Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1894, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE &%, 1894—-TWENTY PAGES, THE EVENING STAR, | sve: ty se tocat companies deity m th THE WEEK. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. CROSBY S$. NOYES. = t7In order te avoid delays, on count of personal ab: letters to THE STAR id not be addressed to any individ connected with the of- —_ ut simply siness Department, tenor or purpose. SS A document which should interest every Fesident of the District of Columbia is the Feport submitted yesterday to the Sanitary League by Prof. T. Cc. Mendenhall, chair- man of the Sanitary League subcommittee on water supply. The information con- tained in the papers filed—gathered princi- pally through the active assistance of Dr. ‘W. M. Mew of the Army Medical Museum and Dr. Theobald Smith of the Department of Agriculture—is extremely valuable, and With it in their possession the authorities | should be able to cut off several sources of Thirty wells have been examined for chemical impurity and harmful bacteria, and of this number eight have been con- demned as wholly bad. Their locations are indicated in the report, printed elsewhere in The Star; they should be at once and per- manently closed. Then there are other wells—fourteen are specified—of the doubt- ful sort; these, in the judgment of the com- mittee, need a thorough cleansing and a re- examination before their water should be generally used. The conclusions reached by the committee as to the dangers arising from human consumption of well water in eities are in close accord with claims long made and sustained by The Star. Prof. Mendenhall says that “since 25 per cent of the wells selected at random and examined by the committee have been found bad and only about 25 per cent have been found good, the committee desires to urge upon the Sanitary League the importance of ad- ‘vising the people of the city that every sur- face well is a menace to health.” Incidental reference is made to the water of the Po- temac river, from which the city obtains Practically its entire supply. Potomac wa- ter, says Prof. Mendenhall, is, “when clear, superior to that of most other cities in this country,” but “when in a condition of ex- treme turbidity, as it often is, proves upon examination to be extremely bad, worse even than the majority of the wells above Feferred to.” It therefore behooves Con- gress to hasten all appropriations for which those who feel some responsibility for the Water supply have so persistently and so Properly petitioned. The necessity for more ‘water and water which has had sufficient opportunity to rid itself of the enormous qvantity of Maryland and Virginia soil which in the rainy seasons it is compelled to carry, shouid be plain to everyone who bas given the subject a moment's thought. ————_+ ++ From all over the United States there have come to this city loud protests against certain utterances of Secretary of Agricul- ture Morton, who, by many of his fellow farmers, is accused of saying uncompli- mentary things about agriculturists who devote a large portion of their time to dis- cussing political affairs. Grangers in their representative capacity and grangers as individuals have requested President Cleve- land to remove Secretary Morton and place some less frank tiller of productive dirt between the Agricultural Department plow- handles. But the President has not re- sponded, nor does the Secretary appear to be frightened. As a matter of fact, Mr. Morton is more aggressive than ever, and of his own motion renews the strife. He does it by contributing to the Forum for June, a clever dissertation on “Farmers, Fallacies and Furrows,” in which he art- fully draws a parallel between the Ameri- can farmer and the mythological Antaeus, who was the son of the Earth. Antaeus, it will be remembered, was invincible so long ag he preserved contact with the soil from whence he sprang, and in a combat with Hercules arose with renewed and in- creased strength every time his famous antagonist threw him to the ground. Her- cules discovered the secret of Antaeus’ strength, and by preventing his touching the earth overpowered him and ended his existence. “The American farmer,” says the Secretary, “is Antaeus. Let him keep forever in loving contact with the soil, which, like a mother, will care for him end his so long as he is obedient