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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18
Lawyers and Hard Times.
From Law Notes.

From Law Notes.
A prominent western lawyer speaks of
these extremely trying financial times
Lawyers know all about them. Hard times
are bad for lawyers-Eot to say that they
do not make bad lawyers. Alleged Jokes
on lawyers and disparaging remarks about
them are common. They are listened to
coinplaccntly. and an attempt to refute
them is seldom made. They are harmless
But it does seem strange that it should
be so often and so seriously asserted by
people who ought to know better that
il is during periods of financial depression
that lawyers prosper The practice of IN"
law consists in the adjustment of the az
fairs of men on occasions where from the
weakness of human institutions or the
frailty and injustice of men. parties are
unable to settle their differences or are in
capable OF enforcing and protecting their
rights and redreSsing their injuries. Con-
sequently the lawyer has larger field of
operation than even he himself may at
first blush imagine. There is not a crop
failure. a vicious statute or unw-ise
treaty that does rot adversely affect the
profession. The litigation that ensues from
the inability of people TO pay their debts.
the dissolution of corporations and part
rersh:rs and the appointment of receiV-
ers therefor. and assignments for the benc-
fit of creditors-ali of which follow in the
wake of hard times-afford business for
lawyers. Does it follow thai the practice
of the law is made more profitable there
by? 1t cannot be denied that there us much
business which is the immediate result
of financial depression. and that such bust
ness. or at least some of il is profitable
To think. however, that the general con-
dition of the profession is bettered is 10
labor under a great delus;on. Ii is when
capital is seeking Investment, and corpora
tions are being formed and promoted, and
when elevators are being filled. ships load
ed and unloaded, titles examined and con-
tracts executed, that the practice of law
is remunerative. Then. II ever. come per-
feet days" IL is a mistake to suppose that
the lawyer is a scayenger or wrecker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18
Why They Smile.

From the Argonaut.
A hotel keeper near New York city is a
Frenchman, and his family know little
more about English than he does. His
suburban hotel stands in the center OF a
yard filled with large trees. When the pro-
prietor wanted to call attention 10 this adj
vantage. he put on his. cards: THE best
shady hotel around New York" The repu-
tation of the place is beyond reproach. and
the proprietor does not know yet why SO
many persons smile when they read that
line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18

make it a point to have every days work
done at the end of the day. III the clerks
have to work late. I tell them that they
will have to rest the next day. but that the
business must be kept up. In addition to
these departments, there will be a number
of others. In the basement there is the
mailing department We expect to have "A
bindery there We have a branch in which
copyright books are kept, and, in .ort. We
hope eventually to have one OF The most
complete libraries of the world
FRANK G.. CARPENTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18

HAD AN HOURS
chat recently with
Mr.. John Russell
Young as to his plans
for: the new National
Library. He had just
returned to his home,
after going over the
various rooms with
Mr.. Spofford and the
chiefs of the differ
ent divisions, and had
before him a set of
plans. showing the
f10orS and inst how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18
Marriage is PopuIar.

trcm the Kansas City Star.
In less than ten years 1900 marriage
licenses have been issued by the city re-
corder. and the number since 1881 was
2s.o90 These figures indicate that the con-
ditions in Kansas City are favorable to the
conjugal relation which is the great con-
serving force Of society. They denote that
marriage is far from being a failure in this
community at least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18

1t matters little what IL is that you want
whether a situation or a servant
want" ad. in The Star will reach the
per son who can fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18
A Chat With John Russell Young
About the New Library.
HOPES AND PLANS FOR TEE FUTURE
May Some Day Be the Greatest in
the World.
OTHER COLLECTIONS HERE

Copyrighted. 1897, by Frank C. Carpenter,
Written for The Evening Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18
CntaIoguing Department.

