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2 2 2 2 2 2 THE DAILY STANDARD UNION: BROOKLYN, FRIDAY. JANUARY 18, 1901. TO VOTE ON ARMY BILL. Several Amendments Offered By Mr. Gallinger in the Senate To-day.

PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE. Bill Giving Navy Yard Employees 15 Days' Leave Objected To. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 o'clock to-day the Senate will begin voting upon the Army Reorganization bill and its amendments. Nearly every Senator was in his seat when the gavel fell at noon.

A bill authorizing the appointment of James A. Hutton to a captaincy of infantry in the United States Army was passed. Upon motion of- Mr. Hanna, the House amendments to the Senate resolution providing for the appropriation of $5,000 and the appointment of a committee to arrange for Inaugural exercises, were not concurred in and a was asked for. The chair appointed Mr.

Hanna, Mr. Spooner and Mr. Jones, of Finances. The House desires that the Connuitlee on Arrangements be a Joint one, and not exclusively a Senate Committee. At 12:45 the Senate resumed consideration of the Army bill: Mr.

Gallinger introduced several amendments. Oue, provided that the army veterinary shall have the rank as well as the pay of second. lieutenant; another that there shall be a chief veterinarian, with and pay of major, and another that all liquor licenses heretofore granted and those that may be granted, in the Philippines prior to the approval of the pending act shall he abolished, and that the importation of all liquors in the Philippine archipelago shall be prohibited. In speaking on the Gallinger amendment concerning the liquor selling in the Philippines, Mr. Platt Conn.) opposed Congressional action just at this time, while Mr.

Lodge, the Philippine Committee, Taft Commission would gladly receive such legislation as was proposed in the Gallinger amendment. Mr. Perkins argued likewise. IN THE HOUSE. WASHINGTON, Jan.

consideration of the bill to codify the Postal laws was Presumed In the flouse today, several short bills were taken up by unanimous consent. An effort was made by Mr. Hepburn Iowa), to have the bill for the reorganization of the revenue cutter service made a special order to follow the Postal Law bill. Mr. Underwood objected LO this, saying the bill in reality only, increased the expense of the service without making it more efficient.

Mr. Mudd Md.) endeavored to get a bill through giving navy yard enployees fifteen days' annual leave. -This was objected to Mr. Glyhn N. because' the bill did not include arsenal employees.

At 12:30, o'clock the House went into Committee of the Whole to consider private claim bills, several of these bills being to allow lost checks to be issued. NEW RESERVOIRS FOR BROOKLYN Board of Estimate Authorizes 800,000 Bond Issue for Water Supply. SEVEN OF THEM Work on Two Can Begin Soon, as. Plans Are Under Way. The Board of Estimate to-day authorized the Controller to issue bonds to the amount of $1,800,000 for the improvement of the water system in Brooklyn, and $2,250,000 for the alike purpose in Manhattan and the Bronx.

The Brooklyn bond issue is divided as follows: $1,200,000 for new reservoirs; $3,000 acquiring lands, $200,000 improvements, $100,000 coalhouse and machinery. The item of $1,200,000 in the requisition of Water Commissioner William Dalton at the meeting caused Mayor Van Wyck to send for the Commissioner and Engineer Birdsall in a hurry. "What does this item of $1,200,000 in your requisition for a total of $1,800,000 for your department mean, Commissioner?" inquired the Mayor. "It means that it is necessary to build seven new storage reservoirs in the watersheds on Long Island to husband Brooklyn's water supply," replied the Commissioner, and total cost will be about $3,000,000. But we desire to build only two of them at once and the others in succeeding years." these Then Engineer Birdsall said that one of storage reservoirs it was proposed to locate at East Meadow.

