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New-York tribune., 1897-01-25
TRADE COMBINATIOyS AND DUTIES.

There Is one phrase Of very common use, IN
comments on the work OF the Ways and Means
Committee in framing a new tariff, which Is
not often used with definite idea Of its mean
ing. Men say that duties should be so adjusted
as not to promote or defend monopolies. and
the purpose commands respect But 1t is fire.
duently an open question whether monop-
oily is or can be assisted or strengthened by any
duty whatever. The organization most fire.
Quently mentioned as having complete control
of the oil market certainly did not acquire nor
does it retain such control in any measure be-
cause OF duty on oil, crude or refined. It's
command Of sources Of production Of means OF
transportation and Of processes for refining
would be equally effective. 1t is probable If
there were no duty affecting the business in
any way In some other instances II Is possible
that duties have some influence. although even
for the most skilled experts 1t is extremely diff
ficult to be quite certain that the influence is Of
appreciable Importance.
With respect 10 certain other articles. the
question may with reason be asked whether
strongly protective duty on foreign products
may not tend more effectively than other in
huence TO break up domestic combinations. This
appears paradoxical to some who have not
closely followed industrial developments. The
rupture Of several important combinations in
the iron and steel industry. since the late cleo
ton gave assurance that more effective duties
were to be imposed. was by no means the first
illustration Of the kind. Whenever there is not
enough business in the country TO keep all the
works fairly employed there is stronger tempia
tion than at any other time 10 combine and
by regulating the product and sales 10 pre-
vent destructive competition II managed with
any sense whatever. the combination is
full at such time moi 10 advance prices iS
10 still further diminish the consuming demand
already inadequate. The concerns which are
not managed with any sense whatever are
likely TO go down before long. no matter what
the exterior conditions may be.
But when there comes prospect OF general
revival OF business, so that nearly or quite the
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25
0mnsemfnis.

ACADEMY or MUsICt-s:i5-strasht from the Heart
<NFJRIC.AN THEhTRE-S-Cnptain lmpudence
3JJOU--SfS--Courted Into Court. ,,.
BROADWAY THEATRE-S:16-Shamus U bren'
t,ASINO-SlS-,An American Beauty ~,.
fS1LUMBt'S T9iEATRE-s s:i5-The Woman In blasE
DAI.YS TIlEATRE-S:l5-Nuch ADO ABOUT No'nink'
EDEN NMtIsEE-s--waxworks and CONCERT
EMPIRE THEATRES :30-Cnder the Red Rope ,,,
FIFTH AVENUE THEAT'RE-S:l5--A Social High
GARDEN TifEATRF:-S:11-Heartsease
rARRICK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Service s.
CRAMEPCY LYCEUM-1 TO 10 y. m--baoy Sho"'
t;fAND OPERA HOuSE-S-Mnsrels. .,.
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE-s:15-Two Little Nss,a -,
iERAI.D SQUARE THEATRE--Sl5--The Girl from
Paris , xr-.,
HOYT~S TIIEATRE-s:30-A Contented Woman
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-S:15-Wer wars
KNICKERBOCKER Neutrality-suspicious.
ROSTER & BIALS-S-Vaudeville. - ..,. -,
iyc,rj N MISUNDERSTANDING a Mans Married ana
the Firs, Gentleman Of Europe. II. xy..,h
MURRAY HILL. TIIEATRE-S-The War OF WeaI,h. ~,
NEW METROPOLITAN OPERA HoCsE-S-N -N' "
Juiiette - ,,,
oIYMpiA MUSIC HALI--s1h-VaudeviHe
pASTOR'S-i2:30 to IL y. m-NaudeNhie
wAII.AC.K' S:15-Cvnbeline ,,..rra
,4TH STREET NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ihh'soa''A
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

fore now have been put In possession Of those
who would use them to protect thieving VIII
realize the force Of this objection. III the
Public Defender did his work carelessly he
would leave his clients improperly defended.
II he were really jealous he would have AT
his command resources which could practically
nullify the activities of the Public Prosecutor.
There Is not the slightest need for his services
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

