Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1893, Page 4

4 ‘THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER. 14, 18983-SIXTEEN PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. ‘THURSDAY.........December 14, 1893. - Editor. ‘THE EVENING STAR has a regular CROSBY S. NOYES.. Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no com- petitor. &7Im order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected =. = fice, but simply to THE or the Editorial or Business Department, according to tenor or purpose. Sen tera thenetgcre satis eal, tear aie The peculiar brand of statesmanship which recognizes no difference between the * relations of the republic to its capital and the relation of the United States to Sque- dunk, Mo., was on tap in Congress on Mon- day. National contribution toward the municipal expenditures of the capital is the rule among the civilized nations of the world. Contributors to The Star have pointed out how such contributions have been made in Berlin, London, Paris, Vienna, St. Petersburg, and for a long time Rome. ‘These contributions are first in lieu of taxes, reimbursing the municipality for ex- penses incurred in connection with national property for which other property-owners of the city are directly taxed. Most munic- tpal expenditures, such as those for police and fire departments, for paving and im- proving, for supplying water, sewers, etc., have direct reference to property, and the property thus protected and benefited justly pays therefor, no matter who owns it. Otherwise the government, which is steadily increasing its holdings for public purposes im Washington, and thereby reducing the taxable area, would impose a constantly in- creasing load of taxation upon a constantly decreasing body of taxpayers, with the re- sult, if we might imagine the carrying of the process to its logical extreme, of com- pelling a single individual taxpayer to sus- tain until his back breaks the burden of supporting a great capital city, owned by a government which exempts itself from all financial responsibility in connection with its property. National contributions to a capital's sup- port are not, however, based solely on the theory of equitable indirect taxation. It often happens that municipal development and the corresponding municipal expendi- tures are on a grander plan and scale in the case of a capital, simply because it is the capital, and because national pride an national affection demand a conspicuous difference between the progress and ap- pearance of a self-supporting, self-develop- ing city and the city which has the honor to be the nation in miniature. In this ease the nation justly shares the extraordi- mary expenses which it imposes upon the capital, as such. In all the European capi- tals national expenditures have been made which are justified upon this basis alone. But in the case of no other city in the world has a nation so committed itself in equity to the maintenance of its capital as im the case of the creation of Washington by this republic. It was founded as the na- tien’s city. Power of exclusive legislation over it was reserved to the nation by the Constitution. Actual ownership of a greater part of its area was secured by the nation. In connection with the gift to it of nearly three-fourths of the soil of Washington, in erder to sell lots carved from this gift, the mation promised that Washington should be the permanent seat of government, and pretended that this permanent capital would be improved at national expense without regard to the scanty population that would be at first attracted to it. The nation planned a magnificent city upon the prop- erty which it owned by gift and in the ter- ritory over which it had power of exclusive legisiation. The plan contemplated an area of streets, avenues and reservations, ridicu- ; jous in the