THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. SECOND PART. r . PAGES 9 TO 20. THE FETTSBUBa DISPATCH, STOTDAT. MARCH 37. 1892. TWADDLE OF WAR That Wasn't Eeally So Yery Violently Bellicose Tone, After AIL in EKGLMD IS RESPECTFUL Toward a Country With Which She Has Already Had Arguments. TOO LITTLE LOYE FOR CANADA Tor Her to Go Far Ont of Her UaT Fight for Its Interests. to A HOTHER-K-MTC TO HER COLONIES rT CABLE TO THE TISPATCK.1 IlOXTKHf, March 2a CopjrriyAt There has been an immense amount of editorial twaddle in British newspapers this week about the Bering Sea business, but taking London and the provincial press as a whole it cannot be fairly described as bellicose in tone. A few papers have talked in "who's afraid" fashion, but most of them seem to be appreciative of the fact that Eneland is not now dealing with Ashantee or Zululand, or even with Portugal, but with a large and fairly powerful nation. There is, in truth, a distinctly marked disposition to tread warily. During the excitement which accompanied the Eack ville incident, newspaper men, not always and wholly irresponsible, wrote about the ease with which New York could be bom barded and of the vulnerability of San Francisco. Those same men are compara tively dis;reet now, and write chiefly of the Irish vote in the United States and of the supposed necessity of politicians to pander to it br making a pretence of twistintr the British lion's tail, while they carefully ig nore the undeniable facts that this country Is upon the eve of a general election and that the Tories have always regarded "a spirited foreign policy" as a trump eleotoral card. Little English Lore for Canada. The reason for the recent circumspection Is not far to seek, to those who care to look for it Despite eflorts of the Imperial Federation League and similar organiza tions Englishmen have no particular love for Canada. They do not emigrate to the Dominion to any large extent, and they cannot see that "the ties of kindred" are taken into consideration by Canadian tariff makers. Moreover, Canadian statesmen talk and Canadian newspapers write about annexation to the United States, "unre strained by any sentimental feelings toward the mother country," and it has just been learned that the delay in fortifyine Esqui mau is due to Canada's unwillingness to pay its share of the cost. England's position seems rather to be that of mother-in-law, as far as colonies in general and Canada in particular are con cerned, and a knowledge and appreciation of this is spreading among Englishmen, but It does not necessarily follow that in certain circumstances Englishmen would not fight for Canada. Less than three years ago the Earl of Derbv, most cautious of British statesmen, said to the present writer, and the statement was duly recorded at the time In The Dispatch: "if Canada, through no fault of her own, should become involved la a tenons dispute with the United States', if the resources of diplomacy should tail to avert an armed conflict, then England would be bound in honor and justice to assist Canada with the full might of the Empire." Inexhaustible Resources of Diplomacy. Lord Derby adheres still to this opinion, but he believes strongly that the "resources of diplomacy" are a long way from being exhausted. The Liberal-Unionists, who have more to gain by postponement of the general elec tion to the latest possible date than mem bers of any other party, are still sticking close to business, and their help has enabled the Government to make some progress with its work. The Liberals, at Mr. Glad stone's suggestion, have allowed the small holdings bill a to pass its second reading without division, reserving the right to im prove it in committee, and this success has encouraged Mr. Balfour to express a hope that before Easter he will make similar progress with four other bills and finish the supply bill, but this hope will not be realized. Nothing is now said about the local gov ernment biU for Ireland, although the Lib erals are quite prepared to facilitate gen eral business, if by doing so the Govern ment can be induced to bring forward its "great" Irish measure, but Mr. Balfour now shrinks from forcing the issue, and the Irish local government bill will not again see the light if he can help it Parliament is not to be dissolved before Easter, because, as it is now said, Tory wirepullers have reported that thev require more time for preparation, but as they were admittedly preparing for the general elec tion last autumn, and have been working hard ever since, it is a fair presumption that, although ready, they are not willing. The Duke of Devonshire starts next week" for the Biviera, Mr. Gladstone has arranged to spend the Easter recess by the seaside at Folkestone, and Mr. Balfour and other Ministers will seek a much required tonic in a brief-rural retreat rajmtnt or Parliament Members. An interesting