Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1895, Page 12

13 LOCAL MENTION. AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. Grand Opera House.—Mr, Richard Mans- field in “Prince Karl.” Nev Naticnal Theater.—Roland Reed in “The Politician,” Academy of Music.—“A Green Goods Butler's Bijou Theater.—“"The Pay Train.” Kernan’s, Lyceum TheaterThe City orts. Columbia Phonograph Company, 919 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.—Exhibi- tion of the Kineto-Graphophone. 4 Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th between D and E Streets northwest.Knights of Pythias Joint Fair. es EXCURSIONS TOMORROW. Steamer Macaléster for Mt. Vernon at 10 a.m. Steamer Washington for Norfolk and Fortress Monroe at 7 p.m. ——_— STRAUSS’ HOME-GROWN FLOWERS. Masonic Temple; Thomas Circle; Center Market, stalls 463 to 468; branch store for Easter, 1216 F st. I. C. U. Whisky. Finest on earth for fam- fly _and medicinal use. Sold everywhere. Richard & Co., Wholesale Distributors. ge Friday, 10c. Egg day at Johnston's. A DAINTY BASKET OF HUYLER’S— —Makes a most acceptable Easter present. Bee the beautiful display at the store, cor- ner 12th and F streets. Out-of-town orders, by mail and express, should be left early to insure care in packing. Large Cans Tomatoes, Page 9. —_+___ Duffy’s Pure Malt Whisky, 85c. a bottle. Charles Kraemer, 735 7th st. n.w. = SS Men’s Derby and Fedora Hats, latest styles and colors, $1, $1.50 and $2—great values. Soft Hats, 50c. up. Boys’ Hats, 25c. to $1. A. T. LEWIS, 435 7th st. —— - Cup Cocoa free. Exhibit Johnston’s. Page 5c. Johnston's. —— WE'RE APT PRINTERS—catch -your ideas quickly and produce the most satis- factory results. Prices please. Sheiry, 623 D. sitet HYDRANGEAS, AZALIAS AT STRAUSS’. 20,000 Carnations, 20,000 Rosebuds. HANDSOME COLORINGS—-M O DISH SHAPES—Spring Hats for men—A $2.40 Hat of exceptional worth. HENRY FRANC & SON, cor. 7th & D. Ginger Snaps, 4c. Ib. Johnston’s. Page 9. gees Lawn Grass Seed from Bolgiano grows. 1339 14th st. n. Druggists sell it. EASTER ICE CREAM! Eighteen delicious flavors—in meringue shells, brownie molds and other shapes. Delivered every day in the week. Small Fancy Cakes, 40c. Ib. Fussell’s, 1427 N.Y.av. ee DO AS MRS. JONES DID! Have us paper your rooms with Rich, Stylish Paper. Only $2 up. Nolte, 810 9th st. Etim Easter Eggs, 10c. doz. Johnston’s. Page 9. ae ee Buy your best-fitting Corset of the Physi- cal Culture Corset Co., 1107 G st. Beautifully mounted for framing—that magnificent work of art, “Awakening of Spring,” to be given away at Kenny’s six city stores next Saturday, April 13. Read further particulars on page 12 to- day. Cc. D. KENNY. oe EASTER LILIES, 20,000 AT STRAUSS’. 100,000 Eulbous Flowers. Ginger Snaps, 4c. lb. Johnsten’s. Page 9. CITY AND DISTRICT. A Divorce for Pastor Todd. The announcement was made public yes- terday afternoon that Judge Hagner had the day previous granted the Rev. E. S. Tedd, pastor of Hamline M. E. Church, a divorce from Emma A. Todd. The petition was filed by Mr. Todd November 17, 1592, end the papers in the case were withheld from publication. : pa Se Death of Judge McComas’ Father. A telegram was received today by Clerk N. C. Downs of Criminal Court No. 1, for Ivdge Louis A. McComas, stating that the Judge's father, F. C. McComas of Hagers- town, Md., died at his home at 8:30 this merning. Judge McComas is now in the south, seeking recovery from a severe at- tack of the grip. ——— Second Corps. The second army corps held an enjoyable meeting last evening at Willard’s. An en- tertaining program was contributed by Gen. James D. Brady, Col. William L. Bram- hail and Gen. Joseph S. Smith. —_._—— The Leary Transferred. The Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company yesterday transferred the steam- er George Leary to the recently organized National Steamboat Company. The Leary 4s to run to Glymont, Clifton Beach and Colonial Beach. ———_ _—_ Blinding Work for the Eyes. Some of the Interior Department clerks have for some time been at work tabulating efficiency records, on what is known as “form 2-399,” ruled alternately in red and blue ink, and the spaces between the lines are very small. One result is the work has hurt thelr eyes and gives great pain, so that the matter will be made the subject of a petition for relief in a few days. SS A Lecture to the Art Students. ‘The last lecture in the course given under the auspices of the Art Students’ League will be delivered by Mr. W. Lewis Fraser at the Builders’ Exchange April 18. The subject of the lecture is “Pencil and Graver in American Art for One Hundred Years.” It is to be illustrated with a num- ber of stereopticon views. ———— The World’s Fair Reports. , To the Editor of The Evening Star: ° I notice your article stating when the medals aid certificates of awards for the exhibitors at the world’s fair in 1893 will prebably be ready: for delivery. Two years seems to be a long time to wait, but per- haps it was unavoidable. Now, can you inform an anxious public when the report will be published or ready for