of the revolution, and enjoyed the distinction of being the only women permitted to keep their jewels and finery, probably owing to the aforemen- tioned qualities of tongue and arm. Nowadays this ig all changed. The mar- ket women 6f today are not like the no- torious viragos of the past. Some of them are wonderfully pretty, and most of them are young. As a class, they are exceed- ingly good-natured and charitabie, hence the collection of outcasts known as gouape, who, dodging the police, prowl about the markets in the early hours of the morning, going from booth to booth, pick- ing up what they can; a most tattered and woe-begone contingent, the lowest dregs cf a great city’s lowest class. Just as most of these market women have charity, so, too, most of them have the passioa’ for gambling, thus displaying two trairs of character that often are seen together. They delight in lotteries and betting on horses. Large numbers of them were vic- tims of the great Panama swindle, and they are always ready to invest in finan- Cial schemes, ho matter how wildly ridicu- lous, provided they be launched with the promise of fabulots interest. They are an exceedingly tard working and thrifty class, how and, although nowadtys they wali over the change in the times and the profits of other da they still manage to live comfortably and save money. French Thrift. A curious fimctionary of the Paris mar- kets is the egg tester. He is an official who sits with a Hghted candle, before which he holds every egg admitted to the market in order to test it. Another set of odd charac- ters are the merchandes d'arlequin, or hash s. These harlequins buy from the lass restaurants of Paris all the refuse of the larder from day to day and sell to the very poor, who have only a few sous to invest ina meal. Even broken pas- try Is disposed of in this way, and what is left over to the harlequins ‘is boiled to- gether in one vessel and made into a paste for cats and dogs. This demu:.strates French thrift. admirably. Nothing is wasted. The terms “halle” and “marche” have been indiscriminately translated by most writers into “mark but there is a dif- ference, the halle being a covered market where merchandise is brought both for storage and sale, whereas the marche ts simply a market place where merchandise is for sale only during certain hours. One of the oldest marches in Paris is that of St. Germain, in the arrondissement of the Luxembourg. dating back to the year 1846, where Charles VIIT signed a I- cense or permit establishing the Foire St. Germain as an annual event. The old fountain in the center of the market place was formerly surrounded by a statue of Liberty, but it was destroyed by a hurri- cane a few years ago. Besides the old fountain, little save the actual space in- exists as it did in the fifteenth cen- y. The Marche St. Germain is situated at the extremity of the Rue de Seine, near the Luxembourg, and fs one of the most picturesque of the Paris markets. The Flower Markets. Nearby is the Marche aux Fleurs, or market, held twice a week, on Mon- Ss and Thursdays, In the Place St. Sul- pice. Another flower market is held each Tuesday and Friday in the Place de la Madeleine, but it is on the Quai aux Fleurs back of the Tribuna! du Commerce, and quite near the Cathedral of Notre Dame, that those who like horticultural displays can best feast their eyes. Roses of every kind and color, mignonette in baskets, lilies of the valley’ with the dew still hidden in their waxen cups; lilacs, vio'ets, mi- mosa, carnations by the thousand, group- ed with that unerring artistic instinct for color possessed by the true Parisian, are found here in the spring and early summer, but later in the season giving place to the crimson and purple glory of asters, dah- Mas and gladioli.-, Roses may be found, however, at pil seasons of the year.. In winter they “are Somewhat scarcer, but they are to b@had/ and cheaply, too, meas- ured by theAmerican standard of price. Then there gre potted p'ants, azaleas, palms, ferns and cacti, all of the rarest and most beautiful. Altogether, tt mdy be said of the Paris markets that ‘thel extreme cleanliness, the dainty fashion\in which food is dis- played, and ir ,masses of color, artis- tically grouped, make them well worth seeing. It ig quite wonderful what the market womey cap do in the picturesque arrangement “of ‘Onions, beets, radishes, carrots, lettué¢, ‘turnips and cabbage. It must be seen‘fo be’fealized. In the Halles Centrales thé’ frulf section is a veritable pieture of stiJ] life, invitingly framed in cool looking ¥né Teaves and ferns. Largest of Paris Markets. The Halle Centrales, situated at the Rue Rambuteau ahd Pointe St. Eustache, near the church of the same name, Is the larg- est of the Paris:markets. The construction