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Evening journal., 1897-02-20

From New York to Cardiff involves O
voyage of 2.949 knots.
Evening journal., 1897-02-20
~ DRAPER RECOVERING-

ITe. DItFAI IN IlIOO LINIINNI,,
Dr. Draper, who has been so i'll with
pneumonia, is a great deal better and
was sitting up to-day.
Evening journal., 1897-02-20
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.

Miss Lena A. Fyan, who is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hart, of this
city, and Miss Lille G. Plunkett, left
where they will be the guests of Miss
Name Meehan.
George Grace. of Chester has re-
turned home after a short visit to rela-
tives in this city.
Miss May Candley is visiting in Ches-
ter.
Miss Madeline German is visiting
her sister, Mrs. J. L. Connolly, in New
York.
Mrs. George A. Millington and son,
George, are visiting relatives in New
Castle
]. Harvey Cook. who has been seen
here in the part of Paul Kauvar, is with
the Elroy Stock Company. at the
Opera House next week and will appear
in the leading roles.
Miss Rebekah l.. Blackburn will
spend tomorrow with friends in Phila-
delphia.
Miss Emma NJ Duncan and John
Gam we're married at Augustine Pier
yesterday, Rev. o. A. Gillingham OIL
ciating.
Rev. NJ. X. Fallon. who has been very
i'll. has now so far recov cred as to bt
able 10 be out.
T. Allie Price. Of Chicago. H., genera
/ freight agent of the Wisconsin Centra
railroad. is III at the residence Of hi.
uncle. Or. Charles NJ. Ellis, at Elkton
Mr. Price has been in Florida fer hil
Evening journal., 1897-02-20
The Best Thing.

Il suppose there were some bright
things said at Mrs Lionunter's literary
dinner party last night!"
4 few.
"Who got off the most interesting?"
"The butler-when he remarked that
dinner was ready ILLUSTRATED Bits.
Evening journal., 1897-02-20

The friends Of Editor Power have
about come to the conclusion that it is
a clear case of invisible force.
Evening journal., 1897-02-20

New York Biscuit Company's Ocean
Spray Biscuit.
Evening journal., 1897-02-20
SMALLEY & M'KAIG,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20,

Sizes S to 10, B. c, d, E and
F widths. Every pair war
raIted,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-10
COFFEE AND ITS USES.

When there are in a community
epidemics of typhoid fever, cholera, cry
sipelas, scarlet fever and the various
types of malarial fever, which are
transmitted almost entirely through
the medium Of food and drink, coffee
is valuable agent, and may be used
as a drink instead of water, says the
New York Tribune.
1t is valuable agent in assisting in
the digestion of food, and aids the
blood in taking up more nourishment
than it would without it.
1t Quickens the circulation of the
blood and respiration.
1t is also stimulating and refreshing
(due to the caffeine it contains).
In tiding over nervousness in emer-
gencies it is sovereign remedy.
AS stimulant and caloric generator
in cold weather it is 100 per cent ahead
of whiskey or other liquors.
AS a disinfectant it is one of nc
small usefulness in the sick chamber
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-10

Ferd. Leimer, sculptor of Washing
ton, is to make bust in bronze OF
President Mckinley. The first cast
will go to the White House, the next
to General Alger, the third to the city
council of Canton, O., and the fourth
to the state house at Columbus, o.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-10

Sleep is natures great restorer, and
nothing takes its place. Some persons
need more sleep than others, and this
can be determined by the following
simple rule: The normal pulse is plac-
ed at 70; dividing this by nine we have
s as the normal standard of sleep. Take
the pulse of the person, divide it by
8, and the result will show the number
of hours sleep necessary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-10
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.

GET THEM IN TIME for Christmas!
Do not leave it until the last moment; take
time and have first-class work. See that
your portrait has the modelling and char.
acter that shows an intelligent face. and
not retouched out of recognition.
Appointments made by Telephone 4o3
cent Island Views.
Specimens can be seen on the groun
floor, MOTT-SMITH BUILDING,
COR. FORT & HOTEL SITS.
d Photographic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-30
CLOSING PRICES OF THE YEAR.