case of a self-supporting com- mercial city, but entirely suitable for the rational city of the great republic to be developed at the nation’s expense, in grati- fication of national affection and national | pride. Having secured this magnificent donation and pocketed the proceeds from | the sale of lots the nation failed until 1873 to meet its promises. In that year it re- turned half-way to the original and ap-| propriate idea of the federal city. This guardian, who, for three-fourths of a cen- tury, was unfaithful to his trust, now, with- out making the slightest restitution for the wrongs of the past shares the expenses of | the ward whom he bound himseif in the! beginning to support—and Squedunk calis/ it charity, and an outrage upon tax-paying | Squedunkians! The people of Washirgton are not at any disadvantage when ccmpared with the peo- ple of Squedunk. They nave risked life and shed blood in every national war. They furnished the first volunteers and supplied more troops in excess of their quota in the civil struggle than any state except one. They have paid their proportion of every national tax, direct and indirect. They have contributed in proportion to population far more than any other American community for national purposes. They gave to the nation five-sevenths of the soil of Wash- ington, an acquisition pronounced by Jef- ferson “really noble.” They thus supplied the fund from which most of the original public buildings were erected. Nearly all the work of street improvement and capital making, which was done for three-fourths of a century, was done by them. From 1790 to 1878, according to the report of a Sec- retary of the Treasury, they expended $14,- 000,000 more than the United States in this, the nation’s task, in addition to $25,000,000 spent on local government, schools and for other municipal purposes. They now pay $1.50 per $100 taxation on everything that they own, the assessment being outrageously high, far beyond the rate in other cities, in many cases more than the property will now bring. In lieu of taxation upon its property at the capital which the municipality protects and benefits in many ways, in recognition of the implied contract and obligation on _the nation’s part which arises from the circumstances and conditions of the city’s creation, and in gratification of the pride which is now felt by the nation in its beau- tiful capital upon the Potomac the nation will, of course, maintain unalterably its festering relation toward Washington— Squedunk to the contrary, notwithstanding. tee From a source known to but few the American University, which is to be such 2 conspicuous feature in the Washington of ten years hence, has received a gift of $100,000. This pleasing fact was made pub- Me at a meeting of the university's trustees held yesterday afternoon and it added ma- terially to the enthusiasm of those whose hearts are set on the great task of estab- lishing at the nation’s capital another insti- tution of learning in the rank of the leading ones of the world. The motive power is American Methodism, and with such a tre- ™mendous force operating there can be no @oubt as to ultimate success. The work will proceed deliberately, as becomes such an undertaking, but the foundations are be- ing laid broad and deep so that they may support solidly a structure built for ages. ——_+ +s ____ ‘The effort to establish winter racing here fooks as if there were a powerful and #e- termined conspiracy aghinst congressional quorum. —_——+--.