Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1894, Page 5

Profit by the squabble of rival makers for supremacy and the quickness of the Palais Royal “buyer” of Housekeeping Goods-- attend Monday’s sale of Enamel Steel Ware on basement floor. 1Oc. toc for 19c Steel Enamel Cooking Spoons, 12 inches long. 25-. 2sc for 44c Enamel Wash Basins, with patent ring. 20. 29c¢ for 50c Steel Enamel cee Saucepans, 3-quart Ss 49- 49c for g8c Tea and Coffee Pcts, 2-quart size. 49¢ for 98c Berlin Sauce- pans, 3-quart size. THE NTIONED. Not "BUT WAKRANTED FIRST QUAL- TIX OF” ENA STEEL BEING More Low Prices. Dust Japacned, Jenene Galvanized Chamber Pails, with cover. Galvarized Water Pails, Galvanized Foot Tubs, large size. ‘squa: Floor Brooms, best quality. Asb Sifters, covered, very s.rong. Patent Mop Sticks, best meke... 9e tgc ib. for choice of the thirty kinds of Candies you will find Monday in this basement floor department Presto! Change! IT IS THE sect ROYAL...... LOOK AROUND...... VISITOR TO THE LAkGEST RANGED DRESS GOODS DEP. UNITED STATES. HE WILL sHow AMONG THESE OF RICH SILKS. $1.50 Siiks for $1. Waterproof Silks. Black Japanese Silks at (Se, TSe, $9¢ and $1 yard, that are bargains not only because waterproof. Note the luster, feel the substance. can’t carry the quality “in your eye” ask samples. We can safely ask you to go else- where before you decide. 1894 Fancy Silks. Royal......Here are the 1804 Figured India Silks, light and dark greunds, with the correct small The same aN se wold last year at $1 yard will be Te fear. Onty 59c yd. if your se- lection is made here before Wednesday, Jan. 7, at 6 p. m. Only 89c yd. for the $1 Fancy Taffeta Silks selected before closing time Wed- nesday. ibove being specially adapted for summer dresses, we have to buy 7 The al ekirts and make now. Haven't Special inducements for to we done so? sa It fs imperative have clean Corset is modeled after the “W. B." that first award at the Columbian ved exposition. It comes in white coutil and black lasting. To be had at no establishment in Washington. other 68c for $1 *‘A la C. P.”’ S20 CF. Cornet with 1806 Comes in white drab coutil, and short waist. $1.50 for “A la Venus.”’ 75 Corset, modeled after the $3.50 Venus. in black, white, cream, pink, Dive ood mab Instead of $3.50. “& Ia Judic” Corset, modeled famous $5.50 “P. D.,"" will best suit certain fig- pipes Our corsetiere will tell you if you can wear 3-98 for $4.50 “Tl. A.” For stout figures there is no better Corset than the “Marie Antoinette,” which is worn by many seciety tates, Nhe con afind tad axe wing any price ts. ™ Having quoted special prices to induce you to buy your corset and dress ma= terial now instead of later 5 dozen papers. See fashion plates show- ing how laces areto be worn in Paris and London—and in Washington. the many miles of New Laces here are qatra values in the correct butter shade of Point "Sfhe ant to be-repeated not- ‘Fepeated bargains in Silk Chantilly yaces Must be burried for. 10e to 2c yard for inch wide Laces, worth up to 6Sc, will make them chango owners only too quickly for late Palais Royal, (A, LISNER) G and ith Streets. THE EVE Craig Harding’s Offerings For Monday. Upholstery Bargains. ‘These prices speak for themselves. Monday ought to be a busy day. All 15 and 17c. Printed Silkaline at Chamber Suites. 