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Evening star., 1895-09-09
MIMICRY AND REASON.
Indications That This Monkey Is En-
dO,yed With "a Share of Each.

dowed With "a share of Each.
From the Utica Observer.
That the monkey possesses intelligence
to a considerable degree is probably true"
said a hotel proprietor who has small
menagerie on his premises. II believe,
however. much of the intelligence with
which that animal is credited is due to his
love of mimicry or imitation.
The other day two young men, with
two young girls, were at the monkeys
cage feeding him peanuts. One of the girls
vas chewing gum, and one of the men sug-
gested that she give the monkey some, ex-
pecting that If he took 1t in his mouth it
would stick to his teeth. and he would
make sorry work of trying to chew it. The
girl at once parte with the sweet morsel
Ing = toward the cage. The monkey grab
bed 1t instantly and put 1t into his mouth.
but instead of chewing 1t. or attempting
10, began pulling 1t out in small ribbons,
children are frequently seen to do. When
he had 1t all out of his mouth he rolled it
into compact ball between his hands,
threw 1T into his mouth and began the
operation again. He appeared to enjoy the
performance as much as his visitors. That
as imitation"
That's ell right" reioined another. "but
] had an experience with that same mon
Key wherein he displayed intelligence. I
was by the cage smoking one day, and
thought to annoy him by blowing smoke
In his face. / was much surprised to find
that instead of being annoyed he enjoyed
It, as was evidenced by his edging up as
near me as possible to receive the smoke
In larger volumes. Soon he began scratch
ing himself al the point where most of the
smoke came against him When l had
smoked one side for a few minutes, he
would turn squarely round to have the
other side treated in the same way. Then
nc sat up directly in front of me and re-
neck. don't know whether he held his
treath. but he did not cough, sneezc or
vince particle To complete the job he
would have done you good to see him
throw his hind feet over his back and
scratch. 1t made think of the kickers
OF hay tedder in motion. Now that mon
key knew. through some sort of intelli-
gence, that nothing will send feas AMI
other insects to the surface or stupefy
item as effectively as tobacco smoke"
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possible. and found my task was indeed a

OlIuCult one.
After describing the extent and nature
Of the injuries inflicted, DR.. Gregory says:
THE massacre was undoubtedly committed
by some members of the secret society
known as the yegetarians. and the murder
was done to order deliberately planned and
executed by a party of eighty men. armed
with spears and swords, and showing en-
phatic evidences of military discipline.
The members of the mission band had no
suspicion of the attack. which was swift
and terrible, the whole affair being over
in much less time than it takes me to write
It,"
Though DR.. Gregory does not hold the
native officials responsible of having been
directly concerned in the massacre he be-
lieves they had. knowledge. that 1t was
contemplated, but remained inactive, owing
to their dread Of the Vegetarians power.
For the same reason, he says that unless
Great Britain and the United States assert
themselves with emphasis the matter will
go no further than formal inquiry that
will ascertain nothing more than the horri-
BILE facts already too well known and per-
haps an expression of official regret-small
reparation for the Christian lives lost.
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LADIES GOODS.

Sc AISKIN AND ALL OTHER FUR GARMENTS
redyed and altered into latest styles. Fancy
muffs and collars made to order. Miss C. Gun
NINGHAM, 1903 sth st. NV. bet. and
seT-3m
FINE BLACK AND WHITE LACES DONE Up IN
frst-elass rarisian STYLE white dresses, laces and
lace curtains specially; prices reasonable. Call
Nine. vIRoCD. Successor TO Nine. Nulinont, Old
Stand, 7l3 11th st. se3-lms
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BOARDING.

SPECIAL TO TABLE BoARDERS. - MEssRS
Duffy & Leannarda, proprietors of the American
House. cor. Pa. ave and ST., beg TO announce
to the public generally that they serving
the best table board in the city. from am to 8
pm, at the following reduced prices: 8 meals
per day, $50 per month; meals per day, SIS per
month. Particular attention given ladies. se5-2n
PERMANENT, TRANSIENT AND TABLE BOARD
231 Mass. ave. me-; large rooms, cool and airy;
incest location on Capitol Hill. - aues-l2ts
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The Union Savings Bank,
1922 F Street N. w.,
Pays four per cent interest
ON savings accounts. Open
until 5 p. nm. ON Govern
ment pay days and Satur=
day evenings between 6 and
O' fe2o-2od
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G. T. tEavenner,
Member Washington Stock Exchange,
Real Estate and Stock Broker
Rooms 8 and IL. Atlantic building
$50 ST. NV.
Investment, Securities.
Stocks. Bonds and Grain bought and sold for
cash margin. = -t|'F
Cotton bought and sold in New York or New
Orleans.
Private wires to New York. Chicago and New
Orleans. Telephone 4JS. --.. np10-tr
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FINANCIAL.
Washing
Loan & Trust Co.,

