Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1894, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. MONDAY. Decémber 24, 1894. CRosBY 8. novEs News and Advertising Medium tt has no competitor. G7 In order to avoid delays, om ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the of- tice, but simply to THE STAR, er to the Editorial or Basiness Departments, according The Christmas festival comes again with- out having lost any of iis powerful bold n the civilized peoples of the wort?; in although this is a busy age, the day will generally be greeted with an increase of hearty fervor. It is the oldest of the world’s holidays and, no matter what changes time may work, the probabilities are that it will continue to be the greatest of holidays until the coming of that im- probable and far-distant era when all of light and gocduess and peace have van- ished from this sphere of ours. It is the most cosmopolitan of holidays; it belongs to all continents. In every land where there is even semblance of recognition for the Christian religion, Christmas day hes @ place. It is a day that practically compels char- ity—the charity of thought, the charity of deed. The spirit that underlies the day has wrought out many delightful customs, customs that issue from the central thought that the event upon which the da: is founded was of itself fulfilled promise of a great gift to the whole world. Holidays that are peculiarly national will be found in all countries, but it is indisputably true that the Christmas holiday everywhere outranks all others. Reason for this is not hard to find; there is in it inspiration such as must certainly arouse the best thaughts and the kindliest deeds of men. It is an unselfish festival, for while the affluent enjoy to the full the good, season- able cheer, the tendency ts toward uncom- mor. unselfishness! hearts are opened that there may happiness In places where the light of Christmas is seldom anytl more substantial than 2 reflection. It has been intimated that there is decadence in the general observance of Christinas, but the contention Fas failed to carry convic- tion with it, for as the years come and go there is steady fucrease in the tendency, especially in this commercially-ambitious nation, to stop just once in all the year and breathe deeply of the sentiment that comes with Christmas. Never can the day be lost unless history shall be forgotten and the human heart be wonderfully and disastrously changed; never will the holly-berry and the mistle- toe and the evergreens fail to charm or to revive all that 1s worthy of revival in material man. Its principal feature is the benevolence which has come to be asso- ciated with it; the mainspring of charity and good. There Is but one Christmas day in every year, yet the influences to which those twenty-four sacred hours give birth move actively and with great blessing through every other day on the calendar. -+ee Conspirators in Hawali are not likely to enjoy anything like a merry Christmas this year, for the alert officers of the re- public seem to have discovered about all that was going on in royalist circles, and in defense of good government have taken decisive action. Some of the more promi- nent plotters have been arrested and other doubtless will be. Occurrences like: thes were louked for, but the prompt action of the government has rendered extremely unlikely anything approaching to epen re- volt. It is just as well for the conspirators that they were captured before their mex- ensable plans materialized, for, had there physical conflict, the few remnants alty still to be foind in the Islands would probably have been wiped out of ex- istence. Friends of Hawaii in the United ¢ not at all disturbed by the news that has come from Honolulu within the