Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1895, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, SATURDAY... .-February 23, 1895. CROSBY S. NOYES permanent eirealation mach more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Adveriising Medium it has no competitor. cin esdes to aveld delays, on ac- imply to THE STAR, or to the Editorinl or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. The Star congratulates the people of the District of Columbia upon the concinsion reached by the conferees on the District appropriation bill with regard to the propo- sition ‘o increase the height of the Great Falls dam—an agreement which will doubt- less be ratiied by both houses when tt cor ference report is presented. How much this suecess means to the community only a small proportion of the residents fully realize: {t cannot de expressed in figures nor would it be easy to adequately deserive the inconvenience and suffering that. must surely have come had the investigatory propesition of the Senate overthrown the appropriating tendency of the House. To avert the real peril which threatened and to bring Into existence desirable water- supply conditions, The Star—as soon as the Senate made known its obstructive desire— gave to the public all the necessary avail- able information as to the whole matter, and when it seemed as though there was t darger of damage to the city’s alled, and not in vain, upon public sentiment to exercise its influence in one of the best of causes. The immediate re- sult of the agitation was an Irresistible out- pouring of protests from leading citizens and of complaints from a surprisingly large number of those who’ pay liberally for water that has not and is not now being delivered to them. These protests and com- plaints were at once forwarded to the Sen- ate and from that body" speedily found their way to tne conferees. Meanwhile The Star centinued to publish facts, and argu- ment based on those facts, to show how cruelly even a few months’ delay would operate. The board of trade, too, was far from idle; devoting an entire evening to unanimously one-sided but extremely profit- able diseussion of the undesirable condi- tiens that now exist but which, even though the work of raising the dam be pro- ceeded with at the earliest possibie mo- must be much more undesirable be- fo sf comes. Some of the local news- pape notably The Times and The Post— took up the refrain and did their share in notifying Congress of the popular desire. The result of all this was harmony in the conference committee as to the item appro- priating $14,000 with which to so elevate the dam that increased water-pressure will follow and the famine that even now exists will no longer be. But the work upon the dam is not the only improvement contem- plated by Congress; for coincident with the = of the supply there will be in- om as to the availability of the dis- 1 aqueduct tunnel. For this purpose ment eredit the sum of $25,000 is appropriated and, ac- cerding to the terms of the act, Congress must be informed on the first Monday in v next as to whether it is feasible reper to complete the tunnel as now ted and to finish and make use of the nstructed reservoir east of the How- ard University shaft of the tunnel. In all this action there is encouraging promise of refreshment for the many residents of the Distriet who have been compelled to drag ut a droughty sort of existence because the government has heretofore failed to keep its water-supply contract while in- sisting upon collecting every cent of the taxes to which it had legal but no moral claim. Primarily, we are to have by the autumn of 1896 a water supply that will reach the higher leveis, and, following this invaluable betterment—based upon the in- vestigation to be made—we will probably have additional distribution either through the now-useless turnel or through an ex- tension of the system of mains which so far as it goes is admirable. For the part it has taken in bringing such a desirable of affairs to pass, The Star has to say nothing more than that it did simply the duty confxled to it by those who know it to be a true representative of the people of the District of Columbia. —- ee Those Washingtonians who may imagine that because the District bond bill has not yet been acted upon by the Senate it is a defunct measure should comfort them- selves with knowledge of the fuet that very few of the friends of the bill ever enter- taired the belief that it would become law