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THE OPENING TI3t.ES, 'StJ$f)AY, SEJ?lMB:ETt 5, 1807. G SRhicjS (WORJJIXG. EVENING ASD SUNDAY.) The "Washington Times Company. STlLSON HTJTCHINS, President HUTCJIISS BUILDING. BunscjurriON Bates. MONXIIl.T. by Caekick: Morning, Evening and Sunday. Fifry Cents burning and Sunday Thirty-five Cents Evening and Sunday Thirty-five Cents BY MAIL. One Year, Morn., Eva and Suiiday, 55.50 Sis Months, " ' " " 3.00 Three Months. " " " " 1.75 One Year, Morning and Sunday 4.00 Six Months. " " 2.25 Three Mouths. " " " 1.25 One Year, Evening and Sunday..... 4.00 Six Months. ' ' " 2.25 'J hree Months, ' " " 1.25 Sunday only, one year. 1.00 Orders by mail must he accompanied by subscription price, Tklbphongs: Editorial .Rooms, 486; Business Office, 1040. Circulation Statement. Tl,c circulation of The Times for the "week ndcd Saturday, September 4. W, teas os offeres? Sunday, August SO 2S.540 Monday, AuguH SO 41.370 Tvesiay, Auputt SI 41.930 Wednesday. September 1 42,022 Thursday, September 41,650 Friday, September 3. 41,731 Saturday, September 4 41.G20 Total 273.8G3 Xaily arctagc Sunday, CS,540, ex cepted) .- 41.720 Communications intended for publication in The Times shouUl be lastly and plainly mitten and must in ali catcs be accompanied by the name and aJdnss of the icrlter. lie jtciad communications will not bt preserved, and only manuscripts or obvious importance xoill be returned to tlieir authors. SUND-AY, SEPTEMBER 5, 197. The Future of America. In Harper's Magazine Tor September Capt. A. T. Italian, U. S.N. (retired), has & 'paper entitled ".A. Twentieth Century Outlook," which for dignity of thought and language, for national, race and cos tnologlcal analysis, and for depth of logic. Is only to be described by the "Word splendid. Capt. Mahan is a character tow well known by his fellow-countrymen to nxed introduction or panegyric. As a writer on naval subjects he stands pre eminent among the authors of the day. His fame is world-wide and his works are btamlnrd in his profession in everj ejvMxirt languHge. In the cway under consideration Capt. Mahan, among other tilings, calls atten tion to the great revolution In the in tcrasts, responsibilities and dangers or our republic, due to the changing condi tions o' the world's movements, activi ties, peoples and frontiers, the full mean ins of wiilch is just beginning to dawn upon the advanced among statesmen and economists; but to which, unhappily, the majority of American political leaders as yet are Mind. Oapr. Malian tells us Interestingly and convincingly of the history of European colonization in the New World, that great "outward movement" of civilization which -was tenijMjrarily arrested by the Ameri can and French revolutions and the Napo leouic -wars. He cites us to the record of the period immediately succeeding, when human effort, here and everywhere, was directed tij the building up of communities, of industries, and commerce In the vaj,t territories already won from savagery and the wilderness, and then discloses to us the fact tliac we have reached the clo.-e of that epoch again, and once more are confronted by a new and Irrepressible "outward movement" of all the nations. It Is impossible to follow the argument of Capt. Maliau'n text without accepting hi? coudiihlon that a great nation like the United States, exposed to and identi fied inevitably with the new conditions of the world, whether it will or not, muPt ac cent, Its position, duties and responsi bilities, and free itself from the pro vincial and ostrich-like policy which lias been it pride, and which, if indefinitely continued, must become its bane or pos sibly its destruction. The "outward movement" of our im mediate time, typical In advance of the Epecial activity among the nations that seems destined peculiarly to characterize the twentieth century, cannot be said to be confined to other lands and peoples. It is representative of a struggle for ex istence that will be as rire with and among us as with any of the peoples of Europe or the Orient. Already we have Invaded the countries of th2 old world with our warol products. We have outgrown, and far outgrown, the possibilities of our domestic markets. We are knocking at every door with our breadstuffs, our raw materials and our manufactures. We not only are seeking marksts all over the round world, but we are taking the bread out of the mouths of millions in lands of similar production, through our competition This is war as actual and as terrible in Its ultimate effects upon whoever may be defeated in the struggle as if it were waged instead with armies, gunpowder and ball. The necahMtles of overcrowded Europe, the tardy awakening to activity and to the ideas and methods of Western civilization in the countries of the East all things visible hhow us as plainly as a mathematical demonstration that, as the years ralon, this struggle must grow more and more intense and bitter. Every new facility or device added to the world's means or methods of production or distri bution only will supply new elements of competition and friction. JIow doec this nation stand in respect of its preparation to meet the conditions which Capt. Mahan places before us. and which every unprejudiced student of affaire rcust recognize as