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"V3e srr sSswfiRpPliiispSrf! 'i :vt THE -WASHTN"GTOSr TOMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1894. The Washington Times Ecry Day In the Year) OWNED AND ISSUED BY Tlic Washington Times Publishing Company Office: Cobneb Tenth AXDDSiREiraNoitnrtrzsT Telephone Editorial Rooms, 337-3. Business Offlco, 337-i nice. Bally EJItlon OneCent. Pui.day Edition Fife Cents. By carriers, by the -week Ten Cents. (JaRDEM$,yjouTCn5 WASHINGTON. V. C, APBIL 29, 1891. All newsboys competing for The Times prize will appear Monday at 12 o'olock sharp at the offlce and present their ticket. No tickets recognized after that hour. The Weather To-day. For District of Columbia, Maryland, and Tlrginia, conditions are favorable for local thunder storms, but the weather will be fair during the greater portion of the day. Wind shliting to east. Slightly colder. ABOUT OURSELF. The Tikes Is all right. Notice the way the offlce sales jumped this week paid for as de lhered no chromos: Monday, 400; Tuesday, E00, Wednesday, 1,000; Thursday, 1,500; Fri day, 1.C00; Saturday, 2,000, and at least 600 more asW for, which could not bo supplied. This does not include tho strides that are making on tho carriers' routes. Tde Times does not ask the publlo to take our word for it. Our presswork is dono in tho Star press room. Anybody Is at liberty to ask at that office for the facts. Now is the time to sub scribe. By the way, collections for tho paper in future will be made weekly or monthly, as the s jWribers themsoh cs elect A general col lection on subscriptions now due will bo made to-morrow, so our friend3 will make their ar rangements accordingly. But remember, we are not affluent as et, and that every little w.11 help. Subscriptions can be paid at tho counting room in the event of the subscriber biiug out when the collector calU. . ITIOVALIZE THE TELEGRAPH. It would bo a wiso man who would sell the nsl t to use his own nerves. The telegraph lines nro the nerves of this body politic A hurt, an injury, a premonition of disease, a great dNeoery, a new thought, by their proper use, is made to thrill the whole body. Electricity, so far as we know, is the nearest approach to the Great Eternal Force. Is this, too, subject to corporate monopoly? ABOUT POSTAGE STA.MTS. Yesterday's Congressional Record contains a speech of Congressman Bingham, of Penn sylvania, on the post office appropriation bill, which passed the House the other day. The general doesn't like the idea of the government encroachlnc on the business of the people, and was particularly disgusted at the Postmaster General for accepting the bid of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to furnish the government with postage stamps for the next four j ears. Chief Johnson undertakes to supply the stamps at a net saving of 8100,000, besides equipping the bureau with the plant neces sary to satisfactorily perform the work. The general did not make it very clear why it was the proper thing for the government to print the currency and the internal-revenue stamps and give the postago stamps to contractors, who made an annual profit of between 850, 000 and 875,000, nor did ho pretend that the people employed by tho bidders of Philadel phia in whom ho was specially interested and New l'ork paid better wages than the government. The action of the Secretary of the Treasury and the rostmaster General on this matter will meet tho approval of all who are not in terested in some way in government con tracts, even though it bo another step in the direction of "paternalism." Although the moe is displeasing to General Bingham and his friends of the Philadelphia firm, it is nn eminently proper one. The government Y.M nake a largo saving of the people's rconej, the workmen will receive tho best wajps prevalent in tho ci-ift, and no one will bu injured except a few contractors, who grow rieri on jots of this character. e A POLITICAL POSER. An inquisitive, studious jouth of 15 years, the on of a prominent Republican member of Congress, aked his father. "What about this Coxej mo;cmcnt, anjwa? Tho real causes rnj'tcotr a longer period of time than the ndmini'-tralion of Mr. Cleveland. Now. In jour opinion, what nro tho real causes?" Tint boj will bo a political atheist if this tendene) to look under phenomena for cause is not b JJcnlj and seriously dealt with. His young voice is out of tune, and deservedly, lib father refused him a reply. A politician has naught to do w Ith causes. Tho philosophy of majorities bounds bis horizon. NOT A PARALLEL CASE. Many writers for the press and not a few public speakers profess to seo in the social upheaval consequent on tho prolonged busi ness depression now general all over this country apaiallclto the conditions preva lent in Tranco In 1789, just prior to the out break of the revolution. In tho early years of tho French revolution large masses of unemployed and discontented men, apparently as If with ono impulse and Without concerted nction, organized them seh 03 into clubs and all headed for Paris. In this country to-day, from nearly all points of tho compass, bodies of men are marching "on to Washington." Nearly all are involuntarily idle, many aro hungry, and all are discon tented. Hero tho parallel stops. A