Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1894, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAROH 31, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON March 31, 1594. — s. m Spdaiueninde .Edito: THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent circulation nearly double the combined circalation of the other ‘Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no petito: my individual connected with the of- fice. but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Department, according to tenor or purpose. nse Siena Senator Call of Florida has a constituent whom he desires to have transformed into @ policeman: not a Florida policeman, but g& District of Columbia policeman. And on the ground that Florida has at present no rep- resentative on Washington's police force he | alls upon the Commissioners to appoint this constituent. The proposition is offensively unjust to the people of the capital, and, as ‘the city officials may fail to mention this fact to Senator Call, The Star is determined that he shall not long remain ignorant of the truth. Up to a little while ago the only men who could secure appointments on the Yocal police force were those who had gerved honorably in the army or navy of the United States, who had resided a sufficiently long period in the District, and ‘who were physically and mentally qualified to perform the at times dangerous or deli- cate duties of guardians of the peace. Then the courts decided that the army and navy elause of the statute—inserted for the pur- pose of favoring veterans of the late war, but latterly failing to benefit them because of the age limit—was no longer effective. ‘The new conditicn was greeted quite heart- My, for it enabled the police department to engage, without restriction, the services of vigorous and intelligent men who had re- wided here for a considerable period, and ‘who, other things being equal, were there- fore much better fitted than any non- resident possibly could be. But no sooner had the restricting army-clause been dis- posed of than the politicians in Congress commenced to make a raid upon the de- partment, and, as a result, many incom- petent police-officers are doing duty in this city at this time. It may be that the Political appointees are conscientiously engaged in trying to do the best they know how, but when they are handicapped by the ignorance to be expected in men who know nothing of either the city or the peo- ple, they cannot but be unsatisfactory public servants. Senator Call is not the only sin- ner, but the publicity given his request to the Commissioners has directed attention to the case in which he is interested and affords an admirable text for those who like to discourse in favor of home rule. It is but a little while since another Senator asked the chief of police to hold unfilled a vacancy until he could bring up a man from South Carolina to occupy it; a request which was probably complied with. Others 4m power have done just what Senator Call seks to do, and still others wil! continue to ¢o so until the controlling officials stiffen their respective bacRbones and insist that the Distritt of Columbia shall not be im- Josed upon, shall rot be compelled to liqui- €ate the political indebtedness of those who ‘become prominent by the suffrages of voters ia distant states. If the positions on the local police force are to become political spoils, apportioned among the respective states as rewards to strikers, for political services rendered, and men ignorant even of the streets of the city, to say nothing of its | laws, recognizing no obligation to the local public and only to the politician in the Senate or House who appointed them, are to be imposed upon the city as guardians of the peace, the repeal of the army provision, absurd and injurious as that law had come to be in results, is to be regretted, for the last "state of the police force will be worse than the first. There can be no discipline when the superintendent does not appoint his men on the score of efficiency or retain them for merit, but has inem appointed for him, Lecause they worked to elect some- body im Florida or Oregon. The material interests, the safety and the credit of the city, demand that the police force be made up en common-sense, business principles. Whe policemen are employed by the people of the city to protect life and property, and | to serve as the agents of the law. Fitness for the ethcient performance of these ser- vices should be tne test of employment; and the fact that a man is a successful political worker in Florida, or Oregon, or Maine, instead of assuring appoiritment, | should disqualify him at once, on the score of necessary ignorance of local conditions, and