Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1895, Page 4

——————————————— THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. 0 came ccceeeeress February , CKOSBY S. NOYES........... —— THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent circulation much more vhan the combined circulation of the othee Washington dailies. Asa delays, o mee, letters to t be addressed the Elsewhere tn The Star two communica- tions raise the question of so-called local self-government for Washington to be ob- talned by act of Congress, and of this paper's attitude toward the proposition. The contention of The Star ts that if an effort is to be made to obtaim American citizenship rights for the people of the District, the full enjoyment of the most vital of these rights should be demanded, and the movement should not stop short with an appeal for a sham local govern- ment which would be impotent except for the framing of petitions to Congress. If we of the District would be politically as other Americans we must be represented in the Senate, House and electoral college through an amendment to the Constitution. Representation in these bodies is an American right, when law-abiding citizens are living in a reasonably limited space in sufficient numbers to be entitled to state- hocd. Representation in a municipal cor- poration is not an American birthright. In theory the powers exercised by the officers of cities are by delegation from the people of the whole state, in whom the ultimate sovereignty, as modified by the Constitution of the United States, resides. In New York from 1777 to 1821 the officers of municipal corporations were appointed by the governor and four Senators chosen every year by four subdivisions of the assembly. Universal suffrage is demanded by republica: principles only in the choice of those officers who exercise purely gov- ernmental functions, and not in the selec- tion of avents by munictpal corporations to perform duties affecting private property interests. Taxpayers take the place of share- holders in other corporations. In disburs- ing funds for municipal purposes the just principle of representation is saved only if those who contribute the money direct its expenditure. In the case of our local municipal corporation the nation pays halt the taxes, so to speak, and, with more or Jess of deference to the wishes of the other taxpayers, does all of the deciding as to Methods of disbursement. Such a system of expending municipal funds, while it is very far from perfect, comes much closer to enforcing the will ,of the taxpayers than the system which prevails in the or- dinary municipality of determining such expenditures by unlimited popular suf- frage, which gives to non-taxpaying, irre- sponsible voters the power to expend ex- travagantly and corruptly the money sup- plied by the taxpayers, and places the contributors and non-contributors to a fund upon an equal footing in the matter of deciding how and by whom the fund snall be distributed. Under it have re- sulted intolerable misgovernment and rob- bery of the taxpayers in many of our American. cities. No one in the District with a particle of interest in Its welfare desires the nation fo cease to be a one-half local taxpayer, and as long as it remains such the nation will doubtless retain control of the expen- ditures of the local revenues to which it contributes, and possession of the power to protect its immense property interests at the capital and the persons of officials administering here the various departments of the national government. Under the Constitution as construed by the courts, Congress cannot, if it would, delegate its delegated power of general leg- islation in respect te the District. True local self-government under the Constitution is impossibie here. The exercise of suffrage un- der these limitations would be an expensive farce. Without representation permission to go through the form of voting is of no value; and, shut out from the bodies which make its laws and impose taxes upon it, rep ntation of the District under the Constitution in its present shape can be only a sham. To s re this bogus, worthless, mis- named self-government, which satisfies in No respect American aspirations and prin- ciples, the District must expose itself to practical, material dangers, which