century ago tho means of communication were ery primitive, there were no railroads nor electric telegraphs, and in Franco not more than ono in a score of the population could either read or write. On the ovi rthrow of Napoleon,in 1815, there wero some portions of the country in which the people had never heard of the most stirring and sanguinary events of the revolution. Of the various detachments of the "Com monweal," or whatever other name by which they are known, now endeavoring by various means of locomotion, but mostly on foot, to reach the National Capital, it is pretty fair to assume that tho percentage of illiteracy is vT) light, and that tho vast majority are pretty well Informed on current event?. They know that something is wrong with the body politic, but their notions concerning the ap plication of remedies aro not very clear. Therefore they join the Coxey movement, and oro now on their way to Washington some of them aro almost hero to impress on Con gress the necessity. In order to relieve tho prevailing distress, for an issue of half a thousand millions of dollars of non-interest-bearing bonds, to be expended in the im provement of the wretched roadways to be found in almost every section of the country. What is to come out of the movement? No man tell at this moment, and one man's opinion is worth just as much as any other man's. The French revolution was an up rising of the masses against a privileged class, embracing less than 150,000, who mo nopolized everything in the state, the army, tho navy, and the church. It may bo said that in this country we also have a privileged class, constructed on somewhat different lines from the old French nobility, and, perhaps, to a certain extent, this is true. But who is to blame for the existence in this land of special privileges? Here every man has tho ballot, and if he does not use it intelligently and in his own interests he has only himself to blame. What a contrast there is between tho American farmer and me chanio of to-day and tho peasantry of France on the eve of the eighteenth century. Good citizens will earnestly pray that all these movements, no matter for what motive undertaken, may end peaceably. The Times urges tho authorities to be patient with the pilgrims now nearing our gates. While tho law must bo maintained, there is no good rea son apparent why a single human life should be sacrificed. No one is clamoring for the heads of our nobility. There is no desire for the guillotine and no necessity for the enact ment in America of the torrible scenes of the "reign of terror." We hae no room for a dictator, and no Napoleon will spring out of the peaceful revolution now in its first stages to mako himself absolute master of all. The American voter is patient and long-suffering. He is thinking as ho never thought before. Pretty soon ho will be ready to act, THE CUCKOO AGAIN. The following appeared editorially in last night's Evening News: The people of Washington have no reason whatever to fear the advent of "Gen." Coxey's army of tramps, which Is now at hand. Alj reports from the army a body of not over S0() men agree that it Is composed of cranks, hobos, crooks, and good-for-nothings. Hero is another blast from the horn whoso plating is sadly worn and tarnished by a long period of cuckoo calls. It is absoluto inaccuracy to affirm that "all reports" agree on this remarkable character ization. The News is either stating a delib erate falsehood or is laboring under misin formation liborlously obtained. Tho News is welcome to tho cold comfort it can extract from its choice of these two preceding alterna tives. When latte-rday journalism comes to the point where it must needs sneer at tho at tempted allegation of suffering, howeer expressed, it ceases to be journalism and recurs to a style of literature of the same color as the ink which gives it form. Sexitob Hasbis said yesterday that ho did not know what amendments would be made to the Senate tariff bilk Amendments won't hurt tho bill eh, Keed? "Beii. estate values are steady" Evening paper. That is the reason 7,000 houses are empty In Washington and people earning or dinary wages are" fleeing to the villages In search of homes nt reasonable rents. The printers, as a part of the great Ameri can people, want something done about the Public Printership. The existing uncertainty, coupled with the fact that the emploj cs of the Government Printing Offlce are emploj ed only about halt the time, is the causo of con siderable) hardship. The right thing to do is to Immediately confirm or reject Mr. Bene dict m m w The schemes hatching at the Capitol to do the government out of Its rights in tho Union and Central Pacific railwajs aro assuming largo proportions. There are lobbies galore, and many "best citizens" are enlisted in the railway cause. They come here in palace cars, hav e plenty of money and wear good clothes, so the police and militia are not to bo invoked, as in the case of the Coxey army. Tnx sentiment In favor of publlo control and operation of all natural monopolies, al though comparatively recent, has been of ex ceedingly rapid growth. Theso natural monopolies are too numerous to hope forbring ing all of them under public control at ono fell swoop. That would bo rc olutionary, and wo favor