Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1894, Page 9

68S 655 There is No Time Like the Present. S. KANN, SONS & CO., Part2. ch ec # ening, Star. Pages 9-18. 680650 eeesesseos eesosees eo 5. Kann, Sons & Co, 7i1 Market Space. We infer by this that you will not find better time tha t new Fat Gotan "Weare fee oaded en Set th teal of ES Tata the goodies of the season, and by far lower in price than any other house will offer then at . — rs New Black Silks. Hine of Plain Black and Black Yovelty Silks is simply elegant, and we can ts say that nowhere can fied ler assortment. Black Gros-Grain Silks! We hate mine slirerent qualities and prices in these goods rs when seen. it command 75¢-, 89C., o8¢., $1.19, $1.25, $1.49, $1.75. 50. ir is Te, o mi lovest grade 3 go Wality im all other stores and ouz best quality you may Four of the best qualities we could possibly get. Black Silk Faille! 9 ey O8C., $1.19. All these are guaranteed goods. At 6oc., 8g9c., $1.19. Black Silk Bengaline, ‘The correct silk” for mourning. At 49¢., Black Sik Taffetas. 59C- 89c., 98c., $1. 9. One at 59c. and the Other at 79¢. ans aes ou the market at 25 per cent more mney that can compare with Plain Black Satin for trimming or capes. 50C., 59C., 75c., 8gc., g8c. Width, Lit, “he 4 Black Satin pie; Gualty and price make each quality a leader, Black Silk Armare! DOOSGOSSOSOO9880908S 55C., 69c., 89c., Q8c., $1.19. Every pi Brocade Satin Duchesse =" Piece guaranteed all silk. 59C., 79C., 89c., $1.39. A very elegant assortment of styles. Black Silk Moires, @ 49¢., 69C., O8c., $1.19, $1.25, $1.49, $1.59. rs) Bick Fig eS feo = be been reduced from 25 nga a yard. © standard braad of Po ig d verybedy seems to know these Silks as well as @ ae 69c. for 24-inch Goods. Black Figured Gros Grain. They are the newest, and are as pretty and stylish as anything you will find out this fall. “Iwo Lumbers to start with > “3 69c. and $1.10. Our line of Fancy Novelt; Silks will b su the Meantime call and see what we are showing. guages ep sneer iy Fancy and Colored Dress Goods. In this line we hold the fort. Where others buy in plcce lots we buy nothing but ¢ase lots, and all the prices that we quote below means from 1c to Soe a yard tham others sell the same goods. 25 different styles and novelties in Half Wool Dress Goods in Nattee and two-tone effects, I9c. All the new fall colors in Henrietta-finished Cashmeres, and only - ipc. Yard. AL Wool Novelty Cheviots, 36 inches wide, just out, 25c. Worth 39c. 4-inch Colored Henriettas, dark, medium and light shadeq 29c. Worth 45c. 4-inch All Wool Colored Henriettas, street and evening shodea, 39c. Worth 6oc. 4@ inch All Wool Colored Henriettas, street and evening shades, 49¢. Worth 75c. SOc. Novelties. You can see them placarded in other windows at that price, 5c. 40-inch Covert Cloth im different combinat! t Imitation of tray << : in ferent ‘ions, elegant ra the imported 5C. 45-inch All Wool Sea Fi » fi Myrtle, Garnet, Na’ stylish material ier S°S. Roam, !0 Tam, Myrtle, Garnet, Navy and Brown. A very Pickwick Novelty Dress Goods are among the many new fabrics out for fall and ae 75. for $1.00 [laterial. 40-inch All Wool Plaids, we have never yet shown such a line of fancy plaids as are shown in this lot. Very choice and select, - '° 54-inch All Wool Covert Cloth. This is cloth finished cov, Rie, Bg broadcloth, in ‘Tan, Medium and Dark Gray. We a that we have this elegant line to offer our customers, At 85c. a Yard. 40-inch Imported Covert Cloth, in 8 different colorings. : : : © e © © : Full line of Fancy Blacks, the same as our 25. Colored Novelties. 9c. @-inch extra quality Black Mobair, 35c. 40-inch AI Wool Black Serges, 5c. #-inch All Wool Black Serges, in fine and storm effect, 45, 49, 59 and 69c. 54-inch All Wool Cloth for Capes, at a special price. 49, 69, 79 and 98c. = Hemstitch Sheets, Bolster and Pillow Cases. good quality Cotton Bedwear you can get them this week. Were not moving as fast as we would like to see them go at the old Prices so we pmade quite a reduction and put them down even lower than we have sold in ones for. Pale uo Hemstitched Sheets, made of finest quality muslin. Size stamped on each sheet, ir price, SSe., Cut to 590¢. If you can appreciate ‘We find that the: er Cases, made of same . Regular price, 55 “Cut to” gic. each. 80 dozen Pillow Cases, hemstitched. Size 45x85%% inches, that sold readily at 20c., Cut to 19c. each. 200 Hemstitehed Bol: A solid case of genui fs sold everywhere at $2. Cut to § 500 Jay All We a: Art Rugs, in five different designs. Size 