OFFICE. COR. 9TH AND F SITS
PA1D-UP CAPITAL. ONE MILLION
Interest PAID ON DEPOSITS.
Loans made on Real Estate
Acts Executor, Administration
Trustee, Guardian and Committee on
Estates.
Acts as Registrar. Transfer and Fis-
cal Agent of Corporations
Takes full charge of Real and Per-
sonal Estates.
Safe Deposit Boxes for rent
Storage Vaults for trunks. boxes
&c, containing valuables, silver brio
a-brac, &c.
Incorporated under act Of Congress
and subject to supervision of the
comptroller of the currency.
John Joy Edson. n................ President
John A. Swope. Vice President
H. S. Cummings. Second Vice President
John X. Carmody. ............ Treasurer
Andrew Parker. ............... Secretary
John B. Larner. General Counsel
A. s. WorthinGton..l
]. ]. Darlington. Au'iSorS oounsei
DIRECTORS:
Bailey, Charles B., Hamilton. John A.,
Barber. A; j., Larner, John B..
Barker William f., Noyes, Theodore W.,
Batchelder, r. N, Saks Isadore,
Baum Charles. Shea, N. H..
Carmody. John r., Spear. Ellis.
Siapp, John NJ, Stevens. Frederick c.,
Cummings, Horace s., Truesdell George
Darlington ]. ]. Warner. b. H.,
Du Bois. Jas. T., Wilson A. A.
Edson John JOY. Wine, Louis b.,
Fox, Albert F., Woodward s. w.
Fraser James, Worthipgton A.
Gurley, William B. 80 - Ia 12S2o
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STORAGE.

Storage, z5c. Per Load,
For furniture household goods; hest location in
CITY Call or address CHAS. BAUM. 314 9th st.
NV ty9-tf
slNATE STORAGE wAREHoUSE--SroRY IRON
front building; separate rooms; rates. " Per
load per opth; advances on storage D. NJ. LEA
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COHSON & MCCARTNEY,
MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE, -. 49, -.
1910 ST., Glover building.
Correspondents Of Messrs. Moore & Schley, so
Broadway,
Bankers and Dealers In Govsrnuentt Bou14su
Deposits. Exchange. Loans.
Railroad stocks and bonds and all securities
listed the exchanges of New York, PHILADELPHIA,
Boston and Baltimore bought and sold
specially nude OF Investment securities. Dis
trict bol.ds and all local Railroad Gas INSURANCE
and Telephone Stock dealt in
American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold.
dS1
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MISS HartfOf0S narrative.
Miss Hartford says the whole terrible af-
fair was over in thirty minutes and that
the attacking party numbered about 100,
well organized under one leader. Her own
terrible experience she relates thus: .'I
heard shouts and yells on the streets, and
putting on my clothes, / rushed to the door,
to be met by man with a trident and
SPEAR who yelled: Here's a foreign wo-
man. The man pointed his spear at my
lreast, but l twisted the weapon to one
side, and it just graZed my ear and head
He then threw me to the ground and beat
ME with the wooden end of the spear, but a
servant came, who wrenched the weapon
away and told me to fly. I jumped down
the embankment and ran along the road
The servant followed and pulled me along
until 1 got up to the side Of the hill, where
laid down to get breath. After resting
twice, / reached a secluded spot and lay
there.
,"All this time the yells went on, and the
houses were burning. After a while the
yells stopped and We supposed the vege-
tarans had gone. Then the servant went
half an hour. telling me to come home, and
that five ladies of the English mission had
been killed, and some Of the wounded were
at my house. This was a native house, and
was not troubled at all"
DIR. Gregory's Statement.
Dr. Gregory tells how the news was first
brought to him by messenger from the
Rev. Mr.. Phillips and how, when he went
at once to the Yamen, he found hundreds
of people already gathered there.
"The district magistrate, Wong, told me
he would Immediately go to Hwashang,"
narrated DIR. Gregory, taking some sixty
soldiers with him, and at p. m. left under
an escort of thirteen soldiers and arrived
at Hwashang at 8, to find that nine adults,
all English subjects, had been murdered
and that all those alive at Hwashang had
been severely injured. I at once set to
work 20 make the injured as comfortable as
Evening star., 1895-09-09

At the Bakers Assembly meeting Satur-
day night delegation from the Painters
Union submitted a request. which was
granted, that the executive committee of
the latter be Immediately informed Of any
case where non-union painter shall be
employed. either at the places where they
work or at their homes. The assembly in
dorsed the action of the Federation and
other bodies in placing the lexington road
and branches On the unfair list.
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OUR RAILROAD INTERESTS.
Important Facts 4n the Report of the In
 terstate Commerce Commission.

