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THE SlCyRNTG TIMES, TUESDAY. JTOY 27, 1897 ST 1imt$ IMGRHHTG, EVEITIUG A"SI SUEDAY.) BT THE WASEIMTON TIMES COMPAHY, iTlLSOH HUTCEE3S, President. HUTCHINS BUILDING. Eew York Office: 2000 Tract Enildlnr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. aioy-ninv, by Cakk eh: Morning, Evening and Snndar.. Fifty Cents ilortiiiJgand Sunday.-...'.."ndrty.fivo Cents Xicniug and Suuday ......Tbirty-ttve Cents BY MAIL, OneTetr.Mornlug, Evening and Sunday, $5.30 SlxMenUi-. ' M " 8.00 Three Months. " - h u 175 OiiuYcar, Morning and Sunday i.00 Six Months " - .C,25 Three Months. " ... 1.25 One Year, Evening and Sunday 4.00 8 ix Months, - - - 2.25 3hree Meatus, " " 1.25 Ennday only, one year ....I.CO Orders by mall must be acco-spaniod by sub scription price. Telctiioicks : Editorial Rooms, 4SS; Busi sks Office, 1610. Circulation Statement, 5,r circulation of TJE IrHES for the vttl ended Saturday. July 21, 1S97, teas as tvagar, JulylS 2S.022 2Icvday. July 19 39,012 Tvt&tay, July2li 40.405 likuneeduy, Jviy 21 - 40,592 Tkunday.JiiiyZi 40.488 Friday, July 23 40.560 b&vrday, July 21 43.954 Total 271,593 Daily average (.Sunday 23,222, cx trptcd) 41,278 WASHINGTON. TUESDAY, JULY 27. Heore leaving Washington for tlis Summer tvlsa-ibe for TEE TIMES. The Morning and Sunday Editions will be mailed to you for thirty-Jive cents a month Vis Morning, Eternity and Sunday Editions for jifty. Ad dimes clianged as often as desired, .The .Monetary Commission Bill. Bwnihtreet's review for the pastweek often; excellent food for study. Perhaps no puMicarJon ostensibly issued la the ln teieato of industry or commerce better can be described as a hfgh class journal. Brad-stireef-s is the Journal or the highest class la Uiid country; the class that holds, hnndtos and lauds what money there Is. .On itols account it does not suiprise us to itad in the current number of that credit, sheet a full indorsement of the o)MHM proposed by .the -New York bankers at Ifcerr Saratoga meeting. BrndRtrect'.s Idle, us tttat- at the gathering referred tu,"lt wa.s set forth tliat our government paper tuouey offers a constant embarrass meat ti the Tieasury, threatening from Ubk to time the maintenance of a safe balance Tor gold redemption." Ergo, the gowratueut paper ought to be retired and dOftUjped and the currency of the country plw-cd ujkKi Uie sure and solid foundation or coeiridritce in national banks and the credit tuoMcy they are permitted to issue at the expease uf the people, baaed on ploaty f GnverBMent boa&i. HnM"r'ts and H frluRds, Mefcsrs. Pler paat Moraui, Henry CleWi, the Belmont ani Cfee wt or tMotn. view -with prefes skawU rtniM nay "emtaarniiiMMeat to the Taawrr. tarMUaatot; flow time to time tla tuaawtBMee of u safe paW mtemp tJaa." Tfast it- Uelr paint ami coutaaUan la aaHMwf 1m scbewe el the Konoiary oam roiotfoa. We atatoat forgot tfeat titer e is a otftotml potal and object Involved. The Haana tartff L1H carefully 1 Uwlgaed to daCeai fevmuae and create a neceulty for iMwe Iaal6. If tc pawn&rafcer can have ttwar way. tain wiH come in very bandy in oaaawrOaa rrith a rlan to MitwtlUite na tloaal tank carrency, baked on bonds, for Um- fei'nUacks, Tronsory notes and silver aerWHmtcn now outetanding and alto pntavr aaiountlng approximately to $900, omjooo. ItaKlae country does notwantmo re bonds, aa4 is aot in the leant interested in main taVjtag the Treasury in a position of ''safe goW rttlfttnption." In all technical and riaenolnl rpeets the Tieasury is perfect ly nafe, if only it will obey the laws of tUe Republic, and pay out the money of the Constitution according to national con venience andlnterest. The Secretary ut the Treasury absolutely is master of the gold reserve if he eo elects. X.et him bpgin to pay out silver when a raid is started on gold' If the Bank of France can do it, he can! The difficulty ia, that the Bank of Prance is conducted for the benefit of the Preach nation. The Treasury of the United States i.5 run strictly in the interests of the financiers and bond jobbsrs whocontributed to the Republican campaign fund in 1S0G, and who want a chance to Invest in a huge ifsue of Government bonds by way of com ptmsHCloa. The monetary commission bill sleeps in a pigeon hole of the Senate CommitLeeon Pteance. It will remain there, inert and Iiihoouous, until the next meeting of the Congress. Then there will be some hot dtecustion of its contents and intents. They all are bad. "Wis "Want More Monroe. It maybe assumed with some degree of safety that most of the foreign comments and criticisms on our apparent attitude with regard to the annexation of Hawaii Kimply are bosh. For some time this journal has been watohiag the utterances of official or semi-official newspapers pub lished ut London and the Continental capi tals with careful interest. It Is observ able that these organs hud telephones all sing the same lay. They, and the poHllcal Influences Inspiring them, advert to and criticise what they are pleased to Bay they regard as ao ominous depart ure by the United States from Its former lollcy of