Here along the north side of the bul5-
ing On the library floor" Mr. Young went
or, VIII be the cataloguing department
This is q very important branch of the Ii
brary- The catalogue of a library is like
the radder of ship-we should be at sea
without one. We want to keep the booi,
lists up to date. We publish, you know. n
bulletin every week OF the copyrighted
DOCKS which have come in. We have al
READY a good catalogue of the periodicals
ana oi the volumes now in the library.
FURTHER On, en- the same floor in the
northeast corner, is a room which is TO he
devoted 10 the Toner collection This col
lection consists of $1,000 volumes Ii was
made by DIR. Toner of Washington. II Is
very strong in documents, manuscripts and
books relating to George Washington, and
1 nave placed Ii in charge of one of the last
of the Washington family. Further around
the building to the cast there will, be n de-
partment devoted to manuscripts You re-
member that some manuscripts were
Stolen from the library not long ago We
Shall have these kept under special lock and
key. and we hope to guard such treasures
carefully. Then there will be a room de-
voted to research where people of good
reputation, who are known to be carving
on certain lines of study or research can
work apart from the regular reading room
Another important classification which
will be in this part of the building is that
of periodicals. We have one of the most
valuable newspaper collections i'm the
world. We have all the magazines that
have ever been published in America, and
many OF those of foreign countries These
one win be able to get almost anything In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18

1t matters little, what it is that YOU want
a situation or a servant-a
want" ad. In Tie Star will reach the
person Who can'Afll your need
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-02
A Buttermilk Fad.

The fashionable young man has
discovered in homely farm product
a potent charm Physicians claim
that daily glass of buttermilk, slow.
ly taken, will do much towards re-
pairing the wrinkles and ravages
caused by late hours and myriad So
cial functions-that it tends to rend-
or feminine nerves what they should
should be.
Women with lovely compilations
are heard throughout the land attri-
buting these to the same gentle re-
storative. Wherefore, the up-to. date
maiden has resorted to buttermilk,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-02
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Fishtail ferns for sale, in quaint
ties to suit. Apply at this Office.
Honey Comb and Marcella Bed
spreads in all qualities at Kerr's.
Don't fail to visit Sachs store, and
see the startling bargains that are
offered.
Flannelettes 16 yards for SlOO,
Victoria Lawns 60 cents piece at
N. S. Sachs.
Home fed pork, turkeys and
poultry at Jos. Tinker's City Meat
Market. Telephone 2S9.
Twenty-Five yards OF Unbleached
Cotton for $l00, Is yards OF White
Cotton, yard wide) for $l00 at N.
S. Sachs.
If you want to join watch club,
join the Waltham Watch Club. 1t
has the best, Corner Fort and Mer-
chant streets,
The patrons of the Empire, who
like a strictly toney tonic, should
ask for the Imperial Saratoga, or
the Empire cocktail. They are deli
cate aud recherche, and perfectly
blended by artists Carlyle and Jim
Olds, Jr.
Buffalo Beer has proved its i'm
mense popularity at the Royal, Paci-
fc and Cosmopolitan Saloons. The
celebrated Pabst is also retained
there in draft or in bottle. The in
terchangea ole check system that has
proved such a convenience to the
patrons OF these popular resorts is
also in vogue,
Klinken Sic, Drunken Sic,
Book Beer.
Take me, make me,
Anchor dear,
Two drinks, two chinks
Anchor Beer.
Prattle, Seattle,
Book Beer
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-02