closely impend Jng aud very grave? Measured by the potentials of oar numbers, resources, wealth and intelligence, the United States ought to be ablo to take its place in the front rank of the nations and to defy opposition to its commercial or other development. "With the proper evolution of its naval power. It could dominate the North Pacific, control the Gulf of G&e Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and the Nicaraguan Canal. That would make the United States the most powerful nation on the face of the earth, and give to its people the mattery of all humun business relations. But fcomething must be done before such things arc possible. Something must be done and done quickly, even to maintain tnc position -we hold today, In the des perate struggle to bring prosperity to our producers; to push out tlieir surplus at the expense of others. We have vast exports, bat no commerical marine. If we had the latter Ave have not a navy adequate to its protection. We must have both American bottoms by the thousand and we mutt have a. navy powerful enough for any conceivable necessity 'or pro tection to our trade, our coasts aud to the interests of our citizens in foreign lands, which certainly must become multiplicnte and complicated with the extension of business relations. Beyond all this, the lessons of the time teach us that our situation is and must remain precarious and humiliating until "we place ourselves on a footing of equality on the sea with our gieatcst rival. Capt. Mahan does not express the idea in words, but we are sure he agrees with us in the statement that our national growth, our commercial prosperity and almost the integrity of our insstitutions soon will de pend upon our ability to cope with the naval power of Great Britain. It Will startle some of our readers, perhaps, when we say distinctly and without any res ervation that we believe in and advocate the policy of building up a naval estab lishment as great aud powerful as that posseted by England now, or at any time in the future. Such a navy cannot be built in a day, in a year, or In a decade; but It can be planned and prosecuted with vigor year by year, until the end Is attained. 1c will be worth all it will cost. England's navy Ss one of the best investments of that shrewd trading community. Our country easily could stand an expense of construction in each year of the equiva lent, ty, or one-thirdof our present pen sion list! That would give about, fifty millions per annum. In a few years, the natural and certain reduction in the num ber of pensioners would meet the amount and permit the rapid evolution of a spleii did navy, without materially adding to the present burdens of the people. Such a public project would go a great way toward re-establishing our ocean com merce. It would encourage shipbuilding, because a mercantile marine is foolish ness without a military marine to guard it. Armies of lalir would find employment. The question of coast defense would he settled In the most feasible and satls-factory way, and the day would come, within the lire of tha next generation, when the United' States would take its stand as the fore most or commercial and naval powers. That U the position it ought to occupy, but It can never do so; it cannot even hope to hold its present humble place, or to assert its rights in connection with the struggle of life among rares and nations that surely must come before -long, with out the aid of a navy that shall have no peer among the powers of earth. A Greater New York Dilemma. It is a dilemma as well as a possible defeat that stares the Tammany forces in New York in the face, and nobody will be very sorry for them on the basis of present information. The leaders of that historic organization have been offered the most splendid opportunity In the civic history of the metropolis to draw the people of that community from reform, or nonpartisan government, back to the old idea of partisan control. From all present appearances, instead of rising to the occa sion, they are about to make a spectacle of themselves by applying the methods, organiration and principles ,of partisan ship wliile, at the same time, betraying the national party whose honest and. single Issue and purpose before the people alone could have given strength and respecta bility to their effort. But they teem tempted to sell out, and so we must eliminate the strictly Tammany element from the consideration. We with frankly to state our belief that President Seth Low and others who agree with hi mare right in the view thatpartisan. politics have noplace In the government of corporate communities anywhere. If this be true of municipalities in general, It must be especially so in a case like that of Greater New York, where the revenues, debts, responsibilities and interests of the people are imperial in magnitude, and where, us in all other like instances, the only object of government is the preserva tion of peace and order and the economical administration of local affairs. As a proposition in social economy, it cannot be gainsaid that there is no more reason why national or international political con siderations should be injected into the af fairs of a civic corporation than that the same should be made Issues in the conduct otabarbershop.abakeryorahaberdashery. Cities