90x70 inches. Well worth $ is 49c. 100 pairs Portieres, 3 yards long, dado top and bottom, in 4 different shadcs, Im fact they are regular $3 curtains, but all we ask is 73 pairs Tortleres, extra fine in 6 different shades, dado top a All we ask is pink, red, canary, old 2S yuality i Remnants. excellent quality and low in price. . -es Flannel 4 _—— and 49c. Blue Flannel Remnants, 12%C., 19C., 25c. and 39¢c. S00 yards New French Challic Kemnants, navy blue and black grounds, with col- 2,000 yards Plain Colored Sutin Stripe Serpeutine Crepes, Be. 1,000 yards New Wool Plaids. The first lot we had on sale went like & puff of $1.98 pair. y chenille, full 3 yards long, bottom and heavy tassel fringe. $3.98. We ha cases Ve ind ite Fla Re santa, the fst we have ever" ind sidce we ave eee with yee, They ie beacena a MuADts, 14C., IQC., 23C., 29C., 39C. 23C., 29C., 39c. and 49C¢. White Flannel Remnants, This Hine of Flannels should suit every one. They are in good length and fully 33 per cent lower than f bought from th: plece. ored figures. Very handsom: goods. Will make very handsome buuse gowns, Only 15c. a Yard. rose, yellow, nile, orange, light blue and black. Worth Only toc. wind. 7\4c. a Yard for 15c. Quality. : 1,000 yards Red and Black Prints, oll boiled. First offered this seasomr Cents. 5O pieces Plaid Cotton Crash, positively warranted fast color. 3 Cents a Yard: If we have enythifi Yeft in Summer Remnants that will interest you you can buy them at gay price. We won't say fall in line a to size, but be among first to get suca*fatyains as are offered here. ais SOOOGHOSNS9HGHS HOS HSO GO SSSI HOOOHO9OOSHHOOSVSO 7i1 Market Space. | WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1894—EIGHTEEN PAGES (ese Reducti We'll start now ~~ for them. these offers. MOSES’ Weekly f tion list every week. we'll publish the best values in the store —the biggest reductions we can make for the following week. Watch for the announcements and you'll be able to supply your housefurnishing needs for the smallest amount of money you'll lext weck will be remarkable for Look over this list: on List. to give you a reduc- Every Saturday { ‘Furniture. Bed Room Suites. ‘This first lot were manufactured by Nelson, Matter & Co. (assigned) of Grand Rapids, Mich., who were formerly the largest and most noted makers in the world of medium and fine grade Chamber Suites. ‘The following is only a partial list. All are made of finest selected woods—quartered oak, curly or wavy” Dirch, bird's-eye maple, imported Hu sh, cherry and select solid my The finish is superb and the construction absolutely unsurpassed: : REDUCED DOWN FROM ‘TO see $24.00 $17.25 ses 60.00 42.00 + 90.00 48.75 + 5.00 54.00 + 85.00 55.00 + 95.00 63.00 + 120.00 78.00 Curly Birch... + 110.00 81.00 Solid Mahogany, cheval. 140.00 91.00 Imported Hungarian Ash 138.00 94.00 Quartered Oak, finely carved... 125.00 Solid Mahogany. . 140.00 Solid Mahogany. + 350.00 250.00 ‘Metal Bedsteads. White enamel and brass, with iron frame woven wire mattress (all white enamel with no unpainted Wood showing), beds that come apart in three pteces instead of 5, was $11, for Wire Mattresses, $2.25 Ones for $1.65. AND 80 ON UP. |Folding Beds, |$10 Ones for $7.50. = AND 80 ON UP. Wardrobe Box Couches, NICELY COVERED IN CRE- TONNE. WERE $15.00. NOW ONLY sae ‘Secretary Bookcases, H OR WRITING DESKS AND BOOKCASES COMBINED, WERE $8.50, NOW........ $5.05 80 ON UP. \Library Arm Chairs (STUDENTS’ SHAPE), WITH ‘TUFTED SEAT, BACK AND UARGEST EXCLUSIVELY RETAIL STERY, DRAPERY AND WALL $7.75 S11 Sideboards, $7.35. $8.50 GooD QUALITY TAPES- cTs. TRY BRUSSELS AT..... 40.00. > EXTRA HEAVY INGRAIN CTs. $ CARPETS AT. see +f YARD. 9.08 Mottle Smyrna Mats, W- MOSES uth & F Streets. Reception Parlor Suites —COVERED pp a ad AND WELL MADE! WI $19.75) $29.00 $30. FoR... pyres —COVERED IN DAMASK AND PRETTILY INLAID, WERE $42. FOR. -- Overstuffed, 5 Large-plece Suite, covered in medal- lion silk tapestry, fring- ed, with spring ; edges, Were $50. For. ISLS. $36.50 in brocatelle, Vr rw: $4-75 C7Some, overstuffed 500 Gold Recep. Chairs, | WITH GILDED RUSH GOLD CORNER CHAIRS, Oak Parlor ¢ binets, HIGH AX FINISH. WERE $10.00. NOW ... 4 WITH ADJUSTABIE SHELVES. WERE $784. $38.50. SEATS. WERE $3.75. WERE $7.50. NOW. $5.27) 3 FT. WIDE, POLI Oak Bookcases; Now . $4.80 — SS Were $13, Now $9.75. AND SO ON UP. AND 80 ON UP. $5.50 Standing Hall Racks, $3.95. Carpets. | BEST QUALITY: BODY BRUSSELS, PER YARD WILTON VELVETS, PAR- LOR PATTERNS, PER YARD ... RA AA 85c. O5C. LS |31C. and [lore. 5 'Russia Rugs, 50C. 3°. $3 Goat Skin Rugs, Size 2 ft. 4 in, by 5 ft. 4 in., white or gray..... $2.24 i\Kensington Art Squares. SIZE 2% BY 8 YARDS. $3.50 SIZE 2% BY 4 YARDS. 