during the present session. With so much of broadly national business clamoring for consideration, in a short session, it was only the most remote possibility that any local measure of importance—other than the Dis- trict approprtation bill—could get through both houses. It may be that some will re- gard the attendance at the evening session as a display of the bill's strength in the Senate, but any calculation based upon that attendance will surely be mislead- ing. ‘There is hardly any legislative propo- sition before Congress—no matter how far- reach'ng its influence or how important its provisions—that could tempt from their homes and other places. of social resort a quorum of Senators. The vote upon hold- ing the evening session {s a much better indication of the feeling of the Senate on the subject of these improvements, and no doubt is entertained concerning the favor- able attitude of the Upper House in dealing with the measure in the next Congress. —. ee Blsewhere tm ‘Ihe Star a ccrrespondent, who accepts taxation Instead of manhood as the proper basis of representation in certain municipal affairs, so enlarges by definition the scope of the word taxpayer that substantially all men fall within this category. But if justice demands that the contributors to a fund shall direct its ex- penditure, it also demands that the weight of a contributors opinion as to the proper method of distributing the fund shall de- pend to some extent upon the amount of his contribution. If, for instance, a man who does not know that he is among these contributors, but who can possibly be dem- onstrated to be such unintentionally in an infinitesimal amount by a course of ab- struse reasoning, is put upon an equality with the largest contributor im the dts- tribution of the fund there is obviously as gross a violation of the principle of just representation as if non-contributors had participated. The New York commission of 1875, composed of William M. ivarts, Will- fam Allen Butler, Oswald Ottendorfer, Kd- ward Ccoper, ©. L. Godkin, John A. Lott, James ©. Carter, H. F. Dimock, Simon Bterne, Joshua M. Van Cott and Martin A. Andersen, reported strongly against unlim- ited popular suffrage im the financial ad- ministration of New York's cities as a per- version of its use, resulting in evih and recommended that such administration be Mmited to tax and rent payers above a cer- tain amount annually. In Austraita the election for town and cfiy officers is lim- fted to the ratepayers occupying property of a rental value of at least fifty pounds, on which the ratepayer recetves one vote; if he ccecupies property rated at a rental of More than fifty pounds and less than a hundred, he has two votes; and so on. ‘These facts indicate the tendenctes of those Who would place municipal taxation and expenditure upon a just and proper bast: and they suggest strongly that no prin- @tple of fair representation, American or @therwise, requires @ taxpayer like Uncle I sam, who contributes one-half of the local municipal fund, te havé no-more-to say concerning its expenditure than the alleged and unconscious taxpayer whose sole con tribution to the fund may be a dolar fine Paid for some petty offense to the police Tt is not, however, necessary for ‘The Star to devote any considerable amount of space at this time to discussion of the details of the mcdel representative form of financial, municipal administration. All that The Star has claimed is that the expenditure of the District's revenues, which ts necessarily in any case In conformity with the wilt of those who contribute more than half of the municipal fund, is made more nearly on the basis of just and American representation than the expenditures in many of our other large cities, where the municipal purse has been seized by non- taxpayers through mere force of numbers, where the blessing of universal suffrage has by misapplication to concerns to which it was never intended to apply been con- verted into a curse, where enormous and paralyzing indebtedness has been con- tracted through universal suffrage against the will of the taxpayers, and the proceeds wasted or stolen, in the corruption which has seemed the inevitable result of the in- jection of partisan machine politics into municipal affairs. Only through a@ constitutional amend- ment can representation be obtained by Washirgto.ians in those matters of gov- ernment which concern them as men ard Americans, and in respect to which notb- ing short of unlimited suffrage