Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1895, Page 6

“THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. ++---April 17, 1895. -Bditor. THE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent circulation much more than the combined circulation of the other Washington datlies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. eount 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 Editorial or Business Depart- ments, according to tenor or purpose. —— ————————— Assessor Trimble’s surprise at the ex- tremely smail reduction in the assessment Teported by the board of assessors and ade public in The Star yesterday is shared by a very large majority, if not all, of the Property owners in the District of Colum- bia. About three months ago the assessor's estimate of the probable reduction of what was universally conceded to be an exorbit- ant assessment was that it would be quite 15 per cent, and probably more. So well satisfied was the assessor with that esti- mate that upon it an important official re- port was based—a report that unquestiona- bly had great influence in Congress as to District appropriations. Now comes definite information that the assessment—which was alleged to have undergone revision— has been decreased only a little more than 2 per cent. The practical result of this failure to revise will be the creafion of ad- ditional surplus to the extent of more than half a million dollars. This large sum— taken lawfully but inequitably and un- necessarily from the taxpayers at the na- tional capital—cannot possibly be produc- tive of profit for it will not even ultimately find its way into channels that lead to local improvement; {t will be flung into the wa- ter-filled shaits of the discredited and dis- creditably-useless aqueduct tunnel. This must have been apparent to the board of assessors, and that same body must also have been thoroughly aware of the unani- mous and reasonable disfavor with which the last assessment was received; it is therefore difficult to understand why the board has left the assessment practically unchanged. Relief from this imposition— for that is really what it is—will not be possible until a new assessment is made, and that cannot be until next year; mean- while the .\axpayers will have to suffer as Fatiently as they care to. —____ ++ ___ If the Cuban revolutionists are- wise— and they seem to have developed posses- ston of the rather uncommon quality of wisdom—they will be satisfied to carry out @ policy in which patience is quite a con- spicuous factor. No matter what the num- ber or fighting ability of the insurgents they could not hope to successfully do bat- tle in the open with the trained troops of Spain. They seem to have decided there- fore that the best plan of campaign is one that will permit the summer's heat and the fever-breeding mfasma to operate upon the unacclimated soldiers recently sent to the island. But, after all, Cuba’s main reliance is not on the deadly atmospheric conditions common in. those portions of Cuba where the more active revolutionists are congre- gated; Spain's financial weakness is likely to be Cuba’s strength in this struggle. Even now on the verge of bankruptcy and with no hope of increased income, Spain must ere long come to the conclusion that valuable as Cuba is it must inevitably cost very much more than it is worth, and when that opinion prevails in the Castilian mind there will soon follow Spanish en- deavor to get rid of Cuba on the best pos- sible terms. It is by no means impossible that at a not far distant date Spain may * ask the United States to give it a bid on Cuba and thus settle a problem that has been bothering the land of Ferdinand and Isabella as much as the fractious American colonies worried King George: and his short-sighted advisers. ——_~++—___ The people of Washington are reasonably hopeful that with all possible speed the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company will provide its tracks in this city with cert@in safeguards which should be in operation