Creek and the other at Massapequa. They are to empty into each other, he said, and are designed to catch spring freshets which are otherwise lost. On motion of the Mayor the requisition was unanimously approved. Engineer Birdsall said, after the meeting, that plans for the two proposed reservoirs are already under way, and that they will be finished long before the appropriation is made. The capacity of the reservoirs, he said, is not yet known, but they are intended to relieve the annual water.

famine in Brooklyn Within two months after the Municipal Assembly shall have authorized the appropriation, work will commence, he said. But the reservoirs will, not be completed this year at all events, he remarked. YARD EMPLOYEES TO MEET. HOPE TO INDUCE CONGRESS TO BUILD SHIPS AT NAVY YARD. Next Monday evening the Navy Yard Employees' Association will meet in Armory Hall for the purpose of taking action In regard to inducing Congress to authorIze the bullding of ships at the Navy Yards.

Plans will, be formulated for the campaign which is about to open, and which will be pushed forward vigorously during the next few months. Several pubile meetings will doubtless be held, and committees will be appointed to con(tuct the campaign at the meeting on Monday evening MAYOR CHAFES AT DELAY ON BRIDGE Says if Commissioners Would Exercise Their Energy It Might Be Finished Some Time. STEPS TOWARD THIRD BRIDGE. Condemnation Authorized by Board of Estimate. Mayor Van.

Wyck realizes that his prediction that he would walk over the new East River Bridge before his term of office expires cannot be realized, and at a meeting of the Board of Estimate this morning he took occasion to criticize severaly the members of the Commission. These members are: Lewis Nixon, president (Tammany Hall); James secretary (Willoughby Street); Julian D. Fairchild, treasurer (Willoughby Street); John W. Weber (Willoughby Street), and Smith E. Lane (Tammany Hall).

The Mayor himself 1s, ex-officio, member of the Commission, but he has never attended a meeting. President Nixon is the chairman of the Tammany Committee of Five, to which he has devoted a large portion of his time recently. Commissioner Lane is traveling in Europe. What Mayor Van Wyck said was: "If the Commissioners of the New East River Bridge would only, exercise their energy and try to complete the bridge and not try to run around buying small pieces of property they would do better, and the bridge might be finished scine time." Further criticism of the Commission was mulled in the following resolution, which was introduced by the Mayor himself: "That the Commissioners of the new East River Bridge forthwith take such steps for the acquisition of land by conately vest in the property dennation proceedings, as shall immedito be acquired for the approaches to the new East River Bridge." The Mayor moved the adoption of the resolution upon the information given by Deputy Controller Levey that the Commissioners had not yet acquired title to the land, although they had power to do so months after the application to the Supreme Court for the appointment condemnation commissioners. The applications for the appointment of commissioners were made last September.

The Manhattan commissioners have not yet been appointed, no reference to this omission was made, The action of the Board and the Mayor's censure of the Commission was brought about by the introduction of resolution by Controller Bird S. Coler, 1 prohibiting the Commission from taking any more property for approach purposes other than by condemnation proceedings. The resolution was passed, with President Guggenheimer of the Council, casting the negative vote. Mr. Guggenheimer is of the opinion that time and money can be saved if property Is purchased by private agreement.

The Commissioners believe the same thing, but same the sidew Mayor. 1th the placed Controller, himself and on other sured the Commission for attempting to do the very thing that they believe will hurry the erection of the bridge. The resolution authorizing condemna.tion proceedings for the acquirement of property for the Brook tower for the New East River Bridge No. 3, at Washington, to Plymiuth, Adams and John streets, was approved. Engineer McLean reported in favor of the new building for the Kings County House to contain room for the Court of Special Sessions, the District Attorney's office, Coroner's office, Grand Jury, Commissioner of Jurors and Special Commissioner of Jurors, and also for the addition to the Raymond Street Jail.

President Guggenheimer of the Council was opposed to granting the appropriation of $3.000 for the ground plans for the building, but the other members of the Board voted in favor of the TO CURE THE GRIP IN TWO DAYS Laxative Bromo-Quinine removes the cause: DEATH OF MISS 'SIDEBOTHAM. The friends of Thomas B. Sidebotham will be grieved to learn of the death of his daughter Grace, 23 years old, at their home in Nepero Park, near Yonkers. She died of consumption. The funeral will be held to-morrow from her late home.

