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Evening star., 1898-09-03
New Art for Wood EnEravers.

From the London Mali
Carved turquoises are at present all the
rage, and a new industry has sprung up
in London during the past few months. AT
first sight there does not seem to be much
connection between turquoises and wood
engravings; but 1t is stated that, owing to
the falling off in wood engraving, numer-
Gus workmen have taken to turquoise
carving, beisg known among their fellows
as "turCuoisers."
Ere long there will be shown in London
some specimens of artistic work on tur-
cuoise only comparable to those contained
in the beautiful Christey collection In the
British Museum. Perhaps this revival CT
gem engraving will in some measure atone
for the falling off in wood engraving
though with such mediums to wcrk upon
there does not seem to be much reason IN
this Sanguine opinion of the experts.
The American woman is beginning to
look upon it as her national stone, Tor
" hile the Persian output has diminished 90
per cent during the last few years. the
mines of New Mexico, near Silver city,
have almost -atoned for this recently
dug turquoise just arrived in England, and
when carved intended as royal present,
is nearly three inches in diameter. The
turquoise runs in veins. Shafts are sunk,
and on all sides of these shafts turquoises
are found in seams. Consequently miners
work them with the pick and blasting,
rough and ready methods which cannot
fail to break up the larger speciments. If
three inches in diameter, why not thirty?
Fancy a card table with a top made OF
sill gle turquoisel That larger stones used
to be excavated is proved by the fact of
the present taken by Grfmvaldus to the
pope The former was sent on special
mission by Charles V of Germany with re-
gard to Spanish expansion In Central
America, and carried with him an. Aztec
mask. the features of which were tur-
auoise. inlaid with emerald and jasper The
most valuable turquoise lately sold is one
formerly possessed by the Shah Nacir of
Persia 1t was cut in the shape of
heart, and upon it was cut a verse of the
koran-the letters being filed with gold,
and the price 1880. Mr.. H. s. Foster,
M. P, has larger one even than the Per-
sian, but this one will not be for sale.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
SCIENCE AS A DETECTIVE.
Simple Remedies Have Ferreted Out
Some Very PuzxlinE Cases.


Some Very Puzzling Cases.
From the Chicago Times Herald.
From petty thieyery we are never ex-
empt, and while as a rule it is only vexa-
tious it sometimes requires the ability of
Sherlock Holmes for its detection.
A gentleman in this city doing business
in one of our office buildings was annoyed
from time to time by the mysterious dis
appearance of choice fruit which he had
laid by on his desk for his own delecta-
ton, and the situation became grave
enough for investigation. Was it office
boys or janitors? Then occurred a bright
idea. Doses of tartar emetic deftly insert
ed under the rind of several choice oranges
might be the means of locating the culprit
No sooner thought of than executed. Re-
suit, a very sick janitor the next morning
and a vacancy in the janftorship.
The Berlin newspapers have lately been
telling with great glee of like triumph
of science over crime.
In one of the great offices of the Ger
man capital number of petty thefts had
been committed, the pockets Of coats hang
ing in anterooms being visited and cigars
Evening star., 1898-09-03
DO ROCKS GROVE
instances in Which a Real Process
Has Been Noticed.

From Current Literature.
Is 1t indeed true that rocks grow in the
sea? Are there reefs in course of rapid
formation? A circular recently issued by
the minister of the marine calls attention
to unknown rocks along the seacoast and
offers premiums to fishermen who discover
rocks not shown by the charts. An in
babitant of Biarritz writes to Cosmos:
What is taking place at Biarritz is prob
ably occurring along other rocky shores,
and may well explain the deficiencies of
our charts Submarine rocks grow, and
in the course of a few years a reef may
BE- found where there was none when the
chart was prepared. When 1 was child.
some fifty years ago, the rock lying
furthest west in the belt of rocks surround
ing CUR prom ontory hardly showed at low
est tide An old fisherman told me that
when he was ten years old he was on a
Eiarritz boat near this rock His master
showed him the rock then covered by sew
eral feet of water, saying: Child, If you
live to be sixty years old you will see this
rock out of water
To-day the rock which in the childhood
Of the old fisherman, was covered with
water, and in my childhood was hardly
uncovered at low water, is two hundred
meters above the water.
A more recent fact Fifteen years ago
a fisherman perceived at distance of two
hundred meters from the rock Just men
tcEed, beyond the belt that protects us, a
new rock which was beginning to grow
Today this rock, which was not in exist
ence twenty-five years ago, shows itself at
high tide. 1t is at spot where the charts
indicate ten meters Of water at lowest tide,
and endangers navigation
Evidently our charts are not revised
often enough. If rocks grow" as claims
the correspondent of Cosmos revision
Should be made every ten years. But do
they grow? There is no doubt that the
seacoast rises and sinks. There is a pro-
nounced see-saw movement along the At
lantic shores, but is 1t sufficient to cause
rocks to grow out of the water in half a
century? The question is interesting, H.
lusion is easy, but indifference would be
criminal in a matter SO dangerous to navi-
cation as submarine rocks.
Evening star., 1898-09-03

