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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
These Are Innings

that we want you to try TO buy at
same prices anywhere except al
Meyers.
meet the wants OF the most fastidlous
and exactlng CORRECT PRICES
OUR GREAT VANTAGE.
Zoe. Yard-Wide Rustling Taffeta .....9c.
So. Rustling Taffeta, Black and cOlvrs, Sc.
1Oc Slesia, full yard wide. Safe only. &C.
l5c. Self or Blackjack Fancy Sileslas,
l0c.
20c Blackjack Fancy siiesias.. ~ 1-2c.
25c Blackjack Fancy Silesias. .......lic.
j. lie. Pure Linen Grass Cloth, colors
ana lack 1T. VIM c,,;, g
l5c. Silesias and Percallnes, colors and
Pc. High-ColOred Molre Taffeta, yard
Woe ......... ......... .....s.......s..'I Loo
Sc. Corset Jeans, Slate only ............ &c
lie. Yard Wide Rustling Taifeta, high
cOlOIs 49,. ......... ...........s.. .lVc.
7Jc. Silk Twill. for contrasting lining.
changeaDle ....... ........... ......-..4sc,
15c Fibre Irterlning, Slate and Cream, lc.
Hundreds Of opportunities In the Shoe
epartment-oppoftun that may never
occur again.
SnCes. solid sOleS and counters, Tor i3c
Infants Fancy Moccasins. Wine, Tan,
and Black, for ....... .................20c.
JOO pairs of Ladies' Wei Kid oxford Ties.
pointed toes. Wine, Chocolate, and
Black-A. b. Q, ID, and h lasts-regular
price wv ,tOr ........ .............. ~ %.
One lot OF Ladies' HandTurned and
Macay-SeWed oxford Ties, regular
price yl.O-C, ID, and IL lasts-fOr.. ~.
Ladies Button Boots. made Of dcngoia
Kid stock. and solid, Chocolate and
bldch, LOT ........ ....ss..'... '.s.s.ssoc'
Ladies Chrome Kid Button Shoes, new,
round toe, Ter ...............:-..'.'. III ..
Misses Chrome Kid Button Shoes, latest
cuts, worth Sl.5O for ..................<l.
Misses Chrome Kid Button Shoes. hasd-
scwed worth s., for .................Sl.zo 70.
Boys Wine Calf Lace Shoes. newest
shape tees, sizes to IL .........N. %.
Y pairs OF Boys Genuine Calf Lace
Shoes TO be closed out, sizes IL TO
s.s..s..s ss......... ...ss..sss.. .'.s.s~ .-"'
Imitation Alligator Club Bags for....J0
Grain-Leather Club Bags, new Olive
hhduc ......... ........ .............. .f9c'
Grain-Leather Bags. new olive shade.
leather bound and leather lined, for
$3.50.
Er4fu-I Gather CIuh Rags for CSC.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Special Prices In Toilet
Requisites,

Meade K Bakers Mouth Wash. l5c.
RubifCam, lgc.
Sheffields Dentifrice. 13c.
Fellows Gossamer Powder. Ice.
Roger a. Gallets Powder, 33c-
Roger q Gallets Brllliantlne. &c.
Murray & Lanman's Florida Water. 49,.
White Violet Water, S-ounce. &c.
California Violet Extract. i9c.
Pinauds Eau de Quinine. &c.; s-ounce
size. &c.
Roger x Gallets Extract. 79c.
Crabapple Extract, &c.
DR.. Lyons Tooth Powder, 16c.
SoZodont, 49c.
Or. Hebra's Viola Cream. SOC.
l2-yard-roll Tape &c.
Gold-Eye Needles. &c. paper.
25c. quality SILK Web. lie. YARD.
VELYETEEN BINDING. ALL COL
ORS, lc. A YARD.
Hose Supporters, Sc. pair.
Ladies Ready-Made Fancy Carriers. &c.
pair.
Complete line new spring shades Velvet
Cord Binding. sc. yard
Packet Fasteners. no need for gaping
dresses lOc each
Every Dressmaker presenting her busl-
ness-eard viii be gives enc OF the war
rem Featherbone Attachments. Full
STOCK or Featherbone on hand.
Rubber Fine Combs. lc.
loo, Fine Combs. Sc: Csc. ones, lJc.
Rubber Dressing Combs. lc.
2'c. Hair Brushes. ljc.
Invisible Hai- Pins. &c. n dozen.
Steel-Point Hair Pins. L.. a paper.
Hump Hooks and Eyes. gross. lOc.
l5c. Pin Cubes 10c.: l0c. cnes DC.
JET NElL-PINS. lie. A PAPER.
SOLlD-HEAD MOURNING PINS. lc. A
BOX
60-INcH TAPE MEASURES. lie.
Machine Cotton, 2Oc. dozen.
lndestructibie Fancy Pins. for SC.
All widths Non-Tw.sting Tape. lie.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
A 25c. Glove Sale.