publication? It was given out last fail that it would be ready for the President to present to Congress in December last for publication. A large portion of the force employed was discharged last fall, with the statement that the work was about com- pleted, and not long after the papers an- nounced the departure of Mr. Thacher, chairman of the committee on awards, for Evrope, as the work was practically com- pleted. If not published soon it will become stale, more especially as other nations are pre- paring for expositions in the near future, which will occupy public attention to the exclusion of ours, If it is to be of any national benefit, as expected, it would seem that it ought to be published without de- lay. It will necessarily take considerable time to get it out, even after it is in the hands of the printer. INQUIRER. —— Reduced Rates on Royal Bluc Line. The B. and O. R. R. will sell excursion tickets to Baltimore and return for all trains, including Royal Blue line 45-minute flyers, Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14, good to return until Monday, 15th, at $1.25 for the round trip.—Advt. ES Small’s Easter Flowers. All the latest floral novelties in decora- nd plants for Easter. Flowers to all express. J. H. Small & Sons, 14th Washington, and 1193 Broad- Advt. ———___ J. Jay Gould’s—Easter baskets, ——_>— Ripans Tabules will purify your blood; éruggists, 50c.—Advt. &c.—Advt. Art Furniture. The important sale of antique furnfture, china, etc., at Sloan’s, 1407 G street, will be concluded tomorrow at 11 a.m. Purchasers at former sales will please call before that hour. Some very choice pieces yet remain to be sold.—Ady a Large sele of furniture and carpets at Bloan’s, 1407 G, Saturday at 10 a.m.—Advt. — Always # Welcome Visitor, se S-lb. boxes of the best butter, at ) at James F. Oyster’s, Q0O Pennsyl- varia avenue, Center, K street and Riggs merkets.—Advt. SHORT QUART BOXES Tho Imposition Generally Practiced on Buyers of Strawberries. CONSUMERS VICTIMS OF FRAUD Open Sale to Hucksters and Others * of the False Measures. MARKET DEALERS ACT “Stor’brys, stror’brys, 10 cen’ser quart; three fur a quarter.” In a little while that familiar cry will be heard in every street traversing the resident sections of Wash- ington, and the men who lustily repeat it in front of every other house will be seen slowly walking along the concrete with boxes of the delicious, red spring berries in their hands, followed by a wagon laden down with dozens of the same sort of ar- ticles. On the fruit and vegetable stands in the various markets also the favorite frifit of the year will be piled high in in- viting pyramids of boxes, and everybody will be happy over strawberries and cream or the inspiring short cake. The season will be at its height, for it always is when strawberries are retailed at 10 cents a quart. It will be a fortunate individual, however, who gets a full quart of strawberries for a dime, or any other stated price, if he purchases them in a box that is said to contain that measurement, for the highly popular box, sad to relate, seldom contains more than a pint and a half. Everybody knows what a strawberry box tis like, and nearly everybody would be willing to swear that it holds a quart. Well, some of them do, but they are not used to any great extent by the parties who sell strawberries on the streets, nor are they universally adopted by those who sell them in the markets either. Scmething About the Sales. The box that is mostly sold in Washing- ton by dealers in such articles, and espe- cially the agricultural supply stores along Louisiana avenue, is the “short quart” box. The parties who sell them also keep full quart boxes, but there is very little call for them. The prices at which the two kinds are sold are as paradoxical as their dimen- sions. The smaller or short quart box, which holds only a pint and a half, sells at 60 cents per hundred; while the larger full alse quart box only brings 50 cents per hun- ‘The dealers who sell these boxes to huck- sters, and market dealers as well, do not misrepresent matters regarding them at all. If a customer asks for fifty quart strawberry boxes he will get them; if he asks for fifty “short quart” boxes he will get that variety. “We keep them on sale because all the other merchants in our line keep them,” said a member of a well-known agricultural supply firm on Louisiana avenue between 9th and 10th streets to a Star reporter this morning. “We sell them for what they really are, and when we have a call for short quart boxes we fill it. We sell a thou- sand short quarts where we sell a hundred full quarts. If the other merchants would agree to stop their sale we gladly would do the same thing. It's wrong for dealers to use them in selling berries provided they represent them as containing a quart. The fact is, however, that the dealers charge as much per box for their berries in most every instance where they use the short quarts, and say nothing about the quantity. Who are our customers for short boxes? Well, we sell as many to market dealers as