he has I'm addition an allowance of So. eco
for expenses This is, however, in Chilean
money. so that it Is equal just now to not
more than S1I e60 in American geld. Presf-
dent ErrazuTfz probably spenes several
times this sum every year. The president
has the veto power as our President has,
but his veto can be overridden by two
thirds majority of the members of Congress
present at the time the measure is brought
back, and the political situation is such that
when a presidential measure fails 1t is
usually the custom for the cabinet to re-
sign. So that Chile has new cabinet am
told on the average once month. In ad-
dition to his cabinet, which is made up of
ministers after much the SAME, lines as
those of our cabiret. the Chilean president
has a council of state consisting of five
members appointed by himself and six
chosen by congress.
The Chilean Congress-.
Chileans cannot vote until they are twen-
ty-five years of age if they are unmarried,
but married men can vote at the age of
twenty-one. Members of the house of depu-
ties. which corresponds to our House of
Representatives, must have an income of
t1G0 sterling a year, and senator's must
each have incomes of f400, or 81 coo year.
Congress sits in regular session from June
1 until September l every year but the
president can call an extra session when
ever he chooses. The building known as
the houses of congress was burned a year
or ago and is now being rebuilt. 1t was
and will be the finest building in Santiago.
It covered full square of ground and look
ed not unlike some of our great buildings
at Washington save that 1t was made of
brick covered with a terra Gotta stucco in
Evening star., 1898-09-03
The Hyphenation of Burne-Jones.

From the Atlantic Monthly.
1t may or may not be true that 1T was
Rossetu who urged Burne-Jones, when at
the outset of his career, to connect with
hyphen "Burne'' and Jones'" Jones
is nobody Rossetti would declare, only
a particle of vast multiple. But Burne-
Jones-that is unmistakable!'' 1t was an
amusing trait in Rossetti that he was wont
to designate the good work of this or that
friend as the work of-and he would mem
tion the most disttnctiSe name or part
name of the person cohcerned. Thus he
would say, "Yes, that is Burne-Jones,
but this. this here, you know, Is only
Jones'; or, That, now, is the real Holman
Hunt, but this here isxonly Hunt;' or,
You can hear Tennyson in that, but Al
fred wrote the other hnes.
I recall two amusing instances where
Burne-Jones more or less uneonsciously
adopted the sme method. He was asked
once If he thought William Bell Scott more
eminent as poet oF as an artist. II never
thought very highly ofnBell." he replied.
Then. seeing a look OF surprise, added, with
humorous twinkle, Il liked old Bell Scott
old Scottus, as we always called him
immensely. and 1 think William Bell Scott
thought it was a gHty that Bell took to
painting" The other Instance occurred
when some one remarked to him that Par
nell was only an agitatof." Charles Stew
art Parneli," he replied, with emphasis,
was one of the greatest public men Of our
day, and far: and away the ablest Irish
leader. But Parnel," etc, resumed the
objector. to be again corrected by the other
disputant, Charles Stewart ParneH," etc.
Evening star., 1898-09-03

ana small change abstracfed. The poles,
were for time nonplussed and invoked the
aid or science. A professor being consult
eo, ne ADVISED the insertion OF a delicate
aniline powder I'm the mouth end Of soms
cigars TO be placed at the mercy of this
thief. The next morning a summoning Of
the clerks and a general Inspection of their
mouths One unhappy youth was discov-
cred with auiiine tongue and lips Verdict
guilty. Little scientific traps will some
times beat even the police
Evening star., 1898-09-03

was too big for the church The good friars
dill not Know what 10 do for u time, but, as
the altar had cost thoiisands of dollars.
they concluded to- hBikd new church
Here. however. another .histuke wus made
1t was found that the church had been en-
larged too much. Ind that the space left
for tho altar was now as much too big as
it had formerly besh too little. They filed
in tho space. however with other material
so that today the ehstluialtar looks rather
patchy. after all. i
FRANK &c CARPENTER
Evening star., 1898-09-03