Important Facts 4n the Report of the In-
 terstatG Commerce Commission.
 Tine forthcoming report of tho inter- state commerce commission will show that Illinois has q greater railway mile- age than any other state ill the Union. The total mileage of the United States now reaches IFS, 708, which is an in- crease of 3, 247 from the previous year, 6.02 miles to every 100 square miles of territory and 26 36 miles per 10, GOO in- habitants.
 Illinois has total of 10, AGO miles, which is ,. S5 per cent of all the railway mileage in the country, 1S G8 miles for every 100 square miles of territory and 20. 32 miles for every l 0, GOO inhabitants.
 Pennsylvania stands second, with 9,594 miles Texas third, with 9,264 {; then Kansas, s,841; Ohio, 8,546; Iowa, S,477; New York, S,071; Michigan, 7,663; Missouri, ( ,499 Indiana, 6, 1926.
 Delaware, Rhode Island. Vermont and Oklahoma have the smallest mile- age.
 The highest percentage for territory is naturally found ill the small states, and New Jersey leads with 2.891 miles and Pennsylvania 3, 123 miles. The highest mileage per 10000 inhabitants is found ill the Rocky mountain states, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming and Ari- zona
 It will be shown by the interstate commerce report that there are in all 1924 railways in this country, which are operated by 945 companies. Of the subsidiary roads 336 are leased at fixed money rental and 188 at contingent money rental. There are 10 incorporated railways not in operation and 6 private roads not in operation. The number of roads abandoned during the year was 16, aggregating IS, 005 miles. The num- Der of roads merged, reorRanized and consolidated was 51, representing b,676 miles
 It is shown that there are A. com panies operating more than 1000 miles of road, 23 companies operating from 600 to 1 1000 miles, 23 companies oper- ating from 400 to 600, 42 companies operating from 250 to 400 miles and 901 companies operating less than 250 miles.
 The total number of locomotives in use Is 35, 492, being an increase of 704 over the previous year. The total num- Der of cars in service is 1,278,07 This, however, does not include private cars of companies or private firms fur nishing their own equipments. The business of furnishing rolling stock to railroads or to shippers is increasing rapidly, but it is impossible for the in- terstate commerce commission to obtain official information concerning them. There was large falling off in railway equipment during the last year, which is, of course, due to the financial de pression and the economy which was in- trodnced in all corporations Washing ton Cor. Chicago Record.
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Mrs. Stanton on the Horse Show.

Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton was in- terviewed recently and asked to give her opinion as to the horse show recent ly held in New York. This is what she said:
 .'I regard the horse show as a demor- alizing exhibition. That society women will deliberately gown themselves for the purpose of being gazed at by the public seems incredible, and yet the horse show proves that they do. Not only is their attitude ill regard to their own personality and privacy an incredi- ble one, but the horse show which they attend is in itself demoralizing. l re- gard it as on level with cock fight or q dog fight. The climax of shows seemed to be reached. First and lowest, we have the cock fight, then the dog fight, then this horse show, and finally the exhibition of women, with which the horse show has become merged But not until we can get society women to re- spect themselves will the horse shows cease '
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tn6te we Ian on to half q dozen Indians, who for time seemed very suspicious of us. Drouillard finally won them over, and before two days had gone by we were on the most intimate terms These Indians were armed with old time mug hle loading guns, and I noticed that the deer and moose killed by them were torn i'll terrible shape, as though shot with explosive bullets. On asking what this meant was almost knocked off my feet with astonishment to learn that the Indians were not shooting lead bullets at all, but pebbles obtained at a gravel pit not far from the lake We made a close examination of the pebbles and found they were diamonds, and that the gravel pit was full of them. "
 The stones brought back by Martin and Drouillard have every indication of being diamonds in the rough. Jeweler Larson, to whom they were submitted, estimated the value of the lot at not less than $10, 000. The men have arranged to buy the diamond mine from the own- CT, an Indian named Trodeau, for ST, 1000. New York Recorder.
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Few lrInrida Oranges.