International hermiiation and itisinaagurition of one of colonial acquisi tion and aggrandizement. Now, nothing could be further from the truth, and. If we only had a Government imbued with the spfrit of Washington, Jefferson. Jack eon, and Lincoln, the illusion Involved in such an idea would be dispelled, aud the truth of the matter would be adx'ertlsed to the nations In any way necessary to make them appreciate and respect it. The St, Petersburg Novoye-V rem ya,in a carefuly Inspired editorial, dicusscs Ila- 1ht wailan annexation and considers it n men ace to European interests. It also regards the piopcsitiou as a Jiteppiu-stone to the acquisition of Cuba, which would be still les tolerate. The Jfovoye-Yremya, sum ming up the situation, says: "All this is very grave, very much more .erious than ' It may appear at first blush. The Eu ropean governments which liavc grounds for resisting the increase of America's po litical power will henceforth have to be constantly on their guard, and to prepare themselves to ccme to the aid of Spain, which is menaced with the loss of -her richest and largest colony In the New "World." The logic lxjth of our position and the European objections to it is entirely sim ple, comprehensible and Is privately recog nized by all partlcbto the issue. Itls this: The Amerlcanpeoplcliavc regarded Hawaii and Cuba with a jealous eye for half a century or more. The fin,t Is? necessary to us for the development of our Odcutal commerce, which, In turn, is requisite to the growth and prosperity of our Pacific States. Also It is supremely necessary to the successful military defense of our whole Pacific Ccast line. Consequently we mean to have it, and will get it unless we are wild out through the treason of the nation's representatives and agents, as has happosed in some oilier cases. When we contemplate the building of he Nicaragua Canal, un enterprise likely to be brought to a succes-tf id accomplishment be fore many years, natloiml necesaity for the contra! of the Hawaiian islands be comes or?n mote manifest. That canal largely will be in the power of the country holding those Islands with a strong hand If the same nation, as well, could occupy and dominate the Queen of the Antilles, the Gibraltar of the American Mediterranean, its power over the world's commerce would bo complete, and Its advancement to the lieadship ot civilization ar.d industrial and comnterclal peoples become inevitable and irrepressible. Such a prospect may not suit the viewa of Great Britain and Germany, or even of our former friend, Russia, but they wrlll have to submit to it, unless they should succeed in buying up our public men suf ficiently to prevent it for three years to come. Once Hie masses regain coutrol of the machinery of government, and that -will be in 1&00, it will be too late for anybody to protest. If the American peo ple can have their way, we shall own Hawaii and establish a friendly protectorate over tho free Republic of Cuba. Later, the Cubans wll join tho Union, but that must be on their own motion and without coercion from us. But exactly what Europe does not like is tho thing that is most likely to happen. We will have Hawaii, the Nicaragua Caual and, prac tically, Cuba Our colonial ambition need not go tioyoud this- It will be enough. But thus much we are determined to se cure. Lord Salisbury and the three em perors may as well understand, ficsX as last, that itwill not do to make trouble about It. It is a question of necessary aud vital national policy. It Is worth a million lives, if need Iw. to enforce. Mr. Ilflii on Annexation. The imaa important pait of MinUter Ilosfll'seiSH) u'Whntrl know about A n aexatlon," le his courteous lcference to the fact that "even te reputable section f Ch prct" of tills country seems to be aader the lmpia&don that Japan has, or formerly bad, deigns on tae islands. We will venture to aeunie that In npeak iag at lo "repataWe section of the piesV Mr.Hohhl ttaa In mind newspaptas not sub sidised by forotga embassies or legations, and ho Is quite right. That class of journals, herf- and elwwhere, has been under the amused conviction that Japan had designs, exactly as they know that right in Washington there are many small boy who have registered with themselves blood-curdling oaths to go West and kill Indians, or become road agents of the most gory typa. Their intentions and oaths will not be come productive of anything but a few dreams, and they -will outgrow their fool ishness. It is the same with Japan. Of course, there always is a possibility that, under European incitement, the little fellow might turn himself loose in Hawaii. In that event we will send "Fighting Bob" Evans over there with some more ships, and, immediately thereafter, there will be nothing but Japanese spoken In Nirvana for a week. Howells tho Martian. Glngerl at first, more assuredly after ward, with mental reservations all the time, tho literary critics of the country took hold of "The Martian." Now, how ever, nothing more need be said. The literary autocrat of Altruria, which is a country located somewhere