of this great seat of commerce cost over 12,000,000 francs and took some years to complete. The Halles are lighted by elec- tricity, and underneath are lofty cellars, where the provisions are stored pending sale. There are large sa‘t and fresh water tanks for fish and excellent ventilation. Here the thousands of geese and chickens devoured by Paris dafly are plucked and got ready for the market above, and here the ecosseuses de pois sit shelling peas all day. These Women generally fol’ow the trade of oyster openers when peas are out of season. Many thousands of people are employed in these cellars and virtually pass ie Halles Centrales uated on the Marche des Innocents, site of the ald which | range fighters, ex: Palais Royal News. } Tomorrow will be the third day of the Annual Sale of Manufacturers’ and Importers’ Surplus Spring-Summer Stocks. some years are being distributed. The Shirt Waist News is told of in the telegram received yesterday. garments are ours yoke at back. im fit,—Ideal. $2 apiece. Siedonsengongesengeatensoesoagoensenseeseeseeseegentiasonsonseasonsesteegenesoetoasonen tea seetbagectetbetetiafegs at a fraction of the worth. J Best in quality—of sheer and sn NEW YORK, May 7, 1900. A. LISNER, Washington, D. C.: Keep goods at your price. You always want your. own way. BIRKENFELD, STRAUSS & CO. 69c for Waists Worth The ‘Ideal’? Waists are all the name implies Latest in style,—without ow-white linen. Reasonable in price,—69c for waists made to retail up to The best bargains of a a ‘ : Up to $2. . And the best of these Perfect 2 seat come to the Palais Royal. gains as follows: Lot 1. Hosiery, 49¢, (Some worth $r.) EF Choire of Novelty French Lisle Hose, In black and fancy. Specially attractive ‘are theme with ‘striped uppers, feet and ‘ankles in brown, blue or black. on which are em- broidery white beauty Spots. Another typi- cally French stocking—with flent de Us of white on gronnds of colors. A table full of expensive novelties at only 49e for choice, The distribution of their spring-summer Lord & Taylor’s Stock. "Twas the Palais Royal that introduced Lord & Taylor’s “On: garments to Washington. And Mess: u s. L. & T. are duly grateful. Lot 2. Hosiery, 29¢. (Mostly worth soc.) mous Yarn-dyed Black are in this “Onyx”? he white here are Baby effects Sorks and other best kinds for « of all ages. Nearly 1,000 pairs here Monday morning—and they'll ‘all be gone be- fore the week ends, ” Hose and “Oneita” Union Under- Semi-annually their surplus stocks surplus is now taking place. Bar- Lot 3. Nosiery, 2 i Cc. (Some worth 35c.) > Among so iany different styles choming is difficult. How about these Gauze-welght Stockings with double soles and extra- high-spliced heel Black Hose? Isn't surprise ? Certainly a quality surprise—judging by the ¥ way th were being grabbed for yestenda: and tht ta . morning. . ‘O ita,” 50c Kind, 3 O¢. knee-length pants. Soszontendreseatotonfoatoaseatoesententontestenseatenteeseeteeseeseatontonteatoesee sone Sontoatiaseasegenseastaseaseesatha sees Glove-fitting Union Suits you all know of so favorably. Spring weight, with high neck, short sleeves and ’ high and low necks, short and long sleeves. None worth less than 25c— some worth more. Lot 5. Choice, Superior Lisle-finish Ve , with SOc. (St quality). Nothing Seetrrsegentony oy undesirable. a ¢ value at 49c yard, 39¢ value at 29¢ yard. : and 15¢ yard for Silk-finish Percales, & é Wash Silks. Lote yard for Best 59¢ Quality Corded Silke, as heavy as taffeta. Wash * 42¢ om Silks, Mterally. 29 yard for the Wash Silks generally retailed at or about 39¢ per yard. " Ample quantity—1o,550 yards. effects. Wanted colors—including the scarce pastel shades. Choice of 10,550 Yards Twilled Foulard Sil 49c¢., (75c. quality). Another advantage— and colorings. nes. In all the best designs ug yard for 25¢ Imported Dimities. 124c Double the usual variety, half the usial price. New designs—all this season's prettiest tel Known quality—$1 value at 89c yard, 75¢ And Linings for these silks—12%c yard for 40-inch Lawns all colors, including pastel shades. Tousselines. ks. 290c. (39¢ quality). Wash Goods. yard for 27%e Imported Swisses and Organdles fs bringing crowds to md floor. 25c¢ Zard for 40¢ Lace and Silk-stripe ‘ es is another magnetic ond-floor bargain. a en 25c¢ this s $1.75 rarer resin nnn rr DeOn reer Oend OH for the New Straight-front “W. B."* A Lisner. 73c for Corsets Worth Up to $2. The semi-annual shelf-clearing sale, representing the best makes of best Cor- sets from the factories of the best makers. nize well-known best corsets. Choi Corset, for warm weather wear. It 2 weighs only 8 ounces, but, sctentifically construet- soa reat _HE there 40:0 Dest Corset tt ts ed, it gives firm and lasting support, with com- the “Fasso. The elite of the world wear the fort and grace to the wearer. “Passo.” Washington agency—The Palais Royal, The Palais +eeee..