debate took place in the Commons last evening, upon a motion brought forward by one of the labor mem bers in favor of payment of members. If ot withstanding the fact that the system pre vails in nearly every legislative as- who are mostly well-to-do, opposed the proposal fiercely, as degrading and revolutionary. The Bight Hon. Ar thur James Balfour, who draws a salary of 5,000 a year, which he would not enjoy were he not a member of Parliament, op posed the motion on behalf of the Govern ment He declared, in all apparent seri ousness, that the change proposed would import foreign methods which would have far reaching and unexpected consequences; the independent lile and dignity which the House of Commons has enjoyed for "cen turies would be destroyed, and an incurable wound inflicted upon the British Constitu tion. Two hundred and twenty-seven Tories rallied round Balfour in defence of the threatened Constitution, and the motion was rejected by a majority of 65, but as the prin ciple of payment of members has been em bodied in the official legislative programme of the Liberal party, it will be carried into effect in a year or two, and the Constitution will doubtless survive the change. It cer tainly got on very well for hundreds of years, during which members of Parliament were paid by their constituents. The ordin ary payment of a county member was four (hilXinirs per day, and of a borough member two shillings per day during the session, the former receiving in addition an allowance for traveling expenses. beats Worth Too 3Inch Money. Constituencies used to grumble a good deal, but they had to bear the burden for several centuries. In course of time, how ever, a seat in Parliament became valuable by reason of the patronage attaching to it, and payment ceased toward the end ot the seventeenth country. Except for an occasional village shindy, there has been for come time little outward indication of a split in the Nationalist party in Ireland. The two sections do not quar rel, in the House of Commons, and are al most invariably found in the same division lobby, but all efforts to bring a formal publio reconciliation have so far failed, mainly owing to the personal feuds of leaders on both sides. The Par nellitel are quietly making elaborate pre parations for the general election, and are spending a good deal of money in the work of preliminary organization. The anti Parnellites are also preparing for the fight, but they are greatly hampered by lack of funds. If they receive no help from Amer ica or from the Liberal party treasury they will certainly lose a number of seats. The fusion of the two anti-Parnelllte morning papers in Dublin is now an accom plished fact, and they will be published as one paper on and after next Monday, under the title of the Freeman' ' Journal and National Preu. Credit for this arrangement is largely due to Captain O'Connor, who married Mrs. Dwyer Gray, widow of the former pro prietor of the Freeman, and soon afterward saw that his wife's prop erty would not be "worth much if the war continued. The Rational Prat was started in opposition to the Freeman' t Journal when that newspaper unwisely de clared for ParnelL Although the Freeman soon afterward Brain changed its coat the Prett made rapid progress, and had recently been a paying concern. It practically dic tated its own terms to the Freeman, and on the new board of directors its nominees are in the majority. Ml nine Royalties a Trifle Steep. The question of mining royalties recently referred to in Thb Dispxtch has come suddenly to the front this week. About four years ago William Pritchard Morgan, since elected member ot parliament lor Merthyr-Tydvil, formed the Morg.n Gold Mining Company, with a capital of 210. 000, to work 137 acres of gold-bearing quarts land near Dolgelly, North "Wales. The first year's operations resulted in the ex traction of"C,764 ouneee of gold, worth nearly 20,000, and the company made a net profit of 11,809. The original pros pectus of the company, drawn by the sanguine Morgan, promised a yearly net worth of 47,200, so that the deficiency was somewhat alarming. The yield did not improve much In the following years, and finally the Crown levied an execution upon the mine for un paid royalties and certain land costs. Mor gan put all the blame for the failure upon the Crown officers, who he said not only levied exorbitant royalties, but interfered with the enterprise "in the most vexatious manner. The company's most striking grievance is that the Crown charged a roy alty of one-thirtieth of the gross output instead of the net profit The matter was brought before Parlia ment the other day, and Goschen, as guar dian of the Crown property, refused to give way, but he lias since Yielded to pressure. The Treasury has relinquished possession of the property seized for costs of the un successful law suit brought by Morgan against that department, and