Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1894, Page 4

_THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. SATURDAY...........January 27, 1804. CROSBY 5S. NOYES................Editor. —————— WHE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent circulation nearly double the combined circulation of the other ‘Washington dailtes. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no com- petitor. G7Im order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the o! ce, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Department, according to tenor or purpose. = After what seems to have been a suffi- efently long deliberative period the House committee on appropriations today re- ported the bill through which the District of Columbia is to receive its public suste- mance for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1894. As reported, the bill appropriates 94,927,194.97, a sum which is $260,650.34 less than the current appropriation. The city grows daily, aad its needs increase with every hour, but the committee seems to have acted upon the idea that the demands of @ rapidly growing population can be met with a sum which is less by a quarter of a million dollars than the one that now keeps the affairs of local government in motion. Secretary Carlisie’s recommendation that the appropriation for 1sv4-18¥5 should be no greater than that for 1:uj-1su4 was regard- ed as needlessly radical by those who have ‘m proper pride in the nation’s capital, put the committee has been more extreme in its views than was the Secretary of tne ‘Treasury. It is admitted, even by the com- mittee, that there will be a surplus of reve- nue in the next fiscal year of more than eight hundred thousand dollars, even after the Zoological Park and Hock Creek Park have been cared for, but instead of apply- ing this surplus to public works for which there is imperative demand it is to be used says the report, toward “the satisfaction of the indebtedress of the District to the United States on account of the cost of the increased water supply of the city of Wasn- ington under acts approved July 1, 182, and March 3, 18¥1;" all of which means that this handsome balance will go to swell the sum already sunk In the useless aque- duct tunnel, for which the District of Co- lumbia is not in any way responsible, and from which no “increased water supply” resulted. With the great dearth of employment which now exists and which is likely to continue for some time, no appropriation would have done more real good than that of the $475,000 asked for by the Commis- stoners to be disbursed for work on streets and avenues, but the committee appropri- ated the sum of $100,000—just one half of the amount available for the present year. Many other serious reductions have been made. Estimates for the repair of obstruct- ed sewers and for the construction of main and pipe sewers have been sliced in the middle, while the effort to secure $100,000 for suburban sewers—demanded by every hygienic law—resulted in the appropriation of one-fifth of the sum required. For new school houses and sites, $243,000 ‘were asked, and with justice, but the com- mittee concluded that educational matters Were of much less importance than the refunding to the general government of money thrown away on Lydecker’s elongat- ed hole-in-the-ground, so it gave but $39,- 000. Police department appropriations have been somewhat reduced, although there is demand all over the District for a greater number of officers and an extension of po- lice machinery. _ The appropriations committee, in reduc- ing these appropriations, is, of course, only pursuing in respect to the District the same economizing policy which it will ap- ply to other government expenditures, and which the fnancial condition of tue treas- ury and of the nation seems to demand. It must not be forgotten, however, that | the tax contributions of the individual Dis-| trict tax payers, the partners of Uncle Sam | in paying the bills of the national capital, are not abated to enable them to meet the hard times in proportion to the reduction in the appropriation bill. Under the recent excessive assessment they are taxed more heavily than ever, and the surplus which they contribute instead of being expended in some way that will improve the city and sive work to the destitute unemployed is burfed beyond the hope of resurrection in Lydecker’s hole-in-the-ground. ——_+ + ____ Mr. Corbett honored Washington with a “stop