White Pearl buttons; Tan Gloves.
BLACK edglng and stitching; White
Gloves. with Black edgine and stitcn-
ing; Black Gloves, with Whlte stllcn-
INC and edeing. imported 10 sell for
50c.. our buying methods land them
here to sell you for 25c. Every size
l-2 tOS r..
KID Gloves. all sizes Corn. Pearl, ana
White. with heavy Black embroidered
stitching, worth $50, for '5c.
The New Woman's cloves IN wv, W.
CLASPS. Piques, Tan, Red, and White
Ladies' Pure SILK Black Gloves, regular
so and 15c. qualities, TO be SOFA az,
pair ......-. ...t...+. '-..'.'''. .. -.
Ladies Fine Black Thread Gloves
regular l5c. values, for, q pair ..o,.
M need 10 waste your time en- hour
ales when every hour Of every day
T4trarfe soils
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Second Week OF the Auction
Mattings.

Bought al Field Chapmans & Fenner
New York. at less than cost OF Dfoduc,
zion. That IS the reason why we can sell
cheaper Than other stores can buy these
goods The assortment Is at present Sill
complete
Fancy China Mattings perfect in every
way. l6g rolls Of ~ yards each, 10 be
placed on sale tomorrow Tor Sl.4S per
roll
Checked and Plaid China Mattinss' some
without seams. some with seams every
four yards. good heavyweight, 81 roiis
of 20 yards each, TO be placed ON sale
tomorrow for ......... ............ Si.'''
Extra-Heavy Seamless China Mattines'
heavy corded edge. 81 new bright pat
terms, 2l3 rolls of 20 yards each 10 De
placed on sale tomorrow for $40.
Reversible japanese Mattines, made ON
$50 linen string most durable KIND
made % new choice designs only 81
rolls IN this let. of % yards, TO be
placed on sale tomorrow for. .-...Si.'';
Real Carpet-Desien Heaviest Imported
Damask Nattirss. seamless. prcttiest
covering made. i6 rolls Of ~ yards eacn.
will be placed on sale tomorrow
fer ........ continuance. ............S4. 90.
Seamless Fine Polished straw China
Mattings I'm plaids and small checks,
as good as Mattings can he made ios
rolls Of ~ yards each. VIII be placed
on sale tomorrow for .............Si.o'.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Draneries.


Big stock AT little prices.
The New pongee Drapories. White
ground. Dolft-Blue figures. worth l0c.
per YARD .-+..... .....s.t.s..........-... 100.
The New Wavcrly Crepe Drapery In
Green. Blues, Tans. SC, worth l5c.,
per yard ......... ......................tc &c.
The Imported Tnsel Drapery. yellow.
Blue. and Pink grounds, worth 15c., per
ANiu ssss.sss ssfssss .ttssssssss.s.s..s &C.
The Finest Madras Drapery, I'm all the
new colors, 80 inches wide, worth Soc,
The 36-inch-wide COin-Spot Mulls, for
curtains. all size dots ana figures.
worth &c.,. per yard ...............9 l-2c.
The Imported Embroidered Musllns.
with heavily worked borders. 1900
Yards worth % 20 40c.. per yard.l2 l-2c.
Nard-Wide Silkolincs, new and choice
patterns. usual IL and lsc. values. per
yard ........ ....... .....................10c
Imported Gilt Cloth. so inches wide, usu-
al 23c. value, per yard. II l-2c.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Price Barriers Swept Away.