to the laws of nature and loyal to intelligent in- dustry. The pretended friend of the farmer who lectures him upon the abjectness of Kis political and social situation, who talks te him of impossible financial theories, teaches him economic heresies, and fills him to overflowing with vagaries, is the modern Hercules; and all the farmers whom he has taken into the clouds and mysteries of his sociology and gregarious- ness, his money fallacies and his McKin- leyism, have, like Antaeus of ‘old, been de- prived of vigor and virility, virtue and vitality.” ———__- e-— ____ With a favorable breeze, the American yacht Vigilant has departed for British waters, in which she will doubtless have opportunity to compete with the best pro- ducts of the British yacht-buiider’s art. On our coast the latter craft have invari- ably met with defeat, and although condi- tions on the other side of the Atlantic will differ materially from those with which our yachtsmen are on such gratifying terms of intimacy, there is no reason for imagining that our sailor-sportsmen will be any less successful abroad than they have been at home. ———_+ + + ___ If Col. Breckinridge has equipped himself with as many new resolutions as those op- posed to him have drawn up, there will be comparatively small cause to worry about his future career. ——_+++____ ‘The U. S. Senate is especially interested at the present time in the power of the suppress. ’ ———_~++_____ The time has come for some sort of legis- lation to regulate the street-car transfer systems in vogue im Washington. It is now very apparent that, along with the benefits to the public of the transfer, there are many inconventences. From the point of view of the passenger, that system whereby the conductor gives the ticket on the car is far superior to the booth method of transferring, for many obvious reasons; and it is not easy to see the advantage to the company in the booth system Both the company and the passenger deserve consideration in such a matter. The com- pexy grants a privilege to the passenger as a part of the value of his fare and should be protected as far as possible against loss through the sale or misuse of transfer tickets. The passenger, however, should not be made to suffer annoyance or incon-! venience or be subjected to danger in the streets as a part of this protection. There is always a possibility that unscrupulous passengers may give away or sell their transfers and so, in a sense, defraud the company; but this seems inevitable with- out some unwieldy and impracticable sys- tem of identification. Inasmuch as the company must run this risk, why should the innocent passenger be compelled to suffer inconvenience if no good can result? The time-limit transfer ticket is probabiy the nearest practical approach to the pre- vention of such frauds. The street booth is useless; it is awkward; it is dangerous. It saves the company nothing, but, on the contrary, it compels extra expenditure. It gives the dead-head his best chance to beat the company, for there {s no likelihood of the transfer agent at a crowded junction {identifying a single applicant for a ticket as a late passenger. Scores, if not hun- reds, of free transfers are unquestionably | let there be some uniforgsity in the systems workings of this loose system. The con- ductor is the best agent for this purpose. He knows beyond a doubt that each trans- fer ticket goes to a passenger, but the Present application of this system is not wholly agreeable to the passenger. At im- portant junctions the aisles and doors of cars are usually blocked by passengers ap- plying for transfers, who not only delay the car they are leaving, but often thus miss the connecting car of the other line. In the case of open cars with many exits and cable trains with several cars the difficul- ties are very great and the confusion is deplorable. The solution of the problem is very simple, after all that has been said. Let the transfers be all given in the cars, with time limits, if the companies see proper. Let them be handed to the pas- senger, upon request, as the fares are col- lected. The passenger who, after receiving such a transfer, leaves the car ahead of the junction in order to transact business in the interim, is accomplishing nothing to the loss or disadvantage of the company and inconveniences himself as much as he ga'ns in advantage. The time-limit cor- rects