Her father is a publisher in Manhattan. Her grandfather was associated with Isaac Van Anden in the establishment of the Brooklyn "Eagle." STATE DEPARTMENT HEARS FROM CONGER WASHINGTON, Jan, -The State Department this morning received a dispatch from Minister Conger stating that the protocol had been signed by the Chinese representatives and returned to the foreign envoys, Minister Conger asks for instructions, which will be sent to him by the department to-day. It is expected that discussion of the ways and means of executing the terms of. the agreement will begin very soon. AN IMPRESSION OF AN ARCTIC NIGHT.

Icebergs dotted the blue surface of the sound, and far into the haze of Baffin Bay we could see them drifting southward. The air was as still and clear as on a quiet, moonlit winter night at home, and the level sun-rays streamed through in a glory of Italian pink. Enfolding all, as with the crowning benediction of a god, was the "peace that passeth knowledge," like the serenity of a soul that has won, through toil and storm, the strength and poise of enduring calm. It was well-nigh overwhelming. In Ill-: disguised necessity we turned from the vision to the sight of heaps of crumpled dead birds in the boat and talked of shooting, and agreed that nowhere in the world was there promise of better sport than here.

Then silence fell again. In spite of us, our eyes were drawn outward: and through all the peaceful beauty we felt once more the poignancy of its awful purity, He would' be a man of spotless soul indeed and of assured faith who, seeing the stainless of the scene, would feel no pang. Not one's self only, but one's world came there, as into the resecne of the great white throne, and stood condemned in a stillness that WAS -From "With Highlanders," by Walter K.O 1 athens Sons Boys' and Girls' Serviceable Shoes. We give more attention to these lines of Shoes for the little folks than any other house we know of, all made by expert shoemakers who make nothing else but Boys' and Girls' Shoes. The fit, wear and style of them are the best, prices the lowest always.

Misses and children's glazed kid spring heel button Shoes, broad, comfortable toes, stout soles, patent leather tips, sizes 6 to 8, to 11, to 2. Misses' and children's heavy box calf, spring heel lace Shoes, heavy, durable oak soles round toes, kid tips, seasonable and very serviceable; sizes 6 to 8, $1.24, to 11, to 2 a $1.60 Made up special for us, Our Boys Steel Shod Calfskin Lace Shoes, stitched heavy soles, medium, bulldog and London toe shapes, all seams double stitched and reinforced in every part to give extra, wear; nothing made will give your better service or more comfort, stylish and splendid fitting; sizes 12 to 2, to $1.98 In Box Calf, sizes 13 to 2, to $2.25 Little men's vici kid, spring heel, lace shoes, mannish and bulldog toe shapes, kid tips, heavy stitched extension soles, sizes 9 to a $1.48 MANUFACTURERS' STOCK SALE OF OVERCOATS, SUITS, ETC. All high-class merchandise, made up in anticipation of an extraordinary Fall and Winter business, which, owing to weather conditions, did not materialize, We secured the stock at our figures and have MARKED the goods at prices that are less than the manufacturer's usual cost. These are only a few of the many bargains: Men's Suits, $12.00 to $15.00 Kind, at $7.48. Here are hundreds of the season's best and most popular Suits, in up-to-date stripes and mixiures of worsteds, cassi meres and cheviots, made sell from $12.00 to our price.

now (all 10. $7.48 MEN'S OVERCOATS. $10.50 Kind at $14.00 Kind at $10.50 $18.00 Kind at $12.50. Meltons, kerseys, vicunas and chinchillas, in Oxford, blue and black Youths' Clothes, 14 to 19 Years. $10.00 Overcoats at $6.98 Of fine all wool kersey, made like the men's, in the popular box style $12.50 Overcoats at $8.98.

