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4 MOTHER,S JOVE PREVlILS
,rleans Times Democrat.

From The New-Orleans Times Democrat.
There was pathetic incident In Recorder Aucoins
court yesterday II during recess, and the Judge
was sitting IN his private office. when an aged woman
came in aud said she wanted some relief
u have seven children, Judge began tho old
woman, 81 and work hard TO support them, but my
eldest boy gets drunk
speak TO the clerk, madam interrupted the
nethodcal Judge. he attends % these matters, aid
will make ont an affidavit for you"
SO she went the clerk and told her pltlful story
of how she abOred at her little stand IN tho market "
support her children, aud how her great, bury son,
whom she had been looking forward 10 comfort
and assistance In her old age would come In drunk
and abuse her. and with maudlin oaths demand money
Of her 20 get more drink
DWELL madam" said the clerk do you make An
AFFIDAVIT against your son ?"
Affidavit, sir :! .
YES Send him 10 Jail first thing in the morning"
"send my 10 Jail Can't You stop bin any
other way ?" ~ 80 -, - -
madam / have something else 70 do"
The old yomsns face assumed an expression Of
solve She would make tho affidavit. she halfopencd
her mouth 10 say yes when her mothers heart got the
better Of her The tears weed 10 her ewes, her hard
hand went ~ 90 her wrinkled old forehead with tired
movcmcnt' a!fd looking at the clerk with "1stfni
eyes, she sed .,o,o, ,o g haa uo NAV
abuse me, he may Kill me, buy cannot SEM my hoh !"
fail. Tear up the affidavit SIR H.. A., Ia.
And slowly and feebiy she went out INTO the sTeee'
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vrw DpcORArIOy FOR GOWNS.

From The ST. Louis Globe Democrat. New York letter
A Partisan tailor In this cty say The latest nov
elty t,r womens gowns is plastic cement which j. 10
he used for ornamcntatlon The cement Is put on
the gowns with stencil. N any pattern desired I'm,
br0tdery can be cOunteTfeted 50 cleVerly that inc
cement win be mistaken for the genuine article. III
is nos sble by this process which Is by the way, the
Invention Of AN American, 10 reproduce tapestries
passemcntere and In fact, any decoration desired In
any one or dozen lines. The cement Is put on III
very thin layers aud after Il has dried aud become
woven into the fabric cannot be told from handwoven
Observation-Disclosures For light textile fabrics games aud
netting tine cement is OF great value and some Of the
snecInens OF the work shown us are marvelously at
tractlvc The new process has great deal to recon
mend n 10 women as an ornament OF dress ana for
household decoration. II does not ihiure the material
nnon which Il Is used: Ii be removed or changed
az will and IL IL cheap It's VIII enable woman
10 change the pattern Of dress as many times as
he likes and NJ very small cost dress ornamenteh
win the real ornamentatOn would cost several hun
led dollars whereas the cost Of a gown done ~
MA slIe cement viii not be 20 exceed 500 From $40
h $50 will be the tarin for the work when II becomes
letter known. The process Is 10 be introduced IN
short time and win be the rage for few years at
least. Competent operators are now engaged IN eN
peimcntlng with the cement and cutting the stencils
winch Will make II possible = repr -ducc the most
dlncult Of cmbrolderics and tapestries. ! do not
know the name Of the inventor but ho has fortune III
Ids discovery.
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THE COURTS.

SHE SAYS HER HUSBAND lLLTREATEO HER
Mrs. Cornelia A. IngIaham began suit before jude
Truax OF the Supreme Court yesterday for separation
from Marion Ingraham. an cmploye OF the FedeL
Government I'm this city, drawing a salary. 1t Is a.
legged of g. eco year. Mr. anu MT5. Ingraham wers
married on November 10, 1890. Mrs. Inglaham az
the time Of the marriage was widow, thF'yfva
years old and the mother Of boy thirteen years d.
According 10 the complaint, the defendant Is INV
three years old. Mrs. Ingraham alleges that beon
her marriage Mr. Ingrah1m had lived with her mothers
family. and knew her well /. Is charged that since
the union the defendant has abused the plaintiff sub
jected her continually to cruel ard unjust treatment
and called her indecent names lcfore other peopla
The plaintiff further alleges that the defendant has
elected her from their house, 40. J02 West one.
hundred and forty ffthst. and iusulted friends WHO
called upon her. She asks for 40 a week anmony.
The defendants counsel I'm opposition. said that 10
did not care to throw mud Ills client was willing
to pay alim0ny, although he could no. pay so a
week. he Obliged u support two invalid sisters
\ reference was suggested 20 determine the Gmoun.
Of almony. The Judge reserved his decision.
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io9 e19s. 04O.575