are but groups of men, gathered to gether for the sole purpose of convenience in theprosCUtionof commerce and industry. The administration of their internal affairs should be governed only by considerations directly growing out of thc-e relations. New York has made varied and costly experiments in the directions of political and of "reform'" or scientific government. The latest one that now in power and under criticism has been most unfortu nate. Ihe "reform'' administration of Mayor Strong will live In history as nearly the worst of all the efforts at good gov ernment that ever have been attempted. Its only redeeming feature Is thut it has succeeded, through the assistance of a famous 6anitary engineer, in keeping the streets clean. Beyond that it has proven a hopeless and a miserable failure. Its course has been uecompanled with ex treme, hypocritical and offensive "blue laws," which not only have alienated the German vote from the Eepubllcan party, primarily responsible for them, but, it Is to be feared, from the very idea of honest and non-partisan government. This Is the situation which confronts the people of Greater New York on the eve of the first election under their new charter. Among all the factors and fac tlous in the community the Citizens' Union alone seems to have kept Its head and recognized the possibilities of the time. That organization has hud the courage to nominate President Beth Low for mayor, a man who has the complete confidence of all citizens without regard to party, and who, if elected, would make a model chief. Opposed to him we find the corrupt and obnoxious Republican ma chine of Piatt and his man Quipg; anil the equally reprehensible combination of spoilsmen known as Tammany. As be twecn these three claimants, It would seem to us that every self-respecting citizen should support Mr. Low. Patriotism and good sense ought to add another term to the problem. Honest and able a Seth Low Is, his association and identification with the forces of gold con traction, always and everywhere inimical to the interests of the people, ought to suggest his opposition by a man selected f rem the ranks of Democracy and bimetal lism, who would give New Tori: an equally pure aud non-partisan administration, but whose antecedents and sympathies would be more In accordance with the hopes and interests of the American mnssey. Such a man easily ought to be found In New York, and the straight-out Democrats of the city should lose no time in discovering him. With such a candidate the proper solution would seem to be assured. If the Democrats have not the wisdom to do thin, then friends of good government and good order will be very apt to throw over such political bosses as Piatt and Sheehan.nud rally to Ihe support of Low. He Is not likely to be beaten by any man loss reputable, trustworthy, or honored. Evolution of the Modern Monarch. Up to a recent date it was considered that the principal function of a high-class ruler was to rule. Up to a recent date it was also supposed that the function or a grocer was to sell groceries, and the use of a shoe dealer was to sell shoes, and the proper business of a drygoods merchant was to sell cloth, and the specialty of a book seller was the selling of books. It Is enly lately that we have discovered that all these different Industries can be combined under one roor.togelhe'r with a great many others, which it is unnecessary to mention iu detail. Emperor William appears to be a sort of department store monarch. Notcontent with merel ruling his people in the good old style, he conceived the Idea of branch ing outbidding new departments, annexing industries, combining a dozen trndes and professions underone head. He has written a hymn and preached a sermon, and thereby the system of theology in the empire has received notice to reform. He haspainted a picture, and thus inaugurated a revolu tion in a rt. He has designed a house, and the architects are studying the design with ajwidtiity. Up has written poems and a play; he has led a brass band, he has s-ailed a yacht, commanded the army, instructed a fleet, made after-dinner speeches, and sauced hie respected grandmother. Em peror William is a very smart boy. But he should be careful how he introduces this department store royalty too suddenly in the fatherland. It might Induce an epidemic of brain fever. SnlllvuiiV Platform. if John L. Sullivan is ever mayor of Boston, and If he manages to carry out his political platform, that city will be treated to some new and beautiful Ideas. Nobody ever accused the great prize fighter of being a deep psychological thinker, but somehow or other he had a good nviny warm personal friends, and the humanity that won him friends seems to have cropped out in his Ideas of the mayor's office. "No man ever said he could bribe .Tohn L- Sullivan," the burly ex-champion says, with blunt pride; and though the fact that nobody ever said It might have been due to Sullivan's fighting weight. It probably couldn't be said except as a lie. John L. Sullivan, however, comes out with one idea that has the mark of originality. There are precious few of ficials who have expressed themselves as strougly as he has iu favor of the rights of children, especially poor chil dren. He says: Any man that drives