we do to street husksters.”” Penalties Would Prohibit Their Sale. Another member of a firm in the same line of business gave the same informa- tion about the demand and sale of short quart boxes. “The only way that I can see in which the sale and use of short quarts or other short measures can be prohibited is by making their possession a penalized of- fense,” he said. “If the Washington mer- chants refused to handle such goods those who wanted them would get them from Norfolk and elsewhere. I don’t know whether there is any law providing that a box containing berries should contain a full quart or not, but if there is it is broken generally in this town. “I asked a retailer of berries once why he sold them in short boxes,” continued the gentleman, “and he said that straw- berries were shipped from the place they were picked in full quart boxes and pur- chased as quarts. In transit the berries got shaken together and packed tightly and did not fill the box by a fourth. Conse- quently they were transferred to the short boxes. He claimed there was really a quart of such berries in the box, only they had been squeezed into smaller dimensions.” The Star reporter measured with beans the capacity of one of the short quart box- es openly sold as described above, and found that it contained but a pint and a slight quantity over a half a pint. Market Dealers’ Mean Business. ‘The, Market Dealers’ Co-Operative Asso- ciation has taken the question up and it is probable that a vigorous prosecution of those who use the short quarts will be undertaken. At a recent meeting of the association a committee, consisting of J. K. Mangum, the president of the as- sociation; E. Price Brown and E. O. Kid- well, was appointed to confer with the sealer of weights and measures and ascer- tain if steps could not be taken to have the evil obliterated. “The association has taken a determined stand against the use of the small berry box, known as the three-quarter or the ‘short quart box,’” said Mr. Mangum to The Star reporter this morning. ‘‘These boxes are used principally by parties out- side of the markets. I do not believe any dealers inside use them. Sixty quarts of berries will fill ninety of these small boxes. They are sold on the street and the buyer believes he is getting a regular size box. The members of our association are pledged to destroy every short quart box that come into their possession. We are also going to endeavor to have a regula- tion size peach and tomato box adopted. Many of these boxes used at present do not hold more than three pecks, when they are represented to hold a bushel. I laid these. matters before Mr. Bond, the sealer of weights and measures, yesterday and he has them under consideration. “By the way,” said Mr. Mangum in con- clusion, “our association would like The Star to publish an important recommenda- tion to the effect that berry boxes should not be used the second time. The con- sumer of the contents should destroy the box, as by the use of an old box the berries are made moldy.” ‘The Law in the Case. Mr. Frank A. Bond, sealer of weights and measures, said he had been considering the subject in question, and was now awaiting the receipt of a letter which Senator Mc- Millan had written to the District Commis- sioners on the general matter of the law regulating weights and measures. “In the act approved March 2, 1895,” said Mr. Bond, “which provided for the appoint- ment of a sealer and assistant sealer in the District, there is a paragraph under which it may be possible to prevent the sale of fruits and berries and other articles in undersized boxes or other measures. It is section 10 of the law, and reads as fol- lows: ‘No person shall sell or offer for sale in any market or in the public streets or alleys or anywhere in the District of Co- lumbia, any fruits, vegetables or berries in crates, baskets or other measures, or any butter in prints, or any ice or coal, at or for a greater weight or measure than the true weight or measure thereof; and all ice, coal, meats, poultry and provisions (excepting vegetables sold by the head or bunch) of every kind sold in the markets, streets, alleys or elsewhere in the District of Columbia, shall be weighed or measured by scales, weights or balances, or in meas- ures duly tested and stamped by the sealer or assistant sealer of weights and meas- res.” “I believe the latter portion of that sec- tion will fit the cases of those who sell short measure berries or peaches and to- matoes.”” “The short mcasures are openly sold to dealers and hucksters,” said the reporter. “Is there no law making the possession of a fraudulent measure a punishable of- fense?”" “No; there is none,” replied Mr. Bond; THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. “but there should be. Whenever J come acroes @ false measure, however, I break it up. I reckon I destroyed 150 peck meas- ures with false bottoms that I found in the ession of street hucksters last year. ‘he police authorities, I think, should find out who are using fraudulent measures or boxes and place them under