Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1894, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. MONDAY... February 19, 1894. CROSBY S. NOYES... - Editor. — THE EVENING STAR has a regul: t circulation nearly ed circulation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no com- Detitor. t7Im order to avoid delays, bse: The District of Columbia has urgent need of many things, but there is no more con- spicuous void at this time than the one which can only be filled by a great and free public library. For nearly one hundred years the seat of government and the cen- ter of political life, and now the American home of authors and scientists, Washington 1s humiliatingly inferior in this regard to seven-tenths of the country’s small towns and to every New England village. In those comparatively little places ample provision has been made for the mental improvement of the inhabitants, and the wisdom of such @ course is beyond controyersy. Ignorance is non-productive of anything that is good but {is prolific In misfortune and crime; it Bives, as has so truly been said, a sort of eternity to prejudice and perpetuity to error. For those who have been without early ad- vantages there is no more effectual helper than the free library, for those who cannot buy many books no better friend, and it is a free library which is demanded here and now. Efforts have been made to establish such an institution and there has hereto- fore been but one real barrier—the absence of an available structure in which the books could be properly housed. That barrier may goon be removed. The District Commis- sioners have caused to be prepared and will soon submit to Congress plans for the new municipal building, which it is believed will be legislated into existence during the pre- sent session. There would be little or no Gifficyity in amending or adding to those Plans so as to provide sufficient room for the public library this city wants and ought to have. A central location would thus be assured and the educative work Proposed made the more effective. This is the time to push the library idea to a suc- cessful conclusion. —— +042 —___ Governor Thomas G. Jones of Alabama has an opportunity to do his state a real service. An aged white woman, who resided not far from Birmingham—which is sup- posed to be a conspicuous feature in what has poetically been termed “The New South”’—-was the victim of an outrageous as- sault and was then murdered by her assail- ant, presumably to cover up his tracks. The unfortunate woman—who was alive when found by neighbors—could not testify and @id not really know whether the villain was white or black, but the customary mob de- eided that no other than a negro would have been guilty of such a heinous offense, and with that conclusion as a base proceeded to investigate. Two negroes were arrested and questioned, and it was decided by the Inves- tigators that one or the other must be the murderer. Each denied all knowledge of the affair, and no one had proof that affected either of the prisoners. Only one of them could possibly have been concerned in the erime—that was the only point that was clearly established—yet the mob hung the two suspects and riddled their swinging bodies with bullets. The lynchers’ crime ‘was utterly without excuse and horrible beyond description. Even supposing that one of the two executed ones was guilty, what can be said to defend the taking off of the other? Civilized sentiment has always held it to be better that a hundred guilty men escape than that one innoceat man perish, but the Alabama lynchers evidently disagreed with the popular and humane idea. Of course it will be declared aloud that Alabama is not responsible for the awful deed, which projected at least one innocent man into that future which but few are in a hurry to visit; but the stain les on the state unless the state authorities bestir themselves and use every means within their control to capture ard punish the murderers who dared usurp the judicial office. —__e+___ “Dream not that helm and harness are jus of valor true,” sang Whittier, and, as there are doubtless many people who know no heroes save those of warfare, such warnings are often necessary. Up in the little mining town of Plymouth, Pa., a band | of