Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1894, Page 7

at the store. Treat, Carpets. 15 patterns good Union Ingrain rpet, hand- some designs. Regular SOe. quality. Now, yard. 25 rolls All-wool Tap- estry Bruswels. Regular price, G5e. To close them out we're selling them for, yard. 19 patterns 25 to 100 yards of each — Lowell and = Hartford Ingrain Carpets. AIL wool, best mality. Regular price, yard. Now. 15 rolls Smith fuette (motel lar $1 qualit them, yard... a 17 patterns Best Five- frame Body Iirussels— Bigelow, Lowell and ether prominent makes. Formerly $1.25. Now re- duced to, yard. g DOS 49¢ 75© 85c. Mo- Regu- To close TOOCSHOOVIOO® Remnants. 500 «yards Remnants, Boe. all Kinds of Carpets, ‘Se. about 14% yds. Jong, each $1.00 & “Oilcloth. @ 1,000 yards Heary Ot Cloth, Regular price, 2c. , a e : e 4 Qc. Bed Room Suite, $15.35 3-plece White Maple Suite, with bevel plate glass, nicely fuished and well con- structed. Regular $22 kind, for $15.35. Cncd Room Suite, $17.25 @ B-plece Solid Oak, large plece Suite, with 24x30 in. bevel plate mirror, pol- =~, ished drawer fronts, carved top to bu- } reau. Regular $23.50 kind, for $17.25. ©Bed Room Sufte, $21.00 & B-plece Solid Onk Suite, neatly carved 6 on bureau, wash stand and headboard, for beantifully finished, brass trimmings. A ©Bed Room Table - 62c. @ saite. “Sold, with cur gearastes, €2 Solid: Onk—well-made and nicely fin- ished. Sin Bed Room Table, $2.90 24-In. top, Solid Oak, Polish Finish Bed Room Table, with shelf supports and claw feet, finished brass, lower shelf. A $4 table, for $2. Chiffonier = - = = $6.50 & Solid Oak, 5-drawer Chiffoniers, excel- lently made and finished—with locks on all the drawers—$7.50, $8.00 and $8.75 Chiffonfers that we've reduced to $6.50. ©Chiffonier - - - - $7.65 ©) Sarawer Solid Oak Chiffonier, “with swinging bevel mirror. Worth $9.50. Our price, $7.65. C7 A beautiful lot of Fine Chiffon- jers here at prices ranging from $20.00 to $60.00—all of them about ONE-THIRD under prices others ask. Costumers = = = = $1.65 ‘The regular $2.50 kind, in solid oak, birch and mahogany fintsh—bave 6 pegs, good heavy base and column—as solid and strong as can be. o & THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. OFFERINGS. These---3 Columns of them, Smyrna pg = $1.50. $2.75. $2.75. Now, each 39 Smyrna Rugs, 36x72 in, Regular price, each. Now only. 50 Best quality Smy: Rugs, 30x60 in. Former price, $4.25. Now, each 25 Smyrna Rugs, 36: in. Best quajity. Sold formerly for $6.25. Now, $4.00. Smyrna ‘Carpets. 9 Smyrna Ca hese (mottled), 6x9 ft. lar price, $15.00. ‘Ge $8. 25. ing them out.. 5 Smyrna Carpets, 7 fu 6 in.x10 ft. 6 ir. a r _ Sema Carin Sl oxt2 $31. 75. Kensington Art Squares. Regular Special Size. Price. Price. 2% yds. oy 3 yds $150 $3.00 3 yds. by 3% yds. » 650 5.00 3 yds. by 4 yds. + 860 6.00 3 yds. by 5 yds. + 12.00 9.00 4 yds. by 5 yds. + 15.00 12.00 Hassocks. 500 Hassocks — just received. Worth 50e. Our pr e, each. ... 25C. - Furniture Department. Washstands, $7.50 to $15 A lot of odd Wash Stands that we bought up—in Mahogany, Curly Bireh, Cherry and Oak, that belonged to $100, $150, $200 and $300 suites. Wash Stands themselves are worth $15 to $30, but we're willing to give you the benefit of a good purchase, an@ offer them at JUST HALF thelr worth. Choice for from $7.50 to $15.00. Sideboard - = = = $13.50 Solid Oak Sideboard, with shaped top, double closet doors with carved panels, ‘one large linen drawer, 2 staall drawers —one lined for silver and bevel mirror, fall length shelf, carved top. A regular $18 value everywhere, for $13.50. Extension Table = $3.87 Solid Oak 6-foot Extension Table, smooth rubbed finish, oak slides and leaves, guaranteed not to get vut of China Closet = = = $21.00 Solid Oak China Closet, with even the shelves and back of solid oak, smooth finish, 45 inches wide by 5 feet 9 inches high, oval glass ends or double. thick plate glass. “A $29.00 Closet for $21.00, Corner China Case = $9.75 Has 4 adjustable shelves, with grooves for cups and plates; Jarge lass door, solid oak. A nicely finished China Case, well worth our usual price, $13.00, Pres: ent price, $9.75. Secret’y Bookcase - $7.50 Solid oak, with pigeonbole interior; @ book compartments, brass rod and SSygt top