of half an hour here today in the course of his triumphal journey from Flor- ida to New York. As his coming was ur- announced Congress did not adjourn over, and marks of respect which might otherwise | have been shown were omitted, but he re- ceived the adulations of a throng that was quickly assembled at the railway station. Of course,most of those who were there deplore greatly the brutal tendency of mankind that | encourages prize fighting, but, all the same, | they struggled to see the man and the fist| that “stopped” the English champion in| nine minutes. ——~+=+___ The severe weather of the past two days! has made more manifest the destitution pre-| vailing in the city, and that will continue to! prevail and to become more widespreail, until the coming of spring and hetter times bring employment. Appeals have been made | senerally through the city, by means of newspaper publications and the licerature distributed by the canvassing committee tor help, and it earnestly hoped that those who Rave not yet heeded the appeal will now give attention to it. | ——$ One of the saddest things connected with the Brooklyn Tabernacle trouble is the dis- covery of grounds for a suspicion that Dr. ‘Talmage’s big salary was mainly for dis- play-type purposes. ——~+-___ Mr. Willis presents a rather forlorn spec-| tacle In his effort to officially survice the provisional government. —~-+2___ Calculated to attract some attention, yet lacking in depth and breadth, is the joint debate in Donahoe’s Magazine, in which the Question discussed is: “Is Grover Cleve- land a Success as President?” Neither James Jeffrey Roche, who answers in the | aMirmative, nor John Ford, who makes the Fegative response, has treated the import- ant subject with the consideration it de- serves. Mr. Roche, from whom strong statement might have been expected, weak- ens just where he should be at his best, and when there is opportunity for aggressive action throws his lance away and becomes apologetic. Mr. Ford gives us criticism in which there is so much of animus that ar- | @ument is lost in abuse. Mr. Roche does | not love Mr. Cleveland “for thé enemies he | has made.” He says that the truest friends of the President love him for the friends he | has made, for the hostile or indifferent | whom he has converted into loyal ad-| herents by his simple integrity and manli- | ness. Defending the President from the} very general accusation of being self-willed, | Mr. Roche declares that “self-willed” means “firm™ if you admire the President, or “‘ob- | stinate” if you do not; yet, in an adjacent paragraph he says “the President was ob- stinate on the silver question, and he is ob- atinate on the tariff question.” Mr. Roche finds the root of the present national troubles in the fact that the President's firmness of purpose finds no response in the | co-ordinate branches of the government, | and he Is satistied that if Congress will pass @ tariff measure of any kind, settling the matter once for all, the country would soon adjust itself to the altered conditions. For the purpose of disarming some of the ad- versaries whom he knew would arise, Mr. Roche, very properly, admits that the President has made mistakes—lots of thera ~and he ventures the assertion that the President will make many more. He seeks to excuse these errors by saying that when We bave all grown wise enough to select a H -THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1894A-TWENTY PAGES. chief magistrate who can be depended upon to make none, we shall have no need of such a “superfluous functionary.” Super- cillousness is the principal feature in Mr. Roche’s treatment of the Hawaiian difm_i- culty. He says he cannot see in what par- ticular the fillibusterers of Cuba and Nica- ragua were not just as worthy of support and respect as those of Hawaii, and by this confession of a faulty mental vision shows his lack of the judicial and impartial sense which should be possessed by any- one who enters the arena of high grade controversy. He criticises some of Presi- dent Cleveland’s diplomatic appointments, and then, in a feeble effort to ex- cuse them, blunders into an assault upon one of the greatest Secretaries of State this country ever had—a man whose mem- ory will be dear to American hearts for very many years, John Ford may be counted as prominent among those who are most frank in their criticism of Mr. Cleveland, but he is so prejudiced as to be unfair. He will not ad- mit that the chief magistrate is