Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1894, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY.. tember 21, 1894. CROSBY S. NOYES...............Edltor. THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent circulation much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it bas no competitor. o7Im order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the of- fice, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Bustnese Department, aecording to tenor or purpose. The generally-republican municipal gov- ernment of the city of Philadelphia has al- ways ranked with Tammany as a spoils de- votee; each has done the best it knew how for itself, and has never seriously con- sidered the rights of anyone outside the re- spective organizations. Upon the testimony of @ democrat, it would appear as though the democratic bosses of Philadelphia were no better than the republicans. Mr. Singer- ly, who is the democratic candidate for gov- ernor of Pennsylvania, candidly refers to them as “contemptible ringsters, roosters and ruffians.” This outburst by Mr. Sin- gerly is due to the fact that the democrats of Samuel J. Randall's old district yesterday nominated Joseph P. McCullen for Congress instead of doing what they were expected to do, viz: renominate Representative William McAleer. That action was a decided sur- prise to the decent democratic element, and {t was so surprising to Mr. Singerly that he at once threw up his hands and prophesied overwhelming republican victory. In the Philadelphia Record of today an editorial 1g addressed to the state democracy, and therein Mr. Singerly, who is proprietor of the paper, says: “The action of the democrats who con- trolled the convention in the Third Congress district yesterday, it may as well be con- fessed now as sixty days hence, will thor- oughly demoralize, dishearten and defeat democratic effort to poll a full vote in the city in November. That district was the key to the situation in Philadelphia, and democrats throughout the state are entitled to @ candid admission of the failure of the organization here to bring about harmonious action, and the necessary consequences of failure. From this time forth the canvass should be waged throughout the state with without special effort for the state ticket. Effort should be con- contrated at those points where it may effectual. The State ticket has been trot of a few contemptible ringsters, roos- ters and ruflans.” It is the custom of candidates to maintain to the last moment of their candidacy the numerical supremacy of the voters who are on their side, but Mr. Singerly believes in straightforward statement; he realizes that only defeat is in store for his party in Penn- sylvania, and he says so with commendable frankness, Good citizens will, however, in- dulge in the hope that Mr. Singerly and his friends will not be content with denuncia- tion of those who are operating the corrupt machine; there should be organization against the forces of evil without any re- gard whatever for political lines. The polit- {co-municipal experiences of New York, Bos- ton, Chicago, Philadelphia and other large cities has been about the same, and there will be painful and expensive recurrence of those experiences until there is adopted the commissioner system which works so ad- mirably in the District of Columbia. Di- vorce the ballot and the spoils and the con- quest is complete. —_~ e+ —__—_. Believers in the equitable doctrine of home rule are properly disturbed because the Chicago doctor whom Secretary Gresham had appointed as surgeon-in-chief of Freed- man’s Hospital is still an absentee. The Sppointment was made in February, but, except for a few days in May, the ap- pointee has not been in the city, and has given no attention whatever to the duties for which he, of course, draws the salary dvly provided. Washington seems to be fated to suffer from the appointment of in- competent or careless or extremely obnox- fous non-residents to local offices. If Dr. Williams is unable or unwilling to assume charge of affairs at the hospital, it would be quite the proper thing for the authorities to require his resignation. Then a local physician should be appointed to fill the vacancy. > o- ——___ To find a suitable successor to the late Dr. Welling as president of the Columbian University was probably as difficult a task as was ever given the trustees of that great educa<ional institution, but they succeeded admirably when they decided to entrust, for a time at least, the control of the or- ganization to the