st day or two; it was expected that th members of the lottery and opium ri would make at least one effort to re the governmental conditions through which unscrupulous persons were dishonestly amassing great wealth when decency com- pelied the dethronement of Mrs. Dominis. soe There were about fifty-three toilers em- ployed upon the city post-office building today. Long ago it was supposed that fifty-three thoroughly active mechanics might succeed in completing the structure by June but the testimony of events has completely upset the premature and over-ltberal calculation. The Treasury De- partment has announced that the building will be ready for occupancy in less than three years from now, but it will take a rger force than fifty-three men a day to fulfil the departmental promise; August 17, 1006, is a much more likely date. Two years and ten months have gone by since the work was commenced, but there is still mere than a little to be done on the stone work of the second story. —— oe —— There will be tion ever the fact that President Cleveland renewed his store of health while on his @uck-shooting expedition to the Sou olina coast and has returned to the nation- al capital to enjoy Christmas pleasures in the bosom of his family. The physical wel- fare of the President is a matter in whi all good citizens may properly be interest- ed, for upon it much often depends. Mil- lions of Americans wish him and his a truly merry Christmas. Ss Green has again mlade her ap- e in her favorite role of heroine in qs he Hetty see The wonderful part of the Lexow inves- tigaticn in New York is that it promises to be interminable. There would seem to be no end to the sensational disclosures that the skill of Mr. Goff and the of the committee are bringing forth. Every week produces new effects that are even more startling than those that have gone before. It is like a perpetual-motion 1 chine that increases in velocity as it runs. Captain Schmittherger’s shameful confes- sion, which Invelved several higher official: has furnished material for the investi tion of even important branches of the police and civic departments of the city than nave yet been deemed within reach. The corruption, on Manhat Island is proving to be, €o far as its us covering goes, a veritable hydra- monste! As fast one of the awf erescences is lopped off, cthers appea for the knife. Where will answer seems to be that until every part of the city's govern rhall have becn investizated. Under present authority of the committee, ever, it is possible only to reach the police Gepartment, but it is almost certain t the legislature will, immediately after con- vening, re-charge the committee with pow ers extended to mect any emergency that mey arise, ond possibly so wide that Mr. Goff may yet be endbled to ask Mr. Rich ard Croker, while under oath, where got it.” Mr. Croker at one time may have been unfortunately for chamberlain, an oiticial whos¢ him a grasp upon vast perquisites. it is the commen York that it is the “fattest the municipality. Mr. Croker preferred it at all times to the mayoralty. Maybe the legislature will not have the authority to give the commitiee such powers as will it cease? 1 there is no end the ho is it him—city powers give Indeed, understanding in New was office within enable it to go back into Mr. Croker’s offi- cial career, but, for the sake of truth, it is to be hoped that, there will be no limita- tion to the inquiry. Captain Schmittberger said very plainly two things that promise great secrets to be divulged later. He ac- knewledged that the rank and file of the police department had nothing to do with law-breaking saloon men, who had gone over their heads and “made @erms with Tammany Hall.” Maybe Mr. Croker can throw some light on this mysterious