this evil to e large extent. There would then be one fare certainly taken for each transfer given. The transaction on the car would take little or no more time than the present collection of fares and would prevent the crowdings and delays now so common at junetions. At all events, im vogue in the District, so that strangers may not be utterly confused. —_>+>___—_ A short while ago the Rev. Dr. Park- hurst of New York was the laughing stock of the multitude. Comic papers cartooned him unmercifully and he was a never fail- ing theme for the mirth of paragraphers. As for the element whieh comprises the Population of the nether side of New York, it fairly writhed in paroxysms of glee over the crusade which the reverend gentleman had announced that he would undertake for the purpose of purifying the morals of the wicked metropolis. Within the past six months public derision of Dr. Parkhurst has been changed to admiration and the satirical smiles of the objects of his war- fare have been succeeded by scowls of an- ger and hatred. With energy unrivalled and a persistency as admirable as it was emphatic the New York preacher has pur- sued a relentless battle against the quasi- criminal classes of Gotham and victory after victory has perched upon his banner. Today every brothel in the famous tender- loin precinct Is closed as tightly as a her- metically sealed jar. The testimony which is being adduced before the committee of the New York state senate, which is inves- tigating the police department of New York city, and whose creation for that pur- pose is due to the indefatigable efforts of Dr. Parkhurst, throws additional light upon the connection between the city’s police and its criminals. At the examination yester- day one Charles Priem testified that he wa: the keeper of a disorderly house for six years at No. 28 Bayard street, and that during that time he paid forty-three hun- dred dollars to the police authorities of that district in order to secure immunity from the law in the prosecution of his avocation. The respectable element of the entire coun- try will join in heartfelt thanks to Dr. Parkhurst for the brave and successful fight he has waged against the immorality of America’s greatest city, and aggressive Christians will find in his methods a pow- erful argument for using strong measures in dealing with the insidious foes of mor- ality and civilization that hide themselves behind the purchased protection of munici- pal authorities. —__~+e—_____ Chicago is @ wonderful city; greater in many respects than any other on this con- tinent yet in some matters smaller than the average American village. In its connec- tion with the suit for $100,000 instituted against the World's Columbian Exposition by French exhibitors whose goods were damaged by fire and water when the Manu- factures building was in a blaze, its ex- hibit is of the latter description. A dis- patch from Chicago which records the re- turn to that city of Director-General Davis says that Col. Davis, while in Washington for some three weeks, found practical unanimity of sentiment among Congressmen to the effect that the claims of the ex- Iubitors should be settled at once and out- side of the courts, “but he was unable to secure any action that would end the troubles.” Which means that while mem- bers of the national legislature were sorry that the suffering Frenchmen should have been compelled to go to law they could not concur in the Chicago idea that the general government should appropriate the money needed to satisfy the claimants, So far there has been no open attempt to insist upon a congressional appropriation, but un- less some at present invisible force touches the hearts of those who are really responsi- ble, such an attempt may soon be looked for. Chicago insisted upon absolute control of the fair and has properly received a great deal of credit for the admirable man- ner in which the vast enterprise was car- ried to a successful conclusion. But those who dance must pay the fiddler. —_——_>+--—___ The state bank tax is objected to through the fear that it will produce a mongrel cur- rency—thereby of course committing the country inevitably to the demnition bow- wows. —_-_ + + > ___ The lot of the artificial rain maker in the west is a hard one. He is invariably blamed | for the cloud-bursts and given no credit whatever for the showers. > —____ The Wilson Bill might have