near Mars, ho far as can be known, has spoken, and the mlud of the country is relieved. Mr. Howells graduated from Italy to Boston, and from Boston to Altruria, and from Altruria he hopes sometime to go to Mara. For this reason he took almost a personal interest in Mr. Du Maurier's re marks on that planet When "The Mar tian" came out Mr. Howells flew to the bookstoic and bought it, carried it home, gloating on its terra-cotta cover all the way. filled his pockets witb spitzenberg apples, and prepared for a transcendental and transcontinental debauch. When he camo out of the trance into wh!ch the book threw him he concluded that It was a very nice book, but not quite enough In it about the Martians, aud he was sorr that he could not havo had a sequel. The rest ot the world Is not feeling very badly ovor that. In Tact, after wc have finished the book, we arc likely to feel as if we hare had about all of Barry Josselln that we am stand for some time. One of the points which Mr. nowells makes in his admiriug criticism la that the Euroiean woild is so different, with its variety ot tongues, classes and re ligions, from our plaia American world It li possible that Mr. Howells here falls Into a reverie over what he himself might have done If he had had European population on which to work. If so, Mr. Howells Is under misapprehension American life is not all Boston, nor Italy, nor Altruria. In Boston itself may be found a polyglot population ot all sorts, arid as for New York, you can find almost anything there, Mr. II ow ells, If you go to tiie right place. Wo have not only the whole populatioa of Europe pouring itself Into Castle Garden j hundreds at a time, but we have Chinese and Japanese and Kanaka natives walk ing in at our back door, aud French Canadians .liopping down from Canada and all sliades of color In the Southern States, grown on the soil. There Is no lack of variety In our populatioa and if Bu Marnier had been au American ho would have needed to fill half his puges with footnotes, for thero would liavo been remarks In French, and German, and songs In Italian, and undertones in Chinese, aud pastorals In Swedish and Norwegian, and war-whoops In Comanche, and cowboy talk In Spanish, und swear words in Russian, aud slang In plain United States, to an extent that would sluitter the walls of the very Tower ot Babel. Mr. Ho wells hints that ho envies Du Maurler his wealth of material. Let all the people pray that Mr Howells never tries to imitate him with the wealth of material we have In Chicago Boston would simply have to die Theodore Roorevclt may havo faults, but he is a sterling, sturdy American, and that covers a multitude or sins. In a recent speech to the Ohio naval reserves he told Uie volunteer "Jackies" that this coun try could r.nd would take, nawail or any thing else It was entllkd to wltliout asking permission of any potentate or nation what soever. "So say we all of us!" Therc will be temporary Joy among tho gentlemen who were nominated for various good thiners, but whoso cases were not acted upon by the Senate. The most popular of them will be reappointed. It is predicted that the Hon. William Woodville Roi:khill, the Cleveland holdover, identified with the Spanish alliance, will be one of these. His frlemlsat the Capitol appear. to have been strong enough to keep his nomi nation from being considered. Therefore, the country will not lose his services for fome months longer. A woman horse tamer has beea inter viewed and she says that horses aTo vcry llke men. Some veterans of the turf are fGnd or declaring that a horse is just like a woman, so this is interesting. The woman, hovve-.er, gives a somewhat dif ferent description of her methods from those which the average sport gives of his. He Is apt to say serenely that you have got to let a horso know you are his master and that he Is to do what you choose. He is aptalso to declare that a woman likes to be bossed. Perhaps she doos, but just listen to this; Tha woman horse tamer says, "Sometimes horses must be humored and made to think they are having their own way, when In reality they are doing what you will they shall do. For Instance, when I am hand ling a horse of high courage that is not thoroughly broken, and ho insists on go ing one way and I want him to go another, I turn him around several times and dis tract hl3 ittcntlon, and the chances are that he will go as I wish without a con troversy. If hi- persists I compromise by starting Mm his way and gradually turn ing him mine." There is food for thought in this. Mr. MaKiulcy'3 holiday is In sight. He Is clearing off arrears, and packing lots ot personal prosperity in trunks and thing3 for the soft, summer season. His mouth fairly waters for the Chumplain "frappee" in which ho will begin to in dulge without stint about next Thursday. Mrs. Domlnls also has protested, ner lord chamberlain und another distinguished native not, however, in the sense of being a domestic Mr. Hallelujah byname, presented themselves and a paper envelope to Mr. McKliuVy yesterday. He took the papers and his leave of the bearers. They