but which, because the law on that subject 1s pronounced defective, may not be de- manded by the authorities. This much the cempany can afford to do; less than this it cannot afford to do. Several years must elapse before the railroad can accompliSh its long-promised permanent relief of the local grade-crossing evil through the ele- vation of its tracks on a viaduct. Mean- while if it is wise it will adopt every pos- sible temporary expedient for minimizing the dangerous and injurious conditions which prevail, and of allaying the reason- able indignation of a threatened and ex- asperated community. In the near future the company will be a petitioner for public favor; there is now presented an oppor- tunity to do the proper thing and to do it gracefully. But a little while ago the com- pany offered, it says, to do those things which the Commissioners have since sought to compel. Let that offer—now that the law is pronounced faulty—be at once re- newed. ——_+ + > __ One hundred and six men were employed on the city post-office building today; a force much too small to complete the struc- ture at a date prior to August 17, 1906. ———_--+ If Germany had waited for the present condition of the meat market she might hfve saved herself the trouble of excluding American beef. -————__++«-+___. It would de rather hard on China to have to go on being whipped because Russia will not permit her to cede land to Japan. ——_+ + +__. The mercury might very becomingly emu- late the price of oil. ——_+++____ British protests against British supremacy at any cost are decidedly rare, for there 1s born with British brain and fibre the ordinarily ineradicable notion that it is Great Britain's mission to possess as much of the earth as can possibly be acquired and at the same time continue to rule the waves as successfully as it was dene in the days of Blake and Nelson. But it seems as though at least a portion of the British conscience had a: last been awakened and is now urging action, which, if suggested by outsiders, would be resented by the en- tire British empire. Lamenting the fact that England continues to occupy Egypt, Labouchere in his lively journal—Truth— reveals the mainspring éf British govern- mental motives. Says he: “Our interference in Egypt commenced in order to secure to a herd of financial sharks usurious Interest on moneys that they had not advanced. It culminated in our burning an Egyptian town and defeat- ing an Egyptian army. It has been con- tinued for years at the cost of the national honor, and, so far as I can see, to the ad- vantage alone of English employes and others, who find their individual profit in it, and to the serious danger of our coun- try, if we find ourselves dragged into any great war. Is it not, therefore, full time —— should be taken to bring it to an end?” England has always been an aggressive power and its aggression is invariably the result of promissory profit. Trade exten- sion {gs the one thing that will always call Brftish troops into the field and arouse the ! British navy to action. From the stand- Point of the merchant this activity un- apfeats to be the right thing, but safe to say that if the United States helt @s aggressive a great howl fip from the philanthropic king- (pene Victoria reigns. Accord- mreed éré, British is work- ing great injustice; this would appear to be proven by the following paragraph: “Just now everything seems to be subordi- nated to the interests of Company-mongers and loan-mongers. The ‘City financialist’ reigns supreme in Downing street. We have chartered companies slaughtering and murdering all over Africa, in order to en- able them to lay hold of territories out of which to carve bogus companies. So wild are the dealings of the shares In these col panies, that the police have had to be called in to clear the purlieus of the stock exchange of a’ howling mob of stockbrokers and jobbers who proudly dub themselves the “Kaffir Circus.” Only a fow weeks ago the Chartered Niger Company, emulous of the rufflanism of its sister companies, hav- ing deprived a number of harmless and peaceable Brassmen of their means of liv- ing, burnt down their towns, and shot them, because they objected to their trade being absorbed by the company. The latest information is that wherever a Brassman is found he is deemed an animal ferae naturae, and shot at sight. This, it would appear, in the language of chartered com- panies, is called ‘sniping a native.’ I gather from a reply of Lord Kimberley, that the Niger Brassmen ate some of their enemies who were killed in the fray. I should reauire @ Mttle more evidence in regard to this before I accept it as a fact. But, assuming it to be true, I hardly see how an attack on the Brassmen can be justified because the Brassmen ate some of the corpses resulting from the attack being resisted.” If these things continue to be, we, of this much-abused land, may yet deem it our duty to send missionaries to convert to practical Christianity those who are now apparently content with knowledge of the theory. ——_-—» e+ Another of the beneficent effects of the “clam” system of municipal government such as is now in vogue in the District is being demonstrated by the experience cf residents in the neighborhooi of Eleventh and O streets, some of whom have Leen on record for nearly a week in protest against the occupation of that corner by the Belt Ratlway Company for the storage of hold- over cars and a resting place for horses. More of these residents would doubtless have joined in this protest had the exist- ence of the complaint been made public. It has just now leaked out, however, and an astonishing state of aifairs is devel- oped. The Belt company, so-called, has re- cently violated the provisions of its charter by ceasing to be a “belt” rallway ard by establishing two distinct lines nelther of which has the elements of the continuous route except at a small part of one end of one of these lines, where a loop a few blocks in length and one block in width has been established. The trunk line on Elev- enth street has termini at the south and north ends of the line. It was thought per- haps that with the O and P street loop the other line would have but one terminus— that at Eleventh and E streets northwest. But it now appears that the company, de- termined to get as far from its -original character as possible, seeks to establish a new terminus at Eleventh and O streets; necessitating a change of horses and an accumulation of cars. Both of these per- formances have become a nuisance to the residents in that neighborhood and the re- sult is that the street, which is a constder- able thoroughfare for that section, is blocked and traffic is impeded. The stall- ing of ten or fifteen horses in the streets during the day can but be a source of great annoyance to the citizens through the ac- cumulation of filth, which during the sum- mer months will be very offensive. It ‘s stated that negotiations are pending for the purchase of corner property whereon, it is suspected, a stable will be erected, thus making ‘he realiy useless and cer- tainty discommoding terminal arrange- ments more permaneat and injurious to the surrounding property. It cannot be possi- ble that the Commissioners have deliber- ately granted a request from the reilway company for the establishment of this tion, presuming that such a.request has been made. As a matter of fact, nothing so far as known justifies the assumption that this request was made at all. In the midst of the great secrecy that is thrown around all official matters at the District building there is every reason to belicve that the railway company simpl: assumed the right to establish this terminal station and now holds the privilega through a sort of “squatter sovereignty.” There have been quite enough of these encroachments on public rights and privileges in the past on the part of street and steam ra!lroad corporations and it is a pity that the pro- cess is to be aided by the methods of silent government that have been put in forve at the District building. Doubtless if the complaint had