found things The policy of the government on the Ha- waiian question was finally announced on Thursday when the Senate by a unanirhous vote passed a resolution condemning in- terference with the affairs of those islands. Fifty-five Senators voted. The Senate com- mittee investigating the charge that the democratic leaders had favored the sugar trust in return for a half million campaign contribution reported to the Senate that Correspondents Edwards and Shriver re- fused to divulge the source of their informa- tion. The matter being before the Senate Mr. Hill denounced the attempt to prose- cute the newspaper men and declared that the proper course was to summon the per- sons accused of having acted improperly in the matter. The investigation of frauds by the Carnegie workmen in making armor plate for the government progressed. House began the consideration of Mr. Brawley’s bill to repeal the ten per cent tax on issues of state banks. The Senate, by a party vote, decided to put lumber on the free list. The House passed a resolu- tion authorizing the Secretary of War to acquire the Gettysburg battle field, so far as it was necessary to preserve it from the inroads ef a trolley line; the United States court at Philadelphia decided ad- versely the government's suit to enjoin the trolley company. Melting snows on the mountains and cloud bursts occurred in Colorado and the extreme northwest, caus- ing immense freshets, which created great damage and some loss of life. Vancouver and New Westminster, B. C., were cut off from communication with the world. The Presbyterian general assembly at Sara- toga decided that Prof. Henry P. Smith’ views regarding the errancy of the Scrip- tures were heretical. The Maryland convention of the P. E. Church voted in favor of dividing the dio- cese, making Washington Bishop Paret addressed the conventioi condemning the use of incense and the em. ployment of the confessional in the Episco- pal Church. Fruitless efforts were made to reconcile the differences between the mine operators and striking miners. The south- ern interstate immigration convention met at Augusta, Ga., and adopted resolutions looking to the development of the south. Memotial day was universally celebrated throughout the north. A confedereate mon- ument was unveiled at Richmond, and Gen. Rosser and Rev. Dr. Cave made two un- regenerate addresses glorifying the lost cause. Five persons were killed and many injured in a railway wreck near Marsh- field, Wis. The Indianapolis bank wreck- ers were convicted. Sensational testimony reflecting upon the New York police dé partment was given before the committee investigating that department at New York. It was testified that criminals gained im- munity by paying morey to police captains. Similar exposure of police methods in Bos- ton is promised. Foreign. M. Dupuy accepted the task of forming a ministry in France. The government ex- plained why it had not negotiated with M. Turpin for his electric war machine, which, it is claimed, he sold to Germany, and was given a vote of confidence. The resigna- tion of Premier Stambuloff of Bulgaria oc- casiored excitement, and rioting ensued. Dr. Wekerle, the Hungarian premier, re- signed because the Austrian emperor re- fused to create enough new peers to pass the civil marriage bill in the house of mag- mates in the Hungarian diet. The racing yacht Valkyrie reached Glasgow after a tempestuous passage from New York. Ox- ford University athletes will compete with Yale at Oxford on July 14. A financial crisis occurred at Buenos Ayres, and a number of failures followed. Gen. John Hewston of California was arrested in Lon- don for thrusting his umbrella into the eye of a man who, he claims, attacked him; the man died. The house of commons sup- ported the government's motion by 234 to 217 that government business should take precedcnce for the rest of the session, which is expected to end in Augu: In the District. One of the most successful of the triennial meetings ever held by the congress of Amer- ican physicians and surgeons occurred dur- ing the week. The Association of American Railway Accountants was also in session. The demurrer against the second indict- ment brought against Col. F. C. Ainsworth for responsibility in the old Ford’s Theater disaster was sustained. Encouraging re- ports were received of the progress of the arrangements for the Knights of Pythias