Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1894, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1894—-TWELVE PAGES. EDUCATIONAL IN WASHINGTON, EDUCATIONAL. IN FEMALE SEMENARY, 1226. 15TH Day and boarding ‘school. Primary and ad- cod departinents 4 charge of able teachers. Special advantages in music, art, Freveb, litera- * and elocution. Moderate Principal E BUSINESS COL. In the selection of @ BUSINESS COLLEGE con- sider the reputation of the a and the cost Of the tation The INSTITUTE BUSINESS COLLEGE, SW. i Hiss been | well-known, ‘Washing: gignteem years. LOWEST TERMS. INDIVIDUAL: INSTRUCTION. DO NOT guarantee the BEST treat- ment or the BEST value. — business course, day or night, $25 a year. typewriting and shorthand course, "$15. Established 18f0e best’ discipline; ‘central loca- tion; experienced teachers; poilte attention; good SiH "cheap books; diplomas sai. positions or grad- uates; b Sng spelling, grammar, PRIVATE LESSONS-ELEMENTARY OR ADVANO- ed fring ana Especial eee cates un- adult 5. 1406 “Hopkins place, ‘near cr BUR and ets, TEACGITENG. TAUGHT «al, grebi eal and aval, with aeseuney mathemat: In- the for structions begin Septen:ber 24, at S31 7th se me. WIMODAUGHSIS ray rit Literature, His ‘Gram mar, Bookkeeping “ADA Le patie Supe yi2-0m MISS BALCH'S CIVIL, INSTITUTE AND Business SERVI atten ow. Pa repared succeasfully 6¢' civil service, depattmeatal aud census exaininat! taught, se2-tr Signor Mariano Maina, Seed “art ‘tor ‘aging letter arta business forms, com- mercial nil busthews ‘pabjects, ead sor eat: S. W. FLYNN, A. M., Principal. ~J GEO.W. LAWRENCE, VOCAL SCHOOL. _STUOi 1008 9th now. ‘6th ne. The Misses Kerr’s School For Young Ladies and Little Childrea. 222-im 1488 N 1850, ing 2. WASHINGTON HTS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. for scholars. French Kindergarten. Iss NCES MARTIN, PRINCIP. ‘oclT-2m* The McDonald-Ellis School, 3805 17th st, 1624 Mass. ave, and 1023 N Pd English and Breach Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies and Little = aon Y satormation nom the principal, Miss ELLIS. u ‘CHILDREN CALLED FOR AND SENT HOME KINDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL. MISS SUSAN POLLOCK, nol7-im* it, BANJO, MANDOLIN TAUGHT IN OND term by a teacher of expert ‘ful training of positions. At 1006 1 Biss Virginia, Mason Dorse: iss Leura Lee Dorsey. Prinespals. oc8-tt MARTYN Cpe Begs leave to amnrcace’ the following -courses: leave f 2 1. Gruduat: Course in Elocution, $100 school year. Rave aiready segen’ hersiag ervions only. course :% a. ar’ ent me DEL SARTE COURSE, By GENEVIEVE STEBBINS of New York, author ot “THE DI OF EXPRESSION.” Beg Ful Delsarte Course, $5. 8. Ralston School of Piysical Calture and CIETY STIL Lailtcs" GYM! classes beg 15 Dee. 3 strength 4 term. Indorsed Uy "Mra. Vice ied grt Mrs. Secretary Carlisle, Mrs, Postmaster Mrs Senaior Med a » Mrs. § Mrs” Senator Teli Howlagd. | str. ereises designed for steal Ws, Flay ator two. sessions §. 4A ‘Capitol st COMMEK We make DiHAD. le and thea secure posi- tious, for then. Tenth year. Day and evening Sessions, Send for elreuiars. nod-tt Friends’ Select . School, 1811 1 STREET N.W. INTERMEDLA’ o BOTH S HIGH “and EX ES. L departments it cocking’ s geod schecl cond fer a eatalegus oe ‘call ob the ‘principal, way will explain the mov it st _THOMAS W. SIDWELL. Mrs. Harriet Mills, 2c, 1115 oth ot. Mise LOTTA MILLA Hast. WIL WALDECKER, Graduate Leipzig Royal Conservatory, SLANO, ORGAN AND HARMONY, peS-1ma* th st. nw. Washington Seminary, 2598-40 17th st. Select voarding & day ‘School. Collegiate and preparatory depts. | German Kind te ibary. Me. a itis. SMALLWOUD. ON OF SPECIALISTS FoR PaivaTe Mtting for col, and references. Address PROF ‘Columblan University. J. PRANGIS GERMUILLER, TEAC myn ‘OF Piano, organ, vocal music and Cially’ attentive to beginners as well as x ; puns advanced. G11 I st. nw. CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 1225 organ, volce, violin, guitar Piano, and mandolin, . flute, cornet, ete. ‘ree advant to pupils. 