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It rolled | tothe arches and swept grandly down to the thousands of ears below. it was the voice of a@ woman singing as a woman orly can | sing, a woman with a heart behind a voice | trained and drfiled into the perfection of melody. The singer was Mrs. Lizzie Mac- Nichol Vetta, so well known in this city and throughout the operatic world, and she stood on the platform at Convention Hall last night and sang “A sinner Like Me” to open the Moody services. A thrill ran through the congregation as she con- | cluded, and the choir quickly sang a | hymn. Rev. Dr. Smith of Central M. P. Chureh then led in prayer. Mr. Sankey'’s Songs. Mr. Sankey’s first song of the evenii was the famous number 0, “Calvary, which he sang as a duet with Prof. Sweney, the composer of the hymn, who also played organ. The chorus was ren- dered by the choir with rare sweetness and softness. Prayer was offered by Rev. James D. Smith. During the stillness che minister’s voice was joined by that of a child, crying in the rear of the hall. The mother suc- ceeded in choking off the youthful repent- ant early, and the pastor was given com- mand of the general attention once mere. “Not All the Blood of Beasis” was the next hymn, which was followed by the col: lection, the third since the services began. | The first one was taken last week and the second yesterday afternoon. “We want you, and not your moncy,” said Mr. Moody, “but if you ean give you may help us out. Get your money ready for the ushers.” The choir sang “The Cleansing Foun- tain,” number 67, and “What a Gospei,” number 276, while the baskets were being Dr. Hamlin voiced the silent | prayers that Mr. Moody asked the congre- gation to offer, and then Prof. Sweney |; sang “For Many Years My Burdened | Heart Had Sighed and Longed to Know.” Mr. Moody's Announcements. Mr. Moody announced that there would be no meetings today, and two meetings to- | morrow, at 3 o’clock for women and at 7:30 for men. There will also be a meeting for |men at Mt. Vernon Church at 8 o'clock, | which will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Moore | of Boston. Mr. Sankey will sing. On Mon- | day there will be only one meeting, at 7:30. | “On Tuesday afternoon,” said Mr. Moody, “I shall tai about the ‘Overcoming Light. I want all you women who have trouble with your tempers and can't get along with your husbands to come, as weil as you men who scold your wives about every trifle that crosses your grain.” ‘The Precious Blood. ‘The congregation sang “Abundantly Able to Save" before the regular talking of the evening. Mr. Moody said that he should | preach on a subject rather than a text. “The Precious Blood” was his topic. He spoke of the first promise made by God, that the serpent should bruise the heel of the woman, and of the enmity between the seed of the woman and that of the serpent, that has endured through all time. He imagined Cain and Abel standing by the sacrificial altar, where a bleeding lamb !ay. He heard Cain complaining that he saw no reason for shedding blood, that he did not like to see blood anyway, and that he thought it useless. He had missed the true thought that God had striven to put into his mind. Christ the Substitute. Mr. Moody read the fourteenth verse of the seventeenth chapter of Leviticus and other quotations to prove that Christ taught that He had been sent to earth to shed His blood for the express purpose of saving sin- ners. “I have either got to die,” said the speak- er, “or to get some one else to die for me, because I have sinned. I believe the great- est event that ever occurred on this earth was the death of Jesus Christ, and the greatest that ever will occur. Christ came here for the express purpose of putting away sin, and he had a certain way of do- ing it. Mea are apt to think and to preach that Christ died as a martyr. That is not so. Christ did not die a martyr—He died as a substitute. Keep that distinction. Stephen and those other early Christians died as martyrs, but Jesus was different. Do you know, 1 believe that if there are other worlds in this great universe, God loves this particular world more and better than any other, because His precious Son died here. Just think of {t: The only thing that Christ left on this earth of all His person was His blood. He took His flesh and bones away with Him and left only His blood, that poured out on the earth on Calvary. And now God asks each one of those that die and make application for admission to heaven, “What have you done with the blood of my Son? How have you treated it? To Be Redeemed. “Oh, that 's an awful question! know what it means? the word ‘redeemed’ means? It means bought back. Something has been paid out for something else. Christ has paid for