25 per cent lower than others! Ex- cellent Oak Sideboards at $10.50 and up—bundreds of them. $3-75 Rockers, $2.75. By taking a lage quantity we can offer large $3.75 Rattam Wide Arm High Back Rockers (embodiment of seat comfort) at $2.75 each. Craig & Harding, Cor. 13th & F Sts. Are You In Need Of A Sewing Machine? ‘B propose doing the SEWING MACHINE business of the Dis trict and to that end have made arrangemetts by which anyone — having a Sewing Machine want and prefer- with WE |— decided advantage WILL FURNISH ANY MAKE OF SEWING MACHINE, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, AT LESS THAN AGENTS’ PRICE. Witness these prices; bear in mind all Machines are fresh from the factory and with attachments and guarantee just the me as the agents’: ‘STANDARD, REGULAR PRICE. DOMESTIC.” REGULAR PRICE. $60 “WHEELER & WILSON, No. 9.” PI $60 Oice, $28. Look at them even if you don’t want to —— buy—you'll not have another such price ——— quoted you for some time. See “The Family” —— SEWING MACHINE, our own standard ——_wake, warranted for 5 years. Price $19.50. Renting And Repairing —— Are specialties of ours. We rent new ——— Machines only. Parts furnished for any —— Machine out of order. OPPENHEIPMER’S SOLE AGENTS “NEW HOME” SEWING MACHINES, fe3 514 oth St. The ‘Hustler’ Is the Winner.”’ ‘We are thoroughly equipped and can give “guar- anteed"" satisfaction to avout 25° BRAND SEW Pe fg ge and the good service Banner Steam Laundry, Office, 503 mth St. Works, 1240 Half st. — C fe3 eeee ‘Begin Your : ‘Spring Advertising.: . You probably haven't the time ¢ to write your own “‘ads.’’"—as they should be written. You may have the time and yet have difi- eulty in properly expressing your ideas, We wait upon you at your Pleasure, take memo. of what you want to advertise and dress it up for publicity. Moderate charges. Write for us. ‘StarAd-WritingBurea SWM. A. HUNGERFORD, Manager. GEO. W. MILLER. eCLARENCE C. ARCHIBALD. Star building. Pore rcccccccccoooces Poererccoes . . . . . . . . . . If You’ve Rooms to Paper Let me submit an estimate—On receipt of &@ postal I call with a full Mue of saiuples of the LATEST and PREITIEST WALL PAPERS to be found in the market.) Price will surprise you for lowness. Paper ‘nished by patrons hung satisfactorily and at an extremely moderate charge. References given from: work performed for the best people im Washington. Allan Coburn, 1249 32d st. To Repair a Watch Right, —— Reeumes Great DELICACY AND — precision of touch in the operator. These prime essentials are only the fruit of years cf experience. We we been e wal repairing and adjusting hes for —— fourteen’ years “for the watch own- a of Washington. The point is WE DO OUR WORK’ RIGHT. Prices are rea- sonable enough. Cleaning, $1; main spring, $1. We clean S-day clocks for te. ee E. G. Hines, 521 oth St., WATCHMAKER, WARDER BUILDING. fe3 Our Way of Cleaning Is entirely different from other cleaners. We believe in the eitieney of and care rather than muscle nnd harsh that cleanse at the expense of st and party dresses . We also CLE h of ee VES, es and Kid Slippers in a er tried our methods, to call for goods on receipt way, if you've delight you. Wii * of postal. Mme. Taulelle, 1217 G St. fes NING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1894—TWENTY- PAGES. & {| WOODWARD -. LOTHROP, | 10TH, 11TH AND F STREETS N.W. —— Concerning Our Book Store. ‘Words of praise and commendation are gratifying and encouraging, and we are grateful to our friends, the public, for their apparent appreciation of our efforts in the Book Store, We say ‘book store,” and not “book department." because it isa fully equipped store in the broadest sense of the term, eceupying nearly the entire basement of 1ith street building, and containing @ complete snt Well assorted stock of Books of every description. There sre books of current fiction; books of r- mance; juvenile books; fisndy volume classics; poems; standard literature tm volumes and in sets, including history, blography, travel, politics and domestic economy; books on art; books on science; books on music; religions text books; Christian Science books; cookery books; books