wished a happj uew ear with which to listen to their tale ot woe; and they were much delighted. The late and chocolate native monarchy seems much to have improved its standing at the White IIouso. A little while ago it could not get into the ante-room Perhaps it has succeeded in making Its ante at the Glover Building; then things will be pleasanter. The Senate chamber looked badly de serted yastcrdayrbutthelIouse was about in the condition that it has been any time these three months. The Autocrat was not on his throne. Otherwise things were much as usual. The junior Senator from Ohio is pre paring to make this year's electipn In that State i great Hannaversary. He con stantly consults his typewriter and the President, and, If the coal strike only can be squelched or smoothed over in time, he is confident that a check-hcok will do the rest. Campaign expenses come high, but we must have them! MIRACLES IN NEW YORK. TiVork Done by the "Wrist JBono of the Mother of Mnry. New Tork, July 26. The feast of St. Anno was observed at the Church of St. Jean Bopltftte toduy as the conclusion of the annual novena, In which the little relic of bone, believed to be from the right wilst ot the mother of the Virgin Mary, which Is exhibited, was prayed over, and the glass case Inclosing it was kissed by thousands of people. The crowds that have visited tha shrino during the nine days the rollo was exhibited have been very large. A large number of cures are reported. The stack ot crutches placed in a corner near the relic has steadily Increased. Mrs. M. F. Dunn claims to have been cured ot cancer. She visited the shrine every day. and at tho end ot a week the cancer began to disappear. She said today that she was well, and had come to Novena to render thanks for her euro. Oot a Small Price for His Life. Chicago, July 26. Two young men in bicycle attire held up the saloon of Bcnnis C. Donohue, of Fifty-first street, last night, shot the proprietor fatally, and escaped on their wheels with $20 from the cash drawer Donohue showed fight and stabbed one of the crooks. Early this morningonc of the robbers was found In a ditch near iJbnohue's saloon. He had a stab wound In the abdomen that will prove fatal. The man refuses to dis close his Identity- POLITICAL GOSSIP. One of the most interesting ot all the good-bys- In the Senate chamber on Satur day night Mas that which took place In front of Senator Allen's desk, Mr. Fora ker, although relentless In political war rare, does not believe in war when the war is ovc, and besides, he la one of the moafc kmdly-heaited gentlemen in the whole natiun. He thought that peihaps the acrimonies ot the recent debate between himself and Mi. Allen might have rankled in the lattci'a mind, but no Kooner had the Hubject been mentioned thau-lhe sturdy Nebraskau, viio was born in Ohio, grasped Mr. Foraker's hand, and It did not take long to bury the subject forever. There was one very important moment In the debate, on Saturday afternoon, on Mr. Morgan's resolution to refer the House resolution to djotirn which escaped general attention. Mr. Aldrlcu was act ually whipping and spurring up the Vice Prccideut to muke ruliugs as Mr. Aldrlch. indicated, and tlic Yfce President carried out the suggestions. , manfully until Mr Aldrich wanted' to tuke Mr. While off the floor, and again wanted to lake Sena tor Lindsay off, the floor. Mr. Lindsay was ripping mad, and said that he would not sit down, and that the opposition must near what he had to say. The Vico President ruled only onco in favor ot the Democrats In this struggle, but that was to much for Mr. Aldrich. Tie said ho wanted to havo tho senao of the Sennte on the ruling of the Vico President allowing debate on the question mnder discussion. The Vice President was already red in the face, but he grew scarlet when -Mr. Aldrich practically ap pealed from his decision. It was the Demo crats who came to the rescue ot the Vico President. They cried out "No, no.' ' when Mr. Aldrich wanted the sense or the Sen ate taken. It is quite likely than there will be a long coolness between the Vice President and Mr. Aldrich. Never has greater caro been taken In tho enrollment ot a tailft bill thuu with that which beenme a law Saturday. Itls the duty ot the enrolling clerk otthe House to do this work, but tins year it was done by the enrolling cleiks ot both Houses. A f tcr the bill had been carefully compared in the House it wuj sent over to Mr. Piatt, the carolling clerk ot the Senate, for final revision and the detection of any possible errors that may have crept In. This wan probably due to the fact that Mr. Piatt 1b an experienced ptoot reader. While there wereno errors that would have, probably, af- recredthe bill materially, it was found that upwards of twenty mistakes had been made in not foUowlugthe literal leading ot the orlgiual bill. These eirors. were chiefly the failure to compound woids that had been compounded in the original. One comma was omitted in a paragraph that might have led to dispute, but it was In an insignificant item relating to mer chandise ot a character imported