away a boy for playing baseball, I'd just chase a block or two myself, to show him how it feels. I'd find places for small children to play. I'm no socialist -I've handled $1,000,000 in my time but it makes me tired to see a city spending millions on. paths for horseback and bicycle riding and holler ing anarchy if any man asks for land that children can have fun on. If you want to stop the growth of thieves treat poor little children right. Make them think that somebody has an interest in them, and don't let them grow up with a feeling that the world is down on them. In that last sentence Sullivan has gone as straight to the root of the slum prob lem as that -mighty fist of his ever went at an opponent's jaw. The most tremen dous agency for improvement in this world Is hope, based on seir-iespect. It may be emphatically stated that there Is noth ing on eartli that will push a man or a woman into perdition so fast as the Reel ing that he or she has lost the respect of the public; that there is no hope of any thing except tolerance or condemnation In the future. It is this which is at the root of half the caste systems of the world not the love of wealth or ease. The woman of wealth and position feels that she would gladly starve rather than lose the respect of her circle. To the shop girl who feels that she will lose the respect- of her friends by taking service want has no terrors in comparison. Take away the feeling of self-respect, warped and perverted though it may be by false standards, and there is nothing left on which to build. Let a child grow up with the feeling that the world Is, as Sullivan expresses it, down on him; that he can never be the equal of those whom he ad mires; that they will always treat him as an inferior, and right there he takes the first step toward becoming an inferior, not only to those naturally above him, but to the Individual he might have been. In the nature of things, only one per cent or the people in our land can come near realizing their Ideals of youth, but do not rob them of those ideals. Let them feel that the world wants ambitious, earnest, industrious people, and will help them along just as fast and as far as they can go, and you have the basis for a grand and evQtla,stfngfpro6perlty, not in dollars and cents, but in men and women. If the reports, be true that Mr. Mc Kinley's friends think it necessary to have him guarded atnll times by secret service :ncn, wcare jery sorry to hear of It. Without knowing anything about the direct reasons for such vigilance it is a hard thing to think that the Chief Magistrate of this republic is not per sonally as safe as any one of his fellow citizens. There is not the least ground for believing that anyone would wish to harm Mr. McKiuIcy. Mr. Hanna might be supposed to have some occasion for ner vousness on account of his unique and un usual prominence In frictionnl events, but that Is quite a different matter. The New York Herald has advices of the lauding of another important Cuban relief expedition, at Marlel, In Pinar del IMo, twcnty-'lve miles west of Havana. A large cargo of arms, ammunition and supplies was sarcly delivered to the patriots and carried to the interior in the face of a strong Spanish force. This Is supposed to be the expedition which left Vera Cruz a Week or ten days ago. Theie ho ems to be a certain shaving mania among public men of the present day, nnd some of them look better with out their whlskersnnd some do not. Some people think this is because Mr. McKlnley, the first smcoth-faced President since John son, is selling tie pace. Maybe so. But the effects of the fashion aie rather funny. The man doesn't live who, after w earing a beard for twenty years, can come forth without that beard and notlook conscious. He acts almost as simply as he did when the down first appaaredon his upper Up and he wanted all men and especially all young women to know that it wa theie. But after the first paroxysm of sur prise his friends get used to his face more quickly than he docs, and people are not really gazing at him during the whole of the twenty-four hours, although he feels very much as ir they were. Some people liave endeavored to prove that a smooth face has something to do -with cliaracter. It hay been noticed that a certain type of man with side-whiskers trimly cut is apt to be successful, In a mild way. He is cautious, conservative and very politic. And it has been thought that a long Mohammedan beard betokened a crank. The ptobablllilps are,;however, that shav ing or not j-lniving depends very much on the sort or mouth and chin a man has. If he has a face like a rabbit he want to covenip the lower part of it, naturally, if he lias s. handsomely cut lower jaw he WUUI4 to bhow.