For the complexion the milk is ap-
piled outwardly as face wash, A
few days ago / asked society girl
who is decidedly up on the subject,
just how the liquid must be- applied
in order to produce best health re-
suits.
"Well," she answered. First OF
all, the face is bathed thoroughly with
lukewsrm water, being we'll rinsed
and dried. The buttermilk is then
laid over the face with cloth or the
hands only, The entire face must
be creamed with it. 1t is allowed to
remain until thoroughly dry. Some
women keep it over night, but this
is rather an extreme measure. Once
that it has become thoroughly dry,
the milk is wahed off with warm
water, CASTLE soap and soft cloth
and the face thoroughly dried.
That's all there is to it, The foun-
dation of clear skin is laid"
Another individual who knew all
about the buttermilk cure was the
proprietor OF a>small milk shop up
on a modest side street in the central
part ofthe city.
"Have the young ladies got but
termilk craze7" he said, laughing,
in answer to my question. 81 should
think so. Drop in here some morn
ing about IL o'clock and see for your
self They come n-lots Of them
every morning. Sometimes they sit
right here upon the stools and drink
it, Sometimes they take it away in
TASKS aud bottles. These who drink
it right here in the establishment very
often bring a sandwich along or bit
of cakes in their pockets. Most of
them like to take it here because OF
the queerness OF the thing"
chow much is usually orderedp
| asked.
Usually one glass. They drink
very slowly. Some thin, delicate
looking girls take two or even three
tumblers Of it,"
Last OF all, but by no means least.
l sought the opinion Of we'll known
physician"
What do you think, OF the butter.
milk diet os a daily health schemei
| asked.
"There's nothing better" he re-
piled heartily. 81 mean of course,
providing that it is properly taken.
1t should never be taken cold. With
the chill taken off it is very beneficial.
With the chill left on it is extremely
dungeons. In winter it is a usual
thing necessary to place it for mo-
ment above the stove to bring it to
proper temperature.
at should be taken slowly-sipped-
to received the entire benefits. A
small piece OF bread, biscuit, sand
wich or some other edible is a good
suggestion to accompany the lunch"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-02
S. S. AUSTRALIA
LINE:

From San Francisco
for Sydney.
drive Honolulu.
Mariposa, Apr 3, '97
Moan., May 6, 1897
Alameda, June 3, '97
M riposa, July l, '07
Moana, July %, 1897
Alameda Aug 20, '97
Mariposa, Sept q, 81
Moana, Oct 81, 1897
Alameda, Nov 10, 1917
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-02
Leave Honolulu
for 3. II.
From Sydney for
San Francisco.

LedUe Honolulu.
Moana, Apr I, 1897
Ala eda, Apr 80, 81
Mariposa May 81, '97
Moana, June "a, '97
Alameda, j uly 70, '97
Mariposa Ang 10, 'a7
Moana, Sept 16, '97
Alameda, Oct Ii, '97
Mariposa, Nov IL 'a7
Moana, Dec o, 1897
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-02

For many years past we have earn
ed the reputation Of making the
very best HARNESS and Horse fit
tings in the Islands. Our make aud
all our supplies are invariably reli-
able. Our new patrons sustain the
verdict OF the old.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-02
NOTICE.

GUBSCRIBERS ARE RESPECTFULIY
~ notified that all subscriptions are paw
able strictly in advance by the month.
quarter or year.
". j TESLA,
"rpsger,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
VOLUME XVIII.

Guilty and responsibility of congressional
reporting. He recognized that efficient
reporting service could not he obtained IL
the official reporters were liable to dis
placement for partisan reasons at the end
of every two years.
So, in appointing as official reporters of
the House gentlemen who had been rem
dering satisfactory service rs reporters
of the Globe. he declared that the officers
thus appointed should be regarded as re-
movable only for cause. What was thus
possibly mere ,dictum of Mr.. Blaine's
was subsequently made a rule of the
House, which, however, would of course
prove nugatory but for the daily exhibit
ton of efficient services which II insures.
The difficulty of the work done by the
official reporters Of the House is conceded,
not only by all who from day to day OBJ
serve the proceedings, but by the opinion
of the reporting profession throughout the
country. For instance, the late Andrew
J. Graham, whose shorthand system 10
practiced by so many able reporters, de-
clared in print that there was probably
no more difficult reporting in the world
than that of the House of Representa-
tives; and Mr.. Benn Pitman. the greatest
rival of Mr.. Graham as a shorthand au-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
FAILURES OF A YEAR
STATISTICS OF COMMERCIAL
COllAPSES IN I8eo
Number OF Failures for 1896 Has
Been Larger than I'm Any Previous
Year Except 1903 Figures from
Dun's Review Are Correct
Cuisines. Disastera.

