Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1895, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. 4ATURDAY...,...........March 2, 1805. — CROSBY S. NOYES....... .---Edlitor. THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent circulation muelr more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. t7In order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the office, but simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorfal or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor-or purpose. When at the beginning of the Fifty-third Congress there waa agitation for the im- Mediate erection of a new government printing office building, none of the many humanely interested hoped for legislation that Would authorize more than one struc- ture, but the Senate has provided for two. Some time ago, when the sundry civil bill was im the Senate, that body agreed to the appropriation of $122,000 for the purpose of putting up on property owned by the gov- e:nment and Immediately adjacent to the Present government printing office site an additional building in which it would be Possible to labor without danger to health and without the now ever-present ir of disaster by reason of collapse or fire. With this proposition inc@rporated in the bill the Measure was sent back to the House and placed in the hands of a conference com- mittee. The committee was decidedly fa- vorable to the appropriation of the sum named; it being conceded even by the rigid economists of the House that there was in it promise of speedy relief such as could not be afforded by any of the other plans submitted to Congress. While the sundry civil bill was in conference there was great distress among those who were pledged to assist ex-Senator Mahone in selling some heavily encumbered property which he and a few interested friends desired to dispose of at a liberal rate. The result of this concern was active renewal of lobby- ing operations at the northern end of the Capitol, and these operations bore fru:t yesterday in the action of the Senate that appropriated $250,000 with which to secure Possession of the Mahone site and to com- ™Mence the construction of a printing office building thereon. The Senate has thus legislated $121,000 out of the treasury for the purpose of putting up a building along- side the structure now used for printing office purposes and $250,000 with which to buy another site several squares away and put up thereon a portion of a building. When the House of Representatives re- cently declined to do the Senate's will as to the purchase of the Mahone site it be- came evident that agreement on that sub- Ject was practically impossible. Again and again have the Mahone site and the Ma- hone methods been subjects of adverse dis- cussion in the House, and on each succeed- ing occasion there has been steady develop- ment of bitter stubbornness in opposition to appropriating public money for the pay- ment of political or personal indebsedness. But if there was improbability of agree- ment prior to the Senate’s amendment of the sundry cfvil bill, there ts much more of improbability now that the House has Practically agreed to the appropriation of $121,000; for it fs not easily to be imagined that the House will follow the Senate's example and make provision for two widely separated ‘buildings when one will suffice. Legislators and others who have given to this subject something lixe the considera- tion {t deserves have reached the conclu- sion that the only action now attatnable fs that which will probably result in a solid extension of the present building within a year or so; to be followed by rebuilding of the rickety old shell, in respect to which there is now reasonable and general fear. eo After an all-too-brief absence—fully ap- Dreciated by Washingtonians who are Watchful of the city’s fair name and by an overworked police force—the racing sharps have returned to their old haunts at Alex- ander Island and tn the national capital. Following closely on the trail of those who Pretend to give their foolish patrons some- thing like a chance for money tnvested will be the usual accompaniment of pickpockets, sneak thieves, and all manner of other tough and vicious characters whose pres- ence cannot do otherwise than render Washington a less desirable place of resi- dence than it was before the winter-racing gamblers established themselves in this vicinity. But while the decent people of the District of Columbia suffer from the contaminating proximity of this unwhole- some multitade the disgrace belongs ex- elusively to Virginia; whose governor is on record as being willing to do the right thing but who appears to be powerless; whose local peace officers are undoubtedly clothed with power and loaded with re- markable unwillingness. ————~+++___. It is understood that preparations are