are rec- ognized by all taxpayers and need not be here repeated. In The Star's opinion the game is not worth the candle. — rem The way of the congressional objector Is oftentimes past finding out. In the regular course of Senate business yesterday an ef- fort was made to secure the passage of a House bill which provides for special, or “struck,” juries in the District. The law is precisely like that in many of the states, is without anything that could possibly be distorted into an objectionable feature, and does not call for an appropriation, but the opportunity to offer objection was too good to be lost—so Senator Alien thought—so the bill has gone to the calendar and may there expire. —_—__+e+_ ‘There were fifty-seven men at work on the new city post-cffice today—two years, eleven months and twenty-four days since post-office construction commenced to be. Fifty-seven industrious men whose energies are well directed can do much, but twice fifty-seven men could hardly succeed in completing the post-office before August 1906, —__+ « ={____ It appears that everybody in the District who has so far put himself or herself on record ts in favor of a comprehensive sewer system, and of proper street improvement in all parts of the tax-paying community. Any difference of sentiment which may exist is as to the best and most economical method of securing the money necessary for these improvements. The single tax men who took charge of the labor meeting on Thursday night think that the work should be paid for by a tax on land values, excluding personal property and buildings from the basis of assessment. They think that the man whose property is In stocks and bonds and buildings instead of land should pay nothing for the inestimable ben- efit of better health and prolongation of life for himself and his famity which the scientific sewering of the whole city would ure. Then some of the labor leaders favor conducting the work piecemeal by yments from the current taxes, “even if sre not duplicated from the Treas- viewing it apparently as an economl- to exempt Uncle Sam, the al scheme largest kk al taxpayer, from his obliga- tions in the matter. The remaining propo- | sition is to raise the necessary money by the sale of long-time, low-interest bonds, In respect to which the United States should, fulfill its statutory obligations, thus pro- viding the means for the speedy accom- plishment of the entire work and the ear- Nest possible enjoyment by the public of the benefits therefrom. This method was to be economical in that no tax- payer, whether an individual owning per- sonal property or the national government, taxpayer of this year or of y years to come. was exempted from contributing toward the cost of improve- ments, which conferred benefits upon him. It was also thought that it was economical to do the whole work as quickly as It could be well done in order that the community hether a THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1895—TWENTY might speedily begin to reap the benefits of the improvements. It was viewed as a waste of money to do piecemeal a great work which could not be enjoyed until the whole had been completed. A bond issue was considered the only method of secur- ing the money necessary to do the work in this economical way. Every advocate of a bond issue will indorse that resolution of the single-tax meeting, which holds that no bonds shall be sold for these improve- ments “except such as may be absolutely necessary for economical construction.” It may b2 that the present Congress will not have the time to authorize thes® improve- ments under any of the suggested methods. But Washington should secure from the next Congress the sewers and street fm- Provements for which every citizen ap- peals. If the little group of single-tax men can before the meeting of Congress convert the taxpayers of the District and the na- tional legislature to their views, let the meney be raised in that way; but if it shall become evident that the bond project is the only feasible and economical method of obtaining these improvements, let its pres- ent opponents sink their personal prefer- ences as to financial methods and unite in promoting the capital's welfare in the man- ner found to be practicable. Since all are agreed as to the great ends to be obtained, differences