the general unfitness of the political striker to make a well-disciplined and effi-| cient policeman. It is understood that the District of Columbia has not, at present, any representation upon the police force ©f Jacksonville, Florida. Will it not be in order for the District Commissioners to apply to Senator Call to correct this in- justice by securing the appointment of some of our local political strikers upon the Jacksonville force? a The manner in which the President pre- | sents his views is being generally com- mented on by critical editors. It is the bat- te of the first person singular and the first person plural. ——+ + 2 Mr. Reed and Mr. Crisp have earned the congratulations of both the poiiticians and the punsters by recent achievements in the gentle art of Czarcasm. 7 o- The brands of Liliuokalani-restorer now seeking recognition in the markets lack the | trade mark necessary to inspire confidence fa them. —_+++______ Onty the boldest of men would dare an- ounce that there fs impending in England | @ great revolution, and none but a fearless prophet would declare that in the near fu- ture is startling possibility of a dissolution of the great British nation and dismember- ment of the empire “on which the never sets." The seer who proclaims such grave happenings is Prof. Goldwin Smith, @ thinker and writer of international re- pute and as loyal as any other man on the earth in his reverential love for the flag “that braved a thousand years the Battle and the breeze.” But it seems as though the professor had this time deduced evermuch from the facts on which he bases his argument. Discussing the conditions fn Great Britain, he insists that home rule for Ireland is simply a minor matter; :hat the appeais made to the hatred of the masses for the classes we been heard; that the spirits called from the deep of so- cial passion have come at the call; that by the violence of one party and the weakness of the other the nation is going toward the Brink of social, as well as political, revolu- tion. The great danger, as he secs it, is visible in tentative legislation; notably the parish councils bill. In that measure he discerns, flimsily disguised, an effort to confiseate “unearned increment.” He shows how the tax-payer is gradually being sad- ied with the obligation of providing em- ployment for the unemployed, pensions for those who are too old to work, free educa- tion for everybody; then there is red tion of the number of working hours wi out a corresponding reduction of wages and a socialistic determination that prop- erty must pay ransom,” no matter how honest have been the processes by which the property was acquired. All these things, thinks Prof. Smith, endanger the present form of government in England and tend toward the speedy supremacy of an un- Feasoning democracy. “A parliament elected by socialists and by peasants in a State of socialistic agitation,” says he, ay in a night change fundamental in- stitutions or dismember the realm.” The @rsument is ingenious and the testimo: sun | im authority as a divine ordinance, he has no trouble in formulating the theory that those same masses regard the social form as a cunning device of the privileged classes for keeping the good things of life in the hands of a few; then, with the ces- sation of popular bellef in the divinity of authority, he has them become unbelievers as to a future state of existence, and with that infidelity naturally arrives the desire to secure as much as is possible of the tangible and present globe. Prof. Smith's review of the situation may alarm some who are not on terms of intimacy with the English character. It matters not that the crown has practically no controlling power in governmental matters, nor does the pro- fessor's allegation that the house of lords alone stands between the nation and dis- memberment have any effect upon the ma- jority of Englishmen. Somewhere in the far-away future the British republic may really come to be, but it is more than diffi- cult to imagine that even within a score of years can any causes now conceivable | bring about any material change in the | form of Great Britain's government. Badly as a part of England's royalty has behaved | it still has the warmest place in the hearts | of millions of men—men who would spill | their blood as water in defense of an in- | stitution which in this land of the people |has no friends. Australia may at some | not far distant time declare its independ- ence, and there is dim possibility of the northern boundary of the United States moving to the waters of the Arctic, but not until long after these vague possibilities have come to pass will the throne of Great Britain become a dusty curio. —_- + ee —__. Once more has