Wort “g10. “Our "price, Bookcase - - - - - $9.25 An elegant Bookease, with 5 shelves, carved ‘op. about 6 ft. 4 in. high—pre- serts a splendid appearance. A $15 value for $9.25. -and 27 Floorfulls Never were more elaborate prepara= rations made for a big holiday business;---we’ve crowded every department with “good things’’=== and next week we will give you a great ante=-Xmas ==-as these big offers testify. ‘Carpet Department. Bp AON G99SO0S9789S000% Rugs. 7 Russia Rugs, 30x60 in, Regular price, $2.00. To close thei 200 White China Shee} skin Rugs, 28x64 In, Never sold less than $4. While they last, eac! 100 White aml Gray Goatekin Rugs, 25x64 in, Odorless and reserv- ed. Regular $3.00 qual- ity. Reduced to, each.. 50 Black Goat-skin Rugs. Odorless and re- served. Regularly sold for $3.50 cach, Now... $2.50. Ayranian Art Rugs. Our stock of handsome rugs bas come badly broken, We've decided to close the few we have at the following special prices: $1.50. $2.00. © [ $2.25. these be- Quan- Regular Special uty. Size. Price. Price. 5 7 ft. G in. by 9 ft.. $1200 $9.00 5 Tift. Gin. by 12 ft.. 16.00 13.00 2 9 ft. by 10 ft. 6 in.. 17.00 14.00 3 9 ft. by 12 ft.. 20.00 15.00 5 9 ft. Gin. by 12 ft.. 21.00 17.00 1 9 ft. by 15 ft... 19.00 4 9 ft. 6 in. by 15 ft 19.00 5 y 12 ft. 20.00 Parlor Suite --=- = $25.0 B-plece Inlaid Reception Suite, sisting of divan, erm chair and parlor chair, highly yolished finish, spring seats, covered in the newest shades of silk damask, panels of solid mahogeny and inlaid in the most artistic manner with rare woods. We guarantee that the in- lay will stand changes of temperature con and ary amount of usage. A $40 suite in every respect. $25.00. Irsitation Mahogany Rocker, with double woven cane seats, for ‘79C. Solid Onk Rockers, with nicely upholstered seats, covered in tapestry, strong and pretiy, ers’ $3.75 grade, fe ARM ROCKERS T Beautiful Finished Rockers, in oak, natural birch or imitation mahogany, with embossed I seats, others’ $5.75 grades, for... Large Reed Rockers, with full roll back and arms, big, strong, omfortable, handsome, real $7 Rockers. While they last Brass and Onyx Tables, $5.25. Solid Mexican onyx top and gilt low- er shelf. Extremely pretty. If the price were $10 that wouldn't be too much. Another Style for $4.75. Prettily shaped twist legs, onyx top, nicely finished. We can only take orders for this last table, but they" Le ue quite. premptty filled. S ~ eWe Will Display 4 ‘The most desirable and attractive collec- tion of Interior Furnishings ever shown. — GOODS BY THE YARD. FRENCH MUSLIN, @ POINT DE SPRIT, © IRISH POINT, REAL RENAISSANCE, & HONITON LACE, BRUSSELS POINT. From 10 CENTS to $3 A YARD. Tambour Muslin, yard.......... 15 CTS. Dotted Muslin, with and without border . .18 CTS. @FIGURED CHINA SILKS All 32 inches wide. @ & Was. NOW. @ 300 yds. French Wash Silks, SEE QUINN S csatenai cavers $1.75 $1.00 ©) 0 yas. Figured China E}__ Sills, 6 colors.....-.+.-.$1.00 75 CTS. 7 150 yds. Figured China : @ sus, 10 color... ... $1.00 60 CTS. 3 °O yds Figured China @ “ssams, 0 colors... 75 CTS. 50 CTS. PLAIN CHINA SILKS. Ey) 40 yds. China Silk...... 50 CTS. 25 CTS. A lot of remnants and slightly soiled Silks at HALF PRICE. RIENTAL AND KOMAN STRIPE SILKS, A beautiful showing, well worth your seeing. COLORED COIN SPOT AND FIGURED MUSLINS. From 25 cents to 50 CTS. A YARD. AIN AND COLORED MADRAS. From 18 to 90 CTS. A YARD. @Baby Carriages. # Over 50 different styles tu select from. Prices from $4.75 to $50.00. A beautiful line of WHITE ROBES for Baby Carriages. @ Upholstery Department. Furniture Coverings. 8 yas... + -Ldght Blue...90 cts. 60 cts. SATIN TAPESTRY—50 inches wide. 2% yds...Nile.. +++ $4.00 $2.00 5 - Pink 5.00 2.50 2% yds...Blue. 5.00 2.50 MEDAL TAPESTRY—50 tuches wide. 8% yds...Gold. . $1.50 WOUL TAPESTRY—S0 inches wide. $3.50 3.50 3.50 8.50 3.50 PLUSHES—24 Inches wide. 150 yds. Silk Plush, all shades .... $2.00 $1.25 100 yds. Embossed Mohair 1.50 75 CTS. Corduroys. ‘ 27 inches wide, figured and plain, from 75 CTS. to $1.50 yard. FIGURED SILKALINE—86 inches wide. was = NOW 500 yds..20 colors. .15 & 18 cts. 10 CTS. 800 yds. .Plain colors.10 & 12%. 