been made public when re- ceived it would have been seconded ere this by thousands of citizens, both resi- dents in that locality and others who. have no sympathy with the steady tendency of the street railroads to increase at the pub- lic expense the value of the franchises which they hold so cheaply. Such a terminal station as that which the Belt company now seeks to establish is undoubtedly of great value to that corporation, else it would not be undertaken. But where in the transaction does the public come in? SHOOTING STARS. Discouragement. Alas, the poet wailed, ‘‘what slight Returns for toil I get; For six long weeks I’ve sung of spring And she hasn’t got here yet!” Experience. “They do be sayin’ in the marruket re- ports,” said Mr. Dolan, “that coal oil hez gone up all av a suddint.' “Yis,” replied his daughter Bridget, with memories of how she kindled the kitchen fire, “it hov a way av doin’ thot same.” His Affliction. “You seom ill,” she said solicitously. “I am not feeling well,” the youth re- plied. “The fact is, I’m troubled with heart failure.” “Oh, how terrible!” “Yes. I started four times to ask your father’s consent to our marriage, and every time my heart failed me.”’ Convenience. “Nothin’,” said Meandering Mike, “‘illus- trates the grand economy of nature like a shad.”” “It’s a purty bony fish, though,” replied Plodding Pete. “Thet's jes’ it. When ye sit down to the fish there it is full o’ toothpicks waitin’ fur ye when ye’ve finished yer dinner.” The Benefit of the Doubt. “Don't you think Nero is an affectionate dog?” asked the young woman. “I—er—I suppose so,” replied the young man. “I have noticed that he always seems for a close acquaintance with me, and that he ts very reluctant about part- ing.” The Fishermen. With rod and reel and gaudy fly, Their struggle they begin, To catch the record of the boy With twine and crceoked pin. A Spook Rendezvous. “Aunt Jinny,” said the housewife, “you didn’t come yesterday night, to be here bright and early this morning, as you promised.” “'Dee, ma’am, I done hab so much wo’hk ter ten’ to dat I couldn't git "way foh’ dah’k, an’ "twus too late ter wall.” “But you could have taken the trolley cars.”” “Tek de trolley kyahs? You doesn’ bleebe in ha’nts, does yer?” “Certainly not.” “Well, miss, yoh hab yoh bleevin’s an’ I has mine. Yoh kain’t ‘vince me dat folks what hez been killed doan’ come back ter de place whah it done happen. An’ yoh doan’ ketch me on no trolley ca’h after dah’k.” THE-EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. HYGIENIC ICE: PUREST, . HARDEST, Z - BEST. Made of Pure Spring Water INTELLIGENT PUBLIC OPINION awards the honors to HYGIENIC 10H. The water from which it 1s made comes in “springs” from great depths, and uclentists who have examined them say as far awny as from the Blue Ridge mountains. This remote source explains the absolute freedom of the water from every evidence of surface influence. The output from these so-called Federal Springs President WASHINGTON sought to secure by purchase from their then owner for use of the city which was to bear his name. In this he failed, but after the lapse of many years the aim of the father of his country and the godfather of the capital ¢ity has been achieved through the instrumentality of modern methods, by which in uniform cubes of crystal ice this wonderful flow of absolutely pure water is placed at the disposal of every home in the National Capital, THE PURITY AND SUPERIORITY OF TIYGIENIC ICE has been proved by the con- stant growth in patronage of our best peo- ple—people who have for themselves recog- nized the need of securing the best obtain- able for an article so important In the family as its ice. For the sick room, for the table and for every other home purpose its use is urged by many of our best physiclans. In the process of production all the. water converted Into ice 18 subjected to great heat or distilled—this prolonged superheating ac- complishing the double purpose of securing the sparkling transparency and subsequent hardness peculiar to