the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company caused announcement to be made to the effect that it is about ready to improve its facilities in this city—wants to uplift its obstructing tracks and build a new station in place of the unsightly and inadequate structure which now gives to people who do not know any better an idea that the Baltimore and Ohio company is a poverty-stricken and non-progressive cor- poration. Washington hopes that the com- pany is really sincere, and that it will move with reasonable rapidity to bring about the revolutionary improvements involved in the plan to which it has consented. The wel- come news was made public yesterday by Senator Faulkner, who, with Senators Har- ris and McMillan, looks after steam railroad matters for the Senate District committee. The plan as outlined can hardly be other than satisfactory, for it promises abandon- ment of superfluous tracks and provides for the incoming and outgoing of all trains on an elevated structure—the solid masonry viaduct, which The Star was first to suggest and for which it has never ceased to argue. The company has acted wisely in concluding to reform the steam railroad conditions in Northeast Washington. For some time | past it has seemed as though the Baltimore and Ohio authorities were intent upon insist- ing that they were not compelled to amend matters until the term under which they now possess a very valuable right of way comes to an end, some fifteen or sixteen years hence. Whether that contention is or is not good in law is unimportant; it is poor policy, and the company has doubtless ccme to realize that fact. Showing a disposition to accord with the city’s interests, it will doubtless be dealt with much more liberally in 1804 ‘than it wouli be in 1910, if in the meantime it continued to be selfishly and shortsightedly obdurate. It,has been estab- shed beyond controversy that grade cross- ings in a city are not merely dangerous to life—in itself a vital consideration—but that they are serious and expensive hindrances to the transaction of all business save that in which the railroad is immediately inter- ested; and these objectionable things, daily becoming more apparent and more irksome | to the public, have engendered friction such | as would surely result in uncompromising opposition to the granting of any favors to the road. This is really a favorable time for the company to push through Congress the | mecessary legislation and to commence actual work on the improvements; money is not hard to get, and the large number of men anxiously seeking employment makes labor cheap. With the Baltimore and Ohio company in its present encouraging atti- tude, the people of Washington may be ex- cused if they ask what the Pennsylvania company is doing or is going to do about its terminal facilities at the National Cap- ital. Cannot. this greatest of corporations see the advantage to be derived from an exhibition of willingness to modernize its | equipment at this important point? ee Congress should really feel gratified over | one of the beneficent results which have fel- lowed its refusal to permit the operation in this city of the overhead trolley. Soon after the policy of the national legislature became known, there were introduced in this city the two admirable systems of pro- pulsion, than which now none seem to be better—the underground trolley and the cable. A little while ago two committees from the Massachusetts legislature visited this city for the purpose of examining into the workings of the underground-trolley system as exemplified on the U street branch of the Rock Creek Company’s road, and now comes information from Boston | @rinted elsewhere in The Star) to the effect | that the legislature will speedily be called upon to order the removal of all overhead wires and the burial thereof in suitable | conduits. Boston was probably she original | trolley city, and for a while it seemed to be | firmly wedded to the most objectionable cf | all methods of electrical propulsion. The | probabilities are that “the Hub” will soon shake off its shackles and present—so far as the absence of overhead wires can in- | dicate it—a thoroughly civilized appearance. And when that comes to pass, Boston should not forget to be thankful to the Congress of the United States; for had not | Congress declared its unwavering cpposi- | tion to overhead wires in Washington, the advantages of the underground trolley might not yet have been demonstrated. ¢ One of the familiar signs of the approach of winter is the arrival in the c'ties of the | advance guard of tramps and other de- pendents on public charity. The reason assigned for the movement—and, on the part of scme, it is, no doubt, a genuine | reason—is that there is ro employment to | be had during th? winter in the country. | On the same principle it might be expected that the spring would witness a counter | movement towards the country. This does | actually happen. To what extent the quest | for work causes these periodic migrations is, of course, impossible to determine. Last fall this invasion of the cities, us might | be expected, owing to the general depres- sion, was more general than usual. It is an impressive tribute to the charity and generosity that finds expression to be told | that this army has been cared for in such an acceptable manner that there ts an evi- dent reluctance on the part of the depend- ents to begin the usual spring hegira. They want to prolong the winter season. As far as this gees, it shows that they | do not seek work, for at this season there | are more opportunities for employment in the country than in the city. It may be concluded, without doing an injustice, that those who linger in the city after the spring season begins and base their appeals for aid on the ground that they cannot get work are not anxious to earn their Gaily bread. ——_ + ++ __ Secretary Morton appears to have a lurk- ing belief that rain-making experiments are valuable as Fourth-of-July demonstrations only. ————_~+ +. Mr. Bland does not doubt in the least that his bill has been vetoed, but he proposes to find out exactly how much. tee The position of bomb-chaperon to Russell Sage may, after all, be regarded as a fairiy lucrative one. > eo __ yy which it is supported arranged with he skill of an extremely ciever logici ~tetima that the masses no longer be fy Murderer Prendergast can hardly be ex- pected to share the poet's aversion to “the law's delay.” |@ provisional government. This government jand aftehnoon tea.” THE WEEK. The President on Thursday returned to Congress the Bland silver coinage bill, with @ message giving his reasons for not ap- Proving it. His principal reason was that it would deplete the government's gold re- serve. He suggested that power be given the Secretary of the Treasury to issue gold bonds of low denominations for the purpose of replenishing the gold reserve. This has been understood by some as an intimation that if such provision were made he would approve of a similar bill. Although the veto was generally expected, it caused consider- able excitement amoung the democrats. It was freely stated ihat the tariff bill would be imperiled by it, for an attempt might be made to add a free coinage “rider.” Sera- tor Stewart introfuced a bill for the free and unlimited coinage of silver. News was received during the week that the Kear- sarge had been dismantled by wreckers. It is now proposed to name the next govern- ment warship after that unfortunate and historic vessel. The court-martial of Com- mander Heyerman of that vessel has pro- gressed at Brooklyn. juieut. Lyman_ will also be tried. ‘he debate on the tariff bill in the Senate will be opened by Senator Voorhees on Moaday. The Senate passed the famous McGarrahan bill, giving the claimant the right to prosecute his claim before the proper court. This bill has nearly achieved success many times. The last time President Harrison vetoed it on ac- count of its phraseology. A bill was intro- duced in the House to establish a national school of music in the District of Colum- bia. Senator Hoar considerably stirred up Gov. Jones of Alabama by indorsing the project of the Home Market Club of Boston to aid the Kolb populist cause in that state. Gov. Jones regarded it as unwarrantab! interference. The march of Gen. Coxey’ army of the unemployed on Washington to demand the issue of government notes to build good roads and give the unemployed work started on Sunday from Massillon, Ohio. Only about 125 were in line. As the body proceeded east it gained some recruits and lost some of its members. Supplies were liberally furnished, and the food kept the men together. Intensely cold weather was experienced throughout the country during the first half of the week, and great dam- | age was done to fruit. Senator Colquitt of | Georgia died, after a long illness. Speaker | Crisp was offered his seat, but decided that circumstances would not allow him to take it. Foreign. A bill has been finally introduced in the house of commons to carry into effect the | provisions of the Paris Bering sea tribunal to preserve the seals. The United States has already sent out vessels to keep off the Preachers. Canada seems to think that the | regulations are not yet binding. The Amert- | can colony on the Mosquito coast near Nicaragua have demanded the formation of will not establish a protectorate there. Sev- eral bye-elections have been held for mem- bers of parliament in England, resulting in liberal victories. In two cases the conser- vatives made gains. It 1s proposed to revise the Canadian tariff, cutting down custom duties. The Brazilian government denies that rebels will be or have been summarily executed. Another revolution {s expected soon in Spanish Honduras, much dissatis- faction being expressed with President Bo- nitta. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria paid a visit to the German emperor, who is at Abbazia, on the Adriatic sea, and was received with open arms. The international medical congress at Rome was opened, King Humbert being present. In the District. The week in the Breckinridge-Pollard trial closed with the defendant giving his side of the story. Important local topics were discussed at a meeting of the board of | trade. The free circulating library plan was | approved and also the location of a munici- | pal building in front of the Center Market. | Capt. John R. Leonard entered upon his | duties as warden of the District jail. A de- cision adverse to the Blodget interests was rendered by Chief Justice Bingham in the case of J. J. Johnson vs. Kate Van Wyck; this is looked upon as finally concluding the suits-at-law arising under the Blodget claim. Bishop Hurst declined to interfere | in the case of Dr. Naylor, some of whose friends are opposed to his transfer from the position of presiding elder of the Washing- | ton district, and a petition has been sent to Bishop Fow ——__+e+____. SHOOTING STARS, His Faith Shaken. “Blykins is a very well informed man.” “I used to think so.” “What has happened to shake your faith?” “Well, you see, he has qualified as a juror in a capital case. Still Fighting. The veto is spoken, Midst praises and blame— But they tell us that Richard’s Himself, just the same, A Misfortune. “It's a great pity,” said a somewhat slangful member of the Georgetown Cycle Club, as he turned from a newspaper ac- count of Coxey’s army, “What's a pity?” “The fact that their wheels are not bi- cycles.” A Difference. This great distinction by the world Can scarcely be forgot, While charity begins at home, Reform, alas, does not. A Rare Education. “Does your daughter sing?” asked Mrs. Jinglegilt. “No,” replied Mrs. Oldfan. “We have taken great pains in educating her not to.” A Genuine Terror. ‘We'll not worry o'er the peaches, But our mirth must surely stop When a fear this country reaches For the Georgia melon crop. A Case for Sympathy. “What's the matter?” said a friend of | Willie Wishington’s. “You look worried.” “My sympathies ahe awoused.” “What about?” “About Gen. Coxey’s ahmy. They may get along all wight enough while they are traveling through a country wheah they hand out cold meat and pumpkin pie and | things. But he'll find it vewy differwent | when they get to a place wheah they don’t give you anything but weception wafers | a a ae The Unremembered Josephs. From the Chicago Tribune. | It is believed that Mr. Samuel Josephs, | author of “Grover, Grover, Four Years More of Grover,” cares not who writes the songs of a nation if he could only make its laws as to the distribution of the clover | privileges. ———_- + «+ A Rev] Tribute From Mf. Dana, From th> New York Sun. The veto was an act of political courage, creditable to the President. Nobody doubts the sincerity of Mr. Cleveland's convictions in any case where his mind is made up, or his readiness to face the music when the ituation is politically unpleasant for Lim. ee A Suggestion to Uncle Sam. From the Springfield Union. The United States government can afford | now to spend the money it would have cost to restore the Kearsarge in building a light house at Roncador. It would be a proper monument to the memory of the old cruiser. ee An Inference. From the Chicago Record. From Jerry Simpson's remark that he | approves of abolishing the Senate it will | be inferred that the Kansas representa- tive has abandoned all hope of ever getting into the branch of Congress now inhabited by Mr. Peffer. —__ + «= ___ The Country's Need. From the Zanesville Times-Recorder. A few less democrats, a few less popu- lists, a few less republicans and a few mure Americans would be a much needed improvement in both the national House and Senate. ——_+e-—_—_ Joe Miller, the Muse, and the Ground Hog. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. “Oh, where ts the spring, that mysterious thing? Now, ground-hogs, all answer together!” With unanimous shout the ground-hogs sing out, “Postponed cn account of the weather!” WW i rite or Telephonezss and we =P deliver our DELICIOUS BOSTON BROWN home FRESH “as. often fe deeired, oaly'6, 10 aud Io 8 Boston Brown Bread is being used with more satisfac- tion than any other—because it’ more WHOLESOME—more NUTRI- TIOUS—more DELICIOUS than = other bread. If you could see “stacks” of orders that are recy ed daily—you wouldn't doubt its ‘well-won Popularity. C7 it makes thin people wKrafft’s Bake x Cor. 18th St. & Pa. Ae fg ahs 5340101614 Las 2 a= 35 = CERES FLOUR —is as nourishing as meat. Nine out of ten of Washington’s housekeepers use it— we are after the other one. Ceres is for sale by all grocers. Accept no excuses, We only wholesale it, Wim. M. Galt & Co., “Wholesale Fi dF ealers,"” Cor. fat and bia scan aomaNNALAT AT Boon For Sickly Women! TU 2 ie BATHS. Strengthen +S it Fever. Triades, trom 9 a.m ee 6 cam Men, from 7 a.m. te Saturdays until 11 p. urkish Baths, 1329 G St. 1 _ oe NaC Rr eNO Knox’s sent Blocks Sag but gp fy wear out. The Kox is tot a “cheap” ‘bat in the Kenvral accel tarce of the term—it is cheap if the quality counts for any- thing. You can see Knox's almost anywhece—all dressy men wear ‘em. Only one place to buy ‘em—that' Stinemetz & Son, 1237 Pa. ave. mb31 ‘Why Rent | Piano when $10 down and $10 a month will BUY a sweet, rich toned, superbly fAalshed and durable plano’ direct” from the best makers—at a cost of from $25 to $100 less than any other house in the city. > Call ‘and investigate for yourself. “The Piano Exchange, { __ 913 Pe Penn. Ave. t — we we think the | best soap, the | best machinery, the best help is none too good for you—how do you look at it? Drop a line and our wagons will call for your laundry. YALE Steam coop lh MAIN BRANCH, 514 10TH ST. "PHONE 1092. 4 (ty PLANT, 43 G ST. N.W. 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It AAAS RSAABABASRR*AR ARS Too Lovely iforanything’ : Are our la portations of L« tern spring HA’ early, the “‘crem jast long. Tirs. M. J. Hunt, 1309 FSt. mh31-co vee > and most ‘exclusive’ im- DON and PARIS pat- dd BONNETS. Call * de la creme won't i Sewers vevvrevvr eve aa. A Monopoly On The Violet Water |Trade. see A KIND OF MONOP- seeeee on the Violet Water cee » of Washington, we see can naturally afford to sell it °° cheaper than any other draggis Best Violet Water sold elsewhere at = bottle. | Here only 75§¢. bottle. 4oc. half size bottle. W. S. Thompson’s Pharmacy, 703 15th St. mh81 nC ANP OR METHODS AND PREPARATIONS 5 A Woman’s Beauty * can be Increased to the highest possible degree. A bewitching Segre of loveliness 1s” perma: nently assured, from — which wrinkles, facial and physical Dlemishes of the worst type are entirvly and positively eradicat- ed. ‘fo convince those skeptical of our claims, WE GIVE A FREE TREATMENT OF OUR METHOD. We are entirely dif- ferent in our system from any complexion specialist In Wash- ington. If any dissatisfaction 1s feit, we cheerfully return the money paid. ‘De Armond Parlors, st 18TH ST. N.W. ARS eet ON OO, aoa? Woodward classes at factory. Invite the Attention of Their Patrons To the Cleanest, Freshest and Handsomest Stock Of Dry Goods & Yankee Notions Which they have ever shown, and are enabled by the conditions of the times to offer merchandise of all Lothrop Lower Prices Than Ever Before. They stand by everything they sell, and request you not to keep anything that is for any reason unsatis- It is only by seeing that you’ll fully compre- hend the importance of the current store events. On Sale Monday 100 Pieces--3,500 Yards-- Silk Striped French Flannels At 38c. t he Yard. Never Retailed Before for Less Than 75c. THEY ARE 27 INCHES WIDE, THE COLORINGS ARE CHOICE, EMBRACING MODE, TANS, BLUES, PINKS, GRAYS, BCRU, &C., WITH HARMONIZING AND CONTRASTING SILK STRIPES; THE PROPER WEIGHT FOR TEA GOWNS, WRAPPERS, DRESSING SAOQUES, NEGLIGEES, &0. Flannel department. 2d floor 11th st. bldg.) ——-— On Sale Monday 100 Pieces Crepe De Chine. ONE OF THE BEST OF THE COTTON CREPES SO MUCH USED AT PRESEXT. A SPECIAL PURCHASE ALLOWS US TO SELL THEM At 15c. the Yard. stylish and becom- ee ae a senate (Cotton department... 24 floor 1ith st, bidg.) —o—_ The Housekeeping Departments, Linens, Ready-to-Use Pillow Slips and Sheets, Quilts, Comforts, Pillow Shams and the like, Offer Some Excellent Values for Monday. ‘The housekeeping public and all consumers of goods of this character will be interested in the items we are going to offer Monday, and will find it to their advantage to inspect them. They include large quantities of precisely the articles that are always needed and in exactly the grades that are ever welcome. There are wonderfully interesting prices on them too. For instance: Linen Department. Hemmed All-linen Towels, 19x38 inches, $2.00 dozen Hemstitched Huck Towels, 20x40 inches, » $2.65 dozen Damask Towels, 23x52 inches......