the royalty will be reduced from one-thirtieth to one hundredth of the output, pending the re port of the Boyal Commission now inquir ing into the whole question of royalty. A good many people believe that there is plenty of gold in the Welsh hills, and that it could be worked with profit if the Crown would cease from troubling. Value of Trade Union Organizations. The House of Commons Wednesday "re jected, by a majority of 11, the bill for fixing miners' hours of labor at 8 a day, and the Ministerialists cheered loudly, but the voting was in no sense a party one. as the Tories, Liberals, Radicals and Unionists went into both division lobbies. Advocates of the bill were unable to make a strong case for it The workmen themselves are divided on the subject of State interference in such matters as hours of labor, and there is abundant evidence that trades unions,, if united, could speedily settle the question without the help of Parliament As a,,matter of tact,"- miners inHhis country, taking the year around, work an average of only 42 hours a week and manage to live very comfortably, which is more than can be said for a good many other trades and professions, but the miners are essentially an aggressive class, and are so splendidly organized that it is probable they will have their own way in the next Parliament Immediatelr after the division on the eight-hour bill a special meeting of repre sentatives of the Miners' Federation was held in London, at which it was decided "to recommend the constituency, wherever pos sible, to turn ont at the next election those members, irrespective of politics, who voted against the bill, and to oppose any candi date refusing to pledge himself to vote for the hill when introduced next session." The coal porters also met and passed a similar resolution, so that it will fare hard in some places with candidates who will not indorse the extreme labor ticket Churchill on Bis Good Beharlon The fact that Lord Randolph ChnrchUl re cently dined with Lord Salisbury is con sidered proof that the personal estrange ment between the two, which commenced nearly six vears ago, has ceased. It is un deniable that Lord Randolph has been on his best behavior lately, and, as his services would be invaluable to the Tory party dur ing the period of opposition into which it is about to enter, the reported reconciliation may well be correct Last year the House of Commons ap pointed a select committee to inquire into the hours of labor of railway servants, and one of the first men who gave evidence was Station Agent Hood, of the Cambrian line. Hood's statements to the committee were very unpalatable to the directors of the Cambrian Railway Company, who quickly found cause for dismissing him from their service. The committee, after careful in quiry, has reported to the House that Hood was dismissed for givingevidence.andas that means that the directors have been guilty of contempt, they will be brought to the bar of the House of Commons. The Speaker may fine, admonish, censure or reprimand the offenders. The House may even com mit them to Newgate Jail, or order the Sergeant at Arms to imprison them in the clock tower, the last occupant of which was Charles Bradlaugh. The probabilities are that as railway influence is verv stron? in the Commons, these offenders will be let off with an admonition from the Speaker. THE O'SHEA WILL SETTLEMEHt. Over Hair a Million Dollars at Stake and Tight for It rET CABLE TO THB DISPATCH.1 London, March 2G. Much curiosity is expressed as to the precise terms of the set tlement arrived at in the O'Shea will case. The London correspondent of the Liverpool Post writes: I bear from an authority in a position to know the fact that the arrangement was based upon Mrs. Farnell's consent to be satisfied with something more than a moiety of the sum bequeathed her hy her aunt The amount was not 200,000, as stated in some quarters, nor 100 003, as affirmed In others. It was, in round figures, 130,000, and Mrs. Farnt-ll has consented to band over 60.000 for distribution among her brothers and sisters, with provision made for the children by her marriage with Captain O'Shea. The settlement at one time was im periled hy a. matter of 5,000. The other parties to the suit yesterday morning handed In an ultimatum demanding an equal division of the money. To this Mrs. P.irneU'8 counsel would not consent. Itwas only In the last SO minutes of the curious scene that took place in the Probate Court that a compromise was effected on the terms above stated. Lata Banters Should not fail to read the special To Let lists in Monday's Dispatch. See the Bern oral Notices Ou eleventh page to-day. Changes of ad dress are given under the above heading. Butld houses at Kensington, either ta rent or sell, and you have a good and safe investment. GIVING TO THE POOR. The Best Way to Do It Is to Give to the Association That LOOKS -AFTER