of opinion as to the details of the methods of securing these ends should not be permitted to keep permanently apart any good citizens, anxious only for the vp-building and betterment of the na- tional capital. _ Oo More than three years have elapsed since the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company was notified by Congress that its overhead trolley equipment on New York avenue was @ nuisance not to be endured after July 1, 1895. Congressional action in this matter cannot be characterized as hasty or ill-considered, for the conclusion adverse to the overhead trolley was reached only after lengthy debate; nor can the company claim that it was not given a sufficiency of time in which to remove the obnoxious obstructions and put in opera- tion, in their place, a system of the un- objectionable sort. All the people who are really concerned in locM street railway affairs have known of the law’s require- ment and those opposed to the “cheap and nasty” trolley have anticipated with pleas- ure the downfall of poles and wires on New York avenue, yet it is evident that the company has been careless and altogether unmindful of this law. Had the company striven to prepare for obedience to the statute, and through no fault of its own failed, it would be entitled to constdera- tion, but in view of its inactive defiance it should be closely held to the by no means unreasonable provision of law which it now seeks to evade. The request for another year of legal life for the trolley ig not based upon inability to put in a new sys- tem which the company Fas permission to install, for the parent corporation—the great trolley combine—could have that new system in place on the New York avenue line considerably before July 1 if it so de- sired; it is therefore reasonable for those who are not unjustly suspicious to look for an ulterior motive, and the one which first suggests itself Is that which would, tf it could, not only maintain so much of trolley construction as is up in this city but would multiply the poles and wires many thous- and fold. A few Washingtonians know how earnestly the trolley combine labored with this Congress to secure possession of this city’s streets and avenues; fewer still realize how much success at the national capital would mean to the octopus that has already taken a firm hold on so many cities that now regret their injudicious liberality. In December next, {f not sooner, another Congress will come into existence, and while no one can prophesy as to the pro- ceedings of that body the trolley combine may hope for better treatment from it than the present Congress was willing to give. The request, therefore, for another year of delay is In all probability nothing more than a trick; belief to that effect is strongly supported by the fact that the ex- tension amendment was tacked to a House bill incorporating a company in which the ngton and Soldiers’ Home organization does not appear to have any interest; a bill that seemed to have more chances for suc- cess in the Senate than the Eckington bill which passed the House but a few minutes before the extension amendment was of- fered. —___ +++ —_—_- Not alone In the United States ts the currency problem a disturbing factor, for there is evidence that Europe Is also giv- ing the matter a great deal of attention. Just now the German Reichstag Is dis- cussing the agitation which seeks to move the German government to call an inter- national monetary conference with a view of remonetizing silver. The leader in this movement is Count von Mirbach, who heads the agrarian element in Germany and who insists that the only solution lies In an international agreement fixing the ratio of coin metals. In yesterday's debate in the Reichstag the tendency was de- cidedly bi-metallic, Count Herbert Bis- marck arguing in favor of a world’s con- ference, while even Ciancellor Hohenlohe intimated that there was governmental willingness to confer with other powers as to the advisability of reforming the mone- tary system. When the German chancellor says thout prejudice to the German currency system, ft must be admitted that, from the economic point of view, the In- creasing difference of value between gold and silver threatens permanently detri- mental effect,” it ts evident that there is rapidly-growing belief