1@ AND SONS, FURNITURE, CARPET, UPHOL- PAPER HOUSE IN AMERICA, _— SCSI. ASAE WILL BE A NEGRO STATE. Oklahoma Shows a Great Preponder- ance of Blacks Among Its Settlers. The growth of Oklahoma has been one of the most remarkable in’ the history of American territories. A few years ago it was a barren wilderness, inhabited only by savage Indians and lawless white men; to- day it is knocking at the doors of Congress for admission to the Union as a. state. When it is admitted it will have a larger Afro-American population than. apy. state of its size and population in the Union out- side the southern states. From figures fur- nished to the Memphis Scimitar by Peter Flynn Oliver, a reputable lawyer of El Reno, who went to Oklahoma from ‘South Carolina a few years ago, it is learned that the Afro-American population numbers 66,- 000, there being 8,566 in Blaine county, 14,000 in Kingfisher county, 8,400 in Lincoln county, 10,000 in Logan county, the re- mainder being scattered in all the other counties. The total property holding of these people is $6,358,326, divided as follows: Five million four hundred and eighty-eight thousavud one hundred and ninety dollars represented by 584,919 acres of farm land; $37,400 represented by town property, and $837,736 represented by personalty. Com- menting on these figures, Mr. Oliver says: “The land in Oklahoma is largely raw and the price I place upon it is extremely low. Settlers have hardly begun to build elaborately, and the majority of the pio- neers brought with them no personality worth mentioning, save their teams, when they first came; some came even teamless. ‘The personalty valuation is, therefore, very low. If you could have seen this barren country, however, on April 22, 1889, then gone away, and dropped dewn upon us,to~ day, you would be wonder-struck at the metamorphosis. The dug-out, the sodhouse and the shack are being rapidly replaced by beautiful and comfortable homes for maf and beast. The estimates I have given yor parts almost to the exclusion of the whites. Langston City was founded by E. P. Mc- Cabe, who was once auditor of Kansas, a man of great resources and energy. The streets, avenues and: boulevards of Lang- -ston City are named in honor of prominent Afro-Americans. “It supports a weekly newspaper called the Herald. Mr. McCabe projected another town, but it has not pros- pered as well as Langston City. Most of the Afro-Americans in Oklahoma went there from the southern ‘states, Tennessee furnishing a very lafye numer, and these are constantly drawimg others after them, as.is natural and usual in such cases; so it ‘is possible that when tHe territory is ad- mitted to the Union it will have an Afro- Americen population of some 100,000. In several instances, when these men have been menaced by unfriendly Indians and whites, they have shown’ that the courage and determination which carried them into the territory and enabled them to secure homes in the wilderness were sufficient to protect them and their property. -eeo——— - —_ A Pointer for Gits Gompantes. From the Halifax (N. 8.) CBronftle. ‘The cause of the big reduction in the cost of Gas at Montreal was the starting of a rival company in business in oppésition to the old Montreal Gas Company. e new concern has been enjoined by the! ¢ourts from sup- plying gas in Montreal #il1 next year, as the Montreal Gas Company has an exclusive franchise till 1895. Simultaneously with the decision came the announéement that the old company had decided to reduce the price of gas from $1.30 for illuminating purposes and $1 for cooking down to {5 cents all round. This reduction is the direct result of competition. From $1.30 to 9 cents is a big drop to make at one stroke. It is a re- duction of twenty-sq@yen-per cent. The To- ronto News remarks that if “a gas com- ‘one with certain petition staring it in phe face can afford tribute gas at 95 nts, it becomes nent question to drow what price itPeould afford to charge vith the competitive element eliminated. ‘The Consumers’ Gas Company of Toronto are for Oklahoma, exciuding other portion; : eceathace aud of the old Indian Yerritory.” There is a lage bance eS ee ee Afro-American population in that port! of the territory, many of them worth their hundreds of thousands of dollai The Creek and Seminole nations more African than Indian blood in their veins, and Governor Brown of the Creeks shows