evolution rather that revolution. More peoplo agree that, from the nature of the function it performs as a disseminator of intel ligence, the telegraph is, or should be, an ad junct of the postal system. Let us begin with tho telegraph. Tho other reforms will come in good time. m The strike of the coal miners is not jet a week old. and already reports aro coming in of a scarcity of coal in the few localities where productive industry is not at a standstill. What has become of the overproduction the glutted market of which so much has been heard? It will soon be in order for tho coal barons nice, philanthropic gentlemen, all of them to hold a pleasant meeting in a real cozy parlor in one of the finest hotels in tho metropolis and put up tho price of coal a notch or two. When a commoditj- is scarce and the demand for It active, the price is high. Seo? "Tho Iron law of supply and demand.'' Same old story. m Senatoii PcrrEn has introduced "a bill to dispose of idle labor and discourage idle wealth in the District of Co.umbia," which proposes that "a specific tax shall be leled on all idle land subject to taxation equal to its annual lncomo in value each year," which shall be appropriated "to the employment of idle citizens In tho construction of such pub-, lie works as Congress may direct." The idea is a good one, and, it it could be made into law and applied to the country at large, would do much to brlnj back some of the prosperity that has been missing for so manj jears. But the Senate will knock the bill into flinders. The august gentlemen are not legis lating just now to mako work for common citizens, but only for those who "work" the common citizens. When we send our own kind to represent us, then wo will get favor able legislation, but not until thon. BOTH GOLD AD SILVER. Tho Republican party fa vors tho use of both gold Br a Senator and silver as money. It yjjojj believes that both tho metals should be a legal tender in WrouiJ.0. the payment of debts- It insists that ono dollar should be kept as good as any other dollar, and that there should be no depreciated money in the currency of tho country. Tho Republican party has repeatedly declared, in national and stato conventions, that as soon as it could safely be dono the mints of tho United States should be open to the f reo coinage of both silver and gold at the ratio now fixed, sixteen of silver to one of gold. The last Republican state convention ot Wyoming said: "The money ef the country should be founded on both gold and silver, and this result may be achieved by wiso and timely legislation and in ternational conference for the restoration ot sil ver, not only as money of the nation, but as cur rent coin ot the world." With the recognition now given to silver by tho great commercial nations ot the world no ratio can be maintained between the two metals so far as tho bullion value is con cerned. The United States in the several interna tional conferences during the last twenty years has expressed a willingness to go back to bimetallism with other nations, but up to this time the commercial nations have not offered to unite with tho United States. In deed, not one ot them has tendered its consent It is asserted, however, that as soon as Great Britain agrees all tho great nations ct con tinental Europe will join tho United States in bimetallism. The indications of the times are that Great Britain must at an early day go back to bimetallism. The purpose of what is known as the purchasing clause of tho Sherman law was, so far as possible, to appreciate tho valuo of silver, but it only for a very little while bad this effect, and tho slight apprecia tion was probably caused by the speculation that took place immediately after the passage of tho measure. The United States can easily maintain the six hundred millions ot silver money it now has on a parity with gold. By giving the Secretary of tho Treasury tho nec essary authority to keep up tho gold reserve I have no doubt that a thousand millions of silver could be kept on a parity with gold. I think there aro but few Republicans who would have the government go from a gold to a silver standard, as this would involve ruin to the United States. The govern ment would have to buy gold, paying more than two dollars for one, to meet its obliga tions. Tho individual and tho corporation in the United States would ha o to purchase gold to pay tho principal and interest of the gold indebtedness, while small creditors, the men who work by tho day, by tho month and the year, would be compelled to receive their pay in siher, which would cut down tho purchas ing power of their wages more than half. After all, tho laborer would bo tho chief suf ferer in tho change to siher monometallism. It is the banker who would suffer the least of any class of business men. It Is truo that he would have to accept slU er from debtors of the bank, jet ho would bo permitted to pay his depositors in like money. It a good banker, his resources would always exceed his liabilities to depositors. The United States has sinco 1878 tried to help the white metal. It lias dono more than all tho nations ot Europo sinco that timo in tho accumulation of silver. No ono can successfully contend that tho United Stales can open its mints to the free coinage of sil ver