honest and declares him to be “a preacher of reforms which he hypocritically evades in practice;” he calls him “the friend and servant of Wall street’—the mah who “has done more than any other man, living or dead, since the foundation of our government, to rob the industrial masses of this country for the benefit of the money lenders.” Accusa- tions such as these are not made by those who have any real acquaintance with Mr. Cleveland’s character and it is rather re- markable that they should find place in a non-partisan publication. The one sound criticism made by Mr. Ford is that which deals with the President and Hawaii and with the foolish and inexcusable secrecy with which the President has moved in that important matter. With that one exception the Ford attack—which is that of a dis- gruntled democrat—is a weak affair. That President Cleveland is insincere, or unmind- ful of this nation’s interests, or that he has betrayed the trust imposed by a great pop- ular majority, are accusations that will need more than an affidavit from Mr. Ford to obtain credence. Except in the Hawalian affair and one or two matters of minor importance, the President has done well enough to deserve hearty commendation. ee But a little while ago the District of Columbia asked of Congress, its only local legislature, to grant it the right to spend | $55,000 of the District's money in public improvements which would give work to some of the many unemployed in whose behalf charity is now being asked. Two or three members of the House of Represen- tatives obstructed the effort to do good and the movement for immediate action was necessarily suspended. It was in vain that attention was directed to the great neces- sity which existed and to the precedents set in other cities—the unemployed are still unemployed. Since then the New York as- sembly has passed a bill which provides for the expenditure of $1,000,000 by New York city on parks, new parks and road- ways for the purpose of giving employment to 100,000 idle men. The bill will almost surely become law and the results cannot fail to be of unspeakable benefit both to the city and to those whom it will employ. Had there been no excuseless objection to the mere anticipation of an appropriation here, much of the distress which the benevolent men and women of this city are endeavoring to alleviate would not exist. The Kilgore objection worked cruel wrong. —+ 2+ —___ It is explained that Mr. Croker came to Washington to attend an afternoon tea and Rot to fight the income tax, and that it is all right if he did come to fight the income tax. Nothing could be clearer or more sat- isfactory than this comprehensive explana- tion. After the Crokerian social conquests | that marked the entertainment of the In- fanta of Spain, it is natural that Mr. Croker should aspire to round out his con- quering social career and to polish himself to perfection as “a highflyer at fashion” by @ brief post-graduate course in Washington “sassiety.” But Mr. Croker is a conquerer im other fields than the parlor, and his victories are not confined to afternoon teas and the giddy social round. An attack by him on the proposed income tax and a visit to Washington for the purpose of this campaign are not only justifiable, but com- mendable. For its own good, and the pub- lic welfare, Tammany cannot too conspicu- ously identify itself with the opposition upon this important‘national issue. —— + ++ ____ Dr. Hammett, the District health officer, has announced that the District authori- ties will do their utmost to secure the pass- age of a law to prevent the traffic in un- drawn poultry within the limits of their jurisdiction. The movement is one that cannot fall to commend itself to everybody who eats—the dealers, of course, being ex- cepted. Undrawn fowls reaily become unfit for food within a few hours of their being killed, evea in cold weather, while in the warm and somewhat humid atmosphere which has surrounded the District of Co- lumbia for some months, the process of decay is visibly in progress almost imme- diately after death. In many other cities the sale of improperly prepared poultry is prohibited by stringent legislation. A simi- lar law should be in effect here. 2+ It is not impossible tor Corbett, it he goes on winning heavy stakes and prospering as @ theatrical fakir, to become one of the monied men of the country. He is frugal | in his habits, comparatively speaking. He knows how to read and write, and conse- quently