kis African more than his Indian blood. He is a man of education and wealth. The Kickapoo, the Kiowa, the Comanche and the Apache lands are likely to come in soon for settlement. The next move will then be upon the five civilized tribes, who own tkeir lands in common. Then. the whole Indian territory will have been swallowed by the white man. Many lots of black men help in the swallowing.” The Afro-Americang have settled in some der these conditions it can afford to sell cheaper than either of the Montreal com- panies. When the Consumers’ Gas Com- pany holds its annual meeting, as it will in a few weeks, the reholders will act in their own interests, and head off a lot of fature trouble, by reducing the price of gas to 80 cents.” Hereia are some pertinent pointers for the Halifax Gaslight Company. oe “Do you think,” said the intellectual young woman, “that there is any truth in the theory that big creatures are better natured than small ones?” “Yes,” answered the young man, “I do. Look at the difference between the Jersey mosquito and the lersev cow’—Life. THE NATIONAL GUARD Interest in the Coming Trio of Inter- state Drills. ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY PARTICIPATE Business Laid Out for the Fifth Battalion This Winter. WHAT MAJOR SUESS SAYS During the past week the subject of the propored military drills to be held in this vicinity—one at the National Base Ball Park under the auspices of the Corcoran Cadet Corps, another at Alexander Island in conrection with the fair and exposition of the Grange Camp Agsociation of North- ern Virginia and the third at Richmond at the exposition of the Virginia State Agri- cultural and Mechanical Society—has caus- ed a great stir among the local soldiers, and activity to an unusual and marked degree is appareat nightly at the Center Market Armory. Owirg to an uncertainty as to the sched- ule of the new professional foot ball league, the Corcoran Cadet Corps has not been zble to scttle upon a date for its drill. The af- fair, however, will not occur until October 15, or later. The entries will close about two days before the drill, which is to take place in the afternoon, between the hours of 2 and 6 o'clock. A band of music will be in attendance to enliven the occasion. Committees’ Announced. Capt. Edwards has announced the follow- ing committees: Music, Sergt. C. B. Mat- thews, chairman; Privates Cooper, Schroe- der and McCathran; program, Private Jos. H. Gunnell, chairman; Privates De Moll, Nelson and Dodge; drill program, Capt. E. Cc, Edwards, chairman; Corporal Smith and Privates Wigginton and Blumer; printing, Sergt. Logan Prosise, chairman; Privates Rochold, Parker and Holst; advertising, Lieut. C. A. Myer, chairman; Privates Stoddard, Lowe and Wilson; grounds and privileges, Sergt. W. E. ‘Thompson, chair- man; Privates Lockhead, McQueeney and Hazard; reception, Corporal F. E. Gibson, chairman; Corporal Giusta and Privates Hunnicutt, Koib, Wakefield, Orr, Powell, Taylor and B-ittain. ‘the chairmen of the above committees compose the executive committee. At Alexander Island. The drill at Alexander Island promises to be a most successful affair, and although there have been no official entries, Secre- tary Wedderburn is in correspondence with over 100 organizations relative to ther Participating in the same. The rules of this drill prescribe that not. less than 3u per cent of a company, as carried on the Tolls, should appear, and the company hay- ing the largest per cent will have an ad- vantage in this respect, except companies within ten miles of the fair grounds. ‘fhe program will consist of the school of the company in close order, with such omissions as the judges may at the time make. While wear and tear of equipments will be allowed, the care that has been taken of them will count more than new ones that have had less care. The entries will prob- ably not close until the day before the drill. Secretary Wedderburn is not informed as to whether the drill will include an inspection cr as to the time when the program will be handed to the commanding officers of companies, these matters having been left entirely with the-board of judges. Barred Out at Ri. a. Considerable surprise will be occasioned by the fact that rule No. 1, relating to the Richmond drill, states that the contest will be open to all white volunteer companies in the states of Virginia and North Carolina whieh are regularly organized under the laws of their states. It would seem from the foregoing that the District companies are barred from entry, but