without losing all the gold it now has. There aro no exceptions to tho operation of the Gresham law. It has stood the test of centuries, viz, that all money of a country must bo of equal value or the more valuiblo will retire from circulation, he hidden away, or flee to other countries. Good money will not circulate with bad or depreciated money. Freo coinage by the United States might ap preciate silver a little, hut not much. Of course, no one would let a gold eaglo pass out of his possession for twenty dollars when he could purchase anj where in the world enough silver to mako forty to fifty silver dol lars at our mints. The government of tho United States has maintained tho parity of tho siUer dollar coined on its own account containing Ins than 50 cents ot siher bullion with that of gold, coined on public account, containing 100 cents of gold bullion. The government gave Its pledge to do so, and up to this time has shown its ability to maintain its pledge. Suppose tho government should, however, open its mints to the free colnago ot slUcr, there would bo no responslbilitj on the part of tho government to maintain the parity of tho silver dollar with that of gold; Indeed, tho government would not ha e the resources and financial strength to do to, een if tho peo ple were wild enough to demand it Tho people maj- be impatient to return to bi metallism, but for tho government of the United States to attempt It alone would re sult in this countrj goinc at once, not to bi metallism, but to silver monomet illisin, a condition that it is difficult to believe any American desires1. Josrni M. Caret. It is said a party has said that Senator Sherman said a few weeks ago that if ho wero a j ounger man ho would take his place with the free trades. But lie is too old to change front; besides, he would not then be a politi cal leader a great consideration with men. HITS-Olt .MISSI . Mr. Breckinridge's new trial at the hands of his Kentucky constituency is tho ono Lo w ould like to have o errulcd. It is presumed that Mr. Aldrich has tied a stronger string to his fiery desire for a vote on tho tarifl bill. And now it appears that some actors have joined Coxey to get in training for tho com ing season. The strangest thing about the Rothschild stabbing affray was tho fact that blood issued from the wound. Now that the London police aro attempting to abolih Labor Day, they might take a hand at King Canute's old job of ordering back tho ocean. According to lato New York advices, his namo is now spelled David B. Capitol Hill, In evidence of his assumed mortgage on that locclity. Permit The Times, in oil humility, to call the attention of readers to tho advertising columns this morning. Thoy wore a broad smile jesterday but to-day! The coming of "the greatest show on earth" is likely to meet lively competition at tho hands of Mr. Coxey's little movement In that line. It is to bo hoped that Governor Tillman can get his troop" together once more in time to score another coup d'etat on possible Pal metto Coxeyites. And now the flowing side hirsutes of Chi cago's postmaster are mixed up in the Breck-inridgo-PolIard affair. From a lato accession of nativity it is in ferred that the Republican Congresional campaign committee is not as confident over tho outcomo of the Fall elections as aro Re publican newspapers. Greece is shaking with tho earthquake, Portugal has tho cholera, Italy has forbidden May daj demonstrations, and Washington has the hysterics over tho coming of Coxej-. H. R. GG12, to establish a freo reading room nnd publia library, is meeting with gen eral approval. Tho tariff compromise bill when it passes tho Senato will probably suit nobody. Mr. Wilson can then revise the old sajing to read: It is a wise father that knows his own child. The idle men, who Senator Wolcott said did not live in Colorado, proved their exist ence by burning him in effigy in tho Cripple Creek district Governor McKinley has ordered out the guards and the Gatllng guns. Tho particu lar industry ho is now protecting is that down trodden corporation, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Tho Pacific railroads aro rehearsing in the House "A New Way to Pay Old Debts." If the Coxeyites prove too strong for the police and the District militia, the authorities might call on the Pennsylvania State Guard. Washington has had in recent years three samples ot their law-abiding qualities. Let's see who was on trial in tho police court the other day, Judge Kimball or George Francis Train? It Is altogether too common to scout at the average police court judge. The prevailing opinion of him is too low and needs revision, for didn't Citizen George Francis say that our own Judge Kimball was a "most courteous judge." He is, he is. But he can't run that Train. A few weeks ago it was Capt Primrose, with bis forty merry, but hungry, men from Texas. Last week it was George Francis Train, citizen of the world, from everywhere in general and no place in particular. It's Brother Coxey's tarn next. When may our old friend, Charlotte Smith, and her thirty female industrians from Bos ton be expected to arrive? We very much fear that during Charlotte's prolonged absence from her old stamping-ground tho "Woman'3 Industrial League," for so many years her joy and her