trans- action. It must have been a great blow to the hard-working ward-men to have such a lucrative source of revenue cut off. It must have seriously handicapped the hon- est captain in his efforts to raise money enough to pay for his promotion. All was not serene and prosperous, it would seem, with the force. There was a dark lining to the golden cloud. Then, too, the captain alluded to the curious immunity enjoyed by the keeper of 4 certain -lisreputable resort, which prevented not only molestation, but blackmail. A hint is thrown out—nay, mcre than a hint, indeed—that certain of the wearers of New York's ermine, sit- ting, maybe, in judgment on just such wo- men every week, were in the habit of visit- ing this establishment, and that they had cast the protecting folds of their judicial robes about her house. To the police, therefore, there was a positive bar against utilizing her nefarious gains for their own enrichment. It ought not to be that these judges should be preserved frém tnvcstiga- “exposure, at least, should be visited upon them, whether the offence intimated is sufficiently grave to warrant their im- peachment or not. The purifying process must not be permitted to be checked now. — w0ee -——— Even the most stupid of murderers hav- ing realized some time ago that the insan- ity plea was of little or no avail, it was of course necessary that a new line of de- fense of value ,to the deeply-depraved should be sought and found. Some years ago a French murderess insisted that the crime she committed was one for which she was in ro sense responsible as she was under the hypnotic influence of a man who insisted upon absolute obedience and who successfully controlled her until the vic- tim was dead. Rut the French jury ev dently thought but little of the prisoner's plea, for the verdict rendered and the sen- tence imposed were just what they would | have been had the art of hypnotism been entirely unknown. The inability of the Parisian jury to appreciate the ingenuity of that defense may have worked discour- agement for awhile, but doybting criminals may pluck up courage and look forward hopefully to speedy freedom, for out in Wellington, Kan., a slayer of a fellowman has been acquitted in spite of his having confessed his ¢riminality. The theory up- on which the defense was based was that Anderson Gray so operated upon the weaker mind of Thomas McDonald that McDonald laid in wait for Thomas Patton —against whom Gray had a grudge—and shot him from ambush. To the Kansas jury that seemed like a reasonable sort of a plea, so McDonald is at liberty. Sug- gestions to the vicious may be somewhat out of order, but in view of the vast amount of brain work that has been put in on endeavors to save the lives of some pretty worthless people it does se2m strange that counsel for the defense have never suggested that the murdered per- son hypnotised the murderer and compelled the crime rather than commit suicide. Against such a defense as that it would be more than difficult for even the most astute prosecutor to make much head- way, for his best witness would neces- sarily -be absent. The country Is tired of the insanity dodge. It must be supplied with something novel. —_—___ + «2 —__ The experience in New York has been that the average policeman is too shy about telling what he knows and the aver- age war correspondent too prompt about telling what he doesn’t know. eee The juvenile patriot longs for some as- surance that arrangemerits have been made for Santa Claus to get past the sentry boaes arouid the White House this year. + «=e Some of the country’s statesmen. have been very industrious in getting together material for a big dis- play in New Year swear-offs. ed As he approaches Georgetown, D. C., the President appears to lose some of the | gent