it is reasonable to suppose that the exposition authorities were cf the opinion that Washington would not desire to be represented in the compe- Ution, and therefore failed to include the District of Columbia in the gules. From certain correspondence received from Rich- mond it is safe to conclude that no objec- tion will be made to the entry of any Washington organization. In the Richmond drill each company must consist of not less than thirty-two men, exclusive of guides and file closers. The drill is to occur on October 9 next. All companies intending to take part must notify the secretary on or before October 1. The contest will consist of inspection of the company, manual of erms and school of the company in close order. The judges will be three army officers, and the follow- ing prizes are offered: First, $300; second, $200, and third, $100. All officers and men taking part in the drill will be admitted to the grounds free, when in uniform, at any time during the exposition of 184. The secretary of the society is William G. Owens, Richmond, Va. What Companies Will Enter. The question now occupying attention is as to what organizations will enter the drill at National Park and the one at Alexander Island. A large number of the National Fencibles are heartily in favor of participating in the trio of drills, not merely for the money prizes, but to add streamers of victory to the already large the company flag. The beys do not en- tertain the slightest doubt but that they would easily take first place in each drill. There is another element in the company, however, which is of the opinion that it would be beneath the dignity of the cham- pion military organization of the United States to engage in drills held on such a small scale. The matter will be decided at a meeting on Tuesday evening next. Capt. Walsh has called a meeting of the Emmet Guard for tomorrow afternoon et 4 o'clock, when the question of taking part in the drills will be diecussed. The captain requests every member of the company to be present, important business relating Little Rock trip is to be set- tled. The Morton Cadets have entered into the drill idea heart and soul. Capt. Shilling has had a full drill team of forty men in the hall each night since Tuesday last, and already the youngsters are maneuvering in a manner which proves that the organiza- tion which beats them out must be indeed well-drilled. The Mortons will drill every night till the competitions occu The Corcoran Cadet Corps is also holding nightly drills in anticipation of the Rich- mond contest. The Corcorans have about decided not to participate in the drill at Alexander Island. ‘The other companies mentioned last wees have not as yet concluded to participat in the drills, but a number of them are ex- pected to fall into line within the next few days. It is hoped that both the Fencibles and the Emmet Guard will finally conclude to enter the local drills in order that the people of Washington may have an oppor- tunity to witness the work of each, A ¢ curiosity in this respect has existed s the victories at Little Rock, The Fifth Battalion, It would scem that the members of the fifth battalion wil! necessarily be very wide awake during the coming winter, as Major Otto L. Suess intends that his command shall be as near perfect, in a military sense, as it can be made. The major today made the following statement to The Star man: “I think that when Congress passed the act of March 1, 1889, creating the District of Columbia thilitia, it was done with a view nce to having a qualified military organization in this city that can be relied upon to meet and successfully cope with any emergency. Realizing that unless attendance at drills and parades was made compulsory the pur- rere of the act would be a dismal failure, Congress inserted: section 40, which makes absence from drills or parades a military offense and prescribes a punishment, name- ly, confinement during the time for which such drill or parade has been ordered. “The men of the battalion know that if they have any reasonable excuse they will be excused by their company commander. The surgeon is on duty every Grill night to determine whether those who claim to be too sick to drill shall be placed in the hos- pital or the drill squad, or whether they Shall be allowed to witness the drills as non- Perticipants. Every man who attends night school or works at night must attend at least one drill each month. “I have squads already organized, under command of trusted non-commissioned offi- cers, who