you. “Let me tell you a little story to show you how some folks exhibit ingratitude for this great act. I remember when visiting in England that my host had some specially fine gooseberries, that the blackbirds were very fond of. So he put some nets around the bushes to catch the little thieves. One day I went out in the garden and found a little poacher fluttering in the nets, and my heart was touched for him and I tried to get him out. As I worked that blackbird picked Do you Do you know what at my fingers and would have put out my | eyes if he could have reached them. “You never saw anything quite so fierce | as that bird. Well, at last I took my knife and cut the net and pulled out the little thief Into my hand. Then I opened my hand and let him go. He gave just one flop of his wings and away he went, with- out one word of thanks. Not a chirp of gratitude. That is the kind of life many a man and woman leads. They take the beautiful life that Christ's death bas made Possible and never say one word of thanks to Him who has paid this highest price for them. All Are Equal. “The blood brings us all on one ievel. There are no race distinctiors, no ciass Prejudices. All are wiped away by the blood that was shed between those two thieves on Calvary nearly nineteen hun- dred years ago.” Mr. Moody then told a story for the benefit of the children, whom |he liked to see at the meetings as long |as they kept awake. He described a ship |at sea, bearing among its passengers a mother and her little son on their way to meet the husband and father. The ship | caught fire and the boats were launched | and almost immediately filled by the ter- |ror-stricken crew and passengers. As the last boat was leaving, the mother appeared Jon deck with her little one and begged to be taken, but the men were for pushing loff. At last they consented to take one of the two. “Which one went in the boat?” asked Mi Moody. ‘as it the mother or the boy? There was a pause. The speaker bent over the rail and sought an answer from a brizht little girl in the first row, who had been listening with her heart in her eyes. The chiidisa face was troubled. “Suppose you were there on that burn- ing ship with your mother. Do you suppose a she would go away on the boat and leave you to be burned up?” There was a sudden rush of tears, the swimming eyes were turned for a moment to the mother’s face, and then back to- ward the preacher. Then the curly head was shaken from side to side, and a faint “No, sir!” was heard. “And thats what the true Christian says," called out the evangelist, ‘and that’s what God did for you and “or me. A Season of Prayer. Rev. E. D. Bailey of the Central Union Mission led in prayer, and the choir sang “There is a Fountain Filled With Blood,” while a few people left the hall and others, who had been standing against the rear wall, went forward and quickly filled the seats thus vacated. The choir sang again, “When I Survey.” Mr. Moody called for silent prayer for an understanding of the precious doctrine of the shedding of blood. Mr. Geo. H. Shaw of Massachusetts and Mr. Pugh of the Young Men's Christian Association offered audible petitions. “Now sing, as softly as you can,” Mr. Moody said to the choir, “number 211, ‘J I am,’ while the congregation prays. me tonight,” he said. “You can never again come forward with so few sins as to- night. You will never grow better than you | are unless you come to Christ, and if you | don't come now you are growing worse each day.” | The verses of the beautiful hymn were lined one by one by the evangelist, and re- | peated so softly by the hundreds of voices , behind him that they swelled forth like the | whispering of a great aeolean harp. | ““All we, like sheep, have gone astray. | Every one has turned to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquities of us ali. Mr. Moody was quoting from the | sixth verse of the 53d chapter of Isaiah, which he used as the text of the true Chris- tianity. The three statements, he said, con- tained in that verse must all be taken. The rejection of any one of them shows that there is a flaw in the belief somewhere. The Simplicity of the Gospel. “Tne whole human family stumble over the gospels,” said Mr. Moody, “yet they are so simple that even the little children can understand them."’ He told of a girl who had become a Christian because of her faith in what is written in the book. ‘She had taken Christ at His word. Can't you do that much? Won't you do as much as that child did? It isn’t much to do: just believe. Who wiil take the cup of salvation now and drink? Speak out now. All who will take the cup say ‘I will!” Then the voices of the repentant ones be- | gan to come forth. “I will” came from beginning with a small lad on the front row. When the voices ceased Mr. Moody asked the congre- gation to sing, the willing ones to rise and sing the last verse of “Just as Iam." The choir started the soft strains, an] then there was a movement among the foremost rows. Dozens were rising. The movement quickly spread. Dozens had grown to nd scores to hundred. In a minute thousand were on their feet mur- |every part of the hall, ‘Beeause Thy promise I believe, “Oh, Lamb of God, I come, I vom After a fervent prayer directed at the hearts of those who were still not willing, Mr. Moody sent the workers down to talk | and pray with the congregation. ‘The choir | sang twe or three hymns, and then Miss Carrie Kidwell sang “There is a Green Hill Far Away” as a solo. How to Keach Heaven. Mr. Sankey and Prof. Sweney opened the afternoon meeting with a duet, “Coming Today and Close to Thee.” Later, Mr. Sankey and Miss Carrie Ayer sang “I Shall be Satisfied.” Rev. E. S. Todd and ex-Jus- tice Strong offered prayer. “How to Reach Heaven,” was Mr.Moody's topic. There was one word, he said, that told the whole of this story, and that was faith. lt was the key that not only un- locked all the golden treasury of heaven for the believer while here below, but it was likewise the passport that controlled che gates of the holy city when the redeem- ed of che Lord marched up in triumph. “Now, there are two sorts of faith,” con- tinued the speaker; “one is a live faith, the other a dead faith; and when we come to sum it up, I am afraid we have quite as much of the second as of the first in the church. I can explain what I mean very easily. A dead faith is a faith a man has or thinks he has, and keeps locked up inside of him, and does not act on, and which does him no good. The other is an active, working principle. “Now, in Hebrews we are told that falth is the ‘substance of things hoped for, the evid®nce of things not seen.’ How many jof us really believe that, or if we profess | to believe it, how many of us act on it. But it is true—true as anything can be- The things we handle, the things we touch and work for and give ourselves up for are not the real things of life. “The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.’ Just think of that. You say you do not understand it? Well, sup- pose I see a fog bank over there in the distance, and that is all I do see. But be- {hind that bank of cloud there is a moun- | tain, tall, dark, and steadfast. I see the fog, but which is the reality, that or the mountain? What Faith Does, “Faith is the hand that reached out to take hold of the promises of Christ. Sup- pose a man is to be offered a thousand dol- liars, What matter does it make what sort of a hand he holds out to take it? So the variety of a man’s faith does not much | matter so there was the faith and so the | faith was in God. Yet, people were always trying to examine their faith and see if it was the right sort. Faith is to the soul what the eye is to the body. A man does not take out his eye to examine it; he keeps it in his head and uses it to see with. That is the way to do with faith. When a man has it he would not be doubt- | «ng the quality of it all the time. “Now, what does the word say?" Mr, | Moody ‘asked, in conclusion. ‘I will set |to it my seal that God is true.’ That the same as ‘subscribing in my own hands. | That ts the sort of a trust in God we want. We want to be able to set it to our seals | that He ts true. | Both the method and results when | Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant | and refreshing to ihe taste, and acts | gently yet promptly on the Kidneya, ~iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. 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MONDAY NIGHT’S MATCH With all the education of the public by object lessons and by splendid service to demonstrate the absolute necessity of main- taining a strong National Guard in every state in the Union, there are still critics who go out of their way to snarl at the | militia, A recent writer in the editorial | columns of the Boston Courier, alluding to the problem of increasing the standing army in this country, says: “It has been pretty well demonstrated that the militia, in a large portion of the country, is not at all to be depended upon, and at the same time it is being shown every day that there is no safety for lives and property unless protected by an armed force. The time has come when there should be a regular body of troops within reach of every larse manu- facturing center, and it may be added, that if there is an opportunity, it will be at once the part of policy and of mercy to spill a goodly portion of riotous blood at the out- set. A few charges of grape aimed below the chest at the beginning of a riotous de- monstration seve in the aggregate, and is the most merciful