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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-04-11
Po.tomce Approprlatlon..

The house devoted the entire day to the
postofice appropriation bill. The at-
tempt 70 insert IN the bin an amendment
desired 20 prevent the bureau OF engrav-
Ing and printing from manufacturing
postage stamps was defeated on point
Of order Mr.. Hatch, chairman OF the
committee OF the whole, deciding that 1t
was new legi.lation.
An amendment 20 classify as third-class
mail matter. novels. etc. published period
fcally 0n subscription, was adopted. and
the remainder Of the dsv was occupied
discussing the Kyle amendment 20 cut of
the subsidy granted to the fast southern
mail From the tenor OF the debate, the
indications seem 20 be that the amend
rnent will be defeated when tie vote 10
taken.
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COMES TO THE PRESIDENTS AID.
Senator Hill Hints at n Suitable su-
preme Court Justice.

The State Bar Association held its annual
reception last night at the Delavan House
Albany. Over 300 people were present in
Guiding besides the members of the associa-
ton, Vice President Stevenson Gov. Flower.
Senator Hill, the judges of the court of
appeals, Lieut.. Gov. Sheehan and justices of
the state. Vice President Stevenson has
been royalty entertained since his arrival
at Albany with Senator Hin. and last night
expressed himself as much pleased with the
reception he had received
Judge Maynard was also present There
was no toast list.
Senator Hill responded TO a general call.
Among other things he said he took a deep
Interest in the Supreme Court of the United
States. and while he could not speak for th..
President, or did not care 10 be quoted as
speaking for the Senate. he thought ne was
safe in assuring the State Bar Association
that If President Cleveland would agree to
send in the name OF certain Judge of the
New York state court of appeals the nomi-
nation would have the hearty support of
the two Senators from the state of New
York.
Vice President Stevenson also made a few
remarks. He thanked the assoca zion for
his kind reception and invited any of his
listeners to call on him IL they were ever in
Washington, and he would give them "a seat
in the Senate gallery, as that was the only
patronage he had at his disposal
Judge Bartlett also spoke. He referred to
Senator Hills expressed interest in the
United States Supreme Court and laughing
ly said he could understand the Senator's
concern inasmuch as IL would certainly be
pleasant for the Senator TO have a man on
the Supreme Court bench on whom he could
rely.
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M o r E TARIFF TALK
Mr. Sperry's Speech Arouses Mr.. Talbert
of South Carolina,
And the Two I-,ye m Itxe,x y..n.,
Tilt-Mr. Hatch on the Wool
Question.