Judged by the practical standard OF the eAPoI''
and imports, the British West indies anu ono
Guianas are in less unfavorable relations OF IN
equality and inequity than Brazil, the op"ni'n
West Indies, Venezuela and Santo Domingo ouC
In comparison with Mexico, Haytl, Oeftfai
America. the Plate countries and the west COAST
States of South America they are at dlSodNoh'
taQe. Reciprocity under the Aldrich amendment
anplies mainly TO Brazil the Spanish West indies
Venezuela. Santo Domingo, the British West III
dies British Guiana and Central America. WIN
Mexico and the remaining countries the cohdi-
ons REQUIRE special treaties outside OF the range
of the amendment.
Reciprocity is q great policy which will readJust
the present inequitable conditions OF trade ana
enlarge the foreign markets for American exports
The fact that the United States receives S2OO,-
600 600 of produce from the South and sells less
than so1 900. 900 In return Is a complete demon
stration of the necessity Of more equitable con-
ditions Of exchange Under fair relations OF reel
procity the United States, instead of having
$500. 0o0. 900 of the Sl,2O0,000,00O OF foreign
trade NJ the countries included In the foregoing
table can reasonably expect to have $500 O0O,O 900
But this tremendous gain will require something
in addition to the enlightened diplomacy Of the
Harrison Administration. There must be res
toration of the American commercial marine ana
a DEVELOPMENT of mercantile energy on land ana
sea. The flag must be carried into foreign ports
and wholesale houses established in the chief CEN
tres of population. Reciprocity will be great
gain. but il is only condition for the develop
ment of American enterprise. The way to com-
motto is IA compete. l. N T.
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the United States has concluded reciprocity ar
rnnqements with Brazil and the Spanish west
Indies, and may be expected 20 follow up the same
policy with Santo Domingo, Ilnyti, venezuela
Mexico and other countries, 1t is matter OF
pressing Importance to the British West Indies to
retain the free market for their sugar II they
have standing offer from Canada TO enter INTO
preferential arrangement thoy have OF leas'
a resource upon which they can depend In pre-
venting the closing OF the free market Ihey
will not accept Canada's proposals, but theJ
will hold the offer under consideration ana SUD-
sidize its new steamship lines This they Will oe
likely 10 do in the hope Of being allowed 70 re-
thin the free market on sufierance without pay
ing for it in concessions to American exports
They will trnde upon their neutrality In TINS
commercial rivalry between Canada and the United
States. and ask to have their unwillngness 10
favor the one OF the expense of the other ac-
cepted ut Washington as an equivalent for the
large advantages which they enjoy In the AtneIf
can market
What course the Administration viii take III
this matter next January it would be, OF COURSE
premature TO forecast The President Is empo"-
cred to close the free market IT, IN his Judgment,
the conditions of trade are inequitable lie VIII
hove no alternative If preferential treaties aIe
made with Canada but If the islands, as is proo-
able, reject these overtures from the DOMINION
his course will largely depend upon his Juag-
mcnt as to what are to I've considered equit@Dle
conditions Of Southern trade. The following en-
hibt will illustrate the question:
TRADE OF SOUTHERN COUNTRIES WITH The
UNITED STATES IN 1890.
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LIVELY MIDNIGHT FLAMES.
FIREMEN NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH
FALLING coRNIcE INJURIES TWO HORSES
RAPID SPREAD OF A FIRE IN FRANKLlN-sT.

