16 'CIII OMAN A DAILY ] iC1a 8UN1)AY , MAY 29 , 1898.
PEOPLES
lie road to ecottottiiy is the tnaitt avenue. It's nlwaysabriliiatutly jilutttittated with glaring bargains , nstonislting values and
unequaled prices. On it you'll n1w ys find the knowing shoppers--the thrifty housewives wending their way to the People's , f
I1 ® Z.iCI ; TO 1 LUSI RCZ IV1. Z U.I , IiIZ Ulzh AND Cr11U..L 1 13IIYLIS. . Be sure nttd take this route.
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= 1 ' _ ' . Ilruascls Carpels Handsome Sn11d stile tapestry coverlng-tt'ortU
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= - , . . , , . , , , 69e . , , , i q GO-this tveck , , , ,
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+ + qti 6c Itrussde Caprct a , swarth ' week , , , , , , aP5 worth $2 , E3 and is-this 25 ll wort n S7,6D-this week. . , , , , , , , , , , 95 l aster silk 6ults , C Pisces , catered
In
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reduced to Lenonndo Sets , with 6 glasses. this ' 28 00
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' 96c ' Carpets , . . . . . . . this week - . . . ' . . I9 50
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] lamp C1 refter Sdurable re tof w Y cap , this we c k , , , , , . , , , 42 50
worth 3c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remnants- fully low prieos- here this weak , ' "
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Druasels Carpet -bcautlful Rag worth LOc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . q4 u IInmsscls Net Lace Curtains- Center Table-solid onk nlcely oar Ill
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patterns-worth $1,00 , . . . , . . . c llnsancka- 48c worth $1OOO-this week flnthed-worth $0.60 , . , . , , , , , , I 5
Privet Cnrpeta-high grade- w ortln ihl0 . , . . . . . + Irish I , olnt l.nco Curtnlns- China i22.60p lane p o11sh ed oak IG 50 onseS Attention Picture and Frames Mons Savers
2 65 .
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Fur Rugs-lined-extra large 2 50 worth E5-this tweak . , . . , , , , . . . .
also--worth E6.6D , , , , , , , , , , , , , + Wardrobe-natique-
Carpet-high grnde- Noltfnghnm Ianco Curtains- , worth tH,00 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Roll lop Office llrsl-
I ktoqurtte 8e Snknl hugs-Oriental effects- 5 O worth 11,25-this week . , , . , , , , , , . . 59 Solid , , , , , , , , , , Ro ers' Tea S taons- Ne Itlanllfaettlr0 all Ol1r otwel tvurth $17,60-this week , 9 50
i Sln1r Carpet-extra heavy- Cx9-worth i15 + Tapestry Curtnlns-very Pretty- 45 worth Onk iIG.00 Bldcboard- , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , g 15 north.54 - 1 98 fl'anlos , ThiO SvdCl { Wo OITUr Lacn { earth ( , urtnht Stratchrr hfs a eck. - ,
7 worlh 1 SnEnl Ru s-Grfental effects- 15 tvarth $1,60-lids week . , , . . . , . , . , . ChlRanlor-so11d onk-G drnncrsQ ibis astir , set ] ,600 hcaulliul eubleets in pity 1 Ib lark mtrlcd lutJr-
Chenille Portieres-worth $ G.00Z 85 U 45 Roger. q. Table bpeons- titres , ill tthito anti gold framesp ws - w' Let ( , . 48c
2 , 600yardsJfntting-
Igo Chenille Ru g s- finish
I9 tlmis c 6 1 95 worth said Sold anyvhul'o In warlh$2.6U , . , , , , . , , , . , , . . 98c
B ody Rr tlasela Remnants- 69e Ingrain Art Squares-2.1 2x03 25 Portieres-worth , . EG , . .50- , , , . 3 25 Inir Dioltres.es 9 75 ri Ior L50-this wool ( to Sham ] totters-earth 40c
] lcers ' set of G knives
g Close- Steel
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1,600 yards Lhtoheun- rna Rugs-largo I 98 Itamboo worth Et and DD-this Vend Sveek Portieres- , . . . , , . . , , , . I 15 Antique worth E1.5 Cnne , bent Chairs- c and G forks- . 3 45 tale-earth $ OSGD- 24 50 , /
' worthl OD „ , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45e sll sotlod- $5.00. . , this week , keC worth $6.00 , . this week , , t
Extension Tn le-hlghlyt polished Ice Creant Freezer
worth.$9.&O 515 t pleco set Silver Tea Set , tvorih fit-this { veek 18Q { '
Chlld's Folding anrrnntcd , worth $10.00- lint Rncls-worth 25e- 1'
Dcds- q this week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 95 this wcUc 9c
Plana Steals- . - - - -
worth $0.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . 1
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,4J1 ' . ' I1all Tress-very pretty-
: , s t worth $11.60. . . , , , . 8 Z5 ,
rih Diusir CnhlnM-rollshcd oak- A
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h Iforrls Reclining Chair-Pond- : , 7 111 , t + l ; ; r
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16th century order ever worth $16,00 , . . . 9 50 Not Like Cut
permeates the Leonard fl Bonaltful iron ] tad-lknsv extension tool 1
, rend Book and Desk
. Each Quick Meat 1Cu are solo agents Mothers Ciennnble Rerlgcrntor , th ' rail , luagu brans Iuob , , heavily „
sole ngrnts. Ak , I'rrnch
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F 1G RULER 0F PERU
FA
A Ohat with Pres. Pierola About His Country
and the Monroe Dootrino.