can be de- fended. But the present agitation does not aim at a constitutional amendment. For Washingtontans who justly complain of inertia and indifference in Congress, their municipal government, to clamor for the actively-destructive misgovernment which curses other large American cities, is to imitate the frogs in the fable, who deposed King Log on account of his inertness and crowned King Stork, who straightway de- voured them. -——— -—> e-- ____ Advices received by The Star from Pres- ident John G. Shortall of the Illinois Hu- mane Society and from President C. M. Stocking of the Minneapolis Humane So- ciety state that, mainly by reason of the concerted action of the two societies, the proposed pony race from that city to Chi- cago has, for the present, at least, been abandoned. Prompted to more than com- mon interest in the proposed competition by the Washington Humane Society—which im its turn received inspiration from edi- torial comment and suggestion in The Star —the Illinois and Minneapolis societies de- termined to stop the contest, which had been arranged to take place two weeks ago, and they succeeded, through the disorderly conduct of the men who were going to ride in the race; the disorder resulting in the riders’ arrest and in the selling of the ponies and their equipments to raise money with which to pay the fines. Thus ended the second attempt to start long-distance horse-racing in this country. The first ef- fort was made in connection with the World's Fair--Chadron, Neb., being the starting point and Chicago the terminus. Such a race, of itself, was entirely legal, so the humane societies having jurisdiction in the states through which the cowboys and their steeds had to go settled down to see that the useless contest was devoid of any- thing that looked like cruelty. In this work the lilinois society was most active, and to it belongs the credit of so hampering the movement as to make application of the term “race” simply farcical. At the outset it was evidently the intention of all, or nearly all, the riders to push their steeds to the utmost limit, but before the brutal design had opportunity to do much more than get fairly under way there came the interference of humane law. Such compe- titions as those referred to cannot possibly achieve any useful results; cannot reveal any unknown truth worth knowing; they deserve nothing else than failure. ee That is a very interesting dispatch from Athens which announces the intention of the committee having charge of the matter to invite the athletic clubs of Europe and America to participate in the revival of the Olympic games. When those amusements were in full swing, in days gone by, this country was unrepresented, but now that the means of communication have im- proved there is no reason why American athletes should not meet the Greeks in their own arena and prove to the assem- bied multitudes that modern man is cap- able of doing many things that wouid have been regarded as surprising even by the spectators in an era which glorified physical development. It is to be hoped that those who are responsible for the revival of the historic competitions will preserve so much of the old rules as may be necessary to subdue the Intense pro- fessionalism which has wrought so much injury to athietics in this and in other countries of late. Nowadays it takes a big sum of money or a very valuable prize of the sort readily convertible into cash to induce many of those who excel physicaliy to take part in athletic contests. Some- times conquerors in the ancient games were exempted from public taxes, but as a rule the Greeks were satisfied with wreaths of the sacred olive, with promise of eulogistic poetry and a marbie statue when mighty deeds were done and an assurance that the victor should never be forgotten by his countrymen. How many Americans are likely to be tempted by such inducements? —_ > oo __ It fs likely that even the more critical of Washingtonians will be reasonably well satisfied, all things considered, with the District appropriation bill as it comes from the conference committee; for while it fails to make ;rovision for some very de- sirable things it cannot be alleged that anything absolutely essential has been omitted. Looking at the matter from a purely business standpoint, some of the omissions are not easily to be excused, for the damage that will be wrought by delay will amount to very much more than the interest the government has to pay for the money it borrows; but if the national iegis- lature is satisfied that its policy is the best, then those for whom it legislates must, perforce, be content. One most wel- come feature of the bill is that which deals with the collection and disposal of gar- bage, for which extremely important work a sum that should be sufficient has been set aside. At present the garbage is care- lessly collected and improperly disposed o: the reform provided for in the bill is in ac- cord with the best ideas of those who have devoted much attention to the study of che garbage problem. —-.