Rev. S. H. Green, D. D. Highly to be commended also is the action of the board in appointing Prof. Montague dean of the faculty. Prof. Montague is a fully-equipped educator; of great mental breadth and depth, modern of idea and method, and the possessor of the pleasing Personality and ability to transfer thought, #0 necessary to one occupying the high po- sition to which he has been called. Better choice could not have been made. ——_~e++___. Mr. Brice has expressed himself very strongly in favor of Mr. Hill as governor of New York. It would be only neighborly reciprocity for Mr. Hill to do a little mis- sicnary work in Ohio for Mr. Brice. —_— + e____ Conquering foolish pride and trampling upon ancient prejudice, the chief of the Bureau of American Republics has endeav- ered to establish a precedent which must endear him to the Holman element in Con- gress and make him conspicuous among the economists of this economical age. An un- sympathetic Secretary of State and a dis- urctly adverse legislature prevented the ap- Propriation of money with which to publish the buliectin heretofore regularly issued by the Bureau, but it was evidently understood that the Bureau should be accorded the Privilege of hustling for the wherewithal mecessary to the existence of what is un- doubtedly a useful branch of the public ser- vice. Acting in accordance with that idea the chief of the Bureau secured a number of paid advertisements, which were to make their appearance in the next number of the bulletin; but somehow or other the matter got Into the newspapers and the project has been sat upon and squelched. But remarkable as this example is, it Is extremaly common- Place when compared with the probabilities that may easily be consequent. If adver- tisers could be admitted, for a considera- tion, to priv.leges in a State Department bulletin, why might they not have similar opportunity as to the Congressional Record, the reports of Cabinet officers and minor Officials, and even to presidential messages when printed for circulation. Experts in advertising cay that phenomenally high Prices could be charged for favorably- located announcements of somebody's pills or somebody else's sarsaparilia, this variety of whisky or that brand of flour. More than enough money to pay for the printing ef the Agricultural Report could easily be secured from a smali number of the wide- lake people who lay up treasure cn earth by the concocting and vending of liniments and condition powders; harness-makers and wagon-builders and dealers in patent horse- shoes would put up a million dollars for a few packages of publicity in Uncle Jerry Rusk's fs#mous “Horse Book.” Stock brokers, too, would surely do the handsome thing were they permitted to attach their eards to the monthly financial statements THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER issued by the Treasury Department, while railroad companies would pay heavily for the right to make reasonably conspicuous upon the maps issued by the Interior De- partment the routes followed by their re- spective roads. These suggestions, how- ever, do no more than merely walk around the edges of the fertile tract which has been opened by the enterprising Bureau of American Republics, Soap manufacturers would never tire of bidding against each other for a lease of the Washington Mon- ument—what a background for a fetching “ad.” that pure-white shaft is—while mak- ers of infants’ foods would destroy their cash balances in efforts to adorn the White House with conspicuous reproductions of their mottoes and charming enlargements of the photographs of those whose lives are alleged to have beea saved by their won- derful compounds. A vast area of available advertising space is wasted on the govern- ment buildings in this city alone, especially the Capitol, but this extravagance will hardly continue much longer, unless Mr. Holman and the others of his kind in Con- gress are false to their trust and unmindful of the principles of true economy. General application of the advertising idea would set- tle atonce the question of revenue, for by following the example of the Bureau of American republics this government can collect dollars enough to pay all national ex- penses and to ¢ettle the national debt with- out the slightest difficulty. Of course, there will be opposition by fossilized people who have strange notions as to national dignity and other marketable products, but such trifling considerations should not be per- mitted to interfere with the triumphal march of a reform that would soon render unnecessary