In a superior grade of Oxford vicuna tailored in faultless style $10.00 and $12.00 Suits at $6.98. Of fancy patterned cheviots and cassimeres, and. blue and black worsteds and cheviots, made to sell at $10.00 to choose 86.98 CHILDRENS' CLOTHES. MORE OF THE 29c. PANTS.

1,000 pairs of them; the best we ever sold, in plain blue and nice mixtures, splendidly made, ages 4 to 14, 290 (Table on Main Floor.) Double Breasted Suits (Ages 7 to 14). $2.75 Kind, $1.98. $3.75 Kind, $2.98. $5.50 Kind, $3.98. $5.00 Reefers at $2.98 (Ages 3 to 8).

Of strictly all wool Germania, chinchilla, made to sell at our price now, $2.98 OVERCOATS. $4.00 Kind at $2.98. $5.50 Kind at $3.98. Hats. $1 Scotch Tams at 29c.

Made of pure wool, in pleasing patterns, for boys or girls, 10 dozen to go 290. Fulton Gallatin Place, Livingston and Smith Sts. YOUNG LAWYER GETS IMPORTANT PLACE. J. W.

Prendergast, Practicing Only a Year, Retained to Defend City in Water Suits. James W. Prendergast has been retained by Deputy Corporation Counsel Carr as special counsel to defend the city In the suits that have ven brought or are about to be brought against it by property owners and farmers on Long Island who alleged that their land has been injured by the system of driven wells that the Water Department has been operating there. A farnier named Farbell recently obtained a judgment against the city for many thousands of dollars and many more suits are now pending. Mr.

Prendergast was adinitted to the bar only a year ago and is at present a clerk in a law office in Montague street. Lawyers about the county blildings expressed themselves as surprised when they heard that Corporation Counsel Carr had engaged a man of. such 1'e- stricted experience in a work of such important character. Mra Pendergast is not more than 22 or 23 years old, it Is said, and is a protege of Sewer Commissioner James Kane, leader of the Sixth Ward Democracy at whose solicitation he has been engaged. The retention of Mr.

Prendergast has not even been officially announced as vet and it was impossible to learn this morning what salary he was going to receive. belief is that he will be paid by fees. THE VALUE OF SAVING. In New York State the past year, how widespread has been prosperity is betokened by a report on savings banks, which shows that one out of every three persons in the State has a bank account. The total amount deposited was $264,827,203.

In France the Government offers inducements to school children to open savings bank accounts. The Government of the United States plays no such paternal role in encouraging thrift among its people. It is left to wise mothers in this country to encourage children in the virtue and sound business principle of saving. The spiritual paradox, "To him that hath shall be given, and from him that not shall be taken away," is a stern, unrelenting condition of business success. Not alone is it true nowadays that "a pesny saved is a penny earned." but, more and more is it necessary to save the penny in order to earn one.

The youth beginning life under present economic conditions must have capital and 8 capacity for acquiring it. Saving through childhood is a means to both these indispensable ends, and the solemn truth of this should be religiously placed before the minds of the young. Harper's Basar. FINANCIAL NEWS. The stock market was only moderately active in the early dealings, but there were some general although moderate rallies in prices in the first fifteen minutes.

Federal Steel, after opening off a half, rallied per although subsequently the price receded about a point. The market soon developed Irregularity and some measure of weakness. were declines of per cent. in Metropolitan Street Railway and of over a point in Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Manhattan opened 1 per cent.

higher, but soon dropped off per cent. Sugar rallied point, but more than lost its gain. St. Paul fluctuated within a range of 1 per but appeared to be offered on all Arm spots. Pennsylvania was heavy at a decline of a point.

The character of the speculation shows little change. There Is lack of pronounced support, and a large part of selling was by what would be called in London stale bulla, Governments unchanged. Railrond bonds irregular. London's operations to-day amount to buying on balance about 15,000 shares of the general list. The principal supply comes apparently from the West.