be- ing made for materially improving the ac- commodations of some of those who will witness the baseball games that are to be played during the coming season at the National Park. An iron grand-stand is to ke erected and many other details are to be modernized. But nothing has been said on this line that will interest those who must, if they attend the games, occupy Positions on the exposed seats commonly referred to as “bleachers.” The Star has suggested In seasons past that managerial consideration for that class of patrons would be profitable; that even so cheap a makeshift as a canvas awning would be ap- preciated by those who while they pay the lowest admission price are nevertheless the folks who provide the national game with its financial backbone. The suggestion fs here renewed. —_—>+2—____ People who gyrate in military circles have expressed some astonishment at the con- duct of two army officers who have de- qlined to accept brevets for services ren- @ered in Indian campaigns, the general tmpression being that such honor should be accepted with a display of humble grati- tude. There really is nothing astonishing ™ the declination reterred to, the remark- able feature ot recently announced brevets being their aimost unanimous acceptance. In these days the brevet is really without value, for while it confers something of distinction the merely nominal added rank cuts no figure except in an obscure place im the army register, and is of no advan- tage whatever when promotions are being passed around. Only the other day @ cap- tain who was outranked by a hundred oth- ers was causelessty lHfted away over the heads of officers who had been brevetted more times than that same captain had been under fire, and who had rendered the country services more valuable than any ever rendered by the one who was so sur- prisingly favored It is therefore quite reasonable to say that the brevet Is today absolutely valueless, and unless there is speedy reform similar announcément may truthfully be made as to the medal of honor which was originally intended as a mark of appreciation for the display of more than ordinary courage. In an Imterview pub- shed In a western military newspaper a congressman advocated legislation restrict- ing the distribution of the medal. Discuss- ing that topic, he said: “It is a common occurrence to read in the Gaily papers of a medal being issued to this man or that man for some act of bravery performed on the fleld of battle. Not a week passes by in which men, some of whom are undoubtedly deserving, apply for andi receive the bronze emblem of bravery, an! if the present rate is kept up it - seers certain that within a few years a very large percentage of the survivors of the late war and an equalfy astounding | Proportion of officers in the regular service will be adorned with the scraps of bronze to possess which many a good man has ex- traordinarily risked his life. I have been at some trouble to investigate cases upon which the department has taken favorable action, and while I might perhaps hesitate to say that some of them were entirely de- oid of merit, I wil go so far as to declare that the gallantry alleged to have been in evidence was not visible to my naked eye. When a man goes into the soldier business it is fair to presume that he expects at some time or other to do at least a little fighting; he expects to take chances such as soldiers always have taken, and unless he be imbued with an extraordinary variety vf beliet, will not expect to receive a medal of honor every tyme he stands out in the open and gives two or three or forty or ffty of his adversaries an opportunity to drill a hole through him. There is nothing Pessimistic about me, nor would I for the world even intimate disparagement of those wha are conspicuously courageous, but I have an impression—engendered by the recklessness of the department in this par- Cieular in the last three or four years—that unless something radical is done to amend the unquestionably 1ax methods of distribu- tion the time is not far distant when med> als of honor wil! be distributed for faithful and meritorious services in the quarter- master general's office at Washington dur- ing the political campaign of 18U2.”” <- But the steady Issue of medals of “honor” goes surely on, the rain of bronze falling alike on those who have earned the decora- tion and those who have not; persons in the latter class generally securing the once valuable crosses through the exercise of unwearying political inftuence. It is un- fortunate that those in authority. should permit depreciation in the value of the brevet and the medal by promiscuous and often unearned distribution. ———_+ e+ ___ It is extremely improbable that Congress will take favorable action as to the Memorial Bridge till which was yesterday reported by the Senate Committee