the ever-odious collection of taxes. —— + +e ___ Folks who sigh for the good old times and who delight in imagining that the poor man has less of a show now than he ever had, should study the comparative statement as to the prices of leading articles of food, compiled by the American Grocer and printed elsewhere in The Star. The rates quoted are wholesale, and they show that the purchasing power of a dollar is much greater now than it was twenty-five years ago. In 1869, flour was sold to the retail trade at $6.20 per barrel; today it is $3.30. Sugar has come down from nearly fourteen cents to less than four and one-half cents, while tea has declined from fifty-nine cents to twenty and three-quarter cents. Other figures presented are just as striking as these. The table would be much more in- structive did it include the changes in wages that have taken place during the same period. —————_++e___ Arkansas populists have organized a church. This tends to reverse the old ques- tion as to the propriety of clerical inter- ference in politics. - ——__~+ee__. If Li Hung Chang gets defeated a few more times there will be nothing left for him to do except to open a scliool of gen- eralship. —__+ «= —___ Mr. Fassett should take some comfort out of the fact that as a rule the greatest men were not infant prodigies. —__ e+ Mr. Flower will take no chances on be- coming the Li Hung Chang of the New York democracy. —— oe Dr. Parkhurst has tackled Superintendent Byrnes. This is an era of Iconoclasm. —_ ree SHOOTING STARS. Autumn Thoughts. Yeliow are the forest trees, Yellow is the vine. Sight the yellowness of these Beside our base ball nine. A Shocking Suggest: “What do you think of this idea of using the gas motor for rapid transit?” “I don’t believe Congress'll ever approve of it.” “Why not?” “It's sacrilege. The idea of running cars with specch material!” incignantly. “Lend me your penknife, quick, till I cut this article out of the pa- ” “What ts it?” “One of this confounded series that tells how to make home happy on $1,200 a year.” “Why, my wife says they are very inter- esting.” “That's the trouble. They read so luxu- riously that if the boss sees them he'll cut me down to a thousand sure.” Indifference. ‘Tis here, the sweet autumnal balm; That sense secure, that restful calm, ‘When no one cares a single jot Whether the ice man comes or not. A Policeman's Peril. “Dolan wor put an duty in citizens’ ciothes th’ other noight,” said a member of the force. “How'd he get along?” “Ter’ble. Not wan o° the fruit-stand da- gos reco’nized ‘im widout ‘is uniform, an’ the poor mon loike to starved to death.” By the Farmer Politician. Tho crop situation is quoted as fair, But fences are terribly out of repair. Retribution. “When I was a boy,” said Mr. Hasbin Swift, “it was no trick at all for me to han- dle a horse. I'd take the wildest kind of an animal and run him once around the track, and then he'd be broke.” “I suppose you enjoyed that more than the hors: did?” “I guess so. But the horse got even. Now he runs around the track once, and when he gets through I'm broke.” —-+e____ The Chinese Dilemma. From the New York Sun. It may be that the Pekin government, at the irstigation of friendly European powers and relying on their moral support, will endeavor to avert further lors and humilia- tion by offering terms of peace which Japan can accept. The naval triumph off Wi-Ju, following the great land victory at Ping-Yang, has rendered it probable that such terms will have to include an ade- quate pecuniary indemnity as well as a re- cognition of the absolute independence of Corea. It may be that the Mantchu dy- nasty can hardly assent to such conditions and yet “save its face,” as the Chinese Phrase goes. But its very existence is at Stake; it must choose quickly between some eclipse of dignity and entire ruin. TO Oo Corea and Louisville. From the Loulsyille Courier-Journal. While the Chinese were busy issuing proclamations and war bulletins, claiming overwhelming victories, the little Japs were preparing to wipe the Chinese army in Corea from the face of the earth. It has been a good week for the cause of progress and good government in Corea as well as in the Ashiand district. —__+ ++ — Ministers Must Live. From the New York Sun. One of the principles of the new religion which has been started in Missourt, is that it shall not have any paid preachers. One St. Louis minister has joined it, but we are disposed to surmise that it will not attract very many members of the clergy. We can- not see why a minister should not get pay for his sermons if they are worth anything. ~~~ The Overthrow of Brice. From the New York World. CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 20.