—___ It is decidedly comforting in these some- what depressing times to have a thoughtful investigator who is by no means an opti- mist congratulate the world upon its steady advance toward higher civilization. A keen eritic, but fair, is Prof. Goldwin Smith, the broad-minded Englishman who believes, and preaches his belief, that Canada would be many times more prosperous were she @ part of the United States. Prof. Smith has devoted much of his time to investiga- tion into social and industrial conditions and has come to the conclusion that the increase of poverty itself is a fiction. Ad- mitting the evident fact that the number f people, in all civilized countries, living in plenty and comfort, has vastly increased, he insists that. though with the vast in- crease in numbers there. is necessarily a positive increase of misfortune and destitu- tion, yet evn the poorest are not so ill off today as they were in the times of primitive barbarism, when famine stalked through the unsettled tribes, “though there was no ‘monopoly’ of land.” The professor is not a follower of Henry George, and whenever opportunity affords proceeds to make that fact plain. He admits that the London slums are hideous, but “they are a mere spot in a vast expanse of decent homes, which is represented as not only the mate of poverty, but its source.” Continuing his deeply interesting argument the professor shows his utter lack of sympathy with the nationalization of land movement by de- claring that while the two or three millions of English in the days of the Plantagonets had more room and larger shares of the free gifts of nature than the thirty millions now have, the working classes of those days “lived in chimneyless hovels, and, as Dr. Jessop thinks, had, in Norfolk, but a single garment, not more ‘wearing linen then than wear silk now.” Of course the sanitary conditions of the good old days were worse than they are in the year 1898 and the principal sufferers were the poor, one-third of England’s population having been swept out of existence at one time by the plague; and of the dead the poor were in @ vast majority. Times now are com- paratively hard and there is a distressing amount of individual suffering, but there are more opportunities for the moneyless man now than in any other era of the world’s history since clam shells were adopted as currency. Wealth has multiplied wonderfully, but the larger proportion of the increase went into wages and it is now an unquestionable truth that the conditions most nearly pertinent to the poorer masses are more favorable than they ever were. —————+2s__. The proposition that the printing of Post- age stamps should be done in this city by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is an excellent one from every point of view. ‘The chief of that bureau states that he can print the stamps as well end fora less sum than is now pald by the United States to a private firm in New York. Nobody denies now that the government ought to print its own paper money and bonds, though at one time the northern bank note companies that had a large proportion of this printing to do made a strenuous fight to retain it. And there is no good reason | Why a distinction should be made between |the printing of paper money and postage stamps. | People who have the interests of Wash- | ington at heart fail to see the force of the | argument advanced against an endeavor to roperly conéentrate at the seat of national | power the machinery needed to do the na- tion’s work. Viewed from the national or the local standpoint, the idea cannot but | meet with the approbation of permanent ‘residents of the District of Columbia. An |increase in industry here—whether it be controlled by the government or by indi- viduals—means added prosperity for this community through the increased expendi- tures necessary to carry on the work, what- ever it may be. It is understood that Postmaster General Bissell favors awarding the contract for stamps to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; in view of the fact that the bureau bid is much lower than any other he could hardly occupy any other position. Should he decide to have the work done here he will do no damage to any