condescension conspicuous at Georgetown, S. C. oe In view of the preparations for hanging up their stockings members of Congress will also suspend hostilities. — wee SHOOTING STARS. distinguished ra Kris Kringle rode with reindger once, As told in quaint old rhym But now it takes a cable car ‘Lo get him ‘round on time. \ Increase of rahe r man,” said Uncle Eben, “doan’ begin ter r’aly git old teil he kain’t inj'y hisse’f at Christmas time.” = Christmas Tide. "Tis pleasant, or life's ocean wide, Where storms are ever ‘shifting, ‘To find that with the Christmas tide We merrily are drifting. We freely float without a fear And watch, while all seems sunny, The flow of s ‘its, far and near— The ebb of ready money. Every Indication, “Are the children having a merry Christ- mas at your house?" “They must be,” replied the gloomy citi- zen. “Their aunt has the ear-ache and their mother has the headache, and they still have money that they haven't spent for tin horns. The Woman and the Newspaper. She reads the general news no more; She skips the styles and fads. She deftly turns the pages o’er And sticks right to the ads. A Slur at Her Feet. Deed dah is trouble ‘tween us!” she exclaimed with the fury of a woman scorn- ed. “ "Deed dah is trouble, an’ ef dat young lady hab any true frien’s deys gwine ter keep ‘er outen my “[ sho'ly has. I tole her dat I wus gwine ter hab an upright piano gib to me foh er Chris'mas gif “An’ whut did he ask: mer stockin’! # id Mrs. Parve will see to it that from time to time the mistletoe is moved from one part of the room to another.” “What's that for band “It’s to keep the girls from wearing out | the carpet in any particular spot —_ +e+- —— ing Santa » the New York World. The proper spirit of Christmas obser ance seems to prevail in all the gover ments of Europe except in that country where most of our Christmas observances origia, » young Emperor of has intimated t interposed her hus- ke things unp! ant. at if he does not ; essive bill in his stocking he will | THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1894-TEN PAGES. Open Tonight - Until 12. Open - Tomorrow Until 1 a.m. If you've delayed buying Canned Goods, Groceries, Nuts, —_ Candies, Wines, &., this is your last chance. ‘These are ail fresh gocds of the finest quality. The prices we quote are the lowest in the city. Goods exchanged or money refunded if not satisfactory. Mail and telephone orders filled promptly. NUTS, FRUITS, CANDIES. Inst received our second car load of NUTS, RAISINS, CURRANTS, CIT- RON, CANDIES, PRUNES, DRIED FRUITS, &e. NEW MIXED Imported Paper Shell ALMONDS, “yb. .20e. GRENOBLE WALNUTS, 2 Ibs. 2 PECANS, FILBERTS, CREAM NUTS, Ib.1 - We. ‘TS, 5 Ibs. Im. SULTANA RAISLYS (seedless), Wb. 1e. 4-crown MUSCATEL RAISINS (locse), Ib.Se. NEW CLEAN CURRANTS, Ib.... Se. CLEAN € NEW LAYER GOOD COOKING Extra Fine NEW CITRON, 2 BROKEN STICK CA) ° . CHOCOLATE DROr: vee te Wines and Liquors. We are headquarters for all kinds of Pure Wires and Liquors—voth imported and «kmestic, SWEET CATAWBA, = We. CAL and VA. CI je r FY'S APPL ct C. BEST x IMPORT! su ' BEST CAL, SHERRY y e. COOKING SHERRY. e ~ c. VA. BLACKBERRY WIN be NEW E AND RUM. IGS, 3 Ibs. gal.—at. $4 cal. rere APPLEIACK (6 yrs. old).pt.bo WILSON PURE RYE WHISKY, $4 gal.—aqt., $1 NELSON RYE WHISKY (6 yrs. old).qt., $1 PRIVATE STOCK WHISKY (5 yrs. old), at, $1 JACKSON WHISKY (4 yrs. old) $3 gal.