. vArJ5NG coRNICE INJURIES TWO HORSES
p,prn SPREAD OF A FIRE IN FRANKLIN-sT.
A fire involving the destruction OF large amour.
~ valuable stock broke out last night al NO
Frankiin-st and for nearly an hour made things par
t,cularIy lively for the fremen. John Murreh ""o
uaens harmon at Worth and Centre sts. was sea'eo
on the Tombs steps in FTankln-st talking 10 soie
frIen g. Just before midnight. when he saw "ns"0
OF flame shoot out from the topfioor WINDOWS Va U"o
six-story red brick building Nos. and IL trahiFs''
Murren ran TO the nrebox at Franklin and Centre
90 AVID gave an alarm. when the fremeh
ayr.vod they saw that the height OF the pu'ui.'e
rouIo make the fire extremely difficult OF approach
and three ala ms were quickly sent ont.
The flames broke out tho floor occupied by 'he
North American Seal Unhairng Company anu io'
como roason they spread with bewildering raplolE'
water Tower No was brought into play, but Oy tIio
time that Us first great vulume Of water Wa
ropred into the burning rooms tnc ""040
noor was ablaze The nremen mounOeu
the roof OF the adjoining houses and soon about t"en
streams of water playing On the naIHes' 80
te fire was got under control, however tie WHO "Uo
and roof had been completely dcsUoyeu' wiz" a .,s,.I
sfth and fourth floors which, with the secoiu anu UNIV
floors are occupied by the simpson Per1nS BILL
va1one Companv were much damaged oN "tVer
when the flames were at their height S@huge Hass
n. granite stone which formed part OF ufo co'noe Vi
the building fell with crash to the grouho' ln'o'
Aremen who were In the 9Uee' us '.iD,,,
heard the warning cries Of the crowd IN 'ne 10 JUMP
aside and escape death Two pieces OIL Unv 0UD, In
-, = connie OF horses which, however were Only
,,,.,v ,nirrod The North American Seal Captur-
ing COMPANY loses about 100000 in stock, While
the simpson & Perkins Company loses $4,000 Ihe
Sar,oae 20 the building will not exceed $4,000.
1sbe building erected eleven years ago ON the
,+o ~ the old sixth Precinct Police etatoh
PUG HERMAN a rag merchant, who
ftsrxTard retired with a fortune TO oOmnenlorato
Sh strmSres of his early days Mr. Herman put on te
ie 90 H. 6ndiDg big stone statue of an ola man
Wp ~ 1nder the weight of ragbag When az
else was destroyed last night TINS heuIe SUI s'S
firm as a rock, weird anu sro'0Sd"0 No "
iigIt of tho flames.
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agsipst British West Indian sugar ana
a duty 30 imposed upon It, it win be shut out Oh
the American market What then will they 90
with itp Europe has its own supply oil neeI
sugar which is increasing at an enormous ra'e
everv year. Il cannot be forced TO take the sur
Mus Of cane-eucar produced In the West Indies
What then have the Canadian diplomats TO say
They have been talking about tho advantages
o, preferential arrangement by which sugar
and fruit will be admitted into Canada with dis
elimination Of 25 per cent and the produces o,
their fisheries. FARMS mines and forests favored IN
the same wav In return. Can they guarantee
market for 81 100000 Of sugar. That is what
they cannot do Indeed, from the first. they
have not been interested so much in Canadas pur-
chasing power as In Its increased facilities TOT
selling a surplus Of its own which is no longer
marketable in the United States.
Several years ago, when the British West Indies
conld not enlist sympathy and support for their
shattered industries In England, the United States
offered TO give their sugar an advantage IN its
markets over competing sugars. The islanders
were overjoyed and pleaded earnestly with the
Home Government for the negotiation OF treaty
The Colonial Office interviewed with veto Eng
land refused 10 allow the United States TO 60 10
tbe mid Of the colonies The new offer Of the
United States is for free market for sugar. out
that is an advantage TO be shared equally by
Brazil and Cuba. 1t is not so generous as the
first preferential proposal, but it is made BY the
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II Is DEATH TO HEssIAN FLIES.

Chicago, July 1O.-A dispatch from Champaign Ill.,
avs Early last spring Professor Forbes, state Eito
moIogist received from the smithsonian institution at
Washington few of the larvae Of parasite supposed
10 be destructive to the Hessian fly This parasite Is
found only in Europe He undertook to experiment TO
find out whether these larvae destructive to the fly
here patch Of wheat about yard square was in
closed in box arranged that the grain could have
light and air to grow. considerable number OF
Hessan files with the larvae mentioned were put In and
the box so closed that they could not escape and so that
other insects could not get in The larvae have Matched
and are hourishing With unerrng instinct the para
site finds the place where the ny has laid its egg under
the husl OF the straw and, boring down into It, the
narate laws its egg inside the Of the fly. There II
develops into grub consuming the egg of the fly and
dnc@r II
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A RECIPROCITY STUDY.
TRADE OF THE BRITISH WEST INDIES
WITH COMMENTS UPON CANADIAN ASSURANCE
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EN11eHT-