arrest. I hope the law may be passed upon soon and its powers for preventing the short-measure evil, declared.” ——— THE OONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Extensive Alieratio: and Improve- ments Contemplated. As an outcome of the annual meeting of the Congregational Association (incorporat- ed) of the First Congregational Church, it is probable that the sanitary arrangements of that church will be greatly improved. A committee, consisting of Mr. Charles B. Ball of the District engineering depart- ment and Mr. Clifford Bradbury of the architect’s office of the treasury, was ap- pointed to,examine the. condition of the church and report on the necessary repairs and improvements. .It is expected that $10,000 will be needed to have the work done in a satisfactory manner, and among other things a new and complete system of heating will have to be put in; steam heat for the main auditorium and hot water for the rooms in the front portion of the structure. The sewerage and roofing will be overhauled, as will also the present electric lighting. The interior is also thought to be in need of much work, and among the improvements contemplat- ed are recarpeting and recushioning and redecoration, such as frescoing and paint- ing. The terrace and parking along G street and 10th street is also in need of much attention, and a way will have to be found to prevent children making it their playground, as at present. Under the church is a cellar, now serving as a place for the furnace and for storing odds and ends, and here it is thought possible that by making some alterations more room may be pri vided for church work. However, the alter- ations and repairs as just given will not be decided as to their character until the committee has made its report, though work will be as extensive, and is expected to be completed within the year. Officers were elected last evening for the association as follows: President, Jas. B. Johnson; clerk, Prof. George J. Cummings; treasurer, William Lamborn; and expiring vacancies on the board of trustees, Messrs. Daniel Fraser and Wilbur F. Nash. The report of the trustees for the year showed that the total yearly revenue amounted to $11,104, end that of that amount a cash balance of $589.91 remains, after every- thing has been paid. ——— A RAINBOW TEA. A Unique Entertainment at the Cal- vary Baptist Sunday School. One of the prettiest events of the sea- son took place last evening at the Calvary Baptist Sunday school house. It was a rainbow tea, and the ladies in charge who planned and executed the affair deserve the highest amount of credit for their artistic skill in decorating and their mwsical taste in selecting the excellent program. The seven .colors of the rain- bow were hung in every conceivable place and from the galleries above presented an exceedingly beautiful effect. From the long tables the colors radiated from a common center, where all the colors merged into one, the tables being laden with all sorts of fancy articles and each article car- rying out the color scheme of the whole affair. Chocolate was served at the violet table, in charge of Mrs. Woodward, Mrs. Chambers and Mrs. Pelouze, while the in- digo blue table, presided over by Mrs. Everett, Mrs. Gould and Mrs. Shailenber- ger, was the headquarters of the fancy articles. The tea stand was of light blue, with Mrs. Hoeke, Mrs. Paul and Miss Bell in attendance, and at the green table Mrs. Sanders served rainbow ice cream to a steady stream of patrons. The other ta- bles were: Yellow table, Mrs. Harban; orange table, Mrs. Gilson, Mrs. Dufour, Mrs. Armstead, Mrs. Gilmore, Mrs. Heird, Mrs. Clarkson, Mrs. William Morris, Mrs. Yeoman, Mrs. Silsby, Mrs. Faucett, Miss Emma Cook and Mrs. Palmer; red table, Miss Kate Stickney, Miss Buckingham, Miss Kate White, Miss Bristow, Miss Cope- land and Miss Mabel Stickney. A large orange tree, an evergreen loaded with silk oranges and in charge of Miss Purcell, Miss Campbell and Miss Shock, attracted @ great deal of attention. A mandolin orchestra, hidden by a bower of palms, furnished most of the music for the occasion. Miss Cora Boyd and Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shir-Cliff sang solos, ac- companied by Professor Bischoff; Mrs. S. J. Thomas rendered a piano solo excel- lently, while Mr. Tweedale was the elo- cutionist of the occasion. Mr. Bristow, superintendent of the Sunday school, made the announcements. AMUSEMENTS. Grand Opera House.—Mansfleld’s Baron Chevrial is a familiar piece of work, and one that is as much to be admired for its technical finish as any other in the artisys repertoire. Clean-cut and vigorous, there is not a detail absent in one of the most repul- sive and yet one of the most interesting characters in modern drama. The audience was enthusiastic in its admiration of the work done at the Grand Opera House last night by the star, by Miss Cameron and by various members of the company. The play itself is not a striking specimen of the dramatist’s aft, but the impersonation of the senile roue is one that lifts the per- formance far above the commonplace. The role is a totally unlovable one, but it is a masterpiece of art, none the less because the subject chances to be gruesome. To- night “Prince Karl” will be given. Miss Anna Eva Fay.