FOUGUT HIS WAY TO THE PRESIDENCY
lttcrlcs AIOnt Ilia Rinnutlc and Ad-
' the
vcnturoas Carccr-lion'
CLIIIurs Lunt the
Country' .
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( Copyrlght , 1898 , by Frank Carpenter , )
LIMA , Peru , April 28.-Speclal ( Cerro-
Ppondenco of The Beo.-It ) wait lu company -
pany with Mr. Richard It. Neal , the secre-
tars of our legatlon at Lhna , that I called
upon the presided this afternoon. His ex-
culleucy had appointed 2 p. m. for the auB
once , and at tint hour we entered the vast ,
low , one slory building which forms the
White ( louse and government oiilces of this
republic , Soldiers In uniforms of white
duck , with guns at their sides , guarded the
doors , and as we entered the hall we passed
by a company of Infantry ready for Immedi-
ale netton In case of revolution. Additional
guns stood In racks against the walls , and
my surroundings were those of a fortress
rather than a country where the people are
supposed to rule. This is , you know , a land
of revolutions. President Pierola came in
after many months of hard fighting , and in
thu houses and churches of Luna you may
yet see limo marks where cannon balls and
bullets went crashing through. For days
the president hesieged the , city. The oppos-
lug factions had Caning guns trained upon
one another , and they swept the streets.
The dead were carried out each morning
by the cartload , and there tvoo so many
dead horses that they were not .burled but
were covered with coal oil and , n match
having been applibd , w'o'o thus consumed ,
1Vith the new president , Plerola , ht and
the old president , Caceres , banished , there
was peace sad a new government , and there
is peace today. The present adndnlslralion
has been In power for several years , It is
more progressive tium any administration
Peru has Kati for a long period , anti under
it the country is steadily improving , There
Is an opposition party , however , and I'resi-
dent Pierola is too good a eohdle to sleep
on his arms , lie keeps his troops in goad
order and you And soldiers almost every-
witero present.
I I'en Picture or the President.
As wo went further Into the palace we
passed a number of officers lu uniform
anti then Pfocoedeti through one ante room
after another , ( until we cane Into the ollico
of the president's private secretary , the J.
Addison Porter of Peru. This man was
oven u1ot o suave than our Mr. Porter , 11 e
told us that the palace , the president and
himself were at my disposition , aid that
his excellency would receive me at once.