0. B. BULLARD, Director. se2s-za' Tost ructlos u3-1ine FRENCH—Private and class Pu ne22-3m* OE A, GUNAND, JOlt Marin’ st., Bet. Q and R, 6th and 7th nw. italian Method, nol2-3m 1307 14th ‘st. Dew. My Special attention gives co begianers as wéll.os advanced pupils. sel7-8m Res:dence, 608 Ti st. n.w. are eae Se 20th ‘st. nw. Applications may be made at the school and at Q st. nw. MRS. MANN’S KINDERGARTEN vere jr ‘and the Elizabe ‘Kindergai th Peal rem | School, 1918 Badenian i 5 os wll ‘ee fall and winter’ sessions Oct THE ‘OADM oT, or Tue “sony ao FOR YOUNG kag Tes AND ¢D ‘CHILDREN, The Faglish cou fers every ae rary edeation, | while Waseem fal acaeie drawing and paint- Latin, ‘elocution and phys- French, tei guitare’ are re taught by ‘competent: lnstragtors. a Lap eed eee 08 1 i ae ‘and evening ¢ peta car ant Ste euder Mr, Onli. fe Mar and Mr. ward H. Siebert. Composi- tion, Mr. E. C. Messer and Mr. R. N. Brooke. Water color, Mr. De Lancey W. Gill. ar me fore antique, Miss Alma de Mier, Special terms by the year. oc8-tf OUT OF WASHINGTON. MAPLEWOOD INSTITUTE, CONCORDVILLE, PA.— $195 per year. A successful school; one of the best to infuse with energy and to ake up boys to the dattes of life. 8, $174. J. SHORTLIDGE Blvale). AL, PHicipal. NATIONAL PARK SEMINARY, For young women and girls; 20 minates north of Washington, at Forest Glen, Md. Colteginte and Preparatory courses, Excellent faculty. 40-acre campus. $75,000 buildings. “A cultured home. Send for illustrated catalogue. au22-tf PIANOS AND ORGANS. Practically New Upright, $290. Slightly ‘shopworn, handsome, dark quartered oak Upright Bradbury, three pedals, continuous hinges, steel’ plate, full grand, octave, ‘patent swinging et In tone and action as the Rewest. instrument in. the house. Only $200; $10 moment payments, Advertised F. G. ‘Smith, | 1225 Pa. Ave. ay > . MADE BY LUDWIG €o. ; Mahogany case; latest pedal finprovementa anda amor veh toca: price $ terms, $10 cash and $6 per mont stool and scart complete this hardsome bargain. A new Chicago cottage organ, left with us to sell, the regular price of which Is $90. You 5 cash and $3 per month. GO WORCH & CO., 925 Tth st. Pianos for rent, tuned, moved and for shipping. nbs- A Rare Chance. For Sale— A magnifi- ent overstrung Square Grand Plano, “made to order cost portunity. We wlso have an elegant High-grade Upright Plano, the property of an army to Europe, ‘that can be » $225. Cost ‘a few months ago’ $125, Don't, miss this. Fine stool and scarf with it. The Piano Exchange, 913 Pa. Ave. n22-2hd The Durable W% ever teara of a sttetr Piano that was worn out? Stieff And why? Because the STIEFF ts ABSOLUTELY THE 5 MOST DURABLE PIANO Piano. MADE. D. G. PFEIFFER & CO., 417 11TH ST. N.W., 21-200 Stieff Piano Agency. for Real Life AND DavGirers. Spenceriaa Kusiness Colle Rattona! fank of the Republic building, cor. 7th D o.w. Day and night sessions. The thirtieth scholistic year of thls Ropalar, tne stitution began Mond ot. Five departments, viz: including @omplete bookkeeping course, English, rapid calcu- tons, rapid writing, moral and snctal calture gstem of expression, ¢ commercial law; ‘Practica! wn ‘fuitiatory bookkeeping; Shorthand wae writing, including English; Sper in Rapid Weit- fg; Mechanical aud Architectural Drawing. Full ie of thoroughly trained teachers. Location cen- open every business day and nigh Write e call ‘for ot anoual announ« SARA A. SPE _ect5-te LANGUAGES. THE Ber TZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAUZS, 723 14th st. nw, Branches ta the priscipal “A ean cities. Send for cir-ulars, French, German, Spanish, Ialtan, Latin, Greek. MADAME A. PELE, FROM PARIS — FRENCH ‘Glasses and private ‘lessous; best references t Eleven years of successful teaching. | PIANO TUNING. | One BECK! Professional Piano Tuver. ences. ‘Terms pote sedt OF TROSE SPLENDID $150 8. irand Upright Plasos for only $195. Emerson Upright, fa perfect con At G. L. WE BROS, & WE} mL, Feet, aris yvellknown EMPLE 01 ‘tuning, ing, F repalring, st sto °S- DEAL PIANOS. IDEAL PIANOS. —The WEBER, DECKER BROS., FISCH- ER, IVERS AND POND and the ESTEY in- struments. Any musical ear can find its perfection of tone in one of these makes, Stop in and try them and see which sults you best. While you're here ask “AEOLIAN” explained to you. most wonderful musical instrument of the a Any one cau play it. ‘We also have the exclusive agency for the famous ESTEY ORGAN—the only om gan that’s ever considered by musical people. Easy terms on all instruments. 