mode of treating the thing.” This is a curious mixture of sense and folly. It is remarkably fallacious in the light of recent events throughout the country, wherein the militia of one state and another have figured to the credit of not only individuals and organizations, but of the entire theory underlying the system of citizen-soldiery. This editorial in the Courier was printed before the triil of the two negroes at Manassas, Va., a lege! pro- ceeding which was kept within the bounds of law and order only by the presence at court of a militia company. To be sure a constabulary force armed with rifes might have sufficed quite as well to restrain the riotous instincts of the mob there guthered, but it is a general belief, in this vicinity at least, that the prestige of a uniformed force organized under the law of the state and within the pale of universal approval did more at Manassas to restrain the lawless than a mere police. While the interposition of any force with arms into a civil difficulty is apt to cause resentment and possibly to encourage resistance, it seems to be the experience of this country that military discipline, regularity of equipment and uni- form and the general appearance of a de- termination to obey orders are far more efficient elements in handling a mob than the force of the strictly legal deparuments of government represented by pollee and constables. This theory is acknowledged by the weiter in the Courier, for he believes that troops are a necessity near every large manufacturing center, and, of course, near every large community of any kind. There is really nothing in the history of the last quarter of a century, save a few isolated examples of inefficient discipline and or- ganization, to warrant his assertion, ko’ ever, that “the militia is not at ell to be depended upon. The record of the Penn- sylvania and New York troops is amply sufficient on this score to show that the Courter editorial is based upon misappre- hension of the facts, if not an actual pigue against the militia system. The day for sneering at the “tin soldier” is past. The day for the separate organization, with its unusual, gaudy uniform, its anxfety to parade whenever there is a certainty of a clean street and a good audience is gone. Instead of this useless appendage to society thers has come the brown-leggincd, knup- sacked citizen-soldier, who appreciates the value of honest drill and who understands the difference between the social and busi- ness functions of the guardsmen. Thai the great majority of militiamen have realized this distinction and that the militia is now on as practical a basis as that of eny country of the world ts apparent to all who have paid the least attention to the subject. It is unfortunately apparent that the writer of the surly sentences does not belong to this latter class. Efficient Rifles and Feet. A recent issue of Harper's Bazar con- tains an interesting article on the discipline of the German army. “There are two things,” says the writer, “which the German officer does not and cannot condone—one is non-efficency of the soldier's rifle, the other a chafed foot. If either of these two takes place on the march or during the maneuv- ers, the soldier is imniediately punished with arrest, and is not allowed to offer any ex- cuse. "During the different. maneuvers of German army corps that I have attended, I cannot recall a handful of footsore men in the course of a day's work, and yet at all these field operations forced marches are a feature in order to test the endurance of officers and men. The secret of this uni- form excellence, as regards marching pow- ers, lies in the training which the men re- ceive. “When they enter their company as re- cruits in October the first thing that is im- pressed upon their minds is the importance of the shoe and the musket. No pains are spared in giving the men at the start com- fortable footggar, and they are expected to look after this with as much interest as if it were a chronometer. In the spring follow- ing, when the snow is off the ground, marches are undertaken, and these are reg- ulated as carefully as are the strokes and the courses of the college crew under the hands of the trainer. “Each day the men march half a mile or so farther than the day before; each day they carry on their back an ounce or two more; each day the speed they are able to maintain is carefully noted; in fact, the rec- ord of a company’s marching from day day, until late into the summer, when th move into the open country, ‘is kept up minutely as if it were a single picked com- pany training for a match or competitive drill, The German soldier is educated and trained for the purpose of fighting, and to | have a man fall out before he reaches the fire line is looked upon