SUCH WORE HERE. Frauds Ire So Numerous Now That Investl. gallon Is Necessary. READKG THE BIBLE LITERiLIT fWaiTTZJ TOR TUX BISTATCXI There is a great difference between the four gospels and the four books that Euclid wrote on Conlo Seotlons. The Sermon on the Mount is not an instruction in mathe matics. One would think that a truth so plain as this must be sufficiently evident to all intelligent people. Nevertheless it needs to be stated, and explained, and em phasized. A great many good Christians persist in reading the Bible as if it were a religious arithmetic. There is a difference between mathematics and literature, between a problem and a poem, between a numerical calculation and a sermon, between a geometrical propo sition and a prayer. And the chief differ ence is that the one must be read literally, while the other must be read spiritually. One must be taken precisely as it stands. We are not to go around it, nor above it, nor beneath it It means exactly what it says upon the surface. The other may be only a symbol or a simile. The real truth lies behind it, and is to be sought not in the grammatical construction of the words, but in sympathy with the intention of the writer. Truth Too Great for Definition. At truth broadens and deepens it gets too great for the limits of mathematical ex pression. It even eludes the grasp of speech. It escapes definition. It can only be suggested, hinted at; words can be thrown out after it, but the words miss the center. Think of the difference there must be in the defination of a piece of wood and of a piece of music. The whole of the piece of wood can be got into the description; but the piece of music, what master of language can adequately describe it? Suppose that the description of the piece of music were to be read literally, and taken to be a com plete description, and we should persuade ourselves that there was nothing more in tne musio than appeared in the words what a mistake! That is what is meant when It is said that the Bible ought not to be read literally. We ought not, that is, to think that the whole meaning of the words of Christ is on the surface, and that we have learned ade quately what He meant when we have in terpreted the sentence with a crrammar and a dictionary. Jesus said, for example, "This is my body," "This is my blood." The grammar and the dictionary leave us no alternative: The bread was his body and the wine was his blood. The Deeper Spiritual Meaning. But at the same time He said: "This cup is a new covenant" The cup, then, was a coyenant; that is, a testament, a wllL It was, therefore, not a cup, but a piece of parchment, written over and ighed, and sealed with the blood of Christ We know better than that Here, it is evident, we get the real meaning not by a literal, but by a spiritual interpretation. What we de sire to know is not alone what Christ said, but what Christ meanWABd-ifWe -would know the real meaning of His words at the Last Supper we must not read them as if they were a statement in mathematics. He spoke in symbol. The great truth lies be neath the letters of the sentence. St Paul often contrasted these two ways of interpreting religious truth, the literal and the spiritual; and alwavs to the disad vantage of the literal. "Wo serve," he said, "in the newness of the spirit, and not In the oldness of the letter." Another time he spoke even more strongly. "The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." The history of interpretation is a long com mentary upon these texts. People who have declared that the Bible means exactly what it says, meaning that these writings are to be read like a sum in arithmetic, have fallen into absurdities and fanaticisms. It Is the people who have teen that the Bible means a great deal more than it says, who have found the real will of God. The Spirit For the letter. We will do well then to read not literally but spiritually that great word of Jesus where He said, "Give to him that asketh thee." This was spoken In the Sermon on the Mount, and one of the great purposes of that sermon was to substitute the new spirit of the gospel for the old letter of the law. Thus Christ said that He had come to fulfil the law: that is, to 11 it full, to teach the principles that lay beneath it, to get the hearts of men so in sympathy with the great ideas of the law that they 'would have no more need for the petty and intricate regu lations, which at that time occupied the lives of religious people. There was to be the same difference between a new Chris tian and an old Hebrew that there is be tween a master of music whose heart is filled with the great thoughts of a great composer, and another who is able to think only of halt notes and quarter notes, and sharps and flats, and the right position of the fingers. Accordingly, Jesus laid all emphasis on the spirit He regarded not so much the hands as the heart He taught that