- +e One hundred and thirty-three men were officially reported as being at work on the mew city post office building today and there is slight but perceptible structural growth. The force is, however, much too small to wrestle effectively with such a big job and unless there is great and speedy increase the building will be valueless for practical purposes at any date prior to August 17, 1d, ———_—_ > e+ _- A number of journals did not neglect yes- terday to point out to the Senate the fact that George Washington fought for his country and not for the sugar trust. ——_ + e+ ——. If Mr. Springer has a little hope to spare the Philadelphia reformers would probably be glad to take some of it off his hands. —_—__ ++ —__ Chicago is rejoicing in the prospect of a new postoffice that will really get built. —_- + 6 Mr. Goff is unmoved in his opinion that the reformer is worthy of his hire. —____+ o-. _-____ ‘Trying to Steal a March. From the Chieago Evening Post. It {s a noticeable fact that it is while the National Council of Women is engaged at Washington that certain men in the west are trying to legislate against theater hats. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY THE WEEK. The abandonment of the fight for free coinage by the silver Senators and the sale of the new government bond issue were the topics of leading interest during the week. By votes of 30 to 27 and 3 to 27 the silver men made the bill for the un- restricted coinage of silver the unfinished business in the Senate. Then followed a struggle of endurance, it becoming evident that a quorum of Senators could not be maintained all night, and Mr. Jones him- self made the motion to adjourn. The opponents of the new battle ships for the navy suffered defeat in the House when Mr. Sayer’s motion to strike out the au- thorization for war vessels was lost, first in the committee of the whole by a vote of 43-121, and later in the House by a vote of 67-190. The naval bill authorizes the construction of three battle ships, to cost, exclusive of armor, $4,000,000 each, and twelve torpedo boats, to cost $170,000 each. Senator Chandler created something of a sensation by outlining some steps to be taken by the next Congress, including a congressional investigation of the recent purchase of gold by the President. The louse defeated the Senate amendment to the consular appropriation bill appropriat- ing $00,000 for a cable to the Hawaiian Islands by 114 to 152, sixteen democrats voting for the cable. The House commit- tee on Pacific railroads decided to report a new bill based on the Reilly bill, but con- taming important changes. Charles F. Warwick, republican, was elected mayor of Philadelphia by 60,000 majority. Moses Kimball, founder of the Boston Mu3eum, and a philanthropist, died in Brookline, a suburb of Boston, at the age of eighty-six years. Ex-Gov. Benjamin F.Prescott died at Erping,N.H., at the age of sixty-two years. The centennial of the birth of George Pea- body was celebrated at Peabody, the birth- place of the philanthropist. The annual meeting of the department of superintend- ents of the Educational Association was held in Cleveland. The north wing of Music Hall, in Buffalo, was damaged by fire to the extent of about $50,000. A strike among the building trades on all the build- ings in course of construction in New York was declared by the board of walking dele- gates; the strike is in sympathy with that of the Electrical Workers’ Union. Foreign. Witnesses examined before the Armenian commission testified against the Turkish officials, and declared that they were wit- nesses to the massacre of children. The new American 4’s were subscribed for twenty times over in London. The Japa- nese government will ask parliament for an appropriation of $50,000,000 to carry on the war against China. The motion of Sir Henry James in the British house of com- mons for an adjournment, in order to call attention to the Indian import