Inc feature of last evenings session of
the House was the speech of Mr. Sperry
a democrat of Connecticut in antagonism
TO the Wilson bill. Nine members which
Is ABOUT the limit of the number who can
De induced to attend night session, with
out some extraordinary reasons, listened
to his speech. The galleries were well FILL
ed, and the audience there found considera-
BILE excitement and amusement in a tilt be
tween Mr.. Sperry and Mr.. Talbert of South
Carolina. Mr.. Sperry said that the south
ern states, such as South Carolina, used
but small quantity of imported goods
and therefore knew little about the tariff
Mr.. Talbert thought this was a reflection
upon the manner of living OF his people
and became excited. He wanted MIR
Sperry to understand that mis- people were
not in state of barbarism. He defended
their intelligence and familiarity with the
comforts and good things of this world
and hurled resentment and defiance into
the teeth of the Connecticut statesman tn
til there was an uproar of applause.
Tariff and Revenue.
Mr.. Sperry said in the course of his
speech that the only excuse for a tariff
tax is to provide a revenue. The require
ments of the treasury should limit the IA te
of tax. There is n most intimate connec-
ton between the revenues derived from
the tariff and the revenues required by the
government. In the preparation of the
pending bill the committee seem to have
left all revenue out of the problem, and in
the discussion of the bill uDon the floor of
the House thus far the only issue raised
is one between protection and free trade as
a governmental policy.
In 1887, when President Cleveland issued
his so-called free trade message he call
ed attention to the fact that there was a
surplus in the treasury which was soon
likely to reach SlUOWn,UOD. and earnestly
recommended a reduction of taxation to
avoid an accumulation of surplus. Tariff
reform at that time meant a revision of
the tariff upon protective lines under the
platform of the first Cleveland admin Isl ra-
ton. and to the extent necessary to avoid
the accumulation of surplus.
Speeches were made during the evening
bv Messrs. Hunter of Illinois and Bower of
North Carolina.
Nr. Hatch ON the Wool Question.
Mr.. Hatch of Missouri spoke on the wool
question i'm the House yesterday, proclaim
ing himself a wool raiser
l have been a practical wool grower for
twenty-four years. he said. l have had on
my farm. near the city of Hannibal. a
fall of 1869. l sold my first wool clip from
this flock in the spring of 1870. and have
sold II as unwashed wool to the wool buy
ers of the city of Hannibal each year since
the spring of 1870. Since 1 have been a
member of Congress, during the different
tariff discussions that have occurred since
the Forty-siXth Congress, 1 have been a
very close student of all of the statistics
and all of the facts and figures that have
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been presented. either to the committee on
ways and means or to this House, i'm re-
gard to the effect of a tariff tax upon wool
as IL affected the American wool grower.
/ have not time to go into any elaborate
discussion of this subject, except to state
the unquestioned facts, that can be verified
by a number of gentlemen upon this floor.
who, like myself, have been interested
every spring in the price of wool. 1 want
1t distinctly understood that / do not carry
a flock of sheep upon my farm with any
idea of deriving profit from the wool clip
alone, nor do / believe there is in the state
or Illinois or Missouri a farmer today-cer-
tainly not one out of a hundred-who car
ries a flock of sheep upon his farm for the
profit In the wood clip alone.
Some Figures as 10 Prices.
Ever since 1870. whenever the tariff taxa
ton has been raised on wool American
wool has decreased in price. 1 will publish
in connection with my brief remarks, the
figures taken from a report, No. sol of the
Fifty-second Congress, first session, from
the committee on ways and means, giving
the price of medium Ohio wool, in curren-
cy and in gold, in the city of Boston, COM
mencing with March, 1866, and ending with
December, 1890.
In 1870 the highest price quoted for Ohio
medium wool in Boston was IS cents in
currency, and the lowest A. In 1871 the
highest price was % cents in currency, and
SO on. l. COLlfntnCcu Selling NOOi lou,
and have been gradually getting a lower
and lower price for my wool clip, except in
two or three years in the interim, as will
show from this table, down to the passage
of the Mckinley tariff act. j got less for
my wool in 1890 than 1 ever received for il
before 1 got less for it in 1891 than / ever
received for IL before, and / sold my wool
clip in 1892 for less than ever received for
it before; and in 1893 / sold my wool for
the highest price that wool brought in the
city of Hannibal, at the date delivered il.
because my wool clip was graded as choice
medium wool. and 1 sold IL for l6 3-4 or IL
cents a pound-the exact figures i have not
at hand-the lowest price have ever sold
IL for.
The. point 1 want to make is this: All
American wool, or at least the great bulk
of it, is bought by the wool manufacturers
of the United States. They cannot make
cloth in competition with the manufacture
ers of wooden goods in the world without
an admixture of certain grades of foreign
wool not grown in this country, and the
higher price you make them pay for that
foreign wool the less they will pay the
American wool grower.
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Some Retorts.
Bomb Explosion ON shipboard.

A Bordeaux dispatch says; As the mes
sagerie steamer Equator was proceeding up
the Gironde from La Plata and discharg-
ing small packages into tender. a tremen-
dous explosion took place in the room where
the Valuables were stored.
The explosion shook the vessel from stem
to stern. badly wrecked a portion Of the
tween decks. killed two sailors and fatally
injured two others besides doing other dam
age and Wounding more or less seriously
"A number OF people.
The explosion. IL is feared. was the result
Of the setting on Of an Internal machine
loaded with dynamite.
An inquiry into the disaster is in progress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-18

The official program of the California
midwinter fair, opening January %, has
practically been completed. The opening
ceremonies will take place on the grand
stand which is now being erected for that
purpose This stand will accommodate 100
persons and tine populace can be accom-
modated on the green sward in front of it
to the number of 100000. There will be
short addresses by Governor Markham.
Mayor Ellert and Director General De
Young Mrs De Young will press the but
ton that shall set the machinery in motion
The Grafton of the day will be delivered by
Gen. W. H. l.. Barnes, the orator of the
Pacific coast, and the exercises will con-
clude with the rendering of America"
played by the united bands of the exposi-
ton, in which the voices of the entire as
semblage will join, and to which there will
be a great gun accompaniment from the
threats of a battery of artillery stationed
upon the exposition grounds.
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Many Opium Seizures.