lie wont out , and a moment later ushers d
Mr. Neal nnl myself lute it large halt fur
nlshed not unlike one of our public recap
thin rooms at Washington. In the ceute r
o1 the room as we entered , stood n straight
hundsono man with an eye as bright n s
that of an eagle. Ills features here strllt
tag , anti his strong nose and mount thos o
of a leader of met , . His forehead vor y
high , and the white curl which 1 g n
upon It was twisted about after the sty ] e
of our once American dictator , Rosco e
Conklin , while his brown wi sNw
trimmed after the fashion o lNae c
the pu
Nicholas
lcoi , It was
South Amorlcan statesman , general , patrlo
anti rcvolutloulat , the president
I Judge , between 60 end G
Ho is , note ,
years of age , pfOtubIY nrarcr te
fear than the former. He Is
loot six lncbcs lu beight , but titer
bearing makes hlnn look taller. lie was
dressed fn a black 'broadcloth suit with a
cameo medallion upon his white tic. He
stepped toward us as we came ht and shook
hands with me upon my presentation. lIe
asked mo to take a seat on a sofa , and
at down beside me. Ho chatted for some
tune with me as to my trip , and said he
was glad to have an American Journalist
coma to Peru , as ho felt that his country
was not properly known in North America ,
During the conversation , in which Secretary
Neal acted as interpreter , his excellency referred -
ferred to the wonderful mineral and agricultural -
cultural pnslbilltles of Peru. He said that
its mineral regions had not been carefully
prospected , that Its surface was hardly
scratched and that if it had the proper
amount of capital and the right sort of
Immigration it would be one of the richest
countries of the continent , Upon my ask-
lug his excellency how he regarded the introduction -
troduction of American money , ho replied
that l'rru would be glad to welcome any
Americans that might conic , and that there
were many safe investments here which
would yield a profitable return. He was
anxious , he said , to see an Increased trade
between the slater republics of the United
States and I'eru , and hoped that one of
the translsthmiaa canals would ho pushed
to Its completion with that end In view ,
The Monroe JJocrino.
During the audience 1 told his excellency
of a chat I had had with President McKinley -
Kinley just before leaving 1Yashiugton , in
which our president stated his anxiety that
the two continents should have better trade
relations and that thu business between
them should be greatly increased. In his
talk with me President McKinley stated
his position on this matter in strong terms , ,
saying that the foundation for all such
relations was peace anti friendship , and that
I might state his hope that peace would
continue , for without ( t business could not
endure , President Plerola heartily assented
to this. lie said he was able to state that
Peru was in a sate and settled condition ,
and that ho though ( it would continuo so.
lie referred to the Monroe doctrine , with
which lie said he was in thorough accord ,
saying that the republics of title hemisphere
should support , nld and defend one another
In the protection of their rights as free
governments , At this point time now min
Iserr from lloli'la , whose reception had been
fixed to follow mine , was announced and
our very pleasant talk was brought to a
close.
Ups and Downs of a Presideub
The statesmen of South America have
much more eventful lives than politicians
of the United Slates , President 1'ieroia's
career has been one of romantic ups anti
downs. lie is line son of n famous scientist
anti llteraleur , his father having been prest-
dent of a university and a coworker with
liumboidt , Sir 1umphrey [ Davy and Dr.
Pen Techudl , the noted Austrian phlloso
pher and traveler , President Plerola was
educated in lsmrope , and while a student in
farts ho married the daughter of the Emperor -
peror Ilurbldo of Mexico. lie began his
life's work as an editor here ht Lhna , but
the president he supported was ousted by
a revolution under General I'ardo and
Plerola was banished. Then. there was another -
other revolution with President Banta at
Its head and Picrala came back to Lima as
secretary of the treasury. lie was secre-
tary at the time that Meiggs , the American ,
inaugurated a great system of railroads and
publlo improvements , and together they
made the money Ilaw faster than the rDer
Rimac , in trying to develop I'cru , Ex
! 'resident Pardo now again appemetl with
e . I another army and drove Dalta and Plcruta
a out. This was just twenty years ago. 5ev
t I eral years later came the war with Chile ,
and Pierola was called back as one of th e
Il commanders of the i'eruvlan troops. his
r army was defeated , and it was charged a t
the time that he bad sold out to the Chile -
sus , In the meantime President Pardo ha d
r i
fled the country and Pierola became dic-
tater , The Chileans having conquered , refused -
fused to recognize him , as they knew ho
would not consent to give up the rich
nitrate fields , which were the real cause of
the war. They then put up one of their
own toole as president and Pierola w'us
banished a third time , its fled to France
and did not return until General Caceres
was president in 18SG. Caceres was , 1 am
told , a highway robber of the first mngnl-
tude. His wife , who was originally a ma-
bona , a woman following the army , was
with Ulm in his peculatlona , and consosslons
and privileges were sold by them , the funds
pocketed and the money sent to Paris to
he deposited to Caceres' private account
there. Such actions created a strong anti-
Caceres party , and Plerola came back to
run for president. Caceres was afraid of
him , and having concealed some guns on
Plerola's estate sent soldiers to find them
and charge Plerola with treason , This was
done and Plerola was brought to Lirna and
hero confined iii the palace. One day a
French lady friend called upon him. She
was admitted. She changed clothes with
Plerola in his cell , and when the guards
came in later on they found that Pierola
had passed out In her clothes and that all
that was left of him were his brown whiskers -
ers lying oa the floor , where they had
dropped when he had cut them off ,
FonKht His 1Vu1 to Toner ,
Plerola fled to the mountains , raised an
army and declared war , lie fought in the
mountains for sonic time , and months later ,
In 1895 , appeared before Lima with 2,800
men and dared President Caceres to come
out and fight him , Caceres had 4,000 aol-
tlers , but he fortified the city and remained
inside. One morning at daybreak' Plerola
broke through the guards , and , whir his
troops , made his way right up to the trod
of the palace. There was an engagement ,
and lee was driven back a block or so to the
square of time Merced church , Isere lie tore
up the pavement and made barricades , lie
put his canon in the church towere , and
for three days Lhna was filled with fighting -
ing soldiers. Tire stores were nil closed.