What are times getting to be, when
Meyers can sell Linen Collars for less
than a cent apiece? Yet 1t IS not the
fault CT the times-but some merch mt
who went down under the strain Of mod
ern merchandising. and his stock became
a drug on the market.
LOO dozen Ladies Pure White and Solid
Black Linen Cape Collars, sizes II TO
u; PICK any size you want-a dozen
for l0c
3-Ply Linen Cuffs to match actually
costing usually $50 a dozen. for &c.
pair.
Mems and Boys Turn-Down Collars.
every slze-l- to lin the latest
shapes, SOC. dozen; sold by the dozen
Ladies' Pure Linen 25c. Chemisettes.
either standing or turn down. for-Ac.
An extraordinary sale OF Ladies Real
honltcn Lace and Brown-Linen Collars.
that cost 81 and s.. TO be sold for 7jc each
An importers loss was our opportunity
and your gain. Even IL you have little
faith IN advertiser ests. come 10 see these
our assortment OF Ladies' Fancy Neck
wear; comprising Lace Boleros. Chif-
ION Flchus, Alsatian Bows. Ruches
etc. etc, IS complete al most popular
prices.
Ladies' Linen Collars, all popular STYLES,
for l-3c each.
Nalenciennes lace trimmed ruche. for
2Jc.
Infants Marseilles Bids for &C.; worth
l0c.
Infants Closely-Knit Atwood sacouAs
for l9c.: worth 81 lie.
Bootees 10 match sacques fer he
Ladies' Pure Linen Hasdkerchiefs hem-
stitched and unlaundered. costing $3.50
A dozen, for &c. each; four for 25c.
800 dozen Handkerchiefs, including
Sheer Swiss. Embroidered. Mourning
and Co,ored BOrdered hemStitchcd
and hemstitched and embroidered. for
Sc. each.
Ladies l0c. Sheer Swiss Embroidered
Handkerchiefs for Sc.
Ladies' Very Fine Handsomely En-
broldered Handkerchief, In Linen and
Swiss. that you willingly pay 10
for, in to-morrow's sale for Ne.
Ladies' Very Fine Swiss Embroidered
Handkerchiefs for II i-2c.
Ladies and Children'5 HandkerchIefs
for 1c. each.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14

Chlldrens Spring Reeiers, IN Navy bIue
and Red. all-WOol clcth. trimmed with
white sOutache and pearl buttons,
$50.
Cb,ldren's Lfght-Weight Refers, IN all
wool broken checks. with solid collar
Guns. and yoke .........-. .....SI;sy,yj.
A specia. lot of Black Brocaded six
Capes. trimmed with jet and lace and
lined with changeaOle surah, Sz.5J
Bright Paid Cashmere Waists, made IN
shirt waist style, with white Aneh col
lars most stylish waists for school
Girls and young ladies' I'm stores, all
sizes, were 81. a lot Of 80 dozen 10 sell
IL .Ic.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Entire silk Dresses, SLAB,
Ready-Made Dress Skirts.

We care not how particular you are
about the set OF your skirt, these meyer >
sell viii make you wonder now IL uolis
the price, the style, the qual'y Oh mate
rial .,-. ,.---..,,.i O., oio-
CANT ail-over designs, lined and SUI
fened throughout, very correct cur, sV
value, for ........ .s......s 49,. s.''Fy'ey-
Blactk BrOcaded Brlluantne Sklrl7, ouF
wards and a half wide, lined VITA hneh
canvas. So, reduced to ...-..........lt '''
storm Serge Skirts. I'm Black, Napoleon
Blue. Hunters Green, and Royal FUR
pie, beautifully made, perfect set
ting $500. .....'... ...''..'....i 80,
BlacS and White and Green and W hlte
Broken Check, ATWOOD skirts, new
est shape ......s. ............s.ss' ssf-'J'
BLACK Figured MOhair Skirt lined WIN
linen canvas and bound with Velvet
cen ...... .....-... .s...-.-....- ''''.. $50
WoOl-MiXed Cneyiot skirts ln Green
Brown. Peacock Blue, Tan, ana bidch
We'll made. were 500, for ...........flis
Black Diagonal Skirts, lined with rust
ling camDrlc and bound with te.-
veLeen ...... .......s..s. sss.s.ssss. ffI'-''
Black Figured Alpaca skirts, lned wien
rustliu. cambria, and bound with vel
Metro IudeIskirts, with spanish rune,
made very illl, in Purple, ~ zen, Blue
PINS. Tan. and Black and ~ mite, Win
an all-Oyer design Of MOWERS, dctudAy
cost 81 ........ ..-..'... ..'..'-...'.'..'y-'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14