only iu Email amount and the monetary less, if any, would have been Small. According to custom the new tariff bill will go down In history bearing the name of the chalrnutn or the Committee on Ways and Means, for under the Constitution bills for the raising ot revenue must orlglnato In the popular house. It Is no more the Dlngley bill, however, than was the Wilson bill the structure framed by tho gentleman from West Virginia. Ti.nt measure was entirely leconstructed in the Senate by Senators Gorman. Brlce, and Jouea. So with the Ulugley bill. Messrs Aldrioh, Allison, and Jones, of Nevada, made it a new thing entirely, but ?.lr. Dlngley will receive the praise or the opprobrium that corncs from tho enactment of the law. There were 874 amendments to the bill when It went to conference. Of thU total the Senate yielded in but 1 18, w&ile the nouse re ceded aud gave In to trie 8enate on 611 The remainder, aggregating 1-15, were compromised. Still, this wonderful piece or legislation ia known as the Dlngloy bill. Mrs. Virginia Thompson, fonncrly post mistress at Louisville, Ky is to be ap pointed to a responsiblo position in the Congressional Library. Mrs. Thompson ia a woman ot remarkable executive ability and filled the office of postmistreas for many years. She was finally superseded by a man during the Harrison administra tion. Sue was one of" the applicants for the position ot register of copyrights, and had Uie indorsements of a great many public men. Whatever place may be as signed her, It is said by those who know her hho will fill It well, for shels equipped to fill any position ot responsibility. The old organization or the House Com mittee on Appropriations has been, con tinued by the unanimous vote of that com mittee. This means that Mr. James C. Courts, whe has for years been Its efficient ch'rk; Mr. J. D. Crcmer, assistant clerk, and Mr. K. F. Rea. messenger, will be re tained. Foi twenty years Mr. Courts has been the clerk or this committee, and what he and Mr. Cleaves, cleric of the Senate Committee, do not know about appropria tions is not worth knowing. Parties may come and parties may go, but these two men will probably goon forever. Senator Teller is now accused ot caus ing tho loss of one day of the Govern ment's grip on Imports. The day was Fri day, one ot geneial Hi omen. Mr. Teller filibustered while 'the ships of the ether worlds were coming In and. unloading at New Yoik nnd other harbors under the Wilson tariff law, losing to tho Govern ment as much as $70,000. The indictment in detail against Mr. Teller Is as follows: PORT OF NEW YORK. Loss In Ship and port of departure. duties. Normannia, Hamburg $25,000 PHILADELPHIA. Shawmut, Trinidad $500 Trinidad, Trinidad 500 BOSTON. Virginian. London $10,000 Honltou, Progreoo 3,000 BALTIMORE. La Gampine, Antwerp $18,000 Sirona, Santiago de Cuba 3,000 Abiel Abbot, Trinidad 300 NEWPORT NEWS. Kanawha, Liverpool. $12,000 Hecessional. God ot our father, known ot old Lord of our far-flung battle-line Beneath Whose awful Hand we hold Dominion over pnlm and pine Lord God ot Hosts, bo with us yet, Lest we forget lest we forget! The tumult and the shouting dies The captains and tho kings depart; Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart, Lord God ot Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget- lest we forgetl Far-called our navies melt away On dune and headland sinks the fira Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyrel Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget lest we forget! It drunk with sight of power, we looso Wild torfgues that have not Thee In awe Such boasting as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the Law Lord God of Hosts, bo with us yet, LeBt we forget lest we foigetl For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube aud lion shard All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding, calls not Thee to guaid For frantic boast aud foolish word, Thy "Mercy on Thy People, Lord! Amen. "Rudyard Kipling. AUGUST MAGAZINES. Harper's Magazine for August comes out with u colored frontispiece, by Frederio Remington, who rollows It up by au Illus trated story called "The SergeauL of the Oiphan Troop." The story is told In Remington's usual clear-cut style, audlllus trated with the unmistakable Remington horse. The second article in the magazine Is a calm and dispassionate view of "The Inauguration." by that exquisite statuette of American special reporting, Richard Harding 'Davis. Mr. Davis, att-r careful rerlectlon, has picked out several fresh and original lectures ot the inauguration, which he thinks oughl to be noticed One ot those Is that the President of the United Stales doen not have himself entirely sur rounded by armed guard? when he rides down the Avenue, aud another Is. that wc cannot compete with the stately celebra tions or tlie Queen's Jubilee, and ougfit not to be expected to do so. But Mr Davis crowning display or acumci comes In quite unexpectedly ne says that the people not only march in tho parade, but ac complish the somewhat difficult feat of btanding on the sidewalks and