—Miss Anna Eva Fay, the attractive spiritualist, will give another exhibition of her powers at the Academy of Music next Sunday evening. Miss Fay is always popular here, and her manifestations are watched with great in- terest. Whether she is aided by natural aptitude or by supernatural power, she holds the attention of her audience, and they go away marveling at what they have seen and what they are unable to explain. Church of Our Father.—A musical and lit- erary entertainment will be given at the Church of Our Father on Saturday evening for the benefit of the Ladies’ Aid Society to the Garfield Memorial Hospital. The musi- cal numbers will be furnished by Miss Jes- sie Vivian Kerr, pianist; Mrs. Jénnie Cooper Wilson, soprano, and Mr. H. L. Murdock, tenor, and the literary features will be sto- ries and impressions of a trip to the West Indies by Messrs. B. H. Warner and H. K. Willard, which will be illustrated by stere- opticon views. To Baltimore and Return $1.25 via B. and 0. R. R. On all trains, April 13 and 14, good to re- turn until 15th. w —_—_ Ripans Tabules will cleanse your system; druggists, 50c.—Advt. Sohondoeterontonteesongonteesecfontoetessote t ROYAL ! BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure. $1.25 are Sonteetees sSoesedaee Sengense eo ‘ ptetnintnto nine et A cream of tartar baking pow- der. Highest of all tn leavening strength.—Latest U. 8 Govern- ment report. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co., OOOO OD Srierioines $ « 106 ‘Wall st., N. x. WHAT CURES PIMPLES. ‘The only really successful preventive and cure of pimples, blackheads, red, rough hands, falling hair and baby blemishes 1s the celebrated CUTI- CURA SOAP, greatest of skin purifiers and beauti- fiers, as well as purest and sweetest of tollet and pursery scaps. Only prever:tive of clogging of the pores, Sold everywhere. INTERSTATE (DEMOCRATS. . Men Elected to Serve as Officers for . Next Year. The Interstate Democratic Association met last night to elect officers for the en- suing year, and arrange for an excursion to Marshall Hall on May 27. There was a big crowd of democrats in Costello’s Hall when Vice President Fliedman rapped for order, and harmony prevafied to a noticea- he degree. The balloting resulted in the selection of S. S. Yoder of Ohio, ex-ser- geant-at-arms of the House of Representa- tives, as president; B. F. Clayton of Flori- da, first vice president; J. I. Thompson of Icwa, second vice president; Eugene L. Thompson of Illinois, recording secretary; J. L. Feeny of New York, corresponding secretary; KE. W. Herbert of New Jersey, financial secretary; J. Fred Kelley of this city, treasurer; . McCarty of Georgia, sergeant-at-arms, and John Simpson, as- sistant sergeant-at-arms. After the an- rouncement of the election the new presi- dent was introduced by his official prede- cessor, Mr. W. C. Van Meter, who resigned seme time ago, and made a speech in which he prophesied that the next president of the United States would be a democrat, hailing either from the south or the east. ———— Fifth Corps Society. The annual meeting of the Fifth Corps Society, Army of the Potomac, was held last evening 1% the red parlor of the Eb- bitt House. There was a large attendance of the members and their friends. Sev- eral new members were elected and the following officers were chosen for the en- suing year: President, Captain, A. B. Jameson; vice presidents, Colonel H. B. McKean, Captain L, H.’ York and Ser- geant Wm. A. Corsa; secretary and treas- urer, Dr. J. F. Raub; historian, Major Wm. Howard Mills. A series of resolutions on the death of Major Henry G. Hamilton, late vice president of tHe society, was unanimously adopted: It was decided that in the future the wives, children and friends of the members shall be invited to participate in the meetings. Captain Chas. A. Stevens of the Berdan sharp- shooters read an interesting paper, en- titled “The Fifth Corps Duying the Seven Days’ Battle on the Peninsula,” in which he gave a very vivid description of the services of the corps in this great battle. Dr. J. F. Raub of the 129th Pennsylvania volunteers read a paper on “The Battle of Chancellorsville,” describing the _move- ments of the army under General Hooker, from the time it broke camp north of the Rappahannock river until its return there- to. ——+— Election of Officers. The fourth annual meeting of the North- ern Liberty German-American Building As- sociation, No. 6, occurred last evening. The election of officers and directors for the ensuing year resulted as follows: Theodore Plitt, president; A. S. Johnson, vice presi- dent; G. M. Emmerich, treasurer, and Hug Kuerschner, secretary. The directors elec ed were: F. W. Kablert, C. H. Krey, Wil- liam Holnead, Thomas Sampson, James L. Green, Edward Brown, R. C. Hardell, Louis Behrens and Krey. An Engin James Brown, engineer of