1435 K The boarding depart mt and res Deen transferred to 1435 KC st. fons aud class work will ty fore in the two school 14th st. nw. Mrs. 3 id 1124-1128 11th sth x and day school for young ladies and hly modern and progressive In method Preparators and Collegiate departments ildings, tly ¢ J. HORTON, Director. SiUDIO, Yi landscapes, tous LTH ST. gure, SANDERS & STAYMAN, Parlors, 934 F st. And 13 N. Charles st., Baltimore, Md. 28a | KN AS 2 Pianos. Gnequaled im Tor, ‘Touch, Workmanship and Pin Second-hand Pin B: 429 WM KNABE & CO. SIT CHAT IT HAS A GOOD BURNER, _ WE HAVE THE CELERRATED B. & H. LAMB ABLE, BAN- WET AND PLANO. The “B. & H.” isa Lamp as wellas an ornament. Every one guaranteed, Prices’ to suit the times, Banquet Lamps from $2 to $25. Silk Shades from $1.75 to $8, A Reading Lamp, with No. 2 burner, $2.25 com- ete. PONY TABLES. BRONZE GOODS. Gee. F. Muth & Co., Successors, to Geo. Ryneal, Jr., MATERIAL. PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES. —for sterling Sil- ver-mounted Pocket Books in mosteveryleath- er there is. —for Lizard Leather Writing Tablets—the sort for which others ask a dollar. t line of Pocket Rooke ‘There isn’t a bet in town than ours. Kne essi, 425 7th St. STEWART BANJOS, BAY STATE GUITARS. great variety, ‘all instruments. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS TO THE PRO- FESSION. Sanders & Stayman, LEADING MUSIC HOUSB, wceute 934 F St. N. W. wultable and arranged for Folks Get Thin. Dr. Edison’s Famous Obesity Pills and Bands and Obesity Fruit Salt re- duce your Weight, without dieting; cure the cause of obesity such dyspepsia, rheumatism, nervousnes tarrb, ‘Kidney’ troubles; keep you healthy and iy the coinplexion. ur supporting and ial Obesity Bands will ‘Twenty varieties. All wash. Call and examine. genuine Bands have our name stamped on them. Dr, Loring & Co.: a Dear that I Bere, Pills Ae Salt a thorough o given. your Obestty ‘min free to write ‘tbat in lean thane nine "weeks Ihave lost sixt: pou! bo Hidney be can nde of ,sttptaa, fat, snd now have heumatte trouble, Ko flat, person “se Penn. avenue. Messrs. Loring & Co.: Gentlemen: tat by to say that four bottles of your Obesity, Frult, Sait completely cured» m Stomach troubles, bloating ay an Peduocd may weight. Curtyetoar poe Taen I wore an Obesity Supporting “Band ‘for comfort, and found that it further reduced my weight seven- teen pourds tn three weeks and produced shapely great comfort dresses altered. Sincerely ‘THERINE LE ROY FISH. to have all, yea Pennsylvania ave. rods ‘may be obiatned from C. G. C. SIMI, = "New York ave. and Mente Moves “Paaraacy, Cor, 11th and F st: & full line. Obesity “Bands, Pills and Pratt cl Ladies will poe a saleslady bere thom, eipt of price. $2.50 he Fruit Salt, $1 per vert, a and ils, $1.50 per bottle, or 3 boities Yor Frontint &.CO., 42 West 224 st, Department No. ew York, or 22 Hamilton place, Departinent Kee" powoe. seT-m_ CARPETS Made and Laid Free of Cost! NO CHARGE FOR WASTE IN MATCH- THIS SEN- EARS + FIGURI WE WAN ENCE TO RING IN THE ERY HOUSEKEEPER. 80 KNOW, THIS OFFER HAS N MET BY ANY OTHER FUL CARPEL HOUSE IN AMERICA. or MATCH THE QUALI STYLZ AND PRICE OFFERED BY ANY CASH FURN' TURE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, AN you CAN Take Your Time Paying the Bill! YOU NEED NOT SIGN A NOTE—NOR PAY A PENNY OF INTERFST—JUST OPT YOUR MOUTH SAY THAT YOU WILL GIVE US A LITTLE MONEY ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE A MONTH—THAT'S ALL WE WANT TO HBAR—ALL WE'LL ASK FOR, PLUSH OR HAIRCLOTH PARLOR SUITES CHOICE, $22.50, SOLID OAK BED ROOM SUITE, $13. SPLENDID BRUSSELS CARPET, 50C. PER YARD. RELIABLE INGRAIN CARPET, 35C. PER YARD. MADE AND LAID FREE OF COST. SOLID OAK EXTENSION TABLE, $3.50. S. $7. 7. x N $1 WING AND COOKING SIOVES—ALL STANDARD MAKES. YOURS FOR A PROMISE TO PAY, GROGAN’S MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSE, 819-821-823 7th Street Northwest, Between H and I streets. 