pride, has retired to a corner and gone dead. The patient has all the symptoms ot apo plexy. What shall be done? To admit this is to put at fault all our previous diagnostic statements. So let us talk of tho weather and wait until ho sinks into the condition of coma. We will then open the skull and find a clot, a purely mechanical lesion. In that way we may save the patient. At least, ho may recover if he has a good stock of vitality, but at any rate we will save the profession. So long as It Is the business and purpose of politicians to wheedle and flatter their con stituents for the sako of votes tendered to personal popularity, instead of any effort to disarm local prejudice by tho instructive in troduction of national questions ot universal right and Justice, we can only hope to learn wisdom from the dire object lesson of ca lamity. CLOAK ROOM AND GALLERY. Thero ha3 been very littlo Interest in the week's tariff debates, and it could hardly be expected that there should bavo been, when during the past threo days it has been very clearly understood that there was a compro mise In sight which would so unlto tho Dem ocratic majority as to insure the passage of the bill. But it Is hard to see "why the Republicans may not jet obstruct tho measure for along time. If they see lit. Their position certainly would enable them to do so it they wish, and force tho same drastio measures and tho same delay that occurred in the silver repeal fight. Just why Republican Senators who have declared that the passage of the bill would ruin the country should jield and let that calamltj happen If it can bo avoided, it is hard to see. There may bo obstruction jet. No one knows much about the compromise not enough to tell, anj waj , and that is alwaj s the best proof of the vagueness of any news. Of course, the talk is tbat tbo income tax is "satisfactorily" arranged. But how? Sena tor Smith has said he did not want the tax in the bill for any time, even for a short fixed term, and would oppose it. Senator Hill is absent and has not jet been heard from, but there is no reason to bellev e ne has changed his opinions, especially as bo has not author ized benator Murphj- to speak for bun. Until, therefore, some ono can nnnounco either that tno tax has been ellminati d from the bill or tbat change in the schedules have won over enough Democrats to do with out the anti-Income taxers there is littlo reason to put much faith in compromises. Gen. W. W. SLiddy Is again In town looking after schedules of the tariff bill in which he is interested; and, by the way, there is some talk now ot Gen. Sklddy as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Connecticut against E. C. Benedict, President Cleveland s yachtman friend. Gen. bkiddj' is a very popular mnn In the southwestern part of tho state, and has been talked of ior the place before this. Benedict, however, is said to have pledges on tbi j ear's nomination, and Gen. Sklddy would doubtless bo perfectly willing to vv ait lor a more favorable time. Representative Gardner, of New Jersey, of the Committee on Labor, says that, instead of labor organizations uniting on the project for a labor member of the Cabinet, he is receiving continually fnsh objections to the proposi tion and does not believe it is Iikelv to git much support. He thinks himself that it Is unnecessary and unwise, and bel.eves that the matter has settled itself from the lick of Interest shown thus far. Ho added that the position for Labor Secretary, ir wo had one. would be cvtremely difficult to fill, and that the entanglements growing out of a union cf labor affairs with politics would be innumer able. Senator Dolph is establishing for himselt a reputation as a long-winded talker and timu destrojer not unlike that of Senator Stewart The difference is tbat Stewart is alwajs more or less harmless, while Dolph Is insolent To see him stride around in the Senate in that seemingly bulldozing manner ot his would be enoug'i to exasperate any one. et. In spite of all this. Senator Dolph Is one of the most courteous and affable men In society. Politics hurt somo people's manners. Representative Geissenhainer, of New Jersey, wears in tho buttoanolo of his coat lapei a littlo enameled button bearing tho ccat-of-arms of Martin Luther, familiar to all who have visited tho great reformer's homo at WIttemberg, Germany. Thl3 gave rise to an amusing greeting to a fellow Congressman the other dav. Dr. "Billy" Everett, as tho Quincj school master who defeated Sherman Hoar for re election is called bj- his faithful student', came up to Mr. Geissenhainer and was saluted by tho genial Jersejman solemnly ns the son of Edward Everett. "es, son of Martin Luther," replied tho doctor quickly, as his eye caught the button. Mr. Geissenhainer was pleased to remember that very few peo ple knew what the button was. nnd it was a pleasant surprise to unu mat Everett knew, A few minutes later the quiet little Massa chusetts member began talking about college days at post-gradunto law studies. He is a graduate of the Howard law school. A ho sajs humoronslj himself, before thej had examinations D. M. Geissenhainer studied at Vale law school for a very short time and cr.aduated at the New York university. v He was eomplain'ng of the poor course of Instruction at