Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1892, Page 7

RAT BAITING IN THE DEPARTMENTS. Ferrets and Terriers in the Post Office and Treasury Buildings. ‘There was great sport up at the Post Office Department the other day. If it could have deen advertised beforehand and an admission fee charged the box office would probably havo done a big business. Even without this the audienco was a dis u one, being beaded by 2 cabinet officer, no less a person- age than Postmaster General Wanamaker, and comprising also several assistant postmaster gener@s—there are four in the department— ‘and a number of other officials. Twenty-seven big rats, gray old patriarchs of the rodent tribe, that had infested the dark vaults of the building for years and grown wily and fierce, wore cornered in a room and did battle royal with three undersized but lucky terriers. They say it was a great fight Ko“one had an opportunity to referee the rounds. From the beginuing until the end was a scrambling, scurrying bunch of rats mixed up with the threo dogs, ous aqueals interrupted by triumphant barks, crnuching of backbones between sharp little ‘teeth, an cecasioual angry yelp froma bitten terrier, and above all the din rising the applanse of the spectators who stood in the doorway watching the scene. The rats were outclassed, but they made the best fight they could. ‘They were finally yy the terriers. One of the wit- e of sporting blood in_ his ‘said afterward that it beat acock fight I hollow, and as for a dog fight—wel!,a dog fight wasa’t in it DESTROYING THE FIL For several days previous @ professional rat catcher had been operating in the basement, led by ae of ferrets and the terriers. The rats were destroying the files and it was necessary togetrid of them. This modern pied piper of Hamelin put the ferrets in the Fat holes to kill any rate that ually the rate were driven ferrets aud would come out at the opposite end of the building. That's how so piauy were cornered in one room. At least 500 rats were killed aud it is thought the ouild- id of them altogether. RAT BAITING IN THE TREASTRY DEPARTMENT. The fame of this exploit spread abroad. The Treasury Department people heard of it and sent for the pied piper of Hamelin. He agreed to clear oat the rats and promised to do all be could to duplicate the sport which had been erjoyed at the Post Office Department. A Messenger stood ready to summon the ex- tant officials as soon as “time” should be ‘The clerks who knew of it kept their eves on their chiefs, ready to follow them when they were called to witness the fun. IESINE PROMENADERS SCATTERED. One day the latter part of last week, at the noon hour, a number of the women clorks were Ppromenading up and down one of the long cor- nidors, taking a little exercise and exchanginy little femimine secrets and bits of department during this midday reces. There were ¥ fifteen or twenty in the length of the corridor. Suddenly at the upper end of the corridor there were iy pursued by a terri me like the charge of the lig n to the right of them, women f them, on came the three rats. |; & man who was there say pt! ‘There was one long concerted feminine riek, several flashes of white. aud in about twelve seconds the corridor was empty. ‘The rat killer operated in the buil several days and killed a la cials are kicking becax uch fun as the Post 0: Mustered In on the 10th of April. A correspondent of Tux Sram culls atten- tention to the fact that the date of the mus- tering in of company A, Union regiment of this city. into the three months’ service of the United States was April 10, 1861, and not April as stated in the records of the War Depart- ment. The files of Tue Sta for 186i show that the company was mustered in toa man April 10. Tue Stan of April 11, 1961, doser; bing. the ceremony says: “Company A of the Cnion ment, Capt. Carrington. 106 men, having a ap in line north of the depart- t building were inspected by tor Stone, after which Maj. McDowell, 3 A, called the roil The was then’ read and the men ordered to hold up the right hand ungloved and repeat the words of the cath, swearing allegiance tothe Untted States, to resist ail enemies and opponents of the said United States whatsoever; to obey the and ~ their oath because they were unwilling to be ordered out of the District were told by the inspector general that there was no probability of their being so ordered, when they consented unani- mously to be sworn in After they were mustered in Capt. Carrington delivered an address to his men,congratulating them that not one of them had proved recreant to bis country Cena The Storage Battery Motor. ‘The president of a storage battery company who was recently quoted ins Stas editorial, and whose remarks as quoted elicited » com- munication