on Com- merce; a bill appropriating $100,000 with which to begin the work. It will be the duty and pleasure of the next Congress to take up and make law of the proposition in behalf of which there is irresistible argument to be advanced. A conspicuous feature of the Senate report was the un- qualified endorsement of the project by the Secretary of War, who, in part, sald: “In my annual repor~ to the President for 1898, and again in 1894, I referred specially to this important, work as urgently needed. The present means of communication be- tween the National Capital und the heights in Virginia opposite are not only unsightly and inconvenient, but also inadequate. His- torical associations, the natural beauty of the surroundings and the public interests to be benefited all suggcst a permanent structure, having such form and propor- tions as would make it appropriate to its site and surroundings. The Arlington grounds and the reclaimed lands in front of the city by this bridge will be united and combined into cne of the grandest and most beautiful of the national parks at the Capital.” The building of a great city Is a work that calls for deliberation, but it may rea- sonably be urged that the time has come when Washington should have at least ene solidly constructed and respectable- appearing bridge across the Potomac. ——_~ e+ __ Two years ago the trolley octopus se- cured possession of the city of Brooklyn. In that period one hundred and two human beings have been slain by the trolley cars, while hundreds of other human beings— some of them only a little less unfortunate than those who died immediately—have been more or less seriously injured. The record for one day was broken Wednesday, when three lives were inexcusably extin- guished. To some extent Brooklyn has become accustomed to such awful happen- ings, but the triple saerifice in one after- noon seems to have been a little more than public sentiment could stand. Just’ what will be done is not as yet in evidence, but it is to be hoped that the indignation so suddenly kindled will not lose its fierceness until some variety of practical reform has been put into operation. _—_ reo ——__ A member of the Texas legislature pro- Poses to tax at the rate of $30 per annum all unmarried men of thirty years or over who cannot swear that they have exerted due diligence In trying to get a wife. Pos- sibly Texas contemplates setting up a Sioux Falls industry on its own account. ———_++-+____. ‘When the Gould wedding and this Con- gress are both things of the past, the pub- lic will have nothing to prevent it from turning its entire attention to the base ball prospect. ——_—__~+ + Mr. Platt will bide his time in the hope that this objection to machine-made re- form is merely a passing whim of popular fancy. ——__~ -- —__ ‘The women in convention were not nearly as much agitated over the last word as the United States Senate appears te be. —_—_~-++_____ Something should be ‘done between now and the next congressional season to keep slugging out of the game. —_——++e—____. Yellow is to be a popular color in flow- ers. It is hoped that it will no longer be so with our baseball nine. * ———_-+-___-—— There seems to be a belief that what this country really needs is more political par- ties. ——_+ + + ___ March comes in like a lamb but Congress goes out. like a lion. ——__+ ++ _____ Gorman’s Spite Work. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, speaking of Senator Gor- Man's unexpected course in seeking a re- duction in the Senate of nearly $3,000,000 on the House naval bill, says: “The officials infer that the Maryland Senator proposes shutting up the Wash- ington gun shops, if it is possible, and thus throw out of employment between two and three thousand mer who have been work- ing on new ordnance since the great plant was established in Mr. Whitney’s adminis- tration. There is no doubt that ‘without the money which the Senate committee dz- clines to recommend for this particular branch of work the factory must. close down about August 1, and once shut, it would be impossible to reopen it until the ensuing Congress provides money for con- tinuing the work of gun manufactury. Next session being a long one, it is quite probable the annual naval bill would not * become a@ law until late in the spring or early summer, and thus necessitate the shops being shut down for at least a year. It is openly deelared that Senator Gorman is influenced in his attitude toward the Washington gun factory by reason of his dissatisfaction in not recelving the amount of patronage for workingmen in*Maryland and this city to which he believes he is entitled and that he will antagonize ap- propriations for this work until the Secre- tary rescinds the appointment order, which finds such disfavor with the Senator. Not only will the close of these shops pe about much injury