the latter institution ana de claring that he knew so much law when ho got there tbat be not only learned nothing, but had to write lectures for somo of the pro fessors, when Dr. Ev erett said drily, ns ho turned to go- "Well, that accounts for tho bad law that has been prevalent in Now York ever sinco." It .Makes a Difference. From tho St Louis Globe-Democrat. The agents and lobbyists of the different trusts have been allowed to present arguments in the interest of those great monopolies, and the pending bill has been changed to suit their wishes nnd protect their business, and certainly tho representatives ot those who aro being thrown out of emploj ment by the pro posed reduction ot customs duties may justly and fairly claim a like degree of attention. Contemplated -Matrimony. "I fully Intend marrying somo day," Novel ist Brown told an American visitor, "if only to havo tbo convenience of using my wife's hairpins to clean out my pipes." m UNCLE PETER'S SERMON. "Wha's yo' reco'd, tremblln' sinnah? A ha's tie tithes yo' brlncin' la? Do yo' 'apect t' be a winnah Fo' to Christyunwuk begin? Bussle upl Sccuah yo lodgin' Y ha' Ue golden lante'ns glow Fob dey wun t bo any dodgin Wen de ho'n begins t' blow. "Tend ter wuk an' be a savrn ; Yo' no Lljah heah my song? Des a waltin' twell a raven Cums a totln' grub alongl Yo' may nab a peaceful lodgin' Wha' de streams o' marcy flow But dey won' bo any dodtrin' Wen de ho'n begins t' blow. "Put away de idle dreamin Lit' Lraanul s barman high! Don' yo' set de lamps a gleamln' On de buzzum o' de sky! Ah. ye can't deadbeat yo' lodgin' Wha' de liebenly rosfes blow An' dey won' be any dodgin' Wen ole Qabe begins t' blow!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. WEST END GOSSIP. On Wednesday at high noon In New York thero occurred the wedding ot Miss Anna Wright Williams, daughter ot the lato Mr. Laurence Williams, and granddaughter of the late George Law, and Mr. Armstead Peter, jr., son of Dr. Peter, of Tudor place. This marriage occurred in the parlor of the Fifth Avenue hotoL As if the long list of ancestors at tho beginning ot tho announcement was not enough, we are further told tbat both the Druio ana Dnaegroom s motners were great granddaughters of Martha Washington. Then there were some more grandmothers and grand daughters to bo spoken of at the wedding. All this sort of thing is immensely tiresome and ought to be suppressed in the announce ment of a wedding. It's like reading the first chapter of St. Matthew backwards, and ought to bo kept for tho family tree. Another state ment that does not come in with our idea of tho fitness of things was the fact that the bride's mother had been boarding at the Fifth Avenue hotel and had an apartmtnt consist ing of twenty-one rooms, which were all dec orated for the occasion. Of course they were decorated; who ever does anything nowa days that the public aro called upon to ad mire without decorating their apartments or rooms. A luncheon dinner or tea, or a marriage in an undecorated apartment would bo a shock that the public could never re cover from and could not bo imagined, but why the public Imagination should be need lessly taxed to grasp the immensity of an apartment consisting of twenty-one rooms is past our comprehension. The grandmothers aro quite enough. Wo are glad that Martha Washington, sit ting in her simple garret room with her gen tle pussy wandering In and out at the dic tates of her own sweet will, could not havo foreseen all this with her prophetic eyes or have known through what u labyrinth of sboddiness ber noblo namo was to be dragged by future brides and bridegrooms, else she might have mourned as one refusing to be comforted. Wo like to) Vtra from a scene liko this (In the society 0(&nn) to read ot weddings like tho prospective ono of Mis3 Harriet Blaine with Mr. Truxton Bealo en Monday. We are told that this wedding will be just as simple as it will bo possible to make It There will be no attendants, and there are no cords out The invitations to tho wedding are verbal. Miss Blaino has asked her particular friends from day to day, nnd tho groom has done so with his friends. The presence of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Damrosch and their tvvo j ear-old daughter, Mrs. Emmonds Blaino with her four-year-old son, and the two Cop pinger boys will add to tho family group. All these names suggest in a touching way the sorrows tbat have caused so Many hearts both in Washington and all over the land to beat in unison ith those of tho Blaine family. Mis3 Blaine has bad charge idl inter ot a branch of charity work among tho most forlorn of tboe who needed help, and she has become familiar with thnso who are poor and sufferin . In her present happiness she has not forgotten to make substantial pro vision for them. There Is a brilliant list of a glittering array of presents sent her by irleuds and admirers of her late father, many ot whom she does not even know. There are also simple gifts from old friends In Augusta that she values no less highly than those tokens of the esteem in which the daughter of the great statesman is held. It touches the heart, while It does not de stroy the fine atmosphere of romance which should cling to a wedding, to rend that the drawing room on the wedding day will