as quite as much a disaster as if he had been shot and wounded | by the enemy. ‘The art of war, as practiced in Germany, is very much the art of “getting | there,’ and it is the general who posts him- | self most advantageously at the critical moment that may be assumed to have won the battle.” An Interes = Leetare, Dr. C. E. Munroe, recently the govern- | ment expert in explosives at the torpedo! station at Newport, and now dean of the company C, Monday, March 19; company D, Thursday, March 15. Sixth battalion, company A, Wednesday, March 7; company B, Wednesday, March 14; company C, Wednesday, March 28, First separate battalion, company A, Fri- day, March 16; company B, Friday, March 9; company C, Wednesday, March 21; com- pany D, Saturday, March 17. Engineer corps, Friday, March 2. First separate company, Thursday, March Second separate company, Thursday, March 22. The general staff, the field and staff and non-commissioned staff of regiments and battalion inspectors of rifle practice, Monday, March 26. The field and staff officers—ex- cept inspectors of rifle practice—and non- commissioned staff of battalions will shoot on the evenings assigned to company A of their respective battalions. 2. The practice for March will be for 500 yards. Each man will fire two scores at this distance, which will be recorded. Vol. ley firing will follow the individual prac- tice, each organization firing three volleys, kneeling. 3. Companies will be reported at the rifle gallery promptly at 8 p. m., in undress uniform, armed and equipped. In case of rain or snow, they may be marched with- out arms. Rifles will be cleaned at the close of practice before leaving the gallery. 4. The gallery will be open every day ex- cept Sunday from 3 to 6 p. m. for voluntary practice. Aramunition will be furnished upon the payment of one cent for each round, A Good Soldier Gone. National Guardsmen who have any close acquaintance with Creedmoor will be sorry to hear of the death of Capt. John S. Shep- herd of the twenty-third New York. For many years Capt. Shepherd was secretary of the National Rifle Association, and no important rifle meeting in the east was con- sidered complete without his presence. His honesty and energy prolonged the existence of the once famous association for several yegrs Aierit might properly and profitably have die}. As a member and officer of the Brooklyn regiment he achieved soldierly reputation of the most satisfactory sort, and as a member of the regimental rifle team earned»the title of “The Old Reliable.” Many of Washington's crack sharpshooters have competed with Capt. Shepherd, and all will. join in declaring him to have been an 7 he Rink, The Rink COPMPMENCING MONDAY MORNING FROM THE NEW YORK AVENUE RINK, The Greatest Furniture Carpet: UpholsterySale TAKES PLACE ON MONDAY, FEB. 26, ‘And Continues Throughout the Week | Ending March 2. A Discount of One-third 1°38 1-8 1-8 1-8 1-3 WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM EACH BILL, EXCEPTING CARPETS. WAICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN CUT TO COST AND BELOW. GOODS ADVERTISED IN THE SPECIAL LIST WINCH HAVE BEEN CUT FROM 50 PER TO 60 PER CENT BELOW THE REGULAR PRICE. THE RINK. THE RINK. Parlor Suites. Parlor Suites. One-third Off Marked Prices. PARLOR SUTrEs. THIS bg $150 PARLOR SUT $100 PARIOR SUITES. TI ARLOR SUITES. THIS 2 8 honorable competitor, and an ideal Na- tional Guardsman. An Interesting Evening. Monday evening promises to be one of the busiest of next week in the rifle gallery. Commencing at 7:30 (which is half an hour earlier than usual), the general staff, ihe field and staff and non-commissioned staff of regiments and all officers of the de- partment of rifle practice will shoot their official scores for the month. Promptly at 9 o'clock the competition between teams of ten from the fourth battalion and the gineer corps will open up. Each man will fire ten shots at 300 yards. At the close of the competition the regular monthly meet- ing of the department of rifle practice will be held in the armorer’s room. ———— England's Greatest Enemy. From the Fortnightly Review. ‘The one formidable enemy of Great Britain is Russia. The recognition of this obvious truth does not of itself involve any censure. It is the result of a natural law which has been repeatedly and em- phatically recognized by the governments of India and Russia, as well as by our mili- tary and naval departments. To fancy that the two empires can thrive and develop in concord and amity is to trust that the egg may be hatched and the chicken grow up to hen’s estate without ever breaking the shell. Russia's appetite for land is as in- | Satiable as Erysichthon’s hunger for food. The story of her advance in Central Asia during the last quarter of a century