1020-844 SELOSSOSO SI PLP OOOO ESS OGOOS To Carry Coal Is a Drudgery. rooms or a whole x gle house oar ete Exe change, 28 N. Y. Ave. sacs Seeneaedeqnyeeteueee te Sissies ene LHHPLPOSIOOVS SOOO PIO OOD POSL9909090900000 00909 abe fs Bargain In Hair Switches. $2.50, Was $5.00. $4.50, Was $6.00. $6.50, Was $10.00. In all shades; also large re= ductions in Gray Switches. Hair Dressing, Cutting and Shampooing in best manner by artists at op giiismepss. 720 7th St. competent FUR CAPES Just received, MINK, comprising ALA ACK MA WooL SKUNK-OPOS BLACK CONEY a { } le | At Ramsay "S Your watch cleaned for $1; watch mainspring, or star ‘work warcanted for one your tr 1221 ¥ st. ow. NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE, CARPENTER SHOP, JOHN T. Ww es Builder, Jobbing by experienced ‘and reliable men, 08-3m* ments are of different lengths different prices—whtch |. iny iy THE LOWEST con- | —— sistent with vest quality. James Y. Davis’ Sons, HAT: AND FURRIERS, 1201 AVENUB. Firel! AT GRASTY’S DOUBLE STORES. Furviture, Carpets, China, Glass, Stoves, ce. EVERYTHING T0 BH SOLD. MANY GOODS AT 25C. THE DOLLAR. ENTIRE STOCK AT F' So WHETHER GOOD OR 3 YOU WANT THE GO@SS, WE WANT THE CASH. $1 Cane Beat Chairs, /smok $1.25 _and $1.60 $75 Chamber poli ee One hundred ‘ample yGhaity, “one of a “Rfid, all clean and fresh, at half price, SO Rolls Mattiag, ¥ the roll or yard. t t sa 1,000 ‘barrels ‘Cntnd, “Glass, Lamps, &c., at FIRB DISCOUNT, bat all Zesh: clean.” Carpets, Rugs, Art SBaresy &e., not at all dam- aged, -but-at YIRE Plush Rockers, Willow and Reed Rockers, freah and clean, FIRE DISCOUNT. Everybody who knows ‘us understands that we have no ‘fake ‘sales, but whatever statement we make 1s correct. CRASTY, THE PUSHER, FURNITURE, CARPETS, GLASS, TINWARB AND > STOVES—KIRD ‘DISCOUNT, DOUBLE STORE, 1510-12 TTH BET. P & Q N.W. DOwWA2E-2t Butter. -Ib. Boxes, #/9 1.50, Wewant to sell you. Orders delivered anywhere, at any time. Wilkins & Company, Square Marble and Glass Stands, Center Market. poz3-40d Common Sense Wil coavince you that we can sell FURS for less money than any other bovse fn this city, Take this one fact into consideration, and it will be enough to prove our assertion: We are the only wholesale Manufacturing Furriers. In Washington. Doesn't it stand to reason that we carsell; with only ONE PROFIT above the manufacturing cost where others must charge two? We carry a complte ling, of Fur Coats, Capes and Novelties of this trade. We repair, dye and altgy in fhe latest styles. Ou: work rooms ‘gre Gn the premises and our workmen the mst skilled to be bad. M. Svarcz & Co., MANUFACTURING, FURRIERS, 409 Seventh St. N.W. BRANCH AT 228-230 NOR®H EUTAW ST., BAL- 20-50d TIMOR. re PIOIOSS LIVEOSLOTO LOGOS WN $3-50 Sale. For a few days $8.50 will pur. cbase a pair of either of the follow- ing priced shoes, vis: Men's $6.00 French Patent Calf We have Just completed arrangements with the makers of the finest But- ter in the Elgin district to supply us ‘regularly with the highest grades of Pure Butter; which enables us to quote right prices for right quality. Shoes, ‘Men’s $8.00 Cordovan Congress styles. Men's $5.00 Sample Shoes, numer- ous styles. Ladies’ $5.00 Button and Lace Shoes. ‘These goods are all hand-sewed and the finest qualities. THE WARREN SHOE HOUSE, Geo. W. Rich, 919 F St. 420 PROPOSES OSS OHSS | | 3 3 : POSSI OS ays sure of finding the is In furs here Just as oat tn the market. alert slight tantly on the that ha “of a sh tiful Wool Seal Capes, black mar. ‘i . one of the season's most Electrle Seal Capes, full han Capes, cut in Mink Sable Capes, latest cut ts. an Lamb Coats ie Magnificent Aird @ full 1 ape You tre invited to inspect our are ® Stinemetz Son us PA, AV) ‘Golden Time : Only = $13.75, Xmas Shoppers, Take Notice. When you are out buying bai i bor that we 46. elit KSTADIES SOLID. GOLD HUNTING é “ASE WATCH, neatly “——- Jeweled, nickel wement. “he; sume gt others Advertise for $18.00, A Wich quasgntes! given with every watch. = eis LE EF-Gpen evenings gail! 8 Saturdays 10 p.m ‘TA. Schuster, gt7 Market Space. Goods reserved for the hotfdays. p Sods reser yee tae tye | nol-3m, "Phone, 192. Can't We ise Somet —of yours? of dyeing § andiwork doesn't look