to the men, but it wil deprive the Navy Department of the serv- ices of valuable workingmen and experi- enced gunmakers when the shops are again ready forcontinuing work. One officer re- gards the closing of the shops as practi- cally meaning that political considerations must again rise superior to those of effi- clency.” + +2 The Best Municipal Government in America. Mr, G. W. Smaiiey, the well-known Lon- don ecrrespondent of the New York Tri- bune, in writing of municipal governments on both sides of the Atlantic speaks of Washington as being recognized as ‘“‘en- foying the best municipal government any- where in America.” He adds: “I can’t pre- tend to speak of anything but what lies on the surfaee, for I was in Washington only two nights. But on the surface Washing- ton is admirable, and such samples of her municipal administration as one comes in contact with fn that brief space of time indicate a good scheme of municipal life well and honestly carried out. —_—_~+e___—_. A Ghastly Spectacle. From the Pittsburg Dispatcl.. Congress is dying hard. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAROH 2, 1895—TWENTY PAGES. THE WEEK. ‘The general deficiency bill—the last of the regular appropriation bills—passed the House Monday. Almost the entire day was spent discussing the amendment to pay Great Britain $425,000, the amount of dam- ages agreed upon by Secretary Gresham and Sir Julian Pauncefote to be due on ac- count of the seizure of Canadian sealers. The amendment carried in committee, but Was defeated in the House—1l2 to 143. The Senate began working day and night on the appropriation bilis. The item of $150,000 for purchasing the property of the. late James G. Blaine occasioned sharp dis- cussion, but was finally agreed to. For four hours there was a storm of debate in the Senate over the sundry civil bill Wed- nesday, in which the most conspicuous financial experts of the Senate were listen- ed to by a largo audience, and then Mr. Gorman, whose financial amendment had brought on the contest, withdrew the pro- Position, and the subject was summarily disposed of. The Senate passed the sundry civil appropriation bill, including the item appropriating over $5,000,000 for sugar bounties, and the provision for a commis- sion to represent the United States at an international monetary conference. A com- mittee of conservative or minority demo- crats in Columbia, S. C., issued an address indorsing Tillman’s’ proposition for an equa! divide between the two democratic factions of representation in the constitu- tional convention. Burial services over the body of the late Frederick Douglass were held in Washington and Rochester, N. Y. The President nominated William L. Wil- son to succeed Mr. Wilson S. Bissell (re- signed) as Postmaster General. The Rev. Moses D. Hoge, the distinguished southern Presbyterian minister, celebrated the fif- tieth anniversary of his pastorate in Rich- mond, Va. At Atlanta Judge Lumpkin granted an injunction asked for by the Seaboard Air Line Company against the Southern Railway Company in the boycott alleged to be instituted by the latter. A flre in the heart of the West Side factory district of Chicago destroyed several build- ings, and caused panics among working women and children. Adjutant General Charles L. Eaton of Michigan died sud- denly in Detroit of apoplexy.. Lincoln Flagg Brigham, ex-chief justice of the su- perfor court of Salem, Mass., died in that city. Charles Morgan, the Aquia creek train robber, was found guilty, and sen- tenced to eighteen years tn the peniten- tary. The revenue cutter Corwin left San Francisco for Alaskan waters to hunt for illicit dealers in whisky. The trial of ex- Police Captain Doherty was begun in New York. The Charleston, 3. C., police force seized the schooner Carolina, which ‘was loaded with contraband whisky. Six cot- tages were. destroyed and a child was burned to desth by a fire in Pitman Grove, N. J. Twenty graduates received diplo- mas at the seventh commencement of the Indian school, at Carlisle, Pa. Twenty- five men were killed and eighteen seriously injured by an explosion at the White Ash mine near Los Cerrillos, New Mexico. A terrible railway disaster occurred near the City of Mexico, in which over one hundred. Persons were killed. Ex-Priest Slattery lec- tured Tuesday night at Savannah against Sa Oat and narrowly escaped the fury of a mob. Foreign. A revolt has broken out in Cuba. The old Cuban general, Julio Sanguili, and about thirty prominent citizens of Havana have been arrested and imprisoned at Fort Ca- benas. There have been frequent fights. Disturbances continue among the Russian students, two of whom were killed in a re- cent conflict with the police in St. Peters- burg. Prince Lobanoff-Rostovski ha’ been appointed Russian minister of foreign af- fairs, to succeed the late M. de Giers. Spanish