The people did not 'dare to venture out on
time streets , and such as showed their faces
at the windows wore fired at by the Caceres
soldiers , Caceres was not at all popular
with the people , and many of his officers
were shot from the second-story windows
by those wino sympathized with Plerola ,
At the end of the third day the foreign
legatlons look the matter in hand , and
told Caceres the rovolutlon must atop.
Plerola's men said that they would cut the
water pipes and fire tine town if Caceres
did not abdicate , anti , between the two ,
Cacerea was forced out of office , and a provisional -
visional government appointed until an
election could be bad. At tills election
Plerola was chosen president by an over-
whoimnigg majority , This was about two
years ago , and he has still almost two years
to servo. When ho goes out one of his
men will probably take his place , though
I am told that Caceres is now in Buenos
Ayreplotung how he may again get Into
power ,
\Vly limo Peruvlnns Are Poor ,
Peru is one of the richest countries on the
face of the globe , and today the Peruvians
are comparatively among the poorest of peoples -
ples , I say comparatively , for they have
been so wealthy that what seems poverty to
them would still be riches to others , ily the
Peruvians I mean the aristocracy and the
ruling classes. The people who own Peru
are chiefly those of Spanish descent. Some
of these arc crossed with the Indiana , bu te t
the chief property holders and the maan wh e
have now and have always bad the cream e t
time country are the pure wbllee. These arc
very few. Nowilero in the world will yo u
find such n coudltlon as has always existed
to this country. There are In Peru abou t
9,000,000 people , or about as many as in th e
Greater New York. Of these 57 per cent are
pure Indians and about 20 per cent are of
mixed races , coming froth the union of the
Indians and the negro ox-slaves and of the
Spaniards and Indians. Not one man in five
is pure white , and of these whites there have
always been a select few who have practically -
cally owned the country. )
The story of Peru and its Spanish owners
shoos hew poorly the Spaniards are fitted
to govrn a people or bu11J up a nalian. The
story of Cuba is not a new one. When
Piz'urro came here and conquered the Incas
he found a high state of civilization. Peru
was then supporting a population of from
ten to twenty millions , The Andes were cul-
{ ttvated to their tops , and what is now
largely desert was by a system of fine acque-
ducts and canals rich farms. The masses
of the people then as now worked for their
rulers , but the laws were such that every
one was well fed and housed , and by a sy's
tern of public granaries there was no want.
There was plenty of gold anti silver , but
neither metal was used for money. They
were hard working and peaceful ts 1ren the
Spaniards invaded them and took away the
richest booty that one nation ever got by oppressing -
pressing another. From one Inca temple
Pizarro took 42,000 pounds of gold and
82,000 pounds of silver. The silver nails
! n one lenpte weighed 22uiO ounces , You
remember the room half full of gold which
the Inca king gathered for hint as a ran-
sum , 'fhey collected vast quantities of the
precious metals from the cities , temples
and palaces In other parts of the country
and made Spain rich for a century or Marc.
They enslaved the people and made them
work for them , and later on brought Africans -
cans and other slaves in to aid them in the
mines and on their plantations , They had
here time richest silver mines known ; whenn
sliver was at a par with gold , and for centu
rics fairly rolled in wealth , In addition to
this they lied the vast labor capital of the
Indians.