Ul not at all—it's another color ment to yo [s Spindler’s, oF ST., ONE DOOR ABOVE F Late of n Fischer, st. 023-04 1950 La. “AV. A | SPOILS SYSTEM BAD Postmaster General Bissell Speaks Out on Civil Service. REFORM SHOULD BE EXTENDED His Ideas of the Future of the Department. AGAINST POSTAL TELEGRAPH Postmaster General Bissell has transmit- ted his ‘annual report to the President. ‘The prevalent financial distress had been felt by the Post Office Department. In- stead of the average annual increase in postal revenues of 8 per cent, the receipts were one per cent less than for the pre- ceding year. Speaking of civil service Mr. Bissell says: “In order to fully protect the letter-car- riers and prevent their removal on frivol- ous charges, I issued an order on June 28, 1894, that no letter-carrier should be re- moved except for cause, and upon written charges filed with the Post Office Depart- ment, and of which the carrier should have full notice and an opportunity to make de- fense. This order not only has the effect of a postmasters from submitting frivolous charges, but, by giving the ac- cused letter-carrier ample opportunity to prepare his defense, accords him a right never betore recognized.” Free Delivery Experiments. The ‘repert recommends that expert- mental free delivery in towns and vil- lages be discontinued at the end of the current fiseal year. Under the present re- quirements of economy, Mr. Bissell dis- courages the rural free delivery project. He recommends that the systematic boy- cotting of a post office by two or more persons be made a misdemeanor, punisha- ble by fine. The disproportionate growth of the second-class mail business has been investigated and found to be not so much due to the increase in legitimate news publications as to the shrewdness of mer- chants in having their advertising publica- tions admitted through the mails and the Bratuitous circulation of bogus trade pa- pers. On the question of postal telegraph Mr. Bisseil says that “the conditions of the postal service in this country are such as to induce the belief that a postal tele- graph system in the United States would add enormously to the already large de- ficit of the Post Office Department.” Lines to Follow. I believe it to be the true policy for this government to continue for a number of years the development of the postal serv- ice on present lines. In general I would recommend that the first and most important thing to be done is to revise the law as to second-class mail matter, so as to place the Post Office De- partment immediately upon a self-sustain- ing basis. Avoid expensive experiments, like the postal telegraph, rural free delivery, etc. Develop the postal service on existing lines of administration, viz: Extend free delivery in cities that now enjoy it. Accord it to towns already entitled to it under the law. Quicken railroad transportation. Revise and reclassify organization of the railway mail service, and reclassify clerks in_pest offices. Provide for district supervision of all postal affairs by appointment of expert pos- tal officials from classified service, as recommended in ny last annual report. Civil Service Extensions. Under the caption of civil service, the Postmaster General says that because of the recent extensions of the protection of the civil service the total number of post office folk within the classified service is 32,661. The report continues: “Another year's experience has served only to strengthen the conviction expressed in my last annual report as to the excellent working of the civil service law in the Post Office Department, and my desire to See its operation extended to every branch of the postal service to which such ex- tension is practicable. Sttmulates Work. “Wherever it has been possible to do so without positive detriment to the service, moreover, vacancies occurring in the de- partmental clerkships above the classified grades have been filled by promotion; and this practice, together with an occasional transfar of an exceptionally well-equipped clerk from the field to the departmental service has seemed to act as a wholesome stimulus to the ambition of the employes generally. “If