A Chicago house caused a break in Metropolitan Street Railway by selling 2,000 shares. One firm sold at opening 4,000 Federal Steel common and 1,000 preferred, considered to be a Western order. Dealings around the room were more than usual by room traders, and the mara ket was subjected to a thorough ham. mering. In the first half hour after noon liquidation set in on an extensive scale.

It extended throughout the railroad list as well as in Industrials. An extreme decline of over 2 per cent. took place in Delaware Hudson, while stocks like Pennsylvania and New York Central lost nearly 2 per cent. St. Paul declined over 1 per and Chicago, Northwestern broke over 2 per cent.

There were general declines through the railroad list of over' 1 per cent. The Tobacco stocks broke sharply. Sugar appeared to receive support below 132. The local traction stocks were weak at declines of 2 to 3 per cent. No news became public to explain the weakness, which was ascribed purely to technical conditions.

LONDON, 1:45 P. market for American railway securities is active, and the price changes, as compared with New York's closing figures of yesterday are irregular, with a majority of issues showing an average improvement of about 3-8 per cent. Erie shares and Northern Pacific common are to per cent. lower. Loulsville Nashville is equivalent to an advance of per cent.

2:15 P. M. American railway securities are hardening after the somewhat flat opening. Home rails are barely steady at fractional declines. Anaconda, 9 1-16; Rio, 3:30 P.

Stock Exchange markets show general all around improvements. Evening. -The market for American rallway shares closed on the curb active and weak under all around arbitrage selling. Other departments were heavy, with the regular price changes. The report of the Queens' illness, however, is a canard.

The impression prevails that money at this centre is likely to work easier for the next three weeks. Continental Bourses are quiet, N. Y. Stook Exchange Prices. Clos- Open.

Noon. ing. Amal Copper Am Car Am Car Found pf4 68 68 Am Cotton Oil 27 27 27 Am Cotton Oil 88 88 88 Am Ice Am Smeltg 62 61 Am 26. 24 23 Am. Steel Hoop 72 72 69 Am Steel Am Steel 84 84 86 Sugar 133 Am Tin Plate 60 59 59 Tin Plate 87 87 87 Am Tobacco 112 Anaconda Mining 45 45 45 Atch, Top F.

Atch. Balt Ohio 88 88 Balt Ohio 85 85 85 Bklyn Rapid Transit. 81 Canada Southern Ches Ohio 38 Chic Alton 38 Chic Alton 74 Chic, Bur Chic Gt 18 18 Chic, St 150 149 Chic 170 Chic, R. I C. St 78 Col Fuel 45 44 45 Consol Gas Continental Tobacco.

Continental Tob pid. Del 151 150 Del, Lack 192 Denver Rio Denver 81 Erie 28 27 Erie 1st pid Erie 2d pfd 41 412 Federal Steel Federal Steel 69 Gen Electric 186 186 185 Glucose Sugar Valley 48 Hocking Valley 70 70 Illinois Central 130 130 Int Paper 22 Int Paper pfd 70 70 Laclede Gas 70 70 70 Lake Erie Louisville Nash 88 Manhattan Met Street RY Mexican Central 131 Mo, Kan Tex 16 16 10 Mo, Kan Tex pid 47 Missouri Pacific 85 National Biscuit National Steel 394 National Tube 531 Natl Tube Co pfd. 98 98 98 Central 141 St 183 St 2d pid 50 50 Y. Ontario Norfolk West 444 North American 1934 Northern Pacific Northern Pac pfd 86 Pacific Mail Pennsylvania 1454 Peo Gas Co of Chi 98 Pressed Stel Car Reading 361 Reading 1st ptd 70 70 Reading 2d pid Rep Iron Rep Iron pfd 56 St 273 St 2d pfd St 22 211 21 St pid 50 50 Southern Pacific Southern Railway 181 Southern Rly pid 69 Ten Coal Iron 55 54 Texas Pacific 25 Third Avenue 122 12181 Union Pacific 824 Union Pacifie 834 9 Leather Co Leather Co pid 734 7841 Rubber Co 21 Rubber Co ptd 601 GO Wabash 113 113 GOING! GOING! And by Saturday night- GONE! That, in a word, is the record of the three days' sale of Suits, Trousers, and Furnishings that we are holding. We must have the room for the Refitting of Our Store.