Tire civilized Indians of Peru tire not
accumulators , They do not care for more
than the day , and they are willing to work
hard ( or just enough to support themselves
anti their families. These people , even
i after slavery was ttbollslted , continued to
1 labor for time whites. They are a very good
class of workmen , - and had they been
handled by time Englisb , or any other Anglo
Saxon combination , Peru would still ho time
wealthiest country oftthls hemisphere. Un
tier the Spaniards the area of cultivated
land became steadily less , the population
felt off , and there is nut one-third as
many people hero 'mow as when Pizarro
came , The roads , notwithstanding modern
inventions , are not as good as they were ht
the days of Incas , and the condition of
the common people ds very rituch worse.
flan Cltllt"Looted Peru ,
Still the Spanlsh'1Peruvlans ' up until the
war with Chile remained rich. The silver
mines of Cerro del Pasco turned out vast
sums and the government revenues were so
large that there was'good plcking for every
one with any kind of a pull. One of the
viceroys of the eleventh century rode from
his palace to mho cathedral in Lima over
n path paved with ingots of solid silver.
Ills horse was shod with shoes of solid gold
anti every hair of the horse's mane and
tail was strung with pearls , Later on , to
the wealth of the mines was added that of
time guano , and Peru got hunmlreds of mll
Mons of dollars out of her manure piles.
This source of , wedltt ) was being worked
when the great nitrate fields were ills.
covered and in 1878 Peru exported $17,500- ,
000 worth of nitrate , whichm in the then
value of silver was 'worth nearly twice us
much oa all item' exports in 1896. The total
exports that year were $17,000,000 and time
government receipts from guano and nitrate
and other sources were more than $17,000-
000. Thea the Chileans , who were poor ,
cast their covetous eyes upon these riches.
They trumped up an excuse for war about
their boundary lines and invaded time coun
try. They had about 25,000 men , and they
laid Peru { vastc , demandlnq ransom of various -
ous sections and destroying everything
when it was not granted , At Chinbote ,
north of here , there was a sugar
factory and railroad shops filled
s' Itli fine machinery imported fromn
the United States , The Chilean
general demanded that the owners should
pay him $100,000 in three days. They could
not and ho blew up the machinery with
dynamite , destroying the beautiful house
of time haciendas and killed 500 sheep ,
which his soldiers could not carry off. The
Chilean nrtny destroyed tine magnificent
residences at the summer resorts below
Lima. In their fights they gave no quarter -
ter , bayonetting not only the wounded soldiers -
diers , but the defenseless civilians as well.
They looted Lima , taking time university
for a barracks and destroyirn the archives ,
They also cached the public library , which
contained 50,000 volumes and many valuable -
uable manuscripts. They even robbed the
zoological garden , sending an elephant to
Chile. They cleaned out the palace , and
the treasury anti collecting millions in the
way of customs , getting $28,000,000 in one
year from that source alone , The war
lasted for nearly three years and when it
was closed by time cession to Chile of the
nitrate territory , which slme coveted , Pemu
had been raked by time Chilean soldiers as
with a dime tooth comb and nearly oie-y-
thing of value taken away , I understand
that the Chileans ] nave now about used up
nil that they stole anti that they are making -
ing trouble with time Argentines in time hope
of another great haul. Since then Peru
has had a number of revolutions such as
I have described aid between the upper
and nether mill atones of personal polities ,
the people have had little chance to do
anything but keep out of the way o1 the
bullets.
l'residrnt mid time Clmureb ,
Since Pierola has been president , however -
ever , the country has been remarkably quiet
and time general belief hero is that tlda will
continue. Business is steadily growing bet.
ter anti there are a number of movements
under way for internal development. For-
olga capital is coming in and the president
is doing what he can to encourage it. lie
is improving Limo , repairing time great Ca-
tliedral , building a new city postolfice , aid ,
as far as possible , reorganizing time army.