seeing them selves as they do It. Wore it not for this astonishing discovery Mr. DavW reportof thelnauguration might bo deemed deficient rrom a journalistic point or vlow. But in this statement he has scored a "scoop" so billllant that he could hardly have exceeded it had he de clared that he saw a live sea serpent parading down the Avenue alongside the marines. If the Ameiican nation is bright enough to stand on the sidewalk and seu Itself go by-if even one person In the en tire American nation could do this, not to say a few hundredsorthousandsor people there is no earthly reason why we should bow before the crowned heads ot Europe. Mr. Dnvls' report Is a gay success. Among the articles of fiction, Owen Wister describes In a subdued, yet feel ing manner, the trials ot a judge at a children's "prize speaking," and calls the story "Sharon's Choice." Mary M. Mears writes ot "The Marrying of Esther,'" and Mary Hartwell Catherwood contributes a fine piece of work In "The Cobbler in the Devil's Kitchen." Poultney Bigelow'.s Afri can sketches continue, this time dealing with the Jamestown raid; and F. Hopktn son Smith writes In his usual amu-dug style of "The Hungarian Millennium." Without doubt the unique feature ot the August "Atlantic" is a very short article on "The Strivings of the N'egro People," by Burghardt Du Bols. The author, who is a negro, treats the subject with a com bination of quaint and delicate humor, and practical common sense, and true pathos, which Is somewhat rare. It is an inside view of the race problem, and without an inside view that problem can not be solved. Rowland E. Kobinsnn's sketch ot ante bellum and abolitionist days, called "Out of Bondage," is a good story, and an artistic contrast to the Du Bois article. Alvan F. Sanborn, gives us the be.st paper he has yet written In his article on "A Massachusetts Shoe Town" Brompton, Mass. In which he makes a strong pic ture of the conditions ot twenty-five years aco aud ot the present day. Close beside this ia William Allen White's article on "A Typical Kansas Community," full of the push and go of the Middle West and of State pride as well. The Wester man has believed in this town, as a rule, ever since ho made her acquaintance, he has built her up in this raith. and when he lets go of the ralth it will he time for him to die or to mow. Among the purely literary featurr are "Some Unpublished Letters of Dean Swift" nnd an article by Eurico Ferrl on '"The De linquent in Ait and Literature." St. Nicholas, as Is appropriate for mid summer, the failles' especial season, seems given over to fairy lore. We have "A Four-LeavedC-over.""TheFaIIes'Frolic,",'Pris-cllla's Fairy Godmother.' and three or four other semi-magical songs and stories The practical articles which balance the thistle down lightness of fairy lore are ''Some Common Bees and How They Iivc,""-'0n the Grand Banks and Elsewhere," and "Peter Spots, Fireman." The novelette In Lipplncott's Is "Two Daughters of One Race," by Edgar Faw oett, a well-told. Interesting, and not too intense story of modern American life. For somo reason or other nearly every writer in Lipplncott's for August has chosen a commonplace subject. There are half a dozen articles entitled "Are You Going to College?" "Bird Artists,' "The Book Which Has Most Benefited Me!" (heaven save (he mark! Will that topic ever wear out") "The Charm of the Inexact," and "Singing; Its Past and Possibilities." Still thero Is doubtless something new to be said on thesesubjects, and some one to whom each one of them will proe of absorbiug interest The August number of the Cosmopolitan contains an Impassioned description of "In dian Stnning," by Julian Hawthorne. His view of the English officials and of the native government Is intensely discourag ing, and the only brightspot which he finds is in the work of the missionaries. Per haps the most unusual fentureof the maga zlnels "Japan's Stage and Greatest Actor," Illustrated The Illustrations look rather like huge and magnificent beetles, but It is easy to see, nevertheless, how an actoi of real dramatic power might be lmpres slvein Japanese stage togcery. A poem by Bret Hart", "Hasta Manana," recalls Mic- earlier Californlau days of his work In its lazy rhythm and Mexican flavor. Perhaps the prettiest thing, how ever. In the whole number, are half a dozen studies of home life takeu from artistic photographs. Every picture tells a story a story of quiet, refined, graceful American motherhood and child hood. There Is nothing peasant-like about these pictures, hut they are unmis takably American and unique. NO MEHCr FOR MRS. MATBRICK. The British Government Declines to Mitigate Her Sentence. A eablogram was received at the State Department yesterday morning from Am bassador Hay stating that the British government declines to mitigate in any way the sentence ot Mrs. Maybrick. They say her physical condition Is good. The department recently Instructed the ambassador to uso the good offices of tho United States to Induce the British government to do something to ameliorate her condition. A "Vo'inxr Wornnn