7 WAS BY AP-
pointment that I
called upon the presi-
dent of Chile yester-
day afternoon to
have a chat with him
concerning matters
of mutual interest to
our respective coun-
tries. The president
is one of the progress
sive men of this pro-
sressive people. He
IS the head of the lib
Gral or nr0Qr6SGiya
Evening star., 1898-09-03

Hard to Collect.

From Modern Society
Begorra. an It's har-rd to collect money
thsse days.
rs it You bin tryin' to collect some Mr..
Murphy?''
Sorry cent; but there's plenty trying
to collect some from me-
Evening star., 1898-09-03
Reversed Circumstauce..

From the Boston Globe.
Jones-"For a while Jones was clean out
OF lis mind about that GIRL
Smith-"And now"
Jones-"oh. now. the girl is clean out Of
his mind"
Evening star., 1898-09-03
Two of a Kind.
From Life.

Elderly Gentleman dining at Union
Club) TO waiter-"Aren't you waiting on
this tableT'
mo. sir (pointing to waiter fr distance);
that gentleman is over there"
Evening star., 1898-09-03

stead of granite or marble. The walls Of
the building still stand and within a short
time it will again be ready for occupancy.
At present the lower house is meeting in
one of the halls of the University of San
tiago, and the senate holds it's sessions in
one of the buildings devoted to the govern
ment departments. The sessions of con-
gress are often very stormy. The Chileans
are fond of politics, and you will hear more
political talk here in a day than you hear
in Washington in a week. There are two
great political parties, the conservatives
and the liberals, each of which has a num-
ber of subdivisions. The conservatives are
the more compact, but the liberals are
much the more numerous, and they are
represented by the party now in power.
They are the progressive party and they
advocate popular education, the elevation
of the masses and everything modern. The
conservatives are more what their name
implies, and they include also the clerical
or church element, which here in Chile has
. enormous influence.
Evening star., 1898-09-03

First citizen-"why didn't yeu go to the
war;
Second citizen--"Well between you and
me, didn't know the Spaniards were such
bad hots."-Truth.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
Views on a Number of Matters Of
Mutual Interest.
TAVORS TEE NICARhGUAN CANAL
Influence of the Church and Its
Wonderful Wealth.
A VISIT TO THE MONEDA

Copyrighted 1898, by Frank G. Carpenter.I
special Correspondence of The Evening Star
SANTIAGO, Chile July 30 1saS
Evening star., 1898-09-03