The president of a South American rcpmmhhlc
has far more power , in sore things ( thrum
the president of the United States. ho
practically decides everything , although his
cabinet ministers must approve his acts to
make llneu valid. Ile practically controls
Congress , to n largo extent , grants limo concessions -
cessions which are giver for public and
private works , and has much to do ltlm Limo
management of the revenues. This country
is , you know , a Catholic country. Time pope
sends n delegate to time court of Peru and
there are maore priests imere ] imam congress.
mcn. All other relignnms excepting the
Catholic are prohibited by time constitution ,
though i'rotestant church services are tolerated -
ated in Lima and Callao , There are only
5,000 Protestants hi mill I'eru , and until last
fall a marriage to be leglthnate hind to be
celebrated In time Catholic churcii and no.
cording to its ceremonies. 't'bo offsprings
of other marriages were not comisitiureti
legitimate , and the average I'e uvlan looked
upon the married foreigners hero as ilvln ;
outside the marriage relatipn. It was largely
through Pierola that this has been changed ,
anti I am told ho would like to restrict the
powers of the priests atill further , tlrougli
it seems to me ttmat the money ho is ppend
hug on the churchea shows he is trying to
curry favor with the clerical facttons.
Congress of Peru.
I paid a visit today to the two houses of
congress of I'oru. This couulry bus a constitution -
stitution which is rmmdeled somewhat after
ours , The lawmaking power is composed
of a senate and house of deputies. Time
senators are elected for four years and tLe
deputies for two. The sessions begin on
July 28 , which is the anniversary of ecru's
independence of Spain , mul they last ninety
days. The salary of each member of congress -
gress is $15 in silver a day , or about $7.50
In our money. Deputies must be 25 years
of age and have nn income of $500 a year.
Senators must be 35 years of age mid their
Incomes must be $1,000 a year. If the men-
hers arc , however , professors of science , the
question of ilmeome is not raised.
Both houses are on the Plaza of the it
quisttfon , svlmere that terrible court sat in
times past. Peru was the center of Catholl-
cism in western South America for more
than tva centuries , nml from the Isthmus
of Panama to the Straits of Magellan heretics -
tics were brought here to be tried , The
most horrible of tortures were used and
many were burned at time stake. It is a
strange conimeimtary on the changes of time
tines that tine senate of Peru sits today 1n
the very room in which the inquisition court
held its sessions , and that speeches in favor
of free thought are made in time very hall
in which time most terrible bigots of time past
were tortured and slaughtered under the
name of religion. Even today bigotry is
common in the mountain districts , and I stn
told that a priest is now in jail here for
) iaviug caused a witch to be burned at the
stake , Time old hntl of the inquisition where
time senate meets ] uas a ceiling of dark wood
wonderfully carved. The room is long anti
narrow and this ceiling is , I Judge , about
thirty feet above the floor. The front of the
senate is being remodeled. An entrance
like that of the Parthenon at Athens is be-
lug aided to it , and It now looks more like a
Greek temple than an old Spanish structure.
I photographed time fret during my slay ,
but could not get a picture of the hall on
account of the lmeiglmt of time coiling. Time
secretary of the senate took me through the
bullding and upon my departure offered me
a volume as big as a four-dollar bible ; coum-
prising the last edition of the laws of Peru.
It was lu Spanish , whichu I read very poorly ,
but for politeness sake I took it , tlmotigh it
was decidedly heavy in mnore senses than
one. ! 'RANI { U , CARPENTER ,
'rOLI ) Oll'i' OF' COIlht'I' .
Testimony of experts in a patent cuso
was conunenteti on JuQlelally in a Into case
as follows ; "An experience of fourlech
years in patent litigation leas convinced the
court that when an expert undertakes to
prove that his adversary's process or ma-
cimumo is a failure hum always scores a suc-
cess. It is much easier to make a mmehluo
that will not work than ono that wmil.
In nnotlmer patent case respecting a
netlmd of clarifying watrr , Limn sane Judge
says. It the attempted process of ph'lo
logical filtration has produced turbidity hm-
stead of lucidity , the excuse many be found
in tine fact that a vast mass of 'auspcndel
matter' was introduced directly to the Judl-
clal filter bed without time preliminary 'sod
hnenlatlon' ' of am oral argument ; '
Where a witness testified that a toothm
crown was made and put In his moutlm at a
date witch made it in anticipation of :
patent on such crowns , and was still in its
place and in use , some criticism was made
by time counsel on time other side upon time
failure to put the crown itself in evidence ,
but the court said ; "As was suggested at
Ilme argument , it Is not unfair to assume that
time witness may have interposed an obJee.
lion to having hmis teeth marked as exhibits
in this case , preferring rather that they
ahould remain in his own tnouth , so bang
at least as it continued to be n 'going concern -
cern ; "
On a demurrer by a Now Jersey clergy-
I man to a complaint for slander , the plain-
tilt's attorney tiled the following brief :
"Points for Piautlff having vainly endeavored -
deavored to couprebeud { the 'specificatious
I
of grounds of demurrer' served iii tills cause ,
I have concluded that they must hnvo been
dm awn by the defendant huuself , while Imis
utiul w as burdened with chapter ix of limo
Book of ltovehations. The only thhmg clear
is that ilme tlefeudant considers he is y
privileged , when talIt iml g to itts 'flock , ' to
slander a public official. The mutthorllles
are against hint.
"Thou shalt hot raise a false report , Ex , ,
- ° 0:1. :
$
" 1'e shalt not steal , neither deal falsely ,
neither lie to one mmolher. Los' 19:11 : ,
"lie that speaketh truth showellm forth
righleousucss. l'rov. , 1217. ;
"Lying lips are abomination to time Lord ;
but they Umat speak truly are Ills delight.
II ) , , 22.
"A faithful witness will not lie ; limit a
false Witness will utter lies , ] b „ 14:5 : ,
"A rlghlcous moan lmateth lying. Iii. , 15:5. :
"The tongue of time wise usetlm Icnowledgo
arlglmt , but the tnouth of fools pourclh out
foollslutess. Ib „ 16:2 : ,
"A poor man Is better than a liar. lb. ,
19:22 : ,
"lVhorefore putting away lying , speak
every man truth about his neighbor , for we
are members one of another. Epheshms ,
4:25 : ,
"Thou shalt not bear raise witness against
tlmy neighbor , Ex „ 20:16. : "
Mrs , , Lo Gnlllenne , too wife of ihs poet ,
who is aow visiting this country , is a an-
tive of Denmark and has nmdu for herself
an enviable record as a nowspnper woman
both ht London and Copenhagen. Mr. std
Mrs , La Gnlllcnno were married shout a
year ago In France.
; J It is theprinaryduty
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of every' wommn to wear
( 11 _ and ranessof lmcaltliili
Mm is out of woutarn'a nat.
i , , a anal mnissioas to please ,
I and one of time first at-
' 1 tributes of u pleasluir
w'oamatr is ml Ca111pICxlen
'tI4 : L. that shows the biooma
1 of Itcalllt ,
l 9 No nmtlcr how beau-
, I flint n woman ntny be ,
t l at ( lie outset , if slue
I f suil'era ( room weakness
nod disease of tlmat ? ,
a delicate attd important
organiser that is time „
. threshold of h u m an 1
-
life , site m'iil soon slmow
traces of saiferiug In
her face , and very shortly become haggard I
and handy , She will lose bier amiurution
of manner , lira aparklc will fade from lmer
eyes and the roses from her checks , Imer
form will lose its roundness amid her step Ita
sprighmlliness , Dr , 1'lerce's itavnrite I're.
scdptlon iampata strength , health , vigor
nod virility to the fembminc organism , It /
allays infammaliomi , heals ulceration and
tones the nerves , It stakes wemtk women
strong 1h a wotnunly way and able to bear
tine burdens of maternity , it banislmes ( lie
suffering of time period of gestation , nut - .
pokes baby's advent easy and uhuast pail- '
less , It restores the lost complexion amid
imparta stromgtb , vitality amid imealllt to
the entire system ,
"I nth very thankful for what Dr I'lerce'a
favorite Prescription has done for me , " writes
Mrs , itna R. Smntllu , of Grenola , IIk ; Co. Kans.
"About a mouth before I was coniueti I had
each Palma that I could stand up only o Illll
wlpilc al a time. 1 could not rest at nlgld or at
any allow time. 1 could scarcely eat auything ,
1 brgao taking fir , Tierce's Favorite Preacttp
lion amid alter the second done I felt better ,
Prom Iheu until I was coofiaed 1 carrieti mill the
water that was used up a Iong hill and worked
h , time r arden rvery day , btddrs my other work
and did net feel at all bad. lvimelc the baby was.
born 1 bad a very easy time , Time women aid I
had an easier lithe than any one the ever air
for time first time. Time baby la very iirallhy. t
yet tip she was fvr days old , Aler twa
days i began may own work and fell stout and '
ttcalthy , '
i '
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send 21 enc cent staumps , to cover maiiing
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