that greater use for silver must be found in the world’s cur- rency. oe It stands to the credit of the wage-earn- ers in the Government Printing Office that of the liberality toward the poor chronicled during this winter none has been more Hberal than the contribution sent yesterday to the canvassing committee of the citizens’ Central Relief Committee. The gift—made up of small sums—was a noble one and much larger than any one unacquainted with the big-hearted artisans would have expected it to be. When it is remembered that a large proportion of the Government Printing Office employes are doing what they can to relieve the necessities of the many hundreds recently discharged from that establishment then the magnitude of the gift becomes more than ever apparent. —___ + ee It is gratifying to see that the spirit of Washington's birth-day is already begin- ning to manifest itself. Several editors have kindly rushed to the defense of George Washington's character. — +--+ ] Florida assures the country that her strawberry crop will not be a failure. This is possibly to be regretted as it furnishes a new stimulus for hoarding gold. — +02 —— A widespread curlosity 1s developing as to why Emperor William wants to accumu- late so much more advertising than his business can possibly demand. oe Mr. Goff continues to be accused of de- voting too much attention to the “Re- former is worthy of his hire” page in his collection of moral taaxims. +02 — There Is a thoughtless disposition on the part of paragraphers to pick on Mrs. Lease when she is willing to keep quiet. 7 oe The “quiet wedding” appears to have been largely supperseded in social promi- nence by the quiet divorce. see Mr. Frank Lawler’s post-office Indorse- ment takes a back seat to the polyglot petition. THE WEEK. The House of Representatives refused on Thursday by a majority of 47 to order a third reading of the resolution by which it was proposed to authorize the issue of 365,000,000 of three per cent gold bonds, to substitute for the four per cent thirty-year coin bonds sold by Secretary Carlisle un- der the contract with the Rothschild-Mor- gan syndicate. Ap analysis of the vote shows that eighty-nine democrats and thir- ty-one republicans (120 in all) voted in fa- vor of the resolution, and ninety-eight democrats, sixty-two republicans and sev- en populists (167 in all) against. In the Senate Mr. Jones reported the bill adopted by the finance committee providing for the free coinage of silver, and Mr. Gray reported the adverse action of the commit- tee on privileges and elections on the bill providing for the election of Senators by a direct vote of the people. The Massachusetts state senate passed to be engrossed a bill providing for biennial elec- tions. The annual meeting of the Asso- ciated Press members was held in Chicago, and the eastern members gave a banquet to the western members. J. L. Dixon, cash- jer of the McElroy Banking Company of Fayetteville, Ark., committed suicide when it was discovered that he was short in his accounts. The long overdue French steam- er La Gascogne arrived; the event caused relief and rejeicing among the many friends and relatives of those on board. George M. Irwin, the discretionary pool operator, was placed on trial in Pittsburg on a charge of false pretense. Several prominent Chicago brokers testified to Ir- win's speculations in grain. Governor Mor- ton has signed the power-of-removal bill, which gives Mayor Strong the power to depose the heads of departments of the New York city government. The eighty- sixth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln was celebrated throughout the country. Mayor Strong of New York show- ed his independence by appointing as Com- missioner of Public Works Wm. Brook- field, who is strongly antagonistic to ex- Senator T. C. Platt. The deaths of the week were Minister I. P. Gray at Mexico, Richard F. Trevellick, the Michigan green- backer; M. D. Corse, at Alexandria, Mats and Chas. Gayarre, the Louisiana his- torian. Foreign. The Chinese surrendered the _ warships and forts of Wei-Hai-Wel, and the Jap- anese are’ now in full possession of the place. General Tai of the Chinese army committed suicide at Wei-Hai-Weil, on ac- count of the desertion of a number of his subordinates. Keports from Armenia state that similar outrages to those