om etiquette— books on almost every subject. In additina to these we have the latest fiction, in paper bindings, and all the monthly and weekly pertodicals. ‘This spacious Basement Book Store is a most excellent place to visit while waiting for a friend. ‘There are easy chairs and everything for comfort and convenience. You are always welcome, - 2. —— i The Following Books Are Priced Just Right: “TWICE TOLD TALES,” by Hawthorne, Salemedition, 529 pages. aeececeecsecsssscseseees OG. pase pases DRUMMOND'S ADDRESSES. bound in lavender.) THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES, by Haw- “THE SCARLET LETTER,” by Nathaniel Hew-| EVANGELINE, by Longfellow, Portland edition, thorne, Salem edition, bound in red and white.20c. | bouxd in green and white, tem illustrations....20c. Bawoment 2-2... ..eeeeeereceereceersscees sneesnscee wsesecececeeshith st, bidg.) Spring Things Continuously Appearing. THE COTTON CAMP IS AGLOW WITH BRILLIANT COLOR REFLECTIONS. ‘The Challies—the Javansise—the Organdies—the Mousselines—the Zephyrs—the Dimities—the An- erson Ginghams and other high-class Cotton Stuffs here and more coming. Their folde hold more fineness and sparkle than of yore and in many instances they hardly reach the counters before they find willing owners. WINTER THINGS CARRIED OFF QUICKLY, TOO. REDUCED PRICES THE CAUSE. Between the goods of two seasons comstant activity prevails. Comatose conditions are not allowed here, even fm February, which is crowded by many to be the quiet time. "isn't so here—never was so. Interesting events, important sales, special occasions—make inactivity active, and thus it gees, TODAY WAS BEGUN A BABY CARRIAGE, ATRUNK, 4 BAG. A PICTURE SALE Important because of the bigh character of the yoods coupled with such low prices. Monday ether interesting things to tell of—Tuesday still others, rivaling in importance the unerampled Suk and Dress Goods sales just past. The gathering and opening of bargains goes vigorously forward. ‘The papers will tell you from day te day about them, but don’t wait for the advertising—just what You need and are waiting for may be sold before it gets to the advertiser. That frequently happens. Monday—In Hosiery Department, 100 Dozen Women’s Fast Black Cotton Hose, FULL REGULAR MADR, DOUBLE HEELS AND TOES, WELL SHAPED, isc. the Pair; 2 Pairs for 25c. st MOOT. ......eceeeseecesreveresecssscoraren: Monday—In Women’s Wrapper Department, 50 Dozen Best Print Wrappers. NEW DESIGNS, ALL DARK COLORS, WITH A GENEROUS SPRINKLING OF INDIGO AMONG THEM, FULL SLEEVES. WATTEAU BACK, HALF-LINED WAISTS. ALL SIZES. Regular Price $1.25. Special Price 68c. GBA Moor. ....-.2--. BLUES Monday--In Jewelry Department, A Special Lot of Brooches, Cuff Buttons, Watch Chatelaines, Book Marks, Thimbles, Etc. At Under Value Prices. Mey's and Women's Link Ouff Buttons, fourteen) Slipper Pin Cushions, red, yellow and karat filled gold, tea designs. Usually 75c. and $1 | blue. Usually 25c. Now........... pair. Now ....-...e-00++ CRE: aiaeke mane: seicdue uit erling Gold-plated Bow Knot — = a Ma tae nf Ribbon Book Marks, with ling silver heart, Brooches and Watch Chatelaines, carved and Get MOOK... ee eeereeereseeceeencresceccccssee eeccemesercscceccsccesecceeeeeesdIth st. building.) as Monday—in Bedwear Department, A Recent Special Purchase of “Atlantic Mills” Muslin Sheets and Extra Good Muslin Pillow Slips. Figure up the cost of the materials and compare the result with these prices. 