heroes—whose names will never be Known outside of thé community in which they dwell—have toiled for more than six days and nights in continuous effort to rescue thirteen of their fellow-miners who by the collapse of a vast quantity of coal and rock are prisoners in the Gaylord mine. ‘The work is perilous in the extreme and there have been several narrow escapes for the would-be rescuers, but enthusiasm has suffered no diminution nor is there the slightest difficulty in securing the services of volunteers who have the muscle and nerve needed for such work. It may be that when the incarcerated men are reached there will be no life in their bodies, but there is hope in thousands of hearts, and it |. 1s possible that some, if not all, of the un- i fortunates may come back from the grave. | In at least one notable instance miners | have been rescued who were entombed for more than ten days. Millions of Americans are praying that the heroism of those who, at the risk of their own lives, are laboring to save the apparently lost, may not be in vain, ——_+- + ___ With a six-years’ sentence to the peni- tentiary rattling on his tympanum John Y. McKane has every reason for believing that the way of the transgressor is very, very hard. Yet he has been leniently dealt with. He deliberately set out to defraud the peo- ple of their right to govern themselves, and for awhile succeeded in his villainous work, but his race has been run and the punish- ment he so thoroughly deserves is upon him. For the innocent members of his fam- ily there will be sympathy, but the public ig not responsible for the sorrow they suffer and can therefore but look with compla- cency on the enforced seclusion of the man who detied law and imagined himself strong enough to overthrow justice. — oe The pyramils of Egypt fail to give the impression of stability conveyed by the mere name of that great financial insti- tution, the Bank of England. In all the realms of Her Majesty Queen Victoria there is no stronger synonym for absolute security than “the Old Lady of Thread- meedie Street.” Yet the Investors’ Review, @ journal of most excellent repute in the| World of British finance, says of the bank | that instead of its being the solid keystone | of the imperial money market it is in many Fespects one of the weakest spots in finan- cial London. In one sense the Bank of England is undoubtedly safe, for support- ing its operations as a bank of issue 1s the British government, and that support makes impossible any loss by those who hold the bank’s notes. Outside of the work Of issue, however, is the business of deal- ing im and lending money, and in that capacity, as the Review so pertinently in-| stands or falls by the wise | er unwise conduct of its managers. From | the showing 1 made it would seem as| though the bank had really not been man- Qced at all for the past twenty years, and| at it is now ir ition which urgently | demands the atten: f statesmen and | economists. To Americans who have re- @arded the bank as an admirably governed and sound institution it will be news to r that “the bank lies habitually too far @way from the market; its officials are men epart, often amerce and aimost of nece 'S to the forces | foverning commercial affairs,” that “draws to itself not the best class of bus- | imess, but business of a second or third | class,” that but a little while ago the bank | loaned @ now insolvent firm more than two | million and a half of dollars and took as “securities” railroad and mineral stocks the interest on which was “guaranteed” by the borrowing firm itself. It is undoubted- ly true that no other great financial insti- tution in the world succeeds in so effectu: ly keeping secret its business methods, and out of this secrecy—which is dangerous— comes many a theory on which distrust is not unreasonably founded. The Review says that the bank publishes no balance sheet—nothing whatever except the meager weekly returns. There is no outside audit of its books; its stockholders have no con- trol whatever over the management. Under the charter shareholders are supposed to meet and elect directors and governors at Stated periods, but this power has dwindled into mere routine or pantomime. The “House List,” as it is called, is always elected as a matter of