8 CTS. A lot of remnants at 5 CENTS A YD. JAPANESE TINSEL CREPES. A beautiful Mine of Jap. Tinsel Crepes that were 25 and 20, cents. esses BOC. Chenille Table Covers. Ww 44 Table Covers... we 6-4 Table Covers $1.75 $1.00 8-4 Table Covers 3.00 2.00 10-4 Table Covers. 4.00 8.00 A beautiful line of Oriental, Tapestry, Velours and Satin Embroidered Table Covers, all sizes, well worthy of your inspection. Japanese Screens. Ask to see our special 4-fold Screen, S feet 6 faches -_ $1 75 Cretonnes. WERE. NOW. 65 yds, 32 inches, 2 colors. Me. 200 yds., 32 Inches, 6 colors. Be. 7} yds., 32 inches, 3 colors. . 400. 150 yds., 32 inches, 4 colors. “900. Oe. yds., 50 inches, 3 colors.$1.50 Sec, Just the things for Bed Room Curtains and Furniture Coverings. Prices are in many instances NOT ONE-HALF THE COST TO IMPORT. Bedding Department. ‘The stock embra Com- forts, Marseilles Sp Sheets and Pillow Cases of every sort. WHITE BLANKETS, With blue, pink, gold or red border. From $1.00 a pair to $25.00, our specials at $2.05, $4.50. All full size. Down Quilts Covered in China Silk or Satteen, from $4.25 00. See our Special Silk Quilt at $9.00. Cotton Comforts Covered in Silkaline, Satteen or Chints, full size, from $1.00 to $3.25. White Spreads From $1.00 to Sheets and Pillow Cases Ready made for less than you can buy the cotton, Sofa and Divan Pillows. Some beautiful and charming effects are to be found in these goods, covered in China, Corah, Shatku, Armuse and Oriental Silks, priced from $2.50 to $5.00, See our Special Down Pillows, covered in silk, at 50 cents. Uncovered Down Pillows, 45 cents to $2.25 each. $3.75 and The Height Of the Season Is upon us. Our shelves are crowded with everything that’s desirable io Hap: enny SATINS, AMBADES, & BROCATELLES, BROCADES, SATIN DAMASKS, METAL TAPESTRIES, In Charles VII, Francis I aud Heary I designs. Lavonle Breeades, in cream, «d_ardvise grounds. der in heavy stuffs superb detached figure Satia. Yard reseda, is a in Derby W. B. LARGEST *$12.50 ee @ Drapery Department. |Lace Curtains. A unusually Jurge Mne in Honiton, Tussian Point, Brussels, Marle Antoin- ette, Irish Point, Novelty and Notting- hom Curtains; and we have the only complete Une of WHITE IRISH POINT CURTAINS fo the city. Our leaders are two desirable Notting- ham Lace Curtains, 54 inches wide by 8% verde long. Prices, $1.00 and $2.00. MOSES. XCLUSIVELY RETAIL FURNITURE, CanrEr. EPHOLSTERT, DRAPERY AND WALL PAPER uth and F Streets. BOSSSSSSSOSOHSH SHOSSHS SSSSHOOHSOOISOSOIDO O « Portieres. Our fine work in Portieres is all be- ing made up from the heavy matertals we have told you of above, but we are 8! sufficient merit. Pocket wing everything new that possesses Weave Damask — Portieres, Patr, $i6 an + 815.00 Italian Tapestries. Pair $10.00 Negas and Orientals from $5.50 a pair up. Choice designs in all grades of Cot- — { ton Derh An Empire Design™ in on Derby. © Pair The all « & LATE SPORTING NEWS DISTRICT ATHLETES. Lovers of Busket Ball Practicing on the New Game. The lovers of basket ball of the C. A. C. are at it every Monday and Thursday after- noon after 5:30 o'clock. Inspector Cross- ley is hard at work perfecting his men for the next ladies’ day, Which will take place some time in the near future. The brother act in which Messrs. Sewell, Ross and Crossley. take;part promises to be a good one, and seabngt new features have been developed. Bayne has started in gymnastic work for the first time and promises to turn out well. He is the high- est forward somersault man now in the club, Howard Allen and Dave Reynolds can be seen nightly on the floor, and Allen promises to make a fine all-around athlete, while Reynolds is doing well on the flying ring. Arthur McEthone is _ practicing steadily on the high leap and promises to make a strong bid for the gymnasium rec- ords. If Royce Hough, the present holder of the record, wants to'keep it he will have to get himself into a great deal better con- dition than he ts In_now. Last summer it was this very same reason that prevented him showing up well at the games in Penn- sylvania. There are others who will also do well to look out. ‘Midge’ Ross is show- ing up fine as a top-mounter in the brother act, and Creig and Harmon are also doing well in the practice work. Y. M. C. A. Athietics. There is a good deal of speculation rife in the foot ball world and at the Young Men's