from the electrician of the Metro- politan railroad, writes to Tux Stan as follows: “In your issue of 22d instant I read « long communication from the electrical engineer of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, in which he makes reference ta. some quotations ou made from a letter of mine to your paper. Hea you seen fit to printall my letter the en- gineer’s reply could not have been made even with apparent consistency. He would not have tried to justify his course by referring to the unsettled state of litigation over storage bat- tery patents, for he would have been con- fronted by my statement that he had never asked for a license and that ifhe had [ am surs that he could have got one toth from the Ac- cumulator Company and the Consolidated Electric Storage Company. It is useless to cccupy your columns with discussions on the relative merits of storage bat- teres. The public would not compre- hend the subject. The engineer is relying o1 Plante battery, He is leaning on « brok. reed. No street car has ever yet been run @ Plante battery and none ever will be, ex- ceptexperimentaily. All the storage baitery cars that have ever been run in this country and Europe have had to be run by the Faure or Brush types. The engineer boasts that the Metropolitan has the largest and finest storage ry station in the world. Well, the build- ing is certainly very creditable and so are the engines and boilers, but when I was there som weeks axo there were no electrical mot oue. The car bodies storage batte: more at heart than I. The failure of the Met- ropolitan in their t work will be » serious blow to our interests, but fail it will, under its present just as sure as fate.” Good Templar Lodge Meetings. ‘A nowel and pleasing incident of Minnehahe Lodge meeting Tuesday evening was avisit from ® broom-drill company, girls in uniforms, of Mrs. Bishop's Undine Temple. At the close of routine business the company, in command of Prof. Kretechmar, drillmaster, went through its manual of ems, applauded frequently by the large and delighted audience. At ite close ‘Treasuror N. L. King presented to Mrs. Bishop for her temple, ig behalf of Minnehaba & handsome pares which had been collected juring the teresting musi Literary prograin inwhich the little people of the temple took prominent part was presented by Miss Nellie Smita. Officers of were clected as follovs: Henry F. Mamie Daniel, V. 1. Smith, F.S.; NT. MICHIGAN POLITICS. The State Conventions—Opposition to the Miner Law. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. Guaxp Rarivs, Micu., April 28. Two of the state conventions to elect dele- gates to the national conventions have already been held, the probibitionists and the republi- can, and two more are yet to be heard from, the demoeratic, which meets in Michigan May 4, and the people’s;party or industrial, in Lan- sing June 16. ‘The delegation to the prohibition national convention in Cincinneti will be headed by Sam'l Dickie of Albion and John Russell of Detroit, the former chairman of the national committee and the latter often called tho father of the prohibition perty. The delega- tion goes without instruction as to candidates. The state convention which was held in this city in March adopted resolutions emphatically opposing fusion in combination with the People’s ty, Farmers’ Alliance or any other political ‘organization and declaring im favor of « separate ticket throughout. Iwo Years ago the prohibitionists im a semi-fusion with the Farmers’ Alliance pole and four years ago ou t) showed « strengti ed very few recruits during the past four Years aud the combination of two years ago with the farmers wil! not work again, The vote this year will hardly exced 15.000. The prohibition party has so long been in the field that it has become a definite quantity, and the republica:s. who wero in former years the chief sufferers, no longer fear it, THE REPUBLICAN DELEGATION. The republican delegation to Minncapolis will bo led by D. A. Blodgett of this city, Jas. M. Wilson, Marquette; Chas. W. Wells of Sagi- naw, and D. M. Ferry of Detroit, and. like the ébitiouists, will go forth uninstructed by tate convention, although, unlike the cold- water disciples, they will have pretty well- defined ideas a8 to candidates, The con- worth and abihty of our distingui citizen, Gen. ,” but went no further. ‘Two of the district delegates are bound by i structions to Gen. Alger, but the other twent two have no entanglements of that kind. In Minneapolis Gen. Alger will in all probability Teceive a complimentary vote. It is under- stood that complimentary votes are to be passed around, and then the majority, if not the entire Michigan contingent, will flop over into Harrison camp. Next Harrison the choice would fall