feels a superiority to many of the associates who are forced upon him in his present profession. When he has accumu- lated enough money to enable him to rise above mercenary considerations he will probably follow the general rule ana sigh for political laurels. Possessed, as ne is, of average intelligence, there is no reason why with prcper financial backing and ordinari- | ly good luck he shoult not become in time @ conspicuous figure in the affairs of the country. % ———_ ee ____ People who admire the ingeniously im- probable planned by a master mind and Presented with remarkable literary skill will be deeply interested in “The Great Laran Rebellion,” by Nym Crinkle; a serial stcry, of which The Star today prints the opening chapters. —___ + e+ The action of the young college men at Rutgers who painted one another green by way of a joke may have been an effort to get away from the monotony of painting | the town red. _ 20+] Disappointed candidates for the supreme bench might, in referring to Mr. Hill, change his designation from “peanut poll- ticlan” to “banana-skin” politician. > oe Mr. Peckham has not yet felt called upon to demand an explanation from the signal service as to whether anything personal was meant by this cold wave. ———- ree The conduct of the Khedive might nave been of great service to Charlie Mitchell as | an example if he could have had it before him a little eariter. ——_ +e] The Florida fight being welk,over, the cartconists can once more be accommodated with newspaper space for their portraits of Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hill. ————_+ 0 Mr. Croker may succeed in giving the af- ternoon tea something of the political im- portance that the banquet now holds. ——__+e-_ The meeting of Corbett and Peter Jack- |son may mean a very serious blow to this country’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin industry. ———_ > «+ The recent notable revival of the hotel business in Jacksonville is now numbered among the collapsed booms. — or The Kaiser and Bismarck are reconciled but Governor Lewelling and Mrs. Lease still refuse to sha Governor Mitchell and Charley Mitchell might get together and sympathize. —ee -- Senatorial togas for this season are made with an extra pocket for the scalping knife. | session the national board of trade ad- | they hang out the cold wave flag, THE WEEK. Notwithstanding the very large proportion of the American people opposed to prize fighting, the one event of the week at home which attracted the greatest amount of at- tention was the Corbett-Mitchell contest at Jacksonville, Fla. The assertion of the governor that the fight would not be al- lowed, and the equally positive declaration of the managers of the fight that it would take place, aroused interest unusual even in an international event. Troops were sum- moned by the governor to Jacksonville, but lke the notable ten thousand who were marched up the hill and then marched down again, the troops, were dismissed to their homes on the morning of the fight, without being called into action. The governor's ex- cuse was that CircuitJudgeCal! had issued an injunction forbidding the sheriff to prevent the fight, the judge holding that the contest proposed was not to be a prize fight, but a glove contest. Such it turned out to be, for Mitchell was worsted in the second round and knocked out in the third. The judge exhibited a penetration that was beyond that of the most experienced in fistic mat- ters. Bridgeport, Conn., has been suffering inconvenience, owing to the stoppage of its street railway system, the men having gone on strike. Considerable lawlessness was dis- played at one time. A truce was patched up, but the company refused to recognize the men’s union and the fight broke out again. All business interests have been watching the progress of the Wilson bill in the House of Representatives, where decla- | rations have been made for free sugar and free coal and the abolition of the sugar bounty. Representative Sibley, democrat, of western Pennsylvania, unwilling to remain with his party in its free trade excursion, sent in his resignation and will seek justifi- cation in his own district. In the Senate, Senator Peffer’s attack on Secretary Car- lisle’s bond policy, the debate on the repeal of the federal elections laws and the Ha- watian affair have held the floor. The Ha- waiian investigation in committee room has continued, drawing near its close. The House judiciary committee, by a party