a system which relieves the appoint- ing officers of the department of a great burden, which protects the service by re- quiring a reasonable test of competency before an appointment is made, and which assures the appcintee that his tenure will be undisturbed as long as his efficiency and good behavior continue, has produced such good resvits in the clerical forca of the department, it fs reasonable to Inquire whether something like it could not be ap- plied with advantage to the lower grades of postmasters. Fallacy of Spolls System. “For more than one generation the Amer- ican people have been trained to regard the post offices as inseparable from the varying fortunes of the two great political parties, and in some instances, even, as legitimately following the vicissitudes of mere factions within a party, This fallacy is to be deplored, whether we treat it broadly as a theory of spoils or only as reflecting some assumed relation between the principles of a political organization and the business capacity of its member- ship. The intelligence of our people has long outgrown the notion that any one political party enjoys a monopoly of ad- ministrative talent. “But, brushing these constJers and regarding the ioe offices with e ly an Ane ‘vhich th people at large have demanded at the polls, is it fair to those communi- ties which have not joined in the demand to compel them to share the fruits of the demand made by others? The local post of- fice is closely connected with the every- day life of the people who patronize it, and nothing is further from the prin- ciples of home rule and majority rule than to force a change of postmasters upon a community which may have lately cast more than half its votes - against any change whatever. Yet this is what hap- Pees, and Je 3 bound to happen ag long. ns he post officés Fethain in the public mind, and hence in the practice of the govern- ment, associated with polities. “It'is scarcely necessary to add that, as long as this association continues, ‘the Postmaster General will be compelled to give up the larger part*of his time and at- tention he settlement of controversies about appdfntments, to the excluston 8f all other business, Improvements in adminis- trative methods, investigation oo economy “of expondlture--evergthiage, short, of permanent advantage to the Pubs lic—must give way to this one absorbing but tempo interest, the selection of some tens of thousands of appointees from among some scores of thousands of candl- dates. If an appointment when finally made were to last during the good be- havior of the appointee, the time spent in making the choice would not n 80 nearly wasted. But, under the practice to which long usage has given somewhat the force of an unwritten law, the process ig unending. The same weary round must Shrongh th the four {cars of one na- trations, Saly 16 rod through the ary of the ne Ps and so on through inite succession of administrations. us devices have been proposed for of his relievnig the Postmaster General ever-increasing with burden of regard to appointments. Only t taken the form of a legislative That provides for the division of the whole country into postal districts, each under the supervision of an inspector, who is to investigate the antecedents, experi- ence, reputation, etc., of all applicants for vacant fourth-class postmasterships in his own district, and report results to the Postmaster General. The Postmaster Gen- eral is then to appoint the candidate who, on the face of the report, appears to be best qualified in all respects. Once ap- responsibility | one | re, however, so far as I am aware, | Lansburgh & Brother. THE NEWEST ARB This Frigid Weather Will Re-f mind You of THE KINDS THAT ARB STOCKED BY US INSURD WARMTH, BEAUTY AND DURABILITY. THE STYLES ARB SIMPLY SUPERB. OUR VARIETY ALMOST LIMITLESS. PRICES ARE ROCK BOTTOM. RIED SUCH RICH CREATIONS FOR OUTER GARMENTS. MANY HAVE ‘THE STAMP OF EXCLUSIVENESS. NO DUPLICATES ELSEWHERE. AMONG NEVER CAR- Beaver Cloth, Damasse Cloth, French Frieze, Astrakhan Cloth, Cheviot Cloth, Ilixtures, Checks, Plaids, Stripes, Two-Toned Camels’ Hair, Panama Fantaisie Plaid Black Cheviots, Plaid