course, so that the board is really co-optative. It is thus, in great measure, “a family party.” The son follows the father, the nephew the uncle, or a lucky marriage brings with it a seat at the board. At best tradition prevails, and | the new director is never a banker, rarely @ man trained in the hard school of com- petitive business. After lengthy discussion of the situation as it seems to be understood by London financiers, the Review says: “For these reasons, and others we need not now dwell on, we emphatically think that the most ur- gent financial question of the day is the an- tiquated and paralytic condition of the Bank of England. It ought to be reorganized from top to bottom. * * © If the affairs of the bank ere allowed to drift along as they have done, more or less, since the act of 1844, the end must be a crisis, beside which the Baring collapse and all that fol- lowed it will dwindle into insignificance.” ——— ee -—_ Some of the most eminent electricians in the country will attend the electrical con- vention which is to be held in this city commencing on the 27th instant. Many novel devices in electrical-illumination and in the application of electricity to the move- ment of street cars will be then thoroughly and ably discussed. Washington is deeply interested in these matters, and will be glad to hear what the experts have to say. ——_-- + e< — Few people who read what the New York Herald had to say about the Peckham nomi- nation would accuse that journal of defeat- ing the President's second choice for the Supreme Bench, but the Herald’s picture of Mr. Peckham, printed on Friday last, could have had no other than an adyerse effect. —- oe It is thought that President Cleveland will hardly adopt the suggestion offered by the German emperor in his present of a bottle of wine to Bismarck. The demand on the champagne supply would be too heavy unless great partiality were shown. ——_ e+ The ever suspicious public is now listen- ing to suggestions that the sensational rob- bery of a fifth avenue stage in New York may be in the line of an effort to find for these vehicles a new field of usefulness in the tent show. It would be interesting to hear from the Lendoners who called the house of lords a mischievous and useless institution an opin- fon on the Prince of Wales’ gaudy dress- coat, +32 ___ Advocates of the nomination of Mr. Bis- sell hope that it would mean something mere than the transfer of the seat of war from the Supreme Court to the Post Office Department. If the present course of events continues, the executive branch of this government should be provided with a nomination clerk. —_ +e] —__ The Comanches threaten to follow the ex- ample of the white people in Oklahoma by going on the war-path. —_—__~ SHOOTING STARS. Superior Wisdom. There was a pretty parrot once Who, in contrition, said: “I talk too much; the habit brings Great sorrow on my head.” The gentle cuckoo, 1s, you'll find, A different sort of bird; He speaks but seldom, and, of late, He hasn't sald a word. A Cynical Deduction. “Herbert,” she said, tenderly, “what did you do with that poetry you wrote on my birthday?” “That stuff?” he responded, with a sneer. “That wasn't poetry.” “Why, what makes you think that?” “I got a magazine editor to accept it for publication.” A Shock From Great Britain. Oh, pause, ye planets, in your course, Though mighty and remote; The universe must pause to see The prince’s new dress-coat. Incapacitated. He used to be an anarchist, But now he dares not scoff; Friends chloroformed him recently and shaved his whiskers off. The Risk He Took. “I tell you,” said the druggist, “people complain of high prices, but there’s a good deal of risk in this business.” “Indeed? I always had an impression that you took in a great deal of money.” “That's just where the danger Hes. So many men have that impression, that it’s @ great temptation to people to break in and rob.” How It Came. “TI don’t understand,” said the man who was visiting New York, “how Tumper came to be put into the directory as a mechanic.’ “Well, you see, he had to have some oc- cupation.” “But I thought he busied himself solely with politics?” “That's it. He attends to the machine.” Suspicion. ‘When tenderly the sky looks down Upon the wakening meadow; When fades the mystery and gloom Wrought by the ground hog’s shadow; We wonder, for those whims of old Are quite beyond forgetting, If Spring is really on her way, Or, once again, coquetting. ——_+ +s ___ Natural History of the Cuckoo. From the New York Sun, There are forty varieties of the cuckoo or Cuculus, exclusive of the Cuculus congres- sionalis, but they do not appear to be repre- sented in the poultry and pigeon show now in progress at the Madison Square Garden. The use of the word “cuckoo” us a designa- tion of political reproach is traceabie to Capt. Boutelle, the free-spoken Maine mari- ner, and was applied by him in Congress, in nautical sportiveness, to an up-state New York member, whose partiality for the policies enunciated by President Cleveland has generally been observed to be of the automatic order; defense and extolment always on tap, and no questions asked. The addition of this apt and expressive noun to the political vocabulary of “mug- wump,” “stalwart,” “half-breed,” “dough- face,” “tenderfoot,” “barnburner,” “dark “copperhead, ' “moon- is “roor- back” and “rag baby” is not enfolded in mystery or uncertainty. It ts in use only about three weeks, but has attained already @ general popularity. ——__ + 0-—_____ A Case for Promptness. From the Chicago Herald. If the government wants to sell its building at Jackson Park, as announced from Washington, it should proceed to do so without delay. The frequency with which buildings down there are being dis- patched by fire is suggestive of some agency more responsible than tramps. > = ——___ A Little Joke. From the New York World. Congressman John Allen of Mississ!ppt ys what this country needs just now is heavier tariff on snow. a “I’m going to try Wilson’s on F street —for my next pair of shoes,” remarked @ lady in Georgetown the other day. She did. She is now a permanent customer. ’Tis but an “oft-repeated tale.” Why do they come? Different people for different reasons. The fastidious come to us for a NEAT FIT— the fashionabt> mind naturally turns our way for STYLE—the man about town makes & beeline bere for COMFORT—and the economical turn to us for money's worth. TRY OUR $8.50 SHOB. aes Os 929 F St. N.W. “Successor to Wilson & Carr." Have you a BLACK DRESS? ‘You couldn't have a more service- able dress than black one—or a more economical one. You will never know the disappoint- ment of a fading or rusting black if it comes from our stock—for we none of that sort. jestley’s sak Wasp HENRI- ¥ to $2 a yi Priestley's Silk Warp ARMURES, ‘Te. and ard. yard. Russian Crepe, $1 yard. Priestley’s Drap de Alina, "6c. and wlan see a, ener "ul-weol' WHIPCOMDS. "50" and wvai-wrot SERGES, 39, 50, 75c. and bay JACQUARDS and FANCY WEAVES, rds 83-inch “Standard Quality ard. + Lne “Sta as lack Silk, Se. yard. Carhart & Leidy, 928 7th St. & 706K St. felo : Our phosphatic em- ulsion is cod liver oil in its most effective form. It builds up the system by feeding it. It fat- tens to plumpness -- not obesity =--colds and coughs cannot exist in the same system with it. Absolutely fresh; 75¢- Dp es Thompson's Pharmacy, 703 15th st. Ly T he Best $4.98 Trunk Ever Sold. $10 sort, and is really the Dest we have yet offered. ‘Trunk strap and marked on every trunk—tfree. Repairing and covering a * * * “speciuity."* hea Kneessi, 425 7th St. i | We have fust finished two 4 i] doven— Flat-top Canvas é | Trunks, with iren bottom, i steel clamps, full covered a | tray, Excelsior lock, which ; Wwe shall place_on sale at € Hy ' | $4.98 Each. | This ‘will compare fav. *¢¢ | | orably with others’ $8 and * * | ii a aT 7 iar cane aN ES ahi DO NOT BE FOOLED. It is CERES FLOUR that makes more bread, lighter bread, whiter bread, sweeter bread and better bread than any other flour. At all grocers. We only wholesale it. Wm. M. Galt& Co., Wholesale flour and feed dealers, cor. ist and Ind. ave. = Three Big , Bargains In Shoes. There's a need no one is ever lacking. If le would lay in several pairs of shoes every time Worthy offers were “made, they'd cut, down expenses considerabl: We'll give you three chances start on that plan now; Several lots of Ladies’ iy. to Shoes, in all the de- sirable styles, that were from $2 . are on to the bargain table at.... $1.90 Another table 1s made up of les” an $ Sboce. ‘They're’ going at DdeO! If you wear sizes from 2 to Bis, there's @ lot of $ les” oes of those sizes on @ table at.... 1.50 You can find what you want in one of the three. EDIMONSTON, 2 1334 F St. N.W. fe} A House Is Always In Need Of repairs of some kind. Yours may need a little repairing in the PLUMBLN' ——— line. Then, our services will be called Into use." Everybody knows we're PLUMBERS. And everybody who has employed us knows that our work allows ——— of ho improvement. Drop us a card for SS. SHEDD & BRO., 482 NINTH ST. N.W. Good Policy Prices PERRY’S. 