24x2% yds. ++@2c. em 1128 Sheets, 24x2% yds... 2%4x2% yds. +++ -68¢. ea | 1,200 Pillow Slips, 22%x36 in. Other Good Values Are: A special lot of Muslin Pillow Shams, deep ruf-) 75 dor. Barnsley Huck Towels, all cotton, excellent 468 Sheets, 800 Sheets, fle -......0- seetecees es 85G-, $1.00 and $1.25 pr| for the dath.........seeceeeeeeseeseeee 1c. ea || (2B B00F... 2.2 ssensceerersseccccccccscccoseesccssesereterreccesesscccocscree-DIth st, building.) ——s Monday—In Infants’ Department. These two unexampled values in Gingham and Merrimac Print Dresses. At 25c. Each. |At 15c. Each. SHORT GINGHAM PRESSES in neat checks. pink and white, some blue and white, some| 2 DOZEN MERRIMAC PRINT DRESSES, small pink and blue figures, ‘Hubbard’? yoke, full Some darker, Made with “Gretchen” waist, high, full sleeves and deep hem at bottom of skirt. Excel-| sleeves, deep hem, ruffle around neck, sewed with lock-stitch throughout. lent for morning wear. OB DR vac ccecacssestacagesa¥iectuasaueseen eter 10th st. building.) mcigeeee, Our Upholstery Store Holds its place in the trade by having no doubt about its goods, We have all along had the best we know of; but so long as something better of any grade is possible we're on the watch for it. Many of the Spring Styles ARE IN, AND AMONG THEM SOME EXCELLENT VALUES IN CURTAINS, TABLE COVERS, MEXICAN CRETONNES, PORTIERES, FIRE SCREENS, &c. ———— NEW SILKALINES. This useful fabric was prac- tically unknown a few years ago. It adapts itself | 4-4 Chentll to manifold uses. It ts found in nearly every home. ‘These rew designs are attractive in both colorings and patterns. Figured. 1Se. 34. | 6-4 Velour. Plain . 10e. yd. ! 7-4 Velour. NEW AMERICAN CRETONNES in spring color- red, wine, CHENILLE PORTIERES. 3 yards long, 42 inches wide, dado and fringe top ings. Grounds of cream, light blue, navy bine, yellow, beige, fawn and whi ard bottom. oe B50 in bright, mew designs... -......-+..+++-12Me. 3 yards long, 48 inches wide, dado and fringe top NEW MEXICAN CRETONNES, 36 inches wide. | and bottom, better qualities. Pair $5 and $7 ‘A fiaely-woven fabric, uscd extensively for couch| Antique Oak Screens, 3-fold, mounted in cotton covers, draperies, curtains, Se. A chotee assort-| crepe or silkaline. ++-$1.95 and $2.95 | ment of spring shades, such as olive, terra cotta,| 5-foot Curtain Poles, ash, oak, walnut or cherry, cream, white, ecru, light green, electric blue, | brass trimmings. i Se. Black and old gold. Printed in wild rose and| etter Curtain Poles, 5-ft......... 2. 25e. to $1 Marguerite designs. +++-25e. yd.] 5-ft. Curtaia Poles, wood trimmings.25c. to $1.25 CROSS-STRIPED SILK CURTAINS, to be used at] Longer Poles at lowest prices. doors and windows. New and attractive colorings. FURNITURE SLIP COVERS. Lowes? prices ever quoted for like goods. Our new 66-inch Double-faced Linens for Slip $2.50 to $7.50 patr| Covers are here. Now ts the best time to leave DOWN PILLOWS, all sizes, to be re-covered. _| your order, as we can give better attention to the 12x16 5 cutting and making than later, when the rush 16x16 | commences. A vostal or word left at Upholstery 1su18 Department will bring a man to measure and de- 20320 liver estimates free of charge. 22e22 WINDOW SHADES MADE TO ORDER. 24x24. Estimates free. Work promptly done. WO GA aac vas iascsn capeascatanonesisse ecvevees teseresesdoes eeeses seeeeseeeees-LIth st. buflding.) MONEY To take treatment of Dr. Jordan at these prices. IF YOU ARE TROUBLED WITH ANY OF THESE CONDITIONS IT WOULD BE WISH TO ACCEPT THIS PROPOSITION. If you have frequent colds $5 a month $5 Ifyour nose feelsobstructed $5 a month $5 If your throat is.sore or dry $ 5 a month $ 5 Bo month BO $ 5 a month $ 5 DO a month “DO ee $5 If you are deaf $5 a month If you have any or all of these troubles the price will be only $5 a month $5 For office treatment and all medicines necessary for you to use at home. ‘THIS OFFER WILL OXLY HOLD GooD UNTIL SATURDAY, |FEBRUARY 10, 1894. THEREFORE MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO COME BEFORE IT EXPIRES. DR. C. M. JORDAM, Graduate of the Medical Department of the Unt versity of the city of New York. SPECIALTIES—DISEASES OF THE NOSE, THROAT, LUNGS AND EAR. Consultation free. Ofice Hours—9 to 11 a. »2to4 pm, 6 to 8 pm. Sunday—9 to 12 m. fe3a6 hile business has been such as to leave us no grounds of complaint, We have decided to double the sales of our Furniture (4 Department, and to that end we shall start in Monday and give such values as will mark an epoch in the Furniture trade of this elty—Our leader will be a Parlor Suite, 5 Pcs., Overstuffed, $ 3 5 o 'Brocatelle, MARKED DOWN FROM $50. LITT ITT TT consists of sofa, arm chair, rocker and two reception chairs. We can safely af- firm that this ts one of the best bargains that has been offered the furnitare buyers of | this city in some time. Am tn- Sspection of this suite will prove | the truth of that assertion. Our ‘second item is a Red Birch Chamber Suite, $ 3 O. |3. Pieces, REDUCED FROM $46. HT EE TT as there's only 12 of these suites left. Our next shipment of them ‘won't be recetved for three weeks, —— and our prices then will go back this will interest them. Single Door Wardrobe Old English Style, Full Length $ 2 8 lirror, ORIGINALLY $45. e bad a big ran on } these when we re- cetved them the be- ginning of the month. There's seven left and we have decided they shall participate in the “quartette,”” but you'll find they'll not prove a base bargain. ¥ * * © © No need of asking you if you want this, for as soon as you see you'll want it. Comfort Rockers, | Ail Reed, 9250-4 NEVER SOLD LESS THAN $4.75 OR $5. © feel safe to affirm that this will prove one of the best invest- ments the purchaser of tt can make. This is one of those values that rarely make thetr appearance. It's a staple article that can always be sold, | as Rocker purchasers have always | given this the preference. Even |¥ if you think you do not need a rocker now, it will be wise econ- omy not to let an opportunity like this pass. W.B. \ Williams,} FURNITURE, CARPETS& UPHOLSTERIES, | 7th & D Sts. N.W. fe3-cott Fuel of Fame. ** QUR__ CONNELLSVILLE CRUSHED sees “COKE ts used in every state of the * Union, has that ‘it sanitary ge Lg 8 known. Lis is a prepars 1e] coal that has been used at the gas house, . after having all but 40 to 50 per cent of its heat giving qualities burned cut, sold to the public as @ pure fuel. 25 els of our C. C. Coke we'll positively guarantee will give more heat as well as * satisfaction than 50 bushels of ordinary coke. 40 bushels of C.C.,costing $4,we abso- lutely warrant will equal a ton of an * © thracite coal. "Phone 549. Pa. Coke Co., 615 7th St fe3 7 apa PE & 7 || Sreater advance to civilization,and to Greece || games played last evening, and by doing 5, '$ LIME FinpyyelM*" *N° TWE EARTH[AsouT ceoRceTown. The Influence of One Upon the Other as| The Great Snocess of the Dance Last Set Forth by Mr. Hubbard. Evening at Linthicum Hall The Annual Address of the President ef the National Geographic So- elety Last Evening. “Polly” Caton Intends New to Turn Over a New Leaf—Other Mat- ters of Interest. There was a large and interested audience The Philocros Club's dance last night at in the Builders’ Exchange Hall last evening. | Linthicum Hall was chaperoned by Moa. representing much of the intellectual and| Thomas E. Waggaman, Mrs. Ives of New social life of the city, to listen to a lecture York, Mrs. Moran and Mrs. Tucker, and by the cultured president of the National under the management of Messrs. Clark Geographic Society, Mr. Gardiner G. Hub-| Waggaman, W. Irvine Fickling, Archie — Cn ee ae aan Hassan and J. C. Brenner. It was ome of of the president, who took for his subject the social events of the