The fifth month since the enactment OF the
new tariff has passed. and the closing prices Of
the year afford some indication of It's influence
upon the cost Of commodities thus far. 1t re-
mains the TACT, as II was when details were
given two months ago, that substantially all
the advance in prices has been In farm prod
ucts and In woollen goods manufactured from
one OF those products. Since November l
breadstuffs have further advanced 81 per cent
In all the following comparisons the relative
Importance of each article being taken into ac-
count. Meats have slightly declined-in all 1.3
per cent-but dairy and garden products have
advanced o3 per cent in the aggregate There
has also been slight advance in the remaining
food products. the class including sugar. to.
bacco, salt, spices, fish, tea. coffee and LIQUORS.
but in the aggregate only 90 per cent In the
clothing class decline Of 10 per cent appears
IN the aggregate, and in the metals class. in.
Guiding coal and oil. a decline Of 81 per cent.
while In miscellaneous products, including Inn.
Der and other building materials paints and
drugs, small advance Of per cent In the
aggregate appears For more definite measure
ment OF the relative advantage to the agri-
cultural interest a separate statement ma 10
clothing materials and products Is needed.
The clothing class includes cotton. which has
declined IL per cent during the last month. and
wool. which has not changed in price. The cost
OF these. with all the food products the same
quantities and qualities Of each being reckoned
at prices OF November and December 81. the
relative importance Of each article being taken
Into account, would have been $416S 3 in No
vember and s43097 in December-an advance
OF S14 "a. or "a per cent. On the other hand.
the cost Of all the other articles. including the
products Of all the manufactures and mines and
oil wells, lumber building materials. paints.
chemicals and drugs. would have been 1879 a.
in November, and only $500 II In December-a
decline Of l6 per cent While q few imported
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-30

food products-such as spces-and rev man
ufactured products-such as salt and liquors
are here included with food products. the chanSt
| in these has been insignificant. and does mol
| appreclably affect the comparison. 1t is strictly
true that. in spite Of the decline In cotton and
some meats. tho value of farm products has
advanced 81 per cent during the last Few
months, while the cost OF all products OF man
ufactures and mining has on the whole. de-
clined 1.G per cent.
II IL not implied that the advance In food
products has been mainly due to the tariff hut
It has ndsputably occurred under the opera
ton of a tariff which, It's opponents allege, must
plumber the agricultural class for the benefit OF
the manufacturing and mining classes The
paked fact that substantially all the gain within
The last two months has been in the agricultural
products while the products Of other industries
taken together are cheaper than they were two
months ago. corresponds with the results SHOWN
in November covering the first three months
under the operation Of the new tarih. ROOD
products executing meats. had then been adj
vanced; clothing had been advanced n l''Ie
owing to the cost Of wool and its products, while
other products Of that class taken together mad
declined as had articles Of the metal and mis-
cellancous classes. In the entire five months
the food products have advanced in the aggre-
gate III per cent. while the cost OF all prod
ucts of the clothing metals and miscellaneous
classes has declined about O.5 per cent the adj
vance in woollen goods being more than bal
anced by the decline in most other manufact-
ured products.
The changes in the manufactured products
during the last two months have been compare
lively small, except in cotton goods, which have
declined an average Of GA per cent against
| per cent In raw cotton: in iron and steel prod
ucts which have declined an average OF 81
per cent: coal, which has declined > per cent
and lead, which has declined per cent. Raw
silk is 2S per cent lower. and india-rubber Is
50 per cent lower. while rubber goods are
cheaper. Hides have declined 81 per cent, while
leather has advanced IL. and boots and shoes
only o. per cent. Tin Is 0S per cent lower;
petroleum. copper and tnplates are unchanged.
Nor Is It to be forgotten that this cheapenlng
Of manufactured products. which IS to some ex-
tent due to more rapid expansion In production
of materials than in their consumption. has been
effected Mt the same time with a general adj
vance in wages, Of which further instances
were announced on Wedncsday-in the Car
negic works at PitsbTrg. IN glass works and
pottery establishments, and in several woollen
mills. With an enormous ncrcaso IN the mum
Der Of people earning wages az: general in
crease in the rate OF wages paid. there Is thus
far no advance since July - in the cost OF man
ufacured and mining products as n whole. but
a slight decline.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-30