'HILE fashion is constantly push- ing new colors and patterns in DRAPERIES and CURTAINS to the front, it is only to meet the incessant @emand of the public taste for a change. It doesn’t detract from the earlier crea- tions a bit. . But we have to keep moving right along with the procession—and no matter how rare & beauty fs left it must be urged and bur- ried out. We find ourselves now “taking of” big Slices of price of some lots we have in ‘stock—not because they are worth less—not because they are not just as attractive as any of the incoming styles—but simply to have done with them. It may not be the customary time to re- Grape and decorate—but it certainly is the economical time. What if you do hide them away—unused—until next fall? Look at the saving in money it means to buy now. That is the point: Portieres. Some are single pairs. Some are small lots. 1 pair ECRU PORTIFRES, with dado and fringe, top and bottom. 1 pair OLD ROSE PORTIERES, with dado and fringe top and hottom. 1 pair of OLD BLUE PORTIERES, with dado and fringe top and Lottom, 1 pair of SAGE GREEN PORTIERES, with dado and fringe top and bottom. These run from 45 to 50 inches wide, and 3, 3% and 3% yards long—and have been $5 and $5.50. Either you want $4 a Pair. Irish Point Curtains. 20 pairs IRISH POINT LACE CURTAINS —all lengths and widths. Regular price, $3.50 and $4. NOW $3 a Pair. 2 pairs IRISH POINT LACE CURTAINS —8% and 4 yards long—45 to 60 inches wide —ight different styles represented among them. Regular price, $4.50, $5 and $5.50. NOW $4 a Pair. 15 pairs IRISH POINT LACE CURTAINS seven styles—unusually heavy pattern— 3% and 4 yards long—45 to 58 inches wide. Regular price, $6, $6.50 and $7. NOW $5 a Pair. 5 pairs of ECRU ANTIQUE CURTAINS, with lace edge. Regular price, $3. NOW $2 a Pair. You will find here and there one ofa Kind of Nottinghams, and we haven't spared them either. Sash Stuffs. 40-inch COIN SPOT MUSLIN.-in all col- ors—NOW 2c. a yard. 40-inch CREAM and LEMON MADRAS— Now - 50-inch CREAM, LEMON MADRAS—NOW 35c. a yard. 80-inch TAMBOURED MUSLIN—NOW 17e. a yard. inch SWISS, with double border, and decod amd figured centers—NOW lic. a yard. Down Pillows. 25 ROUND and SQUARE PILLOWS, cov- ered with drapery muslin and finished with 2-inch ruffle. Regular price, 75c. and 87i%c. —NOW 50c. each. 12 SATINE COVERED PILLOWS—16x16 and COLORED and 18x18, with 2ts-inch rufle. Regular price, $1.25 and $1.50—NOW $1. In All-silk Pillows and “Down,"? too. Plain and fancy effects, Art Stuffs. 30-inch SATINES, for fancy work, cush- fon coverings and drapery of all sort—in all colors—NOW 15c. a yard. 86-inch SILKALINE—all colors—NOW 9. @ yard. Fringe to match, 42-Inch MUSLIN, in three colors. Regu- lar price, 20c.—NOW The. a yard. SELMA ALLELES Advance Exhibit of (Hats, Toques} ;<& Bandeaus sAt Bon Marche. ———— Tomorrow you may catch a glimpse of the budding Spring’s ————— most charming head-gear, as ———— some 48 exquisite Jet “Novel- ty’? Hats,Toques and Bandeaus —_—— will go on sale for the first time. ——_ Also about 50 charmingly se- date styles in ‘‘Mourning” Hats—one of our specialties. ——_—— 0n a table you will find about 25 stylish Mourning Hats and Toques, for $2.98 each. Sale of $5 Spring} ilk Waists For $3.98. Three different styles of new Spring Waists of Black Surah Silk, which should be $5—but which will be $3.98. $6.50 Changeabl able) in the newest style Silk Waists for spring, made to sell for $6.50, but which we shall sell at $4.98. ON — CHARITY —begins at home. Don’t put up with a laundry that sends back a new collar with an edgeon it rough enough to saw a 2inch plank— you owe something to yourself. Wetreat your linen “tenderly” and make it “last.” Try us. Our wagons will call. YALE Steam Laundry MAIN BRANCH, 514 10TH 8T. "PHONE luv2, it) PLANT, 43 G ST. N.W. + abodes ee “wx 2x = =x lal SS Seabed Pe ere ax = Does the Question Trouble You? —the question of ad- Yertising—how to do it quickly, effectively and economically ? e most important use of advertising is to interest the — con- sumer—and create a de- mand for the article to be sold. To interest the con- sumer, and thus create 31-inch FIGURED CHINA SILK—all colors and patterns. Regular price, 60c.