We are pleased to see that Mayor Strong fa"ors
the plan for extending Riverside Drive north
ward to connect with the Boulevard Lafayette
which has It's beginning at One-hundred-and-
fifty y-seventh-st.. Just above Audubon PARK lhis
can be done without mourning the large expense
that would be necessary II the suggestion OF
boulevard along the river to the upper limits OF
the city were carried out. The Mayor does not
commit himself unreservedly To the larger
project. hut approves the proposed viaduct across
the Manhattanville Valley and the opening
" a road that will virtually be continuation OF
the present Riverside Drive for about mile and
a half Such a road is needed not only for pleas
ure travel. but to open up desirable section Of
the city for residences.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25
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- leave advertisements and subscriptions .-
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Messrs Swan e. leach Northumberland d'recuy op
pose the Grand Hotel
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

Toward the close OF the seventeenth century
the then Emperor OF China appointed COM
mission 10 reprint in one compilation all native
works OF Importance and interest. The COM
pilation. KNITTING Koo in Koo Shoe TseIh
Ching" c'Iustrated Imperial Collection of An
cent and Modern Llterature') contained q, 100
volumes Only small edition was printed
and through the ravages of time and fire most
Of the copies have been destroyed. complete
set has turned up in Peking. which ought to be
secured for our great consolidated library But
the more alert biblophiles OF other countries
are likely to step in ahead Of us. II China can
be persuaded to part with such monument of
its literary glories.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

Bob" Taylor, Just inaugurated as Governor
Of Tennessee for the third time. Is far 100 gooo
a man for place the title to which is iouieu
with fraud He should leave such Jops 10 STATES
men OF the "Old Pete" Turney stripe
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

The Kentucky rogue has not erewhile ranked
high In comparison with hts clan elsewhere
His methods are rude. and he blows q bullying
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

The Dunkards or Tunkers. OF whom the new
Governor OF Kansas is a representative. belong
TO a sect founded in 11OS at Schwarzenau Ger
many by Alexander Mack and seven others. who
rejected the doctrines of paedo-baptism The
name is a nickname derived from the German
Tunker-to dip; members OF the sect styling
themselves Brethren. Persecution drove the
founders to Holland. and between 1Il9 and 1I29
they all emgrated thence 10 America They are
found in Pennsylvania. Maryland, Virginia, Ohio
and Indiana. and IL is apparent that some have
found their way further West. but their numbers
all told are not great. Their church discipline is
nearly the same as that of other Baptists. except
that every brother is allowed to exhort. Men
found apt to teach are ordained ministers, and
the Oldest teachers Bishops The Dunkards affect
great plainness of speech and dress, like the
Ouakers Neither take oaths. fight nor go to
law and formerly they took no interest They
celebrate the taking of the sacrament with love
feasts. washing Of feet. the kiss OF charity and
the right hand OF fellowship. aront the sick with
oil for recovery. and practise complete INNER
sion with laying Of hands and prayer even
while the person baptized IS in the water
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

An arbitration treaty with France after the
pattern of the one proposed with England would
not be likely TO meet opositon here. and as the
report is that she desires 1t. ought to recipro-
cate her amicabe incnations and draw up the
document without delay.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

Another japanese steamship line across the
Pacific has been established. At the present
rate our Pacific carrying trade will soon be as
much in japanese hands that on the Atlantic
has been in British hands.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

r,roneror has been called upon By
Inc " coyernment TO recall his Envoy
t ,ne ,on Gu,schmidt. from Toxic in consequence
,he Oh M Mihados capital lashed with his whip the ,as'
=. o.e student who had got in the way Of his car'asN
Tba afYair has produced intense excitement N 'H'
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25

Much dlsmay has been caused III '"'-. - -
IS, 49, d,s,rihution of the order Of the Legion
80 Honor. Henceforth only half Of the vacancies
hat occur among the knights of the various grade:
are 10 be filed up This is done with the oolec' OF
restoring the value of this national order "h''n
bas become somewhat impaired 10y the 'ecH's's
nrofuson and lack Of discrimination VII" WHY"
1, had heen distributed.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-25
.rsr REMAND RECALL OF GERMANTs -
voy-nEsrR1crrNc THE LEGION OF HONOR
IN rnANcE-LEo XIII TO DIsBASD
HIS pA1AT1NE GUARD A

n,.oc,c,a, notification has been issued oy ne
se",,,' y, Wales recommending that the schemes
the mart of the people destined TO celebrate
f,,,ng manner the sixtieth annversa'y % ., ~.
Queens accession to the throne snO s,ct and ,ns.
FORM ., ~ enterprises that may tend to brighten
lers the condition of the poorer suoIec"
=, IIer Majesty"
Evening star., 1897-01-30