duties on cotton, did not precipitate a government crisis, as had been predicted, it being re- Jected by a vote of 304 to 109. Two thou- sand Chinese soldiers were killed by the explosion of a large powder magazine in the forts at Takao, on the Island of For- mosa. The reichstag passed the Dill to repeal the anti-Jesuit law. A motion for the second reading of the bill submitted by the radical popular party, providing for popular representation in the federal states of Germany, was defeated in the reichstag. In the District. As a result of the house-to-house canvass for contributions for the poor, which was carried on under the auspices of the cen- tral relief committee, the total receipts reported were $13,285.58. The National Council of Women and the National So- ciety of the Daughters of the American Revolution were in session during the week. Possession was taken of the new armory, on L street between 4th and Sth streets, by the National Guard. Owing to depression, caused by ill health, M. Pierre Bogdanoff, the first secretary of the Rus- sian legation, committed suicide at his lodging in this city by shooting. Much satisfaction was expressed by the com- munity at the action of the committee of conference in deciding to restore to the appropriation bill the clause providing money for raising the dam at the Great Falls and thus securing at an early day the much needed increase in the water supply of the city. One of the effective means of arousing the attention of Con- gress to the importance of this matter was the “water coupon petition” of The Star, which was numerously signed by citizens; at a meeting of the board of trade resolutions were adopted urging Con- gress to make this appropriation. Lack of a quorum at a night session of the Sen- ate prevented any action by that body on the bond-issue bill. The celebration of the birthday of General Washington was very general in this ctty; a number of meetings were held and there was a parade in the afternoon of militury com- panies. The death of Frederick Douglass, the most famous Afro-Americ'n of his time, occurred suddenly at his home tn Anacostia. —. «-—_--—-— SHOOTING STARS, e Grand Chorus. Spring, gentle spring, will soon be here, No more the forest will be drear, With song we'll hail the welcome breeze— And those who cannot sing will sneeze. A Barbarian's Sentiment. “I expect,” said the enthusiastic woman, “to rank as one of my country’s civilizers before I get through.” “Yes,” said the man with the crawling mentality. “It seems ter me there’s a good many more ladies doin’ that now than air tendin’ ter their houses. We're gittin’ too many civilizers an’ not enough plain Ann Elizas.”” The Currency Debate. They wus speakin’ down ter Center oncet; I went ter hear ‘em talk; "Cause I'm fond of oratory and it's many a mile I'd wall Ter see the men of wisdom mind the coun- try's p’s and q's An’ tell their feller citizens their earnest, honest views. The talk wus on the currency; a j‘int de- bate ‘twus called; An’ they parleyed weth each other an’ they rassled an’ they hauled, An’ each while he wus talkin’ made ye think wethout a doubt His argyments had knocked the other man completely out. 'Twus an interestin’ topic; I wus hopeful fer ter hear Whut made the stuff so hard ter git and quick ter disappear; An’ a certain disapp’intment sorter ran- kled in my mind Ter note they wusn’t there ter talk of quantity, but kind. It stood ter reason, one of them informed the crowd, thet gold Wus the final value standard fur the things we bought an’ sold; It hed been thet way fur ages, ez all men of learnin’ know. An’ when he quit, we cheered him an’ the orjince said, “Jes so.”” An’ then the other feller said thet gold wus not so bad, Ef sufficient fur the purposes of commerce could be had; Thet silver wus jes plentiful enough ter make things square. An’ we cheered him like the other; which wus nothin’ more than fair. But when I started heme an’ got to think- in’ of it o’er Sai Sa I wus struck weth an idea thet I never had before; Whut good is there in fussin’ "bout yer sil- ver an’ yer gold Ef neither one nor t’other ever lets ye ketch a hold? They’s a nice unmarried lady thet the folks out our way knows, Who wus worried to distraction ’cause she had too many beaux. There wus several a-courtin’, but she took too long, they say, Comparin’ of their merits; an’ she’s single to this day. ‘Thet’s whut we've been a-doin’ jes ez sure ez you are born, An’ we're liable ter keep it up till Gabr’el blows ‘is horn. We're a-takin’ of our leisure guessin’ which the best may be, An’ we ain’t a-gittin’ either—not ez fur ez I kin see. Carpet Department the st. have Hoon we're willing to sell itat @ price that others won't quote—a price that'll give our store the preference in any * competition. Just ® few offers for MON- DAY and TUESDAY: SMYRNAS, 30x60 __ inches. Were $4.50. Now....