—at., Te. PRIDE OF WASHINGTON (4 yrs. old), at., Te. WASHINGTON COUNTY ( yrs. old).qt.,60e, SMITH'S WHISKY (@% yrs. old), $2 xa old). COLORADO CA: ON (2 yrs. CANNED Goons. TOMATOES, standard, 12 Shriver's Best, 12 ans. NED FRUITS. can apes Potatoes, bu. sw 65¢. W. H. Keister, oth and La. Ave. CENTER MARKET. ceefeeteeteeteateateateateateady $Cor. oe ‘The | Place to Buy S-A-U-S-A-G-E-- REST SAUSA md pork. acting «le «l most de ‘an Elaborate pumas | Dinner, E> Lowest consistent Cottage Market, had 14 St. ‘S$ PLUM PUDDING, Ib, --25¢. ‘cor ‘Jas. D. y Reman ae jee ‘Rosy -Cheeked’, ‘BABIES me sw » richest aerated —always purest, . s. Thompson, aunts it Sh Holiday Presents That will not fail to be app all who them—our — Import A-BRAC, Ete. ifts that are very Imported Trimmed Hats nced 20 per cent. oo J. Hunt, 1309 F St.) vue (TUILLINERY At Holiday Prices. All of ou and Stylish TRIMME! ( and UNT! ATS have been mark- ed at low figures for a sort of was a better RIMMINGS vets, &e.—also at a better to bay ‘Millinery-—uo. better place than here. ¢Mrs. C. Stiebel, 1113 G St. Open till 9 o'clock Saturday 24-2000 ‘Don’t Be iDisappointed! Be sur pme to our stands many other if you wa for aaaaeean see rehensive. From the Omaha Ree. . What is to become of Joviai old Santa Claus with his shaggy beard and furs if we do not get a snow storm between now and next Tuesday a Loeftier, cdeeu fos: 620 d . 72.6 St. and 65 RUPTURE PERMANENTLY CURED. tion from busivess, We cases we undertake. ERNTA Rooms 34 and 36, Metzerott nw. ding, 110 ‘10-1m* q = ; be PEREIRA AIP Bares VIII IOI OI OO ON a ewvewevevereewes: narantee to cure all INSTITUTE, ¥ WOODWARD: -:. LOTHROP: 10TH, 11TH AND F STS. N.W. . » CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY. 4 To Our Friends and Patrons,Greeting. This is the fifteenth December since our business was begun. Notwithstanding the almost phe- nomenal holiday trade of last year, the sales for De- cember, thus far, are larger in volume than ever be- fore—far ahead of the best we ever had. We never before sent out so many packages and never before served so many people so easily and so satisfactorily. Untiring energy, unceasing efforts to please and the most liberal service known to wide-awake, modern merchants have increased our friends and added new patrons daily. We heartily thank the public for their encourage- ment and patronage given us so steadily, particularly during this Xmas season, a continuance of which we shall merit by the same honorable methods and up- right treatment. With the compliments of the season we are Yours very respectfully, . Woodward and Lothrop. The Social Season is Here, And With It Comes the Imperative Demand for Evening Gown Stuffs, For Receptions,\ for Weddings, for Dinner Parties, for Theater Partles, for all Full Dress Occasions. The proper sorts for the Debutante—the proper sorts for the Child Bridesmaid—the proper sorts for Fashion’s Votaries of all ages. We have a magnificent assort- ment from alt the leading manufacturers of the world. The prices are low, the qualities, colors and combina- tions are exceedingly choice and attractive, and the styles are in perfect harmiony with the dictates of Fashion. “Taffetas Plisse’’ Is an Entirely New and Novel Silk Fabric For Evening Gowns, Waists and Sleeves. RING OR PUCKERING OF PERPENDICULAR CREPY FOLDS, BROK PES, IN STRIKING COMBINATIONS, AND IS ESPECIALLY T DEMAND FOR LIGHT, FLUFF WE ARE SHOWING EX- , INCLUDING PINK, NILE, MAIZE, CIEL, SILVER, WHITE, BLUET AND OTH ai Inches Wide, $1.50 the Yard. We nem a ie lehaseninens vi in bcenizane— age floor... Under skylight.) LILAC, ast ee ee Wools and Silk-and-Wools. | At $1.00 the Yard: At 37. the Yard: ; INCH JE ESSE SILK, WHITE, BLACK, PRISE, JACQUEMINOT, NILB, CIEL, ROSE, SILK FINISH GERMA ‘A, CREAM, Lata LILAC, SILVER, CARDINAL, CREAM, PINK, NILE AND LAVE ‘lat 75¢. the Yard: Ht HENRIETTA, EXTRA FINE, SALMON, YELLOW, SHES WIDE. At $1.00 the Yard: 20-INCH FIGURED TAFFE MAIZB, LILAC AND WHITE. -* $1. 