Nntnrnllzed. Trenton, N. J., July 26. Tn the United .:: States district court today. Judge Kirk- patrick planted naturalization papers to Miss Hannah K. Lund, ot Plainfleld, a native of Sweden. Mis Lund intends to engage In missionary work in Mongolia, China, and will sail in a few days. She desired the protection of the Stars and Stripes, and Judge Kirkpatrick told her she had chosen wisely, and that the right to vote was not the only advantage ot American citizenship. CS3SSSaSS5SG5SSS5a,33'S$Q GS'SSS'SSS CSSSG'SSSSGtasas&'SS sssa & fi,000 Sheets of IVlusSc a to select from. Popular, classic, sacred and Becular not a single JJ g selection worth ess than a quarter. Tour choice ofanyfaur for 25c. 0 We will p ay them over if you wish. See our piano bargains' from S 8 $10 up. IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES. I see that our consul atSaUHlo.Mex.," said Mr. J H. Lewis, formerly an attache of the United States legation at Mexico, iow located in Washington, "reports that the graves near Saltlllo, Mex , ot American soldiers killed at the battle of Buena Vista In i847 are In'ecrlous want of attention. When I was visiting Saltillo In 1889 I noticed that they were then In very bad shape In fact, no one would ever believe the field to be a cemetery. It Is aplotot ground of about two and one-balf acres, with a mud or adobe brick wall Inclosing IF. This wall In several places had been washed away by the rains and there was nothing to indicate that anyone was buried there not even a wooden or etono club, nothing to show that the remains of over 700 brave American soldiers found their Int resting place there, and I am glad to see that the Senate of the United States has ordered an investigation of the existing condition ot affairs. I under stand that the governor t that district, .Miguel Cardenas, has consented to co operate with our consul In securing the necpssary data as to the present condition of the cemetery." Mi. Jerome, Sickles, of Boston, Is one of tho best known of the rising genoritlon of Bay State politicians. He la tempo rarily in Washington, looking after the interests or a friend who Is an aspirant for United States consulate honors abroad "Though approaching three score and ten," he said last evening, "ex-Mayor Samuel A. Green, of Boston, la still a factor In the daily life ot tho elder set of Boston! ans Dr. Green is one of those quaint New England characters thatrimo nor tide seem to change. As the librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society for nearly thirty years, he is known far and wide as an authorityon matter.sdealing with the early settlement of New England. Like most elderly scholarly gentlemen. Dr. Green admires historical things and dislikes to put on the new for the old; and this accounts for his retention of lis residence In the heartof the city, which has been robbed of many of Its original charms aud attractions by the encroach ments of the foreign population ot the city. But Dr. Green still live there, not withstanding that he Is almost completely hemmed In b7 Boston's Chinatown. Dr. Green received his degree from Harvard in the early fifties, and after a tour of 'the continent settled in Boston as a prac ticing physician. He was in thcBurnFlde expedition In charge of tho hospital ship and was the chief medical offlrer at Morris Island during the eiegc of Fort Wigncr. Since the war Dr. Green has held many Important offices In Boston.'" "Recmtlng for the Navy Is conducted under dlffln'tles at this season of the year," said a captain in the Navy tit the Ebbitt Inst night. "Landsmen and coal heavers are plentiful enough su much to that enlistments In these two tiaraes ate made only in exceptional oaso bat sea men are scarce, beeaoee they eaa gat wood berths, in yachts and passoagw .irnfK for the summer In order to raa tHe deep watr sallorroea ua ta rwat let. the Vavy Department hn decided to s luliHsli recruiting stations la Mrerat of the large dfcte, ami LleitL Owaiiuiailar J. M. Hawley wilt leave Waxal!a for Dolutli, Minn . where aa office wal fee opened I f t tie outlook there la aaUafactory He will rtn mat-j a tnor of the ratal tax ports on te sMe ermJMl. Akteaag coal headers aad laailwataa are aofc aw needed ia the Nary, the Bnman of Navi gation lias jast l.ied aa ortiar notlfrtag recruiting officers taat they may ship a man In either of th' ratlis, whn hi reason of his flac physique aad inteUI pence he l unusually well qualified to do' good work, and native bom Aiiterfuant will be regarded with especial favor. KEi"ETING MI.-CED MARRTAGES. Church "DiKorder West Becnnse of n MHce-remitintj Wedding;. Milwaukee, Wis., July 26.