ou McKinley, providing always that Blaine re- mains out. In his own state the Alger boora this season has assumed very small propor- tions, and many prominent republicans and several very influential republican papers are opposing his vaulting ambition, In the na- tional convention, after the first ballot, Hur- rison can depend upon receiving the big ead of the Mickigun vote, if not the whole of it. ‘THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. ‘The democratic state convention in Muskegen May 4 will be all one way. The only name that will be mentioned in presidential connections will be thatof Grover Cleveland. and that will be a name with which to conjure shouts of rapture and wild applause whenever the speak- ers of the day want time to catch their breaths, All the county conventions thus held tave adopted Cleveluggl resolutions, and the state convention will likewise and bind the delegation to Chicago, with instructions to vote for the ex-President. Hill had an incip- boom early in the season, but that died early and easy. The western man cry was alxo heard when the year was young, but that has also disappeared and every Voice is now tuned to Cleveland. The Michigan delegation will undoubtedly be led by ex-Postmaster G eral Don M. Dickinson of Detroit, with Mayor Edwin F. Ubi of that city second on the list. ‘THE PROPLE’S PARTY. The people's party national convention will be held in Omaha on July 4 and the delegate from Michigan will be chosen June 16 at Lans- ing. The people's party in Michigan ix made up of the Farmers’ Al Patrons of Industr; Knights of Labor indred organizatious, and as yet is an unknown quantity which the democrats look upon with many misgivings. In the special elec— tion im this, the fifth congressiozal district, last fall to elect @ successor to Congressman M. H. Ford, deceased, the people’s party made its debut and polled about 2.500 vot ‘bis vote came chiefly from the democratic ranks, and Capt. Charles E. Belknap, the republican nom- ince, was elected by a plurality of nearly 2,000. the spring election in this city the peo- ple’s party polled 1,900 votes and the republ: can ticket was elected. In the election two years ago the industrial ticke nother mame for the peoplc’s, showed a trength of 13,198, and four years votes were cast for the union labor pr candidate. trength the var trial parties will show this year is problematic, and the figure they will cut in state politics can hardly be conjectured. The Farmers’ Alliance, which loomed up into prominence two years ago. and. was largely’ instrumental ii de- feating the republican ticket, is pract i ternal dissensions. The big vote cast in this city and district this spring and last fall can hardly be considered a criterion. as 1 issues affected the result. The people's party vote this year, no matter what its size may be, will come ebiefly from the democratic side of the house, and unless = combination can be made by which it can be kept inline for the democrats the results will be decidedly favorabie to the republicans, TO TEST THE ELECTORAL Law. As soon as the national conventions are dis- posed of and the candidates are in the field the Tepublicans will take steps to bring the Miner electoral law before the state supreme court to test its validity. Three of the fiv Justices of the supreme court are republicans, and in some quarters it is thought the fact will have an influence on the decision, but these apprehensions or hopes, as the case may be, are not well founded. ‘The republicans in the recent state convention nominated electors and were careful to nomi- uate oue in each district, so that if the law should be sustained thi id proceed with the campaign without del The democrats will name their electors at the state nominat- ing convention in July or August, and unless the supreme court is heard from to thy contrary wilt proceed Jaw. under the provisions of the new —_+—_—_ Grocery Clerks and Sunday Work. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: From a purely humanitarian standpoint it is to be hoped that the bill recently introduced to prohibit the sale or delivery of ice on Sun- day will become a law, and, while the mattor is under consideration and the rights of the working people are being gonsidered, I think ite timely suggestion that the sale or delivery of groceries on Sunday can readily be dis- pensed with. There are no harder worked or poorer paid class of employes anywhere than found working im the stores of our city. Going ning at § or 6 o'clock, in many instances er symeiai ok Sie oats engaged in setive r (frequently on 3 being Soptees ‘of their meals) until $ Selock in HEE ff ie H HE ity i Hal ret! i i : : i IN THE OHIO DISTRICTS. Congressmen Who Have = Good Chance to ‘Retarn. Spectal Correspondence of The Evening Star, Crxcrexatt, Onto, April 28.