-Jt. This rule is not in fallible, but it, lias its merits. There Is a dearthi or war news from northern India. Itis "not probable, never theless, that the'uprlsiiig has been crushed out. It is more likely that the Indian authorities atSliiila are suppressing in formation Gen. Lockhart, commander-in-chief In ,t he, Punjaub district has been re called from" England, 'where he has been on furlough, and is now on his way to take command of the large expedition be ing equipped to punish the Afrldls. Parisian waiters have revolted against the tip system. They have taken tips for mo or three general ions, and their wages have been consequently lowered. Finally the landlords capped the climax by de manding that ihe waiters puy some! hingfor the privilege of getting the tips. That :vas too much much too much, as Artemus Ward used to say. The waiters rose up as one French roll, and demanded higher wages and no tips whatever. This Is surely a much more feasible arrangement, and should be adopted on this side of the water, as It has been in one or two places. The influence of the tip is almost universally held to be demoralizing, but few people re-isou the thing out to its legitimate cause. In the first place, the tip is a contrivance on the part of the guest to get more and better service than the waiter tenders to another person on whom he Is paid to wait with the same care. It is in the nature of a bribe. The conf-equeuce is that some waiters become demoralized., and spend all their energies on the people from whom they hope to get dispropor tionate returns, while the other guests have to put up with le.s efficient servic-:. The waiter who docs his best to serve all as well as he can, suffers from competi tion with the lees scrupulous employe. Ultimately tne rate of wages is lowered below the living point, and the waiter Is forced to lend himself to the general scheme In order to live. The sensible plan is to have no tips and higher pay. It will cost the guest less, even it he has a little higher bill to pay, and it will save the waiter's self-respect. The promotion of Cardinal Satolll, late Papal delegate in the United States, to be prefect of the Propaganda adds a new dignity to a prelate who is well known to many citizens of. Washington. The new position of the cardinal in the Papal court auu in the church renders it not improper to regard him as a very possible successor ia the Papacy itself. Protect tho Birds. t (From the Philadelphia Press.) Senator Hoar writes to the Boston Adver tiser In favor of thecrusadenowbelugmnde on the killing of birds for ornaments to be worn on the hats of women. The Senator instances many cases that have come un der nib observation showing how much cru elty tne custom entails. Probably every observing person has evidence of a like character. It is to be regretted that the Massachusetts law passed by the last legislature has been emasculated aud prac tically shorn of all lorce. As It has been decided that it applies only to birds killed in that State it will do little or nothing to stop the slaughter of birds. It was hoped by the opponents of the prac tice that it would be an example other States would follow. But unless similar laws are passed In all the Stat?s and they are made to apply to the wearing or birds killed anywhere, the cruel practice will goon. An Opinion of Mr. Debs. (From the New Orleans States.) It would be a good thing for the welfare of American labor if Eugene Debs could be Induced to goto the Klondike region and stay there. His violent speeches and pro nunciamentos, Instead of helping the cause of the struggling toilers of the land, do it infinite harm . POLITICAL GOSSIP. An Inspector of the Civil Service Com mission has just reported upon a uniquo violation of the civil service reform laws In the office of the postmaster at Ander son vllie.Ind. The news reached the com mission through the "peaching" of a man who hud been bought, but who refused to stay bought It appears that a number of carriers are soon to be needed In that office and that there are a number of men on the eligible list. Some of those not sc near thu top prevailed upon the fellows at the top to bell their chances for $50 each and pull out of the way. It is said that an intimation was given these men that it was not likely that they would secure an appointment anyhow and that they had better accept thu $50 rather than run the ciiuuce of an appointment und early dismissal for any reason that might be concocted. At all events they accepted the money and declined to be candidates for the ap pointment. One of the men w ho bold his place, sickened of his bargain, told the Htory, aud an inspector was sent to look into the matter. That the money waa paid In more than ono cabe was proven, but whether the postmaster was cogulzantof the deal or a party to it is not known, as that part or the report is kept religiously seoiet. If it should turn out that he was It will go hard with him, for the whole transaction is a clear violation of both the letter and the spirit of the law. rostmaster Small has had a hard time of it ever since lie got the office. Ander son is the home town of Cougrcssman Henry, who was his champion, and of National Committeeman Durbin. The latter, being a member of the national committee, antagonized Small, and claimed that lie was entitled to some voice in the selection of the postmaster for his own town. The fight between the two poll ticlans became so hot that the case was finally taken to the President, and the President decided that the right to name tne posunaBter tielonged to the Congressman- Henry's man was then named and confirmed during the closing hours of the last session. Since then there have been all sorts of complaints, and his official life has been made miserable. There is a suspicion that in all this there is some trace of the fine