-Rev Dr. Hertz, ot Trinity Evangelical Church, mar ried a negro and a white woman in the sacred edifice a few days ago, and the result Is the desertion of nearly half the members, who last Sunday held services In a hall. When the negro and his white bride drove up to the church there was an ugly demonstration. The bridal party was treated to a storm of hisses and epithets and a few minutes resistance was offered to their entry. Mr. Hertz ap peared and by a short speech quelled the disturbance The ceremony had no sooner been performed, however, than a storm broke loose among trie large congregation. SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Mr. Andree is a living Illustration ot the fact that you cannot keep a good man down "Jededlah," said the proprietor of the summer resort, "have the folks all gone?" "Every last one of 'em," replied the son. "Then go to work an clear up the rub bish. Get that trunk on the wagon and see what you can sell it for; here's some tennis flannels that you can wear this winter and save buyln'; there's a shrunk bathln suit that'll do for bub, and a Japanese utnbrell that you can save to scare tne crows. I don't know nothing that you can do with these smashed up hearts that they've left around. Better puC 'era on the rubbish heap." ... "Scotland," said the tragedian, ma jestically, "had one Macbeth. New Jersey has multitudes." "Don't be scared," said the souhrctte, "He means the moqultoes." The crowd was tumbling over Itself ia the vain effort to see over the .-houlders of three big policemen, and offer advice to the horse who had sunstroke. "That," said Jimsby, reflectively, "Is what might be called a neck-and-neck race and rubber-nck, at that" The time was when all that a romantic swain expected or his Inamorlta was tolls ten to his poetry- Now ho pats his o;ry Into the chafing dish and expects her to eat the result. ... "No," said the boarding-house mistress gravely,"! donotapproveof people playing such a frivolous game as cards. We will Eo into the parlor and renew onr youth by a game of hunt-the-slipper." "Is marriage a failure, rawcob?" In-quired-his wife. "My dearest Bcbccca,' replied Jacob, ,lsome people might compare it to that, but I can only say for myself it has been more like a mammoth Hre-sale." And Rebecca was In bliss. One should have a place for everything, and young Sllpncrkln says that when heis In coll ege that place I s under the bed. i Droop' "Mnsic Storr, 1 025 Venn. Ave. ' SSiLOTHROF. 10th, 11th and F Sts.N. w .CS-Our business hours until SeDtemherarat, 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, 7:4C jo 2- inventory This just-befor-stock-talung, reduction sale presents values that are rare and tkat appeal very forcibly to the economically inclined. The few remaining- days will be Important and exceedingly profitable to all who avail of the present very low prices on fresh, choice, desirable summer goods for both, personal and household uses. Shirt Waists, Wrappers. , All bright, sightly garmertt'vf' in such styles and kinds' all air most popular just now, A:,r At 69c, from $1-25 " . . Women's White India Law a WaU, embroidery trimmed and tucked trOh anu oacic At $1.25, from $2. 25 Women's Watte Iadhi Lawn YTaiits, very rise and ger, triawactl la dainty. otsoroHlen). At 95e, frsm Sl-50 Woatea's Fine Madras Wate,, wita) aeuKlMK' osttera at iottut EJat?riaWI' cftotca aaUni. . At $1-25, from $1.63 Woman Pa ad Saeor Printed Lawn. WtaaTt Tory .afeafe aaBteeaj; good varaay of urfoca; ttrituaaad wflk bl3 A S1.9D, frts $2.50- WaiBiiWa Ftaa Piland Law a Wrappers. iaail vrttk wmtmmsrr tttaasHd cMfOa to of lun0!. Halt WMa aat aa axuu we aae tell gantwat. Just Received A seeetat lot of StyHsU Mohair Brians Sous, tastefully txtHMoed with jala. An BUNwal T&Mie at S3.00 Each. Bathing Hats, Caps, Shoes In. 'xcellent assortment and almas" reasonable prices. Tfltrd floor. Small Furniture. In connection with our special clearance sale of small lots and one-of-a-kind pieces of useful and decorative furniture, we sub mit the following additional Iota which have been given new prices. Rare values among therru At $8.00, from $12.00- Quartered Oak Book Cases. 36 in. wide, ua in. high, double giass doors; highly po'isned- At $2.00, from $3.00 Quartered Oak Brlc-a-brao Cablneta prettily carved. At $4-00, from 6.75 Imitation Mahogany Book Case, open front; 40 in. wide, 60 in. high. At $12.00, from $18.00 Imitation Mahogany Revolving, Boo. Cases; highly polished. At $9.00, from $14. 00 Quartered Oak Revolving Boole Cases; highly polished. At $2.00, from $3.75 Solid Oak Tables, with Ercncr legal highly polished. At $3.00, from $4.50 SoimOakorlmatatioc Mahogany Tables, wttn French legs and tower ancle. At $8.00, from $13-00 SoMd Maaogan y Tablas. wlthlow er sfcelft A $2.50, from $7.50 BroH RoealngCaalrs.aJcalypo'Ashed- At 85c, km $1.25 Imatlon CberryTaWes.wlthJo werahelt) Fourth floor. Lace Curtains. In order to make room for our new fall importatlolte, Which via soon begin to arrive, we .lave, made very decided reduc tions in our remaining stock of Fancy Nets, F.sh Net and Lace Trimmed Curtains. "When it is remembered that these goods are last spring's importations and the patterns all good, the im portance of the mark-down will be the better appreciated. 12 pairs from $4 25 to $3.00. 22 pairs from $4.50 to $3-00. 20 pairs from $5.00 to $3.50.- 6 pairs from $6 00 to $3.75. 26 pairs from $5-50 to $4-00- 5 pairs from $7-00 to $5.00. 12 pairs from $7-50 to $5-00. 18 pairs from $8.00 to $5.00. Fourth floor, . Woodward &Lotlirop; Clearance