—NOW 50c. a yard. 50-inch SATIN RUSSF, for furniture cover- ing—Sage, Green, Olive, Tobacco Brown and Old Rose—NOW 62t5c. a yard. 50-tnch COTTON DAMASK, in Sage Green, Olive, Brown, Old Rose and Tan—NOW S7%gc. a yard. For furniture and hangings. 50-inch TAPESTRY—for furniture cover- ings—in Red, Old Blue, Olive, Sage and Terra Cotta—NOW 90c. a yard. Take them for just what they are—grand good qualities and choice patterns—remark- ably cheap. We have told you why. PERRY’S, Ninth And The Avenue. Established 1840, Telephone 995. L9POOSOOCOOSOOOOD: Half-gallon Bots. HERB is no remedy for dis- case 80 pleasant, '80_ simple, 80 efficacious as Mineral Wa- ters—nature’s own physician. Otterburn Lithia Water DYSPEP- LIVER —— KIDNEY TROUBLES and DISOR- STOMACHS. If you are CEEEEREEEERY CXEEEEEEO {The Lover Of Bargains ‘Will find gratification here. From cellar to garrett, every item of all that went to e up one of the finest stocks of DRY GOODS and CARPETINGS in the city, all, absolutely all, REDUCED "WAY BELOW COST. Instance these prices: fs Children’s Merino Vests, sizes 16 to 22, formerly in price from 18c. 10c.| tal fatealty geod ins, was original value at 95c........... 55¢. MEN'S 35c. AN! . NECK TIES. These include Silk “and Satin - Hands, est values ever given. 17C. Men's Merino Shirts and was a splendid just wers, ie at $1, reduced etter OFC. JOHNSON, ‘GARNER & CO., DRY GOODS AND CARPETINGS, 10 636 Penn. Avenue. CXEEEREEEEEED cXERER ERE OS xy le fe . CORE RERERERE OER ER EEE EEE EC EC EEUU EE EEE ) . ° A Woman’s Good Looks 's Depend greatly upon the manner jn which her hai: is arranged. A man’s glances are and by the care shown in its is her social status gauged. to make one's hair pretty. Shampoo, as well as dress latest modes, and ut ex- * tremely moderate charges. S. Heller, 720 7th St. fe19 all run down—nervous—spend sleey less nights—use “Otterburn” Lith! Water. It will restore you to per- fect health. To introduce ft, half- gallon bottles only 25c., to your home. (JUST F PRICE OF OTHER LITHIA Wa- —— TERS.) Write or telephone. H. E. Barrett, Agent, Shoreham Drug Store (15th and H) Pm Drew's Drug Store, Conn. ave. and L st. fe SPPSOLIFI000O0006659 0000000 P9SO60 9090099990 00O90000 905009 SPRING STYLES Ladies’ Fine Oxford Ties, FROM $1.35 TO $2.50. aT THE WARREN SHOE HOUSE, GEO. W. RICH, fe19 919 F st. nw. Make up your mind ——— -today that this is the last day you will stand inferior butter—don’t get mad— don't get all stirred up—but just simply he deserves it, and so would we you bad butter. But we don't. mery Butter in Washington at rices. yster, lowest Jas. F. oth & Pa. ave. ’Phone 271. fel9 + See eras srses! a demand, requires a special study of the Preparation of the ad- Vertisement. We've been twelve years learning what we know about advertising. We're turning out some mye good ads now—goo use they draw = trade. Star Ad-Writing Bu. WM. A. HUNGERFORD, Mai q MILLER. ae —————————— i Grocers, Butchers, Druggists ~—and Fancy Goods Dealers can fave half their money by busing their Roll Wrapping Paper now of us. We are giving up this depart- ment, and are quoting half regular prices. There's need for you to hurry. Was Now Ode. Th... 02% -03e. . “one: 2c. Ib... 01ige. -O4e. OTe. Ib. 0c. Ib. Wax Papers for Butter. Ast quality Manilla... 2d quality Manilla, Holl Tea Paper... Roll Paper Cutters Standing Cutters. Nickel Standing Cutters. Jumbo Cutters... 