gunboats are cruising along the eastern coast of Cuba to prevent the land- ing of filtbusters. Li Hung Chang is again in favor with the Emperor of Ching and has accepted the mission to Japan to ne- gottate peace. Henry Asquith, the British home secretary, introduced the Welsh dis- establishment Dill in the house of com- mons. Influenza is spreading through- out England; many members of both houses of parliament are down with it. Emperor William, Prince George of Sax- ony and other princes attended the funeral ceremonies over the Archduke Albrecht at Vienna. It is stated that Count Tolstot was the author of the Hberal manifesto issued against the czar’s declaration that he would firmly uphold the autocracy. In the District. Considerable public interest has been Manifested In the pending legislation rela- tive to street railroad facilities, owing in part to the antagonism aroused tn the Sen- ate ever the Suburban fatiroad bill and to the revival of the rumors about the de- signs of the trolley syndicate to gain a foothold in this city. Negotiations for the purchase of the Georgetown and Tenley- town railroad by New York parties were actively opened. After being out over sev- enty-ong hours, the jury in the case of Capt. Henry W. Howgate, charged with forgery, brought in a verdict of not guilty; the prisoner was remanded to jail to await trial on other indictments. Funeral ser- vices over the remains of the late Freder- ick Douglass were attended by great throngs; the interment was at Rochester, N. Y. This eyening a two weeks’ session of the Women’s National Council will close. Progress was reported in the work of com- pleting the map for the proposed extension of the city’s streets. SHOOTING STARS, Would Be Only Fair. “They ought to put a shed over that new post office building during this rainy weather,” said the cynical citizen. “For what purpose?” “To protect it from the wet, of course. As long as they are giving tt no chance to grow, it’s as little as they could do to run no risk of its shrinking.” The Kicker. The kicker seems to get along, And yet we learn from such, "Tis better not to kick at all Than "tis to kick too much, Vindieated. “You have been doing Cholly Cadkins a gross Injustice,” said Ethel. “In what way?’ asked her father. “You sald he never paid anybody any- thing. He paid me a compliment yester- day evening.” Milder. “Did you say,sir,” said the excited states- man, “that it was an impossibility for me to tell the truth?” “No, sir,” replied the other, “I merely said it was an improbability.” Precaution. Now doth the poet love full well, In sylvan places to enthuse; But with him takes he his umbrell An eke his trusty overshoes, Wasted Qualifications, “fkis world’s all wrong,” said Meander- ing Mike. “I used ter think maybe it wasn’t, but it is. Things ain’t balanced ez they orter be.” “What are ye kickin’ about now?” asked Plodding Pete. “De way t’ings is distributed. Here’s one man dat refuses ter hold er gover’ment job "cause he’s got too much employment on de outside. Here’s us dat ain't got no employ- ment on de outside an’ never had none; but we don’t never seem ter git no guv- ment jobs.” Marriage Bells. Marriage bells are gaily chiming On the balmy air— Even though you do not hear them, Doubtless they are there. But that hurly-burly of carriage and cab—. The tramp of feet on the sidewalk slab, Is made by the people who want to know The facts concerning ihe bride’s trousseau, And the clatter and blare That's incessant there, Make it hardly strange that we fail to hear The delicate music, soft and clear, Which, told-in its dear old sing song way, That love was the genius of the day.. —__+ ++ ___—_ A Sad Skeptic. From the Atchison Globe. A good deal of attention is paid to the fact that George Washington said he could never tell a lie, but this was before he entered politics, and probably wasn’t true in the first place. WHY? This season's Clotntaaduets ‘and Capes, ‘heretofore sold at prices ranxing from $7.50 to $25, are to be distributed in three lots, a4 follows: is waar. f 98 2.9 98. G7Sece page 7 of Sunday’s—tomorrow's—Post for full_explanation. Palais‘ Royal, G and mth Sts. A. Lisner. —It’s better exercise, more healthful exer- cise, moro pleasurable exercise, less tiring exercise to ride a "95 Columbia than other system of development we know. ‘This {* Columbia year. With the scenester er Araceae great improvements of the Columbia and the mofe popular price riders don’t | think twice what-wheel theyll ride. DISTRICT CYCLE CO.. 452 Pa. Ave. it ToughTrunk After all isn't it best to buy a practically undemolishable — trunk ?2— gue that wilt stand the rough han. dling without going to pieces. He: is a Trurk & At $6.50 —that has steel clamps all roand, 12-in. hinges, tron bottom, two trays, genuine excelstor lock, ‘heavy lock bolts, canvas covered and ‘muslin ned. A