Christian Association as to what its five members now playing on the C. A. C. eleven will do next year.. Prof. Sims insists that they will come back to their old love and help to make the corking team that is promised for next year. Of course the C. A, C. people claim that they will not desert them, but the Y. M. C. A. will offer a very strong bait next year. This will be in the shape of the facilities which Instructor Sims will have to offer his boys for the better convenience in playing the game. A large piece of ground has been leased in Mount Pleasant, though in what part the authorities will’ pot say, and it will be fenced in and graded by the time the season opens, Inside there will be a grand stand and club house containing all the facilities for training on the grounds, such as gym- nasium apparatus, baths and lockers. A cinder running track will also be laid out, and inside of it will be located the foot ball field. Instructor Sims expects to have a quoit ground, and some half dozen of tennis courts will also be laid out. Altogether it will be an ideal athletic field, and will, no doubt, be the means of bringing back to the association many of its former members who left it to join other clube where they could have plenty of room for track ath- letics. The cost of such a field will be very expensive, and some idea may be gained of the money needed when Atlantic Park cost in rent and improvements upward of $7,000. ‘The classes are ir: active preparation for the men’s exhibition soon to come off and have several novel features under way. A special feature of the gymnasium work is the business men’s class, which exer- cises every afternoon from 4:30 until 5:30. Lawyers, doctors, clergymen, merchant: etc, may be seen at this hour on the floor, and all declare that it is not only a gréat benefit to them, but that also Pro- fessor Sims instead of making it a dull rovtine work contrives to make it a pleas- ure. At the Carroll Institute. The defeat of the basket ball team at the Carroll Institute has had the effect of making the men “yee a great deal herder, and they’ will, in all probability, give the Baltimore Y, M. C. A. team a closer rub when thr return game comes off this evening Mr fhe gymnasium of the institute. The ling/uf) will be as follows: Carroll In, dtiops. Be s ‘ eTuigs’ goal. Right center Left eenter. Center . Right back. feft! pack. Home goal. this. evening heehan played will new rules, jwhich have just made The game be unier t thelr appearar ‘The chief differences be- tween this year’s rules and last yesr's are as follows: Thé size of the goal. This is eighteen inches in diameter instead of fifteen inches; in shape it must be a A EBNIFDB tm the band of a Sargeon ves you a. feelin rrorand dread. ‘There is no longer necessity for its use in many diseases formerly as ioe curable without cutting. The Triumph of 5 | stort tim Mr. Conservative Surgery is well illustrated by the fact that or Breach, RUPTURE Saw rad: cally cured without the knife and without pain. Clumsy, chafing trusses can be thrown Sunvuation’ sirenquiation and deaths inmation, TUMORS “Ovatlan, Fibroid (Uterine) and many others, are now removed ie of cutting operations. PILE ILE TUMOR’ however Fistula and other diseases of the lower bowel, are aoe cured with- out pain or resort to knife. STON in the Bladder, no matter how jaree, 3 eee, ulverized, wash- bh eee ane without —_ me. nar; STRICTURE femoved without cutting in hundreds of cases. For pamphlet, ——t and x"! a. send 10 cents (in to World's Dispens ae ¢ No. 663 Main Street, ANOTHER GRATEFUL aN MR. H. RB. VARN: SULTERED AND THROAT T AND WAS CURED BY pr. JORDAN. H. B. Varns, whe resid at No. 206 B st. bas been in the employ of Knox's Express for sixteen years, and has had charge of t stables for the last ten years, looking after the welfare of at least 150 horses. He has a interesting story to relate. He says: T have ‘iad a very troublesome all- ment with my nosé/n#f throat for the last six years. My nose wis go much stuffed up that I 1d get no alr through it, which necessitated my breath{ng through my mouth altogether. My head felt full and I had frequent headaches; my voice was thick and nayal ig tone. I could not even Irink a glass of water! without stopping to get my