express train No. 143 of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, which leaves Baltimore at met with quite an accident at College Park about 7 o'clock yestergay morning, by be- ing struck on the head by a mail c which inflicted a large and usly wound, causing the blood to tlow pr. He looked out of the eab win certain if the track was clear, head came in contaet wit! then fell back into the eab a pasgaxe ‘ed the ac- cident, and in endeavort limh over the tender to get to the engine, grabbed a red-hot poker which was lying on ihe tender, badly burning his left hand and also seyerely cutting his right wrist on a piece of coke. The train was stopped at a short distance from where the accident oc- curred, and afterward run to Washington by Alexander McKelvey, a former engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Ra‘lroid Com- pany, who is now employed in the govern- ment printing office, and reached its des- tination only a few minutes behind the schedule Ume. Brown and Forrester re- ceived medical attention at Washington, and were afterward sent to Baltimore, where they reside. Beth men sre now said to be improving. An I, 0. 0. F. Visitntion. Harmony Lodge, No. 9, 1. 0. 0. F (Navy Yard), received a visit from Grand Master Theodore Mead, accompanied by the offi- cers of the Grand Lodge, Monday eyen- ing. After the u se of tesies and the r ion of the wo off , the remaiade evening was spent im social inta tening to mus and es. Noble Grand Geo. A. was congratulated on the success of the visitation. 0} d > $1.25 To Baltimore and Return 0. R. R. via . Ext SxS Sx SOx SOx SOx sh SHOW & can a dentist afford to do good work at such prices?” se * dentist can’t afford it, bnt SEVERAL dentists associated, each doing the work at which he ially skilled—aided by fs spec modern appliances—cah afford the most perfect dentistry at our prices, Call and ‘sce “how.’’ That costs nothing. Painless extracting, 50c. Filling, 7c. up. Crowns, s soBest teeth, $8. corresponding pric U. S, Dental - ete, at ; estimates gladly given. Sel apS-tf $ < ERCE RETRO ERE ;Cor. 7th and D N.W.% $ * go Cents For Eyeglasses, fitted and guacanteed—$1.50 and $2 elsewhere. better made. OPTICAL DEPARTMENT—MERTZ'S, 11TH AND F STREE! « apl0-lid 5 The First Purchase Of real estate has been the cornerstone of many a fortune. Own Your Share of the Earth and get it-where the ‘climate is healthy and property increasing in value almost daily. Takoma Park Is six miles from the Capitol and 400 feet higher than Washington. Fare, six cents. $55.00 ‘Secures a lot 30x150. High Ground, - ‘Two railroads—steam and electric. SEB ingh Cunningham, apé-3m 614 F ST. N. W. * Treated by ‘‘experts,”” not inexperienced * clerks. Largest stock of Trusses south of * Philadelphia. Private parlors. Lady as- * * sistant. ee he (Full line Abdominal Supporters. SURGICAL DEPARTMENT, MERTZ’S MODERN PHARMACY, 11TH AND F STREETS. apl0-14a RECKLESS DRIVERS. Judge Miller Has Some Remarks to Make. Boys playing in the streets and alleys are causing the police considerable trouble now, and drivers of vehicles are also trou- bled. Judge Miller says that parents should be held responsible for their children’s con- duct, and today he fined a driver for using @ whip on a boy whom he thought was going to run beneath his wagon. The driver was Simon Hawkins, a colored man, who has charge of one of the big mail wagons, and the affair happened in the al- Jey in rear of the post office. The boys were playing ball, and the driver said he struck at them with a whip because he was afraid the wagon would run over one of-them. Walter Getzinger appeared and exhibited a wound on his face, which was made by the use of the whip. It appeared that the wagon was moving very slow at the time and there was no reason for the driver’s not stopping if he thought there was any danger. Policeman Kimmell was on hand, but the driver was not inclined to go because he was driving a mail wagon, and he thought he had a joke on the offieer, because the latter could not take him from the wagon. ‘The joke was turned when the superin- tendent relieved the driver from duty, for then the policeman arrested him and lock- ed him up. Judge Miller said that the average driver is not fit to handle horses. They drive along the streets as if they were sole own- ers of the streets, and when they see a pedestrian coming in the direction of them they call “lookout” and never attempt to stop their horses. The judge told of a case that came un- der his observation only a few days ago and concluded by holding the driver guilty. A fine of $25 was imposed. ——__ Trustees’ sale of two two-story brick dwellings on southwest corner of 7th and Cal'an streets northeast, and the adjoining house on 7th street, will take place tomor- row afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. See adver- tisement. * Beecham’s Pills are for biliousness, bilious head-= ache, dyspepsia, heartburn, torpid liver, dizziness, sick headache, bad taste in the mouth, coated tongue, loss of appetite, sallow skin, etc., when caused by constipa- tion; and