--Lisner Building COOPOROLOD: $7.50 the New Straight-tront “Passo” ce for 73c pair, and you'll recog- Royal, --.-G and 11th Sts. in turn was situated gn the ancient burial ground of the church of this name. When the Marche des Innocents was in course of construction quite a pestilence raged about the neighborhood, owing to the disturbance of the graveyard, but the bones found were transferred to the catacombs and the place filled in with fresh earth. A feature of this market is the famous Fontaine des Inno- cents, with its five nymphs by Jean Gon- jou, one of the artistic sights of Paris. The Old Clothes Market. Another market place of special Interest is the Marche du Temple, a clothes market, in the Rue du Temple. Here dealers in old clothes ply their trade on the spot where the Tour du Temple, once the stronghold of the powerful Knights Templar, formerly stood, and from which the place takes its name. After the suppression of this order the Tour was used as a royal treasury. Later it served as the prison of the royal family during the revolution. In 1811 this old building, dating from 1212, was ruth- lessly torn down, and today this historic spot is the foundation of 2,400 second-hand clothes stalls. Other markets in Paris are the horse market, the cattle market, the fowl market, the wine market, and so on. There is even the market for mode's in the Rue de la Grande Chaumiere and Place Blanche, where artists come every Monday morning to hire men and women to pose for them, the former at four francs and the latter at five frances a day. —+2-—_— Armor for Future Soldiers. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. “Mark my words,” sald an observant gentleman who takes an interest in mili- tary matters, “the soldier of the future will wear armor. We are about to revert to first principles and will again illustrate the well-known fact that fashions move in cycles. “No; Iam not joking. The conditions of modern warfare make armor eminently practical. A small cadiber, high-power rifle will carry two miles, and it is next to im- possible for troops to advance through the zone of fire, if it is continuous and well di- rected. But suppose there was some method by which they could approach within say half that distance of the enemy and keep up a steady fusillade without spe- cial danger to themselves—it goes without saying that they would win the day, and there is exactly where armor comes in. Several of the European governments are now experimenting with movable shields, which may be pushed in front of soldiers as they advance. There is nothing par- ticularly new in that idea—it was used in the siege of Troy. From movable shields to a protective garment is merely a devel- opment of the same thought. “My notion of the coming armor is a. chest plate, leg greaves and a mask made of Krupp steel a quarter inch thick. That would turn a rifle bullet at a mile range and be sufficiently light for any strong man to carry. It wouldn't be necessary to shield the back or sides, and troops pro- tected as I suggest could push into. the zone of fire with comparative impunity. To be sure, they couldn't Pensiries a@ bayonet charge, but bayonet charges have gone-out of date, anyhow. ‘They would be -long~ cclusively. | Sito sage thet marriage is a. tall JUNIOR AMERICAN MECHANICS. Nineteenth Annual Session of the Funeral Benefit Association. The Junior American Mechanic Funeral Benefit Association of the United States, a branch of the Junior Order United Ameri- can Mechanics, met this morning in Ma- sonic Temple in nineteenth annual session. The business of the association, it is ex- pected, will be concluded some time late this afternoon. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year. This morning most of the routine business connected with the meeting was accomplished. Most of the 300 delegates present will remain in the city | until tomorrow to attend the reception granted by the President Yor 10 o'clock in the morning. The session this morning was called to order at 9:30 o'clock by the president of the association, Mr. George H. Harris of Ken- ] sington Council, No. 5, Philadelphia. The secretary is Mr. C. L. Cadwallader of Star of Union Council, Philadelphia. The treas- urer is Mr. S. B. Mench. Rev. Samuel H. Greene, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, this city, offered the Invocation. ~ Reports of officers and the consideration of amendments to the laws of the asso- ciation were the principal {tems of business transacted. The report of the a Mr. Cadwallader, was quite voluminous and was presented in printed form. 1. con- tained a brief record of each of the 729 death claims allowed during the past year. The amount paid out upon these claims Was $199,750. The receipts for the year were $196,825.: The report showed a bal- ance and assets on hand amounting to $38,- 343.94. Since its organization the assocla- tion has recelved $1,426,459.84 The asso- ciation has grown from a membership of 2,853 in 1882 to 128,502 in 1899. The death rate was higher in 1899 than for ten years Past, the average being one death to 149 mel s. Last year there was but one death to 162 members and the year before but one in 172. The report of the treasurer, _ Mench, ave a detailed statement of finances as shown in brief in the secretary’s paper. —_——_.