Back [lixtures, All of these in a big variety of styles. Py DREN'S WEAR. WE'VE then tan ‘THE GREAT POPULARITY OF PLAIDS IN THE BRIGHTER COLORS PROMISES TO FIGURE VERY PROMINENTLY FOR WAISTS AND CHIL- NEVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF EXHIBITING FOR YOUR INSPECTION SUCH AN ARRAY OF BEAUTIES. THE PRICES WILL PROVE AS ATTRACTIVE AS THE HANDSOMB COLOR COMBINA- » TIONS, WHICH YOU'LL FIND UNSURPASSED. {All-Wool oe 38 inches wide - eS A Reminder. CHASH YOUR D. GOODS HERE. WE'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE'VE WAGED WAR PRICES OF MANY NEW LINES OF GOOD SEASONABLE DRESS G! LET THIS HINT SUFFICE, IT MEANS DOLLARS IN YOUR PURSE TO ON Lansburgh & Bro., 420, 422, 424, 426 7th St. pointed, a postmaster may not be suspend- ed or removed for political reasons. A Building Needed. In the matter of a new department build- ing the report say: “With every year the need of a new de- partment building Increases. The business of the Post Office Department is now con- ducted in the whole or parts of eight differ- ent buildings, of which one only Is owned by the government, and that one is illy suited to the uses to which it ts applied. Interest upon the cost of an adequate and properly constructed building would be less than the amount of rents now paid, while the net saving in rents and in estimated clerk hire for a period of ten years would amount to the entire cost of such struc- ture.’ THE KNIGHTS’ ANNIVERSARY. Celebration and Addresses on the Labor Problem. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the or- ganization of the Knights of Labor oo- curred yesterday and the occasion was ap- propriately celebrated by the local unions in Typographical Temple, on G street be- tween 4th and Sth streets northwest. The hall was well filled in the morning at 11 o'clock, when Rev. Alexander Kent preach- ed a sermon upon the “Aims of the Knights of Labor.” During his discourse Rev. Dr. Kent traced the history of the organization from its beginning. District Master Workman W. H. Z. Sim- mons presided over the meeting held last evening. The band of musical assembly, 4308, was In attendance and added much to the enjoyment of the evening. After a recitation by Miss Annabel Walport, enti- tled “Nothing to Wear,” Mr, Paul Bowen was introduced and delivered an address on “National achievements of the Knights of Labor.” Mr, Bowen first spoke of the initial move {n the direction of economic emancipation, that made the Knights of Labor an open, not “ secret organization. He referred to the arbitration law as a great achievement and commended thé ré- gght report of the strike commission, The Co-operative sysiem of industry was also referred to by Mr. Bowen, who sata that its utter futility, under the present i- tions, has been’ found out, Serdig to the application of the Knights of Labor for an injunction against the bond issue and the decision of Judge Cox to the effect that the knights are mere workingmen and have no standing in the courts, the speaker stated that should Judge Cox live twenty years more he Will Fégret those words mcre than any of his "other utter ances. In the opinion of Mr. Bowen the workingmen must have the administration of the laws in their own hands, and in con- clusion he said: “The Knights of Labor know the insincerity of the two old par- tles. They are simply opposite sides of the same old bogus policy, and when th administration changes the only difference is that the new one Is a little more so.” District Assembly, No_ 66, will meet on Fares jay evening, i yer. i lec das is to give an accoun To Be Be Eee: Col. J. M, Wilson, cotamissioner of public buildings dnd grounds, has submitted an estimate for the improvement of the tri- angular reservation on the south side of Peeaayivenis avenué between 131-2 and lith streets, and has already. made his plans for that work. The park 13 HOw be- ing graded and put in readiness for the execution of the project. Col. Wilson has given permission to the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company to deposit on this ground a quantity of very fine clay excavated from their property. This &¢ large mound of 6 rth which ¥ Bpp ared at