Trunk Strap with {t and your name on it free, Canvas Telescope Cases, 2% S0c., Be, TDe., We., $1.15, $1.35 and $1.50-—-25 to 50 cents less than you can buy then: elsewhere. All we want i a postal, and we will call and give you an estimate on fixing your old trunk. Kneessi, 425 7th St. mh2-28d Wisdom Rewarded. * There is an old but true saying, * that “what you sow, that will you * reap." Knowing that the most im- . . eee ee eeeee seeee oe portant ingredient in bread-making ts flour and that good bread can onty be made from good flour, the Prize Winners OF THE m -T Bread Contest : ¢* —which tqek place at Convention ee . . . . eee eee Hall during: tho recent pure food ex- © hibit -remethber that ft fs “Ceres” *© Flour that ‘makes moré bread, lighter * bread, whiter bread, sweeter bread © and better bread than any other flour. res Flour © -Afke all good. things, haa been un- successfully! imitated. Look for the circular signed im autograph by Wm. M. Galt &.Co., and bearing the im- print of two gold medals, which ts contained Im every sack of “‘Cercs’’ Flour. Accept to substitute. At your grocer’s. Win. M. Galt & Co., ‘i ‘“sWholesalers,” Cor. ist and Indiana Ave. It At “Tony” Banquets —you'll find about 99 “Knox” Hats to the hundred. The $5 bill meeta its mateh in style and durabitity. men, who, do not care’ to pay $5 will find Young's New ¥ Hats ahead of uny under the and black. qStinemetz 5, Pe ny 20 cent Off Gas Heating STOVES. eeeeeeee 20 per cent off. To close out the balance of ‘20 per cent of. our stock of Gas Heating 20 per cent off. Stoves we are offering them 20 per cent off. at 20 per cent off marked 20 per cent off. prices. Our pices have al- 20 per cent off. ways been the lowest in the 20 per eent off. city — quality | considered—and 20 per cent off. | when we cut the price 20 per Bo per cent off. cent others are simp! 20 per cent off. ed_ under.” Gas Appliance. ‘Exchange, 1428 New York Ave. mh2-28d Assignee’s Sale Entire Stock of Gentle=- man’s Furnishing Store, 1201% F St. N.W. «.-Now 25 cts. -+-Now 49 cts. 15e. Best Brand Collars..Now 9 cts. 50c. Suspenders-.+.see+--Now 19 cts. Underwear, Socks, Handkerchiefs, &c., &., less than cost. a 201% F St. N.W. RAR TAA Money Can’t Buy re 2+ Finer Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry, 3 +6 Canned Goods, Hothouse “Delicacies, z t #4 etc, than those we handle. We won't FI +} sell anything that we are not sure Is 2 4 ¢¢ the freshest, most delicious obtainable. 2 9% Prices cannot be equaled for lowness 3 ¢¢ when quality is considered. :Cannon & Chandler, 6, 77, 78, 79, 80 and 81 CENTER MARKET. as AR rac | Guard Aga | )TIALARIA! z This is the weather to contract it, or bring it out, if you have the | our system. a | MASSANETTA WATER is surest remedy malarial fever and chronic malarial eases. Send for pamphlet giving hundreds of grateful testimonials. Physicians will tell_you about it. 7S geltons, $1. ie) a ohnson Luttrell’s, 713 Market Space. In order to acquaint you more readily with our in- comparable stock of New Spring Dry Goods, we will! inaugurate on Monday an opening sale of new spring merchandise, at ‘‘special opening prices.”’ Silks! Silks! 100 pieces Striped Kaki Wash Silks, in all the mew colorings, suitable for waists or dresses. The New York price for Silks of this quality is 38¢. yard. : = Our Opening Price, 29c. 28-inch Swivel Silks, in a half hundred new styles and colors. So far as we know these have not been offered by any bouse for less, than 50c. yard. : 5 Our Opening Price, 39c. the fard for Figured Wash Pongee 49¢c. and India Silks, that were 89. 8 the yard fs our “Opening Price” for 5C. the new 24-inch $1 quality Black Jequards. FANCY TAFFETAS AND SURAHS FOR WAISTS, TRIMMI &c., AT 73, 85 AND 98e. YARD, Opening of New Spring Dress Goods At “Special Opening Sale Prices.”’ rd for New Style All-wool Double- 25¢. % 5! * width Cheviots, worth 39c. yard will be our “Opening Sale 29¢. DCe Price tor the Be. quality All-wool Mixed Cheviot Suitings. yard for 38-inch Silk and Wool 39C. Cheviots, and All-wool Beiges, worth 50c. yard will be our “Opening Sale Cc. 59 © Price’ for the 75 Imported Jaquard Suitings, ia all the new colorings. yard for Imported Novelty Suitings, oc. dec. , quality never before offered for Jess than T5e. yard will be our “Opening Sale ‘° Price’ for the $1.25 quality of 5+ inch Imported Covert Cloths and the 4# inch Crepons im navy and brown. Black Goods At “Special Opening Sale Prices.”’ yard for the 3c. quality 38-inch All-wool Henriettas and Storm 29¢. Serges. yard will be our “Opening Sale AQC+ Price for the Ge. grade of All- wool Hindoo Serges and Henrlettas—42-Inch, yard for 40-Iuch All-wool Crepon, SQMCo Wortn and sold elsewhere for 7c. yard will be ‘our “Opening Sale 624C. Price’ for 54-inch Storm Chey- fots, in wide or narrow wales. And 50e. the yard for 38-inch All-wool Jaquards, in neat effects. Worth 73c. 12¥%4c. Sateens for 9c. , One case of Best American Seteens, in black grounds, with beautiful chintz fig- ures. A regular 12%c. quality, but our “Opening Sale Price’’ will be 9 yard for the Two-toned Z5C- French Broche Satines. Worth ae. Tic, $284 NH be our “Opening Bale @ Price” for the 15c. quality Cotton Duck Suitings. L Yard for the 1895 Styles of 37%. Figured All-wool French Chal- lies, Worth 50c. 1895 Silk Waists At “Special Opening Sale Prices.” Keeping Ladies’ Silk Waists is a new departure for us. Therefore, to introduce our uew styles quickly, we name the fol- lowing extraordinary low prices: $2.50 For Ladies’ Black India Silk °5O waists. Worth $3.50. Extra large sleeves. $2. For Ladies’ Fancy Silk Waists, Ie in latest fashion. Worth $4. $3 50 For Ladies’ Check and Fancy Silk prices are Waists. Worth $4.50. ‘These Just about what the material would cost you, to say nothing of the cost of having them made. c, Each will be our “Opening Sale BDC price tor Ladies’ S0c.~ Percale Shirt Walsts, with laundered collar and cuffs. 25c. Aprons for 15c. 50 dozen Full Size Gingham Aprons, worth 2e. each, at 15e., or 2 for We. TOC, Xart for choice of 25 styles of 29- ’@ inch Seersucker Dress Gingham. Worth 12%c. Umbrellas At “Special Opening Sale Prices.”’ will be our opening sale price for © 26-inch $1.25 Silk Serge Umbrellas, with natural wood or gold trimmed han- dies. will be our “Opdllng Sale Price’ $1.25 for oar resular $1.00 Silk Gloria Umbrettas, in black, bite or garnet, with Dresden, natural wood, horn and other de- sirable handles. $ for the $2.25 Union Sik Um He75 protias, in navy and garnet, natural handies. ‘And the fiver grades up to $6 reduced in proportion to the above. 25, 30, 35 and 4oc Paper Patterns for toc. WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE COSMO- POLITAN FASHION CO."S MODEL PAPER PATTERNS, AND TILL FURTHER NO- TICE WILL SELL THEM AT THE LOW PRICE OF 10c. THESE PATTERNS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE THE LATEST IN STYLES AND SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS. ‘The “Opening Snle Bargains” advertised above, with hundreds of others just as good, will be on sale MONDAY, and will be continued all the week. = ssif You See It in Our Ad. It’s So.”’ JOUNSON @LUTTRELL| 713 Market Space. It Raff's Enterprise, 1241 with St. St. S. E. On oF about April 1st we will open, in addition to our present store, 1241, 1230—next door—which will be known as our annex, giving us 100 feet more room to supply our increasing trade. In the meantime we will give our bargain sale week after week until improvements are finished. Best Apron Gingham Best Unbleached Cotton. Best Mourning Prints. Drei 9-4 Mleached Shecting. 11-4 Blenched Sheeting. 8-4 Unbleached Sheeting. 11-4 Unbleached Sheeting We will sell, for one week, Androscoggin, Fruit | 6f the Loom, Lonsdale and First Candidate Bleached Cotton—no remnants, but bona fide makes, as men- tioned above—Gie. per yard. No restriction to amount—1 yard or piece. When ur improvements are complete we will give you one of the: greatest sales, beating the record for ee RAFF’S ENTERPRISE 1241 mth St. S. B. it LOST LLL ALLE PEE | “Tf it’s Furniture, we have it.”* Be Parlor Suite Selling Parlor Suites the way we'll sell them for the next NOW - Is the time to supply any need you may have or you are likely to have in Carpets, Furni- ture or Drapery, as prices will never be lower. We told you yesterday we must sell enough in the next two wecks to make up for the loss during the blizzard, and to get you to help us do this we will sacritice profit and give it to you as a bonus to make Early Spring Sale & success. Look over these items, You'll be sure to find a want at a price you can easily afford: Full width Silkoline Laces, to $5.00. Resl Tembour Laces. Reduced from $0.00 to. $3.95 — Point Laces. Reduced Nottingham rice $1.25 Oe. Roll Jointless Matting, 40 yards. Specially Good Jointless Matting. ‘Our spring stock of Mattings are on the floor. They are beauties and very cheap, Eurly get the pick. S-shelf ookeare. . Oak Shaving Stand. Mirror Frout Muste Cabi S-drawer Oak Chiffonier. Rocker Good Good Couch, Corduroy. Combination +. Oak Sideboards, from $12.50 up. “Prom 15 per cent below regular prices, S-piece Parlor Suite, $25. Reduced from $29. Antique Cheval Chamber Suite....... we eeene Antique Suite, $15. Heduced from $2 Su ced + $19.00 to 30 00), 14.73, Antique Suite, $19, Reduced from . Oak Suite, $25.00. Reduced from $45.00. Oak Suite, $22.00, Reduced 10.00, Come in’and look at these suites. They must be be appreciated. Mr. E. Droop’s stock is on sale in our Ware rooms during lis rebuilding. WwW. H. Hoeke, Carpets, Furniture and Denpery, Cor. Penna. Ave. & 8th St. It . three week days is far from profitable business for us. But lots of the High-priced Suites we have here must be cleared out RIGHT AWAY. There's no alternative but to sacrifice them. So we'll make the sacri- fice and make it big white we're about ft. A really Fine tuite won't cost more than one of ordinary worth. These are just ramon selec- tions. Reductions are propor- tional throughout the stock. ‘A $70 $47-50. Suite, Ne 594.