hewn logs. The middle OF the plank IL
gripped by a framework rising from the
floor to a height of feet, with three great
beams running across IT, the whole
fastened together with pegs. Upon the
plank are laid two rollers, and on these
tween the sides of the frame. This weight
is smooth on its under surface. rough hewn
above, and is provided at each end with
three pegs which serve as handles.
The ironer, when ready TO begin. takes a
sheet, for instance, wines IL tightly round
one Of the rollers. and puts an old ironing
cloth around the outside. Then, lifting one
end of the log and placing the roller under
it, she works the weight to and fro, until
the wrinkles are all presumably smoothed
away. Then the sheet is removed. folded
and put away, and the next ironing
perhaps another sheet or three or four
towels, or half a dozen handkerchiefs-sub-
balance the log, although two ironers can
work the machine, one at each end. AS for
Starched things'-the ''blanchisserie de
fine" with which Trilby was concerned
they are another story-not yet published in
rural Slavonia.
The woman who irons is as picturesque
as her tools, when she wears the SlaVonian
peasant costume. Her shoes are fiat AMI
heelless: she has no stockings. but winds
linen about her lower legs and binds II in
place with thongs, leaving a space of >
inches or SO bare below the edge of her
killed skirt of coarse, undyed linen. Her
yellow, sheepish jacket is ornamented with
patches of red and purple leather quilted
on with bright yarns, and her head is COW
cred with a gaudy kerchief Almost as
often, however, she is stripped of her fin
cry, except on Sundays, and wears at her
work bedraggled clothing of western
| Europe's unattractive work-a-day pattern.
Evening star., 1897-01-30
The Indian Way of Driving.

rom tne hanSaS City Journal
Commenting on the attempt made by the
government in 1867 to civilize the prairie
Indians by supplying them with the garb
and food Of the white man, Col. Bob
Dodge Of Dodge City says: 1.-The author
ities sent the Indians thousands of sacks Of
flour; pantaloons in abundance, and big
lot Of stiff-rimmed hats, bound around the
edge with tin or German silver to hold the
rim In shape. They also sent them a few
l1ght-running ambulances The savages, to
show their appreciation of these magnani-
nous gifts from the Great Father threw
the flour on the prairie in order to get the
sacks for breech clepts. They cut out the
s seats OF tne pantaiobns, apd they cut the
things, shying them IN the air, like a white
away.
"The ambulances Whey were proud Of.
The government neglected to send any har-
ness with them. SO the Indians manufac-
tured their own. They did not understand
anything about lines, an 3, instead, they
drove with a quirt, or s9brt whip: when
the near horse would g& too much gee
they whipped up thE on horse, and when
he would go too much rhaw. they pounded
away at the near hofse again, and SO vice
versa all the time. this unique manner OF
run most Of the time. I remember taking
a ride with Little Raven. chief of the
Arapahoes. At first we started OF gently
but his ponies did not~ go straight, SO he
kept tapping them. now the on horse. then
the near. until finally he got them on q
head would surely pop up through the rooi
OF the ambulance. The country was very
level. fortunately, or don't know what
would have been the outcome.
Evening star., 1897-01-30

escape the attention Of the traveller of the
immediate future, and to him we now look
for the effacement oftHose large blanks
which still disfigure the hap of the world.
The healthy and exhalafating exercise of
mountaineering still holds prominent po-
sition in the work of exploration, and 1t
has lost little Of its earlier zeal in search
for new worlds to conquer.
The remarkable success which has at
tended Mr.. FftzgeraldSsn crossing of the
New Zealand Alps has tempted this daring
mountaineer to make fhe ascent of what
is most generally ASSUMED (althouRh per-
haps wrongly to be the Hottest mountain
summit of the new world Mt Aconcagua,
formerly in Chile, butt now In Argentina,
with an altitude, as determined In the
early 'thirtfes' by Admiral Fitzroy of the
British navy, to beof2a91O feet Later
measurements by the Spanish engineer,
Pissis, have seemingly reduced this eleya-
tion to q, 400 feet, but whether one way or
the other, the extinct volcano still presents
sufficiently bold front to tax capabilities
and endurance of the hardest Of noun
taineers.
The German traveller, Gussfeldt. at
tempted 1t in 1883, but gave I'D the effort
after reaching p ,OS9 feet-an elevation ex-
ceeding the highest shown of Chimborazo
What the chances are for the successful
accomplishment of this work cannot be
foretold, but IL full credence is given to a
brief dispatch from Mendoza, Argentina.
it would seem that the problem has been
solved, for 1t is announced that Lurbrfg-
gen, the famous Alpine guide and associate
of Fitzgerald, reached the summit of the
mountain on the 14th Of this month.
Evening star., 1897-01-30
NO SHOPPING FOR HIM.
The Very Names of the Things She
Wanted Were Enough for a Dose.