season. The toilets «The Geographic Progress of Civilization.” | o¢ the ladies were exquisite and the music His talk was a comprehensive resume of delightful. Perfection marked every detail the history of nations, showing how they| of the dance. Some of those present were had developed from the simplest beginnings | wr. J. W. Donnelly, Miss Littlepage, Miss to their present ® greater! Trenholm, Mr. A. H. Ryan, Mr. W. Welch, or less degree of culture and civilization. Mr. Frank Hunter, Miss Shinn, Miss O'Neal, He began with the records of the earitest Miss Wescott, Miss Callahan, Miss Wilsom, man and his probable origin and habitat, | miss Amdrews, Mr. George Townsend, Mr. coming down as far as the United States at| Percy Thompson, Mr. Joseph Thompeom, the present time. Mr. Douglass Simms, Mr. Carl Pelz, Mr. ‘With the lecture went a series of interest- Mr. Galt, Miss Ide Fickling, Miss Annie Fickling, Miss Brawa- -| er, Miss Evans, Miss Tucker, Miss Orndorff, Miss Trenholm, Mr. George M. Whitwell, Mr. Charles Meding, Mr. George E. Cruse, Miss Hanger, Miss In speaking of the “zone of intellect” in| Prudenthall, Miss Flynn, Miss the beginning of his lecture Mr. Hubbard| Miss Lay, Mr. William Looker and Mr. said that if parallels of latitude were drawn | Frank Davidson. sie around the earth about fifteen degrees north ‘Will Take a New Start. and fifteen degrees south of Washington,} John, ailas “Polly” Caton, who was shot the land within these parallels would include|on Christmas day by Sergt. Haney while all the countries of the world that have| resisting arrest, and who since that time been highly civilized and distinguished for | nas been at the Emergency Hospital under art and science. No great people, except|the care of physicians, was yesterday ¢is- the Scandinavians and Scotch, who, from| charged and sent home. The police say their climate, belong to the same region.| that as Caton was a prisoner the Mmer- ever existed outside these Hmits. No great gency authorities had no right to all Seer Seek, eaitone ts eae oe ae meee | thas to oo Wilheut Suseainag ae Gann work juced, in other parts of the globe. | partment first. To justify his action, Sergt. Pee eee And | Haney, it is understood, will bring a charge barians, Laps, wu Finns and other equally barbarous tribes;|°f disorderly conduct or assault and bat- im the south the Polynesians in ica, | tery against Caton. “Polly” is looking very the Hottentots and bushmen in thern | thin and pale and his recovery as Africa, the and Terra del Fu-| miraculous, as the wounds in his body were egans in South America. The nearer man| in exceedingly places. He states lives to the polar regions the greater his in-| that hereafter his life will be a new fertority in intellect, the greater his barbar-| he having grown tired of having his ism. If two other is are drawn, one| duct such as to be always questioned by fifteen degrees and another fifteen de- | the officers. grees em of the —, the —— At Gunston Institate. in these parallels would contain eee ee nt swandantiy Wanna tee | ‘Fhe fast. pubilie entertainment over tett producing the greatest variety of vegetable} @t the Gunston Institute came off lest and animal life, the largest variety of the night and shone brilliantly from an artistic most beaut! standpoint. The audience that gather- ferocious animals; animal ‘and vege- pd pated in by graceful yo ladies, instru- mental selections played by ac Geaten sicians, and literary compositions rendered Mr. Hubbard said that there was every con ‘wore oome of the tat Sa See reason to believe that the human race had | program. had its origin in some one locality, and had thence spread over all sections of the world. He spoke of the beginnings of mankind ead