Italian hand of National Committeeman Durbin. Confirmation has been received to the statement in theae columns Friday point ing to the improbability of Japan giving the Nicaragua Canal financial or other material support. It transpires that the Japanese have turned a cold shoulder to all overtures respecting the canal, even having g.n-.e so far as to decline a prop osition from the greater republics of Central America to join with other com mercial nations in guaranteeing the neu tra'ity cr the waterway Miould it ever be dug. Japan fully understands the sentl iienc in ttiis country, which is that the United States should be left In a posi tion to take undivided control of the Nlcatufiia Canal, and therefore when the Central American republics asked Jupanese co-operation In the neutrality scheme ,he Mikado's representative In Washington laid the matter promptly before the Secretary of State. Ihe gfiieiul guaranteeing of the neu trality of the canal lias always been named by the English financiers who have been asked to advance money for the con struction of the canal as a condition precedent to any large investment. The detei mined move which the Central Ameri cans have been mailing of late to secure this guarantee is still further proof that they are actively Interested in behalf of English capital. This pLase of the situa tion will be extensively aired at the next session of Congress by those who hold that America, and America alone, should build und control the isthmus canal. Undue Importance has attached to the ri-n!iiry order to New York custom of flclala not to press for the payment of the 1 0 per omt dl.-erimlnuting duty on im ported articles brought from Canada- as provided In. section 22 of the new tariff law. The same order was given to the customs collectors lu Chicago. Detroit, Buffalo, and several other points along or near the Canadian border a mouth ago. Such orders are almost always given when a controversy arises over the construction of a law affecting customs collections. and must never be interpreted as indicating de partmental doubt as to the validity of the law. Where disputed duties are rebated under such orders, parties so favored may come Jn afterward, If tlie decision of law officers shoild be against them, and make their payments "under protest." thereby saving such rights as they may have under subsequent couit decisions. If, however, the Government has to enforce collections of rebated duties the parties agalnstwhom action is takpn lose all rights which might otherwise subsequently benefit them. At torney General McKenua expects to be able to make a ruling on section 22 this week. A dispatch from Pittsburg that the United States Brewers' Association, acting on the advice of their attorney, Hon. Ben. Butter worth, would fight the ruling of the internl revenua bureau on the b.-er stamp rebate of seven and a half cents, has di rected criticism against Mr. Butterworth That gentleman, as Commissioner of Patents, draws $5,000 a year, yet he ap pears In the indelicate position of fighting the Government in a matter which involves several hundred thousand dollars' revenue. During the few days prior to the passage cf the DIngley bill the brewers bought five or sK million dollars' worth of beer stamps, paying therefor ninety-two and a half cents on the dollar, they being allowed seven and half cents rebate under the old law. In ternal Revenue Commissioner Forman held that the Government Is entitled to the full dollar tax after the passage of the new law, and that the brewers would have to put dollar stamps on beer on and after midnight of July 23. Under this ruling the brewers would not gain anything by their advance purchase of stamps, and as the 7 1-2 cents on the whole quantity they bought footed up to between $400,000 aud $450,000, they became very Indignant. Tho internal .revenue office is not advised as to Just what course, the brewers intend to pursue to suve that money by beating Uncle Sam out of It, but officials of the buieau smile grind v and rerer to the power which the law gives them to seize summarily brewing property when refusal Is made to pay the stamp tax according to the rules laid down by theTreasur;vDepartment. The Interna' Revenue Bureau in such cases is armed with authority equal to a court officer seizing property under foreclosure after the last day of grace. Enlightening Americn. (From the Atchison Globe.) The Carta del Sabado is a royalist news paper published In Havana. For the ben efit of wicked Americans who may sympa thize with the Cubans a little of the Carta del Saba do's contents is printed in English. Here is one of the editor's latest contribu tions to the purity of English dlstion: "It is indispensable to arrive at a definitve accord in all that affects the implantation of the reforms that with liberal critcrium the government of her majesty granted for the economic reigmen of Cuba." Just Satisfied. (From the Houston Post.1 With the price of wheatand Markllanna's check book, the Ohio middle-of-the-road Populists will make affidavit that pros peiity is on. J "Suits' Special" J I Suits' J?3 Shoes. J' Is the best $3 Derby that has ever been seen in this city. Style and qualltvor the exclusive hat ters $5 Hats. Readyl "We're out-1alked often out-done never.? Our Top Coats us