principle and will make a large saving to the na- tional treasury. —— + ¢e A U M? POPULAR SHOPPING PLAGE, 416 7th Street. OPEN EVENINGS. BEGINNING TOMORROW. Holiday Goods, Fancy and Useful, At Very Small Prices. WE HAVE REALIZED THAT FOR THIS YEAR'S CHRISTMAS TRADE THB PEOPLE WILL WANT ATTRACTIVE, USEFUL AND INEXPENSIVE ARTICLES, AND WE HAVE SCOURED THE MARKETS TO GET THE BEST VALUES POS- SIBLE FOR VERY LITTLE MONEY. HOW WELL WE HAVE SUCCEEDED A WALK THROUGH OUR STORE WILL DEMONSTRATE TO YOU. EVERY DE- PARTMENT IS STOCKED WITH MERCHANDISE WHICH WILL BE SOLD ‘aT POPULAR PRICES, Presents Given Away. EVERY PURCHASER OF $1.00 OR OVER WILL RECEIVE A PRETTY ORNA- MENT," WHICH IN MANY INSTANCES WILL HELP YOU DO WITH A PRES- ENT LESS TO BUY, Presents to AllChildren EVERY CHILD GETS A PRESENT. BRING THEM IN. OVERLOOKED, Japanese Pottery and Bronzes I=3 and 1-2 Their Value. A SHORT TIME AGO AN IMPORTER RECEIVED HIS FALL CONSIGNMENT OF GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE, AND WAS NOT THEN ABLE TO PAY EVEN THE CUSTOM DUTIES ON SAME. HE RAISED THE MONEY TO TAKE THEM OUT OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE, AND IMMEDIATELY SOLD THE ENTIRE LOT AT AUCTION TO REIMBURSE THE PARTIES FROM WHOM HE HAD BORROWED THE MONEY, WE BOUGHT THE ENTIRE LOT AT PRICES WHICH WOULD HARDLY PAY FOR THE DUTIES ON THB SAME. BELOW ARE A FEW OF WHAT WE ARE OFFERING—BY COLD TYPE YOU CAN GET NO IDEA OF THE BEAUTY AND ARTISTC VALUE OF THE ARTICLES WE OFFER, $20 and $25 Fine Vases.. $3.98 al $15 Beautiful Vases and Jars. $5. $10 Handsome Vases and Ornament $8.00 Artistic Vases........... ee $5 and $6 Ornaments, Vases and Ja: $4.00 Vases and Jars. NONE WILL BB $2.00 Trays for bureau, cards, &e. ‘Te. Bronze Pocket Match Boxes. $1.50 Bronze Pocket Cigarette Holders. $1.00 Pocket Napkin Rings... $8.00 Jardinieres. $2.00 Jardinieres. $1.25 Jardinieres. $5 upd $6 Bronze Candelabras, triple and single, unique and very fine... $2.50 Umbrella Stands. : $3.00 Tea Bets (7 pieces) a $2.00 Butter Dishes. . $3.00 Bronze Candelabras. AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER BEAUTIFUL, ARTISTIC ARTICLES SOLD IN ‘THE SAME PROPORTION, YOU MUST SEE THESE IMMENSE ASSORTMENTS IN ORDER TO APPRECIATE THE LOW PRICES ON SAME. Great Picture Values. Liliuokalani may comfort herself with the reflection that while there may be a great [deal of worry connected with the position of ex-queen of Hawaii this is nothing com- pared to the disquieting influences that sur- round the President of the United States. + 2 0 Lo Bengula is but a savage, separated from the pleasures and advantages of civil- ization, but he has succeeded in getting more different styles of portrait in the newspapers than ali the other public men of the day put together. oo ‘The czar is displaying great enthusiasm in putting his soldiers through their evolu- tions in the snow. Perhaps there ts after all the possibility of a genuine sportsman- like interest in winter racing. ——_ + +e Mr. Jerry Simpson's allusion some time since“to “the common people” affords room for the hope that he has so revised his costume as to be in harmony with the habits of Santa Claus. en Those who ere interested in sugar ex- press a conviction that the ultimate pros- pects for their product do not amount to a tariff-tinker’s expletive. an 8 "fA It is probable that Don Quixote neglected to undertake the quarrels of a Pacific Island queen because the idea never hap- pened te oceur te him. —- ree —___ With the arrests occurring in France and the proposition to increase the tax on beer here anarchy is indeed in a bad way. Mr. McKinley’s presidential boom appears to be altogether too powerful for restraint. — ee SHOOTING STARS. Alleged to Be by Mr. V “The extent of my fall ‘This small circumstance tells, Some people are spelling My name with two I's!” Al White Framed, Imt. Water Colors and