Paragraphs of Interest. if i il prevented serious damage. The nated from the parlor some workmen had lighted Janie C. Dyer yesterday Burch lot 15, in B. FP. Leighton’ Beatty and Hawkins’ town; W. P. Lockwood laski lots 2$ and Heights, an@ A. T. party, lots 1, 2 and man’s sub of the Joseph Beuregard of 33d street and Annie Davis of formerly Q street, Georgetown, married Wednesday last, to many friends. They ture home in Georgetown. Mr. Alvord of a eA, s, condition gives ra Miss Mary Dashiell night gave a charming Over a score of iff i seate ane compass ting by the Chinese, and the rich literature of Arabia as evidence of early civilzation in those places. Mr. Hubbard went on to speak of the con- tributions made to civilization by various | was the Srtetheg ace toe paptist, Church races and nations, taking them up in order, inations interested in the Moody beginning with the earliest. He showed how Egypt had influenced the civilization of the world, and to the Egyptians is owed the development of agriculture and archi- tecture. The Grecians gave a further and is owed the separation of church and state, the development of philosophy, literature of government. Her rule was not that of | occurred yesterday. It was that of Mr. @ race, for she wanted a hundred different | Edward J. M who races in the state. To Rome ts owed the Gen. zi — ee ee idea of uni the merging of an nations into one, and the civil war. Ss nations pass similar stages of Progress, from savagery to a more or less epeypenendd advanced state of barbarism, but beyond | McCORMICK—REED. 31, The speaker then took up the nations of modern Europe in turn in the same, of Af- rica and finally of America, and he closed his lecture by showing how, tn the begin- ning, man was subject to his environments and 11 ——__ THE BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIP. Among Amatesrs of the District Won by the Carroll Institute Team. The bowling contest of the District Ama- teur League for the local championship was concluded last evening on the alleys of the Washington Athletic Club, and the team from Carroll Institute, which already had a safe lead, now holds the banner for the District. The W. A. C. won all three 80 moved up from last place and left the Young Men’s Catholic Club behind them. The four teams comprising the league end- ed up the series with the following record of games won and lost: Carroll Institute... Columbia Athletic Ch Washington Athletic Club. Young Men's Catholic Club. 9 at y For making the highest average during the tournament Mr. John Walker of the Columbia Athletic Club wins the overcoat offered by Parker, Bridget & Co. For mak- ing the highest score in a single game W. M. Dove, also of the Columbia, gets the Voigt gold medal. Other prizes go to the men on each team making the highest aver- age during the tournament. h one gets a medal from the District Amateur Howl- ing League. The winners are John Walker, Columbia Athletic Club; F. A. Armstrong. Carroll Institute Club; J. T. Trapp, Young Men's Catholic Club, and W. H. Maginnis, Washington Athletic Club. —__ The Emancipation Convention. At a meeting of the executive committee of the emancipation celebration, held at No. 1st street southwest, the committee decided to call the convention to meet Monday evening, February 12, at 8 o'clock, at Good Samaritan Temple, Ist street | between D and EB streets southwest. All districts are called upon to meet and eiect three delegates and two alternates, and all colored churches, clubs an@ military organi- zations two delegates and one alteraate to meet in the convention. oe he pA Eh at 3 p.m. he 11th of J . wife of J ‘Thompson. WEBB. CHILDREN CRY FOR PITCUER‘S CasToRia. Balvation Ol) heals scalds and Lurns. 2c.