be decked with white lilacs because thpy are the favorite Rowers of the bride, and roses be cause they belong to the bridal scene as much as orange flowers and happiness. We are rather glad, too, that she is not to be married at St. John's. St John's Is his toric and all tbat to be sure, but the fashion of being married thero is being rather over done. This church is selected as tho back ground of marriage scenes sluply because it Is tho fashion, and peoplo who aro in no way Interested in the Episcopal church select it for their purpose, and because the ceremony is picturesque, nnd ndmits of more pomp than any other. It Is bringing the pomps and vanities into the church, no mat ter which way we look at it. At a fashionable marriage that occurred there this Y inter, when the brido swept out dragging her satin train that remained in side, while she was nearing the outer door a foreigner, who was looking on with cynicism in his eve and scorn in his voice, remarked: "it's like a plaj ! Y hy do people wish such nonenso w hen they marry each other?" It is Interesting to note what Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, who i3 now in Washington, sajs in regard to her son. That she wishes him to carve out a career for himself, as his fortune left him from bis grandfather on his father s side vv ill only enable hitn to have bread and butter, and it ho wants any extras, such ns jam and turkey, ho must earn that himself. This sensible mother lays particular stress upon tho fact that she will discourage speculation nn the part of her son, for. as she sajs. attempts to make any monej- in this way rCMilti d in sad failure, both in her own and tho bartoris farn!lj This very nice utterance de serves more than a passing comment. If mothers evervvvhere would talo a similar stand, many of 'the greatest blight3 that fall upon society would be averted. Personnel of the avy. Tho joint committee on the personnel of tho nav j closed the hearings on that question yes terday, and after further conference with Sec retary Herbert will prepare and present a re port upon tho subject Tho indications are that the committee recommend the reorgani zation of the navj- reronncl very much on the lines of the bill prepared by the Xavy De partment Col. Heywood, of the marine corps, appeared yesterday in behalf of that corps, and Lodo Hornbeok, editor of the Navy, submitted n written statement in tho Interest of the enlisted men of the navy. ote and Currency Statement.- Tho amount of currencv outstanding yester daj as shown by a statement by tbe Comp troller of tho Currency is 8707,714,910 and of gold note3 891.737. Tbe national bank notes issued during the last six dajs aggregated 81,250,610 and tho amount destroyed Sl,G5i.51b. The amount of national bank notes received for redemption during tho week was 82,075, 829. and tbe amount of deposits received to retire national bank notes was $1,034,510, leaving a balanco of such deposits on tho books of tho Treasury of 827,002.532. Warned of Mow Dry's Coming. New York, April 23. The department at Washington lias notified the immigration authorities nt Ellis Island to keep a sharp lookout for one Mowbry. who Is supposed to bo nn anarchist editor and agitator. It is not stated when he is expectd, nor on what vessel. Epvvorth League Entertainment. Tbe second April meeting of th9 literary department of Anacostia chapter, Epworth League, will bo held in tho lecture room of Anacostia Methodist Episcopal church Friday evening, nt 7.45 o'clock. At the District Building. Soloman Xally has beon appointed private in the District of Columbia Fire Department. On and after Mayl the Commissioners have ordered that tho Eastern market butcher stands and baker stands will rent for $4 and S3 per month, respectively. Hullding InsDector Entwlstle has opposed the use of lead pipe as a water supply pipe for the new Patterson school building, lhe Commis sioners will decide on the question. The Commissioners yesterday communicated to Congress their approval of House bill 6.&12, "lo establish a tree public and depart mental library and reading room In tho District of Columbia." Senator Peffer's argument In favor of the Dis trict government purchasing the works of the Washington Gaslight Company has been re ferred to the Commissioners for report Capt. Derby indorses tho project, but Capt Powell is opposed to it In a communication with Assistant Adjutant General Israel W. Mote tbe Commissioners state that they deem It Inexpedient to make any ex ception to the rule against canvassing In the Dis trict offices during omces hours in order to allow tho Department ot the Potomac to solicit aid in the decoration ot soldiers' graves. Major Moore called yesterday at the District building to submit a copy of a proposed gen eral order to be Issued to-morrow, when the extra policemen go on duty. The major sub mitted a list of the 200 additional privates, and tho Commissioners approved the list without de lay Major Moore notified the men last night to be ready to report for duty at a moment's notice. Monday -AT- KING'S 3-These bargain! are Boys' Waists. 50 down Boys' Calico Shirt Waists, wide collars. Secular price, 25a, Monday, 12f c Children's Britiei. 