fbreath; my throat felt fall of phlegm and very dry at night my sleep vus broken and I would fre quently wake up with a’ sense of suffocation, I had used " as I ewld not re T was reading testimertal from on¢ T dropped v jd my wife T was to see Dr. Jordan. He said th: bie, and I told him to go ab nent gave ine great relief, 3 F felt like a new mar than ft has be eu does not affect it. T would not ti Tack in the condition I was befor treatment was mild, and I saw from the start thi I dan knew bis busin Dr. C. M. JORDAN, A graduate of the medical department of the University of the City of New York, 1421 F st. now. Specialties—Diseases of the Nose, and Ear. ‘one night, and read a jordan’s patients, when | otea years; even | | | | ‘Throat, Lungs CONSULTATION FREE. e hours—9 to 11 a.m., 2 to # p.m, 6 to 8 Sundays, 9 to 12 did p.m. tapering cylind must | the bell, ans Shetty nie foule nwtead of scoring one for every foul which the opposition makes, a free throw for goal is given. This does away with the objection Which has sometimes been made that one side could win through the poor playing of the other side. The free throw from zcal must be made from a 2)-foot line. The ball shall not be less than thirty or more than thirty-two inches in circum- ference. Physical directors cannot play match games. There shall he a secretary, who shall keep account of all goals. fouls, who make the fouls, names of team, ete. None but the captains shall address the ctioas. Violation of this rule constitutes a foul. Those interested in forming the local basket ball league are to meet in Carroll Institute at 9 o'clock next Monday cven- ing. Royce Hough will represent the C. A. C,, Harry Lee the W. I. c., Wengell the Young Men’s Catholic Club and In- struvtor Joyce the institute. At this meet- ing it is hoped preparations will be gotten well under way for at lewst four-cluir league January 17 has been fixed upon as the date for the next public exhibition. As far as has yet been arranged the exercises will consist of exhibition on the parallel bars, flying rings. class drills with Indian clubs, wands and dumb bells, a brother act by Messrs. Moran and Joyce, wrestling and some sparring bouts. Moran will also do some tumbling and Downey, Darly, Harry Hicky and Becker will be se2n on the parailel bars. Eckart was formerly the champion middle-weight boxer of the Buf- falo Athletic Club and will ve seen in cne of the bouts at the exhibition. Instructor Joyce is also arranging ar ' exhibition for the ladies’ class, to which | only ladies will be invited. The ladies | really take more interest in gymnastic athleties than the men, and they are usual- ly better gymnasts, So much talk about foot ball has been going around recently that Instructor Jove intends to have an eleven on the gridiron next year, and to that end will secure a field as soon as one is found suitable. International Cycling. The following is a summary of the racing in the international bicycle tournament at New York yesterday and last night: Half mile heats, class A—W. A. Barbeau won, Tom Butler second, James F. Barry, yracuse, third. Time, 1.1 Five mile professional—Harry Wheeler won, A. A. Zimmerman second, Wm. Mar- tin third, A. Edwards, England, fourth. ‘Time, i3. Two mi handicap, class B—C. M. Mur- phy, 50 yards, won; E. A. Duttie, 40 yards, second; C. E. Gause, 110 yards, third. Time, 4.49 2-5. Two mile professional—Alex. Verheyen, Germany, won; Harry Wheeler second, Wm. Martin third, P. J, Berlo fourth. Tim One-mile handicap, class A—C. Leibold, 00 yards, won; J. F. Barry, 50 yards, second; J. W. Judge, 40 yards, third; W. C. Roome, 30 yards, fourth. Time, 2.25 4-5. One-mile lap race, class B—E. McDuffee, Boston, wo N. Butler, Boston, secon Monte Scott, New Jersey, third. Time, 2.20. y Day” at the Junctio: ‘The usual surprises of “getaway day” did not occur at the St. Asaph track yesterday, but one outsider, Lady Richmond, at 8 to 1, winning. The racing was excellent, the race between Apprentice and Fannie B. be- ing as fine a contest as one would wish to see. Running a dead heat for the first race, they ran in the run-off as one horse for nearly every foot of the way, the filly win- ning in the last jump by a short head. Be- fore the race the odds were 4 to 