-+++ oo $9.15 soran wires 90:25 MATTINGS. 100 rolls of JOINTLESS OHINA MATTING,40 yards Se nee pa sOO HASSOCKS. Covered In Body Brussels, Tap- estry and Velvet carpets. ..-» 25) Ge All CARPETS bought Monday and Tuesday will be made, laid and lord _FREE OF COST. G7 Your CREDIT {ts good in every department of our store. The Julius Lansburgh Furniture and Carpet Co., THE RINK,” : New York Avenue Bet. 13th and 14th Sts. Agency for the Celebrated Columbia an tematle Filter. sessoataeet POSVHPLISO OES O TOO S9S0009O00: A Woman sWithout Tact —In the social world, suffers the same penalty as does the cook who uses ‘‘in- different’’ flour—she is continually get- ting into “hot water.” If you want a hygienic, flour—a flour that combines the best qualities of SEVERAL of Americ CHOICEST Winter and Spring Wheat Flours—a flour that NEVER FAILS under proper conditions, use , ‘Cream Blend iF lour,. - . It gives universal satisfartion. ‘There fs as much difference between ‘Cream Blend” ard ‘ordinary’? flour as there is between cream and milk. It's the cook's favorite—the bousewife's friend. She 1s never mortified by having ou her table other than IDEAL BREAD, Rolls, Biscuit and Pastry. Otice “Cream - Blend” ts tried {t's used always. Why not try it next fime? erie your sropr ddesn’t) sell “Cream Biend’* drop us & postal, or télephone, We'll supply you through him. B. B. Earnshaw & Bro., > PIPOPPO DOO OED: OPPO OD PODS OOOOH DOO SEHD GOO SOG HL 56-09 9004006064664- Wholesale Flour and Feed Dealers, 1105-1107-1109 11TH ST. 8.E., AND 1000-1002 M ST. S. B. 1 Set Soeresessoeseoowseeeess SOOPPOSOPO OE SOV IGIOVOOOKE 3o o] : SEPT SHSHISSOOIOLIOOS ‘The Natives of 3 South America 3 4 *** First used the green coca leases. tS . rélfeve fatigue and exhaustion dur- e . i. ing the journeys they're = © © © to fiaké hs bearers of heavy burdens. ee? THOMES “COCA WE cone oo? tal ‘all the virtues on ia leaves- © ¢¢ rendered most pa native ; @¢* claret. For languor, exhat tion and © nervous debility nothing else is so $ : oes bat BOTILES—only T5e. W. 703 fs. Thompson, ,éth. sae - PHARMACIST, z SVESSESCOOSSESSSSI DS TOTST SST oe rrerererrrecer TTT Tri ts oe Costs Only $1 a y apalr of EYEGLASSES or ECTACLES. “re fitted with our VERY FID et DENNIS and give as much comfort and satisfaction as teak highes ced glasses. ¢ no extra charge for enimining the efes aud fitting and adjusting the proper glasses. ~ McAllister & Co., Opticians, 1s11 F coninces (Next to “Sun"’ building.) 23-28 SSPSSSSOSSSSS OSS: ‘You'll Always Be Satisfied * With what you buy here. We handle * only those edibles we can guarantee * to be the freshest, choicest, most de- . POOOSOSCSSSOSESESOOESO ® lictous. | We, have everything you wish in Fruits, Vegetables, Hothouse Dell- theles, Poultry, ete.” Lowest prices. Cannon & Chandler, 6, 77, 78, 79, SO and 81 CENTER MARKET. B23 doco greeees gesaeee iWe Wish ‘Every Lady to remember2fhat fhis 1s the only place in the city where coffee ts pulver- ized. WE ROAST and PULVERIZE every pound af our famous MANDHE- LING JAVA and ARABIAN MOCHA COFFEES (fog; Drip} Gpffee) ON THE PREMISES. this means we save our patrons the anndyhnee and finan- cial loss of having gjr: superior coffees, mixed or exchanged for inferior brands at the roastors. e7 Only 3 for pulverizii G. G. Cornwell & Son, Al2-1414 Penna. Ave. SEeSOee _ Poon ‘ho extra charge 99O8O99E0905900000000060000000006006 The Last of 4 Lots of Furs. Here are the last of four lots of Furs, which we will close out at your own prices: 2 Sable Neck Scarfs. $15 and $18 value. Te “0 close. 2 Ermine Neck Scarfs. $15’ Value. ‘To CHOSE vee eee ese e ewes es terete nce ser ses $10 One Erinize Scarf, with 2 heads. $24 value. To close. 