Commercial authorities state that the
number Of failures for 1896 has been
larger than in any previous year except
ing 1893, and about 1880, against b.
1871 last year, and that the aggregate de-
faulted commercial liabilities alone have
been about $224, 100000, against $173,-
100000 last year, an increase in number
of about II per cent. and in liabilities OF
about % per cent. This report would be
more disheartening if the comparison of
failures by months did not show that over
$36, 100000 of the increase was in the
two months of extreme political agita-
tion-August and September-and was
due to conditions which happily passed
with those months. With about 21 per
cent. increase thus explained, the re-
naming increase Of less than o per cent.
does not appear great. While the returns
for December are not yet exact, the his
tory of the years commercial disasters
is otherwise correctly stated in the fol-
lowing:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
Fully 0O,OOO,ooo People Face to Face
with Starvation and Death.


Horrible in the extreme is the condi-
tion of some 00.000,0o0 people in India,
who are now passing through the stages
of famine that may prove to be the
most appalling in history. Not in all
parts of India is there famine nor danger
of famine: but in region 1000 miles
long and 500 miles wide the people are
face to face with starvation and death.
Ordinarily there are millions of people in
India who from the cradle to the grave
must be content with one meal day, and
that chiefly of grain; there are other mil
lions who can indulge in the luxury OF
two daily meals, and there are many
more-the very poor-who habitually sub
sist on wild flowers. plants and other veg
citation of spontaneous growth. At best,
therefore. a large number of people live
on the threshold of want. Should the
grain crop fail, those who usually partake
of two meals Il day are forced to be con-
tent with one, or less, and the number
of those who are forced to diet of flow
crs and weeds, with inevitable disease
as consequence. increases. Such is the
condition this year. The grain crop has
failed and famine and pestilence stalk
over the land.
In the afflicted region the people are
perishing at the rate of 1000 q month.
and this number may soon be doubled
and 'quadrupled, for As people grow weak
er from lack of food they will perish
more rapidly. Children and women may
be seen sweeping up the dust of the road
side and winnowing it in their hands in
search for a grain of corn. and for few
cents parents are even selling their chill
dren to be killed and eaten. The condi-
tion of things is horrible beyond words
Along the lines of the railroads half
clad men and women-mere living skele-
tons-fock into the stations to beg food,
or the means of purchasing il, from trav-
alars
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
The trading failures by months:

In 1894 the January failures reached
S32,319,232, a higher aggregate than in
any other month for three years, because
the yearly settlements brought home dis
aster to many who had been weakened
by the panic of 1893. There followed
swift decline in magnitude Of liabilities,
and throughout 1894 the range was COM
paratively low, both in manufacturing
and in trading, and it did not greatly
change until December II reached $22,-
S9J, ,953, in which month a considerable
rise nearly every year precedes the an
nual settlements. In 1895 the failures
following such settlements were unusual
ly low. and the range would again have
been low through most of the year ex-
cept for specially large manufacturing
failures in two months, May and June,
which included the Cordage Company for
nearly $10,G0,O00, the Walter Wood
Harvester Company and the Manning
brewery. The December rise was slight
ly greater than in 1894, and subsequent
failures in January indicated that the
wrecks had been less thoroughly cleared
away.
This year the marked rise in March
was directly traced to the fact that sew
eral large manufacturing and two large
dry goods houses had failed to distribute
goods produced or purchased in 1895, and
the subsequent decrease promised fair
summer record when there came the po-
litical agitation and alarm already men
toned. This disturbance affected manu-
featuring concerns first and most largely.
though others of Importance afterward
suffered.
The ratio of liabilities to oil firms in
business is about 30 per cent. smaller than
in the third quarter with its disastrous
excitement, although slightly larger thar
In the fourth quarter of last year. This
raises the average for the year about 30
per cent. above last years, but not near
to that of 1893 or some earlier years of
misfortune.
The ratio of defaulted liabilities to pay
ments through clearing houses, which are
taken as roughly representing the volume
of solvent business, was In the fourth
quarter S377 to $1,000, against $3.46 in
the same quarter of last year, but $606
in the previous quarter of political alarm.
This makes the ratio for the entire year
$4.31, which has been surpassed since
1873 only in the years 1884 and 1883.
Compared with last year the increase Is
nearly a third, although most of the ex-
cess occurred, as has been shown, In only
two months.
Besides the commercial failures, as
above reported, there were 1876 failures Of
banks during the year, with liabilities
closely approximating to $50, 100000. For
Ne ysar 1896 there were 122 failures,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.