vote, sustained the administration. A prize fight, in which an Indian named Wongo took part, recently occurred at Norfolk, and the grand jury there have indicted the principal per- sons interested. Gov. O’Ferrall has indi- cated a purpose to keep all such disgraceful exhibitions out of the old dominion. The | steamship Normannia returned to New York, having suffered considerable damage from being struck by an immense wave. The attorney general of New Jersey has been instructed to begin quo warranto pro- ceedings to determine the stgtus of the con- tending senates in that state. Reports con- tinue of mills and factories resuming., Con- troller Eckels’ report on the condition of the banks shows a gratifying increase in loans. The resignation of Senator Walthall of Mis- sissippi started a contest for his succession. Maj. S. 8S. Turner was hominated to suc- ceed O’Farrall in the House; {t is equiva- lent to an election. Laura Schirmer Maple- son, the opera singer, died. Abroad. The reconciliation between the German emperor and Bismarck has been the one topic discussed abroad this week. The ex- charcellor reached Berlin yesterday and was enthusiastically welcomed by the people and cordially received by the kaiser. Some think that this reconciliation bodes no good for the peace of Europe. The return of ex- King Milan to the Servian capital, Belgrade, to visit his son, King Alexander, and the resulting disegreement and fall of the min- istry, were a two-days’ sensation. The de- crees expelling Milan and Queen Natalie were rescinded and this family may again live in peace and happiness. France has ex- tended her conquests into the Soudan, hav- ing occupied Timbuctoo. The war on the anarchists goes on in Spain. The latest sensation has been the attempt of an an- archist to assassinate the governor of Bar- celona. The peasants, who recently offered opposition to the tax gatherers in Sicily, have been disarmed ard everything is again quiet. Mr. Gladstone is not. meeting with any opposition in the house of lords in his parish councils or local government. bill; it has pased the second reading. The “war” continues in Brazil. Admiral da Gama, the insurgent leader, has had several interviews with the American Admiral Benham, look- ing to his mediation for terms of peace. The Brazilian government announces its determination to bring the war to a speedy end and the vessels at Pernambuco have been ordered to Rio Janeiro. Something de- cisive is expected soon. In Washington. The cause of the poor has been brought to the homes of the citizens of Washington through the house-to-house canvass which has been going on during the past week under the auspices of the citizens’ com- mittee. While money has been collected, the work of distribution has been in pro- gress through the various charitable agen- cles selected by the central committee. | The prospective retirement of Dr. Welling | from the presidency of Columbian Univer- sity on account of ill-health, has been an- nounced. The contract for grading the road bed of this end of the Boulevard rail- road as far as Hyattsville, it was reported, has been given out. After a four days’ journed. —_——___r +o SHOOTING STARS. He Couldn’t See It. “I understand that Mitchell says he wili never fight again.”” “Humph!’ answered the man with the eare-worn face; “I don't see what business he has with that word ‘again.’"" Revised, “A horse, my kingdom fo> a horse!” Then from the gallery far Was heard, “No use. In this here town We use the cable-car.” A Common Effect. “Do you think,” said Willie Wishington, | “that it actually hurts a man to be hit with one of Cupid's arrows?" “No,” replied Belle Pepperton; “as a rule he me-ely becomes senseless for a time.” Advice. Though to these good old weather jokes Respect is surely due; To Mr. Peckham say not “is It cold enough for you?” A Case for Promptness. “Whuffoh yoh makin’ so much ‘sturbance "bout dat job ov mu’hk?” asked the man who had just stopped his horse and cart. “Co's I'se got ter finish dis bus’ness up quick. Dat's why. I's got ter hurry up an git dis snow shoveled up foh de sun comes out an’ sp’iles de contrac’.” A Skeptic. “I wonder,” said Binx, “how they manage it with the weather predictions. Whenever the bilz- zard always gets here, even though it does occasionally take time.” “That's just it,” replied Banx. triumph of patience. “What do you mean.” “When they once hang out the flag, they stick to their principles and wait fo> the blizzard to get ready.” “It's