—The new redis- tricting gives the republicans fourteen sure dis- tricts, democrats, five, and two doubtful, with small republican pluralities Of the present democratic delegation the only members who are likely to be returned are Layton, Outh- been put io a district which gives about 800 ma- jority for the republicans, but it is understood ‘that Harter will make the race again, and as this is considered one of the uncertain dis- tricts he stands a show to be re-elected. ‘The present republicat: delegation from this state aro, Congress, mn the Cincinmati district, and it is repor First Assistant Postmaster General Whitfield is an aspirant for Congressman Caldwell’s shoes, ‘The old district of Gen. Grosvenor has been jored, and hé cam k to Washington if he desires to do so. Col. Robert E. Doane will Ve renominated from the Wilmington district, and so will Gen. Enochs of the Portsmouth and Taylor of the Cleveland district. here are a great many ambitious statesmen who want to go to Congress this year from the new districts aud some stubborn fights will take place in the republican districts, It is too early iu the fight to tell yet who will capture the coveted honors, except in the instances be- fore referred to. ® Layton will receive a renomination in the democratic fourth and it is also probable that Donovan will be similarly honored. Haynes has uot signified his inteation to run a; but as it would be his third term. whici trary to democratic precedent, he will have opposition. Outhwaite of the capital district way also be returned. bat he has strong op- position, which at present centers on Judge Saffon of Columbus, Houk of the third is also mu democratic district, but he will be vigor- ously opposed by Sorg, the millionaire tobacco manufacturer. Owens’ of the fourteenth may also have to give way to a new man, Pattison, Dungan, Johnson, Pearson, War- wick are now in republiean districts, aud should they agree to run it will be only for the sake of the democratic party, as none of them with the possible exception of Johnson, who is quite popular in the city of Cieveland, whi usually uncertain politically, has any chauce of wre-election. Warwick, who defeated McKin- Joy, bas been put back in the district that ox- isted betore the democratic yerrymander two yeurs ago. INTERESTED ONLY IN NATIONAL POLITICS. The ieading men of both parties are devot- ing all their time now to national politics, and nothing will be done in the way of congres- sional nominations until after the nominating conventions at Minneapolis aud Chicago. ‘The Cieveland and Hill, or, rather, anti-Cleveland, democrate will have a hard tussle for euprem- -y wt the state convention. Campbell and his friends are for Cleveland, but the “antis,” le by the nuati Enquirer, will make a much better fight then they did against the r - nation of Campbell. ‘The delegates from Cin- ciunati wall be against Cleveland without much doubt, and the enemies of the ex-Prosident say that the Olio delegation will contain a majority against him, The Thurma: and two or three of the Ohio Cougr for Cleveland, and they wield a co influence, which will make the contest au in- teresting on The big guns of the democratic party are desirous of gomg to Chicago, and the two factions representing the Cleveland and anti- Cieveland sentiment have already commenced to pick out their men, but it is impossible to tell at this early day who they will be. It ail depends upon which wing of the purty has a majority in the convention. As usual, there il be plenty of politics in Ohio this year, but what is quite unusual, Ohio hus no candidates for @ position on either national ticket, Anglers and Black Bass, To the Editor of The Evening Star: If the anglers for black bass, who are so much disturbed by recent enactments of the general assembly of Maryland, will turn to your issue of April2they may draw light and consola- tion from the following interpretation of the several sections published therein. See. 41. it shall be unlawful to catch, or try to catch, fish at any time by sleigh ridi: y trot or outlines set with bi No penalty. ‘They may be taken in seines, dip nets, pots, skillets, sieves, push carts, by bow and arrow, trot or out lines set with dead bait, or by the use of any explosive that stuns, but does not kill. Sec. 46 A. It shall be lawful to take base weighing half a pound, or more, by any con- traption whatsoever throughout the year. Lightweights may be taken, if possible, with hook and line at any time. Sec. 46 B. (Maryland claims the Potomac to high water mark on the Virginia shore). Any person or persons, standing, sitting or reclin- ing upon a platform on the Virginia shore above high water mark, or in the-crotch