-Four trunks containing 1000 pounds Of
contraband opium were seized at Spokane
yesterday and the lucky baggageman. whose
suspicious were aroused, will get a reward
of 5000. The smuggler was arrested. and
il was supposed to have been his method
20 pass through British Columbia down
irto Montana as a travelling man with some
trunks labeled hardware.
seizure of opium valued at Sl.200 was
made on the steamer Walla Walla. which
arrived at san Francisco from Victoria, ID.
C Yesterday.
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FrauLIin's birthday Celebrated.

The Typothetae of New York celebrated
the one hundred and eighty-eighth ami
versary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin
last night. over 2oO members and guests
sat down at the Tables. The after-dinner
speeches We're informal but all were de-
voted to eulogy OF Franklin. President
Theodore l.. DE Winnie made the opening
speech. lie was followed by Mhitslaw
Reid. John A Sleicher ana othera
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TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisers are urgently re-
quested to hand in advertisements
the day prior to publication. in
order that insertion may be as
sured. Want advertisements viii
be received up to noon Of the day
Of publication. precedence being
given to those first received.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

BANJO THOROUGHLY TAUGHT By NOTE Or
simplifed method; only 81 per quarter. l guar
antee to teach the most unmusical person to
play a perfect tune each lesson by my simple
method charge. Parlors open from 10 am
until 9 pm. GEORGE DRAEGER, 6Sl l st. NV.
ja11-1m
MIR. ALBERT W. FELKA'S DANCING ACADEMY
Haines' Hall. Sth and Pa. ave. Sc, WEDNES-
DAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS. For partic-
ulars apply at the academy ja10-9t'
THE HOUSE IN WHICH ABRAHAM LINCOLN
DIED,
SIC 10th ST., contains over 500 relics Of Mr..
Lincoln. most Of them from the Homestead ct
Springfield Ill.
Open daily, except Sunday, 0-12 and Ia. Tues
Gays and Fridays, $40 p.nL
Admission. IS cents. oc26-3m
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Pure food exposition every afternoon and
evening at Convention Hall. Doors open at
pm. and close at 1850 pm. Cook lectures
at 3:3O-Advt.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

An ILLUSTRATED LECTURE On THE WORLDS
fair by Theophillus Bray at the Y.MC.A., 1909
New York ave. NV. SAT URDAY, JANUARY 90
pm: the views were taken by Mr.. Bray per-
sonally and exhibited the public free by
gymnasium hall. jalS-3t
L. L. b. A. SOCIAL BY WESLEY CHAPEL EP-
worth League. 9Th and SITS. NV. FRIDAY,
January 10, at T:3O pm. All are invited It,
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wHITTINGHAM INSTITUTE, TAkOMA PARK
ID. C.-Boarding and Day School for Young La
dies and Children Second half-year opens Feb
rauary l, 1894 Terms moderate. Advantages
excellent. Address MISS ROSS, Principal.
jG9-eo-lm
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jaS-1m'
THE LAST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACY."
Encampment No. ~, Union Veteran Legion,
Aud
The Confederate Veterans Association
Respectfully announce that they have secured the
Services of
GEN. JOHN Il. GORDON.
Who will deliver his celebrated lecture. entitled
THE LAST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACi,' ~
At
CONVENTION HALL.
9th and SITS. NV.
FRIDAY, JAN. ii 1894, AT 30 Pm.
Proceeds for the benefit OF the relief funds of the
two associations.
TICKETS. 80 cts.
Reserved seats. 80 cts. extra, to be had only at
Metzerotts. 18th and + SITS.
Sale of reserved seats will begin jan 10.
Tickets for general admission can be obtained
from members Of the Union Veteran Legion and
Confederate Veterans Associations.
N.B.-No reserved seats will he sold after Z
hall. d29-td
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-18
COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE,

GAILIARD SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES. 9o6 F ST.
Modern languages taught by Gaillard method,
comprising a series of text books published by
D. Appleton Co., an entirely new practical
scientific and aesthetic system. the only
decorated by the French minister OF public in
struction and Endorsed by the celebrated Sorbonne
and the leading educate of Europe and
America. German classes and private lessons by
p. ii. Mueller, author of the Words Chain
Method. Visitors admitted to all the classes
held daily do
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EDUCATIONAL.
IN WASHINGTON,