hyglenic ice, as well as absolute freedom from all dangers in ico Whose history is uncertain, or in ice pro- duced from water not thus subjected to prolonged heat. THE HYGIENIC ICE COMPANY fraukly asks for your patronage. It offers you its product at as low rates as are quoted by any responsible company, and will guaran- tee you during the coming summer season prompt, continuous and ample service. ‘This will be the sixth season in which this com- pany bas served the public. It has, by prompt and constant service, kept faith with every customer, large as well as small, and its past f an earnest of its future. It at all times encourages the criticisms of its patrons when these take the form of sug- gestions for improvement—as the aim of the management has been and will always be to render its service first-class in every respect. WITH IMPROVED AND INCREASED FA- CILITHES for regular deliveries to every part of the city, every customer can abso- solutely rely upon prompt and full delivery in the hottest weather, when ice is abso- lutely necessary. Oftice, No. 1423 F street northwest, near Treasury Department. Telephone 44. The works are at 15th and E streets northeast, three squares south of eastern terminus of the Columbia cAble railway. Telephone at the works, No. 60. Ti TAT A TTT NNN AN $11.50 Toilet Sets, $6 —MINTON’S GOLD STIPPLED GOODS—including Jar. Only a few sets left. If you are likely to meed |E @ tollet set soon this ix your op- portunity. Very rich and pretty. Ask to see them. i eeccee teeoee ** §7Ycu run no risk of catching TYPHOID FEVER and other dis- eases if you use THE NATURAL STONE FILTER. Many of them in * use. Inexpensive. i i a . Tl. W. Beveridge, | 215 F St. & 1214 G St. | OTTERY, PORCELAIN, GLASS, ETC. aplt-40d ig] TT RRA RNA T Bneeeaeeeeneeaenee. SPLENDID PORT, 60€, toms! ip2:49 A GALLON. ¥ > > > > > ; = > A > California Port — 12 ; » rich, crusty—and abso- Unexceiled for me- . . . As a tonfc—uon- Pg Melepbone or taail orders our prompt attention. {CALIFORNIA WINE {& AND FRUIT CO., 1D. SCHNEIDER, MANAGER. > GST NW, _(ep17-28d) | “PHONE eal. 5 were b 1¢aa. io] ae AAA ARN elicacies For Dinner. Fresh, tender, julcy SPRING LAMB— free MTST_FINE CAPONS—Hot "House ‘Tomatoes, Cucun-bers and Mushrooms— alweys on hand. Everything you could de- Sire for the table, you'll find here—the est, chotcest. E7It ‘wo haven't something you wish at hand—we'll get it for you promptly. {Cottage Market, 818 14th. £ nplt vee, Fact doit tte didnt dst nda deedndtdindn dnd js) AAAAAARAAR MD wrevvvewivee POLE LE SE EOS SOT SETI SPECIAL {Prices TEAS {On Our 4 ff For the balance of this week. And to take advantage of these prices Ineans to save yourself considerable 4 money. Our $1 Tea “5” Soc! 4ock Our 50c. Tea “2” 5a you of getting TO Our oame when you buy vVewvevvvvwrveyyyi ee assures nothing but the best se from us. 4 {Witmer & Co., 1918 Pa. Av.' 4, aplT-25a {Oe eevee vevvveree! SSSR BOOTS SSO S SHOT OSE ¥F you want to be solid on the Ice $ question, call the Yellow Wagons @ of the Independent Ice Co. ICE They deliver daily the BEST IC Bett ot REXNEDEC 1cE—worts 31C E renowned for PURITY. $Office, 910 Pa. Ave. N.W. 3 2 Sue WATER ST., GEORGETOWN. Seessosesorescossooooece, RA a A ‘Your Liver out of order is what causes Indlgcs- ttop, Dyspepsia, Lack of Nutrition in the ' Blood, Sailow Complexion, often, a coe CPOSCOIES, FSOSSSEETO99O0S8D ie E you. It’s not o ‘tion ts limited—but 3 NLA & it cure any traced to the liver. ‘Dozen ¥%-gallon bottles, $4. — Mineral WaterDp. 108 PA. AVE. TEL. 234. 17-210 acwcmercan é Hy E 8 5 EH eam (=) be In Balcony Parlor. MME. MAURRHI, THE EXPERT MANICURE, LATH WITH MARY COBB OF NEW YORK. ‘TREATMENT, 50c. Stop and See THE PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION OF THES “GLOBE” FASTENETTE TOMORROW AT SPE- CIAL COUNTER, NEAR 11TH ST. ENTRANCE OF - THE PALAIS ROYAL. Why Are These Bargains E Like April Because they don’t Showers? last long. . . . Because they come and go unobserved by many. . . Be- cause quickly absorbed. O7THE PALAIS ROYAL'S FIVE GREAT FLOORS ARE CONSTANTLY DOT- TED WITH BARGAINS AS DESCRIBED....THE LIST FOR TOMORROW MAY INCLUDE YOUR WANT. Basement Floor. $3.08 Instead of $5 for choice of two odd Tollet Sets,—12 artistically decorated china pieces in each ‘set, and a large slop jar iacluded. 