>—__ Large and Harmonious Family. From the Hamilton (Ont.) Times. Le Soleil of Quebec, which a few days ago told of the marriage of a Montreal widower with a family of twelve to a wid- ow with eleven olive branches, now gves itself one better and gives the story of the roarriage some years ago of a Louis Le- micux of St. Henri de Lauzon, father of twelve children, to Mme. Ferdinand Letour- neau, mother ‘of twelve, both well-to-do people. L. N. Carrier, registrar, Levis, says: the notary and friend of was | these two worthy families, and at the wei- | ding dinner I saw the twenty-four children seated at the bridal table, and happy at being united In one family. All remained together. under the parental roof for some years, and never was the peace and har- mony of this patriarchal dwelling disturbed by troubles between parents or children.” He tells how one by one the twenty-four children married, “to create other fam- ilies,” and the.old couple live in com- fort and respect in the village of St. Henri. or that courage is a lost or failing virtue’ RECOVERIES FROM APPENDICITIS, Operations Undergone Daring “the In- terval” Generally Successful. From the New York Herald. The frequency of appendicitis, the occa- sional deaths which follow operations for its relief, and the successful results in other cases give a strange interest in a disease to which every one is more or less liable. Three cases in point, illustrating «ufferent phases of the malady, were receatly rcport- ed in the Herald. One of these was that of @ young man who Is reported to have had” an attack of the disease as the result uf a playful boxing match, another in which fatal pneumonia followed an operation for appendicitis, and still another in which ex- tirpation of the organ was successfully ao- complished during the quiescent period af- ter an acute seizure. From what is now known of the jgetual cause of appendicitis, it ts not aa any Means probable that a blow on the abdo- men was a factor in the case. It Is more than likely, on the other hand, that the trouble commenced before the injury, and that the latter was a mere coincidence. The same may be said regarding the pneu- monia in the other instance, there being no distinct or direct linking of the two dis- eases. Most of the cases that prove fatal in spite of operation are virtually hopeless from the Start, inasmuch as rupture sf the appendix has occurred and peritonitis already exis' In the milder forms in which a patient re= covers from an acute invaslen, the appcn- ¢ix, although damaged and alterad in strpce ture by inflammatory changes, remains in- tact until there is a recurrence of the trou= ble. In order to prevent the latter it ts, considered safer, so far as risk is concern: to operate during what ts cailed an interv: of the disease, when all the symptoms are quiescent, rather than wait until forced to interfere when too late. As operations per- formed under the former conditions name@ are seldom fatal, it is no surp ise to learn that the patient whose appendix wxs re moved during “the interval” nas made a satisfactory recover: ——+ e+_____ Packing Butter im Glass. From the Scientific American. A new use has been found for glass. It consists in packing butter In a box made of six sheets of ordinary window glass, the edges being covered with gummed paper. ‘The closed box is then enveloped én a layer of plaster of parts a fourth of an inch thick, and it is covered with a specially prepared , paper. As the plaster is a bad conductor ~ of heat, the temperature inside the hermeti-"* cally sealed receptacle remains constant, being unaffected by external changes. The cost of packing is only about 2 cents per pound. It ts used to a great extent in Aus- tralia. Butter ‘has been sent from Mel- bourne to Kimberley, in Africa, and the butter was found to be in a perfectly sound condition, Cases are now made which hold) as much as 200 pounds of butter. = King assembles the royal scoata, hel The “Build me a temple,” he ci evar be t might have owned it had he let tobacco alone!” Ah, this was aiming high — But when was true art ever Known to ter?—Detroit Journal. oan 1m sane - 0%