$3.00 dozen Extra Fine Huck Towels, damask border, 23x46 Huck, Damask and fringe and hemstitched, that were $9.00 to $12.00, $6.00 dozen ‘Turkish Bath Towels, bleached, 23x50 inches, ‘2e. each English Terry Bath Towels. Usually $4.50 dozen, B0c. each, $8.50 dozen ‘Turkish Bath Rugs..........- eh Damask Table Cloths, 2% yards long, 2 yards wide. Usually $2.50...... see -+-$1.95 each Bleached Damask Napkins, 2214 icbes square, snowdrop pattern, ++ $2.00 dozen 5-8 Bleached Damask Napkins, Usually $2.00, $1.50 dozen Bleached Damask Napkins, 22 inches square, $2.00 dezen 65-inch Bleached Irish Damask. 72-inch Bleached Scotch Damask. 2-tmch Bleached German Damask, extra Leavy, $1.00 yard Irish Linen Pillow Slips, laundered, 2214136 inebes.......++ -$1.00 pair Extra Fine Linen Pillow Slips, 22}4x86 inches. Usually $1. a oe White Goods Dept. New things are being received and addea daily to a stock that is fresh and bright with the most desirable fabrics of foreign and domestic makes | of this season's manufacture. Your attention is/ called to a few values that are out of the or- dina 1 case Cream Crinkled Seersucker, fancily striped, suitable for house dresses. Requires no ironing. .Sc. yard. 1 cage 40-inch India Linon, usually 18¢....12%e. yard. 60 pleces Vein-striped India Linon, sheer and fine, 82 inches wide. Regular 25c. quality. ...12%0. 25 pieces Sheer Lawns, stripes and — Th, 17e. quality... voces 12Me, ya. 28 pieces 42-inch Jones Cambric. Usually 80c..21c. yard. ‘A lot of Soft-finisbed Dimity Checks, much used for summer underwear for men and women. Usu- Bride of Belfast, Ireland. All styles.. New White Piques, small, medium vant heavy wel Qe. to Te. yurd. New Colored Pigues, plain light blue, pink a buff, and white ground with buff, light blue, lav-| ender and pink stripes. 81 inches wide. .75c. yard. New Satin-striped and Figured Marseilles for women’s and children’s suits, &c. 81 inches | wide.. 25 and 35e. yard. (2d Moor. eoe+ Lith st. bidg.) Handkerchief Department. Monday we will offer a very choice and desirable |lot of Women's Unlaundered Hand-embroidered Handkerchiefs at unusually low prices. Manufactured in Belfast, Ireland, and em- | brotdered by the Irish peasants. They are all |tinen, good quality and they are neatly and taste-| | fully embroidered. Women's Hemstitehed | Handkerchiefs, | t-tnen |hem, neat hand-embroidered ietters....12%4e. ench. Women's Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, ten styles, embroidered in corners. ses A2Mge. ewe, Women’s Scalloped Hemstitched Handk hand embroidered, laundered and unlaundered, vart- ous styles. nee . Wonen's Handembroidered Scalloped chiefs, unlaundered, — —— oi (st floor....... | Knitted Underwear for Now ‘The heavy-welght 1s beginning to feel uncom- fortable, but it is still too early for the light- weight. The medium-weight is the proper kind. These are good values. | Just in—oue hundred dozen Women's Imported | Swiss Ribbed Lisle Vests, ecru and white. .50c. ea. Fifty dozen Women’s Imported Black and White Lisle Tights, knee length... ++-$1.25 each. Women's Swiss Ribbed Wool Vests, in a weight Hand-spun Linen Pillow Slips, 27x36 inches. Usually $2.25.. cessesersesseeres $L75 pal Table Felting or “Silence Goth.” Your dining table should not be without it. Notice change in prices. 54 inches wide. Was 50c. Now 3T%c. ya 54 inches wide. Was 68c. Now 50c. yd. 64 inches wide. Was 85c. Now 0c. yd. Knitted Table Padding, 60 inches wide....75e. yd. Knitted Table Padding, 72 inches wide. ng ra. Quilted Table Padding, 54 inches. Blanket Department. Crocheted Bed Spreads, full size and good qual- 2 5c. each. best we ever st teeeeeereecereees flO each. Batra quality Quilts, Marseilles pattern... .$1.25 «ach. Marseilles Quilts. The regular $8.50 quality .§2.50 Black Goods Dept. Say all we may about Bleck Dress Goods, must still take a great deal for granted. 1s feshionable, and never more so than sou. For young and old alike. All the are here, including @ vast assortment est effects. Your attention is called the most popular styles, and they are priced, Ei 88-inch @-toch Six patterns of Figured Novelties at.:.75c. yard Seventeen patterns of Figures, and other Fancy Suitings at sae at -inch All-wool Figured Granite Cloth, The regular 76c. quality. A genuine bargain at Women’s Mackintoshes. There is real beauty in the Waterproof Garments of today. We are entering the month when you will need such « garment. We have Just received and will put on sale Mon- day a Fine All-wool-surface Mackintosh, double texture, light weight, full military cape, guaran- anteed water repellant, our regular $8.50 grade, at $6.75 each. @d floor. =e aseeesesKlth et. bldg.) satvEseS New Books. New and revised edition of Canon Farrar'’s “Life of Christ,”* complete im one volume of 712 pages, with illustrations and copious notes by the author. | Revised in October, 1898. $1.20 “Katherive Lauderdale,” by sancien Crawford. | Two vols “Pratt Portraits,” cloth ‘Saricinesca, Peper - “Love Letters of a Worldiy W “The Show at Wasttington,”” empire. Cloth, 474 pag) ++ $2.00 “Cartier to Fontenae.” Geographical @lscoveries in the interior of North America in its historical lations, 1534 to 1700. By Justin Winsor. Cloth, 379 pages, profusely illustrated. . $3.25 “The History of Our Planet,” by 'T. G. Bonney. 