in tHe Sas- soun district have been committed in the province of Harzan, forty or tifty villages having been ‘lestroyed. In the house of commons the amendment offered by Mr. Clancey, Parnellite, proposing consideration of a proposition looking to release of the dynamite prisoners, was rejected. John Redmond,the Parnellite leader in the house of commons, submitted an amendment to the queen’s speech asking that parliament be dissolved and the question of home rule be submitted to the country. The amend- ment was rejected by a vote of 256 to 2 Canada is having trouble with her finances. Her revenues have decreased and her expenditures have increased. The public debt increased $3,475,000 in January. The Chilean government has decided to buy all the railroads in that country. The keel of Lord Dunraven’s new yacht to race in eerie will be laid in Glasgow exe weel In the District. Owing to the apprepriation of $10,000 for the relief of the poor it was possible di ing the week to give employment to a large number of men in clearing the streets of snow. The house-to-house canvass, con- ducted by the central relief committee, net- ted over $12,000. A concert for the benefit of the poor was given at Convention Hall. The name Georgetown, as the title of an independent city within the District, was abolished by a bill which became law during the week. The claims of the heirs of twenty-three persons whose death was the result of injuries received at the Ford Theater disaster were favorably re- ported upon by the congressional joint committee. Resolutions favoring the sewer extension plan were adopted at a meeting of representative women and action—to some extent adverse—on the same subject was taken at a meeting of labor represen- tatives. The Commissioners made con- tracts for the use of tugs te break the ice blockade in the river, an appropriation for that purpose having been made by Con- gress. The memory of the late President Welling of Columbian University was hon- ored at a meeting held for that purpose. The winter session of the school of ap- plied ethics was opened. The great poly- glot temperance petition arrived in the city and meetings were held and speeches made in regard to this movement for ad- dressing the governments of the world on the subject of temperance. At her wharf in this city the steamer Lady of the Lake was destroyed by fire. —_+ e+ ___. SHOOTING STARS, Out of a Job. When men attain perfection, With not a fault in view— Oh, terrible reflection— What will reformers do? Not Baffled. “Didn't you tell that young man I was out?” said the young woman. “Ol did, miss,” replied Bridget. “But he towld me to come back an’ ax yez agin, so’s to be sure Oi hadn't misundherstood the name.” Li Hang Chang. He cried, with peace upon his brow, “Bring on your wintry weather; I have my yellow jacket now And my three-eyed peacock feather!” Horrible. “Did ye ever he: of dese priests in India,” said Reginald de Bumme, “dat sticks needles through dere cheeks an’ burns dere skin jes fur fun?” “Dat ain’t nothin’,” replied Clarence Fitz Hautbeau, “I knowed a man dat tuck a bath every day cause he said he liked it!” A Modern Estimate. “Are you sure the girl to whom you are engaged will be able to make you happy?” “Positive,” the young man replied. fas she common sense? “She has more than that. uncommon dollar.” She has the A George Washington Warning. When of this month of blizzards you Shall tell, as years roll by, Remember, it is sacred to The man who couldn’t He. Parsimony. “I think my manager is a mean thing,” said the prima donna. “What's the matter?” “He wouldn't pay the cost of my divorce as an item of legitimate advertising ex- pense.”