19c For choice of fifteen China Salad Bowls. Large size, expensive looking decoration. 25¢ is lowest former price, here or elsewhere. se of five Decorated China Dinner and Tea Sets, each containing 112 pleces. Five patterns that are to be discontinued, otherwise as good as their fellows that sold at $12.50, $13.50 and $14.50. For China Tea, Set of 56 pleces, Gold “bands on each. $7.50 quality for $5.85. 69c Each for a little tot‘of Willow Clothes Hampers; full size, ornamented ld. Never before or again at less than $1. : On Fifst Floor. hg For Men's’ $1.50 quality Fancy Percale Shirts guaranteed by the mater to be fast colors. Each shirt with two separate collars and detachable re- versible cuffs. All sizes from 14 to 1744 inclusive. No more after these are gone, becatse the maker finds it more profitable to produce cheaper shirts. 25C For chotce of the let of French Flowers that have sold at 38e fo- choice, though worth up to $1 bunch. Only a half hundred bunches remain. They’ go tomorrow at 25e for choloe. 68c For choice of thirty-two Point Ver'ce Lace Collars in Vandyke Point effects. Actual value, 9Se each. Yd. for Laces worth 50c and GSc. In the lot are 9-inch Black Silk Bourdon, Heavy Chantilly and Point Venice Laces. Lengths sufficient for cape or dress trimming in almost every piece. For the Dresden Silk Parasols, with Dresden han- Gles to match. §6.50 Parasols for $4.98—but only three of them. $2.98 For choice of ten Double-texture Water-proof Cloth Gossamers. Gray, blue and black; lined military cape. Cheap at $3.68 each, OC For 50c Quality Handkerchiefs. Extra sheer war- ranted pure Hnea, and delicate hand embroidery. Culy thirty-two remain. No more in sight. 89c For Menufactucer’s Sample Belt Buckles. Every cne warranted sterling silver, and so stamped. None worth lag@#than $1.25—but only fifteen in all. 25¢ Pair for Ladies’ Boot Pattern Hose, with fast black feet; uppers in blue, pink, red and yel- low, which are also guaranteed indelible. Being ingralr dyed unusual durability is HMoked with colors that will wash. Only forty-one pairs. 25¢ For Glove-fitting Ribbed Balbriggan Vests and Pants. The silk crochet edge and silk ribbon trim- ming that belongs only to 50c- garments. Only thirty suits. SI Pair for Warranted Kid Gloves, in the scarce white and pearl, with black embroidery and four pearl buttons. Tried on at our risk, _ 1c » For Woven Initigls. tovmark sbirts, underwear, etc. ‘Thirty-six initials for 1 cent. Never before! When again? 12c ee For Beveled French Plate Glass Hand Mirrors, with ornamented handle and back. The 25¢ kind— but only forty of them. Be and 10c for the Siimmer-welgnt Stockinet Dress Shields, In sizes.2, 3,4. You know the usual prices for warranted ghiclas;, New pair given if defect is apparent after wearing. Instead of $1 for sample pint bottle of Liebig's Beef, Wine and Iron. 6c Bottle for B. B. L.—for Butts’ Three doses in bottle. Bromo Lithia. On Second Floor. 88c Yard for choice of fourteen Exclusive Novelty Wool and Silk and Wool Dress Fubrics, worth up to $1.75 yard. Only one of a kind and only fourteen dress lengths. 64c Yard for choice of Satin Stripe Taffeta Silks that have sold so well at 75c yard. The ends of best selling pieces, but waist length in shortest piece. 25¢ For 54-inch All-linen Momle Scarfs. Stamped. Knotted Fringe. Only thirty-three of them. Worth 25e aplece. For 7-4 size All-linen Bleached Damask Table- cloths. ‘The last eleven to go at 79c. Hundreds have sold at $1 each. $1.98 For Imported English Marseilles Bed Spreads, worth up to $4.50. Tiny oil spots cause the re- duced price. “Thought so little of that but five re- main of the fifty here Monday. 5c Yard for Dress Ginghams that can't be duplicated at the price. On Third Floor. 