12mo., cloth, 535 pages, illustrated in colors.$4.25 “The New Astronomy,” by Sam'l P. Langley, Ph. D. — Mlustrated.. ++ $2.50 Biography of the English Language, by Arthur McArthur, LL.D., Washington, D. © “Elementary Practical Biology, Dodge. A laboratory guide... ‘ NEW RELIGIOUS BOOKS. suitable for between seasons. High neck, long sleeves, Sizes 8 4 5 6 $1.25 $1.85 $1.45 $1.55 each High neck, short sleeves, Sizes 3 4 5 6 ec. $1.05 $1.15 $1.25 each Low neck, no sleeves. Sues 3 4 5 6 9c. 5c. $1.00 $1.05 each (st floor. . +++1009 F st. bldg.) ' (Basement. “The Apostolic Age of the Christian Church,” volume 1 of the Theological Translation Library. Written by Carl von Welzacker. ‘Translated by James Miller, B. D....... . $3.00 “The Bible,” its growth an@ character, and its place among the sacred books of the world. By Jabez Thomas Sunderland. Cloth $1.20 “The Bishop's Blue Book,” by ‘Saunders Reed, rector of Trinity Church, Watertown, _ CMO. ....020erescerecececeserscercceseceee “Thee Witness of the Amicon Chench to Pose Christianity,” by Right Rev. Wm. 4. Leonard, D. D., bishop of Obio. Cloth - Woodward And Lothrop, 10TH, 1TH AND F STS. N.W. Special Sale Of Dress Goods At TOWNER’S _ You are mistaken if you think you can buy cheaper down town. We propose to draw you uptown °° by offering the following extra- * ordinary values: Check Ginghams 5c. Dress Ginghams 8c. 86-inch Light Dress Goods, very dedi * serviceable and desirable. wht Were asc. Now igc. Yd. 26 and B8inch ANl-wool Drews © °° * spring shades. °° * * Goods, Were soc. "how. 39c. Yd. eeeee BRAneb P Sirar Storm Serge. © °° © From soc. to 38c. Yd. Fine Broadcioths, 75c. Lot of Sitkstines, npdinreney shafics * * and fancy designs and 12c. Value For 1ec, oc. Yd. Towner & Son, 1316 7 St.N.W. |‘Matchless” reamery Butter oust uetien Whe ten a sot heard of ite parity, Smectnees, ‘ric Bess and deliciousness Who use It will bave he othan =e, >, (regular 40c. butter). ‘@ sample pound. D. William Oyster, 3460 CENTER MARKET. Telephone, 75 SCESTERN MM. RKET. a. LANSBURGH & BRO. eee We have secured the control of The Monelite Corset. eee ‘This Corset, though extremely popular in New York, is not on sale in Washing- ton. While many ladies who have known of the virtues of this Corset were com- pelled.to send to New York for it when wanted, and #5 quite a number have prevailed upon as to keep this Corset, we decided to try to secure the Wash- ington agency for it, which we have succeeded im Going. The prices ef this excellent Corset will be $1.00 and $1.25. Every pair fully guaranteed by ax Ladies who have suffered from broken stays and worthless cording should try them. Boned with Aluminoid, a new sub- \stance, warranted better than hand-split whale- bone. No breaking. No wrinkling. Nothing like it ever before known revolution tn Corset manufacture Made fm all shapes. Order through the mail ‘&f you live out of the city Doubtful Dentistry: sere eeeeseseseses i, or. 7th and D n.w. jtimore—1 N. Charles st. . . . . . BLUI1 BROS., 743-45-47-51 8th St. S. B, ANOTHER FORTUNATE PURCHASE: 5,000 ROLLS STRAW MATTING. Which we shall place on sale for one week. 12%c. quality Heavy Chinese White Matting, Cie. per yard. $2.60 per roll of 40 yards. 9c. Fine Quality Japanese Seamless Fancy Mat Ung, Sc. per yard. $2.60 per roll of 40 yards. 20c. Heavy Quality Chinese Fancy Matting, 0c. per yard. $4 per roll of 40 yards. BSc. Best Quality Chinese Fancy Seamless Mam ‘ung, a. . per yard. $6 per roll of 40 yards. SOc. Best Quality Damask Seamless Faney Maty tng, 27%ec. per yard. $11.10 per roll of 40 yards. B0c. Best Quality Cotton-warp Seamless Fancy Matting, 27%e. per yard, $11.10 per roll of 40 yanks. T5c. Large Size Ingrain Wool Rugs, 2¥e. Fruit of the Loom Bleached Cotton, OMe pet yard. ‘Our famous SOc. Unilaundered White Bhirta, rev inforced front and buck, line bosom, Beary nms- lin, made im the best manner, BT. For Boys aut Men. Sizes 12 to 17% BLUM BROS, 743-45-47-5! 8th St. S. B. mbhl0-s&m.3m Our Spring Show Of things to make home cozy and attractive fe a superd one. We've selected with great care, and take palns to please every cum tomer. Don't believe what we claim for our prices—see and compare them for yous weit. SPLENDIv CARPETS, 30 CTS. YD., UR, WINDOW SCREENS, 3 CTS.,AND MORE The Houghton Co 516 oth St. 1710 14th St. a)