encampment to be held here in August. Some of Galvin’s men joined the Coxey camp, near Highlands, Md. and “Gen.” Frye, leaving his followers to get along as best they could, visited the camp. Memorial day exercises were generally hel in and about this city and were largely attended. The refusal of Judge Bradley to sign the bill of exceptions in the proposed appeal of the defendant in the Breckinridge-Pollard case Is generally thought will prevent fur- ther steps in the case. An organization in the interest of improved municipal govern- ment, known as the Civic Center, has been formed here. W. W. Danenhower, an old citizen, passed away. SHOOTING STARS, Depending on H m Navure. “Are you sayin’ up for the Fourth of July?” said one small boy. “Yes. If I don’t buy anything I want, I'l have twenty-five cents.” “You can’t have much fireworks for that.” “No. But I can buy enough to get paw interested.” A June Jest. It's a jubilant look the thermometer wears, When breezes so chilly provcke— Like that of a man who has lately secured The best of a practical joke. Getting Even. “Cynthy,” said Farmer Corntossel, “ey- erything’s erbout ready fur takin’ boarders from the city.” “Fur ez I kin see,” was the reply. “Wal, they’s jes one matter I wanter ten’ to. It's an idee I got while I was to the hotel. The next time I go ter town I wanter git some signs printed ter hang up in the bed rooms.” “Whut'll ye say on ‘em?” “T'll jes hev 'em read, ‘Don't try ter turn the lamp out. Blow it. very different if it had enjoyed the benefit of a policy of non-interferénce. + ¢ = ___ The Senatorial investigation has developed a good deal of sweetness but not much light. —_<+-.—___. Col. Ainsworth will enjoy at least a respite while his indictment is put on trial. ———_~+=e Tt is hoped that Korea will not adopt slogan the cry, “The Americans must go. —_ es _____ Popular Pride as to Washing From the Cincinnati Tribune. The people of this country have a just and growing pride in their national capital. In many ways Washington is the most beautiful seat of government in the world, and no country’s public buildings for the use of the government are so impressive and handsome. There is a widespread im- pression, however, that Washington con- sists of nothing but beautiful public build- ings and handsome restdenc& occupied by rich people of leisure, and that the popula- tion consists of wealthy persons and govern- ment employes. There is belief current that Washington has no business interests, and there is also a very general wish among the American people that it shall never become a coarse commercial center. The recent census bulletin on manufactures, however, contains statistics which show that Wash- ington is in reality a place possesed of con- siderable industrial activity. There are in the District of Columbia 2,295 manufactur- ing establishments, working with an aggre- 28,S65,08Y. The cost of raw used up by these industries is and the value of their product is The total value of the piant is subdivided as follows: buildings, $5,396,27: and implements, $3,543,807. 58, and their | miscellaneous expenses, $ In these | hments an average of 23,404 persons | find employment, whose total annual wages | are given at $14,6 A large portion of | the labor employed in Washington is color- | ed labor; but, according to the bulletin, which we have quoted, only 1: laren under 13 years of age are employed in the | industrial establishments of the District of | Columbia. Some miles above Washington | are the falls of the Potomac, and it is not | improbable that the efficient water power | developed there may be turned to some | practical industrial use. In that case, the Population of the District will be a good | | material deal augmented, but the beauty of the capital will be nowise disturbed, nor its desirability as a place of residence impaired for the laboring population will be a | considerable distance from the city. While Washington will continue to grow in an in- dustrial way, it will always remain the de- lightful city of the country, its most desir- able and engaging winter resort The “Sweet Girl Grnduate.” She soon in platitudes will speak: The right can’t be denied to her, And, truth to tell, she'll hardly strike A venerated chestnut like This phrase so oft applied to her, Taking No Chances. “Madam,” said Meandering Mike, “I'm terrible hungry.” “Poor man!” exclaimed the sympathetic