of a tree or a-stradle a limb thereof, at the cle tion prescribed, may fish therefrom without molestation and carry off all they catch, as this section applies only to persons within the state of Maryland. Sec, 46 E. Be it farther enacted, for the pro- tection of the innocent and law-abiding angler, e of this act, 'y buck or roe bass weighing less than one- half pound shall carry scales. DIGEST OF THE SEVERAL SECTIONS. The angler may go a-fishin’ at any time and take bass of any weight. And he will be pleased to know that the governor of Maryland, ap- ‘iating the arduous labors of the perplexed legislators, pnt this bill in his poeket. ‘April 26, 1892, Piscaton. How the Family Was Cared For. To the Editor of The Evening Star Having noticed in your valuable paper an article headed ‘Suggestions to the Charitable,” signed “A Traveler,” I would like to say some- thing in reply: We donot like to have him leave Washington under the impression that we have no places for such cases as he men- tioned. Ido not know how much time was lost before he found Mr. L. 8. Emery, but we do know it did not take Mr. Emery long to find a place for them. ‘The mother and three chil- dren were sent to the Hope and Help room: 92134 E street northwest, where they were care for until the man came As he eould not be received at the Hope and Help was taken care of at the Children’s Aid So- ciety, 927 E street northwest, until the family left the city for the west. We would like to say for the benefit of strangers and others that if they sce any one in distress and apply to any police officer the officer can direct them speedily to where help can be obtained. Peter B - Cases of Distress Near at Home. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: The sending of relief to suffering and starv- ing people in other parts of the globe is noble, but we even find here at home, where plenty is supposed to be, some who aro sorely in want, deprived of the necessities of life because the country does not furnish enough employment. I know several who are very much in need, but shrink from ir wants be made who To public, They are out of employment by no mult of their ‘Their distress is kn givon six months in jail and the court ordered restitution of property. A plea of guilty was entered in thé case of colored woman named Frances Cooper, who was charged with stealing two pieces of jewelry from Nergplentomt got Lucy Lows Mr. te ton, ber counsel uggested that the goods had been recovered, and as it was her first offense he asked that a fine instead of a jail sentence be imposed. The court imposes 10. A colored woman named Mary Mitchell, alias Jones, was arraigned for the larceny of a brreolet and a gold ring belonging to Henrietta Boggs. Detective Carter bad a li iu ‘arresting Mary. managed out of sight of the officer while the latter was waiting for her to arrange her toilet, and in escaping from the house she carried a window sash with her. = et guilty to taking the articles aud said she had intended returning them, but during the two weeks they were in her posses- sion she did not have un opportunity to tal them back. In consideration of her previo good character the court imposed « fine of $20 instead of imposing a jail sentence. Poli yuch of the eighth precinet ap- peared as the prosecting witness In the next case. The defendant was a twelve-year-old boy named Alexander J. Palmer, and he was charged with robbing a tool bag on a bicycle at the base ball grounds. Tho boy admitted his guilt and claimed that another boy persuaded him to steal the con- tents of the bay. There was a wrench, oil cin and screwdriver. Thv dufendant sold them for 2 cents, Lawyer Closs asked that sentenco be sus- pended in the case us he was sure that the boy would not re] tha offense. “I hope he won't,” said the judge, “the Inst Voy who went away under a suspension of sen- tence evon returned and had to be sent to the reform school.” A fine of $5 was imposed. ——— DEEMING ON TRIAL, The Australian Criminal Loses His Jaunty and Indifferent Air. Fred. Bailey Deeming, when he was ar- raigned for trial in the central criminal court in Melbourne yesterday presented a marked difference from his conduct at the inquest Yesterday he was quiet and depressed and looked very much disappointed when the judge decided that no further delay would be granted and that the trial should at once be proceeded with. After the jury had been selected and the usual formalities complied with the public prosecutor began his opening speech, in which he arrayed with almost irresistible force all the facts in connection with tho murder of tho prisoner's wife. Deeming had put aside the flippant ait that characterized him at the previous hearing and he listened closely to the proseentcr speech, paying