—The scourging of Brice in the Ohio democratic convention yesterday has created the great- est political sensation of years. Every voter in Ohio is talking about it today and not one of them ventures the opinion that Brice will survive as a power in politics. ‘We proclaim itt wwe have the highest grades of ve the world SAKS AND COMPANY. ‘We've got some items of special interest to men on page 7. Busy With the Boys. Bidding for business nowadays reminds us of the cabbies at the depots. They all shout—but did you ever notice that the fellow who “hollers’” the loudest as the poorest accommodations to offer? We're not hoarse—for all we've got the ‘most and the best to excuse it if we were. A fortnight or so ago we announced that our stock of Boys’ Every- thing-to-wear was complete—and the con-= dition of things here has traveled like wild- fire. It must be known all over Washington now that we are sell- ing a Combination School Suit for $2.50 that the most venture- some rival wants near- er $3 for. And that our $3.75 one doesn’t suffer by comparison with anybody’s $5 grade. With these Combina- tion Suits you get two pairs of pants—you know—and the $3.75 ones have double seats and knees. There’s every fortifi- cation for wear. Other lots at $5, $6, $7, $8 up to $10 and $12—made specially to stand the strain. Some com bination—some with all the money put into the one pair of pants. Pretty soon now you’re going to call for the dressier effects. And when you do your eyes’ll open in aston- ishment. Such a line ofliving pictures! They cut clear away from anything you’ve seen— or will see. They are our own ex- clusive novelties for ’94. Short Pants- and Long Pants Suits. You won't have to take but one look in aay boys’ department in town to find out where the best variety is—Our great, big second floor—and high-piled tables mean something. Underwears and overwears are all up here. We hope you'll let us try our hand at Shoeing the lads. We run the risks and you save the money, "We've got 590 different styles of headwear for the youngsters. Not much chance of faflure to suit you. AKS AND COrIPAN Only Complete Outfitters in Town. Pa. Av. and 71 7th s ‘St. ee2l Saturday Shoppers Will do well to look at these special attrac- tlons tn Burt’s Shoes, Ladies’ Fine Hand-Made S300) sem Ny Aili cee Sizes 11 to 2. Kangaroo Calf Sizes 8% to 10%. School Shoes. Children’s { () Dongola Shoes o Sizes 5 to 8. golutely true it is that My Prices Are Conspicuously Lower Than All Others. Open Saturdays, 9 P.M. Arthur Burt, Burt’s Shoe Store, i2u1 F St. N.W. The Favorite Tea, t Tea—the most lasting Tea— bP my By Tea, is BURCHELL’S SPRING LEAF (ICED) TEA. Only 50c. Ib. It equals the higher priced Teas in every particular. Sent by mail and ey ANYWHERE. it age bears ida NL W. BURCHELL, 1325 F STREET. FALL 3} COATS, MILLINERY AND GLOVES Bon Marche. We have been working like —— veavers—putting the store and HII __& CAPES. All are new—the latest of this season's styles. Little longer than usual, some tight-fitting, some loose front, with tight-fit- ting back. G7 Ask to see the “Golf” "$5, $6, $7, $7 $7.50 to $20. Trimmed Hats. We shall open 40 oF more en- ——— —— tirely original designs in Trimmed Hats, confined to us—many of = will not be duplicated this Gloves, 47¢ As a “starter we shall place on our counters tomorrow a lot of 4-button Kid Gloves, in black, tans and grays—nearly all sizes— few missing. Were $1. Now A7C. BON MARCHE, 314 and 316 7th St. HH $1 0 TET AT TENTS First Anniversary “Opening, ” MONDAY, Sept. 24th. a TT a aT a MUSIC, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. LUNCHEON FREE, Ila. m. to4 p.m. FLOWERS! All Cordially Invited. MOORE’S ‘Shoe Palace, S810 7th St. ermal ‘Dunlap sth Ave. Hat ~Be careful. ats, and asserting that they are 5 “Duniabe ‘Hats “without tue name ing stamped in them. Ye are sole agents for “Dunlap” Hats. We can also sell you Derbies at $1.50 that the same stores sell for $1.90. ‘Willett & Ruoff, os Pa. Ave: me a at atu at aN Downey’s Hotel For Horses, 1622-1628 L St. N. W., is open for inspection by all lovers of the: horse. Fire- proof throughout. Perfect ventilation and drainage. No Ammoniax No Rats. No [lice. E7Persons having private stables find it safer, mors satisfactory and paereg, ok the end to board thetr fine HERE, Call or write for terms and particulars. 