* The Cabinet Officer. “I am forgotten, there’s no doubt,” He said, in solemn humor; “A week has passed me by without A resignation rumor.” —__+-e+__. As to C. H. J. From Good Government. It was an insult to the intelligence and morality of a much-abused race to single ‘Taylor out as a representative of it and in- stall him in an office of responsibility. It is an insult to the better element in American citizenship, of ali races, colors and partisan persuasions, to keep him where he is, after his character has been proclaimed and his disreputable dealings exposed. No one ex- cept its authors and the President himself have seen the official presentment made by the Civil Service Commission in Taylor's case; but there is not a citizen of the Dis- trict’ of Columbia who has not heard all the testimony upon which the presentment is founded, if he has taken the trouble to inquire. It has been argued in defense of Taylor's appointment that it was made in ignorance of his antecedents and on the recommendation of men whom the Presi- dent believed incapable of deliberately de- ceiving him. In spite of all that, it was a spoils transaction pure and simple, for it was the use of an office belonging to all the United States in payment of a debt for services rendered to one political party. But even those who defend the appoin ment on the plea of the President’s ignor- ance have no such excuse to offer for the retention of so notorious a fellow in office any longer. Taylor. Such A Selling Was Never Seen, 1 As that whith, marks that great 1 GAS and OIL “HEATER SALE of 1! ours. Heater epliing has taken on t the form of: goods selling—re- ! duction — sel bargain selling. ! ‘We've cut prices on all our Gas ! 1 1 1 ! ! t and Oil Heater to a mark that's surprising. The object—to clear out the stock, and as we think the season whed} thty’re needed most fs the best” season to sell them quickest—the, sale is now. Thege reduced prices: ~ ! s, SHED Heaters, Gas Fitters, Plumbers, 432 oth St. N.W. it PESESOSHS OSHS SOSH OEE OOOO OS The Wife Is Queen . Of every well-regulated household. THERE no one questions her sway, if she rules wisely, But tact is re- quired. POOR BREAD ts a mais- demeanor—and may cost her her crown. The husband will excuse most anything else but sour, clam- my bread—NEVER, Always use ‘Cream Blend Flour . If you wish your domestic life to be tranquil and happy. “Cream Blend’? OF PSO NE! under proper con- ditions, te ERFECT BREAD and IDEAL Rolls, Biscults, Cake and Pastry, It also makes MOR bread and KEEPS FRESH LONG than it's posible with flour made of ONE kind’ of wheat—grown on ONE soll—in ONE climat G7 It your grocer doesn't sell “Cream Blend’ write or telephone , We'll supply you through him. B. B. Earnshaw & Bro.,? Wholesale Flour and Feed Dealers, 1105- 1107-1109 11TH STREET 8.B. 1t AND 1009-1002 M STAEET S.B. 829090000 ide BEAOSOEOSOEEDOS ua SPSOSELIDIS $0600OO400650660046666000006066600. geevesivesess Ceosvecoroe ‘We Won't Sel n't, guarantee to be the picest, most enjoyable that 2 it hug. Ii the | chole Vegetables, ‘Tfot House ge Lowest_pr' annon & Chandler, 8. 37. 78, 79, 90 ond 81 CENTER MARKET. ‘ the human sy one, in a er a physician about ‘*Mas- =a GRE or a ata pet 5 GAL- SHAFER’S, 103 Pa. Ave. 2 f7-3m,21 Eun CALIFORNIA IF RUITS. LARGE CANS Peaches, Pears, Apricots, Plums, &e. The very finest quality ever received in this city. I 7 C 2 The choicest ripened fruit—packed in very heavy sirup. Guaranteed to be fresh, new goods, Cif you must have Mquor—why not get the best? You can secure medicinally pure Wines and Liquors at a price asked elsewhere for inferior grades. Witmer & Co., Fine Groceries and Purveyors, 1918 Pa. Ave. *PHONE 1005-3. TENS SHIRTS30¢ nother 100 doz. 53 Unlaund . : Dress SPREE others, 50c. grade, 39¢. ioe . or Ellery & Ireland, 931 oth St. oS 18 2850. £16-20d | For Table And Toilet. e have without Weoubt the most | comprehensive stock | of SILVER AR- | . TICLES, forthe table ||, amd toilet, extant-- || ‘hereorelsewhere=-in this or any other country--AT THE | LOWEST PRICES | known in the history \| of the metal. We cannot emphasize this point TOO STRONGLY. GALT & BROTHER, | Jewellers, Silversmiths And Stationers, 1107 Penn. Avenue. it Ei PAGES. -| The Standard Book Store, [tate Rove G AND 11TH STREETS. “Spee! For : I, @EBRUARY 18, 1895.) IO Per Cent Discount SBlack Wool and Silk Dress Goods at one- tenth less than marked prices. Choice of all the 1895 importations, which include Black Crepons, from $1 to $2.50, and Black Silks, from 50c to $3, in greatest variety at present shown in Washing- 3c For sc ‘‘Faconette”’ ©7'The acknowledged Best Dress Extender, in Dlack, white and gray. 8c yard, or, 35¢ for twelve yards. “And 4c, Se, Ge and Ze for Warranted Dress Shields. Sizes 1 to 4. Worth 10c to 16. $8.98 For $12.98 Dresses. (FSpring-weight Costumes, fh serges, cheviots and “‘trilor-made sultings,"” in mixtures, black, tans, browns and grays. Rendy to wear. 5c For 69¢ Linen. &7'68-inch-wide