the text for our first talk on the season's betterments. They demonstrate what "Saks-made" means to you In satisfaction-and In pocket. They show we have met cheapness with bestness and high prices with low prices. Competitors are at the mercy of manufacturers. We've the ad vantage of our own workshops. Our variety ap peals to you unmatched. You can get just the Coat you want here in length and shade and fabric. It's ready and waiting and guaranteed to fit to be in fashion to be right in every way or your money back. Four "tip All-wool Tan Covert Coats, lined with double-warp Italian Cloth: bilk sleeve liniuus: welt seams and all the care in makiuir that any coat could have. We know they'll matchanySlUgar- nient in anybody else's ct7 rn stock nut our price is Ji.,jU only All-wool Black Cheviot Top Coats, lined with silk all th rough -and good silk, too: French-like faciims. $12.5018 what others cTtf saysuchaCoatls worth. But JS I II our price Is only Y & aJ&j mcft&arrm (faik5&mwSt: $&&' '&KW4, HIS KITSS ON THE CAPITOL. Mr. Eddy Will Photograph the BuilJ lng From the Sky. Twa kites without tails created an im mense sensation yesterday. if ternoon among the- Juveniles of Capitol Hill. Mr. William A. Eddy, who has been experimenting with kites for the lnbt seven year?, and in aerial photography for somewhat less time, is in the city, where he proposes to conduct experiments in both arts combined. Everybody lu the United States has heard or Mr. Eddy, of Bayonnc, and his patience and brain, which have been i -warded by the demonstration that with cameras attached to kite strings it is potbl ble to take -v lews ot things on the earth. That is the whole story. Mr. Eddy is accompanied by Mrs. Eddy and tiif-h- little daughter. Mrs. Eddy is an enthiiinst in her husband's work, under stands it, appreciates its importance, and talks delightfully about It. Mr. Eddy has brought with him twpnty one kites, the '"Eddy" kite, and these have been stored at the Coast and Geo detio Survey, Superintendent DuMeld having taken an Interest in the, proposition to have the United States Capitol pho tographed by this means. There was published in The Evening Times y.'Sterday a full account or Mr. Eddj's plans. It was stated that he would fly his kites yesterday afternoon and take some aerial photographs. It was Impos sible, however, to state where the:e in teresting performances were to take place, so that people had to look out for the kites anywhere In the air. Owing to the lateness ot the hour at which the kites arrived In town it was im possible to take photographs, but Prof. Eddy flew tome kites. He is at the Con gressional Hotel, near which on the west side of the Coast and Geodetic Survey is what is technically known as a vacant lot. It is, however, filled with piles Mt bricks and tangled underbrush and weeds higher ban a man's head. Prof Eddy went out alone to the northeast side of this lot and launched a kl'e six feet high, four feet wide and without a tail. It created a sensation. It was after 6 p. m., and the streets to the west were crowded with the people who take special interest in kites, milk bottles and bread and butter. They did not know where thekite came from, so they swarmed into the forest on this vacant lot, looking for the other end of the string. They whooped and yelped and permeated the jungle in full cry, shout ing to each other and making an inter esting but babelous din. A half a dozen or more rabbits ran out of the thickets, some of which escaped into the Capitol preserves, others passing various street crossings more than ten miles an hour A grcit many or the children got lost In the forest, babes in the wood, so to speak By this time the kite was said to be 1,100 feet high and the uproar of the gamins was several stories higher, By and by Mr. Eddy tied another kite to the original suing and this went up only about 200 feet: and this led to the discovery ot the wizard on the east side of the lot. A very ragged boy, who had pulled a very dirty little sister on top of a pile of bricks, shouted: "Gee whiz! It ain't got no tall!" This was a fact, but the sudden nhout Ing of afactaproposot nothing scared the boy's .sister In a heap off the brick pile. The boy alo fell. He, however, discovered Prof. Eddy, and the jungle was soon emptied mto South Capitol street, where the kites were betng launched. There was not wind enough to carry the two kites for any length of time. The secondary kite was, however, very .skill fully kept in the air by the manipulation of the strings. It flopped, however, oc casionally, and thpn the swarm of boys aud girls swooped down on it. The only thing that saved it was that the children were nrrald of a kite without tail. The prore.ssor kept in a good hu mor, however, and managed to move around In the teeming, noisy, ull-colored crowd It was dark before the crowd separated Itself, and all the time there wasn't a policeman In sight. Last night Prof. Eddy had a talk with Supt. Woods, of the Capitol, with a view of getting permission to fly his kite from the roof oi the'llouseor Senate wings. The dome won't do. Mr. Woods said that he felt pretty sure that the permission would be granted, on the general rule that pho tographers are admited Into thoCapItol v here there Is no advertising scheme in volved. Prof. Eddy