as native capital, without other risks or
other burdens to bear, and that American
capital may enjoy in Chile all of the adj
vantages that are enjoyed by capital from
any other source.
Correspondent-"How about the conces-
sions which the government offers to capi-
talists for the establishment of steel and
iron industries"
The President-"Congress recently came
to the assistance of persons interested in
the iron business, but this does not mean
the protection of any monopoly in favor of
native capital. Any responsible foreign
company will find equal protection under
our laws and customs"
The Canal and the Railroads..
Correspondert-"What does your excel
lercy think of the Nicaragua canal. which
as you know, the United States is about to
beild@'
The President-'I consider the proposal
OF the United States to open the Nicaragua
canal as worthy of high praise. / am in
favor of it or OF any other undertaking
which viii facilitate communication be-
tween the west coast of South America and
the United States and Europe. Every ad-
vancement of this kind will be OF especial
advantage to such ct essentially maritime
country as ours
Correspondent-"Chile is the chief rail-
road builder among the countries on this
side of the Andes. 1t built the first rail-
read on the contiEent, and l would like an
expression from your excelIency as to what
your people think of the Intercontnental
railway. Is it practical scheme and will
it ever be built?'
The President-"CEile applauds every
movement toward the completion of the In
tercentinental railway. but she considers
that it is still long way off, On her own
part. Chile is erdeavoring to extend her
railways from CHE end of the country to
the other. Her territory is very long. It
Includes large part of the Pacific coast
M haT 1S will
contribute to certain extent to the pro-
posed IntercontiEental railway. 1 think
the advantages of this proposed iuterna-
tional line will be of great Importance to
all interests
The Railroad Over the Andes.
After this the interview continues as fol-
lows:
Correspendent-"How about the Transan-
dine railway which is to connect the At
lantie and Pacific oceans, running from
Valparaiso to Buenos Ayres? I understand
that Chile will complete it?''
The President-''The TransanGine railway
is a work which has been carefully stuuied
in Chile and it has been steadily protected
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party, and is at TIE front of every move
ment to make Chile prosperous He comes
of one of the oldest families of Chile his
father having been one of the most popu-
lar presidents of the past He is a very
rich man and his personal interests in the
advancement of Chile are great He is
now in che second year of his presidential
term, and as he has three years more TO
serve his views upon International matters
are of especial interest My audience was
arranged through our minister to Chile
and at the time set for it. p.m Mr. VIII
son and myself entered the doors of the
MCneda
The Moneda is the White House of Chile
II is a vast three-story building situated
In the heart Of Santiago. You could put
our Nhite House" in one corner of it,
and Its ground floor is, judge, larger than
that Of the Capitol at Washington The
building covers more than four acres but
II IS constructed after the Spanish style,
with its rooms running about patios or
courts. so that there is much waste space.
These courts. however, are filed with
flowers. in some of them fountains play,
and they form the only gardens of the
Presidents house. The Moneda contains
not only the offices and the private apart
ments of the president. but also the offices
Of several of the departments of the gov
eminent. He has his principal cabinet sec
retaries in the same house with him, and
a large part of the building is given up to
clerical work As We entered the Moneda
We passed the guard of soldiers which al
ways stands there with drawn swords in
their hands, and IL was a military officer
IN uniform who led us into the presidents s
rCom- There is a great deal more pornp
about public offices here than in he United
States. and the President of Chile has a
military guard of 2O0 cavalry, which ac-
companies mis- carriage all state occa-
sions His carriage itself is far more pre-
tcntious than President McKinIey's. 1t is
drawn by four magnificent horses. and the
cCachmen and footmen are dressed in gor-
gecus Hveries-
The President of Chile.
assistant secretary OF state. and the chief
medium of intercourse between his excel
lency and foreigners. He told us that the
president was expecting Us, and a moment
later we were In the presidents room. This
Is larger than any of the business rooms
of the White House. 1t is rather plainly
furnished. and II was at the back of II
that President Errazuriz was sitting al a
desk which was Uttered with papers and
documents. He rose as We came in and
shook my hand as | was presented 20 him
l was rather surprised to find him SO
young man. He does not appear to be
over forty. and as vet there are no gray
but very straight. He has a rather dark
put handsome face, and his manner is
quite dignified. His excellency asked us to
De seated and. taking a chair beside us
chatted Tor half an hour very entertain
mgiy. one of his friends Mr. Edwarfio
MacCluTe acting as Interpreter As we
rose TO go, however, be said he would pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-15
WILL LEAD FROM THE START
Judge Mc0omas is Conceded First Place in
Tuesdays Vote.
Probable That the First Few Ballots
VIII BE ScatterinE-Shaw
Prominent Rival.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. January Ex-senator
Washington Wilkinson Of st. Mary's coun-
ty said today that the members of the gen.
eral assembly from st. Mary's and Calvert
counties, and probably other southern
Maryland members, would vote for cx-
State Senator Thomas Parran of Calvert
on the first ballot for United States sena-
tor to succeed Mr.. German, and that later
If their votes were necessary to eject Judge
McComas, they would probably be found III
his column.
1t is the opinion Of the members and poll
ticians here today that Tuesdays vote will
be very scattering and will have no especial
bearing on the ultimate result. 1t is gen.
orally conceded that Judge McComas will
lead, and that Maj Alexander Shaw will
be close second. The McComas men are
very much encouraged at the outlook, and
several important conferences in the judges
behalf have been held. The Shaw men are
equally jubilant. They claim that they
have pledges from fourteen members from
Baltimore to vote for their candidate, and
that these men will steadfastly decline to
go into caucus.
The eastern shore men appear to be divid-
ed between Col. James Mulliken and Dr.
Isaac Barber. 1t is understood that the
four votes from Somerset county will go to
McComas the first few ballots. The gen.
eral belief here is that the contest will last
fully week or ten days, and perhaps
longer. The only fear that the McCcmas
people have is that Maj. Shaw is a very
wealthy man, and rumors are current that
his BARI will be opened wide at An
napolis next week.
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service under executive orders have been
required to pass an examination?"
Mr.. Serven-"My own opinion is that they
should be required to do so. 1 suppose at
the time the law was passed 1t was sup
posed the departments would be embar-
rassed If all the employees would be exam
ined."
He said the commission would be ready
to make the necessary examinations if they
were required to do SO.
Business Methods Initiated.
Mr.. Serven testified regarding the char
acter of examinations held by the commits
sion. He said the commission had in
quired into methods Of selecting employees
by great corporations of the country, and
that in a general way the commission s
methods were similar to those Of these
companies.
Mr. Serven said he understood that the
expense of securing employees for the
Treasury and Interior departments before
the days of the civil service law was great
er than the whole cost of the commission
Is now.
journed until 10 O'clock Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Oysters Comparison.
Mr. E. W. Oyster submitted written
statement to the chairman of the commit
tee making a comparison between the cost
of work at the government printing office
been applied there. He compared the cost
of work in 1894 with that of 1897 on an
estimated basis Of 10 per cent increase In
the amount of work done. This showed
a saving for the government Of S4oo,ooo
under the civil service law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-15
ROCK CREEK PARK.
The Proposed High Service Reservoirs
Inside the Limits.