no attention to the crowd that thronged the court room, eager to see the crim. inal whose many evil deeds have brought him worldwide notoriety. All the witnesses who had testified at the inquest were bound over by that official to testity at the trial, and they wore all Present. Evidence was given as to the finding of the body of Mra, Williams, so the name runs in the indictment, under the flooring of the empty house at Windsor. Dr. Mullen: tified that he had mude & car: ful examination of the body, and opinion, the woman had been struck a violent blow on the head prior to her throat having been cut, This, he said, was oleariy established by the effusion of blood to the eyes. John Stanford, a butcher, who owned the house at Windsor in which the murder was committed, testified to hiring the place to Deeming, who was known to him as Williams, in November last, His tenant had gone aw: without notifying him that he had given up! possession of the house. A number of witnesses gave evidence to es- tablish the identity of the dead woi Elizabeth Spedding, who at the time the murder was committed lived next door to the Deemings, said that at abont Christmas— she could not recall the exact dute—she heard atnight the sound of work going on in the Deeming house. It sounded to her like the lapping and striking of a trowel in the con- struction of brickwork. It will be remembered that the hole in which the body was placed by the murderer was covered with a thick layer of cement, Some of the passengers on the steamer Kaiser Wilkelm Il, on which Deeming aad iis wife came out from England, testified that Deem- ing appeared to treat his wife kindly om the voy: Counsel for the prisoner asked the judge to disregard the piea of not guilty previously en- tered by Deeming. He had pleaded thus, counsel said, against the advice of his lawyers and he now desired to withdraw that pea, The judge said ate later stage of the pro- ceedings he would ask the jury concerning the request of counsel, ‘The court then adjourned. owe UNWILLING TO BE AN ACCIDENT. Senator Palmer's Views on the Action of the Illinois Convention. Senator Palmer expressed himself as well satisfied with the result of the Illinois conven- tion, “The resolutions,” said he, “express my views better than I could have done. If the convention can nominate Cleveland with the feeling that his nomination will be acceptable to New York andto the great mass of the democracy I am for him. I believe he is the ‘strongest leader the party hasand I prefer to put all personal con- siderations aside and see the strongest leader put in command.” The Seuator would not state whether he believed Cleveland would be acceptable to New York or not, and said that was a matter for the conven- tion to decide. If, however, ‘it was ion? or impracticable to vention must look elso- He would be satisfied if the conven- tion looked his but be never desired to occupy the position of a political accident. icetariad dh ata How Mr. Sessions’ Fortune Was Divided. Francis C. Sessions, the millionaire banker of Columbus, Ohio, who died four weeks ago, and who had many friends in this elty, where he frequently visited, left his estate, valued at and visit to Dut recently, pad ‘their annual cousin, Mr. city, At . W. Metcalfe, in this that time he enjoyed perfect health, ‘Why Cincinnatt Isn’t Pleased. It is customary when a new war ship wnamed in honor of a city for the citizens of that place to contribute « fund for the purchase of s silver sister ship Fe a § E i | ‘819, 621, 623 Tthet aw. A smell cash deposit, the balance in small’ webkly or monthly payments, uonotes to sign and 6 per cont all settlements made within thirty @aya. ‘Such sre our terms for the purchase of any article or sbout the house, Such things es Mattings and Refrig- ‘eretors demand your attenticn. Right here we desire to eay that we have made unusual preparation in these nes, Our stock of Matting, Linoleum and Ouleloth incomplete, We lay them on your floor without extra coat, + ‘We know that you will not be disappointed ta our stock of Retrigerature—we never carried so many be- fore. All eizes, all prices, from 96 to $60. Made by i. Armiger & Son, and captured the highest Paris award in 1889, We nover tire of talking to you about the Plush or Hair Cloth Parlor Suites we sell for $28 cash or $30 on time, We have sold Bundreds of theta ‘and have yet to hear the first compisint. We should like to have —_—_see the Plush-covered Parlor Suite we soll for $45; atx pieces, frames of aolid oak. Our high- grade Parlor Suites in Plush. Brocatelle, Tapestry and Wilton Rug are¥5 percent cheaper than ny house tn becity, When you visit us ask to eee the Solid Oak Bed Room Suite for $17 cash, $18 on time. Ifyou ‘noed a carpet our Brussels at 60c.per yard