Murphy because he was not a statesman and
was not the type Of man who In the Senate would
be n credit to his party and an honor to the State
This amazed Croker. who could not conceive OF
a higher claim than political service for any
position Fitness. capacity, experience In PUBLIC
affairs, familiarity with the issues OF National
politics. ability to take positions and DEFEND
them upon current questons-these things he
shifted at contemporary as Of no consequence
whatever. The offices, In his opinion-even l'''
highest-were not positions Of trust, for wh"h
the tests OF fitness and capacity should be ap~
Piled but rewards for partisan activity for
clever handling Of primaries or smart manipula-
ton of ward politics. And he had his way.
Mr.. Murphy was elected Senator. He has been
sitting in the United States Senate now for
nearly five years and has hardly peoped-an
oh cct-lesson Illustrating the Croker idea Of poll
ties and the uses of public office. 1t may be
said. Of course, that his colleague, elected by
Republican Legislature represents precisely the
same idea and has about the same fitness for
the place. 1t IS. unfortunately. true. The Gro
ker idea and the Plat idea are identical. The
highest offices in the Nation belong not to the
most competent statesmen. BAT to the most
active politicians But what n humiliation 1t is
to this great State to be represented on the floor
Of the United States Senate by two men neither
of whom Is competent to speak for her in de-
bate to protect her interests or maintain her
honor IN the forum. or, in fact do anything
except hustle for offices and quarrel over spoils.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-30
Netu91prk DAILY Gribn'te
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 80 1897.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS General Blanco Issued
decree announcing the lines on which the Home
Rule Government Is 10 De estaoileheu
NJ Paten6tre. the new French hmoassauoi ~
Spain was received by the Queen Regent IN
Madrid. - There has been recrudescence
of the plague in India. especially In the MandVie
district where the people are seeking sa1ety III
flight - A fire destroyed eight hundreo
houses hotel and a church in Port au Prince.
Hayti; a few hours later an earthquaKe oc-
CURED. 1t reported in London that
the Marquis Of Hartford would succeed the
Earl of Aberdeen as Governor General OF Can
ada - Leon Carvalho. director Of the Opera
Conlique, died in Paris - The French Gov
eminent has granted a subsidy OF 5oOVU francs
for a steamship line between France and Can
ada Richard Arthur Prince. the assas-
sin Of William Terriss committed for trial
at the Bow Street Police Court. London.
DOMEsTIC.--President Mckinley signed the
bill prohibiting pelagic sealing by citizens OF the
United States. - Treasury officials express
much qualification at the favorable showing
made by the Governments financial operations
for December; there VIII be surplus or about
$,15O0OO. - Members Of the Diplomatic
Corps In Washington are watching developments
In the Far East with the greatest interest
- Adjutant- General Tillinghast says he will
not be candidate for Major General Of the re-
organized National Guard. - delegation
of Chicago politicians is on the way to New
York 10 aid in the celebration Of Tammany's
return to power. The Chicago Board of
Appeals decided against the Letters on their
charges brought against the elevator people
that mixed wheat was DeinS denVereu.
William James Linton. the engraver. died In
New-Haven. - Assets of the Maverick
Bank of Boston. which. originally cost over
81 100000 were sold for SAB
CITY-The nominations for officers Of the
Union League Club were announced, Elihu
Root being named for president - Jacob
Worth received a diamond badge at dinner
given in his honor in Brooklyn. - The Iron
Steamboat Company was dispossessed from Its
Old station at Pier No. l. North River. by the
Dock Board for non-payment Of rent. -
The Police Board suspended for thirty days
without paw Captain Frederick W. Martens Of
the East Thirty-ffth-st. station. on charges Of
failing to suppress policy shops in his pre-
cinct - Stocks were dull and irregular
THE WEATHER-Forecas for to-day: Rain,
clearing in the afternoon: warmer. The TEN.
perature yesterday: Highest 80 degrees; lowest,
%; average 305s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-30