And we want to clear out all Odds and Ends of our Winter weight Suits and Trousers, together with some suits carried over from last Summer. $7.50 a Suit. These goods were all from $12.00 to $22.00. Those left are mostly the sizes under 42 inches chest. Fine Worsted Trousers, heavy and light weights, that were from $4.00 to $8.00, now at the uniform price of $2.50 a Pair.

Collars, formerly $1,20 a dozen, now 50 cents. Underwear, worth from 50c. to $2.25 now going at 35 cents a garment. Neckwear in a great variety, formerly 50c. and 75C.

BROWNING Fulton cor. DeKalb Brooklyn. Open till 9 o'clock Tonight. Wabash pfd 245A W. Telegraph Wheeling LE 32 The Pulse of the Market.

The following figures show the fluctuations to-day in the price ofilocal traction shares from the opening of the market until 2:30 P. Brooklyn Rapid Transit-81, 81, 80, So, 80, 80, 80, 79, 79, 757. 79, 79, 79, 79, 79, 79, 79, Metropolitan Street Railway 163, 163, 16244. 162, 1161, 162, 162, 162, 162, 162, 1624. 162, Manhattan Elevated 117, 117, 117, 1167.

116, 116, 116, 116, 116, 116, 115F, 115, 116. 116, 115, The Cotton Market. The market opened firm, 5. to 8 points higher. It was lacking in enthusiasm, but showed inherent strength, Covering and light investment buying sent prices sharply on the call and held the market steady during the first half hour.

The dominating Influence was a bullish move on Liverpool's part, where prices were at least points higher than expected. Later in the morning the market was stupidly dull. Fluctuations from the opening bid did not exceed 3 points. Late Liverpool cables contained little of interest. The early afternoon cotton market was listless and uninteresting.

Light estimates for to-morrow's New Orleans and Houston receipts, smaller in sight than looked for, held prices steady. Opening, 10 A. M. -Jan, Feb, 9.38a40; March, 9.36a37; April, 9.32a.34; May, 9.34a.35: June, 9.34a35; July, 9.33a34; Aug, 9.06a.07; Sept, 8.51a54; Oct, 8.23a25; Nov. 8.15b; Dec, 8.10, 11 A.

M. Jan, 9.66; March, 9.36; May, 9.35; July, 9.33; Aug, 9.06. 12 M. Jan, 9.66a67; Feb, 9.37a38; March, 9.34a36; April, 9.32b; May, 9.33a34; June, 9.32a33; July, 9.31a32; Aug. 9.04a05; Sept, 8.50a53; Oct, 8.23a.28; Nov, 8.15b; Dec ofd 8.10.

Market barely steady. 1 P. M. Jan, 9.66; Feb, 9.38; March, 9.36; April, 9.34; May; 9.35; June, 9.34; July, 9.33; Aug, 9.07; Sept, 8.53; Oct, 8.25; Nov. 8.15.

2 P. M. Jan, 9.68; March, 9.37; May, 9.37: July, 9.36; Aug. 9.09. 2:30 P.

M. Jan, 9.70; March, 9.36; July, 9.34. LIVERPOOL, 12:30 P. M. -Cotton, spot, moderate business; prices easier.

American middling, selase estimated 8,000: speculation and export 500; recipts American 9,600. Futures opened quite steady. American middling, L.M.C., Jan, 5 22-64; Jan, Feb, 5 20-64; Feb, March, 5. 18-64; March, April, 5 16-64; April, May, 5 14-64; May, June, 5 11-64; July, Aug, 5 7-64: Aug, Sept, 58-64. Futures quite steady.