have noted those who were ab- sent last night, and cn next Friday night I intend to commence ordering arrests, as I am of the opinion that I am fully empower- ed, under section 40, to do so. I claim that when the drill hour arrives on a set drill night, all those who do not report for duty are guilty of a military offense, and are amenable to the law. I shall particularly Watch the theaters and expect some rather startling encounters. I assume all the re- sponsibility, for I am determined to make" the members of the fifth battalion attend drills, unless regularly excused, or get out of the guard. My battalion is not a uniform- ed social club. 1 have attended every drill since 1889, and expect the men under me to be equally as constant. “We will continue the study of guard duty during the winter, as well as the study of the school of the ccrpany, the battalion and the regiment, in both close and ex- tended order. We shall have a short lec- ture on law at each officer's school, be- cause I want each cfficer to know just how bis authority extends when in service, withcut conflicting with the civil author- ities. The surgeon will devote fifteea min- utes to ‘hasty surgery,’ and in order that each compeny commander may have a uniform method of instructing his men how to shoot the battalion inspector of rile practice will discourse on windage, elevation, aiming, sighting, etc. 1 will teli what I know about the customs of the service.” Orders for Drill and Instruction. Maj. Suess has issued orders as follows: “Beginning September 1, and continuing until further orders, the following routine of duty will be observed in this battalion: “The officers, non-commissioned staff and candidate non-commissioned officers will assemble for theoretical instructions on the first and third Mondays of each month, at 8 o'clock p.m. sharp, in company A’s room. The senior officer present at the time will call the meeting to order, and will note all officers absent or tardy. Other non-commissioned officers will be permitted to be present, but will have no voice. “The first and third Fridays of each month will be devoted to batialion drills. The second and fourth Fridays will be de- voted exclusively to company drills, unless otherwise ordered. The assembly of the battalion on the first Friday of each month will be in full dress uniform, and a bat- talion parade will precede the drill. A guard consisting of an officer of the day, two officers of the guard, one sergeant. three corporais and twelve privates (three each company) will be mounted on the third Friday of each month preceding drill call. ee “Until January 1, 1895, instructed in its duties between reveille and retreat. First its will make the regular detail of men for each guard without further instructions, selecting, as near as possible, those mén that have had no experience in such duty. The officers and non-commissioned officers will be reg- ularly detaJed by rame from these head- quarters, “Company commanders Will be called tron to drill the battalion and the lieuten- ants will be required to drill companies; every officer will, therefore, be ready to eee requirements expected of him. “The service calls for drill nights now force will be observed. “seeps ce “Every officer and soldier in this battalion will be required to attend all drills, with such exceptions and modifications as are contained in the letter of the 18th instant to the company commanders. “Section 40 of the organic act is con- strued by these headquarters to make a: tendance at drills mandatory, clearly a thorizing the arrest of all those guilty of a military | offense, specifying, among o.her things, ‘absence from drills.’ Such action will be teken in the case of all those who are not regularly excused. “At all battalion drills the friends of the battalion are cordially invited to be pres- ent.” the guard will be Notes, The famous Sealy Rifles of Galveston, Texas, have gone to pieces. The Sealys held the championship of the United States a few years ago, and took third place at the Little Rock drill. It seems that soon after its return home from Little Rock the company was ordered into camp with the National Guard of Texas. It sent but a squad of men, which resulted in the muster out of the organization by the adjutant je: eral of the state. It is thought that the cu members will take steps to reorganize. It is probable that the National Fencibles will purchase in the near future a new full dress uniform of black and gold. Capt. Domer commanded the rendition of “War and Peace” last