the eastern end of the park, mush to the mystification of the people living in that viglnity, who were apparently in entire ignoraitéé of what was meant. This clay is of a character ‘lally adapted for the cultivation of the plated improvements, and Col. Wilson con- gratuiates himself on having obtained tt on such satisfactory terms. This partic- ular reservation has been neglected for many years because of the lack of funds available for its improvement, but it now appears to be In a fair way of becoming as attractive as the more favored reserva- tion on the opposite side of the avenue, in front of the National Theater. HE WAS A Serious Row and Cutting in South Washington. “Gilmore” is the name of a South Wash- - ington drink which is sold in bar rooms for a nickel, end in the words of one of the drinkers, “it is sweet like cider and makes a fellow drunk and foolish, too.” George, alias “Skeeter,” Johnson, a well- knewn negro in “Bloodfield,” who had been drinking some of this mixture, came near killing his friend, Partick J. Costello, who is better known as “Bud” Costello, The affair happened yesterday morning — daybreak near 2d and G streets, Mrs. McDonald, Costello's sister, ‘eetoe bar room. “Bud” tends bar for her “Skeeter” is also employed there to ~ odd jobs, and when business is brisk he ao acts as the barkeeper’s assist- “When the saloon doors were closed Sat- urday night “Bud” and “Skeeter” went off together drinking, went fs not known. They were both f ing the effects of what they had dr. when they met a colored girl named Ma- Willis about 5:80 o’clock in the morn- “What you all doing out here this early, in, a morning?” Mamie asked them. ‘We's been out all night, we is,” was “Skeeter’s” response. “Where's you been?" “Been doin’ the same thing,” answered peasy “I Jes come from over on the Costello then memes wy oe y whisky and Mamie took e Just then the two men rad Somme words, but just what caused them ts not known. Costello called his colored com) ion @ “black ”* and said he would hurt again,” ETO, ll make you prove {i Then the two men clinch and when they got up Costello was nearly dead. He had been cut across the face and neck and kicked in the stomach. To add to this trouble he was in a bad condition because of the liquor in him and when a policeman called at his house he was being held two men and was shouting, “Let me the may =" ~ Yesterday the patient was in a serious condition, but last night he showed signs of improvement, and now it ts thought he will recover. When Policemen Knupper and reached the house and saw the crowd Ma- mie Willis was there indulging in some profanity about the affair and she was arrested. This morning Judge Kimball fired her $5 and she went down, The officers are searching South Wash- ington for the colored man, call me that OMctal Expectoration. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Apropos of the habit o iscriminate expectorating, I read in jon. side and Outside,” by George Alfred Tow: end, an extract from a (doubtless imagin- ary) diary of a bride from New Yi who had come to Washington city on her bridal trip, in which she nays: “The Capitol is he eran derful building in Sg world Tes is all marble, with a ép! nid on above it, and a perfect of aisles, pas- sages and ie it ‘looks a ple aor Taek wesh it every n! officers spit it ato Aopze says tobacco ts bought he ream, charged to ‘stationery.’ BA thet ie ts quite right, because when . a chaw ae mouths a! speak 3s GHA suv bjme, jus will never chew ‘tobaced, sat ought to pas’ a law egainst It, and ge women to enforce It & iat —— 2a Suggests an Apt Bzpestoration So-' “Mety, " ; To the Editor of The Bretiag Star: ‘There are many in this city who rejoice that your valuable services have re- quested in a crusade inst “expector- ators.” Our pavements, waiting rooms, corridors and mary rooms i he public departments are sickening ho: from the disgusting and unendurable Tape of tobacco chewers. This prevalent aud in th- some custom is a dangerous menace tw health. Oh, that a society might be form- ed for the suppression of “expectorators.” May the cleanly hope for your splendid aid in this long and much-needed reform?