The performance OF Handlers Messiah" at Car.
negie Hall yesterday afternoon by the Orator.o Socs
ETY. presented spectacle that has become extremely
familiar 10 ali lovers OF the old ora,orio. /, may
seem little out of place TO talk OF a spectacle IL,
connection with a musical entertainment but In
truth. the most impressive features OF the Messiah.
performances for years have been those presented
TO the eye. The music is always given in a Der
functory sort OF way seldom we'll enough to call FOR
an expression Of praise from the reviewer who "a
scarcely able 10 realize. as the familiar mu-
sic begins that year has passed since ne heard I,
last and equally seldom badly enough to call for hs
censure. Whatever emotion enters into the case ia
invited by the spectacle OF an audience crowdinp q
room like that OF Carnegie Hall and listening M,
with interest only not with mere respect but with
obvious devotion, 10 music which held similar audi
ences similarly spellbound more than hundred
years ago We may talk OF change in musical taste
as much as we please and recognize II IN other de-
partmen;s as enerSetlcally the law allows hi. IN
the race or such spectacle are bound 10 admi.
the tremendous pursuance OF the alliance which has
grown up between tradition and Handels music
ana We may rejoice that affection still lives for the
tlme honored work without prejudice 10 the musical
offerings or to-day. The oratorio will be repeated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-30
INTERESTS IN COREi.

Russia covets Corea and probably Will not be
happy until she gets IT, She Is in the habit OF
getting what she wants. when nothing more
than the seizure OF some ones land Is concerned.
But in this case there may be some difficulty IN
doing so. She really has no claim on Corca.
She has never done anything for It's welfare.
Only Japan and the United States have done
that the latter first opening the Hermit Ma
ton to intercourse with the outside world. and
the former. ut the cost of n bloody war. freeing
II from Chinese dcSpotism. Nor has Russia any
need of COrca for her own commercial 'Npan
sion. There was a time wheA she wanted Fort
LaZareff as terminus for her Siberian rail-
road that should be free from Ice and open the
year round. But now she has all the ports on
the Regents Sword for that purpose. which
they serve much better than the Corcan port
could. OF course, Corca occupies what Is called
n comma ndng position on the Yellow Sea and
at the entrance to the Gulf Of Pe-Chi-1.l and so
might he rcckoned 10 menace the Russian hold
ings AT Port Arthur. That Is more fanciful than
real however. Russia has no more claim 10
seize Corea on that account than she would
have to seize Sweden because she dominates the
Baltic or Denmark because she commands the
Sound.
Tho one Power that has n great natural and
legitimate interest in Corca. sufficient 10 Justify
the strongest measures for its protection. Is
Japan. She saved COrca from being the victim
Of Chinese barbarism. and set her upon the
high road to such prosperity and enlightenment
as japan herself enjoys. Moreover, Corea lies
very close to Japan. not merely 10 lands which
she means to seize but to her own indsputabe
Empire The establishment OF n hostile power
In Corea would be far more serious menace TO
japan than any conceivable ownership OF that
peninsula could be 10 Russia japan would al
most be justified in selling Corca for her own
protection. But she does not propose 10 do
that All she asks IS that Corca shall be main-
tanned as an Independent and neutral nation.
That Is reasonable demand II is one To the
fulflment Of which both Japan and Russia
stand pledged by treaty obligation. II Russia
should try to break that agreement and TO make
Corea n province Of her Siberian empire IL Is
difficult to see how the sympathy Of the world
could be withheld from Japan In the strenuous
efforts she would doubtless make to prevent
such procedure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-30
PERSONAL.