housewife, “I wanted to ask you ef ye have any work thet I could do?” “Why, yes; I could give you something to a “Much obliged. I jest asked fur informa- | tion, and he moved along toward the next house. An Afterthought. “This world is full of sweetness,” A poet paused to trill— “Especially in the Senate when They strike the tariff bill.” A Privilege Usarped. “Dear me,” said the woman who does not shirk an argument, “I'm giad I'm not the wife of a United States Senator.” “Why?” “It would be so hard to get the last word.” 2-0 Second Thoughts, From the New York Herald. It is announced that a_ bullet-proof cuirass, invented by Hiram Maxim, nas been successfully tested in England. ' This reminds us of Columbus and the egg. When | the great discoverer demonstrated how easy | it was to find new continents a whole host | of navigators trimmed their sails and | steered westward. Tailor Dowe of Man-| heim, no sooner demonstrated that it was possible to make s coat that would resist | the bullets of modern rifles than his inven- tion has been improved on, and no doubt many inventors, like the men who ques- tioned Columbus four centuries ago, are | wondering how it is that they never thought of {t before. oe They Should Be Kept Sober. From the Detroit Free Press. Further evidence goes to show that the Free Press was right when it said that the American flag was not insulted at St. | Thomas. It was torn down by a lot’ of| howling drunkards who were in a condi- tion of irresponsibility and all the better sentiment of the city was the first to se- verely condemn the action, Ceres Flour is a household by-word for ex-= cellence and whiteness. 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Je: CP OCOCSEE 000500 00908050000 PIERCE’S Saturday, June 2, 1994. Not One Dollar’s Worth Reserved ! Everything in our Superb Stock of DEPENDABLE DRY GOODS and LADIES’ FURNISHINGS Is for sale—for once—for all! Don't want s penny’s worth of goods left on our hands when this sale’s over. Makes no difference bow much ‘We lose! Time is the power that urges us on to immense sacrifices in order that ‘we may the sooner engage actively in our other business. W. A. Pierce & Co, will never sell another inch of Dress Material after this Farewell Sale has come to an end. Hence, we're/ ret worrying over future prices, and have cut present ores to Cost, Or Below, 1n order to sell out as quickly as possible. Here are two columns crowded with the Biggest, Rarest, Best Values ever offered im the history of trade. There will be early scrambling for some of them—most of them—but there's | whole store-full of just such Bargains here, and the daily crowds in attend- ance prove conclusively the wondrousvess of the prices. Dress Materials. FORMER F4RE- Yankee Notions. (Cut out this list for reference.) habe Best French Horn Bone, 5 cents dozen. PRIOR, PRICE. Plain Hooks and Eyes, all sizes, 2c. card. rot gore seme BR | Seton toons Cae a wn teckel pera pai ‘8 ry Regular 18 and 25-cent qualities. All colors. Imperial Storm Serges......$1.00 cs ‘FAREWELL PRICE, 12 CTS. PIECE. Imperial Storm Serges. -$1.50 81.15 ‘Silk-striped Inside Belting, 12 and 15-cent Figured Serges.. ir) oo qualities. FAREWELL PRICE, 9 CTS. YARD. Pure Silk Seam Binding. Regular 15-cent quality. FAREWELL PRICZ, 11 CTS. PIECE 500 Best King Basting. 4 CTS. SPOOL. 0. N. T. Cotton, 8 CTS. SPOOL. Best Quality Velveteen. Regular 20-cent quality. FAREWELL PRICE, 15 CTs. Crown Skirt Braid, 4 CTS. ROLL. Needles, all kinds, 8 CTS. PAPER, Big lot of Dress Shields, among them “Btockinette,"" Pure Rubber, the “‘Dord,” double and single line, all sizes. FAREWELL PRICES, 10 AND 15 CTS. A PAIR. King’s Machine Cotton, best quality, 200 yards to spool. FAREWELL PRICE, 2 CTS. Fret Black Daraing Cotton, 2C. A BALL, ‘Tape, all sizes, 3 CTS. A ROLL. Steel Hair Pins, 1 cent bunch. 10-cent Button Hooks, 6 cents. recs 6 Surab Silk Shawls in red, black, cream and light blue. Value, $8 each. FAKEWELL PRICE, $3.98. Indie Silke in all the street and evening shades. Formerly 60 cents yard. FAREWELL PRICE, 39 CENTS. Black Lace, Stripe and Check Lawns that were 18 cents yard. FAREWELL PRICE, 12% CENTS. Kvening Shades All-ailk Crepe. $1.25 qualities, FAREWELL PRICE, 1 CENTS YARD. Evening shades “Lansdown,” old pink, salmon, lavender, nile green, heliotrope, yel- low and red, 42 inches wide. Regular $1.25 qualities. ¥AREWFLL PRICE, 7 CENTS YARD. All-silk Moire, in navy blue, brown and Breen, $1 qualities. FAREWELL PRICE, 69 CENTS YARD. Pricstley's Sik Warp Henriettas— $1.75 QUALITIES FOR.. $2.50 QUALITIES FOR... Priestley’s Silk Warp Drap d’Almas— $1.25 qualities. To close. $1.50 qualities To close. $1.75 qualities. To close... $2.50 qualities. To close Priestley’s India Camel's Hatr— $1.25 qualities, To close. $1.50 qualities. To close. + $1.25 Black Cashmere Shawls, single and double, at Farewell Prices. Dress Linings. 