25 dozen Children's Gingham Dresses, pretty patterns, raffle over shoulder, finished with herring bone braid, 1 to 5 years. Begular price, BOc, Honday, 28c Wrappers. One lot of Ladles' Print Wrappers, Watteau back, wide bretellee over shoulder, high sleeves. Begular price. 87c, Honday, 48s. Kings 812-814 SEVENTH STREET. Let No Man i Pass This By! You are thinking pretty Lard about buying a Suit of Clothes tbe weather during these last few days has MADE you think. Clothing dealers are falling over each other in v their attempts to quote the lowest prices 'twasn't so before we started this greatest of all Creditors' sales. We are sell ing reliable tailor-made clothing for less money than it costs to MAKE it people come here in swarms and they find every price and every quality precisely as advertised. There's no use paying $15 for a Suit of Clothes when we are offering a choice of forty-three different patterns of Business Su ts made up in Cheviots, Serges, Cassimeres, Flannels, &c, at $5 for choice. Don't pay $5 for a pair of Trousers when you can find 600 pairs here to select from, in 22 differ ent patterns, at $2.50 for choice. Regular $5 qualities. Twenty Salesmen Are Busy! A SUMMER SUIT J FOR A SONG! To-morrow we shall offer the choice of 60 styles in Men's Suits Imported Clays, Thibets, Serges, German Crepe, &c, at $10 for choice. Regular price $25. We shall also offer 300 extra size Suits for men, ranging from 42 to 50, in sacks and frocks, all shades at less than cost of the cloth. 560 1 pairs Boys' Knee Pants, 4 to 14 years, two pairs for 25 cents. Boys' and Children's Suits from 75 cents to $5. If you can duplicate any of these qualities at double our priee, bring them back and get your money. Our guarantee goes with suit. If you shouldn't find it exactly as represented come back and get what you paid for it. We are here to stay but this stock is going to MOVE. THE FAMOUS, 803 PA. AVE. (Market Space.) Two Doors West of Eighth Street. AMUSEMENTS. "VfEW NATIONAL THEATER, -Li Erery evening W ed. and Sat. Matinee. Mr. NAT C. GOODWIN A Gilded Fool. Next week "Mr. E. n Sothern. apMtf H ft I TM7M V Prices S3. W, 75, and $1. RuRlTjIUI . Matinee Wednesday Matinee prices 15, 50 and 73. ANIGHTS ONLY. nODGE NEW COMEDY RUSH GITY. ;Neit Week Heinrieh's Grand Opera Co. ANDREW B. GRKHRM 1230 PENN. AVE. Lithographer. Bill Heads. Letter Heads, Cards. Bonds, Notes, Checks, Drafts, Plplornas, Photo Lithographing. ANDREW W. HEIL, Merchant Tailor. PANTS, $5 UP. SUITS.$20AT)25UP. Repairing, Cleaning, and Dyeing Neatly Done 313 Pcnnsylranta avenue nw. apTT-lm IGE GRERM S0DR 5c. Prescriptions Compounded by Graduates of Pharmacy. Easterday's Drug Store, COR G ST. AND N. J AVE., N W. apM-3mo EHRMANTRAUT. FINE WINES, I.IQLORS AND CIGARS. IIeurichs Maerzen Beer a Specialty. Fine Lunch from 11 30 to 9.30 Everything first class in all respects. THE OLD AND RELIABLE CORNER, 12th and E N. W. COXEY IS COMING. Newsboys and hustlers can make $3 a day selling CHRIST AND COXEY AVD JACK CADES OP HISTORY. Eight pages, 3 cents. Apply early at 9SS Fa. are. 85 cents will start yort Dr. C. S. HODGSON, Registered Pharmacist, North Capitol and I Streets N. E. Pure Drugs only used in Prescriptions. Patent Medicines at reduced rates. Fine grade of Cigars always on hand. Our Soda Water and Milk Shake can't be beat Glreus acall;westrie to please apiWmo SALOON AND RESTAURANT. CHOICE Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Meals at all hours. Board by the day, week or month. JOHN E.BONINL. Prop., WIN. Cap. street. apSMmo "Snaps" PALACE. for MONDAY ONLYj Drawers. One lot ot Ladles' Muslin Drawers, deep hem, tucks above yoke bands. Begular price, 33c, Monday, 25c. S3 All-wool Cloth Capes, SL93. 25c. Children's Straw Sailors, lie Waists. One lot of Ladles' Colored Waists, high sleeves.wide pleated rumedown front, belts. Hegular price, 89c, Monday, 21c. Bibbed Vests. One lot Ladles' IUbbed Vests, coW ored crocheted tops, all sizes. Itegular price, 12Ha Monday, 8a. Palace. TVER a tooth Is ex tracted by our PAINLESS method, that s all of It. You don't feel sick or disagreeable In any way. That's because vrct do not use- anaes thetics and put you to sleep. Only a preparation applied to the gums, which renders them senseless for the time being, ex tracting without pain, SO ients. Other opera tions in proportion Evans Dental Parlors, 1217 Pa. Ave. N. W. Spring Styles Hats. ladies' Straw Yacht Hats, SL50 to 53.50. Hats and Caps for Children, Boys, and Youths, S0c, 75c., SI, and S1.M. Latest styles and color Derby Hats, 82, 2.C0, S3, S3.50, 54, and 35. Tourist Solt Hats, in all the lead ing colors, 82.50 to 84. Dress Silk Hats, SG and S3. Plain Soft Hats and Pocket Hats, 81, 81.50, 82, 82.50, 83, 83.50, $i, S4.50, 85, and 8C Largest Stack and Variety of Canes and Umbrellas. James Y, Davis' Sons, 1201 Penn. Ave., Cor. 12th St. EDWARD T. KRI8ER Real Estate Broker, Loans and Insurance, Rooms 4 and 6 Atlantic Buildintr.Ground Flooi 923 and 930 F Street N. W. Telephone, 1233. Special attention to the renting ot property and management of estates. Loans negotiated. CT-t Ire insurance tlaced in tlrat-Mamm panics. 4 i JUDD & DETWEILER, Printers, Established 1808. Records and Briefs, Mercantile Work, Scientific orh, And all kinds of Printing correctly and Handsomely executed. 420-422 ELEVENTH ST. N. W. j ( J vl .aiSMMtfliyhiEg-r. 4, jgE'ftfe &WfegiS