MRS. CARRIE V. KlDWEII. DIPLOMA GRAD
uate of Iamperti Method of Vocal Art Tuesdays
and Fridays at 9SGE St; Mondays and Thursdays,
30 ST ialS-lmos
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MISS c. MATILDA MINKE. 312 DELAWARE AVE
me-. graduate of the New Eng. Conservatory Of
Music, Boston. organist and experienced teacher
of piano and harmony. oca4-3ms
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BEGINNERS on PIANO AT 20 CENTS A LESSON
In advance Address Ii. g., Star office. It,
MT. VERNON Music STUDIO 1908 9TH ST. y.
w.-vocel culture and singing, weak voices made
strong. pure and brilliant In few lessons; month
IL musicales Examination free. jalS-Sm
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MISS BAICH'S CIvH. SERVICE INSTITUTE AND
Business College, 1907 10th NV. Pupils prepared
successfully for civil service. departmental and
census examinations Stenography taught. se2-tr
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NINE ]. ESPUTA DAILY,
Classes Ia reading music at sight The note chaia
system. Nine. DAILY Endorsed by J. p. Sousa and
others of note and fame.
d6-3mo STUDIO 224 ~ J. AVE NV
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-31
A Dream of n Bonnet.

How do you like it. Billiger?-
IT was the voice of Mrs McSwat. In
her hand she held up before him be
wildering aggregation of ribbons,
feathers and furbelows.
''Er-what do you call it, Lobelia?'
inquired Mr.. McSwat.
Its my Easter bonnet"
"Ah, yes" replied MIR. McSwat. alb
sently. Il ought to have recognized il
at once. It's gorgeous, Lobelia. It's
its unearthly. 1t reminds me that !
dreamed about it last night" he con.
tinued, rous:ng himself. Il dreamed
that after had paid for 1.-THE s27.60
it comes to, You know-1 still had .
dollar or two in ray pocketbook
..Weu?"
1T was only dream" said Mr.. Nc
Swat, relapsing into dreamy reverie
again. Nothing IN il. Lobelia-noth.
!uG ~ it.--Gaisa-o Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-31
THE deepes, artesian we'll

The deepest artesian well Is a,
Potsdam. $500 feet deep.
THE roofs of Egyptian temples ere
composed of huge blocks of stone laid
from column TO column.
IN some parts of England il is Gus
;omary TO send to friends Immediately
after death paper bag of biscuits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-31
School AND CHURCH.

Some British clergymen have petit
tisned the arch bishop of Canterbury to
deny Chris tan burial to suicides. as
was the law in the medieval church
Each year since 1854 Mr.. Charles N.
Brown, of Sag Harbor, has paid the
SUM requisite to make one person life
member Of the American Missionary
association.
The number of religious sects en-
tered by the registrar-generalo of Somer-
set house in 1873 as having places of
worship in England was 125 In twenty
years they have more than doubled,
the mum Der last year being 270.
Half the income of the Salvation
army is collected, chiefly in pence,
from the poor. DIR Barnardo's last re-
port shows that of the income for the
year. amounting to e133,000. two
thirds of the amount was given in
small SUMS of one pound and less.
-Fresnoy, the historian, once made
a calculation as to the amount of read
ing one should do in order to obtain
what he called ''a passing knowledge
of history" To sacred history he as
signed three months, of thirty days
each, ten hours work to the day; to
the history of ancient Egypt, Assyria
and Persia. one month; to Greek his
tory, six; Roman history, by modern
writer's, seven, by ancient writers, six;
ecclesiastical history, thirty; modern
history, twenty-four; re-readings and
references, forty-eight months; total,
ten and half years.
According to the Texas Christian
Advocate, over one-tenth of the MEM
bers of the Me thodist Episcopal church,
south, live in Texas. The statistics of
the FIVE Texas conferences just held
show a membership of IT'S, 900, to say
nothing of those members in the bounds
of the Mexican border, New Mexico,
and German mission conferences who
live within the bounds of the state.
The church in the five conferences
owns property worth s2,471,379. The
minutes show a total of Sunday-schools
numbering 1,s14. with 74,1S6 scholars.
Probably the most turbulent class
of people in Turkey are the ''softas."
or students connected with the mos
ques. Every little while they get up a
disturbance, posting seditious play
cards around the city. AS it is impos-
sible to identify the actual culprits. a
general degree of rustication is issued
by the Sultan, by which all studies are
suspended for a few months. and the
students are sent off to their homes all
over the interior, expenses being paid
by the government This generally
works a cure, life in 1.-THE inland pro-
vinces not having for them the attrac-
tons that they find in the city.
One more ''fruit school, has been
established in French Savoy, at Grecy-
sur-Alx. These schools are private,
but they receive from the government
an annual subsidy of three thousand
francs each. There are ten of them.
nearly all in eastern France: and each
has no more than ten or twelve pupils,
vino are taught practically how to cul-
tivate and husband fruits, especially
how to make those exquisite French
cheeses, which are sold throughout the
world. Most of the pupils are destined
to become foremen in private farms,
where the industries of Embarrassing
and cheese-making are carried on upon
an extensive scale.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-31