Mon- day afternoon. He was fadisposed in the evening, and at his request Capt. Waish of- ficlated in his place. ops at the PREACHER. Picturesque Uncle Jimmy Weaver's Labors for the Good of Men. Frem the Kansas City Star. One of the most delightfully unique char- acters of Misouri—a genuine uncut dia- mond of the mourtains—is “Uncle Jimmy” Weaver of the town of Ozark. Of slight figure and seemingly delicate organization, for over fifty-i years he has been an itin- erant preacher. He is now seventy-eight years of age, and owns one of the finest fruit and grain farms of South Missouri, a lead and zinc mine, a stone quarry, and houses in Ozark and the surrounding villages, and is estimated to be worth from $250,000 to $500,000, but still he travels about the country in the primitive hacks which bump and clatter along over the Toughest of rough roads, and preaches wherever his services may be called for. He preaches, not from any necessity, as may be im- agined, but because, as he himself puts it, he “loves to lay the word of God before the benighted people of these mountains.” He thinks nothing of traveling fifty miles in a day in a springless wagon, seated on a home-mude, split-hickory chair, and jolt ed and jostled about as the vehicle jum, and bumps over bone-breaking roads, and then preaching a rousing revival sermon of the good oli-fashioned kind in a roue log, mud-ceiied school hoi to men and women who have never seen Bibles, and would not know what te do with then if they had, for none of them has ever learned to read. He knows the name and medical use of every plant and shrub in the Ozarks, and is a veritable country doctor as well as preacher. He is on each trip he makes th: trusted messenger of the country storekeep- ers, who send their surplus cash to the nearest bank, cr to the merchants in the large towns in payment of debts. He has never been robbed, nor has any attempt ever been made to hold him up, for he is known to almost every denizen of the Ozarks, and is respected by even the most lawless of the wilder set. ———-—+e. Out of His Line. From Life. Ada—“Flo was just going down for the third time when Dr. Watson dived off a yacht and caught her. Grace—“And saved her life! Wasn't that Ada—“"Yes. for a doctor.” REAL ESTATE GOSSIP —>—__— People Who Own Their Homes and Those Who Rent. a COMPARED WITH OTHER CIMIES The Confident Feeling Which Characterizes the Market. SOME IMPROVEMENTS At this season of the year there is prob- ably more attention given to the subject of houses and rentals than at any other period in the year. This is, of course, due to the fact that in the fall arrangements are generally made for the home life for the year. If a change is to be effected in the location of the home it is as a rule made at this time. People who begin house- keeping find that ihe fall is the convenient Season to make a start. The majority, perhaps, of people begin their married life at this period of the year, and, of course, their houschold gods must find a shelter, Altogether, and from perhaps a number of points of view, the problem of a home shel- ter is widely considered. Some people are apt to imagine that the area of interest about such a problem is @ limited one. This conclusion is based on the supposition that the number of homes in this city, compared with other cities, is not large. Such an opinion, however, is not based on facts. Philaaetphia has the reputation of being the city of homes. There is a very general impression that a lange percentage of the residents of the city of brotherly love own their own homes, either in whole or in part, and therefore form @ permanent abiding population. The sta- Ustics, however—and they are official, as they are prepared by the United States census office—tell a different story. These figures show that Washington has a lerger percentage of people who own their homes, either in whole or in part, than Philedel- phia. Of the entire number of people in this ity who are known as home families, hich term means people occupying houres in distinction from boarding houses, 25.20 per cent own their houses, either in whole or in part, while in Philadelphia 22.76 per cent of home families own their homes in whole or in part. Washington's Home Owners. This may not be considered a high per- centage of home-owning families for either city. But it will be sgen that relatively Washington's percentage is a high one. Throughout the entire country, of the whole number of families, which in figures run up to more than 12,500,000, only 47.80 per cent own