constipation is the most frequent cause of all of them. Go by the book. Pills toc. and 25c. a box. Book free at your druggist’s or write B. F. Allen Co., 365 Canal St., New York. ANNUAL SALES MORBD THAN 6.000.000 BOXES. here are going to be a lot of well-dressed in this city Easter Sund: hayen't made all their clothes—tut we uu ask every third man you meet where think if did he get his suit—and of course he'll say (that’s & M. He may not tell you how it’s tailor-made) much he ed, ‘but you can just jot it down as anywhere front $5 to $15—by the way—he may have on one of our $10 suits and you'll think it a $15— but of course yuu're judging by what you usually pay. Maearz AND Menrrz, Who'll fit you or keep "em, 906 F St. N. W. apl0 Kenny’s Easter — Greeting. ©To commenwrate the gladsome Easter season ° of ’95, it is our pleas- ure to announce that next Saturday, April : 13th, at our six Wasb- ington stores, We Will | Present ‘To our customers, and to all admirers of the beautiful, a Magnificent : Colored Lithograph, —a reproduction of the famous painting, “Awakening of Spring,” By T. Bernard, in which he gives us, at the side of a brook, a womanly form, robed in artistle garb of ancient style, and by the exquisitely tinted branch of apple blossoms cast across her shoulders our bound with Joy at the near approach of spring. Cc. D. Kenny, Importer, Jobber and Retailer, TEAS, COFFEES, SUGARS, S.E. cor. 7th and I sts. n.w., hearts 429 7th st. s.w., S.W. cor. Pa. ave. and 3d st. .c., S.E. cor. 7th and © sts. n.w., N.W. cor. 14th and Q sts. n.w. GEORGETOWN, D. ©. N.E. cor. 32d st. and Dumbarton ave. apl0-st Candelabrum For Easter. Just the thing. We have them in 8, @ or 5 lights. All styles, inclnding the _“@olouial,”” which is by far the latest, neatest and most popular. teed the lowest, quality considered. I1.Goldsmith&Son 911 PENNA. AVE. Prices guaran- ap9-24d eee ee Pure Blood Is the condition upon which good health is bestowed. It cannot be had upon any other terms. Sedatives and opiate compounds will not give strong nerves; pure blood is demanded. Liniments will not cure rheu- matism, lotions will not eradicate scrofula, stimulants will not overcome that tired feel- ing, bat all these troubles may be abso- lutely cured by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, because Hood's Sarsaparilla makes pure, rich, health-giving blood. This is the log- feal, natural and the only reason for the un- paralleled success of Hood’s Sarsaparilla as @ curative agent. Get only Hood's, because Hocd’s Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier Prominently in the ‘public eye today. SPECIAL. Academy of Music, SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 14. Positively last time in Washingtot of i MISS ANNA EVA PAY, Ta a Religious Mustrated Lecture on Sptritaadiang i ee stage. 7 ay rage Bischoff Concert Postponed ROM GOOD FRIDAY j Tuesday, April 23. pare RAND OPERA HOUSE—EXTRA. HOOD’S PILLS are tasteless, mild, effect- G = —- ‘Allen, Manages, five. All duggists. 25c. MONDAY, APRIL 15. NIGHTS AND ‘TWO MATINEES, FIVE 5 Reepeeindesnnnenirne ees | Mme. Rejane = Baris) ander’ the airection of abbess Scboeeal MONDAY, TUESDAY AX s Nag AND WEDMISDA MATINER, Mme. Sans-Gene. MA CITY ITEMS. “Look, Mamma.” WE GIVE THEM AWAY! No other house in the world can sell you Thea-Nectar—Black Tea with Green Tea ATINED. SAPH flavor—because it is grown for and belonizs | Prices, $2.50. $2.00. $1.50, $100 and 50 canta, to us exclusively. The longer it is used the |_8P11-3t__ SATS NOW SALE. more it holds the public favor—and it pos- Sesses the merit of cheapness—@0c. pound, and with every pound is included one of those special presents that have made our stores famous--embracing bric-a-brac and pas) handsome articles of every-day util- ry. If you are dissatisfied with the results ob- tained from Baking Powder try the A. and P. brand—iSe. pound. It is a pure Baking Powder and will doubtless give satisfaction. A special present similar to those given with Thea-Nectar is presented to the pur- chaser of each pound. Our several brands and blends of Coffee are unrivaled—25, 33, 35 and 38c. pound— and every 25c. worth calls for a revate check redeemable by us with your own selection from an immense stock of useful household articles in china, glass, earthen ware, wood, &c. * Bear in mind that our Easter souvenir will be given away for one week only. Call and get our Easter souvenir—“Look, Mamma.” We will keep open until 9 o'clock to accommodate our patrons, and our store will be beautifully illuminated in commemoraticn of the occasion. Fifty cents expended for Coffee or Tea entitles the buyer to one of these charming panels and two checks. With a pound of Thea- Nectar or a pound of A. and P. Baking Powder you have choice of a remarkable collection of special presents. THE GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO., 501 and 503 7th st. n.w. 1620 14th st. n.w. 3104 M st., Georgetown. 