25 the Yard: H SATIN-STRIPED BROCHE TAF PINK, CIEL, LIGHT BLU NILE AND At 37%c. the Yard eTAS, ALL-WOOL ALBATROSS, CREAM, PINK AND LIGHT At $1.50 the Yard: At 7c. the Yar d osuINCH_BNOCHE TAPFETAS, NEW COLOR ALL-WOOL ©! BLUE, PINK, ? s MLE AND L. rod a INCHES WIDE. At $2.00 the Yar 21-INCH POMPADOUR BRC E TAFE At $1.00 the Yard ALL-WOOL CREPON, LIGHT MAIZE AND NILE. 43 INCHES WIDE At $1.00 the Yard: At $1.35 the Yard 20-INCH CHINE ‘PRINTED TAFFETAS, SATIN STRIPED. (Ist floor. under skylight.) SILK AND-WOOL SUBLIME, PINK, LIGHT pa — FELLOW. 28 INCHES WIDE. Gauzes, &c. At $1.25 the Yard: At 75c. to $1.00 the Yard: SILK-AND-WOOL LANSDOW) LIGHT BLUE, NCH SILK CHIFFONS, PLAIN, CRINKLED LIGHT PINK AND MAIZE. 40 INCHE WIDE. 2 rT FE ISHED, BLACK, WHITE, CREAY, LILAC, LIGHT BLUE, MAIZE, PINK, NAVY CARDINAL, BLUET, CERISE, NILE, BROWN, At $2 and $2.75 the Yard: OLD ROSE ANI) HELIOTROP BROADCLOTHS, IN EVENI SHADES, SU! — ABLE iss xp orena) At $1.00 the Yard: WRAP jug.) | 72INCH BRUSSELS NET, WHITE, CREAM, Gat aaee TOE st WME) | ACK, LIGHT BLUE, CARDINAL AND MAIZE, Silks. re At $1.25 the Yard: )| At sec. the Yard: AUZE FRANCAISE, 42 INCHES WIDE, WITH ba Ul FRE. CROCHET,” ROSE, | SILVERY CREPE PL LILAC, PINK, BLACK, CREAM, CEI NILE, JACQUEMINOT, LILAC, | LIGHT BLUE, CR! AM AND WHITE. OLD ROSE VINK, MAIZE, CARDINAL, * BLACK, At $1.25 the Yard: SILK MOUSSELINE DE SOIE, 45 INCHES At 50c. the Yard: WIDE; CREAM, BLACK AND WHITE, INCH uy — © i EVENIN At 12%c. the Yard LAC 8 INC EDGE SKIRT RUFFLIN ES WIDE. , WHITE, 6 TO SINGLE RUFFLE. At 6sc. the Yard: 23-INCH CREPE DE ¢ SED ee Op Rose CRAM, 2 At 18 to 4oc. the Yard: SKIRT RUFFLIN ABOVB, DOUBLE. At 65¢. the Yard: At soc. the Yard: CREAM AND BLACK SILK SKIRT (ist floor.. : WHITE GROL KUPELING, 2d annex.) wit Quc ——-o Cards Engraved for New Year’s. That no delay may be occasioned in their delivery, we urge all having such work in contemplation to attend to it at once ‘Weetuanl & Lothrop. MOSES’. MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1894, Our Stores Will be open until 10 o'clock tonight to oblige tlose who may have “for- gotten something." Any purchases made this evening Will be delivered tomorrow Closed All day tomorrow, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, And, at the same time, we desire (o thank you for the big business you've given us this season. We promise you that oug stocks and our methods will continue to merit your esteem, AND uth and F Streets. it SEPOCEPESOPOV ESOS S OSS OOF ES Holidays 99 “Sweets.” } Home-made Fruit Cake, Free from grit, lb. 3oc. Pound Cake, Ib. = = 25¢. Prime Mince Pies 20¢. Mixed Candy, Ib.- = 25¢. © LBS., $1) $Peanut Taffy, Ib. - = 15¢, @ LBS., 25e.) $miied Nuts, Ib. $lce Cream, 17 flavors. | d24-49¢0, PISISSOLIFSR SOLOS SOE LO IFES PSS Fo FS SO Co FE OO-O OPEN THIS EVENING AND CHRISTMAS MORNING. You must know by this time the cbaracter of the useful Leather Gifts. We have been showing and selling all gestion FOR THE GIRLS. A TOY TRUNK. WOULD igo pra MAKE. FOR THE 30YS. ose TO $1.0, FOR MEN. LEATHER SUSPENDER Our wagons deliver goods anywhere, daily. these busy holiday days. SOMETHING NOVEL, THE LATEST. SHPPPPOSSOHOHOOSEOOES roc, DISSOHSO GOSS oa OPEN ALL DAY TO! TOMORROW. We have a bountiful supply yet on FUSSELL’S, FINELY FITTED, $8.50 TO $20.00. COLLAR AND CUFF CASES. OX, ROLL AND PORTFOLIO STYLES. to $8.00, BOOKS, BIL ALL LEATHER, OUR OWN MAKE. 98e, TO $5.00. LETTER BOOKS. We. TO $5.00. POC <ET BOOKS. UPWARD. FLASKS, BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS, NEW EFFECTS. . TO $6.00. BRUSHES, MILITARY, CLOTH AND HATR. Be. TO $15.00. POCKET BROOKS. POCKET Boo! Ba eRe ANG PEDO AHO 4H 06-00 40-00 POCKET BOOKS. -98e. UP TO $15.00. CARD CASES, ; 20. to $10 % COLLAR AND CUFF BOXES. 75.20 $7.50 WRITING TABLETS......$1.57 TO 87.50 P PARAGON PURSES. 