by nc means the principal trouble, though
representative body recruited from lead
ing men of every State and neighborhood
must, of course. contain striking instances
of the volubilify to which the people of
each locality are accustomed in the cOurt
room and on the platform. The fact that
the sO-called reporters desk" can never
be used by the reporters while taking
notes, because from no fixed point in the
House can any one hear all the various
speakers who may rise in different parts
of the hall, requires that the reporter
shall be ever on the move. or at least
ever ready to move, as the tempestuous
waves of debate flow in one direction or
another.
With notebook in hand (no comfortable
desk facilitating his work. he must pass
quickly from one part of the hall to an.
other, writing not only as he stands, but
as he walks. OF course the babel of con-
fusion on the floor which strikes every
visitor TO the House gallery makes the re-
porter's task of hearing at times extreme
ly difficult. And when, as often happens.
hot and angry words are flung from mem
Der to member, the reporter (coo, if pos
sible, while others are full of excitement
must strain every nerve that he may not
lose a syllable of the wordy battle, for az
any moment some stern voice asserting
Itself above the disorder may cry out.
''Mr Speaker, / call the gentleman to
order and demand that his words be taken
down." which means that the words
which have been taken down under the
most trying circumstances are TO be in
stantly written out by the official report
er and read in the presence of the House
The variety of subjects discussed, with
their local. literary or historical illusions,
requires that the reading and intelligence
of the reporter should be as broad as that
of the member. The physical and mental
strain which the work entails continues
sometimes without let up for many hours:
and the product of work performed under
conditions so severe is blazoned the next
morning in cold print before every eye
subject, IL erroneous, to public correction.
Yet the corrections generally are few and
trivial. Throwing out of consideration
the correction of votes, which, being
mere transcripts of the clerks record,
the official reporters are not responsible
for, and throwing out also corrections of
typographical errors. there Is scarcely one
correction a month. 1t may well be
doubted whether any work of similar
character, even though done under less
trying conditions, can show so small a
percentage Of reporting errors and so
clean a record of habitual and amazing
accuracy.
In February, 1894, debate on Haw-
allan affairs occurred in the House last
ing FIVE and a half hours, during which
the stenographers took down 63,O00
words, keeping up an average speed of
200 words a minute, probably the great
est piece of reporting ever accomplished.
American System Superior.
The French Chamber Of Deputies IL a
far less difficult body to report than the
House of Representatives of the United
States, one special reason being that the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
hand skill the representative of the older

hand skill the representatives Of the older
systems.
So il happened that when, through con-
gressional subsidies to leading newspa-
pers of Washington, quasi-ofhcial corps
of reporters were introduced into the Sen
ate and the House, they were composed
almost entirely of Pitmanic writer's, who
represented in their work new era in
the history of shorthand. Subsidies soon
gave place to formal contracts for COM
plete reports, and the Globe, which in the
days of Andrew jackson and later had
been leading political organ, became IN
1880, and continued until 1873, under
what in those days were deemed liberal
contracts, the official repository of the
debates.
Reporters not strictly officers of Con-
gress, but hired by the publishers of the
Globe (their appointments, however, re-
quiring the approval of the Speaker, or
of the printing committee of the Senate),
were admitted to the floor to take full
notes of the proceedings. which were
printed at the Office of the Globe, in a
building on Pennsylvania avenue, be-
tween Sd and Az streets, which is still
standing.
In 1873 the publishers of the Globe
failed TO obtain renewal of their con-
tract. and the two Houses took upder