a Please. The following suggestion for a topical song dedicated to Mr. Aug. St. Gaudens is accompanied by the apologetic assertion that in topical verse it is perfectly allowa- ble to say “pants:” The night's growing dark and the wind it is bleak And the snow thickly covers the ground; And vainly the cowering traveler wiil seek A spot in which cheer may be found. Oh, think of a being of garments bereft, And then check the tear if you can! If you have a spazk of humanity left, Please, Gussie, put pants on the man. These words are no answer to prudery’s call, Though mighty her pleadings may be. ‘Tis the weather with ills that relentlessly fall Which speaks with a pathos so free. Imagine yourself with your ulster in hock; Then turn a deaf ear if you can When you hear that wild cry which ‘twere wicked to mock, “Please, Gussie, put pants on the man.” ——~See Recall Willis! From the New York World (dea.). No man should be allowed to represent us abroad who intrigues against the govern- ment to which he is accredited. Kecall Williat t An Immense Stock of Fine S JO E Spumeparse, To Be Sold At lb A Lk PIR IC kk! GAIN WE COME TO THE FRONT WiTH A SHOE SALE DES- TINED TO STARTLE ECONOMICALLY INCLINED BUYERS FROM ONE END OF THE DISTRICT TO THE OTHER. MANY COMMERCIAL TRIUMPHS, NONE HAS EVER EQUALED OUR PRESENT AND |GREATESTZACCOMPLISMENT. JUST BOUGHT OUT AT FOR YEARS DOING BUSINESS AT 920 7TH ST. N.W. STOCK, FIXTURES, ALL ARE IN OUR POS8:SSION AND MUST BZ CONVERTED INTO CASH AT ONCE. THE ENTIRE STOCK HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE FAMILY SHOE STORE, 310-312 SEVENIH STREET N, Ww. FOR DISPLAY THIS SPLENDID ARRAY OF FOOTWEAR MAY BE SEEN TO ITS BEST ADVANTAGE. Beginning Monday Morning WE HAVE WHERE WITH INCREASED FACILITIES AMONG OUR 50 Cts. On The Dollar THE AMERICAN SHOE STORE, AT y O'CLOCK WE SHALL SELL EVERY PAIR OF SHOES IN THIS PURCHASE AT HALF PRICE! THE PARTIAL LIST BELOW HERE IN STORE FOR YOU. WILL GIVE SOME IDEA OF TH= BARGAINS THERE ARE SIZES TO FIT EVERY ONE, AND. WITH OUR LANGE FORCE OF SALESMEN, W# CAN ASSURE PROMPT AT- TENTION. Babies’ Dongola Button Shoes, with tips,American Shoe Store price,35cents. Our price Children’sSpring Heel Button Shoes, 4’s to 8’s. American . Shoe Store Price, 75 cents. Our price Boy’s and Youths’ School Shoes, all sizes. American Shoe Store price, $1.25. Our,Price = Ladies’ Button Boots, all styles, shapes and sizes. American Shoe Store price, $1.50. Our price Ladies’ Dongola Button Shoes, with pat. leather tips. American Shoe Store price, $2.00. Our price Ladies’ Fine Don- gola Button Shoes, all new _ styles. American Shoe Store price, $4.00. Our price Men’s Calf. But= ton and Bals, all style toes. Ameri- can Shoe Store price, $2.00. Our price = Men’sCalf Bals or Congress, ali styles toes.American Shoe Store price, $4.00. Our price - Men’s Hand- sewed Lace and Congress Shoes. American Shoe Store price, $6.00. Our price Ladies’ 50c. Overgaiters, 19¢. E DON'T KNOW HOW ENTIRE STOCK MUST BE SOLD, PUT PRICES ON THE A COUPLE OF WEEKS’ TO DELAY. FAMILY GOOD BUSINESS. 0 GTS 30 GTS 6 GTS a oO Oo Sd.00 LONG THIS SALE'S GOING TO LAST. THE COME WHAT WILL, AND WE'VE SHOES THAT SHOULD CLEAR THEM OUT IN 80, IT WILL NOT PAY FOR YOU S]dO Ik STORE, Washington Shoe Emporium, Z10=312 Seventh St. RAFF’S 1241 uth St. S. BE. ‘This is the second shipment of Spriag Remuants Jost received from our mills, and never before have such low prices in staple goods existed. REMNANTS! REMNANTS! Gc, Light Shirting Prints. Our price, 3k. Se. Dress Prints. Our price, 3sc. 8c, Mouraing Prints. Our price, 43. Se. Navy Blue Prints. Our price, 4sc. 8c. Medium Dress Prints. Our price, 4ic. 12%4e. Light Pereale. Our price, Tic. 6c. Apron Gingham. Our price, 7, 35C- Sc. Apron Gingham. Our price, 5sc. 10c. Century Cloth. Our price, 10c. Black Satteen. Our prico, 5s. €c. 4 Unbleach Cotton. Our price, 3 4:c. Sc, 4-4 Unbleach Cotton. Our price, 5:c. Sc. 4-4 Unbleach Cottou. Our price, 5s. Gc, 4-4 Bleach Cotton. Our price, 4ic. Sc. 4-4 Bleach Cotton. Our price, 5c. 94 Sheeting, 15c.; 10-4 Sheeting, i7c., in un- bleached. 9-4 Bleach Sheeting, 15c.; 10-4 Bleach, 18c. MATTING! ATTING! Perhaps a little early, but prices will make them move, Every piece at Se. per yd. less than regular value. 