68c For choice of Night Gowns, Skirts, Corset Covers, Drawers and Chemises. The last of the Sicher stock—the last of the best bargains of years. $3-98 Each for twelve Black All-wool Figured Armure ‘Skirts, with organ pipe back, percaline lining. $5.98 Skirts for $3.98. $10.88 Each for Fiye Black Figured Taffeta Silk Skirts, worth $12.98. Very latest style, with velvet fac- ing, crushed ribbon belt, organ pipe back, etc. $6.98 : For choice of ten Madel Waists—imported samples. Latest Puris styles, in check silks, fancy silks, plain changeable silks, Worth up to $10 each. ‘4 For $1 “Derby"” Walsts. Latest style laundered col- lar and cuffs, balloon sleeves, etc. Blue, pink, black stripes and figures, and plain Muen effects. Only forty-elght of them. 48c For sixty pairs Summer-weight Ventilating Corsets worth 75c. pair. Sizes 18 to 25. Guaranteed. New pair if they tear. $1.98 For boys’ Suits im sizes 2 to 6 years. Cheap at $2.98. Note tua are made of Garner's best per- cale, with white pique collar and cuffs and lawn Fauntleroy bivuse. ‘Loo expensive to make profit- ably, and therefore discoutiaued by the maker. I $: the Prettiest Baby's Hat of the xeason. Made of shirred lawn with bow, lace trimmed. Will wash. So much in demand that they are scarce, On Fourth Floor. For choice of four Baby Carriages, not one worth less than $6.50. Every latest improvement in springs, brake, parasol. Superior finish, because maker's samples. For White Enameled Iron Bed, double size. Brass trimmings. The style and quality usually $6.50, Only two of them and slightly scratched. 24c For 18-inch Cushions covered with figured sateen, with ruffie. Why they should sell for 48c at some stores we don’t know—but so you'll find. We have but forty-elght Jeft a u can’t get more. $1.19 For the Superior Dsntsu Rugs—the best of the hand-made Japanese Rugs, in designs and color combinations as in the expensive Turkish creations, Size 30x60. Never before at less than $1.75. After these twenty-three Rugs are sold that'll be tho price here. $1.18 For choice of, five Book Shelves, to stand or bang. As ornamental as useful. Fully worth the regular price—-$1.98. The Palais Royal, G and ith Sts. A. Lisner. Burt’s Sh, Has Removed T I4m F St.,. NEXT TO BRANCH POST OFFICE. ‘© wonder we are busy—and no Wonder that we are getting new ——— customers from ALL SECTIONS of the city. ‘The reason Is simply this: We are selling BETTER SHOES FOR LESS MONEY than they can ——— be bought for elsewhere. Because We are manufacturers—because we pay but HALF THE RENT we paid before we moved—and because we sell at ONB small prot from maker to. wearer. : Ladies’ and Men’s Shoes, $2.85 & $3.50 —are monuments of excellence in footwear at A LOW PRICE. They are better Shoes than we could afford to sell before we moved at A DOLLAR MORE. Tho ladies’ come in a good quality of kid, in pat. tip and plain toe. Men's, in calf, Russia and patent leather— all sizes. * Boys’ Shoes That Wear, $1.50 and $2, ———— Are so well and so favorably known to our old customers that they need ——~— no further comment. ‘Children’s Shoes 9PM. BURT’S Shoe Store invariably come again and send thelr friends. FINE KID BUTTON. 5 to 8—Sie., 1 and $1.25. 8% to 10% $1.10, $1.50, $2. 11 to 2—$1.35, $1.75, $2. @7OPEN SATURDAYS UNTIL Igm F St. 3 ARTHUR BURT. We'll Make MATTINGS ur Leaders For the next two days. Show you what w2 can do at offering Matting bargains. . All the new stock is in—sll the old stock is gone—has becn gone a long time. ‘That new stock embraces everything that’s new and desirable in Japanese and Chinese Mattings. 