Indications point to an almost com plete failure of the Florida orange crop this year Ono of the largest fruit inn porters in the city said yesterday that the Florida crop would not be over 100, GOO boxes, whereas an average crop is in the neighborhood of LOGO, ,000 boxes.
 The cause of the small yield was the frost of last January, which killed many fruit trees of all kinds throughout Flor ida. The scarcity eff oranges will cause q temporary rise in the price until the crops from. other sections arrive ill the market. The Jamaica orange will arrive soon after the holidays. Later we will get the fruit from Sicily, from Valencia, Spain, and finally from California.
 The freight charges and duties on the foreign products will serve, however, to keep the prices at slight advance over those of former years. Nov York Sun.
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tool the workingmen with seIieme which would double the price of every thing they buy. But free coinage would not increase in the slightest degree the real value of even the farmers products. It would merely double the nominal price, but as it would also double the price of all labor products which the farmer buys he would be no better off than under the present system The evils which advocates of honest money know would follow free coinage may not be admitted by silverites, but if they are honest they must acknowledge that an attempt to make goods more valuable through debasing the currency would certainly fail of its purpose
 The confounding of two entirely diff ferent things, prices and values, is at the bottom of the idea that low prices are injurious. In so far as the money of country measures prices it must effect every kind of goods alike, and so a gen eral decline in prices hurts no one, and as lower prices due to cheapened pro duction simply means that goods can be obtained by less exertion very few per sons will be found willing to urge that it would be wise to go back to the old conditions of hard labor and limited production.
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FALLING PRICES NO EVIL.
False and Unsound Position Taken by ths
 Free Silver Advocates.

Eatso and UnsOund Position Taken by the
 Free Silver Advocates.
 In all free coinage arguments it is taken for granted that falling prices are an evil, and that it is the duty of the gov ernment to take some action to increase prices, or at least maintain them at their present level It is on this ground that the silverites object to our present finan- cial system and demand the adoption of cheaper standard of value which would double prices as based on dol lar worth only 30 cents. It is this promise of getting higher prices that is the chief attraction in the free coinage agitation for the farmers, who natural ly wish o get as muas as possible in re turn for their products.
 Though the delusion which underlies the complaints against lower prices has been exposed over and over again, it still does duty in all the free silver lit erature with which the country is being flooded. Yet little reflection should show the folly of the idea that high prices for commodities are beneficial. The welfare and prosperity of the peo- | pie depend largely on the amount or the products of labor which each can secure for his own use. Since the dawn of civ ilization men have been striving to pro duce larger quantities and better quail ties of food, clothing, etc. All the inn l portant inventions, the new machinery and discoveries in agriculture, manufac- turing and transportation, have had the effect of making the production of wealth of all kinds vastly easier. In consequence goods are now far cheaper, measured by their labor cost, than ever before ill the history of the world. Who l is there who will say that this is a bad thing, and that 1t would be better fl l gooda M9re still scarce and dear?
 thst the pretense oi
 Rnly to the farmers,
 re1sKd to trY te
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Working Farmers Versus Land


 The promise that the selling price of land would be doubled by the adoption of free coinage is one of the main argu- ments on which the silVerites rely to capture the votes of the farmers. With out stopping to consider whether higher prices would help them, some farmers have allowed themselves to be drawn into the free silver movement through their desire to see boom" ill farm lands. But little study will show them that the imitation of farm values by cheapening the currency would not be of the slightest benefit to the working farmer.
 Suppose that the silver standard was adopted and the price of farm lands doubled This would enable farmer who wished to sell his property to get more money for it, but not more value If he wished to buy another farm or to engage in any kind of business, he would find that the price of his farm would buy no more than it does now, The great majority of the American farmers expect to retain their land and get a living by working on it. The fact that a farm was nominally worth more would not make it grow more grain, cotton or vegetables It's increased price would lead to higher tax assessments, but as a means of getting a livelihood it's value would be just the same as it is today.
 The only men who would be benefit ed by inflated land values due to cheap money would be the small class of spec ulators who do not farm, but hold land out of use for rise. The interests of this class are directly opposed to those of the real working farmers, who should not allow themselves to be deluded into voting for scheme which will make farms harder to get by the men who are seeking homes.
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Jacks, b for De.
 Fire Shovels, short handles, 5e Fire Shovels, long handles, 9c. Mouse Traps, 2c, 3c, 5e.
 Silverine Walters round and ob- long, 10e and 15c.
 Black EnameIed Walters, oblong, 20c and 33c
 Frying Pans, with protected handles, all sizes, 12e, be, 19c, Poe, 22c and Pic each.
 Blasting Spoons, 6 different syles, each 5c.
 Basting Spoons, long handles, Toe. Whisk Brooms, 10c and be each. Scrubbng Brushes, good quality, Ice and be.
 Chair Seats, all sizes, Sc, 6e, 7e, Sc and Sc.
 Brass Head Packs, per 100, Sc. Carpet Packs, ' boxes for 5c. Arch Top Mirrors. all sizes, 2fe, 29c, 34e. 39c, Ale and 49c each.
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Linen Cuffs, Be, 15o and 1sc per