10 rolis White Matting, 8c. per yd. 10 rolls Fancy Matting, loc. per yd. 10 rolls Heavy Jointless Matting, I5c. 10 10lls Heavy Fancy Matting, 2c. Raff's Enterprise, 1241 uth St. S. E. Only remnant hoyse in the city. it “If YOU SEE it IN our AD. IT’S so.” Johnson AND Luttrell, 713 Market Space. BARGAINS EXTRAORDINARY. Oar cut prices are genuine and honest as Tepresented. The following peerless bar- gains are but a few samples of our sleugh- ter of prices previous to stocktaking. Dress Goods. BIG REDUCTIONS IN DRESS GooDs. 20 pieces of 36-inch Small Check Dress Goods, in brown and white, and blue and White. Reduced from 2Sc. to le. yard. 10 pieces of New Changeable Dress Goods, in medium and light shades. At 2e. a yard. Worth 37ike. All-wooi Dress Goods, from 29c. to $1 a yard, that formeriy sold from 50c. to $1.50 a yard. 50 pieces of Half Wool Challies, figured and solid colors. Reduced from 18c. to Sige. @ yard. 30 pieces of Figured Satines, that were 12%ge. and Ide. 2 yard. Reduced to Tie. 7 Beautiful Styles of Pongees and Bat- istes, that were 12%c. and I5c. @ yard. Reduced to 8c. Silk B i i argains. One lot of 24-inch New Changeable Su- rah Silks, suitable for dresses, waists, or trimming. In ten different combinations of colors, at 8%. yard. Worth $1.25. An odd lot of jain and Fancy Silks on our bargain counter, from 2c. to 89c. a yank Worth double these prices. Cloth Coats. ‘The balance of our New Styles Coats at ONE-THIRD LESS than marked prices. $9 Ladies’ New Style Coats now $6. $12 Ladies’ New Style Coats now §8. $18 Ladies’ New Style Coats now. $12. And about 50 Coats previously adver. tised at $3.75, $5.50 and $7.50, which formerly sold from $6 to $20. Misses’ and Children’s Reefer Jackets at - half former prices. Blankets andCom- forts AT CLEARING SALE PRICES. 40 paire of 10-4 Rossville Woolen Blaa- kets at $2.19 the pair, fully worth $3. 80 pairs of Gray and Brown Double Blan- kets from $1.25 a pair to 89c. ‘Cotton-filled Comforts from SOc. to $8 Flannels AT COST PRICES. 25c. instead of 35c. a yard for Plaid an@ Striped All-wool Wrapper Fiannels. All our White and Colored Fisnnels will be sold during this sale at exactly what they cost us. J ohnson Luttrell, 713 Market Space. You Can Wear Diamonds t the prices at which we are selling them. We bave some pure wi @iamonds in finely mounted rings we're = ye from 36 to #12; no ‘Profit in it for us, it we think it's better have goods moving than to wait for brisker trade. Here's a plum for some onc— 2 clover oe ring, 15 diamonds und soll- e ie ices from $4 up and GOLD take weekly and month: REPAIRING and JE’ Cole Bros., 435 7th S.W. alt Any Honest Man can get credit of us for Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, Stoves, etc., =-a whole house full if he wants it--and the amount isn’t meas- ured by the size of his promises--but the sin- cerity of em. All the “Equitable Credit System” asks--or wants--is a square deal--Agree to pay only what you can a when--and do i House & Herrmann, 917, 919, 921 and 923 7th St. wer ©6636 Mass. Ave. $990090900006000690000000 00000000 Men’s Derbies, $1.50. aaa J soutine-saees spata ememat —_—_— certain houses every vow and then Our Price, $1.50. — Sen Seen Willett & Ruoff, 905 PA. AVE. LrPooeoeoesesees ie? | > 3 > x BLEMISHES. cs the Skin, of facial Scalp and Blood and the removal Diemishes. Eczema, Acne, Pimples, Nose, Red Veins, Olly Skin, Black Superfluous Hair, Moles, Warts, Freckles, Falling of the Hair, Tattoo Marks, Scars, Dr. Hepburn, vermaroroerst years’ practical experience. OFFICES IN MERTZ BLDG. 11TH AND F STs. OPEN FROM 9 A. M. TOS P. ML CONSULTATION FREE. ‘ja2T-cott POs PECCOSOS OS Don’t Gauge Your Favor According to the price of a thing. Don't think it isn’t fair to compare SREETZ’S 25 AND 0-CENT MIXTURES with bigher poiced ones. They" proft by the comparison, for better candies are not made. Sheetz, 1oth and F Sts. ne ‘On Monday. | Drop us @ postal tonight er Sum Gay directing us te call for your laundry hereafter on MONDAY—and we will return it to you on WEDXES- DAY—or sooner in case of an emer gency. We can wash your clothes cleaner and give them a better finish with less “wear and tear” than any other Inspect our plant at 43 G st. ow, ©7 We iron all Gress shirts by band. C7'We tros all Unk cuts “FLAT.” ©7'We wet turnover points to cel- lars at the crease—then torn them— ‘this prevents cracking. —From the ciilling blasts of this wintry weather by Keeping him Dianketed. He won't say “Thank | you,” but be will consume Jess |§| food. PROTECT YOURSELF. j Here's = lot of Lap Robes and \§! Horse Blankets that we closed out 3) from @ manufacturer at « figure | that enables us [> offer them at 18] halt price: $4 to | Be 3) Kn (st ntnntnhienenent!