WITH COMMENTS UPON CANADIAN ASSURANCE
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENNeHT-
ENED AMERICAN POLICY.
pros.sr.yY CORRESPONDENT oil THE TRIBUNE
Kingston, May Port Royal is the Key OF
the West Indian Empire, for which England made
great sacrifices and won imperishable prestige
on the ocean in her historic battle for supremacy
with Spain and France That Empire seemed 70
have been lost after Yorktown, when the power
full French feet was supreme among the Leewaro
and Wihfward islands. but Rodney's genius
and pluck rescued it from conquest and delivered
Jamaica from invasion. As the Empire was
left after that great sea fight of the mountain
peaks of Dominica IL has remained to this day,
save that it's colonial population has been I'm
poverished brought the verge OF ruin and driven
ont in the face Of increasing swarms OF blacks
With the Bahamas In the north, Belize on the
west, and the Lesser Antilles IN the east, curvlng
from Puerto Rico for coo miles toward the mouth
of the Orinoco and British Guiana, Port Royal
is the geographical and strategic centre OF TINS
once prosperous and highly priced Empire. Win
the exception of the mahogany and logwood clear
ings of Belize, it is essentially black Empire
The whites were ruined by emancipation, for
which grants of 500 100000 from the British
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4 MISSOURI LUMBER MANS FAILURE.

LIABILITIES OF j. H. BENIs AND THE JEFFER-
son LUMBER co. NEARLY 100000
ST. Louis, July "a dispatch to Tine hcPuoho
from Jefferson Tex says that J. II. BeInis ana the
Jefferson Lumber Company failed yesterday. Mr.
Bems is the principal owner of the Jefferson LUMBER
Company which has for years done tho largest lumber
business in Texas. 1t is said that the beginning Of
Mr.. Bemiss bad luck took place when he went mo
the Texarlana and TT. Smith Railway some time last
year. advancing the prospectOrs Of the road 9looooo IN
cash which he has never been able to set back
Tba indebtedness of the Jefferson Lumber Company,
and J. H. Bemis individually, will approximate
al 600 oOo number Of creditors have gathered here
IN day and IL IS understood that an effort VIII pc maze
70 place the property In the hands Oh receiver
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roprrGv INTEREST IN THE woBID'S FAIR.

Chicago. July 10 (Speciall.-Two more loreieh
nations have accepted the Presidents ihVlUiV'On 70
taho mart IN the Fair To-day DirectorGenefal Davis
received notice from the state Department at wash
tngton that Hayti had officially accepted the IN.
vit.ton. Slam has also accepted the invitation ana
he United states Minister to that country so III
formed the Government this morning. Minister Boyu
sovs the siamese exhibit will consist OF immense
ivory tusls coffee, tea sugar cotton TN ore eoiU
diamonds precious stones musical Instruments eUo
Iondon July 1O-Mrs Mccormick had converse
on with the Empress of Germany at the garden party
AT MARLBOROUGH House Thursday about the Chicago
Fair The Empress said she was much interested IN
Tie Exhibition and believed that GERMANY wonlu oe
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TWO YOUTHFUL CRIMINALS SENTENCED
DUNCAN AND CoNKLIE. BoTE or WHOM STOLE
DIAMONDS, TO GO TO PRIsOy.

DUNCAN AND CONKLTN. BOTE OF WHOM ST0Ir
DIAMONDS, TO GO TO PRIsOy.
Recorder smyth, in General Sessions, yesterfs,
sentenced two youths Of seventeen years. who hk
pleaded guilty 10 stealing icwelry. One Of them VA
william c. Duncan. OF Brooklyn. who robbed his en-.
ployers Lewisohn z CO.. Jewellers at No. Al Nalta
Lane of diamonds worth $4,000 last January Pa
hi the stolen gems were found the safe Of the Asa,
House, where Duncan had left them while he t0Ok
trip abroad.
The other Young criminal was william II. ConkrE,
~ No 2O3 East Seventy eyonth-st. who started IN
in the drygoods store Of T. J. Denning & Co.. Tenh-s
and Broadway, on June 3. and stole Jewels vO1A
81 500 from the firm. Duncan was sentenced to srw
four years and five months and Conhin 10 serve sv.
years and six months
In regard 20 the Duncan case Mr.. Coibrol told ne
following story "While on my way from New io'i
10 Lisbon Portugal, In the spring. with my f5eni
Charles g. Davis, OF Boston. we net william G. Dun.
can. alias Vadcs. who was known 10 everybody AZ.
Yaldes After spending time In Spain and Portn.
gal We went to italy, where parted with him, he
going TO Tancer Reforc leaving Us he gave my
friend Davis the receipt signed by the clerk IN rA
Aston House for the $4,000 worth Of documents he
Ind IN eafohseping and asked my friend when h
keen Them for him. The Utopia was 5unk of oibNl
tar and my friend drowned. hired diver q
find his body, and when IL h1d been found secur1
his tr7inks. When opened then found the RECEIPT
for the diamonds. which Valdes had gven - MI Dsyl.
wrote 10 Valdes. telling him Of the death Of Davis
and inrlOsed him the receipt thouGht no mon
about the matter TIL the other day when learned Of tn
arrest OF ValdeS in tine Astor house.
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PORT ROYAL NAVAL BUILDINGS.