Artotypes, Fine Subjects, Only 25c. Each. $1.50 Large Framed Pictures -95e. | $5.00 Fine Artotypes... $2.25 | $5.00 Water Color Studies. $3.95 | $1.25 White and Gold Easels Boys’ Clothiug. Sacrificing h WE HAVE DETERMINED TO CLOSE OUT OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF \ OFF. % OFF. BOYS’ CLOTHING AT ONCE, AND NOT WAIT WITH OUR SACRIFICE % OFF. 4 OFF. SALE UNTIL JANUARY. \ OFF. % OFF. WE WISH IT DISTINCTLY UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN WE SAY % =X OFF. % OFF. “DFF MARKED PRICES THAT WE GIVE YOU THE ONE-QUARTER OFF, \ OFF. % OFF. WITHOUT TAMPERING OR CHANGING THE PRICE TICKETS IN THE —\ OFF. % OFF. LEAST: YOU MANY SALES OF BOYS’ CLOTHING AT ONE-THIRD | OFF. % OFF. ‘OR ONE-HALF OFF. WE COULD DO THE SAME-COULD EASILY \ OFF. 4 OFF. MARK A $6 SUIT $10 AND THEN SELL-IT FOR $5. BUT OUR REPU- \ OFF. % OFF. TATION IN WASHINGTON WAS NOT BUILT UP BY BUSINESS OF \ OFF. 4 OFF.. THAT KIND. THE ORIGINAL PRICE TICKETS ARE ON EVERY GAR- —\ OFF. \% OFF. MENT, AND THE PRICES THERE MARKED ARE AS LOW-IF NOT \ OFF. % OFF. LOWER—THAN YOU CAN BUY A SIMILAR GARMENT FOR ELSE \ OFF. OFF. WHERE. % OFF, $2.25 Suits and Overcoa: $3.00 Suits and Overcoats. $4.00 Suits and Overcoats $5.00 Suits and Overcoa’ $6.00 Suits and Overcoats. $7.75 Suits and Overcoats. Holiday Book Sale, TO THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER VISITED OUR BOOK DEPARTMENT WB KINDLY ASK A CALL. OUR DEPARTMENT IS THE SE@OND LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES, IS CONTINUALLY STOCKED WITH THE LATEST PU! LICATIONS. NOT ONLY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, YEAR ROUND, AND OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST. Macauley's History of England, 5 vols., pub- Dore's Mlustrated Books, Bible Gallery, Usbed at $5, whole set for..........+++ ++++-98e. | Dante's Inferno, Milton’s Purgatory and Hawthorne's Works, 5 vols., cloth and gold, Paradise. BUT ALL THE A Misnomer. “What is your objection to private theat- ricals?” he asked of the sour-faced man. “The publicity thaf is invariably attached to them,” was the reply. Modest Wille. “Did you ever use a phonograph?” asked Willie Wibble’s friend. “No. I nevah yet said anything that I cared to give myself an encore on.” Equipped. “Are you ready to meet that solemn event in every man’s existence, the New Year?” asked the meditative man. “You bet I am,” replied his fitppant |friend. “I have more material for swearing | off than I ever had before in my life.” “What do you think of this scheme of raising the tax on soap?” asked Plodding Pete. “it's right,” said Meandering Mike; “put the taxes on the luxuries. Any man that uses soap orter be made ter pay fur it.” How It is Sometimes Done. “How did Borsting Glubbins get his meag- ler reputation for wit,” said the sarcastic man. “By telling his friends that all their best stories were chestnuts.” Modern Improvements. So change the years; the long ago When knights were ranging o’er the plain Through treasured books alone we know, For life has sought a gentler strain. Yet maidens sigh and lovers woo Exactly as they used to do, But swift steeds bear them not afar As in the days of Lochinvar. In vain we seek for that romance Which made the glory of its day The indolent and tarnished lance No longer wakes the minstrel’s lay. Yet youth will love, and age complain; And obdurate sweethearts bliss may gain By railway or by cable car, But not the steed of Lochinvar, —_+ += Works Both Wa: From the Chicago Times. That familiar quotation, “Barkis 1s will- in’,"" needs slight transposition to fit it for in-de-siecle needs—Willis is barkin’. ———~»- ee Comfort for the Judge. From the St. Louis Republic. Judge Philips should not be ashamed of having once been a railroad director. Few men have reached the judge’s age without having sown some wild gats. pub. at $6.50, whole set for Alex. Dumas’ Works, 2 vols... $1.25 Dickens’ Works, 10 vols., whole set for. Bulwer Lytton’s Works, 13 vols. +00 $3.98 George Eliot's Works, 6 vols., whole set for. $1.30 | pusxin's Works, 18 vols........ $9.25 Lnorcodhdeer ptari ani aachanaeae ay | Scott's Waverly Novels, 12 vols. $3.98 a aoa History of Rome, 3 vola. ‘$1.88 | Ruskin’s Stories of Venice... $2.50 Prescott's Conquest of Peru, 2 vols... $3. Prescott’s Conquest of Mexico, 3 vols. 98. | up. ALSO, THR LARGEST COLLECTION OF FINELY BOUND SETS, SINGLE ‘VOLUMES, FINELY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, &c., AT PRICES MUCH BELOW WHAT YOU WOULD ‘HAVE TO PAY ELSEWHERE. IT WOULD REQUIRE COLUMNS UPON COLUMNS OF THE STAR TO ENUMER- ATE THE BOOKS WE. HAVE IN STOCK. IT IS BY FAR THE LARGEST COLLEC- TION IN WASHINGTON. WE SELL BOOKS LIKE NOTIONS, AT THE CLOSEST POS- SIBLE PRICES. THE PUBLISHERS KNOW WE HANDLE IMMENSE QUANTI- TIES, THEREFORE WE GET THE VERY BEST PRICES AND CAN SAVE YOU MONEY ON EVERY VOLUMB YOU BUY. Holiday Handkerchiefs Fancy Boxes Given When Desired. SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES ON THE ALREADY BEST VALUES IN HAND- KERCHIEFS IN WASHINGTON. White and Colored Bordered Hand- 8e. Plat kerebte: 18. Plain White or Colored Handkerchiefs, em- broldered edges... 2c. White, Black and Handkerchiefs. .. 85e. Embroidered Swiss Handkerchiefs. . ‘7c. All-linen Embroidered Handkerchiefs. Children's Handkerchiefs, half dozen in a box, . 25e. and 44c. box. Colored Embroidered All-linen Hand-embroidered Handkerchiefs, -5e. 50c. oe tee Me ‘Te., $1.00, $1.60 and $2.00 each. Holiday Gloves. WHAT MORE ACCEPTABLE PRESENT CAN YOU GIVE? YOU RUN NO RISK AS TO NOT GETTING THE CORRECT SIZE, FOR WE FIT ALL GLOVES TO THE HAND AFTER CHRISTMAS AND EXCHANGER THEM FOR CORRECT SIZES. SPECIAL HOLIDAY PRICES FOR RELIABLE GLOVES: $1.25 4-button Glace and English Walking Gloves... $1.25 Misses’ 4-button or 5-hook Glace Gloves.$1.00 $1.00 | Ladies’ and Children's Fur-top Dogskin Gloves, $125 Biarritz Gloves, tuette fastenings. $1.00 [81.65 4-button Glace Gloves, ell shades. 181.50 | $1.00 and $1.25 $2.00 4-button Glace Gloves, newest shades. ...$1.75 | Men's Guaranteed Kid Gloves......$1.00 and $1.50 Holiday Umbrellas. All Engraving Free of Charge. SPECIAL PRICES ON RELIABLE UMBRELLAS, WHICH WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. THE HANDLES ARE ALL NEW AND PRETTY DESIGNS, WHICH YOU WILL HAVE TO SEB TO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF. 2% 26-inch Gloria Umbrellas. ++ -$1.10 | % “Baum’s Reliable’ Silk Umbrellas......$4.75 26 and 28-inch Gloria Umbrella: +-$1.59 | $15 26 and 28-in. “Baum's Reliable” Silk Umbs.$12 TINT s2.so |g Hundrers of others, poe ee jaum's Reliable” Silk Umbrellas........$5.00 Silk Umbrelias...-$4.00 | Hundreds of others. A UM! POPULAR SHOPPING PLAGE, 416 7th Street. $1. sz ‘indsor Silk 50 “Baum’s Reliable” D : SI at Preparations Are You Making? These few remaining days will slip by ere you realize it. Let the experience of former years be your guide. ~ DON’T DELAY SELECTING. The stores are already beginning to get crowded. The goods areall here. The selection is as good as it willever be. But tomake it more interesting the prices are lowered for the next few days to stimulate your shopping now. You are sure to find among this list something that will be appropriate. If not, our store is large--Our stock enormous and the result of many months’ preparation for this grand event will be evident to you. Further- more=== We will engrave] “eeds laid aside We will stamp Leather Goods bought of us free of charge. ‘Umbrellas bought|and delivered when of us free of charge. | you teil us. Jewelry For Christmas Presents. Barge fens See that formerly sold for Carved Band Rings 190. sold for 50c. Christmas Price, Former Price, $3.48. Christmas Price, $1.98. Gents’ Fine Rolled Gold Cuff Buttons. Former Price, $1.98. Christmas Price, $1.48. Enameled Button Sets. Wormer Price, Christmas Price, 98c. Fine Rolled Gold Chain Bracelets, Former Price, $3.98. Christmas Price $2.98. iterling Silver Hair Pins, numerous nest from. Formerly sold for 9c. Price, 49c. jt second mature to present someone Baby $1.50, styles to ‘Coristmas It (mow Ba cuurmous stock of ‘Beautiful Silk” Usibrellas, with sightly handles. e+) $1.50 ro $25. 