the commandments could not be adequately un derstood by their grammatical construction alone. They were not to be learned by any process of spelling or parsing. They meant more than they said. Seem lake Narrow Beyulattons. Presently, in the sermon, Jesus set forth what at first sight seemed like rules. For a moment be appeared to be teaching like the scribes. "Ye have heard that it was said An eye for an eye, and a' tooth for a tooth:' but I say unto ypu, resist not him that i evil; but whosoever smiteth thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away." At first these read like absolute injunc tions. These acts, it would seem, we are every one of us to do. But afterwards we find that Jesus himself protested against au unjust blow, and did not turn the other cheek. And we come by and by to see that a great principle is set forth here, and not a series of narrow regulations. Indeed, so desirous is Jesus that it shall not be thought that he is following the example of the religious teachers of Jerusalem and binding his disciples with the confining cords of unelastic rules that, as it seems, he purposely puts these statements into the iorm ot paradox, and makes them so ex treme that it must be evident that the spirit rather than the letter is considered. "Give to him that asketh thee" that is to be interpreted not by the letter but by the spirit , The Soles Would Kill the Babies. For think to what the literal obedience of this law would lead. Take only one kind of illustration; apply this role to the ex perience of domestic life, let parents use it with their children. Whatever the small cnurj asxs lor, give it Give It a pair of scissors, five it a lnnttnr-elaH and hem. mer. trive it caka at bedtime. No nutter what the child may ask, there it year literal duty, xou see what the Bible MjijJ you see what your Lord and Master directs you to do. Obey, without hesitation and without question. Why, that would actually kill half the babies in this town to morrow. It must, then, I think, be evident that Jesus when he said this did not mean it to be taken literally. What he meant to teach was not the letter of a pernicious, indis criminate and injudicious distribution, but the' spirit of unselfishness, of generosity, of fraternal love. Wo are to give only when onr gift will be a real gift that is, a benefit. It is likely that sine times out often to-day we will best observe the spirit of this word of Jesus by simply refusing to give to him. that asketh. Of course, I have in mind here that great problem which we all wish to have solved, the problem of charity. How shall we help the poor? We all want to do that The poor, I know, have hard thoughts some times about those who live more comfortable lives than they. And yet I believe it to be a fact of almost universal application that all the people who have money really de sire to help those who have none. The diffi culty which hinders helpfulness is not in difference but ignorance. The rich would benefit the poor if they knew how. People of Forbidding- Faces. Most people remember that description which Jesus gave of the last judgment We know what kind of sinners will stand in that day on the side "of malediction. All the unhelpful people will be there, all the men and women of cold hearts and for bidding faces, who have seen Christ hungry and have given Him no meat, and thirsty and have given Him no drink, and a Stranger and have taken Him not in. Seen Christ? Yes, in the person of His poor. We have no wish to be among that com pany. But how shall we minister to Christ? How shall we know him when we see him? It used to be thought that if we were to give to ell that asked, and never turn abenrar from our door, then, at least, we would not miss- Christ when be came, jbui we are learning now that 99 times out of 100 yes. and iu most people's experience often er than that th beggar is not the disguised Christ, but the disguised devil. And we are beginning to doubt if Christ would desire us to do his poor harm a hundred limes in the hope that one time out of the hundred we might do a deed'of help. These men who tell us that they live in Jersey City, and have fallen sick in a hos pital somewhere, and have used up the money they had to get home with, are all thieves and liars. I have had a good deal of experience with them, and have put them often to the test, and I have never found an honest man among them. These women who have a drunken hus band and seven siek children, and the rent due at i o'clock this afternoon, and a cruel landlord ready to put them out unless they pay him the $6 they owe him, are all liars and thieves. It took meja good many years and a great number of disappointments to HOUSEHOLD CREDIT CO. m AND 725 LIBERTY ST., Cor. Eighth, Head f Wood,8t OUR IMMENSE DISPLAY OF This 7-Piece CHAMBER SUIT $20 $20 $20 Cash or Credit OUR LEADER ! $15 $15 $15 A money saver! It is worth $20 of