1, Fannie B., and 3 to 1 Apprentice, and in the run- off, 9 to 10 and even money, respectivel: The second race went to Thurston, the even money favorite, and in the third Wernberg, at 1 to 6, merely galloped the entire route. The third choice, Bess Mac- Duff, at 4 to 1, easily took the fourth event, Lady Richmond having litte difficulty in capturing the fifth. Equity, at 1 to 2, was landed a winner in the sixth by Sims, who thereby put the first and last race of the meeting to his credit. The extra race be- tween Prince George, Galilee and Ed. Kear- ney was declared off. Good Track on the Island. The unfavorable weather had little effect upon the attendance at the Alexander Is- land track yesterday, and the crowd wit- nessed the success of two favorites and three outsiders. The track was in excel- lent shape, the fields large and speculation | unusually brisk. The winners were: Judge Post, 7 to 1; May E., 5 to 1; Coulter, 13 to 5; Frank R. Harf, 11 to 10, and Camden, 5 tol. Kendalls Win at New York. The Kendall Green team went to New York yesterday and defeated the Fanwood Institution eleven by a score of 20 to 6 on the Polo grounds. Price, Kendall's full back, was Injured, but the attending phy: sicians say his condition is not serious. pict ies As to Foot Ball Reform. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Every one must gree with The Star in deploring the physical injuries that seem inseparable from the game of foot ball as played by the school and college teatns, but all will not admit that it has reached the level of pugilism, where it is the de- liberate aim of the participants to injure one another. In foot ball in a large mi jority of cases the injuries are incidental. Take the Harvard-Pennsylvania game of Thursday. Six of the Harvard players were removed from the field, and yet the leading newspapers of the east, in com- menting on the game, declare that it was “good, clean foot ball,” and “delightfully free from slugging, blood or ill-feeling”— as the New York Sun puts it. The Wor says that it was a “fair, manly contest. The New York Times says: “The Har- vard men, players and substitutes, unite in saying they never took part in a contest in which less unnecessary roughness was displayed.” The Tribune says that it was “beautiful to watch,” fairly and gentle- manly played. And other papers bear sim- ilar evidence. Yet over haif the Harvard team was disabled. If these injuries are thus incidental to the game played in a “manly” and gentlemanly way it is evident that only by a radical change can they be eliminated. The remedy is found in what is known as the “association game.” In this game “tackling” (players holding one another) is act permitted and the ball is advanced only with the foot. The exhibi- tion given early in the fall by the Balti- more professional team, which included six crack players from England, showed the possibilities of the game. Every one who saw the remarkable cleverness with which players passed the ball from one to an- other with a turn of the foot acknowledged that here was an advance on the art of “bucking the center.” To deny the brain- work in a game of foot ball between crack teams is an error of the ignorant, but un- fortunately “beef” dominates brain, In the association quickness, deftness, accu- racy have the call over avoirdupois, C, — GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Mr. Henry O. Havemeyer,president of the American Sugar Refining Company, an- nounced yesterday that the closing of the sugar refineries would be only partial and not complete, as he stated on Wednesday. The schooner Rosa Lee, which went ashore Thursday night about four miles southwest of Smith's Island, Va., has been gotten off by the life-saving crew at the island. The crew were saved. A train on the South Carolina and Geor- gia railroad was derailed by train wreck- ers twenty-five miles from Columbia late ‘Thursday night. The cars took fire and the whole train was destroyed. The loss is Nobody was hur A number of illicit distilleries have been seized and six moonshiners arrested in the Raleigh, N. C., internal revenue district. The deaths are announced of Sir Charles Newton and Viscount Monck in England, and Cardinal Gonzalez in Spain. The sixth annual convention