Horace G. Burt. the new president, Of the Union
Pacific Railway Company. began his railroad career
in 1861 rodman on the Vandalia lines
The dean and chapter Of Canterbury Cathedral
have approved the revised design prepared by Mr.
Jackson for the tomb OF the late Archbishop Ben
SON. 1t will be early English In character and has
"A general resemblance to the tomb OF Archbishop
Peckharn, in the Martyrs Chapel. The construc-
ton Of the memorial will be at once proceeded
WITH and when completed It will be erected over
the resting place Of the late Primate In the north-
west angle OF the cathedral nave.
The Rev. Isaac l.. Kpp, of High Bridge. n. j..
the chaplain OF the 10th Regiment OF New-York
Volunteers during the war. has prepared an inter-
cstng lecture entitled "Reminiscences Of the War"
which he Is now delivering In different parts OF the
country
Victorien Sariou has read his play to the
actors Of the Vaudeville. who are 10 interpret H.
Its title is Pamela. Marchande de Frivolites -
Pamela. the notionseer.' The time OF the play
is the year 1875 in the early summer and fort
night is supposed clapse during the five acts
The action turns upon Royast plot 70 kdrap the
Dauphin from the Temple. The role Of Pamela has
been assigned Nine. RAiane. Pamela. more
over an historical character. At the time which
the play represents she kept "A little shop In the
Rue de Ia I.o now the Rue Richelieu. The sign
Of her shop AT the scarf of Iris. which in
scription was printed upon the hgure or RAINBOW
In tricOlor.
William Blake. who died In Pomona, Cal, the
other day. at the age Of eighty-fve. was a leu
tonnn. under Fremont on tho first expedition to the
Pacific Coast one OF the experiences he was most
proud OF relating In recent years was his partci-
patton in tho feat OF planting the first nag on
Pixies Peak in Colorado. though his "reminiscences
went back to the days OF Daniel Boone. with whom
he was well acquainted In his younger years Inc
old man made several fortunes during his time.
but he died comparatively poor.
King Oscar OF Sweden and Norway VIII remain
incogn.,o during his visit 10 Rome next month, and
will make studies in the Vatican library Tor SCI
cntlfr work which he Is writing
Among the passengers 10 sail on the Normandle
next Tuesday Mr.. AMI Mrs Robert Poet SKIN
ner Mr.. Skinner. thanks to a Civll Service exam
ination and life-lorz intimacy with president
Mckinley. Is the new Consul AZ Marsees. France.
He Is little more than thirty has been newspaper
editor all his life: made the trip from his home.
Massilion Ohio. to Washington with 'Coxeys
Army" as war correspondent" and so far as
known was the only person who made any money
of that fools Grand. He Is going directly 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-30

A paper read before the London Statistical
Society giving the eight principal causes OF In
sanity and the percentage Of cases occurring
from each OF them. declares that love affairs
responsible for only trife over one In
hundred cases In some systems OF classified
ton the lunatic and the lover rated together:
and love Itself according to the analysis OF
responsible II somewhat unsympathetic authori-
ties. is a kind OF transient lunacy. tending how
ever, to heal Itself as time goes on. and restore
the victim to ways OF easonableness and sanity
OF the other causes OF madness the same can
hardly he said. their force showing much
greater potency and persistence Drink is set
down for about a third OF all the cases; n like
proportion Is ascribed to domestic troubles and
mental anxiety: old age and adverse circum-
stances are included In the classification the
cases resulting from each being about thirteen In
the hundred; while only four In the hundred are
set down as due to religious excitement. Thus
among the causes enumerated religion and love
are. contrary to the general belief by far the
feeblest in their operation. only rarely having
force enough to upset the fsculties though fro
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-30
NO MORE OVERHEAD WIRES.

In the granting Of privileges 10 strcctcar COM
pancs Ncw-York and Brooklyn have been on
cccdngly lavish In the last half-cenury. In
recent years the opportunities for profit on the
part Of these corporations have been immensely
lucrative. Before cables and electricity were
used I'm connection with street travel some OF
the companies which ran hOrsecars on either
side OF the East River were managed with little
ability, and the revenues Of such companies
were somewhat scanty. Frequently the man
ayers in those days were appointed on account
OF klnshp 10 the large holders Of stock or for
other reasons than the possession OF marked
executive ability. The service OF the horsccar
lines in New-YOrk and Brooklyn n quarter Of
n century ago was wrctchcd, and the manage
ment of the majority Of the lines was SLOW
uncntcrprising. unprogrcsslvc and actually
stupid. Poor was the class Of most Of the
horses the companies paid prices for them far
higher than the market prices Of to-day. The
cost of the cars and the outlay for supplies
In the sixties and In the early seventies We're
by no means moderate. For these reasons-in-
efficient management, high prices for horses. for
hay and for cars-sOmc OF the sreetcar lines
failed to crafty the stockholders by paying big
dividends.
\ marvellous revolution in street travel has
been accomplished within twenty-five years.
and radical changes on vast scale are even
now in progress. In few years horsecars
will be wellnigh unknown within the territory
OF the present city of NewYork and the pres
ent city of Brooklyn. Kings County is COW
cred with network of trolley-nes, and al
most every avenue. almost every street and al
most every space that can be made use of with
profit is afflicted with overhead wires In this
city 1t is evident from the work already
begun and from the plans which nave been
made public that the underground electric
systems are likely to drive out almost all the
remaining horsecars and to take the place Of
most Of the cables The Metropolitan Traction
Company has found that the underground elec-
tricity Is more satisfactory motive power than