is the record of broken promises, violated trea- ties, deliberate deceptions, and every known category of double dealing. To hope to stay her further progress by journalistic elo- quence or diplomatic tact is about as re: sonable as was Mrs. Partington’s attempt to drive out the Atlantic ocean with a mop. We have placed implicit trust in these eom- mendable methods for over twenty-five years with no better results than the sharpening of our wits, the blunting of our territorial appetites, and the deepening of our insight into the unexplored labyrinths of human casuistry. Even Russia's radical friends in England candidly admit that it is hopeless to at- tempt to induce her to content herself with her present frontiers in the east. And for the best of possible reasons. Conscious of her civilizing mission, she has cast her bread upon the waters, and is determined to find it after not too many days. During the past forty years she has annexed 140,- 000 square miles and 3,500,000 inhabitants— a barren conquegt which in ten years (from 1868 to 1878) resulted in a deficit of no less than 67,000,000 rubles, In this new terri- tory there are vast, desolate stretches of wilderness where, on a march of 437 miles, camels can only twice get water to drink. Now, is it conceivable that Russia should squander money and blood for such a ruin- ous possession unless she regarded it as the stepping stone to something else? And what is the final goal, the Ultima Thule, but India? This is neither a rhetorical exaggeration nor a false alarm. It is candidly admitted by the highest military authorities and politicians in Russia; it is constantly before the eyes of the Indian government; it is looked forward to with fatalistic resign: tion by those Russophile radicals at home, whose influence upon the foreign policy of Great Britain is either far too little or far too great. (= eee Newell Sues Von der Ahe. John Newell has brought suit against the St. Louis base ball club to recover $225.70 back salary. Newell states that he was en- gaged to play with the Browns in 1893, and after a two months’ engagement, at £100 a month, he was released. At the time of his release he had received from the club $8 0. ——- «e Vicar General Hughes Il. Vicar General Hughes lies seriously ill at Hartford, Conn., as a result of a severe chili during the consecration of Bishop ‘Tier- ney. He became ill during the consecration and was instantly removed to his He passed a restful night, but much concern is expressed for his recovery. He | is over eighty years old, and has had his ecclesiastical office over forty years. - oe The court before which the twelve anar- chists, accused of conspiring against the life of Emperor Francis Joseph, have been on trial at Vienna, has convicted them jand sent them to prison. Columbian University faculty, delivered a | lecture last night in the lecture room of | the Columbian University on the ‘subject | of the applications of explosives in war- | fare. The lecture was under the auspices ard was largely attended by members of that organization, and by a large. number of other military guests, most of whom were in uniform. Rifle Practice for March. The following schedule for gallery prac- tice for the month of March has been pro- mulgated: I. The first battaiion will practice in the gallery at its armory, under a schedule to be prepared by the battalion commander. Second battalion, company A, Thursda’ March 8, company B, Thursday company C, Tuesday, Mareh D, Thurs: March ‘Third. batialion, company March 5; company B, Mon: Fourth’ battalion, com) X ch mpany B, compan s D, Tuesday, March 20, Fifth battalion, y Saturday, company B, Saturday, March 10; Dr. WILLIAMS’ MEDICINE CO., Schenectady, N.Y. 2nd Brockville, Onte A Chafing Dish. | Among the many modern conveniences for housekeepers’ use none ere more eodation than the Chaf- th SIL |CKEL, GRANITE the most labora’ TY a pensive to the plainest and cheapest. M. W. Beveridge, ERY, PORCELAIN and GLASS, 1215 F AND 1214 G STS. 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'AST—SUPPER, “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws SAS Govern: the. speculaas Of Gigmtten oak nee frition, and by a careful application of the tine properties of el Cocoa, bas brovided our icately favored beverage, which uay save us many hea doctors’ bills. ‘It is by the judicious wae of suet articles of dict that a constitution may be gradual- ly Luilt up until strong enough to resist every ten- dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are Moating around us ready to attack wherever there many a shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with Mood and a properly nourished frame.” —Civil fee Gazette. Sold aly 19 all pound ins. by rs, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO., L't'd, Homeopathic Chemists, 42,6,mtu-ly London, England. is a weak point. We may escape fatal pure Made simply with bofling water or milk. 75 P. c E $60 PARLOR SUITES. THIS SAL $50 PARLOR SUITES. THIS SALE $40 PARLOR SUITES. THIS SALE. Chamber Suites. easee 38: R¥SE5S23 Chamber Suites, 100 DIFFERENT STY7ES TO SELECT FROM. IN MAHOGANY, CHER! At » ANTIQUE OAK, CURLY BIRCH AND MAPLE, One-third Off Marked Prices. S SALE. 5 abba 38 a3 bee rey “HAMBER SU + Beer “HAMBER: . - 20.00 $25 CHAMBER . - - 6a rae Special in Furniture Department. 