Wanted Were Enough for a Dose.
From the Detroit Free Press
See here, Robert, you've been lecturinG
me about causing the clerks so much
trouble when go shopping, and telling how
much better men manage these things"
said one of Detroits matrons. Now I'm
have them sent up"
I'm not like a man that couldn't do IL.
This thing of making five or six trips to do
ten minutes business is mighty near GRIM
inal. Just tell me what you want, dear"
Then the pretty mouth of the wife went
like talking machine run by forty-horse
engine. Get me some embroidery. lace
and passementerie. some bretelle attach
ments, three paradise aigrettes. some white
moire embroidered i'm gold, willow feathers
gold galloons, jeweled trimmings a chamois
leather cape lined with dogskin cream bro
cade. changeable lilac sill"
For heavens sake, woman, stop that
tongue of yours before IL gets away from
you. Are you giving me the invoice of a
combination dry goods. millinery and jew
elry store? You don't want all this truck.
Every bit of it. Have to have II and a
good deal more for the girls and myself.
I'm so glad that you can attend TO the
whole thing in a quarter of an hour or so.
l also require"
Let me make list" interrupted the
husband as he desperately seized piece
of paper. How do you spell that passem-
something?" After he had struggled for
twenty minutes and written a lot of things
that would set the most intelligent clerk
crazy, he crumpled the paper viciously. went
to the little desk, filed out a generous
check with the rapidity of an actor, and as
he delivered 1t said he never again wanted
to tackle such a nightmare. She must look
after all such matters.
Evening star., 1897-01-30

The man who tries to live 73o days in
q year is likely to find something giving
way before the year is complete The
human animal is remarkably strong or
gauization. It is astonishing how much
abuse it will stand and still hold together.
With proper care it seems well nigh in
destructible. What is proper caref
Right food at the right time, right
work, right sleep. right rest. Not one
man in thousand can have these things
-or will not, if he can. Next best thing
Il the remedy. If'the machine is out Of
order it must be mended. Dr.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is medicine
for the blood and nerves. 1t helps stom-
ach and brain and lungs-particulariy
lungs. All weakness and disease seems
to lead to lung trouble. Consumption
kills more men than rife balls.
The Golden Medical Discovery"
straighteus out the digestion-that' the
Grst step to pure blood. It searches out
every disease germ and kills II. 1t per-
fectly purifes every portion Of the body.
It furnishes food for the tired nerves and
the tagged brain. It builds up health
and strength and hesh. Nothing else 10
like it. Nothing else is "just as good"
There b hardly disease In the category of
human Ms that & not caused o. aggravsfed ~
consipatioa. Headache. heart-barn, sour stou{-
eSh, bihoas.ess, and peiIitstion q the heart are
an e.used by constipatsce. That troSbie =
Herces Pleasant Pellets. They never xripe
Your money back IL they do Cost twenty Ave
CENTS at the druggists n he = dishouest IL
WW ODER sonething said TO Be "tast as good"
Evening star., 1897-01-30
SLAVONIAN LAUNDERING
Mangle With Clumsy Log Propelled by
Frail Women.
"Starched Things" Not known and
to the American Apparatus.

There was once a girl who, as an old
song put it, "sold her old mangle and
bought a pianner,' but she lived in Eng
land, not in the southeastern part Of
Eurooe, so it is probable that her mangle
was less primitive than the queer instru-
nents of torture still in use by the women
of Slavonia and Servfa, and its operation
of a less heavy task.
Savonia is in Austria, or rather in the
extreme south of Hungary, but its people
are nearly all Servian. Its plains stretch
for miles in an endless expanse of perfectly
fiat country. Its mud is fathomless. its
women's daily task of securing and fight
ing against the dirt that the ''men folks"
bring in from out of doors on their shoes
is never done. Between times there is the
mangle
This is a stout plank about 4 feet long,
raised to a height Of feet upon rough
Evening star., 1897-01-30