of the As- sociation of Colleges and Preparatory Schools in the Middl tates and Maryland began yesterday in Baltimore. It is rumored that Col. Fellows is to be removed from the office of district attor- ney of New York and Charles F, MacLean appointed, The ‘Trans-Miszissippi Congress at St. Louis has adjourned to meet again in Oma- ha, Neb. A fashionable audience attended a vaude- ville show given by amateurs at Baltimore for charity. The Lexow committee will reconvene on Monday in New York. Additional particulars of outrages upon se Armenians have been received in Lon- jon. In attempting to burn their way out of jail three negro men were burned to death in Polkton, N. C., yesterday morning. Sa eieees A big event next week at Moses’.—Advt. A million a day eat it. Why? None “‘just as good as.” * Sold only in 2 Ib. Packages. Special Sale Of USEFUL Xmas Guts. Rockers, Desks, Bookcases, Chif= foniers, Hall Racks, &c., spread out in tempting array at Marvelously Low Prices. Largest assortment, most attractive designs and lowest prices, Anything you want laid away upon payment of a sinall deposit. Xmas Gifts Of Rockers. car load just in, Hundreds of different styles and patterns from which to select. ‘These two speak for the stock: 100 Solid Oak-frame Rockers, with tapestry seats, in an attrac soe! of patterns. Worth $3.50 Choice, $2. 95- 100 Solld Oak Gov. Hubbard Tock- ers, leather seat, very handsome. Worth $5. Only $2.95 Each. Writing Desks For Gifts. Rows upon rows of them. Never be- fore were such attractive ones sold for so little mor It ts the result of our heavy buying. f 1 lot of Ladies’ Solid Oak Writing’ Desks, drop leaf, pigeonholes, lower shelf, &c. Teal value, $5. Only $3.75 Each. Usual $6 Desks, $4.50. Usual $11 Desks, $8. Usual $13 Desks, $10. Usual $15 Desks, $12. Oak, Cherry, Curly Birch, Maple, Mahogany Finish, &c. Chiffoniers For Gifts. Every shape, wood and fnish—good ones at %i—beauties at $25—exquisite ones at $50. 1 lot Solid Oak S-drawer Chiffon- fers, with oval mirror, Value $8. Only $5 Each. Handsome Curly Birch Chiffonter, 5 drawers, swell top, &c. Real value $15. Only $11.50 Each. Office Desks For Gifts. Grand line of Men's Oak Roll-top Office Desks at 25 per cent lower than the lowest prices elsewhere, Men's Solid Onk~ Rotl-top Office Desk, double pedestal of drawers, all cessary apartments, &c., highly pol- shed. Worth. $26.50. Only $20 Each. “Job” of Blankets. Another case of those 11-4 White Wool Blankets. Real value $5. Only $3.90 Pair. Carpet Sale Continued. No wonder we have been busy im Carpets and Rugs. Customers tell us we have handsomer patterns and that our prices are considerably lower than at the other big stores. Here is the list again: 6sc. Tap. Brussels, 48c. $1.15 Body Brussels, 85c. $1.25 Moquettes, 95 $1.25 Stinson’s Fine Velvet Carpets, 85c. yd. $1 Mot. Moquettes, 7oc. yd. $1.25 Bigelow Mot’ld. Axminsters, goc. yd. $2 Bigelow’s Finest Axminsters, $1.35 yd. Rug Sale. Handsome lot of 2 about two-thirds phn rm * Japanese Rugs. ee ee their soft oriental iron” durability. $0.78 $13.25 large rooms. . $19.75 iy by 10% ft. we $13. 9 by 12 ft. Worth $18. For... 12 by 18 ft. Worth $25." For... WASH. B. WILLIAIIS, _Gr, 7th and D Sts. ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS, Many Local and General Notes of In- terest The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Powell, whose death occurred last Wednesday, as mentioned in The Star, took place from St. Mary's Church yesterday The serv- ices were conducted by Rev. Father J. H. Cutler, pastor of St. Mary's Church. The church was crowded by a large throng of the friends of the deceased lady. The in- terment was in the family lot in St. Mary's cemetery. Special Commissioner E. B. Taylor has filed his report in the ccrporation court in the suit of Ryan agt. Ryan, and an order was entered for the sale of a portion of the real estate of the late Timothy Ryan. Jack Wood, the sixteen-year-old son of Mr. George Wood, died very suddenly at his father’s residence yesterday afternoon. The deceased was taken sick the night before with what resembled croup, but in the morning being apparently better left the house and joined a crowd of his com- panions and they all went to Jones’ Po.nt to play “banty.” When