—Overstuffed Bulte, covered in silk damask, 5 pleces—Sofa, Rocker, Arm Chair and 2 Side Chairs—a suite that $70 ordinarily buys. During the sule—$47.50. Sake $52.50. NO. 189.—D-ptece Overstuffed Suite, covered in silk damask—consisting of Sofa, Arm Chair, Corner Chair and 2 Side Chatrs. $75 usually. Till Wed- mesday night—$52.50. suite $07.50. Suite, NO. 624.—A 5-plece Overstuffed Suite, covered in silk brocatelle, consisting of Sofa, Rocker, Arm Chair and 2 Side Chatrs. $95 worth of furniture for $67.50. suite, $03.50. NO. 184%.—A. 5-plece Overstuffed Suite, covered in silk brocatelle, con- sisting of Sofa, 2 Arm Chairs and 2 Side Chairs. $90 for $63.50. A $100 suite, 972-50. NO. 479.—5-pleee Overstuffed Suite, covered in Lampess, consisting of Sofa, 2 Arm Chairs and 2 Side Chairs. $100 "5 685 50, A $115 = NO. 607.—5-piece Overstuffed Suite, Suite, covered in silk brocatelle, consisiing of Sofa, 2 Arm Chairs and 2 Side Chairs. HTTP EET ET PEP PPOD POLE renner tontonsrntre ion ostostontoostostontoetre seit sr sontonegoitonten, SS Se SS, es ls a tt ts Os te ts ts tt é eetoater Soe $115 for $82.50. Hassock Bargain. There are a lot of Hassocks here we want to part company with. Take your choice for 25 CFNTS. (7 CASH or CREDIT—same prices in both cases. The Julius Lansburgh Furniture and Carpet Co., “THE RINK,” New York Avenue ~ ?Bet. 13th and 14th Sts. z : ES osteatertenteetenty Gotieste % seadeateetee Agency for the Celebrated Columbia Au- it tomatic Filter. aoetestente 7 : MARCH, APRIL, THE THREE SPRING MONTHS FIND THE HUMAN SYSTEM RUN DOWN AND WEAKENED FROY THE PRECEDING COLD WINTER, OVERINDULGENCE IN PLEASURES DURING THE SEASON OF GAIETY AND THE GENERAL EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES, AND IT SHOULD BE RESTORED TO A NORMAL CONDITION BY RENOVATING THE 8YS- TEM, PURIFYING THE BLOOD AND TON- ING UP THE LIVER AND KIDNEYS, AND NOTHING DOES THIS SO WELL 48 WIL- LIAMS’ COMPOUND Sarsaparilla. ‘THIS MEDICINE IS COMPOSED OF SAR- SAPARILLA, DANDELION, LICORICH, JUNIPER BERRIES AND OTHER VEGE- TABLE REMEDIES, THAT ACT GENTLY ,AND PROMPTLY ON THE LIVER, KID- NEYS AND DIGESTIVE ORGANS, WHICH STRENGTHEN AND BUILD UP A SHAT- TERED CONSTITUTION, 100 Doses, 50 Cents. Gocds Delivered. sWILLIAIIS’ $ Temple Drug Store. 3 it OPEN ALL NIGHT, SESOSESSEPS SSS SSIGO SSE OSL SS om PS 9HSOS99SSOS9 98S BSE SFSSESOSS5 55206 559 000859608 % DIODES OOSESDOL HOSES THOSE SPE OSHPE SIG CV OS SS SPPOSOHE SESE OOEL ES * rea SOMETHING DISTINCTIVELY N-E-W. —SILVER -MOUNT- ED DRESDEN TOILET ARTICLES, including Brushes, Mirrors, Puff Boxes, Hair Pin Trays,lian-= icure Articles, etc. Also articles for the desk, embracing Blotting Pads,Calen- dars, Inkstands, Sponge Cups, Stamp Boxes and the like. GALT & BROTHER, | Jewellers, Silversmiths || and Stationers, 1107 Penn. Avenue. Tapio TT TT | —CEREAL FLOUR took ,FIRST! PRIZE tn every contest in whick it has entered—in some of these contests there were as many as twenty-one flour. hesitatingly declare that ‘Cereal Flour Is The Best. For nearly twenty years “Cereal” | has given HIGHEST SATISFAC-| TION in the “best homes.”” It’s made of SELECTED winter and spring wheat—ground in one of the best equipped mills known to the science of modern milling. “C real’ ts not only the best, but GOES FARTHEST, therefore THE CHEAPEST FLOUR ON THE MAKET. = CF Drop us a postal if cer doesn’t handle * see that you are supplied. = Wash. Flour & Feed Co.,| Wholesale Flour and Feed Dealers and = turers of White and Yellow 1,Pearl Grits and . AND 414 STREET 8.W! i HOME ICE COMPANY, E. M. WILLIS, Propr.’ : t, 13% and 14th st. wharves s.w. Tel. 489. Wholesale and_ retail dealer in “Kennebec and Penotscot Ice. Full supply the year round and reasonable price always. Sold 19,000 tons th year. Jal? SSSTSSSSSSSS SES SST OSES OSSOT We Alone Pulverize COFFEE On the Premises. We have the only facilities in the city for pulverizing Coffee. We not only pulverize, ut roast pound of our famous QANDHELING JAVA. and “ALAR. IAN MOCHA COFFEES ON THE No inger of getting our. superior co the roasters for that extra charge for pulveriz- Same price as elsewhere, only bat the quality is RIOR. Try a sam- ple pound and you'll use ho other. G. G. Cornwell & Son, 14i2=1414 Penna. Ave. be + SHISESSSSSSS OIL POSS A Litt'e Candy, a little non: and then, Is re th of POLOPOCS ISSO il ! FEEOSOOSPOLS IP IOS SSIES PS. ! \ IY SESS GOSS CSSSOSSSSSSS9000060000000000 dren, too. you fi arop in and try our famous mixtures—25, 40 and 60 cents a pound. Superior Candies, Gill’s uth and F Sts. Yo ooo