assured Mr Woods that his objectls entirely for the advance ment of science and Involves no scheme. Mr. Woods said to The Times last night that the onances were very largely that the kites would be permitted to fly from the Capitol roof, so that the photograph or the building may be taken In that way Pro. Eddy will use eight or ten kites to pull up the camera. He will also show the draft power of the allied kites by The new fall bIixdcs are in. You can put it down for . fact that you're getting a $4. Shoe. Wears like It. give - toppers. J7 Here's one of our-$12.50 Coats and it double discounts the usual $15 grade. Xobbv hnrdishTan Co vert Cloth -cut riuht length and lined with fine tiualityot 8ilk:lapseamsandallthe (M rfl tailoring etceteras. It's ,M.Z.jU a marvel for Look at our $15 grade-at that sllk-iiued English Worsted especial ly. All the racings are taned with Eilk. All the seams are welted. There's the unmistakable mark of tailor-made about them. Money back if you can dupli cate this Coat for less than $18. Our price Is only $15 displaying the United States flag ia mid air. lie said last night that he intended to take the photographs probably on Tuesday aftemjon, nut certainly some day In the early pare of the week. His idea to fly the kites from the top of thi coast survey has been abandoned in view of the better chance from the Capitol. The special importance which Mr. Eddy claims for his inventions is their value in time of war. Briefly described, the methods employed by him in securing these photographs are as follows: The operator, after selecting an elevated spot, such a,s a high hill or the top or a lofty building, prepare his kited which are attached to each other bystrong cords. Tht- number and size of the kites selected vary according to tbevelocityortho wind, which rasbeenpreviousIyaccr'dlnrt. Fixed securely to these kites Is a whirl ing tabl-son which are mounted twe cam eras, the sire of which also varies accord ing to the height to which they are to ba sent. If the kites ascend properly and re main reasonably stationary, the opera tor at the proper moment pulls the strings ut ta.iied to the camera and the photocrapnid taken. Of course.it will be seen that thu objv-ct gloss of the camera is directed down ward, or exactly toward the object which is to be photographed. The ooeruior then lowers the kites, and In a very rew moment it can be ascer tained whether the photograph Is a sueces- As has neen previously said, the success or the experiments to be conducted her- by Mr. Eddy will depend entirely upon tho velocity ottha wind. MAHGI7EIUTE STEPTOE FOUM). Missing Colored Girl Bits Beeu Llv. iDg nt Tenleytowi. Mannierite Steptoe, the fifteen year-old mulatto girl who was supposed to have eloped about six weeks ago with Henry Hymen, her bicycle teacher, has been found by Lieut. Swindell's officers lu Ten Ipytown, and turned over to Detective Lacey, who has had the case in charge. Marguerite came here several months ago from Lynchburg with her mother, who was employed in a Congressman's family, and, was sent to school. She wanted to learn to ride a wheel, and Hymen, who poses as a professor, was engaged to teach her. One night she mysteriously disappeared With Mm a id no trace could be found of her until yesterday, when she was found living with a colored family In Tenleytown. She would give no account of her actions. Hymen was traced to Saratoga, but as the girl was not found with him he waa not arrested. The girl said she was treat ed badly at home, which caused her to leave Her mother has been advised and will take her child back to Lynchburg. FEET AND HANDS liUKXED. Mrs. Tlnrrover's Di.sustron.s Experi ment "With a Gasoline Tank. Mrs. Magsie Harrover, of Xo. 113 Indiana street northwest, was painfully burned about the feet and hands at her nome yesterday afternoon by the explosion, of a gasoline stove. In attempting to start; a fire she accidentally dropped a lighted match into the gasoline tank and an ex plosion resulted. The flames burned both of Mrs. Harrover's feet and her right hand. She was taken to the Emergency Hos pital, where her wounds were dressed, and later she returned to her home. Her In juries are not serious. Sljrn.s of Prosperity. (From the Philadelphia- Record.) The Illinois Steel Company shows small respect fr Dingley. It starts tloi fires id Its furnace uwler the Youngstown scalp providing a 10 and 15 per cent reduction, in the wages of steel andiron workers. First Blood for Mr. DIngley. (From the Nashville American.) The only evidence of prosperity directly traceable to the Dingley tariff ia the ad- vaucein sugar trust stock from 103 to 150. In the Grny Dawn. In the gray dawn, when ebbs the tide ot life, And homeward creep the toilers of tho night. Weary and work-worn, And blinking at the gathering rays o light Betokening the aiming noise andstrire Of a day unborn, The soul not anchored to a sordid world, Nor frighted at the manacles of creed Or Censure's rod, Soars boldly up, the sails of thought un furled, To where no longer it will have to plead In vain to God Forgiveness for the baser thoughts and deeds Implanted iu the human frame at birth, Nor longer mourn The evanescent vanities of earth. That blossom fair, but seem as noxiouj weedi In the gray dawn. JAMES LACOSTE RODIEtt. vg