their own and homes, balance hire. e results for the nearly $000,000 of home families show that 36.90 per cent own their own homes. The centage, however, of home owners considerably in the large cities. The statis- tics show that in eighteen cities 100,000 population and over there are five in which the percentage of owning their homes in whole or in 30 per cent. It will thus be Washington, g cf the houses which they occupy. It is true that a percentage of only a lit- tle more than 25 per cent of the home families who own their homes in wacle or in part seems to be surprisingly small. It means that nearly 7 per cent of the families occupying houses in this city are content to live on merely as tenants. There is no doubt that this percentage is smaller than it was some years ago, and that be- fore the next census period the ai of house renters will show a still greater de- pletion. The tendency in this city is un- doubtedly towerd the ownership of homes. The advantages of owning rather ban renting are so evident that it needs no ar- gument to convince even those who are un- familiar with business matters. Facilities Home Getters. The ‘facilities which are offered to home setters are such as to enable any one who is industrious to start on the road which will end in a home ownership. In aéd- dition to the actual saving of money which one who is engaged=in buying a house ac- complishes, as compared with one who is merely a tenant, the-e are the natural and Steady incresse of values and the perma- rency in values, which present inducements to the home buyer of substantial gains, Perhaps the main reason why more peo- ple @ not cwn their own home is lack of courage to make the start. A young man begins his married life in a rented house, relying on some turn of fortune or some windfall to provide him with the money with which he hopes some day to buy a home. The expected may happen, or it may hot happen; the latter is the more fre- quently the case, and in the meanwhile the time is passing which, if properiy utilized, would have ended in the desired goal A More Co! There is a more confident feeling in the market than there has been for some weeks past, and the opinion is generally expressed that a revival of activity is near at hand. This feeling is largely due to the steadiness of the market after a period of practical inactivity for the past eighteen months. The solid character of the real estate mar- ket has been fully tested, and this record affords ample evidence for those who have any doubt. It is believed that this condi- tion of affairs in connection with the large sums of money which are awaiting invest- ment will have a favorable influence upon the state of the market and that there will ‘soon be started The Building Record. The building inspector's record for the past week ending yesterday shows that nineteen permits were taken out for the erection of new buildings, aggregating in cost $48,850. This was divided among the several sections of the city as follows: Northwest, six permits, $25,400; southeast, three permits, $1,550; northeast, three per- mits, $5,000; southwest, one permit, $1,500, and county, six permits, $12,100, Some Improvements. Messrs, Kennedy and Davis have planned the erection of five pressed brick dweliings at Nos. 2102 'S O street northwest and 1340 ist street northwest. They will each be three stories high with cellar, thirty- seven feet deep, thirty-five feet high and eightcen feet front and heated throughout by steam. James L. Paine will shortly build brick residence and store at 142s avenue, Bloomingdale. The bulldit be three stories high with cellar, two feet deep, thirty-four feet and twenty-eight feet front. Richard E. Crump is the architect. A permit has been issued to D. B. Davis for the erection of three dwellings at Nos, 329, 331 and 333 E street northeast. Each of these dwellings will be built ‘of pressed brick, twenty-five feet deep, twenty-eight feet high and twenty-eight fect front. It is planne? to have each of them two stories high. An addition to the residence 1435 K street will be made by the owner, W. BE. Schneider. It will be five stories in height, with a frontage of twenty-five feet and depth of 120. The front will be of bro stone, and will correspond in design with that of the main buliding. Five three-story and basement houses are to be built at the northeast corner of 24 and A streets northeast. Albert G. Brooke has had plans made by W. B. Wood, architect, for three two-story houses to be erected on the subdivision of T-inidad twenty-