cash or G50 on time will please you Ingrain Carpet, 35c. per yard cast, 40c. on time All carpets made and laid without extracost. Nocharge for waste in matching fizures. We sel; a Siz-foot Oak Extension Table for $4.25 cas or $4.50 on time. can furmeb your house, or any part of it, at asmsil outlay of ready cash, and our credit prices aro lower tuan cash prices 40 some stores. Gnooaws Masmwora Czeorr House, 819, 821, 823 Tthat. Bw Bot, Hand Lats, Bz Ox Tx LooKouT! WERE AFTER YOUt “From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of tho same.” ‘Not for the purpose of inflicting bodily injury or working a wrong. On thecontra:¥, we soek to do thee 00d. Wo do not promise you all the luxuries of life—for ten cente a day—but we do fromise to furnish FINE READY-MADE CLOTUING TO ALL MEN AND BOYS At a cost not exceeding TEN CENTS A DAY, Rather a nove! proposition—isn't tt? The vightly and vervicoable Suits of Clothes, Sacks and Cataways, which wo soll to men At $7.50 a Buit WIM stick close to the wearer for @ much greater period of time than—seventy-five daya ‘Likewise—-thoe Suits which we soll At 810 a Suit ‘Will cleave to the form whe more than an hundred days shall have fled But how many men thero are who waste dozene of dimesa day and yet gothiough the streets sbabbily clad! ‘When they set their arms akimba- ‘Show sleeves out at the elbow. Asign, as it were, Of poverty there, Ask them the reseon why— ‘With a drooping of the oye— ‘The answer comes—i don't know! But they do know, and so do we know. I mes, which rapidly cumulate intodollars. Take those nickels and dimes drop them into the alot AT HOME end Beiamnnaed atthe venta It is the will- OK. sab] to dress frendeomely, and live happtiy. You will then be YOUR OWN MASTEL—abie to bay Suite of Clothes at any - 1 81250 | 13.50 20 | $1 ike ¥ being satisfied iu our owt AT Ho! Mg you many dimes: BRING THE BOYS. bs for thetn. UE TRICOT SUITS Sizes 4 to 14 yearn, AT 64 4 SUIT. = AND Bo ant on, ape Cay aTTes SETS 04.75 AND $5. re are ablo drop into the we BOYS: LONG PANTS SUITS. izes 13 to 1 83.60| 94.03; Men's, Youths’, Boy: Victor E. Avrsws TREN PER CENT CLOTHING HOU, 927 and 920 7th at. u.w.,cormer Massachuses ave. Srnictry Oxs Paice, Open Saturday until 11 p.m. ap7-3m Tarenios. Hovszzor Waszs, PARTICULARLY SUCH AS ARE ADVERTISED BY CASH HOUSES FOR FIFTY CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, ARE DEAR AT ANY PRICE, AND THE WIDE-AWAKE HOUEKEEPER IS THE FIRST TO APPRECIATE THE HZINOUSNESS OF THE DE- CEPTION. SHE ACCORDINGLY TAKES A SMALL PORTION OF HER HARD-EARNED SAVINGS, RESERVING THE BALANCE FOR FUTURE EXIGENCIES, AND PURCHASES FROM US EVERY POSSIBLE COM- FORT, SHIELDING HERSELF AND ¥AMILY Of) UNDER THE WING OF OUR EQUITABLE CREDIT SYSTEM, WHICH SERVES ALL WITH A UNIFORMITY OF PRICE, AN HONESTY OF REPRESENTATION ANDAN EQUITY OF DEALING PECULIARLY OUR OW, REPAYING US IN SMALL PARTIAL PaY- MENTS BY THE WEEK OR MONTH, 48 HER CIR- CUMSTANCES MAY DETERMINE THE EASIEST. DISPENSING BENEFACTIONS TO RICH AND POOR ALIKE, ALL FEEL AT EASE WHEN SELECT- ING FROM OUR MERITORIOUS LINE OF FURNITURE, CARPETS, MATTINGS, BABY CARRIAGES, GAS AND VAPOR STOVES, REFRIGERATORS, TOILET AXD DINNER BETS AND WORKS OF BT, HOUSE & HERRMAEWS CASH AND CREDIT HOUSES, 917, 019, 921 AND 923 7TH ST. axD 636 MASS. AVE. ¥.W. pes oper Se FP sce Pe Samira aaere puyats LESSONS BY AN EXPERIENG bec tutor, unt. reduate. “be} eee ‘aps-fetuls — scrwice couees as rem, tha. "send for catalogue N OONBERY Wiittigy Saar, te organ. voice, Gute, cariet "be. Frew adv Duplis. “OB. BULLAMD, Director. ry Eee sous Mee ABET! OT haat “Capital sno. 3 Sret-clese French, style Wutve sua salin Dreware Roars urs ie [PBs8es oF ALL MATERIAIS CLEANED AND DYED. NEW SPRING SEADES. & NEW PROCESS FOR DYEING GENTS sUITS. ‘Tue lining remains bright and clean. ANTON FISCHER, 906 G ST. NW. S14 PENN. AVE SE Gonds called for and delivered, mbsi OOD" EKCL, VSS poe stes. Now in food time to ol, Catalogues. ma ‘ORWOOD INSTITUTE, = BOARDING. AND DAT SCHPC FOR ToUNa ESTEE ens Fos Gis Axo Youxo Lins. A Modern fo16-tr High Grade ‘Boarding and Day Achool, MOUNT VERNON SEMINARY, 1100-1206 M st and 1124-1128 110 ot. Thoroughly equipped in all departments, Special advantages in Literature, French end Ger- man aud Music. A Home im which students have rare advanteges for Social training and ox; Hygiene, sanitation and physical comforts of the ‘most approved modern kind. Address, Airs, ELIZABETH J, SOMERS, 316 Principal, Sa" FPeienns: SELECT SCHOOL, 1811 IT. . W.