75 patterns in plain, fancy and in- serted mattings—a choice big enough for everybody. As to prices, take these as ideas: Matting = $4 Rol Fancy Fine Warp Seamless Japanese Matting, 40 yards to the roll—the quality that everybody sells for $6.00. Our price, $4.00 roll. Matting = $5 Roll The next better grade of the mat- ting above, and also Extra Heavy Seam- less China Matting. The quality every one sells for $8.00. Roll of 40 yards here for $5.00. Matting = $9 Roll The $14 quality. Best Cotton Warp Seamless Matting—a fine weave. Roll of 40 yards for $9.00. That'll do for Mattings. It shows you how our prices run, and you krow all the between prices are represented. LooseCovers. ‘We're ready to fill all orders. Our stock of Linens includes the most desirable pat- terns on the market this season. Drop us @ postal and let us send our man with samples, to estimate on the cost of making your loose covers. Credit is Yours For anything you want. We don’t Vind you down to paring cold cash, but offer you every inducement to trade with us that can be offered. Credit prices are the same as cash prices. ‘See Us for Refrigerat- ors & Baby Carriages. ‘Lansburgh’s “RINK,” New York Avenue Bet. 13th and 14th Sts. Agency for the celebrated COLUMBIA AUTOMATIC FILTER. 1t Left. They are made ont of different Kinds of silk, lined with silk and trim- med with jet, ribbon and lace. We of- fer them, Without exception, at $5-50 TOMORROW between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. First come, first served, We have some more of those AN-goot ailor-made Suits at $10, Reduced From $15 & $18. Furs stored and insured against Joes by fire or moths for a trifing charge. The Hudson Bay Fur Co., 515 11TH ST. N.W. MARTIN WOLF, Manager. Tea, 50c. Pound —a blending of five different sorts of teas. We import it @irect and “put it up."" It ought to be 80c. @ pound—for it’s regular 80c. tea elue- where. We make it fifty cents to more thoroughly introduce it. Reeves, Poole & Co. Guccessors to N. A. Poole), 1209 F St. SAsGBUGH & BAO. +4 " While Selecting d4 Your Dress Fabrics, remember that ¥4 the CORSET forms the most import 4 ant factor. No matter what pains +] your dressmaker takes in the shaping b4 of your dress, an unshapely Corset "4 4 n upsets all ber calculations. Buy your Corsets of those wh carry a re- Mable stock, whether it iv of us OR OTHERS. We certainly cam suit you in styles. Look at the SIX-HOOK W. B. CORSET we sell you at one dollar, mone better made for the money; the “SYLVIA” at one dollar and fifty cents, the “HER MAJESTY” the very best Corset for stout Indies, for two dollars and seventy- five cents. We guarantee our Corsets, 80 WITH POD 2 D+ D> +-S+e LININGS. YOU NEED BE CAREVOL WITH LININGS—BUY THE GOOD KIND ONLY. Fast Black Linings THAT CARRY OUR GUARANTER {NOT TO CROCK, AXD OUR GUAR- ANTEE MEANS EVERYTHING. 50 PIECES FAST BLACK rx XAT SI SI II AT ALT SIT AT SIT STAI SIA s= 4 ASHFORD SOUDAN PERCA- " pf LINE, 36 IN. wipe, Nome | FFFECT BOTH SIDES. RE- I 2 1c. ) + TAILED EVERYWHERE AT 2 yd. 21 PIECES FAST BLACK M MONROB SOUDAN ates Cc. 4) LINE, MOE EFFECT \ pore sImEs. R I \4 2 PIECES Fast BLACK | CLYDE SOUDAN PERCA- LINE, MORE EFFECT BOTH SIDES. RETAILED EVERYWHERE AT 25c.... 15 PIECES FAST BLACK RENFREW SOUDAN PERCA- LINE, , MOIRE EFFECT BOTH SIDES. RETAILED EVERYWHERE AT 30c, 10 PIKCES FAST BLACK SILCOT PERCALINE, WaA- ‘TERED EFFECT. RETAIL- ED EVERYWHERE AT 35c. 14 PIECES FAST BLACK SOUDAN BENGALINE,HAV- ING RUSTLING EFFECT, MOIRE BOTH SIDES, SPE- CIAL LINING FOR SKIRTS. — "4 4 2054. H ps H 25ya. " o 2 epi 420, 422, 424, 426 Soke i re 4 Lothrop’s Men’s Store. Mackintoshes. Owning a Mackin- tosh this month is a pleasing and com- forting subject to think about. You can own one for very lit- tle money, and from a reliable maker, at that. Not so easily lost as an umbrella, and will take the place of your spring overcoat in moist weather. See what we are showing in this line at $5.00 and up. MEN'S STORE, 1007 F STREET. apl7-76d SOOTHING AND SATISFACTORY TREATMENT Bunions and other ills of the fect Cor TVS, can ve quickly had here. Our pain. superior skill as chiropodists en- able us to insure the most agreeable and lasting less methods and results. Modest charges. PROF. J. J. GEORGES & SON, 1115 PA. AVE., Chiropodists. Hours, 8 to 6. Sundays, 9 to'1. apl7-100 Nice Day Next Sunday! like. Sure to be clear, warm and springlike. Gowns will be out in full force. What aboul yours? qo get eA Send us the one you wore last year. e’) in it—make it just as fresh aud beautiful as when “new.” z Anton Fischer, 906 G St. apl7-10d