ought TO see our stock, II prices is Of i'm
portance.
Yard Wide Hemp Carpet. worth zoe. per
yard ........ $3.50. .1Jc.
All-WoOl Nard-Wide 2-Ply Carpets,
standard make. worth 15c.. per yard.
81 lie.
Every yard OF Brussels Carpet. iscludng
the ones which sold for 81 "a yard
room. han, and stair patterns-per
yaId ...... ..s...... ....................auc.
Ingram Stair Carpets. worth 29c.. per
yard ...... ....>... ..................14c.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Corsets UnequdIled for
0uality and Price.

Extra Long Waist Black Saline Corsets,
c0lored silk stitching on top. a regular
15c. value. q pair Tor ................50c.
A G-hOok W. b. Corset. i'm White or
Black. q regular Fl value, Tor $500. .l1c
A SHOCK TlCusCn's Gloye-Fitting Cor
set a regular Sl.2j value .............N.
A French COutille Prima Donna Corset,
the very thing fer summer wear. a
regular S1.25 value .....................Sl.
c. Il. 'Cyclist Corset. specially adapted
for all general athletic purposes, a
81 Is value for ........ ..................
Any slzo In "A Wcll-Boned. Long Waist
Jeans Corset ......... .........l1c. par.
800 pieces
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
The Main Show Window

Is an exposition Of WRAPPERS tnat
is d might Illustration VI no" we 40
son chem for almost less thas cost OK
materials.
Fine PerCale Wrappers, in striped biteA
and White. Tam and Purple. Blue ana
Black, and Red and Black .-.........i..e,
Calico Wrappers, I'm DarN Blue Win
White figures .......+. ......-....'. ''o'l.
Calico Wrappers, in All sp-lns snaues Oh
Green. Pink. Pale Blue, HcuOtrOue,
etc.. ana Dark Gray .................avc.
Ladies Negligeo Dressing Sacques, with
lace-edged sailor collars ana NJ alleau
back, satin ribbon ties 40 neck ana
waist, suitable for wearing at the toll
ette ........ ......... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Wrappers, House Dresses
and kegllgees.

Dlmity MWUUers, eldDOItltIy IIluutu
with Hamburg, MADE on 4 us l-ll-llnb
Immg. with vatican pleat, tull trout,
ana II pocket NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .al.
Linen OOlor,d Wrappers. bOlerO back
and fl0ut. edged W-tl acclrdlDu-
pleateo RUNE, made Ou ~ usnl-hltlns
uulus .-.-...-. ...--.....- .s.s'-'.- .s''.' f-'
FIrifed Black House Dress, with solid
Bolcr1 Jack and 'front.' edged with
satin rUcne In Blue and heuotrope'
tight lining ........ .....-.,.........'fi''' '
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Figured HEMP Rugs.

Bureau Size, Sc inches long. q inches
WIDE .ss.ss.s .ssssss s.j'''
Hearth Size q inches long, 50 inches
Hearth Size - inches long, 20 inches
wide. heavy as q board .............llc.
Bureau-Size MCQuctte Rugs 90 inches
long. IL inches wide. fringed. .59c.
Iargest-S.e Moquette Rugs. 2 yards
long, So inches wide ................$2.gJ 30.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
A Mattress Sale.

Best made Cotton-Top Bed-Mattresses.
weigh 40 pounds. covered with good
ticking, large enough FOR any he'd IN
Richmond, worth $50 for ....... so. 60.
Best-Made Curled-Hair Mattresses,
weight 40 pounds. covered with 4. G..
A. ticking, large size worth $l2 90
- iul .ss.. s.......- .....t.............tl..N.
Old Hair Mattresses made over. Es.i-
mates gladly furnished
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Great Second Floor Departments.

The Big Stores ideal Howemnishng Department will be ready to-
morning for the distribution Of the values the biggest
savings plan instituted in Richmond Let your expectations be
higher before They will he grafed with little
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Good Things.