2 One Black. jaacrakae [an Wiilett & ‘Ruoff, 905 Pa. ‘Av. 123-20d. 23, alais G AND ELEVENTH STREETS. —For— iD oyal,|Carpets 1895-TWENTY PAGES. MOSES’. L-. A-I-P-S) At Shedd's ~ Everything concetv- ——— able tathe Temp line. ‘The most Baturday, February 23, 1895. Mattings Are Coming! Must Gol We're making very extensive Purchases than in any past year. These in- voices are beginning | to arrive. And to make enough room to properly show them the CARPET stock must be reduced by at least 10,000 yards. Rugs, too, must be sold; and Ahus you get these prices: MONDAY, Carpets. FEBRUARY 25. IO Per Cent Discount. T7One-tenth off the price marked on the Black Crepon you select on Monday, ‘To choose from are five styles 40-inch All-wool Crepons at TS a yard, ten styles 45-inch Silk and Wool Crepons at $1 a yard, fifteen styles 45-inch Silk and Wool, Mohair and Wool Crepons at $1.25, §1.85, $1.50 and $1.68 a yard, twenty styles Silk and Wool, Mohair and Weot and All-silk Crepors at $2, $2.50, $2.75, $3, $3.50 and $4 @ yard. 68c¢ For 85c Silks.. OFTo choose from are 21-inch Black Figured Taffeta and 24-Inch Black Figured China Silks, The late auction in New York makes the price 85¢ in- stead of 31 a yard. Of course, 6Sc 1s a “special” for Monday only. 15¢ For $1 Jets. E23 7T5e for the new Jet Fronts, $1.25 for those marked $1.50, latest for trimming the basque, oSc For $1.49 P. Books. &FMade of Selected Seal and Grain Leathers, in fawns, grays, navy and black, Massive sterling silver trimmings. 19E |For $1 Gloves. sa Ladies’ Kid Gloves, in English tans, browns ard black, with four buttons to match in color. See samples in window, 50c For 85c Linen. (7The 68-inch wido warranted All-linen Irish Table Damask. Heavy weiglt aud 1895 designs. 1OC For 15¢ Linons {7 '32-inch India Linors. Fancy stripes and small figures in delicate colors that aro warranted in- delible.. 7 For 1oc Ginghams. (The 1895 Dress Ginghams, in fancy stripes aud plaids. Quality like the 12%¢ Ginghams of 1894; designs and colors vastly superior. Ooc For 89c Covers. C>Tapestry Covers, in art color combinations, making them most expcrsive-looking. They are 1% yards square and really worth $1. $4.98 For $6.50 Beds. t7 White Enamel Iron Bedsteads. Over 6 feet long and 4% fect wide. Brass trimmings. 48c For 75c Shades. (7 Opaque shades, You select the color and cur man does the rest—measure, make and hang. No extras. 48¢ pays for everything. IQC For 34c Saucepans (Best Crystal Steel Enamel Saucepans, 3-quart size. SILOS - For $2.69 Lamps. EF Cholce of the Solld Bress Lampe, with 8-inch onyx column and oxydized Cupid as column. Pitts- burg burner to each. Palais Royal, A. Lisner. G and uth Sts.- Theso are the Good Heavy Ingrain Carpet —15 patterns. Ueaaily sold for 50 cents a a3 2u%C Now. Bost quality All-wool Ingrain ee pat- terns—new colorings. Usual price, or cents a yard. Now.. Good quality Tapestry Brussels, ular price, 60 cents a yard. Now. 25 handsome patterns good-wearing red Brumels, Regular price, 6§ cents a 4 e(~ yard. New. 5 A superb line of Body Brussels, with borders fo match—all the newest colorings and ay == (> Acsigns. Reduced from $1.10 a rard to 75) 1,000 yards best quality Wilton Velvet Carpet —20 patterns—varying from 20 to 150 yards of each, Let us measure your room and see if you can use any of them. No charge for so doing, end tt puts you under no obligation to buy. ‘These carpets Lave been $1.55 a yard. Now—made, laid and ed ost OL OO Bordered Carpets. We have made up from our remnants 300 Bordered Ca-pets, in all sizes, from 6 by 6 fect to 15 by 20 feet. We'll guarantee to find you the right size you want at one-balf the price it would cost to have one made up. Rugs. 300 Chenille Mats, 18 by 36 inches, reduced tu, each. - 100 Moquette Mats, 18 by. 36 inches, samen! 5c RUSSIA. RU ‘S—the most durable, low- priced Rugs on the market. We have too many of these sizes; and to clear them out have made the following reductions: 26x52 inches—reduced from $1. to $1.25. 30x60 inches—reduced from $2.00 to $1.50, 36x72 inches--reduced from $3.25 to $2.50. 19C win renaoots; | Mattings. 1,000 yards Japanese Jointless Matting 6C —former value, 10 cents a yard. Now.. 2,500 yards Heavy Jointless Mat- I ting—regularly 25 cents a yard. Now 12% Cc 850 yards best quality Cotton Warp and Inlaid “Mattingrogular 40-cent qual: 45 5C ity. Now (yard). Any purchases made in our CARPET DEPARTMENT this month will be stored vntil September 1 without charge, if a0 desired. MOSES sons, F and mth Sts. Storage Warehouses, 22d st. near Mf. it 1$23 Buys} A “Paragon”s —the hichest grade low-priced machine on the warket. High armed—light run- bet woodwork—best attach- ents — handsomely finished — and sold ith a 5 years’ guarantee. Dry goods es don't ‘a machine like this for doub our price. i Perfection is reached in our “‘Stand- ard Rotary Shuttle’? Machine. Every- & body knows about it. Standard SewingMich.Co.f = 9TH STREET. (MASONIC