— at any esoaattasteaertetret esate ban.eine aarti ASU EWE Elo. 188 AMY Cc. AY! PLANO AND HARMONY, Par Ube gerRuAN BoSnress onze: Tety eee ittnnd De wae ap, 5 : rae zeae Necme Tovedeg. Ser, tf as Enyvleh, PES Aiwonr ave MEDICAL, &c. Dp? = 464 C ST, BET. 434 AND 6TH BTS, ¥.W., Can be consulted dally from 10 to and 5 to 9. ap 27-61" stipation, pi ‘and all bervous stomach, kidneye, etc. ROFESSIONAL Si Pibe Strained, wiih dhe bast of Soedcal y applying at zt in 913 Ov at. nw. i. ROBERTSON, 016 & BT. N.W.. BETWL: Disin tna’ toun Pie eldeetrstabisapeceban tare lac graduates, with thirty yeare aud ~pecial practice. rantees Sieoesast eas care fu sil acute ab al - By ‘over 30 years USN Liberty si. Babinors ey Te Scaranctoreet ednesday and saturday at S16 E ac uw from, 1 to Zhouid hot besttate to ethy con- fidential. ap25-160" | BROTHERS” INVIGORATING OuRDIAL D: ws efal Nerve ints ‘Tonic. Of ai tbe are and sest, there is no. oaaal to thie It picker ea a or Waanlngton Ladies, ® to 1 Geutiowean from 3 to 6. JR. MULLER. 1027 OTH ST. N.W. TREATS ALL chronic affections of r, throat. liver, kidneys and wo diese are ore, tolgamenisto? pm Oana eet : DENTISTRY. & DENTAL sient Dap mek and best equi the eaiecesene evened te ther column. ee2l =, full ' ned plates. fall set, #33 50° wore é iy refunded on any PERE Esha of the neraral tooth ape cialty. baad EVANS DENTAL PARLORS 1817 Penn. ave. nw. Garry Scrrs CLEANED, Linings and Buttor Holes kept io their former ‘color and shape. DYEING IM ALL SHADES ACCORDING TO SAMPLE. AF Bonxor, SOCOURER AND DYER Southeast cor. 17th and Fairmount ave. BRANCH STORES 1535 Chestnut st., Philadelphia » Philadelphia. AND CAKOLINE rand Maison Yriowe. PIANOS AND ORGANS. SOC RAKAUER PIANOS ARE EXCELLENT IN . ular gud of thorough solid work ‘emt pty Get Fepait PEERLESS SOHMER PIANO 18 ON EXi1 61 ome cur ware rooms; a full ine of pianos snd at mm installments, MUGO CO. 088 Tih xt nw. we aide vis os, in tone, touc, durability, fu slowance of styles.” Filty years bave. proven the. supreme excelieuce. HANG PakLons, 611 thee Prize medal Paris Exposition. 200 first premtn: enitar” od ner eteees nae ar ich toad can take the piace uf ee pete PPEIFFER & CONtI Specisl attention of “Pu sis Arisa Siyice, wet DEcouativina SECOND-HAND, PL ry ost every wel conmtry. in t ee low figures. SPECIAL INDU im and in terms, which will be: MONTHLY INSTALLMENT wher denired WM. KNABL & CO, 817 Market Syac BICYCLE (Pitor cxcres. CAPITOL CYCLES. WASHING TON OYCLE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS Hih Grade Ladics’ and Geutiemen’s Cushion and ‘Poeumatic Safeties. Liberal discount for cash. Photo mailed on application. FACTOKY 809 WATEX ST. S.W. ar? vited totherr HIGH: wn make in the oaed out at vory TS ofered both aged on EASY SINGER. BICYCLES! a nciccnie on seemeenees you rides No. you Bot 5 ‘Teke our advice, buys SINGER and be PSE BIA, WESTERN WHE largest paoaeuore iGRORE Insirectign ecboel in sunr. Gutrutes instruction ATWATER CYCLE 142. BIG YOLE E ssectiaic oe Usui CUsHION TRE mi rity 220 COMPANY, Pa ave nw. cS Sug H ST, NW. ‘AND TENTH STREETS. ‘(Lessons free 10; SMITH WHEEL MFG CO. PROFESSIONAL. “ ‘ev and North Capital sts y Seen Viewer ou teas Wea So th, Pad Q ate Pilla, NEW YORK AND THE Fy Reveal 1235.0 "On an bh 80. 3.15, 4.20. 2 ei Vesiibaie 7 Pamenges Coaches abd Dining ain wook days “OONGKESBIONAL LIMITED.” Wien dining car trou Baltimove fon Now York, « so Sul change care e Strectatation, Phtiedcith stor Bros You fultarubais Ost Fast Express, 7.50 ato. week Gaya, and S43 1 ‘aatiy. Accouanodation, $00 a.m daily. Express, ¥.01 anil © » 7 200m, and 4.36 p.m é 0, 9.00 and 11.50 am. and 4p, daily excep: Sunday, Sundae, BOO am 745. 4. od 10:08 pon vodation for Quapticn. 745 a1. dai The 4.90 and 10.57 « | Westorn Manessas for Provt Roya! and % ly for all pal ‘Y6».m.—Daily forall principal potute aout il Divisions of kichmoud and Deville Bywtons, at Biewve? New Fork, and Weaningee founectiug: thence ‘bt Strasburg daily. «. wie eper for A . i Bleever fr Ashevillesand. Mc Daily, oxoept Sunday. for Warrentos Orange, aud throust train for Froat Moye! and ®: Af 09 pm Daily, WASHINGTON AXD 80 westeiy vesiticie thw rely. ot Pulitna ing Cars, and runs to HGlutaat sleeper: throaeh om > Pan, exept Bunday ine ernie ion 6:30 aim, 3 SE pun daily ond 6-53 am. d. Pasaong ton, Dec. as ALTINUKE AND Uiio BA. ne Lacminart on 6 r wa Staunton. 110.40 a.m, Wachter a 18.3 30 p. p.m. Sundays, For Broderick, 111-30 For Hagerstown. $10.40 x OVAL BLUE LINE 7 30 nm. ». Pe Fok EW YORK AND Pr ror aig ore ‘or Atipatic City - and 12.00 noon. crime of suburban trains eee time tables, tobe nT atest (CHESAPEARE 4: D OHIO KAILWAY. LE IX EFFECT NOVEMBER 15, 180). Caronve dni from union sation th and Bem id B ts 2.00 p. Wasbiugtow to: fist uats ot ‘Ciwcinnatt without + convecting In the Un POTOM AC RIVER BOATS. GEORGE LAW, FOR ALL KI Sea etge th et what erey eunasyy Fond Friday at 7 racine NEADDANGE. Avent. TOMB OF WASHINGTOR. Untll further notice the Palatisl Iron apd Steak Steamer CHARLES MACALESTLE will leave bee