on the black stripe: China blue.
striped with white, has a cross line
formed of tiny black and white dots.
a very pretty gray. rather elaborate,
has broad stripe of the Quaker color
closely lined with black. and dotted
with Marie Antoinette flower sprays,
next comes a narrow pink stripe, the
pld-fashioned Solferino pink, followed
by wider gray stripe. set with quaint
nosegays of roses and fine flowers
A light magenta is striped with black
satin, and the satin has small lunches
Of flowers shot in a light and dark
magenta shade.
The simple, half-inch stripes of deli
cate colors combined with white are
among the prettiest. In very fine
quality they cost one dollar and twen-
ty-fve cents a yard. The new India
silks are effective. The pinky cream
ground is hgh:ened by tiny satin dots,
and the patterns are in shadowy, i'm
perfectly formed circles. shading from
pale to deep tints Of a color-helio-
trope. old green, old rose, or some
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-31
THEY CATCH HER
Bargains Dear to All Womankind
in the Silken Fabrics
SILK and Satin Season - The Simple
Gown II the Striking Gown - New
Jackets and q Lace Cape-Otjaer
Spring Costumes.
COPYRIGHT. 1921

Bargains are certainly irresistible.
No matter how strong is the resolu-
ton with which one starts out to maize
q tour of the shops, sooner or later that
resolution is sure to be broken. Ipassed
heroically through shop after shop,
turning resolutely from tempting ar
rays of lovely guipures that were only
twenty-five and thirty-five cents
yard: all sorts of beautiful spring
stuffs costing anywhere from fifty
cents to two dollars yard; boas and
chiffon and crepe and lace fronts with
the very latest droops, and the very
lowest prices; silks of all sorts and
description. And all these sacrifices
eliminated in an absolute surrender
10 the prettiest sateen / ever saw-lino
sateen, as it was called, that cost sew
enteen cents yard. 1t had soft
black ground, and was. dotted with
tiny flower sprays-some in old rose,
some in yellow. and some in lavender.
Little open work stripes ran through,
making the material light and sum-
merry looking. How the women did
crowd about that counter! How
puickly the yards were counted and
cut Off The old rose was the favorite.
This is the way to make it up for tea
gown: Get yard of silk or satin,
good quality. for Your yoke and small
shoulder ruffles. A black satin ground,
with heavy pink cord cover, is pretty,
Or pink ground with black cords.
Around your yoke there falls narrow
ruffie of the sateen, edged with
row of narrow old rose satin ribbon.
The ribbon trims the shoulder ruffles
ais: and over them fall other ruffles of
black lace, just the finest and most
delicate quality you can afford. Have
b bow of narrow loops at one side of
your yoke, and at the shoulders Try
this and see If you don't have tea
gown that viii not quickly soil and
viii still be bright enough for any
quiet home occasion.
But above and beyond everything
else, the shops are filled with silk
bargains. 1t is to be a silk season;
and even If it weren't the sight of
these shining heaps would be enough
to make it one. Formerly, silks that
were marked fifty cents q yard
amounted to very little, and were not
worth the buying; but now very
coed quality of China silk, in any one
of the fashionable shades, costs no
more than this-purchased on a bar
gain day. Then there are all those pref
ty crepe and puckered silks, so suitable
for combining with the lace fronts;
and the beautiful stripes for cool sum-
mer waists; and the heavier moires
and satins for trimming. Silk attire is
no longer confined to the favored few,
and a silk gown repays one, for there
is not summer material that will
wear better than good China silk.
The new designs are nearly al
stripes. 4 green has narrow black
lines closely running through it, and
is spotted with an indistinct globular
pattern in dull sage t;nts; a black and
white with the two colors evenly pro-
portioned shows small white flower