12%e. Perealines, in black, gray, cream and white. FAREWELL PRICE, 10 CTS. Black and Colored Cambrics. Regularly 6 cts. a yard. FAREWELL PRICE, 4 CTS. Regular 25-cent quality Fine Moire Am tique Percalines, warranted fast black. FAREWELL PRICE, 19 CTs. All our 25-cent Fancy Back Percalines, @ large variety to select from. FAREWELL PRICE, 18 CTS. Summer Gloves. FAREWELL PRICE, 17 OTS. Giinton Safety Pins, 5 and 6 CTS. PAPER. cent boxes Initial Letters, 4 CENTS. 10-cent Black and White Assorted English Pins, 8 CENTS PAPER. S-cent English Pins, 5 CTS. A PAPER. S-cont Domestic, all sises, 3 cents « paper. Mourning Pins, 2 cents a box. Pure Silk Garter Web, %-inch wide, all colors. Regular 25-cent quality. FAREWELL PRICE, 15 CTS. 4 YARD. Plain Sik Garter Web, %jinch wide. Regular 18-cent quality. FAREWELL PRICE, 10 CTS. YARD. Pure Dye Wash Crochet Silk, 17 OTS. S-button Suedes, in navy blue, red, green SPOOL. and violet, with large buttons, price, $1.50 Bel par Baro! Embroidery Silk, all colors, @ FAREWELL PRICE, 75 CENTS. dosen. 4button Glaces, in assorted blues, reds, tans, blacks and greens, with large buttons, price, $1.25 pair. FAREWELL PRICE, 79 CENTS. T-hook Glaves, in red, tan, gteen, brown and black, enameled hooks, price $1.00 pair. FAREWELL PRICE, €9 CENTS. Handkerchiefs. All Men's $1.00 Silk Initial Handker- chiefs. FAREWELL PRICE, 69 CENTS. All our 25 Cent Handkerchiefs for Ladies and Gentlemen, including Silk Initials, Linen Initials. Plain Silk and Plain Linen ones. FAREWELL PRICE, 19 CENTS EACH. (4 for 75 cents). AN our 12% Cent Handkerchiefs, for Ladies and Gentlemen, Including Silk and Linen Initial and plain ones, FARBWELL PRICE, 9 CENTS EACH. (4 for 35 cents). Rich Laces, S-inch Black Chantilly Lace, 80-cent qual- ity, 19 CTS. YD. B-iuch Black Silk Chantilly, 28 and 30-cent qualities, 19 CTS. YD. S-inch Black Silk Chantilly, 40 and 46- cent qualities, 29 CTS. YD. ®inch Black Chantilly, 48 and 650-cent qualities, 35 CTS, YD. S-inch Black Silk Bourdon, 38-cent qual- ity, 22 CTS. YD. Black Silk Bourdon Inserting, 18-cent qual- ity, 12% CTS. YD. 2-inch Oriental Laces, @0-cent qualities, yD. Oriental Laces, 45-cent qualities, 10-cent Corset Clasps, 8 cents. 15 and 18-cent Garter Clasps, 11 cents a Palk. Silk Garters, with buckles and bows, Regular price, 50 cents. FAREWELL PRICE, 41 CTS. PAIR. All kinds and qualities of Braids being closed out at one-third ORIGINAL PRICE. Pure Silk Cord, all colors. FAREWELL PRICES, 2 AND 4 CTS. A YARD. Belding’s Embroidery and Rope Washing Silks, all colors. FAREWELL PRICE, 25 CTs. DOZ. SKEINS. Knit Underwear. Ladies’ $1.25 Silk Vests, with bigh neck and short sleeves. FAREWELL PRICE, 59 CENTS. Ladies’ “American Hosiery Co.” Vests, large sizes, that were $1.50, $2, $2.50 and $3.00. FAREWELL PRICE, 50 CENTS. All Ladies’ Heavy-weight Underwear that Was $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75 at the CLOSING-OUT PRICE, 75 CTS. Ladies’ Fine Lisle Thread Corset Covers, $1.00 quality. CLOSING-OUT PRICE, 69 CTs. “Ladies’ Silk Union Suite, regular $4.00 goods. CLOSING-OUT PRICE, $2.75. Ladies’ Pure Silk Drawers, white only, $6.00 quality. CLOSING-OUT PRICE, $4.50. Ladies’ Sik and Wool Vests, high meck, Jong sleeves, $3.50 quality. 32 CTS. YD. CLOSING-OUT PRICE, $2.00. -inch Oriental Laces, 35-cent qualities, 23 CTS. YD. : Umbrellas. French Val. Laces, narrow widths, 12 All Colored Silk Umbrellas, in mavy, red yards in piece. 25, 30, 35 and 40 CTS. and brown, that were $1.7! VIRCE. FAREWELL PRICE, $1.25 EACH. ALL 4 and 8-inch Colored Silk Crocheted Seme with Dresden, Imported Bulb Han- Laces HALF PRICE. dies; others in English Oak, Weixel, and 4 to 12-inch Pt. Venlee Lace, in white, other natural woods—crooks. Big lot! Big cream and beige, at PAREWELL PRICES. offer! Big Opportunity! Embroideries. On The Second Floor. 