TEMPLE.) FSO S09 42-99 £9 20-99-4 A >A BLOW 5 Has been struck at old-fashioned ideas of deatistry by the new, pain- Jess and scientific method of mak- ing dental operations painless, | for Wiich we are now famous. The anaesthetic, with its disastrous after effects, has been forced from the arena by this simple and absolutely harmless process. A blessing to suf- ferers and within reach of all. Pain- Jess extraction, S0e. ‘Other operations 1217 PENNA. AVE. N.W, 123-240 ‘Evans ‘Dental Pariors. A Box of Gill’s Candies Leaves nothing to be destred either in QUALITY or PRICE. ‘Three graded assortments, at 25, 40 and 60 cents per pound. To be had only of Gill, Mfg. Confectioner, 123-208 NTH AND F STs. SILK SHADES. Just received a new line of Silk Shades, ee io all styl d colors, for §1.75, $1.85, $3.7 $7.75 and $9.00. Also'a large linemotenanisctatempemeiny tess rate wrought fron. c A. Muddiman,614 12th st. 123-124 RPT MENG WIVES who shop for their husbands will find better shirts for the money here than ob- talnable anywhere tn the city. We repre- sent one of the large Shirt Factories and save you the middleman’ ree ft aes eoeee y dollar shirt else- Eliery & Ireland, 93' I wie St., mext N.Y. ave. £21-204 ‘rv eye ST AORN IMNENNEEN RRM TE In convenient 4, % or 1-Ib. pkgs. Guaranteed Pure. 18-3m,12 By Martin Gillet & Co., the oldest tea importers in America. H and H. Try it once, and you will al It cleans silks, laces and the finest out injury. Removes grease and paint. for the bath and shampoo. Ask your ja23-2m* fabrics with- Is unequaled grocer for it. HOME ICE COMPANY, EL WILLIS, Propr. Depot, 13% and miner eae 489. Wholesale and retail dealer in Renactee and Penotacot Ice. Full supply the year round and at Teasonable price always: Sold 19,000 ae the past year. artistic showing of wrought fron, gilt and onyx and all-gitt Lamps in town. Priced extremely low. Gilt Fount, All Gilt, $1.50. : Gilt Lamp, myx Column, 3,25. Banquet Lamp, Onyx Tables. —-— _ at $4.7. s, SHEDD ¢r3, ) Heaters, Gas Fitters, Plambers, 432 oth St. N.W. 1t “Ceres” was the jour used by the ‘sPrize Winners” of the bread contest during the Pure Food Exposition last fall. We con- gratulate them! They deserved to be successful! They! knew full well the value of good flour to good bread, hence they used the best flour on the market —“Ceres.” Beware of imitations! All grocers. S R Wim. M.Galt & Co., WHOLESALERS, Cor. ist & Ind. Ave. N. W, ° it ae SOSSSOSSSSSSOSOSS OS SSHGGOSOD WHAT IS BETTER THAN A GUARANTEE TO CURE COUGHS AND COLDS IN THEIR WORST FORM, IT IS TRUB THR COST IS SMALL, BUT WHEN YOU ARE SICK YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT YOUR MONEY IS NOT THROWN AWAY FOR WORTHLESS MEDICINES; THAT YOU ARE GETTING YOUR MON! WORTH AND A GUARANTER TO CURE YOUR AILMENT—THAT 18 ‘THE WAY WE SELL PRUSSIAN COUGH SYRUP, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT EFFECT IT WILL HAVE—AND THE PEOPLE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ITS MERITS. WILLIAMS’ PRUSSIAN SYRUP OF TAR, WILD CHERRY, &., HAS HAD A STEADY INCREASE IN SALES EACH YEAR SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION. IT 1S NOW ONE OF THE GREAT HOUSE- HOLD REMEDIES IN WASHINGTON, AND BEFORE MANY MONTHS HAVE PASSED WE EXPECT TO HAVE IT IN EVERY HOUSE IN THE CITY. Price, 15¢. Goods Delivered. WILLIAMS’ Temple Drug Store, it OPEN ALL NIGHT. soeseocoovoeoseosesoooesecs TROCRETS9 50065555555 9665505055555 558 0000000000000 00000068 A dahtadiet POP POOID OD OE SOD EDO FL PVOOO SSO OPGVO SOO ISD Certain Cure - sina AS MNP | ‘Thousands of cases of Chronic = | laria_ and Malarial Poisoning have been CURED | by drinking M. cae | SPRING WATER. It cleanses the system—inereases Vv and up wasted tissues. G7 Ask your physician about it, or send for pamphlet giving testimonials. *** 5 GALLONS, $1. Telepbone 234. Ave. Sake 103 Seas cms HARTFORDS are $80. They're good -as good as any of the BIA—and almost as good as them. We teach buyers to ride free of charge. DISTRICT CYCLE CO., 452 Pa. Ave. it SUPERB COFFEE. ‘The exceeding excellence of the several varieties of Coffee we scll has gained us the reputation of felling the best Coffee in the northwest. Our pet specialty Mocha and Java blend, 4 be pulverized or ground. 38c. flavored—appetizing and possessing ® wine-like clearness. C. Witmer & Co., Fine Grocers and Purveyors. "Phone 1005-3. 1918 Pa. Ave. 123-28c0 Write Love Letters <on, Old English Mills Xote, Paper, aa een. smooth, er ‘Only “latest ia = Cc. Pursell, 4i8 oth St. o3.54 Cc.