1 LOT WASHSTANDS, WORTH $15. SPECIAL PRICE, $5. 1 Lor = DOUP Avy IN VAK, BIRCH, MAPLE AND CHERRY, WorTR = TO $10. SPECIAI 1 Lart COUCHES. UPHOLSTER! N SILK BROCATELLE, WITH HEAVY x. FRINGE, WORTH $35. SPECIAL PRICE, seabiion 1 LOT SOLID OAK CHIFPUN . WITH 6 DRAWERS, WORTH $12. SPECIAL PRica, x “TOT OAK WARDRORES, WORTH $12. SURCIAL PRICE, $7.55. 1 LOT SFT. DINING TABLES, WORTH $7.25. SPRCIA 2 GFT. DINING TABLES. DROP L HH $: wort PRICE. $1. WORTH $1. — PRICE, Special in Upholstery Department. 1 LOT SILK FINISH VELOURS (4 COLORS). 50 INCHES WIDE, WORTH $1.75. SPECLAL ._ SPRCTAT . SPECIAL PRICE, $1.00. 1 LOT FRENCH UPHOLSTERY GOODS, WORTH $2.50. SPECIAL PRICE, The. 1 LOT PORTIERES @ DIFFERENT PATTERNS), WORTH FROM $9.50 TO $12. SPECIAL 5. PRICE, $5 1 LOT FIGURED MADRAS. 45 INCHES WIDE, WORTH 5c. SPRCIAL PRICE. 150. 1 LOT 6-4 PRINGED VELOUR TARLE COVERS, WORTH $5.50. SPECIAL 1 LOT ODD HALF PAIRS LACE CURTAINS, WORTH FROM §3 TO §5 PAIR. PRICE, T5c. EACH. Wall Paper Department. One-third Off Regular Prices. IN THIS DEPARTMENT YOU WILL FIND THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT, THE LATESP AND CHOICEST DESIGNS TO BE POUND IN THE CITY. PROMPT AND FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED. REMEMBER, ALL GOODS TRE STORE ARE MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. TAKE ONE-THIRD OFF AND YOU HAVE THE PRICE THEY WILL COST YOU FOR ONE WEPK, COMMENCING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26. THE RINK, N. Y. Ave. bet. 13th and 14th Sts. Londonderry has a Record of Cures Never Duplicated in the history of mineral waters. It takes the limping, suffering, Rheumatic, Neutralizes the Uric Acid in his blood and stands him on his fect A Well Man. In the same manner it Prevents Gravel by dis- solving and washing it away. If this Acid is not removed: from the blood, it sets up and keeps alive Dyspepsia with Acid Stomach, in all the tortures of Indigestion; Heart Disease and obstruction of the circulation by deposits within! the arteries; Bright’s Disease, by passing through the kids, neys in an undissolved state, setting up inflammation; Insom-’ _ and Nervous Prostration by irritating the brain. In act, Uric Acid is the Bane of All the People Who Live Well, and is dix rectly résponsible for more cases of Insanity Apoplexy, Heart Failure, Etc., than all other causes combined. By a Thousand Tests, the LONDONDERRY has been proven! the best, in fact, the only Absolutely Safe and sure sol- vent of this Deadly Crystal.” LONDONDERRY: LITHIA thus Renee ™ The Great Cause of Disease. | ~ book, containing Hundreds of Testimonials, mailed. coe BEWARE OF CHEAP IMITATIONS. STILL AND SPARKLING. SOLD EVERYWHERE. Jor= BH. Macnuprr, Distributing Awont. SHINN & CO., 8S SONS eh Philadephia, Gen. Agts. for Pennsyl a D a Coleebn aOoeEO \ CARMART 928 ith a rr & LEIby, d 6 K st We Adverti r Covers, irnged Were Te. and $1. $1.25 f Pe ame mm Trusses, Abdominal Supports, Surgical Elastic Hi And Other Appliances CIENTIPICALLY FITTED “MERT PRICES” in our PRIVATE PARLORS Male and Female attendants, put S al Eera Lace Curtains, full Were $2 and $2. re for Men's Fancy Percale Shirts, 9, T5C- scparave collars and cuits, Mertz’s Modern Pharmacy, COSED SUNDAYS, 1th and F Streets, vn J831-cott for the Genuine ¢. Jacqaot’s Men's § * Shoe Blacking. lc. everywhere else. Ze. for the Best Gingham Ap-ons— Avother lot just received. Carhart & Leidy, 928 7th St. & 706K St. fe23, Cw se mama Plen’s Spring Derbies $1.50. We have a lot of Men's New Spring Derbies—just such a lot a8 some mer id “shout about in bold black th $2 and $2.50" NN ne Japanese Mottled Glaze T Pots, I5C. We bad an opportunity to purchase a| } large portion of the stock of a dealer in | 0 worth we have yet offered. Japanese zoods 40c. the de ask, $0 we will Kuow whic ‘These TEAPOTS represent a portion of the stock, and f the best bargrins tu their ‘2 ual ing. 23. and they retailed at 25e. have ia them down for Saturday and Monday only. “Washington Variety,” CHINA, CROCKERY, ETC., H. H. HENSEY, Prop., fe23 ost Dell NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE, 1920 N XN street north CARPENTER SHOP. Old stand J. T. Walker, Contractor and Builder. None but reliable mea seut to the bhouwe.ja30-1a5%