the game was over he complained of being very tired, and that he did not feel well, and that he thought he had better go home: When he was a short distance from his home he was taken suddenly ill and fell. He was taken into the house and Doctor Jones summoned, but by the time reached the house he was expiring from congestion of the lungs. Young Wood was an inveterate cigarette smoker, and it ts thought that the inhaling of the smoke, which is so common to the younger gen- eration, produced the pulmonary trouble which ended in his death, The roof of the house of Capt. Frank Dixon caught on fire last night, caused by sparks from the chimney. Capt. Dixon the doctor | went upon the roof, and, with the help of | his neighbors, extinguished the fire before much damage had been done, and it was not necessary to call out the department. At a meeting of the Christ Church Chap- ter of St. Andrew's Brotherhood the fol- lowing officers were elected: Jno. M. Bar- rett, director; G. L, Boothe, vice director; Jno. W. Herndon, secretary, and Alexan- der Suter, treasurer. At the regular meeting of Lodge No. 3, Knights of Pythias, held at their hall, on North Pitt street, the office of K. of R. and S. was declared vacant, and Deputy Grand Chancellor E. R. Boyer was elected and in- stalled to fill the vacancy. All of the rails have been laid on the ex- tension of the electric railway on King street, and what remains to be done now before the cars will begin running is to ar- range for crossing the tracks of the Wash- ington and Southern railroad. Messrs. M. B. Harlow & Co. have sold for Mr. F. Swartz, to Mr. Wm. Wolf, the house and lot at the southeastern intersec- tion of King and Fayette streets, for $2,500. The Alexandria Hebrew Club gave a very pleasant dance at the Braddock House, which was very largely attended, there being present many from Baltimore and Washington. Mr. R. T. Cook, in stepping off a car at the local depot the other evening, made a misstep, fell and sprained his knee and is now confined to his home. Miss Mittie Klipstein has returned from a pleasant trip through the north and west. —— NOTED WOMEN. The Large Numbers of Them That Have Been Fat. From the Picayune. A great many ladies labor under the im- pression that flesh is inimical to beauty, and not a few of them put themselves to great trouble—scmetimes they seriously in- Jure their health—trying to get rid of what they consider their superfluous flesh. The attention of such is called to the con- clusions of a recent writer in a society magazine, who, from a historical review of the prominent women of ancient, medieval and modern times, concludes the most of the female beauties and celebrities of the past and present were, or are, distinguish- ed for their portlines: ‘Thus Agrippina, Nero's mother, was fat. Cleopatra, the serpent of the Nile, was small and stout. Laura, Petrarch’s muse, was fat, fair, with blonde hair. The Marie Fiammetta, whom Boccaccio loved, was @ brunette and stout. Elizabeth, the virgin queen, was tall and plumpish, with thick red hair. Marguerite of Navarre was fat. All Rubens’ women, except his wife,were fat. All Titan's women, except the Madon- na, were portly, Catharine of Russia, af- ter her portraits, was tall and fat. Louisa Strezzi, for whom Alessandro Di Medict died, was given to embonpoint. dosephine Beauharnais, the indolent creole, afterward empress of the French, was fat and per- fumed. Marie Antoinette was tall of stat- ure, majestic and rather inclined to be ish, Stine. ‘De Stael was small, dark and fat, with a small head. George Sand had a Deautiful head, but was fat and small. Heine said of her: “The build of her body has the appearance of being a little too fat, or, at least, a little too short; the head alcne bears the cachet of the ideal.” Queen Isabella of Spain is fat; Queen Victoria the same; Queen Margherita of Italy is cer- tainly going on the same way, and most of the great singers have always been noted for their embonpoint. —-——-+e*«-— C. S. Argo, a Sioux City (lowa) attorney, has confessed to bribing members of the board of supervisors to pass his measures: Trainmen on the Utah and Northern are heavily armed on account of the presence of suspicious gangs of tough-looking men along the Idaho route.