any man's money. PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST TERMS ALWAYS THE EASIEST HOUSEHOLD 723 and 725 Liberty St, Corner Eighth, Head of Wood St PITTSBURG'S MOST ACCOMMODATING CASH AND CREDIT HOUSE. find that out. But that is true. Not one of them either deserves or needs a penny. The Worst Enemies of the Poor. . These people are the enemies of the poor. They bring all honest poverty into disre pute. They harden the hearts of the gener ous. They take the money that many a spend for bread, and they spend ft for beer. Every dime that is given to these beggars encourages pauperism, invites idle rascality to continue in idleness, and goes to the sup port of that most pernicious of all our in stitutions, the saloon. I believe, indeed, that we ought to desire to help even the undeserving poor. We ought to try to lift up all those who are down; and if they are down morally as well as socially, if they lack conscience as well as comfort, if they are not only poor in treasure here on earth, but are absolutely bankrupt up in heaven, so much the more do they need our interest and our pity, and our help. Jesus came, He said, to seek and save the undeserving poor, the lost He was reproached bv a treat manv respectable people because He was the friend of sinful. men and sinful women. If we are Chris tians we will follow His example. These thieves and liars who come to us with their manufactured misery, and try to persuade us to support them in their evil living we ought to be interested in them. .They are brothers and sisters of ours. We ought to give them when they ask but not to give them what they. .For the purpose of Jesus in His intercourse with the undeserving poor was always to uplift them. He never gave them anything that would encourage them to keen on in their old life. He toot them by the hand, indeed, and met them kindly. And so ought we. But it was that Me might lilt them up. indiscriminate charity will never lift anybody up. It is our Christian duty to refuse absolutely to give anything, even a pair of shoes, to an unknown beggar at the door. Bow to Get at the Troth. But what If Christ comes? What if amid the company of vagabonds should be one deserving man, one needy woman, one hungry child? I turned away a drunken man one busy evening a week or two ago, whom I suspected of being not only drunk but crazy,, and a good Christian took him up, and brought him to an inn, and paid for a night's lodging for him. And I remembered the Good Samaritan, and the priest going by on the other side, and I spent the whole of the next afternoon in the drunken man's company trying to make amends. For with all his unkempt looks and his condition of partial intoxica tion, he was really deserving of kind treat ment Christ sometimes 'comes strangely disguised, in the person even of the least of his brethren, and we do not wish to turn Him away when he comes. What shall we do? The best plan, I think, if we cannot our selves look up the case, is to send the beg gar to somebody who .can make investiga tion for us. Even if we were to help, what WE YOUR For it is a duty you owe to yourself and your your, dollars do double duty. We feel that our Colossal Bazaar "is the place, IfsRall cost you nothing to look at NOW READY FOR YOUR INSPECTION. LOW PRICES ! RELIABLE GOODS! SQUARE DEALING! We carry the plete line of most com- CARPETS in the tail at prices, them. city, which we Te rn a n u f acturers Come and see THIS COUCH $9 $9 $9 Cash or Credit. fnv jtvi t jfp"" , . fmmm; . ' ynisi.iii-s- "- '. tenrtTK - i CAN THE STANDARD LXOPABD CHANGE ITS SPOTS 1 we might do would be but a temporary relief. There would be no lasting good in It The kindest charity would be to put this beggar, whose story persuades us that here at last is that improbable person, the honest mendicant to put this beggar within reach of personal uplifting influence, where he may get what is more helpful than any amount of money the inspiration and the comfort of individual interest And we can do that There is an association in Pittsbnrg which makes that possible. I mean the Association for the Improvement of the Poor. They have their stations all about the city. They have their districts and their district visitors. They are in the Sosition to verify for as the sad tales of all le unknown beggars. They make it A Fart of Their Business to do that And when they find an in stance of real need, where a bag of flour and a bushel of potatoes, as St James says, is ever so much more a religious gift than a prayer and good advice, they minister to that need. They look after that family. They try to get work for those who are out of work,, and make it their business to set these people on their feet again. If we really want to help the unknown beggars who assail us at our doors, with importunities, we will help them through this excellent association, by means of this organized and efficient