Yard-square Chenille Covers. frlnged all
diDuhu .ssss... ..sst. ss........s...s &C
! l-2-yard-square Chenille Covers. frineed
on four sides ......... .................4lc.
Elegant grade 2-yard-sQuare Chenille
Covers, for dining tables ...........$1 80.
Ready-Made Felt Lambrcquins .....2Jc.
Is rolls Of Best Shelf Oil-ClOth. per
ydIu .s.s.s.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .Jc.
Best grade Tracking Ou-Cloth, per
Ndiu sssss. s.sss.s ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sc.
700 Window Shades, complete .......l zoe.
Embroidered Baby Afghans .......... 25c.
Best grade Table Oil-Cloth. per yard
l5c.
Extra Heavy 1ircleum Mats. 5oc value
25c
Genuine Misses Macklntoshes. all sizes.
Sl25.
Figured Oil-Cloth Squares for tables.
Csc
japanese FiIe-Screens, assorted colors.
easel style worth 25c, for ..........l0c
Four-FolG Japsnese Fire Screens, bam-
boo frames ,wtlth 81, for ...........45c.
Shcrt Ends Figured Pushes. worth $50
yard, 10 to B-inch pieces. 10c; TO
4y-lItu pieces ................... Zoe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
LARGEST Stock of Floor Oil
Cloths at Smallest Cast.
The Purchaser of a Carpet

800 rolls, from 70 1-2c. the square yard
10 Doc. square yard. See theml
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
The Japs Must be Working for
Nothing.

for here are new Silks. Jct-Black, %
inches wide, ard Changelbie silks, in
five different coiorings, every thread
Of pure silk. selling for 25c. a yard.
Something like 500 yards IN the lots.
Black Brocade Satin Suchess. three Diff
ferent figures. for skirts or waists.
lot that goes further than TO be called
bargain .......-.......... l-Zc. gdsI.
Large Figured and Small Figured Print
ed japanese Silks, over which the
fashionable world is now raging for
3yc yard.
a dollar will do little more than double
duty IN buying from the lot OF Al-Silk
Grenadines, Black 20 be made over
cOlored Innings, AT .............59c. yard.
% new figures among the Printed India
rlihS AZ ......... ......... ............ .Jvc.
Changeable Seeded silks. the best Of tho
N.1O kinds, are ready for selling al
SIC. yard.
From a special 75c. a yard lot Of Black
silks some grand bargains may DO
picked, in Gros-Grains with satin fig
ures, and A-inch-wido Black Satin
Duchess.
2.6ll yards OF Black SILK Taffetas, bro
Cadcd. the purest OF silk with that
peculiar rustic. SOC. a yard-the peer OF
the s9c. quality I'm our regular stock
Black Lace Net, beaded, a new design
for vest fronts, SL4e a yard.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Entire Sets Dress Findings, 39c.,

usually costing 7ic and comprising
piece Bone Casing. doz. Dress Bones.
lOv-ysrd Spool best silk, spool Cotton
card Hook and Eyes piece Seam Binding
Inside Belt Mc1al bazaar Paper Pattern,
Veveteen Binding.
This entire set Of Dress Findings %
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
New Spring Dress Goods Exceedingly Cheap:

the opening Of the doors this nor H Business
sCoosNo
eso tand
the ed stock
H arspein Goods least w"e
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
BOYS CLOTHES

We place on sale this week great 10
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14
The Black Dress Goods.

ALL Wool Lace Work Etamne. lace figures, DC
ten different designs. cost to import $780, yard lot
Etanne in stripes and checks can be used 3oc
any light evening colors yard TOR
Atwood Figured Serge. 45 inches wide, rich, S0c
nobby styles yard
Figured ohar Sican inches wide bright and heavy SO-
lustre when made looks like silk. yard
French and Storm Serge, SO inches wide all wool. Ok
extra heavy regular 39c goods. for ~
Double Warp Storm Serge 80 inches wide all wool, 90.
regular 5Oc value Tor
Heavy w Nave RssoHa' 'v0o 10 inches vid' sc
Double. Width Figured Aohar Mixtures best style. ~.
Black soc value. ~
The Finest of Camel Hair Serges magnificent quality
and deep, Black Will be yard DC
Cloths latest fabric for deep mourning
dresses, pure wool of deepest Black will be To-
In conjunction with sale Spring Dress Goods
ilsell
The evening times., 1897-08-24
HERE AND THERE.