12 «patterns ee ree B8-ct. Laé@ies’ Fancy Outing Cloth, short skirts, 25 CTS. YAI 5 yoke bands, deep bem, louncing, 27 Inches wide, at these 75-CT. STYLES FOR ° 50-CT. STYLES FOR. AN of our Fancy Lanndered Shirt Watste, with rolling or standing collars, worth $1.25 each, for 98 CTS., WHILE THRY Last. Ladies’ Linen Lawn Wrappers, Watteau back, deep ruffles on skirt, fine tucked yoke; were $3.50 each, FAREWELL PRICE, $2.48. There has been extensive selling in our LADIES’ MUSLIN UNDERWEAR DE- PAKTMENT, and, while the assortment of sizes is somewhat small in a few styles, there are still very many choice pieces left at greatly reduced FARBWELL PRICES. An especially lucky opportunity for pur chasing Bridal Outfits. AP IUEIR ClEico “‘Where the Crowds Are,”’ Eighth and the Avenue $1.38 Qualities for. $1.25 Qualities for. 87-ct. ities for. Gor... 25> wiss Embroidery, s. YARD. Fine Hosiery. ’ Hose, in tan and eardinal, . quality. $1.25 DOZEN PAIRS. 69 CTS.—% DOZ. 2 PAIR—25 CENTS, Children’s Fast Black Stockings, five rib, the regulgr 25-cent kind, 2 PAIR FOR 25 CENTS. All Ladies’ 25-cent Hose, at the Fare- well Price—19 CENTS PAIR. reg- Don’t Worry About It! If Sommer Las come—and found you without @ refrigerator or the rendy cash to buy one, don't sit down and wish that your hat and make a refrigerator that you want is here apd it's 2 PROMISE to pay. ‘REDIT For the best refrigerator made or sold ip this countrys. It's the GURNEY—and there are thir ty sizes bere for you to select from be pffit *t $3.25, and end wherever you sas. PEERLESS: CREDIT SYSTEM Not only helps you to the refrigerator, but ts every other article known to modern house Keeping. | We don't cast a reflection honesty by asking you to sign a series of noten— nor do we require you to pay a penuy of mm terest. We are efter your patrouage—and we are xiad to ACCOMMODATE you in onder te Set tt, Leave, the matter of pasmeuts, 10 ua ell wee they are arranged to Zou. If you need some MATTING room, you'll find 2 hundred pat- ferms ‘bere to choose from—Cotton Warp ‘and upon your Inserted grades—they’re best and wear jongest. We'll cut youn pant it and lay it free of cost. Xeeds fresh sir and sunshine—don't carry jt 80 = to hay for cash. ‘ven-pis lo upbolstered. or jhair-Alot—Photee, “$22 50 heey onl BE htt rom “suite—iarge ines tn carpet, 50 cents a yard. Splendid Brossels Reliable ingrain carpet, 35 cents “a q and laid wp your Every yard of carpet made = meat 0 extra change for waste in Solid oak extension table, $8.50—sents sight ply. ou can get the same Forty-pound bair mattress, $7.00—sold else where for $12.00. ro See as EAS a eS 00. prices are cash or it please GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT HOUSE, 819-821-823 Tth Street Northwest, Between H and I Screets, ded PPOCCCOOES EOD OOO COOECERM $Skeptical Foiks Are invited to investigate. To those who have been paying “fancy” prices for Dentistry ours “sound impossibie. Fifteen minutes in our office will show them the how and the why of Goid . $5.00. best teeth, Crown and Bridge Work by « U S Dental oh oAss’n, Cor. 7th and D n.w. Baltimore Ofice—No. 1 N. Charles sed etreet. No [licroscope Shirts. The minute ya a om & is & good Tinie. “Tne” shore you ex amine their g00d ty, both in material Neither could be better—at eny price. Our price for KEEP [iFG. CO., 437 7th St. N.W. myl9-eo8St at eae eee (Men MenMen} 3 3 3 ; ~ nm ann Meni ~ we me wee Men a Men ciaaes cone nwa, Deen oe MON manase sot we, MET —~ Men sPalais Royal, G & Eleventh Streets. Half Price For Matting. Gar Matting offers this sunsen ducal t fst in halt dn this rears stocks Se oe ee on The regular 86 cn ceo'and sient quilitice ‘Now. 26 CTS The Houghton Company, 816 9TH ST. AND 1710 14TH ST. Jez ey eee r es «Success Always Attends >| The use of POLAND) SPRING WATER, in the most severe cases of Rheumatism, Gout, Stowe tn —s, Bayne Le ot ioneee ‘and patients through- > > > > Poiand Spring Water v efficient cure for disease yet x: It b substitutes and tinl- tations it's equal Way exist, it has mever yet beew found 5 GALS. $1.75. HERE : , oth & D. pg ll ate ny ia $i ew ewer rer reer Take Our Word TF We. GAL ONLY, Send f AAAAARAR ARABS — And that of our patients for it—our method of painlessiy extracting teeth v agreeatle—and is far from being ) is far superior to any other im use. : ‘One great polnt--no matter how ¢ you are—there's no possttll- it affecting you. It has moth- do with any of the vital cting without pain, 50 cents. Ovuer dental operations tin, im propor: