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! 4 3 4 3 4 A ! The Palais Royal T ?A. LISNER. Mason's Fruit Jars, 3c. Tcllv Glasses, i*4c. Preserving Kettles, 19c. The above and other Basement Floor Bargains, as previous ly advertised, will prove as effective tomorrow as they did yester day and last week. The two following additional attractions will create quite a furore. Toilet Set, 79c. Coffee Set, 98c. One Pitcher, full size 850 One Basin, full size 35c One CI amber, full size lf>c One Mug, full size 8c One Soap Dish 5c Six Decorated Coffee Cups 30o. Six Decorated Saucers 30c Six Decorated Plates 30c One Decorated Coffee Pot 25c One Decorated Sugar Bowl 10c One Decorated Milk Pitcher l?>c Total value $1.02 Total value $I-53 ? h ? f ?f ?)?" 1 ?if 4 Off. 14 Off. Regular patrons know that real Cut Glass and Fine China ware are marked at less prices here than elsewhere. To illus trate: The Cut Glass pieces usually retailed at $5 are here mark ed at $3.98, and note that one-quarter is now deducted from $3.98. Best Haviland China Dinner and Tea Sets are here mark ed $29, though usually retailing at $35. One-quarter deducted from these lesser prices create the year's best bargain time. $ij)8for$^Parlo^J-am?!vi These Lamps, with art vase and globe decorated to match, are beautiful beyond description when lit. The "Royal" center draft burner assures a perfect light. ?jQj- for Welsoach I-anip, com- for Tulip-shape Gas Globes. JVv ni?*fp with white Khnrfe h?nt And only 3!lc for Lamp Globes ?if 4 <f plete with white shade, best rrantle and chimney, all for 39c. with art decorations. -I T 4 4 4 t I Bric-a-brac, 48c, 98c, $1.48, $2.48, $3,48. Worth $i to $10. They are the sample pieces used by the agents of the fa mous Forrester pottery of England. No longer needed as samples, they come to the Palais Royal and now go to you at half prices and less. Enough to fill several big ta bles?on first floor in room ad joining elevator. All styles, from the latest specimens of Art Nouveau to choice pieces of old Dresden China. Lace Gortaans, Portieres, etc. The Post advises housekeepers to secure Lace Curtains dur ing this August sale. Note the following clipping: "The new season will open in September with same quality curtains in new patterns, so called, and full prices will be asked. New patterns are called 'new' because a little different than the patterns pre viously made?but we all know t hat very often the 'new' pat tern is not as attractive as the old. Often the change is so little that one comes to the conclusion that the whole thing smacks of nonsense." 65c 85c TheJPresent^Bargains^ 98c $1.40 $1.75 Vere $1 00. Were $1.25 Were *1.50. Were $2.00. Were yj.ao. Were S3.0Q. 1 $2.50 $2. $3.75 $4. $5.00 $6 i ?4 i *T | 4 Were Ki.fiO. Were S4 <XI Wort- ?5 00. Were $(i.00. Were Were $S.00. Tapestry Portieres at $1.98 pair, instead of $3.50 to $6 pair. Tapestry Table Covers 39c to $1.50, instead of 75c to $2.25. Tap estry Couch Covers at 69c, instead of $1, and $1.98 instead of S3.50. The important feature of the Covers at $1.98 is their likeness to the most expensive, both in designs and colorings. They are 60 inches wide and 3 yards long, fringed all around. ?? ?f ? f ?? <f if if ?? -f T <f ?f r T T T * {? Hf TT V* I 10c, 2?c, 75c, 98c, $1.50 for^^c^to^$3jPictures. The Frame Maker keeps his expert workmen around him during the dull sea son, in accepting orders at a loss. It's only during the August Sale that best 25c to $3 Pictures can be offered at 10c to $1.50. Choice offered of thousands of subjects in frames from 8x10 to 20x24 inches. The Post: "The camera and the printing press reproduce the works of the old masters for us at trifling cost." "Pictures for every room in the home and for all phases of Individuality "Pictures to inspire veneration, plctu res to make .one laugh, pictures' to please the eye and relieve the mind, pictures to brighten the mansion or the cottage. -f Table Linen, 37c, 65c, 79c. Warranted Best 50c, 75c and $1.00 Values. Hundreds of thousands of yards of these Linens have been sold during 1905 at 50c, 75c and $1 per yard. Are they any the worse because patterns a little different are to be shortly intro duced ? ? II yard for 72-lnch wide extra heavy Double Sat in Damask; guaranteed. $1.50 qual ity. yard for guaranteed best B ?ww a yard Double Satin Damask; In six best patterns of m?5. $8.50 HemaUtched Sets: con sisting of 2x2V4 Cloth and one dozen Napkins. $6.50' for th0 bc,t of H 7 c tnr 25c Huck Tow u * w els. 20x40 inches. Only $2.00 a dozen, or 17c each. 1! 11C. '<>r quality Hemmed a w Huck Towels; 38 Inches long. for the Ilemmed Huck Towels, usually retailed at 11c. q- yard for best of 12V4c. all linen bleached Crash; 8c Inches wide. 18 Bargain Time for Bedwear. Fine California Wool Blankets, Guaranteed $10 quality. 50 California Wool Blankets. Guar Falr.e.e.J Q.UaIity; $5.03 California Wool Blankets. Guar anteed best $5 quality. jjg Knglish Fleece Blankets; extra size and weight. Guaran- ffi <i gj* teed $2 quality. Fair.... ?Pll.OV Knglish Fleece Blankets. Guar anteed best $1.75 quality. ^ JJ 2>g "Diana" Pillow Cases, 45x30 Ins. As good as most retailed at Jj ^ ?Brighton" Sheets, sslxlto Inches. The best Sheet retailed ?tt g r _ 87c. Temporarily iSOC Full-size Comforts, covered with sllkollne In art designs and "70^. colors. X'sually $1 Down Comforts, retail ?VT.Urly.at. .*?:. .for. $4.00 Superior Comforts, retailing regu larly at $2.00 and $2 25, ?J1 <7J for only ?P*./0 Crochet Bedspreads, $1.00 quality and size, for only... Genuine Marseilles Bedspreads, large size. Guaranteed $3 value ?f ?w* ? f ?f ? f "f <f ? f ? f * f ?f ? f "f >f -*? <f 'f ? f 'f -ff * 79c ?eads, $2.49 Dress Needs Bargain Tables. The object now is to quickly dispose of all Summer needs? and prices are finally reduced. Hardly a word gets in the papers? because the lots are small and apt to be sold while the advertise ment is being written. Hurry for these Dresses. - f ?f ? f ? f AO? for $5 Shirt Waist Dresses. mostly targe sizes. And U6c for $3 Bathing Suits, mostly Misses' sizes. ? A (IS for Indies' $7.90 Plain. 1 .yO Tucked and Embroidered White Dresses, odd sizes. Ce for White China Silk Dresses. *??* tucked and lace trimmed. None were tess than $12. HI Oft for ** White Mohair Skirts and $8.i?8 for $15 White Panama and Mohair Sklrta. The Palais Royal, A. Lisner, Q and 11th Streets. ? h ? (? ? h PAINTERS CALLED OUT Strike Declared at Washing' ton Navy Yard. ALL BUT TWO COMPLY TROUBLE AROSE OVER QUESTION OF WAGES. Demand for Advance to the Rate Paid by Private Firms, $3.50 Per Day. , A strike lias been declared against the authorities of the Washington navy yard by the local Union of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators. Business Agent William I-ewls, by direc tion of the union, has ordered a walk-out of all union painters employed in the yard, and today. It was said, the order has been obeyed by all but two of the men. who de cided to remain at work. Trouble has been brewing. It Is said, for several weeks because of the failure of the navy yard authorities to Increase the wages of the painters to the rate prescribed by the local union, which rate has been accepted by the employing painters of the District. The wage scatfe paid In the navy yard calls for SUM a day, while the outside painters receive per dletn. The matter was first called to the atten tion of Acting Secretary of the Navy Dar ling, but as he made no response to the communication from the painters' union It was decided to take the question up with the navy yard authorities direct. Accord ingly a communication was sent to the commandant of the yard. It was in the form of a request that the wages of paint ers employed in the naval establishment be Increased to the amount paid by private firms?a day. This request was referred to Capt. R. G. Davenport, senior member of the board of wages at the navy yard, and after recelv ing his reply the walk-out was ordered. Ca^t. Davenport's Response. In his reply Capt. Davenport Invites the attention of the painters" union to the fact that the wages paid employes of the navy yard, as adjusted by the wages board, are calculated for in accordance with a spe cial act of Congress governing the wages paid all navy yard employes, and are In no wise dependent for their adjustment on the rate of wages paid by other branches navy yardVernm6nt the vlcinlt>' of tho d?ta. on *"b'ch tf>e present wages of painteis Is based. ' continues Capt. Daven port s reply, "was collected by the board of wages from Richmond and Alexandria. Y* '- X\ffhJ"gt"n- D? c : Baltimore, Ches ter, Philadelphia. Bethlehem, Pa.; Wil mington. Del., and intermediate places, and ff Jf?Pr?C?Ved by,the Secretary of the Navy Is effective until the last day of this year. ,.aAa y?" Probably know, painters in the thill oilim classes according to their abilities, and the registration list is open to any competent painter who wishes to register. At present the board of labor employment has many applicants, and al though the rate of wages at present paid . Is below that paid to union painters, the board has no trouble in getting all the painters It needs for the present rate of wages. Places Will Be Filled. Officials of the yards and docks division of the navy yard said this afternoon that the places of the striking painters will bo filled from the registration list of the labor beard, without regard as to whether the applicants are union painters or non unionists. "We have enough applicants on our lists," said an official, "almost to paint Washing ton, with a few to spare." The painters' local union recently entered a vigorous protest against an order Issued by the Post Office Department, and ap proved by Postmaster General Cortelyou, instructing the rural mall carriers In all parts of the United States to paint the thousands of letter boxes on their routes, the department agreed to pay them 25 cents for each box painted and also fur nish the necessary materials. The union contended that this was unfair to organized labor and was besides a viola tion of the civil service laws. A commiTnl cation to that effect was sent to the depart ment. The Washington union has just re ceived a reply from Mr. P. V. De Graw, fourth assistant postmaster general In which he refers to the action of the union in entering a protest against "the action of the department in awarding the contract to rural free delivery carriers for the paint ing of mail boxes." etc. ?'You are advised," writes Mr. De Graw in reply, "that It is proposed to paint the United States collection boxes located on rural routes. The 8,7.'io of these boxes are scattered all over the United States, and they are not located at post offices, but at different points on the various routes em anating from the post offices, so that a considerable Item of the expense If painted by contract would be the cost of driving to these boxes, which in the aggregate would make the painting of the boxes quite ex pensive. "The carrier who dally travels the route can paint the boxes with little or no delay and without any undue interference with his duties, and at much less cost to The department than If the work were done by a painter who would have to make a special trip for the purpose. "Accordingly the matter of having the C*rr\eJa P?lnt th? boxes was given careful consideration, and It was decided to allow them _5 cents per box, the department fur nishing the material. "Before taking this action hie question as to whether or not this course would be in violation of any existing law was taken up with the controller of the treasury who advised that it would not." At the headquarters of the local painter*' union, 1108 E street northwest, today, dis satisfaction was expressed at what wi? termed by one of the officers "the Cteap John methods of the Post Office Depar ment. What action will be taken at the next meeting of the painters could not be learned It Is said that a repetition may be expected by some of the rural carriers of the performance of a certain postmaster who secured from the government the con tract to paint the post office over which he presided. In discriblng the matter a Wash ington painter said: "lie mixed his paint with coal oil Instead of turpentine, and in lieu of a brush used a sort of swab made of rags tied to the end h. i^i i st,f wlth th,s he daubed the bu.ldlng inside ajid out. Of course the colors, red and green, for he was a gaudy cuss, rubbed off on the garments of patrons of his office and the department at Wash ington was flooded with complaints of per sons whose clothing had been ruined." Charged With Assault. John Barron appeared in the Police Court this morning to answer for an assault upon Maud Rice. The girl was unable to appear in court and the case was continued. Chinese Admitted. During the month of July 233 Chinese were admitted to the United States and nine were deported. Of those admitted ninety-eight were United States cltixena, fifty-one returning laborers, sixty-one re turning merchants, seven merchants com ing In for the first time, twenty-two mem bers of merchants' families and fourteen belonged to other exempt classes. Of the number deported Ave claimed to be resi dents and four were new arrivals. All of those deported were from San Francisco, and of the number admitted I7S applied at that port. Contracts for Public Buildings. The Treasury Department today awarded contracts for the construction of public buildings as follows: m For the post office at McKeesport, Penn., to William Weber of Huntington, W. Va st his bid of *63,000. For the post office and custom house at Sherman. Tex., to the F. L. Stevenson Contract Company of Dallas. Tex., at their bid of tUMSO. WOMAN KNOWN HERE MBS. MORGAN AT ONE TIME IN THIS CITY. Special Dlnpatrb to The Star. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., August 22.? Frien-ds of Mrs. Kathleen Morgan, who was shot In the Hotel Imperial Saturday by Mrs. Beatrice Young identified yesterday a pic ture of Mrs. Isabel Morgan Perkins of Springfield, Ma?? as that of Mrs. Morgan, who la now in the New York Hospital hov ering between life and death. The career of the Springfield woman may therefore become of vital interest In the de fense of Mrs. Young for murder In case her victim di^s. Steps to fully prove the con nection were taken yesterday. The picture of Isabel Morgan, the Spring Held girl, was Identified by Mra. Young yes terday as that of the woman she had shot. Those who had reason for not identifying the photograph said that the picture resem bled Mrs. Katherine Morgan very much. Mrs. Perkins left Springfield and went to :Sew lork. Nothing was known of her ca reer until on December 28, 1903, she arrived at the Cooley House here, where on the ho tel register she made the entry, "Mrs. G. G. Dewey, nurse and child. New York city." The party had $5 a day rooms, and at the end of a we^k the bill was J35.22. Mrs. Dewey was then recognized as Isabel Mor gan, divorced wife of Perkins, and when pressed to pay her bill gave the hotel pro prietor a lioo check drawn on the Harlem branch of the Corn Exchange Bank, in this city. It purported to be signed by Albert B. Bronson. and was Indorsed by "Mrs G G. Dew.'y." On this check the proprietor of the Cooley tmenry.E- Marsh. wve to Mrs. u . ? and then wired to the Corn Ex change s Harlem branch to find if the check was good, and learned that there were no funds to meet the check. Mrs. Isabel Morgan Perkins-Dewey was u^fn fh^s d |Sh ? *, her child were '?(ked up in the Springfield police station. Soon other charges were made against the woman. Major Sylvester, head of the Washington police force, wired to the Springfield authorities that Mrs. Dewey on while at the Metropoii M.rB Rrn , ^at"city ha(l Riven to Lans l'lt nl k tailors, a check to pay a bill or was drawn on the Chlcopee vire ri ? sPrlnKfleld, Mass.. where M"; Dewey, when she was Mrs. Perkins, kt^pt her personal account. bcl?elM3 Jwl Khe w,as known as Mrs. Isa bclle M Perkins, alias Mrs. C. G. Dewer ? Isabel le Morgan. She was ar-1 ito ^ t SprinSflel(1. Mass., about the mid dle of January of last year and bro^ht mafro," A?^?- * d*PUty ^rshaWd matron At that time sne had with her a when she wa,ThC Ch"d Wa'S alSO with her 7af* ? was here some time prior to the date of her arrest. She also had with her a much older woman, who was introduced her chaperone. While here she oc cupied rooms at the Metropolitan Hotel ?T was alleged. she managed to get for cashed. She ch^-k ?or sIX '2 ilave had a similar i iSi , "150 cashed at the dry eoods establishment of Lansburgh Bros. In the Inn ,nsa,ctjon she bought a bill of goods and received $04 In cash In change Upon tajf in>t?rn.*t0, {h,U Clty she was placed in V uP?n the two charges. Sympathy for the woman was aroused by . the presence of the child and the woman's sad story. She told of her first marXe and alleged desertion, and also of her sec ond marriage. People who became inter ested in her case succeeded in getting the prosecuting witnesses to withdraw the herr?7' Perklns toId the officials and her friends that she wanted to make an other start in life and was willing to enter an^rifo?atory Institution. It is stated that upon the proceedings being dropped she Itfort h House of Mercy, remained a spri^gfilTd and was then sent back to AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. General and Personal News From the West End. William Harris, colored, twenty-five years of age. was the victim of an alleged mur derous assault, committed by Bolton Jones also colored, and thirty years of age at Smith's stone yard, 34th and Canal streets. In Georgetown, shortly before nightfall yes terday afternoon. Those who witnessed the | affair say that but for the Interference of | laborers in the yard Harris would probably have been killed. Jones was suffering from a ghastly scalp wound, said to have been inflicted by a stone thrown by Harris The latter was hurriedly taken to Georgetown Hli. /lif /i HosPJtal. and &iven treatment, ills alleged assailant escaped. Charles W. Shlpman, residing at 3248 O street. Georgetown, employed as a conduc tor on the line of the Capital Traction Company, while shifting a car about the union station yards at 3Cth and M streets this morning, lodged his feet accidentally under the wheel of the "Jigger" and befoie he could extricate himself the toes of both feet were badly crushed. The Injured man was taken to the Georgetown University Hospital In the seventh precinct patrol wagon and given treatment. Requiem mass for the repose of the soul of Daniel Keady, whose death last Thurs day was chronicled in The Star, was cele brated at Holy Trinity Church yesterday morning. A simple prayer service at the family residence, 3408 N street, preceded the services at the church. Mr. Keady was twenty-three years of age. He had resld. d most of his life in Georgetown, receiving his education In the local schools. Nothing has been heard from John W. Boteler, the young man who disappeared from his home, 17U5 Valley street last Sat urday. The police were asked yesterday to look out for him and his description was telephoned to the several stations. Boteler Is twenty?five years old. He left Ills home Saturday, and, the police were told, failed to return. According to the police, his relatives have no idea of his whereabouts. TREATED HOSPITABLY. Washington Printers at the Buffalo Convention. Secretary George G. Selbold of Columbia Typographical Union, who went to Toronto with the local delegates to attend the printers' International convention, said to a Star reporter this afternoon that the Wash ington party was treated most hospitably by their Canadian cousins, and that they brought back home with them nice impres sions of Toronto and Its citizens. "One thing that Impressed me most about the Canadian city," said Mr. Selbold, "was the fact that It has more banks than saloons there. The premier and other of ficials gave us a most cordial welcome." i Referring to the outlook for the eight hour day, which Is scheduled to go Into ef fect January 1, 1900, Secretary Selbold said I I the printers' unions all over the country "will present a solid front for carrying Into effect the motto of the printers' patron saint, Benjamin Franklin, 'Eight hours for j work, eight hours for sleep and eight hours for play' or recreation. "There will be no taking of back water on our part on the eight-hour proposition. I Good news has been received from San Francisco and Detroit, and when the test comes we do not expect as much trouble as President Ellis of the Typothetae would make people believe." Mr. Selbold said In regard to the expulsion of Shelby Smith that it would result in the executive board and the Philadelphia print ers working hand in hand In the future. Burial With Military Honors. - The announcement Is made that the re mains of tlie late Lieut. T. C. Butler who served with the 49th United States Volun teers In the insurrection in the Philippines and who died at Manila. P. I., will be burled at Arlington at 11 o'clock tomorrow forenoon with military honors. Attempted Larceny. Charged with an attempt to commit the crime of larceny. Henry Spiney, colored was arraigned in the Police Court this morning. He pleaded not guilty to the charge, but according to the evidence Judge Mills declared him guilty of the charge and ordered him to the farm for sixty days unless he pays a fine of |25. Former Mayor Drennen of BlrmlngJ am. Ala., has tendered his resignation as a member of the board of trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. THE LAST and DEEPEST CUT ON SUMMER-SHOE PRICES. HE remarkable bargains in High-grade Shoes we've been offering during the last few weeks are totally eclipsed by the still deeper-cut Reductions during the end of our much-talked-about "MIDSUMMER CLOSING SALE." The remaining Summer Shoes?many of them well adapted for early Fall wear?have got to go, as we need the room for our Fall Shoes. You'll make a mistake if you fail to take advantage of THIS WEEK'S SENSATIONAL PRICES. WOMEN'S FINAL CLOSING PRICES. $1.50 and $2 White Canvas Oxford and Ribbon Ties; this week Finest $2.50 and $3 White and Gray Duck Gibson or Sailor Ties Tan Russia Calf Hand - welt $2.50 Blucher and Oxford Ties Best *3.50 to $5 Tan Suede and Calf Low Button and Ties $2.37 Hand-turn black kid ^0 Oxford and Strap Slip pers Excellent $1.50 Soft Vici Kid Oxfords; light or heavy soles Hand welt or turn $2.50 grade flne Kid Ribbon and Oxford Ties Finest $3 black Surpass Kid Blu chers and Oxfords.. .15 $1.69 $2.37 Patent leather $2 grade Sandals and Oxford Ties "WI - MO - DAU - SIS" Patent Kid or V I t a 1 1 c Kid lx>w Shoes Any of our $3.50 and $4 finest patent leather Swell Low Shoes Our famous $5 "Bend Kesy" Patent Calf Gibson Ties.... $1.39 $2.10 $2.60 $3.15 * 's Shoes. All sizes of good $1.50 White Canvas Laced Shoes ?this week ?... Any of our $2.00 and $2.50 Linen Laced Shoes and Oxfords $2.50 and $3.00 Hand welt Tan Calf and Kid Oxford and Laced Shoes. Our highest $3.50 to $5.00 grades Tan Low and High Shoes, at The finest made Black Kid. Gun Metal Calf and Patent Leather; $3.50 and $4.00 Oxfords Sim all ?pr!ced FECIALS. -+* "Quick 7c. 19c. + 4 Whlttemo re's White Dressing 25c. Black. White or Brown Silk 8hoe fl Laces ? Women's White Bathing Shoes Child's Tan Barefoot San dals, sizes T><n)r* to 6 Child's red, tan or white Tennis J?J Slippers Women's red. tan or black Boudoir Slippers Broken sizes of Child's Barefoot Sand als and White Canvas Oxfords Child's $1.00 and $126 Barefoot Sandals; X.jrjr' sizes to 2 Boys' and Girls' $100 and $1.25 White and Crash Linen lx>w and High Shoes ....'. 69c. Girls' 11.25 and ?1.50 Kid q ^ and Patent Leatiier Strap Slippers and Oxfords yr'+f Misses' and Women's $1.50 and ?2.00 Tan Oxfords; light or heavy soles half-heel Boys' $2.50 Tan Shoes and Black Calf or Patent Colt Oxfords Boys" and Young Girls" $3 Patent Colt Low Shoes $1.87 ^ <LP vLd/ Reliable Shoe Houses, Cor. 7th and K Sts. 19J4&I9116 Pa. Ave. 233 Pa. Ave. S. E. BEES AS MESSENGERS. Experiments Showing How Their Sense of Direction May Be Utilized. From St. Nicholas. A very curious and interesting investiga tion has been going on for some time past among naturalists with regard to the senses of the lower animals. It has been found that in most cases these are very differ ent from ours and it cannot any longer be denied that instances occur in which spe cial senses that are possessed by human beings are developed in animals. One of these, called "the sense of direction," enables bees to return from long distances to their hives, unaided by any of the five different ways we have of recognizing our surroundings. To test this matter thor oughly, the fertile honey makers have been taken considerable distances from their hives to localities which it was certain that they had never before visited; yet when set free they flew as unhesitatingly, as di rectly and as unerringly home as from places perfectly known to them. A few years ago it occurred to a well known beekeeper that this remarkable abil ity on the part of bees might be made use ful. Convincing himself that he could rely upon their speedy return from anywhere within the range of three or four miles from their hives, whether they had ever been at the place from which they started homeward or not. he set to work to test their ability to carry messages, as do hom ing pigeons. He accordingly procured a few bees from a friend who lived on the further side of a barren, sandy tract of land, which, offering no inducements In the way of possible food supplies, was never visited by the insects, and crossed over to his own home. Going to his garden with his children, he touched certain tiny packages, prepared for the occasion, with bird lime. Upon these were written, in minute handwriting, cer tain messages from his two little girls. The package consisted of the thinnest paper fastened with the thinnest of thread and done up in the smallest parcels poss:ble. Releasing the bees, one by one, from the pasteboard box in which they had been Imprisoned, he fastened with a trained hand each of the little packets to the back of a bee, which he then allowed to fly away. Like homing pigeons, they started oft at once across the unfamiliar desert for their home, arriving there in an Incred ibly short space of time with their pack ages secure upon their backs. COOKING FISH IN CLAY. Culinary Methods Up in the North Woods. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. "The natives of the North Woods have more appetizing ways to cook fish than any other class of cooks in the world, |I believe," said Leonard Kehoe of Toraah. "It surprises people who come Into the fishing country to learn that there are 60 many ways of cooking fish. The universal favorite, however, seems to be the clay method. "This. Is so simple that it is nearly al ways used when the cook can secure some good, firm clay. The fish is wrapped in the clay without having so much as a scale ruffled by the cleaning knife. He is not dressed, and the only seasoning is a pinch of salt, placed in the mouth. When the fish is done up in the clay the package Is placed in the embers of the camp fire to bake. When it Is done the clay is cracked open, and the scales of the fish are found to be sticking in the clay, and the head is then broken off. The delicate flavor of a fish cooked In this way cannot be de scribed. Some of the cooks have a habit of cutting a long gashalong each side of the dorsal fin and inserting a slice of fat bacon. This adds greatly to the flavor of the flesh. "Another thing which makes the flsh so fine In the woods is that they are gener ally cooked In a short time after coming out of the water. The cold streams keep | the flesh firm and hard, making them far superior to the flsh one gets in the cities." MOSQUITOES PLAQUE LONDON. City Suffering an Unwelcome Invasion ?Bites Prove Serious. From the London Mall. A plague of mosquites Is widespread In London. A few years ago they were al most unknown, or made their appearance fitfully in the neighborhood of the docks and Fleet street, coming, as It was sup posed, among the rolls of paper. This summer they are being found all over the metropolis, and in many places have given considerable work to the med- : leal practitioners and to the hospitals. They are extremely plentiful In the long line of docks. The lower part of the Thames valley seems full of them, and a suggestion is made that those brought. from abroad on ships have found a con genial breeding place In the low lying marshy ground on the Rssex shore. At the Poplar Hospital yesterday It was stated that they had many cases there every day, men, women and children be ing alike victims. There have been for years past many patients treated at this hospital for mosquito bites, but this sum mer they are more numerous than ever. The dry, hot weather has favored the Insects, or made them, so to speak, strong on tho wing. They are now wandering far from their breeding places, ana not a suburb is free from them. The West Kna has suffered but little from the plague, but they have made their appearance In force in the western, southern and northern sub urbs. Their clear, ringing buzz, unlike that of any other insect. Is heard nightly, and hundreds of people are suffering seriously from their punctures. One doctor In Howes Park has treated as many as forty cases within the week. The bites have serious eltects. They are suc ceeded by cellulitis, and the part becomes swollen and indurated, In some Instances accompanied with a septic rush over the Joints. In other instances vertigo has oc curred, with an intense feeling of depres sion. dailies wearing the tashlonable open work blouses are very liable to be bitten by the Insects, as are children. Crowding Him Out. From the New York Sun. A few years ago a stern and rugged fe male sociologist of Kansas passed tho ominous sentence: "Man must be abol ished!" We saw the danger coming. We warned Man. Petty Man, Mere Man. to keep his eye peeled, to resist the aboli tionists. Waste of ink. He expanded his chest fatuously. He smiled that all con quering smile. Oh. no! The Bandar I.og people know everything and you can't tell them anything: "Arborenl In their habits, They blather, chatter, dodder; They srln uDd chin; the gnb It's Their sustenance und fodder." Meanwhile, Punishment comes on no limping foot. The census people tell the first but dreadful chapters of the tale of woe. In twenty years the percentage of woman workers in Massachusetts has grown from ?1.2 in 1880 to '.J8.1 In l!)00, while the percentage of man workers has actually decreased. Ah. but Massachusetts is essentially a female commonwealth. I^ook elsewhere, then, and see what crumbs of comfort you can flick up. In Pennsylvania In these same twenty years the percentage of wo man workers has increased from 1H.5 to 18. while that of man workers has Increased by only a beggarly 3.1. In Ohio the femi nine increase Is nearly <5 per cent. In all the United States the feminine increase has been from 14.7 to 18.8; the masculijie from 78.7 to 80. Meanwlille, the number of women employed in domestic service Is ' lessening steadily. These figures are signposts on man's downward road to helplessness and ex tinction. He is becoming the weaker ves sel/ He Is destined to be broken. The other sex is growing taller, stronger, more capable. The Inferior must disappear, the victim of a relentless economic struggle. . Perhaps museums will preserve a few specimens. Whether man Is to have the fate of the dodo or the Buffalo, it is plain that he must "go." In watches of the night uncanny laughter Is heard from the Sunflower reservation. The stem and rug ged female sociologist sees her word be- ! coming fact. Shooting Baboons. From the Chicago News. A traveler writing from South Africa de scribes a baboon hunt as follows: "Very slowly we spread out round about the base of the kopje and began a crawling ascent cnrough the thick scrub. Kaffirs and farm ers together, we formed something of a loose circle round the kopje. Daylight found us drawing near the higher spurs of the kopje and the Kaffirs were bjisy beat ing. Then the sport began and pretty un canny it was. A good many baboons broke through our circle, for we only mustered seven guns, but as we neared the top of the kopje I could tell by the noises all about me that seme execution was being done My first kill gave me a most un comfortable thrill. It was horribly like picking off a man. The baboons were great big. human-looking brutes, quite capable of picking up a lamb in their hands and running off with It. (As a fact, they gen erally content themselves with ripping the beast open to get at the curdled milk with in.) But their cries were the most horribly human thing about them and the gestures of their waving arms. When we all met a careful count was made. Thirty baboons Seven had fallen to my gun. .T^? .n j.e<J Statf!e cruiser Galveston ar it .. 'U? Domingo yesterday from Jf \or}*' -P*- Hollander, the representa "ve ft the President, who will Investigate the claims against the government of Santo Dcralngot was a passenger. MODERN FINANCE. Outside of Wall Street and in It Jasper, la Leslie'* Weekly. A man was arrested In New York re cently for selling a little machine wt'h which, apparently, blank pieces of pap-r could be readily converted into $3 bllH simply by turning a crank and running the blank sheets through two rollers. Th ? tiling worked all rlglrt as long *13 It wp.s in the hands of the seller, but when tho purchaser took It home and found that the paper that he put in between the roller* went In as It came out It proved ltxHf a palpable swindle, pnd the judge before whom the case was brought into court smiled when he so decided. He smiled that any man should bo so utterly credulous as to believe that he could buy for a few hundred dollars a machhie "wSJch would print, as rapidly as one could want them, bank notes as good as any bank Issues; ar.d my readers, no doubt, will smile when they read this brief report of a true Incident In the recent court annals of New York city. But the credulity of the unfortunate vic tim of this bunco game Is not greater than that of the general public. I need only call attention to the enormous sums <>f money sunk by the public In all kinds >f wildcat schemes from year to year. It seems only necessary for swindlers to hnv.i sufficient ingenuity to tell a smooth false hood and to promise prodigious profits en small Investments to make the suckers bit?. Recently a man In St. I,ouls sm-coe,! ed *in cosxIiik out of the public between $1,000,00(1 and $1! on combined bann ing and publlshinK scheme, which was bo rank that the Post Office Department finally interfered and stopped his mall. Scarcely a day passes but that the post office :iu thoritles find similar work to do. 8ome of these swindle* run on for a lont? time ? the Storey Cotton Company, for Instance Wlien the money begins to pour In the swindlers use a part of It to pay biR profits to some of inose who are In, and thus stimulate new business They did this so successfully In the Storey Cotton Com pany that the concern ran on for a num ber of years. I had repeated Inquiries from readers who asked how It was possible for the Storey Cotton Company to pay from 50 to 100 imt cent interest on deposits. Again and again I replied that if there were such profits for outsiders that the Storey managers could make they would make It themselves, and that some day the smash-up would come. And it did come, and the loss to the cred itors of the Storey company ran up Into t!i<? millions. This is a disreputable sort <>f business, but only disreputable. It seems. If It Is done outside of the exchanges. In the stock market deceptions can be prac ticed. the public can be misled by utterly false statements, and bonds and stocks can be floated In prodigious quantities u extravagant prices on prospectuses full of I lies, and the men who amass Immense for 1 tunes by these reprehensible methods. act ing under the advice of lawyers who are as unscrupulous as they are adroit, can manage skillfully to keep out of jail. Edible Seaweed. Prom the Indianapolis News. Japanese have many curious receipts for cooking seaweed, which, with fern. Is al most a staple article of diet In Chinu, Japan and the Asiatic archipelago. A number of species of seaweed are eaten. Some are soaked, others are dried. Mary of the Japanese and Chinese sauces are made from seaweed. Under the name of "asakusa-nori," one variety is put up in neat tin boxes and largely sold In the Tokyo markets. Science With a Large "S." From the Wnll Street Journal. It was only a generation ago that Charles Darwin announced his theory of a continu ous evolution, but now his own son. Prof. Darwin of Cambridge. In a public address, makes known a modification of that the ory. He is Inclined to doubt whether biol ogists have been correct in looking for con tinuous transformation of species, as Judg ing by analogy they should rather expect to find slight continuous changes during a long period, followed by a sudden trans formation Into a new species, or by rapid extinction. He declares that the mystery of life remains as Impenetrable as ever. "Science" Is obliged to modify Its theori** and shift its grounds from decade to de cade. The recent discovery of radium hss upset many of Its conclusions which a feiv years ago It regarded as final. This Is per haps not surprising Id view of the fact that the sum of what Is known concerning life js, as compared with that which is un known. so small aa to be infinitesimal. Bat science" has assumed In later years a tone of authority amounting to a claim of In fallibility. and the discovery that Its former conclusions were incorrect and that It mi;?t form new ones every few years ought to have the effect of making It a Uttle more humble and less arrogant in Its altitude ^ose outside of It* sacr<3F pre