and close all of us threw OF our coats and
played in our shirt sleeves. At hrst the
game was light, the ante being dime and
the limit fifty cents. 1t was an all-night
session, and late in the evening the limit
was raised to $2, and money changed hands
freely.
I have never had such luck since and can't
reasonably expect q repetition of 1t.
would stand a raise and draw four cards to
an ace in big jack pots and get two more
with 1t. Once I had picked up my hand
and found three small cards and the ace
and king of clubs; there was q fat pot to
fight for, so came In, and discarding the
small cards. asked for draw OF three, at
the same time turning my ace and king
face DIP on the table, 80 all the players
could see them. The draw gave me the
queen, jack and ten Of clubs, making a
royal flush There were number OF strong
hands out against 1t, including one set Of
fours and a full Everybody, >of course.
played me for holding an ordinary flush or
a straight, and thought / was burning up
my money when kept meeting all raises.
I was too foxy to do any Of the fitting my
self. By simply meeting the raises 1t was
easy to conceal the real strength OF my
I had got tangled up to an extent where II
was imperative to protect my interest IN
the pot against possible bluffng. When
the play was over and the hands shown
a good fellow and a clever card player, py
the way was so angry at what ne caIfeo
fool luck that he tore up the cards and
kicked his chair over.
reached over and wrote on my shirt 'front.'
his 1 o U for his indebtedness The ex-
ample was contagious. and the other play,
ers followed him. The game lasted seVerai
hours longer. and as my run of luck held
good and the losers continued to write
their 1 US on my shirt that garment
was soon covered with valuable memoran-
da At the close of the play the shirt
bore evidence of an Indebtedness Of $1OO
due me by the five gentlemen with whom
had passed the evening.
'It was some days before any of them
gave sign of settling, and how did guard
that garment in the meantime. In those
days 1 was fairly well fixed financially and
had q safety deposit box in the vaults un-
Evening star., 1897-01-30
HIS 300 SHIRT.
Good Poker Yarn and Two More
Stories of the Green Cloth.

A Good Poker Yarn and Two More
Stories of the Green Cloth.
From the Chicago Daily Tribune.
Talking about expensive Clothes" said q
business man to a party of friends the
other night. II wore a shirt once that was
worth 800. i don't mean to say It cost
any such amount of money, but II was
worth 500 to me. and cashed 1t In for Just
mat sum in gold and greenbacksn
An incredulous smile went around, and
some singing inquiries were passed as to
what new brand Of hop was on the
market. but the speaker never finched.
Crack away, boys" he continued, but
when i come to explain the matter you will
See that 1t Is really a simple affair, and
something which might happen to any man
who was similarly situated One night in
the fall OF the worlds fair year a party of
elk gentlemen, Of whom I was one was
playing poker IN a hotel on Dearborn street.
As the night was warm and the room small
Evening star., 1897-01-30
4
She Scared HIM.

From the New York Weekly.
Sweet Girl-"I hope you will call again,
Mr.. Coolhead."
Mr.. Coolhead (new admirer)-"Thank
you, should be delighted to call very soon
again. II l were sure of finding you at
home"
"Oh, I'm nearly always at home: but
let me see-it won't do for you to call Tues
day evening. for that is the night of the
Home Mission meeting; and Wednesday
night the Emperors Daughters meet; and
Thursday the Blue Ribbons have most
important session: and Friday is the
monthly meeting of the Dorcas Club; and
Saturday the Browning Club-really,
hardly know what day to set; but"
Undo you expect to belong to those
"Oh. yes. indeed; I'm life member OF
them ALL"
Ell should like to call again soon, but
this is our busy season, and shall be con.
hned very closely to the Office for several
months. Good evening""
Evening star., 1897-01-30
In the Golden Days.

From the Boston Transcript.
Aunt Susan-"What, sitting up writing at
this hour"
"Yes. auntie, it's only a little note TO
Harry"
Aunt Susan-"Why, Harry only left you
five minutes ago."
Carre-"Yes; but there is something l
forgot tc ask him, and it's very impor-
tant."
Aunt Susan-"Yes?"
Garrett asked him If he loved me and
he sand yes. and j forgot to ask him If he
would love me always"
Evening star., 1897-01-30
Quite True.

From the Chicago Pst.
I'm using dynamite for war; said
the humanitarian thoughtfully. zone should
not forget that the recoil is the worst feat
ure Of It." ...s *
"Ah." said the warrior. but we have
provided for that"
And this" continued the humanitarian
without noticing the interruption, lis true
both practically and theoretically. It II
apt to recotl upon the men, and ID sure to