2.22.22 $6.00 \ Desk Rolls of White Memo.. Paper Cutter, two ink wells and stand for desk use. Were $3. Now $1.7! $1.50 Telephene Memo. Tabiets, 75c. Barber & Ross, BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. CUTLERY, GAS FIXTURES, MANTELS, &c., Cor. 11th & G Streets. fe19 iChoice Spring Lamb, Green Peas & Fresh [Mint have st arrived. Our SPRING ‘yDinner parties a cfalty.”” ; “‘spe- ae {Pattenelinsiet, O06 14t fel9-e0 wrewvvwww: Colonial-Time Furniture Is conceded by connoisseurs to represent the highest type of furniture beauty. Modern furniture makers find it impossible to re- produce satisfactory counterparts. We have @ large and handsome exhibit of ART A} TIQUE FURNITURE, | comprising — See- retarivs, Tables, Book — Cases, _ Dress- ing Cases, &c.. REPAIRING 1s my spectalty. Will call on receipt of pos- tal. Prices ‘of the moderate kind. F. WARTHER, 725 13th St. fel9 We Want the Ladies to know that we Clean Soiled Laces, ¥ o injury. deliver sonable prices. C7 Drop us a post. . Anton Fischer, :f435%, fele BQS852 ® e The Pleasure Of Eating fepends about as much on the sur- youndings as on the food. The dining Toom ought to be one of the pleasant- est and best furnished rooms in the house. It is easy enough to have it so. Particularly easy to get good furniture for it just now. We are going to sell & couple of carloads of Dining Room Furniture. Ought to sell it quick at these prices: No. 81—Solid Oak Sideboard, large bevel giass, lined cutlery drawer, first-class work and polish finish. Re- uced from $18 to $12.75. No. 340—4-foot Antique Oak Side- board, band polished, extra fine fin- ish. Former price $28. Now $21. Large Rococo Buffet, 5 fect long, beveled French mirrors, pedestal base, piano polish. Good value at $100. In this sale, $76. Some special offerings in fine Mehog- any Buffets, which must be seen to be ‘appreciated. If you are interested in these goods you cannot afford to miss seeing them and getting our prices. A nicely finished Oak Dining Table at $4.50. The Best Oak Dining Chairs at $1.50 ever shown in the District. We have made prices on Dining Room Furniture that should insure us very large sales this week and the shrewd purchaser will take advantage € © 6 S ° & @ 6 6 4 e ] 3] a& S hes of it. W. H. Hoeke, @ Furniture, Carpets, 2 @8 Draperies, cS] 6 Cor. Pa.Ave. and 8thSt S OVOGSOOGDS HOOHOHO HSS HO SOOT CO GHOOSHOOOOGSHOOS it KOLB PHARMAGY Leaders of Lowest Pri FIGURES TO SUIT PRESENT HARD TIMES. Rubber Goods Department. 9 ces. ow, +=. $126 Fountain Syringes, 3-quart, guaranteed. Were Family Were §2. Family Were A Perfect-titting Truss. Former price, Now.. Sundries. Pest Infant Powder (perfumed), 25c. Now......Be Bor of Best Linen Peper, with Envelopes. Was 25c. Now. .18¢ 2-oz. bottle Imported French Extracts. Was $1.00. “ 7 Fall pint bottle of Phosphatic Emulsion. Was $1.00, Now... (lade fresh Pure Castile Soap, with Turkish Wash Cloth....20c Full pint bottles of Beef, Iron and Wine. Were $1. Now.........00.005 oonbone r Brooks’ English Female Pills. Were §2. For this sale only.............00. $1.50 English Tooth Brushes. Were 35e. Now. English Tooth Brushes. Were 25c. Now. Nursing Bottles and Fittings. Were 25c. Now. White Castile Soap, wi Now. English Hair Lot of Soaps, Lot of Soaps, very fine. Were 2c. Now. Hand Scrubs, five-row. Were 1c. No’ Hand Scrubs, best + Shaving Brushes, all bristle. Were 25c. Now. Lot of Dressing Combs. Were 20c. Now. Shoe Brushes, complete. Were 50c. Now. Shoe Sets, with Blacking. Were 50c. Now. Razor Strops, 4 sides. Were 50c. Now. Wade & Butcher Razors. Were $2.00. Toilet Waters, fine. Were 25c. Now...... Florida Water, large, best. Was 75c. Now. Face Powders, which were 25c., now..... And a large line of odds and ends left over be sacrificed at any price. KOLB PHARMAGY, Leaders of Lowest Prices, Seventh and E n.w. Diamonds Are still being sold us at about 50 cents on the until the stock purchased by us in New ( York at sheriff's sale is exhausted. We mention toda Opal juster with 10 fine , for $22. the following: ing, surrounded i ppbite diamonds, worth ‘82. pu Marquise’ Diamond jarquise Rings containt 23 pure white diamonds (not chips, Worth $60, only $25. Only a ‘few “more of those Mar- guise Diamond Rings ‘at $15)" worth R. Harris & Co., (i IMPORTERS OF DIAMONDS, 7th&DN.W. fel9-tf OSS OS x ee ODO For An Honest Harness, Lutz & on that is made up of bonest Bro., stock, honest work und an honest 100 cents’ worth for every 497 dollar expended in it, we feel we Pa. AV.can recommend nothing better than THE “CONCORD.” fel9 rena Ra MN ‘English Jams Reduced to 18c. a Jar.» These superior goods are put by Clark, ‘Nichols & Comb welt | THE BEST—Calltornia Known a6 THE pricets, tl very fivest goods on © the market, reduced from 25c. to = @ can-Mince Meat and ali? Kinds ‘of Nuts at reduced prices. = C7 We st of those TIEN GARS, 25 in box, only $1.25. Donneliy’s cor.14th & fel9-co a MRE at i t eee Popular With the Ladies— Burchell’s Spring- Leaf Tea. It is relished by e both old and young and female. It Buixbed for nd Oc. a It N.W. BURCHELL, 1335 F st. ==, fe19 Feet Hurt? “Welcome foot bath” has relieved and cured thonsands. Mrs. Hollister and ber famons cure may be found on first foor near door of Bleventh St. entrance......Also visit Shoe Department and ask to see the Anglo-American Shoes for ladies:— Comfort, beauty, durability, reduced prices. Palais Royal. When in the store ask for a sample glans—free— of the Matchless Mineral Water, pronounced by the Inte Prof. E. T. Fristoe superior to any water | at Massanetta Springs. Further particulars at Stand, foot of stairway, basement floor. Special Notice. Sample Spring Suits and Wraps of the leading mak- \ers of New York for sale at less than cost of materials. THE EXPLANATION IS AS FOLLOWS:—THE NEW YORK MAKERS SECURE MODELS FROM EUROPE. THEY ARE COPIED IN THEIR WN WORK ROOMS. IF A GARMENT OON- SUMES TOO MUCH CLOTH, REQUIRES UN- USUAL TIME AND SKILL IN MAKING: IF FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER IT IS ALLY COSTLY TO PRODUCE ‘PROFIT. IT IS LAID ASIDE AND ANOTHER GAKMENT > MADE THAT, WHILE PRODUCING SOMEWHAT THE EFFECT. IS EVERY WAY LESS EXPENSIVE...... IT B vE GARMENTS THAT HAVE. THE PALAIS ROYAL “BUY A PEAT THAT 18 BEING LOOKED ON WITH WONDER AND DISGUST BY THE “BUYERS” OF THE LEAD- ING RETAIL HOUSES OF NEW YORK, WHO HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN ‘ORED WITIL THESE “PLUMS”... . Dounruzas 80 CAL SINCE IT IS THE TRADE CUSTOM FOR THR MANUPACTORERS 10 FAVOR THEIR BEST CUSTOMERS WITH THESE SAMPLES aT A NOMINAL The Suits. $9.98 for choice of latest Paris and London style Spring Suits worth from $1g5 to $35 each. The Jackets. $4.98 for choice of equal- ly fashionable Spring Jack- ets worth from $9 to $15. Also & miscellaneous lot, among which are Sam- ple Silk Waists for $2.98, worth §5 Separate Serge Skirts for Tallor-made Suits, known $1.50, pes, worth up to $25, is a price never quoted earlier in the flattering. Here Sample criticisms:—“I shall not $3.78 for choice of T-rand Dress Lengths of Serges, in black and all the spring colors: Dress Lengths 0c Fancy Wool Fabrics in styles. See what you receive for only $3.7! 7 yards material at Goc. Eleset Suiting at only $1.29 yard, .25—Si-inch Granite Suitings Poplins at only $1.25 yard f | ‘Toe yard. oO 804 Silks. We do not claim certain lots better values than usual without good rea- son—without being able to ask you to compare with samples from elsewhere. We claim the Palais Royal's special lot of 24 inch Black Moire Silks at $1 yard are equal to those usually sold at $1.25. We claim superiority for our 24-inch Black Fig- ured China Silks at Te yard. | We claim to have Black Satin Rhadames at $1.00 and $1.35 that are good values at $1.25 and $1.50. We claim these few pieces of Black Satin at TSe yard equal to the usval $1 Satins. | We claim the 24-inch Black Satin Duchesse et | $1.50 yard ts well worth $1.89, We claim the Black Japanese Silks at 28¢ yard cannot be matched at less than 3% yard. | We claim our 204nch Black Taffeta Silke at @8e | yard be worth The, the Tbe Silk to be worth S9e and those 24-inch wide ct S5e to be worth §1 yard, ‘The Panes Taffeta Silke at 89c Instead of $1.00 © yard, Pretty desigus, like sparkling rain splashes on grounds of tan, brown, gray, old rose, reseda, navy, cardinal. Plaid Wash Silks at 49¢ yard looking like Surah Silks worth T5c. Silk Crepes in street and evening shades and black, only 29¢ yard. ‘China Silks fn art shades, for lamps and fancy Wut as good quality as many fold at 39e. Striped Wash Stiks at only 40¢ yard, in com- Dinations of euades of pink and white, but- ter, blue, grecu, magenta, beliotrope, ete. CottonFabrics Charming Organdies, be- lwitching Dimities, fairy. like Swisses, silk-likeGing- | hams. find the erstwhile exclosive Swivel ing the Palais Royal and the “st exclusive nghams at the Palais lio Note that vied to offer laud, for only at who buys of te sell at less than yard. the Palais I Palais Royal A. Lisner, G and uth Sts.