Gen. H. V. Boynton of the Rock Creek
Park commission being asked if there was
anything new in park matters since the
recent decision of the Supreme Court, re-
piled to Star reporter that the only thing
he had heard of was a bill prepared by
the Commissioners of the District for pre-
sentation to Congress, giving the board of
control of the park, of which they are
members, authority to construct high serv-
as the board might select. The only point
thus far definitely indicated, he said, was
the hill on which the strong earthwork
known as Fort Reno stands.
This is work which the park commits
acquire and preserve.
Stout opposition is being made" Gen.
Boynton said, ito this use of that site,
ard it being insisted that the board of con-
troll had no authority, the question was
submitted to the Attorney General, with
the result that he decided that Congress
alone could authorize such use of the park
The next move is the general bill giving
the board of control power to establish
not one reservoir, but such number as they
may choose.
Being asked his opinion as to such con-
struction in the park, General Boynton re-
piled that personally he was decidedly op-
posed to.opening the park to such, or any
similar uses. In his opinion one of the
chief objects in view in giving Rock creek
valley and it's adjacent lands for a park
was because of its near approach to the
wildness and beauty of its original state.
He spoke, he said, for himself and with
out having conferred with other members
of the commission.
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MORE COUNTERFEITS RECEIVED.
Fraudulent Silver Certificates Sent to
the Treasury.

Consignments of 800 silver certificates
are being received daily at the Treasury
Department, but SO far the number of new
ccuEterfeits is surprisingly small. Up to
this time only eighteen have been reported
from all sources. One of the new coun-
terfeits received from Cincinnati has
new feature in the numbering, which be-
gins with 323. All the others begin with
BAG. The secret service is making every eff
fCrt to locate the maker of the note, but so
far with little success.
Mr.. Crane of the firm of Crane & Co.,
which makes the distinctive paper upon
Which all government notes are printed
was at the department today and made a
careful examination of the new counter
feits, with view, if possible to identify
the make of the paper. He, however. de-
ciined to express an opinion on this point
A telegram received from Atlanta, Ca,
states that Frank Morse and Daniel Pierce
were arrested yesterday at Mobile Ala,
for passing counterfeit $40 silver .certifi-
Gates; $500 of the spurious notes were
found i'll their possession. Whether any
connection between these men and the
producer of the 800 certificate is suspected
Is not known.