| Colonial tea sets, hand-engraved, leave
| nothing 70 be desired
If "a man cares for a woman be ca n easily Y
be made 10 see the world with her eyes.
A man 8 definition of home is 1.-The place
| where he gets his meals and has his slip
| pers "
Until the linen skirt grows used to the
wheelwoman's figure, it is anything but n
| graceful garment
Blue for blondes has been displaced by
geranium pink it iutensifies the fairness
| OF the cofnple xion and the brightness Of the
eyes
housskeeper will find IL a great help
10 ber in her niorning work if each person
viii put away his own book and chair wien
leaving the sitting fooin at night
A woman never. does as much talking
about her gratitude for recovery from q
dangerous Illness al she does concerning the
| fact that she has grown so thin that her
clothes hang like bags on her.
Do not judge persons as invcterate dr,iax.
ards because a beer wagon stops before
their door. There are such things as sar
sapatilla and ginger ale bottled, you know.
even by brewers. Even though the trath
he beer, don 1t, judge, anyhow; seeing it's
not your affair.
Don't make yourself i'll worrying over
that suspected heart trouble" or other
fatal disease. 81 Lots of people 30 through
life with Damoclean sword hanging over
their heads, aud die at last OF old age
Remember the Icraeked pitcher that went
to the well-it will help to keep you well,
as well
There is deadly rumor abroad thai
trains are coming into vogue again fer
street wear. Some high. mighty parsonage
has stumbled down. the steps of a Euro
pean palace and has TO wear braces, hence
the style, which, incidentally, is to be worn
with limp. Perhaps the bicycle young
women Will have soue. hing to say about
the fashion when it gets to Washington
The evening times., 1897-08-24

storm brewing. and the arbitration treaty
was the means by which IL sought TO take
bonds for oui good behavior during the
trouhlous times impending. Arbitra tion
would have bottled US up, and corked US
down effectuaily, in connection with some
things that a general rebellion in India
and a war with Turkey, perhaps hacked
by France, IN Egypt, would leave US a free
hand TO undertake. For example, there
is the Nicaragua Canal project, the inde
pendence Of Cuba, the anne xation Of Ha
wall, and the Alaskan boundary matter.
1t is not supnosable that other European
nations would interfere with Us in any
OF these directions. Russia world be most
likely to approve of an extension of Aneri-
can influence In the Antilles, and in the
Pacific, rather than to see additional
aggrandizement OF England I'm the same
quarters. With Russia friendly, we should
be quite at ease. IL is an cngra teful task
to figure out national advantage from such
a hideocs thing as an Indian mutiny; hut
the profit we are realizing from the Indian
crop failures and frightful famine, does not
seem to bring many tears TO the eyes of the
bcneficiaries; possibly, because they mostly
are capitalists rather than crocodiles.
The evening times., 1897-08-24
Official Ignorance.
tFrom the New York Sun. }

tFrUm the New YORK SUM-
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels is
either ignorant OF the laws of his country
or he wilfully misrepresents them. In his
address to the American Bankers Asso-
citation at Detroit yeste rday, he repeated
the often exposed falsehood that lone
statute requires the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to redeem the legal tender notes in
coin on presentation, and another cOmpels
him to pay them out that they may return
again and gain for redemption" Mr..
Eckels ought to know that no statute ex-
lists which ''compels' the Secretary Of
the Trea sury to pay out redeemed legal
tender notes. The act of May 81. 1878,
which is sometimes cited as having this
effect, does not mention the Secretary
Of the Treas sury at all, nor does 1t make
IL obligatory upon any official to re!ss lie
the rede emed notes.
1t merely declares that the y "shall be re-
issued and paid out again and kept In circu.
lation,' without providing any method
whereby that end shall be attained In
deed, IL the notes mentioned are kept in
circulation" as the act in words requires,
they clearly cannot be presented for re-
demption. As q matter of fact, no Secre-
tary of the Treasury has ever felt ''com-
pelled'' to pay them out in preference to
other kinds of money, and at this moment
the Treasury holds over $2S, S,OO0, 900 OF
them, proving conclusively that their reissue
is not compulsory 1t is about time that
intelligent lnen ceased to repeat the asser-
ton tnat Mr. Eckels makes