Tenders 400 new. 12:45 P. Cotton, spot, American middling, fair, 5 27-32; good ordinary, 5 9-16: middling, ordinary, 5. 15-32; 5 1-16; low middling, ordinary, 5-16; good 18-16. 3:25 P.

M. -Jan, Feb, 5.22b; May, June, 5.13b; July, Aug, 5.08b. 2 P. M. Cotton sales American American middling, 5 15-32.

tures steady. 4 P. M. Cotton futures closed quiet. Foreign Cotton Statistics.

LIVERPOOL, Jan. cotton statistics are: Sales of al kinds, American, English spinners' takIngs, total export, import, all kinds, American, stock of all kinds, American, quantity afloat, all kinds, American, sales on speculation, 400; sales to exporters, 1,700. The decline of 10c. per 100 pounds in price of granulated sugars by both the American Sugar Company and the Arbuckles came as a surprise to the trade. The only reason for to-day's reduction is that for some time past the prices in the Missouri River district reached by both the San Francisco and New Orleans refineries have been lower than in the Ease.

This naturally caused some dissatisfaction among the jobbers, and today's prices are believed to be due to a desire on the part of refiners to equalise the prices between the East and West. Knauth, Nachod Kuhne announce that thefr Leipzig house has been officially appointed to receive subscriptions for the 40,000,000 marks Saxon 3 per cent. loan at 83.60. Subscriptions will be opened Jan. 22.

BROOKLYN SECURITIES. Corrected daily by Irwin 187 Mons tagui 8t. FRIDAY, JAN. 18. RAILROADS.

Whose baby is loveliest? Mother's own. All round the world-north, south, east, westHers alone! For whether it be a Chinese tot, With eyes aslant and a shaven crown, Or a dear little girl of the Land of the Free, Or a toddling Prince in Londontown, Or the one rare treasure a Soudan slave Hugs to her heart, all wee and brownEach in its mother's, gentle pride Is fairer than all the world beside. TWO Whose mother is loved the best? Baby's own She She whose alone. cheek was first caressedFor whether. she be an Eskimo, Or colored mammy, or stately queen, Or a wandering organ-grinder's wife, In every children are Jingling and beating her, tambourine, The baby eyes from their deep, serene Gaze, rapture-bound -by the tender grace In the mother's bended, love-lit face.

-Woman's Home Companion. CASTS AS DECORATIONS. Casts should never be draped with silk. Silk may be hung as a background; and when this is done a great value is often lent. But the fashion of draping bits of modern silk about a cast is always bad.

The two do not belong together, and when placed merely indicate that one is striving for an effect without knowledge of how it should be attained. The toning of the casts is a simple process. The vender will do it for you, or you may apply yourself (with either a brush or a cloth) a preparation made by dissolving paraffine in turpentine. should think an old paraffine candle dissolved in turpentine would do. Mix with this a little ochre if you want a yellow, a little burnt-umber if you want a darker tone.

But if you want to make your cast look like ivory, mix beeswax with turpentine until it becomes thin enough to be applied with a camel's-hair brush. With this. mix a little burntumber. Then take an old soft silk handkerchief and polish the cast until it looks like -Harper's Bazar. HOW CHINESE COOLIES GET A FREE BURIAL.

You see, no Chinaman would set foot on a vessel unless he had every assurance that in case he died he would be put away in a first-class coffin and brought into port. If we didn't all contract to do that none of us would carry a coolie, not if we offered them free passage, so we promise to supply a "chop dollar" coffin in case of death, and to carry the coolle back to the port from which he sailed, and that costs money. This bustness hadn't gone on a month before the coolie saw his chance to beat the company, and began to do it. You see a coolie who is about to die, or wants to pass in his checks, and they can do it just whenever and wherever they want to, steps on 8 steamer, say for Hong Kong, and he only pays about $2 for a deck passage. Then when he gets good and ready he Just stops breathing, the company has to provide a coffin, and pay the freight back -From "The Plague by Stephen Bonsal, in Scribner's, As'd, Atlantic.

Ave Co 5s. 1900... 104 108 Atlantic -Ave Co 58, 114 Bklyn City 3klyn City Newtown 1st 5s. flat 116 118 Brooklyn City Railroad 239 242 Brooklyn City Railroad 5s 113 115 Bilyn Heights Cuble bonds, dat 108 109 Brooklyn It new 07 Bklyn, Co Sub'n 1st 108. 110 BRISH WE 100 104 Coney Island Brooklyn 102 105 Crosstown Railroad Co 6 Nassau Electric 1st 5s 112 115 Nassau pid, new Nassau 48, new GAS ELECTRIC.

Central Union 5s (guaranteed). 1093 Edison Electric Light 4 c. Kings 139 148 Kngs County. 55 106 Kings County 6g N.2 1 Gas con 5s. 100 109 FERRIES.

New Hoboken 81. New York Ferry Brooklyn Ferry 20 Brooklyn Ferry bonds MY A Ferry So Brooklyn Tenth 23d St Perry Ferry. 106 107 Union Ferryt 82 Union Ferry 5s 93 BANKS. Brooklyn 108 Bedford 220 Broadway 240 13 Eighth Ward Fifth Avenue 105 First National 325 Manufacturers National 250 250 Mechanics 195 205 Nassau National National city 270 North Side 115 People's 105 Schermerhorn 150 Seventeenth Ward 100 Sprague National 200 Twenty-sixth Ward 136 Union Wallabout COMPANIES. 140 TRUST Brooklyn 415 Flatbush 165 Franklin 280 Hamilton 276 Kings County 360 Long Ieland 250 Manufacturers' 315 Nassas 185 Peoples 830 Williamsburgh 195 8 MISCELLANEOUS.

Academy of Musio 108 Bond Mort Guar 810 Bklyn Warehouse Storage Co 105 115 Cheeseborough Mfg. 330 Talmage Sons, 110 W. Bliss 180 Bliss Co pta 125 Flatbush Water Work Co 6 bds 100 Kings Co Fire Ins. 150 Long Island Sate Deposit Co 40 Nassau Fire Ins 168 NY Tel 114 175 5s Phenix Ins Co stock 170 South Brooklyn Saw MIll Co stock. 100 Standard Oil 800 Title Guar Trust S.

Projectile 100 Williamsburgn Fire Ins 476 interest. 1 dividend. I Rielita PRESIDENT DEVOTES AN HOUR TO WORK. WASHINGTON, Jan. President Mo.

Kinley spent an hour in his office this morning and signed a number of papers and bills. It was his first appearance in his business apartment since his present indisposition began, and the fact that Dr. Rixey allowed him to do so proves that he believes all danger practically over. No callers were received by the Prestdent, however, and will not be until next week. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.

Arrived -New York: Hiro, from Bordeaux; Manitou, from London; El Sud, from New Orleans; Chesapeake, from Baltimore; Patricia, from Hamburg; Woodburn, from Huelva; Prina, from Progresso; Jamestown, from Norfolk. Notes. DIED. NEUMANN. -At Bay Ridge, Mary, widow of Christopher Neumann of Fort Hamilton, aged 80.

Funeral from Third ave, and Seventy-ninth to-morrow at 2 P. M. On Jan. 16, Patrick Rbatigan, husband of Margaret O'Connor. aged 20, Funeral from 555 Warren tomorrow at A.

thence to St. Augustine's Church. On Jan. 16. Elizabeth, widot of the late Walter J.

Weedon. Funeral services this evening at 8 o'clock, at 656 Vanderbilt For Other Deaths See Seventh.