best customer which the islands have. II 1t be
rejected they may lose that trade, and that would
he something serious. The British West Indies
may not be willing to enter into reciprocity ar
engagements with the United States, but they Will
be certain to avoid giving offence and thereby
subieoting themselves 10 the loss Of the free mar
ket by supporting Canada's demand for preferen-
tal trade. Any special concessions which might
be made to Canada would involve the enforcement
of the amendment and the imposition of duties
on their coffee, sugar and hides In the American
market. ID may be possible for them to have the
free market permanently without paying for 1t
in compromising concessions to the United States
They may consider 1t safe TO trust TO the fndul-
gence Of the great Republic; but they will not
venture TO challenge it TO lose its markets against
them.
The answer to Canada's importunate and I'M
reasonable demands for q One-eided reciprocity
profitable only to its own interests has come al
ready from British Guiana. Mr.. Foster asked
for diferential treatment of Canadian coal, wheat
fish meat. lumber and manufactures in return for
preferential reductions of duties on sugar and
fruit The Governor has replied that British
Guiana cannot adopt course which would exclude
the sugars and fruits of the colony from admission
10 the markets of the United States upon the most
favored terms. In order TO appreciate the good
sense of the Governor it Is only necessary TO com
pare the trade of the United States and Canada
with the leading colonies
EXPORTS FROM WEST INDIES.
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the picture satisfactory security 10 Captain p,r
mOnd, since he found that he could not get the ms
itself out OF his companion, he decided TO hold II nyI
lt should be redeemed.
The cargo was delivered and the stranger went ava,
Days passed and he did not return. Tie Caledonia ~
ready for her bomeward voyage yet the strange u,
was stu anheard from Tins the painting csns ~
this country Later 1t passed into the hands Of Ja
Whitmore, Of Phpsburg who when LOuis Phillppe cs,
10 the throne wrote him for the purpose os rsaoTs
the painting. and q long oTTespondencc between h
and The Prime Minister followed But Whltmore Az
81 800 for the picture, and this Louis considered "a
much, especially he lad doubts 10 the genuneoss
OF c painting, fearing II might be only copy ffos s.
never saw ~, and 80 the matter finally dropped 4,
natural descent the painting next came into the hand
o. tno son OF James n9tnore. anH atNn 10 P4thck
and rcsiduaiy legatee. Then there was some unse,
talnty as 10 where IL should 60 but finally IL was "a
cdcd that II should be presented o. Mrs 2. r. Ncaley
wife OF the Hon Il. y. Neaey Of Bangor but fornry,
of Bath. who was daughter OF Jacob Drnmmor,d an
who thus had two claims on the prize. The pic;nra /,
still IN her possession and Is OF the famlys NOS
valued possessions.
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THE HONEST DEBTOR.
From The Illustrated American.

From The Illustrated AHercdu'
II is law at Demonicos, as unalterable as that u
the Modes and Peisians, that checks shall not M
presented until called for. Nor has the house eve
sued for bill Many and many thousand dollars
must be entered in It's books as bad debts but It con.
sders it above its dignity TO TO the courts TO recover
them II pockets it, losses, and the delinquent deo,
is politely warned that he can no longer receive PEI
monico's hospitality This brings 70 my mind stor
told Of HOrt0ns celebrated cafe In Paris. few yea!
ago a man of a certain age, very well dressed seq
gentemanly In appearance. frequented the place, ana
every morning asked for a cup Of coffee and q rolL
one day he went out without paving; the same ar
cumstance occurred the second and even the third day.
The garcon Informed the proprietor. "C'est pieo
replied the latter; the gentleman as usual, ana
do not pay the least attention % the BILL For one
year this went on, when suddenly the customer dS
appeared Tho proprietor had almost forgotten HIM,
when his surprise he received freight paid tTelW.
chests of coffee and twelve bales Of sugar letter
accompanied these singular packages, stating that mo
writer a rich planter Of Martinique, who for soma
time had been in difficulties, and thus begged "a
acknowledge the polite kindness of his host who 9i
one whole year had allowed him 10 into debt AZ M
cafe. If the Demonicos were paid what is owed them
IN coffee and sugar at the same rate the proprietor
Of TOrtonis was they would not need to buy any i0
their customers for generation or two.