Pure All-linen Irish Bleached ‘Table Damask, in nine new designs for 1895. A contract with the maker binds us to take 10,000 yards. The advantage gained is the usual 75c quality for 69c yard. 79C For $1 Skirts. ©F Another illustration of big buying enabling superior quality. These skirts are made of best muslin and have three yards of 7-Inch-wide em- broldery. in the flounce that you cannot buy today for less than 25c a yard. Then count the cost of the muslin and making the improved yokeband and six space tucks! sSo5 For $11.98 Sets. (3The Latest and Best Porcelain Dinner and Tea Set of 1895. New shape, with decoration in Dresden effect, 112 pieces for $3.95. 18¢ For 25c. Hose >The Improved “Hermsdorf Hose for spring of ‘95, with extra long glove-ntting limbs, rein- forced toes and heels. “Midnight” black that is as guaranteed indelible, O4C . For 85c¢ Chiffon. (3 'The 48-inch wide Silk Chiffon, more often-sold at $1 than 85c yard. Black, white, cream, navy, brown and all the evening shades. 12c For 20c Hamburgs G2 Cholce of the 1895 importation of Hamburg and Cambric Embroideries, marked at prices rang- ing from 15 to 19¢ yard. 4% to § inches wide, the latter of which are put forward for comparison with the usual 25¢ embroideries. 6o¢ For 98c Curtains. CFThe 1895 Lace Curtains, in Brussels effects, 3% yards long. Also on this fourth floor are the $6.93 Baby Carriages at $4.98. Note the silk plush upholstery, patent springs, brake and automatic parasol. 6c For roc Dust Pans. (> Full-stze and Well-made Dust Pans, Japanned and decorated, half covered. Also inquire for the Housefurnishings from the bankrupt sale of Chas. W. Lord & Co. of Baltimore. 25C For soc Neckties. 07Men’s Knot and Four-in-Hand Scarfs, of Silks and Satins, in Nght and dark shades, plain, stripe, dot, brocade and hand embroidered. Best. “Eli Pettijohn’s Best.” (The exhibit at the Palais Royal is closed, but the food may be had of all grocers. See The Paper Exhibit. |” It will shortly be moved to the leading estab- lishment of Philadelphia. Don't miss it here. Palais Royal, A. Lisner. G and uth Sts. 814 9TH STREET. Looks Empty sinat one abet’ spoils ————— the regular appearance of the books—needs a few good books by good authors,” of good ap- pearance, to fill up the space. Of course you wish to buy the books as cheaply as possible, but at the same time you wish them to answer your require ments. That’s just the line we have on hand. ————_ These books are in sets, and have been sold at the rate of ———— $1.25 and $1.50 a volume. Gold Tops, Sik Binding, in artistic designs—the acme of the binder's art, at the rate of 50C. per vol. “Villa on the Rhine,’”’ . Auerbach. “On the Heights,” Auerbach. “Count of Monte Cristo,” 2 vols., Dumas. ‘‘Lifle of Columbus,” 2 vols., Irving. ‘Les Miserables,’’ 3 vols., Hugo. Ruskin’s ‘‘Modern Paint- ers,” 5 vols. (Illustrated.) Ruskin’s ‘Stones of Venice,’’ 3 volumes. Gibbon’s ‘Rome,’ 6 volumes. Tacauley’ Ss Essays and Poems, 3 volumes. Plutarch’s Lives, 3 volumes. Emerson’s Essays, 2 volumes. $1.50 Edition of E. P. Roe’s Works, all titles, 75c. The works of Mark Twain, the ‘Prince of Fun,’’ 75c. —e ‘These works are most beautifully bound and illustrated—and as to the Beneral style—well, look at vem! THE STANDARD BOOK STORE, 314 Ninth St. © SESSOS EDI OFS S SELES SST SS CS BETTER THAN THE REST. IN OUR JUDGMENT, THERE TUT ONE PREPARATION OF COD LIVER OIL, THOUGH OTHER MAN- UFACTURERS CLAIM THEY HAVE THE BEST. BUT WHAT DOES THAT AMOUNT TO, WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE SICK, HAVE A BAD COLD. WHICH IS FILLING UP THE LUNGS? YOU WANT SOMETHING NEAR AT HAND TO GIVE RELIEF; THEN THE OLD HOME REMEDY, Phosphatic Emulsion, THAT WE HAVE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT, CAN BE RELIED UPON. IT HAS RELIEVED OTHERS. IT HAS SAVED OTHERS WHEN THEY WERE PRETTY FAR GONE, AND IT WILL SAVE YOU. BE SURE YOU GT IT FRESH MADE. AN OUNCE OF FRESH EMULSION WILL DO MORE GOOD THAN A GALLON OF STALE. WE MAKB OURS FRESH EVERY DAY BY THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: Acid Phosphoric, dil, Yolk of Exg. Cod Liver OM. Glycerine. Oil Bitter Almond. New England Rum, Orange Florida Water. Price, 60c. Goods Delivered. WILLIAMS’ Temple Drug Store. OPEN ALL NIGHT. fi6 PPP POOD OOOO SOLS OSH POOOSO OOS OOO OOOO GIO IGOISSOSHOO SESH ONEOETS a PSOSSS HS 90OO 0400065 50000560000050656006555500004 00000000009 SE SOTSOSSHOTIOTESTIG. sYou Wouldn't? fExpect $I to buy as much as we offer, What do you think of a air of EYEGLASSES or $I you value? And we examine your eyes, and fit and adjust’ the proper ¢* glasses, without extra charge McAllister & Co., Opticians, 1311 F STREET (next to “Sun” bidg.). 