Linen Cuffs, Be, 15c and 1sc per pair.
 Four-in- Hand Ties, fancy colors, 22e, 42e and 48e
 Feur-in- Hand Ties, black, 49c. String Ties, black silk, be, 19e and 24e.
 Fancy Bows, Dc and 2oc,
 Black Bows, be and 24e.
 Fancy Searfs, l6c, 24c, 38c, 42c and 4Sc
 White String Ties, per dozen 10c. Black SoX, 5e, 124e, 15e, l9e, 21e and 24e
 Tan Sox, l2gc, l7c, 19c, 2le and 24e
 Fancy sox, 129e, be, 17e and 24c per pair.
 Mixed sox, 6c and 1oe per pair.
 Mems everyday working Shirts, 20c, 25c, 29e 38e, 44e 49c, 60c each. Colored Laundried Shirts, 49c, 51c 64c, 69c and S5c. White Lauadried Shirts, 47c, 6se, Sic and Gle.
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Drill Drawers, 25c and 29c.

Drill Drawers, 25c and 29c. Canton Flannel Drawers, 20c, 25c and 29c.
 Cancels Hair Shirts and Drawers, 74e and 84c.
 Half Wool Shirts and Drawers, 54c All Wool Shirts and Drawers, $1 .09 Red Flannel Shirts and Drawers, 43c and 93e.
 Ralbriggan Ribbed Heavy Shirts and Drawers, 43c, 49c, 54c, 63c, 82c and 9le.
 Ladies Black Hose, per pair 5c, Sc, 10c, 13c, 15c, 19c, 24c and 29c.
 Ladies Lisle Thread Hose, 33c, 39c and 43c.
 Ladies Silk Hose, 52c.
 Ladies Tan Hose, Be, 15c, 22c, 24c Ladies Lisle Thread Hose, 33c, 38c, 43c and 58e.
 Fancy Hose, 13c, and 24e.
 Ladies Handkerchiefs, 5c, Sc, 10c, He and He.
 Ladies Silk Handkerchiefs, 1Oc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-03
A New Fuel For steamships.

A French naval engineer named D'Humy has invented pressed oilcake for use as fuel on ocean steamers. It is not affected by temperature, is smoke less and odorless, cannot eyaporate or cause explosions and burns only on the surface, giving out intense heat, and leaving only from to per cent of ash. A ton of this fuel is equal to 30 tons of coal and costs between $5 and $10.
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BOOKS

Webster's Dictionary, 1900 illus trations, each 94c.
 Childrens' Picture Books, each 7c.
 Summer Clouds, each 10c.
 Cinderella, Wonderland Bible, Stories, etc, each He.
 Winter Tales, Our Darlings, etc, each 19c.
 Young Apsefiea, Little Folks Christmas Sports, Wonderland Tales, The Childrens' Annual, etc, 150 pages profusely illustrated, each 35c.
 Little Tots Story Book, Mother Goose, Fairy Tales, Natural History, POS pages with illustrations, each, 39c.
 American Childrens' Annual, beautifully illustrated, 200 pages, each 55c.
 Children's Life of Jesus, Young
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Knitting Silk, all eolors, be per spool.
 Better Grade, 3Se,
 Darning Cotton, 6 cards for 5c. Darning Needless per paper 5c, Knitting Needles, per set Dc. Hair Pins, per box Be.
 Hair Pins, in punches, 3 for 5c. Fancy Hair Pins, in amber and tortoise shell from 10e to 25c each. Side Combs in amber and tortoise shell from 5c per pair up. Knitting Cotton, 3 balls for Dc. Tape, white and black, all widths, per roll 1c and Pc.
 8oxwood Rules, ? feet long, each Sc.
 Boxwood Rules, feet long, brass bound, each Tie.
 FURNISHING GOODS. Gelluloid Collars, 7e.
 Linen Collars, 9c.