30a not on sale elsewhere in 's city, all assertions to the Dot w iths| upon by the °° use of Knox'4 name by other ¢ houses. Sole agents. i B. rte aoa tStinemetz &) wo PA. AVE. SPECIAL SALE AT MERTZ’S. *% Not satisfied with selling lower ** than any other Druggist in the °° city, we give you a chance every * °° now and then to buy at less than °° our own low prices by cutting * °° them for a day or two, Tomorrow These Prices oreoce ecoceee wooeee eseeee Elixir Roses and Myrrh...ccom -25 «19 Talcum Powder. +...+.sccceess+2 for . Queen Anne Tooth Powder...... .2 IT Julie’s Face TESTE Temoves tan and freckles... 88 27 58 beet French Rose Water, pint = seartsh ‘3 Curling” Fluid. 9 (Keeps hair in curl.) White's Ivory Dentine...cecseee 60 89 White Castile Soap, bar. 2 2 e 25 F bo . Dru gs. Cooper's Hair Success. 50 8 Cooper's Shampoo. 23 a) ‘Compound Celery, (A splendid nerve tonic) a Ferraud’s Wine of Coca.. (69 Root Beer Extract (makes w 88 19 a 69 per 19 2-gr. Quinine Pills, per 100..... .25 19 Page's Sarsaparitia. 1% 88 MERTZ’S Modern Pharmacy uth and F Sts. inclosed in @ hard- wood case, given to our young patrons. +‘Busy as Bees’’} This week arranging} our immense Fall Stock 3 ‘for—which we claim? jpre-eminence. Ourg xiclaim is hinged on two) ‘important factors— ; ‘‘Variety” and “Good t Value.” : Prominent among the uary styles we wention: ——At $3.00— dies’ Best Viel Kid Hand-made Lace and Lace and Congress Gal- \“Gents'Cork-sole le Hand- —— — sewed Lace and gress, all shapes. ——"At $2. 48—t Gents’ Calf Boots, —— ed, Bal- ——— il shapes end widths. = eves. Bluchers. and ton "7 Sr Calf Steel Shod Ladies’ a Leath- w lot of Infants’ A bad in all the dainty 8 shades, just in at 46c. Heilbrun &Co,, '“Up to Date Shoe 3 Men,” 3 {402 7th St. N.W. SIGN: THE “OLD WOMAN IN THE 'é Physical Culture Corset Company ————- Offers its advice about HEALTH WAISTS and CORSETS. We make ————— and cell the latest and most ap- proved styles. Special attention to children and growing girls Mrs. Whelan, Mgr..2°.3,3ta. 20d 21, 1894~TWELVE PAGES, ANOTHER Lamune TALK. Ht rHTII z i iit HHT 5 im r f : i & half price. Separate parts of Syringes or Atomizers con- stantly on hand at nomirial figures. Patent [ledicine Leaders. ‘TO CONSUMERS ONLY. Fresh Sweedish Leeches nani ioe received. Kol PHARMAGY, noes OF LOWEST PRICES, 7TH AND E. B. Rich & Sons, Ten Two F Street. oo00000 Fall Shoes Of the Late Jno.E.Little Now On Sale. 000000 Ladies’. g R Your Choice, $2 pr. 000000 Men’s. As quite a number thought the sale also included Men's Shoes, we have ransacked our stock and pulled out all the odd pairs in $4 and $5 Men's Shoes and have placed them on @ center table at the uniform yrice of $2.50 pr. 000000 Grover’ s Easy Shoes. We have again replenished our stock of the celebrated GROVER'S EASY SHOES for elderly ladies and those ‘with tender feet. 000000 Bicycle Leggings, $1. We have just opened a case of Men's, Ladies’ and Cilidren’s Bicycle Leggings. Only $1 pair. $1.50 wil! mot bay their equal in others’ stores. 000000 B. Rich& Sons, 1002 F Street. New Goods, New Store, New Prices Will be the attractions bere. Mock la “constantly. arciving-—cverytiteg freah and attractive—the latest productions Our stock will be complete, Lefore long. A beautiful. Hine of Carpets, bere prices’ on both Carpets and The ‘Houghton Co., 1214 F Street N. W. Watch Our ~~~ Announcements and you'll be able to buy the Jittle things and the big things that need for different cost: c§ ea ¢ & Op) zu ae Mi I : & if { RE Hy é LIIIIIT He i ih ze inl i [ if j wR id | f | ne i i = i i ——__ Misses’ Vici Kid, —— and Lace Shoes. Sizes 11 at $1.50. Also cloth tops Price. ——— _380 pairs of Misses’ Cloth-top, Patent ——— _ Leather For Sutton Shoes. Regular $2.50 ——— value, for $1.65. het 98c. Siz hild’s Sine 9b to 10% Ser 61.35. ——— __Lace Spring Heel Shoes, sizes 8% to ——— _ 10%, for $1.2. EDMONSTON POPULAR SHOE STORE, 1334 F St. | WE'RE OPEN ON SATURDAYS FROM | 8AM. TO 9 P.M., AND EVERY MIN- UTE OF THAT TIME IS VALUABLE WE'RE BUSY CLEAR UP TO CLOSING TIME. THERE IS A REASON—WE MAKE THESE HOURS INTERESTING. | EVERY SATURDAY WE MARK OUT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AT A PRICE LESS THAN THE PREVAILING: PRICE. THIS SATURDAY— ONE THOUSAND BOT- TLES OF ESTRACTS, ALL ODORS .... 5c.|_ PINT BOTTLES BAY RUM. ALL B5e., 40c, AND S0e. EXTRACTS ..... ceeeee ONE LOT SOc. AND Te. SCHOOL BaGs, BROIDERED IN SILK. Tomorrow, 15C. SILK BRAID. FORMER PrICk $2.98. Special Price Tomorrow, $1.48.| AND ONE CONTINUAL CHAIN OF EXCELLENT BARGA(NS IN EACH ONB 1 OF THE DEPARTMENTS. REMEM 8éR, | THESE PRICES HOLD GOOD CP 70 9 = O'CLOCK TOMORROW NIGHT. & BRO, a