1 i 10 of 26-inch Usion, SUR Umbrellas, Timings. “Generally old for $4. Carlstmas Price, $2.89. Gossamers Make Practical Presents. Mea's and Boys’ $2.60 Rubber Coats, all sizes, $1.98. Misses’ $2.50 Cloth Finished Gossamers, $1.98. Ladies’ $7.50 Serge Mackintoshes, with capes, $5.68. Men's $7.50 Double Texture Mackintosbes, %5.68. Furs [ake Welcome Pres- ents. $1.19 Feather Boas, 2% yards long, 1c. All Light Colored Boas. Curistmas Price, 98o. $2.68 Feather Boas. Christmas Price, $1.79, $2.98. A Christmas Present For the Baby. Who would dare forget the baby? We have everrthing that baby neds. SACQUES, BOOTEES, SKIRTS, TS, CAPS, AFGHANS, é&c. One style of ‘waist, with Regular Price, $5. Christmas Price, Regular $2.98. Cape to match. Regular Price, $1.50. Christmas 98c. Christmas Presents For the Men Folks. Sik and Satin handsomely ieenkte pure kid trimmings. tely boxed. Many are plain, colors. suitable a qmbroldering inting. Others are 8 or painting. tt = broldered. No two pairs alike. as low as $1 and running up to $4.50. Our reason for reducing these at the present time is because some of the boses are slightly solled or broken, some of the lass tops are right. We cracked. But the Suspenders are all “| have divided the entire quantity into three lots. LOT 1—Includes grades from $1 to $1.50. 500. Eaca. LOT 2—Includes grades fiom $1.50 to $2, 75c. Kacu. LOT 8~Includes grades from $2.50 to $4.50. > $1.00 Enace. ‘There never was such an opportunity to buy Hig! pri yh-class Holiday Suspenders at such prices. Art Embroidery. 1 lot of 68c, Hand-painted Silk Scarfs, variety of colors. Christmas Price, 580. 1 lot of 22-inch Down Pillows, cévered with bést China silic. te, with rufle. Former Broo” s5.00., Guristas irk ice, $3.50. China Silk Piano Scarfs, in light blue, white, rose, &c. Worth $7.50. Christmas Price, $4.00. Seer he Eadice’ $1125 4 Dutton Gloves, all shades, $1.00. Ladies’ $1.50 4-button Black Gloves, with white | Silk ‘Stitching, $1.10. Neat Match Boxes, in plain or engraved white wetal. Christmas Price, 25c. Aprons For Holiday Gifts. Bedwear for Christms. You can al feel sure that you We strack the right chord when you give bedwer ‘Rich of Poor use bedwear. we have nev) yet seen ‘the person who had too much. Our Extra Fine $18 Eiderdown Comet, satin covering, plain satin lining. Chrmas 2 i $14.98. Christmas Reductins In Upholstery. lot of $4 6-4 Fine Tapestry TabWevers, good terns and colors. Christmas Price 82.50. lot of 3-fold Antigue Oak filled with silkaline. bares ‘Christ- — . Former 1 lot of Extra Fine Chenille Curts, sold for $8. Christmas Price, cone $1.95. $6.50. 1. Ei- FORTUNES ARE THROWN AWAY EVERY CHRISTMAS POR USELESS 2ESENTS _pROPLE WHO HATE A TH YEAR AROUND-WHO. AT ALL OTHER TIMES ARE POSITIVELY PENUBUS—aS CHRISTMAS APPROACHES: she To UsDEReS A CHANGE, AND RECKLESSLY THROW AWAY THEIR MONEY IN USELEMSRIsTeee GIFTS, BEAUTY NOR PRACTICAL USEFULNESS THE LIST LATED.——YET, DOES «SUGGEST TO YOU. THEY BEGINNING TOMORROW, CH} SHOPPING. COM: MAIL 0! CHRISTMAS IE EARLY IN THE GOODS DELIVERED IN ALEXANDKIA AND BROOKLA\ RDERS RECEIVED AND ATTENDED TO TO s & ABOVE OUGHT TO PROVE A GOOD INDEX TO SENSIBLE TD NOT GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HAVE IDEAS AT THEIR FRIDAY. DECEMBER 15, ¥Ts, WHAT YOU BS ENDS, = THE SAME DaY.” Making the patters cost $3.45. ‘POSSESSING NEITHER LASTING BhoDEE OWT OBA Sta hae WA EVENING. LANSBURGIH & BRO, 420, 422, 424, 42¢ 7th Street.