16-284 = BSSSHPOSSSSSHBOISSSS 5 SSSOSE SOSOSSSOSOS ISPS PS SOLO HSE IOS How Are Your Hands & Face? rod the blizzard make them red, fbi} haiti dca ae and painful? We have ex: actly what you need. “DERMA- TINE” makes the skin soft and velvety in a few applications, Nothing else so deiizhtful and soothing. Every lady should have it. Prepared and sold HERB, ex- clustvely. TF ONLY 250. BOTTLE. ‘Thompson, : 703 3 Ww. S. PHARMACIST, ot eteaeesecrecsasesesscseees $4.00; fel4-1m* } haeagabang especiail, finest Fi 00. Gold Rimless Eycglasses,$3.50. Watchmakers” materials and op- ticians’ supplies. — Mainspring, watch cleaning, $1.00. A RAHN, ‘Agent, 935 F n.w. H and H. No family should be without ft. It cleans silks, laces and the finest fabrics with- out injury. Removes grease and paint. Is unequaled for the bath and sbampoo. Ask sour grocer for it. §a23-Im* Furniture, we have it.” } => Gantt Out The Difference Between Past and Present Prices ** On those CHAMBER SUITES ‘* whose prices we've cut so You’ find it’s not a dollar two taken off for the sake an advertisement, but PART OF YOUR MON! BACK To You. It tion worth taking advant reduction well worthy = pines makes it. Sh $23. 50 A very heavy suite of solid oak, with cast brass trimmings and 24x30-inch Freach bevel plate glass—$23.50. A $48 Suite for -§32.50 Quartered ‘oak, serpentine tops—4-foot Gresser, with 28x30-inch French bevel plate glass, 3-foot washstand, cast brass trimmings—nice arrangement of drawers —1 ined for jewelry—a large, heavy $ suite, finished In the best possible style $ -933-50} A $48 uite for Very handsome Curly Birch Suite, with large square French bevel plate mirror— Gnely finished—$33.50. A $55 Suite for -$37-50 | Another Curly Birch Suite, with oval French bevel plate mirror, shaped front —finely finished — throughout-excellent drawer :vork—$57.50. A $78 -$47-50} he >a. tae fed wee Suite for Curly Birch Sulte—with large shaped French bevel plate glass—finished as well as the ordinary $100 suite—$47.50. [Don't overlook the fact that -CREDIT is yours, if you want it. The Julius Lansburgh3 Furniture and Carpet Co., “The Rink,” New York Ave. -3 Bet. 13th and 14th Sts. Agency for the celebrated Columbia Auto- matic a RAFF’S ENTERPRISE, 1241 1th St. S.E. WE ARE THE REMNANT PEOPLE. WE DEFY ANY HOUSE IN TOWN TO SHOW YOU THE LINE OF KEMNANTS AT PRICES WE QUOTE. 6c. BEST RED FIGURED PRINTS, 6c. FANCY FIGURED PRINTS, 8c. PINK Gomes. ING PRINTS, SH PRINTS, NAVY BLUE PRINTS, TURKEY Itep PRINTS, Se. APRON GINGHAM, 6c. APRON GINGHAM, Se. APROX GINGHLAM, 8c. DRESS GINGHAM, 1c. DRESS GINGHAM ALL NEW DESIGNS. 5e.UNBLEAC. cite COTTON, . UNBLEACHED. ‘SorroN, HEAVY, Be. UNBLEACHED. COTTON, HEAVY, Se. anpnoscogrs COTTON, 8c, FIRST can DATE COTTON, 10c. LONSDALE CABRIO, 12e. LONSDALE CAMBRIO 5-4 BROWN COTTON, Be. 8e. 8c. 9-4 Be. BLEACHED COTTON, 11-4 30c. BLEACHED COTTON, 9-4 18c. UNBLEACHED COTTON, 10-4 20c. uxstitomen COTTON, 15e. FANCY DUCKS, 12ye. Exéncn PERCALE, 2c. Sato S DRAPERY, Ie. caste DRAPERY, Se, WHITE posier FLANNEL, 25e. WHITE | “Sou LINON, Soc. RED TABLE LINON, 12%ec. ARMENIA CLOTH, 1c. CRINKLE SEERSUCKER, Xéxs' verse, OUR PRICE, 18 AND 26c. DRES GOODS. OUR PRICE, 2 AND 0c. DRESS GOODS. OUR PRICB 0c, DARK caNtow FLANNEL, toc. FANCY TICKING, 12%e. BLACK stiireD| ORGANDIES, 12%e. BLACK INDIA LINON, 12%e. wire, PLA MUSLIN, 12%. WHITE STRIPED MUSLIN, 12%e. wuts. “Sxpra LINON, 12\Ke. FicunES ORGANDIES, We. LIGHT FRENCH SATINES, 12ye. PLAIN SATINES, LIGHT SHADES 12%e. FLAS ‘ELETTES, 85c. SILK srritep FLANNELS, 18¢. Woon, CHALLIES, 12%e. barista, "ALL STRIPED, Be. curt CLOTH, 8%. 12%. DRESS GOODS. THESE ARE ONLY ae FEW OF THE MAN} SHIPMENTS OF REMNANTS WE WILL CONTROL. THIS SEASON. WE ARE A LITTLE OUT OF THE WAY, BUT ALWAYS IN IT. RAFF’S ENTERPRISE, 1241 mth St, S.E. it A= You'll Agree rs after tasting in pronoi cor ieanties ing them the most d cious, The flavors a ightfuloar prices pi ‘Inest ” cENTS & POUND. Gill’s ma uth& FSts. 116-204 made MIX- and *