25e. TO $2.50 CHATELAIN BAGS. 8c. TO $4.50 FLAS Se. TO $5.00 > MIRRORS—HAND AND TRIPLICATE, 25e. TO $15.00 DRESSING CAS! + $1.20 TO $18.00 LEATHER FRAMES FOR PHOTO- GRAPHS, CABINET AND 2 PLAIN AND SILVER MOUNT- ED, FROM M8e, TO $5.00, i $2.75 TO $10.00 Te. TO $8.50 GLOVE BOXES -$1.75 TO $7.50 THESE ARE BUT A FEW OF THE GREAT ARRAY OF ‘LEATHER NOVEL- TIES WE HAVE IN STOCK. CALL IN AND LOOK OVER THE STOCK. GOODS § ‘TED NOW AND ON WHICH A 1 SIT HAS BEEN MADE WILL BE HELD SUBJECT TO YOUR ORDER, TRAVELING EVERY THE BAGS AND SATCHELS OF DESCRIPTION AND AT LOWEST PRICES. Topham’s ‘Leather Goods an POP-OO--DO-- HPO H- 9S -S>-OH- $ tory, 1231 PENNA. 4@ FACTORY ON PREMISES. It SOS SO OF GO > 4S Oo OO + aa Sa anE a ae ‘Think Again} ~ isn't gott AVE. there somebody you've for- 2 We'll be open tl almost $ 3 @® —-widnighttonight-—for belated buy- > ers, Just as good an assortment in Pocket Books now as —we replenished the cases sev times, 375¢- Pocket Books, soc. ~sterling silver mounted, 35¢. gcc. Shopping Bags, All soc. All 75c. Shopping 58, Your name on leath SESPSOESESSSSODOS OSS Kneessi, 425 — ¢ d24-34id seecesosenocts PARANA Marked Down. We've taken a big slice off the prices of all our Rugs. Extra-fine quality) Jap: Rugs—splendid pattevnis—cut like ( gihize TH tt. ter 10% tt. Were $12.50, new 0. Size 3 ft. by G ft. GOOD JAP. MATS that sold at'90 cents, now 60 cents. What's left of the HAS- SOCKS at 35 CENTS. he Houghton Co., 1214 F 35 N.W. 424-204 Dey aa Nn NSa00, Sth & Market: ‘Space. Open Until 12 O'clock Tonight. ALL TOYS, BOOKS &BRIGC-A- BRAC TO BE SACRIFICED. THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST CHANCE, AS WE WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY OMOrTOW. S. KANN, SONS & C0., Sth & Market Space. it Dr. Shade’s Discovery for Consumption indorsed by prominent physicians. Dr. Brent Morgan of California, professor of lung diseares in the San Francisco Medical Colle e, Rays that “Dr. Shade’s Mineral Treatment for consump- A men, tion is the greatest discovery of the century.” large number of persons, physicians, Cong citizens, “have~‘seen Inter: viewed and reported cured of complicated lung and throat diseases, consumption in its last or worst stages by ‘The Times.” Call for names and ad- dresses of persons who are willing to be Soter+ viewed by those secking ihe truth. Specialties: Lung, throat and catarrhal diseases. Tours: 9 to 10 a.m, 1 to 2 and 4 to 6 p.m, Consultation free. 1232 14th st. 24-420 merchants and other Telephone ‘Pillsbury’ ’s Best ‘Flour, 84. 2g Bbl. NATIONAL PRIDE, PER BBL........83.90 PATAPSCO SUF ATIVE. 3.90 When it comes to flour—nc wr ind vidual in the south can better our prices. F Genuine Creamery Butter, 28 cents per pour DAN. mie and ihe "Phone 192. \A Merry Christmas Can't be enjoyed with- out delicious candy. Try our special OHRIST- MAS MIXTURES if you tionally delicious — fgr that day—the purest— sneak wholesome. The children’s tor can't be properly filed if these choice siveets are left out—23, 40 and CENTS A POUND. (Gill’s ious Uth & F Sts.; 24-20 'Plenty of f Those 12.50 Watches - —still left—if you want to make a New Year gift. Remember, they aré ralid gold~ stemwinders and the cases are engraved beautifully, While they last, $12.60 each. ce W. Spier, 310 oth St! JUST ABOVE THE “AVENU! 424-180 SS GPh ysicalCulture — Co.’s NEW OFFERS IN BLACK CORSETS. We have just opened a new a —— yery_ handso1 Je hind “of BLACK - \ — SHES. They're made of elegant gual: = ity cloth—teartiy boned and with light Exther spoon or straight steele stylishly. duished. | Pleasi too-only $2 and $2.25 a pair. Regulir $4 quality. ry pair ware = ramted and ftted to the Dgure. — Mgr. iS' sax ‘O BRANCH. 24-200 eee Black Marten Capes, $35. eeeeee A beautiful, stylish Black Marten #2988 Cape for $35—Intest cut—full length. sees ee Others wt $45, $50 to $80. Willett & Ruoff, ee Ave. Brame rT TROLS, “CARPENTER SHOP, T. ee Builder, TORN Jobbing by experienced and reliable men. o8-8m°