815 H st. n.e. Stands in all markets. NEWTON H. BOWMAN, _ Telephone, 848. (apl1&13) Manager. Large Cans Tomatoes, Page 9. NEW NATIONAL THEATER. Every Evening and Saturdey Matinee. MR. ROLAND REED 4s GEN’L JOSIAH LIMBER, in The Politician, OR THE WOMAN'S PLANK, By David D. Lloyd and Sydney Rosenfeld. « Next Week—FANNY DAVENPORT in her sumpe tuous production of Sardou’s GISMONDA. Seats now on sale. apll-8t ACADEMY, Prices, 25, 60, Tic, $1.00 Wed. and Sat. Pops., 25c. and 50c., Reserved. Get in the Crowds and Forget Your Troubles. A GREEN GOODS MAN, ™ "PAUL DRESSER. Supported by a Big Company of Comedians, Sing+ ers and Dancers. FUN FROM START TO FINISH. Next Week—GEORGE THATCHER AND CARs ROLL JOHNSON’S MINSTRELS. Seats now on sale. Yale Glee AND . f , Banjo Clubs’ Concert, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1895, METZEROTT’S MUSIC HALL. PATRONESSES. Mrs. David J. Brewer, Mrs. Arnold Hague, Mrs. Henry B. Mrs. G. W. Mi ‘Mrs. W. J. Boardman, Mrs. James McMillan, Mrs. Wm. H. Clagett, Mrs. Parker Mann, Mrs. John Dalzell, Mrs. T. B. M. Mason, Mrs. E. M. Gallaudet, Mrs. George Shiras, Mrs. John Hay, Mrs. W. C. Whittemorg, Mrs. BE. 0. Wolcott. Seats on sale at 1110 F st., Monday, April 8, ap6-St KBBs4y's LYCEUM THEATER, All this week. apll-st 5c. Johnstons. 1t* er A Sore Throat or Cough, if suffered to progress, often results in an incurable throat or lung trouble. “Brown's Bronchial Troches” give instant_relief. eoreminmy aare “Royal Glue” Mends Everything, 10c. Jal2-eott J. Jay Gould’s Easter Baskets, etc. apo-it AMUSEMENTS. Nationat THEATER—EXTRA. MONDAY, APRIL 15, FANNY ne I DAVENPOR ee sardow’s GISTIONDA. 4 Nelson Sisters 4 ‘The Marvelous Female Acrobats. Great Cast, Headed by NEXT WEEK—THE FRENCH FOLLY CO.ap8-OF Melbourne IicDowell. Grange Camp Association Prices. . -++-$2.00, $1.50, $1.00 and 50c. pies Bate of seats now open. aps-it of Northern Virginia. A HOUSE, SS Kdward H. Allen, Manager. | Chartered by the General Assembly of the State o§ SATURDAY Virginia, February 26, 1886. ria SPECIAL APPEARANCE OF Tir. Richard [iansfield. -“PRINCE KARL.” -“BEAU BRI The, Old Dominion Jockey * Club will, until further notice, have racingyon every, UMMELL. magnificent race course situate upon the grounds SEB. “PRINCE KARL. R. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE.’ of the Grange Camp Association of Northern Prices -$1.50. $1, 75e., 5c. and 25c. | Virginia. Next Week—MME, REJANE. Scats now on sale. apli-tt $1,200 IN PURSES GIVEN EACH RACING DAY. Our Easter Show IS FREE. Come in and look around. ‘The store’ Washing- Floral beauty. bel FLORISTS, Special train direct to the track from 6th street station at 1:30 p.m. G. R. TOMPKINS, aps-tt Secretary. ISAAC B. JONES, ve, is the prettiest 2 i President, 8 dinirers yesterday. A. Gude & Bro., 1224 F ST. UTLER'S THEATER, — SEATS, 25 AND, The Prettiest Flowers That Can Be Grown. ‘Matinee 15,3 apll-124 mou ‘Matinees Tues.,Thurs.. Tus. Florence Bindley ™ THE PAY TRAIN. NEXT WEEK—THE CROSS ROADS OF LIFB. JAC AND JACK BOLAN WILD in APPEAR EVELY PERFORMANCE—4-round bout, aps-6t ii ee You Can Buy Tickets- —of us for all parts of the visitable world, Ocean tickets everywhere. 30 different SSuday ‘tour to Europe, all expenses — $195. w. E VAN WICKLE, 1225 PA- AVE. ap9-84 Another Napoleon Exhibit Monday --in the rear a we shall exhibit © Mr. W. Lewis Fraser, ART MANAGER OF THE CENTURY MAGAZINE, Will deliver a Lecture, entitled “Pencil and Graver American Art for One Hundred Years.” Illustrated by a fine series of STEREOPTICON VIEWS. At Builders’ Exchange, APRIL 13, 8 Admission... Te. (Art League Course.) » tose apl0-4t gallery. Beginning Monday, lot of modern Colored [lezzo-Tint En- gravings. ot Napoleon and Josephine, by such ubject on the Kinetoscope or wan teaareists as J. 8. King, 0. P. ns ophone. whole set berley, 8. Arlant Edwards. Do not re been lirked, ard the Galleries, 1217 F St. aps-2td EXCURSIONS, &c. To MOUNT VERNON, Tomb of Washington, (except Sunday), returning by 2:30 p.m, D TRIP, 75. CENTS. Admission to grounds, cents. Tickets, with Mount Verron admission coupon, for eale at wharf and at hotels. BGA. T CAFE ON STEAMER. Bucking Broncho; centric Dance,” by Bertha Waring and John W. Wiiscn; A Dentist o aphophene is a combi- ¢ and Graph: NEW RECORDS ON THE GRAPHOPHONE. n Bolt” — “The ‘Tritb Philander Open for adinission. Columbia Phonegraph Co., gig Pa. Ave. : VIRGINIA JOCKEY CLUB. St. Asaph, Va. RACING MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRI- DAYS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Six Races Each Day. First race, 2:30 p.m, Special trains direct to grand stand from 6th street station at 1:30 and 2 p.m. BE. DOWNHAM, President. Secretary. api-tt PROF. SHELDON’S DANCING ACADEMY, 25 per ceat discount Jal-tt For the balance of the season. iIby’s great song. as composed by Johnson. and night—no charge aplo-2t From New York to Rotterdam via Boul ; 3% hours from Paris or London. April 13, 1 p.m. m. Hirata Veendam, $45 to $585 apply to Gen- New York MOSS, Hi UNDERTAKERS = W. R. Speare, Undertaker & Embaimer, 940 F Street Northwest. Brerything strictly first-class and on the most zensonable terms. ‘Telephone call, 340. jal-tr H. D. McINTYRE, . ’