charity. The Asso ciation for the Improvement of the Poor has investigation tickets which can be had by application at their office on Sixth street One of these investigation tickets given to DEMAND ATTENTION Prices Always the Lowest. Terms Always the Easiest THIS 8-FOOT' TABLE $10 $10 $10 Cash or Credit To see it is to buy. A sav ing to you of 5, PROMPT AND FREE DELIVERIES. CREDIT z3Sim VkTvf .'; ' - - a deserving beggar is as good as 920; given to a liar and a thief it does no good, and it. does no harm. It cannot beiaken either to' a pawn shop or a beer shop. The kindest and most Christian thing, then, that one can say who desires to help the unknown beggar is: "My friend, I hare given money to be used for this very pur pose -to the Society for the Improvement of the Poor. Here is one of their tickets. Take it to their nearest office, and they will see that all your needs have generous atten tion," As for the deserving poor, I will have something to say about that case next week. Geoeob Hodges. KorsnrOTOX is the - coming manufactur ing city adjacent to Pittsburg. Money in vested in real estate there now will soon double. Thorp, the Wan Dressmaker, For spring suits. 913 Perm avenue. su Do not move into a house full of roaches and bed bugs: clean them out with Bugine. 25 eta. at all dealers. ttssu. Ogaxjl and Silver Springs. Page 18. Cabpet buyers should read local on sec ond page headed "Carpet Remnants!" J. H. Ktoxel & Beo, Ocaul and Silver Springs Page 18. family to trade where SPRING GOODS! THIS SUIT $18 $18 Cash or Credit No duplicate of it can be found on earth. 2 We show twice as many LOUNGES As any house in the city. THIS ONE ONLY $IQ. Cash or Credit Ba4 rsi, ... m && -g rfrv. r csaaRsssaaasEsses SpSS i r COVERED WITH CONFETTI. A PECULIAR INCIDENT OF THE BEXD FAEEWEIX BAXQUET. Alt Fairs on the Boulevards to See the aUeamml Procession The Betlrins Minister's Predicament Tf hen He Arose to Make His Speech. tBX CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. J Londok, March 26 Copyright Ono of the features of the farewell banquet to Whltelaw Held in Paris Thursday night arose out of the circumstances that Micaremi was being celebrated in Franca on that day, and that most of the men who sat down to dinner were covered with con fetti Old residents said they had never seen so many people in the streets as on Thursday, for the day was exceptionally fine and almost the first pleasant one of the season. Tout Paris and every Frenchman within 100 miles who could get to the capital wero In the boulevards to see the procession and' ' take part in the paper war. Confetti felli like snow all along the boulevards, from tho Madeline to the Place de la His tile. Men and women were sowing It broadcast from, the windows upon the people in the streets. Pedestrians ran alongside of the pro cession wagons and threw it over tho pretty girls In costumes, who showered 1S back with equal zest In the Bois and the Cbamps Elysees the aristocrats were pelting eaoh other from their carriage and Irom on. horseback, and all over the city children' were scraping it up in the street and flins ine Hover eaoh other. Just as Mr. Held drove from tha Rue Cas tlnllone into the courtyard of the Con tinental Hotel, where the banquet tool: place, an adventurous sprite of feminine gender in mask and tights opened the car riage door and threw an entire cornucopia of confetti over the Minister. There is no Setting rid or these paper missives after a aptlsm. unless one undresses and shakes out all his raiment, and so when Mr. Beld rose to speak, confetti sifted oat of hi.i Sleeves and onto the floor irom his trousers Buttons. Consul General Kins, who pre sented the address to the retiring Minister, bad his hair full of paper. General Mere dith Beld had confetti in his mustache and shirt front, and all the guests who bad coma through the streets were spotted with Has If they had been In a stage snowstorm. How many tons of papor were thrown about the streets on Thursday and a tho Casino and the opera halls in the evening would be venturesome to estimate. At mid night the bulevarda and the principal street wcrs half an inch deep In it Chamberlain's Couch Remedy SUPERIOR TO JlSTT OTHER. Mr. W. J. Mowrey, of Jarvisville, W. Vs., says: "Since we have beenhv.iHnc Chamberlain's Cough Eemedy we have sold it on a strict guarantee and found that every bottle did good service: Wehava used it ourselves and think it superior to" any other preparation we know of. M-cent bottles tor sale by druggists. ttssu THIS FINE CHEVAL SUIT $25 $25 $25 Cash or Credit Just Think of It ! THIS PARLOR SUIT $30 $30 $30 You cannot afford to do, without it Cash or Credit Carpets laid the same day they are purchased. inMT-4S HOUSEHOLD CREDIT CO, 723 MD 725 LIBERT? ST.. Cox. Eighth. Head of-Wood as. . . g P TTimsj.sj! smf J BH "M WHflUiSSsBw psH '-$ .i j-
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